Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, November 18, 1909, Image 10

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Newspaper Page TextTHE MORNING OREGONIAN, TITTJUSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1909- 10 ORBID H HUT F STREET OPENING; Long Adverse Use of Morrison Is Point Raised by Owners. CLAIM MAY BLOCK CITY Dedication of Thoroughfare From Nineteenth to Washington Is Not Shown by Record. Precedents Many. That by adverse possession ami by be ing adverse users for a period exceeding ten years, various -property owners in occupation of land on the surveyed line of Morrison street from Nineteenth treet to Washington street, hare estab lished a claim that the city will find It impossible to set aside. Is declared by a number of Portland attorneys. In the Oregon reports there do not ap pear to be any cases recorded affecting the question of the occupancy by adverse users of city streets, but there have been decisions In favor. of .the persons who nave adversely occupied county roads. There are also decisions putting city and county highways on the same legal status. Following and In view of these deci sions, the State Legislature in 19S passed an act defining the powers of the county with regard to county roads. This act definitely established the rule that the rights of cities and towns within the State of Oregon to land dedicated to or otherwise acquired. for the public use for streets, parks, etc., shall not be extin guished by any adverse possession, how ever long continued. This act. however, is not retroactive and while It will apply to any situation : that may arise subsequent to 1903. it ; does net apply to conditions arising prev ious to that date. In the case of the 'Morrison-street property, occupation was well and thoroughly 'defined more than ten years prior to 1903. Dedication Is Kequired. . A farther decision is that a highway may only be established by dedication and usage,' and although for a period of ten years it may be established by user alone, there does not appear to be any recorded case of a highway elng es tablished by dedication alone. While county records. 1J is stated, stow that Morrison street was dedicated from Nineteenth to Washington, there Is so far an absence of records that would show th dedication had ever been availed of by the city, and several old Inhabitants, who remember the dedication, say that, to their knowledge, Morrison street waa never used as a highway from Nineteenth to Washington street. Under these cir cumstances, opinion has It that the oc cupants of the property are secure In possession. Old city records, recently resurrected, tend to show that Morrison street from -Nineteenth- to Washington waa dedicated in 169, but there are no records of oc cupation by the public. In this con nection court decisions rule the passing of several vehicles is not general usage. The board of viewers recently appoint ed to view the property has recommended that the city open up Morrison street, at a cost of approximately J2M.000. com pensation to be awarded the occupants of Morrison streets between the points mentioned, and It Is with the idea of as-' certalnlng the legality of the assessments that will be levied on Morrison-street property owners and on Washington street owners up to Twenty-third street, that the city records have been delved Into. Owners Oppose City. ' To relieve the heavy traffic on lower Washington street the city has for sev eral years been endeavoring to open up Morrison street west to Washington, but Jt has been opposed In this by a number of the property-owners- on the plat of the proposed extension. Those owning 'property, or who claim to be the owners thereof, between Nineteenth street and Washington, on the plat of Morrison street, are: - P. W. Leadbetter, I.ewis Russell, Percy Blyth, Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club, C. G. Ellison, Security Savings Trust Co.. Hlbernla Bank. Angus McOregor, Pierre P. Perry and the King estate. . In the famous Douglas County road case Judge McArthur held that under the principles of common law a road or high way may be established by dedication and user. He further held that there was nothing In the road laws of Oregon rendering these principles Inapplicable. A decision by Chief Justice Moore in lf?7. reversing a decision by Judge J. C. Fullerton. of Lincoln Coutlty, is to the effect that the uninterrupted obstruction of a county road for more than ten years Is a full bar to the rights of the public, on the grounds of adverse possession, and further that this decision Is still valid, even though some few persons have been permitted to drive along the county road after the obstruction was placed. At the close of this decision the Chief Justice perpetually enjoined the defendants from trespassing on the buildings the plaintiff had erected on the road. More definite than any other was the decision of Justice Wolverton in Bayard vs. the Standard Oil Company. Judge ' Wolverton held that user by the general public, for the period prescribed by the statute of limitation, beyond which action for the recovery of real property cannqt be maintained, will establish an. ease- , . 