THE OREGON" DAILY JOURNftU PORTLAND, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 3, 'JOOS.
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COOK
' Govprnor Chamberlain Com
; 'f els Stove 'Found ry to
' DaniAilir rAniliHnnfi Whlri
H He Declares rc Not Fit
r lor iiuman ueings.
BANK CLEARINGS ALMOST
EQUAL HIGH MARK OF '07
Last Wednesday's Clearings Little Short of Eecord Made
March 18 Year Ago, Highest in History of City Fi-
nancial Condition in Portland Best in Country.
For the wrk ending yeeterday Port
lar.d bank clearlnga agaregated $1,161.-
171. VO. Thta amount la within $181,000
of tba total for th same week of 1807,
and the aprlng of laat year waa tba
greatest In tha clty'a hlatorjr In Tolunia
of bualneaa. v
Tha laat week waa characterised by
very high and very low record for
(Speda! PUpetca ta Te Joerul.) single oay a Dank clearlnge.. The hlgu-
Balem. April l.-After a conference T" "'L,"'' tT.
between -Governor Cbamberfain and tha I 285.
ofllclale et the atato atova works at A. I.. Mine, president of tha First Na-
the Orea-on pentiienuary U ,nea. Deen ,h.,M ,. ki,... .-.tii
declileA by. toe corporation that .loaaea jn the clty'a hlatorjr with tha aingle ex-
convict Ubor to put In a complete I ception or March II. 1107. woen the
ventilating ayatem that wUT Improve clearing exceeded 11.104,000. There
di oacreeae oi nana, ae
he laat month and Mr.
for thin bv the fact that
prison ahopa needed lana to carry on I rarraere are drawing- on their aurplua
the pouonoua rumee genera tea in u tunai ror inn eeaeone crop wora
ventilating system that will improve clearing exceed
the sanitary condition under wblcn the haa been a allgfa
tonvlota manufacture atovea. poslte during th
It he .long- been known that the Vtllla account f
nickel plating and eiectrotyptng rooma
- ' and the fine roetalllo duat created In the
nnlahlof rooma oy emory ana poiianing
wneeta. in wmi www rwm wia
' men were employed with tnolatened
' epongee strapped over their noatrlla.
The air waa filled with flying aparka
. and metal duat that waa Injurious to
eyes and lung and the moat .rugged
'lonvlcte could not long endure me poi
iiAnnii, air. .
y The attention of Labor Commlasloner
Jloff haa been repeatedly eajied lomeae
'facta but he waa powerleea to act, hav--yig
n authority under the law over the
atroavict laoorpra uovernor wunow
, .lain then took up the matter and per
'eonally Inspected the condltlona under
which the men labored and pronounced
f them unfit for human beings, lie aug
. sgnted a.) ventilating ayatem. but the
" management pf the a fate atove foundry
pleaded lac oi meana to inatau ma
ventilating plant The governor then
vtook up the matter with the auperln
tendent and warden of the prlaon and
' Issued an order that the entire force of
He says financial condition In Port
T SIM 01)1
OF ROSE
sum
Feople of The Dalles Decide
to let Nobody Pass Them
in the Parade.
,00 Driaonera be detailed to perform the
?dangroue labors .In the nickel-plating
and Dolishlne- rooma That would have
resulted In each convict apendlng only
' two daya In the year in the worat parte
cpt the ahopa To tnia the contracting
'firm demurred, aa It would give them
(Special Dlapetck te Tfcs Jeoraai)
The Dailea, Or, April I At k maai
meeting of the cltlaena of Tke Dailea
That would have u waa decided that The Dailea and vl
einlty ahould be repreaented at the
o tnia the contracting souw in wune. u. u.
ie It would give them I Thomas, renraaentln tha mu mbn
contract to a minimum. P" UJ purpoaea. it waa decided to
"Than -VOU Will have to nut In the I raJsa tun Am h-r txinulae anKaiHnflnn .-a
draft ventilators and civ the men a la commute conHlatln- of Jnh a n.
