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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1921)
20 THE MORXIXG OREGONTAX. SATURDAY, JANUARY 15. 1921 MOBILE SHOW TO CLOSE TONIGHT xhibition Is Declared Best Ever Held in City. RAHKERS EXPECT PROFIT Attendance During: Week Said to Hare Made Record and Floor Space Brings In Money. Portland's twelfth annual automo bile show, which has been in progress the municipal auditorium eince James arrived yesterday at local Red Cross headquarters, but so far Red Cross officials have been unable to set in touch with him. On a day when people vied with each other in work of mercy among the victims of the wreck Mr. Jamea won commendation from his fellows as the most efficient of them all. Ac cording to Ben C. Eey, general attor ney of the Southern Pacific company. Mr. James, who was living near Bertha at the time, arrived at the scene of the wreck a short time after the collision took place. He displayed a skillful knowledge of first-aid prin ciples and assisted in removing vic tims from the wreck, bandaging them and easing the sufferings of those who could not be moved. So marked were his services that Dr. George Parrish, city health officer, Mr. Dey and other Southern Pacific officials wrote in highest commenda tion to the American Red Cross. Dr. Parrish stated in his letter that Mr. James did more than any other indi vidual to assist the injured at the wreck. According to a statement from the American Red Cross, Mr. James was commissioned as a life-saving corps examiner for the Red Cross on March 4, 1920. Mr. James is now residing on a farm between Beaverton and ueenvuie, according to w. vv. L.ucius WIDENING OF CITY'S STREETS IS PLANNED Put Sidewalks Under Build ings, Is Suggestion. NEW BRIDGES PROPOSED; CITY WORK IS HELD UP LODWJR CONSTRUCTION PRICES AWAITED BY OFFICIALS. Monday morning w'" "" cloa. '"f ,C-ontract" of K-, "Sliht At 12 o'clock the auditor- about 3d year, old married and ha. Sum. door, will close upon what has two or three small children. seen. In the opinion of many, the most successful auto show in the his tory of Portland, and likewise in the tustorj of the entire northwest. rii-. hl Aavm hav h,xn Ptn rlenced by the auto show thus far. SVnd this afternoon and tonlsht are ex pected to bring; the bis evert to Its climax In point of attendance and in terest. Opening; Monday under un usually auspicious circumstances. with Ideal weather and with the audi torlum fully prepared by an elaborate decorative scheme for the event, the bow drew record-breaking crowds Monday nisht and each succeeding BlRht of the week. Unusually large numbers visited the auditorium lasi flight and Wednesday night, which ,fias society night. Record Slay Be Broken. Tonight it is expected, will be no exception to the rule or the weeK. ana Sill previous records for attendance sire expected to be surpassed. Prospective buyers have been as numerous this year as ever, in spite f the lull in business of all kinds now beln? experienced throughout the country, and a goodly number of sales have been consummated on tne floor, according to dealers. Large numbers of prospects have been lined tip. from the standpoint of the dealer, while from the standpoint of the indi vidual the visitors at the show have had unusual opportunities to study the qualities of the various cars and decide which one most suits their Seeds or desires. Children to Get Balloons. A number of special stunts are planned for today, in view of the fact that it is closing day of the show. This afternoon a large number of toy balloons will te given away to the youngsters present. As a grand finale for the show the management has arranged to stage a big dance, starting at 10 o'clock in the everting. This is to supplant the fashion show feature, which it has been found impossible to present. Failure of garments of the spring modes to reach the hands of Intending exhibitors made it necessary late yes terday to abandon this proposed fea ture. The main floors of the audi torium will be cleared of exhibits and an excellent orchestra will be on hand for the big ball, it was announced. From a financial standpoint the how this year will be, from present Indications, the most successful ever jrlven in Portland, it was stated last sight by the show management. While the cost of putting on tb event has been great, including nearly $20. 000 alone for the magnificent decor ative scheme for the auditorium, at tendance has been excellent and the Automobile Dealers' association of Portland, which has charge, will more than break even on the venture, it is believed. A considerable portion of the rev enues has come in from the dealers. w yn 'n-ora r.niilmn In nnv for the naces which they had on the floor! of the auditorium. Dealers will spend tomorrow and Monday removing their cars from the auditorium to their re spective show rooms. Structures Declared Necessary and Should Be Planned In Ad vance: Places Given. 