9 tl. Mihlln That th& naa must be continuous and uninterrupted, and substantially by way of a certain and well-defined line of travel, for the entire travel was the crux of the Judge's decision, which he backed up by quota tions from numerous cases, jn many of which the state was either plaintiff or defendant. A prominent attorney said last night that unless there was a specific case in which differentiation was made between the cKy and the state or county. It would appear that the cases quoted would also apply in the matter of the Morrison street property. PERSONALMENTION. EL P. Weir, a cattleman of Salem, Is at the Perkins. A. Wllhelm, a prominent miller of Mon roe, Or., Is at the Imperial. J. W. Anderson, a capitalist of Tacoma, Wash., is a guest of the Portland. R. M. Dooley, a prominent banker of Forest Grove, Or., is at the Seward. A. M. Crawford. Attorney-General of the State of Oregon, Is at the Imperial. W. L. Whltmore, a popular horseman of Chicago, is registered at the Cornelius. Judge Robert Kakln, of the Supreme Bench at Salem", is a guest at- the Im perial. C. D. Gabrlelson. well known In the in surance circles at Salem, is , at the Oregon. Mr. &nd Mrs. X. M. Shannon, of Grand Rapids, Mich., have a suite at the Se ward. D. M. Nayberger, a well known mer- chant of McMinnville, is registered at the Oregon. R. A. Koser, of the State Insurance De partment at Salem. Ms registered at the Seward. C. Gilbert, manager of the Butler An nex Hotel, Seattle, is a guest at the Perkins. 1 George Countzel. a well known machin ery merchant of Seattle, is registered at the Oregon. Mr and Mrs. Lippincott. prominent residents of Philadelphia, have a suite at the Oregon. E. F. Gaffney, proprietor of the new Seattle" Hotel. Seattle, Wash., is regis tered at the Oregon. - - F. M. Saxton and John L. Rand, prom, lnent attorneys of Baker City, are regis tered at the Portland. ' Lvman' RounseveC a popular hntelman of Santa Barbara, Cal.. is a guest of the management of the Perkins. j Mrs. Florence Roberts, of Chittendan, Cal.. prominently identified with rescue work in Pacific Coast cities, Js at the Portland. J. R. Shaw and wife, of Astoria, and Mrs. J. A. Shaw, of Albany, his' mother, are In the city on a Christmas shopping tour. They are guests of the Imperial. J. F. Farley, assistant general manager of the Pacific Coast division of the Thiel Detective Service Company, with head quarters at San Francisco, is registered at the Perkins. Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Metier, of Brook field, Wash., have a suite at the Port land. Mr. Megler is spending several days In the city in the Interest of his cannery business. William A. Pinkerton." president of the Plnkerton Detective Agency, with head quarters at Chicago, was a guest of the Portland yesterday. He left last even ing for San Francisco. A. D. Short, chief clerk of the Rainier Grand Hotel. Seattle, Is spending several, days In this city. During his sojourn here he Is the guest of Messrs. Wright St Dickinson, 'managers of the Oregon Hotel. D. C. Inverarity. a prominent theatrical man of Seattle, arrived In the city yes terday to attend the funeral of Jnmea H. Brrickson, manager of the Orpheum Theater, who died suddenly Tuesday morning. Mr. Inverarity Is registered at the Cornelius. CHICAGO. Nov, 17. (Special.) Ore gon people at Chicago hotels: From Portland F. P. Kendall, J. P. Vanhuffel, A. W. Arnold, at the Great Northern. GILLIS CRIES FRAUD SOT IS BEGIN' AGAINST ' COBJi AND NOTTINGHAM. Plaintiff Alleges That After Buying Mount Hood Railroad Stock, Its Value Was Curtailed. Unlawful collusion and fraud on the prfrt of S. B. Cobb and C. W: Notting ham In the organiaztion of the Klectric Development Company,, are charged by R. C. Glllis and the Mount Hood Rail way & Power Company In a suit brought yesterday In the State Circuit Court. W. B. Cobb, a brother of 8. B. Cobb, and Irving Nottingham, son of C. W. Nottingham, -are made defendants to the suit, as well as (J. W. Kllppel. Gil lls is vice-president of the Mount Hood corporation, a director, member of the executive committee and stockholder, as Js S. B. Cobb. C. W. Nottingham is a director and stockholder, and the other defendants are stockholders. According to Glllis. he purchased 14, ZHO shares of Mount Hood stock from Cobb. Nottingham and other stockhold ers on January 15 last, paying 146,850 therefor. Between the time he secured the option on this stock and the time of purchase,-Glllis alleges, S. B. Cobb unlawfully conspired with his brother, the Nottinghams and Kllppel to secure part of the land, water rights and prop erty of the Mount Hood company. In that way