THE MOIiNIXG OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1J()7. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF OREOOMAX TELEPHONES. Coantlng-Room Main 7070 City Circulation Main 7070 Managing Editor Main 7070 Sunday Editor Main 7070 CompoBlnsr-Room Main 7070 City Editor Main 7070 Superintendent Building Main 7070 Eaet Side Office... East 61 AMUSEMENTS. THE HEII.IO THEATER (14th and 'Washing ton street) ToniKht 8:15 o'clock. William H. Crane and Ellis Jeffrey In "She Sloops to Conquer." BAKER THEATER f3d bet. Tamhlll and Tay lor) Baker Theater Company In "It I Were King"; tonight 8:13. EMPIRE THEATER filth and Morrtoon) . "Nettle the New Girl"; tonight 8:15. GRAND THEATER (Washington, between Park and ijtventh) Vaudeville. 2:30, 7:30 and B P. M. PANT AGES THEATER (Fourth and Stark) Continuous vaudeville, 2:30, 1:80, 9 P. M. BTAR THEATER" (Park and Washington) Allen Stock Company In "Out of the Fold"; matinee 2:1.1 P. M., tonight at 8:15. LYRIC THEATER (7th and Alder) The Lyric Stock Company in ' Tennessee's Pard ner"; matinee 2:15; tonight at 8:15. Favor Purchasing Water Plaint. TYhlle the Montavilla Improvement League passed resolutions opposing the purchase of the Mount Tabor water plant, the Montavilla Board of Trade has taken the opposite view of the question, and favors the purchase of the plant at a "reasonable rate." A petition has been circulated and signed by about ISO property owners, asking that tho Water Committee purchase the plant if an agreement can be reached as to price. It is the Judgment of sonio of the mem bers of the Montavilla Board of Trade that unless the city secures this plant before Summer and connects with at least an S-inch main the distribution tystem there will involve a great short age and much hardship. "If we wait till the city lays a big main," said Dr., Deveny, "and then puts in a distribution system we will not get any more water for three years than we now, have. Eighteen thousand dollars has been ap propriated to lay a main to Montavilla but that is all. If the city will connect with an 8-inch main to the present dis tribution system then we will have water for domestic purposes, but not for fire purposes. That will come later." Reception fob Tacomans. Washington business men enroute to California on an excursion conducted under the auspices of the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce and the Board of Trade, will be enter tained in Portland Saturday by the com mercial Club. Tho excursion will leave Tacoma at 9 o'clock Saturday morning. The train will be met at the depot at 2:.'!0 o'clock In the afternoon by the recep tion committee of the club, composed of W. B. Glafke, Sis.- Sichel, Edward Ehr man. Dr. J. R. Weatherbee and B. H. Trumbull. The visitors will take a ride on streetcars and at 7:30 o'clock- there will be a reception at the Commercial Club In their honor, followed by a luncheon. The train will leave for Cali fornia at 11 o'clock that night. Will Complete Fills. The Port of Portland dredge, which is undergoing re pairs and being changed to an oil burner, will complete the tills between Kast Washington and East Morrison and be tween Kast Morrison and Belmont streets. The dredge was pulled off this work last Summer to do channel work and has not yet been able to return to this work. Of course at present with the high water, the dredge cannot be operated at all. There Is some talk of organizing the property owners north of Kast Wash ington street and getting that district filled up to the street, the same as will be done south of Belmont street. The property owners In that territory can get the same terms as were secured south of Belmont street. Home Training Meeting. Attendance at the meeting of the Home Training As sociation yesterday was comparatively small, so the discourse on the children's Sunday was postponed until the nest meeting. Rev. A. J. Montgomery substi tuted a talk on the colored supplement to the Sunday paper, and the importance of teaching the best of poetry to children while they are small and so cultivating a taste that Is too often neglected in later life. He was followed by several in discussion. Mrs. W. P. Hawkins fol lowed with one of her earnest pleas for high ideals for the young and explained her methods for correcting low tastes in young people. The meeting adjourned until Thursday, February 21. Opes