The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, January 21, 1916, Image 18

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Newspaper Page Text,-: THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL PORTLAND. OREGONJ I. COUNCIL REFUSES TO GIVE OVER $100,000 jf FOR ST. JOHNS, PLANT :P Compromise Offer of Water f j" Company of $109,550 Is Rejected by Commission. , : WHOLE MATTER REFERRED City Attorney Asked for OptnJoa as to JUg-nts of Poniind to Build Own System. Rejecting th compromise price of 1109,550 of the St. Johns Waterworks & Llg-htlng; company for its water pl&nt and system in fit. Johns, the city council by a three to two vote this warning referred the entire St. Johns atr question to City Attorney I a -Roche for investigation of the cit's legal rights, should it urxJextake to build a water system of Its own with in the district. The action today mean that either j the officials of the company will have 'to still further lower the price of their p'ant or the city wl'.l attemjt to build a plant of its own. Commissioners Daly, Big-How anil Baker voted to reject the offer after Cotruwi as loner Baker had explained 'that the council, with the exception f Comrr.tss 1 one r Dieck, hud agreed or, final offer of $100,000 for the sys- tem. Mayor Albee and Commlssionrr .Dleck opposed rejecting the offer, stat- tr that they believed it waa a fair .price for the system. Litigation Is reared. :". " atlll feel.' said Daly, "that ti.o City's original offer is all that the 'plant la worth to the city of Tort land, looking at it from an operauntj Viewpoint. We are operating the wa . terworks and do not fetl that the new - amount proposed by the company ! - What we should pay for the plant." "Well; Bhe people of St. Johns want " a lower water rate," explained Cora- mlssioner Dleck. "and if we reject ' this offer, which I think is fair, we'll .probably throw the whole thing Inti litigation and the people of St. Johns - will not get a lower rate for several years. I think that they should be ' considered. The 1103,550 is the value .fixed by Engineer Clarke of the water .bureau and 1 believe that if the coir. " : pany is willing to accept this amount :J'we should pay it." ;? "It was definitely understood," said Baker, "that J10U.O00 should be our "final offer. Of course, if there ate' i the value of fixtures which were not! taken into consideration anything up 1 to $109,000 might be reasonable, but I 1 do not feel like breaking my agree-1 4 ment." Matter Is Bef erred. 'r Miyor Albee explained that it was ' not his understanding t:iat the $100,000 -offer had been definitely decided upon ;' but had been reached on figures pre aented by the water bureau and which " I were later changed. .". ' Commissioner Dleck moved that the f 109..550 offer be accepted, but as no - one wai willing to second the motion, '. Mayor Albee, presiding, had Comnus- s: sloner Daljr take hla chair and aec- - onded it himself. It failed, however, ;"" owing to the votes of Commissioners Bigeiow, Baker snd Daly. . ' At Commissioner Daly's suggestion ' the entire matter was referred to the legal bureau. City Attorney La Koche -baa already held that company doej Jiot hold an exclusive franchise l L supply water in the district while at- .' torneya for the company contend that -; their franchise is exclusive and tne "-'City has no right to invade the terri- - ; tory. COXFEKEXCE TO BE HELD Authorities to Discuss Action : Toward Fir Insurance Agent. , - Harvey Wells, state insurance coni misaloner, will hold a conference Tuesday with Fire Marshal Stevens and District Attorney Kvans to deter mine what action should be taken against the Insurance agents who Is sued fire insurance policies on vacant houses and on buildinga not in exist ence. c' Commissioner Wells was in Portland late yeeterday afternoon, and after a , short conference with Stevens decided to have the meeting Tuesday. Charges have been made to Fire Marshal Stevens that agents Issuing policies have Interfered with the United States mails. Stevens says that one agent, following the expose, fearing that his policy would fall into the hands of those handling the inves- " ligation, stopped