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nXTft TUtuAT EVENING, . AlCTTX
VANCOUVER HAS GROWN, WELL ONE
CAN TELL THAT FROM THIS SCENE
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! Thl rare old picture . or Vancouver, WMninton, was tasen in iw au -
. tloa and what it now Mala afreet of the town. Vancouver alnce the North Bank road haa made It a ter
minal station la destined to become an important city.- It will nat be 'very long befort It, will . flowj. to ;
" popnlatlon-k Thle old picture ' la wqrth preserving" a Vremjader ot pioneer days. : cv' - .IvS v.
BOTH M1PAIIIES
CityiAttorney Gitcs Opinion
, Eegarding ; Jlatter oi
i Telephone WiresrVi
JBoth h Pacific ,.8Ut ' Telephon
company and the. Horn Telephone com,
pany ar required by their franchise
to furotah'th city with conductor and
conduits for the city fire, police patrol
and water department electric telephone
and telegraph systems, according- to. aa
opinion transmitted to the 'council com
mittM on ludtciary and elecUona by
City Attorney John P. K;ranaugh.v
rfki. ikt ih ( (M between
Mayor .Lane and the majority party of
the council will be more xierceiy
tested thai ; ever. because both Me
-.... k Boiainn aa a . victory for
their aide. Both , sldesar trying to
place the blame of a tieetuess expena.
ture of 120,900 for .cable-for the fire
department upon the other. The major
Jty party contend that Mayor in
should bar compelled, th Horn Tele
phone company to' provide the; cable
free of cosU Mayor Lane on the other
hand contend -that tne council n qui
r to blame. If blame ther 1. Jeue
the members voted to grant the apprc
rrUtlon for the cable. City f Attorney
Kavanaugh' -opinion f ollowa:
-Cosidr4 Beparataly..
. ainjitmi.: a r. Rarhuiv DeA Sir
By your favor "of the SOth nit. you ad
vise that the'commlttee engaged In the
Inveatlgatlon of franchisee -In - the city
of Peruana, requeaie ma nwmiun
... th irifir state Telephone com
pany and the Home Telephone company
.utiA ifnHar thnlr franchise to
provide the city with rubber Insulated
conductors, of such character aa the
cltv may jdeern necessary, .to be ; m
tnllad In their conduits, at their
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Pouraut'of'theUiomf'the
CO LU M B I A V U K A trxi
rtlONE Exactly a$ it went into
the record. ' r Vl.
, Band, orchestra,; violin, flute,
ttirrnlrv niftno. ban io. bells, cor
net, clarionet,, trombone, Icello
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speecn or singing ,vujcc. iv , ,
f ensemble every note and tone :
is clear and smooth.;;?:-sils:
Good' reason . why the. ' ma-,
"chine is perfect 'Let us play
the ; BN
Colombia
Graphophone
for you tolprove it ' If you buyi
you pay just $28.60 for the com
plete ojutfit , with 200 needles and t
six records. Easy terms at the ;
cash price. ". Other outfits from
$12 to ?m
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"Iks' r&
' Sold by your Dealer, ot by .
Cclsnbla Pfccscsrapli Co.
871 Washlnrton Street; i
pense, for the purpose of ''re alarm, po
lice and the water board of thia City
i "The language of thle regulation , !
such that the city cannot enforce It
unlet there is an appropriate reserva
tion of power In the franchises granted
to theae corporations. ; - Since the pro
visions of the two franchise are not
Identical, It will be necessary to con
sider them separately. ...
"Flrat The franchise granted to tne
Pacific States Telephone & TuTPh
company contains the following -provisions:
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" Sectlon . The rights and privileges
granted by this ordinance are aTanted
only upon ' the eonditions .herein con
tained and upon the following consider
ations, to-wlt: , ' , ,
"First (Herein are provision Irrel
evant to thl auestion). - .
- " 'Second That durln the life and
operation of said franchise, the city ox
Portland shall have the right to plaoe
upon the poles of the grantee within
the city limits the fir and police tele
graph wire and water department tele
phone wire of said city. Bald grants
may aJso be required durln-eald prlod
to provide and maintain for said city,
free of charge, auch wires within It
underground conduit a may be neces
sary for the city fir and pollc tele
graph and water department a afore-
Third That durlna- said time .the
city of Portland shall have the right
to. string upon the pole of the grantee
In the city limit, the wire used In
connection' with the : police teiepnone
system of said city, or said grantee
may be required to provide and main
tain wlrea In It conduits for such us
free- of charg a provided In subdi
vision second,' " . ' ' - . .