Montavilla Library. The library and reading room for Montavilla and Russellville will be opened on the Base Line road this afternoon and eve ning with a general reception. The wo men of the Montavilla Home Training Circle will have charge of the reception and serve refreshments to aid the funds of the library. All residents of Monta villa and Russellville interested In making the library a success are Invited to at tend in the afternoon or evening, or both. The circle provides the two rooms, paying the rent and Incidental expenses, while the Portland Library supplies the books and an attendant. An effort will be marie to get a supply of magazines and papers. Library Attendance Good. In spite of the bad weather during January, the at tendance at th Library and the circula tion of books were larger than ever be fore. The following statistics were pres ented at the regular monthly board meet ing last night: Circulating department Total circulation, 15,410: total registration including children. 15.425; per cent of iktion. 60. County stations Circulation, IMS; new members registered, 154. Chil dren's room Total attendance. 6125; cir culation of books, 5407. Reference de partmentAttendance, 4177. Periodical room Attendance, 90S1. Number of vol umes catalogued in January. 762. Num ber of volumes added toy purchase and gift, 5!5. Schoop to Speak for Y. M. C. A. Sergeant Major Gustave Hinrich Schoof. poldier. traveler, missionary and preacher, will speak at the men's meeting at the Y. M. C. A. auditorium at 3 o'clock Sun day afternoon. Among other things he will tell of the mission work among the soldiers of the British army In South Africa. The association is pursuing its policy of doing work outside the associa tion building by establishing Bible classes at various boarding houses of the city. This outside work began with the estab lishment of noon Bible classes for the men of the factories and shops of the city, and has continued to grow until It has assumed large proportions. Sellwood Suspects Bound Over. Four of the men under arrest for the Postofflce robberies of St. Johns and Sellwood offices were held to the Federal grand jury yesterday morning by United States Com missioner McKee. Bail was fixed at 3000 each and as no friends of the alleged robbers, came forward with the required amount, Anderson, Ranklns, Kelly and Carter were taken back to the County Jail and locked up. W. H. Green, fire man, was released on bonds, his wife ap pearing as security. Funeral op Dr. L. e. White. The funeral of Dr. L. E. White took place yesterday morning from the Free Metho dist Church, of Center Addition, with in terment In Multnomah cemetery. There was a large attendance of friends of the family. Dr. White had been for many years a Tractlcing physician and was 69 years old. He leaves a family. For Rent. Storeroom. 131 Sixth street, to let tor. the month of February. For particulars inquire of the superintendent, rocjm 201 Oregonlan building. Goods taken on storage or transfer. Western Storage & Transfer Company, No. 321 Hawthorne avenue. Miss Call will open a primary depart ment February 13, 689 Kast Burnside Phone East 2700. B Company's next dancing party will be given Friday, February 8. Canoe Club, foot Stark street, open. Art Museum Open Tomoht. In order that business men and others occupied during the day may have an opportunity to enjoy the present exhibitions ckming this week, the Museum of Art will be opened this (Friday) evening, from 8 to 10 o'clock. Admission will be free. The fine paintings lent by Mr. Fleischner have proved an attraction to picture lovers. They will be seen to good advantage, too, under the strong artificial light, though perhaps the best light is In the middle of the day. especially before noon. The upper galleries containing the ex hibit of etchings will also be opened. The building is open daily from 9 to 4:30 o'clock. Probino Fire Department. David Campbell. Chief of -the Fire Department, aided by his assistants. Is probing condi tions in various stations of the depart ment. As a direct result of exposures brought out in the newspapers, and upon recommendation of Battalion Chief Young. Driver George H. Guild, of Chemical No. 1. was suspended yesterday. He Is ac cused, with others, of consorting with women of questionable character. The conduct of firemen attached to several of the stations