12L
GIVE AWAY
St Johns Franchise-Will, Cost
Money in the Future, Sayf-4
' th Council. j -
VALUABLE PERMITS HAVE -
- : ! FOR DRUI1KARDS : : : ; -
; Nothing Received Prom Telephone,
' Light or Car Corporations but Re-
TelSrARetKpHrto-CanT Away-Re-f
maining Franchises Thwarted.
': m rut side fftrt' of TS tarsal U Isths
t J. M. C Mtllw. SSW Kut Morrtaos
4 street. , Tataohoo . St JTS. .
r ' St Johns hM to a oonalJarable extent
. been afflicted with the lune liberality
.of Ita round rraen that ties recently
. aroused Portland cltlsene In the matter
. of tba Front street f ranchlae, but fights
formerly gtvan public servlco corpora
, I tone freely are going to be doled Out
In tba town hereafter, and t any cor
poration fete a monopoly it Will, pay
' ' for It. The new Order of tnln1l.'Wp
1 tituled when the St. Johns Hotel com
pany dm forced to pay a IU0 licenaa
fee for Its bar, bealdea building a 110.000
brick building. Thla precedent la being
followed in the .matter of a gas frai---chlae.
A propoaltion that a year ego
j hii - been . received . witn open
mmm Tricar btlnf closely Investigated
by a special committee of the-council
and if a franchiae Is granted it will be
for-alu receive, - . '-
. A; R. Richardson .last week dealred
submitted a proposal to the council to
--r-iund a gas plant in tba town given
' control of tba situation and pledged
... ..liitnasif o brrln work on this pfant in
' - m furnish gas at not toexoeedll.SS a
. ltlt f eeandr"oDay the " city - irrxr
-of the gross Income. im council
believes tba franohlae is worth more,
7 and also doubts whether tba petitioner
has ample financial backing .to enable
: - him to give-the town, adequate service.
. i Then, too, the price quoted Is considered
. high,: St. Johna having the Idea firmly
r fixed that H a thou and la enough tor
T gas. " f "
During the year it la probable that
: aoma of the corporations now doing
, business tit the city without contribut
ing to the expenses of tba government
" will be brought up with a sharp turn.
The telephone, .electrle light and power
companies bar no agreemeni-wltbiha
city, further inan a permit to umm m
streets for their lines.. No compensa
tion worthy the name waa given for
these permits, which have ben used aa
V exclusive franchisee, and there la noth-
ing to prevent tha council, according to
. legal authorities, levying round tag
-on theso corporations.
t-Johns Is now a city of 1.00 peo
.ple with Industries that employ hun
dreds or men ana muis irai nave v-j
"Trolls angln r " from IJ.See''teS itt
a montu. The recent rapid growth of
-the town-an 4ha .realisation that it Is
the only -separata corporation near Vort--.
land together with tha Increase of its
' Importance -a a railroad center I with
the coming of the Northern Pacific
, hava contributed to make the placa
worthy of consideration by publlo serv
,!! corporations, and recenUy arioua
attempts hare been made to corral TSi
uable franchises under one guise or an--:,
ether for a nominal consideration.
MEANS MUCH TO DISTRICT.
Doable Ueok Bxidga Across Willamette
: " Would Sriag tJew Bra to emlnaula
The day that aeea the final announce-
ment by the Northern Pacific Railway
company that a double deck bridge will
be placed across - the- Willamette -near
J.bV drydock will be one of public re
joicing for 8t" Johna an th enttre-Be-'
nlnsula district: Every commercial body
' on the peninsula baa urged that such a
bridge be constructed, and the council
. of St. Johns and clttseiis in mass taieet-
I aeembied-oave echoed tha senti
ment. It la not a mere matter of feel
ing with the residents Of the peninsula.
' For 20 years they hava been forced to
travel a round-about course to Portland,
teaming baa been put to many dlsad-
ra and building material baa oon-4
aequently beenmuch-higher than had
a direct route to the city mills been
open.
The drydock bridge would shorten the
way to the city by three miles, and. be
aides, would give traffic art eaay- grade
over the highly Improved Linn ton road.
