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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (May 6, 1906)
T1IE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, MAY 6, 1908. FIGHT FOR NORTH BANK MASTERY Hill and Harriman in Big Strug- gle to Control the Right of Way. OUTCOME HARD TO PREDICT Double Track Might Offer a Solu tion If the Rival Railway Mag nates Would Accept Such a Compromise. What is perhaps the most interesting railway situation In the United States, ha well as one of the most perplexing construction problems of the year, fa the rival building along the north bank of the Columbia by the Portland & Seattle and tHe Wallula Pacific. The struggle be tween the Hill and Harriman interests for the right of way from Wallula to Van couver h growing more fierce daily, and what will be the outcome of the parallel railroad building now going on can only be guessed. It Is doubtful If even the principals in the struggle themselves have 'a definite Idea of what the ultimate re sult will be. Certain it Is that those di recting the fight from Portland have not a clear conception of what arrangement will be reached finally. Cross and Kccross Many Times. Operations now being carried on by the Iwo contestants cannot be carried to a miccessful conclusion, and already a good deal of money has been spent In the build ing of rival roads that conflict at Innu merable points. An engineer who has been over the whole route from Wallula to Vancouver has estimated that the two roads cross and recross each other's tracks about 450 times in the 220 miles. Kach side eeems determined to continue the building of its own grade, which, even if built as 'planned, will be utterly use less for all purposes of practical railroad ing because of the many points of inter ference. Kach side claims rights along the river which the other combats, and as it stands now, each road has about eo.ua! legal title to rights of way. While there was never any question as to the Inten tions of the Hill road, both lines are now making a good showing. The situation is one where two combatants are spend ing a good deal of money In what must result in a losing fight, as far as building two parallel lines of railway. May Be Double Track. That a double-track railroad will be the only practical solution of the rivalry is the prediction of some prominent in the struggle, as they realize some adjustment of rights must be made, and that work now being done in building grades ts use less, for the grades of one 01 the roads now being built can never be- used. Officials af the Wallula Pacific assert their intenrlon to build and operate a read along the north bank, while Hill of ficials claim the object of the rival build ers Is only to wring concessions front the Portland & Seattle. Among these things to be traded for, say Hill men, is the use of the Northern Pacific tracks from Van couver to Kalama, for they say Harri man will want to use. the Hill tracks for that distance In order to reach a prac tical route to the Sound. Meanwhile, the fight in the Washington r xNJ X V V'X". " A ' ' JT OtoCse JOJTjJ. The location of the various elee- V4. . v Nr : -uDj J0r tYf trlc power and street railway prop- 4 ) I , . - 1 ,-wM0'" ' ' V-T . . ..... ' erties Included in toe ,000.no0 4 I V . lv' . J.t'', " . tAlLWAUKI, --tS-T S. A - " - merger announced last verk In The i I J I i . " . N tr-y- rtTT T.i- . . Vi-N r Orsonlan and backed by New York i J . v n TLlDt' V. V X .-""tiiNV and Philadelphia capitalists in 1 . f y . 4 Z ' . X y UKrStX'W -" - - "X T "IsSSS VS" hown in the map and stretch from I r J l 4 . V. vS) W51iNW - fr jC,. I . . Vancouver. Wash., to Salem. Or., a I Vi - . V V , . . V. - ASifP .GQlttLS J c" - "C distance of 60 miles. Every developed T v' v " N v ft "1 k -'"""" Cn'L tHW lT ' water power in that territory has J 4 l X '- -ss"hh-w fcw a. V. ss 1 -T 4? Ti passed under the control of the East- I . v'S " X KOfctiM VSiV J'' -SS ' ' "earmelude, ,h. power. Kht ( ) V lf . vVlt' kL tZ. Tr.- .-r "S- n', traction properties In Portland, 4 I V V. C. 1 N i ,fT0fi CVW V. rrPlSAeif-k -S -svSl ' Vancouver. Ralem, Sllverton, Oregon f N, - .. ifrfi si ' -- J JrZtftJ-J.fivl jj-Jyar ' City, Cazadcro. . Mount Amrel and I J A V .i't'-' - X W. Z'ZiJ!i:"--fCray- Woodburn. All the electricity gen- I J A ' I I . wiV'- smii ' es-'-2. TOSY - -. erated in all these places and inter- i - f Vi ft I', ' tVANHO T.kk.' "r yar-- jK'CNXv..,,.,vt f i venlnn country, tonether with every I I ' Si IV . ' " UP?BYZ I" H I 11 S ' I ." street-car that riyis on the streets I . , J f ) J V . , orA ps es' f sseV .? CSn? Si. STKS v .of the dlfTerent qltles. as well as I - S AS i X. "I I 1 I yyiZ5Zi l 1 i:-, 'i'-'fK- ---- every electric llfhtVhat shlnea within T -fit V t ' ' X TtifTSi. KiW - 80 mKW of Portland, become the t I I i K (. ff I X 1 1 I ' l I 5--'CU, ' 'V property of the .Eastern bankers who t ( J ' X y VV Vl , si S &J "VS nave merged the properties. f ' ' 1 . l ' ' - .. Iff I X. s-.s ry - if Ta. V X 1 i;;. , - '''vfe'Mt V- ' Lwtalls of management . are yet to VAvJ I . lnDlWH X .,111 '" A V yi KTLANi "feaa -.' .' be worked out. So far as known. I W0'' Va ' XlK .laSXfV L . r , " there will be no radical changes In 1 J i ' s -XT X trf X. l r-J-eUVC ,-... omclals who will alvely Mlrect op- 4 I i I 'iOHT Xv 0 V ' " yrjgy .. tr : ' X VVoVjTel - CjPf- ' eratlons. although the addition of an 4 ' l' f s.""" PlCPf?0 X. 1 1 Atr-iT X !V nxSxl"' I 5?J:S71 - t - . executive committee In the East to I V r.