The Sunday Oregonian., March 21, 1909, SECTION THREE, Page 12, Image 36

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HALF MILLION-IS
NOT FAR DISTANT
Citizens Predict 500,000 Peo-
pie for Portland and
Tell .of Results.
EXPANSION IN ALL LINES
Great Gains In Population Win
Bring Vast Business, Fine Im--provements
and Splendid
Itcsldence Districts.
Hangd if I know," remarked Mavor
1 !7 .Une to the PUtion. "What
would bp the result of Portland attaining
a population of 500.000.- "Give It up "
said th fhief Executive. The iIa.yor
seemed t8 be inclined to view the mat
ter from a Jocular standpoint, but after
a little nrbre conversation took the- mat
tor up seriously, and said:
"Portland will1 double its population in
10 years; possibly less time than that. It
will build out on the hills, improve Its
streets .parks and its boulevard system.
Jt will be noted everywhere as 'one of
the most desirable cities In the world as
a business and residence location.
"Moral conditions are not likely to
change in anv startling: particular. . The-
f.ty,h8 1-. .,nVf the freest from crime
n the United States. The character of
iU people is the cause of this, as its citi
zens are natufclly laW-abiding. I believe
that physical conditions will then be
rratly changed and Improved. Mv belief
. Is that tunnels will be bored under the
river to connect the West and East Sides
and that bridges, if used, will be high i
enough not to interfere with river traf
fic. Portland's growth has been remark-,
able in the past few years, but in my
Judgment her future growth is going to !
be Btill mora rap and substantial." i
Views or B. S. Josselyn.
Benage S.'Josselyn. president of th
Portland Railway. Light & Power Com- ,
pany. finished signing an official docu- 1
mem,i Flrst-Street office, and took
a little time for meditation before an
swering the question. "The city Is in
creasing from 15 to 20 per cent annually "
. he said "Probably within five years the
population will have reached the 500,000
mark. The present city limits will ac
commodate that growth. All railroad and
electric facilities must keep step with the
ncrease In population. I do not In the
least expect that tubes -will be bored tin
ker tho Willamette to connect the West
"I .J". S,da of the city- Consider
what that means! The river is 90 feet
deep close to its western shore. -That
means slnkln a shaft 100 feet deep be
fore beginning: tunneling operations. How
rar back would you have to go from the
river Into the city on the West Side be
fore you could ret your incline to go
nto a tunnel of that kind? How far out
Into East Portland .would the mouth of
such a tunnel appear?
"BasculB bridges of the most approved
mooern construction are what is needed
I doubt if any future bridges over tho
Willamette will be of the old-style mod
els. Personally, and as representing with
others the various interests of the Port
land Railway. Light. & Power Company.
1 am and always have .been heartily In
favor of the utmost vigor and persist
ence in calling the attention to the ob
vious advantages of the Pacific North
west and Portland and Oregon as holding
the greatest possible opportunities for
both capital und the man of moderate
mean.'
Julius I .Meier, of Meier & Frank Com
pany, urged the wisdom of publicity work
and the steady putting forward rf Port
land's manifest superiorities. "Here is
our opportunity, rli;ht now," lie said.
"People are Just fairly commencing to
realize the city which Portland is bound
to be very soon. We , have made such
magnificent progress in a few years that
even the most optimistic among us have
been astonished.
Keep l'p Publicity AVork. ,
"We should by all means keep up the
work of publicity, and each and every
one of us contribute to this work by
raising the money necessary to provide
a fund to carry It on in an adequate
manner. A city of 500,000 people means
a greater Portland from all stand--polnto:
It means Increased trade. In
creased advantages for the citizens
modern Improvements In some direc
tions which we" are now lacking, and
a general uplift towards prosperity
and a high grade of metropolltanlsm.
"Portland now i.as fine stores, and
a constantly Improving class of mer
cantile and office buildings: but a
Portland of 500.000 people will demand
and receive a handsomer grade of pub
lic buildings, better streets and side
walks and a park and boulevard sys
tem suitable to its population. Port
land's natural advantages in the way
of beautiful homes Is simply unsur
passed anywhere. It is destined to be
probably a city -whose residence por
tion will challenge the admiration of
the entire world. The 500,000 mark in
population means the. establishment of
thousands of handsome homes along
the hills and commanding eminences of
the city on both sides of the 'Willam
ette, and the addition of a citizenship
which will be of the utmost importance
and value to the city.
