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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (April 12, 1905)
Iff THE MORNING OBEGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, 'APRIL 12, 1905. EITIS1PS Housewives in Crusade for Wholesome Food. FOOD VENDORS ALARMED Make an Effort to Appear Neat and Tidy. MANY PLACES ARE VISITED Women of Portland Are Determined That Groceries and Meat Mar kets Shall Be Kept in a Sanitary Condition. Food venders, hearing the swash of a near-by cleansing wave, have begun to purge their Augean markots of filth and corruption before the wave shall arrive. They were very busy yesterday moving away rot and rubbish. Women, of the School of Domestic Science found them nimbler than scared ants. The women continued their crusade vis iting" the dark recesses of meat shops, grocery stores and a restaurant or two. They testified that the uncleanncss was "dreadful" and "awful," and -worse than that presented by the vilest holes in Chinatown. Next Friday morning at 30 o'clock the school has set for a raiiy of housewives in the building of the Y. W. C. A. All womon interested in cleaning up the city's iood shops will be welcomed and be in vited to avssist In augmenting the force of the reform wave. The assembly will probably appoint a committee to wait on the Council and ask for the creation of the office of Inspector of foods. Free Access to Markets. The crusaders had free access into every market whither they went. Some of the proprietors were glad to sec them, while others only pretended to be hon ored by their presence, but all received the visitors respectfully. "While the wom en poked their noses into dingy barrols and boxes and spied Into dirty corners and sought for secret repositories of rot tenness and filth, clerks ogled thorn and whispered to one another. But the wom en were not disconcerted. Into a grocery store they sallied. The proprietor's name is a byword in ever so many households in the city. Did they -wish to buy anything asked a. busy clerk bending over the counter. No they did not: they wished to see the proprietor. But that worthy gentleman saw at a glance the mission of the women and J would not budge from the high stool on which he was figuring his day's profits. J A clerk was sweeping the floor. Pickles. j olives, honey, dates and multitudinous articles of food were exposed to the dust. "Doar. dear," ejaculated the women. "The floor is sprinkled," retorted the proprietor. Barrell Without Lid. "That makes no difference," returned the feminine chorus. "The dust rises just the same. Look at that barrel of pickles without a lldl" "It's empty," was the reply. "It Isn't." "Look into it." A clerk peered into the barrel. Sure enough it was half full of pickles. "Would you feed such things to your children?" asked one of the womon pointing to the exposed heaps of olives and pickles. But this was a personal question; be sides, another woman whispered that the proprietor had no children, so 'the in quirer did not drive the question home. "Some people "wish to buy those things Jn hulk," the grocer protested. "Why then do you not cover them up?" The grocer said something or other In reply, whereupon the women loft him in disgust and sought the dark shadow of the rear of the place. The proprietor refused to accompany them, and at their solicitation sent a clerk as guide. Unclean Flour Sacks. In the rear they discovered flour sacks piled on the floor and thickly covered with dust, but worst of all the floor bore stains of promiscuous expectoration. "There," they ejaculated," look at those stains." "They don't hurt anything," explained the clerk. "But look at the sacks," meaning their coat of dust How do you think those sacks can be emptied into bins without the dust." "We don't empty them Into bins." "But we do," was the indignant reply. Besides the dust sifts through the sacks Into the flour." The women returned to the expectora tion on the floor. "Why do .you allow it?" they asked. "That's for the City Council to regu late.' was the saucy response. While the store was not in a condi tion which could