TJTE SUNDAY OIIEGOMAN. PORTLAND, JUNE 2, 1912.
CONVICTS JBEGIN WORK ON SCENIC ROAD AROUND SHELL ROCK
Barrier, Which Has "Long Been Impassable to Wagons or Automobiles, Is to Be Removed in Building the New Columbia Biver Highway Connecting Hood River and Multnomah Counties.
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clal.) Because it the Initial
mcrfc done on the new Columbia
River highway around Shell Rock
Mountain, which haa long been an Im
passable barrier to a wagon or auto
mobile on the road connecting- Hood
River and Multnomah counties, the be
ginning made br the IS convict at
Camp Beneon on the west end of the
towering maaa of sliding atonea Thurs
day afternoon will be hlatorlc. The
logan of the cltliena of Hood RIvsr
County, who are eager to see the com
pletion of the scenic highway. Is "Make
the route to Portland from Hood River
passable a soon ae possible. A few
local man have been using- their ef
forts toward securing the highway for
the past three 'years. C. K. Marshall
nd W. L, Clark have spent their time
and money In making personal Inspec
tions of and eecurlng data for the right
of way of the propoeed route. The lo
cal business men ae a whole and ma
jority of . illey orchardlsts have be
come greatly Interested In the road
Ince the beginning of the year and
are lending It their support.
The convicts who have been at Camp
Bensou, named for 8. Benson, th donor
of the $10,000 fund to be used In the
Shell Rock construction during the
coming year, began their task without
ceremony Thursday afternoon. The
crew has ben at the scene of opera
tions for three weeks, awaiting an
agreement between the O.-W. R, A N.
and the county, With the exception of
a dispute relative) to a point at the
east end of the mountain, where a solid
rock overhangs the. railroad right of
way, and as to liability for damages
that may be sustained by passengers
over the railroad and travelers using
the highway around Shell Rook, the
oounty officials and the railroad have
come to terms. These details remain
unsettled. However, It was thought ad
visable to begin work at once and set
tle the disputed matters later.
ltoad Will Parallel Railway.
The. rout of the way around Shell
Rock Mountain wilt parallel the rail
road track. A plan was proposed
whereby the railroad would move Its
tracks over the water of the Columbia
by means of a trestlo. However, be
cause of the. depth of the water at this
point and the necessary exDensa that
MUTILATED BODY IN LOS ANGELES
HARBOR IS CLAIMED BY SEVERAL
Kansas Children Get Box of California Trait in Answer, to Pathetic Appeal to-Chamber of Commerce Million
aire Completea Jail Sentence for Speeding, Bi dee Home on Streetcar to Aroid Tnither Trouble. '
LOS ANGELES, Cel., June 1. (Spe
cial.) The local police are mysti
fied as to the Identity of tha man
whose mutilated body was recently
found in Lrfis Angeles harbor. That the
man Is Bernard Rein, alleged btgamlst
and former automobile dealer of De
troit, Is doubted by the detectives at
work on the case, but Mrs. Frances
Neal Rein, who had prevloualy Identi
fied the body, declared this week, after
another inspection. sh waa correct In
her lilnntlncatlon and said she would
have the body burled at her expense.
On the other hand. C. W. Verden and
Ms sister, Mrs. Viola Fandow, identified
the body as that of their uncle, James
W. Orundy. formerly a rahlnet-maker
of Kaneaa City. They said Orundy had
been living with them since he came to
California, eeveral months ago. He
went to Sun Pedro May g and stayed
at the American Hotel until May IT.
when he disappeared. They base their
Identification on the general appear
ance of the body and a scar on one
ankle.
The police are endeavoring to locate
a man named Herrlck. who disappeared
from Oakland soma time ago. Detec
tives are inclined to tha belief that tha
man Is a suicide, basing this belief on
the fact that the hands were loosely
tied, as If merely to support the iron
bar which was suspended from the cord.
The Injuries on the head, they eay. may
have ben caused by the body striking
the Wharf or tha rock piling.
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Chief of Police Sebastian has renewed
his effort to have a police patrol boat
provided for the harbor. Some weeks
ago he applied for an appropriation
for a boat. At that time It was sug
gested that should the city not care to
expend the amount necessary for a new
boat, one of the harbor tugs might be
purchased and ntted out as police and
It re boat combined. Tha matter Is now
under consideration.
