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i 3 I TIJE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 8, 1815. FLORAL BEAUTIES OF PORTLAND WINNING PRAIS E OF TOURISTS - City Likened to Great Basket .Decorated Profusely With . Choicest Blooms. ART AND NATURE AT BEST VortXa4a OUwtt' ul mklio Spirit of Zt Citizens Win Wme of "Vase City." Known far and wide aa a city of hemes, Portland,' nestled away In a h.vge baala surrounded by hills that er watered by the picturesque W11-. lamette, niay well be likened to a huge .basket running profusely wild over its id.es with, rosea of magnificent beauty, daisies, verbenas, geraniums and nas turtiums with their riotous color of porple, pink, red and white with the f ranjrrant heliotrope jiving forth its rich perfume. from the tops of these rugged hills ui. mc wei wnere spread the rasa bordered lawns and beautiful homes, all along the the wide driveways ' carved from their sides, thence down tatlr slopes into the business section , across the river through other resi dential sections on the plain to the heights beyond, tourists are viewing the beauties. They are viewing Port land's homes and schools decorated with window boxes, porches with hanging baskets and pots overflowing. They, are aeeing Portland aa she la in fact, a hue basket running riot in bloom. , Portland at Her Beat. Endowed by nature with a clime pe culiarly adapted to flower culture, Portland is to be seen at her best 'per haps In the month of May when she gowns herself ' in robes of radiant splendor. Then it is that the mists earning in from the near-by ocean sub due the rays of the sun and remulch , the soil with their moisture, enfold ing the bud-laden, bushes, bringing Into glorious bloom with all its deli- . eate colorings at their best, the fa mous 'Portland rose. Besides beinfe known as the "Rose City." having acquired the title in 190 when the first Rose festival was held, Portland has been made famous by bar pubitc spirited citizens this year as the "Flower City." How this has been accomplished is best told by J. A. Currey, a member of the com mittee having tle floral decoration of the city In charge, lie says: ''This year an especial effort was made to develop the City Beautiful on a larger scale, for progressive citizens felt" that the city would have many Visitors and that the city should put forth its best efforts. This baa been accomplished and not only has it proved agreeable to visitors and called for favorable comment, -but the citl-at-ns themselves are ao Wall-pleased with their efforts that no .doubt re mains that'the pace net this year will be maintained.-' -. leading Mas Hanted. 'Early In the spring the first ef : forts were put forth to have the city assume the appearance of a flower garden, so that in the summer when the rosea are at their poorest there would be other attractive flowers to attract attention. A committee of eit , lsens, known as the City Beautifu. cwnmlttet, of which Albert E. Doyle, the well known architect, J. A. Currey, who in addition to being an iron and Steel broker cultivates and creates rosea as a hobby,, and Julius L. Meier, head of the Meier and Frank company, were the leading spirits, was organ ised. They had a number of assist ants who did most effective work. The first work attempted was a general clean up of the city and in this all the various improvement asso ciations and the public school children, working under principals and teachers, took part. The city 'government had Bo small hand in this work, for it Would have been impossible, to have gotten rid of the rubbish gathered Jy willing hands except for the aid and assistance of the city officials and particularly the street cleaning department. 'Having once cleaned the city the work of beautifying commenced. Mr. Doyle divided the city into over 100 districts and Mr. Currey arranged con teats In each of these districts. Campaign of Education. . "This was followed with a cam paign of education on tne itlnj Qf flowers to grow, the method pf plant- BEAUTIFUL WINDOW BOXES lyiAKE CITY LIKE FAIRYLAND LOOKOUT lb MOUNTAIN lM'hA . - - r-L lr - &Wk Mm i I " I, - n r.-. - - n . - II js-.?: Decorated wlnUoyv u iti nlAinililii I .V - v c i -v" . 'A I HIMIfl'. IM UUIIRIIUIRV " :'-; - --.' . -V.i. ' HOUSE NUMBERS ARE . SmmW? a onimnr rvr tdhiid! r Vsfe . , .i.