depreciating-the value bf the Mount Hoo stock. . In furtherance of this alleged scheme, it Is charged that the Electric Development Company was organized laft April and W. B. Cobb posted a notice on Mount Hood corpora tion property saying he Intended to ap propriate 60.0fl0 miner's Inches of water from the Sandy River, In Clackamas County, near Frog Rock. The amount to be taken. according to the notice, was 90,000 cubic feet a minute. It was proposed, says Glllis. to con struct three reservoirs for this water, and to use It for electric power. The Electric Company is alleged to be now diverting this water, casting a cloud over the Mount Hood company's title. Cobb and Nottingham are alleged to be the prime movers In what Is termed by Glllis an unlawful enterprise. He asks an Injunction restraining them from continuing the use of the water, and -from disposing. t their property, and also- wants the title to Mount Hood prdperty cleared, as he says he now owns 13,627 shares In this corporation. The persons from whom Gillls says he purchased' Mount Hood stock are: C. W. Miller. S000 shares. S000: C. W. Pallett. 2700. $8500: S. B. Cohb, 1850. $7500: C. W. Nottingham, ISfiO. $4600; Charles C. Woodcock, 1700. $6500; C. B. James, 300. $1000; J. C.-Williams, 300, $1000; E. B. Colwell, 1050, $3000; George L Colwell. 750. $2860: Samuel Conneil. Bio. $1450: Richard Conneil. 150. $450: L. E. Swetland. 150, $500: O. S. Cutler, 300. $1000: J. A. Wilson. 150. $500. PARTNER AIDS CONVICTION Saloonkeeper Sent to Jail for Theft ' From Drunken Alan- Peter Grijinski, a saloonkeeper at First and Madison streets, .was convicted of larceny on two charges yesterday morn ing in the Municipal Court, and was sentenced to six months In the County Jail on one charge and to three months on the second charge. Grljinskl's part" ner in the saloon, Gus Janzik, was the comnlalnant in the most serious case, in which the defendant was found guilty of" robbing Harry Boone, a drunken man, of In this case Boone was so drunk that he did not know who had stolen his' pocketbook but the act was witnessed by Janzik, who swore he had seen the crime and although Grijinski tried to shift the blame upon Janzik the Judge believed Janzik. ' John Relnke, a saloonkeeper at 261 Front street, for whom Grijinski had formerly worked as a swamper, discovered that Grijinski had stolen some things from his cellar and when he went to look for them found them concealed In Grljinskl's room. These consisted of curtains, a suitcase filled with clothing and other 'articles. A SIMPLE REMEDY. A soldier who bas experienced all kinds of weather, dry or rainy, says that any one suffering from rheumatism, lumbago or kidney trouble, of any form, will get quick relief by procuring from his drug gist two ounces Salgrene and four ounces pure Olive oil and mix thoroughly, take two teaspoonfuls every three hours until relieved, then a teaspoonful three times a day. For choice Irvlngton lots and unique bungalows see F. 'E. Bowman 4c Co., cor. 12th and Thompson. E. 935. i FLOUR SOARS HIGH Advance of 60 Cents Follows Settlement of War. , MILLS HAD RUN AT LOSS Dealers and Bakers Are Believed to Have Laid In Large Stocks AYhile Price-Cutting Was in Progress, Flour prices took a Jump of 60 cents a barrel in the local market yesterday, making the wholesale price of patent flour $5.70 a barrel. All over the Pa cific Northwest quotations were rrfarked up. the advance at some po?ts being less than at others, but all being based on the same general price as fixed at the Portland and Puget Sound markets. This advance was not unexpected; In fact. It Is several weeks overdue, for the wheat market has been steadllj climbing upward and finally reached a coint where the flour cost the millers more than they were selling it for. Advance Delayed hy Price AVar. .What prevented the advance coming sooner was the price-cutting war that has been .going on among the Seattle millers for more than a month. The trouble started there before wheat got so h,igh, but was obstinately kept up, even when it meant a financial loss to the manufacturers. The war did not extend to the Portland trade, but the trouble naturally kept prices from ad vancing here. The Seattle row'has now been settled to the sat,isfaotidn of all concerned, with the result, that flour prices in all the markets In this territory have gone up to a parity with wheat values. Ne gotiations looking to a patching up of the trouble have been under way for over a week, and the finishing touches were put on at a conference of milling men at Spokane yesterday. The fight at Seattle started soon af ter the first new-crop flour was placed on; the market. The first cutting was reported to have been done by the Hammond- people, and the cut was promptly met by the Centennial mills. Then the Everett mills of the Portland Flouring Mills Company, the Sperry people, the Puget Sound Flouring Mills Company at Tacoma. and