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14 THE MOIIXIXG OREGONIAX. TUESDAY, JUNE 1, v1915. r. BURDEN OF METERS WILL FALL Ofj USER ; Initial Cost of $352,000, Re ; pairs and Yearly Outlay of $25,000 Few Items. READING IS ADDED COST As Kates Insist, All Pay Only for Exact Amount Water Consumed. Garbage-ln - Gulcli Finn An other of Mr. Daly's l'allures. VOTI BET WITH WATER BC HEAU A,M LA1TEB IS JUDGE. If you become certain that your water, meter is working too fast yon can romplaln to the water bureau. The trouble may be due to some defect in construction or installation of the meter. The water bureau refuses to test your meter unless you agree before hand that you will pay the test charges if the meter is in good working order. In other words, you bet the water bureau that the meter is defective. The bu reau takes the bet and acta as the Judge. This is one of the lit tlo troubles meter users have. There are many others. Who will be called upon to pay the f352.000 for the Initial Installation of 43.000 meters and the subsequent an nual installation of 3000 on new serv ices at a cost of $25,000 a. year? Who will pay the annual repair bill on this army of meters? Who will pay the 16 additional men who will have to be used to read them? Who will ray the bill for the renewal of all these meters when they wear out and have to be. replaced 15 years hence? It will be none other than the man who uses the water. . He will settle for every cent of the cost along with his usual bill for the water used. r ' Only Water l"en Moat Pay. The money is not going to spring from some mystical source and is not going to be donated by any person, firm or corporation. Every water-user in Portland is going to pay the full price for the purchase and installa tion of his meter and for its repair, maintenance and reading. Proponents of the meter scheme say It is false to say that the water users will have to pay for their meters. Who then is there left to pay the cost? Every cent of the expense which is branded by two members of the City Council (Mayor Albee and Commissioner Xieck) as an unnecessary extravag ance, will be put up by the water user. There la no other place from which It can come. The meter makers, who, by the way, are all in the East, are not going to donate any meters to the city. They are going to exact all the way from $5. SO to $8.40 for each one of the 43,000 . meters. Workmen are not going to donate their services in Installing the meters. The average cost of the last meters Installed in Portland was $2.40 each. The big water users will pay only their proportion. The email water user will not be relieved of any part of h'.s burden. The cost of the meter eyptem will be placed in the column with other operating costs and upon tVie total the rates will be fixed. If it takes $352,000 at the outset to In stall meters, that amount will be added to the operation charges. It will add to the rates and thus will axld. to the monthly water bill. Large Services Arc Metered. r The large users of water are now r metered. Meters are on all such serv ; ices as laundries, hotels, rooming i. houses, factories, apartment-houses, large residences and other large con sumers of water. ' Under rates as they are now, all users pay for what they use. If a house is large and has many taps the rate is '. greater than for a small house. The charge is fixed on the number of taps. The minimum rate ts 50 cents a month -i'lier with or without a meter. The ' , charge increases on the basis of the ' number of taps and therefore, natural ly, the approximate amount of water used. ' The water rate basis is caultable. y Where is the need of hooking the big extravagance of a. meter system onto the bill of the water user merely to atisiy a wnim or commissioner Daly, (Garbage Plan One of Failures. Mr. Daly has been wrong on many things before. He became almost indignant because people said his Dlan to fill the city's gulches will garbage would be impracticable. He went ahead at considerable expense and it was barely a month before he nearly ruined South Portland with the stench from the garbage heaps. Mr. Daly insisted beforehand that the plan was the right one. Mr. Daly tried to make a minimum wage measure work. He contended that ii was ior ine uenent or the workmen or the city. The measure went through and