THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL PORTLAND. , WEDNESDAY . EVENING, SEPTEMBER . 2. 1603
EAST SIDE STRONGLY
S, P. PRIVILEGES
FAVORS DES MOINES PLAN
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- Dr.' C.1L-. Chaplnan apptorad bsfora
tha advisory charter commute of the
Federated East Bide cluDs lut mgnt ai
the Sargsnt hoteKand made a brlof and
instructive address In which he out
lined ' ths 1 salient points of the Pea
Molnea and Galveston charter.
After hearing the address the acor
or mora of committee members present
took part In a general discussion dur-
..' Jng which many matt era of -public In
terest 'were dealt -with and suggestions
were niiide wnicn win isier do bhu
' up by membera of the charter revision
board appointed by Mayor ln.
Qood Volots li Sh Motsaa . Plan.
President Whitney I Bols, of" the
. Federated clubs, took occasion in the
. course of hie remarks to say thnt.thero
. la not a city official who is not thor
oughly disgusted with tho prcarnt
charter of the city of Portland. The
. J chief appeal made to tho club by thi
Pea Moines charter is the fact that It
fixes definite responsibility on each
: councilman and officer of the city.
. As Dr. Chapman said, there Is no
. chance to bandy words on- the part of
opposing: factions, for the duties and
Fowers of all officials are clearly set
orth In the charter , of the Iowa city
-and responsibility-is fixed so that In
esse any blame attaches there is no
doubt as uto the quarter In which It
shall fall. There the mayor may not
say to the councllmen, - "It Is your
fault," , and the council may not re
taliate by shifting; the burden to his
shoulders. '.
Dr. Chapman - said that the Tes
Moines people are so well satisfied
with the workings of their, new de
" parture In civlo government that the
chamber of commerce In that city Is
sending broadcast throughout the' coun
try literature telling about the Innova
tion and earnestly urging all cities to
try- it. . As a check to - the power with
which at few men are entrusted it Is
PEOniBS PLAN TO
KECEIVE CANDIDATE
- Prohibitionists of Portland are plan'
oing to receive their candidate for prcs-
- ldent, Eugene W. Ohafln, when he ar
, rives In Portland Friday next He will
' be received by a committee at the Un
''"Ion depot Friday morning at 7 o'clock.
Ths committee wlir. consist of ; X. . P.
' Newell, state chairman of the prohibi
tion party, F, McKercher, B.- Lee Paget
and E. T. Johnson. . After breakfast at
' the Portland Mr. Chaf In, accompanied
by Mr. ' Newell, will leave for ' Newberg,
where an address will he, delivered in
the forenoon. In the. afternoon an ad
s dress will be delivered In McMinnville,
and at night a third address will be de
: Itvered in the First Methodist church
of this city.
Saturday morning Mr. Chafln , will
' speak in Woodburn In the forenoon, at
Salem. in the afternoon and at Albany
: In the evening. Sunday he will speak In
- Med ford in the forenoon and at Ash
land in the evening. ' He will then make .
; a canvass or California. u '
WILL ASK COUNCIL
. TO WIDEN ALBINA
J. H- Nolt a, secretary of the North
Alblna Improvement association, H.
Itubia and H. C. Meyers have been ap
pointed 'a. committee to , introduce a.
resolution - in the city council calling
' for the widening of Alblna avenue to
Jest A-Tite.-iv .
jLml ' -'Wood Stove . a :
Carpets Less
Our Carpet Department is now over
flowing with the late Fall styles, most
reasonably priced.- Xowhere will you
find Carpets priced so cheaply. Beau
tiful new Rugs arriving (daily. ,
- All of last year's goods are , being
closed out "at special reductions. See "
Gevurtz for Carpet Bargains!', ' ,' ; -"
maintained the recall, the referendum
and Initiative and the publicity with
which htmlness must be conducted Is a
most effective preventative or gran
and all forms of dishonesty.
Present Charter Threadbare.
. The speaker of the evening main
tained' that tho , old form ' of charter
a'hlch distributes power snd responsi
bility an does the Portland document
is out or place in modern iwentiein cen
tury business enterprise, "for," ha de
clared, "a city-Is nothing more or less
than a huge corporation, and it must
he conducted . on solid ouainess lines.
It Is a mlstske to suppose that you
can successfully govern a small com
munity or a municipality by the same
methods os those with which a large
state or empire is carried on,
"Thf - legislative. judicial and
executive iclta, as separate elements. Is
outgrown. Conditions of today demand
that these functions shall be exercised
together. All three' branches must b
combined in order that there shall be
no shifting 'of blame or annulling of
nicivni administration.
Confidence la ' Offiolals.
"Another thing that la productive of
more evil than any other one considera
tion Is the suspicion with which public
ornciais are generally regaraea. ine
keynote of the Des Moines - charter Is
confidence In the officers and publicity
of their acts."
