THE r OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1915.
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W NEWLY ELECTED
j OFFICIALS PRESENTED
Baker - Has Had Much " Ex
perlence in Municipal "Af
fairs and Public Movements
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' ' Portland citizen who are interested
lu tb careers of the two commission
ers elected yesterday "and the"- city
auditor will' find brief sketches of
the men In the following z ?
- Cteorg Jj. Baker, Commissioner.
' From .ths . standpoint of experience
In municipal affairs and general ac-
- tivity in public movements, George I
Baker,, who was elected -city commis
sioner yesterday, -stands well at the
Had of the list. Hi ha served nine
' end. a half years as i member of the
Portland city council- He wa presi
dent of the council three different
times, and as such served as acting
mayor on several roccasionf. : '.
Mr. Baker is a native Oregonlan,
having been born at The Dalles In. 1868,
Mis parents moved to California when
he was .seven year old. - While : in
California he developed his liking for
the theatrical business and did various
work around the theatres.
At 19 he went to Seattle, and two
years later came to Portland. He got
a job with 'John S. Cordray, now
manager of The Oaks and at that time
manager of the old First street thea
tre, which Baker himself - later con--ti
oiled. i ' -i
A little later he went to work for
Ai. Hayman & company, owners of
the -old Marqosm theatre, Never sat
isfied; with being lust an employe.
Baker' had ambition to become mana
ger of that theatre. He soon attained
hi , .ambition, and is - still tnah
ager1 of the playhouse, which now
tears his own name, -
In addition to serving on the city
council ; for nine and a half "-years,
Paker has found-, time for much work
'of a public nature.' He' managed two
-of the Oregon industrial Expositions
; rcld where the Multnomah athletic
field la now located. -; In 1912 be
handled the parade and music' for the
national Elks convention, held In this
city. It was declared to be one of the
greatest parades the Elks, which are
famous for their turnouts, "have ever
held.-""- , -c --. " ... -
vLsst year he was manager of : the
Rose Festival, and It too proved that
a man wlto much executive ability
was at the head Of It. This year he
is- manager, ef -the military and trtu
ternal parade feature of the , festival,
. He is "president of the JiA club and
is connected with various other clubs
and -commercial organisations.' '- i.r-'
- He has a wife - and daughter and
step-sen. He lives at 945 fast Twenty-eighth
street, south. - v - ,
C' A. Blgelowj Ckrtnmlssiotier. '
: In re-electing (5, A. Big-slow city com
missioner, the citizens of Portland re
tained at the Stty- hsHss,-tf '-tbetr
most.,- energetic -officials. . Bigelow,
sine early boyhood, has known what
It mean to. have to hustle, and he has
applied the same foree and determina
tion in public life that made a success
of hi private affairs." -, '-
, Blgelow. jwas born 40 years ago in
Etowagalc,, j Mich.:-, There he attended
grairtmai; school, and, after school hours
and during vacation- worked In a, Rro
cery , store., At"9 he ' . was- , earning
enough money to buy mosfof bis
clothes.' : . ' : "
When 16 years old he moved With
his parents to Olympia, Wash., where
he worked in the state printing shop,
worked a flunky In a. railroad camp,
served as a, bell boy In a hotel, car
ried newspapers and did other jobs.
At 19 he came to Portland and got
a Job with W. II. MarkeU, an east
side merchant .
The job he secured was that of Jan
ilor, but it- was ' the real beginning
of bis career as-a Poftland merchant.
He never .changed - employers, , but
Worked up from one position to an
other until he became the Junior part
ner in W, H. MarkeU 4k Co., One ,-of
the largest ',. general ,- merchandise es
tablishments In - East Portland.1 He
has been with Mr, MarkeU for, more
than 80 years. , v -
- In isil be served as representative
from Multnbmah county in the .state
legislature. His , record? there was
made' conspicuous by the efforts he
put forth in . behalf of measures' in
the interest of the people. Before
commission 1 government - was adopted
he served on the city executive board.
i He was elected city commissioner
at the first election uttdef the. com
mission charter, being chosen from a
field of over 80 candidates; As. com
missioner of finance, be . has .charge
of the office of city treasurerT: the
fcureau of purchase, public markets, bu
reau Of licenses and the municipal
garage and shops.