be called filthy, yet the women called it far from clean. As the visitors went out the clerk placed his hand on a pile of ol ives, picked up one. rolled it between his palms and remarked sagely: "If things were as bad as you think, we'd all be dead long ago." Their quest took them next to a con fectionery store and to the kitchen in the rear, where dirty, greasy kettles, fin scrubbed floors, bespattered -walls and fetid odors were in the catalogue of evils. The -women stepped as daintily as they could in the sticky place. As they left they wore informed that the place was unusually clean for a candy kitchen. Then tho -women spied out an estab lishment called a "delicatessen." In the show-window -were cakes with frosting as white as snow, apparently as light as sponges. The crests of tho cakes were adorned with now a nut and then a col ored candy. But when the kitchen was reached, the visitors found grease and dirt that horrified them. Recent Effort at Cleanliness. A poultry market was the next halting-place. The proprietor bustled about to show the women that his establish ment was very clean indeed. But they judged otherwise. The evidently recent effort at cleanliness did not satisfy them at all. "We're as clean as we can be," pro tested the man. We've got to make a little money." "But it doesn't cost much to clean up." "Well." responded the man, "since Spokane has been cleaned up three mar kets have gone out of business. One up ori Morrison street, of this city, was forced out." A meat market close by presented a fairly clean appearance, but the rear was far different. In a foul shanty was a big ugly kettle for rendering1 lard, and opening into it was a filthy out house of the type used many years ago. The crusaders wore informed that the 6wner of the premises had promised to remove tho corruption-soaked floor and put In .a new one. In tho refriger ator of the shop only one of oight or ten carcasses of meat boro tho label of Inspection. Poultry with entrails still contained were on sale; indeed, almost in every case, whatever tho market, thfe poultry was undrawn. At a place where 10.000 fowls are slaughtered every month, the butcher in chargo said that the birds were not cleaned of their entrails before goinff to market. The obvious reason was that the woight of the viscera added to the profits, since poultry Is sold by the pound. And for the same reason the heads and feet were not cut off. The floor of the slaughter-house was carpeted with filth of thousands of chickens that had been killed In the place. The women Insisted that the floor be strewn with sawdust, but the head man said that was Impossible. "This isn't dirty for a chicken house," said he. "Clean up," was the parting- man date and the man promised to do what was "reasonable." DELEGATES PK0M EVERY STATE Attendance at the Good Roads Con vention Will Be Large. Tho Good Koads Convention, which will be held in Portland. June 22. 23 and 24. will attract to Portland one of. tho most representative bodies of prominent busi ness men from all parts of the United States that will assemble in this city during the Exposition months. It is ex pected that delegates from every state in the "Union will attend tho convention. The delogates will come to Portland most ly In special trains, which will be dis patched from the Southern and Eastern States. One of the trains which will leave Chi cago will be known as the Northern Pacific-Burlington Lewis and Clark Good Koads special. It will make 40 stops at the small towns on the way to Portland in which Good Roads, conventions will be hold. The purpose of those conventions will be to appoint delegates to the Port land convention and to arouse enthusiasm and interest in the Lewis and Clark Ex position. The advertisement of the Fair will be one of the predominant features of the special trains which will bring delegates to the Good Roads Convention. It is planned o have all the trains, chartered especially for the occasion, to make short stops and try similar tactics to those which will be adopted for the special run ning out of Chicago. It is Intended to have .big banners strung along the cars telling of the Lewis and Clark Exposi tion. W. H. Moore, president of the Good Roads Association, who while in Portland decided to call the convention which will be hold in this city, left yesterday for his home In St Louis. It seemed for a time as though Portland would not get the convention, and it was for the pur pose of looking the field over that 'Mr. Moore made the trip to this city. HE BEATS TWO INTRUDERS. Col. David M. Dunne Finds Them on Back Stairway. Colonel David M. Dunne, has proved boyond doubt that, though over 60, ho Is far from senile, and would club the life out of. any one who tried to Oslerize him. Two men In Portland yesterday bore fearfully sore heads because they Interfered with the Colonel. For several weeks a couple of men have been infesting tho Nob Hill district, ob taininf arimicusinn tn dwcllinsr-houses and then abusing the privilege -granted them. They nave posea as loiepnone inspector, chiefly, and have frightened women Into running out upon the street and scream-ins:. The Colonel had heard of these fel lows, and when ho saw two men sneak ing up the stairs into his backyard as he was coming homo to luncheon, he eyed .them closely, at the same time quickening his pace. When he saw one walk up to the back door and without knocking attempt to open it, he knew he had his men. Looking about for a woapon he grasped a short thick club and broke into a run, making up- the stairs three steps at a time, and went straight after his man. The victim tried to escape, but the Colo nel was quick and ruthless. The Intruder first received one blow over the head, another on the shoulder, and was next thrown out into the yard. The other fellow coming to his partner's aid about this time was beaten and he fled. The first man had no such luck. Hevwas picked up by the Colonel and thrown off the high bank on which the house stands, and landed at tho feet of Captain T. B. Howes, who was walk ing down the street and had not time to help the Colonel, the trick was done so quickly. NEBRASKA'S GREAT EXHIBIT Large Reservaton of Space and Thor ough Display of Agriculture. OMAHA, Neb.. April 1L (Special.) Ne braska will be well in evidence in the Palace of Agriculture at the Lewis and Clark Exposition. Nearly 3000 square feet of space has been set apart in this build ing for Nebraska. A pavilion will be built in which an exhibition of moving pictures Illustrating Nebraska; farm scenes will be given. There will also be a monster exhibit showing the state's various resources, including innumerable varieties of corn of all sizes and colors. The famous mounted steer Challenger, which created snich a sensation at St. Louis, will form part of the livestock exhibit. The commission recently nppolnted has organized with W. P. Warner as presi dent. G. L. Loomls vice-president and 1L G. Shedd, of Lincoln, as secretary. Al though the appropriation ,is limited to $12,000, the commission has much valuable material on hand which has been used in former expositions and, with the assist ance of donations from patriotic citizens of the state and from the railroads and other Interested corporations, will be able to make a very credltablo showing. A collector of agricultural products is to be employed at once to gather several hundred bushels of Nebraska's best ex hibit corn. BOSTON DRAWS FAIR PRIZE Cruiser Is Ordered to Remain at Port land During Exposition. SAN FRANCISCO, April ll.--(Spocial.) The cruiser Boston has boon detached to spend the Summer months at Portland during the Lewis and Clark Fair." She received her orders at Mare Island today. She is first to go to Honolulu, but will re turn in time to reach Portland for the opening of the Fair. The assignment to Portland was sought by nearly every vessel in the Pacific squadron, but the Boston drew the prize. The original plan was for tho Boston to do station duty at Honolulu and relieve the Petrel, but the Navy Department has changed this, and the Boston will make only a brief stay at the islands. C. K. Stevens Passes Away. C. K. Stevens, who had been a resident of Portland for