THE 3IORXIXG, OREGOXIAX. AVEDXESDAT, MAT 26, 1915.
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. DALY PLANS TO
See Our Window Display of
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Varsity Fifty Five
E VOTE
Why $3,000,000 Capital for
Mutual Creamery Company?
Commissioner Avers He Will
Meter City Anyway, Hold
, ing Scheme Not Issue.
Or Variations at
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IGNORE
JUN
AUTHORITY IS CLAIMED
Argument Only 5000 Devices Are to
Bo Voted on Discredited by Of
ficial, Vlio Calls Matter
Previously Decided.
Proponents of the Daly water meter
h'Iipdis have been uslnir the argrument
that the issue Involved in the water
meter referendum to be voted on June 7
in the purchase of 5000 meters to cost
S9.000 and not the purchase ot 43,000
meters to cost $352,000.
Commissioner Daly made the positive
and unqualified statement yesterday
that the 6000 meters to be voted on is
merely the first Installment of the ulti
mate city-wide system. He declares
that he Intends to meter the entire
city as rapidly as possible. He makes
the unqualified statement that a city
wide meter system, a meter on every
house tn Portland. Is his unalterable
policy.
Meter PnmUrd Anyway.
furthermore. Mr. Daly says he pro
poses to meter the city regardless of
the vote of the people in June. He says
that on three different occasions the
voters have authorized the purchase
and installation of meters and he does
not consider that the withdrawal of
that authorization Is Involved in the
referendum measure to be voted upon
In June.
The three measures voted on were In
reality on measure and the meter
proposition was incidental to the vital
issue of constructing a new pipeline.
In 1907 the voters adopted a charter
amendment authorlzInK the issuance of
iS, 000.000 in bonds for "the construe
tlon of an additional pipeline, the pur
chase of land and the purchase of
meters." The pipeline was the rea
issue.
Amendment I Amended.
In 1909 the voters amended this
amendment by providing that water
mains should be constructed on the as
sessment plan, the same as sewers or
street pavinc In 1910 the assessment
feature of the proposition was taken
out by the voters.
These are Commissioner Daly's
"three separate" authorizations for his
city-wide meter scheme. The issue be
fore the people was the vital one of
constructing an additional pipeline.
Meters were Incidental. In spite of
this, Mr. Daly says he will refuse' to
listen to the voice of the voters in
June if they vote to stop the first move
in the general scheme to meter the city.
Mr. Daly says the Council will have
authority to purchase meters in small
er quantities and go ahead with the
city-wide meter proposition.
Mr. Daly for Plan to Finish.
He says he stands for a city-wide
meter policy first, last and all the
time.
Mr. Daly says he does not interpret
the measure on the ballot to be one
Involving the right to meter the city.
The rest of the City Council does. Mr.
Daly bases his conclusion on the tech
nical grounds that it is a referendum
vote against his measure to buy the
first 5000 meters in the 43.000 he pro
poses to buy, and he argues that It
does not withdraw the authorization
which was In the original question in
1907. His grounds are purely technical.
At no time has there been any ques
tion about Mr. Daly's Intentions re
garding a city-wide meter system,
statements to the. effect that the issue
at the June eleclon involves 5000 meters
and not 43.000 meters are misleading
and without justification.
J1KTF.H READING PLAN' FAILURE
Research Bureau Finds Portland
Sjstcm Invites Guessing.
In a report printed by the New York
TJureau of Municipal tlesearcn. alter i
investigation of the Water Department
in Fortland. statements are made upon
the important issue of the possibilities
for errors in meter reading. The re
vert is based on actual observations of
the Bureau in Portland and in other
cities. The report reads:
AV'hen an Inspector jtona out to read a citl
m's meter that la, when he soes out to
learn the amount of water for which the
consumer is to be charged, he takes with
hlin the reauina of that meter for the pre
vious month. Whenever this method la uwd
the inspector is tempted to fill out the
meter reading without actually going to the
irottr.
The system of ltae.lt invites first, laziness,
then inaccuracy and sometimes dishonesty
on the part of inspectors. Supplied with the
information which is now furnished to Port
land's meter readers, a fair guesser could
rad all the meters in the City of Portland
without moving out of his room and without
givlna dissatisfaction to consumers or arous
ing suspicion of the Water Board. Some
times bad guessing by Inspectors is corrected
by better guessing, or by actual inspection
and meter readings, and monthly bills Jump
up about 50. 100 and 500 per cent.
