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THE SUNDAY OKEGOMAX, PORTLAND. SEPTEMBER 26,' 1920 t 11 GORDON GIVES IS 1 REASOr City Held in Need of Business Administration. MAYOR BAKER PRAISED George Herbert, democratic candidate for sheriff, and his son. Lieutenant Freye Herbert, who is on f uriougrh ; Sheriff Anderson and I. B. 'Bowen. On the return the senator and bis party stopped in Rlchlanj, where Mr. Chamberlain was griven a royal re ception by the business men. The party arrived In time to join in a banquet with SeiYator McNary and other United States officials. Aspirant to OTfice Declares Incum bent's' War Record Is Ad mirable One. Herbert Gordon, candidate for mayor in the November election, is sued a statement last night giving his reasons for being an aspirant for the offce. There were seven reasons assigned and Mr. Gordon laid stress on the need of a business administra tion. Mr. Gordon said that Mayor Baker, whom he wishes to succeed, "made a remarkable war record, but I think the citizens of Portland feel that war days are over and wemust be prepared to work. Mr. Gordon's statement follows: My reasons for entering the mayoralty race "are : 1. Many hundreds of Portland people, representing property owners, business men and the average voter, signed petitions asking mo to run. Bqninetts Methods Assailed. 2. As a businetia man, I am convinced that our business affairs that Is the business affairs of this great city of ours have been run in a most unbusinesslike fashion. And, as a business man, I can safely promise that I shall bring that wme business acumen to the affairs of the city I have brought to my personal affairs. 3. Taxes are high. No Budden reduction can be promised. We must reduce taxes. The .only manner in -which this can be done is to cut out the trimmings.' reduce expenditures to the proper basis. All of which means that the business of the city must be run by a business man. It must bo remembered at the same time that the mayor must be progressive 4. We have been Increasing the taxable wealth of the city. We have failed to encourage private Investment, which will give us a greater field for taxation, in place of increasing the taxes of the pres ent property -owners. I feel that private Investment should be encouraged. 5. Every encouragement, in place of every discouragement, should be offered to building of homes and factories in Port land. Sober, Hard Work Is Urged. 6. I have waited long for some Portland citizen of recognized business reputation to offer himself for office. 7. We must be prepared for sober, hard work. We may, in the next few years, absolutely assure prosperity by honest con structive and conservative effort. Realizing this, I m announcing my candidacy for the office of mayor to suc ceed Mr. Baker. " I do not wish to disparage Mr. Baker. He made a remarkable war record, but I think the citizens of Portland feel that vir days are over and we must be pre pared to work. Talk" will not help us now. Hard work, sane business sense is required. As to my personal qualifications:' Business Career Cited. For nine years prior to coming to Port land I was a merchant, making a success o( my business. I have lived Irl Portland 13 years and all my interests and everything 1 pobbess is invested in Portland. As president of tho Lawyers Title and Trust company, I have a direct knowledge of the needs of the average taxpayer, voter and business man. 1 have served three consecutive terms in the Oregon legislature In the litlU and 10-0 sessions 1 was chairman of the ways and means committee of the hoube, thus acquiring knowledge of legislation and experience in handling public finances w hich is very much needed in Portland at this time In the conduct of city af fairs. The records of those sesions speak for themselves. I carried iorward the soldiers' and sailors relief bill and with the support of patriotic members it was parsed. Of course, as did all patriotic citizens, I supported every patriotic cause, measure and effort. Housing Aid Is Related. I did my part to relieve the housing situation by building dwellings and homes lor hundreds of families in Portland. The citizens of Portland do not want a multitude of pledges but they are en titled to the promise that every vestige of business strength their mayor pos sesses shall be at their service. 1 promise that everything X do shall be with the bet ter government, better operation, better financing and better management of the city in view. 1 have and shall have no "entangling alliance." I shall be under no obligation of patronage to any individual ur or ganization. My sole idea in running is to be of serv ice to the citizens of Portland. Women's Straw Vote Is Taken. Taking a straw vote throughout the country, with the particular purpose of ascertaining how women will vote, a chain of drug stores began the bal loting yesterday. The Owl Drug com pany, which is one of the several hun dred store interested in the move ment, received 63 ballots yesterday. The vote of the men stood: Harding, 35; Cox, 14. The women voted: Hard ing, 8; Cox, 6. In this campaign, the - - - I i i 1 1 , h- if" .mm $ -1 f " " '"of i I f tA' , i I I 1 jL.:.v ftrc it