, THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL PORTLAND, FRIDAY EVENING. , APRIL 17, . 1008.
URGES VOTERS TO. KEEP
whan Kismet 4her ull It Xlimtt at
VuitN-atspa in pardon ' ma. inter
poaes and John la called to Naw Tork
to build a church, New. Tork needed
John an4 ha didn't even atop to say
sood-bye to Orenaa But ha wrote
note to har and ln It with tmon. And
H ITAI I tf f HI - : HI . f"r"l MT.In
1 , .' ' , f l I J III J J. III'1' J J mm l long tlma afterward
f Ilenry ITahii Points Out That Candidate Has Been in Po-feS
that Oranss navar k naw or not
act II flnda ua safe In a senior dou-
blo 'Death Pouttikeepale'a might moiin-
isina iou can t guaaa wnai an m
sition for Over Year and That No Charges Have
Been Hade Against Integrity.
unique fudi
Hlaa 1'aga am
rurira party, too. usoeuee
alt chooolata burning and
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I, Portland. April ltTa tba Editor of
. Tha Journal In view of statements
, appearlne; la 'ths preas raapactlng tha
alaoUon for railroad oommlaaionar.
uboilt tba following statement of facta
' for tba conaidaratloa of tha TOtara
. Tha present railroad oommlnlon law
la aabatantlallr tba work or tna j-ort
' an4 chamber of commaroa and tha Ore-
fon wasninarion ijumoar auouwivir
ra asaoclaUon. Tor years tba necee-
Slty of aoch a law waa apparent, and la
101 tha transportation committee ba
rs n tha work or preparation, inere-
after Ua lumbar association JoLnad with
. them. Joaapb N. Taal acted for tha
committee and William T. Molr for tha
asaoclaUon. Al uia worn prosreaaea
nora aaslstaaoe waa found neceeaary,
and oa tha recommendation of tha
chairman of tha atata board oa assess
tnant and taxation, Clyde B. Altohlaon
wum employed. On tha bill bain drafted
Eoplea war aent throuahout tha auta
nd finally In tta ooinplatad form waa
approved by both tha chamber of com
rnerce and lumbar association, and Ita
aaaaga by tha legislature - reoom.
tnended. It was Introduced In tha houae
by air. Chaptn, and after eoma amend
mania waa paaaad with but on dlsaent-Ina-vote.
'
Thar waa no aacracy of any kind
on tha part of Ita advocatea ' Represen
tatives of the bodlaa otnly and above
board fought for Ita paaaag In tha
interest of th people.
i Mr. Altchleon'a official connection
with tha work ceased with tha comple
tion of th bill If he worked for It
thereafter, as I hop b did. It waa aa
a private eltlsen.
When tha appointments ware mad
Mr. Steal atated ha dealrd to oonault
with tha repreeentatlvea of the commer
cial Intervals aa to th appointee ha
would recommend to, tha board having
tha appointment. It waa thought that
There ahould be at least on attorney on
th board. air. Altchlson a nam
men rat others cam np for considera
tion, and tha favorable Impreealon ba
had erected in connection with tha
preparation of tha bill lad his In
dorsement It waa baaed solely on his
past work ana Deiier in nut integrity.
He received th appointment at one,
and alne then hla official work, and
that by which ha should be judged.
jipeaks for Itealf. With subsUntlal
It Is hardly necessary to point out to I She never would do an
the people of thla city and state, that ' '( "r one aald, "1
whether It Ua Heppner flood carrying walk."; Lemon waa aura
death and destruction, aubacrlotlons furl"0.. oon t want to." It 1
came ud to tha room and Oranaa kit
tenlah Oranse. atuck tha chafing dlah
under th chair and and yea.allaa
I'asa sat on 1L . You'd navar have
thousht of that. now. would vouT
Then there war more lattara from
Its prorreaa In tha fnur will danand on I Jawn. and lmon got them all and
their advancement I burned 'em. Oh. lmon waa tha limit
id - aa anything are-
xt s go xor a
to say. xiu
death and destruction, aubacrlotlons furl"0.. don t want to." Jf the reat of Ov
an '"open rlvar." funds for coavantlona I wanted to play basketball ftmon
wvuiq nw.;. '. pwii I Will V w J , ou.
waa tna original aprinaung cart wnen
ii cam io inrowtna coia we car on
little Innocent oolles atria fun.
Cbrletmaa vacation waa the - worst.
