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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND." FRIDAY,. .MAY 1310. imwm GULCH LOTS BRING MORE THAN HGTOII flitv Pavs Sometimes m Much - . .. . . j - j , - as Seven Times Assessed Val uation to Thrifty Italians. I NT F REST 80 PER CENT YEArt In One Instance Property Owner Did Better Than if He Had Bought Bethlehem Steel. The benevolent and ey-golng meth ods of government In the United States must be immensely satisfying to Galtano itgtefano, when compared with the hard grind of life in sunny Italy. Dlstefano wm one of the lucky own ers of Marquam Oulch property,' most of which, the city is now painfully ac quiring; as a site for a park and play ground for the- little folk of South Portland. ''Jut an investor in land, Dlstefano is so. successful that he is al most in a elas by himself. Some ten years ago, having- some sur plus cash on hand, Dlstefano bought a small 'fraction of . a 7 lot In block 73, Caruthers addition to Caruthers, in Mar quam Oulch, for which he paid 5376. Right here lt? is well to remember that Manjuara Oulch Is a deep gash in the surface of the earth In the southern part of. the city.; Quite recently, the city warned una tanu mm m pan vi uuiuish playground; Using the assessment of the land as a basis from which to com pute its value, the city authorities of fered Dlstefano $720 for it, which was about one and two thirds its assessed - value. The owner promptly refused the offer and forced the city to file a suit to condemn it The suit war tried a few weeks ago, and the liberal hearted jury awarded Dlstefano $3000,, which was nearly seven times Its assessed value and more than four times the amount ': offered by the city. CEJfT FEB TEAR In buying this little piece of land. Dlstefano did a better piece of business than if he had bought Bethlehem Steel doubling In value overnight. In ten years, his money grew at the rate of su per cent. per annum, jous. wiai (in ference does it make? The people have to pay It in the end, and there's no body so .easy-going as the general pub lic. . " Nlcoleta Dimarco is another one of the f immensely lucky owners in Mar quam Oulch. Some years ago, Nlcoleta a part of MarQuam Oulch, for which he "paid $225. Later he built a little house, which the assessor values at $260, and this same assessor values, the land at $100, making a total assessment of $860. JJut the' benevolent jury in the condem nation suit that the City brought to ac quire this little SB foot atrip couldn't -Bee tne assessor's injures at an, dui figured It out in some way that Nlcoleta Dimarco-should be paid $3572 as dam ages and compensation for the loss of his Marquam Oulch home. SMITH DID PBETTT WELL .... . . a . -a ... a. . m .. w Mittki,i ; nn wnn eve. avt, Wf viwua "72. Marquam 'Ooteh property, - fared tinusually well at the jury's hands when tne citys condemnation suit for' his property was tried some weeks ago. Mri Smith paid $723 for his lot and the jury iiini (sav lor j t xiis properly waa assessed for $1600. $800 for the lot and $600 for the house, but the jury thought It was worth -four times the assessment and seven and a half , times that Mr. Smith, paid for it . Tne same story runs through prac tically all of these Marquam Gulch con demnation suits.1 Just a little money carefully invested has brought all these ivkuuo. uui wen, me viiy -wanted the property,, and the dtythat means the peoplewere to pay for it. ;In these condemnation suits the jury awarded larger prices than the best lo cated property in Irvlngton. Laurelhurst and on much of Portland Heights would brine; at private sale. Dry slab wood and Inside wood, green amps..Jf0I CMh Molman Fue Co!. Main ,8511 A-6366 t A-4955. Adv. LAST TIMES TONIGHT ULA LEE b "PUPPY LOVE" .TOMORROW EARLE WILLIAMS in "A GENTLEMAN OF mLJlT' Another of HU Great Mystery Stories ' f K 7 May Day Tag Sales ; Not Yet Complete It is impossible to give the returns from the May day tag sal for the Chris tie Home for Orphan Girls, inasmuch- as the tag day was a state-wide event and many of the smaller towns will net have thitfi al until .. Saturday. Incomplete returns from Portlan J show ' tJOOO, and I It te likely that complete- returns from the city and state will " double that amount A large corps of workers was busy from early morning until late, at night and throughout the day an excel lent spirit was evidenced by both sellers and purchasers. . , . v