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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL PORTLAND TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 6, 1910. COULPJARD LIGHTS FOR Finil STREET ARECONSIDERED Business Men May Form "As sociation and Place Arcs From City Hall to the Union . Depot. ; ' . CAtlADIAIiS PRAISE There la a movemnnt on thn tiart of Fifth street business men to Install a system of boulevard lights similar' to those on Sixth and Seventh streets. , Ad- tTnoltAH ft,A 1 -t Ik a 1 1 AM A UmI W . ilehtlnar svBtem Inn absolute ftacea- t slty between Stark street and the Union ( depot. That portion of Fifth street Is at present a fairly dark and dangerous thoroughfare at night, although it Is I the wedlum of a heavy traffic. A great ,i number ' of automobiles in addition ; to i hundreds of other Vehicles traverse the .payed ;way leading, from the business lection or ,tne city to th depot, the , Stoci bridge and the wholesale district ,,ln the north end. -; "The Commercial club has already or dered street ,lamp posts for that part ' of Fifth " street iupo which the t club "building abuts," said President Harvey Beckwlth, of the Institution yesterday , thingf if the business ; men of Fifth 1 street; would form an association and t proceed to install lamp posts, such as j have been Installed by the business and other streets." '!'.-;.:; ,, ..' ' "If the Hs-htlnor Hvntnm 1 rtAnrtw 1 as far as Jefferson street! said Mayor ;bimon, "the city will stand its ; share of the expense by paying fdr the lights that would be in front of the city hall. 5 "Last year a number of property owners came up to the city hall to 'see ilf they could get me to approve a olan I whereby the city would pay for such lights as are now In us on various Streets in the business district. I told :mem that the oity would not be able to pay for all the lights that would be j demanded If any precedent were set. by - eetaonsning ngnis on any One street. ,' At my suggestion they formed property owners- associations to get the improve menu." HOOD RIVER ELECTION. .... :;t .": IS NO TAME AFFAIR ,i ' (8pel PtepttA to The Journal.) , . Hood River, Oc Doe. 6. Ths city election ln Hood River is on In full .swing and the contest between the two 'tickets will be a close one. There are about 400 voters in the city and it is (expected that a full vote will oe polled. The outgoing mayor, recorder, treasurer and councilman are seeking- reelection. ! tod are being opposed by the Business f Men's ticket It is estimated that the Business Men's ticket will carry with a small majority not to exceed 25 votes. 'The city is snowed under with cam paign literature today wherein citizens 1 rail each other liars, etc These 1 strained difficulties grow out ot the (recent injunction suit that was filed in tthe- federal ' court- restrain! nsr the elf from disposing of Us bonds at private , sale. - , rate SCHOOLS Members of the Royal Commission on Industrial Training- and Technical Edu cation from the Dominion of Canada, left last night and this .morning, after spending a day In Portllnd Inspecting the public schools of the city. Each member .of the commission before his departure expressed his pleasure at the work being done here and at the high standard of the Portland manual and technical training departments, The Royal Commission was appointed by the Dominion government to make an investigation of the manual and technical training -given by the public schools of the United States and Europe with a view to establishing such de partments in the schools of the Domin ion of Canada, or rather of widening the scope .and usefulness or , tnose schools already In operation there. The commission was entertained yes terday by ; the board of education a during the day , was escorted to the di ferent schools where manual trainm and technical departments are in opera- tion. They also visited the Y. M. C. A..V where they -noted the work being done there. S In - the afternoon Dr. John W. Robertson, chairman of the commission, delivered an address in the auditorium of the Washington high school -on the subject of , "The Craft of Teaching." Commissioners Robertson and Max well left this morning for Columbia, Mo.,', where they will visit the Univer sity of Missouri, ; Commissioners Mur ray, Forsythe, Simpson, Holton and Bengough left last night for Ban (Fran cisco and will visit various': places in California, ,;',,';-. v. i .