The Oregon daily journal., April 17, 1906, Page 6, Image 6

THE - OREGON - DAILY - JOURNAL, PORTLAND. TUESDAY EVENING. ' APRIL
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plain to the public precisely where the Ore
ian stand on - the--franchise question?
Ira the direction of the gas company it is willing to tax
that coroor'atidn out of existence. That seem perfectly
' rir although it noosed the restriction of perpetual
t timr when it misht
On the other hand it was enthusiastically in favor, at
times, of admitting the HiU road into Portland without
the exaction of any concessions and shrieks , with joy
this morning because the fort of
most of its demands and makes the wooie au-.r .
- gift At the same time the action of the subcommittee
r of the. executive board in fixing valuation-upon the
- rights demanded by the two companies which propose
to enter the city by means, 01 rrum
' bitter if oblique dennnriatton."' ... " j--j,
.The man who concjentioulytrie$ to follow the ad
vice of the Oregonian ."would necessariljr"1and Trr-the
mental scrap pile. It is making a more or less gro
tesque campaign in which it is trying to secure pledges
right and left for things which the public has already se
"cured in opposition to its own 'loudly expressed . wishes
in the past. It demand- that everybody .oppose per-
" petual franchises which everybody has been doing with
all possible vigor, for years; it demands the- taxation of
franchises, a feat that has already, been accomplished irt
this county and the money paid into the treasury. And
yet with all this hullabaloo it shouts with joy when an
r- unrestricted franchise is tvcn JWT.
the Portland & Seattle railway, and
ence when the executive board-endeavots to exact some
payment, precisely such as the Oregonian is demanding
" in' Other directions,- from thosercornpaniea-wbica wish
to utiliie Front street, the last and most valuable of all
our remaining thoroughfares for such purposes. . Far. be
it from us to-suggest that the Oregonian does not know
whether it is afoot or horseback in the midst of all these
comnlicated interests, One of its chief claims to d.istinc
" tionnae been its inconsistency, measured by weeks or
months, on all public questions, -but it has now reached
. the unparalleled position here it. is glaringly incon-
sisteni in inc same uruc, ucih.huiiik
ditions in one breath and denouncing these same demands
in another.. 1 a conservator doesn't break into the Tall
Tower one of these, days, something must sooit give way
for no human brain, no matter how muscular, can stand
the strain of incessantly working in so many and so
diverse wayi rwilhoorgettmg fatarirrnksinto-it prectou
--BvoutioiisAs-4astesortJtaycnecessarytQ
; send to Salem for an expert". '-. ---.-- . . .-
V ; the Front street franchises. .
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IHERE IS NO NEED of anyone, newspaper or
7- Indivldualrgettrng-hysterical
.hand without sufficient investigation, the. report
of the sub committee of the executive board on the Front
atreet franchise question.- If there were many streets
at the disposal of thfe city for such purposes it might be
Utiite another matter,' but it must not be forgotten that
in this instance, we are dealing with the k,ey street of the
city and. once it ia disposed of there is nothing left on
ljhissideof the river. Besides all this the men who
assume the responsibility o bTficTaldecisr6nre"n6tthe
newspapers who talk loosely or even the average citizen
who looks to the end without a proportionate considera
tion of the means, but the executive board, within its
:.; province,, thVcity council and the .mayor."-All of .'these
should be as much concerned as any about the develop
' ment of the country and through it the growth of Port
' land, but thay should not be led by these considerations
to give away exclusive rights of the city which in'the
- long run may do-their part in actuafly, retarding the
ri growth of the future city.;' - -,; - - -
. 'There are two points of view on this question, first the
immediate and .future-rights of .4he : city, -and second,
--the benefits-which will come to the city .and valley
through the building of these two electric roads. Both
of them should receive their due consideration and while
; it should be demanded that there must be no rabid or
r reactionary steps taken it is. onIyf air.to all . concerned,
including the men who have taken an oath to protect
; the city's interests, that they, too, should be safeguarded.
