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THE, OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. FCHTLAI.'D. . CUNDAY , IICHIIIKO. tZTTZ'.ZZ. ...F8 PROJECT EXCITES INTEREST J, LI, I j - r- -' f 1 1 OF EVERY CLASS "t IIAGERTY DIES ATjPOMlE ; '.'in to FIJI . East Side Water front Discussed uivii tn . gineers and Residents. . MATURE OF RIVERBED. IS . ' . DETERMINING FACTOR It Sand Is Found Dredge Can Easily Ful in the Marsh feast Morrison Improvement Can B Delayed Only 1 k A - r r ' " : ' ' ' i Civil ' engineers arm' much Interested ."In the protect of Mayor Lane to fill fthe lowlands to the north and sooth i of : Eaat Morrison street ' from the ( river-front- to UnWn- avenue- by pump- ins sand and grave from the river hot t iom with dredges. -. : - "The plan of Mayor Lane," said City . pngtneer Taylor.. ."la only In Its forma five at ate. It has -Mot gone beyond the j State of a mere propoaaL I shall carry i out his wishes with deep Interest and go into the matter carefully, - "I have learned that the same plan waa one tried along the water front : south from Eaat Morrison street, sav ' sral rears ago It waa not successful ; at that time, .However, It . may . have ! been due to the failure to employ the ; tight type of dredge, and. inasmuch aa . ! the BToupd to. be covered by the pro : poaal of the mayor la so extanalve. It would warrant buying; the. best machin. ' ary that la made. " : - . ' . "The terminal company owning--the , arounda at the union ststlon filled an Immense area-of .land in the same tnan- tier. I remember when early pioneers : used to " hunt ducks" and . anlpe in - a ! eloagh where- now la- solid around. I understand that where now are the :' company'a grounds in places used to be water to a depth of ti to SO feet., - Blear Sottosa Determlnee Cost. , . ' The river bottom- opposite .:. these points Is sandy, and it is well known to all engineers that aand may be pumped . with dredges at small cose As to the " composition of the river bottom .opposite . the district near Eaat Morrison street I am not Informed. If there be a large proportion of large gravel. It 'may t$J .expensive, xsui in is m iwiwr iw w determined by proper aoundlnga , and. careful examinations. . . . ... .... . . , "The 'trial that was ' made ' ' several years ago showed that the dredges eould .pump the gravel for from .17 . to tt cents a yard. At the present time, with Improved machinery and better .facilities f t air kinds It may be possible "to do be work more cheaply." . Jt costs now to fill lands along the (Consolidated company's tines and - on adjacent streets on the; eaat side from St to 49 cents a ' srd. 'The expense of filling East Washington street wss for ost of the earth moved 40 cents; some i i i e r l intiM.ii n wm nw.w iw m w. . ... .,, tun,,:,. that the fill on Grand avenue. ' where he trestle bifrned a few weeks ago,1 will tow goo. lor w . ciik at f u. , lit ivwc-i prica is on account of the larger quan tity ef earth to be moved and the ease -with which it msy be dumped through the. open trestle-that was built te re olace? that which waa destroyed by fire. ; r Motrlson iw atom. '.' The council has adopted a resolution Instructing the city engineer to prepare estimates of the East Morrison fill, and City Engineer Taylor has had "men at 'work for several daya cross-sectioning 'the street to learn how much dirt mSst D plsced to complete the fills already start eav it- waa proposed that an :er fort be made to ; Induce all property owoera along the. street to consent to waive the usual preliminary legal pro ceedings. ' If this can be accomplished. It may be that the work of Improvement may be begun much sooner than if the customary advertising Is demanded. . Whether or not this -unanimous con rent is obtained the work of improving East Morrison street will proceed now s rapidly as it is possible tinder the a.iw. The council , has taken the flrst tep, the city f engineer , has nearly finished the estimates, and a thB-ntxt TrncfleeTfnr atTThe'lateat the final Ordinance will be adopted which will Hnaugvrate the work. , ' " i The property owners are all urging the improvement, and there is now no JobsUcle in the way of lta Immediate ) 1 ' 'I, Inception so aoon-aa the legal -prelim Inarlea have been, gone through ' ' Cemsyillnian Is Oratifled. 