' THE OREGON SUNDAY r JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY ' MORNING, JUNE 21, 1908.
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CONTEST '
HAS BEGUN
Three Months' Race for The
Journal's Free Scholar
ships and Cash Awards
Opens .Tomorrow Best of
Educational Facilities.
TRANSFORM CANYON
ROAD INTO FINE DRIVE
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Superintendent Chapman Hu shing: Work on Thorough
fare Leading1 Into City Immense Amount of Cut
- ' ting and Grading to Do Before Way ts Opened.
Ths national convention at Chicago
will b a secondary consideration with
the clever boy and glrla, and even witn
those old enough to rote, who will enter
the three months' race for the Oregon
Journal's free scholarships and cash
awards tomorrow,
The glory of winning the greatest
sthletlo event In the world, the Mara
thon at; Athens never oomes to the man
who lacks self, confidence. The Gre
cian laurel in Itself Is. of no Intrlnelo
value. anrt tha winner has but a lew
faded laurel leaves to show for long
tedious Months of training. It's the
rlorr of wlnnlnar that DromDta ana
urges the athlete on in his long race
over tne rugged roaa. Tne same aeier
mlnation should be resolved with ambl-
tious voun asDtranta after free scno
arahtps that will mark. new era in
tneir uvea
. Too Late to S egret.
"If I were only young Again, oh, how
i -would appreciate a gooa imicsuun.
How often this expression of sorrow
Is heard from men arid women who eith
er neglected the opportunities of youth
or whoie parents were too poor to pay
tneir way tnrougn senoois ana coueu.
Thousands of matnrert men and women
who are now handicapped with the lack
of education would gladly work night
and dav to win their war throuarh edu
catlonal Institutions that would fit them
lor tne exeat business world.
The value of higher education Is never
overestimated, i Employers are always
complaining of their Inability to secure
employes, wno can ao tnings. Tne worm
Is crying for help for young men and
touiii men of ability.- who can aocom-
Fliah something. It Is a well known
act that the self supporting young man
who earns his own living from a tender
age, and who earns and pays for his
own education Is the most suacessful
business man. He appreciates the value
oi time ana money, ana tne young man
who proves his own worth and shows
a will In mess to be self sUDDOrtlna is
sought by observant employers, and he
finds It easy to get remunerative em
ployment.
Oood lay Assured.
Those vounv neonle who avail them'
selves of this golden opportunity to win
free scholarships will spend the next
three months highly profitable. They
can not ear money so easily In any
other emnlovment. and those who con
centrate their energies In the work of
securing subscriptions ror The journal
wtll be well paid In cash commissions
alone. Besides, they will stand excellent
chanoe to win scholarships valued up to
1176. besides cash awards uo to ieu
Surely these are Inducements that
should attract every student who has
his or her advancement at neart.
The Journal offers the strong Induce.
merits, end will be pleased at all times
to help with advice, and Invites boys
mil rlrli to ask all tha Questions neces
sary to post them thoroughly on the
contest. Once they get started In the
commendable worlt or earning: tneir own
scholarships they will get good support
and encouragement rrom an wnom tney
solicit. Thev will find the Dubllo an-
preclattve, and this will go a long way
to mane tneir wora oi soliciting orders
bright and easy.
Bead Announcement Carefully,
The large contest announcement In to
day's Journal should be read carefully
and understood well before contestants
start their canvass. The subscriptions
you should strive to secure are those
which gives the most votes, for the
votes determine the winners of the
scholarships, and the cash awards.
Friends should be pledged to give their
support by placing their advance or
ders for The Journal with you. By a
clever campaign many votes can ne se
cured bv nromise far in advance of the
date of expirations of present sub
scriptions. It requires a special effort
to win a valuable prise, and tne prizes
that The Journal Is dangling before the
eyes of the youth of this district should
be sought by all ambitious young people.
BUM CHORUS GIRLS
HUNTING FOR JOBS
.(United Preae Leased Wire.)
