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14 PROPERTY OWNERS OPPOSE BIG TRAINS Seventh Street Declared to Be East Side Entry to Business District. RAPID SERVICE IS DESIRED w Routing on All Cars From Xorrheast Section Orer Broadway Bridge Guaranteed by Im provement Association. That the best interests of not only the business district but also a large part of the Peninsula would best be served through direct city car service over the new Broadway Bridge is the contention of Seventh-street property owners. West Side business men and a large proportion of East Side resi dents. Solution of this transportation problem will be undertaken on Thurs day when the street committee of the City Council will take action on the applications of George Heusner for an interurban franchise on Seventh street and Patton avenue, of Wright & Dick inson for a street railway francnlse on Seventh street, and of the Portland Hallway. Light Power Company for a franchise on Seventh street. Prescott and Patton avenues. The most vital question Involved, as viewed by the property owners, is that of efficient and rapid streetcar service. Members of the Seventh Street Im provement Association contend, that if the street is given over to the use of interurban cars, the largest artery and the widest crosB-streets from the river to Nineteenth street will be diverted from their proper use. It is declared that Seventh street is the natural ar tery Into the business district for all the portion of Portland, on the East Side lying from Holladay avenue north to St. Johns. Neir Bridse'a Value Cited. It is pointed out that to secure the use of this artery for 60,000 people liv in the Peninsula district, the city bonded itself for $1,600,000 and is 'now engaged in constructing the Broadway bridge across the Willamette River. It is declared that the new bridge will make quicker streetcar service pos sible for the Peninsula district and will save from five to 10 minutes in running time on all cars. If the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company is granted the franchise, it is planned to route all care now run nine; on the Broadway, Williams ave nue, Mississippi avenue. Union avenue. Alberta, Vancouver, St. Johns and Pat ton avenue lines, over the Broadway bridge and up Seventh street. The Seventh street Improvement As sociation announces that It is pre pared to guarantee adoption of this plan of re-routing If the Portland Kail way. Light & Power Company's application is acted upon favorably. The large and heavy interurban cars which it is proposed, under the Heus ner franchise, to operate on standard- jrauge tracks paralelllng the streetcar tracks would slrrfply delay streetcars ' in bringing in their loads from the Penlsula district, it is declared, and thus deprive the residents of that sec tion of the only advantage to be se cured from building the Broadway bridge. It is also pointed out that the district covered by the city cars is so large and the number of cars is so great that the cars will consume a considerable portion of the capacity of the bridge in handling traffic Property Owners Alert. Property owners on Seventh street are vitally interested in the action of the street committee, for it is their contention that this thoroughfare has more hotels and theaters than any other street in the city and that be cause of this fact many of the people of Portland would be directly benefit ed if proper streetcar service is pro vided. "With Portland's rapid growth .we must take immediate steps for solv ing the transportation problem," said Scott Brooke, a member of the Seventh-street Improvement Association, yesterday. "There is no question that a city line on Seventh street connect ing directly with the East Side north of Holladay avenue would be a big factor towards that end. Seventh street should be regarded from its ability to distribute passengers who -would be brought to the business dis trict from a large part of the East Side. "It would be a great calamity to have interurban cars on Seventh street. They move slowly and are not easily handled so far as stopping and start ing ara concerned, and once on the streets, would only interfere with the operation of streetcars in the event the two systems are allowed use of the same street. It would cause in convenience and delay to the people of the city who would have occasion to use streetcars to and from their homes." Shert Llae Attacked. Another point raised by the property owners Is that the interurban line pro posed by Mr. Heusner would not ex ceed three miles In length, from Kirk Patrick avenue to the Broadway bridge, and that in this district at present there are something like 40 miles of street railway, which brings in the people from their homes to the business centers of the city. Of the three