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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1908)
THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND. ArRIT, 2G, 190S. OBJECT TO LOCAL OPTION PETITIONS and the hostile forces withdrew to prepare for the real battle, which will occur on the date named, barriung possible con tinuance. It is known that the liquor interest! In tend to fight hard to preserve the Lower Alolna territory and certain "wet'" dis tricts west of Union avenue, extending from 811 wood to St. John. Linking these districts in with ML Tabor. Irvlngton and the districts generally rast of Union avenue might leave the whole East Bide dry. The outcome of the scrimmage will be watched with interest. CLASSIC REPRODUCTIONS IN HIGH-GRADE FURNITURE Liquor Interests Carry Fight for East Side Precincts Into Court. CONFLICT IN DOCUMENTS J.auycr Aert That 89, 0 and tl .r GrouiMHl for Vole Vndrr Two Srparale Subdivision, Con trary to the Law. Prohibition and tho liquor interests en Kxd in the first nkirroUh for posjs)on of Kmnt 6fd ntrong holds, in the County Court. yfstrdy forenoon. The campaign prnniinea to prove an exritlnff. if not a bitter one, local optlonieta maneuvering to carry the Eaat tjide ax a whole and the liquor lniereata fighting stubbornly to maintain a few atrongholdH of the 'Momon rum." The anti-saloon element have two petitions for position on the ballot at the June election, while the other have three. Am usual, the squabble is on points of law. Trie liquor Interenta took occasion In court yesterday morning to attack, the local option petition, which was filed sev eral days ago and which makes a sub division of the entire East lde. as well as a. subsequent petition asking for a vote on Precincts 89. 90 and 91. These two petitions conflict under the law. which authorised no grouping of precincts in two or more separate subdivisions. Any precinct may be voted on separately and In one subdivision or group of precincts, but may not be include In more than one group. Several Issues Raised. While this point was attacked yester day by Jotin F. Logan and Ralph Moody, r-presenting the "wet" element. It was not the subject of the main assault. Var ious other aspects of the local option law were brought Into Issue. E. 8. J. Mc Allister, ' representing the prohibition forces, presented his answers to the con tentions put forward by lxgan and Moody. Muoh confusion resulted, how ever, and County Judge Webster finally suggested that there be a continuance and that the differences be consistently threshed out. . The court said he was not even sure he had any authority to hear the affair out or to act on the petitions, as no suoh authority waa explicitly bestowed by the local option enactment. May 7 was aet as the date for formal hearing. The Importance of the fight is not hard to understand, nor Is Its significance. At this time the saloons of the East Side are confined almost entirely to the water front district, and west of Union avenue. It Is not likely that these districts could be controlled in the cause of local option without the hardest kind of a fight, at least. Put could these districts be thrown In subdivisions with the populous terri tory east thereof, the result is not diffi cult to foresee. 'What the Law Says. Now. the law very plainly says that any district which votes dry at a regular election cannot regularly be brought up for vote again until the elapse of two years. As was pointed out toy Mr. Logan, local option was passed on in a number of districts at the city election last year. For example, old districts 41. 43 and 43 went dry last year, and yet they are in cluded m the sweeping petition which makes one vast voting subdivision out of tho entire East Side. "I think that showing is sufficient to throw the petition out," said Mr. I-ogan, in conclusion. If there was any action on the pre cincts named last year t was irregular, according to Mr. McAllister's view of the case. He said there was an election In 19o6, and that any consequent election, up to June 1, 190$, would not be regular. Therefore, ho was not Inclined to admit that the petition making a subdivision of the entire Kjist Side was In any way de fective. Mr. McAllister also contended that if the East Side petition la good and valid, any others would be in conflict, no matter by whom submitted, Inasmuch as the law provides that no precinct can be Included in more than one subdivision. Prepare for Real Fight. It was suggested that the contentions b gotten together in concise form and brought up regularly before the court. May 7. at 2 P. M. This was decided on A(.KD HUSBAND 1XHKED OUT G. F. Ritter Says He Was Object of Rid Ion le. Because he was old., feeble and In bad health, his young wife poked fun