... 1 i
iiLif
i.iG'l
I
r.;:'j'.t.ef Insurancs 'Plan in
Wiihir.gtbh-ot Interest. In
Oregon.
Of particular interest to Oregon legis
lators and students of workmen's 1nsur-
nee is a summary of the results of the
first year's operation of the new com
pensation law In the. state of Washing
ton, which is belnsr. distributed by the
publicity committee of the workmen's
compensation committee of Oregon, Jbhn
'YV. Mlnto, manager. ' .
' The report shows nearly 11,000,000
j'<l into th accident fund, and,- less
than half that sum paid out on claims.
in exacts fjgurs.-lhj9fluia aia-i
J9S0.445. paid out on claims $445,527, In
vested in interest bearing: . reserves, to;
guarantee pensions 1243,984, net balance
la accident fund 1J90.933. . -
It is .stated that under the old casual
dy system the employers of the stats an
nually paid out $600,000, and less than
$100,000 found its way back to injured
workmen. It is t pointed out that-this
economio waste of - $500,000 - has been
clone away with ..
The operating expense of the . state
commission was $107,868. or 1.9 per
cant, as compared with 12.8 per cent in
Germany. This . includes the initial, ex
pense of organization and office equip
ment. Out of 12,000 accidents reported,
only 21 appeals have been taken to the
courts. - '.
The firms listed and assessed number
$750, while 130,000 employes have been
listed and protected. . The claims al
lowed numbered 6984,' while 2256 were
disallowed, suspended or waived, '953 are
in process of adjustment and 1703 acci
dent reports are incomplete;
An interesting feature is that figures
on 1Q0O cases indicate that leas than
S per cent of the total accidents show a
liability that -would be good for a ver
dict under the old law, so 97 per cent
wouldefhave been uncompensated except
for the new compensation system.
. NEW INCINERATOR
PLANT NEEDED TO r
PREVENT MENACE
(Continued From Page bne.)
c.in :.':. hcv? t pe-t any ith it l-y
krcriT-.T the fcrrrircs poir-g- at tp heat
f-vtiy li.i.v and - l-y- having tl.e greatest
fio.l luck in having the lining and
archfs hold out.
"When the load gets too much for us,
as it seems certain to do in 1913, or if
the condition of the furnaces makes. It
imperative to shut down to rellne thera
with new fire brick! I see nothing else
but a return to the garbage dump. "The
garbage will have to go somewhere, you
know. . .. ' ,
- -t aaf at Hanu .- ';
"I know . what the garbage Jump
means. It meansa nasty, stinking heap
bf refuses-garbage, , rotting vegetable
and ' animal , matter, and smouldering;
fires. It means an army of hugs rats,
carriers of bubonic plague and other dis
eases. I sincerely nape we can (void this,
but the danger right now is that a new
plant could not be built In time to
avoid It. v f:':. -. 'V?- 7
t ""This plant cannot be built soon
enough" If the health of the city Is to
be considered. The people voted down
the $100,000 bond Issue for another in
cinerator because .they did not under
stand the garbage problem that faces
this city.". ..:
lttiComparahvefIgureiforecem
1911 and the sam month of ml snow
the increase In the amount of garbage
turned this year and the increase to
be expected in 1911 If only the same
ratio continues. And In December the
garbage stream is at its lowest ebb.
The number of tons burned by days Is
given, fractions of tons being omitted:
Dec, 1911. Dec.. 1912. Inc. In Tons.
1 7.... ...... i Hunaay.M,,.. ..
2 101. ......... 1141 49
ounucijr . ... i '.... ..
4117. ......... 4128., 11
6 105. ,..,.... i 116. 11
6 1. 6120.....,..., 14
will hold up," said Mr. Otis. "But I
will say this if the Increase fn the
amount of garbage to be burned In
1913 only keeps pace with the increase
of 1912 over 1911, we shall be swamped.
Why, if It is only half as large, we
i '-y ' . i.i ; j
r ..... ,
7 95
8 97
9112...
10 Sunday
11124....
12106
U 108 .,,,.... v
14 100 ..........
15 97..........
1 10ST.,.. .,..,.
17 Sunday.......
18 133......,,,.
lfl 102....
20 113..........
21 97...
22 115. ...v.....
23 129..........
