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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 1908." GHMERLU MS TAFT SUGGESTS SOLUTION FOR GARBAGE PROBLEM CITY 'Electoral- College and Ore gon Legislature on Ex- . 'actly Same Footing Ful- ton's Vanity in "Weak er Man" Charge. ' By John E. I.throp. Washington, Deo. 24, According- W1 ths provision of concurrent resolu- ' tion drawn up by 8enator Burrows, ' chairman of the committer on privi leges and elections, a company of cltl-I sens who correspond to Oregon State- : rnent No. l members of the legislature will assemble February 10, 1809, in Washington and without fuss or feath ers declare William. Howard Taft elect ed, president and James Schoolcraft Sherman chosen vice president. It will be true, too, that not one of these men -will be legally compelled to vote for either Taft or Sherman, but any of them could. If he would, vote for some one not yet mentioned for one oi ine offices. These men will be the members of I r . . 1 - - - . mi. "' ui " I .ryj-ty,. vlTi- - HIGHFERMEIlt FOR PAUL SilOUP Eesigns to Take Newly Cre ated Office Under Wil liam F. Herrin. The unloading floor of the city garbage crematory. The space between the covered openings In the floor Into which the garbage is thrown used to be arched, bnt on account of the eating away of the un derside of the furnace top, the floor is now sunken and is likely at any time to fall in, carrying with it Into the flames below any person who happens to be on the floor. Charles Ls paggett, who for ovcrl "Then a second' committee, consisting the electoral oollese. each state belnc three years has been sunerlntendent of or Annano. uaKer ana jjowning was ap represented by one elector for each fed- the garbage crematory, and who knows eral senator and member of congress. , v ,,,,, ,,, ,- ir.in. tn th. .irM nn.Fr,.tn from experience how ridiculously lnade- OI the constitution, th electors Of Ore- I io immenBe hh is me urunen gon, lor Instance, could legally cast I "- P'ni uui me iuu i rob ort- , wiii. r.... I Guild a lake, has a scheme for a sew r TTiihn Rnni r inHr.w rroi crematory wnicn ne minica win, ir there would be no power under heaven rKXV wiV-iT.-V hl b to prevent their doing so, excepting the !?" of deposing of the refuse of ! aureunens 01 mi oupuca uieaves loey rr.', J,"?LSS. "rn."lSr" crematory "out in-some gulch thri. or rour miles from tne city, wnere it can not be offensive to anybody, and to have the garbage hauled out on streetcars. a. crematory could oe ouiu in tne as. electors' In Oregon, pledges not even specuicaliy written or -declared. , Betrayal Would Vaan Ostracism. Of course, were any one of the Ore gon or Washington or Idaho preslden- SlV wic h,w2"'it iZ n?2 tlal electors to repudl&U his Implied (fn"L. ,,? n.P4d?, l.S?,,.dli tP?fJ pledge to vote for Taft and Sherman. KfZ' VJi,l m,"mJ"Bt hJ ft is generally recognised that his rZ lSSSl Ptimes and hae made some turn to his home state would be the ii"AVv rtXa- to ThSres So iSe icrnal tnr hi. nnlHIn.l nA rui.l ..ir-- en.emleS Dy doing SO. 1MWI BO USO ; 1 tautmg aoout Dunaing it in tne city. People won't stand for it It's been The approximation of the meeting of I i-7.a t yromauwu c.ivr.. ijru-1 or th9 crematory three years ago last lient a recalling of facts In the earlier September, and I hadn't been there a history of the republic and a compari- f month before I discovered that the plant BtMi u,in me prntDi meinoa or -as entirely too small, l reported con choosing presidents and vice presidents d I Hons to the board of health and asked and the method now in vogue In Ore- for a new plant. iron of choosing United States sena- 'The board of health has done all It tors. : ' could do to secure a new crematory. Common Consent Same as law. Some time ago it was instructed by the It has been ooted that the original ""ncl,,!. ,in J 2r i1nt7ii1?H, plan devised by the constitution halt. After .t.r?uJ?. eS.lc, t -3n4Ii,eTv"ii2 'K Al.tTwZ5 were really bt5 the boaTd lortS? ' to"theTouncll to have dTsretlon aT" whoT ? ie?h.M thl lct- B,It th P"Pl "e eit to te twSVhe? omre. r wf u kick. They didn't want the elect to the two chief offices. As the -.fcr.- ,v.r ithmivh th itn . 