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HOUSING PROBLEM
FACES PORTLAND
Government Aid to Provide
Homes for Shipworkers Dis
cussed by A. L. Mills.
MEW CITY CODE NEEDED
Portland Citizens Not Aware of Con
dition Existing In Sections Where
Utter Lack of Ventilation and
Sanitation Is Found.
the entire state of Oregon baa been
on a ration minus white flour and con
fined to a minimum of wheat products.
The agreement to this end was -voluntarily
made by the grocers, and result
ed in saving great quantities of wheat.
In addition to the wheat saving ac
complished in June, residents and deal
ers of Oregon' turned back approxi
mately 13,000 barrels of flour for con
signment by the Government to the
Army -and allies in Europe.
The rules in force at the time white
flour was given up as an article of
diet in the state again apply. Dealers
may purchase from mills or wholesal
ers only upon the certificate plan. The
householder must take an amount of
approved substitutes equaling the
weight of each white flour purchase.
Coincident with resumption of flour
sales to the public, the bakers of the
state are permitted to drop war bread
from their output and make only lib
erty bread during the warm weather.
Liberty bread contains 25 per cent sub
stitute materials and 75 per cent wheat
flour.
"DOLLAR DAY" IN OUR LOWER PRICE DOWNSTAIRS STORE VISIT THIS SECTION TODAY
DAVIDSON HELD GUILTY
FEDERAL JURY COSVICTS SAX
FRANCISCO MAX OF CONSPIRACY'.
Necessity for assistance from the
Federal Government to meet the hous
ing requirements of Portland indus
trial plants is being voiced as the out
growth of the efforts of civic organi
zations to help solve the problem of
hew to house the workers. Upon just
one point all are agreed the need for
homes sooner than they can be pro
vided by any solution that has been
offered.
Financing of a corporation through
individual subscription to stock is rec
ognized as a slow process by those who
have most strongly advocated that
method. But it is urged that the launch
ing of such a corporation may form
the basis for taking the responsibility
of utilizing Government aid for the
purpose.
The new housing code will be ready for
introduction to the City Council within
a few days. Members of the Housing
Commission regard it as embodying
me best ideas worked out in various
American cities.
A. L. Mills Gives Views.
"It is Just as essentially a part of
the duty of the Government to pro
vide the money for building houses
for workers to live in as it is to fi
nance ship-building yards to build
ships," said A. L. Mills, president of
the First National Bank, in reply to a
question.
"When the Government representa
tive came to me to ask whether or
net, in my opinion, Portland could fur
nish the funds to take care of the
housing matters I told him I did not
think it could. Citizens of Portland
have had their experience of having
their money tied up In houses with
nobody wanting to live in them, and
there is no good reason to expect them
to invest their working capital in
building houses that may be vacant
after the shipbuilding period comes
to an end. No one can say how long
the shipyards will be operating as they
are now working.
Housing Code Necessary.
"It seems to me that the Government
should do for Portland what it is do
ing for other localities in the way of
building houses for workers employed
in industries that are producing some
thing that must be had for the suc
cessful prosecution of the war. We
are all justly proud of what Portland
is doing in all lines of war work, and
we want to do all that we can do to aid.
The Government can provide the
houses that local men cannot, and at
the end of the war wreck them and
cbtain the salvage. If the local in
vestor builds houses and there is no
use for them after the war it is a loss
to the individual who has no means
of recouping.
"As to the new housing code, about
which I have been asked, I have not
seen it, but I realize the necessity for
such regulations as will cure condi
tions shown by the Housing Commis
sion and when the code is introduced
before the Council I shall advocate its
passage.
Many Disregard Health.
"Frequently, when showing friends
about Portland, the question has been
asked as to where the poor element
was located, where the tenement sec
tion, and I have always answered
proudly with the statement that we
had nothing of that sort. When the
committee asked me to go out and see
some of the places where people live
I found conditions that I did not know
existed.
"It would astonish lots of citizens
of Portland to see the squalor in which
seme of our citizens live, the utter
lack of sanitation and ventilation, and
the utter disregard of health In which
people who inhabit such sections live.
Why, some of the places were verit
able rat holes, filthy beyond descrip
tion, without light, as dark as the
black hole of Calcutta, of which we
have read.
