Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-04-15
PERMANENT OPEN RIVER.
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/ the general government take over
/ the locks and canal and make them
forever free. He showed that on
account of collection of about $15,.
600 of tolls at Oregon City, tax Of
about S1,250,000 annually was laid
on the commerce of and producers
OF western Oregon. With an open
river, and the Panama canal con-
struoted the products of western
oregon could reach the markets Of
the world without mile of railroad.
What an Open River Means.
can open river" said Col. Hofer,
''means a fleet of steamers and tow
boats on the water at all seasons,
towing barges and raw material up
and down, transferring freight to
ocean steamers and competing trans
continental lines" The splendid
work of the Oregon Journal and the
Oregon senators in backing up the
fight for free locks and canal was
eulogized and applauded.
Telegram from Bourne.
Chairman Davis named following
committee on resolutions: H. s.
Gile, Salem; w. S. McFadden, Cor
wallis; c. F. Walker, Cottage Grove;
Walter Griffen, Eugene, and P. A.
Young, Albany.
Earlier in the proceedings tele-
gram was read. 1t had just been
received by E. G. Giltner, secretary
of the Portland Chamber of Com
stration for a few moments. The
telegram follows:
Washington, D. c., April IA.
"Hon. E. G. Giltner, Care Albany
Commercial Club, Albany, Oregon.
Feel extremely confident that all
Oregon items in river and harbor
bill will pass congress as amended
by senate committee on commerce.
Present outlook and understanding
between majorities senate commit
tee on commerce and house commit
tee on rivers and harbors is that en-
tire bill shall pass as it now stands.
Jonathan Bourne, Jr."
Organizers Are Named.
The Open River convention
named the following committee to
perfect the permanent organization
of the Open River Association.
H. F. Thielsen and Max o. Buren,,
of Salem; Victor Holt and F. A.
Rankin, of Eugene; c. G. Hazleton
and A. L. Briggs, of Cottage Grove;
/ l.. p. Hamilton and H. H. Hewitt, of
Albany, T. F. Ryan and w. A. Shew-
man, of Oregon City; H. E. Hilleary
and H. Wayne Stanard, of Browns
Vile; e. M. Tanning and G. H. .Leh-
man, of Sheridan; A. B. Fletcher, of
McMinnville; E. G. Giltner, of Port
land; M. ]. Lee, of Candy, and T. l..
Dugger, of scio.
Col. e. Hofer, of Salem, offered
the following resolutions endorsing
the Free Locks and Canal:
Resolved by the delegates to the
Open River and Freight Rate con-
vention at Albany assembled, April
IA, 1910, that we, as representatives
of the cities, and producers of the
Willamette valley, renew the de-
mands of the shippers and producers
that were placed before the people
by the Willamette Valley Open Riv-
er association in convention assem-
bled at Albany, January 10, 1907.
Pursuant to that demand, the Ore
gon legislature appropriated the
sum of 100000 to assist the gen
eral government in the establish
ment of free locks and a canal
around the falls at Oregon City,
In obedience to the expressed
wishes of the people and the com
mercial bodies of this state, includ-
ing the commercial organizations OF
Portland that appropriation was ex,
tended by the legislature of 1909 80
as to be continually available until
the end of the year 1919.
Resolved, That we heartily ap-
prove of the enterprise and CON
tinued loyalty of the Oregon leglsla-
ture to this project, which we deem
all important to the interests of the
shippers and producers, as we'll as
the travelling public, from a trans.
portation standpoint,
Resolved, By this convention that
we appreciate the efforts of our SEN
ators and representatives in CON
gress to secure a similar appropria-
ton and action through the war de-
partment, to the end that by the
joint efforts of the state and nation
this great project for the improve
ment of navigation and the freeing
of the Willamette River from the
tolls now collected by private cor
poration at the Falls of the William
cite, may be brought to earliest pos
sible completion.
Resolved, Further by the conven-
tion that we request at the hands Of