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. . , .. vr;Bs2ii4aJLa THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 18, 1914. .L ABOARD FOR THE CHRISTMAS SHIP; BE SURE AND DO NOT DELiAY mi XMAS P CARGO LEAVES BEAST IS VEEK I 'Last'Oay on Which ?.$ for Uttle Ones Abroad !i! Be 'Received. YONE CO-OPERATES ! - 1,111 Grown-npe Prom Par ; JTear Joining This Carnival ? of Glad Giving. ' . By Veil Winner, i ' a . war Bins ; that it ' may be ) Well to giva out now aa later perhaps the damage will have one -and . that I that Friday Kwlt li positively the last ; which Christmas Ship parcels j ' received . at ' The Journal of !,Tu wait until Saturday morn- h wili toe disappointed, J for you uve mmitca tM ship and be .ome little child across the sea ( without the toy or the warm I tbat yod had Intended for member the last' day for con- aa Am Friday, October 23. about the way a prairie fire . .. say, -mencs, it isn't a i(Jf yea don't-mind a bit of to the, way the interest in the or. this Christmas shin is ner through, .the community and it h-dbb the boundaries, it r all what you'd call 'local far w couldn't keep- oat ted- (and . goodness knows we try) the kind friends from 'the state and even some over ington, who are Just "set on loud this grand old ship Ace, on earth, good will to men. s mail brought gifts from , i v Corvallis, Eugene, Forest arid from Vancouver, Wash. ad a y s . everybody knows that there is a big Job to be tackled 'Ht thing to do is to systematize divide It up Into Its component of smaller Jobs and then parcel ) allot these smaller Jobs to the ty9tiU4 With Dispatch. T'lth the-of willing hands, 0e details thought out, do we jig Jobs done and that is the Jlie Journals share in the ,ristmas 6hlp cargo Is pro ;o:Well. There have been hu wished to give either t orders for merchandise and -vo been others who have been to help, but had not the means T so in order that both classes five a share in the great cargo. '0 bolts of flannelette, a total y irds, .has been donated, and ss : tie hands of women who Are ..'ielr spare moments to the s' f garments of all kinds from i or babes yet unborn to petti : 1 night gowns for1 the mothers, ! rs for. big and little boys and oea, . stockings and cotton are among the things most 5iow to round out The Jour- ' ire In-tho cargo, will help? v night and last night 50 of ) lon picture show houses of showed a special slide telling , plans for the Christmas Ship Oat,' was most needed. Last Hie. slides were, supplemented j ruber of houses by talks given 1 known women who are Inter ' themselves in the Christina Among the houses where there alks last evening were: Echo, two. The Gay, The Tivoli, The digraph. Portsmouth, Derby, Crystal, Acme, Union, Victoria, !,rNob Hill and Clinton. The mas ship slide and the speakers ' greeted with enthusiastic ap- orrOw morning it is expectad it penny contributions which the f children are to make, will be 1 coma in. The teachers will 'xes-Jn each room to receive .v .tlons and all pennies must be Yi Thursday, so that the. entire f', s x ', ' ' y, ' , -. , , " ; r.j-.-xwit,-, At W. Li ft . T 'i. . . 1 v 4 I " f "ti" I I. miii if, is iJ $2 ' r If I it I f ' a' 5 v What Is Desired K X X Pack or Wrap For the Ship K at x at Gifts Securely Questions come pouring in every day over the telephone, in person and by mail regarding what is war-ted, hew it is to be prepared and when it s to be sent and the last date for receiving gifts. ' Warm clothing for women and children, including underwear, dresses, suits of clothes, shoes, stockings, sweaters, caps and mittens are much desired. Comforter and blankets, both cotton and woolen are acceptable. They may be full sized or small sizes for babies. Wrap clothing and bedding in heavy paper, tie securely and put on the outside your name and what the package contains. Pack dolls, toys or other breakables in pasteboard boxes, packing them with excelsior or paper, so that they will not break, then wrap in paper and tie securely. Bring or send all packages to the Editorial Rooms of