Such a lopping off of tha distance be
tween the town and the city would make
all the water, front peninsula property
available for city mills and factories,
would throw open wide stretches of the
- waste lands of the peninsula to city
realdenta and would bring a now lao
' 1 lated district within as essy reach of
the heart of Portland as many of the
, west side ' residence suburbs that now
.. are being crowded with fine homes.
MARSH STILL AHEAD.
read Aveaae Till Tails to mender Tres
: tie Safe or lake of Mad Stable.
Kvery day sees a change In the con
dition at Orand avenuA, where the-fill
Is being made across Hawthorne slough.
' Today the fill trains are working from
, tuo north bank venturing out only far
, enough on the trestle to dump their
loads, and, crews of workmen are saw
lng. hammering-and bolstering p the
shaky trestle. Tha latter for 60 feet
In the center of the alough has dropped
-about five feet and the lronmaln run
THng -aeroM 1)8 been bent . in " long
curves, the heavy pipe being warpM as
. though cast In soma great mold. Should
- if prove, Impossible to use. the entire
trestle, an attempt will be made to build
the fill gradually out from the north
bank. The only advantage of such a
system Is the probability that when the
soft center of the marsh la reached the
fllU trestle ami all will continue to
drop. So far the big, aoft lake of mud
has shown no intention -of becoming
stable, and the addition of tralnloada of
" earth only puahes up the soft mud In
long ridges, the effect of the fill being
'' eeen for 100 feet each aids of the
" trcsUe.
EAST SIDE NOTES.
The St. John's ferry waa formally
opened yealardayi the public being given
the free nee of the new boat all day.
A series of dances has been arranged
by the Good Times Social club of Ports
mouth, the first of whluh will be given
. tomorrow evening. Three more, dancea
will complete the series, these being
given o alternate Tuesdays until the
first of May.
' Three store blocks are under way In
Montavllla. and when completed the cost
.. of these Improvements will be about
' tli.Oe. Tenants for sll the storerooms
are said to have been already secured.
At a meeting of the Republicans of
e fcighlk ward at tbs east aide Justice
j ; f Life of ''Typical Girl Who Goes to " J . '' '." '.; - t ) JLl i J t.'J Ll Jj. -
V. hi Balls and Parties Superlatively ,0. 0'--. 'r: C? ? ' :' - - .'- "--.' r-.'-V ' -' ;. 'r - .-v .-.'i, . .': ;
0- ,rf Ji 'r. ' rSelfjaV-Saya, Jreacher7rvnmcmr " . ' ' )-000 - "-j;- Ci 0'.' , J 2 " : '0:;. 0
V '.11 J ' I D :Vum and Absoloteiy-Sinfotr- .gss r rr:: : y--Tr-r-
1 't:tr:i' V:
0mti
;7Al
" r Scene ia Supple's Shipyard
I0H0LDr.CHIIIE8E
0
Police May Refuse" to. Let Them
X)ut on Bail Till. Com
""Ipiaints Are Filed', v-00
ATTORNEYS INSISTED ON
POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION
Because of -This, Five Out of Seven
Arrested Xast Week in Raid Were
- Let Off Law on Subject Gives Po
' lice Chance to Hold Men Legally.
A new tack taken by lsirjrrs t
" -1
-totltoarg- ths sequitTaTroyrCtUneso clients
arrested for gambling during police
raids Is likely to. cauee the Mongolians
more 'trouble than their legal sponsors
dreamed of. Hereafter ball may be re
fused the Chinese unUl complaints are
filed. This means, that they r will have
to spend the night of their arrest in tbs
city prison.
"The laWon-the ubjecnsciearr-If
It Is adhered to strictly no bsll can be
accepted by ' the police until after a
complaint la filed. 'This means that
Police Judge Cameron must be called
on TtO rname'-the amount" of .bailr-The
law gives the police 14 hour's In which
to file a complaint after making an ar
rest, and a writ of habeas corpus doss
not become operative until after the
expiration of that period. -Sunday Is
nonjudicial day and Chinese arrested
Saturday nlghta may be held until Mon
day afternoon. .' .