a mail-carrier, and. misrepresenting his identity, got the policy from him before it was deliv- - ered. " -Assistant Postmaster Durand, how .ever. says that he has heard of no . Charges,- and that the postal depart : meat will take no action until defi nite charges are made concerning In terference with the mails. " Gasoline Station Discussed. The question of prohibiting gasoline filling stations on sidewalks from the automobile parking district, from ths congested district, from the fire limits and from the entire city was discussed by the city council today, but action :JWs postponed until next Wednesday. A delegation of garage owners. headeU by F. McKenney, president of the Garage Owners' association, urged that all filling stations be prohibited from ths Sidewalks and placed within the building lines. T. T. Geer thought they Should) be removed from the entire City. Action was postponed to allow , the ..council to make a personal Inves tigation. St-. Two Contracts Are Let. rVThe contract for the construction or the Union avenue viaduct nvr th n V W.; R. & N. tracks near the Columbia . SHHJgn road was awarded to Gieblsch Joplln by the city council today Th . bid was for SS2.890. The contract for tha fill adtacent to th vtaHnct to tths Pacific Bridge company, tha cost oeing F. Cook f :l Excavating Bids Opened. block: for the proposed public audi torium are to be considered by the council In special session tomorro . Tne bids opened this morning are Want mil A Rnvri t Q 1 9 r- t company. $8961.20, and Giebisch &. Jop i ' Jitneys Being Notified. V- Ths first step toward the enforce ment, of the Jitney ordinance is being .takea' today with Jitney drivers and owners being notified to secure their licenses. Jitney Inspector Gill is send ing no dees' to all Jitney drivers to get rceir Licenses witnout delay. :OPEN TOMORROW EXHIBITION OF INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT PORTLAND CITY SCHOOLS SIXTH FLOOR: FREE ILLUSTRATED LECTURE Saturday, at 3 p. m., Miss Dunlop of the School Beautifying Committee will lecture on "Masterpieces of Painting, Old and New." Of interest to all lovers of art, especially to teachers and students. 6th Fir., 5th St. Tne Quality- tos or Ponrvaae Free Pathescope Movie for Children Saturday at 2 and 3:30 In the Music Hall Comic 1, (a) My Servant Is a Somnambulist; (b) Dolly Stays at Home; II, The Enthusiastic Boxer- 11! Colonel Heeza Liar-Naturalist. Educational I, (a) The Marmot; (b) The Flying Fox; II. The Heart' and Circulation 01 tne oiooa. Sixth Floor, Fifth street' A Whole P of Vitally Important New, And the Story Only Half Told! Such Are the Wonderful Economies in Our Sale of Odds and Ends and Surplus Stock and Great White Sale MAIN FLOOR FOR MEN! $1.50 Cape Tan Gloves 75c Good street shades, such makes as Pcrrins, Dent's, Pique or P. X. M. seams. Cadet and regular sizes. Our entire stock, in 7 and only. Biggest bargain of the season come in and see these gloves tomorrow! $2.50 'Gotham' Tuxedo and Full Dress Shirts $1.25 $3.00 Grades at $1.50 $5.00 Grades at $2.50 $7.50 Grades at $3.75 Famous "Gotham" make. Fine pleated shirts of linen and also pure silk, and stiff-bosomed shirts in plain and small-figured pique. 25c Hose 17c 3 Pair 50c (Seconds) Cashmere hose that will five the ultimate of service. Double heels and toes, and all sizes. Seconds of our regular splendid 25c hose. Right weight for this weather. Winter Weight Union Suits $3S0 Grades, $1.75 $430 Grades, $225 $5 AO Grades, $230 Vassar and Munsing makes. Good Winter weight, fancy silk lisle suits blue, flesh and white. Sizes 34 and 36. Only 118 suits, so come early! Men's $1.50 and $2.00 Shirts 89c Continuing the great sale, on since Thursday, 3000 splendid shirts the kinds that good dressers wear I All sizes and all kinds and a great bargain shirts at 89c. Mala rioor, Morrison Street. Boys' Warm Overcoats $4.25 Were $5 to $630 Good, comfortable overcoats for boys 3 .to 8 years. Medium and heavy-weight garments with convertible notch collar. Bal macaan and Butterfly models some with set-in sleeves. Fxtra big values tomorrow at $4.25. Third Floor, Fifth St. 75 Women's and Misses' Warm, Roomy, Winter Coats