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S PORTLAND. FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 18. .1008. I COMPANY MUST LAY KIND OF PAVEMENT CITY WANTS r LOCAL BOOSTERS . GO TO FRISCO THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. that the cltr can c'orimI th' Port Und Railway, Light Power company .' to Uy any kind of a pavement U city , order between th company' tracka ' and for a reasonable distance outside. v la th opinion of City ' Attornay J, P. - Kavanaugh in a, oommunlratlon to.th , atreet comrolttea of tha city extoutlt . board. Tha opinion waa given' at tba requeat of tha committee following, tha , communication of tha company to lh i mayor, council and executive board no. . tiryitif the city officials that tha com- nHnV vnitM III I ta ftittira 1 u u nl r; aurh pavement between ita tracka aa la lam on th balano of the atreet. for years the city has compelled tha , . company to use Baltrlaa blocka between the tracka and for one foot outalde of ' tha ralla. Thl was don In order "to have a -strong pavement and baae in ; the Immediate vicinity of the tracka to t wlthatand the vibration of the pasa- in cara. (several weeke ago tne com pany notified the city that.lt would no ' Jnnger euomlt to tha extra expense. ' t'lty Attorney Kavanaugh, however, la of- the belief that the city can force the company to lay euch pavement aa tha city deal re under the provlaiona of the comDanv'a .'franchises and the city '. charter under' which the franchises were granted, and under- tba ipreaent cnaner. , r - -. . . Beady to enforce Frovialon. - . , ; ' Furthermore. Mr. Kavanaugh atated that ha war- prepared at any time to proceed to compel tha company to make the Improvements. Ills, opinion .fol- ' Iowa: . ' '' .' - "The atreet committee of the execu . tlv board ha referred to me the pro teat of the Portland Railway, Light Power company against the, Improve ment of certain atreet a, and requests a report tnereon, 1- . t2 tlifa will portion of franchlaea. between tha ralla. between- the track and for the width of one foot beyond the outermost ralla with any kind of' -pavement or Improvement other than the kind with which the atreet la paved mean the company aervea streets on which-Jt holds 'By till notice on hereafter not 11 city official that Improve to aavtral franchisee tha company now owns, and erteulnl reference la made to aeveral streets where Improvement pro ceedlnga are pending and on which the city la attempting to compel coin- nanv to lm Drove the Dortlon or ine i treets It U require! to Improve and ma In Lain with a different kind or nn- nnkH.rtMnt tt th.t laM hv the CltT OR the earns streets. Tha ' company also! proteata against being required to lay ralla weighing more than tO pound to I the yard on a. atreet where a concrete! foundation, or other foundation, la laid I or may be hereafter laid by tne city. Ho far aa I am ad v lied, the city na ordered a different kind of Improve-1 m.nt rail. h.iHii tha tracks and fori a dlatance oftona foot beyond tha rail pf each track. Olty scold Whip ataad. 1 have made a careful Investigation Af tha franr-hlaaa ttnar Awna4 bv thl I company, the chartere under which aald I rranoniaea were srantea ana. inn pru- g to franchlaea that were In exletence and operation 1 tlm It event Into ef fect .,..,.'-... Experience haa demonatrated that I 'J , B - , S 'I 4 I I -' I ', ". M Executive Officers of Com- ' mercial Bodics Will At-. tend Coast Sleeting. The Pills That Caie Executive officer . of the Portland commerolal bodies will go to San Fran lolaco the first week In Ootober tend a meeting of tha head Paolflo 'eoaat commercial bod lea. letter received by the chamber of com merca today tha aupport of California waa promised for any aid Portland may ' want In 'securing the DroDoeed Im provement to the harbor . of tha Port Of Portland. President t; F". Bwlaert and. Becre- tary Jd. C. Oiltner of the chamber of commerce will be present at the meet ing,' while Joseph' N. Teal and George M. Cornwall