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EAILY Saturday i:vx::;i:,to. septemehu IV 1::-. i ) ' . i i SUMMER RZSOKTS. Jeanal sutKiK'.r a tat Te -unwl ea . s a.lU, lof auSMU .roTt. A r-.ula - rir eelivorv wul be mautti.4. ru.e r lirMt frwa mi tue u4 , 4 will ette4 MU to e utpt. LeaO BIACH lent Ook.m, aft katuxlar at Iiweee, Vull. le lirv all 'tit en th Wh. W. A. umn, eut k4tirui4 Law! A CM.'t rug (tor, aSlue, W Mwi to a4 (wiw M to T.wOB sT TAVT Kan XHTeiblM, ' S,w a" twniiH iHUrl Itiw4, eat. KeaS- ' iwtoil l -iart, Cr. SelivsiJ W , ft J points ti ok. ' Mot Laa e Hot let aaettertaa Or, tt. h i,k, o. U.OV, WAt, 1 aUeeral gprlsgs Vs. tl Co.. esenie. vASOAlol VAail. Taewan. hWttett. . cofiim imnAL srBnros, wash. . OL T. Seleaev, , CMIU4, weak. TOXIOKT'S AJtUIXXXBT. Lrri... , ...... ."Tb Irtas Widow1 Btir ..."A. Great Temntatloa rentage ...... .................... .Tuit111 Uread .............................. Tsu4t1i "' Alleging' that the improvement work ' don on Morris street from Delay street to Vancouver evenue was poorly done. r 1 - tvntri of property on Morris street who " war uiMMd for th Improvement have -begun autt In th circuit court to onjoln V th city of Portland from oolleetlng th ' assaasroenta - Th charge la maaa iw s th contract specifies grevsl street .'end that tha gravel waa placed on th ' ; street in- ao looaa a tnannar that whan ' tha work wa completed . the street -: T. looked mora ilk the. 04 of mountain ' atraara than an improved street The - t contested aaacaamenta amount to 11.000 Tha coat of thawork waa $T,0q0." Th : conteaunta are Mary Mantold. Kath. , arina Kelly. Joha A. Duff, Victor Carl- eon, J5, Curtis. Ida aLJohnaon, K. u j ' Oalbratth, B. Brennan, Brldret Treror, " Annt O. Conroy, truateaa of the Hethod- - 1st 'ohureh, and others. ' R. R. Dual way : appears aa attorney for tha piainune. T0 Hell " In an Automobile'' ' U the subject announced by Dr. J. Whltoomb Broucher for hie aerrdon on Sunday ' blKhU Dr. Brouhr bellevea that erry A subject has a moral aide to it. ana wun tale thoucht In mind he will dlacuss the - reiatlona of he automobile to tha morals r of a community. The doctor ha a Juet " twirneor from hi vacation trip, and ac cord In r to his own statement, haa spent a areat deal of time with a. friend In - - -an an tomoblle taking in the oltiea of the ; ' horthweaU Tha dootor decUrea that the , - automobile la one of theuvreateat ' . vontlona Of the preaent ate and la ; . Meatlned la a very larse desree' In the . sear . future to euppiant every otnet - - means of locomotion. He believes, how ever, that the devil is laylnt hold of a - teod thin and using It to ruin a treat .r-'..-4Bajiy. people. : - The Portland Oeneral Electric 'com ' . pany has bees sued for tt.000 damaras . . for the death of James E. Bannister, , :th telephone lineman who was electro cuted, at rifth and Jefferson streets on '"T July it.. Th action, was com men cad by James B. BtUlwell, as admlnlatrator , f Bannlater's estate. It la charred ' that the electrlo company la required to keep their wlree four feet- from the . wlrs of. tha telephone company and that the two acts of wires were much '. closer at the' comer of fifth, and Jaf ' ferson streets. ' It Is also ailed that . , the power wires ware .not properly In i- swutad i nor provided . with - circuit "break and that-the ourrant ousht to have been tomed off la the day ttme j.v v while. Bannister waa at work. . v. next- Monday mornms- and tell ' each .' other of their vacation experlencea. . , The meetlnr will be held at tha T. M. C. A. at 19:10 o'clock and will be tha : first of the church year. Dr. Brovfher : wilt preside and H. C Shaffer will act as eecreury. Practically all of tha ralniatera have' returned frost thalr var cation and a ,ood attendane I t ' pected. i ." ;'. ,, Our sw suitinrs have fashion and , quality. Th best you can buy for the " V money, the beet ere can make. Qood material worked Into first-class suits by workman who know ' how to ret . fashionable affeeta We make any autt v la tha bouse to order zor izt; ao snore, ao leaa We can save you money. Olve us a call. Unique TaJJorine; company. ; 19 Urk, Bsar.Blxth-; , Suit to eondemn a rlsht of way tnroosh the block bounded by Ninth, y-Tenth. Overton snd Petty-trove streets, , owned by the Ct R. W. Co., has been '.' flled In tha circuit court by the Portland V Seattle Railroad company.' The HUt , line deslrea this block for terminal pur-.