London, June ZO. London theatres
are suffering from a shortage of chorus
girls; that Is, chorus girls who are
good both to see and hear. A peculiar
feature of the drouth of feminine
beauties for the front of tha stage is
the fact that more girls are applying
for Jobs than for year a The soarcity
of 'girls who can sing Is particularly
noticeable and In an effort to discover
new talent, managers are having publlo
voice tests every Week. Any girl can
go to these tests. One London mana
ger says he examined 200 applicants
without finding one who met all the
requirements.
nToo many, of them are trying to ed
ucate their emotions," explained every
manager,
attention
voice."
"Whereas they should pay
to their feet, figure and
TAX REFORM LEADER
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. One of the prima factors In tha de
velopment of Portland in pioneer days
was tha Canyon road, which" led the
traffic of Washington county and the
fertile valleys to the west into the
growing town. " It was a tortuous road,
but It' was well kept for those days.
Today It Is still an Important thorough
fare, and It was this reason that In
duced tha county commissioners to en
ter upon the work of widening, macad
amizing and rebuilding It from the top
of the hill beyond the county, farm to
the point where its treiflo Is poured
into Jef arson street and .thence lost in
the down-town mass. .'
Work on this road has now been In
progress over five weeks,-and nearly
one mils of roadway has been com-
?leted. The task Is a much larger one
han might be supposed. Sharp turns
are being eliminated, reenforced con
crete culverts or steel conduits are
being laid, retaining walls are being
built to hold back the waters of Can-
?on Creek where they might undermine
he road, and a rock crusher and roller
are finishing the Job of making a model
mountain roadway out of the city to
tha west.
BesnUd Three Mils.
The length of the road to bs re
built la approximately three miles. It
Is estimated that the cost will be olose
to 16,000. although exact figures are
not available. Probably four months
will be required to complete the work,
which la being done under direction of
Road Superintendent Chapman, who is
In turn carrying out the orders of the
county commissioners.
In many places the road It only 15
feet wide, with abrupt turns In and out.
A force of workmen Is working a great
transformation.' The jagged turns are
forming Into graceful curves. Tons of
earth are being cut away where they
obstruct and dumped where they widen
the bed. Hundreds of feet of riprap
are being built to hold this newly
formed roadway In place and keep back
the stream that crosses and recrosses
the road In Us -downward course.
Ten or eleven times this stream
crosses the toad In some places Su-
ferlntendent Chapman has considered
he question ,of cutting through and
straightening the creek, but this plan
has been discarded because of the
Sreater cost and the possibility that the
lrt from the mountain side would
slough Into the cut. It has been decid
ed better to leave the creek in tha bed
It so long has followed and let it cross
tne roaa in tne steei pipe.
; Training Streaa to Be Good.
On the lower stretch, where tha
stream In the rainy season is most tur
bulent, there have been built two cul
verts of reenforced concrete. The open
way for the water Is by I feet and
2 feet long. The pipe used Is from It
to t8 Inches in diameter. -
The rock Crusher Is chewing up one
of the hillsides about midway on the
road fast enough tp rurnisb material
for about 0 yards of road per day.
This Is being distributed In a thick ooat
on tha lower roadway, snrinkled and
rolled. The result is a mountain road
of ,. which . the oounty may. well be
prouo, -One
of the worries of the county
commissioners has beenythe persistence
of Its . patrons In using It while work
ts in progress, in disregard of warnings
placed at each end that tha road Is
closed. Obstructions placed to keep
traffic off have 'several times been
Broken down. Tha county commission
ers say that use of tne roaa at this
time causes great injury to tha road
bed. ' ' . ' -
There are only seven residents along
the road ' between tha city and the top
of the hill, where another fork of the
roaa leaas into tne city at Montgomery
street . This branch of ths road adds
perhaps half a mile to the Journey for
the mosf of those coming from the west,
and the commissioners think that peo-
?le who expect permanent advantage
rom the making of a fine road should
be willing to drive half a mile farther
for a few months In view of the benefit
they will then receive.
Xuen .Work to Bo.
"Many people . do not realise how
much work there la to be done, and the
conditions under which we have to
work," said Superintendent Chapman In
discussing complaints that have come
from some sources regarding the slow
ness of the work. "Only so much rock
can be turned out with the crusher.
