THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. TUESDAY EVENING. . APRIL 14, 1008.
AUTO ROAD TO OCEAN
ENTIRELY PRACTICABLE
N I icwis Russell Goes Through the Wildest Tortious of Co
v i lumbia County In Buggy ' and 'Makes Suggestions
:. - ; .,,'A;-7:i '; tot Permanent Improvements. : r
, Lawle Russall of, tha Portland Auto
mobile club, irho spent threa daya mk-
. Ing a thorough v Impaction of tha pro
posed highway from . Portland , to tha
sea, will maka a report to tha club la
soring tha tmmadlato Inauguration of
' tha .work, and racommandlng tha routa
' to ha taken, He bellevea a road from
Warren to Veaper. 40 ml lea, can be
made for $1,008 par mile, of which
: Portland people would be expected to
pay 111, ill. or ona third, while Co
1 , lumbla county: would pay two thirds of
tha cost. ' '
, Mr. Kuaaell waa accompanied on his
' trip by F. A. Iflaher, chairman of the
food road a committee or tha Aatoria
ohamber of commerce. They met at
St. Hrflena and on Thursday morning
-of -Columbia countr. . Judge nation
oonsented to tha basis of an agreement
1 dlscuaaed lost fall, that tha Columbia
' county section of -the road would ba
' built at the iolnt ex Denes of that coun
ty and tha Portland subscribers to- tha
automobile road from Portland to tha
, aea, tne county. 10 pay two imraa ana
..Portland ona third. It Is believed Co
lumbia county's a hare of tha Improve
ment will ba promptly undertaken and
carried ' Uirougb in conjunction wiin
- Portland. - - ."
'.;- Boada Badly Vaeded.
; Messrs. Buaaell and Fisher engaged
m rig to take them from Houlton by aaay
atages to Pittsburg, 11 ml lea ; This Is
a beautiful country, but wholly Isolated
by reason of tha lack of communication
with tha outslds world. There la .hard
ly any population at tha present time,
but It Is said that with food roads the
country would ba thickly Inhabited and
would be a great dairying and livestock
raising section. , --.
Mr. RnaseU saldr "
'On arriving at Tankton, four miles
from Houlton, wa found that by taking
a new routa from Warren to Yankton
and cutting out 8t Helena a savlna; of
dlstaboa could be made of three or four,
miles. From Yankton to Perla, four
miles, tha road is In bad shape with ai
great many bad chuck-holes. From there
on to Plttaburc. la - mllea the roe
Is mostly made of puncheons or what
some people would call corduroy.
'"The dlffaram; between the two var-
letles Is that corduroy Is made out of
round poles laid on tha ground while
tha puncheona are made of cedar lone
spin square wiin a isoe oi tour incnee.
While tha latter la much easier than
corduroy the rldln Is far from satin
factory on account of the excessive Jolt
Ins. - About SO tier cent of tha road Ii
made with puncheon. There la about
three per cent of gravel and rock road,
the balance belns; dirt. In tha winter
and aorlnv thla dirt road would be I in
paasabla, but In summer one could get
tnrougn. ' ., .. - .' .
Tfcrooga Tblok Timber.
"The roadway In moat placea la not
more than ten feet wideband tha timber
la so thick that It Is Impossible for the
sun and wind to get on tho road and
arv ud the wet Biacea . The oest sola
tion -of the queatlon Is to widen the
road out eight feet more and put aravel
on the side astng this for a sulnmer
i on a ana tns wooaen - roadway ink tn
winter. From Plttaburr to Mint. 1
miles, tha road aoea alone- the Nehalem
river on a very easy gratia There are
numerous plsoea alone: tha-river whera
ii woum ne aae to a-et moon e-ravei out
of the river bed and from tha bars.
"A - one claoe. about three miles be
tween nttsburs? and vsrnonls. where
they Have taken grave out of tha river,
there la a stretch of gravel road which
oouia noi oe equalise any piaee.
"Am to the- arraulaa on tha road, thara
Is not one over SO per cent On most
or tns runs the gradea win not average
more than I per cent. Most people were
under the lmpreaalon that the moun
tains In Columbia county were so steep
that It would be lmpomtble to get
through.' but this lnanctlfln baa dam.
oneiraiea mat (a a miataken notion.
As a matter of fact there Is not an
automobile tn Portland that with tha
present roaas put In rair condition
ootild not maka the trip."
- The road from Veaper to Astoria and
Seaside will be finished by July, and
this tart has been done wtinllv ai th.
.iwu., vi uiiiop county.
