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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 29, 1919)
8 TITE MORNIXG OllEGONIAX, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBETt 29. 1919. LEW IS TO DECIDE moon Unemployment Situation Is Factor in 2-MilI Rise. ROAD WORK IS HELD UP Increase of City Forces "Would En able Speeding of Plans and Early Start on Jobs. Portland -will be able to launch a big street and' sewer improvement programme .duriitg- the winter if an unemployment condition arises, pro vided the voters at the special elec tion November 13 adopt the 2-mill tax levy measure. Announcement to this effect was made yesterday by City Commissioner.. Barbur. The increased revenue by reason of the 2-miU tax will enable the depart ment of public works to employ draftsmen, engineers, surveyors, etc in sufficient number to get out plans enough to launch the improvement programme early. Without this increase the depart ment. Commissioner Barbur says, will have to depend upon its present force to prepare plans, and this force hav ing been reduced to a minimum dur ing the period of minimized improve ments, will be unable to get plnas out in time for any winter work and further will be unable to get out plans before late spring for more than one-fifth of the work property owners have petitioned for next year. ICt.r.OO.OOO Expenditure Involved. The programme of improvements which are to be paid for by the prop erty benefited, except the cost of en gineering. plans etc., which is met by general taxation, involves an ex penditure of $3,500,000 for 1920, of which amount $2,000,000 will go to the item of labor.-- It will cost the city $220, OU0 to engineer the projects, and without this money being made available by the tax levy the engi neering cannot he accomplished. "One hundred and sixteen petitions for street improvements are now on file in the city auditor's office," said Commissioner Barbur, "and in addi tion there are more than 40 petitions for construction of sewers in various parts of the city for next year. "For the past year the department of public works has operated on a small force. Kvery man who was not absolutely needed was disposed of and this retrenchment was only made pos sible by the lack of public improve ments during the war. Force Is 3iot Large Enough. "It the city is forced, because of lack - of sufficient revenue, to con tinue' operation of its public works department on the present depleted force it will be impossible to pre pare the plans, specif iciations and other preliminary details for more than one-fifth of the work petitioned for.' In addition, it is certain that, unless the tax levy is approved we will be forced to reduce our al ready minimized forces which will simply retard further our ability to prepare for the proposed improve ment programme. "If the tax levy measure Is ap proved, we can begin immediately on the preparatory work and it will be possible to help meet any unemploy ment situation which may arise in Portland during the winter months by beginning our work which will furnish employment to a large force of men. We will also then be in a position to begin our entire pro gramme with the coming of spring and summer, whereas with the pres ent force, it would be impossible to prepare and be ready to handle even a small portion of the work until some time during the summer months. Voters Would Pay 3 Cents Week. "The voters should be willing to pay less than three cents a week to provide this means of furnishing em ployment for several thousand men. It must be remembered that the city does not pay for the cost of the Im provements involved in, this pro gramme, but it will cost the city in the neighborhood of $220,000 to han dle the cost of the engineering work. Without additional revenue no such sum can be spent and the improve ments, or at least the bulk of them. must await future time when the city has the money available to pay the engineering costs. "Personally, I do not believe that the taxpayers of Portland will place three cents a week between Portland and progress. Other cities are forg ing ahead in this work, after a lull in improvement work for two years caused by the government ban dur ing the war. Commissioner Barbur announced that he has issued Instructions to hold all improvement plans in his de partment for 1920 in abeyance, await ing the outcome of the special elec tion. If the two-mill tax levy is ap proved, ho says that work will begin immediately, but should the voters defeat the measure the greater por tion of the petitions for improve ments will have to be held in abey ance. remaining $10,000,000 made available under -the l'mitation section of the constitution has been promised and will be expended before the close of another year. Because of this con tention and the fact that farmers in all sections of Oregon are clamoring for lateral roads, Mr. Stewart be lieves that no limitation short of 6 per cent should be voted by the elec tors at the next general election. LONE R0BBER GETS $18 Steward on Steamer Waban Is Held Up on Way to Ship. Another of the series of holdups committed by a gang: f rpbbers oper ating in the i:y took place early yesterday, when Darrell Bovey. 