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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, POBTLAJfD, APRIL
n, 1916.
POSTOFFIGE MAKES
RECORD FOR DELAY
Plans for Portland Edifice
Now Promised, However,
I Within Short Time. ,
MANY CHANGES ARE MADE
Purchase of Sito Authorized in
J 9 1 0 and Appropriation for Con
struction Made in 1913.
N Architect Is Slow.
OVtEQONIAN- NEWS BUREAU. Wash.
'. ii m t ; i i i-i m o Yiv
lngion, Apru o. x i jniau .0 ... -the
supervising architect of the Treas
ury that plans for the new Portland
PostofEice building will be placed on
th. market "about April 15." The prom
ise is not definite, for the plans, aa
revised by Architect Ilobart, are now
being checked up and some further
changes may be desired. Also, it is
.'possible the Government Printing- Of
fice may bo delayed in getting out. the
specifications and also well, there arc
numerous other contingencies that may
arise to cause another delay.
It was nearly six years ago that
Congress made an appropriation of
1500.000 to purchase a site for the Port
land Tostoflice June 25, 1910, to be
exact. It was more than three years
ago March 4, 1913. that Congress au
thorized an appropriation of $1,000,000,
over and above the cost of the site, to
put up the building. But as yet not
a spadefull of dirt has been turned.
Other Buildings Completed.
Portland people may be Interested to
know that quite a few public build
ings for which sites were authorised
when the Portland site was appro
nri uteri for have been completed and
are now occupied by Government offices-
It also is a fact that some other
buildings for which appropriations
were made in the act of March 4, 1913.
have been completed. Here, in the City
of Washington, a new building for the
Department of the Interior, authorized
at the same time the Portland Postof
fice was authorized, is now nearing
completion and may be ready for oc
cupancy before the Portland Postof
fice gets above the ground level.
The delay on the Portland Postoffice
is almost without precedent. The aver
age time for putting xip a Government
building is three years; that is, three
years from the date of the original ap
propriation for the site. It will be not
less than seven years in the case of
Portland. Some of the delay, of
course, has been occasioned by Con
gress, in authorizing a change of plan
.after the first set of drawings had been
started. Much of the delay has been
occasioned by the architect.
Arrnltert Delays runs.
For on November 24. 1914. more than
U months ago, the contract for the
Portland plans was awarded to Mr.
Ilobart and up to the present day his
plans have not been accepted. In fact,
his first set of plans was not submit
ted until two months ago, or 14 months
aftpr the award.
The hiftory of the Portland Postof
fice legislation is Interesting. The site
was authorized by "the act of June 25,
1910. There was delay in selecting the
6lte, but when it eventually was pur
chased Congress, in the act of March
4. 1913. made the appropriation for the
building. This authorization was se
cured by Senator Bourne, and it being
his desire and the desire of the Postmaster-General.
Mr. Hitchcock, to give
Portland a model Postoffice. which
might be copied in other cities, a pro
vision was inserted in the appropria
tion bill stipulating that the plans
should call for a complete, up-to-date
mechanical equipment, "including ven
tilating and vacuum-cleaning systems,
nir. washing appliances, mechanical de
vires for handling mail, intercommuni
cating telephones, clock system and
jsuch other labor-saving devices and ap
pliances as may be d&emed necessary."
The act further authorlzedv the Sec
retary of the Treasury to hold a com
petition among private, architects and
have the plans prepared, by a private
architect.
Senator Lane Objects.
Seven architects over the country
were invited to submit plans for the
Portland Postoffice the appropriation
having called for a building for the ex
clusive use of the Postoffice and they
were at work on designs when along
came Senator Lane. He objected to
the "Greek temple" type of building.
He wanted a modern office building,
"practical rather than ornamental." he
paid, and he also thought the building
should be a six or seven-story affair.
He laid his ideas before Secretary Mc
Adoo. The Secretary of the Treasury
concurred in his suggestions and ac
cordingly, in the act of Octob'er 22. 1913.
