THE MORNING OREGOXTAX, SATURDAY, MARCH 13. 1911. 13 6 ELLIS AMENDMENT WILL BE REVISED City Attorney Finds Defects in Effort to Obtain Paving Competition. u WOOD BLOCKS FIND FAVOR Promise of Belter Bid for East .Mor- rlMi Street Defeats i-ffort of Granitoid Company Front Street Compromised. Counrrfmaa Flits' prnd aruend inset to th charter, prortdtnc for com petition ta bard-surface patretnen's. 1 roc valid drawn. In the opinion of Ity Attorney Urant. a-lYen to the street nnimi't of tfie rilr Council jetr T. While the act Is to be submitted to toe electorate by the Initiative, poll tlona now betne; In circulation, ionic ont erurrd the opinion from Mr. Oram rol tin tartly and tons brouubt It before the committee. "I believe In t h la amendment. In that I feel we ousht to hare cum competl tlon In pavlns;. said Councilman Lm bard. "1 would prefer to see tMa pro Baaed amendment aent to tha City f -toraejr. wlin Instructlona to return In time for submission to the voters throufh the Council a corrected mess ore. If there are defects In tr.le."" "There are enxineerinr problems con cerned In tlfcls propoeed law that will rot work out.- remarked Cttr Knalneer Morris. Councilman Meecfea moved that It be referred to tha City Attorney and City JlBslneer. which waa dona. Xew Amendment Ordered. ntv Attorney Grant regards tha amendment aa bavins; been Improperly drawn. In that It seeks to amend sev eral sections of tha charter In one act Tha action of tha committee Instructs Mm to prepare an amendment properly drawn, and to submit It next i eunes !ar. If the Council should order II on tti ballot. It will ba unnecessary for Mr. tills to proceed further with his Initiative petitions. Tha proposed amendment Is designed to secure open and competitive bids In hard-surface pavlns; Jobs. Its main re quirement Is that In each street to ba Improved the Council shall order plana and specifications for not less than two kinds of pavement, and that the loweat responsible bldJer shall receive the contract. Vnder tha present charter the field Is divided betweea the various companies and there la no actual com petition. ftecause of this condition, property owners In tjtouth Portland have nled ilt In the Circuit Court airatnat tha city for ordering Hassatn laid on cer tain streets, ss It Is a patented article and Is laid here by only one company, The street committee held up all pend ing ordinances for this pavement throughout the city, and will not order any mora of It until the court deter mines Its standing-, as, should tha city loss, tha general fund would have to defrav all asaesamenta levied and not jaid by property owners. Wood Blocks In Favor. Efforts of tha Granitoid Company to set a foothold- In the city by seciirlra; the propoeed Improvement of East Mor. neon street, from East Water street to inton avenue failed because tha major Ity ef the members of tha committee felt that tha wood blodts should be laid tr-ere. A recent bid on these waa so high t"at the street committee, of the Execu tive Board recommended a chance to me other pavement, but It Is under stood that another bid will ba submitted that will be aatlsfartory. Manaxer Lyons, of the North Pacific Terminal Company, and Chrle Mln stnaer. a contractor, enceced in a ver bal war before the committee aa to tha proposed pavlns; of Kront street from '!anders to Quimby streets. Mr. Lyons wanted the at tee t paved with ajratilt old and only from Flanders to Nlcoiat. whereas Mr. Mlnslnser wanted It paved with stona blocks to Quimby. A com promise waa made and tha committee ordered stona blocks to Silteenta Street. TUa committee will proceed to collect from the Portland Hallway. IJaht nwer Company Ita portion of the cost of pavlns East Twenty-elKhth street from th brides at Sullivan's gulch to Ilalsey. The report of tha subcommittee as to tha adjustment of tha vexatious Broad way bridge problem. Involving; rlzhta of irtr. waa adopted without comment. Tha committee recommended a pro poeed amendment to the charter pro viding; for an Increase la the rate of pay fur the City Engineer. It gives the Council poarr tu tlx the salsry. but Axes I JO o a year as tha mtnlr.iuui. TXRTSMOCTlI M AXTS PAVING FWolntkna Condemn Litigation That I Drlavrng Hoik. Mayor Simon and tha City Council