THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, SATURDAY EVENING. APRIL 27, 1S07. JUST WHAT BRIDGE - Correspondent Ask Journal What Tax Is Doing for Development of City and Receives Answer He Believes Portland Need ', . T. Not Act on Advice of Some Municipalities. v OREGON DEBATERS VANQUISH OPPONENTS AT SALT LAKE Why Wsls .u gvi 3 I , nflUrlng; l-Tlukt la al Journal i Fred C Denton write to Th Journal In relation to th bridge, tax and the 'free Water" amanflment M follows Th popl of Portland hava glvea their confidence to The Journal because It haa Bought to do fairly by the In terest of the community and not truckle to any predatory combination of apeclal privileged classes when pub llo questions cam up for discussion and aattlement "Now, whatever mistakes have been mad in tba drafting of the free water ordinance. It 1 before the people and no reconsideration of the city council can affect that - fact. The Journal in its discussion of this measure is expected by its thousands of readera among- the worklna- and home-owning class to be fair and to give both aide without aid, stepping or veiled, deception. Therefore they are asking in their conversations question of the following purport: "Why doe not Th Journal publish the charter section in full wblcar pro vide for the two-mill bridge UxT la It a fsot that this section give th city eouncll power to build bridge for the atreet railway and cnarge inem and la It a fact that up to date all the use made of It? Is The tandlng In for the taxpayer civin a two-mill levy to the Portland street railway company; with which to - build us bridges? Not job your uie: Question Water Board. ' "What have the men composing the v water board done with the-sum of " money collected ' by ' them from tne ' householders? I it a fact,' or not, that many thousands of dollars have been ,- taken to build water' mains - through .. tracts of vacant lota at no expense to the owners, yet to the manifest en hancement of the value placed on those lots? ; - -i "Will The Journal give us thee facts? It has given them la the past. -and it can be depended on to do so . again, can't it? ; v . "Doe th free water amendment pro vide for the doing awey with - uoh graft and will It enable the eltiaen of Portland to get the best water fur nished -any city in the United State ' at coat without being made to pay for raafn extended to friends, favorite and addition boomer T "If th two-mill tax 1 necessary The Journal will show u and If the free water proposition la evil In itself The Journal will ehow wherein that evll lies. What harm will come to th man v ef small means, the man with a rented flat or a little borne In th suburbs. If bis , water bills aro reduced three fourth by reason of th fund collected no longer being devoted to extending the main In 160.000 clip to property owned ' by men amply able to pay for the service? .What would Th Journal say to a proposition to have the eity taxed to extend the gaa. mains for th gaa company? Let us ,play fair. -If there la merit in the free water amend- ment the people can be fooled at best ' but two year. If the much-talfced-of two-mill bridge tax 1 a dirty echeme ito get aomething-from -the people r nothing The Journal will lose In the . long run If It even appear to stand for ttr - If tt-IH'iK' a trfr'iw aa-actnaltv necessary for the development of the eKy it an be yeenacted tvery easily be fore 'the next Cltr election - afte the coming one. "'. . ," rortlaaa -shea e 6tar. ' '1'. '.Oregon-haa . stepped ahead of other etatea .and -Portland ahead of. other cltlo tt bringing' the government oloser to the people. -That other eitlea of .like ' els and situation have not had free water and their governing bodies think It impractical and cranky I no reason against it..' Some year -ago Oregon and Portland adopted direct legislation which any grafting set of officeholders in the -country would have pronounced to be a moat foollrh and chimerical piece of anarchy.