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TE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, : PORTLA ND, SUNDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 1, 19S0.
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COMMUNITY PLAN
OFSERVlCE BASED
nil nrnni rn iirrr.
UN rtUma NttU
Program Adopted Covers Wide
Field of Human Activities De
signed to. Better All Classes.
"That subtle agency which knitted
the millions of soldiery of the United
State 4nto on band of men and
jbrothert, actuated by a single pur
- pose devotion to their country and
lta transcendent causa la to ba per
petuated," said William F. Wood
ward, president of the newly organ-1
Ixed Portland Community Service
association.
"The thrill of. common causa of toi
dirided purpose la not to die, tt la to
Become a force te preserve' for the
future the one-man spirit of the people
. of this country. Community Service la
Just what the name Implies, lta purpose
Is not to thrust wpon the city and lta
people any set program, but rather to
. help create a desire for wholesome recre
ation and education and then stand
ready to supply the needs in the way
of suggestive programs and trained
leadership.
PEOPLE'S IDEAS WANTED
"To this end we want to know what
the people want, what the boys want,
what the girls want, what the adults
want, what the teacher wanta for the
school, and so on. We have some Ideas,
" but we know there are many others and
we want them. I will be glad to get
them and so will our workers.'
. Following Is a tentative program of
activities which has bew . accepted by
the executive ' board and by the council
of Community Seryjce.
Music Mass singing at all gather-
lags, group singing, part singing, etc.,
special singing at all national holidays,
special music for rose festival, muslo
study clubs, . community bands and
' orchestras, training clauses for volun
teer leaders for. singing and for bands
and ' orchestras. ,
s Hospitality and entertainment -Neigh-rorhood
and block parties, social oppor
tunities for strangers ip the city, game
Evenings for the younger set particu
larly, social, folk and esthetlo dancing,
cooperation with churches In develop
ing social resources of the church.
" "DRAMATICS GIVEN PLACE
'Dramatics Development of ' dramatic
Instinct through ths medium of playlets,
plays, etc; writing of plays by lnter
. eated. literary minded individuals,
- neighborhood pagentry, classes for study
of drama and opera.
Information and Service Bureau Signs
at stations ana aocks directing strangers
? to uptown Information service station,
uptown bureau where every conceivable
. need, shall be served, the provision of a
- rooming and housing bureau, legal aid,
registration of local talent for all com
. inunity activities.
Athletics and Physical Training Hik
ing. . swimming-, tennis, twilight base
i ball, , basket ball, volley ball, football,
etc., utilization of playgrounds and
, . vacant lots and spaces for a variety of
outdoor activities, classes for all forms
Of outdoor activities.
i Educational Activities citizenship
svelasses for foreign groups combining
entertainment and study, study clubs for
the purpose of stimulating Interest in
municipal problems, "junior chamber of
commerce," junior police, etc; Current
; events classes, public forum.
. , not Lake Arrivals
" Hot Lake, Jan. 81. Arrivals at Hot
Iake sanitarium Thursday were : Chris
: 'Johnson, North Powder; H. H. Har
.''ton, Welser., Idaho : N. B. Whetstone,
J Meppner ; Arthur Hoffman, Portland ;
I Mrs. J. A. Detamdar, Baker; J. R.vGlas-
glow, Enterprise; Mrs. J. A. Oyllenberg,
Baker; W. H. Anderson. Dayton; Den
; nls Driseoll and G. W. Plcard, Wasco.
Sale! Sale! Sale!
Overcoats! Overcoats!
Overcoats!
$214
FT Regular Price Up to $50.00 1
TWTAJNY of these coats cost us
more than the sale price, and
all are far under present wholesale
cost. Mostly waistline and belted
styles, for young men and older
men with youthful build.
3 Big Windows of These Snappy O'coats
Special group of suits for young men also
priced specially at $24.65
Only limited number remaining w advise
making your choice at once. : -
MORRISON
Exclusive Kuppenheimer House in Portland
.THE JOURNAL HAS'NEW -ADVERTISING
MANAGER
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Harry Marcus
Harry Marcus, former senior, adver
tising man of The Journal, assumed
his new position, of advertising man
ager on Saturday.
