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THE OREGON DAILY JOUKNAL, PORTLAND, TUESDAY EVENTNTG,' DECEMBER 2S.?.190S.
(If JOHNSON'S GOOD ROADS
JIIISIREL 1JAII
IIS APPLAUSE
SALARIES
ftcials our hearty support ts earry this
case to the highest tribunal in the land ;
and be It further i '. i T . . , .
-""Resolved, That we.havea copy of
these resolutions spread on our min
utes, a copy sent to the Labor Press, and
a copy furnished the prexs for publica
tion. ;, C. W. RYAf, Pres.
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BILL -MUCHv-AMENDED
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CITY TAX LEl'Y .,
IS 6.6 DILLS
"Yays and Means Committee
I Prunes Estimates 'Down
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v RAISED
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Measure Vetoed by; Governor Chamberlain Basis for Leg
islation to Be Asked of Next Legislature Sugges
tions of I? ecent Portland Conference Adopted. .
Taxpayers at Annual fleet
ing Indorse Majority Re
port of School Board
Force Chairman .Witten-
1 berg to Change Front.
The taxpayers of echool district No,
1 at their annual meeting last night
adopted tha majority Report of the
echool board and voted for a achool ta
levy of .7 mills. This covers the IS
uer -cent Increase In salaries of teach
r throughout the city and the dis-
trThY "West Side high acliool' auditor
ium, where the meeting was held,, was
paeKea witn xeaeners ana moir him
ptons. There were only two besides
iinrman Wlttenbore. chairman of the
echool board, who fought the proposed
salary increase. ... . .
xh .rnwri hiBBfd and leered the chair
man when he took the floor to fight
the proposed raise in salaries. Before
he finished talking he discovered that
sentiment was against mm ana grace
fully changed front, saying . that h;
had been mistaken and that he would
, bow to the will or tne taxpayers.
Predlctloa Ptotm Wrong". - 7 ;
At a meeting of the school board,
some time ago, Mr, Wittenberg told the
other members that he would oppose the
adoption of their report on the salary
question and predicted that they would
find that the taxpayers would not grant
the raise. - . ,
W. P. Olds and Ir. A. C. Smith ex-
- pressed surprise that Portland did not
pay its teachers as much as does Seat
tle and warmly Indorsed the stand taken
by the majority of the school board. .
Dr. Smith thought that 15 per cent
was not a sufficient Increase and moved
; to amend Mr. Olds motion to adopt the
minority report by making It provide
for a 20 per cent advance in. salaries.
'. Mr. rielschaer Explains.
' ' Before the motion was put Plrector
I. N. Fleischner took the floor and ex
plained the stand of the board. He
said he and his colleagues had gone
over the proposed schedule very care
fully, which the taxpayers probably
had not, and felt that ibis was the
best that could be done for the present,
and that it would be for the best inter;
est of th school district .that the
whedule should be adopted. Mr, Fleisch-
Met'n talk evidently convinced the tax
payers, for when the amendment was
put to vote, it was lost and the original
motion carried. . . ! ' - '"''' ' '
- The total increase 1n the yearly. sal-:
ary roll Is $87,000. Although the aver
age Increase is 16 per cent some of the
teachers only get 8 per cent and a few
receive an advance of as high as 2
per cent. i " Zf
h net
Good road legislation will be one Of
the most important subjects to be con
Blderen At (h inmin. HHfAn tha
legislature. urlng the 'session of 190T
rwu ibw, introduced Dy Senator jonn
son of Benton ronntv. van nsaxflri hut
Was vetoed by the gqvernor. This law
iooe raaen up axam by the lealsla-
ture. It will mmA iin tnr tha nti mnrnrn
ui vunHiueriiis wnetner it miouia tie
Pangea notwitnstanding tile veto.
Since tho last nesKinn. hnwnveK' thn
uooa Koads conference, recently held in
cortiand, nas appointed a good' roads
legislation committee whlen has ' been
Instructed to commie an adeauate and
acceptable bill for a uniform law gov
erning road building In the state. The
committee nas nrenaren a. nrellmlnarv
j . , . . : - . ' :
iMMii or xnia mil, using the jonnson
Mil as a model, though eliminating from
It crude and unsatisfactory nrovisiona
contained in the bill vetoed. This bill
fill M presenter! bv Senator . Johnann
on behalf of the good roads people to
me coming legislature.
gslariss Xaa Higher.
