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16 fTTTT JIYVRXTXO ORFf.OXTAN'. SATURDAY. DECEMBER C, 1913. COUNTY TAXES NOW STAND 27.4 MILLS According to Segregation by Commission Multnomah Is . to Provide $1,582,521. SOME INCREASE PROBABL'E All Levies Are Kcported Officially With Exception or Three, bat There Is Little Expectation of Any Decrease In These. TABLE SHOWING ESTIMATED TAX . EEVY FOB CITY OF PORTLAND 1'OB IBIS AND LEVY OF 191?. its. IMS. State 1.13 4.7 Stat chool 1.1 1.4 County 1. 1.8 Romd . . County library l.SS .43 Port of Portland 1.1 l it City of Portland 7.7 " 7.7 School District No, 1 t.6 7.1 32. 27.4 Multnomah County's estimated tax levy was reduced to 27.4 mills by tbe announcement by the State Tax Com mission that the state levy for this county would bo 4.7 mills. Previous estimates had placed the state levy at mills. According; to the segregation made by the Slate Commission, the county will be required to provide 11.552,521 for state purposes. v All of the estimates in the table Riven above are official with the ex ception of state school, county and road levies, but there is little possibil ity that any of these will be reduced. The minimum school tax of $8.70 per capita for each school child is fixed by law. The advisory budget and road committees have recommended the county and road levies and little change will be made by the commis sioners. Tbe total of 27.4 may be in-, creased slightly by a levy for the county high school fund. Superintend ent Armstrong said yesterday that a .15 mill levy might be sufficient, but that the levy roust be made by the Commissioners meeting with the Su perintendent and the County Treasurer. County Assessor Iteed yesterday re ported to the County Commissioners the levies as received by him from the various tax-levying agencies, includ ing the Port of Portland, the City of Portland, other towns and cities in the county und the school districts. The full report submitted by Mr. Rued follows: Taxing Azency Port of Portland .X II purposes ................ Clly of Portland .eti.-rul fund 5.SOS Mil!. Xlonoed Indebtedness interest riTiid .. 1.C10 Firemen's relief and pension tuna Public Iocks Commission.. . . Sinking; fund - f'.ly of St. John, all purposes. . 1'onn of tlreshsm. all purposes 'ity ol Fairvlv. all purposes. Town cf TToutdaie. ull purposes Town of l.lnnton. ail putpoae. school Dirt. No. 1, .Portland, all Purposes .ivo 7.70 P. CO 0.MI lo.VO i.liO 7.u 7.50 briiool Dlst. No. 2, St. Johns iainteuance ................ V'ree textoooka Real estate Ecnool District No. 3. Park Roe . 7 j 2.0O 7.00 Maintenance 4.00 Interest on bonds to School instrlct No. 4. Greshaut Ualiuenance High School .... 3-UQ Hub School Kli, l.to School District No. 7. Wilkes AJsintenance to pay for new sthoothouse ............... School District No. o, Terry 4.70 4. CO 4.30 3. V0 xiaiatensnc. School District No. 10. Cciar . School purposes .......... Maintenance Pchool District No. 11, lltlllhan acbool District No. 1U. West I'orUand Maintenance School LMslrljt No. 11. lalrva'.e -itainteuance Scliool District No. 15, Lusted Mainteuanee hclicol District No. 1. Van-view Maintenance .. Sclioul District No. 17. No Name .Maintenance School District No. 19. Moar . Manitenance School District No. 20. Troutdaie Maintenance Sctiool District No. ill. alunaon Maintenance ................ 6.04 othr purposes 1.00 fcc.iool District No. Z2. Cetlarvllle Maintenance firhool District No. -3. Crooks l.r.o 1.UO 8.00 4.00 2.00 1.00 1.00 1.30 6.00 .00 1.00 Maintenance 2.50 Other purposes luut 12.C0 School District No. 4, Government Island Maintenance 3.00 School District No. 1. Springdalc otlir purposes 2.30 Ecnool District No. 110. Powell Valley All DurvoibS 4.00 School District No. 27, Rock wood All purposes School District No. lluckley All purposes School District No. 51. Aito Park AH purposes Sciiool DUtrict No. Si HUlsJale MaiutenancO - Sciol 1'istrlct No. 33 Columbia Maintenance. School District No. 34. Ileeder Maintenance School District No. Ho. Huriburt All purposes School Dt-.tri.-t No. 3. Latourell Other purposes School District No. 37, Linnlou Mninnjnc Cc-ronl District No. 38. Holbrook Maintenance ................ 1.50 Other purposes l. School District No. 3, Taylor Mainte nanco School District No. 40, Kusaellville Malntenance Scnooi District No. 41. Springfield Maintenance School District No. 42. Bridal Veil Maintenance l.O Other purposes v School District No. 43. Mountain Maintenance School DUtrict No. 44. Folkenberg All purposes School District No. 4S. Gilbert Malntensnre School District No. 46. Warrendais 3.00 4.00 6.00 a.30 .30 2.00 4.00 2.00 2.00 3.00 2 00 1.S0 1.00 8.00 8.00 10.00 8.00 All purposes School District No. 4S. Pleasant View Other purpoe School District No. 43, Victory Maintenance 2-00 Other purposes 4.30 School District No. , Erower Maintenance School District No. 61. lUrerdsie All pn'piises Sciiool District No, 32. Maptesjood Maintenance and Interest .... School Dls'-rict No. 6, Joint. Orient 3taintetiance Z.N Oltaer purposes 1.A School restrict No. 8. Joint. Scaspooae- .30 1.00 8.30 3.00 1.00 7.30 4.00 Maintenance 4.0) Srho.il District No. 13. Joint, Pleasant Val- t.y Maintenance 1.50 School District No. 82. Joint. Cedar alills ilaic.enauce 2.00 Fehool District No. C7. Joint. SwedortUe Maintenance J.00 School District No. S3. Joint. Mlllsvtcw MKlntrnaiicc 2 00 School District No. SI. Joint. Mason. Hill Maintenance - l.."o Cistern ol J. 00 s-chool District No. 33, Joint, did not mrK. levy. No reports hsve bcn received from t:.e follow Inr school districts: No. f. Gtrmtnlown. No. ', I.yn-h. 