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; THE ? OREGON DAILY'; JOURNAL, I PORT LAND, : WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1917.t
ALBIRT'S AUTQGRAPH- y
TO BE SOLD AT' BAZAAR
TO PURCHASE PLANT
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Adams Votes Against Proposition,'
but Promises to Work for Suc
T.! cess of Undertaking. ,
HIGHWAY
COMMISSION
FOR
asphauic
WORK
By a vote of two to on the state
highway commission Tuesday ordered
the purchase of an asphaltic paving
-plant.
- Commissioner Adams voted against
the motion, saying he was opposed to the
decided to buy the plant ae would do all , ot Kin Albert of Belgium
he could to make a success of its opera
tion. He filed for-record a lengthy
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sent, Samuel Hill and which, will
be sold at Allied - Bazaar, ' . - v
' In the midst of the deprivations and
alarms of war Adjutant General Tung-
. statement of his reasons, based on the
, belief, that it would be more expensive
for the state to- do the work than let
it out hv mntrnntj in rpwnonnthle " eon-
- tractors. He . said he favored leasing . mum 01 .Belgium, cniei w we muijary
, a plant before buying. j house of the king longs for a pipe, of
Secosd.Hand OatfU I American tobacco and some California
The plant selected was a second hand i oranges. .
: one belonging to the Oregon mdepend- j Writing So Samuel Hill, honorary con
sent Paving company, and the price to j Bui general of Belgium for the. Pacific
be paid is $13,500, conditioned on the : Northwest, enclosing the autograph of
' promise that it is to be put in first King Albert to be exhibited at the al
, class order. ,The original amount asked J Hed bazaar, he naMS :
- 'Waa $15,000. - The plant is mounted on j Would it be possible for you to send
a railway car and weighs 90 tons, with j trie here a ,1 It tie Porto Rico tobacco for
a capacity of 2000 yards per day. I the pipe and some "California oranges
-. In addition the commission purchased , of wjlch still retain such a sweet mem
; . two iv ion rouers ai a cosi oi ouw
a five ton tandem roller for $1800.
, Out , of Its . idle road equipment the
commission decided to lend an engine,
two miles ct track and 10 cars to the
ory. I put the question up to you tor
answer."
Mr. Hill has answered by Instructing
his financial agent In New Tork to
end the much longed for articles . by
, Hammond " Lumber company, which is ; some one going to Europe.
getting out airplane spruce for the gov- The autograph letter has been turned
ernment. The monthly rental was fixed over to Dr. Oof fin, leader of the Port
land Belgian colony, which will place
it on sale In the Belgian booth at the
Allied Red Cross bazaar.
TATIANA ROMANOFF'S
VISIT TO U. S. MERE
MYTH, SAYS RUSSIAN
I Former Czar's Family so Rigidly
Guarded Escape Is Not
-Possible, It Is Stated..
' -at approximately $450 or about half the
.,.- cost to the state.
' ' 'Claekantas May Help
To complete the grade of the Pa-J
clflc - highway m ciacamas coum
, between New Era and Oregon City,
the commission was tentatively prora
Ised by County Commissioner -Knight
the sum of $25,000 next April.
It Is estimated that the work will
cost $35,000. This leaves $10,000 to be
raised by the county. " x
On a final understanding . with , the 1
county court that the $25,000 can be de- j
pended upon next April .the commission j
4 will call for bids for the work. i
To. overcome the railway embargo on
.cars for shipping road material, the
commission decided to purchase its own
'' equipment for the transportation, of ma
terial for paving next season. Subject
i , to approval 19 cars formerly used In the
government reclamation service, are to
be bought at a cost of $28,000. '
. . Grading Contract Awarded
' county." near lltehell on the Mitchell- ! , San Francisco, Dee. 6. "Americans
' PrlnevUle road, was awarded to the """ura tae no hoc m in. iun ir,
'v United Contracting company for $25,000. .that Tatlami Romanoff, one of the
' To this amount Wheeler county will , daughters of the deposed Csar Nicholas.
