The Oregon daily journal., October 12, 1906, Page 3, Image 3

THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY EVBNINO, OCTOBER U, ltOO,
LEGISLATURE 10, WRESTLE WITH THE
FREE TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM
COPS RARE SIGHT
ON EASTSIDE
Five Policemen Supposed to
Guard Twenty Square Miles
of Populated Territory.
Passes Uksjy to Be the Subject
jf Many Warm Debates and
Much Legislation.
NEW TRANSPORTATION
BILL WILL START IT
Clause Dealing With Free P
Promises to Call Forth U
Amount of Activity Among Solon
When They OatHer at Capitol.
Th free pas, granted by the rail
road to officeholders "with the hope
of future reward and simply as a cour
tesy," is destined to cause the legisla
tors of Oregon some serious considera
tion, not to mention possible loss of
breath and temper, when the legislature
convenes In something- more than two
months from now. And the settlement
of the free paae question Is liable to be
the cause of the Oregon anions spend
ing at least some part of their mileage
allowances for railroad fare Instead of
salting u down er giving It to their
wives or the Salem landlords, as has
generally held good in years now past
Public sentiment and the chamber of
commerce will try to work these
changes In legislative perquisites by the
incorporation of an anti-pass provision
in the railroad commission law which
is now being drafted by the transports
tlon committee of the chamber. The
chamber of commerce, with Its ear to
the ground, has been harkenlng to what
the mass of the people want, so the
managers think, and from the whlassr
thus heard they have received courage
to plunge lato railroad legislation.
The committee is now at work oa a
general rnBroad bill, the chief purport
of which Will be the re-creation of a
state railroad commission, but one of
the principal subdivisions of ths bill
wll relate to the anti-pass regulations.
According to ths plan now being marked
out It wlU be made unlawful for any
railroad to issue any kind of a pass to
any person holding state, county or
municipal office within, the Oregon
boundenes, or for any public servant.
elected or appointed to office to receive,
hold or use any such pass that might
be leeued.
It la the Intention of the committee
to submit a provision to ths chamber,
which will In turn see that the legisla
ture paases upon It, that will be broad,
comprehensive and far-reaching In ef
fect, and will effectually. regulate all
pass objections and abuses. The new
federal lew, now soon to govern all
lnterstste paasss and transportation
questions, will In all probability be used
as a stsndard by the committee from
which to work. The Oregon law and
the federal law will dovetail by this
arrangement, the one governing lnter-stats-business,
the other state.
mm win soon se meady.
The- first draft of the railroad com-
mission bill will soon be ready for the
examination of the different members
of the committee. Each of these will
study It, digest It, and report such
amendments and changes ss may seem
to him necessary. The bill will then 1m
redrafted and sent to the chamber f
commerce for Ite ratification. Again :t
may be changed, but In the end a care
fully prepared bill will be ready for
some legislator to fsther it. This foster-father,
it Is said, has already been
selected by the expectant parents and
Is ready to assume its guardianship
thsough what Is undoubtedly destined
to be a very strenuous childhood.
What the legislature will do to this
anti-pass provision Is hard to predict,
but from the straws thst are beginning
to blow It can be foresaid that It will
not be surreptitiously killed and burled.
The members of the two houses are
beginning to stt up and listen to the
rumble of the approaching debate.
OnC man who Is s prominent member
of the Mouse had a few words to ssy
ob the anti-pass question today.
"I choose for the present," he aald,
Bmonaother things, "to discuss this
question Incognito. It Is not that I
am afraid to come oat In the open put
Just now I am too busy to begin any
public rough house.
"I want to say. however, that I am
opposed to free passes. I don't Ilka
a em. Not that they are Intrinsically
d, but becauss they sre an Insidious
thing. They sre given as a courtesy but
they serve to place the holder under an
unspoken end unadmitted but existing
obligation.