'o. 30. No name. PERSONAL MENTION. L. L. Tracey, of Astoria. Is at the Oreeon. Mrs. Kay Kjiox, of Albany, is at the Carlton. Russell Catlin, of Salem, Is at t'.iu Cornelius. K. S. Lee, a Chinese Importer of Se- attle. Is registered at the Oregon with Mrs. Lee. Carle Abrams. of Salem, is at the Washington. Mr. George S. Bcatty, of Astoria, is at the Cornelius. Will Smith is registered at the Carl ton from Chicago. A. O. Fields is registered at the Cor nelius from Seattle. C. M. Sain Is registered at the Wash ington from Roscburg. rroy V. Cotter, of Salem, is reg istered at the Cornelius. Mr. -and Mrs. II. E. Taylor, of Se attle, aro at the Washington. K. If. Oliver is registered at the Per kins from Oysterville, Wash. Dr. A. C. Grant is registered at the Multnomah from llwaco. ash. Mr. and Mrs. Abe Key man. of Teka- mah. Neb., are at the Multnomah. Mr. and Mrs. D. Smith, of Aibany, registered at the Carlton yesterday. William Ray. a North Taklma. fruit grower, is registered at the Perkins. United States District Attorney Reamea went to Ashland last night to attend an Elks memorial service. Captain J. L. Long, with Mrs. Long and Mrs. Macey, is registered at the Multnomah from Vancouver Barracks. United States District Judge R. S. Bean is at Eugene today attending a meeting of the University board of regents. Mr. and Jin John P. Kennedy, of Eugene, are at the Multnomah. Mr. Kennedy is a railroad construction contractor. S. G. Sargent, successor to Will Wright as state superintendent of banks, is registered tt the Imperial from Salem. Among the Oregon' hotel men who are registered at the Imperial are: P. A. Foley, of the Hotel FoW. at La Grande; J. E. Crow, of the Motel Ma rion, at Salem, and H. J. Glasou, of the New L'mpqua Hotel at Roscburg. The following men, prominent In college athletic affairs of the North west, are registered at the Oregon: J. R. Bender, of Pullman. Wash.: Georsre L. Larson, of Moscow, Idaho: Dr. K. J. htewart, of Corvallls. and Hugo Bez- dek, of Eugene. Among the Oregon people reelstered at the Perkins are: L. M. and T. G. Wheelwright, merchants of Prinevllle; F. H. Hurlburt. of Condon; H. M. White, a Mc.VIinnvlllo hotel man; Mrs. Is. R. Stinwon. of the Hotel Blle;h at Snlem; Dan J. Moore, of the Hotel .Moore at Seaside, and R. W. McCulIy, of Halsey. Oregon people who registered at the Imperial yesterday were: Mr. ami Mrs. J. A. Denny, of Enterprise; Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Burns, of Carlton; W. J. Kerr, of Corvallis: Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Taylor, of Amity; G. H. Wenady. of renn; ueorge Brewster, or Prinevllle; C. M. Bishop, of Pendleton, and T. J. Hanford, of La C ramie. CHICAGO, Dec"o. (Special.) The following from Portlnnd n r. ,..ui.,.j at Chicano hotels: At the Sherman. A. u. Fechan; at the Brevoort, Bert Clr code. WIFE'S FAKE DISASTROUS GAXG OK YEGG MEN LAND IX JJAIE. IX EFFORT TO SWIXDLE. "Texas Jimmy" Riley and .Several Cena paaloas SeBteaeed to Itockplle aad Must Pay Flsjra. When the wife of "Texas Jimmy" Riley, a yeggman. sued the Vancouver, Wash., street railway company for daniRges alleged to have been caused her by a streetcar, she started an In vestigation which broke up tho "gang" of her husband, and sent "Texas Jim my" and his companions to the rock pilo for various terms. The woman is what is known to the police as a "throwouL'' a person "Who ran dislocate a limb by muscular ac tion. This, it Is alleged, she did to get damages from the streetcar com pany. Detectives Coleman and Snow found the home of the gang at 001 Enst Lombard street. St. John's, from her complaint, and a week ago gathered in the members. Riley was sentenced to six mouth in jail and drew a J 100 fine yesterday sentence. Charles Ryan, William Poul sen and Joseph nines, others of tbe paty arrested by Detective Pat Molon ey, are serving sentences on the rock pile; and Frank Shank was sentenced VAstneHav tn ft .1 . . Mn k.& ...... 