The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, February 21, 1915, Image 8

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Newspaper Page Texts THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND,' SUNDAY -MORNING, FEBRUARY 21,; 1915. TASK OF CHECKING" UP ON BALLOTS IN TRADE EVENT LOOMS Work Will Commence in The Journal Contest in a Few Days to Decide Winners. CELILO CANAL MARKS PASSING OF PORTAGE RAILROAD CONTEST TO END FEB. 24 Wo Further JVlst of Standing- of Can didates Will Be PubUehcd In Journal From Hot On. -MMWM H . II I I ' ' I I I I SONS OF REVOLUTIONISTS TO CELEBRATE SiS v ' L yvT; HI - f thri'-A fe iwM k&- zk f , 4',"w ' , - ' -, " ' 4 - - ' i s , . ari?4 .All Jy top, left to right Joseph T. Peters, chairman; Li. A. Lewis and Judge William J. Mariner, members which has resigned because th Bottom Section of canal while it . The Celllo canal will put one rail road out of business. There will be no further use for the 10 mile portage railway around the rapids. The port age commission.ers have tendered their resignations to the legislature whose BPBsion lias just ended. The portage railway equipment its two locomo tive, Its freight cara, its track and its terminal wharves and warehouses will be formally turned over to the state board of control. And thus will pass out of existence a railway, unique among the transpor tatton systems of the country, yield ing to the superior facilities of an open Columbia river and uninterrupted boat traffic to the Pacific northwest in terior. There are men who believe that the completion of the canal, which will be celebrated May 5, and the adabdoninK of the railway predict the return of the halcyon days of water transporta tion. Once upon a time river lines fostered the country's Infant ; commerce. The Mississippi and Ohlo.were busy with boats. Steamboat lines had dignity here. Xtailxoads Gained Ascendancy. Then railroads were built on the bor ders of the rivers. They lave q.uicker transit for freight. By low rates they cut into water competition. If these means aid not succeea uiey opera ieu 'their own boat lines until the independ ; ents were starved from the streams. The rivers ceased to bear the burden -of the business. They favored freight - movement principally by furnishing - water grade routes for railroads. Then rates began to ascend. Some 10or 12 years ago a -group of men who tnet In The Dalles, coming ; from Lewftton, Pasco, Walla Walla, Pendleton and elsewhere, Including a Portland representation. They ex pressed their disfavor for the situation that had come to pass on the Columbia. They said that the railroad rates to : the Portland market should be lower. They said that the Columbia, second river of the nation, draining more than a quarter million square miles of po- tentially rich territory, ought to be performing a greater development Krvic than furnishine easv erades for railroads. They formed an orani 1 nation to promote water transportation on the Columbia. Portage Road Authorised. ' Dr. N. Q. Blalock of revered memory ; was there. J.udge William Mariner at- tended. Joseph N. Teal, who when ja. youth saw the vision of commerce borne by an open river and has striven -ver since toward its realization, came. -- Joseph T. Peters, prominent In busi- ness In The Dalles, L. Allen Lewis, Arthur H. Devers and Henry Hahn, wholesale merchants of Portland, took part in the deliberations. Dr. Blalock ' was elected president, Mr. Peters treas : urer, and Jude Mariner, secretary of '. the prganizatlon. They spoke of, an Open River boat line on the Columbia. They went to the legislature saying that with a portage railroad boats ; could be operated with but the one - Blight clear to Lewiston. The leglsla- i ture passed the bill. A portage rail way commission was appointed in 1907 , consisting of Mr. Peters, chairman, L. A. i Lewis and Judge Mariner. They have handled the portage railway busi ness "as they would their own, giving careful attention to every detail and . Insisting upon economy and efficiency. Portland people put their money into Portland Grocers Who Sell 20TH CENTURY BREAD Sell the Best! Twentieth Century Bread is rec ognized as the "BEST bread. It is sweet, crusty, and baked to such a degree of perfection that it is easily digestible. For your health! sake eat 20th Century Bread. Buy it at your grocer. Twentieth Century Bakery, ISO Vac St Portland. Bast 1353 ere is no more use for road. was in course of construction; completed waterway will be formally the open river line ns Fonn as the port aye railway was completed. They op erated a line of steamboats