He is married "and . has . a son 1 3
years Old. He lives at 104 East-Fifteenth-
street. , V ,"
A, lb Barbur, Auditor. '
Being elected city ftuflltorMs 'not a
new experience for A. I Barbur, who
was reelected yesterday. If has be
come a habit-with him. This is the
fifth time f he has been chosen by
the people of Portland to serve in that
office. And yesterday' election
missed but three day of falling on
hi birthday anniversary. -
' v He was first elected auditor in 1907,
when two year term were In vogue.
He barely scratched through a.t that
time, .with, lea than 800 votes to
spare:" He was reelected In 1909, 1911
and 1913, and this time he is reelected
for foua years." Since his first elec
tion he has never experienced a close
shave, as .he has always carried off
the honor- with ease. j s ' ti' " "
Barbur wa born la Polk cOuftty
June 4.' 1861, and lived on a farm un
til he was S year old, when his 'pat
ent moved to Oregon City. They
again moved on a farm, and young
Barbur, bad to waUt four mile to
I school. He .did ttoi three yeaxs and
then ' got . a Job as wooa cnopper 10
earn 'enough- money to go to a business
college anl learn to be a bookkeeper.
. He and his - brother earn to '- Port
land in J 8 7 8 and entered n.-' business
college. ; Four year later he got his
flrat ' city Job With E. A. Breyman,
wholesale - grocer. He was roustabout i
and office boy. working for bis board
and i room. He worked op to. the po
sition i of bookkeeper .and a fair sal-:
ary.h;vW.:."2, ' ., :i::.t " s
A local commission bouse engaged
him to check over its books at night -He
did the Job so well in two nights,
that he w employed a regular book
keeper, 'f and ' soon was . promoted to
toe position of business agent and was
sent to Tacoma to take charge f a
branch office. . j. ' - ' - '
When he returned to Portland he
became clerk of Webfoot catnp. Wood
men of the .World, and ha served In
that position 20 years. -
The regularity with which the vot
er roir up majorities" f or him makes
it apparent be - ia giving saUsfactoryj
service aa auditor of the city, ,
He Is in the Booseveltlan class when
it comes to family- H ha eight chil--
dren. -He live- at ?84 Franklin street.
ANNEXH0NiPAS$ES;f :
POPULATION OF CITY
IS INCREASED 7000
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8150,000, with a bonded Indebtedness
of 876.000. -:
One of It valuable pieces of munici
pal property Is a public dock, 640 feet
ia length." The dock ? 1 newly con
structed. .The depth of the water is
2 to 40 feet.
St. Johns has 33
desired loan appear
prospective investors. .
attractive - to
re
ceived today at the Carrantlstai head
quarter at that place, j The men are
believed to have been former follow
er of former President Eulallo Gutier
rez who were Z making their way to
Texas with a large supply of money In
'tending 'to 'finance a new revolution
Of St. John atod Linnton.- .TBoe two
adjacent town had rapped for admis
sion, t Portland opened .the door -yesterday
and bid them enter. - , ;
Portland. "Toter Seclde.
" The Question was submitted to the
voter at the city election and the re
ports today Indicate I that both mer
gers carried: A maiorlty of all the
votes cast was required to carry tlje
merger proposition. .
St. Johns, Which 1' on the east -side
of the river near the confluence- of the
Willamette, with th-Columbia, has an
area of 8.4 square mile. Itrha a
-population of over 6000, It had an
assessed - valuation i Of . $3,900,000. It
has municipal property Valued at aooui
v Three . Blexlcan Generals, 3Iain. '
i-i Brownsville, Texas, Juie 8. (U. P.J
Three Mexican general ' and 10 4 Of
miles' of concrete their follower have been killed by In-
eldewalk and curbs, appraised at 8l54.-diana Just acres the Rio' Oraode front
xuvi .i miles or nara-sunace street -yiatamnnm accnrrtiny 0 reports
pavemeui, vaiuea at aa,xuu, uuu o.
mile of sewers, valued at, 825, 150.
It ha four school, buildings, the
school property being valued at 8100.
000. -
- zaanton Xtt - Bqnare UUea, ,
Linaton i on the wet ide or?tn
Willamette, with six niles.f water
frontage. It has an area of 9.6 square
miles, ahd population of approxlmateiy
2000. Its assessed valuation of 1914
was 83,269,000. It has total assets es
timated between 1349,00 and 8388,000,
with; liabilities amounting to. 8318,797.
