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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 26, 1903)
THE MOBKISQ OREGONIAy, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1903. 11 HREE SITES IN LEAD Lively Race for Temporary Postoffice. UNCLE SAM MUST CHOOSE SOON Poitmiilcr Croiuman Hfcommendi Former Snell, HclUhn .Sfc Woodard Building Time Short in Which to Erect New Structure. Where win Uncle Sam put his tempo rnrr nostofBce "while he la remodeling hV present postofflco building? Probably at one of the three following locations: Sixth and Burnslde streets In what was formerly the Snell. Heltshu & Woodard building; offered by Hartman, Thompson & Powers at $1600 per month. Southwest corner of Seventh and Tay lor streets In a building owned by Meier & Frank Company and occupied by United Carriage Company; offered for $3000 per month. Northeast corner Seventh and Stark; of fered by the Elka for $1731 per month. Other possible locations arc: Northeast corner of Park and Alder streets; offered by F. O. Downing at $2500 per month. Southeast corner Seventh and Oak; of fered by H. Wemmo for $1400 per month month and $1000 with elevator service. Southwest corner Second and Taylor In A. O. U. W. building; offered for about $1800 per month. Northeast comer Fourth and Salmon: offered by George T. Myers for $16 per of the seven above-named elteo have buildings thereon which could be adapted to the uses of the postal depart ment. The owners of the four other sites have agreed, if awarded the contract to build suitable three-story brick structures to cost between $40,000 and $53,000. These locations are at Seventh and Stark. Sev enth and Oak. Fourth and Salmon and Park and Alder. The store buildlng at Sixth and Burn eido has been recommended by Postmas ter Croasman; the brick structure of Meier & Frank Company at Seventh and Taylor, by Senator Simon, and the Down ing site at Park and Alder by Senator Mitchell. The Downing site Is not favor ably regardod at Washington, because of its price. Only $25,000 has been appropri ated by Congress for a temporary post office. The cost of that location would be $30,000 per year, and the temporary struc ture would be ueod by the Government two years, and possibly three, thereby en tailing an expense at present unauthor ized. There is reason to believe that the department will choose either the site at Seventh and Taylor or the site at Sixth and Burnslde on account of the low price at which they are offered, the ample size of the buildings and the assurance that cither of them could be used within a shorter time than any of the other pro posed locations. On four of the other sites buildings would have to be put up and their construction would take from four to six months, perhaps longer. If a strike should occur In the building trades the removal from the present structure might "be delved past the building season. The Government wishes to move out as peon cs possible and to begin rebuilding the present postoffice right soon. If a building was to be put up to accommodate the postal department temporarily it could not possibly be ready for occupancy be fore July or August, and the Government wishes to move out of the old structure before that time. The Meier & Frank building at Seventh and Taylor is of brick and has three rtories and a basement. Its owners are ready to spend $25,000 to fit it up for the uses of the postal department They ask $2000 per month for the building. The structure is within two blocks of the present postoffice and is near the bueinenj center of the city. It is exposed to light on all sides. The owners say they can have it ready for the Government on 90 days' notice. They will remodel It so that mall wagons may run Inside and deposit and receive malL The present lease to the structure will expire next month. The stone building at Sixth and Burn side has six floors and a basement. It "Is 235 feet long on Sixth and has an average width of J00 feet. This building Is now occupied by the Pacific Coast Biscuit Com pany. It Is the largest building available and would afford plenty of room and to spare. A driveway rains into the rear of the building. The structure Is near the retail and wholesale activities of the city, is well lighted and