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i 8 THE'. OREGON SUNDAY ' JOURNAL.' -"PORTLAND; SUNDAY MORNING; AUGUST 7, 1910. pnismst ii ma Former Resident Remembers When Boys PlayedMarbles Where Traffic Heavy, Now. Frank P. Hopm, millionaire real es tate operator of Spokane, Wash., was Sheriff of Douglas county, 27 or Z veara sko. and visited Portland frecnient Iv. ' Not for years has he been In I'ortland. . Naturally, when h reached this city a, few days ago and after a '.. trln about the business district. . ha settled himself down m a soft chair In the hotel lobby, h may not be blamed for ejaculating 1n an awed ton--"By Jinks!" . - ' Mr. Hoffan will tell you that 27 years go Portland wasn't much of a town as towns, of the west now go. - He , told tho newspaper men that just about that :.. time' its principal' Industry ...was gam' bUng, and its prospects were Just about as poor as that proverbial turkey owned by Job. or a rhurch mouse, which ever you may prefer. He ald that about thai time Second street was the bustling ave nue of commerce and that upper "Wash- . Ington street seemed about as far away as New Tori. In the late afternoons and jearly evening the greater part of the populace ! was ,wont ; to alt by the river and swan. V :: "If someone had ventured to suggest about that time - that Portland would become a, city auch as It now Is, he would have been considered craay and would be a popular hand la a poker game," said Mf Hogan. "As I remem ber It all the buildings were made of wood, and the number of shake shacks was appalling when one thought, of the fire that might come. ' "Portland was stretched just as wide open as waa possible, and the better and more prosperous the gambler, the higher position -. he held In tha com munity. The east aide was then "across the river and one didn't have to ven ture out fr into Its wilds to get some pretty good hunting. The 'kids' were wont to play marbles, In ;the . streets, safe from the tearing autos and clang ing streetcars.Land Sixth and Seventh i streets were then quiet as a graveyard except when some bashful ; gunmen chanced to wander that far from down town to test, their skill, r - '1 can't word my surprise '" In fit language, I havn't keen in Portland for years, and the manner in which It has sprung "up to the proportions of a city Is little less than ; marvelous, Huge office buildings have sprung up on lots where the boys used , to play ball, and shlnriey and even In regions that some few years ago were wildernesses where the children , played mdlan , and other backwoods , games., big business blocks and residences have gone up. "Of course,. I am loyal to Spokane, and think it's the greatest city In the country, but there's no use talking Portland has progressed beyond , the . wildest expectation.- t believe Spokane and Portland have enjoyed the best . growth Oi.; all cities of the west nn excepting jos Angeles. I think" thv w ill ultimately outstrip all of the other cities. , Portland's stability Is surprising to me, too. Portland has the reputation .of being the most, stable city ; In the west Twenty-five or SO rears m pn inn would not have thought it would ever become such a well-based city." KAISER .WILHELM FOR ; WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE . ' tPublisHen' Pi-k Leiwd wire.) Berlin. Aug. .-Eroperor William has privately proclaimed that he la In favor of women's suffrage, . Tor a year the kaiser has been following very closely the suffrage movement In his own coun try. in England and in America. He has ; ; discussed with his various ministers the public influence .of suffrage and ihe f feet It would have upon government pol icies if women-should be allowed to vote. The kaiser's view of the question Is far-reaching.. He Is looking at the Inter national side of 1U An elaborate report was drawn up for bim In which It was hypothetlcally set for that women elec- : tors would use the same discretion as men. - The kaiser's view led to the as sumption that women elector mighl be Influenced