- poses and cannot scree with the Harrl . sasB people on a prioe for it. . Tickets for Dr. Edrar P. HHl'S Srst lecture en 'llluetrated Bible lands" will be distributed tomorrow mornlas; after tha service. . The church doors will be ' opened In the evening at 7 o'clock for V ticket-holder and for. the general puk- .. He at T:it.-:- ' - , -j - - ." Otto NeaaUr. proprietor of a saloon at 4ii Waahlnt-tos street, haa Sirain run .". '.afoul of the law, having been arrested ' laafffrr..,,, I 1 , I I mmmmmmmH u ?, g Dollar c) It la enough to start a bank ae- count with, and If you adopt a ayetematie method ef saving tha dnllere will pile up surprisingly. Why not adjust your expenses so that thay wUl not exceed three fourths of your earn In sal -That will enable you to aave a quarter out of' every dollar. Juat figure . what such a system would have dene for yott had yon commenced ft Ave years ago. But cheer upi It lan't too lata. NOW la tha time to open the bank account and put away ONE) DOLLAR out of every " POUR that you earn. We wef ; come your account and will help 1 yesj to save and to eueeeed. WE ' A PER PAY 4 CENT .Interest W Savings Accounts Banking hour, lam. to I p. aVi Saturdays. a, m. to p. m.. , THE CITIZENS BANK J.-H. J.AMBeRT' President A. W. LAMBERT,, , .Caahler l.nt i! ht by SKrs'ant ..'r on a charge f'f '-. Unuor to a minor. ' Heaia .' ( .v-(i i ovs a 17-yr-oM girl, we fnund In tua rort In comiiany with William Qulnn, and tliry wer alao Uken into i-ii-.tvdy. Qulnn; will have to face a rl.ar of CMlolns a minor Into a aaloon, NN:iijr la out ou I1U9 caa ball and Qutnn oooiii'lns a cell In tha city prison. The caac will be heard on September f. Max D. Near, a guardian ef his 14-year-old aon David, has begun suit In tha olrcut court for f 20.900 damages from the Portland Railway company for the loea of the boy's right foot. It Is altered that on April ID the boy boarded a car on Second and Waablngton streets, and that the car he was on and another car ware raced north on Second atreet by the motormen In an effort to reaoh the elngle track first Wha . Miy reached the single track. It Is alleged, tha cars collided, throwing the boy be tween them and crashing his right foot so severely that It was nacesaary to amputate it. Neer's attorneys are Bern stein A Cohen. , r " . Mr. Bertha "Crosby ask for 111.104 damagea from the Portland Railway company for Injuries alleged to havs been received by atapping on a live wire that had fallen to tha atreet. Mra Croaby lives at 10 Grand avenue. She says that on July 11. aa aha waa going to work, aha stepped on ths live wire, was thrown to the street, badly burned and partly paralysed, and that she haa not yet recovered from her Injurtea She asks 1 14.000 damages snd 1100 that she says she wss compelled to pay for medi cal attendance.! Henry JC , McGinn ap pears as bar -attorney. . , '-' John linley, a real estate broker, has flled suit la the circuit court to recover 111.900 from C.-A. Mann' and Lewis Montgomery. Flnjey allegea that be waa employed to aetl timber landa Ja Columbia county for 1181.000, for which ha waa to receive 111,000. He aaya that wbn he found a purchaser for the prop erty there were 100 acres of it that Maaa and Montgomery wsrs unable' to give title to and that he waa oamageo to the extent of 1 11.000 by their being unable to transfer ths land.- Ed and A.- R MendenhaU . appear, aaattorpya xor jnniey. ; : George Taylor was arraigned before Judge Gantenbela In the circuit court this morning and pleaded guilty -to the charge of ataallng six cornets, an oboe and a aaxophone from the rauaio stors oi guanas jh, xora ac ai nrii street. The Instruments' were said to.be worth 1410. . Taylor was arrested at Taooma. Ha bald hs came to Portland as a team ster with - Porapaugh 'and Sells - Bros.' olreua He pawned soma of the lnatru ments In Portland, some In Taooma and torn In Seattle. Judge Gantenbela sen tenced him to three years in ths, pent tentlary. ',;...;,. ;. ... .. : The charge of larceny agalaat Steve Clema waa dismissed br Judre Oanten- beln la tha circuit court this -morning oa motion of Deputy District Attorney Bert Haney. Deputy Ha nay said that Clema bad- been- confined ia tha eounty jail a waiting .trial i nearly four month a. and aa the maximum punishment for tha crime was six ' months' imprison ment, he thought Cleme bad been suf nciently . punished. Some ttme ago Clema was released on his own recoc alsance on promislpg to' appear' In court ror trial oa the nrs day oi toe sepatm her term. : He has since been working as a. longshoreman. Mrs. Spaalman baa reported 40 the po lice that her e-year-old sea was severely bitten In tbe face by a vicious dog, the property of Mrs. Lunceford of ltti Mil waukle street. Tha-owner of the dog maintains that ths animal was a track by ths child and retaliated by sinking It teeth la tha boy's face. Mrs. Lunceford haa notified tbe authorltlea that aha has glvea tha dog away to relatives. In this City. ; .