have tha Indorsement of the Wlllumbla Hall Association and the Portsmouth Improve, aieat Association In their efforta to make extensive bard-surface Improvements throughout tha city. Tha organisation last nsht took action at a special aeaslon to forestall lttlrattoa that baa been started In tha Circuit Court by tha Ter wtlllxsr Land Company, which temporar ily, at least, ties np all work on the laying f 11 ssam pavements all over tha city. A communication, brtatlins; with Indig nant expreaalon. waa directed sent to City Auditor Barsur. and will be filed tl la morning- It expresses confidence In tha administration s efforts to Improve tlie city's streets. A strong reason for this special action Is that there have been nndt r way on the Per Insula hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of Hassazn and other bard avrfaca tmprovemrnta. Tha communica tion to the Mayor and Council said: "We believe we are men of average bitslllgeore and know what we are doing In the matter of seeking methods and means tor the Improvement and upbuild Irs of this part of tha city, especially In new of the fact that we aione will ba called upon to pay the btlla W"e naturally resent tha tactics of fv e Terwllltger Land Company, or one A. Fl Clarke, or anyone else who seeks ta delay further a work that we have had ander way for several years. Wa cannot but criticise the motives of these people, aa It Is clearly not within their province to attempt la any manner to make null and void tha achievements on our part alter so much labor. If this Is a scheme to embarrass any of ths contractors do ing work In this locality, wa would ask aa a matter of protection to our own Interests that your honorahle body tmlte with us In an effort to ferret It out and kelp save us from becoming the Innocent victims of their motives for self-aggrandisement or pecuniary benefit." County Lcta f IS.0S0 Contract. Tha County Court yesterday let tie contract for finishing tha east wing of the new Courthouse to 1 and EX Eman uel, the contract price being V Three other bids were submitted. While ths Emanuel bid was not ths lowest. It cama nearest to conforming with tbs plana and specifications prepared by Architect Lewis. The other bids were EX br Par-tlus Manufacturing Com pany; i:.9Cl by J. F. Hard, and 112.11 by the Oregon Planing Mills. BILLS MAY BE REFERRED Yamhill Residents Oppose Appro priations for State Schoole. "Ths people of TamhIH County are determined to Invoke tha referendum on several appropriation bills passed by tha recent Legislature." said Repre sentative Timothy Brownhlll. who rep resented that county In the House dur ing tha legislative assembly, at the Imperial Hotel yeaterday. "Petitions are being circulated asking that the measures appropriating Increased funds to the University of Oregon sn.l the Orstcea Agricultural College. $150,000 for an additional state building at Sa lem and lio 000 for a dormitory for tha reson State Normal fchool at Mon mouth, be referred to the people. "This referendum movement did not originate among the flrangers of my county, aa has been suppotf-d. aitnougn It has the-aupport of many tnembere of the Orange. The action was decided at a mass meettns of Yamhill County citi zens, representing all classes The ref erendum as to the l-recou Agricultural College will api.lv only to the Item of :7ooo tor additional buildings. it will not Involve in any way the In creased annroprlation of $.0,000 annu ally for maintenance. Tha referendum on tha I nlversiiv or tregon appropria tions will cover bold appropriations, aggregating l&OTOo for the tao-year period, for new buildings ana increaeea maintenance. Tb men behind tha referendum feel that the appropriation of li0.00e 'or an additional building for -tale pur- noses at Salem Is not necessary ano argue that the annual tax voted by tha people last November for the support of the Monmouth school should be ade quate without asking a further appro priation for a dormitory. T. R. BANQUET TICKETS $10 Accommodations to Be Made for 200 rrrtom by Committee. ri.b... . .v. fon....u banouet will k . cia . . - n-i hinr fixed vesterday at a meeting of tha general committee having In cnarge tne .local ments for the entertainment of Colone I. ..I. I- IWtl.rwl on Anrll h. Al ready one-third of tha tickets have been taken. The number is iimitea to aa t-v. . .. . ne tttm tlclrela is not coil . of tha Com mere la s-i... . k . .ffai. I regarded aa nub ile. The first persons wno spiiu be entitled to tne ucaeia. a . . inti.ni 1 1 1 r a I for the entertain ment of Mr. Koosev-lt mere irom s P. M to :S P. M. iarvey Beckwlth. .. 