who. with them, form tba chamber1 a delegation to tha ? Trans- UlasiaslDDl Commercial oonareaa which eonvenea In San Franclaco on October! . win aooompany them and Help In I the effort, to have Portland ably reprl emeu in xne meeting. In a letter received thla morning- by I the chamber from Rufu Jennlng;. of I tne iauiornia promotion committee tne I interest mat California Is - taking in the proposed harbor Improvement la apoken of, and Mr. Jennings offer tol uu anyuiing in me power or tne pro-i motion committee' to bring about thai early completion of the work, saving iiiai. me enure coasi la interested in the securing of a fresh water harbor lor Portland. . . .s-- i ne commercial eonrres will eon-1 to at-J yw I or Improved adiaoent to the tracka. T rr"Thli communication directs attention SAYS FATHER IS THE VICTIM OF WILES OF DESIGNING WOMAN Tliat aciatio rlieumatiam ran the weight and vlbratlonof car, or""- by tl) ua of Dr. William' Pink PI Ma ated.on atr,et railway line, .ubject . , "mA"2l tne improvement Del ween mi v-nM , dwwhi and for a abort dlatance outside of MotSWan, Of Fort Hunter, P. 8ho the ralla, to a greater etresa and wearlagya; . than tea Improvement on other portion! --n. ' i 1 ' '.V ' of the' atreet. . I. i nnasr aoo. I have given thl aueetlon ' very I uenxig irom what h term- careful ennafderatinn. and 1 am Of thelM CIUTOniO 0Clatla rlinnmar.lam. -r TK opinion tnat tne ppaitjon w . aen d y i. aisease aetuea In my hipg and kneMand company Is untenable, and that the city I , t H ... J canrrequir it .to impreva the atreete 1 rerea inteiwe darting palng. So BO- hetwaan tha rallajantt for a reasonable I T6T4 WM tilft Daln at timAa that IwiiiU distance outside of the rail with kind Jigva to cry out, and aometimes I wag aider measure grid project that tend of Improvement different from that laid I -.-e-n- i'ii ,. , 1 1 hM.A.i. k. Tu. tha a.raat Til a V' u. t .roiuiCBa. JUT limD Were BO I " 7 - ' ""."'fwi w nw wr- power" WurXwbVjiM wr that I waa nnable to bear the weight fnducKgV'CTal governVnt 5 Wh, i 7U.nnT"t me" I Waa ex- recognlle the eel.f!toSti2 should. .be ImposedV upon the company, tremelTBe rrona. had nn ., axa I Importance of tha Pacifla cna.t ft iS Due witnin tne iimna or reaaonaoie ex- . - - . , . , . . I nrobable that a mVhi (; czz Z m T " "T erclsa it-can be enforced. - not seem to haye mnch blood. . I had no a wrtton Tf tK hi?tiMhh filial! "I am prepared at any tlm to In- anoetite and food ftanarl tn. a-t At. .17,, .airft?i",.h!P-A1 .tltut. appropriate proceedrhg. to com- , r WM coh X oonatanUyirom .dull throbbing headr 1 ?i&X?&t??S2r'a'&Jn ..r v-j :. lt . ,, - - L I . f orunea against In in nesn nntu j. was a mare skaleitrm. A the doctor could not help me, I de- oiaea io try ur. wuiuung'.Knk Fillg, which were reoonunended by an aunt, After usinT the Dills a ahort Mm 1 notiond a .decided change for the better, and I kept on with them nntil the rheu matism left me entirely." . ... ; . r ." . . . t .... i h ' Ml EXTRA BUYING INDUCEMENTS. Soys 9 odies Our splendid preparation for this depart ment is complete, and we offer better quali ties, greater diversities of style and quote; prices on a lower margin than ever before. Best makes Vepresented. : BS' STYLISH SUITS BOYS' RUSSIAN AND pel the company to make euch improve ment wnere ic naa ueiayea or aeciinea to do eo after reaaonable notice from the inunlolpal authorities. Respect- fully, . J. P. KAVANAUOH, t-v- -v,iiy - aiwrncir. at $5.00 That O. Prederick Ritter, whoae mat rimonial trouble have - been , aired be' fore In the jjrcult ,ourt waa "roped " lt" by the goft cooing and billing and blandishments of a woman 1 the charge made In an answer filed in the cir cuit court by Edward L. Rlt'ter, son of O. Frederick! Rltter, who haa come to ' the defense of his father wlUi some of the most picturesque pleading ever in troduced mio prosaic court records. --. This 1 a nortton of the lansuaae In which he describes the feeling of his father by hi step-mother. , Matilda Drake, who formerly waa Mra. G. Fred erick Rltter: . , "That for aome time prior to Decem ber 1. 