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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (May 27, 1921)
TBI SHOWS 22.8 FEET Increase in 24 Hours Only Three-Tenths of Foot. CREST NOT YET REACHED Higher Water Reported From SeT. eral Strategic Points of Co lumbia System. A stage of feet In the Wil lamette river at Portland by Sunday was predicted yesterday by Edward L. Wells, district forecaster, with every evidence that the crest of the flood is not yet in sight and that the steady rise will continue slowly after the stage of 22.8 feet is passed. The gauge on the Morrison-street bridge yesterday morning showed a stage of 22 feet, an increase of only three tenths of a foot in 24 hours. Higher water was reported yester day from all the strategic points at which the weather bureau has es tablished observation stations in the Columbia system. At .Wenatchee the flood had risen .8 of a foot, at Lewis ton and Umatilla .3 and at The Dalles .7. Reports that the dikes at Woodland, Wash., were washing away rapidly with danger of innundation of thou sands of acres of farm land along the Washington side of the river, were denied yesterday by L.. N. Plamondon, president of the bank of Woodland, who motored into the city. "The dikes of drainage districts 5 and 11 are the heaviest and strongest in the northwest." he declared. "Some water is seeping through them, but this is ail being taken care of by the pumping plants. When I left Wood land tSis morning, after inspecting all the dikes, there had been abso lutely no erosion, and none can take place. The building of those dikes cost $500,000. and the work was done to last. When the river at Portland reaches a stage of 28 feet, the' water will go over the top of our dikes, but there is nothing to worry about until that stage is reached." TOURISTS SEE HIGH AVATER Columbia at Places Is Mile Wider Than Usual. HOOD RIVER, Or., May . (Spe cial.) The high water of the Colum bia Is providing Columbia river high way motor tourists with new and ap pealing views. At many points the Columbia is a mile wider than usual, and the wide expanse of water, the islands crowned with light green wil lows and the border of gTeen cliff- sides form pictures of rare beauty. The continued rains of this spring have left, the Hood River valley and mld-Columhia districts in fine condi tion for the motor tourists. Roads, well packed after scraping, were never in better condition. Although the rainy weather was followed this week by hot, sunshiny days, no smoke has yet developed to produce a haze and obscure distant mountain peaks. Conditions for viewing the mid-Columbia sections are probably better now than at other times of the sum mer. Roads to Trout Lake, Wash., where- fishing is reported excellent and where the student of geological conditions may spend a week observ ing ice and lava caves, are now at their best. The Columbia has risen four inches in the last 24 hours. The day, how ever, has been partially cloudy and extremely cool. River men predict a drop in the stream if similar weather conditions strike the head waters of the Snake and Columbia. COLUMBIA XEARS TRACKS Railway Arranges to Transfer Pas sengers to Boats at Kelso. KELSO. Wash., May 26. (Special.) W. C. Albee, superintendent of this division of the Northern Pacific rail way, and a number of engineers and traffic officials of the railway were Kelso visitors today and arranged for transferring the passengers on the Sound-Portland trains onto boats at the C. A. Taylor Lumber company dock here, if the Columbia river reaches a stage that puts the water over the railway tracks at Kalama, blocking train operation. The tracks . are only four feet above the water level at present. The railway men are hopeful that the river will not reach a stage re quiring transfer of passengers. The Columbia has been rising very slowly lor the past two days. DAGGER TO DIKES BESTED Water Still Six Feet From Top of Woodland Wall. WOODLAND. Wash.. May 26. (Spe cial.) Alarming reports from various sources relative to diked land here are not based on facts, according to Com missioners Bogart and Robinson and Engineer Povsky. who said the top of r . ires For Fords, Chevrolets, Maxwells 30x3 Vz Eehigh Rib Tread $10.95 Lehigh Non-skid 11.30 Overland Non-skid 13.73 Savage Non-skid 13.50 Blackstone Non-skid ... 