THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY EVENING, 'HAY 3, 1811
TOWN TOPICS
TONIGHT'S "AMUSEMENTS
BEILIO Eleventh md SlorrUon. Kt Good
win in "Olirer Twist." '
BAKER Brodwiy and Slith streets,-- near
MorrUou. The Baker Plajera in "Fifty Miles
Krom Boton."
OEPHEl .M Broadway and Taylor. Advanced
TH'lTilI.
LVKIO Fourth and Stark. Setting ft Flood
Muik-al Comedy company In "The Twin He
brews." PAXTAGE& Broadway and Alder. Vanderllle.
For amuaement advertising aea pas e 2.
Weather ; Conditions.
Portland and vicinity Fair tonight and Ban
dit. Westerly winds.
Oregon Fair tonight with light froat east
tor(ion. Sunday fair. Weaterly winds. :
Washington Probably fair tonight. Sunday
fair. -Westerly wlnda.
. Idaho Fair tonight south with ' light frost,
probably fair tonight north portion. Sunday
fair. EDWARD A. BRAL9,
District Forecaster.
Fight. Over Hood Blver Paving. To
prevent the Reliance. Construction com?
pany from laying -' pavement in the
streets 'of - Hood River, the contracts
for which have already been Jet In that
city, an Injunction suit has been filed
, In the) United States district court by
the Oregon Hassam Paving- company.
The suit, is directed against , the con
struction company, the city of Hood
River r and the National Surety com
pany, the latter being; the bonding
company that guaranteed the fulfill
tnent of the contract of the successful
bidding company for the street paving
Job. It is claimed that Walter E. Has
earn and Charles H. Pevey, of Worces
ter, Mass., have patent rights on the
construction of a certain variety of
concrete paving, which it is declared,
the Reliance company is Infringing
upon in contracting to lay. The suit
asks temporary and permanent injunc
tion restraining them from doing that.
Woman Argues With Judge. Not sat
isfied with a decision rendered yester
day against her by 'Justice Bell, Mrs.
William A. Baird, clambered up on Jus
tice Bell's dlaz and tried to argue her
rase so that he would reverse his decis
ion. She was unsuccessful. Mrs.
tlaird was the defendant in a
case brought by Mrs. W. A. Uarklerod,
who stated that she had left some house
hold goods in the rooms of a house at
148 Eleventh street, rented to her by
Mrs. Baird., 'She said that when she
went to "got these goods Mrs. Baird re
fused to give them up, although Mrs.
Baird denies that she attempted to hold
them. Besides suing to recover the prop
erty Mrs, Harklerod sued for $50 to
whjch extent she alleged that she was
damaged. Justice Bell decided in favor
Df the plaintiff, giving judgment for
lis and costs. His action aroused Mrs.
Baird1 who did her best to have the de
cision decided In her favor.
X. O. O. r. Anniversary. Anniversary
services of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows will be held at the First
Methodist Episcopal church, corner
Third and Taylor streets, tomorrow ev
ening at 7:45 o'clock. The various I. O.
O. F. lodges and the affiliated order of
Rebekahs are expected to be present at
the services, together with the encamp
ments Dr. Benjamin Young!, the pastor.
Will preach an anniversary sermon, his
topic being "Odd Fellows and Some
Other Fellows." The public is cordially
Invited.
Motorcycle Accidents While thread
ing his way across the intersection of
Third and Washington streets Thursday
afternoon on a motorcycle, E. A. Harms,
17- North Buchtel street, ran. In to Har
old Rankin. The latter was not in
jured. Q. 8. 'Abbott, motorcyclist, liv
ing at the New Western hotel, attempt
ed to skirt around a taxlcAb at Broad
way and Oak street, his cycle skidding
for several feet. The machine was
damaged considerably, but the rider
was uninjured.
Student Xa Heir. That the Louis Hall
Brown, a Portland boy, sought by a Miss
Harris, his cousin, of Los Angeles, who
Is wanted to share the estate of his,
grandfather In the east, is Lindsay Hoyt
Brown, is the claim of Mrs. W.
Arnold Lindsay, the boy's grand
mother, who lives in Portland. The
youngr man is a student at the Hill Mili
tary Academy and will graduate in June.
Word has been sent to Wftchlta, where
the grandfather died, to determine if
this surmise is not correct.
Law Fraternity Honorary Member.
W. I. Kenton and R. W. Montague
were last night initiated as honorary
members of the Chase chapter. Phi
Delta Phi logal fraternity of the TJnl
Verslty of Oregon. Dinner was given
at the Hotel: Oregon In honor of the
event.1 Judge John B. Cleland presided.
Judge Kavanaugh, Judge Bronaugh,
Judge Gantenbeln and C E. S. Wood
were among those who responded to
toasts.
Fortran Art Astociatlon-The exhi
bition ot the work of the art depart
ment of the public schools closes on
Monday. This exhibit is full of Inter
est to everyone who wishes to under
stand the alms -and accomplishments
of our schools in this field. The mu
seum hours are: Week days, to 5:
Sundays, 2 to 6; free the afternoons of
Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday,. Friday
and Saturday.
