THE , OREGON DAILY JOURNAL', PORTLAND. MONDAY EVENING, ' APRIL 17, U03.
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UTTER PROTEST
Local Irish-Americans Ob-
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SlliS
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jeet to Treaty Between
.' U. S. and England.
strong protest against the adoption
f a treaty between the United States
nd Great Britain was framed yesterday
at S'ir.eeting of the Jrlsh-Americsn eltl-
Mm of" Portland. The meeting was a
, larse one. more than 400 reswente'or
. the cltv who claim the Kmerald laie as
thatr lilnhnlaue belns In attendance.
" a Bumh.r of ehort addresses were
maJa amonr thS sueakers bring K. 8. J
i MoAlll.i.r. C. E. 8. Wood. Wallace
T.
!! n anil Tjr. Andrew C. Smith
fienuaaav Uurohr presided at the meet
Ing. A unmtMr of vocal solos were
n V Mima Mas -breslln and Idles
1 Z ii.,. Tha sufaleot Of tha ad
Creaeee daalt In a general way with, tha
reform of the land laws In Ireland, tha
ver praaant Subject or noma ru .
Tha text of tha raaoluiton against the
Joint treaty la aa follows:
. Keeolved, That tha action of n
American cltlsen In regard to American
political queatlona ahould be governed
h tha dutv ha CWI 10 tflli
: franubl (a. If .t TTere manifestly for tha
beat Intereata f tha United eUatea to
enter Into an arbitration treaty wltn
Great Britain, tha Injuatloe Of that oun.
try to Ireland would ba an Improper
rumn for ODOoalna such treaty. We
are abaolutely opposed to any arbitra
tion treaty with Ureat ferltalnrot ba
rauaa aua oppreaaea Ireland, but be
cause tt would not bo to tha advantage
Of tha United State Irleh-Amerlcana
eonoedo tha right of the American peo
'pla to make treatiea with any nation. If
. . w 1.1.1 . lk I nil A
eucn avuon va w
atataa and whatever oouraa our gov
- ernment shall adopt ' will receive tha
foquleeoence. If not tha approval, of the
rish-Amerlcan cltlienshlp. But before
' aunh an avant comae to Daes we atana
aa American cltliena exercising our un
dinnbtad riaht to nrotest agalnat a
treaty that can confer no benefit and
Wy Inflict lnjurr upon our own. coun-
f 'The record cur relations with
England compela us, according to our
conaclentloua convlctlona, to oppose any
treaty or agreement binding; the action
cf thla eountr with Oraat Britain.
t t nvith the blood of tha revolutionary
patriots still on her hanfls. In 171
Cbarlea tox advocated a cloaa alliance
between England and her revql ted colo
nies. In full Cockburn burned tha
capltoL When our fast-ealllng ollppera
were shoving England's old merchant
tuba off the ocean, Palmeraton, In a
letter to Lrd John Kuaeel advocated
(an alliance with tha United Blatea.
When tne civil war broke cut. all thla
wee forgotten and tha ieetnictlon of
tha union became the aettled policy of
Kngland. If anyone wanta to know tha
. true Inwardneaa of Englteh treaohery
during our civil - war, let him read
Jaraea O. , BUIne'a ' Twenty .Tear a In
Congreaa.' Of liord Palmeraton ie
wrltee: la there any reaaon that will
atlafactorliy aooount for hia lordahlp'a
abandonment of tha Ideal relation of
frlendahlp between tha two eountriea
except aat na aaw a apeedler way of
.aM4n tn tha Bower of Enarland bv COn.
living at l tie aeairucuon or in a union i
a rhinn from tha ttollcV'
wmca n
painted In liti to tnat wnicn ne aciea
In. 1861 cannot Da aatisractoruy ex
plained upon any other hypotheala than
that na could not reeiat tna lerapianon
to cripple and humiliate tha great re
public' f "Again, hear W. It Baward bear wlt
rieaa to Kngland'a conduct in our day or
trouble, lie aaya: 'It la Indeed mani
fest In tha tone of tha speeches, aa well
a a In tha general tenor of popular 41a
eoaaion, that neither tha responsible
tninlatara. nop tha ' bouse cf commone.
