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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (April 16, 1905)
ItT THE SUNDAY ORGONIAN, PORTLAND, APEIS 16, 1905. STOPS II PERMIT Garbage May Not Be Put in Marquam Gulch, PLAN CITY CLEANLINESS Junk Dealers May Have to Sterilize Bottles, 'POLICE CRUSADE CONTINUED Municipal Judge Hogue, Deputy City Attorney Fitzgerald and Health Officer Biersdorf Hold Con-" ference and Agree. RESULT OF INVESTIGATION. -As a. result oi the investigation ol the Marquam Gulch garbage dump, brought to light by Patrolman Hunter. .City Engineer Wanzer yesterday morn ing revoked the permit given 18 months ago by ex-City Engineer El liott for the placing ot refuse there. Judge Hogue suspended sentence In the case of G. Destlfantf. charged with dumping garbage in the gulch, as it was shown he did so by permission of the City Engineer's Department. Judge Hogue suggested that City Health Officer Biersdorf draft an or dinance compelling Junk dealers to sterilize bottles, and. If it is possible, td compel second-hand merchants to fumigate all clothing sold by them. In the meantime the police will con tinue the crusade against other gar bage heaps, unsightly places and un sanitary conditions. No more garbage, tin cans or ashes will be dumped Into Marquam "Gulch. As a result of the agitation begun by the discovery of the unsanitary con ditions' existing there, and the clamor against it, City Engineer "Wanzer yes terday morning revoked the permit given by his predecessor in office. The crematory must bo resorted to by scavengers and all refuse must be de posited there. This is the official de cision, reached in court yesterday morning by Municipal Judge Hogue, Deputy City Attorney Fitzgerald and City Health Officer Biersdorf. "When the case of the city against Destifano was called, Deputy City En gineer Lillls took the witness stand and told of a visit to Marquam Gulch, made Thursday, In company with Pa trolman Hunter. He said the dump was In pretty good condition, and he saw no vegetable or animal matter on the heap. He stated to Judge Hogue that 18 months ago William C. Elliott, at that time City Engineer, had given permission to scavengers to use the gulch for a dump, and such permis sion was in effect until revoked yes terday by City Engineer "Wanzer. Found Only Available Place. Secret Service Agent Caswell, at tached to Mayor "Williams office, was next to take the stand. He said that recently he was delegated to seek out a place where tin cans, ashes and such refuse might be dumped until the close of the Lewis and Clark Fair. He searched throughout the length and "breadth of the city, he said, and found Marquam Gulch to be the only avail able place. He reported back to the Mayor to this effect. Mayor Williams and City Engineer Wanzer went out to the gulch, he said, and decided Cas well's selection was proper. "Have you been out to the dump re cently?" asked .Deputy City Attorney Fitzgerald. Caswell -Yes, and I have visited it daily for some time Fitzgerald Did you see any vegeta ble or animal matter there? Caswell --No, sir. Fitzgerald Is your eyesight good? Caswell Very good, sir. Fitzgerald Then, why was ft that .you failed td see that orange peeling on the sidewalk the other day, and that you slipped and broke your collar-bone? Caswell made no reply, but there was a general hearty laugh. He Found Garbage There. Patrolman Hunter again told his story about finding garbage on the dump. He said there were cabbage leaves and similar matter. He said, liowever, that when he visited the dump next day with Lillis the place 2iad been smoothed down and covered with ashes. Deputy City Engineer Carr also said he saw refuse on the dump that should not have been al lowed there. Judge Hogue and City Health Offi cer Biersdorf held a consultation re garding the dumping of cans and bottles. They agreed that none should be thrown out inside the city limits -without first having been sterilized. It was shown that an ordinance to com pel people to cleanse cans and bottles before depositing them out of doors would be Impracticable, and Judge Hogue suggested that an ordinance be drafted making it obligatory upon the part of junkmen to sterilize bottles purchased by them. This Mr. Biers dorf agreed to do. He may also draft a. law to qompel second-hand dealers to fumigate clothing sold In their stores. Young Actors Give a Play. Master Frank Moody, son of Ralph E. Moody, the attorney, has surrounded hlm ?elf