f w TV I ? Herbert Gordon, who announces candidacy for mayor. leaders fo the republican and demo cratic parties have been wondering how the women will vote and the drug stores arc endeavoring- to determine this question. HIGHWAYS TP BE ROCKED CONTRACTS FOR 5 COUNTIES TO BE AWARDED. ' Democrat Asks Recount. YAKIMA, Wash., Sept. 26. (Spe cial.) W. H. White, candidate for the democratic nomination for county auditor, will ask a recount of the bal lots in the democratic primary in or der that his name nay go on the November ballot. He was credited with 3' votes. but learns from friends that his name was written on ballots In precincts where he received no credit. .He must have 10 per cent of the total number of votes cast, or 45 votes, to entitle him to a. place on the ballot. Commission May Also Take Action r on Unpaved Section of Co lumbia River Drive. Contracts for rocking state high way? In five counties will be awarded by the highway commission at its meeting Tuesday. It is also probable that the commission will take some action as to the paving of sections of the Pacific and Columbia river high ways, such as making selections of some of the sections to be paved next year. Six miles of paving- will be adver tised for contracting Tuesday, this being the Pacific highway section known as the Oswego-Oregon City section. It extends from the Multno mah county line to the bridge head opposite Oregon City. If the contract is awarded, the pavement may be laid from Oswego to the Multnomah line this year. . On the Corvallis-Newport highway the commission is calling for bids to rock 7S00 cubic yards on the section between Wren and Blodgett. In Curry county a rock contract will be let on the coast highway from Brush creek to Hubbard creek. The president of the commercial club at l'ort Orford Mas written the commis sion, asking that the mile between Port Orford and the section to be rocked, abe graded,. Ou the Central Oregon highway the commission is calling for bids on the Lawen-Crane section. This is for 79,000 cubic feet of excavating and 22,000 cubic feet 'of $tone. The work is in Harney county. On the Old Oregon Trail, in Union counry, the commission calls for bids for 105,000 cubic feet of excavating between Kamela and Hilgard. At -the Tuesday meeting-the com mission will also offer for sale $2,000, 000 worth of road bonds. The high way work has been progressing at the rate of about $500,000 a week until the recent rains set in and caused a tem porary pause in construction work, particularly in the paving line. SIX DAYS TO REGISTER Courthouse Books Close Saturday Xight, Stations Tuesday. Six more days remain for regif iranon or citizens who would vote in the November general election. Reg istration booka close at the court house next Saturday night and in special stations at St. Johns, Linn ton, Lents, Woodlawn, Montavilla, Sellwood and Albina. on Tuesday night. , Citizens who voted at the primaries or at any election during the last two years need not register again unless they have moved from their pre cincts. Few voters are registering consid ering the early closing of the books. Only 210 were counted yesterday. The registration department of County Clerk .Beveridge is kept busy, how ever, recording numerous changes of. address. Present registration by par ties follows: -. Male. Female. Total. Republicans 44.606 20,470 74.076 Democrats 14.."73 10.r,:! . 2.-..K9 Other parties ... 2.882 2002 4.8S4 Total 104.0G9 Political Notes. 50 MILLIONS FOR HOUSES Argentina to liulld for 20,000 Working Families. RIO DE JANEIRO Both federal and municipal governments are about to take action to relieve the shortage of houses here. ' In the chamber of deputies a bill has been introduced providing for a special bond issue of $50,000,000 for the construction of houses for work ing families. In the municipal coun cil a measure was presented provid ing that all workers' houses built in the next two years be free from the usual municipal taxes. The federal bill proposes the con struction, under the - municipal ' ad ministration, of 20,000 houses in va rious districts of the capital wherever nationally or municipally owned ground is available. It is intended that the houses shall be sold to heads of working families, payment- being spread over a period of 20 years. In addition, the bill provides for the con struction of two huge apartment houses, for families and for bachelors, respectively, with common kitchens and other communal installations, the rent-being placed at a. very low figure. Divorce Suits Filed. Divorce suits filed in the circuit court yesterday were Mollie against Lott Edwin Crawford. Henry against Bora Habermah, Mary E. against Quincie C. Newkirk. Cora Bell against Charles Hossfeld, Adolfene E. against Adolph Schieve, Anna E. against H. Holmes, Herman against Anna Re sider, and Fred against Emma Win-senburg., x;. -'vj b V. I f f - 4V,4!! - Its. X,V"f C' l tf t : JA 4 litis I ur it r--J What We Stated Two Weeks Ago Is Front-Page News Today PRICES HAVE DROPPED Commodities now reduced include Woolens, Cottons, Food, Autos and Furniture. John X. Day, chairman of the Mult nomah county republican central com mittee, nas written