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11 FRAME THEATERS treasurer, and W. J. Ward, who is agent and representative here of the Brooking Lumber Company, was chosen manager. All are directors. . acting with " W. J. Cooley and Delmar Colegrove. of the southern part of the county. Bids were advertised for furnishing poles for the line and George Smith, owner of the Pistol River Mill, was given the con tract. - Poles are on the ground and are now being set, both from the north and from the south. It is intended to push the work as rapMly as possible. HAVE TO GO WlMJWHJU-ia luaamil li iniijaaiMiiii ia imiii)Miini'iujiiiuiuiaiiiwituM''ju.it)iii)ij)Jfli!. Inspector Qobson Favors New Building Law That Will Warn Owners. The Goodyear Co. Rum Demon Gives Few Expiring Kicks. The Goodyear Co. 88 Third Saloonkeeper Cochran of St. John Opens Hi Place and Keeps Open Intil He Gets Official Notice From Sheriff to Close. .tJWiiii.iEi!,!;:::,-. .' '. J -H ca. FIVE YEARS FOR CHANGE ,!:''iitKra!imiiiMSrffl:--'-''V', THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX, THUKSDAT, JULY 2, 1908. ' n NUT Wl aaV . . .lc . ' P V,, " .V '"JIT" . uniTf' . TTTjijj-r;-'. . ;; IS 175 ! f Fourth I 'St I II 1 " City Official Will Draw Vp Measure and Present It to Council Not tingham Building May Be Torn Down. City Building Inspector Dobson is pre paring to draft an ordinance, the provisi ons of which will eliminate from Port land, within the next four or five years, all frame structures used as theaters. He will complete the measure in the near future, he says, and submit it to the City Council for consideration. He believes that the Council will pass it, as a matter of protection to the public. According to Mr. Dobson. it is impera tive that there shall be a revision of the building ordinances, to cover the sub ject of public building?, in partlcultr, and others in general, to meet the modern re quirements of a great city,- such as Portland. He believes that it is his duty to prepare such an ordinance, he de clares. "I believe there Bhould be a more mod ern law governing building in Portland," said Mr. Dobson, yesterday. "For the safety of the public, I think there should be no frame theaters, and in the ordi nance which I will submit to the Coun cil there will be a clause that will elimi nate such structures in not to exceed five years. That seems reasonable to me, as it gives the theatrical managers ample opportunity to lay their plans for new and mowern fire-proof buildings. As Building Inspector I feel that I can not afford to do anything short of this.' Such an ordinance as lr. Dobson pro poses submitting to the Council will affect the Empire, Baker and the Heilig. owned by the Northwest Theatrical As sociation, and the Grand, owned by Sul livan & Oonsidine. In the first three theaters named. Councilman Baker is largely interested. Mr. Dobson will appear before the Coun cil committee on health and police at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning to ask the ' members to recommend to tl Council that the frame structure, erected by State Senator Nottlngnam, at East Second and East Stark streets, be torn down. He will urge that this action, although ap parently drastic, should be taken because, as he alleges, the most flagrant voca tion of the building ordinances recently perpetrated occurred there. The Councilmen who voted for the spe cial permit for Senator Nottingham find themselves in a most embarrassing sit uation. City Attorney Kavanaugh has of ficially notined them that their action was illegal. He holds that the Council has no power to grant theae special per mits. Mr. Dobson, taking a firm stand against infraction of the ordinances gov ering his department. Insists that the Council shall remedy this matter, and he declares he will be satisfied with nothing less than the tearing down of the build ing. At the last session of the Council the matter was referred to the committee on health and police, and It will be con sidered tomorrow morning. This Stenographer Is Really Ingenuous. Unused to Bunlnesa Ways and Un familiar With Zoological Name for Mauunal With Bell, She Learns at Length. SHE was Just a young, wide-eyed stenographer not very far from business college, and she answered to the name of Mary. Had anyone called her Marie, she would not have known