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THE SUNDAY OREGONUfl, PORTLAXD, - JUNE 3, 1917.
Two Platoon' Mc
Fire Pnrtecttoi
4
alS LCSS
The Double-Platoon
System
Will increase the fire hazard, say the National Board
of Fire Underwriters, and decrease the number of outly
ing fire stations.
Will increase taxes $175,000.
Will decrease the number of firemen on duty at any
given time.
Will make impossible the continuation of our present
Fire Prevention Bureau.
Will take much of the control of the department out of
the hands of the fire chiefs.
Protection of Our Homes
Comes First
Our Homes are better protected if all firemen sleep at
the fire stations.
No man is required to be a fireman, but when he en
lists he knows what is wanted of him.
Those who do not agree with this should follow more
favorable callings.
Let's keep our Fire Department at its highest efficien
cy day and night.
vot:
NO
Paid Advertisement by Fire Protection Committee, James J. Sayer, Sec'y 715 Corbett Bldg,
BAKER'S RECORD A-l
Long List Important Achieve
ments to Credit.
VOTERS SEE CLEAN SLATE
Administration Has Been Open and
Above Board on Every Question
and Confidence of Labor and
Business Men Kept.
In a frantic effort to get something
anything to use in a campaign
.2-alnat City Commissioner Baker in
bis race for Mayor, opponents have
delved into the long- ago and brought
forth allegations which have been
dressed up for the occasion and hurled
Into the campaign.
No effort has been made to campaign
fegainst Mr. Baker on anything he has
done during the last two years he has
been a City Commissioner because his
elate is clean. His administration has
been open and above board in every
question that has confronted his de
partment or the City Council.
For the information of the public
there is presented herewith Mr. Baker's
record during his two years as City
Commissioner:
Union Wrem Insisted Upon.
Has built Portland's Auditorium,
pulling the work through all kinds of
difficulties and devoting his personal
attention day and night to the work.
Insisted on provisions in the Audi
torium contract calling for established
union wages and eight-hour day for
all workmen. Prepared the rough
drawings for the building which, when
completed July 4, will be one of the
finest' structures of the kind in the
United States.
Voted consistently in the Council for
rrsuiaiioD ol me jitneys in nccoraance
with the vote of the people expressed
overwhelmingly at the election in June,
2915.
Made his first official act the rein
statement of Russell Chamberlain, an
aged Grand Army veteran who had
been discharged from position of Jan
itor at City Hall on charge- of old age.
FlKht lor EcMomy Made.
Led fight for economy during the
city budget sessions in 1916 and 1916.
Personally had developed parks and
playgrounds without increasing the
tax levy.
Reorganized municipal employment
bureau, injected new business punch
Into it and made It a big asset for
Working people and employes.
Took charge of the bothersome un
employment problem in 1915 and 1916
and gave thousands of men work on
permanent park improvements. Got
dollar's worth of service for every dol
lar spent.
In January, 1916, personally took
charge of Portland's snow blockade and
In terrific drive by use of unemployed
men, restored traffic in short order.
W as asked to take up the work when
another Commissioner fell down. Mr.
Baker also about same time headed off
a repetition of the street slush troubles
by cleaning off streets.
Several PlayKronnda Established.
Consistently opposed the purchase of
water meters after the people in June,
1915. voted overwhelmingly against
them.
Brought about sU.bUahxo.aut of
much-needed playgrounds in Alberta
district. North Portland, Arleta, Laurel
hurst and other sections.
Took up and won fight against estab
lishment of tuberculosis sanitarium in
Sellwood, where residents did not
want it.
Investigated unhealthy conditions in
South Portland and Inaugurated plan
for playground for children. Fought
for appropriation in Fall of last year
for the South Portland play-place In
Marquam Gulch.
Formulated plana for reconstruction
under sanitary conditions of Washing
ton Park zoo.
Established new community building
at Sellwood at small cost.
Gymnasiums Opened in Schools.
Established free community gym
nasiums for working people In 18
schools and gave large number of
people good training at small cost.
Was asked by shipbuilding employes
to take hand in settling strike and
after few days of work brought strike
to satisfactory end.
Tax levy for parks in 1917, under
Mr. Baker, is lowest in years, in spite
of increased activities and increased
cost of materials and supplies.
Has installed lighting system in Hol
laday, Sellwood, Laurelhurst and Mount
Tabor Parks. (Mount Tabor not yet
completed.)
