t&T onrcsii daily jouhjiau rcr.7tv.:::V- rrjr.w r.
i 10 BLUE BLOCKADE DV
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HI CUSPS
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Unless ; Accident Delay Work
t East Morrison Will 8 a Real y
rljy ' b . '- -' -
AGITATION HAS RESULTED
; i -lflOEflNlTEWORK
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1 Contract lor .- FBI WOT Soon Bt
i 7 tet -ind ;; New Tear Wfll. Sea
; :Congete4 Traffic I Busy District
; Greatly Benefited. ''H'
East Morrison etreet will not be tn
ahape for safe traffic before December
.', IS. even if the preliminary proceedings
- be expedited and the work here ne In
"1, terruptlon. However? if good fortune at-
- --tead-thertty-offlclale andther eon
tractor, two weeks before toe first day
? W ISO, teama may travel that thou
.-.' oughfare without danger. .. 1 '
; The agitation of the peat few days
; haa already wrought beneflolally and ra
. lief la la sight: Activity la shows by
. officials and the city council will not
interpose any objection to the Improve
7 meat . . r , , i .' -
In thle reepeet the present eounen la
: different from the one that legislated
f for the elty of Portland prior to July t.
(or that one eaamed dladaloful of ap-
peals of property-ownera. . -l
: With, relief In sight, persona Inter
eated are not eo much disposed to go
-. back Into history now and ascertain why
y the Improvement has been "as long de-
, layed. Howevtr, It appeara that the wlah
; of Manager Fuller of the Portland Con
solidated Railway company, expressed
I to George Slmonda, manager of the Pa
" - r-dflerSrldga companyrwae enltent ele
" -mant In the transaction. - Mr. Fuller
"stated to The Journal that he Informed
1 Mr. Blmonds that he hoped the filling of
aat Morrison street would not be com-
menced until after the exposition travel
j waa ever. The work did not begin.
'?: Mr. Slmonda aald that, although he
2 waa told by property ownere te proceed
and that they desired the Improvement,
be was expected to eae Whitney X Bole,
i manager of the Hawthorne estate, and
t that he had been unable to find Mr,
: leaat, ea aoeount of thia and other things
7. he never had aeeured-etgnaturea ef all
property owners, which waa necessary
If a. prlvata contract for the fill wee te
ybe earrie4 out with safety to the oon
' '; tractor. ,. . u . .
I ' "I . waa naturally cautious," aald Mr.
; Blmonda. 'for we bad experience with
; South Portland work for which we have
, ) not even yet received our money, though
we have Sto.eoe due ue from the elty.
: "Mr. Puller did say to me that he
. '. hoped the Eaat Morrison - street fill
, would not be commenced until! after
the fair rush was ended. But I was
i busy with other contraeta, anyway, and
; ' had all my , equipment employed elae-
where." . r-, V--- :r ': - '-.;'s '
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i ne fsctne nrtag-company is in
only eencem situated -to do-fllh-work
along atreeta on which ran . the lines
of the Portland Consolidated. The
bridge company owns care that lit the
S -Consolidated s gauge. C. F. Bwigert
;- and H. C. Campbell, whoa ' they - were
.' ownere of stock in the streetcar com
1 peny. were related in a bualneaa way -to
v". Manager Slmonda of the bridge , com
pany, and the two corporations worked
closely together. ' ' , ' 1 it
f v. The nil can be made economically
, only by using electric care; hauling
earth with teama would make the eeet
, excess! ts. The . Eaat Washington nil.
. made this summer, cost aa average of
nearly o cents a yard: most of It cost
i 49 eenta and part of It St cents. The
- expense. If teama had been - employed,
, v -would have been greater. ' Probably the
-' cost of the Eaat Morrison Street &U will
, be about the eame. -
The council will not
""Oclober I, when the plana for the East
. Morrison flu will be ready and the legal
, preliminaries will begin. There must
. be time tor - advertising and time for
aJUowlngemons trances aod then Jk&
- vertlslng for bids. If SO daye be al-
1 lowed for the work of . filling and -IS
daye Tor nniahlng the etreet by put
ting on the planklna. it will be Decern-
refore- the etreet will be ready
tor traffle. The atreet will then be only
temporarily la condition ' for - train o.
i There will be a plank aurfaoe which
will be used until the earth baa nettled
-', permanently, after which eome sort ef
. . pavement will be put down.. ... ... .
