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THE OREGON - DAILY- -JOURNAL, PORTLAND FRIDAY' EVENING. MAY 1", 1908. ;0 LIOREtDELAY HI STREET WORK 1 . ...7 - '. . . Council Committeo Will -. Fine Contractors When " Time Expires. nhui ALL EMPLOYES Members of the street committee pf the city executive board announced yes terday that there will be no more de- lay in street Improvements ; and all' ' contractors who fa to . flntah their ' work on tlma will be fined. Tbla action ' followed the unusual request of George Simon, manager of the Pacific v Bridge v company, . which has many " contract ' with the city,. that the committee "take - tana etepa to prevent xne aeiaya wnicn ' ava arisen In eitv imorovement work; Simons said that the reason some of the contractor are ao lar oenind in , Ihelr work is due to the great number . or contracts they sign up wiin the city. He aald that with so much work on - their hands the contractors are unable to finish the work on contract time and stioum Da- lined . according to agree- . '. The' committee and the city executive . board have been very lenient with the - contractors la granting them extensions of time for completing work, and in the case or Harry Howard nave, granted ex ; tensions amounting to about a year on one contract alone. Inasmuch aa there - are provisions for Tinea for each day the contractor runs over the contract tlmevtha city could make it unpleasant . for the men engaged In the improve-. .... in fin worn. - There haa been no disposition on the part of the committee to hinder the con tractors In finishing their work or em- arise in finishing street Improvements : and .other city work, but because of the fact that they seldom hold a meet ing at which they are not requested to , grant extensions Of time, decided that . - the best plan .for the future would be i compel tne contractors to liva Juto. Kohlsaat's Killing Bars Express Company 3Ien Shipping Goods Free. , HA! HA! HA! Good Digestion, and Good Health Bring Joyous Lilt to their' agreements. up An Injunction granted by Judge C G, Kohlsaat -of -the; United States "circuit court at Chicago will Injuriously affect about 600 express company employes In Oregon, preventing- them from receiving or sending- any package by express with out the full rates being paid to the ex press company carrying tne same, it la asserted with considerable confi dence by en press company officials that the decision will riot stand in an appeal to hlirher courts." -- Tha. court order forbids express com panies to issue franks to rneir orriciais, attorneys at law, agents and employes or their families, or to other express company officials and employes or to railroad officials ana employes. - i ne court declares that such Issuance of free carrtaae la a discrimination affecting Interstate commerce, and creates a priv ileged class. . i,. Employ salsa jprotest. L Stronr . protestations are going up from all elasses of express company em ployes, wno say mat tms construction of the law is not according to the in tent of the framera. and is unreason able and unjust to the workers in the ranks ot tne army or transportation company employes., , The decision applies to all the ex nreas comDanles and rallrbad compa nies In the United States. It is alluged by some of the men affected that the decision is calculated to render the in terstate commerce law odious ' to the public, and that the principle advanced bTrSBttreohtaaatrf'mea Wrmft alon the line of Dubllc service corpor ations would ultimately result In the de feat of the law. - Harvey Beckwlth. -general agent at Portland for the Wells-Fargo Express company, said: V"8up(in injunction woma mean mat our -606 employes In-Oregon must pay EstliePricc Sere .-4' t-'v Tomorrow Nobby exclusive hand-made tailored silk straw braid ready-to-wear Trimmed Hats, not one hat in this lot can be bought elsewhere for less than $4.00. You can make your i frj selection here tomorrow from 20 styles at. , , D JL f Ladies, have you seen, the new Sailors, Elite and Sequin, only "to be had here at . Tiic IVOPJDER r.HLLIPJER Y CO. ti . CORNER MORRISON AND FIRST STREETS . "i . , , The Big Popular Millinery House. . WVinovep haaivl rtt A tflllv dvsnentlcT Merriment and indigestion are as far apart as the North - ana isoum' doiot. Don't blame the poor dyspeptlo for belnij blue,, cross, nervous, irritable- and grouchy, lit cannot help It - No one Whnnn ntnmiirh in weak, whose nerves are on edge, whose tongue Is furred and who hesitates at eating a hearty meal for fear of the distress that will lol Ifiw an Iia vMt.tfmnorfd. Tone up the weak stomach muscles and get digestion wonting hmuwij uj using Ml-o-na stomach tablets. This remedy is not a mere dlgestivo tha gives temporary relief only; It cures an stomarn troumes oy sirens uumms im digestive machinery and putting It Into i.oK nrfM-t unfor tlini it will take care of all foods without distress, indigestion or flatulence. . , Ml-o-na cures Stomach trouble in a perfectly natural way. Increasing