tho past 23 years, died at 1 o'clock this morning, at Good Samaritan Hospital, after an illness of two weeks. His malady was cdncussion of the brain, caused by a fall on a cement sidewalk. Mr. Stevens was a charter member of Industry Lodge, No. 8, A. O. TJ. W. He left a widow and. a married daughter. Mrs. William F. Woodard. whose husband Is a member of the firm of Woodard, Clarke & -Co. The Meier &, Frank Store Wednesday's Bargains Extraordinary money-saving chances for shrewd buyers. Wedncsdaj' bargains of grett merit. Get your share. $2 Kid Gloves $1.19 Broken lots of womeu's suede and glace Kid Gloves ; in P. K .and ovcrseam, 2 and 3-clasp, black, white, tan and mode, $1.75 and l 1Q $2.00 values for.S 1 1 " Sewing Tables 89c Ea. Folding Sewing Table with 36-inch measure, two-color wood, our best sewing table; your choice today at the low price of Second Floor. 40c Dress Shields 24c "Trufit" adjustable Shields for shirtwaists, -sizes from 2 to 5, regular 25c and 40c val ues on sale today at y the low price of fcfTrC 50c scented Shields.. .346 Framed Pictures 1-4 Off Choose today from our en tire stock of Framed Pic tures at one-fourth off the regular selling price. All sizes and subjects for dining-room parlor, j den, library, etc. OH Second Floor. 12 I -2c Flannelettes 7c 33-in. Crepe Flannelettes, all good colorings and neat pat terns, immense variety; the regular 12 l-2c tirade on sale today at, per yard 7c Book Dept. Specials 10,000 paper Books, Sum mer reading; best titles, 10c Webster's school and office Dictionary for, copy. .50p "Confessions of a Wife," by Mary Adams, $1.50 edi tion 39 Dress Trimmings $1.39 Black, white and cream Chiffon Appliques, in bands, medallions and rose sprays, values up to $5 a yard, on sale toda' at the ridiculous ly low price of .$1.39 $1.25 Gloves 25c Pr. Odd lot misses' Kid Gloves, in assorted shades; regu lar $1 and $1.25 value on ale at the ridiculously low price of, pr 25 Small sizes only. $1 Chevrons 71c Ea. Embroidered Chevrons for trimming Peter Thomp son suits, coats, etc. On white, navy or red flannel; eagle, stars, anchors; pret tiest designs; regular $1.00 values on saleNfor, ca.. .Tl 50c Bureau Scarfs 37c Hemstitched linen Bureau Scarfs with battenburg in sertion, 18x45 in; best 50c values on sale at the special low price of 37 Third Floor. Matted Pictures at 1 4c 2000 Matted Pictures, sizes 20x20 in. and 15x 20 in.; great variety of subjects; wonderful values for today at, each ItpC All medallions at half price. Second Floor. 40c Dress Trimmings 7c Separate Dress Ornaments, including taffeta and sou tache braid ornaments; val ues up to 40c each, on sale today at the very p low price of, each C 50c Braids 7c Yard Narrow Braids, straight and serpentine effects, in blue, brown, green, gray, black and white ; suitable for trim ming shirtwaists suits, etc.; values up to 50c a p yard, on sale for I C New 25c Neckwear 16c 25 doz. black soanirled net Stocks, assorted styles, long and short effects, all new, pretty styles bought to sell at 25c each; your choice to day only at 16 May Delineator Now on Sale at the Butter! ck Pattern Department at 1 5c Copy The Meier (Sb Frank Store Portland's Largest and Best Store We Are Sole Portland Agents for "Ostermoor" Patent Elastic Felt Mattresses, All Sizes Trunks, Traveling Bags, Suit Cases; Largest and Best Stock in the City Lawn Mowers, Garden Hose, Refrigerators, Gas Stoves, Sprinklers, Etc., in the Basement Laces and Embroiderie Extra Bargains for Four Crowd-attracting specials in the lace section for the remainder of the week A brilliant array of emphatic bargains in just the Laces and Embroideries women. want nowadays All clean, desirable merchandise at the lowest prices the season has offered French Yal. Laces and Insertions in a great assortment of dainty patterns suitable for Summer dress and underwear trimmings, infants' wear, etc.; values up to 70c A, a dozen yards; on sale for, per dozen yards IOC Valenciennes Laces and Insertions, V to 2V inches wide; an immense variety to select from; values up to F 90c per dozen yards; on sale for, per dozen yds 03C Net top Lace, "Venise and Irish Crochet Bands and Appliques ; values up to 40c a yd. ; on sale for, yd. . . 