- .j . . I o.i - ... - ; -- . i, m m, m.uMuv j ; n htlUMM ENDED AS SCENIC ROAD ASSET ' j ... ; ... Elevation on Mount Hood Line, Said to Afford View of Hills and Valleys,: Majestic peaks loom Mistake ShotOd Bf Made n loea. - UuC of Riffbwsy, Declares VL P. Oaorge, Top, left to right Flower boxes and street view, at city hall. Center, at left Engine house No. 18. Bottom Porch box and vtnes, ing and caring for them and helpful hints on decorating houses and porches with boxes. This part of the work was supervised by- E, T. Mische. who had the help of the professional florists and gardeners of the city, "The means with which the people should be supplied with plants was next taken up and arrangements were rr.ade with the nurserymen ef the city to have a sale of rose bushes at a price witbin reach of everyone and in this way nearly 30,800 rose bushes were sold. , A plant and seed exchange section was opened under the direc tion of Mrs. J. K. Locke. Through the nurseryman paa"4y packages of seeds were contributed and these were given to these who desired to improve their gardens. United States Senators Chamberlain and Lane also came to the aid of this committee and through their efforts the department of agri culture sent the committee many thou, sand packages of seed for distribu tion among the school children. Window Soxes Pat Vp, "Setting an example for the citizens to follow the city officials started to decorate and improve city property. The city hall was made to fairly glow with window boxes and potted plants. The fire engine houses and surround ing grounds were improved and the sqhool yards were also planted with flowers and shrubs. The result has been that the city everywhere is full of bright flowers, and these have proved the greatest advertising asset the city has ever developed. The fame of Portland ot only as the Rose City but as "The Flower City"' has now been spread from the At lantic to the Paeific and from Canada to Mexjco- Germauy Gets Roumanian Grain, London, Aug. 7- A Bucharest dis patch to the Times, says that the har. vest has been completed almost every where in Roumania and is very abund-. aht. As the DaiNianelles are closed, he adds. It is expected that about 3. 000,000 tons of grain will go to Ger. many. Task of Telltng Wfiere "It Is Broadway and Not Broad way Hard for Postmaster. Broadway is Broadway all the way from its furthermost point on the east side to its "conclusion" on west aide, except where it is Broadway north, Or Broadway south, or Just plain Broadway, and at one point "Seventh street, If any one can grasp the sense Iti the foregoing they have solved a tre mendous problem and will be duly rewarded by Postmaster Myers or Commissioner of Public W0rka BUok. Both admit they are hari up against it when U comes to telling Just wher? the thoroughfare is Broadway and where It is not. In" short, appearances are deceiving and owing to this clash in designa tions, a number of people fall to get their mall promptly, and indications are that the pesky proposition of tak ing the kinks out of Broadway's name is due for exhaustive discussion by the City fathers before many more moons. Mail Comes ziate. On both east and west sides of the river the street signs bear this simple Usrncl "Broadway," But they don't tell th truth, according to Myera. Dieck and I. N, Flelschner, who started, something reomtly when hia mall con tinued to come to his home on Broad- ..-If ULIII.I ... I INWPW U' ?'.!! New Fall Suits and Overcoats Arriving Daily We Want You to See Them. Every medium - weight suit must be sold NOW. We have about 200 new Spring mod els, medium weight, light and dark patterns, worsteds, cheviots and tweeds Schloss and Sophomore makes. Sold earlier in the season for $20.00 and $25.00. YOUR CHOICE WHILE THEY LAST GLEY & CAVgNDER Corner-Fourth and. Alder Sts. - way weat side bont two days late. "Where am j living anyway?" led Flelsehner of Myers. "Hanged if I know," said ' Myers, "iefs ask PiecK.". . Then enfaued voluminous correspond ence which took a couple of week and which Flelschner now has with hln for study at the beach Here is what they found: Broadway on east side ia properly speaking, 'Broadway." On the wesi side, south of Ankeny it is "Broadway south" and north of Ankeny it is "Broadway north" tq some point on the bridse, where it is "Seventh street." Citizens Make Protest. And in each of these . subdivisions Of the thoroughfare, there ar,e street numbers which clash, and that ac oount for mixups and delays In de livery of mail. ''I stand for giving Broadway the plain designation of East Broadway en the east side," said Myers. "That would straighten out everything.'' Deick says nothing. He probably recollects the - storm created by east siders when an attempt to put that tort of an arrangement was made. Indignant citizens i lined up three qeep to protest. They showed that Broadway east side was named In 1892, and when old Seventh street on the west side was changed to Broad way in March of 1913 they made it ao uncomfortably warm that the council in November by ordinance created the several designations that are now tfee cause of so much trouble. But Uieek is determined to find some way of simplifying the situation but Just what be will find he doesn't know. Federal Eeserve Bank Statement San Francisco, Cal., Aug. (TJ. P.) Federal reserve' bank of San Francisco: Statement of condition at close of business August 8. 