- la Oregon to take advice from Philadelphia which grovels and wallow In graft with the delight of a hog in a wiU trought ' Are we to listen to th notoriously corrupt Chi cago boodlers? Shall we ask. for the Ruef gang of confessed boodlers in con trol of stricken Ban Francisco as to what we shall do with our water sys tem ? -Let ua have the proposed water Ordinances and amendment published and debated on their merit. The peo ple have a right to expect this of Th Journal." ( ' t ' In accordance with The oorrespond .ent's request. The Journal publishes herewith the portion of th city char ter and of ordinance lioss which re late to 'the bridge tax. The question which ' he ask are answered in an editorial which appear in this Issue. Th charter provision ' creating the fund for building brldgea I embodied In an amendment to section 114 and was adop.te1 by vote of the people in the last city election,- It is a -follows: ' rid Tax Amendment. . : "The council also ha the power and authority, at 4ha same time the other annual levy or levies of taxes are made, a provided In this section, to levy and collect annually, in addition to all the tax or taxes hereinbefore authorised, ! special tax not exceeding two mills on each dollar, valuation of the prop erty In said city for th ' purpose of paying for the 'construction of bridges In said city, and said taxee ahall be 1 apportioned to a fund to b known a the "PpeclaJ Bridge fund;" said special bridge fund shell be used only for the purpose of paying for the con struction of bridge In said city, else where than- aoroaa th Willamette liver, the estimated eost - of . which br hald city shall not be lees than flt.OOO each, and also for th purpose of paying for snr bridge or : bridge not acroea th Willamette river which were con structed 1n and by said city, during th year lt04 or which are now under course of construction under eontraot with mid city and which have not been pail for prior to January 1. 1001; pro vided, that tat provision shall not be conatrued ao a to Include - elevated roadway, tramway or any structure other than bridge across gulche and ravin." ,, For the purpose of earn-in- out th provision of thl charter amendment the council made the following enact ment ordinance ,11081. Sec T): - tree Kauway rroviatoas, . "whenever daring or after the con struction of any. line of railway au thorised by thl ordinance It la neces sary to construct any bridge or ele vated roadway In any street along such line Of railway, said Portland Railway company. It successor and assign, hall pay one-fourth of th coat of th construction of such bridge or elevated roadway, excepting the superstructure thereof (the superstructure being un derstood to be composed of the string er, decking or . flooring. If any, and surface paving and planking? and said railway company and It successor and assigns shall also pay th whole cost of constructing that portion of tih uperstructure - of such bridge ' or. ele vated roadway a is Included between the rail of th track and on foot on th outside of said rail, and between the tracks, if : there be two tracks, provided th apace between the two tracks from rail to rail be not more than -1x -feet tirT Width and'ther'eafter daring the existence of the rights grant ed, by, this ordinance1 said railway com pany. Us successor and aaxlgna, shall pay one-fourth of the coat of .maintain ing, and repairing- such, bridge or. ele vated- .roadway, excepting such super structure thereof, and shall also pay the whole cost-of repaying, replanklng, repairing- and maintaining the same portion of such superntructurs of such bridge or elevated .roadway , for which they are required to pay the whole eoetl e Mmitniflfliui .hii.. nmiHfl M 1 It 1 also provided that where the city neglect or fall to maintain any bridge used by the company, until it become unsafe, the company upon SO days' notice may repair the bridge and deduct three-fourth of 'the cost from money owd the city by It. Further provision I made for the equitable di vision of bridge construction and main tenance ln.oaae the same atreet I oc cupied by two or more companies. mm : s v j v "v ' 1::: :, W M Y& '::',. J. C i ! F. V. Galloway. ' (Jeoraal i pedal 8rvlee. Bait take, Utah. April 17. F. V. Oal- loway and 3. "C. Veatch, th TJniveraity of Oregon debater, won the decision in debate at Barrett hall last nicbt over the University of Utah team. The vote ef the Judge was two to one. The question waa: : "Resolved, That the fifteenth amendment and section I of the fourteenth amendment to the con stitution of th United State should be repealed. It being conceded that the dlf- Vaateh-- fleulty In th way of repealing shall not enter Into th discussion." ' Th Oregon debater supported th negative. Galloway came out with ex traordinary strength and drew from the audience of stranger and adherent to hi opponents a tumult of applause. . President James T. Kingsbury of Utah university acted aa chairman. Th Judge were Judge H. P. Henderson, ax chief Justice; K. ft. Raskin and Parley L. Williams, general attorney-of the Oregon Short Line. '.,.