itior the active portion of the people f
. 'Great Britain aympathlxe with this gov
. ernment, and hopes or even" wish for.ite
auoceea In suppressing tha Insurrection;
and-that, on the contrary, the whole
Xrlttsh nation, epeaklng practically, do
, aires and. expecta tha dismemberment
nt tha republic.' .
r "The British nation, aa far a our w
, perlenca and knowledge goes, la a na
tion without faith. - Knowing,' then, by
cruel experience and personal . observa
tion, the true character of tha British
5overnment, would be falsa to our
utlea as cltlaena of tha United States
did we not warn out countrymen cf tha
- treacherous character of tha nation
aeeklng a treaty binding thla republla
by previous agreement , to submit all
disputed questions that may arise be
. tween our government and that of Great
''Britain to arbitration. Wa oppose tha
. treaty aolely as American cltlaena, and
In the light of our duties aa auch wa
base our opposition upon experiences
fathered In cur two-fold characters as
rlahmen and Americana.
"An Anglo-American arbitration treaty
would be tha next thins; to an actual
alliance, from a British standpoint, and
ran cortfer no -advantage, that wa can
' see, tipon the United Statea; moreover,
Ueorge Washington advlaed agalnat en
. tangling aluancee. ? -
"We are more cloaely allied by blood
to Germany than "to England, and In
tha event of war between theae powers,
the sympathy of the Americans would
be most emphat loaJly with Germany.
When It comes to a count of noses, tha
, Anglo-Saxon would ba a poor percentage
' compared to the- German and ' Irian-
American element In this country.! '.
. . "Wa maintain our government desires
. peaoa on earth, to men of" good will,'
and our country's record at every epojh
of our history ahowa a. disposition on
our part to act fairly and squarely, and
at times to yield where our national
honor is not concerned, rather than
Have recourse to harsh measures. We
(are, therefore, alwaya ready to exhaust
tha resources or a cnnsnan civilisa
tion before resorting to tha arbitrament
of the sword. If any difficulty; should
arise with England or any other power.
cur government can eei cepenaea upon
to adopt every possible means consist
ent with honor and. Justice to obtain an
amicable settlement, but a treaty bind
ing us to England, whether we like it
or not, to submit Questions that may
: arise In the future to a court of arbi
tration, Is not good statesmanship, un-
less for tha power that has an ulterior
.and selfluh motive In urging such an
agreement. . do not anticipate quar
rels, then wherefore this treaty? If
the quarrel cornea It ' will ' be time
enough to discuss arbitration and adopt
arbitration if the clroumstances per
mit. '
i "Resolved, That a copy of this reso
lution b forwarded to oub. United States
eenatora from Oregon In congress." f
'- V;f- . ' si s I 'Him m I I i 1 1 m a-aa-alSaaa-aMwTt
, Wenaha Spring.
. Pendleton. Or., April 26. -Tha name
of Bingham Springs summer resort, 10
miles east of this city In the BIui
mountains, will be changed to : that of
Wen aha Springs, In honor of the We
naha forest reserve . In which tha
springs are located. .
THERE'IS W EXCUSE
FOR ANY CITIZEN OF OREGON, .
TAKING LIFE INSURANCE FB0H All OUTSIDE COI'.PANT
- TBI? rOUCT-KOLDEW COKPAHT. '
15 DE&T fO
- Csr.e CKicc: Ccrtrll CIJi., Ccr. 5:h
A. U MILX.3
President.
U SAMt'EIi
Cnsral. ilftlag
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GLORIOUS SUNSHINE COAXES ' .
THOUSANDS TO
Tcsterdar wag .tha day of. days and
Portland was tha plaoe of all places
on earth where a mortal could enjoy
real summer weather. There may have
been a fjar other spots In tha close
vicinity of .tha Boas City where one
could enjoy flna weather but fot a
real summer day tn April,' Portland was
tha place. ... .v.,,.
in ana jv-whvi...
hills -aid print flowers
and all that demanded It. They fairly
brought cut
tha ainktrinO.
91 iyiui
that the poeta write aoout, ana ne
people cf Portland exuberated., inpse
who atayed at home In the morning
went cut In the afternoon and evening.