who was meant. Practical business ways were as yet largely unknown to her, although she was wise on business college practice and could deal with hypothetical problems as easily as the president of a phony bank can juggle the trusting depositors' money. She It was who, on her first day In the office, fell into a tremble when a telegraph office morcury appeared with a business telegram for the boss, and confided her fears to a clerk In the office, thus: "Oh, my goodness! Some body must be dead." Yesterday, when the rent man and others of his pestlverous brotherhood were due in the business district, as well, unhappily, as elsewhere, the boss left early in the afternoon for the golf links. Before he left he made out a check for the rent and handed it to the stenographer with the remark: "Give this to the orntthorhynchus when he comes," and hustled, away to the car. The stenographer was stunned. Who or'what was the ornlthorhynchus. any way? She did not have time to ask the boss, for he got away before she mus tered up courage to propound any ques tions. She did not like to ask anyone in the office for fear it was something she ought to know and they might laugh at her. She tried to, find It in the dictionary, one of the best friends a stenographer may have, but could not find any such word. The afternoon waned and 5 o'clock came. No ornlthorhynchus. She finally locked up die office and went home. The next day when the boss came she said: "He didn't come yesterday." "Who?" asked the boss. "The ornlthorhynchus. Who Is the ornlthorhynchus. anyway?" "The ornlthorhynchus is a beast with a bill. We call him the rent man, my dear," said the boss. WANTS BETTER SERVICE Curry County Supports Independent Telephone Line. 15 OLD BEACH. Or., July 1. (Special.) The Home Telephone Company is con structing a line from Gold Beach south. Much dissatisfaction etas, for a long time, been felt with the old line, which con nects Curry County with outside com munication by way of Gold Beach north. There is no telegraph in the county and excepting by mail, no communication can be had concerning, the doings of the out side world but by this line. At the time of the primaries the line was down and again a few days ago at the time of the Chicago Republican . convention. last January the Southern Curry Tel ephone Company, a home enterprise, was organised. The line is to extend from Gold Beach to connect with the line at ("recent City. Cal. The capital stock of the company, Jtoco. was soon sold. E. A. Bailey, County Judge, was elected pres ident; Dr. F. J. Schliemann secretary and AFTER the big celebration Tuesday night at St. John over the closing of the saloons the inhabitants awoke yesterday morning to find that "King Barleycorn" was not quite dead. They rubbed their eyes and looked again, but there was no mistake. The saloon of 3. C. Cochran was wide open, and doing as much business as ever. . But this state of affairs did not last long. The preachers soon became aware of the turn things had taken, and made a tour of investigation. They learned that Mr. Cochran was keeping his saloon open because he had a city license which had not yet expired. It would be time enough for him to close his doors when ordered by the Sheriff to do so. As the mandate of the County Court has gone forth Sheriff Stevens sent Deputy Sheriff I. D. Boyer to St. John yesterday morning to inform the saloon proprietor that unless he com plies with the law he would be ar rested. Cochran closed the place. It is said that Cochran was only awaiting the Sheriff's order to close, and that he will now attempt to collect the amount due him from the city on that portion of his license which Is unexpired., Kev. F. L. Young, of the St. John Methodist Church.Nwas about to come to Portland to swear out a warrant with the District Attorney for the sa loonkeeper's arrest, when he learned that a Sheriff's deputy was on his way to close the saloon. JUNE WEATHER SUMMARY Month Evenly Divided Between Cloudy and Clear. Meteorological summaries for the month of June, compiled by Edward A. Beals, district forecaster, show that there were 13 clear days, 12 cloudy and six partly cloudy. The temperature records show that the last day of the month was the hottest, the thermometer registering 92 degrees on that day, with a clear sky. The coolest