THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 3, 1003.
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DEAUTIFilG
CITIES
Few Municipalities Have
Well Mined Plans, but
. Idea of System Is Spread
' ing Illustrious Example,
' . Washington, D. C, ( '
Tomorrow
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th 8on of . th
AmerlcAn Revolution will meat
In annual congress at Baltimore.
"With hi usual timelines Mr.
Ila&kln wlU present an rtll
on thla" and otlier patriotic or
tanl4.1on' that draw their in
plratlon from ' Revolutionary
ourcea. . Th part the Pacific
coaat played In th promotion of
thla elass of patrlotlo aocletlea
will b dlBCuased. , :
"V f By . FREDERIC J. IIASK1X.
(Copyright 10 by Frederic J. Haakln.)
" 3 Washington, April , 29. Four
" -7 transpiring within the month. In the
" national capital mark to the American
SSbllo th growing twnh,ot the . na-
Tionwlde movement for better and more
beautiful cltlea. Yesterday the body
of Major IVKnfant, that geniu who
punned th city of MhJngt lay
on the way to reinterment In Arlington
- cemetery a short while In the rotunda
r the capltol, whoa lt he had -
' leOn May "will ba unveiled the atatua
of Alexander Bhepberd, iomtlm pre-
. Hent of tha board of Publlcworka In
Washington, and under whom the city
'receive It flrat , Impetua toward It
present beauty. T '
On May SI a general conference, with
representatives from many cltlea, wiu
, be held In Washington for the purpose
of diseuaalng tha better plaanln of
'twrlnr this month Mral Taft, wife
" of tha president. Inaugurated "
of afternoon band concerta on the wa
terfroot. lending old world at-
' tractlvenees toWashington life, and
ar tha same t ma Introducing W the
people Of the olty tha beautlea of Poto
' mao park, that moat exquisite proof of
the possibilities In ..reclaimed lands and
" aandbars that U In the power of ever
riparian city.
, . Worked Wltb Washington. .
A soldier of France, a follower of
.1 Fayette In tha cause of American
, ; liberty, drawer Of plana f or Buffalo,
designer of. that perfect city plan that
haa made Washlnaton a good pattern
- for all new cities in the making, Major
Pierre Charles L'Enfant died a pension
er on the hospitality ,of the Carroll
family of Maryland, and was burled in
the family burying ground on Dlggea
farm; nearly : 00 years ago. It was Jef
' ' f ereon ' who - suggested L'Enrant a aer
. ..t.. ,a WaalilTis'tftn . And durlnff a weeK
pent at Mount Vernon, with maps of
many old world cltlea befors tnem. the
president and f the French engineer
worked out the plan ror waamngion.
the only time In th history of the
world that the capital city of any na
' tlon has been planned beforehand and
t built according to tha plana Sk Peters-
burg, it la true, wa named ana the
site chosen in 1T0S with the view to Its
being the Russian capital, but when
that cltv waa built In the marshes It
11 ' waa wltb the object of having a key
" to the northern seas, and the Mea of
beauty wae a minor consideration.
Washington had aeen o European
-dty. Glenn Brown asserts that If any
American cities orrerea suraresuuna i
' Washington in their plans they may have
been Annapolis and Williamsburg. An
napolis, It Is remembered, was built
somewhat after the plans suggested by
1 8Ir Christopher Wren for tha rebuild
' lna- of 'London after the fire of 166.
the two focalpo!nts with radial streets
" being from Wren'a dans, while Wll
llamsburg has a distinctive mall, that
; may have suggested , to the first pres.
. ldent the mall for his federal city.
L'Enfant knew the old world better. It
Is said that the planning of the capltol
and tha White House as axes for the
many radlatln avenuea wae suggested
to him by.Ie NotnVa plan of Versailles.
There waa an eye, too, for the possible
; Invasion of the capital of the new re
public, and from these two centera can
non could be, trained down the various
avenues and offer Impregnable fort
resses for ruler and congress.
: Flan Indorsed Century Xatr. .
