The Oregon daily journal., March 21, 1921, Page 3, Image 3

MONDAY. MARCH 21, 1S21.
THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. OREGON
MEMORIAL PROJECT
TO BE URGED UPON
PRESEN
T CONGRESS
"I expect daring: the present "week
to complete the preparation of - our
case for presentation to ' congress,
in the appeal of the city of Portland
to the federal government for the
donation of the old postof ftce site to
this municipality," said Mayor Baker
this morning. -, -
"l shall Mnd , to Senator McNary a
comprehensive statement of the situa
tionthe purposes for which the dona
tion is desired and reasons why It would
be a gractoutt and proper thing for con
gress to pass a special act maklngr this
donation to the city of Portland, as a
part of the program to create a fit
ting memorial for the loyal Americans
, who served under the Stars- and stripes,
and especially honoring those men of
Oregon who made the supreme sacrifice
in the world war." - . .
Mayor Baker says he will have the
undivided support of all the patriotic
.organizations of Portland and vicinity
as well as the backing of various civic
.and commercial organizations in " urg
ing the government to take action con
forming with the memorial plan pro
posed. . . --." -
"If the government will donate this
site to Portland." eaid the mayor, "w
will not have the slightest difficulty
in raising the funds that would be re
quired to convert this block Into a park
of beauty graced by a memorial shaft
In keeping witht the high idea! of com
memorating Oregon's heroic dead. I be
lieve the Western members of congress
will be glad to give their support to
the proposed measure making the dona
tion to Portland for this purpose:
COMBINING OF CITY AND
STATE ELECTIONS PROPOSED
City Commissioner Bigelow, City
Auditor Funk and City Attorney Grant
this morning conferred with the county
commissioners of Multnomah county
regarding the prospects of the city
holding a special election at the same
time as that of the state election,
scheduled for June 7, when It is pro
posed to submit to the voters of Port
land a revision' of the city charter and
possibly some other propositions for
.their acceptance or rejection.
The result of the conference was that
the -county commissioners, agreed that
the city s special election could be held
at the same time as the state election at
a cost to the city of not to exceed $2500.
It is possible that the city will submit
a bond proposal for $200,000 for new fire
apparatus and also some proposal re
garding the handling of garbage collec
tions and disposal, although nothing
definite has vet been formulated on the
latter subjcM
Monthly Fines Total $7744
A total of $7744 was paid in fines in
the Portland municipal court during the
month of (February, and bail money to
the extent of $1366 was forfeited, ac-,
cording to a report for the month filed
with City Auditor Funk this morning by
Munlcplal Judge Rossman. In the grist
for the month there were 414 cases of
violation of the traffic ordinances for
which fines were imposed. ; , ,
. City. Hail .Notes V- 1 ;
The American Soda -works has made
applicatiorY6 the city' fop a permit to
use a building at 205 . Adams street for
garage purposes. The application" has
been referred Jointly to the commis
sioners of public works and public af
fairs. ' ' ; ' ,
The city council has referred to the
commission of public works for his rec
ommendation petitions for the improve
ment of Sixty-fourth street southeast
from Foster road to Fiftieth . avenue
southeast. East Forty -seventh street
from Belmont , to East Yamhill street,
and Chicago . street between Jersey
street "and Smith avenue.
Permission has been granted ' by the
city council to the Portland Flouring
Mills company to Install, maintain and
operate a scale ' track at East Second
and Kast Stark streets.
, The bid of Schlitt & Spady for the
removal of garbage from the Carroll
public market for the sum of $85 per
month has been accepted by . the' city
council. . The company is to put up a
bond of $1000 for. the faithful perform
ance 'of contract.
Upon the recommendation of Mayor
Baker, the city . council has authorized
the appropriation of $5830 out of the
general fund to provide for the expense
of operating the bureau of police. ......
The city purchasing agent is adver
tising for bids for the furnishing of
hay, grain, straw, etc., for various mu
nicipal departments : for periods of
three, six, nine or twelve months. ; Bids
will be opened this week.
POSTCARDS RETURNS SHOW
DIVISION ON FOSTER SEWER.
'A few more than 500 postcard returns
on the Foster road trunk line sewer proj
ect have been received by Commissioner
of Public Works Barbur, out of a pos
sible $500 residents of the district to
whom the notices were sent. This aft
ernoon the returns Indicated that the
sentiment of property owners within the
district is almost equally divided on the
project. All of the returns must be in
the mail by March 28 if they are to be
counted and considered at the final hear
ing set for March 30.