-V ..'.,, ob;i bay cor.iL.ii IS! SSIOIJ DILL IIFIiBIED prune trees; F. J. Lewis, Backs, 7W) prune trees; Fred WaldronM Banks, 400 prune tres; M. C. Martin, Banks, . 500 trees; 'A. B. Thomas, Forest Grove, 2$00 apple . trees. Noted1 horticulturalists Urora various sections of the state have examined the soil of this section and have pronounced it ideal for, the pur pose of commercial fruit raising, and have backed up their faith in the soil and cllmaa by buying much land and planting.it to fruit trees. This action by outside men has Increased the faith of the older settlers of the county in the possibilities of the locality for fruit culture, and the new interest mani fested recently in tree planting is the result.- --" - -.-. - . . , '-.' '- .. Provides Membership of Three, Who Will Appoint Commis sioner at Salary of, $4000; , His Duties Defined.-, lit ink ' (SpeeUI Wsnatuh to The loarnd.) Ontario, Or., Dec 6. The Ontario Co operative Oil & Gas company will merge Into the Ontario Oil company and w wlft be resumed la the Ontario oil w as soon as the new company can plete Its plans of 'Organization, wuloh will not be later than the last 'of Ah is month, v The Incorporators of Ahr new company are A, W. Trow, J. loch and F. Bt Kaylor a.td the? capital Stock of the company is 1,000,000 shares at the par value of $1 per share. Most of thiB stock will be taken up by members of the old company, The old company has about 130,000 worth ' of machinery and equipment1 which will be purchased by the new company, besides the 4000 foot prospect well which will be taken over by the' new company Who will resume operations. von BENSON'S CERTIFICATE f v OF ELECTION UNIQUE , . fSaltm Boreas ofTh. Joerntl.i p Salem. Or., Deo. Governor Ben son's certificate of election Is a peculiar thoP8 to have on nnnd the nded amount. oocuraeni. AUer reciting that -Mr. Ben son has been elected over his opponent by a splendid majority as, counted by Mr. Benson . as secretary of state in the presence of himself as governor, lt Is Blgned by Mr. Benson as governor and attested by himself as secretary of state for- the governor. It la pretty much a one man affair. ' It Is signed Jlke thisr-F. W. Benson.' governor; By the' governor F. W. Bson, seer e tar J of state.; ...:.;.:.;.,;r;;-,.,v;-v;,7::" His opponent bad no chance at all, ; PLANNING CHRISTMAS :-" . DINNER , FOR POOR Adjutants Loney and Wilklna of the Salvation army are : making' arrange menta for the Christmas dinner for; the less fortunate of our city." The army is arranging to distribute 225 baskets this Christmas averaging enough provisions to give, a family of five a good dinner with some left oyer. Each basket will contain at least 13 worth Of. provisions. The army will also give a Christmas tree to' the poor children - This with the usual relief work that the army Is called upon te do through the winter months, means that during the next four weeks there., will have to be a fund of from J1000 to 11200 on hand. The appeals will soon be sent to thJ friends of the poor, and the rmy solic itors will soon get, busy collecting for this effort.) By Christmas the officers The officers wish to warn the public against Impostors, who In the past have taken advantage of the army's special appeals and represented themselves as army, collectors.: All the army solici tors will wear the regulation army unl form, including the red cae. and bonnet band, and will be furnished with a book that bears the signature of Adjutant A. Loney.: ;( ;,,-.i.':'::,tA''-',vr'"' v-'" Anyone wishing to communicate with the officers please call up Marshall 1005, or write to 265 Davis street, v ' , iTlic Edwlh Clapp Is tlte Hi0ticst 'Grade Men's Line In the U. S. ft ( HP, "' ': Protzman-CampBell Shoe Co. ' - ' 146 Fifth,-Opposite Meier & 4 Frank ' , Sole Agents for Portland 110 li IIIDIGESIII, DYSPEPf . ; r nh nnun ninnu . unnrT nTnifann Un DuUlv uftMI, urdtl DIUI.B Your Out-ofOrder Stomach . .Will Feel Fine in Five? .1 Minutes.. ' . , Every year ..." regularly more than a million stomach sufferer's in the United States, England and Canada take Fane's Diapepsin, and realise not only immedi at, but lasting relief. ' This harmless preparation will digest ? anything you eat and overcome a sour, gassy or out-of-order stomach five tnln es aftfrynrd, , , . , .