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THE UXECiON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 4, 1008.
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People Indignantly Refuse
to .Sigii Anti-Statement
No. 1 Paper -Lone Solici-
' tor Invited to.Learc Many
Offices and Tires of Job.
The Journal Chimes Ring Out
i the Hours in Sweetest Tones
'''", .antf-Statement N"o. . 1 petitions, for
mulated by the advisers of the Fulton
opposition, prumulgnted by the Sellwood
and the Onion Republican clubs and
'taken up by "tho gimtlemen who have
V teen entruatea wiin uie ioiii".
having a wearing time of It In their
. .1 Journey. They have traveled far, found
Tow signatures ana ine num-n ui nc
become attached to them are not, gen
lifraiiy speaking, of the sort that would
! Influence legislators, or any one e se.
to violate a nled.e or break a promise.
For some time there has been a great
deal of speculation as to wnat aaa oe
(om of the petitions which, It was
I widely heralded, would sweep over the
: i elate and Rather up a large majority of
'the people's signatures commendatory
,cf the plan to break down the State--rnent
No. 1 majority, and advising- mem
ber of the assembly to violate their
.pledges given to the people last.. April
' and ratified at the general olection In
June. When the petitions were started
It was prophesied by the starters that
'the great demand -of the people had
railed them forth and thatTt would be
itut a few days until they would be re
turned laden down with signatures.
:' raw Signature Obtained.
The peitions went out, and apparent
ly vanished. Nothing was heard of
them for some time and then it was
announced that the petitions had not
been abandonedbut work on them had
been suBpended. This work would.be
taken up later In an organised manner,
. It was promised, and qnlck dispatch
- would be made of the whole business.
The fact of the matter is that the peo
ple of the state will not sign the peti
tions. Outside of a few old line poli
ticians, and those beholden to them for
favors past, voters do not want to go
on record as advising any man to break
bis word of honor, solemnly and volun-
i tartly given. Only those who contend,
.like Secretary Max Cohen of the Union
club and Jimmy. Kertchem, his running
mate, that they , are "party men," have
shown any enthusiasm in the master,
. and as a result the petitions are having
Blow sledding wherever they have ap-:
ieared. .
I'p in Marlon county the cause has
beeii recognised as" hopeieBS.. Senator
J.- N. 8mith.,,the Pulton manager Wor
that Iron bound and copper riveted par
tisan county, is reported to be com
plaining that "The people do not show
any enthusiasm." In other parts of the
state the same condition prevails.
Here in ; Portland, Frank' Mlddleton,
who needs no introduction, politically
, opeaking. is about the sole survivor of
the petition circulating class. He i
not having an easy time. In fact, his
experience to date is making him cau
tious uuoui picxing out ine men to
whom he offers his petition for signa
ture, lie nas grown cautious because
; he has been invited to leave offices and
business bouses bv irate professional
: and business men. has been lectured and
in soma instances has been compelled to
. listen to' epithets not at all complimen
tary to him, his petition' and his cause,
from the lips of men. who considered it
not atall a nice thing to be asked to
,1oin in an. effort to induce perjury and
fraud. Frank is somewhat disheart
ened. - So are the men who are back of
him and who are discouraged because
the wild fire spread of theJr handiwork
did not come up to expectations.
The petition business is a failure. The
ort of men wanted on those-petitions
cannot be had. . A few of the old ring
men are willing to boost the game, but
- ven the higher-tips in that class, those
who have professed more or less earnest
repentance in the recent past, do not
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In cash. It Is alleged, the ;', conductor
lorced her to leave the car, again de
claring in a loud voice, so that all the
uu passengers couia near, that he would
not , carry any Mopplckpra. She then
walked back to Chumekata; ' two miles
away, .and spent the. night in an old
sna. For tne rrignt, exposure and hu
miliation . she , suffered she ' asks dam
age of J5000. -
FIFTH STREET BUYEES' ,
XAMES ATOOUNCED
5Final Daoers In the transfer of the lot
on Fifth street between pine and An
keny, which was sold two weeks ago by
Ru swell A Blvth - to a svndlcata of
wealthv lumbermen were alaned todav
and the deal closed.
The property was purchased bv Jacob
H. Cook. F. E. Wheeler and the Dant-
Russell company, all of whom are large
the north-
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Liquor License ( Committee
Also Rescinds Resolution
Revoking Licenses.
purchased
Blyth for
holders of timber lands in
west, for 176.000. It was
five years ago by Russell &
tlS.000.
The lot is across Fifth street from
the Crawford bulldln, under construc
tion, and Is opposite the NeuBtadter
building on Ankeny street. It is report
ed that the purchasers are having plana
prepared for a handsome office bulldina
of eight stories, which will be erected
on the site.
The first' free-for-all race for airships.
rresoectlve of class or method of nro-
Rulsion or elevation, will be held over a
ve-mlle course at New York on the
afternoon of election day.
Recommendation that the applfcatlons
of. aeven restaurants. Including the lead-
l!!. TPm ot tne iltZ- r renewal of
their liquor licenses be granted, was the
result of a special meeting of the liquor
license committee of the council with
City Attorney Kavanaugh yesterday
afternoon. The committee voted aa well
to rescind its resolution that all saloon
men fined In the municipal court ap
pear before the committee to show cause
why their licenses should not be re
voked. Before the committee took action In
these two cases Councilman Driscol!
moved that all the licenses now held by
restaurants be revoked. His motion was
defeated. The action of the committee
may not have much effect on the coun
cil as a whole which at the last council
meeting had a majority of votes-agalnst
the granting of the licenses asked for.
