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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1907)
9 WILL MANAGE OAKS Street Railway Company Is to Have Active Charge. THE SOU AT OKEGOMAX. PORTLAND. APRIL 21, 1901. LESSEES LOSE MONEY Amuwmcnt Company Expected to Retire This Year and Leave On it er to Handle Entire Business. Fat rrofits of Hallway. The Portland Railway. Ltsrht & Pow er Company will undoubtedly manage the Oaka resort during the coming Summer. The Oaka Amusement Com pany is on the brink of dissolution, and a committee baa been appointed to confer with the streetcar company on the matter. This committee has been vested with authority to dissolve the amusement company should it bo thought best after this conference. ' It Is expected that the company will give up the struggle. Thla committee Is composed of Paul TVesslnser. Hermann Wittenberg; and TV. J. Van Schuyver. The date for the conference with the officials of the company has not yet been fixed, but will occur before May 1. Last year's lease on the property was a losing proposition-for the amusement com pany, and unless far more favorable t.rma can be secured for the coming . season the company will go out of the amusement business. A meeting of the amusement com pany was held Friday night, and the project thorouRhly discussed. Some advised that rather than try to save the sinking amusement project the company should dissolve. All seemed of the opinion that enough money has already been lost without putting In more .coin in the same losing ven ture. "We did not dissolve." said "W. J. Van Schuyver. one of the chief own ers in the Oaks Amusement Company. "TVe are Just figuring now with peo ple who may have something to say about the matter, and we will not know definitely until we have had a con ference with them." The past season at the Oaks was satisfactory only- to the owners of the resort, the Portland Railway, Light ' tr. Power Company. The concessiona ries, at the close of the season, ex ; pressed their dissatisfaction with the I management of the amusement com ! pany and asked the railway officials that in the future they might deal with the owners direct. They complained of high percentages exacted by the amuse , ment company and charged misrepre 1 eentatton In some instances. Now the Oaks Amusement Company ; complains that it lost money on the (resort, due to the high lease charged j by the owners of the property. Mem . bars of . the company complain I that they were sold a huge gold brick and had to expect to rns.ke their profita from the conces sions. The company was charged $33. 000 for its lease. In addition to which t the streetcar company collected all ad mission fees. This was so nicely ar ranged that the streetcar company was the only party to the transaction that reaped any profit. It is estimated by a member of the Oaks Amusement Company that 800.000 people visited the resort during' last season. On this number of patrons the streetcar company collected 10 cents for each visitor in. carfare and another 10 cents admission upon reach ing the resort. This, added to tha 35.000 rental of tha property, made a nice fat profit for the owners. It is es timated that the streetcar company made a profit of over $100,000 for the season, while the amusement company and the concessionaries lost -money. S. H. Frledlander was manager of the Oaks Amusement Company, and he is blamed by members for getting them Into it. It is said he did not use good business judgment and was guilty of grossly overvaluing the property when he took it at the price demanded for the lease. Mr. Frledlander organized the Oaks Amusement Company In 1906, A number of local merchants and busi ness men went Into the project, many ef them to sell their goods on tho grounds. This method of "trading dol lsrs" did not turn out so well as the prospectus promised. Mr. Frledlander Is now in Tacoma where he has taken up other work, and it is not expected he will return to manage the company, should It retain the resort for the Summer. But this seems unlikely. Officials of the railway company have not yet been advised of the sur render of the lease and until they know definitely . what the intentions of the amusement company are they d- tiot know whether they will run the resort or will lease it to others. SPARKS CAUSE TURMOIL People Fear Fire From Contractor's ' Engine Will Burn Homes. Sparks from the engine employed on the Brooklyn aewer, in the vicinity of Tag art street and Grand avenue, have mused a big turmoil among the eltiiens nf that community, which has resulted in an appeal to Chief of Police Grltx macher for protection. A spark set Are to tha home of H. W. Relbenstein. 