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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 23, 1911. :
View of Mountain, Field and River, Ideal Site for Sisters' College
Catholic Educational Institution Near Oswego Destined to Be Great Training Place for Teachers; Full College Courses Will Eventually Be Provided For;
Tract Where Schools Are Being Built Contains 120 Acres .
TUESDAY NIGHTj
Question of Whether Commis- j
sion Should Have Five or:
GRANT T 0 COAST
Thomas F. Redsull Rode
Through Oregon Country 73
- Years Ago, Long Before the
Whitman Massacre.
Seven Members, Subject of
Dispute Among Them.
CHARTER
MAKERS
PIONEER OF 1838
RECALLS VISIT OF
IKEfTLE
The charter revision commission has
announced determination to decide upon
the number of commissioners that
should administer the business of Port
land, under the commission form of
government, at Its meeting Tuesday
night.
This is said to he the most difficult'
and vexing question presented to the
revision commission. Differences of
opinion between commission members
are expected to be cause of Interesting;
debate at the Tuesday night meeting,
which will be held in the mayor's oom
mlttee room in the city hall.
It was tentatively decided at a former
meeting- that the number ot commission
ers should be seven, including the
mayor. Several members of the revi
sion commission have since taken the
stand that there should be but five
commissioners. Among these Is Gay
Lombard, who recently returned from
tour of commission plan cities.
Strongly In favor of sleeting seven com
missioners is George B. Cellars. Both
' men had opportunity to learn municipal
government needs while members of the
city council.
Businesslike Methods.
It has been suggested to the charter
revision committee that before the num
ber of commissioners under the com
mission plan is decided upon the num
ber of city departments, each .needing
an executive head, should be deter
mined; that the number of commis
sioners be not arbitrarily fixed and the
work arranged to give each employment,
but that the demands of the city's busi
ness Itself be first considered. It has
been emphasized that the first object
of the commission plan of government
is to conduct the city's business like
business, patting over each clearly de
fined municipal government an execu
tive head who shall be held responsible
for results and. appointments; and that
the electing of a commission, the num
ber of commissioners, the ability of
each and' the salaries to be paid, are
but a means to the end of businesslike
economical municipal business.
Cellars aires View.
Mr. Cellars expressed conviction yes
terday that the needs of Portland and
the number of municipal departments,
demand seven commissioners. He ar
' ranges them thus;
1. Department of accounts and fin
ance, to be administered by tbe mayor.
. t. Department of public safety fire,
police and lights.
S Department of streets and high
waysimprovement of streets and lay
ing sewers and water mains.
4. Department of public property'
parks, auditorium and city hall,
5. Department of franchises and pub
lic utilities franchises, public utili
ties and water.
6. Department of docks and harbor.
7. Department of health health,
street cleaning and sprinkling, collec
tion and disposal of garbage.
"t am aware," said Mr. Cellars, "that
In most of the commission plan cities
there are but five commissioners. But
remember, please, that these are very
much smaller cities than Portland. A
department store in Salem carries sub
stantially the same kind of stock that
big department store In Portland sells.
But the number of department heads
In Portland, will be very much greater
than in Salem.
.feeds Are Greater.
"Why? Because the business Is big
ger. In the same way we have more
work, more Important, to attend to in
administering the business of Portland,
than in Des Moines or Galveston. We
need more men and more capable men
to administer larger affairs than in
smaller cities. I
"I believe the number of departments
Is naturally arranged according to the i
outline above. It will be said that no '
very onerous duties are given the may
or. That is exactly the object. The
mayor must have duties of considerable
importance, yet not such as will take
afl of his time. As mayor he must be
prepared to appear before large gather
ings and functions to extend - welcome
or t felicitation on behalf of the city.
The department of accounts and finance
Includes important city business and :
he must always be attending to the mul
titude of duties appertaining to his po
sition as the city's executive head.
"I believe that fire, police and light
should be administered as a single de
partment, because the firemen and po
licemen so often work together, and be
cause the policemen are In a better po
sition than any other city employes to
inspect the lights.
Streets and Sewers.
"The Improvement of streets and lay
ing of sewers and water mains should
be in a department, because t'ney in
clude largely engineering problems. This
is the department of construction.
The people of Portland are demand
ing park improvement; boulevards are
included. Our park policy will en
gage much of the time of one man. The
care of the city hall Is a minor matter,
but the policy adopted in reference to
the auditorium will have to do with j
making it a "monument or a morgue,' I
as Mr. Congdon said. I
"I believe that the operation of the
water department should be kept in a
department separate from the laying of
mains, because one deals with construc
tion, the other, maintenance and supply.