Marcus has been employed on the
business staff of The Journal, for 14
years. He was born in Portland and
before coming to The Journal he was
city manager of the firm of B. B. Rich,
cigar dealers. C J. ? Mullln, his prede
cessor, will be associated on the Salt
Lake Herald with Arthur L. Fish, for
mer business manager of The Journal.
Mystery Man Twice
Identified; Once
As 6. E. Kaymond
Spokane. Wash., ' Jan. SI. CTJ. P.)
The curtain of uncertainty fur-rounding
the Identity of Spokane's . "mystery
man" was cleared up today.
It was cleared up- twice. In fact.
In both cases the man has been "post'
tlvely Identified."
It was dissipated first today through
receipt by the sheriff's office of a letter
from Seattle, identification by the land
lady of the Milwaukee hotel here and
the uncovering of a suitcase containing
letters identifying him as George E.
Kaymond of Portland.
Equally positive identification came
from a group of citizens at Endlcott,
Wash.
The Endlcott people positively Identl
fled the man as George Flick, who has
been missing a year, land for whom A
country-wide search has been hi prog
ress.
Raymond was employed by J. Cohn at
646 Front street as a barnman until a
few weeks ago when he quit, saying he
was going to a place where he could
earn more money. Since then nothing
has been heard of him. It was said at
the barn that he once spoke' of a wife
and three children, but did not say where
they were.
Dow V. Walker Goes
For Wood Conference
Dow V. Walker, manager for Oregon
of tae campaign of General Leonard
Wood for the Republican nomination
for the presidency, left last night for
Chicago to attend a conference of
Wood supporters. It Is understood that
Walker will carry back a favorable re
port of Wood prospects in Oregon. A
busy headquarters in Portland is alive
with activity In behalf of the general's
candidacy, supplemental to the person
al work of Walker and his lieutenants
In their visits to various parts of he
state. Walker expects to be .absent
10 days. '
at FOURTH
BIG INTERSTATE
HYDRO
ELECTRIC
PLANT
Vancouver Engineer. Details Sav
ing That Would Result in Do
mestic and Industrial' Arts.
Establishment of aa Interstate artie-elnetxta
system by Portland and VaneoaTW u a aw
of traumas op theM due and adjoinlnc earn
manttiw k propowd by a. I Haley, an aciacar
ntalaad by thm Port of VtaeocTer. after a care
ful trady of poM devetopraent in tae Kiddle
wefUrn and JCtMers lUUa,
Mr. Hale waa formerly eoaaeeted trttk the
Catted State ahicolns board and the Emeraeney
Fleet corporation. Uis stady in the East cov
ered a period of alx weeks. While aiade prim
arily for Ma etuplnyera tt was, la a broader
ease, for the benefit of the entire district.
Within a radius of 10U milas from Portland.
Mr. Haley said, 600,000 horsepower of electria
nerty could be detelopeC and this Would mean
wonders In the way
ray Of ent
enoonraains and bnildlns
sp Industrial life of tbe two cities.
By A. In Haiey
Of the Port of Tancoowr.
The present outlook fosters the
belief that electrlo heating will sqbn
consume more of the nation's elec
tric energy than will light and power
combined. We have all heard of
the wonderful electrical plants that
hav been located at Niagara Falls
to utilize the mighty force there
furnished by nature. It will per
haps be news to many to learn that
0 per, cent of the energy generated
In the power 'plants at Niagara la
consumed for Industrial heating
purposes. At the present rate of
growth the half million kilowatts
now used to generate heat In this
country will soon be Increased to
several million kilowatts.
The chief reason why electrlo heating
It winning out so rapidly in many of our
industries Is the fact1 that the high tem
peratures of the electric oven are not
easily attainable through the medium of j
the direct use of such fuels as gas, coal
and oil. The higher the temperature re
Quired the less becomes the competi
tion of the latter fuels. In the auto
motive Industry, where the Industrial dei
velopment is not hampered by tradition,
we find the greatest advances In the art
of electric heating. In this single Indus
try 100.000 kilowatts are at work drying
the enamel on more than 8000 motor cars
each day. Other fields for the electrlo
oven are in the melting of pitch for Im
pregnating roofing paper. The heating
of metals, particularly shell forging and
gun forging, the heating of rlveta In
shipbuilding, and the substituting of this
method for crucibles In the melting of
brass.