1 . I T ana line 01 iu. niiiiam enanK and Ethel Mulkey are to be tried to day. Kittle Jones, who was seised with Frank Shank, was sentenced to 20 days' Imprisonment and fined J100. Riley has a long criminal record, but has never been sent to the peni tentiary for safe burglary. Although he is supposed to have knowledge of tho robbery of the Woodmen of the World and D. Sondhelm safes, cracked In Portland recently, his connection with them was not proved. Among the property seised on Riley's arrest Is a .S8-caliber revolver; target style, with tne Inscription "Won by Lieutenant Harry C. Adley." Its own ership Is being traced by the detec tives." Grants Pas Wins on Protest. GRANTS TASS. Or.. Dec 5. (Spe cial.) At tho meeting of the taxpayers It was agreed that a resolution of pro test be sent to tho County Court ask ing that the S-mill levy for road tax purposes be annulled as to the City of Grants Pass, thereby saving tho city taxpayers 167.000. The matter was taken up today by the County Court In a hearing upon the law concerning the legality of the rond tax imposed upon the city, and the County Court decided after hearing argument of counsel for the taxpayers that it would be expedi ent not to levy a (-mill tax covering tho City of Grants Pass. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO CHARTER EXPLAINED Protection for Efficient Employes Is Object of Oua Measure Would Enable Commissioners, to Appoint Aliens. THB OREGONIAN Herewith pre sents the sixth of a series of ex planations of proposed charter amendments to be voted on at tho spe cial city election next Tuesday. Other explanations will be presented tn sub sequent issues: Ballot Title. An Act to amend Pert Ion SIT of tho City Charter so as to pro7tde that civil . service employes nho have been removed because the office or employment has been abolished or the cumber of employes reduced shall have preference for reappointment according to their efficiency. Instead of la the order of their' discharge, as at present provided. Shall Section 317 of the -Charter of the City of Portland be amended? l.'S. Tta. lu No. This amendment. If passed, will re quire the reinstatement of city em ployes In tho order of their efficiency. At present, under the city charter as it pertains to municipal civil service, employes are laid off tn the order cf their appointment In the service, the last to be appointed being the flrpt to bo dropped In case of curtailment of forces. In increasing forces again the first to be dropped is tbe first to be taken into the service. In this way an employe who has been tn the serv ice for years may be dropped along witU employes who have been employed GRANT TO RAILWAY AROUSES PROTEST Westmoreland Residents Up in Arms Over Franchise for Oregon City Line. NEW ROUTE IS SUGGESTED Slight Deviation lom Adopted Conrsc at East Seventeenth Street and Nelialem Avenue AskedCost Declared Lower. Residents of East Seventeenth street In Westmoreland aro making' serious protest against tho invasion of this residence district byN the Portland tt Oregon City Rallwoy and are prepar ing to invoke the referendum against the franchle recently granted by the City Council. In their ambition to keep the inter urban road off of the street they make It plain that they are not trying to keep It out of town. They offer as alternative route. This alternative route, they say, of fers all tho advantages possessed by the route actually adopted and carries with it none of the disadvantages. It provides transportation relief for the residents of the districts Immediately east of the present Sellwood line of the Tortland Railway, Light & Power Company, who prayed for the Portland & Oregon CUy franchise grant. v Fronj the city limits to Nehalem av enue the adopted route and the alter native route are Identical, both fol lowing East Seventeenth street. Xrhnlera Aveane Dlvrreenre Pol at. At Nehalem avenue, while the adopt ed route continues northward on Fast Seventeenth street, tho alternative route swerves west to Mllwaukie av enue. Some .objection has been made by Stephen Carver and his associates in the Portland & Oregon City lino to the curve involved In the proposed al ternative route at East Seventeenth and Nehalem. but engineers and other railroad authorities agree that this curvo is not difficult, as the angle Is not sharp. While the. adopted route continues northward on Seventeenth street to .Mail street, tho proposed route follows Mllwaukie avenue to Mall street. From Mlluaukle avenue and Mall street the two routes over the entire remaining distance are identical. The proposed route provides for use of the Portland Railway. Light & Power Company's Mllwaukie - street line, which Is operated on common user basis between By bee avenue and Mitchell street. ( kraprr ('obstruction. Argued. From Mitchell street to Mull street some needed gradlntr will have to be done if the alternative route Is adopted and about three blocks of private right-of-way will have to be con demned. However, this condemnation Is off set in the route adopted by obstruc tions In East Seventeenth street through tho Midway district. It is argued that tho alternative route offers cheaper construction than does the udonted route. Stephen Carver, who has secured the i Portlntid und Oregon City franchise, also is the head of the organisation that started to build the Clackamas Southern from Oresron City to MolaJla a few years ago. This lino never was completed, however. While Mr. Carver and his attorney, M. G. Muiily. promise to build ond oper ate the line, the possibility of Its fu ture sule to one of the railroad sys tems already operating kwre always Is present. " Mr. Carver's first railroad activity In Oregon was the construction of the Corvallls & Alsea River road, which recently was sold to the Portland, Eu gene & ICnstern for $460,000. 