Is near the depot. The offer which Hartman, Thompson & Powers made of this building seems to have been sidetracked somehow or other, for It has not reached Washington. Mr. Thompson said yesterday" that there was a mistake somewhere because the build ing had been formally offered to the de 'nartment nearly two months ago. When notice came that the bid was not on file at Washington, it was mailed February 16 and telegraphed February a. Advices to The Oregonian from Washington yes terday were that the bid had not yet come In. Postmaster Croasman yesterday recom mended this building by telegraph to Washington. "It Is the very best location that could be secured." said Mr. Croasman to a reporter. "It is offered at a low price and It has alTthe advantages that could be desired. I predict that if it is chosen the postal force will prerer to re main in it than to more back to the re modeled postoffice." "How soon does the Government wish to secure a building for a temporary post officer was asked. "Right awRy." was the reply. Then Mr. Croasman added: "If I were to regard my own" personal interest I should prefer to have the tem porary postoffice at Seventh' and Taylor. Adjoining that building I own soma nron. erty. The selection of that site by the. uuiciuiucui ouia certainly De to my pri vate advantage." Mr. Croasman does not favor the Down Jag property at Park and Alder at all. "I have informed the Treasury Department" said he, "that that site has no advantage over the site at Seventh and Stark." Each Is equally accessible to the publlc-and yet the Park-street site is held at a much higher price than the other." F. O. Downing, who represents the own ers of the :Park-street site, said that if the Government accepted their location tbey would build a three-story brick building thereorv 100x100 feet The building would cost about $30,000. Inasmuch as when the postal department moved back again, al terations to the building would be neces rary, he did not think the price asked by hint was too high. "Those alterations " said he, "would cost $15,000." If the Government should accept the site at Seventh and Stark, the Elks would be able to start right away construction of the bullding-whlch they plan to erect there. They -would put up three storito at first and later increase the height to six or seven stories. The cost of the three story building would be in the nelghbor hobd of 435.000. B H. Wemme, -who owns the corner at Seventh and Oak. says he would erect a $45,000 building there. He would charge $1400 per month or $1500 per month with elevator service. George T. Myers would build a three- qi juunji ana saimon. at' I coat of about 160,000. "But I am In-1 formed the Government has not regarded my location with favor," said Mr. Myers. "If it should accept my offer I am ready to build at once." HE SHOT A CUCKOO CLOCK Anicer or a Toot When Bird Shrieked nt the Wtone Time. "A cuckoo clock, a slx-sbooter and a poet figured in one of the stirfest poker games I ever sat In," said John Balllle. of Laramie. Wyo., yesterday afternoon at the Portland Hotel. "The game took place at the Chicago Press Club last Easter. I was the fifth hand In the game in which the poet and ex-newspaper man did bis stunt This poet had more than a pass ing fancy for the American game. He was a good loser. In fact I was told afterward that he always lost On the night I speak of, the poet lost more heav ily than usual, and he was rather raspy when commenting on tho way the game was going against him. When the last hand was played the poet took a shot at the cuckoo .clock, and, of course, he was brought before the board of directors of the club and an explanation demanded. "Here Is the poet's reason for putting the cuckoo clock out of commission: 'Gen tlemen. I have beenrited to give my rea sons for shooting at the cuckoo clock. Gentlemen, I have bean a member of this club for 20 years. I have always been a faithful and respectful member of this club. I have paid my dues and have never before knowingly violated any of the club rules until now. I have spent my money at this club I have lost money at the club poker games which should have gone tD buy fihoes for the babies. But about this I have never complained. Last Sat urday I played poker. I