Grill Manager Fined. w. C. McDon
nells manager of the Castlllan Grill, yes
terday was fined $25 by Justice Jones,
on a charge of having violated the law
providing that women shall not be al
lowed to work' more than 60 hours week
ly. Two charges were made against him
hv Commissioner Hoff, but he pleaded
guilty to one and secured the dismissal
of the other.
As Ex-Soldier's Experience Who has
been exposed to all kinds of weather,
says: "Anyone suffering from rheuma
tism, lumbago or kidney trouble will
find almost Instant relief by taking two
ounces of Solgrene mixed with four
ounces of olive oil, and take two tea
spoonfuls every three hours." Salgrene
l'harmacal Co., J144 E. Salmon.
Otto Xraemer, Executor, Otto Kraem
er has been appointed executor of the
SERVICES
Sunday at the
FIRST METHODIST
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Third and Taylor sts.
-Dr. Benjamin Young, Pastor.
10:30 a. m.
"THE MINISTRY OF
- INTERRUPTION." -
7i43ip.m.
I. OTOTF. Anniversary
Services. '
Subject: "Odd Fellow and
" . Some Other Fellows,"
WELCOME!
estate of Alex. Kaufman and admlnls-1
trator of the estate of Mlna Kaufman.
Mrs. Kaufman died August 15, 1911, and
her husband died April 13 last. : Both
were Seattle residents. The property
named in each is a parcel at Tenth and
Columbia streets and is valued at $7500.
The heirs are four children, Ella K.
Hotallng, of San Francisco; Barbette
Monheimer, Beta Stern and Edgar Kauf
man, all of Seattle. .;' . .
Asks for Becalver. Joseph Supple,
vice president and a director of , the
Rohrbacher Automatic Air Pump com
pany, has filed suit in the circuit court
asking thai a receiver be appointed and
the affairs of the company be wound
up. Mr. Supple charges that J. D.
Hamilton, manager of the company, has
managed its affairs improperly and that
the company owes 118,000 while the
assets are but 7500.- No wages have
been paid since November and the com
pany has suspended operations.' He
claims that property which was includ
ed In a mortgage given J.- II. Peterson
to secure a $3000 note has been sold
without having been released from the
mortgage.
BoV Shaw to BsslA-n. "Bob" Shaw,
one of the best .known employes of the
county, and assistant to County Judge
Cleeton, will leave the county's employ
on June 1 and open law offices in the
new Morgan building when It is com
pleted. Mr. Shaw has been employed
by' the county for seven and a half
years. Following his resignation he
Will leave for Michigan to spend several
months in visiting his old home. .On
his return he will take up his law prac
tice and Will make a specialty of pro
bate work. No one will take his pres
ent position as Judge Cleeton will be
come a circuit Judge a few days after
Mr. Shaw leaves and will tiave a deputy
county clerk to handle his clerical work.
Police Urge Travelers. Nine Bulgar
ians being transported from Spokane to
Astoria, refused to continue their jour
ney when they reached Wlllbrldge this
morning, left the train and started for
Portland. Superintendent Maguire of 8
P. & ti. asked the police to interoeot
the men as they entered the city limits
on the Linnton road. Motorcycle Pa
trolmen Coulter . and Bewley stopped
the men, took them to the station, where
they agreed to continue their Journey
to work. Three of the Bulgarians, how
ever, escaped, six being willing to list
en to the superintendent. It appears
they misunderstood the work to which
they were going..
Gtvurts Sued for Benfc Philip Ge
vurte was made defendant In two suits
filed yesterday in the circuit court. The
first seeks to cancel a lease to the High
land court apartment house at Twenty
second and Gllsan streets because of the
failure of Gevurtx to pay a month's
rent of $1200. Gevurts sub-let the place
to Mrs. E. B. Eaton and M. Pallay and
B. Pallay, the plaintiffs, seek to have a
chattel mortgage on the furniture in the
place foreclosed and ask $500 attorney's
fees and costs. The second suit was
brought by C. D. Skook and H. F. Rice
for $312.90 claimed as due on renova
tion and repairs made during the past
two months. In the New Scott hotel.
To Max charity Loans. To assist
Indigent Hebrew worklngmen, worthy of
assistance, the Fifty Mutual Free Loan
association has "been Incbrporate'd'jfnd
yesterday Its articles were filed with
County Clerk Coffey. The association
proposes to lend monej; without Interest
to those who are trying to help them
selves. At present the property of the
association consists of but $25, but
gifts, dues, bequests and other means
are expected to bring the amount up,
The members of the association are
Philip Jaoo, Victor Krltshevsky, David
Clement, A. Li sen in sky, 8. Freeman, H.
Fendal, A. Spivak and W. Rosumny.
Abused Woman Divorced. Because
her husband frequently spent weeks and
months from home and cursed her and
told her It was none of her business
where ha had been when she questioned
him, Ora P, Walker was, this morning,
granted a divorce by Circuit Judge Mc
Ginn, from Archibald A. Walker. They
were married In Monmouth on May 11,
1898, and have five children, the cus
tody of whom was given to Mrs.
