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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (July 13, 1915)
TITE MORXXXG OREGONIAN. TUESDAY, JHCXX C5. nJTS, :tiie august "delineator" is now ready for subscribers: BIG PROJECTS GIVEN house service of the country with a view of learning what was needed In the way of improvements or equip ment or in & changs of methods. Asked if he was planning any extensive Im provements on the Coast. Mr. Putnam sid that no improvements would be put in here until an appropriation could be procured from Congress. "Estimates are to be submitted to the coming Congress." he said, "for general improvements in the sigruils and lighthouses off the Coasts of Ore gon and Washington and for. the con struction of a new lighthouse on Point Vincent, in California. Included also are estimates for Improving the system of signal.-", buoys and lights off the coast of Alaska." Curtain Nets, Yard Today at 17c the usual price of which is SOc to 60c. A special purchase of fancy nets of splendid quality. Annex, 9th Floor. Out-of-Town Mail Orders Filled from this and all our ads if received within three days of date of publication. Telephone us where quantities are limited. Line of Steamers to Carry Northwest Products More Reasonably Proposed. run- QjjAJLmT Sto or Portland 16 " CHAMBER backing MOUNT HOOD PARK SOUGHT Xocution of Families on Farms - and Building of Factories to Handle Raw Material of District Also Projected. SOUSA - CONTRACT SIGNED Noted Band to Be at Oaks Park July 25 and 26. Edwin G. Clarke, business manager for Sousa and his band, passed through Portland yesterday on bis way to Spo- Bl'RXED WHILE KII-LIXG HIS ALTO, VOl'XC MAX DIES. Four important projects, closely as sociated with the industrial and com mercial development of the city, re ceived a definite pledge of support yes terday from the Portland Chamber of Commerce, which outlined a working programme. The enterprises to which the organization committed itself are: Financing of a line of ships to handle the tonnage of the Port of Portland, especially that developing from the great wheat crops of the Columbia Basin; inducing capital invested in other securities to undertake the financing of manufacturing plants for- xne city; aiding those who are seeking jurm nomes in me state, and conduct ing a campaign to create a new Na tional park around Mount Hood. Three committees were authorized to handle the three first activities, at the meeting of the members' council yesterday, and these committees will be named as soon as possible by E. L. Thompson, president of the members' council. The other committee was named at once. Profits for Farmers, Aim. The first committee will work out a plan for financing shipping lines to handle the business of the port. Espe cial care is to be given in the pro gramme of this committee for the transportation of the Inland Empire wheat crops abroad, at a cost which will leave a reasonable margin of profit to the farmers producing them. The plan on which the second com mittee is to work will deal with the financing of new manufacturing in dustries in Portland. It has been as certained that there are millions of capital in Portland invested in securi ties of different types, which could be made available for the helping of in dustrial enterprises . in the city and state, and the aim of the second com mittee will be to induce investors' to divert some of this capital into the channels of Industrial promotion. The third committee will undertake to aid those who are seeking homes on the land, either newcomers to the state or the relocation of families who are now crowding the labor markets of the big cities. cw Parle Projected. A fourth project taken up yesterday was the proposal to create a new Na tional park around Mount Hood and along a proposed highway beginning at Mount Hood Lodge and running around the mountain to Government Camp. Along the proposed road s one of the finest forests in the Cascade range, as we.ll as some of the most charming scenery. The road would be an extension of the Columbia .River Highway and would Kive to the tourist a comprehensive glimpse of Western Oregon, the mag nificent scenery of the highway, a glimpse of Hood River and The Dalles, and a clear vision of what Central and Eastern Oregon are like. It would be a 20-mile road, costing 60.000. rising to 5400 feet at its greatest altitude, and making it possible to establish a varie ty of health resorts suitable to the needs of the invalid of any character. This proposition is to be submitted to Forester Graves when he reaches Portland this week, and he will be asked to recommend to the President that the areas desired be eliminated from the forest reserve and dedicated as a. National park. The committee to present this matter is Rufus Holman, L. A. McArthur, F. C. Riggs, John F. Carroll and J. C. Ainsworth. Retrogression la Asserted. Hy Ellers precipitated action at the luncheon yesterday when he declared that if the activities produced by the manufacture of, and trade in, munitions of