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APPROVE REPORT
ON WW BRIDGE
Modjeski's - Recommendation
for Span Near Depot Gen
erally Favored
COUNCIL WILL ACT SOON
Special Committee to Report at Next
Session and City Attorney" to
Outline Method to Secure
Popular Vote.
CONSIDEB REPORT TONIGHT.
Ralph ModJeki. the noted civil
nslneor, will be the guest of the
Commercial Club tonight mt 8 o-clocK.
when a number of city officials and
other deeHy Interested In the pro
jected new bridge across the Wil
lamette Blrer will meet to discuss
the subject. Mayor Lane, members
of the City Council and the City
Executive Board, officers of the
Chamber of Commerce. Commercial
Club. Board of Trade, and the pres
idents of the various push clubs will
be among those at the informal
gathering.
The City Council, at the Joint session
with the Executive Board yesterday
morning, listened to the readinrc of the
report of Enicinear Ralph Alodjeskl on
bridge and tube projects, and referred
the report to a special committee of
oven members of the Council, appointed
bv the Mayor and consisting of Council
men Menefee. Cottel. Vaughn. Kellaher,
Haker. KushllKht and Wallace. The re
port Is very complete, and was received
with interest and general approval.
As there is preat need for another
brldfre, the Council made it the duty
of the special committee to report its
conclusions at the next session of the
Council, one week from today. In the
meantime. City Attorney Kavanaugh is
under instructions to outline in detail
the method of procedure to be followed
In carrying out the project, and he also
Is to report In time for the coming
meeting-.
Subway Considered Too Costly.
There was a desire upon the part of
a few who were present for figures on
a tube to accommodate streetcars only,
and ringineer Modjeski made a hasty
estimate, placing the expense of two
tubes, which, he said, would be neces
sary to care for the traffic, at J2,S0).0u0.
l.saac Swett, a member of the Execu
tive Board, and C. K. Henry, a promi
nent realty dealer, highly favored the
subway as the best means of solving
the problem of handling trafnc across
the Willamette Klver, but the large ma
jority of those who spoke favored the
adoption of the recommendation of Mr.
Modjeski for a modern drawbridge, to
be located Just north of the Steel bridge
and which will cost approximately
1.500.000.
Its west approach would be near the
Vnion Depot, and the east approach
would rest at Broadway and Larrabee
streets. This Is the structure favored
by Mr. Modjeski. and the one "most
probably to be asked for nt the hands
of the voters in the coming election.
It is of a design which would eliminate
nearly all of the objectionable features
of any of the other locations, as it
would be sufficiently high to permit of
the passage of all river steamers, and
would require the opening of the draw
only when sailing vessels were to be
towed through.
Hiph Bridge Not Practicable.
As to the high bridge, at first project
ed by the North East Side Improvement
Association, of which Judge M. G. Mun
lv is president. Mr. Modjeski figured
that It would cost not less than 13.250,
000, and It would have only two advan
tages not contained In the smaller
bridge no piers in the river and no
draw. lie believed, however, that lt
would extend so far to secure a maxi
mum grade of 4 per cent that its pur
pose wouhl largely be foiled thereby,
as It would have to begin at the Customs-House
on the West Side, and at
the corner of Hancock and Wheeler
atreets on the East Side. This would
carry it over much territory sought to
be benefited. There would be. too, a
constant heavy tax upon traftlc. as all
r""7;"'us 1 : - --
loads would have to be carried up the
steep grades on cither approach, and
Mr. Modjeski said such a bridge, in his
opinion, would be impracticable for
Portland.
The report gave no encouragement
whatever to the subway project, as Mr.
Modjeski declared that he knows of no
subway that is used for team and
podestrlan traffic, all of them being
dark at the best as compared to daylight
and the majority of them being damp
or hot so that they are undesirable except
f ,r the exclusive use of streetcars. A'ked
why he fixed upon Hancock street as the
r-st place for a tube. Mr. Modjeski said
that the contour of the ground on either
side of the river at that point and the
depth of the water combine to make that
trie only good location for a tube to be
used by streetcars, teams and pedes
trians. He later said, in answer to a
question, that a tube could be con
structed at a point more central, as for
example at Stark street, but that it
would be more expensive and a great
deal longer, the length being made nec
essary because of the greater depth of
the river, and height of the ground on
brvth sides of the stream.