- .-,,,.,.;. ...v-'-v. . The Northern Pacific Railway com pany will have special round trip ax eursloa tickets from Portland to points seat on sals September i, f and 10. Call at the ticket office, iBt Morrlsoa street, corner Third. Portland, Oregon, for full particulars, . or address A. D. Charlton. assistant genera) passenger agent, above addreas, and detailed Information, will be given you. - . - .., --?y--f If lss Luma B. Munger. a recent corner to this city from California, will sing at ths Sunday morning aery Ice at Tay lor Street Methodist church. The Holy City" (illustrated Twill be sung during the evening service, at which Tleeot'e palntinga of the "Life of Christ" wlU be used In connection with tha sermon. Water ' through boas for sprinkling yards or sidewalks.-or washing porches or windows, must be paid for In advance and need only between tbe hours of and lam. and 0 and Ian. It must bot be need for sprinkling streeta If used contrary to these ruled, or waste- fully, it will ba abut i& Boata'to Tbe Oaks on Labor Day. Tha Favorite Boating . company's fine launches will leave its boathouae, foot of Morrison street, up-river side, begin ning at If a. bom every 10 minutes, for The Oaks and return, last night boat at ll:io dock. A delightful river ride oa thia great holiday. .; . . 1, ; . Por the Hopflelde Steamers Al- tona, Pomona and Oregoaa, from Tsy- lor-atrvet dock, at 0:45 a m. daily, and Sunday for Buttevllle, Champoeg, New berg. Wheatland, Salem and all way landings. Oet tickets and deliver bag- gags the day before sailing. September t, 0 and 10, special round trip excursion tickets will be sold by the Northern Paelflo railway to points eaat Partleulara can be had at ticket office, 111 Morrison street.' corner Third. or oy letetr to a. d. Charlton. A. a. P. JL, Portland, Oregon. R. H. Dunn" of the Dunn-Lawrence company, real estate dealers, leavea to morrow morning for a three-week out ing On the upper Columbia - river and Lake Chelan country. Mr.' Dunn will have soma interesting ffsh stories to tell when ba returns.- Dr. ... Brougher'B - ToMeev theWnfte TemOle. . SundayMorning, - "Amid the Rnlna of San rranclsca" Night. .T Hell in an Automobile, or Why Did He Embesste snd Love , HIS Neighbor's Wlfr' A 11040 solonrt will sing, v Professor Lambert Mortln has re signed from the faculty of Columbia university to tske .the prtnclpalship of the Scranton ' Pnnaylvanla) 'Science and Art achooL He haa been with the Portland Inatltutlon for two years. ", Av mart bought an elegant Tlctortt for his wife and children. Wife aald It waa too small and wouldn't have It It's new, and now-to be sold for much lees than It's worth. It's advertised in tha Ex change and Barter column today. - Tha anamination fetr llhvarv ulaint will ba held la tha library on Tuesday, September It, at 1:10 a m. All candi-, datea Will oleaaa realater with tha lihr. rian before September It. ; Rational dtvtne healing, ambraelna natural, mental and eplritual law. Ask for explanatory pamphlet. Kaat 1141. Rv. P. J. Qreen. 441 East Twenty-sixth sirse. . . , : , r. Cherglng that her husband beet her until ahe was nnconaclous snd would novo killed her but for too Interference HERE IS WHAT PUZZLED ONE 4 HOTEL CLERK FOR MANY DAYS A hotel clark has many pussies to solve in his career behind the desk, but Nathaniel K. Clarke, daak clerk at the Portland hotel, .received one the other day that baffled aolutlon until today. Mr. Clarke received a letter from a former gueat asking that his mail be forwarded to Waehlngton C, IL. Ohio. "What does C. H. have to be tacked on there for," asked the pussled clerk, "and what does It meanT" ; .,--. Por three daya Mr. Clarke has been asking guests and consulting railroad guides, maps and encyclopedias In an endeavor to learn the meaning of the two letter. While he gained more In formation about Waablngton C H. than he ever expected to know of any similar town of