"I don't say that all man who hold
passes would unduly favor a railroad,
but then moat of them would be in
clined to give tasm the benefit of .the
doubt
The railroads." continued the
speaker, turning to another tack, "argue
that it Is courtesy alone which prompts
the issuaaee of passes, but why Is It
that the shipper, the jobber and many
man who bring business to the roads
always pay their own far, while every
officeholder who may, either directly or
indirectly, have soma say over law mak
ing, franchise granting or any railroad
regulation receives an annual paas upon
hla election or appointment T Why la
it also that this annual Is revoked so
quickly when the holder's term of efftce
expires 7
ays
"Ths railroad paas Is demoralising
Bo Is the street oar pass and all other
psaaea ad I do not tttlnk the publto
official should receive them and be
subjected to their temptation. I know
that the commission bill is being
worked out, and that the anti-pass pro
vision will be one of its main features,
snd I wflt vote both for the creation
of ths commission and the enactment
of the sntl-pass clause. The last is of
a much Imortaac as the first In my
opinion. The time haa come when the
public demand that its servants ab
stain from ths appearance of evil, and
they cannot hold free passes on the
railroad and do that I think the legis
lature will pass the commission law, and
, v. nlnnaa , I i u anil knU 1 r 1
of other railroad legislation which will j
lenn to msso im rstui'aua utuuui inu
Lrlghtful place, not ss the owners but rite
servants of the public, receiving the
proper hire for what they furnish and
no more."
RESIDENTS PROTESTING
AGAINST POOR SERVICE
Half of Portland's Population and
Twenty Saloon in District Where
Policeman Is So Rarely Seen He Is
Real Curiosity.
"STEEL POINTS" MAKES ITS
flHST APPEARANCE
William Gladstone Steel Comes
Forth as Man Who Loves
Lakes snd Mountains.
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Steel Points, a msgsslns of optimism
and naturs, haa Just made its Initial
appearance, edited by William Gladstone
Steel, y will be published "occasion
ally" and ths next number will appear
about Christmas tlms and will have to
do largely with Cra ten lake. The moun
tain la the hobby of the editor, who
expresses his sentiment In his open
ing statement as follows:
'Steel Paints is a wee bit of a maga
zine, published at Portland, Oregon,
occasionally, by Dllllam Gladstone Steel,
a crank who doesn't know any better
than to love the mountains, lakes,
streams and forests snd who for SO
years haa been seeking and classifying
Information pertaining to the mountains j
of the Pacific northwest, besides now '
and then picking up snd filing away a ,
clipping about other thing. He is not i
seeking to make a fortuhe In the print
ing business, but merely hopee to make J
other crank like hlmaelf. Tbl copy '
la a fair sample of what may be ex- I
pocted. The next number will appear
about Christmas time and will be prin
cipally, devoted to Crater lake. In south-
to dlBCuSsa'd m the first
ntagaslns is Portland and
t population. In this article, Mr.
Steel places the present population of
Portland at 185,195. according' to the
estimate of the new elty directory, and
calculated from the rate of Increase
since 18TO when the city had In
habitants up to ths present time he
forecasts ths population In 1 10 at 1(4,
000. The article alio hewa by the bua
Ineas record of the city that Portland
stands at the top of the commercial
list for any northwest city.
Five policeman are expected to cover
SO square miles of territory containing
more than half the population of Port
land. Such haa been the condition on
the eaat aid for the paat few weeks, or
sinoe the grstnhandlara atrlk began.
The entire east fids from midnight
last night was guarded by three patrol
men. On the flrat relief, from 4 p. as.
to midnight, there were five officer oa
duty there; while on the day relief, from
S a. m. to 4 p. m., four officer guarded
th entire eaat side of ths river. Dur
ing the first night relief yesterday, from
4 p. m. to midnight, one officer had the
territory from Sullivan's gulch to Bast
Morrison street and from the river to
East Twentieth street. This district
contains ths principal east side busi
ness district and has no less than SO
saloons la It. Prom Beat Morrison
street to the southern limits of the city
was guarded by a Ion officer. Upper
and Lower Alblna each bad but on
patrolman. While th Union avenue
district, north to Wood lawn, was looked
after by a single policeman. After mid
night three men were on duty, covering
the entire eaat aid.
