THE MORNING O R EG OXIA X, TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1912.. Turn to Our Great Double-Page Easter Sale Advertisement on Pages 1 0 and 1 1 , Today THE MEIER & FRANK COMPANY, ESTABLISHED 1857. WEATHER FORECAST FAIR TODAY. THE MEIER & FRANK C0.r5th, 6th, Morrison and Alder Sts. pendoiis mis and Umderw 11,500 New, Perfect Garments Bought to Sell Below Ordinary Ejp Wholesale Cost When Gotham Manufacturing- Co. Reorganizes ! Entire Lots on Sale Today See Morrison St. Window Display 20 Piirehase'''Gtham S ear! il ' I s. , 8 5 . ZY II II ' ' -V!kv. 11 : In but a few years the "Gotham" line has become nationally famous. The celebrated Gotham trade mark and motto, "The Shirts and Underwear of a Gentleman, is known and accepted by men from New York to Portland, as the hallmark of style, qualitv and 'comfort. Outside of New York City, we arc the largest distributers of Gotham Shirts and Underwear in America! The wonderful growth of the Gotham Manufacturing Company demanded an enlargement of the firm on January J, and during the 6200Gotham$1.50 $2 Shirts, Today 95c TRADE course of reorganization our' Men's Furnishing Goods buyer arrived in New York. The present made-up stock of Gotham Shirts and Underwear was to be cleared out. We secured 6200 fresh, crisp new Gotham Shirts and 5300 garments of Gotham Ath letic Underwear to sell, at less than ordinary wholesale cost. ' The entire purchase goes on sale today, at the height of timeliness for men who will want new apparel for Easter. On sale in Men's Store Morrison-Street Entrance. MARK Thirty-nine eases of these famous "Gotham" Shirts have been tinpaeked since the purchase arived Saturday! Every fabric, style and color included. White box and knife plaited Shirts. Plain white, tan and fancy Oxford Outinj? Shirts with soft French cuffs. Short stiff-bosom Shirts. Negligee and Golf Shirts with plaited or plain fronts. J Every possible pattern and coloring. Madrases, penangs. Russian corda and fine imported shirtings in smart black-and-white pin stripes, pencil stripes, neat, small figures of every kind, tvery one full cut and perfectly finished. I Cuffs attached and detached. All sizes, from the 13Vs for boys, to men's 18. Every Shirt bears the Gotham label. Finest $1.50 and $2 grades today, 05c. 5300 Gotham to $2.50 Shirts and Drawers, 65c di mtr. IflJ- Gotham is the original athletic-style Underwear! And in this great purchase are the identical grades and fabrics listed in "The Gotham Fook" at $1, $1.50, $2 and $2.50. Think of it ! 65c. Fine, plain mercerized cloths, soisettes, satin-striped soi scttes, silk-and-linen weaves, in white, blue, tan, pink and helio. The Shirts are coat style and sleeveless. The Drawers all made with double seats and patent adjustable waistband. Shirts in all sizes, 30 to 46; Drawers in sizes 28 to 42. Every garment bears the famous "Gotham" label. Secure your Summer supply of this cool, sanitary Gotham Under wear today. Not a garment in the lot worth under $1.50. Mostly $1.50, $2 and $2.50 grades. Choose early, as the sup ply can it last long at 65c a garment. mAh- 1 D tl it comes 1 4 1. - l. W Nearer and tlavs there'll come from across the ocean from over the -lands afar will come to the people of Portland and the great Northwest a message of interest to you. Watch this space again tomorrow. D a D A. 6101 TELEPHONES PACIFIC, PRIVATE EXCHANGE 4; HOME, oys'$l,$1.25 Shirts 69c the CPLENDID, soft Negligee Shirts for "Boys. They're w regular $1.00 and $1.25 jrrades. militarv collar . o t . : o .7 . ----- -. $1.65 "We've 25 doz for this sale style, in neat stripes of blue, tan, etc. Boys' $2.00 Scratch Hats; an assortment of about 25 doz en, in nobby telescope shapes of all colors. Special today Third Floor, New Bnlldingr. UVENTY FOU TANS PRESENTED TO CITY Gift of S. Benson, Millionaire Timber Operator, Pleases Portland Water Board. termination to Install at Mb own ex pense 20 beautiful fountains." The fountains will be scattered throughout the streets of the business district, at points to be selected by City k-nglneer Hurlburt. They are of bronse and cost about 1300 at the factory. Freight and Installation will bring- the cost per fountain up