-S si Sty t XX. "Nr r0i'--i:J!jtSh. ?ZW7,1c?i ' . overlook the work of the local man- I ) V .Jr ' Tri m.yy rV I kX Xs' .Ara; '-XJ, ' 'IWJif . agers te expei-ted. Traction and I I 'A ll I "X 1 r Jf 5". t 'r. -55. Pi? ' " . The big deal of last week Is being ,1 II f" ( X y S S V ?-;' '" J rJf 25,- VJf" . : favorably commented upon by Port- 4 UlAK)F t I .r) J t . M- .'Is S S ' ' 1 ' " N, " X. '' "Vv" - - - ' f - - "5 yX. land people, as It Indicates inereas- 4 4 WVYOUCrtr! A J I i - .e-CSfLX- S - V J ' . ' I' JN--S ' Su tic - ing conndence In Coast securities on 4 4 - .GMT Avo 4. rj .A..:' UtlVE&JLrtf - . ' (Z,, , , TTl a Jrf 9"fS-' ' i - ' thi part of Eastern capital and the I I POWK Cf Tl V''y 7T" ff -.. -J V, ,J GUILDS 1CCJ 4n JL. - 'r- e placing of such a large total here at . I r h ySfi y'1 '' '"- -s:.-- -1 j yi j M . . ; v ; j -:' ' "' " - ................ ...l... J courts' Is keen. A hearing that will prove decisive in the struggle will be held at Vancouver, May S, when condemnation suits' will be pressed by tne Portland & Seattle for rights of way aoross land that is admitted to belong outright to the Wab lula Pacific. Whatever Judge McCredie's decision shall be, it is certain to be ap pealed from and the cases taken to the Washington Supreme Court. i Money Freely "Used. i - ! Money is not only being freely spent by the Harriman road in righting the Hill line in the courts, but Union Pacific prof its are being Invested freely in building materials and labor on the Wallula Pa cific. Officials of the Harriman road are authority for the statement that the pay roll of the Wallula Pacific construction forces amounted to S9500 for about ten days prior to May 1, when payment was made to square up for, the first of the present month. Construction materials and added forces of laborers are going from Portland to the Wallula Pacific's grade every week and no -that road has 300 men at work. Thirteen blasting crews are busy, while graders are working in earnest on smoothing rights of way. Several steam shovels will be on the ground by the mid dle of the month. These things indicate that the Harri man road will keep up the fight until given trackage rights over the Hill road or a double track is arranged or some trading of interests is effected. As It looks now, it Is anybody's fight, for rights along the river seem to be equal. Points of vantage are fairly evenly divided be tween the two rival companies. . Harriman Keeps Silent. That the coming 6f E. H. Harriman to. the territory would clarify the situation was the thought of some, but In this hope they were disappointed. Mr. Harriman disclaimed knowledge of the fight and took care to show.no signs of interest in it. That he is ready to Instruct defi nitely his lieutenants on the subject fur ther than to keep up" the fight may be doubted. Some subcontractors who have under taken construction of the two lines are in imminent danger of losing money on their contracts. Sandstorms last week swept down on the works and In an hour wiped out any sign of grading at some points east of The Dalles. The worn that had been done had to be done over, and this will probably occur frequently. So heavy was the wind on several days re cently that the construction crews did not leave their tent. Better Service for Mount Scott. President W. H. Hurlburt, of the Oregon Water Power & Railway Com pany, Is considering the improvement of the car service on the Mount Scott line and as soon as some short double tracking along the road is completed. It is expected that a more frequent schedule will be announced. Cars now run on the Mount Scott line every 15 minutes and It is expected that a ten minute service will begin within a short time. Complaints have been fre quent in the past from the residents of the Mount. Scott district as to the inadequate car service and the com pany has been asked to furnish better facilities. A large number of new cars are being built in the shops of the O. W. P., and with their completion more frequent service will be possible. - Motor-Car in Repair Shop. The Southern Pacific motor-car has been taken off the Oswego run "tem porarily and has been placed in the Southern Pacific shops on the Bast Side for minor repairs. The Oswego local has resumed its run on that line until the motor-car is again able to operate, when it will be put back to work. The motor-car performed satis factorily for a time but parts of the en gine proved weak. These are now be ing strengthened and within a short time the car will be ready for service. Takes Charge at Estacada. T. W. Sullivan, hydraulic engineer for the Portland General Electric Company PERSPECTIVE MAP SHOWING THE ELECTRIC RAILWAY AND ELECTRIC POWER GUESS WHO? SHE WOULD i t i ' 7 An embarrassment of captivating candidates for the positions of Queen and Columbia in the industrial parade of May 25 now confronts the board: of Judges. The contest will come to a close May 12. 