he smaller mills were drawn- Into the' fight. ' Orders Taken Away Ahead, t It was a merry war .while It lasted, and the bakers and. retailers of the Puget Sound country took the fullest advantage of It. Some of the mills. It is said, did such a rushing business that they will be grinding flour for a month yet in, filling the low-priced or ders. From $5.10. the opening quota tion, the Sound millers cut the price to $4.80. then to $4.fi0, and one of them Is said to have finally sold lour at $4.40 a barrel. In the meantime the grocers and bak ers had taken on all the flour they could carry' and buying fell off. Wheat was climbing uninterruptedly until bluesem almost reached the $1.10 mark. The small mflls grew tired of the struggle and tried to restore the original price, but the large mills re fused to give in. It was only yester day that they finally got together and decided to forget their differences and put the flour milling business again on a profitable basis. The course of the Hour market from now on, barring any internal disputes, will keep pace with the course of the wheat market, which promises to be upward. FULLER, DEFENDS LINES DELAY IN RECEIVING CARS CAUSES, TROUBLE. Vice-President Declares Double Tracks on Multnomah Will Be Laid Early in 1010. H. M. Haller, who opposed extreme measures before the mass meeting held Tuesday night in the Irvlngton Clubhouse to demand better car service, has obtained from F. I. Fuller, vice-president of the streetcar company, a written statement of what the company has done and pro poses to do with reference to the Irv lngton district and other sections of the East Side. In the absence of President Josselyn, who is in the East, Mr. Haller took up the whole question- with Mr. Fuller, and asked him to give a written statement of the car situation, which he did. "I am opposed to extreme measures,"' said Mr. Haller yesterday, "such as were proposed at the meeting. I was opposed to discrediting the company with the bondholders. Mr. Josselyn is now In New York to get money to carry out the Improvements of the car service In Port land, and the proposal to advertise the condition of the car service and to declare that a franchise would be 'given away to an opposition company would be bad business policy. These officials are doing what they can to relieve the situ ation, which they admit is bad, but it takes time to get the money and bring about the Improvements we need all over the system. The car company, is now collecting data on the crowded condi tion of every car line In the city with a view of provlndlng relief. The car com pany officials are willing to receive any committee and talk over the situation on any line and to receive- suggestions. Bet ter results are always secured -by mutual conferences than by extreme measures. I am as anxious as anybody to see the car service improved, but let us go at it in a business way." Ail Cars Now in Use. Mr, Fuller made the following written statement to Mr. Haller: "In the absence of President Josselyn, I wish to state- that there is nothing that this company can ' do at this time to better this service (Irvlngton district). All our closed cars and about half a doz. en open pars are In operation during the rush hours every night. "Last March we placed an order for 40 pay-as-you enter cars of largest type that we run here. 20 of which were to be shipped on September 1, and 20 November 1. Even when figuring seven months In advance, we have been disappointed in receiving these cars. The strike in the General Electric Company's works at Schenectady delayed the shipment of mo tors and thus the whole par equipment. About 10 of these cars have been re ceived and 10 more are en route, and we hope to get the second 20 about Christ mas. These cars will be placed on dif ferent lines of the system where they are most needed. Some will take the place eft the open cars now operated and others will be used to increase the actual car service. Their arrival will mean the reassignment of the cars now in use. "While this' Is a matter for the oper ating department, I can say that on the arrival of the new cars, larger cars than J those now in use will be assigned to the ' Irvlngton line. In regard to the Broad way service, I am satisfied that . the service during the rush hours is not ade quate and that It will be increased. So far as the regular service is concerned during the day, if. on the arrival of these cars, the- operation department deter mines that the service during any por tion of the day is not adequate, such portion .will be Improved. Tracks to Be Doubled. "The residents of the Irvlngton dis trict may not be aware of the fact that an aproprlatlon has been made and the worlt authorized for laying a douhle track of heavy rails on Multnomah, street from Grand avenae to East Fifteenth street and up to Broadway, and that It was only the fact (hat i was impossible for us to get -more