THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, POItTEAND, OCTOBER 25, 1914.
13
10 1ST PAY FOR
WATER7UPT0 VOTE
Mr. Daly's Ordinance Would
Make Property Owners Re
sponsible for Bills.
TENANTS NOW MEET THEM
Reduction of Minimum Rate, 'Which
Is Proposed, Would Affect Only
Service That Is Metered.
Charge to Be for 3 Months.
PROVISIONS OF PROPOSED WATER
. ORDINANCE.
1. Water shall be charged to the
premises served.
2. Water bills shall be paid quarter
ly and not in advance.
8. All deposits and prepayments
shall be refunded.
4. No sweater minimum charge than
60 cents a month shall be charged.
Provisions of Present Regulations.
1. Water Is charged to tenants, the
same as gas, electricity, grocery and
v all other bills for service rendered
to tenants.
2. Water bills are paid monthly In
advance.
3. Deposits and prepayments cover
ing the amounts paid in advance for
water service are required.
4. Minimum charge Is 60 cents a
month for all services not metered.
Meter minimum charge, 75 cents.
Whether property-owners are to be
made responsible for the water biHs
of., tenants is considered the most Im
portant question In the water ordi
nance to be voted on in the recall elec
tion Tuesday. This Question and that
regarding the payment of water bills
quarterly and not in advance and the
reduction of the minimum rate for
meter-users are the only changes In
the proposition.
Property-owners are protesting
against the plan of assessing; water
rental to them. They say it Is no more
right to make ihem pay the water
bills of their tenants than to force them
to pay their tenant's grocery and meat
bills or their bills for gas or elec
tricity. Three Months' Time Given.
The measure is held particularly ob
jectionable because of the fact that In
addition to assessing the charges to
the property-owners, the time In which
tenants may default in paying their
bills is extended to three months. A
tenant may use water for two and a
half months and then move out, leav
ing the property-owner to pay the
water bill.
The minimum charge plan means no
reduction of the rates to flat-rate users,
who comprise three-fourths of the
water-users of the city, the minimum
now being 50 cents a month on such
cervices. It means & reduction of me
ter rate bills, only provided the user
consumes no more than 60 cents' worth
f water in a month.
Inspector Deliver Statements.
Inspectors of the water department
yesterday delivered throughout the city
statements regarding the water ordi
nance. Special mention is made of the sav
ing In expense of the water depart
ment under the new system. The sav
ing will be brought about by the send
ing out of bills quarterly instead of
monthly.
Until two years ago no bills were
eent out at all and the accounting sys
tem was operated without the addi
tional expense, which Commissioner
i1y now seeks to eliminate by re
ducing the number of bills and in
creasing the amount to be paid in each
bill.
NUTS THRIVE IN CLARKE
Pioneer Grower Declares Cnlture
Will Outrival Prune in Time.
VANCOUVER. Wash., Oct. 20. (Spe
cial.) Nut culture in Clarke County is
in its infancy and will in time become
as important as the prunegrowlng in
dustry, declares A. A. Quarnberg, pio
neer nutgrower in this section, and
formerly District Horticulture Inspec
tor. Mr. Quarnberg owns a fine nut
orchard, which brings him In a lare
crop of English walnuts and filberts
every year. .He took first prize at the
Washington State Fair, at North
Yakima, this year.
Mr. Quarnberg recommends plant
ing of good-sized filbert trees, which
will bear a couple of pounds of nuts
the second year after they are set out.
At five years they will be profitable
and at the end of 10 years the increase
is great. The trees usually should be
set 16 feet apart, although certain va
rieties may be placed 10 feet apart,
says Mr. Quarnberg.
One English walnut tree, about 10
years old, in Mr. Quarnberg's yard is
used in experimenting with nearly 15
varieties of English walnuts. Two
years ago he cut off limbs from the
tree and grafted on two or three
shoots from a dozen leading varieties
of walnuts. Practically all grew, and
the experiment is to learn what va
riety is the best adapted to this cli
mate, as all are under Identical con
ditions of climate, soil and care.
The result of this experiment will
will be made known as soon as Mr.
Quarnberg is sure of the outcome ol
the test. To make no mistake in the
name of the variety grafted on to the
tree, metal tags were wired around
the fork of the branch and a record
was kept.
WATER SYSTEM IS READY
Lafayette Work Done and Supply
-Begins in Record Time.
LAFAYETTE, Or., Oct. 24. (Special.)
The water system- just completed
here has met the required tests and
experts say the water supply and in
stallation is one of the best in Oregon.
