THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAy, PORTLAND, JULY 27, 19i0.
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; BE UP WEDNESDAY
Council at Open Meeting Will
Consider Ordinance.
BUSY PARTS AFFECTED
Easiness Men Expected to Give Views
: on 30-Minute Stop Proposal
for Downtown Districts.
11 Abolition of the provisions of the
Jtrafflc ordinance prohibiting parking
Tan Washington, Alder, Park and West
tPark streets will be before the city
toouncil for consideration at a public
hearing in the city council chambers
IWednesday, July 30. Should the change
e made 30-minute parking will be per
mitted in the entire congested district,
Which is the area between Front and
ttenth streets and Taylor to Oak streets.
I Change of the traffic ordinance was
(promised by members of the city coun
cil, when a group of representative
isiness men appeared before the coun-
il and contended that the prohibition
of parking on Washington, Alder, Park
nu West Park streets was injuring
isiness.
Traffic Officer Opposes Change.
Prohibition of parking on Washing-
street, for any greater length of
"time than was necessary to discharge
r take on passengers was effected by
he city council in 1915. In January
f this year the city council added
Alder, Park and West Park streets to
he list, following careful investiga
tion carried on by officials of the
irafflc department of the police bureau.
I Lieutenant Lewis, In charge of the
(fraffic department, Is opposed to the
lifting of the prohibition of parking
(on streets within the congested dis
trict on the ground that the congestion
Jvhich will follow the lifting of the ban
mrlll be so great as to make it impos
sible for police officers to handle it.
However, Lieutenant Lewis will make
310 fight before the council to prevent
the amendment of the ordinance saying
that the business men will learn quicker
(through practical experience than they
Brill through oratorical effort.
,1 Bad Conditions Predicted.
1 "About one year ago Mayor Baker
fcrrged a one-way traffic law for the
Congested district." said Lieutenant
Lewis. "The effort was unsucessful,
and it became necessary to work out a
SIan which would relieve the congestion
p.3 far as possible.
"If the present ordinance is amended
ly the council, I am sure that condi
tions will be so bad in the near future,
that the business men of the city will
come to use and demand that which we
attempted to give them a year ago
piie-way traffic It is the only solution
tor Portland with Its narraw streets
and must come some day."
Lieutenant Lewis contends that tinder
present laws governing parking of au
tomobiles it is almost impossible for
delivery of merchandise in the congest
ed district after 9 o"clock in the
morning.
With the exception of minor changes
roade to make the ordinance practical
following the proposed changes, no oth
er provisions of the traffic ordinance is
affected in the contemplated amend
ments. It is probable that a large
number of business men will appear be
fore the council to voice their opinions
in connection with the proposed
changes.
MORE OIL LitiS BOUGHT
5EW YORK MEN" GET TRACTS IN
i WASHINGTON.
Si'ell at Moclips Readies Depth of
L 220 Feet Daily Average Less
Than 10 Eeet.
' ABERDEEN, Wash., July 26. (Spe
cial.) The Standard. Oil well at Mo
clips had reached a depth, of 220 feet
at 5 o'clock Friday night. Since drill
ing was resumed Monday morning but
5 feet, an average of less than ten
feet dally, has been made. The drill Is
iroing through what the company
superintendent characterizes as "soft
eiver sand," and difficulty is being en
countered In keeping the casing free.
Between 50 and 100 tourists dally
Jsit the well to watch drilling.
Small realty transactions still con
tinue to be numerous with larger deala
occasionally. Realty dealers anticipate
B. general oil boom will take place
within the next 30 days. Many of these
men have purchased large tracts of
land. The biggest deal of the week
s tpade with New York-Arizona In
terests, who purchased $6000 worth, of
fcand near Copalis crossing.
The Swastika Oil company has been
formed here this week by local men and
taken over property of the old Jeffer
son Oil company, including a drilling
tig and a hole now down 100S feet. The
hole was abandoned when the Jeffer
son company went bankrupt in 1913,
end was bought in by E. Lane of Chi
cago at a receiver's sale. The Swastika
company has secured also about 600
acres additional land in Jefferson and
tjrays Harbor counties.
Harry W Andrews and A. J. Scallon.
former Tacoma business men, inaugu
rated this week a campaign to raise
570.000 to drill on land they have
leased 10 miles north of Hoquiam.