- If your meals . don't' fit comfortably, or what you cat lies like a lump of lead In your stomach, or if you have heart burn. thatv ls4a sign of Indigestion. t,!et from your pharniacist a, 80-cent Me Of Fapc's Dlapepeln and, take a dose just as soon as you can. There will be no sour risings, no belching of undigest ed food mixed , with acid. , no Btomach gas or heartburn, fullness or heavy feel ing in the stomach, nausea, (debilitating headaches, dizsiness or intestinal g-rlp-ing."" '.This will all go, and. besides, there will be no 'sour food left over In the stomach , to poison your ' breath with nauseous odors. 1 , t Fape's' Dlaperifln is certain sure for out-of-drder stomachs,' because It takes hold of ybur food ftfid dia-ests It int th same as if your stomach wasn't there J , , tmauyra all Hluul- aeh misery, Is waiting for you at any drug' stores; 'i-j-''-xf : -' ' These The bill creating a state highway com mission to have supervision of road building in Oregon has been completed by Judgo Lionel R. Webster, on behalf of the Oregon Good Roads association, At a meeting of officers of the assocla. tlon tomorrow the bill will be examined, It will be further passed upon at a meet ing of 'association members 'Thursday evening. Its provisions will be discussed t the good roads convention December 2,-and then, in Its approved form, will e submitted to the legislature at its ext" session. , The bill Is one of several which Judge ebster has been preparing as part of tae campaign to, begin active road bulld- irig operations in Oregon, following the gbod roads amendment, which was adopted at the -last election, he bill provides first of all ' for state.; highway board,; whose member- shift shali be three 'citizens of Oregon It frill be expressly stipulated that the appointments shall not be of a political natsre, and that- they shall serve with euf pay. They will serve two, three and f oar years,, respectively. , , 4000 Yearly salary... . , rithin 80 days of their appointment tne members of the board shall appoint a state highway commissioner, who will Id office for rout years,, who must be orougmy skilled in tne science of road onstruction, and whose salary shall be $4000 a year. The commissioners duties and authority are conveyed In k para graph; .: Y,?.v.- . ;'V, --,r-i 'V-';'" " '''.',' : VU f roads, any pkrt of . the cost' of construction of which is paid for by the state, or in the construction of which any crushed rock, gravel or other rea tenal furnished by or under the super vision of the state is used, shall be con structed under - the exclusive direction and control of the state highway (com missioner, i. : V ' ; ; y-. V --"The state ' highway v commissioner shall have general advisory supervision of the construction of all. roads, the cost of which shall be. paid for, wholly or In part by money procured by any county under the authority granted by section X of article XI of the constitution of the state." Other Duties to Perform. ' Among other things th commissioner must compile statistics and information concerning all Oregon roads. -. He roust determine upon best Methods of "con struction suited, to particular localities! Upon request he may take full charge and oontrolof the construction of any permanent road. He shall always coop erate and advise w,iVh highway officials concerning the building or improvement of roads. , v He must make a monthly report of all duties each month to the state . high' Way board, : Road supervisors; county courts and commissioners are to furnish the commissioner with needed 'informa tion-concerning roads.: The commission must, keep a full account of all expenses Incurred In building roads , unde,r his supcrrislon or control. , , V , v. At each session of the legislature the state highway board and the commit sloner shall make a joint report cover ing all their official activities, stating the number of miles of road constructed and the. cost, together with needful sta tistics and information. r The commissioner may appoint a clerk whose salary must not exceed $160 a month. Members of the highway board will receive