-s-.i -. -' "..-(. t Ttame aTet Itll Wpv,1 ' '
.'- ' This work will probably be done In
: ine nigattime, eo ae to interrere ' ae
- little aa possible with traffle. One aide
i "The Plum Tree
n
David Graham PhQlipa
! Have You Read It?
If you hare not, borrow it,
beg it or buy it
$1.08
For.
j A most absorbing insight of
politics today. Interesting to S
f the exclusion of, everything I
' J' ea sm MA -.. -Jt -
Ieise, i?y rnaii wA r.
'-, f see.".: '.f ,
U. K. GILL CO. f
Booksellers and : '
Sutionirra, 'r'.:
. THIRD AND ALDER ;
CrutTtettatUUc
of the etreet will be filled and planked
at a time, and when once begun the
work will be rushed. - s
' Eaat' Washington - atreet' which baa
been filled thia summer, will be planked
at once, so that that thoroughfare- will
soon' be available. - It will relieve the
congestion -that would be ea. need by the
workcm Eaat Merriaoa etreet
The macadam will be placed on Water
etreet In a abort time. The fill has
beet; -completed " by the Oregon water
rwer a luutway company xor moninu,
and nothing haa been done toward fin
ishing the atreet With thia atreet. dons.
East Washington ready for traffle and
Eaat Morrtaon atreetv In condition -for
travel by December IS, the situation will
be much Improved In that district 1
The f iU on Water etreet was done for
11 H cents a yard, under an agreement
with the water power eompany wbloh
did the work cheaply In. order to get
the atreet In condition to make the
company's franchise useful. . 1
Work. May 9e Pone Cheaply.,,,.:
A member of the city, council.. aald
(bat he. had heard of a company lhat
would aak for a franchise to run down
Eaat Stark atreet - frexn the eastern
suburbs of the city, to make extensive
fine near the waterfront
- "I waa told." aald he, nhet the eom
pany would make fills for S. to IS -cents
a yard, and would offer strotg. competi
tion to . the - Paolne Bridge company,
which now haa a monopoly of the street
f tile along' the lines - ef the - Portland
Conaolldated." '. . t -. :
: Manager Slmonda of the bridge com
pany aald that he hoped- such a eom
pany, If It waa really proposed by any
one able to carry out the project would
get to work Just aa aeon as posst
Me - :.. . .- ; r?" .... -
."Our price," said Mr. ' Slmonda, Is
SS cents a yard on the average, and we
cannot do the work for less. If any one
can make fills for S te IS eenta a yard,
I -wlah, it would -get -buay, fee If they
can do the work at such prices we will
learn something that will be of great
value te us. We are anxloue te be
taught b6w te reduce prices and yet
live and continue la business." : ;
aaaltary . OeaaltleM Bad.-'..
The agitation began by The Journal
has aroused Interest la the sanitary
enndjtioa or the East Morrison district
The city health office haa been busy
among east aide - residents, - compelling
aii who can to make eonneotlona with
the sewers. ? , ... ,. .
nve -are 1uneaiped -oTraocoont ot
there being no sewer other than the one
en East Alder street" said one of the
health offleere, nd the oondltlona are
demanding instant relief for the peo
ple there. - A territory seven blocks
long and 1 three wide la without any
sewer, excepting that the East Alder
sewer runs along the south aide of It
and. much of It Is lower than that
sewer and therefore no eonneotlona can
be made.
The recent flre on Grand and TTnloa
avenues cut oft? the Oak atreet sewer,
too,- for a time, and a large quantity of
debris was necessarily dumped into the
gulch. This aggravated the bad condi
tions that theretofore existed, and the
altuatlon now la aertoua. ' -
v. "We muat have more- sewers on- the
east side "Out tn Brooklyn there are
l.e acres of thickly settled territory
without a aewer. The council commit
teeMr. Rushlight' Mr. Wills and Mr.
Kellaher ie now endeavoring to procure
right of way, and If they succeed there
will be relief there. .
3ut the district to the north .pf East
Morrison atreet la getting worse all the
time, and - all oa account of lack of
sewere. They must be built at once."
MARVELOUS AIIAESTHETIC IS
fou;;d.i;i scorourxE
New Alkaloid Successfully Used
- In Soma-f-Matrnfur-Ts-;
Operation Known.
v
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-Ueaaal Sssalil Si
PhUadelphla, Sept St Dr. Orrille Hor
wltav the leading surgeon Connected wits
St. Agnes hospital. Is making a aeries
T0' ttM and experlmsnU with "acopouv
mina, a new aaaesthetic which nromlaee
to displace ether, chloroform and all other
anaesthetics In general use by surgeons
all over the ggorld. - Scopolamine la a
comparatively new drug, although It hae
been used in Germany for aorae time la
Internal medicines. It la aa alkaloid and
posseaaea qualities which make it aa
Ideal medium for producing general or
local anaesthesia. Only one thirty-second
ef a grain is reoulred to produce com
plete anaesthesia In the whole body,
Atr first It was feared that the drug
would not be effective enough to stand
the tsst of exceedingly painful opera
tions, but at a recent tumor operation.