Walker.
Gets 10 Says Additional Abraham
Rosensteln ran away from the rock
pile two days before his 30 days sen
tence was completed. He was found
In South Portland by A. G. Ross, super
lntendent of the institution, and brought
into the municipal court yesterday,
Just for running away, the Judge gave
him 10 additional days to verve.
Laldl&w Inventory Filed. Three In
surance policies and three month's sal
ary due from the British government
are named as the assets of the estate
of the late James Laldlaw, who occupied
the post of British consul at his death.
The Insurance totals $5039.84, and the
salary $1200. The Inventory of the es
tate was filed yesterday.
Clothing Firm Incorporates. Grant
Phegley, A. B. Cavender and Ralph A.
Coan yesterday Tiled articles of lncor
poratlon of Phegley & Cavender, cloth
ing, with a capitalization of $50,000,
Articles were also filed of L. M. Moore
A Co.. insurance, for $5000. with L. M,
Moore, Guy L. Wallace and Ri, C. El-
roy as incorporators.
Bench Warrant for Autolst. E. A
McGrath, a real estate dealer, arrested
yesterday for operating his automobile
without a license, failed to appear In the
municipal court this morning, when his
case was called for trial. A bench war
rant was Issued for his rearrest, after
a fine of $20 had been assessed.
First Fresbrterlan cnurcn, corner
Twelfth and Alder streets. The pastor,
Rev. John H. Boyd, will speak at the
morning service, 10:30 o'clock, on "The
Cry of the Human for God." At 7:45
p. m. his toplo will be "Raising Apples
and Children in Oregon," a candid word
on the ideals of education now prevalent
in the state.
Stoltn Watch BcoTered Within half
an hour after A. M. Hayden had lost his
watch last evening at Front and Colum
bla street, Patrolmen Kllngensmlth and
Myers had arrested O. I Sheldon with
the watch In his possession. Hayden
charged Sheldon with stealing it.
Fhyaioal Culture Union. The "Phys
ical Culture union walking club has
planned, for Its regular weekly outing
tomorrow, a hike up the Canyon road
to Sylvan, turning south at this point
and returning by the Patton road. The
club will meet at the head of Jefferson
street, near the City park, at 1:30
o clock.
Halsey Street Improvement OluK
There will be a meeting of the Halsey
Street Improvement club tonight at
the hall. East Eighty-second and Halsey
streets. The Halsey street extension
and other district improvements will be
considered. All members and citizens
efth-dlstrie are asked i attend,' 1
Why Ken Oo Wrong. Dr. Trimble's
theme at .Centenary, East Ninth and
Pine, Sunday," 7:45 p. m. At 11 a. m.,
"Consecrated Personality,
Dsmurrers Overruled. Demurrers of
Portland Railway, Light A- Tower com
pany and the "Mount Hood. Rati ay ' &
Power company were overruled yester
day by Circuit . Judges McGinn and
Davis. The demurrers were to the suits
filed by the city to collect the gross
earnings -tax for this year. The com
panies will now be compelled to answer
the suits. The two companies claim
that this tax Imposes double taxation ot
them as they are already taxed in the
regular manner.. '
Tomorrow evening at 7:30 at Central
Portland S. D. A. church, corner East
Eleventh and Everett, H. G. Thurston,
formerly president of the Arlsona con
ference and now here from Los Angeles,
will preach. Strangers welcome. '
"What Occupations Engage V in
EeaveuT" Swedenborg tells of delight,
ful opportunities. Discussed by Rev.
Charles A, Nussbaum, Sunday evening,
K. P. hall. Eleventh 'and Alder.
Martin Campbell, Inc. announce
the remotal of their insurance office
from the Worcester building, to suite
208 Corbett bldg. , '
Steamer Jessie Harking tor Camas,
Washougal and way landings, dally ex
cept Sunday. Leaves Washington street
dock at I p. m. a"
Dr. luther B. Dyott's themes in the
First Congregational church tomorrow:
11, "The Spirit of Truth": 7:45, "Money
and Morals."
Concert Orpheus Kale Corns, Wednes
day evening. May 7, at 8:15 o'clock, Ma
sonic Temple, West Park and Yamhill
streets.-..'.,- ' ; .
Dunce. Saturday evening. Man's
hall, Williams and Russell. Prize waits.
Blue Bell club. - .
W. A. Wise and associates, painless
dentists. Third and Washington,
Gospel Sons; Service at the. Sunnyside
M. E. church, Sunday at 8 p. m.
Flat Wire, Hoop Eton, etc., angled.
P. O. 159,
Dr. Christie, osteopath. Macleay bldg.
'Sr. E. C. Brown, Eye, Ear. Mohawk.
WOMEN HEAVILY
OUTNUMBER MEN
IN EARLY VOTING
(Continued From Page One.)
their husbands did that Is, such as
came with their husbands. In most of
the residence precincts they scorned
even that assistance, but dropped around
by the polling place after the breakfast
dishes were cleared up, in calico aprons
and wrappers.
