THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL!, PORTLAND, FRIDAY EVENING. APRIL 16, 1915.
BIACKFEET TO VISIT
i PORTLAND THIS YEAR
! AS FESTIVAL FEATURE
Louis W. Hill Makes An
nouncement at San Fran
cisco Today,
WILL BE IN THE PARADES
HlCOTDflDT Tfl AOTflDIA
viceafcle state la alight. Slides must
be taken , care of and, drainage cared
for whether the road Is . used or. not.
Astoria .Landmark Goes.
Astoria, Or., April 16. There is no
sentiment in the wheels of progress.
Franklin street. About 1884 the new
Taylor home was built on the present
site, ' with the old dwelling moved a
block north to form a part of the
building. The late Judge Frank J.
Taylor resided there for many years.
INDUSTRIAL UNREST IS
DECREASING, ASSERTS
ARMOUR, MEAT KING
(Continued From Page One.)
industrial discontent increasing.'
"On the contrary, continued Ar
mour, "I think Industrial unreat Is de
creasing and that - this decrease will
be more marked with the gradual re
turn of prosperity.
After giving a list of tha organisa
tions in which he is interested. th
packing magnate declared that he de
voted practically the whole of . his
time to tha Armour company, no one
having its general welfare at heart
more than he. s
- Asked regarding -his methods of se
lection in choosing office boys. Ar
mour said; . i'
'This is one of the most particular
parts of - our organisation. As a rule
most of our boys later become depart
ment heads and because of that fact
we use the utmost care inthelr selec
tion." . ': - -
Answering Questions in regard to
his treatment of employes he said:
"The ' personal . equation -has be
highly developed. My door is alwai
open; any employe can always coma
in." ', '
Regarding hla attitude on union:-,
Armour stated that he had no funda
mental objections to labor organiza
tions but did not think they work I
out well because the men apparently
do not know bow beet to employ their
powers.
Armour concluded his testimony
with a description of the pension sys
tem operated by the company, the
statement being made that a surplus
of $1,000,000 was kept for this purpose.
The capital of the company was given
as $20,000,000 and last year's earnings
as $760,000. . ' ;
However, the man at the bottom -of
the ladder hasn't far to fall. - ,
INDIANS WILL BE, HERE DURING ROSE FESTIVAL
STRETCH OF HIGHWAY
WILL BE COMPLETED
Engineer Cantine Says Work
Can. Be Done With Funds
Now Available.
'The old Taylor home on Kxchange
street, a part of which is the old or
iginal pioneer house of more than 60
years ago, is being torn dowja to make
room for modern apartments. This
1 spot Is the birthplace of good old Chief
', Concomly, bead of the Chinook tribes
and a friend of the Astoria party. He
was buried in 1829. That a two story
apartment house will be his monu
of prosperity within the next year or
two Armour said;
fThere will be prosperity soon and
it will be shared alike by both em
ployers arid employes. . ii
' Industrial Unrest Decreasing.
Replying to a question of Chairman
Lennon. Armour said: ,'I do not find
ment henceforth la the intention of the
Frank J. Taylor estate, owners, ac
cording to a 'statement made yesterday
and which resulted in a decree to have
ECONOMY IS NECESSARY
the old building torn down. When
first built the -old house faced on
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Chiefs, ramou Warriors and Ksdlclms
Un will Fitch Tspsss tn On
of th far Blocks.
s Indian chiefs and medicine men.
I f&RIOUS old Warrior of h TUafkfnnt !
tribe. Who Risk thcl. hnni.. n (lloUii
national park, will come to the Rose
festival as a feature attraction.
"Wn W. Kill, president of the
Great Northern railway, so announced
at San Francisco before his departure
for Flavel the steamer Northern Pa
cific. The Blackfoot braves recently made
the trip through the Panama canal ia
the steamship Great Northern, and arc
one of the blgr attractions at the Panama-Pacific
International exposition.
Mr. Hill in sending the Indians to
Portland for the three days of the
fiesta, June 9, 10 and 11. on the per
sonal request of Lloyd W. McDowell,
publicity manager.
C Festival governors have -been In
search of a feature that would give
the real circus air to the carnival, and
with the presence of the band of Black,
foot Indians, it will give the directors
an attraction that will serve as an
entertainment feature for the visitors
In the city, other than the parades and
general floral display.
