THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, MARCH 21, 1915.
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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. ;
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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
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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."
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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
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benefited by a simple prescription, of
vegetable oils which cured a Chicago
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intestinal trouble of years' standing
that we want you surely to try this
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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
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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
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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.