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Newspaper Page Text7 13 THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND. MAT 3. 1908. PORT OF PORTLAND ILL IS EJ (PLAINED Chamber of Commerce Files Argument for Measure With the Secretary of State. GIVES VOTERS POINTERS Sets FortU That Proposed Amend ments Would Confer on Corpora tion Power to Creatly Improve City's Shipping Facilities. The committee on rlvero. harbors and navigation, of the Portland Chamber of Commerce, has filed with the Secretary of State an argument in favor of the Port of Portland initiative bill. This bill amends the charter of the Port of Portland by giving- the Port of Port land Commission power to establish a towage and pilotage service upon the Columbia River bar and Columbia and Willamette Rivers. It gives the Port of Portland Commission power to issue $500,000 worth of bonds for the pur pose of providing towboats, etc The bill will be voted on in June by the voters of the Port of Portland dis trict, which embraces all of Multnomah County lying west of the east boundary line of range 2, east of the Willamecte meridian. The argument in favor of the bill follows: Text of the Argument. Argument In support of amendment to the charter of the Port of Portland, proposed by initiative petition, und to be submitted to the voters within the corporate limits of the Port of Portland at the general elec tion to be held on Monday, June 1, lUoS. Ballot title as follow: "Khali the corporate powers of the Port of Portland be enlarged by authorizing It to establish and maintain a towage and pilot age service upon the Columbia Kiver bar and on the "Willamette and Columbia rivers between the southern limits of eaid port and the sea; with authority, for the purposes aforesaid, to Issue and dispose of Its bonds in amount not exceeding $oOO,uo0, bearing not exceeding 6 per cent annual Interest; and to levy and collect annual taxes upon prop erty within lte limits subject to taxation not exceeding one-half mill. In addition to taxes now authorized." The ballot number in favor of the amend ments will be is'o. 300P and will read "No. SuoP-Yes." The Port of Portland embraces all that portion of Multnomah County lying west of the east boundary line of ranee two east of the Willamette meridian. It waa origin ally incorporated by act of the Legislature passed at the session of 181)1, and lta powers have been Increased by succeeding acts. Legislature Is Powerless. Owing to the amendment of the consti tution of Oregon giving to municipalities the rig lit of home rule and taking away from the Legislature the power to alter, amend or repeal charters of municipalities, changes In the charter of the Port of Portland can only be ma.ie under the initiative powera conferred under the constitution, and It there fore becomes necessary to submit to the voters of the district embracing the Port of Portland the desired amendments. Through the instrumentality of the Port of Portland the river has been deepened be tween Portland and the sea to a depth, sufticient to permit the largest vessel which can crone the bar to come to Portland at the lowest stage of the water without delay. Tie Port of Portland also owns and op erates the drydock at St. John, giving ade quate facilities for lifting the largest ves sels entering Xhe river. The amendments proposed would confer upon the Port of Portland the power to es tablish, maintain and operate an adequate towage and pilotage service, both upon the Columbia Kiver bar And upon the rivers be tween Portland -and The sea. Portland and that part of Multnomah Coun ty embraced within the limits of the Port of Portland can grow only through commerce. The water grade down the Columbia River, now utilized on the north side by the Spokane, Portland & Seattle, owned jointly by the Northern Pacific and Great Northern rail ways, and on the south side of the river by the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company, will bring Into Portland the Immense com merce of the Inland Emu ire. Portland Must Act. The products of the Northwest will ' be shipped from Portland if Portland provides a-Quate facilities for commerce by furnish ing, through the medium of the Port of Portland, prompt, efficient and adequate serv ice to Portland for vessels entering the river. It Is expected that the towage service will be in a short time self-sustaining; but It will be necessary to purchase towboats, etc., bojh for the river and the bar, and for that purpose bonds must be issued, the proceeds of which will go to pay for the same. The act provides that the bonds