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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 5, 1909)
fi.k SUNDAY OREGOMAN, PORTLAND. DECEMBER 5, 1009. YEAR'S TAX LEVY Thomas Burke and Frazer In solo parts. Besides these numbers there were col PUBLIC CHAFES AT . EAST-SIDESEHVIGE lege songs by the club. The Oregon Glee Club will start on its annual tour about December 20- It will play in Portland after the Christ mas holidays. The club Is trained by Professor- Irving JI. Glen. WORK BARRED BY FLOODS 10 MAY RETAIN SWAY Hope for Much Lower Figure for Multnomah County Seems Slight. $251,000,000 MAY BE SUM Toll of 10.35 Mills Will Collect $4,66 1,650 or SI 00.000 More Than 1909 City at : la Cut S27O.000. I Prospect of relief for Multnomah County taxpayers from a. high tax levy next year 1? not promising. While the aggregate of the levy tor 1910 may be filigbtly lower than that for this year, the actual amount of taxes to he col lected promises to exceed the collec tions of 190! by about S100.O00. On an assessed valuation of $2.1. 1 S7.737 and levy of 20 mil's, taxpayers of Multno mah County this year contributed in (he aggregate $4. .".07. 827 in taxes for state, county, municipal and educa tional purposes. Next year, on an es timated tax levy of 19. So mills against a property valuation of approximately 251.o00.0rt0. they -will be called on to produce taxes to the amount of $4,661,- The final total of the 190! assess ment roll, representing- J252.000.000, a reported by Assessor SMgler, has not been compiled by the County Board of Equalization, following its revision of the assessments. . Neither has an offi cial segregation been made by the same authority of the assessable property of the county as a basis for applying the levy for different purposes, it is not believed that the tgrcgate of the roll as amended by the equalising board will fall below $251. 000.000. as against $236,000,000 on which taxes for this year were levied and collected. If that be the rase, the basis of the levies for 3910 will be on the following approxi mate valuations: State and county purposes. $251,000,000: Port of Port land. $245,000,000: City of Portland, $280,000,000. and School District No. 1, $235,000,000. Port's Ijevy Increased. The Port of Portland is the only pub lic corporation which has thus far levied its tax for next year. It has fixed the levy at 1.7 mills, as against 3.2 mills for 109. This will yield taxes to the amount of approximately $416,500, as against $276,913 for this year. Mayor Simon lias advised the mem bers of the City Council that he will not approve any ordinance coming from the ways and mean committee which proposes a levy for municipal purposes exceeding 5 mills. The levy for 1909 was 6.6 mills and produced $1,424,520. A 3-mill levy on property available for municipal taxes in 1910, and estimated to be $230,000,000, will produce in taxes $1,150,000. or about $270,000 less than was raised for the same purposes this year. This is the only department from which & reduced tax levy Is ex pected, but It conforms to the pre-election promise of Mayor Simon to give the people of this city an economical t and businesslike administration. For county purposes the levy of 3 mills for 1909 Included an appropriation with which to begin construction of the new courthouse. There Is little probability that the demands for county purposes will be less for next year. Including a further allowance for com pleting the courthouse building, it is probable that the same levy will be required for the county next year that was levied and expended In 1909, de 1 spite the Increase in the aggregate of the assessable property. The county levy, however, will not be determined until early next month. At the same itime the state officials will fix: the (levy for state purposes. It Is regarded entirely probable that the state levy jwlll be as heavy as it was for this year. 5-M111 I-evy I'robable. Members of the board of education for School District No. 1 are preparing their budget for submission to the tax payers of the district about the first of the year. I. N. Flelschner, chairman of the board. Is out of the city, but J. V. Beach, one of the directors, said yesterday that it was not it all likely that the district could be conducted in 1910 on proceeds from less than a 5 ,mill levy. The levy for 1909 was (.7 i mills and produced $1,031,785. A 5-mill I levy for next year on an approximate (valuation of $225,000,000 will yield I taxes to the amount of $1,175,000. , The school directors are besieged on all