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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURAi; ' PORTLAND. SUNDAY, MORNING, DECEMBER 13, 1908.'
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AMERICA CAN EQUAL
BEST FOREIGN ROADS
; ! Br John E. Lathrop.
i ) Washington. Dec 1 2. Logan Waller
Page, director of the federal office of
' mood roads, believes tbat In many re-
aiMta this eonntrv is us to the stand'
rd of Europe In road making methods,
although he aamus mat mai common
lias annlied more extensively the prln
elples of good roads. In maintenance of
highways, especially. the European
Deems to have evolved an almost per
fect system.
; Mr. Para has lust returned from at
tendance on the International Roads
congress at Paris, to which he was
named by President Roosevelt to be
head of the American commission. Mr.
Page brings with him a story of Inter,
nt, making especial mention of the de
liberations of the congress for super-
ylslna-, automobiles.
Among the things which , Impressed
Mm were the methods for regulating
' automobile traffic in France 'and Eng
land; the belief or a majority or the
delegates to the Roads congress that
the automobile running at average speed
Is not detrimental to highways; . the
splendor of French hospitality; the dis
covery that many mues or very satis
factory, highways in England have been
constructed by mixing limestone and
arrant te after the methods set forth In
rublications Issued through the United
States office of publlo roads, and . the
arousing discussion mow being; earned
cn by English automobillsts against
Jsbrse traffic in city streets and upon
suDuroan mgnways.
i International Boad Bureau.
f It Is his belief that from the congress
Itself at least one big result will flow
ana credit for that must go to America,
On a suggestion by Mr. Paget It was
determined to create an International
bureau of roads, similar In soma re
- apects to the international bureau ' of
navigation. This body- will consist of
two or more aeiegates rrom eacn or the
t governments represented at the con
ferees. Its purpose will be the collect
ing of all possible Information on road
work, the passing on It by a commit
tee of experts, and - Its distribution
Jtnroiighout the world:
- The ultimate benefits of so far
reaching a mora cannot now" be esti
mated, but . the world will soma day
earry a heavy debt of gratitude tar the
government whose highway represen
tatives conceived the thought of such
?, bureau, and', brought to its support
he delegates of every civilized coun
try on the globs.
f Credit must go to Mr. Page for the
proposed erection of a memorial 'to M.
Trenauget, the great French highway I
engineer, wno vcae uii originator or tne
modern Frenclr system of road main
tenance, and who began the building
f the Incomparable system of high
ways tbat has made France famous as
a road building nation. The resolution
to that effect was Introduced by Mr.
; Pag and unanimously adopted; the sec
retary general being empowered to re
ceive contributions with which to carry
Out Its provisions.
-'- Asked what plans France had made
for the visitors, Mr. Page said that he
had been amazed at the manner In
which the republic; had planned for the
comfort and the entertainment of the
delegates.
Among the functions was an elabo
rate reception at the Elysee Palace,
where the national delegates were re
ceived by President Fallieres. The ses
sions of the . congress were held In a
vast auditorium at the Sorbonne, the
various sections meeting In rooms espe
cially furnished for their comfort and
convenience at the Salles du Jeu de
Paume, in a corner of the beautiful
garden of the Tullleries.
ramoue Actress Helps.
Besides the official reception at Elv
ee Palace, there was a, special theat
rical entertainment given at which a
famous French actress recited a poem
specially written for the occasion; a
reception at the palace of the minister
ef publlo works; another at the magnifi
cent Hotel de VUle; side excursions to
Fontainbleu and Nice, and a luncheon
at the beautiful palace at Versailles.
This latter function was of especial
Interest to many Americans, because
. of the hiatorioal associations lingering
about the magnificent palace. The lunch
eon was served in the superb orange
room, and when the delegates, to the
number of 75. bad taken seats, the
fountains which form the great decora
tive features of the superb apartments,
were set playing, a tribute by France
to the visitors, for It Is only on rare
ocas ions that the water is turned into
this chain of baslnj.
