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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 25, 1914)
THE MOTtNTNG OREGONTATT, WEDNESDAY, NOVE3TBEII 23. 1914. FINISH RIVER ROAD IS TAXPAYERS PLEA Representative Men Urge .That All Highway Work Hereafter Be Permanent. . 1 1 !! 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 E M 1 1 f 1 1 1 1 1 1 $245,300 TO BE ASKED 8 Committee Also Will Recommend Bond Issne of $1,000,000 to Hardsurface Boulevard and . Other Main Thoroughfares. . Fifty or more well-known Portland citizens, representing all classes of tax payera, met at the Benson Hotel yes terday, and decided to recommend the completion of the Columbia Highway through a tax levy In this year's Budget, except for the hard-surfacing, and to recommend further a bond issue of f 1,000,000 for hard-surfacing various Important roads in Multnomah County, Including the Columbia Highway. The meeting also adopted a resolu tion that all Improvements on main thoroughfares, hereafter made In Mult nomah County, should be of permanent construction, with suitable pavement. The meeting had been caled by Road master Yeon, to consider the road needs of Multnomah County. There was no dissent from the resolution to finish the Columbia Highway in an adequate manner, or to invest $1,000,000 for the first unit in Multnomah's new hard surface road system. These recommendations will be pre sented tonight at a Joint session of the County Commission and the budget ad visory committee at the Courthouse. The amount needed for completing the Columbia Highway, exclusive of hard surfacing, is set at $245,300. Election In June Suggested. It was suggested at yesterday's meet ing that the bond issue of $1,000. 000 to be acted on probably at the June election, the money to be used In hard-surfacing the Slavln, Powell Valley, Llnnton, Foster and Canyon roads and the highways leading to the Columbia River highway. This also would cover the cost of making the Columbia River boulevard a hard-surface main road. Some of the men who have been pointing out the mistakes of other counties and states and who have worked for better road conditions gen erally discussed the advisability of fol lowing out this policy and the speedy returns which might be expected. Tax payers of all classes, it was argued, would be benefited, either directly or indirectly. Year's Work Described. Roadmaster Teon outlined In brief what has been done in the county dur ing the year, and the object of the op propriatlon now desired. The purposes of the bond issue de sired are the improvement of. the fol lowing roads with hard surface: Sandy road, city limits to Troutdale bridge, ten miles, costing $153,000. Troutdale bridge to beginning of the Columbia River highway, eight and six tenths miles.' costing $146,200. Columbia River highway to the coun ty line. 20.5 miles, costing $348,500. To tal for Columbia River highway and approaches, $647,700. Powell Valley road to Gresham, eight miles, costing $120,060. Canyon road, from city limits to county line, one and five-tenths miles, costing $50,000. This would have to be brick on account of the steep grade, which cannot be avoided. Llnnton road, from city limits to the town of Linnton, two miles, $35,000. Foster road, from city limits to coun ty line, five miles, costing $75,000. Total. including Columbia River highway, $937,700. Slavln Road Included. The Slavin road, which also needs surfacing, would cost $75,000 for a dis tance of four and a half miles, making a grand total of $1,002,700. The appropriation asked for the Co lumbia River Highway, to make it suit able for use at the start of the 1915 tourist season, is divided into three parts. The first, of $38,300, is required to build walls and fences along the part of the road completed, without which Mr. Teon does not consider it safe to turn tourists out on the road. The second part, of $135,000, Is required to build four bridges, and finish the road from Pearce to the eastern county line. The third part, of $72,000. is re quired to do some work near the Bandy River, to make it easier of access from Troutdale bridge east. Reducing the 22 per cent grade on the east shore of the Sandy would cost $60,000, and $8000 Is wanted to construct an additional bridge. "'The greatest argument for all this work is the direct benefit which we might expect in Portland at once fol lowing the completion of this road sys tem," said Mr. Yeon. State Drclared Backward. "We are far behind some of our sis ter states in the matter of good roads. and further delay will make the pro portlonate damage to the state much greater. "Portland at present pays 38 per cent of the state's tax. It pays 90 per cent or the county s tax. Good roads is the remedy which will shift this burden to other parts of the state, not at the ex pense of those parts, but because their valuation will rise at once. "Speaking from the tourist stand point, suppose the average family from Eastern Oregon or some such point