T.000 la habitants, he was un able to gain the meaning of C. H. Today, however, his ' labora ceased with the finding of the hidden mystery of her relatives. Mary Scobrough has begun suit in the circuit court for a divorce from Robert Scabroush. Mrs. Scabrough mays her husband baa not contributed eaytnlngrlo her support for ths laat year and that he has falsely aooused her of Infidelity, Isaac Swett appears as her attorney. ' Trolley Outings Tomorrow on O. W. P. To Gresham, II cents; all points east of Gresham, to and Including Esta cada, on the upper Clackamas river. It cents round trip. Dinner at Hotel Ea- tacada f K Mnti. . Par, I.... xMm - fAlder streets 7:10. 1:10, 11:10. :0, 1:40, :, t:ib. xickets must be purchased, on sale in waiting-room.- - r . Tha body of James M. Haggart of Monmouth, who disd yesterday morning at the Good Samaritan hospital, was taken upon this morning's west side train for burial. , t The funeral will take place at 11 o'clock Jtomorrowmorniog at Louisville. Mr. Haggart waa It years old and died from the effects of aa operation for appendicitis about two weeks ago. , . , . .j . ., The .estate of Chsxlea. Ernest Hloks, the lineman who met death by electro cution recently, consists . of insurance with tha Portland General Electric com pany, amounting to 1S44, and wagea due from the company amounting to 110, ac cording to tha report of hi a administra tor. Clyde 8. Richardson, filed, la the county court this morning. - . .' 'TrolIsy Tripk on O. W. P. Tomorrows Oregon. City and Canemah Park.. II cents round trip. Dancing afternoon and evening. - Cara leave First and Alder Streets on the odd hour and every 40 mlnuten Tickets must ba purchased, on sals la waitlng-reom. ; '"". The . district attorney this morning filed In the circuit court a not true In formation in tha rase of Louis Wels mantel, who was charged with ataallng two toilet oasea and a .pair of opera glasses from C. A. Watson at 101 North Sixth street. Weiamantel waa released. Sunday River Trlpa Splendid oppor tunity to view tbe . famoua Columbia river. - Round- trip to cascade lxcks on steamer Bailey Oatsert. Leaves -Aider street dock 0 a. m. returns 4:10 pv-m. Meals It centa Fare 11. Phone Main Concrete Construction Co T91 Cham ber of Commerce, manufacturers of concrete stone blocks. Contractors for all kinds of eement work. Tel Main lit. Oreaon City Boata - Sunday trips from Taylor street 11:10 a. ax, 1:10 p. . Come and sea the uacsamaa rap- Ids. . The trip Is not excelled anywhere. Round .trip Ho. . ,. , - ; Artistic tailoring, perfect fit and rea sonable prices: new fall goods now In. Armstrong the Tailor, Raleigh building, Washington and Sixth sta Pacific till. Watch ea, dlamonda and . Jewelry an. easy payments; 11 down, lOe a week. Don t. go without- a good umepieoa Metsger at Co, lit Sixth atreet. - Launches to the Oaks over few mm- ntea every evening from Favorite Boat ing company, soutn siae onage, root Morrison street . Special Excursion East Full partle ulara at Northern Paclo ticket offloe. Ill Morrtaon street, corner Third, Port land. Oregon. . '";'"T.,r..'.r":... waaasaanawanat " Tha Webber - mandolin, banjo and guitar stadia arm reopen September 10. Pupils can engage their hours 170 Alder street, . .... - - Milton A- Nathans, atty- 1000 Stelner st San Fronctsoo. Commissions prompt ly executed. Insurance adjusted. - j The library will be open Labor day. Monday, September 1, from I to t p. m. for reading only. - .... .. Dine at Richards Sunday. French dinner with wine, 11 per cover, 4 . to :lo. ..::- Acme Oil Co. sells the best safety coal oil. and fine gasollnea Phone. East II. Woman's Exchange. 111. Tenth street. lunch 11:11 to t; business men's lunch. Dr. F.' S. Skiff, dentist, hss returned. Ruaael bldg 4th and Morrison sta. , Rental Signs. Analey Printing Oa. VIADUCT QUESTION UP TO CITY OFFICIALS To the elty engineer and city attor ney baa been referred the quaatlon of the width of the vubllo viaducts to be built by the Portland Seattle railway over Ita .tracks on tha peninsula Ths company agreed to take care of all fu ture street traffic In this region - by building - adequate bridges where- the streets cross Its deep cut The street committee of the ' council yesterdey afternoon dismissed the slse and number of these vtsddets snd passed, up the de cision to MeesrsTaylor and McNary. The committee also referred the ordi nance granting ' a ' franchise on Tork street to the terminal company to the ctty attorney. This measure haa been In the committee's hinds for a long tlma t - The name of Kern street eaat from East - Twenty-sixth wss ehsnged to Brooklyn street. The proposed exten sion ef woodlewa street to the right ef way of the street railway company wa4 turned down ana tne proeecaings ovqereo) stopped. . .. , Mo Tn-Oreeron onr.'