So far as the financial feature of the matter goes there
. is demanded of the.United Railways company, about
$7,400 a,yeat for Jhe priYilegeaJwhich it seeks, and these
... are many for they include not alone. the outlets from
'and into the city by way of Front street but a pretty
complete circle of streets embracing the west side. 'The
Willamette company is asked to contribute the sum of
:i $3X00 a year for 22 years, no. payment being demanded
l either, company Jor jhefirstthree years)f theirex--istence.Let
us not forget that (he" final offer of the
Willamette. company whenjo.the.struggle against the
"United for ihe franchise was $110,000 cash besides $1 a
car, while the United offered $150,00a "
Therefore while we should always be in favor of doing
the right thing, let us not too hastilydenounce the men
who are endeavoring to safeguard the city's interests
and let us not forget the estimate "of value set upon these
franchises by the representatives of the two corporations,
none of whom would be at all likely to overestimate their
r -value or permit for-s moment their enthusiasnrto run
away with their judgment' . - 7 --
DIRECT ELECTION OF SENATORS.
HE COMMITTEE on the election of president,
. vice-president and representatives in congress,
of which Mr. Morris of Nebraska i
lias reported favorably on a resolution providing for the
election of United States senators by a direct vote of the
" people, and also changing terms of representatives from
two to four years. As to the first part of this resolution,
;-regarding the election of senators, a resolution t& that
effect has passed the house of representatives four times
but has always been ignored by or pigeon-holed in the
senate. This cannot go on recurring forever, and the
people will probably get a senate before many years
that will agree to such a resolution, ' and submit the
necessary amendment to the constitution. In the mean
time the legislatures of two thirds of the states will
- probablyact,aniJh.usdbrxe-ngresto--ubrnit- this
; amendment to the states, and there is no HmiKt h. k-
requisite three-fourths of them will pass this amendment
, v But the disgusted people are taking this matter in their
wn nsnas .ng acting witnout waiting for these slow
processes of. legislative machinery.' In several
"tei ,enator. 're e,ectl now by
. " pcnorming a
LETTERS FROM THE
PEOPLE
e4 t ops tot Postoffles Bsslgaa-
uoms,
Portland, Apprll H To the Editor
"Of The Journal In - private bvstnesa
bouses It has always been considered the
rule when men are found efficient to
sromote ttarm ss opportunity offers, but
In the . Portland ' poetofflco this rule
(eems to be reversed. In consequence of
wtai clerks are continually resigning
AM INDiriNDINT NIWIPAUB
PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO.
Sunday) end every Sundey morning; at
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THE SAME TIME,
tion Vy merely
plurality of the
into practice in
clear head try to ex
contest between
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Portland recedesfrom
N
O MAN at
York last
of public
Gearin-ZThe sub -
unmeasured terms
tempt for law, but
in some directions
tions. This growth
men thus enraged
muck, rake speech
But it was not
the determination
M in mcciw.oi
countercharge
nhvimi method
protests with vehem
4 no. promise of correcting existing abuses and by con
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HE IDEA
phrey's.
he tined
The people must
will decide-that
some other judge
respectto either
matter at an.
.Here" is a gang,
E
a plebiscite of the
constitutional func
because they can get better treatment
in any business' house, they may enter.
A man starting In the postofflce ss sub.
clfcrk has all kinds pf hours, Sundays,
jiolldsys snd night work. In fact he
Is liable to be called on at any moment
night. or day. II may be a sub-clerk
anywhere from a fsw days to a few
months, with a prospect of earning from
110 to !. per month, which Is the
limit until a regular appointment Is ob
tained. Even then he must work sis
month befors he can consider his lob
a permsnent one. in the mesnttms he
can be flnd with impunity, with or
without good reason. If the postmsster
or superintendent d-lrra to get even,
which ofte happens. If ths period of
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The Journal Building. Fifth and Yam-
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ratifying the will'of a majority or due
electorate. This process is being put
6regon, and the whole country is in
terestedly watching the results. - It involves really a
the people, the imasses, and a few pol
ticians. bosses and their tools, agents and beneficiaries.
