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VOL. VII. NO. C5.
PORTLAND. OREGON, .SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 27, 1910.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
, . . , , 1 , ,
m rs'trs n
mm COTS OUT i
15.745 WS AS
WmiOUTSTANDIHG
e. Alleges Duplication of Those
; Properly Listed and Whole-
, sale Transf er ; of Payroll
; ' ListsSupervisor Dodges.
; portlKud ;
Xcnsuil910,1 207,21 4
Gain ... : ;1 16,788
Gainpercent 129.2
SEATTLE
Census 1910, 237,194
Gain'-. . ; . 156,523
Gain per cent i ,194.0
. ' (United frtm Uotl Wlnti
' Washington, Noy. 25. Th census bu
re&tt tonight announced th present pon
ulaOon of Portland, Or., to' be 207.2IT,
which U a Rain of 118,788, or 129.J por
-cent Sine 1900.' ' - . ' '
. The present population of Seattle,
Wash was announced a 287,194 how
log an tncrtuuie of 166,423, or 194 per
'.cent since . fr-l r--r
At the same Ume 'jMrectQf Durand
Issued 'statement declaring; that fla
grant padding had been ' attempted In
"each of ttx two Cities and that careful
rechecklng andreenumeratlon had been
pecthsary to reach results with Which
he wail' satisfied. H,t' "-.'r.'py
m In U00 Portland was larger than Se
Sttle, the population of the Xvo cities
at that census having been; Portland,
90,26; . SeattJet 80,671. -
Durand charged that the original Se
attle enumeration" this year; was padded
to. the'- extent of 11,188 names, which
were stricken off. ' Ha alleges that
Portland, was originally padded, by ,15,
748 names, which, were fellmlnated.
r Director, Durand declared that the
-rortlandiBumer&tlon r-was padded
throuRh the efforts of private organ!
rations, which had caused slips to be
printed containfng the census questions,
'filled them In with; the names of al
leged persons claiming no to have been
counted, and' turned them over to the
enumemtorir.VVTierever the enumerators
conscientiously carried out their work,
Durand said, few ! irregularities ' ap
peared; but he declared that many enu
mprators simply added the padded slips
given to them to their y statements.
..Durand said: - '''.,r: i ':-z:h-
' " ' . Durand's Accusations., '
' "The reckless manner In which tljose
. slips were collected, a vindicated by
the fact that one enumerator found, on
checking Up the slips which were hand
ed to him, of persons alleged, not to
have been enumerated at first' that bis
own name appeared on , five different
Blips . as . not ; having been: enumerated.
In many cases the names on the slips
were taken from old directories,: repre
senting jpersons wio had left the city,
with the result that In some eases two
different families were' reported as re
' siding In the same honse.
- - "Not a few of the names which wore
Inserted on the schedules from these
privately collected slips were the names
- of transients who had arrived in the
"city after the census day .and were not
entitled to enumeration. . In other cases
- the enumerators directly listed persons
of this character, . " ,
; Says Workmen Improperly listed. , ,
"Several gangs of workmen were also
enumerated as - residents of Portland,
who were not present there af the time
of the enumeration and bad In no sense
a place of abode there. :Thus,' one rail
road grading gang.' which possibly at
one time was employed in Portland, but
which at the time of the enumeration
. had for some time -been In Montana,
-was enumerated' in Portland, i
- 5Agaln,ia large contracting firm or
employment agency through which Jap
anese are used for railroad and similar
. work, furnished the names of some 600
Japanese who were Working at . various
places In Oregon and Washington. They
..had no -usual place of abode whatever
in Portland, but In order to give them
- the semblance of Buch a:, residence they
were falsely assigned to various hotels
": and lodging houses, over 100 being enu
merated as residing Jn a certain Japan
ese church; Another enumerator ad
mitted that a contractor whpm he met
in a saloon handed Jilm a list of about
800 names of his mon who wore work
ing outside of Portland and whom he
wanted counted in Portland. The enu
merators assigned these names to false
(Continued on Page Nine.)
PflRTLAMD-SEATTLE
ES
, The following table shows the
eesisus figures of Portland and
Seattle during last five decades! '
Tear.'' Portland. Seattle.
