Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, December 14, 1916, Page 11, Image 11

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TOE MORNLNG , OREGONIAN, THURSDAY. DECEMBER ' 14, 191C.
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ROAD SUPERVISOR
CONSIDERED PEST
Commissioners Ask Abolition
of Office, but Would Keep
Districts as at Present.
HORSEPOWER TAX FAVORED
representative Xiaargaard Suggests
Non-Salaried Highway Board and
Idea Is Indorsed by Gov
ernor, Who Tells of Needs.
TODAY'S PROGRAMME.
10 A. M. "Marking the Roads
and Securing the Tourist," C. C.
Overmlre, president Portland Au
tomobile Club.
10:30 A. M. "The West Slds
Pacific Highway," W. T. Vinton.
State Senator, Yamhill County.
11 A. M. "Culvert and Bridge
Construction," C. H. Purcell. Mult
nomah County.
11:30 A. M. "Grade Alignment
and Drainage of County Roads."
Herbert Nunn, Multnomah Coun
ty; discussion of road building,
by County Surveyors, engineers,
roadmasters and supervisors.
Recess.
2 P. M. "The 6 Per Cent Bill,"
T. B. Kay, State Treasurer; open
Forum for discussion of county
administration problems not spe
cifically mentioned on this pro
gramme. 4 P. M. Report of committee
on resolutions.
4:80 P. M. Election of offi
cers; recess.
6:30 P. M. Dinner at Hotel
Benson, crystal dining-room.
The pestiferous county road super
visor," of which each county In the
state has a score or more, will be a
thing of the past If the next session
of the Legislature enacts laws incor
porating the will of the Oregon Asso
ciation of County Judges andi County
Commissioners, as expressed in their
meeting yesterday.
A. number of discussions had been
Indulged in by men not members of
the association as to what steps should
be taken In the recodification of the
state road laws. Several suggestions
were made In the talks that the county
officers thoroughly agreed with but
said "didn't go far enough."
Senator-elect A. W. Orton, of Mult
nomah County, who was one of the
speakers at the afternoon session,
asked the county officers if they would
propose some legislation affecting the
road laws of the state upon which
legislators might act. (
Motion Would Abolish Office.
A motion was at once made that the
county road supervisor's office be
abolished. The motion started a fusil
lade of remarks directed against the
road supervisor who has charge of the
road money, which, most of the men
yesterday agreed, was squandered In
poor road construction.
Commisisoner Hawkes, - of Hood,
Kiver County, started the fireworks
when he said that what changes had
been proposed in the existing code
were good, but they did not affect
the County Court or tend to correct
the evils with which each Judge and
Commissioner was well acquainted.
After the motion to dispense with
the office of road supervisor was car
ried another motion was proposed to
put care of construction, operation and
maintenance of county roads directly
in the hands of the Commissioners and
the County Judge.
Districts to Be Retained.
After some discussion it was agreed
that it would be best to allow each
county to retain its many small road
districts, so that it could act Inde
pendently of other communities in road
construction. Some suggestion was
made to redistrict the county, but' it
was met with strong disapproval.
Roads, their construction, mainte
nance, operation and the methods by
which money could be raised with
which to build them, occupied the
entire day's meeting.
O. Laurgaard, recently elected a
member of the lower house, pointed out
what he considered essential evils in
the present road laws.
He suggested that a state commis
sion be created composed of three
members, serving without pay. He
would have that commission take abso
lute control of state roads. The com
mission would be appointed by the
Crovernor with the consent of the State
Senate.
Charge on Cars Suggested.
According to his plan the commls
slon would have the right to appoint a
state engineer for whose actions the
commission would be entirely respon
sible.
As & means of getting money with
which to construct the roads he Bug
gested that a license fee. according to
the horsepower and carrying capacity
of motor vehicles be assessed; such a
license fee, together with the money
derived from the taxation of automobiles
as property, be diverted Into the state
road fund. The counties" would there
by have to relinquish their claims to
that automobile tax.
It was estimated that from those two
sources alone more than $1,000,000
would accrue to the state yearly. It
was suggested that the average license
fee would be about ?15.
Governor Favors Plan.
Mr. Laurgaard suggested that the
state should designate at least two
main trunk highways and a few secon
dary state highways. If the counties
wished to co-operate with the state in
the construction of secondary highways
he said that such work should be car
ried on under the supervision of the
state highway engineer.
Governor Withycombe, who was the
first speaker at the afternoon session,
voiced practically the same suggestions
as were included In the report of Mr.
Laurgaard.
"The Board of Control," said Gover
nor Withycombe, "is not the proper
commission to have charge of road con
struction and maintenance.