Ultimately, if not immediately, the people will win, and
we think they will gain a signal victory In -Oregon this
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NEW YORK BANQUET.
the Democratic club banquet in New
night struck quite so close to the core
thought and tendencies as Senator
current ortne meeting was an directed
against the growth of the spirit of radicalism which has
in recent years and months found such striking mani
festations. It ws bane.d not alone upon the -tact thai
thejo-called.J!'yeUow'lpapers have been denouncing in
the growth--of trusts and the con
that this feeling was reflected, Indeed,
really emphasized, in what are spoken
of as the more responsible-weekly and monthly publica
has been so rapid as to startle the
in the accumulation of money through
predatory effort and they are now hard at work " to
organize a counter movement, of which the president'
is a conscious or unconscious sample.
made apparent from tne speeches tnai
was to allay the public feeling not by
-and - denunciations, but through the
which is the remedy of existing evils.
" There "were sreneralizations in - plenty,' there was 4e
minciation of the'red flag and anarchy, as expressed by
Mavor MeClellan for example, but - there, waa. little, or
ceding the demands, backed ty conservatism ana noncsiy,
avoid the- extremea-'which.. radicalism, and hysteria seek
to enforce. For thir reason the dinner as a whole will
fall far short 'of accomplishing that at which it was
aimed.--?- - ..-
Senator Gearin's speech, of whrch however- nothing
but the meager outlines could be secured. as it was
delivered "extemporaneously, went more intff the meat
of the situation, for he spoke from the standpoint of the
unfettered west and therefore did no special pleading.
It-ia-fronv the-atandpointoftbe..CPmmpn poplealone
that these nuestions must be considered. ". to denounce
the critics of the press, to call them anarchists, is simply
tS ovenhac1rctewlthour-theT)ossibiHty-of - getting
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move in a circle witnour xnt posMmmj
anywhere. The-actual rabusea-themselvesmustbeatr
tacked with the sincere purpose and determination- to
remedy them, and this "view of the case will be empha
sized by the failure of the New York dinner to make
this iact -clear.- -': ' . . ..- 1 -. '
-THE-CORE-OFAJ!SQUARE.DEAL"
judicially expressed in Judge Hum-
decision, that while a corporation may
the-men composing or comprising the
corporation cannot be-. tqotchedV may .be. good bench
philosophy and may have been a necessary conclusion
from the statutes; but it i a sure and even startling piece
of levidencethathe people arc not yet-getting the
promised "squaredeal."
somehow get otner ana uniereni
laws, and law-makers, and judges for courts as well as
legislators make laws: and it often happens that a judge
the - Jaw Is --and
has decided that it was so, and not with
tne. merits or me pnuosopny 01 -ms
of proven criminals; they are s6 not
because-they-have. made ji Jot of .tnoneyjn . business, for
to do " this Js"J?gitniate7but because in doing sothey
have been persistent, defiant and insolent violators of a
law passed specifically to protect the people against just
such men aird cperationsLThey plundered the people of
millions, the government at great labor and expense
prosecutes them, and a court holds that while the cor
poration may be subject to a fine the men who did this
are-personally and . individually immune. r:': .Ll'LIL.','
' And this is the flower of law in the twentieth century;
this is the acme of judicial wisdom. But there is one
thing that it is not, and that is "a square deal."
- No wonder people are not hurrahing as lustily as
formerly for-any-"grand-ld iajty-or-forJ'principleal
what they are thinking about more and more is men who
will give them "a square deal," and they want it not in
perfervid presidential preaching, but in performance; in
congress, in legislatures, on the bench, and in the White
HoilSe. -'-';-- , ' ;Zr:. -..I .
