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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (May 7, 1916)
12 THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, , MAY 7. lf)10. PARK WORK HERE HAS RECORD SPURT Playgrounds Also Are Being Put Into Condition for Biggest Season Yet. ' MORE LIGHTS PROPOSED Hook Ts Being Prepared for Drives in Mount Tabor Hig Lake at Ia ii relhurst Expected to Be Ready May 20. Portland's parks and playgrounds are being" prepared for the biggest sea son in. history. Under the direction of Park Superintendent Convill a large force of workmen is busy with all kinds of improvements. At no time in the past has there been so much park im provement activity in Portland as at present. One of the centers of work is Mount Tabor Park. Over near Kelly Butte a rock quarry is grinding up rock which is being hauled to the park for the macadamizing of the drives two mites of them. Every foot of the drives will be put in excellent condition with a first-class macadam before the end of this month. At intervals of 150 feet along the drive are big white electric lighting poles. There are 100 of them in all. They were manufactured by the city in the park and are being set as the macadam is laid. Park Lighting Is Proponed. Provision will be made in the budget of 1917 for the wiring of these light poles and for lighting the park during th Summer months. They will not be lighted this year. To install the wir ing will cost about ? 15.000. and the money Is not available this year. The drives will open up Mount Tabor Park as an excellent place for driving for the first time. The artistic drives course about through the trees and pretty nook;, and near the top of the park furnish a wonderful view of the entire city. At Laurelhurst Park contractors are putting the finishing touches on a new two-acre lake. This is being dug by steam shovels, and it is expected the work will be finished by May 20. This will be the first park lake in Portland and will be an excellent attraction. It is designed for a lake in the Summer and a municipal skating rink in the Winter, provided Nature furnishes the ice. Holladay Park Hotm Lights. At Holladay Park workmen have fin ished the installation of a lighting sys tem. The finishing touches are being put on an attractive Vomfort station. The grounds have all oen dug up and replanted with artistic lawns and flower gardens. At Kenilworth Tark extensive irn- provemonts are under way, including the intal lation of a lighting system. Big improvements in the way of small buildings, comfort stations, new lawns wod gardens are under way in most of the other parks, and they will present a beautiful appearance during the Sum mer. Special attention has been given this year to Improving the floral appearance of the parks, as well as constructing permanent improvements, such as im proved drives and buildings and play grounds. Improvements also are being made in the playgrounds of the city. Commissioner Baker, who heads the Park Bureau, is working on a number of new sites for playgrounds. Some already have been obtained and are being made ready for the Summer open ing, while negotiations are under way on others. BABY FRIGHTENS BURGLAR Intruder Takes to Flight "With Stolen Clothing. The crying- of a baby frightened away a burglar who had entered the home of S SJlimojima, 129 North Twelfth street. Friday nisht. The burglar took a pair of trousers and a vest in his fliKht. The ame burglar, as indicated by his tracks, entered the two adjoining houses, obtaining $17 and a prold chain valued' at $15 from Y. Nakamura, 127 North Twelfth street, and drinking up a pan of milk at 131 North Twelfth street. Harry Brown reported that someone broke open the window of his state, at 173 First street. The purse of Mrs. R. J. Teterson, of Cuthberts studio, Pittock block, was reported stolen yesterday. BISHOP BRYF0GEL COMING Evangelical Association Worker to rcllvcr Addresses Here. Bishop S. C. Bryfogel, of the Evan gelical Association, will arrive in Port land next Thursday, td"Vemain over the following Sunday. lie will preach next Sunday morning at the First German Kvangelical Church. Tenth and Clay streets, at 11 o'clock; at 2:3 0 lie will address a union mass meeting of all Kvangel leal churches of both branches in the First United Kvangelical Church. Poplar and East Sixteenth streets, in the interest of an organic union, nd in the evening he will speak in the Lenta Evangelical Church. Bishop Bryfogel will preside at the Oregon-Washington conference at Bel lingham, "Wash., May IS. SEWER IS RECOMMENDED Present SService in Montgomery lrive lcelared Inadequate. The sewer system in Montgomery drive having been found inadequate. City Knprineer Oater has recommended the construction of an additional sewer at a cost of $i:io0. He recommends that of the total cost the city pay $515 which is the difference in the cost of the sewer as laid and the cost of the sewer as it would have been if it had been made adequate in the first place. Commissioner Dieck has decided to submit the question of cost to the Coun cil for decision. SCENES OF ACTIVITY IN CITY'S PARKS, WHICH ARE BEING GROOMED FOR SUMMER SEASON. I SCENES OF ACTIVITY IN CITY'S PARKS, WHICH ARE BEING GROOMED FOR SUMMER SEASON. i"""" Sji, s y t . 