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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7, 1911.
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GOOD ROADS MEN
Committee of Seven Decides
! . Campaign Shall Be Only in
. Conjunction With Existing
Oregon Association.
: Chosen from as widely divergent ln-
teresta as possible, a Committee of
Seven was appointed last night to aid
.: the good roads cause and the Oregon
. . Good -Roads .association in working to
,r: ward the construction of a north and
r south highway in Oregon.
Good roads enthusiasts from the
' "Willamette valley, Washington and
' Portland were at the meeting In the
Commercial club. Immediately after
. the general session a meeting of the
Committee of Seven was called by Its
: chairman. Phil S. Bates. It was agreed
-- then that no campaign Independent of
" the Oregon Good - Roads association
.'. should be Instituted for the making of
the Pacific highway in Oregon, and that.
. first of all, every possible Influence
should Tse exerted to secure the passage
of the five good roads bills upon which
- the success of . the Oregon good roads
campaign Is conceded now to hinge.
', W. C. Bristol presided over last night's
' meeting. John S. Be&ll explained that
...s Multomah county vice president 6f
the Oregon Automobile association, he
had called the meeting to consider the
.. Oregon section of the Pacific highway.
It was stated that the Portland Automo
bile club had just raised $400 for the
support of the work and that others In
, terested might do aa much. A letter
from A. E. Todd, secretary of the Vic
toria Board of Trade, was read. Mr.
' Todd stated that the Paclflo highway
r in Canada had been approved by the
. government and would be built aa fast
aa possible The work of actual con
etructlon in Washington was described.
County Judge T. J. Cleeton spoke en-
- thueiaatlcally In favoi1 of the north and
outh road, saying it would be a grand
' plan . for the country both because of
: Its scenlo and commercial advantages.
i lt must (be the people's highway," said
Judge Cleeton. "Gain popular favor and
" the people will gladly support the road's
construction by general taxation."
Am. an Asset for -Oregon,
. J. A. Perry of Spokane, ex-secretary
: of the Good Roads association In Wash
ington, declared the north and aouth
- highway would be, when constructed,
one of Oregon's greatest advertising and
development assets. Every town
through which the road would pass
- would be advertised; ; every adjacent
acre would be enhanced In value, said
, Mr. Perry. The building of such a
road, he insisted, would bring to Port
land all the trade to the southern bor
der pf the state, while on the north,
Portland could properly expect to get
the business 0f all the area between it
and Olympia.
W. C. Bristol declared that Just now
; the roads about Portland are better
than any of the widely advertised Cali
fornia roads." "They take a bucket of
sand, a little water and $400 worth of
advertising and make an orange grove;
' they, take the advertising alone and
make road in California," said Mr.
Bristol. i
H. Wemme suggested that a new or
ganisation would not do no mucn good
as a plan for putting new life into old
' organisations. In accordance with his'
suggestion, the exerting of a reviving
influence will be one of the prominent
duties of the Committee of Seven.'
Dr. Andrew C. Smith, president of
the Oregon Good Roads association, de
clared his favor for the trans-state
hlghmajLjuii aalAmeMJtlii xesuliait
the work done by the good roads asso-
; elation would be its building.
Phil S. Bates spoke with great earn-
estness concerning the need of lining
up solldry all Oregon citizens who favor
good roads to secure the passage of
good roads legislation.
Convict Labor Might Do It.
The feasibility of permitting the Or
egon Good Roads association to accept
the construction of the north and south
highway as one of its duties was dis
cussed by H. M. Covey J. A. Jefferson
of Salem, declared that as soon as con
vict labor was put on the roads they
would be built and built well.
Illustrative of the belief in the prac
ticability of the road held by prominent
Oregon citizens, John S. Beall reported
a message he had received during the
evening from C S. Jackson, who said
he would duplicate the contribution of
any other citizen toward its construc
tion. The committee named last night con
sists of the following men: Phil S.
Bates, John S. Beall, Dr. Andrew C.
Smith, E. H. Wemme, H. M. Covey,
Frank C. Riggs and Marshall N. Dana.
As chairman of the meeting, W. C. Bris
tol will act with the committee, whose
next meeting is called in conjunction
with the meeting of the Oregon Good
Roads association on the sixth floor of
the Beck building next Tuesday evening.
6USTAV SIMON NOT
DANGEROUSLY INJURED
Gustav Simon, of the M. Gunst Cigar
company, who was painfully hurt by a
fall at the Concordia club, on the eve
ring of December 31, Is reported pro
cessing favorably. Beyond a number
of severe bruises Mr. Simon was found
not badly injured. His physician ex
pects lie will be out in a few days.
