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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.