THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 12. 1912.
Heads of the State Department of the Republic of Mexico
ano WILLI :
n Oil ROADS
BY COUNTY IH 'IZ
Top row, reading from left '.to right, WeiRaphaelrHefnandeB; mlaister of development; President, of, Mex
ico, Francisco I. Madero Jr.! Jose Gonzales Salas, minister ot war ana marine. , ueiow, ieii to runw
v Manuei Vasquet Tagle, minister of Justice, and Manuel Dlai Lombards, minister of public instruction. (
This Amount Will Be Available
From Tax Levy; Other Sums
May Be Spent ; From the
' ; General 5 Fund. '?B::H?r;fe:'r
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Multnomah county will spend ap
proximately 9264,000 on Its road dur.
ing the comlnnc year, thla being- about
the net sum to be derived from1 the
tax levy for road purposes made by tha
county court s In addition to thla an
, uncertain amount' may be spent- (or
general road purpoaea from tha general
, fund, such as purchases of oil, tha con
struction of iarga brld , should any
be built, and tha possible addition of
1 expensive machinery. -:-u- :'. ?:'.' .;,v'.s;
I The law provides for the division of
the county into road districts, eacn or
which la placed under a superintend
ent, who acta under tha immediate dl-
: rectlon of tha county court In ' this
. ' county there are ply two road dla
trlcta and one of , these covers nearly
the whole county, ' '. ' "
Tha policy of tha county court was
to place the whole county, so far as
. possible, under ona management, and in
tha creation . of tha ' second - district
made r necessary to comply with tha
law, only a small territory was Included
In It. Roughly speaking, It Include
the Fulton district Superintendent
Hoffman, who rules in district No. t,
has only a fraction of tha road work
' under his direction. " .
, '. Oistrlot o. 1. .
District No. 1, under Superintendent
Chapman, covers all the rest; of the
i county and because of its extent is di
vided into 15 divisions. Each division
is in charge of a supervisor, and tha
most of them 'are equal in importance
to district No. 2.
There is no apportionment of road
money between the two read districts
, or between the 16 divisions of district
No. 1. One section Jn one year may re
ceive little money, and another year may
even op by securing a large expendi
ture. Tha expenditure ia governed by
' the Judgment of tha superintendent,
consulting with tha county court as to
where tha work is moat needed and will
benefit the greatest number: ' '
This is tha time of year when delega
tions of farmers vialt tha. county court
to ask for improvement of certain roads.
Frequently large expenditures are asked
for roada that would benefit only a few
people, and it the money were apent aa
requested might prevent tha proper re
pair of main thoroughfares.
, About the firat of tha year the coun
ty court meets with tha road auperin
tendent and consults him regarding tha
work that ia most urgent He gives a
general report upon conditions all over
tha county, and mapa out tha more ex
pensive work that ha deems necessary.
Frequently tha members of tha court
make tripa over certain, roads to satis
fy themselves as to ' conditions and
judge where tba money should first be
spent
OKI Orders CKven.
Oral ordere are given by tha county
court to the superintendent for the
more Important work after it has been
fully considered. Details are left to the
superintendent, but no large expendi
tures are made except by direction of
the court The supervisors in tha var
. lous districts hava no authority to in
cur expense except as directed by the
superintendent ,
The supervisors keep tha time of the
man and teams employed in their terri
tory, and issue time checks in pay
ment Upon these checks county war
rants may be obtained about the twelfth
day of the month following. Because
of the delay and tha fact that moat of
the workmen do not want to lose a day
coming to the courthouse for their pay,
a large majority of these warrants are
hypothecated each month.
600 Idles of Bead.
There are between tOO and 00 miles
of road in the county, probably in ex
cess of 550. The county court haa been
carrying on work the last few years on
several main hlgbwaya providing out
lets to other counties. Among these
were the Germantown and Canyon roads
and for several years the court has been
steadily extending the Linnton or St
Helens road, it is to be built to the
Columbia county line as soon as condt
tiona nermit.
Aa large bridges are construed to be
of general benefit they usually ara paid
for from' the general fund. Such prob
ably will be tha course, for Instance, In
building over the Sandy river at Trout
dale. From the general fund, also,
coma purchaaea of crude oil for oiling,
hil tiAr fn f llctl
Account is kept of tha expenditure lnVj
each road diatrlct and in eacn oi me
divisions' of road district No. 1. Tha
payments ara shown in the aemiannual
re porta of tha county auaiior,
REVOLUTION WINS
WHEN BABY KING
: QUITS HIS THRONE
(Continued from Pag Ona)
Pu Ti, tha baby ruler, in atepplng from
the throne, culminates wu years oi uy
naaty under tha Manchu regime, which
fc.a haan a.ll mmrful alnca 1644.
Emperor . Pu Tl - has been - monarch
since the death or Kwang su, nis un
cle. In 1(08. Prince Chun, the regant
ftav a. rutii attemnt to amioably ad
just tha differences which threatened
tha present crisis, xorecaatea me event
ual success of tha war for liberty when
he resigned last November.
Sine his resignation the complete
downfall of tha despotic Manchus was
- obviously inevitable.