In BreDarinsr this bill it haa been r.rrv.
vide that property holders benefited bv
any improvement to a public road shall
pay one fourth of the cost of the im
provement The former bill provided
hat thev cav one third of the cost. The
salary of the atate road commissioner
under the new bill Is to be $2400. The
old bill called for 11500. The two com
mlssioners under the new law are to
be given IS a day for time actually em
ployed. The former bill provided for
actual expenses and no other compen
sation. These are (he principle changes
made by the good roads committee.
in nrier. the nronosed bill provides
ins i at some time prior ir January i,
1910, the state board, consisting of (he
governor, secretary of state and Stat
reasarer. shall aonolnt a state hltrhwa v
commission of three members. One of
these commissioners shall be appointed
from the state at large, and shall be the
ehairman nf thtt rommimtinn. This nf.
fleer shall be known as the state road
engineer, shall be a qualified and com
petent civil engineer capable of con
ducting nubile roads in a scientific
manner. He shall receive an annual
salary of 12400.
una or the commissioners shall be
'pointed from the First congressional
strict, and one from the Second con
gressional district. These two commis
sioners shall receive as compensation
J3 for every day actually employed bv
them on the business of the. commis
sion. I The three commissioners are to
receive their actual traveling expenses
while engaged in commission business.
Holdi Offioa Tour Tears.
Tho state road engineer shall hold of
fice for four years.. The term of office j
tne commissioner from the trst
PILOTAGE LAW
The Multnomah delegation held a
meeting last night In the assembly
room of the Commercial club for the
consideration of legislation desired by
different organizations and individuals.
. Probably the most important matter
brought before the delegation was the
amendment to the pilotage law asked
for by the chamber of commerce. 1 be
change Is desired in order that the
Port of Portland may have an oppor
tunity to improve tne pilotage condi
tions at the mouth of the Columbia,
, and by so doing remove the differential
now existing between Portland and
Puget sound ports, thus enabling ship
' ring to be brought to Portland as cheap
' y as to the sound.
The amendment proposed provide
that one of the commissioners must
'" be a resident of Clatsop county, one
. of Multnomah county, while the third
, may be a , resident of either of the
two counties. The 'present law pro
vides that at least two of the cora
niissioners must be residents of Clat
. sop county. . It is also desired to cut
down pilot charges and remove the
compulsory pilotage clause of the old
. law. '
The bill was presented "to the dele
. gation by C. F. Swigert, president of
i, the chamber of commerce. He was ac
companied by a delegation from the
chamber of commerce, which is fath
ering the measure, and also, members
of the Port ot Portland. The measure
was taken under , consideration by the
delegation. .
Philip Buehner Championed the meas
ure presented by the chamber of com
merce, asking that the $50,000 deposit
clause in the r present insurance law;
. he repealed. He argued that the large
deposit kept many good companies out;
?of the state, thus forcing large firms;
to go out or Oregon for their lnsnrance.
' District Attorney Cameron, through
one of his deputies, presented a bill
; asking for an increase In the num
ber of his deputies from four to six,
the chief deputy to receive JSOOO and
the others $2000 annually. Two sten
ographers at $900 each were asked for,
-together with suitable offices to be
furnishea by the district.
. The State Humane society asked for
an appropriation of $3000, the measure
belngpresented by Otto J. Kraemer.
J. v. Barley Invited the delegation to
take luncheon with the creamery men
of the city on Wednesday next, at which
time legislation affecting the dairy in
dustry of the state will he discussed
J. JX Stevens urged that the dele
gation enact a law providing that the
carmen employed by the Portland Rail
wav. Light & Power company be given
sufficient time to eat their luncheons,
instead of being compelled to eat aboard
their cars on the long runs.
C. E.. Lockwood insisted that Mult
. nnmah county should have 17 repre
sentatives in tha legislature Instead of
: 12 and one Joint representative. He
ali said that the Portland Republican
club would present a bill asking that
the powers of the railroad commission
be Increased and also one asking that
a constitutional amendment be passed
providing for the consolidation of the
governments of Portland snd Multno
mah county. Ijockwood also said that
the club will advocate a measure divid
ing the. state into representative dis
tricts for the election of representatives
td the legislature, i w
Oeorge H. Himes.' secretary of the
Oregon Historical society, sent a let
ter to the" delegation asking its support
for a bill -to provide for a permanent
home for the society. ;
County Clerk Fields had five Mils be
fore the delegation, one to require per
sona authorized . to perform marriage
ceremonies to 'file their credentials with
tlie county clerk, one to provide for the
. registration of, voter at other places
than the office of the county cleric, one
to create the ornce of state auditor,
one to provide for election Inspectors,
M one to amend the law relating to
IlMpg Ht ' '
Tli "following memberg of the dele
canon .attended - the meelingl Senators
"tit fee. Albee and Selling;. Representa
tion l)nvis. Couch, Mahnne. McArthur,
nrton. jprr, Altmfin, Abbott, Bryant.
