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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAtUORTLANP, SUNDAY." MORNING, SEPTEMBER - 1, 1907.
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PorUand'a health department of
ficially represented by Health Officer
Dr. Esther Pohl, and her harbor's de
partment personified by Harbor M&atar
Jacob Speler made an official tour of
Inspection of the clty'a water front yes
terday. Dr. Pohl wag horrified at what aha
aaw In her hour's trip In Captain
fepeier'e launch. The k arbor master
lias seen dirty water fronts In Cal
cutta and Bombay and other oriental
places, and says the safest thing for
Portland to do If shs wishes to keep
her skirts clean of the bubonlo pUfus
Is to start in tomorrow and have the
biggest cleaning- up In hsr history.
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Breeding Place of Foul Odors Between Salmon and Main.
With Dr. Pohl and Captain fipeler was
Wrs. Sarah Evans, market inspector,
', whs haa been lookinr uo some of the
tflrty spots along the water front on
fcer own account and who was able to
how Dr. Pohl several places that are
particularly dangeroua to the public
Jiealth and disgraceful for an American
the rtvsr where chicken tamales sold
throughout the city are made under con
ditions of unspeakable tilth were one
of the sights pointed out by Mrs. Evans.
She will make a report to the board of
hnalth at Its meeting next Tuesday that
she hopes will result In the boards
taking action to put an end to the
manuraoturs of tamales under such conditions.
The Investigators found that there In
absolutely no system of sewage In ef
fect either on Front street on the
west side of the Willamette or on Wa
ter street on the East 8ide. For miles
of water front the sewage from build
ings and houses Is merely dumped Into
the river. It flows down from under
the buildings In rivulets sending out
taiy.
The tamale scows on both sides of
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Typical Waterfront Landscape Taken at Foot of Ankeny Street.
MOTORING NOTES
So successful was the recent Atlantic
City carnival and-- show that already
gilans are under way for a similar event
at Easter next year, a season when the
resort always Is crowded.
The American Motor league recently
completed a list of 150 official garages,
at whioh members can obtain a 10 per
cent disoount on bills for repairs, sup
- vplles, charges and sundries.
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Nowhere on the American oontinent
-- has the automobile trade grown more
rapidly In proportion to population than
:! at Victoria, B. C, according to a federal
consular report.
P. F. Levy, the New York broker,
mho recently took four friends with
klm to Chicago and back in his car.
f- figured the expense at $93.79, or five
xnllls per mile per passenger.
Hereafter applicants for membership
f in the California Women's Automobile
v-0lub must prove 'their merits, for the
club intends making a reputation by
. lie seal in the sport of motoring.
" , Beginning with th September terra,
. ths west Ide Y. M, C, A. (New York)
automobile school will require a rigid
physical examination of all orsons ap
iJylng for Instruction as chauffeurs.
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Taking; the population of Prance at
48.000,000, latest obtainable statistics
how an average ot one bicycle to eaoh
7 Inhabitants, one motor-cyola to each
,tU and one automobile to each t,fi.
nWyi-A-aynnriV aJfc up w t. rn. ..ui i , . . , Jl ' . -tf'y ... ,(..-.ll.. .
Saa Fraacisoe automobile, owners airs
' erlusly disouesinsr the advisability of
rmuirlng' tlielr ohauffeurs to furnish
titt as a proteotloa agaiast tfajusges
caused
lect.
by their Incompetency or neg-
Twenty-six cars recently were burned
in a fire which destroyed a garage at
Brooklyn, New York, among them one
valued at $18,000, owned by Hermann
A. Meti, a controller of New York City.
In a test case a New York supreme
court justice hag decided that city
magistrates can fine offending motor
ists only under city ordinance and not
under stats laws, as has been their
practice.
That motorists must pay toll on turn
pikes was a recent opinion rendered to
the Lancaster Automobile club by for
mer Attorney-General W. U. Hensel of
Pennsylvania.
A -Providence . (R. I.) magistrate re
cently imposed a term of 10 days In
Jail upon a colored chauffeur who drove
a car through the streets at a SO-mlle
gait to show some dusky friends how
fast he could do it
Ths French Association Generals Au
tomoblle is organising a competition for
devices which will prevent motor oars
irom Being stolen or used arter leaving
the hands of the owner.
The value of motor-cars owned by
Americans traveling in Switzerland this
year is estimatea to do iu times as
great as that of automobiles owned by
all other foreigners together.
At a cost of about $600 a mile the
"dustiest road in the oountry," from
Buffalo te Clarence, New York, is to be
treated with a w prsptratiou to make
it mors pleasant for motoring.