1ThU . . V.V, ' . E"VJ2S-,c!5 lected was where the crematory would iuii vwwviywu uiviv v. 1 east iiitaIv ha nrrnntVA rn an v ernmentally, without legal enactment 1 Threatened by CltUens. mosur & "Hsffit'coTei Periodipsil i.re iaminn nd Wallace, to find a site. They, with ;KJi?u''rff2'-a'".f.,J0.n-?f- ? mvself. visited every available site in senaforVT and iusT at thlV time t but wa alw?s ame; fhA ftr.;ni -t... itJIILJ J!. the people objected to having the crema- the Oregon status. Uniformly eastern tory located near them. When It was and southern statesmen and newspapers proposed to locate the crematory InCoun- concede ,that it would' be as remark- iiimfl Cottel's district, he received a D;ior tne uregon statement No. 1 ietter Bened with a skull and cross legislators to repudiate their pledges asDonpSi threatening to kill him if he al- ivi ffiuiunniisi cwiura 10 rrpuaiais lowed the plant to De ereoiea in meats- theirs, and that of course Is politically trlct The same thing happened in Kel- and socially impossible. ... . . , laher's district and in Bennett's. Threats TultOB's Cry of Praud. were made that if the crematory were Much ha. been printed concerning the SSdbe, eyerai statements oy tr resiaent rioose- x,vrtrted East Side clubs fought It in rresiaent-eiect Tart regarding a DOdy. Finally the committeo was k "mk k ' can anrirm inatlobiiKad to admit that It had failed and ,r,V'" V lD"lr reported to tne councn . . ..... .. .... . . . ... . . .wm,u iiuiiuiauiy lepu HlAtA thai nl 0-Vm lIlnMKnna made to many persons by Senator Ful- Ington, whither it apparently was sought ton that there were frauds in the Ore- to transfer the Oregon senatorial con- gon senatorial primaries, in that Demo- isu . t rats registered as ReDubllcans nrt Mo Taint Cling- to Zlectors voted for Cake against Fulton that they When the electors meet here Wed- mlght get a weak candidate to run nesday, February 10, 109. to carry out against Chamberlain. the already expressed wishes of the It might be true that were Fulton people as to whom they want for presi- able to present absolute proof that there dent and vice president, there will be were irauas it wouia alter tns popular no secret meetings oy groups cicu- conceptlon of the matter. tors, caucuses in distant rooms, private ver Oocnmd to Pal ton. messengers hurrying hither and thither, v't . i, u v . log rolling by different members, mys- But It has been likewise represented terlous whispers as to "where the sack imvi ireiuuvim nutni 10 iina may be round, ana arier tne eieciorai ine weaaer itepuoucan candidate they college has ended its function no elec might as likely have sutioorted Tfhiltnn I tny win ninm in his home to be fol as sucli, because of conditions recog- lowed for life by the smell of imputed rilsed by alL rnmmtinn end be the oblect of the sus- These representations, I am sure, very picton that he sold his vote for dirty J fiuicsiy nuuined any possible effect dollars. ii r produced by the Fulton raft's Status and Chamberlain's White Ho'useVn Judge Taft, In the meeting in the Be- haunted bv nresident end nr.iS.niI lasco. theatre at wh ch Governor Chara- io-De along. Sointed. For six months they tried to nd a site, but had to give it up. So we might as well admit that there is no possibility or finding a sits in the city ror a new plant. "But the present crematory Is l menace to the public health. It is en tlrely too small and can t consume nearly all even of the animal and vege table matter in the garbage. It was built 11 years ago for a city of not over 60.U00 or 70,vuu people, ana was oareiy big enough for that at the time. It has a caoacltv of onlv about 80 tons a day. and we need one that will take care of 160 or ZOO tons. "During 11 months of this year there nave ueen dumped on tne ary aump tons of cure garbage. This does not In clude animal and vegetable matter mixed with other rubbish. Here is record of the work of the crematory for the tast 11 months." and Sunerlntendent Daggett showed a report containing tne following items: Work for Past Tear. Sawdust used. 1897 loads: slabwood used. 290 cords: garbage reduced. 