are to be re tired in annual installments. For this pur pose it Is necessary, therefore, to levy a tax, not exceeding, however, a one-half mill. That ship-owners and masters have made and are making complaint concerning the in adequacy of the present service, particularly on the Columbia River bar, is known to mqst of our people. To induce all ship-owners to Bend tholr vessels to our iort our towage and pilotage rates must not only .be as low as at competing ports, but also a sufficient number of towboats should be provided that there be no delays. Make Port Attractive. We must make our port attractive to Fhlp-owncrs. The Port of Portland, which was organized, not for profit, can best do this work. The circulating of the petition by the com mittee on rivers, harbors and navigation of the Portland Chamber of Commerce met with gratifying results. Over 2uiK of our voters signed, with strong approval, the petition pre sented; only one person refused to sign. We urge every voter In m-akln-- un his ballot to mark "yes" as to No. 3wP on the official ballot, which number la in favor of granting to the Port of Portland the increased, powers above specified. WOMAN HAS TWO HUSBANDS Mrs. Iiucy Jory Weds Again Before Divorce Is Granted. Mrs. Lucy Jory waa arrested Friday by the police on complaint of J. W. Jory, her husband, who accuses her of having married T. E. Edmonson without await ing settlement of a divorce 1 suit which was pondins at Forest Grove. The suit was filed by the woman a month ago and no decision has been given. Accord ingly the woman is still the wife of Jory. llimonson, the new husband, was also arrested on a statutory charge. Jory Is i Civil War veteran, past 60. The woman is but 26. She married Edmondson at Hillsboro, March 21, it is said. Edmondson, an employe of the Pa cific Hardware & Steel Company, says-he did not know there were any obstacles to the marriage when he took Mrs. Jory to be his wife. The case will be heard In the MunTclpal Court. INSTRUCTIONS FOR TAFT Susss-Mon fop Action by Republican Sta,te Convention. PORTLAND. May 2. (To the Editor.) The writer takes no exception to the loosevelt Administration, does not dis mss the question as to results, were he he Republican nominee for 19CB. Regard ess of what might be, there seems no food reason why a true friend of the President should dispute his sincerity in saying he wlil not arain be a candidate. No President has ever" done more arduous and persistent work for his coun try, and filled his full measure of duty better than Roosevelt. When the election of 1904 occurred. Roosevelt had been as thoroughly tested as an executive, and his work was as emphatically Indorsed as ever was done by a second election of a President. Mr. Roosevelt recognized these facts on the night of his5 election; said that he would not again run, and there is no excuse now for saying that his declining to run is timidity or a fear of defeat.' Mr. Bryan ns for months been at tacking Secretary Taft, and showing by every act that he Taft) Is the foe that he must defeat. Many of the men. now trying to belittle Taft by extolling Roose velt are men who are Mr. Bryan's sup porters, and would bitterly oppose Roose velt were he nominated. The one man who has made his reputation such as it is, by crying for "a second-elective term," Is trying to defeat Mr. Taft, and If the Oregon defecation Is ' instructed to vote for Secretary Taft as long as there Is a reasonable show of his nomination. It will be more of a compliment to th. honor and sincerity of the President, as a real friend of Mr. Taft, than to Join in with the one man, who by his conduct, says that the President Is so pliable that he would be the instrument of defeating a friend even before his strength had been tested in convention. No state In the Union would so belittle the sincerity of the President, by opposing Mr. Taft, as for Oregon to indorse the man who ques tions Roosevelt's sincerity. T. J. FORDING. ill MEET IH Mill EPISCOPAIi MISSIOXART CON FERENCE THIS MONTH. Arrangements Being Made by Local Clergy for the Reception of Delegates. . Arrangements are being made by the local Episcopal clergy for the reception of delegates to the primary council, eighth missionary department of the Episcopal Church, to be held in Portland May 20-22. The missionary work of this denomination in the United States Is carried on in departments. The eighth missionary department includes the dio ceses of Oregon, California, Los Angeles and missionary districts of Eastern Ore gon, Olympia, Spokane, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Sacramento, Arizona, Alaska, H6n