One thing was noticeable: Two thirds
of all the .women who voted carried
marked sample ballots with them. They
took the sample with them into the
booth, transposed the markings to the
regular ballot, folded It up, dropped It
into the box and walked out. That was
aU there was to it.
Among the First.
One of the first women to vote was
Mrs. John F. Logan. She voted in
precinct No. 118, Irvlngton. Mrs. Harry
L. Corbett was one of the first votersjn
preclnct.32.Main and Broadway streets,
She Was there shortly after the polling
tent was opened.
In precinct 39, Mrs. Julius Meier was
an early voter. Mrs. Abigail Bcott Dunl
way did not vote until this afternoon.
It was a woman who discovered an
Irregularity in one of the North Port
lanj precincts. The election officials In
precinct 13 strangely enough-
Twenty-first and Irving streets, were
passing out sample ballots to voters
instead of the regulation ones. A wo
man voter thought it looked queer and
made an investigation. It didn't take
her long to straighten out the officials.
The women displayed unusual Interest
in the commission charter. At precinct
24, Fourth and Alder streets, one wo
man refused to accept her party ballot
at all, voting merely on the commis
sion charter.
"I'm a Democrat," . . said a woman
voter to the chairman of the board at
precinct 40. "I'm a Democrat and I'm
proud of it."
Few Women In Worth Bnd.
In precinct 90, at Thirty-fourth and
Belmont streets, there were three wo
men clerks. Ninety people had cast
their ballots up to 11 o'clock, of whom
about one-third were women. Every
one of-these women voted the Pro
gressive ticket
In precinct 119, In Irvlngton, 26
persons had voted up to 10 o'clock.
Nine of these were women.
Precinct 109 showed 98 ballots up to
noon; 23 of which were cast by women.
Many women refused to vote on the
commission charter.
Thirty women and 81 men had voted
up to 12:30 o'clock in precinct 75 on
Mllwaukle street.
Out toward Sellwood the women
showed up stronger. In precinct 68,
at Umatilla and East Thirteenth. 32
out of 6$ ballots cast up to 12:30 were
by women.
Three women are registered In pre
cinct No. 16, Fourth and Davis streets,
the largest precinct in the north end.
One had voted at noon, and she voted
quicker than any man who had cast
his ballot. She Is Mrs. Clara Kehn,
hairdresser at 46' North Fifth street.
"She voted in a minute," said one of
the election judges at this precinct.
"Some men stand over their ballots for
half an hour, but Mrs. Kehn had her
ballot ready to drop in the box within
one minute from the time she took It
She stayed to see that it went in the
box.' too."
The total registration at precinct No.
16 Is 389. At 12 o'clock there had been
37 votes cast -Five were Democrats
and two Progressives At precinct Np.
6, Sixth and Flanders streets, the reg
istration Is. 843,, and 36 had vojed at
noon. There were four Democrats and
one Progressive. Three women had vot
ed. This precinct also comprises part
6f the "north end.", There are about a
dozen women registered. Reports from
this precinct show the women vote In
a hurry.
At precinct No. 17, Ninth and Davis,
the registration is 292. There had been
32 votes cast at noon. Of this number
six were Democrats, with n( Progres
sives. Your women had voted. at this
place, and one came to vote but had to
be sworn in and went away to get her
witnesses, saying she "sure would vote."
Women voted quicker than the men at
this place.
At preclnt No. 22, Sixth and Oak
streets, , the registration is 298: At
noon, 32 votes had been east, of which
number seven were Democrats with no
Progressives. Six women voted there
this forenoon. There are three wom
en on the election board' at that place.
Reports from the board, show-women
quicker than the men. '
Good Fishing in Oswego Lake
The Southern Paclfio has a round
trip fare of 25 cents to Oswego. Why
not spend Sunday at the lake? You can
flslLsndenjova day. J.n. the wnodsjitid
eat your luncri in the pure air. TJnTy
seven miles from Portland, and the low
fare places it within easy reach.
. . , .
Detectives Hyde and Vaughn last
evening arrested It J. Bradley who
Is wanted at Peoria, 111., on a charge
of -passing qnestlonablB checks. brad
ley lies been in Portland several Weeks
worktngr as ' a bartender.-
" '.- v.t-.-.-.:.:-, ,.- V-.;V-'".'V'
IN EARLIER DAYS
By Fred Lockley.
"1 believe California is making a
mistake." said H. C. Leonard, "In pass
ing legislation adverse to the Japanese.
They are a proud and' sensitive peo
ple an,d to my mind they are an ac
quisition to our country. They will
work and make good on land that our
own people are doing nothing with. We
neea a tnriry, industrious class of pjo-t
ducers. I don't know whether .you'
know it or not. but I broueht th firat
Japanese boy to Portland. For six years
no uvea at our bachelor hall.
