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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (June 18, 1915)
THE MORNING OREGONIAN. FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1915. OREGON HAS BIG DAY AT A FRANGISGO Usual Hospitality Shown, but Happy Crowds Tax Ca pacity of Big Building., OCCASION IS INFORMAL I'.ntertainment Continues All Day and Many Visitors From State Are Present Oregon Roses Prominently Shown. BT ASXE SHASXON' MONTtOB. OREGON BUILDING. EXPOSITION GROUNDS, SAN FRANCISCO. June 15. (Oregon -day.). A perfect Oregron day in June opened at the Exposition city for Oregon's first special fete day with a clear, blue sky hardly flecked with a cloud. By 10 o'clock the building was humming; by 11 it was getting a DU congested: by 13 It was pacKea, ana Commissioner Hawley was seen rush ing frantically about in a desire to ex tend space, to swing back the walls for a dav and let all the people in. Oregon's hospitality is the hospitality of the pioneer who wants all the peo ple to come. Of course, there was the parade, there were roses for every vis itor, and the big ball, but otherwise it was a usual day. only an exaggerated one; exaggerated because the crowds were exaggerated and the interest and the enthusiasm; and all the pleasing things that are said every day. Entertainment On All Day. The big reception-room on the ground floor was open all day. with Mrs. Charles A. Gray and her assistants meeting people and in the afternoon serving tea; every visitor to the Ore con building who wanted it had a cup of tea. Oregon plays no favorites. At 2:15 the motion pictures of the Oregon Rose Festival and the Pendleton Round up held large audiences in the lecture hall; at 3 the Oregon Agricultural Col lege boys' band gave one of their con certs that filled the great old Oregon building with stirring melody from its rafters to its cellar. At 3 also dancing was in order and the floor was filled all the afternoon with Oregon young people and our guests, while the el ders were having tea downstairs. Dinner guests of the Oregon build ing were Colonel C. E. S. "Wood and J. Alden Weir, one of the greatest paint ers in America. A group of Colonel "Wood's paintings, all Oregon scenes, is now on exhibition in the Oregon Studio on the top floor, while a similar group by Mr. Weir hangs in the Palace of ' Fine Arts. These men spent some time among the pictures by Oregon artists, notably the work of Bertha Stewart, G. C. Walters, Bertha Breyman, H. Wentz. Melville Wire. Clyde Leon Kel ler, W. D. Dyer, Wade Pipes and Mrs. ('. E Ladd's photographic studies of flowers, Mrs. Albert Sweetser"s water colors of wild flowers, W. L. Finley's bird and game studies and Phyllis Muir den's pen sketches of children. A de lightful bronze miniature, "The Baby Mother," the work of Miss Collon, of Ashland, just received, won enthusias tic praise. Reception Pleasantly Informal. The big reception in the evening was not just a cold handshaking-down-the-Jine-drink-punch-and-gro-home affair. It was an Oregon evening, delightfully j informal. Mrs. Charles A. Gray, assist ed by Mrs. W. L. Thompson and Mrs. Henry Judd. of Pendleton, and Com missioner ' Hawley received Oregon's guests in the big reception-room. There was delightful music by the Swedish singers of Portland, after which Colo nel Wood talked on art. Then the dancers trooped upstairs, the Oregon Agricultural College boys started their music, others grouped about the big log fire, and still others found the studio and enjoyed the art works of Oregon artists. AH the time Oregon roses kept on filling the air with fra grance and the eyes with beauty. Among the many Oregonlans present were: Mrs. H. C. Wortman, Miss Helen Wortman, Miss Kent, Miss Wortman's guest from Philadelphia; Mrs. Robert French, Mrs. J. C. Eliot King and Miss King. Dr. and Mrs. J. F. Dickson. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Sewall, Dr. and Mrs. Byron Miller, Mrs. Ayre, Mrs. Thomas Marshall and M. . Kline and family. Nearly every other city in the state was represented. The building was further beautified wth Oregon grape, through the kind offices of George H. Hlraea, of Port land. M. L. Kline has been the fairy godfather of the Oregon building in sending Oregon grape also. Mr. Himes' thoughtfulness was particularly appre ciated, as June 15 is in fact Old Pio neers' day, celebrated annually in Ore gon since 1874. Mr. Himes, unable to be present, honoring the day, sent Ore gon grape, our state flower, together with salal and vine maple. LANE CLOVER IS DAMAGED "Borer'' Appears and Many Fields Turned Over to Kill Larva. EUGENE, Or., June 17. (Special.) The clover root borer has made its ap pearance in Lane County this season and. although not to an alarming ex tent, a number of farmers will plow their fields under as a sacrifice in pre venting the pest from obtaining an ex tensive foothold. This borer is a small flying beetle. Last week these beetles were in the air. This week they have deposited their eggs and the larva will soon be hatched. By plowing the clover under the food upon which the insect must live during the first stages of its existence is destroyed. PUBLIC MARKET TO OPEN Clackamas Farmers Prompt City to Resume Business Friday. OREGON CITY, Or., June 17. (Spe cial.) After several