1870 8.2S3 1.107
M0--Uw--17i6TT-S,5S J"
1890 .i,...4 46.385 42.837
1900 ......... 90,426 80,671
1910 20.214 237,194
9
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sus
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v it n i? f n s " '
6 MWMWWWWWWMMWMWWWCWM
Chart Showing Portland's Population Cams for
Last Six Decades According to Federal Census
'Tear - " ' Population
1850
I
1860
0'
1870
1880
CZ3
1890
t
1900
1910
Portland people are disappointed at
the report-of the census mada public
last night. They believe that the city
has not been Credited wfth as many peo
ple as are, actually residents here. .
i It is the general belief that had Port
land been able, tp take Into its borders
all of the suburban districts which are
populated by people ho transact their
business in he, city.? and In ? reality
should belong within' Its borders Seattle
would have been left far behind.
.:; They point with a good deal of satis
faction to the fact i that in -1 spite of
Seattle having annexed a large portion
of the surrounding country ft is stilt
credited with only a small lead - over
Portland. And they argue : from thU
that,-' had the districts Just , over the
coundaries of Portland been counted
the population would' have bn iS.000
more at least ' ' 11 .-- r
But one tiling -that Is not looked on
with .calmness Is the statement credited
PRESIDEHTTAEi
Fortification of Canal, Conser-
vatiohy ' Army I Airships, Are
Among Recommendations
Appeals ta I nsurgents. " ;
- CPxibllihe' trrm htuud Wlra.1
Washington, D. GnNov. 26.--By sub
traction and - addition, president Taft
has framed his annual, message to Con
gress' He has subtracted those furors
of his i original - legislation program
which were enacted into laws at the
long session ending June 25, from the
primal drafts and adding the remaining.--
To this has been added such mat
ters of importance as changed political
conditions v made apparent or circum
stances deve'oped during the recess.
The,. presidents, annual, message was
whipped .together during his' trip to
and from the Canal Zone.f: As now.
framed up, the president will recom
mend! . . .,, ..,;. .., . ;... it v -
1 Fortification of Canal, "T
Fortification of the - Panama canal.
The minimum sum of $4,000,000 will be
required for the purpose. BueV an, en
largement ' bf the antl-truat laws as
will permit the. traffic agreements be
tween . the interstate railroads, subject
to the approval In advance of theVftn
terstate commerce commission.
The federal Incorporation , of aft" con
cerns doing 4 an interstate" .buPlnees.
This may -await1 definite adytcjfrom
the commission inquiring into tlurbcsi
method of control from the every capi
talization. ',:-v.?- '..Sii A
Entering wedge legislation- ? ton sub
sidize ships carrying malL No speclfle
plans will be urged and an initial out
lay of from 86,000,000 to $10,000,900 Will
be regarded as meeting requirements,! ,
Reformation of currency as to elim
inate existing factors in - the banking
and monetary , laws. Revision of v the
tariff, following recommendations made
by the tariff board and taken up and
scheduled. . The establishment - of re
ciprocal relations between the United
States and Canada by means of a treaty
based on the tariff. ,
Making effective the general conser
vation, policy .'recommended a year ago.
All , the original program will be 're
stored v with ' special emphasis on the
necessity for : laws - regulating' the sale
or. leasing' cf coal, oil gas and phos
phate lands, belonging to tbe United
States government , ,
; It id preferred that the United States
government retain ownership of r such
lands and derive a share. of -the profits
resulting from their (development '
A--od4fleeirnaquaiizatlonof
laws relating to injunctions. -
A new form of civil government for
Aiasiia.. .
, DrawUo laws by -which' all interstate
(Continued on Page Five.)
PORTLAHDERS BELIEVE ALL
CITIZENS OF 1TH0P0LIS
HERE HOT EllllftlEMTED
FRAMES ANNUAL ,
MESSAGE ON TRIP
r. " r r? l si Vm
821
2,874
' 8,293
17,577
46,385
90,426
3207,214
to S. . C.v Beach, census supervisor for
this district to the errect that the vol
unteer enumerators' and the commercial
bodies are to blame for the large num
ber, of names being thrown out by the
census bureau. - :
It is recalled that Mr. Beach fent out
el call to all those who had been over
looked to fill out individual blanks and
send '-them to the office. This notifica
tion was made April 26 last The next
day It was reported tlmt' a great many
names Were being missed. f " v' ,
April 28, Harvey JBeckwlth, president
of Vthe-Commercial- club, and WiUiam
MacMaster, president of the char.iber of
commerce, called a mass meeting, - at
which- large number of volunteer
census takers werft secured.