lost All night I saw my dollars go forth from my pocket nestlo for a brier spell before me on the green cloth, then dwindle Into the Jack pots, and then into the other fellow's stack. Every dollar I had drifted into and away in the same manner. In the east the dawn of the Easter day was breaking. It grew gray, then silvered, swelled and widened, and Just as the crim son thread, the herald of the sun. began to broaden, a Jackpot was opened for a five-spot Gentlemen, I hadn't the money to see the opening. I drew from my pocket gentlemen, my checkbook, and wrote a check ror fifty dollars, my next month's rent As before, there was no staying the ebb tide, and soon my last five-spot was In the Jackpot " 'When I flashed my hand, gentlemen, I found three tens. In the draw I drew tho fourth. I looked at tho coming day. It was roseate with good cheer and seemed to beam upon me, and I took It for a hunch that my time for a killing was due. The betting went on. First one and then another quit There was only two of us left My last dollar had drifted Into the heap upon the table, and with a heart which was throbbing 'Tou win! you win!' I spread out my 40 miles of railroad and started to rake in the pot. when what do you think happened? The long sucker who looks like a pocket edition of Abe Lincoln smeared his hand over the table and said: "Tour hands are not made of asbestos; they'll burn if you touch that coin. I've got four pikers here." Just as as the sound ot his rasping voice died away, out sprang that hateful bird and began gleefully to shriek "Cuckool Cuckoo! Cuckool Cuckoo! Cuckoo -o-o-o!" Do you wonder that I shot the lining out of that clock?" "The poet was forgiven. His standing in the club was not impaired, but ho was told to sin no more. When the poet be gan shooting at the clock we ducked un der the table and the colored porter, who had Just served drinks. Jumped from a balcony to the floor below, breaking bis shoulder-blade." GRIPPE CASES NUMEROUS. New lork Hospitals Are Overcrowd, estimated that it will cost In the neighbor ed. With Jatlents. I hood of J1CO0. tho money fo be raised - J through popular subscription. NEW YORK. Feb. 25. Crowded to Its I While nothing definite has. as yet been SOUTHEAST CORNER SEVENTH AXD OAK STREETS, OFFERED BY H. WEMME, FOR 140O A MONTH. utmost capacity, Bellevue Hospital is barely able to care for its patients. An epidemic of grip has brought the number ot patients" in the' Institution up to 932. When the limit had been reached. In order to turn no one away, attendants made efforts to set up c prlng mattresses as tenr- nnrnVif ftni wew Inph nf ntrolloKla ' . . ... . . , ..,,.. . J'-Xn 1 avaUab,a I P I?. M. , . BrSoWvnTcSme ?bVtt?taaMh depart Brooklyn "become that the health depart- JSrtaititSia h.ef.?!.ri.3"JAm.t? in.p"b"e-.bu".di"?s instructing them to use extraordinary care In keeping the buildings properly ven tilated. Corps of Inspectors and their as sistants have started In to disinfect all the courtrooms in the borough. This treatment may be extended to the school houses. Twelve deaths from the grip were re ported' last week. Since January there i have been 6 deaths from the disease in ! Brooklyn, which the health officials con- ' cider an alarming record. In view of tho fact that only 53 deaths from grip oc curred in the 12 months la 1902. , Asks Creditors for More Time. BOSTON, Feb. 23. The Transcript to day says! The leather house of Moench" & Sons has requested of Its creditors an extension "of time. The firm Is a corpor ation, capitalized at $1,200,000. It owes a million dollars, mostly to New York banks, though some Boston banks are In volved. Assets arc stited to be about $1,500,000. Inclusive of the value of the tnree tanneries of Moench, Fisher & Gaensscn afTonawanda. N.Y.; C. Moench & Son. Silamanca, N. Y.. and at Alpena, Mich., having a total capacity of 2300 sides and ten tons ot splits a day, or nearly all grades of leather. The headquarters ot the firm are at Tonawm da. H. L. Moench has gone to New York to meet the other stockholders in a con ference about the future of the company. It is 'said that reorganization may bo decided upon, but at present the busi ness Is carried on as usual. One very common way of catching a cold is told about In "Care of Invalids," Issued by tho medical department of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, and sent on request to those who address the home office of the company. Naraau. Cedar, William and Liberty streets. New York City. ' t ii y r J IHiHII SXELL, MKITSHU fc WOODARD MORE ROOM TO SWIM IN PUBLIC BATHS WILL PROBABLY BE MADE LARGER. r Popular Subscription of JflfiOO In to Be Asked But Xn Definite Deciilon Yet. If the plans of the "pubHc-snlrltcd men -who have devoted their time and atten tion toward making the Portland Public Baths a success "do not miscarry, this Summer will see the bathing place en larged by at least 100 feet The extension will be made at the south end, and It is decided upon by Edward Holman. L. Samuel and others, they believe that when the time does coma and when the call for financial assistance has been sent out the necessary amount will be raised Everybody will be asked to contribute. Sums of money, no matter how- small. will l i-ji.. i , . ... ,, , , - " " wkwiii, j - gladly received by Robert Living- f ne; .tT!asnrci 7be be no meet- 5nf Slfh??? ,nte"es,t1ed u" early In I April, but in the meantime, should tha , w",n?hSh,tOlnake-SntrSUt,0n3' t can ! 'n treasury $300. Since that time r 'JMmEMUSEBnMWR JHs5ai8,ls ssssOuKtfBssssssssBsssKsafeS EisssssEHsfliBssssHisssVP-SwKJ FORMER UNITED STATES CARRIAGE COMPANY BUILDING, SEVENTH AXD TAYLOR STREETS, OF FERED EY MEIER X FRAX K COMP.ANY. FOR $2000. A MONTH. BLOCK, SIXTH AND BCRXSIDE STIIEETS, OFFERED TO GOYEttN- JIEXT FOR SMSOO A 3IOXTH. do so by forwarding the 'money to Mr. Livingstone. When the season closed last Fall, there a watchman has received $5 a month. It was also necessary to hire a tug to tow tho pontoons to a place of safety, as they were In danger of being carried away by the freshets. In spite of these expenses, there is still. In the treasury something like $260. It is estimated that over 23,000 people, men, women and children, took advantage of the free baths last season. This, however, is not the most Important thing to which the managers of the free baths point with pride. Instead it Is the remarkable decrease In deaths by drown ing in the river. Hardly has a year passed since the small boy became a. factor in the. future, of Portland's greatness but that the river claimed from 10 to 15 men and boys. This, compared with the single death which took place last year near the Portland milling plant has proven to those who first originated the free baths that the venture has been a profound suc- cesa. It Is for this reason that Mr. liol mart and others feel that the public at large will raise the necessary money with which' to enlarge the tank, so "that there will be plenty of space for all who wish to enjoy a swim. For a time last season the women did not take advantage or the nautical sport, but along toward the close of the season they were as enthusiastic as the small boys. The "absence of women on the dav allotted to them cave rise to ' the rumor that they would be cut oft from i the privilege of bathing this season. Noth J ing is further from the minds of the di rectors, wno say mai me louowing scnea ule of days and hours will be observed again this season: The Portland Public Baths, open daily Boys Week days, 9 to 12 A. M. and 1:30 to 3:30 P. M.: Sundays. 9 to 12 A. M. Men Saturdays, 7 to 8:30 P. M.; Sun days. 2 to S P. M. 1 1 u 111 1. a ucsunj o, , tu o. a. .... Women and girls Mondays and Thurs 1 days. 3:30 to C P. M. Men and women Wednesdays, 7 to 8:30 P. SL 23 cents. A general admission fee of 25 cents will be charged men on Saturdays, Wednes days. Fridays and Saturdays from 3:30 to 6 P. M.; Mondays. Thursdays and Fridays rrom 7 to S3) P. M. Closed Sunday nights. Pleasant Home Xotea. Frank Davis, who had been sick for three -months, has nearly recovered, and is able to be about again. A party was given nt the home of T. A. Shettcrly last evening. About 30 persons from the neighborhood were present The funeral of the Infant of N. Layman, which died Saturday, was held Sunday afternoon. Rev. H. T. Cummlngs con ducted the services. The campfire and beanbake of the M. A. Ross Post, G. A. R,. and Women's Relief Corps will be held in G. A. R. Hall the second Saturday in March. A burlesque entitled "The Spinsters' Convention" will be given. A supper will be provided. Water-Color Painter Dead. NEW YORK. Feb. 25,-Henry Farrer. one of the best-known water-color paint- uuu vl uic unk-nuunii nuicccuiur utuni- ers In America, is dead. He was born In London In 1643. and came to this conntry In ISO. For many years Mr. Farrer was secretary or the American Water-Color Society, and was a constant contributor to its exhibitions. SEEKTO BOOM MILWAUKIE PROPERTY-OWNERS ORGANIZE AX ASSOCIATION. An Effort Will Be Made to Secure Settlement and Cultivation of Adjacent Lands. An association has been formed in Mll waukle composed of leading citizens nnd property-owners of the place and vicinity !LP!5im0.,e. the settlement and growth of me Qlstrlct A meeting was held In the t f ErwlreSEiM wKqF' lsflBrBssBsVssssBBVsssssssssa iBBBBSsVi?BsS?SsfH. "''4BBBBBHCVlfwJBSBBBBBBBl NORTHEAST CORNER PAR1C AND ALDER STREETS, OFFERED BY F. O. DOWNING, AT 92500 A MONTH. Town Hall and 23 prominent property owners were present F. H. Lechler was elected chairman, and J. W. Grasley sec- 1 reiary. mere was a general uiscussion or the situation aW what might bo ac- . compllsbed In the way of inducing set- . tlement and cultivation or vacant lands : In the district I One of the objects or the association ! was stated to be to brinrr the owners to- gether without expense to either. It was .remarked that there was much land In the neighborhood open to settlement that could be sold to those who desire "to make permanent homes, if the fact were made known. Newcomers are arriving In Ore gon by the hundred, and the association will urge desirable settlers to locate near Mllwaukle. Every effort will also be mado to build up the town. William Shlndler was made chairman of a committee of five to arrange for an other meeting in the Town Hall Saturday night when organization will be perfected and plans made for future action. All citizens Interested In the growth of Mll waukle and In the effort to get settlers are Invited to be present and co-operate In the movement BUILDING A BIG TRESTLE. OrfRon Water Power & Railway Company Will Bridge SIouKh. The plies for the Oregon Water Power & Railway Company trestle across Steph ens' Slough have alt been driven. The trestle makes quite a curve. It leaves the north side at East First street and con nects with the south bank at Union ave nue, and covers a distance of about S00 J feet The driver has reached tho south end. When extended through Inman, Poulsen & Co.'s lumber yards It will cut through the elevated platform from which lumber Is loaded onto cars. A force of men Is completing the trestle and laying the track. The trestle will bo filled after a time and made a solid embankment through the slough. Work also Is progressing on the long wharf south of the Madison-street bridge. Three tracks will be laid on this wharf. ACTIVITY IX BOATYARD. Steamers Cascades and William Hons Are Beinfr Overhauled. Supple's boatyard, 'on the East Side, Is full of activity. The old steamer Cas cades Is out on the ways, where the hull will be nearly rebuilt' The steamer Will iam Hoag, from La Camas, is being pulled out on the ways for repairs. On the block north of the shipyard a large wood barge Is under construction. Here also the barge for Miss White's houseboat is being built The wood barge is over 100 feet long. The Government tender Major Guy Howard is still moored In front of the boatyard, re ceiving Its fittings. The steamer has been provided with two masts, and her upper decks have been surrounded with brass railing. Money for Xew Church. A neat sum has already been raised for erection of a new edifice for the St Fran els' Church parish, of which Rev. Father J. H. Black is rector. It will probably be a year or more before steps will be taken to put up a new building. That -will de pend on the money raised. Father Black was encouraged by receiving a check for $100 as the first contribution to the building fund. About $500 has been raised, and a number or donations will be paid in monthly. Father Black expects to put up a handsome church edifice. "There was some talk about enlarging the present building, but this will not be done. The parish has been carrying some debt, but Father Black is arranging to have the