Another great opportunity for the de
velopment of s electric heating methods
is In the drying of food products. The
drying of vegetables, ' fruits and so on
leads to large economies In transporta
tion lost Ih every ton of fresh vege
tables that Is shipped the owner pays
freight on approximately 1800 pounds
of water. A large part of this loss can
be eliminated ff the product were, prop
erly dried before, being sent to distant
markets.
tSE VrpXJX.p EXPA7TD
The greatest opportunities for the dry
ing of foods lie tn our Western states.
where the big farms and other sources
of production are so located that the
owners Buffer a great handicap from
high transportation charges in their
competition for eastern markets. For
some time In ther book manufacturing
business the glue pots have been suc
cessfully' cheated fby electrlo , current
What we are all I aiming to accomplish
Is the maximum (of work with a mini
mum of labor. In this day, when thw
human element Is the most uncertain
thing in industry' any process that cuts
down on labor attendance is worthy the
most careful attention.
Best of all, tala rapid introduction of
ADVOCATED
$12,000m Cash and Prizes
For Local Organizations
Announcement Is Made of Prize-Giving Campalfrof Universal In
1 teresttiberal Awards Aw ait Successful Contestants
Announcement la made on pares) 4
and 1 of section i of today's Sunday's
Journal, in a two page display adver-1
tisemenf of the Inauguration of a prise
awarding campaign, . to be conducted
in Portland Jay the' National Promotion
company, in which Is offered to the
various organisations of Multnomah
county more than f 12,000 in cash
prizes. "
This is one of the most pretentions
prise giving campaigns ever attempted
in Oregon, as the prizes, the publicity
and exhibit exposition make a total
propaganda of $25,000. . -
This campaign offers to the various
religious, charitable, fraternal, , and
school organizations, etc., . a most
pleasant method of getting large sums
of money, with only the usual routine
duties of every household simply done
the campaign way, the .method through
which these great prizes can be won.
No one has to do anything he doesn't
do anyway Just' do it the "campaign
way."
A storeroom jit 47 Washington street
has been obtained for the term of the
campaign, where all products and par
ticipating firms will have exhibits and
where the prizes will -be on display.
This will be the headquarters of the
National Promotion company during
the carrfnn.lirn.
PURPOSE OF CAMPAIGN
The purpose -of this campaign pri
marily Is to introduce and popularize
meritorious articles to the public, and
the retail concerns participating, but
more especially to help worthy organ
izations financially. All the prises are
to go to organizations In Multnomah
county, and are to be given in their
rotation to those organizations secur
ing the largest volume of votes, the
next largest, and so on, as- per full
details of the working plan contained
in the two page display advertisement
of the National Promotion company on
pages i and 5 of section 4 today,
Any organization In this city . or
county is cordially invited to partici
pate and win one of the' several prizes.
It does not cost the organisation one
cent to enter, to compete or to win.
It simply means that you buy-' and
trade for the things you need from
day to day, as you have in the past,
and as you will in tbe future, only
electric heating into our -Industrial life
will soon be followed by greater applica
tion of a similar development In our
homes and offices. The cost of coal and
oil is certain .td go higher as the years
pass. The cost of electricity will un
doubtedly Continue to show a deceasing
tendency in the decades to come. The
more uses we find for the electricity,
the bigger we can build our central sta
tions.
The new motors used oiwthe Milwau
kee system will handle more than twice
the tonnage over the: mountains that a
steam line will handle. This new motor
regenerates at any speed. That the Mil
waukee electrified system can - bandle
tonnage at an enormous saving com
pared with steamroad methods Is a well
established fact, viz., electric systems
cut out the following overhead expense
roundhouses, coal stations, . water
tanks, turntables, boiler inspectors.
transportation of fuel, etc, etc
As the cities of Portland and Vancou-
ver" will be compelled to compete witTi
Puget Sound districts they should lend
all their energies to put forward a !
scheme of interstate hydro-electric devel
opment sufficient to enable the coopera
tion with railroads to the extent that
both roads paralleling the Columbia
would Join interest with the scheme of
development tn "order that those roads
may electrify their systems at an early
date.
With a development scheme sufficient
to handle the electrifying of these roads
the matter of power for industrial ac
tivity would be settled.