Bhe and rich' Amoa conanlrad to beat
r old motnar out or 110.000 and her
ouaa all aba had In tha world, so
that Oranse would mirrv Amoa and
leave Jawn free to Lemon. But fa
Klamet interposed aaaln and Jawn.
freeh from bulldlna Carnerla libraries
ana oinerwise aiding to the architect'
lira! vr.p. AF th. matMUiha In
o grand In new automobile coat and
leather cap and gauntlets, all to match.
And Jawn had the n roofs of Amoa' vil
lainy. Ha save them to mother anl
mother put them In the drawer and told
Amos she waa going to leave them
there until morning. Than mother
went to bed. Jawn and Lemon wnnM
have atolen them, but all the houae
partr suaats came down In nalam.a
and frightened them away.
Lset set last but one. of course
waa bark at Vaaaar. There'a the dalvy
or oeleoratlonaw th commercial inter
ests are in nrei to t eauea upon ana
ino rirai. to raanona. in nrorai win
doubtleaa ahow th facta. Thar la.
can be no aegragatloa or aeparatlon of
Intereata In th city an attack on com
marclal Intereata la an attack on the
city and every wag earner In It. On
this question w would rather think
that the statement made, do not repre
sent the calmer judrment of the author.
AS to Mr. Altchlaoa himself, would
say that a large number of the business
men or in is city support mm, because
they believe him to b aa honest publlo
aervant devoted to his duty and fair to
all.
Th commercial Interests have no
fight to make on any place or commun
ity. They ar not opposed to rail road a
On tha contrary, for years they have
spared neither tun nor money' q try
ing to forward ei tensions of present
roads snd the building of new onea
If Portland a supremacy is to depend
on discrimination and ravora Its roun
datlon Is not very substantial. We do
think, however. It Is entitled to a square
deal, and that every well wisher of thl
city or stats agrees witn us.
Business men believe that when
man has been tried and found trust
worthy and efficient, ha should not be
aischsrzed nut continued in place. 1
after 14 months of service no criticism
can be msde of, any of Mr. Altchlson s
official sets or private life, the voters
should ask for no better certificate of
fitness.. . HENRI HAHN.
unanimity every on comtnr In contact
with th commission praise his efforts
In behalf of better aervlc and fair con
trol of th corporations.
' Ua has now ben In office t4 montha
; hee passed on hundreds of complaints
ana we .neve yet to near or in nrst
charge affectinr either his Integrity
or competency. Complaints have been
' made from torn sources that he 4s too
bars a worker, too close a student and
wants to know too much about th In
ner workings or th railroads, but this
from the publlo standpoint Is to his
credit, it baa Den urged that because
for a few months Mr. Altchlson - wss
: employed as- an attorney by pub
lic organisations to assist In a public
work, that tMs disqualifies hla acting
as commissioner.- It would seem it this
Is th casa, one who has been In the
mploy of th railroad more than a
quarter of a century, from a publlo
standpoint 1 In a much worse posi
tion. ..
t As to th reflections persistently cast
on th jobber of this city little need
re said. Portland Is a-reat as a cltv
mrougn its commercial interests
Tha aecreta of dear old Vassar, every
ona of them, war revealed to tha caae-
hardened 'ears of a Heillg audience
last night , It seemed a shame, too
All of girlhood's fondest memories ruth
lessly dragged out and held up to pub
llo view: and such goings on! Cupid
peeping la all th tlma, whether It was
ire day or Trig day. Girls will
girls, you know.
"Cupid at Vassar" Is Just ona of those
college plays In sklrta Act I shows
us horns and mother, both somewhat
ouspiaaiea. xner ar two . half sis
ters Kate's orange and Wanda's lemon.