440 J-.ast Sixth street. Flrday afternoon causing approximately JS00 damage, and eeveral small fires hava resulted since that time. No spark-arrester ws In place on the tack of the engine Friday, but when Osptain Moore dispatched Policeman Raney to tha scene yesterday morning with orders to notify the contractors to equip the engine with one, they com piled. Last - night, however.,. Battalion Chief Holden. of the ESut Side district. called up Chief of Police Gritxmacher, saying that the whole neighborhood was gog over the affair. Sparks still escaped from tha engine, and people were In feav of being burned out, said Chief Holden. The police will take further action. BIG WATER MAIN BURSTS The Monument to Poor Work A Wail of Discontent HERE I am the Monument to Poor Work -I have every Defect it's possible for a Suit to have. My Collar is Shapeless and III Fitting it stands aloof from the Back of my Neck. My Lapels Bulge in a most disconcert ing Fashion my Shoulders, in place of being Smooth and "Clean fitting" are "broken down" and Wrinkled at the Edges. Would that I could improve myself but, alas, I'm only a Result the Cause of mo I do not Control The Cause of me is the poor Work of Those Two who are trying- to hie them away. The incompetent Tailor and his Chief Accomplice Old Dr. Goose the Hot Flat Iron. . ' i 1 was poorly cut and made up by that rascally Tailor the Foundation for my present Defects were laid by him. And, Instead of having me Carefully taken to pieces and made over by Expert Needleworkers to remove as much as pos sible his Mistakes Forsooth, I was handed over to his Right Hand Accomplice the cheap Old Dr. Goose to be sizzled and stretched and pressed and shrunken until I appeared to be a Well Mf.de Suit- Would that I really . were well made. Like "Sincerity" Suits. "Sincerity" Suits are built on a Solid Foundation of Excellence. They are properly Designed Carefully Cut and made up by Expert Needlework ers who sew permanent Shape and Style Into the Cloth from which they're made. A "Sincerity" Suit, when it leaves the Expert Needleworkers' hands, Is Tailored, not merely put together. It Is then put through a Rigid and Searching Inspection and Slight Altera tion to make a Perfect Suit is made by the expensive and slow process of taking the Suit apart and Re-making the part to be Altered. While I, forsooth, and the 80 per cent of Poorly Made Suits like me. are only temporarily "doqed" by the Hot Pressing Iron Old ur. tjooae. That's why I'm a Monument to Poor Work Shunned by all men. The genuine goodness of the Making of "Slnoerity Clothes" Is the Cause of their belng worn by the best clad In this Country. See that your next Suit is a ' Sincerity ult Tour best ready-to-wear dealer will Carry them. Just examine them the next time you think of it Tou won t be asked to buy See that this label is in the Coat. It's the guarantee of Style; Service and Satisfaction. vr Underground Conduit of Tcle phone Company Flooded. Owing to th bursting of a water main at Eleventh and Alder streets at 8 o'clock yesterday afternoon It was necessary to rail out a Are engine to pump the flowing water out from underground conduits of the Pacific Telephone Telegraph Com pany on Alder street, which had been laid within the last few days. It thla had not been done the water would have flooded the cellar of the central tele phone station. From eight to ten em ployes of the telephone company, also, were kept at werk dipping out the water until a late hour last night. The break is said to have been the rssult of poor plumbing. A - one-inch service pine was being put Into the main and on leaving the work the plumber simply drove a brass plug into the main and left it. The plug gave way, and the force of the water made a rent in' the pipo from which the water gushed in copious stream, giving a free, cold shower bath to every teamster who happened" to drive by. It was not until after 10 o'clock last night that a new pipe was adjusted to take the place of the broken one. The fire-engine was pumping water for two hours. The damage -to the paper ducts of the telephone company is said to be very slight, but cannot be determined until the water Is all bailed out. Boy Forger Confesses. BELLINGHAM. Wash.. April 20. Charles Gregory, aged 16. confessed to day to a series