An idea of the amount of water
which supplies the town may be
pained by stating that after a con
tinuous test of 30 hours the water
shows no loss of head. The amount
pumped exceeds 150,000 gallons in 24
hou rs.
The system consists of approxi
mately four and one-half miles of
mains, 35 hydrants, tank, tower, pump
and motor.
The work has been accomplished in
record time and is the culmination of
a ten years' fight
Thankful for One Thins;.
(San Francisco Chronicle.)
"Whew!" sniffed the dray horse, as a
smoking motor car rushed by. "I have
some faults. I know; but, thank good
ness, I never Teamed to smoke!"
Awe
IK If MMM
mg s Great Sale
Last week witnessed the greatest furni
ture selling ever seen in Portland; hun
dreds are taking advantage of this won
derful opportunity. Furniture and
Carpets are going at reductions un
matched. "We want to move to the new
store as little of this stock as we can
none at allr if low prices will move it
for us. - .
Every day this week will be crowded
with interest for buyers of home-furnishings.
(Visit the store every day;
new goods from reserve stock will move
in to take the places. of the vanloads
that are going from here into Portland
homes. Watch for the daily specials
they'll astound you!
Remember, we must be out of the old
store and into the new in 20 days !
Monday Special
A limited .number of 9xl2-foot Superior
Axminster Rugs. Regular price $30.00,
will be ottered Mon
day only at the re
markable price of
ISfote the Prices on
These Six Articles
$14.50
lei
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Corner Second and Morrison Streets
Terms Arranged to Suit; if Desired
The Home of Good Furniture
Sons
$27.50 Dining Table $18.50
Solid oak Dining Table, with pedestal
and 48-inch, tapered top. Removal price
only
$18.50
. i
$3.00
Dining Chair
this Great Sale
$1.79
A solid Chair of quartered oak,
full box with oaki
back panel ; saddle
seat
$1.79
$14 Brass Beds $7.50
A fall-height Foster Brothers' Ideal 6rass
Bed, fully guaranteed; 2-inch P i
posts and five fillers ; a regulars 11
$14 Bed at half price. K
$18 Dresser
at
$10.50
A 42-inch solid oak Dresser
with swell-front top drawer,
double top and French plate
glass mirror, 22x28 inches. A
handsome addition to your
bedroom at a wonderfully
low price. Is
regularly $18,
Removal Sale
$10.50
f 8 J'Ti
$25 Napoleon Bed
$14.50
A handsome, quarter-sawed oak Na
poleon bed, in golden oak, wax finish.
An exceptionally fine piece, never be
fore sold for less than
$25. Sale price, this
8 ale
$14.50
$50 Mission Chair $32
Famous Limb ert
, Arts and Crafts
Mission Chair,'
made throughout
of solid oak, double
coil springs and
Spanish leather
cushions. Work
manship and ma
terial of the high
est class. Guaran
teed chain Re
moval Sale price,
$32
MOVIE HOME READY
Palatial National Theater Will
Open Thursday.
PLAYGROUND IS FEATURE
Mezzanine Promenade Caiersj to
Overcrowded Houses Ivory-Tinted
Interior Decorations Kestful
and Lighting Effects Great.
In the National Theater, which opens
to the public Thursday, Portland has
the theater,, select It has a large,
softly tinted Ivory white interior, cool
and restful. The light globes are
shaded with the same soft ivory tint.
There are 1500 electric lights on the
inside of the theater and 3000 on the
outside.
The stage is equipped with 237 pieces
of scenery, all of which have been made,
designed and painted in Portland. The
screen is 16 by 18 feet, the largest in
the city. The pipe organ has 37 stops.
Two large Powers 6A projection ma
chines will be used besides a spotlight
and a stereopticon machine.
One of the most pleasing features Is
the cement promenade on the mezzanine
floor, where patrons may wait when
the house is overcrowded. The wom
en's restroom is provided with all
necessary equipment for a high-class
room and the men's smoking-room is
equally elaborate.
Playground Cares tor Children.
The thing which probably will appeal
to Portland women more than anything
else is the children's playground and
nursery in the basement. While the
mother enjoys the show she may know
that her baby Is safe, for two maids
will be in constant attendance upon the
"kidlets. There will be sand piles and
baskets, swings, rings and every other
piece of apparatus that is found in the
outside playgrouna.
This was the Idea of Melvin G. Win
stock, the general manager, and he is
immensely proud of it. No other theater
in Portland and probably few In the
Northwest are so completely equipped.
Not only will the National Theater be
a first-class motion-picture house, it Is
going to be a theater for the people
of Portland. Mr. Winstock says that he
already has given the house to the
Rotarians for the purpose of a Christ
mas performance for poor children and
has promised the University of Ore
gon the use of the house for a perform
ance Thanksgiving.