If-UncleSamthe.peoplecapnot convict. the mem
bers of the beef trust, if he cannot restrict the ravening
of-the- Standard -Oiltrust then-heianot. getting a
"square deal." - How is he going to help himself? : ...
"A square deal" is a. phrase; it sounds well; but the
beef thieves and the sugar scoundrels and the oil rob
bers are out of jail,. while the man who stole an ax or a
salmon is wearing stripest
The people are perceiving that this is not "a square
deal."
"EARTHQUAKES.
ARTHQUAKES have been far more destructive
of human life and property than local volcanic
- eruptions. . Briefly stated, 13,00000 people, as
far as is known and has been recorded, have perished
from earthquakes, while the property loss exceeds com
putation. All along the sinuous track of history we
find records and stories of earthquakes arf3 volcanic
eruptions,- always - coming" auddenly- and unexpectedly,
and creating dire consternation among the people.
In former times these physical troubles of the internal
earth were regarded auperstitiously, " as visitations
of the wrath of an offended deity, but this notion has
mostly disappeared. 4 .
In the Lisbon earthquake in 175-60.QOO people disappeared.-
Japan is the seat of frequent earthquakes.
South America is the scene of many earthquakes, and
much volcanic action, the earthquake that partially de
stroyed Caracas in 1822 being 'notable. - The destructive
tarthquake-In-Charlestonrotrth-Carollna,-"occurTed-m
1886, and is really the only one of consequence that has
happened in the United States, although the' earth has
trembled at various times and in many localities, and
nobody can tell when or where the horror of Charleston
may be repeated. Yet it may be a thousand years-before
a calamity like that of Charleston happens in thi
country. . . " .
probation is survived, h will probably
get a night shift and be permitted to
work any old time from sight hours up
ward. For the -first year of this sort
of thing he will be psld 110 per month,
snd probaBly for the second end third
year at the same rate. If he has a pull
things may be different and ho may
ven be advanced over older employes,
who are better qualified to do the work.
Th result Is that ths best men get
thoroughly disgusted, look for another
Job snd when It is found resign. JLet
the- business community consider ths
question seriously. Is It st all strsnge
that the postal service of thl city Is
losing .its best men under such condi
tions! Is It to be wondered at that ths
SMALL CHANGE
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Candidates all us. '
'Kttp on praying kill the microbes.
Clean ua more and ' morel ' . " :
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If pictures and professions will do
It, Jthy Jl ail be elected, ,
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. Kill the Barlow road graft'
- Only' two days more till the prt
martrs. -. . - ,-
Jim Ham Lewis thinks lots ' of hi
pink whiskers. . ,
. Primaries neat Friday. It will be an
unlucky day of the-week for some of
the candidates,- no doubt '
""""Fulton snd Gaarin have dene a- good
piece, of work for tho open river, but
It was no mors than Oregon deserved. -
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The" Jetty work will go on. That la
something to be happy about
Nobody worries about arT earthquake
fill It come; ' ; : 'r".
The world i was never ' so wlss be
fore but it will be wiser,,
Really, they're pretty nearly 1. all
rather good fellows.
X man doesn't have to hold an office
1ft order to be useful. .- - -
A party name linot so powerful as
It hss been. r-
Th sentlment 1n favor --of - higher
licenses for saloons Is growing. .
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Only two days more in which to hus
tle nd . rustle . for those nomination
voters. As the spider says, "You'd bet
ter hurry." - V : .
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"Democracy wsntr mors hard imea,'
says . the Salem Statesman. " How
could Democracy want or. encounter any
harder times than It has had In last,
with Parker, for Instance?
If you've registered, don't neglect to
vote. ' :- . - '-- ' -
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However well you're doing, do .better.
