The Oregon daily journal., December 01, 1905, Page 16, Image 16

IS A JOKE
ALASKA LINE
Coupon Free Ha yvalian Trip
Honolulu, IMawaliaa Islands
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Electrical Company 'at Chehalis
Seeks to Buy Power Site for '
Small Sum Per Acre,
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This ! the Latest Improvement
. the East Side Club Will . ,
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I rota for. ...
This coupon must be voted on or before December t, 'l05. -
COMPANY, READY TO COME
IF RATES ARE RIGHT
Exorbitant Charged of ' Weit Side
. Wharf Matters the Chief Cauae of
Portland tieinf Left Behind and
. Association Expect! to Remedy.
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Tk iNMt sM.nV of th Imrnl to la
atnr ot t. M.V MIHer. 890 ; It , Mbrrtooa
street. Tsttpsoa. Kt- tTS.
Ths biggest-contract ..the-' East Side
"- Improvement association has yet under
taken wilt be ' assumed ' aa .soon as a
definite plan Dt campaign can he
adopted, the latest aim of, ths assocla
tlon. being to secure for . Portland ths
Alaskan trade that aha has so long
let slip by and to-make the terminal
headquarters of the northern Una on the
east side.1. -
The project u presented f at the
meeting of the . association i Tuesday
r?'llU by Dr. Dav Raffety, who thought
the organisation might ' do what west
side commercial bodies had found Im
possible. At that time the plan seemed
but' a vacuo possibility, but since the
Tuesday's meeting the .way has been
shown by which an Alaska steamahlp
line can be brought to Portland, and
at the next meeting of the. association
' the plan, will bo taken up and work
begun on the-scheme. George II.' Flan-
oVra, oneof"lhs "leasing" members of
the club- snd closely connected with
mast transportation interests, had the
following views on the subject:
.. "If reasonable wharf ratea could be
aecored in the 'ecal harbor there are
transportu tlon, interests- that would be
glad -to-come here and srart an Alas
kan line. It has always appeared tin
possible' to secure such rates from any
of the west side wharf managers and for
... 4hat -ro -ohlefly former-plans of thhr
' sort hav fallen through. On the east
aide the river la ?st aa deep, transpor
tation facilities better and there are
many vacant sites on which docks could
be ' built and be made profitable at a
charge one fifth. .hat of the west side
Institutions. . When such a dock Is built
there will be little trouble in securing
the attention of men willing to start an
Alaskan steamship line." .J
On such a theory, elaborated by the
research of a special committee, the
inminiuiiinmnuiinniiniuiiiiiiiuuiii
association will work, and If a public
dock has to come before the work can
be successful the publlo dock will be
supplied. Indeed, the association has
considered - informally the advisability
of building a public dock oh the east
side for the general benefit It would be
to the district, and when It Is shown that
an Alaskan line can be secured for Port
land only by. the building of such a
dock, it will 'be merely a question vt
weeks until the labor is accomplished. -"-The
sentiment of tho association as
shown tn Its recent meetings has been
for a larger activity, and while Mat side
benefits ere the first things sought by
the orsanlsatlon. any Improvement that
will help Greater Portland is felt to be I
a distinct gain for the east siae, since
the majority of the city's residents have
their homes there, and each month an
increasingly large per cent of the busi
ness investments Is being made on thtt
aide of the river.
In the low places. After the east side
fire the health department dug a trenoh
that allowed the fresh water to escape
to the river, but the ditch was shullowJ
has been stopped 1 up frequently ana
never did act as an adequate drain for
the marshes the overflow had created.
It Is now planned to build a conduit
and divert the waters directly from the
park Into the Sunnyside sewer and when
this is dons it is planned to, drain the
marshes .so that they will not fill -tip
again. Such work is necessary before
the fill campaign planned by the prop
ert owners can be carried out and will
be one of the first Improvements of the
new year on the east aide.
WILL DRAIN SPRINGS.
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Hawthorne rrk Overflow to Bmpty lato
T ' auanyside Sewer.
