The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, August 21, 1912, Image 3

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Newspaper Page Textnin OllEGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 21, ',1912, ffiS DIVIDED I.! LITTLE ACTRESS IS v ARDENT SUFFRAGIST III URPH imm BY THE WATER BOARD 5-' -4 Association to Be Formed for Purpose of Considering the Question) : Letter; Bent-' Out " Caliirig Attention' to Need.: The rrorecnl. of tha Greater Portland Flans association to widen - Bttrnside I street has brought a great Heal of com- 1 merit frorri the property Owners. So fa r they seem about- eqoattyt ftivldefl the question. Wany letters have been .received statin the attitude of the property ownerst Jn respense to a cir cular eommunleatlen Bent cut .tf the association; . The Greater Pnrtlffnd plan anticipates thati as the city grows ffcimalde will feeeeme the axial thoroughfare Of the Htyv the recipient and distributor M ongeste traffttS the dividing line be tween the retail and jobbing centers and I the baftindarf oi important traffle elr ' suits-. The property owners are new preferr ing te form an association that they rttay unitedly consider the blam Alse :the proposal will occupy a considerable portion of flie program of the aBse' elation at its nest meetlngi feCost Important Thoroughfare, The tetter to property owners re View rfiret the plan for the street, and ddst "Burnside Is naturally the aslal tnf fie artery of the cltyi Its leeatlan, dl rectlen and length, running' as It docs .easterly and westerly through the ce tef of the elty, from the Tualatin Val ley and North Plains oil Washington county en the West to the Bandy river -ttJUie, enst, make It by far the most lmprtant"ftrwMtghfr of Portland. This Importance Will bs "'gfetrtry tnented If the Bennett plana are carried out. The radial arteries of traffic on I the at side running from the north, northeaat and southeast, and on tho weat sldo from the northwest and south west are planned to feed Into Burn side. Thus Burnside Btreet will re- 1 celve from both tha east and west sides the traffic bound for the business cen ter, and on the other hand It will be through Burnside street that this traf- !flo will be returned and distributed throughout the city. treat Mast Be Widened. "But a street 60 feet wide cannot sustain the honor or perform tho ser vice required of bo Important an ar tery. Unless the street is widened, this traffic and importance thut properly belong to Burnside must b shared with less favorably situated streets, and Portland will have missed a great oppor tunity and the Burnside property own ers will have lost an Inestimable ad vantage. 'The persons most directly Interest ed In the perfecting of this thorough fnre nra tho owners of property along this KlITOt.'' The letter conctudes with a series of questions relating to tho willingness of properly owners to organize, draling with trio amount of widening I . ',; ac complished as u fir.'jt unit, n' k for miggi st Ions us to met hods of n.'ng damages and benefits, ami iisltiiig for Individual estimates of damage. HUNTERS ARE PAROLED ON PROMISE TO DEPUTY A party of Salem hunters saved themselves from arrest last week when Sheriff Mitito uml Attorney Bingham, members of the party cave their written promise to produce the member of tho party who killed a due found in tho camp In court whenever wanted. The party was placed undr arrest by 1'cputy llami' Warden V. 1!. Harrington, who discovered the due. As they rf fused to divulge the name of the guilty one and he could not handle the entire psrtr single hnnrleit, a compromise, was finally liRi-eed to by which the party fihouhl. bp allowed to complete their out ing In return for the promise to reven! tht- Knilty hunter. The trip will be completed about AiiRiiht 24, and should the. men refuse to name tho guilty one, tho entire party will be prosecuted for having doo In their possession illegally. The evidence was placed In cold stor age by liepuly Harrington until the trial. CATHRlNF COUfJTiSS TO BE GUEST AT LUNCHEON At the luncheon to be piven Friday noon in tin., blue room of ilu- Multteimjih hotel in honor of Miss Cillninc Countlss, under tho au.