14.50 Midco Non-skid 14.63 Fisk Non-skid 15.00 Braender Oversize 16.50 Jumbo General Seconds. 14.50 MaU Orders Filled, Shipped. ' C O. D No Deposit Required. All Tires Guaranteed. Portland Tire Co. Sixth and Burnside. Portland, Oregon. Phone Bdwy. 2275. the dike was still at least 20 feet wide and that it would take five to six feet more of a rise in the Columbia to ge over the top or make real danger. False reports have originated from uninformed persons. Pumps are tak ing care of the surface and seepage water. Some erosion has occurred from wind and steamer waves but not to affect the dike seriouslv. Low places are being topped oft by dredge and teams with scrapers No stock has been removed from lands affected. Farmers and dairy men in bottoms are proceeding with farm work as usual. COLUMBIA RISIXG SLOWLY Stage of Xearly 23 Feet Reached at Vancouver. VANCOUVER, Wash., May 26. (Special.) The Columbia river con tinued to rise slowly today, register ing 22.8 feet at 8 o'clock this morning, andi by 6 o'clock tonight it was hover ing very close to 23 feet. The weather was cooler today, but it was expected that the river would continue to rise slowly at least another foot. The high water of 1876 went to the high mark after it had fallen three times, old- timers here say. There has been so much cool weath er and the eeaon is so far advanced that there is a possibility of a hot wave sweeping over the watersheds of the river and causing a flood to sweep down the Columbia River gorge. However, it seemed the danger was less than yesterday. Catherine Creek Recedes. LA GRADE. Or., May 26. (Spe cial.) The cooler weather of last night helped to lower the high waters in "uper Catherine creek today. The waters in lower Catherine were ris ing, owing to the back water from the Grand Ronde and the torrent of the main stream was swishing against and over the banks and dike with tremendous forre, but the dikes which were reinforced during the past week seemed to withstand the force. River Readings at 8 A. M. Thursday. 5t a 5 STATIONS ?S -? o a e ' i Wenatchee 40 37. S 4-0.8 Lewlston 22 17.K--0.3 Umatilla 25 2-3--0.3 The Dalles 40 37.7 0.7 Eugene 10 5.2 0 Albany 20 5.30.2 Salem . 20 4.2 0 Oreffon City 12 5.0 0 Portland : 13 22.OI4-0.3 Rlrer Forecast. The Willamette river at Portland will rise slowly during the next three days, reaching stages about as follows: Friday, 22.2; Saturday, 22.5; Sunday, 22.8. School Children to Parade.' VANCOUVER, Wash., May 26. (Spe cial.) Preparations have been made for the pageant to be given by the school children of the city tomorrow afternoon. During the parade tho streets will be closed to other traffic, the police announced tonight. Pupils from the city, the state schools and the Catholic institutions will take part in the parade, numbering 2500. There will be a band and floats with many characters represented, and moving pictures will be taken. THOMAS F. MARTIX'S BRAVERY WIXS CITATIOX. Body of 14 7th Field Artillery Ser geant to Arrive Here Sunday for Interment. Sergeant Thomas F. Martin, -whose body will arrive in Portland from France Sunday morning for inter ment, was cited for conspicuous brav ery at Juvigny as the result of his work as instrument sergeant while a number of battery B, 147th field ar tillery. His body was among the 5212 sol dier dead returned on the steamer Wheatori, which arrived from over seas and which formed the occasion for the obsequies presided over by President Harding on the dock at Jersey City this week. Sergeant Martin was well-known in Portland. He was educated in the Portland schools, having been a stu dent of Washington high school. . At 20 years of age he enlisted, July 7, 1917, in battery B, 147th field artil lery," and went overseas In January, 1918. He served from June to No vember, 1918,- on the front as instru ment sergeant, the range flnder .for his battery. He served in the major engagements of the Aisne-Marne. Oise, Aisne and Meuse Argonne and In the defensive sector service at Toule. Alsace and Aisne-Marne,. After the armistice he died at Gondrecourt