debt entirely cleared off the property be fore building. East Side Notes. A slight improvement was reported yes terday in the condition of DeWItt C M1U ler, a Civil War veteran, of Alblna. Rev. C E. Cline, D. D., Is confined to his home on East Taylor and East Twenty- first streets with a slight attack of pneu monia. -TVttt tvtrn rntinpMt ilniifflit.M nf V. Int. i Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Battln. who lived on the Base Line road, were taken East last night, by their grandmother. They will live with their aunt An elder sister remains In Portland. Repairs-are being made to the south end or the draw or the Burnslde bridge, which wa3 damaged by a boat colliding with it A piledrlver was put to work yesterday. Mrs. Eva Henry," who was badly burned Tuesday night by her clothes catching Are from a lamp,- ,1s considered to be In a seri ous condition. Dr. Bachellec says she must have inhaled some of the fire. She suffered severely yesterday. Mrs. Delia Dickenson died at the home or Henry Debols. 35$ Hancock street Feb ruary 24. Sho was 74 years old. and had lived In Portland 30 years. The funeral will be held this morning rrom the resi dence and rrom St Mary's Church, Stan ton street and Williams avenue. The two-story building on Grand avenue and East Taylor street ronnerly occupied by the Portland Canning Company will be occupied by a laundry. It was form erly occupied by the Troy Laundry Com pany, and afterward by the cannery. The latter has moved to the old smelter build ings on Stephens' Slough. The funeral of Henry C. Kaln, who died at his home. 2C3 Monroe street was held yesterday. Lone Fir cemetery was the place ot interment The funeral was held under the auspices of Alblna Lodge, No. 101, A F. & A. M. Mr. Kain was 79. years and 4 months old. He had been a member of Clermont Social Lodge, No. 29, Will lamsport O. Foreman Richmond has furnished the County Court with a report of the num ber of cables, electrical, telephone and other wires that have been attached to tho Morrison-street bridge. It is probable electric companies may be asked to fur nish electric lights ror the bridge as some compensation ror using it ror their cables. The Morrlsdn-street bridge is the most traveled, but is the poorest lighted or any bridge which spans the Willamette River. It is not provided with arc lights, enly clusters of lncandescents being scattered at long intervals. BU8IXESS ITEMS. If Baby Is Cutting; Teeth, Ba tun sad uie that old and well-tried remedr. Mrs. TVlruIow's Soothlnc Sjrup. for children teething-. It scathe the child, lortexu the runu. (liars all p&lo, curt wind colic sad dUrmois. TO VOTE ON BRIDGE Special City Election Will Be Held in June. AUTHORIZED BY LEGISLATURE It Cltlsens Ratify the Project, Exec utive Board Will Issue $400,000 Bonds and Proceed to Erect Nevr Morrison-Street Structure. Mayor Williams said yesterday that the Executive Board had not yet entered upon olans for carrying out the bill for rebuilding Morrison-street bridge. Mr. Wil liams said the board had little or nothing to do until next June, when citizens of Portland In a special election would de cide whether or not they wished the bridge rebuilt according to the terms of the cat. The election will be held June J, "No. we f haven't yet done anything about the brldso," remarked the Mayor, "because there's nothing to do." The Executive Board is empowered "to remove or to sell or dispose of the bridge now there, or the material composing the same." (Sec L) The board Is empowered "to appropriate and condemn any private property .abut ting upon or in said street, and all fran chises, easements, Hei.s, approaches, structures, superstructures, leases, rail way tracks, railway wires and roadways and telephone, telegraph and electric light wires, which said Executive Board, may require for the purpose of carrying into effect the purpose of this act;" or the board may acquire such property by pur chase. (Sec. 3.) MOO,000 Bonds May Be Issued. The board Is empowered to issue bonds to the amount of $400,000. "of the denom ination of from $100 to $1000, signed by the Mayor and countersigned by the Auditor or said city." These bonds run 30 years and draw 4 per cent Interest They are to b sold to the highest bidder. CSecs. 