STATUS OF WATER BUREAU
:v EMPIOYES TO BE FEfED
A feature of the bi-monthly-meeting
of the municipal civil service board next
Thursday .afternoon will be the deter
mination as to the status of 25 employes
of the city water bureau whose work
keeps them constantly outside the city
boundaries. Most of them are located
at the headworks and the reserve. The
bureau is desirous of having these men
placed under civil service regulations, the
same as employes within the city. There
is a moot question as to the jurisdiction
of the board in such Instances. '. ,
OKLAHOMA TOWN'S
IS
GROWTH
RAPID
SAYS CONSTANT NE
William Constantlne, proprietor of
the Constantlne market on Yamhill
street, Is back from Okmulgee, Okla.,
where he has; been for the last five
months looking after his leases on
oil ' and ' gas lands. He will leave
again: next Monday for an indefi
nite sojourn in Oklahoma to super
intend some new development work.
'The report has come to Portland that
I've made a million In Oklahoma oil and
gas lands," said Constantino, today.
"Well, I haven't made a million, but I've
done very well. ' The development there
Is simply amazing, and many persons
have become very wealthy .within a com
paratively short time. !', The' growth of
the city of Okmulgee and of the entire
county is simply marvelous.",
FHOTOGBAPHS SHOW GROWTH
With Constantino during his short re
turn stay in Portland is E. J. Chambers
of Okmulgee, who has brought with him
many photographs of the oil, gas and
coal development there and .others show
ing the rapid creation of a modern city
with eight and ,1 0-story blocks, - where
only a short time ago there was but a
mere village. ;
"Okmulgee county," eays Constantlne.
"produced 10 per cent of the increase of
oil of the world during the last year. It
expanded its production from 700,000
barrels to nearly 3,000,000 barrels. " . .
- "There are places where as many as
300 derricks may be seen on one section
of i land. Many: new . wells are going
down. The natural gas production in the
county sells at more than $10,000 per
day and there are 30 ooal mines with
$10,000 daily i capacity , of . production.
There are 40,900 acres of proved coal
land in this county, and it has produced
4,831,035 tons of coal in five years.
BIC.P0PCLATIO3T INCREASE
The town of Okmulgee has grown
from 6000 to 25,000 since 1917, and there
has been an increase of 6000 since the
last federal census. The place has the
largest glass factory in the United States
and other industries are attracted there
by the great abundance of natural gas.
"Okmulgee county paid 15 per cent of
the taxes of . Oklahoma for 1920. This
county produced as much oil in 1920 as
did the entire state of Wyoming or twice
as mflch as did Kentucky, Tennessee and
West Virginia combined."
Interested with Constantino in various
leaseholds in Okmulgee county are Ira
Williams and W. B. Hager, both of the
Constantlne company , here in Portland.
Short Circuit Gives
False Fire Alarm
A short circuit in the fire signal sys;
tern caused the fire whistle to blow sev
eral times early Sunday morning, arous
ing the city and causing much specula
tion as to Just "where the big fire was."
EASTERII FACTORY
HEADS HAVE FAITH
IN PORTLAND FIELD
Manufacturers of the East are be
coming more highly' Impressed with
the Importance of the market on the
Pacific, said W. D. B. Dodson, gen
eral manager of the Chamber of
Commerce, who returned from Wash
ington, D. G, Sunday night.
For almost three ' months Dodson has
been at the - national capital 7 and the
manufacturing centers - of the East,
working in the interest of the shipping
and industrial growth of Portland, f It
has been largely due to his efforts that
Portland has been given recognition in
shipping and industrial matters, in the
opinion of business men of . the , city
who have studied his efforts, i j )
"High rail tariffs have caused a con
centration : of study on Pacific Coast
conditions, and. even if the railroads, to
save their own necks, reduce rates, the
effect remains the same," said Dodson.
"At f irst they studied the business
conditions of . the Pacific Coast merely
in regard to the local distributive ter
ritory, but as soon as they concentrated
their study on the coast distributive
features they were struck with the,!
portance of the growing market in the
Orient. . . Business maintains . an ; opti
mistic outlook for the future, but new
building operations cannot : be expected
soon because of the difficulty of financ
ing any new work. : . i
"In the East a. Portland man can be
proud to say he comes from Portland
now. The aspect toward this city has
changed marvelously. : In regard to
shipping, Portland is always 1 in ' the
front rank of ports to be. considered.
This change of viewpoint is due to the
excellent records made by Portland in
shipping board operations last year."
Appointment of George E. j Chamber
lain, ex-senator from Oregon, to mem
bership in the new shipping board is a
certainty, in the opinion of Dodson, who
expresses the concensus of opinion of
official Washington. ; j
APPOIXTMEST DELATED
The delay in the official appointment
of the Oregon man by President Hard
ing has been occasioned by the effort
being made by the president to obtain
a chairman for the board who will be
able to be fully responsible for the ac
tivities of the board. .