2 MEASURES DISCUSSED COMMISSIONERS DIECK BREWSTER TALK. A.D Aasesasaent for Park Purpose Dis cussed -and Need of Paving Plaat ' Explained to Realty Board. Addresses on the charter amend ments affecting their respective de partments by City Commissioner Dleck. of the department of public works, and Commissioner Brewster, of the depart ment of public! affairs, were the fea ture of the Portland Realty Board's weekly luncheon at the Commercial Club Friday. Many questions and much discussion resulted from Mr. Brewster's remarks on district assess ment for park purchase and improve ment. The clause bearing on that subject. Mr. Brewster explained, was inserted by advice of the legal department, as a precautionary measure, and the Com missioners, he said, do not expect to raise money for parks by this method. The city nee! a municipal paving plant, said Mr. Black, because the con tractors' , guarantee on large areas of -Act only a few days. When tho forces are Increased the llrst man to get tho posi tion is tho man who has been In the serVlce t!ie shortcut time. L'Hder the proposed charter amendment provision Is r.iade for tho reinstatement of em ployes In accordance with ratings shown on efficiency report cards which are being kept by the heads of city bureaus. Ballot Title. an tet tn amend tlie l't-.rlr nf the Cite oi pirliMTid so as to provide that officers! appointed by the counrii. instead of ail ap pointed officers, shall serve liurlnc the pleas ure of the Council, and to provide further, that the t'lty Kn.lneer and superintendent of parks shall he exempt from the provis ion which requires that surh officers shall, at the time of thlr appointment, be citizens of the t'nlted States, residents and quali fied voters of the City of Portland. Fhail the charter be so amonded? 14. Tea. 105. No. Thi measure would enable members of the City Commission to select an alien for the position either of City Engineer or Park Superintendent. On the ballot also Is a measure exempting these officials from being registered voters of the city. The purpose of this Is to make possible the selection of officials outside the city or state but not outside the Vuited States. The measure, the title of which la giver above, goes farther than this by elim inating; tbe citizenship qualification. pavement will expire In the near fu ture and the city will become respon sible for keeping up the streets In those districts. A city plant, he af firmed, could do this repair work with less expense than hired contractors. Hu cited an Instance where three con tractors were working on a stretch of Portland street 1000 feet long, a tract not sufficient to make It worth while for three companocs to move in their machinery. A 150.000 bond Issuo !s asked to In stall the municipal paving plant, al though Mr. Dleck hinted all of the sum might not be necessary. W. V. Allen presided. CHARLES F. SANGER DIES llody Will Be Taken to New York for Burial by Brother. Charles F. Sanger died yesterday. All hopo for Mr. Sanger, who had been siiTferlr.g with pneumonia for leveral weeks, was given up by his physicians. Dr. J. 8. Moore and Dr. R. C. Yenney, Thursday night. Tho body will bo taken to New York and buried in Woodlawn Cemetery. Edmund Sanger, of Mount Vernon, N. Y., arrived in Portland Thursday night and was at the bedside of his brother during the last hours of bis life. Mr. Sanger had lived in Portland for 15 years, for the last nine years being head of the hat department in Butfum fc Pendleton's store. He was born in Plainfleld, N. J.. September 30, 1869. and Is survived by bis wife atid moth er. Mrs. M. Sanger, and a sister, Mrs. M. Little, both of Philadelphia. For the last 10 years he had been a mem ber of the Portland lodge of Elks and the funeral services will be under the auspices of that order. His name will be added to the roll of "absent mem bers" at the memorial meeting to morrow In the White Temple. WOMAN SET FREE AGAIN Juror Insists Offender Should Have Chance to ltcforni. The Biblical doctrine, "Go. and sin no morO hunsr a Jury in Municipal Court yesterday and prevented the conviction of Alice Le Grand, a woman of the streets, who was charged with vagrancy. K. A. McPherson. connect ed with the Moyer clothing stores, was one Juror of four which considered the case and he refused