'Xam gratified to learn that the 1m provement 'of East Morrison street is about to begin,' said Councilman Dan Kellaher. last evening. ' "It haa bee seeded for two years past, and the delay has not been pleasing to the people who lire on the eaat aide and have t travel or haul goods ovef that,' thor oughfare." . - . ' y' v ' '"The plan of Mayor' Lane, which have not looked into but of whlohv-lfhs Journal spoke last night,, If feasible from an engineering point of vlewV and the necessary cooperation can be procured between all the parties Intereeted, would be a. wonderful thing for the eaat side MHrfflctJ ' v It would make valuable a territory much ef which now Is useless, and It would solve many pussllng problems. No project I must be permitted to Interfere with this improvement-of East Morrison street and the Inauguration, of other en terprises by the. city government for the betterment- of conditions-on the east side-near- Morrison street. , That work must' go ahead, 'regardless of all other proposals." . . Eaat- Morrison street property.owners are pleased. to learn that their street-is to be Improved at once.- .The conditions have been aggravating, and the patience of the people generally haa been sorely tried-. : . f .-'. AJ Work oa Blongh Froblem- Ths city health board j la working to solvs the problem of providing, proper sanitation for ' the low- land- section -of the eaat side. Misapprehension haa been caused by the publication of statements that'werV unsclentlflo and contrary to the facts. . , ,, . .' Assertions have been made that the green soura . which is seen in some of the eaat side gulohes Is so evidence, of the .presence of disease-breeding fondi tlana and that deadly-;geTnMi-Hve-there In uncounted millions. ' Pertinent there to he following statement , was made, laat night by a well-known scientist;' 'As the-attention of the publlo haa been called to the fact that the sloMghs on the esst side of the river are covered with a "noisome green scum.' It would probably 'instruct some persons lf.lt were said that this scum Is , nothing more than a harmless little plsnt known ss algae, which-was never known to cause -disease. During : .the summer months when the death of these organ lams takes ' place there 'is recognised what was referred to the other day . as a pig-pen- odor. It has been shown that this effect Is-the result of the breaking down" of the highly organised eo pounds of sulphur snd phosphorus In the presence of a large amount of nltrot gen wWcb these plants contain. "If one would take the pains to notice carefully and. go .; Into .7 the ; facta he would find that watercress is growing all along the watercourse where the algae are found and every one should know that watercress grows only where la pure cold water. In fact. Jt grows only. In aprlng water.. The water Is theae east side sloughs frhereln Is found this green scum comesj from springs of aa pure -water, as - can Je found in Oregon.- Dr. ' Ralph' Mstaon, bacteriologist for the state board .of health, when speaking of a reasfdy for ridding the sloughs of the aline", said that the latest and best way waa to tie a sack of cop per aulphate to .s boat and row It through the water -where the "noisome' but .harmless little plant grows," Had Been Reporter, Editor, Min ing Man, Cattle Raiser and Pursuer of Horse Thieves. WAS WELU KNOWN TO LOCAL NEWSPAPER MEN Left Fortune to His Wife Which Had Been Accumulated in Last I Few Years . After Long; Scries of StunnJnf Reverses.;, V (MART BOX-KTOIf FO I.wTHm ' ,'.." , .'Jpnttera No. Wa, " -. . : AM SeauBsAilowecV- ' '.' . . .. " . .. ' , Btoa Jackets are beonraina; more poa alar every day, and the atytlaa owe bare depicted may be made wUh over and. under sleeves, -or oversJeevea oJone. A few of the many materials used for de veloping are serge, taffeta, pongee and linen.