sides with demands for new school buildings or additions to structures al ready owned by the district. Besides proposing a slight increased levy, the board of education probably will rec ommend an additional bond issue as a means of providing necessary funds for aiother high school on the west Side, which is considered indispensable to the needs of the district. Appended is a statement showing the amount of taxes that were raised : this year for various purposes, together with an approximate estimate of prop erty valuations and the probable levies, and also the amount of taxes which will be produced. for the same gnu-poses, on that basis, for 1910: -1909- Levy Minn. .. l.!. . i.r .. o.O .. .07 .. .13 . l.J Valuation. $2::.1S7.737 l'S. 187.787 -K.187.7:iT .'M8.JST.7:?T J::rt.17.7:i7 SS1.7B4.T!i2 ;i5.83K.410 2--O.1B7.I60 State State school bounty K"B1 Library Port of Portland . , City of Portland .. School riMii-t No. 1 . . 4.7 Total 20XIH F.stiiTiatetl. Mayor Simon promises to limit city levy GLEE CLUB SINGS TO S. R. 0. Portland Boys Among Eugene Stu dents Distinguish Themselves. UNIVERSITY OF ORKOOX. Eugene, Or.. Dec. 4. (Special.) The University Of Oregon Glee Club gave its annual concert last night. The house over flowed, more , than 800 persons being present. Among those whose work par ticularly pleased the audience were four Portland boys, George Mallett and Kenneth Frazer son of the late Judge Arthur L. Frazer, as soloists; Raphael Gelsler and Francis Curtis. Frazer has a baritone voice of remarkable strength and tone quality. Curtis brought down the house with an Impersonation of an operatic prima donna. Features of the programme were a sketch. "Choosing an Accompanist." as a prelude to a trombone solo by Burns Powell, and the grand opera burlesque, "A Fire in a Frai." by George Ade, In which the whole club took part, with Kail-nay Construction Camps Are Almost Deserted. Double tracking of the Northern Pa cific between Taeoma and Portland has become a secondary issue in these days of floods and strike. Men are still em ployed at the camp near the Oftrander tunnel, but practically all the other camps along the line of the proposed double tracking are deserted. The laborers and most of the equipment have been rushed to the Grays Harbor and South Bend branches to repair washouts. This work will keep these men busy for 'several weeks. "We are all ready to handle the South ern Pacific service to the Sound," said instructor exgagud by m. c. a. to give coirsr iv wireless tei egjXapiiy. ' Otto P. Guldiuelster. While Portland is yet to have classes for the study of aero nautics, such as ' have been formed in several Kastern cities, a course in that other modern marvel, wireless telegraphy, is soon to become a regular part of the curriculum at the local Young Men's Christian Associa tion. Already a complete wire less outfit, has been installed at the association building and messages have been exchanged with the station at San Fran cisco and others nearer. Some time ago wireless masts were installed on the roof of one of the downtown office buildings, so that the association building is the second in the business district to be equipped for the transmission of mes sages through the ether. Be sides these stations, there is the original one on Council Crest, a number on ships that enter the harbor and several conducted by amateurs In . different parts of the city. Otto P. Ouldmeister, a grad uate of the Berlin Polytechnic School, has been secured to tak) charge of Instruction In wire less. He will give 12 lectures on Saturday nights, beginning December 11. These lectures wlll.be on the following sub jects: "Principles of Electrical Phe nomena," "E lectrlcal Units, "Principles of Alternating Cur- ' rents," "Transformers and In duction Colls," "Transmitting Instruments," "Receiving In struments," "Oscillation Wave Detectors," "Laboratory ' Work" (three lectures), "Various Sys tems of Telegraphy," "Wireless Telephony." H. C. McNutt, fourth vice-president, with offices at Tacoma, "whenever the Harri man people want to start. I understand they will have their schedules ready by the first of the year, and it will only take a day or two then for us to familiar ize our dispatchers with the new trains. The Southern Pacific will use our tracks and terminals for their passenger busi ness In Tacoma; and will use their own freight terminals, which are now ready for use and connected up as far as switching is concerned. "When the Harriman - tunnel is com pleted in Tacoma they will use that and their own depot, and as fast as we cart! lr.,,HlA .... 