In t which Dr. Horwita -used scopolamine
as an "anaesthetic, because the patient
would not have survived the application
of ether or chloroform, the drug 'stood
the severe test of an operation with the
electrio knife, one of the most painful
operations known to surgery. During the
entire operation the patient did not show
the slightest twitch, although the white
hot knife cut Into his tissues. ' One hour
after the operation he awoke perfectly
fresh end - without thf least Indication
of naueea or any of the' unpleasant after
effects which make ether and chloroform
so objectionable In many cases. -
Since then Dr. 'Horwita haa used his
drug In a number ef other operations,
and In every case the success was beyond
an"pectettonr,Hewti!-continue the
tests for some time before he shell re
port the result of his Investigations te
the medical profession In general. The
new anaesthetic le dissolved and admin
istered, by hypodermlo injection. . , . -
SHOW MUTUAL LIFE 'M
WAS JUSTIFIED BY LAW
(Speclel Dlaoatek ta Tee JesrasL)
New York. Sent tl. The ethics con
trolling formation of underwriting eyn'
eieates are being extensively discussed
In connection with the testimony given
the legislative investigating committee.
It Is the. concensus of opinion among
those best qualified to Judge that the
record of the Mutual Life shows:
First that its participation In ouch
syndicates wee amply Justified by
financial usages throughout the civil
ised world. Second, that the results of
such participation have Inured to the
benefit and profit of Ita policy-holders.
Third, that the occasional participation
ef eome ef the company's truatees In
such syndicates waa a source of propor
tionate profit to the company. The tes
timony likewise proved that the Mutual
tafe haa never entered Into any Joint
accounts , with bankers or,, brokers
wherein profits en purchases or sales
were divided.' - . -uJ-. . . - t .
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Olds, Wortman & Ki
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The Biggest Boost Yet Given by any Firm or Individual to the E
A Mighty Lift Towards 100,000 Attendance at the Fair Saturday,
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-V-V ctHlS GREAT REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS HOUSE THAT HAS DONE SO MUCH FOR PORTLAND
ijf&:;;-m the history of expositions!
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Sltiirting?
I King Will
Store for
AN
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TONIGHT:
1 AMERICA'S GREATEST ORGANIST p : -:
WILLIAM C, CARL
- Vi First
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: ', Assisted By i;( ' 1
ntHnSXENOOD
' . , : Tenor.
ADMISSION
7 At th ' Second Recital Tomorrow" Night" Mr." Carl Vill ' Be"
! iWnUam Wallace j Graham ;
, .. .;'?T viounist. , . . ;
ELQItftfUlCOHODFROM
" PAM i:
Tax Compounds Urider Internal
Revenue Laws Governing :
I Spirltuoua'uquortV' : i
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) - IJesraal SsecUl Servles.)
Washlnatoa. Sent 11. in accordance
with a, decision recently siren, by John
W. Yerkes, commissioner ef ' Internal
revenue, the Internal revenue 'depart-
n hu mmttt Ant official notices tO
wholesale and retail dealers la druse and
Newest Shapes at
Mlow Prices W.
Men's and Youths Suits,
Top CoatsV; Panu, Hats,
Shirts and a general line of
Shoes of , the very latest
styleguaranteed satisfac
tory,' for almost one third
leMTtfterirT comparison
to other stores' prices. You
take no chances trading with
us our ' prices are marked
in plain figures we are well
known to the public as a re
liable firm. -
JOHN DELLAR
f AT TWO STORKS
Cor. first and Yam!I3 Stt.
and Cor. 3d and Davl
NORTHWEST. SO MUCH FOR THE EXPOSITION ONE OF THOSE PUBLIC SPIRITED INSTITUTIONS THAT
HAS CONTRIBUTED SO LIBERALLY TO THE FUND THAT HAS MADE PORTLAND'S EXPOSITIQNPOSSIBLE. T
GOES STILL FARTHER AND MAKES THE MOST UNPRECEDENTED AND GENEROUS OFFER EVER KNOWN
Tomorrow Morning
Give FREE With
One Week, or until
of Admission to the Exposition on Sept. 3
EXAMPLE FOR OTHERS
MAKE IT COST US .LIKE
OLDSn WORTMANit-KINQ
' 'Accompanist.. . :
AND$1.0pA
.Assisted Hy v . " ' !;''': v
patent medicines and to manufacturers
of patent mediolnee In all parta of the
country,' lnfontilnf them that beslnnins
with December 1 of thia year all patent
medldnea containing a considerable per
centage of alcohol would be elaaeed aa
spirituous liquor and would be subject
to the rulee and regulations applicable
to spirits under the . Internal . revenue
lawa. .
