Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, April 27, 1920, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextTHE 3IORXIXG OKEGOXIAX, TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1920 WASH IMGTOni AWARDS HIGHWAY Jobs Placed Reach Total of $311,948. PORTLAND FIRM IN LIST Report of Work Since Legislature Shows Contracts Totaling More Than $10,000,000. OLYMPIA, Wash., April 26. (Spe cial.) Highway improvement con tracts totaling: $311,9-18 were awarded toy the elate hig-nway commission today. Two contracts totaling $79,507 w-ero taken under advisement. The contracts awarded follow: For grading and graveling- 7.42 miles of the Inland Empire highway from I'omeroy to Alpowa, the con it ract was let to Porter & Conley, J'ortland, for $16$. 506. The estimate Hvas Jl 97,003. On the North Central highway in Grant county, the contract for grad tng and graveling 3.34 miles from "Wilson creek to Martin, the job was let to the General Construction com pany. Spokane. Two bids were sub mitted on different specifications, one for 146.057 and the other for $47,660.. The engineer's estimate was (H6.795. For grading and graveling ' 4.05 niles of state road No. 22 in Stevens county from Harvey to Rickey, the contract went to General Construc tion company of Spokane, on a bid of jj 35,156. The estimate was JJ0.069. One Contract I for Pavinir. The only paving contract awarded was on the Sunset highway In Chelan county, east from Cashmere. The project includes 1.67 miles and was awarded to Burke, Singfelder & Berry f Wenatchee for $60,626. The esti mate was $57,934. Contracts taken under advisement ty the commission include one mile of paving of the Pacific highway from Silvana north in Snohomish county, for which the low bid was submitted by R. H. Travers of Seattle, $3,S15. The estimate was $39,114. The commission also took under dvieement the bid of R. L. Picken, Tonasket. for grading and graveling t-o miles of state road No. 4 in Okanogan county, from Tonasket east. The bid was $35,694 on an estimate f $32,664. Report Show Mark Work. According to official compilation issued by James Allen, state highway i commissioner, since the legislature adjourned March 13, 1919, the high way department has located, prepared plans and estimates, secured right of way and let 113 contracts for the construction and improvement of 525.46 miles of new 'oad at a total cot, not including engineering, of $10,378,000. and for the construction of 25 concrete and steel bridges at a total cost, exclusive of engineering. OI fl.UUl.UUU. "Of this 525.46 miles of new con struction," the statement reads, "156.01 is for clearing, grubbing, grading, drainage, etc., and prepar ing the roadbed for pavement at a total cost of $2,156,000, -Or an average cost of $13.20 a mile. . "For clearing, grubbing, g-rading and graveling, drainage, etc., 230.74 miles, at a total cost of $3,231,000. or an average cost of $14,000 a mile. "For surfacing work that already had been graded under subsequent contracts, 18.87 miles at a cost of $112,000. or $6000 a mile. "Of one course concrete pavement, - 115.84 miles have been constructed at a total cost of $a, 878, 000, or an average cost of $32,362 a mile." Good Roads Meeting Called. A LB A XT, Or., April 26. (Special.) The Linn County Good Roads asso ciation will hold the second of a series of meetings in behalf of road measures on the ballot for the spe cial election at the primaries at Brownsville tomorrow night. Among the speakers will be Rex W. Davis of Harrisburg. president of the asso ciation: Alfred C. Schmitt of Albany, secretary, and Frank J. Miller and J. M. Hawkins of Albany. The first meeting .of the series was held re cently at Seio. Meetings will be lield later in other cities of the county. , &H TTF thcncw Premier crc not cx- lV Jnfyt JL clusivcly designed, and exclusively ti (klA kpj accoutcred with refinements over what l JyJy J Vv GfW) one finds in other cars of the better &SJ ' JJffiLi v sort, the exclusive type of its power 3C f yS J plant and the exclusive C H. Mag- ZZZ?' $pe Jsnrcpl nctic Gear Shift feature alone would 12Lurir TP