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- THE ( OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. WEDNESDAY EVENING, ' MAY I, 1CC7. n HIND SEATTLE AS ' REGARDS GOOD STREETS Accidence District of Puget Sound Cfty Contains Many Miles of Hard Surface Pavements and Comparisons-Unfavor-,-,-able to-Portland Are Inevitable. ' . , ! ;t 11,1(11 BRA! WATER OFFICE North frvlngton People Have to ' Walk Too Far toPay - - Their Bills. ' IG1! i i I I I I i i i 1 4 i i 'Tortland' streete ara the shame pf th -elty. and resident here dot - not peera to realise ltA five minutes' trip In any portion of Seattle furnishes cou- vinelna- evidence that tne Washington metropolis ia no faf ahead of Portland In the matter of street that there la no comparison, and ltils making- a city of Seattle end drawing hundreds or in vestors and new residents to h town. while Portland, which la just as capable of keeping; even with the fence, lags te la nd, content with , the worst street imaginable." 1 1 . This Is the way that T. 8. Stanley characterise - the Impression he rained last week while making a tour of the northern city. He was wjth J. P. O'Brien, and the, two apent the-bet-ter part of two day traveling over Se nttle m an automobile, In which they tad an excellent opportunity to -draw comparison. Continuing, he aald: Irfng Bid oa Pavements, t .r ' "We made a trip of 40 to 10 miles In an auto through the residence portion of Seattle, and were not once off of hard surface pavement, except thi time w were on the macadam boule vard syetem leading to Lake Washing ton. Everywhere throughout ; the city additional street Improvements are be ing carried forward with a rush.'! "Seattle is carrying out tha parking eye tern, and a7 beautiful effect ' I brought, about The curb are extended well out Into the thoroughrares, and the Intervening apace paved. I think there Is no question but - that , Seattle ha ; five lime th amoont' of "paving tn it residence section a Portland, and many additional mile are being constructed" ' Mr. Stiue'ey stated that Seattle car ries on He street. Improvement, through a banning system, which allows proper ty owners 10 years in which to pay tor the Bavins', and apparently every prop erty owner In Seattle 1 anxious to take ad van rare of the - opportunity f en hance the raJue of hi tract. Th same system 1 used here, except that it is necessary for the , property owner to request the benefit of the bonding act. Bbonld Pave I very Street, ' - "The eejne thing could be done here In Portland," he aald. "We have the bonding system, and all that is neces sary Is the Temoval of the knockers. The first move should be to pave every street on the west ' side -of Portland from the river back to the hills., It would nearly double the value of prop erty, and make a vast difference la the appearance of, the city. "The firat remanc w near irvm trangers In Portland Is relative to ts abominable street. They go from her to Seattle. eee the fine street there, then come back and tell n about them, and we have te take the medicine with out a whimper. - Most of us, apparently, don't seem to care, but It' the, wrong spirit t Every property owner .In the city should be Interested In the matter and urra immediate action. Tha Indi vidual cost would be small,- and- 10 years la plenty of time In which to pay for street Improvement, of -which Port land stand so urgently in noea. . Judging from the opinion expressed bv Geonre B. Frank, president oi mi Northeastern Improvement club. V (en era! demand for the establishment of branch wa.tei offices for the suburban districts will be made at the next meet In of the water board. .Mr. Frank told the board that the people of Highland andr North Irvlnrton have to walk the n-! greater part of the way to Lower Alblna in order to pay ineir rates. The Lower Alblna office 1 the only place on the . east side,, north of East Washington street, where the rates can be paid. A the male resident cannot leave their places of business In order to pay the rent their wives, mother and slater must carry the money to the office, and often, Mr. Frank said, the women are compelled . to stand In line two hours.. When he Investigated condition for the Improvement club he found a few hundred people ahead of him and he stood in line for two hour and 10 minutes. If the branch of floe should be given to Highland, similar favors would be expected by Sunnyslde. Montavilla, Sell wood, FuJton and North Portland and alao Woodlawn and Piedmont ,. when their plant are purchased by the city. Mr. Frank believe that clerk oould be assigned to. these district 10 day each month and the rate paid to them. - Of fice expenses would, be low; and. the women would be saved a couple of mile of travel and a great deal of worry when the rent is due. .