a him, Insulting and ridiculing his 68 years. That is the charge made by George F. Ritter against Mathilda D. Ritter In an answer to her suit for divorce. The answer was filed In the Circuit Court yesterday after noon. Three weeks after their marriage, which occurred about two years ajeo. Mrs. Rit ter began making life a burden for htm, the husband says. In his answer. Last May she locked him out of their room, at 403 Flrnt street, and he mas compelled to sleep on the cold, hard floor In front of the bedroom door. May IH she bolted th door finally and told him to go and return no more. When he married her he had a few hundred dollars. Now he hasn't anything. He asks that the costs of the suit be charged attain at her. O. R. A N. Answers Suit. In an answer filed by the O. R. A N. Company, in the Circuit Court, yesterday, to the suit of Kerr, Gifford 4 Co., for $oJ,lUS damages for delayed wheat ship ments during the season of 1904-fi. tha company pleads that the statutes of lhm Itatons apply to the claim. The same con tenton Is made as In previous suits of the kind, that the company did the best poa sible to supply all shippers with cars, but owing to an unprecedented demand, brought on by failure of the Eastern wheat crop, it was Impossible to provide all the cars needed on short notice. Report on Oorbett Estate. The tenth semi-annual report of the executrix and executors of the estate of H. I Corbett was presented to the County Court yesterday and approved. Tho report shows the receipts of the past six months to have been $613,113.35 in ex cess of an overdraft of 928,692.01 shown by the last or preceeding report. The ex penditures of the period named reached a total of $437, 24.17, leaving a balance in the hands of the executors of $48,615.17. One Judge During Summer. Only one Circuit Court Judge will be on duty at the Courthouse from July 1 to September 7, and he will attend ex clusively to emergency cases. The reg ular vacation period, as provided by law, begins July 1 and extends through the period named. The big run of cases oc casioned by the prolonged banking hol idays Is now well In hand and the court will have regained an equilibrium by July 1. SINGLE TAX NOT A . TAX Because, Says Writer, It Destroys Assessment Values. PORTLAND. April M. (To the Edi tor.) I quote from the latest circular issued by the press bureau of the Tax Repudlators' Association, and signed by Kred C. Denton: "Point out to these objectors that the farmers of Oregon do not own the state, either in area or values, the tillable lands of the state being assessed for J76.000.000 out of over (384,000.000 of land values, and nothing is said In reply. Not a figure Is given, or a fact. In refutation. Con sidering that much of the tillable land is held for speculation and rented to tenants, it is a liberal concession to as sume the farmers of Oregon own even (T.r.. 000. 000 of its land values." , Mr. Wagnon. of the same sect, when cauKht in a gross error by the Ore gonian. excused himself on the ground of inadvertence. This. I suppose, is another Inadvertence. In handling fig ures these tax reformers should curb their Impetuous leal. . . . I quote the state report, in round numbers, and partly from memory, but I will get nearer the truth than Mr. Denton: Value of tillable lands f T5.000.000 Value of non-tillable lands 138.000. 000 Value of city and town lots 136.000.O00 True total 34. 000,000 Mr. Denton's error 35.000.000 Mr. Denton's total ...$384,000,000 Moreover, there is no return of till able lands for Multnomah County, it all going into the non-tillable column at tn. 453.000, which affects tha totals against the single taxers' argument, and also shows how undependable the state segregation is. . . . To place all the burden of taxation PEOPLE'S INSTITUTE STARTS A SAVINGS BANK FOR CHILDREN Place for Pennies of Little Ones, Who Will Be Encouraged to Practice Self-Denial for Larger Things of Future. T LILIAN TINOLE. ANF.W departure, which shows every promise of success, has been recently made In the chil dren's department of the People's Insti tute. A "penny savings bank," similar to those of many publie schools and settlements In the East, has been or gitnlzed; and the children are receiving valuable lessons In thrift, and in the elf control necessarily exercised when the sticks of gum or bags of candy, so desirable at the Instant, are foregone for the sake of some larger and worthier object In the future. As an instance of whst children's small savings may amount to, it is a little startling to be told that In the public echool penny banks of Toledo, O., the deposits at the end of the first year amounted to about $30,000. and that in the same city, after four years, during which the young financiers have been depositing pennies