instead of helping American labor ers it turned the city's sewer work all over to Syrians, Italians and Russians, all unable to speak English. A city-wide water-meter system is toe costly a proposition to experiment with STEEL MEN SEE PORTLAND Party of 30, on Way Home From Convention, Departs for East. Thirty members of the American Iron. Steel and Heavy Hardware Asso ciation passed yesterday in Portland sightseeing on their way to their East ern homes from the association's an nual convention in San Francisco. Plans had been made for the enter tainment o the visitors by the Cham ber of Commerce, but the members re fused the hospitality because sufficient notice had not been given the organiza tion of the coming of the visitors. They thereiore conducted their own eight seeing expedition. They arrived in Portland over the Southern Pacific at 7:30 o'clock in the morning and remained until 8 o'clock last night, when they departed over the O.-W. TT. & N. for Seattle. They will go East from there over the north ern route. PERSON ALMENTI0N. C. C. Cathcy, of Albany, Is at the Ore gon. Owen Jones, of Dufur, is at the Per kins. G. F. Clark, of Seattle, is at the Port land. D. L. Elster, of Eugene, is at the Nor tonia. J. G. Mcintosh, of Seattle, Is at the Carlton. M. J. O'Connell, the Winstock. Wash., manufacturer, is registered at the Ore gon. H. W. Thompson, of Eugene, is at the Imperial. George Maati, of Albany, Is at the Nortonia. Henry Akin, of Sheridan, is at the Cornelius. G. G. Rompaugh, of Eugene, is at the Multnomah. Frank B. Badollet, of Eugene, Is at the Carlton. S. Cline and wife, of Astoria, are at the Perkins. E. G. Sanders, of Yamhill, Or., is at the Portland. II. H. Catter and wife, of Albany, are at the Nortonia. J. W. MacClements, of Baltimore, is at the Nortonia. E. Loree. of Redmond, Or., Is regis tered at the Carlton. Mrs. E. E. Corf man, of Provo, Utah, is at the Multnomah. G. H. Russell, of Prineville, is regis tered at the Imperial. William Ely. Jr., of Hackensack, N. J., is at the Portland. R. Q. Teague, of Lexington, is regis tered at the Cornelius. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Hudson, of Dallas. Or., are at the Perkins. Mrs. S. 1L Hays, of Boise, is regis tered at the Multnomah. B. K. Hillman, of St. Paul. Or., Is registered at the Carlton. A. M. Lynch, of . Rockford. 111., Is registered at the Oregon. R. C. Hall and wife, of Astoria, are registered at the Oregon. Nora G. Milliken, of The Dalles, is stopping at the Cornelius. Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Jarman and fam ily, of Dallas, arc at the Cornelius. Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Ripley, of Win chester, Mass., are at the Portland. Mr. and Mrs. E. Hammer, of Esta- cada. are registered at the Perkins. Miss Kthelwyn Crane, of Hoqulam, Wash., is registered at the Multnomah. Fred A. Williams, a well-known at torney of Grants Pass, Or., is registered at the Imperial. Captain and Mrs. Milton Smith, of Rainier, Or., are at the Imperial whil in Portland to watch the motorboat races. BATTLE SILENCE TERROR C. H. MORTIMER WRITES STILXTVESS AFTER KIRK IS HEAVY STRAIN'. Effeet of Herman Gas Shells Is De scribed by Lieutenant Now at Froot rYcar Yprei Line. The silence following the roar of artillery after a hot engagement is more terrible than the noise of the cannonading itself, according to C. H. Mortimer, a former Portland man, now lieutenant in a battery of Royal Field artillery. In a letter Just received by C. S. Greaves, of the Imperial Hotel, Lieutenant Mortimer describes part of the action when the British forces captured Hill 60. "Five batteries. Including my own," says the letter, "were bunched together. and all firing. After the first few minutes I can't say I remember any thing very much except the roar of the guns all around me, and how long the action actually lasted I can't say. I know that my battery alone fired 600 rounds. "About 3 A. M. the firing grew less and less, and then suddenly stopped. The silence in contrast to the terrific noise of the guns was simply awful. Fellows were talking in whispers no one knows why. Suddenly it recom menced on our right. The infantry now took it up. and all of the batteries joined in the chorus. By this time ine action, nad pretty well worn itself out. Day was Just starting to break. "vvnile we were waiting for orders I heard a bird start singing and you've no idea how uncanny it sounded. stand easy came down over the field telephone, and we all Just dropped in our tracks from sheer exhaustion. 