In soms section of the east aids a
policeman is rarely seen, unlees an oc
casional glimpse is had of a, mounted
officer galloping along a suburban
street The city haa TS patrolmen that
may be detailed for active patrol duty.
Of these the eaat side gets lees than SO
per cent.
Blast aiders are wondering If the time
will ever come when they ere to have
anything like adequate police protec
tion. No blame la attached to th po
lice department, a It la recognized that
the best possible disposition Is made
with th force at band.
crn faaasrnti."
number of the
Buffalo Convention.
On account of the big convention of
Christian churches at Buffalo October
IS to 17, the Canadian Pacific haa made
a rate of $04.50 for the round trip.
Tickets on sale October 6 and (. Long
time limit. Make your sleeping ear
reservations now. Doubts daily train
servloe. For further particulars, call
on or adCress F. R. Johnson, F. A P.
A.. 14S Third street, Portland. Oregon.
Building
Th folowlng building permits have
been Issued: Q. B Bruere, two-story
dwelling. Twenty-fourth, between North
run and Oveyton, cost, 14,000; F. O.
Schneider, repairs, Ohio between Ban
croft snd Hamilton avenues, cost. 1400;
W. Cooper Moore, repairs. Twelfth arid
Harrlaon, coat, $560; L, H. McKenney.
repairs. Missouri avenue, corner Msson,
cost, $100: B J. J arrow, two-atory
dwelling, Alnaworth, corner Vancouver
avenue, cost, tS.000; Minnie W. Lee,
one-story dwelling. Bast Forty-sixth,
near Hawthorne avenue, cost, $1,100;
Charles Oberg, one-story ' dwelling.
Borthwlck. corner Cook avenue, coat,
$1,600; H. Kraft, two-story dwell
ing, Fargo. between Rodney and
Williams svenuee, coat, $1,000;
F. Blckel, re aire. Front between Burn
side and Couch, cost $175; A. O. Long,
barn. Fourth between Sherman and Ca
ruthera, cost. $100; Phllo Hoibrook, re
pairs, first between Madison end Jef
ferson, cost $75; L. Carlson, one-story
dwelling, Wallace between Hawthorne
North avenues, coat $700; W. F. Fischer,
two-atory dwelling, Bast Thirteenth be
tween Bast Davis and Eaat Couch, coot
$1,400; Multnomah Trunk Box com
pany, dock and mill. Beat Water be
tween Beat Taylor and Beat Yamhill,
cost $1,000: Mount Hood Brewery, re
pairs. Front, corner Columbia, coat $900;
Blake, McFall A Co.. concrete vaalt.
Front between Oak and Pine, coet
$1,000; Pacific State Telephone com
pany, repair, Weat Park between Alder
and Morrison, cost $5,004; L. W. Mach
Isr, one-story dwelling. Belmont be
tween Ksst Twentlsth snd Beat Twenty
first, cost $1,815.
Q. H. Buckmnn. two-story dwelling.
Bast Twelfth, between Clinton and Di
vision, coet, 11,404: Strowbrldge estate,
repair. Second, between Tamhill and
Morrison, coat, $1,544; L Sauer, two
atory dwelling. Russell, between Union
and Rodney avenues, cost, (1.844; C
Spiegel, two one-story dwellings, Man
hattan, between Kankakee and Beat
Ninth, cost, $1,400 each: B. B. Flnnlgan,
repair. Sixth, between Sheridan - and
Csru there, cost, (1.444; Martin Winch,
repair. Second, between Weahirhrton
and Stark, coat, (144; Jacob Kamm. re
pair. Third, between Tamhill and Mor
rison, cost, (1.544) J. Cypher, one-story
dwelling, Clevelsnd, corner Alberta, cost,
$1,00; D. Bardowlck, one-atory dwell
ing, Milwaukee, between Rhone and
Bismarck, cost, (744, U M. Stegner. one
atory dwelling. Michigan avenue, be
tween Sumner and Patton. eoat, $700
r. Nlttsobke, srt faetory. Union avenue,
comer Best Irving, cost. (1,1(0: W. H.
