The Oregon daily journal., January 01, 1915, Page 14, Image 14

THE . OREGON ; DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY-, EVENING, JANUARY 1, 1915.
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MOVEMENT IS ON TO
: INCREASE FUND
STATE AIDED ROADS
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Prominent Taxpayers Sup
': Element Recent Action of
.County Judges,
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TO AID OUTSIDE COUNTIES
VultaomsJt Dtleffatloa to legislature
. Will Be. Asked to Take lltttr
Vp foiOood of Wbdlo State.
A movement has been Btarted In
Portland a number of prominent
taxpayers to supplement tho action
taken by ; t!e iecent convention of
rounty Ju3es and commissioners, at
Which a reHoltlon wan passed recom
mvndinfr the state legislature proyl-io
for a 'one mill tax levy for the next
; two year for road Improvement. The
present lAvy for stat aid is oniy one
fourth of a mill. The proposed levy
would not be available before next
ear.;
The' matter will probably be brought
J before the Multnomah county delea
' 'tlon at its meeting next Monday night.
V'-; .Although, Multnomah county pays
one-tblrd of the state taxes, it is pro
posed that the money which is tm he
. rained by this rriPuns is to be spent in
' the' outslde counties arid none in Mult
'nomah county, which is able to build
Its toads without state assistance.
" This is on the theory that every road
Improvement tn the state .benefltsi
Portland as well.. The development of
the balance of the state reduces Mult
nomah county's proportion of the statu
tax charge and a large amount of the
i money spent In highway improvement
finds its way to Portland ultimately.
Columbia and Hood Uiver counties
jhave bonded their limit but the former
" will need $100,000 snd the latter 30),-
1000 to complete - the grading of the
Columbia highway and Wasco county"
twill require some.
. -The hard surfacing of this road and
'Others contemplated in the state will
trl the total contemplated expendi
tures up to 1.000,000 per year for
-two years. This is in addition to: the
.one-quartermlU tux levied each year
-under- the state highway' commission
act of 1913. .
In comparison with other states it Is
... cited that Washington raises $2,500,
000 per annum for state highways and
California raised last year $18,000,000.
Anglers' Licenses
Outnumber Hunters'
, .
lieput? Clerk Prepares Report Show
" 5 in Total or 134,604 Received In This
; County Z.aet Tear. . x
. .'! An annual report of fish and game
, licenses sold in Multnomah county
complied by Deputy County Clerk Seth
Smith shows that 23,045 persons pur
chased licenses and paid $24,604 for
the privilege of- fishing lr Oregon
Streams and hunting in the forests of
'. the state. Of that amount $19,847 was'
collected1 at th,e various stores which
sold licenses and $4757 was paid in at
the clerk's office. From hunters,
- .$8314 was collected; from' anglers, $13,
222; for combination licenses, $2848,
and from non-resident hunters, $160.
The last named licenses cost $10 each
and the combination licenses, $2 each.
' The money Is turned into the fish and
game.fnd of the'state.
' Prince Eitel ?lven Command.
' Amsterdam... JaiL. 1. The appoint
' ment of. Prince pitel Friedrlch, one of
the kaiser's sons, to the command of
the First brigade of imperial guards
', was announced yesterday.
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f i Edlefsens wish you a happy 1915. Ad.
Cochran Starts" New
Year With New Book I
WUl and Probate Proceedings , Tester-
day Afternoon Consume ast Two
Pages of Old Volume. '
Deputy fjpunty Clerk. Cochran, who
handles filing of probate matters, be
came anxious yesterday noon, lest he
should be left with two blank pages in
the record book of estates which he
has been using for the past year. An
estate was finally probated leaving but
one clean sheet. Just before the office
dosed Attorneys for the estato of
Johnson White, who died December 23,
appeared and his book was filled. The
White estate was the last filed in 1914.
' The petition for letters of adminis
tration fin the estate estimates the
value to be $1000. A widow, seven
sons, three daughters and s grand
daughter are the heirs,
Mrs. Nellie tirown petitioned for her
appointment ts executrix of the estate
of her husband, ,C. A. Brown, who died
December 15. . She said the estate is
worth $12,420, and that she Is sole
heir.