'I "think I shall re-" sign," declared one of the judges, "for. when the choice is made, and I am known as one of the judges, the future to me looks dark and uncertain and I shall be probably without an occupation or hope of -reward. I should : hate to vote a political ticket of pretty girls;- for- how would jon-ever-be--, able to reconcile himself to a choice among so many beauties of the various, types that are found In Oregon? All types of grace are represented fully in the present contest, and all possess special claims for consideration." S. H. Priedlander is to be the Prime Minister for the occasion on which democratic royalty will reign supreme for a day. -He has secured the cos tumes and many beautiful jewels, which will be displayed within a short time. His is an arduous task, to manage the floats and the royal party, and the details of the parade, and his long experience with such matters is an assurance that It will be done creditably. The Prime Minister wants -names of young ladies' to serve as attendants on the Queen's court in the floral float and also for Miss Columbia, who. will represent the spirit of the Nation. Who will volunteer? " , . at Oregon City, has been placed in charge of the work, on the : Estacada power plant of the Oregon Wa'ter Power & Railway Company and will hereafter direct its construotlon. Mr. Sullivan suc ceeds ex-Chief Engineer Brown in this work. He understands the building of dams and power-houws thoroughly, hav ing superintended the construction of the big power stations of the Portland Gen eral Electric Company . at -Oregon City. Railway Personals. Guy W. Talbot, general manager of the Hammond roads, left last night for a business trip to Los Angeles. - W. E. Coman, assistant general freight agent for the Harriman lines, returned yesterday from a buslne'ss trip to Spokane. George W. Colby, of San Francisco, general agent there . for the Gireat Northern, will arrive in Portland to day, accompanied by his wife. Mr. and Mrs. Colby are on their ' way to the Sound. A. L. Craig-, general passenger agent for the Harriman lines, returned yes terday from The Dalles, where he con ferred with business men in regard to BE MISS COLUMBIA-No. 5 NT .A J J T .'. the placing in service of an additional daily train from Portland. The matter is now under consideration. Paul Thompson, of the' Illinois Cen tral office, at Seattle, was in Portland yesterday on his way to. Eugene, where hewent to attend the Hoo Hoo concatenation, last . night. : 1 R. P. Ober, general agent for the Northern Pacific refrigerator lines, of St; Paul,, left Portland yesterday to return home after spending a few days in the city and vicinity looking after the Oregon fruit crop.c Frank 1 Brown, the financier, whcj helped to merge the .electric power, light and trolley Interests of Portland and vicinity into a big consolidation this week, left Portland last night to return to San Francisco. Foremen directing the work of driv ing the Cape Horn tunnel for the Port land & Seattle Railway report good progress and expect the tunnel, which will be 2530 feet long when completed, will be finished by the first of next year. Workmen have already driven it in 250 feet. - Between SOU and 900 British, towns and villages have namesakes in the United States. FIVE THOUSAND ASSURED SENATOR GE4RIX SO TELEGRAPHS I. N. FLEISCHNER. Oregom Delrgratiom la Cob l dent of Ap propriation for "Willamette Val ley Irrigation Rxprrlmrata. I. N. Fleischner, acting president of the Board of Trade in the absence of President Wallis Nash in the East, re ceived a telegram from Senator Gearin last night which gives assurance of the appropriation of the JoOOJ asked by the Board of Trade for the proposition of the drainage and irrigation experi ments in the Willamette Valley under the direction of Engineer A. P. Stover, irrigation expert of the Department of Agriculture. The Oregon delegation at Washing ton was asked by wire two days ago to urge the appropriation of $5000 for the work and already responses have been received from all three representatives of tne state at the National capital. Congressman Hermann wired on Fri day that the appropriation had passed the House and gone to the Senate, where it -would have to be passed by the agricultural committee. The telegram received yesterday from Senator Gearin follows: "I. N. Fleischner: Have arranged with Senator Fulton and California and Tennessee Senator. Senator Frazier is to offvr amendment in Senate to carry appropriation up to $125,000. This will provide for Oregon requirements. We judge it better amendment should be offered by Tennessee : Senator- Fulton and I will take (care of it. . " "JOHN M, GEARIN." - The ."