olulu and the Philippine Islands. This meeting will bring to Portland the bishops and clerical and, lay delegates from the above districts. Church people In Portland desiring to entertain dele gates are requested to. notify Rev. W. A. M. Breck, 209 Caruthers street, at once. The following delegates have signified their Intention to be present and have been placed on the hospitality list of the different parishes as indlvated: Trinity Church hospitality list Bishop Paddock, Eastern Oregon; Bishop' Spalding, Utah ; Rev. W. . S. Short. Rev. John War ren. Bishop Wells, Spokane; Rev. B. W Gallwey, California; Rev. C. Macon. Cali fornia; Rev. Ij. C. Sanford, California; Rev. J. E. Forsyth. Oregon; Rev. A. Lockwood, Spokane; H. S. Collins, Spokane; Rev. R. A. Curtis, Rev. A. Chamberlain. Idaho; Rev. J. P. t. Lloyd. Olympia; Rev. U. H. Glbbs, Eaetern Oregon; -Rev.- C&n-oa BeanlaAda, Rev. A. O. Hall, Victoria. St. David's hospitality list Rev. O. H. Wilson, British Columbia; Rev. B. R. Bum merscales. Rev. W. J. Wetherdon. Rev. R. Connell, Rev. A. Bayshaw, Rev. Suva-White, British Columbia; Rev. H. S. Collins. East ern Oregon; Rev. J. W. Armstrong, Oregon; Bishop Funsten, Idaho. St. Mark's hospitality list Archdeacon Pentreath, Rev. H. G. Clinton. Rev. H. Beaqham. Rev. J. Collins, British Columbia; Rev. John Emery. California; Rev. F. M. Baum. H. J. Fitch. California. f St. Stephen's hospitality list Bishop Keator, Olympia; Bishop Robinson, Nevada; Rev. J N. Barry, Rev. Charles Qulnney, Eastern Oregon; Rev. W. J. O'Brien. Rev. H. B. Collier. Rev. H. F. Adams. Califor nia; Rev.. M. Bywater, Spokane; Rev. F. C. Williams, Oregon; Archdeacon Small. Rev. A. Shlidrick, liev. U. Dun lap, Kev. E. . R. Bartlett, Rev. J. S. Sweet, Rev. H. S. Payne. British Columbia, SPRING POET IN ACTION A Bad - Attack Ha Developed Around Gresham, Or. GRESHAM, Or., April 28. (To the Editor.) The editorial in yesterday's Oregonian on "Spring Poets" was rather premature. The Oregonian didn't wait to hear from us we Spring poets before it tried to shut us uU Now, I had Just caught the Infection and was- congratulating myself that my door to fame was opened just a little bit. When I read the editorial referred to, I believed tnat an attempt was being made to blast our prospects that is, all of us who write Spring poetry; ana to make amends, I am in hopes that my verse will not be con signed to utter oblivion my effort of yesterday, which was born of the per fect day of Spring. Kindly pass my verse, around the editorial sanctum and hold a post-mortem, if necessary, and, if needs be, let it go on the floor. But don't Imagine that the Spring poets have all disappeared. I am still alive and this is what I wrote: Ode to ttprinr. Once more the buckwheat flour Makes flapjacks blue. And the housewife spanks the boy With her old shoe; Th blackbirds have their bills. The collectors, too. Opens a Aoor out back. And In a mass A, Jacobs-ladder falls Of water, hot, alas I -And o'er the garden wails Cats, howling, pass. Behind them oomiea sbswer Of tin cans, too, And bricks and rooks, galore, v More than a, few; Their fun Is from them tore, In a streak or two. The dude by living airs How freshly combed, LJtfht part, from where the hairs Spread all around. Is making his morning mash By noon-time's sound. Oh follow, giddy maid This foppish lure! Oh heart, look not afraid But catch him sure! Soft are the words he &sald But hard the cure. The future, present, past. Tomorrow and yesterday. The Springtime cannot last, . It's bound ..to- get away ; But the ague holds us fast To memory of its sway. Till at a chuckled note. The rooster toots bis horn, The hens go out to vote Prom night-till morn; And the little chlcadees Are left forlorn.. For then the gravy soils, ' The flapjacks blue, And all our laboring tolls Bring something new; 1 The Springtime brings out bona. The buckwheat, too. EUGENE I. THORPBJ. POSTAL CARD CONTEST Tylers Piano House wishes to announce that on account of the tremendous re sponse to their "postal card contest" which closed Monday, April 27, there will be some delay In awardl" the prizes prob ably eiffht or ten das The postals were sent to the San Fran cisco house and they will submit them to well-known and expert penmen there, for decision as to awards, which will be an nounced at the earliest possible moment. mm ' .... .ir:1 vj It's a strenuous time and the whole world seems at sixes and sevens. Carpets don't fit, it's hard to get the old stove disconnected and set up again and there are so many new furnishings needed to add to the already