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THE OREGON, SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTL AND, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 13, 1820.
MUNICIPAL MIT
SAVING MOilEYl
PiWIiiG EXPEHSES
Record Cited to Show That City
Institution Has Proved Bene
: ficial to Taxpayers as' Whole.
- You are tho owner of ;a" 50-foot
lot (fronting on a dirt street some
. vb4r on the east Bide. - Property
owners along that street yourself
prohably includedpetition the. city
for j paving, and naturally yon won
der, how much the bill will be. k :
' The Improvement Includes sidewalks,
curbs and pa vine, and the latter -in-clsdes
the' laying- of a. four-inch crushed
rock base under two inches of wearing
surface. The curbing- and sidewalk
contracts are sublet to other contrac
tors. Tou are concerned most in the
paving cost.
, Te lowest: bid submitted by the
private contractors is $2.35 for base
and surface.- The street area to be
paved is at feet wide. Tou are to be
assessed for half the width and 50 feet
of frontage.
TAVKTO ASSESSMENT Hf 5
Iter' your half this figures two square
yeeds, IS square feet, for each front
foot of the lot Tour total assessment
forj the paving alone would be $4.50 per
' troft foot, or 223 for the lot 4 '
Tjhe city of Portland now has a pav
ing plant of its own. The $2.25 a yard
mentioned above la the averase of low
, bids) submitted by private contractors
on j paving work in which the city was
a Competitor since April 1 this year,
i The municipal paving plant, in open
competition with the private con
tractors, has bid an average of $1.50
a square yard. This price covers both
baits and surfacing. A little calculation
shows front-foot assessment cost to the
property owner of $3, or $150 for the
loti The saving to the property owner
' is $7 when the city is doing the work.
Xbis figurs sounds so big as to be
Incredible, but it is shown in the rec
ords at the city halL The city plant
t. mm oftiiat mln, fnatttuf inn. Anri nrvfr
only - is saving money for property
owners, but is paying for Itself.
COT M.A3TT ACTIVE
) Nearly one-quarter of the paving in
Portland this year, the greatest paving
year in the city's history, will be done
f by! the- municipal saving plant, at a
coat (Including everything) much less
uusn it was ever done by. private con'
tractors In normal times when paving
wbsj cheaper than it is now.
City paving, done on the same spec!
ncations . offered private - contractors,
laid Just as skillfully and as quickly.
is costing this year about 20 per cent
less on the average than paving work
in the hands of private contractors.
The city : bids cover everything in
the expense budget of the plant They
not only cover labor, materials, upkeep
an overhead, but ' the ' cost of the
plant's construction, - totaling $95,000,
borrowed .from the city's general fund.
is being repaid on an installment basis.
CITY C03TBACTS LISTED
The first 26 paving jobs, taken by
th eitv Mat u tnfal nt a5Q Q07 n?
The aggregate lowest bids of private
contractors on these 26 jobs amounted
to $440,709.59, the difference in favor
ef the city, 'and consequently of the
, taxpayer, being $74,712.82. Seven of
these : Jobs have been completed - and
the rest f are in progress. Since
these figures were taken, the city has
taken five more ; contracts, the same
differential being maintained.
On ' these first " seven jobs completed
the city costs were . under the bid flg
uret in some cases the - margins being
quite large. - '
The four largest paving enterprises
now being .carried on by the municipal
plant are the improvement of Killlngs-
' worth avenue from Thirtieth street to
Forty-second street, Cast Forty-seventh
street from Stark to Gliaan, Raraona
avenue district' in Sellwood, and Harold
. avenue from Mllwaukie to Twenty-third
street
MUNICIPAL BID LOWER
On the KiUingsworth Job the city
bid $15,649.45, the private contractors'
lowest bid being $20,045.24. The city
bid on Cast Forty-seventh street was
$31,232.50, as compared with the low
est private, bid of $36,483. On Ramon a
avenue the city bid was f57.321.6s, as
compared ' with $67,382.94. the lowest
private dux. vn Harold avenue the
city ,Dia was - 112,633. 46. as compared
with the lowest private bid of Si -
. rs . . , j. , J
v ; uicoc lour jooa me cuy . aggre
gate was $117,236.08, as compared with
eggregate lowest bids of $147,.
f the city is able to do paving on
S?
