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'THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1920. CITY BRIGHTENS UP IN SCOURING DRIVE STILL ON Today marks the real 'cleanup' of Portland's "cleanup" qfeek, which has been -productive of wonderful results. The entire west side of the river is scneuuieu ior ntuuruig day. . . i . I From Sheridan street to the city lim its the Press club Is in charge. The Woman's Ad club Is In charge of the district from Sheridan, to Washington street Chib members .are clad in over alls for the occasion. From Washing ton . to Northrup street the Progressive Business Men's club Is directing opera tion, and from Northrup north to the city limits members of the Portland Service league are looking after af ' fair a -; y , ' John F. Grodzkl. general safety agent I i FINAL DAYS OF CLEAN-UP CRUSADE , i ' .. ., - . ; . ..... 11 j. IP Ml 3' Millions people date the beginning of their enjoyment of tea to their first taste of UPTONS TEA Largest Sale in the World . tor the O-W. R. tc N. and S. P. lines, has done , effective work in having rights of way in the city limits cleaned, poles painted and terminals cleared of rubbish, and now the railroad officials are going to fix up their stations with paint and whitewash so that they will be spick and span by the time June visitors arrive, j 1 . V . j Thursday's work was effective. Under direction of J. Hunt Hendrickson and Robert Rankin of . the City club, Sell wood, Brooklyn and Stevens districts were cleanedby noon. Captain Canute of engine 31 reports that Mount Scott was shining and bright by 2 o'clock, p. R. Sessions and E W. Hall having been in charge there. Local theatres. Including the Hippo drome, Pantages ' and Orpheum, the Jensen & Von Herberg picture hoiises and the Circle theatre, are distributing tickets gratis among the young people as they work on the "firing line." . All dayl Saturday ilremen will pay cash for all usable Junk and papers de livered at i fire stations throughout the city. s. , I ' ' - -'j -.;-t v ., Superintendent Helber reports that the incinerator is working overtime with, an augmented force. City officials, Fire Marshal Grenfell and others interested In the work re port much satisfaction with results to date. ; Italians to Celebrate , The Italian colony of Portland will celebrate Monday. May 24. proclaimed by Mayor ' Baker as- Italian-American day. The . Italian Colonial Federa tion has taken the necessary steps to celebrate this date, with a patriotic man- BEGINNING TOMORROW MORNING, 11 O'CLOCK' 1 t " iT"f i ' W '' '!; v- ft I v fay. 0 CI " ' " iriiimmnMat j-Ji i JINGLE JINGLE ! He was a westerner, full of pep ; she an easterner who could step. She had money, he had none, so they'married on the run. Later on as time went by, she flew a little bit too hifch and what HE did is plainly seen TOMORROW on the PEO PLES screen. . - LAST TIMES TODAY, "ALIAS JIMMY VALENTINE" SILK SHIRT! SALE!' ALL" $tfl5p SILK SHIRTS $795 ALL $1 25Q SILK SHIRTS $985 ALL $ 1450 SILK SHIRTS $ J ()95 -' " ' ' 1 -4f-f ii .. . . ' ' : Robinson & Detlor Co. ONE BUCK SHIRT HOUSE 353 Wash. St. Majestic ; Theatre BIdg. ' -Minn. mi-, a r 111 -. . '"-,M8-- -1.111 1 1- in m .4 . ' i II II .' IV y."'. - til ,5 n GENERAL TUMBLE DENIED Above Captains of Woman's Ad clnb starting out toVflnpernse east side cleannp this morning. Below X&Oa making rubbish fly ' !ES BY WHOLESALERS Ban Francisco. May 21. (U. P.) Annual "cleanup" sales In every sec tion of the country are "historically beinar mistaken for a downward movement In: prices." -This was the ' interpretation riven today -by heads of the Manufacturers and Wholesalers association, which this week Is holding a "buyers' week" in Ban Francisco, to the telegraphic dis patches from Eastern trade centers re garding "price reductions." Prices are not coming down, it was emphatically stated. ' PRICES SOARED TS APRIL, SAYS LABOR INVESTIGATOR Washington, May 21. (1. N. S.) Prices - soared during April, according: to a statement Issued today by the bu reau of labor statistics, a general ad vance of nearly 4?4 points In the whole sale pries of Important commodities be ing registered. Fuel and lighting ma terials increased 11 per cent while there was an advance of 9 'per cent in food due to the high prices of sugar and po tatoes. Lumber and building materials went up 5Vi per cent. In