- power XI Witt City.
"Under the provision the city can
inquire the Pacific State Telephone
Telepraph company to - provide and
maintain In Its conduit within the city
all necessary telephone ana teiegrapn
wires for the use of th police depart
ment, telegraph wire for the use of
the fire department, and telephone
wire for the use of th water depart
ment. - rrnes wires inuai oe prutreri j
laid and maintained by the grantee dur.
In. th Ufa and nnnratlon of the frail-
nt.la wlthnnt nnat . to th cltv. The
city has the power to determine within
reasonable limits the, number and kinds
of wires necessary, and whether It I
necessary to enclose said wire In rub
ber insulation. --! ' 1 r
u fiction it of ' the franchise
granted to Charles E3. Sumner, .hi uc
cessor and , assign, which I am ad
vised Is the'franohlse under whlch the
Noma Telenhona .comnanr is operaiisg,
v " The city of Portland shall have th
use -of such conductors .and of sucn
character as needed by the fire alarm,
pollc patrol, , telephone and telegraph
system, ana waier aeparunnni iu
hhnn. mtA tolvranh unttmi in the un
derground conduits and river cables of
the company and the right to string
wires for such purpose on t th
grantee' pole.' - .--;;-', ,
Affect Both Companies.
TTndar thia nrtlVlsion. the J'clty. " In
my opinion, Aas power, to require the
holder of said franchise to provide and
maintain in its conduits all necessary
(Mlonhnna and telearaDn. wires or con
ductor for the use tof the fire, volte
and water department of said city dur.
inr,tne lire or, tne zrancni ana wuu
out nont to tha cltv. ; .?
"Tha mver reserved Bv ttil rrancnise
I not as clear and explicit as the power
reserved in the rrancnise rim consia-
ered, but this' appear to be a fair and
reasonable - interpretation or fine 'lan
guage of the. provision. especially , In
view- of the rule of general acceptance,
that aneh a franchise. In case of ambig
uity,-is to be construed Btriotly against
the grantee and liberally in favor of the
public, As-- In the first Instance, the
rttv miT determine within reasonable
limit the number and kind, of conduc
tor needed ana tne proper, insulation,
If any. necessary to insure gooa serv.
ice. Th oommltte I 'ad vised accord
lngly."AH-;i -.:"': wph--;.
PUPILS IIIIIEED
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Professor' Downs Shows'Uf-
gent Necessity of Recre
ation for Children. -
WILL DEBATE ON : ,
It INITIATIVE MEASUEES
A series of debates treating the jner
ita and demerits of the various meas
ures which are to come before' the peo
ple in June has been decided upon by
the educational board of the T. M. C. A.
Beginning on April 11, debates will be
held every- Saturday night until all of
the 19 measures before -the people by
Initiative and rererenaum nave been ais
nosed of. Men wlll.be assigned to each
side -of the question and In thl manner
the merits of eacn proposed measure
will be brought out clearly for the bene
fit of the members of the organization
or all those who desire to attend the
debates. Following the debates an open
discussion of 30 minutes will be al
lowed. The educational board or the
M. C. A. Is composed Of B. P. Lock-
wood Jr., 8. O. Reed, A. M. Smith,
letcher Linn and John F. Carroll. -; ,
FEDERATED CLUB -
. TO DISCUSS ISSUES
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The Federated Men' club of the T.
M. C A. held a meetina: last night In
the-auditorium of the, Y. M. C. A., at
which plan for getting into the polit
ical fight were: discussed. 'Addresses
wrL tnflA flnmiiAl nonnall. nrealdent
of the Municipal association, A. F. Fle-ret-
.H.i W. Stone, Paul iBader. W.; a
Hale and J. M. Glass.: v-'-'ii-1
The next meeting of the- Federated
blub will be held on Monday evening.