The Jour nal, on or before Friday, October 23. amount can be turned over to The Journal by Friday. Don't fall to give the little ones a penny that they may have a share in the great American gift to Europe. Old and Young' Join In Movement. From Corvallis today came a letter enclosing a check for one dollar. The letter said: "Please find check for one dollar for the Christmas Ship fund. I only wish that I could give $100 to ward such a worthy cause." "I want these to go to some llttje boy la Europe," said little Fred Beach as he deposited with much serious ness a box of dominoes In the hands of the Christmas Ship editor. Mrs. J. C. Ainsworth yesterday gave The Journal an order for a bolt of outing flannel, which was immediate ly sent out to Mrs. L. V. Rawlings, who with her neighbors and club mem bers will make it up Into baby gar ments. The bolt of outing flannel given by Mrs. Holt C. Wilson, went today to Mrs. W. Hull, president of Chapter A of the P. E. O. sisterhood, the members of that chapter planning to make up children's garments. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Lightfoot brought in a dozen pairs of woolen stockings and said they would bring some clothing next week. Dollar con tributions were received from Mrs. A. Watkina and from Mrs. Lilian Polk of Corvallis. A big box of toys from 3-year-old Elizabeth Steele of Athena arrived on the afternoon mail yester day. Several people who declined to give their names left bundles of 1 ' -i .,4 A ;f 3 f mr sfi r-j M'r . " ui...iL..i.m.ai : 'r$, -rr; M Mwti - - , ' Vi J ! - , , " 'W- J 1 1 The Christmas Ship's Ffiends at at at at at at at at at 'fjat at List of Contributors-trill Date 4 V ' 'u, , , , 1 ' ' - ; : clothing and toys yesterday. Mrs. R. F. Monges, Bichard and Adele Monges and Mrs. H. M. Lull, Jimmy and Barbara Lull, came to gether early yesterday morning laden down with toys and warm clothing. Mrs. Lull and Mrs. E. A. Woods also left dollar contributions. Little Rich ard Ottenheimer, his little face wreathed in smiles, brought in a pack age of new toys for some little Eu ropean children. Little Lester F. Zeh rung, Sammy Lock wood. Alf Otto Johnson, all brought contributions of toys. Clothing was contributed dur ing the day by Mrs. R. F. Robinson, Helen Louise Crosby, Adeline De Key ser. Mrs. H. C. Jordan, Mrs. William Gynther. George and Janet Beggs brought a bundle of toys and clothing. Baby Clothing la Given. "This is to buy outing flannel for the European children," said little Margaret Robinson, as she deposited $1.50 on the desk of the Christmas Ship editor. Highly gratifying is the large number of contributions of baby cloth ing that yesterday found its way to the great stack of Christmas gifts. Those contributing little garments were: Gladys and Eva Beachem, R. W. Henneman, and two contributors who failed to leave their names. One woman brought in a substantial box filled with candy. One of the classes of girls from the Irvington brought In a good sized shoe box yesterday, all securely tied up, but , it was so heavy that, curiosity got the A" , 'a i , ' . ' ' , - -s0. .i 1 saw :.s.iJK & ,-' i T J r, v fiy .. . : 4x ,f j 1 The following; is th oomplct list of owtriDUtors to th emrgo of ths ChrUrtmas Ship, to data Kit. JUohaxd xooUar, bolt of outing flanneL Mrs. Xolt O. WHaoa. bolt of ratlng flannel. Ktt. Ouy W. Talbot, bolt of ovOnc flannd. Junior leag-ae, f50. ICrs. O. A. Solph, $15. Mrs. James Bainbrldjr, 92. acr. J. 7. Kelly, 92JSO. VLn. A. S. Bonaoa, two pain of blankets. SCra. Jamea B. Kan, 10 yards of flannel. acra. Jl. Jm. rtsb, lo yarda of flanneL airs. T. X arouta, 10 yards of flannel. am. O. SC. Plaraon, lo yards of flannel, acra. Bifmud rruk, bolt of octlng flannel. ansa Milan Ttngle, bolt of oatlna; iiannei. acrs. J. a. Edward, bolt of oattna flannel. A frUnd, lartre quantity of clothing, acra. H. A. Oatcher, bolt of flan nelette. airs, aioso T. atturhes and friends. waking up ton of flannelette. Boys of Vernon actaool, tors. Boya of Shattnck achool, toys. Boya of Bhaver aohool, toys. A friend, fl