1915: StlOONMk Gold coin and' gold certificates In own vaults 8, 021,000 In gold settlement fund 1,000,000 in gold ledemption fund 31,000 Legal tender notes, silver, etc. 6.OQ0 could u suit I the federal court, the ruling staged. . " Portland. Aug. 7. To the Editor of The Journal In a recent issue your editorial menfons efforts by the na tional forest service and others to build a road around the eastern slope of Mount Hood to connect the Columbia highway with the old Bariow road via Hood River valley, an$ yoq ai8Q rerer to tha Wasco county proposition y way of Ward's mill aa feasible. Both projects should be united in ene main line common to Hood River, The Dalles, Dufur anC. Portland. Any proposed road ought first, after rounding head water of White river, to follow the ridge to Lookout moun tain and then down. Already theTa is a forest trail along there which touches Lookout mountain, and a wagon route survey somewhere in there is contemplated hy government engi neers with the view of asking congress for an appropriation for a grand Hood Forest highway. Commissioner Hoi man and others recently have been in vestigating some of the ground." Elevation Nearly eooo Teet, Now is the time for Portland, Hood River, The Dalles and Wasco county to take a decided interest in this mat ter. Lookout mountain in Hood River county and forest reserve has no to pography map completed, and publio attention haa not been drawn to this wonderfully grand scenic mountain. It is nearly 6000 feet in elevation at its highest point,, and is beautifully contoured; aoJ the view every way is unrivaled for scenic attractions. It commands a vlewver Hood flat (Old, Dutch flat) apple lands, The Dalles and JQufvir and their fruit orchard and grain fields, and over eastern Oregon land Washington to Adams, Jefferson, St. Helens and Rainier, while towards i Mount Hood across East Hood rive? gorge ita near view is matchless tn indescribable in its scenio grandeur. Reflection wjll convln.ee that no road along or through timber line base of Mount Hood can at aH compare witn the Lookout mountain view. - It is of especial importance now that no mistake in location be made. would Be Without Rival. No one ever looked at Hood or Ad ams or St. Helens or Rainier or any other snow-capped mountain from the viewpoint of their respective timoer lines up, without more or less feeling of disappointment, No mountain from an upward sloping view ever Impresses trie traveler witn s. mountain s true sublimity and, grandeur. This Lookout mountain view, on the contrary, would be from a near elevation and be ideal and wjthout a rival anywhere. ,The highway should' unquestionably be ' along the magnificent : crest ridge leading f rorn "a little beyond Govern ment Camp to Lookout mountain and around to either Hood River, The Dalles or Dufur, or to all. Travelers could there see , Mount Hood la full beauty across- only eight miles In an air line from Hood's summit, and over a picturesque and rugged gorge with its glaciers, waterfalls. East Hood river, forests ,and farms -along down from Hood's crowninir top to its base at tha head of Hood river valley, and on to riooa ltiver city an in, iuii view. Nothing like it in the world. The ad vantage ef such a viewpoint over a baae-timber-line-upward viewpoint Ms realised by everyone who has. been on Mount Jefferson, when comparing. tn Jefferson view enjoyed from its ridge approach before descending into Hunt's Cove, with any Jefferson view had in climbing tne mountain itseir, Hifhwaya Already Near It. Besides, the view of Hood from Look out mountain far surpasses any at the Jefferson ridge route majestically grand as that route is. The view of Mount Jefferson over Hunt's Cove gorge stands at present unrivaled except by that from Lookout mountain. That? viewpoint of Jeffer son probably, never will -be accessible eircept by pack trail, while" Lookout mountain is now nearly reached by one highway from The Dalles, another-from Du fur' and besides is not over seven miles from the present end of a -Hood river valley road. At a suitable point down around into East Hood river gorge the genius of a Lancaster could diiplioate -the magnifi cent Crown point desceut to Latoureil, with entire view of Mount Hood imme diately facing in this foreground, and on nearly an air line from where this proposed encirculating Mount Ilood road would leave the Barlow route clear to