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Krom a Utile "dugout" with an
earthen floor out on the wind-swept
prairies of Western Kansas four little
,-hlldrentwo boys and two girls
Dora, Wayne, Earl and Henry Wlnsor
have written to Frank Wiggins, secre
tary of the Los Angeles Chamber of
j onimerce, a ((atretic request for a box
of California fruit. Wigging la In Roma
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I TV V, J-W-3- , ' 7 rirSr H i woJTT. entailed for the work, the
'V4". J?1 ''-YV' ' ' ''W ' ' ' J - ' ' '' 'LJ -,Jt II ? railroad company refused to concede
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I XJ?Jifj itiXi':'' ''";V1' v l : ' ' : ' J-f th bmnk her M,d b u t
I 1 J "v. . yt . d"p- "' ago a carload of
t I'JSaCfr-Vi t- I v ' IxV jra' rails w,, overturned at this point and
III 'y3lfX V'-'V'-V' .y.".. I I I declared that the stream had cut far
I i v.-Vyj- STt K " ' 1 'II nto the side of the cliff, and the rati-
1 1 SJiJ-' 1 - .' 1 ' " ' I road was built on a Jutting cliff.
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In search of health, and the appeal from
the youngsters would have gone amiss
had not C. I Wilson, superintendent of
exhibits opened the letter and respond
ed by sending them a box of orangea
from the grovea of Redlands and River,
side millionaires. The letter from the
children read:
"Lakeland, Mead County. Kan. Dear
Mr. Wiggins: We are four little chil
dren living out on tha prairie of West
ern Kansas. We only have half a dug
out for a home, with Just a dirt floor,
and aa papa Just came here last Fall,
we haven't got a start yet, and when
It ralna our house leaks awful Last
Winter wa nearly starved and f rosed as
well.
"A neighbor gave us some pretty
magaslnes and we saw the pictures of
California and the fruit that growa
there. Then we saw your picture, and
read about you, and It said you was
born In Missouri. We came from Mis
souri. lUtna waa born tn Scotland
County there.
"You can make us tha happiest chil
dren in the world if you will send us a
box of fruit at lnglewood station, Kan
sas. That la our nearest railroad. We
will love you always for your kind
ness." see
As a friendly test case, to determine
If girls In charge of branch offices for
laundries come vnder the laundry
workers' section of the state labor laws
for women, B. IL Ward waa taken Into
Vnlverslty police court this week by
Henry H. Lyons, of the atate labor
bureau.
Ward Is charged with employing
Mary A. Cooper In a branch office for
receiving and delivering laundry for a
longer period than eight hours day.
In order to get an early decision from
a higher court. Ward pleaded not
guilty and refused to give ball. He
then waited tn the courtroom while his
attorneys took the matter to tha Supe
rior Court on habeaa corpus proceed
ings, which will come up early next
week.
Ward'a attorney argues that the
girls In charge of the branch offices
are not laundry workers as meant In
the state laws, and that tha right-hour
law does not cover their employment.
When George Fetterman. millionaire
ranchman and realty dealer, completed
muvilihl t W3 J ,, M i2 Ti, -5&r.:. -J
rOrtuiy jyfrum 4SKfMrt
his 10 days' sentence for violating tha
speed laws In Ms automobile, ha was
asked if he Intended to rVde borne in
his machine.
"I'm afraid to try It," he answered
as he stepped out of the city Jail. "If
I should drive that car now, the way
I feel about getting boms to Duarte,
I'd be back here for several years In
no time. I'm going to ride home rery
quietly In a streetcar. Within a few
days I may get tha old machine out
and see If I can tame It a little."
Fetterman had apent 11200 In his
endeavor to avoid serving a Jail sen
tence. His time would have expired at
4 o'clock Sunday afternoon, to be
mathematically correct but. according
to custom, the hour did not matter and
he waa released at sunrise. By that
time be had the dlshea wiped In the
Jail kitchen, the table aet for break
fast, and a large pile of potatoes nice
ly peeled, but Fetterman was not
bout. Near the door of the Jail, with
a handbag In one hand, ha stood first
on one foot and then on the other. It
was plain that he did not Intend to re
main for breakfast. When his nam
was called he answsred Ilka a pistol
crack, and the next moment ha was
selling his money, watch, diamond
ring and stud and was vanishing to
ward the depot.