to establish a government with irresponsible diplomats which would. In turn, lead to breaking of alii- .. .ances. . m- Prit,1'0nV:r8at,0n the ' P"er ' ht ;.,TUi1,,n few ye "men will be qualified for every place In. poljtlcs now held by men, due to the broadening influences of modern education. At the present time I am heartily In favor of lemoMng all obstacles in the way of . women earning their . dally bread. I would open all the universities for wo men and allow them the highest places in the ranks of teachers. Women are ' f"1.',? PProcnln to the point where 1 Uf mN,, quaIs ,n everything mm OU UK pass ;i 5.000.000 COMMERCIAL CLUB TO VISIT AT FARM (Special i Woatch to Th Jonroatl .Albany Or., Aug. 6.-The Albany Commercial club has accepted an in yltation, from R. H, McKtnney, of Hoi .ley. la upper-Linn -county, to- visit his ranch on a date to be agreed upon. The trip will occupy one day and will be made by automobile. ' . The party will go. via the Calapoola valley making short stops at Tangent Shedd, Halsey, Brownsville, Crawfords villa and Holley., The return trip will be made through the famous valley of the Santlam and stops will be made at Sweet Home, Waterloo, Sodavlllc and Lebanon. The following committee on arrange ments has been appointed: J. S Van Winkle, C. H. Stewart, W. R. Struble. W, H. Marion and J. H. Ralston. ESTABLISH NEW CAB - . RATES: FOR CHICAGO . , . Chicago. Mk. 6. Two State street de partment stores have Inaugurated a tax-l-ab service for their patron's. The In novation enables any customer to take a taxleab from the stores for an unin terrupted Journey within a defined dis trict of about one mile In radius for a charge of 50 cents for from one to five raasengers. The district .includes all ,the terminal stations and all the down town hotels. For travel to any part of the city. -and outside the district re ferred to a discount of 10 per cent from the regular taxleab rates la allowed It la Ald that Chicago will have, as a nimlt of this arrangement, the cheapest rtr wmfref gnrmtnS 'the Wuect States. . . Shows Growth of 50 Per Cent Over Record of 1909; $9,- 000,000 Already Represent ed in Permits So Far.'". It now seems more than probable that the building record of Portland during the last six months of, the .year will equal If not, surpass' the ' magnif icent showing . made between . January ,. and July, when building, permits, aggregat ing over. $S, 000,000 were issued from the office of, the building Inspector. During the earlier months of J 910 a number of great ;' building;, enterprises were got Under way here, notably, the magnificent 15-story Yeon building to cost nearly $700,000; tha 12-story Spald ing building at nearly the same1 figure; the Railway Exchange building at $350, 000; the new Helllg theatre at $150,000; besides a dozen or more three and, four- story brick business blocks In the new extended retail area, and scores of brick apartment, houses. -". To the vast sum invested " In these buildings may be added at least .$3,- boo.ooo wntcn went into residences!. For the latter half of this year three large combination store and office build ings t are assured of i commencement These are the 8elllng 12-story structure, the eight-story building of Tlchner A Maegly, and the Donald McKay building i f: . : : .; (... . . t-. i ' , ... . ,11 lllll I "'' I 1 w v. j of new business buildings, $Sop,000 n flats arnj apartments, $1,000,000 In ware, houses and probably $.100,000 for fac tories . and another ,$500,000 ' In altera tions, repairs and other incidentals, It la practically assured that the amount expended In new' buildings ' )n" Portlnd In 1911 will exceed $15,000,000 ahd show a growth of 50 per cent over the record cf 190.