BURGLAR ROUTED
BY BRAVE NURSE
Mss Sadie Eainey Smashes
Bobber's Head on Floor
of Her Boom.
, (Baited Ifeae Leased Wire.)
Oakland, Cat, April H. -Never was a
bura-Iar dcore surprised than the ona
whoae face Miss Badle Balney smashed
down against tha floor of her bedroom
when ha attempted to atrip tha rings
from bar fingers la tha early hours yes
terday morning. .
Single-handed, Miss Ralney, who Is a
trained nuree. reaidina at Mo. ltOI
Twelfth street, vfouaht the Intruder
ihrough 'every room in , tha . bouse,
finally driving him out the Pack door.
Jumping after him over the banisters,
she followed nlm out Into the street
calling loudly for help. The. man had
a knife In his hands, and Miss Ralney
dlacontinued tha chase on this account
Miss Ralney and her companion, Mlaa
Angela Fernetrom lay awake In. their
bed for half an hour, hearing a man
crawl about ' the room. Finally he
reached up to her pillow and atealthlly
commenced working tho rings from her
hand. 'She threw all her weight Into
her grms and beat the burrlar's fsce
onto v the floor. He wrenched himself
free and sprang to his feet. The strug
gle to the street followed.
Republicans of Georgia have decided
to meet tn Macon, May 14, to name their j
delegates to the national convention.
CLOSING CONTESTS IN
HIGH SCHOOL DEBATES
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Grant Taas 'and Lebanon at Leb
anon Friday Night Astoria
nd Baker Week Later.
(Special Dlipeteh to The JoaraaLl
Unlveraity . of Oregon, Eugene. April
treat deal of Interest is center
ing on the two Interdlstrlct debates of
the Oregon State High School Debat
ing league, whlch; are to take place
during tha next two week. .These de
oaiea are to oe amona- tha rhamnim.
or rpur districts. Grants Pass of tha
soutnern : uregon and Lebanon of tha
central Oregon districts will meet at
Lebanon April 17. Aatoria of the Co
lumbia river district and Baker City of
the eastern Orearon district win mt
at Aatoria April 24. ' Each team has al-
reaay won tnree victories Jn its own
district uid- as a beautiful silver cup
im lu vm umnnuiRii . in in, kibim nnam-
plonshlp team, which will be selected
early In May, the debates will be close
ly contested. This cup Is offered by the
rerents or tne university and la to ba
known as the Regents' cup.
The subject of both debates In "Pro
portional Representation." and It is es
pecially timely as it is to be put be
fore the people at the June election.
One noticeable feature of the debates
this year has been the lara-e number
of girls who are taking- part. The dis
trict championship teams this year are
evenly divided between girls and boys.
Lebanon la composed wholly of srirls
snd Baker City of boys. Astoria has
two girls and one boy and Grants Pass
has two boys and ona girl.
Union printers throughout the United
States hsve contributed $11,000 to the
Amos Cummlngs memorial fund. .
Headache and
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Sleeplessness
"ONLY GENTLEMEN
ARE POLICEMEN."
Mrs. G. W, Rorer, of RockvUlc
Center, L. I., Suffered So From
Headaches ;rand Nervous
Trouble That She Could
Not Sleep She Wm
Completely Cured by
Duffa Pure Malt
; v Whiskey. ;
Mn. Rorer recently WTOte "I
have been a constant sufferer from
headache and nervous troubles, some
. da a a. ..f
times lying awake at night 1 saw
your advertisement in tha paper and
made up my mind to try your me
dicinal whiskey, and it did me so
much good that I continued it, but
now take it only in the evening and
at noontime. I think that it is better
than any medicine I can get I have
not had the doctor once since I com'
menced using it I thank you again
and again for the good it has done
me. - My age is 64 years."
Duffy's Ture Malt Whiskey is in
absolutely pure distillation of malted
grain,' great care being used to hare
every kernel thoroughly malted, thus
destroying the germ and producing: a
predigested liquid food in the form of
a malt ; essence, which is the most
glan alnger, who after four days or 1 effective tonic stimulant and inviiror
New Tork, hurriedly galled for home, ator known to science; softened by
because In her pinion, the only po- warmth and moisture, its paJaiability
lite men In New Tork were the po and freedom from injurious sub-
licemen. She said ahe dldn t find I stances render it so that it can be' re-
much hospitality. among. New Tork- tained by the most sensitive stomach.
era, and that Immigration, officials I Sold by druggists, grocers and
are too Inquisitive .in seeking lnfor-1 dealers or direct. $1 a bottle. Write
matlon about foreigners.