Broken lines of $830 to $15 Stylish Models To you who need a coat and are not prepared to invest a large sum Here 's the Bargain of the Season! $5 for Coats of tweeds, pebble cloth, zibeline, serge black, navy, brown and a large assortment of fashionable fancy mixtures. Some are full length, others three-quarter, loose and belted styles. Plush, velvet and self collar trimmings. Only 7 5 samples and broken lines of regular 8.50 to St 5 mod els. As long as any remain Satur day, $5.00. ronrtn rioor, Kfth Street J Greatest Cleanup of Jewelry A Phenomenal Disposal of All Kinds of Jewelry At Prices So Low They CHallange Comparison! IT IS QUITE impossible to describe all these charming bits of jewelry and novelties but you'll be sure to find almost anything-you're looking for pins, brooches, ear rings, vanity bags, purses, card cases, sewing casesbuckles, chains, La Vallieres, etc. in gold silver, gold-filled and plate all at irresistibly low prices ! This is the greatest clearance of jewelry we've ever held all broken lines, odds and ends ana short lots now at absurdly low prices! 79c 25c and 35c Hat Pins, Cuff Links, Brooches, 1 A- Pins, etc XUC 50c Hat Pins, Ear-Kings, Pins and Brooches 07 on sale at Jl v 7 5c Cuff Links, Bar Pins, Key Chains, Beauty OHf Pins O I C 1.00 to 1.25 Bracelets, Slipper Pins, Vanity pTfT Cases, etc tJ f , 1.50 to 1.75 Silver Chains, Ear-Rings, Vanities, etc 2.00 to 2.25 Slipper Buckles, Chains, Purses, QO, Ear-Rings, etc tOt 2.50 to 3.00 Vanity Boxes, Beads, Slip- J- -JQ per Buckles, Neck Chains, etc.. vldt 3.50 Mesh Bags, Vanities, La Vallieres, (!- QQ Beads, Buckles P-LeO7 $4.00 to 4.50 Cigar Cutters, Beads, Buckles, rn Vanities; Ear-Rings, etc J)-s-eO7 5.00 .to 5.50 Vanities, Slipper Buckles, QQ Hair Bands, Ear-Rings, etc 6.00 to 6.50 Vanities, Ear-Rings, Slipper J0 JQ Buckles, Brooches, etc J)eiearf7 .50 Vanities, Hair Bands, Slipper Buckles, (PO QQ Bracelets, etc i$dUO 8.00 to 8.50 Hair Bands, Bracelets, La Val- dQ OQ lieres, Pins, Beads, etc tPOea-ia 9.00 to 9.50 Silver Card Cases, Ear- q0 Qf7 Rings, Bracelets, Brooches J)Oe7 i 10.00 Ear-Rings, Vanities, Pins, Buckles, OQ Bracelets, Purses, etc 11.50 to 12.00 Vanities, Slipper Buckles, (JJyj QQ Mesh Bags, ertc J)e70 13.50 to 16.50 Mesh Bags, Vanities. QQ Beads, Hair Bands, Buckles. Pins VllelO 17.50 to 18.50 Sterling Bags, Vanities, (Pry QQ La Vallieres, Brooches, etc V I eaO 20.00 to 25.00 Bracelets, Card Cases, fljl A QQ Vanities, Mesh Bags. Bands, etc pi-"e70 Vallieres, Pins, Buckles, etc Mala Ploor, Sixth Stret e !0 to 30.00 Mesh Bags, Vanities, La Of Q QQ 1U.U MEN'S ST&RE Just Received! -Big Special Purchase of 350 Men's ABLER-ROC HESTER Fancy Suit $1 Good $25 and $30 Values BIG! Yes, the biggest event of its kind Staged on our men's clothing floor for a long time. You Portland men know what that means! It's the rich est haul we have made in months and every week has seen us to the fore with some notable clothing event. We wish you could all share in the treasure, but ve only got 350 suits and they will melt away as quickly as men try them on before our big mirrors, because they're fine ADLEB-8GCHESTER CLOTHES known throughout the length and breadth of America for quality, style, i fit and value. Worsteds, cassimeres and tweeds in all shades of grays, greens, blues and browns checks, plaids, stripes and beautiful mixtures. Good, heavy weight that's just right for our Oregon weather. Reg ular box-back and young men's models. All sizes, 33 to 50. These Suits Are Made on Advance Spring Models ! Tailored faultlessly and guaranteed to fit. You can reap big sav ings, at no sacrifice of quality or style, on famous AdIer-Ro?hester suits, backed by the Meier & Frank ironclad guarantee of SATIS FACTION. Third Floor, Fifth Street. if GIRLS' STORE Now Girls' Party Frocks at Big Savings! Dainty frocks, prettily made of crepe de chine, chiffons, nets and laces. A dozen dainty styles or more. Sizes 6 to 16 all reduced! One style sketched. Were 9.75, 12.50, 16.50 to 29.75 Now 4.90, $ 6.25, $ 8.25 to $14.90 Children's $3.50 to $7.00 White Coats, $2.98 White serge, Bedford cord and diasonal weave coats. Jaunty little hox models, some with astrachan