THE MOKNIXG OKEGOXIAX, TnUKSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1909. 11 CONTRACT IS LET - FOR STEEL FRAME Metal Skeleton for East Wing of New Courthouse Will Cost $37,578. DELIVERY TO START SOON Iron Rates for Columns Mast Be on Ground in Three Weeks Period for Delivery of Steel Will Cover Ninety Days. . The three members of the County Court awarded the contract for the steel frame work of the east wing of the new County Courthouse yesterday morning- The con' tract Includes not only the furnishing of the steel, but Its erection. The Pacific Iron Works secured the contract, the price being $37,578. Extra material will cost 3i.'cents a pound. County JudKe Webster aald last night that It will probably be two weeks before the shoD plans of the Iron company are approved, after which It has three weeks In which to deliver the casttron bases tor the east portion of the new structure. The first-story column and the first and fiec ond-story floor beams must be delivered within 60 days, the second-story columns and third-story steel within 75 days, the third and fourth-floor columns and fourth and fifth-floor beams within 85 days, and the rest of the steel within 90 days. Judge Webster said that the contract for tearing away the east side of the old building and for excavating. In prepara tion for the Iron and steel foundation, has not yet been let. "We Intend to adver tise at once." he said, "and this contract will be let In the near future." "I have been trying to get the Judge to come down here for a month, said C. -A. Whldden, who drew the plans for the new building, and whose word regaading Its construction and the letting of contracts Is law to the County Court "I don't know anything about th bids." said Judge Webster, when they first came In. "I'll have to let Whldden & Lewis check them over, and If they are all right we will award the contract. Evidently the architects did not say they were all right, for these were the first bids submitted, and they were re lected one and all. and new bids adver- . Used for. resulting In the contract signed yesterday. The last advertisement of the County Court drew five bids, one comlrur from the Ees Moines Bridge se Iron Company. This Arm offered to furnish and construct the steel framework of the eaet wing for JW.jrO, additional steel to cost $74 a ton. Eliminating the construction work, the steel would be delivered for MO.OOO. The flrst delivery would be made In two months, and the last In five months. The United Engineering & Construction Company offered to put up the framework for 439.887, and to furnish extra steel for $70 a ton. The first delivery would be made In six weeks, and the last In 19 weeks. The Northwest Steel Company put In a hid of 139.907, extra steel to cost $6 a ton. The company also offered to deliver, erect and paint the framework for $43,692. Gerrick ft Genick. of Seattle, put in a bid to haul the structural steel from the cars to the building slta, and to set It up for jlo. so a ton. Mr. Whldden was asked If the steel would be made In Portland, and said: "Well, they advertise to make It right at home, and make a great ftiss If we don't recognise them on that ground. But If they can get a lower price In the East they will turn and relet the contract to some Eastern firm. CHURCH HONORS PIONEER Window Dedicated to Moses Clam pett. Early Missionary. Although the grave of Rev. Moses Clampett. a pioneer missionary of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, who came to Portland SO years ago and died, cannot be found, yet his name will not be forgotten. A beautiful art-glass memorial window, ordered by his relatives, will be placed In the stone church now being . completed on Union avenue and Multno mah street. The missionary was burled, according to the Information obtained by his granddaughter. In the graveyard at Mount Tabor, which was vacated and the graves moved. No trace of the grave of Rev. Mr. Clampett has been found, and. Instead of erecting a monument to mark hie last resting place, as was Intended, the memorial window was ordered, and win be placed In the north side of the stone church. It was at the suggestion of Rev. E. H. Mowre, the pastor, that the rela tives decided to do this. Mr. Mowre said that Rev. Mr. Clampett was the first mis sionary the church eent to Portland, but he lived only a short time after arriving. Alongside the memorial wtndow for the first missionary also wiU be a splendid art window In honor of Rev. B. H. Mowre, the present minister, which haa been pro vided bv the congregation as a token of appreciation of the untiring services of the pantor In the erection of this stone edi