At the reception at the Hotel de Vllle
the visitors were also treated to scenes
ef splendor foreign to American ideas
ef simplicity. A regiment of pictur
esquely uniformed chasseurs of the
French armv were detailed to stand at
i attention, one on either end of every
step of the grand marble staircase down
which the delegates passed; and thence
in aouDie rows 10 tne state oining rooms
and grand salons. Gratifying and lm
Dresslve as were these ex&mnles of al
most royal hospitality, the chairman of
the American delegation found more of
interest in tne peritenon 01 tne system
of roads with which the republic Is
provided, and in the systematic method
of maintaining them to the highest 'de
gree of efficiency. He was told that
on the magnificent road leading front
Paris to Versailles 6.000 automobiles
pass either way on each fine day, but
be noted that it was in . such perfect
condition ' that it was practically as
dustiess as the carefully swept asphalt
street or a large city.
No better macadam roads are built
in France than can be built and are
built in this country; but the maintain
ing of-these roads is attended to with
the utmost care, and for that reason
the highways are Invariably In such
sDlendid condition that thev excite the
envy . of American visitors.
SCeets rauoos Engineers.
Prior to bis arrival at Paris. Mr.
Page spent some days in England in
the company of some of the famous
highway engineers of -the empire, ex
amining roads throughout England. 'It
is his oaiiei tnat England nas arrived
as near to the solution of dustiess
roads the present day problem of all
highway engineersas any nation. Her
engineers have given the use of bitum
inous ' materials for spraying macadam
roads the utmost thought and cars.
Spraying highways with such materials
after science has been called to the aid
of the highway builder has a tendency
to preserve the solidity of the roads
and prevent th formation of dust, and
England has made such progress in this
branch or road study that many miles
of suburban roads are as free from the
disease , breeding dust nuisance as tho
beat kept streets of the principal cities
or the world.
So firm are the hlghwav scientists in
the demand that these conditions not
merely maintain but Improve, that the
first fight against the horse has been
taken up by the automobillsts.
When the motor car beean to come
Into use, the teaming Interests of the
world were strong. Thev berated the
automobile In unmeasured terms: said
that It was a menace to the public and
to the horse; that It endangered life and
limb; In faot advanced every argument
gainst it tnat rrom time immemorial
as been advanced against the advent
f every great invention or civilizing in
fluence.
In the early days of the American
rebubllc. the pack saddle men foua-ht
bitterly against the advent of the wa
gon. They declared It would make pos
sible the carrying of heavier loads and
tne consequent ruining or the pacK sad
dle Industry; the wagon men fought the
stage coach on the theory that it would
facilitate trairio ana tnrow wagon men
out of work: . i stage coach men bat
tled against the railroads on the theory
that' the running of steam cars would
drive out the stage coach driver, and
each In turn was forced to make way.
More Horses Balsed.
The fight of the horsecar men against
the trolfcy car is remembered by all.
The claim was then made that 1,000,000
horses would be thrown out of work
and that horse .breeders would starve.
The trolley is well night universal, and
yet more horses are raised each year
than the year before and they bring
better prices.
The horse interests have ever fought
the automobile. . There have been thou
sands of columns of argument published
against it, and short sighted men have
advocated such heavy taxation against
It, that a great and ever Increasing
industry would have been sadly ham
pered, had i.alf the unwise legislation
planned been put into execution.
New highway experts aided by the mo
tor car Interests and by a powerful as
sociation of London and Its suburbs have
turned like the trodden worm and start
ed an attack on the horse.
The claim thev advance Is that the
Solluting of all publlo thoroughfares Is
one not by automobillsts but by horses;
that If no horses were allowed to drop
organic matter on publia thoroughfares,
the dust nuisance would soon be naught
by an unpleasant memory. They ad
vance the logical statement that the
nuisance created by hundreds of thou
sands of horses la detrimental to pub
lic health and a menace to the pave
ments, and they charge that the con
tinual cleansing of the streets because
of this traffic Imposes a vast and an
unjust tax upon the cltfzens.
It was a source of great gratification
to the American chairman to be frankly
iuiu in ooin r ranee ana n-ngiana tnat
this nation has stepped ahead of both
those nations In the testing of materials
for buildirg macadam roads. Various
cnoic or every ckitictfor all-american
AUTOMOBILE SUPPLIES
experiments conducted bv the office of
public roads have developed the fact
that it Is possible in road building to
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Morgans Wright and
' Goodrich Tires
06 SIXTH STREET
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REPAIRING SUPPLIES
Second - Hand Automobiles
Bought and Bold.