alarming expense. LET US HELP YOU CUT N9 2 WA . . NEW HAMMOCKS We show patented designs, weaves and various colors In great variety. The theory upon which our ham mocks are constructed gives greater strength and durability than Is pos sible with the same amount of ma terial by any other method. B 200 line are close canvas and twill weave, stripe effects; concealed spreader at head; continuous string ing; wood bar at foot with patented tips, and adjustable hitch end rings. Price, each 81.70 C 100 line are close canvas and twill weave; Jaquard design in body and valance; have concealed spreader at head; continuous stringing; pillow; wood bar at foot with patented tips. Price, each $1.95 Z 200 line Close canvas weave with fancy embroidered design; have concealed spreader at head: piliow; extra wide valances, and adjustable hitch end-rings, requir ing, no ropes or Knots, .price, spe- 41) Our Carpet man will attend to refitting your carpets our stove fitters can discon- nect and set up your range. For the new furnishings, open an account. It will DlfCCt ActlOH GflS StOVCS take the keen edge from the financial worriment. 4- ip,Y,''""""T fili S HP ;P 3YT.eH:nW cial m r a - t ma : sw?-$: ri ll 0i':yr- m m GOOD MEAT SAFES Made of heavy spruce lumber, 28 inches high, IS Mi Inches wide; has one movable shelf: front and sides covered with heavy enameled steel fly screen, enamel ed to prevent rust. Spe pial at $1.25 In Its construction this cot is a marvel of skill; opened to its full length it is an easy, elastic comfortable bed. Folded it is a snug package, 3 ft. long and weighs only 16 ibs. . Guaranteed to support a weight of 600 pounds. Price, only S2.70 SALE OF LACE CURTAINS $2.50 values for $1.45. No. 6199 Lace Curtains made of bobbinet with insertion and good lace edge; 3 yards long, 40 inches wide. Only 40 , pairs for this sale. p i ipi Your Credit Is Good Here All Ou'r Prices Are Reasonable Folding camp chain like Illustration; a I s a when closed. S feet long by S inches square; weight only 6 lbs.; 'Joints made of mal leable iron; very strong and comfortable. Price, only 81.44 Our line of Summer furni ture Is the most complete In the city. We can prove to your satisfaction- that we can reduce your gas bill 25 per cent. We absolutely guarantee these ranges to bake evenly on top and bottom. They last longer than others be cause they have no oven bottom to burn out and no flue walls to rust out. They do not heat the broiler whe'n you bake or roast. They do not heat the oven when you broil or toast. The range bodies are finished over with baked black enamel to prevent rust. Broilers are separate, bo you can use broiler and oven at the same time. Broiler above the oven, so as to prevent backbreaking exercise when you want to make toast. PRICES $24.00 TO $54.00 Connected to kitchen stub free. Less 10 per cent discount if you pay cash. GASOLINE Come here to find a complete line of gasoline- good at right prices. Try gasoline once and you will be sure to like it it makes hotter fire than gas, is easily controlled and perfectly safe for people who use or dinary care. 2-burner low Gasoline Stoves, like only S-burner low gasoline stores, llk Illustration, for . Illustration; for tfS.95 only . . .$4.p5 fesS'". TS-EASY TO PAY SO COME TO DAY . rip REFRIGERATORS , Made of best Bastern ash filled with mineral wool finely finished. Galvanized lined. 50 lb. ice capacity... -815.75 Galvanized lined. 75 lb. ice capacity.. . .$19. 50 ' White enamel lined, 50 lb. Ice capacity.. $ 2 l.OO "White enamel lined. 75 lb. ice capacity $2-4.00 Our entire line of Go Carts is under price. We bought them during the late panic for cash at a big reduction. THREE BIG SPECIALS AU-Wool Carpets 63c Yard. . Sewed, laid; in three patterns.:. . .: . Scotch Brussels Rugs $9.00. xl2 size; regular $15.00 value. Axminster Carpets $1.17. . sewed, laid; three patterns; $1.60 regular. . SPECIAL SALE DINNER SETS $6.90 FOR $4.45 Three styles of Dinner Sets, each 49 . pieces, best American semi porcelain, decorated and gold lines. We can highly recommend these, as the price we quote is absolutely less than wholesale cost. if Go-Cart, like the illustration, has reclining back, adjustable foot, 10-inch rubber tire wheels ; price is only $2.50 Porch Furniture We are showing ,the most com plete line in the city for porch and lawn arm c h a ir s, as low as $2.50' Rockers as low as ... . $2.95 Settees as low as ... . $5.00 These we can f u r n ish in all 'the popular col ors. Plain white maple finish, red enamel finish or green enamel. i:::::::::::::: i ;::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::u::::::::::::::i