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20 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, i FRIDAY ' EVENING, MAY 28,. 1909. WILL ADVERTISE CITY OF SEATTLE For the purpose of raising funds to advertise Portland at the A.-T.-P. expo ltlon. Seattle, on Traveling: Men's day, June 12, a vaudeville entertainment will t held by local travelers ai ins expo sition building Wednesday, June . It la also planned to have traveling men participate in tne itose r esuiu iesuvi tlea on that date. Tickets for the vaudeville perform mnrt, -hlrh drummers assure the public will be one of the most entertaining of Its kind ever pulled otl in roruana, are now being sold for $1. On the program re boxing and fast wrestling events, high class musical numbers and unique vaudeville acts. Aberdeen, Seattle and Portland athletic clubs will have repre sentatives In the athletic events. C. A. Whitmore 1 cnairman of the committee In charge of the perform ance. Fred Tonslng, Clyde Kvans, Nye Kern and Tom Word are members. Each cas tickets for sale. Local members of the traveling ra ternity are plannln a bix excursion to the fair on May 12. The local crowd will probably take a special train and a band may accompany them. The rail roads have given a round trip rate of 114.60, Including sleepers, Friday. Satur day and Sunday nights. The excursion ists plan to leave Portland Friday night : and return Monday morning. All desir ing tickets' for the excursion should ar range with H. C. McAllister, 417 Ore-g-onian building. Saturday night the United Commer ltl Travelers of Portland will hold a fclg meeting to consider plans for par ticipation In the Rosa Festival fiesta. 'ACCEPTS OFFER OF PLACE ON BALLOT , Portland, Or May 27 Messrs. George B. Van Waters, Andrew C. Smith, Hor se Ramsdell, 8. M. Mears. J. N. Teal, Charles K. Henry and other taxpayers of school district No. 1, Multnomah eounty. Oregon, Gentlemen Your re quest that I become a candidate for school director at th next election is accepted and if elected I will, to the best of my ability, discharge the duties f the office. , Thanking you for the honor implied In your request. I am, Yours truly, R. R. SABIN. MEASURES TO BE VOTED ON ' ATTHE COMING CITY ELECTION STREET IMPROVEMENT CHANGES PROPOSED New Notaries. (By Journal Leaaed Salem Wire.) Salem, Or., May 28. Notarial com missions have been issued to Edward T. Hathaway, Dryden; Murray Barrett, Uolley; Jesse O. Wells. Eugene; Rich ard Sesseman, Vemonte, and W. S Slougb, Klamath Falls, Germany has become the greatest pro ducer of cocoa butter in the world, turn ing out ahout 7000 tons a year. fTkx CARE Or THE TEA KETTLE. Soma nnnl fthtnlr that tmimt the m. kettle never contains anything , but clean water It need seldom be washed. ' Every, houiewlfV who Ue where water is bard, however, knows how the lime and other "salu'fonn coating on the Inside. This may be largely prevented, and the outside of the tea-kettle- kept free from "soot" and frets, by washing. Inside .and outside, each morning, with hot water and Gold post. , , The hud lime and other salt are dissolved by the Gold Dost and the Inside of kettle will be kept smooth much, longer, if thus cared for. Be sure to rinse thoroughly wita hot or warm water to remove all soapy water, then re-All with cold water tor heating. ' ..rv.u. MuciniiuDUH iu law latlng to the . improvement of streets wwmmwhcu iu iu new cnarier yiau to be voted on by the people of POrt- careful study, and for this reason are ,i u.nmriLu iu ciia I cuu vi upan irum of changes proposed , by amendments of fcMw wuiiuuin ui seven. Th new .h.f.. ..! v. m . . 4 . . nu iuhiihi ior nara sunace pavement shall be let without a guarantee on .ua pan 01 me contractor 10 maintain v.tw di.cv .It ICTHII (III WirCO After that the l-1lv la tn mulnlnin thn street. Under the Dresent charier thr filv must maintain the street from the first. In behalf of three- ciause it is contended that if any radi cal defect In the street exists It will develop within three years, and the roniracwr can p oDJiged to majte it good. Restriction of the power of the patent paving monopolies is exnected tn tu accomplished by an amendment to sec tion 373. It is provided that plans shall not be adopted and the contract awarded for hard surface pavement ro qulrlng the use of any article or pro cess controlled wholly by one person or corporation without first" advertis ing for bids for this patented article In competition with other articles or processes that will answer the same general purpose. It