- : . Did People's home: under construction, at .Thirty-ninth street. and Sandy road. This Is the gift of the latB : -i 1 .' r,. . t t 'P.J.Mann. - at third and Yamhill streets.' Other .large Enterprises.... rt j Then there are the three four-story buildings to go up at Fourth and Salmon streets, th' new- Multnomah club, the four-story warehouse covering a full north end block of Marshall Wells Hard ware company, an eight-story full block, salesroom and warehouser on East Mor rison street, for the Jobn Deere com pany, as well as half a dozen or more four-story buildings m the upper Wash ington street district and at least that number of warehouses north ' of ' Burn side street. . -. . . , ' '.;; Plans are also in. progress of prepa ration In the offices of local architects for. other' large building enterprises, which very likely will be started before the end of the year. These Include a 12-story, building for Theodore' Wilcox at Sixth and Washington streets and a 10-story, half block building on Fifth street by the Corbett estate and the O'Shea brothers. i,,. To this prospetrtlve building program must be added the great work of the home builder. ) Estimating ; a monthly average of $500,000, which is altogether too. conservative-, ior, the ensuing vslx months, will make a total of $3,000,000 for the second half of the year ;whlch will go Into dwellings, 90 per cent of which will go. Into the modest one and two-story cottage of the: man of mod erate means. 1910 Banner. Tear. , . It - Is already an asSid fact even now that 1910 will eclipse all former years .in the volume of buildings com pleted In the history of Portland, tha record for the first six months alone coming within $2,000,000 .of equaling the total of tne previous year, which up to this time held the record.! . ' With nearly $9,000,000 already shown in' permits, issued, at least $3,000,000 for new -residences for the remainder of the year, with not less than $2,000,000 PORTLAND MEN PURCHASE ; WATERPOWER SITE M.'C. Donahue. A. O. Wells and W. H H. . Dufur,, of Portland, last week bought 160 acres In the Deschutes yal ley, the traot ' taking In Prlngle Falls, one of the larcreat , and hnst .Irnntrn water power sites on the Deschutes river. .Wells & Dufur made the sale, buying from outside holders. m i Prlngle Falls offer magnificent op portunities for power development' and according to the purchasers have more power than, tha Clackamas. The falls are about 30 miles outhwaat nf Reni Or., and near the Deschutes line of rail way, me tract purchased Is covered with a heavy body of yellow pine The property, was bought as an investment. Property in the' Deschutes , valley?, is selllna- ranldlv and when tb nl lines' open up remarkable development Is expected. witn unusually active deal ing In real esute and farm and water power property. v , , . , RESCUES MAN; GETS HIS POCKETS PICKED ' New jfork, Aug. 6. It cost "Francis Maher $100 to save a, man from drown lhg. ' Maher, who is a chauffeur em ployed by the city, was standing at the water front when he heard a yell" of "Man overboard!" 'While a hundred otu lookers cried for help, Maher Jumped in and soon had the drowning man safe. When the excitement was over and after the rescued man had disappeared Maher found, hls wallet was missing. His, hip pocket had been .'plckedu. Beer, $1 dozen; large, delivered. Spring Valley Wine Co., 244 Yamhill YOUTHFUL LOOKING GROOM GETS LICENSE WITH DIFFICULTY Jay W. Nelson made three tries at the county clerk's offlce to se- cure a marriage license to wed Miss I Margaret .Mclntlre, all " because his friends hesitated to swear the girl of his choice was over 18 years of age. Nelson said she was 19, and no one doubted It, but when 4t came to making affidavit that was dlf- : ferent. , ' Twice Nelson came tq the counter, with witnesses ' who . fluked... i- ;.Hi v companions felt ' certain she was over age, but said they did not know , it. . Nelson suggested he only knew his awn age by what someone else told ' vhim. Finally -Charles Crowley 'proved the friend In need, and made thd necessary, affidavit. Nelson lives at the Y. M. C. A. building. ; He Is 22 years of age. '. . ' " ... , l':. ; X ;.i :v; ' p CITY PARK SCENE OF .' , . GOOD MUSIC TODAY Brown's Park band will ' play at City park thlsafternoon, the 'oonccrt tobe gln at1 3:30 p'clock. Following is the program: , . March, "Old Comrades" . . ; , . . .Teike Waltz. "Vienna Bloods' ..... . Strauss Overture, "Oheron" . . . . Von Weber (a) Kerenade, ''Celebrated" .. Schubert (b) Spanish Fantasia," "The Dove" ...... . ... ............ . ... . Yradler Idyll, "The. Mill In the Forest".,.. .', - Ellenberg' . , INTERMISSION. Paraphrase on "The Palms". .Gruenwald Scenes from "Carmen" Bizet Soldiers Chorus from "Faust". .Gounod Excerpts from "The Dollar. Princess" '- Fall March Comique, "Seandl'lus Dulns'V. , Keeble. Charles L. Brown, Conductor, - Mldweekconcert will be held Wednes day evening, Aug. 10, . at : Chapman tquare. . , - , B ' .; ' t - r tearaice Stfe August is the vacation month, when one hears the call of the seashore and the mountains,' but everybody can't go away; jf they did, the wheels of commerce would stop only the river would run. To those who must remain and keep the .wheels moving belong the Spoils-in other words, the profits. ., To stimulate trade up to its regu lar capacity we give special prices which make customers so happy that they forget the mountain and seashore; they give their pocketbook a vacation a rest from the strenuosity of the much-talked-of high cost of living.. Take advantage of our "BETWEEN SEASONS SALE" and make your vacation friends envious upon their re Vv , . ' turn, when .they, attempt to impress" you with their "good time." ; . . . '. , - ' - fife: Lj UJ U J 0 W THIS OAK ROCKER ) Imitation Leather Seat ililtii iil7.il vl HBlCaBJ This Smooth Imitation Leather Couch . Full Steel. Construction) Many . Leather Couches Reduced 25 Per Cent THIS HARDWOOD NURSERY CHAIR Efrmlntham. Ala., is making' s;reat reparations to entertain the convention i t ths Brotherhood of LcomotVe En-pmeers,- whirh meets there in October NO PHONE ORDERS ' ' ' 40 Reduction fernirri m. on Dining Chairs not Odd Lots '? '"."M-;., "'... f-' ''l;.' ''''C: We have over a hundred Dining Chairs in broken lots reduced to one, two, three', four and five of a pattern. .These we are clos-' i ; , f good chairs at a very low price.- HOMES FURNISHED COMPLETE ON REASONABLE TERMS CtttU hiiimoAd; c4, whether mu mow oV not vou need &ome . ne& , S) Ml BLl.BJa' inoj-V. TRADC MARK ' .. home at the Sw btoht Hththe &Me no UntfiUeeb. Ceathe eoueheath Mefoty mobUb ehaib oM mlMiton , boekeid) buitaSte job fyAh den. h $tdoom mueaSineUrSedi and SeddXiuf. yu eMhe yoiA. home eom -jeU fiom tyahtoV to kitefcen: -.. - eaMna$le tekm&. :": : - ; Leather Sofa Cushions at Filled With Silk Floss, VaL $2.50 01.50 Each Customer Shares the $25,000 Our annual savings in interest and taxes because we . built onthe East Side, where business prop '. .: u ' erty is sq much cheaper. ' , '.' iii I I : :1 'i: WW ' I'.IV - is'. . r , 1 I 4 ixmioster"; lugs ... S15..9 Special ; : Floral and Oriental Patterns, Room Size 9x12. '.' All 6x9 Rugs Reduced 25 Per Cent . Includes "Axminsters, Body Brussels, Wiltons. 1 1 ' 4 Small Rug Specials-27x54 Inches $3.25 Body . Brussels . .$2.00 $4,75 Wiltons ... ;..... ?3.00 $7.50 Wiltons , .' . .', : '." : $5.75' $2.00 Velvets . $1.35. Corner E. Stark Street .Remnant Rugs, 1 to 2 yai-ds long. . . ; 75 to $1.50 Beautiful line of Miter Rugs at ' : . . . .$1.00 vKitchen and Bath Room Rugs Oilcloth Rugs, something entirely new," woven from small rolls of oilcloth. Washable, flexible, sanitary J will not crack or break. , . . O Just the thing for the bathroom or kitchen. 18 by 36 jnches. $1.25. .2i by 48 inches. ..'....i $1.75 China Cabinets cut"; I:.. .1 . . .35 "PER CENT Combination Bookcases cut .25 PER CENT Music Cases reduced.....:: 25 PER CENT Record: Cabinets reduced. ... .. .v. v. .25 PER CENT Dutch Motto Pictures $2.00 Many Library. Tables cut. ......... ; ; 25 PER CENT Best Gas Ranges; Reduced 25 . v ' ; ' '. ;r . ' ' ' ' (.;..' J,1- . !'' .-, -" ';' ' 1 " Includes All High Closets -.'l .''"' I, . ' '4:1. ', -L'-i- '.' Priced From . ; $32.50 to $50 NO STOOPING NO LIFTING ... ll ff rMii'MMiiiMi)..l.:;iMt.. -- ! This $38 Gas Range for $27:50 HOMES FUllNISHED COMPLETE ON REASONABLE TERMS