WILLAMETTE VALLEY MILLS GET SHARE OF RAILROAD TIE ORDERS Employment for;Thousands Is in sured by Distribution of Contracts. Orders for a portion of the allotment of 450,000 railroad ties by the purchas ing agent of the Southern Pacific com pany have been placed jwlth Willam ette valley ' mills, according to R. L. France, In charge of lumber and tie purchases for the company. The Booth Kelly Lumber company of Eugene will furnish 60,000 ties, the Standard Box company of coffield 20,000 ; the Goocb Lumber company of Mill City 5000, and other small mills lesser amounts. ; The ties ordered are all eight feet six inches -In length. Forty per cent of them are 7 by S Inches and the balance 7 by 9 tncheav' in size, the price, being $20 and '$21 for the two dimensions. While the original order called for heart ties, the railroad ; administration offi cials finally agreed to take 20, per cent sap ties and have made more liberal inspection rules than in previous orders, according to Mr. France. All ties of this order are to be de livered by June 15. They . are to be shipped to eastern roads by rail, the 450, 000 order being in addition to previous orders for cross ties to be shipped by water via the Panama canal. The wide distribution of tie orders will give em ployment to thousands of men In Wil lamette valley mills. CUT TO $2,500,000 (Conthraed From Fwe One) seph Kellogg, ' Kenton, Laurelhurst, Linnton, Mt. Tabor, Multnomah, Rose City Park, Thompson, Central, East and North, together with sites for buildings not already acquired or of insuf ficient size. The school board reserves the right, if conditions so change as not to warrant the expenditures of money on any of these localities, to use it for buildings or improvements elsewhere needed, .or to not even sell the bonds. At any rate, the entire sum will probably not be' used during the year, in the opinion of board members " SALARIES ADTAXCED : i In - raising ' the minimum salary for high school teachers the board acted upon the ; recommendation 'of Superin tendent Grout, who said that Portland waa unable to hold or to get young men for high sphool positions on the present minimum, salary of ; $1000.; Fourteen teachers at present employed will be af fected and four or five f new teachers having lesa than six years teaching ex perience. The new schedule will be in effect beginning next September. The minimum salary for lower grade teach ers is $800 and for upper grade teach ers $300. ; J. F. Daly submitted to the board the plan of the "Own Your Home" cam paign, and urged that the campaign be extended iffto the schools through essay contests, debates and lectures. The mat ter i was referred . to ; Superintendent Grout, who will discuss the plans with the "Own Your Home" committee at an early date.. .7 - r.1ISSI0?iARY TMES DISPLAY OF CURIOS GATHERED IN I? Collection Includes 4 Bracelets Taken From Stomach of Man Eating Alligator. : A collection of Indian curios gathered from his long residence in the Orient has been placed on display In the Sixth street win'ow of Meier & Frank's store by Pastor J. M. Comer of the Seventh Day Advantist mission In India who ie spending a few days in the city. Fifty pairs of Indian shoes worn on different festival occasions, hand oarved brass, silver pieces, cashmere , work on doilies and center pieces, Indian gods, including Ginesh, the god of wisdom, who is worshiped - by students before taking the-'r examinations, four . brace lets taken from the stomach of a man eating alligator shot by the Rev. Mr. Comer hlLuelf. and a Ourkhas' battle knife, the kind used by the hlllmen in France which struck such terror in th hearts of the Germans. . --'', . The bracelets formerly belonged to Indian womer. whose religion compelled them to bt.t;ie in the Ganges river; which was Inhabited by the alligators who found feasting good. The fact that a few of the women disappeared each day to -. satisfy the inner craving of the alligators never swerved them from their religious, ardor. - The collection will be on display until next Tuesday. Mr. Comer has been in the United Bfites about a year and will return to India in September, TOTAL FOR HALF DAY IS (Continued From Tte One) salesmen are out taking first payments from the pledgees. .'"" -"We have in sight and promises," stated "Emery Ol mate ad, "toward re ducing the deficit of $3,333,925, a con siderable amount. There should be about $500,000 from the railroads, for