tnakc it one of the world's greatest ""uLlJt ?lS CaiS McCraken Motor Co., Distributors wQ JL I J) -40O Burmslde St. Bdwy. S3 f j J THE ALUMINUM SIX W I T H C g A W. SHIFT BAGGAGE HANDLED FREE COMPANIES DONATE SERVICES FOR SHRINE WEEK. Trip', to England Made. CEXTRAUA, Wash.. April 2.6. '(Special.) John Hughes, a former Centralia bus:na?s man, has returned rom n trip to England, where he vis ited his boyhood home. He left here last July. ' (r. Hughes reported living much higher in England than in the United States, while wages are much lower, common lebor being paid a maximum of $2.50 a day. Milk, Mr. Hughes says, is selling for 25c a quart and shoes fcr $18 a pair. Other arti cles of food and clothing are high in proportion. FOR NERVOUS AND . BLOODLESS WOMEN It is impossible to recover from a nervous breakdown until the blood is built up because the nerves depend on the blood for their nourishment. Thin blood means weak nerves and the two are more often found in combination tiinn not. People who do not find sleep re freshing, who lose weight, grow pale and nervous and suffer from indiges tion will profit by this statement from Mis. Mildred Jeffords, who lives at No. 730 West Main street, Owosso, JKch.: . "My blood was so thin that 1 be came very nervous." anya Mrs. Jef fords. "Slight sounds startled me and I would cry without any provocation. I worried a great deal because my nerves seemed to knot and jerk. I suf fered from headaches that were so se vere that they left my head sore. My digestion was poor and I was troubled with gas and a bloated feeling after eating. "1 had heard of Dr. Williams' Pink rills for years and decided to give the remedy a trial. I felt so much bet ter after a few days' treatment that I continued taking the remedy until my nerves were strong. 1 no longer feel irritable or inclined to worry. I s'oap well, eat heartily without after d'istresa and the headaches have dis appeared. My husband is also giving the remedy a trial on my recommen dation, for I have great confidence in Vr. Williams- Pink Pills." All druggists sell Dr. Williams' Pink Tills or you can order them direct by mail from the Dr. Williams Medicine Co.. Schenectady. N. Y price 60 cents per box, postpaid. Write today for the booklet. "Diseases of the Nervous Sys tem." It is free and is full of useful information for neivous people. Adv.' Equipment of Temples, Patrols, Bands and Organizations to Be Looked After Without Charge. All Shrine temple patrols, bands and marching organizations and their equipment, baggage, trunks, etc., will be handled free of charge the week of June 20, according to an announce ment yesterday by Harry E. Cowgill Jr., chairman of the baggage commit tee ol the Shrine. Through the efforts of Ray Chapin, president of the Portland Draymen's association, more than a score of transfer and storage companies of the city, have donated their services and vehicles, the latter to the number, bf 50. The companies include: B. & O. Transfer, Portland Van & Storage, with which Mr. Chapin is connected; 15. C. Shepley, City Trans fer & Storage, Empire Transfer & Storage,- Manning Transfer & Stor age, City Auto Transfer, Soliday Bros., express; Star Transfer, Pehl Trans fer, Brooklyn Transfer, C. M. Olsen Transfer & Storage, Hels-er Bros'.' Transfer, Pacific Transfer. Oregon Transfer, Northwest Transfer, Hol man Transfer; Clay S. Morse. Oregon Auto Despatch. Wilhelm Transfer. East Side Transfer and Post Special Delivery. Louia Adams and Roy Hadley, for merly of the B. & O. Transfer com pany, have donated their services dur ing the Shrine conclave and will han dle the patrol, band, and marching equipment. 