IMPORTANT CHANGES
Train Service on the O.-W. R. a: V. Co.
Sunday. January 8, 191 1. Important
changes In train service on the O.-W
R. & N. will be made.
The Spokane Flyer will be discon
tinued and instead will be known as
the "Walla Walla local," running be
tween Portland and Walla Walla only,
Meaving Portland at 11 p. m,, arriving
In Walla Walla at 7 a. rn. next morn-
" Ing. Returning will leave Walla Walla
at 12:10 a. m. and arrive in Portland
at 8:16 a. in. This train will carry
standard sleeper and day coaches.
The :Soo-8pokane train will leave
-Portlattdl at 0 p. m. lnstfad of 11 p. m.,
arriving In Spokane at 11:30 a. m. next
day and will handle Lewlston sleeper.
, No change in service east of Spokan
.- and ho change westbound.
, Pendleton local will leave Portland
st J:40. a. in. Instead of 8 a. m, and will
arrive In Pendleton at 5 p. m. '
, Summer Homes at Pelican Bay.
- Special DlspitcU t The Journal.
- Msdfurd, Or., Jan. 7 Ten lots, lOflx
'i0 feet each, situated on the shores
tf Pelican Bay. an arm of Klamath
'T.a.lVm 1ft lcaacauy me fcoWYriineiit
for an annual rental of $5 to any one
wishing one' of them for actual use for
a summer home. No hotels or other
commercial enterprises will be allowed
to take advantage of the offer.
SEID BACK'S LETTER
VEXgS TRANSLATORS V
OF PIDGIN ENGLISH
Assistant United States Dis-
trlct Attorney Walter H. Evans
Is contemplating holding a prize
competition for students of "Pid-
gin English," in an effort to se- )
cure a translation of a New 4
Year's, card he and Mrs. Evans
have Just received. The card
was sent from Hongkong, and
wished the Evanses a ., merry
Christmas and Happy New Tear
from Seid Back, or Seid Gain, aa
Ills real name Is. Gain, who is a
graduate of the Hill Military
academy, and is well known here,
la in China studying the Chinese
language. On, the back 'of the
tard he sent Is the following
verse that .has caused Mr. Evans
more worry than who stole the
Humboldt's gold:
"Klsmas chop chop come Massa
cumshao large sum, i
Tear luck, myshamse drink. New
Year "good pidgin bring.
This time blong Jolly day China
cussum good thing say.
My chin Joos alia long Makee you
happy and strong large
chance make dollar too much.
Alia true talk No blong Jokes."
At first easy, the taak of
translating the wish soon leads
Into pitfall that no one yet has
fully explored. Hence the talk
of the prise competition.
CHURCHGOERS TO HEAR
GIRL NATIVE OF AFRICA
A girl native of Africa, who was
picked up when t years old by an Ore
gon missionary and has been educated
to return to her people as a missionary,
will speak In Portland tomorrow. At 11
o'clock she will speak at Centenary M.
E. church; before the Epworth league
at Taylor Street M. E. church, at 6:80
o'clock, and at the African M. E. Zlon
church In the evening. Monday after
noon a reception will be given the girl,
who is Miss Diana Abralia McNeil, by
the missionary societies of the Meth
odist churches of the city at the Grace
M. E. church.
Miss Lizzie McNeil Buckwalter of
Oregon, who went into Afria as a mis
alonary 20 years ago, became Interested
in the girl when he first went among
the negroes, with the aid of the parent
board of the missionary t branch of the
Methodist church Mrs. Buckwalter edu
cated the girl, who recently was grad
uated from. the University of California,
Miss McNeil is a guest of Mrs. Vir
ginia Patterson, 867 East Morrison
Tlie
lei
st
oyey
street, anTster Tjf Mrsruckwalfeft
Leaving Portland, she will go to Chi
cago to attend the missionary training
scnooi.
SAYS WOMAN -WANTS ,
TO WED TENTH TME
That his wife has the divorce habit,
and has It badly, is the tenor of an an
swer filed yesterday in the circuit court,
by Nicholas Gangrow of Walla Walla,
to a divorce complaint filed by Ellen
Gangrow. His further plea In opposing
her request for a divorce is that she
wants her tenth husband. Gangrow is
the ninth man she has led to the altar.