190A,- the plaintiff, who T a bux om, adenturous, muchly married woman of experience and well versed and skilled in the wilea and blandishments of lova-making-. 'cajolwl. coaxed and Influenced bv deceit, flattery, fraud, coercion and Intimidation the defendant, Q. Frederick Rltter who is 68 years of age and who waa at that time 67 years old, -infirm. decrepit. In 111 health, and not entirely responsible for his actions, to promise to marry the plaintiff." - ' The younger Rltter goes on to charge that after Rltter pere bad been ensnared the fair charmer, threatened not to marry him, but to sue him for breach of promise unless he would deed to her certain property Irv Albina . homestead. at Page street and Vancouver avenue. This - la ' In explarmtlon of the fact that Mra. Drake holda a deed to the property winch her former husband last spring deeded to hi eon. The lat ter- later deeded it to-R.-.G:- Busse and the title has since passed from hlra to Mr. and Mrs. D. Bordewlck. All of these persona have been sued by Mr. Drake who asks the court to set aside the line i or deeds down to Bordewlck and to sustain her claim under the deed that Kdwam Rltter now aavs she oh. talned by flattery, fraud, calolerv. and other blandishments known to the fem inine alone. , Separate - answer for all of the de fendants were filed In the circuit court this morning. Dr. Williams' PINK -:PILLS Dr. Williams MedfcuTe Co., Schenectady, N. Y. I building. VI. C. 1 1 HOLDS HAL 171)16! Best line of suits we ever, sold at that, price; 2 pairs Knicker pants with each suit,- fine all-wool materials, ages 6 to 16 years. SAILOR SUITS Blue , Serge, Tweeds and Cassiraeres, all this season's latest models, patterns and colorings, all ages from 2yi to 0syears, at ?3.15, ?4.00,L 94.50 and. up to $9.00. :: - MAYOR ORDERS HIGH PRESSURE TESTS OF CEMENT WATER MAINS SEVEN IflDICTED OS MM ED The annual W. a T. U. meeting of Multnomah county 1 being held today at state, headquarter. 606 Ooodnnuarh After the oneninc rfAvntlnnnt 1 J . - . " . . I cacrvisBB, conaucied ny jure. Ada Unruh, reports were received. The nnuMant Mrs. lla G. Hlmna. mt.I h. of the year. 'Institutea at Albina, Sell wood and Sunnyalde were held, also . 1 .5ontc8ta and grange meetings cured for all these Institutes. The I'reeiuenis 0r , ma union reported. Cen tral union. Mrs. Unruh imaMmit I of good work done In spite of difflcul- . noniB very eincient new mnmiwra have been secured. Special mention waa I maae or ine new president, Mrs. B. N. jaman. uany prayer meetings are to be J i I C I rvBir noon av. miik UAndnmiffh ui4jiitHiK. icw wo ih to oe utKen BOYS' LONG , PANTS SUITS in our Basement Boys' Section, made, of materials that will give long service; Splendid Vals. at $6.00, $7.50 and S9.00 FIRST TRAIN Oil mam road New WOrk- In tn ha tilr.n ,m f1.t.J..l.. T J 1 T1 ! 1. A Seven men and ona woman Indicted along the line of literature and civic j DtlieUlUeS XhhlieU Uy JieigUl by the. grand Jury recently were before done on election tiy and new- work mem- Mayor Lane this morning Instructed Superintendent Dodge of the city water department to make testa of cement main similar to those recommended for the new pipe line whtcn will be- built from Bull Run river to the city under the bond act providing 13.000,000 for the new line. Sections of steel reinforced concrete mains. "60 inches in diameter, will be constructed and submitted to all sort of water and air pressures, besides oth er tests to determine the relative strength of auch mains, to that of iron . mains. Mayor line's Idea is to prove before the work Is ordered for the new pipe line whether the concrete mains will be as good or better than tne cast Iron mains. i ne concrete main nave oecoma popu lar In the past few years In various sec tions of the country and. are claimed to be stronger and more serviceable than the old style pipes. In aoeaklns- of the proposea testa inia saia; morning