It has a municipally owned water sys
tem, valued at - 8146,000, for . which
bonds have been' Issued. -Thia , water
syetem J connected ; with . Portland's
water-system,
It has school.- property ' valued at
820,000., with an indebtedness of only
$4000 against the school district. -
Both, St. John and Linn toil school
district will not be a part of the Port,
land school district.
MEXICANS SHOOT TO ,
DEATH ONE BRITISH
: SUBJECT;; WOUND
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Thursday and the refugees ;WlU prob
ably go aboard the Vesgel immediately.
. Sf toation Piixzles Administration.
Washington ne; 8.(I,IC S.)
Confronted by the apparent rlnkbilitiy
of any of : the. present - Mexican-' lead
ers to put the southern republic . on
the -footing demanded in President
Wilson' not of warning, the president
and bis cabinet today were conslder
Ing'varloU suggestion regarding the
best means of restoring peace In the
war-lorn country.- - -
No information is at hand as to how
the various military chief tain have
Viewed the warning, other than a pre
liminary intimation ; from ' Carranaa
Sources that the "first chiefv wa in
clined to receive President Wilson's
statement in a friejfdly spirit. T
That the administration may be Un
der' the necessity of selecting one of
the large Mexican property owner to
place at the head. of affair in Mexico
is regarded a more than a possibility.
It is argued that thla.plan is the only
one by whieh-the- United States can
escape armed Intervention, inasmuch
as -the only government wlthXany
chance of eSuring the loans j which
Mexico must have Will be a f irmly
established intitutleBacked by uf
fictent Mexican assets to make. the
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Texas Ranker lOlled.
UB1 Paao, Texas, Juhe !8.---tr. P,)
ee Burdette, a Texas I ranger, wa
killed In a revolver 4 fight :wita three
Mexicans near Fabens yesterday, ac
cording to report here today. Two
of the Mexicans were seriously wound
ed. Burdette was attempting to arrest
the Mexicans.' ' ) . -
. - Villa's ' Defeat C Canfinned.
Washington, June ' 8.-4-I. N , S.) -Dispatches
, received here today from
Consular Agent Bllllman ; at Verjv Cms
apparently confirm reports of General
Francisco Villa defeat south ot Xeon
by General . Ohregon. . "::A:. .
Sllllrnan . quotes a dispatch from
Obregon stating that tbf VUUstas oc
cupying Leon were completely routed.
The state- department tpda also was
In v receipt :of dfapatches .stating that
Consul general Shanklln j had left Vera
Cruz in charge of -the special train
which will meet' American -and Euro
pean refugees from Mexico City : and
bring theni on'to JVefa TrUzJ-
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- Trial of dndian
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Federal- Judge Wolverton, United
State Attorney Beames and Deputy
John Beekman, United State Marshal
Mont and Deputy William Mc8 wain
will leave Portland this venmg
for Klamath Fall, for the trial of Jim
George, an Indian, charged with- miir
der." The trial la set for June 10, and
Will be held in the city-hall t.Klam
ath Falls. , George was tried once be
fore ; at Medfbrd, but the Jury dis
agreed. Due to the fact that a stat
ute "passed Itt'. 1789 declares that all
men charged with - capital offenses
hall be tried In the county where the
crime occurred when possible,1 the -second
trial will be, staged at Klamath
Falls. -
Flees Witlr Actress
And Her Children!
Traak F. Terramorae Jr. and Mrs. J. K.
Holer Bold is Hew Tork Ctty Jail
t or Bax jrranolsco OetecUve.
San Francisco, June 8.-l(P.i N. S")--Wlth
their quarry, awaiting extradi
tion in the Tombs prison. New Ydrk,
after a sensational elopement from this
city,1 Detective Sergeants Blenry N.
Powell and Frank E. O'Brien of the
San Francisco police- department 'start"
ed today for that place to return Frank
F. Terramorae Jr. and Mrs. J. R. Mo
le ra, widely known a Fay Carransa,
an actress, and Mrs. Molera's two chll-.
dren to XJallfornla. Molera, the desert
ed husband, declares he 1 going to let
the law take its course with his wife.