45c1 EMBROIDERIES 1 5c YD. Days 15,000 yards of Swiss and Nainsook Embroideries, Edgings and Insertions in the very latest de signs, 3y2 to 10 inches wide ; values up to 45c a yard; magnificent values for this sale at the low price of, per yard JC HOUSEKE&ING NECESSITIES-Basement 19c CORSET COVER EMBROIDERIES 45c Refrigerators 25 models $8.00 up to $50.00. Gas Plates best styles $1.50 to $4.00. Window Screens at 35c. 40c and 50c. Blue-flame Oilstoves, $3.00 up to $10.00. Oilstoves, 50c to $3.00. Meat Safes, $1.35. Lawnmowers, $2.75 up to $10.00. Tin Sprinklers, 15c up to 60c. Garden Hose all grades all lengths. Rakes, Spades, Shovels, etc. Basement. 5000 yards of handsome Corset Cover Embroider ies prettiest patterns we own; values up to 85c a yard, on sale for, yard 10,000 yards Corset Cover Embroideries splendid styles values up to 60c a yard; on sale at the low price of, per yard JC 35c Ribbons l?c Yard For Wednesday and Thursady we place on sale a great special purchase of 5000 yards of four-inch Black Taffeta Ribbon, superior quality; best 35c values. Buy all you want at 17c a yard. Black only, remember. Java Canvas for embroidery and cross-stitch in light green and tau; regular 75c and $1.00 val ues on sale for, per yard 59 and 735 Boys' Clothing Specials Our boys' clothing store continues to outfit the little fel fows in the best possible manner and at the minimum cost. Clothing of proper styles and satisfactory wearing qual ities' at a saving economical parents must appreciate Boys' all-wool School Suits, double-breasted coat, light gray and brown mixtures; ages 8 to 16 years; best values 1 ever offered at yO Boys' Eton Sailor Suits, ages 5 to 10 years, in all-wool blue serges and cheviots suits the exclusive clothier asks Cl you $6.00 for; sale price '. . . XsiwU The "Wolverine" Combination Suspender and Hose Supporter for boys 4 to 16 years of age; assorted colors; regular 5Q 50c value; your choice; per pair 7C Young men's all-wool cassimore and cheviot Suits ; good service able mixtures; ages 12 to 20 years; extraordinary C Q values for a few days at the low price of mJmJ With everv purchase at reerular price to the amount of $5.00 or over we give a year's subscription to the "American Boy," the biggest and brightest boys' paper published. Second Floor. Dinner Sets An Important Sale American Semi-Vitreous Dinner Sets, open stock patterns; 60-piece sets for S3. 88 100-piecc set for $6.57 60-piece Semi-Vitreous Set, green floral decora tion, gold on knobs and handles, great special value at $5.47 100-piece set, same as above for $8.65 60-piece Semi-Vitreous Dinner Set, pink floral decoration with heavy gold tracing, unequaled value $6.97 100-piece set, .same as above, for $9.85 60-piece Semi-Vitreous Set, pink rose decorated and gold band, best value ever offered at, set .! $6.97 100-piece set, same as above, for $9.85 German China Sets, open stock patterns, great values, $12.49, $14.57, $19.52. Open Stock Patterns. 60-piece English Semi-Porcelain Set, heavy green decorations, gold on knobs and handles, great value at $6.45 100-piece set, same as above $9.43 60-piece English Semi-Porcelain Set, neat gray decoration, full gold finish, great special value at $6.78 100-piece set, same as above $9-87 60-piece English Semi-Porcelain Set, pink floral decoration, gold band, gold on knobs and han dles, at $7.52 100-piece set ,same as above $11.23 HAVILAND CHINA SETS REDUCED 100-piece set, $47.00 value, for $37.60 60-piece Haviland Set, green floral decoration, heavy gold mounted, great bargain at. $27.90 100-piece set, same as above $40.50 100-piecc Haviland Dinner Set, pink floral decora tion, great bargain at $21.85 60-piece Haviland Set, blue forget-me-nots with gold edge and 'handles, $33 set, on sale for low price of $26.40 Panama Hats for Men The largest and best stock Panama Hats in the city Entirely new models in fall and fedora blocks, styles for young, middle aged and elderly men the coolest and most ser viceable headgear money can buy