Henry Green and his brother. Irvine.
and my brother and myself bought, a
block of land on which we put up a
comfortable home and TCinzo stayed
with us, keeping our bachelor hall for
us and proving faithful, reliable and
very likable. He went to school here
in Portland and while there was some
curiosity and Interest shown when he
appeared on the street. . there Was no
prejudice whatever against him.
The way in which I got Sazukle
IClllZA V7ft .ratdsan 4ntonoaHiin- T 4-Vt ,
spring of 1860 I went to the Amoor river
with trading goods and from there to
Hakodadl, Japan. I purchased a quan
tity of Japanese art goods and otehr
articles to bring to San FrancisCo and
Portland, thinking there might be a sale
for them as anything of the kind was
a novelty then.
.'.'When I visited the home of Mr. Rice.
the American consul at Hakodadl, T
noticed a very intelligent looking Jap
anese boy waiting on the table. I was
surprised to find he spoke English flu
ently. Mr. ,Rlce had taken a great
fancy to this boy. He told me that he
was of the Samurai class and was en
titled' to wear two swords. In Japan
this is considered to be a great honor.
In Japan at this time there was strong
feeling and bitter animosity. Some of
the older statesmen did not wish Japan
to adopt western civilization and many
of the younger men were eager to have
Japan emerge from its past and adopt
new methods. Ktnzo, on account of his
activity with the reform party had to
leave Toklo to prevent his . arrest and
probable death. He took refuge with
Mr. Rice. The Japanese authorities
were very anxious to arrest him and
have him extradited and returned to
Toklo for trial. Mr. Rice urged me to
allow him to go on my boat and go to
the United States. We were very du
bious of being able to smuggle Klnzo
aboard our boat Mr. Rice's secretary
took Klnzo in a small boat down the
straits of Matsnat and smuggled him
aboard our boat, the Orbit. It would
be hard to find anyone who was more
grateful than Kinzo. We put in at
Victoria and from there ran down to
Portland.
L "In 1866 I took him for a trip to San
Francisco. I planned to go on to Pana
ma and I told Kinzo he could May a
few days in San Francisco and then go
back to Portland. It so happened that
wnen we arrived la San Francisco,
Count Ito was there in charge of 30
young Japs who had come to the United
States to learn western methods of
civilization. Klnzo happened to meet
one or two of these young men on the
street. They at once told Count Ito of
having met Kinzo, and Count Ito sent
him' an Invitation to come to their
hotel-afid dine wrth Ihem . Klnzs learned
to his pleasure that the reform party
had come Into power and that he was
no 1 longer In danger of arrest or as
sassination In Japan. Upon my return
from my business trip, Klnzo came to
me one day and handed me a telegram
which-announced that Count Ito bad re
turned to San Francisco and was on his
way to Japan. He offered Kinzo a
position' o responsibility in the Japan
ese government. Klnzo said, fI owe you
my life and I will abide by your advice.
If you think I should accept this po
sitlon, I will take it, though I would
greatly regret leaving you and my other
mends here in Portland.'
"I advised him not to miss this op
portunity of being of service to his
country. When he got to San Fran
cisco, Count Ito had them help him In
the selection of American articles which
would be of use in Japan, They took
over a considerable consignment of farm
ing Implements, tools and other things.
Within a year of his leaving, Klnzo
wrote me a letter urging me to visit
him in San Francisco, as he would pass
through San Francisco on his way to the
Court of St James, in London. He had
been made secretary of the Japanese
embassy there. I was unable for busi
ness reasons to meet him but I had the
pleasure of visiting him In London the
following year. He remained at the
Court of St. James several years and
was then transferred as secretary to
the newly appointed Japanese ambassa
dor at Washington. I again heard from
Kinzo, and as I had business in San
Francisco. I decided I would go down
and meet him. He was to pass through
San Francisco on his way to his new
post at Washington, D. C
"Mr. Bloomfield, whom you may re
member, as he was the engineer who
constructed the Portland Gas Works and
water works, and myself were sitting in
the lobby of the Palace hotel. The ship
was expected In that night. I happened
to notice a very well-dressed and In
telllgent-looklng Japanese-come into the
lobby. I said to Bloomfield, 'I'll bet you
the cigars that that Jap knows my old
friend Klnzo."
"Bloomfield took the bet I stepped
over to the young man and said to
him: 'I'm expecting a friend of mine
on the steamer which is to come In from
Japan today. He WTote me to meet
him here in San Francisco. His name
is Kinzo.'
The young man looked at me and
said: "Is he, a friend o yours 7"
I told him he was a very dear friend
He said: "It makes me very sad to
have to teU you that we received a
cablegram y4g that your friend Klnzo
died a few flays before the vessel sailed
from Japan."
Portland's first Japanese boy brought
honor to the education which he received
In Portland. He was one of the most
trusted and influential young men in
the government service of Japan and I
always have entertained feelings of the
utmost friendship and admiration for
his sterling character.
"PAY YOUR MONEY,
ASK NO QUESTIONS,"
IS CITY'S ATTITUDE
(Continued From Page One.)
not indexed. It merely contains a half
page table of contehts and calls that
an index.
