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THIS OREGON DAILY v JOURNAU PORTLAND. WEDNESDAY . EVENING. APRIL 1. 1C03. , li1 LOT ci BOARD '111 ten . - :: mm BRIDGE Executive- Body Takes Steps r. to Determine C!ost of the :: : v Structure. T Membert of the city exec u tire tord chowed' their interest in the frectlon of a high bridge at Alblnt h a djBCUHlon. at an adjourned meeting of the board yesterday and voted to empower City Engineer Tar lor to expend the remainder of the $1,000 Toted by the council for an investigation of the .cost of th rtructure in soliciting the services cf Ralph ModJeskJ, an expert bridge builder who la in charge of the H-ldge-bulldlng of the North Bank railroad. In the discussion, arguments were inade by . several members of the board for the construction Of a tun t rl under the river to relieve the Congestion of traffic across the ' bridges. . P. E. Snlljvan, a new menv bor of the board, favors an appro priation - for -a complete Investiga tion, of "the tube but 'inasmuch tlje council had voted $5,000 for' the investigation of a subway such a nove was not thought advisable by the rest of the board members. Modjeslca . holds bis service at 11,000 but efforts will be .made to tecnre hla advice la regtr&tto de tailed, information concerning the erection of .the high bridge. .City i:oglneer Taylor has already had several' conferences with Modjeska. y ho vial ted the contemplated bridge rites with a part composed of rep resentatives of the , Northeast ' Side i mprovemenfe ', association, Mayor tane and , City, j.Edgineer .Taylor, about a week' agVf -' ' 1 suffered habitually from constipa tion. Doan's Hegulsta relieved and t irengthened the bowels, so that they Lave been regular ever since." A. E. I 'avis, grocer. Sulphur Springs, Tex. Free breakfast, food, tcftnt ad page. . See ad on the STREET HIM Oil THE EAST SIDE ...... Catholic Young Men's Club Planning Event With Spectacular Features. Plana are being rapidly completed for a street carnival to be riven by the Catholic Young Men's club of the eaat aide next month. Several attractions have been engaged and an Interesting Midway la promised. The carnival will be opened from Mar 1 to IT, and the city council has granted for the enter- riea the use of Morris street from Wll- lams avenue eaat. Includlnc the street. the neighboring school grounds and the ciud property. The proceeds will be devoted toward defraying the expense of building and rurnlsninar the clubhouse, wnion la now lmoei completed. The coat or tne buna Ins le 110:000. and of furnishlna- aboui tMOO. There are 174 members, and they are full of enthusiasm about the street fair. The committee In charge consists of a. F. Velguth, Joe Meyer (who la the aeneral manaaer). Rev. Wll 11am A. Daly, Q B. Merrick. P. K. Sulll van and James Walsh. Interest la already alive In the elec- ballot This will be one source of reve nue. Already the following candidates have been presented: Miss Maria Cham- Waaner Mlaa Elisabeth McMahon and Miss Margaret . MrOulre. There are polling places at Williams avenue and Russell street, at McAllen A McDon nell's store, and at East Burnslile and Williams avenue. The nominations will close AprU 10, and the balloting will does May 16. Everr even In there will be soma spe cial real a re or entertainment, ana every thing will be done to make It the roost successful and unique street carnival held in Portland. ST. JOHNS TO HAVE . PAVED STREETS Suburb on Peninsula Moves to Secure Valuable Civic Improvement. St Johns, the thriving city on the lower peninsula,- has determined to solve the question jot having good streets, early In Its career, thus pre- EDUCATIONAL. WORD CONTEST Contest Closes 6 P. M., April 1st '08 Send In Your List Marked "Word Contest" . $3,250 In Other Prizes JN0. P. SHARKEY COMPANY A2537 122K 6th Si Main 550 If , t '., ' . t ' T J ' ' ' V ,,. . , 4 ' --vv JU ' ' t ' ' f . .. . ' ..;.' . '. T . j ( i r J ). A- S r " - U I L " 5 i - l !' ' It :'"'. - " ..; , ... , ; , ; rr -I -: - "I ii ;' U j jr U' ."::? .-.J; S- ' j j ? ; (-,- 1 t k-,.! .41 A i I sentlng to the prospective Investor a city with graded snd paved streets, far In advance of what Is usually found in a place the age and else of the penin sula metropolis. By way of beginning this work, the city council at last night's meeting en tered into a contract for the purchase of a well-equipped rock-crushing plant and a 12-ton steam roller. Both the crusher and roller will represent a com bined expenditure of nearly 15,000. The crusher will have a capacity of 10 tons of crashed rock per hour. An engine has been contracted for to supply the power to operate the crusher. The council clans to- Have the rock- rraahlnr nlant In oneratlon bv May II. and experts to accomplish a great deal In the way of road making during- the coming summer. Several large bins are to oe Duut to noia ine crusnea