and woman's coat, BKra. at. Bolxapf el, elothlaa;. am. AlberUna BTlckees, clothtna;. Xax arickett, clothtna; and toya. A. B. Weill ng-ton, clothing. Inmates of Chrlttenton Home, mak ing up bolt of flannelette. Penlnania school, wMir u bolt of flannelette. am. Xt. S. aQMpp and frlonda, mak ing up bolt of flannel. MnhTnoad achool, making up bolt of flannel. Mrs. Thomas (J. O-reene and friends. manng up bou oz flannelette. A few of the many contributors to the Christmas Ship cargo- Top, left to right The twin children of Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Merrick catch the spirit of the Christmas Shii DeWolf Hopper adds his contribution. Bottom This little miss didn't leave her name but she expressed her appreciation of the idea just the same. better of tho Christmas Ship editor and the box was opened. Its contents were fancy bean bags and with them a little note scrawled by some very small but philosophical girl: "The children can play with them until they get tired and then their mammas can cook them." Of course, she meant the beans, not the children. Federated Clubs Offer Indorsement The Oregon Federation of Women's clubs, when in annual convention at Eugeno last week, passed a resolution commending the Christmas Ship. Mrs. F. S. Myers, of Portland, presented the resolution, and it passed unanimously. The resolution is as follows: Whereas, by means of what i Known as tne unnstmaa ship,' the children of America are offered an op portunity to give the suffering war ridden people of Europe a tangible evi dence of their love and sympathy; therefore, "Resolved. That this organization in dorse and encourage this undertaking as a worthy philanthropy and an ob ject lesson for peace and brotherhood to the coming generation of all na tions.' Small Gifts for Christmas Cargo Practical Suggestions acada for Those Who Would Bo Xdttla Kindnesses Worth While. Mrs. E. A. Jobes and Mrs. C. M. Pier- son offer some very valuable and prac tical suggestions for people who wish to make some, contribution to the Christmas Ship, yet whose means will not permit of large giving. They sug gest papers of pins, safety pins, needles, darning cotton, scissors. combs, brushes, baby blankets and comforters, packages of sweet choco late, prunes dona up In pound pack ages packed In little muslin bags. small quantities of cut sugar and other Imperishable dainties, which will help to make the cargo truly Christmas-like. Vancouver Sewing Club Is Interested aKseting Called for Tuesday to Consid er Cooperation in Plan to Bend Gifts to Europe. Vancouver. Wash., Oct 17. Tho la dies of the Vancouver Sewing club will hold a meeting at the Commercial club rooms next Tuesday afternoon, in which they will be Joined by ladies from the various other city organiza tions. The matter of sending a large box of Christmas gifts to the war stricken territory of Europe will be taken up. Professor Shumway has been requested to ask that each child attending school In Vancouver bring one penny each, and it is expected that v- - Tnmates of county Jail, nr ut bolt of flannelette. Tn -metes of city Jan, -x r up bolt of porcal. Uwellyu Parent-TaacheT associa tion, making up baby clothes. am. A. K. .accCrowma and friends, furnish and max up clothing. Olenhaven. association, wtwut bolt of flannelette. Buckanaa association, f anUsMng and making up bolt flannelette. airs. . A. Jobos and friends, mak ing up bolt of outing flanneL J. B. Binsmoro, toys and. slippers. Chapter A, of P. E. O, vg up clothing. Chapter C, of P. B. X up clothing. acra. B. X. Ingham, clothing. Grace Ward,. (1 - and toy dog. Xi. C. Gilbert, machanlcal toy. A friend, $5. am. C. J. Young, two boxes of stockings. A contributor, atockirgs. Jack, Qladys, Belli Bobert Praacoa Pllklngion. pal of Mttllfi. aonir uavis, toys, ', , Vincent Jones, toya.V Heater auilar, mlttanf and dross. " acargarat Galley, 9lIJ i - Evan and Jean McTenner, BO oemta. William Whealor, toys. Vera accCurdy, doll.' , OUYla Xdpaehxitx, dolL: Children's class Grace ac. s. churefc fliS, i. ! ' Foreign