7 5 Municipal Improvement Plans Delayed Pending Cost Drop Expected "cxt Month. Improvement work throughout the .city is being held up by the depart ment of public works, pending the ex pected drop in the price of construc tion. It is believed that lower pries levels will be reached by the middle of February. Seventy-five estimates and plans for city improvement work, including paving, macadam, grading, sidewalk and sewer construction, are all pre pared and stacked in the office of the department in anticipation of the price readjustment. "Most of the Improvement work carried on by the city is done under the contract system," said A. G. John son, assistant to Commissioner Bar bur, yesterday. "The contracting firms are still seeking high prices for their work, but every indication points to a drop within the next month. We hope to save the tax payers and property, holders thou sands of dollars by holding off. 'Another feature entering into the situation is the charter amendment adopted by the voters at the last elec tlon. authorizing progress payments to contracting firms during construc tion work. The ordinance which will put this into effect is now being pre pared by the ctiy attorney and will soon be up for consideration by coun cil. When this system is put into use, it will make it much easier for the contractors to obtain credit, and thus allow them to make lower esti- ates on the work. AERO LIQUOR RING DENIED PORTLAND - CANADIAN TRADE BY AIRPLANE FICTION. Federal Officials Declare Whisky Traffic by Flying Machines Too Dangerous and Costly. LUMBER HAS BETTER TONE EW BUSINESS- NOW EXCEEDS SHIPMENTS OR CUTS. fliL-lit Resumption of Operations Following Holiday shut-Down Improves General Situation. Volume of new business reported by lumber mifls of the northwest vas greater than shipments or cut lor the week just closed, according to the weekly lumber review of the West Coast Lumbermen's association. The review also reports a slight re sumption of operations. lieports from the sawmills of Ore gon and Washington for the week ended January 8 show a slight re sumption of operation following the holiday close down, production being per cent below normal as compared with 76 per cent below norma! for the week previous," says the review. "That this is not a true reflection of conditions is indicated by reports from several of the tidewater mills -that, have started to the effect that They will only operate until such time as logs now In salt water and subject to the attacks of tercdoes are cut up. In some cases cargo orders must be filled. "While the volume of new business is Vxtremely small, it is nevertheless greater than either shipments or cut. "The production of 114 mills was it. 615. 059 feet, total orders received 29. 595. 067 feet and total shipments 33. 981. 43 feet. "The balance of unshipped orders In the rail trade was 2507 cars. Do mestic cargo orders for the week were 7.266.315 feet: in the export trade, new business amounted to 1. .92,000 feet. In the domestic cargo trade the unshipped balance was Tl. 467.934 feet, and in the export trade It was 11.260.443 feet. "Local business was also light, new orders being 966.752 feet with deliv eries of 1.652.103 feet." Press -dispatches from San Fran cisco indicating the exposure of a liquor ring In Portland operating un der the cloak of an airplane school and importing its stock of goods t airplane from Canada were declared unfounded by officers of the federal prohibition enforcement office, the United States attorneys office and heads of the airplane schools yes terday. Not only are the airplanes now owned about the city incapable of making a near approach to a Portland-Canadian border flight, 'but their carrying capacity is altogether too small to inaka it profitable, and the chances for exposure at landings are extremely great, authorities agree. "So long as we have steamboat lines, railroads and high-power auto mobiles olving between here and Brit ish Columbia, bootleggers have little need to resort to so expensive and dangerous a venture as bringing whisky by airplane," said Deputy United States Attorney Flegel yes terday. "Airplanes might be used on such a venture for short flights." Captain F. S. McClurg of the Dudrey Aircraft company said In discussing the report, "but there are no airships north of Californiarthat could make the trip. Portland airplanes could carry only a few cases of whisky at best, and the cost of a