THE BIORXiyo UKEGOMA!Tt TIIUItSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1912. 7 v d Floor-Lunch ir lea Koom, r aoor DODGE AND CLARKE MAT LOSE PLACES Retirement of Water Depart ment Superintendent and Engineer Is Slated. HEADS OBJECT OF INQUIRY Complete Reorganisation SaJd to Be Aim of Investigation of Employes' Acta MeMlng Tuesday May Reveal fpheaval Plan. Frark T. Dwlge. superintendent, and D. D. Clarke, chief engineer, are dated by the Water Board for retirement, arrortllnr to the beat Information ob tainable In official circle. Both hare heid their reepectlre poaitlona for years and have grown up with the aervlce from the time when It waa compara tively a amall plant until the prenent. when It la Talued at approximately $10, 00.000. itetlrement of Superintendent Dodge and Engineer Clarke I" aatd to be one of the chief objects of the Investiga tion of the department, now under way by order of Mayor Rushlight, aqd which Is In charge of a commit tf-e composed of F. W. Winn and W. B. Mackay. Head Meterman Murphy's suspension on charges of selling prop erty belonging to the city Is but a aide Issue. It Is said, and an Incident In the proposed reorganisation of the entire aystem. Guarded statements by officials high In authority clearly Indicate that It Is the Intention to displace the head of ficers of the executive and engineering departments and to proceed with a complete reorganisation of the work ing system. Mayer's Cfcargea .Vessel loaaL While there have been Intimations of Investigations Into alleged misconduct of other employes than Meterman Mur phy, these rumors have not been con firmed, but Mayor Rushlight, hlmsolf, has said under oath that he has In formation that Involves the entire de partment In questionable affairs. Sell ing lead pipe and water oocks Is charged against Mr. Murphy, and It Is said that other employes have profited In the transactions. Mr. Murphy main tains that he had a right to sell the property and says that It was such craps as were taken up from private owners and did not belong to the city. Mayor Rushlight Intimates, however, that the sal of a few small supplies Is by no means the beginning and tha end of the affair, and It Is believed that be has Information of a nature that will cause a sensation when It la mad public A meeting of the Water Board will be held next Tuesday afternoon at which the chargt-s against Mr. Mur phy will be considered further, and it la believed that at that time action will be taken Indicating the probable course of the Mayor and members. It Is believed that. In the near future, the Mayor and members of the Board will call for the resignations of Superin tendent Dodge and Engineer Clark and that, if they are not forthcoming, both will be discharged for the good of the service. Imm tar Reeraasdsatlesu Commissioner Winn, speaking of the situation yesterday morning, said that he has made up his mind that nothing short of a complete reorganisation of the department will suffice to put it on a modern basis. "Our Water Department Is the most Important asset we have." said Mr. Winn, "and It must not be permitted to run behind. It must be kept up to the highest standard of efficiency. Every taxpayer la a stockholder In the plant, for It belongs to the public, and should be run on a strictly fair and Impartial basis. No favors should be shown to one set of Individuals or firms that are not shown to others. We pay first-class salaries and jvre must have flrst-clasa service from our employes." Superintendent Dodge's salary la IJ5t a month and Chief Engineer Clarke's Is 1400 a month the same as that paid the Mayor. Kriends of Superintendent Dodge de clare that his administration of the department's affairs has been of the highest order. They say he has oper ated the plant on an economical basis and that h baa mad an enviable reo-ord. NURSES VISIT 539 SICK .rtitlly In ltownibrr Is Shown by VUlling Association Report. As shown by the