1. 1 . . . , V ov " .""". l i in n tyuir cuinpicisu LUIS will be thrown open to the tragic of both roads. At present, however, we are need ing all our construction men to repair washouts, which are occurring three or four a day. Keeping our lines open is the most importajit work, and after that is attended to we will go on with the double track work and the block system installation." This double tracking of the Portland Tacoma line is rapidly progressing, in spite of the demand for the men else where. From Bucoda to Ctentralia the grading for the second track is practically completed, and a considerable stretch of rail has been laid. . Near Castle Rock heavy embankment work has been done, cutting out a bad reverse curve in the old line, and substantial progress has also been made on the Ostrander tun nel. The line from Vancouver to Kalama I " $ 1 " I If -A v- I ft It V( 1 ; Ji ! 1910. Levy Tax. Mills. Valuation. Tax. $ 44S.7." 2.0 251.0OO.O00 $ S02.000 :t."4.2S0 1.5 251,000.000" 7tt.50t T0M,5H: 3.0 251.O00.000- 7SS.000 2-.in.102 1.0 3Al.0OO.00O 231.O00 :io.704 15 2M.ooo.noo xt.650 270.017 1.7 245.000,000 416.300 1.424.520 3.00 2:!0,OOO.00u 1.150.0O0 . 10.4.7sri 5.0O 23..0O0.O00 h. ITS. 000 S4.507.027 Y.1.35 ' $4.601. 6r.O to 5 mills. is virtually complete, as a double track stretch, though but one line is now used for passenger trains, the other track being used for construction work. The grade of the old line has been changed in many points, and many of the bad "hummocks" taken out of the road bed. According to construction men, the new line will be about an .hour faster than the present line, and a general im provement in the service be.twen Portland and the Sound is expected as soon as it is opened. The double tracking between Tacoma and Seattle is now complete and in use, and block signals, of the track circuit variety, are being used between Sk-attle and Auburn. The balance of the block installation is being made rapidly. Museum of Art. The exhibit of pictures for schools will close tomorrow. This will be fol lowed by photographs by Alice Bough ton. Including -the "Healing Miracles" set. The exquisite paintings by Herman Dudley Murphy will be shown until Xecember 15. Open hours 9 to 5. each week day: 2 to o Sundays. Free. Thurs day, Saturday and Sunday, afternoons. Patrons of Street Railway Company Complain of Great Lack of Cars. SITUATION BECOMES TENSE General Mas Meeting Will Be Held When Concerted. Plait of Action Will Be Outlined in Effort to Secure Improvements. On the East Side the streetcar situa tion has become tense. Protest over lack of cars to handle the passenger traffic In rush hours of the morning and evening on nearly all lines running over the bridges has come from prac- , tically all sections, and not from any one location, and the object now is to secure co-operation from the entire East Side. Several ways have been proposed to secure . relief from the car shortage. One way is to invite a competing car company to come Into Portland, and an other is to require the streetcar com pany to give a rebate of one-half the car fare to those who cannot obtain seats. Another plan is to establish a public service commission to regulate all corporations and redress wrongs. The rebate proposition is open to so j A many objections that probably it will not be seriously considered by the mass convention to bo held In East Portlano. Kquipment Is Inadequate. It is the sense of the clubs which have acted in the matter that the pres ent growth of the East Side- will re quire nearly double the present equip ment of the car company. There is an uprising of the people from Milwaukle to St. John and from the Willamette River to Montavilla and Lents, and this mass meeting, which will be held In Central East Portland, in two weeks, may find some basis for concerted ac tion. In regard to the demands of the Pen insula Development League that St. John cars be sent over the river by way of Mississippi avenue and the rail road bridge, thjgre is a question whether it can be done. General Man ager O'Brien, of the Harriman lines, re quested the Portland Railway. Light & Power Company to take its St. John cars off the railroad bridge, and It was done. The very steep hill between Stanton and Fremont streets, in Albina, is said by the railway officials to be dangerous. However, cars sent over the river by way of Mississippi avenue and the Steel bridge would save from 15 to 20 minutes' time to the carbarns in 'North Albina from Washington street. Josselyn. Dislikes