Those who went out In the morning
stayed out until late at night The day
was too fine to allow any person once
caught to escape Its enticements by
returning Indoors. . ' '
- And thousands who were caught were
nerfectly willing to be enanaredand
enmeshed in e gionous sunsnin-s
clear akles and balmy breesea. . The
neighboring hills and flower-blossomed
woods with the fresh fragrance of
spring, the delicate wild, flowers, .the
buds of the orchards, ,rmfTa"
end leaf-laden Vbcugha all - combined
to woo the city people to vor'te
haunt, whei lunches cooldbe. eaten
near pretty streams. . It was a nature
day and people went back to nature.
Man had arranged many entertain
menta to Attract the pleaeurc seekers.
SUBJECTS DRINK
TO MOIL
Birthday of King - Otto of
Bavaria Becalls His
Pathetic Hisiory.
V'" k (Cnlted Preti Leased Wire.)
Berlin, AprU il-Xlag Otto of Bavaria-
today attained his , sixtieth blrth
aev.sand Munich, with ther' Bavarian
cities, displayed bunting; la honor of
the occasion, sang Te Deums, bad a re-
V,ew of the troops ana s."
health Of the king, who remains shut
up in the celebrated castle of Furaten
reid as mad as the proverbial March
hare. Many and varied Havebeen the
reports circulated for years In reg"d
to the condition of the unfortunate mon
arch. , Stories of his good Phyical
health and Improved mental oondltlon
have followed close on the heels i of hair
raising aoeounts of how in Ms violent
spells he had slain i hia "$Z
ing to the best Information that can be
.kt.inJ hir. K-lna- uuo ranuni
...i.iiv tha iimi . mental state
Z..ur-u h.'hu haan far nearly 40 years.
At times he Is lncllnsd to Ylolencs. but
for the most part he spends his days
In Idle dreaming and In amoklngstrong
cigars, t All or tne meaiea. u.
have examined, him ' have pronounced
him incurable. HiSphyslcU . health,
however, remains such that be may live
for many" years to come. .'..--?
vThe story of King Otto la one of the
most pitiful in modern history. It Is
the story of a monarch who ne vtr wore
his crown and never sat on his throne,
whose magnificent mountain palace
near Munich have been hia own mad
hm.aea alnce tha age of 28. The king
was born Just ,60 years ag today, n
,..ku haino Ma.Timlllan II. and h
mother Princess- Marie .of JProssJs. It
Is from his father's side of the house
that he has Inherited that taint of ln
aanlty . which has made the . ancient
house of Wlttelsbach one of the most
decadent aynaattea in Europe.
Clz ..I that Mamiet w&a ' a level-
haaded . vouth compared with sbme of
the later Wlttelsbachs, especially tud
wtr it. who, as a youth of 19, suoceeded
Ms father, Maximilian II, .
. Thru vaara vounsrer than his brother,
Otto, who was then ' crown prince, was
In many respects sv mors amiaoie cua-r-
02EGQNIANS ;
& tlcrrlscn S!s. , Pcrllrnd, Ore
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ClaflREXCB S. SAMVEIaJ
Asat Aianasar i -
ARCH
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: Energy Is well-nourished muscles
plus well-nourished nerves. , ,
the greatest energy-makers '
of all tho wheat foods. -'
' In (dust tizhi f 4:
)Y moisturt proof paekagts.
C - V Nttnr sold in hulk ;
b nXl biscuit cc5 m
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ENJOY SUN'S RAYS
There were baseball games, car rides,
automobile parties and other feature;
which were attended ny hundreds ft
f arsons. Others more devout went to
he churches, while others who were
fortunate enough drove out Into the
country and those less fortunate took
to the street cars, rode aa far as they
could and then walked the rest of the
way. Then there were the pedeatrlana
who scorned all sorts of eonveyaneea,
They almply walked out of aheer love
for the walking game and they walked
and walked until wear and wont out
they returned to their homes to feet
On the river hundreds of pleasure
seekers took to rowboata, sailboats and
launches. A miniature fleet covered
the beautiful waters of the Willamette
and the river steamers piled up and
down the stream with large crowds
aboard. Adventuresome youths to whom
the call cf aummer came more strongly
than to their eiders sought - out the
"old swimming holes" and plunged In
after stripping to nature. The water
was cold but the "kids" were willing
to shiver end chill In order to return
to shore and bask In the warm raya of
the sun. - ' '
All In all. yesterday was a summer
day and wa thoroughly enjoyed by
Portlanders. Wherever the crowd went
tha crowd enjoyed Itself. There was
no disorder anywhere In the city and
best of all, no drunkenness, ins pleas
ure seekers needed no stimulants save
to breathe the exhilarating atmosphere
and look at the work ox nature.