At the conclusion or Dr. Chapman a
address nearly every business man took
occasion to express nis views, it was
the unanimous opinion that Portland's
councllmen should be paid a sufficient
salary to guarantee the . faithful per
formance of their publlo duties. Judg
ing from the attitude of the speakers,
the east side will Insist udoo the
Abolishment of the' ward system of gov
ernment and the cutting down of the
numDer of councllmen. rne remunera
tion suggested by the - speakers was
somewhere around S3.000 a year for
each councilman and a' slightly larger
sum for the mayor.
70 feet, from the east side: abut
ment of the .contemplated new bridge
through to Columbia boulevard.
To make the required width will only J
require an. Increase of five feet on each
side of the present avenue.
The . movement ' has been started ' by
well-known property-owners, who have
considerable holdings on 'the thorough
fare. OLD OAKEN BUCKETS
Have you tried our latest novelty,
. - Old Oaken Buckets filled with cakes
Of Ginger Snaps? Try one and see
The furore that each Bucket roakes.
STAM)ARb BISCUIT COMPANY
Sola Makan of Paradlsm Sodas
OLD OAKEN BUCKETS
Ask Too
First
In overruling the demurrer of the de
fendant this 'morning ain the case of the
Pacific Postal' Telegraph-Cable compa
ny versus the Oregon A'Tallfornla Rail
road company and the Southern Pacific
company, United 8tatea Circuit Judge
Wolvfrton renders a decision which not
only If of great Importance to the par
ties to the action, but which will have a
most ImDortant bearlnsr UDon the ques
tion of eminent domain.
Tha telearranh mmDinr Is trying to
condemn a right-of-way over the rail
roads rignt or, way from foruana 10
the southern boundary of the state, the
railroad company refuses to allow It
to use the land. The railroad company
holds its rlsht of war -under the right
of eminent domain and claims that this
right ceases to be operative after It has
once been exercised and the land Is
held under such condemnatory proceed
ings. ' -
rn rostai Teiea-rann company, on ine
other hand, claims' that it has a good
a right to condemn a right of way over
the right of way held by the railroad
company as over any other private land.
It Is this question which the judge de
cides, holding that the telegraph com
pany is right In Its contention.
. He says that he Is led firmly to the
conviction that "under the general law
coupled with statutory authority for the
exorcise or the right or eminent domain,
property 'devoted to one public use
through quasi-publlo concerns may be
taken for another publlo use for like
concerns, where the taking will not ma
terially impair or Interfere with, or Is
not Inconsistent with, the use already
acquired and is not dertlmental to the
public.
"The crime essential Is that the two
uses may stand together, and It Is not
of vital consequence that some Incon
venience may result to the prior occu-l
pant,, so that the latter suitor does not
Interpose in such a manner as to, ma
terially Interfere with the, practical use
of the antecedent franchise." The de
murrer is. therefore, overruled.
The railroad company .has a right of
way 100 feet wide to the southern
boundary of the state, and the telegraph
company claims the right to condemn
over this right of way a right of way
for Itself 85 .feet on each side of the
center of the road.-
New York Prohlbs Nominate.
(TJnlted Press Leased Wtnt.t
Syracuse, N. Y., Sept. 2. Rev. George
a Stockwell of Fort Plain, N. T was
nominated today by the prohibitionists
for governor of the state.
OLD OAKEN BUCKETS
OLD OAKEN BUCKETS
Orooer.
now on the market all sizes and prices. Warranted for five years and
will last longer. Before buying call and inspect the
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The most popular;.Wood Stove in Portland.-
' heavy rolled steel; inside is reinforced by heavy linings in gray-ircTn cas!
in sections so as to absolutely prevent warping and -protect the steel sides
from the fire; large door opening and a swinging smoke curtain.' Neat
nickel trimmings. . - ' - '
$1.00
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EXTRAORDINARY VALUES
BETTER tuan most suits sold
at $20 and $25 ; at other stores. -j ,
Our REPUTATION
ALL THAT WE PROMISE
assures you that you will receive
BETTER' VALUES herelthan at
any store in Portland, j 1
MM YOU SEE IT IN 0l)R AD IT'S SO
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Will soon 'pay for a .Steel
Range "or a fine Heating I
Stove. The great
"Eclipse"
Has areputation for quick baking unequaled by any other I
make. It is built in. the most thorough manner or ine Desi
rolled steel. It has THREE walls, two of rolled steel and ah
inner wail of asbestos which ajc'rves.tb confine the heat about
the oven in the most perfect manner. You are welcome to
credit here.
Own Your Machine
arid make your children's school clothing. A dollar
will place a machine in your home, and all you need
pay thereafter will be "
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Mlt SUITS
3rd and Oak
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The anti-Trust
lachine. Not
in the Sewing
machine trust.
Xo , agent s
commissions
pay the whole
safe price only
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