collars, others braid trimmed. Sizes t to 3. $18 to $19.50 White Costs (6 to 16) $10.95 $6.50 to 7.00 Dresses. $4.95 Girls' simple little all-wool serge and corduroy dresses in. Win ter models. Russian, middy and c atec effects, with diifrty col lars and cuffs. Practical for school v.ar. Sizes 6 to 14" Girls' Hats at Two Low Prices Fetching little hats and bonnets of every description for the little tots and girls up to 6 or 8 years. $1.25 to $2.50 Hats 75c Hats and Bonnets of corduroy, velvet, chinchilla and felt, in smart shapes and styles. $3.00 to $4.50 Hats at S1.95 Tailored or dressy models. Velvets, velours, plush and cor-' duroy, flower and ribbon-trimmed. sixth stisst -cona rioor Hosiery and Underwear Women's Fleeced Union Suits, $1 Medium weight fleeced cot ton garments, low neck, sleeve less and ankle length. Sizes, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. Fleeced Vests, Pants, Each 50c Women's fleece - lined vests snd pants vests high neck and long sleeves; pant? band top, ankle length. Women's 75c-$l Union Suits, 58c Outsizes only 8 and 0. Medium weight cotton, high neck, long sleeves and ankle length. $1.50-$2 "Swan Brand" Underwear at $1.15 Samples, of. imported, gar ments, cottons, lisle, silk and lisle, wool and cotton vests. High neck, long sleeves, low neck, no sleeves, regular sizes. Underwear Hosiery Women's 50c Black Lisle Hose, 39c Wayne Knit black silk lisle, line medium weight. JouMe soles, high heel splicings, wide garter welts. Two pairs 7 5c. Women's 50c Ribbed Wool Hose, 39c "Burson" make. Medium weight wool, with seamless feet, gray heels and toes. In, sizes 8 Yi to 1u! j. Women's $1 Black Wool Hose, Pr. 69c Imported "Castle Gate'' wool h o s e, medium and heavy weights. Double soles and fash-, ioned legs. Sizes 8 ' i. '. ') ' i. Children's Ribbed Cashmere Hoie, 35c 3 pairs 1.W. 1 x 1 rihhed. seamless feet, gray heels and toes. Black and tais Sizes 6 to 10. Mala rioor. tilth Strset Women's Gloves, 95c Serviceable $125 and $150 Kinds Cape Cloves, 1 snd 2-C!p Styles BIsck, White snd Good Tun Shsdes for street and general wear. All sizes. j to 7',. New Scarf and Cap Sets In! The warm, soft, snuggly kind' Lovely combinations of green and white, purple and black, gray, orange and other happy effects, as well as plain white and colors. ;aps in sport and lam styles pricea as iohows: Scsrf snd Sport Cap, Set, 1.5U aod 91.75 Scarf and Tam o'Shanter Cap, Set, $1.98 wi, ruu Biireei Narrow Laces Reduced French and German Vals. Yard, 5 c Be and 10c Values Val. edgings and insertions. Yi to t inch widths in the lot. French and German Vals. Yard, 10c 15-20c Qualities Fine Val. edg ings and Insertions, H to 1 i-in. widths to choose from. Remnants, Embroidery Each, 15c Splendid assort ment to select from e mbroi deries, nets, laces, !4 to 1 J-yard lengths. Lm Tloor, ruth Street Drugs! 16 Good Specials Drugs! 50c Jergen's Violet and Rose Talcum Powder, 29c 25c Willow Shampoo Powder 17c 1 Burnhanj'S TCalos Face Powder 59c 50c Bourjois Madeline Rice Powder 25c 50c Ingram's Velveola Face Powder 29c 25c Golf Girl Minuet Country Club Tslc 13c 15 c Graves Tooth Pow der, 2 for 25c SOc Dajgett & Rams dell's Cream 37c 25c "Mum" (deodor ant) 16c 50c Odorono (deodor ant) 39c "Salco" Medicated Cot ton, lb 29c 25c Hard Rubber Dress ing Combs, 8-inch.. 15c 75c hair Brashes, pure bristles .49c Beef, Iron and Wine, pint for 50c 25c Milk of Magnesia 17c 15c Household Ammonia for He Tloor, aixta street c. iao7 The- Quality Store of Portland' nrOv, iixl, Tforriaoty Aider Sta Extra Large "Sunkist" Oranges 35c Large "Sunkist" Oranges, 126-to-the-case size, spe cial tomorrow, OQf the dozen &t). Eastern Hans, Sugar- cured, whole or - O half, pound lOv "Cam" Bacon, lean streaked. half 1 Q4 strips, pound... XJ2lv Victor Coffee, popular 3 5c blend, special, the OQ pound ay7ts Royal Banquet Batter, fancy Oregon TQs-e make, roll I Ot Frankfurters or Weiner wursU, fresh " rj daily, pound. to order, pound. Boiled Ham, sliced QCn out Smoked Cottages, about 4 pounds each, 1 HXg pound . X 4 L Rip Olives, Calola, large, pint-size cans, on OA sale at -ViUU Breakfast Mackerel, No. 4 Norway fish, three 2)Q Ninth Floor, 5th Street.