with a company of talented young Thcspiaris for the purpose of producing a. series of plays at the Moody residence on Twenty-first street. The Initial perform ance of the Moody stock company was "The Dressing Gown," a farce In one act, given yesterday with great success before a highly delighted audience. The cast wag a? follows: Peter Peabody.. Mrs. Peabody... Miriam Angus ICIrk Cumber Sarah Prompter Curtain-Kaiser Frank Moody Carolyn Friendly ...Margaret Malarkey ....Raymond Coursen Ned Hyskell Constance Piper Delia Keys ..iseu .aiaiarKey In response to general demand. "The Dressing Gown" will be repeated at an early date. Serious Charge Is Preferred. William Muir was arraigned in the Municipal Court yesterday on an informa tion charging attempted criminal assault on Mrs. C. G. Bartonell. Muir was oris-,. son. 'after falling through a skylight in the Brunswick' restaurant. He is said . to 3iave made a leap for liberty, diving, through a second-story window and land ing in the basement of the restaurant. GARBAGE HEAP AT CORNER WIIXIAMS AVENUE AND WEIDLER STREET. ITS WORK NEEDED Rabbi Wise on Travelers' Aid Association. - PROTECTION FOR UNGUARDED Mrs. Lola G. Baldwin, the Newly Appointed Superintendent, Says Conditions Here Need Con stant. Attention of Society. "I had not been In Portland very long before I was impressed with the need for the Travelers Aid Association. I am not here to compare Portland o other cities. I am not prepared to say It Is worse than other places, for I will not admit it, and have learned to love the place in my short sojourn here, but there Is great need for work here. The conditions are ripe for work such as we are pledged to do." The honors were divided last night pret ty evenly between Mrs. Lola G. Baldwin, the newly appointed superintendent of the city work of the Portland branch of the Travelers' Aid, and Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, who addressed the meeting called to discuss plans for the care and protec tion of the women and girls who are be ginning to troop unprotected to the city in anticipation of the Fair .and Its allure ments. The one spoke of what she had seen and learned in her long experience, during which a thousand girls have learned to call her "Mother Baldwin," though she is still uncrowned by many silver hairs; the other spoke of what the association meant to the city and to its future. Mrs. Honeyman, the president of the as sociation, guided the meeting, which was opened by a short prayer by Dr. Wise. Mrs. Royal Norton favored the audience with several vocal selections, after which Dr. Wise was introduced to speak briefly. The speaker. In beginning, told of having seen the uniformed women In the large depots throughout the continent of Europe and of the organization there similar to the American association. He spoke of the organized traffic In white slaves even now being carried on, especially In Rus sia and other countries, where whole ship loads of women and girls have been sent to. foreign and unknown lands, virtual slaves of those who took them. In part, Rabbi Wise said: "The Lewis and Clark Exposition is to promote the material interests of this great Northwest, and that is as it should be. but It is beautiful to think that the human and nonmaterial side is not to be neglected in the stress and rush incident to the marshaling of the material inter ests of the Exposition. And if the men here are apostles in the material work, woman Is the apostle In this the better work. The men of Oregon are seeking through the Exposition to further the material Interests of the commonwealth: the women of our state who are in this work declare that they would further the moral and spiritual Interests of our peo ple. ""This work should succeed, for the work of the Travelers' Aid Association spells sisterhood, and there are no lines of division in the realm of sisterhood. I love the work because I know here are no barriers. The women of the Christian churches, and those of mine, the Jewish common ground for the common good. "rnc worK of the association will sur vive the Exposition and prove a perma nent good to the city and the state. In a few short months the Exposition will be a dream, but the work of the Travel ers' Aid Association will always remain." Mrs. Baldwin followed Dr. Wise and told of the work of the association in other cities and outlined what would be done, and what had been begun, in Port land. The city, according to Mrs. Bald win, was