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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL,! PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL IV 1917. KUB HE FUNDS TO EXPEDITE TRIAL OF LIVESTOCK CASE ARE PROFFERED Ex-Governor West Urges At4- torney General Disregard Request of Governor. ODD FRIENDSHIP IS NOTED Masonic Homes Will Give Play at Heilig sentative from each one of the Mason, ic lodges and the Eastern Star, chap ters of Portland, under the chairman ship of J. a Roark. Master of Mount Tabor lodge, has control of the cam paign in the city to secure the home. Independent Editor To Address League Hamilton Holt, editor of the New York. Independent, ts to be the speaker before the Oregon Clvio league lunch eon next Saturday noon in the Multno mah hotel, announced ' A. C Newill, chairman of the program committee, at the league's meeting yesterday. Mr. Holt is also a director of the "League to Enforce Peace." Organisa tions of grade and high school teach ers and principals and the Portland Educational association are making ar Grazing Law Defied, AndFinelsEaposea Disregard of graslng rules of na tional forests brought punishment t John Rust of Olema, Wastu, according . to a report received- by the Portland t district forest office, v Rust . pleaded rullty in" tie federal court at Spokane to willful ; grazing trespass and was fined $10. , Mr. Rust was said to have allowed his cattle to drift onto the Okanogan National forest and to have refused t take out a grazing permit or even to accept registered letteis regarding tho matter from the government. BUSINESS MAN WILL RUN FOR COMMISSION DIECKvWOULD STAY. :0N CITY COMMISSION WILL BE A CANDIDATE FOR COMMISSIONER Business Man and Legislator . Promises If Elected Wel " fare of People His Aim, NO ISSUES TO BE DODGED HE WILL Proceeds Win Be Used Toward Home and Orphanage for OrsffOBl Sate Will Be Xext Thursday Zvemlng. A performance of "Tne Private Sec retary" will be given at the HellLg theatre Thursday evening, April IS, under the auspices of the committee on Masonic homes. The proceeds from this performance will be used to provide funds toward a Masonic and Eastern Star Home and Orphan re for Oregon. Grand Master W1U Moore of Pen dleton - has done much to arouse en thusiasm in favor of a Masonic home, and a concerted effort is now under way to place Oregon on a par with her sister states. California, Washington and Idaho, which already have Mason ic homes. A committee composed of one repre Past Record in Office Is ; Of fered as Best "Argument for Reelection. ' : c ; ACCOMPLISHMENTS CITED crowd. 'Admission im to be by ticket only, secured from the secretary, Iso Swett. whose telephone number l Promises Made Will Be Kept; Vone I Will Be Made for Policy's Sake X Declaration. Always Has Demanded Fair Seal for An and BTever Dodged Issue, Bays Candidate. History of , I.ratIoa Against Pacific rangements to attend, and to prevent a j livestock Company Zs rlwaed la Ztttr. last minute lack of prpvislon for the Main 8560 . -- LIANNOUNCES COMM I ONER DECK ANNOUNCES t 5 t,"- v A 'X ' f RUN FOR REELECTION K. K. Kubli made formal announce ment of bis candidacy fox city com missioner yesterday. Mr. KubTi has been a resident and taxpayer of Port land for many years. u is president and manager of the Kubll-Mlller Sta tionery & Printing company, and was a memWer of the Multnomah delegation to the; 1917 legislature, where he served a chairman of the ways and means committee of the house. He Is a native of Oreg-on, a graduate of the University of Oregon and of the Har- vard law school, though he never en gaged In active practice. In the announcement of his candi dacy Mr. Kubli suys: .In announcing my candidacy for city commissioner I do so with a full re alization that too often those who seek the support of their fellow citizens Indulge in idle platitudes designed -o - ratch votes and by( carefully analyzing the needs of the community, adopt and met forth what they term my platform," and promise to remedy all civic evils. Issues Wot to Be Dodged. 