report of the Visit ing Nurse Association during the month of December, 63 vlalta were made by the nurses maintained by that organisation. For the same period 414 quarts of milk and Ss doxen eggs were provided for tuberculosis patients. In the four weeks of December there were CI tuberculosis patients In the care of the association, of which 17 uses were new. The association la maintaining four tuberculosis patients at two sanitariums. Arrangements are to be made to send a sufferer from tuberculosis to his home in Philadel phia. At th meeting of the board of direc tors yesterday arrangements were made for the annual tea to be given by the association Saint Valentine's day. Cnder the terms of the agreement wtth the Red Cross Society no part of the funds realised from the sale of Red Cross seals can be used for cases other than tuberculosis. It Is, there fore, necessary for the association to hold thla tea to carry on Its work among the poor of the city. Tb com mittee In charge of the arrangements Is directed by Mrs. W. B. Ayer. Additional returns from 'the sale of Red Cress seals shows tbe fund to be 1X127. There are a number of pub lic schools still to be heard from. The Alnsworth School yesterday turned 130 ever to th general committee. SALE OF LAND DETERMINED Logged-Off Property of Weyer haeuser to Be on Market, N. B. Coffman. president of the Southwestern Washington Logged-Off Lands Association, spoke at tha Ad Club luncheon In the Portland Hotel yesterday on the problem of the logged-off lands of the Northwest. The Weyerhaeuser Comrany has. he announced. made arranvemente wtth th Southwestern Washington Devel opment League to se.l Its logged-off land to sett. ers at a price to be fixed by joint appraisers from th company and th development league. J. K. Rarnea. secretary of the development league, was tn Portland yesterday. Mr. Coffman said, to confer with the Swiss Consul regarding the establishment of a Swiss colony on S000 acres of logged off land near Klma. vhlch the lum ber company had agreed to dispose of at 110 as acre. This, he noted, was only one of the features In th move men to utllfze the logged-off lands. The development league was long unable to Induce the timber Intererts to part with their land, and finally accomplished thla purpose by taxing tha property heavily so tht th com panies found It to their Interest to dispose of It. Instead of holding It to tbe exclusion of settlers. Mr. Coffman said that he believed the reclamation of logged-off lands on the Pacific Coast was to be the main eourc of the country's agricul tural prosperity In tbe future. A. W. Hendricks, president of th American Safety Powder Company, spoke also on th reclamation of logged-off lands, supplementing the remark of Mr. Coffman.. R. W. Ray mond, chairman of the day, gave a abort talk on "Advertising by Dem onstration." A commute of 10. with Charles Berg as chairman, waa ap pointed to meet with a committee Manicuring and Hairdressiri Parlors. Secon Standard Sewing Machines Sold on the Sl.OO a Weeh Club Plan, Second Floor Pept f Olds, Wortoaim 1 1 ''S?vi' -H r -.v i t I . r .- : V , J 1 '. w v- 1 1 : r V'-- ' j 3 ' v -.-. A At I CL . I I All i'urs at V2 Price p Eliimgl ft i Sale zszzf Mr. H. SJowkJ fe S4 ofNVork nSM I Representing tts pi ' '.X l5$y I m r t ''y I Manutscturer ot IwtyA Ladies Home Journal Patterns is our t)tOsr4 TODAY You. ar eorjially uvitaj to sat Lcr Pattern Dept. Main Floor 51 'l !"