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TITE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAN. TTTTJRSDAT, AUGUST 24. 1011. 18 MAbUiH E DELAYS WOODSTOCK DEAL Councilman Says Purchase o Fleck Water Plant Would Be "Absolute Steal." AUDITORIUM PERMIT HIT Gypsy Smith Structure Will Not 2 Boilt on Kamm Tract Ordi nance for Sale of City Jail Bonds raided. : t roira pboteedcngs yestkk- DAY. Councilman Mralr prarsnta third raadla ot rdlnsnca for pur chase of FUck water aystam In Woodstock. arWT Smith Aodltorlura pmnlt ravokad. Ortllnanca to sail IM,0) worth of municipal Jajl bone Norarabar 1 paassd. Sala of municipal sarbaca collodion bond poatponad. tea Commlaalon ordinance paaaad. Commission baa crand Jury powars without crand Jury raotrtctlona aa i a.cr.ry. Council Crrst llransa raduced from ISOO to 1130. Automoblla trucka racnlaisd. Gambling; and barricaded door or dmanca aaaana. Pollca D part inert to bar auto snobtla patrol: $5000 appropriation aJlowad. Approprtatloa of 1.0OO for Croaby atroet approach to Broadway brldre to rwi. f--r th at tha oresrn rato bain charred for water In tha Woodstock district, tha proprty-own-ern will In two yoaxa pay In full for tha Fleck plant and plpa ayatem. which tha waya and means comramm -,. r1,.iH.lt tmm nrominrndej that th t-lty purchaaa for $27.50. Councilman Majrulr aaaertad at tna council mm . I w v. . th. nuivhui of thi in J " j .- plant "la an absolute ateal from tha lt of IU.000.- . w J thai tha WMMlltOck (IV lU.IIMW.d. " ' . -- iltrl-t Is not settled, and saJd: Tf . . 11- . - .. Man'. tnnnlV Wat.f l . : w i. Bkri . .. . . f j to the people In the districts that are inhabited. I think wa onfni i ci m Water Hoard trial can. Ha endeavored to have the matter re ferred back to the waya and means committee, bat succeeded only In pre venUn tha third readlnjr of the ordi nance, thereby putting; over until tna next meeting; or me council me que tton of passage. Joj U r;es Pn rcha-e. Councilman Joy Insisted that tha city ourht to purchasa thl plant. He aald members of thst ward have been waiting; for IS or 10 years for Bull Run water and are entitled to ft. Thle la the onlv war to sret It," he said. know of no way to tret the plant rheaper. Tha aystem will eerve the tliatrlct while water mains of larrer alia are betnf laid by the water de- D.irtment. -Ton will never put Bull Run water into that district until you do It In this manner." ha continued. "The citizens out there have no water for fiRbtlnr; fires, and with tha Bull Run pipeline rompleted this week ma Is expected, there Is no reason why Woodstock should not have Bull Run water. They ourht not to be obliged to wait three or four years more. Theae people. Jiany of them, hare paid taxes 10 years. There are persons In that district. There Is no causa to censure tna A lter Board." Councilman Menefee took exception to Councilman Maaoire s remarks, say Inr they were an unjuet reflection upon the Water Board, lie said tha Hoard would not stoop to rob the pub lic, and that the 00 or 7000 citizens In that district are entitled to consid eration. Tha Gypsy Pmlth auditorium will not be built on the alte at the corner of Salmon and Chapman streets, aa planned by tnerabere of the committee. Tha City Council, at its meeting; yes terday, paaaad an ordlnanca rescinding; Its former permit to U. r. Johnson to construct tha auditorium on the Kamm tract. "I understood when I voted to rrant this permit." aald Councilman Watklna, "that thla auditorium was to be. built at tha head of Main street, between fifteenth and sixteenth streets, where tha only building; close at hand would be Mr. Karam's house. But I voted on It under misapprehension, and I think all the other membera of tha Council did likewise. "I was up that way the other day. and saw that they have staked out a a pace to by :60 feet, partly on a level and partly on the hill, within IS feat of seven dwellings, and within 100 teat of the Multnomah clubhouse. Danger to Club Iloaee Seen. "If that auditorium should take fire the bias would Jump across the street and ffut the clubhouse. There Is also a rhurch near tha alte for this building;. People la the neighborhood, who had experience with the recent Expoaltlon building fire, don't want another