trip from Canada here by airplane would be S250, not count ing the pilot's pay and landing ex penses." "A report of alrpfane smuggling of Canadian whisky was current hers about a year ago," said J. E. Flan ders, agent In cha'rge of the federal prohibition enforcement office, "but it was traced to Portland bootleggers who were bottling moonshine as Can adian whisky." D. C. Smith. formerly connected with the prohibition enforcement of fice here, has been misquoted, in the opinion of , Mr. Flanders. Smith is familiar with the work of the Port land office. He was transferred to San Francisco about two weeks ago. A comprehensive report on major traffic streets and a boulevard and park system for Portland, adopted by the city planning commission, was presented to members of the city council yesterday afternoon. With the report were presented numerous plans showing the scheme of traffic streets adopted, diagrams of the ex isting flow of vehicular, street car and pedestrian traffic and other data prepared by Charles H. Cheney, con sultant of the commission. Under the plan, all streets would be divided into three general classes: major traffic streets with a width of from 80 to 100 feet, boulevards and parkways with a width of from 130 to 200 feet, and minor residence streets 40 to 60 feet wide, paved with a 20-foot roadway between curbs. New Bridge Advised. The planning commission has re pcrted that new bridges will be nec essary and should bo planned for In advance, and suggested the building of new bridges at the following places and dates: Sellwood bridge, 1922; new Burn-side-street bridge, 1923: St. Johns high level bridge, 1927; new Morrison-street bridge, 1930; Russell-to-Fourteenth-street bridge, 1935; Divi-sion-to-Sheridan-street bridge 1940. The report also states that all new bridge approaches should be elevated over Front street on the west side and over Water, East First and East Second streets on the east side of the river to avoid railroad grade cross ings. The present center of traffic of the city vehicular, pedestrian and street car is approximately at Fifth and Washington streets, according to the report, and is displaying a tendency to move westward. A diverting traf. fic loop to relieve the downtown con gestion is suggested. This would be accomplished by widening Burnside. Madison and the two Park streets. Street Width Held Inadequate. Alder street should be widened so as to provide a 56-foot roadway be tween curbs, according to the com mission, which says that that thor oughfare is the center of the present retail business district. The widen ing would be accomplished by shoving the sidewalks under the buildings. One-way traffic in the business dis trict is a faulty correction for con gestion, in the opinion of the com mission, and at best is only a tem porary measure. Five main thoroughfares on the east side, which radiate like the five fingers of a hand, would be estab lished as major traffic streets under the proposed plan. These are: Greeley street extension, from St. Johns and the northwest;. Interstate avenue from the north; Sandy road from the northeast; Foster road from the southeast; and a new south traffic highway following the Southern Pa cific line into the city from Mil- waukie. Boulevard Data Given. Present and proposed boulevards would be: On the east side, a river circuit. Sellwood to Brooklyn, via East Twelfth street to Fremont and Willamette boulevard, to St. Johns terminal; a central circuit, Sellwood to Mount Tabor, new Country Club park, the Alameda drive to river cir cuit; an outer circuit, Sellwood to l.ents, via Johnson creek to Kelly butte. Rocky butte, and via the new Columbia boulevard to St. Johns; new high connecting boulevard from East Eleventh street and East Alder street. to Mount Tabor park. Rocky butte. and the highway; west side boule vards. Terwilliger boulevard and ex tensions. Skyline boulevard and ex tensions. Hillside boulevard and ex tensions, and" connecting boulevards connecting and linking up various parks. The commission also recommends the establihment of a new highway 200 feet wide on the brow of the hill halfway between Sandy road and Base Line road, as a permanent ap proach to the Columbia righway and the Mount Hood loop road. MEN- Want to be surprised? Pleasantly of course. Would you like to havan all-wool suit of standard make at ? Take a look at our men's clothing- window on Morrison Street or its fellow on Fifth Street or take a short ride to the Third Floor today. When you see the kind of suits we are offering at several good dollars less than elsewhere YOU'LL BE SURPRISED. Everything for Everybody Everything for Men, for Women and for Children Everything for the Home