necessary traveling ex penses. The commissioner and members of the board win be required to make oat each month a detailed statement of all expenses Incurred In the discharge of their duties. "' " ": : The bill makes provision for an appro priation of money sufficient to cover the expense and outlay contemplated by the "WHAT ABOUT THE GIRL?' .JO BE HIS SUBJECT Charles J. brum of .the International committee of the Young Men's Christian Association is to deliver two addresses at the Portland Y. M. C. A. this week. Mr. Drum will speak on Wednesday and Thursday nights at 8 o'clock and hla subject on both occasions will be "What About the Girl T" , - These meetings will be open to men but boys under, 15 will not be admitted. The reason for repeating the address is that the Y. M. C A. auditorium will seat only 400 people, and it ti certain that many more than this number will desire to hear Mr.' Drum.v It Is probable that eyen on -the two nights it will be Impossible to accommodate all w;ho de sire to attend. The committee in charge of the meeting consists of W. M. Ladd, H. W. Stone, J. W, Palmer, R. C French A. M. Grilley J, C. Clark and R. R. Perklna Mr., Drum Is associated with Fred B. Smith in the religious work of the ssho ciation and is declared to be-one of the most forceful speakers Jn the Y. M. C A. ' He made a very deep Impression on the delegates' at .the recent .Oregon daho convention, held at- Eugene: ' LANE AND PR0UTY FOR ' NEW COMMERCE COURT i 1 MJnltWl 4eM Leased Wire.) ' -Washington, Dec 5. At least two members of the now court of commerce have been chosen, according to gossip In . political" circles here. . They . are Franklin K. Lane of California and Judge Charles a. Prouty of - Vermont, Both at present are members of the In terstate Commerce commission and both areknown to stand high In the estima tion of President Taf t . ll is understood to be the president's desire to secure for the new court men who not onljh are In 'touch with the freight rate situation, but who also, are familiar with the. proceedings of the In terstate Commerce commission: ;v 1 s - The Information as to the appoint ment of Lane and Prouty, 1 said to come from a reliable if not absolutely authentic source. , Cogswell, Lyon, Randall, Bennick and Cattail fnd Senators Sargelee, Thomp son, Hurd, Freeman, Avry and Bell fa vored extending the franchise to women. Senator Roscberry and ; Assemblymen Bishop, Prelsker, Mott and Hinehaw were noncommittal. , i. .: ;. , I OLD MAN WITH YOUNG WIFE RUES BARGAIN CALIFORNIA LEGISLATORS ENCOURAGE SUFFRAGISTS (CnlW Vr Leased Wire.) Los Aftgcles, Dec. 6, Southern Cali fornia favors woman suffrage, accord ing to the results of a poll taken among the men who will represent this section of, the state in the next legislature. Fourteen members declared openly fpr woman snrrrage and live were noncom mittal, while none was openly opposed. Five could not be reached. Assemblymen Judsen, Lamb, FarwelL the 'first-husband of Mrs. Fitzgerald, came to board at the Fttxgerald home, much to the surprise of the aged second husband. Subsequently Hall, the first husband, committed suicide. V Mrs, FiUgcraJd's lawyers told the court she was willing to take her aged husband back to the home and care for him fpr. the rest of his life. (United Press Leased Wire.) ' Seattle, Dec, 6. Pierce Fitzgerald. 78 years old, is suing for a divorce. His wife is 43 years of age.! They were married less than a year ago, Mrs. Fitzgerald was Van attractive divorcee with three children, when she met Fitzgerald. He gave her 110.000 as a prenuptlal gift and now he seeks to have that money back. ' Judge Gay, be fore whom the case is being heard, has decided however, that Mrs. Fitzgerald can keep the money, Fitzgerald alleges that the divorcee hypnotized him but that he. is now fully recovered. Soon after the marriage, Luther Hall, R. R. COMMISSION AT HOOD HEARS COMPLAINT (ftperls.1 Dispatch to The Jrmrntl.) Hood River, Or., Dec. .