Heated Cars. Against the use of heaters, the street car officials present the argument that In the mild climate of Port'.and heated cara are not needed and are not sani tary. Heated cars, said President Jos selyn. during the rush hours, when the cars are filled with people with damp clothes, would be very unpleasant. The proposition to submit the car-service question to the State Railroad Commis sion Is not considered an effective method, as it is understood that the Commission has no authority over streetcars ocerated inside the city. All these questions are to be considered at the coming mass meeting, which will be held in Central East Portland. In the meantime, the committee from the Pen insula mass meeting will confer with the officials of the streetcar company and see If an amicable agreement can be reached that will do away with an "drastic measures" proposed. It Is the purpose of the committee having the arrangements for the streetcar convention" to prepare a well-digested and carefully considered plan, so that the effort will not be wasted. The following are the resolutions adopted by the Peninsula mass meet ing Friday night: People Pass Resolutions. " Whereas, That part of Portland and St. John, known as the Peninsula, represents a territory of about 15 square miles with a population of about 25.U00 to SO, 000 people, and all of this territory is tributary to and Is limited to but one streetcar line and that with comparatively poor anil limited service; and " Whereas, The population .of, this district has nearly trebled in" the last' three years, the school enrollment in some cases having increased more than 300 per cent, yet the railway company has made little or no im provements in the car system during this time, and it takes about aa long to go to St. John and way points now as it did six or eight years ago, and cars are often run from ten to 30 minutes behind schedule: and Whereas. This delay is dh-ectly due to Im proper and round-about routing; to an ex cessive number of stops between Washing ton street and the carbarns; to the run ning of trailers Instead of more single cars; and to the neglect or refusal of local cara to switch back and give the right of -way to the through cars; and Whereas. On account of our geographical position, the St. John cars should have a prior right to routing over the Steel bridge as long as It is able to carry car traffic; and Whereas, The cars that are run. are not made reasonably comfortable, open or "pneumonia-" cars being ran in all kinds of weather, and but few of the closed cara have heat, thereby menaotng the health of all women and children and compelling all passengers to submit to a long uncomfort able ride; and Whereaa, The Peninsula Is building up faster than any other part of Portland, yet with better service, such aa it should have, it would build up infinitely faster, but its growth Is being much retarded by its present car service; Whereas. The natural growth of the Peninsula fills up the districts between the stations and makes additional stops neces sary, it is inevitable that on this account alone, the time and service from the car barns to St. John will steadily grow worse, and It Is. therefore, all the more necessary that everything possible be done to shorten the time from Washington street to the carbarns. Therefore; be it Resolved. That we, the people of the Peninsula in meeting assembled, and with all due respect to the rights of the Port land Kailway. Light & Power Company, be seech and demand the following changes in the St. John line for the good of the serv ice: That the running of open cars be dis continued, at least during the rush hours of mornings and evenings. That heaters be installed in all closed cars. That the crews of local cars on Intermed iate lines be so Instructed as to insure their switching back and letting the St. John cars have the right of way. That all trailers be cut off and run aa separate cars at intermediate times. .. That all local traffic between Washing ton street and the carbarns be discouraged if posalble. That all cars be routed over the Steel bridge and down Mississippi avenue, thereby cutting out present necessary stopt at First and Holladay, Union avenue and Holladay, Russell street. Union avenue and Killings- ' worth, Williams avenue and Klllingswortb, ' and saving lO to 20 minutes on each rua to the carbarns alone. I And be it further resolved. That if the I action and attitude of the car company Is not satisfactory, that said Peninsula Devel opment League is hereby instructed