Holt, repairs. East Davla, bewteen Beat
Fourteenth and Beat Fifteenth, coet,
7l; Perkins, repairs. First, between
Curry and Pnnoyr, coat, ($44; W. L
Nash, barn. Hawthorne avenue, between
Bast Thirty-fifth and Marguerite ave
nue, coet, J144.
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Residents, of University Park are
aroused over th prospect ef two deep
cut being made by the railway 11a
crosalng the peninsula to reach the
bridge that the Hill linee are now build
ing across the Columbia river. The
north bank road haa already announoed
It Intention of making a (4-foot Out
and now comae the aurvey of the O.
R. S N. Co. Seattle line through Uni
versity Park to connect with lie river
aide branch near Columbia university.
While the O. R. N. people have an
nounoed that they propose to croee th
peninsula through a tunnel, the Uni
versity Park residents don't take much
stock In ths story. On the contrary,
they believe that it nam another deep
gash across ths peninsula, such ss Is
proposed by ths Hill line.
' "We ahall make a fight against s
second cut if it is undertaken," said
W. J. Peddicord, president of the. Uni
versity Park Improvement league. "We
shall watoh this matter and take such
action as we deem neoesssry should a
cut be started. A tunnel through the
peninsula would be th proper thing
and nobody will object to that; In fact,
the Hill line , ought to be forced to
bore a tunnel forlheir line."
Councilman Kellaher and Bennett
have agreed to make an effort to have
grade established on the street In th
vicinity ft the gravel pits at North
Mount Tabor, as a meena of protecting
the property adjacent to the pita, It is
from this point that the Pacific Bridge
company is dally hauling hundreds of
oublo yard of material to put In th
fill on Union avenue and Goldsmith
street It Is thought that by establish
ing th grades of Villa avenue and
Abercroraby street moat Of the homes
end property of the immediate district
can be protected from the future en
croachment of the excavators. Manager
Simon haa Installed heavy machinery
and 1 cutting a second silos through
the pit which will bring it down to
a level with th land on the north aide.
Should the company undertake to dig
lower and cause a deep excavation be
low the surroundings, ths same action
will probably be taken here that was
resorted to la Woodlawn to stop ex
cavations th; that Is, passage of as
ordinance forbidding the use of Mount
Tabor gravel on the street fills of ths
city.
The commission framing ths new
charter for St Johns Is making good
progreaa. Probably on fourth of th
work has been completed. City Attor
ney Greene, a member of the charter
commission, says that th preent char
ter la being taken up section at a Ume
and revised to suit present conditions.
'Special care," aald Mr. Greene, - 'la
being taken In framing that part per
taining to street Improvements. A sec
tion similar to the one In the Seattle
charter, which gives the council large
powers la all street Improvements, will 1
prove of great nenent to Bt. jone.
That 8t Johns is not a vlhage, but.
a growing olty, la the position taken
by the charter commission, and they
are guided In their work by that fact
It will probably be January 1 before
the new charter Is ready to be sub
mitted to the people for ratification.
Under the law adopted at the last gen
eral election, the cltlee now have the
power to make their own law, It no
longer being neceaaary to go
legtalatur for a new charter.
to the
The usual Sunday morning services
at th Third Presbyterian church. Eaat
Thirteenth and Eaat Pins streets, will
be conducted by the pestor, Rev. A. J.
Montgomery, who Is out of the city but
will return tomorrow. There will be
no Sunday evening service at this
church, as th congregation will unit
with that of th First Prssbyterlan
church for th occasion.
The city engineer 1 of th opinion
that the Union avenue fill ha settled
to th point where It will hold s coating
of crashed reck, which will be put on
as soon as poasibl. Th remainder of
the Union avenue fill, aouth to Belmont
street, will be completed at once.
Sumner Post NO. 11, G. A. R . hai
rented th sround floor Of the Odd Fl
low' building oa Grand avenue and
Bast Pin street which will be Imme
diately fitted us as a post hall. For
14 ysars Sumner post met on the third
floor of the Ross building on Union
avenue. The aged veterans wars begin
ning to find that climbing two flights
of stairs was too mush of a hardship,
snd they are pleased at ths prospect of
a ground floor hall.