Hood River city. An Air line to The Dalles would touch' the Mount Hood side of Lookout mountain, and- at that point be only a mile, or so distant from any proposed Jiood base-view road. , " Building Suggestions Made. Variation along -by Lookout moun tain, besides enhancing scenic attract; iveness, would greatly shorten the present distance from The Dalles and from Pufur to the Barlow road, and a Lookout mountain main line would enlist al of Wasco county's coopera tion with the government In one com mon beneficiaj-y purpose fpr Hood River, Tha Dalles, Dufur and Portland. To be a successful highway and practical for through travel, the main road should be. not over a 5 per cent grade, and with 100 foot radius curves, and especially located for finest scenic effect. The main mountain line should be built reasonably low from winter apow obstructions and with an ascend ing short spur for Lookout mountain summit observation at the ranger sta tion, probably 1500 feet higher than Government Camp or Summit. A crest ridge line via Lookout mountain would bo comparatively free from snow. Now is the time to start right, this abort (?Q odd mues) Useful, unrivaled and wonderful scenic road whjch would forever challenge attention of world tourists. Jow X the Time. . Now is also the time for Hood River and Wasco counties to rightly locate grades and scenio vHews for better lo cation and completion of the Columbia highway from , Hood stiver , to The Dalles over whlcii la to roll not only the auto and local travel but "auto trucks with freight from the inland empire to Portland and the sea; and any excess above a 6 per cent grade around the river and Hosier hills may prove to be the difference between per manent success or failure Be a through highway.: : Touriat travel jiow turning Oregon-way. along with what you term SEATTLE PREPARING TO ENTERTAIN LARGE MISSIONARY METING National Convention of Meth v odist : Woman's Society Comes to Northwest. The "Pu get Sound conference of the Women's Home. .Millenary society of the Methodist Episcopal church is rapidly perfecting plans ami raising necessary money to entertain the meeting of the parent body wiiith will be held in Seattle September 29 to Oc tober'.' - ;: j This is the first time the national convention of the society has come to the northwest. The national organisation-", has a membership of J 50,000 ' women, - About 400 delegates; are ex pected, coming from every section of the United States. ' ! 1- The president. Mrs . Wilbur V. Thirkield, is the wife of Bishop Thir Jeld of New Orleans. The correspond ing secretary. Mrs. May Leonard Woodruff, is a sister of Dr.; AUna Wright Leonard of Seattle. - K Both these women will be iti at tendance at the convention, as ell a Miss Carrie Barge of Delaware,-Ohio, secretary for young people's i work, who will be on the rorgram. f Organized soon after the Civ1)! mar for the purpose of ex-tending td to freedmen, -the Woman's Home M!iBion ary society ha enlarged its scop -until now it has schools and hemes for women and children among nt-groef, mountain whites, Indians, MexU-mi, natives- of "Alaska and foreign popula tions, conducts settlement work in many of the large cities of the United States, and is active in the care 'of Im migrants on both the Atlantic and Pa cific coasts.: The work of the Society at Kills Island has been 'the subject of interest and praise by the author ities. . - ' - - i WILL 'COLLECT OLD DEBTS Newark, N. J.. A nr. 7. In ;a let ter received 1 by Mayor Raymond. George Faber, Of Pittsburg, says the" city of Newark owes him Zarceritf, borrowed in 183T, ; with interest The writer inclosed a- certificate 'slgnrr by Abram Reach, who was city clerk in 1137, and by Jsmfts Keena. - then city treasurer. Mayor Raymond turned the letter over to City jTreas-' urer Day, who said he would ;lnforrn Faber that lie is r1y to pay the principal . and Interest for tlie-llfe of the bond. Part Of a $20,600 loan obtained by the city in 18S7 and pay able In 30 yearn.: , - our mountain store housfeS of j health for all our people, should berome our great asset for the future "fiee-Amer-ica-First." - M. C. OIOOHUK. Te nearly U readers of The Journal, the sixth page, Section 1, will be ; more intereetinf and ' of -greater u ; oeneut man any omcr. uu vti . look it. f . Total reserves .$9,O47,O0Q Commercial paper ; l redis counts) Bank acceptances U. 8- bonds Municipal warrants Federal reserve notes held. All other resources ........ , A 1,620,000 535,000 X.001,000 1.1S5.000 1,171,000 1,761,000 .J16.360.0Q0 Total resources ...... jjLiabUltles Bapital paid in IS, 923,000 eposlts (net) - 12,337.000 Federal reserve note In .cir culation, net liabilities AU other liabilities. . . . 