- SWEDES TO OBSERVE THEIR , NATIONAL HOLIDAY, MAY FIRST , A Swedish Fir of May celebration will be held at the Swedish 'Lutheran church, Nineteenth- and Irvine, accord ing to old . national ' custom. . ' The different churches end societies will be represented on the program. It 1 a movement of the Swedish people tn Portland, aa a whole. .. The move ment also include interest in Daniel son and Nelson, th two - Swede oon vltd of th Ltndgren murder, and the fund derived from the celebration will go towards defraying the expenses of their defense. Thl 1 th first united mov of all th Swedish people in Port land for the observance of their na tional holiday. (1E17 RULES, FOR BUYING LANDS r; Commissioner Will Not Permit Sale of Isolated Tracts for Speculative Purposes. ' . -,-' MUST SWEAR WANTS i ; ; v LAND FOR OWN USE TAFT. IS NOT HIS MOTHER'S - CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT "(Joorael iedal Bervle. Seattle, April IT. A special to the Time from Los Angeles, ay: 1 do not want my son to be president; he 1 not my candidate," smiling declared Mrs. W. F. Tart, mother or necrexary or war TafL "Th supreme bench, where my boy would ' administer Justice, . 1 my ambition for him. HI 1 a Judicial A. you know, and he love tne law. Adm to these are gooa neaitn ana an tinfalUn rood nature." - t Mrs. Taft is tall, graceful matron f some TO years, with whom trace of rly beauty etill remain, She I proud ef her on' mental achievement, and tell of hi innate lov for the law. which causes her to see for hint aa her highest ambition a supreme Justiceship In : preference, to the highest position la th United State. "To be president 1 - a dreadful re sponsibility and a vary trying position. II ha not sought to be a candidate for It. I know that he himself do not want It, that hi view are the same a mine," continued Mr. ' Taft. "Ha I th oldest of a family of foirr. II will be BO year old In September. I have three other children," Henry W., a lawyer of New fork; Horace D., who conduct a preparatory school for boys In Connecticut, and Mr. W. A. Edward of Lo Angeles. ,' " , ' - . v "I lived In , Cincinnati to year, and all my children were born there. They are true Buckeyes. Their father came from Vermont, and I cam from Wor cester county, Massachusetts, but never- tney are true unioana. . "Mr. Taft worries greatly about hi weight He wa always a large boy, 'even when he went to college, where he waa noted aa being th largest boy there. - , . "He ha ' weighed as much as tit -pound, but whan I saw him In New Tork Just before I left he. waa weigh ing 170 and was In hope of reducing to JB0. He I under th oar of a famou specialist In London, with whom he cor respond regularly. ' With him corpu lency 1 not a disease, aa he ha always been large. It annoy him, however, that he. cannot exercise." "Who I jour candidate r Mr. Taft was aaked. .. ,. . "Ellhu Root.' ex-secretary of state," he replied. "I knew him personally, and I consider him a fine man and I am In hope that h will he th next praldnt.M . , - i, Sjr Not Par More of Isolated Tracts . of Public Lands Than ,17111 Aggre " gate 100 Acres To Benefit Home Seekers. .. - -: Exposrtion Rink Races. ' - A little extra exoltement haa been provided for th entertainment of the Exposition rink ' skater tonight In several faat race. A bicycle rider will ride a - relay race with four akatera, and there will also be match racing. No advance In prtoe. ; ...," Licensee bjr Ffah Warden- . , Astoria, Or.. April IT. Up to thia date State Fish Warden Van Duaen has Issued th following licensee s Olll net. 71: set net. It; traps, II; selns, S; canneries, lot cold storage, a. Thi number will be vastly Increased. ilfc . . . , ". fWsiblagtaa Bares ef Tke Joaraal.) . ; Washington, April 17. Commissioner Bellinger of th general land office baa Issued Instruction to registers and re ceivers of the local land office In th public land atates and territories chang ing th procedure which has heretofore obtained In. the matter of the sal of Isolated and, disconnected tracts of pub lic landa. .....-,.." v .