(nines ior meir uvea iiiun me nniu i vin. Dreaioeni or in uommamiai iuh
duet and acid," said the governor. F. A. Beufert, Max Vogt and Mr. Thom-
xeeieraay me aw miaurn worn cor- i as waa aeiected to canvaaa tba elty. By
..poratlon, tbrougn uuperintendent Flem-lnoon yesterday 1612 had been ralaed
lng notified -the- governor that - hi I and a contract waa at once drawn un
f-order would be compiled with at once. I with J. W. Harper of Portland for the
About (0 convict are employed In the oonatructlon of a float It feet long, to
IU IU I vwuie ByvaaiasigK W I at w uejll
the foundry 1 running, but th ven
tilating ayatem will be put la for th
entire ahop.
I cost $100
Th float, aecordlna- to th Diana out
lined, will be a work of art and In
keeping with th excellent quality of the
"Buraon" 'atocklnga for tender
I5o kind for 10a Be peg S.
feet;
MEDICAL BUILDING.
jTow ; V early Completed and SUpldly
8lmr Oooapled,
j Preceding the new today column on
nnotner page or tnia paper win rx
found a cut of the" new Medical build
lng, now nearly completed, located at
the northeast corner of Park and Aider
atreeia. ine Aieaicai ouuaing waa 09
algned and will be operated to meet the
special needa of the medical profession.
, The building ia 100x100 feet in alse
and lx etorlee In height, th first floor
being devoted to atorea,' and th five
Upper floor to officea
i Th main entrance la In th center
of the Alder etreet frontage through a
covered court 18 feet wide by 40 feet
long, which provldea light and air for
ine oriicee in in center or tn nutioung.
Q'here 1 a light court IS feet wide and
25 feet long in the center of the north
eld of th building, and on the eaat
aide there is a light court It feet wide
ana e reet long, wmcn, together with
the Alder street frontare on the south
and Park etreet on the west, will make
very office light and desirable.
Th building la of steel frame con.
struotion, with exterior of light pressed
v.-l'.lr AMa V. - ... AiAMHrAi
a au un 1 viwutvilfi -will
pressed air. running hot and cold water.
team neat, pneumauo Cleaning appar
atus, metal sashes, wire lath, plate and
wired glass windows throughout; tiled
halls and .. toilets on each floor, two
large electric elevators, and all modern
conveniences and appliances to meet the
requirement of the medical profession.
All tenant must be members of and
recoimizea by th official medical as
sociation. There are only two such
buildings in the west, on in Portland
and one in eauie. . - , .
wsmmm hot
ADJOURN UNTIL JUNE
p)eler5';Cannon, Believes
fi , YYorK Uan J5e Hushed
lljhrough by May 16.
(Oalted Press Leased Wire.)
H weahington, April 8. Congress may
Miot adjourn until June 1. Taking Into
Bonaideration the mass of unfinished
usinesey , particularly that which af
; jfjected appropriation bills, many con-
t pressmen ay that an adjournment
. , earlier than that date Is impracticable,
while ' Speaker Cannon declares that If
ajiard work is done this congress ought
Tio end not later than May 16.
At ' present five appropriation bills
t-iinaln to b reported to the hous-j and
'others are In various staeres. The only
ime that has become a law Is the urgent
deficiency bill, which was reported Jan
uary 22.-Th Indian, appropriation bill
'"lias passed both branches and was sent
tto conference. Having passed the house.
vth pensions appropriation bill Is now
Jn the senate; and so on the status of
ihes money bills is suon mat it points
Jjo a late adjournment
Froduct of The Dalles and Its progress,
t will be decorated with cherriea.
peaches, and melons, three of the prin
cipal products of The Dailea, and for
which Tha Dailea la famoua An addi
tional sum la now, being ralaed for in
cidental expenses and for returning the
zioai to to. uauee.
Borne time ago it waa provisionally
decided -that Tne Dailea and vicinity
would not be repreaented at the rose
show, and considerable comment was
mad at that time. Since then, how
ever, there haa been further considera
tion of the matter, which has resulted
.In The Dalles deciding to be represent
ed in a way commensurate with ita Im
portance and progress.