-jilci.s nf th follows ltm) Suffrage league, Colonel Kmmct Calahan of Baker and Joreph N. Teal will speak on ecjii-'.l sulfinge. .Miss Countlss will also speak: ' Other speakers are to be Invited hut no definite announcement .an be made yet. Tli'- luhi h. on v. Ill be similar to other luncheons given t.nder the auspices of the l. ajTue. intt rested In suffrage, men or women, are invited. SINGLE TAXER WILL GIVE LECTURE TONIGHT This evening J. W. Bengough, car toonist and single thxer, will give, a lecture on "Taxation and Builders," il lustrated with (rayon cartoons, to the members of the Carpenters' union at the hall on Grand avenue and Knst pine street. Tomorrow evening he will give an open air crayon talk at Williams ave nue and Russell street by request of the residents of the neighborhood. Oth ers will speak at this meeting. Last night Mr. Bengough and W. S. U'lien upok" to large crowds at Sixth and Washington streets. FISHER TO INVESTIGATE HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS (United l'ri 'eniea Wire.) Washington, Aug. 21. Secretary of the Interior Walter L. Fisher announced today that he expects to start for Hon olulu next Sunday, personally to Inves tigate affairs connected with the ter ritorial government of Hawaii. Fisher will sail for the island from San Fran cisco, August 31, and will reach Wash ington on his return about October IB. jJl Qrcgonl has Its entire operating plant In Oregon, makes all of Its invest ments In Oregon securities only, has an unmatched record of suc cess. Is growing greater day by day, and receives preference from all discriminating buyers of life insurance In Oregon. -Rmf f Ol On(fnn nn Hoa-Office-Corbtt - Bid., DC31 Ior VregOnianS COr. Oth & Morrison. Portland. A. L. MILLS L. BAMTJEL CLARENCB S. SAMUEL. President General Manager Assistant Manager Vera Sheridan. - t Verne Sheridan, who takes the Jart of the barefooted newsboy In "Squaring Aoounts," at the Orpbeum, Is a married woman, an out-and-out Socialist and a suffragist of the ardent type. In real Ufa she is Mrs, Rlehard Sterling, Her husband is an actor In the east. Verne Bherldan Is rightfully termed s, little Distress, She falls four inches short of being' five feet tall. Before coming west In her vaudeville vehlole she opened the Socialist oainpatgn, in. Chi cago and East lieohester. The actress la special correspondent for the big Socialist newspapers of the nation and In the east she Is- known as a street orator with a record for drawing ro,w,lJat Mrs7 BleTrmr-'4-U&cJn her dentin? elation of Emma Ooldmnn. trr-Wh.. lngton and California, where women can vote," she said, "we are real human be ings, and I am happy to be In such a part of the country." L A playground festival that will mark the close of the combination playground entertainments for this year will be held at Columbia park playgrounds dur ing the forenoon and afternoon of Sat urday, August 24. Miss Alice Ryan, who directed th& recent successful playground circus at the Sell wood park playgrounds, will have charge of the festival. Approxi mately 160 hoys and girls of all ages a.nd varying sizes will participate in the festival. The entertainment will Include a field and track meet, the "march of nations," folk dances, Indian skirmish, chariot racing and athletic stunts. In addition raffia work done by the rhlldren will be exhibited?' At the conclusion of tho festival judges, who will be appointed later, will award season cups, for which vrtrin.UK playground teams have com peted during the last several months, and pennants and prizes will be present ed tire winrrcTs nf the day's events.