Senator Lane inserted the following
provision:
"The unexpended balance of $160,000
from the site is reappropriated and
made available toward the construction
of the building, provided that section
6 of the public building act of March
4. 1913 (the Portland provision) is
hereby amended so that authority is
given to construct said public build
ing to accommodate any other Govern
mental purposes in the City of Port
land." After this legislation the Treasury
department called off the first compe
tition of architects and spent more
than a year corresponding with other
Government departments in an effort to
find out how much space they would
need in the Portland building. When
the estimates were In, the Treasury De
partment thought it would need an
additional appropriation, but Senator
Lane thought differently, so to bring
the building within the limit of cost,
then $1,160,000. he secured the-following
amendment to the act of March 3,
1915:
"That the Secretary of the Treasury
may, in his discretion, eliminate the
installation of vacuura-cleanifig and
alr-washlng machinery, intercommuni
cating telephones and clock systems,
etc.. as set forth in the act of March
4. 1918. but that the building shall,
within the limit of cost as fixed. $1 000 -000.
be completed with all the necessary
and usual mechanical equipment and
mall-conveying machinery, together
with any other labor-saving devices as,
the Secretary of the Treasury may
deem desirable."
7 RESERVOIR PERMITS OUT
Construction, Including 89 Other
Trojects, Estimated at $110,000.
SALEM. Or.. April 8. (Special.)
Ninety-six permits, of which seven were
for the construction of reservoirs, were
issued last month by State Engineer
I.wis. that official announced today.
-Luc esiJJJKlcu Lviai i.usi vl til C nui&a
to be constructed under these permits
is $140,000.
It is proposed to irrigate 3751 acres
of land, develop 891 horsepower, and
supply water to two towns. In con
nection with the proposed works, 154
miles of canals will be required.
Under a permit Issued to the city of
Corvallis. it is proposed to increase the
water supply of that city by tapping
the middle fork of Rock Creek. This
will require a pipe line. The estimated
cost is $2000.
The town of Yoncalla plans to divert
the waters of Adams Creek with a
pipe-line five miles long at a cost of
$20,000.
To irrigate 686 - acres in Douglas
county. M.-K. Brown, of Portland, was
granted a permit. He will obtain water
from Pollock Creek.
The Warren Construction Company,
of Portland, has secured a permit to
develop 273 horsepower with the waters
POWER BILLS ARE
HEAR DEADLOCK
Danger Grows That Congress
Will Adjourn Leaving Im
portant Work Undone.
RESIDENT OP PORTLAND FOB
24 YEARS IS LAID TO iJST.
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Mrs. Flora Mary Conn.
Funeral services of Mrs. Flora
Mary Conn, who dfed Friday at
her home, 1292 Williams avenue,
' were held yesterday from Fin
ley's chapel and the interment
was made in Rose City Cemetery.
Mrs. Conn had been a resident of
Portland for 24 years and had
been active along charitable
lines. She is survived by an only
daughter, Mrs. William L. Mc
Farling: her husband, Richard E.
Conn; her mother, Mrs. S. J.
Cowan, of Portland, and a sis
ter, Mrs. R. R. Crosby, of Rose
City. Idaho.
of Mill Creek near Turner. The power
thus obtained will be used for crush
ing rock.
STEEL RATE CANCELED
INCREASE TO SPOKANE FROM COAST
IS REFUSED.
Commerce CommlNMion Holds Necessity
for Protecting Railway Revenaes
No 'Longer Exists.
OREGON1AN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, April 8. The proposed increase
in the interstate rate on structural
iron and steel from Pacific Coast
points to points in Spokane territory
from 30 to 40 cents per hundred was
canceled today by the Interstate Com
merce Commission and an order issued
continuing the SO-cent rate in effect.
The Commission points out that, with
the opening of the Panama Canal, rates
on steel from Pittsburg and other East
ern points to the Pacific Coast were
materially reduced, and the rates to
Spokane territory were later readjusted
under the back-haul decision.
Under the decision the authorized
rate from Pittsburg to Spokane is 77 Vs
cents, although the rate applied is 85
cents. While the Canal was open the
water rate on eteel from Pittsburg to
North Pacific points and thence .o Spo
kane was from 71.9 to 76.9 cents, as
against the 85-cent rate now prevail
ing on direct rail shipments.