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Miss Elena P.-.MUunin. ,the Rue
PATEON SAINT OF
Dr. R. Curran, Consulting Physician,
for a free Illustrated Medical Booklet
containing some of the many eon-
TPlVm?T?TITV RTTTPS vinc,ng testimonials received from
(United Ppsm Uastg Wire.)
been cured, and free advice. Duffy
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Vancouver. B. C. April 14 Sooner vrnisacy o., Kocncster, N. i.
than taka tha chance of an appeal in
the higher court,
wealthy man of
Charles Heyndrix. a
thla city, convicted
weeks aao of keeptna disorderly
houses, lumped his ball of 11.000 and
it is Deueved ne nas gune-io euro
thy
several
i . rone to Europe.
Havndrl nwnfwl aaveral houses In the
tenderloin and allowed women to live I
thara. although the Dollce bad notlflea
them to move. - Ha was sentenced . to I
six months Imprisonment, , but appealed
his case. He was one et the heaviest
property holders In the city but-disposed
or everyimna oeiore fui.
ATTACK
fOOfil MID FISTS
WIDOWS OF VETEEANS Eestaurateurs Object to
PENSIONS INCREASED Presence of Union Picket
With Banner.
The Sunablne restaurant, at 16 J H
(United Ptms Leased Wire.)
Washington, April 14. After a warm
contest, the house' and senate conrerees
hava irrMd to recommend the passage
paid widows of the veterans of all wars, tion before the day closed yesterday and
This win aaa sii.uuu.vun annusny j im ponce now aeeiare tnat tne place.
me pension runs. ror tne time belna. la about tha Itvalf.
est spot In town. It required the united
efforts of half a dosen policemen to dls-
BEADY FOE TBUST W'iouArXl KftSSS
lani evening;.
xns trouoie
GOVEBNMfcNT IS NOT
reatanlav
wnon j, w. ocneerer. ona of the nro.
noon
washina-ton, April i. Attorney-uen- Dritnra nf tha rat.,.r.r., . i i . I " j
aral BonaDarte has notified Speaker i th.Mn, W h- t.,.TT. " .
Cannon of the house, that the .govern- frora IcSok1 and WaJteranin -k
ment is not at present prepared to atart was carry ins; a banner innounrlni I
siVnX h.w Bbut That" boycott t toSSS sssSrJi
Sherman anti-trust law. nut that tne waa .... j ,. .
Pr?,tt!,riOT.rlakhrifh'tUCh acUn th caUed to car the street .Sd put a'top"
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Barn Burned at Dayton.
(Special Dlipatcb to Tfbe laaraat)
Dayton, Or., April 14 Fire complete-
oestroyea tne Darn or wnuam cam
, located In the south-part of town,
midnight Sunday night- The loss Is
800: Insurance S400. The oria-In of
the fire Is . unknown.
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to the Incipient riot that followed the
Kelley Datween Bcheerer and
After bringing about the arrest of his
assailant Kelley had a new banned
painted the first having been torn tn
shreds during the progress of the fight
. and at 6 o'clock again took us his
stand In fromt of the restaurant. W.
Sharp, Joint owner with Scheerer in the
restaurant, remarked Kelley's presence
nu ssanea lorin wiin a Droomstlck and
smots the banner bearer. A crowd col
lected to see ihe fun and si riot call had
to be sent in to police headquartere be
fore the atreet could be cleared.
In the DOlice court this
. Scheerer pleaded guilty to the charge
of assault and battery and paid a fine
f I of $16. His partner will be arrested
mis anernoon in connection with the
broomstick incident. In the meantime!
officials at polite headquarters are llv-
Ing In momentary expectation of a riot
call from the Sunshine restaurant, over
which the clouds of discord still hover.
PBEFEBS WAR '
TO MATRIMONY
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New Tork, April 14. "War and matri
mony are the same thing. I've been
through both, and If Z had my choice
I'd taka the cannon game for mine.
Tea, I've heard General Sherman's defi
nition of war. but he must have been
a' bachelor,, ,
These words prove that when Charles
Chrlstensen and his good wife Julia
married and settled down they didn't
live happily forever after.
Charles and Julia consolidated. For six
for the next
Charles had 69
candlea In his last cake, while his wife's
called for eight .lesa The climax of
their domestic difficulties was reached
when his wife had him before Magis
trate Higginbotham In a Brooklyn court
on tne charge or nonsupport.
years they lived as one;
26 they uvea as two.
