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11 ITERS TO ADD TO BUREAU'S EXPENSE GIRLS WHO WILL ENTERTAIN SHATTUCK SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION TODAY. Ladies9 Home Journal Patterns for July Naiv On Sale at the Pattern Counter Stamps Given on All Charge Accounts If Paid in Full by 10th of Each Month Delightful Lunch eon Served From 11:30 to 2:30 Daily in Our Beautiful Tea Room on the Fourth Floor. Olds, Worttnan & King Reliable Merchandise Reliable Methods Portland Agents for Frantz Premier Electric Suction Cleaners. Special Demonstra tion in Carpet Dept., Third Floor. Reduction of Charges Impos sible, Figures Indicate, Under Mr. Daly's Plan. Pacific Phone Marshall 4800 Home Phone A 6231 Annual June White BENEFITS WOULD BE LOST Chance to Get Cheaper Water as Every White Article Reduced Except a Few Restricted Lines Double Stamps Today With Cash Purchases On Entire 2nd Floor Debt Decreases Would Be Taken Away and Money Handed to Eastern Factories. THE MORNING OREGONIAN. FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1915. Safe EESOlVnOJI ADOPTED BY SKLLWOOn BOARD OF TRADE. Resolved, That it is the senti ment of the Sellwood Board of Trade, assembled In the Sellwood T. M. C. A. building June 1, that the proposed general metering: of the homes of Portland Is premature And wholly unnecessary at this time, in view of the large surplus of water now going to waste through the sewers and in view of the heavy installation cost and maintenance cost afterwards, believing that the burdens of the people are sufficiently heavy at this time without being -added to through the Introduction of uni versal metering. Each year the City Water Bureau makes a complete estimate of all the expenditures contemplated for the fol lowing year. The estimate includes all costs, including salaries, bond interest charges and payments to bond sink ing funds. Water rates then are made so that they will bring in Just sufficient rev enue from the water users to make it possible for the Water Bureau to meet its expenditures. If the voters favor the city-wide water-meter scheme at the election Monday, sooner or later there will be included in the budget estimates items totaling f352,000 for the initial purchase and installation of a meter system. $25.- 000 additional each year for meters on new services, $17,000 a year for meter reading, an uncertain amount for ad ditional bookkeeing and a big annual amount for the repair of meters. Schedule to Be Increased. These big amounts will be hooked onto the present schedule of expendi tures upon which the water rates are based. The schedule now includes such items as $456,000 Interest and sinking fund on bonds each year and $255,000 for salaries and supplies (not including new mains). How is there any possibility of water rate reduction? How can the Water Bureau add great amounts to its annual expenditures and at the same time decrease its rates? Where would the meter money come from? On the other hand, consider the flat rate situation as it stands today. The Water Bureau, with the flat-rate sys tem, was able to reduce rates last December. That reduction came when the Water Bureau was making its maximum payments upon its bonded debt of over J7, 000, 000. Debt to Get Lleckter. The burden of the bond debt will get lighter from now on by the re demption of outstanding bonds as they fall due. A total of $700,000 of them will be wiped out the end of next year. A total of 12.200,000 of them will be wiped out in 1923. In the natural course of events the water users should get the advantage of the reduction in the annual expendi tures by reason of the redemption of these bonds. It will amount to hun dreds of thousands of dollars and would mean a big cut in water rates. But Commissioner Daly proposes to use the money to buy meters from the Eastern factories. He proposes to put meters on every house in Portland whether a meter is needed or not. He proposes to add to the investment in the water system where no investment is necessary. There are but few sec tions of the city where there is any TBOI BLES "WITH METER PROVE EXOLEtS. The experiences of Mrs. F. H. Weiat, of 69 North Twenty-third street, are given herewith for the benefit of those who contemplate voting on Monday for Commis sioner Daly's