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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.
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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. -