692 Hancock street, was stopped near the fct. Johns municipal terminal and re lieved of $18 in, money and a bunch of keys. The robbery was reported to patrol man Todd of the St. Johns force shortly after It occurred at 3:15, and Patrolman Black and others made, a thorough investigation. No arrests, however, were made. Bovey, who is a steward on the steamer Waban, now at the municipal terminal, was on the way to his ship when the holdup took place. He had just reached the bridge over the O.-V. R. & N. tracks, which is located on FINAL CLEANUP OF E CAMPAIGN ORD RED Workers Confident of Full Quota to Memorial Fund. 3 MORE DAYS ALLOWED Lincoln Comity Announces Willing ness to Help Multnomah in Roosevelt Subscriptions. Within three days of clean-up cam paigning, the city and state organi zations, of the Roosevelt memorial drive hope to complete the quota of $38,000 and write finis to Oregon's participation in a movemeat that has MA ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL CAMPAIGN. .fioovelt Memorial Committee, judge Jacob Kansler, Maltnomah eeunty chairman, Preaa Club, Klks Building. Portland. Collar I desire to gv Cants which Z enclose herewith to the fund to erect a memorial to the memory of the late Theodore Roosevelt and to become a member of the Roosevelt llemorial aasoetatioav - - Name Address Town or City. The Roosevelt M emerial esseeiatJea has seem mM ta rases a SS.OOO.oSO rend to be utilised as ollews: (1 ) To -erect a monument ta Tnoedere Keosesrt hi WuUrton. r C; (2) to acquire and maintain a public park at Oyster Bey, N. T.., ultimately te include 8xmore Hill, toe Roosevelt heme, to e preserved like tbe Weshlnn ten estate at Mount Vernon and the heme ot Mr. Lincoln at Sprlnsflell; (2) to endow the Roosevelt Memorial association as a national society to per petuate Theodore Roosevelt's Ideals of.. American eltlsenshlp. Every donor to the fund will receive a certificate ol membership bearlne a. small portrait of Theodore Roosevelt and will become a member ef the Roosevelt Memorial association. The names ef all contributors will be deposited la tar national memorial at Washington. D. C, when erected. the road extending: from Kellogg street, when a man with black hat and overcoat and otherwise similar to. one. of those operating In other parts of the City stepped out from the shadows and flashed a gun on him. - . . - - The pursuit of the robber was handicapped by the fact that the branch police bureau at St- Johns has no auto or motorcycle and conse quently the officers had to operate on foot. LOGGER KILLED, 3 HURT One Injured . Workman Brought From Kelso to Portland. KELSO, Wash.. Oct. 28. (Spec'.al.) N. Stewart, rigging man at the Iiufaula company camp west of Kelso oday was seriously injured when a ine broke. He was taken to Port- ami for treatment. Farrell Mayclin of Shanghai had narrow escape from death last s-'riday night while working at the Green mill on Shanghai mountain east of town. His coat was caught by a line shaft and he was whirled around with the shaft a number of times before the engine could be stopped. His arm was broken, shoul der located and he sustained other njuries. He is being treated at the Kelso general hospital. Clinton Galaher was instantly killed at the I.-P. camp when he was struck by the main line after a block broke, and C. Yock was seriously in jured at the Eufaula camp when he was caught between two logs. CAMPUS SHOW ARRANGED The Little Dog Laughed" to Be Produced at University. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene; Oct. 28. (Special.) "The Little Dog Laughed." the four-act fantasy by Professor Fergus Reddie, in charge ox the work In dramatic interpretation in the university, will be given In Portland at some date soon after No vember 21. according to announce ment here today. November 21 has been set as the date for the perform ance on the campus. A series of matinee playlets Is to be produced by the students in the department during the year, to which friends of the performers are to be admitted by invitation. ROAD MOVE IS OPPOSED increase: of indebtedness LIABILITY BRINGS PROTESTS. Proposed Change Iarom 2. to 6 Per Cent Is Regarded by Some as Excessive. SALEM. Or.. Oct. 2S. (Special.) mat an ettort of James Stewart. representative from Wheeler county, to Increase the . indebtedness liability lor road construction and improve ments in Oregon to 6 per cent will meet with opposition on the part ot many citizens of the state Is in dicated in letters and personal mes sages received at the capital. The present indebtedness limlta tion for road building as provided under the constitution of Oregon Is 2 per cent, and in most instances the persons protesting against an la crease to 6 per cent would not object to a 4 per cent liability. State officials who have considered the proposed amendment now being sponsored by Mr. Stewart declare that the 2 per cent limitation has pro vided the state with approximately $20,000,000 for road building, and they-are inclined to believe that twice this sum, as would be avail able under a 4 per cent liability, would furnish the highjvay depart ment ample funds with which to continue the road construction pro gramme for several years. Mr. Stewart. however. contends tbi . approximately ?10. 