With the adoption of resolutions
condemning tha county Jail system, tha
Episcopal diocesan convention, which
closed In Los Angeles tha first of the
week, put Itself on record in favor of
the abolition of the present prison
methods and the substitution of reme
dial treatment for crlmlnala.
The subject was brought up by T. C
Marshall, archdeacon for tha Los An
geles diocese. His report also took up
the Industrial situation, and said:
"The Episcopal Church must concern
Itself with the hours and condition of
labor, the scale of wages as compared
with the cost of living, the difficulty
of obtaining employment, the exploita
tion of childhood and womanhood In
the Interest of gain, with all the com
plex questions that together constitute
the Industrial problem."
The report recommended that com
mittees be formed to awaken more pub
lic Interest In the problem, and the
recommendation was adopted by the
convention. A committee will also be
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appointed to work for the passage of
the industrial disputes arbitration act.
with a view to having It come before
the Legislature again.
"More effective breeders of vice and
crime than some of the Jails In South
ern California could scarcely be in
vented," declared Marshall, In report
ing to the convention the findings of
sn exhaustive Investigation- of prisons.
The report arraigns the prison system
aa It exists, criticises the construction
that often necessitates Jail inmates
walking in darkness and breathing foul
air, cries out against a method of pun
ishment that locks up Insane patients,
vloious criminals and suspects togeth
er, and declares that few know of the
conditions existing behind the archi
tecturally beautiful walls of aoma
Southern California Jails.
Marshall's Investigation Included
every Jail In tha Loa Angelea diocese,
which takea In many counties, extend
ing south to the Mexican border.
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' Old South Fort, historic as tha bul
wark at Tla Juana. that withstood the
shot and shell of rebels and federals
In the revolution against Diss last
year, la In ruins, as the result of a run
away team of horses driven by George
Vnthank. a Los Angeles business man,
who waa visiting the place.
The federal garrison is busily en
gaged In repairing the damage and
strengthening the fortification, as It
affords the only means of protection
from the south end of the town.
Unthank was driving about Tla Ju
ana taking In the eights when the
blast of a bugle throw his horses Into
a panic, and they tore down the main
street, scattering soldiers right and
left. Turning suddenly to the south
they dashed headlong Into and through
the fortifications.
The horses would have stopped there,
but Unthank. hearing the angry ahouta
of the Mexicans, decided to drive the
remnant of his rig, and what was left
of himself over the line and out of
danger of any retaliation.
"I am somewhat proud of that run
away." Unthank said upon his return
to Los Angeles. "I understand I ac
complished the work of an entire bat
tery of artillery. How I ever came
out of It alive I don't know, but there
was Just enough left of the wsgon ts
hang to the wheels. If I had remained
to apologise I am afraid the soldiers
would have put In a bill for damagea."
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Pasadena went "wet" at leaat as
"wet" as Pasadena haa aver been at a
recent election over tha liquor ques
tion. Amendment No. 10, allowing the
serving of liquors with meals in hotels
nd restaurants, fared as follows, ac
cording to complete returns: For. 61:1:
against. 4t(l. Amendment. No. 11. pro
hibiting sale, serving or delivery of
wo, entailed for the work, the
railroad company refused to concede
this point The river a few feet from
the bank here Is said to be i:t feet
deep. Pevera! years ago a carload of
rails was overturned at this point and
dumped Into the river. A diver mho
waa secured to reclaim the lost rails
declared that the stream had cut far
Into the side of the cliff, and the rail
road was built on a Jutting cliff.
Shell Hock Mountain ts declared by
scientists to Ue a glacial moraine. The
heap of loose stones, which In the
Winter time, when covered by snow. Is
a source of great annoyance to th
railroad company, as It covers the
tracks with slides. Is said to be the
blanket over tona of Ice.
Although It la known to but few peo
ple, the state attempted more than a
quarter of a century ago to build a
road across the Cascades - by the Co
lumbia River route, and was thwarted
by Shell Rock Mountain. Indeed, the
road was completed as far as Herman
Creek, beyond Bonneville. The re
taining walls of the old highway may
be seen today, on the side of the moun
tain, several hundred feet above the
right of way of tie railroad track.