-v.. .,, ?mm AGENTS TO M ( . ., , s..v Vf-v-.: Notice of Merger of Sessions Is . Received- Clark of Mount Hood Road Here. ' , , The May meeting of the Tranacon tinental Passenger association to have been held at Los Angeles has been merged Into the - summer meeting - at Chicago. The meeting at the latter point will be attended In July by Wil liam McMurray, general passenger agent of the Harriman lines in Oregon. No tice of the change ha Just been re ceived In this city from James Charlton, chairman of the-association. E. P. Clark, president of the Mount Hood Hallway 4 Power company, ar rived in Portland . Monday from Lo Angeles. He was accompanied - by friends and they will spend a week teeing some of the Oregon country. E. J. Kooray who is employed In the general freight offices of the Northern Tactile at St Paul, will become solicit ing agent in the office of F, H. Fogarty, assistant general freight agent of the Northern Paclflo at Portland, tie will arrive here May I. ( Devon Rowen suc ceeds Ralph Jenkins a chief clerk and H. Griffin succeed to Mr.' Rowen' for mer' toositlon. Tom Hughes, formerly conductor on the O R. 4 N. lines,- will leave thl week for Memphis, Tennessee, to at tend a meeting of the O R. C J. E. Dunn, assistant yardmaster for "the Northern Pacific Terminal company, left last night for Atlanta a a dele gate to the meeting of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. , N- WORK BEGINS ON ' NEW EAST SIDE CHURCH Testerdar the first ahovelfur : of dirt wa turned for' the new building for the Baptist mission at East Forty fourth and East Main street. Rev. B. C. Cook came here from Cle Elum, Washington, about two month -ago when the- mission was struggling to keep on It feet He took up the work and enlisted ao much enthusiasm, that a $500 building ha v been ' begun and will be ready for occupancy by Hay 16. All thl money he ha raised since he came and the work 1 the donation of about IS men of Sunnyslde. Rudolph Oantenbeln 1 at the head of the car penter. This mission . was organised about 15 year ago from the Second Baptist church. , ...... SlIDSTJIll SEE PORTLAND Trains ' of Returning , Pilgrims Will Pass ThrougH . . This City. -i - ism i . i 'I tmmt At Breakfast ' i . ' 1111 W g mQZl apple. dated.; The housewife who serves Ghirardelli's delic ious Cocoa for the breakfast of her loved ones does much to prepare them to meet : all conditions of 0 weather, work and worry. It lightens her own labors also to s drink cup cf Ghirardelli's . f " ; - ' 1 Cocoa zrzrr:rzrr:rzrr:zzzrrrzz::z:r:zsssssxi BB0W. AT M K N U M See ''large center window, , Morrison ; street Ctrictly up-to-date hand-made silk hair Braid Trimmed Ready-to-Wear Oats ,1 SI Cimilar goods on sale up town at $2.89 on K sale here tomorrow at 1 ' These good3 all new this season's styles.' No out of town 11 r uction or cast-off goods or job. Jots.: No connections .with ji tny wholesale houses direct from manufacturers - , H ... , ..... ., . . .' ... . M 2 -7on22r ' Millinery Co. CORI.'ER I.IORRISON AND FIRST STS. v . , " From May 14 to May IT. inclusive, six special train will arrive In Portland. en route east, carrying member of the order of the Mystlo Shrine homeward from their annual meeting at Los An geles. ... By far the larger number are re turning east-from thl point over . the Canadian Paclflo, but the Union Paclflo and Northern Pacific line each get one of. the returning train. The special trains and their passengers are aa fol lows: . ' Medlnah temple. -Chicago, seven cars, arrives la Portland May 14 at 10 a. goes -east over Canadian. Paclflo; Im perial temple, St. Joseph, Missouri, IS cars, arrive May II at t:S0 a. m., goes east Avar .Northern Paclflo; Byrla tem pi, Pittsburg, nine cars, arrives May II at 12:80 p. to, goes east over Canadian Paclflo; ftajah temple, Reading,, Penn sylvania, seven caea, arrive May II at 8:10 a. m., goe east over O, R. 4 N.; I Pennsylvania temple. New York, seven ! car, arrive . May IT at I a. m., goe : east over Canadian Paclflo; Kismet tem ple, Brooklyn, six cars, arrive May 17 at I a, mV goe east over Canadian Pa : ctflc. t:,fr. -t-y-i:'- ..t, .-. .' i Oregon and Washington will send the largest special train to the Los Angeles meeting. It will consist of seven etand- ard Pullman, two dining cara, a bag gage car and a coach, in charge of John P. Jonea, . Southern Paclflo traveling passenger agent. E3 Kadsr temple, Portland, sends 16S men, Spokane 83, and Tacoma 80. These ' number will be Increased to a total of 2 SO. - The train will leave Portland May 2. ' . PORTLAND EVIDENTLY : AH OLD CQIH CENTER Peculiar Markings on Old Cold Pieces Owned by Mrs. -Arthur Riggs. 