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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 3, 1916)
1. PARK CHIEF HEARD SUPERINTENDENT OF NATIONAL PARKS DECLARES CRATER LAKE GREATEST FEATURE IN WORLD. S. T. Mather Declares Crater Lake Must Be Developed. ISSUE PUT UP TO OREGON If Opportunity Is Neglected, Ho Will Ask California for $500,000 i for Improvements, Chamber Gathering Is Told. THE SUNDAY OltEGOXJAX, PORTLAND," SEPTEMBER 3, 1016. , 1 1 ym1mBSvt..iMw,mvv ,! &w 1 an .-uujm MJ.I i ij 1 i.m p.n ,. y - . ' 53 . - C ' " " ' " -, ' ' - I r , - 4 i I I , "i. I 4 ' " " ' v I " t J , v. ' - -, I i "It looks like -we'd have to go to the bat for the development of Crater Lake National Park this "Winter," said Stephen T. Mather. Assistant Secretary of the Interior and Superintendent of National Parks In the United States, ad dressing a group of Portland business men at a luncheon given in his honor at the Chamber of Commerce yesterday. "I have just come from the Craer Lake 'Park, and I am free to say that I believe It has probably the greatest possibilities of any scenic park in the world. "Its development cannot be allowed to be delayed any longer. Either we shall have to get the co-operation of Oregon people to carry forward Its develop ment, or I shall go to California and try to Interest the capital there. It seems that Oregon people should be willing to go forward and help develop their great park, and Oregon would be my first choice In looking for men to co-operate with the Government in the work. I am a native of California. how-J ever, and. In case Oregon doesn't come forward. I may yet have to go to my friends In California with the matter. $500,000 Fund Suggested. "Tacoma and Seattle have raised $200,000 for the development of Rainier National Park and the Park Service Company in California is spending $700,000 In the development of To eemlte Park to Improve its accessibility and the service to tourists." As a suggestion of how Crater Lake development might be made, he sug gested that Portland, Medford. Ashland and Klamath Falls might raise $500,000 and arrangements might be made with the railroads to sell tickets routing tourists by automobile through the Crater Lake National Park. "The development that has already been done by Mr. Parkhurst, who is a Portland man. Is promising and Is broad in Its conception," he said. "Portland surely will display an Inter est In a project that is being developed by one of her own men." Concerning the Mount Hood National Park, as proposed, he said that the idea of linking a number of small tracts along a boulevard was too narrow a conception of the National Park idea, and expressed the opinion that the pro posed park will have to be laid, out on broader lines. HlfhvraT Is Wanted. Immediately following the luncheon Mr. Mather and Robert S. Yard, who is in his partyi accompanied by J. C Alnswortn. John B. Yeon, S. C Lancas ter. T. H. Sherrand. George H. Cecil and other representatives of the Cham ber and the Government Forestry Serv ice, made the. trip out over the Colum bia River Highway, returning in the evening to take the train North to visit the Rainier National Park. Those present at the luncheon were: 6tephen T. Mather, Assistant Secre tary of the Interior;- O.-M. Clark, Pres ident Portland Chamber of Commerce; J. C. Alnsworth, Mark Woodruff. C. C. Chapman. John H. Lewis. State En gineer; John M. Scott, Lewis A. Mc Arthur, Oregon Geographio Board; Frank C. Riggs, Vice-President Oregon National Parks Highway Association; Jacob Kanzler, W. J. Hofmann. Wil Jlam McMurray, Dean Collins, Emery Olmstead, E. E. Coovert, Julius L. Meier, President Columbia River High way Association; Thomas C. Burke, E. L. Jones, Superintendent United States Coast ana Geodetic Survey: Robert Sterling Yard, Washington. D. C, Na tional Park Service; Harold F. White, of Chicago; O. E. Heintz, Ansel R. Clark, J. B. Yeon, Charles F. Berg. R. C Johnson, T. H. Sherrard, Supervisor Oregon National Forest; James V. Sayre, J. A. Ormandy, Burt W. Rich ards. Samuel C. Lancaster. SCHOOLS GLEANED UP ALL CO BTJILDKVGS IN CITY REXO . YATED FOR SEW TERM. I PremUoi Are Fainted, VarnlsbeA and Xeclaxed Sanitary Light Regls- ;l tratlon Expected Tomorrow. When the thousands of school chil dren of the city take their way back to their classes tomorrow morning, many will hardly know the old places where they pursued their studies last year, for it has been the special task of the school authorities to clean and The 66 school buildings of the Port land district have been renovated, cleaned, painted and varnished until there is probably not a germ to be found anywhere. The school premises are declared to be