; April 20 these rotunteers made a can
vass of the city,.; May 3 Census Super
vlpor Beach stated that IT per cent of
the enumerations made by the special
C.ontinued on Pajn Nine.)
Woman Charged With Haying
Poisoned , Husband . to Be
- Placed on. Trial Dec. 14
- Admitted to BaiL -,
- ' (Br tb IntiTMMoosI Raws service.!
Wheeling, W. Va., ' Nov. 26. "Not
guilty" was the plea of Mrs. Ijinra
Sch(fk. when arraigned Jn the criminal
wurr wuuj.'nn ui cnarge oi adminis
tering poison in food, drink and medi
cine to her husbanl, John ' O. "Schenk,
the mlUionalre,pork packer. The case
was set .down for trial ' December 14,
when Judtre Lewis Jordain hka tt m
begin whether counsel on either side is
preparea or not'- '- ,
The prisoner, was admitted to bail in
the' 'sum' Of tlO.OOO. 'Coima1 fr fhm
defense said the sum would be secured
next weea. The court overruled- the
demurrers of four of th count, in th.
indictment sustaining the demurrer to
one count, tnat cnarging attempt to ad
minister pOlSOn. i .
Defease Want Time.., ,
Attorney W. J. O'Brien,' leading coun
sel for the defense, 'objected to an early
date for -the .trial On the ground that
witnesses ifor. jthe defense had been
tampered with and refused to give out
Information, lie said .he had learned
that while Mr. Schenk was touring
Europe with William K. Wolfe this year
he had strokes of the same nature as
those recenUy suffered. Mr. 0"Brien
,said; he had refused ; to ; jive informa
tlonjOn this .subject At the reqiffst of
the proaecutor, "Wolfe was : called "into
court; and' he denied having been lid
vised by the prosecutor ; to hold any
thing! be knew.: v. Ho 'also denied that
Scbenk had been ill in Europe. The
prosecutor also charged , that the state's
witnesses had been tampered with.
.The prosecutor : made the statement
that Schenk is improving rapidly and
he thought he would .recover. He said
he talked with the sick' man- Thanks
giving day and in a few days counsel
for' the defense would- be allowed to
visit him, V , '..s. . , ,
MICHAEL CUDAHY
; IN DEATH STRUGGLE
tf'-z'-'.y:f , .tj;-'. ;
ICaitrd PttM Lmiw4 WlrJ
' Chicago, Nov. 26.--Fightlng ; against
death with remarkable tenacity, Michael
Cudahy, millionaire head of the Cuda
, by Tackla-4mpir;-ww-stti ta We
at midnight. In Mercy hospital. s here,
where forvhours his demise has, been
momentarily expected. f '
Mr. Cudahy Is suffering from double
pneumonia, which dnvelopcd Subsequent
to an operation for . appendicitis,
PLEADS INNGCfNCE
VHE NARRAIGNED
22 GIRLS DEAD.
8 DYING AFTER
III
Inadequate Means of Escape
and Blind Panic Lead to
Horrible Death ' Roll When
Fire Breaks Out in Factory.
15 PERSONS MISSING,
38 SERIOUSLY: HURT
Many 1 Injured in Frantic Ef
forts to Save Lives by Leap-
ing. From the Windowslu
. (By the International Nr Serrle.
New tTork, Nov. :. 26.' Twenty-two
girl known to be dead, burned.f-suffo-
cated or crushed, some killed Instantly
and others mortally injured;' eight now
dying at hospitals; at least 15 missing,
their bodies supposed to be lying now
under tons of smoking debris; 38 mote
seriously Injured this is the tragio toll
of . a fire In an' antiquated four story
brick factory at 216-228 High - street
Newark, N. J, today. ., -..,
Inadequate ' fire escapes," a narrow,
winding wooden stairway the only other
exit and panic blind,: wild, unreason
ing panlo-rforced by a riot of smoke
and flame' through flooring and walls
soaked In the oil drippings of SO years
sums up the story. The fastest and
most efficient fire department in the
world could , not ' have prevented tbe
tragedy, for there was good fighting;
not all the brave men In the land could
have done more, "except In a. slight de
gree, - for thf re were brave and cool
men and. women, who worked and dared
and did save some at the risk of their
own lives and ooaiea,
List Of identified.