fice. The window was set In place yester day afternoon. A large force of men Is engaged In completing the Interior of the big church, which will be dedicated Sep tember 27. i , WILL ENTERTAIN JAPANESE Oriental Merchants Will Spend Two Days in Portland. Extensive preparations for the recep tion and entertainment of the Japanese merchants who will visit Portland the early part of next month are being made by the Portland Chamber of Commerce, which will be the host of the Orientals during their sojourn here. It Is expected that the party will spend two days in Portland before, its journey eastward, where visits to all the principal cities will be made. At a recent meeting of the Chamber of Commerce. President MacMaster ap pointed the following members at a com mittee to provide for the reception and entertainment of the visitors: W. D. Wheelwright, chairman: T. B. Wilcox. W. J. Burns. Thomas Kerr, O. M. Clark, General C F. Beebe, W. B. Ayer. A. Tucker, J. P. O'Brien. J. C. Friendly. Adolphe Wolfe and Y. Nagashima. RINGLING CIRCUS COMING World's Greatest Show goon Will Appear in Portland. With an entirely new outfit and the hearty Indorsement of New York City to Its credit. Singling Brothers' World's Greatest Bhow will come to Portland Tuesday, August U. for two days' stay. This year's parade Is on new lines, the penormers are nearly an r.uropeim. .uu there are no less than seven sensational numbers on the long programme. Each season finds this circus larger and better. The progress that will be noted this year Is exceptional. It manifests it self first In the new pageant built for for eign hands and when visitors approach the show grounds the sixe of the city of tents strikes them with amaiement. The menagerie has been Increased, the main exhibition pavilion Is larger and the arena Is a labyrinth of stages, rings and gym nastic and aerial equipment extending to the very dome. The programme begins with a new ex travaganza, built on a most elaborate and costly scale. The acts that follow are all of European origin, having been secured last Winter by the foreign agents of the show. Not one act was engaged that re sembled any other ever presented In America. Tha result of this policy means a performance delightful in novelty and freshness and varied enough to suit all tastes. An automobile double somersault, the Arthur Saxon trio of strong men. the BIG SEWER STANDS OFFICIAL SCRUTINY TV'OMAUT INJURED SIX YEARS AGO WILL BE BURIED TODAY. : :.. Mayor and Party Find Nothing to Condemn in Tube Laid , for Brooklyn District. WADE MORE THAN MILE Mrs. CI arm D. Brown. The funeral services of Mrs. C E Brown, who died Tuesday night after six years' intermittent Illness, resulting- from Injuries re ceived in the wreck of an Elks' excursion train near Chehalis, Wash., will be held at the home, 474 Salmon street, today at 1 o'clock. The interment will take place at Hillsboro in the Brown family lot. Dr. J. Whitcomb Brougher will officiate. Mrs. Brown was the wife of Dr. Charles B. Brown, a dentist of this city. wonderful Schumann human horses and the wonderful Spanish wire walker. Rob lldello. are some of the striking features of the programme. Never In the history of the circus business has any other show presented a single act equal to any one of those mentioned. NEW RULE IS DPPDSED WOMEN OF WOODCRAFT MAT CAXCEL SrSPEXSION t,AW. Delegates to Session of Grand Circle Will Go on Excursion l"p Columbia Today. In the fifth grand circle session of the Women of Woodcraft yesterday It was voted that the head camp, at its meet ing In Portland next year, be asked to cancel the contract of 1906, which pro vided that the suspension of a member of a camp of Woodmen arbitrarily causes his suspension In the Women of Woodcraft. The women placed them selves strictly In opposition to the sus pension law. The action followed recommendations made in the report of Mrs. C. C. Van Orsdall, the grand matron. The recom mendation read as follows: "That sus pension In the camp shall In nowise af fect a Woodman's membership in the Women of Woodcraft." The recommen dations further stated that the Women of Woodcraft may admit to either bene fit or social membership a member of the Woodmen of the World, whether of the Pacific or the Sovereign Jurisdiction. A proposition was carried by unani mous vote that the three financial di rectors of the order the grand guardian. the grand clerk and the grand banker be added to the directorate or board of managers. Mrs. J. L. Wright waa re elected as grand clerk and Bertha. M. Sumner was elected as grand banker. seventeen drill teams, representing the entire Pacific Coast Jurisdiction, will compete next