city-wide water me ter scheme and its accouterments ot meter readers, bookkeepers and inspectors. Although there has been ab solutely no change in her serv ice since 1912 except the removal of two water taps, Mrs. Weist's water bill has gone up by leaps and bounds each year. During 3912 her total bill for 12 months was $35.90. During the 12 months of 1913 her bill was $67.40, and during the 12 months of 1914 her bill was $88.60. In May, 1910. she received a bill of $10 for wa ter. The next month she got a bill of $2.40. There was absolutely no change in the service and there is no reason why there should have been more than a few cents' difference in the. bill in either di rection. She says she has endless trouble with a meter. trouble with low pressure during the hottest Summers. These troubles are due to small mains. Replacing of these mains by larger pipes can be held off for a short time by meter installation, but as all the water engineers and Commissioner Daly, too, admit, the larger mains will have to be built, anyway. So why not now, before the vast amounts are squandered on useless meters? HUMANITY FIRST. If Ordinance 110 carries and the Coun cil enters into a contract with the Hu mane Society, the unfortunate dog, liorse or cat will be treated in a humane w.-iy. Why not give them a chance? Vote 110 yes. Paid ad. by Oregon Humane Society. Methodist Body to Meet. Following the action of the 'official boards of seven of the Methodist Epis copal churches of the city in petition ing Bishop K. J. Cooke to reopen the old Taylor-Street Church, a meeting of the Portland Methodist Episcopal Church official board has been called for tonight, at which a discussion of the matter will be taken pp. The offi cial boards of the petitioning churches have been invited to be present. The petitioning boards represented the following churches: Rosa City Park, Sunnyside, . Trinity, West More land, Woodstock, Woodlawo and Cen tral. 1 I yA'y .irwv.--: ocoeo George L. Baker, Commissioner Blgelow and probably other candidates will be speakers at a meeting of the Shattuck School Parent-Teacher Association, held in the school, at 3 o'clock this afternoon. The Shattuck School is on Harrison street, between Fifth and Sixth. Members of the Parent-Teacher Association are evidencing much in terest in the city campaign. Several meetings have been held in other schools, at which candidates for City Commissioner have been asked to make addresses explaining their platforms and views on city government. FINANCE IS PUZZLE Garbage Plan Not Clear on Important Point. INTEREST IS ADDED COST Installation of Municipal Collection Will Demand $75,000 Besides Annual Expense Xext Year More Funds Will Be Xeeded. SOME LIGHT OIV THE GARB AGE COLLECTION PLAN. Limit of taxation in Port land allowed by city charter 8 mills Amount raised by 1 mill of taxation $300,000 Tax levy for 1915 after Council has made all possible cuts in appro priations 7.5 mills Estimated cost of operat ing garbage collection system $150,000 The $150,000 for garbage col lection at general tax expense would require a levy of Vz of 1 - mill. This, added to the present 1k mills levy, would bring the total levy to the constitutional limit of 8 mills. Just how the City Council can pro vide funds for the operation of a mu nicipal garbage collection system, as proposed in a measure to be voted upon Monday, without boosting the city's tax levy above the constitutional limit provided by the city charter, is a puz zle which those who are familiar with the city's financial condition have been unable to solve. It has been estimated that the cost of a garbage system as proposed will be about $150,000 a year. In addition there will be the interest on an issue of $75,000 in bonds to be sold to raise the money to purchase equipment for the municipal collection system. The city charter provides that the limit of taxation in Portland shall be 8 mills. For the present year the levy is 7.5 mills. One mill of taxation raises a total of $300,000. This means that to raise $150,000 for the garbage collection a levy of one-half of 1 mill would be necessary. This would in crease Portland's tax lovy to 8 mills, or the limit to which the city can go un der the charter. The tax levy for the present year was based upon a budget of proposed