class. T. at; O. A-, cash. A friend, toya. ' : acr. and am. B. A. Bwker, SI. J. P. Serres, boya' askings. J. P. TeithanaeT, $1. i A friend, clothing f L two years eld child. Boya of Bell wood ar4iooL toya, tab ourettaa and sleeve begirds. am. Helen Graves, hoea and stock ing. ac. J. BicheL clothing , SUxabeth Heinl, toys and clothing. A friend, toya. 4 ," A friend, a-year-old hhy outfit. Zrvington achool girl, bean bags. Bichard Ottenheimer toys. A friend, baby clothes and toys. am. W. G. Harrington, of Poreat Grove, toya and clothing. acra. B P. atoblnson. clothing. xyster p. Zehrung, feoya. acra. B P. acoagac, Bichard and Adela axongea, toya and clothing. airs. BV as. Bull, clothing and ST. Jlmzay and Barbara Znll, toys. am. B. A. Woods, tti am. Xdlllaa Folk, fl! A friend, toya. i,- A friend, candy. 'i . Bam my Bockwood, 'loys. Helen Xoulao Crosby, clothing. A friend, clothing. Alf Otto Johnson, :-oys, Elisabeth i Steele, ofiAthana, toys. at. W. Henneman, j,by clothes. Gladys and ; Eva !Beachm, baby clothea. j Adeline Be Keyeen,"- clothing. am. H. C. Jordan,: clothing, acrs. William Gynl.her, clothing. George and Janet,,-Boggs, toya and clothing. :.i i acr. and acra. C. C.fdghtfoot, woolen stockings. - Pred Beach, box of ' dominoes. am. J. C Alnswdjth, bolt of outing flannel. i t, am. A. Watklna, 1. aiargarat Bobinaoi f 1 JO. A friend, clothing Bonnie Bird, toya. jT Zona and; GraldlxJ Howett, clothing and toya. S: Bortna Gossans, tgys and clothing. axaurica Barrett, puxlea. aira. B. P. AlyawoHh, woman's un derwear, i H, am. B. O. Xulirt, SO yards of flanneL i'': ' am. H. ac. cniardjbaby clothes and stockings. . I ' ir DE WOLF HOPPER MAKS CONTRIBUTION lib SHIP "To attach some litje Idea of prac tical Joy and comfort to the belliger ent 70 per cent of tho world seems more or less difficult, but whatever can be done in that direction. I heart ily approve," said the Inimitable De Wolf Hopper, as he deposited his con-tribution-to the cargo of the Christmas ship in the editorial rooms of The Journal several boxes of toys, whlcn Mr. Hopper claimed he had as much at- mtie recipients wQl have in playing fun in buying across the water with them. . "But.'' continued air. Hopper, "what ever little practical jsense I am blest with prompts me tOj suggest that the gift of an axe to Sfh power In ques tion, and to let therepresentatives of the same be lockedjpip in a room and use the gifts on each other, would be a reasonable treatittjsnt for the unpre cedented entanglement." - a small sum will be raised in this man ner. The ladies Interested in the movement will. It was stated on good authority this morning, each be re sponsible for one suit box of toys and goods, but this must be in their hands By Tuesday, thus allowing only three days In which to take the boxes to The Journal office, in Portland, and pre pare them for shipment. The last day on which contributions will be received in Portland is October 23. A triangular tray to hold a piece of pie un Harmed in a lunch box has been invented. Woodstocl Pastor To Dicuss Idea Rev. Prank Jamesj to Devote Tod ay a Sermon Hour : latere ate of the Christmas lilsvj "The Christmas ftghip for Europe's War Stricken Children; Help Give It a Cargo," will be thrsubject of the ser mon to be preachpl this morning at the Woodstock M.jiE. church by the pastor, nev. frank: James. XN FRANCISCO'S HANDLING OF WATERFRONT PROPERTIES SHOWS ADVANTAGE OF DEVELOPMENT OVER SPECULATION i 'the Beginning Califor i Has Protected Naviga Waters and Their Beds Alienation, m By J. U. Zicgler. Oregonlan has advised the how to vote on the several bal sures. ? It does not mince mat i condemning the waiterfront it says flatly that, they are the .