Saturday afternoon for liree cash prizes of 1300. $300 and $100. The drill will take place on the floor of the Women of Woodcraft Hall. Today the delegates of the order will . go on an excursion up the Columbia river on the Bailey Gatzert. KLAMATH PIONEER IS DEAD Drain Costing J2S0.000 Will Prob ably Be Accepted Soon, as Re- ' suit of Personal Inspection and Careful Tests. Mayor Simon donned rubber boots and other garments to correspond, and made a very thorough Inspection, yes terday of the Brooklyn sewer, concern ing which there has been much public discussion and on which scores or coi umns of newspaper articles have been written. He was accompanied by Messrs. Smith and Brown, of the Execu tlve Board sewer committee; City En gineer Morris, Councilman Ellis, of the Tenth ward, and an Oregonlan repre sentatlve. No member of the party saw anything to condemn in the big tube, which cost 1250,000. After Inspecting the main tunnel and the south branch. Mayor Simon, as well as the other officials, expressed com plete satisfaction with the condition of the sewei. The Mayor, while entirely satisfied that the work is excellent and that It should be accepted at once and paid for, will have an expert sewer builder. ' who is not interested either way, make a trip through the tube and render a report. If that report Is favorable, and no fault found with the work, the sewer will be accepted and opened for use. Morris Entirely Satisfied. Mr. Morris unhesitatingly declared the sewer to be a first-class one, -and said that, were It his personal business, he would notify the contractors to come to his office and get their money. Chairman Smith said identically the same thing, and his colleague, Mr. Brown, is satisfied with the work, after making two trips through the tube and testing every foot of it with an iron bar. "You can say for me that I believe the se.ver is first-class," said Mr. Ellis, who accompanied the party at the re quest of Mayor Simon. "So far as my observation went, the work Is all good. ' Anton Gieblsch, of the contracting firm, and Assistant City Engineer Hannam, who had charge of the con struction, guided the party through the sewer and explained various features. Mr. Hannam wae dismissed from the city's service by tne former adminlstra tion on a chargi) of incompetency in connection with this Job, the Executive Board and ex-Mayor Lane holding him to have been guilty of gross careless ness in handling the construction. Im mediately after the Simon regime be gan Mr. Hannam was reinstated. Ob servations of. the Mayor and officials accompanying him on the trip yester day convinced them beyond doubt that Mr. Hannam secured a good sewer and was unjustly dealt with. ' Sensational Statements Made. H. M. Esterly, a member of ex-Mayor Lane's Executive Board, made sensa tional allegations concerning the sewer, and succeeded in having it rejected. Mayor Lane, who inspected portions of the sewer, upheld Mr. Esterly and ex pressed the belief that the work had not been done properly anS according to specifications. It was charged by them that many soft brick were used in the walls of the tube and that the bottom was not properly built, con crete being absent in spots and the Belgian blocks looae. Mr. Esterly said he found more than 100 holea between the stone blocks, and he was certain the Job was one that should not be accepted as it stood. Members of the official party yes terday took turns testing the cement and stone blocks on the bottom and the cement and brick on the sides, and could find nothing that tallies with the statements of Mr. Esterly and the con tention of the Lane administration. There Is a constant flow of water through the sewer, and the officials waded through this for a mile. Their observations make it virtually certain that, in the near future, the sewer will be accepted and trre large districts to be served will then have relief from a very aggravating situation. PAVING TRUST WEAKENS MAYOR GAIN'S GROUXD IX FIGHT OJT COMBINE. James M. McCIure Spent Nearly En tire Life in Oregon. James M. McCIure, a resident of Klam ath Falls, who died Monday at the resi dence of T. W. Cole, East Russell street, was born In Lee County. Iowa, March 22, 1S63. When he was only a few months go his parents crossed the plains to Ore gon by ox team and settled near Aurora. where they lived until October, 1S65. From there they moved to a farm two miles from Champoeg. several years later going to Klamath Falls. January 14. 