at which time it is expected tnat tne
list of candidates indorsed by the Mu
nicipal association will be taken up and
Indorsed by the Federated club, plan
for securing th nomination and eleo
tlnn of these candldatea . will - be dis
cussed. O. L." Ferris, president of th
club, presided over. th meeting. . L , '
Professor 8. U. Down, principal of
the William Avenu achoot 1 actively
Interested In a plan to hav th city
council purchas two block of land la
th Irvlngton race track, property; to
be used a publla play ground f pr' chil
dren. Tbl. property .has been platted
and In a few week will be put era th
market a aa ,xclulv residence dis
trict -' . . . A
"On, of 'the crying, need of Port
land i publicly owned play ground for
children," ald professor bowns, whll
talking of th recently organised ball
clubs In th-. grammar grade school,
and the lack of suitable grounds where
these club can meet and play match
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in ail tn east srae aisirici norm
of Holladay avenue there 4a -but on
good ball ground, and that I -in th
Trvlnrtoni raca track property. In
few. weeks even-, that place will be no
longer available, a the owners of the
property are preparing to, put the tract
on the market in the form of residence
lot. It , is probable , that the council
couM nurchasa-two. blocks In this tract
for much less than lot prices, provided
it acts st once. . Boys and girls must
have, grounds where they can play and
work off their aurplua energy, and I
bold, that It Is th duty of th munlcl
nalltv to provide theae rrounds.
The council makes a great mistake
In hot acquiring sites- for children's
Dlav rrounds in all- the' new residence
addition. ,In a few -year-the-peninsula
will be solidly built up from wood
lawn to St. Johns, and not a place left
where the small boys can have an ex
citing game or ban.
"The public should take this matter
up without delay."
. Professor i Down plan to' bring the
subject before the council and urg
that play grounds in th close-in subur
ban districts be purchased by th city
while they can .be had at reasonable
price.
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No other medlolna has been so
Buocessful in relievlns: the suflerlnf
of women or received bo many gen
uine testimonials as nas Lydla E,
Pinkham'aWgre table) Compound.
in every community you will find
women who have been restored to
health by Irdia E. finkham's Veg
etable Compound. Almost every
one you meet nas either been bene
fited by it, or has friends who have.
- In the Finkham iAboratory at
IjiinI ass any wo manany day ma v
see the files containing; over one mil-
lion one hundred thousand letters
from., women seeking health, and
here are the letters in which they
openly state over their own signa
tures that they were cured bj Lydia
JL rinknam'a vegetable Compound,
Lydia E. Finkham's ' Vegetable
Compound has saved many women
from surgical operations.
Oomnound is made from roots and
herbs, without drugs, and Is whole
some and harmless. 1
The reason why Lydia E. Fink.
ham's Vegetable Compound is so
successful Is because it contains in
gredients which act directly upon
tne ienunine organism, restoring it
to a healthy normal condition. .
Women who are suffering rrom
those distressing ills peculiar to their
sex should not lose sight of these
facts or doubt the ability of Lydia
K Finkham's Vegetable Compound
to restore their health. .
40c ON THE $1.
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So -kTott Xnow What That Keansf
It-means that we bduaht the- entire
Stock of th National Shoe A Clothing
company . at 40 per- cent of the "cost
price," and that you should take ad
vantage of this "assignee sale" if you
wish to purchase, shoes, clothing and
men': furnishing,. also some ladies'
good at almost one half ; the "actual
cost." , Don't . mistake the place the
rtor in 'th middle of the block 207
First street, between Taylor and ; Sal-
mon. . ; ( i'i .4,;-v , v .,' . : ...
SOME KLAMATH LAND
YET ,TQ BE SIGNED
. i (Special IXipateh to The Journal.)
Klamath .Falls.. Or.. April 7. The
shareholders In the Klamath Water
Users' association at. the annual meet
ing' elected new director a follows:
Alex Martin Jr. O. A. Steam. R. , H.
Anderson, W. C Dalton. J. H. Stevenson,
E. R. C. WlUlams. John Irvin and James
Dixon. : 'r'" ;" ,; ": '-'i
At a meeting or directors, ana engi
neers, Engineer " Henny stated that 75
per cent of the land under , the .upper
proleet had-' been slirned up. The re
quired area is 85 per cent." H said bid
on th Clear lake dam would be opened
and work commenced at once, upon-the
signing of the remainder as required
by tne ruie or tne service, r . J. jsowne
offered to sign his 2.300 acres in con
sideration of the purchase of his water
right and other minor concessions. The
directors of the -Water Users' associa
tion agree to the terms proposed. -
BARLOW MEN EILLLNG
LARGE TIE CONTRACT
- fllnarlal T)!intri ta' The 7mre1.1
Rarlow. Or.. April 7. The W. C. Noon
Lumber comoanv and the- Atlas Timber
company have a large contract for ship
ping ties.ior ut Boumern-acino. rney
hip about five cars a day and expect
to ship all summer, '.y They are hiring
all the teams they can get here and also
have some from: Canby to haul their
ties from the Molalla river to th Sou th
em Faciflo spur. '
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vJ .'Lighthouse Ordered.'
