The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, March 21, 1915, Section One, Image 12

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Newspaper Page TextTHE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, MARCH 21, 1915. vt HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO PRESENTED VAUDEVILLE SHOW FOR - MONUMENT FUND. BENEFIT JEFFERSON EAST SIDE CLUB TO DISCUSS BO NO ISSUE a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon or make a better mouse trap than his neighbor, the world will make a beaten path to his door hmerson. .'Dental. Trust MrvYeon to Outline Benefits of Hard-Surface Roads to . Business Men. ; It f V . FTP be f- - :f ? 1 aWb HOME LABOR URGED BY ALL Wuwlslffl'k r ledges Heart Support at Meeting Under Auspices of .. Parent-Teacher Circle Mr. Alderman Is Indorsed. ' John B. Icon, county roadmaster. will bo the speaker Monday at the luncheon of tho East Side Business Men's Club at the Hotel Edwards. He will outline the benefits of the proposed road bond issue of 1,350.000 to hard surface 71 miles of trunk highways. At this first road meeting of the week an opportunity will be afforded to h'.ar the work for the bond Issue out line!. Tho North Portland Commercial Club will hold a meeting- Tuesday night in the North Portland Library at Killings wortli avenue and Commercial street. Tlic road bond issue will be the main subject. The Montavilla Board of Trade will call a special meeting next week on this subject. Other organizations are ex pected to indorse the issue soon. The fit. Johns Commercial Club was the first organization outside of Portland to act favorably on tho project, and Woodstock Friday night stepped In line. -"Woodstock Action la Favorable. Hearty Indorsement of the proposed issue of 1. 350.000 was given Friday night at the community meeting in the Woodstock schoolhouse under the auspices of the Woodstock Parent Teacher Association, on condition that the work shall be given to Multnomah County men. - ' ,, Talks were given by Charles Elwell, Ira Dutcher, John R. Gilstrap and L Stephenson. The argument generally was ,in opposition to temporary ma- Thecommunlty indorsed the admin istration of City Superintendent Alder man, head of the Portland schools. His re-election was asked unanimously. Charles Elwell gave a brief tojr of the work of Mr. Alderman as cliy su perintendent. It was decided to take up the clean up campaign in Woodstock on a more thorough line. Farmers la Favor af Issue. C H Welch, a prominent number of Evening Star Grange, said: "I am strongly in favor of the issue to hard surf"ce the trunk roads of Multnomah County. I believe thst a large major ity of the farmers and members or tne Grange will vote favorably. "Vt the meeting of Pomona Grange Wednesday I found that the- members generally were in favor of the issue. Portland is like other large cities. The roads at first are not the beat, but there comes a time when better roads are a necessity. The trunk roads w 1 He paved now and the good work mil continue until we have permanent roads. If - anybody thinks that the Grange is not in favor of good roads no is mistaken. They are as progres sive as any of our citizens. Hone Labar la I'rged. J J. Oedor. a real estate dealer, said: "I certainly am In favor of good roads, and the bond Issue promises to give what we need. We can hope to make progress only with the best roads that can be built." Mr E R Bondurant. member of tne Women's" Council and Oregon Congress ef Mothers, remarked: "I an strongly In favor of the proposed issue, on condi tion that Multnomah County people l.avc the benefit of the work. I had thought that it would have been better to hold tii o bond election at the regu lar June election and not call a special election with its extra cost, but it has been explained that unless the special election is held in April It will be too Jatc to lay hard-surface roads this ''tf'M. Orth. president North Portland Commercial Club, is in favor of the road bond issue on condition that the 1. 23.O0O be spent here in this county. Wc need the permanent roads. Port land has been letting too many Jobs to outslaers. At the meeting next Tues day of the club, the bond issue will be considered. riub Officials Vrge Action. U M. Leppcr. secretary East Side Business Men's Club, said: "I am ht-artilv in favor of the road bond issue. Mid am ready to work for the bonds at the coming election. We cannot have progre.