The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, June 03, 1917, Section One, Image 19

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Newspaper Page TextTHE SUNT) AT - OREGOXIAIS", PORTLAIfD, JUJfB 3, 1917 1S ' ....-..,,. . " " ' " " rr trt n i r n i inr mi rTni inrinr r S5 ooo ooo t ooo cna ooo ooo una ooo ooo nna ooo ooo nna ooo ooo nna ooo ooo ODD ooo ooo ana ooo ooo nna ooo ooo nna ooo PR ooo nra oo ESI iiamb of Commerce Anti-Two- Platoon Clipe Exposed ! TOUR SUPPORT IS NEEDED IX OUR INDUSTRIAL, DEVELOPMENT. Officers H. B. CATTON. President H. Ii. CAMP, Vice-President. L. IL LEPPER, Sec"y-Treas. Board of Directors H. B. CATTON H. L. CAMP I M. LEPPER J. DANNELLS H. O. BAKER KENNETH O'LOANB H. IT- NEWHALL C H. MEADOWS T. J. ROWS East Side' Business Men's Club CITIZENS BANK BCILDIHO Cor. Orul Ave. Had K. Alder St. Meeting Second and Fourth Thursday Evening; of Each Month. COMB AND B!f JOT OUR SPLENDID JIBW CI.TH QUARTERS IS NEW CITIZENS BANK BUILDING. CORNER GRAND AVENUE AND EAST ALDER ST. EAST SIDE BUSINESS MEN'S CLUB kas leen dolna; muck for npballdlng the East Side. CLUB HAS SECURED IN RECENT TEARS t Automobile Houses East Side Libraries East Side Frelsjat Howe East Side Public Does: East Side Commlssloa and Storage Houses Beasoa Trade School and Others Ship BaUdlas Plants, Etc. Portland, Oregon, June 1, 1917. Mr. J. J. Sayre, Chairman Committee Chamber of Commerce on Two-Platoon Amend ment, Corbett Building, City. Dear Sir While the East Side Business Men's Club, by myself as Secretary and Chairman of the Civic Committee, through your solicitation, joined you requesting the Fire Underwriters to send their engineer to Portland to make a survey of the proposed TWO-PLATOON SYSTEM for Portland, yet we understood from you that the investi gation would be fair and open, instead of exparte and one-sided, as the published reports show. The investigation survey should have been fair to the Firemen, fair to the Citizens, fair to the Business Interests, and fair to the Underwriters, and equitable to all, instead of ONE-SIDED and STACKED. The preliminary report was published in The Oregonian, or afternoon papers, you will remember, the day before the engineer arrived in Portland, and no hearings were held, and the report is manifestly unjust, and unfair, from every standpoint of a fair and impar tial investigation. The East Side Business Men's Club, therefore, repudiates the report, be cause of its manifest One-Sided Unfairness, and requests that the Club's name be not used in connection with the report, for the reasons stated. There are TWO SIDES to every question, and the report seems Stacked, and only One Side Shown in the report and that very poorly and entirely too hurriedly made to be fair. Please do not use our name in connection with the report for the above reasons. We believe in absolute fairness. Hearings should have been held, and a Fair Report Made, after Both Sides had been heard, and not a One-Sided Investigation and report submitted. Chicago has adopted the TWO-PLATOON SYSTEM ,and why not Portland? No good reasons have been shown as yet. Yours for Fair Play, EAST SID7 BUSINESS MEN'S CLUB, By L. M. LEPPER, Secretary and Chairman of Civic Committee. The letter opposite shows the portion of the Chamber of Com merce opposed to two-platoon to be utterly devoid of honor when it wishes to accomplish a purpose, and devoid of honor they have proven themselves to be in dealing with the two platoon question. They have received many strongly com mendatory reports from the chiefs of fire departments in other two-platoon cities, all of which they have distorted or mis represented in just the way the above letter would show this clique capable of doing. . This same clique has at all times refused to give the Campaign Committee for Two Platoon a fair impartial hearing and have misrepresented every fact sent to them. The Two-Platoon Campaign Committee wants everything connected with this ques tion considered only on its merits and has presented nothing to the