CHAMBER COMMITTEE; i
FINALLY AGES. ON
CONSOLIDATION PLAN
Report Favoring Combining
City and County Govern
ments Goes to Trustees,
WOULD END DUPLICATION!
ch.m. Provided for Equitably Tax
ing Country Property on BaU of
Amount of Municipal Borneo.
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Althourh the eoramlttoo appointed
'by the Portland Chamber of Com
merce to investigate the feasibility of
consolidating the city and county gov
emmenu, Friday reached a com
promise agreement on a report to bo
submitted to the chamber's trustee
nxt Wednesday: the report today had
not been Kigned. Chairman W. J.
Clemens expressed the opinion that it
would be signed, however. Inasmuch
as it represented, with certain emenda
tions, virtually the unanimous opin
ion of the committee.
The report aa it will be presented
to the chamber, providing the signa
tures are affixed, follows:
First. We favor the consolidation
of the city and county governments of
Portland and Multnomah, providing
one set of officers, and eliminating all
duplications of service.
Second. For the purpose of taxa
tion, the territory to be embraced in
the new clfy of Portland shall be di
vided Into three or four zones, and the
rate of taxation in each of tliee be
fixed according to the extent of mu
nicipal service rendered In each, the
effect being to provide a lighter tax
In the rural gone than for the munic
ipal sone, where a multitude of munic
ipal service Is demanded and must be
paid for. , c&
Third, we anpo "favor one election
for all munlclpaK&fficers, on the basis
of first, second and third choice; full
four-year term for all officials; and
If it is regarded expedient, granting
permission to affix the names of the
candidates on the ballots their politi
cal affiliation since but one election
only be held.
Fourth. We recommend that seven
commissioners be elected, making two
additional ones for the present five
now provided for In the city charter,
the sixth commissioner to be given
general charge of the educational work
nd Institutions of the county, and
the seventh tjo be given the same gen
eral power over public work in the
rural districts that the present county
commissioners are vested with.
Fifth. We believe that the follow
ing duplications of offices, and such
other offices as deemed advisable,
should be consolidated as a part of the
conHOlldation work to be ; undertaken:
County ami city treasurers, one office;
city and county auditors, one office;
sheriff and chief of police made one
official; all constables to be -abolished;
all Justices of the peace to be
abolished and the district Judicial
power to be vested in the municipal
court or courts as the needs of the
community demand; the police or
sheriff serving processes; city and
state attorneys to le united In one of
fice; county commissioner offices to
be abolished, the one rural commis
sioner to Exercise their duties; road
and stret-t work now divided between
the city and county commissioners to
be vestfd in the department of pub
lic works.
Sixth. We respectfully suggest that
If you desire the committee to con
tinue the work along- the lines of this
report that you authorize them to
employ the services of some attorney
to draw the necessary bill and make
such research as may be necessary.
0. A. C. ENROLLMENT
SHOWS AN INCREASE
OVER LAST SEASON
Noticeable Feature Is In
crease in Number of Stu
dents With 4 Years' Work,
Special to The Journal.)
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
vallls. Or., Oct. 17. The total number
of students enrolled in the Oregon Ag
ricultural college to date this year
Is 1679, as compared with 1577 last
year. This is an increase of 6 per
cent.
The largest increase is recorded in
the departments of home economics
and agriculture. In engineering
courses the enrollment is about the
same as last year, the total being 286,
compared with 273. The ratio of
men f.o women is two to one.
One feature is the large increase in
the number of students entering w.ith
four year high school work. Sixty-one
students have entered from other in
stitutions, there being 37 different
colleges and universities represented,
such as the universale of Oregon (8),
Wyoming, California, Minnesota,
Iowa, Illinois. Willamette, and the
st:ite agricultural colleges of Indiana,
Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa, Washington,
Massachusetts. Colorado and Ontario.
All the counties in Oregon are rep
resented. 3fi different states and terri
tories and 11 foreign countries. The
counties from which the largest num
ber are enrolled are: Multnomah,
346; Marion, 70; Lane, 55; llnn, 49;
Clackamas, 44; Jackson, it; Yamhill,
42; Douglas, 31.