1 am in a howitzer battery of 4.7- Inch guns, and our position was near Ypres. "That gas is awful. You've no con ception what a terrible thing it is until you see it for yourself. I've seen scores of men laid out gasping like fish out of water, being strangled to death, and the most distressing thing is that they arc fully conscious all the while." Mr. Mortimer was emDloved hv th Rogers-Hart-Gibson Company in Port- laiwi uniu tnree years ago when he left for the Orient. He was in Shang hai when war started, and immediately went to England. He obtained a com mission in the same regiment in which ne served through the Boer War. 13 HEW WAY UP AOUNT OXK WOMAX I.V .V. M. C. A. PARTY TO REACH ROOD'S SIM.HIT, Cold Mind Turns Soft Snovr to Ice After Government Camn la Left Behind. . One woman. Dr. Edith MacDowell, helped to cut efep3 in the ice 1500 feet up the side of Mount Hood and reach the summit with a party of excursion ists led by A. M. Grilley, physical di rector of the i. M. C. A. The party re turned yesterday. Thirteen hikers left the association Friday for a few days at Government Camp and at the summit. The snow was soft as the climbers left Govern inent Camp, but later was frozen sud denly to ice by a cold wind that came down after camp had been left some distance behind. Steps were slowly chopped in the ice from Crater Rock to the summit and the party Anally reached the top at 6:30 o'clock after a steady climb since 1 o'clock. Fog frequently shut out all view of the landscape, then lifted again at intervals. In the party -were A. M. Grilley, Thcynas It. Sattor, K. Russell White, William C. Ualzell. L. H. Moomaw, Air. and Mrs. B. C. Markham. R. C. Eiler, Dr. R. G. Hall, Dr. Edith MacDowell, J. Hargrave, N. English and C. H. Treichel. AUTOS FOR PARADE NEEDED Infirm Grand Army Men to Take Part in Rose Festival Pageant. An interesting feature of the big Fri day daylight parade of the Rose Fes tival will be the appearance of the members of the Grand Army, many of whom are now too old and Infirm to travel on foot, which will necessitate the using of automobiles for their bene rit. For this reason a call has gone out for all interested in the suc cess of the Festival, and especially in the welfare of the old soldiers, to as sist by offering the use of their autos for this purpose. About 75 autos will be needed In all, and they surely could not be put to any more loyal service than to help In this way. If you have a machine you will be willing to drive in the Friday parade and carry some of the old boys in blue, kindly telephone George L. Baker, Main 6728. room 417 Northwest ern Bank building, and leave particulars. The Hazelwood Coziest and Most Attractive Dining-Place in the City. Eight Dining Rooms with a Combined Seating Capacity of 450. BREAKFASTS LUNCHEONS AFTERNOON TEAS DINNERS Af ter-the-Theater Suppers Daint ily Served. The Razelwood OrrhfitrM J. F. N. Colburn, Director. 3 to 6. 6 to a. 9:30 to 10:30 P. M., Sunday 6 to 8:30 P. M, TRAVELERS' CHECKS GOOD AS GOLD and better for traveling. ar ! ud by this Bank: caashed with out dlicount or identification by hotels, banks, fiist-class rhopl. and transportation companies. Ask un about them. LAUD Si TR-TON BASK, Kstabltshed 1S..9. Capital and Surplua S2.000.000. r SOL liuu nor si'ku AINU SANATORIUM the greatest health and pleasure resort on the Pacific Coast, in the heart of the Olympic Mountains, open for the season. For full information address The Manager, Sol Due, Wash. ST. JOHNS IS ACTIVE Citizens Are Pushing Annexa tion Campaign. PEOPLE URGED TO VOTE Indifference Considered ureaiciM. Danger to Annexation Cause. Mr. Adams Is Active New - Club Boosts Mr. Baker. -Residents of St. Johns and the va rious civic organizations of Portland are conducting an active campaign to induce citizens of Tortland to vote "yea"' on the question of annexing St. Johns t the forthcoming municipal election. It will be pointed out that unless a majority or an ine perauna .. the coming election vote favorably on this issue, the proposed consolidation of the two cities will be defeated. Th sentiment of Portland persons seems to be overwhelmingly