H. ' L. St. Clair, secretary of the eastern M ultnomah covrnty republican club, suggesting that board members of the club ar range with d i rectors of the county fair, which will be held at Gresham October 4-5-ti-7-S-9. for a republican rally to be held at any time during the fair. The county committee has promised to provide a speaker for the meeting". The Karding-Coolidfire Union Labor club will hold a business meeting at republican headquarters, 635 Morpan building, at 8 o'clock tomorrow night. Members of union labor who are in terested in the movement are urgently requested to be present. Senator S. 13. Huston and Mrs. Will iam John Hawkins Will talk on repub licanism at the meeting of the . St. Johns Republican club to be held to morrow night in Bickner hall, corner! of Burlington and Jersey streets. . Hamilton Johnston will address the Albina Republican club at a meeting to be held in the lvnott-street library Tuesday night. . , Judge Ceorge W, Stapleton will be j the principal speaker at the meeting of the Sellwood-Moreland Republican club to be held tomorrow night in the Sellwood Community clubhouse. Clothing will follow slowly. Here we - are taking oiir inevitable loss all at once at NOW and this great mm mix S. & H green stamps for cash. Holman Fuel Co. Main 153. 580-21. Adv UR,' LOV'fcJOV LE.VUIE FOKMS Labor and Teachers in Organiza tion to" Klcet Candidate. Having for its present exclusive object the election of Dr. Esther I'ohl Lovejoy to congress from this district, the Oregon Popular Govern ment league has been organized, with a membership which includes various branches of organized labor, groups of high school and grade teachers, active members of the Oregon mate Federa tion of Labor, the Portland ' Central Eabor council and railroad workers. Rev. F. K. Howard of the social and industrial betterment committee of the Portland federation of churches, and chaplain of Good Samaritan hos pital, is chairman of the league; George McDonald, member of the executive board of the Labor council and chairman of the Metal Trades council of Portland and vicinity, is vice-chairman, and B. A. Green, an at torney, is secretary. The first public meeting of the league will be held in room A at the central library tomorrow nighf at 8:15 o'clock, when Dr. Lovejoy will be the chief speaker. The meeting is open to all. COCXCIIj PERSOXALLV HliLU C. A. Smith Explains Reason He Doos'Xot Want Of rice. NORTH BEND, Or., Sept. 25. (Spe cial.) C. A. Smith, of this city, pre sents a novel, though convincing argument in defense of his disincli nation, to become a candidate for alderman. When solicited to stand for election, Mr. Smith declared he did not wish to become a councilman because he would be held liable for injuries to persons who might meet with accidents about the streets and sidewalks, some of which he said were in a poor state of repair. This" reason was scouted generally y his friends as without foundation, but when the matter was looked up In the city charter It was found Mr. Smith's contention was correct and councilmen are. personally liable for injuries. Mr. Smith did not change his mind regarding the request of his friends. CHAMBERLAIN VISITS BAKER Senator Tours County in Company With Democratic Officials. BAKER. Or., Sept." 25. (Special.) 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O, fflaldea 48, HUm. iKjCuticur Soap shaves witfaoat mwg All new fall arrivals that our Boston headquarters re cently purchased during- the slump in the shoe market are here at the lowest prices since ,1916. To look at our low prices on this sea son's standard qual ity footwear one would say that shoes are cheaper. It is our huge seventy store organization with its vast re sources that make possible values like these. Come and take ad vantage of the bene fits that chain store efficiency lays at your feet. 1. New Fall Military Lace Boots, all shades, all leathers. 2. Women's New Brogue Oxfords for fall and winter, to-be -worn with wool hose. 3. Low -heel Walking Shoes in brown or black calf, Goodyear welt soles ; an ideal school shoe. 4. Men's New Brown Br'ogues; just heay enough for fall and win ter wear. ALTHOUGH there .will be no violent change in clothing prices, as Eh Strouse, president of the National Association of Clothing Manufactur , . ers, stated last week, still they MUST decline. We stated this FACT two weeks ago. Although it met with denials then, today repeated news reports of price cuts bear us out. There is NO more a place at Mathis for false "sales" propaganda than there is for inferior merchandise. Retailers face inevitable losses. Common sense im pels us to take our LOSS NOW. We desire to release our invested capital for buying at the coming lower levels. DRASTIC REDUCTIONS IS THE ONLY WAY TO DO IT. . These Prices Are Lower Than What Normal Prices Will Be Even ,T wo Years Hence. Take Advantage of Them & - Suits and Overcoats Suits and Overcoats Suits and Overcoats Suits and Overcoats Suits and Overcoats Ttead the Oregonian classified ads. H ! '.' n n it w Mm Mil Ji ' :JI J IV $g95 $60 I " !$70 JSI 1 $80 N't M . IA Mf'M 1 1. Corbett Bids. MWr- - V Service gp$595. 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