and draw ing out dollars for all kinds of special purposes, there is now about $60,000 on deposit. Some of the special purposes for which the money was withdrawn are interesting. Besides the purchase of coveted baseball outfits and expensive athletic goods or tools and such things by the boys, and various objects of nee or ornament, not otherwise obtainable by girls, there wer. trips and vacations saved for and enjoyed, school books Independently purchased, "a new drees for mother," presents and treats for brothers and sisters, and one sad little item, "for the doctor, and the baby's funeral." In Chicsgo and several other large cities, both school principals and settle, ment workers testify as to the useful ness and moral value of the penny bank system. The Institute Bank ts the flrst to b. opened in Oregon, but the TV C. ST. U. has also taken up the Idea and will endeavor to form as many stations as possible throughout the state. As to the method, each child who opens an account with a penny or more receives a small pass book in which entries are made by Miss Prltch ard. the director of the women's and children's department of the Institute, whenever any um is dropped Into the little metal "bsnk" which bears that child's name. When a whole dollar has been saved the proud possessor takes the "bank" and entry card to a downtown bank and makes a deposit In most businesslike style. It Is almost Incredible how much money is spent weekly by the children of poorer parents, for candy, gum and "shows," all of which they would be far better without. That does not mean that there should be "no more cakes and ale." but that a better and more wholesome quality of "cakes and ale" can be obtained on occasion. Working parents often give their children many more dimes and nickels than many much more well-to-do par ents are in the habit of bestowing in some cases because of" a feeling that since it is not possible, to give the child the larger good things of ltfe. a short sighted love endeavors to bestow as many small pleasures as possible, re gardless of the wholesomeness of these pleasures. Sometimes the giving of money is the only known means of dis cipline the regular "do-this-and-I'Il-give you a nickel" system of child training, always disastrous in effect, and unfortunately so widely used by parents both rich and poor. Sometimes, again, imperfectly nourished children crave the gum and candy and mothers who lack knowledge of how to feed them let them have such things in stead of the nourishing food they really need. But whatever th. source of the pennies there is no doubt as to the de sirability of getting young people who have them to see the difference be tween "stinginess" and "thriftiness" and to form the habit and recognize the necessity of systematic and pur poseful saving. mm -v h t - m Ms. S4i CADIZ ARM CHAIR An ex act copy of famous Spanish Chair, showing the influence of the Queen Anne period on Spjuniah furniture decora tion at that time. A splendid, exclusive gathering of Art Reproductions of the classic period styles correct examples by the rec ognized leaders in the making of fine furniture pieces in the designs that characterize the various periods in the history of furniture construction and which are conced ed by authorities to be perfect. This extensive collection is unsurpassed by any showing of fine furniture in the West, and represents our efforts of many months in se lecting and bringing together. These in every instance are exact copies of the famous originals, in which every de tail has been correctly reproduced. Following we men tion a few of the many reproductions of the recognized periods of the English and French schools, which we are now displaying on our floors. The French Periods-Louis XIV, Louis XV, Regence, Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. - The English Periods Elizabethan, Charles II, William and Mary, Jacobean, and the types displaying the three epochs of the Georgian period, viz: The Chippendale, the Sheraton and the Hepplewhite. The various types of the Chippendale and . " Hepplewhite reproductions are especially worthy of mention. In the former, the ribbon back, the mirror back, the shell back, the Gothic Chippendale and the Chinese Chippendale. In the latter the shield back and the honey suckle back. The beautiful Colonial designs are no less conspicuous in this splendid gathering of pieces for the living-room, library and hall, and those who appreciate the simplicity, elegance and character of the period designs will be deeply ' interested in this collection. See our window exhibits. t:r M B M III 11-a YOUR CREW. 18 6000 j Mm. COMPLETE H0U5E -FURNISHERS! HAKE YOUR ' OWM TEEM J T"fi""sj ORMONDE ARM CHAIR An exact copy of English Chair of the period of Charles