However, It waa a difficult pass, and
slides of the loose stones have de
liquors within Pasadena city llml
complete returns for, 4i02; against,
ill 7.
The prohibition measure was more
than BOO votes behind, and the measure
allowing the serving of liquor with
meals In hotels and restaurants waa
more than 400 votes ahead.
One Of the most Important results of
the defeat of tha prohibition measure
will be the perpetuation of the famous
Adolphus Busch sunken gardens. Had
tha "wets'" been defeated the St. Louis
brewer, owner of the gardens, would
have at ones begun the construction of
a new home at Santa Monica, accord
ing to Otto Mathi, Busch's secretary.
Seven other amendments were voted
and carried. They were: For a com
mission form of government; direct
primary nomination for municipal of
ficers; fixing and granting of fran
chises; power of the city to Join with
other municipalities In aoqulrtng parks
and public utilities; city regulation of
building, plumbing and electrical wir
ing; expenditure for municipal public
ity, promotion and entertainment; ap
propriations for care of alck and help
less, and trial and probation of Juve
niles. e '
A Theodore ' Roosevelt letter is al
ready aa valuable aa one penned by
Oeorge Washington, according to J. O.
Lynch, a dilettante collector, of Loa
Angeles. Lynch is prosecuting a suit
gainst the Beklna Van Storage Com
pany In Superior Court to recover 111.
000 damagea to household goods and
antiques destroyed In a flra at the de
fendant's warehouse. In the lot were
five letters written by George Wash
ington to George C'.ymer, signer of the
Declaration of Independence from
Pennsylvania.
"Of course the letters will never be
replaced, and they are valuable." de
clared Lynch this week. "But para
doxical as It may seem, they are no
more valuable than one of Roosevelt's
official tetters.' In Washington's dsy
letter-writing was considered an art,
and the lack of transportation made
volumtnoua letter-writing necessary.
The number of Waahlngton'a letters In
existence has reduced their value from
collector's standpoint."
Their Apology a Reminder.
Philadelphia Record.
Senator Williams In an address In
Yaano said of a movement he opposed:
"These men try to apologise for
their course, but their apology reminds
mo of that of the Tasoo office boy.
"A business man, looking up from
an Important letter he was drafting,
aid to this hoy testily:
" "Don't whistle at your work. Cal
houn.' " 1 ain't working, sir.' Calhoun an
swered. I'm only Just whlsUin'.' "
stroyed all traces of It In some places.
At the weet end of the mountain and
on the other aids the railroad company
has made use of the old right of way.
Where the old- road still remains Intact
It would be passable were the bushes
that have sprung up tn the roadbed
during the last Ii years cnt away.
Ileaeer Rrnlla First Werk.
James Wallace, who came to this city
with his parents In lt;i and who Is
now Janitor of the Commercial Club,
spent three years at work on tha old
Btete road, which waa built under the
supervision of the late John Marden,
of Tha Dalles. "We began work on the
top of the divide between the Mosler
hills and this vslley," said Mr. Wallace,
"and for three years continued the con-
! structlon of the highway. In that
length of time the highway was com
pleted to a point near Herman Creek,
beyond Bonneville.
"The road waa good around Shell
Rock and I have driven around there
many times. The road was used as
mall route between here and Boise.
; Idaho, before the railroad was built.
' When tha railroad wag constructed, the
right of way of the road was used In
' all of the points difficult of passage.
Tha removal of loose stone at Shell
Rock cause slides which obliterated
SOCIAL INEQUALITY AS
AID TO CIVILIZATION
Writer Declare! That Without Incentive of Claw Position, or Even of
Wealth, Human Industry and Progress Would Die.
BT MADISON a FETUtS.
w TRAVELER met an old darky,
j whose poor,, starved mule drew a
'heavy load. Tied between the
shafts, two feet beyond the mule's head,
waa a fine bunch of green grass. The
traveler asked:
"Why have you put that grass where
the mule can't reach It?"
The old darky laughed and said:
"Boss, dst bunch of grass am an In
centlf:" "A what?" asked the traveler.
"In Incenttf." replied the darky.
"What's an Incentive?"
"Why, boss, an tncentlf am eonthln'
pokln' ahead an' mighty well worth
walktn' for. boss; dat grass am an tn
centlf of dat 'ere mule. It looks mighty
good to him. like aa If lie walk far
enough he gets It, but If I glf It to him
now, he'd forget It and plum sudden
stop walkln'. I know dat mule, boss!"
ass la Life.