1 Old and .valuable coins, belonging to Portland residents, are still coming, to light From. the time The Journal pub lished some week ago aa arUcl con cerning the ownership of an old coin, enough collections have been found ; In the city to establish a record for Port land a on of the moat prominent old coin cities in the United Btatea. - The latest money piece to -make U appearance la a 820 gold piece owned by Mrs. Arthur Riggs.. While It la ft comparative Infant, having been coined in 1861, it peculiar marking render It valuable. , It near no mint mark -and on the reverse side i a spread eagle and shield with a circular' crest of atara. Mrs. Riggs alao has a IS gold piece coined In 1882 with the same peculiar design.., . , ? Millinery Trimmers Wanted i to , Work Evenings. Big wages paid every night Apply tonight T o'clock, ready to work, 828 Washington st. See Mile." Sllbersteln, head designer for The Shafer-Whittler Co. . , . JAIL SITES WILL; NOT BE ACCEPTED !vTheite whtoh the council commit tee on ways and mean eleotad for the new city jail will probably not be ac cepted , by the council . at it meeting thi afternoon. The reason 1 that they are too near the publlo library, and ac cording to tne opinion , expressed at the meeting of the committee, the jail should: be kept aa .far away from the library and the residence district aa possible. The library Is thronged with school children , every afternoon. and the councllmen believe that they should not be permitted to see evidence of In ebriety . and erlme. . . : The site which had been selected were wlthla ModM of the library. When this fact was called to the Attention- of the committee At decided to submit the. ordinance to the . council without reeommenaation. . ; . , .. lSon't use harsh vion wukbiii lu. uvn fowl iu onran lo constipation. ' Oat Doan' Regulet. They - operate easily, tone the stomach. VUI,V u.,Wfcl,wv-' :....,..,:.- Fred T. VerriU tor couoollman-at- phyalc: J The reao twels, leads to ohron- Is now ready More; than 1000 arc here for you to choose from, and the PRICE is just '1. . - " . i V .. . i - ;'.t .;' .,. - ,.- " "'11 jj J-': ..J '' ,' 1 iii 1 ' 1 ; ' , 'I ' t - m.ya-yyyj xmmmmyymmmi jvyj J- ' . . .. 1 i I l l ' : " WHEN, you SEE IT IN V. ' ... : A X ' 1 ' OUR:aDITSSO . . !ffl.f .l;r';(-;:'v V'. v: -'--.','8 Handsomer patterns better styles than ever. You .will see the same patterns in other stores at $lB and $20. The difference is principally ; ; in the higher rents and larger profits of the other fellow. SEE TDAT -,: r ' :'. : M' ' MOW? pti2j??m,fe MvvMe Woolen EIDI Store N03TCEAST COEtt ICI3D AND STARK STREETS j is r.:oNEY-SAWG r.nsic to toe tdougiitful buyer So thorough was all preparation for this sale that when the wool left the sheep's back and 'entered our mills at Salem and, Brownsville our New York tailor shop, and p. this ; establishment working in connection with the woolen mills laid the foundation foira sale at this store that would -bring good-tidings to every person within reach. ,Z mm The excellence of the clothing of fered a this establishment is known far and near.. Our most extraordinary ef forts made for this rebuilding sale puts us today in such a position that we are giving the greatest value in select suit" since the beginning of this store. . : THINK OF THE MILL TO MAN: proposition anoj number, of wholesale jobbers and retail profits that we elim inate from the time the wool leaves the sheep's back until it is woven and tail ored , intothe choicest products to be found anywhere.' Prices that tell part quality tells the rest.. ; This is the "Trade-Building Sie" price for the pick and choice o! 1,000 Men's Mrfi-trrade SuiU, every one new.tnia season; nanasome diuc serges, pure worsteds in smart gray mixtures, plaids, checks, stripes and neat mixed effects, dark and light shades, blue basket weaves and' plain goods, all smartly tailored and in the newest sack cut so popular among good dressers today; Our full , ' guarantee is sewed on every Suit Regular prices on this smart convention of Suit CH OC sale race .......,.ep;r0 . fashions are $11. 50. $12.50. $13.60 and $15.00, (t 4 : E? f Down go prices on clothing, i Here's a bargain f I .Tolfthat will raise havoc among,other clothiers vf jZ 5 vJ-unable-tb meetlour peerless competition.,, AH records will be broken at this price, and buyersxhoose from an aggregation of values that represent best regular $16.50, $17.50, $18.00 arid $19.00 Suits in (;Va: JI 7 A Sale Price . '. i' . ..:. J dJ The suits we offer at this sale are of high quality-ofmaterial and perfection in workmanship. We have not a. BUI I 111 U119 jJICttl.sX.iaue vuiiuuig ucub ujiuv uw awuu wumytu mv im iiuw iuv ujr gtuv wiui U1C mery.ripT tailor products, priced double tand sometimes triple what we are selling suits for in this sale that builds trade, at Yt .4 C afirmNo need to pay your toilor more than this 01 1 aj)ViPrice,for wcHcst high-grade taUor-rxfedr I ? Suit In the lanrl Rrt rn1- e..uc shown in other clothing stores 'round town at $20.00, $22.50, ana in many stores up to hu.uu. uur Trade- - ? 1 C I A Building Sale Price U only plOUU 3ei TM Ss MIU1U-TO-M AIN 5 CUTS OUT SEVER AC PRORITG M II ZZZJk urga, X,