"Throughout the entire report there
Is an absence, of comparison of costs
of the past -year with preceding years
and of results obtained from year to
year. Although the mind can grasp
percentages much more readily than
large amounts, there is almost an utter
failure to use percentages in setting
fortli any of the varied kinds of lnfor
matlon. Throughout 'the. commercial
world, 'the -value of graphlo charts has
Deen recognized as - a mcnium ior im
parting a large amount ot data within
a-amall KDh.ce. and so that.lt may be
comprehended at a glance. With the
exception qf the water department's
report, -no use whatever has been made
of graphic charts in the city's reports,
Has Much Duplication, .
' "All departments alike have -' failed
to recognise that reports rendered the
public should contain a maximum of
qualityand a. minimum---f quantity)
should afford to the busy man a ready
medium for testfng the efficiency of
his government. This failure is plainly
evidenced, in the mayor's message of
January 3, 1912, transmitting the 1911'
register, wherein be said: 'Many, of
the reports are voluminous and compre
hensive and a close study of thern will
show,' etc., etc. For the average. citi
zen to make a 'close sfudy thereof, or
any "sort of a study which would really
be Informative, is work not only for a
rainy day but for Portland's entire rainy
season.
"Fifteen pages of the report are de
voted to data obtained from a Chamber
of Commerce bulletin. It Is not placed
either at the beginning or the end of the
report, where one would naturally ex
pect to find such matter, but Is inserted
n the midst of other text matter
(pages 78 to 92). '
'There is a great deal of .waste of
space and hence of cost n preparation
and printing due to duplication or tne
same information. .For example, pages
99 to 112 are practically duplicated on
pages 229 to 246.
Meaningless to Citizens. '
"As an Illustration of how discour
aging It Is tq determine what the report
does and does not contain, 42 pages oi
tabular matter are grouped under the
following illuminative (?) title: 'State
ment of Appropriations and Demands
Approved and Audited. Bonds Redeemed
and Interest Paid, Except for Street Im
provements, Street Extensions, Sewers,
Water Mains and Street and Sewer In
terest Funds.' -
'As a matter of fact, the data on
these 42 pages might have been con
densed into one third the number of
pages without the omission of a slngld
figure or fact. For another Illustration
4ake page 155, which contains a 'sum
mary of disbursements which is ..not a
summary of 'disbursements af all, but
of Warrants" drawn. ,
"Six pages (156 to 161)' sre used to
set forth a trial balance of a ledger.
A trial balance fs entirely out of placa
and almost meaningless in a publlo re
port. "Twenty-eight pages are used to set
forth warrants outstanding and bal
ances in street Improvement funds. Like
the trial balance above noted, such mat
ter in a report of this kind Is merely a
waste of so much paper.
Seventeen pages (196-207 and 210-
214) are 'devoted to describing an In
ventory of city owend real property.
The city should of course have an In
ventory of what It owns and keep it
under accounting control In a property
ledger (which It does not do). It may
then be UBed for administrative pur
poses at budget making time (which Is
not done) but the publication of inven
tories in an annual report helps no one
but the printer.
; rails to Show Bevennes.
T Wages 215 and 228 are descriptive
of franchises which are in force. Fran
chises when granted should be pub
lished in priiited minutes of the city
council, duly registered In the auditor's
office, and accruals and collections
thereon kept under current auditing and
accounting control. Many of these
franchises have been in operation for
10, 15 or 20 years and longer. A de
scription of them hag no .place in a
report of a given year's bperatlons.
Containing as it does so much data
of a financial character which should
have been omitted, it falls to include
several features of fundamental import
ance. ,For.. example nowhere does it
show the revenues accrued to the city
during the year and which, therefore,
becomes assets of the city. What would
a stockholder of a private corporation
think Xt a financial report which failed
to show the year's earning? The re
oort also falls to show the amount of
expense Incurred 'or the several func
tions and activities during the year, al
though as noted above 32- pages are
devoted to showing disbursements and
warrants drawn. -In other words, the
taxpayer stockholder is asked to base
his Judgment upon the flow of cssh
without any Information, as to revenues
accrued and expenses Incurred.
"The city engineer's report contains
much information that is really inform
ing. There is, however, not only a
great waste of space but the method of
presenting it does not lend itself reaJ
lly to assimilation by the reader. Here
also several pages are devoted to de
scribing an Inventory of city owneM
property, even setting forth the differ
ent kinds of furniture.
Xlce for the Printer.
"The city attorney's report contains
47 pages (318-364) most of which space
should have been used for better pur
poses. It even includes a page and a
half editorial from a local evening pa
per. This report should have been care
fully classified and presented in an or
derly statement occupying very few
pages.
"The report of the building Inspector
and also of street cleaning and sprink
ling are, as a whole, very good. The
latter reports could be very much im
proved by including comparisons with
prior years. Moreover, the comparisons
which the building Inspector makes be
tween months and between years would
be much more clearly Bet forth If col
umns were Introduced to show the total
actual 'increase' and 'decrease' In both
amounts and percentages. The build
ing Inspector's report wastes consider
able space. The statement of pavement
area Included In the report of the super
intendent of street cleaning Is a dupli
cation of the table on page 277 of the
city engineer's report, except that the
latter got his table on one page while
the former used two pages.