"No citizen who has the love of
Portland in his heart should rest easy
with the knowledge that we permit
some neople who come to Portland to
work in our industries to be treated
worse than criminals. We owe it to
those who come to help in the indus
tries to see that all places where they
are permitted to live whil doing the
important work of industries are sani
tary, with healthful surroundings,
God's sunlight and fresh air to see
end feci and breathe.
People Have Deceived Themselves.
"When the building code is brought
before the Council 1 hope the people
who have boasted of the beauty of
Portland and our freedom from ob
Jectionable conditions will go up there
and support It in order to help maKe
Portland what we who have been igno
rant of some actual conditions feel
tl.at it ought to be and deceived our
selves in the belief that it was. Some
of those who have been smug and
comfortable in their own surround
ings need the same sort of a jolt that
I received when 1 accepted tne invita
tion of members of the committee to
see some spots.
"We owe it to the workmen to fur
nish them decent, sanitary surround
ir.es. and we owe it to the Govern
ment to ask for the necessary finan
cial aid from the fund provided for
that purpose to provide proper condi
tions for the housing of workmen.
There is no use for any false modesty
abcut it. Local capital ls not justified
In building houses that are probably
to be occupied only temporarily, and it
Is the business of the Government to
meet that kind of need.
"But it is the duty of the people of
Portland to see that existing evils
that menace the health of the present
copulation and threaten the welfare
of the community, may r.ot exist now
or be created in the future. Preven
tion is better than cure in tubercu
losis, and in the many ills to which
humanity Is subject, as well as those
that become epedemic, after originat
ing in foul places, and entail the great
est diligence of health authorities to
stamp out.
WHEAT EMBARGO IS OFF
Consumers Again Permitted to Buy
White Flour.
Beginning today, the public again is
narmitted to purchase and use white
flour. Permission for the resumption
rt white flour sales, on the 50-50 basis,
was issued Monday by Federal Food
Administrator Ayer. to become effective
tnrtnv
For more t;-ao a month practically
Bine Ribbon Beer Company' Head Ar
rested in Courtroom, After Ver
dict on Second Charge.
Deliberations of the jury nearly all
of Wednesday night resulted yesterday
in a verdict of guilty against Alexan
der Davidson, head of the Blue Ribbon
Beer Company, of San Francisco,
charged with conspiring to ship intox
icants into Oregon. The verdict was
returned to Federal Judge R. S. Bean
at 8:45 A. M.
A mild sensation followed announce
ment of the verdict when Davidson
was arrested for alleged violation of
section 37 of the Federal code.
Lambert Whitehurst and George
Smith, defendants tried with Davidson,
were acquitted. Whitehurst was em
ployed by the beer company head as a
salesman.
By Assistant United States Attorney
Goldstein, who prosecuted the case, the
conviction is said to open the way for
cutting off activities of California
liquor men who would ignore the Reed
amendment. By Dan J. Malarkey, who
represented Davidson, the conviction is
not considered final, and hint at an
appeal is given.
Jurors in the case were Thomas A.
Edwards, Henry W. Hall, N. K. Sting
ley, John F. Rlsley, M. A. Hathaway,
J. Lee Austin, C. L. Hansen, Walter
Johnson, Louis Webert, C. T. Curry,
John Carstens and S. C. Rasmussen.
Soup meat, 10c.
Beef Liver. 12 c.
Beef Stew, 12 He.
Oven Roasts, 18c.
Sirloin Steak, 20c
Roast Veal, 15c.
Veal Stew, 15c.
Calf Liver, 20c.
rankfurters, 22c.
Roast Pork, 25c.
Pure Lard, 30c.
Frank
Adv.
Wenatchee Lawyer Called.
WEN'ATCHEE, Wash., June 6. (Spe-
lal.) War again has invaded the
ranks of Wenatchee professional men.
Attorney C. P. Connor has entered the
Y. M. C. A. work and will join the
fighting forces across the waters. He
left Wednesday for the Sound, where
he will be given a few weeks' train
ing at the Y. M. C. A. camp at Zabeck.
He will then be transferred to the At
lantic Coast and soon thereafter to
Ither France or Italy. He Is the sec
ond Wenatchee man to respond to the
call for Y. M. C. A. workers. C. A.