more open in its vice than some In which she had lived, which served the purpose of making It easier to deal with. It had no locks or bars to protect and hide it. "Some of the best help I am having is from saloonmen themselves." said the speaker. "There are those who are help ing me in my quest, who furnish me In formation and lend me assistance." The lodging-houses will be catalogued anu indexed as to their class and reputa tion, and warnings will be given against those which are not conducted on right lines. The association has secured headquar ters at Sixth street and will soon have offices fitted up there for the use of the workers. It is estimated that the Summer's work will cost about J2500. New Policeman Resigns Place. Patrolman Charles Lt. Hulmc, one of the newly-appointed policemen, yesterday ten- rtnrAfl .Vlc T-Aslff-nnt.lnn Wo hits sfrnrw1 n I better position. GARBAGE IN ALBINA Citizen Protests Against Continuance. JUDGE HOGUE IS NOTIFIED Patrolman Is Detailed to See That the Nuisance is Not Continued, and Offenders Will Be Punished; Another garbage heap has been dis covered, this time by J. Wilson, a resi dent of Albina. After reading about the crusade being waged against un cleanllness and the civic improvement campaign now going on In Portland, he decided to make public a new-found dump for refuse. It Is at the junction of Williams avenue and Wheeler street, and Is described as a very bad nuis ance and a grave menace to public health. Wilson wrote to Municipal Judge Hogue yesterday regarding the' dump In Albina, and gave a good description of It. He declares that it has long been used by every one having garb age to dump, and is not only unsightly, but positively menacing to health. Wilson's message to Judge Hogue was turned over to Patrolman Hunter, who is doing special work under the direction of Chief of Police Hunt- Tho officer will make a personal Investiga tion of the place and endeavor to as certain who is responsible for the con ditions there. He has orders to prose cute any person found guilty of dump ing refuse. Chief Hunt has Patrolmen Hunter and-Phillips doing special work along civic Improvement lines. The regular policemen make numerous reports dally of minor violations of street and sidewalk ordinances, and laws .govern ing the keeping of buildings and per taining to the regulation of the city In general. These reports are turned over, in part, to Phillips and Hunter to attend to. In the large majority of cases there is Immediate compliance with the ordinances by violators with out recourse to the Municipal Court. Chief Hunt states there is consider able trouble keeping vacant lots In clean condition, as people residing in such vicinities will empty refuse. In spite of the fact that they have been repeatedly warned. It Is extremely dif ficult to keep watph over all these places, as people take advantage of the opportunity after "nightfall to dump garbage when they cannot be seen.- For violations of street ordinances warrants were Issued out of the Muni cipal Court yesterday for E. E. WI1 lard, J. D. Heckonzes and M. 1M. Peter son. They will be heard tomorrow. $ATES FIXED FOR FAIR MONTHS O. R. . N. and Southern Pacific An nounce Low Fares. The discussion of rates has been -one of the main things in the mind of A. I. Craig, general passenger agent of the O, R. & N., and of W. E. Coman. general freight and passenger agent of the South ern Pacific, for some time. Business men from all parts of the territory have been interviewed as to what they thought would be a rate to give satisfaction, the age'nts along the lines of the two roads have been asked to Investigate and every thing has been done to come as near meeting the approbation ot the people as could be in keeping with the traffic Inter ests of the roads. As a result of these investigations, the announcement of rates was made yesterday. According to the schedule the rates will be In effect from Slay 29 to October 15. and will grant In general and at all times a round-trip faro of one and a third from any point and return, with a, full tlmo limit of 30 days. Other special provisions have been made, however. Parties of ten or more persons traveling together under a time limit of ten days may visit the Fair trom any point In the territory for one fare, while parties of ICO or more will be given one fare rates, with Individual tickets and a return limit of ten days. Coach excursions will be run In addi tion to the rates quoted, as often