only one group, cloth and clothing. was there a ' net decrease in April, as compared with the March price, and that was a decrease of less than 1 per cent due to a decline in raw silk and leather. - . , , i . i ii i . claim they have not overbought as mer chants in other cities. They will con tinue as they. have been doing, putting on sales when special lines are cut to attract trade. ' . YAKIMA MERCHANTS NOT TO FEATURE! PRICE REDUCTIONS Yakima, Wash., May 2t. Yakima mer chants will not put on sales featuring horizontal reductions of their stocks, ac cording to a decision reached at a meet lng of the trustees of the Yakima Busi ness Men's association. They say to sell now ; would deplete their stocks, forcing them ' to buy on an advancing market) and that consumers will not gain anything In the long run. They ifestation at Swiss - hall, 283 Third street, at 8 p. rrv. Good speakers, con cert and dances will feature the pro gram,, to which the public is invited. . QUICK RELIEF ORDERED FOR CAR SHORTAGE (Contfnmd From Pe One). Cummins law, the commission ordered the roads to deliver freight - by the quickest and'shortest routes. . : In carrying out the request of the ex ecutives, the commission issued a num ber -of orders for each of the lines, di recting the roads to deliver a certain number of 'cars at specified points daily. As these instructions are carried . out the congestion gradually will be relieved and car shortages ended, commission members believed. EMFTT CARS RUSHED ; : Long trains of empty cars are being: rushed across the country to localities where they are needed . to load coal snd grain. Automobiles and luxury commodities are left waiting in . the freight yards. Movement of 80,000 empties Is planned within 30 days. Approximately 20,000 are box cars routed from Eastern states to Western' grain regions. AJjIj FREIGHT MUST GO BY ' DIRECT ROUTE, ROADS TOLD :'." ' I (By rnlted News.) : - Washington,' May 21. The Interstate commerce commission Thursday ordered all railroads to deliver freight by the most available and expeditious routes without regard to routing prescribed by shippers or carriers : from whom, the traffic is received.. : - ' ?: ''.The commission . acted under powers conferred upon it under the transporta tion act; declaring "because of the short age of equipment and congestion of traffic an emergency exists on the lines of all carriers." : . . James A. FarrQll, President of Steel Corporation, Here James A. Farrell, president of the United. States Steel corporation; ar rived ih Portland this .morning (after spending two days fishing on the Des shutes river. He was accompanied by Sirs. Farrell, two daughters and a son and Mr. and Mrs; A. T. De Forest and daughter of New York. Farrell spent the day at the local office of the cor poration, the United States Steel Prod ucts company of Portland, i ' Farrell came Tuesday from San Fran cisco, where ho presided , at the Seventh National Foreign Trade convention. The Eastern visitors .- were accompanied to the Deschutes by W. D. Skinner, traffic manager of the S.. P. & S. ; C. G. Suth erland, - assistant to the general man ager of the O-W. ; Mr. ? and Mrs. T., D. Honeyman and Ernest R. Eldridge. Lumber Prices Go Down in Kansas City v; ' -f i Kansas City, Mo., May 21. (I. N. 8.)- Kansas City : lumber dealers have Joined in the price slashing campaign. A general reduction of S per cent was put into effect at all retail lumber yards here today. i Martial Iiaw In Madrid Ixndon, May 21. (1.1 N. S.) Martial law has been declared in Madrid as a result of food riots, said a News Agency dispatch from that city today, : Many bakeshops were ; pillaged by rioting Wfcy I PUHka My Hnaband. In Jxmm RTTV- SET. A story that will imow Tnrrnri inn rld or tuuaarricd Adv. - - P$l n Opens A Savings -Account . Peoples Bank Where Fourth Crosses-Stark D D NO w PLAYING On With the Dance Considered by many to be the , best of the bigr specials being shown at , the Columbia. A tale of high life on Broadway's Great1 White Way. COLUMBIA'; ORCHES T R A A f t e r n o o n s and E v en ing s Orchestra Matinee at 2:30 P. M. Afternoons, 25c; Nights, 35c and 50c ; Ajrf 1 Ma?d Clover ICS CBEAM 'The CreUm of Creams ipO DEVELOP the future you want your boy - to have, see that he plays and romps active ly, sustained in mind and. body, by healthful muscie-Duuaing zooas. MAID