"Too much stress cannot be laid on the
necessity of keeping up the campaign of
education and promotion heretofore car
lied on. All that Portland needs la to
have people come here and investigate.
That is what has already made it ad
vance so rapidly. Continued work and
generous contributions to this work will
be repaid by a city we shall be more than
proud of."
, Will Have Great City.
W. P. Olds, of Olds. Wortman & King."
was conservative In his views. "We shall
have a great Portland, he said, "and
soon. What will be the result? I am
not entirely prepared to say. Increase in
population does not always and inevitably
mean Increase of profit to the merchant.
Business. Is susceptible to curious fluctua
tions, almost impossible either to define
or to guard against. Competition some
times gathers force ' and sharpness with
the increase of a city's numbers.
"Progress Is the natural trend of the
world and of the age. The mercantile
world recognizes and approves of this.
Progress means in one sense larger cities
and more population, but additional prob
lems to be met and solved. Perhaps it
may mean. In the sense of a greater Port
land, higher real estate values in the im
mediate city limits, and a consequent
going to the suburbs by the man of -small
means who wishes to buy a home. It
may mean higher rents. At any rate, the
average citizen must meet the require
ments Imposed by the change from a
moderate-sized to a city of considerable
size."
Will F. Lipnian. of I.ipman. Wolfe &
Co.. pointed out many advantages in a
oOU.OOO aggregate of population. "It would
increase the numbers of working people
and salaried employes," he said. "It
would make a greater demand in all di
rections In the business world; it would
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OFFICE HOURS 8 A. M. to 5 P. M. SUNDAYS 9 A. M to 12 M
Phone Main 2119 Fourteen Years in Portland
mean certain establishing of more fac
tories, and especially in the textile lines.
Very recently there have been four tex
tile manufactories started In Portland,
some of them beginning on a Bmall basis.
All of them have prospered with the
growth of the - city. With a population
of 600,000 there would be a continuance
of the building of modern business and
office blocks: Portland is a city almost
entirely free from labor troubles. Its
present citizens are conservative, and the
known conditions of peace and conserva
tism is drawing to the city business men
from all over the United States who are
disgusted with the eternal fighting that la
going on in so many of the large cities
between capital aind labor: The 500,000
mark will be reached in eight .or ten
years, and the growth will continue. A'
city of half a million means more par
ticularly a benefit to" the average man
and his family, as the city's prosperity
will be more Immediately to his advan
tage than to the man of more means."
Colt Puts Case Tersely. '
C. C. Colt, of the Union Meat Company,
put the proposition in a single sentence.
"It will enlarge the outlet for business,
increase the demand for products, and
bring more factories to the city; more
manufacturing means . more employes,
more employes mean . bigger pay rolls,
and these In turn spell prosperity."
C. K. Henry said: "We can have the
500.000 population In a short time if we
will apply business principles to the con
duct of our "city, and advertise our mani
fold advantages to the world. We have
the climate, the country, and the advan
tages. We have everything necessary for
men and women who wish to enjoy life
well, without the hardships of the Middle
West and Eastern states. We should Im
prove our : streets and our city and not
cease in our resolve to make -Portland
the most attractive city,1 as it already is
the most characteristic city, df the
Northwest. A population of 500,000 will
mean greater values for property, and an
increase of prosperity in all branches and
directions."
William MacMaster, , 'president of the
Chamber of Commerce, said. "There is
no room for argument as to the benefit
of a population of 600.000. It would, of
course, make a vast deal of difference In
the character of the city and the volume
of Its business. But you cannot have
such a city here unless Eastern. Western
and Southern Oregon are improved, as
well as Washington and Idaho. All this
country Is tributary to Portland, and
must be settled and improved to make a
half million population for Portland pos
sible. We have made phenomenal prog
ress in a few years. It Is true, yet to
double our population, or more, will mean
the general increase and improvement of
the country around us. Not merelv the
suburban districts, but the state and ad
joining states."
Lowell Programme Planned.
The second in the series of literarv
and mulcal evenings at 'the Epworth
Methodist Church. Twenty-sixth and
Savler streets, will be held next Friday;
MarcV. 26, at 8 o'clock.- the author - pre
sented at this time being Lowell. Mis.
C. C. Chapman will read "A Parable "
Mrs. Frank C. Celsey will give "The Vis
Ion of Sir Launfal," Miss Eleanor F.