Only Two Favor Tube.
There was not a great deal of senti
ment In favor of a tube, but there was
much in favor of the type of bridge
recommended by Mr. Modjeski. Isaac
Fwett and C. K. Henry spoke in favor
of the tube project, both contending
that the city must eventually come to
this, a a means of obviating the im
pediments to navigation and constant
trouble found la the bridge feature of
caring for traffic across the river. Mr.
Swett said that, in due time, a tube
for all streetcars, and two high bridges
for teams and pedestrians, one at North
Portland and another at South Port
land, would be the solution of the river
problem. Mr. Henry declared that
there should be no more bridges, con
tending that the bonded indebtedness is
now very large, and that any kind of a
bridge menaces shipping.
Whitney L. Boise, president of the
United East Side Push Clubs, made a
strong speech in favor of a bridge to
accommodate the districts lying to the
northeast, and declared that it is but
fair that one should be built to solve
the problem now confronting the resi
dents there. He was roundly cheered.
Joseph Buchtel, J. H. Nolta and Coun
cilman Cottel apoke along the same
Iinea. Dr. Cottel, strongly convinced
that Modjeski's report "is Impartial
and the result of observations of an
outsider without personal interests."
arose and declared himself favorable
to the project of building a bridge
north of the Steel bridge, and said be
would support the movement.
Dr. L M. Davis, of the Multnomah
Improvement Club, expressed disap
pointment because Mr. Modjeski's re
port did not fix the location of the
bridge at the Alblna ferry slips, as he
said he and his neighbors had been led
to believe that was where a bridge
was to be built. If any at all Is con
structed. CHURCH TO REVIEW WORK
Annual Session of Methodist Episco
pal, South, Begins Tomorrow.
The Columbia annual conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church. South,
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Blsbop James Atkins.
will convene In the Church of the
Strangers, Grand avenue and Wasco
street, tomorrow at o'clock; with
Bishop James Atkins, of Waynesville,
N. C. presiding. A good programme of
addresses has been arranged for each
evening. These sermons and addresses
will be delivered by the visiting offi
cers. The business sessions will occupy
the forenoons and the afternoons will
be taken with committee work.
The visiting officials are: Bishop
James Atkins; W. F. McMurray, secre
tary of church extension board, located
at Louisville, Ky.; Dr. C. F. Reld, of the
foreign mission board, located at Oak
land, Cal.; Dr. W. E. Vaugham, editor
of Pacific Methodist Advocate, pub
lished at San Francisco, Cal. Bishop
Atkins will preach Sunday morning at
10:30 o'clock, and Dr. W. F. McMurray
at night, at 7:30 o'clock. Each after
noon the annual conference of the
Woman's Home Mission Society will
hold- Its session In the auditorium of
the church'.
The Columbia conference consists of
all territory west of the Cascade range
In the states of Oregon and Washing
ton. It Is expected that delegates and
visitors will attend from the entire
district. The conference has had a
very prosperous year both ftyiancially
and numerically.
It was the intention to dedicate the
splendid new church nearing completion
at the corner of Multnomah street and
Union avenue, at this session of the
conference, but It has been Impossible
to rush the work to a point where this
can be done. Consequently the dedica
tory service will not be held until the
building has been completed and the
splendid new pipe organ installed.
FAIR WILL HELP OREGON
State to Be Exploited in Seattle Ex
position Literature..
"All the money needed for the Alas-
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EMilVCKIt MODJKSKI'S DE1G.V FOR
ka-Yukon-Paclflc Kxposition has been
raised, and there is no doubt that the
exposition buildings and exhibits will
be completed and opened on time next
year," .said Paul A. Hess, manager of
the official publications of the exposi
tion, last night.