in 45 minutes of argument to see otherwise than that the woman snuuld have been warned to quit her trade before being arrested. The Le Grand woman was arrested first on October 11 and charged with maintaining a house at 43 'i Fourth street North. After a few weeks she drifted back to the same place and was again arrested. Frank Fisher. A. A. Dekuni and 11. K. Cowglll. It is said, wished to convict, but McPherson held out ror acquittal on the ground that the police should have warned her and allowed her to go her way unmo- iestec. PORTLAND CORN SHOW NEXT Railroad Will Bring Exhibits From Col fa i and Pendleton. Portland will have a corn show next week In conjunction with the stock show. All tho prize-winning exhibits shown at Colfax. Wash., and at Pendleton. Or.. this week will be brought to Portland by the O.-W. R. & N. Company and placed on display In a convenient room in the business district. Every one in Portland will be Invited to see concrete proof of tho fact that Oregon and Washington arc corn states and that "the time honored theory that corn can't be grown in tho Northwest is a fallacy, and founded on ignorance or laziness, as . . L. Smith, agricul turist for the O.-W. It. & N. Company, says. William McMurray. general passen ger agent for the company, returned yesterday from Colfax, where he at tended the corn show and was so en thusiastic over it that he arranged at once to bring the corn to Portland. It is probable that the room at Fifth and Alder streets In which the poultry show is now being held will bo secured. HORSES TO BE PROTECTED Humane Society Will Permit No Abuses During; Holiday Kudi. Special officers will be appointed to watch during the holiday rush season, and prompt arrests will be made In cases of delivery wagon drivers who are found rushing their horses too hard. This decision was announced at the monthly meeting of the Oregon Hu mane Society In tho Wilcox building yesterday. The monthly report indi cated a long list of activities, chief among which was the charting and placarding of the more Important grades In tbe city, for the guidance of teamsters. Commissioner Dleck has announced that he will co-operate with the so ciety, and arrangements will be made to place rough surfacing In the center of pavements on steep grades. The society Is prepared to have bad grades again sprinkled with sand so horses may obtain a footing in tbe wet sea son. COUNTY TO LIGHT BRIDGES District Attorney Holds City Not Re sponsible for Bills on Spans. Multnomah County must stand the expense of lighting the bridges and approaches, and cannot ask the city to contribute to the upkeep, either as regards current expenses or repairs. District Attorney Evans advised the County Commissioners yesterday. The decision was made when Mr. Evans was asked to pass on two bills pre sented by the Portland Railway. Light power Company, for 1117.85. The expense of the maintenance Is placed on tho county, Mr. Evans says, by statute. If the wiring of the Broadway bridge was Injured by the fire two months ago. the matter should be called to the attention of the Insurance companies. Mr. Evans said, and contractors should Be (eld responsible for repairs. SUIT AGAINST CITY ENDS C. E. Jolinton Receives 300 and Sc. cures Ray Orr'a Rcleac. Ray Orr. allis Charles D. Burns, yes terday was discharged tn Municipal Court on the request of C. K. Johnson, who "went good" on a forged draft for 1X00- which Orr passed on the Ladd 4k Til ton Bank sevrral months ago. The 1300 which Orr displayed at the police station the night of his arrest and which was seized and held as evidence, was turned over to Johnson. This disposes of a tlvll suit which Johnson has filed against the City of Portland, asking for the money. Orr is under Indictment, and the Municipal Court rase will have no effect on the other cases against him. Orr was caught by I'inkerton delect Ives In Dayton. O.. whence he fled from Portland when released on his own rccosnixanee. Take- home a box of Tbomp.seu's Chocolates. Your dealer seiU them. Adv. PARK RULING IDE Assessing Costs to Property Declared Old Right. LA ROCHE GIVES OPINION Criticism of Measure for Bond Is sue ot $C00,000 Leads Com ml s- f loner Brewster to Have City Attorney Pass on Merits. In explanation of a question which has arisen regarding a provision In the proposed 1200 000 bond Issue for permanent improvement in parks, making it possible to Improve the parks by assessing the cost to adja cent parcels of land. City Commis sioner Brewster has procured a state ment from City Attorney LaRoche in which the opinion is given that the provision in tha measure Is merely a clause provided to perpetuate power already held by the City Council. The measure In - question is that which provides that the City Council may make park Improvements by cre ating a district and assessing lots, blocks or parcels of land for benefits brought about by park improvements. Commissioner