. appropriate1 $1000. .has escaped from her Siberian prison
The state, highway engineer was in-!" nd ,tn Un,tJ
, structed to make a survey of th7 Co- States, said V. Baldln of Petrograd and
p lumbla -river highway through. GilUam Vladivostok, one of the descendants on
county as soon as-practicable. Dr. J. bis mother s side of the former Count
W. Donnelly of Arlington, reported that T "JfK who is here. (
. money for construction was available, i Sh couldn t come sway If toe
- - tt having been arranged to advance the ; wanted to." continued the visitor. "The
money -voted by the road district at a K""sky reg me sent tlw former czar
recent special election. The secretary n hl8 fanV, to Tabolsk and estab
. . .tha-commteslon was Instructed to tod a. strict guard over the whole
notify the county court of Sherman that region, so strict In fact that nobody can
, tho Columbia i-lver highway had been com So without encountering a rlgl
located along the river and the pleasure Passport system. The new regime of
of the. coftnty in preparing the base , ,r " . j .
was aWalted. , will strengthen instead of . weaken the
. o . watch. '
w 'v " : . " ' -1 T, I "All members of the royal house, ln-
la Wasco county It -was decided to duaing the grand dukes and grand duch-
locate the highway along the river, esses, who number 46, are closely
' utilizing the old portage railway grade watcheL Kerensky, so am told, traced
and tlra canal embankment. This, loca- the former czar's investments In this
tlon wOl also elirotnate th controversy country.
, with Malcolm Moody .relative to a sand, "Russia-s land evil is this: There are
pit near the Desehutes river bridge. 1200,000.000 people and 268,000,000 acres
, In; answer to a request from Lane of iancL The nobles - own . 182,000,000
county the state highway engineer was ,'acrea ana the former czar had of the
Instructed to make a recognisance sur- ; jatter 80l000,000 acres. Unquestionably
vey of. the high pass and Smlthfleld Ttho, greaf landed estates of the former
4 route for the Eugene-Florence road. royai group -vrlll be broken up in some
In outlining its paving plans for next way irrespective of who heads the gov
year .the commission made the follow- 'ernment. unless Nicholas and -the grand
ing allotment of paving? Marion county ; dUkes return to power, which Is hardly
15 miles between Aurora and Salem ; nkelv - '
v. , 1 l. . . 11 J ' .
4 and "Jefferson ; Lane and Benton coun-j
ties eigni mues, oeiwcen aionru ana
Junction.
Polk mad Benton Get Macadam
To-Polk. and Benton counties 12 miles
of macadam between Independence and
' Corvallls will' be given,-also 15 miles of
" - macadam in Josephine and Jackson
counties south of Grants Pass.
(tt .view of the fact that, the town of
Corporations File
' Official Articles
Salem, Or., Dec. 6. Permit to' do
business was Issued Tuesday by Cor
poration' Commissioner Schulderman to
Cascade Locfes Is having the Columbia HS.3"""8 J?1????11????
tlon from cltixena, of that place asking ; nomai? diact counties. The as-
ht h -tt .tor th wood.n aihj i soclatlon has a capital stock of $100,000.
walks: which had Jen damaged by i
reason, of road destruction received
short shrift. The commission thought
.Officers of the association are: Conrad
P. Olson, president ; K. J. Kh-kwood,
vice president and general manager. W.
Centralia Plans to
c Entertain Soldiers
Tuesday by the following Companies :
Centralia, Wash., Dea 5. Asserting
; that v the soldiers from Camp Lewis,
' manyiof whom- are spending the week
; ends ln Centralia, should be ' provided
; wlth amusement, Theodore Hoss at the
...noon luncheon of 'the Commercial club
Monday; : urged the appointment , of a
committee of about 30 citizens to ar
range It. Mr. Hoss also suggested that
the duties of the committee,, included
the' reporting of all unpatriotic acts to
the proper authorities. . n.;
The club is expected to take action on
Mr, Hoa request Thursday r'ght, among
other things throwing the club rooms
In the, Hope block open , to visiting sol
diers. ,. v,:; 4 . ' . . j; o
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Cowlitz Grange Has
'Aii All-Day lileetihg
. T Castlerock, Washe r Dec 5. Cowlitz
County Pomona grange met In Castle
rock Friday, holding at 11 day ees
alon with an hour of open meeting and
a regular session In the evening. - The
grange also had an exhibition of agri
cultural and fruit products, sewing and
fancyt work, which was especially tine.
