THE ORKGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, TrlU-KStf A Y JUNE 3, 1B20.
IIOUSER DECLINES
HIS APPROVAL OF
SVATliSLAEIDPLAN
Declaring himself unaWo to give
full support to -the prupbsed Swan
Inland project , as rtcommended by
the committee of fifteen, - of which
he alto Is ' a member, Slax 11
HooserpWednesday afternoon de
clined reappointment as chairman
of the port : of Portland corn nils-
fcion, ' In consequence of this action. ,
the election of officer "which was
set for this meeting was postponed
until the next regular meeting of
the commission, June '10. j
, All members of the commission, which
'Warren, George 13. Kelly, Phil Metfichan
' Jr.. Andrew Porter. 3. X. Kenworlhy
;and 1L A-. Sargent, were present
BKAsOSS SET FOKTH . .
In setting forth, the reasons why he
no longer cared to nerve as chairman
of the carnTrtlssioB, Heuser declared it ;
his belief thai the Junctions W the
port commission have to do' With the
development and maintenance - of ship
' pins and commerce, but thai they do
not Include entry Into the real estate
- business. -' f ."--...:":..' :
This allusion haa to do with the pro
posed $10,000,000 port development proj-
ect recently recommended by the com
inlttee off fifteen for consideration by
f the voters at I the November -election;
! This port plan,t In" brief, includes the
' dredging away of a part of Swan island,
, the creation of. a a till water basin where
' the east channel now runs, the creation
! of a " west channel, the . acquisition by
purchase or condemnation of the acre-
age included in Mocks bottom on the
east aide of the Willamette and oft
Guilds lake on the west side, the" recla
mation of these properties into industrial
sites with the material removed- from
Swan island,' and the construction 'of
necessary slips, docks and . terminals.' ;
19 SOT APPKO VED a
The plan further involves the con--aolidatlon
of the port and dock com
. missions. The committee of fifteen in
cludes certain members of the port and
dock commissions and others named by
Mayor Baker. : - ;-''--" -
It hag been known for some time
that Houser was not to -entire accord
with the Swan Island plan, and he
frankly told his colleagues Wednesday
that this fact compelled him to refuse
to serve longer as chairman of the port
commission. . --- - v: :
Concerted action between the Port of
Portland and the government has re
ceived the approval f Washington.
Plans were agreed upon between Lieu
tenant Colonel 3. R. S lattery, engineer
In .charge of this district, and the com
mission. A; safe channel for vessels
drawing 30 feet between Portland and
the sea is the plan of the board and the
engineer, Dredging will follow - each
summer freshet so any lumps in the
channel will be removed.
Three dredges win be operated by the
- port and two by the government. Here
tofore the r port has taken "cars- taVthe
shoals in the- Willamette and 'the gov
ernment dredges have undertaken the
task" of keeping the Columbia clear. Now
all five will work as a unit and better
results are anticipated. . ... :,
v All pilotage Charges for vessels in the
offshore trade will now be absorbed by
' the- port, according to a resolution
adopted Wednesday. Towing rates will
be advanced to a rate equal to those
.now in effect on Pugt Soundly ''''.
K. B. McNaugbton was named to rep
resent the board tn connection is 1th four
other surveyors, who will make an ap
praisement of Swan Island and adjacent
. nroDertr and reoort to the committee of
15. r-, .,. '.
-Drydock rates were increased 2 cents
a ton. An increase of 10 per cent in
the salaries of dredger and drydock
-men was ordered.
In explaining to The - Journal bis re
fusal to act as chairman of the com-:
mission, Houser said,: . ' . '
My motive hi becoming a member ' of
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IIACIa SZNNETTS "FRESH FROM THE CITY
A New Lot of Laughs
HOTC l;The Columbia is flag-bedecktd because it
is Americanization week. Where is your
flag? - -V . . r .
-2.: Any big game hunter who misses seein
the remarkaple moose "shots" on this bill
should be shot 4zt sunrise.