4-5.) "The Mayor shall sign alt written con tracts and all orders authorized by the board. Tho City Auditor shall be the clerk of the board. He shall sign all or ders for payment of money and shall attest all written contracts. A National bank ot Portland shall be treasurer of the funds. (Sees. 6-S.) "The Executive Board may employ and discharge such agents, workmen, laborers and servants as it may deem necessary and may enter into any and all con tracts for the construction of said bridge. (Sec. 9.) Section 10 defines the power of the board "to appropriate and condemn any prop erty necessary to carry out the pur poses of this act." 'The said property may be entered upon, examined, surveyed and selected in the manner prescribed by the statutes of.thle state for the appro priation of land for railway purposes." Proceeds of the sale of parts of the present structure may be used for build ing the new bridge. (Sec It) All unex pended money shall be held by the City Treasurer for redemption of the bonds or Interest coupons. Revenue from the use of the bridge by car companies shall be paid to the City Treasurer to the credit of the interest fund. (Sec 12.) "Said Executive Board rihall proceed under this net as soon after this act takss effect as can reasonably be done." And the bridge "shall be completed as soon thereafter as reasonably practica ble." (Sec 13.) When the bridge is fin ished it shall be delivered to the posses sion of tne County Court (Sec 14.) Tho board is to receive no compensation for its services under the act. (Sec 15.) Old Lease to Be Surrendered. If the act is ratified by the people the board shall enter into negotiations with the City & Suburban Railway Company for' surrender of the lease which that company holds to the present bridge. "As consideration ror such surrender" the board Is authorized to execute to the com pany a franchise .to run cars over the bridge tor a period expiring not later than the blanket franchises recently granted by the city. The company must agree to pay 3 cents tor the trip or each car over the bridge. The annual rental is In no. case to ba less than $12,000. The 3-cent charge Is to, be tor cars not over 36 feet long. For longer cans the rate is to be "as may thereafter be agreed upon between said railway company and said Executive Board." In case the board cannot mako. an agreement as authorizel by the act It may "In its discretion temporarily or permanently discontinue or abandon any further steps or proceedings towards the building of said new bridge; or may In its discretion proceed to acquire by pur-' chaso or condemnation" such property or rights as may be necessary to carry ing out the provisions of the act Other Companies to Use Bridge. ' Other companies than the City & Subur ban are to have the use of the bridge "tor such times and at such rates and upon ruch terms and conditions as may "be for the best interest of said City of Port land;" provided, that such companies pay to the city 5 cents tor the trip of each, car and that the board In granting a franchise to this end. "may fix a mini mum sum to be paid each month." Should the new bridge be destroyed, all leases and franchises "shall, at the op tion of the board, cease." (Sec 18.) Electors ot the city are to vote upon tho question whether to accept or reject the act, at a special election oa the first Monday of next June- Henry Emerson Made President. CINCEfNATL Feb., 25. The department of superintendents of the .National Edu cational Association today elected Henry Emerson, superintendent at .Buffalo, pres ident Alfred Bayllss. State Superinten dent of Instruction for Illinois, read a paper on "Industrial Education in Rural Schools." Mrs. Alice Cooley, of .Grand Forks, a teacher in the .University ot North Dakota, read a paper on' ''Litera ture in the Grades, and How to Use It" No route across the continent offers so many attractions as does the Denver & Rio Grande. Write the Portland Agency. 124 Third street for illustrated booklets. Ayers Cherry Pectoral Talk this over with your doctor. If he says Ayer's Cherry Pectoral is all. right for your hard cough, then take it. "We are willing to leave it with him. He has the formula. Doctors have known it for 60 years. t. 0. Aim CO Imll, Vat. 5J