East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-08-20
DR.. CALBREATH WILL
LIKELY take PLACE
ADMITS HIS MIND Is
MADE UP ON NATTER
Friends of Portland Physician Sure
He VIII Accept Superintendency Of
PeDdletOn Asylum-Criticism Made
OF DIR. Hall.

recently appointed by the state exc
cutive board to act as superintendent
of the Eastern Oregon state hospital
following the resignation Of DR. NJ
X. Hall, yesterday reiterated that he
had not yet given the board definite
answer as to whether or not he
would accept the position. However,
the Portland friends of DR.. Calbreath
are convinced that he will file his ac-
ceptance soon, says Mondays Port
land Oregonian.
Although my mind is practically
made up as to what course / shall
pursue" said DR.. Calbreath, 81 do
not wish to make a public statement
until after | have finally notified the
state board"
For several years the Portland ply
sician served as superintendent of the
Oregon state asylum at Salem, hav-
ing been appointed by Governor Geer.
On his succession by DR.. r. f. Lee
Steiner, incumbent at the Salem in
stitution, DIR. Calbreath moved to
Portland. He is now director of the
Mountain View Sanitarium and the
Waverleigh Sanatorium.
Criticism is Refused.
Asked for comment on the written
resignation of DR.. Hall, published in
The Oregonian Sunday, in which un-
complimentary judgment was passed
upon the site chosen for the Eastern
Oregon hispital, the new appOntee
was reticent Being unfamiliar with
the Pendleton location, / am not in
position to discuss its merits or de-
merits" was his response. 81 did
accompany the committee of physi
clans. headed by DR.. Harry Lane,
which was sent to Umatilla county on
tour of inspection to pass opinion
on the proposed site but l am not
certain that I then visited the pre-
else site upon which the buildings
are now being constructed.
Regarding the argument that the
Eastern oregon institution cannot be
administered as economically as the
| central institution at Salem, several
modifying circumstances must be TAX
en- into consideration. The plant at
Salem has been in operation for 25
/ years and has naturally developed to
/ a fixed state. Once the Eastern Or
egon branch is well established with
/ farm and dairy supplements and
J with complete machinery, in and out
II I am satisfied the management of
U the Eastern branch can be made to
approximate the Salem institution in
the matter of operating expenses"
Bowerman Gives His Side.
In his law office in the Yeon
: building last night, Jay Bowerman
who, as acting governor of Oregon
( with State Treasurer Steele, chose
n the Pendleton location, gave the fol-
t lowing interview:
, 81 do not care to enter into any
any member of the state board over
the location of the Eastern Oregon
asylum. | personally inspected near
ly 80 proposed sites. These locations
were in the vicinity of Baker. Union
, and Pendleton The authority for
this institution is contained in an act
, proposed by the 1909 legislature,
, which was approved by the peope at
. the 1910 election. Under this act the
, asylum had to be located at some
point within a five-mile radius of
/ Union, Baker or Pendleton.
1.-The proposed sites were each in
spected by a competent civil engi-
q neer. by soil expert from the state
agricultural college, by myself and
by the chairman of the 1909 senate
ways and means committee. The ad-
vice of DR.. Steiner was also sought
and secured.
Vote is Unanimous.
"The actual order locating the asy
lum was made by state Treasurer
Steel and myself, each having one
vote, but in this matter the decision
was unanimous and in all respects
was concurred in by Senator Noting
ham. the chairman of the ways and
means committee. | have no apollo
gies to make for this site. To my
mind it is by long odds the best To-
cation and will prove in every way
satisfactory. l understand the pres
ent state board has erected some eX-
cellent buildings and that the plant
Is about ready for occupancy.
''Dr. Hall says it will be more eX-
pChSiNC " iui NiiiS ''SH iu'ii PSi NoP
ita, than the one at Salem. Possibly
this is true, but at any event 1t will
be cheaper than the same plant could
be operated at either Baker or I'm
ion In the files of the state board
at Salem will be found a carefully
prepared report on cost of freight
cost of transportation, fuel, building
material and all other needed thing
at the several points and in eacf
case Pendeton is the cheapest
"More than a majority of all the
people living east of the mountain
are pimarily tributary to Pendletoi
and all patients from Salem woul'
have to travel through Pendleton. t.
arrive at either. of the other eligible
towns
Salem Cannot Criticise.
N "As to- water. hardy think Salen
would care to enter into any contro
yersy with Pendleton over this ques
ton. The asylum at Pendleton is t
have thes same water as that used b
the Pendleton people. At Salem, a
I remember conditions. the water fo
the asylum has to be pumped fror
wells. After the state had construct
ed these wells private owner en-