-' i- i ; - mm 'mm Fraak X. DMlti neiperiaieaaeal 4 f (he C!ty-e vater uepani Ukt le blated for Retlreaaeat. eat, S from the Rotary Club and arrange for a Joint entertainment of the members of the City Council by the two clubs January In the Interest of tb Greater Portland Plans Association. cresceFW goal OREGOX EASTERN' SAID TO HAVE LET BIO CONTRACT. il is Mrs. Sadowski's earnest desire to meet all dress makers, homesewere and those who have never used patterns. Her long experience enables her to explain the accuracy and simplicity of Ladies' Home Journal Patterns. Garment Department, Second Floor. Great Clearance Sale of our entire stock of high-grade Furs, comprising all women's and children's Coats, Tur Sets, Scarfs and Muffs, from the cheapest to the best; we guarantee the qualities as represented; every garment and every piece have been examined by an expert J . PP6 before going into our stock. Our entire stock now at ' $15 Raincoats $7.98 AH Other Eaincoate Reduced. A great Clearance, Sale of women's Raincoals, in the wool serge, with rubberized back, in tan, brown, gray, olive, black and navy colors; excel lent models, styled with military collars and sleeves. A full gy QQ range of sizes from 31 to 44; our best regular values to $15, at V Women's Suits V2 Price $15 Suits 7.50 $75Suits $3750 Portland's Largest and Best Suit Store. Customers who shop about tell us that we are showing the largest and best stock of fine tailored suits in all Portland. The assortment is so broad and varied that every taste may be satisfied, every color and every quality one could wish for is assembled in this special lot of $lo.00 J -to $75 suits. They are placed on Clearance Sale at, your choice Clearance Sale Women's Waists $4.50 Grades 3.38 $10 Grades S7.50 ORDER BT MAIL. An extraordinary clearance of our entire stock of women's all-linen Waists, ranging in price from $4.50 up. All are" of beautiful quality Irish linen, styled with collars and cuffs, plain or embroidered, eyelet or Mexican drawn work, with soft cuffs, others have plaited fronts, also tailored ' styles, priced as follows: $6.75 Waists only $5.05 $4.60 Waists only $3.38 $5.00 Waists only $3.75 1.00 Waists only $4.50 i.50 Waists only $4.87 ?7.50 Waists only $5.63 $8.50 Waists only $6.37 $10.00 Waists at $7.50 Great Report II aa It That Line Will Rush Work. From Dos; Moontala West to Meet Natron Cntoff. Since contracts have been awarded for the construction of a portion of the Oregon Eastern Railroad westward from Dog Mountain, the western ter minus of the line now under construc tion out of Vale, the Harrlman Inter ests. It Is understood, will rush this project through to Crescent, where It will connect with the Southern Paclfl's Xatron-Klamath cutoff Immediately. Kllpatrlck Bros., of Beatrice. Neb., who were awarded th contract. It Is reported, will start to work west of Dog Mountain early In the Spring. This means that the new line will be ready for operation by th time th Southern Pacific's road between Eu gene and Cooa Bay la completed, thus affording th Harrlman aystem a new short cut to th Paclflo Ocean, as Crescent and Eugene will be connected by means of the line now being built between Natron and Klamath Falls. It Is said that tha Harrlman inter ests propose to make Cooa Bay a ahlp plng point for th distribution of freight, following the completion of the Panama Canal. Thla accounts for the haste to have the new line ready within the next two years, or as soon aa the Canal Is completed. The plan Is to send freight originating on the Atlantic Seaboard through the canal to Coos Bay and thence distribute It to Its destination In various parts of the West and Northwest. It la believed that the entire country west of the Hooky Mountains can be served In thla manner. To give vessels cargo for the return trip to the East, lumber will be loaded. Jt is bettered that a cer tain quantity of rail ahlpmenta also can be hauled from that port. Al though Coos Bay at present lacks suf ficient depth to permit the entrance of the class of vessels that will ply tnrough the can:U, It Is believed that the Improvements now contemplated there will make their accommodation possible. The port of Florence, at the mouth of the Sluslaw River, also has been suggested as the baala of operations for th new Harrlman road, and It la believed that thla will receive consid eration. Florence will be on of th principal point on th Una between Eugene and Marshfleld. Work