1'Annnarrisl Club, and Charles B. Merrick, secretary of ths committee, will go to r.ugene iw Rnneveit. Governor West will join incut ' - , Mr. Koosevelt will be accompanied uj his secretary. Frank Harper, and they will take the Siiasta Limited train out . rn.ira Anrll 4 for Portland. They will crosa the state line near Ashland at 1:10 A. si. Apru a - v -in n M Mr. Roosevelt will leave Portland over tha Northern Pacific for Taooma at ii.is r. April t. HENRY GEORGE DUE TODAY Oregon City and Portland to Hear Noted rubllclst. u..ft Reorgs. Jr- tha Kew Tork Representative and single laser, will arrive In Portland this anernoou si a o clock from Seattle. Mr. Oeorge will Ka met at the deoot by representativea of the Henry George Association and tha r. M. C A. and it is prooaoie soma of the single tax sympathisers from here will accompany him to Ore gon City, where he apeaks tonight. The principal address of Mr. tseorgo In Portland will be delivered la the Hellia- Theater, tomorrow afternoon, at o'clock. Tills meeting la to be held nder the auaplcea of the 1 oung Mens Christian Aasoctstlon. and Mr. Oeorge's subject will be "Tolstoi, An Intimate View." Mr. George waa tne gueat or Count Tolstoi In Kussla several yeara ago. Mr. George while la Portland will ba tha rueat of the Henry George Association, under tha auspices of which he will speak la n omen of Woodcraft Hall tomorrow night. Mon day ha will leave for San Francisco, and from there will go directly to Washington to attend the special ses sion of Congress. NEW CHURCH IS APPROVED Westminster Presbyterians to Ask Bids on w Structure. Plana for tha proposed new atone church were approved officially at a well-attended meeting of the congrega tion of Weauntneter preebyteiiana Thursday night and tha architect waa authorised to complete ths sped Heat ions nd Invito bids. Before tha letting of any of ths contract ths specification nd bids will ba referred to tne con gregation and no contracts will ba let ntll the building committee can awe its way dear to proceed. Rev. Henry Mar co Lie. Uie pastor. aal4 yesterday that ha waa satisfied with tha situation and with the progress that la being made. I am pleased beyond measure witn tha splendid, spirit of tha meeting last lght." said Kev. Mr. Marcorte. "and we are making good progress. When the bids come back to the congregation wo hope to be able to let the contracts. HOMESEEKERS! Chclialls, Washington. Surrounded by largest dairy, fruit and farming country In Pacific Northwest. Acreage inducements for Intensive farm ing. County seat Lewis County, where land la cheaper and the best. Chehalls Is the liveliest Inland vi ashlngton town of Mis) people. Paved streets, electrlo ghte. sewerage, water, gaa and all mod ern comforts. Has In public Im provements under way now. Islt Che halls and see Southwest Washington's largest farming section before locating elsewhere. Cliehalla has a variety of manufacturing with large monthly pay roll. For details, visit Chehalls. or ad dress Cltlsena Club. Chehalls. Wash. " ' i Ad Men Are Entertained. VfAinKer. of the Portland Ad Club gathered Thursday 'evening to enjoy a banquet and special entertainment given under the direction of A. A. Schell. In tha Puater a Klelser factory. East Seventh ard Everett streete. The large plant was cleared and thus the members had plenty of room. Speeches were made by W. R. Emery, of Chicago. 