expenditures which were held down to the bone. The City Council trimmed the budget just as much as it could be trimmed, thiui bringing the 1915 tax levy down to bedrock. Next year the city will have to raise additional funds to make up for the loss of liquor license revenue due to prohibition and the knocking out of saloon license fees. This will make a big difference. Adding to the bedrock levy of the present year, the item of revenue here tofore accruing from the liquor busi ness and placing on top of that an item of one-half of 1 mill levy for a garbage collection system, the tax payer will be obliged to dig up the highest tax ever levied for the city and will have to pay the highest tax permitted under the limitations of. the city charter. A coat lapel button with the figure "18" on it has been the object of much curiosity since the first "18" buttons appeared several days ago. Inquirers, and there have been lots it them, are told that the button stands for William Adams' number on the ballot, and go away chuckling at the cleverness of this method of impressing it on their minds. The funny part of it t3 that Mr. Adams himself didn't know what the button stood for until he had asked a button-wearer. The plan originated with Deputy Dis trict Attorney Deich, one of the mem bers of the Oregon League, composed of friends of Mr. Adams, who organ ized to work for him. They got 1000 buttons and distributed them without telling Mr. Adams. Members of the or ganization are: Dr. Earl Smith, chair man; Richard Deich, A. W. Orton, Dr. Walter J. Larson, Joseph O. Richard son. A. W. Hinch, C. W. Slgglin, A. L. Dundas and G. A. Johnson. Theatrical friends and associates of George L. Baker, organized as a branch of the Baker Booster Club, announce a free show, interspersed with two or three short speeches, to be given at the Baker Theater on Saturday night. Talent for the show is being arranged for, with the assurance that several good acts will be given. The speakers will be announced later. The theatri cal people have been anxious to com pliment Mr. Baker in some way in the campaign, and bit upon the plan of combining a real show with a little political talk. Commissioner Blgelow will discuss his market policy and explain what has been done under the Commission form of government since he took of fice, at a meeting tonight in the Rose Ulty skating rlnK, East First and Mor rison streets. In the afternoon he will talk at a meeting of the Parent-Tea cher Association of the Shattuck School in the school building, with sev eral other candidates. Mr. Bigelow spoke yeeterday at the home of Mrs. J. Allen Harrison, East Thirty-ninth avenue and Fifty-fourth street, and at the home of Ira Routledge, 870 Bel mont street. Friends of Dr. George Parrish, can didate for City Commissioner, have or ganized for personal campaign work in the remaining three days before the election. They start out early in the morning and quit late at night, and before Sunday expect to cover the en tire city. Count Senosky, one of those betting on Dr. Parrish, has placed one bet that he will beat Commissioner Brewster. One outstanding feature In an other wise almost featureless campaign for the election of two City " Commission ers has been the remarkable gain in strength shown by William Adams. This gain, which Is so apparent that it has been commented on widely, is reflected in the betting. Where Mr. Adams a couple of weeks ago was quoted in the odds as a probable third or fourth, in the last few days he has come up to a strong second place, while Commissioner Blgelow has dropped to third. Several new bets were placed on Mr. Adams yesterday to run second, and it was practically Impossible to And any Blgelow money backing him for better than third. The bettora, who for the most part are of the profes sional' type, men who figure on reducing the element of chance to a minimum before they place their money, seem to regard Baker and Adams as the Win ners. In these trying times a city Job doesn't go 'begging long. Already one enterprising applicant has made a for mal application for appointment as City Treasurer, evidently on the theory that if William Adams is elected Com missioner he won'f be City Treasurer any more and that if he isn't elected he won't be treasurer, either. May nard