O' CLOVEK Ice Cream feeds him Na-' ture's most direct resources in a form that never falls to captivate him. .The purest, richest cream, carefully blended with big Juicy Sunshine Fruits . and sweet sugar there's the reason MAID O CLO YEB builds him up. ! At aU GOOD -dealers ; in aU GOOD flavors ; bricks or bulk. BRISK VOTING IS .PRIMARY FEATURE (Ortttkraed 'From Pc OaI probability,' the widespread campaign and deep public Interest surrounding the educational measures, and the 4 per cent road bonding' amendment,' have' added to the general desire of the voters , to cast their ballots. If the vote is more than normal, as seems probable, these measures will be more responsible for the circumstances ' than any other, . COTJ2CTISG TO BE SLOW " It will require a long and hard pull to get all the ballots counted and the to tals tabulated. ; The Republican pri mary ballots are ponderous instruments, both as to the' voting and the counting. Added to them are the. special state and municipal ballots, which, all together, make no mean chore facing the Judges and clerks of the many precincts in the city and county,' and in the state, at large. Multnomah county has a registered Republican vote of 83,399 ; a Democratic vote of TS7.918, together with 6836 mis cellaneous registrants. RECORD VOTE tX PROSPECT, THROUGHOUT MARION COUNTY Salem. Slay 21. In spite of J. Plu- vius effort to dampen the election en- thusiasm in this section of the Willam ette valley, -a record vote will be cast in Marlon county i! today, according to indications at numerous polling places this , morning. v Some closely tn tough with the situation predict that 75 per cent of those registered will vote today, wane some predict an even larger pro portionate vote, and many who failed to register at all are taking advantage of the . privilege :ito have their vote sworn in. . - Raw, cloudy., weather prevails, with an occasional shower and a glimpse of sunshine to vary the monotony, r Heavy Vote Is Expected Oregon City, May Clear, sun shiny weather marks election day here. A heavy vote is expected, as keen Inter est is manifest in a number of, the con tests. ,.,;, fi. ;. -A , , Cardinal ! Gibbons At G. 0. P. Session t - . Chicago, May-2lj. (1 N. &) Cardinal Gibbons, highest i, Roman Catholic dig nitary in the United States, may pro nounce the invocation at the opening of the Republican national convention here,, it was reported today, following- the ao tlon of the convention committer on ar rangements in sending a telegram to the cardinal imklnff "him to be present on the opening day, June 8 Seattle Jitney Service Halted Seattle, May 2I(U. -.P.) Seattle was without Jitney service today. The new Jitney lioense law seeks to deflect Bom revenue Into the coffers of the municipal railway, . . tn Jnn SUNSET dm tha answer. Adv. Magical Home B aliing If over elffht tnoanaad womes called t jonr dour and each one Irft an orig inal borne baking rurlpe, - thlak . now wonderful that would be I . The Pick ef over eltrbt thonnand recipe is available to you, however, al moat for the aklng. SeTeral year sa:o this number of reelpea was aub mitten In a prue -eonteat. 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Any womnn rn earn the title of Uood Baker; 'the Ujniin Bak ing Book Is a atandard text book. The new Ryaon Baking Book (orlg. Inal price 11.00), containing tfcO prnc- tlcal recipe! will be mailed, postpaid. noon receipt or so cents in stumps or coin. Or if yon will purchase two or mere pounds, oi iiyton si once iron vonr grocer, 'sending na bis name and address promptly, we will mall you a Hyson Baking hook tree. uenerai Chemical Co., Food Department, 12 Broad hu, mew york, n. aov. SATURDAY TOMORROW JiiiniiiL SAGEBROSiER" THE PHOTOPLAY OF THE NOVEL BY EMERSON HOUGH - ' , -v,. . ' ' f "'' "' ' " X - ' s - z: . I v"- ' ' f ''' x ' I - '7r- ' ri ' " I V - -4 ' V fit ' . I ..'. , V I - ev . i, " , W I - - ' ' - " t ' - -r - - - V"""." i - , 4 "7 V S- ':-'-"!r: ' :'. - . ' J " ' " " 1 , - ' : A v ! a s S "L t , - ' V' Did you read the "Soul Child" in the Satur day Evening l'ost of March 2 7th, in which Emerson Hough vividly described the film ing of his celebrated novel, "The Sage brushes? - . SEE IT SEE IT OUR SECOND BIG SPECIAL- AT REGULAR PRICES STARTS TOMORROW rJ XHESmfl WASHINGTON STREET A CORNER WEST PARK 11 A. M. TO 11 P. M. MARSHALL 5533
