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MEASURE PROVES FOR PUBLIC CONTROL OF THE FORESHORE Constitutional Amendment Is Prepared by F, W, Mulkey of Public Dock Commission 35,000 PUPILS OF PORTLAND MAY FIGHT FLY PEST IN CAMPAIGN WHICH WILL LAST TWO WEEKS A constitutional amendment that, If panned by the people at the election next November, will guarantee torever the public right to the control and use of the foreshore on navigable streams In Oregon, ha been prepared by Fred-t-rick V". Mulkey, chairman of the pub lic dck commission. The proposed amendment will be submitted In con nection with the bill prepared some time ago which proposes the' giving of authority to cities and towns on nav igable streams to consvuet public docks and wharves on the area be tween low water mark and the harbor line. Senator Mulkey believes that , the constitutional amendment defining the public right in connection with over flow lands should be adopted by the people In the public interest, because If the legislature should attempt to modify the bill it could only do so within the limitations of the amend ment. The draft prepared reads as follows: Heition . The beds of navigable waters u( the state of Oregon at full bank are hereby declared subject to public ue for water commerce, navi gation and Improvements In aid there of; the state's title thereto is in trust r the benefit of the people, and Is hereby declared to be perpetual and forever inalienable and any grant thereof intorterlng with public com merce, navigation or improvements In aid thereof Is hereby forbidden; nor shall the state, by any claim based upon the filling or reclamation of submerged lands, or by any grant, license, franchise, permit, equitable estoppel, adverse possession. Judgment or decree of any court, act or omis sion or commission of any government al agency, or otherwise, ever bo di vested or absolved of its trust to maintain said beds of said navigable vaters at full bank stage subject to public uoe. for the benefit of said water commerce, navigation or Improvements in aid thereof; but cities and towns rnny' construct and maintain municipal docks yti the submerged lands of said waters within their limits or within live nines rrcm their limits, except lust no cuy or town nhal construct municipal docks within the corporate limits ,r anotuer city or town with out the connent of the latter, or upon submerge)! Innijg upon which dook.i have been heretofore built tinder tho terms or sections, 5201 and oilOi, i-'ini wregoti uws, without compen sation given in the manner .require.1 bv law It is hereby marif- th duty of the governor of the state 10 see that the state's trust for the bene fit f t he people an in this section provided is faithfully exercised, ob served and performed; and all of this section of tliis article shall be self executing. May Provide for Leasing1. Section L'. The legislative power of the state may provide for the leasing of the submerged lands of the state Upon its navigable wateru not needed by cities or towns for municipal docks up to harbor lines, or in case of no harbor lines, then up to navigable water for the flonst ruction and main tenance of private owned docks there on, but such leases shall be authorized only upon payment of a fair rental value to he ascertained every five years by disinterested appraisers; In providing for such leasing preference diall ho given to the adjacent land own ers. In no case shall the terms of any lease exceed 25 years; one-half of, the rental value derived from such leases, If from submerged lands within cttles or towns, shall Inure to said cities or towns for the benefit of its municipal dock system, or If none, then for the benefit of its general fund. And provided further, that any leases of such lands . within the corporate limits of a city or town or within five miles of the limits of such city or town may be terminated any time after 10 years from the date of its execu tion, if desired, by such city or town for municipal docks upon payment of the fair value of the physical Improve ments erected by the lessee. And pro vided further, that all lessees shall be deemed engaged in a public service business in aid of commerce and navi gation to be performed without dis crimination and subject to public reg ulation. First Draft Revisions. Senator Mulkey has revised those portions of the first draft of the bill that refer to leasing privileges possible of grant to upland owners, extending the lease! period from 10 to 25 years. but making it possible for the public to take the foreshore over for dock !1. LL . 