& ?o.
, erchanfiseiofcMeritOnly"
Women's !
Summer Oxfords
c
Browns
A SPECIAL PRICE ON SHOES ,
- FROM OUR REGULAR STOCKS -
Six different styles in oxfords of brown and black kid, also brown calf, all
extra good quality with welt soles, military, Cuban and! Louis heels. j .
ALSO COLONIAL PUMPS OF BLACK KID
WITH BUCKLE iTO MATCH. $9. S 5
Pumps that ar especially adapted for street .wear, with welt soles and
Cuban heels. All the above shoes come in practically all sizes from xz to 9,
widths AAA to C
this scale, the taxpayer naturally asks,
why doesn't it do' all the work? In
time, answers City Commissioner A. I
Barbur, whose pet hobby is the paving
plant the city will do all of it. Just
now the amount of work is limited by
the capacity of the plant, and the city
is not anxious to increase the plant be
cause of the scarcity of materials.
BECOSD IX C03ITKACTS
For 1920 contracts for some 800,000
yards of paving have been, or will be
let. This is by far the largest quantity
of paving ever scheduled for one year
in Portland. Much, of this is work that
was planned for the war years. It
will not be so large next year, for most
of the back- work will have been caught
up. The city's average per year is-a
little tetter than 200.000 yards,- and in
time the present plant will . be able to
take care of ali of it
In a few months' Commissioner Bar
bur went Into the paving business, com
peting In bids with the private contractors-
and by underbidding secured
every Job. Working up business to the
limit of the plant for a year, the city
ceased bidding. ; : -A - ;-
.-The greatest difficulty now being en
countered . is to secure a. supply .of
crushed rock. The supply, purchased
from private quarries and taken to Jef
ferson street dock' by barge, is curtailed
through- labor troubles. This condition
will be eliminated, ' the commissioner
now plans, through the. city acquiring
its own rock quarry, and this may be
done before the end of the year. The
paving plant will probably be made to
pay for this Investment
JOBS ABE RECALLED
The paving plant -dates from .April,
1918. - Until last September it was used
almost entirely as a repair plant. It
was first operated at the foot of East
Alder street , ; . .
In that period the - plantsurfaced
Terwilliger boulevard and a - couple of
other small street jobs were- done, all
on a strictly cash basis. These pieces
of work showed conclusively, according
to Commissioner ? Barbur, that private
contracting charges for laying asphaltic
concrete were far higher than the cost
performed by the municipal plant.
On Terwilliger i boulevard the con
tractor's offer was $1.43 per square yard
for laying a' two Inch wearing surface,
whereas the cost of the work by the
city plant including a 10 per cent charge
for overhead, was only 65 cents per
yard. .- - . f ::--; : -v".
In 1919 the county gave the city the
opportunity of laying a two inch sur
face on East seventeentn street in ui
rect competition with the Warren Con
struction company, which was awarded
another part of this same street Here
the city, in spite of increased labor
and materials cost did the work Tor 87
cents a yard, including 19 cents for de
preciation and overhead, while the con
tractor's price was $1.53 , per , square
yard.;: .,;.-'. m-- ' - ', :.;:?"
EX ABLETS MI ASTTBE PASSED
The citv attorney in 1919" ruled the
city charter permitted maintain an ce of
a paving plant, -ana enabling romances
were prepared. -, Jefferson street i levee
was given to the city by the commission
of public docks for a plant site.11 The
plant and ' bunkers were completed by
April 1 of this year.
This plant has a capacity of oer 2000
yards of two-inch asphaltic - concrete
wearing surface per eight hour day. The
total appropriation zor we piant, incjua.
Ins a working fund, amounts to $95,000
A charge of 10 per cent of the cost of
laying the paving is added to au new
jobs to reimburse 'the general fund for
this $95,000. The life of the plant is es
timated as 10 years. On this basis of
depreciation it was arbitrarily deter
mined i that $9500 should be returned
each year to the fund as a 10 per cent
Installment and Interest of 6 per cent
on the total. : In 1920 amounting to
$5700, should also be paid.