"In the matter of waste space, the
health department is eaBily the cham
pion. Page 405 Is devoted exclusively
to a table which has only one line.
Pages 406, 407, and 409 are eacn,
monopolized by a table having only two
lines; pages 411 and 414 by tables hav
ing only four lines. The report contains
no morbidity tables: no tables of chil
dren's diseases, or death rates accord
ing to the different ages. It contains
no morbidity, or death rate tables, by
diseases,' and no tables showing the
tendencies of different diseases as they
affect different wards or other sections
ot the city. Nothing is more Important
to the welfare of a community than
knowing whether or not the tendency
of Its birth rate and death rate is up
ward or downward from year to year;
nothing has more vital Interest In a
health report than the annual fluctua
tions, of birth rates and death rates;
and yet the health department report
makes no comparisons whatever with
preceding years.
Police Beport Valueless.
The library report contains 45 pages
and is much in need of condensation.
Even with the 45 pages, it falls to show
the different kind of books used, and to
what extent, 1 at- any of the libraries.
The financial statement should be much
condensed. Yearly comparisons should
be made showing the Increasing or de
creasing demand for the several kinds
of literature, and also the Increase and
decrease of operating casts. The presi
dent's report, the reports of- the sev
eral committees, and the librarian's re
port should all be condensed in a single
businesslike) statement of results ac
complished. The1 roster of employes,
laws of Oregon, county- contract, photo
graphs, etc., should be omitted. r, '..--
"The civil servioe report sins chiefly
Baling gMCfl,
The park department contains very
good cost detail, but comparisons be
tween parks could be brought out bet
ter by more closely set tables, the in
troduction of" the areas of the different
parka,, cost per acre, comparisons be
tween yesrs, eto. , r .x
"The report of the municipal Judge
is simply a -one half page statement of
fines, forfeitures and costs. - It fails
entirely to set orth anything .relative to.
the essentlij! workings of the court,
i. e., the kinds of case which liave come
before -it, the problems presented, how
they have been met, the general poliey
of the court with respect to the aiffer
ent problems, the needs of the court,
etc. -. i -
"The police report devotes six pages
to a roster, which has no plkce therein.
Oimes are not classified By serfage,
nationality, disposition, "etc. Even the
police reports of small towns and cities
show such detail. There Is no annual
comparison (or even monthly), showing
crime tendencies. Three pages are de
voted to Inventory of equipment, in
cluding each piece of furniture, feather
dusters, bed sheets, brooms, etc- - Much
space Is given to showing the 'cases re
ported' and 'cleared up' by the detective
bureau. No explanation is vouchsafed
as to what is meant by 'cleared up.'
Moreover, the way these cases are ar
ranged they are of no value, No com
parisons can be made in any way to
determine the relative efficiency of the
detective bureau i
A "Good Showing."
"The fire department, in order to put
out a report of a size that wo,uld 'look
well,' included all of Its 1912 budget
estimate (eight pages). Having done
that, it proceeded to Include all of the
amounts which were appropriated for
that year .(six pages). Six more pages
were then used to set forth the ways
'in which the money was spent, although
two pages' would have been adequate.
Five pages were then used to enumerate
the property owned by the department
and location thereof; 13 pages to statis
tics of flres,which might easily be put
in one half the space; six pages to loca
tion Of fire alarm boxes, and two to an
inventory of, fire alarm telegraph, both
of which might , better have been omit
ted; 36 pages to a roster of-firemen,
transfers, etc., of each company, the
only significant features of which (num
ber of alarms of each company) might
readily have been put on a single page;
82 pages to showing the location of
every fire hydrant in the city? and 3
pages to the location of cisterns. It is
absolutely Indefensible to include this
latter matter , in a report rendered to
an intelligent public,
"The., dock commission has included
special reports which should have been
a volume in themselves, relative to dock
facilities and conditions in different
parts of the world. As an encyclopedia
or other reference book this matter is
useful, but not in an annual report
"The water department's report ' is
very good, except that one isv tin able to
ascertain, for example, how much was
paid out for salaries or for supplies. The
report might be considerably' condensed
without impairing Its value."
CONSTITUTION PUT
ASIDE TO HASTEN
PASSAGE OF BILL
(Continued From Page One.)
ecutive, and is not expected to interfere
with' the pnssage of the Wbb antl-tllen
land bill In the assembly this after
noon.
The antl-allen land bill will come ba
fore the assembly for final action at
1:30 o'clock this afternoon. .
. - Assemblyman - Bohnett,. - Progressive
floor leader, today made a motion to
place the senate anti-alien bill at once
upon the first and second readings, In
order to reach final action as soon as
the bill which was passed early this
morning in the. senate reached the lower
house today. j-The move was opposed
by the Democrats. Bohnett asked that
It be made a special order for 1:30
o'clock.
