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TirE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 12." 1008.
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EAST SIDE WANTS PARKS
BUT HITCHES OVER SITES
United Clubs Come Within
Array Over Location of Grounds and 3Iannrr of
Pnyinsr fst of H,nntif.viii ( "ity.
There mine near bi-lngT a Inrk of har
mony at the meetliia- of the T'nltad
East Bide l'ush clubs ln-ld at Pargent
hall last nlKht. Nearly but not quite.
Although the representative of the va
rloui Individual orsanlr.atlons did not
agree In many pnrtl, ular. it would he
putting It a little t'o strongly to say
that they dlougreetl.
And In one particular they all did
agree. Tey all wanted p:nk.. ll.it
they aidn't all want them In the same
places. Ag Park Commissioner l.ang
pointed out, each man was working for
Bis own particular section nf the east
aide without any regard to the city a a
whole. "You ate all selfish,'' said
Commissioner l.ang vigorously. "Ka "h
of you gentlemen Is working for his
own locality."
The entrance of President Whitney
L. Bolae shortly after the opening "f
, the meeting wag rather dramatic. He
was not present at the beginning and
Joseph Buchtel presided. Hut a few
minutes later Boise entered the room
quietly, almost tentatively, as If he
were not sure Just what the manner of
hit reception might be, and seated him
self on the edge of a chair near the
door. He wag noticed at once, however,
and Immediately many of the members
commenced to applaud their president
who lies under the shadow of a seri
ous charge. Buchtel at once call on
Boise to take the chair, which he did.
He was manifestly nurvous. in asking
him to assume the chair. Buchtel stated
that he had always received the hearty
support of the organization and would
continue to receive It.
Commends Work.
"I don't know how to express my
feelings for your confidence," said
Boise. "The work we have undertaken
for the development of the east side is
a work of patriotism, and every man
who has attended these meetings or
does attend them, does ao because he has
at heart the good of the city and espe
cially of the east side.
"I want to say that anyone placed !n
the position In which I have been
placed appreciates your confidence. And
when you have heard my side of the
story, you will find your confidence not
misplaced."
Park Commissioner Lang stated that
he had been asked by the mnyor to be
present on behalf of the park board. He
then began a discussion of parks which
lasted two hours and a half, nearly
everybody present bcinw not only willing
but more than anxious to talk, chiefly
to point out the needs of his own par
, tlcular section of the alty. Lang pointed
out that the only way to start a park
system Is to have a comprehensive plan
and work to It. He cited Kansas City
as an example of cities which have fol
lowed out this scheme with splendid re
sults. "All cities nowadays," he said, "lay
out parks with an eye to the future,
with boulevards and drives connecting
them. Portland must recognize this
Don't "look for the
look for the food in a
It's all food and it's full of muscle-making,
life-giving material. It is the new malted
corn food, made of the choicest white corn
blended with pure barley-malt. Agrees
with everybody and tastes good to young
and old. Ready-to-serve hot or
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principle If she Is ever to have a good
park system.
Small Stun JUpressntsO.
"We had the Olmatead brothers here
last year and they submitted a plan
for a well defined park system. Tnls
calls for large parks on the east side.
Nenvly all the largo parks will be lo-
catefi on the east side.
l.ang then outlined the plans briefly.
as they liuve before been published 'n
the Journal. The cast side, he said.
w ould eveiit unlly have uhout M'Ven
acre of purkiiKe to the went sides on
acre 1 he bulk of the pcoplu wro
bound to live on the east side nf the
river 'lnat n w mtwh mimov linw rteon
spent for parks on the east side as on
the west, but the west side has been for-
tunate In having philanthrope citizens
who iloimfe.i the bulk ..r th Inuit for
parks Altogether not SloO.OUO has been
spent for land for parks on both sides
of the river.
"Portland should have 2.000 or 8,000
acres of parks. Heferrlng to the mil
lion dollars recently legalised by the
supreme court for parks. It Is the Inten
tion of the park board to see that the
nt 1,1a la i1mM rritti pftp Tint T rA-
in Yia riti-if.ti
to ba bonrflted a certain pore en tag of
( 'nmnilgslntifr Tjlnr Hginrlhut In anmelOn the Island.
detail tim nsrit avatem of Kanaaa ciiv
which he said he visited about two
months airo. That c tv he said now
igo.
has over 2,000 acres of parks. And thu
city didn't go In debt to get them. In
It had only two acres. The lavlnz
out of the present park system began In
1836, and between that year and 1907 not
less than 7,..HL',000 was spent on the
system. It was paid by the property
owners.