After an Interesting program the fifth
degree- was conferred, on several candidates.-.,
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I Liberty Market of Portland ; capital
I stock, $5000 ; incorporators, B, Goldberg,
j K. D. Gettlemen and J. R. Latourette. I
j Silver Lake Mercantile Company,
Inc., of Silver Lake ; capital stock, $5000 :
incorporators, Louis Bennett, W. E.
Cooper and C. H. Metx.
Oakland Meat Market company of
Oakland : capital stock, $3000 ; incorpor
ators,- Kate Schwarts. Frits Glselman
and John T. Long.
Two Year's Enough,
Say Albany Voters
Albany, . Or, ; Dee. B. Albany voters
by a .majority of 159 turned down the
proposed amendment to the city, charter
making the terms of the city council
men four years instead of two at the
special election held Monday, Complete
returns from all wards give 27 for the
amendment to 186 against. Beginning
with the next regular election all mem-1
bers of the council will . retire at the
aarna tune. : r- , . . .
Three other amendments to the char
ier carried, r The amendment fixing the
time' for holding city: elections at tlVe
same time as the general elections car-
rid, as did those fixing " the -. polling
places and the hours of ; holding elec-
uons4"
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lane County Plants
:: 3300 Acres in Beans
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Prominent! Cattle-
c ManSls) Sentenced
. Your Christmas gift to be " ideal mus t " please' the one
who gets it. 'To hear or read tie words, "This is the nicest
present I've .had," is to receive a compliment on your taste
and imagination. ; A , ;
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, This is what thousands of women say eacK 'Christmas'
when they open the box and hold up to delighteoVeyes tho.
lustrous, .silky 'garments that make up a Kayser Italian Silk
Underwear Christmas set. ' ' " .
Never., before have there been so' many 'charming new V
styles in Kayser Italian Silk Underwear I You can choose
your Kayser ; Christmas' sets from a delightful array of the '
newest VESTS-rTHE KAYSER OPERA Top" KNICKERS
r-UNION SOTTSTOMBINATIONSBoDICESPAJAXIASr-"
. Night Gowns--Envelope Chemises Camisoles 1
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Ask to have your selection packed in the dainty box es
pecially provided for Kayser Christmas gifts. . -;
Look for The Label - :
INSIST on seeing the label on every piece of ' - garment plainly marked Kiyt ItaDxn SH '
sUk urjderwerryou purchaseJ The eenuine' . One blue m on the labd indicates the Ughuf
ItaEaaSll: Underwear bean a label in every v weieht aUk three sun the- heavier weight. J
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j . Laneview, i w.; : jec e w a. moss.
i prominent . cattleman of this city. who
f - - 1 " (t past week-was found guilty of the lar-
TTtone. Or DecS.--The annn.l .-ceny ox i m caiue, nas received
Dort f : J. S. .Robb, couflty agricultural
agent hows. Among pther things, an
Increase of bean "acreage - from- 600 to
3S0O acres. . . Nine hundred and fifty
quarts Of rodent poison, were distributed
through the office of - Agent t Robb and
much other cooperative work was done.
Mr. Robb addressed , 97 meeting, : and
2542 people ealled at his office for ad
vice and assistance during the year.
an indeterminate sentence of .from one
to 10 years in the state, penitentiary.
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:X.mohV Flasher, 4f Linn ton. who was
struck by a - North Bank local Monday
night at West Oregon crossing, died
from his injuries in the Good Samaritan
hospital Tuesday evening. $Je was SO
years old and unmarried.
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