-- -: - Hereafter the applicant applying for the sale of an Isolated tract will, in addition to furnishing th evidence here tofore required, be required to furnish an affidavit to the effect that b de sires to purchase said tract for hi own Individual us , and actual occupation and not for speculative purposes. Ap plicant will alao be limited ia the num ber of such applications of sal filed by them, and will not b permitted to apply to purchase awh tracts, in th segregate, exceeding 1(0 acre of land, which I strictly in accord with-th spirit of th homestead law. It 1 apparent- that there ha ' been some speculation in the purchase of these Isolated tract by person who. after purchase, bold ucn tract a i Investment and never take np their resi dent- on the land so purchased or at. tempt to cultivate or improve It, thus retarding the development of the com munity in wmcn tne lana I locateo. it 1 believed that thl requirement will reduce auch speculation to a minimum and conserve suoh tract to a Urge ex tant for the benefit of the bona fide home-builder. All pending application not In accord with th above will b rejeetedT. ; .5 . ; ' ; RAILROAD MAGNATE : SHOOTS HIMSELF AT SEA tearaat Rpetlal servtee.1t v New Tork, -April 2T. CapUln Lan granter of the North. German - Lloyd steamer Barbaroaaa reported laat night that David Wlloox. former president of th Delaware c Hudson' Railroad com pany, bad committed aulcld by shoot ing himself while at sea laat Wednes day. Wilcox had gon abroad to regain his health, and after being abroad for a time cabled hi resignation as presi dent of th Dataware at Hudson because hta health had not Improved. The Barbaroaaa arrived last night from Naples. When the boat went Into quarantine It waa reported that Wilcox had died of heart failure, and the an nounct :ent created, no surprise, as It waa aensrallr known that Wilcox's fhealth was poor. Subsequent Investi gation, ao ordlng to captain Lang-ranter's report, developed th fact that Wil cox had shot himself. . SUBMARINE BOAT TESTS TO BEGIN Naval Department to Begin ; Trials to Determine Best Style of Submarines. FORECAST OF NEWS ' . OF THE COMING WEEK Sons of American 4 Revolution , to - Hold Congress at DenverMystic Shriner' Conclave at Los Angeles European Expositions. 7 1L That wc sold more furnaces last year than ever before? That we sold more furnaces than any .other dealer? : Do 11 Cmow? It's because we believe in giving the best work, the best furnaces and satisfaction! And more people know i every year! ' ' The W. Q. McPherson Com 328 GLISAN ST., BET. SIXTH AND SEVENTH. , DRIVERS RAISE POLITICAL DUST Mann. Objects to Indorsement and Move for Zimmerman "" " -' ,' ' '" Also Fails. , ; "' ' ' ' ttlEt POUCYHOLDURS' COMPANY BEST FOR AN OREQONIAN , ' ' . . ' -.''..,.:.',. y ' MOMB OFFICE SIXTH AND ANKENY STREETS, PORTLAND . MRS. HAYWOOD AT TRIAL IN CARE OF A NURSE --:...':..'. - 1 1 1 j ' . ' - Ooenal Bpeetal Senlre.l Denver. CoL. April 17. Under ear of a nurse aruard detailed br th West ern Federation or Mlnera, Mr W. p. 1 Havwood. an Invalid, and her two email dsuchtera left thl mornlns; for Boise to attend th (Hal of her husband. (Jeers! Special ferrtcej : Washlnaton. V. C, April 17. Th national society, Bona of th American Revolution, will bold. It annual eon- frees in Denver, beginning Tuesday and continuing in session three days. The meeting- will be attended by many dls- unguisnaa men rrora an over th coun try. .,.... -.-;.,.--. ',., . .., Th aubmarln boat testa, for which- tn nary department na : been preparing for more than ye are scheduled to begin next Tues day at Newport.. It 1 expect ed tne trial will laat 1 r day or two week and th result will deter mine the atyl of aubmarln craft to be adopted by the United States new. Two expositions are to be opened In Europe during the week, one at Dublin, devoted chiefly, to an aahlbltlon of Irlab induetriea, and the second an Interna tional maritime exposition at Bordeaux. A nandeome equestrian statue of Gen eral Oeorge B. McClellan will be un veiled in this city next Thursday In connection with the annual meeting of me society or tne army of tne pototnao. Memners or tne Mystie Bhrin. thou sands In number and representing everv section of the country, will journey to i-OK Angeie to talc part in th annual national corn-lave of th order. All In dication point to an unusually larg atUndanca. . , TAFT TO ADDRESS YALE -MEN AT CINCINNATI (Jearaal Beaeial ervlse.) ' . Cincinnati. Ohio, April 17. One thou sand graduates of Tale university, mem ber of th Western Association of Tale Club, gathered la Cincinnati today to renew aoquajntances and to sing ths praises of their alma mater. Busi ness sessions of the association were held both morning and afternoon at tba Slnton hotel. Tonight the . meeting closes with th annual banquet, which promise to be a notable event. Secre tary of War Taft, aa president of th association, will act a toaatmaater. President Hadley of Tale, Frederick N. Judson of St. Louis and other speakers will be beard. . , 'Among th -visitor are representa tives of ths Tale clubs In Chicago, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Louisville. 