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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (March 12, 1911)
1911. 'OLO BOARD" GOES Id various parts of th city, the bond to be sold only when needed: and the other wti for an lseue of 70.000 for a aite In the neighborhood of Teaier Way and Twenty-third avenue, for a branch to be cajled the Henry U. 1 ler library. Each of the lsaues had been approved by the Chamber of Com merce and the Municipal laKue. but they both failed by substantially the ame vole. 600 for to 14.000 against. Other result of the election were: Phart.r mmndmnt Drovldlna- for the TO RUN CITY AFFAIRS TO DEFEAT , removal of the Cblef of Police by the Tacoma Has ' No Dearth of Candidates for Places Un der Recall Election. Seattle Councilmanic Election Sees Shattering of Reg ular Regime. aiayor. ana tor uj ...... carried: providing; for tax levy and that no revenue raised by tax slia'.l be appropriated for any other purpose erepl for public pence. health and safety, carried: initiative and referen dum amendment, carried: franchise for National nistrlct Teiesrraph Company, lost: providing for spaclr of hlnrh po tential wire on polea and otfer line works, originally drafted by Eleotrlcal WITH HIGOIXS CONTROLLER ALONE IS SAFE BOND ISSUE IS CARRIED MANY WILLING OWN People Aatliorlx Municipal Street car Line From Salmon Br to City Library Bond Arc Re jected by Elector. SEATTLE. Urvh It. (Special.) With the decisive councilmanic electio of Tuesday, the picture of "The Friend of the People." which from every bill board ha been aMallln the ese. haa bn permanently turned to the wall. The remnants of the Old Guard. If any amor. the IS nominees deserved the term. hve Wen shattered to the traditional smithereens, with scarcely enough of them left to ba worth nottc- ,n'rank P. Mullen. Joe Schlumpf. Wil liam H. Murphy and H. C. Boblke. all members of the present Council, went .lawn In disastrous defeet. notwith standing that Mullen Is chairman of tha street Committee, fchluropf author of the ordinance reulatins weight and measure, and Murphy president of the Council. Hohlke. who I not associated In tha public mlnJ with tha decadent order of thins, ran rather better than his three associates: but as to thrm. they received a vote so small as almost to ba humiliating, bavlnc scarcely so much aa one-fourth of the total ballot. It Is a sticnlrtcant fact that tha nina men elctd were the candidates who received the hlerheet vote at the pri maries, thus confirming; the eliminating contest a destslvely aa the election Itself The successful cinaiui". aver. did not prevail In the nine order as at the preliminary contest. Of the three men who were chosen for the three-year term. OllverT. Erlrkeon wii llrt at the primary: Kobert H. Heaketh sixth and Max Wardail fourth: for the two-year term. Austin E. Griffith waa third at the primary: K. U Blaine sec ond and F. 8. Ktelner fifth; and for tha one-year term. A. F. Haas waa ninth: J. T. C Kelloa-s; seventh and A. J. Ood dard eighth. I lTe Men Aro w. Accordingly, when the new Council Is ivorn In. at high noon on Monday. March i. five of Its members will ba new and untried In municipal legis lation, and only four will have had ex perience In tha offices they will fill. Of the latter. Wardail haa seen the long est service. He will then begin his third term. He waa the "boy Mayor, who. while acting aa chief executive during the absence of Mayor Hiram C. ;ill last Hummer, removed Chief of loilce Charles W. Wappensteln. and thereby started the agitation which led to the recall election and to the pres ent topsy-turvy condition of Seattle politic. Among the successful candidates, the most remarkable run waa that made by Erlckson. H recelvej 31.eS. rote out of :.!": that Is, mora than two trurds of the total. HI nearest com petitor was Heaketh. who dropped to il.ail. It la possible that Erlckson- lead may gain for him tha presidency of the Council, or later, election aa Mayor, and make him formidable as a gubernatorial possibility. Hesketh'a election la an Instanca of the vagaries of political fortune. Soma years ago ha was assistant cook at tb Rutler Hotel, and the story goe that one day h burned a steak, for which erfensa he waa promptly discharged by W. . King, manager. Teara later ha becomes a candidate for tha Council, goes to tba polls, defeats his old em ployer In open contest and Is trium phantly elected to the second place. The reward tor a beefsteak over dona ii