Redmond, assistant cashier of the Citizens' Bank, is the applicant. He gave his application to Commissioner Dieck, who will refer it to the Council. C. V. Cooper, candidate for City Com missioner is conducting a vigorous personal campaign through the city. He has many friends helping him in the work of interviewing voters. George L. Baker, in addition to much personal work, is speaking at many meetings in the closing days of the campaign. Last night he spoke at Hill's Hall In Russell street, and at noon he addressed the Retail Mer chants' bureau and a meeting of auto mobile dealers. Mr. Baker made three short addresses on Wednesday, one at walls Hall in feellwood, another at the Mt. Tabor Presbyterian Church, Bast Fifty-fifth and Belmont streets, and still another at a meeting of Modern Woodmen of America in the Manchester building, by special invi tation. Among the prominent women voters supporting the . campaign of Commis sioner Brewster for re-election are: Mrs. T. G. Greene. Mrs. George M. Weister, Mrs. R. E. Bsnduiant, Mrs. June lissen, Mrs. J. G. Gauld, Mrs. O. E. Lent and Mrs. C. L. Gesell, the two latter being residents of the Lents district. George W. Caldwell, candidate for City Commissioner, addressed a well- attended open-air meeting at Lents last night. Later he spoke at Kern Park, where voters had gathered to hear him. Mr. Caldwell spoke at the plant of the Union Meat Company at noon. Samuel P. Lock wood, .candidate for School Director at the school election of June 19, which is 12 days after the city election, addressed a large meeting of fathers and mothers of school children and others interested In school work in one of the school houses in Capitol Hill last night. "For three years the people of Capi tol Hill have had no permanent school house," said Mr. Lockwood. "They have had only portable schoolrooms, and it requires three of these to care for the children. The facilities are altogether inadequate. What is paid for a single room in one of our fine city schools would build them a whole echoolhouse with an assembly hall, which would be a great benefit to .the community." Only three more working days are left before the city election, and this counts Sunday as a working day. The city election is next Monday, June 7. The polls will be open from 8 o'clock in the morning to 8 o'clock at night. Many voters of the South End have organized and appointed a committee, consisting of J. C. Smith,. C. H. Feld man and Joseph Shank, to get speakers to address them on the issues to be de cided at the municipal election. They have engaged 'Gevurtz Hall, Front street, near Gibbs, fortonight, and Commis sioner Bigelow and George L. Baker will speak at the meeting. Commissioner Brewster, addressing a meeting at the North Portland Branch Library Monday night, said that while the city is spending more money on parks, streets and fire and police protection, the tax levy for the year is two-tenths of a mill less than for either 4913 or 1914. The decrease In the levy would have been larger, he asserted. If the revenue from liquor li censes had not fallen off greatly. He FRIDA Y ECONOM Y OFFERINGS Extra Special Offering Women's $38.50 Suits Special $23.95 Garment Salons, Second Floor No woman need be without a new Suit when she can select one of these handsome models at a saving of nearly one-half. And every garment in the assortment is from our regular stock of the best makes to be had. Many styles shown in the desirable belted-back effects, with plaited or full-flare skirts also the smart, new, loose-back models, semi-fitted and novelty cuts. Skirts are shown mostly in plain styles, some trimmed with patch pockets or braids. The assortment is made up of the very best of this season's models lines which have sold down to one or two of a kind. Materials used are principally coverts, homespuns, serges, chudda, crepe voiles and poplins. Every garment perfect in tailoring and authentic in style. Shown in black, gray, tan, navy, etc. Also in novelty stripes, checks and fancy mixtures. All sizes. Suits selling up to $38.50. Special today at $23.95 Double Stamps With Cash Purchases on Second Floor Today. Embroideries at V2 Price Lengths Ufa to 3 Yards Department, Main Floor A thousand yards of these dainty Embroidery Flouncings to be sold today at just half regular prices. Fine, sheer, Swisses, organdies and voiles, with very newest designs. Lengths range from 1 yards up to 3 yards, and widths from 27 inches to 45 inches. A splendid opportunity to buy pretty Embroideries at HALF PRICE. 