tha flnor af raotrlr Infers SO that life 8 nourishment Is extracted from the food and th refuse la cXDelled without the aid of laxatives or other meaicine. If the complexion is Dioicnea or pim pled. In nine cases out of ten It is caused by stomach troubles and cannot Do cured until tne Biomaco rcsumwu Sn i-Allahla.and rutaltlVS is the BCtlOn of itl-o-na In curing indigestion and all stomach weakness that Woodard. Clarke & Co, sell ttfo remedy unae.r guaramru to retuna.tne money u"'""" S"'.. Try a 60-cent box and see how quickly you will get relief from Indigestion and In how short a time you will forget that you av--tett-a-aiomttcn. -i, ... .. t ha ramiMn for ' the Christmas pack ages they sena to relatives ana irienus, and that when one wished to send or receive a box or apples or piums nc must pay the company Tor carrying them. There are innumerable Instances in which It would be a hardship for eld employes of the company to pay and the company hag' always been perfectly willlnB- to carrv these things free for Its Decision works Hardship. An employe ua the valley the other day wanted his typewriter repaired, and asked mi, to have it carried , to Portland and returned to him, which ei course we did. A boy employe who 11 supporting himself and has an orphan hrnthr wnrklna- In a remote place' in southern Oregon wished to send a little fihonograph to the latter to cheer up his eisure moments, and It went free. . "The company does not abuse this practice, and it seems no more than right that the railroad companies and express companies should render these services for their employes. It Is like the farmer who had discharged a man and the latter wanted to go to town. While he did not expect tne farmer to hitch. up his wagon and haul him to town free, he thoueht it would be a mean farmer who would refuse to carry him If the wagon were already hitched up and going to town anynow." BARGAIK C0JJNTEB grief on Typawrltar--aro somatBlag for nothing, But Something- toy jntt Half Frtpa. . Your- choice of 200 typewriters for 160.-. These-are mostly Smith Premiers and Remingtons, with or without tabu lators, and have been, rebuilt and are.' late models and practically as good as new. All these1 machines have been taken in exchange as part payment on L. C. Smith & Bros. Writing in Sight Typewriters. Write for samples . of work. Easy terms of payment If de sired. I & M. Alexander ft Co.,. 170 iirth street, Portland, Oregon. SUBURBAN EXPRESS ASKS NEW PERMIT A request ' for a permit to continue operating its business In "Portland by the Portland & Suburban Express com pany was referred to the ways and means committee of the council yester day afternoon. The company has been operating In Portland for a number of years without a permit and fearing that Its business might be interfered with in the future asked for a permit. The company's petition was signed by nearly every business house in the city. The main business of the company Is ex pressing small packages of merchan dise about the city and to suburbs over tne streetcar lines. v., ,j-v-o j i -f 1.1 - V v wrJ;j ; i; . - Whichwe are'olferingare the-BEST CLOTHING" VALUES in the United States JBuyiJhe eqnalofiariy: $15.00 suit sold anywhere Buys Hie equal ol any $20.00 suit sold anywhere See them jn our windows . . 'X'" ItTn 1, When You See It Tn Our Ad If s So 3rd and Oak 4 First and Yamhill row 0 nr.- n a TTcr STARTLING REDUCTIONS ON MADE-TO- CLOTHES TKeTReason for This Extraordinary xSale and Offer "it1, In buying spring woolens for this season's business we took last spring's results as a basis as far as quantities are concerned YoL all know how..theJinancial stringency affected the entire countrv and now it lias stacf,! Woi o,.:- .u: . u r-.- : ' j.j . " 1 . . - . ' b.ivwi ivyai ikiau uauc. UUdlllCaa 11I1S BUI lilt;. U1U ClUlt. did not come up to our expectations.' Our stock is much too heavy some of it will have to be sacrificed eventually for we never carry over ;patterns from one season to another. Instead lofeducing pur prices at the end of the season, .WE DO IT N O W. We take our loss arid take it quickly; costs and values are -entirely disregarded. This is indeed an exceptional opportunity come and take advantage of price concessions such as you rarely .expect to find at the end of the. season, never, as in this instance, at its very beginning: . . , IN ADDITION TO OUR USUAL LOW )PRIGS wie mi qw a mm mmm Kaadaoma BUlt o ranoy Vest, mads to your mu tira, a-lveo frea - by taa BlajraaU Tailoring- Co. . -ALSO- 142 Second Street - NEAR ALDER GARMENTS $27.50 to $75.00 DiTSM PAIR- TR! ORlfAllCY'SI WE CUT THE PRICE BUT NOTJTHE QUALITY ' We an refer vou to over fiOO fkfipH rncfnnwc f A nlnifn, f. rW rtf KniM mg made-to-order clothesall goods cut under personal supervision of Mr. Maxwell n 1 A.wu frnn- All Cloths Marked in 'Plain Figures Quality and Fit Guciran teed- V lit Iff I 3 COMPANY NEAR ALDER " .Ml. ,f . -.. .... .. r! STORE OPEN EVENINGS ' ' j P ill.! , i l-CAy SPRIISQ AND SUMMERS OS' i T