Brewster says be had understood that the provision In the $300,000 Issue was similar to that in tile issue of $1,000,000 fur park bonds authorized by tho voters in 1007. In vestigation revealed the fact that in the act of 1907 provision was made for assessing property benefited by im proving boulevards. No mention wa made in this act regarding the assess ing of adjacent property for park Improvement-, as provided In the pro posed 1200.000 bond Issue act. Proslaloa Considered Reservation. Jn his opinion City Attorney La Roche says: The provision referred to Is near the end of the proposed amendment and reads as follows: 'There is expressly reserved to the Council the riaht to assess lots, blocks and parcels of land In any district or districts, specially and perullsrly benefited tiierehy for the cost of acquiring property or Im proving the same for park and other pur poses designated in this act. and the Council Is hereby authorlx-d and empowered to pre scribe the method of maklns; such assess ments. Huch assessments may be made to cover the whole or any part of such cost, but the same- shall not exceed the special and peculiar benefits accruing to any prop erty so assessed ..." The object of tho above provision Is to preserve tbe power which the Council has under sections r.51. S71. ST2, e. seq.. of the, charter, now Improvement code and t am, of th opinion that the above provision win be construed exclusively as a reservation and not a srant of any new power. The above provision was Inserted in order to avoid the posslbln Interpretation that, by authorizing the acquisition and Improvement of parks, boulevards, etc., from a fund to be provided by the Issuance of bonds, tbe city would be confined to such method of Improvement, and thereby sections 3.M. S71. 872, et acq., of tho charter be suspended. Section of l.avr Quoted. "The City Attorney's "opinion." said Mr. Brewster yesterday, "shows that the propobed bond amendment for the Improvement of parks will not change In any way the existing law as to as sessing districts for parks or their improvement. In other words, wheth er the amendment passes or is defeat ed, the rlKiit to assess surrounding property remains the same. The pro vision which gives this right has been In force sinco 10J and, as far as I know, has never been invoked. , The language is substantially as follows: See. 871. The eame power and authority granted by th'S e t to the Council to open, lay out. establish, widen, alter, extend, vacato and close streets, and to establish and chanze the arade of streets within the limits ot the city of Portland, and lo ap propriate and condemn private property therefor, are hereby granted to said Council to open, lay out. tstabllsh. wlaen, alter, extend, vacate and c!oso within the same limits, boulevards, avenues. lanes. alleys, bridses. bicycle paths, squares, parks, plst. and public places, and to sppropriate and comletnn private properly therefor and to establish and chanza the grade ot each. ELKS TO FIND 18 ABSENT MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL IE HELD Hi' LODGE TOMORROW. Dr. Jouah II. Wise M ill Deliver Address aad Eutosry Will Be Given by J. II. Vptoa. Eighteen Portland Elks who an swered "present" at the memorial serv ices a year ago will be absent when the) roll Is called st the annual cere- E V iTOO MANY re nale mo! frail backward faces and poor blood their starred because their regular TsJieV A Such children need Scott's Emulsion above everything else; it contains nature's rarest lifegrvin: fats; it is essentially food value; blood-food ana bone-food, free from wine, alcohol or harmful drug. Scott's Emulsion often builds many times its wmxlii ;n mrMA f1Mth it medicinal, tonic and v nutritive propertiea IT IS NOT A fRQP. BUT A FOUNDATION FOR STURDY CROWTH. Eve IT Dr-uaxlet Has It. Avoid Substitute). r "A Perfect Woman Nobly Planned To Warn, to Comfort and Command" Nature never intended woman to be delicate, ailing, or a sufferer from "nerves." Women in middle ase complain of "hot flashes." Many women suffer needlessly from girlhood to womanhood, and from moth erhood to middle life, with backache, or headache, dizziness, faintnesv or bearing-down sensations. For a permanent relief from these distressing symptoms nothing is so good as DR. PIERCE'S FAVORITE PRESCRIPTION as a soothing and strengthening ner vine allays and subdues nervous exdtabiliiy. Irritability, nervous exhaustion, and other distressing symptoms commonly attendant upon functional and organic diseases of the feminine organs. It induces refreshing, sleep and relieves mental anxiety and despondency. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels. Sugar-coated, tiny granules. montal at the White Temple tomorrow afternoon. , Their names and tho dates of death are: J. V. Gellert. December U, ISIS; Will iam Frazler. January 15, 1912; Louis Dammascb, February IS, 113; John " Robertson. April S, 1913; Charles II. Clute. March 27, 1913: John Cordano. March 30. 