instance, and a million dollars from the residence district, where the. women are handling the drive, and- from our force of down town solicitors. The Industrials are prac tically all in. There are no more heavy subscribers holding back that we are aware of, so that the city campaign committee finds Itself within $1,600,000 of the goal, and no prospect of cleaning up that deficit unless the publio comes forward. SOW IS THE TIME "If there is anyone in the city who has . not subscribed and who is in posi tion tr subscribe, now is the time to do so. It would be a shame if Portland crept so close to its quota and then fell down. The committee is not holding back a dollar. The public is being in formed just what the status of the drive is. We have made our estimates and cheeked up on the pledges, and we are going to be short approximately $1,500, 000, unless the situation is saved by the people. "To collect such a large sum in small amounts will be. a task of gigantic pro portions. Nevertheless, the selling force will be on the Job to the last minute to see if Portland can be put over the top. We have still a good prospect of being the first large western -city to do this." At Victory Hut Thursday there were $1S subscribers, wher took a total of $63,950, paying $22,860 cash. On the corresponding day in the fourth Liberty loan there were 76 subscribers, who took $62,600 and paid $IS68. There was a noticeable increase in : the number of subscribers at the banks Thursday. POOft BHOWIHO IK TARDS , The shipyards have made a poor showing, as compared with the previous drives. . Tarda are on the verge of clos ing and the men have not been inclined to ouy oonas. The standifer yard, at Vancouver, Wash., has 'subscribed $94 vvv among tne employes, ana 60 per cent of this sum is credited to, the Portland campaign, as that proportion of the employes are residents of this city. The employes of the Alblna En gine St Machine Works are estimated at about $75,000 and the employes of the Willamette Iron A steel Works at $75, 000. Employes of the Peninsula Lorn ber company are estimated at $20,000 ; tne western cooperage company em ployea at $20,000; Oas company em ployes at $40,000 ; Portland Railway, Light as Power company employes at $80,000, and employes of the telephone company at $30,000. From the reports compiled by Mr. Roberson of the indus trial bureau this bureau raised $1,360,- ooo to date. For the final wind up of the city cam paign the machine Is being tuned up to tne limit. Everyone connected with the drive realises that the next 24 hours will be the heart-break period of the campaign, as. by Saturday night it will be success or failure. - -BUST SAT AHEAD The streets will swarm with solicitors Saturday. There will be selling sta tions in 24 places downtown, in addition to the banks, where subscriptions wiir be received up : to noon. The selling stations will be available until the drive closes Saturday night. Victory Hut si also open and ready to accommodate the publio. There is $1,500,000 which must be raised; There are 24 hours in which to turn the trick. At the present time, there are ela-ht individual contributions to the Victory loan campaign which have brought in over 40 per cent of 'all the government securities which have been disposed of since the campaign began. This number Includes the following : Columbia River Shipbuilding Corp. $ 500.000 north went Steel Co., ............ f 500.000 8. BeiMon f . . . 450,000 w V."J?" ' '.-. ; $50,000 Max H. Umuier 350,000 Meier Frank Co. 200,000 ti, C. 200.000 Cleanaa Houm Amo. .... .... ... 3.000.000 . "i....;.; 84.500.000 By adding, about 10 more of the large subscriptions to this list, the startling J8 Prnted that less, than a score the heaviest contributors have turned IDIA $550,000 Watch and Wait in approximately -50 per tent t every dollar's worth of bonds sold to date. ' New subscriptions aggregating $1,107, 500 were registered at the workers rally held Thursday afternoon as follows 4. K. Bowies .1 O'She Bm.. iia F. Fovcn . V. 8. ItoeTSbccfaer .............. A. H. Iew .................. C. D. Bruun Kdw. Cookingbam ............... . P. Adam t... W. M. JLadd , Peter sn4 Andrew Kerr ........... 