to take up the matters enumerated herein with the RaUway commission st ssalem. and if satis factory results are not obtained thare, im mediately, to prepare petitions to put it before the people by initiative and referen dum at the set eloction. This is the home of goods suitable for Christmas that will add to your comfort and happiness. We are this week making a special display in our windows of goods suitable for the holidays and a trip to the corner of Second and Morrison streets will well repay you. Every line is now complete, so that the range for selection is limitless. We have iucreased our sales force so that you will be waited on promptly and take all of the time you desire. Come now and make your selections. We will reserve any article you pick out subject to your order for delivery without extra charge. A Ladies' Writing Desk, up from. .$5.00 Music Cabinets, up from $4.50 Smokers' Cabinets, up from. . .$12.00 Smokers' Tabourettes, hand- ' somely finished" in brass, up from $3.0O Cellaretfes, up from $10.00 Hall ClocksiDmner Gongs, Morris Chairs, Easy Rockets. Mission Furniture of every description, Couches, Handsome Turkish Rockers, Bronze Electroliers, Statues, Card Tables, Record and Disc Cabinets for phonographs, Reed Furni ture and a hundred other useful and lasting remembrances. Incidentally it is well to remember that we carry housefumishings on the Coast. We Henry Jemmiing & The Home CHOOSE CHICAGO'S BEST MESSRS. M'AIjLEN" & M'DONNELL SELECT KIMBALli PIAXO. Instrument Is Identical One Yhieli '' Received Highest Award at A.-Y.-P. Exposition. Anions yesterday's sales at Kilers Piano House was a beautiful art style Kimball upright piano, which -was sold to Messrs. McAllen & McDonnell. This instrument was chosen only after a most exhaustive test of all the different pianos shown in this city, which fact again gogs to prove the popularity and general Without Any Question the Success of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters During the Past 56 Years Has Been Due Alone to Its Great Merit FEW SUGGESTIONS Tabourettes, up from. . . . Telephone Stands, with up from . . . Pedestals, up from .... Mission Waste Baskets. . . Mission Umbrella Stands. Mission Magazine Racks. . Costumers. of Good Furniture excellence of the splendid Kimball make. The piano selected is the identical Kim ball upright which was awarded the grand prize at the Seattle Exposition by the international Jury of awards (the greatest body of musical experts ever assembled). This instrument, the regular price of which is $o60. is to be given away abso lutely free by Messrs. .McAllen '& Mc Donnell, to whichever . one of their pa trons receives the highest number of votes in a popularity contest which they are now inaugurating. The piano mentioned is an exact du plicate of the 200,000th Kimball piano which has just recently been built. Given Names Arc All George. VANCOUVER,' Wash.. Dec. 4. (Spe cial.) Every officer-elect of Columbia Aerie, No. 253, Fraternal Order of Eagles, has the name George. It Is merely a coincidence that such is the case, for the members did. not know Grown People Will Find Useful Money-Saving Hints in This Space $1.50 stool, .$5.50 $4.75 . . . All Prices All Prices .All Prices va from .SSS.8O the largest and most complete lines of all kinds of can save you money on every purchase. Second and Morrison Streets until after the election that they had selected none but Georges. And the worthy president declares that, if there is another George in the aerie he pro poses to appoint him to the one ap pointive office at his disposal, so that all officeholders' name will be uniform. The officers-elect are: Worthy presi dent. George B. Thomas: worthy vice president, George Sanford; chaplain, George . McKee ; secretary, George W. Emery; treasurer, George H. Allen; conductor, George Liorrlmer; Inside guard, George Smeltz. Fine Imposed for Sending Postal. L. L. Ludwig. who resides at Wllla mina, pleaded guilty yesterday morn ing, in the United States District Court, to . sending an ' immoral postal-card through the mails. - It was directed to ! a chum of the young man residing in Ohio. The defendant was found to be only 17 years old and it was established that he had been away from his East- ITS SUCCESS Has Been Well Deserved Any medicine to succeed must not only be strictlj- pure, but absolutely safe and reliable, and such being the case, then HOSTETTEJTS Stomach outers is a most successful remedy, for it has been subjected to the most severe tests during the years it has been before the" public and has always given complete satisfaction. The thousands of voluntary.