From other ntaten the 1rr num
ber enter from California, with a rep-
resentauon or 121, Washington fol
lowing with 104. From Idaho there
are 33; Illinois, 11; Colorado, 9; . In
diana, S; Kansas, 7; Massachusetts, 7;
New York, G; Iowa, 6; Ohio. 6. The
total number registered from other
states and foreign countries aggre
gates 419.
Burglars Make
Monthly Visit
Centralla, Wash., Oct. 17. A.
Juaska, who operates a stor at the
Junction of the Milwaukee and O.-W.
It. & N. tracks, a mile and a half
irom itochester, was held up by an
unknown bandit at closing time laat
night, the man making a getaway
with about $200. Jaaska's driver and
another man were in the store at the
lime. The bandit lined all three uj
against the wall, and after first tt
lug the storekeeper's pursd, took all
tr.e casn tnere was in the till.
On the night of September 14. Mr
Jaaska was held up in a similar
manner and robbed of $50.
In a famous German animal park
mere nave been erected life siza mod
els of the huge beasts of prehistoric
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At the mouth of the LUL U lVlDl JxI VHitl is destined to be one of the most important cities and sealfeorts on the
Pacific coast. Nature in the beginning decreed it so, and the BIG TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES
ARE NOW PREPARING TO MAKE IT SO. With over 1,200,000 square miles. of the nWt productive
territory in the world, all of which is tributary and down grade to FL A VEL, it must be evident to the most skeptical mind that
a big percentage of shipments of the Northwest, -that will be transferred from rail to ship, mUst ultimately be made f nfitn this point.
Can You Wonder That "Flavel"
Is Being Utilized? Read
"FLAVEL" is at the terminus of the oftly down-grade
haul, both by water and rail, on the Pacific Coast
"FLAVEL" is at the terminus of a water competitor (the
Columbia River) that is forcing the railroads to use the grav
ity route to the sea.
"FLAVEL" is on one of the finest fresh-water, oceanside,
landlocked harbors in the world, and the only one on the
Pacific Coast
"FLAVEL" is nearer the Orient by 294 miles on the
round trip than is Seattle.
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'FLAVEL" is nearer the Orient by 846 miles on the
round trip than is San Francisco.
"FLAVEL" is nearer New York or Liverpool on a round
trip by 600 miles than any point on Puget Sound.
"FLAVEL" is the npint where two ships of the same
speed, leaving New York or a European port, arriving at the
mouth of the Columbia1 River.at the same time, the one land
ing at "FLAVEL" can discharge and load her cargo and be
on its way to its destination before the ship bound for Puget
Sound reaches the Seattle harbor.
"FLAVEL" is that interchange where two passengers,
leaving Seattle on the Shasta: Limited, bound for San Fran
cisco, the one routed via "FLAVEL" on the Hill steamers,
will arrive in San Francisco before the through passenger
arrives on the Shasta Limited.
NO OTHER CITY IN THESE UNITED STATES HAS
SUCH ADVANTAGES.
When Going to Our City Stop at the
Flavel Hotel, One of the Finest
Hotels in the Northwest
The Reading Matter on
Our Trade Mark Sets the Stamp
of Approval Upon
;51,
where frn rrririr "atthe
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AND I II v ci I J OF THE
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MEET CgBG0 RIVER
Flavel Will Make Thfse State
ments Come Tihie
Louis W. Hill, president of the Great Nojlthern, standing on
the gronnd at FLAVEL, where the Hill terrrifh'als are now being
built, said: "This is undoubtedly the place imm which the grain
shipments of the great Columbia River BasinJNvill be made you
have the situation here unquestionably."
Collis P. Huntington, late president of tl$; Southern Pacific,
said, that the mouth of the Columbia Rivedvjis the only natural
outlet to the Pacific Ocean. 31i
C. S. Mellen, former president of the Nofpern Pacific, stated
that the, Columbia Harbor had every advanta and must become
a great city.