in favor of the merger, hut Decauso it is so overwhelming many persons think it unnecessary even to vote on the question. That disposition not to vote, it is de clared, presents the greatest danger to the consolidation programme. Under terms of tho law passed at the recent Legislature a majority of all the electors voting at the election must vote favorably on annexation if the annexation Is to be authorized. That means that i. 60,000 votes are cast for city commissioner, at least 20,001 must vbte for annexation. But if 60,000 votes are cast for commis sioner and only 2.999 persons vote on the annexation question, and all of them vote "yes" the annexation win be lost. At a series of meetings to be held this week the Importance of voting "yes" will be Impressed upon the vot ers. The law provides that the annex ation issue must be presented to the voters on separate ballots. The judges and clerks of the several election boards will be instructed by the city officials to provide each voter with an annexation ballot. Portland voters will be asked at this election to pass on the annexation of two suburbs Linnton and St. Johns. Of these, St. Johns is by far the larger and more important, although an active campaign is being made for Linnton also. The people, of both suburbs already have authorized the annexation, pro viding it is acted on favorably by the people of Portland. The Chamber of Commerce has in dorsed both plans. It is pointed out that for all practical purposes St. Johns now Ms a part of Portland and that It will be only a short time until Linnton will be similarly situated. Annex ition is f uccordance with the programme for a. srreater Portland, it is urged, and will be beneficial not only to the people of the affected sub urbs but to the people of Portland as well. C. A. Bigelow, Commissioner of Finance and a candidate for re-election, spoke at the meeting Saturday night in the Russellville Grange Hall, while C C. Hall, of his campaign com The Original MALTED MILK Unions you say "HORLIOK'S" you may got a Substitute J Herewith is a list of short trips in and about Portland. If you are in doubt about any point, or the trip you have heard about is not mentioned here, call at the Information Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce or phone them Bell Phone, Broadway 520 or Automatic, A 6091. Information will gladly be given. Lit erature of interesting points furnished Time Cards, Beach and Mountain Resort literature. The Orego nian asks the names and addresses of tourists for publication. Enclose your business card with names of your party to Summer Resort Dept., The Oregonian, Portland. COLUMBIA RIVER HIGHWAY. A scenic drive of rare beauty, built along the south shore of the Columbia River, a, distance of more than 40 miles from Portland. A series of remarkable waterfalls, rugged peaks and deep canyons are among the attractions. Welch's. Rhododendron and Ta w ney'a are located on the south side of the mountain. Automobile from Portland to either resort, round trip, each $5. Electric car line to Boring, 24 miles; automobile to Welch's. Rho dodendron and Tawney's, round trip from Portland, $7.75. Same as above with horse stage all the way, $5.75. MOUNT HOOD RESORTS. Cloud Cap Inn is a delightful re treat. 6000 feet above sea level, on a sheltered spur of the very moun tain itself, and is located just at the upper edge of timber line. The trip to the inn usually Is made by rail to Hood River and thence by stage. The round-trip rate, includ ing all traveling expenses, is $12.50. Service begins July 1 and continues to September 15. For SIGHTSEEING or OUTING TRIPS Around Portland Call First and Alder or Traffic Manager. Marshall 5100, A 6131. P. R L. & P. Co. mittee, addressed the members of Tilll cums Club. William Adams, candidate for City Commissioner, just closed a strenuous week. From all parts of the city he has received requests to address the voters. Monday he appeared in Wood lawn and made a talk before the Wom an's Club. Tuesday he addressed a large meeting at the Central Library under the auspices of the Woman's Po litical Science. Club. Wednesday night he epoke at Anabel Station before a large crowd; Thursday night at the Sell wood Commercial Club; Friday night in Woodstock first and later at the Glen Haven Park School. Saturday be war in