You'll find our prices, quality considered, far below what you are asked to pay at the exclu sive hat store $4.00 to $12.00 On Main Floor Agents for The best $3.00 Hat made in America. Derbys and all the new stytes in soft "WlTXnc" f-frtte hate; "lack tans browns, pearl, etc. JTlitWCd inula Satisfaction guaranteed. New Shirts, Hosiery, Spring Underwear, New v Neckwear, Crloves, Collars, Handkerchiefs, etc. MEN'S CLOTHING Second Floor New Spring Suits, Topcoats, Wash Vests, all the latest fashions and materials in all grades. Wednesday Bargains in Infants' and Children's Wear Infants' fine lawn and nainsook dresses, dainty yokes, styles trimmed In fine laces and dainty embroideries, edgings. Insertions, headings, clusters of tucks, etc. $1.25 and $3.50 Values 79c $2.00 Values now only 99c $2.75, $3.00 Values $1.49 $5.00, $6.00 Values $2.78 Children's short dresses, 6 months to 3 years; Mother Hubbard, long-waisted. French and- Russian styles: made ot fine linens and' lawns, trimmed in fine laces and embroideries, long- and short sleeves; our regular $2.75, $3, $3.50. $t values ?2.12 Children's white lawn Gulmps, 50c, ioc, 51.00, 5L50 each; trimmed in clus ters of hemstitched tucks, embroidery, Insertions and hemstitched edgings. Children's gingham Dresses, pink, blue and check3, 1, 2 and 3 years; all newest and prettiest styles, 75c, $1.00 and $1.25. The Meier Frank Store Wednesday's Bargains Worthy the careful investiga tion of the most conservative buyers. The very best values we could possibly gather. 60c ath Towels 39c 100 doz. Hemmed Turkish Bath Towels, pure bleached, 30x60 in.; a towel that soils j for GOc every day in the ' year: on sale today jq at the low price of.C 20c Dotted Mulls 12c Fancy figured and dotted Swiss Mulls in small, medi um and large effects; all col ors ; regular 16 2-3e and 20c value; today, yd 12 0 ' $2 Croquet Set $1.63 Eight-ball Croquet Set, oil ' finish, handsomely striped; j our best $2.00 sets on sale today at, set $1.63 Cashmere Flannel 34c 36-in. Cashmere Flannel, em broidered dots and stripes for shirts and shirtwaists, new desirable styles, 5 A best 50c values, yd.'rG $4.00 Napkins $2.89 Bleached satin damask Table Napkins, 24x24 in.; hand some variety of patterns; regular $3.75 and $4.00 doz. values on sale at. .$2.89 Wash Suitings 1 6c Yd. Two lines of Cotton Wash Suitings in voile, melange and gauze, Bourettc weave, pretty and serviceable; all the popular shades; value extraordinary today. . 10? 50c Ribbed Pants 29c Women's fine ribbed Um brella Pants, with lace trim ming, all sizes ; the very best 50c values on sale today at the special low price of, per pair $ 1 .50 Table Linen $1.21 j 2500 yards of fine satin damask Table Linen, full 72 inches wide ,12 new patterns to select from ; our very best $1.50 quality today. $1.21 1 $3.00 Bedspread $2.18 Marseilles Bed- Fringed spreads, large size, cut cor ners, for iron and brass beds; best patterns; regular $3.00 spread on lO sale for 25c White Vests 16c 50 doz. women's low-neck, no sleeve, ribbed, white Summer Vests, well made and finished, all sizes; the best 2oc values on sale for 16c Embroidered Voiles 20c 20 patterns of embroidered tissue Voiles in all the new shades, with colored em broidered figures; the pret tiest of the sheer woven wash materials; great spe cial values at, yard.VJU. M. &. F. Coffee 24c Lb. 10,000 pounds of Meier & Frank's famous Mocha and Java Coffee, equal to the best 4Qe grades, offered for this sale, pound 24p $6 Trunks for $5.09 34-in. canvas covered Trunk, waterproof painted, two leather straps, strongly built, best fitting; a .$6.00 trunk today at a big saving. $5.09 50c Veilings 38c Yard Choose today from our en tire stock of dotted and mesh Veilings; regular 50c quality at 38c yard ; big va- ' riety of best patterns for j your choosing, yd 38c $1.5QKandbags 98c 50 doz. Handbags in black, tan and brown, leather handles, morocco leather, with two clasps; the best ?l.oU values on sale rQ m 7UU today for, each. 20c Girdle Forms 12c 100 doz. Girdle Forms in black and white; regular 20c values: your choice to day only at this price. .12p