3. C. Ain worth Georse Lawrence ............... Lv Allen Lewis ... u. . . . . ...... C. 8. Jackson ....... . A. Ju. Mill Meier A Vnn Co, A. Bciuor . . , . . . .... . . , . . . . ... Imperial Hotel . . . ... , ....... . Xr. C i. Kmitii t i . , Roderick Hades? ............. . - Jobs F. Daly , HaE Uonaer ................... V. A. Nitcbejr 80.00 10,000 20,000 ' 60.000 1 0,000 23.000 ft. 000 - - 5,000 J 00.000 so.ooo .25.000 ; lo.ooof 10,000 $00,000 10,000 : 100.000 100.000 0,000 5,000 5.000 2,500 150,000 20,000 " 10.000 T. 1. Armatronc Total . -.".' . $1,107,600 50 YEARS GIVEN; : . FOE TO PAY UP (Continued From-Pace One) - Big : Three Premier Clemenceau would not consent and was backed by Premier Lloyd George, President Wilson remain ing In the minority, . - . TWO WEEKS TO CONSIDER A a9 result, it will be Impossible to secure publicity over this proceeding. . It is now understood that when the treaty is- turned over to ' the German envoys,- they will be given a fortnight to consider it and to submit in writing any changes they may desire. It was believed today that the treaty terms would not be In the hands of the Germans before Monday, although it was suggested Thursday that this pro ceeding might come either on Saturday or Sunday. Credentials of the peace delegation headed by Count von Brockdorf f -Rant-sau. the German foreign minister, were formerly handed to the : allies Thurs day afternoon, the session lasting only a few mlnutea jt took place at Ver sailles. - - , - AI'STBIAX TREATT DELATED Should -the Germans be - given two weeks for consideration -of the pact and rshculd It be presented to them on Mon day this means that the final stage of the peace proceedings, so far as Ger many is concerned, would be reached on or about May 19. A few days would be given for consideration of any alterations the Germans might suggest. -"The signa tures probably will be placed upon the treaty about May 25 or 26. - The press will receive a resume' of the treaty on Sunday, said Hutin. Premier Clemenceau will lay the text of the peace preliminary on the table May 15. It is unlikely that the treaty the Aus trian delegates must sign will be1 ready before June. There are troublesome ter ritorial problems Involved In' that docu ment which wtll require careful handling. Whether President Wilson will be-able to remain in France until the Austrian treaty has . been completed has not yet been decided. This matter probably will be determined within the next fortnight. BELOIAITS COMPLAIW The peace treaty will be handed to the Germans on Tuesday, the Petit Journal believes. According to the Matin the Belgian ministry has requested the Belgian dele gates to warn the Big Three that the Belgian public is greatly excited over the failure to "obtain, satisfaction in the conference." This same newspaper com ments caustically on. the Klauchau set tlement. It claims that President Wilson made concessions to .avoid a conflict, In which' the interests, of the United States would have .directly suffered. , : , "la the meantime. it ;was sald,v "pre mier Orlando is waiting for France!1 and England to establish an agreement on Italy wiUi the president." GERMANS PROTESTING AGAINST HARSH PEACE By Joke Graadlas Berlin, April 28. (By courier to Paris. May 2.) -The most difficult peace, prob lems . from a German standpoint are disposition of Danzig, the Saar valley and upper Silesia. The ouestlon 'of Indemnities Is much less important. This declaration was made today by Minister Giesbert. head of the post and telegraph portfolio In the cabinet, Just leaving for Versailles as a member of the German peace delegation. He Is leader of the Catholic work men's faction and one of the most out spoken of the German delegates. "Danslg should become a free port under German sovelgnty but should be controlled internationally," said Gies bert.. ' .. Upper Silesia is necessary to supply Eastern Germany. Loss of the Saar dis trict would cripple Germany. -It would r ;an starvation or emigration of SO. OOO, 000 German workmen . which Ger many would be unable to feed. ' "It is Marshal Foch's policy to separ ate northern from southern Germany In order to dlsminish the German popula tion, fearing the 70,000,000 C-ermans will start a new - war. But his fear of militarism or kalserism - is groundless. France has- no need for' such securities because, with a strong Poland, Belgium and Alsace Lorraine, she has three machine guns pointed at Germany's head. "There are three ways out of the difficulty. The first Is a friendly under standing with France. Thus .the whole world would r ave peace. . "The second would be a guarantee by America and England to protect France. The third would be for us ta sign a peace treaty designed to render Ger many helpless, economically and industrially.