Scarcity of labor and building mate
rial 1 aerloualy delaying building opera
tion at St. John and elsewhere on the
peninsula. Ths Hoibrook block, on Jer
sey and Burlington streets, that should
have been finlshsd two months ago,
haa dragged along all eummer and the
end not yet In sight Ths C. Gee Woo
and the Stein structures are both behind
contract time. Contracts were made to
leas all theee buildings months ago,
and- tenant are anxloua to get into
them. But with half crews at work,
and they handicapped for want of ma
terial, there Is no telling when the
buildings will be ready for occupancy.
St Johns Is gradually taking on met
ropolitan aire. Ths latest addition la
ths adoption of an ordinance creating
a board of he-lth, whose duty will be
to keep a record of births, marriages,
death and contagious diseases. Dr.
K. W. Rosstter is the head of the newly
created board.
MRS. EMMONS BLAINE NOW
TEACHING SCHOOL .
Accepts Invitation to Place on
Faculty of Institution
She Endowed.
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Chicago, Oct 11. Society, which long
ago despaired of tempting Mr. Emmons
Blaine Into Its fold. Is not surprised to
hear her latest move. She has at last
followed her natural bent and taken a
position on thai faculty of th school
whloh she endowed a Tew years ago. in
the place of the assistant principal
who haa been given a long holiday on
account of illness.
For veers Mrs. Blaine haa been inter
ested In pedagogy and a largs portion
of her fortune haa gone toward the
establishment and endowment of
schools. She believes thoroughly In the
methods of the late Francla W. Psrker
and ths Institution In which aha Is now
a teacher was named after htm and Is
run on tns lines he prescribed.
Her only child. Emmons, grandson of
James O. BTslns, and of Cyrua. McCor
nnck, founder of the greet harvesting
machine company. Is being educated
within this school. Mrs. Blaine le said
to have been de'.lghted at the Invitation
to teach in the school, which sbs
started with (1.444.444.
gTi.so Okloago asut Rslaia STLJI
gar so St Semis and sVetara SeTJo
On October ll and II the Great
Northern railway will have on sals ex
cursion talcketa a above, tickets allow
14 day to reach destination and good
for return until November l, stop
over allowed wltnln limit, tickets good
going vis Great Northern railway, re
turning asm or any direct route. For
ticket, sleeping ear reservation or any
additional Information call on or ad
dre H. Dlckaon. G. P. A T. A, 1(1
Third afreet Portland.
PARSIFAL IS COMING
TO HEILIQ THEATRE
To those who are not familiar with
the legend of the "Holy Grail" and
lntsnd being present st ths perform
ance of "Parstfal" at the Helllg theatre
on the nights of October It. 14 and 11,
it woufd not be out of place to suggest
that thsy could read up on the subject
before that date to their advantage. In
doing -so they will not only experience
the pleasure of th delightful feeding,
but thay will also considerably enhance
their appreciation and enjoyment of the
beautiful saeetacl Itself. There
plenty ef good material on ths subject
thst can be secured st say flrat -class
booksellers or libraries.
BLACK EAGLE COAL
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EAST '
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to Ohloago aad
On October 11 and II the O. R N.
Co. will ssll round trip tickets to Chi
cago at a rat of (Tl.(4, and to St.
Louis for 167 60. mia i tn last or
a series or reoucea rates 10 eastern
point offered to the public during the
paat summer and fall. Full particulars
raerardlng routes, sleeping-car service.
etc., by calling upon C. W. Stinger, City
Ticket Agent, Third aad Washington
streets, Portland.
F. B. Jones 4 Co. P 181 L Water Street
White Sewing Machine Agency
Phone Main 6102
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THE ASHES OP A OAS PIRB
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With a gas stove you simply strike a match,
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There's no waste of fuel
no waste of heat
no dirt
no drudgery
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The Gas Stove NOT ONLY SAVES LABOR
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FUta and Yamhill Streets
Showrooms open Saturday
evening until 9:30