-'":.'V'"' A new song, entitled "The Broken Marriage Vow." has been recently -published by Sneed at Hoover which Is unlqus as a thorough home product The word are by J. ,M. Smead. th mu sic by F. R. Turner-Schlkora, and the printing and publishing by home firms. Even tbe sentiment does not seem to be entirely foreign to Portland from tbe proceedings In the courtroom a. it win probably be played sooa by a home band er orchestra. -. , Preferred Steek Osmna SreedA, . auie m Lewiar Best jnaBC . . - In a eonversation with one of the hotel guest a, who registers from the Buckeye state.;' '- . . - "O. H. means courthouae." salof th gueat "If you were to visit the little city you would probably find an old tumble-down frame courthouae In the outskirts of tha town. It waa built in the early pioneer days and the civic pride of the cltliens could not be re stricted with less than naming their county seat with all the nomenclature sufficient to let the world at large-know that It contained -.the courthouse and waa the seat-ed the county government. "The rfamlng . of towns in Virginia, Alabama, Tenneaaee and other eastern states by adding C. HV waa quits com mon In the pioneer daya . In New Eng land the -county aeats were called ' sheartownl" Other states have popular names for cities containing courthouses, but these are ths only two I know." . 10 im HID Oil TOP STORIES Bricklayers Are' High In the Air . on the New Wells-Fargp . -- . Structure. -r" - Having put In the walls of fohr floors of the Walla,. Fargo 4 Co. building, the bricklaysrs have now started on the walls -between the eighth and twelfth storl. The-atsal scaffold hangera have been attached to the steel frame of tha oornlce and ths scaffold now has ths appearance of Doing bung In mld-eir. Not only Is the -brick work and tbe terra totta work of the upper stories progressing rapidly, but masons - have started on the granite base of walls for tha first story. Nearly all the granite basestones on the Slgth and Oak street sides havs been set Within another month tha contractors hops to have ths building entirely -enclosed,' and in the meantime tha work of . finishing . the Interior v&l be commenced, ... About one half of the basement of-the Corbett building at. Fifth and Morri son streets has been excavated, the con- I tractors during the(week having made remarxaDie progress! The greater part of the Fifth street (side baa been com pleted and workmen thla morning start ed to put In tha forma for the concrete, foundation walla .T ""tJ E. 8. Jackson , Co. report the' sals of the quartajvblock at tha southeast corner of Broadway and Victoria streets for W. H.. Booth, snd H. C Klrk. Ths consideration brag 11,400. "'Th name of ths purchsser J withheld jmtUf JMiiuratag-decree tual transf er occura E. M. Lasarua ths , arobltact, an nounces 'that he Is ready to receive nro- posals for tha removal of the old build logs on ths site of the proposed four story , warehouse of- Flelschner, Mayer 4k Co., at First and Couch streeta Bids for ths construction of ths building will not be received until .about the middle of tha month. -. The-. contract for the Iron work for tbe new Maaonlo Temple at West Park and Tarn hill streets has been awarded to the Phoenix Iron Works of this city and delivery will start In the near fu ture. - - ... ' -" ,. . Blda will close tomorrow at tha offloe ofuthe United States supervising gineer In this city for the work on the Irrigation storage plant at Conoonully, Waehlngton. The work , will Include about 116,000 cubic" yarde of excava tion. Io feet of .tunnel and 1,0 yards of oonorete. - J. T. Murphy of tha Paelflo Coast Biscuit company haa purchased . from Prank Analey, a mining man of Spokane, through the Diets-Mueller company, a home at City View Park. The price para waa ii.to ELECTRIC RAILROAD FOR HOtfTH CEHTRA'L IDAHO Line Will Be Opened ; Within Eighteen Months, Operating U . . Over 'Hundred Miles. North central fdaho Is to be opened within the next II months by an elec trio railroad that will be In operation 11S miles by the beginning of 1101. About 10 miles of