Mr. Hess, accompanied by hiswife.
tame down from Seattle yesterday, and
-ill remain here ten days on business
connected with the official guide. Al
though he has 'been a resident of Seat
tle for seven months, he still considers
Portland his home, and he intends to
give this city and the entire state a
great deal of space in his publications.
The first article on Oregon will appear
in the January number of the Alaska
Yukon Magazine.
"I shall," he said, "tell of the latent
wealth of the state, and as the maga
zine will be widely circulated the bene
fits will be great. Just "now Oregon is
receiving a great deal of advertising
In Seattle. Its building has been com
pleted, and as it is the only state build
ing ready for occupancy it is viewed
every Sunday by thousands of people.
The "Washington building Is about one
quarter and the California building
three-quarters convicted. Work on
the other state buildings has not yet
been begun."
BLANKETS, COMFORTERS.
Extra special values today on wool
and cotton Blankets. Comforters. Pil
lows. Bed Spreads. Pillow Cases and
Sheets. Hotel men take notice. McAl
len & McDonnell, Third and Morrison."
BOOKS ARE SIGNED
BY 30,406 VOTERS
Names of 758 Citizens Added
to Rolls Final Day of
Registration.
NINE CLERKS KEPT BUSY
Kotaries and Justices of the Peace
Will Probably Swell Liists by 100
Before Presidential Elec
tion November 3,
When all the returns are In, Multno
mah County's total registration for the
Presidential election will be about 38,
500. The books were closed to the
public at 5 o'clock last night with 88,
406 names on the list. Notaries and
Justices of the Peace will send In ad
ditional names to the number of about
100, according to County Clerk Field's
estimate.
Of the 758 voters, who were regis
tered yesterday by the staff of nine
clerks, more than half signed the books
between 3 and 5 o'clock in the after
noon. It was necessary to have a po
liceman on hand to keep the crowd in
line. Two lines were formed, one of
East Side voters and one of those
from the West side. At times they
extended out the doors of the clerk's
office, and into the Courthouse corri
dor. Twenty-eight thousand, nine hundred
and thirty-eight Republicans have
signed the registration books this year.
Besides this there have been 6992
Democrats and 2476 miscellaneous. The
clerks say they were able to register
the Republicans and Democrats much
faster than they the amall number
clased as miscellaneous Among these
are Socialists, Prohlbltloists, Indepen
dents, and those who have not decided
to which party they belong, or who re
fuse to name their party. "Non-partisans,"
of course, go In the miscellaneous
class.
The Fall . registration, as far as the
returns are in. numbers 5141. Of these
30S1 are Republicans, 1418 are Demo
crats, and 642 are of other affiliations.
Of yesterday's 758, there were 4S1 Re
publicans at the registration counter,
202 Democrats, and 75 miscellaneous.
Last Spring's registration was 33,
265. At the time the books closed be
fore the June election there were
names of 25,857 Republicans, 6574
Democrats and 1834 others, op the
books. The West Side had scored a
registration of 12,481. the East Side of
16,184 and the country of 4600. No
classification of this kind has been
made of those registering this Fall.
BARRETT'S NAME ON ROLLS
Second Honorary Member of Port
land Commercial Club.
John Barrett was honored yesterday
by the board of governors of the Com
mercial Club by being elected an honor
ary member. At its regular weekly
meetinffcat noon yesterday, Mr. Barrett's
name was proposed and favorably
acted upon. He Is the second to be
elected an honorary member of the
club, A. L. Craig, formerly general
passenger agent for the Harriman lines
here, being the other.
President C. Wr. Hodson of the club
sent the following telegram to Elihu
Root, chairman of the governing board.
Bureau of American Republics, Wash
ington, D. C:
The Portland Commercial Club, with a
membership of 1400 business men. the
largest organisation of Its kind In Amer
ica today, by unanimous vote made John
Barrett an honorary member. This Is the
second Instance in the history of the club
and Mr. Barrett Is the only public man
ever recognised In this way.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Mrs. t- D. Freeland has returned to
her home In Fulton after a three
months visit In the East. '
Mr. Dave Barman announces the en
gagement of his daughter Clementine to
Mr. M. Schuhlelm, of Spokane.