-letters .sent us prove this beyond all doubt, and a trial will convince you, too. Do not continue, to suffer from such ailments as Loss of Appetite, Belching, Heartburn, Sick Headache, Indiges tion, Dyspepsia, Costiveness, Colds, Grippe, and Malaria, Fever and Ague, when Hostetter's Bitters will help you so much. Take home a bottle today and make the start on the road to good health. You'll be thankful? many times afterward that you heeded this advice. Any Druggist or Dealer will supply you with the genuine, which has our Pri vate Stamp over the neck. S OS ern home only a few months. Judge Wolverton imposed a fine of $10. CARD OF- THAttKS. "We wish to thank our many friends for their kindness shown us during our aad bereavement. MRS. M. WERTHEIMER AND SONS. Talks onTeeth BV THE REX DEXTAl CO. DECAYING TEETH The most common disease to whuh the teeth are subject is carles, or ulceration of the tooth, or, as It is still more commonly expressed, simple de cay. It is difficult to find a. person that has not at least one tooth filled. Of course, the teeth are subject to other diseases. such as necrosis, that condi tion when a tooth loses its vitality and becomes useless: hvpercementosis, or decay of the dental tissues: erosion, or wasting away of the enamel and den tine, and mechanical abrasions due to fractures, violence and Injuries. If a. portion or chip of a tooth lias been re moved by violence or otherwise we can replace the lost nortion and attach it in such a wav that it will positivelv not be noticeable. This will prevent the extraction of the tooth. The result is permanent. The cure for caries is to fill the tooth with sucii a substance as will stoi the further progress of the decay that is. confine it to the tooth already affected.. A carious tooth properly tilled is just as useful as any othf-r tooth but see that vou have It proper ly filled. Orthodontia, irregularity of the teeth, is a condition that is all too common, especially when It is considered that it Is comparatively easy to correct, and particularly so up to the age of 23 or 25, according to the development of the person. We cannot, perhaps, all of be blessed with regular teeth . in in fancy: but if our parents will have h. little regard for us we can all possess regular teeth before we gain maturity. There is no denying the value of a set of regular teeth. It Is the one great factor in personal beauty. It Is the first point noticed when you face a stranger. It has helped many a person to material success in life. It makes the face beautiful and the smile infec tious. Irregular teeth, on the contrarv, are unsightly. They transform an other wise handsome person into a homely one. You, perhaps, know someone among your acquaintances who is rather pretty and good to look at until he or she ouens the mouth, and then the Impression is directly opposite. We cannot go Into the "details of the various irregularities of tho teeth. If we were to do so we could easily write a booklet on the one subject alone. But whatever irregularity in the teeth there may exist, wc can correct it. . In the. cane of teeth .that are simplv loose from diseased gums we will not do as all other dentists would do, urge vou to have them extracted, but we will tighten them for you clear to th alveolar sockets, so that thev will bo as firm and useful as before. If you have one or more teeth miss ing in a row-we will replace as manv teeth as are missing, without plate or bridgework. , . It you have two or more teeth in either jaw, whether solid, sound or loose makes no difference twe will tighten the loose ones as tight as they ever were). We will replace each missing tooth, giving you back vour full set of teeth without the use of a plate, par tial plate or so-called bridge, and we will defy any one. dentist or layman, to tell them from perfect natural teeth. The work will be permanent; it will outlast the patient. REMEMBER In addition to our Spe cialty of Alveolar Dentistrv (Restoring Iost Teeth and curing Pyorrhea "loos teeth ) we are experts in everv branch of dental work. Poor dentistry Is ex pensive at any price. The verv best is the cheapest in the end. We urge upon you the necessity of having the best. If you want teeth that are serviceable, sturdy, lifelike and beautiful, go to dentists who arc competent and experi enced. Fight shy of cheap work. Book lets on Alveolar Uentlstry arc free. THE Re-A DENTAL CO., DENTISTS 3J. to 314 Abington Bldg., 3d St' Sundays, 10 to 12.