which was liberally patronized by the merchants and producers of the upper rivers. This gave the railway a large amount of merchandise and supplies to transfer from Big Kddy, the original western terminus, taking back from Celilo trainloads of grain, wool a-nd other products of the upper Columbia coun try. The rates charged for this seryice established a new record. The cost was only about 60 cents a ton for the 10 miles. No rates in the United States have ever been lower. The new river business, linked by the portage railway, speedily accom plished one expected result. The O. It. & N. (now O-W. R. & N) company re duced its rates. The result was a sav ing of thousands of dollars to shippers and through them to consumers who profited by the transportation savings on heavy commodities and supplies, in cluding builders' materials. Operated at Night. The portage was an "operate-by-night" railway. The boats usually ar rived toward evening and to prevent de lays the railroad crews worked through the night and slept during the day. Seeks Legal Way To End Own Life Despondent Man In Chicago Asks Dep uty Sheriff How to Kill Himself, Ac cording' to Law. Chicago, -Feb. 20. A young man, hat less, his clothing dripping wet from the rain, wmt to the sheriffs office in the criminal court building. He sat in a. corner for pome time unnoticed, until Chief Deputy John Ryan entered and saw him. "Did you v ant to see some one?" Mr Ryan asked. "Yes." said the young man; "I want to see the man in charge." "I'm your man, what do you want?" Ryan asked. "I want to find out if there is a legal way to commit suicide," the youni man said. "I don't want to violate any law. and I want to know how it can be done. I'm out of work, despondent, have no home, am hungry and have nothing whatever to live for." The stranger said he was a college graduate, that he spoke several lan guages, was u member of a good fam ily, but he. emphatically refused to give his address. Assistant City Physician Lewy ex amined the young man today and found him sane The man was about 5 feet 9 inches in height, and weighed about 155 pounds. He wore a neat blue suit, dark overcoat of good quality and black shoes with cloth tops. Methodist Divines May Have Pensions Plan to Raise a $10,000,000 Pund Will Be discussed at National Conference in Chicago. Chicago, Feb. 20. A broad, compre hensive plan for the establishment of old age pensions and widows' and or phans' endowments will be under con sideration here during the last week in April at a national conference of Meth odist clergymen. It Is desired to raise a fund of $10,000,000 to maintain these benefits. It is held by advocates of the plan that at the end of 35 years' service every Methodist minister Is entitled to A pension amounting to one half of the average salary paid In his conference. This would mean in Chicago a pension of $665 annually, inasmuch as the av erage salary here is $1330. For men who have occupied the pulpit for less than 35 years a proportionate scale is proposed. The caring for widows and orphans ig also considered an import ant function of the fund. Pension experts from many fields will be invited to explain various plans. Among those who will speak before the ministers will be men in charge of the Chicago & Northwestern railroad, Pennsylvania and First Na tional bank of Chicago pension systems. of Except for those times when boats were laid up by ice of occassional high water the portage railway has been in constant service. It was found neces sary to add an additional locomotive and more freight cars to the lone loco motive and equipment originally pro vided. Both of these engines are still in use and in first class condition and repair. After the O. R. & X. company had cut its rates, the freight and passenger rates of the portage railway were still further reduced to a minimum of 25 cents a ton. WlijBFSiowever, the open river Una suspended operations fur ther use was found for the portage railway. Barton Opposed improvement. Government appropriation was sought for river Improvement even before state aid was asked. There was diffi culty in the beginning because Senator T. B. Burton, then chairman of the house committee on rivers and har bors, could not believe that the Colum bia had a great transportation future. After tiie business men had demon strated their confidence by work and investment h's view changed. In the building of the Celllo canal the transportation of great quantities of materials was required. The United Cincinnati May Be An Inland Seaport Commercial and Shipping Interests Behind Project to