My experience in city government is
basis for my belief that water supply
hould be included with franchises and
curdle utilities.
"1 am Informed that t tie public docks '
commission is not making progress more !
rapidly because Its members are hope
lessly divided over the appointment of
an engineer.
"By giving one commissioner charge
of this department and holding him re
sponsible for the appointment of the
engineer, we would make certain of re
sults, as we are not now certain. The
continuance policy of the commission
plan is to eliminate all other commis
sions, to eliminate divided authority and
to centralize responsibility.
Should Have Veto jpower.
"The department of health, would, of
course Include the Inspection of schools
and public buildings, and such other
matters as are now administered by the
board of health and health officer. I
' believe the healtii commissioner should
have power to appoint an advisory
board of physicians, but since this
board would have no executive power,
I do not think Unnecessary to Include
the matter of its appointment in the
charter."
Mr. Cellars asserted his belief that
the mayor should have the veto power,
n issue that has been opposed by Mr.
Lombard and others. He would have a
majority of the commission pass any
measure, than refer it to the mayor for
approval or veto, then submit It, if
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On one of the prettiest sites along
the Wlllame te river, the Bisters of
the Holy Na r.e of the Catholic church
are building a great educational Insti
tution. The location is near Oswego,
10 miles up the Willamette from Port
land. For several years the Sisters
have maintained an orphans' home and
school there and now another handsome
new building has Just been completed.
The building will serve several pur
poses. It will be the administration
building for the province of Oregon and
and Washington and will be the head
quarters Of the officers of the Holy
Name Bisters. It will be a training
school for the young nuns and will
be a home for the aged and sick mem
bers of the order.
Location Zs Ideal.
Scarcely could one expect to fine a
prettier location than the one selected
for the Catholic Institutions. The
buildings are set on an elevation over
looking the river and the valley for
many miles, showing heavily timbered
mountains in the distance.
It is the plan of the Holy Name Sis
ters to build, some time In the future,
a college, where a complete college
course will be taught, and a school for
the grammar grades. The Sisters have
120 acres of land In the tract where
the schools are being built.
The main portion of the new admin
istration building Is four stories. It
Is built of brick covered with cement.
On the south side a large three story
wing has been erected. A similar wing
is to be built on the north side. The
building cost IHO.OvD.
"Our primary purpose is to open a
standard normal school for the training
of our teachers," said Sister Maria
Klavia, who will be at the head of the
Institution. "Our secondary purpose
Is to train students who have finished
the four years high school course.
These may be either Catholic or non
Catholic. Trained teachers will be
brought in to meet the needs of the
school."
Olassss Open in rail.
The normal will be standardized ac
cording to the standard of the state
normal. It will meet every requirement
so that Its graduates will receive the
five-year state certificates awarded
vetoed", again to the commission, and re
quiring for passage over the mayor's
veto, the same majority as passed It at
first. It should not be forgotten, too,
he says that the commission Is always
the city's legislative body, in addition to
the duties of its individual members.
Mr. Cellers believes that the peopbj
should elect, in addition to seven com
missioners, the city auditor, the city
treasurer, the city attorney and the mu
nicipal Judge. These, he says, should
be the direct choice of the people, and,
because of their peculiar responsibil
ities, never the creatures of appoint
ment. The agitation for short ballot
will not lose through Including the ad
ditional four, he says, and It can be ar
ranged that six of the eleven may be
elected every two years.
FUNERAL OF ELI MAPLE
TO BE HELD AT SEATTLE
Seattle, Wash., July 22. The fun
eral of Eli B. Maple, aged 80, who died
at Lebanon, Or., last Wednesday, will
be held here tomorrow. Mr. Maple
went to Lebanon on a visit three years
ago and there became so ill he never
returned to Seattle. Mr. Maple pad
dled his way down the sound to the
present site of Seattle from Olympla,
landing here In October, 1852, almost
simultaneously with the arrival of tho
original body of pioneers who settled
the town and gave tho city its name.
He was one of the hardy band of
pioneers who first opened trails in th?
thick forests surrounding Elliott bay.
The family settled at Georgetown, near
which place Maple took up a donation
land claim.
He was a brother of the late John
W. Maple, who came to Seattle soon
after the Civil war and who whs coun
ty treasurer of King county nearly 2)
years ago.