'Portland is now suffering from an overdose of oromises and a woeful laci nf nitrfnrmnnrii ThAPAfna1 f It tm my purpose to promise that which i ao not intend to perform. l do not promise to reform the po litical scneme or tne city, but wiilvnect very issue that comes up. squarely on Its merits, and will never, dodge fn issue on account or political expeal ency. .. My record In the legislature win tes tify to this. If elected. J will conscientlouslv en deavor to represent the entire people, favoring no faction above another, but with a due regard for the rights and Welfare of all. Without attempting to reflect on the administration of any official, the 4? ' creased taxes must be duo to some cause, whether extravagance, misman agement or a topheavy overhead ex pense. It Is a fact, however, that the delin quent tax list has grown -put of all . proportions, and is incompatible with out so-called prosperity. If elected. I will endeavor to locate the cause and suggest a remedy. One off the contributing causes Is the .absence of industrial payrolls, both ' large and small. Wore Factories Xnvlted. . Mills, factories and other industries fnust bei encouraged and all obstacles to their success eliminated. Tabor is worthv of its hire and proper working -conditions must be in sisted upon, so that Portland may be a city with equal opportunities to all, with preference to local labor. The fuar-fcians of a commissioner frhould nofvfee to legislate, but to adapt present laws to present conditions so that business, may not be unnecessarily disturbed by legal tinkering. ' Portland Is fortunate in its small aeath rate, and In its freedom from crime as compared with other locali ties. Notwithstanding any variance in our views 'a? to administrative policy, I ..yield to ho man greater respect for vir tue and morality: therefore, I hold that the public health and morals should be surrounded by every safeguard. Personal .and political ambitions Hnuld never be exploited at the ex pense of the taxpayers, nor should added burdens be saddled on an al ready. ; overtaxed ' people for experi mental turroses. Good business Judgment would nevrr suggest experimenting in large mu nicipal expense until a "small one had been first tried and proven successful. Ability to economize should first be Demonstrated by the work on hand, ' rather than by theoretical surmise, or In other words. In order -to toe sucGesa- Cul, one must have been a real and not - K paper success. Every encouragement should be given 1 to. our-phlo .industry. -'as this in time Will be our greatest asset.' - The- elimination of extravagance and Waste should be encouraged as a fac tor In reducing the high cost of living. ' i Economy Most Essential. " The present, conditions, with the high cost of living, brought ( about ky the shortage of foodstuffs and th increased demand for the same oan- .. iot help but teach us a great lesson In- economy, therefore, every available lomethlng, not only for profit but pos . ilbliy to save from starvation some of wr unfortunate poor. 2 This may seem to be an unusual plat form, but as a citizen of Portland, hav , tng a .-desire for its success, and for the success, happiness and comfort of fit its people I cannot refrain from this expression of my views to which. If I am so fortunate as to meet with : four favor, I will devote my energies. I will always stand readv, to cooperate with, any and all whose suggestions rill be for the betterment of this citv. Rugged iTread ; r Equal to the best in quality and service, t iFderal Tires have a great advantage over all others in ;their 0ouble-Cable-Base Construction. I ? Four staunch steel cables built into the base of the Federal Tire . i hold it firmly to the rim under the severest driving strains. They do way at one stroke with the causes of most tire troubles. . will prove them the best tire investment you ever made. MOTOR CAR SUPPLY CO., 84 North Broadway Portland The Federal Rubber Co. off nilnoU Factories: Cudahy, Wis. I- K. K. Kubli. FOUR CANDIDATES IN RACE FOR PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL nailfrhtprc- Af Amprircin R mm- """b1 ' " iiiiiumiuii "viu lutidn Assemble at , r r . inston tor Convention! iiig,iuu iuj vyuiivtiiuuiii , ! Washington, April 14. (U. P.) The ' , w , , annual battle for the presidency of the Daughters of the American Revo- , . . ; lution is on. i BODY When it comes to a political f lght ' f "PJS-V0 i"ti ln tne treasury to meet nothinr can beat th on stared t th 'nteret- - This has steadied the city s notning can Dea.t tne one staged at the finances and secured larger bond pre end of every 12 months by the de- mltims v scendants of America's revolutionary i The department of public works Is heroes. ! now organized and maintained as f And they are hero today operating business institution where no organiza full blast "Pn worthy the name previously exist- Three