The ' cost sheets for the first 20.000
yards laid after April 1 show that the
10 per cent for return to the general
fund will amount to approximately 10
cents per yard, so that at least $18,000
will be returned to the general fund
when the 181,000 yards contracted for
by the city so far . have been laid, or
some $2800 more than the arbitrary
payment fixed upon. -'' :
UPKEEP, IS ISrCLTTDED -: ;
Included in the contracts bid by the
city ia 12 per cent to cover cost of up
keep and i repairs and miscellaneous
overhead expenses, such as Insurance.
This, onxhe basis of 181,000 yards al
ready contracted . for, will yield in - ex
cess of $20,000. . Fast experience with
the original plant shows this amount
will be amply sufficient.
, The cost of laying the two inch wear
ing surface on Jobs already completed
by the plant varied from 77 cents per
square yard on ast Fifteenth r street
to $1.03 on the work at municipal ter
minal No. 4 (St Johns),r which involved
a 14 mile haul from the mixers. These
costs compare with bids of $L62 per
square yard and upward of private con
tractors for the same sort of work.
Flag Day Program
The Dalles, June 11. Quenett chapter.
Daughters of the -American Revolution,
and other patriotic organizations, will
celebrate flag day here Monday evening,
June 14. Old flags will be burned and an
appropriate program, rendered.
$9.9
-Second Floor, Lipman, Wolfe & Co.
PLANS COMPLETE:
FOR BIG BUS
COiHil HERE
, . '
Hundreds Are Speeding Toward
Portiand "- for Gathering of
Big Internationa! Organization.
"Kiwanis ! Is' the corruption ef a
Chippawan Indian phrase which
truly interpreted means we build.
Its spirit is exemplified in the In
ternational Kiwanis clubs, the fifth
annual convention of I which takes j
place this week in Portland. , j
A distinguished gathering of business
rnmr, : rT .11 nrt r,nt nnlT nf th I
united States nut or uanaoa are speea-1
ing towards the Rose City today. . and I
xuesaay win see imposing represent-1
uons at tne conrerence gatnenngs wmcn
Slfjf i'Larri11,: tVn"" f"" Brigadier General William C. Da
vention on Wednesday in Elks temple. . I via ,nmmandill, Camo Lewi. on "The
19 rAM.nit UJtuflitAioJ . . . I
An organization which brought inter-1
national fame and honor to itself during I
the war by its works and afterwards supported very strongly by the Kiwan
distinguishsed itself by appearing in Uns in bis dissemination of information
the fore of the American movement, regarding the establishment of a peace
Kiwanis is now reaping its rewara wun
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r -i V. 7".iZ
aenuon w
Doaies on uw worm uuuu
president formerly corporation attorney
or "kinss counsel,- as i he is called at
Montreal. Canada, who has devoted more
CTiV . vT.T Z,t , tr, . closer
weldinc of interests of; the ciupmen i
Canada and the United, states. i
vMnsirr htpfcted MONDAT
Exoected Monday, ia Dr. 'X re
m... . iriw,r,ir, f o, nine veara edi-
tiw T.lnnlnnort'B Jttasazine ana. l
mnn. thp honors, a Fellow or tne 1
... . . I
Royal Society of Arts or ixna9n. a.
host' of others, nearly all from the East,
where the movement has made tremen-
ami. T,rocm will follow.
- j Mercer Barnett presiaent ox mo i
Barnett : Lumber company oi . Jiirmuig- j
ham. Ala., and prime mover in the vig
ilante organisation in the South to pro
mote Americanism, will be here, and Is
commonly talked of as tne next presi
dent. Barnett is first vice president
elected at the 1919 convention in Bir-
mlnrham. i
' Roe Fulkerson, editor of Kiwanis
magazine, is expected :in Portland to
day, not only to attend this convention
but to remain over for the Shriners
gathering. He is a member or tne un
perlat council of the Shrine.
LOCAL PLAJtS FOB MEETI5TG
' The most Important j meeting of the
Portland club will toe tteia jaonaay
the -Benson, when President Elliott and
other international officers will be pres
ent to talk of the intimate work that
every man must do in order to make ths
1920 meetinsT a success. ueorje ia.
