TITE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAN. TTTTJRSDAT, AUGUST 24. 1011.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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