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8 THE OREGON SUNDAY , JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, ; NOVEMBER 1, 19X4. PRIVATE AS AGAINST . PUBLIC 0VNQ?SHIP c , ISSUE IS AT STAKE 4thls Is Statement of Richard Montague' im lmpaitial ;fe Discussion of Measured ,Kir,, . ; CIVIC LEAGUE IN SESSION ' Trogrum Okrta Orr to Coasirattoa ,j WWII W UB : Th iaauA-tnvofrVMl !n th tlifelAnd measure U that of private against publlo ownership of tho foo-eahore. aid Richard W. Montague,ln in 1m ; partial discussion ot the measures be fore the Oregon Clylo league luncheon in the' Hotel Multnomah yesterday. 1 . -The program of the. league was glv ' en to discussion of measures ( subrolt I ted for vote at the election next Tuea day. It was Insisted by Isaac Swett, V chairman of the meeting, jthat state ments must be from an unprejudiced Viewpoint. ; ' vV Charles E. Warner, discussing the amendments which provide classl fi xation of property for taxation pur j poses,, suggested that tSieseadd to the ' power ot-state officials and that a i disposition,! either to Increase or les ', sen power Of officials might, enter .Into the vote. '. , Water Code Discussed. ; il A. If. Harris feared that ithe pass- V tf the measure for tti consolida tion of .the desert land board and the state land board, also making the . state highway engineer elective might ' seriously disturb If not nullify the -eperatlon of the water code. Vote :' on the measure should b' preceded by study of the code, he said. , .Municipal .fudge John II. Stevenson expressed belief that the nonpartisan ; Judiciary bill will entirely prevent the -political nomination or election 'of Judges. t ' J. Hunt Hendrickson said that pass? ;age of the $1500 h0me tax exemption measure Would probably transfer the . tax now Assessed : on . $125,000,000 of Oregon property to land and Increase -'the tax on unused and Utile used land, I : lessening State Boards. 'Hamilton Johnstone said that the principle of lessening state boards good, but gave attention to the argu ment that the measure to consolidate the state corporation and Insurance departments wlli not result. In 'econ omy or efficiency, Mr. Johnstone also said that the measure requiring a two thirds vote to amend, or repeal tax laws would give control of tax laws to one more than onethird of the vot ers. I He also - discussed " the tax cods commission bin. s Dr. George Rebec explained the pro portional representation measure; A. C. Newill, the county officers four year term bill; Elinor Rowland, the measure increasing - compensation of legislators from $3 to $5 a day while the leigslature Is In session; Miss Ruth Catlln. the measure abolishing the state senate,. . and Miss j. Henri etta fliot the primary delegate election bill, which, it is said, will both increase election cost and restore the oldtlme nolitlcal convention. Mr. Montague's discussion of the water front measures is as follows: TldelanA Zssna Discussed. The federal government, which with us Is the source of land titles, owns and conveys to individuals the upland extending only to oratiary high water mar on navigable streams. The lana between high and low watermark the so-called foreshore Is owned by the state. The state also owns the bed of navigable streams below low. watermark, subject to the right of navigation in the. public. Most nav igable streams show in places a con-' siderable extent of foreshore and wide stretches of shoal water through which run ' the narrow , and deep channels where larger craft must navigate. When the channel is offshore, con venience of shipping require that wharves should be built from the up land to 'the channel, and in practice the filling in of the shoal water, thus extending the bank or upland clear out to the channel, is regarded as an advantage to navigation. The land thus made, affording the sole access to navigable water, Is often very val uable. . Granted by State. The state of Oregon, having these rights. In 182 passed statutes, now known as sections 5201, 6202, Lord's Oregon Laws, granting to upland own ers. In Incorporated cities the right to wharf out to deep water. Many law yers hold that the same right obtains at .common law. independent of stat ute, and outside of incorporated cities. In 1872. 