now is under way on a Jetty, and wiTh other Improvements planned. It la pointed out that this place could be made an advantageous terminal. Whatever plana tha Harrlman Inter ests have made for certain business for their new cross-state Una will not In terfere with traffic In and out of Port land, aa this city always will remain the natural shipping point for tha grain, fruit, lumber and other producta of the territory east and northwest of tha city. With the completion of tbe two oon tracta, that from Vale to Dog Moun tain, and that from Dog Mountain to Crescen. the Harrlman system will have tne shortest line between Chi cago and the Paclflo Coast with Florence as th Western terminus. However, the distance to Portland vir tually would be tha same over the new cross-state line aa that to Florence. i,n account of the superior advantages for distributing, storing and handling traffic from this city it Is believed that the advantage of a day that will be saved by going from the canal to Coos Bay or to Florence Instead of to Port land will not divert the regular traf ilc away from this port. Moreover. It ia believed that the through east-bound business will be routed out of Port land over the Southern Pacific to Eu gene and thence over the new rail route through Central Oregon to des tination. RENT HIGH-GRADE PIANO $3 Checkering. Krsnlch Bach. Stein way, ft per month rents new pianos. Kohler. Weber and other good makes. Rent can apply on purchase price. Kohler Chase, 37S Waahlngton at. , Disk Record. Even If you did not get a Vlctrola for Christmas, you should soon learn that the Victor record is th best la the world. It wears longer. Sherman. Clay Co, Sixth at Morrison. Draperies by the Yard, Portieres, Etc., $7.50 Portieres at 4.35 Pair Drapery Department, Third Floor. Clearance sale of beautiful art crash Portieres, in all the most popular colors, with artistic stenciled borders. Our regular fA QEJ stock values at $7.50 pair. Clearance Sale price at EI0H TAPESTEY PORTIERES. All the newest and most popular patterns in plain or fancy colors, fringed, cord or braid finish, only one or two pair of a kind. Priced S7.50 Tapestry Portieres, $4.75 II $17.60 Tap'y Portieres, $10.79 ?12 Tapestry Portieres, $6.75 II $50 Tapestry Portieres, $32.50 35c Art Scrim, the Yard, 21c 05c Curtain Swiss at 37c Clearance sale of neat art scrim, very fine quality, 36 inches wide, cream and white ground with beautiful floral borders; pi our regular 35c quality, Clearance Sale of fine quality Curtain Swiss, in fancy check pat tern, for sash curtains or small doors ; ecru or white color. O r7g 60 inches wide ; 65c grade, v Crash Portieres at $1 Each Clearance Sale art crash Portieres, with neat, attractive stenciled borders in brown, green, blue, tan, crimson and rose; sample lengths, iy2 yards long and 50 inches wide. These same Portieres in full length sell for $7.50 a pair. For this Clearance Sale we 1 ff specially price these sample lengths at only, your choice, ylww S6 Lace Curtains S3.10 $5 Vals. $2.00 Clearance Sale of Irish point lace Curtains with wide border in rich floral designs on the best French net ; 45 inches wide ; 3 yards long. Our regolar $6.00 val- (tO, 1 fl nes: special, the pair, P- v $2.00 Nottingham Curtains $1.25 $3.75 Nottingham Curtains $2.50 Clearance Sale of fine Nottingham Curtains, in rich floral Brussels lace, Irish point and fillet patterns, in Arabian, Ivory and white; full width and length. Keduced. as iouows: Clearance sale cluny lace Curtains made on the best quality double-, thread net. Pretty lace edge with' insertion to match; a popular, good-wearing, $5.00 d0 JA Curtain; special, pair, p5eVv $2.00 Curtains, the pair, $1.25 $2.25 Curtains, the pair, $1.40 $3.00 Curtains, the pair, $1.90 $3.75 Curtains, the pair, $2.50 $14.00 Lace Curtains, pr., $9.35 w $17.50 Lace Curtains, $11.65 J AA T rtr.4-i4riS CIO O BT $35 Lace Curtains, pr., $21.90 $40 Lace Curtains, pr., $22.35 Bar g' a