The Oregon daily journal., December 31, 1910, Page 21, Image 21

THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 31.
1910.
City Park, also stands in order for im
PORTLAND PARK SYSTEM
provement , ,; ... '
It la to ba hoped , that some general
plan, such as that prepared by Mr.' Ben
nett will be adopted connecting all the
ocauty spots so numerous within the
limits of Portland into one harmonious
What is being: done by way of profiling and maintaining natural
beauty spots for rest and recreation, of the public.
development of a city beautiful. So
shall Portland maintain' its high claim
to be one of, if not the very best among
the many growing cities of the United
States.
r -fHE park department has - done
views of Mount Jlcoa in all its glory
will be obtained. On the west side the
great reservoirs, part tf the water sys
tem of the'eity, lakes in extent, will be
set in grassy slopes bordered with trees
and shrubs. Water Is provided; ' and
there' also play grounds for the young
will be accessible to what Is. rapidly
becoming a very thickly settled suburb.
"What is . known as the I Add raVk,
north of Sunnysida and south of Rose
. much In the year 1910. The
city park hns beon kept up to
JL the standard of-beauty, claimed
for It The flower bt!ds have
(Shown- a blaze of glorious color; the
walks, . shrubberv and glades have
been as attractive as ever for young
ard old particularly for the not so
very young. The animals, increased
Portland ranks high as a social cen
ter; all the leading fraternal organiza
tions having looses in this city, and
the following leading clubs are in exist
ence: Arlingtorf, Commercial, Concor
dia, Multnomah and University.
slcMki
in number, are complained of by rest-J
. . . . m l . v. -.1. 1. I
ing niRht hideous by their roarings and
grumblings. A fresh home will surely
have to be found for these last forced
citizens of Portland, and that In the
-. Very near future. . The plans of the
mayor and the park board Include, It Is
' understood, ' the acquisition by the city
of a considerable acreage north of
Mount Tabor during the coining year
f ' r park purposes. If hopes become
facts there may be space there found to
, supply one of th great needs, not of
Portland only, but of Oregon, namely,
an arboretum, vrhere alt the native
plants and trees 'of Oregon shall find a
home. The native plants dead and dried
are preseryed in the Agricultural col
lege herbarium, but for the living, grow
ing and beautiful specimen no place
... has so far been provided for them. A
botanical garden means bofanist and
various scientific help and scientific ar
rangement that Is not what Is now ad
vocated. An, arboretum is within the
present powers of the parks commis
sion, and would be cared for by their
men.' - -
Other parks within the city limits
have been much improved during 18J0.
The governing idea of the prosent ad
ministration has been and is to provide
playgrounds and recreation places for
as many as possible, and as soon as pos
sible, t j -
Sellwood ?ark and Otfcsrs. r ff
' Sellwood park, cover!?)? 70 acres, has
been taken in hand, and the first steps
of improvement carried out.1 The pre
liminary planB for this park will be
leady to be submitted .when the new
'yeas opens. Meanwhile a swimming
pool,' 128 by 183 feet in slae has been
constructed of reenforoed concrete, play
. grounds have been graded and enclosed
.with an iron fence, and some planting
of shrubbery carried, out . c,
Columbia park of 30 acres, near "St
Johns,, has now fenced play grounds,
graded walks and many, trees planted.
Water system and. drainage has been
provided,-- and gymnastic apparatus set
up in the'' play, grounds, jha work of
- .improvement is well in hand. "..,''
K The, Peninsula park of JO acres com
pletes the present list. There the ln-
terlor play grounds have been graded,
; many trees and shrubs planted, two com
fort stations have been provided, and
water and drainage .systems have been
'installed looking to the Immediate fu
' ture. . , ;r
i. Three more parks are planned, one in
.South- Portland, one in Brooklyn," and
fone in Kenllworth. The Bouth Portland
'fparkway has beon graded from the Mar
-quam gulch to Fulton Park, ' Another
iparkway is to be built in the northwest
ern district of the city; but the exact
'location has not It la understood, been
finally determined aa yet ;
' Construction has been begun on the
Mount Tabor or Williams park. This
will be one of the show places of the
'city. On the east ride of It magnificent
: i i ' .
