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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 4, 1912)
r 8 THE SUNDAY . OREGONTAtf. -PORTLAND. AUGUST 4, 1912. FINE PROGRESS NOTED IN WORK ON COOS BAY RAILROAD One-Fourth of Harriman's Line's Outlet to Coast Completed and Construction Now Centers on Stretch West of Eugene. w" "t-4 V.- I r i . V . - Y IS A. v? JUST one year from the time that the Southern Pacific Company author ised the construction of a railroad connecting its main line at Eugene with the fertile and prosperous Coos Bay district one-fourth of the work is com pleted and the nergy of near-.y 1000 men Is directed toward the early com pletion of the remaining- three-fourths. Now and for several months more the principal activity on this new Harriman outlet to the Coast will be directed on the 23 miles of track Immediately west of Eugene, which are being built under contract to Twohy Bros., the well known Portland contractors. Since early last Fall Twohy Bros, have had a large force of men at work. They have had their powerful con ' structlon equipment on the ground and have made every effort to finish the project as rapidly as Is consistent with standard construction. On the extreme west end of this 23 mlle contract is a tunnel-which has been cut through nearly half a mile of solid rock. The biggest camps of the contractors are maintained at the east portal of the tunnel Notl tunnel It Is called. Some men and equipment also were taken over the mountain to the west portal and considerable prog ress was made In cutting into the rock wall from that side. Meanwhile men and teams were en gaged in building out from Eugene tp connect with the east end of the tun nel. This work was light compared to that on much of the other railroad construction In Oregon In the last few years. At a few points some deep cuts were necessary but the character of the soil did not necessitate heavy blast ing. Several thousand feet of fills also had to be made and a number of tres tles were built. The contractors now are putting the finishing touches on the line between Eugene and the tun nel. It Is necessary first to complete the railroad from Eugene through the tun nel to permit the easy and early con struction of the remaining trackage to Marshfield, the objective' western terminus. Material and supplies then will be hauled from Eugene over this new and completed track to the west portal of the tunnel from which future operations will be conducted. Contracts for the construction of the western portion of the line that por tion between the west portal and Marshfield have been let to McArthur Bros., contractors, of New York. They are preparing for a vigorous campaign of activity. Subcontracts will be let, it is understood, to Twohy Bros., and other local contractors. It Is aimed to have the entire line completed and in operation by January J, 1914. At the present rate of progress this can be accomplished. The first 23 miles, which constitute virtually one fourth of the mileage, are said to be the most difficult of construction. The remaining portion can be built at a much faster rate. Considering the fact that many legal end engineering difficulties presented themselves to the Southern Pacific Company at the time It announced its w . i ftWfyA r iiI.HJKW,S M i IRISH Intention of building this line, the progress made in the last year Is very satisfactory to officials of the Harriman system. Probably the most serious hindrance was offered by the so-called Pacific Great Western, a railroad owning valu able rights of way parallel to, and at some points conflicting with, those of the Willamette Pacific, under which name the Southern Pacific's Coos Bay line Is Incorporated. A few months ago an agreement was reached between the Harriman Interests and the forces be hind the Pacific Great Western and the Harriman Company took over the holdings of the rival enterprise. Mc Arthur Bros., who appeared to be the contractors for the proposed- Pacific Great Western, were given the contract for the completion of the new Harriman line, which arrangement, it is under stood, was agreed to when the Pacific Great Western was taken over by the Harriman interests. William Hood, of San Francisco, chief engineer of the Southern Pacific Com pany, has charge of construction work. When the line Is completed Its opera tion will be under the management of the Portland officials of the Southern Pacific. lng we may be cheated. We decided to ask for an Increase of 10 cents per day and delegated one of our number to present our request to the manager. She was summarily dismissed without getting a hearing. The worst sweater would not have treated us so. As we hear so much about the workers hav ing to emancipate themselves wa de cided to strike." All the waitresses and cooks stopped work immediately and no meals were served. FREE LUNCH IN LOS ANGELES TO BE ABOLISHED, SAYS CITY COUNCIL Action Is Result of Fight Brought on by Saloon Men Themselves "Women Politicians Wonder if New Anti-Treat-ing Ordinance Applies to Their Efforts at Hospitality Giant Fish Fight to Death. LOS ANGELES. Aug. 3. (Special.) The abolition of the free lunch is in sight. The City Council jumped at the chance offered by the petition of a few saloon proprietors, who had been competing