3. The Columbia is really ice-cooled and com-
the - port of Portland commission and
of accepting the chairmanship of that
body was to asxist in trying to upbuild
our shipping aiad commerce. ,
As t saw the situation at that tfm,
and as I see it today, we have two prob
lems -tonfronUng us. . .- t 1
lirwu to get the entire communHy
Interested in ships and shipping. It
was with this idea. In view that we In
augurated the traffic bureau, and I am
sore that -with the proper spirit of co-opr-ratlon
on. the part of the port of
Portland and dock commissions and the
coirottuoUy a a whole a great deal of
progress-can be "made in-this direction.
We can see on a comparison with a year
ago, that considerable progress is al
ready being made in this direction but
I feel that we. nave only t just com
menced or gotten started.
CHAJTZTEL DEEPESISG FEATURE
Second, to get our channel from here
to the sea in such condition that it can
be navigated at all times Of the year,
day oe night, by ships drawing from
30 to 32 feet, t In this connection, on
investigation, I- think -it wilt be fOUnd
that, obstructions In -this line are mlich
more acate In the Columbia than in. the
Willamette river or the Portland harbor
proper. -j Xi V. - -:;'-' ;'.-:'--.--.
"The majority tsf ,the members of the
port body seem to feel that it was uecpJi
sary or-ncumbent upon the: port com
mission to - embark upon a huge real
estate venture. As you all know, I was
extremely apprehensive from the begin
ning over the magnitude, of this ven
ture or undertaking, and did my utmost
to try and prevail upon the other mem
bers of the oomaaision to see if it were
not pewsible to work out some other
plan, orr as 1 saw' it, .more i in keeping
with the actual needs and necessities,
but my appeal j was in vain. . .
PROJECT IS AJf ALT2EI
This scheme,- if carried out. Will en.
tail an expenditure of from eight to
ten or twelve, million dollars. - - Then
there are yet no streets, -4 sidetracks,
wharves or docks and it will still be
in the raw or undeveloped state, as we
might say, and I did and do feel that
the port commission is acting unwisely
to f oxter and acquiesce to the first and,
practically only plan submitted. , ; -
Personally, I feel that berore any plan
of this magnitude should be recom
mended to a community, it should have
the n Unost consideration.
I further feel tnat this commission
should give the utmost consideration
to the already increased costs of main
taining the harbor and channel facilities
and the increase in municipal expendi
tures and give due cognisance to the
present financial conditions.
WAB5IHG IS SOUNDED
We" an remember only too well, some
10 or 12 years ago, when Portland seemed
prosperous, too many . of its citizens
were engaged either directly or indirect
ly in real estate ventures or speculation
shipping and commercial activities
seemed to have become a secondary con
siderationin fact, almost forgotten and
overlookedthe results of which were
only too apparent in the past few years,
ana due diligence should be exercised
that the port of Portland commission
will not be making the same mistake.
Part of this program I am in full
sympathy and accord with. but. as a
whole, I cannot consistently give it my
support. . . ' :. . j'-'-t;-'
The whole board. I am sure, has the
interest - and ' welfare of Portland in a
i shipping; and 'commercial way at heart.
out see it- in a amerent -way. oat in
such a way that it seems impossible
to harmonise our ideas, and,, in fairness
to the board -and in- justice to myself,
I feel that I cannot accept the chair
manship of , the commission. - . - r,
RESuTflTrTWINNER ;
OF FIRST TRIAL
: By Jack Vdock . -' , -
Newport, It. I.,. June 3. (I. N. &.)
Resolute, the favorite, wm the
'flrsof the America's cup trials here
this' afternoon.. The Resolute crossed
the finish line at 2:20:44. v :
The Vanitie 'finished at 2:56:06.
The Hime of the race . was . three
hours, 23 minutes' and 6 seconds..
Edwards Discusses
European Conditions
-Paul Ij. Edwards. United States com
mercial attache to the Netherlands, ar
rived in Portland this morning to . dis
cuss rade. 'conditions in the European
districts with! which he is acquainted
with local business men. v ' ..