Baldwin will present a paper on "Lowell"
the ' Liberator." The music will consist
of wo selections by Mrs. E. S. Miller
and a number by Miss Vivian Marshall'
For Wednesday evening, March 31 the:
Epworth Aioir has secured the Columbian
Chpral Society for a programme. Miss
Cornelia Barker. y violinist, and Miss
Emma Perley Lincoln, reader, will as
sist.. . .
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Er. Horn, the optician. 8d floor Swet
land blrig.. guarantees satisfaction or
money refunded. No fancy prices.
The most expensive thing in the
world is poor dentistry. An igno
rant dentist can do more harm in
one honr than all the good dentists
in the land, can repair. in a life
time. " ";
The trouble is that when the
harm is done, or when teeth are
gone, they are gone forever. There
is no such thing as repairing the
damage, or feeling sorry or trying
alL over again.
Dentistry must 'be done well in
the beginning. ..
That my work lias ' been done
right is shown by my constantly
increasing practice, a sure indica
tion that I keep every promise
made.
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Best Set of Teeth
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$8.00
Plates $7.00
NEW SERVICE SOON
Canadian Pacific to Run Into
Portland May 2. '
EIGHT TRAINS ARE BUILT
Official Announcement -of 61-Hour
Schedule Between This City and
St. Paul Is Made by Ov It. &
X. Passenger Officials.
Canadian Pacific trains will Tun into
Portland May 2. Final details have been
completed whereby the Canadian line will
use the O. R. & N. tracks between Spo
kane and Portland, and will establish a
61-hour schedule between Portland and
St. Paul. Furthermore, the trains to be
put on the run are said to be the finest
running out of St. Paul.
Bight entirely new trains have been
built for the run. . The cars will be let
tered "Soo-Spokane-Portland," and each
train will carry seven cars. There will
be one train daily to and from St. Paul
by the new route. The trains will be
electric lighted throughout and in heat
ing arrangements and all other features
they will be thoroughly up to tho best
equipment in use on the railways.
The consist of the new trains will be
combination baggage, mall and express
car, two day coaches, tourist and stand
ard sleepers, dining and observation cars
The train will leave St. Paul at 10 P. M
and arrive at Portland at 9 A. M., daily'
Returning, the train will leave Portland
at . 7 P." M. . anL arrive at St. Paul at 1:30
P. M. daily.
The roads traveled by the new trains
will be the O. R. & N. to Spokane, Spo
kane International to Kingsgate, Cana
dian Pacific to Portal and Minneapolis.
St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie, better known
as the "Soo," to St. Paul. ,.v
Details connected with the new service
were closed up yesterday and William
McMurray. general passenger agent for
the Harrlman lines in this territory an
nounced the new train to St. Paul under
the Joint auspices of the O. R. & N and
Canadian Pacific.
March Brings 1750 People.
Colonist travel to Oregon from the East
continues to outdo the movement of the
corresponding period of last year.. Figures"
for the second week of March, 'just com
piled -by the Harriman lines, show that
1750 newcomers arrived on one-way tickets
over the O. R. & X. lines, in connection
with the Unicu Pacific. Last year for
the same period the number was 1105. Of
this number, 81 tickets -were for points
south of . Portland and the remainder
wore distributed in Portland and the sur
rounding territory. The Spring of 1S07
had the record for colonist travel up to
this year. when x the O. R. & N. brought
In 1S45 during the second week of March
The figures above, it will be seen, exceed
the heavy travel of that period.
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"WATCH THJE MOVEMENT
down the river." See Harborton adv.
Page 6, Section 3.
. Swell English pumps at Rosenthal's.
OUR $12.50 GAS COOKER
Only a few in stock at present, but plenty eu the
way.. This cooker has three burners on top, lti
lnch oven, broiler and in oven top. Very extra
value at . .$iS;5o
No. 922 Gas Stoye, top 17x25,' two large New
Process burners, oven 18 inches wide; improved
oven burner, and heavy stamped- steel body;
broiler below oven. .gjg 25
No.' 923 Same style, 3-burner, top! '. '. !$18l50
No. 929 Full size Gas Stove, top 20x23; "three
larpe, one giant burner; oven and broiler IS1,
inches wide; adjustable needle valves; stamped
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A SPECIAL
$16.95
For a $25.00 solid
polished quartered
oak Dresser, - -with
a bevel French,
mirror and well
front drawers.