Lovejoy, general chairman of the- con.
vention committee, will preside. . , '
There .will be three conferences Tues
day. President Elliott ta charge oi a
to the Tyrolean room at the Benson.'
Under - International secretary ? w. i
Ramucl Cmnmlnn of Chicago, the club I
secretaries 1 will hold conference in thel
!tmWv hail at the Benson hoteL The
district governors will meet at Elks I
temple under leadership w j
jonnson oi jwcbw", f v I
dent M IM OJSinci. B"vo
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Following an B?jrw
Due wur ol . , " ,tLvrnr of the of their borne he sent Fosur on a false
JJJ-rl'. nearby mau box. to "get a
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a e a. - aw. - TJ l mi a-l a-rsavwaa rT
IIY- .V;r .ThnrST will
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GOTEBJfOB TO BFAa
. Governor Olcott' and Mayor Baker will
give opening addresses; A response will
follow from President Elliott and the
session will recess .until the ; arternoon,
when with Vice President. Barnett pre-
siding. M. A. Macdonald. attorney of
Vancouver. B. C, will give an aaaress posea ne was a visitor at the Haeflln
nn "The Kiwanis Spirit. a World Need." I ger home -and was takinsr the ; children
The international secretary, O. Samuel
Cumnuhgs, will speak. A matinee party
win be given for visiting women at the
Ornheum. and In the. evening tne oya
Rosarian band , will give a concert at
the Multnomah. There will be dancing,
a musicals, and an exhibition of Oregon
scenery at various points in tne notei.
Dr. Esenwein will open the xnursaay
morninr conference, following the invo
cation by Father O. J. McMullen with
an address on "How Great Is Kiwanis?"
Benjamin V. DelaHunt, treasurer, of
Milwaukee. Wla: will make his report
during the morning. After luncheon at
the Benson and a style show for the
Blacks
Teachers Leave
Because Janitor
Gets Higher Pay
Umatilla, June 12. Headed . by
Harold R. Benjamin, who will be
graduated from the University -- of
Oregon this year, an entire new fac
ulty will . appear - at the Umatilla
High school next fall. The fact that,
the janitor . of the school was paid'
more than any teacher in the em
ploy of the district and the high'
wages paid trainmen, caused dissat
isfaction among present faculty
members, and - none asked ' for : re
employment Miss ' Margaret Willis
left to take a position at Hermiston.
women visitors the convention will re
convene with an address, "We Build, by
Dr. M. B. Barnwell, an Episcopal mln
ister of Birmingham. Other reports will
follow, and in the evenine there will be
an auto tour of the west side parka and
residence sections, culminating in an
"erummv -l.ouw .""i'"
auspices ot uia x-rugreBsive aubuicbs
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GE3TEBAL DATIS TO SPEAK
; ,. ,v, k,..i..u -nviiav
mt, m , r-.tre-A ,hv n .ddrean
Army and . Its .Relation to the People.
General Davis speaks at the request of
Secretary of War Baker, who has been
time army.
The elecUon of officers will take place
in the afternoon, after which the con
vention city for 1921 will be selected.
rl,iAt'm HK .i.m. tn
,nX!tdorWrw- xtiZ.
evening. Circuit Judge George W. Staple-
acung- as coasunaster. resioent
Elliott wUl then band his gavel over to
Saturday will be devoted to sightsee-
ing, with a drive over the Columbia
f"'"",
"iy "B"n-
Duaw uimiwuuiw wui
eieciea rrom tne in onn west -una year.
J 1 LI . -TkA.1 M IT, X. .
Viuv.ui? uuu iu m
given this honor in recognition of the
city's hospitality. " George A. Love joy,
general chairman of the convenUon com-.
nuiuw, ww iwa uiku auenuvn i
eirmingnam in is iavorea as a can-
dldate.
CHILD ATTACKED;
FIEND IS SOUGHT
Man Described as. About 22
Years of Age, Six Feet Tall
and Wearing Glasses.
A fiendish attack was made upon
6-year - old . Genevieve T Haeflinger,
daughter 6f G. E ' Haeflineer. 1127
Carlton aVenu, about 4 o'clock Sat
urday afternoon, a short distance
rrom tne mua's nome. xn riena
j v, ,1,. nriinr., Vnm.