de cides to slide down the road to Port land. If the party consists of flvo per sons, they will spend at least $3 a day each. That would be $15 a day for the party. Any tourist can be expected to stay a week. "At that rate, which is far below what the average tourist will spend, it will not take many to drop quite an appreciable sum with the Portland hotelmen, merchants nd almost every branch or business. "Crater Lake is the ambition of every tourist in California. - It is one of the few spots near the centers of popula tion of that city that allows them respite from the arid climate of their own country during the Summer months. "For two or three months, when Cali fornia is at its worst, we are enjoying the finest climate of the earth, and naturally with such a highway we will bring all of them through Eastern Ore gon and down to Portland and the beaches. Farmer la to Be Gainer. "It will be an advertioement the value of which can only be guessed." Amos Benson, who has had an im portant part in the building of the Columbia Highway, spoke of the rela tion of the farmer and good roads. "While I have been in this road bus! ness I have had plenty of occasion to meet the farmer and to study the rela tion of the land to the road and the cities." said Mr. Benson. "I have paid particular attention to the land which is directly tributary to the road between Gresham and the Columbia. There are approximately 22,000 acres of the finest farming land practically untouched. "There are 8000 acres between the Sandy and Portland which need do An opportunity such as this has never occurred before and probably never will again-watch! 1 Pound 35C Regular 40c Golden West Coffee is steel cut no dust no chaff strength re tained in air-tight cans 5 Pounds $ 1 50 Regular $1.75 "The Coffee Festival" Portland November 30 to December 5 Other Oregon and Washington Cities Dec. 7 to 12 Dealers ' I nT"X sC -4 J?-. R - - , , Z order early X w3 ML 13 V fc? I ueaiers yfyy. The Oldest and Largest Coffee Roasters in the Northwest rder early IHlillllllilllllllllilllllllllllllillllllllllllilHIIIIl velopment, but the farmers sa they have no means of transportation. Naturally, such land has littler valua tion at present ana tne mra " amount to practically nothing. will make this land pro ductive to the extent that it will be able to assume a great part 01 in county's tax. "It Will help to OUlia up amnerira and condenseries in communities like Gresham and Troutdale because tne owners will be able to get the products from the land round about. Auto Tracks Cat Cost. "It will make possible cheap ship ment between the farm and the market center. I quote as an example the case of Frank Terris, the good roads farmer up in King County. It used to cost Mr. Terris more to ship his milk to the city on trains, exclusive of cartage at either end, than it does now to have the auto deliveries pick it up t his front door and bring to the creameries in the city. The truck does the. whole Jod ror three-quarters of a cent a gallon, where the railroads formerly charged one cent merely for hauling. In addition, Mr. Terris had to deliver the milk at the station, a haul of two miles, and then pay for the cartage at the other end. Some say that the railroads might ose and that this would do unde sirable, well, tney mignt, out ineir business probably would be increased bv the increased shipments to otner states and the proportionate increase in wealth and demand of the local market. The Columbia River Highway is a Bppnif. hlirhwav aa beautiful or more so than any in America, but neverthe less it is a trade road. It is but the start of the system, one of the main arteries, and for that reason we want to make it an example." Mr. Benson cited figures on tax levies in other states and counties. Multno mah was low in the list and should, he said, be able to do more in com parison to th& .others. Wasfclifitfon Figures Cited. Washington's1 counties, some of them. have Issued levies of as much as 20.46 mills, Chehalis did that. Clarke levied 16.4 miles. King County, in which is Seattle, had a mill tax of 8.3 and besides issued bonds to the extent of $3,000,000. In addition to that, ach of those counties stood the state high way tax of 2.5 mills. It Is the desire of the road boosters to get the county appropriation of $245,000 regardless of the bond issue and plans for the $1,000,000. These men believe that ir tne road can be put in shape for the tourists and Portland people, it will be an easy matter to get the bond issue. ' If the road bond issue should fall through in June, we could complete this road with the money from the county. Then people could become better acquainted with the subject or good roads and it would be an easy matter to pass the bonds the year following," declared Mr. Yeon. The committee which meets witn tne budget commttte and the County Com missloners tonight consists of J. C. Ainsworth, J. B. Yeon. W. . Boise, W. M. Ladd and Julius L. Meier. Many Attend