with each other In the mat ter of free lunch, and voted it out of existence. Of course, the lunch will re main for the 30 days after the Mayor's signature is affixed to the ordinance, but then It is scheduled to go unless the saloon men find some way to coun teract the results of their own initia tive. Petitions are already being cir cuited providing for a referendum elec tion on the subject, and the "hot dog" may exist through the influence of this legislation. Los Angeles has some kind of an election about every other week anyway, so the barroom referendum will not matter much except to the taxpayers who have to dig up an ex tra 110.000 to $10,000, tho cost of the election. The free lunch fight was amusing to everybody except the few saloon men who were hotly competing In deadly earnest. It was very satisfactory to many a hobo and not a small number of busy business men. Of course, the free lunch started wtth nothing more than bologna, cheese and crackers or bread. But to catch trade certain down town saloon proprietors began adding little by little to their free lunch menu until In some of the saloons It was possible to get a course dinner from soup to nuts with a nlekle glass of beer. It is stated on reliable authority that some of these lunches cost as much as $100 a day. Naturally this cut into the profits to such an extent that it wor ried the owner of the thirst palace when he counted up his receipts. Now that "the beans are spilled" they wish they hadn't started it. for the City Council, true to the ethics of the "reform" administration, given a toe hold tried to climb Into the wagon. They tafked a no-treating clause on the ordinance, added a no-cigar-stand-check paragraph, and otherwise made the saloonkeeper's contemplation of the avalanche he had started sad. Imme diately steps were taken to render the ordinance ineffective, and it remains to be seen whether they will be success ful. One of the plans urged is to per mit the sale in saloons of "sanitized sandwiches," as is done in Seattle. An other proposed plan Is to have the free lunches continued under the super vision of the Health Department and limited to pickles, bologna and bread. "Women Politicians are Anxious. The Women's Dramatic League held an Important meeting this week to dis cuss such weighty subjects as, "If the anti-treatlng ordinance becomes a law will It prohibit women from the new form of politics In which they have en gaged and which Is meeting with much popularity?" They asked where the line between treating and hospitality should be drawn. If it Is treating when a man politician asks another to join him in a drink or a cigar, is it anything more than woman's natural hospitality, her Instinct for surrounding herself with the home atmosphere, when she proffers a glass of delicious iced fruit punch to a would-be prospective voter? Is It bribery to urge a timid "citizen ess" to "take just one more of these cookies; I made them myself," all the time pushing forward a petition to which it Is desired her signature should be affixed? Politics, oT course, was the main topic considered at this meeting. Mrs. W. C. Tyler, the . president, and Miss Musa Rawlins, secretary, were tremen dously busy pointing out to those who had come to the league for the first time. Just what they should do to help awaken Interest In their own neigh borhood and secure votes for their can didates. The eternal feminine strove hard for mastery over mere politics. Mrs. Tyler, who is a Southerner, can't have a gathering about her and not wish them "to eat of her salt." and she admits It. At this meeting she arrived with a big pail of fruit punch and a box of cookies which she had spent that very morning baking. These cook ies promise to become as famous as the Democratic donkey. Everyone, man and woman, who has tasted them declare they are worthy of being served at every political gathering in the count ry. The women all begged for the recipe, and determined to enlist in the "cookies and votes" campaign that Mrs. Tyler was inaugurated. Dr. Sparks Offer Advice. Robert Stewart Sparks, friend of all lovers and presiding genius at the altar of Cupid in the marriage license bureau, gave way to his emotions the other day and soliloquized on the problem con fronting the Newlyweds. Sparks has handled marriage licenses for a long time and is a person of observing and deductive mind, so that it Is easy for him to become adviser and prophet. "If I were giving advice to the pros pective groom I would lay down two rules only two," said Sparks. "They would be: "See that the wife has money In her purse all the time." "Let booze alone." "Let a man religiously observe these rules, and there will be so much hap piness In the world that It will effer vesce, bubble over and run off In streamlets of joy. , "For the prospective bride there Is just one rule: Don't be suspicious and. don't keep too close a watch on your husband. "My belief is if a man follows the advice I have given he will be happy, and. if any busybody should attempt to belittle him in the mind of his wife it Is more than an even wager the med dlesome one will be telling the neigh bors that Mr. So-and-So has hypno tized his helpmate. "Here's another piece of advice to the newly-married man: Don't forget the anniversaries. They come twice a year the birthday and the wedding day. A man should show that he is glad his wife was born into the world and that he is in a state of mingled gladness and surprise when he remembers that she has chosen him In preference to others. A bunch of flowers or a box of candy carries a deeper meaning than words; and If circumstances will permit, a piece of Jewelry or a more expensive gift is .something that will be prized. 