; The identified dead; ' , ...
i Winifred .Waldor, It.-
Mrs. Mary K earn a, 4.
Sarah Grerln, 28.
Mary Cavanaugh, 27. -
Terissa TorteneUl, 26."
"Rose Clcary $8. , , '
Francisco Koseka, 28.'
MatUe Otto, 22.
..Mrs. Bessie Rosen.
Sophia Malbralky. ' , ' . i
Ida Wooley. - ,
- Alice Melden, 20. .
, Abble Washington, 10.',..
, Mrs.: Mary Laplerre.
' Gertrude Bentley,
- , Mildred Walters, 20.
Annie Horag. f
'Mrs. Bessie Poach, SS.
Mrs. Abby TThokeyr 84- , ... t
Gertrude Donton. . , .
Miss Krott .
In point of time it was not five mln
utes after tbe fire was discovered, at
9:22 o'clock ; In tbe morning, until the
fourth floor girjs.were diving, through
the smoke cloud to- the sldewalkrof
High street or 'down on the engine room
extension to the rear, or over on the
Orange street Bide into a vacant yard.
86 Girls Take 63 root leap. -They
came, not one at a time, but m
groups,' until as many aa six were seen
to have Jumped at one Instant The fire
men with, their nets did the best they
could when they, arrived, but to catch
all was an Impossibility. , So far as
could be estimated T tonight ' fully 85
young women took the leap of 62 feet
(Continued on page Five.)
Preparations Are Made to Place
400 Ton Lift In Its .
v - Position.
Barring a furious downstream blow,
or an almost impossible rise in the riv
er, Portland will have the opportunity
this afternoon of witnessing and cele
brating the completion of the. Madison
street bridge.- Everything is in readi
ness to swing the big 00-ton lift span
into place, hook onto the cables and lift
it into position. 1 ' n
: The span was floated Friday after
noon fnra the false work where it has
quietly rested for the past 60 days on
to the barges Ocean and Ohio. . Yester
day; the, barge glwaeh was 'shored un
der the oeuter.of the span as an extra
precaution, .although two of the three
big barges are believed to be sufficient
to support tbe 800 tons of steeL The
transfer 'of the span to the barges took
place without any untoward incident, al-J
(uougn it was a aeucate piece or work
ana aomanaea the utmost skill.
: At . nine o'clock , this morning three
tugboats will make fast to the tow, one
to each barge; and the curtain will rise
on the final scene of the last act of tbe
long drawn-out-drama of the Madison
Street bridge. " . "
' ,A.- S. Eldridge, Of the United Engineer,
ing and Construction company, who has
immediate supervision of, the construc
tion of the bridge expresses the utmost
confidence In being able to shift the
span Into place between I the towers
Qoicaiy ana wiinpui misnap. . tjir Eld
ridge names three1 o'clock this afternoon
as the latest hour required to swing the
span into place pat he says that it may
come about as early as soon. How
ever, no matter what the hour, It is
aM--er-tnat-tmmsaTia' of beoDie
will line the Morrison street and other
vantage points to witness the realiza
tion of one of Portland's fondest dream a
The Madison bridge is, with the ex
ception of the North Bank brldjre at Llnn-
FIRE
EnAl
MADISON BRIDGE
COMPLETED TODAY
Conttnued on Page Five)
lEilE
( 1
S BF GREAT LEAGUE
RESS MEETING Oil THE
BEST WAY TO
Tomorrow morning the greatest gath
ering of- representative men, ever held
1a Oregon wU assemble at Salem In re
sponse to a call from the Oregon De
velopment -league to neet In annual
convention. ,, ' i
Tbe convention 1 will run three days,
and among the speakers will be a num
ber of 'more than local prominence. All
of them will advance ideas for the de
velopment of 'the state and its commer
cial position. , .
These men, promtnent in the various
walks -of life, will interchange ideas
and discuss suggestions that will be
made by which it is hoped the state as
a whole will profit and before tt is all
over an understanding will have been
reached whereby all will put their
shoulder, to the wheel and aid in the
development of every community of the
entire state, from the big metropolis to
the remotest rural district ..' ' " ,
Theodore B. Wilcox, r one of Oregon's
foremost business men and head of "the
league, WlU nresJdeJbverjbeCDjiveni!.