Mil'oimld and Farrell.
Titrs cvim ra to 14 bats, .
Trn C!XTMi:vT t rmrnted to car IDT
r' if lMitrvr. PUnfl, fclimj nf PnMrarilnf
!,.- t te 14 di or aiiiie fffuaded. 60fc
Of
district shall expire on January 1...4911
ana or tne commissioner rrom tne sec
ond district on January 1. 1912. The
state board shall appoint successors to
these commissioners upon the expira
tion of their termsfor the term of two
years each, the time to run from the
appointment on January 1, 1911 and
It is also -provided' that the state
board may remove any of the commis
sioners for inefficiency, malfeasance or
neglect of duty at anv time and shall
make appointments to All any va
cancies. :
The AtatA mart engineer shall, ha Btih-
Ject to removal bv the state board at
any time upon the complaint of the two
commissioners for nonperformance of
dutv or Other sufficient cause.
It shall be the duty of the commis
sion to seek out the location of good
building material in different parts of
the state, to investigate the methods
of road construction best adapted to
the different sections of the state, to
study the most approved laws for the
f:ovemrnent of road construction, and
o hold public meetings throughout the
state for the education of the people in
the needs of road building. It ia also
provided that the commission shall pre
pare a report before December 31, 1910,
for submission to the legislature of
1911 In which It shall set out the num
ber of miles of road constructed during
the two years past, the extent of main
highways constructed, the general char
acter and location of road buildmg ma
terial found in - the statfc, the general
character and needs -or tne roaas con
Btructed and the need of advisable leg
iHlatlon, together with all other matters
or interest pertaining w me guou i-umu
movement and the work of the commls.
- Engineer Hakes Balsa.
The state road engineer shall also
provide rules and regulations for the
rnvern merit nf road construction thrOUgn
out tli state. He shall keep a record
of the work of the commission and shall
have his office at Salem. J The attorney
general shall ba the attorney for , the
commission. f -.j v;
It is provided that the state roaa en
gineer acting in harmony with the conn
y court of any county shall have power
to lay out and construct any mefln
highway needed, or to improve or
straighten any existing road.
Tha resident owners of real ' estate
In any county situated within two miles
of either side of any road or one mile
beyond the terminus, may have the
road Improved or a new one construct
ed by filing a petition signed by a ma
jority of these property holders with
the county court asking-, for the con
struction or lmprovfment." The county
court shall make an investigation
the project and if, feasible.
of
the
notify
state road engineer of the proposed con
struction or improvement. . i ,
It Is also provided that tne size or
any Improvement district may r-be
changed and made either larger or smal
ler, if special conditions may warrant
It is also provided, however, that In
ease the needs of a community demand
the construction of a road and . tha
roperty owners do not take the lnltia
tve. tha countv court or the state road
engineer may proceed in the same man
ner as though the petitions naa oeen
filed by the property owners, r '
- Mode of Procedure.
The Btate'highwav commission shall
receive all notices of action taken by
countv courts and after Investigation
decjde whether 'it Is advisable to make
the Improvement needed. If the pro
ject shall be approved tha state road
engineer shall make a study of the pro
posed improvement, shall Drepare mans
of the work and decide the material to
be used, the course of the road and tha
time of Improvement He will have ac
tive charge of the construction work.
it Highways snail be not Jess than
ght or more than 18 feet in width.
unless for special reasons. '
on completion or the plans; for anv
road the engineer Bhall prepare: a state
ment of the cost of construction and
send It to the county court. If there
Is no valid objection the state engineer
upon notice from the county court will
advertise for bids for the I construction
of tha road.
The rpad supervisors appointed ty the
county courts shall have immediate
-charge of the construction of roada.
working under the direction of the state
road engineer. .
The new law contemplates that the
state shall pay three eighths of the
cost of road improvement the county
to pay an equal share and the prop
erty owners benefited to pay one
fourth. It is provided, however that
the county court may assume the ob
ligations of the property owners either
In whole or part for good and suffi
cient reasons.