William S.
HART'S
TOLL GATE"
VAltRPOVEf! BILL
CALLED GREATEST
WOlOFCOiiGRESS
By David Lawrence
' tCopyrichted. 120.) -Washington,
June S.' In the midst
of perhaps the most feverish period,
of . anticipation j which - political
Washington has wltnesed in gen
eration, when attention" is fixed
upon thoughts of presidential nom
inations, something has happened
Of transcendent ' importance to thd
industrial and comrneirlal develop
ment f the United States. - -
After 10 years of controversy and de
bate a conservation measure the biggest
ever attempted in. the history of , the
American republic has finally gone to
the White House for the signature Of
President Wilson.
' Both houses of congress have Jut
passed. legislation which releases the
waterpower of the nation to private de
velopment and the president has It, thus
ending a controversy that was prolonged
chiefly because it was little understood.
The United States is the last big nation
of the world to' harness its waterpower
for industrial uses.
;By simple legislation Which leases
power in streams from one part of the
country to the other, "white coal., as
electrical energy is called by engineers,
will suddenly become aa Important com
petitor of black coaL
- Waterfalls do not strike. Machinery
doesn't stop at the' behest of a walking
delegate-
west pbofits much
And power is made available fop in
dustrial development, not merely in the
manufacturing. East, but in all- parts
of the West, where hitherto the long haul
for coal from Eastern mines bas made
the building of factories out of the ques
tion. v. -- i- ' ' V , V '.
The conservation legislation ' Is the
same thing around which Qifford Pinchot
and his followers have maintained a con
stant controversy.. Some have contended
thai the streams of the nation should
not be handed over to private Interests
but should be kept under constant gov
ernment control.- it'
But the present measure provides that
the -secretary of war, the secretary of
the Interior and the secretary of agri
culture ' shall constitute - a , commission
vhich shall say which sites are to be de
veloped; whether, the erection - of dams
would - interfere with navigation of rivers.
and what the companies shall pay to the
United States government.
VIU PBOTIDE PAPEB '- .
The private companies are obliged to
sell their plants and give up their rights
if the l7nited States government wants
the property, but the government muBt
lecompeose the owners for their Invest
ment -'- -i ' f ; r '.'--'-i '
It will probably, be two-- years before
the full effect of .the new conservation
measure is felt, because it takes time
for companies to organise and for con
struction work to be completed.
But the effects of the legislation are
bound to be revolutionary. Commercial
interests of every kind have been back
of the measure. It will, for instance,
intho opinion of tome, help the- news
paper interests in : tne umtea states oy
providing electrical energy : for news
papervmlUs and will at. the same time
JUNE
Just Arrived Come Early -
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18666 Oh, by Jingo i....... .By Margaret Toung
t ; Profiteering Blues.. By Billy Murray
rXS66S When the Harvest Moon Is Shining:..;
i -i-"'"B3r Hart and James
. Mother's Hands.. ...By Henry Burr
"18670 Mr Sahara Rose ; .By Victor Roberta
.t, Oh! How l Laugh When -I Think How-
v X Cried About You.. .By Victor Roberts
1865 S Rose of Washington Square Fox Trot
,; ...v.......t ....By All-Star Trio
v . , Tou Ain't Heard Nothing Yet Fox Trot
f . ,..By All-Star Trio
18669 Alabama Moon Waltz. By Hawaiian Trio
t Wild Flower Waltz
i " By Ferera and Francbinl
35695 Ching-a-Ling Jazs Basaar Fox Trot..
t i ...................By Smith's Orchestra
i Irene Medley Fox Trot
f - ..By Smith's Orchestra
18667 La Veeda Castillian Fox Trot;........
i . .......By Green Brothers' Novelty Band
Desert Dreams Fox" Trot. .............
.By Green Brothers' Novelty Band
I ' VOCAIi AlfD rSTSTBUMES'TAI.
45177 Jesus, My Savior..
i .......By Olive Kline and, Elsie Baker.