1 A. Leonard, manager of the King
Oil company, who has just returned
from the property of that company in
Jefferson county, said work is pro
gressing satisfactorily and that the
fcompany will be drilling in August,
PAVING IN HOOD TO START
S 2 -.MILE STRETCH TO BE
, CLOSED THREE MONTHS.
Crews to Begin at Cascade Locks and
, Work Toward Hood River.
I' Signs to Be Posted.
HOOD RIVER. Or.. July 2S. (Spe
cial.) Paving of the Columbia river
highway between Hood River and Cas
cade Locks, according to information
fathered from Hood River offices of
the state highway department and con
tractors, will begin within a week.
Crews will begin at the Cascade Locks
end and work toward Hood River.
"Hot stuff," it is said, will be poured
the latter part of next week, and to
morrow will be the last Sunday motor
tourists will be permitted to use the
highway unil paving work Is finished
It is believed the 22-mile stretch of
road will be closed for about three
snonths.
The blockade of the two-mile link
CC the highway between here and the
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The Large Distributers of Automobiles in the World.
FOURTEENTH AND DAVIS PORTLAND, OREGON
Branches in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Oakland
top of Ruthton hill has caused great
inconvenience to out-of-town motor
ists, especially those bound westward.
A fence has been constructed across
the road at the west edge of the city
at the intersection of Cascade avenue
and Oak street. These streets are al
most parallel for a considerable dis
tance, and the fence, Just west cf the
intersection, is observed by the tour
ist for nearly a block before he reaches
the turnout.
The city will eliminate this incon
venience by placing: signs at the end
of the concrete bridge over Hood river,
and the detour route will be blazed
to the edge of the city.
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SHEPHERD S REWARDED
Portland Company Pays S800 to
Man Who Saves Flock.
MISSOULA. Mont.. July 26. For sav
ing the most of a band of 1700 aheep
trapped by a forest fira near Alberton,
Mont., C C. Amanas, formerly a, forest
ranger, but now employed as a railroad
switchman, has received from a Port
land sheep company, owners of the
flock, a reward of J 8 00. It was stated
here today.
Amanas took the lob after scores had
refused it and brought the sheep out
of danger unassisted in two days. He
held the band quiet in the daytime and
fought a way through the forest fires
in the cool of the nights. A few of tba
sheep broke away and were consumed
by the fire.
Amanas lives at Deer Lodge, Mont.
Mining; Company Exonerated.
WALLACE. Idaho. July 2(. A cor
oner's Jury today returned a verdict in
the case of four men killed In the shaft
cf the Hecla mine at Burke. Idaho, last
night, exonerating the mining company
and George W. Wallace, hoist man.
from blame in connection with their
deaths. The men were killed when the
mine cage shot suddenly upward In
stead of descending; when the signal
to lower was given.
APPLES SALES ARE SLOW
Hood River Growers Sfot Anxious to
Trade Tilt After Meeting;.
HOOD RIVER, Or, July (Spe
cial.) Although visiting merchants
from eastern points of distribution
have been far more numerous than In
any former years, local pre-harvest
sales of apples remain comparatively
few. The Apple Growers' association
daily receives offers from all parts of
the country, but the co-operative
agency announces no sales.
"Indeed," says Sales Manager C W.
McCullagh, "no sales will be made until
after the annual convention of the In
ternational Apple Shippers association,
which will be held this year at Mil
waukee. Wis.. August 1J-14. Inclusive."
Mr. McCullagh and other shippers
representatives will attend the conven
tion. All other northwestern districts
will be well represented.
NAVY VETERAN QUITS BAND
T. J. Kennedy Give Last Concert
After 5 6 Teaxa In Service.
TACOMA. Wash., July 11 (Special.)
When Chief Band Master T. J. Ken
nedy of the United States naval band
completed a concert at the Tacoma
Stadium Thursday night ha stepped out
of the navy after St years of service,
although he Is only 40 years old. Hts
father bad been an army bandmaster,
and after the lad went Into the service
the navy sent him to the Boston Con
servatory of Music for training.
During his years In uniform ha has
conducted bands In the South Sea
Islands, in Pekln. Toklo and at the
opening of the Kiel canal in Oermany.
Although Chief Kennedy still ranks a
an enlisted man with rank equal to a
sergeant-major In the array, he re
ceived I3SS nntll his retirement, and
will get a pension of 1104 for the re
mainder of his life.
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