Nutley volunteered some time afro.
SMITH'S MEATS, 10c UP.
Boiling Beef. 12'Ac.
Pot Roast, 15c.
Plate Beef, 12 c.
Shoulder Steak, 18c.
Porterhouse, 20c.
Breast Veal, 15c.
Veal Cutlets, 20c.
Bologna, 20c.
Loin Cutlets, 25c.
Best Bacon, 40c.
Compound, 25c.
L. Smith's is 228 Alder St.-
JUST TELL 'EM
TO SEE ME." SAYS
PORTLAND
MAN
If Anybody Wants to Know
What I Think of Tanlac,"
States Mass.
"If anybody wants to know what I
think about Tanlac just tell 'em to see
me," said A. E. Mass, a carpenter em
ployed by the Foundation Shipbuilding
Company and who lives at 433 Twenty
second street North, Portland, the other
day.
'Eight months ago " he continued.
when my health began to fall I lost
my appetite and everything I forced
down seemed to lay In my stomach like
stone. Even the lightest diet would
sour and I was constantly belching up
gas and undigested food. At times I
would have such awful cramps in my
stomach that I could hardly stand it.
My kidneys worried me so much that
couldn t get a good night s rest and
I had a terrible misery In my back for
weeks at a time. I was badly consti
pated and my head ached like it would
split. I fell off all of twenty-one
pounds and felt like 1 had lost all
the energy I had. I was so tired and
worn out that when my alarm clock
would go off in the mornings It was
all I could do to force myself to get up
and go to work. Really I was in such
an awful condition that I wasn't fit
to even try to work, and more than
once felt like I would just have to quit
and rest up for a while.
'The very next day after starting on
Tanlac I began to get hungry, and by
the end of the week I had such an ap
petite that I felt like eating up every
thing in the bouse, and the best thing
was nothing I ate hurt me at alL I was
able to digest everything without any
bad after effects. I am entirely re
lieved of sour stomach and gas and my
kidneys are working all right. I never
have a pain in my back any more, I
sleep all night like a baby and never
wake till my alarm rings me up. Then
I Jump up full of life and ambition, eat
hearty breakfast and am ready for
a hard day s work, knowing it won t
tire me out like It did before I began
taking Tanlac. I have gained four
pounds In weight, have gotten back all
my lost energy and am now a regular
Tanlac booster."
Tanlac is sold in Portland by the Owl
Drug Co. Adv.
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Moths Take
No Vacation
Summer time is their
busy time. Put your Winter
furs where they will be Bafe
from these ruthless destroy
ers. Store your furs in our
vaults. Fourth Floor.
Shipbuilders
Subscribe Now
for your home and trade
magazines and save coming
advances in cost. We are
agents for all the leading
magazines and trade jour
nals. Main A Fifth Floors.
Fourth of
July Films
should be brought to us for
best results in developing and
printing. Over-night service.
All work guaranteed. En
largements a specialty. Low
prices. Main Kloor.
Free Lecture
On Gardening
in our Ninth Floor Tea
Room today at 3:30 P. M.
Mr. S. B. Hall, County
Agricultural Agent, will dis
cuss "Summer Problems of
the Garden." Ninth Floor.
Refreshed After the Holiday, We Apply Ourselves With Renewed Vigor to the
Service of Our Patrons and We Do It in No Uncertain Way, as Witness These
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Friday Surprise
ales
MEIER FRANK'S 1-182D FRIDAY 51RPBISE SALES
For One Day Only!
Just 65 High Grade
Silk Dresses
Styles for Afternoon
and Street Wear
$19,85
A Genuine Surprise Value!
This price, $19.85, takes no account of original cost, former
selling; prices or present worth. It falls far short of convey
ing an idea of the desirability of the garments. Please note
that the number of dresses in this surprise sale today is
limited to 65.
Fine quality taffetas and foulards. Colors include brown, navy, Copen,
tan, rose, a large assortment of checks, plaids and figured effects.
Flounced, tunic and coat models." Some have Georgette Crepe sleeves.
Try and be here early today for' these fine silk dresses at $19.85.
Meier & Frank's: Apparel Shop, Fourth Floor.