elevation to tha Council, and the ultimata punishment waa defeat of the man who "Bred" him. Com mil tees to Be Curtailed. - On of tha revolutionary changes In t new council will be the curtail ing vf committees. In keeping with the policy that ha cut down tha mem bership of that body from IS members to nine, the committee will ba re duced from II to nine. They will b Judiciary, finance, streets, lighting, water. franchises. licenses. healta and sanitation, and public service. Vnder the present system only a few of the committees will ba active, but the new order will undertake to start a revolutionary change. in addition to the election of won cllmen. tiie most vital and Interesting contest was the special election pro viding a bond Issue of ISrtO.Ooo for a municipal streetcar line extending from Salmon Bay on the north to the south ern llmlta of the city at Taylor's Mill, a station on the Seattle. Itenton and Southern. The distance Is 1 miles, all but four of which are covered by tha Crawford lines. The bond Issue waa carried by the declslva vote of IS.24 for. to 14.754 against. Outside of tha Rainier Valley, which baa been a vic tim of double fare, there waa no In terest In the bond Issue on til tha Seat tle Electrlo Company, a Stone 4c Web ater corporation, mysteriously broke Into tha fight. A week before the election Its emissaries mailed at mid night a vast number of circulars and other printed matter, understood to ag gregate 71.000 coplea, or one for every voter In the city, and made an effort to secure special ordera that it an do promptly distributed. Every elector In the city was bom barded with copies of this line of ar gument, which cam anonymously sava for the names of a committee of tha Chamber of Commerce: and the effect seemed to be a feeling; of resentment that the corporation was showing so lively an Interest In the overthrow of tha bond. I'erhap It is too much to sy that If the Seattle Electrlo Com pany had kept its hand off the bond might have been defeated: yet there Is little doubt that the activity of tb corporation stimulated the supporters of the bond, and served no other pur pose than to convince tha people that If the company opposed municipal ownership then tha bonds would ba a good thing. Bonds May Be Offered. Since the election Controller William J Botbwell baa given out a newapaper Interview suggesting that the bonds he offered in small denominations to the elttxens of Seattle. While ths credit of Seattle at present 1 not Im paired In tha least degree, he bellevea hat to place a bond issue In tha East would be difficult. Inaeraucb a a pro ject of that nature would not be re garded favorably: moreover, that the Interest of the cltUena in a road which they themselves wet- financing would be greatly Increased. On of the disappointments of tha election was tha fal.ora of tha propo sitions for library bonds: one waa for I1S8 uoO for aites for branch libraries sssssssitt------ t I V . y i a s John F. Meade. City Controller f Ttcesu, Os F.lertlve Of fice et Affected by Recall. Workers" Vnlon. carried; same, with modifications, carried: bond for bridge at Fifteenth avenue- Northeast. lost. METHODS' ABE SCORED LAKE COrXTT OBJECTS TO BE ING MISREPRESENTED. Real Estate Firm's Cnlrue State ments Regarding Climate De clared Most Harmful. LAKEYIEW. Or.. Feb. !. To the rJltor.) United Lake County Is protesting against the methods pursued by a Portland real estate firm In their advertising mat ter regarding the cllmatee of Eastern Ore gon and tke County In particular. It shows that the Nstlon-wlde adver tising and publicity that toe long-neglected Eta tarn Oreeon country Is receiving, la hav ing the effect of causing scms unscrupulous people to make statements that are un truthful, misleading and totaliv uncalled fr br anr firm thst Is trying to do basl nea In Oreeon. The edrertlrer thst de liberately stoops to falsehood. U showing a r-snr dlapositlon. totally out of keeping rltn tne spirit that Is taking Oreeon ahead with ('.'anile strioee to the fulfillment of her ultimate deetlnv. While the state Is fortunats In bavins a diversity of climates, there is no portion that has any monopoly of all the good things ahether It be sotu land, climate or products. While lke Custy people be lieve taat they have the lareeat area of tillable lands open to antry and settlement 3.5tO.OuO acres of Government lands end that they can grow products, especially ap ples, peaches, pears, aprlcfs. plumcots. prunes, plums, cherries, and