55 ID vr ,fi T""JJ'.'A V Tn 1 in jwi ikmi 1 n 1 "i it r fnri i . - UiiitmmmmmjmMtMmtttim,iii ' I i Xiiil ' Dr. Organized to swat the fly. At table, left to right Mrs. Sarah A. Evans, State Federation of Women's clubs; secretary; Mrs. F. S. Myers, chairman, president Parent-Teacher association. -..T . Standing, left to right Market inspector Wilton', Sanitary Inspector Walsh, Market Inspector Johnson, Marshall Ad club; J. T. Haas, commercial club; Assistant Meat Inspector Baines, Sani'.ary Inspector Reilly, Sanitary Inspector Salisbury. Mary Maclachlan, N. Dana, representing EFFICIENCY CHANGES MADE AT P0ST0FF1CE Postmaster Myers Creates Sub-Divisions; New De partments Made, 25 BODIES RECOVERED IN ; RUINS OF ST. LOUISljpLUB Lane, City Health Officer M. B. Marcellus, Market Inspector Representatives of a dozen organi zations in Portland have planned a campaign which has as Its slogan, "Make Portland a Flyless City." Their anti-fly campaign will be con ducted from April 16 to May 1. So favorably do the school authorities look upon the movement that 35,000 school children will be -encouraged to strive for championships in fly destruction and improvement of insanitary condi tions. The campaign will have the organized support of the city health bureau. Health Officer Marcellus hav ing announced that the entire sanitary division of some 20 trained men will devote their time for two weeks In aid of the work. Active cooperation has been promised by J. TJ. M;ckie, state dairy and food commissioner, and Dr. Calvin S. White, state health officer, who inaugurated an anti-fly campaign in the city and state two summers ago. The first week of the campaign will be given to fly destruction, the second to removing of breeding places for flies. Prizes will be given to schools and individual boys and girls making the best records. To aid in providing prizes the Ad club executive board appropriated $10 last Friday. The following organizations are rep- I resented in the campaign: State Fed eration of Women's clubs, Oregon Con gress of Mothers, Portland Parent Teacher associations. University of Oregon, Portland' Commercial club, Portland Ad club, Portland Rotary club, Oregon Civic league, Bureau of Health. City and County Medical so ciety, Portland Woman's club. Associa tion of Collegiate Alumnae, Council of Jewish Women, Portland Principals' association, and others. construction at the end of 10 years, provided the upland owners is com pensated for the full value of improve ments made. In the section repealing the present law which gives upland owners title to fills made to the harbor line fills within five miles of a city or town are included, this section now reading: "Section 3. That sections 6201 and S202, Lord's Oregon laws, as far as the same have not been availed of. and that portion of section 6079, Lord's Oregon laws, which reads as follows: 'And that in all cases of adjoining owners, where it shall be necessary to create artificial banks to narrow the general channel of the river, all new land made shall belong to said adjoin ing 6wner and his right shall extend to the new channel, the same as the old. save where by reason of his re fusal to consent to the erection of the works necessary, it may have been necessary to condemn or take his land or rights under the exercise of the right of eminent domain as herein pro vided to be done,' insofar as the same applies to channel,' artificial banks or new lands made, and adjoining own ers within the corporate limits of any Incorporated city or town, or within five miles of the limits thereof, be and the same are hereby repealed." PREFERS JAIL TO FINE, SAYS ALVIW DAVIS MAN SPEECH ADVOCATES CHANGES County Commissioner Who Is Candidate, Addreses Church Guild, Oregon City, Or., March 14. "I won't pay $25 fine, said Alvin Davis, who was today convicted of catcping fish under size. "I would much rather go to Jail." However, Justice of the Peace Sie vers, before whom Dayis was tried, gave him until Monday to think it over. Davis lives in P.arkplace, a sub urb of Oregon City. A State of Indignation. "So you sold that mule for $8?" "Yes," replied Erastus Pinkley. County Commissioner Rufus C. Hol man addressed Guild No. 1 of the First Congregational church in the assembly room of the church at 2:30 o'clock yes terday afternoon. Commissioner Hol man went into a detailed explanation of the management of several of the county institutions, bringing out im provements in administration made since he, took office, and outlining changes that he had in mind that would greatly benefit and improve the con dition of the county's wards. He told particularly of the regeneration of the poor farm, explaining how it had been transformed from an unsightly and un inviting place to a clean and whole some institution, where the inmates art given igood care and good attention. He called especial attention to the fact that in the past the county had spent thousands of dollars a year for fresh vegetables and dairy products for the poor farm, but promised that. this year and hereafter as Ions as he remained In o.f fice that the supplies of that char acter for ths institution will be grown and produced on the county's property. "Multnomah