17 -: i It9s If omit Civic Dusty to Vote for the THE SUNDAY OltEGOXIAN, PORTLAND, JTTXE 1, 1919. ' ID) vLPJi IL m il Oil ILJ1 ainct $ 1,000,000 Bounds for aiding the establishment of regular steamship lines out of Portland. The last session of the Oregon State Legislature passed a law authorizing certain activities toward this end and set forth the manner of financing same. The voters of Portland and Multnomah County will, by voting in favor of this bond issue, place in the hands of the Port of Portland Com mission a most powerful magnet for attracting, and assisting to establish permanently, steamship lines to this port. ortlaiinid TT7 IT n ID romis Well. as does that of the entire state and territory tributary thereto. . This future will be more definitely ' assured if you, a qualified voter with faith in this future, vote for the $1,000,000 Port of Portland Bond Issue at the Port of Portland Special Election next Tuesday, June 3, 1919. Portland Has a Deepwater Channel to the Sea Her Needs Now Are the Ships To get them we must provide cargoes and guaran tee the ships against delays in the river. We must equalize port charges here with port charges else where, so that ships here will not be required to pay more for fuel, towage, pilotage, etc, than they do in other Pacific coast ports. But, above all, we must assemble cargoes here. The ships come where cargoes await them. If the $1,000,000 bond issue is voted, the money is to be used by tHe Port of Portland commission for the following purposes: Contracting with steamship lines that a certain amount of their cargo space will be taken by Portland if they come here; establishing a traffic bureau to assemble cargo here, so that the con tract agreement and guarantee be made good; guaranteeing steamship lines against loss from delays in the river; equalizing other port charges as stated in opposite paragraph. None of this money will be spent unless, in tHe judgment of the Port of Portland commission, it is necessary to do so. If it becomes necessary, then it will be handled with the same care that the mem bers of the Port of Portland commission devote to their own private business. The activities of the Port of Portland Commission are apart from those of the Commission of Public Docks. This statement is made merely to dispel the impres sion that the $5,000,000 bond issue voted to the latter commission last fall is available for the activities of the Port of Portland Commission. The Port of Portland Commission Recommends the Voting of This $1,000,000 Bond Issue. VOTE 12 YES ge SPECIAL BALLOT Max H. Houser, President George H. Kelly Frank M. Warren, Vice-President Phil Metschan Jr. J. D. Kenworthy, Secretary Andrew R. Porter D. C. O'Reilly Treasurer Commissioners of Port of Portland PAID ADVERTISEMENT.