public but the facts. We have repeatedly assured the public, and all others, at all times, that we have in our office proof absolute for every statement we have made. The claim that the Fire Department will be undermanned under the two-platoon system is purposely devoid of fact. How can adding men to the department weaken it? The much-heralded Underwriters' Engineers recommended 173 men be added to the department (not 371 as Chief Stevens has been telling the public was necessary) for installing two-platoon, this number including enough men to give the men one day off in six, to which the Underwriters' Engineers have been led to believe the firemen will be entitled under the amendment, but to which nine prominent attorneys of this city say they will not be entitled. These attorneys say by no legal quibble can such a con struction be placed on this amendment. All the testimony from all the two-platoon cities in the country says that protection is better under two-platoon than it ever was under the old system. Seattle's fire losses for the past four years is $801,000 less than Portland's; and Los Angeles' fire loss, though this city is over twice as large as Portland, is $610,000 less than Portland's. Seattle and Los Angeles are two-platoon cities. This proves that our schools and our homes and our business institutions will be more amply protected under two-platoon than under the old system. There are 32 two-platoon cities in the United States, every one of which has an ample "Fire Prevention" Force, and seven out of 21 cities in the 'less than $1.00 per capita fire loss" class are two-platoon cities. This is certainly strong representation when we remember there are only 32 two-platoon cities in the entire country. Portland is not in this class. Of i Ull ooo cna ooo 3 " OOO naa ooo fl ooo nna ooo ooo nna OO'J ooo nna ooo ooo nna ooo ooo nna ooo Li ooo nna ooo ooo nna ooo Pald Ad for Fireman's Two-Platooa Cunpilgn Committee, by E. X Hayes.) OtaooDOi loiaooraoi locioonoi roroccnoi IOL30IOI OE3QC1WI lor-nor CITY MILK IS TESTED Dairy, Portland Damascus, Portland Dairy Association. Wholtiume Dairy. Rating between 85 and 00 Cloverland, L, Fries, Home Creamery, Parsons Bros. Ratine between 80 and 85 Crystal Purs. Ratings of All Dealers Given by Inspection Bureau. HIGH STANDARD IS RULE Odor, Flavor, Cleanliness, Richness and Freedom From Bacteria All Taken Into Consideration In Fixing Percentages. LONG RIDES AID RED CROSS Results of a milk contest held re cently by ths City Milk Inspection Bu reau under the direction of ths United States Bureau of Animal Industry, ths Oregon- Agricultural College and ths btato Food and Dairy Commission, were made public yesterday. Inapeo tors took samples of the milk being ' delivered by dairymen and the samples were tested for purity. The ratings as given the dairymen .re based on odor, flavor, cleanliness, richness and freedom from bacteria. The scores as issued are as follows: Certified milk, ratinr between 95 and 100 Clover Hill Farms Portland Damascus). F. a. Klser. Stelgerwald Bros. Raw milk delivered by producers, ratine bweL85 "J,d 10 Mrs. A. Firth. Han sehell Bros., A. Helman. Charles Lehman, Plmon Lucks Lucks Bros.. J. McCullum, Q. W. Martin, Chris Mens. N. P. Netlson, J. CV Rasmussen. Stelgerwald Bros.. Wardln A Heusser (special) Klmon Zwald. Rating; between SO and 95 J. C. Aeby. W Addis, A. F. Alderton, John Andress, C. Palmer, Mrs. A. Berreth, William Borseh, Boss & Walker, J. Brehem. W. W. Burnett. O. Burrl. A. H. Buxton, F. Cadanau. A. K. Doerry, C. E. DeLashmut. R. Denby. C. DeYouns. Frutlger & Rm. Nick Oabiiel. tJ. Gabriel, John George, Jr., Chris Geseme, Mrs. L. Goldstein. Goss & Wright, A. L. Hampton. R. Hartley, Heinrlch Bros.. John Huber, A. Huber, F. O. Johnson, W. F. Kell, Joseph Kelser. Kehrll Bros., A. Kehrll. Jo seph Kempf, H. F. Ketcham. J. M. Klllam. S. Krlchesky. F. Larson, H. P. Larson, May berry A Crawford, Mentres & Lamproa, Will iam Mettler, John Michelson, Miller Bros., I Mlnoes. McCarty & Co. (Portland Da