Albina and was greeted by one of tlie largest audiences of the campaign. One of the recently formed trgan izations among women interested in civic betterment and municipal affairs is the Good Government Club, which is made up of women banded together for the support of the candidacy of George I Baker for City Commissioner. The club began work in. a systematic way yesterday. Among those whose names appear on the charter roll are Mrs. C. K Sliorno, Mrs. A. E. Von Rhein, Mrs. Thomas Ross, Mrs. Alice Benson Beach. Mrs. Walker Campbell, Mrs. L. W. Tharkelsen Mrs. B. L. Stone, Mrs. V. C. Birney, Mrs. A. E. King, Mrs. George Brown. Mrs. Frank C. Summer Suit A dish that combines all the muscle-building elements of the whole wheat grain with the wholesome, laxative juices and delicious flavor of the choicest berry that grows. Heat the Biscuit in oven to restore crispness ; cover with strawberries or other fresh fruit ; pour over them milk or cream ; sweeten to suit the taste. Your grocer sells the biscuit and the berries 0 ooc 3C ON FO Mountain, River and Beach Resorts Where To Take a Short Trip Out of Portland White Salmon Valley and Vicin ity A. wonderfully scenic ride over the North Bank Railroad or by ex cursion steamer. On the bluffs overlooking the Columbia River are resorts with scenery rivaling the Alps. At Carson, Collins and Stev enson are hot springs resorts. Mount Adams and Trout Lake are reached from White Salmon by a short stage or auto Journey. Columbia River Rxcnrnlona Steamers leave Portland daily in the Summer season up the scenic Columbia. A trip of unsurpassed beauty. It is possible to travel one way by rail and the other by water. Steamers go as far east as The Dalles. 100 miles from Portland. Forestry Building; A permanent log structure from the Lewis and Clark Fair. Open to the public free from 9 to 4:30 daily. Take "W" car on Morrison street to end of line. Portland Heights (Council Crest 1200 feet above the city. Take Council Crest car on Washington street; time,' 30 minutes each way. Wonderful view of the city and snow-capped mountains. Don't fail to see Portland's fa mous roses. Tou can see them by . observation cars, sightseeing buses or by special autos. liimbrr Mill loso inspection of one of our largest sawmills granted free to visitors upon presentation of permit to be had from Fortland Chamber of Commerce, No. 63 Fifth street. The Oak! 4 the Coney Island of the Wet Over 60 acres of price less roses in full bloom, with every form of entertainment and accom modation for tourists. Orchestral and band concerts, prima donna, and musical comedy company every aft ernoon and night in the open-air theater. Performances all free. Ad mission to park 10 cents. Reached by express special Oaks traina (fare 5 cents), from Eirst and Alder; or by launch (10 cents), from Morrison Street Bridge. Parka Washington Park, head of Washington street, with small zoo and aviary. Take any car west on Washington street excepting Six teenth; fare 5 cents. Celebrated statue, "Coming of the White Man," also "Sacajawea." Excellent view of the city. Riggs, Mrs. Rose Coursen Reed, Mrs. R. Citron, Mrs. J. P. Bro naugh, Mrs. J. c. otte. Miss Halite Thomas, Mrs. M. L. Jeter. Mrs. George M. Harris, Miss M.' Brahm. Miss Fran ces Barnes, Mrs. K. Henshaw, Mrs. Clarence Brown, Mrs. George L. Hoff man Miss Arline Bates, Mrs. I. A. Webbe and Miss Elsa Gill. Mrs. Paul R. Kelty has been elected presi dent. The members of the Good Government Club are working for- the encouragement of efficiency and sound business principles in the handling of civic affairs and will make the name of their club their motto. A. W. Lafferty and A. C. Marsters. candidates for City Commissioner, will speak on the jitney question at a meet ing in the assembly hall of the Central Library at 8 o'clock tonight. They are running on a joint platform for the restoration of the city pub-licity pam phlet and in favor of the jitneys. Commissioner Brewster and two can didates for School Director, Dr. E. A. Sommer, who is up for re-election, and S. P. Lockwood, are to speak at a meet ing in the North Portland Branch Li brary, Kllllngsworth avenue and Con gress street, tonight. City Auditor Barbiir has sent notices to chairmen of all day and night elec tion boards to attend a meeting at the City Hall Saturday night for special Strength