2 turn ' x X - rv. ! - - 1 Zr&y ' 1 X ifJ ' -y - 1 - i Ifi'u -mil k i: .O. fe - i feft Rs c- r7 ' yys?ycy: --. ry yJ ( . vv " i''''yyyrt I kotice- , i ''!y, f,",,," - T .T. or told, duririr it. Utwt fiscal ver. 1 f '-iKi ' , - Tt ' ; d.d The B. F. Goodrich Co. n- I I i S -C ".wf - n "Our rub'ii,ed rbi, stm V Ii 3 k I f ' , 5 IX! , 'I unanswered. proe. thu." DK - . yff ' v ' Sjl, , ' i L 8 li 111 P" lfi ;; r'-" , " ' - j I n.,, ,..f 4 - i::tjr- --p' "BAREFOOT" Tkes FuRnR TPR RFSFn BHT rptq rapmr I liiiiiiunnL uliu unuiuiiu enacions ures are made mis Goodrich "Barefoot-Rubber" TIKE a Pup to a Root," do they hang on to the 1 Earth, when you throw t the Clutch, or B J throw on the Brakes. But, instead of merely Grinding .against said Earth, for Traction, they CLING to it, much as your bare foot clings to slippery surfaces. This new and wonderful Goodrich discovery, called "Barefoot Rubber," is as stretchy almost as a pure Rubber band, and as Light-weight as Rubber in its native amber color when it comes raw from the forest, but stronger, tougher, longer-wearing (in Tires) than pure Rubber could ever be. That Lightness, Stretch, and CLING-quality is due, in part, to the absence of the heavy and inert white substances which, in other Tires, provide the "Eandpapery" texture designed to give effective, but grinding, Tractioa when Clutch or Brakes do their work. TO provide its maximum Traction with mini mum Friction (which means minimum Heat, minimum -Tread-Wear, and lessened Strain on the rubber adhesive between fabric layers.) That's the Mission of th6 new Goodrich ''Bare foot Rubber." How well it does this work, how much tnora Resilience, Comfort-in-riding, and Mileage, it gives, (without a farthing more cost to you) may be known and realized by putting on your Car even one pair of BLACK-TREAD Goodrich Tires, for test. 'BarefootRubber"can be had in Goodrich FABRIC Tires, Goodrich "Silvertown" Tires, Goodrich Inner Tubes, Goodrich Motor-Cycle Tires, Goodrich Bicycle Tires, Goodrich Truck Tires, Goodrich Rubber Boots, Overshoes, Soles and Heels, and in no other make but Goodrich. GET a sample of this wonderful "Barefoot Rubber" at the nearest Goodrich Branch or Dealers today. Stretch it till you are tired," but tear its fibres you can't. With all this, observe that the best Fabric Tires in America made of this TENACIOUS "Barefoot" Rubber, cost you no more, and usually less, than or dinary Tires made by other responsible manufacturers. This, comparison of Goodrich ITair-List" prices with others will prove. There are no "larger-sized" Tires (taken Size for Size and Type for Type), made in America than Goodrich Black-Tread Tires. Wliy, then, should any Business Man pay more than the Goodrich "Fair-List" Price, for any Tire, until he has at least tested one pair of these new black tread Goodrich Safety-Tires ? THE B. F. GOODRICH RUBBEli CO. Broadway at Eumside owed him money. He said that he went to Vancouver Thursday to get a revolver, but could not tind the kind he wanted. "When arrested Cox had on him a bank book showinsr he had $r00 de posited in the American Bank & Trust Company in 1910. lie asserted ' that he lost money by some bank groing defunct. Snow Xine l"ect Near Cove. TOVK, Or., May 6. (Special.) There is still seven to nine feet of snow in the Minam National Forest at Mount Fanny station, about eigrht miles from Cove and one and a half miles below the summit. Irripationists see excellent prospects for water for gardens and or chards when the melting sets in. W. D. Foreman, forest ranker, has reported on the snow conditions. SANITY TO BE TESTED Man V ho Was Going to "Slioot X'p" . Bank Is Held. Martin Cox, H, who confessed to de tectives that he attempted to procure a revolver for the purpose or shootini up" the Ladd & Tilton Bank, was yes. terday turned over to the county au thorities for investigation as to his sanity. Cox declared to City Detectives Leonard and LaSalle that the bank LOn-TIM K n K S I Tt V. X OF UKECIU PASSES A WAV IN PORTLAND. i . I h v - j T Andrfaii Albrerht. I Andreas Albrecht, who had