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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (May 11, 1915)
THE MORXTNG OKEGONIAX. TUESDAY, MAY 11. 1913. MEIER COST SHOWN PARTICIPANTS IN MUTS ENTERTAINMENT AT HEILIG THEATER THURSDAY NIGHT. June "Delineator- Rradr for Snba-rlber., June Alranrp Bntterlrlc Patterns and Kanhlnn br-s In. Special Tuesday One-Day Offerings in Our Great 58th Anniversary Sales Increased Operating Expense Estimated at $9000. Bond issue is forecast 10 IMcter Heading Based on Ilguros by Gas Company, and Additional Jlookkcopl ng Required Idkely to Eat Fp Surplus Revenue. An additional operating' expense of at least $9000 a year for meter read ing: and probably more than a like sum for additional bookkeeping will be add ed to the present cost of conducting the water bureau in Portland .if the city-wide meter plan is adopted by the voters at the June election. The fig ures regarding the cost of meter read ing are baseu upon the cost actually experienced by the Portland Gas & Coke Company in reading meters in that company's service. According to accurate records kept by the Gas Company, it costs 1." cents to read each meter. This is on the basis of an eight-hour day with men paid from $55 to $t0 a month. The city's scale of pay is at least 33 1-3 per cent higher than that of the Gas Company for meter readers.. On the same basis as the Gas Company pays and works its men the cost to the city for reading its 57.000 meters, if all services were metered as proposed, would be $8982 a year. With the city's increased wage acale, the minimum for meter reading would be $12,000 a year, with an increase each year according to the increase in water services. A total of 43.000 water services now are un- metered and require no reading of meters. Bookkeeping costs would run into a large figure, owing to the change in the system of handling the bills. At pres ent 43,000 services out of a total of 67,000 in the city have a fixed rate. The bills are on a stereotyped form, which require no change in figures. The purpose of meters is .to bill the users on the basis of water actually used, therefore the amount of the bill would vary each time and entail a great amount of bookkeeping. While under the present system bills are sent out quarterly, it is the inten tion to have the meters read monthly. The increased cost of operating the water bureau would eat up the present annual surplus of water revenue, it is said, thus leaving virtually nothing with which to Install the meters, as proposed, from current revenue. Sale of water bonds paying 4 per cent in terest each year for 25 years would be the only means at the command of the water bureau to finance the installa tion. Em- Sl&Sr1-- AUDITORIUM PLANS GO ON Wliitchousc & Fouilhoux to Confer With Oity Council. Notico was received yesterday by Commissioner Brewster that the archi tectural firm of Whltehouse &. Fouil houx has been selected to represent the firm of I'reedlander & Seymour in New York In the preparation of plans for and the superintending of the con struction of Portland's proposed pub lic auditorium. The firm will hold a conference with the City Council with in a day or two to talk over tentative plans for the building. The Portland firm will confer with the Council and get all data as to what is wanted in the proposed structure. This information will be given to the New York firm, which concern will prepare the working plans. It is ex pected that the plans for tne build ing can be hurried along so that actual construction can be started within the year. 2 GRANDSTANDS ORDERED J-jtfct Side Business Men's Commit tee Lays Festival Plans. At a special meeting of the Kast Side Business Men's Club yesterday the Rose Festival grandstand commit tee, II. L. Camp. C. C. Hall and Wilson Benefiel, was instructed to contract for the erection of two or three grand stands for use during the children's and automobile parade. Mr. Camp sug gested that one be built at Grand ave nue and East Ankeny street, one at Grand avenue and East Alder street, and. if a third is built that it be placed near Grand and Hawthorne avenues. Assistant Secretary Miller reported the names of 19 business men for mem hip, all of whom were voted in as part of the new members secured un der the membership campaign. APPOINTMENTS ARE LIKELY Anti-Merger Nominees May Be Op posed by St. Johns Council. A. A. Muck, Mayor of St. Johns, is expocted to announce his appointments to the city engineering and police de partments at tho meeting of the Coun cil tonight and probably will reap point J. O. Burson