Mr. and Mrs. Hans Roberts and sev
eral members of the "Checkers" com-,
pany, are registered at the Danraoore.
H. S. Rowe. general agent for the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, will return
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BASCILE DRAWBRIDGE. TYPE HB RECOMMENDS FOR NORTH PORTLAKD.
next week from an extended visit to his
old home In Wisconsin.
General Manager J. P. O'Brien of the
Harriman lines returned yesterday from
Huntington, where he went to meet Mrs.
O'Brien, who has just returned from a
trip to the Kast.
Mike" Gorman, well-known resident
of Cathlamet. leaves tonight for a trip
to his former home in Wiliiamsport,
Pa. He received word that his moth
ers health is precarious.
W. A. Worthington. of Chicago, assist
ant to Julius Kruttschnitt, director of
maintenance and operation of the Harri
man system, was In the city yesterday In
consultation with local Harriman officials.
Captain Roselle Coburn, formerly of
Superior, Wis., but now a resident of this
city, is a patient In St. Vincent's Hos
pital suffering from a severe attack of
the grippe. Captain Cobum was for many
years a Captain on the great lakes and
recently made the trip around the Horn
on the steamer Winnebago.
Two Grants Pass newspaper men were
guests at the Portland Commercial Club
yesterday and expressed themselves as
delighted wkh the handsome appoint
ments of the club. They were Arthur
Conklln. editor of the Oregon Mining
Journal, and A. E. Voorhles, publisher of
the Rogue River Courier. Yesterday's
visit was the first either had made to the
new club.
Deeper Channel for Cowlitx.
KELSO. Wash., Oct. 20. (Special.)
Cowlitz County and the City of Kelso
feel highly elated over the prospects
of a deep water channel down the Cow-
litz River. Major Mclndoe, chief of the
Government engineers who have been
making a complete survey of the river,
has made a favorable report to the War
Department and has recommended that
the work of deepening the channel be
done. It Is understood that Major Mc
Indoe's report will be accepted as final.
Washington Congressmen have become
Interested In the proposition and Wes
ley L. Jones has declared that he -will
do all in his power to procure an ap
propriation for the purpose.
CHURCH FOUNDER BURIED
Lambert Demkes Formed Sweden
borgian Society in Portland.
The funeral of Lambert Demkes. who
died at his home at 649 Yamhill street
Monday afternoon, took place from
Erlcson's chapel, 309 Alder street, at 2
P. M. yesterday and was attended by
a large number of friends. Interment
was fn Rivervlew cemetery.
Mr. Demkes was born in Germany on
September 17, 1820. He came to the
United States In 1849 and settled in.
St. Louis, where he was engaged In the
tailoring business for- 26 years. In
1875 he came to Portland and showed
his confidence in the future of the city
by purchasing property at Yamhill and
Chapman streets when that residence
district was considered a suburb.
He engaged In .business here, but
many years ago retired from active
life. He was in good health until a
few months ago when ailments Incident
to old age caused his confinement to
his home. In religion Mr. Demkes was
a Swedenborgian and he was the
founder of the Portland New Church
Society.
Mr. Demkes is survived by bis aged
widow and by three daughters: Mrs.
J. G. Whltehurst, of Ivanhoe; Mrs. Con
rad Stark, of 500 Clay street; and Mrs.
William J. Standley, of Portland
Heights.
STATE WITNESSES ESCAPE
St. Helens Prosecutor Has Trouble
Indicting Alleged Liquor-Sellers.
ST. HELENS, Or., Oct. 20. (Special.)
The Scappoose liquor cases have been oc
cupying a great deal of the attention of
the grand Jury and the District Attorney's
office during the past week. Twelve true
bills have been found against John Wicst
for alleged violations of the local option
law. ten against Tom Callahan and five
against M. J. Englert.