Mrs. Gangrow asked for a divorce in
a complaint filed three weeks ago, In
which she stated her husband "surrepti
tiously deserted" her. In an amended
bill she asked for suit money and ali
mony. The husband was served with
the complaint, and' yesterday1 filed his
answer, which indicates that a lively
fight will be made when the matter
comes to trial.
There has been invented in British
Guiana a process for literally powdering
sugar cane, the Idea being to export
the product to the United States for re
fining to dodge the duty on sugar.
Do Mot Be
Be filtered
at OSes
WALTER
ESTABLISHED 1780
1911
WIMg
Coveted lew
Beat Lot Angeles to San Francisco record by one hour and fifty-six minutes an3
cut six hours and twenty-three minutes off round-trip record. Did an average
of better than thirty miles per hour over country roads and mountain grades for
074 miles. Read the following message from the Cadillac dealer at Los Angeles:
Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 22, 1910. ,
Cadillac Motor Car Co., Detroit, Mich.
Cadillac Thirty today completed most sensational record run ever made on
coast. Beat Los Angeles to San Francisco record by one hour and fifty-six min
utes and cut six hours and twenty-three minutes off round-trip record. Left 5
a. m. Wednesday, reached San Francisco 7:49 p. m. The distance is 487 miles
over six mountain ranges. Best previous record made by six-sixty Thomas,
driven by best racing driver on coast. Also beat time of fastest night flyer on
railroads. Stopped only eleven minutes, and without going to any garage start
ed on return trip, completing 974 miles in thirty-two hours and thirty-five min
utes. This is the most coveted record in the west, and during past year fully
twenty attempts have been made to break the one-way record. The rough
roads and stiff mountain grades racked these cars to pieces before they had com
pleted half thf run made by our Cadillac. The car was a stock demi-tonneau
model, with its full equipment of lamps and fenders.. It carried four passengers
all the way. This road champion was in such perfect condition when it finished
here today that we decided to immediately start it on a six-day non-stop run
without even going in the garage. We did this $ demonstrate conclusively to
the public that the Cadillac could not only accomplish what no other car of any
horsepower or price had been able to do, but after this thousand miles of.the most
terrific road strain to which a car could be subjected was in condition to continue
running for six days without a single adjustment or repair. . Parade of enthu
siastic Cadillac owners followed arrival of record-breaker. Greatest reception ever
given an automobile and its crew in the west. California motoring public
amazed at this wonderful record. Accept my congratulation for building Amer
ica's greatest road car. DON LEE, Cadillac Agent. ' '
SEVENTH AND
The five members of the committee
of flax enthusiasts, appointed to investi
gate the feasibility of building a flax
mill in Oregon, will meet early - next
week in the office of Dr. E. A. 'Pierce,
in the Corbett building, to organize Its
work. The committee was appointed at
a meeting held at the Commercial club
by a number of . persons who for years
have tried to Interest the farmers of
Oregon in the cultivation of .the plant
fiber. . "
Time and time again efforts have been
made to promote the Interest of the
farmers of the growing of flax. All
were failures, but now those who be
lieve In Oregon's future as a flax grow
ing communtly, say they are on the
right track. Especially will the com
mittee consider the practicability of
getting a mill erected to cost from $100,
000 to $160,000. It will report on the
proposition of capitalists as regards lo.
vesting in such a plant
Oregon's- climate' Is said to be espe
Misled by
THE GENUINE
aEseir's Cocosi aondl
E!keir9 GDn0)CQla4e
bear this trade-mark on every
package, and are made only by
BAKER &
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cially favorable to the cultivation of
flax. Its soil is well adapted. Enthus
iasts see no reason why Oregon should
not undertake a pursuit that has proved
most lucrative In other quarters of the
globe. . "
FERRY NEEDS REPAIRS
BEFOREIT IS BOUGHT
. With new boilers Installed in the ferry
at St Johns, Matt Welch reported to
the county court yesterday that the
county could take It over and run it
with some degree of safety. The bust
ness men of St Johns want the ooun-
ty to operate tfienboat; The" transports'
tlon company which owns the, ferry
has refused to repair it or arrange bet
ter service and the county cannot take
charge of the boat until it is in good
shape. Mr. Welch recently Inspected
the ferry and reported it In bad con
dition and another inspection was giv
en yesterday. A number of business
men at St Johns have agreed to buy
the boat, providing the oounty court
will operate it The county court will
recommend 'that new boilers be installed
and the other repairs made.
New York city members of. the In
ternational Wood Carvers'- union are
trying to obtain a 44 hour week.
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