all the smaller fruits, all kinds of vtabies. such ss kale, leek, rabbaae. tomatoes, celery, corn, cu cumbers, melons, etc.. all tha grains and era i a of the temperate aone. along with any similar area, they also feel that there la no place at this time, when the eyee of the people everywncrv ward the state, that can afford to make llarht of any other section. each haa Its opportunities and each will suit some man that comae to vlalt the state and looks the country over, ludctng for hlmaa.f what It has to offer to him ss a homeeeeker. that desires a productive piece of lend In a Soo4 climate. They feel also that while thla' portion of the state has long been denied railroad transportation, which It has awaited so patiently. It Is no more than proper that the peop'" and bualnesa man of other tortlons of the etat- siva It at Iraat Juatlra and that any advertiser for aay particular aectloa of the etate abould atop any campaign of untruthtulneaa and work for tho ood of the entire state. "Oregon. My Oregon." should be the pul eatlng heartbeat of every eon that haa the Ood-glvea rlabt to live In a state that baa so much to offer. "Oregon. My Ore oo should be a prayer of thenkf ulneaa for being permitted to enjoy life where there la so much to be thankful for and where the sun never rises on the dsv that docs not offer mo.-h In every way to the man that la ready for opportunity call. There may be eand etorraa. droushta. bhs sards. peats, hot nights and severely cold ds. but they are not In 1-ake County. There may be malaria, fevers of all klnda. tuhemloals and other allmente and dia aaaes due to climate, but there are none from this cause In Lake County. The ai leced Croat qu eat I an may be a source of talk for tha roan that has a lot of time to run down hla neighbor but If frnat la what makee thlnsa a-row the way they do bare ta Lake County. In the name of all that ta good, give us mors of It. The people of the Eaatera Oregon coun try have never been selfish enoueh to care to develop their wonderful resources la laads. sotla. cllmatee. eta. to tha detriment ef any other section of the state, and while ether portions have In the peat, because of better railroad facilities, crown much faatar, atlll the rrowlh of Lake County, away from the railroade has Increased during the past ten veare mora rapidly than tha per rent of I Increase for the state. With our "frosts" 1 .i are clad of the fact that the per capita wealth of tha county is aneaa oi any coun ty on the entire Pacific Coast, to say noth ing of the etate. We do not owe a dollar's worth of lndebtednee and the froet' must make someone wealthy, for while there are no men of extreme wealth here, at the name time we have no use for a poor home. Uk County la proud of the growth of other portions of the etate snd will "booat" for Oregon at all times because It's la our beaxta. The people hare are too buay with developing what they can with the handi caps that have been thrust on their seem Inly Isolated condition to bother with the knocks." and the people that are to he welcomed Into the county thla year in an ticipation of getting ahead of the railroads that are hearted this way. will And that thla ts a place that has much to offer. Arthur W. Orion, of the Vnlted Ptatea land o?Sce here: Vinton I- Sneltlng. of the Lake view Board of Trade, a prominent business man that Is giving his time to tell ing people of the wonders of the coun try: William H. Phlrk. banker and stock man, also president of the Board of Trade: Bernard Daly. County Juries. lawar. bank er l.afe Conn, lawyer: Warner Ft. Snider. Pharlft: James Dodaon. St-phen Moes. Sol Chandler and many other repreaentatlve tnea throughout the county hftv arisen In their Indignation and condemn In most un mistakable terms the falsehoods both by statement and Innuendo that were contained In the article. Oregon, opulent of opportunity; Oreeon. with Its wonderful present and brilliant fu ture, has no room for the man or men that will stoop to misrepresentation and fs.se hood and the sooner they are driven from the state the better for all concerned. Let them euffer the Ignominy of being ostra cised where honest men gather In the coun clla that are pushing the state to a place wbere K Is second to none In Its offerlnss to the men that corns here. W. ROCHE TICK. Ediefsen dollvars dry wood. J Offlclnl AMio lias Kept Close Check on Others Not Disturbed by Petitioners- Some Embarrassing Questions Are ' Asked.' TACOMA. Wash.. March