$125,000 referred -to -represents the total appropriation asked for ex periment and irrigation work in" Ore gon .at. this session, the J5000 asked for experiments in the Willamette Val ly having- been-added. The 5000 was necessary . for the . experiments,; as the expert was'appointed after, the esti mate had been made up "and sent in to the House and unless funds were forth coming, tne engineer could do no good. If the appropriation goes through, as Is expected. Engineer Stover's experi ments can go. ahead immediately. SAN FRANCISCO IN RUINS Realistic Photographs, of. Fire and Earthquake Damage. - - The recent earthquake and fire which did so much damage to San Francisco are being revealed in most realistic form by Mr. Mayer, - the photographer, who, during the terrible catastrophe, at the risk of his life, took over 100 views of the wrecked portion of San Francisco. Last night" Mr. Mayer, at the request of the citizens of Portland, opened the Slide spoc Theater in the Imperial Hotel, on Washington street, ' and turned away thousands of persons desirous of witness ing the realistic scenes of San Francisco in ruins. I. The scenes will be revealed every Jay for a short time, between the hours of 4:30 and 11 P. M.. at the Imperial Hotel. 331 Washington street. These are the ex act scenes . Mr. Mayer presented to a large audience recently at the White Tem ple, in this city. illvraukle -Sandmen 'All Work. The Milwaukie- BanoV which had been engaged -.to go with -the'-carmen's picnic Friday to Estacada,-owing" to some mis understanding did not - go, but1 Instead had a " "picnic .ot their own. ' It 'was not an outing, -but was full of Interest and enthusiasm.'1 Nearly " all' 'the : members gathered at' their Kail ' "which Is being PLANTS CONSOLIDATED IN A Vindication for Dr. Pierce. Decision by the Supreme Court of New York State, Against the Ladles Home' Journal. A verdict has been rendered in favor I of the plaintiff in the libel suit brought gainst the Ladies' Home Journal (pub lished by the Curtis Publishing Co.) by the World's Dispensary Medical Asso ciation, of which Dr. "B. V. Pierce, is President. The suit was for206;000 damages, and wa3 brought by Doctor Pierce against the Curtis Publishing Company, for making false statements about one of his standard family medicines known as Dr. Pierce's Fa vorite Prescription. In the May num ber of the Ladies' Homo Journal (1904), Mr. Edward Bok, tlte editor, stated that Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription contained alcohol and other harm ful ingredients, and Dr. Pierce had in the action alleged - that the defendant maliciously published this article con tainine such false and defamatory mat ter. Dr. Pierce further claimed that no alcohol is, or ever was, contained in his "Favorite Prescription"; that said med icine was a vegetable preparation and contained no deleterious ingredients whatever; that Mr. Bok s statement, nretpndin? to triva some of the ingredi ents of said medicine, was wholly and absolutely false; and that by means of the publication o the article Dr. nerce was injured in reputation and good name and credit as a manufacturer, to the extent of $200,000, for which amount of damages he brought suit. During the trial, the Vice-President of the World's Dispensary Medical Asso ciation stated, that the ingredients of Dr. Pierce s Favorite Prescription were extracted from the following native roots : - Golden Seal, Blue Cohosh Lady's Slipper, Black Cohosh and Uni corn, by means of pure glycerine. He was asked bow he knew, as a physician and experienced medical man, that the "Favorite Prescription" was a cure for the diseases peculiar to women, such as leucorrhoea,' amenorrhoea, dysmenor rhcea, ante-version, retro-version, and he stated that he knew such' was the fact because of his professional ex perience and the many thousands of women whose ills had been cured by this "Prescriptidn." This, experience was corroborated by the standard Med ical Authoritirs of the several schools of medicine endorsing the various in gredients in the strongest terms., The Vice-President, being asked to give au thorities as to the value of the above roots, read from the standard works, such as the United States Dispensatory; The American Dispensatory ; Organic Medicines, by Grover Coe, M. D.; Ma teria Medica-and Therapeutics, by Pro fessor Finlev Ellingwood