large frame building close to dwelling bouses. I have no objection to an audi torium of thVs character If It la erected on tha right location and with a auffl clent number of exits." The permit was revoked. It will now be necessary for the Gypsy Hrnlth committee to ap Vlv to the Council for a new permit. The ordinance providing that f 100.004 worth of municipal Jail bonds be sold, to provide for the building of a Jail, police station. Municipal Court and Kmergenry Hospital, was passed, with the provision that November 1 be fixed aa tha time for the sale of the bonds. Thla. It was thought, would give the waya and meana committee time to select a location. When tha queatton of the Issuance of 7S.oo worth of municipal garbage collection bonds came up. It waa de cided to defer this matter until the new crematory can be tasted. The ordinance waa referred to the health and police eommlttee. The ordinance providing for the Municipal Vice-Commission of IS. which waa paased yeaterday. provtdea that fhls Commission have the power to compel the attendance of witnesses, to examine them under oath, also to examine all documents which might have a bearing on Its Investigations. It Is provided that tha chairman of the Commission may call It together at any ttma. or that he may call the ether members together upon the re quest of five. Mayor Rushlight la authorised to appoint tha Commis sion. An ordinance appropriating $1000 for tha aaa of thla Commission waa referred to th wasa and means com mittee. Aa ordinance vaa paaaad reducin g , I tha snnusl license fee of A. Durhamp for Council Crest Park irom ouu to $150. Mayor Ruehllrht remarked that the reduction to I1S0 waa a large one, but Councilman Paly pointed out that Ituchamp Is not now conducting dances on Council Crest. Auto Trucks Regulated. An ordinance was passed regulating automobile trucks, stating the width of steel tlrea for trucks of varloua capacities, and providing that here after all auto trucks must pass over the center of Hawthorne bridge, in stead of over the streetcar right of way. Complaint haa been made here tofore that tnese heavy vehiclea loosen the planks. In order to make It easier to secure conviction of gamblers an ordinance waa naased making it unlawful to ex nose cards, dice, dominoes, fantan tables or other gambling paraphernalia in rooms where there are two or more oersons. and where the doors are bar rlcaded. It Is also unlawful for any nerson to visit such a room. Tn penalty Is a $300 Una or 90 days In Jail. Vigorous protest from Councilman Clyde waa made when an effort was made to pass an ordinance giving to the Honeyman Hardware Company the right to construct a spur track on the north side of Flanders street between Tenth and Eleventh streets. He wanted the company charged $25 a month for he use of the street, otner council men thought this company ought to be charged no more than otner nrma havlna- the same privilege. une or dinance was passed. The Sweeny 'Investment Company, was given permission to construct a fuel oil tank under the sidewalk at the southwest corner of Third and Washington streets. M. Palluf i riven nermlsslon to build a similar tank under the sidewalk on the north side of Twenty-second street, near Gllsan. An ordinance to provide $1000 to test the new crematory, and pay u. uu 1150 a month was passed. An ordinance giving the Police De partment $2000 for a patrol and Willi lanra automobile waa passed. Tha Council appropriated $11,000 from the Broadway bridge fund to build the retaining walla of the Crosby street arjnroach. The ordinance cancelling C. A- Allsky's permit for a stairway In tha sidewalk at Third and Morrison streets, but providing the forfeiture should not take effect until the present lease to the haaement expiree, waa killed by in definite postponement. The ordinance cancelling the- permit for a sidewalk stairway In the building on lot 4. block 17. at Sixth and Washington streets. was also Indefinitely postponed. Railway Given Permit. w i n T a. mIIviv waa srlven A UV - . . . ' - "C a permit to cross such streets as raTy be necessary on Its u jonna-1 roui dala extension. It Is to pay a license fee of 1100 a Bear. Tha oetltlon of A. N. Searle for more adequate fire protection In Montavllla was