hotel lobbies are filled with ' xJf-W "wuicii 5uuciCU ill K1UUUB fJL XrOlXI three .to 20 talking furiously nod oinig, gesticulating In short, cam paigning. There are four candidates each with commodious headquarters. Mrs. George Thatcher Guernsey of Kansas, and Mrs. John Miller Ilorton of New York have established sumptuous rooms in the New Willard. Mrs. J. Hamilton Lewis of Illinois and Mrs. George C. Squires have attempted to go them one better at the Shoreham. In ' the lobbies campaign literature g . , - vies with arguments in oceuDyine the airspaces. , ",i 4 ..,-- virectioiv. and Tanner, creek sewer ' rs According to the best "dope" of , ; constrUuCtion. brought to contract after political managers at this writing. Mrs. cSuaSse 10 yCarS ,U danger of aU-Z?lAa ",ated. ?.wln the election. Resurveyed all city elevations, rectl- eia nere today, but me convention proper opens Monday wununeiiwj Memorial ball. 8 Reed Students Doing Lathe Work; Eight young men at Reed college 1 ra.ttie conditions at street lntersec have begun -to learn lathe work to be i. ns frea,ty improved by reconstruc prepared to go into a machine ehop in I " untonavtnS , . the event that the nation should call Innate them for, that work. Their first work struction of viaduct over the railway will be drilling some small parts for tracks. the Willamette Iron & Steel company East Broadway, after three years' which is furnishing the material as oppo5 1 on wened. regraded .and reha8theestudentsStn 2k j Holkite street viaduct constructed at teach tn students the way tle work; expense of Southern Pacific company, is to be done. Within six months after taking of : The work Is being done on the lathe flce; rebuilt Vista avenue retaining In the college shoD. and Prnfn from departmental savings, after Hudson B. Hastings and A, ton are helping the men. A. Knowl- St. Francis to Form Patriotic League To form a patriotic organization to be known as the St. Francis Patriotic Efficiency league, a call has been is sued for a meeting this afternoon at 2 o'clock by Father Black at that church. East Twelfth and Pine streets. L. M. Lepper, C. A. Bigelow. Dan Kellaher and other prominent east side men will address the meeting. "It is to be a patriotic service league for the whole . central east side com munity," declared Father Black. Double Cable Base Traffik Tread OB) 5S Robert O. Dieck. for the past three . years commissioner of public, works, yesterday made formal announcement of his candidacy to succeed himself at the municipal, election of June 4. - Mr. Dieck in presenting his announce ment says that be rests his case with the voters upon his record as a mem- ' ber of the council and head of the de partment of public works. His state ment, is as follows: :v In the council I hav always de manded fair dealing for all. individual and corporation alike, contractor in cluded. I have opposed hurried legis lation and firmly believe that the city should not enter into questionable en terprises nor adopt showv policies. I have urged none which has failed in a business test. Xecord Xs Pointed To. I have never dodged an issn avnA. ed responsibility or indulged in poli tics or generalities. All council mat ters referred to me or emanating from , my department have been treated in wming wua my attitude definitely ex pressed. 1 believe it short-sighted economy tO Provide Onlv for th litimmllita aPd In the annual budget dis- cussions nave oeen consistently op- h-.y"6 merely for the sake of a temporary re- auction m taxievy. i Bhan continue to advocate the Dolicv tha in dull years the city government should lead m preparing for better and bv example 8houl encourage rather than depress private enterprise, Bv amendment to the improvement wnuf system, initiated by me. the small owner has been enabled to bond improvements in small amounts and the council or the public may at anv time learn, the cost of public work in this department. Accomplishments Are Zdsted. The following is a partial record of my administration: Bureau of standards separated from the engineer's office. Specifications for public work re vised and testing bureau made a real factor in enforcing specifications Modern plumbing and electrical codes Passed. Vicious special building permit prac tice eliminated. - --Jfc . rw v DVV kJUUO yj L AlCL0(, Sj Lilt IV street seweryvstem hull nn At. iast two sections of East Stark Tying many serious errors in records. ana now completing surveys to correct errors and