been a resident of Oregon for the past -i years, died at his T home, 430 Ainsworth avenue. May J 3. Death was caused by pneu f, monia. Mr. Albrecht made his home near Fairview. Or., for 23 'years, and for the past year had J been a resident of Portland. I Funeral services were held Fri- any, .uay u, at xne xrinny ju- theran Church, corner Graham t nose wny v-emeiei . iur. ai t brecht leaves his widow, Mrs. lowintr sons and daugrhterc: Albrecht. Andreas O. K. j r.. i neoaore kj. . .iiss iuihi Aiuiern i, dire. Kx. W. IMU Mrs. W. W. Welsh. Mrs. W. II. Prinnow, all of Portland. o'clock. John M. Albrecht. Albrecht. SUIT IS FILED AGAINST AGKMT KOIl AUTOMOBILES. Sale of Can at 5 Per Cent Below Lint Rt and Retention of 5 Per Cent Fee Cbargrd. Can a manufacturer control the prices at which agents cell his goods? This question, to settle which af firmatively the Stevens bill has ben introduced in Congress, has been raised in OreKon by Use Ford Motorcar Com pany, which filed an action in the Cir cuit Court yesterday asking1 that Ben jamin E. Boone & Co. be restrained from selling- Fords at lea than list prices. If necessary the case will be appealed to the United States Supreme Court, announced Attorney E. I. Mc- Doupal, who filed the complaint yesterday. The issue raised in this suit is tech nically different from the Stetson hat case, which has pone to the highest court. In the action filed here the Ford people are retailers, and apents work for them on commission. In the other case the groods were sold direct to retailers, and then an attempt was made to regulate the price at which the retailep-rould resell them. The Fonff Company, which has a fac tory braach in Portland, consigns cars to apents throughout the Willamette Valley. When sold at the list prices of $440 for the tourinp car and $390 for the roadster, tlje agent Is allowed to retain 15 per cent of the list prices as commission. The Boone Company, ac cording to the Ford people, has pur chased from other agents Ford cars at a price allowing the agents only 5 per cent and has sold the cars in Portland at a 5 per cent cut under list prices, retaining a profit of 5 per cent. The competition in Portland with the Ford Company at cut prices has de moralized the business of the Ford Company in this city, it is charged, and las misled the public. The de crease asked for is to restrain the Boone Company from offering in writ ing or orally a new Ford car at less than the world-advertised sale price. reward the enemies of tho honest poli tician who really deserves the honors. "By their f rui La yo shul 1 know them." The Observer is in favor of justice and ri i h t i ti itn i I icu u u-o 11 k In fit h r af lairs. ( Fairness in pol itics would inn icate that Republicans should have the bene fits of their devotion and Democrats are entitled to such benefits so fur as their party affairs are concerned. Re publicans have no moral Democratic party and do not do such riirht to ride candidates into- the thincs. Hence Democrats should withhold their med dling in tho affairs of Republican nom inations, but they never do. They hoist a false banner and wade in as "inde pendents" do their utmost to control the actions of tho Republ icn ns. The only ro pre table thing about it is that some Republicans fail to see how they are being humbucsfl into a Democratic trap. This is how Wilson is President, how Olcott is Secretary of the state government of Orecon and how polit ical misfits come about general that cause great extra expense, because the misfits are without responsibility to anyone. They are n. law to themselves and so conduct themselves and as a rule the people pay the Jill of irresponsibility. Tn, eliminate glare from street lamps, an Kngltsn engineer proposes to lllumlnnte streets by th re fleet ion of lights thrown upon the fronts of b'i ilrtlng-s. M 1 L V A I K 1 1 : PETITIONS A i A I N 5 T ABOLITION' OF OKI'ICE. Council Will llrnr Charges It Pre ferred AKalnRt Official W faoe Salary It Hn tut Off. "We look upon your action In rocard to the Mars hit l as h, pernicious, detri mental, unwarranted and unlawful in terference with the work of a. faithful and efficient officer over whose duties the City Council has no jurisdiction or control, and petition you tnxreconsider your action in regard to taking from the marshal all his salary and that ou give him the salary ho received before you meddled wiih his office," is the language of a larpel y-sipned petition presented to the MilwHiikU; I'ouncil. Tho Council has cut off the Marshal's salary of v$75 per month, and created the office of civlr superintendent with a salary of $: per month, who will perform tlw duties of Marshal, super