of bronchial pneumonia while await ing orders to be sent home. Sergeant Martin is survived hy his !! .k.. T A-..!, thla I W 1UUIUD1) WID. JUBl bill, ' V bu. city. Funeral services will be an nounced later. OFFICIALS START EAST Pacific Power & Light Company Men to Attend Convention. , Lewis A. McArthur, general man ager of the Pacific Power &. Light company, and J. V. Strange, assistant general manager of that concern, left last night for Chicago to attend the convention of the National Electric Light association May 31. Matters of interest to electrical men will be discussed, including com pensation -of salesmen and line and service extension. Mr. McArthur is a member of the line and service ex tension committee, which will make a report at the gathering. Mother Accused of Abandonment. In a return to the petition for a writ of habeas corpus, filed by Mrs. Florence Schuller of Seattle to compel the Waverley Baby Home, to relin quish her 3-year-old daughter, Frances Allen, f H. AKin, secretary oi xno home, asserted yesterday that the child was abandoned by the mother in April, 1920, and now has been placed with a family' for adoption. The con tention is made that the mother is un fit for custody of the child, charging that Frances Allen and an elder sis ter taken care of by the home were both illegitimate offspring of differ ent fathers. No Prince of India Ever Knew of Finer Gems Than These! Friedlander's, orie of Portland's oldest and finest Jewelry Stores, offers its entire stock of Diamond and Platinum Jewelry, Watches, Sterling Silver, Clocks and Cut Glass at a fourth to a half below former fair prices! E VERYTHING in the Friedlander Store excepting a few contract goods, reduced and reduced so emphatically as to ere-, ate a sensation. Of course, the people who know the store and the owner never questioned the values for a moment. But the "stranger within the gate" was puzzled. For nothing like this was yer attempted by any jewelry store in America so far as we know. Costly diamonds selling for less than they could be smuggled into the country for. Dazzling platinum and diamond pieces of fered for less than manufacturers would agree to duplicate them for. Naturally the selling broke all records. Thousands of dollars' worth of jewelry has been turned into money. Many people have sold gilt-edged securities in order to take advantage of the sale. They knew oh yes indeed they knew I BUT yesterday there came the first lull in the selling, and we took advantage of it to re price another wonderful collection of diamond rings. They will be shown in the window this morning. Here's an inkling: rrHERE is a Ruby .1 and Diamond Ring which was $185, can be bought for $120. A group of $150 Solitaires are now $95 apiece. A $165 square Diamond in a platinum setting is now $105. A $650 perfect blue Diamond, set in a gentleman's gold ring, is now $378. Another perfect blue Diamond is $395 instead of $585. . A fancy Sapphire and Diamond Ring is $350 in-stead-of $539. A Pearl-Diamond and Platinum Ring is $100 instead of $175. And a $350 Din ner Ring of Diamonds with a square' Ruby in the center is now $175. A dainty Platinum Ring set with smaller Diamonds can be bought for $85 instead of $125. BAR PINS are reduced in like fashion $90 ones with three fine diamonds are $65. La Vallieres set with Diamonds worth up to $85, can be bought for $48.50. An other Diamond-set Pendant is $125 instead of $175. DIAMOND-SET Wrist Watches .can be bought at prices which are giving most good jewelers a fearful "headache" $200 Elgins for $119.50; $500 Diamond-set Plat inum Watches $250; and solid-gold Watches set vvith diamonds can be bought for $72.50 instead of $125; and there are many, many more. Y ' OU'LL please remember that they're all reduced and their name is legion 3yU' solid-gold Waltham Bracelet Watches, $65; white-gold Watches which were $150 are $98.50. Tiny square Wrist Watches that were $150 are $112.50; and groups (all solid gold, all small, all fine and all good) are offered at $3850 instead of $65, while gold-filled Bracelet Watches can be bought at $2150 and $1650 each. EN'S Watches are reduced in like fash ion $45 ones for $36, $25 ones for $16.50, Howards