day was June 2, when the mercury dropped to 42 degrees, with the sky overcast. The greatest range was on that hot last day of the month, when 32 degrees marked the rise from 60 to 92 de grees. The high mean temperature for the month was 71.1 degrees; low mean, 51.3 degrees, and mean for the month, 1 61.2. The mean temperature for the montli for 37 years is 61.8, indicating for the month just closed four-tenths of a degree cooler than the average record for the. period named. In rainfall there were but two days in the month when the precipitation could be recorded in tenths of an inch June 20, one-tenth, and June 25-26, two-tenths. There were 21 days when no precipitation was observed, or at best a trace. The average for June for 38 years is 1.69 inches, which leaves this June about an inch short. The flood this year showed its maximum stage June 21 and 22, when it reached 21.2 feet above low-water mark, and the low est was on June 4-5, when the water stood at 14.1 feet above. The prevailing direction of the wind was northwest, lth thft average velocity of 6.1 miles an hour. The highest veloc ity was attained June 1, when it reached 24 miles an hour, record taken for five WRITES SUFFRAGE PLANK Mrs. Duniway Prepares Section for Democratic Platform.- Mrs. May Arkwright Hutton, a former voter of Idaho, but now a taxpaying citi zen of Washington, has, on the eve of her departure for Denver, empowered Mrs. Abigail Scott Duniway. president of the Oregon Kqual Suffrage Association, to write an equal suffrage plank for the platform of the National Democratic con vention. "Mrs. Ruth Bryan Leavitt is a delegate to the convention from Wyoming,' writes Mrs. Hutton, "and is an ardent suf fragist and close political adviser to her father. Now, send along a good," stiff plank. I will trust to your subtlety to get up something that sensible men will stand for; and you may trust me to get It in if it is to be 'got.' " The proposed plank follows: Whereas, the periodical enactment of sumptuary laws In many states, and parts of states, through the speeches and writings of paid peripatetic professional agitators, sows the seeds of discord, unsettles values, disturbs commerce and engenders animosity among neighbors, without creating any per ceptible reformation in the Uvea and .habits of the people; and Whereas, such agitators find their occu pation gone In states where women vote, and naturally, for this reason, oppose the further extension of the right of suffrage to women, therfore Resolved, That we recommend the enfran chisement of women In all the states as an example of serious consideration by the remocratic party, and by all liberty and justice-loving men. BIDS ON PACKING-PLANT Estimates AVill Be Passed On by Swift & Co. As previously announced by the com pany, yesterday was the closing date for receiving bids for piling and excavation for the buildings of the plant of the Union Meat Company on the Peninsula. "The bids now go to the construction de partment of Swift & Co., at Kansas City, for examination before announcement is made concerning the various bids made for the work. Architect Leonard, of Swift & Co.'s en gineering department, was in Portland several weeks, familiarizing himself with the grounds and progress made in dredg ing the channel connecting the plant with the Columbia, and left for the Kast last week. He will examine the bids sub mitted for the preliminary work, and if the figures are within his estimates, the contract doubtless will be let to a local bidder. Otherwise, the company will un dertake the work itself. Named Mary Spiller House. EUGENE, Or., July 1. (Special.) The Woman's Dormitory, erected two years ago on the University campus, is to be known as the Mary Spiller House, in memory of Miss Mary Spiller, a member of the first faculty of the University of Oregon. The Mary Spiller House will accommodate about 30 women and will be ready for use this Fall. Metiger & Co., Jewelers and opticians. 