This condition should be corrected by re
quiring inspectors to turn in the actual read -lna
of meters each month, to be posted and
compared with the preceding month's read
ings bv the meter clerk. It Is claimed that
a single man averages over SOO meter read
ings a day. Kven after making allowance
for the accessibility of meters, this raises
at least a question as to the care with which
the meter Is read and recorded.
The qualifications of men provided by
civil service for meter readers and Inspectors
liava bean criticised by officials In the water
department. When we suggested the above
method of preventing either random or sys
tematic guesses where there should be ac
tual reading, the officials' attitude was that
Portland's meter readers could not make
proper readings without having the preced
ing month's reading before them. This re
calls the experience of many cities where
only a small fraction, e. g., 50 out of 70.
meter readers and Inspectors actually were
able to read a meter. A general test of
Portland's readers has not been made, but
Is here suggested.
POLICE CAPTAIN CIRCLE ILL
Officer Faints While at Jail and Is
Removed to Home. .
Police Captain Circle fainted in the
City Jail shortly before midnight Mon
day and is now ill at his home, 1438
irnlon avenue North. Captain Circle
had not been well for several days.
Captain Circle had gone to the jail
to hear the statements of two China
men to Immigration Commissioner Bar
bur. Suddenly he walked to the eleva
tor and rang the bell. Just as the lift
arrived Captain Circle collapsed. He
was revived in the emergency hospital
and later was removed to his home.
SPELLING BEE SATURDAY
Klghiy. Schools in Clarke County
Expected to Enter Contest.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. May 25. (Spe
ciaLi The second annual spelling con-
and
' Copyright Hart Sduftner & Marx
For better satisfac tion in
stylish Hats see JQ ff
"Multnomah" at.. PO.UU
You men and young men who appreciate good clothes
will be interested in the Varsity Fifty-Five modeL
See the range of beautiful all-wool patterns we have
to select from Glen Urquhart plaids, the rich,
bright tartans and pin stripes in worsteds and cash
meres. Step in and try them on.
You'll be satisfied and so will we.
We Have Them for More and Less $18 to $35
Sam'l Rosenblatt & Co.
The Men's Store for
Quality and Service
Northwest Corner
Third and Morrison
test of pupils of the pfcblic schools in
Clarke County will be held in the
Franklin School auditorium Saturday,
beginning at 9 o'clock. There will be
three grades, each to receive prizes:
The fifth and sixth grades, the seventh
and eighth grades and the high school
grade.
In the county are 80 schools, and each
school is entitled to send one speller
to represent each of the three grades.
The declamatory contest, an annual
event, will be held in the Franklin
School auditorium Friday night. Th
contestants will be from the grades
and from the high BChools.
COWS TO BE EXAMINED
Tests to Be Made of Dairies, and
Movies to Show Conditions.
To test for tuberculosis a large per
centage of the milch cows now furnish
ing milk to cities. State Veterinarian
Lytle, in co-operation with the State
Dairy and Food Commissioner, will put
a man in the field in a few days. Com
missioner Mickle announced yesterday.
The Dairy and Food Commission al
ready has a man who is making tests.
He has visited Salem, Albany and Eu
gene and has been asked to examine
539 cows.
The work will be followed by an edu
cational campaign in which movies will
play an important part.
Firemen's Widow to Get Pension.
Mrs. F. B. Klose. widow of F. B.
Klose. the fireman who shot himself
last Friday, is to benefit by the fire
men s relief and pension system to the
extent of $100 for funeral expenses and
u a montn pension during the rest
of her life, or until she marries airain.
The pension board has decided that
Mrs. mose is entitled to the relief in
asmuch as her husband had contributed
to the pension and relief fund and was
a fireman in good standing.
AFRICAN CHURCH IS HOST
Many "YYhito Folk Attend Formal
Opening of Parsonage.
The new parsonage and social rooms
of tne African Methodist Kpiscopal
Church, at Larrabee and JMcMillen
streets, were opened Sunday formally.
The guests inspected the comfortable
white residents of the community, as
well aa to colored persons from all
parts of the city.