Connect ake Erie and the Ohio Kiver. Cleveland, O., Feb. .20. Commercial and shipping Interests In Cleveland, Toledo and Cincinnati are In co-operation in a $27,000,000 plan to construct a lakes to the gulf deep waterway that will make Cincinnati an inland seaport and enables Great Lakes vessels to cruise to New Orleans and the Pacific via the Panama canal. Deepening of the Erie-Miami canal from Lake Erie to the Ohio river is the project. This, it is pointed out by the backers, will also afford drainage pro tection for those sections of Ohio en dangered annually by spring floods, and serve the double purpose of pro viding an all water outlet southward for the vast commercial products of the central west. The ship canal project wHll be put before the Ohio legislature as a substitute for several flood prevention measures now pend ing before that body. . State, and eventually national, funds will be asked to make the inland wa terway possible within the next three years. Advocates of the plan say it will prove an economical solution of Ohio's flood situation, and at the same time throw to Great Lakes ports the Panama canal business that Pittsburg and other cities are seeking. Esti mates for adequate flood protection are in excess of the amount necessary for the ship canal, it is claimed. Build Railroad to Avoid Water Route London. Feb. 20. The Daily Tele graph's Petrograd correspondent sends a report that the Turks, under the su pervision of German engineers, are hurriedly constructing a branch rail way from Angora to Sivas, Asia Minor, which Is intended to replace the Tre blzond water route as a feeder for the Ottoman troops on the Caucasian front. The German consul at Tabriz, Per sia, has placed himself under the pro tection of the American consul, accord ing to the correspondent. IT'S OBEAT ?OB BALXT BOWZLS AJTD STOMACHS We want all people who have chronic stomach trouble or constipation, no matter of how lonjr standing, to try one dose of Mayr's Wonderful Remedy one dose will convince you. This la the medicine so many of our local peo ple have been taking with surprising results. The most thorough system cleanser ever sold. Mayr's Wonderful Remedy is sold by leading druggists everywhere with the positive under standing that your money will be re funded without question or quibble if ONE bottle fails to give you absolute satisfaction. (Adv.) Portage Railway Commission opened May 5 States engineers not only pajd the pre vailing rate for the transportation but enough more to cover any deficit Thus the portage railway, before yield ing to the Celilo canal, performed an important service In connection with the building of the canal. Arrangement Was Economy. The arrangement made by the port ago railway commission was an econ omy to the state. Of the last biennial appropriation of $25,000 the sum of $22,840 remained unspent. In submit ting their resignations the portage commission recommended that $5000 be retained for contingencies and that the remainder of approximately $18,000 be returned to the general fund. The portage railway in the beginning linked upper and lower river boat transportation. It helped secure the lowering of railroad rates. Its service was a factor In convincing congress of the merit of Columbia river Improve ments. It has expedited the construc tion of the Celilo canal. It has meant much in state and Columbia basin de velopment. It reaches the end of Its usefulness with honorable record. Jenning Offers Many Attractive Specials The greatest assortments and the lowest prices are found at Jenning's two great stores! Nowhere else can you buy Furniture and House Furnishings so cheaply as here. Two Great Rug Specials $40 Bigelow Axminster Rugs $29.45 Handsome 9x12 Axminster Floor Rugs of superior quality. A large number of lovely designs. No not fail to see them. Special $29.4$ $20 Brussels Rugs $14.25 Beautiful Oriental and floral designs in 9x12 Victoria Brussels Floor Rugs, reduced for this week to $14.25 Maish Comforters These celebrated Comfort ers on sale this week; light and soft as down; handsome coverings: Reg. $ 5.00 Comforters $3.75 Reg. $ 7.50 Comforters $5.25 Reg. $12.50 Comforters $8.75 Full Lines of Emmerich Feather Pillows We Undersell on Brass Beds and Dressers Regular $20 Brass Beds as illustrated, with acid-proof satin, or dull finish; 2-inch continuous posts with Jj inch fillers. Special $11.25 to. Only three days more and then The Journal's Trade and Circulation con test ends und the judges will begn their arduous task of. checking the millions of voles that decide to whom SSijOO worth of prizes will be