at a Lower Price in Meier & Frank's Great Original Store-Wide JANUARY CLEARANCE SALES A SALE THAT EXCELS IN SCOPE A SALE THAT EXCELS IN VALUE SI I" Every Article Reduced cm lists hue reduced TEMPORARY FORCES OF CITY CCT DOWN TO MINIMUM. (CONTRACT LINES AND GROCERIES EXCEPTED) It's Time to Buy! To Buy Freely! To Buy at Meier & Frank's See the Values in Our Windows Walk Through the Store No. 263, at its regular session, Janu ary 8, 1921, go on record as being unanimously opposed to the Clacka mas county division and joining Multnomah county." RULE FOR SUCCESS GIVEN V ALTER JAMES IS AWARDED RED CROSS HOXORS. Service in First Aid at Bertha Wreck Rewarded by Citation and Check tor $50. Honors for the best general first aid repurted in the United States, for the year ISiO have been awarded Walter James of Beaverton by the bureau of first aid. American Red Cross, for services performed on May 9. 1920, at the Southern Pacific train collision near Bertha In which nine persons were killed and 40 injured. A check November has the reputation of be- I Ins; a fatal month to singers and mu- iLsiclans. Jenny Llnd. Mendelssohn. I Rubensteln and many others died in lor thu as a reward of merit for JirJ .November. OREGON GOODS BOOSTED Wionsin Society Head Under takes lo Create Greater Demand. A. G. Clark, manager of the As sociated Industries of Oregon, yester day received word from Charlea L. Wood, president of the Wisconsin so ciety, that it has undertaken to aid in creating more demand for Oregon made goods by demonstrating two or three brands at each of its meetings and by asking all members to use these goods exclusively. "This action is splendid and will no doubt help greatly in the effort to bring about resumption of some of our industries, said Mr. Clark. "It goes without saying that we wish all organisations would take steps of some kind to assist In this much needed work." Greatest Problem of Service Board Is to Provide Positions for Men Back From War. Bishop Sellew Will Preach. Bishop Walter A. Sellew will preach a missionary sermon at Central Free Methodist church tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock. At 1:S0 P. M. he will address the young folk of the congre gation and at 8 P. M. will deliver an evangelistic sermon. Special music by Donald McPhee and others has been arranged for all three services. The number of temporary ap pointees In the municipal service has been greatly lessened within recent montlis. according to the annual re port of the civil service board, sub mitted yesterday to the mayor and ciay council. The two great problems confront ing the board during the year, ac cording to the report, were the sup plying of positions to ex-service men and the elimination o-" the temporary appointees by providing eligible lists so that all vacancies might be filled by those who had passed the civil service examinations. "Fifty-four examinations were held by the board 'during the year," says the report In part, "and from these examinations 526 permanent appoint ments were made. These appoint ments reduced the number of tempo rary appointees in the service by ap proximately one-half, from the great est number employed during the year. In September. 1920, there were 760 temporary appointees. On Decem ber 1, 1920. there were 394. "This number of temporary ap- I pointees is due largefy to reluctance on the part or tne laDonng man to enter the service of the city, because Of the higher wages offered else where." The reports are compiled to No vember, 192. At that time there were 2046 employes in the civil serv ice of the city, as compared with 1246 ;n 1919. Thirty-one positions were abolished during the year. Ninety employes resigned from the service, six were pensioned, 22 were laid off and 12 died. The total registration for examina tions during the year was 1566. while 139S applications were received. Speaker Says Man's Work Never Surpasses Aspirations. A man's work and success in life never rise above his aspiration, ac cording to the declaration of Thomas Z. Davis of Bloomlngton. ill., man ager of the American efficiency move ment, who delivered a lecture on the reasons for success and failure la life before the students of the Holmes business college yesterday morning at 11 o'clock. The speaker pointed out that it is a man's thoughts which make his career, and the right kind of thoughts make for the right kind of a life. Mr. Davis lectured at tne Decaer business college Thursday. He ex pects to be in the city for a num ber of days, and will lecture at vari ous schools and the colleges in the city before leaving for California. Alleged Moonshiner Held. VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 