miles of the proposed Heusner Interurban line, two and one-half miles of it would parallel the present street car lines, so that from the standpoint of local service nothing is to be gained, it is declared, except inconvenience and delays. DEGREE TO BE CONFERRED Scottish Kite Masons Have Dramatic Work Set for Tonight. Members of the bodies of Scottish Rite Masons in Oregon will meet to night at the Portland Cathedral to wit ness the presentation of the 21st de gree, the most dramatic degree of the order. Members of the order are sel dom afforded the opportunity of seeing this degree' staged, as it is usually worked at the reunions only, and then during the forenoon when many mem bers prominent In the order are unable to attend. P. S. Malcolm, at the head of Scottish Rite Masonry in Oregon, and L. O. Clarke, presiding officer in the local consistory, have completed ar rangements for putting on the 21st degree this evening in a manner that will appeal to the special Interest of Scottish Rite Masons generally. They expect that the seating capacity of the local cathedral will be taxed by mem bers who will avail themselves of this opportunity to attend the ceremonies of the local bodies tonight. The curtain will rise promptly at 8 o'clock. After the . theater or at dinner to night, hear Philip Pelz and famous Russian Court Symphonic Orchestra, at the Louvre. Also Mrs. Philip Pelz and Miss Helen Horn, soloists. GARDEN PRODUCTS, TYPICAL BOOTH AND MONSTER PUMPKIN DISPLAYED AT NORTHWEST LAND PRODUCTS .SHOW. l-j . . jx . . f ,r ." y : sSiprts SOIL'S YIELD TELLS States of Pacific Northwest Vie for Superiority. MANY SEE FINE EXHIBITS Irrigation and Dry Methods, Inten sire and Extensive Farming of Fruit and Roots Are Bis- played by Devotees. Continud From First Page.) ranging from canned salmon to cran berries. These cranberries are the prin cipal attractions in the Clatsop booth. They are the products to which the people of Astoria refer as "the coming industry of Oregon." They also have some vegetables in the Clatsop Coun ty Bectlon that are record breakers for size. Cow horn turnipsr white car rots and Swedish turnips that are about as big as the ordinary pumpkin give ample demonstration of the way things grow there. These products are used principally as cow feed and are good for fattening stock. Potatoes, of which 300 bushel grow to the acre, are among the "side lines. F. H. Worsley Is in charge. Pioneers Make Tedious Trip. Distance records In traveling to the show were broken by the delegates of the Paisley Commercial. Club. Paisley is in Lake County, near the southern boundary of the state, and in order to reach Portland George M. Bailey and R. A. Harrower, who are in charge, had to travel 160 miles over land by wagon to Bend, thence 26S miles by rail to this city. Their collection of grains, fruits, vegetables and grasses was gathered in and around h'alsley WHAT THE LAND SHOW MEA'S TO POKTLAXD. The Land Show give a chance for those Portland men and women who are Interested In the "back to the land" movement to bo and set some first-hand Information on the subject. A visit to the land show will five them opportunity of meet ing the farmers who have had the actual experience on the land. They will not have to talk to real estate agents who may or may not have seen the acreage they are trying to sell. An abundance of farm products taken from the various crop-growing districts of Oregon. Washington. Idaho and British .Columbia are there in tempting array to offer induce ment to the city man to forsake his urban home and go out and live In the open where the fruit, vege tables, grains and grasses grow. And that is one object of the Land Show to bring the people of Port land into closer contact with the farms of Oregon. Were It possible to take everyone in Portland on a trip through the agricultural districts of the Northwest and show them the land and the products of the land this show would not be necessary. But as that Is obviously impossible, the managers of the show have done the next best thing. They have brought the land products to the peoplo of Portland. and the Summer Lake region, which is particularly fertile. Just by way of proving how wild the climate down there is they have a basket of almonds picked from one of the numerous trees In that section. It takes a reasonably warm climate to produce first-class almonds. The potatoes shown by the Paisley people are as good as any in the building. Central Oregon is well represented. Madras, Culver and Prlneville each has a booth. That of the Madras district Is in charge of Tillman Reuter, the well-known dry farming expert who has won prizes at the big international dry farming exhibits o? recent years. ti. .tiiuman, representing the Cul crrm '' ' ' - 1 ' W 1 ver Non-Irrigated Products Associa tion, is