"We should have a new commission,
one to serve without pay, with the
proper vision of state development.
We should have a commission created
that would be above petty Jealousy.'
Trunk Roads Needed.
The Governor pointed out the neces
sity of building roads that would
stretch from one end. of the state to
the other, with laterals branching off
to tap every section of the state. He
said that only two ways to get money
for roads were possible. One, he sug
gested, was In effect the same as voiced
by Mr. Laurgaard. The other, he said,
was by bonding the state a plan that
he strongly opposed.
At the close of yesterday's session
a committee of three was authorized
to take charge of the codification of
the road laws of the state. It was
moved that that committee be made
up of District Atorneya, and Deputy
District Attorney Murphy was desig-
nated as one of the members of the
committee.
The association listened to an ap
peal from members of the Oregon Good
Roads League for all agents wishing
a recodification of the road laws to
harmonize on one concrete plan. The
league, is representative of 11 organ
izations of diverse interests.
Federal Aid Explained.
Three addresses on roads were given
at the meeting yesterday morning.
Dr. L. I. Hewes. United States Dis
trict Engineer, connected with the de
partment of public roads, explained
the new Federal law whereby there is
available from the Federal Government
for state roads during the next five
years J2.014.375.
Since, under the act, the state must
meet the amount the Federal Govern
ment appropriates for postroads, this
will mean that the state will have
pvallable for road construction in the
next five years more than $5,000,000.
J. B. Finch. United States Senior
Highway Engineer." explained Federal
aid In building forest reserve roads.
John H. Lewis, State Engineer, ex
plained the methods to be used in get
ting the best results from the expendi
tures made far road construction. Dis
trict Attorney Evans explained the
leg-al tangles of the present laws.
The resolutions committee will make
its report today. On that committee
President Holman yesterday appointed
Judges Bown, Springer, Marsh, Dodson,
and Commissioner Armstrong.
NATIVE SOfj IS HONORED
R. V. BOSHAM NAMED INSPECTOR
OF1 IMMIGRATION HERE,
Important Post Is Given Salem Man
Who Has Had 13 Years of Ex
perience In Service.
Raphael P. Bonham, who has been
identified with the United States Im
migration Service for the past 13 years,
received the appointment yesterday of
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Bushnell Photo.
Raphael P. Bonham, Who Has
JuMt Been Appointed Inspector
In Charge at Portland, V. S. Im
migration Service.
inspector in charge at the Portland of
fice, succeeding John H,. Barbour, who
left Portland some time ago. Since
1911 Air. Bonham lias been assistant
to Mr.- Barbour.
Mr. Bonham took charge of the of
fice of the Immigration Service at A-
toria In 1907. In 1911 he moved to
Portland and succeeded Inspector Saw
yer, who left Portland for China as
Vice - Consul - General at Hongkong.
Since that time he has been second In
command at the Portland office.
Mr. Bonham is one of the youngest
inspectors in charge throughout the
Immigration Service. Portland is a
highly popular post and there were
about 50 applicants In the civil serv
ice for this appointment.
The new official, whose appointment
was made effective December 5, is a
native eon of Oregon and comes from
a well-known Salem family. His father,
Judge B. F. Bonham, was once Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court of this
state, and he later became Consul
General to India. With the exception
of five years spent in that country, the
newly-appointed official has lived all
his life in this state.
Crusaders Beat Acorns at Y. M. C. A.
The crusaders basketball team de
feated the Acorns, 13 to 8. on the T.
M. C. A. floor yesterday afternoon. It
was the second trimming of the sea
son at the hands of the Crusaders. Fol
lowing are the lineups:
Crusaders (13) Acorns (8)
Irvin F McMullen
Wrleht V Frnuria
Bennes ............C. Gardner
Bennett -.G .............. . Wise
Weber a PUuso
According to a British chemist, to
bacco ashes contain 20 per cent of pot
ash.
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REAL ZONE SYSTEM
FRAMED RY COUNCIL
Mr. Daly May Be Transferred
if He Refuses Approval
to Final Measure.
FIVE ZONES ARE PROVIDED
Broadway and Burnside Street Taken
as Center of City and Dis
tricts Are Ran From That
Point Franchise Open.
A standard taxicab zone system giv
ing every part of the city a taxicab
rate on a basis of the distance and
grades traveled from the center of . the
city, was worked out by the City Coun
cil yesterday to replace the "zone"
scheme offered by City Commissioner
Daly to enable jitneys to operate under
the g-Jlse of taxicabs and thereby
evade the service and protection regu
lations the Council demanded.