PORTLAND MOTOR CAR CO.
:, Sixteenth and Udsr. , .
AUTO REPAIRING AND REBUILDING GLASS FRONTS A SPECIALTY
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if. L KEATS AUTO CO.
Corner Seventh and Bornside, Portland, Or.
Phone Main 5368
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H.LKeatsAutoCo.
Cor. Tth Bnrnrtfle,
Portland, Or.
Phone Mala 8368.
CovcyMotorCarCo.
SIXTEENTH AND ALDER
Main 6470
A 4587
Firestone Tires
Vulcaniziog&Retreading
R. E. BLODGETT
510 Alder Street Main 7005
FRED A. BENNETT
495 Alder St, Port!and-!4I6 Broadway.
Seattle 418 Second Ave., Spokane
H. L KEATS AUTO CO.
Corner Seventh and Burnslde. Portland, Or.
Phone Main 5368
Three football stars of eastern gridiron whom all" chose for theoretical team. To the left Is Coy of
Yale-, the fullback; to the right Is Kollenback, the Pennsylvania fullback who was shifted to halfback In
the selection. Below Is Tlbbott of Princeton, the other halfback. .
obtain a better bonded surface by mlx-ina-
rocks, such as limestone, with si
ltclous rocks, such as granite or sand
stone. That discovery embodied in publica
tions sent out through the United States
department of agriculture had been
adopted by some of the British highway
engineers, and while in England Mr.
Page was driven over a number of
stretches of splendid highway built by
the blending of such material, and was
commended by those who built them.
Test Britain's Bock.
In conlunctlon with that nhase of
highway construction, Mr. Page was
asked if it would be possible for his of
fice to receive about 300 samples of the
characteristic road building' rocks of
Great Britain and make laboratory tests
of them.
It was specifically stated In the of
ficial Invitation sent from France many
months ago that the congress at Paris
was called for the purpose of discuss
ing the effect of automobile traffic upon
public highways and if deemed detri
mental to devise means of overcoming
the effect Asked what conclusion was
reacned by the congress, Mr. Page said
tnat automobile traffic and its effect
was very thoroughly discussed and that
many brilliant papers were presented,
every phase of the question being treat
ed of. As it was impossible to arrive at
unanimous conclusion, the (mention
of damage was left for a later deter
mination. It was the consensus of
opinion, however, that automobiles driv
en at ordinary rates of speed are not
especially harmful to good high way a
.Mr. Page was especially Impressed by
ine laws regulating automobile traffic
in practically all portions of France and
England. Unlike the laws prevailing in
nearly every section of this country, the
motor car restrictions of those coutrles
are iramed Tor the purpose of stopping
reckless drlvinar and the nfflrwra re
sponsible for their enforcement are not
restricted, as are American officials. No
speed limit provisions are Incorporated
In the laws of France or England. If in
the judgment of an officer, a motor car
driver is reckless even if proceeding at
less than eight miles an hour, he is
subject to arrest. If, on the other hand,
he is proceeding- at express speed on a
broad thoroughfare, free from other
tcaffic. and is not endangering the lives
or the property of others, he Is well
witmn bis rights and may not be in-
icricrea wun.
Every Piano Buyer Assured
of a Square Deal
No schemes resorted to to make piano sales.
Fictitious prices are not marked on any piano.
We don't mark a piano $500 and then offer it
for $262.
Remember, it is just as easy to mark a piano
$500 or $1000 as it is $262 in order to convev the
impression that you are getting a great bargain.
Anyone thinking it possible to get a real $500 piano for
$262 had better consult a brain specialist without delay.
Every piano marked in plain figures.
The marked price is the selling price. Not $25 less nor
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DEFEATS DALLAS
Multnomah club's fast basketball
team last nleht defeated the Dallas
college five, which is scheduled to tour
me east, by a score of 13 to 9. The
game was played in Dallas and was
pronounced a splendid exhibition of
the game.