intendent of streets ami the waterworks. The 1-niinoii hn fmed an nnswer to the pet it ion in which the ctt y i min istration, is defended. The Council de clares that Marshal Riley refused to do his duties an an of I icer. and that he had been receiving fees from t lie County Court and devoting them to his own use. It is declared that Ma rshal Riley refused to obey the orders of the Council, and that he has constantly neglected his duties and hss taken no interest in his work, and gives exam ples of instances w here ho refused to obey the Council. A special meeting of the Council will be held May 11. when the charges against the'Marshal will bo heard. METHODIST WOMEN ELECT Annual Missionary Convention Ilclil , in Sell wood. At t lie aim us I convention of the Women's 1 lomo M issionary Socict y of the Methodist churches of the Portland district, held In the Sellwood Metho dist Church Friday, Mrs. O. B. Post was elected president; Mrs. Richmond Kelly, first vice-president; Mrs. Eliza beth Cook, second vice-president; Mrs. K. D. Hitchcock, corresponding set ro tary; Mrs. K. C Golden, recording sec reiry; Mrs. T. S. l.uke, treasurer. These officer constitute, the executive board. Reports were received from depart ment secretaries. Mrs. Iv C ;olden, Mrs. T. S. Luke, Mrs. R. K. Hall. Mrs. Ruth tioddard. Mrs. Alma Hollfngs worlh. Mrs. Georgia. Trimble. Mrs. T. C Humphrey. Mrs. Cora Patterson and Mrs. X. I. Scott. 1 n the afternoon a. comprehensive report was made about th South Port land Industrial Center, and what it be ing accomplished by Miss Ida DeWitt, superintendent. Tho pupils of the kin dergarten of the Industrial Center w ro presented to the convention by Miss Kuth. Dillon, teacher. Mrs. warlord gave the rcrort of the Old People' Homo at Salem. The convention will meet with the Laurel wood Methodist t'hurth next year. .In net ion City Councilman Weds. JCXCTION CITY, Or.. May (Spe cial.) Clara L. Knighten, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Hays, of Kugene. was married this morning to Chester A. Jones, of this place, at the Bapt 1st parsonage, with Uev. T. Smith offi ciating. The bride had been a school teacher In Lane County for the past three years, while the bridegroom was recently elected Councilman. Itend The Orecroninn classffld wd. STRAIGHT-OUT IS FAVORED Oregon Newspaper Gives Views Anent Secretary of State Contest. Oregron Observer, Grant's Pass. Or. Hyphenated and Democratic papers are throwing particular fits because a straight-out Republican seeks the nom ination at the hands of the party for Secretary of State. According to them no one who happens not to be a hybrid pojitician is entitled to the honors of bis party, but he must sii back and do all the work of building up and keeping- his party intact so that straddles and nondescripts can be kept in where they can feed on the fat salaries and CREDIT IS A MIGHTY BIG CONVENIENCE And CHERRY'S are always ready to extend it to you. There is nothing of life's necessities of which a person has1 to so frequent ly deny themselves as NICK CLOTHES, be it MAN or WOM AN. Jt is really traditional for a man hard-pressed by many calls upon pay-day, which means a demand on his salary check, to deny himself of wearing apparel, both for self and family in order to. meet other demands. Really in such aV situation you are handicapped n many ways. You not only feel the necessity of clothing, but at the same time feel the sting of inability to get same. Yon can't spare th. cattb. But really, no man need go without good . clothes all the time. Good Credit is the secret of the suc cess of all business men. Nowadays, every man should be a business man, and a successful one, too. Establish your credit in one line, and you have it established in all. For CLOTHES? See CHERRY'S. They extend to you the "courtesy of CREDIT ir that line, and all you have to do is select what you want, make a small deposit on same and take your clothes and wear them. The balance due you can arrange to pay cither by the week or month just as may suit your convenience, and get the benefit of them while you are wearing them. They have a lovely store, chock-full of the latest styles for men and wom en, and so conveniently located in the Pittock block, 2 S 9.-9 1 Washington St. To see their merchandise means to buy. WIRE Now in stock ARGAIN; Almost new steel logging cable M.0.PH IB LOOlt AT THESE PRICES for 10V2c 1 for 42V2C lla for 22V2C 1V4 fo 27V2C All six-strand, with a hemp center; 19 wires to the strand. Free from broken strands and no badly worn spots. Fhone, write or wire your order before it's all sold. . BARDE & SONS, Inc. M Main. Street, Corner Front Portland, Oregon