county very much needs a county hospital," said Mr. Holman, "but the county court didn't feel Jus tified In asking the taxpayers for the m mey to build it this year. However, we hope to be able to build the hos pital anyway, without any help from the taxpayers. Our plan is to sell the Miss Emma Sorenson; violin solo, F. H. Wing; character impersonation, A. W. Rahles; vocal solo. Miss Floan; im personations, Mrs. Hellen Miller-Senn; 'cello solo, Mr. Taylor; Impersonation, Mr. Rahles; vocal duet. Miss Sorenson and Miss Floan; trio, violin, 'cello and piano, Mr. Wing, Mr. Taylor and Mrs. Holcombe. Judge Warns Woman. Mrs. Catherine Dannerman, 260 Rus sel street, was brought into the mu nicipal court one day last week by Mrs. W. J. Clarke on a charge of cir culating false reports concerning the character and actions of Mrs. Clarke. Mrs. Dannerman had spread gossip to the effect that Mrs. Clarke smoked cigarettes and used . bad language, it was charged. As Mrs. Clarke denied that she either smoked cigarettes or ever used bad language the case was dismissed with a warning by. Judge Stevenson to Mrs. Dannerman. - Fire Destroys Building. A one-and-a-half-story frame dwel ling house, 5610 East Sixty-eighth street, was totally destroyed by fire last night. The building was owned by M. Killey and was rented to a family by the name of Mathewson. There was 110 one In the house when the fire broke out, the family having gone to Tremont to a church meet ing. The exact origin of the fire is unknown, but is supposed to have been caused by a lamp that was left burning. Journal Want Ads bring results. Further change in the "efficiency re organization" of the Portland 'postof flee has been announced by Postmaster Frank S. Myers. Under the two di vision system, the departments super visory of-carriers and of deliveries have been incorporated under the division of mails, which is headed by John M. Jones, whose appointment was an nounced Wednesday. Subdivisions under this department have been created and assistant su perintendents of mail have been placed over them. To one of these positions Ben A. Campbell, one of the best known railway mail clerks running out of Portland has been appointed. His sal ary will be $1800. He has been in the service 12 years and for several years he has been at the head of car crews running between Portland and Poca- telo. Campbell will have direct charge of the mailing division at Fifth and Gil san streets. He will handle all dis patches from the citjt Campbell also is an expert in the distribution schemes all over the county, and one of his du ties will be to instruct clerks In out side mail routing. Frank E. Ross, who has been as sistant superintendant of city delivery, has also been made an assistant su perintendent of mails. .He . will have charge of city deliveries at the main office. He has been in the postal serv ice 21 years. Edward J. Ball, who has been as sistant superintendent of city deliver ies in charge of parcel post mall, has been made an assistant superintendent of malls, to work at the main office. He has been in the service 17 years. Z. A. Leigh, who has been in the postal service 29 years, and whose of fice of superintendent of city deliv ery has been abolished, has been made superintendent of Station 3, now lo cated in the Henry building, but soon to be moved to the Commercial club build ing. This is the most Important sta tion in the city. It. does a larger busi ness now than the whole city did 10 years ago and its present business is three times larger than the present business of the Salem postoffice, the next largest in the state. All changes take effect tomorrow. a' t lriir:'frg-wirll If""" w nr- ' JL 1 1 5 I Photograph by Hearst-Selig $tk- Pictorial. Ruins of Missouri Athletic clnb, recently destroyed fire, which U believed to have cost thirty lives.;!! ",5 St. Loula, March 14. The body of A. A. Hanus of Chicago was recov ered from the basement of the ruins of the Missouri Athletic club building late today and was identified by his name engraved in j-Jiis watch. This brings .the total oft recovered bodies to 26. -Five more tire believed to be in the ruins.; Sesrjrh will be con tinued night 'and ,i6y until all the debris Is removed. Hi; : I Negro Found Not Guilty. After deliberating more than six hours yesterday afternoon, the Jury In Judge Bean's department of the fed eral court found "that John Lowe, a negro chauffeur, was not guilty of trafficking in white slavery in the transportati of his wife from Seattle to Portland, for what the government declared was immoral purposes. Lowe, although he bad a trunk full of clothes and was always "dressed In the height of fashion," as Seattle, Port land, Denver and Omaha officers ex pressed It In their testimony for .the government, chose to appear in the court room dressed in a khaki coat, dirty overalls and a greasy woolen shirt. He also wore a week's