for $6250, $200 solid- gold Waltham Watches for men are $150, $95 Walthams $6950. Some dependable Watches for men can be bought for as little as $10 apiece. ERE'S all the space used up and not a word said about Cut Glass, which is half price; and solid silver, which is a fourth third off not merely single pieces and "odd lots,'!; but hundreds of pieces entire stocks case after case; filled with the choicest exam ples of the silversmith art literally going at beg garly prices. ND the wedding guests can find in timate personal bits of jewelry and what is more, they can come very near getting two gifts for the price of one besides! All the Clocks marked down. All the Plated Ware marked down. All the Chains all the Pearls all the Rings all the Leather Goods everything except a few contract goods MARKED DOWN. M1 H and A' B UT the sale is not oin to last forever. No jeweler in the world could continue to sell at these figures and stay in busi ness. The purpose of the sale will soon be accomplished. . , And,, when the stocks are reduced to normal, .sales prices must of necessity be withdrawn. This sale at Friedlander's Jewelry Store is something to be attended to right away or be missed altogether! A wise plan "would be (if I were talking real confidentially to a friend, I'd suggest make your selection tomorrow and have it laid aside for say, thirty days. Sure, it's being done! Best people in town, too! . I thank you, GEORGE FRANCIS ROWE. F. FRIEDLANDER CO. Between Fifth and Sixth 310-312 WASHINGTON STREET Established 1870 o D o II I o n o Ready to wear Decoration Day Come down today and ' J$ select the clothes you would like to have for your over-Decoration- Day vacation. Suits here ready for service. Even men who buy the best custom-tailored clothes have no hesitation about selecting Hart Schaffner & Marx-made Clothes. They are the work of highly skilled designers and reflect better than 'ordinary tailoring. You can be properly fitted here. Even if slight alterations are necessary, we'll have your suit ready to wear Decoration Day. $35 $39 $45 $50 $60 Sam'l Rosenblatt & Co. The Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes Fifth at Alder Gasco Building o a ooraoc loaoi 30E30X IOE30I locaoi IOE30I o D o lomo THOUSANDS ARE MAKING PLANS TO GO n Cj(P- this summer because of the Low Round-Trip Fares offered by the big cross-continent American Railroads Serving the transportation needs of the Great Pacific Northwest Union Pacific System Spokane,Portland&SeattIeRy. "Oregon-Washington Limited" "Continental Limited" Great Northern The Oriental Limited" "Glacier Park Limited" -North Coast Limited" "The Oriental Limited" Northern Pacific "North Coast Limited" "Mississippi Valley Limited" Giving through service via the popular Northern and Central routes to Minneapolis, St. Paul, Omaha, Kansas City and Chicago. Ticket Sales Will Begin Jane 1st in the Consolidated Ticket Office .THIRD AND WASHINGTON STREETS, PORTLAND And continue daily until and including August 15th. Return limit 90 days, but not later than October 31st. Chicago .... $106.80 Memphis ... $111.60 Pueblo S 77.40 Denver 77.40 Mineapolis . . 87.60 St. Paul 87.60 Kansas City. 87.60 Omaha 87.60 St. Louis.... 101.40 8 War Tax to Be Added. I Proportionate reductions to many points East. Stop-overs at pleasure. Side trips may be arranged for Glacier, Yellowstone and Rocky Mountain National Parks. Call at the Consolidated Ticket Office, C. W. STINGER, Agent, or phone Main 3530, for complete detail's as to routings, train schedules, side trips, sleeping car rates and reservations, and other travel information desired, or telephone. Ii. E. OMER R. H. CHOZIER I.. F-. REACH H. DICKSOJT City Passenper Agent Asst. General Passenger Agent City Pansenper Agent City Passenger Agent onion Pacific Svstem Spokane, Portland and Seattle Northern Pactfio Great Northern Broadway 4500 Railway. Broadway 920. Main 244 Marshall 131 J. L. MILLER, Ticket Arent, Union Station. 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They not only regu late the bowels but Invigorate the liver and keep one's body In a healthy condition," writes Mrs Benjamin Hotfsr, Auburn, N. n o D o D o D o n o a o D o 11 o a o