Chin Gee wu arrested Saturday night
by Acting Detectives Murphy, Jones
and Welch at 1 SO H Second street and
charged with having lottery tickets In
his possession. .. Hs waa Induced to open
a safe where -1e- keptthe-tickets and
the evidence was secured.
. Captain Slover at first refused to ac
cept ball. After a conference with
Chief Oritsmacher, however,- he decided
to permit the Chinese Bis . liberty on
cosh Mir Of-1 20. Judge-Cameron vis
Ited the station shortly afterward and
upon request explained the lsw. . It Is
likely thst If counsel for Chinese Insist
on Identifications, which 'is alwaya dif
ficult, the police 'will adopt tha plan of
refusing ball as a retaliatory meaaure.
. In the trial of several Chinese ar
rested during a raid last week tha de
tectives on the witness stand - were re
queated to Identify them and could do
so only In the case of two, the other
five being discharged.
CALLS AMENDMENT FAKE
j AND SAL00NMEN FAKERS
"The proposed amendment to the local
option' law Is a fake, 'end the saloon
men are the fakers," declared Paul Ra
dar, president of the Stats Anti-Saloon
league, laat night In an addresa in the
Taylor Street Methodist church. - "They
declsre that they want a square deal
and prepare an amendment which Is
solely in their own Interests.
.."it's time-for the-people to awake
and fight thla sort of thing. There are
enough men attending church in Port
land to vote anything they 'Wish. The
trouble la lhereare loo-manygoati
mixed with the aheep. ' There are times
in Portland when the very spirit of
Ood seems to blase 4n- the lvurchs,.but
at the aame.timecorruptiontsrifaJn
politics.
"You may bavs a good mayor and
some other good city officials, but If the
devil himself wanted to establish a sa
loon. In Portland he could get a license
to locate It on any corner he dealred.
The only way to remedy conditions is
to .take an active Interest in politics
and city government.".
As a prelude to his discourse - ths
speaker branded as 'falso the report
concerning the attack made on htm at
Salem, that he had said that it . was a
plot of the liquor men to take bis life.
'" '"... Svealaf Wltk Xrlsk, ' . '" "' .
Tomorrow svenlng at the Ep worth M.
K. church, Twnty-thlrdand-. Irving
streets, an entertainment will be given,
entitled "An 'Evening ' With Irish
Friends." A good desl of interest has
been manifested in the program, which
will consist of Irish songs, recitations,
music, etc. ' It will begin at 7:41 o'clock.
courtroom tonight, the ward will be or
ganised for ths campaign. It is plsnned
by tbs party leaders to organ lie very
ward and outlying suburb on the eaat
able by means of similar clubs. -Shiloh
circle, Ldlea of the O. A. R.,
will give a patriotic entertainment . at
Woodmere hall Wednesday evening. War
songs -and Illustrated talks will, be feat
ures. .... ' 'j,
During the Recent Cold Snap.
ii in im-riiTii in
nAo u mi n in
aniiisotiDflTiop
J. c. Blake Says Postal and
-Western Union Companies
. Will Co It Alone.tr:
IF THEY WERE UNITED fc
RIVAL WOULD BOTHER
C. C Adams of New York... Vice
I-President of Postal Company, Visits
Portland for First Time, With Jlis
" Wife Likes Town and Country.
C. jC. Adams of New York, vice prssl
dentofctbePgt'- Telegraph company,
accompanied by Mrs. Adam. IS a guest
at the Oregon hotal. With him are I
w1. Sioi'fer1 of 'Saw
superintendent of the Pacific coast di
vision, and Mrs. Storrer, and J. Q. Blake,
district superintendent with headquart
ers at Seattle.
TThls la Mr. Adams first visit to the
Paclflo coast," ssld Mr. Blake, "and we
are acting as his chaperons.1'
When mention wna made of the semi
annual rumor that 'the Postal and West
ern Union are about to consolidate, now
coins the rounds again, Mr. Adams
luusued heartily. -Ht Indorsed - the rs
msrk of Mr. Blake when the latter said:
'"There Is Just about as much chance
of ths two companies, merging aa there
la of the United States annexing can'
ada. -'.".