'? The Pacific Railway & Navigation
Company's line, ready for the beach
travel in 1911,' wilfshorten the dis
tance, from Portland to the', sea. by
25 miles; it will, shorten the time to
3 hours, and will give all Oregon a
-beach and summer fesort unrivaled
on the . Pacific Coast. : : "
.'The railroad parallels the ocean for
9 "miles "from Nehalcm'Bay oi the
north to' Tillamook Bay on the south. ,
The ' beach itself is wide, hard, and .
sandy, .with plenty of driftwood . for ;
bonfires.' Within a "stone's throw'
of the ocean ' are , several -beautiful
fresh: water lakes, shallow enough to
make fresh water bathing a luxury,
and deep enough to tarry launches, .
canoes and row boats. These lakes
are fed by mountain streams that at
present are ' all "unfished," and fur
nish an unsurpassed supply of water
for domestic purposes. The heay ,
forests of the Coast raoge approaches
close to the sea and offers to the
sportsman a "field" full of pleasure
and health. . . ,
The - "nnbottling' of Tillamook1
county means more .than . appears at
first glance.' For 40 years the people
have had to "stage it", to some .point
on the Southern Pacific or .else .by
sea. The crossing of the Tillamook
bar - is 'always attended, with ,hard-"
ships and frequently "with danger. The'
railroad, iti operation 4 will eliminate
the hardships hitherto endured..
The railroad penetrates, the-very
heart of the Coast Ranj?e -passing
through as fine a stretch of timber as
Uys out doors. The camera cannot
do justice to such scenes as are found
along .the line,' because it Is so dif
ficult to decide which are the most
beautiful places. The lovers of camp
life in the mountains will find the.
Coast range a paradise,
i The commercial advantages (opened
up by this little railroad will soon
be apparent; Already sawrnills are
being established at different points
along the line,' and other industries
making inquiries, ' !
The fame of Tillamook's dairy'
products has already gone forth, but
the real resources of the country are '
very little understood, lack .of trans
portation, of course, is the
reason.
of ,Oregon is .'changing
rapMtyramf"the' Pacific -Railway &
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Navigation Company is floing its
share to "show" even ( the tnost pes-
bllT) IS tlC t
GOOD ROADS MOVEMENT
MAKING GOOD PROGRESS
OREGON as a whole affords a hard
problem for the good roads advo
cates. Its surface materials and
conditions vary. The density of
its population cannot be averaged.
Climate and rainfall have no common
standard. The wealth and progressive
ness of its several counties are widely
different r Mountain ranges must be
crossed, hilly districts threaded, rivers
and creeks must be bridged. Road mak
ing materials abound in many districts,
in others they are conspicuous by their
absence , , - , ' t: ; , .
. The state constitution prohibited the
counties from incurring Indebtedness to
any amount proportionate with the cost
of making permanent roads. This last
obstacle Is gone for good with the pass
ing by overwhelming majorities of the
amendment authorizing the people of
any county to determine by a majority
of those voting whether the county in
question shall borrow money to be ex
pended on good roads, i
'The gospel ; of good roads has been
preached in Oregon for several years
past to such good purpose that it is no
longer needful to argue that good roads
are essential to the farmer on economic
grounds such ' as saving in time and
expense, and in wear 'and tear of horses,
wagons and harness, in getting his prod
uce to market and bringing home his
purchases. -Nor Is it necessary to Show
that good 'roads share with postal de
livery and telephones the honor of de
troylng the , Isolation . Of the farm, of
making school and church and town ac
cessible, and fostering nelghborliness
and sociability. All this is now past
debate.". "', " . i .
" The principles are admitted; the
means of providing funds overwhelm
ingly adopted. How and when ' to get
these good roads built la now the living
issue before the farmers in particular,
and all the citizens in general. -
The Oregon Good Roads association
is .the organization , which .has under
taken,, and has carried- on so far this
campaign of education. The .Thresher
men's association has given loyal sup
port. k-.v':, : .- -.' j ' .;',A'-;;;c:.
.;-,'. Flu of Action,-', ''. ty
, It was at the Albany meeting of that
association in June of 1910 that Judge
Lionel R. Webster, the president of the
Good Roads association. Stated the pres
ent ' problems, and recited the various
suggestions for their practical solution.