111.. Western man ager of Everybody'-) Magaxlne; D. O. Lively, of the Penlnu!a Industrial Com pany: Fred W. H'.r manager of the Portland Railway. Light Power Com pany: J. K- Gratke. of Astoria, and by others. New Arrivals ill Men's Stetson Our Own Cheshire, S3 Easter Olds - Wortman-Kingf en's At! VlVe V-aV rVil CHEAP ELECTRIC POWER PROMISED Mr. Josselyn Outlines Plans That Will Involve Expendi ture of $7,000,000. EXTENSIONS ARE PROVIDED Energy Hill Be So low In Price That Factories .Vow Using Refuse, for Fuel Cannot Be Com petitors, . Is Said. Formal announcement was made yes terday by President Josselyn, of tha Portland Hallway. Ufcht & Power Com cany. that In the next two years the company would expend 14,000,000 In the development or electrical energy plants, so as to place tha company by 11 In a position to furnish electrical power In a larite district In Oregon and Washington. With construction work now under way. coupled with the work laid out for 111 and 1912. the com pany will ba able to produce 100,000 horse-power by water generation. This amount includes the u.ouu- borse-power plant at Oregon City, tha 1S.0O0 plant at Cazadero, 15.000-horse-power at Kstacada. which will ba com pleted In September this year, and 40. 000 additional horse-power on tha Up per Clackamas. With the project on the Upper Clackamas, which will ba finished In 114. the company will be able to utilize the fall of tha water In this one stream at three different loca tions. With all these plants com pleted and with the necessary high tension wire built ths company will hare expended f 7,000.000, the construc tion already completed representee aa outlay of 13,000.000. burplus Power In Prospect. tl-a v n,,r been able, before now. to set much ahead of the enor mous, increasina; oeroanu oi vur iitcbi mllway ana lifcnun' piania, muq av, toaselyn yesterday. -ti.ia Asimlnv (Unlnmbur wa shall have a surplus of power from tha con struction or our new pissi at wiww. Wa shall then be in a position to tur nlsh extra power not only to all In Portland who may want It, but to Port land and as far south aa Salem. Wa are now furnishing: power for the Ore gon Electric and United Rail way a, and as these lines are extended wa shall, of course, be compelled to furnish addi tional power. By the extension of our Kstacada hlgh-transmlaslon line to Hood Kler wo would bo In a position to deliver power to the Pacific Power aV Light Company, who are about to construct a high-transmission line front The Dallas to Umatilla, a distance of 100 miles. Thar they connect with their Kennesrtck lines by way of Lu- ,0in the extension and development of these vast water-power plants which wa have on tha Clackamas River wa shall be In a position to extend our power lines almost to Eugene on tha south, to Tillamook on tha west. Che halla on the north and Hood River on Uie east. This territory within the circle of 100 miles surrounding Port land Is tha most wonderful territory In tha world. It will posssss. as tha yeara go by. an enormoua amount of electrical energy which will broaden until the circle la widened, and It la barely possible we shall live to ses tha power of this region extended np the valley for many miles. -The greatest feature In connection with this industry that we are Jevel oplng Is that we ahall be enabled, as we grow bigger, to furnish power cheaper, and I expect to see the day when electrical power will be furnlahed In Portland more cheaply than any pUra In the world. At the present time IX la aa cheap as a&r place to bs found. M $27.50 Suits The man who wants a sterling should not miss coming here ranged a large number of suits such as you'll want for early Spring' wear and have lowered the price so that there is a substantial saving realized by all who buy now. Only a few more days until Easter Don't wait until the last minute The women folKs will have their new froths and hats and will expect yoa men to assist in the splendid appearance of the Easter parade. This is a g'ronp of odds and ends, hardly two alihe, but the styles are very correct and materials the best Not all sizes of each pattern, but there are all sizes in thelot Styles for sober minded business men as well as for the young man who wants a swag'g'er cut a little cut of the ordinary The values range from $20.00 - to $27.50 Priced specially for today at P JQO Men's $1Q Sxiit Cases $6.98 I the Trunk and Bag Store, fourth floor, a sale of 24inch genuine cowhide Suit Cases in four stylfs and three colors, with or without straps, some French edges, all linen lined, with shirt fold and straps inside. Regular -.a, q .