The Commission points out that since
February. 1915. water rates have been
materially increased, and then adds a
paragraph which' may prove to have
some bearing on the recent appeal
taken in the Spokane rate case. The
Commission says:
"Under the present situation, wltti
the Panama Canal temporarily unavail
able and the enormous demand for
ships in the European trade, it seems
unlikely that in . the near future any
great amount of this traffic will move
by water from the Atlantic Seaboard
to the Pacific Coast at any rate less
than 40 cents. Therefore, one of the
grounds relied on by the carriers for
the increase in this rate, namely, the
protection of their revenues by such
an adjustment of rates as would in
duce the direct movement of this traf
fic tOSpokane. does not now exist."
JUR FORCE IS MOBILIZED
INDUSTRY TO BE STANDARDIZED,
. FROM MILITARY VIEWPOINT.
Course In Internal Combustion to Be
Given -00 Naval Aviators War
Data Obtained from Europe.
NEW YORK, April 8. Elmer A.
Sperry, chairman of the committee of
aeronautics of the naval consulting
board, announced in a report issued
after a meeting held here today that a
committee, acting through the Ameri
can Society of Aeronautical Engineers,
has inaugurated the work of the stand
ardization of the whole aeroi&autio in
dustry, "especially from . the military
standpoint."
Mr. Sperry's report sets forth that
about 160 flight and engine experts
have been mobilised and that some of
the leading automobile engine builders
now are designing and building orig
inal types of aeroplane engines.
The committee also has obtained the
co-operation of the Automobile Club
of America, Mr. Sperry announced, for
official tests of all aeroplane engines
and arrangements have been com
pleted with the National Automobile
Chamber of Commerce whereby 200
naval aviators may take a complete
course in internal combustion at sev
eral automobile works.
Mr. Sperry also made known the fact
that the committee has obtained from
the European war zone important data
on the problem of flying at night or
over bodies of water where no land
marks are possible; on the detection
of the presence of aeroplanes and dirig
ibles and methods employed in bomb
dropping.
Coos Mail Run Changes Monday.
MARSH FIELD, ' Or., April 8. (Spe
cial.) The mail to and from. Coos
County will be sent over the Willamette-Pacific
Railroad commencing Mon
day, April 10. It was thought the
change would be made, last Wednesday,
but the orders were not issued until
yesterday. -'
SITUATION IS REALIZED
Hand of Pinchot and His Press
Bureau Appears In Tangle.
House and Senate Are Par
Apart on Ferris Bill.
OREGONUN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, April 8. Water power legis
lation before Congress is in a preca
rious and at the same time a ludicrous
situation, and unless steps are taken
tp unravel the tangle Congress will ad
journ leaving all the water power pro
posals unacted" on.
Incidentally there are indications
that Gifford Pinchoff and his press bu
reau are working to accomplish this
very thing, for-, there has never yet
been a. water power bill before Con
gress that met with PInchot's indorse
ment, unless It was the Hustings sub
stitute for the Shields bill, that had
the support of Senator Hustings alone.
Houses In Disagreement.
The situation in Congrsss is this;
The Ferris bill has passed the House
and been amended a-nd reported to the
Senate, where, for a time, it was the
unfinished business, but ultimately was
displaced by appropriation bljls and by
the Army reorganization bill. The
Shields bill, applicable to navigable
streams, passed the. Senate and the
House committee reported out a sub
stitute entirely different in character.
The House will not accept the Sen
ate's version of the Ferrta bill, if the
Senate passes the substitute, and the
Senate will not accept the House sub
stitute for the Shields bill.
When this deadlock developed Sena
tor Smith, of South Carolina, intro
duced bill authorizing the Secretary
of Agriculture to expend $15,000,000 In
the establishment and equipment of
hydro-electrlo plants for the primary
purpose of producing atmospheric ni
trogen for fertilizer and nitric acid for
explosives aa a secondary proposition.
Smith Bill Redrafted.