1913; Charles E. Atherton, May 31, 1S1J; George F. Robertson, June 1. 1913; Henry V. Kllppel. June 17. 1913; James C. Murray. June 20. 1913; Joseph L. Turner. June 10, 1913. George W. Werlln. July 11. 1913; Charles E. Cant, Augut-t 7. i911; Julius Bluhm. Au gust 14. 1913; John Jack. September 1, 1913; J. Woods Smith, November 2. 1913; Robert Harrison. November 15, 1913; C F. Sanger. December 6. 1913. Tho services Sunday will be in accord ance with ritualistic requirement and will be similar to those to be con ducted by every lodge of Elks in tbe country. The memorial address- will be deliv ered by Dr. Jonah B. Wise, while the eulogy will be given by J. II. Upton, past exalted ruler of Portland ladge. William R. Boone, a member of the lodge, will preside at the organ. Vocal music will be provided by Mrs. Herman A. Politz. Dr. R. M. Emerson. Mrs. Sara Glance Bowman and M. L. Bowman. William Adams. J. IL Dietz, George L. Baker, T. F. Dowllng and Harry G. Allen are In charge of tbe memorial programme. DIECK SUPPORTS PLAN FIG IKES TELL AMOl NT OF PAVING PATCHING ANXCALLY. Tables Show Wktle la 1914 5.40 Yards, Yet la 1813 21,312 Yards Will Need Renewal. Ia support of bis assertion that Port land Is in need of a municipal paving plant to do repair work. City Commis sioner Dieck yesterday Issued a table showing the amount of repair work on bitulithlc and aspbaltlc pavements in the city during the two years com mencing January 1, 1911. It Is shown that the percentage of patching which will be necessary on the streets under municipal mainten ance will total 3 per cent throughout tbe city. The actual yardage of re pair on this 3 per cent basis will bo as follows: xIn 114, 95-40 yards; 1915. 24. 042 yards; 1916. C3.172 yards. The cost of patching by municipal repair plant on tbe basin of the average market prices at present would be. for 1914. (11K.25; fur iJli. t30.u52.50: fur 1 1 6. 78.95. . There will come under maintenance during tiie two years the following amounts of paving: In 1914. 2180 square yards; in l'jla, s01.389 square yards; In U'IS. 2.105.720 square yards. It Is said that while the city possibly could not do patching work as cheaply as con tractors, still the city would save money in the long run. because con tractors would nut do the work as well and as promptly as would the city. It Is declared that during the Sum mer months, which Is tbe proper time for paving repairs, the contractors are so busy with new work that they can not afford to do patching. It Is de clared also that the Contractors natur ally are not anxious to do the work properly, because it Is to their Inter est to have the pavliig wear out, so that repaving would be necessary. The city proposes under tho plans prepared by Commissioner Dicck to do repair work promptly and properly, so that the life of pavements can be perpet uated. It has been said that the city pro poses to establish a plant with a ca pacity of 2500 yards a day, which Is more than half as large as the largei-t plant In the L'nited States. Mr. Dieck rays that this is not altogether true. He says the facilities will be secured for a 2500-yard plant, but the capacity at the outset will not be so great. Room will be made for Increase If the neces sity arises. ACTION TAKEN ON PENSIONS Widows Bounties Grant eel; Others Jlcduccd AVI ic n Work Is Pound. Three widows' pensions were grant ed, three refused because the applicant Is not eligible to receive a pension, tinal decision on two applications post poned pending further Investigation and one pensiun reduced and one dis continued by the case committee, which met yesterday in the Juvenile Court rooms. Mrs. Allie May Rlcboldt. of Tark wood. Or., is allowed 10 for two chil dren, the regular allowance being re duced because Mrs. Kieboldt owns her home. Employment will be found for Mrs. Hattie Wever. of 248 Thirteenth street and for that reason she is al lowed 117.50 Instead of $25. tha full allowance for three children. The work, the comtnitteo said, will be light and not interfere with her making a home for her children and sending them to school. Mis. Cecil Anderson CHILDREN b studies with pinched minds and bodies are actually food does not nourish. make all good food do good. , The "Favorite Prescription" Is known everywhere and for over 40 yean a the standard remedy tor the diseases of women. Your dealer in medicines sells it in liquid or tablet form: or yon can send 50 one cent stamps for a trial box of Lr. Pierce's Favnnte FrescnrtKn tablets. Address ur. Fierce, Invalids' Hotel. BuCalo, Is. Y. fa - I iTK. m BY. I as7 el Old Time Sore tea And Ulcers Healed , Old Wounds Often BotW Many Years After. 