awarded. There are many prizes and several hundred candidates and great care was taken in selecting the judges who will linally pass on the vote. The judges are Kev. E. V. O'Hara, George L. Bak er, pie.sident of the Ad club and the Baker Stock ompanv, and R. D. Carp enter, of the Meier & Frank depart- i j i. r i m ui e . The contect wi'l close promptly at midnight Wednesday. February 24, and eveiy vote received up to that time or in tne ia.su ii r out of town contestants, mailed lielore tuat time, will be count ed The Journal will remain onen on Wednesday evening up to the time the ballot boxes are officially sealed and candidates or their friends will have the fullest opportunity to work up to the last minute. Iieaders Well Bunched. No further lists showing the stand ing of candidates will b published. From now on it is a case of every body "going It blind." No on will Know how the. candidates atand until the final vote is totaled by the Judges. In short the candldate-s must simply do their best and turn in every avail able vote because that is the only safe way to do. At the present time the leaders are vit-11 bunched and there is. a possibility that some of those who apparently are fiii behind, in reality have hundreds of thousands of votes in reserve. These may now be cast in perfect safety be cause no candidate can possibly learn the standing of any rival now. vvitn sucti wonderful prizes as the grand prize auto 'Reo the Fifth" and .Maxwell la, pianos, grafonolas and trips t(5 the Panama Pacific Kxnosi tion, just a few days removed from possession of a score of hard workers it is anticipated that the coming threa cays will be one of intense activity on the part of contestants. All or them ieal:ze that a single vote may mean success or failure and the interest already displayed indi cates that it Is mounting rapidly now that tne end Is so near. Much Interest Shown. Not only in Portland but throughout the northwest where candidates re side friends are being importuned not to pass by a single vote getting label. Moreover they are being advised to double and quadruple the voting value of their money by making the pur chases .it grocery stores which have joined with The Journal In the con test. These stores are scattered all over the city and In addition several are out of town, so no trouble is ex perienced in finding one of them. And so the next few days promises to be real interesting. Those on whose shoulders devolves the big Job of Drapery Specials A big line of Lace Cur tains in one and two-pair lots. Battcnbury;, cluny and Irish point effects, Half Price! Regular $5 to $8 Portieres in beautiful reds and greens, reduced to Half Price! $35 Mahogany Dressers with large oval mirror and 44-inch case. Half price ;.. $17.50 $25.00 Quartered Oak Dresses with 24x30 mir ror and 45-inch case. Special $18.00 $29 Golden Oak Dress ers with 24x30 mirror and 42-in. case. Sp'l. $19.50 $25.50 Brass Beds with 2-inch posts and 1-inch fillers; heavy ornamental corner! special $16.50 $27.50 Brass Beds with 2-inch posts and 1-inch fancy fillers; special ...... $18.50 $12.50 Brass Beds with 2-inch posts and H-inch fill ers; special .- . .$7.50 University Club to Be Scene of Large Gathering To morrow Evening, The Oregon Society of the Sons of the American Revolution will celebrate Washington's birthday, February; 22, with a banquet at the University club, Jefferson and Sixth streets. Ths offi cers of the society are Wallace Mo Camant, president; D. W. Wakefield, vice president: B. A. Thaxton, secre tary: A. A. Llndsley, treasurer; Alfred F. Parker, registrar; J. F. Ewlng, P. P. Dabncy, J. R. Rogers, W. G. Oberteuf fer, trustees. At the banquet the president will be toastmaster, and the first speaker will be J. F. Ewlnff on "Washington as a Public Servant." Herbert H. Ward will speak on "Replacing the Old," and Dr. H. W. Coe, who has con sented to speak, has not announced his subject The officers of the society cordially invite any citizen interested, whether a member or not, of any patriotic so ciety, to a place with them at the keeping le ballots for the various candidates, straight, are preparing to put in overtime and as for the con testants well. they are going to double their speed and they are now going "some." Boys Given Chance; They Prove Honest - Denver. Colo., Feb. 20. Out of 700. boys Judge Ben B. Llndsey, of the Juvenile court, has sentenced to re formatories and sent them unaccompa nied to the lntsitution where they were to serve out their sentences, only five have run away. This covers a period of 14 years. And of the five who did For Perfection in Cooking and Baking, Buy a Stewart Range Your food will have that old-time zest .and flavor if you use a Stewart. See our full lines of these fine Ranges. The Combination Stewart two complete ranges in one. Burns wood .or coal for winter heating and cooking quickly changed to gas for comfortable summer cooking. They will last for a generation. 