It Is the same In life, and tha darky's
philosophy applies with euual force to
men aa to mulea. The whole tendency
of aoclety Is to improvtment in knowl
edge, virtue and happiness. Muny
evils attendant upon our social atate
are to be gradually ameliorated. The
Increasing attention paid to political
economy Is a hopeful sign of our times.
The poor man will still be found In
every community, because riches and
proverty are relative terms and Indi
cate no absolute cocdltlon. I look for
ward to a state of society In which a
man will be called poor, not because
he Is destitute of tha means of a com
fortable subsistence for himself, his
wife and children, but poor simply by
contraat with his neighbor, who haa
been endowed with firmer health or
mora active body and a more enter
prising mind, or who has enjoyed more
favorable oportunlties for the exercise
of his powers, or because these bless
ings have been bestowed upon his par
ents, and be haa Justly Inherited the
fruits of their successful labors.
Kaaallty Oaly Aatoag Heathen.
But why should not Inequalities
among man as to outward condition be
removed. As we are all members of
one family, why may we not hope that
the bumaa race will. In the process of
time, be prepared for an equal distribu
tha old road at the east end of the
road.
"ettlera Contribute Liberally.
The new toad beyond the West Slds
of the mountain will use the old right
of way of the railroad track for about
half a mile and construction work here
will be comparatively Hicht. The Wy
eth road district has sviillahlo from a
speclul road tax levied lust )enr about
f7b00, which Is being expended by the
district 'on a nw hitch way to connect
with the stretch of toad around shell
Rnck. Although the Valley between
Wyeth and Caucado luk. Is sparsely
settled, the cltlseiia there are aiding
the construction of the highway In
every way possible. They voted tha
highest road lax In the county last
year, and nearly every male cltlsen In
the district haa been busy working on
the roads. While lha special road tax
struck the railroad. Western Union
Telegraph Company and' the Taclno
Telephone and Telegraph Company
pretty hard. It laid a burden on tha
citizens, but they declare that thsy
are willing to use more of their fund
to see the road completed.
The construction In the Wyeth dis
trict, where Hupervleor Hendricks is
at work. Is comparatively easy, for tha
route lies over a bed of loose stones
and the only work of the men is In
leveling and crowning the right of
way, which will be covered later with
an 1-Inch layer of cinders.
tion of wealth? Why? Because, eon
atltuted as the world Is, such a social
relation would not only be Impractic
able but not conducive to the virtue,
happiness and auccsss of men as Indi
viduals, or to tha progress of aoolety
at large.
The system of equalized property
among men haa nearly always existed
among the native tribes of our country,
and who, to purchase his freedom,
would assume the manifold evils of
their condition. Look at their want of
enterprise. Industry, and self-denial.
Flaa. Waa Tried.
The most enlightened state In which
the principle of equalization was ever
tried deliberately, 'and for any con
tinued period of time, waa tha republic
of Lacedaemon. But who would place
himself under the laws of Lycurgus and
for the sake of euual distribution of
property expooe himself and his chil
dren to deetltution of domestic com
forts, and all the thlnga that gladden
life, such ss Spsrta waa subject to at
Its best estate? They were brave men,
and for a time nobly maintained tha
freedom of their land, but It waa only
freedom from a foreign yoke that they
enjoyed. Their bonduge was crusl In
the extreme.
The leveling process might add a
very small amount to jour Income for
a little while, yet even this could not
last, for the Incentive to Individual ao.
cumulation could not grow, but di
minish, and every man'a share be leas.
Industry WeoU Die.
Equalize wealth and you oblige every
man to be his own machine, farmer and
manufacturer, and tha knowledge and
dexterity which men now possea
In their varloua callings would rapidly
diminish. What stlmulua would there
be to activity. Ingenuity and enterprise
In the hope of bettering our condition
If all were equal? The bopa of ad
vancing our selves Is the exciting
principle that overcomes our natural
love of ease and sharpens all the hu
man faculties. Strike this Incentive
out of the social state and we should
deteriorate till we dropped down to the
level of our North American Indians.
Give us the opportunity of bettering
our condition and wa rheerfuly take
with it all the hazards of failure.