Both teams put up a hard battle all
the way through. By a margin of one
point the clubmen led the collegians at
the end of the first half, the score
being 4 to I. The "Wlnreit t" ntnt
gradually drew away in tho second half
graauany crew away in the second half,
the game ending It to . The Mult-
noman ciud was represented by Pent,
Allen, Fisher, Barton and Morris.
0BEG0N CITY PLAYS
FOREST GEO YE A TIE
(SpecUl DUpates ts Toe ToflratL)
Oregon City, Deo. It. Ths Barclay
High school football team, of this city
"leL$.h.? Forert Grove High school team
at Willamette field this afternoon, ths
game ending 0 to 0. - . .
Despite the heavy rain storm there
was a good attendance on the ground.
It was a well Played game, despite the
wet ground. While the Forest "Grove
team outweighed the" Barclay boys,, the
latter put up a good fight.- The lineup:
Barclay. Forest Grove.
garde ..C... Rau
Ph0.d? LO Moore
fea"Kln" NG , Fogle
- " a t Lwane
Hart QB Clark
Moore . R H U Moore
V,?eBn Llf. .....Mows
Drorbaugh
Gi"ehw i . . Thomas
Stroh FB..,.,.,. Devlin
Referee Grout. Umpire Ferron.
HNTCLE SAM TtJKNS
OVER LAND MONEY
(Stlera Barean of Tbe Joonial.t ' :
Salem, Or., Deo. 12. The governor's
office this morning received a warrant
from the United States land department
for $StJ,8iO. which covers the sales of
public lands In Oregon for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 19Q8. This amount
will be divided In proportion to the
acreage In those counties.
. " Orders Stock Corral.
' , (Salra Burwta ef Tbe 2oanl.t
Salem. Or., Dec 12. Manager J. P.
O'Brien, of the Harrlman lines in Ore
gon, .notifies the railroad commission
that, though he believes the demand for
a stock corral at Shedds arises purely
out of spite work; on the part of a resi
dent of , Shedds, he has ordered ths
stock corral to be las tailed at once. ,
7---Y Dona OlTsa Away,
Read advertisement of Perkins phar
macy in today's paper... ..-
PORTLAND MOTOR CAR CO.
526 Alder Street, Near 16th
fyohr Cmn A-4944. Phones: Main 25S3
I0RTH POWDER
BALKS AT HUO;
Complaints Pile Up Against
Oregon Kailroad & Nav
igation Company.
conrr kotob oa oomtaitt, bhctihstth aho axdsb
ope Hartford
H. L Keats Auto Co.
Corner Seventh and Bornside
Portland, Or. Phone Main 5363
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Salem. Or., pea 12.-The Blue Moun
tain Fruit Company of La Grande has
filed three Informal complaints against
the Oregon Railway Navigation Com
pany for excessive charges aggregating
hundreds ef dollars. An Investigation
of the complaints will be started by the
commission.
North Powder residents are also com
plaining because the way to tbe new
depot at that place lies through a 600
foot stretcii of soft clay. The citisens
or North Fowder want the railroad
company to provide wooden sidewalks.
so that they can reach the depot. The
complaint states, further, tbat the com
pany has no telephone, and that to
transact any business with the railroad
company it is necessary to make a trip
rorougn mo ciay 10 ine new aepot
COMPLETE PLANS
FOR AMUNDSEN'S
Portland Auto Commission House
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THE LOWEST PRICE STAN-) FRED A BENNETT
DARD FIVE PASSENGER ( 49SAIdtrst . r.ru..d
CAR IN THE WORLD . j Sffi.'sS
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toddard Dayton
FRED A BENNETT
49S AMtr it Portlud
1416 Broadway Seattle
418 Second Ave. Spokani
(TTalUd PT4MS Leased wire.t
San Francisco, Dee. 12. Captain
Raold Amundsen the explorer who salted
through the Northwest Passage, has
sent the complete plans of his next dar
ing expedition to Consul General Henry
Lund of tbe San -Francisco Norweiglan
consulate. Ha clans to retrace the
course of his last expedition, starting
irom - nan rTancisco on ms perilous
voyage of discovery and . research. For
more than five years he expects to en
trust bis life and those of his Crew
to tbe vast Ice drifts of the Arctic He
will sail In the Fram, ths ' vessel In
which Captain Nan sen made his latest
Arctic expedition.
