The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, November 05, 1922, Image 66

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Newspaper Page Texti : THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVE3IBEU 5, 1922. 6 5 I i- stSSes Revision Committee Points Out ; Injustice of Present Method ...of Settling Damage Claims. ' For the purposes of simplifying: pro cedure in changing Areet grades and ' to rectify some unjust conditions tai ' posed under present procedure, a pro- posed.1 charter amendment has been ' drafted and approved by v the charter revision committee. It is deemed of ,.' such, importance, in connection with ' V the required changes of grades of ' streets correlated with the construc tion of new bridges, and development of the general waterfront improvement :r"v-plaa, -that it is submitted to the voters . at this election. " The principal change Is the method - of determining the amount cf damages ' ' to be paid ta property owners injurl- ? ously affected by the change of grade and to asses the cost of such damages : r. against the properties benefitted. Under present procedure a property .'. owner Is given 20 days from the pub V JicaUon of the notice to file claim for i damages, the charter specifying that , -damages can only be allowed where permanent buildings exist. ' VIEWERS ABE FBOYIDEB . In case such claim is filed, the coun ' rfl appoints three viewers who are dis interested parties not in the employ of i the city. The viewers Are to determine - J the amount of damages sustained in the case of each parcel where claims - . were made and shall establish a d's . trict to be assessed for the damages, - and state the benefits received by each : parcel in tfie .district on account of the : i change of grade. This report is filed :vi with the council. - The council has not , j ths power to amend such report, but ? must adopt or reject the same. In case -f rejection the street grade cannot be rcarried out except on new proceedings. j 'jUnder th.e proposed amendment, the - procedure Is the same up to the time of filing the remonstrance or claims for ' damages by the property owners. , !: After the time fixed for the filing of - claims, the council may cancel the pro- , ceedings or it may determine to ascer tain and award damages to the owners ' of the property injuriously affected. It -may do this whether or .not claims have "been filed. In case the council decides , to assess the damages, it refers the -matter to the city engineer, who ' makes a -complete report showing the' . -damages which In his judgment should " be awarded in case of each lot or par cel and also shows a detailed assess ' ment to be made upon each lot or par r eel, benefited. "'"The, proposed .amendment' specifies i" -that permanent buildings shall include pavements, curbs, sidewalks, etc. Uu . der the present charter this is very Indefinite. Rafter the city engineer files a report of damages and benefits, the . proceeding is handled in the same man , ner as street extension or openings ' are now handled, -The council has the ; .power to change any item In the re port or to reject te report entirely or to adopt the report entirely as it may see fit. 1 Another change is In regard to the re monstrance. Under the existing char ter. If the owners of morthan one-half sf the property affected by the change ' of grade file a remonstrance against the same, this constitutes a bar to the proceedings for a period of six months. ". Under the proposed amendment, it res- - quires a remonstrance ot three-fifths "of the area. of the property to defeat. ' - ! the change of grade, this percentage i being the same 'as is now in effect in regard, to street improvements. The ' ; council, ' however, may overrule such , " objections ' or remonstrance, providei 1 'damages are awarded to the owners of . the property injuriously affected. The procedure under '. the proposed amendment is very "much simplified . The viewers .appointed under the pres ".enV system are necessarily men wh. are : not thoroughly. familiar with im- provement proceedings and oonse- quently , in the pant it has been foumi " .that practically all the work has bee 1 ; done in the office of the city engineei, " the viewers merely passing upon th same after Its completion. Under th proposed amendment the ' work is handled directly under thedty .enginee r and, being similar to . other worli handled in the city engineer's of fic . can be expeditiously and economically done. BXPJETC8E CtTT IOW5 Considerable expense is also savn! as the present charter provides that