Feel languid, weak, run downT Head
ache? Stomach "off'? Just a plain
case of lasy liver. Burdock Blood Bit
ters tones liver and stomach, promotes
digestion, purines tne Diooa.
Morning Olory Wheat Meats free. See
ad on want ad paga
NEW YORK PKOVES
LOYALTY TO TEDDY
(TTnlted Press Leased Wire.)
New York. Apr
York. April a. New York haa
Juat won th Roosevelt anti-race sul
clde handicap In fine shape. Dr. Dar
llngton, health commissioner, reported
today that J2.665 bablea were born In
the five boroughs between January 1
and April 1, 1908. the biggest number on
record in any enree montns in tne city s
history and greater by 3,3(1 than In
the same period in isuv.
The death rate. 18.43 per thousand,
waa on the other hand lower than the
average for the last 10 years.
Mettger. Jeweler. 8 Washington,
Portland Is a city of 225.000 copula
tlon, and yet a beautiful full size lot
may be had within 14 minutes of the
center of the city for 8400. Reason
says it is wortn twice as mucn. oee
Evans ton Sunday, and you will appre
ciate this statement. Take W.-W. car.
The Spanton Co., 270 Stark street
CHICAGO MILK WAGON
DRIVERS PACIFIED
iTIiat TirciJ Feeling
That cornea to you every -spring ig a
sign that your blood is wanting in
vitalitj',JU8t U pimpled and other erup
rtioni are ripa that your blood ia im-
One of the great facts of experience
v and obeerratioa ia thai Hood't Sarsa
' parillaalwayarenioYes Thatjnred
ing, givea iJUhxnZfmn
etreneth and animations cleanser the
- tlood, clean the complexion; builds pp
( the whote system
i - This ia one of the reason, why Hocd'a
v f arsaparilla is (he Best Spring Medicpie.
Accept no substitute for s J
Hccd'c Caroaparilla
.-I:- t on having Ilood'ev GH t today.
111. iuid or tat lot form. 100 Poses tl. ;
(rotted Press Uased Wlr.
Chicago, April 3. The threatened
strike of milk wagon drivers which
would have caused much hardship and
suffering, has been averted. The driv
ers today agreed to the offer made by
their employers which provides an in
crease 01 II a wee lo lie uaoou uyuu
the rate of wajres and not upon the
arantee, as tne employer Epeumea
hiv irt offer. The drivers' orig
inal demand waa for ( an increase of IS
a weelc . .
Metzger fits glasses for 11.00.
ABERDEEN ;WANTS TO
ENTERTAIN WARSHIPS
cfnw.ui nUnftfrh to Tht JourotL)
Anril 8 If the com
hin.rt efforts of the commercial club
of this dace and Hoquiam, backed, by
th wnri rs-r unni'raumeii. suoceed thl
section will entertain one or more of
the ships of the fleet as they come into
northern waters. It Is desired t secure
a cruiser, a torpedo boat and a torpedo
boat destroyer, if possioie, to stay ror
two or three days. The Perry was here
throe or four years ago. and vessels
drawing 18 feet are ' crossing th bar
with ease, so it is considered not un
likely that thU deir mav be aratllled,
It would draw a large crowd from all
parts of this section, many of whom
would be unable to go - to the sound
ror the purpose.
NEW CORPORATIONS
FILE THEIR ARTICLES
(SpecUl Dlinatch to The loornal.t V
t Balem, April 8. Articles of incorpo
ration were filed In the office of th eo-
reiary or state a follows:
Home Telephone- company of -v- Ind
nrnorn
i nanna and W. Bice. v
pendence. Polk county, Oregon; capital
kimkil, a,uvv; incorporators,
; capi
O. Dove,
Pacific Coast Asbestos Manufacturing
company ; principal office, Portland, Ore-
g-on; capuai stocK, 2,uuo: incorporators.
j antes m, innigan, WUllam T. Flnnl
gan and.C. M. Smith. , '
.weir innnier company;' principal Of-
flee, t PorWand, Oreson ; capital stock,
IinIAAA. J , . n .