342 Washington St. . Hurry $6.00 Shoes Now.. 111 TEST T Injunction Suit Against Port of Portland. CASE WILL BE APPEALED Friendly Procedure Brought by Syl- 4 Tester Farrell to Prevent $500, 000 Bond Issue Voted at Election of June 1. An Injunction restraining the Port of Portland from issuing the $500,000 bonds for the establishment of a pilot age and towage service on the Columbia and Willamette Rivera between the city and the sea, is being sought by Syl vester Farrell in the Circuit Court. The suit is a friendly one, brought to test the validity of the initiative act passed at the election of3une 1 by a vote of 16,111 to 4294. Mr. Farrell is a member of the firm of Everdlng & Farrell, and also a mem ber of the Board of Pilot Commission ers. He states that he is the owner of $148,000 worth of property, and that this will be unjustly taxed if the bonds are Issued. The Port of Portland Commission is about to issue 500 bonds of $1000 each, bearing date of July 1. Fifty of them will run for one year, SO for two years, and so on to 10 years. Yesterday's suit was brought through Dolph, Mallory, Simon & Gearin, Far rell's attorneys. Besides the Port of Portland, as a corporation, C. F. Swl gert, John. Drlscoll. P. I Willis, A. I Pease, J. C. Alnsworth, C. F. Adams and W. r. Wheelwright are named in dividually as defendants. Flanders Files Demurrer. A demurrer to the complaint was filed yesterday by J. Couch Flanders, counsel for the defendants, and argu ment will be had before Judge Ganten bein Friday morning. Whichever way the case is decided, it will be appealed to the Supreme Court. It is set forth in the complaint that the amendment is unconstitutional, for the following reasons: Because it violates section 32, article 1, of the State Constitution, which says that "no tax or duty shall be imposed without the consent of the people or their representatives in the Legislative Assembly, and all taxes shall be equal and uniform." Because it violates section 2, article 2. of the State Constitution, as amended by vote of the people, upon initiative petition, June 4, 1906. This section pro vides that corporations may be formed under the general laws, but that "the Legislative Assembly shall not enact, amend or repeal any charter or act of incorporation for any municipality, city or town." "The legal voters of every city and town." reads the law, "are hereby granted the power to enact and amend their municipal charter, subject to the Constitution and criminal laws of the State of Oregon." Adds to Its Powers. Because the amendment purports to confer upon the Port of Portland the power to establish a towage and pilot age service between the port and the sea, while the original act which creat ed the port gave it no such power, it 1 LI O Jill If you want good shoes at This is our regular stock and we quote these big RE DUCTIONS to make room for our large Fall stock $4.00 Shoes Now.. 60c for the Best Soles Sewed on Hut ooo Manufacturers, Retailers and Repairers - Two Stores is contended that the amendment is not in realtiy an amendment, but an at tempt to confer original power, in vio lation of the law. It was section 2 of article 11, above quoted, that was invoked when Farrell brought successful suit to declare the Port of Columbia act invalid. The de cision of the Supreme Court wae that the Legislature could neither amend nor enact the charter of a port. Now that the people have attempted to amend it, the Supreme Court will be asked to decide whether their amend ment holds good. The question voted on at the general election last month was: "Shall the corporate powers of the Port of Portland be enlarged by au thorizing it to establish and maintain a towage and pilotage service upon the Columbia River bar and on the Colum bia and Willamette Rivers between the southern limits of said port and the sea; with authority, for the purposes aforesaid, to issue and dispose of its bonds in amount not exceeding $500,000, bearing not exceeding 6 per cent an nual interest, and to levy and collect annual taxes upon property within its limits, subject to taxation, not exceed ing one-half mill, in addition to taxes now authorized." " . MUST SUPPORT HIS CHILDREN Judgment Against Frank Labelle in Circuit Court. Only $12 in two months for the sup port of three children, aged 12, 7 and 2, respectively, was received by Rose Labelle from Frank Labelle, her di vorced husband, according to a Com plaint filed in the Circuit Court. Judge Cleland yesterday afternoon decided that Labelle must hereafter pay her $15 a month. Labelle is a barber work ing for W. G. Jones at 84 Sixth street. Testimony taken in court yesterday was to the effect that Labelle has paid his