County Court to Decide.
When an Improvement is decided upon
the county court shall appoint three
viewers to appraise the benefits to be
derived by the adiacent property hold
ers from the construction of the road.
If the owners consider this apportion
ment unjust they may remonstrate.
This remonstrance shall be heard bv
the county court and the Issue shall
be settled equitably after a full hear-1
The name of George- Primrose 'on a
vaudeville bill la an attraction, and the
famous minstrel still duwca the name
dances he did 20 years ago in the same
graceful manner, .while to the 'ears of
today his singing Is still smooth and
melodious. He is aided and abetted at
the . Orpheum by four buck and"1 wing
dancers who move well together.
'Tha new bill opened last night with
some fancy shooting by Wenona Francis
and ' company which was fairly good,
though the sante act haa betm seen at
the Orpheum this season with different
performers. This act took the place of
the Bob and Tin comoanv of oanto-
mimista and acrobats who failed to ar
rive in time. ,rJ
The eccentric and toe dancing of
Mile. Pertina is good, if one cares for
that ort of thing. The buck dancing of
Ida -May Chad wick was all that saved;
the farce "For Sale Wiggin's Farmi" i
A really pretty number on the bill Is
A-Ba-Be'a pictorial postcard album, in
which a pretty girl poses inside a huge
album in a number of living pictures
to $1,424,520.
uch as "Rod Riding " Hood
"The
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Gypsy." -'The Gleaner," "Sky Irk,
'Hutch Flower Oirl." Homeless." eta
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Hughes presented n
uproarious act called "Suppressing the
Press."'. . .-O
The tumbling- end other acrobatic
stunte of the Three Yoscarys are fairly
rood, but would be better lr tne per
ormers would wear acrobatic costumes
and cut out some of the norse Piay.
Altogether, this weens Dili is ratner
below . the Orpheum a. ,
FINE TURNS BILLED
FOR T, M. A; BENEFIT
Hundreds "of tickets have been sold
for the big T. M. A. benefit which will
be held Thursday night at the Orpheum
theatre and a packed house is assured.
The event is a novel, one and is called
a midnight matinee. It starts at 11
o'clock, sees the New Tear come In and
continues until early morning. A spe
cial program haa be.en prepared consist
ing of all the Star acts, vaudeville.
dramatic and musical that happen to
be in tho city this week, for all are
members of or interested in the T. M. A.
Thursday morning at - 10 the seals
will go on reserve at Rowe A. Martin's
drug atore and those holding tickets
can exchange them for seats. Many
novelties will be introduced into the en
tertainment and those who attend this
first event of its kind ever given in
Portland will always remember it
'. :
.-. Building Permits.
W. A. Black, erect two story dwelling,
Minnesota street between Mason and
Skidmore. $1600; H. Bergestrom, erect
two story frame dwelling, Bast
Eleventh street between Pxescott and
Skidmore, $1800; H. Bergestrom, erect
one story frame dwelling. East Eleventh
between prescott ana bKiamore, jioou;
Par leu s
one story
erect
Manufacturing company.
frame office. Multnomah
street between Kast Twenty-fourth an4
East Twenty-sixth, $1500; J. B.
The' ways and means committee of
the council finished Its consideration .of
the expense estimates of the different
city departments for next . year, and
after consuming, the better part of the
day finally trimmed the appropriations
so that the total of $1,434,620.20 may
be met by a levy of . mills. . This is
9-10 of a mill higher than rtast year.
: The police levy was fixed at 1.J7
mills. Mayor Lane asked the commit
tee to make it liberal enough so that a
new police station could be built on the
east side to relieve the snocKing condi
tions that, now prevail at the present
city Jail. Mayor Lane also asked that
the levy for city lighting be made large
enough to enable the city to build a
plant and install a distribution system
of its own. The committee had no au
thority to'do this, however, without sub
mitting tho. Question to a vote fcf the
people. Tl lighting', levy was placed
at .68 millo.
The levies for each department and
the amount to be raised, as fixed by
the committee yesterday are as follows;
. . . Amount
Department- : .. Levy.. realized.