24 Sunday.......
25 Christmas...
26 175
27 118...
28 118. .........
t e
26
54
1
6
10
29
65
7 1Z1
8 rSunday.,.....'
9 166 . . . .' i"."". .
10 141..........
11 125..
12 111
13 118
14 129
4 E C.M
OUIIUttlf t
16 163.......
17 122
18 115;;,. 1., 18
19 117.....:.... 15
20 120 9
21 119.... 22
22 Sunday . ,
23 168 v. 34
24 123 ...
25 Christmas... 4.
26 161 14
27 134 ,18
28 153 ..v. 87
, Gain 83 Tons Dally. v
The" average per day, as shown by
these figures, was 110 tons. In Decem
ber, 1911, to 1S3 tons in December, 1912.
The increase is 23 tons a day in the
dullest month of the year.
Comparing September, 1911, with Sep
tember, 1912, in the same way, the in
crease is shown by Mr. Otis' records
to be 18 tons a day. The Increase for
July, the heaviest month of the year,
would undoubtedly have been very
much greater, but there are no figures
for July, 1911,
These figures show the Increase to
-;-:i-t Sa th BRto-.;rt f (.r.rl i.c I
turned in 3913. Ti.a tbLil 1,-r 1? 12
was 42.171 tons, to 30.762 for 1S11. The
Increase is 11,409 tons, nearly 1000
tons a month, an overs ga for the year
of about 30 tons a day.. The same. in
crease gives E3.5S0 tons to be burned
In 1913.
Takin? out E2 Sundavs and two holt-
days, Christmas and New Years,, when
the-plant Is not working, this Would,
make an average of 172 tons a day to
be burned at the incinerator' next year,
day In and-day out.
The figures plainly show the danger
of the return to the garbage dump,
The old dump -where fosyears the
city disposed of its garbage is at the
edge of the present incinerator grounds.
When, Mr. Otis took charge last Decem
ber, the stench from It Was still very
bad. It was burning in "many places
from fires started by spontaneous com
bustion. The foul odor often was waft
ed as far as the residence district of
Willamette Heights, . t r:; . ;
- Miv Otia-lmmediately begin covering
the dump wjth 'ashes taken from the fgarbage, $3 per cent had tuberculosis.
incinerator,' at the same time shutting
off altogether any new source of gar
bage supply. . Most of the dump is now
tpvered under f ronr-tto SO -feetot
ashes, but smoke still issues from the
heap in places. , ' .
This covering up process had gone
on, only 'a month when a very curious
thing happened.- Mr, OtTS was called
over to Lake street, which is near the
Old dump, one morning In February,
1911, by an excited citizen.
Horde of IMts Disappears.
"A horde of rata is running up Lake
street They are leaving the -dump!"
cried the roan.- Mr. JMIe found it to be
literally true.
"There were- thousands and thou
sands ' of rats in that street, a great
army of them, leaving the dump," says
Mr. Otis. "I did not know there were
so many rats In the world. It would
have been what your life Was worth
to venture Into that alleyway. I re
member that a dog killed about 30 of
them, and died of spasms the next day.
'Those rats were leaving the dump
because their food supply had been shut
off. They scattered, I suppose, to all
parts of the city. A week later there
was another great emigration,- and to
day you cannot find a rat on that whole
dump.
"But that shows the menace of the
dump, with Us hordes of rats, that will
spread from it over the whole city.
Other cities have been carrying on rat
killing campaigns, for therat is the
carrier of bubonic plague. But' as long
as there is a garbage dump, it will be
impossible to kill the rats.
"A return to this dump is Inevitable
unless another incinerator Is . soon
built."
' But the dump is not the only danger
that accompanies lack of proper incin
erator facilities in a big city. Another
and even more subtle danger is the
feeding to hogs of garbage from hotels,
restaurants and private families, which
Should all be sent to the incinerator but
-. jM r.-.t l-i 1 .1 t!:'re r.aiv if It
"Thirty tons of garbage a day In
Portland Is taken by hog feeders," says
Mr. Otis. "Hogs-fed vn the garl'age
..collected from a bis city-are almost
certain -to be diseased. The figures as
to that, compiled by, health boards In
different cities, are startling. It should
never be allowed, but what could we
do with the garbage if it were sent to
us 7 We cannot possibly handle .If.",
rsediasr Garbage to Hoys.