Arrangements will be made to have
the Indians Ditch their tnjt nn on a
of the park blocks near the Festival
center, wnere they will hold dally re
ceptions, take part in pageants, appear
in tribal dances. and otherwise be used
by the Festival directors to make the
Program for the three days interesting
from start to finish. The Blackfoot
Indians will make their greatest dis
play of dress and feathers in the mili
tary, fraternal and industrial pageant
the dosing day of the Festival, June
31. !
While in Portland the Blackfeet will
hold their annual reunion at the Port
land Press club with several Portland
newspaper men who visited them In
the park as Mr. Hill's guests in 1913.
MOSE BLOCH IS
OUSTED FROM
COURT HOUSE
h - Si- Op f ' hl
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(Continued From "Page One.)
many years. Wilkins went to work
the latter part of July. 1913. At the
end of the. month he had $11.25 due
him. He went to the courthouse, and
along with. the rest of the crew, signed
over his time check to Mose Bloch,
who deducted 15 cents and paid the
balance.
This wes the first and last time he
paid tribute to Bloch. but during the
months that fnlInn.-0H 1 1 a aiaa rrm
Pelled rea-ularlv tn fie-ht fn- hi
I check, whfeh-invariably found its way I
Into the hands of Bloch. Finally he
I became so insistent that his tlm
check should be delivered to him and
not to Bloch that Foreman Kcpcha
ildlscharged him, admitting that he did
I f so becau He "Wilkins wah ronslnp too
mucn trouble at the courthouse,
i One, of the-things Wilkins did. which
Tio doubt brought upon his head
Blpch's extreme wrath, was to induce
tue county commissioners to make an
order directing all road foremen to de
liver the time checks to th, lohnrsra
direct or to the county auditor. This
order went into effect the first of this
month. As soon as the matter fnm
tO the Tint i'O r,f Cnnnti. nnrnmiooUMA.
Hotman he sent Wilkins to the district
-norneys ortice to tell his story. And
the district attorney is said to have
taken the matter hfor t h vmnH
Jury.
"Mose Fays Off Tonight."
-The second month Wilkins worked
under Foreman Kepcha he earned $65.
The last day of the month Kepcha told
all his men that "Mose pays tonight,"'
and advised them to call at Bloch's of
fice at the courthouse.
But Wilkins DreferriM nnt- tn ,ii,-M.
his hard earned money with Bloch. He
did not go with the others to see Mose
wai mgnt. -a lew nights later he
went to see him. At the court house
he made - Inauirv of mn n .h
peared to be loitering in the corridor.
" man inquired Wilkins' name.
"Mose is out tonieht." th Til 1 Tl cnl.l
"He left some monev for vnn o n.1
saloon across the street."
Wilkins went to th innn
his name and asked If Bloch had left
a package there for. -him. The bar
tender threw on the bar an envelope
containing 164.35 aajl at the same time
presented Wilkina' tlm ,.u i, ..,
- . - ' " ' " " V IKTl I itJlU-
asked him to indorse it in favor of
P1"' vvnen wiiKlns saw that Bloch
had exacted his usury, he refused to
accept the monev- M. 1. 1
time check. ,
'X onlv wo nloil m .. I 1 i
told the bartender, and walked out.
;Once In possession of his time check,
the next day he could take it to the
auditor, who would audit it and send
it to the count v i-lric rnw , .
which he could cash at the office of
wuuijr treasurer. The whole
Iran santinn wnni.4 tnt.. v. . . . .
. vane uui a. lew mm
utes. That Was the procedure followed
by Bloch. He would cash the time
cnecrfs one night, exacting: his percent
age, and the next day he would get
"" money oacit rrom the county.
Hd to Tight for Time Check.
For over a year and a half Wilkins
continued- to work under Foreman
Kepcha and never once, until just
before he was discharged, did he re
ceive his time check. He had to fight
for his wages nearly every month..
7" At the end of the month each road
foreman makes out his time sheet and
to supposed to .attach to it the time
checKs of each workman or else deliver
the time checks t
sonally so they may present them to'
suuiuirs omce, instead of doing
this Kepcha sent in his -time sheet to
the -auditor and delivered the time
checks, belonging to the, men, to Mose
Bloch. The men would go down to
Bloch s office, room 101, court house,
and get their money, less the usury
exacted by Bloch. The next day Bloch
could get his money from the count-.