A million dollars." cohtlnued Lang.
ir we are going to have any park sys
tern. Is only ft drop In the bucket, If you
want to make your city beautiful. It
will cost a treat many millions to lay
out a park system. We can't build parks
rapidly, it took 12 years to construct
the system In Kansas City. We can't
do It altogether by the Issuance of
bonds. The people of the city are not
going to stand for the Issuance of J10,
000.000 of bonds for parks.
i am very optimistic as to the future
of Portland. We are going to have a
bigger growth in the next five years
than we have had in the past 10. I
think that In five years we shall hav
population of not less than 350. 0(Mi
people.
"On the park board we have been dls-
cussing the acquisition of Mount Tabor
Tor a para. i ne uimsiencj piatis can
too much; we can t afford It. We will
probably l able to give the -Past side
auouc i to ou acres on Mount i auor,
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we have not come to anv definite con-
elusions. The Olmslend plans contem-1
plate a great 30-mlle drive circling the
entlra city.
'But you should all make up your
minds from the start to pay
rrcentage or the cost or this work, fo
dont believe that the people of Port
signature" Just
package of
cold. Your grocer sells it.
Corn Flakes.
ON
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tlla-ift-1
Sold on easy terms, too. Pay a small deposit and take the
goods. We cannot afford to have them left on our hands,
as styles will be changing., Come and see the goods and
you'll be sure to want something at the low prices that now
prevail, together with the privilege of
All
the Credit You Want
Take the goods home with you, and as
$i.c
I land will stand for a bond Issue tor the
entire amount." ,
Ford of the Mount Boott Tush, club
Poke for hi" set-1 Ion. "We expect In
the near future," he said, "to be a part
or the city of I'm Hand. 1 umlerstami
that 0 acre In to l.e donated on Mount
Hoott for a park This Is not enough.
1 want to aak (his organisation to In
vestigate thu possibility of acriulrln
more land for a park on Mount Scot I.
lr. William DeVeny suggested Kocky
Rutte as a good site for a nark. Joseph
Buchtel heartily concurred In this sug
geatlon. but said that he wanted to
change the name from Rocky Butte to
lookout mountain, In honor of Oregon's
freat soldier, (ieneral Joe Hooker, wno
ounht the battle of lookout mountain.
This was promptly made a motion by
Kord and carried unanimously. Ko It la
to be Lookout mountain hereafter.
Try to Save Trees.
J. H. Nolta wanted to get the park
hoard Interested out In utth Alblna.
It would be welrand proper to purchase
land now while It Is relatively cheap.
Mr. Helntz asked Commissioner Unx
If there were not some wav In which
the park board could take control of all
the trees In the city. At present, he
said, anyone can come along with a
franchise and destroy a beautiful tree.
Lang stateil that he Intended to go be
fore the charter board and ask them to
give the park board the right to plant
trees, or else turn tne work over 10 a
forestry commission. The city has a
law irgulatlng the cutting down of
trees, but the hulk of them are cut
down arbitrarily.
A Brooklyn man wanted Ross Island
I purchased and turned into a park. ,
I " 1 warn to Know jmerrupiou
Lang, "is your sentiment in regard to
paying for all these things. Are you
willing to cay for what you wantr
"You bet." responded many of the
members in chorus but the chorus was
not unanimous.
President Gibson of the Midway 1m
provement association said he did not
concur In regard to making Boss island
a park. The rise of the water Is some-
I tlmt 15 to 18 feat. A flood might
com along at any time and wash away
1 President Boise said that It seems to
1 him the park .board Is making adequate
provisions lor me easi siao. mt.
'erklns of Mount Tabor thought the
11.000.000 should be used for tne pur
chase of laud and not for construction
work.
Opposition Breaks Out. r
Tora HvbIop was the first to voice op
position to assessing part of the cost
of acquiring park land to the districts
benefited. "lou are not going to do
this," he stated vigorously. "The only
way you can get It is by laying a tax
on the whole city. You can't do it piece
meal. It Is not Just. I don't like the
spirit I see here. It Is not right to
take away a man s property by condem
nation and not pay him all it Is worth."
