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About The times. (Portland, Or.) 191?-19?? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 7, 1912)
THE TIMES members of the commission themselves to no a little investigating. They would then find that there is much less wrongdoing in Portland than they suppose, ami tiiat the wrong that; is done is accomplished Published every Saturday by THE TIM ES COMPANY, Incorporated a t 212 F irst Street. P ortland, Oregon. Phones: Main 5637; A-2686. 8 outside of the “ notorious” dives reported by its recent “ investiga Had a SUBSCRIPTION KATES—$2.50 per year, in advance, tion.” ADVERTISING RATES made known upon application. VISIT BY THE SEA E ntered in PoBtoffice at Portland, Oregon, as »econd-class m atter. Argument is now being heard between a minister and some corn- or a Saturday, September 7, 1912 mon people as to what stopped the rain last week. The minister RTTN ON THE S ANDY SHORE % says he prayed for the rain to stop, and points to the fact that the THE VICE COMMISSION. at g sun shone the next day. The common people say unpleasant things, Trouble iii assorted varieties seems to have come to the Vie« ami while admitting that the sun «lid shine, also call attention to the Commission following its report of Portland’s sinfulness. A real tact that it rained tin- next night and all the next day. And this estate firm is seeking for some method id' suing the eonunmission for in P ortland, in the year of enlightenment 11112. criminal libel, and the Council and (irainl jury is trying to make th WASHINGTON Daniel Kellaher, he who runs a grocery store on the East Siile, •I worthy gentlemen and ladies on its staff tell what they think they know. And the Vice Commission, meanwhile, is sitting tight an« is a busy man these days. Aside from being high private in the rear 8 Did you know you could reach this delightful care-slaying^ rank of the Bull Moosers, he is engage«! in building railroads in the £ keeping mum—all except Dr. Talbot. health-giving, fun-making “Willamette valley, and in generally lookinir after the interests of Dr. Talbot, who was at one time rector of an East Side parish. the East Side. There is a proverb somewhere that says it is better to breaks the silent:«- by saying that th« • Vice Commission was formed do one merely to gather information and to inak«- reports. He points out ner. thing well than to do a number of things in a mediocre man that the information is gathered under pledge of confidence and that by taking the Councilman Clyde is in temporarry retirement, his favorite organ it would be a personal breach of etiquette to make public this same information. Only glittering generalities are to he given to tin- public of utterance being at present taken up with the efforts of other eouneilmen to swat the system in the neck. It must be hard for the doctor tells us, and then he relapses into dignified quietude. Maybe the doctor is right. Maybe a vice commission that emits Clyde to he out of the limelight, especially when he thought he had Then down the reports every now and then is th«- right kind of a eommsission. Hut things cinched for his own process of boss rule through the medium it would seem that if the vice commission really believed the mass of of the press. | COLUMBIA RIVER viaSTEAMERS junk handed put in their last outburst, that they could feel like tak “ T. J. POTTER,” “ HASSALO” and “ HARVEST QUEEN” It must have pained the good Mr. Coffey when his fellow police ing some steps towards remedying conditions. No sober and decent minded man or woman could believe the things that the Vice Com commissioner. Mr. Seton, defended a saloomnan in court the other TO MEGLER. mission reported and then he content to sit back and lament. Any day But, as usual. Mr. Coffey, suffered in silence. Mr. Coffey is the Wher trains connect with boats for North Beach Points. person with a desire to better the city would fed morally bound to quietest member of the present administration. act on the information—always hearing in mind that they were con YOU CAN YOU SHOULD ••A br exclaimed the king. “1 w as al vinced that the report was true. ways fond or scenery, and here Is a Phone Ash-street Dock or City Tiekt Office, Third and A MAGIC MIRROR. The present profound silence from flu- Vice Commission, how lovely piece of landscape spread out Washington streets, for reservation and take a ever. is probably due to the fact that its members realize that they Experim ents W ith the Moon and S tars before me." The valet smiled feebly, but politely and a Hand Glass. have been buncoed by some of the investigators. They have probably REST BY THE SEA. A pretty experim ent can be made intim ated th at he did not understand learned by this time, for instance, that the group of eighteen apart w ith the king’s allusion to landscape and m irror any night when ment houses which they listed as being mostly impure were,, ami are, there a Is hand a full moon. Elold the m irror scenery. "W hy," replied the first gentlem an of perfectly respectable. They have probably also discovered that the so th at the moon’s Image will be seen Europe, see before me a sm il In it and you will be surprised to see fancy of Paddy Maher was stretched in quite a number of places, four moons instead of one. One moon ing valet “do w ith I not a magnificent gorge?" and that the late county detective told them about a great number will be very bright, but the other three The valet thereupon rose and retired, excusing him self to the king on the BAGGAGE STORED THREEJDAYS FREE of dives that no longer existed. Realizing this, they are probably will he in a straight line and quite dull, ground th at he bad turned suddenly one dull im age on the side of the bright keeping quiet to prevent further cniharassnient. moon and the other tw o on the other “hill/*—London Tit-Bits. The Vice Commission could he very useful to this community. side. Turn the mirror round slowly, It should be useful. But as it manages its affairs at present there still holding Its face to the moon, and His Eloquence. reflections will seem to revolve The enrate of a country parish lately is grave doubt us to its value. It would he an excellent thing if the the o common center. preached a charity serm on, and the Vice Commission would cease relying upon the “ information” given round You can m ake the sam e experim ent collection which followed am ounted to it by self-serving investigators. It would l><- quite proper for the w ith one of the very bright stars, such £20 7s. 4Ud.* In the vestry after the THE TIMES Have You Ever:; NORTH BEACH ! SUMMER RESORT O .-W . R. & N . THE W elcom in g A m erican V ictors H om e From O lym p ic Games as Sirius, Venus or Jupiter, but w ith service the churchw ardens counted it these there will be three im ages In out and m entioned the result. “W ell/’ stead of four, as the num ber seen de Raid the reverend preacher. “1 m ust pends on the breadth of the object | have preached pretty well to get all The explanation Is quite simple. There ! th at.“ “No doubt you did. sir,** re are tw o surfaces In the m irror, one in I plied one of the churchw ardens who front and the other w here the quick had been collecting, “but the squire silver Is. The brightest reflection put in a £20 note, and he’s deaf.”— comes from the objeetdtself. the others London Mall. are w hat are known as secondary im 1 ages reflected from the front to the | back of the m irror and thence to the . eye The magic m irror never fails to | excite a good deal of wonder, and is an interesting experim ent as well.—Lon don Chronicle. (Continued from Page 1.) North Yakima t-ven, have found Lovely Landscape. George IV on one occasion casually of all these examples, and hun entered a private apartm ent at Wind dreds of others that might be sor castle and encountered, som ew hat listed, iloes Portland want to re to his surprise, his valet, who was trograde and go back to the old seated at n table loaded with viands days of spoils and political plun and eating with great avidity. der? Rushlight Idea Behind Attacks On City Force Baggage & Omnibus Transfer Co. 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