the viewers shall be paid for their serv- ' ices, which; as explained above, is al ' " most entirety extra work. Another imf porta nt change-is that the council, uij :.' der the " -proposed amendment, would - . have ' power to amend a report. This . is often necessary on account of Infof- matlon coming up after the repcrt of '.tin city engineer is made, which con- vincea the council that a change in the ssaessments or an award of damages ahould be made In certain cases and .'""thin can be made without cancelling .: proceedings and going' through th . . laborious work f preparing a new re port. 4.. The propofsed amendment in addition '.; to the above more clearly defines the power of the council and method of procedure"-and clears np several more " or less Indefinite provisions of the s.sjresent charter, Voth in the establish--Zrtg of original grades and In making wrr8fde changes." r JUDGE FRANK L. TOUVELLE .vBEJaOCKATIP CA2fUlIATE - State Treasurer ; Pald s-idwrtlsement by , Demo- . era tic Committee, ' - i - KDights of Malta Are On Eecord ' in Favor Of iPnblic School Bill , .The Knights of Malta are on record in favor of the school bill, according to George X H.. Goehler of Portland, dep uty supreme commander, inj the iol lowing stAtemenlr I ; . V,,"The Knight of Malta are a Chris elan body, but non-political and non sectarian. As supporters of free pub lic school education, we favr the comr ulsory school bill about to be" sub mitted to the people of Oregon. "We be lieve that this bill has tendency to Unite the coming generation into use ful American citizens, even loyal to the modern Ideaf of liberty, equality and fraternity. . "Our public school system represents the meltinr pot where every creed and nationality should be received and edu cated, and we shall have 10" per ceni Americans as its ultimate product. It is thus only that our boys and girls educated together as friends, will be free from those religious hatreds and prejudices which are so inseparably connected with sectarian schools. "This proposed school : law will not change the religion of any one. nor will It force a belief , on those who have none or care for none. The private school must go, and it will surely go, if those who are true to the spirit of freedom will vote their convictions on November 7, 1922. A house divided against itself cannot stand, neither can a people who believe in toleration per mit an institution the very nature of which is to promote intolerance and superstition. Let us, therefore, have 'one school, one language, and one flag.' " MAYllMlS FAIR MEASURE Instructs Voters How to Mark Ballots So as to Insure 1927 Exposition. .The managing committee having in charge the campaign for the 1927 ex position desires to make a final state ment to the voters of Oregon -in be half of the exposition measures to be voted on at the election Novem ber 7," declared Mayor Baker, -Saturday. "There is apparently even at this late date, in city, and country, a lack of complete understanding as to how the ballots should be marked in voting on the exposition. It, should be understood that in the city there are two measures that must meet with approval to insure the exposition. Those in favor of the enterprise should vote 308X Yes and 500X Yes. A neg ative vote or no vote for either would be fatal to the exposition. Both must be carried. , "Number 308 Is a constitutional amendment authorizing the city of Portland to raise $3,000,000 by levying ana collecting a special tax of fl.000, 000 each year for three yeans and this must be voted on by the people of the entire state. 1 Number 500 is a charter amendment authorising this tax, providing that before such author ity is exercised private subscriptions totaling $1,000,000 shall have been made to the capital stock of the ex position and a commission must be chosen by theouncil to direct the ex penditure of the funds and insure an equitable division to the city of re maining net aseets. This must be voted on only in the city of Portland, in addi tion to 308. , The tax applies only to Portland. The state outside will pay no part of this tax." WOMEN AID WATKINS Effective work on behalf of Elton Wstkins, candidate for ; congress, is being performed by the 400 women members of the Watktns for Congress club, who are covering, the city by districts In the interests of his can didacy. Six reasons why pi r W ATKINS Watkins was in secret service during the war. He is in favor of a bonus and will vote and work for it. Watkins comes out positively for a hospital in Multnomah county for ex-service men. During World war, Watkins was in secret service, working up cases against profiteers, 1. W; W.'s, Espionage Act violators and slackers of the Victor Bergdoll type. Watkins his secured employment ex-service men in many ways. Watkins condemns McArthur for failing ta insist that ex-service men be taken care of first. Watkins states that we should take sare of the ex-service men and then let the others follow but not precede.