Lounciiman-at-mrge w ins tnougni
there ought to be a chain of park but
he particularly wanted one at Sellwood.
his own particular district. However,
he thought evervbodv ought to have a
little slice of that million.
Lang again took the floor. I find
each of you gentlemen Is looking after
his own "interests." he said vigorously.
'When vou sift this thing right down to
the bottom, you are all selfish. You
want nnrka for vour own sections, but
you don't care anything about the rest
nor. about he city as a whole. Tlfce re-
n he lo T)
un to the nark hoard. We'll do what's
rleht. Rut I do admire vour rrit.
your push.
ror react.
Mayor Lane In the meantime had
come In quietly and seated himself near
ine aoor, trying 10 suppress me ap-
plause which greeted his entrance. Pres-
dent Boise called on him for his views
on the matter In hand.
T am the fatner of this city." began
the mayor, "and I would like to have
peace among my children. And we must
have peace- or we 11 never get very far.
Wo can't do anything by pulling against
one another.
There is no reason In the world why
Portland, with a proper expenditure oT
money, can't make herself known all
over the world. And nothing wlthh do
this better liian aNbeautiful park sys
tem. J
i'lie nark board Is not the arbiter. It
only suggests. The purchase lies with
the council. What you men should do Is
to recommend to and assist the park
hoard. As for me, I am the mayor of
the entire city and must look to the
entire city's Interests. It won't do for
me to take any part In your personal
interests."
First Have a Flan.
Park Superintendent Mische was called
on and gave his ideas as to what should
constitute a complete park system ."You
must Know ivimi y on i-irtj Komg 10 no
with a park before you get It," lie said.
"You must have a plan; you must know
how you are going to use the land. We
can t have all the parks like the city
park."
President Boise summed up the sit
uation, according to his Idea. "We as a
central uody," he said, "couldn't at
tempt to formulate a plan. It Is best
for each body to formulate Its plans
and present them to the board and let
it decide. The east side doesn't want
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to take away from the west side. Let
them have what they heed. Let us be
satisfied to let our neighbors have their
share." Q
On motion the meeting rose In a vote
of thanks to the mayor. Commissioner
Lang and Superintendent Mlsche for
their attendance and advice.
The bridge matter was scheduled to
he discussed, but at the. suggestion of
the president it went "over to a special
meeting to be held nxt Tuesday eve
ning. At the suggestion of Dr. DeVeny
It was also decided that the matter of
the new pipe line be taken up as the
special order of business at the regu
lar meeting to- be held two weeks from
last night.
Ruilding Permits.
W. E. Lane, erect dwelling, Klrby
between Kllllngsworth and Pearl, $1,800.
W. II. Ray, erect dwelling. Glen be
tween Going and Wygant, $1,000.
A. K. Bourne, erect dwelling, Car-
uthers between East Thirty-fourth and
Marguerite, $1,500.
A.
scnumann. erect dwelling. West
Park between College and Hall, $3,600.
B, M. Lombard, erect dwelling, Hancock-
and Kast Twenty-fourth, $1,000.
John Kernan, excavate basement,
Davis between Twelfth and Thirteenth,
$4,000.
Leaves for East.
C. A. Billow will leave tonight over
the N. P. R. R on a business trip
to several eastern cities. While absent
he will attend the National Shoe and
leather exposition, which convenes In
a few days at Chicago.
for payments
OF
Every pair worth $2.50
sale all
Sale Price $1.95
If you need pants buy them now It will pay
WHEN YOU SEE .IT IN OUR AD IT'S
FIERCE FIRES
RAGE III CROOK
Inspector Kent Leaves for
Scene of Forest Conflagra
tion in Paulinas.
For more than a week a fierce forest
fire has been raging on the south slope
of the Paulina mountains about SO
miles from Betvd, Or., and the situation
has become so Jserlous tha W. H. B.
Kent, Inspector of the forestry servlca?,
has been called In from his work In the
southern Oregon forest reserves and
sent to the scene to take charge of the
crew of 100 men engaged in ightlng
the fire. Already the fire line has a
length of 15 miles, and Its close prox
imity to the splendid forest reserve In
the Cascade range makes It exceedingly
dangerous.
Mr. Kent left Portland this morning,
and will reach the fire tomorrow. The
latest advices to the Portland office
are to the effect that the fire Is only
about 30 miles from the Cascade reserve.
While the forestry officials feel confl-
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