THIS GO-CART $2.75
Reclining back and adjustable
foot, rubber tired wheels, 10
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TAKE UP FENDERS " AGAIN
OLD ISSUE TO BE REVIVED IN
city couxeir,.
Members to Consider ".Report Made
After Careful Study of Prob
lem ."In Xew. York. . ,
After wrestling - with the . fender
question for several years the City
Council has as yet-failed to secure re
sults, and for some months nothing has
been done by the Council or any of the
committees. Councilman, -Concannon,
chairman of the committee on health
and police, has announced, : however,
that he will soon call a special meet
ing, for the purpose of considering the.
the recent investigation and tests of
the New Tork' Association, which was
on a very, elaborate scale." A' resume
of the work has . reached Portland in
the form of a book issued for thi use
of cities all over tha world. .
The fender . question is one of ' the
most difficult ever coming before mu
nicipalities for solution, and from all
that can be learned it -has not been
very satisfactorily settled anywhere.
No fender has as yet - been invented,
it is said. . that works with uniform
satisfaction. Thousands of tests have
been held all over the world, but from
them all has come very little in the
way of practical results which com
bine to make possible the invention of
a device that will save the life of a
victim or save from injury in every
instance. ' - '
The City Council of Portland has
frequently tried to find a suitable fen
der, and one year or so ago it decided
to adopt the Lambert patent. Later,
however, "the Council withdrew its of
ficial sanction, and there the matter
has stood. Various special committees
1A GOOD PLffiOE
We are prepared to supply Portland Gas
Consumers with all necessary means of
cooking with Gas. We have lines from
th ree factories comprising" everything"
from a $1.25 Gas Plate to a $54' Cabinet
Range. No other store shows such . a
complete assortment, and few such rea
sonable prices.
Who Does Sell
W henever you see any article advertised anv place, remember
ye saw- it first. We will sell for less than the lowest. Our buying
facilities are the largest. We pay spot cash for our goods, and we
have no great mortgages to pay interest on. ' '
9x12 Axminster Rugs $15.95
S-m1e-people are buyin mottled 'rug's called Axminster at $16.50,
thinking they are getting bargains. . Why not-trade at Edwards'
alia Ppf npfAV nnsili-f-17- o-nrl Iahtai. A9
9x12 Axminster
FOLDING
TABLES
Five different
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from.
Sewing Tables
for 81.25
Card Tables
for ..S2.50
Card Tables
for 3.T5
Card Tables
for ,.$5.00
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THIS TABLE $2.25
Exactly as illustrated, 24-inch square top,
made of golden polished oak; -dependable
construction; real-.value J3.50; spe
cial price $2.25
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have tackled the problem, all with the
same result nothing.
. One feature of the fender question
that is very serious Is as to the lia
bility of the municipality should the
City Council order the streetcar com
pany to equip its cars with a certain
patent device. It is the contention of
some lawyers that, In case of accident
or death, the fender failing to work
satisfactorily, the city would be lia
ble for damages. That this phase of
the situation has had something to do
with the holding up of the adoption
of some kind of ' a .fender is said , to be
a fact. , ' - - . . . . ,
Funeral of John Sherlock.
The funeral services of John Sherlock
were held at St. Patrick's Church, corner
of Nineteenth and Savier streets, Sunday,
March 14. Raqulem high mass was sung
by Rev. E. P. Murphy, assisted by Rev.
George Thompson,- deacon.- and Rev. E.
L.. Jagoe, -O. P., subdeacon. Rev. John
Murphy, who was. for some years a per
sonal friend of the deceased, preached a
most impressive' sermon. - The church was
filled to overflowing with friends who had
known and respected Mr. Sherlock during
the 21 years of his residence in Port
land. The pallbearers were John J.
O'Neill, M. J. Malley, J. B. Kane. John
J. Carney, T. J. Dempsey, D. F. Camp
bell. J. S. Mai ley. H. J. Mclnnls, Edward
Maher and H. N. White. There were
many beautiful floral offerings. The in
terment was in the family plot at Mount
Calvary Cemetery. Services at the grave
were private.
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prices, considering quality of work are
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rate. All repair work and polishing at
reasonable prices. .
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I
ot giving
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Large Arm Rocker,
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More Monarch Malleable Ranges are
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There must be a reason for it, as the
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