acfer. But his dissipated habits tended
to complete the collapse of what little
Intellect he was ' ever endowed wltn.
Leavinr his brother the king to revel In
a poetic fairyland, to build himself
fairy-like palaces, and set up theatres
for Jllchard Wagner, Otto became pos
sessed wltn the Illusion that he yas
destined to be a great soldier. "1 he
Franco-German war broke out when he
was 22, and he felt Me .' chance had
come. By aome meana he secured A po
sition on IBS Stan or ne rnmma i " ' '
prince, who had command of the South
Uerman troops. But Ms dreams of mili
tary glory were soon cut short,, and he
m -.alla Munich. '
How lltUe Otto grasped the "Plrlt of
the times, and now resircciea ni ui
look on affairs, Js shown by the fact
h, at m. ranrl hanauat held In MUnlCn
In la a to celebrate the proclamation of
the German empire -wnen eavaria.
ha-HiA i tinno re f u a ad to honor tne
toast oi Kaiser Wllhelm. .Little. wonder
that the plain-spoken Bismarck, speak
ing of Ludwlg II who. in the name of
the conieueraiea wytreniw yi
had invited Kaiser Wllhelm to
.....ma tha imperial title remarked;
"Yes, If he were to die he would be suc
ceeded oy mm uuoi wnora
.. kara i nnAf craature. with very
Uttle braina. He haa ruined himself
that Is, If he was ever worta anyuung.
' Bucoeeds to the Thzoae. i
A,y this time King Ludwlg had begun
to speak of abdication In favor of Prince
Otto, but the latter would not hear of
such a thing. : Gradually the half-witted
prince became afflicted with melancholy,
which, In 1871, assumed such an acute
form that he had to be placed under re
atratnt. and two., years .later : he i was
Mmttti tn a anlltarv Dlace of con
flnement The parting between the king
and Ms brother, wae pathetlo the king
nulta nvcrcama Wlin KTiu. wuua ui
prince playeu indifferently with a child
tm eaar J--.. '-.-.-.--. IL . 'f --: V. -A t
Ten Vears later.-1 In 1888, the king
klmnlf ail . rinari . . hftvlnB STOnS COm
pletely out of his mind, and drowned
himself in the Brc lake. There could
be no question of his being succeeded
k hi, vat madder brother, but It was
iianMad after much dlsousslon that
Otto's - claims to the crown could not
bet set aside altogether. He was there
fore reaarded- as king, but never
crowned, and Ms uncle, Lultpold, -was
appointed regent of the kingdom. J
Boon afterward Otto was removed to
the . mountain paiace ox b uraumn-tu,
and there he atUl spends his , weary
mm , a. hoDelesa lunatic. He Is
.oa w&ited unon with all the ceremony
propel to his lofty rank, but his occu-
paiions are jiiou
to - sleeplessness,- he often spends, - his
nights In talking to himself, or staging
In a voice that la said to be really beau
tiful, for the love of musio Is la Ms
very piooo. .