".Suppose ws did consolidate,' Mr,
Blake continued. - "I t - would . simply
mean the organisation of another tele
graph company. To prevent such a poa.
sibUlty ws are remaining separate cor
porations. Too much 'competition would
not do material good. Wa are trying to
give tha people the best there Is In our
line, nnd we do not see any advantage
from merging.
"Well. I see Portland Is growing very
rapidly." interpolated Mr. Storrer, who
has. visited, here several times. "If you
don't look out you- will have to buy
more-land UBon'urhlclrto spread."
As Mr. Adsms had -never been In
Portland before, he said he was not
competent to pass upon the development
of the city, but declared it had made
a most favorable Impression upon him,
adding:
"The man who said the west was a
country of gread dlstancss and equal
possibilities most certainly knew what
he waa talking about"
Touching upon financial matters, Mr.
Adams confirmed ths stories of other
Influential men to the effect that while
the east is prosperous. It is not keeping
pace with the west, particularly the Pa
cific coast. -The coast, he said, ts re
ceiving much attention In eastern finan
cial and commercial centers. ...
Will Coasolidate Offices.
(Special rHipitrk to The Joaraal.) "
Olympla, Waeh. March It. The atata
board of audit and control announces
thst after April the offices. of steward
snd physician at tha state penitentiary
wlirbe -consolIdfttedmna-ehystc1anTyreap her harvest aa tho wlfe of a
must also set aa pharmacist and devote
his entire time to the work In ths, peni
tentiary.
A NATURAL ANTISEPTIC
KEEPS OUT BLOOD POISONINO
r-OB TOlLtT ft BATH BEST IN THE WtlRtD
RAINIER. ORE.
f OB SAXB T Afcl DBVOaiSTS AJTD
. . - aaooxms.
In a sermon at the Whits Temple last
night. Dr. J.- Whitcomb Brougher as
sailed th atronghold of that class
which . -arrogates to I tse.lt -the. UUeJl'-Sfti
clety."-gnd declared -thafr-he life of the
typical society girl was superlatively
selfish and absolutely wicked. 'The au
ditorium and Sunday school room of ths
church were filled In spite of the 1n
clemeot weather.
"The word society" aald Dr. Brougher,
"IS here used to designate a distinctive
clasa to be found in every city and. In
nearly every community. I tias Is-nn'tts
--l-l unu aa referring to that
cliaue which pays particular atten
tion to all the- forms and set occasion
of social Intercourse. There Is a cer
tain coterlo In every city which arro
gates to itself the title .'society.' In one
sense this clique -Is Insignificant; in
another" tt-lo-more or; leas Influential.
The pretensions of this set are fre
quently accepted as the proper; fashion
for all to follow.-1 1 bave no- prejudice
tagamet no called nilgUsneletr,' but-
have no sympathy with many of Its ar-
rogant assumpMnna V
"The life of the typical society girl
is supremely selfish. The usual aim of
w W'lgty 'glil.te pleasure! ' jler'puepe
la the gratification of every selfiah de-
iret -In order to aneompuan. tnis sns
must have money.
Mammon, therefore.
! the rod she worships.
To enteFTHIg
circle of- Individuals and go the pace
that -theyset- somebody- must - furnish
the money. - This is the basis of en
trance Into the clique. - The question: of
brains, or talent, capacity or character,
manhood or womanhood,, are not the
flrat conaldoratlon, . . .' 1"
xjfe Xs for Self.- ' -' - "
"Self Is the center around which the
universe revolves to them. They have
no thought for the great, serious prob
lems that affect their fellow women.