-s without good roads, and good roads rhn expense. In the end the best is the cheapest. We want competitive bids for the contracts." A. N. Searle. secretary Montavilla Board of Trade, remarked: "I think nothing could be a greater boon at present than the road bond issue. I hac talked with many of the club members and they favcr the project. I think the Board or Trade will take up th question in the near future." Dr. William DeVeny. of Montavilla Board of Trade, is an ardent enthusiast for the issue. "We cannot have too liood roads." he said. "They will make TVrtland and Multnomah County. I nave talked with many people and find they favor the bonds. We want the money spent at home. I believe that the isue will carry by a large majority.'' 8-HOUR CLAUSE CARRIES lulled Males Steel Products Coni piiny Signs Bridge Contract. The contract . of the United States Si eel Producim Company for steel work on tbe Interstate Bridge was signed and submitted to the County Commis sioners yesterday. As finally agreed to and Kisned. the contract contains the eight-hour clause to which the steel company raised strenuous objec tion at first. Tli? only condition asked for the signing of the contract as submitted by the county was that the company h" furnished with a copy of District Attorney Evans' opinion on the inclu aiou of the clause in the contract. The steel company was willing to a'rec to isht-hour work on the erec-tio!- of ft steel, and 1I work dorT locally. bt its representatives held that the county had no right to demand that workmen in the Eastern rolling mills and steel plants be employed only eight hours. If the eight-hour clause was included in the contract, iticy lieid. it would enforce changed itorkir.g conditions in Eastern, plants. In binning the contract, J. C. Camp bJl. legal representative of tbe steel company, said he would submit the In strument to the Commissioners tenta tively pending the receipt of Mr. Evans opinion. Under this opinion, if the steel company buys a finished product for use on the bridge, the demand for an eisrht-hour day in the Eastern fac tories does not hold- J ; JiJ- ixn .!" v 4 2l .t M i j i iLs-uiawwi.-fccVBr assk imiiu.qi. rrr. f: - ' W ' J ssm.tc ? ill ' f h I -1 . If'- '::'. "7" . y-yJfc3j a a - - .jf.' I 4 f Wmfm f il rnn. .H. fS Caxt la -SnlcVry Farm.". (Left to Rishtl John Kennedy Kdward Car, William Mrj, Dlree. W W".e Maurlee, "fbar Carl. Join Mowrj. 3 Aln.ee fernot. AM. Merrt.s. l.u. ille JMn.tm, Grnee A.H., Chrla. I.n.r l7 o. .l tbe IJaaee (4) Kva Hutchison, M-ld. t5) Hesse, Prouse, i oung Frost, Man.bery, tf) Lillian Ward SatuhTs'rfn eJe la1lat Prescott and Carr entertained with some rapid-fire nonsense. : . .,. ,. "rhe Ttchnicll Club quartet, the gymnasium classes, the string quartet, Edna Anderson, the girl baritone, the Naemphl Club country school; Hal Young, cornet soloist, and the Home Economics Club pantomime :were other features. ; ROAD BONDS URGED Feeder Development Will Fol low, Says Expert. WIDE BENEFIT FORECAST Permanent Hard Suriace Will Elim inate Cost or Repairing Macadam, 6ays Supervisor A. H. Wliite, of District Xo. 2. One of the most important consid erations in the proposal of the county to issue bonds, for the permanent im provement of arterial .county roads with hard surface, will be the effect on the development of other county roads which serve as "feeders and which now have to be neglected be cause the annual raised tax levy has to be expended for the maintenance of the ma-adamied arterial roads. So says H. White, superintendent of Countv Road District No. 2. who is recognized as an expert on macadam "'ju'present. Mr. White says, the ar terial roads are nearly all maeadara iied. Ther are subjected to extremely heavy and rapid traffic which soon tears them to pieces regardless of how well they may be constructed. This necessitates the expenditure of large amounts of money each year to make improvements and repairs to keep these roads in passable condition. The work is duplicated year after year, taking nearly all the money raised for road building bv taxation, he says. For that reason there is but little left for the improvement of the roads of lesser im portance. - Repairs May Be F.llmlnated. "On several occasions," says Mr. White " I have heard persons say they oppose the bond issue because, under the hard-surfacing plan, it is not Pro posed to Improve the roads which they personally use. They say they will re ceive no benefit. "Here are the facts regarding this. The countv raises a certain amount each year from taxation to repair and build "roads. Tbis now has to go to keep the arterial roads in passable condition. If these roads are perma nently improved the repairs will not be necessary and the money can be ex pended in Improvement of the other roads. Everybody will benefit. It is not a proposition of only those people who live on the roads to be hard-surfaced being benefited. It will help the entire county by making it possible to Improve the feeders with macadam. Not being