Is being looked into, and a report is to be made by Chief Campbell of the findings. Sermon on St'Ndat closing. Rev. J. Whltcomb Brougher will speak at the White Temple Sunday morning on the question, "Is it Right for a Christian to Be Ambitious?" and In the evening on "Personal Liberty in Relation to Popular Amusements." The latter sermon will take up the relation of the theaters and of the individual to the proposed Sunday closing law. which many of the Protes tant ministers of the city are working for.' The young people of the church are plan ning to hold their third anniversary and social next Friday night. Work Resumed on Bridoe. Construc tion has been resumed on the foundation of the Grand-avenue bridge over Sul livan's Gulch on the south bank. The storm put a stop to the work and there was some damage to what had been ac complished. At present the work is con fined to excavating for the foundation of the concrete footings for the south end of the bridge. So far no piles have been driven for the center piers. It Is an nounced that the iron will arrive in Portland some time in March. . Action on Annexation. A meeting of the Woodstock Push Club will be held tonight, and among the business coming up will be consideration of annexation to Portland. Petitions will require 15 per cent of the voters in the territory to be annexed before the Council can take action. Some opposition has developed at and around Arleta but how strong is not known. Recent storms have pre vented a meeting at which effective action could be taken. Buried at Albany. The body of Jerome McKinley, who died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. B. E. Parker, 4S0 Union avenue, Monday, was pent to Albany yesterday for interment. The fu neral was held Wednesday at Dunnlng's undertaking chapel. East Sixth street. Rev. E. S. Bollinger officiating. Mr. Mc Kinley was 71 years old and had been a policeman of Portland while George P. Frank was Mayor. Raid on Chinese Gamblers. Iate yes terday afternoon a squad of policemen, sent out by Captain Moore from police headquarters, raided a Chinese establish ment at S3 Second street and arrested six Chinese on charges of gambling and frequenting a gambling house. Fanatic in Jail. Christ Brlckson is lodged in the County Jail, and it Is be lieved by the police that he Is insane over the "Tongues of Fire" brand of so-called religion. He is 20 years old, and thinks he is a criminal. Audubon Society. The annual meet ing and election of officers of the Audu bon Society will be held in the Society's rooms in the City Hall Saturday evening, February 9, at 8 o'clock, P. M. Canoe Club, foot Stark street, open. Wooster's great grocery, Wash. St. Canoe Club, foot Stark street, open. ' THE MUTUALJJENEFIT LIFE Has been pointed out by different in surance Investigation committees as a model of good management. See the 62d annual statement in another col umn. The new business written by the Oregon agency of the Mutual Benefit for 1906 exceeds that of any previous year. The Mutual Benefit today is the most popular company. Agents want ed. A. S. ROTH WELL, General Agent, Falling Blclg., Portland, Oregon. NOTICE. Mass meeting of retail liquor deal ers Sunday afternoon at 3:30. All re tal dealers are requested to at tend. Cook3 and Waiters' hall, 12814 Fifth street, between Washington and Alder. WHERE T0 DINE. All the delicacies of the season at tha Portland Restaurant: fine private apart ments for parties, 303 Wash., near 6th. KISER PHOTO CO. Scenic Photos Lobby Imperial Hotel. FRANK L. SMITH MEAT CO "FIGHTING THE BEEF TRUST" ALL ROADS LEAD TO SMITH'S. ALL SENSIBLE PEOPLE TRADE THERE. ' Rib Steak 12y2c Extra Choice Porterhouse.l5c Small Porterhouse. 12 y2o Shoulder Roast Beef.. 8c Round Sirloin R. Rib Roast.l2y2 Veal Breast 10c Leg of Veal 12y2c Veal Rib Cutlets .. 12V2c Veal Loin Cutlets ........ 15c Veal Loin Roast 15c Vancouver, 'Woodlawn.Mtiltnomah, Vernon, Highland, Piedmont, Veal Shoulder Cutlets Prime Beef Rib Roast Our Br'kfast BaconlT1" rorK sides Pickled Pork. I212 P rk Loin R st,15c s 0 v "iV . Pork Chops. . .15c Pork Steak 15c Lamb Stew Lamb Frontquarters . 10c Lamb Shoulders 10c Lamb Shoulder Chops .. 