Meeting. Those present at the meeting were: C. H. Carey, W. I Boise, J. B. Yeon, S. Benson, A. S. Benson. Julius . Meier, Frank Kiernan, Samuel Hill, Edgar B. Piper. W, Merrlman. R. H. Atkinson, C. S. Jackson. J. F. Carroll. M. J. Geary, H. W. Corbett, Phil Metschan, Jr., T. H. Sherrard. William C. Alvord. H. J, Blaeslng, Harry C. Cabell, M. C. Silva, C. A. Morden, J. C. Ainsworth, Horace D. Ramsdell. Gay Lombard. C. Jn. Hug gins. W. M. Ladd. Charles F. 3erg, S. S. Hewitt. E. D. Timms. J. L. Daly, Ed ward Boyce. G. A. Benedict. Dr. C. W. Cornelius, John Hall, A, B. Glafke, Fred Larson. H. C. Campbell and W. 13. is. Dodson. The resolution adopted was as fol lows: Rilvd. That it la the tense of this meeting that the budget committee appoint. ed by the Board of County Commissioners be m-eed to recommend to the said board road tax levy to inciuae xor me easumi year as follows: Completion of the Columbia River blah' wav. readv for surfacing. 185.800. Constructing Sandy River cut-off to Co lumbia River bicnway. suu.vvu. xoi 1245.30O. Resolved. That It is the sense of this meeting, representing the taxpayers of Mult nomah County, tnat tne policy or roaa con struction and road Improvement In thl county shall be for permanent roads, so that all main thoroughfares shall be fully nara surfaced and as a means to that end w recommend a bond issue at least In the sum of S1.O0O.000 to hard-surface the Columbia River highway; also to hard-surface the road to Gresham and other roads to be deter- mined, the election for same to be held on the first Monday of June. 1915, at date of regular city election, or at a special election sooner. That we further recommend that John B. Teon should be appointed to have charge of the completion of the Columbia River high way. and hard-surface above mentioned. That a committee ot five be appointed by the chairman to present and urge the fore going recommendations to the budget com mittee and Board ot County commissioners. Upon the motion of W. M. Ladd a vote of confidence and hearty indorse ment was extended to S. Benson, J. B. Yeon and E. E. Coovert for the manner in which they have supervised -Multnomah County's work in the last year. This motion was seconded by W. L. Boise. Commit teem an la Silent. "Until the matter is formally present ed to us at tonight's mooting, I should not venture an opinion as to what the budget committee will do with the re quest," declared J. N. Teal, member of the budget committee, last night, when asked the probable disposition of the taxpayers' resolution asking for road money. County Commissioner Lightner de clared laBt night that the matter had not been thought of, or discussed with the other Commissioners and until the details of the request had come through the regular channels ot the budget com mittee he would not care to make a statement favoring or disapproving the proposed levy. FIRE ENGINES SEEN Milwankle Levies 5 31111a Tax. MILWAUKIE, Or., Nov. 24. (Spe- ial.) At the annual taxpayers' meet- ng last night in the schoolhouse a tax of 5 mills was levied for the mainte nance of the school for the year. The budget for the year called for $13,000. The meeting lasted 20 minutes, the hortest ever held in the Milwaukie school district Webfoot oil dressing, for the hunters' shoes. Keeps tha water out. Ask the dealer. Adv City Commissioners Witness Test of Auto Apparatus. TWO MAKES GIVE EXHIBITS Speed of 50 Miles Attained on Llnn ton Road and 20 Per Cent Grade Climbed at 19 -Mile Clip Two Machines to Be Bong-ht. With Mayor Albee and members of the City Commission as spectators, fire-fighting machines of the type the city proposes to buy this week were given official speed and hill climbing tests yesterday on Linnton road and in North Portland. The big machines each loaded with men whizzed over the slippery surface of Linnton road at a speed of 50 miles an hour, making bends and doing hair-raising stunts of other kinds. Later they plugged their way up 20 per cent grades. The city is going to buy two ma chines, one a chemical truck and, the FIRE MACHINES THAT TOOK PART IN H AIR-RAI SING- SPEED TESTS ON LINNTON ROAD YESTERDAY. 4 MLiR i ujus : t v . y other a service truck. Among the bid ders were the American LaFrance Company and the White Motor Car Company. The American LaFrance ma chines used in the test were selected from cars now in the service, while the White Company fixed up a machine with the same motor and the same weight as will be on the lire machine if the White type of car is purchased. The White truck was loaded down with lead and men. Members of the City Commission took up a position half way down a straight stretch of a mile and a quarter on the Llnnton road. The big LaFrance pumping engine was turned loose first and buzzed over the slippery course at a maximum speed of 60 miles an hour. The White truck followed and at tained a speed of 46 miles an hour. Later it made 50 miles. The second American LaFrance machine was not In good working order and