1891, Mr. McCIure was married to Miss Mary M. Shaw. Mr. McCIure was a member of the I. O. O. F. and was bluried under the auepices of that order at Butteville, Marion Coun ty. He leaves a wife and two children Marjorle, aged 16, and Louis, aged 12 also one brother, John L. McCIure, of Klamath Falls, and three sisters Mrs. Mary Shaw. Vancouver. Wash.; Mrs. Caroline Kringle. Twin Falls. Idaho; Mrs. Anna Whale. Salem, Or. and four half brothers Joseph, David, William and Charles Wiggins. OBSERVATION CAR Through Willamette Valley. The Southern Pacific Is now running; an observation parlor car covering the delightful daylight ride through the Willamette Valley between Portland and Cottage Grove. This car leaves Portland southbound on train 19 at 8:15 A. M. Returning, leaves Cottage Grove, northbound, on train 18 at 4:50 P. M. Chlekusaw. Ok!. S. V. McDonald, a farm er, during a fit of temporary innunlty Tuw eay night, shot acd killed his wife's brother, J. A. Thompson, and Mra Thompson,' and then h"t himself. He attempted to shoot hut own wife, but the escaped. Prices Mnst Be Reduced, He De clares, Before Additional Street Work Will Be Contracted. Mayor Simon's announcement, made in The Oregonlan yesterday, that he has Instructed City Engineer Morris to make up probable estimates for hard surface streets at actual cost of labor and material and a fair profit to con tractors, created consternation in the local paving trust camps. By doing this, lue Mayor will force the com panies handling various brands of pave ments either to bid within the Engi neer's estimate or go without any more work. He thus has them where, he can dictate terms, and this he Is proceeding to do. This is the first time that trust representatives have been "cornered" and compelled to "see" the city's chief executive. Two of them, however, have done so and have offered terms of peace. Councilman 'Annand, leader of the paving trust forces in the Council, called upon the Mayor yesterday morn ing and held a consultation. Mayor Simon declined to make any extensive statement as to what took place, ex cept to say that Mr. Annand offered to assist in securing open competition In paving and lower rates for the property-owners. "We talked about paving matters." said the Muyor, "and Mr. Annand said he will support me in securing competi tion and lower rates for the different kinds of materials used in hard-surface improvements. Among other things, we agreed to write to 20 of the leading American cities and secure the prices paid in each for hard-surface pave ments. I feel certain of assistance from the Council in my efforts to break the power of the trust. I intend to use every means at my command to get good work and lower prices, and to se cure absolutely open competition." "There Is no use in talking, I am going to force these companies to lay bard-surface pavements at reasonable See Our Trousers You may now" have your choice of the entire lot of Spring and Sum mer weights, in values up to $7.00, as dis played in windows at $3.85 LION CLOTHIERS 166-170 THIRD ST. prices, or they will lay none at all. said the Mayor yesterday. "I propose to, stand on the promise which I tiade to the people that cheaper rates will be had, and no new contracts are going- to be awarded in Portland until the prices are lowered appreciably." BUSH WEST PREDICTED M'MCRRAY sees sigxs op HEAVY COLOXIST TRAVEL. Harriraan Official on Return From Chicago Has No News of Se attle Service. After an absence of nearly two .months In 'Chicago and Washington, William Mc Murray, general passenger agent of the O. R. & N. and Southern Pacific lines in Oregon, returned to Portland last night. Mr. McMurray was In attendance upon a business meeting of the general passen ger agents of the Harriman lines. "The most important thing decided upon In Chicago was the, placing in effect of colonist rates," said Mr. McMurray last night. "These rates, which will be identical, with those of last Spring, will become effective September 16 and con tinue until October IB. "It is the belief of the passenger traffic men that during the 31 days the rates will be in force tthe colonist travel will exceed every previous colonist rate period of 60 days. Ve expect to carry more passengers holding colonist tickets this Fall than ever before. The advertising given the West by the Seattle exposition and the prominenoe given Oregon by community literature will reap their re ward in an influx of homeseekers the like of which has never been seen in the Northwest." 'No, I cannot make any announcement as to new passenger service between Portland and Seattle," replied Mr. Mc Murray to a question. "The matter is under consideration, but the details are not worked out so that the character of the prospective service can be announced at this time. 