IMPORTANCE ETEK-OKO'WIJra
In 1890 the total horse do wer produced
by electric snotonj In the manufactur
ing Industries in the United States
amounted to 15.569. Nine years later
this aggregate horsepower has been in
creased to 492,936. Five years later the
total had reached the astonishing figure
of 1,592,475 horse pdwer, and In another
five years the total had become 4.S17.140.
Today, without definite figures avail
able, a conservative estimate would
Dlace the horse power produced by elec
trlo motors at about, s.ouu.uuu. n
nothlne else were needed, this surely is
an Indication of the ever-growing lm-
oortance of the increased production re
sulting from the . substitution of ma
chines for men, ana nyaro-eiectnc
power for steam. Every improvement
in machinery makes the labor of man
more productive, and production means
prosperity for all.
The ereateet. demand In the United
States today In the way of machinery
is for small motors to drive devices that
tka the , Dlace of domestio servant.
These domestic workers will thus be
permitted to. enter lines of employment
where the value a tneir aauy proaucuwn
will be far greater than -it has been in
the oast. This Will- result partly from
more efficient supervision than has been
AMrctoed in the housenoia. our. more
larernlv from the fact that such work
ers will be engaged generally in the
tirAdnctlnn of necessities.
There 1" no problem in the world today
that is of greater Importance to civiliza
tion, as a whole, than the question oi
ti adenuate sunriy of fuel, i ruuy ex
pect to see this absolute power of coal
and oil over., numanuy evem.un.iry
hrnkm Jbv scientific hydro-electric ea
glneering skill, but for the moment all
nations are at the mercy of he present
fuel industries. "" i
Retarding the losses of fuel to domes
tic operations, we can arrive at some
interesting conclusions. We find that
on a conservative basis the coal con-
iimcd wt month In the average coal
range totals from a minimum standpoint
80 .pounds, compared witn in is. we
alActricaL energy consumed per month
in' an average etectrio range based on
r5.000 ranges la -125 Kilowatt nours.
Dividing 800 by 125, therefore, we find
that a little more than six pounds of
coal are replaced by each kilowatt nour.
This same investigation discovered that
five hours Ironing with an electrlo iron
requires 2.5 kilowatt hours, or a total of
five pounds of coat lor ine eve nours.
BAVlKG Kf HOUSEHOLD
la making comparison it was brought
Out that this five pounds, of coal used
electrically for ironing was equivalent to
2s rounds of coal in the form off gas. and
to 25 pounds of coal used directly In the
kitchen range for the 'same purpose,
Upward " of 8,000.000 alectrie heating
appliances are now teuse in. this coun
try, .and It is safe nto say oyer z, ooo.-
doing tt te the campaign way and with
the particular firm and masufactur-
ere therein.
There are to be no "strlnrs" to this
offer. No money for you to? spend
except what you spend anyway in the
ordinary- course of events, nothing for
you to do except save the sales slips,
wrappers, cans, cartons, coupons, etc
on your cash purchases for a short
time, doing . this yourself and inducing
your friends to do so and voting them
for . .your favorite organisation, j ,
The-first prize is 1 1500 in cash. The
smallest prize is $100 in cash. ;
HOXIITATIOX HXAXKi
A nomination blank for the purpose;
of nomination of organisation is print
ed in the display announcement on
pages 4 and S of section 4 today.
Get one, fill it in for your favorite
organization, either bring, send or mall
it to the National Promotion company,
or you can call 'Broadway 1217 and
nomination will taken in that man
ner, or call at 417 Washington : Street.
.ww mm uv uj v v jwuj w )W it
work this very day. '
Remember, you are an wanted w
compete a warm , invitation is hereby
extended to you. 1
Here is what the pastor of the
-church in Atlanta. Ga, .who won the
first prize in cash in the campaign
there, has to sky:
"C. B. Hanson, Manager National
Promotion Company, Augusta, Oa.
Dear Sir: It is with great pleasure
that we attest to the unfailing cour
tesies extended to us during your cam
paign -and to say that in every way
and manner we believe same was con
ducted In an absolutely straightfor
ward, faf, square way, and we are en
tirely pleased and satisfied. It was a
oean-cut honest campaign.
N IfTiMIM . la
V SS U M1J
"WOODLAWN BAPTIST C1HJRCH,
tsignea, -u. li. uutcnms, Pastor."