Considerable trouble has been experi
enced in securing witnesses. Two were
brought here last Friday and as the Dep
uty Sheriff did not like to put them in
Jail they were allowed to go to the hotel
for their supper and took advantage of
the officer's kindness to leave town. John
Darby Is In Jail under charge of contempt
of court for neglecting to obey a sum
mons. He was found in one of Portland's
suburbs.
OREGON BAPTISTS MEET
Session at Netvberg Attracts Large
Attendance,
NEWBERG, Or., Oct. 20. (Special.)
The Oregon Baptist Ministers' Conference
met In ite 23d annual session last eve
ning, with the Baptist Church in New
berg, and was called to order by Its pres
ident. Rev. F. N. Baker, of Ashland.
Among the ministers present were: Dr.
C. M. Hill, president of the Baptist Theo
logical Seminary at Berkeley, Cal.; Dr.
Alexander Blackburn, predecessor of Dr.
Brougher at the White Temple, recently
of Salem. Maes., now pastor of the Bar
tist Church of Baker City; Rev. A. W.
Ryder, the Baptist representative of for
eign mission for the Pacific Coast; Rev.
J. R. Comer, of Salem: Rev. O. C. Wright,
of Eugene; Rev. R. E. Story, of Pendle
ton; Rev. G. L. Hall, of Medford: Rev. C.
H. Mattoon, of McMinnvillc, and about
40 other ministers.
Words of welcome were spoken by Rev.
F. C. Stannard, pastor of the local church,
and responded to by Rev. F-. A. Baker. A
eplendid audience of Xewberg citizens
greeted the speakers' of the evening. Dr.
C. M. Hill and Dr. Blackburn.
Dr. Blackburn spoke upon "The Assets
of the Christian Minister." Rev. John M.
Linden discussed the question. "Is the
Ministry a Necessity?" Rev. S. C. Lap
ham answered the question. "Is. the
Church an Out-of-Date Institution?"
At the morning session of the confer
ence, Rev. R. E. Story was elected presi
dent and A. B. Mlnaker vice-president,
and W. W. Davis secretary and treasurer.
Rev. F. C. Jovett read a well-prepared
paper upon the Scriptures. The confer
ence closed with a sermon by Rev. F. C.
W. Parker.
SUES TO CLEAR LAND TITLE
W. S. Chapman Wants County to
Surrender Claim to 80 Acres.
Multnomah County will lose 80 acres
of land if W. S. Chapman proves the
allegations made in a suit filed against
the county In the Circuit Court yester
day morning. He asserts that in Oo-
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A Check j
Account!
The . payment of bills by
check not only furnishes evi
dence of payment but a rec
ord of expenditures as well.
Oim company accepts de
posits subject to check with
out restriction as to amount,
extending like courtesies to
all its patrons without re
gard to respective deposits.
A general banking and
trust business transacted.
:. Merchants Savings & I
Trust Company
247 Washington Street, J
J Portland, Oregon. J
For the Nursery Floor
Rixdorfer Parkett Floor .
Covering is practically in
destructible, easier to
clean than carpets, warm
er and more elastic to the
tread than hard woods,
and brighter, more cheer
ful and sanitary than
either.
RIXDORFER
Parkett Floor Covering
It comes in Rolls
makes housework easy and the
housewife happy.
It comes in rolls, 78 inches
wide, in many beautiful inlaid
natural wood designs. It will
outwear carpets, and is more
economical, less expensive and
twice as beautiful as parquetry
flooring.
Come In ani Met a demonstration
of the practical met of Rixdorfer
3. G. MACK & CO.,
Fifth and Stark.
tober, 1S59, when E. Hamilton, W. S.
Ladd and Caleb Ritchey were members
of the Board of CoUnty Commissioners,
John Barnes made an agreement with
them that If the county would care for
him during the remainder of his life
he would deed over half of his prop
erty in section 5, township 1 south of
range 3 east..
Barnes was accordingly sent to the
County Hospital, and the deed signed
up conveying the property to the coun
ty. But tho county, it is alleged, did
not live up to Its contract, and Barnes
was obliged after a short time to re
turn to his farm and to support him
self. When he died, Jacob Barnes, the
sole heir, came into possession of the
land. He, In turn, deeded lt to Chap
man, the plaintiff In the present suit.