He wsb a member of the Washington
Pioneers' association and is survived
by his widow, whom he married in
1891, and by four sons and one daugh
ter by his previous marriage. He was
born In Ohio, November 12, 1831. His
horns was at 316 Wall street
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Top pictures, left to right Orpbans at sewing class on the lawn; assembly room. Middle picture, left to right; Chapel room, administration
building of province of Oregon and Washington. Lower picture Young nun's training class.
graduates from the state school, and
at the end of the five years they will
be entitled to life certificates.
Over 20 young nuns are now at the
school taking the teacher's training
course.' The classes for students will
open the coming fall. Until the elec
FROM STENOGRAPHER TO CHIEF
OF DETECTIVES, HUGHES' CAREER
(United Prm Jjrttr Wire.)
New York, July 22. New York now
has the youngest chief of detectives who
ever held that Important office in the
history of the city. He is Inspector Ed
ward P. Hughes. His appointment as
head of the big detective bureau of the
Metropolitan Police department, and his
riso from the ranks marks the passing
of the uneducated "cop" as chjef of the
plain clothes men. whose principal qual
ification was "pull."
To be 'chief of New York's detective
department Is an onerous Job, and as
pant history has shown one not easy to
get and still harder to hold. It affords
plenty opportunity for "graft," or at
least charges of "graft." It is tho real
"criminal huntlntr" and "crime i preven
tion" department of the big metropolis,
and to successfully direct the thief
hunters and the various and many spe
cial squads of plain clothes men requires
gome ability. Inrpector Hughes Is a
brainy man. And 1' was by dint of hard
work, close application to duty and
keeping his name clean from the mud
that often is spattered over the police
department that caused him to rise
from the stenographer to Chief Inspec
tor -George McClusky, to his former
chiefs chair.
Hughes has the clean cut appearance,
martial bearing and quiet demeanor of
an army officer. He often has been re
ferred to as a 'gentlemanly police offi
cer," because of his polish, apparent
refinement and UiHalllng courtesy.
Bsgsn as Stenographer.
As stenographer In Chief Inspector
McClusky's office, Hughes made good
use of his opportunity to learn tbe "in
side workings" of that office, in which
many tragedies are unfolded. No one
dreamed that th quiet young man who
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tric line is completed to the institution,
so that students may easily go back
and forth, the classes will be held at
St. Mary's academy in this city. An
excellent opportunity for those study
ing to become teachers to receive prac
tical experience is offered at St. Mary's
had little to say, but was all "eyes and
ears," had any ambition.
Rising from the ranks tocaptaln, be
tng one of the highest In tbe examina
tion, Hughes later became inspector
the youngest of the force and as such
was placed in charge of the combination
composed of the so called "strong arm"
squad, and vice and social evil divisions,
numbering about 400 men who do duty
In citlzen'sclothlng.
There was nothing sensational about
his methods; he did no' "stunts" that
threw upon him the "spot light" of
much publlcty, and at the same time he
kept out of the many scandals, largely
probably because he did not play poll
tics. Advancement came as a result of
the unostentatious, businesslike ways of
the young officer.
"Intelligence and Industry are whr.t
makes a successful detective," declared
Chief Inspector Hughes.
In departing from traditional lines
and appointing Inspector Hughes to
head the detective department, X the
powers that be evidently have recog
nized the fact that it takes "brain" as
well as "brawn" to make a chief of de
tectives. At the same time, the naming
of a man not in "politics," has given
an Impetus to a more efficient police
force.
Strange Story of Devotion.
From the "east side," that congested
district where life teems like an ant
hill and the foreign residents cling tena
ciously to old customs and habits, comes
4 story of love and devotion- that pass
eth the understanding of the average
mind and by the side of which the pas
sion of Helolse and Abelard grows dim
In comparison.
Four years ago Leah Irman, & shirt
waist operator, then 18 years old, met
and married young man r.amed Esch-
orphans' home. The grades, up to the
eighth, are taught there, and all the
classes are regularly graded.
Oh the second floor of the new ad
ministration building is a beautifully
finished chapel, adorned wpW exquisite
ly carved figures. The altar is lighted
man. Her husband didn't werk and
Leah kept the long hours In the fac
tory. But she didn't mind. She was
supremely happy.
Two years later a young woman,
whom she still persists in calling her
"best friend," visited her. EschmanTtte
came Infatuated with the girl. He told
his wife that he couldn't live without
the girl and would kill himself if he
could not. have her.