-, 1 ' .' i . ' ; ' The pattern Is m T aiasa t to U laches; best measure. ; For at , bust the Jacket,1 with , over and under sleeves. . requires 4 yards of material ft Inches wide, 1 yards M tncbea wide. t ynrda et iaettea wide, 'or" Hi' yarda M Inohee wlda. The jacket with over-aieeves only requlree rv. yards tt Inches wide, J yards Mi Inches' wide. 1H yards ei lnohea wide, at 1 yarda M lnchea wide, t , ; :- -'.JPrlce, If eeotak. ' OUOOBT SATXT JOVMMAX. WSUb bmwd abotb Mmu votrrv . , ; VAZD tJPOBT uoiiR.or i'. !.-.. ... .- roica., t , .., , Mo. BOARD PlXES TAXES FOR - I ; STATE OF WASHINGTON . '. . J - (Special DUpatce ts The JoeraaL), " j Olympla. Wash., Sept. :3.-The state : board- of equalisation completed lta la bors today and adjosmed, sine die. A levy of 1 1-1 mills wss made for the state general fund, which wlU raise about 18:5.000. Five mills was levied for school purpose, aa the- tntemUKt raise 110 for each of the J07.0 school children ltving within the state, less t300.85S.IO paid Into the current school fund since' September 1. 104.- For mil itary purposes a levy of one-tenth of a mill was made. t i v- RAllroad - valuationa throughout r the state are reduced nearly four millions from last, year and .Ihelfcjratawaf tawaa wra-lirlargely Increaaed in the various counties throughout the- state. - The peninsular branch-of-the North ern Pacific, running to Moo lips, was raised to- third class and the Vancouver branch to second. The total Increase of personal and real property is f 4.S82.144: A press dispatch .received from Bpo- kane yesterday' morning announce the death In that pity of Ja-rt at Hag erty, a pioneer mining man f the Okanogan counfry, the bosom friend of the late "Okanogan", Smith, - and for three years aS prominent politician and real estate 'dealer, of Portland.,. Mr. Hagerty waa a native ' of Manafleld, Ohio, and was about 41 years; old. He came to the northwest about 18M, and first engaged in business In Portland. Later he went to the Okanogan country and from there to Montana. . - While -in Montana he dealt In cattle. and .it .waa said that he-waa a member of aeveral posses that .went in pursuit of cattle thlevea and that on. one occa sion he nearly loat his life at the hand of the bandit. The late Richard S. Per kins and . Captain John L; 6 perry of Portland, both of whom had been cattle men . in Montana, , said that Hagerty knew more about cattle marauders of that state than any man In the weat In lt4 Mr. Hagerty had some prom- sing silver ledges in Okanogan county. Washington, but the stringency of the money market forced him to aeek. an other means .of livelihood, and he re turned to his old profession, that of newapaper reporter. Jle remained in the newspaper business only a short time. however, coming to Portland late in 18tt arid engaging in the real eatate business with R. H. Dunn. He. took prominent part in the city election of 18, stand ing with . the Democracy. and' in the presidential election of the same year, standing with Bryan and the free silver side. Me left Portland aoout iss. out returned several times to visit old friends. The last time he was here wa abeue-a month ago, when he came to in apect the mining exhibit at the Lewi and Clark exposition. Leaving Portland he started for his ntd home aAMans- leld, Ohio, but was taken sick with ty phoid fever at NIghthawk, Washington, and waa earrled to. ..the Sacred . Heart hospital at Spokane, where he d led. l The .... . . . . . . 'I- body win oe ouriea at migninaws:. t -,. Mr. -.Haaerty had a varied career printer's apprentice.! reporter, editor of Jonrl Rockefeller, Jr., Forced S l' V II VI J CDIJ. , . v-. . v w a.. v poll tan paper, mining snan. newapaper maii -jigs In, real esute dealer, mining man again, -cattleman, mining man a third time and finally dying and leaving tT-'."f to' bis wife and two children mining v,aK eiAAASA- Alt thta nmn. erty was accumulated in the last seven I YOUNG WILLIAM SLATED yeara.A..-A. -.'