THE BIORXiyo UKEGOMA!Tt TIIUItSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1912.
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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
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Ladies Home Journal Patterns
is our t)tOsr4
TODAY
You. ar eorjially uvitaj
to sat Lcr
Pattern Dept.
Main Floor
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Ukt le blated for Retlreaaeat.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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