necessary labor and ma terial to do the larger improvement jobs which we have completed this year on Grand avenue, Hawthorne avenue, Bel mont street. Union avenue. Thurman street. Eleventh street and many other shorter streets that prevented us doing this work in Multnomah street during the working season of 1909. If there Is no le gal hindrances In the matter of the Multnomah street improvement, our track work on this street will be started among the first jobs in 1910. . "In this connection I wish to call your attention to some of the very misleading statements reported in the newspapers In regard to the car service in the Irvlngton district. It Is reported that the service has not been increased for years. The facts of the case are the In 1903 this district had only a 15-minute aar service on the Irvlngton line. When the' Broadway line started, about 1904. with 15-minute service, this doubled the service to- the district, making eight cars per bour. The Broadway line started .with 18-foot body, single truck cars. These have been increased from time to time until now the 42-foot cars of 400 class, carrying' double those originally placed on the line. Broad-way Service Increased. "More than this, since May, 1907. the tripper service has been Instituted on the Broadway line, doubling the number of cars 'run, so that the carrying ca pacity on the Broadway line during the rush hours is four times the service or iginally instituted, and the service In the Irvlngton ' district now ' in carrying ra pacity during the rush hours Is Just about five times what it was six years ago. "We do not state this to say that the service is. fully adequate, but merely to refute the statement made that there has been no Increase In the service. I would also say that Just one week ago an extra car was placed on the Broadway line, which reduced the service on the line to seven minutes during ttje rush hours, and that by actual record time several evenings haVe been found in which this service was practloally with out a break. The statement that seems to have been made that this company Is doing little or nothing to Increase its car service seems absolutely absurd, to those who are cognizant with the facts. In the year 1907 we purchased'(over 90 new passenger cars. In the year 1908, 25. and this year contracted for 40, making in three years 1SS passenger cars for city service, all over 40 feet in. Iength. and represent an expenditure of over $250,000, Just for passenger rolling stock alone, and as the total betterments by the com pany during these three years have av eraged over $2,000,000 a year, we sub mit that it cannot be stated with any fairne'ss that we are not trying to take care of the growth of the city in our lines of business. Plans Must Be Made' Ahead. "Our operating department is ' willing at. any time to take up the matter of car service with the patrons of ' any line" but, as is shown by this communi cation, such matters have to be provided for by action many months in advance, and there is no method of legerdemain whereby we can get cars built, tracks constructed, or raise funds at a mo ment's notice. During the lat Summer we had 400 men working on the tracks alone. The limit of our speed was our inability to get material on- the ground td carry on the work. This was illus trated in the Broadway district by the paving material for Broadway, which de layed the completion of the work on. this street until the very close of the season. "In, closing, I wish to stay that thTs conpa'ny's field and future Is absolutely bound to the city of Portland, and It is Its intention to increase In all reason able ways Its light and power and street car facilities to keep up with the growth of our city, and we believe- visitors give us credit 'for even this f'some of our citizens do not." , Mr. Fuller said last evening that, while the streetcar company wished to do all that It could In the way of bettering the service in Irvlngton, the company could not Increase the service at present. He said: - "I wish to call attention to the fact that since the Broadway line has been extend ed and now cuts in back of Irvlngton, the Irvlngton line traffic has likewise In creased about 15 per cent, and that line is now certainly badly, overcrowded and deserves our consideration 'first. How ever, it will be Impossible to do anything Just now. owing to the fact that our 1909 cars have not arrived as yet. Now we are figuring for the tars to be delivered next Fall. "One of the big causes of the poor serv ice has been overlooked to a certain ex tent, and this is the matter of the bridges. I have been giving this matter some con sideration, and the problem Is Indeed a knotty one. However, the establishment of the new railroad bridge, the opening of the Madison bridge and the building of the- Broadway bridge will do much to lessen the tension, as all these bridges will be wide, and will be so