'Never has a woman lived wno did not have some sentiment in her makeup and a husband should cater to it." Giant Fish Battle to Death. A fight to the death between a huge shark and a monster jew fish was wit nessed late one afternoon recently by hundreds who crowded the municipal pier at Santa Monica. Several schools of mackerel swam into the vicinity of the Dler. and the word was Ilasnea about town, with the result that the Dler was quickly lined with anglers. The shark made its appearance about a h.ilf hour after the mackerel oegan biting. Soon after the appearance of the shark came the jew fish. It was onlv a short time before the Jew fish attacked the shark, and the battle was on. In a few minutes the water about the pier was colored with the blood of the combatants. Both the fish fought fiercely, leaping time and again almost entirely out of the water. After an hour's struggle the move ments of both fish grew weaker, and finally ceased altogether. Then the bodies of both floated to the surface, dead. Two fishermen who had wit nessed the struggle secured both shark and Jew fish, and with the aid of gaff hooks hauled them to the pier. The head of the shark was chewed almost to a pulp, both eyes were torn out, and It was badly chewed about the body. The Jew fish was cut almost In half where the sharp teeth of the shark had penetrated. The shark was about six feet In length and weighed 142 pounds. The Jew fish measured a fraction over seven feet In length, and tipped the beam at 225 pounds. Land Patents to Be Withdrawn. United States District Attorney Mc Cormick has returned from Portland and San Francisco, where he has been for the past three weeks on business connected with the contemplated action of the Government against the South ern Pacific for the cancellation of pat ents to mineral oil lands and against oil' operators who have taken posses sion of valuable oil lands since their withdrawal from entry. None of the suits will be filed in the United States District Court for at least six weeks. The Southern Pacific cases depend largely upon the findings as to points of law by the United States Supreme Court in the Roberts case, in October. The amount of money involved In these suits is purely speculative. No such number as 300 suits is contemplated in the actions regarding the legality of the withdrawals of land under the or ders of the Interior Department and President Taft. No criminal action Is contemplated against officials of the Southern Pa cific for taking patents to lands al- leered to be -mineral. In the cases of a number of the pieces of land the statute of limitations hasrun, and there will be no actions brought to recover the property or to cancel the patent. These statements are based on an au thorized interview with Mr. McCormick, who was asked by The Oregonian cor respondent to clear up a number of sensational statements appearing in the local newspapers regarding the ac tion asainst the railroad company. Mr. McCormick explained that persons who went on lands involved in tne witn drawal suits and honestly accomplished work in prospecting for oil before such land was withdrawn by executive or der will not be molested In their rights to the lands. It is only those who have defied the Government, and in spite of the order of withdrawal have settled upon the land and begun to prospect for oil, who will be ousted. , After leaving San Francisco McCor mick went to Portland, where he had an important conference with B. D. Townsend, special representative of the Department of Justice in the pending suits. Dogs to Be Munled Perhaps. Dr. J. Whltcomb Brougher has taken sides on the dog-muzzling problem which periodically confronts Los An geles. Ordinances have been passed and abrogated from time to time dur ing the last half-dozen years, providing for the muzzling of all dogs in the city. As soon as such an ordinance is passed a lot of prominent people hold Indigna tion meetings and bring Influence enoagh to bear on the City Council to have them annul the law. Dr. Brough er discussing the subject (which is now prominent again, the Council having decided that all dogs should be muz zled and petitions being circulated ask ing that the Council be forced to rightabout-face again), said: v "Dogs roam the street without any special home or master, live on refuse, quarrel with every other dog they meet and snap viciously at passers-by. In a modified form this Is true of many dogs in Los Angeles. If we did not have a pound In which to put dogs that roam the streets without a license it would be a great deal worse than It is. The ordinance that requires all dogs roam ing the streets to be muzzled In the Summer time ought to be kept on the books and enforced. I have a dog, a smart, well-bred, well-kept fox terrier. He' has been the companion of my chil dren for several years and is