He demands,- the two children, Whom
Mrs. Molera 'is . declared to have 'takjen
with her when she - f led 1 with Terra
morse. Mrs. Terramorae,! on the other
hand, declares ; that any other woman
slay i have her husband, but insists
that he- be compelled to support their
chUdren. ' jf ' ,
LEAVES; $100,000; ESTATE
' San Francisco, June 8.4-P. N, Jp.). -The
will of George F. Pepper, who died
here May 24, was filed for probate to
day by the Savings Union ' A - Trust
company, named . as execs tors. . With
the exception of a bequest-of $500- to
a half brother in England, the estate,
which Is valued Id excess of $100,000,
1 divided among two sisters and a
sister-in-law in Canada. J The estate
consists of stocks and boftds, and real
estate In 8an Francisco. Alameda and
Contra. Costa county; - ; I I t - . "
DanceM
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is provided by a
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The Victrola plays all the new
: darices loud and 4 clear, and in
perfect rhythmalways ready
when you want it-r-keeps on
playing as Tong as tyou desire
obliging enough to repeat
-takes up' little room
doesn't crowd the dancers
.".For'-.those informal dances
there's nothing like a Victrola
--we have them f rorr $ 1 5 to
$2Q0 and on the easiest terms.
The $75 Victrola
Shermanliav & Go,
STK1NWAT AND WKBEB PIANOS
aCUANDISB PIANOLAS
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f , Sixth and Morrison, Portland, Oregon
Kearney and Sutter Streets, Sea iXuielioe, . FourtMnth asd City Streett,
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Come
Over
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Here's the real josiUellie clothing
sale that will make yoii happy. There
are many dollars to be saved
Spring Clothing for Men.- ?s
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' You've read all about the
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district and you're aware of' the
fact that the Barori-Fulop ; Co.
suffered considerable through
this conflagration.
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The Entire Clothing Stock Is in Perfect Condition
Now youmay choose new Spring Clothing frbm a : wholesaler's
. j clothing otoclc at less than wholesale prices., .
Men's and Young iMen's New
Spring Suits y; W e-
Snappy new styles, brand V VH( s.O ltj);
HeW SuitS. biaransrl
perfect condition; $15
$18.00 1 and $20.00 values
MenV and Yqiing Mens New
Spring : Smts--i
The : hest, grades ' of cloth
ing :--l none better for twice
the money elsewhere j " $22,
$25 and $27.50 values . . . .
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SAYING THAT THESE ARE GOOb VALUES DOES
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Men's Furnishings-and Hats at: Half Price and Less
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We have j Doubled and Re-Douhle3 and are again Re-Doubling
our mahiifacturing facilities and bur'production. .
This greatly increased production enables us to' purchase mate
rials at very low prices. - -,;-.!
Factory organization, special machinery, large capital and intelli
gent direction alll contribute to low ctst,
The above is not alorie sufficient for radical price reductions for
1916.
Wbkt-..Then:lsi
Listen: For years we have devoted our time, our
energies and' our best: thought, to the manufacture
and refinement of "FOURS." We know "FOURS."
We believe ih "FOURS." . We are prepared to build
"FOURS" the safe, simple 'cheap to operate,- thor
oughly tried land proven CHEVROLET (VALVE-IN-THE-HEAD)
"FOURS." - - -
In the interest of the consumer, we. recognize the fact
that the retail dealer must work on a narrower mar-
; gin. the distriDutor must worK on a mucn narrower-
margin, and I the manufacturer must work on a very
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much narrowef margin, enabling the consumer to
secure for himself an honest and serviceable car at so
near 100 per tent value ; (figured dollar for dollar)
that he may. no longer lie submitted to the violent,
shrinkage in value of his car. when the "announce
ment period" arrives, which so' unfortunately comes
iti the very middle of the natural driving an$ riding
Season. - - . .
The above frank statement and the effort to meet
' thecdnditions are the most real reasons for our 1.916
prices -and note, the cars have not been cut a single
hairline in quality. , 1 . , ,
The. Prices
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H-4 "BABY GRAND" Touring
Complete with Electric Lights and Starter v."
'. F. O, B. PlintJ Michigin. . f L
H-2 "ROYAL MAIL' Roaster
Complete with Electric Lights and Starter ' .
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One of the Best Agency Propositions' in the Northwest. Write or Wire Us Quickly.
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PORTLAND, OREGON
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