- The field meet will bo held In tho forenoon beginning at 10 o'clock. The usual competitions, Including shot put, hammer throw, etc., will he held. In the afternoon the truck meet, which will Include dashes and distance runs, will be staged. At the same time girls will give the march of nations and perform various folk dances, and other Interest ing events will vie with tho athletes lor tho crowd's attention. As the playground Instructors are working in common lor the development of all children and not any particular star, the competitions Saturday will bf. goverued by rules that are intended to afford all participants opportunity tn capture a prize. Kaoh competitor will bo allowed to enter one event, and only one entrant will be allowed In an event from each of the clht playgrounds of the city. To equalize the chances for contest ants, the youthful athletes will be dlvl.l rt -4n-"t4Mee latBw --THe f trtf 1ah will Include all boys -imder ' 4 feet 8 inches In height, the second class youths under 5 feet R Inches, and the third class anyone under 21 years of age. PORTLAND AID ASKED . FOR ROAD ACROSS U. S. An active campaign for congressional action on the proposed trans-continental highway from the Atlantic to the Pacific liaa been started In San Francisco under the direction of John Brisbane Walker, director of congresses of the Fanama I'aelfic Exposition. Mr. Walker, addressing the Fortland Chamber of Commerce, urges that the strongest kind of pressure be brought to bear to have congress act promptly so that the proposed highway can be com pleted In time for the opening of the I'anama-Paciric Exposition at San Fran cisco in 1915. Tho letter states that all commercial, motor and good road organizations In the states will bo urged to assist in the cmnpaign. BIG WREATH FOR MIKADO . , IvIAUt KtAUT A I btA I I Lt (Srwclnl to The Journnl. Pcittle, Wash., Aug. IM. The tribute PLAYGROUND FESTiVA WILL BE CONDUCTED of United States to Japan in the form the second time tho man has been ar of a six foot wreath, of laurel and cycas j rested on this charge. Thomas was sen leaves is being prepared by I,. W. Mo. tenced to a 90 day term for tho of fenBn Coy, a local florist, upon, orders fromlast February -and served that sentence. government officials. It will be one or the most beautliul as well as tho Inrgoot floral designs ever made here, and will be delivered to Secretary of State Knox when he sails, AugusJ 22, for Yokohama on the cruiser Maryland to attend the mikado's funeral. The wreath will be tied with red, white and blue eystenii u now.,n 0 o,.eKn Bhnr Llna ribbons, and will bo presented by theLn-int .,. 1 .,.i .i ...m . , , j v..-.. grief and friendly expression. The Maryland Is rapidly making ready for the voyage. Is the Only Life Insurance Company Exclusively Oregon, fchs city water board resterday afteri noon jlismfssed, Cornelias O: Murphr fronv "tlw ..water fieartmefit " f of ' tha "tppw ef tha. serTtee:: : ' "' The specific charge against 4Wurjhf was that he old a Quantity bf lead and brass belonging to the olty Bner-boui December J, to ff: . lv, . Jantt dealer. Mnrphy admitted that he told the material claimed by the clt and that he received a check amounting to IS2.20 therefor. .Murphy and his. attor ney!, however, set up the contention that tha lead connections, brass, water cocks and other stuff picked up on the streets wsa flotsam and Jetsam that belonged as much to the men of the water depart ment, as to anybody else. Murphy said the stuff sold to tiye included only material that had-been gathered from oht -mains -replaced Tbf private contract. He said that the material had been accumulating In the machine shop for two years. The order of dismissal, was unani mous after the board had given Mur phy a thorough hearing; ffhls Is the second time the former head meter man has been discharged. On the first ocea- sion, several months ago, he appealed to the eltf elvtl service commission en the ground that the charges against him had not been