roca that la being turned out while the ac tual work of road making Is not under iy- Accordlns' to the Diana of the city en rlneers office, all the streets In the business ana resiaence oenters are 10 d paved at once, and after that the prin cipal thoroughfares leading out of the cltv will be attended to. The 8t Johns council nas also taken uo the question of street lighting and haji voted to install a larce number of arc lights on the principal streets. The Portland Railway. Light it Power com pany recently aubmltted a bid to fur nish electrlo atreet lamps at the rate of 15.10 per month for each are light This la the rate that Is charged Port land, and as It Is satisfactory to the council. It Is thought that a contract will be signed with toe lighting com- fiany this week. Tne number or arc lahta to be put In now has not been agreed upon, but the council as well as a majority of the tax-payers are In fa vor of a reasonably generous expendi ture in lighting the city. PETITION CROWN SOLD FOR 155 POUNDS n work on GULfWUCT Union Avenue Is Closed to Traffic During Building of New Structure. Residence of J. A. Harrison, Archer Place. London, April L At a sale of coins this week a perfect example of the famous Petition crown of Charles II. made by T. 81mon In IK! as a protest agalnat his being superseded by s Dutchman named Roettler. realised only 1166. This Identical coin appeared In the auction-room as far back aa 1775, when it was sold for CI 3. Since then It has frequently changed hands. notably Jn 1124 (when it made tzio. The late owner gave HIS for It The Petition crown derives Its name from the fact that on the edge is the great artist's petition to the kl: In two lines, aa follows: "Most humbly prays Tour Majesty to compare this, hla tryal piece, with the Dutch, and If more truly drawn and embossed, more gracefully ordered and more accurately engraven, to relieve him." This sale affords a remarkable instance of the change of fashion lu collecting. At one time everybody was for pattern coins. Tne Bimon crown has In the past realised as much ss 600. Now, however, public- taste has changed. Nothing later tnan a urom well arouses enthusiasm among the col lectlng confraternity. As an Instance, a 50 shilling piece of Oliver Crom well, which In 1896 realised. 73 10s, retched at this weeks sue tias. Union avenue over Sullivan's gulch wa closed to all traffic this morning and the Bowie Iron A Steel company has begun tearing out the old wooden bridge that has done duty over the gulch for the past 10 years, preparatory to putting in a modern steel and concrete viaduct The new bridge will cost about 186,000 and will require three or four months In building. The Portland Railway company has prepared for this emergency by putting In a short track along Hassalo street connecting Union and Grand avenues, and extending the line along Grand avenue to the southern end of the new steel bridge that spans the gulch where connection Is made with the Grand avenue line. All Union avenue cars, comprising the Vancouver, Woodlawn, Alberta, Broad way and Russell-Shaver cars, will leave Union avenue at Hassalo street and come into the city along Grand ave nue and over the Burnslde bridge. Leav ing the west side these cars will go out over the steel bridge and on the Holladay avenue line to Union eve nue. The inconvenience to the public as a result of this arrangement will Be comparatively small; all the Union ave nue territory, eixoepi ire snort aiaianoe from Holladay avenue' to East Burn- aide street being as well served as under the old arrangement The old Union avenue bridge has been thought bv many to be unsafe to the past year or two, and the demand for a new structure there has been very general. That portion of the bridge used by the railway company was braced and strengthened several years ago, but the part used by the general publio was known to be more or less shaky. The new structure Is being construct ed under a contract let by the city and will be paid for by assessments against the property benefited by the Improvement About 26 per cent of the cost of construction will be met by the Portland Kauwav company. This is the second modern viaduct to span Sullivan's gulch snd will be followed by another structure of rein forced concrete at East Twenty-eighth street The contract for this brides nas already oeen let ana tne contractor is under a tona to romniete it this summer. The East Twenty-eighth street district Is rapidly filling up with new nomes. rendering tne necesaltv nf bridge over the gulch there as pressing as iiui at euner union or Grand ave nues. v ' i t . - :. ; ; , '. v 5 ... . ; With Xvcry BOY'S SUIT Wc AWAY :v i'v DASL BALL SUITS, GLOVLS, CATCHLRS' MITTS, BASL BALLS and BATS OUR MISSLS' MAN - TAIL ORED COATS Different From Those of Other Stores $9.85 to $25 BEN SELLING LEADING CLOTHIER Mull W NEAR PORTLAND ON OREGON