(Ontttd Frees teased Wire.) r
Lima, . Peru, AprU 7. The govern
ment . ha accepted the offer of the
house of Lockett in competition -with
a French' house for the construction
of eight lighthouse on our coast: four
will be established on the Ouano
Islands. Maiorca,' Lobos- de Afuera,
Punt a Parlnias and the little Isle south
of Guanlape; th other four are . not
yet located. i 4 -
HaU Given More Time. ' , .
TV XT :TJal1 .nnvlnlul In h. ITnltr1
Btates court on a charge of . suborna
tion of perjury and given until April
8 to file a motion for a new trial, had
the time , extended this morning until
April 18. Application to have the time
ex ten a ea was maae to juage woirerton,
who lgjed til order. .
SUHDAY CLOSIM
CHICAGO ISSUE
Liquor Interests Fighting
for Right to Run Saloons
Seven Days in Week.
(Taltd Prea Leaaed Wire.)
Chicago,-April 7. Probably th most
exciting spring election in Chicago In
recent years Is being held today, with
the question of the Sunday closing of
saloons as the principal Issue.
The United societies, which represents
the' lifuor Interests, hav In th field a
special ballot, which they were allowed
to attach to the regular ballot on the
strength of securing a, sufficient num
ber of signatures to a petition. This
petition baa 13,060 feet of names and
makes a pile seven and one half feet
hisrh. In a majority - of . other Illinois
towns local option win be tne principal
issue at toaay s elections..
HOOD RIVER APPLES
IN SOUTH AFRICA
P. J. Jonas of thl cltv. has received
a letter from his brother who is doing
evangelical wow m tne orange colony.
boutn Airica, in wnicn ne state tnai
they are enjoying? Hood Jllver apples
In that remote part of the world. These
apple were shipped from London. Th
fact that the Oregon-apple 1 ranching
every quarter jof the globe and bringing
rapujous prices, discourages ins cry oi
over production." wnn wnicn many
pessimist seek to dampen the enthusl
m of Oregon, orchardists.
SUES TO RECOVER i
INJURED REPUTATION
Clalmlna that hi reputation has been
damaged $11,000 worth by the charges
filed against him before the grievance
committee or tne state uar association,
Attorney H-vC. Kins has begun suit in
the 'circuit court to collect tnat sum
from Frank S. Grant. M. E. Pogue and
A. F. Flerel. members of the committee,
and R. B. . Fisher. J the committee's
prosecutor.' He says they falsely
charged him with appearing before
Judge Bronaurh on February 17 and IS
In a state of intoxication, and with be
ing habitually a hard drinker.
NO MORE
IS NECESSARY
SHE SAID SKID00
TOTHEFATBUGABOO
Fat people are usually Jolly. They
seem to take It for granted that nature
haa allotted to them an extra portion of
good weight, They seem to enjoy the
extra apportionment of wobbly, strength
less fat As matter of fact, they don't
do anything of the kind. Most of them
would undergo, hardship to train iown
to a comfortable else and weigh tand
many of them have attempted strenuous
exercise and diet but after a brief ex
perience have returned to the old way.
Th human and modern method, ot los
ing superfluous fat 1 to. Improve the
assimilation of th food and better the
condition of th blood which is re
sponsible for the creation of fat cells,
One of the most reliable and most ef
fective prescriptions 1 being used with
marvelous results by fat people who de
sire to attain a comfortable' and more
attractive appearance. The formula is
as follows: t ounce Marmola, u ounce
Fluid ISxtract1 Casnara Aromatic, and
ounce Syrup Simplex; to be taken
one teaspoonful after meals and before
bedtime. , AH , good druggists fill th
Marmola Prescription at. trifling cost,
but ba sure you ret the Marmola, and
J not son cheap substitute. .
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Large Stock to Select From
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No: annoying conditions
Not strings to our proposi
tionJust a plain business
transaction
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We Sell You Good Clothes
for Your Good Money
and allow you six ; ; ;
Months in which to pay
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