Whatever the origin of the plan. It
haa proved its beauty- and worth. They
drew It so that from the Intersection
of any two or more streets and avenues
the 'horizon can always be seen. When
- i the .capital city celebrated Its centen
' rial In 1800 and realized that it waa not
all that the nation's head municipality
should t a. commission waa sent
abroad to atudy other' cities and sea
. " what changes should be made In L'En
'(' font's phjn. Tbe commission reported
v' "that" nis plan9 waa beet of all. and that
Insofar as it' had not been- permanently
Interfered with la Washington, It should
,Jt'. be followed. - ' .. , j
It was possibly the eccentricity of
genius that made the rifted Frenchman
soon antagonlstlo to the committee un
. dor which he was to work, for shortly
t after he had drawn his plans, had en
gaged the stone from tha quarries and
started, the city's building,, he was re-,
moved. - Jefferson recommended that
Major L'Enfant be paid for his aervlrea
and euggeated that It be 'UberaL' "The
president thinks," so Jefferson wrote
to certain members of congress, "tJBOO
. of ItOOO, but leaves the determination
to you." Thla was.fn 17J. In-1S10
t ' the' engineer was voted Is6.6f,-with ln
terest from 1782, In consideration of
V . his great workl Invited by Mr. Dlggea
to hla farm, he inent tha last quarter
century or more of his life there, refus
ing an appointment ae Instructor at
West-Point in 1812. and In the veer
that La Fayette paid hie final visit to
this country,- the French guest died at
the Maryland farm and though the fam
ily burvlng srroitnd was tenanted with
-the dead of the Carroll end Dleres fam
tiles when he was first burled there,
they were later removvl. and for many
'years his bodv has lain there in com
pany only with that of a mrsterlous
stranger who t lrured in some long ago
romance and found shelter there In
death. Testerdav the nation honored the
dust of the onirlneer, long dead, and la
ter It la believed a suitable memorial
f will mark his new grave In Arlington.
aw the Minions Tel te .
' The nation has known few m so
far seeing as L'Enfant. lie planned a
city of a it mile area, to accommodat
a population of 800. 080 when all the
people In all the newly Vnlted State
were only a little over seven timea that
number. He looked from London and
Parla. 'cities a thousand or so years In
making, and saw aa In a vision, a cen
tury or so beyond hie day, a city of
msny" beautiful buildings on the hllis
and lowlands of the Potomac. He saw
"squares In mortMes end ohelitkt In
trees.- It has taken over a century to
realise some of the dreams of . the
dreamer, long d-ad. The new -lty
a drearv eight for PreaMct Adms an4
hie political family. r"ot eat-.l Wo
roe's prjeros times d k the city ro
12.069 or l.f, InhaMUntu, hn
Phepherd took charge of Ihm puhik-
works mny y-rs later, the dreams b---gan
to tnke nwr eefinit hr-e
Trees have alaaja played as Import-,
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It haa now murii lri- a than any oiln-r
city in tlie urll, A ohiIv as Htuii
tlmre wa an onlinunrw rililtiltlng lm
ae to Ires. Ir.fi miari every vif
nue, . they, i luxter In llilrkrts ml tlie
riM'ljtltiit'd l'litontao flutu, the placa of
the fiituro, ttiey atand in prlmevtil
arandxur on thn humlreda of airt'M In
Itock Creek l'ark. Wtn-n the irnoel
Lincoln iii-mnrlal has bi-en eret ttii, tne
Orunt MetiKirlnl l)rlln acroHS tha rlvi-r
built, the further plans of the city
hetiutlfliTS will have aitded the ImI mid
banks of Rock Creek to the spee.lwny
plan and a drive will follow the allvtry
stream .where It la now uellfltvi 'by
duinpage and tranh. The Hnrnhain
pinna call for white sdmlnlatratliin
nulldlngN all along the mall from the
White House to the Capltol, and sug
geat a memorial arcli on the great hill
at the foot of Sixteenth street.
Cities With runs for Tatar.
' In 1802 there were only four cities
In the United States, with definite, well
defined plmia. Cleveland waa a pioneer
In the movement, having inaugurated
a "city beautiful" crusade In 18811. Now
there are 60 or more. The lateat of
these la Dmiver, with a new scheme re
cently approved by Its park board, call
ing for radical cliunr'-s In existing plans
ami for the expenditure of 83.OOu.Ooo.