Tdary E. I-eet, a daughter, was named
executrix of the estate of her mother.
B:ilza J. Peebles, in the will filed yes
terday. Mrs. Peebles died December
28, at the age of 78. The petition esti
mates the estate to be worth $7000.
The foil grandchildren were left one-
twentieth of the estate each, but not
to exceed $500. A son and two daugh
ters were left the rest.
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CLOTHING FIRM TO
DOUBLE CAPACITY OF
ESTI
ITS
ISHMENT
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C, J. Mathis & Co, to Keep
Pace With the Steady In
crease Now Expected.
Convinced that business has passed
the turning point and is due for a
steady and continuous increase, C. J.
Mathis & Co., one'of the most .conser
vative firms dealing in men's clothing
in Portland, has decided 4o double the
capacity of the store at 149 Sixth
street within the next month.
The firm has taken a lease for a
term of years on the adjoining store
room north of its present quarters in
the Selling building.
As soon as the lease is in force, Feb
ruary 1, the wall separating the stores
will be torn wayVn the entire front
remoaeiea.
Constantly increasing business, cou
pled with an opportunity to secure
added room at a reasonable rental, are
the principal reasons for the step.
As soon as the enlarged store Is
ready for occupancy, hats and men's
furnishings will be added to the exclu
sive stock of merj's clothing.
The store will be furnished In the
same luxurious manner as obtains in
the present one. The clothing dkbinets
and show cases will all be of mahog
any. In this connection it hag been
learned that he has more than $1000
worth of "made in Oregon." show cases
for immerllate delivery.
Mr. Mathis has been in business for
himself in Portland for four years, and
his business guided by a conservative
policy has grown steadily.
"Increased business has forced me
to take larger quarters," said MrJ Ma
this. "Decision to double the size of
the store came after thorough canvass
of the situation.
"In' my opinion, business conditions
warrant expansion. Business has
steady upward trend. I have -always
had unbounded faith in the business
future, and this is -one of the things
that kept me buoyed up when the store
operations were hampered for 1
months-, through the wrecking of the
Marquam building and the erection of
the Northwestern Bank building."
Join Our
Christmas
Club
On December 10 we distributed thou
sands of dollars to those who joined last
year. Why not prepare for next Xmas
now'? You know. you will need the
money. You cannot lose a penny. You
have everything to gain. Five cents,
25 cents, 50 cents or a dollar starts you,
according to the crass you join There
is a limit to theime in which we. can
enroll! members.
URNITURE MAN
SUES F
FOR LARGE AMOUNT
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nj unction Asked to Prohibit
Plans , for Bridges
Nearly Completed
to Third Parties.;.
SUITS AGAINST RAILROADS
Pierce, .Moffett, Taaasr a a sagie
Creeks to Ss IptaMA y Concrete
Structures, j - '
Plans and soeclf ications for four re
inforced '.concrete bridges for the Co
lumbia Highway are about completed
and In a few days the board of county
'commissioners will advertise for bids
; on three of them.
O..U I r 0,,An These bridges are to span i-ierce,
bUb-LeSing 0t DUlIding lMoffett and Tanner creeks in ttie east
ern end of th county, ana win com
plete the construction of the Columbia
Highway In Multnomah county. Ptercs
creek, or Kelly creek. Is to be crossed
by a girder bridge 65 feet In height,
with nine panels, 40' feet long, a totaJ
Of 360 feet. " - - -
The bridge at Mof fett creek will be
75 feet above the water and be a singie
arch of reinforced concrete. ' '
The bridge at Tanner creek, near the
state fish hatchery, will be a 60 foot
reinforced -concrete girder.
The bridge at Eagle creek will be a
span of 60 feet. It is planned to con
struct It out of boulders taken frpm
the bed of the stream. The arch will
jbe a complete half circle. This latter
bridge will not be let oy coniratv uui
will be built by day labdr. i
It Is estimated that the four bridges
will cost approximately 140,000.
It Is proposed to have everything in
readiness tc commence construction as
non as the coming tax levy, provision
for which jhas beei made in the bud
get, is available. In order to nave me
highway oiehed to travel about next
June.