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8mlth-w1U carry Hood River; 7
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1 1 urriun wvu.u ncrp- w ui ton r .na
Oearln in ths aeiutU or JS "years It
would have recognition J
would get what it wafted.
there ... and
Mountain-ranges filling vt with stock.
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An Enterprise man says that the en
livening effects of the approaching rail
road ars already being felt to a marked
degree.' A representative of the rail-,
road . contractors Is - buying up every
available work horse and Is also con
tracting for all the. surplus grata and
Tiay. The- pTteeuf -hay has- guns -opto
114 per ton, altbougn it bu been up
to this time a drug on the market Wal
lowa county is fairly booming. y
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La-Grand eons tajitly improving.
" Oregon Is
Stand It " - re
on th - boom, but an
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nHlnts.of. blind pigs In Tillamook.
-All th ehnese factories erounfBlaln
have started up. . . . - . , t,
The"llogu-Rlvr Development Isagu
will soon gst busy in sevsral ways.
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Mors matrimony ' than uaoal In Al
bany, r.;-- - .- ' :
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Astoria busy and prosperous..
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Astoria Astorlsn: People ar far more
cheerful than" they were a few weeks
ago and. the . local- markets in : all the
staple lines ars active. This Is all right
and the mors of It ths better. Astoria
csn stand for a good deal of this sort
of thing, after desultory months that
have done their duty by ths calendar.
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Considerable property changing hands
around JSagle Point- ,; "' ...
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Benton-eounty "good-road -"makers
think the "split drag" Is a very good
thing.
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Lots of money In ths futur In Oregon
mohair. . "'- ""7-..", '.""..
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j Dairies, getting busy now." ".
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Nsw ' shingle - mill nesru 'Wlldervllle
makes 22,000 a day.
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. All kinds of fruit promise a big erop
In Josephine ' county.
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"If alheur county," says the Ontario
Enterprise, "is fast becoming noted for
the production of mammoths of all veri
ties and - species. Mrs. R. D. Orser of
Owyhee sent to this office this week
sn egg of a late fall Plymouth Rock
pullet which measured H by I Inches
in circumference."- 1" "
- The new Helix Herald seems to be
happy. , ( ! .... . i
Baks Oven correspondence of Kent Re
corderi - Quite a few Improvements will
bs msds on Bake Oven XlaOJfctJlMr.
future. , ' - .
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- A -ercatnery. company, wtll be organ
ised at Echo. r .
Sclo News: Fruit tree ar now In
full ' blossom-and do fMS-show -much
Injury-from frost Prunes ar now In
full bloom. -.- '
LEWIS AND CLARK .
- At CelltO rpldS.-- - - - -- 7
Aprll 17 The neat day Captain Clark
sent Wlllard and Crusatte to inform
us that h was still unable to purchase
any horses, but Intended going as
far as ' th fcneeshur village today,
whence h would return to meet us
tomorrow at th Bkllloot village. In
the evening the principal chief of ths
Chllluckittequawa cams to see us ac
companied by .12 of his nation, and,
hearing that w wanted horses, prom
ised to meet us at th narrows with
some for sal. '
service of this city Is not what It should
be? Over S( per cent of the clerks have
resigned within a yesr or so. and still
there are more to follow. , . , x.
F 0MGbT aDEJJGHTS
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MAKES GIffiSHAM DUN IN 16 MINUTES
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Speed records for automobiles In th
lclnity of Portland were broken yes
torday by the big "Thomas Flyer" tour
ing car of R. Becker, which made ths
trip" from ' Portland to Oresham in 1
minutes. The distance Is 14 miles.