Naming of Richard H. Bailey, assist
ant to the chairman of the shipping
board. ' to succeed Joseph N. Teal as
commissioner has no significance on tne
annointment of Chamberlain, says Dod
son, who unstintedly praised the work
of Teal during his brief tenure of of
fice on the old shipping board- leal
started fundamental work i that had
never been started before and has re
ceived a great amount of credit by ol
ficial Washington " i '
Dodson said the China trade act. to
permit the incorporation of American
companies in the Orient, will be rein
troduced at the next session of con
gress. He said that Portland has re
ceived a lot of credit for its fight in
behalf of this measure, and that its
passage will mean much for this port.
J. D. Swank Must
Serve Term on
t s Forgery 0 harge
J. D. . Swank, Portland real estate
dealer, must go to the penitentiary at
Salem and serve his sentence of six
months to two years for forgery. The
mandate of commitment was received to
day from the supreme court and deputy
sheriffs arrested Swank and lodged him
In the Multnomah county jail. Swank
had appealed from the decree of the cir
cuit court, which sentenced him October
29, 1919, but the supreme court has de
nied the appeal. " .
Swank was charged with forging the
name of Frank Burrows on a note paid
to Archie I. Stephena of Taft, Or., in
connection with a deal for Shephens
homestead at that place. The state
charged at the time that this was only
one of many similar transactions on
Swank's part. ;
Grout Will Speak
School Superintendent D. A, Grout has
called a meeting of all principals and
teachers In Portland schools for Tuesday
at 3:30 p. m., at Lincoln high school,
when he will talk upon his Impressions
of the National Education i association
convention . at ' Atlantic City, " which he
recently attended. L. "
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Governor's Private
Secretary Is Injured
In Automobile Wreck
Salem. Or..' March 21. In . SDite of a
broken collarbone and severe cuts about
the face suffered as the result of an
automobile accident Sunday morning,
Don H. Upjohn, private secretary to
Governor Olcott, Is up and around this
morning, although, he does not expect
to report for duty at the executive of
fice for several days. Upjohn was
pinned beneath his car when it went
into the ditch north of Woodburn as
he was returning from Portland early
Sunday morning. Upjohn blames de
fective steering gear. i - .
rHomer: "Foster of the secretary of
state's office, who was with .Upjohn,
was thrown from the overturned car
and rendered - unconscious, but was not
seriously, injured.:
Deputy Warden Lewis and State Pa
role Officer Varney, following the Up
john machine," assisted : in extricating
him from the wreckage. r. ' t
'Upjohn and other members of the
party had been to Portland on business
in connection with the work of the
state parole board, of which he is a
member. The, automobile was wrecked.
AMENDED ELECTION
LAW GIVES COUNTY
PROBLEM TO SOLVE
The county commissioners are still
ud in the air as to whether they
must employ two election boards to
work all day during the special June
election. : ! . ' ; ' . . '.Z ":,
The new state law requires that there
be two boards.: one to take the ballots
while the other is counting them. The
old system was to have the first board
take the ballots during the day and the
other board count them in the evening.
Double office room and double equip
ment will be required under the new
plan. Chairman Holman of the county
commission points out. The special elec
tion came as a Surprise, : catching the
county without money in the budget-for
it, and this extra expense will make a
still greater deficit to meet In the next
budget. The ordinary expense of a state
election is about $30,000.
Chairman Holman said he hoped it
would not be necessary to Install the ex
tra board at the June election, but no
authoritative ruling has been received
yet. 'h-::l ',ihr., '..
RECEIVER IS ASKED FOR
' TRIUMPH MACHINERY CO.
A. G Wallace, a shareholder of the
Triumph : Machinery : company, today
filed a : petition in circuit court asking
thath a.recetver be named for the com
pany, as it was virtually in an Insolvent
financial condition. The assets of the
company are about $15,000, the petition
Bays. A suit started by the Starr; Fruit
Products company to recover a '. small
sura made the petition for a receiver
ship necessary, Wallace claims : much
can be saved j the shareholders if the
company is kept from bankruptcy.
Snes on Promissory Note
F. L. Miller filed suit in circuit court
today against 3. T. Stone, doing busi
ness as the Beaverton Pure Milk and
Cream company, to recover $7978 alleged
to be due on a promissory note.
Woman Accused of
Harboring Escaped
Convict, Is Set Free
If no court warrant is issued for the
rearrest of a man who has escaped
from prison, it is not a crime for his
friends to harbor and conceal him. So
ruled Federal Judge Bean this morning
in dismissing the charges against Mrs.
May Taylor, who was charged with
harboring James Watson, - an escape
from McNeil's island. " -
Had Tom Word, agent of the depart
ment of Justice, been armed with a
search warrant or a warrant of arrest
when he went after Watson and found
him, , then Mrs. 'Taylor could have been
held under the, law, the court said.
Judge Bean said that the commitment
which accompanied Watson to McNeil's
island when he fas first confined there
could not be ! construed as a warrant
or -process of arrest,
Watson was sentenced to three years
in the federal prison for white slavery.