14. (Special.) William Hbff of Sara, has been bound over to the federal court by P. J. Kirwin, United btates com missioner here, on a charge of having intoxicating liauor in his possession. The bonds were placed at J750. Fed-, eral officers and deputy sheriffs armed with a search warrant are said to have found a large copper still, which shows plainly that it had been chopped into with an ax or hatchet, probably by federal agents, but the cuts had been repaired and the still was in good shape. Thirteen sacks of sugar, a number of empty sugar sacks and a quantity of prune mash were found also. Every large city has one newspaper which, by universal consent, is the Want-Ad medium of the community. In Portland it's The Oregonian. BIRD Li CHANGES IIP ADVISORY COMMITTEE WANTS SUGGESTIONS FILED. W. Jj, Finley to Go to Washington to Attend Meeting on January 27. William L. Firfley of this city, who is spending the winter at Santa Monica, Cal.. will leave for Washing ton about January 20 to attend a meeting- of the advisory committee of tho department of agriculture on the migratory bird treaty act. When the migratory bird law was passed by congress several years ago congress delegated the secretary of agriculture to formulate and adopt regulations for the proper protection of all migratory birds. In turn, the secretary of agriculture appointed an advisory committee of experts from different parts of the country to study conditions of open and closed seasons on game birds, with due re- THE SENSATION AT THE SHOW SEE IT THAT'S ALL- gard to the zones of temperature, breeding habits and the time and lints of migratory flight. The committee at the coming meet ing, which will be held January 27 in Washington, will har complaints and suggestions as to changes in the pres ent law. Mr. Finley is a representa tive of the Pacific coast on this com mittee Sportsmen in the Pacific northwest who desire changes in the present regulations of the federal law should forward these requests, accompanied by reasons, to Mr. Fin ley at Santa Monica, Cal., or ad dressed to him at the Cosmos club Washington. Relics of Mastod?n Found. THE DALLES, Or., Jan. 14. (Spe cial.) A perfect mastodon tooth, to gether with the end of a mastodon rib, was found by E. A. Read of this city, as he was wandering down golly on his ranch, five miles east of the city. The tooth is in a perfect state of preservation. It is on exhi bition in the show window of a local automobile firm. BRIGOE Th Leader tight Weight Carx Owners get 25 35 miles per gallon out of the famous Briscoe motor. Briscoe up keep is awfully easy on your pocketbook. Grange Opposes Annexation. ESTACADA, Or., Jan. 14 (Special.) Springwater grange. No. 263, ha( adopted the following resolution: "Resolved, That Sprlngwater grange Gas and Oil. New and Used Tires. Our Motto Prompt Service and Satisfaction. C-Here Gnaranteed Tire Repalrlns; Retreadlms;. Cars Washed and Polished. Brlnsr Year Car Around. We Clean Your Oil Base and Grease Up. Eleventh Street Tire and Service Shop 100 ELEVENTH ST., Broadway 24SH. NEAR WASHINGTON, Portland, Oregon, STORE for RENT Located at 327 Oak St., 18x50, steam heat, $125 . month; will lease. Several Desirable Offices Acorn Bldg., Sixth and Oak reduced rates, steam heat, elevator, janitor service. Apply STUBBS ELECTRIC CO. ixth at Oak 1 I I I At BURNS' TODAY AND MONDAY SUGAR 12 pounds for SI. OO (12 pounds to customer) POWDERED SUGAR 5 pounds for 50c CUBLET SUGAR 3 pounds for 40c BROWN SUGAR 5 rounds for ., 45 PURE MAPLE SUGAR Per vound 45c CRIMSON RAMBLER GOLDEN SYRUP No. 10 Tins, each Q-J' No. 5 Tins, each 45t! No. 2A Tins, each 24c CRIMSON RAMBLER MEI.OMAR SYRUP No. 10 Tins, each. . . 11.00 No. 5 Tins, each 5 No. 2tt Tins, each 38c CRIMSON RAMBLER CANE AND MAPLE SYRUP No. 10 Tins, each sl-Sis No. 5 Tins, each Ki9. No. 214 Tins, each 59C CRIMSON RAMBLER BON NIE TREACLE SYRUP No. 10 Tins, each. . . .S1.90 No. 5 Tins, each Sl.g- No. 2 Tins, each Bsc CRIMSON RAMBLER BIT. TERSCOTOH SYRUP No. 10 Tins, each gj-i5 No. G Tins, each Sl.jjJ No. 214 Tins, each 60c CRIMSON RAMBLE it HONEY No. 10 Tins, each. .. 2.87 No. 5 Tins, each V1.40 No. 216 Tins. each. ... . .75o 14 oz. Glass Jars, each. .Sic DIYIE BELL MOLASSES No. 10 Tins, each 64 c No. 6 Tins, each 35C No. 214 Tins, each ISc GENUINE NEW ORLEANS MOLASSES Per gallon f?-S9 Per gallon 81..t. Per quart Sue Per pint 45C BLUE KARO SYRUP No. 10 Tins, each 94c RED KARO SYRUP No. 10 Tins, each S1.04 GLUCOSE No. 2Vz Tins, each 32c HERSHEY COCOA Per pound" 4 pounds for Sl.OO Jl NO CO El-EE (Pontage Paid) 3 pounds for 81.05 rose of (mr&OH TEA t Pontnire Paid 3 pounds for SI. 15 D. C. BURNS CO. SflH-ZIO THIRD STHEET Write for Monthly Price List Main 616 316-20. I i