lL (Special.) That there Is going to bo no dearth of candidates In the field to oppose Ta coma's present five city officers at tha coming recall elections, was indicated this week, although there still remains the lark of the prominent and able busi ness men of that class the Charter Com mission had In mind when It framed Ta coma' s present plan of government. First to come out the past week as a candidate for Mayor was Charles Erury, a prominent member of the citlzeni' re call committee of 15 named at that Meth odist church mass meet'ng held several weeks ago. Mr. Drury formallr an nounced that he would be a candidate to oppose Mayor Fawcett. The announce ment was not altogether pleasing- to oth er members of the committee of 15. That body has taken no steps yet to present any candidate, and feels somewhat em barrassed with one of Its members al ready In the race, although the commit tee of J5 took no part In circulating tha FawcetC recall petition. Seymour Ursed to Ran. W. W. Seymour, president of the Met ropolitan park board, la being urged by his friends to enter the Mayoralty race, and probably will do so, and Is tha strongest candidate who has yet appeared. Mr. Seymour Is a man of wealth and education. Is a successful business man and his friends are confident he la one upon whom all factions can unite. He Is exactly the caliber of a man the framers of the commission plan charter had in mind as chief executive. James H. Davis, chairman of the ap propriations committee of the House In the present Legislature. announced Thursday that he would be a candidate against Fawcett and Drury. Davis is s former county official, was a member of the State Board of Control for a long time, was manager of James M. Ashton's Senatorial campaign last Fall aad as chairman of the appropriations commits tee has mads what his friends say is a fine showing. Davis has a strong fol lowing in Tacoma and may prjve a for midable candidate. He is young and en ergotlc is not a fad-follower. Is known as a man of backbone and at this time looks like a strong candidate. K. A. Lynn, for four years a member of the City Council and president of the last Council, under the old form of govern ment, will also be In the race. Ha has not formally announced himself, but will do so. Lynn Is a photographer and made a fair record In the Council. He was a candidate at the regular election last Spring, and waa high man next to Faw cett who. however, had sufficient ma jority to elect him without tne formality of a second election. Judson and Lister Mentioned. Edward B. Judson, a prominent realty man. Is being much mentioned and may enter tba race for the mayoralty also. Ernest Lister, the well-known con tractor, la thinking seriously of enter ing tha mayoralty race and It would not be surprising were an announce ment to coma from him any day. There are not many candidates In the field yet for the four commisslon ershlps. Frank M. Lamborn la being prominently spoken of to oppose Com missioner Freeland for the Depart ment of Finance. Lamborn has served In the council under the old form o rnmint and Is a prominent nnd successful business man. His friends believe he would win and he is quite likely to enter the race. He Is a mem ber of the firm of Allen e Lamborn. job printers. Clarence Parker, the printer, un doubtedly will be a candidate to suc ceed Commissioner Lawson In tho De- . n.hi mil Water. Parker pBIIUiriK ... r. , waa an aspirant for a Job aa commis sioner last spring out laneo. There la lots of time, however, for other candidates to get In the race and It Is expected there will be plenty of them. Fonr Elections Possible. T aroma's recall experience Is likely to cost the taxpayers about U.000 this Spring. As at a regular election. If no candidate for an office haa a majority of tha votes cast, the first election operates ss a primary and a second Is necessnry to decide between the two high men. There will bn two recall eleotlona, one on the mayoralty and one on the four commlsalonershlps. This meana that four electlona are a possibility. he average cost of each being about $2800. Recall petitions filed Thursday with the city clerk by the committee of 15 showed the fewest signatures agatust Commissioner 'Woods of the Depart ment of Public Works, with Commis sioner L. Roys of tha Department of Public 6afety next above him. Tha Woods petition hnd S28 signers and tha Roys petition 331 with 3071 neces sary for recall in each caae. Both Woods