entirely sanitary, thanks to tne attentions given them by School Clerk Thomas corps of jan itors and special workmen. In all other respects everything will be ready when the teaching staff of the city schools hold their annual re ception tomorrow morning at 9. Teach ers for the most part arrived back In the city to commence work during the early part of the past week, as an in stitute claimed their attention for the past two days. Registration tomorrow will unques tionably be very light, as it Is Labor day and several thousand children are scheduled to march in the parade to morrow morning at 10 o'clock. The thought that this may conflict with the schools' opening hour will keep many of the youngsters away from registra tion at their classes. It Is requested that students of Franklin High School report at the old building at East Fifty-second and Di vision streets. out' of the churches. Experience has shown that, as a rule, political church argument is largely emotional argu ment. Happily, however, some of our ablest minds are now appealing' to the electorate with fact argument. For ex ample, Robert Blackwood, in the August Forum, undertakes to trace connection between alcohol and crime, and states, what every experienced police official knows to be true, that many criminals, when caught red-handed, plead "I was drunk" as a sympathetic "gag," hoping to get out of Jail sooner. Prohibition ists associate crime with strong drink for the reason that many who commit crime drink liquors, but that does not prove that all drinkers are criminals. Most criminals are white, 13 the color of one's skin an indication of criminal tendencies? Ninety-nine per cent of New. York State criminals have received religious instruction In their youth. Does religion make criminals? Ninety per cent of criminals in the same state can read and write, does education . make criminals? New York State has 3.000.000 adults. Of Whom 2.240.000 Hrinlr rWmfr..l tistics show but 19,293 convictions for crime, or less than 1 per cent, while 99 per cent are decent. hiv.,hyin citizens. Are 99 Der cent of limmr drinkers responsible for the weakness of will, lack of moral character or self control of the 1 per cent? .New York State statistics of crime for 1914 e-lva 0088 8351 convicts were of temperate habits. vi miemperaie ana 30 unknown, a per centage of 7.77 lntemperates against 70-90 per cent as the Prohibitionists allege. All these figures are official. One of the stock arguments of Oregon Prohibitionists is that prohibition diminishes crime. Let us consult the experience of nthr eta -en. facts and emotion is emotion. Aiaine has had prohibition for 60 years, yet it has an average of '98.3 sentenced prisoners per 100,000 popula tion; on the same basin WiaMnoU ..... has only 71.8 against Kansas, dry for 40 j cam, ui an; ivieDrasKa, wet. has but 65.1; North Dakota, dry 25 years, has 63. against South Dakota, wet. of but 11, . GeorSla. dry for eight years, has 191.4 prisoners per 100.000 population while New York, the wettest state In the Union, has only 137.3 per 100.000 These figures ous-ht in d-ivs ... i we are really looking for facts. consensus or opinion among crimin ologists Is that the chief causes of crime are defectives mentally. In herited weakness of will, insufficient or improper feeding In youth, mlslts in trades and vocations and, very large ly, poverty. Yet some of our Prohibi tionists are among those who grind the laborer down to the last penny wage and extort the longest working hours and are not Interested in any way In the various efforts for the social uplift. J. M. TOOMEY. Bend Population Increases. BEND. Or., Sept 2. (Special.) Re cent estimates of the population of Bend place it between 8700 and 4500. In the Spring a careful census was taken by the pupils of the high school under the direction of Professor G. S White, with the result that 3205 per sons were listed. The Towth has been continuous since then, at least SOO new residents having come In, according to the best estimates. Centralia Registration Short. CENTRALIA, Wash., Sept. 2. (Spe cial.) A total of 2659 local voters had registered when the registration books were closed last night for the primary election September 12. This is about 900 short of the maximum registration In 1915. Lyddite Is picric acid melted with a lit tle vaseline. STATE GETS -MEDAL Award Is for Most Attractive Building at Fair. RECOGNITION IS DESERVED Oregon Structure Proves to Be Most Distinctive of State Edi fices at Exposition Con troversy Is Recalled. The commission representing Oregon at the Panama-Pacific Exposition yes terday received a gold medal and diploma awarded the state of Oregon for having the most