to $500, making- a total expenditure of 110,000 by Mr. Benson. TOTAL COST IS $10,000 Drinking Place, of "Bubbling" Type, to Tic Placed Down Town. lonir Anxious to Keep Men Out of Saloon. Twenty beautiful bronze fountains, of the "bubbling tpe. latest design, have been donated to the city by S. Benson millionaire timber operator, known all over the country, and who has large holding lu rorlland. Their total cost 1 1 10.000. Ill munificent gift was announced by Frank T. Iodge. superintendent of the Water Department, at a meeting of fie Water Board yesterday afternoon, llr. tKxlge has known Mr. Benson for many years, and is much elated over tiie donation. Mayor Rushlight and members of the Board were delighted and. without hesl tatlon. Toted to supply the water for the fountains, which are to be Installed in the business districts at the discre tion of the City Knglneer. Olft riewea Water Board. "I think this act on the part of Mr. IVtiaon la one of the most notable and thoughtful." said the Mayor, after Mr. Dole had explained the situation and had exhibited some designs that had been prepared by the manufacturers. 'T think the Board should furnish the atr for the fountains. We need more aitlons of this kind." "It is an art such as makes one hap py." said Theoilore B. Wilcox, one of !.: members of the Board. "Thank God. there Is some one who wants to i:le away something- In the iltj- that w t:i make other bnpplrr. I move that tve authorise the furnishing of the i,ei-essarv water gratis, and that this Board thank Mr. Iteunon for his dona tion." J. C Alnswortu. W. B. Ma-kar and W. Finn, the other members of tfco Hoard, expressed great pleasure, and tie vote was unanimous, Mr. Beaaoa Kxplala Art. "Mr. Benson." said Superintendent I'odge. "has said that to making the tity a gift of these fountains, he has ,i often noted the fact that thousands f men are tempted to go Into saloons for a drink, when, were It possible for them to get Bull Run water from a public fountain on the sidewalk, they would gladly do so. His dmlre to help the general public ajid to assist In pro xtdlng an ample water supply In the more rengeated districts, led to his de- JUNKET TRAIN PROVIDED Southern Pari fie to Offer Special Service to Corvallls. J. M. Scott, of the Southern Pacific Company, announced yesterday that the company would put on the road for the business men's excursion to Corvallls April C5-:7 a special train of six roaches. Including four sleepers, an ob servation and baggage car, capable of accommodating more than 100 per sons. No diner will be aranged, since banquets, luncheons and other enter tainments of that kind are being pre pared for the exrnrslonlsts In Mc.Mlnn Tille. Sheridan. Dallas and Corvallls. where! they are to be guests. This excursion of business men to look over the Oregon Agricultural Col lege and study Its actual working. Is the first step In a campaign to awaken Interest throughout Oregon In the ex tension work of the college, and to se cure support for a movement for ade quate appropriation for Increasing the number of demonstration farms and state agricultural experts In all parts of Oregon. Sheriff to Collect Taxes. OOLDENDALE, Wash.. April 1. fSpeclal.) The County Treasurer has turned over the roll of dellnqnent per sonal property tsxea to Sheriff Warner for collection. The amount delinquent Is 1:000.21. Klickitat has nearly 100 miles of river front on the Columbia and the Sheriff will start on a collect ing tour Immediately. HEW ROAD PUNNED Mount Hood Cars May Find Way to Heart of City. OFFICIALS VIEW PROPERTY Connection Between Existing Lines of Companies Recently ' Merged Considered Next fctcp Third Rail Plan Also Discussed. Connection between the existing line of the- Portland Railway, Light & Power Company and those of the Mount Hood Railway A Power Company, which con rerns recently were consolidated by the former company is the object of party of officials who Inspected the Mount Hood property yeeiterday. Members of the party were F T. Hunt, traffic manager; C. J. FYanklln, general superintendent: Thomas Pum- pltrey. chief of maintenance of way, and K. R. Ernsberger, general manager of the railway department of the