referred to the Executive uoaro. The. Knights of the Maccabees were riven permission to construct a two story frame building 50x100 feet at Twentv-thlrd and Savler streets. The lodge secured a permit last Spring, and excavated a basement, but the new building code prevented further work because the building conflicted witn lt- A resolution requesting the Water Board not to lay or permit to be laid within the city limits hereafter any water maina less than eight Inches In diameter was referred to the street committee, with Instructions to confer with the Water Board. The Free Employment Board, com- nosed of W. H. McMonles. Ralph C. Clvde and J. I Ledwldge. appointed by Mayor Rushlight, was connrmea py the Council yesterday. A report from the City Auditor showed Broadway bridge warrants drawn between August 8 and 2$ amounted to $85.04$. The balance In the Broadwnfr bridge fund. It was said Is $408.t:s. Riverside Sewer to Come Up.. The Council adjourned to meet in special session at 0:10 o'clock Satur day morning to hear complaints about the Riverside district sewer area. The Council will also consider the proposal to lav a new sewer along upper Mor rison street for the accommodation of buildings having deep basements. A resolution was Introduced by coun cllman Burgard and adopted yester day asking that the Public Dock Com mission fix at 4 per cent the Interest on the proposed bonds soon to be Is sued. Instead of fixing It at 4 H per cent and have a life of from 25 to SO years. The public dock bonds have a life of 50 years. PACIFIC MONTHLY BRIGHT September Ine Is Replete With Topical Articles. In the September number of the Pa' clflc Monthly are articles of special In terest to Oregon, and one to Portland In particular. "The Problem of Munic ipal Government and the Commission Plan." by Joseph Ian Miller, editor of The Single Tax Review, a student of modern political problems. He says that the Grand J u notion. Colorado, charter Is an advance over all other plans of city government by commit slon. In an article headed "Did tha Indian Protect the Forests?" Warren K. Co- man disposes of that much exploited fable, at the same time showing how the "annual burning plan Is Imprac ticabla at present. Ex-Governor Geer haa an Intereatlng nd timely article on Astoria; J. R Shepard. one of the pioneer orchardlats of the Willamette Valley and a "cherry expert." contributes an article valuablo tn would-be cherry growers, and tells why the Northwest Is becoming pre eminent as a cherry-growing region. Dr. C H. Chapman lets fly a quiverful of mighty sharp things, under the title. "Our Sacred Constitution and Its Guar dian Priesthood." Fletcher H. Brock man. for many years cloae observer of affaire In China. discusses with enthusiasm "The Trans formation of China, and Ita Significance to the Pacific Coast. SPECIAL TRAIN TO ASTORIA For Portland Hay Hound Trip $2.50. "The North Bank" Road will run spe cial fast train to Astoria. Friday, leav ing Portland 7:50 A. M. Only thr hours to Astoria giving practically en tire day there. Returning, arrive Port land 10:30 P. M. This will give axcel- lont opportunity for Portland business men and others to attend tha Cent en nlal and ahow recognition of Astoria's expenditure of $160,000 to celebrate the Centennial event. $1 TO ASTORIA $1. During the Centennial a special fare of $1 each way to Astoria has been made by the O.-W. R. A N, via steamer Potter, leaving Ash-Street dock at I A M. dally except Sunday; Saturday at 1 P. M, or on the steamers Harvest Queen or Hassalo. leaving at P. M.: Satur day. 10 P. M. All steamers touch at Astoria. ortn Baacn rate. good tor 10 days. $1. with stopovers at As- oria In either direction. Call at city ticket office. Third and Washington ti Attend th npmnnctratxon of "Caloric" Fireless Cookers 4th Floor Taste the Dainty Dishes Amsterdam's Orchestra Plays Daily. 11:30 to 2, in 7th Floor Restaurant-Express EievfltorService . "N. The Irish Lace Makers are attractinf? throngs to the second floor every day this week. Come and see the three pretty "Jl4r,o" -ninlrintr Trieh Tjar.PR. Neckwear. RUE'S and other arts as practiced in the Emerald Isle. Exhibit under auspices of Gaelic League and its Ameri- Vcan envoys, Rev. M. O '.Flanagan and x. .aiacajum. Skasssssss-s-ssawawaaasfe , ,,-....s-l Amateur Photo Contest Entries are coming in thick and fast for our First big Amateur Photo Contest, from September 4 to 16 inclusive. In all 17 prizes, amounting to $280. Entries received at the Executive Office, 6th floor. Open to Oregon, Washington, Idaho d Montana. . J $39 Dining Table and Chairs, 2 7. 