8L Louis, Kanae City, Detroit. Columbus, Denver, Milwaukee. Minneapolis and Eu Paul. , - . . ; trnfinlshed Pier OoUapsen. (Joaraal Ipeelal SrTlee.) Baltimore ML, April 17. A new pier of th Baltimore ft Ohio railroad. In course of construction, collapaed thl morning, burying about it men. 1 m A. U, iirt.fiS.V "7. . l'rIOfnt L. ("AMTJEI . Udiieral. Manager. OUARCXCS S. SAMVEU Assistant Manaser. Eastern Star Leader Killed. Pmnr Rpeeial ervles.') ' Peoria. 111.. Abrll ST Mrs. Kate L Cheater ef Cains-o, grand secretary of th Order of Eastern Star, fell through the elevator ehaft at th Mayer hotel this aaernlng and was allied. - j, - No Trouble . ' to get "breakfast with ' Grape-Nuts This food Is already cooked snd you have only to add milk or cream, and eat TRY IT! t'Theret a Reatoa' Politics' cam near causing heat in the meeting of the Riverside Driving association held last night. Th office of the Rural Spirit waa need a a meet ing place and a larga number of the members of the association attended the meeting.' After most of the rou tine business had been transacted A. C. Lohmlre brought up the name of John M. Mann nd aaked that the as sociation indorse his candidacy for councilman for th Sixth ward. Mr. Mann objected to th Indorsement but th association was abont to east lta smtle on him anyway when om on amended the original motion hy includ ing Lout Zimmerman aa a candidate for mayor. .'....'.. . President Drake stated that he did not think it would be good policy tor th association to indorse Mr. Zim merman because Dan Ktdlaher and City Auditor Devlin were also good, mem ber of th organisation. After a deal of discussion Mr. Mann requested that no action be taken and en th motion It was dropped. The association took a alap at th board of county commissioner because it had granted, a franehi to aa electric railway to operate a road on aha Riv erslda drive. Base Line road end Linn- ton road. A resolution waa Introduced by A. C Lohmlre asking that a com mlttee of three be appointed to draft resolution censuring the board for Ite action. The association was , unanl moua in indorsing the action - and A. C. Lohmlre. John' M. Mann and M. D. Wisdom were appointed aa the, commit tee. . ' , ,.' ' - . A series of spring meets haa been arranged for by the association the date of the first meeting having been fixed for June IS. The other dates so far arranged are July end 17.- - , A amoker will be held by th asso ciation In th chamber of commerce hall . next Thursday evening. May 1. OUTLINE CAMPAIGN FOR LOCAL OPTION Thr Meeting on East Side . Will See Commencement of , Work for Coming Election. Precinct local option will make It Initial bow to th voters of Portland on Sunday At three meeting planned by the International Reform Bureau. The meeting will b under the man agement of Dr. O.1 L. Tufts, who Is at th head of th Pacific Coaat dl talon of th Reform Bureau and who haa hi headquarter In this city. Ths first meeting will be held St the Cal vary Baptist church. East Eighth and Eaat Grant, at 11 o'clock. Ths seoond meeting will b In the nature of a ma meeting of the eltl sena of Bell wood at t o'clock la the afternoon., while th laat of the three meeting wlU be held la th First Unit ad - Evangelical church on Eaat Tenth atreet, at T: o'clock. Dr. Tuft will address u three er the meeting. Local option legisla tion for residence precinct for th coming election will be eet In motion nd th beginning of a strenuous cam paign inaugurated. The formation and passage of a forceful and effective Sun day closing lew will also be discussed. Th Mtlwaukl club question will also be given om prominence. . Dr. Tuft la wall known aa a leader In the work h 1 .now outlining. , He lobbied a Sunday cloning law through th laat seaalon of the Idaho legiala tare and also killed a bill to license gambling. - ' .-.- DELEGATES START FOR - .CONVENTION AT ROME - (Joaraal Special Hsrvie. Boston. Maaa April 17. A contingent of America' foremost 8unday school educator t2t strong left this port to day on th specially chartered team- hip Romania en route to Rome. The party will attend the fifth world' Sun day eehdol convention, which 1 to as semble in th Italian capital on May IS. Because of ths large number of Americans who are to attend the gath ering. It haa been found necessary to charter two vessels especially for the use of the Sunday school pilgrims. ' In addition to those leaving on the Ro manic about 00 delegates will depart on the steamship Neckar leaving New Tork today. At Rome the two com panies will meet, remaining together during the convention and tour about Rom.. Metisar fit your eye for 11.00. 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