and Stomach Satisfaction come from eating with Strawberries R TOURISTS Estaeada, Car.adero A scenic trol ley ride, 35 miles from Portland. Cars leave First and Alder every two hours on week days; every hour on Sundays: time one hour and 50 minutes. Good point for basket picnic. Chinatown Portland has the sec ond largest Chinese population in the United States, and now that San Francisco Chinatown has been burned and rebuilt upon modern lines. Portland has the original Chinatown In the United State. Clatsop Beach Resorts Reached by the S. P. & S. Railroad. A de lightful trip to the Pacific Ocean resorts good hotels good bathing and fishing. A four-hour ride by train down the majestic Columbia River. See the salmon canneries at Astoria. The Oaks Portland- Greatest Amusement XarW, 60 Acres of Roses. TODAY'S PROGRAMME. 2:30 P. M. OrrtaeMml Concerts and Prima Donna Boston l'roubadoars in musical hits, 8:30 I. 3kf. Concert by 'Nason and his Rand. Or rhefttral concerts and prima donna- Boston Troubadors In musical hit 9. Show Tree. AdmUnion to Park 10c Express car. r trtt and Alder. 6c. Launches. Morrison Bridge. 10c. Fretht and Paaaenser STEAMERS TO THK UALLI9 and Way Landings "BAILEY GATZERT" L'avei Portland dally at 7 A. M. ex cept Sunday and Monday. Sunday ex cursions to Cascade Lock leave t "DALLES CITY" leaves Portland Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday at S:30. A. M. Sunday Cascade flocks excursion $1.00 Fare to The Dalies and return $2.00 Mako reservations for stocic and automobiles. ALDER-8TKEET DOCK. PORTLAND Phones Main 914, A 5112. instruction in their duties. He is pre paring a guide to the election laws so that chairmen can look up any point over which controversy might arise. Charles V. Cooper, candidate for City Commissioner, in reply to the assertion that he worked against woman suf frage nine years ago, said yesterday: "A man who cannot or will not change his opinions with the progress of time is dangerous. The fact that some thousands changed their minds with me on the question of suffrage is evidenced in the fact that a majority of men came to see the issue as a benefit and not as a detriment. There were thousands of good women in 1906 who conscientious ly believed tho vote for women to be against the best interests of the state. Many of these same women are today the strongest supporters of the strug gle for enfranchisement. I did vote for the suffrage amendment." MORE SECRETARIES ARRIVE Employed Y. M. C. A. Officers, on Way From Conference, Arc Guests. Additional secretaries arrived at the Y. M. C. A. yesterday after the mem bers of the two large parties return ing to the Fast from the conference of OQC TRY IT FOR EAT IT FOR SERVE IT FOR SUPPER DO YOU Travel With a Kodak? Bring- l Your Pilma to Finish Largest Photo Supply and Finish ing iloute on the Coast 10 floors an entire building devoted to our various lines. Woodard, Clarke & Co. Woodlark BldK., Alder at Y. Ansco Agents. Park For the Trip You'll want a Traveling Kit. Get it at Gill's Second Floor. bill's The J.' K. Gill Co., Booksellers. Stationers and Complete Office Outfitters. - TH K K V It I K 1 On the Bluffs of the Columbia The charming new resort among the Cascades. Opens June 1st. Conducted along lines most in viting to men and women of re fined tastes. Bracing air. mag nificent mountain scenery. Kx cellent table. Illustrated booklet free. C. W. J. RIXKERS, Pro. prietor, White Salmon, Wash. Employed Officers at Aslloinar, Cal., had left for their homes. The offi cials were entertained at breakfast, taken about the city In autos to places of interest and then conducted through the association building, where 100 varied activities were pointed out. Among the visitors yesterday were: Fred Willis, general secretary, Wor cester, Mass.; R. P. Caine. International committee. New York, and Mrs. Caine; General Secretary Smith, of Newcastle. Pa., and Mrs. Smith; C. W. Page, gen eral secretary, Houston, Tex.; Thomas Johnson, general secretary. Savannah. Ga. Mr. Page and Mr. Johneon are giv ing particular study to the methods and systems of the Portland associa tion. There are now 421,000 barrels of applrs in chemical storago in Western New 1'ork State. 347,000 barrels more have been dis posed of nince March 20, 64,000 of these bar rels are In Albion County. 3C BREAKFAST LUNCH 0 Si