- The German government then certainly would be- overthrown and Ue resultant starvation and unemploy ment would cause anarchy. This is not a threat, but a fact. "1 am a workman and know the work man's feelings. But Z am hopeful that we will obtain a just and lasting peace." Firemen Will Do Stunts for Loan Fire Chief Biddy Powell will call out the fire department Saturday afternoon at t o'clock for a thrilling demonstra tion In Victory center in front ot the Liberty Temple. The firemen will give a series of life-saving demonstrations with ladders, life lines and nets, with the full equipment of the department. MAY 5th GIVE YARDS FREE REIN, SAYS JONES Washington Senator Favors Let ting Foreign Firms; Close : Contracts. Here. ; Washington, May 2. (WASHING TON BUREAU OF. THE JOURNAL,) "There- la : no excuse for ; failure to open the steel shipyards to contracts on foreign account. Just so our own pro gram is not interfered with. Let them have outside business if they can' get It" - - ' . This was the position taken by Sen ator Jones of Washington, who reached here today from a trip to Panama. He will be chairman of the commerce com mittee . in the new senate,, and he ex pressed his intention to take up ship ping questions at an early date. OFFERS OPPORTUNITY TO COAST SHIPYARDS Washington. May" 1. Shipbuilding on the Pacific coast is not going to smash On the' contrary, the shipbuilder and the shipworker have the greatest' op portunity to establish op. a solid founda tion the permanency or toe inausiry. "What is needed. said John H. Ros- stter, director - of operations . of the United States shipping board, "is for the shipbuilder and, the worker to pull, to gether, in ordfcr to put it over. "It Is not the plan of Chairman Hur ley of the Emergency Fleet corporation to ruthlessly "scrap yards' . here and there. '.It; to nothing but a plan of using common, sound horse sense. "I am utterly opposed to the cost-plus system in vogue during the war. We have got . to get our yards down to a basis of construction where we can turn out ships as cheaply as possible -to com pete with the foreign yards. MUST REDUCE COSTS "If you can show that w can do this, I anticipate no opposition , when we go before congress and ask for some laoo, 000.000 for the work contemplated. "Under the war time conditions, there were many abuses -not only on the part of the contractors but on ,he part of workers. There was too much help and not of a constructive kind. We cannot go on making ships at the - price it cost us under these war time conditions and then - have to "write them down1 when we come to sell them in convpeti tion to what foreign shipyards could turn them out for. . js "We are also changing the type of ships we have been turning-out. During the war it was the cry for 'Ships, ships. ships, and then more ships.' a Now we are going to get back to a practical business bass. TIME TO TAKE STOCK We are taking an Inventory. We are reconstructing our program. We will have naturally to do away with In efficient method. None of the good efficient yards will, be affected. Dur ing the war we built any place we could' We are readjusting ourselves new from No Breakfast trouble at our house Every mornfrof now we have; POST TOASTIES y - CevyrUHi 1919. says S P a' war to - a peace time basis. The big yards on the Pacific coast will not be affected if the builders and workers will only "pull together, and I am wedded to the conviction that they will. - It s just bound to be. "When a store nas an excess of say three articles of merchandise, is all out of 10 or 13 commodities that there is a general demand -for. It is time to take stock and make a change. That Is our position exactly. We are getting rid of what we don't need and planning to .keep those yards going from which there will be a constant and grow ing demand for merchant ships if we but do one thing- meet the price of the open market. America can always . do that and she'll do it this time. CUTTI3TO OUT WASTE There is no cause for alarm. The Outlook is ,. optimistic to a degree. We are doing what I call balancing . the feet' and stabilising the output and coat of production. "Let all unnecessary labor and ' cost of production be pruned out ; let the mpouiiaer ana ine worxer meet each other half way, - so we may compete with foreign