mascus). W. T. Oathoug, William Osdea, W. Olsen. Paulson A Sande, M. Peterson, Peter Portugue, E. Ramesbotham. George E R.ed. B. E. Reese. Repo & West. J. T. Richardson. Roth Bros.. John Roth. John Rychen, Schllp A N'unnenkarap. Rudolph Hchnelder. H. M. Selvert. J. O. Smith, Mrs. John Stelger. p. stribe, Sulier Bros., H. Tannler, M. Tautfest. C. C. Troxlll. Wardln A Heuser (common). W. H. Warrens. Gus Wilson. E. C. Wolfer. A. Weisenfluh. S. Weisenfluh. John Yuan, Yuan A Moore, A C Young, U. ZInger. Rating between 85 and 80 Andres; A Nagele, W. J. Bartl.tt. J. Delta, John Egger. Kgger & Geiger. Gertsch Bros., C. Johnson, F. M. Klger (common), P. Laumens. A. Obrlat. L. Roalson. George Relsbeck. Will iam Rtchterlch, George 6c ha Ik. William Schmidt, U. Tannler. H. A. Van Busklrk, jsmii warn, u. H. winters. Rating between 80 and 83 F. Hantake, X Segel, F. Walsh. F. Wahl. Rating between 75 and 80 S. Kurllo, George Maloney, A. Teutschman, J. Denly. Rating between 35 and 70 C. H. Poison. Huoer a btahley, M. Meyer. Raw milk deliverer from milk depots, rating between 90 and 5 F.rnwood Dairy, T. I. Hickey. Maadow View, Portland Da mascus (special). W. F. Plllster, Rlvervlew Dairy. Raw milk delivered from milk depots. rating between 75 and 80 Cloverland Dairy. Rating between 65 and 70 C. Crulkshank. Pasteurized milk, rating between 95 and 100 Hyglea Meadows. Rlvervlew Dairy, Vina Lodge, Willamette Dairy. Rating between 90 and 95 lty Dairy, Fernwood Dairy. Hawthorne Dairy, Inde fiendeat Creamery, Irvtagtoa Dairy, Mod re Auxiliary to Pilot Rock Chapter Is Formed at Gurdane. PILOT ROCK. Or.. June 2. (Spe cial.) The first auxiliary to Blue Mountain Chapter of American Red Cross, Pilot Rock, was organized at Ourdane Wednesday with a member ship of 21. It is an Inland community, the women riding from . three to seven miles on horseback to attend. The enthusiasm and Interest manifested was most In spiring and gratifying;. They were not willing that they be members in name only, but insisted that materials for work be sent. Busy as they are with the numerous farm duties they will do their bit to help fill the Red Cross boxes. Officers were elected as fol lows: Chairman, Mrs. Charles Ely; vice chairman, Mrs. Corley; secretary-treasurer, Mrs. Pat Monahan. Tono Citizens Hold Picnic. CENT RAX, IA, Wash., Juno 2. (Spe cial.) Today was Tono day at Offut'a Lake, the popular Summer resort north of Tenlno. Many Tono pe-lt thronged the grounds all day. The day's pro gramme was devoted to sports of all description. A dance was held this evening. The proceeds of the day will be divided ' between the Tono Boy Scouts and Tono women interested In Red Cross work. Baker will be Mayor. Adv. TONSILITIS CAUSES DEATH OF EX-PORTLAND WOMAN. ' &tt&Uifcs .v; if nTiifrt utr . .vv.ihwrtva Mrs. Adelle McPherson. Mrs. Adelle McPherson. who died In San Francisco May 22, was well known in Portland. She was the wife of James A. Mc Pherson, formerly a restaurant proprietor here. Mrs. McPherson was the daughter of Mrs. R. W. Faylor. William Faylor, of Olym pian, -Is a brother. Two sisters are Mrs. Oene Canaday and Miss Flora Faylor, of Olympla. The funeral was held Saturday at Olympla, The cause of the death of Mrs. McPherson was tonsllitls, and she was 111 only a few days. MEASURE112 BAGKEDli Anti-Commission Charter Ex plained by Shepherd. CUT IN SALARIES, IS PLEA Mayor Would Wield Power of Veto as Influence Over Council of 13 Members, In Opinion of Committeeman. The following formal statement was issued yesterday by George S. Shep herd, secretary of the antl-commisslon charter committee: The proposed antl-commlsslon char ter, numbered 112 on the city ballot, will provide a representative In the Council for each of the 11 wards. It will save $13,700 In the salaries of officials, besides from $6000 to $10,000 in private secretaries and useless clerk hire, all of which-will be eliminated by the adoption of the charter. It will save the taxpayers $20,000 In election expenses, as hereafter the city election will be held at the same