Fire ............. .2. 25. $ 485,631.90
Police .,.,1.87 t 295,695.88
Interest . ., .80 172,669.12
Lighting ; .69 125,185.12
Street repair 67 12S, 026.76
Library 13 28.058.73
Park S. .40 86,834.40
Special bridge .DO 107.918.20
Totals
....... (.60 ' $1,424,520.20
Not included In city levy for depart-
menta . -
Ed if a r.
erect two story frame dwelling, Ells
worth street between East Thlrty-sev-
, V. Vdaf. , TtiMw.ntnth l')AAA
J. A. Thomas, erect one and one-half I
story frame dwelling, tiacicamas street
between East Fifteenth and East Seven
teenth. $1700; J. A. Thomas, erect one
story frame dwelling, Clackamas avenue
between East Thirteenth and East Fif
teenth. $1600. .
The federal coast and geodetic survey
has Just finished the relocation of 61
stations on the Pacific" coast which were
moved by the earthquake that devas
tated San Francisco.
CONDEMN COURT FOR
GOMPEBS DECISION
The Structural Trade Alliance, which
held Its regular meeting last night is
the first of the local labor organisations
formally to condemn the action of the
federal court which sentenced Samuel
Oompers, John Mitchell and Frank Mor
rison of the American Federation of La.
bur to Jail. There wan a larsre attend-
ance and nfter discussing the action of
me court ror a time tne alliance pussea
the following resolution: i
"Be it reyolved bv the local Structural
Building Trades Alliance of Portland
that we condemn the sentencing of
Samuel Gompers. John Mitchell and
Frank Morrison to serve time in nriaon
without a Jury trial, as a direct viola
tion of the constitution of the United
States; and be It further
-"Resolved, That we extend to our of-
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Our entire stock of . this season's ' newest SUITS,
OVERCOATS' and; RAINCOATS at a sacrifice.
No last seasori'sjstyles no, odds'ahd ends; blues and
blacks included. Reduction of prices as-follows:
Suits--crc6a!sr-Raincoats
$20. Values now 015.00 "
; $25 Values now 018.75
$30 Values now 022.50
$35 Values now 027t50 ;
$40 Values now 030.00"
All Smoking Jackets one , thirds off regular prices ;
Fancy Vests one fourth off regular prices; our entire
line of Trousers one fourth. off; In this sale Benja
min's Full-Dress and Tuxedo 'Suits are excepted..'
1 Morrison, Opposite Postoffice
ing. i The action of the county court
shall be final. The assessments may
be paid at the conclusion of the work,
or they may be paid In six equal pay
ments, ranging from one to six years.
It is provided that the state aid given
to any county shall not exceed $20,000
unrtil all the counties in the state
shall have used their quota of state
funds. It Is bIbo provided that toe to
tal amount expended by the state In
any one year shall not exceed an amount
equal to one half of one mill assessed
against all the taxable property in
the state.
FINE
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Father and
and the Baby
how we made fools of our
selves and how much good it did us during the first . -
few days of the baby's life that's a story that has never been
i-.U 1 t L-J ill L. J..1J 1j . . . .
tuiu uciorc, aim nm iicvcr uc iuia again so lnuraateiy and 5,0
truly as Mary Heaton Vorse tells it in "The Story of a Very
Little Person." Mr. Vorse tells his side too, adding to the -fun
as well as to the truth of this ever-interesting domestic
situation. You'll have a good laugh with this happy family
when you read - ,
" The Great New Year's Number
of Woman's Home Companion. Stories bjg, Anna Katharine Green, Anne
"Warner, Florence Morse Kingsley, a famous1 love scene in color by Howard
Chandler Christy, " My Reminiscences t by Edward Everett Hale all and
more. in the Januafy.. ; j y '..':. J ' v: : ,..'' s
WOMAN
S HOME
At All News-starids
AT HALF F-RICE
The entire stock of the Reliable Fur
Co. has been consigned to me with in
structions to turn the 'goods into caish
at once. About twenty thousand dol
lars worth of finest Furs in this collec
tion, consisting of Black Lynx, Alaska
Mink, -Siberian Squirrel, Isabella Sable
and White Alaska Foxes, Japanese
.Mink, Royal Ermine, Black
Marten, Near Seal, Brook
Mink, in fact the desirable
Furs used in th manufac
turing of Fur Jackets, Scarfs, -Boas,
Muffs and Sets. Your;
choice of this great selec
tion at
ONE-HALF PRICE
This is the opportunity of a. lifetime. Comer early and
get the choicest selection.
TAILOR SUITS Great Showing at Half Price,
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ft IP :
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Fine
i-' .
Furs
.. ? nn -
FORMERLY THE NONPARIEL
334 Washington, Opposite Imjjenal Hotel