did not reach high speed. After this test the machines' were taken to the hill at Twenty-ninth and Thurman streets. One American La France machine climbed a 20.S per cent grace at a speed of 19 miles an hour and a 19 per cent grade at a speed of 20 miles an hour. The second Ameri can LaFrance made both grades at IS miles an hour. The White truck made 11 miles on the first grade and miles on . the second. After this the machines went on a trip around the heights, climbing all kinds of grades. None of them was lacking in any particular, it was said. ine council has opened bids for the two machines and may consider award ing the contract at today's meeting Several other companies have tub. mitted bids but did not have machines to enter in yesterday s contest. Rabies Justify Ashland Mnzzling. ASHLAND, Or., Nov. 24. (Special.) The local Board of Health has ordered the dog muzzling ordinance to remain in effect until February 1. 1915. at least. in the meantime watching results as to indications of rabies hereabouts. An other dog was killed near Talent. After an examination of the head- of the dog and the head of a horse the dog had bitten, the State Board of Health de clared that the disease was rabies. In view of these conditions, the City Coun cll will pass an ordinance regarding dogs running at large more drastic than ever In its provisions. The world's coroanut nroducts for 1012 ar valued at sa50.000.000. while the production of ro!d for the same year was less than $r.oo,ooo,(x)0. LIQUIDATION y jl , l i ix o x ..... 7- ;.: - m ;.:: -: -if 1 y.:s . . 4 x S i . : 1 ; i Upper Chemical Track: That Blade 50 Miles an Hoar. Center Service Track That Made Best Hill-Climbing Record. Bottom Truck Weighed Down With Lead and Men That Made SO Alll-a an Hoar. SHE DARKENED HER GRAY HAIR A Kansas City Lady Darkened Her Gray Hair and Stimulated Its Growth by a Simple Home Process. She Tells How She Did It. A well-known resident of Kansas City, Mo., who darkened her gray hair by a simple home process, made the following statement: "Any lady or gen tleman can darken their gray or faded hair, stimulate its growth and make it soft and glossy witn tnis simple recipe, which they can mix at home: To half pint of water add 1 oz. of bay rum, 1 small box ot Baroo Compound and K oz. of glycerine. These ingredients can be purchased at any drug store at very little coat. Apply to the hair every other day until the gray hair is dark ened sufficiently, then every two weeks. This mixture relieves scalp troubles and is excellent for dandruff and falling hair. It, does not stain the scalp, is not sticky nor greasy and does not rub off. It will make a gray-haired person look 10 to 20 years younger." Adv. Help the Stomach Digest Your Food When the stomach fails to digest and distribute that which is eaten, the bowels become clogged with a mass of waste and refuse that fer ments and generates poisons that are gradually forced into the blood, causing distress and often serious illness. Most people naturally object to the drastic cathartic and purgative agents that shock the system. A mild, gentle laxative, positive in its effect and that will quickly relieve constipation is Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, sold by druggists at fifty cents and one dollar a bottle. It does not gripe or cramp, but acts easily and pleasantly and is there fore the most satisfactory remedy for children, women and elderly persons. For a free trial bottle write to Dr. W. B. Caldwell, 451 Wash ington street, Monticello, 111. $25,000 Jewelry Stock to Be Sold Regard less of Cost. TODAY STARTS A SALE OF JEWELRY (the entire stock of new and carefully selected jewelry of the Oregon Jewelry Co. at 114 Third Street, between Washington and Stark Streets), that from the point of value-giving will be the very greatest sale in the history of the city. This firm, after ten years in business, is con fronted by a condition that calls for the immediate liquidation of their entire stock. n . h Positively everything in the store will be re duced, much of the merchandise (including every thing that is carried in a high-class jewelry store) will be sold for less than regular wholesale cost. Here we give an idea of the prices that will prevail (they are taken at random from the great stock) : 26-piece Knives, Forks and Spoons the celebrated Wallingford Sterling silver filled, on nickel silver. Regular price $18.50, now .8.73 Expansible Bracelet Watches, values to $13-50, now - 5.48 Ingersoll Watches, regular $1.00, now 79 Alarm Clocks, while they last 45? $2, $3, $4 Standard Brand Watch Chains. .$1.50 Elein and Waltham Watches (warranted), values to $17.50 7.98 Birthday Rings, solid gold mountings, now. 1.88 s t Positively every article sold will be guaranteed as to quality and value. K K K For Further Particulars of the Sale See the Win dows or Come to the Store at Once Sale Starts at 9 A. M. Today at 114 Third Street Bet. Washington and Stark H. A. BODLE, Selling Agent