Annual
Session cf 1
Woman's
Pacific V
Presbyterian
North
- Society Begin Wednesday
THREE STATES CO VERED
: BY THE CONFERENCE
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Eleven. Missionaries Arc Maintained
by This Branch Mis Fraser of
JCalifornia.toJBJDn.oLtheCbJef
Speakers.' , " ' ' '
The Woman's North Paciflo Presby
terian, board of missions will hold Its
eighteenth- annual meeting in the First
Presbyterian church tomorrow and
Thursday. The seaslons begin at t:30
o'clock - tomorrow - morning, -continuing
through" ths day, with a popular meet
ing in the-evening. -- Morning and after
noon sessions will continue : through
thursday. '
The t-rrltory Included in -thl board
cover "Oregon.' "Washington "and-North-srn
Idaho. Mrs. W. EL-Ladd has been
president . since its - organisation,- II
yeara ago. Mrs. K. P. Mossman Is-ths
associate president; Mrs. J. V. Mlllllgan.
corresponding . secretary; . Mrs. H. C
Campbell, recording secretary; Miss Ju
lia Hatch, general field secretary, and
Mrs. J. W. Ooss, treasurer. .- The secre
taries arer Mrs. H.C- Campbell,- Mra
E. P. Mossman, Mrs. James Wilson, Mrs.
J. V. MUUgan, Mrs. Mary E. Btsels, Mrs.
E. P. Oeary. Miss Edna Protsman. Mra.
C. R. Tsmpleton, Mra E. C. Protsman,
Mrs. W. J. Honeyman, Mra. c. w. nays.
Miss Julia Hatch and Miss Mabel Ooaa
The board support 11 missionaries
In th field, five of these being in th
horn work and six in to foreign.
Th chief speaker of th convention
will be Mis Julia K. Fraser, field sec
retary for th Pacific coast board. She
t a California woman, well versed In
bar work and thoroughly at home with
mission problems. - At tomorrow s ses
sion she will speak on various phases
of home mission , work, including the
Mexican, Mormon, Indian and . foreign
Immigrant branches of work,
The full program for .tomorrow morn
ing will be:- f
Convening- of board -at :J0- o'clock,
devotions led by Miss Helen W. Clark
of Neah Boy,, Washington": greeting by
president Mra W. S. Xadd; response,
Mrs. - A. Robinson of Hillsboro;. re
portsrecording secretary, Mrs. . J. V.
Milllgan; treasurer, Mrs. J. W. Gross;
corresponding secretary, Mrs. Jams O.
Wilson; bos secretary, Mra. Walter J.
Honeyman;.. field secretary, Miss Julia
Hatch.
The appointment of standing and spe
cial committee will follow the presen
tation of annual reports and ths read
ing of the mlnutea will close the morn
ing session. At 1 o'clock a confersnes
of ths board of officers will be held.
The afternoon and evening program Is:
1 :S0 Devotional service, prayer led
by Mrs. Mary B. Steels, Besttle.
1:00 Report secretary of T. P. 8.
C. E.. Miss Edna Protsman; secretary
for united study, Miss Mabel Ooss; sec
retary for women's societies, Mra J.
V. -Milllgan); - hymn 70S; - addresses
("China," Mra John W. Mstesr; The
Mexicans," Miss Julia Fraser; "Neah
Bay Mission," Miss Helen W. Clark)';
"What Has Helped M Moat Today T":
hymn tit; minute.
4:00 Prayer and benediction. .
1:00 p. m. Rev. J. R. Wilson, D. D.,
presiding; opening exercises; address,
"Foreign Immigration,"-Miss Julia Fra
ser, Paciflo coast field secretary for
Women's Board of Home Missions; of
fering; hymn Hl-T--,vr,:.j,
; ' - Leaves All to Wife. :
Th-will of - thelate Peder MaUon.
who- died March IS, was probated in th
county cour yesterday. All real
and personal property 1 left to th
widow, 'Hanna Matson. 8IX children ar
left nothing. The estate I said to b
worth 117,000.; Mrs. Matson was ap
pointed - by - County Judge Lionel ' R.
Webster ss sxecutrlx of the will, snd
Carl J, Renhard. C F. Pearson and O,
Carlson were appointed appraisers of
ths estate. T. . ' " . , "7
.'. Cottar drove W safes Local Trala.