Wilkins would wait several days aft
r the first of the month and when he
would not receive either, his time
check or his warrant he would go to
the auditor's off! C nil1 ncr A
LKepchas tlmes sheet. Invariably he
f would find all the llm. . ' j
in but his. Repeatedly he asked Audi-
wr.Aia.rt.in lor ni time cneck and Mar
tin as regular lv would renlv tha a
Was not there.; Affpr miirh i.i. .'j
vexation Wilkins would get his war-
Blackfeet braves from Glacier Park, Mont.
rant without ever seeing his time
check.
There was a break In the usual pro
cedure one month In 1914 when Wilkins
went as usual hunting for his time
chicle
Had Words With Bloch.
"This Is getting awfully thin," he
told Auditor San Martin. "Where do
yeu suppose my time check Is 7"
"You know where It Is," Wilkins
says Martin replied.
"Certainly, and so do you," retorted
Wilkins.
.Wilkins then went down to Bloch's
office in the board of reliefs room and
asked Bloch for his time check. Bloch
denied having it. Wilkins became angry
and charged Bloch with punishing him
because he would not submit to ex
tortion. After a stormy Interchange
of words Wilkins returned to the audi
tor's office. Auditor Martm said he
would go to see Bloch. When he re
turned he said Bloch told him he had
the time check at his home and could
not get It until afternoon.
While Wilkins was still sitting in
did not see Wilkins. He handed Mar
tin the time check Wilkins had been
seeking. Wilkins grabbed Bloch and
Martin's office Bloch came in. He
expressed his wrath in forceful lan
guage. Martin approved the time check
and Wilkins soon got his money.
Conditions did not improve. Wilkins
continued to have difficulty lri get
ting his wages. This was the case up
to March 6 of this year, when Wilkins,
being unable to get his time check,
had another setto with Bloch. Get
ting no satisfaction he went this time
to the county commissioners. He saw
Commissioners Lightner and Holbrook
and made complaint.
Lightner and Holbrook said they
would go and see Bloch. But Wilkins
did not get Tils time check. They said
Bloch denied having It. At the re
quest of Wilkins the commissioners
passed an order directing the road
foremen to deliver the time checks to
the men or to the county auditor.
Vonmu Discharges Wilkins.
The next day Kepcha handed Wilkins
his check and said the reason it was
not at the courthouse the day before
was because he had forgotten to sign
it. All the other time checks were
properly signed-and at the courthouse.
Two days later Kepcha discharged Wil
kins. Kepcha, a few days later, told
Wilkins he had been laid off because
he was raising too much disturbance
at the courthouse.
' Deputies and employes In many of
the county departments are paying
monthly tribute to Bloch, who has lit
tle printed blanks which the hard
pressed employe signs and thereby
gives Bloch power of attorney to col
lect his warrant.
For years Bloch has thrived off his
business of shaving county warrants
and buying up delinquent taxes. He
is a familiar, figure about the county
courthouse. Bloch had an active part
in the notorious gravel pit scandal,
engineered while Judge Cleeton was a
member of the county board. He was
again In the limelight when'a quantity
of furniture and carpets belonging to
the county were found at Bloch's home.
Two Hurt at Canyon ville.
Canyonville, Or., April 16. Mrs. T. G.
Dubell, 70, suffered a broken leg, dislo
cated shoulder and other Injuries, and
Wiley Olcott, 20. was also hurt when
a team driven by Olcott ran away late
yesterday. Mrs. Dubell, whois a well
known pioneer, was thrown 20 feet.
Olcott is a school teacher. He was
nearly drowned in the Umpqua last
winter.
Some Work Vecessary at Any Sate to
Maintain Passable Highway;
To ZMiminate Deficit.
Astoria, Or., April 15. With the as
surance of State Highway Engineer
Cantine that the Columbia Highway
between Westport and Astoria can be,
made serviceable with the $69,495.28
available, the. county advisory board,
at a session in the court house last
evening, recommended that the county
ourt take steps to secure the comple
tion of work under these conditions.