Theater to Be People's Home.
"I want this theater to be a truly
Portland Institution. I want it to stand
for what Portland stands for. and above
all, I want It to reflect the spirit of
the people.
A complimentary programme will be
shown to the friends of the manage
ment Wednesday night. On that night
the theater will be in readiness for the
formal opening the following evening.
There are now three eight-hour
shifts working and the building is al
most completed. The carpets, which
will be of soft,' dark blue shade, and
tapestries of the same color, will be
hung before Wednesday evening.
General Manager Melvin Winstock
said: "This is the realization of a
dream of three years. But only for the
co-operation and devotion of men in
Portland, who are Interested ' in the
theater, the whole thing would have
been impossible. Those men are big
and deserve much praise for their con
scientious aid and encouragement."
TTses an "Anesthetic Pistol."
Paris Correspondence Chicago Post.
The "anesthetic pistol," devised by
city chemists at the time of the siege
of the notorious motor-car bandits,
has been used successfully in the cap
ture of a mad woman. Mile. Maignan,
an artist, in a fit of mania, shut herself
in her apartment in the Avenue de
Neuilly the other day and threatened
her neighbors from a window with a
revolver. The police who were sum
moned fired several shots at the wom
an, but without effect. The "anesthetic
pistol" was then. brought into service
and the woman was overcome with
gaa and removed to an infirmary.
The French Conscripts.
(Manchester Chronicle.)
What happens in the great Continen
tal conscript armies is. this: Every
male of age for bearing arms is legally
liable to serve and every such person is
LATEST ADDITION TO PORTLAND FORMIDABLE ARRAY OF AMUSEMENT HOUSES.
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called up (usually In his twentieth or
twenty-first year) for what is called
revision." But nations differ very much
In the proportion chosen out of those so
called up. Germany does not take the
greater part of the men so called up.
Until quite lately she did not take half
of them or anything like half; neither
does Italy, neither does Russia, neither
does Austria.
Neither. In at certain sense, does
France, because there are always a cer
tain number who are physically unfit
or who are exempted for special rea
sons sujmi as being the only support of
their families, particularly where an
orphan family is supported by an older
brother, etc. But the distinction be
tween the French army and all other
armies In the world, conscript or pro
fessional, is the fact that with these
few exceptions every one who is called
actually serves; that Is, goes in a bar
rack room and Is trained as a private
soldier for so many months.
In my time the period was three
years, with certain exceptions for men
who only served one year. Then, after
the time in which I served, a law was
passed making it two years for every
body without any exceptions of one
year. Then, quite recently, in the face
of a sudden increase of the German
army, the period was expanded again
to three years. But the characteristic
thing, which . must never be forgotten.
that everyone who can serve at all
does serve.
Tobacco and Confectionery.
(Washington Star.)
"A dog wouldn't use tobacco," said
the severe citizen.
"No," replied Miss Cayenne. "Nowa
days the pet dogs are ruining their di
gestions with bon bons, while the ladies
are smoking cigarette)."
Feels) the Same. .
(Judge.)
Madge Do you really like motoring
as well as sleight riding?
Marjorle I don t see much difference
since Charley has learned to run the
car with one hand.
COMB
SAGE TEA
INTO GRAY HAIR
Darkens Beautifully and Restores
Its Thickness and Lustre
at Once.
Common garden sage brewed into a
heavy tea. with sulphur and alcohol
added, will turn gray, streaked and
faded hair beautifully dark and luxuri
ant; remove every bit of dandruff, stop
scalp Itching and falling hair. Mixing
the Sage Tea and Sulphur recipe at
home, though, is troublesome. An
easier way is to get the ready-to-use
tonic, costing about 50 cents a large
bottle, at drugstores, known as
"Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound."
thus avoiding & lot of muss.
While wispy, gray, faded hair is not
sinful, we all desire to retain our
youthful appearance ' and attractive
ness. By darkening your hair with
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur, no one can
tell, because it does it so naturally, so
evenly. You Just dampen a sponge or
soft brush with It and draw this
through your hair, taking one small
strand at a time; by morning all gray
hairs have disappeared. After another
application or two your hair becomes
beautifully dark, - glossy, soft and
luxuriant and you appear years
younger. Adv.
Webber's Juvenile Orchestra
PANT AGES CIRCUIT.
Webber Academy of Music Will Re
open About December 1st.
For Information Call
SHARP A MACK MUSIC CO,
Morrlnoa an Broadway.
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