We Take Pleasure in Announcing a
Free Lecture-Demonstration
By Mrs. Evelene Spencer
In Our Sixth Floor Auditorium Today at 2:30
"Fish"
Will Be the Subject of This Lecture-Demonstration
With Special Reference to the Less Known Varieties
Mr. Evelene Spencer speaks with authority she represents the I" S
Bureau of Fisheries, and is known as the U. S. Fish Evangelist. Mrs.
Spencer needs no Introduction to Portland housewives. Her lecture
demonstration should attract a capacity audience to our Auditorium
today. All are requested to be in attendance when the lecture
demonstration besrlns promptly at 2:30.
Mrs. Spencer will trive many valuable recipes on the preparing and
cook ln of fish all orlRinal. BrlnK pencil anil paper. Official Oovern
ment bulletins on the cooking of fish produced by the V. S. Bureau of
Fisheries will be available FREE! rontons served to all.
14S2D FRIDAY SURPRISE
$2.49 Silver
Candlesticks
98c
Less than half price for these
desirable sterling silver candle
sticks Friday only. 5-inch size.
While any of a limited quantity
remain 98c instead of $2.49.
Meier A Frank's:
Silverware Shop. Main Floor.
1482D FRIDAY SIR PRISE
75c Pearl
Cliff Links
49c
A special Friday Surprise sale
of good quality pearl cuff links, a
few enameled and gold-filled cuff
links. Suitable for soft or stiff
cuff shirts. Pair, special 49c.
Meier & Frank's:
Jewelry Shop, Main Floor.
1482D FRIDAY SURPRISE
Good White
Scrim Yard
lie
An exceptionally good Friday
Surprise offering is this of good
quality curtain scrims with hem
stitched and drawn effect borders.
Yard, special at only 11c.
Meter & Frank's:
Curtain Shop, Seventh Floor.
1482D FRIDAY SURPRISE
Sale Fancy
Ribbons Yd.
49c
A special lot of ribbons in
widths from 5 to 7 inches. Taf
fetas in Dresdens and stripes,
brocades in light and dark pat
terns. For bags, hairbows, etc.
Meier A Frank's:
Ribbon Shop. Main Floor.
1482D FRIDAY SURPRISE
Good $1
Shirtincs
69c
This is an exceptionally good
special for Friday Surprise only.
Good quality silk and cotton shirt
ings in white with pleasing striped
effects. 32 inches wide.
Meier & Frank's:
Wash Goods Shop, Second Floor.
1482D FRIDAY SURPRISE
$1.50 Table
Cloths Only
$1
Damask table cloths finished
with fringed edges and colored
borders. Suitable for picnic or
for breakfast use. Sizes 56x70
inches. No phone orders.
Meier A Frank's:
Linen Shop, Second Floor.
1482D FRIDAY SURPRISE
cr
$5 Knittin
Bags Friday
$3.65
These popular knitting bags are
made of "Cotex" material, which
is very durable. With covered
metal frame. Size of bag is 15x10
inches. Limited number at $3.65.
Meter A Frank's:
Leather Goods Shop, Main Floor.
MEIER A FRANK'S 1482D FRIDAY SURPRISE SALES
Friday Surprise Sale Women's
Shamrock Lawn "Tj
Handkerchiefs JLOU
Women's wide hem and novelty ecalloped embroidery
edge handkerchiefs made of fine sheer Shamrock lawns.
Also embroidered corner designs in white and colored
effects. Excellent values for Friday Surprise at the low
price of 16c.
Meier & Frank's: Handkerchief Shop, Main Floor.
MEIER A FRANK'S 1482D FRIDAY SURPRISE SALES
Friday Surprise Sale Women's
Swiss Ribbed
Cotton Vests
35c
Wonderful value giving marks this Friday Surprise sale of
women's good quality Swiss ribbed cotton vests. Low neck,
sleeveless style garments, with fancy lace and crochet
trimmed yokes. Regular sizes only. Three of these vests
for $1.
Meier & Frank's: Underwear Shop, Main F'oor.
MEIER A FRANK'S 14S2D FRIDAY SURPRISE SALES
Friday Surprise Sale Women's
Silk & Fiber
Hose, Pair at
Sensational value giving! Women's famous Burson hose
of combination thread silk and fiber combining attrac
tiveness with serviceability. Fashioned legs, seamless feet.