; It the Lower Lights Be Burning...... ,
1 JJy OUve Kline and Elate Baker
18664 (1) Rock-a-Bye Baby, i (2) Sweet and
i. - liOwr-3) Lullaby. ..By Victor Orchestra
lv , ll) Adeste Fideles, (2) The First Nowell.
i (3 Nazareth By Victor Orchestra
.18663 D) Sky ' Boat Song. (2) The Hills of
Tyrol.- .....By Elizabeth Wheeler
;. (1 Mother's Prayer, (2) Swing Song,
..; ' The Winds.... ...By Elizabeth Wheeler
, r BED SEAL
74550 Good-Bye ..'...By Evan TVllliams
74616 Nocturne in E Flat. , . . .By Jascha Heif etz
S7308 Star of Love. ...... . .By Geraldine Farrar
4874 Drink to, Me Only With Thine Eyes. . . ;
........... .......By Flonzaley Quartet
S8616 Love Me or Not...... ..By Enrico Caruso
-4873 Forsaken...... ..,.....By Frits Kreisler
7569 Don Giovanni (Thy Little Hand. Love)
..j........ By Garrison and Werrenrath
64590 Cradle Song .JBy Alma Gluck
7309 Oh, Boys. Carry Me Long..............
.......... .....By Louise Homer
fleor
G. p. Johnson Piano Co.
lit Sixtk Street, Betwees STorrisoa asd Alder
harness streams which' have a tendency
to overflow and destroy forests - Where
wood pulp used tn making news print
paper might be obtained. The American
Newspaper Publishers association has
for -a long- time urged - legislation of
some kind in this general direction.
WIISOJC UB.GED BtLIi - .' J
Political credit . for the conservation
law will be difficult to distribute. Presi
dent Wilson urged it from , the ;-very
beginnmg of his administration seven
and a half i years agos Again and again
the measure would pass one house of
congress only . to get tied up in . the
other. Then a substitute bill would be
passed and a deadlock would be reached
in the conference between the two
houses. " i,-'
The president himself haaf always In
sisted that ail factions and parties get
together, but there were divisions in the
lie publican as well as the Democratlo
ranks." . '
The new measure is a combination ofl
Various Mils sponsored at different
times by Senator Shields of . Tennessee,
Democrat; Senator Meyers of Montana.
Democrat r Representative - Ferris of
Oklahoma emocrat; r - Representative
Elms of Tehneesee, Democrat But it
was aluo the work of Representative
fcseh. Hpubltcan. of Wisconsin, who
piloted the measure through the -house ;
and Senator Wesley Jones, - Republican
of Washington. Who put the bill through
the senate. . .. " . "' -LAKE
BEAIi VATBSlt
Llndley it Garrison and his successor;
isewton X. Baker, had tnueh to do with
drafting of the legislation, and back
or tne whole thing from the start has
been the constant influence of Franklin
K Iane, former secretary of the interior,
.ho managed to keep a non-partisan at
mosphere about the legislation v that
helped brinff about a harmonious alli
ance.
It sounds like a simple piece 'of legis
lation and with so many advantages to
be gained from it one naturally wonders
why all the delay. But the fear private
concerns would take too much money
Out of the contract ownership, coupled
with government ownership theories and
conservation quarrels in tie Western
states deadlocked the measure for years.
W Itli BEE BENEFITS
It is the greatest achievement of the
present congress. ; Yet it - Hardly got . a
rippli of applause or passing mention
as tne bin went to the White House to
become law. Long after the excitement
over , the political situation has died, the
conservation bilVwill be developing -ew
communities and building nev cities in
valleys of the country where Water is
available for irrigation - an the arid
lands of the West will be yielding crops.