--iw ---- Trt UCtrt CTlMniDfl nil Name ;"J Address City SUte J OIL KING'S SON fS I INVALID to Give Up All Business Mat- ten by III Health. CHARTERS TUG TO SHIP FORTUNE IN BULUON NePhew of 014 Jhn Son of Brother William Will Succeed HU Dvs peptic Cousin in the Manage ment of the System's Interests. - - (ffpeetal Ilitr to The Joornal.) Seattle. SeDt. , 23. Rather than take chances with a shipment of 1260,000 In gold by passenger steamer or railroad from Tacoma.: to Seattle, ' the Scan dinavian-American -bank yesterday aft ernoon chartered the tug Mystla and Intercepted -the bullion shipment at the (Spertil Dlapatek by Leases Wire to The Jeeraal) New-Tork, Sept. IJ. Toung William steamer Ban Mateo's dock In Tacoma I Rockefeller haa been picked out by Wall A I- fiuUI. I . . . . . " - . ... and brought it back to Seattle. - The tug caught the San Matea as she tied up at Tacoma and the gold was im mediately transferred to the Mystic. Danger in transshipment by railroad or . passenger steamer was the principal reason the bank had for handling the gold by the tug. With a big crowd ot passengers aboard a regular boat be tween the two cities the danger of loaa street as the probable future head of the Standard Oil company, now that John D. Rockefeller, Jr.. has been forced for the second time within a year to give up all his business matters on ac count of ill health.: --William O. Rockefeller Is the eon of William -Rockefeller and a nephew of John D. Rockefeller,' the present head of the "system.' aa Thomas ' Laws on nsiJs "j M"'.ssh rmrth.-;;. sua or,nur: i-I -iiALw-j f "' Vr-L fXir.-Vlaata, press cnarin njna inis naa so me weigni, '.'...-,.'. Xeomls' . Faeare. ' r f, , From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.- ' . 'As to Mr. Loomis. it can be said, as was said of another, that a brilliant furore llee .behind him. v f M3 :- .--'vJ ; a Vlu GUdya MUls (on the Left) and Miss Jean Reid Mar Become English Countesses. Lord Acheson, Who Is Devoted to Miss MUla, Is Shown at tho Top. . Lord Brooke, Whose Portrait Is at the Bottom, lai Atl Old Mr. Rockefeller has been gradually-withdrawing- from-active-personal participation in the management of the various companies 'in which he la inter eeted, -until now. he occupies only two. These are the presidency and a director ship of the Standard Oil company.-- - . The : interests of. John p. Rockefeller In the various railroads and Industrial companies-in which he holds stock are represented- with few exceptions by "Brother William," who la very active In their administration He Is a, direc tor or officer In II different corpora tions, in each of which the Rockefeller Interests are the controlling factors In the management. . in late years, how ever, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., who, as Mr. Lawson puts it, haa been rapidly "educated Into the secrets", of ths Stand ard OH buainess methods, . has been elected into the . directorate, of aeveral companies in which bis father haa large Interests. The most Important of these la the membership on the board of the United States Steel corporation. ' Previously he had" also been elected a4 director of the Standard Oil company, of the Mis souri Pacific Railway company- of the Colorado Fuel at iron company, tne ueia ware, -Lackawanna A .Western railway, the American Linseed company, and the Federal Mining A Smelting company. He waa also made a trustee of .the Uni versity of Chicago. 'Wall street Just now believes that he will have to give up all business posi tions unless his health should Improve. Men who have eat at the aame directors' tables with young Mr. Rockefeller do not believe, however, that his recovery can be expected In the . near . future. Should he die, then William Q. Rocke feller would step Into his place aa heir presumptive to -the management of the greatest trust on earth, William Q. Rockefeller ie now .about 17 yehrs of age. He. was graduated from ibis in issz ana immediately afterward entered business under the direction of his father. - He made a very apt dud 11 and showed that he had inherited much of thel ability which gave his father and uncle -the reputation of being the richest men on earthr Keen Tndmae wr Law son admitted this, for In his Introduce tlon to the story of "Frensled Finance," he refers to William O. Rockefeller ss the able and excellent business son of William Rockefeller. , i Mr.. Lawson thought him of more promise than hta cousin, ' John D.. Jr.. f.nd so he suggested him as the "prob able future heed of Standard Oil." 1 , , The' Ooet Shirt ia Z ansae. From the Kansas CMy Journal. ' The open-clear-down shirt 1 haa luat reached Atchison and Ed Howe Is sing ing its prslsea. - Most other places have discarded the thing .aa a hulaanc. Howe will see the point when he tries to wear one with a belt Instead of bus. 