When seen at his store on Gates ave-
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tie man with a Joe Cannon hedge around
nue, Brooklyn, a few days ago Chrlste!
man wining
He is a slight!
sen was more than wlllin
his troubles,
to tell of
bunt lit
IT CLEANSES THE SYSTEM GEKTIY YET PROMPTLY!
ACTS 1IATURALLY AND BENEFICIAL1Y OK THE
KIDNEYS LIVER BOWELS!
ASSISTS jK OV
CONSTIPATION PERMANENTLY I
DISPELS COLDS AND HEADACHES!
A REMEDY APPROVED RY PHYSICIANS BECAUSE
I OF KNOWN COMPONENT PARTS AND KNOWN BENEFICIAL j
, FOR SALE BY ALL LEADING DRUGGISTS
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his countenance. He does to the Eng
lish language what Cannon does to
bills In congress. - .
"Is it true that you have an assort
ment of affinities" he was asked.
"Do I look like that kind of a man?"
he demanded,, with a show of heat
"She says you are anxious to marry
again," suggested the reporter.-
"She knows better than that I've
told her 7000 times that If I ever got
free I'd keen my name for my own use.
Marry again! Ha! Hal f wouldn't
marry . the Statue of liberty If Presi
dent Roosevelt gave hs away and she
had the United States mint for a
dowry." - 'j-.
Chrlstensen stopped talking- long
enough' to go to. a drawer and drag
rortn a bag or mean is. several or them
were for braverr In the Danish war.
and one was given to him by tha king
or jienmara.
"Don't vou think voti deserve a medal
for living with a wlfer asked the re
porter. "A medal!', shouted Chrlstensen, T
deserve a monument As compared
with marriage, war la a picnic. : I went
throna-h the raniH war and I was shot
np till I looked l'ke a window screen,
bnt the only marks T have today are
souvenirs of my mnrrled life."
i " Near F1r at Sflverton. . ,
, fSnenlitl fXpatM to Tlt jnnol, 1
Wlvertoni Or - nrll 14 Fire early
this morniaf oHHnatins from a de
fective flue In Willfsn Hasck's saloon,
nearly Caused another bis flra It was
dlaeoverij in tjrae to rtrevent a aerlous
blase. Haaclr opened his saloon yester
day, it having-been partly burned out
two weeks ago.'-
The
MOST
Value
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BESX
in
Quality
: ' Special Easier Offerings
and thousands of yard of good vA r.J'-
Fashionable Now
- Fa brios Priced
Far Below Real
Value
Great apeclal gale of thousand
Novelty Suitings
$2.00 and $2.25 Oradea f 1.4T
New Novelty Suitings, 54 to 56
inches wide, strictly all pure wool,
correct spring; weight, comes in
neat stripes and checks in the new
, monotone-shades of gray, green,
blue, tan, castor, etc; regular $2.00
and $125 grade. Special- d AJ
ly priced this week at.... V I at I
Novelty Suitings
Beat $1.50 Grades 98 New
fancy weaves in all wool and silk
and wool materials, in widths from
44 to 46 inches, fancy Punjab
weaves, novelty Panamas, herring
bone serges, shadow stripe Me
langes, solid colored piece dyed
fancies with, self-colored stripes;
not a wanted shade is missing;
regular $1.50 values. Priced QO
this week at 'OW
new and most desirable dress fabrics in just the best weights and
patterna for spring and aummer wear, representing every new
weave and fashionable coloring. Seldom have Portland women
had the opportunity of thoostng irom such a large and admirable
showing of High-grade fabrics at such extremely low prices.
Come prepared for surprises . Come expecting more for your
money "than you ever got before. YouH not be disappointed-
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French. Serges
AT 49 38-Inch U wool
French Serges, made with a
hard twisted weave, exception
ally durable, comes in black,
cr'am, brown, navy, green, red,
tan, etc.; regular 69c grade.
Specially priced
for this sale at.' xC
Silk and Wool
Eolienne
AT 69 A beautiful silk and
wool fabric half wool and half
silk comes 42 inches wide,
warranted to wear, will launder
nicely. We are .showing all
the new shades, light blue, pink,
lavender, cream, green, red.
69c
etc; regular fl.00 grade.
Priced for this sale at. .
r Novelty Suitings
$1.00 and $1.25 Grades New
spring fabrics. in all wool sad silk
and wool weaves, attractive , and
pleasing stripes and ' checks Jn a
full range of sew spring shades,
browns, blues, greens, tans,, etc:
regular $1.00 and $1.25 .' grades?