growth of beard. Warrant for Indian's Arrest. United States Attorney Clarence L. Reames caused the Issuance yesterday of a warrant for the arrest of. Ander son Shippentower, an Indian resident of the Umatilla reservation on a charge of assault with Intent to kill. Shippentower is now in Jail at Pen dleton, awaiting the arrival of a dep uty United States marshal to bring him to Portland. According to the report received by Mr. Reames yes terday from the superintendent of the reservation, Shippentower, while in a drunken condition Wednesday night. brutally beat his wife, wrenching her neck' and causing 3 fracture of the skull. She was uXHnscionus for Z 4 hours. Care jbf IQinquents. The custodial car of delinquents of Portland and; Multnomah county will be the subject. for diScuHslon by 8heriff Tom Word, Cbunty -Commissioner Ru fus C. Holman, Chief of Police Clark and George Aj Thacher at the luncheon of" the Oregon! Clvic!eague in the Mult nomah hotel next Saturday. Dr. A., J. Brown yesterday accepted appointment as chairman of thq.eague's commlttpe to investigate, the Status of the anti smoke ordinance, and to learn what Is necessary 'to .be dseirfe to suppress the smoke nuisance, jhe equal suffrage department of tlusajleague, of which Mrs. C. S. Jackson I" chairman, met yesterday aftrnooisSn the Multnomah hotel. hii Cam Now Oiae. HnnEcIredl amid Twelve Homes iasily Secure a BeamtiM New Player I liafto Will Yours Be One of Them? A Co-operative Player Piano Purchasers' Club, the First of the Kind in the United States, Started by the House of Eilers. No Matter Whether You Live in Town or Out of Town You Can Have One of These Modern' Player Pianos. keDt a-beatin' me down an a-beatin' me down, till finally I Jest sold him de mule at his own price. I didn't want to miss de chance of de mule's turnin' loose an" kickin' dat man's stingy head clean off 'lm." Do you care for music? Ever find the Hays long or the evenings clull? Ever pass a home from where music and voices floated out to present hospital site in south Portland your ear, and felt- that here may be a happier home than yours because of good music, food for head and heart? Table d' Hote )inner at The Portland A service irreproachable, exhibiting every clement of refinement and good taste ; a menu delicious and varied; an atmosphere of ease and restf ulness. 5:30 to 8 MAIN DINING ROOM $1 Weekdays, $1.25 Sundays The afternoon tea, served in the Grill from r :'M) to 6 with an accompaniment -of delightful music, is in high favor with - the ladies of Portland; the daintiest of menus, courteously served. Business and professional men, and women, too, en joy the appetizing noon luncheons served in the dining-room every week' day; you are cordially invited, 11:30 to 2. Tonight: A concert in the lobby by the orchestra, under the direction Herr Waldemar Lind. The Portland Hotel G. J. Kaufmann, Manager and the old county poor farm and use the proceeds to build a hospital." Mr. Holman explained at length his good road policy, saying that he felt prouder of the fact that the Columbia river highway Is being built daring his administration than of any other one thing that will be done whUe he is in office. He gave it as his opinion that a fin 3 scenic highway through the Columbia river gorge would make western Oregon as much of a world's playground as Switzerland is today; that the great driveway up the Colum bia would bring thousands of tourists iw into vjljt ciuu ovale. lie i m - r f tention also to the Improvements that I DiailO to be had for S675 Uon t be l. .3 V. .1 .3.. 4 . 1 -f - I UCU1 UldUQ UUIlUlf LUC ptUL months at the county detention home, declaring that the children detained there are now receiving better atten tion and better care than ever before. At the close of hie address Mr. Hol man was warmly thanked by the presi dent and members of the Guild. You want a player piano! A modern player piano thit makes a piano player of every member of the family? A player piano' built with ut most conscientiousness, exactness and fidelity to an. established ideal, which stamps it the nation's best! You can get it now! The savings and other advantages in this Cooperative Player Piano Pur chasers' Club are really astounding. Almost too good to be true. Inves ti gate and ascertain the best player Read These Advantages, Then Act atfOnce The Lowest Price Ever Known in Instruments of Such Great Worth and Superb Quality LOGANBERRY GROWERS HAVE ORGANIZATION satisfied to consider any instrument to be had for less than this price, $675. Then see the beautiful player pianos provided in this club. You ' will hardly find at any price an in- strument more exquisite or select; but, what is most important of all, the price to each club member rep resent a bona fide saviiur of more (Salem Bureau of TtiK Jnnrnal. I . i Salem. Or., March 14. More than 200 lhan 3Q pgr fa buying ganberry growers from various sec-1 J three instruments for the price of two. There are , also some plainer- cased instruments, regular $600 styles, which will be supplied at cor responding reductions and on still lower terms of payment. EILERS MUSIC HOUSE. loganberry growers from various sec tions of the Willamette valley met here today and effected a permanent organization for the promotion of the loganberry industry. The organization is to be called the Oregon Loganberry association. . Officers were elected as follows President, W.