SpeeUI Dtasetch te Tbe- JeornsL)
Cottag Grove, April 17. At th regu
lar meeting of th Commercial club,
Monday Bight, steps war taken to In
crease the membership. - The club In
structed ths secretary to writs ths
Southern Paciflo officials in Portland
and endeavor te get th evening local
to eome thl far.. Thl would he a great
advantage for our town, ss th wsy it
Is a parson must take two day te go
to Eugen and return. ..
nission BOARD TO
: CONVENE
Tiller 1 th nam eft an Interesting
snd developing locality . la Douglaa
county. . . .. , . i- ...
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. B. Becker's Touring Car, Wbfch Broke ' Record.
. For a portion of th Journey the big
machln traveled at th rat of a mil
a minute. Th road la said to be th
best , In th vicinity of Portlsnd for
speed efforts and was In perfect condi
tion yesterday.- ; -
Th machine 1 the biggest) that has
BREWERS' ARGUMENT IS
: very mra v
So Impresses Councilmen That
' They Delay Taking Away
"Eschle's Saloon License. -
The: llauor license committee again
postponed action on the petition to re
voke the license of August JBschls, whd
conduct a saloon within 400- feet -of
th block On which the'Holmsn school.
In South Portland, la'lqoatsd. In viola
tlon of th elty charter. Several mem
bers of ths committee favored Ignoring
th charter provision snd - permitting
the saloon to remain jn its present lo
cation. - - ' -. ' '
Councilman Vaughn declared that the
city attorney had aald that ths saloon
wa being conducted In "violation of
the law." and urged hi fellow-member
to do what was right --
Attorney K. C. Bronaugh. who reside
In South . Portland. . said . that - th sa
loon had long been a curse and that
th residents had vainly pleaded with a
former council to revoke ths license.
He declsred there could be no question
Of. th lw regarding the "location of
saloons - within 100 feet of a school
block, and that th,. saloon - of Eschle
was far within that distance of the
Holman school., .; . .,
Paul - Wsssinger, msnagsr of . the
Wetnhard " brewery, . pleaded TEschle's
cause, and his argument appeared - to
have tjonsiderable weight' with " mem
bers of the . committee. .. Vaughn de
sired t take a deeislv vote on th
matter in-order to place the members
of the "committee on record, but An
nand. Shepherd and Masters urged ths
postponement ' of - aotion pending the
preparation of a legal opinion On the
matter by th city sttorney, although
the letter had told th committee that
there was no queatlon that ths saloon
waa being run In violation of th char
tar. It was finally decided to postpone
action untH ths next meeting of th
committee. ...... ,
- Jacob Bauer, whoss lloens to conduct
a saloon on Mllwaukl tret within 400
feet of th Brooklyn school wss re
voked last week, waa granted another
llcenst yesterday to open a saloon' 110
feet from tbs school. . . . i
- Brigade to- Arew 'tgTass.'---'-'- -The
Centenary Boys' brigade"" has
planned a very attractive program, -consisting
of military -drills by the brlgsde
and a flower drill by a company of girls,
also select readlnge and music: Th
entertainment will be given in 'ths Sunday-
school -room or-Centenary-M. a
church, East Ninth snd Pine streets,
Friday, April iO. at 7:10c m. 1
COTTAGE GROVE COUNCIL
. DEFERS LIGHT MATTER
1' (Rpeelal Dispatch to The Journal.) . .
Cottage Grove, Or., April 17. At a
special meeting of the elty- council last
night much business of Interest waa
transacted Mr. Hardy of the Willam
ette Valley Electric company was pres
ent with Mr. Hall and they submitted a
proposition to ths council to furnish
light and electric power for ths" elty for
a term of SO years. .