-S, of ."shallow thinkers," con. x to take away that which be to all the people of the state t tow it upon. a part. CMfisas court (Winters vs. Myers, i iic. ' 10SS) recently used, the Jj.nguage in an opinion declaring ! i a legislative rrsnt nf tho of ; a navigable stream that belonged to all the people and t! to legislature had no right to t: frn. to a part of the people. The ian can't see it from that angle. ntly is trying to confuse in the ot its reaaers, title with taxes Maltnomah bar in sol sembled has also put the stamp viisupproval Upn the measures reason that they would disturb na increase litigation. , if that band of faithful law uho.ro an to Salem. hlnnliiiv i lv left alnno ttta ni.kiin ,-1 - jKw..w V, UO f the state in the beds of navi i water and respected the state's contained in the terms of the i r act, vis.: "All the navigable n oi : tne state shall be public '', and forever free aa well aa ' citizens of said state, to all r citizens of the United States, out anv tax. dutv lmma n- it or, inert would nave been no - ion. Waterfront occupants could retained their wharves nnder the '( act of 1862. until the -state or t ready to provide more modern .ls, when the wharves could ! taken over- by. condemna w it bout paying the occupant for 1 an exorbitant price, due to retched and Illegal policy of ex z - tho public totally from the right of wharfage, and thereby put ting it at the mercy of private greed. Not only did the courts say in all the Willamette cases prior to the pub lic dock case that the acts of 1874-76 conveyed nothing, and that the ordi nary high water line continued to be the boundary between private owner and the state, but in 1878, the legis lature repealed them. I repeat this for Mr. Coovert's bene fit. He says, "the state cannot take back what it once grants away," but It can tas.e Dack that which it attempted to give away and had not the power to give. It can resume for the state a trust which it attempted to ab- act of 1874 excepted the Willamette from the provisions of the general tide and swamp land act, and proposed to grant to adjacent owners any tide lands which might etxst down to low water. The act of 1876 extended this exception to the Coos, Coquilie and TJmpqua rivers. The courts held that the banks of the rivers could not be conveyed by these acts. Uoder the common law and presumably not com ing under the courts' Jurisdiction, tide flats, not useful for navigation and not forming a part of the bed of the river, could be sold. At any rate, quoting from the records of the state land board, I find sales of tide lands on these four rivers exclusive of their bays between 1874 and 1913 to be as follows: Parcels. Acres. Price. . . . . 4 135.6 246.10 ... 3 99.12 198.24 .... 8 22.04 60.74 44 215.59 578.40 59 572.25 $1078.43 Not only does the above table dem- i onstrate that the acts of 1874 and 1876 had not established a title in the alleged grantees at the time they were repealed, but displays the extent of the loss with which the public Is threat ened. In a period of 40 years, 59 par els .-land aggregating 572 acres, lor 11073,48, the proceeds on four of the more important tideland streams of the state. ' Then think of the sale of Dabney's island in the Swan island terminal district (cancelled by order of the court), 11 acres for $22.50, while the dock commission but a few years later was compelled to pay $850 per front foot, and you have an epitome of the policy so dear to the hearts of the op ponents of the waterfront hills and so expensive to the public. California's Practice. Now let us turn from this painful Picture to California, a state Which ?kS. Protect"l navigable waters and their beds from alienation, by reas serting the common law doctrine in its constitution. We will take the . one notable in stance of the San Francisco water front, owned by-the state and operated by the state board of harbor commis sioners since 1863. It was not until 1879 that California put the section against alienation into its constitution, so we see that even under the common law. the state was wise enough to recognize the advan tages of public ownership of a termi nal which could be kept free to all transportation on equal terms and managed to maintain the public right in the foreshore, for unobstructed commerce. The following figures show the re turns to the state for a period of 60 years: 1863- 64 1864- 65 1866-68 1866- 67 1867- 68 1868- 69 1869-70 ....