Through days and nights of agony,
Leah foughf with her love. Then she
voluntarily gave up her husband to
her "best friend" In order that he might
be happy.
Leah returned to her parents. All
their questioning elicited nothing. She
worked In the factory but when her
parents discovered that she was giving
the larger pprtlon of her wages to sup
port Eschman and his affinity, they
asked the police to Interfere. When
the police arrived at the couple's place,
Leah was there to confront them with
her marriage certificate.
"I- am married to this man. The
girl Is boarding with us," she declared.
In the face of that the police departed.
Leah, for two' years has worked to
support her husband and repeatedly pro
tected the man when efforts were made
to prosecute him.
"That he is happy is enough for me,"
she declared. At last the factory work
and the Intense longing for the love ot
the man whom she gave up that he
might be happy, told on her. She Ilea
critically 111 in Bellevue hospital, a mere
wraith of what was onoe a beautiful
girl.
To all questions as to why she has
been so devoted to a man that had cast
her aside, she replies, "Beoause I love
him,"
Bay larls Is Dead. r
New Tor k is a "gayer" place than
Paris but "Berlin has them all beaten,"
is the opinion of' Police Captain John
W. O'Connor of : the East Fifty-first
street station, known as the "Diamond
Back District," who visited ths Blarney
stone ' and has ' Just 'returned from:
IS days' tour of European cities.
- "Paris '-; is bunk,'V : exclaimed ths po
lice captain in disgust. "There" is noth
with electricity.
The building also has large recep
tion rooms, largo, broad halls, steam
heat, elevator and all modern conveni
ences. It is a fit place for the home
of the principal officers of one of the
greatest orders of the Catholic church.
ing to it when you compare Paris and
New York. New Tork has it all over
the French capital as a 'gay place." "
"But Berlin! There's some town. The
best city I visited. In the matter of
gaiety, Paris is a country village com
pared to the kaiser's capital. They
know how to live and enjoy themselves
there. ISverybody stops at noon and
takes a rest and then the town is wide
open all night.
"Talk of the independence in this
country. The reformers would fall dead
if any one proposed that New Yorkers
be given as much liberty and freedom
as the Berllners."
The captain was much impressed by
the "continental" Sunday where every
thing is "wide open," he declared and
everyone enjoys oneself. The captain,
however, did not find any police "up
to ours."
BOY SLEW STEPFATHER
TO SAVE HIS MOTHER
. (Special to The Jonrntl.)
Baker, Or., July 22. Why ths Baker
county grand Jury so quickly acquitted
Kmmett Blood today of the killing of
his stepfather, George Chase, on Rock
creek Thursday, will probably never bs
Jcnown officially, as under th law all
testimony Is destroyed when no true
bill Is returned. The evidence, however,
was probably the same as at the coro
ner's Inquest, which showed the step
father had been intoxicated, had at
tempted to kill his wife with a gun, and
was shot by the hoy to save his mother.
In event of Indictment the, stats had
not & single witness. , His going tree
was considered a foregone conclusion if
he had been made to stand trial.
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Also $4200 in other prizes. -Can' you
solve Ellers' Music House "Maglo. 7
Fuzzls," on page 8, see. 1, this paper.
Spokane,' Wash., July 22. Thomas T.
Redsull, pioneer of California, Oregon,
Washington and Idaho, who rods
through the Spokane country in 1838,
recalled incidents of the early days
with Grant, Sheridan, Carson and Whit
man in the northweBt In the course of
an interview at the home of his grand
daughter, Mrs. Charles A. Goddard,
1809 Mansfield avenue, saying that io
one thought at that time there would -ever
be a town of 26,000 in the entire
Pacific slope country.
"When I reached the present site ot
the city of Ban Francisco, 73 year
ago, he said, there was not even
village; but Indians and Mexicans had
assembled to trade with ths ship. Z
rode through the Oregon territory the
same year, also passing over the site
of Spokane, which was then a wilder
ness witn only a few Indians at widely
scattered points. The reds were friend
ly to the white men then as they have
been ever since." i
With Hudson Bay Company.
Mr. Redsull had charge of the trap
pers and clerks in the employ of tho
Hudson Bay company's trading posts at
Colvllle, Walla Walla and Vancouver.
Wash., more than CO years sgo, and
piloted tho Lot Whltcomb, ths ftrst
steamboat driven up the Columbia river. '
Captain V. S. Grant, afterward presi- '
dent of the United States, was- a guest
at his marriage to Miss Spence in 1854.