12y2c Smith's Prices Remain COAL SUPPLY GONE No Definite Relief Outlook in Fuel Shortage. WOOD DELIVERIES TARDY Where Streets Are Bad, Dealers Can Scarcely Be Persuaded to Send Teams at All Fir Selling at S7 a Cord. PORTLAND FUEL SITT'ATIOV. iNo coal available in town at any price. , No prospoct of obtaining any for weeks to come. Fir wood $7 a cord, delivery prom ised ten days after order ta placed. Slabwood, seasoned, but water soaked, $3 a load, delivered some time. It is a difficult matter to burn wet wood in a furnace Intended for coal, but as no more coal is to be had in Portland, householders who did not lay in a supply of the black combus tible early In the season will be com pelled to burn wood or go cold. Asked when coal could be expected, a repre sentative of the Independent Coal & Ice Company said: "We may have coal In the city with in two weeks, but it is not a certainty, as- the railroads will promise us nothing in the way of shipments. When it does come it will probably be only a few cars from Carbonado. We sold the last lot for 110.50 a ton. I Jo not know that this lot will be sold any higher. "We expect a cargo of coal from Japan about February 15, but cannot depend upon it," said a representative of the Pacific Coast Company yester day. "We are not accepting any orders at all for coal at our up-town office. The very small amount of coal we are getting is gong out as fast as it is coming in." Slabwood Is selling for $3 a load, the companies having upwards of 1)0 orders ahead. There are some parts of the city to which the dealers will not agree to haul, as the roads are in such bad condition that the teams have dif ficulty getting through. It is not un common on East Ankeny street, where the roads are comparatively good, for a loaded wood wagon to be helped up the small hill by the streetcars. In South Portland, west of Kelly street, the resi dents find it almost impossible to get the dealers to make deliveries. $1500 IN ASINGLE DAY A. B. Stcinbach Alone Swells Y. M. C. A.-Y. V. C. A. Fund by $500. SUBSCRIPTIONS TO DATE. Subscribed Fall canvass. ..$230.733. 80 Subscribed February 3-6 7.052. no February 7 1.535.00 Total $289,820.80 Subscriptions to the building fund of the Y. W. C. A.-Y. M. C. A. are steadily coming into the headquarters of the Cit izens' Committee, and at the meeting yesterday it was found that more than J1500 had been raised since the report of the day previous. The committee was In receipt of a telegraph message from A. B. Steinbach, who is in New York City, which read, "Put me down for J300." The women's committee turned In Its first report yesterday, showing that it is by no means idle. One new sub-committee of -five members was formed dur ing the day, making eight committees in the field soliciting for funds. The fol lowing are the subscriptions received since the last report: A. B. Steinbach , $ 500 l-tr. J. surman P. Vltlch Oregon Planing Mills ......... F. W. Torgier Timms, Cress & Co George V. Simons H. McMaster. L.a Camaa, Wash. H. P. --C'hrlstensen Beno & Ballis Women's Committee Downing Hopkins A ..... H. Li. Trevett E. J. Ellison O. T. Goldthwaite Andrew Gordon 10i 10 S0l 25 25 200 50 15 JO 10 100 James Gibson. 20 Thomas Gray 100 Totnl JS1535 Lamb Loin Chops.-. Pot Roast Beef Legs of Lamb Lamb Rib Chops. . . L'mb Rib R'st..l5c o 2 a 5 p e V a o CO "I s 1 a e. g Steak. . .10c St'k.l2i2c L'mb Loin v? CQ Liver .6c o a Veal Stew AS 226-228 VsfV "S ALDER STREET, W Dur .12i2c V 'I . ..10c BETWEEN FIRST AND 1 .vt; c Our Own Hams ;.. .... .17c Pork Shoulder Roast the Same From Monday Morning Till Saturday Night Pay your bills in a business like manner by check. This of course applies to commer cial accounts, as a savings de posit is not subject to check. Even if you use your money actively, pay it thru" our bank. The returned checks are re ceipts for every bill you pay. We Pay 4 Interest Oregon Trust 6 Savings Bank Sixth and Washington Street. Portland, Oregon. RESOURCES $1,800,000.00. OFFICERS. W. H. MOORE President E. E. LYTLE Vice-President W. COOPER MORRIS Cashier Completing City Hall. Contractors Youngerdorf & Son, accord ing to their agreement, have put on a force of men and are pushing work on the St. Johns City Hall. The indications now are that they will complete their contract on the building and leave it in readiness for the inside finishing, which will be done under separate contract. There Is much feeling among the citizens of St. Johns over the delay in finishing the building. They are inclined to allow the contractors to go ahead, but will tolerate no