II. in if upon land is to destroy its market value. Capital invested in It would largely evaporate in falling prices. The remainder would be confiscated by tax sales. The revenues of the state would diminish. The state would have to as sume a proprietorship it has hereto fore pressed upon its citizens. That the landless would benefit by the pol icy is doubtful. The 'Single taxers paradox, that the farmer will be benefited by taxing land only, and that such a measure will determine a movement of the poor from the city to the country, is predi cated upon the fact that the measure would cheapen land. But it cheapens It by making it undesirable, and one cannot make a freehold undesirable to the speculator without making it un desirable to all. And here I come to the great de cisive objection to the single tax. It is in fact not a tax measure at all, since it destroys the values upon which it would confine Ui. assessment. It is a Socialist measure leveled at the private ownership of land. The single tax argument admits the fact. That Is the real question we are called upon to decide. A radical change in the whole social order 1b proposed. The state Is asked to confiscate the values acquired by the provident in behalf of the wasters. Because of a few In stances of abuse, which intelligent and courageous citizenship would cor rect by specific remedies, a whole civ ilization Is to be overturned. This is the bomb which the gum-shoe reformer has concealed in his basket of enticing exemptions. The single tax has been discussed and experimented with in a cautious way for over 100 years, and the con sensus of Judgment conservative and progressive Is decidedly against it. even in New Zealand, i Australia and Canada, from where the sophists pre sent such seductive reports. In that time, even In countries where no wild land invited settlement, and where it was subject to monopoly, and some real excuse existed for such violent meas ure, no instance is on record of its suc cessful establishment. J. R ZIEGLElt. daughter, Stella Ford Linehan, was mar ried to Lloyd Rittenhouse Smith, Rev. E. . S. Muckley, pastor of the First Christian J Church of this city, performing the cere mony. The wedding was very quiet. I owing to the recent death of the bride's i father, but was elegant In its simplicity. In the reception rooms, where the cere- WASH GOODS SALE. Our entire stock of wash dress ma terials on sale tomorrow and Tuesday at greatly reduced prices. Now's your op portunity to supply your Summer needs and save money. McAl'.en A McDonnell, Third and Morrison streets. Public Building lor Everett. WASHINGTON. April . The Senate today passed a bi(T for the erection of a public building at Bverett, Wash. Snittli-LInehan Wedding. A quiet but very pretty wedding oc curred last Wednesday afternoon, at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. P. Llnchan, 421. Third street, - when tier mony was performed, palms, calla lilies and magnolias were profusely used. In the dining-room a large cutglass vase, filled with California yellow bloom oc cupied the center of the table, and from a fairy lamp were suspended sprays of green entwined with white ribbon and yellow tulle, fastened to the four corners of the table with large bows of ribbons and green. The bride is a highly accom plished young woman; a reader of much merit, having been a member of the famous ' Elks Ladles' Quartet Concert Company. For two years she was soprano soloist at Westminster Presbyterian Church of this city, and the past year HAPPY THOUGHTS Are thoughts that smooth the life's pathway and make life worth the living. Babcock Happy Thoughts do the same thing with all the roads you travel. They take the jar and jolt, allowing you to en joy the ride. Look for them on the street. You will see Happy Thoughts everywhere, and they are all bought of You Can't Buy Genuine Happy Thoughts Ex cept of Us. First and Taylor or E. Second and E. Morrison uccupled the same position at the First Christian Church. The groom Is the only son of Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Smith, of Portland Heights. Mr. and Mrs. Smith left Wednesday afternoon for Mr. Smith's ranch In the Slletz Reservation, where they will make their home for th present. No Students-No Gas-No Cocaine We Set the ace SPECIALISTS IN PAINLESS DENTISTRY TEETH NERVOUS PEOPLE and those afflicted with heart weakness can have their teeth extracted and filled without any pain or bad results. Extraction, absolutely painless ..50 Best plain rubber plate.. $8. OO Bridge work $5.00 22-k gold 85.00 Silver filling 50 up CLEANING TEETH FREE Consultation and estimates free. Open evenings until 7. Lady in attendance. Union Painless Dentists Suite 1, 2, 3 aud 4, . 22i2 Morrison, Corner First Phone A 2132.