It took 10 years- to gat the legislation,
tut the benefits will be felt for genera
tions to come. s ,
Protest by .Towns ,
Left Off Higliway v
In Polk to Be Filed
" Salem,' June 3. The .formal protest of.
citisens ' of Dallas and .Independence
against the action of the state highway
commission in arbitrarily changing the
original route of the west side Pacific
highway so as to miss these two Polk
county towns, will be presented to Gov
ernor Oicott this afternoon, according
to 'word received 'from Oscar Hayter,
Dallas attorney, who will represent the
protestants. '
-Today's conference with the governor
Is expected to' include only the formal
presentation of the petition of protest,
containing some S000 names and -a: brief
statement of the protest c If Governor
Oicott falls to act in the matter it is in
timated that the case will be taken into
the, court on a mandamus proceeding.
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Records I )
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SSdoob
Baiter, Jose S The entire town
of Hairway is reported to be aflro
and doomed. The blaze is reported
to have Started from a gasoline ex
plosion In a garage " this : morning.
Telephone . communication from
Halfway direct- was Impossible, but
further details are expected to come
from Richland. '
Coos Bay Asks Mail
.:. Service Be Extended
Requests have been made' for an ex
tension of mall service ' between Port-
laud and Coos Bay to the trf-weekly
Rough, Red Hands Made
. Smooth and White
By cleansing with a neotral soap and :
the frequent application of v '
MARINELLO
Rose Leaf Jelly .
mtlewed by spongutg me.surfsce with t
Phantom Powder. Full explanation
and booklet free. . , V
marinello eosmcne shop
203 Broadway BUfg.. Portland. OS,
Phofl Ktanhall S207.
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Taught
an danoM taockt la S
thrso-hoar leaMna. - t-ittm-SS,
. cenUmen $5, at Da
Hancy' beautiful acadeiar.
Sd and. WhiBCtnn. B
m liners' classes start Mod
day and Tbundi; ttt., ad
vaocsd nlasses Tuesday era,
8 to 11:30. - Plenty of da
sirabhi partners aad oiae-
Mea. K. nhsrrmssmit. Leaza from Drofas-
siooal daeceni in a real school. All latest steps
taocht Open, all summer. Phone aiaur
7664. Prints laasons ail hoars.
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Packed "
? "comfortably":
" so they're
: easy to take -
from the
. package!
Dancing
m
trains recently placed in operation by
the Southern Pacific company, and, the
towns of Marshfield. North Bend and
Reedsport have petitioned the postof-
flee department for new mall service. -
'Soldiers Funeral Held ' '
The D alien, June Sv With full mlllUrV
honors, the body of private First Class
Herbert A. Parker, Company A, One
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ere's a magic, word that will
load of smokei-worry of f your mind.
It's RELUL Say it! it's easy to say, it's
easy to remember -but best of all, it's so
easy t to smoke!
By; that, we mean that from early morn
ing 'till late at night, RELU delivers the
maximum in smoke-comfort.
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' Reed .Tobacco Company," Richmond,
Hundred Sixty-secondS Infantry, U. S.
K.i who -died in servloe at Winchester,
Kngland, July 27. 19184 Was buried here
Wednesday. The American Legion had
charge. ; , i . - ,
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..... Klw nyer Injured
Pasco, Wash., June 8 While assisting
youngsters to fly a kite, Edward A.
Davlat an . attorney, running with the
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NOW PLAYING!
The Most Novel Sreeh ;
Personality. Conceived .
in a Season It's a j ,
Veritable Show of Wonders
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N DON'T FORGET TO
WAIT for the PROLOGUE
Five fiKet taiiy st i tttu
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MAUPIS. U Dase.r. who Dttltt
Ceatora aad civlUaaUoa .
If IP 1R
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Say "RELU" to your
smoke -dealer. You'll ,
get more than a cigar-ette--you'll
get enjoy-
ment satisfaction and
coolness!
Honestly man we .
firmly believe - this is
. your cigarette! '
string and watching the kite ascend,
stepped Into a hole and fell on his una,
which, was fractured.
Wife Charges Deaertlon
. Orea-on City. June . Suit for divorce
was filed Wednesday by Mary Joiinnon
against Louts W. Johnson. They -were
married in Vancouver. Wash., May 13.
1919. Desertion is charged.
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