ELECTRIC Perfect fitting glasses 1 at Metsger's. The Bis: Store ' " mjyt ' 4s ..,. I ! Soecials I No. 201 Combination .Bookcase and Writing Desk, just like the pic ture, in golden oak: fitted with pigeon holes, bevel mirror, etc The greatest bargain ever offered in Portland in this line. Reg ulaf $25 yalaes; Big East Side Store" t'i AA price only. iv tSlfrsUU k for the - stock number Io. Sei-r-when you call - No. 516 Solid oak Stands, quarter-sawed, size of top 24x 24 inches, shelf of same mate rial, turned legs like cut. Reg ular $3.50 value, Big As) fft Store price. taCeOU You. can furnish a home on easy payments here at the Big East Side Store aricr save money by so doing. No. 375 These are very strong, sturdy Stands of finest quarter-sawed oak, 8-inch legs turned like cut, brass feet fitted with large glass balls 3 inches in diameter; tops of fine fig ured and polished oak, 24x24 Inches in size. Regular price $10.50, Big East Side Asy s Store price only.. Pf JU I ALLOW US TO FURNISH YOUR HOME BY OUR EASY PAYMENT PIAN Bm East Side Store HAST BURNSIDB AND UINIOIV.AVE. "0 ;,1 UNCLE SAM LIFTS GATES Qfl MAY 27 Water Will Be Turned Upon Umatilla Lands as Fea ture of Excursion. (Special Dispatch to The Yovraal.) Pendleton. Or., April 1. Two hun dred and eighty-nine men and 100 teams are now employed on the Umatilla gov ernment Irrigation project-and work Is being rushed to completion. It is the Intention of the government to turn water from the reservoir upon the land on Mav S7. on the occasion of the ex cursion to Hermlnton. The rast reser voir, which will flood 1,800 acres when filled to its full capacity, now contains S00 acres of water ranging from 10 to 40 feet In depth. This Is turned In simply to test the dam, and while a small head of water will continue to flow Into the reservoir, a full head will npt be turned In until the dam Is com plete. Water is now being used from the distributing laterals to Irrigate new land under the project. Colonel H O. Newport was the first settler to turn water from the government ditches upon land in actual irrigation. - 11-YEAR-OLD GIRL AEEESTED FOE THEFT J tMtMN itocw! won, Tbujii 5jG 5TJ jSj lli-: lim Trims tdiifav- T?Entw fo Cheapest Acreage in Tualatin. Easy Terms Rich Soil, Crops Sure, Good Schools and All Advantages of Up-To-Date Farm Life. One Acre or Forty. CALL f OR BOOKLET AND MAP Charged With Stealing Clothing Val ned at $200 From School Children. , Philadelphia, April 1. In the arrest of 11 -year-old Catharine Curry, of Bope street, above Columbia avenue, yester day, while she was trying to sawn a coat and pair of gloves, Special Police men Bhecfclen and Ennatt. of the East Olrard avenue station, jailed a young person who, they say, had been stealing the olothlne- of pupils of the Adalrs and Oorgas schools In the Eighteenth ward Complaints had been made b-r 8uner. vlslna- Prlnoinala Mlaa Hxrah 'A. Gllhart of the Adalre school and Miss Clara Bowen. principal of the Gora-aa school. to Lieutenant Donovan, of the East, Giraxd avenue station, that clothin valued at nearly $200 bad been stolen while the Schools were in session. Special Policemen Shecklen , and Rn. nett were detailed on the ease and, with " aesoripuonc m a gin who naa been seen loiterlnsr near the t mhAAi. , () visited several pawnshops in the neigh borhood. -In one of these they found the , youthful prisoner. After beln INVEST ME NT GO E. QUACKENBUSH, President 244 Stark Street Phones: A-2872; M-871 JUMPING ROPE3 for the Children BAYB TOKTT X1B2X One on Svery Loaf of ButtsBn taxen to the station the girl gave a wrong name and address, but under se vere questioning she told Lieutenant Donovan the truth.- v Policemen went to the Hope street house gnd, learned that the prisoner had told her mother that the clothing had neen given ner ny a ooctor living on were found at the home of tha finrrv glrL The Utter was Uken to the ouBe of detention for a hearing. Palmer, street, near the Adalre school. Nearly tO articles Of wearing apparel Better Equipped Than Evert TOT AM BAST WXOM gmWJEJs Wiones Sast 8M, B-1888. East Side Printing Co. Oe. Tnuoa Ars. aa a. irasniafftosv EastSideDraihatie Organization , , Death of High Idaho Mason. ' v! Special Dlnt-n te The Journal.) ' J -' Boise. Ida..- Anrll 1. Charlea A. Mar- rim an, a prominent resident of - Idaho Falls, and a thirty-second decree Ma son, who came nere.last fK to at tend the convocation cf smithern Idaho Scottish Rite r.asous, 19 ! ft a local BtmntABo Biso-xiArr BtnurszoB WBBX 01 acOXDAT, XAXOX 1 1 UIU uutui 11 Performance every eretjlng. No matinees. ANY SEAT 10c A flowering plant will be given away Ba turd ay toperaon most nearly guess lng Mr. M. Floyd's age. hosplUl, where hs was taken suffering - ' with pneumonia. H Mr. Merrlman was an attorney- and -was highly esteemed in his home, town. He was 58 years ofasa. Free breakfast food.' wart c 1 j . Eeo ad on the