i n Circlie No, 1 Center of Main Floor 2-int-l House Dress $2.50 Val. $1.79 All main aisles lead to this eounter. A great one-day sale of women's two-in-one House Dresses, made of good quality percale or outing flannel, in the Dutch neck style, with sailor collars. Can be worn as kimono or house dress; will fit any waist, bust or hips without altering or removing the dress; all are neatly trimmed; regular values to $2.50. djl 7Ck These garments are placed on sale for this day only at, each, P $3.25 Lace Curtains at S2.20 $40 Lace curtains ai ?su.o3 Clearance Sale of 2, 3 and 4-pair lots of Arabian lace and cluny lace Curtains: 2Vo and 3 vards long. Reduced as follows: $3.25 Lace Curtains, pair, $2.20 $3.75 Lace Curtains, pair, $2.50 $5.50 Lace Curtains, pair, $3.65 $6.00 Lace Curtains, pair, S4.00 $8.50 Lace Curtains, pair, $5.65 Clearance All Men's Bath Robes $5.00 Robes at $3 $7.50 Robes $3.98 $10 Robes $5.98 $12 Ho bee $8.48 $15 Robes $8.48 Hundreds of men 'a Bathrobes of good quality blanket cloth, German eiderdown, terry cloth, etc., priced at the above great reductions. Etc jm IWkM la. II I 11 T I t i 1 1 1 1. i Bargain Circle No. 2 Main F.oor-Between the Elevators $1.00 Union Suits 59c Women's 65c Underwear 39c Clearance of women's Union Suits, with long or short sleeves, good, heavy Winter weight, odds and ends of this season's good-selling CQ values to $1.00; special, only-''' Women's flannel Vests and Pants, medium and heavy weight, knee or ankle length; some white, some cream colors; values to 65c; QQ specialized at, the garment -''I Children's 40c60c Hose 22c Bargain Circle Clearance of children 's ribbed cashmere Stockings, full fasnioned, merino heels and toes, medium and heavy weight; sizes OO. run from 6 to 9; our regular 40c to 60c values. Clearance price, 5eiV Odd Lines of Brass 12 Price ON SALE THIRD FLOOR $4.00 Brass Jardinieres, specl, $4.50 Brass Jardieneres, spec'l, $6.00 Brass Jardinieres, spec'l, $6.70 Brass Jardinieres, spec'l, $5.50 Brass Jardinieres, spec'l, $7.50 Erass Jardinieres, spec '1, $8.50 Brass Jardinieres, spec'l, $10.00 Brass Jardinieres, sp'l, $11.00 Brass Jardinieres, spl, $19.00 Brass Jardinieres, spl, S2.00 S osr S3.00 S2.75 S3.75 S5.00 S5.50 S9.50 $1.50 Brass Vases, Clearance, $2.35 Brass Vases, Clearance, $2.50 Brass Vases, Clearance, $3.50 Brass Vases, Clearance, $4.50 Brass Vases, Clearance, $5.00 Tankards and Pitchers, $6.00 Tankards and Pitchers, $7.50 Tankards and Pitchers, $9.00 Tankards and Pitchers, $10.00 Tankards and Pitchers, at 755 $1.19 S1.25 S1.75 S2.50 S3.00 S3.75 84.50 85.00 $15 Coats at $4.95 A lot comprising 75 women's Coats, full lengths, odd lines, all good, serviceable col ors and popular styles, plain colors and mixtures; some Raincoats; all good, serv iceable colors. Values to $15. GiA QC Clearance Bale price, choice at JVVJ Mill Cleanup of Warm BlanKets $9.00 BlanKets, Pair, $0.00 $8.00 BlanKets, Pair, $5.50 ON SALE TODAY FIRST FLOOR NEAR ELEVATORS A very advantageous purchase brings these Blankets to the big store at these prices. They are the good, dependable Oregon make, of Oregon wool, pure white, with pink or blue borders, and bound with taffeta silk binding; full-sized double bed blan- Oft kets; $8.00 values, $5.50, and $9.00 values, special, pair, pvi.W Phone your orders. "We guarantee them to please you. asemeinU-4 B 50c Embroid'ry Flouncing's 27c Yard In the Basement "Underprice Store." A Clearance Sale of Swiss embroidery flounc ing, 27 inches wide, beautiful patterns; un usual 50-cent values; - suitable for aprons, children's wear, underwear, c'c' 07 Special Clearance Sale price, yard, C Children's 15c StocKing's at 9c Pair In the Basement "Underprice Store." A sale of children's black cotton Hose, full ribbed, good quality, reinforced heels and toes; a full line of sizes in the lot. Our regular 15c values. Special Clear ance Sale price, your choice at, pair, Outing Flannel 5000 Yards 4c Yard Clearance Sale of 5000 yards of outing Flannel and Gingham, mill-ends in lengths of 5 to 20 yards; all good patterns and col ors, for gowns, kimonos, aprons, dresses, etc. These goods are priced-special A for our Clearance Sale at only, yard, BOND JUGGLI'JG ALLEGED C. E. SOCfER I.VTERVEXES IX TELEPHONE COSEPAXT CASE. San Diego Litigant Blames P. L. 