4 TOE MORNLNG , OREGONIAN, THURSDAY. DECEMBER ' 14, 191C. 11 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 r I 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. I - oKUAUWAY ' L ' ' J 1 - Q - I i t - . f ; fc,.,-, .,,.rrt'u , llri J Athechecktht TOOK THE TROUBlf l v 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 I I m .sV V" J' V. j ffTTTt Ml- Wk 3MB 1 1 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 r 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.