muurpviaiura, i noma ie
Cuf ker. 8. C Spencer and W. E. Karrell
Yellowstona Mlnlnr oomnanv: nrlnct-
pl office. Baker City, Oregon; capital
ptock. ISO0.0OO: ' Incorporators. R. fl
Parker, P. 1. Powers and W. i, Doyl. . ..
land ar th beat to be found In th
country, and that th further eaat one
goes th leaa favorable the situation be
comes. Cllmatlo and crop conditions tu
th Paoiflo northweat add to th aolldlty
of the money market her, for with' a
certain wheat erop of more than 10,000,
000 buahels In view for th three states
of Oregon. Washington and edaho there
cannot be very much chance for bard
time in im region. j
Security la Xxoelleat Ihap.
The bualneaa of the Security Savings
A Truat company haa Increased rapidly
sine Ita removal In February to Its new
horn In the Corbett building. The com
pany haa notiried the state bank exam
iner that he is at liberty to examine th
company ouaineaa at any time in ad
vance of the data of th taking effect
of the new state banking law In May.
Every Portland private bank la In
prim oondltlon for th examiner, and
wben to complete report of all th
city's banking Institutions are on file.
It will make encouraging reading for
Oregon's flnanclera and bualness Inter
est a - -
Hartman A Thompson's bank will re
move to its new quarter In th Cham
ber of Corameroe building about April
10. Delay In construction of Interior
equipment . have postponed th mev.
Th Standard Truat company, a n or
ganlsatloa headed by A," IL Oarlaad of
New York, Is waiting to open business
In th present' ouartera of Hartman A
Thntnnann ' . '.' -
U f Wilde, who lae retired from th
position of Paclflo northweat manaaar
of the National Beourltlea company, na
returned from ixa Angeles and will
mas rortiana his noma
J. II. O'Brien, former v connected with
the Cltlsen's bank of San Dleao. haa an-
ceptea a position wita tne oerman
American of Portland. He beara not
omy a good nam as a banker, but haa
a brilliant record aa a member of th
rnirteenta iainnoia volunteer In th
I'nuiDDine. ..-.
Instruction have been Issued from
Mr. Harrlman'a office to rsum ' con
struction at onoe on th Northwestern
railroad, known aa th Snake river line
or tne O. R. N. from Huntington to
Lewlaton. Th road was being built
last yesr unaer direction of W.-H. Ban
crort, general manager of the -Oregon
Bhort Lin, with headquarter at Salt
Le. lie naa given orders to resume
work where it waa left off last fall,
about SO miles north of Huntington.
This Is th first of th large Harrlman
railroad oonatructlon projects to be
taken up alnoe the shutdown following
the financial flurry.
Crowd Xomnt Mood Work. '
Tha Mount Hood Electric rallwav.
which la being financed through the
Union Truat comoany of Ban Franclaco.
haa Issued ordera to resume construc
tion work with a larger force of men
than ever before on the line between
Portland and Mount Hood, 60 mtlea. Tha
company will comnlete the first divis
ion of If mile between Portland and
Bull Ron river within th next 60 day.
eieofrlo power plant to develop Tl.-
is being installed
lth
An eieofrlo power
000 horsepower is
water power at Bull Run.
Th company Jiaa secured nortnoua
land holding and water right In th
vicinity or in junction or in canay
and Bull Ron rivers, and It plan con
template ultimate development of eieo
frlo current second only to Niagara
Falls. It Is by far the largest under-
tr tnia
taking of
kind In th west
Made
in
New York
conomy BEN SELLING
is a
considera-1 phones exchange n home a-6171 A-6172
every
tion to
man.
"Benjamin"
Clothes are
superior in
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fWith Lvcry BOY'S SUIT Wc
G
m
AWAY
BASL BALL SUITS,
GLOVED, CATCHERS'
MITTS, BASL BALLS
and BATS
OUR MISSLS' MAN - TAIL
ORED COATS Different From
Thpse of Other Stores
$9.85 to
LEADING
CLOTHIER
Beautiful Pictures
For Saturday Selling:
!W have lately added to our atock a complete new line of framed and onframed picture, carbona,
photogravures, plain and in colors, platinum, in all abet and stylet and hundreds, of. others. Our new
moldings have arrived. Open stock frames both in ovals and squares in every, conceivable , finish.