Mayor Lane a. sxtelqulb nr nwv hi nam Is "bad cough." He doesn't care lor goia or silver, nut he will teal your health away. If be appears In your houne arrest him at once with Ballard's Horehound Syrup, It may mean consumption If you rfon t. A ure for all cough, colda. mi I chest trou bles. . Price Zsc, 8(lo and ll.PO per bottle. Bold by Skldmor Drug company. "I thought it but fair to the city and ?roperty owners as well as to the oon ractora who expect to bM nn tha now pipe line to make experimental testa of the new style mains before going blindly ahead without a personal knowl edge of the new style mains. I have been told that the steel reinforced con crete mains have proved to be excellent conductors of water and I thought, in asmuch as we will probably have bids i or mis styie or a main, to make testa beforO awarding the contract" The tests will probably be marie at one of the city's reservoirs and work win commence on tne section as soon as possiDie. ' Presiding Judge Gahtenbeln In the cir cuit court yeaterday afternoon for ar raignment. Two plea of not guilty were entered. One wa "by Chester C. Holloway, charged with assault with a dangerous weapon on his wife, and -the other by Joseph Tlckey, charged with a like offense against Frank Eckhart. Mrs. Rose De Slco. who talks such a mixture of English and Italian that she cannot be understood, was called to answer tolhe charge of assault on a policeman. She talked glibly and In cessantly and waved a bundle of papers at the judge, but could not be made to understand that the case had nothing 10 aa wnn ner cniiaren. wno were taiten S.WB.V from her bv order of .Tiiddra TTr aer in the juvenile court over a yearj-land In the clrcultTcourt this morning tata a. - A A . . T ia, Vi at ai aaA a a WF TTTI a 0 ,,L VL vv. vvnue against hers secured. Mrs. Fullilove reported for Lucy Thurman union, an excellent list of officers and the pastor much In terested They have a young women's branch and a loval temnemnea laainn -1 cmioren. mrs. IjUcy Hosklns rcvuituir ior mount ocott. a PUDUO II- orry nag oeen opened tnroughr the ef forts of the union and University Park and Peninsular have also secured libraries. Department Show Tar iffs to Elgin. a manufactured article, haa rought a charge of assault and battery 1 Watchman Arraigned. (Dnlted Press Leased Wtre.a Irvlngton. Cal., Sept. 18. John Rea. the watchman, accused of the murder of Carl Moller on the Alvtso marshes last Sunday, was arralaned befont .Tnrlare Bowers here today, on a warrant sworn out bv Andrew Anderson, the vouth who accompanied Moller on his fatal ride In tne siougn. ago. Efforts to secure an Interpreter yesterday were fruitless and the naaa went over until tomorrow. Other defendants arraigned who will be required to plead tomorrow after noon are E. O. Adams, on two charges 01 passing Daa cnecKs; AOoipn Adler, for attempting to extort $400 from Slg Sichel; Hugh Walthrew, ' charged with larceny from a steamboat: Oscar Man- son and H. A. Collie, held on statutory TAILOR FOUND : DEAD IN HIS ROOM I. H. Mildendorf, believed to bo a tailor from San Rafael. Cal. waa fmmd dead in his room In. the Otympia hotel. 161 North Sixth street, early last evening. The coroner took ' charge of the body, and Investigation ahowed tha cause of death to have been chronic pulmonary tuberculosis. He was about 6fi years old. and had bean at tha hm.i only one day.- The authorities at San iiaei navo own nouiiea. SUES FOR SERVICES ' COMPANY DEXIES A jury was sworn before Judge Cle- ry the Kllham Stationery PHntlnar nnm. pany. White asserts that the company owes him $2,500 for his services In In teresting C O. HJermstad 1n the firm. He say a he was informed that the com pany desired to enlarge its business and Increase its capital stock, and he waa naked to look up a purchaser for stock. He alleges that Hjermstad bought $25 -000 worth of stock, but that he was never paid for his services. . Th com pany denies that it ever employed White ur mt&ua mm any promises. EAST SIDE CLUB . ' TQGIYE SMOKER The East Side Business Xfan'a rlnH will hold a smoker and bancmet in th.ir clubrooms at the corner of 'East Morri son street and Grand avenue tonight. The evening will be given over to an. oial enjoyment. But the club will taka advantage of the meeting to outline Its policy for the Improvement of the east siae mis ian. Next Sunday the first passenger train over the new Wallowa extension of the Elgin branch of the O. R. A N. will be run from La Grande, an excur ion train having been arranged for by the La Grande cltixens between La Grande and Elgin. John O'Neill, travel- In n. va. n ir- .-.( A hA n D A. U and other representatives of the head offices or the road will leave here to morrow to be present at the formal opening of the new line. It Is Planned to have the first train teave la oranae si i sunaay morning, reach Elgin at 10 O'clock and return at 4, arriving in La Grande again at 7 o'clock. Residents along the line of tne an gin orancn are greatly interested In the opening of the extension which will give about 39 miles additional road to the line. Although the excursion train will be run Sunday tne line will not be open to regular traffic for two weeks, or un til ballasting of some nine , miles of track near Elgin is completed. How ever, the general freight department of ine . . at ra. naa naa me new tariffs for the extension published and they win oo utsuea neii weeK. iney snow ine new rates rrom jporuand and be tween Elgin and points on the branch. CHARGES LAWYER WITH ASSAULT Charles Tates. an elderly man who sold candy at the corner of third and Morrison for years and haa lately be come interested in a company formed to promote orougnt a charge against Frank E. Melvln. a lawver. The alleged assault occurred a month ago. Yates, from a window on the sec ond floor of the Worcester building, called to a police officer that he was be ing restrained from leavlnir the mnm He declared Melvln and hia brother had assaulted him in attempting to get soma apers rrotn mm. The Meivlns were nterested in the comnanv and aa It ap peared to be a business quarrel no ac tion waa taken until today, when Yatea swore to a warrant In the Justice court today Melvln pleaded not aulltv and Waa held under $25 bail. SON KILLED, FATHER ASKS HEAVY DAMAGES Two suit in which damage aggre gating $12,600 ar claimed against Olds, Wortman A King, were filed In the cir cuit court this morning In the name of Frank A. Palmer, father of Kenneth A. Palmer, five years of age, who was run over and killed last June by one of the firm's delivery wagons. -Tne accident took plaoe on East Ever ett street, near Grand avenue, late in the afternoon, the wagon being then on the way to the atablea. The complaint alleges that It was nefflisentlv rfriimn over the little boy, resulting In injuries that caused his death. Palmer asks for Our Next President Bend lOo in Stamp for tlx PROPHECY PUZZLE Greatest ypuwle ever made. Choose the man vmi want tn wi and put him In Whita House. SEATTLE PUZZLE CO. 33S Arc ads Annas, Seattle, Wash, aqbnts wanted ' i i a $7,600 as administrator of the boy'e es tate and for $5,000 more Individually be cause of being deprived of the comfort and services of his son. BUCK'S Clothe-sShop For iVlen Ktrro&TjnoY n? pszosa or good CIiOTBXyQ AW BXPEBX H'l'l'iia xtt ATTXJTDAJrCH TO BIH THAT TOTX OBI PBOFXS TXT. 343 Washington . Street Near Seventh ' . .;; v - ..Gift fmm .the. Sumty-, dDntl" ;; '. vffl&iWl4 ' ' II A- V 111 eK.? JT JtZ. ..)SSJf5s.m- ; r...: ... r t Evervthine about CntthlMiA ie rh ?eed:ttat iife-giying and Me-sustaining qilaUty which is the basis of Cottolene. Cottolene makes "oo; nutntious, delicious and healthful. . Then think of people. using hog1 fat when they can get Cottolene .FREE. $end us a two-cent stamp to pay postaro and we wffl xxiidl vra a cow of our "Pure YccA "wwr. nr. t Tiseei-'.'a....,- 'i,. 4 S - , r . ' ". . ' ' , - t ' -a..wva Vj ai.o-jr Jm aaUiWUi, WiiULu.- UZSJiy TZZ: Z. ', nado only by THE IT. K. FAIRBA1JK COIIPAirX, Chicaco. -