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A peculiar feature of Georgia's new
automobile law is that, although it fixes
Speed limits, it contains a provision
that it shall not conflict with ths speed
laws of any incorporated city or town.
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The law committee nf th Near YorV
AutemobUs club U drafUnf a bill. Wbica
it will try to have enacted into law by
the various states, providing for Inter
state licenses for motor vehicles.
Two accidents resulting in six deaths
caused the French ministry of the in
terior to put a stop to the Crlterlum de
France race at the end of the second
day, when It was only half completed.
Permission to close a residence ave
nue for seven hours, sn that races ran Id
be held, recently was granted to the
Metropolitan Automobile association by
Acting Mayor McGowan of New York.
The Royal Automobile club of Great
Britain and the Commercial Motor
Users' association will on September 9
begin an interesting competition for
commercial motor vehicles, In the form
Of a tour.
Manufacturers who have gone to ths
expense of building racing cars for the
Vanderbllt cup will have the opportuni
ty, to show what their creations can do
at tne urmona races. All Indications
seem to point that the meet this year
in Florida will be the most successful
ever neia i,asi year tne races con
mctea wnn tne snows, but this year,
with the shows early, manufacturers
should be able to give enough time to
tne tuning -up or meir racers to insure
a suocsssxui meet.
The consensus of opinion seems to be
that the gradual increasing length of
wneei pass nas reached its limit and
inai iu win not see cars navlng a
much longer wneei ease than 1907. a
few of the six-cylinder cars may prove
me exception.
foul smells and polluting ths water
Into which it empties.
PnbUo Baths Are Tooled.
On the East Side the drainage from
ths Troy laundry runs Into the river
just above the public baths, making the
water In which hundreds bathe, a breed
lnr spot for disease of everv sort.
A little below that the city Areboat
and station house drain all their sew-
aae dlrectlv into the river.
Most primitive conditions prevail-
throughout the district on Front street
Such s thing as modern plumbing is
evidently unknown the rear of the
buildings on that street presents such
an appearance and ao unlovely an odor
that tne plumbing inspector will ue
asked to join the next Inspection trip
made In the harbor master s launch.
Publlo Sock a Damping- Ground.
One of the greatest eyesores is the
foot of Jefferson street, which Is owned
1 hy-tnity 44lf nd whtch ts vsect ap
parently as a dumping ground ana bone
yard for all the dilapidated push carts
and peddlers' wagons confiscated by the
police For half a block there Is a
wild tangle of milk carts with broken
wheels, peanut venders' wagons with
sides and back caved In, tamale wagons,
old rusty Iron stoves, lengths of stove
pipe, wornout wire cables and rotten
wood piles.
Here, as elsewhere along the water
front, vegetables, fruits and meats
which have passed beyond the stage
when they can be disposed of In the
market, are dumped and as they decay
pollute the air and furnish food for the
wharf rats.
Air Tainted: With Odors.
In the fourteenth oentury St. Chrysos
tom Issued an edict classing odors as
the eighth deadly sin. ThoBe who have
wondered at this and who wish tn be
convinced have but to pass In the rear
nf the buildings between Salmon and
Main streets. A combination of old
hides, meats and' decaying animal mat
ter, of sewage from the antique build
ings and refuse thrown from the boats
of the harbor makes this spot uninhab
itable on a warm day.
Any time of the rear the health of-.
flclals say it would be a menace to the
health of the city. There are two back
porches running along the rear of the
buildings and loaded down with trash
that has not been touched except to be
added to for years.
Dr. John Mullon Holt, past assistant
surgeon in the United States public
health and marine hospital service and
now in charge of the Columbia quaran
tine station and of the Oregon sub-ports
at Astoria, has written the health de
partment here telling them of his pre
cautions to prevent the spread of Asi
atic cholera and saying that he had
made srrangaments so that no ship
would pas ths mouth of the Columbia
river carrying any rats. He also ad
vised the department as to precautions
in cleaning up that are being taken at
Astoria,
The health board will meet Tuesday
and the question of forcing property
owners to clean up their premises and
of installing sanitary plumbing along
the waterfront will then come before
It for action. An appropriation will
firobably be asked for to have the city
tself start the work of clearing away
the dirt on Its own docks and street
landings.
, Bvery motorist Is interested lit keep
ing his car tuned to its highest point
of efficiency. The foHowlmjr suea
tions from such
Jt- X. Maxwell touch upon the import
ant subject of why a motor loses power.