3 1 People who have been poulticing anJ anointing an old sore for years and years marvel at the way it heals quickly after using S. S. S. When you come to realize that the skin and the flesh beneath are composed of a network of tiny blood vessels you solve the mystery. There are wonderful medicinal proper ties In S. 8. S. that follow the course of the blood stream just as naturally as the most nourishing food elements. It Is really a remarkable remedv. It contains one ingredient, the active pur- ' pose of which is to stimulate the tis sues to the healthy selection of Its own essential nutriment. And the mediclnnl : elements of this matchless blood purifier are Just as essential to well-balanced health as the nutritious elements of tha meats, grains, fats, and sugars of our dally food. Not only this, but if from the presence of some distributing poison there is a local or general Interference of nutrition to cause boils, carbuncles, abscesses ants kindred troubles, S. S. 8. so directs the local cells that this poison is rejected and eliminated from their presence. ,A Then, too, S. 8. S. has such specff.e stimulation on these local cells as to pre serve their mutual welfare and a proper relative assistance to each other. Xot one drop of minerals or drug is used In Its preparation. Ask for S. S. S. and Just Insist upon having it. And If you desire skillful advice and counsel upon any matter concerning the blood and skin, write to the medical department. The Swift Specific Co.. 210 Swift Labora tory. Atlanta. Ga. Do not allow some zealous clerk to larruo the atmosphere in eloquence oven something "Just as good" as S. S. S. Beware of all substitutes. owns her own home and for that rea son Is allowed only $10 for her two children. Instead of $17.i0. One pension is discontinued because the beaeticiary no longer is dper;Uci:t and one is reduced from SSI.Jtt to l- because one of her children has o'. tulned work and s:opped school. DR. MATS ON TO LECTURE Prevention of Tuberculosis Topic oi' Addresj at V. M. C. A. s?omctl.i:is out of the ordinal'. among the Sunday programmes at ti c I'orllaud Young Men's Christian Asso ciation will be given tomorrow after noon when Dr. Italph Matron speak "i: "Prevention and Care of Tuberculosis. ' Dr. Matson has 2000 feet of film that will be displayed in connection wlt.i the lecture. These pictures were taken In Edin burgh and illustrate the care that should be taken of tubercular patient.-, how to avoid danger ot contracting tuberculosis and other phases of tii-' subject. They are particularly ap propriate at this time because of tli cair.paign for the sale of tho Red Cros ses Is. Dr. Matson will speak at 2:30 o'cloc!.. his address being the special feature provided for this Sunday.. The formal meeting will convene at 3:15 o'clock and will io cdressed by Dr. D. V. I'ol-Ing-. on the subject "Parts of a Man.'' Dr. Poling was unable to give t'nls a'l orrss. which was announced for la.-t tuiiilay. Jackson County Fires Few. ASHI.AXD. Or.. Dec 5. fppecial. Sccurity as afforded by the Jacks"?! County lire Protection Association during- the past season cost a mer trifle, the figures being . cent mi acre for individual timber holdiou outside of the Government land. Th" year has not witnessed a single fire 4f any magnitude in this Fection, either In Government forests or private tim ber areas. Only One "BBOMO QlIXINr." That is LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE. Loo. lar the signature of E. W. GKOVE. Cures j Cold tn One Day. Cures Grip In Two Dara. U. S. INDIAN AGENT MAKES PERSONAL INVESTIGATION Agent at Suquaniish Says He Has Tested Plant Juice and Found It to Be Great. Mr. K. J. Egbert, who is Indian Apci : at fc'uqtiamisli. Wash., is another man who Is a trong believer in Plant Juice. He said: "I find your riant Juice to be ai: right for the stomach and bowels. 5t stomach has troubled me for a loin; time and this was probably the cause of my severe constipation. I wa-s afraid the use of cathartics would form a habit and I would have to continue taking them. I find that Plant Juice causes a perfectly natural action of the bowels by acting on the liver. It is also toning up my stomach. My food is digesting now and does not distress me as It did." As a corrective of all disorders of the stomach, liver and kidneys. Plant Juice Is In a class by Itself. If you are bilious, have Indigestion, torpid liver, constipation, no appetite, gas or bloat ing, sleep poorly and . wake up tired and grouchy with a coated tongue, foul breath, puffy eyes and no energy for the day's work: If you have pains across the back or In the Joints, with too scanty or too highly colored urine, headache, dizzy spells, spots before the eyes, or if you feel tired and woru out from over work or worry. Just try a bottle of Plant Juice- The results will surprise and please you. For sale at The Owl Djriisr Co. 'a stores. FOR. 'wellin&s 1 Soak a piece of flannel with Omcija Oil, lay it over the part that hurts and cover with a piece of oiled silk. This treatment usually stops the pain and quickly reduces the swelling and inflammation. Trial bottle toe. Mkmmafion i