M0Y BAK HIN HOLDS
JHIS PLACE AS CONSUL
" rniti tha efforts of a number of
Portland ana neaiuo uuinew. nuwiv"-
iMw .i!ili Kin hu been
reappointed Chinese consul for the Pa-
ciiio normwesu . nun
4 Via MnMMntaHvH Of the CO
lestial kingdom at Washington In place
or Sir (Jbemune; uui-i, m "
fn.m., mhflRHHjlnr'i aDDolnteee lot-
tha nhinoaa custom and resigned.
appointments without embarrassment
vun Tin Tunr haa now expressei
that tne new araoassauur: uuiu,
hia confidence in the Portland Chinese
by reappointing him to represent
nVln.u .mnlr. In , tha PaclflO- H(
the
north
west. Moy Bale Hln has lived In Amer-
lea since boyhood, andls one Of, the
Chinese in roruano. '
every other Influential Chinaman, he
haa atrnna- enemies, and these have
tried repeatedly to oust him from his
position. .. . v - s ,
Ground rioor Office Soom .
to rent, at 71 Sixth streev near, was.
Cheap rent. . -
SqcaUcUs. tlM. Ml Maturer. ,.-
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SOCIALISTS SELECT
TICKET IN UMATILLA
(Rpeetal Ptepetrs e The Imtraal)
Pendleton. Or., April !. -The Social
Ists of Umatilla county have nominated
a full ticket for oounty cfflcera. Virgil
Moore of Pendleton, will enter the raoe
for representative as the bearer of the
Socialist banner. , . .
The ticket la full reads: '
B. K. Hoyt.. Holdman, county coro
ner : Perry Haner, Pendleton, county
recorder; H. A. Anderson. Pendleton.
Justice of ths peace; J. A. Hamblin,
Pendleton, county surveyor; H. 11. Cul
ter, Holdman. Justice of the peace;
George Harshman, Milton, represents,
tlve; A. J. Harp, Holdman. Milton,
constable: F. A. Stkes, Mil ton, school
superintendent; A. D. 8 lebert, Pendle
ton, county commissioner; W. H. Blrd
selL Milton, sssessor; W. H. Crossman,
Pendleton, county treasurer: M. H. Rice,
Freewatcr. county clerk; C. A. Jcka
maa, Pendleton, constable; Vlrgll Moore,
Pendleton, representative; Charles Han
na, McKay, oounty sheriff.
OFFICEE GOES AFTER
ALLEGED BIGAMIST
Eugene, Or.. April' IT. Deputy
Sbertff C. C.ilammond left hare lat
night for Omaha, Nebraska, where David
Pamenter. wanted here for the crime
of bigamy. Is under arrest. The deputy
wUl secure the . necessary requisition
papers and brine; the prisoner to Eu
gene lor ii iaa.
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LIBRARY VOTING
volumes aid handsome golden oak
TOlumaa Jiu "u""'"'" , " . .
S Ubrary . given away absoiateiy rree.
Votsi : wlU be lMMd with paTd-indvwSi aubscfiptions to The Journal as fol-
ty i
witl
lows: , One , year, 1 17.0, 760 votea,
rL,.- St 'us " 4ot..- one
u.tmA h.in wtii alva
At tha rlnaa of the contest the lodge,
,h. i.rMat number of vote! will
cases. k Current sccounts when promptly psid are entitled to votea. The Ilbrar
tson exhibition In the Fifth street window of The Journal office, corner Flftl
and TamMll streets. Ballot boxes are located at Holsman a Jewelry ston
f " TMrd it4eti White Front drug store. 188 Grand avenue: Watta-kattniei
drug store. 87 Russell street, where all votes should be deposited. Trad
with the following merchants and get busy with the votes: ; f
XT. Mm MABaCBXX ft CO, dry goods,
dothlnc and ahoes, 1 88 to 184 East Mor.
rlsott street.
t. aTOT.gis!ASr. jeweler, "; 141 Third
street . Main 8181. i -
O. J. KOTArm. Phrtorrapher,
Utu ThlM atreat. Paclfle 1720.
Ada CO, office and wrVa"'
Mnrth sixth street Main 1688. A-1888.
- FXa 8. JC. BTm,ni CO, sporting
nAm. ill Grand avenue. . jlsbc sae.
U1IHT COAX S) XCM CO.
- .Mm
818 Pine street.
1t! a i
Home A-8118. Mala
. YTTT.OAW COAX, CO- effioe 811 Burn-
side street Main 8776. A-8I7t. v
STSCX OBX1T2, merchant tailors,
28? BUrlt street Paclflo 200.