subject to the heavy wear and tear of the arterial roads their maintenance will not be expensive. "There are many of these feeders in bad condition. Farmers have to drag j., ainnir f h k a . unimnroved dirt roads hub deep in mud. These peo ple nave peimoneo, wgscw for years but relief bas been Impossi ble. The condition of these roads has added greatly to the cost of prbductton and has discouraged development. If the proposed bond Issue carries the county will be relieved of the bur den, of maintaining 70 miles of the present arterial macadam roads for 10 or 12 years- Residents of the districts which are not to be directly benefited having hardsurfaced roads at their doorsteps should forget their opposi tion to the bonds on . that score for they will be benefited just as much as the districts which will be coursed by one of the hardsurfaced roads accord ing to the plan for paving as outlined. "I have heard it said on several oc casions that the smooth surface of the paved roads over steep grades would work a hardship on team traffic. This. I believe, can bo relieved by the con struction of a narrow strip of macadam along the pavement over the worst grades. This will not be expensive of maintenance because it will not be sub ject to the rapid traffic. It is speed that tears out the macadam roads rather than the weight of traffic." $D93 buys a $550 Davis & Sons Player piano; tl'2.50 cash sends it to your home with a double credit receipt for J25, balance J2.50 weekly during open ing sale only; no interest. Schwan Piano Co.. Ill 4th st. Adv. TALKMED CHILDREN" ' I'RKSEVr ".MIDSUMMER MGHTS DREAM." ilpBliliiiiSli - 'A I -.-It It M: iif 111 wilifiil s . - Grove Photo. Mayo Methot. "Midsummer Night's Dream," with gifted Portland children in the cast, will be presented April 9 in the Lincoln High School, un der the direction of Miss Nina Joy. of the Tortland Shakespeare Study Club. The fact that such a popular child actress as Mayo Methot is " to have a special part in the pro duction will in itself call forth a large audience. In addition to ' being a clever actress. Mayo is a graceful little dancer and her ability will be shown in .a spe cial solo number. Marjorie licet and Marion Schil ler and other attractive children will have important parts.. Miss . Vivian Miekel will play "Puck." Scores of other children will be seen in the fairyland play. Miss Elizabeth Woodbury will have charge of th,c dramatic part of . the affair. ROAD AID IS URGED Columbia and Clatsop Coun ties Exceed Debt Limit. RIVER HIGHWAY JS HALTED Little Hope Expressed for Raising jroriey to Complete Scenic Driveway and State Assist ance Is Advocated. Following is a statement submitted to The Oregonian for publication, upon the authority of the county courts of Columbia and Clatsop counties and of the road advisory boards of the two counties as well.. It is an autneniic and impartial review of the present condition of the Lower Columbia High wav physically and financially: "Eliminating all criticism or praise of state highway construction in Ore gon tiie past yaer, the State Highway Commission finds itself confronted wits a bold financial and business prob lem. In several counties bond funds for i-oad-building have been exhausted, highways are uncompleted, travel over i-..nnUsiHia nhEtn(.lps have been L I J C 1 11 AO iui.u...w w placed in the way of local travel to trade centers ana no lunas are at uuu in these counties to finish construc tion. "Acting on the advice of good roads enthusiasts counties of the state have bonded themselves to the limit of the law for the building of trunk line roads. In speeches advocating these i i .-. nm i . r wprn mflrfe voters without due "consideration as to facts as regards costs, honestly pernaps, ana the bond Issues carried, and with them the hope that the work would be com pleted to open up travel for the pres ent year. That there have been many j;.annninfmnts- its presented in vol umes of newspaper stories which tell of the incompleteness of the work and the possible necessary expenditures to put roads, ueretorore open ior iravei, in shape for the accommodation of the public. . nridrm LacklnE. "Not only are the-stretches of the Columbia Kiver Hignway in woiumuia i. ...I'. ..niintif-c .unfinished as to grade, but IB bridges must be built in Columbia county ana la in v.iaisup County. Compared with the estimates on the costs of these bridges, these counties have taken no steps to care for this outlay of funds. Some money, it is true, has been provided, but the funds on hand are too small to pre sent even the hope that the highway will be opened for travel this year. "Unfortunately counties have but two ways for raising funds after bond issue money shall have