. The big Hawthorne springs. ". which
have proved a constant source of trouble
to residents dwelling on ths banks of
ths slough, which Is supposed' to . drain
ths-lake- In Hawthorne -park , hut which
generally does not, wUl-not toe-a -problem
much " longer. The overflow f rqm the
park lake has created many of the east
side marshes snd during the early sum
mer of the present year, when the outlet
waa closed by the East Water street
hnd Beat Washington street fills, the
water was backed .up and allowed to fill
Oonghlnf Spell Caused Seath.
'flurry Duckwell. aa-ed t5 y'eara,
choked o- death- early- yesterday; iiuuii
tng at his home in the presence of his
wife and child. He contracted a alight
cold a lew days ago and paid but little
attention to It. Yesterday morning he
waa seised with a (it of coughing which
continued for some time. His wife sent
for a physician, but before he cou
arrive another couching snell came an
and Duckwell died from suffocation.
St. - Louis Globe Democrat, Dec 1st,
Ballard's Horehound Syrup would
have saved him. Zlic, BOo and f 1.00.
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FOR A $4 SHOE is the inducement we hold out to men to
... purchase footwear from us.
We Sell Men's Shoes Only
And having them made to our order, saving all commissions
and middlemen's profits, is the reason we can sell these shoes
for 50c the pair less than ordinary prices.
we carry a large stock of men's fine
''-.';'.: hosiery. ',
VANDUYN & WALTON
Ttl MOOD T4. - 170 WASKTJrOTOV ST BT. TXXXO ABTD rOUXTX.
QUARTERLY CLEANING TIME.
ubmrbaa Streets Soraped for rirrt Tims
. Slnoe May yrimaries. - .
" For ths third time-during the year.
Mississippi avenue has been cleaned by
by some other agency than the elements.
A force of men has been engaged this
week scraping up the summer's accumu
lation of mud and cartlng.lt away and
the same course is being pursued on
other remote avenues and boulevards of
the east side. The last cleanup was
Just preceding the primaries and was
expected, as the municipal government
always has cleaned up the auburbs at
election time., though usually this was
the only time during the year that such
activity was permitted.,- Some . of the
little used side streets In central east
Portland receive conatant attention from
the street cleaners, but ths big avenues
of traffic like Grand. Mississippi, Union,
Base Line road and Hawthorne are left
to ahlft for themselves through the r&z
volvlng seasons. Next year conditions
will be nettered, according to the prom-i-"of
the superintendent of the street
cleaning departmend-who. receaUy .de
clared that two sweepers with addi
tional forcea of men would be em
ployed on ths east side In 110.
STREET IS DANGEROUS.
raasengers Alight In Mad and Jtarrowly
Miss Accidents for "back of XJa-hta.
- Several ' accidents have been' avoided
by mere chance on the streets occupied
by the extensions of the L line and un
less some immediate provision is. made
for lighting the .thoroughfare the re
layed casualty wilt come. For nine or
ten blocks the line - runs through' a
sparsely settled district - that has few
sidewalks and no Improved streets. In
several places there are cuts deeper
than the height -of the cars snd team
sters and pedestrians have no way of
discovering the approach of a Car until
they are on the track. The .headlights
used -onthe; near 'are merely l(-cs,ndle
incandescents and penetrate- the gloom
but little more than a car length.. Be
aides the conatant element of. danger.
pasaengers living in the district are
forced to wads in mud and hunt in the
dark for a sidewalk, the. moUrman hav
ing no Street signs to guide him ana
stopping his car on what he supposes is
the desired street. A petition for arc
lights has been before the council, but
several weeks h
enlTnuTcatlon appears to show that re
lief is to be ' given soon. Prior to the
extension of tho line, the tract was not
settled and there waa no need for street
lights. . -. - ... '
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, DELIGHTFUL NEWPORT.
SplsadlS Weather at thlr" Vopolaz
raolfle Coast JUsoit. . ; ,
Delightful In every particular la the
weather at Newport, and the Souther
Pad no and the Corvallla A Eastern rail
roads have resumed their cheap ratea
to this place for the winter. Particulars
by aaklng at Third and Washington
streets. Portland. . .