Councilman Rushlight takes the standi
he does because he thinks every restau
rant In the city, no matter how small,
should be allowed the same privileges
as the large grills and dining rooms.
Rushlight is supported by those coun
cilmen who fought . the Cellars ordi
nance. , '
Paul wesslnger, - representing the
weinhara brewery interests, was glvun
the privilege of the floor to tell why he
as me councu nnouia srr
There Is one point,
grant the res.
thinks the council should
taurant license
he said, "on which nobody has yet
touched. That is the convenience of the
public- Sale of liquor In grills is a
necessary : evil., Why . do we do it?
Simply because, the publlo demands
drink with its meals. , ---
"I think the city of Portland haa
singular distinction in respect to thu
strange laws it has adopted excluding
women rrom saloons. And the strict
construction of the law with regard to
grills would make it necessary for a
wom&n4o swallow a hot meal in order
to cool her thirst on a hot day by .sip-,
ping a little claret.
"The breweries are not posing aa re
formers, but we think that the most Im
portant question with regard to liquor
selling saloons and restaurants is not
what people eat or drink, but how the
places are conducted. ' We are opposed
to dives and we will do all we can to
make the saloons clean, but we do think
that .the council should give us all a
square deal."
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COIITRACTOeS
TOLD 10 HURRY
The .street , committee of the city
executive board held the customary
tedious session yesterday afternoon. Of
the usual list of petitions for extensions
of time only a comparatively few were
granted. It is apparently the determi
nation of the committee to discourage
ny: inclination on ; the . part of con- '
tractors to be slow with their work.
Several fines were levied for faiium
to complete .street within the time
limit.' C. R Pnltara - n- 1.1- .1
for being behind time on a contract that
the city engineer' assistant had caught
h m putting In poor rock and had made
him get 'the kind demanded in the speci
fications. Pnttjura amalA , k .
kind of rock was accepted by another
n-ijviir in a airrerent part of the cltv.
Isaac Swett lnnlceri IninnuiAj . ,ki
statement hut hn rit -i,
It. ,If the statement - made hv PnhS .
is correct the inference is that one of
the two Inspectoral , is incompetent or
discriminative nr that ha nv- .1
material that was not up to apecifics-
Journal Cliimes Just Installed at Fifth and Yamhill bu-eets.
The Journal's new Westminster
chimes suspended from the" corner of
its building at Fifth and Yamhill, are
shown in the accompanying cut. This
novel and intricate piece of mechanism
was manufactured by the McCllntOck
Loomis company of Minneapolis, and
was installed by w. E. Hushaw. an ex
pert in such work, who is going to a
number of other Pacific coast cities
where chimes are to be put up. The
chimes are operated by an electric clock
in the basement of The Journal build
ing. Under the contract which The Journal
has with the McClliUoct-L.oomis com
pany, no other chimes manufactured by
this concern can be installed in Port
land, the policy of the manufacturers
being to sell but one In each city.
Ban Francisco, Los Angeles and Oak
land each have one of theae sweet toned
chimes, while thA fortunate, cities in
Washington are Seattle, Spokane and
Everett. These, together with the one
just put tip for The Journal make but
seven on the entire Pacific coast.
The following is the language of The
Journal chimes:
At Quarter past the hour, four strokes,
Westminster.
At half past the hour, eight strokes,
cathedral peal.
At three quarters past the hour, 12
strokes, reveille.
At the full hour, 16 strokes, followed
oy tne striking or tne lull hour.
want to go on paper. They contend that
they can have more influence by work
ing quietly and personally than by get
ting onto any petition. The anti-pledge
petition business is on the bum.i
TAKE IIP FRANCHISE
CHARTER SECTION
The charter commission will meet to
night In special session to consider the
public utilities and franchises section
of the new charter. The importance of
the subject makes it desirable that a
full attendance be present and Chairman
McGinn hopes that no member of the
commission will be absent.
SUES ELECTRIC ROAD
FOR NIGHT IN SHED
That she was made to get off an Ore
gon Electric car by an officious conduc
tor and then had to walk twa. miles In
the dark, finally spending the night in
an old shed. Is the charge contained In
a owmplalnt filed in the circuit court
by Mary E. O'Brien. The only reason
for this treatment, she says, is that she
was, last September, a hoDPicker. She
says she boarded the car at Chemekata
trie nignt of September 17. and that
when she tendered her check the con
ductor in a loud tone of voice announced
that he would not carry a hoppicker.
Aimougn me iare was men tendered
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Equal in EVERY WAY to the garments
sold in other stores at $20 and $25.
A look in at our windows will convince
you of the truth of this statement
WHEN ,Y0U SEE IT IN OUR AD ITS SO
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1st and YamhillJ
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Our great special sale of Solid Oak Sideboards closes tomor
row night. We intend to fill all orders received, even if we
must sacrifice values from our regular stock. We have sold
more sideboards this week the past five days than in
any previous five months. It's a snap SNAP! with big
type, and the people appreciate it. Just think of it!
I Sideboard for a Dollar
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Down
ShortCoats$2.75
We are' closing out a "lot of
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rifice. In the lot are a number
of covert cloth and broadcloth-,
also Meltons In different size.
Very nobby coats, priced at
$2.75 to 37.2S
See our new arrivals in Silk
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to our
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We deliver one of these mas
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And at the sametime give you
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