It is suggested that the various or
ganizations which desire to win the
great prises send In their 100,000 free
vote nomination certificate printed 1
way s sunaay journal witnout ueiay
and get, in touch in person or by phone
(Broadway 1217) with the managers of
theleampafgn at 487 Washington street,
where full details and plans will be
cheerfully given.
000,000 steps between the Ironing board
and the stove are saved by our house
wives each year.
To e An pare the great saving brought
about by the development of the electric
rango, it is estimated that over 10,000.000
domestic coal ranges are now in use
in this -country. This means that our
housewives and their servants are
obliged to carry between 40,000,ODO and
50,000,000 tons of coal yearly from coal
bins to the ranges, and later carry away
6,000,000 tons o fashes.
More than 4000 electrlo stations
throughout the United States have pub
lished cooking rates of 6 cents per
kilowatt or better and quite a few have
fixed 3-cent rates. At these figures elec
trlo cooking, in addition to. its better
control, may be successfully employed
tn competition with artificial gas, in all
communities where hydro-electrio devel
ppment has assumed a reasonable rend
toward developing its natural waterfall.
PRESIDENT
LINDSAY CRAWFORD
Past President Independent Orahge
Lodges,
Editor "The Statesman." Toronto
VICE PRESIDENT
Hon. WILLIAM II ARM AN BLACK
Woolworth Bldg., New York
SECRETARY
The REV. NORMAN THOMAS
New York
COR. SECRETARY
PHYLLIS ACKERMAN. Ph. D.
TREASURER
CHARLES NEWTON WHEELER '
Chicago
JJXECrnTE COMITTEJS
The Officers and
Rev. OWEN R. LOVEJOY
Rev. JAMES GRATTAN MYTHKN
. Executive SeeretSii-y
Prof. ARTHUR UPHAM POPE i
New York
Rev. BENJAMIN B. SPOFFORD
Chicago, IH.
ABY1SORY COMMITTEE Of
. IRELAND
Hon. ERNEST BLYTHE, M. P.
Ireland
Hon. ROBERT BARTON. M. P.
Ireland
Hon. GEORGE IRVINE. M. A.
Hon. DARRKLL FIGGIS
FRED J. ALLEN,
Dublin Corporation
HARRY NICOLLS, B. A.
Trinity College, Dublin
jrATIOJrAli ADVISORY
COMMITTER
ALLEN McCURDV
New York
GEORGE GORDON RORKE
Washington. D. C
Ma. RICHARD C. TOLMAN
, , .,, . ..Washington, D. C
,W. JETT LATJCK
' Washington, D. C
Hon. DANIEL C O'FLAHERTY
Richmond. Va
Mrs. WILLIAM JOHNS BROWN
Walbrook, Md.
Mra. NATHANIEL G. REXTON
Baltimore, Md.
Miss GRATIA GOLLER
New York
Prof. HERBERT E. CORY
University of California
Rev. G. A. LACKLAND,
Ph. D D. D. Denver. Colo.
Right Rev. FREDERIC LLOYD
Chicago.nL
Rev. RICHARD ROBERTS
Brooklyn, N. T.
Rev. A, BENDER
Jersey City, N.Y.
RXDGWAY KENNEDY
Philadelphia, Pa,
Hon. w. w. Mcdowell
Lieut. Governor of Montana
RICHARD R. KILROY
Butte, Mont.
Miss HELEN LYON MERRIAM
. Lyon Falla, New York
Mrs. EDITH CHAP IN RAMSEY
Brooklyn, N. Y.
: Rev. MAURICE MURPHY
, - Toledo, Ohio
HARRY PHTBBS
Chicago
BASIL MANLY
Washington, D. C,
ROBERT MORSS LOVETT
- Chicago
Mlaa JEANETTE RANKIN
-. Montana
'Mrs, HENRY VILLARD
Hon. JOSEPH W. FOLK NeW Trk
St Louis
OSWALD GARRISON VILLARD
New York
Mrs. OLIVE STOLL GABRIEL
.New York
T
Oregon aad Washington are noted for:
their abundance of possibUttlea regard
ing hydro-electrio development Can we'
afford not to develop our. natural re
sources T '. . . !
We are living la aa age where world
power depends upon the relatively cheap
production of ' hydro-electrw develop
ment s a community . that deliberately
throws away or diminishes its. advan
tages In this, respect la, economically
speaking, dlgglnj lta own grave.