'S.'.i'.iW4.- .i iV- "ft-: V-7.':':;: t ;- ' , .-e .-'.ffc ' -. - ".' N. i i . .. i , A " J.. ! The Seiat Gonstructiori '' . - .... , " (.-'',,.'. ,. '''' ';' ..iwr,' ...,;.J,'.( ;..', 4: ..'. A ,t. , . . 'sf -IX. . V. .. -;'' - -r' . ' -First; and 'Mmmmm II X.t'Jt: '.WW - flakes a perfectly rigid seat; it cannot work loose. The"corner. irons in the two rear corners are made of the best wrought iron, and are not pnly BOLTED the back panel,, but are re inforced by wrought Iron aide panel braces, which are; BOLTEDwibolts; running clear,' down .through the sills. . These rear comers arc also braced on the Outside by a wrought 1 Iron, strap which is BOLTED to the corner -ironsy - ? t m ; v-' y''-'- '"'. The side panel braces in front are. also BOLTED ; in the same substantial 'way. with bolts . -that run clear down through the siU, the! same as those in the rear These panel, braces also run well over on the seat sills, about four inches. -v.The back.Lj ' , braces run, the full 'width, not merely half way. ; This MITCH--' ). ' ELL SEAI4 CONSTRUCTION; - ' ? ' '' f like alT tfieWsroflhrMITCH ELL-BUGGY, is , MITCHELL QUALITY through' and through. ; It costs more to make than the ' ' glued and screwed together. con-'T airucuun,' uui .-iv? icus more buggies and makes satisfied cus- tomers. It pays us to make it and - . you to. buy- tt. You can, get it only on M.i i nEiL, HUuUiius. , Taylor v Streets CM MMm MMtMMKHMtMWM OMMMMMr t .' .. - ti. A. :. - f :- ; - .-, -- -y.-j . , . .' '-,-. ' 11 iTiri i irpnn - ... ..'; on -.,-; , .w 'I t'" '' ' ' -ms Tr" The Day Boat Down the Columbia Leaves dafly froxri Taylor Street Dock at 7 A. M. -Call up MAIN 613 iceainnier ... .. - 7 . ... .' ;, - - fopa a n wm 'Vm TPleasnre THESE SUNDAY EXCURSIONS TO AS TORIA AND RETURN AT $225 FOR -V THE ROUND TRIP ON THE . . ; -1 Thi most dehghtful weather ought to entice a thousand people to take this pleasant sail at this season of the year. It is the most charming little outing that cantoe had this 100 miles to the City by the Sea and back at a cent and an eighth a mile. . - v - The Telegraph runs, like lightning. JPassengerriiave an hour anJ a half in Astoria and are home again at 8:30 in the evening. " -J-- .- - -.- . i . - . " Excellent meals are served on board. 7 . , : DOCK FOOT OF eALDER. STREET v ROUND TRIP EVERY DAY BUT FRIDAY. Boat leaveTat 7:30 am; Sunday 8 a rrt. Re- -turmng leaves Astoria at 8 p. m arriving in Portland at 8:30 p. m. PHONE MAIN 5fiS. , - assassj sai apai .rSHE8 A SNORTER WHEN IT COMES TO SPEED." THE TOURIST. ' ,- . GRAND SUNDAY . EXCURSION! f ; ""' . lf..a tl t w a 9 m ' aaoat uronoui wot pr-tne American Continent, on tht 1, Boi J2l?,S; ln. ATI" JtJSrJ'! ' Meaning "of - RUSHING y r. tnnuuun-ina.Tiftinn wiin itltu BFltBU OF A KINGBIRP IN THE AIR. Tha Telephone's predecessors of that name were the speediest of their times, but tha Telephone of' today so greatly surpasses them that she is tmly the wonder of the steamboat world. Sunday Excursion to Cascsde Locks and Return at $1.00 for the Round Trip ! BOAT' LEAVES OAK 8TREBT. DOCK AT 9 A. M. Returninf about 0 p. m. " This Is a trip of 09 miles and retirn, throuth tha grandest scenery in tht - world. Tha excursionist , passes through tht veiy heart of the weird, wild, romantic Cascade Moun I tains, their peaks towering thousands of feet 'toward tht skies, views the canyons and jungles, glens and landscape most besutiful to behold. , . . y ; ', 4 . - , . , . IT 1ST AN EXCURSION NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN 1- LANGUAGE CANNOT' DEPICT ITS ' UKAnUbUK, CAPACITY THE TELEPHONE - 090 PASSENGERS. i . : ttnuva to Miss Reid. , ... ; , " o " r Benderg.-. -; ' -.. i "1" TT