260.000 Total liabilities........ Memorandum. Federal reserve bank notes received from federal re serve agent $2,040,000 Federal reserve notes in bandsf of bank 1,171,000 Net federal reserve notes out- atanding , S69.000 Gold deposited with federal - reserve agent to retire fed eral reserve notes... 3,040,000 Net asset account federal re serve notes v . . . . ...1,171,000 Held to Be' Interstate Case. : San Francisco CaJ.i Aug; 7 -U. P.J Justice Henshaw ruled today that the wldyw of Charles B. Ruth, killed while working in the Southern Pacific rail road yards at Roedvilla, - Cal..- June, 1914 could not be legally awarded dam ng by the state commission, aa over 70 per cent of the ears handled at that point came under the provisions of the interstate commerce commission. - She IWllilliyBUlUIHIllilllHIIilllllliailllllllllilllllllllllllllll IMWBalMMall S3 $8 and 70 FIFTH ST. If Considering Outdoor Furniture allow us to suggest your looking through our showing of Reed, Rattan and Willow and especially noting the prices. Some instances: Reed Arm Chairs and Rockers, in natural finish, aa low as. . .Jj5,f50 68 and 70 FIFTH ST. for this $7.50 Willow Arm Chair It's of Trench sap-pealed willow, natural, and an attractive piece for bedroom, living-room of outdoors. An artistic and restful pattern. Artistic Rattan Arm Chairs and Rockers priced. . .$7.75 to $9.75 Reed and Spanish leather combine splendidly for both outdoor and in door furnishing. Arm Chairs in this , combination, with spring seats, as low as , , $17.50 Other Arm Chairs and Rockers in same cobination $25.50 ' Reed Chairs and Rockers, finished in oW ivory enamel, with tapestrv-covered backs and tapestry-covered, loose-seat cushions , ..$14.50 to $21.50 This Store Continues as Leading Representatives for the Famous Furniture Lines of COWAN Of Chicago BERKEY & CAY Of Grand Rapids A Decorator of Experience is now in charge of the Bureau of Interior Decor ation of this store. The locality from which he comes direct to us is one that affords a wide field for interior decoration in its variouS branchea. H experience has not been con fined to the commonplace in the originating of decorative sehemea and their completion. . Hi previous connection was with f a concern who socialised in interior decoration of a "high or der. We have every reason to believe that, with the skilled decorative staff maintained by this tore, we were never better qualified for hand ling interior decorative work of the mot exact ing character, and calling for originality and firat-clasa work, whether modeat or elaborate.. With the complete reorganization of our busi ness in this new location, we continue to bid for the furnishing and decorating of homes where the artistic and correct is not to be sacrificed or given aecondary .consideration by the home owner.' f ' . Original color perspectives, prepared by an experienced decorative artist, showing treat, ment of walla and windows and arrangement of furniture and floor coverings, submitted on re quest to those decorating or redecorating their homes.. . ' ' .'" ' J. C MACK V CO. - BLACK AND IVORY . a new departure in furniture decoration shown for the first time' in Portland in a BEDROOM SUITE now being exhibited in our display windows It is in harmony with the tendency to stripes in waB papers and fab rics for modern-day furnishing and decoration; Not severe, but a combination that affords a pleasing change from other effects. The suite Is cane-paneled and has fluted posts, and consists of full size Bed, Dresser, Chiffonier, Dressing Table, 2 Chairs and a pair of Candlesticks. Modest in price. Decidedly New and Decorative in Floor Coverings Chenille Rugs The Nonpareil line of high-grade Chenille Rugs for boudoir and, bathroom in charming and dainty effects, stripes predominating; washable and reversible. Note how moderately these are priced. The 9xi 2-foot size at $35. The 30x60-inch size at $3.75, . Blue, Cray and Mulberry " ' f are some of the shades so pleasingly shown fn our latest arrivals in Scotch Art Rugs. They, too, are most moderate in price. The 9-foot by 12-foot size at S22.50i the 8-foot by 1 0-foot size at $18.50,' the 6-foot by 9-foot size at $11.50. Low Rent and the Low Expense of Our New Location Have AffectedOur Prices Accordingly 68 and 70 ' J (T 73f h Fifth Street QJ e JTo VJLU.Tt Co, Bet. Oak and Pine Era t z I... I r C. 5 E - v.- z ftlHIll 1lltlltt!lft)IIIMIIIHinUf!!lltniffH!lf f I i i!!M ! ! hi f hi M i lilfllUl iiiaaaiiiiiHiiiiiuiiaiHii 'Will mini !i!!i:i!iii!ti..i;i!ii!;!ii!i!.. iuUlllili !!!!!!!!!!!!l!!in!!!!ni!!!!nn!!!!!!rn!!!!!!! liliilHlilil lllllilMllilllillllllii ill III liiitiii iiiii; liiiiinlilillMilHimiliiilnililllllitiiiHiiillliiiiiliniuullil.luiiin