We have a good-slsed force at work,
but the most of the men are engaged
In cutting down the points, riprapplng
and putting In pipe, preparing the way
for the. actual roadmaking. A large
part of the force will be laid off as
soon as this work Is dona I will push
the work, as fast as possible under the
circumstances, and that Is the best I
can do. When It is done the county
will have a road that will last many
years and will be an Immense Improve
ment over the present road."
PORTLAND VETERANS FORM FIRST
ARMY AND NAVY CAMP III STATE
Veterans of two wars gathered at the
Helllg last night and organised the first
garrison of the Army and Navy Union
ever established in ths state of Oregon.
About SO soldiers who fought In the
great civil war and the later Spanish
American campaign signed the muster
roll and became members of Portland
garrison.
The organisation was hrmitrht nhnnt
by Inspector General of Oregon James
J. Fitssimmons, who was detailed by the
national headquarters of the A. & N.
U. to do tha work. Letters heart! )v
endorsing the great federation of old
soldiers and sailors were received from
Governor ChamtJferlain and Captain Hob
son of Merrlmao fame. These were read
by Mr. FiUalmmons.
Szpeot Large Membership.
General Owen Summers. Nautical K-
pert McNulty and other speakers ad
dressed the gathering and urged all
preaent to bring their comrades who
were not there Into the organization.'
There are hundreds of veterans in Ore
gon who are expeted to Join the garri
son so that by the time the national
commander visit. Portland umi vr
splendid battalion can be mustered to
greet the chief.
. V1? Navy union was organ
ised In 1888 by five men and has grown
since that time in numbers anH Influ
ence until It Is at present ranked among
the strongest military organisations on
the globe. Its object Is to encourage
the fraternal spirit, encourage patriot
Ism among its members and bring about
needed changes In legislation for the
betterment of the army any navy and
marine corps of the United States. Any
honorably discharged man is eligible to
membership who has fought for the
country in the army or navy or the
volunteer service and any of (leer of
these branches of the service who has
served at least a year and been honor
ably discharged. These eligibility rules
appiy 10 moM now in tne service as
well as to those out of it.
President Active Uember.
President Roosevelt Is an active mem
ber of the great union and Is its most
distinguished member. The union is
represented In every quarter of the
frlobe. The present national commander
b J. Edwin Browne and the adjutant
general Is E. J. Bonner. The national
headquarters are in Baltimore.
The accomplishments of the army end
navy union since Its establishment only
two decades ago have been really mar
velous. Nearly all the bills which have
passed congress for the benefit of the
enlisted men of the army and navy have
been pushed, through by the union. The
latest one to be introduced is the 26
year retirement measure for the navy.
This Is at present pending, and its pas
sage la practically assured.
The great object of the union at this
time Is to secure the restoration of the
canteen, but hitherto It has been Unsuc
cessful. As a result of the vigorous
movement to Increase the numerical
strength of the organization, started at
the last national encampment already
six new garrisons have been added to
the list It Is hoped to make Portland
the Paolflo coast headquarters.
CLATSOP CIRCUIT-
'V COURT DECISIONS
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(Special Dispatch to The loerast) . 'i
Astoria. Or., June 10.- At the session
of tha circuit court today Judge Me
Brlda rendea 4 decision for tha plain
tiffs rh the cases of Charles Robltch
?B Elisabeth Robltch,-vs.
the JNehalem Coal company. Tha case
was brought to recover a total of .480
acres of land located on the lower Ke
halem , river, which the complaint as
serted, the plaintiffs had deeded to
defendant company for 14,500. Com
plaint alleges the land was sold on the
representation by officers of tha com
pany that tha entire 160,000 of the
capital stock had been aold at his face
value and the company had sufficient
money to proceed with the develop
ment of Its coal lands, .whereas $78,000
pf tha stock had been given as a bonus
nn)tha purchase of certain tract of
The court In rendering the decision
held that ths deeds to the property have
been' secured - through misrepresenta
tion and accordingly made an order
directing that the deeds ba set aside
and the . property be reconveyed to Its
original owners. ... - , .