weeks of delay, the public market will open Friday, C. G. Huntley, of the Board of Trade, an nounced today. The booths which were used last Summer have been installed again and are ready for Friday's business. The Board of Trade decided to re open the market this Summer when a large number of farmers sent petitions. Although during the first two or three weeks the market will be open only once a week, later in the season it will be used two days. Spokane to Laud President. SPOKANE. June 17. Mayor Fasett today named in a proclamation next Wednesday as the date for a co-operative expression by Spokane citizens of confidence in President Wilson and to tender him assurance of support and loyalty in his efforts to maintain American neutrality and yet to defend American lives and rights and bring about peace in Europe. A committee was appointed to arrange for a meet ing at which resolutions will be adopted. , . . A Sacrifice Sale of Boys' Clothes Prices Have Been Greatly Reduced on Boys' Norfolk and Wash Suits , You can choose midsummer clothes for your boys at exceed ingly, low prices. The styles are all new the fabrics the best that I can buy. Bring the boys and select from this large stock Boys' Suits Reduced Boys' $15.00 Knicker Suits Now $9.85 Boys' $10.00 Knicker Suits Now $7.85 Boys' $ 8.50 Knicker Suits Now $6.35 Boys' $ 6.50 Knicker Suits Now $4.95 A Pair of Extra Knickers Free With Each Suit. Wash Suits Reduced 0 $1.50 Wash Suits $1.15 $3.00 $2.00 Wash Suits $1.50 $4.00 $2.50 Wash Suits $1.95 $5.00 Second, Floor BEN SELLING Wash Suits $2.25 Wash Suits $2.95 Wash Suits $3.95 Morrison at Fourth CONTRACTS ARE LET Concrete and Bitulithic Chosen With Short Stretch of Brick. WORK MAY START MONDAY Sir. Ycon HIg-hly Gratified and S. Benson, Advocate of Good Roads, lianas County Commissioners for Guarantee Provision. fContinurd Ttotti "First Paje. mor joints, awarded to Montague- O'Reilly Company for $75,610.40. Slavln Road, 4.34 Miles. Concrete, "Wayne County mix, with armor joints, awarded to Montague O'Reilly Company for J94.043.36. Canyon Road, 1.67 Miles. Section A Bitulithic. awarded to Boyajohn-Arnold Company, and Hans Federsen for $16,903.60. Section B Concrete, Wayne County mix, with armor joints, awarded to Montague-O'Reilly Company for $22,352. Following are the total amounts of the contracts awarded each of the six successful contractors: Warren Construction Company, $503, 021.81; Montague - O'Reilly Company, $186,557.36; Pacific Bridge Company, $155,332.78; Clark-Henry Company, $139,379.40; OsUr Huber. $121,603.30, and Boyajohn-Arnold Company and Hans Pederson, $39,825.26. All the suc cessful bidders are Portland firms ex cept the Clark-Henry Company, of Sac ramento, Cal., and Hans Pederson. of Seattle, who bid only in conjunction with the Boyajohn-Arnold Company, of Portland. Bids Include Grading;. . It should he borne in mind that the contracts are not lump-sum contracts. and that they include, not only the actual paving of the roads, but such other necessary accompanying work as excavating, culverts, fences and simi lar items. The paving itself can be estimated almost exactly to the square yard, but the cost of necessary exca vating and grading on some of the roads can be figured only to an ap proximately correct estimate, because of the fact that in some cases where only dirt excavation is figured on hard rock will be encountered, and vice versa, Thus, as all these items are included in each contract, the amount finally paid on some of the contracts will prob ably be higher than the figures given above, and that on others lower. The bidders were required to bid on a square yard basis for laying the pave ment and on a cubic yard basis in excavating, so that both contractors and the county are protected. Gsaraa tees Are Submitted. In an official statement accompany ing the awards, the Commissioners said: "The Roadmaster is hereby di rected to confer with the District At torney and submit to the board for approval contracts covering the above awards, including a satisfactory 10 year maintenance , agreement." Maintenance contracts for the full 10-year period, the first five-year period-being covered by surety bond and maintenance for the second five year, period being guaranteed by per spnal securities put up by the contrac tor, have been submitted by all the suc cessful bidders. District Attorney Evans, however, desires to make these contracts uniform and to have them bo worded as to afford the fullest possi ble protection to the county. He began working on this form yesterday and expects to have it ready to submit to the Commissioners for approval by Sat urday or Monday at the latest. It will then be up to each contractor to accept the maintenance contract as approved by the Commissioners, and to present his securities for their O. K. before the paving contracts are signed. Practically all the successful bidders, however, -already have told the Com missioners that they will accept the maintenance corltracts In whatever form the Commissioners desire. Warren Company Ready to Start, Here are what .some of the con tractors had to say - yesterday about their readiness to start work, and the tin-e they estimate it will take them: Walter Warren, representing paten tees of bitulithic, for Warren Construc tion