9889H tons; garbage dumped, 694 tons; horses cremated, mi. ooks crematea. m cows, 4S; calves, 18; rats, 6179; deer, 1; hogs, S. This does not take any account of the thousands of tons of tin cans, oyster shells. boards, boxes, barrels, bales of paper, straw and endless other rubbish which is not Included under the 1 I V.n . A - W I amount of animal and vegeiaDie matter which is mixed with this sturr. not to speak of countless loads of manure. Th cost of running the crematory during the past year has been between U6.000 and sn.vuu. i,acn oi money to pay for sorting, handling and -burning the ruDOisn is to a consiaeraDie extent the reason for the four and a half acres of reeking pollution which offends heaven and the noses of men for blocks about Guild's lake. "Now." continued Mr. tMggett. "it is evident that we must get out of the city. The presence of a garbage cre matory in any Dart of the city tends to depreciate property and we ought not to do that There are two ways of getting out or tne city, une is to go down the river, taking the garbage down on boats or scows. But that has been tried and has proved a failure, so It need not be considered. "The other way is by streetcar. My Idea Is to have a new crematory erect ed in some gulch three or four miles from the city on land which la not in use and where it will not be offensive to anybody. There would be no trouble in finding several such places on some of the streetcar lines running out of the city, and it would only be necessary to build a snort sour. nerhaDs half mile in length, from the main line to tne piant. Build for the Tutors. "And we should build for the future, not merely for the present. A plant capable of consuming not less than 150 or 200 tons of garbage a day should be built, on such a plan that it can be made large enougn so other furnaces can be added. I estimate the cost of sucn a plant, rirst class in every par- uvuiar, at not over izd,uuu. "Something must be done at once. The present condition of things is an outrage. That dump out there at Guild's lake is dangerous; It is a con stant menace to public health. s urinermore. we ournt to have a new system of collecting garbage. Our present system is the worst in the world. Ther are about So vinnw. tviictuiis eo'uasn. tt-uu eacn one is in dependent and does to suit himself. There Is no system. Sometimes the gar bage is left so long- before being col lected that when it reaches the crema tory it is slmrlv crawllnir vnA th -.Ar.- is frightful The garbage in the resi dence districts ought to be collected not less than twice a week, and through out the bUSlneSS district It nhnnlrl hn collected every day. And there ought to be some system to the work. This cannot be so long as the scavengers are Independent and each for himself. "The only way to do the work prop erly IS either bv contract nr tn- th city to own Its own garbage collecting flam suu vo.y lur mo worn out or the general taxes. The work must be un der one man. If this were the case and the collection of garbage were prop erly systematized, there would be no need for the filthy, leaky garbage wag ons to be hauled through the public streets durinsr the davtlme Th ,v could all be done between the hours of midnight and 6 o'clock In the morning. I cneapens the City. "AS It IS HOW. HinM Vila nilllna garbage wagons are driven down Mor. rlson or Washington streets Just at ths wfiie ui ueiy wnen mere n.re meat nA. pie on tne street. It In not uixriioniicm ior. r-ortiand ror Strang' ci iu ice mm. me wa irons enonid not be allowed on the streets during unjiiiiliu m nil. x don't know what Is in he Ann, hut something must be done at once. We can t go on dumping garbage at Guild's ihivb uiuL'ii lunger, it s dangerous. (Special Dispatch ts The JeorsaLt San Francisco. Cal., Dec 84. Well earned and substantial preferment "has come to Paul Shoup, formerly of Portland, an official of the O. R. A N. company at Portland, Or., and one of the ablest men of B. II. Harriman's railroad staff in California. At the first of the year he will quit the Southern Pacific passenger department and will thereafter give his time to the conduct of Harriman's large Interests In Cali fornia not directly related to the South ern racmc. xnougn tjnoup win ne sud ordinate only to William F. Herrin chief of the Southern Pacific law de partment, he will have nothing what ever to do with the legal or Dolitlcal af fairs of the Southern Pacific No title has been fitted to his new post as yet, nor Indeed has the scope of his duties been clearly defined. i: Shoup will be succeeded by F. K. Battura, at present general passenger agent of Morgan's Ixiulslana & Texas railroad and steamship company, a Har rlman property. ShouD entered the service of the Southern Paclflo In 1891 as a clerk in the office at San Bernardino. Mis abil