1S74 and 1876 the state grant ed to the upland owners along the Wil lamette and i certain other rivers, not including the Columbia, the foreshore; that is to say, land from high to low water maik. The measures now pro posed are two First, a constitutional amendment, declaring that the beds of navigable rivers at bank full stage that is, from high water down are subject to pub lic use for commerce and navigation, and improvements in aid. thereof, de claring the right of the state therein to be Inalienable, authorizing the con struction of municipal docks, except where docks have already been built (under sections 5201 and 5202. above GERMAN PAPER DTD0BSES 0. J. SMITH DEMOCRAT IS TERMED SAFE AND ABLE ;. $etf4e.3ttssg.- Strong- Indorsement of Dr. C J. Smith for governor is voiced In the current Is sue of Deutsche Zeitung, official organ oft the consolidated German speaking societies of Oregon,' published at 212V4 First street.. A translation' of the ar ticle,, reproduced in1 the - adjacent col umn, is as follows: Dr. C J. " Smith, Democratic candidate- for governor, is a business man through and through; and if he Is elected, the office of governor will be in well equipped hands. ; : I ; i The official experience which Dr. Smith obtained, during his administra tion as mayor ot Pendleton area, us the right to assume that the governor's office would,- in his hands, j be most ably, managed. . , ' Dr. Smith,, whose views are well known, will, 'without doubt, fulfill all expectations which are piacea in tnts able man, and the voters can rest easy in placing the governor's office in his hands, as ho will never permit unneces sary taxation to burden the public. On the contrary, he will reduce taxation by discontinuing unnecessary commis sion a ''; - entioned). and providing for the mak- s or sucn lane g 25 years. Law Zs Cited. Second, a law authorising cities and m lng of I leases of such lands for terms rot exceeding 25 years. . . .A v . , . . ,11 ircuiui, at let w auiuunaiUK cities ant and commissioners by consolidation Is ' towns, to construct and maintain mu nicipal docks, under regulations pre scribed In the act, sod Repealing sec tions 6201 and 6202, saving rights here tofore acquired by building docks or nther ktruotures under , these sections. and repealing also another statute giv ing to the upiana owner me rigni wj fill in land. The measure also provides for the leasing: of the river pea to pn vate owners under restrictions pre scribed in the act for purposes in aid of commerce and navigation. The issue, it will be seen, is merely nnii of nrlvala a.eainst Dublic owner ship, first, of the foresnore, sjsd, sec ond, of the ngnt to frnari oui ana uu in to deep - water, and the arguments are in the main those usually urged on ithr Bid of that Question. For the act. that the rights are in their es sence puDllo flgnis a puoiic nenia.Be, whicn, wnen anenaiea. lenas uj m r.aaiv, nrlchment of a few Individ' uals to the injury of the public, and to the' detriment ot a souna pudiic poucy, Bailroad Interests. " Rrfiftriiv that the railroad com panies, whose interests are hostile to free navigation; 'acquire the desirable wharf rights, and thus obstruct com mercial development necessary for; the Against the measure It Is urged that publio enterprise and initiative are not equal to the task of necessary develop ment; nor the public administrative machinery .adequate to IXm operation. Specif icafty that the lonjf standing pol icy of the state! to permit to private individuals these rights . has created values which it is unfair to withdraw, even though., as the proponents of the act point- out. they have lain, unused for . 