. The first point, he said, Is to devise
a, system to carry Into effect the three
requirements; Firstly, that i posterity
shall share in the cost of construction
of the roads; secondly, that the added
wealth created by their . construction
should alFo pay its proportion of their
cost; and thirdly, that part at least of
the saving resulting from the use of
these roads should be ubed in payment
of their construction. . , , . .
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"Now for the means proposed: To or
ganize, it is proposed to create in each
county a county organization, . which
shall constitute a branch of the state
organization, which last will consist of
the union of all the county organizations.
Thus will be furnished a means of inter
communication between all parts of the
stats, so linking county with county ia
a common brotherhood for the general
gOOd. '; i '"..". V j t , ... ( ;
' The alms will be to agree on a sys
tem of road construction continuity of
connecting roads to be preserved. Mu
tual interchange of ideas and experi
ences will be secured. Lastly, it ia pro
posed to direct all energies to obtaining
legislation that will- stimulate, encour
age and assist in the construction of
good roads, s
Such legislation should be directed to
some form of substantial and effective
state; aid for each county involving
state supervision of all roads as con
structed. Therefore a state highway
commissioner or state highway depart
ment is recommended. The ideal man
for the place should be a scientific road
bnlder, with civil engineering knowl
edge.! State aid is Justified by experi
ence of many, if not most, of the states
of the Union, and of many foreign coun
tries. v..v:j.;.w; o ,y'
Various suggested forms of state aid
are the .following: Firstly, that . the
state should pay one third, the county
one third, and the property within two
miles of each side of the road one third,
was passed by the legislature of Oregon,
but vetoed by the governor. Secondly,
that the state appropriate to each coun
ty" a definite sum of money each year,
provided that the county provide an
equal sumsome suggest double that
amount and that the stats highway
commissioner supervise the- expenditure
of the entire sum. A third suggested
plan is for. the state to appropriate a
gross sum, to be distributed among the
counties in inverse proportion to their
wealth that is, the largest share to go
to the poorest county.
There seems to be general agreement
on; the plan of using state convict labor
on the new roads, camps to be distrib
uted in localities -where the rock suit
able for permanent road construction
can ba. provided, and rock crushers set
at work, operated by the convict labor.
Transportation companies would prob
ably -rorivey the crushed rock to the
depots nearest to the points of construc
tion at the lowest possible rata,
ln condensed form the above seems
to be the condition of the good ' roads
movement in Oregon up to date. Each
reader will draw his own conclusions,
and select the method ' that most ap
peals to him. From the collective action
of , the people, in view of the full eon
etderatlon this subject is 'receiving, ef
fective results will surely follow.
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Manufacturer of the
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Potter Automatic Change Computing Machine
' ' This machine is designed to facilitate the handling of coin in al) classes of mercantile
J ' stores, from the largest department store in the United States down to the smallest
; retailer. It computes and pays change in any transaction frcra 1 cent to $100; it
, ., ' ; records the amount of the sale on both the original and duplicate sales slip; it adds the
total of each sale into all preceding sales made during the day; it is a perfect paying
. . , v machine and may be used for making .up pay rolls. Its accuracy, promptness, utility
: and reliability commend it to any merchant who Bells for cash. This machine protects i
' the customer against short-change and the merchant against loss due to over-change.
Other Mechanical
This company also owns the' Potter Adding Machine, designed by T. Irving Potter,
' president of the Coin Machine Manufacturing company; several other mechanical de
vices for the prompt handling of coin and the facilitation of business through various
channels will also become a part of the manufacturing end of the company. The draw
; ings for the Adding Machine have been made and will soon be put into the metal
Progress is being made in the designing of the other machines. Owners of stock in
" this company will participate in ; the, profits derived from the manufacture and sale
of all of these products, in this and foreign countries ; :
The company is capitalized for $2,000,000, divided into 20,000 shares of the par value
of $100 each." For the purpose of establishing a fund to erect its Portland and eastern
factories, a limited amount of treasury stock is offered for sale at $65 per share. When
a sufficient amount has been sold to provide for these two plants, the stock will be
withdrawn from further sale.
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