The latter asks that he be given a clear
title. .
Domand Ketiirn of Samples.
The firm of M. Lin km an & Co. has
filed suit in the Circuit Court against Gust
Gollis to compel him to surrender two
trunks containing a sample line of pipes
and smokers' articles. In case the trunks
cannot be delivered, the company de
mands J 1000 damages and 9150 attorney's
fees.
TWO ROADS SEEK HARBOR
St. Paul and Union Pacific Lines
Struggle for Coast Outlet.
ABERDEEN, Wash.. Oct. 20. (Spe
cial.) Step by step the Union Pacific
and St. Paul Railway companies are
making progress In the work of get
ting their respective lines into the
Grays Harbor country. Following the
suits begun to secure the right-of-way
into the harbor country by condemna
tion, action has been taken In like
manner the past few days to -obtain
the necessary right-of-way through
Aberdeen and Hoquiam. suits having
been brought to condemn river front
property for bridge and terminal uses.
The icld production of the United States,
In round figures, is 2,r00,00O ounces a year,
and of silver 60,000,000 ounces.
THE STORE WITH THE LIBERAL MONEY-BACK POLICY
COR. FIFTH AND ALDER STREETS
SAM. E. WERTHEIMER, PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER
SENSATIONAL VALUES
'OR WEDNESDAY
This is a fashion event that should attract hundreds of ladies to
whom correct tailored styles are most essential. This week is more
than ever crowded with special values, which show conclusively that
cleverly and authoritatively designed Mannish Tailored Suits may be
purchased here at less cost than anywhere else.
Presenting the newest materials in comprehensive varieties of f.ttraot
ive Autumn colors London smoke, catawba, raven wing black, navy,
myrtle green and all the newest shades.
$27.50 SILK
S16.SO
Finest-quality, thoroughly waterproof, full length, cut extra wide,
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latest fashionable styles and shapes, and character- CI g
ized by moderation in price. Special Wednesday. V A v
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steam that comes
from a dish of H-O the oatmeal
that is all oatmeal no hulls, no dirt,
no grit nothing but the choicest
oats, steam-cooked for three.hours
ready for your table after ten
minutes' boiling. Notice how every
kernel stands out separate and dis
tinct r not a pasty, mushy, soggy
mass, but clean, separate,
tender kernels. Of course
PIANO BUYING
buying of a
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There are
different
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makei
and
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Sherman, Clay
& Co. are an old,
well - known estab
liHhed house and
ima carry ine j. i c o .
line of high-grade, dependable pianos
to be found in any house on the -oast.
They sell new pianos as low as 9260,
275, 20, S300 and up to the incom-
pu.ia.uits oiciiiYt.j - ,
The following llgt is remarkable and
you will recutjmztj me .a.x
as familiar as the names of old friends
Steinway. A. B. Chase, Everett. Con
over. Packard. Kinjrsbury, Ludwig.
Estev. Emerson. Kurtzmann. Welling
. V. d r-hQ plavpr Piano: Kiners-
bury, Carola and Euphona Inner Players.
r-r.Y.veniATit monthly payments may
be arranged.
Sherman, Clay & Co.
Sixth and Morrison, opposite Fostof flee.
J.,'ir The
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Trials of
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Housekeeping
'J'he troubles and
trials of house
keeping how they
vanish in the deli
cious aroma of the
n
it costs a few cents more
than ordinary raw,
"rolled oats" but you'll
be glad to pay it. Ask
your grocer for H-O.
get more every
time now. "
Dr. C. Gee Wo
The Chinese Physician
Treats and cures
all diseases. His
method of treat-
iJt . merit is certain,
sure and lasting.
Uses remedies furnished by Na
ture, consisting of roots, herbs
and barks, gathered from almost
every quarter of the globe, and
compounded by him in his labora
tory at'16514 First street. En
close four cents for a symptom
blank and be cured of your ail
ment. The C Gee Wo Medicine Co.
12V First Street, Portland, Oreg-n.
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