'Travel to Portland and the Seattle exposition Is enormous. I arrived tonight on the Chicago-Portland special and the train was crowded with through passen gers destined for this city and Seattle." eat your cake ave It too! ST. JOHHTO GIVE DANCE Commercial Club Sponsor for Social Event In City Dock Tonight.. Arrangements are being perfected for a This is an unusual privilege in investments. It is explained in the following paragraphs, relative to an invest ment in the profit-sharing bonds of the LOWNSDALE OR CHARD COMPANY. First: No matter how much you invest, the full amount is se cured by the fact that the total bond issue of $275,000 is nearly $25,000 less than a conservative valuation of the LOWNSDALE ORCHARDS. Second: Your profit comes to you regularly, every season and you do not have to sell out to make a gain. Every time an apple crop is harvested, the net profits are divided pro rata among the bondholders. Third: While you are receiving your profits annually, new acre age is being constantly set out to trees, adding to the value of the property and, consequently to the valne of your securities ; thus also, to the value of your bond hold ings.' This feature is the one that makes the bonds good as collateral for loans. Fourth: Another feature is quoted from our booklet, "THE LAST WORD ON APPLE-GROWING": "Many owners (of bonds) will be induced to 'live and work on the place (Lownsdale Orchards), and, besides . their dividends, they will receive wages from the maintenance fund. Such owners wrill form a community of growers interested in the welfare of each other giving each the benefit of the other's knowledge and experiences all working for the same market all united in social and economic interests." Thus, you get ample security,' splendid annual profits, an increase value that is not to be despised, and the privilege, if you are so disposed or able, to participate in the development and operation of the biggest and best orchard on the Pacific Coast. At the expense of repeating,- let us tell you again what an unusual and attractive proposition this is. The Lownsdale Orchards, 300 acres in bearing and 349 acres to be set out later has been divided into individual ownerships, repre sented by bonds. Each bond represents as definite an ownership as a deed. This plan obviates the necessity of subdividing into small orchards, which Mr. Lownsdale refused to do. Thus the entire orchard, in its present perfect state, is to be owned by the bondholders. Each receives his pro rata share of the profits an nually. The profits are certain and large. Bonds are sold in de nominations of $100 and multiples. SIGN YOUR NAME BELOW, MAIL COUPON TO US AND LITERATURE WILL BE SENT Name Address I The Jacofos-Stine Company Fiscal Agents 146 FIFTH STREET PORTLAND, OREGON big dance to be given by the St. John Commercial Club In the big new city dock tonight. This will be probably the larg est dancing floor In the Pacific North west, being 100x440 feet Located on the river it can easily be reached by boats also by both Portland-St. John and United Railways cars, the latter connect ing with the ferry at Whttwood. The ferry will run all evening and arrange ments for late cars on both lines have been made. Refreshments will be served. A band of 25 pieces will furnish music and every thing possible Is being done to- insure a good time to alL The proceeds will go to swell the general fund of the Commercial Club and will be used to further the interests of the city In every way possible. The city Council has now an agreement with rep resentatives of the Northwest Warehouse Company to sell the dock for ,$16,000. This insures the establishment of an Indus try for which the dock was built at the same time saving an Interest payment of J3SO0 a year and a final payment for $60,000 clty bonds lssued to build tho dock. It lnsures'the Increase "of the'local payroll by $30,000 a ' year and will give the city between $600 and $800 each year in taxes. Soreness of the muscles, whether In duced by violent exercise or Injury, Is quickly relieved by the free application of Chamberlain's Liniment. This lini ment Is equally valuable for muscular rheumatism, and always affords quick relief. 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PRICE Kaiserblume, large size, per case of one dozen, $1.90. Small size, per case of two dozen, $2.10. Columbia and Export, large size, $1.75 per case of one dozen. Small size, $1.90 per case of two- dozen. An additional charge of 50c will be made for shipping case, on out-of-town orders, which will be refunded upon its return. Allowance of 40c will be made upon return of case and empty bottles. HENRY WEINHARD BREWERY PHONE All 72, MAIN 72 PORTLAND, OREGON