Uon. Mr. Wilcox is a forcible speaker
and bis address is being looked forward
to with deep interest He will suggest
among other things that never before
was there a time "more opportune than
the present to advertise' Oregon and in
duce Immigration. -.
: Oregoa Veeda reopla. - -Oregon
needs people and the people
in Uie eaBtem and middle states need
Oregon, for back there, it is argued, the
lands In many places are overpopulated
and the cities 'leave no opportuntlea
for the rlstftg generation.
- Until now Oregon's growth was re
tarded by: lack; of transportation facil
ities,, but with railroads stretching out
in ; every ' direction, new fields are
opened,- giving the settlers of limited
means opportunity to quickly hew out
a comfortable independence.
Such matters as . these will be dis
cussed before the convention, and plans
will also be: laid for how to best ob
tain results. i
Howard Elliott, . president of the
Northern Pacific will be one of , the
speakers, Mr. Elliott having -come all
the way from. St Paul In; his private
car and, accompanied by a' large party
of prominent .Northern Pacific, offi
cials, purposely to- attend this conven
tion. He will make known . what tbe
Northern Pacific it doing and proposes
to do in advertising Oregon In the fu
ture. The Northern Pacific is deeply
Interested in1' Oregon and Mr. Elliott
Is regarded as one of the 'most expert'
enced publicity railroad magnates in
the United States.
" l' J. jr. X1U Hay Attend.'
It Is hoped- that James J. Hilt 'tbe
emoire ' builder, will be able: to reach
Salem In time for the convention. Tea
CUTS BARGE IN
TWIN ran
Engineer of- Beaver's ; Sister
Ship Mixes Orders and
Causes Considerable Dam
age at Bay City.
(SKdikTXtnstcti t Tbe loom.)
San iTan clsco, Nov. 26 The San
Franclsoa & Portland Steamship com
pany today furnished its patrons with
more thrills when $he steamer Bear,
Just In from San Pedro, tried to climb
up the state belt railroad. ; The big
coaster was doqklng and the accident
was caused by fhe engine room fur
nishing full speed ahead In place of
full apeed astern. The Bear cut in two
a - 86000 , barge belonging . to , the San
Franetsco Bridge company, tore a 40
foot hole in the bulkhead and came to
a full stop with Its nose on tbe rocks
of the sea' waU.
-''The company has made a special feat
ure this week of spectacular collision.
The Bear's Bister phlp, the Beaver, tan
down and sank the Norwegian steamer
Selja last Tuesday afternoon off Point
Reyes and had to come' back to port
with 1U nose badly damaged. '
' ' Engineer's Fault. ,
The responsibility for today's colli
sion seems to lie . wth the chief en
gineer's department i Captain' Nopander
was on the bridge, ami when the Bear,
with ; engines stopped but the vessel
still moving ahead, had reached Ita
berth nearv the had of the wharf he
moved the bridge telegraph, - to half
speed astern, and the telegraph from
ther engine .roqm.sIgnalled,,"half speed
astern," showlng( that , his order had
been received and understood. The ves
sel, however,, still maintained its head
way.; Believing' that hi Judgment of
the headway had .been wrong. Captain
Nopander telegraphed for foil speed
astern, and again the dial On- the tele
graph, from the engine room acknowl
edged and confirmed the order. Instead
of Obeying" the order,? however, Third
Assistant Engineer Lahtl,, who was at
tbe ' lever and bad acknowledged the
order to go fuit speed astern, sent the
engine at full speed ahead.
' e Idttle Jamag to Bteamer.
The vessel Jumped forward. Captain
Nopander, -to emphasise . the necessity
for prompt action, had sounded the Jin
gle' after getting the ; engineer's - ao
knotedgTOrfnttratftsasrrdeK'
and fpr a' few seconds ; the. Bear was
tearing ahead to Its full capacity.' .The
big rock barge that lay directly ahead
was .cut through like s much butter
and the big timbers of the bulkhead
STEATflSHlP BEAR
(Continued on Page Five.)
B
DDST OREGOrJ
terday it was learned from the St Paul
offices of the Great Northern that Mr.