will be osserved that this Dlan is less sweeping than the Kellaher anti patent paving amendment, which would absolutely prohibit the council from awarding contracts for patent paving. The new charter plan would make . Tt necessary to secure bids at the same time for other articles or processes, and It would then be the duty of the coun cil to choose between the bidders, con sidering both the amount of the bid and the kind of material offered. Different Kinds of Improvements. An amendment along the same line requires the city engineer to prepare plans and specifications for "any one or more kinds of appropriate improve ments and estimates of the work to be done." The present charter requires the engineer to prepare plans for "an appropriate improvement. Another section of the new charter provides that the council shall not have authority to order a street improved at the sole expense of the property bene fited where the cost will exceed 60 per cent of the assessed valuation of thn abutting property unless a petition is filed by three fourths of the property owners asking for it. In that event three fourths of the property owners may specify how high they are willing to go, but will not be permitted to fo beyond the total assessed valuation, t is further' provided in the same sec tion that If improvements are ordered on a street where hard surface pave ment has once been laid, the entire cost shall fall on the street repair fund and not upon the property vjwners. This Is on the theory that street Im provement expense should be borne by general taxation after the original Im provement is made. The provision of the present charter, as amended ' in 1907. providing for a four fifths remonstrance of property owners to stop an improvement pro ject, is retained in the new charter without change. The city is required to keep in repair any street improved with other than a hard surface pavement for the full term of years stated in the ordinance providing for Improvement. Important benefit is expected from a new section requiring that all ser vice pipes' for sewers, water and gas mains and conduits shall be laid to thb curb of every lot. or at such in tervals as the city engineer shall direct, before the street Is paved with hard surface pavement. Property owners may lay these pipes by private per mit, but If they do not elect to do so, the city must lay them or cause the contractor to perform the work, adding the cost to the assessment Much Inconvenience and additional expense has been occasioned, particularly in new districts, by the frequent tearing up of streets to lay pipes and mains soon after the street was paved, an.l this section is intended to remedy this condition. Means -prompt Payment. The new charter also cures a defect of the present charter relating to tne to lectlon of money on bonded assessments for street extension. Under the Bancroft bonding act property owners may be allowed 10 years tq pay iur i ' nrovements. but under the present charter there is no machinery to com pel payment of Installments as they ran aue. jroperty uwnuro iu.mB n t m rf tha aft an thug able tO DOSt- pone payment until the expiration of tne iu year term, tne cny raouuun ing compelled to advance the money as the installments become due. Th new charter provides for the sale of property for unpaid install ments, which are made to fall due semi annually. If the owners refuse or neg lect to pay, the city may proceed to collect In 20 days thereafter in the same manner and with the same penal ties as delinquent street or sewer as sessments are collected, that is, by sale of the property to satisfy the Hen. An amendment to the same effect is offered to the voters by the com mittee of seven, which has proposed In all 19 amendments to the old charter to be voted on separately. Comparison of the amendment relating to the col lection of bonded street assessments with the new charter plan shows that it provides for 10 annual Installments instead of 20 semi annual payments and gives 90 days' grace to the delinquent instead of 20 days. Another differ ence Is that the committee of seven amendment allows only 10 days for property owners to apply for payment under the bonding act after the assess ment has been made, while the new charter allows 80 days. Another distinction is that the com mittee of seven amendment also ap plies the bonding act specifically to the laying of sewer pipe. This appears to be an Important difference on- its face, but Is not really so, as the new charter provides that sewer and