of forgeries which has puzzled tne police for the past two months. During this time he has passed 26 checks for small amounts on local business houses. One of his victims recognized the youthful criminal on the street today . and caused his arrest Gregory admitted that he not only passed the worthless paper, but forged It as well. Waiters Win Fighs for Moustache. PARIS, April 20. The number' of strik ing waiters here is diminishing rapidly. In most Instances the employers accorded thv waiters the right to wear a mous tache. About 2000 waiters still refuse to return to work, objecting to agreeing to paying tor breakage. CARD OP THANKS. Receiving the news of my husband's death too late to attend the funeral. I wish to thank the Longshoremen and the Foresters for their kindness. Very grate- Tuny. Ml. .MAKY KRAZEL.L. 66 77 9 Humphreys Seventy Seven Cures Grip and COLD "Seventy-seven" is no better than any of the other thirty-five Specifics prepared by Dr. Humphreys; for Women's and Children's Diseases, for Dyspepsia, Indigestion and Weak Stomach, for Headache, Sick Head ache and Vertigo, for Rheumatism and Lumbago, for Bladder and Kid ney Troubles, for Malaria, Chills and rever. Ton have tried "Seventy-seven"- now try some of the others. Book free. At Drurei.t 35 cents each, or maili. Humphreys' Homw. Medicine Co.. Cor. William and Josa su-eei. Jv.w Xocjc THREE DAYS' SPECIAL SALE OF DINNER SETS BADlpNT For tomorrow, Tuesday and Wednesday, our Basement Department of fers unusual special prices on 14 Dinner Sets, comprised of 42, 50 and 100 pieces, in the best patterns and decorations, this assortment being a selection from their most complete stock of Dinner Ware in the semi - porcelain, Austrian china and Haviland. This sale offers an opportun ity to supply your crockery needs at a saving. On the first nine pat terns of the following we have applied the special terms of $1.00 down, 50 cents week. Reasonable terms"of payment on the Haviland sets, if desired. $4.25 Sets of 42 pieces in the white semi porcelain; special .... . . . . .$2.75 $5.75 Set of 42 pieces in the semi-porcelain, blue decoration; special. . . J $3.75 $6.50 Set of 50 pieces in the white semi porcelain; special $4.25 $7.50 Set of 42 pieces, pink and gold dec orated; special ........ ... .$4.75 $7.75 Set of 42 pieces, pink, green and . gold decorated; special $5.25 $8.50 Set of 50 pieces, pink and gold dec orated; "special . . . . . . .... .;. , $6.50 $10.50 Set of 50 pieces, pink, green and gold decorated; special .. $7.50 $20.00 Set of 100 pieces in two patterns in the Austrian China, pink and gold dec orated; special $14.75 $33.50 Haviland Set of 50 pieces, green and gold decorated; special $25.50 $35.00 Haviland Set of 50 pieces, pink, . green and gold decorated; special 27.00 $59.00 Haviland Set of 100 pieces, pink, green and gold decorated; -special . $47.00 $67.50 Haviland Set of 100 pieces; your choice of two patterns, white and gold; or pink, green and gold decorated; spe cial .... . $52.00 ' IP Wm SPECIALS IN LACE CURTAINS AND CURTAIN MATERIALS Two days' special selling of a surplus stock of Arabian tint laces, in the lat est patterns arid effects; large quan tities of each. Commencing tomor row in our Drapery and Decorative Department, Sixth - Floor. Your credit is good. : $2.50 and $2.75 values in Cable Net Laces in Arabian tints; Cluny patterns; per pair ........ . .$1.50 $3.00 arid $3.25 values in Cable Net and Cluny Lace effects; per pair . .. ... .......... $1.75 $3.25 to $3.75 values in Real Cluny and Arabian tape and tint hand-made laces, 2lA yards and 3 yards long; per pair . .$2.00 $6.00 and $6.50 values in Real Cluny and Arabian Laces, all Ara bian tints; large stock of each pattern; per pair. . . .'. . . .$3.75 15c Curtain Swiss in white dots, figures and stripes, substantial and effective window-curtain materials; per yard. .... 9 15c Summer Drapery Material in floral designs and colorings, 36 inches wide; per yard . . . . '. .9 $1.75 Scotch Madras, 50 inches wide; a few pieces to sell at the special, per yard ....90 SALE OF COUCHES Tomorrow we offer an exceptional bargain in this upholstered piece; a pleasing design in frame of golden -oak; tufted covering of the best and most serviceable quality of imitation leather, which is superior to genuine split leather. Steel construction. This piece is well worth twice the price at which it is offered. You can see display in our Morrison-street windows. SPECIAL . .-. ..... . , . .