$117,848.28 .... 177.393.66 .... 183,716.80 ... 336,409.36 .... 294,304.28 .... 287.890.63 262.649.5 1870- 71 . 1871- 72 . 1872-73 . 1873- 74 . 1874- 75 ., 1875- 76 . 1876- 77 . 1877- 78 .. 1878- 79 . 1879- 80 . 1880- 81 . 1881- 82 . 1882- 83 . 1883- 84 . 1884- 85 . 1885- 86 . 1886- 87 . 1887- 88 . 1888- 89 : 1889- 90 . 1890- 91 . 1891- 92 . 1892- 93 . 1893- 94 . 1894- 95 . 1895- 96 . 1896- 97 . 1897- 98 . 1898- 99 . 1899- 1900 1900-01 o a m o 1 148.917.03 195,081.14 190,330.47 265,709.06 373,541.72 372,078.74 448,087.25 446.516.82 466.420.50 427,687.66 419,437.49 465,035.64 436,030.54 601,243.5 500,702.10 483,851.04 627,890.96 580,152.51 619,537.64 599,105.58 600,821.23 651,112.11 629,957.55 683,674.58 586.618.61 599,207.89 562,123.06 581,661.05 630.465.62 731,033.41 772,989.03 1901- 02 1902- 03 1903- 04 1904- 05 1905- 06 1906- 07 1907- 08 1908- 09 1909- 10 1910- 11 1911- 12 . 825.191.43 829,096.31 1.00S. 193.09 ...........1,283,804.80 1,065, 90. 38 ......1,241,294.96 ..1,374,887.12 ........... M67.188. 58 1,637,949. 19 .- . 1,301.536.43 1.328,184.98 Total $30,300,460.85 The revenue for 1911-12 was from the following sources. Dockage, $209,000; tolls, $340,000; wharfage, $8,000; rents, $593,000; belt railroad, $165,000; miscellaneous, $13,. 000. Total, $1,328,000. The item of rents was received from sources as follows: Wharves, $240, 000; ferry building and slips, $260,000; seawall lots, $85,000; miscellaneous, $10,000. Total. $595,000. The item of rent from sea wall lots corresponds with the leases provided for in the waterfront bllL While rents here would doubtless be at a smaller rate than in Ban Francisco, the amount PPt41&J U . Umpqua HfflefffffrfF fffTT" Coos fcvyis Wmi : Coquu,e fcwr 'liil Total uicato. Tho United States supreme court said so in the Chicago water front case; the Oregon supreme court said so In the public dock case, ao "y u"Wre tte letfelature ufe-M. the act. of Not only did tho courts for 40 years .board lias also ignored th The Map-of San. Francisco's waterfront fromCentxal Basin to Ia3rwortlvBtreet. Existing Competent System of PubliclyuDwned Termi nals Is Declared to Be Log ical Resultfpf This Policy. under lease would! undoubtedly be much larger, alntje: In San Francisco the greater part $f the terminal serv ice ia on the property Improved or op erated by the suffcj H Chargfsi Are Bevied. The satisfactory character of thhi service is evidenced by the charges, which are: Dockage, two cents per net ton for the f Jrst 200 tons and cents for each additional ton per day; tolls, 5 cents pert ton; average overall, charges, 14c per rso; or about half the Portland charges..!.'; The belt line f ga feature of th equipment of thsgsSite terminal. The charges are $2.50?pef car except when -Market street iefctassed. Then it Is $5 per car. It Is -'ypjated by the har bor board and trie; mseipta from this source is $166,00fj The industries MfrhiN seek the wa terfront in Portland ar.e: satisfied with access tjy spurs.yj Savtnills may, f they prefer, eitijer ase waterfront or go outside thfefcity i All this public rrrthl property In San Francisco ha feeeg ibullt upon the .revenues derived. Were? rpm-, and by the board appraisero4 onfw-hich rents are based, the sea wJfc loss alone are val ued at $33,61S,0ffc? These have been reclaimed by filling tit foreshore, not for the private ne, as in Portland, but far the pub;ti. , f,bt only to pro n efficient fertjijnal open to an on eqtal terraa; fct .g. produce a rev nuLVtflalnK WMf tendering cheap serjtce. In l0ftijue of $9,000,000 J1! Wf 3pSS t these aro carried by the dfcSt Revenues. The board esgaaVes that "In prt Tat?.c.Tnr,nll' as germinal would b capitalized fori a ijeast $250.000.d0 and handsome rtdrs easily made on that figure. J V f San Francisco ? rftal trade for Wl amoanted to abtsa200.00.ooo while Portland s motntw! to $57.003.00fl. a difference due n?p4? than to any other one cause, to Ptag&rid's habit of spec uJattng in publTe mmercial proper ties rather thani Afeloplag them. - y m - -. -