White, medium gray and Palm Beach shades. Pair, spe
cial at 98c
Meier A Frank's: Hosiery Shop, Main Floor.
MEIER FRANK'S 1482D FRIDAY SURPRISE SALES
This Aluminum Covered
Kettle at $1.39
Windsor covered kettles the well-known
"Betty Bright" aluminum ware. 5-quart
kettles that will not chip, crack or rust.
With aluminum cover and bail handle. One
illustrated.
Exceptionally good values at this Friday
Surprise sale price. Limited quantity bet
ter come early.
Meier A Frank's: Housewares Section. Basement.
MEIER A FRANK'S 1482D FRIDAY SURPRISE SALES
A Special Friday Surprise Sale of
Women's $4
Silk Waists
Surprise sale extraordinary! A good assortment of women's fine
quality Georgette Crepe and Crepe de Chine waists in such popular
shades as flesh, tea rose, Nile, coral, maize and white. Models with
flat or roll collars. Embroidered, hemstitched, tucked and "lace
trimmed styles. A splendid selection in all sizes.
Meter A Frank's: Waist Shop, Fourth Floor.
$2.98
MEIER A FRANK'S 1482D FRIDAY SURPRISE SALES
Just In by Express Forwarded by Our Buyer
Now in the East A Large Special Purchase
$2.00 & $2.50 J- Fancy Silks
On Display and Sale
For the First Time
$1.67
Every yard of these silks is new. They are in the
wanted designs and colorings. We will sell these fine
fancy silks at $1.67 a yard today only while any of 2000
yards remains.
Yard-wide fancy stripe and ombre check taffetas, messalines and
satins. High-grade silks of the moment, suitable for separate
skirts, dresses, waists.
For Friday Surprise only $1.67 instead of $2.00-$2.50 yard.
These Silks On Sale in Our Big Daylight Silk Shop
Second Floor, Fifth Street
MEIER FRANK'S 1482D FRIDAY SURPRISE SALES
Special Friday Sale of
Boys' Summer
Suits $5.85
At this special price today you will find a
splendid selection of boys' suits in weights
particularly desirable for Portland Summer
weather.
Suits of finely serviceable tweeds, home
spuns and fancy cheviots. Full-cut, well-made
coats in pinch and pleated back styles with
three-piece belts all around. Fancy patterns
in gray and green, gray and tan and black and
white mixtures. Full-cut, full-lined knicker
bocker pants.
These suits are made to give the very
utmost in service. Ideal for vacation and all
Summer wear. Sizes for boys 10 to 18 years.
Excellent values at $5.85.
Meier A Frank's:
Boys Clothing Shop. Third Floor.
1482D FRIDAY SURPRISE
Boudoir Caps
45c
200 pieces in the lot. Boudoir
caps made of good quality Crepe
de Chine, messaline and Benga-(
line combined with Val. shadow,
Cluny and net top laces and
dainty ribbons. In pink, blue,
maize and lavender. Excellent
values at 45c.
Neckwear 29c
Organdy sets and collars. Pique
embroidered roll collars. Em
broidered Swiss collars and sets
in a variety of styles. For wom
en's, misses and children's wear.
Special at 29c.
Meier A Frank's:
Neckwear Shop. Main Floor.
14S2D FRIDAY SURPRISE
Men's Leather
Belts
With Sterling
Silver Buckles
$130 Values
89c
Fine quality narrow leather
belts worn by women as well as
men. Sterling silver buckles in
fancy scroll designs. A number of
different styles. All sizes.
Initials Engraved Free
Meier A Frank's:
Men's Furnishings Shop. Main Floor.
14S2D FRIDAY SURPRISE
Embroideries
39c
A wonderful Friday Surprise
value. Included are 36-inch voile
dress ejnbroideries with scalloped
and hemmed edges, floral designs.
Also 36-inch lawn skirtings in
the desirable eyelet patterns.
Yard specially priced for Friday
at 39c
Laces Yard 5c
Fine French Val. lace edges,
insertions and bead tops in 200
desirable patterns. Designs suit
able for undermuslins and blouses.
The widths range from Vt to V
inches.
Meier A Frank's:
Main Floor. Firth Street.
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