He escaped from the prison after serv
ing about nine months. He was arrest
ed near Bertha station ' by Word, where
he is said to have been living with
Mrs. Taylor. Watson has been returned
to prison. - ; ::"' - : - : ;
Woman's Screams
Frighten Man Who
Would Attack Her
Miss C. Seymour, 1001 East Thirty
ninth street, reported to the police that
she was attacked ' Sunday night by a
man just as she was returning home.
Miss : Seymour, told the police : she
screamed and pulled away when the
man caught her by the arm. The man
was frightened and ran. Mrs. 1 M.
Haacke, 441 Bidwell street, reported to
the police that a man accosted her near
her home when she was returning from
work at 12 :10 this morning. "Her screams
frightened the man away. .; . '
. The eyes of the birds that fly by night
are usually nearly double , the size of
those that go abroad by day.
Remember
WATER-HEATER SALE
at the
Gas Office.
COMMITTEE Villi
SEEK SOLUTION OF
CRATER LAKE NEEDS
An (organization committee to de
vise, ways and means of financing 'a
larger Crater Lake operation was
made today by H. B. Van Duzer,
president of the Chamber of Com
merce and chairman of the general
Crater Lake investigation committee.
The; new committee is ; beaded t-by
Governor Olcott as honorary . chairman
and Eric V. Hauser as chairman. Other
members of the , commltee are : ? Julius
L, Meier. E. N. Wheeler, Rodney Oll
san, Richard W. Price. R. W: Chllds.
Amos Benson. - leslie Butler of Hood
River and Vern H- Vawter of Klamath
Falls. -
This commltee was appointed as the
result of two meetings of business men
of the cify 10 days ago. At these meet
ings A. B. C. Dohrmann, chairman of
the Yosemlte park organization commit
tee; Horace Allbright, superintendent
of Yellowstone National i rak. a"d K.
O. 'McCormick. vice' president In charge
of development work for the tiou.uu a
Pacific, were present ' ; ,
It has been proposed I that the In
terests of - A. ; 1m Parkhurst be - purchased-and
that the Crater lake con
cessions be recapitalized and Improved.
This- work. It is estimated, can be done
by a company with capital stock of be
tween ' $250,000 and $500,000.
The busines men agreed at the meet
ings that such a sum could doubtless
be raised, but that the capitalization
would be of no avail unless some genius
could be found to head the reorganiza
tion work. E. v B. Piper has suggested
that a "financial Moses" must be found
first, and the committee will concentrate
upon finding such a man. .
John A. Bell Buys
1516,000 Residence
On Sherwood Drive
The residence property at 720 Sher
wood Drive was ..transferred last week
from Paul Starrett and Mrs. W. a Din
wlddie to John A. Bell, head of Bell &
Co. The house is beautifully situated on
large grounds, the site being one pf the
finest view properties ; in the Portland
Heights i d Istric t The - new owner will
remodel the interior of the house and oc
cupy it ! as a home. Consideration was
not named, but the home is valued at
$18,000. : The deal was handled by John
Carr.
The house at 720 Sherwood Drive was
the home of Mrs. Helen Ekln Starrett, a
widely known educator, author and lec
turer, who died several months ago.
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the chorus - of the third - verse, and
when a' section of the sopranos took the
final tone an octave high, the audience
was held spellbound for a moment" and
then burst into applause that ' drowned
out ; the sustained tones of the entire
chorus. There were : over : 190 .boys on
the platform. -: -
H. E. K. Whjtneyi director,' spoke of
his 20,000 boys from the Northwestern
states to sing at the world's exposition.
The stupendous plan he outlined was
well received and, his hearers" concluded
it was something big enough to attract
the attention of thousands of boys ar
bring forth their best endeavors.
16 Injure! In Collsion
Seattle. Wash., March 21. il, N. S.)
As a result of a collision between a
stalled truck and a feeattle-Tacoma.
motorr bus on the Pacific highway south
Of this city, 16 persons were Injured,
some, of them seriously, last night The
most .critically Injured are: tsnerwood
Scott. Mrs. Myrtle Scott, Sam Strus.ipr,
Mrs. Yettle Strusser and Mrs. Emma
Barklow; all of T4eoma. '
Large Audience
Attends Concert
By Whitney Boys
The concert by the Whitney Boys'
chorus ; at the ' White . Temple Sunday
, night was an unqualified success in
every way, as . evidenced by tne. man
ner, in which it was received. The au
dience Completely filled, the .entire seat
ing capacity of the church and many
were unable to gain admittance.
The numbers by the r chorus were
thoroughly appreciated and warmly ap
plauded, as were also the vocal and in
strumental solos and two sextet num
bers ' ' ' - .
The hit of the evening was the chorus
number; 'Wake the Song of Jubilee.?
The climax came at the conclusion of
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