OBEaoV inrWI OO, cigars and new
147 Sixth street ' -
W. n. ZX.irr, plumbing and flt-
tingi ev wunams svenua. m ma
iu a. wzuomi' wattT-i nowt
VVa BTOMM, 188 Grand ava. K. 1668.
X : X. WH.MTTP, grocer. 122 Grand
avenue. B-1181, Ssst
Tn MODSXi 38ABBEB sTHOP, finest
shop in the city, 81 BUth street
fcuioaio msna qwx. iio
ramhilL comer Park. Main, , 8821.
A-2727. r :: : . .
CanCAOO XAXX-ET, men. is, jsi oiru
street - Main 418.- .- -
East Morrison street East 8128. B-182S.
WATTS-MATTXXETT . CO- druggist,
278 KuaseU street JSas 481. y W
db. . a. wmxoacr, dentist, 84tH
Waahlngton. corner Seventh. Mala 2112.
axxob SXVSm, line miumery, e
Washington street - .
' BKAsTXS Ik TAxm, ,ww
yardaat Eighth and Mala streets. East
BTiTTzm-artrT bbbab ; oo, '
Second and Columbia, streets; retail 148
Third street . '
wnnas Mag. seat side news deal
ers and confectionery, WUliam s avenue
and Russell street -East 4702.
w a XoATJAMB, bicycles and sport
ing goods, Williams avenue and Knott
Street. - East . ' .
... , itt a art- awn. TTMlUIiLA TAO-
TOT, umbrellas and leather goods, 844
Williams ave., w-avv.
full Measure1 Yard
F. E. JONES $
WOOD- AI old body Fir, reasoned, sawed to order, per cord. .3
COAL -Screened and washed, per
niONES-rEASTJj R'17U
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An elegant library of 801
cases will be given to the lodge, school
aa - i tha lara-aat number of VOteS.
aix monma, s.s, auv -mw;
month. (( cents. 40 . votes. s and
with each 18-cent nurchase one vote.
school, church, club or society reeelv
be awarded the library complete, wltn
froJ
HCffE FURNISHERS
2t kl M0"-lal 5 -
TATZ.OB m STAVTOX plumbing and
gaa niuog. sua fine street. '
CBBTSAZt MAX EST. meats' and flab.
120 Grand avenue. B-11SS. Eaat ill.
r. Am DO JTB, wallpaper, painter an4
decorator. 104 Union ave. . East 1088.
xozasxXi ii rxjrr, meats and fish,
840 First st Main 1878.
. URUMWAZirr VKOtU, wood daalars,
Marshall and 12th sta. Both phones.
OOZiSgTAUB'l OBOCXXT, 271 Rus
sell st. . Eaat 6 SO.
'OUST 33. MAXtBT. npceriea. 482
Waahlngton at Main 2187. A-2187.
T. K. SATIS, barber. ,842 Williams
ave. . - ' . . ? .
- UTCUTPE si BLIIO, wall paper and
paints, 408 Morrison st Main 1872V,
- MAX SC. 8TMITH, florist 150 Fifth St,
pp. Meier A .Frank Main 7118. ' - v
QTJTEaT CXTT BTSZXTGI 8i CXJIAZrnra
WOJaKflt 28 Grand ave. East 86(2.
UaIlUDH TVWt. CO' Long or
short wood. B-1881; East 20SL Offloe
and .. yard Thirty-sixth, and , Hawthorne
O. X. OXS.alOxr. '.Tinsmith. 288 Grand
avenue. Eist (C02. . s
' BlaTEB, optician. Dr. B. J. Mills, as
sistant. Main 1874. Ill 6th st .
sTOBTXWZST OTTlf CO, , sporting
goods. 112 Sd st ' Main 8006. t - ,
OOrXKABT SAXOWAK3I OO hard
ware, mechanics' tools and cutlery. 108
Sd at Main 6187. .si.wi-l
StntSEA. OAKBZAOa WOBKS. Mfa-a.
and repairers of carriages and wagons.