Ths council did not tak action on
the proposed franchise, but laid It over
till the first meeting night In May, as
many wished -to further consider the
proposition. '
Mr. Hall fully explained the matter
and said great thing were laid Out for
Cottage Grove and vicinity.-: 1-
Does your baking powder
contain alum ? Look upon
the labeL Use only a powder
whose label, shows it to be
made with cream of tartars
- NOTESafcty lies in buying
only the , Royal caking Powder
which ;is the best cream of tartar
baking powder that can be had f
sver been s brought to the northwest
snd Is said to be on of th finest on
th coast It Is equipped with i It
horsepowsr machine, which is tested to
k mil a minute rat before it la per
ml t ted to- leave th shops.-- Ths ma
chine . aeeommodatss seven : persona .
PORTLAND SECOND CITY 0J(
- COAST-FOR -TRADE :
Representative of Big Shoe Firm
; Likes This City Best anc -"?T...
Inveattweiit. Probabler'
. Inthe near future PortUnd may beli:
mad th distributing point for th Pa
cine coast of one. of the largest shoe
manufactories- la the-east. Also, It ia -possible
that a . large warhoua will -be
erected on some sit not yet agreed
upon. Thle wee revealed today by Ed
ward A. Tllllnghast. connected with A '
prominent shoe company of Lowell,
Massachusetts. " Mr. TlUlnghaat 1 m
ths city for the purpose of looking over
the ground. He has visited the prin
cipal elttea of the ooeat wlthla the past
two months. -
"f am pleased - with PorUand." said
Mr Tllllnghast "and think that It ls
ths coming city of ths cos st second
only to San Francisco. Its growth and
development ia splendid. Our company J
Is looking for a location for a whole-"
sale house snd distributing depot for '
the coast While it is not fully de
termined. I may say that it Is probable--that
Portland -wtll be the city- select d
for.th purpose... We have under con- .
slderatlon several building sltss In this)
city. .
"We . expect to reach practicably... a
new trade territory en the coast -by e-
tabllshing a branoa la. a coast city and
giving -our customers the ad van tags of
th difference In freight Wherever we
establish w shall build a modern ware- -house
and office building. . Th building
will necessarily be large, as wa will ':
keep stored therein a complete stock -
snd serve Pacific coast patrons from th . ..
branch.'- It Is Impossible--say where .
we will build If we locate In. Portland.
but 1t will be somewhere where w -get
th advantage of a railway spur,". . .. .
M'MAINES FINED AND
t SENTENCED TO JAIL
"' ' (BpeHal'Dlspetrli to Ths Jovasl.)
Corvaills, Or., AprU 17-Merwin Mo
Main, on of the clubmen of this city
who waa surrendered to th sheriff by
his bondsmsn April 6 and lodged in the .
county. Jail, has pleaded jruiltyjo ,having
sold liquor. In violation of th local op
tlon law and has been entened to pay
a 150 fine and to serve five days im
prisonment. The other oases against,
th club ar pending on appeal to th
upreme eourt. .:-":r--
aa Couaty Oat of Debt.
(Slieelsl Dispatch to The Jearaal.)
- l-.ugen. Or., AprH-tT. county -
urer R. B. Eastland has Issued a call
for all outstanding county warrants,
registered up to April IS. Thus Lane
county Is out of debt ths first tims ia
many ysars. .
.Th county treasurer yesterday sent
to th state treasurer - Lan - county e -share
of th state taxes,, which amounts
to IW.437 I0. , , . ..
Tamhin'a Btaglstratloa. .
- (SpseUI ntsofteh te Ths Journal.)
McMlnnvllle.TSr., April 17. Th total
Mglatratlon in Yamhill county for th
primary election 1 1,914. Th precinct
of North Nawberg ha th largest regis- .
tratlon, the number being 282.. Morris
Valley Is least, with IS. Th reaerva-
tlon prectnet ha a ragtatratlon of JI.
The last petition filed was that of
W. A. Howe, Carlton, on. April 4. for.
state senator from Yamhill on. the Re
publican ticket. r. -