65c Neckwear At 48c Main Floor Women's Vestees in many -attractive styles of lace net and organdies. These are shown in white and cream. Many are trimmed with plaitings. New Ori ental Collars also included in this lot. Grades which you are asked 65c for at other stores. AO Your choice today at onlyOC 45c Curtain Goods At 21c Bargain Circle, First Floor A phenomenal opportunity for thrifty housewives to buy the needed dra peries for bungalow or Summer cottage at less than half regular price. Daintiest of patterns in etamines, marquisettes and voiles, in cream, white and ecru. O " 45c Curtain goods at, yard ENTIRE STOCK Men's Clothing Meduced ' li ilia- Is All Suits Under $20.00, Now $12.50 $25 Suits $14.85 $35 Suits $26.45 Men's Store, Main Floor DRESS UP FOR THE ROSE FESTIVAL ! We are going to make it easy for every man to look his best at small cost. Beginning today our entire stock of Men's Suits and Raincoats enter the June Sale at note worthy reductions. Several of the best-known makes of Men's Clothing are repre sented, and the styles are strictly up to date. Smart mixtures, fancy worsteds, cheviots, etc BLUES and BLACKS are also included in this sale. A complete range of sizes for regulars, stouts and slims. Note the following reductions: All Suits selling un- fi f fy CTf der $20 on sale now P W OL Men's $20.00 Suits on sale at $14.83 Men's $25.00 Suits on sale at $18.75 Men's $30.00 Suits on sale at $22.50 Men's $35.00 Suits on sale at $26.25 Sale of Men's $1.50 Shirts at $1.15 Men's $1.25 White Shirts 73c Main Floor These are the famous "Fifth-Avenue" make. Every Shirt guaranteed fast color. Made from soisettes, crepes and madras. Cut plenty full and shown in a splendid as sortment of patterns and full line of Men's Store. 1st Floor sizea- Regular $1.50 37 -a cr Shirts. Special today at p JL. Main Floor Sale of Men's White Shirts for Festival events. Plain and plaited-bosom styles, with stiff, cuffs. Soft-bosom styles, with turn-back cuffs, and Negligee Shirts with soft collars and cuffs. Scores of patterns. All sizes in th lot. Shirts worth J 0 to $1.25. Special today at OC Men's Sweaters V2 Price Regular $4.00 Grades $2.00 Regular $8.5Q Grades $4.25 Men's Store, Main Floor Save half on that new Sweater for fishing, hunting, beach or mountain wear. All in the popular ruffneck styles, cut in full, generous sizes, splendid qualities. Colors, cardinal, oxford. Men's $4.00 Coat Sweaters on sale at Men's $4.50 Coat Sweaters on sale at $2.00 $2.25 Men's $5.00 Coat JQ Sfk Sweaters on sale at V"" $3.50 Men's $7.00 ' Coat Sweaters on sale at Men's $7.50 Coat CJO 9 T Sweaters on sale at PJ 4 J Men's $50 Coat i OCT Sweaters on sale at Boys' Regular $5.00 Norfolk Suits on Special Sale Today at $3.98 Men's $1.25 Union Suits at 79c Men's 25c Hose at 19c the Pair Main Floor Men's Union Suits, made by the famous "Corwith" Mills. Elastic fabric. Short sleeves and knee length sleeve less and knee length, or short sleeves and length. Shown in white, in sizes from 34 up to 50. Standard $1.25 quality. Special today at, the suit ivC Main Floor Buy your Summer supply of Socks and save prac tically one-third on your pur chases. 2000 pairs in this special offering. Navy, tan, white, gray, lavender, helio, wine and green. Medium weight for Summer wear. Reg. 25c Hose, 190 Cf T flfk the pair; 6 pairs for v-"" Men's $2.00 Straw Hats $1.69 Main Floor Soft Straws and Sailors in all the new shapes. Com plete assortment of all sizes. Don't miss this chance to 6 buy your Straw Hat at a saving. Regular $2 kinds at J' - 98c Women's Knit Underwear Underpriced for TODAY Center Circle, Main Floor Women's Summer Underwear in the June White Sale at substantial savings. Come today and buy for the season. Women's Cotton and Lisle Vests in regular and outsizes. pp V or round neck. Special Women's plain or mercerized Lisle Vests. Extra long styles. O All sizes. Special today - , All-Silk and Lisle Knickerbockers and Vests at Greatly Reduced Prices. 