The ship will be provisioned for
seven years. . it may be all of that
time before news of his fats reaches
the outside. Amundsen and his men
hope to make the voyage the greatest
axcuo expeaiuon ever anown.
THROWN INTO JAIL C
FOB CAHltYING GUN
Alex Smith was arrested at the Foun
tain saloon. Russell and Goldsmith
streets, last evening by Patrolman Kills
en a charge of .carrying concealed
weapons.
Smith, according to the officer, en
gaged In a fist fight with another man
in the saloon, when Ellis entered he
saw that Smith seemed to be eyeing
him with undue timidity, and -h
searched his pockets. A large revolver
was rertncoming, so tsmita, wno Is It
years or age, went to tne city jau.
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,. Notaries Commissioned.
(Salem Bmaa of Tbe Joaretl.)
Salem. Or.. Deo. It. Commissions
notaries have been Issued to Horace H.
nsner, rortiana: J . rt. A. Bennett. As
toria: Jeff. T. Wisdom. Greaham: John
UoDonald. Wallowa.
Companies Incorporated. , ' -
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corporation filed In the. office of ths
secretary of stats are as follows:
Carey s eanitarv Miiir Jt cream com
pany; principal orrlce, Portland; capital
stock, S0O0; incorporators, H. lLCarey,
W. W. Terry and D. A. Jonesi
"Willamette Investment nmiwitt! nHn.
IIpal office, Eugens; capital stocSc. IIO,-
THOMAS
H. L KEATS AUTO CO.
Corner Seventh aid Earnside, Portland, Or.
Phone Mala 536S
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The newest and most practical non-skid tire ever placed on
with the goods.
the market. Ask any of the users; they will tell yon it's there
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Don't fail to see this remarkable tire, now on exhibition at
510 ALDER STREET
R. E. BLODGETT
The. only up-to-date repair, shop in the city; nothing but the best
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000; Incorporators,-Frank M.Northrup,
John - F. Kelly," Jack Rodman. Julius
Goldsmith, H. A. Dunbar and G. W.
Hunter. ...
Investors' Realty company; principal
office Portland: canital stock! S606S:
Incorporators, Martha E. Cotton, Blanch
V. Marstiati ana a. uowpermwiii.
Jewell Hardware company; principal
office. Grants Pass: capital stock, 125,
OOO: Incornorators. I L. JewelL A. M.
Jewell and A. C. Hough.
Medford Grocery company! principal
office, Portland: capital stock, $50,000;
Incorporators, H. G. Brown, B. W. Pat
ten gill land C. H. Del fa
Northwest Gas Equipment company;
?r1r.cipal office, Portliind: capital stock,
60,000; - Inrsorporators, w. - M. Kapua,
R. MoC. Mlciiier and E. H. Cbrbett
Clackamas Southern Railway com
pany; principal office, Portland; rapital
stock, f 1,000,000; Incorporators, F. M.
Swift, David Lorlng and A. E. Clark.
- Lebanon Oil A Mining company; prin
cipal office, Lebanon: capital stock.
$9,000: incorporators, Samuel M. Gar
land, C H. Vehrs, J. L. Griggs. aCarl
Middelstadt,., and William P. Jfelson.
Mtirshfleld Crocery company; prin
cipal ofilce, Marshfleld; capital stock.
$3000; Incorporators, H, C. Noble. A.
D. Hall and C. E. Powers.
Combination Mines company; principal
office, Bohemia; capital stork,' $450 -000;
Incorporators, Robert H. Clark.
Jerry W. Dlsch and Jackson F. Audier
, Portland Oil & Gas company; prin
cipal office, Portland; capital stock
$1,000,000; Incorporators.-W. & Farrell
N. C. Hogg and C 8pencer.
Spring Hill Land company; principal
office. Cornelius; .capital stock. . ISO
000; incorporators, C. B. Buchanan J '
Wj Sewell, Albert Running, D? JBar-
rett and J. E. iReeves. X. : VV