. Judge McBrlde, after hearing argu
ments, dissolved the temporary Injunc
tion in the case of the Crown Columbia
Pulp ft Paper company vs. the Hawley
Pulp 4 Paper company, a suit brought
to restrain the defendants from erect
Ins; a building on disputed property
adjoining the plaintiffs mill at Oregon
City. , - ..
,. Killed by Sapling's Spring.
Astoria, Or., June 30. Another fatsl
accident occurred yesterday at Bradley
Bros, logging camp near Cathlamet,
when Frank Page was killed whili
assisting in moving a donkey engine.
The engine struck a sapling and as It
passed sprung back, striking and killing
him Instantly. The deceased was 2ft
years of aire, unmarried and a son of
a rancher living- near Cathlamet.
HORSE
DO
T
go nil
Albany i Citizens Demand
That Council Force Elec
trifying of Lines.
(Special Dlapxtth to The JooroiL)
Albany, Or., June 20. The citizens of
Albany are demanding of the city coun
cil that It take steps either to make Mr.
Hlrschberg, the Independence banker
and the owner of one of the streetcar
franchises, comply with the provisions
, . I I HI IK II IB I J
of the franchise or declare It void. Tha
paving of First street ts held up unt'.l
something can be done with tha street
car lines on that thoroughfare.
,. Tha peopla ai-a tired of the' borsecar
system and they Intend to hava sa elec
tric line or" nothing, tn keeping with
their work for a greater Albany they
feel that no such travesty on a streetcar
system as a horsecar should be toler
ated. ' ' ' t - ,
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Tha Iskeof Moerjolem, situated 1,1 1 9
feet above tha sea. at the foot of the
Eggtshorn, on toe great- glacier of
Aletsch, a. pretty little lake, f with blue
water and sparkling cliffs, suddenly
vanished one night sv few weeks
It la supposed that recent storm
caused the crevssse to open at the bot
tom of the lake, and that tha water ran
out through this-.
No profit shoe sals begins Tuesday.
lxek for particular Monday evening
I papers. 1 1
CHINESE JADE IS SO OLD
THAT IT HAS BfCOME NEW
C. P. Strain, Democrat, assessor
oV Umatilla county, was elected to
a third term at the recent state elec
tion, receiving 2,171 rotes . against
1,778 for the Republican candidate
and 156 for a Socialist competitor.
Mrs Strain, through Illness, -had,
moreover, been kept entirely ont of
the campaign, He was fought by
the opposition leaders with a bit
terness that Is said to. hare been
deepened by the apprehension ' that
fc would become a large figure In
jtate politics. ' 'L ' - ;
Jadei or Jasper of tha Old Testament,
which has been worn to some extent in
the west for several years. Is now all
the rage In the east and the society
people and others fond of Jewelry and
stones of the greenish tint are climbing
over each . otner In their endeavors to
secure these Jewels from the orient, ac
cording to Mrs. I. Frohman, who re
turned from New York several weeks
ago.
"Jade Is perhaps the most fashionable
article of ornament now," Mrs. Froh
man said yesterday at the Portland,
'and among the millions of wearers
of Jade, how few there are who know
that the ancients looked upon It as the
"healthy' stone and believed It to be
a sure panacea for kidney and various
other troubles of ths human system?
Nevertheless, such are the facts, ao
oording to history,
"In Mexico and Peru, Jade has been
known during the countless ages as
Fiedra ce tiijada, or 'stone or the loins.'
t is found In Khotan and Turkestan.
The Chinese have been acquainted with
and venerated Khotan Jade mors than
1,000 years."
Jade la an Insignia of royalty or ex
cellence, and the famous yellow Jacket
and mandarin robes have Jade buttons.
But it Is held In such high esteem and
la ao sacredly revered as an amulet to
guard from violent harm that practi
cally every native In China wears a
niece of Jade. The men wear the cheap.
pale grade and the women wear the rich
green or most valuable color. Those
who are too - poor (that means the
masses) to own genuine specimens, wear
imitations, and witn tne usual cunning
of the Chinese they have perfected the
Imitation ao that only an expert can tell
tha difference.