Hill was in the east, but was expected
home In St Paul Monday. If so it will
hardly be possible for him to arrive
here In. time, for the convention, .'al
though it is known that he will strain
every point to do so.
Mr. " Hill sent several telegrams , to
Manager Chapman of the Portland Com
mercial club during the week relterat-
T. n. Wflcox, President of the Ore-
' ? gon Development League.
Ing that he was very anxious . ' to be
among those present at the convention
and that he would surely come if npt
unavoidably detained dsewhere. , So it
Is possible tliat the big railroad builder
who brought Oregon "out of. a trance
will bob up on the sene after all.
F. E. Morrison, an expert on ; com.
munity advertising, , will be. out direct
from New York to read a paper and
speak Of his experience and what he
has profited thereby. From all parts
of the state wlfrcomrweiUicers who are
familiar with conditions, advantages and
needs of their particular localities, and
these will be listened to with tbe keen
est or interest : v .: . .
On Wednesday, the closing day of the
convention, the delegates will be taken
out through the; country for a long
automobile jid'e, and in the evening the
affair will wind up ; with' an elaborate
(Continued On, Page Five.)
Entire List of .'American Teder-
ation of Labor- Officers Re
elected Without " Opposition
. at St. Louis Convention. '
(By the International Nwi Serrlee.) -SV
Louis, Nov. 26. -President Gom
pers . and all the old , officers of the
American Federation of Labor were re
elected . today without . opposition. The
reelection of the present officers was
assured because of the fact that Gom
pers, Mitchell and Morrison are under
sentences to Jail,, and at this time no
one would oppose them.? :; ur 'i ' ,
Tbe most sensational . feature of to
day's convention was the announcement
of President Gompera that there should
be no hard and fast rule governing the
Jurisdiction of trade unions. It was a
recognition: of the fact that the labor
movement Is moving f in the direction
of Industrial organization and means
that the Western Federation of Miners
will secure a charter from the execu
tive ' council ' by a majority of more
than 2000 votes,
' ' ' , aOners WlU Get Charter. :
The convention referred the Question
of a charter to the executive council
and there la no question that the west
ern organization will get the charter.
This waa the most important question
and the action taken means that any
organization In any industry can 'pow
claim Jurisdiction over every worker
!t it' , ,, . ., i
The old policy of trade autonomy Is
wiped out of existence. It also means
that, the stand taken by the coal min
ers has been indorsed. i rt , , ,
'v.. fcace Question Is so Issue,
r Several hundred letters have been re
ceived by President Gompers inquiring
If he had opposed sttie, organization of
colored men. In answer to: this a reso
lution waa presented signed by all the
exocunve officers of the federation, in
which it was-stated that the orgaoised
labor , movement knows no race, no
color, no nationality, no political party,
' iDelegate Gallagher of San Francisco
wanted to know if that would mean
tnat tne organised . laoor i movement
would take in Hindus, , Japanese and
Chinese. : congressman Wilson ' an
swered by saying that as long aa they
were here we must reckon with them
and tako tbem into out organizations.
'.. "I wastt itb say," A aald Galtajrher.
"tha( ,bef ore Ve wi ll'.rgaoUflUie AU
atics we fee mis Ainurican Feder
ation of Labor in hades." ,
Delegates- MeFarland and 'Daniel J.
Tobln were 'elected fraternal delegates
to ureat uritain and w. J. Tracy to
1 . "- '
' " "
GOiffiS AGAIN
CHOSEN PRESIDENT
OF LABOR : BODY
(inarta. ' ....
The next convention will be bold in
AtUnta, jja.
LEGISLATIOilALOtlE
CAN DISCOURAGE
RAILROAD ACTIVITY
President -Howard Elliott, of
Northern Pacific, Now in
Portland, Says Much Con
struction 1st Planned. .
NORTH COAST-0. R. & N.
MEANS BETTER FACILITIES
Portland Terminal 'Question Is
Not Settled Yet; Will Address
the Development League.