VT v'-:;
- - Rebel Victory Reported, v
London, Feb. 12. Chinese rebels in
the province of Anhwei are today re
' ported to hava lured General Chang
Haun's Imperial army Into a trap which
coat hundreds of lives and resulted in
another rebel victory, i Rebels mined
their trenches, pretended to retreat sad,
when tha Imperial troops wars caught,
exploded tha mines. '
LABOR GOVERNMENT V
LOSES IN ELECTIONS
' Melbourne, Feb. 12. Tha labor gov
ernment In - South Australia has been
defeated at tha general elections
throughout that state. Tha former op
position was returned with, a majority
of six seatk'sv:;",,:5;.5 i-M'::;rri -?'
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MEXICAN MINISTER ' ' jff -l WSfh "!"
OF WAR TO BE MADE1 ,r , , llMV ' : i
TO QUIT HIS OFFICE ,q t flj.V x .
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(Continued from Page Ona.)
tha state department ara awaiting offi
cial advices from." Mexico today in re
gard to 'the ' reported assasslnatipn of
Hans Angelman, a German planter, re
ported killed near Vera Cms. ir the
killing is confirmed, it is expected Ger
many will demand Intervention by the
United 8tates In the Mexican convul
sions and precipitate a crisis in the af
fairs of Mexico.
GOVERNOR GONZALES
'T' URGES ALL MEXICANS
; TO RESIST AMERICANS
(CnttwJ Press teaaed Wlra.1
Washington, Feb. 12. The United
States is today preparing to demand of
President Madero that . General, An-am
Oo. ales, acting governor of the state
of Chihuahua, be summarily disciplined
for inflammatory remarks he is de
clared to have made In regard to tha
United States, "crushing Mexico, under
American military force." This state
ment was authorised today try the state
department upon receipt of a foreign
digest ot Gonsales'' proclamation ' sent
yesterday to the municipal authorities
of Chihuahua.
In his message Gonsales, after declar
ing that the Invasion of Mexico was
threatened by the United States, says:
The hand of the oppressor is -press
ing hard upon your brow and will brand
all true Mexicans as slaves unless they
resist the foreign power. Tba attitude
Of the United States toward Mexico is
one of a lordly master toward an abject
slave.
"The manhood of Mexico demands its
resistance by all possible means. Mexi
co has lost or Is losing, its identity as
nation among nations. The Ameri
cans ara attempting to control tha
business affairs, tha politics and tha
economics of Mexico. Unless resistance
is shown at once, Mexico will be but
a dependency of the United States."
It is feared that this action by the
United States in view of Oonsales
prominence, will incite an anti-foreign
outbreak and Jeopardise tha lives of
Americans In Mexico.
" Advices reaching Washington today
Indicate outragea near Torreon, Vera
Crui and Matamoras. Brigandage and
lawlessness continue in the stats of Du
rango. .
Madero Scored by Preje.
(Speelsl to The Journal.
' Mexico City, Fob. 11. Demanding
President Francisco I. Madero's resigna
tion, the Spanish Press hers today de
clares Madero has demonstrated his In
ability to rule Mexico and states that
his "convtotlon" at the hands of tha
rebels is honest Tba situation Is most
strained.
La Prenxa, a newspaper organ of tha
Liberal party, charges ona of tha big
American' press associations With aid
ing the money Interests in their attempts
to grab Mexico by sending false re
ports of conditions here to the United
Statea.
Claude Nasbur. an insurance man
of Marahfleld, who is to marry HlsS
Helen Dobla, of this city Wednesday, is
a guest at the Imperial.
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runs decidedly to dainty color 'ef
fects. Even some of the handsome
blue serges show dashes of color re
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weaves are similarly adorned. ,
All last -week we were receiv
ing and o p e n I n g , the beautiful
garments selected- b our Eastern
ambassador In the great fabric and
fashion marts ; many more will be
coming In during this week. To
obtain. the. best selection and the op
portunity to take advantage of the
first days of sunshine, ladles of Port
land and the surrounding country are
cordially Invited to call as early as
convenient.
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' Brisbane, Australia, Feb. 12. Al
though the week end in tha general
strike here was quiet, leaders of the
strikers assert that they will spring
a sensation on Wednesday, Streetcars
ara running, though the full, schedule
has not been kept up. Newspapers are
being got out With difficulty. "The
strike started through tha ref uaal of
the tramwaya board' to allow their em
ployes to wear union buttons while at
work. i. '
How Is Johnmy To-Day?
Ha . Mrs. Brown, this is Miss Carroll; Johnny's
teacher, you know. ; How is he? When he is
: able to see anyone. . I would like to come to see
him. Give him my love, won't ycu? Johnny is one of
my best scholars. Not at all Good-by, Mrs. Brown."
The ; up-ic-date teacher . keeps ; in touch with . her
absent pupils by means of the Bell Telephone.
Every Bell Telephone is a. Long Distance Station
The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co.
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To Our Cuotomero Only
Effective Feb. 12, 1912
Bowl
Plain Frostecl
25 vatt, 2Q candle power v 55a 60c
40 vratt, 32 wncjlo power 55c 60c
60 watt, 50 candle power 80c 85c
100 watt, 80 candle power $1.05 $1.15
150 watt, 120 candle power $1.60 $1.70
250 watt, 200 candle power &20 $2.35
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