the Lewlston tc South eastern Is graded andr-ready for the rail a and -work ia going steadily for ward. Colonel J.' Spofford of Lewlston. vice- president and general manager of th roacr, was a Portland visitor yesterday. "Ths enure line from Lewlston to Oraagevlllc, with a branch to Ns Perces, Is flnaaoed, and will be buBt within 11 months," he Bald. ' "About sin miles on the lower end and four miles of ths Nl perces branch are grandad." The bonds nave been taken In New Tork and Philadelphia. It la aald. Th company haa scoured a water right on the Salmon river that la reported to be capable of producing more power then that secured from tbe famoua- Spokane falla It la estimated that 10,000 horse power will be developed at the low water stage, and that this power csn be greatly Increased by building a sec ond dam.. v. -t. .-. - . , OTHERS COME FORWARD TO CLAIM THE HONOR Blaine Ralloek, la a communication to The Journal, declares that Gilbert Herrea .and. .Myron. Bald wln were. not the first, as wss' reported, to make suc cessfully the trip over the Harriapurg rapid on the Willamette river. Jferren and Baldwin recently made tha trip. and bridge-builders at Harrlsburg de clared that they were the flret to suc cessfully cross the rapids la a ranoe. Hallock declares that he and Clarence Allen made tbe Eugene-Portland trio In a canoe laat summer snd shot all the rapids successfully. He aara that they did not consider . the Harrlsburg and Corvallia raplda at all dangerous. ;, LOW REGATTA RATES. TiaO.aV aiV. Boats fo Big Astoria aveat This Week, Account the Regatta Astoria. August 10,. It snd September 1, a round trip rate of tt.lt la made by the (X R. O N. Full particulars by asking at Ash street dock or at city ticket office. Third and Washington streeta Portlend. ' Milwaukee Country Club. . Eastern a ad Seattle races. Take ell wood end Oregon Cltj ears at JTIrat BHD PEOPLE VERY JliPPY No Ughtsv No Water and Weeds . Head-High Overrun Entire Dr$trict . . policemen so rare' - they scare Children i Fire Department Goto Lost in Weeds - Whenever It Answers an Alarm and Houses " Generalljr Burn- Dowry ' Both Tubs Kept Filled. Ida Department, Residents of Irvlngtoa contend that they have more cause for unhapplness now than residents of sny other, part of the east sida .jl..-. . There are praothsally. no lights be yond Kaat Nineteenth street; the sight of a policeman is so rare that when ons does heave Into sight hs scares the chil dren out of their wits, and such fire fa cilities, that If a house catches fire It snd perhaps others burn up before tbe firs department gets thera Any num ber of Irvington people keep their, bath tubs full of water and a half dosen buckets full setting round to be used In fighting lira - Long lines If hose are kept In convenient places ready to at taoh to tha garden faucet In eaae an In cipient blase Is discovered.. And to add fuel to the flame, fire lnsuranoe nui have .Increased in the past few weeks throughout ths seat sida - An organlsatloa Is to be formed soon, having for Its object more lights snd better police protection. - Residents leaving the ears . at 'ths snd of the Broadway or Holladay line after night grope through the darkness, with weeds head high en either side of the road, to reaoh their homes and ere considered lucky If they don't .stumble Into , their neighbor's yard. t.-..';v. . tr-- r;- City Treasurer Hall of St Johns has resumed the payment of warrants. Now If the polltlolans down tbsre will quit snapping at ths ' heels of the mayor there la a chance for that muchly dis turbed municipality yet to be happy.. It will be recalled -that the mayor an nounced some days ago his readiness to step down snd out. provided warrants were paid and he were let alona That this desired result may be obtained It behooves St. JohnlUs to be doubly care ful that the sensitive soul of his honor, the mayor, be not vexed with unseemly expressions of disapproval, and that all discussions of the merits of -the several applicants for. the mayoralty be earned on In a whisper. It has been aug- geated that Recorder Thorndyke'a antl elude, crttiolsm of. tha mayor, thereby placing- such criticism on a par wltn public profanity and punishable ' by a 110 fine and 10 days on the rockplla It has been further suggested that noth ing short of such drastic action by the recorder or the calling out of the mllltls will stop a number of Si Johns patriots from telling Mayor-Postmsster