confusion in street and property lines. All public and private improvements are dependent upon these surveys for proper location. Cost of all tvoe of tu duced and quality of construction Im proved. serious earth slides In hill sections one threatening to destrov Kt vin. cent's hosDitalt nermanrntiv itniiiMit it was left in ruins 18 month in show section. Personal Suparvlsloa aivea.' In every budget" discussion hate urged establishment of paving repair plant and adoption of definite plan for pavement repair and replacement At slight cost, many dirt streets made passable for first time, thereby postponing construction of costly pave ments in outlying sections. Burden of repairing worn or defec tive public works, such as extensive re pairs to Union avenue. Grand avenue front street and Thurman street bridges, unhesitatingly assumed. luniui-wgry assessments ana speou. latlye street improvements eliminated by demanding at least 40 oer cent initi atory netitions and riviri nreiimi.... investigation of necessity and ability Elimination of eight railroad grade crossings brought to construction un der my administration after six years' constant effort, with an untried and complicated law. . ha.ve conducted the department without politics, strictly for the trans action of public business, and have given my Undivided narmnal ... v t ss i j ucnr rum I vision to all its operations. ine aeoanment or public works M responsible for the ypkeen of $35,000 -J00 worth of public improvements. T evw .my abilitv to accomplish this efficiently and economically during th past four years of unusual financial dfdacy8 nple reason for my can. Dogs Kill Pheasants, Game Warden Hears Numerous complaint's reaching the state game warden from residents in the outlying districts, and especially om the east side, state that a large number of pheasants are being killed or wounded by dogs that are allowed to run at. large. ' At this particular time pheasants are nesting and It is unlawful for any one to kill them. . If dogs are caught catching the Wrds their owners will be arrested, and prosecuted, the game warden declares. : - Co-Eds Are Training ' ForRed.Cross Work Seventy women of Reed college are training to become nurses assistants under . the Red Cross ? and they are learning the art of bandaging. -The women are training under. Dr. Bertha Stuart, on Tuesdays and Thursdays. A number of men are also J earning Red Cross work under Dr. Calvin 8. wrhj-te.. when the students have'eom- pleted these courses they will he prepared to pass examinations to take up regular Red Cross work. Robert G. Dieck.. 1917 ROSE FESTIVAL T'KyERE Event Jurier 13-14-15 Will Be in Nature of Great Patriot ic Demonstration, ; With the final determination of the 1917 Rose Festival directors to hoid a patriotic Rose Festival this year, the program being indorsed by the prin cipal civic clubs of the city, the Spanish-American War veterans, the Girls' National Honor Guard, the Ore gon Patriotic Service league and like organizations, the coming event prom ises to be one of, if not the best, ever staged in Portland; It was upon the motion of H. II. Ward, president of the Oregon Patri otic Service league, and E.. E. Lari more, president of the festival direc tors, that the 191? festival will be as much of a patriotic demonstration as a flower fete. The festival center will also be known as the court of patriot ism,, and the color schemes in the parades and the decorations will fol low patriotic lines. All question as to whether the fes tival would be held this year was settled at the meeting at the Hotel Oregon Thursday, when it was voted to combine a patriotic demonstration with a flower fete. The dates of June 13. 14 and 15 were also confirmed, and the date for the great patriotic pageant was set for June 14, national Flag day, when one of the most spectacular of demon strations will be held. "Flower-Gowned, Fores t-B o u n d, Rose-Crowned Portland," was the slo gan, written -by Miss Flora K.' Breck and accepted by the board as the 1917 slogan,-' has won extensive popularity already, and It will reach every point in the United States on the festival's communications. . Tuesday the cyclonic financial cam paign will begin, lasting three days, and covering all parts of the city. The various clubs of the city have ap pointed committees to cooperate with the festival directors, and the finan cial backing for the big demonstra tion will be gathered in the brief time. Japanese Squadron Assigned for Duty San Francisco, April 14. (U. P.) A special squadron of three Japanese cruisers, under command of Rear Ad miral -Ichlzem Yamaji, has been direc ,ed by the Japanese government to co operate with the American Asiatic squadron, according, to a special cable from Tokio printed today bv tu.i Japanese-American News. The paper Yf Vv v-" zlfr V v-.