Memphis, whoso luirk system Is only
a few years old, Is negotiating for the
alte of an old railway depot to be beau
tified and added to the parks aa a chil
dren's playground. New Orleans, with
Ulenvlllo's old plan, and Salt Lako City,
with lta mathematical s in area Just as
Brlgham Young drew them, have di
greaaed In varying degrees from original
plans. Detroit's - plan la copied from
Wushlnrtnn. Ran Francisco, miaslnar a
great opportunity for making of Itaolfl
the model city or the world, Is rebuild
ing from Its disaster on pretty lines, but
not unlike the old ones.
f?ew York, seeing a relief of congested
population with the completion of each
new bridge, has had plans drawn for a
parking about the waterfronts. Chi
cago expects to restore many of the
food features of the Columbian exposl
Ion in a new park system, and Boaton,
With tha highest per capita expenditure
on parka of any city lu the United
Btataa, and with-the first women's clvio
improvement societies, is redeeming
land and building more parks. Kanaaa
City had one of. the hardest fights for
improvement, being handicapped by Its
charter. - When all the other big cities
were pointing with pride to their new
buildings, their parka and- their system
of beautlflcation, Kansas City took an
inventory and found that It had not on
aore of park land. The charter was re
vised, land condemned and bought, and
after 12 years' .work it showed' over
2000 acres of park to its credit. The
preservation of a part of the famous
old Banta Fe trail came In, the way of
It driveway making. . . 1
' Gary and tta Big "Promia.
Cleveland, with monumental mu
nicipal and federal buildings and its
giant railway station, improved Itself on
a plan that cost from 120.000,000 to
30,000.000. Uarrlsburg, Philadelphia,
Hartford, St. . Louis and Springfield,
have long since wheeled In line
with the procession ' of cities beau
tiful and there is dally record of other
cities planning and questioning and leg
islating with the aim of clvio Improve
ment along all lines well In view. The
little town of Gary, Ind., which proph
ecy' says will one day rival Chicago,
was all planned on paper before a stone
was laid, and lta potential beauty 1
already apparent
Big ray for Beautifying.
Aside from the artistic and sanitary
uplift that comes to a city from the
- ' .1 . V ..!..! K..V.11. 1.i.IIiIh
nth creation of park and playgroundH
and the opening of long avenues witn a
complement of trees and flowers, there
s toe economio ana moral vaiue mat la
often overlooked. Paris, for example.
haa KDent over izo6.uou.ouo under tne
Hausmann plans, and Is spending as
mucn mora . it is saia mat wun sucn
focal points as the Arch of Triumph,
the . Place of the Nations, the Baatile,
etc., the resemblance to L Enfant s plan
of Washington 1 clearly seen. In
creased beauty means Increased attract-,
lveness to tourists, and It Is said that
the expenses, past and prospective, or
regenerating Paris have already been
more .than paid bv Increased tourist
travel. It lire in the power i.f every
Aiiiorliaii flty of emlililon and eri-ry
to nar a llko financial (mrvrKt in ti
coining ythia if 11 only Uvea up Q Ha
cliam-e. 7. .
Th moral effect of . clvio lnewve
moiil is said to be on of the
HiguinuntH in favor of flty beautifying.
WFir-n Bliufteabury etrert was out
through London slums Some years ago.
brln.ing light, heallli and lu-autv into
auiiie of the moat degraded renter, th
dm roase in crime was not only notable,
but marvelous. Crime oannot live
among beautiful thing, nor can It
flourish long In O oil's out of doors, so
every new civic building, every new
statue, every additional foot of park or
playground means a big gain for tn
health and th morality Of that mu
nicipality. '
HOBOS SHOOT AT
BRAKEMAN; AKRESTED
. (SpecUl Dlipatck to To Jeoraal.)
rrosser, Wssh., April Z. The dis
covery of two hobos on a Northern I a
clflo freight train at Mabton eundejf
vetting, and th shooting affry that
ensued between the two men and a
brakeman, with the ubequent arreat
of the hobo at Froaser. has icaulted
to serious charges being lodged against
th two, who give their name aa James
II. Black and Rollins. Th latter claim
to b a remittance man and to rolv
1800 a quarter allowanc from rich rel
ative In England. ,
Information reoelved from Klttlta
oounty. states that two men of similar
description were wanted for breaking
Into a residence at Rosa and stealing a
revolver and two Tal key. On this infor
matlon and the statement that two men
had been arrested here, Deputy Sheriff
Germain of Ellensburg sm to Prosser
todav and returned to Ellensburg with
Rollins, who will fac the charg of
burglary. ,
gpooial Agent Page of th Northern
Pacific, located at Pasco, haa Investi
gated the case and expect to bring a
case against Black, who will b charged
with shooting at the brakeman. ,
DUNCAN 31'KINLAY
ON JAP EXCLUSION
(Catted Press Leased WlraV
' Pittsburg. April !. That th whol
country must unMe to find a solution
of th Japanese "Immigration problem,
Is th opinion of Congressman Duncan
McKinlay of California, At a banquet
given yeeterflay by the American club
of the city in honor of th birthday of
Ulysses B. Grant. McKinlay in an after
dinner speech declared that th Califor
nia question was merely a part of the
"yellow peril" question, and a such waa
not a queetion for California to aettle,
but for th whol nation.