Mount Hood road. They traveled over the new Mount Hood line from Montavllla to Bull Hun, and not only Inspected the railway, but looked over the terminal property at Bull Kun and the new power house, which will be ready for operation within ten days. Although nothing definite relative to future construction work has been de- TYPE OF BEAUTIFUL DRINKING FOUNTAIN PRESENTED TO CITY AND DONOR. BROMC BIBBLIKU" roiKTAIX N. BKJViOV, MILLIONAIRE! TIMBER OPERATOR, termlned. It la probable that among other Improvements soon to be made will be the construction of a road be tween Russellville and the Hawthorne avenue line. This would afford an outlet for the Mount Hood cars over a standard gauge track Into the heart of the city and would, at the same time, open for development a territory that rapidly Is being populated. People between the present terminus of the Hawthorne line and Russellville have been hoping for rail facilities for several years and before the Mount Ilood road was merged with the Port land company a movement was on foot to provide a right of way through thi territory so that the Mount Hood cars could have entrance to the buslne? district over the Hawthorne-avenu tracks. About three miles of track work will be necessary to provide this connection. Third Rail May Be Added. It is proposed, also, to lay a third rail on the Mount Hood road betwee Montavllla and Russellville, thus allow Ing the .Montavllla cars to serve th Itussellvlllfl district In that manner. Both these plans now are being consld ered. In the event the road between Haw thorne avenue and Russellville Is built it Is not likely that the cars from Bull Run will be brought Into Portland ove Hawthorne avenue. It is more prob able that they will operate over the Cazadero line via Ruby and Gresham, as the running time over that route would be reduced fully 20 minute.-). The proposed Russellville extension Is purely for the purpose of providing local service and to afford an alterna tlve route between Portland and Moun Hood In cases of emergency. Electrification of the entire Mount Hood system will be completed before the end of the present month. The dam at the head of the Sandy River Is fin ished and the reservoir covering 400 acres "Is filled with water. The pen stocks, whtch provide a drop of 350 feet from the reservoir to the power house, are finished and the machinery in the big generating plant virtually In place. Power will be turned Into the wires before the end of the week. The overhead wiring will be rushed to com pletion, and the new passenger cars, which were designed for electric, as well as steam service, will be trans formed Into electric motor cars as soon i the situation demands. The office of the Mount Hood Com pany, at present In the Lewis building, soon will be consolidated with that of the older company In the Electric build Ing. S. O. Mc.Meen, president of the Mount Hood Railway & Power Com pany, probably will return to Chicago, where he has successfully engaged as an electrical englnoer. STATE AID FAVORED Linn County Farmers Draft Good Roads Bill. BANK HAS NO DEPOSITS Postmaster Hasn't Beard Coin Jin gle at Goldendale Deo$ltory. GOLDKNDALE, Wash., April 1. (Special.) Although Uncle Sam has had a. fully equipped postal savings bank at Goldendale for the last month. no deposits have been received up to date. The postmaster says that a number f people hare noticed the sign and nquired about the regulations, rate of nterest paid, security offered by the Government. If the accounts opened with the bank were subject to check. tc. but he has not yet heard the Jin gle of any coin on the counter. FUND TO BE PROVIDED Construction or All Sew Highways Will Bo Carried on Under Super vision of Competent State and County Officials. An annual state tax of 1 mill for the creation of a state-aid fund, supervision of ali road construction by the County Court of the respective counties, and annual district road elections for vot ing a district road tax and expressing the voters' choice for Road Supervisors, are the essential provisions of a good roads bill proposed by - Sweet Home Grange, No. SSI, of Sweet Home, Linn County. Drafts of the bill have been forwarded