9 8-August Sale l MF.Iir.R F-RAIVK'B F-OTTRTH FLOOR. ORDER BY MAIL. 125 $30.00 Buffets Only $20.98 Handsome solid oak Buffets, exactly as illustrated above, in fumed, Early English or waxed golden; regularly $30.00; August sale fifl Qft price, today, each $4V'VO ifelr $6.00 Breakfast Tables for $4.19 Convenient English Breakfast Tables, exactly as illustrated above; finished in fumed, Early Enghan, waxen vj i u or golden ; regularly o.uu t - - MEIER A FRANK'S FOURTH FLOOR. IU0 LETUP of interest in this Great August Furniture event we've planned as well, for the last as the first! This beautiful Dining Table with Chairs to match is built of solid Eastern oak. The Chairs are box seat style, with genuine leather upholstering. Choice of waxed golden or Early English finish. 1 Dining Table, at .$18 6 Dining Chairs, at $3.75..-.,.... .$21 The Outfit ....... ,......$39 -at $27.98! T a mm v r., h ML Mm mm :'i 'M V v. V'.A 1 1 -V.-A New Shipment of Crepe Underwear, Low Priced ORDER BY MAIL. MEIER ex FRANK'S SECOND FLOOR. AN ANN0UNCE1IENT that will be good news to the hundreds of women who've been waiting for the arrival of our new line of this pretty Crepe underwear. The dainty, new styles are shown, several pictured above, trimmed with strong torchon anri Vnl 1ip! viKhrm hpRflinp" and insertion. y C4JVA , -j, - - f ) wrvVhoKI-ir Kocf ftf nil pvptv frnrmpTit is marked SDlendidlv below what we've ever been able to sell them heretofore. Then, too they need no ironing. Think of the time and labor saved. ' SEE THE .FIFTH - STREET WINDOW DISPLAY New Crepe Gowns ?1.98 and SZ.4U. Crepe Combination Drawer and Corset Cover $1.69, 1.98, $2.49. Crepe Corset Covers 73. Long Crepe Skirts $2.50. Short Crepe Skirts 98. New Crepe Chemise $1.40. New Crepe Drawers 98. Rugs and Carpets Windup of the Great August Sale MEIER 4k FRANK! -THIRD FLOOR. ORDER BT MAIL. SAVINGS grow bigger as this August Event in the Rug and Carpet Store nears its end! Here is a new array of items for today and the balance of the week. Act now before it's too late! $22.50 Roxbury Rugs at $17.95 For years, Roxbury Rugs have been known the Nation over for their heavy, stalwart wearing quality. Full 9x12- $2.50 Wilton Carpets, $1.75 Just 6 patterns in these high-grade Wil ton Carpets. Handsome designs in neat, small figures, rich colorings. Best $2.50 grade, sewed, laid and lined, tf 1 7 C in August Sale at only, yd. J) X O $1.25 Velvet Carpets for 87c A splendid saving on these fine, heavy Velvet Carpets in pretty colorings of brown, cream and green. Also 10-wire Brussels Carpets of the heaviest Q7 grade. August Sale price, yard O C Algerian Porch Rug's $ 5.00 Algerian Rugs, 3x5 feet, $ 3.95 $ 7.50 Algerian Bugs, 4x7 feet, 5.65 $15.00 Algerian Bugs, 6x7 feet, $10.85 $20.00 Algerian Hugs, 7:6x10:6 feet, $13.45 $ 1.75 Algerian Porch Runners, yard, $1.25 foot size ; always sold at 7 ft? $22.50. August Sale price (91 JJ $16 Brussels Rug's, $9.85 More than a third saved on these excel lent quality Tapestry Brussels Rugs of full 9xl2-foot room size. A score of artistic patterns. $16 Rugs. riQ QC August Sale price only, each ieOO Alamo Rug's Reduced Two of the best sizes in these splendid Alamo Rugs in the August Sale under priced : $10.00 Alamo Rugs, 9x12 feet, today, S6.25 $11.00 Alamo Rugs, 10:6x12 feet, $7.35 Two Big Specials in Linoleums 70c Printed Linoleum good, heavy $1.25 Inlaid Linoleum extra heavy grade in block.parquetry and hard- p-Q prad e in pile, imitation hardwood, Q-7 wood imitations. Special sq. yd. OOC I block and parquetry designs. Sq.yd.JI C Two Huge Lots of Drapery Goods, 5c an Sc ORDER BT MAIL. MEIER A KRAJSK'S THIRD FXOOR. ORDER BT MAIL. IT'S another big purchase for the August Homefurnishing Sale! Huge mill lots of new, desirable Drapery Fabrics, divided into two prices. Quantities can't possibly hold out longer than today at such amazing 7 J. V A Zi. . I Va. aj . aft 1 t 11 J 1 A