Ill uurnaiaa. caciue iu . .: 4
' WOOBIVAWsT SaATTirOBT 00 Rough
Dry , and Finished .Work. : ? Woodlawa
12H.- 4l jjexum ave. x
JOSLT BCaarrrniVs-Cleaning and
dyeing; flulck work. ; 6SM 6th st : t
OOlTJlCBZA jrXBK oo Fish, oysters,
ultry, butter, eggs, etc Mala 6;
A-8686- Third and Ankeny .sta, - ,
9. n. crjnrBlaat ai coM meats. Wood-
lawn 8; C-1888. 714, Union ave. north.
oxTuni txbx ai AWKrera oo.
tents and awnlnga, window awnings and
porch curtains specialty. -1( N. Front.
X. 38. XJBB Real estate and Invest
ment. Room 411 Corbett bldg. Male
6860. . .
ton.
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PORTLAND RAILWAY, LIGHT
& POWER
Bulletin
Ths Portland Railway, Light Vwer Company b a publlc
..rira rArnorarion. and we realiio that ths moat valuable) asset a
public-service corporation can have is the good will of the public;
We are trying to be candid ana sincere in au our ueaun, wiu
public and with the city, and we frankly admit that we shall con-i
latently atrhre to ecure and maintain the good will of the people
a Portland ? V ' V' .i'-..." ' VvV..; 'i 1 J-: '
It is an important part of our
and to run it efficiently. We feel
by attending to our business than
The secret of getting along with the other fellow In thla world
is to have a better understanding of his troubles. The man who
Is the sharpest critic is often the best friend when he understands
the other fellow's job. - . ' v -
Comparatively few people .realize the difficultSss of modern
street railway operation. When anything goes wrong, everybody
notices it; wheneyer everything goes right, nobody notices it. .
.We.want to have everything go right and everybody to notice
It W feel that we are making friends with the people of Port
land, and that our efforts to give the best service possible are being
appreciated. This is not the accomplishment of a day, but the
result of grinding work and large expenditures for some years
past, and we desire to show the public what we have done and are
doing for the improvement of the service; what problems we meet
with, daily, and. some of the methods which would .be mutually
helpful and beneficial to the railway company and the public
4 You may take this fact as assured, that it will not be possible
to remove all sources of complaint There is the amiable gentle
man who kicks at home and growls all day at his office.
We cannot expect to escape him between time. He will prob
ably kick at the publication of these articles. But leaving him
out Of the question, it la still plain, from the nature of the business,
that there will frequently be unavoidable trouble and inconven
iences. - '. " , . ' , - - -' . . -. - .
We carry' a large portion of the population of Portland twice
a day. - Counting the transfers, people step up and down from the
cars 320,000 times a day. A The streetcars of Portland pass back
ward and forward through crowded atreets, covering about 29,000
milea, or one and one quarter times the circumference of the globe,
In a single day. There will always be accidents under these circum
stances. , Then,'too, the conductora lot is aot a happy one. He
has to collect money from people of all sorts and dispositions. He
alone is expected to keep his temper, and it is his duty to do bo.
If he does not upo proper complaint he is disciplined, snd per
haps discharged. We endeavor-to secure the highest class of em
nloves. We are proud of the character, and courtesy of our men,
and w believe that, as a body, they have not their superiors In the
4 . MSf.u hevtare orily human, and they make mistakes.
Many a reasonable kick will necessarily be registered against us.
T,.V.rf.hle kicks come hard. We feel that we can do away
'with many of them if the public understands the streetcar busing,
Iiil7hrteT We want to present to you a series of articles d.
'V tofths. with a statement of how
Sff&fSS kicks, we want to hear them. They fc-V
us. We realue that we can best serve ourselves by semn t y . i.
An outsider can sometimes suggest remedies fQr existg tonu. ,: i
which have escaped the men engaged in the detaJ cf ths v : ...
Suggestions are solicited, f ;v . ' , " f ' ' ' ,
If by telling you our story, yon will understand1 ts Ut-r. s- t
the spirit of mutual helpfulness will be advanced, we t l f . ! r
our work has been weU done. We welcome honest Cfu:t..- r -ticularly
if it is good-natured.
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Leadino
Clothier
COMPANY
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business to run a street railway
that we can do more, ordinarily,
by entering Into discussions or
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