been exhausted. One is by direct taxation and the amount of money which can be raised under this provision is limited by statute. The other is by aid from the State Highway Coirunission. The debt of a countv is also limited by constitu tional provision. Clatsop County is far beyond its constitutional limit of in- Also Hume's Spectorette Guilty of Libel. Of all the newspapers published in Oregon, only one could be induced by the Dental Trust, during the last campaign on the Dentistry Bui, to resort to villification and libel. Last week in Circuit Judge Gatens' court in this city a jury rendered a verdict in my behalf against Hugh Hume's Spectator, as a result of my suit for libel. The important fact about this verdict against the s Spectator JJJ Hume could not prove the charges he made against .. A..aA. rvrint what hfi did bv the self-conf essed very "ethical gentlc- who restitute the Dental Trust in this state. It is important to show to what rWhs eth ics" lead some men. It also shows that trie etnics 01 journalism ... Oreion are much Sove the "ethics" of the Dental Trust when only one of all Ofon's editorfwould stoop to libel the reputation of a man to please the dental combine in this state. a. WhPn I first charged that there was a vicious Dental Trust in this state, many ood neoDle could Sot believe it; many editors doubted it. Certainly the facta KITSt in thisntriat lasting for ten days, are sufficient toi mitacr "VJJgg tial person that every fact I presented to the voters in the last campaign is worthy . of serious consideration. . . Everv man and Ivoman worthy the name esteems the good opinion of thr assocla'tTsSreighbors; the public. make mistakes but they are also willing in such cases to rectify the misiaKe wurioui ftnfrt law Yet the libel laws are intended as a protection to society ; to restrain tmo'?c! community because they have access to type and printer's ink. . . I have followed the trail of the Dental Trust in many places in this county, but the gunning is better in Oregon than any state .have yet been in. Nothing is so convincing and satisfying to people ho Know thev have been plundered and then insulted by this combine of ethical fSilltT hides tacked on the fence in full public view. ... When I came to Portland and opened my office nearly a year ago the inner circle oAieXst made the boast that Painless ..rker uld be " rt state in six months. Others had been made to walk. Uie p ank. No dentist darea all ure .mclean; inside the sacred precincts of "ethics" no vandal foot had ever trod v But alas, these sacred self-constituted gods have feet of clay; these idols set up by putrescent "ethical" hands are shattered. What the trabEc is entitled to today at the hands of the dental profession is good dentistry at 'pfffaVto both buyer and seller-not fossilized dentistry- scented with "ethics." n , Hundreds of people have been systematically told that Painless Parker was a chaSat and lawbreaker, just as Hugh Hume was told, and they do not stop to consider the motive for such reports. Vested interests never gives up its special privileges until forced by the people tr. rln f Charles I strutnrfed against the Fvound Head Parliament of the people of EnSandtilPtheycutoS He was what the crowned heads of Europe Ethical" to the last ditch. The people of Oregon will have medical and dental freedom when they realize how the political doctors have robbed and jobbed SsVwKoTuJfortunate enough to be compelled to pay their bills. Tt is easier now than before I exposed this Dental Trust in Oregon for a young Hpntist to come here and make a place for himself, and in the future he will have a better dSnct to wifon his merits than ever before He will not have to practice Lttv lLcenv to make a living he can practice dentistry according to the dictates of his miscience without asking the consent of the Trust-at least u a measure. a iur pvamination held by the State Board, 15 out of 16 dentists were gWi!nto" Befool exposed the Trust from thirty to fifty per cent of those asking for licenses were turned dawn. A iury of twelve men in Oregon has decided that a dentist is not a quack simply because he has been blackmailed by the Dental Trust. PAINLESS PARKER DENTIST -Sixth and Washington Sts., Portland, Or. SAN FRANCISCO BROOKLYN, N. V. debtedness and Columbia County is threatened by tbe burden of debt .en tailed in the construction of its portion of the Columbia River Highway which wiil exceed the bond issue a i least $100,000. Taxes have been levied for the year and the county will receive more money than ever before n its his. tory? This increased fund will not take care of its obligations. Clatsop Kxceeds Debt Limit "In Clatsop County the bond fund has been exhausted