as the traffic will warrant, the rates for which will be lower than a one-.way fare. These tickets 'will be good for seven days from date of sale, but will entitle to nothing more than day-coach privileges. The fare from Spokane. Wallace. I.ewis ton. Moscow and Huntington will be $10. From Baker City the fare will be about J9. from Walla Walla $5.25, and from Umatilla $5. PORTLAND ART MUSEUAl WILL BE OPENED APRIL 24. The Portland Art Museum, at Fifth and Taylor, donated by Mrs. W. S. Ladd, will be opened April 2, and one of the first special exhibitions there will be ot photo- graph's said to be the finest in the world. There are about 400 photographs selected from 10,000 submitted to an international committee of 15. This collection has , bcen.jjexhlb!tc.d in various places throughout . the country, last at San'.Franclsco. TEi DOWN HILL Why Lafe Pence Wants to Use Water. HYDRAULIC POWER NEEDED If Refused Permission, Will Ciose Canyon. PUBLIC WILL BE SHUT OUT Percy H. Blyth, of the Scottish-American Company, Delivers an Ulti matum to the Park Board Regarding Rights. "If Colonel Hawkins persuades the Park Board not to allow Mr. Pence to carry out his plans for tearing down the hill In the vicinity of Macleay Park by means of hydraulic pressure, we will close the park to the public". This statement was made by Percy H. Blyth, of the Scottish-American Invest ment Company, yesterday afternoon. It Is the answer of -Mr. Blyth, Mr. Pence and the company to the threats of Colo nel Hawkins, and comes In the shape ot an ultimatum that cannot be disregarded. "Macleay Park may be controlled by the Park Board." continued Mr. Blyth, "but in spite of this, the Scottish-American Company absolutely owns and con trols the canyon or gulch leading to the park. We have allowed the public to use it as a thoroughfare leading to the park, and the public has been welcome to it, but if the narrow-mindedness of Mr. Hawkins prevails we shall close the can yon to trespassers, and the public will be kept from enjoying the park, as we also own land above the limits of the park. Says Contention Is Absurd. "The contentions of Colonel Hawkins are absurd and without merit. Mr. Pence is a practical engineer. His scheme is bona fide and legal. He does not intend to dry up the creek; he only intends to use as much water as the law allows, and for which he has filed rights. By means of this water, properly used, Mr. Pence can grade down the hill two-thirds cheap er than it could be graded down in any other manner. This will give the land to homebullders., and make the heights the prettiest suburb of Portland. It will be the culmination of our plans. We have ever been progressive In this locality. We have a steel bridge, and there Is no whim perings from the people about paying for it, as there Is on the East Side. We have concrete walks and other Improvements. We have pleasant homes there, and If the plans of Mr. Pence are carried out we will be able to give homebullders more land, and give It them cheaper than we would if we had to use other means to grade down the bill. Plan Termed Practicable. "Mr. Pence Is not the scoundrel Colonel Hawkins would have him believed. His scheme is practical. Hawkins desires to block the scheme for some motive or other. I cannot surmise why he should desire to do so. The park will not be In jured to any extent. We simply want to cut down the hill In order that lt may be used with advantage, and naturally we want to do it as cheaply as possible. If Colonel Hawkins persists In opposing us, we shall close the canyon leading to Mac leay Park, and protect ourselves from trespassers, which will effectually close the park to the public This matter Is' imperative with us. We wanted to sell the canyon once, and offered to sell lt cheap. The Legislature knocked out that project, and so we still have the land. Moreover, we own land at the head of the park as well as at the foot. We can close the park if we are obliged to, but we don't want to do this. The public has always been welcome to use our land in getting to the park, and we are. willing that lt should do so. but it cannot be if Colonel Hawkins carries out his plans for blocking our project. "All we desire to do Is to use the por tion of the water of the creek the law allows in washing down the hill and re ducing the grade. We can do lt two thirds cheaper this way. save money our selves and save money for .future pur chasers of the land. There Is nothing: illegal or