sufficiently Speelfie, Only one or two witnesses appeared at yesterday's hearing In addition to those whe- hod testified at the first trial "last wlntefi But the testimony of one of these, John Myers, was damag ing, Myers Is an employe of the de partment of meter repairing and works at the maehlns shop on Fourth and Market streets, ever which Murphy had charge. lie said It has been the cus tom for employes under Murphy to make periodic! clean-ups ef lead oonneo tlons end water eoeks picked up by tha repair gangs on the public streets for the purpose of sailing the stuff. He said he had reoelved a portion of -the proceeds of these sales and he produced a memorandum showing the amounts and dates of salt. Murphy's salary from the date of his first dismissal to yesterday will have to be paid by the city. Attorney Slnnott, who presented Murphy's side of the case before the board, said yesterday he would t'a'RB'TtfWi'Udr.. Appeal to the civil service commlbslon. . TACOMA TEACHER BUILDS EVAPORATOR TO SAVE PEACH CROP (Special to The Jmirnnl.) North Yakima, WuhIi., Aug. 21 With much talk of the need of canneries and evaporators to utilize the by products of the orchard, a woman school teacher Is the first in tho field with an evaporator actually constructed and doing the work. Miss Lucy Lamson, supervisor of music in tiie public schools at Tnroma, owns 25 acreu of fruit ut Purker Heights, much of it poaches, Kl- bortus and Crawford.". Not wlsh- lng to await the motion of scv 4 eral companies which were ta!k- lng of coiibti uctlng evaporators, 4 Miss I.ainson went ahead with one of her own constmc- much of It her own construc- Uon. It in 1. fct wide by 16 feet long, of corrugated Iron find has a capacity of 1200 poundH of fruit at a filling. It Is sufficient to take care of her peach crop, if p,,es aru not 4 such as to warrant shipment of green fruit. Two other evaporator", one built by C. R. Norton nnri tho ........ 9 It' ?. rJUL A E... fcihanniw, win b . in operation this week. ; ' . s, GOPHER GUNS- SHATTER FINGERS OF 2 FARMERS (Ppeclnl to The Joiirnnl.) Forest drove, or.. Auk. 21. John Crook, h farmer living one mile enst of this city, was quite seriously In jured by a gopher gun Sunday. Mr. Crook set the uun In the rtmwnv of the i rodent, which had been working in his ! garden. Going out to investigate, he took the gun out of the runway, when .the shell txploded. Fhattcrlng the two 'middle ringvrH of his 'eft hand so badly 'that amputation was necessary. Mr. Cj'ook is quite aged, and on this account his recovery will he somewhat slow. Chemawa. fir , Aiiit. 21. J. ,T. Westlev, I lUui....Xaxuiuu ..myLuOk'.tui - ..Uv- Alwi.....lnUUu..r school to instruct the pupils in n.;rl-1 culture, had two fingers blown off Ins. right hand at the school Saturday by j tho explosion of a gopher gun. MANDATE ARRIVES; NOTED PHONE SUIT IS NO MORE (Snlem lUirrBii of The Jnunuil.! Salem, Ui, Aug. 21. The inundate frym the United Stale supreme court ;in the case of the Pacific Slates Tele- phono company against the slate of ore-' ' gon has been received by the state so- ! j premo court. This closes the famous ' niit wherein the validity of the- Intia-' itive and referendum In -this slate was' tested and found to be legal and proper, i ITho suit was ov4-r the col'.e'tion of taxes under the piovislons of the grossj :eainlngs lax law passed by the Powle., by Initiative. " f ' 1 CARRIER OF CONCEALED WEAPON GETS LIMIT Tho maximum penally w;'R yesterday morning given Steve Thomas who was Ltrre arrested last week bv Patrolman Wise iln Albina tor carrying a concealed weap on, when Judgo Tnzwell deercd that ho should 6pend 100 Iays on the rock pile and pay a fine of JJOti. This is HEAD OF HARRIMAN SYSTEM ON A TOUR Judge K. S. Lovctt, chairman of tho fVl'flltlvO mnm IIiia nf tliA , W .1 r! m n n u..v,,vt Ull ft. ll'UI auu Will iiruuiiuiv nav i'i ri nt hi :i visit !rTnr r turning to his home in New York. Judge Lovett is traveling