This $69,465.28 comprises the $35,000
appropriated by the state highway
commission, $20,000. set aside from the
general fund of Clatsop county by res
olution of the county court of March
16, this year. $8000 set aside from the
Clatsop county bridge fund, and
$6495.28 remaining of the $30,000
drawn against the general fund levy
for 1915.
District Engineer Peters has esti
mated the total liabilities of the road
when completed at $76,052.98, dis
tributed as follows: Unpaid bills for
engineering, etc, $392.80; retained 20
per cent, payable to Peterson and John
son upon completion of contract,
$7860.18; estlmi. ed cost to complete
grading, Including engineering $60;000,
and estimated cost of constructing
temporary- bridges (state to pay cost
of designing) $8000. This figuring
leaves a deficit of $6557.70 if the pro
posed plans are carried out. The dis
trict engineer, however, gives it as his
opinion that by eliminating all work
not absolutely necessary to the open
ing of the road, and by using extreme
economy in methods of construction
the, Westport-Astoria division of the
Columbia highway can be completed,
and put in a serviceable and safe con
dition with the funds available, elimi
nating the $6557.70 deficit apparent.
State Highway Kngineer Cantine de
clared the road should be completed.
There is a certain amount of work
necessary to preserve that already ac
complished, he said, and the differ
ence in bringing the highway to a ser-
The Shoe Sale
For Misses and Children
Offering Best Styles Oxfords and Slippers
is our regular April habit to move out certain parts of
our children's shoe stction, which affords the purchase of
summer shoes at prices that show decided reductions from
the regular. Here you can choose from
Dull Calf Four-Button Oxfords
Two-Strap Suede Slippers
Tan Russian Calf Ankle Strap Slippers
Wide Plain-Toe Shapes and Welt Soles
In sizes llVz to 2, regular $2.50 Models for $2.00
In sizes 8 to 11, regular $2.00 Modelsfor $1.75
In sizes 6 to 8, regular 1.75 Modelsfor$ 1.50
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We can please you in fabric, fit you
in model, and touch your purse but
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CHILDREN'S
STATIONERY
Kewpie Box Paper 50c
24 sheets and 24 envelopes to
a box. each sheet decorated with
kewpies in colored designs and
four designs to the box. Kewpie
party invitations. 50c a box.
Mezzanine Floor
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Sheet Music 2 for 25c
Down Among the Shel
tering Palms ; I Didn't
Raise My Boy to Be a Sol
dier; Doodle Oodle Dee;
When My Ship Comes In;
The Little Lord Rambled
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lasement.
An Extraordinary Price for an Extraordinary Suit Special $12.50
For Misses and Small, Women
Made in the style as shown in the illustration
Can be had in black and white checks, plain
navy blue serge or tan covert cloth.
This is one of the newest Norfolk models,
having a yoke and box pleats with patch pock
ets and belt. And a smartly plain flare skirt.
The jackets are peau de cygne lined.
Small women as well as misses will find
these suits very becoming, and at $12.50 offers
a most unusual occasion for the purchase of a .
very smart suit that will do service for all
kinds of wear. " " Fourth Floor
For Misses
Wash Dresses
Very Special $3.95
Made of chambray in plain
pink, tan and cadet. Show
ing the newest bolero, waist
with guimpe effect of plain
white, turn-down collar and
turn-back cuffs. Finished at
neck with black silk tie. The
bolero trimmed with white
braiding. Skirt has inverted
pleat in the front. 4th Floor
$1.50 Middy Blouses
$1.15
Made with navy flannel collar
in regulation style, with laced
front, long sleeves and trimming
of white braid and stars.
Milit'y Middies $1.75
The newest novelty in middy
blouses, in white or sand color.
Sailor collar with straps of blue
and gold braid, short sleeves
patch pockets. Cuffs and pock-
et match the collar. All sizes
12 to 22.
1 ; fourth floor
Pretty Neckwear, New 75c and 85c Styles,
-T mm a mm a m m m . I AW SM mmmm
batiste, daintily a fjr
New effects in sheer Swiss and
embroidered in many designs, with scalloped edges.'
Tlrrt floor.
111
Athletic Underwear for Summer Service
Offering $1.00 Union Suits
TAILORED OF SOISETTE, NAINSOOK AND
j MADRAS
Very Special 69c
These union suits are made in knee length, sleeveless and
with the new closed crotch. Of nainsook, barred and striped
madras and soisette.