-L. Bentley, Woodburn; vice president, Alec Latollette, Brooks; secretary, Fred S. Bynon, Salem; treas urer, L. H. Roberts, Salem; direetors, Britt Aspinwall, Brooks, and H. E Crowell, Dundee. Constitution and by-laws were adopted, and the board of directors will meet within the next few days and outline plans for getting .the work of the association under way. The pur poses of the association are to gather reliable information as to the logan berry crops.; the prospective markets, and the best methods of handling the product, and reaching the widest pos sible markets, but it is not mtenaea for the association to act as a selling agent for any of the growers, Those interested in the movement have : been working on it for several weeks, and the association waa organ ized with onuch enthusiasm. Every instrument Is definitely warranted a definite guarantee that means definite security and satisfaction to the purchaser. Every club member has an entire year for trial. If the instru ment doe not prove in every way satisfactory he has the privilege of exchanging without one penny's loss for any other instrument of equal or greater value sold by us. Over thirty makes of differ ent player pianos to select from. , Free tuning, free inspection, free regulation (once before de livery and once within six month after delivery) to every member. A profit-sharing rebate is secured by club members who at some later date wish to make payments faster than club membership con tract stipulate. But Most Important of All! A solendid assortment of music roll, which is exchangeable without charge, goes free to every club member. Those paying more than S22.SO as an initial deposit secure a still further quan tity of music roll (their own selection) free of charge. BUT THIS IS NOT ALL A room in the Eiler Building U et aside where club member meet and exchange music roll a often as they please. Thia feature give every player piano purchaser club member an opportunity to hear virtually every worth-while roll of music that has ever been published. The entire world of music is opened to every home. A select little bench, designed trictly in keeping with the piano itself, U supplied free. The piano i delivered free to every club member or any station or boat-landing. How to Pay We find that no one person i situated like another. Therefore arrangement have been completed whereby payment are made to suit the convenience of each member. There 1 Co red tape, no extra charge. Everything ia congenial, confidential, open arid abovebeerd and satisfying; the purpose of thi club being tcj! supply the very beat of modern player piano at the loweat pot$4e price and with very possible advantage to the buyer. BOOKS NOW OBEN There are four styles of cases fancy mahogany, beautiful mot tied walnut, English quarter-sawed oak, also choicest Circassian walnut. The price includes everything. There; are no extras of any kind, nor is there any formality select thejpiano, and Eilers Music House, the Nation's Largest and Most ; Reliable, does the rest. i Many have already joined this club.j Corjj in and decide tomorrow. ' - I ih These modern player pianos can be played Wee any other piano with tne hands or by means of musio rolls, of which a great assortment is supplied free to club members. With1 these latest player pianos music is renaera with that "expression" end "finish" which characterise the best musicians. Nothing mechanical, nothing objection able. At tne reduced prices, over inree years may be taken in wnicn to nmsn paying ror one oy means or me x . r. P. Club, which is now formed by Eilers Music House, Eilers bid., Broadway at Alder. " . Musical Program to Be Given. A musical program for the guests and their friends will be given at the Mallory hotel this evening, at 8:15 1 o'clock, as follows: Flute ana clarinet I duet. Messrs. wing and Sanders; piano solo. Miss Margaret Moore; -vocal solo. The samples of the Player Pianos In this club are now In stock and on display. Do not wait. Call at once. See what a truly wonderful opor tunity this Is. Even if you do not want s a piano right away. Join the club anyway, make a small deposit, and let us deliver your piano when ever you are ready for It. . If you live out of town, you have the same advantages. Telephone, or write for our catalogue and large photographs of these Instrument. Eilers Music House. Broadway at Alder. ' ' T : - v 1 '