ity was so marked that when the little narrow gauge road between Riverside and San Bernardino went into the hands of a receiver Shout wan d recti cally in charge and it was the first time in the history of that line that It snowed the ability to Day Its way. From San Bernardino Shoup came to can Francisco and entered the pasaen- fer department of the Southern Pacific, t was owing to him that the various primers on prunes and other fruits were printed by the hundreds of thou sands and distributed through the east oy tne soutnern facmc. promotion came aulckiy and he was sent to San Jose as district freight and passenger agent. He was there for a few years and then went to Portland, when J. C. Stubbs decided that the freight department wanted stiffening In the northwest. One week before the fire he wna an notated to his Present position. He -has done much toward advertising Califor nia In the east and has been frequently spoken of as one of the best friends Cat- torn la has in the railroad company. FIEE BACHELORS; GIVE JOBS TO 3IAERIED MEN TRAIN ROBBERY IN MONTANA FRUSTRATED - i ? ; i r i Butte. Mont.. Dec. 24.- A riot j to wreck and probably rob a Great North ern train at Woodville tunnel, nortb of this city, was (frustrated through in formation brought to the authorities who saw two masked men hiding near the tunnel. . Officer sent to the scene discovered a cache containing dyna mite and black masks.' A . detail was placed on guard over the cache, while a posse was sent into the hills adjacent in search of the men who wore the masks.. -r--j Make' table reservations for Christmas dinner at the Lenox. Third and Main.. CHRISTMAS OBSERVED -. BY ALBANY KNIGHTS . .s-,',-,,--v , v- (Special Diipatch to Tba Journal) , I Albany, Or., Dec. 24. Temple Com mandery No. -1. . Knights Templar - of this city, will observe Christmas with special services Friday morning. X large delegation of .Masons and mem bers of the Eastern Star of Corvallla will come to this city on a special train. A' number of prominent knights from Albany, Corvallls and- other cities will participate.- The exercises- will be in charge of Past Grand Commander D. P, Mason of this rlty. Music will be fur nished by the Knights of Malta quar tet of Corvallls.- Pittsburg-Buffalo Company Inaugu rates New Policy Among Its, Miners 75 at One Time. i. precisely where Tit wis in "Pke' "P1"? to certain com- "haPt t wouTd be noimoai in pllmentary remarks o? Glfford Plnchot sanity arM moralW di-a-trnT,. - or the mw who was to siicceeo. iwow- one to-repudiate Statement No. 1. J I am sure the forerolna- aulta urnir. ately sets forth the situation In Wash- There's nothing more rest ful for the tired man than to slip into one of these gowns. We have a special assort ment for the holidays. Special today Bathrobes and Smoking jackets, values tcTITO.OO, at your choice for - Store - open late tonight Closed all day tomorrow. 7 ' Ibw r 166-170 Third Street; said that he was yet "an unoffic ial person, and not even the president elect." The significance of the state ment, in view of the presence on the same platform of the Oregon chief ex ecutive, was noted by many, although it is not to be Inferred that this means that Judge Taft had the Oregon situa tion in mind at the moment. Rut the narallel between the status of the two men has been remarked here by numberless persons the one legally not vet even notified that a majority of the American people had chosen him ror tneir president, nevenneiess Know-Ins- if he lives he will be president; the other declared by the people of his com- monweaitn as tneir cnoice tor reaerai senator, and. It has been assumed, know ing, too, that he will be senator, al though not more or less legally sure than Judge Tart of his induction Into the office for which he had been marked. Chamberlain's Distinction I might say that George Karle Cham berlain will enter the United States sen ate under as severe scrutiny as every any senator has undergone. Ow ing to the universality of knowl edge of the Oregon situation, it will be. indeed, a fierce light which will beat about his Beat In that body, and his de meanor and activities will be subjected to minutest Inspection by an army of sharp-eyed newspaper men in the press gallery, by trained statesmen at both ends of the capitol, and by veteran of ficials of the several governmental branches. He will be absolutely