Great Haste Zs Shown.
In order to take up the antl-allen land
law for final passage today, the consti
tution of the state must be suspended.
The constitution provides that a bill
must be read on three different days.
The haste of the administration to rush
through the Webb bill was evident when
the bill was received In a message from
the senate. Progressive Floor Leader
Bohnett moved that the constitution be
suspended and the bill.be taken up at
once.
A protest arose from all parts of the
assembly chamber. ' Assemblymen
Schmltt, Slater and Stuckenbruck, Dem
ocrats, led the opposition to immediate
action.
The Democrats declared they did not
wish to appear as obstructionists, but
that they wanted time to read the bill.
"I am for an . antl-allen land bill,"
said- Assemblyman Stuckenbruck, "and
I know this bill will be passed, but I
want 'to urge careful consideration of
the measure before It is passed."
Immediate Actios Demanded.
'The will of the people of California
demands Immediate action on this bill,"
Assemblyman Ryan asserted.
Assembleyman Polsley urged" that the
matter be put over until next week. As
a dozen assemblymen shouted out In
opposition to his request, one called
from the rear: We want to let Bryan
go back to Washington. Let's pass this
bill."
v When the motion to take up the bill
at 1:30 was finally voted oh? there was
not a dissenting vote.
The Webb bill passed by a vote of 36
to 2 in the senate, Senators Wright and
Cartwrlght casting the " two -otes
against it, early this morning after moro
than nine hours of debate.
The vote on the Webb suDstltute was
taken after a resolution, Introduced by
Senator Curtln, Democrat, calling for
a delay In order to allow the federal
government to settle the alien land
holding controversy by treaty had been
defeated. The vote on the resolution
was 10 to 26, the Democratic leaders
voting for delay.
mepnblican Approves Bill.
Senator Wright, Taft Republican, was
the only member of the upper house
who debated against anti-alien land leg
islation. He declared such" legislation
was not needea at this time. Senators
Curtln, Caminettl, SanforJ, S'nanahan
and Cartwrlght Democrats, admitted
that antl-allen legislation was needed,
but urged delay in order to allow the
federal government to attempt a settle
ment of the matter by treaty.
Today Is the Day
Mr. Poultryman, tunn to page 10.
There you will find some articles re
garding vour business that you should
read. This feature appears in Th.
Journal every Saturday and always .con
tains interesting items. . .
$3.00 A YEAR FOR A SAFE DEPOSIT BO
f The most convenient location in the
City in thejiearof the shopping dis
. ' trictj and opposite the Postoffice. .
SECURITY SAFE DEPOSIT COMPANY,
Fifth and Morrison Streets.
RETURNS TO FIuD
HOUSE MOVED AuD
' THE CHIMNEY DOV,::
- After rentihg a houe from J.
.C. Jameson and storlnc Isjs
household goods In the place,
Farley went out vt the city fr t
a few days. When he returned
he found, according to a cim-
plaint filed In the Justice court,
4 that the house had been moved.
In the moving operation, states
. the complaint, the chimney fell
4- down, mixing bricks and mortar
with groceries and other food-
stuffs. Extensive damage was
also done to the furniture, al-
leges Farley, and now he wants
$100 damages. -
- -
Journal Want Ads bring results.
An interesting feature
of the new establish
ment is the continue
ance of the
50c.
LU N C
H
that made the former""
"grill the gathering
place of our represen
tative .citizens.
Five courses in the
rathskellar from 11 :30.
to 2 o'clock.
H ote 1 Ore gon
r : j
After careful
tests and
thorough
examinations,
cities and towns
throughout the
Northwest are
following
Portland's
example and
laying
Bitulithic
No one appreciates the de
lights of Italian cooking un- '
til they try it
Have you tried our
bourse Dinner, with Wine,
- . - F A 4 A
tor $i.uu
you will enjoy every dish,
aim get rtiaxauuu auu pleas
ure from the music of the
Orchestra. Have a table re
served some evening.
Third and Alder Streets
BOSTON
DENTISTS
We are now located between Fourth
and Fifth - otv Washington .street,
and are prepared to give you first
class work at reasonable prices.
Rubber Plates ....... 95.00 and up
floUl Crowns fR.t.RO and up
Bridge Work 3,RO n(l'p
Porcelain Crowns.. ...3. 50 and tip
Bllver Fillings ......... 50 and up
Gild Fillings .Stl.OO and up
DB. K. F. HE WTO If, Mgr.
REMOVAL NOTICE
Devlin & Firehaugh, selling agents for
Hood River Orchard f ,and Company, own
ers of "MOSIXa VTEW OBCHABD3,"
who have had offices In the Yeon
building for the past two years, will bo
located in their : new commodious of
fices, fifth floor Royal building, cor-
a1 ILf Arrlann nnrl ItrnaHtvotf mm ami
after May 1st, where they will ba
better prepared than ever to take care
of their constantly growing ' business,
and will be pleased to meet all their oM
and new customers,
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