To get down to the real situation, the
two electric companies of Portland have
developed, 111,000 horse power. There Is
at this time,- according to Cguresv ev de
mand for 200,000 Horsepower. Now were
Is an increasing supply of power In the
water falls tributary to Portland and
Vancouver, and this energy will not de
crease or falter in its services once It
is brought into subjection.
COOPERATION IS 'SUGGESTED
There Is in the Cowllts 120,000 horse
power, only 60 miles distant, and 300,000
horse power in the Deschutes, leas, than
190 miles .away. In addition there are
valuable falls on the Bantiam. not to
speak of the enormous strength In the
falls of the. Columbia at Celllo, where
government figures show a mean annual
average of 300,000 horse power available.
If it could properly be brought before
the people of Portland and Vancouver
so they would understand the benefits
they would receive from utilisation of
the waterfalls there would b? no trouble
in getting a bond issue of $26,000,000.
I am told lt fosts Portland $12,000 a
day for Its fuel and electric current, or
$4,980,000 per annum. Much Of this
could be eaved by supplying' ourselves
with electricity for all purposes. Water
power developed on publio grounds by
private individuals or private corpora
tions must pay a government tax' for
the use of the water, gauged at 10 cents
per horse power per year at the begin
ning and increased to $1 per horse power
per year In 10 years.
, Water power developed by municipali
ties pays no tax at all, so if Portland
and Vancouver districts should issue
bonds and develop, say 600,000 hore
power, the city would be saving $500,000
a year in government taxes, in addition
to its citizens getting its electricity at
cost, precisely as you do your water
from Bull Run, and all kinds of factories
would seek locations here. Tou would
establish a mighty payroll which would
continually Increase and always force
prosperity upon your communities. You
have all the Ingredients which go to
make up a great and busy city. Tou
have but to utilize them. There is al
most everything in Its raw state, and
nature has inade provision for easy and
cheap conversion of these gifts Into the
finished article.
I suggest that Portland people unite
with the cltiaens of Vancouver and build
an interstate power plant of rufflclent
magnitude to serve the requirements of
both cities. Vancouver, as Portland
must know, has an extremely friendly
feeling toward Portland, and feel sure
no ' difficulty would be experienced in
making a connection of this kind. The
brotherly feeling was cemented by the
union of the interest of the two munici
palities in the construction of the inter
state bridge, jiiilch has been of tre
mendous benefit to both.
. OFFICES 10
STAY JNP0 RTL AND
(Continoed From Pace Ona)
contrary to all rumors to that effect,"
said Gray, "The only consolidation be
ing made, at Omaha is the removal of
CITIZENS OF PORTLAND:
The Protestant Friends
of Ireland and the Ulster
Society of Portland will
hold a mass meeting in tire
City Auditorium this even
ing at eight o clock to hear
the truth about Ireland and
her fight for freedom.
TOLD BY
LINDSAY CRAWFORD
Editor The "Statesman," Toronto, Canada Former President
Independent Orange Lodges of Ireland
Former Editor Ulster Gqardian, Belfast President the Protest
ant Friends of Ireland
EVERYBODY WELCOME
the tratfio offices from Vwo r.
the head of the aoooonUngj department
from New Tork to Omaha. .
The office of auditor of the wv wm
be in Porftiand. F..W. Sercomne wiu
succeed Ralph ElalsdeU aa auditor. Ber
combe comes from the New1, Tork office
and waa until thev first" Of year
assistant to tha director of the divi
sion of capital expenditures for the
railroad administration.
FABBELL TO STAT
-J. D. Farrell will remain 'here as vice
president. At the end of federal con
trol J. P. O'Brien will gel inwnia
relationship as general manafer. '
ThtiT, will b ona traffic head for
tha O-W.1 aa in the oast, when Frank
W. Robinson, the present trafflo man
ager, goes to Omaha as rreignt tranw
manager of the union Pacific system.
-The first' large car purchase has
Just-been made by the Pacific Fruit Ex
press, which .is owned Jointly by the
Union Paciflo and Southern, Pacific The
Fruit Express company has bought 8000
refrigerator cars and authorised the
building of 1000 more cars in its own
shops. Thii la an increase of 21 per
cent . j .
"Establishment of any steamship con
nections through Portland has not been
decided upon and this development will
come as a matter of course when pri
vate ownership is again effective."