the first sen ator ever regularly elected by a legis lature of opposite political faith, and hence his induction into, the office wtH be the very first instance of the achieve ment of what has been regarded as the trrtknate by all advocates of popular election of senators. It it true that public opinion Is In ex actly Vhat frame which will invest the new Oregon senator with full value and a little more, if only, as his supporters know, will be, he sustain his former high standard of public service. I am in a position to know that bis vUIt to Washington immeasurably trengthenea him in quarters where be wltt be able to make It count for the good of Oregon and the nation. Retirement of Veteran Officer. (Special Plspateb te Tbe JoaraaLi Washington, Pec ,14. After, more than 1 years' service. Major Francis O. Irwin, Second cavalry, one of the best known officers in the army, will be re tired from active service tomorrow on his own application. Major Irwin .is from Kentucky and was graduated at the Lnlted States Military academy In 1SK2. He reached the grade ef major several weka, age and has been sta tioned at Fort Lies Moines. . ..... BROTHERS FALL Mike and Dan ODonnell, In toxicated, Die on the Track at llachias. , ' (Cnlted Press Leased Wirt.) Snohomish, Wash., Dee. 24. Daa and Mike O'Donnell, two bolt cutters at Blanchard's mill at Machlas were struck by a Northern Pacific freight train fast night at the Machlas depot and In stantly killed. The accident was first known this moraine when an early ne- destrian discovered the mangled bodies strewn along the railroad near a cross ing. Agent McDonnell was notified and he notified the coroner, who took charge of the remains and removed them to Hnonomlsh. How the accident h&Dnened can be determined by the position of the bodies wnen discovered. miKe u uonneu nad evidently been sitting at the edge of the station platform, as his legs were severed from the trunk and a sash in the head was enough to cause death. uan uuonneu s Dooy lay Deyond the crossing. He had evidently lain down or had fallen between the rails and was unaoie to rise. The men were brothers. They hart lived in Machlas for many years. They returned from a trip to Everett last night and were under the influence of liquor, l hey continued drinking, it is said, after arriving at Machlas, and when they started home both were in a maudlin condition. They formerly lived at Muskearnn Mich. Both were bachelors. SCIENTISTS OF ALL AMERICA IN CHILE (Spedtl Dispatch to The Journal.) Santiago, Chile, Dec. 24. The fourth International American conference will begin, its sessions In this city tomorrow with an attendance of dtatlnrninhod delegates representing practically all of mo wuniriBs o vne tnree Americas. The government has extended a norriinl welcome to the visitors and will leave nothing undone to make the conference the most successful of its kind that has yet teen neia. t The nurnoee of the ennfernr I forth in the official call for the gather- various American states in the direc tion of material understanding and vm pathetic relations."- Man oueatinna nf an international character are to be con. sidered. such as hygiene, quarantine, commerce between the nations on the nign seas and Dy overland routes and tne political rignts or citizens of each in relation to the other. - The-United States has sent' a' distin guished delegation to the conference. Included anions- Itn Leo S. Rows of the University of Penn sylvania; Professor Archibald C. Cool idge of Harvard university; Professor Hiram Bingham of Tale university; Professor Paul S. Relnsch of the Uni versity of Wisconsin: Professor Bernard , university or California; Colonel William C. Gorgas of the United u ar.my'. ana clllef "anitary officer : xBiuiinH.ii uanai commission; Wil- ,lam J1 Ho,m? of the Smithsonian in stitution, and Georse M. Rnmm.i senting the United States department of ss.fj i vu IUI c. ALLEGED GRAFT IN BOISE TENDERLOIN (United Press Leased Wire.) Boise, Idaho., Dec. 24. The grand Jury, summoned In special session, was Instructed yesterday by Judge Wood to Investigate an alleged agreement be tween Boise officials and those conduct- in..lnVmoraLh2uses ln th red light dis trict by which the resorts were per mitted to operate in violation of law He also directed the attention of the grand Jury to the alleged illegal sale of. I'Sio' t such places, and