FINE GOWNS FANCIED
Partyl Dresses Other 'Woman's
Apparel Was All Burglars Took.
Three Persons Ask Damages From
Companies, All Alleging Physical
Injuries Were Suffered.
Charging Henry Jenning with
threatening to depreciate the value of
the building occupied Until Wednesday
by Henry Jenning & Son, furniture
dealers, at Second and Morrison
streets, at least 150,000 unless I she
agreed not to permit a furniture store
to open, in the place.Clara Kaufman.
owner of the property, brought suit
to enjoin Henry Jenning & Sons from
proceeding with the sub-letting of the
building. She also asked that Stanley
& Winchell, operating as the West
ern Adjustment company, and N. & S.
Weinsteln b restrained from further
selling of remnants of merchandise
stocks in the place. . !
Mrs. Kaufman alleges that when
the furniture company auit the build
ing for its new home at Fifth I and
yvasnington streets there wa yet 18
rhonths of their lease to run. I She
saidr-that Mr. Jenning requested that
the lease be ended, but that no other
furniture house be- allowed to Open
there.' She refused, she said, and he
then said he would retain the lease
and open a second hand and' junk
store there. She said she did i nbt
know what arrangements Were mad
between the present occupants. ,and
the furniture company, but that they
were contrary to the terms of ! the
lease. i-
BRANCH
MANAGERS
, Company Is Sued.,
Harry K. Perrtn. station agent of
the O-W. It & N. Co. at Seaview.
Wash.,' sued the company for JlO.OOO
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WHOLESALE GROCERY
HIGHLY OPTIMISTIC
Salesmen of Allen 5t Lewis
From All Over Northwest
Hold' Four,-Day Congress,
A four days' congress of company
company failed to .relieve him when
he' became sick and that as the result
his illness' developed into a serious
illness. - He said he had paid hospital
fees and was entitled to immediate
assistance.
Southern Pacific Sued.t
i C W. Carson yesterday filecT Suit
for $25,681 damages against the South
ern Pacific company, alleging that
when he was riding -on a speeder near
Merlin. January 2, 1914, he was com
pelled to jump to save himself from
an approaching . engine and was In
jured by the speeder, which turned
over on him. ? 1
Thieves -with - fondnesses - for ;woroi
en's wearing a.pparei invaded the home
of Oglesiy. Young, ; 55i East Salmon
street Tuesday night, and tooH two
party gowns, 'a quantity of women's
underwear, two fine plumes and Mrs.
Young's'; gold Watch, all valued at
about $200. 4 ,' .
The family ws. absent during trie
evening and had ; left a side window
unlocked. " Bureau drawers were found
ransacked" and the rooms in confusion,
but nothing was missing save the
articles suitable for women. ,
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Ridgefield Road Meeting. :
Ilidgefield, ? Wash., Jan. ? I. The
farmers of Ridgefield and ' surround
ing country will '' hold a meeting in the
Interests' of. good roads at the high
school assembly, hall this afternoon.
Hayden Held to Grand Jury.
J. ."Hayden waived examination
before United ; States - Commissioner
Drake, yesterday, on a charge Of
perjury In a bankruptcy case, and was
held to the grand Jury. V His partner,
W. Moghensky, was dismissed Wednes
day because the government could not
show his personal connection with the
removal of a quantity of merchandise
from the Chicago store at Castlerock
the night of September 21. shortly be
fore the bankruptcy proceedings were
filed. ; s :
I NVESTIGATING QUARTET
A mother and her two young daugh
ters and a man were arrested at the
Clyde hotel this morning, and the po
lice officials are making an investiga
tion on the theory that a flagrant
case of white ' slavery has I been - un
earthed. The man is F. A. fclackwell,
bartender, formerly i of I Castlerock,
Wash., and the mother is i Mrs. Ada "
4ddle. aged S4." Her- daughters are
Vera Fetfert, 1ST years old, and Nina
Feiert, 14 years old. Tha'tour were
occupying the same Hwm. "
BlaCkwell Is now charged with con
tributing to the delinquency of a
minor. The young girls were - placed
in the custody of Mrs. Lola O. Bald- :
win, head of the wdmcn's bureau of
the police department. j
Hdlcfsens wish you a happy 1915. Ad.
damages yesterday, alleging that : the officials, department -managers, trav
eling salesmen ana otnee employes
of Allen . & Lewis, wholesale grocers,
was held this week. All phases of the
business were discussed . and plans
made for the closest team work during
the new year.