Done in an Artistic Manner.
Bring In your paintings, water colors
and pictures snd let us frame them for
you In the latest style of mouldings.
Our work Is-ths best and prices are
right We have air the newest styles
In ready-made frsmes. Sanborn, Vail
ft Co., 170 First street.
' WEIGH MGAONSl
WE DESERVE YOUR
TRADE BECAUSE WE
KEEP OUR WORD
THE LEE HAT
Always sells for II. .This hat Is
made to our order In Danbury, Conn...
and tho qunllty and style that go
Inie It make It good
enough In sett' for at
Irsst II, but w
charge nly...,.
ilyle that go
$3.00
When Welch Cuts a Price, It's a REAL CUT
From an Already Low Regular Price
- If you have any suspicion that we do not keep our word
when we say; if not right Welch makes it right, you ought to
hear vhat our regular customers say about it. We hear some
of the goods things that are said about our methods, and it's
a whole lot of satisfaction".
JURY WILL DETERMINE
AS TO ITS REAL VALUE
Experts Regard the '. Property as
. Worth at Least a Thousand Dol
Iars an Acre and Perhaps Twice
1- That Sum. '
Parties seeking to condemn lands of
an -old soldies. at Chehalis at the rate
of $1.50 per acre for a power plant alt
yvere-met by the testimony of three
expert civil engineers to the effect that
ths reciprocal value of the land' was
f 1,600 per acre. The question was ar
gued and submitted to 'a jury, which
will determine the. amount ths electric
company muat pay for ths land.
Ths suit was entitled Chahalls-Cen-
tralla Electric Railway vs. Harlan. Three
expert engineers were called as wit
nesses. One of them. Captain w.-w.
Goodrich, of Portland, returned yes
terday from Chehalis. He said: '
.The land in question is one of the
most Ideal storage reservoirs I have
ever seen. Harlan, an 1 old man, had
been IS years developing the place for
a dam alte. Ha had 8V acres of- land.
to. of which was desired by the power
company, and it attempted to seise the
land by-eondemnatlon .at the ridiculous
price of 12.50 per acre. Tho site affords
a bead of 86 feet and will develop 6.000
horsepower easily. Immense -values are
aometlmea placed Upon such lands and
upheld by ths courts aa reciprocal
values. One horsepower net at a dam
Is worth in earning power -til per an
num, as estimated by the best mechan
ical . engineers. At that- rate S.000
horsepower would be worth IS8.000 per
annum, and in -the lire of an ordinary
franchise of -60-years'- length" would
yield a total of $1,800,000.- This figure
is the net earning power at the dam and
does not include earnings for electric
railway, power, or light."
The hearing was held ' Monday and
Tuesday before Judge Rice at Chehalis.
One engineering expert testified that the
land was worth f 1.000 per sere. Cap
tain -Goodrich's estimate waa 81.600. per
acre and a Seattle expert placed the
value at (2,000 per acre. The court
barred introduction of printed works
thst are regarded as authorities. Includ
ing "Foster on Electric Power," "8up
rriea on Mechanical Power.' and "Vm
on Mechanical 'Power." These works
state that "mill sites In some parts of
the. world are of such great value that
the worth of the land cannot be esti
mated."'-It Is said corporations in the
Pacific northwest hays begun to reoog
nlse ths values of water power. sites and
are in some casea offering the "owners "
terms on the basts of horsepower. - I
Ten thousand, demons a-nawins- awav
at one's vitals couldn't be much worse
than the tortures or itching plies. .Yet
there's a cure. Doaa'a Ointment never
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MEN'S PANTS I boys knee pants, half pricT -
S7.N rails' $J.M faaU S4.N tats ' 3.W fanU ! - S1.7S Pmu
$5.95 $4.25 .$3.40 $2.55 $1.35
SOOESMcn's Heavy $3.50 Shoes;-.-$2.65:
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