and Roys may really be re garded aa capable city officials and both are likely to be re-elected. Each Is holding a two-year terra. Poth arc men of experience In city affalra end the general sentiment of the recall petition signers, say members of the committee, was that Woods and Roys were the two best men of tha five. I.awpon Most Unpopular. Commissioner Lawson led In unpop ularity on the recall with 4030 signa tures nn the De tltion against him. Com- -loner Freeland came next with J9tS signers. Lawson and Freeland are four year men and. although they re ceived the most votes at the reguUr election last Spring, seem to 'lave pleased the public the least of all the city officials. Meanwhile City Controller Meads sits back. In his office and enjoyn the dis comfort of his brother officials. Ha is the only elective officer In Tacoma's government whom It la not sought to recall. His friends admit Meads is not such an able accountant as he might be but he brings home the bacon, keeps a close check on the commissioners and asks numerous fussy questions when the payroll Is not strictly regular that haa gained him a wider circle of friends than he had even before election last Spring. Except Meads all city officials outside of the Mayor and four Com missioners are appointive. Thus Meads la dependent on no one for his Job and It la developing that one of the wisest things the charter commission did was to milt the controller an elective of ficial. Only Thursday at the commission session Meads came through with a J bothersome question about H. A. White. a "service man," whom Commissioner ; Lawson had on his payroll for 28 full days In February, when mere wt only 22 working days in tho month. Lawson explained that White Is really a "timekeeper" and entitled to time keeper's - pay. hence the difference, which did not satisfy Controller Meads, who Insisted that wnite snouia meu be enrolled as a timekeeper and not as ( a service man. After the session Meads asserted he believed that, if the truth were known. White waa only a barn man and not even a service man. The commission referred the subject to Commissioner Lawson for a report later. Embarrassing Questions Asked. Meads also wanted to know about S. A. Campbell, who was serving as a su perior court witness from February 14 to March 3 and whose time was turned in for 25 days In February, when the month had only ZJ working days. Law son explained Campbell was only In court an hour or so a day and received 3125 a month flat, and the commission Instructed the controller -to pay him $113.85. Such Incidents cropping up with fre quency and getting Into the newspapers have caused many votera to auspect either the ability or good faith of some of the commissioners. On another, re cent occasion, for example. Controller Meads reportevl that Commissioner Lawson had three high-priced men on his payroll aa watchmen at the old city barn. There was little occasion to have It watched, as the city had abandoned it except for storing forgotten Junk, and Meads wanted to know the whys and wherefores before he drew the sal ary warrants. It ended In the reten tion of one watchman to look after the building nights. Then, too, tha city's payroll and expense bill has Increased right along since the commission took charge until th recall campaign started when the payrolldropped oft 35000 from the January figure. Controller Meads Is not a bit bashful about making publio.the payroll In creases or Irregularities when he Issues his reports BODY OF MAN IDENTIFIED M. O.' Sforin, of Warrenton, Is Re covered From' River. ASTORIA. Or.. March 1L (Speclal.y The body picked up Just a week ago today near Desdemona, Sands, on the north side of the river, by two fisher men In tha employ of 8. Schmidt & Co., haa been Identified as that of M. O. Morin, who disappeared several weeks ago from Warrenton, where he had been working as a section hand for some time. Little Is known of the man's antecedents beyond tha fact that be had been an engineer and later a conductor In the employ of the Santa Fe Railroad Company and for some rea son had been discharged and blacklist ad. He camo to this section in the hope of retrieving his fortunes. In some manner It became known that he had been blacklisted and ,he was discharged. He then came to Astoria and all trace of him waa lost. Presbyterians Will Elect. The annual election of officers of the Brotherhood of the First Presbyterian Church will be held In the church parlors Tueeaay evemuis. dui w oc.