Commissioner Dieck will have
draughtsmen in his department put the
zone plan in proper shape ready for
presentation to the Council tomorrow
morning. It will then be up to Com
missioner Daly to approve the plan.
And here Is where serious trouble la
anticipated.
Daly Expected to Re(ns Sanction.
The zone scheme Mr. Daly had was
so arranged that the Jitneys could fol
low out thelr old 6-cent runs, leaving
the remainder of the city to pay what
ever rate the driver wanted to charge.
The Council's plan provides a common
center of the city at Burnside street
and Broadway and has five zones
spread out so that the entire city is
setved as nearly as possible on a basis
of equality, distance and grades being
considered. The zone must be used by
all taxicabs operating on a zone oasis.
Under the taxicab ordinance Com
missioner Daly, as Commissioner of
Public Utilities, has to approve the
zone system. While nothing has been
said by him, it is expected that in keep
ing with his policy of playing the Jit
ney game, he will refuse to approve the
plan worked out by the Council. This
would be the only way of protecting
the Jitneys in their move to evade the
Council's regulations.
Mayor May Transfer Him.
If that is Mr. Daly's move and it is
generally expected it will be there is
only one move left, and that Is for
Mayor Albee to take away from Mr.
Daly the title of Commissioner of Pub
lic Utilities. This he has the power to
do. He would then give the title to
one of the other Commissioners. The
Commissioner assigned would then ap
prove the zone system and it would
become effective.
In the meantime the Council's offer of
a franchise to the Jitney Drivers' Union
Is still open on the Council's terms,
which terms have been accepted by
Stephen Carver to operate & number of
lines through the East Side as far out
as Lents.
If the Jitneys still refuse to take this
franchise the only way for them to
continue in service will be on a legiti
mate taxicab basis or on the basis of a
5-cent fare to any part of the city or
within the limits of the zones outlined
by the Council.
Zones Are Denned.
The Council's zone system has a
common starting point at Broadway
and Burnside street, that being con
sidered the center of the city. The
first zone extends down Fourteenth
street from Thurman to Jefferson, east
on Jefferson and Hawthorne avenue to
Grand avenue, north on Grand to Broad
way and thence over Broadway bridge
and along the water front to the point
of beginning at Fourteenth and Thur
man. Fares within this zone must be
equal where the taxicab is operated on
a zone basis.
The second zone follows a course ap
proximately a half mile out from the
boundary of the first zone. It runs
down Foster Road, Twenty-third street
and along the foot of the hills to
Sheridan, thence to the river and on
the Kast Side out Division street to
East Twentieth; north to Knott and
west on Knott to the river.
' Heights In Third Zone.
The third zone is still farther out,
taking in Willamette Heights, West
over Terraces, Arlington Heights, Kings
Heights, Portland Heights and along
the city boundary to Terwilliger boule
vard, which it follows south to Hamil
ton avenue. On Hamilton it runs east
to the river and on the Fast Side runs
east on Beacon to East Sixteenth,
TO HELP YOU
every penny counts is the purpose
of these TWO-DAY BARGAIN
POINTERS at SIMON'S.
CHRISTMAS
NECKTIES
75c and $1 val- a q
ues, choice .
50c and 65c val
ues, choice ....
35(
HEAVY WOOL NAP
BLANKETS
Reg. $3.50 An a r
values, pr., &ie-XiJ
VERY SPECIAL!
$5.00 Men's All-Wool
UNDERWEAR
Two-piece,
Special . . :
S2.98
Government SLICKERS
Slightly dam
aged, at ..... .
79c
$2.49
Raincoats
TABLE DAMASK
Regular 65c a qq
yard, for 37C
SIMON'S
SIMON'S
CORNER FIRST
This Is Our
All for Only
This combination and all others will be sent anywhere out of town
subject to examination and free trial. We have made no fixed!
terms of payment; no restrictions; no binding conditions- This
is a Christmas Combination Offer it is to bring joy and happi
ness into your hom'e pay the old Reliable Eilers Music House as
best suits your convenience.
All the superb records of
thirty-one titles included
in our select Christmas
Record list, as heretofore
advertised, are supplied at
this low price; or you may
choose your own equiva
lent. Furthermore, this great
offer includes needles for
a thousand concerts, also
record album, record
cleaning brush, oil can, as
well as the latest and best
model Grafonola, as illus
trated, positively superior
in tone quality, volume,
design and finish to our
great $108.80 offer of last
year.
And all of this is now" to
be had, everything com
plete, delivery free, for
only $82.55 cash or on
easy payments, as best
suits your convenience.
This combination and all of our
others will be sent anywhere in or
out of town subject to examination
and free trial.