000,000 bonds already have been voted for high way construction, whilo much of the UNIVERSITY GETS LAND Half Interest in 3400 Acres of Wheat Near Kennewlck Obtained. WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY, Sa lem, Or.. Oct. 28. (Special.) A war ranty deed whereby the university will receive half interest in 3400 acres of wheat land near Kennewlck, Wash., was executed last week by the trustees. The College of Puget Sound became joint owner of the tract, each institution paying an annuity until the death of the owner of the prop erty. With the proposed introduction of Irrigation in the Kennewlck country the land will increase in value, but It is the purpose of the schools to either rent or sell the whole of tbe property. Salem Plant Handling Pumpkin SALEM, Or.. Oct. 28. (Special.) Ten thousand cases of pumpkins, with an average weight of 48 pounds each, are now being processed at the Hunt Bros.' canning plant in this city. This product has a. big demand in the open markets and will be shipped to many sections of the United States. The plant also will process in the neighborhood of 2.000,000 pounds of apples, for which the growers are re ceiving $2a a ton. There are now 200 persona employed In the opera tion of the plant, and it is not ex pected that the season's work will be finished before January 1. been nation-wide In popularity. Lead ers are confident that the quota will be fully subscribed as soon as com plete reports are received from field workers. 'Captains and field workers are called upon to complete their tasks and notify headquarters within the next three days," said Edgar E. Piper Jr.. state campaign manager. "We have every confidence In the success of the campaign wherever the proper formula has been hit upon for its conduct. Some districts waited for purely voluntary, subscriptions, and. while these were plentiful, leaders now realize that the quotas of va rious counties can be filled by the larger subscriptions from people -who have been waiting to insure the suc cess of the movement. The next three days will be devoted to the completion of the canvass, reaching every sub scriber, and undoubtedly will bring the campaign to a successful close. Lincoln County Over. Lincoln county, with records In other patriotic drives, notified head quarters of Its success in "the memorial campaign, when a message from Lester Martin, county chairman, ar rived yesterday. "Every eligible Bcnool child in New port," telegraphed Mr. Martin, "haj contributed to the Roosevelt Me mortal association. Lincoln county went over the top Thursday. We will help Multnomah county if they need it. We could raise twice our quota. For Josephine county. Chairman T. M. Scott of Grants Pass promises that his district will announce its com pleted quota today. W. Carlton Smith, chairman for Marion county, sends an equally confident message. Delay in Marion county has been due largely to the fact that 134 separate com munlty organizations are in the field for the campaign, and that none of these wishes to announce progress until its full quota has been ob tained. Illustrating the manner in which Portland business concerns support the memorial (unci, says Charles P. Berg, chairman of the retail division is the contributior of nine of the larger laundries, which gave $10 apiece for memberships in the Roose velt Memorial association. Headquarters received a check from Colonel John Leader, former com mandlng officer of the Royal Irish Rifles and military commandant at the University of Oregon, accompanied Dy a cnaracterlctlc letter. Instructions Are) Ferwareleel. 'Enclosed please find cheque for the Roosevelt memorial fund, wrote Colo nel Leader. "Better make It anony mous if the fund is only open to American citizens, but I would fee it an honor to be included among the admirers of the greatest man th world has produced in our time th only foreigner who ever publicly dressed the British down In the cap! tal city of their empire and go away with it. Instructions to county chairmen were forwarded by state beadquar ters last night. In the following words: "Reports- all show effort toward 100 per cent Americanism. . Throcgh th observance of Roosevelt week, whole some results have been achieved, with unmistakable manifestations of full fledged loyalty of American Ideals o citizenship. We feel confident that under the Inspiration of memorial meetings the- full degree of interest in your county will - be registered wnnin tne next few days."" Salem Lyceum Course to Open. WILLAME1TE UNIVERSITY, Salem, Or.. Oct. 28. (Special.) Seat reservations for the Salem lyceum course being staged this winter by a trio of university men were made today. The course for 1919-20 in cludes numbers from the Menely and Ellison-White systems, comprising the following: Chicago Recital com pany, Mark Sullivan, Cecil Fanning, baritone: Frank S. Regan, Katherine Carrol Smith company. Dr. Frank Bonn and the Kicketts Glee club. Piles Cared in 6 te 14 Days) Druggists refund money If PAZO OINT MENT falls to cure Itching. Blind. Bleed ing- or r-rocruamg flics, stops Irritation Soothes and Heals. 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