time as the county and state elections. Power of Veto Proposed. It will grant the Mayor the power of veto, which will be an Influence to prevent cliques and combinations In the Council. It will grlve the people the right to elect the Municipal Judge, the City Treasurer and Auditor, as well as the Mayor and 11 Councllmen. The same power which appoints the City Attor ney under the present charter also ap points the Municipal Judge and Chief of Police. Each ward will elect Its own repre sentative and In case any Councilman should prove recreant to his duty he can be recalled by the voters of his ward at less than one-tenth the ex pense of recalling a Commissioner un der the present charter. Expenditure Limit Inclnded. If the charter is adopted the tax levying power will have no right to squander the money. The present com mission charter provides that the per sons who levy the taxes also spend the money. This is one of the worst dis tinctive features of commission form of government. Under commission form we are pay ing four members of the Commission $21,000 per year and these same men served the city under Councllmanio form for a total salary of $900 a year and they were willing to serve at that figure. The new charter will abolish the emergency fund of $5000 a year which the Council spends for any purpose It sees fit without vouchers. , Tax Levies Considered. The tax levies for the years 1914, 1915 and 1916 were $1,704,487 more un der commission government than In any other three years in the whole his tory of the City of Portland. It is con tended by a few that this enormous advance Is on account of there being no revenue from saloon licenses, but as 1916 is the only full year In which saloon licenses have not been collected. It would not account for more than a very small portion of the tax Increase. In. laot, tk monay derived Xron sa loon . lloenses would amount only to about one-tenth of 1 mill on tho as- sesssed valuation of the taxable prop- rty of the city and is scarcely worth noticing. Besides the overhead ex penses should not be so great during the dry period. 1000 IN RED CROSS BRANCH Hood River Takes In Allies' Organ ization With Treasury. HOOD RIVER, Or., June 2. SpectaL) Hood River chapter of the National American' Red Cross has almost 1000 members. The Allies' Red Cross and War Relief Association disbanded, yes terday and its membership of more than 60 affiliated with the Red Cross. The Allies' Red Cross and War Re lief Association was organized hero last October with the following offloers: Rev. A. E. Macnamara, president; A. C. Lofts, treasurer, and Kenneth McKay, secretary. The organisation today on Its dissolution turned over to ths Red Cross chapter the balance of $47.68 In its treasury. Ex-Stndent Receives Commission. CENTRaLIa, Wash.. June 3. (Spe cial.) Lloyd Dysart, until reeently a Major In the Cadet Corps of the Uni versity of Washington and who waa designated for tha training camp at San Francisco, has received a Second Lieutenant's commission in the marines. according to a telegram from him at the camp yesterday by his parents. Judge and Mrs. George Dysart. Lieu tenant Dysart -also stated that he has been granted leave of absence, and will arrive here Monday for a visit with his parents. BAKER PLANS FOR FOURTH Xatlon's Birthday to Bo Observed "With Patriotic Exercises. BAKER, Or.. Juno 3. (Special.) Baker will have a genuine old-fashioned Fourth of July celebration that will be filled with patriotism and noth ing' else. Departing from tha spectacu lar two-day events of former years, tho city will go back to the old-fashioned, patriotism-raising kind because of the country being in the war. There will be an historical parade, bands will play patrlotlo airs, patriotic orations will be made, man-making athletlo contests will be held and prob ably an old-fashioned "sing" of every one here will be given. The plan has taken with the people, and subscriptions for the event are being liberally made. Blblo Stops a Ballet. FOLXiANSBEE, W. Vs., May