Two Great Music Houses
Morrison at Fourth
Broadway at Alder
thence on Powell Valley road to East
Thirtieth, north on East Thirtieth to
Fremont and on Fremont west to the
river.
The fourth zone Is on the East Side.
It starts at the Willamette River at
the south boundary of Waverley Golf
Links and runs east to East Twenty
second street, north to Bybee avenue,
east to East Thirty-eighth, north to
Steele avenue, east to East Forty
seventh, north to Fremont, west to
s'orty-second, north to Ainsworth, west
to Union avenue, north to Columbia
Slough road, west to Patton avenue,
south, to Portland boulevard and west
on that to the river.
All territory beyond the fourth zone
is embraced within the fifth zone.
Farmers Will Meet at Dufnr.
THE DALLES, Or., Dec. 13. (Spe
cial.) Another County Agricultural
SIMON'S
Always for
BARGAINS
BARGAIN POINTERS IN
GROCERIES, CANDIES
MIXED NUTS, ETC.
One order only of each item . to
each customer, regardless of
amount of purchases.
CRYSTAL WHITE SOAP rCi
Special, 8 BARS. ....... . ZDC
25c size SNIDER'S CAT- i
SUP, Special. 1 DC
Eastern GINGER ALE, p-
the bottle . . . . , .3 C
By the dozen, 55
CRISCO, for cooking, Spe- rr
ciaL only .' wtC
Wesson SALAD OIL, Spe- O yf
cial, only .frC
Small White BEANS, Spe- o
cial, four pounds UUC
25c lb. MIXED CANDIES, - (-
the pound T. IOC
MIXED NUTS, Special at-A
three pounds for . O vJC
for RUBBERS, TOYS, DOLLS
SALVAGE STORE
and ALDER STREETS
Christmas Combination
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Two Superb
Main Floor Talking
Machine Salesrooms
Council meeting will be held Tuesday,
December 19, at Dufur. Delegates from
all the farmeres' organizations of the
county will attend and participate in
various questions which may come up.
INSANE RECLUSE HAS $1110
Lewiston Junk Collector Carries Sav
ings Sewed in Clothes.
OTtOFIXO. Idaho. Dec. 13. (Special.)
William Oliver, a recluse in Lewiston
for many years, who lived in a one
room shack on a sandbar on South
Snake River, was brought to the asy
lum at Orofina, where it was found
that he is well to do. He is a junk
collector.
"Bill." as h wns commonly known.
Every item listed here means a
BIG SAVING in price, and the
same is true of every article
SIMON handles. Get your share
of the savings.
GOOD NEWS
for SHOE Buyers!
SIMON'S
NEW $4000 STOCK
of Men's, Women's and
Children's SHOES
Offered at Most
STARTLING
REDUCTIONS!
Men's $4- do TP?
$5 Shoes J)0 3
Women s
on sale
at only. .
$3 to $3.50
$2.50
LOGGERS!
TAKE NOTICE!
We offer the Famous .
BERGMANN
LOGGER SHOES
at BIG Reductions.
For instance
Reg. $10 (f7 fQ
SHOES at Jb f70
and PICTURES
OPPOSITE P. R., L. P.T
CO.'S W AITIJfCi STATION I
Positively more musical value for less
money than obtainable elsewhere. Eilers
Music Houses are phonograph specialists.
suffered a paralytic stroke which made
him- lose control, of one of his limbs
and also his mental faculties.
Sootliero
California.
via
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Superior service on
Santa Fe's fast trains:
Xhe Angel and Saint
' between
San Francisco Stockton and
Los Angeles and the only
'through sleeper to San Diego. J
All travel comforts. '
Unequaled dining service.
H. H. Francisco,
Gen'l Agent.
122 Third St.. Portland. Or.
Phone Main 1274.
EXCURSION
'FARES
between all
Washington
HOLIDAYS
CHRISTIMAS
NORTHERN
Tickets on sale Dec 21, 22, 23, 24, 25
' Retain Limit Jan. 3, 1917
Offer No. 1
Send at once for descriptions
or come in and hear also our
other many superb combina
tions and particularly our
Christmas Offer No. 2, price,
including records, only
Two Great Music
Houses:
Morrison at Fourth
Broadway at Alder
Now Consolidated
WITH
Graves Music Co.
Search revealed $1110 In gold and
currency sewed to the linings of his
clothing.
K. W, Zamzow,
Trav. Pass. Agt.
points in Oregon
and Idaho, for the
NEW YEARS
on
PACIFIC RY.
For rates, etc applr to
CHty Ticket Office. S3S Morrlon Street
Main 244 Pu inn A 1244
A. D. CHARITON, A. U. I. A., Portland, Ore.