Nearly 300 different designs to select from. If you have any kind of an unframed picture let us frame
it for you. We are expert picture f ramers and our prices are right.
Genuine Carbons, Hand Colored Photographs, Genuine Pastels, Colonial Mirrors, Genuine (M AA
Etchings, all suitably framed pictures that you would pay up to $3 for elsewhere. Your choice.'y leUU
Genuine Carbons, Etchings, Facsimiles, Water Colors, both in, landscape and figures, some - CA
effects; values up to $1.75. Your choice............... vvW
framed in shadow box
Our assortment of Original Oil Paintings is theiargeit on the coast and the
each
t f r ' ) i
prices range from,
,...f3.75 to 500
DIGNIFIED CREDIT TO ALL
i
Quality and Style
to the ordinary
kind and cost no
more.
Buy them from
us and know at
the season's end
that
Clothes money
was well
invested
your
WOODLARK ROSE
AND FRUIT SPRAY
For roses, house plants, vines,
small and large fruit trees, etc.
Far superior to pans green or
any ordinary sprays. Destroys
all Insects that feed on the
petals or foliage of roses, vines
and house plants.
Pint Bottle 2j5e
Quart, Bottle ....BOet
Gallon can fl.50
Woodlark Spray Pump...65
Woodlark Spray Pump and 1
quart Rose Spray ft.00
Ask for pamphlets on care of
rosea, plants, etc.
LIQUOR SPECIALS
Friday and Saturday
. 98c
Chicken Cock Rye Whls
key (bottled in bond),
reg. $1.25 quart,
special
Brice's Pure Malt Whis
key, regular 85c
quart, special DC
Currant Wine, regular
40c pint, special
Juniper Berry Gin, regu
lar $1.00 quart, ft
special ODC
Zinfandel Wine, regular
50c quart, special
at
37c
Cut Glass Cuts
Three Nappy Specials,
Regular $2.45 6-inch f
Nappy . ......... , , . $ I f d
Regular $4.20 Handled a 1 A
Bon Bon Dish...:... 901U
Regular $2.75 Handled o A A
Bon Bon Dish.. 9Uv
FLOWER AND VEGETABLE SEEDS, 2 FOR 5c
TARINE MOTH BAGS NOVELTIES FOR EASTER
Protect your clothing from the ravages of
moths. Moth proof bags for furs muffs, over
coats, suits, hata, rugs,-etc. Large enough to
hold garments without folding.
All sizes up to 5 feet in length. 404, 50e e4
and 7S4
"Moth Proof Sheets for lining trunks and boxes,
sizes 40x48 inches, one dozen sheets. ..... .60f
Moth Proof Muff and Hat Boxes.. i,,..44
Ask for pamphlet
Funnv mechanical tovs that iuma hoo.
skip and squeakjust the thing for the lit
tle ones.
White Rabbit Easter Egg Dyes, easy to
use package .5
Paas Egg Dyes ........ t..t , , . .'. 5
Buster Brown Transfers, 16 pictures. ..5t
V6pdard'-.Clark
THB STORE THAT SAVES YOU MOISBV
311 Morrison, 0pp. Postofficc
Metzg
er Acre Tracts
On the New Salem Line $200 Per Acre and Up
If the weather is fine Sunday take a ride on the new OREGON
ELECTRIC line. Get off at METZGER STATION, where we will show
you the prettiest and h nest located partly cleared tracts near . Portland.
Only a short ride from the heart of the city, and cheaoer than anv other
tfact of equal distance. On west side: nO drawbridges, 25 minutes ' from
Jefferson street . station. WE SELL ON EASY TERMS. Go out and
make your selections. This is the first timet hese acre tracts were ever
offered and they will sell fast. , r ' ' ' . ' - ,
H ERMAN ; METZQER, rnmt sti
h itiff ?f4' 4