'n ulla and California!! for Trou bles of Long Distance Firm. Presiainar Judge Gatena jreaterflay al lowed the request of Charles EL Sum ner, of Saa Dleg-o, to intervene aa a de fendant In the case of the Title Trust at Insurance Company against the Northwest Long - Distance Telephone Company, an action to foreclose on the property of the telephone company be cause of failure to par Interest on out standing bonds. The Home Telephone A Telegraph Company, of Portland, which owns stock In the long-distance company and does business over its lines, has also been allowed to inter vene as a defendant. Mr. Sumner alleges that he ts a stock holder to the egtent of nearly $100,000, at par, of the Northwestern Lone-Distance Telephone Company, and that he has a Judgment for S500O against tbe company which was obtained In the California courts. He charges that P. U Willis, of Portland, and C A. Mead, of California, have manipulated the af fairs of the Northwestern company through the medium of the Title Trust & Insurance Company and California securities company, both of which they control. He alleges that they have ob tained control of the Northwestern company through this combination and have issued bonds recklessly and Ille gally for the purpose of bankrupting the company, their ultimate object being to allow the Bell telephone In terests to take it over, and thus stifle competition. Colonel Sumner also filed an applica tion yesterday for t.ie appointment of a receiver for the Northwestern com pany, declaring that this waa the only way the affairs of the corporation could be adjusted with Justice to all concerned. Judge Oatens deferred hearing on the application until Janu ary 15, to allow the Title Trust & In suiance Company an opportunity to prepare Its side of tne case. SETTLER THANKS BOOKLET Homesteader Grateful to Commercial Club for Bringing; Htm West. A letter was received at the Port land Commercial Club yesterday from a homesteader, who had come to Ore gon as a result of the publicity litera ture sent out from the publicity bu reau of the Commercial Club, and had written to the department extending his thanks for the part It played In bringing him to Oregon. The writer is settled on a small ranch at Necanlcum, near Seaside, which he says he intends to trans form Into a dairy farm. His letter con tained many queries about the live stock industry of the state and about methods of dairy farming In Oregon. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription Is tbe best of all medicines for the cure of diseases, disorders and weaknesses peculiar to women. It is the only preparation of its kind devised by a regularly gradu ated physician an experienced and skilled specialist in the diseases of women. It is a safe medicine in any condition of the system. THE ONE REMEDY which contains no alcohol and no injurious habit-forming - drags and which ' creates no a raving for such stimulants. THE ONE REMEDY so good that its makers are not afraid to print its every ingredient on each outside bottle -wrapper and attest to the truthfulness of the same under oath. It is sold by medicine dealers everywhere, and any dealer who hasn't it can get it. Don't take a substitute of unknown composition for this medicine or known COMFOSmoN. No counterfeit is as good as the genuine and the druggist who says something else is "just as good as Dr. Pierce's" is either mistaken or is trying to deceive yon for hit own selfish benefit. Such a man is not to be trusted. He it trifling with your most priceless possession your health may be your life itself. Set that you get what you asi for. U Hi