That Oregon win be the scene of great
railroad . activity for many years to
come unless the people burden eapltai
with too much adverse legislation was
the keynote of an interview given out
by Howard Elliott president of the
Northern Pacific, when be arrived here
last night en route to Salem, where he
is to address the convention of the
Oregon Development league next Tues
day.'. t.'V -'-'.. ;.:..'. .i -' '-. ;
Mr, Elliott ' and party arrived la a
special car about, 6 o'clock last night
and Immediately went to the Portland
hotel, where the party wfll be regis
tered till Tuesday morning, when de
parture -will - be made for Salem ever
the Oregon Electric
Incidentally Mr. Elliott admitted that ;
the Northern Pacific Is half owner in
the properties, and lines in Oregon of
the Hill system, and for that reason is
keenly watching opportunities for de
velopment of every resource : of v the
State.' :.:.;.,';:' "V?4. V Wr't.'--? ':-;-j--:,t,' .'!i
' ''Oregon needs people.' Tou have
everything else out here," said the pres
ident of the line that was among the
first to pioneer in the far west . "and
we ahalt-. certainly , do - everythinr ta
our power to call the attention of the
people in the eastern and middle atates
to opportunities that await settlers here.
Many Inducements Here,
-Orpgon Offers splendid inducements,
but of course a. man must work, It la
no more a place for. shirkers than else-
where, and so r say a man's future here
depends upon himself, , ;
i. "I appreciate keenly the horror of hav
ing been Invited to come here to address
the Oregon Development league, and had
no little trouble arranging for the trip
because of other engagements, j To im
prove every moment of the time we are
also makmgr a general inspection of our
linwestfheitterooTduntaTns.
1 -we lea st Paul exactly two weeks
ago today and spent three days In Spo
kane seeing the apple show, indeed, an
excellent exhibit ;; I am particularly in
terested In apples because the cultiva
tion of fruit means development of the
land, and" that la what , the railroads
need In-their business. ' -
"Coming to Portland. ,we passed
through the Taklma valley and visited
several towns there. The valley Is
progressing wonflerfuUy-and so is the
Kittitas valley. Then we, went to Seat
tle and Portland. ;
'i " Boom for AH Here.':; ,: 7,
'- "People - down here speak of being
cold today, but I want to say that our
party was certainly charmed with the
weather "aa we approached Portland.
The sky ' was dear and blue , and we
got a beautiful view of the mountains.
It was a sight alone worth the trip.
1 am not In position to say anything
about extensions of the Hill lines in
Oregon 'because that comes under the
head of President John F. Stevens, but
I do know that a great deal of rail
road construction will Do done in the
Pacific north-west unless the people
check It by adverse legislation. The
people . should be fair and should en
courage investment of .capital Instead
of throttling it'I - ' ..' r ., : :,
Mr. ElUott indicated that while com
petition Is perhaps keen between 1 rival
railroads: there is room for all of them
In the Pacific northwest and more.
When asked how the North Coast-O, K.
& N. merger would affect the Northern
Pacific and alUod lines,, he saidt
, "The merger waa not news to us. We '
knew simplification ef operation would
foUow, and it has. Tbe merger will
mean Increased transportation facilities
In the Taklma , valley and While there
may not be an overabundance of , traf-,
fio now for two roads it -will soon
(Continued on Page Five.)
LUSCIOUS APPLES
. FROM HOOD RIVER -';.
, SHOW ARE COMING
. Announcement that the entire
Hood River Apple .show, consist-
in( of 800 boxes, of the finest
-apples grown m that district this 4
season, '.wouldjbe shipped to
Portland for exhibition here was
made by Frank W. Tower, sec- .
p retary of the Portland Apple
: show, last night Mr. lower tl-
;' ephoned from Hood Klver, where . 4
e he went as emissary from the . e
Portland" show ;to try and se- e
cure the Hood River' exhibit (
Mr; Power says this is the best
exhibition of apples he ever saw. :
V From Portland the exhibit Is
e to go direct to New Turk elty,
; where a space ha been secured
e ,lfort Ita exhibition 'la " Modtson ;
Of -' Square Garden during the auto-
e mobile show of the Asaoclatlon
Of Licensed Automobile Manufac-
! tqrers.,; Tb securing of this ex- .
; hlbit assures Portland tt laving j
an apple .show secoud to non '
s htire will be the hlMt-f J. U
Carter,, of Hood KWer, thi. w in- -
ner of the Hooa.'Rtvr s -v.-i- -
' stakes for thrt finest e : ' -t -
apples grownlo t:at . .
e- with a score 't S 8.
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