li. Rev. Arthur C. Palmer, Free Methodist min ister here, owes his life to his Bible. This developed when he turned over to niBIBDIIIlHRBIIIBIIBIIDIflIIlDaBIBDDI0aiIlia Cut out Take this with you to the polls. S RECOMMENDATIONS 5 5 BY n 5 Joint Legislative Committee of Six Civic Organixationm of Portland FOR GUIDANCE OF THEIR MEMBERS in Voting on Measures at the Special Election MONDAY, JUNE 4, 1917 CITY MEASURES 101 X No 103 X No 104 X Yes 107 X No 109 X No 110 X Yes 113 X No 115 X No lKXTea Government 118 X Tea 120 X Yes Councllmanio Amendment Two-Platoon System $2500 Jitney Bonds Free Streets for Jitneys TelenhonA Tnturrhana'a Trade Consoiracv Councllmanio Government Charter 133 X Tea Garbage Bonds and Tax ... Jitney Franchise. 1,5 x Tia 122 124 12 129 X Yes X Yes X Yes X No 110 X Tea Jitney Franchise. Jitney Franchise. Jitney Franchise. Park Purchase Tax. Elevator and Dook Bonds. Railroad Crossings Cost. Street Extension Proced ure. Joint Sewer Districts. Sinking Fund Transfers. STATE MBAlUllES $00 X Tea Ship Subsidy. $03-303 Do not vote; measure In validated by Supreme Court. 805 X No Limiting- Bills; Increas ing Pay. 807 X No Specif to Repeal. 808 X Tea Uniform Taxation. 811 X No Simultaneous Elections. 313 X Tea New Penitentiary. 814 X Tes Road Bonds. The Joint Committee making these recommendations submits same to the members of the organisations as the best judgment of the committee after painstaking and impartial Investigations, based upon a broad concep tion of publlo Interest. F. T. RICHARD8, Chairman. H. H. HATNE8, C. C CHAPMAN. Secretary. J. A. JAMIEBON. CHAR F. BERG, HAROLD C. JONES, , 8. C. BRATTON, H. N. LAW RIB. B. A. CLARK. - GEO. D. LEE. L. E. CROUCH. DR. GEORGE PAMUSH. C H FARRINGTOV, GEO. L. RAUCH, DRJULPH A. FENTON, JAMES J. HAYER, H. W. FRIES, F. B. UP6HAW, SIDNEY J. GRAHAM. FRANK E. W ATKINS. The organizations participating la tha appointment of tha Joint Commit tee are as follows: City Club of Portland. Oregon Master Bakers' Association, Oregon State Motor Association. ORGANIZATIONS HOT BOUND. None of the organisations named are committed to or bound by tho recommendations made by the committee, except as each organisation has taken aotlon on particular measures and made Its own reoommendatlons. (Psld Advevtlsesnent. Joint Legislative Committee.) C. C Chapman. Secretary, lii orcester Block. Portland Ad Club, Portland Association of Credit Men. Progressive Business Men's Club. the police several threatening com munications promising to "get htm sure if he does not cease his efforts to reform the city. Rev. Mr. Palmer was shot from amoush as the result of these threats, the bullet lodging in his Bible, which he carried under his arm. Baker will be Mayor. Adv. AMJUiMJMMMUEWLMRilBLMMMMMllMM IBB B3 BUnHBBHBBHB PREPAREDNESS Low Taxes, Efficient Service TTC UNPREPAREDNESS I u High Taxes, Inefficiency THE MAN WHO KNOWS THE, sIOB, tfJL? f$l& f:ZL WlL j? ANLVTHE. vV..y5r-' MAN WMO X.V f'fyfF:,-'!:!!r DOES NOT " .'ijlm , -yy w k-.tw yYy 5S . The time has come when the citizens of Portland should follow the precedents laid down by the large, successful private corporations and elect men to take charge of the departments of Public Works and Public Utilities who have had 6pecial preparation and will be able to secure the best possible service at the least possible cost. GEORGE GARRETT, Candidate for COMMISSIONER has had such special preparation, having: had 11 years' experience in private, Federal and municipal engineering work, 7 years in the City Engineer's office and Department of Public Works and has made an extensive study of municipal administration and affairs. (Paid Adv.) V J- -N' J f ' - . . 1 - ' - i V - - ; - ?i - Family and Home I have a wife and chil dren. I own my own home. I am going to give Port land the kind of adminis tration that will protect MY FAMILY and MY HOME along the same lines that you desire for YOUR FAMILY and YOUR HOME. Vote for protection from in efficiency and lower taxes. X 24 K. K. KUBLI Paid Ad. Phil S. Bates. 1173 Clloton St. i