Illegitimate in tho plan. Mr. Pence Is an engineer who knows his busi ness. He has acquired certain rights; ha will not go beyond the limits set and pre scribed by law. I do not knOw why Colonel Hawkins should take the stand he does. We are progressive and desire to Improve this property. The present condition of things in this suburb shows our spirit of public pride. We are asking no favors, we are merely standing up for our rights. But we declare and contend that if these legitimate plans are balked by Colonel Hawkins we will close Mac leay Park to the public by shutting up the canyon leading to the park. We own this land every foot of it and we can close it to the public if we so desire. This Is our answer to Colonel Hawkins threats. It may sound threatening, but is no more so than the utterances of Colonel Hawkins. Otherwise Will Close Canyon. "Incidentally, if our plans are carried out, visitors to the Lewis and Clark Ex position will have a chance to see that hill reduced to a level Joy the use of water, a sight that will be more Interesting than one might at first suppose. It la prob able that If we cut down the hill the Ore gon Traction Company will be given a solid roadway. This, together with the reduced price by using water, and the Improvements that will result to that section of the city, ought to show that the consummation of our plans will bene fit tho public instead of working a hard ship on lt. and at the same time will not Injure the public's recreation ground. "In conclusion I will say that this is our ultimatum. We Intend to reduce this grade by means of the portion of the water of the creek that we are allowed by law to use. If we are balked In this matter of Improvement. Macleay Park will forever remain a wilderness, as tho Park Board desires, but it will be a wil derness Into which the public will not be allowed to penetrate, for we shall close the canyon to traffic and shall protect ourselves from trespassers if lt takes thousands of dollars to do lt." Mr. Blyth was earnest In declaring that there was nothing Illegal or illegitimate In the project, and that the Idea was to create Improvements Instead of working a detriment to tho locality. He was very flrm In the declaration that If balked tho Scottish-American Company would closa the canyon, and said the public had al ways been welcome to "use the canyon heretofore, and he hoped that It would not be deprived of the privilege through the untoward actions of Colonel Hawkins or the Park Board. Park Board's Statement. Apropos of tho situation the Park Board yesterday issued a communication rela tive to Macleay Park, of which tho fol lowing Is the text: "There being a strong desire on the part of the citizens, the Lewis and Clark Board and the Park Board to have one wild spot in our city limits that Is un touched and untrammeled by the hands of man, the Park Board has therefore selected as that place the Macleay Park and such portions of the Macleay Park trail as come under the control ot tho board. It Is desired that not a fern, flower, leaf, twig or branch of any name or nature be disturbed. While the Park Board feels that about 93 per cent ot tho community are thoughtful and apprecia tive, still there are a few that are care less and indifferent, and to these few It necessitates the board making stringent laws not allowing any one to pluck or mar anything. A keeper clothed with author ity will be constantly kept In the park rigidly to carry out this plan, by arrest or otherwise. All good citizens will con fer a favor if they will report quietly to the local keeper any depredation ot this kind coming under their notice, and thus assist in keeping this park In its native wild beauty. There Is plenty of room fo marauders outside the park premises. It Is requested that no one carry cut shrubs through the park, as this would give van dals a loophole out of which to escape. The keeper in charge Is hereby requested to carry out the spirit ot this statement. "GEORGE H. WILLIAMS, "T. L. ELIOT. "J. T. MEYER, "ION LEWIS. "L. T,. HAWKINS. "Park Board. Green C. Love Gets His Share. The contest of Green C. Love against! the estate of his father, the late Captain Lewis Love, has como to an end, tho various heirs having signed deeds in his favor, so that he and. his wife can enjoy his one-sixth portion, free from legal entanglements. Captain Xavc added & codicil to his will, which provided that if Green C. 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