Valen tine what . they think of a man who holds down two fat Jobs at onoe. During the past -week contracts bare been let for 1,160,000 yards of excavat ing for the buildings of Swift eV Co. on the lower peninsula The : prices at which these contracts were ' let varied from 7 to 11 cents per yard. O. M. Stlmson, chief engineer- of the Swift company, e , on the ground . and has taken personal charge of the work. , The company is said to be looking out ror s areage to lease or buy to be used in deepening the channel that leads to ita plant on Columbia slough. There la some talk of bringing a large number ef laborers from Chicago and other eastern cities to build this plant . Ths representatives of the company realise tnst it wiu be unposslbls to secure any thing like a sufficient number of men to complete the plant within a reason able tlma . . " There were but 11 members nresent at the meeting of the St Johns Com mercial club Thursday svsnlng. Not withstanding a large amount of busi ness was transacted. In response to an Inquiry from the Commercial club, tbe O. R. A N. Co. said that the elty dock at St Johns was unsafe and that . the eompany'a boats would not be allowed to land there; until the defecta were remedied. The approaching state fair was discussed.--The opinion was. s pressed that St Johns residents would find It profitable to attend. A commit tee waa appointed to sea ths people and aaoertaln their view relative to securing a special ear at reduced rates, in which to maks the trip. It was announced that some attractive sdvertislng . for - St Johns had been arranged for and would appear In the near futura The president appointed L B. Ch lo rn an and Clarence Bishop as delegates to the meeting of the Oregon Develop ment league, to meet at Forest Orova The old East Bide hotel, the eoene of many a political caucus In the early days of East Portland, and ths founda tion of the prlnoely fortune of Joseph Burkhsrd ef Los Angeles, lies a mass ef splintered, twisted boards and tim ber a at the bottom of a slough on Union avenua The old building fell with a crash yeeterday afternoon. Th workmen engaged on the fill realised that It was bound to ooroe down and had succeeded la getting all the ten ants out even the old ahoemaker. Bey era! daye ago. The old hotel- had an Intereating history. It wss built by Joseph Burkhsrd la 1110.- Several men msds money la running It during the heyday of Esst Portland's' municipal entity. The owner Anally traded It for ISO- acres -of- land -near- Log -Angeles, that haa since become a part pf tha. city. J. M. Haaley's row of building st Esst Stark? and Union avenue - is erTAjr WPI."wallp Paper, So Williams Jennlng Bryan . wept . a great eoloesal tear, - . It rolled upon ano nearly drowned the chairman bv his sida And e'en a .bunch of sailors bustled up "ine spare in rear last William would engulf them In bis abblna. flowlnar tlda But be only cried a minute scarcely mat long, people say Before there poured out from - be tween bis lovely traveled Una A torrent of rhetorla like a wagon load of hay, 1 ...... .. . , Xxcitiediy protesting a eyoionlely it trios Across the broad prairies, hustled on-l ward tr tne air, Not knowing where os earth the thing Intended for to ston. A-lookln' Ilk a Chinaman la' bitterest dasoalr, - Because a big policeman had awooped down upon his "hop." - But all thla stuff Is foreign to the stery we would isii About the Union Laundry and Ita waahlna no to date: It doea He work superbly aye. ht all tninga noes ejret And its scores and acorea of patron svery day t doee elate. UNION LALXDIIT. TeL Main 111, Second anf Ci v Pni alee itv baa i4 jolUbeie.to C. . 'V7 Confrvatiom Custodian"- SB savings m:i Psyo 4 per cent interestoa. lavings accounts, compounded emi-annually. Pays 4 per cent intereit on ."yegrly ' ond Jper - Cent on six months' time de- - . posit. ". ' ' : t ' Call and lee as at our new banking rooms in the Labbe building, corner of Second and Washington atreet, for further y particular. ' :-;; '. ; orrccra axd szuoromai ANDREW C. "SMITH. -President DAVID M. DUNNE, Vice-President ' LAN8INO STOUT. Cashier. - C. B. SEWALL. Assistant Cashier. - . JOHN.DRISCOLL AND S. C ': - . -j , .