wife $78' since the divorce was granted. May 1. but that only $6 each month went for the support of the children. The balance, it is said by counsel for Mrs. Labelle, to have gone to pay the attorney and the court costs in the divorce suit. The children are being cared for by their grandparents in one of the sub urbs of Portland. Counsel yesterday said that Labelle tried to visit the children last Sunday, and was driven from the place by Mrs. Labelle and her parents. This statement was met by Mrs. Labelle's attorney with the charge that Labelle made himself ob noxious. At the time the divorce was granted the wife said he was in the habit of beating and kicking her, and that he once struck one of the children on the eye. THREE DIVORCE SUITS FILED Desertion Alleged by Two Wives and One Husband. Three divorce suits charging deser tion have been filed in the Circuit Court. Mathilda Ritchie says ehe mar ried William H. Ritchie September 6, 1904. and that he deserted her March 15, 1906. being now In Seattle. Charles Dupuis says he married Hat tie M. Dupuis in Multnomah County August 5. 1892. and that she left him two years later. Minnie Burke has brought suit against Michael Burke, and desires to resume her maiden name, Minnie Bran, denberg. They were married in Port land in 1898, and the wife eays her' husband left her in 1904, without any means of support. . Restrained From Grading Street. The' City of Portland. M. J. Connel ley, W. Scott and T. McDougal are re strained by an injunction issued in the Gircuit Court yesterday from grading Franklin street, on Waverleigh it J ;!i,i-!!::;:!!i;;i;!!4:;S!!;!iv;':TH;';!:,:' i'..Vi.i: $3.50 Shoes Now.. .year Heights, between East Thirty-nrst and East Thirty-third street. The in junction is the result of a suit filed by the John P. Sharkey Company. The city recently let the contract for grad ing to Connelley, and he in turn let it to Scott & McDougal. They proceed ed with the work until the Sharkey Company protested to the removal of the dirt, which, the company said, is its property. The real estate firm owns blocks 23 and 24. ana wants the dirt dumped on block 24. Asks $32,65 for Loss of Leg. Because his left leg was caught by a towllne and crushed against the tim ber head on the barge La Camas, James M. Williams has brought suit in the Circuit Court against the Oregon Round Lumber Company to recover $32,265 damages. The accident occurred November 11 Iar v-do t .v.m tu. steamer Diamond O was attempting to move the barge. Williams says that he was in command of the barge at tne time, and that the steamer was started before he gave the signal that evervthinc wn. rcaHv Am..nni.. the leg was necessary. Williams as serts mat me pnysician's lee was $165, and the nurse $110. He was earning $75 a month, and wants $12,000 be cause he is nownfltted for labor, and $20,000 for bodily and mental pain. Court Notes. Gustav Zippel and Emma Zippel have filed suit in the Circuit Court to fore close a $2000 mortgage on lot 4, block 6," Dunn's Addition. F. J. Norton, L. R. Flagg and F. W. Watson have been appointed apprais ers of the estate of Emory A. Huson, valued at $1908.60. Huson died at Wal lace, Idaho, June 7. That Andrew J. Hammond and George Pope swindled Daniel J. Finn out of a deed to property in Woodstock is the allegation made in a complaint which Finn filed yesterday in the Cir cuit Court. Finn asserts that he is en titled to recover $760 damages. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Lone Fir Cemetery Co. to Reuben Smith. Lota . 60, Block 32, said cemetery i TO Portland Realty A Trust Co. to B. B. Wood, Lots 1, 2, 3, Block 4, Evelyn. 800 Edwin O. Miller and wife to R. V. Belford et al.f Lots l, 2, 17, 18, Block 13. Miller's Addition 1,900 Philip S. Bates and wife to Henry Parker. Block -i.'i" Overlook 1 Henry Parker and wife to Day B. Willlson, 100x100 feet beginning- at N. Ely. corner of Block "D" where ' west line of Overlook boulevard In tersects west line of Melrose Drive ' 1 P. W. Tettlek and wife to Ch. o. Poster. Lot 15, Block 2, N. Irving-ton 7f Municipal Railway A Improvement Co. to Jeesle Stewart, Lot 1, Block 3, Terrace Park 10 The Land Co. of Oregon to W. J. Gar rett. tot 10. Block 20, City View Park 470 Orville H. Reed et " al. to Lula A. Glass. 