Mr. Otis has a report of .. what In
vestigations in other cities have proved
on this phase of unclnerated garbage.
It says, in part: - ; - ; j,;..
' "Another method, employed by ' soms
municipalities is the feeding of garbage
to pigs. This may be a slight Improve
ment, over dumping It, but only, for
small places where the garbage can be
handled before It decays. But as a city
iowa In lae, feeding it la a most un
satisfactory method, as has been
learned by those who have Investigated
the subject One state board of -health,
finds that of , over 1000 pigs fed ,on city
An -extract from ' a grand Jury In
vestigation of the subject says: "
"These hogs jare led on garbage ex1-.
tTusl velyl The testlmbny,"Bho ws that
cholera, , tuberculosis and trichinae are
prevalent among the hogs fed on gar
bage, and many authentic cases were
brought to our attention' where these
diseases, and diseases Of similar char
acter, are being spread directly from
the piggery. Testimony shows that the
same - conditions prevail at ,U. other
points in the country where hogs are
fed on garbage, soiar aarwe have been
tW ascertain." - . 1
THOUSANDS SING -;
OLD YEAR ADIEU '
WELCOME TO '13
(Continued From Page One.)
helped wonderfully in the delivery Of
the sound waves.
The tand concert, by: Campbell's
American band', preceding the singing of
the chdrus, began at 10 o'clock prompt
ly. Director Percy A. Campbell pre
sented a pleasing program splendidly
rendered. It contained a number of
standard compositions ' .and national
music .fultable. foj Jhe, occasion.
The mixea cuorus, several hundred
strong, appeared at 11 i o'clock to the
tempo of a stirring march built on the
themes of the. national airs. Nearly
every one of the choristers wore a Port
land rose. About half the number of
the- singers were women, and so the
chorus was excellently balanced: With
the singers came the soloist, Mr. Bisp
ham, and his accompanist, H. Q. Gilbert
and William R. Boone, accompanist for
the chorus.
Then things moved" with a vfra, Mr.
Blspham'and the chorus alternating on
the program till the suggestion cams
t' -'-i evrryi'vr j .-!.,c J i:i.
I,.:i Eiai Acco.uv3t;.:.
'" "Nearer, My God. M Thee" V-A3 surs
to full band accompaniment, and the
effect va3 that of an immense choir
and a poK-erful pipe organ. Professur
William iMansell Wilder directed the
chorus and had chares Of the mublcal
program a.i a whole. . The chorus Is en
titled to much credit for the splendid
showing on such, short notice for prep
aration. - -
Mr. Wilder . expressed v bimself very
well pleased with the result It was he
who worked out the plans, originally
suggested by -Carl Gray several
months ago, w.hen president of the Hill
lines in Oregon; Mr. Gray Is now presl
dent of the Great Northern railway with
headquarters' at t PauL
-"Mr. Gray suggested the Idea, that
since Open air concerts had been given
la San Francisco on New Tear's eve, it
could be done here, but he was called to
St, Paul, and so the, matter was dropped
for the, time. iBut i took: imp" "R"rew
days ago and the members of the Rotary
elub came to our assistance nobly. It
was due to their .energetic work jhat the
ftindwasTso, proraptlyral3ed,""and the
Rotary club Is entitled to a great deal
of credit"; . . ' .' -:'
t Rev. Dr. Benjamin Toung .enlivened
the situation last .night by acting as
official announcer front the platform.
Speaking through a large megaphone,
fehe amused the crowd between the vari
ous numbers on the program.
J. C English. 'Harry P, Coffin R. R,
Xffehny and severaF other rhembera of
the Rotary club were on hand to assist
In carrying out the plans.
- The streets were brilliantly Illumi
nated with strings of small colored
lights tbough-the courtesy of the Port
land Railway, Ilght & Power company.
"The only organisation of 'its kind in
the .world," .is ; what 4tsV official card
claims for Ipswich Clam Diggers union,
14,233, .American Federation of Labor.
ThV union has Just been formed.
- - . , ' 1 -- .v--
Journal Want Ads bring results.
' - : i.