McKinlay gave as his opinion that
the talk of war . between the United
Btateo and Japan was absurd. "
"Should Japan go to war with us, or
with any other power, Russia would b
at her throat In a minute." , ha said.
"Talk of war with Japan Is absurd.
"The question of Japanese immigra
tion will be settled amicably in du
time. I am In favor of Roosevelt's pol
icy of giving the Japanese government
an opportunity to settle this matter It
self. If it fails. It will be time enough
to consider exclusion laws. '
MRS. ELLA CAEEOLL
CANNOT BE FOUND
- (United Press Leased Wire.) j
Sedro Woolley, Wash, April i
After another day . and night spent In
the search for Mrs. Ella Carroll, who
disappeared from her home her last
Saturday evening, th relative nd
friends have practically given up th
quest Bloodhound from Seattle laat
night and today tried to take up the :
trail. The dog followed a acent to the
bank of th Skagit river, but It waa dis
covered later that they had been follow
ing the trail of a man who had passed
that way. The bloodhounds will be
taken back to Seattle. ' - . l
TORNADOES; KANSAS
AND OKLAHOMA
(I'sltr lrt Iaa tVIrt) :
fouglaa, Kaa. April .-tn man Is
dnad and others m reportwt aerloualy
Injured as results of g tornado that
wrt the southern part of Hutlrr coun
ty today. The storm wrecked buildings,
tor up trees and created general havoc.
Ne cellmate of the property los has
brrn made, hut 1 I known to be ex
ceedingly heavy. I.oula Ayers. 70 vears
of age, was so frightened by tha tornado
that he died Of heart dlaeaae after It
had passed, ,
Tupelo, Okls., April U.-.The - fnfU
crop is severely damaged aa th rsult
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aei.t
of I
nlant. a numlxr or buil.nnss were
wifi-ked. but no lis of life ha been
repteii. Telephone and teli-gfaph wire
were torn down uy Hih aiorin mil la
impoaalble to learn the eatnt of ths
damag. M.gr rxport rt'flv-d here,
huwr. Indicate that the loa I heavy.
..a ia.i.u
Kant her Fight Mountain Lions.
(United t'rna Wtr.
AVhlttler, Cel., April IJ. When Ar
thur Woodstock, owner of a be ranch
near here, returned to the ranch today
ha carried with him shotgun In an-ti-
lpatlon of an attack by two mountain
lions which yesterday attacked Mm
while he waa driving into town. Wood-
lock noticed the b.aata following him
but thinking they were dog, paid no
imniinn until they aorang upon th
wagon. On of theni attacked M" "'1
the other killed hla dog InatanMV at
one blow. After a hsrU flU Vood
stock beat off th lions. ,
CALIF0RNIAN IS NEW
BILLIARD CHAMPION
Nw York. April . H. X (Chick")
Wright of Pun Francisco now hold
the amateur billiard champlonHhlp, hav
ing defeated C. p. Conklln of CUIchko.
Old to 807. Wright won th title Willi
a record of four straight victories, the
laat being at tha Llederkrans olub Tues
day night Dr. L. L. Mail of New York waa
th only competitor who failed to win
any games. Clarence Jackson of Chl-cago.-Jpaeph
Meyer of Philadelphia and
Conk: i n ai tlml f,.r .,! i:
foui th n!TH, I, h li I"
g in r. . v riaht'a IuH'oi "
lie iwcri.B.. lit I,- tii-.t xv 1 1 1 1 i.
fur llm I"-"! iiveraKi ,M''it-r
hih inn lioimrs, rti.iKI( f'i In
nliiK. The l i.i Kill .e i Iii.m1 .tf t-'
and Thuredny l.eht tilaot ulialiiw'-'
hip game Uxteit J lunlua.