war, mostly contraband, were taken out of trade affairs today this Nation would be going backward, and that at a time when the country had the big best crop in its history. Mr. Eilers said bankers predicted that money to han dle this season's crop will be the scarc est it has ever been, although the banks of the country are bulging with coin. He also said that the probable charge for transporting wheat over the ocean route would be 60 cents a bushel He pointed out that the South was embarrassed financially, although her warehouses were full of cotton, and not a dollar of American money has been forthcoming to build factories to manufacture that cotton. Mr. Eilers denied that the Federal Reserve banking law had made money any easier, and urged that the Cham ber of Commerce undertake financing the things necessary to be done to make Portland prosperous. ed of Factories Asserted. He called attention to the fact that the Pullman Car Company had re cently refused an order for millions of dollars' worth of freight cars for the reason that they could not get a rate by which the Oregon fir could be shipped to their plants, made into cars and reshipped to this Coast for trans poratlon to Russia. The American Car Company has the order and will make up the cars from Southern pine. Mr. Eilers Insisted that it should not be necessary to ship timber twice across the country. and that if Portland undertook the matter of stimulating the lumber Industry, through helping manufacturing concerns to locate here, the market could be opened. -The speech created a sensation, and the authority to appoint the committees was conferred upon Mr. Thompson without a dissenting voice. It is probable Mr. Eilers will be made chairman of th ship-building com mittee and that a co-operative plan will be adopted which will combine the interests of the great wheat belt the applegrowers. the hopmen and other producers of tonnage which make use of water transportation. jf ..' : 1 ' A "l I i - -k i I I ; I It " "r h" J I I ' :. V . - t ' - i f - :...: ' V.. .V ' S I I . if - r-- I k...,...,., ... ... -fT.r p f Uf IVlllard St. Martlsu Willard St. Martin, who died Wednesday, July 7. at St. Mar tin's Springs. following fatal burns received in an explosion of gasoline while he was filling the tank of his automobile, wae a graduate of the Hill Military Academy of PorUand in 113. He later attended Stanford Univer sity in California, and in 1914 went to the Oregon Agricultural College at Corvallis and to the University of Oregon at Eugene for a short period. The young man intended to take up law as his life's work. Mr. 6-t. Martin was 22 years old and a nephew of Mrs. Margaret St. Martin, owner of the Springs. He lived for 24 hours after the explosion. The body was burled in the family plot at St. Martin's Springs. kane. after completing final contracts for the appearance at the Oaks July 25 and 26 of Mr. Sousa. Mr. Clarke as enthusiastic about the success Sousa has had at the exposi tion, where he has played 10 weeks straight. "The problem at the exposition now is to handle the crowds, not only for Sousa, but for everything." he re marked. "Everything seems to be coming at once." while here Mr. Clarke received tele grams from the Seattle Chamber of Commerce and the Tllllcums. telling him they were arranging receptions and parades for the noted bandmaster and his band. The Tillicums will give Mr. Sousa and his men a dinner. Mr. Clarke has lust signed a (200,000 contract with Charles I'lUingham at $7000 a week for 20 weeeks for Sousa and his band, to take the place of the New York Hippodrome orchestra. This probably will be the first time in the world that any band of Sousa's magni tude has been so employed. THETA CHIS IN CONVENTION "Typically Kastern" Fraternity Bar rier Broken at San Francisco. EXPOSITION GROUNDS. San Fran cisco. July 12. (Special.) Oregon speakers broke the theme of the 7th annual convention of Theta Delta Chi in session here. It was characterized by the breaking down of a barrier known as a "typically Eastern" fra ternity, and possible Western expansion. The first speaker was S. D. Allen, of Eugene, Or., who 37 years ago was an officer at a similar convention in New York City. He was one of the oldest among the delegates here. Continuing the same theme. A. W. Webster, of Portland, referred to the time when the fraternity should consider the "great Oregon institution" as a field for pos sible expansion. The Pacific Northwest was well rep resented by the following delegates: Loren A. Wetherby. Tacoma; Walter Lee Kauffman, Tacoma; Harold Flelsh heiroer, Seattle; Eugene W. Bond. Seat' tie; F. E. Palmer. Kllensburg, Wash. Colvin Philip, Jr.. Seattle; Guy Thomp son, Seattle; Luther Sutherland. Seattle; Seward T. Allen, Eugene. Or.: F. 8. Allen, Eugene, Or.; Richard I. Mashen Portland; Gus W. Stanner, Seattle; A. W. ebster, Portland. LIGHTHOUSE OFFICER HERE George R. Putnam Inspecting Sen Ice to Learn Needs. . George R. Putnam, of Washington, TX C, Commissioner of the Bureau of Lighthouses, arrived In Portland Sun day morning