20 acres beginning at point in section line 70 rods north of south east corner of Sec. 30, -T. 1 S, R 1 B 1 W. H. Watt to W. W. Graves, Lot 13. Block 3, Watt's subdivision of Lot 4. Frultvale '250 Geo. M. Wilson and wife to Karl and Amelia. Gaebler, Lot 15, Block 4, Mid- ' way Annex Addition 300 Cord Sengstake et al. to Leona M. Ka . bat et al., undivided half of Lots 1, 3, Alnslie Place a 900 G. W. More to May M. Moylan. Lots 13. 14, Block 2, Stewart Park 500 J. J. tVlune et al. to Ella M. Beala, Lot 17, Block 22, Mt. Tabor Villa.. 120 F. W. Torgler and wife to J. M. Bur roughs, east half of Lots 3, 4. Block ft. Hanson's Addition ? l.SSO O. G. fihurtleff to Fred Brandes, Lot 8 and north 10 feet of Lot 6. Block 150, city 1,600 Albert Gelsler to Jes&ie A. Whiteman. Lot 26. Block 3. North Villa 123 Jennie A. Stephens to Marion M. Long and wife, Lot 8. Block , W. Pied mont 1.800 Marshall A. Millard and wife to Mary N. Millard. Lota 5. 6, Block 8, Edge mont 1 Union Guarantee Association to Annie LouUa Matlen, 9.03 acres beginning at point in eaet boundary of Aionza Gates. D. L. C. which is 18S0.365 feet north of noint of intersection -of center line of Powell Valley r-ad rAnnJ l 2fl ff!rtw'"5 H I lapJ xsm mm dhw mens B .ILirrVo 1TMM T and below $3.00 Shoes Now.. 35c for Any Kind of Rubber Heels o.-(JHic) SS Third St. and 1T5 with east lire of said D. L. C .'. 1 C. C. Wiley and wife to Minnie Ander son. Lots 4. 6. Block 5. town of Lent 450 Finley O. McGrew and wife to Minnie . Anderson, Lots 1, 2, Block 7. town of Lent 230 Henry A. Chapman and wife to Fred C. Kuts and wife. Lot 8. Block , original, townsite of Albina 1,950 John W. Cook and wife to Emily B. Loveridge, eaet half of Lot 5, Block 245, Holladay-s Addition 8.400 B. M. Lombard and wife to Wm. M. Marshall. Lot 8, Block 17, railway addition to Montavllla 85 Hibernia Savings Bank to Samuel Ter rlll, Lots 11. 12. Block 38, Capitol Hill 400 Sylvester Cannon and wife to Albert Saletrand, Lot 1 and part of Lot 2 in Sec. 21, T. 1 S, R. 4 B 3.5C0 Total $19,785 ' Bave your abstracts made by the Bscnrtty abstract v Trust Co.. 7 cnamber of Coat. Victory for Pure Food Law. CINCINNATI, Ohio, July 1. United States District Judge J. E. Slater last night decided to dissolve the temporary restraining order which had been obtained by the Clifton Springs Distilling Com pany against Internal Revenue Collector Baltman and the gaugers from enforcing the new rules for branding distilled spir its. Judge Slater's decision upholds the right of United States Internal Revenue Com missioner Capers to prescribe new rules Start the Day Right. nilE3IIE3.il Start the day right by eating Shredded Wheat o E for breakfast with milk or cream and a little fruit. Puts vim and vigor into tired nerves and weary Q brains. A muscle-building food nj that is easily digested by the most delicate stomach. A food Q for the outdoor man and the in- n B door man for the invalid and S J the athlete. At your grocers. 0" Always heat the Biscuit in oven to restore fa crispness. Two Shredded Wheat Biscuits with u milk or cream will supply all the energy needed ST J for a half day's work. Try Toasted TRISCUIT, fj S the Shredded Wheat wafer, for luncheon, with S P butter, cheese or marmalade. ' J cost Fourth St. for branding various products of distil leries under the three Federal names of "high wines." "alcohol" and "spirits," as the case may be. The court holds that the Clifton Sffrings Distilling Company had no property right in the name "spir its" such as would exempt it from coming under the new rules adopted by the In ternal Revenue Department. The new' rules in the case were' framed on the lines of the pure foo3 law and j Federal officials consldr the result a vic tory for that law. ' A SANEJFOURTH. Cool, shady groves. Free vocal and instrumental concerts. Everything re freshing. Afternoons and evenings. No bombs or explosions. Castle Edel Brau and Rose Vista Farms (Twelve Mile House). A delightful auto ride on an oiled road. Or O. W. P. cars. Through Sleeper to Chicago, i On Monday morning. July 6. the O. R. & N will run an additional sleeper, Port land to Chicago, leaving Portland at 8:30 o'clock. This is on the fast train which runs through to Chicago in 70 hours. Ex cursion ticket and sleeping car reserva tions mn he V. at at thA fltv tinlrAt rff ra .... .... . . - Third and Washington streets. - ra??T- -55 J UP