WILL KILL LANDLORDISM Arguments for State Armories for Oregon National Guard. THE DALLES, Or., May 1. (To the Editor.) As a member of the Oregon National Guard, I wish to say to the electors that the erection of armories by the state is one worthy of their con currence at the forthcoming election. Members of the Oregon National Guard feel justified -in putting forth their best efforts in the matter, for they are of the opinion that they - are entitled to a home in the different centers where com panies are stationed. The proposition has met with a great deal of undue and hostile comment from a misunderstand ing that has arisen. And to that section whence this hostility sprang I direct this reply. The financial- part of the ques tion seems to be the bone of contention, with a number of people opposed to the proposed measure. But extravagance is not desired, as will be seen by the amount it is proposed to spend $25,000 the cost of each building erected. Those interested in the matter have no fear of submitting their case from a financial point of' view. . At present, in some of the towns, -the National Guard pays as high as $400 per annum for rent, in return for which, in almost every case, it gets very meager accommodation, with no prospective benefit in ever becoming the owner of the property. But under the provisions of the proposed measure, there lies a remedy for this .unprofitable system of landlordism. This $400 oould be devoted to the payment of the outlay, and in a few years the state would have a build ing in return. Whereas, under the exist ing conditions, it might continue to pay rent forever without- getting in return any more than very poor accommodation for the money. The investment Is a sound one, because it must be remem bered that money invested in the Pa cific Northwest is money well spent. It has also been argued by another section of the community that the Na tional Guard Is not an absolute necessity; that it is only an organization created for the furtherance of the ulterior mo tives of moral lawbreakers; .that it is a menace to the internal peace of a state; that it is created not to fight the battles of a nation, but to coerce men into sub mission when the dispute lies between capital and labor. Or to be plainer to shoot tand kill at the beck and call of some arrogant employer. Our opponents forget that most of us In the National Guard earn our living by the sweat of our brow. However, the oath taken by the guardsman is an oath by which he swears to defend life and property and is taken under conditions that do not require him to lay at the front gate of his victim's residence and blow him up. the victim, when some one has incurred the displeasure of soma seml-Becret or ganization. It is not the guardsman who should feel ashamed of hut vow or his calling. The military' history of the Nation Is written in letters of gold. If the swords of American soldiers were raised it was always in the cause of freedom. Must I take my reader to the fire-swept heights of Gettysburg, or must I con front him with the rugged precipice of Lookout Mountain that, was scaled by many noble spirits in face of a withering fire, before I convince him that the call ing of a soldier is an honorable one? Many a citizen soldier sleeps beneath the cold grave-sod. with that simple inscrip tion written above: "Unknown." If I have convinced my reader, I ask: "Do not those who live in - the same spirit, deserve a home?" When the ties of diplomacy break-and this Nation is drawn ; into the chaos of war, I ask: "Can we fight successfully without being thoroughly prepared?" How glad is the nation that can fall back on her regiments of well-discipllnel citi zen soldiersi we who have been refused the shelter of a home. - If the Oregon National Guard is a ne cessity from a military standpoint, some encouragement should be given to those who give their services gratis. Some thing to stimulate a lively Interest; some thing in recognition of the personal in convenience which comes of a regular attendance at drill. The training of a soldier, like the training of any other student, depends largely, for a successful outcome, upon environments in the barrack-room, where pervades the spirit of lofty military Ideals; where men are moulded into a fitting shape to defend a flag that never has sheltered under its starry folds an unjust cause. PRIVATE JAMES DONOVAN. D Company, O. N. G.. The Dalles. Olympia Beer. "It's the water." Brew ery's own bottling. Phones, Main 671. A 2467. 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