yards in the cost produc tion or vessels, and America will have a shipbuilding. Industry second . to none. and one that is assured of permanent prosperity, both for the shipbuilder and the shipworker." Cable Service to Spain Is Resumed Cable service to Spairf has been re sumed by telegraph Instead of being handled by mail as was necessary for a time. This announcement was made to day by the Western Union Telegraph company. Cablegrams were reported by the company Thursday as beinsf mailed from Barcelona and Bilbao. The. com pany also announces that a reduction of lv cents per word on cable messages to Porto Rico has been made. Last Times Today and Saturday! The Fattest Fun Film of 'Em All . "TODD OF THE' TIMES" ALSO in ( We truth about for' yourself. Stops at Midnight Saturday THE BIGGEST THRILL OF YOUR LIFE SUNDAY Look In Our WindowsBetter Still Come In And See These In Kirschbaum Clothes for Spring and Summer, 1919 A. B. KirtcUeasi Ces INCREASE IN TAX REAL L Woman Member of Legislature . Addresses Progressive Busi- ness Men's Luncheon. ;: . l : ' "An additional 1.7 mills to the school tax for a raise of teachers' pay is not only necessary, but is a good invest ment." declared Mrs; Alexander Thomp son, recent member of the Oregon legis lature, before members of the Progres sive Business Men's club at the Benson hotel Thursday noon. f "It would mean in the end." Mrs. Thompson continued, "that we would have to contribute less to the mainten ance of criminal and insane institutions. We would be able to get more and bet ter teachers. We would raise a stand ard for the students who depend upon a teacher as his guiding star." Mrs. Thompson urged the members of the Progressive club to cast their vote In favor of the raise when the matter comes before tfife referendum in June. She explained the long course of train ing that was necessary for the man or woman who wished to become a teacher, and -brought out the fact that teachers were only paid for 10 months In the year. "There were 50,000 empty school rooms in this country at the opening of the last season. It was necessary to place 120, 000 inexperlnce'd teachers in the 'class With SCHQQ ECONOMY SAYSMRS THOMPSON FRANK KEENAN A. the Henpecked' "Todd" Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Amateur dare not tell you the this Better tet s " MEN'S STYLE WpcIATEVER it is you lilce in vy young men's styles we have it here Waist seams, high peaked lapels, slash pockets all the new fashion ideas. And in Kirschbaum Clothes, style isn't merely a surface affair. All-wool fabrics thorough shrinking good needlework all insure that the shapeliness is there to stay. ' " ? -"v V-'-- At this xaoHeate price, most exceptional values. CORNER FOURTH 6C ALDER STS. rooms to keep the schools going. All this was because more lucrative posi tion were possible." Mrs Thompson said that she wanted these teachers back in the schools as a vitally neces sary move, but said that It was Impos sible to get them back, unless the pay scale was raised, r. . .. Commenting on the general wage scale in the past two years, Mrs. Thompson pointed out the t? that all labor had been granted an average of 0 per cent increase-to keep up with the increased cost or living, dui saia tnat tne teacners of the school had not obtained a share of this raise. " ; In answer to a question concerning the general distribution of this sum, Mrs. Thompson said that she believed that it was the intention to, give the lower paid teachers the larger percent age of increase, but that the entire ques tion was up to the school boards. She was then urged by one of the members to have this point cleared up. as It meant the securing of many votes if the lower paid teachers were to be favored. Rabbi Wise Will Snfiate at Lii n cih p.nn ' Rabbi Jonah B. Wise will be the principal speaker at the Civio Hague luncheon at Benson hotel at noon Satur day.when the program will be devoted to the consideration 'of the measure for Increase of teachers' salaries, which will be voted" on May 10. W. P. Olds will speak from the taxpayers viewpoint and G. W. Showalter of the Washington state normal school will give a short address. Members of the school board will attend, and Superintendent D. A. Grout will tell of the difficulty of se curing teachers 'under the present con dition. Hittin' the Road at 112 Miles Per, and He'll Be in Portland Comin Hell-Bent-for-Election. I rSb, Lipmara, " Wolf; A Compear o