2r. & Xl Smitf. ; bee ftonbttd bet ' bemoffotifen' Nortel fur 011. berneur; ift cm ef$aft3mmm bux$ unb buxti) tab follte 'tt etttatjR tber bem,- joutSbe ba Qfcuberneur5.?Poftcn in : iir-geetgitete : an&s v" gttemqea. toolfamgSficmntcf; bit er M to55nb femet- aiitiStattijfeU cli Surgetmefc. fter tion enilcton 'to55reri jtoei armhie ertoorBcn Ijat, Beredj tigt una Mux Sftma&mf: bdft ; baS iSSmt ba 5toOTrteut$ bon ebiem bet iuit' lint ituuntu weewouet UKZum IDTXO. . SJr. ntitbar(i feme Knfgmom len 6cttorr4 tdftb-qptoib olle 5rtoar ttrntBrn erfaaat; &fe man tn biefen faiflen Wtamu ftellt, unb f otmen bie j &teueti(0)ia rutya DaS ouoenicuts Mmt in feme fflfinbe Ieaen, b& er nie- nop etfuii&atoir, bur eine tin- KiiSft-ouna bet -teuern ttod& xpfeere 2aften bent. hi'Mifutn oufju.: biitBen trii eflenteu, toitb er bur3& Wbidjofittg-emiget, unml&er !flom jinumen iie : ertDalbmgSciiSgaen e whole period. A trap to electrocute insects, which may be used In connection with an electric light fixture, has been In vented In' .Germany."- English Clubs Are . Barring Germans T- " 1 . , v Action Takes te Atom FosslsIUty of Mtnatlons of Bmbsxrassment; Ma- hers Asked Kotte Offer Hospitality. London, Oct, 81.- The governing committee' of the City Carlton club has Issued a circular to its members Inti mating that Tt "would be an act of delicacy and avoid the possibility of situations of embarrassment, if those' members who are of German or Aus-tro-Hflngarlan origin, whether natural ized or not, should not frequent the club." . Members are at the sum time requested to "refrain from . offering hospitality in the club to persons of such 'origin." Similar action Is being taken by other-welt known clubs. One of the South- London . golf clubs has added the clause. "In no circumstances will they he allowed oh the club prem ises or. course. X A CALL TO THE RED CROSS COLORS HUMANITY ' IN SUFFERING NEUTRALITY IN WAR " 1 Officiaj Station for the American Red Cross for Receiving Subscriptions and Supplies Has Been Opened in Portland at the Lipman, Wolfe & Co. Store. ' LIPMAN, WOLFE & CO. - NOTE This is an official station of the American Red Cross authorized by the society. The fact is stated here because the American Red Cross is protected by an act of Congress, and stations may not be opened except by permission. T Money, of Course, Is Preferred Contributions and subscriptions, however small cir large, received at. our Red Cross station. Twenty-five cents will give an hour of; a nurse's care. Even 10 cents will buy enough ether or chloroform to provide a painless operation. j Checques should be made payable to American Red Cross. SAL E MADE IN OREGON V!- .) -.' lllSAliiEiil OF , BEGINNING NOV. 2 AND ENDING NOV. 14 I All Glassware in Stock On Sale J M Fixtures in Stock Oii Sale ?i 14-in. white bowl, $4 12-inch plate, $2.75 Red-Cross Booth At 5th-Street Entrance Supplies - . lac Kca ross asks us to state that "supUes" does not mean old clothing, and that only new garments and onlyj those new garments ap proved by the Red Cross can be received. Garments such as riaiamas. nlsrhtshirts. ennvMMt mK Ingales, knitted woolen socks and knitted caps. These can be made at nome. - Our Delivery Wagons Win accept such supplies on their routes or will call within our delivery limlta In response to phone messages. v v Red-Cross Booth ' At 5th-Street Entrance A Letter From Governor West i Xipman, Wolf e & Ceu, . Portland, Or. -Oentlexnen; v- Baying had my attention, caUed to your, efforts to aid the work of the American Red Cross Society I wish to commend the good work you fSlfimed) - OSWALD WTCST uctooer ks, 1814. 18 - inch Sheffield Plate and Amber Glass, $5.00 $1.25 12-inch plate $2.25 70c 15-inch plate, $3.50 These Price Include Glassware KINGERY & MARRS, Inc. j 161-63-65 Grand Ave. Cor. Belmont WarwithMexico averted Income tax law passed President Wilson wrote: "I want to say how sincerely . I hope for the re - election ot senator Chamberlain." 4 IT,'" i ''"H iff 'IL'vIM t i -'A,.y IS; v ,& ft t s 'i V4 w - y f 'si v" tot f 4 . y ' " ' ' y ,y '.V s , y ' y ' y ' ' ' y a y a- ,y V 'A ,'y y & ' i,i Currency law passed Anti trust law pissed Poce treaties negotiated FlegelfdrComressl I 'stands for President Wilson Geo. E. Chamberlain For U. S: Senator War's Worst Enemy A merica's Best Friend o t ; y y yy fop? I ' tt J A. F. Flege , For Congr& s 7 President has earned a vote of confidence from I- 1"1 1 1S only way he can get such an endorsement is by voting r Chamberlain for Senator arid Flegel; for Congress i y Yy l-SSSSSSSSSSaSSSSBSSSBSBSSSSSSSlSMSMiMiSlSZjS 1 ' mmmmm " ' Vl ' - L I f "St, 9