attractive and in teresting building of all the states represented on the fair grounds. The diploma and medal will become a part of the permanent Oregon agricultural. horticultural and mining exhibit main tained jointly by the state and the Chamber of Commerce, on the ground floor of the Oregon building. Winning of this award, because of the circumstances under which the building was erected, brings to the members of the commission, more than usual satisfaction. Adoption of the plans for the big "log hut" constructed of Oregon fir, was opposed by many prominent Oregonlans on the ground that it was not architecturally at tractive. Original Plans Opposed. When O. M. Clark, president of the Oregon Commission, presented the plans to the supervising architect at San Francisco, - he met with still greater opposition and at one time it looked as If Oregon would not be rep resented. Mr. Clark firmly declined" to withdraw the plans or to erect any other kind of a building, and succeeded in getting a compromise of all opposi tion by making one or two minor changes in the building. It turned out that the Oregon build ing proved to be the most attractive state structure on the grounds, and at tracted the largest number of visitors. When the buildings on the fair grounds were wrecked, a general pro test went up from the people of San Francisco against tearing down th Oregon building. General Bell, repre senting the Federal Army at the Pre sidio, especially was anxious to obtain the building . for Army use and it is rumored that it will be transferred soon to the War Department. Com missioner Clark and John F. Logan have been appointed a committee for the purpose of turning over the build ing when the Government is ready to accept it. ' Commission Winds In Affairs. The commission convened for the purpose of receiving a report from its treasurer and settling up its business. preparatory to rendering a final state ment to the Governor. It is believed that the expenses of conducting the ex- nimt at tne lair will just about bal ance the appropriations made by the state. In no event, will there be a de ficit, and in this respect, Oregon i said to be one of the very few states RELIGION, POLITICS ARGUED Crime and Drink Are Considered From Poltee Reports. PORTLAND, Sept. 2. (To the Ed itor.) A section of Prohibitionists in the National convention assembled de clare for separation of church and state. an issue admittedly aimed at the Catho lie Church. I abhor religious Issues in American politics, but consider the premises. The Prohibitionists do not deny that prohi bition is largely Identified with church effort and allied lay organizations and. if prohibition carries at all. It will be carried by the church vote, not the Catholic Church that has never ad-1 vanced prohibition as a doctrinal idea. Thus we find a church body demand ing separation, of church and state as a platform plank and advocating prohibi tion as a religions propaganda, whi-i. If successful, will be nothing less than the church legislating for the state. . That is why many good citizens seek to take prohibition as a political issue PANAMA FAIR DIPLOMA CONFERS HONOR ON OREGON. THE ON!73 "STATES OFAMfctttGA S AMA-mCJnCiNTKNATICNAt EXPOSITION c r i! jr I .. V' J.-r'H ..9-TF Vdl V-4 It S N For Eight Months o Unsold Peerles Devoted exclusively to the produc tion of motor cars of super quality, Custodian of many of the in dustry's most creditable tra ditions, Cherishing a good name of price less worth, This organization presented the latest and greatest Peerless for public approval at the first of this year. . ( It has upheld and advanced motor car quality traditions. It has pyramided Peerless prestige. It has outsold Peerless production steadily for a longer period than any previous model. It will be continued as improved and refined. It has impelled us to double our output and we are increasing at a rate that will again double the production of this model before the end of another half year. Such is the power of super-quality almost unheralded for we have never yet had an unsold Peerless Eight to proclaim. Balanced greatness is responsible for the supremacy of the Peerless Eighty Horsepower Eight among cars of distinctive merit. Specifically the motor, Peerless designed and Peerless built, performs with graceful agility and smoothness consuming fuel at so low a rate as to make it the envy of many a six even many a four and it has two . distinct power ranges. Superlative smoothness, get-away and flexibility are conceded without argument by all who drive this latest and greatest development of motor efficiency. The car throughout is "a super quality product exemplifying