A. A. Schenck, assistant chief engineer ofjhe New York Cen
tral said, whoever controlled the line to the tfcbuth of the Colum
bia River, would forever control the transportation problem of
the Pacific Northwest. W
James J. Hill has ratified his predictions y building one of
the finest gravity route railroads from Spokane to the sea and is
now building his mammoth terminals at FlIVEL to dock his
$5,000,000 steamships that will ply from F LA VEL to San
Francisco.
William P. Clough, chairman of the BoarijM Directors of the
Northern Pacific, made the statement that train schedules of
Great Northern, Northern Pacific and alliediihnes will be
the
rear
ranged throughout the Northwest so that passtigers leaving Puget
Sound, Spokane, the interior or Eugene in t'ie morning will be
able to reach FLAVEL by evening, there to Itnbark on the great
steamers of the Hill interests when they are!put into operation
and reach San Francisco the next evening. je decided that this
district merited recognition and a quick andlfcasy way to travel
between here and San Francisco.
E. J. M. Nash, special representative for Royal Mail Steam
Packet Co., one of the largest steamship companies in the world,
in substance said : Low cost and quick dispatrfi' will become more
than ever the guiding factor in routing steam'jlips when the Pan
ama Canal route is opened, the faster ships parrying passengers,
including emigrants, should be able to load a ni; unload in the Co
lumbia Harbor, for they will not go up h river to Portland,
there would be no objections to ships comttfg to the Columbia
Harbor to debark emigrants, as they would "Hkye two days' time
as compared with Puget Sound. Such freigf as apples should
be shipped very largely from Oregon to Europe and this class of
cargo requires fast steamers and could only lc shipped from the
Columbia Harbor.
IT BEHOOVES THE INVESTOR TOt HEED THESE
STATEMENTS fttj
Free Factory Sites Adjoining the Hill Docks and Terminal Yards i 3out Them
PRICES, TERMS AND CONDITIONS
$250 to $500 Lots, $50 Down and $10 Per Month ) 10 Discount for Casl
$850 Lots, $ 1 50 Down and $20 Per Month j 1 0 Discount If You Build in GO JDays
Flavel streets require very little grading, as they lie perfectly level. The view is magnificent, and it is one of the most healthful locations on te Pacific Coast.
A great stretch of terminal yards, which are to be used by the Hill System, extends along the waterfront at FLA VEL, affording abundant room1 for all needs of
commerce between rail and ship. The channel in front of FLAVEL needs no dredging, as we have ample depths of water for the largest ships aflat. The prop
erties we have set aside for free factory sites lie adjoining the waterfront, giving the very finest facilities, both from a water and rail standpoint, a the Hill track
age, yards and docks are directly in frpnt and adjoining these properties. Considering the location and its advantages, FLA VEL is probably 4nequaled in the
United States for the purpose of a great maritime city. If!
BY WRITING US, WE WILL BE PLEASED TO SEND ypU LITERATURE, WITH PLAT, PRICES AND ORDER BLANKS, SO THAT Yoi CAN ORDER
YOUR LOTS BY LOT NUMBER AND BLOCK NUMBER AS LOTS AND BLOCKS IN FLAVEL ARE ALL NUMBERED, SO THERE IwiLL BE NO
CHANCE FOR MAKING A MISTAKE WHEN ORDERING FROM ORDER BLANK. THIS PROPERTY IS NOT AN ADDITION TO FLAVEL IT IS
THE ORIGINAL TOWNSITE AND A STUDY of the PLAT WILL SHOW YOU THAT ANY LOT IN FLAVEL IS CONSIDERED CLOSE-ll PROPERTY.
WAKRENTON-ASTORIA TOWNSITE CO. (IlncJ
Astoria Office, 422 Commercial St.
Phone Main 583
Chas. Dodge, Astoria, Oregon
EXCLUSIVE AGENTS
For the Flavel Land and Development Company, the Largest Holders of Property at the Mouth of the Columbia.
PORTLAND, OREGON
Main Office 201 Northwest Bldgv Cor 6th and Washington
Phone Main 2675 DAVID DODGE
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