"I have heard many times that Grant
was a drunkard, that he abused his sol
diers and that he forgot his home ties."
the veteran said, "but there Is not a
word of truth to back up the charges.
Grant was strict with his men, but I
never saw him In an intoxicated condl--
tion. We were close friends and I
would have known.
Worked for Oeneral Grant.
"I carried Grant's commission papers
to him from the Hudson Bay company
officials In 1854, and saw him when ho
wont down the Columbia river with his
first lieutenant and 20 men to locate a
fort. That was 57 years ago, but I
recall every Incident as clearly as If it
happened yesterday. Grant delegated
part of the crew to tend the oars
while he and the men slept. The watch
ers were drunk and soon went to sleep.
We were out in our pilot boat and)
picked up Grant and his men, adrift 10
miles out at sea.
"Grant was close to his men but ho
tolerated nothing. I saw him. op nu-.'
merouB occasions order a soldier with
knapsack full of stones to stand on a
barrel for hours at Fort Vancouver as
punishment for stealing an Indian's
squaw, but" he was kind hearted and
frequently rescinded his orders before
they were carried out fully. However,
his discipline bordered on the brutal
when a soldier attempted to Interfere
with an Indian's! home.
Slaves on Columbia River.
"I had a peculiar experience on tho
Columbia river in 1847. when the In
dians, headed by a native named John
Bull, became Jealous of our steamers.
The reds borrowed kettles and cans
from our s-upply store and made their
first steamer. They placed a smoke
stack on a canoe, but Instead of pro
pelling it by steam, an we did. they had
two slaves' to work the paddle arrange
ment, which was concealed In the bot
tom of the craft. This canoe and its
kettles is now on exhibition in tho
British museum."
Mr. Redsull was personally acquaint
ed with Dr. Marcus Whitman, a mls
Islonary, who was killed in un uprising
1st' Walla Wallii at the hands of Indians.
' Recalls Whitman Martaore,
"Dr. Whitman, who can well bo
known as 'the father of the northwest,'
was recognized by the Indians as a
great medicine man, and was a friend
of the chief of the Cnyuse tribe. This
friendship continued until a strange
disease attacked the rods. The chief's
daughter was nmong the last to fall a
victim. Whitman did all In his power
to stamp out the malady and his failure
to save tho girl prompted her Indian
lover to murder the physician for re
venge during the massacre that fol
lowed." Mr. Redsull had charge of 30 men at
Fort Colvllle, Wash., In 1854 and when
Lieutenant Bolan was slain he was
dispatched as a guide with 40 soldiers
to the post at Yakima. When 10 miles
from the post the. Indians made an
attack and several soldiers were killed.
The survivors . returned to the fort d
sfter hiding from the Indians for seven
Csys and nights.
WILL GO OVER THE RIM
Ti
(Special to The Journal
Fort Klamath, Or., July 22. T. W,
Stephenson of Baker, Or., reached
Crater lake last evening and will have
himself lowered from the rim of Cratsr
lake to a snow bank several hundred
feet down, where he will search for
the body of B. B. Bakowski, the daring
Bend, Or., photographer who lost his
life at Crater lake last winter' whlla
trying to, get winter pictures. Stephen,
son and Bakowski were bosom friends
and were much together until two
years ago, when Bakowski went Into
photography in central Oregon. While
the road to Crater lake Is now com
paratively open, there Is still deep
snow below the rim.
"JESUS' ATTITUDE ON
POVERTY," TODAY'S TOPIC
- Second In the series of discussions on
the subject, "Jesus' Attitude'. Toward '
Eighth Great Vital Problems", will take
place this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock la
the lobby of . the Portland Young Men's
Christian Association. The toplo today
will be "Poverty," and ths discussion
will bo led by B. 8. Huntington, a Port
land lawyer, who recently was elected
a director of the T. M. C. A. The meet- .
ing is open to all men.
0 100K FOR BAKOWSKI
Special muslo is' being provided for -these
meetings, and this afternoon there ;
will be cello solos by Roscoe Lyans,
who recently. was added to tho faculty
of the Y. M. C. A. educational, depart
men t. Among the leaders for, the re
malntnf discussions are R. R. Perkins, '
M. H. Snedecor, Rv. -Thomas Holmes J
Walker, J. D. Nellan, C A. Lewis, Rev, ,
Henry Marcotte and tt'vw;-Btoo,-!;. -Xi..
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