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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
Uletzger, Jeweler, optician, MS Wash.
swiraiiniiniiiiiiiiira
icfoardsoni
Great Sale Men's Clothing, Shirts and Hats
a 1
25 per cent Discount
ON EVERY
Suit and Overcoat
IN OUR STORE
$35.00 Suit now $26.25
$30.00
$25.00
$22.50
$20.00
$18.00
$15.00
Suit
Suit
Suit
Suit
Suit
Suit
now
now
now
now
now
now
$22.50
$18.75
$16.85
$15.00
$13.50
$11.25
THESE PRICES INCLUDE BLACKS AND BLUES
Men' Hats in
the Spring's Not
biest Shapes cut
from $3.00 to
$2.35
A. J. Richardson
283 and 285 Washington St
Opposite Woodard, Clarke & Co.
Men's Shirts in
Dark and Light
Patterns Reduced
from $1.50 to
$1.15
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