--State Rail road Commissioners Altchlson and Mil ler are in Hood River today taking the testimony of the Vprer ; Valley Progressive -oci,tt ;nn is. Mount Hoid r.ailroiiit - com', , association is ' entering ti' against the company f "r imur.rr,!' slow schedule and askinn that tin? pany be compelled to flrni! n . nervice In respect to arforrtins W hours, between trains In the rl'y Hood River. The axNOClation rl.v that under the present arrasiein, It requires approximately thren iImvs , which to come from the upper valley t Hood River and return and afford an ficient time to transact business. Fleming-Winters A-4004, B-2602. Orchestra.' Tl ion- 10 W WEIL DURING VJIE1TER Is a very hard task for any man or woman whose sys ;teniJ has become" weakened on account of some' ill-:' ;ness of the stomachj liver and bowels. It is to those "persons that HostetterV Stomach Bitters' will appeal very forcibly, because it will tone and strengthen the organs of digestion, make plenty of rich," warm blood and thus prevent Chills, Colds and Grippe., A trial today will convince you of its merit. All Druggists and Dealers. . ', v ' f I j1 ' B M I'""- I - ' t , - ' -I r large 50-cent '. cases i contain more than sufficient to thoroughly Cure almost any, case of DyBpcpHia,' indiges tion or any other stomach. disorder. 7000 FRUIT TREES" -, . FOR FOREST GROVE (Snerltt Plnnstoh to Th t. t Forest Grove,- Or.. Dec 6- More than 7000 fruit trees have been sold to farm era in the wentern section "of Washing ton county this fall. Following is a partial list of the young "nursery stock that will be planted In this vtcinlry: D. jy, Sage of near Dllley. 800 treesJ U. B- Campbell, Watts district, , 700 1 Prices . About 109 garments have beerr marked down for quick sell ing. Some are reduced , ONE-HALF, others ONE-THIRD, , etc. Not all sizes , of any one kind, but all sizes are in , the lot' Remember, there's no extra charge for Credit We ' want to get rid of our surplus stock, hence th&e reductions. . Cash or credit our prices are the same . ;, ' ' '( ... . w0 . i, "' . I , ' ..... ' . . -fc ;:. . .t9 ' Ladies' $ 1 S.00 Tailor-made - Suits, . : grays, browns and blues (A or reduced to 4iOD Ladies' $20.00 and $22.50 Tailor-made ' Suits; ;, mannish mixtures, serges ano novelty euectv re- pi n 7c duced to 1 Ladies $25.00 and $30.00 Dresses in : serges, messalines and crepe 1 de r: chines, all new and up-to-date t??;..."?.w...r,:!!d.S14.95 Ladies' $20.00 and $25.00 Long Coats; . plaid, Checks - and solid 1 col- ors; r f ;, now reduced S14.65 Ladies' $5.00, $6.00 and $7.00 Trim-, S3.65x med Hats, now reduced to '. , Ladies $6.00 and $7.00 Silk Petticoat! ; black, gteen, : navy and change able to effects; now cut $3.95 ' Men's $20.00 and $25.00 Suits and ' Overcoats; all new styles and in ' neat patterns and colorings. For ..T?:k..V....:..$14.65 Nothing extra for Credit Pay us $1.00 t week if you prefer. 245 MORRilSOlN STREET We Are Joint Owners'., and Sole Agents FORT -GEORGE TOWN S I T E V You can't buy lots in the If Registered Legal Townsite ! yi iV'A ssWsVssaBBsVsBBBBVaHH , except from us and our ' recognized sales solicitors Let us send you maps, plans and official information- of FORT GEORGE, the last great metropolis of North America, and of Central British Columbia the land of last great opportunity. ; , S: 4 , : ' ' ' Tort Otorge Is the Btratagieal commercial center Of the Inland Empire of Canada, i MUUons of acres of rich farming, timber aad mineral lands. . , , ' . Ton can ret In at tne beginning of a rrat city by During ; : now. Payments S 10 to $30 per monta no Interest.' f ' Bead your nama'anA addrass (or oall) today. , - . i . r.ti'ral Resources Security Co., Ltd. Pid-ap Capital. $250,000.00 " . , 413 Bower Bldf ., Vanoonvsr, B. C Memroof liose In handsome Christmas boxes makes a useful and acceptable gift fpr men, women & children HOLEPROOF HOSE are the original and genuine guaranteed hose and cost no more than the imitation kind. , It took 32 years to per ,; feet holeproof hosiery. I I "traocmark" I I '.Vs.. We ..have them in silk, silk lustre, and cotton. ;'"V' lien's Holeproof, 6 pairs $1.50 box Women's Holeproof, 6 pairs $2.00 box Silk Lustre Holeproof, 6 pairs $3.00 box Children's Holeproof 6 pairs $2.00 box ; GUARANTEED SIX MONTHS MAIL ORDERS SOLICITED AND DELIVERED . FREE EVERYWHER15 . RICHARD OBEE- District Salts Solioitor, 407 WsUs-Tarf o Bldg Portland, Or. t ; Holiday Suggestions IT' ELECTRIC Sewing Machine Motors . for the ''. '.''" '' '': f ' '';L1irV ' -:jx1L'''L;"i ii5 i.'.';'vJi:'-if:",,v' ' HOUSEWIFE Electric Store Alder Street, at Seventh - A-,-.- - -- --