at clubs which have no licenses, on Sundays and holidays, while licensed saloons are compelled to close. ' The Capital Stats bank failure and al ,eRtl violations of law ln connection with the conduct of the office of state treasurer are further matters which the court desires the grand jury to look into. Sensational disclosures are expected. (Special Dlaoatcb to The Journal.! Pittsburg. Dec. 24. The Pittsburs- Burralo company, owners of the ill- fated Mariana mine, have beeun the enforcement of the policy promulgated Dy tnem several weens ago, to give marnea men tne nreierence in everv case over bachelors where there Is work to De given out. The first move, along this line was made today, when 76 unmarried miners employed at the Jumbo mine were dis charged and their places riven to men with families. This move is to be made In other places where the company owns mines, and an effort will be made to have none but married miners employed. RECAPTURE OF TRAIN ROBBER THAT ESCAPED (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) St. Paul. Dec. 24. By the Bertlllon system. George T. Frankhauser, alias Ed Smith, alleged to be one of the two men who got tSO.000 by robbing- the Oriental limited on the Great Northern near Rondo, Mont., September 12, 1907, has been identified at Moorhead, Minn. Frankhauser and a man who gave ths name of Charles McDonald were nr. rested by Spokane officers soon after mo roD&ery. xney were taken to He lena, wnere tney broke jail last March. Frankhauser was arrested at Moor head on a petit larceny charge. The suspicion arose that he was something mure man a sniaii criminal, and an OI fleer was sent from the St. Paul de tective force to apply the Bertlllon sys tem. The resulting identification is said to be complete. KLAMATH LAKES ARE COVERED WITH ICE Klamath Falls, Or., Dec. 24.-The Klamath lakes are entirely frozen over the first time In several years. Ice is being cut that Is nearly six Inches thick. Lake Euanna. ln front of Tflnm. ath Falls. Is affording excellent skat ing. On both Lake Euauna and Upper Klamath lake, fishing through tbe Ice is meeting with success. The steamer Klamath has been able to make schedule time between Khun. ath Falls and Tuter'a landing, although a large ice breaker was necessary to make a channel. Here Are the Names. Slchel's own brands of cigars are: Garcia s. Lord Baltimore. Ml Hogar. El Mas Noble. Special packing for holiday gifts. SIG 81CHEL Is CO., . 92 Third st. and Two Branches. A par excellent table d'hote dinner served at the Perkins grill Christmas, iu o.v. nmerrs your taoies. A HAXsVB - BKEASTX SSOAPB. Do you know ' that every . time van have a cough or cold and let It run on thinklnsr it will lust cure Itself "vnu m inviting pneumonia, consumption of some other nulmonarv trouble T rvn-t risk it. Put your lungs back In perfect health and slop that cough with Bat- laru s-tiorenouna syrup. - . Price 25c, 60c ans 11.04 per. bottle, Sold br Skidmore Drug Co. V WE WISH OUR FRIENDS A Merry CiiFisjlmas We thank our patrons for the large success theythave enabled us to enjoy ' during the past year. . It has been , indeed 5 . i-.?-.. :i .",..- A Prosperous Year , GRATEFULLY. YOURS Sherman, Clay & Co. STEIN WAY PIANO DEALERS , CHRISTMAS CANDY CHRISTMAS CANDY CHRISTMAS CANDY A We are better prepared than ever to meet the de mands of a discerning public for the "best that goes in the candy line. Our display of suitable, appropriate Baskets and Boxes Is larger than ever and includes everything, from the small holly box to the burnt leather and hand painted boxes and imported baskets A visit to our store will convince you. THE CREAM STORE 388-390 Washington Street. - Last Minute Suggestions We aretoo busy to go into details of the offerings here you are too busy to read them anyhow; so we merely wish to re mind you that gift things are to be seen at this store THIS EVENING wherever you may look, so assembled and ar ranged as to enable you to come to ready decisions, with an assurance of merit in every item chosen from PORTLAND'S OLDEST, LARGEST AND BEST BOOK AND STATION ERY STORE. 3Te Ghristmes0ift thai is LalwoAjs, remembered.. iymes Adg Torjmeaiy years' MatermarislW Will he a cdm&nt t rerr $2.50 to $30 THE J. IL GILL CO. Portland's Ideal Gift Store THIRD AND ALDER STREETS Others Pay Rent W Collect Rent Who Can Sell the Cheapest? t .1.., LiiaxJ -7- FunniTunEt?