1 500 lbs. Glenwood Butter, 58c Square Women's fine Lisle Union Suits in sizes 34, 36 and 38. On AQg special sale today at only tJf t Women's fine Lisle Union Suits in sizes 40, 42 and 44. On ffQ special sale today at only '"I' Muslinwear Specials In The June White Sale Women's $1.25 -Gowns, in several styles. Special at Women's White Skirts, OQ $1.50 to $1.75 grades, at OivC Women's Princess Slips, ZCkg regular S1.00 erades. now t 69c Women's $1.50 to $1.69 Drawers, open style, at Princess Slips, worth up fJCkg. to $1.69, on sale now at Gowns, Combinations 1 " and Slips on sale at P JL. J. J Regular $2.00 French Hand-made Drawers, June White Sale $1.00 Regular $3.00 French Hand-made Drawers, June White Sale $1.50 Regular $5.00 French Hand-made Drawers, June White 'Sale $2.50 Grocery Dept 4th Tloor No de liveries except with other purchases made in Grocery Department today. 1 1 . . . ' attributed the result to .increased ef ficiency by the Commission. The following recommendations on measures on the ballot have been made by the Non-Partisan League: Water meter ordinance. No; ordinance prohib iting of groceries on Sunday, No; amendment authorizing reappointments in classified civil service to be made in order of original appointments. Yes; amendment authorizing $75,000 In bonds for free collection of garbage. No; amendment-providing for elimina tion of two or more grade grossings under one proceeding. Yes: amendment authorizing Council to turn manage ment of city pound over to Humane Society, Yes; ordinance regulating Jit neys, Yes; amendment providing pay ments on bonded assessments shall be made semi-annually instead of annual ly. Yes; amendment providing that W. H. Whitcomb and C. D. Shane, retired firemen, may be beneficiaries under firemen's pension act. Yes; amendment providing for construction of fire stops along the harbor and assessing cost to benefited property. Yes; for annexation of St. Johns. Yes; for annexation of Linn ton. No." Past Grands Elect Officers. ROSEBCRG, Or.. June 3. (Special.) The Past Grands Association is the name of an association organized here last night by a number of Oddfellows. Organisation was perfected by the elec tion cf the following officers: - N. T. Jewett. president; J. A. Buchanan, vice president; Carl Ohman, secretary, and W. T. Wright, treasurer. Committees were named to prepare bylaws, and to arrange the time and place for regular meetings. There are nulte a number of past grands in Douglas County who already have Joined the association. Piling for One Pier Completed. VANCOUVER, Wash.. June 3. (Spe cial.) The piling in pier No. 11, the first one constructed in the Columbia River interstate bridge, has been com pleted and the dredge moved one pier Removes Hairy Growths Without Pain or Bother (Modes of Today) It Is not necessary to use a painful process to remove hairy growths, for with a little delatone handy you can keep the skin entirel;- free from these beauty destroyers. To remove hair, make a stiff paste with a little pow. dered delatone and water.. Spread this on the hairy surface and in about 3 minutes rub off, wash the skin and the hairs are gone. To guard against disappointment, be careful to get real delatone. Adv. south oh Hayden Island, where a hole for the caisson has been excavated. The timbers are more than 100 feet long and are driven in the bottom of the excavation full length. The cais son is practically filled with piling, driven as close together as possible. When the river goes down the concrete will be poured in and on this the steel structure will be erected. An Editorial "Commissioner William L. Brewster has been the balance wheel' of the present Commission; has the respect of all his associates; is consulted by them on important matters of policy; is well acquainted with the city's needs; knows the different elements of the city's population; has been fearless in the execution of duties; has not hesitated to offend per sonal friends and supporters if he conceived it to be his duty; has played no politics; , . . is a man of broad human sympathies, in touch with sane and progressive ideas of social and economic reform, without being a visionary or a faddist; desires re-election and makes a safe, sane and sound Commissioner." - From an editorial in the "Oregon Voter," edited and pub lished by C. C. Chapman. (Paid Adv. Brewster Campaign Committee. 410 KalHng Bldg.)