and already been drawn on the general road fund of the year to pay for construct on work in October last in ee. of the bond fund money on hand at time This leaves the county absolutely no money to pay for the completion of the highway as to grade with no calcula Uon made for the bridges. In addition to these debts piled up the county had prior to the bond issue over JloO.OOO i in unpaid warrants afloat bearing 6 per nt interest. This is $145,000 in excess oCthe constitutional limit. There lsr,o chance for either Clatsop or Columbia counties to raise sufficient complete the highway this year or next year? if the laws of tho state are 0b'Tor'tho Slate Highway Commission to ask Clatsop and Columbia counties to plunge themselves headlong into debt in violation of every law in the statute books would be neither wire nor Just It would be a mockery on law observance for executive and ad ministrative officers to refuse s,Bt ance to those counties that are threat ened with bankruptcy. State Aid Advocated. To reduce state highway construc tion to a business basis and to divest It of all political or factional differ ences it would seem that the State Hignway Commission is in duty bound to aid in the completion cf highways, trunk highways, if you please, which are more directly in the interests of general state travel than for local ac commodation. ... "No new work should be undertaken until the work under way is completed. It would be folly to plunge other coun ties into debt when sound business Judsment demands that consideration OTHER OFFICES IN OAKLAND SAN DIEGO should bp given to the appeals or county officials and business men wno seek to preserve the stability of their county finances and proceed with high way construction within the law. 'I'riess the completion of trunk line highway is placed on a business plane, then this st.te will surely take a step backward in the development of lior good roads movement." Sickness doesn't amount to much as a cure for tho tobacco habit, unless one stays slk. LOS ANGELES BAKERSFIELD STOMACH SI FKERERS! READ THIS So many stomach sufferers hare been benefited by a simple prescription, of vegetable oils which cured a Chicago druggist of chronic stomach, liver and intestinal trouble of years' standing that we want you surely to try this remedy. It Is known as Mayr's Won derful Remedy. One dose will convince you. It usually gives complete nd permanent results even In the most stubborn cases. One dose will convince vou Mavrt Wonderful Remedy is sold by leading druggists everywhere with the positive understanding that your money will be refunded wiUlout ques tion or quibble if ONE bottle falls to give you absolute satisfaction. Adv. POISON OAK? IVY? tntieptlc Lotion la imniira u in- stantly relieve tne licuins raoldly reduce inflammation and fever, to have a cooling and delightfully soothlni action on tho skin, and to effect a cure. DrusRists refund If It fuils. fc-antlseptlc is alio n efficient preventative of poi son oak and lvv polBonlnir, and la equally effective in all other affections of tho akin. At your diugglst'a or by mnll. ROo. Uxben cott Chemical jhr.. Portland. Or. LEE MILLER SANATORIUM For the private care and treatment of patients suffering from mental dis eases, alcoholic and drug addictions. Lee Miller. Tahor 9077. SOI K. 82d Hi. y rortlandf Oregon. LADIES! DARKEN YOUR GRAY HAIR Use Grandma's Sage Tea and Sulphur Recipe and Nobody Will Know. The use of Sage and ulphur for restoring faded, gray hair to its nat ural color dates back to grandmother's time. She used it to keep her hair beautifully dark, glosay and abundant. Whenever her balr fell out or took on that dull, faded or ttreaked ap pearance, this simple mixture was ap plied with wonderful effect. But brewing at homo is muirsy and out-of-date. Nowadays, by asking at any drugstore for a 60-cnt bottle ef "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound." you will get this famous old rooire which can be depended upon to re store natural color and beauty to tho hair and Is splendid for dandruff, dry. feverish, itchy scalp and falling balr. A well-known downtown druggltt says It darkens the hair so naturally and evenly that nobody can tell It has been applied. Vou simply dampen a spouse or soft brush with it and Lra this through your balr. taking oso strand at a time. By morning inm gray balr disappears, end after an other application or to It becouiea beautifully dark, glossy end abundant. Adv. Tobacco Habit Cured Not only to users of pipo and cigars, but tho riclous clgaretto habit Is over come by using the "N1TRITB" treat ment. Prlco. complete, postage paid. $1 oo. Lau-tavt Lirug Co, 3d end Yamhill. Portland. Or. (Win writing nicnltoa this paper.