constructed that tlie traiuc could not be blocked on them. "I have prepared a set of curves show ing the traffic for every 15 minutes on the various bridges, and especially show ing the rush .hour traffic. These curves I have forwarded to the engineering de partment of the War Department for their consideration in the matter of clos ing the bridges for a period every morn ing and evening during the so-called rush hour. It is interesting to note that the hours of greatest congestion are the same for every bridge, being from about 4:30 to 6:30 P. M., and that the greatest rush comes at practically the same minute. This curve also holds true for every sea son of the year, and Is a good basis for comparison except for Sunday, which we have not figured, and which has no rush hour anyway." Boycott Is Planned. Owing to the bad car service over the East Side lines, the North East Side Im provement Association at its .meeting Tuesday night decided to appeal to the people of the East Side to cease from going to the West Side, and to patronize East Side business houses exclusively. A resolution submitted by George C. Carl at this meeting covered this matter. The resolution was as follows: - WhereSs. The cars operated acroes the brlURes over the Willamette River to the East Sid-e and the suburbs are constantly overcrowded and there is obstruction in the erection of the Broadway bridge, making U difficult to travel and to get the bridges needed, therefore be It Resolved, That it is the sense of the North East side Improvement Association that Eaat Side people should cease to use the streetcars and buy everything ihey need from East Side business houses. This is the handwriting on the wall on what the future may brinp. 50 REWARD For any case of Kidney, Bladder or Rheumatic trouble Hall's Texas Won der cannot cure if taken in tlme"and given a fair trial. One bottle often per fects a cure. Sold by all druggists or mail, $1.00. Send for testimonials. Dr. B. W. HaU, 2929 Olive St., St. frouls. Mo. w Sherman Piay& Co. SIXTH AND MORRISON . OPPOSITE POSTOFFICE Caruso, Melba. De Gogorza and Scotti Will Sing ' At Sherman, Clay & Co.'s Victor Parlors any time today that you wish to. hear them, A home that possesses a Victor ha:- the perpetual service's of these great artist and a thousand others of world renown'. 1 Think of it. And the cost so small that it remains the present day. Do not delay hearing these instruments, especially the Victor Victrola, the greatest entertainer and the most wonderful musical instrument the world has ever known. marvel of the 1 Improved Victors $10 to $100 Victrola $!2S to $250 BIG DAM .IN PERIL Umatilla Project Threatened by Private Barrier.' U. S. ASKS ITS REMOVAL Petition Filed by Attorney-General and McCoiirt Against J. Ramos and Wilson Irrigation ' Company. Partial destruction of the Govern ment's big reclamation project' on the Umatilla River, involving 20.400 acres of land, is threatened by the recent con struction of a private dam in the river a short distance above that built by the Government, according to a petition for a writ of jnandate ordering the removal of the dam. filed yesterday in the United States District Court, and signed by Attorney-General Wickersham and John McCourt, local District Attorney. The petition asks that Joseph Ramos and the Wilson Irrigation Company be required to appear In the local court at an early date ad explain why they should not be forced to remove the dam, which was constructed In August. According to the Government engi neers, who have caused the complaint to be. Issued, the rock dam made by Ramos and the irrigation company may cause the river to overflow and break out Into the old river bed, thus divert ing the stream from Its present source and making the expensive concrete dam built by the Government of but little value. In a statement made yesterday by Attorney -McCourt, It was explained that Ramos had about 80 acres of land he wanted to irrigate, and had made other attempts to gep ditches at a higher place in the river, but had been legally prevented from accomplishing this. He was warned by the Govern ment officials that he should not con struct his dam where It is now located, but he is said to have paid no heed. He used an old site of the Wilson Irri gation Company for the dam. In case the dam should cause the river to return to Its old bed, the Gov ernment would be put to a great ex pense in rebuilding a new dam, and the farmers who have land In the reclama tion district would lose at least one year's crop. BISHOP SCADQING RETURNS Prelate Home Again After Long , Lecture Tour South. Right Rev. Charles Scadding. Bishop of Oregon, returned last . night to his Portland home after a three week's lec ,ture tour of California, held under the auspices of the Sunday school commis sion of the diocese of California. After a week's course of lectures to teachers and church workers in Sn Francisco, the