In speaking about power losses MC
Maxwell had this to say:
"I am continually surprised that the
majority of cars show up as much power
as they do. You meet occasionally men
who taks a pride In keeping their power
up to where It ought to be but by far
the greater class seem to be thoroughly
satisfied If the cars run at all.
. "There are three great causes for
loss of power in a gasoline motor. Prob
ably the most serious offender Is the
lack of compression. The valves should
bs carefully ground in and care should
be taken that there are no leaks either
around the spark plugs or the' valve
The electrical Ignition la also usu
ally1 carelessly taken care of and It Is
a fact that the Intensity of the lec
trio spark Is a most important factor If
the motor is to develop Its full power.
"A third and last cause Is Improper
mixture of the gasoline and air. or. In
other words, the carburetor should- be
properly adjusted.
"There are. of course, several factors
that enter Into each of the above three
general causes, but you can taKe u as
an axiom that when the compression,
the electric system and the carburetor
are all In proper condition, the motor
will show up Its full power."
INSISTING ON HIS RIGHTS.
Mrs. Georre. What on earth are) those appliances, Henry?
Scroore. Those appliances, Maria, are clamps. I am determined
to keep my share of the bed clothes on my side of the bed.
ATHLETIC CLUB
OPENS WEDNESDAY
The East Side Athletic club season
opens September S for all gymnasium
classes. The new club promises to be
a big factor In the future athletlo life
of Portland. Already over 100 names
are on ths membership roll and the list
Is growing rapidly. The club will put
out basket ball teams to compete with
local organisations and expects to have
a strong football, team in ths field this
ran.
Professor RIngler will have dlreot
charge of the gymnastics and athletics
aud will bs assisted by William Bastlan
of San Francisoo. who will have charge
of the swimming. The East Side club
will have all the features of a modern
athletlo club, including boxing, wrest
ling, swimming, indoor and outdoor athletics.
The ladies' gymnasium olasses meet
on Monday and Friday evenings, begin
ning September 2. The men's classes
will meet on Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday svenlngs. The formal opening
and reception will take place Monday
evening, September 23. A unique pro-
ram or atnietio events win oe given
y members cfthe -olub- te-wMeh-trie
public Is cordially Invited.
R0SEBURG TO HAVE AN
AUTOMOBILE GARAGE
(Special Dispatch te The Journal) .
Roseburg, Or., Aug. SI. Roseburg is
to have an automobile garage and an
up-to-date machine shop. Mr. Althaus,
recently from Illinois, an experienced
man In the motor carriage line ana
also a first-class machinist, has pur
chased the one-story brick building at
Cass and Rose streets, and will install
n it the first garage In Roseburg.
There has been a lack of Interest in
the auto business here for the simple
reason that no one has ever given tne
people the assurance that If they be
came owners of machines they could
have them cared for and instructed
how to care for the machines them
selves In case of emergency.
While this section is not particularly
adapted to all classes of machines
there are worse places where machines
are used to good advantage. The road
north is In very good shape and sev
eral motor cars have made better time
than the Southern Paciflo passenger
trains, and these roads are being lm
proved all the time. Mr. Burk of Los
Angeles, who passed through here a
month ago. said that In five years this
town would be alive with autos. He
spent over a month here with relatives
and while here made a record run from
here to Winchester, five miles and re
return. In 15 minutes.
The coming of the auto Is welcomed
hers.
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Visited Thomas A. Edison:
"Thomas A. Edison is one of the
most unassuming and affable gentlemen
I ever met," said F. W. Graves, the
founder of the Graves Music company
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"and on 'ths occasion of my recent trip
I called on Mr. Edison and was shown
through, his great laboratory and li
brary. Both are extensive snd inter
esting even to a casual observer. In
sneaking of hir early start in 111s, jar.
Edison spoke of one instance woen his
clothes looked rather seedy and so far
as that goes he remarked he didn't care
a great deal about fine clothes even
now. Adjoining his big laboratory is
stored every conceivable material one
can think of all sorts of cereals, min
erals, liquids, etc. I was greatly pleased
to see Mr. Edison so much Interested
In the development of the resources of
the far west.''
Y. M. C. A. Opening.
Gymnasium opens September 2: gym
nasium classes start September It; ed
ucational olasses start September 23;
Bibls class open September SO. So
cial and entertainment events start Sep
tember 18.
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Wright Wins At Tennis.
(Totted , Prem hr Speelal Leaud Win.)
Niagara on the Lake, Ont, Aug. 11.
By defeating Poulks of Ottawa in the
International tennis tournament, Irv
ing Wright of Boston today successfully
defended his title as international cham.
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