Jbft . Iri umphs of-1 hlarworid:f ort hem
center around their personal appear
ance, the s-rattf icatton -of therrappettte".
tha . indulgence of their passions . and
the satisfaction of their slflshneas.-Tbe
mighty questions which they consider 4n
carrying out this ideal are the latest
styles In dress, the up-to-date tints in
color, ths most stylish mode of dressing
the hair, while the figure that lied last
year is changed by the manipulations of
t he fl ressm alter' s art Into a still greater
deception this season. . ro life could be
more out of harmony with the Ideals
andTeacTnilgg of Jesng Christ limn lifcH
a life. He who came not to please htm-
H fapon,' the principle of self-:
denial. His life waa the nacnnr A
llfe built upon the principle of self -gratification
will -never stand tha test of
either time or eternity. Such a life is
not worth the living, for Jesus Christ
has said distinctly that "ha who would
aava bis life shall lose it.' ,. .,.,. ,. ..
arot worth zavinr.
i'A" life without a great purpose and
mission in the world can never touch
the essential purpose of living. The
society Of whlch I am speaking .spends
Its time In card playing, theatre going,
dancing and the giving of receptions and
suppers. Their chief business In life
seems to be to-eat and to drink and to
sleep, to spend the winters- In pleasure
In the'oity and tha summers In- pleasure
at the seashore. Now, I ask you hon
estly Is a life worth the living whose
chief and is simply gratifying the appe
tites and Indulging your sinful tenden
cies, with no other purpose but to 'eat
and drink and be merry, for tomorrow
you dle'T Think of an aggregation of
such people calling themselves soclety.J
"Can it be possible that any young
woman should so miss the meaning of
life as to envy some other girl who is
throwing away life's greatest treasures
in - a- frivolous and superficial use of
time? The world In which we live la a
World In which there are a thousand
wrongs to be righted, millions of hearts
to be comforted and a thousand oppor
tunities to make a life count aa a bless
ing to tha whole world. A life waited
In the petty rounds of social frivolity
cannot fail to be condemned In the
sight of Ood, both here and hereafter.
. Such a life SiafuL
"Such a life is- positively slnfuL We
can see this in the extravagance, luxury,
idleness and dissipations of this, so
called "society. Where there are lux
ury and idleness, dissipation la a fore
gone conclusion. Tou cannot sow the
seeds' of luxury and Idleness and not
reap sinful dissipation. Sow the seeds
of social drinking and you will reap
tha drunkard. I charge society today,
and therefore the society girl has to
bear her responsibility, with doing more
than the low-down dive to make drunk
ards of our boys and girls. The socjety
girl who is willing to serve the Intox
icating cup to a young man wilt soma
drunkard In a home of misery and woe.
"Sow the. seeds of card playing and
reap gamblers, The society girl who is
willing to waste her time In playing
cards for prises will some day wake un
to find -that she- has set-t he-ex ample-for-
some young man to enter a life of fall
urs and ruin through gambling. Thi
j laws should be enforced against gam
; bllng In society as well as In the den
j down town,
Dress Modeled by the DeviX
' "Sow the seeds of Immodesty and
reap , a Ufa of Immorality and shame.
The manner of dress used by so-called
high society' people for young women
was modeled by the devil himself, for
(he express purpose of exciting the pas
sions of men and leading both the man
and woman to ruin. Sam Jones was
not vulgar but told the truth when he
'said: 'If Ood Almighty had Intended
for women to wear dresses that are
decollete beyond the point of discussion
he would have furnished her with feath
ers.' "Sow the seeds, of the found dance
CASTOR I A
, Pot Infants and Children.
Tbs Kin. Yoa Han Alvajt Bought
Bears the)
Signature of i
We have
When You Sec It In Our
and reap fallen women and Immoral
men. I do not say that all who dance
the round dance are, Immoral, but I do
say that It they retain their moral
purltylt is In spite of the dance and
not by means of it It bad Its origin In
the low dancehouses of Parla, and ought
to be sent back to Its own grave.
-Sow life of sinful indulgence, reap
a conscience that will send you to a hell
of regret and remorse at the end.
"High society as now constituted baa
no great philanthropic purpose for which
to use lta money. . It baa no great moral
motive to control its pleasures. It has
no sublime purpose to guide Its ener
gies. All Its powers of beauty and at
tractive personality, with its wealth ana
opportunity, are wasted In a vain effort
to gratify self; but. In the end. It -must
loin Its voice in the wall of an ancient
seekerfor pleasure .In crying. 'All Is
vanity and striving after wind. and
there was no profit In it under the
sun!' Ood sava our young women from
such a life." .'