Company (Sandy road and part of Columbia River Highway) The War ren Construction Company is ready to begin work as soon as its contracts are signed. It could start the same day. With what expedition it plans to con duct the work may be judged from the fact that it obligated itself voluntarily in its contracts to have ten miles of pavement completed in 30 days. All its contracts will be finished by mid-October or November 1. It will have crews working on the Columbia River Highway and the Sandy road at the same time. Moreover, traffic will not be stopped during the work. Tourists going up the Columbia River Highway will be able to get through as usual. Onloir Hnbr Prepared. Oskar Huber (Powell "Valley Road) If the County Commissioners gave the word I could start work Monday. My plant is now at Vancouver, Wash., but I have already given orders to have It brought over here Saturday and as sembled at the Powell Valley road. I will start work the day the contracts are signed, and I will finish the job by October 1 sure. . C. F. Swigert, for Pacific Bridge Comnany (part of Columbia River Highway) We can begin work as soon as liie contracts are ready. We have rock plant at Mosier, Or., and can bring down plenty of rock at once. Other material and equipment will be as sembled immediately. We hope to finish the work by December 1. S. N. Arnold, for Boyajohn-Arnold and Hans Pederson . (section of Co lumbia River Highway and section of Canyon road) We can get to work in a week and finish up .everything in four months, perhaps less. We will go right ahead and rush the work. Mr. Montague Not Decided. S. S. Montague, for Montague-O'Reilly Company (Foster road, Slavin road and part of Canyon road) I don't know when we will start, perhaps soon after the contracts are signed. I don't know whether we will work on one road or on several roads at once. I don't know when we will finish. The time limit in the contracts Is October 1. Manager Clark, of the Clark-Henry Company, which has the Base Line road, told the Commissioners yesterday that he was going out that afternoon to look over the road with a view to assem bling his plant immediately, and that he would rush work at top speed. The County Court room was crowded and Jammed at 10:30 o'clock yesterday morning when the Commissioners en tered. Many persons Had come expect ing' to make speeches, but the Com missioners had already made up their minds and acted with such celerity that the would-be orators didn't even try to talk. "I move that the chairman read the report of the board on the awarding of the paving contracts," said Commis sioner Holman, after the Commission ers were seated. Commissioner Light ner read the awards at once. "The meeting Is adjourned," he announced when he had finished. The whole proceeding took Just four minutes. Commissioner Work Hard. "We have made every endeavor to be absolutely fair and just in our awards," said Commissioner Lightner. "The last two weeks have been about the hardest I ever went through." "We had all made our final decision," said Commissioner Holbrook, "and after talking It over first we felt that there was absolutely nothing to be gained by prolonging discussion. We have given advocates of every type of pave ment the most careful consideration.' and have listened to arguments from early morning until midnight. In fact, you can't imagine what we have been through. I never spent a harder two weeks in my life." "We were unanimous in approving the awards," said Commissioner Hol man. "We all had to concede a little, but i think we have done the best thing for the public But say, I never went through ,a tougher two weeks in my life!" 924 USE 95 BATH TUBS Monmouth Survey Shows 131 of 226 Homes Bathless. MONMOUTH. Or., June 17. (Special.) -Have you a bath tub In your homer' This is the question which the keeper of every home was asked this week by the students in the rural sociology class of the Oregon Normal School in order to get Information leading to the solving of local problems. The census was taken aa the termination of the year's work. ... Monmouth was placed into four di visions and students were appointed to canvass each. When completed the survey showed that out of a total, of 226 homes, containing "924 persons. 95 homes had bath tubs. Upon reassembling next September the sociology class will seek to determine- In precise terms the signifi cance of the figures obtained. Then the surveys will be continued and extended to other sections of the county. Tha asphalt deposits of Cuba, when re veloped. are expected to prove superior to all others throughout the world. DIPLOMAS AWARDED 12 CO M MEN CEMEXT EXERCISES OK AL BANY COLLEGE HELD. BIG HAT SALE AT Eastern Hat Factory 64-66 Third St. BEGINS TODAY REGULAR $3 HAT, in soft felt; all the new, fancy shapes with contrasted bands. These Hats are absolutely made of genuine beaver stock in our own factory. They will be given to you today. Cantata la Given and Final Ceremonies Take Place Degree of LL. D. is Conferred on Dr. W. S. Holt, ALBANY, -Or., June 17. (Special.) The commencement exercises of Albany College were' held last night and this morning. Twelve students received di plomas, "Pan on a Summer Day." a cantata, was given by the Conservatory of Music, at the First Presbyterian Church last