Is It -a wonder, then, considering all
these attributes of Jade, that It is daily
becoming more known and fashionable?
Its hardness, and beautiful colors and
Noiseless Berlin.
From tha New Orleans States. -Berlin
la said to ba the quietest city
In Europe. Railway engines are not
allowed to blow their whistles within
tha city limits. There Is no loud
bawling - of hucksters. and the man
whose wagon gearing is loose and rat
tling is subject to a fine. The courts
have a large discretion as to fines tor
noise-making. Strangest of all, piano
playing la regulated In Berlin. Before
a certain hour in tha day and after a
certain hour In the night the piano
must be silent In that musical city.
Even during ths playing hours a fine
Is Imposed for mere pounding on the
piano. , -.
tones make It highly prised as an article
of Jewelry. Most Jade Is of.a very light
shade of greenish white with a. glossy,
fatty luster. This Is not the hlghly
prlsed gem Jade. The most valuable
specimens are of a fine, soft, dark green
color and run as veins through some of
the cheaper, whitish grade. The green
spots are carefully cut out In very small
pieces and worked up and polished.
These become the Jewels so highly
prised that history tells us of several
cities that were offered by one feudal
state to another for a price In Jade
500 Pairs of
Men's
Dress
Shoes
Medium & Heavy
Weight; Values
$5.00 and $6.00
SALE PRICE
3 35
Cor. Third and
Burnside
All Other Shoes
in the House
Reduced
One-Fourth
to One-Half
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- -.if k lv-tj SALE PRICE
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COLLARS
Ac
Suspenders 14c
Former Price 25c
Preparing for the Greatest Sale of Men's High-Grade Suits,
Overcoats, Shoes, Hats and Furnishings Ever Held in the
History of Portland.
The Hub
Loses Its Lease
Sale Will Continue Until Every Article in the House Is Sold.
Extra Force of Salespeople Engaged. Suits and Overcoats
Sold for One-Half to One-Third Their Original Value.
BE ON HAND EARLY TOMORROW MONDAY
$3.50
$5.00
FOR MEN'S SUITS AND OVERCOATS
Worth $7.00 to $10.00
FOR MEN'S SUITS AND OVERCOATS
Worth $10.00 to $15.00
$7.50
FOR MEN'S SUITS AND OVERCOATS
Worth $15.00 to $25.00
CIO nn F0R MENS SUITS AND OVERCOATS
4JJLV.VJV Worth $20.00 to $30.00
Cor. Third and
Burnside
All Other Hats
in the House
Reduced
Almost
50 Per Cent
SOX
4c
Underwear 23c
Former Price 60c
BE ON HAND EARLY LOOK FOR THE BIG SIGNS STREETCARS FROM EVERY PORTION OF
THE CITY PASS THE DOOR. ...
f AllTIONt Don't confound this sale with any other sale in the city Re
vnu 1 lvn member the location, Corner Third and Burnside Stsr
INDEPENDENT FURNITURE COMPANY
CASH OR CREDIT.
COMPLETES MOUSEFURNISHGRS
104-106 FIRST ST.
Betwaen Washington and Stark St.
in vtip ursanrront uuiidlns
AT OUR STORE you can buy strictly reliable Fur-
niture at lower prices than the other stores ; ask
for inferior goods. Are you anxious to buy right?
Come in and get our prices before you buy elsewhere.
You will be absolutely convinced that bur : prices are
the most reasonable frr Port
land, r We are at your service
mimn
of all de-
This solid oak cane teat
Dining Chair,
very strong, ipl.
'JIZ
95c
This solid oak Dresser,
not frr or royal oak, .but
srswr. $14.50 1 "... $8.oo
Refrigerators
Eatra Special Adjustable Pin Cur a wis
tain Stretchers, the $3 kind, only Jpl.l O
Stationary Pin Stretchers, only,,... lt,.fc'.f 1.25
Best Sanitary Steer Davenport makes a (
sized bed at night; strictly best grade.. f 3
Steel Couches, only,; ...... ;". , A
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