on an inspection tour of the United States. Mr. Putnam is inspecting the various lighthouse sta tions and depots in the country. He probably will spend the greater part o today at the office of Robert Warrack, inspector or tne seventeentn ugnt house District, with headquarters in this city. He left for California last night. Mr. Putnam said that his trip was for the purpose of inspecting the light, LIEN LAWS ARE EXPLAINED JJast Side Business Jlen's Club Hears T. Li. Lewis. Attorney T. L. Lewis explained the lien laws of Oregon and the amendment to the mechanics lien law yesterday at the luncheon of the East Side Eusl ness Men's Club, to an audience of architects, contractors, supply and busi ness men. Mr. Lewis gave a resume of the 17 different branches of the lien law. emphasizing the parts that were of interest to the audience. The amendment, said Mr. Lewis. Is great improvement on the original lien law under which the owner of the buildi'ng under construction had little protection. He offered several court de clsions on various phases of lien laws. CO-OPERATION IS URGED President of St. Johns Commercial Club Would Kxtend Scope. K. C. Couch, president of the St. Johns Commercial Club, speaking of matters that may come up at the mass meeting to be held tonight in the St. Johns old City Hall, said yesterday that property owners and residents should co-operate with the city offi cials of Portland Mr. Couch thinks the Commercial Club should retain its organization and extend its scope to include the Lower Peninsula to make practical this co operation for the development of the district. This will be considered at the meeting tonight. Pulirsrla's population Is about R.AOO.onij, Serbia hs nrly 4.0H0.0OO. Monttsxro 600. 000 and Boum&nla 0,000,000. Time Flies! Only 43 Days More and We Shall Be in Our New Building and This JNotame Kemovai saie will be a thin of the past". Meanwhile, we're makine rapid reductions of all stocks and shelf-emptying all small lota by having: Every Article in the Store and Annex at a Reduced Price mSt hS? cfeeri TTts rag Have You Heard the Good News ? 2 Great Floorsin Our WonderfulNew Buildin; Are Open for Business and Await Your Visit! Our Policy Is to Move by Degrees for Your Convenience and Ours. SEVERAL OF OUR LARGEST DEPARTMENTS ARE PERMANENTLY SETTLED AND GREATLY ENLARGED On the. Second Floor All Yardage Goods Silks, Dress Goods, Coatings, Wash Fabrics, White Goods, Linens, Bedding, Linings, Flannels and Patterns. Ft. J - v-w f. . . i LaTa t . . . n P" r. ' i. r v t r- 1 1 1 wVa' On the Third Floor Shoe Department An Im mense Space Devoted Entirely to the Display of Men's, Women's and Children's Footwear. Easily Accessible by Many Elevators and Escalators (Moving Stairways) and Flooded With Day light From Windows on All Sides; Large, Spacious Aisles, and a Complete Change of Pure, Cool, Fresh Air Every Six Minutes and Many Other New Innovations for Portland. These New Store Departments Present a Shopping Place That Is Unexcelled in the Country. We Extend a Cordial Invitation to All Portland to Visit the Two Floors in Our New Building Now in Readiness. Removal Sale Prices Will Continue for a Limited Time. Here's Great News! A Big Removal Sale "Cleanup" of Women's Splendid Dresses in Two Price Groups "We must clean up this lot," said the buyer; "put your own price upon these dresses, I'll agree to your proposition, for new goods are coming and we MUST have the room t n That's the reason vou can buy these Dresses for 9Sc and $2.4S, for the prices placed upon these groups of Dresses allow us to .mo mit pvpti" and vou to nrocure a stvlish. daintv little frock at a cost that is most attractive. come Group One A Thousand Dresses for House Wear 98c That Have Sold Regularly at $1.65 to $2.25. ' You may have a simple house dress of chambray or gingham, or dainty little model of pretty dimity or pique, suited for afternoon or street wear on a warm da3 Some are trimmed, others tailored; all are well-made, well-designed, up-to-date dresses. Sizes 34 to 46. Your choice at 9?c. Group Two 625 Beautiful Newest Style Dresses at $2.48 That Have Sold Regularly at $2.95 to $3.95 The models include the- new coatee. Empire and suspender styles, so desirable for street wear. All colors and white dresses with velvet girdles of black or handsome colors. The materials are pretty voiles, crepes, lawns and dimities. Sizes 34 to 46. Your choice at S2.4S. Just Arrived! Another Lot of Those Netv and Pretty "Wirthmor" Waists at $1 Ever so many women are buying these Waists repeatedly. They have found them incomparably better than the customary $1 Waists. Sightly; yes; in fact they possess that dignity and refinement of style that usually distinguishes only far more costly models; and moreover, they're made with the utmost care and attention to details. Although they sell for only $1.00, they bear no resemblance whatever to the usual Waists obtainable at this modest price. These very desirable Waists are sold here exclusively. 1fti Kit i: KODAKS, CAMERAS, ALL SUITL1ES DEVELOPING AND PRINTING