"Managers of "branch houses and
salesmen from .all over the northwest
Were called in for the meeting; which
was held through the courtesy of L. A.
Lewis, president of the firm, and F. A.
Spencer, general manager. 'At the va
rious sessions these men expressed a
great deal of optimism over the busii
ness prospects for 1915.
These meetings iire an annual af
fair with the firm and bring all per
sons connected with the business' into
closer cooperation. A fine spirit of
"pull together was manifested on this
occasion. The sessions opened Mon
day and k did pot close until Thurs
day, i
' Wednesday night the firm was host
at a theatre party at the Orpheuai.
Following the theatre there was a
banquet at the Multnomah. At noon
Thursday, J. B. Birdsall, .head of the
Cigar department, banqueted, the em
ployes of his department at the im
perial. Talks . were made by ' rM,
Birdsall, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Spencer W.
T. Greer, L. A. Brown, C, R. Wenzel,
H. O. Boweri, R. F. Clark, T. R. Town
send and A. M. Compton.
Before the close of the congress the
men voted an 'expression-of thanks to
Mr. Lewis I and Mr. Spencer for the
fine treatment and entertainment fur
nished them during the four. days.
Those present at the theatre party
and supper were: I A. Lewis, presi
dent; F. AJ Spencer, general manager;
C. R. Wenzel. W. F. Greer, H. 0.
Bowen. Ralph Glafke. J. B. Birdsall.
L. O. Ross. L. A. Brown, W. B. Rob
erts, C. M. : Morgan, A. Neilson, A. M.
Compton, H. Kempenich, J. A. Matte
son. O. E. Baird, R. F. Clark, W. B
Heath. R. H. Leagoy J. W. Pantall,
J. G. Townsend, T. R. Townsend, F. L.
Vuilliet. O. C. Wolfe, W. J. Hopkins,
C. A. Wood. G. T. Parker. Ray Glass.
A.. E. Brigham, G. D. Hart, H. W. Au
gustine. L. Allehoff, Harry Robard
L. Preesel, iFred Hartman, Dave Erd-
rich. M. McMillen, E. Nordenson, G.
Havward. iE. Bryans. R. Schmeer. Al
Zentner. Otto SickeL A. O. Waud. S. C.
Morris, i H, A. Tomlinson, J. Johnson
and F. W.' Flanagan. .
Gets $oOO Verdict.
P. B: Pettipas, . a brakeman. was
Wednesday awarded $500 damages
against' the Southern Pacific by. a jury
in Circuit Judge Gatens' court, -as the
result of injuries received when he
was swept from his feet as he was
riding on top of a train near Glendale
when the, train entered a tunnel. He
alleged that the warning apparatus at
the mouth of the tunnel failed to give
proper warning and sued for $10,000
damages.
j Want City Restrained.
F., W, Nelson and 29 others "have
filed suit to restrain the city from
making assessments for the Green way
improvement on Lam son avenue and
other streets on the ground that the
preliminary steps were not taken in
compliance with the law and that no
hearing? was granted to demonstrators.
Passenger Files Suit.
J. W. Ballinger has sued the P. B,,
L. & P. Co., for $10,182 damages u
the result of alleged injuries received
w-hen the car on which he Was a pas
senger started suddenly at Third and
Main, streets, October 30. ;
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i Allege Broken Contract.
W.. F. McLaughlin and R. C. Mor
gan,, subcontractors on the Columbia
highway, have sued the Consolidated
Contract company, main contractors,
for $2011 alleged to have been lost be
cause of a broken contract and "for
$659.20 alleged due for work done and
materials furnished.
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get someone to bring it for you. If not
familiar with the .plan, call, phone or
write for particulars.