city engineer, John Poff chief of police and Henry Muck, G. W. Norene and J. S. Jones police men. Some of these men are known to be against the merger and it is said may not be confirmed, but will remain in office until annexation, anyway. It is expected that tho City Attorney will submit the amended dog ordinance and that the construction of a comfort station, costing $1200. will be author ized at the meeting tonight. BIGGER BUILDING PLANNED Kast Side Club and Oddfellows May Put Vp Four-Story Structure. ' Instead of a two-story building at the northeast corner of Grand avenue find Kast Alder street, as proposed for the Kast Side Business Men's Club and tho Citizens Bank, a four-story modern building may be erected, according to present plans. Hassalo Lodge of Odd fellows has been negotiating to take stock in the holding company, and add two stories for its occupancy. If the lodge goes into the holding company it will necessitate the in crease of the capital stock from $25,000 to $75,000 or $100 000, as the cost of the four-story structure yill be about that urn with its equipment. Change in Ste-amer Service. JRfTective Saturday. May 15. O.-W. K. Jk. N. steamer Harvest Queen will leave Ash-street dock daily., except Sunday, S. P. M., for Astoria and way points Returning, will leave Astoria as at present, daily except Sunday, 7 A. M. Apply City Ticket Office. "Washington at Third, or at the dock, for tickets, etc. Adv. T ! lit IT" j t S I - 9- , $ 1Z ' vl fir - .?r vi inftlrti wij ' rtln.iiMini iiMi.iiinnr 1- St t IM.liT nnttHH BOON CASON TO RUN Eighth Candidate for City Commissioner Files. NEW ASPIRANT IS ATTORNEY Platform Declares for Economy and Efficiency One Week Remains In Which Others May Flic. Campaign Thus Far Quiet. Boon Cason, an attorney of Portland, yesterday announced his candidacy for City Commissioner. His entry in the race brings the total number of can didates for Commissionershipa at the election June 7 to eight. This is an even four aspirants for each place. Ar. Cason is 40 years old, and has lived in Portland since 1904. He was born in California, and passed his boy hood on a farm. Later he attended the State Normal School of Missouri, and taught school in that state for five years. For some years after coming to Portland he worked as a street car conductor, being promoted for efficient service to inspector. In the meantime he had been studying law at night at the University of Oregon Law School, aid in 1910 he was admitted to the bar. He has been, practicing law since. Mr. Cason is married and has three sons. His home is at 695 Umatilla avenue. His platform reads: "I believe in the greatest degree of economy con sistent with efficiency and the public welfare; management of public busi ness on the same principles and by the same methods aa private business." He has established campaign headquarters at 71S Chamber of Commerce building. The city campaign has so far been usually quiet. There haa been none of the feverish activity and wild at tempts to attract notice characterizing the free-for-all of two years ago, when some 90-odd aspirants for Commission erships. Mayoralty or whatever they could get, Including publicity, were in the lists. So far tho present campaign has been confined chiefly to prepara tion of campaign literature, distribu tion of cards, a few informal talks here and there and a cautious fecling-out of the strength of the other candidates. In this respect, the situation le much like the reconnoitering operations of an army before a battle largely an affair of outposts to determine the force of the enemy. There is no great likelihood of much speeding-up for the next couple of weeks. The last two weeks will see a general warming to the occasion; Just a week remains in which any additional aspirants for the two Com miesionerships or Auditor may file nominating petitions. The city charter provides that candidates' petitions must be in bv 20 days before the elec tion. Thus May 17 will be the last day for filing. At least three more candidates will appear, as the Social ists will have two candidates for Com missioner and one for Auditor. As all city elections under the commission charter are non-partisan, they will have to file regular petitions contain ing at least 100 names, like the other candidates.