all other service Dices must be laid before a street Is paved, and the cost Is in cluded in the assessment unless tne work is done by permit. All of this work may then come under the bonding act. Another change in the new charter raises the Interest that the city may draw on anv delinquencies in local as sessments from 7 per cent to 10 per cent. The same change is proposed In an amendment to section 407 of the present charter proposed by the com mittee of seven. - City to Own Surplus Earth. Two other amendments relating to streets proposed by the committee of seven should be noted before closing the discussion of this subject. One of these amends section S78 of the present charter by declaring that the city shall be deemed to have ap prlated and (acquired ownership of all earth above grade and within the lines of any streets that are being improved. ! Disputes over ownershln of earth be tween contractors, property owners and the city have arisen frequently, and the object of this amendment is to es--tablish the right of the city to sell or use this earth as It pleases. The other amendment referred to is offered to section 421. and makes the acceptance by the city of street or I sewer work conclusive evidence that ! the work was performed according to specifications. Contractors and- all other holders of warrants are directed to look for payment to the Tund ac cruing from the property benefited, unless tne as see am ant is aeciareu iu valid or the city shall cease for a per InH at talx months In its efforts to col. lect Such warrants and special assess ments are exempted from the statute of limitations, and it is provided that . the payment of warrants by the city shall not anect tne assessment liens.. . The effect of this would he to make it the duty of the city to forever seea to collect warrants, and If It relaxed its diligence for six months it would become liable to the contractor, no dif ference' how many years later It might be. The wisdom of this and of the nrovlfllon that navment of warrants bv the city shall not affect the validity of liens is seriously questioned oy many, who regard -it as giving contractors and warrant holders an undue "cinch" on the city where the city is unabs to collect. ' The features above presented complete the discussion or tne new cnarter plan, compared with amendments proposed by the committee of seven. The reader who has followed The Journal series of articles from last Monday has before him a full review or Important changes proposed by the new charter, and also of all amendments proposed by the committee of seven. PLAX PBESENT FOR QUEEN" OF HOLLAND At the suggestion of the Netherland colony at New York and with the co operation of the Dutch legation at Wash ington, D. C. funds are being collect ed among the Hollanders in the Unl ted States for a present to her majesty the aueen on the so particularly happy event of the birth f an heiress to the throne. Those who wish to avail themselves of this oonortunity to show their loyalty and devotion to Queen Wllhelralna and to the house of Orange, may send their contributions to J. W. Matthes, vice consul of the Netherlands, 223 Failing building, Portland, Or. An album containing the names ot all subscribers will accompany the pres ent i Love Feast for Dr. Angell. Ann Arbor. Mich.. May 28. The love and esteem In which Dr. James if. An gell who has just retired from the ac tive presidency of the University of Michigan, is held by the students of that institution win be given expres sion at a dinner arranged In his honor to be held in Waterman gymnasium to night. It is to be entirely an under graduate affair and very informal. Tha e-ent of the evening will be the pres entation to Dr. Angell of a handsome silver loving cup. 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Ladies' Suits in the much-wanted mannish ma terials, in the color shades in daily demand. Of course, they are up to the mo ment in style, and we guarantee them to fit. Priced for Saturday at iD cy)) There is nothing in Portland today just .as new, just as stylish as this last shipment. They will be sold within a few days, for cash or easy payments to suit. Make a small cash payment on the suit of your choice, and then pay Week 'T&Why GeviirtzSeWthe Chpest:r Buy in famcure Quantities JljpTtill Mcadlota m if a ra ia t.t n ir n it 11 , 'v.-.. Allow us to "fit jyou out for Deco- ration Day. Come 7 e a r 1 y 1 tomorrow 7 r . 7 . and We will guar- antee tn havi thft First, and Yamhill Second and Yamhill suit fitted in time.