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National Bank
Washington and Fourth Streets
J. Daniel Webster Snes.
The feelings of J. Daniel . Webster,
colored, were injured to the extent of
$300 when he was denied the right to
service ln 'a- restaurant operated by
Louis Ehling, at 192 Fourth street, ac
cording to a. complaint he filed in the
district court against Ebling, in which
that amount in damages is asked. '
"Spy" Sues for Fee.
Norman J. Gaughan has filed ' suit
in the district court against E. A.
Miss Dimick's Death
Cause of Transfers
Principal of Kennedy School Assigned
to Brooklyn; Head of TerwllUger
Goes to Xennedy.
To succeed the late Miss Aphia "L.
Dimick, T. !J. Gary, principal of the
Kennedy school, was transferred ' by.
the schooli board to the Brooklyn
Hertscho for $300. alleging that Bchool, of which Miss Dimick was prin
Hertsche hired Irim to spy upon Mrs. I cipal. E. T. Falting, principal of "the
Hertsohe's actions and agreed to pay a
200 retaining fee and $20 a week as
salary. He alleges that he held hlm
self in readiness for the work, but that
after the agreement Hertsche failed to
make good his offer, and. that he' was
forced to pawn his coat, to live. ,
COUNTY COURT NEWS
Terwilllger school,, will take Mr. Gary's
former position, and A. A. Campton, an
assistant at the Jefferson high school,
has been elected principal of the Ter
willlger school.
Conger was elected head of the
printing department of Jefferson high
'schohl to succeed A. W: Lawrence,
who leaves to become state printer.
Four bids for plumbing at the new
Shattuck school were opened and ' re
ferred to the building committee ifor
tabulation' and recommendatilon. The
bids were: Alaska Plumbing company.
J. F. Shea, $11,250; Sturges
I All proceedings in the petition of
W. Gabriel and others for establish
ment, of a' conntv road wprs rfArrd
tn Tltrlft A ttnmnv Rtokd ! $10,298;
board ordered that subject to hfs ap-l Sturges, $10,400, and Williamson
proval the proposed road would be ap-rci'it'"'',"J'' ..,.
proved. - . . ' . .. : '
H.S M. Seivert. 255 East Columbia i T n PrQTlPO flrtOO "Rq olr
boulevard, was allowed $50. indemnity i JJCti VJUCo JJClUxi
for two cows slaughtered because .of
to Serve His Term
Parol of Man Who Planted Body to
Defraud Insurance Company Is Re
voked,
'-ji n i.in:niyu'-i ',' - Vl y
tuberculosis, and the following claims
were set for hearing January 7 at 10
o'clock: 'Ellis McLean, 200 Fifth
street, $37.50 for one registered bull;
M. Dh-ulst, Gresham, $25 for one bull;
John Huber, Lents, $25 for one bull.
County Insurance Expert W. J.
Clemens renorted adiustment of in- J. C. LaFrance. naroled 1k vmV
surance. under general form which re-.' after serving a year of a sentenceof
moved $28,000, and leaves In force one to five years for defrauding an in
$115,000 on county property. He also j surance company by planting a body
submitted policies for $46,000 - on ! on the Clackamas river as his own and
bridges and slips cancelling amounts ! whose parole was revoked, was taken
on bridges under the general f orm. ; to the penitentiary yesterday to serve
The report was referred to- Auditor
Martin to be checked.
The board approved the appointment
the remainder of the term imposed
La France was taken into custody
by Parole Officer Snodgrass. who Is
of Harry Lv Jones as deputy clerk of f waiting to return him to the pen!
the district court, to fill the vacancy
caused by . the resignation of Leo F.
Jones, and to take effect December 21.
'' Watch : Night Services.
St." Johns, Or., Jan. 1. Watch night
services In charge of Rev. S. G. Roper,
pastor, were held at ; St. Johns Free
Methodist church- last night. .Many
members of other congregations at-
t tended. " .. , , ,
tentlary. i He: spent Christmas with his
wife and four children. Mrs. La
France, who was indicted with her hus
band but 'never prosecuted, is being
cared for under itne widow's pension
act and Is said to be a sufferer from
tuberculosis. District Attorney Evans
said that as La France has shown no
desire to aid the state in solving th
mystery of the dead body he does not
think him eligible to parole.
To Fittingly Begin the New Year
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