Specially priced this week Q"Jq
New Block Fabrics
$1.50 Grades at 95 f A special
sale of Priestley's celebrated Black
Goods, including Panamas, mo
hairs, queen's cloth, empire cloth
wool taffetas, voiles, poplins, etc;
these are the world's best black
goods; they are absolutely spot
proof and are warranted fast black;
all $130 grades. Priced for flC
this sale at ..VDC
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A Great Special Showing and
Sale
Women's Knit
Sweater Coats
Priced From
$3.50 to $6.50
Tomorrow we place on sale for the first time a
great special purchase of Women's Knit Sweater
coats, they are maae trom tne nnest
yarn, knit in a number of, pretty weaves,
made up in the latest style effects, dou
. ble breasted, pony and jacket styles, in
both plain and fancy weaves, they come
in colors red, white, gray and brown,
and in all sizes. No woman should be
without one of these stylish garments.
Especially Priced for This Sale
From $6.50 Down to $2.50
See Our Morrison Street Window Display.
Sleeveless '''lr
Vests ;
Best 40c Grade 23f A
special offering of Women's
fine Swiss ribbed low neck
sleeveless . Vests, , trimmed
in a number of pretty
styles, with fine crocheted
applique yokes; regular 40c
grade, on sale J25c
Umbrella I
Pants
Best 40c Grade 25 A
speciat sale - of Women's
fine bleached cotton ribbed -Pants,
made umbrella style,
extra large, trimmed with'
fine torchon lace, finished
with both French bands
and equestrian tops; regu
lar 40c grade, on OC '
sale at ....WC
Spoffort IFine Footwear
We are showing a most complete assortment of this season's best styles,
and our prices are the lowest found anywhere. We invite inspection, we
urge comparison; Here are a few of the specials:
Women's Golden Tan
Kid Oxfords
$1.75 OXFORDS AT 81.47,
Children's and Misses' Oxfords, in
good styles, made of patent colt and
vici kid; also golden tan kid; they
are made in the three-eyelet blucher
cut, come in a-11 sizes, in C, D and E
widths ; regular $1.75 J nr
values at. P 1 afl I
Men's Shoes and Oxfords, all leath
ers and all styles; $3.50 Art qT
values at....... Waa3f
Boys Shoes solid all through, sizes
1 to 5y2 ;.$2.00 values
St w ..
$1.39
in the four-eyelet blucher cut, made
with stylish toe and medium high
heel; also Oxfords in black vici, in
a number of styles for spring wear,'
all sizes from 3 to 8, in B, C, D and
E widths; regular $2.50 (J1 JH
values at... . . tfrlal
Women's Oxfords of vici kid, all
sizes; the $2.00 values
at..
$1.47
Easter Stockings for
, Women
75c Valaes for 50c
For this week we have prepared an
Easter sale of Women's Stockings,
the values of which will surprise
i you. These stockings are made of
fine lisle thread and come in the
very latest; novejties polka dots,
plaids, laces, swastikas and em
broidered effects in the best shades
'of . blue, brown, tan, green, navy,
gray, .lavender, white and .black;
they - are all strictly high - grade
stockings made ' to sell at 75e
pair. Priced; for this sale IjQg
Especially Attractive Voluc3
In New White Goodo
India Linens, White Lawns, Dotted Swisses, Batistes, Waistings
and Suitings In all the popular new weaves, all this season's goods in
thoroughly dependable qualities just the kinds you need right now
at prices youH be pleased to pay.
India Linens. From 80 to 50o a Yard
A most .complete assortment of widths and qualities to choose from,
all new,' fine sheer goods, made of nice even thread Following we
quote three of our best selling numbers:
30-inch White India UnenS at...:.....
36-lnch White India Linens at
. 36-inch extra heavy Linens , at.
.White French Lawns, full 40 inches wide, fine sheer quality, oj-
especially good value at. a
White French Batiste,' full 45 inches wide, beautiful mercerized " ,
finish, sheer and dainty, special value at...... - -
White Dotted Swiss, in a full assortment of all sise dots, made r ,
of nice even threads, special value at... -
White Persian Lawns, in all widths and qualities, bright new -jp,
goods purchased this season, priced from 50? down to -
White Madras Waistings, in a great assortment of figured an-!
dotted styles, special value at.;. ..i..SJ ''
Linen Finished Suitings, full 34 inches' wide extra good 5nl- I ,
ity, perfect finish, special value at.;. .J.. -
White Poplin, beautiful mercemed'finish, very duratlf, t?-d ' ,
value at...... ...........,......