showing a well arranged booth filled with choice potatoes, onions, fruits and other products of that newly opened district. When Manager Plummer Went out to the show yesterday morning he car ried a pint bottle of goose oil for one of the grooms, who had telephoned him to be sure to bring it, as he wished to annoint the hide and horns of a pet Jersey. The oil was applied with much rubbing and combing and practically every animal has received the minute attention of which this is a sample, preparatory to the scrutiny of the judges. Details Carefully Watched. A professional cardwrlter is em ployed making signs for the exhibits, and to be in keeping with the rest, the boys who care for John L. Smith's Hazelwood herd of Holsteins have la beled the grainroom in which they will sleep "Herdmen's Nest." They are proud of having taken first prize for the best care of stock at the Chicago show, from which they have just come. Earnest groups of young men pass from stall to stall, discussing in tech nical language the fine points of each animal. They are oblivious to all else, for they are the young men selected to represent the agricultural colleges of Oregon. Washington, Idaho and Utah in the students' judging contests The instructors in charge are watching them like football coaches before big game, seeing that each man was in bed early last nigfit, so as to nave every faculty keen for the judging today. Separators, mechanical milkers, test' ers, stock foods, dips, fly eradicators and other of the things that go witn scientific dairying are on display in profusion. Seldom has there been so much money offered in prizes for single classes. Each of the four classes com peting will receive about J1250 in pre miums. The dairy show will continue all week. . FUND FOR CHARITY GROWS Committees Carrying on Work Will Meet Friday Afternoon. A meeting of the various committees that are carrying on the financial cam paign for the Associated Charities will be held Friday at 4 P. M. at the office of C. Henri Labbe. . The campaign has been on only three days but indications are strong that by the end. of the week ?i0OO will be in hand. With the announcement of the in creased scope and efficiency of the work the calls for aid have increased and the workers of the society are ex perienclng great .difficulty in attend lng to all that need assistance. One most pitiful case has been brought to light. Living In one room of a down' town rooming-house was found a Mrs. Hison with her 70-year-old mother and child of six. She had done what Bhe could to provide for the family by sewing, but when the grandmother fell ill it took all of Mrs. Hlson's time to care for her so that the sewing was given up. When the family was finally referred to the society by a neighbor they were at first too proud to accept aid, although without food and no doctor had been called to attend the sick member who was in a critical condition. Finally the society's visitor per suaded them to accept food and medi cal attention. Hospital care haa been secured for the grandmother and plans are being laid for moving them Into other quarters that will be light and airy and where they will not be compelled to cook, eat and sleep in one small room. It is to aid such cases as these that the Associated Charities is asking the support of the public and the directors feel that every citizen should consider it a privilege to help in providing a better home life for the many families being cared for by the society. Guard May Meet in Portland. At a meeting yesterday of the execu tive committee of the Oregon National Guard Association it was tentatively decided to hold the annual meeting of the guard in Portland, December 27 and 28. Later the place may be changed to Salem and the time set a little later. CARD OF THAXKS. I wish to thank the manv friends for their kindness and flowers during my recent bereavement. WALTER W. WILSON. Edlefsen guarantees Hiawatha Coat - r-2f wn ft- r" ROADS Southern Counties Desire Build Fine Highway. to MEASURE IS TO BE PUSHED J. A. Westerlund Discusses Chances for Speakership and Tells of Prosperity in His Section of Beaver State. "The people of Southern Oregon will ask of the coming Legislature action that will enable them to construct good roads,". said J. A. Westerlund. of Medford, Representative - elect from Jackson County, at the Imperial yes terday. "Our people are good roads en thuslasts. All they want is a law that will enable them to proceed with road building, unhampered by the provisions of any statute having a state-wide ap plication. "We must get ready for the Panama Pacific Exposition. The people of Cal ifornia are coming to the Oregon line with a completed highway extending to San Francisco. We must meet them at our state line on. the south. Through the efforts of Jackson