prelate, visited Santa Bar bara, Los Angeles and Fasadena for the jvomen's' auxiliary to missions. He addressed the students at the Theological school at San Mateo, lectured twice at Berkeley and passed the day at Mills College, of which Dr. Luella Carson is the president. The Bishop's lectures were all free, but offerings were taken for the Sunday school commission of Cali fornia. While deploring the" loss to Oregon in the removal of Dr. Carson from the po sition of dean of the women depart ment of the State University at Eugene, the Bishop speaks enthusiastically of the good work Dr. Careon is doing as' presi dent of Mills College. He believes she will make Mills College the finest college for women In th West. " OVERCOAT?. This Is a reminder to those in need of Overcoats or Cravenette Raincoats tflat the best place in the city to sret them is at the old reliable Brownsville Woolen Mill Store, Third and Stark streets. There are more than a thousand coats to choose from; all popular priced at 16. 20 and 3S. MILK UWS ARE DRAFTED TWO PROPOSED ORDINANCES PRESENTED TO COMMITTEE. Mayor Hopes to Secure I license Sys tem, Whereby Supply Shall Be Approved by Health Board. Mayor Simon and members of tfie special committee named by him to draft a proposed pure-milk ordinance met at the City Hall yesterday after noon and went over two drafts differ ing slightly as to the duties of the State Pairy and' Food Commissioner. Upon recommendation of the Mayor, both were ordered sent to the Council committee on health and police, which Is scheduled to meet tomorrow morn ing. As Chairman Lombard Is absent, however, It may ho that tjie ordinance will lay over until his return, although it may be forwarded to the Council id time for consideration next Wednesday. Both of the ordinances under consid eration create an Inspection and license system, whereby the city shall permit no milk to be sold here without certifi cates from the City and State Boards of Health. The licenses are expected to cover more than the salaries and oper atins expenses of the inspectors, of whom the ordinances permit three. Their duties, as outlined, are the in spection of dairy herds and supervision of the general supply of milk retailed or sold at wholesale In Portland. Mayor Simon Is anxious to gat an ordinance under which the city can shut out all unwholesome milk and yet not work too great hardship upon the dealers and the public as well. This the committee has endeavored to do. and the work of Its members Is now completed, so far as their recommen dations are concerned. The matter is now up to the Council committee'. Toubr C.'trla Are Victims of headache, as well as older women, bat all get quick relief and prompt cure from Dr. Klnjr's New Life Pills, the world's best remedy for sick and nervous headaches. They make pure blood and strong nerves and build up your health. Try them. 2Sc. at all drupsrlsts. eavy P 1T1CC . Thousands of coffee-drinkers have voluntarily written us that they paid the heavy price of Sleeplessness Heart Troubles Shaky Nerves Stomach Troubles Headaches Indigestion-, Etc. and that the change from coffee to Has brought them Sound Sleep, Steady Nerves, Good Digestion, Clear Brains, Strong Hearts, Comfort and Health. Why ? Coffee certainly does destroy the soft gray filling in the nerve centers and brain. When that goes far enough you feel it Nervousness, heart trouble', sleepless ness, headache, indigestion, or some form of ailment caused by a shattered nervous sys tem. . Keep at the coffee until you prove it. Then if you value comfort from sturdy health on properly built nerve cells, quit coffee and take on POSTUM. Then you quickly begin the rebuilding and no one need tell you. YOU KNOW IT. The elements are in Postum that Nature demands. ' 1 s "There's a Reason , ' POSTUM CEREAL COMPANY, Ltd., Battle Creek, Mich. COFFEE THE CAUSE Of Various Ailments. It does not require a scientist to dis cover that coffee is harmful. Plain common sense and the simple habit of looking for the cause of things, soon "reveal coffee In Its true light that of a habit-forming drug. . "My family on both sides were con firmed coffee topers," writes a Penna. man, "and we suffered from nervous ness, headache, sleeplessness, dizziness and palpitation of the heart. ' "Medical treatment never seemed to do any permanent good. I thought there must be some cause for these troubles and yet did not find It was coffee until I waa forty-one. "Hearing of the benefit that many had derived by changing to Postum, I quit coffee and used Postum entirely. Now I am like a new man. "I sleep well, can eat three good meals a day, have no headache nor pal pitation, no nerve twitching in my face and I don't have to pay out hard-earned money for medicines. "That's my experience, anyway." Read the J "Road to Wellviile" in pkgs. "There's a Reason." Ever read the above letter? 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