ll. A?. nAlAflMl prices. .Kead botn 01 tne items oeiow ana come eany tor tne iir&i, bcicul.lu.lj 300ft Yards of Drapery Goods at 5c including Printed Du plex Scrims, Madrases, etc., in ecru grounds with floral and Art Nouveau designs. Lengths of 1 to 6 yards, though many pieces in the same pattern. Regularly sold at 15c, today 5c a yard. 1400 Yards of Drapery Goods at 8c this lot includes mostly plain and checked scrims in ivory and ecru. Full 36 inches wide for overdrapes and curtains. Every yard is the best 15c trrade. In this extraordinary sale today at only 8c a yard. 4 ad 12V2C Flannel ettes for 8V3c! JUST the splendid, warmly - fleeced Flan nelettes that you 11 want yards of later on for ki monos, dressing sacques. And the lot won't last today, if women but appreciate the saving. Full 31-inch, in medium and dark Bhade; best 12,0 ClAr grades; per yard Elyria Val. Laces, 8c ELYRIA Val. Laces, made in America, so fine and dainty that they are far superior to foreign grades at the same price! A lot of Elyn kdges and In sertions, 1 to 3 inches wide; worth 12c and 15c; special Q today while they hist, yd $9.00 Lawn Swings, $4.95 Local Wholesaler's Surplus MEIER at FIIAAK'S FIFTH FLOOR. ORDER BT MAIL. A LOCAL wholesale house wanted to clean up their stock of Lawn Swings quoted a price that enables us to sell them at less than regular cost to make ! Large two-passenger Lawn Swings, as illustrated, made of ' selected Oregon fir, strongly Dut together with bolts; red or green finish. Reg- oj A nfi ular $9.00 Swings PtaivO The balance of our entire stock of Hammocks; anv style, size or color, from $1.50 1- fff to $10.00, at V3 VIi S10.00 Lawn Swings Today -Four-pas senger; in red or green, QC at only, each w $7.95 sus- Our regular $8.45 and Khaki Couch Hammocks, pended by strong Q chains; final cleanup v 75c Mail Boxes for 59c i Is $1.50 Oxidized Copper Mail Boxes With package holder, glass front plate and cylinder lock; rust proof, at $1.19 MEIER FRASK'S BASEMEXT. EVERY home should have one of these durable, artistic Mail Boxes. Made exactly as illustrated to the left, of cold rolled steel, finished in glossy black. Strong cylinder lock package" holder and glass front g f plate. Regular 75c Mail Boxes, at JDiC 50c Cast Iron Mall Boxes Black Japanned, with large door and staple for padlock, 39 85c Steel Mall Boxes Of cold rolled steel, with enamel finish ; cylinder lock, 2 keys, 68 $1.25 Steel Mail Boxes Black enamel fin ish, with glara front plate, cylinder lock, 99 $2 Brass Mail Boxes Hand some brushed finish, with package holder and glass name plate; rtrong cyl. lock, $1.69 I i Xir To $4 Brushes, 9 5c Samples . . --.t. . a nn 'n iri.nnR. nnnRR BY MAIL. unril m. voiVKK-FIRST FLOOR. ORDER BY MAIL. HERE'S a Brush with the heaviest Siberian bristles, set in a solid ebony back. It would sell regularly for $4. And the cheapest Brush in this splendid purchase of a maker's sample and surplus lots is worth $1.50 then $Z.dv, $3 ana up to $4, 95c Fully 20 different styles, seven of which are illustrated; bristles from 6 to 11 rows: set in ebony, rosewood, birdseve maple and tiger ebony backs. SEE THE DISPLAY IN FIFTH- L STREET WINDOW. Choice, 95 Q5c $8.50 Cowhide Suitcases 56.80 ASTROXG, large Cowhide Suit case, such as these, always stands ready for the business trip, a jaunt to the seashore or mountains. Heavy, genuine Cowhide, 24- lnch size, with straps all around, reinforced handles, brass locks and bolts, linen lined throughout, with shirt fold. Reg- JJ QA ular $8.50 Suitcases DOOLF $7.50 Cowhide Suitcases 24 inch size, linen lined, with shirt fold. Brass locks d as Q and bolts, today at aOO.CVj $2 and $2.25 Matting' Suitcases 22 and 24-inch sizes, cloth-lined. leather corners and strong handle. Specially priced today at only SI .55 Comforters WITH Fall in sight, you can hardly have too many of these light, warm, downy Comforts ! All covered with pretty silkoline. Until Saturday night these August prices will prevail: $1.25 Comforters at, each, $1.05 $1.50 Comforters at, each, $1.29 $1.75 Comforters at, each, $1.53 $2.00 Comforters at, each, $1.69 $2.50 Comforters at, each, $2.05 $3.00 Comforters at, each, $2..55 $4.00 Comforters at, each, $3.45 New Austrian Wool-Filled Com forters at $4, $4.50 and $5 4