-.Ann 1 rr-i-. . J.'fl nl oita nf thia snecinl for todav at onlv v"wO 5-1 U.uw values. x mid oMnm - a, . ihMrv It Is col n ar ana nccorama w -- - - to be lower and lower. In the sale of this power we shall make what is known as IX-hour service, thus per mitting the railways and the Renting plants the opportunity to use all the power needed during the peak hours, without interfering with our other cus tomers, i - Th early completion of our new water-power plant at Estacada has en abled us to extend tl policy of ! this company and contracts are now being taken for the delivery of power to a larger area than heretofore In the oiatea of Oregon and Washington, and from now on we propose to make the sale of cheap electrical power, for all purposes, the most Important branch of our business. . -in order to Insure continuity of , a, iw Aii.tnmera. In case of service low water in tne nvera. - I ' . " .A.m station capacity ! .rch and now have In operation an entirely new steam Plant on in esst side of the river n Portland and are now arranging to Increase the ca psclty of that station during tha pres- '""Thebnildlng of these new water power and steam plants and hlgh-ten-ilon transmission Unas Involves the ex penditure of many millions of aollar but the growth of the states mentioned ana the City of Portland particularly warrants. In our Judgment, the expen diture of these large amounts to keep pace with our phenomenal growth, we expect to make electrical power so cheap that factories now using team power, generated by refuse fuel could not possibly compete with the price we w ill be able to make." HATCHET TO BE BURIED NAVAL MILITIA TO HATE FIRST DRILL SINCE TltOCBLE. Crtilser Boston to Bo Turned Over to Oregon Organization by Slay 15, Is Announced. For tha first time since the begin ning of the factional strife In the Na val Militia that organisation will hold a regular drill this evening at the Ar mory, and although there Is still some feeling among the officers an effort Is to bs made tonight by all concerned to forget past differences and to work together for the success of the organi- George B. Shepherd, captain of the organisation, has received a letter from the Government, - Informing him that the cruiser Boston, now undergoing re pairs at the Bremerton Navy-yard, will be ready for use of tha Oregon Naval MllHla by May la. It Is expected that, some memoera ci Cleanses the System effectually; Dispels colds and Headaches. due to constipation. Best for men. women and children : young and old. Toqetits Beneficial effects, always note the name of the Company Cmifornia Fig Syrup Co. plainly printed on the front of every package of the Genuine Hats for Easter Hats Now Ready value In a suit of clothes today We have ar 1 - the local organization will go to Brem erton to receive the vessel and come on It to Portland. As the vessel will leave Bremerton May 15 she will be In Port land a few days later, and from that date on she will, be the home of -the naval jniniia. It is realized that unless factional feeling Is burled the Oregon Naval Militia must be disbanded or an en tlrely new set of men put in charge. The organization will be under the di rectlon of the Adjutant-General of the State Militia and thus in the future there will be a way to settle all dis putes of authority through proper channels. The United States Government has promised to aid in promoting the wel fare of the Naval Militia. After it was first suggested that the cruiser Boston be assigned to duty with the Oregon Militia a suit was filed against tne Government, in an effort to force the sale of the vessel, but this was recently decided In favor of the Government. Considerable money has been spent by the Government In refitting the Boston, and when she Is turned over to the Oregon Naval Militia she will be a rather formidable fighting vessel, fane has a battery of 21 guns and a ats placement of 3000 tona It Is expected that with a ship de tailed for use of the company renewed Interest will be taken In the drill and that tonight will see nearly all the members at tha Armory. Webfoot Oil Dressing, the greatest shoe grease made. All storea rises'' TRADa.MARK THE DEADLY FOE AND CONQUEOR OF RHEUMATISM Urkacl is not an experi ment, net a cure-all, but a tried and proved remedy that has been performiii(; wonderful work for years. The formula is that of a ' chemist of forty years ex perience. 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