more delays. Milwaukie Country Club. Eastern and California races. Take Sellwood or Oregon City car. starting from First and Alder streets. PIANO BARGAINS In used pianos we have several good uprights in fine condition. ONE FOR $ 00.00 ONE FOR $125.00 ONE FOR $150.00 ONE FOR $167.00 These are all excellent instruments of old standard makes. We have also several fine square pianos from $50.00 to $75.00; all in nice shape. Soule Bros. Piano Co. 372-374 Morrison street, Phone Main 677. The Famous Sohraer Piano Goes to the Reed-French Company, Sixth and Burnside. To bring this important transfer about it was necessary to buy the entire stock of pianos owned by the Manufacturers' Company on Alder street. This stock of pianos will now be sold without reserve. See evening papers for more particulars. Sixth and Burnside. D.Chambers OPTOMETRIST Vlalon scientific ally corrected. Artl flclal eye. fitted. 129 7TH 6Tf NEAR ALDER ST. Larceat and Beat Equipped Optical Eatab Uahmant in Northwaat. .15c .15c R'st.15 Piffs' Heads 5c Pigs' Feet 5c Hocks 8c i?e 10c Heavy Bacon 16c Our Own Pure Lard 12c Oswego, South Portland, Fulton, Hillsdale, Shoulder Steak 8c Hamburg Steak 8c Corned Beef 6c XBeef to Stew 5c j v Veal Shoulder Q5.- "v Roast mn 5c 8c 12i2c ..15C ...8C -yy?" cv MI VALUES roys, Fine Worsteds, Cheviots and Tweeds in neat, attrac tive patterns. Full line of extra large sizes and special measurements. See Fourth-Street Windows. BIG REDUCTION ON EVERY PAIR Best for the teeth 1, i O 1 1 CLEANSES THE TtETH ;H)UR!flESTpBREfttH; V.l fci?- Tl.doM.ik dttltr J$3 Free Sample. AddresaDept.. fmr it. Iaaam,CrlU.CAcb.TBaaMBBUI.T. The Shine That Lasts Longest DR. B. E.WRIGHT The Painless Dentist. Greatest Skill at Moderate Prices .34212 Washington, Corner Seventh. Phone Main 2119. LIGHT LUNCHES Served at REBE'S Confectionery 310 Washington Street Tf"1 I I a f 1 SPECIAL SALE OF Our entire line of Men's Trousers at astonishing Bargain Values. Qver 1000 pairs, consisting- of Cordu Connoisseurs Understand .That There Is Nothing Better Than YELLOWSTONE Whiskey. Old, mellow and delightfully palatable, it is the-idoal srlmalanl ROTHCHILD BROS., PORTLAND, OR., Sole Agents a (annmiiinminminimimwuiimiiiiiuiiiniamiuaini 13k ORGANIZING a shoe factory fa like organizing an army, Every man is chosen because he is pirticulary weU fitted for an especial duty. The superintendent, the foreman, the aub-forcmaa and the workmen compare to the general, the colonels, the captaini the lieutenants and the soldiers in the ranks. Then, there must bet careful drilling and training to, certain duties. Every man from officer down must take pride in his work. He must feel that his department b the finest in the army. He works with but one idea, in mind to excel ail others. That's how our "Patriot" Factory is organized. Our men man tries to do it better than Mad. by ROBERTS, JOHNSON RAND SHOE CO., St. Louis, He. Sold In Portland By .THE CHICAGO 69-71 THIRD STREET MMiniiiMimiiwuianiiiaiiMuiis IF YOU WANT COLUMBIAN OPTICAL COMPANY I 4, Denver, Omaha, Kanui City, Salt Lake. Dal la., Tex.; Portland, Or. - 1X3 Sixth St. IXOYD F. BROWEB, Mgr. Oreaonlan Bids. 16 CLARKE, WOODWARD DRUG CO. wnotrD"rlg".u : Direct Importers of heavy and foreign chemicals, French perfumes and proprietaries, Haarlem oil, Japanese camphor and menthol, Engllsn chalk, German hyposulphite soda and chloride of time In lead-lined J casks. a Private switching track from all railroads to our doors. m We invite correspondence. A Conveniently located at Ninth and Hoyt streets, near Union Passenger station. TEETH A $12.00 Full Be far S6.00. FBED PBEHN, Boom 403 Dekum Bulldlna-. chwab Printing Co. BEST ITOltK. XESSOttSBLE PXTCtf 14TM STARK STREET OUSERS Mot I SHOE FOR MEN $3.60 $4.00 are friendly rivals. Every the other fellow. That's I B a a 1 THE RIGHT GLASSES COME TO THE RIGHT PLACE FOR THEM t fa z 2 The Fruit Cure The concentrated juices of ripe fruits and curative plants combined into a de licious confection called A. D. S. Fruit Lax Is the premium prescription com pounded by an association of three thousand druggists for constipation and all bowel complaints. It removes the cause. It positively does. They guarantee it. Price 25c of all drug gists. If your drugglnt can't supply you today write. Inclosing price and It will be sent postpaid by American Druggist Syndicate, 69 Murray street. New York. 1