The Senate committee on agriculture
redrafted the Smith bill, limiting its
operation to five sites and making its
prime object the manufacture of nitric
acid for ammunition, fertiliser being
secondary. ,
Meantime the House of Representa
tives had rejected & paragraph in the
Hay Army bill, which, in general terms,
authorized the Government to establish
nitrate plants, without making specific
appropriation.
When the Chamberlain bill was
brought into the Senate Senator Under
wood offered an amendment, somewhat
similar to the rejected House amend
ment, but providing first for an exam
ination by the War Department to de
termine the location of feasible sites,
etc. Senator Underwood said a plant
such as required to supply the Army
and Navy with nitric acid would cose
about $50.000.000 that is, one plant of
adequate capacity. '
It is well known in Washington that
the House amendment and the Under
wood amendment both contemplate the
establishment of a Government power
project at Muscle Shoals, This Muscle
Shoals project was slipped Into the
river and harbor bill of the last Con
gress as a rider and it became neces
sary to defeat the entire bill in order
to defeat this Joker.
Powder Concern on Ground.
Then came the DuPont Powder Com
pany and threw a monkey wrench into
the Congressional machinery. Thin
company drew up a water power bill,
which it offered as a substitute for the
Ferris and the Shields bills, and pre
sented the bill, in its own name, to the
Secretary of War. It told the Secre
tary that if the Administration would
get behind its bill and secure its pass
age the DuPonts would put up a power
plant, manufacture nitric acid for the
Army and Navy and sell it to the Gov
ernment at a price to be fixed by the
Secretary of War. The DuPonts fur
ther said that they had $20,000,000 in
cash to invest immediately.
There was immediate denunciation of
the powder trust and an outcry against
GET RID' OF
Ho.d'a Sarsaparilla is the Medicine t
Take Makes Pure Blood.
Dry, moist, scaly tetter,, pimples,
boils and other eruptions come from
humors, which may be either inherited
or acquired through defective digestion
and assimilation. ,
To treat these eruptions with drying
medicines is dangerous.
Hood's Sarsaparilla, the old reliable
medicine, helps the system to discharge
the humors, and Improves the digestion
and assimilation.
Get Hood's Sarsaparilla from your
druggist. It may be confidently relied
upon to do its work. It purifies the
blood, tones the stomach, and builds up
the whole system. It goes to the roots
of diseases, and Its beneficial results
are permanent. It sets things to rights
in the system. Remember to ask for
Hood's Sarsaparilla, because nothing
else acts like it and nothing else can
take its place.
ECZEMA
Also Called Tetter. Salt Rheum. Prurltoa,
y Mill Crust, Water Poison. Weepins
Skin, Ktc
I believe eciema can be cored to ft ay. I
mean Just what 1 say, C-U-R-E-D and NOT
mtrely patched up to return again. R.
member. I make this statement alter han
dling nearly a half million caiei of eczema
and devoting 12 years of my life to its treat
ment. I don't care what all you have used
nor ho many doctors have told you that
you could not b cured. All I ask Is Juat a
chance to prove my claims. If you write me
TODAI I will send you a FREE TRIAX. of
mild, soothing, guaranteed treatment that
will surely convince you as it .has me. If you
are disgusted and discouraged I dare you to
give me a chance to prove my claJma. By
writing me today X believe you will enjoy
more real comfort than you really thought
this world held for you. Just try It, and X
teel sure you will agree with me.
DB. E. C Ays AH AX.
1114 Court Block feedali. Mo.
References: Third National Bank. Se
dalta. Mo. Send this notice to some ocsezne
sufferer.
Superfluous Hair
A smooth, hairless akin alwsva fol
lows the ue of Dtmount. It will
not inlurs or discolor the skin. Is
easily applied and removes super
fluous hair or fuzx In two minutes,
a. jilnrle application sufflclns un.
lrsg the hair Is unusually thick.