YOU And that out lust aa aonn aa tha
In with a spiteful look about tha Ilpa
and talks about Kate. a Kate 4a out In
in garaen Kisning gooa-oys to the pa-
fer flowers. Pretty soon Kate comes
n with a big bunch In ber arms and
rattles them about Ilk a flv evlrtnr
Then rich Amoa North arrives and is
quickly followed by John Wlllett In
an Ice cream suit a nlo young man
and a rising young architect
There you have th clot Lemon and
Orana both just must have John inhn
Is on ths verge of proposing to Orange I
snd Jawa coma back and Is forgiven
for what, you can't quite make out
but no matter and Coualn Hunk gives
some red flannel shirt comedy, stunts
oa the green and Lemon has to content
herself with. Amoa
A Miss Vlorenoe Oear plays tha part
or . Orange Kata Mksa Oear. Ilk so
many other dear ones of th atasa, baa
been aerloualy afflicted with May Ir-
winitie, ana- is at present in xne worst
stag of th disease. It Is Impossible
to tell what aha mlsht be If aha were
Juat Mlaa Hear. Aa May Irwin she Is
not a aucoeaa Thar ar numerous
other giria la tba caat numeroue to th
number of 14 or II and they do a waits
that la good. Tba reat of th mualo la
evidently made up of bar anatrhed
her and there from th popular seleo
tlons of a few ye re back. Have yon
ever read Th Vaassr Girls Around
th World"? If not a part of your edu
cation has reen neglected ' and it can
only be supplied by seeing "Cupid at
Vaaaar." - . . - ,
PBECINCT LIMITS H :
v AT MOUNT SCOTT
Confualon , baa arlaan regarding th
Mount Boott prclncts in tba mlnda of I
many votera because th names of ths
ireclncts do not always correspond with
ho eostofflc ar local names. Arista I
la In Anabel precinct although there Is I
a precinct named Arleta. To correct
wronc Impressions County Clerk Klelds
gives ths following boundary lines; .
Anabel precinct No. 95 Bounded in
th north by Powell Valley and Poshir
rosds. west by city limits, south by Mil-
1 a mA saaesatatiaa Ka Vlnlnpf tvaat a I
Wa pottofnc U in tma precinct and
RUtwart'a atatlon la tha votlnar blara.
south Mount Taoor. no worm
and wsst by city limits, south by Powell
vaiiev ana Foater roaaa. east ny nr-
land avenue to selling atreet, tnenca ny
Multnomah county road. Vote at 8Uw-
rt's station.
Arleta no. 7 Lies Dotween KJn-
dorf road on tha west snd main atreet
of Lnts on th east Vot at Lenta.
No. IS Llea east of th main street
chain, carried by aeven lovely damaels. of Lenta and will vote at Orange hall
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$2.50 Silk and Wool..
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.......$3.85
.....$4.85
$7.65
911
$22.50 and $25.00 Tailored Suit J. j QQ
TOPCOATS and CRAVENETTES at SAME PRICES
$2.50 Trousers
$10.00 All-Wool' Suit
for
$12.50 All-Wool Suit
for
$15.00 All-Wool Suit
for
$18.00 Tailored Suit
dt Air
$3.00 Trousers
at
$1.85
$3.50 Trousers 1 C
Trousers
?4.00 and $5.00 i) Of
MEN'S FANCY VESTS AT LESS THAN M PRICE"
MEN'S SPRING HATS .
$3.00 and $3.50 Conqueror Hats. .81.00
Our p B. Special-equal to any $3 hat in the city S1.45
One lot of $2.00 and $2.50 sample HaU.?7 75?
MEN'S UNDERWEAR
75c Derby Ribbed 29rf
$1.00 SaniUry Fleece '39
85e
MEN'S SHIRTS V
75c Work Shirts .......... ...i. .j....... 40
$1.25 Wool Shirts 69
$2.00 Heavy Wool Shirts. .'. . . . . 95
$1.50. Dress Shirts 95
$2.00 Dress Shirts ;.V181.15
. $2.50 Dress Shirts ,...,.,:.....:..9I5
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50c Neckties 23
75c Neckties 35 $1.00 Neckties. . . . .5o;
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50c Capital and President Suspenders '. . . . . , .'. . . .23
75c Dress Suspenders .39
$1.00 Suspenders . . .... . . . . . ..... .?. . . .... . . . . . . . ;45
$1.50 Silk Suspenders . . . . i.75
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15c Cotton. Black and Brown Hose, 4 pairs.. ... .. .25
s25c Black Cotton Hose, 2 pairs. . . . ..... . . . . . ... . .25
35c Lisle .Inread Hose, 3 pairs ... . . . .50f
50c Fancy Lisles and'Cashmere WoorHose. . . : . . .23
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10c White Cambric Handkerchiefs... . ...... 3
15c White Cambric Handkerchiefs .. ............ , 6
85c Irish ; Linen .Handkerchiefs. 18
75c Silk Handkerchiefs . , . . . , . .', ... , . ... . , 4 , .30
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25 dozen 15c Collars, all sizes and kinds. . . .... . . .3
Men's Slioes
$3.50 and $4.00 W L. Doug
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$5 Dress Shoes
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$2.50 Work Shoes
at
$6.00 and $7.00 high-cut
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