- Monroe Goldstein, candidate for City Auditor, is making an active personal campaign. He is a former newspaper man, having served for many years as a police reporter in Portland and San Francisco. He has also been in the automobile business. With the close of the theatrical sea son, which came to an end at the Baker Sunday night, George L. Baker found himself in position to give more time than formerly to his candidacy for City Commissioner. "I expect to keep busy from now on," said Mr. Baker. "I am making my cam paign by meeting people personally and without the aid of a manager or a ITS' FROLIC NEAR Interesting Musical Offering Is Set for "Lucky 13th." CLEVER SINGERS OBTAINED t ' Sz&Zr 1 :: 1 - , "x. V j " f r f 1 ! i K i i Boon Caaon. Mho Has Announced Ilia Candidacy for City Com-mlMMioner. campaign committee. . It puts more on me to do this than the old way did, hut I en.ioy the work." Entertainment at Ileilig Thursday to Bo Invitational and Several Society Box Parties Arranged. Mayor Albce to Attend. - With a high-class concert programme contributed by a group of the best known artists in local musical circles, the Muts will have a social "house warming" party at the Heilig Theater Thursday night. The night for the "good fellowship" party was selected because the day fell on the 13th of the month the favorite and lucky calendar day for the Muts. The event will be the first annual Spring entertainment of the organization, and among those who will take part in the "starry" pro gramme will be Mrs. Beatrice Dierke, pianist: Mrs. Delphlne Marx, soprano; Paul Wesslnger. baritone: Pietro Ma rino, violinist, and Charles Dierke, ac companist. The programme is being given under the direction of Charles Dierke. ' The entertainment is for the mem bers of the Muts and their families with a number of invited guests, who will include prominent society folk, city officials and officers of the var ious business organizations of the city with their immediate families. A spe cial list of invitations will go to those who contributed of their time and ser vices to the relief work carried on by the Muts last Winter. There will be no admission charge in spite of the high quality of - the programme that will be given: only those, however, who have an invitation to the affair will be admitted. Unusual interest attaches to this event for the reason that this is Mrs. Dierke's first appearance even In a semi-public concert programme for more than a year and it will also be Mr. vvessingera first appearance in a public entertainment for many months. A splendid series of classical numbers has been arranged for them as well as for Mrs. Marx and Slgnor Marino. Di rector Dierke says that it will be one of the finest musical programmes given in the city this season. Several box parties have already been arranged. Mayor Aibee will be present with a party, as will the four City Commissioners, It's a Message From Every Dead Soldier in Europe to the Millions of iSten qnd Women in the United States Who Are 18 Years of Age and Over WOMEN You Should Have Something to Say Before Islen Are Marched Off to Shoot Each Other MEN You Should Have Something to Say Before You Are Marched Off to Kill or Be Killed. A Large Pamphlet Is Now Ready for You It is the most important message that could be giver to the people of any nation. It is the most im portant, because it so largely deals with the naked truth. It's a message from every dead soldier in Kurope asking you to assist in bringing about the reorganiza tion of the world so that no nation, wIl be permitted to go to war without the written consent of every man and woman IS years of age and over. It's a message from every dead soldier in Europe . telling you that now Is the time of all times for you to consider your life more important than your pocketbook. It's a message from every dead soldier in Europe requesting you to send me one silver dime by mail today for that pamphlet so that you may understand how you may have a hand in making or stopping the next war that threatens us. "Theie's a voice crying out from every grave." T T'VT T fVJlr)lj " mo" Important message that could be given to the people Jl3 1 X 1m. 1NVI W " or any nation your money back. RichardP.O'Connor,430V2HoytSt.,OpposkelJ6rthBankStation,Port1and, Or. CHILDREN'S STAMPED APRONS AT 35c For Play Use. Light color ecru linen, a t t r a ctive Dutch designs. Seventh Kloor. Sixth-St. lildK. ISA7 tei-s Th& QjualitV Store or Portland rVCN hT1nrT-rTni Viktor Hn RECORD CLEANERS 200 AT 10c Reg. 25c Worth many times their cost In pre serving records. Temporary Annex. Fifth Floor. CLOSING OUT OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF Men's Shirts, Etc. Repeated statements that the Gotham Manufacturing; Co. is liquidating its busi ness has caused us to close out our entire stock of "Gotham" garments. All are new, spotless 1915 