Ralther smarts nor aisiisures ana
does not stimulate the growth of
new hair. Demoiant Is guaranteed
to frlv. entire aatlsfaction. Generous
trial size postpaid in plain wrapper.
for 23c. or large Jar. 50c or any drug
gist can ooiain enner parKsre xor
you. if he hasn't it in stock. Ksben
cott Chemical Laboratories, Port
land. Or.
permitting this great corporation to
monopolise the ammunition market.
Congress Realises Facts.
What the outcome will be no one pro
fesses to know. But the discussion
discloses that there Is a general reali
zation in Congress of several salient
facts: First, that capital will not in
vest, in power projects under existing
law; that the United States today pro
duces not an ounce of atmospheric ni
trogen and cannot produce it until the
law makes possible the development of
cheap water power on an extensive
scale; that the United States imports
every pound of filtrates used in the
manufacture of explosives for both
Government and private use; that it im
ports most of Its fertilisers; that at
mospheric nitrogen can be developed in
the United States in adequate quanti
ties to supply the heaviest demand,
even in time of war. and that unless the
Congress does pass legislation which
will permit of the development of water
power the United States will be at the
mercy of any strong maritime nation
in the event of war.
IS EPILEPSY' CONQUERED?
New Jersey Physician Said to Have
Many Cures to His Credit.
RED BANK, N. J.. April 9. Advices
from every direction fully confirm pre
vious reports that the remarkable
treatment for epilepsy being admin
istered by the consulting physician of
th Kline Laboratories of this city is
achieving wonderful results. Old .and
stubborn caes have been greatly
benefited and many patients claim to
have been entirely cured.
Persons suffering from epilepsy
should write at once to Kline Labora
tories, 88 Broad street. Red Bank. N. J.,
for a, supply of the remedy, which is
being distributed gratuitously. Adv.
RoseburgTax Payments $250,000.
ROSEBURG. Or.. April 8. (Special.)
More than 1250,000 out of a total of
$600,000 was collected in taxes here
prior to Wednesday, when the time for
collecting the first half of the taxes
expired. This is In excess of the amount
collected during a similar period, a
year asro.
KENNEWIGK GETS YARDS
MONTANA AND IDAHO STOCK31E.
FORM 100,000 COMPANY.
Need for Feeder Market Because of
Increase In Industry Is Seen
. by Packers.
SEATTLE. April 8 (Special.) Pack
ers and commission men of this city
and stockmen of Montana and Idaho
have organized the Seattle-Portland
Union Stock Yards with a capital stock
of J100.000 and will build an inde
pendent yard at Kennewick, Wash.
Among the Incorporators are Charles
E. Frye. head of the Frye Packing Com
pany; Henry Waechter, president of the
Waechter Commission Company; E. H.
Stanton, James Barton. James Kidwell,
of Baker City. Or., and Butte, Mont.,
and William Bollman. of Baker City.
Packers and stockmen are uniting in
the project, convinced, it is announced,
that the increase of the stock-raising
industry in Washington, Oregon, Idaho
and Montana has reached a point where
a. good feeder market Is required. The
location for the distribution of feed
ers in the Walla Walla and Columbia
River territory is regarded as ideal.
Plans have been made to build and
equip yards with a capacity equal to
that of Portland or Seattle. The site
has been purchased and work on the
plant will be begun at once. No pack
ing-bouse is included in the plans.
Stock that cannot be marketed at Ken
newick will be sent to Seattle and
Portland.
Mrs. Klca Wise Dies, Aged 6 7.
Mrs. Rica Wise, widow of the late
Morris Wise, died yesterday at her
home, 701 Northup street after a short
illness. She was 67 years old and a
native of Germany. Her husband died
only a month ago and since his death
Mrs. Wise's health gradually failed.
Two sons, Benjamin and Nathan Wise,
of Portland, survive. She also was the
mother of the late Mrs. Helen Harris.
Ideal Planting
Time
Gladioli .
If you want very early blooms, you
' can plant now. For continuous blooms
plant Bulbs every two weeks until
July 1. We offer twenty-one of the
new and popular sorts at 50 to
J?3.50 per dozen.
Hardy Shrubs
This is ideal planting weather for
Roses, Shrubs, Fruit Stock, etc. Per
ennial Flowering Plants and Vines.