- : ? v ' y 1 - rl V;.; ' s- 'a' 'V ' '- U" "I 7 V - 4- ' - J " '': :J II - "Urging Attorney 'General Brown to 'disregard ;.any request of the gov ernor or ! state treasurer who, for some unaccountable . reason, have shown- ,1 'disposltloa to favor the Pa cific Livestock company as against the public," - former Governor Oswald west has . written that official at Salem tendering his office sufficient funds- to enable It to continue Its in vestigations necessary and preliminary to wmging the oases to trial. Mr West 'in his .letter reviews the history of the Pacific Livestock com pany litigation and the hostility of both Governor Withycombe and State Treasurer "Kay to continuing It. He points out that the suit was insti tuted at his request and upon informa tion submitted which tended to show that the acquisition of the lands in volved had been tainted with fraud. reared Kay's Opposition. -V"The reason the matter was not taken up with the state land board was because the parties knew that any attempt td have the board insti tute suit would meet with the oppo sition of . State Treasurer Kay," Mr. West says in his letter. He points out that the governor is by law the land commissioner, and that the attorney general Is required by law to insti tute and prosecute all suits in which the- state has an Interest when di rected by the governor. "In view of the fact that the ap plications to purchase the Pacific Livestock company's swamp lands were tainted with fraud and that a suit was instituted at the request of the governor of the state, who as chairman of the state land board was charged with the protection of the school f urwi and In view of the fur ther fact that your office has full con trol over any such suits so instituted and has, undoubtedly, full power to In stitute upon your own motion such suits as may be necessary to protect the interest of the state, it should con tinue to think only of the state's in terest and disregard any request of the governor or state treasurer who, for some . unaccountable reason, have shown a disposition to favor the Pa cific Livestock company as againstthe public," Mr. West says. Justified In Action. He then says that not. wishing to embarrass the state officials he has up to this time refrained from offering-any criticism of their policies but that Inasmuch as the Interest of the school fund of the state seems to have been forgotten by these officials he is Justified in opposing their effort to dismiss the suits. "Knowing that the activities of the officials who are now trying to have this suit dismissed, defeated in the legislature a bill which would have provided the funds necessary to make further investigations as to the cir cumstances under which the applica tions to purchase these lands were made and filed," Mr. West writes. "I wish to advise you that I have been authorised by certain public spirited citizens to render you, until such time as another legislature may have had an opportunity to supply the funds, such financial assistance as may be necessary to enable you to carry on your Investigations. Such aid as may be given in this direction wilt be given without any strings and for the sole purpose of upholding your - hands in the earnest and sincere effort you are making to protect the interest of the school children of this state." says the cruisers Ivumo, Nlsshln and Toklwa have been assigned to this duty. Also' latest y'y ."' ' i 'The STORE THAT Store Opens at 8:30 A. M. Saturdays at 9 A.M. The A Special Showing and Sale of Women's and Misses9 Charming Spring Suits Fetching Modes for Slender or Stout W omen Exceptional values at $23.8 5 Models that have been carefully selected by us and. represent most every new style and fabric for slender or stout women. Severely tailored models and sport models, emphasizing the straight, tonneau or full flare silhouette, etc. made of fine wool Serges, Poplins, Gaberdine and black and white check materials a 'wonderfully attractive showing at an equally attractive price pay our Suit Section an early visit Monday. 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