18-inch ovens; double warming closets or high shelf; nickel tri minings, porce lain faced panels and closet. Absolutely non-explosive. We are exclusive agents for Portland. Prices range from $63 to $80. TT lnlemry Jemmmg The Home of Good Furniture Top, left to right Wallace McCamant, president; D. W. Wakefield, vice president; A. F. Parker, registrar. Bottom, left to right Professor B, A. Thaxter, secretary; A. A. Lindsley, treasurer. table. Reservations can be made through P. P. Dabney, In the Yeon building. The objects of the Sons of the American Revolution are to perpetuate the memories of the men who by their services and sacrifices during the war of the Revolution achieved the lnde pendence of the United States of America; to inspire patriotism for the country founded by the Revolutionary heroes; to make historical research; to carry out the purposes expressec in the preamble of the Constitution and the farewell address of Washington. break their word three later apologized to the Judge. The other two were cap tured within a short time. Judge Llndsey celebrated the four teenth anniversary of his system of putting convicted" boys upon their honor a few days ago. The day wss marked by the receipt of word that Robert Gregg, 17, sentenced to the re formatory at Buena Vista, had arrived there. Judge Llndsey sent young Gregg unaccompanied to the institu tion. Gregg was convicted of contri buting to Juvenile delinquency by go ing through a falsa marriage ceremony with a grl. He was sentenced to serve from one to four years in the reform atory, and Warden Capp declares that, after delivering himself up, the boy proved so earnest and capable that he i Is certain he will be an ideal prisoner. I Only 5 per cent of the youths sen o r The Oregon society has about 180 members, and the national organiza tion about 13,000. Those descended from soldiers of the Revolution, or from those ' w-ho rendered services thereto, ore asked to Join. The society fT will hold its annual national congrcHU here during the week beginning next July 18, and the Oregon members are anxious to Justify the pledges and Jl J III iCTn luaut. j ii nun' vj to the last annual congress. To lo this will require some strenuous ex ertions, but the members think they ' can make good. tenced from Judge Llndsry's court are Bnt to the reformatories under guard." Aside from the .ood influence tho es tablishment of the honor system hBS upon the boys, the Judge estimate! that he has saved the stile IOOO in traveling expenses and fees by doing away with the guard who formerly delivered the prisoners to the reform atory wardens. Xo Cigarette in Heliool. Madison. Wis.. Feb. L'- No educa tional Institution of any kind which Is supported in whole or in part by. public money hhftll cpiploy a tMU'lirfV or proressor wno nnioKtu cipfureiiea, r nn .V..II .. .. I.... !... .1. ...-.... A ll i T. 1 1 1 - ma or certificate of edueullon T to any one who smokes cigarettes, according to a bill introduced In -tli-e ufsembly by aKuuniiiivn nil tii .iivuii This Week Extraordinary hrpdds and Ends Sale at :econd and Morrison More After inventory finds lis with hundreds of single pieces of Fur niture which we propose' to sell at a fraction of their worth to make room for new goods now being bought by our eastern buyer. W'e quote here but a few taken at random from the floors. A visit will repay you come and inspect at your leisure. $9 set of five Dining Chairs.; quartered oak, leather seats and backs $3.75 $45 Peninsular Range; 14 inch oven with thermometer; polished top . . $29.85 $5.50 Iron Frame Springs, with patent steel fabric; 10 year guaranty $3.30 $8.50 Limbert's Quartered Oak Rocker, with , Spanish leather seat . .$4.25 $18 Quartered Oak Morris Chair, with handsome velour cushions . .$8.50 $14 high-back Quartered Oak Easy Rocker, with genuine leather spring seat ..... $6.95 $45 Genuine Leather Turkish Rocker, comfortable and rest ful $21.25 FOR TWO DAYS ONLY! AH Sectional Bookcases with leaded glass fronts HALF PRICE! Liberal Credit to All. Hur Portland peopls hr rUd tbmslTss of our liberal crsdlt; you r lnrlttd to open n ac eonat wttk as. Bsst azul largest stocks at lowsst prloss. s Washington and Fifth Streets. Second and Morrison Streets.