-u at 6:W o'clock. There will be a pro gramme of music and speaking. A CHANCE TO MAKE MONET. Yes, elegant Free Homesteads adjoin ing valuable land, from which very tine bananas are now being sold, can still be had In Mexico. You need not go to Mexico, but must have five acres of bananas planted within five years. Address The Jantha Plantation Co, Block 685, Pittsburg. Pa.; they will plant and care for your bananas on shares, so you should make a thou sand dollars a year. Bananas begin bearing in about fifteen months, bring ing the quickest returns of any fruit growing. The climate is delightful and the health conditions good. Should any reader desire to procure a Home stead, apply immediately. GASH GOMES BACK $2328 Returned by Deposed Grants Pass Official. MONEY IS WELL INVESTED Following Discharging of Street Su perintendent City Council Holds Stormy Session and Prose cution May Result. GRANTS PASS, Or, March 11. (Spe cial.) Under some strange belief or spell that the city would never discovei that he had overdrawn hla account upon a cement contract with the city, R. H. Gilfallln waa discharged from his po s'tlon as Street Superintendent, and forced to turn back to the city 32328.83, after keeping such amount since No vember 22 without accounting, but on the other hand Investing it In Income city property. Gllfallin's course of action took Its Inceptive step when the city awarded him a cement contract last Fall upon which there became due the sum of I2S55.67. Intermediate payments wera made as the finished work advanced, until he had drawn 32328.88. On Novem ber If a final report was entered by tha city engineer showing In blanket M . . 1 AA1 ...... nrhlxh HQ. JlllHlted 1 U I III L!l D.aii . . . .. and passed the Council and finance committee without detection. After the contract had been performed Gilfallln went East, and before go ing left word at the City Hall that his wife would get the balance of the contract . price when ordered paid by the Council, and which he knew would amount to tha Bum of I52&.37. When tha warrant waa issued, Mrs. Gilfallln took the same to tho First National Bank, and paid off two small notes, and .the remainder was entered Into Gllfal lin's account with the bank. Gilfallln returned from tho East some time In December, to discover that his i i hail ttAAn or r a. 1 1 v In creased, and thereupon without further arrangements to right matters with the city, ho was tempted to invest the money In real estate. Notwithstanding auch unwarranted actions he took upon himself the duty to apply for the po sition as Street Superintendent .under the present administration, which place he filled up to tho day of his discharge. Confronted with the circumstanoes by the City Auditor and Mayor, no excuse could bo offered for his position which tempted him to go wrong, other than a strong Inclination to invest. The error was discovered Saturday by tho Auditor checking over the South Sixth street special fund, which Is yet an open aocount owing to the macadam work not being finished en- ''"A'stormy session of the Council was held last night over the matter, and it was finally decided that the Auditor should present the records of the case before the Prosecuting Attorney for Investigation. Gilfallln had always borne a good reputation and had served as Street Commisslonerunder two pre vious city administrations. Cut-Off Work to Be Started Soon. PENDLETON, Or., Marcn 11. (Special.) The Oregon-Washington Railroad Com pany will start work on the Echo Coyote cut-off on June 1. It waa eaid hero to day. The contract has been let to tha Twohy Bros. Construction Company, which Is ready -to begin operational when ordered to do so. The cut-off will elimi nate eight miles of track; several bad curves and grades, and will cost almost 31,000.000. Grants Pass Hotel Remodeled Soon. GRANTS PASS, Or,, March 11. (Special.) The Josephine Hotel, one of the largest -and most popular hotels In Southern Oregon, is soon to bo remod eled. The structure is being- rewired. All rooms will be fitted up with hot and cold water. A largo part of the service will have private baths. The premises were lately sold to J. H. Blake, of spoicane. - , IN GOLD Watch for announce ment to be made Sun day, March 19. Mt. Hood Brewing Ce. Phones: East 139, B 1319. Wtito Gas Auto, 30 H. P, ' ,Torpedo Body, jnst like) new, not a scratch tiresl Leather ometer, extra etc. Will sell cash. 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