Note if weather stay dry and warm,
keep the plants well watered, so that
they will not dry out.
Lawns
R. R.'s Evergreen Lawn Grass Seed
and Wonder Odorless Fertilizer will
give you the desired results. Ask to
see our new Automatic Weed Killer.
Simple, quick, sure.
EVERYTHING FOR THE GARDEN AND
POULTRY KEEPER.
X VjZll69 2D StAJ Bet. Morrison 6 Yam!
The funeral will be held from the
residence at 2 o'clock tomorrow. Th
"ervices will be conducted by Rabbi
Jonah Wise, of Temple Beth Israel.
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Splendidly made in rich quarter-sawed oak. Your' choice of two finishes waxed golden or nut brown fumed. This is a
close-out which Edwards bought from the famous Doernbeche- Ifg. Co. at a trifle over 60c on the dollar. We took all
iney naa ana otter you a saving
while they last, of $9.15.
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Your opportunity to secure a
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fet at an astonishingly low price
is offered here. Just think, the
special price of $14.85 brings the
first payment down to only $1,95
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Home Lovers Will
Appreciate This
Here is a design you do not see
commonly in homes. It is a
buffet of very plain and pleasing
lines. The construction and cab
inet work is of the highest or
der. You cannot help but be
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the same easy terms. Price cut from
$24.00 to S14.85
Edwards' Automobile Cart
on Sale One Week More at
$1025
Sill IS
So great was the demand for this
phenomenal value that we decided
to continue this offer for another
week. Your last chance to get this
?13.50 cart at $10.95.
YOUR BABY'S
PICTURE
A beautiful 10x12 sepia picture of
your baby absolutely free with each
and every collapsible cart sold,
either for cash or on credit.
FREE
Regular $2 Side
walk Sulkies - - -
99c
Not only is it economical to buy
this excellent buffet and make a
saving of $9.15, but you have such
a long time to pay the bill. Just
think!, only 50c per week, 7 cents
a day is all you need spare. Then
when it la partly paid for, add an
other piece and you'll have your
home furnished before you know it.
Description
Made up in genuine quarter-sawed
oak. Nicely finished in rich wax
golden or dark brown fumed. The
design is exactly as illustrated and
size of top is 20x42 inches. . Top
frame fitted with French plate bev
eled mirror 10x36 inches. lias one
long linen drawer, 2 small drawers
for silverware and two cupboards.
New Process
All That a Gas
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This perfect range is
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ture found in the best gasgjgggp
j uigc&, uesmes iittviuy me
New Process burner, which
is a special feature found
only on this range. Prices,
S1G.50 to S5S.50
$5 Cash $1 Week
First Payment on All the Quality Furni
ture Pictured Below, Then
Small Weekly Payments of &eOU
LIBRARY TABLE $19.00
BED DAVENPORT $38.00
to pay a big sum for a Bed-Davenport of good quality. This frame is
all oak, nicely finished and covered with good quality of Spanish
Leatherette. May be had in either waxed, golden or fumed oak.
is just right for the living-
room, where books and maga
zines rightfully belong. It's beautiful quarter-sawed oak and fitted
with book shelves at either end. Size of top is 2Sx44; and good-sized
drawer for writing materials.
ARM CHAIR AND ROCKER $11.50 EACH
are of best solid oak construction, beautifully finished in any color
desired. The design matches perfectly with table and davenport,
and the box seats are fitted with auto-cushion covers with genuine
sheepskin leather. ;
BUFFET$21.50
TABLE $19.50
CHAIRS $23.00
FULL. QUARTERED OAK, Just tho very color
and style w know you'll like best. The en
tire set ia selected from our wide variety and
the most popular seller in our store.
ALL. SOLID OAK PEDESTAL In pleasing- de
lgrn. with heavy plank top in quarter-sawed
oak. either golden wax or fumed finish.
ARB FULL BOX-SEAT CONSTRUCTION; with
largs arm chair to match and real jilip-sat.
Covered with genuine brown Spanish leather.
A GOOD PUCETOTRAOE
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