GLAD TO GET BACK j
Gray said that the railroad officials
"know that the railroads will come back
to their owners March 1, but don't -know
what legislation is going to be enacted"
and therefore could not say what will be
contemplated because of the lack of
knowledge of what the conditions are
going to be. :
The first words of the TJ. P. president
were: "I'm mighty glad to get back to
Portland." Gray received his first posi
tion Of official railroad capacity in Port
land as president of the S.fiot S. sev
eral years ago. He later became presi
dent of the Great Northern, the head of
the Western Maryland and; then director
of operations for tha railroad adminis
tration.
Shortly after the end of the war he
went back to the Western Maryland and
on January 1. became president of the
Union Pacific
In honor of his return visit to Port
land, the Chamber of Commerce will
hold a luncheon Tuesday boon.
SO DESTRUCTIVE COMPETITIOIT
"The car shortage situation Is not a
question of power shortage, 1 don't be
lieve, for we do not have any power
difficulties on the Union Pacific.
"The physical condition bf ths Union
Pacific Is good, but whether it is as good
orunot as when the railroads were turned
over to the government would take a de
tailed analysis to prove.
"We are Just in the position of any
landlord who has had ,his property
rented for over two years and has been
managed by someone else. What we hope
to do is restore that character of indi
vidual attention and service that was al
ways an. appreciated parjt of private
ownership.
"There Is going 'to be no destructive
competition with the return of private
management. Things tha't have been
proven to be beneficial to the public and
to the railroads under government oper
ation will certainly be continued.
CA& SHORTAGE GENERAL
"Transition of the railroads tojirlvate
control," said Gray, "will be marKefl by
no special occasions and will be as im
perceptible as when the roads were
turned ever the government.
'Tv been asked numerous times what
relief is in sight for the ; car shortage
situation, in the Northwest This short
age Is not confined to the North went
nor to any portion of the -country. We
are about three years behind In car pur-
of iretanb
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PROPOSED
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ORDINANCE WILL BE
Merits of Scheme to Be Discussed
at Members' Forum of Local
Chamber,
The merits of the proposed city son
ing ordinance will be debated before
the members' forum of the Chamber of
Commerce-Monday noon. Arguments In
favor of the measure will be presented
by Mayor Baker and J. n. Kerr, and
the opponents ot the scheme will be rep
resented in the debate by U. II. Sinnott
and Herbert Gordon.
'The proposed ordinance waa framed
by the city planning commission, as
sisted by Charles Cheney of San Fran
cisco. Members of the commission
claim for the . measure that it will
"make Portland a more orderly, con
venient and attractive place In which to
live and work."
Slnnott and Gordon are members of
the Realty board and among other argu
ments against the measure they point
out that "soning ,fl proposed has cost
the taxpnpers of the city $16,000 for
about 16 months preparatory work.
"What," they ask. "mill be the operat
ing costT" The city of Philadelphia,
they say, spent $13,000 for three and
one-halt years' preparation and the
measure was finally abandoned in that
city In December last.
Following the debate at the Chamber
of Commerce, ballots will be distributed
among the members of the organisation.
Voting on the measure will continue un
til Saturday noon, only members In good
standing being allowed to vota. Ballots
will be received by mall or may be de
livered in parson to room (09 Oreeon
building.
Harrison Hotel Sold
To William Daniels
The Harrison hotel, a five story brie
building occupying the quarter block at
the.southwest corner of Front and Har
rison streets, was'purchased Friday by
William N. Daniels from J. H. Johnson
for approximately $70,000. As part con
sideration Johnson received the Leonce
apartments, located .on Twenty-second
street between Johnson and Kearney.
Tha .Leo nee is a modern structure and
contains 18 apartments.
chases. I think that efforts wftl be
put forth by the railroads aa individuals
which will undoubtedly produce better
results than is possible in pooled op
eration. "But our freight cars are widely scat
tered, and it will take some time to get
them back on their homo lines and Into
the old channels. I'm sure thaj the
people will not expect miracles, but they
can reasonably expect an assiduous st
tcntlon to this question by all the aril
road officers as they get back into har
ness." Gray will leave Portland Tuesday
night for Ban Francisco, will go from
that city to Los Angeles and then back
to Omaha via Salt Lake. During this
trip he will have Inspected all of the
property of the Union Pacific system.
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