- Reproduction from American Legion, Portland Posi No. . Bulletin. "In conclusion let us all stand No. l, which reads. as follows. "Whereas, fcil providing Adjusted Compensation for ex-service men came to a rote for the first time on the 33d day of : March, 1922, in the House of Representatives iDithe United States, and the said Clifton N. McArthur did vote against such MIL; tnd ' - -" ' ' --'- -- ' ' s , - -H' !'"' rhV:-..::X''-'i i-r Whereav The uesti6ii of Adjusted Compensition lias ceased to be 4 political matter as far as the ; American Legion Is i concerned, but as a matter of , policy to which the American Legion is committed and to which Clifton N. McArthur has undeniably refused his assent. J ' -J " ' "pJOW; THERFORE,feVlt Resolved: Jind Portland. Post No. I of the Americm Legion does' hereby request that the tafe "department of the American rLeglon; 6t Oregon imrsediatelv 'petition the Execu tive Board of the American Legion for permission to orrpos. the iaid Clifton N. Mc Arthur in the ensu ing election in -order to defeat his re-election and 'to obtain a representative from this district; who win. be in accord with the ideas of the American Legion; 1 ;t. , - Vote for Elton Watkins, 15 X. L. MOMENT ON ATER BOARDS HELD ESSENTIAL Consulting Engineer Points Oat Need Defeat Would Seri ' ousl Retard Development Failure of the" "proposed charter amendment-In relation to 4water bonds, to be voted upon next . Tuesday, would retard, the development of , the water system and seriously Hmpair the 'credit of the city of Portland, declares Ernest C WMlard, consulting . engineer, who was retained by the city council sev eral months ago to investigate the wa ter system and make an appraisement of . the property.j, In this oonnectidn he has. made a 'Study of the engineering- accounting and financial features. Summarizing the situation, he says : ; "The water supply is one of the chief aseets of the cjty of Portland and l second to none Jn the s United States, Construction work'-has been delayed, however, since the beginning of the war. on account of the price Of ma terials, labor and i money. " Conditions have now reached 4 critical point and if immediate steps are not taken to re inforce the system some ef the districts of the city will find themselves facing a shortage of water during the coming year. ' "During the past: year the city was unable to sell its water. bonds, due to the fact that the sinking fund was not sufficient to take : care of an issue amounting to $2,200,000 coming due in 1923. These bonds were issued in 1893 for the development of the Bull Bun supply, construction of conduits and the purchase of land and the building of reservoirs in the city of Portland and practically all of the construction for which this money was expended will be in use for many years. "Prior to 1905 the earnings of the department were used for the construc tion of additional plant and equipment, instead of accumulating it in a sink ing fund for the retirement of these bonds, with the result that, although the value of the property as It now exists is much in excess of the total bonded indebtedness, sufficient cash is not available to retire these bonds. He ex-service men should vote for RE-ELECT k - -i - j ,---' I I ' S Iton WatMims AND AGAINST C. N. McARTHUR McARTHUR ! McArthur promised to vote for a bonus. He broke .bis promise and voted against us. He is untrust ; "worthy. McArthur mfkes no promises about hospital facili ties in Multnomah county for ex-service men. , ' During World war, Congress found that rent hogs in Washington, D. C were -profiteering on families . of soldiers, many of whom were put out of their j homes because of excessive rent. Congress tried to : regulate and control said rent hogs. McArthur j voted against said bill and in favor. of the profiteers, ' McArthur has accomplished nothing during his ; eight years in Congress. He has always voted i against the interest of ex-service men: The railroads have been given over 600,000,000, war contractors over 700,000,000 and profiteers have been refunded all money exacted from them i by -fines under Lever Act and yet McArthur is j against helping the boys. ' . for and helped by the resolution passed unanimously by American Legion, Post . ? ,-i - ':!;.',- - .' -'.'c - -.