Spring goods. Buy now! "GOTHAM" NEGLIGEE SHIRTS AT $1.15 Formerly $1.50 Pleated percale Shirts, striped or figured corded fabric j 1 a i n bosom phirts; plain white laundered cuff shirts: colored striped woven madran shirts; detachable collar, French cuffed, mer cerized cloth shirts and many others. "GOTHAM" ' NEGLIGEE SHIRTS AT $1.85 Formerly $2.50 Handsome effects in merterljfed cloths and woven madras, with pure silk stripes, showing the newest ideas in novelty ma terials, plain white or the new color effects. m French and laundered cuffs, plain or pleated bosoms. GOTHAM" UNION SUITS 75c Formerly $1.00, made df specially woven fabrics, lifrht but serviceable weight. Regulation style, d rop seat. ' - "GOTHAM" PAJAMAS SPECIAL $1.49 Formerly $2-$3 II i K hly mercerized "Gotham" fabrics in plain and fancy weave: luster cloths and s o I s e 1 1 es. blue, white, gray, tsn and heliotrope. Military collars, flap pockets, button down the front, trimmed with silk loops. "GOTHAM" ALL-SILK SHIRTS AT $3.85 Formerly $5-$6.50 Pure silk, satin striped and genuine tub varieties. Beauti ful colorings, plain and new combinations, showing all width stripes, including the neat pin stripes so many men prefer. Very tiest Quality, assured comfort and fit. GOTHAM" UNION SUITS $1.33 Formerly J2.00. made of white soisette. blue and lavender - striped madras, white crossbar nnd checked nainsook. Temporary Annex, tlrat Floor it, r Out-of-Town Mail Orders . FILLED FROM THIS AND ALL OUR ADS. If Received Within Three Days Date of Publication. Telephone 'n Whrre Quanti ties Are Limited, or YoH Are In a Hurry. ' We give our out - of - town customers the same privilege of buying from our daily-advertisements as those who live in the city. Moreover, our method is not a "mail - order system." it is, rather, a sys tematized shopping service which gives the personal at tention of a trained chopper to the filling of every mall order. . Your order is studied and promptly filled with as much 'intelligent interest" as if you were here yourself. Should you come In person we will be glad, upon request, to have one of our experienced shop pers assist and condm-t you to ss many of the 75 different departments as y O'U chooEe. There is no charge. Today's the Last Day of '"Clean-Up Week." "Swat the Fly" Today Swat him now, while the beating is Rood. May every one in Portland do his best on this last day of "Clean Up Week." FLY SWATTERS 3c-10c Several styles to choose from. The "sure thing" kills without crushing the fly. Temporary Annex, Third Floor Looks Like a Dress. Costs Less Apron Dress 73c Like Picture m Made of gingham," checks and stripes, in attractive pinks, blues, lavender and black and white. Trimmed with stitched bands of white pique, lending an unusually effective style. Full 57. inches long, large enough to cover the entire dress, or may be worn as a dress. Square neck, fitted at waist, pocket, , ties in the back. Srronrf Floor, Mxth-M. Rlda. Short Sleeve Models Are Shown Today in Our New "Wirthmor" Waists at $1.00 YWiilo from a standpoint of style, there's nothing incorrect about loner-sleeve waists, the models with the short sleeves now seem to be more generally preferred. This is largely a matter of season, and it's only natural that with theoming of the warmer weather waists of this kind, that are cooler and more comfortable, would be the most wanted. There's some very pretty new short-sleeve models in Wirthmor Waists that will go on sale today at just one dollar. As always, they're splendid values and look as though they ought to sell for much more: in fact, we think them quite the pret tiest that have come our way for many a day. nf.nn.nr. im-st. ma. Sheets, Cases, Etc. Each item Anniversary Sale priced. AH of the best grade. SHEETS AT 59c Usual price 75c. Heavy quality muslin, torn before hemming, full double bed size, or 81x90 inches. Ex traordinary good value. PIL'W CASES 122c ..To match sheets quoted above, same quality muslin, size 42x38 Vi inches. Pillow cases of same quality, size 45x38Vi inches, special, 15 BEDSPREADS $1.49 Usually priced at $1.75. Practical honeycomb style Spreads that wear indefi nitely and launder perfectly. Hemmed ends, full double bed size. Third Floor, Milh-M. Bid a. A Box of 3 Fine Initialed Kerchiefs Box 65c Usually $1.23 All pure Irish linen. Three different 'designs in each box. Hand - embroidered in colors. Long initials, block initials, fancy initial sur rounded by two-tone designs. First Floor. Slilli-SI. Hide. June "Delineator'' Ready for Subscribers. June Advance Bntterlclt Pattern and Fnahlom Sheets In.