and Josephine counties, fully one-half of a first-class road has been built from the California line northerly to Grants Pass. This is a link in the proposed Pacific High way, which should be finished before the San Francisco exposition. "My idea of practical road leerisla tion is a law that will give each coun ty full authority for building as many and such kinds of roads as it wishes to construct without attempting to make each county conform to condi tions Imposed in a general state law. If the Legislature will give the peo ple of Jackson and Josephine coun ties the right, they will complete the construction of the 54-mile stretch of highway extending from the Call fornia line northerly across both coun ties in the next two years and the en tire state can share with us in Its use and enjoyment." Mr. Westerlund was elected State Representative from Jackson County two years ago on a Statement No. 1 initiative and referendum platform. He was re-elected on the same plat form this year and is an active candi date for Speaker of the House at the coming session. "I am a progressive, but would pro gress pnly to the extent that we can adjust ourselves to changed condi tlons," said Mr. Westerlund. "I be lieve firmly In the people ruling them selves to the fullest possible extent, but it cannot be denied that the ini tiative and referendum have several rough edges that we will have to hew away before the best results hoped for can be attained. 'My candidacy for the Speakership. of course, depends largely on the out- come of the contest for President of the Senate. If that office goes to Multnomah County, the probability is that the Speakership will be given to one of. the outside counties. In that event I figure that I would have a good chance. I am receiving a great deal of encouragement and promises of support from throughout the state." In addition to interviewing Multno mah County members of the House regarding his candidacy, Mr. Wester lund is attending the Northwest Land Products Show. He reports that the fruit crop of Southern Oregon this year was the largest in its history. Market prices, particularly for the pear crop, have been good and the fruitgrowers are generally prosperous. Active work Has started already on the new railroad from Medford to Crescent City," continued Mr. Wester lund. "This means direct transporta tion for our fruit to London, which is the greatest market for the Yellow Newtown Pippin in the world. The Rogue River Valley Newtown excels all others when shipping and keeping qualities are considered. It now costs us si a box to deliver apples in the London market, but with an outlet at Crescent City and the completion of the Panama Canal, we will be able to ship this fruit tothe same market at a cost of probably less than one-half the present charge.".. NEW ALBANY CHARTER UP Three Councilmen to Be Elected and Referendum Decided. ALBANY, Or., Nov. 18. (Special.) When the time expired yesterday in which to file petitions for nomination for Albany's city election, there was but one candidate In the field .for each of the three position in the City Coun cil to be filled at this election. John H. Simpson, the retiring Councilman in the First Ward, was renominated. F. T. Blount was nominated for Coun cilman from the Second Ward, and R. A. Smith from the Third Ward. The retiring Councilmen in these two wards are J. N. Chambers in the Second, and R. D. Snell in the Third. Albany's city officers and the re maining three members of the Coun cil were chosen for two-year terms. Besides electing officers. Albany will vote on, a new charter and on an ordi nance regulating use of bicycles which has been referred to popular vote by a referendum petition. Henry EUcrs to Be Speaker. Henry Eilers will be the speaker at the meeting of the Portland Transpor tation Club at luncheon at the Mult nomah Hotel at noon today, and H. L. Hudson will be chairman of the day. The Transportation Club will visit the Pacific Northwest Land Products Show tonight in a body and will be the guest of honor of the management of the show. Announcement has been Issued from the house committee of the club that an informal dance and five hun dred party will be held under its au spices on Saturday, November 30. Blooded Stock Shipped In. PRAIRIE CITY, Nov. 18. (Special.) A carload of full blooded young Dur ham and Hereford bulls was unloaded at the railroad station here today. The shipment is for the stock men of the valley and Is a move for a better grade of stock for the valley ranges. Change of entertainment at the Louvre. Philip Pelz and Russian Court Symphonic Orchestra; Mrs. Philip Pelz and Helen Horn, singers. Nightly, 6 to 8 and 10 to 12. Edlefsen guarantees Hiawatha Coal. To SEATTLE, TAC0MA CHEHALIS, CENTRALIA AND INTERMEDIATE STATIONS TO SOUTH BEND AND GRAYS HARBOR BRANCH POINTS NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY 7:10 A. M., 10:30 A. M.. 3:45 P. M. Three daily daylight trains, of smoking cars, coaches, parlor cars, dining cars. First-class and modern. 