'This is one of the biggest under takings which we ever have attempt ed in Portland, though we have had many big conventions during past years, but this year means every thing to Portland and Oregon, and if we can show results we are planning during Shrine week, it will be the greatest possible advertisement for us," said Mr. Cowgill yesterday. "The draymen's association has championed our cause with enthusiasm and we have been -most fortunate in lining up the large number of concerns to donate their services. All the con cerns realize the value to Portland of handling this proposition as it should be handled, and I feel sure all the visitors will be more than atisfled." which time 12 delegates will be elected to the state convention in Spokane May 17. BOY SCOUTS TO CAMP Puget Sound Cities to Provide Five Attractive Resorts. SEATTLE. Wash.. April 26. Five attractive and beneficial outdoor training summer camps for Soy Scouts of Puget sound cities w.ill be maintained at cost and directed by carefully chosen men of experience as a result of co-operation of scout councils. .. The project as announced by Chair man L. S. Booth of the campaign com mittee of the Seattle Boy Scout coun cil, a 12-week season at the Seattle training camp on Hood canal; a month in Mount Rainier National park; six weeks at Tacoma council camp on American lake; three weeks in the Cascades near Mount Pilchuk at a camp to be operated by Everett council, and a series of one-week and two-week trips into the Olympic mountains, one of which will take a party across the divide to the Pacific. .All camps will be open to scouts from all cities and towns within reach of the sound. Five Homes Quarantined. BAKER. Or., April 26. (Special.) Five homes in this city are quaran tined for smallpox. These cases have developed within the past few days and the health department, is tak ing every precaution to prevent the disease spreading. RAILROAD WORK PUSHED Link Being Built for Extension of Lcviton Line to Wheat Land. LEWISTOX. Idaho, April 26. (Spe cial.) With all right-of-way ar rangements completed between Lew iston and Waha, a stretch of 22 miles, the extension of the Lewiston, Nez Perce & Eastern Railway is being pushed from Tammany to Waha, the last half of the unit' now planned. Contractor McCully, witn' a large crew of men and a complete grading outfit, is now establishing the grade across the John Dau ranch, a link or about one-half mile. Present plans call for completion of the grading within the next 90 days., and it is ex pected that , by fall steel will be laid in time to take care of the fall wheat crop in the Waha district. Eventually the Lewi&ton, Nez Perce & Southeastern will build from Waha over the Craig . mountains to the Nez Perce Prairie. When this construction is completed, an enor mous acreage of fine grain lands as well as thousands of acres of stand ing timber will be accessible. r . . t n n 4-St" I lis A' A. -V . J y&Slyet Contents 15 Fluid Drachm : 5 : ... ' I m a LCOHOL-3 PER CENtT 1 A-tnfaMoPronarafionfofAs r. :;iai;ndthpFoodbvKcula- 4 hinStheStomadisnnd BawetsoT r tfi r 4 5 Thereby Pr(miotinDcsto I neither Oplam,Morphinenorj 1 Mineral. Not ??ahcotic . . m T imr fnft and Fcverishncss and a fesultinitherefi'ora:intfan(7' 1 racSimUe Sinatare- rant 1 tiny For Infants and Children. Mothers Know That Genuine Castoria Always Bears the Signature of 0 At P1 6.ec: It i l T" " I In Use For Over Thirty Years Exact Copy of Wrapper. 0) id TNI INTAUH IOBNNT, MCWVOM fTT. TEACHERS TO 3ET BONUS Special Appropriation Voted by Baker District Taxpayers. BAKER, Or., April 26. (Special.) Every teacher and Janitor in school district No 5 will receive a bonus of $100 in addition to his present year's salary as the result of an election held here Saturday. Complete official returns show 170 votes in favor of the bonus and eight against it. The plan provides for an appropria tion of $6500 to be divided into amounts of $100 each for each school teacher and janitor in the high and grade schools. Democratic Convention Called. PASCO, Wash., April 26. (Special.) -A call has been issued by W. T. Anderson, chairman of the democratic county central committee for a county convention to be held in the court house in Pasco Saturday, May. 1, at brings prompt relief from skin troubles Why continue to suffer from ec zemaor similaritchinp, homing skin trouble?, when RZSINOL OINT MENT is so easily obtained and can soothe the irritation so quickly? It usually stops itching at once and cools the inflamed, burning surface. 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