Under the new rutins all compounds
going ander the name of medicines, that
are composed chiefly ef distilled spirits,
without the addition of drugs or medi
olnee la rufflclent quantities) fe change
the oharacter of the whiskey or aloohol
materially or giving to- It decided me
dicinal properties, are to be considered
ae distilled splrtta and treated accord'
Ingly. The manufacturers of such com
pounJs will be compelled to pay the reg
ular special tax for compounding spirits
and ail druggists and other dealers sell
ing such medicines will be required to
obtain special licenses for the aale Of
liquors. .. - '.
The recent ruling ef Commissioner
Terkeev which reverses a former' ruUng
of the Internal revenue department, hae
caused great consternation In esrtaln
quarters, i It-has been ascertained that
enormous quantltlea of certain com
pounds, advertised aa patent medicines
for certaln dlaeaaea, have been consumed
In the prohibition districts of various
states and on Indian reservations, where
the prohibition laws -are strlcfly en
forced. It Is charged that these etrong
ly alcoholic preparations are responsible
for the terrific Increase of drunkenness
In those districts. Under the new regu
latlon rlt-will be Impossible to "obtain
these preparations from dealers, aa the
sale of aptrttnoue liquors Is not bermlti
ted..- -v..- .. :
ANARCHIST KICKED OUT : '
OF EUGENE BY 'CHIEF
-r (BpeeUI tHssetcfe te Tee SnaraaL
Eugene, Or., Sept. 11. An Italian an
archist who, while drunk yesterday on
the streets, cursed the country, the law
and the officers, was literally kicked out
of town by Chief of Police Stltea. The
chief ordered him out ef town, but in
stead he went te the railroad depot and
commenced hie harangue -there! The
chief of police' found him - there and
started him up the railroad, following
bin and klclOn hlro, every few peoee
ni lvill Give Away Souvenir I iciiCiS to
,
Every Purchase of
6 p. m., of "Portland Day, " a Souvenir Ticket
TO FOLLOW! BOOST
"FURY P ITS A BIQBOOST PUSH rT ALONOr
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aml KcOTMai fi Co.
Prevento Briht'o Diccacb
The fellow was taken nearly td the city
llmlta and. seemed glad to leave rather
than encounter the- toe of the chiefs
boote again. -' '. . . " 'Tr-7,
Round Trip Daily to Astoria.
' Excursion steamer Telegraph makes
round trips, dally (except Friday). De
parts from" Alder etreet dock T:S a. ra.
From-Astoria Ian, Arriving Portland
1:1 p. aa. Sundays leavea Portland
S a. m. Arrives Portland I p, a
- Tt Shooting Pheaeaate.
(Special Dispatch te The JearsaL) . -Eugene,
Or, Sept 21. Elmer Harlow,
the young eon of M. H. Harlow,-a
wealthy farmer living-north ef Eugene,
waa arrested yesterday at the Instiga
tion ef Deputy. Game Warden Wallace
Chamberlain 'for killing Chineae pheae
ants out of season. : The examination
will be held later. Toung Harlow la a
etudes! ja the Xujgene High, echool. ,
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$5.00 or Over Hade at the
'I'T""
'PORTLAND DAY- BOOST!
1(0)1
WicVeryDzsinicfle
MOST COMPLETE UNX OF
tNX OF j
rWOODARD, CLARKE CO. AND 8, Q. SKIDMORS CO. v :
JOUTUNAL VANT ADS PAY; PEST
a-
Coupon Free Ha wall an
MorMlHlu, rtavVaiiaa Islands " -
.t vote fOft.... ..... a.
Thia eeaaon meet be voted en
!
Sept; 30
AND THE
V)
RELIABLE CLOTHIERS
Cor Btr Third and Morrboa Stmts
and : Dicibctca
Trip
m . .r....
r before Sept tS, 10S. v--
SUttlS
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