In his now special steel cor and is due to arrivo ut Hunt ington this evening. DAILY TRAINS WANTED ON HOMESTEAD BRANCH t Salrm, Or., Aug., 21. W. IX. Jeffries and If. A. Clemens of Halfway, Or., have filed a formal complaint against the Oregon Short Line Knllrond -company with the state railroad commission asking a daily train service over the TTomesTfaa Tfaneh,-wftteh' rims down tne Snake river from Huntington. T.Jie pres ent Beryicfi la tlixe.a trails a ftci. REGULAR $2.00 PANTS REGULAR $3.00 PANTS REGULAR $3.50 PANTS REGULAR $4.50 PANTS REGULAR $5.00 PANTS REGULAR $6.00 PANTS Boys' Suits REGULAR $1.95 SClTS REDUCED TO. . . . REGULAR $2.50 SUITS REDUCED TO. . . . -V-REGULAR424$J5U1TS REDUCED TO.... REGULAR $3.95 5U1TSREDUCEDTCL, . . REGULAR $4.35 SUITS REDUCED TO. .:." REGULAR $5.00 SUITS REDUCED TO. . . . i REGULAR $6.00 SUITS REDUCED TO. . , . Five Stores First and "YOU WONT BE BREAD-SATISFIED TILL YOU GET IT" "Taste Its Taste" THROUGH AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER j EXCURSION TICKETS Can be purchased for numerous dates to trie East NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY UNTIL OCTOBER 31 TO RETURN. Liberal stopovers permitted on Ruing or return trip, with additional stop during the-Farlc season, to September 15, to permit visit to Yellowstone Gardiner Gateway is the Official Government Entrance to the Park. Thence Park coaches take guests to Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel; TWO 72-HOUR DAILY THROUGH TRAINS TO CHICAGO "North Coast limited'1 and "Atlantic Express" This great sale of Men' ami Boyf save dollar if you JTJ - Wonderfully low prices : Men's Suits regular $10.00 suits reduced to. . . .$ 6.95 Regular $15.00 suits reduced to. . . .$11.35 regular $20.00 suits reduced to. . . .$13.35 regular $25.00 suits reduced to.... $16.65 All Our Men's Suits in Blue and Black ONE-FOURTH OFF Men's Pants REDUCED TO $1.45 REDUCED TO $2.25 REDUCED TO $2.65 REDUCED TO $3.00 REDUCED TO $3.75 REDUCED TO..... $4.50 When you see it m w pi w m m m r m m jWhy Morrison Second and Morrison First 87 and 89 Third Note the name an3 the label on the dust-proof, germ-proof wrapper. CJ It's your guarantee of cleanliness your certifi cate of purity. feoc JabS IvBAKINC COW Tomorow is Blue Eibbon Thursday A JFlytng Bird Free with erery Loaf. Taacoavar A.Y. nd. rrmoat fit. Log Cabin Baking Co. Vancouver Ave. & fremont St. via National Pari Let us give you particulars as to fares East and to and through the Park, and sleeping-car and train service, and furnish you with Park litera ture. A. D. CHARLTON, A. O. P. A, Portland, 255 Morrison St., Portland Main 244 Phones A-1 244 Clothing Is nearing it en3; vou a "'vr:.:"'"t:r::J Men's 50c Underwear 35c Men's $1.00 Underwear 79c Men'. $1.00 Shirt. 79c Men'. $1.50 Shirt. $1.15 Men'. $2.00 Shirt. $1.35 Men's 50c Neckwear 39c Men's 25c Garter 15c ALL STRAW HATS AND PANAMAS Half Price .$1.35 .$1.65 .$1.95 .$2.65 $2.90 .$3.35 .$3.95 ALL CHILDREN'S JVASH SUITS Half Price in our ad, it's r?i i-jug Third and Oak 0i ' SpeciarRates Hotel Multnomah Commencing September 1, We are offering SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS TO PERMANENT GUESTS E x t r a - Co n v e n i e Permanent guests of the Multnomah have the advan tage of our magnificent dining-rooms, acknowledged by all superior in service and menu, and lowest charges. Also the Arcadian Garden. Vaudeville attractions every evening and concert in lobby Sunday nights. Bachelor Apartments $25.00 A Month Up H. C. BOWERS, Manager Take Grand Trunk Pacific STEAMER C "Prince George" LEAVING SEATTLE, SUNDAY, AUGUST 25 MIDNIGHT TO THE ' Government Sale Prince Rupert Lots AUGUST 28, 1912 $18.00 One Way $36.00 Round Trip DIRECT FROM SEATTLE Including Meals and Berth , . v DORSEY B. SMITH J. R BURGIS, Gen! Ajrt u. r. ju . ice 69 Rfth'SLTPorlIanfi,OreGa you'll r'T so v Five Stores and Yamhill i-rnrrrirtiiortruru n ce for - Fa m i 1 i - rue Best. u