In sizes 34 to 48, made to fit any man. Supply all your
summer needs during this sale.
j First Floor, Washington-St. Entrance
Men Can Now Save on Their
j Summer Shoes
Our Standard $5.00 and $4.50 Grades of
Shoes for Mesi
Marked for Saturday at the One Price of
$3.95
Tan willow blucher shoes, dull calf button shoes and yici
kid lace shoes.1 All in a full range of sizes.
Also custom English style of shoes in wide London and
straight shape. Men's Shoe Shop, Basement
oys' New 2-Pants Suits,
SOME VERY NEW WASH FROCKS
For Girls 7 to 14
Are Special $1.19
Regular Price $1.50
! Of striped and plaid ging
hams, showing the new
guimpe dress in fancy stripes
with white striped dimity
guimpe, turn-down collar
and cuffs, edged with narrow
embroidery and pipings and plain colored belt.
Other models there are, too, showing the new
extra wide belts of white poplin with collar and
cuffs to match and side-button effects ; plain skirts
with inverted pleat in the back. Fourth Floor
pecial
at
In Sizes From 6 to 17 Year
Suits that are as smart as a boy's suit can be
cut and made, and most serviceable.
Of all-wool materials in the newest novelty
mixtures, stripes and plaids." Models with plain
box fronts and patch pockets, inverted pleated
backs and three-piece belts or pleated back and
front and stitched belts.
Pants in knickerbocker style. Two pair pants
with each suit. f
Boys9 $1.25 Straw Hats 98c
Hats with high! or low crowns and regulation
shape. In white with black or navy bands, com
binations of white' with gray, brown or navy, also
burnt shades and all white,
to 14 years. i
Sizes to fit boys up
$6.50
Vol
Cluld's Wash Hats
The newest
ideas in crepe,
pique and dotted
Swiss hats. In
plain pink. blue,
white and flow
ered designs.
Poke effects, turn-back brims,
scalloped and plain edges,
trimmings of ribbon, flowers,
forget-me-nots, ribbon rosettes
and bows, button on crowns.
Prices 85c, $1.25, $1.50,
$1.75 to $2J2S. .
fourth floor.
Decalcomanias
lc the Sheet
In a host of different de
signs brightly and artistical
ly colored. Large sheets and
with each design different.
Ktnaau floor
Boys' 50c Caps 35c
Made of navy blue serge, fancy tweeds, stripes, checks and
mixtures. In brown, grays and tans. All sizes, 6 to 7.
Boys $2 Shirts, Very Special 1 .48
Newest spring patterns in fancy shirtings, just like father's.
Made in soft negligee style with and without detachable col
Jar, French cuffs. In white with gray, blue and lavender satin
stripes, and novelty stripes. Sizes 12 to 14 neck measure.
AlheneedsNew Combination Boys' Underwear, 59c Suit
Carries the trousers and hose supporters. No separate waist neces
sary. Shoulder adjustment for lengthening. Hygienically constructed.'
Fourth Floor
Sizes 2 to 9.
Trimmed Leghorn Hats
New Priscilla Romp
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The newest
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flowered crepe
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full - skirt style
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stitched lawn, belt
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toned to waist
with large pear!
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illustrated. : Fourth Floor
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Misses and
Children
Hats that reflect
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leghorn styles, for
tailored and dress
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Models that have
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youthful faces, as
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In Sailor
Droop and
Poke Shapes
L e ghorn hats
that are most artis
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very attractive rib
bon combinations,
of velvet and flow
ers, flowers in
wreaths, c 1 u s t ers
and single ' bios
soms placed in the
new fashion around
the crown or brim.
Very Special $3.95 s
34 floor.,
White Coats
For Children
1 to 5 Years
Special
$3.49
$4.95
Plain box style
of white serge
with sailor collar
edged with silk braid I and fin
ished with silk ribbon ties. And
a new higb-waisted model With
white pique collar and cuffs
edged with lace, and high belt.
Whit- pearl buttons. One
model illustrated. I
fourth floor.
THE CANTROP
UNDER WAIST
Keeps the child straight,
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For boys and girls. 23c to
50c. Fourth Floor
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