night. Thirty women took part. The music was good, and pleased the large audience present. The final exercises were started this morning when the usual academic pro cession proceeded from the college to the First Presbyterian Church. The "Triumphal March" was played by Miss Waggoner on the pipe organ, after which Miss Eva Gentry sang "Thoughts Have Wings." The commencement ad dress was delivered by Senator Cham berlain. After two songs, "The Moths" and "An Irish Love Song," Miss Eva Wallace was heard in "The Morning Wind." The J. F. Miller medal was won by Miss Ruth Knowles, the pre sentation being made by President H M. Crooks. "Impatience" was sung by Miss Blanche Hamroel, The degree of T,T. D. was conferred upon Dr. W. S. Holt, the first assistant, secretary to Dr. Foulkes. This is the first time that the degree has been conferred by Albany College. In his annual address President Crooks said that a good start had been made on the subscriptions for the new college buildings, but that the build ings would not be begun this year. SUMMER STUDENTS SIGN Many States Are Represent- in At- , tendance at Oj-A. C. OREGON AGRICULTURAL. COLLEGE, Corvallis. June tl. (Special.) Regis tration of Summer school students at the Oregon Agricultural College is un der way and has passed the hundred mark. Teachers - and students are in attendance from various parts of the state and from other states. - Two young men come from Arkansas and one from Missouri. The first assembly was held Tues day, when announcements were made of some of the leading points of in terest in the schedule. The teachers were introduced. A reception was given tonight. The school will con tinue in session for six weeks. ACK N0W1E DGMENT Mk concrete Facts. CONCRETE has been select ed as the paving material for two of Multnomah County's arterial highways, for a portion of a third, and as a base for an additional section. This is a substantial recognition of the merits of concrete as a pav ing material, though we believe that taxpayers, automobilists, farmers and the public generally are disappointed that concrete was not more generously treated, be cause of its economy, its wearing qualities and its tractive advan tages. On all the roads to be paved it would have made a direct saving of $140,000. Multnomah County is going to have the finest concrete roads ever laid in the Northwest. We ask that you watch the con struction of these concrete roads; observe their advantages when they are complete, and at the end of the ten-year period we believe you will say they have been the best paving investment you ever made, for they will be good for an indefinite number of years' wear. We thank you. Western Washington Manufacturers of Portland Cement is 32S Grove School. The former job will cost $8306 and the latter $8133. S. Eaton, . of Freewater, got both con tracts. Work will be started imme diately. Two Schools to Be Built. PENDLETON, Or.. June 17. (Spe cial.) Contracts have been awarded by Architect Hatch, of this city, for an addition to the Freewater School and for a new school building in the Free water district, to he known as the LIGHT FRANCHISE FAVORED Med ford Council Committee Reports on Corporation's Petition. MEDFORD, Or.. June 17. (SpeciaL) A favorable report on the applica tion of the Rogue River Public Service Corporation for a light franchise in Medford was given by the light com mittee of the City Council Tuesday night. An ordinance embodying the terms of the Council is being pre pared, the chief features of which are the clauses that the wires be under ground, that it sell out to no compet itor within a number of years to be fixed, and that 3 per cent of the gross earnings be diverted to the city. The new light company agrees to these terms. A special meeting of the Council will be held Friday to consider further the matter. The city Is now securing light from the California-Oregon Com pany, and a BUit is pending regarding the validity of their franchise and pay ments due from the city on the mu nicipal light bill. The new public service corporation gets its power from the lower Rogue River, and Is controlled by a syndicate of Indiana capitalists, with headquarters in Grants Pass. , rrelght Car Runs Away. MULLAN. Idaho. June 17. (Special.) A runaway freight car starting at Pottsville Monday dashed through Mul lan at high speed and did not stop until it reached the curve west of town, where it was wrecked on an embank ment. Several sheds in the vicinity were damaged by flying timbers when the car struck the bank and nearly 200 chickens were killed, but nobody was hurt. Dr. Brunnan to Speak at Wallace." WALLACE, Idaho. June 16. (Spe cial.) Dr. M. A. Brannon, president of the University of Idaho, has consented to speak in this city July 4. Senator Borah was Invited to be the speaker of the day, but had a previous engage ment. The list of prizes offered for the various events totals more than $2500 for the three-day celebration to be held here. Protect Yourself Avoid Substitutes Ak for ORIGINAL ijy mi urU" 'Tc-iir"i si." ,r The Food Drink For All Ages Highly Nutritious and Convenient Rich milk with malted grain extract, in powder form dissolves in water more healthful than tea or coffee. Used in training athletes. 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