- QODDABX). ; s - : DONT HISS THE fcciirsion loAstoria SUNDAY, SEPT. 2nt FAST STEAMER TELEGRAPH -'- Will leave Alder atreet dock I a. m. , ,; Leave -Astoria P. m. ... . Arrive Astoria 1 p. m. . Arrive Portland 1 p. m. ROUTiD TRIP $i.C3 ' Meala served a la earta . ' ' Tickets on sale at Aider street ; dock. 1 , v ..gp RATES , For 39 Days Only r 11.00 Oold Crowns.. S.OO 11.00 Oold Crowns ........S3.60 110.00 PUtes ....S.OO 110.00 Platen , M,t,,,.T.OO Fillings, p from....... t.86 Boston7 DentalParlors UXH atorrison BV, Opp. P. O. and Stands Tor Best la Education ;' Paelflo University la one of the oldeat schools of Higher Education on ths Pacific Coast with some of the most distinguished men In let tors snd law aa its alumni. -It is a-Private, Co-Educational and Non Sectarian College of the highest standard. v w .. . . '.!'w"' lVOOAnOaT. Pacific University is .located , at Forest Orova one of the moot beauti ful reeldential towns In Oregon and only I miles from Portland on the Southern Paelflo West Side Division. Forest Grove haa electrlo street-oar and light service. The drinking wa ter Is chemically pure. The college campus Is the most plctureecue of any In tha etata ano' Pacific University Is the largest endowed private college In the en tire Paelflo Northwest. For this rea son the best Instructors can be em ployed. The Inatltutlon does not de pend an student fees for its In coma OT7aBXCTtrZ,Tal. - Highest - scholarship In - classical, scientific : literary and mualoei BQ . Paelflo University is ths - best equipped private college In buildings, laboratories, library, music and art rooms In Oregon, pmwpASATOBT DXPAB High; school graduates and others -bavins; credits to make ap for regu lar college courses can do so la Tua latin Academy. The academy stu dents axe extended the advantages of college activities and association. No academy or high school training in Oregon excels that offered In Tuala tin Aoademy. Upon presentation of eerttflcatee its students are admitted to the best Eaatsrn and Western col leges. - The average necessary expenses for a school year range from a mini mum of 1200 to a miximum of 1300. Vrttt ht CatalegM ui Clutritrd Lntratan Fill Tern Opens SepLlSSi about to go the way of tha old bote! building. , , ' ,.. The St John a Review srtvaa- t Ka 1 lowing bit of advice to soma of the lo quacious residents of ths peninsula city: ir two or three men collectively and one men Individually would be a trifle discreet la their utterances St. John a and Its municipal affairs would not at tract one tenth of the undesirable pub licity .that they do. Working the hot air ronto every tlma sometimes acts aa a boomerang. Be modest. Any act or deed on your part that entitles you to stand In ths limelight will surely be recognised. The continual blowing of your own born la wearisome to the majority, and all have bad enough ef It ta last them for soma tlma . The dog poisoner la at work In the towns along the Mount Scott Una A valuable bird dog belonging la H A Tsylor of Laurel wood died last Monday from ths effect of poison. Mr. Taylor Is trrnch put out over the occurrence HO says that the dog was finely trained, waa not an annoyance to any one, and that he would not have taken ISftO for It Several other valuable animals In the neighboring towns have recently fallen victims to what appears to b the malloloua placing of poison. P"s owners promle to make it warm f r the ant!mn If he la rsuftit. T t r i " f t " . j Cora Taugtia aal Ti. j . V O IT LAI 2 D OAH rriicicc Chuaaa Catted s tflO p. tn. T . waanes fraoied Uilp.u. aaau. ; Xadies' tMgr Friday. " ' ASaXUSIOir, a 5a. ORANDSTAND, 5e, CHILDREN', 1 -BOX SEATS. 240. BAKER TIIEATIV. Ttnt - rerfbrnaae ef the Beeaoe Uattnee. Heotember a (Spevlal Malta aloodar.) ; Bake Theatr Stock Compear In "THE CRISES" ue, see. luthteee 1m, I t new ea ale. . empire; THEATtir: All Week, OUrttas Saaday IbUm, Ufi. t. u. , jKpet-Ul Labee Pay atstiuM.) --r... The Chanalna Toanc Actr. . MISS OK4Ud AILtJWOUId Aad a Powerrai Cast la the latest Draw - v Novelty ef the t'eotery. -uohio or msoo. ' Sat of seats at box etries Tbnreday a. m PBIC'EaBrenlns, IDe, 3Se, lie aad I . Matlaeaa, lOe. IS aad SO. -r rtiarU tewe. Kartia. Ovarirlskt test Ta Xwe Peek, atr. haK Baraa, Oisiism ui. traatost aieyeUet at th Werld. rrleee Matinees. 10 n all eeata tfr( boxes. sMlas-a 10, SO sad Bos sta ue. Perteraiascsa B:Q T;0. l p. THErSTAR AUXaT BT0CX CO. ireah f Aagast . -A GREAT TEMPTATXCT' Daily wsrlaa st I SO. aveaiag feraannaaM , - at 1:1 p.- m. Pikes Metis e. eaeept Seadan, lOe all (eaaj. Bveninga, 10, B0 aud SO f Seats miial fot evenlsg serfkirnaaeM i m Mala OeM. 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