Inaugurated campaign that landed
for Portland the designation of the of
ficial Rose City of the Northwest by the
National Rose Society.
Developed baseball fields for ama
teur teams in various vacant tracts
without rental or cost.
Has held confidence cf bo.n the
laboring man and the business man.
FACTORY SITE IS SOUGHT
PATENTEE OF MACHINERY
PORTLAND FROM TACOHA,
Jajnea M. Malacove Proposes to Manu
facture PlowlnK-PlantlnK Device
and Tractor Cultivator.
James M. Malacove has received pat
ents recently for a combined plowing
and planting machine and a power
tractor cultivator with which he hopes
to revolutionize farming. Mr. Mala
cove is of Tacoma, Wash., but he Is
In Portland with the idea of looking
over a proposition for a factory site.
He is registered at the Phillips Hotel.
Mr. Malacove explains that the
plowing and planting machine is
mounted on an ordinary motor truck
chassis and can be detached with ease
with the assistance of one attendant
A power generating machine not only
supplies the energy for operation of
the plow and planter, but also can be
used to propel the truck.
The tractor cultivator consists of a
small tractor provided with motor-
driven plows and hoes mounted on the
frame at the rear of the machine. The
invention, it ia declared, is very valu
able in raising corn, potatoes, beans,
berries, cotton and like crops.
"It is my intention to begin the man
ufacture of these new farming imple
ments as soon as possible," said Mr.
Malacove, "and it goes without say
ing that I will select a factory site on
the Pacific Coast, particularly the Pa
cifio Northwest. I have several other
patents pending.
Michigan Society to Dance,
A big dance and social entertainment
will be held by the Michigan Society at
the Portland Hotel tomorrow night.
Election returns are to be received
throughout the evening and a luncheon,
contributed by the members of the club.
will h arved,
EARLY COUNT PROMISED
TITHE OF BOARDS TO COUNT STATE
BALLOTS FIRST.
Matter of Double Pay on Account of
Two Elections la Referred to
State Supreme Court.
So that the public may know, through
the newspapers, how the vote runs on
both the city and state ballots as the
counting of ballots progresses. City
Auditor Barbur and County Clerk Bev-
erldge have worked out a plan whereby
the state ballot will be counted first in
every tenth precinct in Portland and
the city ballot will be counted first in
the rest of the precincts. Outside of
Portland there is but one ballot, that
with the Btate measures.
Concerning this arrangement and
others of Interest to election officials
City Auditor Barbur yesterday Issued
the following statement:
Under an agreement between the county
and the city the night election boards In
every tenth precinct have been Instructed
to count the county ballots II rat in orner
that the public may know the general trend
of the vote on the state measures. In all
other precincts the city ballots are to be
counted first.
To avoid interference with Government
registration the night board are expected
to make a special effort to Ilnlsn tne count
before 7 o'clock the following morning. In
any case where the count is not finished at
that time some arrangement should be
made between the election board and regis
tration board whereby the counting can be
continued without interfering with the reg
istration. It is not expected that the morn
ing registration will be uf f lclaitly heavy
to require the attention of more tnan one
or two registers.
The matter of double pay for election
officials on account of two elections being
held on the same day has been referred by
the District Attorney and the City Attorney
to the Supreme Court for its interpreta
tion of the law.
WEST ACTIVITY HELD FRAUD
Ex-Governor Charged With Respon
sibility for llth-Hour Campaign.
PORTLAND, Or.. June 2. (To the
Editor.) What in effect Is a gross
fraud on the public has Just been per
petrated by ex-Governor Oswald West,
and I beg brief space in the Sunday
Oregonlan to assist in exposing same.
In this letter I do not wish to lmpugi.
Mr. West's honesty of intention, as I
believe him to be perfectly honest; yet
by his erratic methods he haa perpe
trated one of those last-minute frauds
to which the attention of voters should
be directed so they will not be misled.
Mr. West has ordered billboard ad
vertising placarded about the city for
one day, the last day preceding the
election. He has also taken paid ad
vertising space in the last editions of
evening newspapers to reach Portland
voters before election. It is a physical
Impossibility to reply to his allegations
in the mediums which he has used for
their exploitation.
All this advertising is being pub
lished in tho name of and purports to
be paid for by the Public Service
League. Oswald West's name does not
appear as the responsible signer of
same, or as the person paying for same.