-r . v- ";. Respectfully Bilbech, E. C Becker,' S. O: Plunkett, (Paid Advertisement), and they must be refunded. In grant ing this authority the people jnuet real ize that they are not paying for a so called "dead horse,' but are following the same principle adopted by many of the beet managed private corpora tions. -The amendment also Stakes definite forward steps toward a business-lika operation of the bureau. , ; 1 "It provides xor the issuance of ae rial bonds now prohibited. Serial bonds are recognized by - all -experts .a be ta the! most ideal method, of financing governmental expenditures. -i "It provides v definite method ol setting aside money for tt sinking fund; which, Jshoufd result to a better price being : obtained from the sale of tn bonde. .."- The bods of the bureau, although till a general obUgatioh of the cl 6f Portland, are removed from the gen eral debt limitation, and ithe limitation is fixed baaed, upon the financial abil ity of the bureau itself. - t -, "The -failure to pass this amendment will retard the development of the wa ter! system and serlouslr impair the credit of the ' city of Portland. i "This ' measure In not way- affects taxes, and the amount j. annually re quired under 'this ' amendment for . a sinking fund - for the present bonded Indebtedness is less thah the amounl set aside for the year 1922. "These are a few of the reasons why the people should vote In favor of this amendment by marking the ballot 512 X Yea.' " . T 2 Bridge Measures Win in Straw Vote This is the season for the straw vote to flourish. At a public building in Portland where there is a constant procession of people passing in and out, a ballot box on the . bridge propo sitions was placed ' in : the corridor. After half a day the results showed : For the Burnside 'bridge, 120; against, 4. . For the Ross Island bridge, 104; against, 28. Coos Straw Vote Favorable to Pierce Straw ballots from . two points in Coos county show the ; "same drift" in the gubernatorial situation. One sent, up from Powers tells of a vote taken there which gave Pierce' 35 and Olcott 2 votes. Another vote taken at Myrtle Point gives Pierce 94 and Olcott 22 votes. City Commissioner You know he will continue ri$to give economical, effi- I V- cient, clean government, J X' '11 , 11 wiui iairnesg to aiL has proved that. -Paid Adv.) and our friends O O . 4i(S Stock. Exchange Building. j - . , . j ELTON WATKINS Ex -Assistant U. S. Attorney-. ' for ' CONGRESS PLATFORM . I FAVOR: - '' t. Strict Immigration Laws. 2. Non-Partisan .-'Tariff: ; Commis sion;' .4 ' ; ' , 3. Merchant Marine without sub-N stdies and graft. . 4. National Bonus for ExrService Men. paying for same bytax ing profiteers id . pftdafory wealth. : ' f; 5. Better Pay and Treatment for mail carriers" and postal em ployes. : 6. Government Hospital in Port land for Ex-Service Men. I OPPOSE: 1. Newberryism. " 2. Oriental Land Ownership; 3. Child Labor. 4. Nepotism. 5. Pending Ship Subsidy Bill ' 6. The. Sales Tax. . 7. Pat McArthur's Do-Nothing Record.- r 8. Cancelling Foreign War Debt. 9. "Esch-Cummins Act. Paid Adv. by Watkins If or Congress W o m IB Dudley G. M rs. i - v CITY AUDIT Vote M- E . i ' "A-fsr-- . '"S. i 4 ' -' - ' ' .f ir". 1-: vzs'- ' " A Man AM an Who Has Ben Selling VV. D, Wheelright Dr. B. L. Norden Mrs. George Lawrence Jr. cv- A.H.Lea Judge Henry McGiqn :7 Mrs. H. W. Thomas "A Business r Paid Adv. y Pier lire' yota, ;aire' pgpt It K Every voter should khpw the meaning, pur pose and effect of the Compulsory Education Bill. A great mass meeting - Will be held at the city AuditoriumySunday Night. Be there and get facts! r Clark P. Biss(dtt of There will also be Am 1 iexanoer . U .. . : ' ' ird and Get facts before yoa Paid I.- r C of Efficiency and of the Highest j Principles the Courage of His Convictions j. C. Luckle Dr. J. A. Pettit Mrs. Julius Louisson ' T T? T? ur. rienry vvaiao txe Harry Anderson j John M. Frelinger I Mrs. Elizabeth Eggert Administration by a uiTTiess to tne mvpie Campaign Committee, 117 Sort western 1 Professor of constitutional law, University of Washington! Wooteh Seattle - Ex-Congressman from Texas pmpson il II THe first woman elected Oretron lesTislaure l ; ' : a musical program v O -TO :p, ii o vpte join the crowd! Adv.)' . . . i V ' - '-' Clay 7. Honesty I7i: a. f ,,UL Business Man, Bank Building 1 o Tl 1 1 . , to the 3 t no o UM i .' ' :. " f . " M.' ' r it 'I r '1 hi 1 1 ' '1 4 . -!.: .