experience, skill, taste and un swerving adherence to the highest ideals. In appearance it denotes ultra refinement which marks it ever among cars of the most dis tinguished design. It is a gentleman's car ready con clusively to answer either his social or his sporting demands. All the skill and energy of the en tire Peerless organization is now devoted exclusiyely to the production of this one com pletely developed chassis. Body types are furnished in var iety both opened and closed in standard or special color. Increased production enables us for the first time to announce prompt deliveries See us at once. Three passenger Clover Leaf Roadster $1890 Six passenger Touring Sedan . . $2750 All prices J. o. b. Cleveland Seven passenger Touring Car . Seven passenger Limousin ... $3260 $1890 H. L: KEATS AUTO CO. Broadway at Burnside St. The Peerless Motor Car Company, Cleveland, Ohio OPEERLE S S IKTCrlRI FINAL CONCERTS BEGIN FERIXLO'S BAND TO PLAY TODAY AKD MONDAY ONLY. Official Award tor Most Attractive and Interesting &tate Bulldlm. Picnics and Swimming; Parties Will Be Feature at Oaks Park During Two Consecutive Holidays. Tha final Ferullo concerts at Oaks Parlo -will be griven today and tomorrow, Labor day, and after that Francisco Ferullo and his band will leave for the East. Ferullo has remained longer and given more consecutive concerts here than any other great musician. Both the concerts today will be pop ular, with only a little highly classical music. Miss Victorine Hayes will sins at both performances. Labor day will be observed tomorrow with picnics and big: concerts at the Oaks Park. Ferullo-and his band will lead, the Labor-day parade and then give two of the finest concerts of the leasoa at the Oaks. These .will he his farewell concerts and. a climax for a most successful season of music. Many picnics are scheduled for today and many swimming; parties will leave for the Oaks bath-house. Arrangements have been made to entertain under shel ter at least 20,000 persons in case of rain. A matter of Interest at the Oaks is the largest assortment of flowers. Thousands of blossoms of hundreds of species may be seen this week in full bloom. The following; programme will be rendered today: Afternoon. "Ferullo Band March" Ferullo Gazza Ladra". ................ Rossini Walta Tr Jol.a" WaMteuf.l "Down South" (Amarlean sketch .Middleton Vocal solo . Miss Victorine Hayes. "Anfirea Chenler," act 4 Giordano Solos by Marradonna and Liberators. "Operatio Masterpieces" Karn KTenlna". "Th. Glninroci" . , CaravaRltoa "sbuco Overture" .......Verdi Oboe solo by Sir. Mlgllonlco. "A Punta dl Pied!." mazurka. . .D. Angelts "Madame Butterfly," act 1.... Puccini Vocal solo Miss Victorine Hayes. "La Travlata." act 4 Verdi Eolos by llargadonna. Llberatore and Caso. Selection, "baxi" ....., .Herbert RAILWAY AIDS FAIR CASH PRIZES AND CTTPS OFFERED FOR GRANTS PASS EVENT. Agricultural Display Is Interesting Jonepblne County and While f Southern O re icon - GRANTS PASS. Or.. Sept. 2. (Spe cial.) A grreat degree of interest Is be ing: taken in the Josephine County Fair, to be held In Grants Pals September 19, 20 and 21, by the whole of Southern Oregron. The event bids fair to be of more than local importance. A large part of this added Interest Is due tothe entry Into the plans of the general committee of the California Oregon Coast Railway, through its vice president. R. B. Miller, who was for a number of years traffic manager of the O.-TV. R. & N. Company. llr. Miller has induced his company to offer large Increases in the cash premiums to be awarded- to exhibits, among- which are a number of new and large cash prizes offered for field corn in exhibits ranging from one to 10 cars to the exhibit, and In exhibits of regis tered stock. The company are also offering two very handsome loving: cups, one for the grower of prise corn and the other for fancy bred stock. Arrangements are made whereby "Farmer" Smith, the well-known North west agriculturist, will be present at the Josephine fair and deliver two lec tures, one the night of the 19th of Sep tember to the publio at an outdoor meeting at the railway park, the other a lecture to farmers at the fair grounds. Committees were appointed at the Commercial Club last night to handle every possible phase of fair activity. A street carnival will be staged in connec tion with the fair. More than $1000 has been raised on advertising alone among the business men. The Province of New Brunswick, accord ing to an announcement mad. in th. Leel lmre rocently. has received in the last k n yars mor than J.o..vW).000 in revenue from vror.n lands, the quantity of timber ut oft during that period being 1.190,000.004 feet.