of the Bennett Medical College of Chicago. From such authorities and his own professional experience he showed how the ingredients of this n Prescription" acted upon the female system, impart ing increased power - to - the heart's action, and tone to the nervous system, and detailed its remedial influence in disorders of the female organs. The retraction printedjby the Curtis Publishing Company two months after the libelous statement appeared stated definitely that analyses had been made at their request and that the '"Fa vorite Prescription" did not contain either, alcohol, opium or digitalis. But the business of Dr. Pierce was injured fitted up and which was formerly the pioneer schoolhouse. and put In the day in lathing the Inside-preparatory to -plastering..- -At noon the wives- and sweet hearts brought to the hall a. fine luncheon.-, which was - spread In the building, so - that what the band lost in not going on the excursion they more than made up at home. The band will have an ex THE RECENT MERGER from the effects of the publication of the original libel and the matter was brought before a jury in the Supremo Court of New York State who promptly rendered a verdict in the Doctor's favor. ' 60LDE3J SEAL BOOT. Prof. Ellingwood, M. D.. of Bennett Med. Col.. Chicago, says of Golden Seal : "In its therapeutic (remedial) influence its widest range of action is upon the stom ach, lu functional disorders of that organ, where the entire apparatus, including the liver is stagnant and inoperative. It is an important remedy in disorders pecul iar to tcomen. In all catarrhal condi tions, especially if there be muscular relaxation and general enfeeblement, it is useful." i , BLACK COHOSH BOOT. Prof. John King, in the American Dis pensatory, says: "This is a very active,, powerful and useful remedy. It possesses an undoubted influence over the nervous system. In small doses the appetite and digestion are improved." He continues. "Upon the reproductive organs it exerts a specific influence, pro moting the menstrual discharge. "Its action is slow, but its effects are permanent. It has been used successfully as an antispasmodic in hysteria, epilepsy when due to menstrual failings, periodical convulsions, nervous excitability, and many other spasmodic affections." LADY'S slipper root. Edward M. Hale, M. D.. Profnc Hahnemann Medical College. CI says: "Useful in hysteria, chore Vitus's dance), nervous headache, i I . i- 1 . , n Edward M. Hale, M. D.. Profnssor in !. Chicago, horea ( St. dp nenrnl- gia and ' fidgetyness.' " BLUE COHOSH ROOT. The American Dispensatory says: "Bine Cohosh is used by Indian squaws, they employing a decoction of the root for two or three weeks previous to labor to facili tate childbirth." Prof. John King, M. D., says: "It has beer, employed to relieve irritation of the reproductive organs dependent on con gestion. It controls chronic inflamma tory states of tho organs and gives tone in cases of debility. Chronic ovaralgla. leucorrhoea, amenorrhoea ( suppressed menstruation) and diirmcnorriora (pain- ul menstruation), are conditions in which t has been most successfully employed." UNICORN ROOT. Dr. John Fyfe, Editor of the Depart ment of Therapeutics in The. Eclectic Re view says of Unicorn root (Helonias Di oica) one of the chief ingredients of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription : "A remedy which invariable acts as a uterine invigorator and always favors a condition which makes for normal ac tivity of the entire reproductive system, cannot fail to be of great usefulness and of the utmost importance to the general Eractitioner of medicine. In Helonias we ave a medicament which more fully answers the above purposes; tia?t any other drug with which I am acquainted. In the treatment of diseases peculiar to women it is seldom that a case is seen which does not present some indication for this remedial agent." If tho above symptoms, or any consider able number of them, are present, no invalid woman can do better than take Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, one of the leading and predominating ingredi ents of which is Unicorn root, or Helonias. We invite all those who would like to read moret extended extracts from emi nent medical authorities concerning in gredients of "Favorite Proscription." to send for a booklet recently compiled by Dr. Pierce and published by the World's Dispensary Medical Association of Buf falo, K. Y.. which will be sent free to any one requesting a copy of the same by postal card or letter. cellent . home when the improvement.' now under way are completed. A stage is being bflllt at one end and' the flooi' will be relsiid so that tho hall will , b fitted for dancing. It will also be uset for public purposes, and yield a reveniu to the band as well. When the bulldin is completed the band will dedicate it ir an appropriate manner.