to the various subordinate Granges In the state for Indorsement. The plan is to submit the measure un der the initiative in the November elec tion. The proposed bill first provides that an annual tax of 1 mill on the dollar upon all taxable property in the state shall be levied annually for the con struction and maintenance of highways within the state. The tax is to be levied and collected in the same manner as other taxes are levied and collected, and the proceeds therefrom shall become what is known as a state-aid fund which shall be paid out on warrants drawn by the Secretary of State against the State Treasurer, under the super vision and direction of the County Courts. Fund to Be Apportioned. The fund so created Is to be appor tioned among the counties of the Etate on the following basis: One-third In proportion to the assessed valuation of the counties and two-thirds In propor tion to the number of miles of public roads In each county. Supervision of the location, construction and mainte nance of all roads constructed with state-aid money is vested with the County Court, which is authorized to em ploy a competent expert road engineer at not more than J6 a day, which shall be paid out of the county's share of the state-aid fund. A Board of County Road Viewers is created, consisting of the County Surveyor and two members of the County Court. The bill also makes provision for the construction of roads in each county in dependent of the state-aid fund by the levying of a special road district tax. It provides that an annual election shall be held In each road district on the sec ond Monday in December, for the pur pose of voting a district road tax and expressing the voters' choice for Road Supervisor. The funds raised by this tax can be expended only In the dis trict in which they are collected. County Court Given Authority. In case any district or districts in such election fail to vote a special roiul tax, the members of the County Court are given authority to make such a levy as in their judgment is needed, if it is apparent there will not be sufficient funds available from the state-aid fund to keep all the roads In such district or districts safe and passable. The money raised by the voluntary act on the part of the voters in any road district or by compulsory order of the County Court is to be expended solely under the di rection of the members of the County Court. The bill expressly gives to the Coun ty Courts full control of the expendi ture of all funds for road construction, whether raised by direct state tax or a levy made by separate road districts, and at the same time gives to the vot ers an expression of their choice whluli will amount to a recommendation to' the County Court as to the appointment of. Road Supervisors. County Delegation Chosen. CENTRA LIA, Wash., April 1. At . a caucus held In the Sixth Ward in Cen tralia, 10 delegates were elected to the Republican county convention to be held at Chehalis on May 13. The choice for Presidential candidate was not men tioned at the caucus. The delegates elected were H. H. Tllley, James Cali ghers, J. H. Stout. George Hturgls, Ar- mand Mills, C. D. Spencer, T. M. Rows- well, Mrs. C C. Cassidy, Mrs. Sam H. Mills and John T. Jones. 1 41 Jim ! if 11 .-f - Hi m - I VW g FIRST m Going Out of Business An FYtranrrlinarv HlrrJipJoee RnnL- xmu uauuuiiuuiu; lllU UUi)J UVUiliajC When it comes to selling- out a big business like ours, it hurts to have to include in the sale such' articles as these. When we purchased this lot of bookcases, we expected to be able to sell them for something like a satisfactory price, so far as legitimate retail profit was concerned. Such is not the case, however, and this case goes with the other goods at a wonderfully reduced price. This is a polished golden oak case, made by the Oriole Factory. It has three compartments, with adjustable shelves. At the bottom are three drawers. The whole piece is 5 feet long, 5 feet high and 12 inches deep. It is a bookcase that could not, ordinarily, be placed in your home for less than $.55.00; but, owing to the fact that we .are jroinsr out of business, we nfi'cr it nnn- for ' o-r -SECOND AND YAMHILL STREETS