Yet he is the person who ordered the
advertising.
In the newspaper advertising, long
lists of names are used in a manner
to cause the hurried reader to believe
that the people named Indorse the con
tents of the advertisement. The facts
are that the people named signed a pe
tition to the Public Service Commis
sion of the state a year ago last Sep
tember. They are not the people who
VOTE 306 X YES
H armony Amendment NeedsNo Precedent
The claim that amendment 306 prohibiting repeal by implication
has no precedent is a compliment rather than a criticism.
It is designed to be progressive in character, to "check a growing
evil in our custom of legislation and does not rest on precedent.
A practice has grown up of enacting amendments to the constitu
tion in conflict with other parts thereof, and without directly re
pealing the parts in conflict with the- amendment, declare a blind
repeal, leaving the annulled portions for the courts to discover and
point out after an unfortunate citizen has been deceived by the nulli
fied portion, and even then the court has no power to order such parts
cut out. ,
The author of an amendment naturally is anxious that the amend
ment have full force and effect. This requirement will call on the
author to investigate what part of the constitution his amendment
will conflict with, and cause him to make the requirement of the con
stitution on that particular subject harmonious. It is due to every
voter that the provisions of the constitution shall be so harmonized
that each sentence may be understood. Otherwise the enactment of
amendments must leave the elector in the dark as to what he is
amending. If this amendment is a hardship to anyone, it will rest
on those proposing changes, and that is where it ought to rest, for
changes in the organic law should be intelligently made. The people
trust the whole people for the wisdom of the constitution and it is
unfair that any portion should deceive and mislead Che electors.
Instead of "robbing a voter of his rights,' this amendment is a
necessity in order that the constitution may express the real will of
the people.
T. J. FORDING,
(Paid adv. by Constitution Revision Assn.)
are vouching for the contents of the
advertisement. Careful reading- of the
advertisement shows this to be the
case.
Probably the grossest fraud Is that
for which the billboards are being used.
The boards state that Los Angeles en-
Joys a telephone interchange service.
This statement Is untrue. The two tele
phone systems In Los Angeles have
been consolidated under one ownership
and management, a procedure devoutly
to be wished for Portland, but the op
posite In conception and practice to
telephone Interchange between compet
ing companies. The California Public
Service Commission forbade the Inter
change and fostered the consolidation.
That Mr. West's prejudiced mind
permits him to believe and state the op
posite or the truth is no excuse for
presenting these false statements to
the public st a time when there is no
opportunity to refute them In the medi
ums wherein they were presented.
That Mr. West has avoided oppor
tunity to debate this question openly
from time to time early In the cam
paign Is also a fact. The Progressive
Business Men's Club Invited Mr. West
to participate in a debate. He rejected
the conditions as to time limit, and
asked conditions which It was Impos
sible for that luncheon organization to
fulfill. He presented his side of the
controversy to the City Club of Port
land at a time when there was no op
portunity to reply. He accepted an In
vitation to debate the question before
the Jackson Club, an organization
where he always feels at home, but
failed to turn up because he was not
feeling well, a genuine excuse, some
what discounted by his active appear
ance on the streets shortly before the
meeting and the next morning: after.
Where did Mr. West get the money
for this sudden campaign of last-minute
advertising? Why does he not
show the source of the big contribution
which enabled htm to pay these heavy
bills contracted by him in the name of
the Public Service League? The cor
rupt practices act makes It necessary
to reveal the genuine sources of money
contributions for election purposes. Is
not an evasion of this character equal
to a fraud, and is not the fraud so
gross as to Justify your granting this
space for Its exposure?
C C C HAPMAX.
The $1,000,000 Insurance fad didn't
last long among Gotham's gold kings.
It's the $2,000,000 habit now. J. P.
Morgan took out $2,500,000 and li. P.
Davidson, his partner, took out an ex
tra million.
Trade Conspiracy Ordinance
WILL, STOP PICKETING
AND THE VIOLENCE
DONE IN ITS NAME
Indorsed or recommended "by:
Portland Ad Club,
Portland Realty Board,
City Club of Portland,
Portland Chamber of Commerce,
Oregon State Motor Association,
Employers' Association of Oregon,
Progressive Business Men's Club,
United Metal Trades Association,
Oregon Master Bakers' Association,
Portland Association of Credit Men.
VOTE X HO YE
Paid Advertisement, A. C Callan, 60S Northrup St., Portland, Or.