Sh- Sb- C " " 14
I C) sun snr
On this, the first day of the new yearwe wish :
to express our appreciation to the public f or, r )
: their patronage during, the past year; and of -
what we value even more, their confidence and . :
cordial good will. - AVe realize that the public's
interest and our interests are mutual, and that
whatever helps one . helps "the 1 other In ex- '
tending our thanks to the public for their. pat-:
ronage during the past year, we pledge-our-;
selves' thaiduring the coming yjear we will use
our most earnest efforts to merit the cbntinua-: -tion
: of: the. pleasant relations ywhicrt have ex-.
isted during the past year. " Accept our sincere
wishes that trie new year may bring you happi-, -ness
and prosperity. ;( . .
SOUTHERN PACIFIC : COMPANY "
Watch the Papers
Next Week About Royal Bread
IILsal
i in mi ii mm III it mr m iliii
ltCTi.ltlMtl.l7,'BT?WWtPTI
Hum Mm t mil 1 1 ii i i;-um
k1
v
W1
I itan3 bchinB every statement in this ad. I have closeH
.OOOoOO
the I. X. L Store, for it has proven a failure iri the clothing business. The stock of this store, the Ideal Clothing Company, one of Portland V largest
and old-established stores, will be placed together, and the entire stock, amounting td , , :,.,.,:.1r'..'.. w... J 2j.h
H ot Men's Good New Staple Suits, Overcoats, Hats, Shoes,2'
Underwear, Shirts, Hosiery, Ties, Etc., Etc, Etc, Will Be
AT V
. OMCE: '
THIS IS NO FAICE SALE JUST TLAIN FACTS, THAT'S ALL
YOU WILL GET GOODS IN THIS STORE EXACTLY AS I ADVERTISE THEM
WORT
OS
tniaj
10c Canvas 1-1 35c ' Q 1 Lot 1 Reg. $12.59 Men's fn not 50c and 75c 5Qr50c AAl
Gloves - - - Suspenders - - Suits, Yoor Choice at .. pj,i70 Men's Underwear Men's Caps ... kv,
2 for 25c . -Z 50 c in. Lot 2 Reflolar $18.00 fan 'Aft $1.00 rQr$2.50 New r OQ
Collars - - A C Suspenders - - A Men's Snlls at . . . $ & Ad Wool Underwear J"' Up-to -Date. Rats P
10c Men's o 50c Men's OQ. Lot 3 Reg. $20.09 to fA Aa $1.50 QOr $3.00 (J;i JQ:
;;HandlcercWefis"y - -Work Shirts . . vC $25.00 Men's Snils at . t& I yAV- Wool Underwear Men's Hats . HpJ W.
. 10c 75c OQ. Lot 4-Regular $12.50 $n $1.25 OQr$4.00 $4 OQ
Sox - .- - - - v Shirts . . . J7C Men's Overcoats . . . yd.VO Men's Sweaters . Men's Hats .-. I.Q7-
15c and ; 7 $1.00 and $1.25 Lot 5 Reg. $18.09 and $0 A Si $2150 QA $S;00"T",'!,.'!''jfl:1"'QO
20c Sox - - - C Dress Shirts . wC $20.00 Overcoats at-. . . tj)0.'V Sweater Coats . . 0 Men's Shoes 4A.O.
,25c -a -a $1.25 Blue CQ. $2.50 Men's 0a $3 and $4 QQ $4.00 f 1Q
Sox;r- - - Flannel Shirts . OuC Pants - - -- 51C Suit .Cases . M'P" Men'sbShoes P."
25c Boston " Q $3.00 Flan- J1 Af SL00 HEADLIGHT if A $1.25 fiAr $1.50. 70
Garters - - G nel Shirts . Iii7 BIB OVERALLS - - iKC Blankets . , Quilts- . . . V7t
j ' " . . - ,- "" .. .. ' ' ' .... I :
it 13
Everything in the Big Store is marked in accordance with the prices mentioned
s Sureand-GMe to the
Store has been closed since last week and will remain closed until tomorrow morning '
Sale Begins Tomorrow, Thursday, Jan. 2, Prompdy at 10 b'Cloclc A.
M
and will continue until the four walls are stripped dean of merchandise and we are sold out
IDEAL
53-55 North Third St. The Big Corner
J
CLOTH!
L.il
ilL Two. Ehtrance3Cbrner Third and Davie