In addition to the new parsonage and
social rooms, the congregation recently
completed a substantial brick church
building on the same lot. The quar
ters are comfortable. The recent fi
nancial campaign conducted by the con
gregation resulted in the collection of
J1144.1S.
TWO ON MOTORCYCLE WED
Portland Pair and "Witness Make
Trip to Vancouver.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. May 25. (Spe
cial.) Various kinds of vehicles are
used by the hundreds of couples eo:rv
ing to the Vancouver Gretna Or.n
tut it is seldom that motorcycles are
useu. une couple, with the witness
came on motorcycles. They were Wal
ter .Hatfield and Miss Delia Laird
both of Portland.
Others securing licenses to marry to-
uay wore William Lake and Miss Eliza
beth Stark, of Portland, who came in
a taxicab; Heye Meyer, of Vancouver
and Miss Eva Livengood, of Cameron.
Mo.; Oscar O. Anderson and Vessie
Johnson, of Rainier, Or., and B. H
Owens and Miss Rosa M. Bowman, of
Pendleton. Or., who said they would
have ridden bronchos had the distance
nut ucen so great.
Carrier's Death Closes Pobtofficc.
OREGON CITV. May 25. (Special.)
The postoffice here was closed for
an hour today out of respect to E. M.
Waldron, native of this county and for
seven years a mail carrier. who died
Saturday night. The funeral was held
this afternoon from tha K..t i
, - ' tveuj ici inn
Church and interment was in the Odd
fellows' plat of Mountain View Ceme
tery. Mr. Waldron is snrrivoH k hi.
wife and two children.
Carnival Crowd Orderly.
ROSEBURG, Or., May 25 (Special.)
Although there were 10.000 ceonlnln
attendance at the masked carnival held
nere baturday night, only one arrest
was made by the officers. No arrests
were made on the previous day of the
festival.
Mr. S in not t to Speak at Canbj.
HOOD RIVER. Or., May 05. (Spe
ciai. ) Hepresentatlve TC. J. Sinnott. of
Because it will be required to care for the ever-widening extent of the
company's business, and to enable the company to take advantage of all
conditions in the various distributing markets.
The Mutual Creamery Company (successor to the Jensen Creamery
Company) will conduct a manufacturing and distributing business in a
territory with a consuming population of several millions. It will also fur
nish a part of the tremendous quantities of dairy and poultry products
annually shipped to Alaska, Canada and the large consuming centers of
the East and South.
The old charge that a giant corporation, with its millions of capital, is
a menace, because it squeezes all the profits out of those who furnish it
products, CANNOT be attached to the Mutual Creamery Company.
Sixty per cent of the capital stock of the company is reserved to be sold
to producers whose products the corporation handles. This provides for
all farmers to become stockholders in the "Mutual" Company, and to share
in all its profits.
This immense organization, with its eleven creamery plants in seven
Western States, will, of itself, become a great factor for public good. It
will furnish employment to hundreds of people and consume all the dairy
and poultry products from thousands of farms.
At present fully equipped plants of the Mutual Creamery Company
are being operated at Salt Lakeland Ogden, Utah; Pocatello, Boise and
Lewiston, Idaho; Portland and Baker, Oregon; Reno, Nevada; Seattle,
Washington; Thayne,"Star Valley, Wyoming; Grand Junction, Colorado.
All these sections will be directly benefited through the operations of this
purely "mutual" organization-
lakers of the Famous
"Lucerne" and "Four-in-One'
Butters
1 Purest Butters Known
I "The Taste Is the Test"
"o. 3 Others to follow.
Mutual Creamery Company
Portland, Oregon L. E. Best, Mgr.
408 E. Morrison St,
Telephone E. 7111.
11 Creameries in 7 States. Authorized Capital $3,000,000
Annual Butter Output, 8,000,000 Pounds
The Dalles, has accepted an invitation
or uanby Post, Grand Army of the
Republic, and will deliver the Me
morial address at Idlewilde Cemetery
next Monday. On Sunday mornintr.
the Memorial sermon will be preached
by Rev. W. B. Young-, pastor of Asbury
Methodist Episcopal Church.
cial.) Thomas Tobin, ared 60. who
made a trip from here to Crawford
with a bottle of whisky in his pocket,
was found d-ad under a tree, havlnc
apparently fallen asleep after empty
ing- ine nnK.
Man AVith AVhisUy Found Dead
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