A isoctca
Is a man who can t se stot in a-
lero or thing. t a lialnt canil i
a disordered liver. If yon find timt i
are beginning to se thlms throucli .
spectaclea, treat your livr to a a '
rleanlng Out pro.-es with Pnll.ir i t
Jlei-blne. A sure cure for ennetipati.o,,
dvspepsia, Ind lf"t Ion, alrk hnili.i.-.
hllloneness. all liver, stomach n.lt""v.l
troublca Sold hy Bkldmor Drug ( a.
THE (PERFECTION OF WHISKEY
QUALITY IS ALWAYS FOUND IN
fLvLuJ u LQLu
BALTIMORE
THE
AMERICAN GENTLEMAN'S
, WHISKEY
. roes kaf
Sold at all flrst-elasaeafaa sndbv 1ntitM.a
WM. LANAHAN & son. Baltlnore, Md.
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New Train De Luxe
Commencing" May 2, the Canadian Pacific will in
augurate THROUGH FAST SERVICE between
Portland and -St. Paul, via the s
New Scenic Route
Wide vestibuled electric-lighted trains, consisting
of first-class coaches, standard sleepers, tourist
sleepers, dining car buffet library compartment
observation cars.
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The Finest Equipped
Train in ahe West
For rates and full particulars, apply at local office
142 THIRD STREET
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Reduction of Six to Sixteen Dollars on All Former Prices
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,We havis never made a suit of clothes for less than $25. We
have never claimed that the suits we sold for $25 were worth
more than for what we sold them. Our $25 suits always
were and always will' be the biggest $25 worth that $25 can
buy. We have built up our business upon a foundation of
Jionesty, and we know that as long as tne tounaation wiu
stand the business, will stand.
; Tomorrow We Inaugurate a MONEY RAISINd
Sale That Is Worth Your Immediate Attention
for 3 Days Only, Friday, Saturday
Monday, Values to $35
GENTLEMEN'S
TWO-PIECE
SUMMER SUITS
MADE TO'
YOUR.
ORDER
YOUR CHOICE
Of OVER
200
PATTERNS
FOR YOUR
SELECTION
This is positively as good an opportunity as EVER
HAS ori EVER WILL be presented to you to purchase
at tlje beginning of the season Made-to-Order Clothes
, at a genuine reduction.
SPRING AND SUMMER 2-PIECE
SUITS, values to $35.00,
sale price ........... . .
$19.00
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ESTABLISHED 12 YEARS ' IN PORTLAND
309 STARK STREET, BETWEEN FIFTH AND SIXTH
GET THE CORRECT PLACE
'We Are in the Middle of the Block
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REED-FREWCO PIANOS
A fine, Urge txk to eJrct from at ocr "From-Maker-to-PTaxer"
price $100 MTfd Easy payments.
Some tpiendid econd ind Tianci from $100 t:p, at $1.00 per
week. T r
REED-FREKCH PIAKO MFG. CO.
SIXTH AND BURNSIDE STS.
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NERVOUS PEOPLE
And those afflicted .with heart
weakness may now have no
fear of the dental chair.
aVBXS WXaf SCmS. I1IUT IflTtl
I kad 1 teeth xtraetil at th Hur
raed DnUt without th least jaiu,
and blchlr recommend them.
1IR& HAN LET. tit lit SU
Whalebone Plate $10
A Ort bisoorsTT, th ITw WTiaJ.
boa Flat, which 1 ths llghtut an J
Ironltest set known; doa not cover the
roof ef th month: bit cora off tt
cob; TUraate4 10 yeara
tiooo wm CatiusaToa
eLD.
W will forfeit 11004 to an? charttahU
Institution for th dentist who can make
pUt for lit a rood w aaak lot 11.
10 Year Quarantet
Overlook is a "cloe-in liome additba on the eait aide, overlooking the rirer. Two earline. the R. 4 S. nd
Mi;iirpi er, give ireqoent nd rapid senrice. Street are graveled and graded. AU street leading to Cher
look end there on the high hank, o that there being no heivy traific. there U quietnes and fety lor children.
Good building retrictions. Bull Run water, both phone, fewer, cement walks, all imftroverrent paid fyr;
churthei. achooli and tore conveient. Grand view of river, Wet Portland and mountain, Hifih cia home.
OVERLOOK IS DESIRABLE AND ONLY DESIRABLE PEOPLE WANTED THERE
LOT PRICES REASONABLE TERMS LIBERAL
Overlook Land Co.
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