carefully cared for in every way, but' I do not believe in permitting him or any other doer to run about the streets of the citv unmuzzled when there is any pos sibility of his going mad and biting someoife. "But there is something even worse than dogs prowling around our streets and living in our city. Paul referred to certain classes of people when he said to the Philipplans, 'Beware of the dogs." I want to call attention to some people who ought to be muzzled. There are lots of people In the city who nave the canine spirit, and in some Instances their physical appearance might lnal cate that their ancestors came from a zoological garden. The irresponsible street talker ought to be muzzled. The social drinker ought to be muzzled. Communicators of evil thoughts and Impure stories ought to be muzzled. The great need of mankind is to have the vicious, unholy dog-nature changed Into a nature that Is pure and holy." SOCIALIST WAITERS STRIKE Co-operative Restaurant in Faris Is Called "Sweat Shop." PARIS, Aug. 3. (Special.) Socialist Institutions, of whatever kind they may be, are becoming discredited, and one of the most striking examples has been given In Paris by the Co-operative Restaurant, In the Rue de Bre tagne, which is directed by a Socialist chief and has a staff consisting of Socialist waitresses. It Is in the midst of a populous quarter, near the so- called "Maison Commune," which Is next door, and is supposed to be con ducted on the lines of the purest So cialist ideals. Yet all its waitresses struck today and marched to the "Mai son Commune" to ventilate their griev ances. Here is wnat one wno naa folded her apron in sign of strike said: "We have several reasons for strik iner. The first is that one of our com panions has been unjustly discharged, and the second is that we are being driven harder here than anywhere else. The worst owner would not give us less than $6 a month. The tips given to the waitresses are meager. The customers give us only a nlekle coin of five sous at the end of a week for changing their napkin. Sometimes we even lose, as we have to take brass checks for the dishes, and In the count- TO TRY ATHLETICS Failure or Ilrltisli Kntries at Stock holm Leads to Action. DUBLIN', Aug. 3. (Special.) The failure of the British athletes at Stock holm, following their poor performances in their own country In 190S, has not altogether disheartened athletic sport promoters in Great Britain and Ireland. In Ireland particularly one desperate attempt Is going to be made to retrieve the British athletic character. For a number of vears divided counsels hnve helped to keep young Irishmen from co-operating on common ground, with the result that athletics ceased to bo any longer the national institution It was at one time. The formation of the Gaelic Athletic Association which must not be confounded with the Gaelic League introduced for the first time a strong element of politics into Irish athletics. IsJshmen in the police service and tho army were barred from participating In sports held under Gaelic laws, with the reHult that many of the finest examples of physical man hood ceased to have any interest in athletics at all. Lord Desborough, ex-presldent of the British Olympic Council, the Hon. Ru pert Gulness, the sporting son and heir of Lord Iveagh, and one or two others are now developing a scheme by which Ireland Is to organize athletically in the hope that by the time the next Olympiad comes round, Ireland will not send two men, but 20 or 30, to fight out the battle of British supremacy, as she has done in former days when sh was the pioneer of all that was bril liant In athletic events. OLD PICTURES RECOVERED Windsor Castle Proves to Be Veri table Treasure House of Art. LONDON, Aug. 3. (Special.) Al though King Edward and Queen Alex andra did much toward the recovery of the many valuable treasures of art which lay burled in the various unused rooms of Windsor Castle, there is still much to be done and Queen Mary is undertaking tho task of overhauling and classifying the vast accumulation which has not seen the light of day for centuries. She has discovered, among other things, a superb collection of minia tures of the leading beauties of tho early and middle parts of last century, a number of which defied Identification until her aunt, the Grand Duchesa of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, came to her aid with her inimitable knowledge of the women of that time. The buried treas ures at Windsor, when recovered, will form a magnificent addition to the Na tion's art collection and will shed an Interesting light on many historical events. Irish Honor Men of Letters. DUBLIN. Aug. 3. (Special.) Dublin, unlike certain other European capitals, treasures the memory of its men of let ters. In St. Patrick's Cathedral Is still piously preserved the plain wooden pul pit from which Swift preached, while the great Dean shares the honor oi commemoration with I'hilnot, Curran, Garolan, the last of the Irish bards, and Samuel Lover. In the courtyard oi Trinity College there are statues of Ed mund Burke and Oliver uoiasmitn both of whom were, in their time. "Trinity boys," while a stone's throw away is a statue of Tom Moore, whose birthplace in Aungler street is still an object of pious pilgrimage.