BMSBIaBBRSSMSMeReaaBiaMaBBBBSaa)
DRr WILSON CALLS DECENT
0 PEOPLE TO VOTE
Says We Should Demand Re-
nomination and Reelection
of Sheriff . Word.
. "The Moral Issues of the June Elec
tion" waa ths subject of the prelude to
Dr. Clarence True Wilson's sermon last
night. , .
"It Is time for the better element to
assert itself In behalf of moral decen
cy," Dr. Wilson said. "When we Insist
that those who ars exalted to posttlona
of trust and honor shall be men at least
aa high as ws are, that we may rlsa to
vote, but will not stoop, then we will
not have to blush when we read the
name of the people's choice. - -
"We ought to demand a rrnomlnation
and reeleotlon of Sheriff Word, because
It Is up to us to ssa that no man loses
for doing his aworo duty, and to rebuke
the- brasen effrontery of the liquor
dealers 4n their unscrupulous methods of
attempting' his defeat in the primaries
of his own' party.""-- -i-r :-r r
"This new liquor bill, which the people
are asked to vote for, waa prepared In
the offices of the Wholesale Liquor
Dealers' association and la Just what tha
saloonkeepers want In every particular.
It will be voted for by no one except
saloon sympathisers and those whom
they deceive by their utterly deceptive
methods.
"If their bill should pass, it would re
peal all other liquor laws and leave not
a single restrictive measure in force
against ths brewer, distiller and. whole
sale liquor " dealer. It does not allow
local option, except In preclnats. No
county, town or city can "close the sa
loons." WHEELWRIGHT TALKS ON
. SCOTTISH REFORMATION
William V. Wheelwright delivered the
third of a series vf lectures on church
history In Calvary Presbyterian church
last evening to a most appreciative
audience, taking aa his theme -'The
Scottish Reformation ' Under Knox."
Notwithstanding stormy weather the at
tendance was good. Mr. Wheelwright's
treatment of his subject 'was scholarly,
full of evidence of wide "research end
fraught withstood for thouglit. Next
Sunday evening, C. Henri Ijabbe, French
consul, will speak onr 'The Huguenots."
500 Pairs of Sidewalk Roller;
Skates which we arc going to
AWAY
With every BOYS' SUIT as
r" long as they last
"Astiieywon'rto
uirni ovmrrnra ookvajty I
NOVELTIES IN NEW SPRING
TfCO ATS-AND TKETS
STUNNING STYLES IN
J - WOMEN'S SUITS ; '
Almost every express from New
York brings something new for
v this already magnificent display
of ladies' Suits. The styles shown
are the popular etons, the natty
pony suits, the tailored tight-fitting
short coat styles, etc. ' All
1. have the new circular flare or
' pleated skirts, whiclvhang so
beautifully. The approved spring
colors Aliceblue, twilight gray
; coral, reseda dark green, blue ;
and black. All sizes up to 50.
Our Display of new spring Millinery '
is now complete ,
A WORD ABOUT CREDIT
V i '' - '' ' " .' . ..... .
Because we sell the highest class of merchandise for.
a little down and a little each week or month does
not imply that our prices are higher than elsewhere.
We make these easy terms because of our faith in
humanitya faith founded during these many years
of credit merchandising. This is "the store where
-. your credit is good
Eastern Outfitting Co
Kfcsa.-rea. Washington and. -Tenth
... t-
Ad, Ifs So
" V- I - T. -
THIRD
-AND-
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asyv o
OOl
PAST
We have gathered together the
most charming showing of new
spring Coats and Jackets it has
been our fortune to present The
materials, styles - and colors are
the latest the new loose-fitting -short-sleeve
Coats and the jaunty
tight-fitting covert Jackets. All
sizes up to 46.
Extra Special
Balance of last fall Jackets g A fj r
$13 to $22 valuss, to close . . . .$T". D
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