11:15 P. M The night train, of coaches and standard and tourist sleeping cars. You may enter sleeping cars at 9 :30 and may remain in them at Tacoma and Seattle until 8:30 A. M. ELECTRIC-LIGHTED LIKE THREE DAILY TRAINS In and out of Aberdeen and Hoquiam, to and From Portland, Tacoma, Seattle. TICKETS: 255 MORRISON STREET Corner Third St. Main 244 Phones A 1244. Portland. A. D. CHARLTON, A. G. P. SHOPLIFIERS Oil PAROLE NUMEROUS CHILDREN SECURE PARENTS' RELEASE. German. Families Convicted of Loot ing Department Stores Promise Reformation of Habits. On condition that they return to the department stores all the goods stolen and submit to being "mugged" by the city police, Circuit Judge Gantenbetn yesterday paroled Frederika Rohs, Henry Rohs, Gus Helnrich and Bertha Heinrlch, convicted shoplifters. The sentence in each case was one year in the penitentiary. They were ordered to report at regular intervals to Mrs. Minnie Trumbull, of the Prisoners' Aid Society. A jury found Mrs. Rohs guilty last week and the others, with the excep tion of Mrs. Emma Geiseck, who lives in Clackamas County, then pleaded guilty. The indictment against Emma Gelslck was dismissed. She testified for the state at the trial of Frederika Rohs. Judge Gantenbein announced himself as satisfied that she was the least culpable of the five, having been drawn into the thefts by the others when she came to Portland to visit thftm. The prisoners all promised laltniuuy to walk the straight and narrow patn nf honesty hereafter. In Mrs. Rolls' case the compelling thing in favor of a parole was the fact that she is the mother of seven minor children. Henry Rohs is her husband and his earnings are necessary to the support of the family. A similar state of affairs ex isted with respect to Gus and Bertha Heinrich. husband and wife. They have a family. judge uamenuem umusui that the best interests of tne commu nity would not be served by sending the parents to the penitentiary and leaving the children to suffer or be supported by charity. Plans Association to Elect. Election of officers will be the prin cipal business at the annual meeting of the Greater Portland Plans Associa tion at the Multnomah Hotel tomorrow at 7:30. Members of the auditorium commission and of various civic organ izations of the city will also be present and interesting discussion upon the au ditorium plans Is expected. A report will be received from the Washington and Morrison street property owners as to what they are willing to do toward securing the proposed site at Nineteenth and Washington. The surface soli and rock having been removed, coal Is being dug from a big Pennsylvania anthracite mine with steam sncveis. The Prices Are Low Qualities . Are Standard 1000 RUGS ON SALE And every o n e in the lot the kind that you'd be proud to own. We can't hope to offer such values when these are gone- $12 buys a small one. The carpet sizes sell at prices corresponding ly small. Atiyeh Bros. 10th and Alder St. SERVICE RETURNING A. Ask Your Doctor Is alcohol a tonic? No! Does it make the blood pure? No ! Does it strengthen the nerves? No! Is Ayer's Sar saparilla a tonic? Yes! Does it make the blood pure? Yes! Does it strengthen the nerves? Yes! Ask your doctor about this. J. C. A?er Co.. Lowall, Ma MIS" THE ST LAXATIVE Thoroughly Cleanses Your Liver and Bowels While You Sleep. ; K- No odds how bad your liver, stom ach or bowels: how much your head aches, how miserable and uncomfort able yon are from constipation, indi gestion, biliousness and sluggish ln'us tlnes you always get tl:e desired re sults with Casoarets and quickly, too. Don't let your stomach, liver and bowels make you miserable. Take Cascarets tonight; put an end to tho headache, biliousness, dizziness, nerv ousness, sick, sour,' gassy stomach, backache and all other distress; cleanse your inside organs of all the bile, gases and constipated matter which is producing the- misery. A 10-cent box means health, happi ness and a clear head for months. No more days of gloom and distress if you will take a Cascaret now and then. All druggists sell Casoarets. 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Coitolene makes light and deli cate crust rich, but not greasy wholesome, digestible, nutritious There is no hog fat in Cottolene It is a vegetable product made from purest and choicest cotton oil. It is a product of Nature, and much more wholesom e than either but ter or lard. Coitolene is an economical fat. Use one third less than either lard or butter, and ob tain better re sults. THE N. g. rASBBArrg CO MP ANT to CLEANS ipsa 3 jMn Emma fo'lgy J yh