$15.00 Wo offer this on the special payment terms of $1.00 down arid $1.00 per week. REFRIGERATORS . IN THE BASEMENT DEPT. We will show this season a line of Refrigerators that embraces the most economical, sanitary and sci entific features, in sizes and ap pointments to meet all require ments. We call attention particu larly to the Dr. Perkins Sanitary Refrigerators, built on a principle entirely different from the old and unsanitary methods of food preservation. In these refrigerators there is a perfect circulation, air being taken in from one side and after circulating is released on the opposite side, thus disposing of all dampness which, will naturally accumulate where there is no circulation. Butter can be placed close to strong-smelling vege tables and foods without fear of contamination. ' ORNAMENTAL LIGHTING PIECES We are displaying a line of highly artistic and effective Electroliers and Hanging Domes in skillfully designed antique brass and imported colored glass. This glass" is so selected and perfectly blended as to produce most harmonious and beautiful effects. A number of these are now displayed in our windows. EXCLUSIVE DESIGNS IN WALL PAPERS DECORATIVE DEPT. SIXTH FLOOR Inexpensive foreign papers in novel patterns and harmonious color effects that suggest correct treatment for all rooms. Some of these in perfect imitation of Spanish leather and hand-beaten metal. Others in dainty floral effects, for bedrooms, with hang ings to match. We will be pleased to furnish estimates on work of this character. THE MOST ATTRACTIVE STYLES IN FOLDING GO CARTS AND BABY CARRIAGES your credit 1) I IS GOOD Jj COMPLETM0U5E-FUM5HER5 (Tmakc YOUrI OWH TERMS j tt NEW PROCESS" GAS RANGES $1.00 DOWN $1.00 A WEEK SEND CHEMAWA INDIANS Native Daughter Suggests the State's Wards for Jamestown. GT-APFTONE. Or.. April 12. (To the Ed itor.) -Allow a "Native Daughter" to make a suggestion regarding th representation of Oregon at the Jam eat own Exposition in the way of a party of Indian maidens be Inir taken thre for exhibition, dressed in buckskin, mocrarfns, fathern and beads. Why not wlrt a few of the Indians from iu c!li . fit. u -a exhibit is desired? In that way we eould show what the gtate of Oregon has done to clvilix the Indiana of the stata in the war of teach ing them the arc of cooking. Instrumental and vo caj mosl c. taach tn g, blacksm it h 1 n g, tailoring, etc. Surely the state should hava some, recognition for the way in which it has supplied the Indian boy and girls at Ohemawa. with free books, free clothes, free board and lodging and time for outside rec reation In the way of baseball, gymnasium, tenntt. etc, to be followed by a dip in a porcelain bathtub, tf they should so wih. At tha same time white boys and girls at tending colleges of the state are compelled to buy their own books, clothes, board and lodxiir. and many of them do not have time to devote after school hours to base he. 11 or other outside sports but .t com pelled to get In and hustle to get a litcle money ahead to carry them through col lege until the end of the term. A very good showing cou-ld be made for tho State of Oregon In an Indian fashion ifthey should choose, by exhibiting the va rious occupations taught at 4'hemawa. Ore gon could have at the exposition an Indian day with a musical programme, followed by a game of baseball, and when the boys made a "horn run" the Indian band from Chemawa could epply .a "dandy" two-ftep. If Oregon is to be represented by In dians T do not wish the representatives to draas Xliuk ths orisilnaJ salvage. Rather send tha regular Indians and shew to tha people of the United States what the State of Oregon has dona to educate them. If the Indians can show such marked Improve ment, what an exalted Idea. Easterners will have of the "palefaces" of the state at home. VIRGINIA LBSS. Tuatalin Debaters Win. PACIFIC TJKIVKRSITT. Foreat Grove-, Or., April 20. (Special.) Tuatalin Academy defeated Pendleton Academy in the Interacademlc debate last night on tne question: "Resolved. That the Vnited states should subsidise Its mer chant marine." Tuatalin Academy supported the affirmative by W. E. Millar, L. U Hope and T. Holme. Pendleton upheld the nea-atlv by Messrs. Johnson. Milne and Blakaley. China Is producing; about 90.00 tons of iron ore a year at Shu- Wei-Tao. pome 80 miles from Hankow, but is shipping- it all to Japan. The ore yields 60 to 65 per cent of iron. Mil lions of tons of this rich ore Is in stsrht, beside largs quantities of lime-' stone. -