. . i .
asked Genevieve and her 4-year-old
brother, Foster, to go for a walk in
the woods.
Th children declined, but he reneated
h, thin time asltin.- them to
mor.lv wallr with Tilm tn th nTf Hmi.e.
.
When h. got the children out of sight
letter" The unsuspecting lad went. In
the meantime the criminal assaulted the
airl.: after enUcing : her into a nearby
thicket, v The frantic father and Patrol-
man Jones searched the entire neigh-
borhood between the home and Reed
college and all they could learn was that
the man had been seen walking toward
i the. Woodstock carline. - '
I - Several "women, in the neighborhood
j saw the man with the children, but sup-
out for a walk; These women describe
him as being about 22 years of age, 6
feet tall and weighing about' 160 pounds.
i n wore glasses with a gold chain ex
j tending oyer his ear, a dark checkered
for striped suit and-' a gray! slouch hat.
J The police department asked the cooper-
isuon or tne public in the apprehension
i or tne criminal.
Elks of Vancouver
To Hold Flag Day
Monday
Vancouver. Wash., June r 12. Exten
sive Flag day exercises are; planned by
tne local x.ias - xor Aionday; evening at
their, lodge 'rooms . here. An anvitation
has been . extended to the Spanish-
American War . Veterans, ! numbering
aoout avu. ! , !
The program is -as follows: '
Selection, orchestra. i -
Introductory : exercises, lodge officers.
rrayer irom ruuai, oy chaplain.
Vocal solo. Miss LurUne Williams.
Flag record. Brother Louis Schaefer.
Altar service, esauire and offKv.r nt
Vancouver lodge rto. sza.
Helection, orchestra. -
Elks' tribute to the Car. Brother
John Wilkinson. - I i -
Patriotic song, male quartet, ' ;
Alierience to 'the ' flaa-. - Audience re
quested to Join.
patriotic - aaaress, isrotner (Jiement
Scott, district, deputy grand exalted
ruler. . .
"America," by entire audience. -Music
finale. "Star-Soans-ied .Banner."
orchestra,
Dye Works Wins Damage Salt -'A
-verdict 'for the .-defendant was
brought in Friday by- a jury in Circuit
Judge Gatene court in the suit of Paul
Kmeraon Noble Sr. against Enke's City
' Dye works. Noble sued for ?1 0,9 00 dam
ages for Injuries alleged to have been
caused to his son, Paul Emerson Noble
Jr.. when the lad, riding ,a tricycle . in
i Eighteenth, street,, was run. down by an
automobile driven by an ' employe of
I the dye works.'... .
To The Flower Lovers: :
' ;We would like to share with you the pleasure of seeing our
Peonies in blossom and extend, therefore a cordial invitation s
to you tovisit us between now and June 27th, when the Peony ;
season is at its height. -
HOWARD EVARTS WEED
MARGARET S. WEED
Weed Landscape Nursery, .
Canyon Road (Six Miles West, of Portland), , f
BIG FIELD RALLY
PLAIIIIED III CITY
FOR BOY SCOUTS
Huge Loving Cup to Be Awarded
as Grand Prize for Highest
Number of Points on Events.
Competitive performance of the
several stunts and feats of skill and
ingenuity that constitute the educa
tion of a boy to become a first class
Boy Scout, by several hundred of
Portland's Scouts, at the field rally,
to i be held Tuesday at 1 o'clock at
the baseball;; park, promises . to bo
one of the most Interesting demon
strations of : scouting ever seen in
the Northwest. In no previous rally
has such "great 1 interest been shown
and never before has the entry list
been so large. , .
The day will start with a parade of
all the Scouts in the city, forming at
the Intersection of West Park and Main
streets -and parading-through the prln
cipal business streets headed - by the
Scout band and . the fife, drum and
bugle corps. ,
PBOGBAM ABBA1TOED
. . The proarram of events follows
Bugling, drumming and fifing contest;
individual contest. ' -
Crab race ; individual entries, one from
each troop. ,:..-;. ;
Sem&Dhore signaling ; troops may en
ter one team; 100 letters: will be sent
a. distance of 500 feet-
Horse and rider; teams of two Scouts
from each troop. :. :- . 1
Presentation of first class badges to a
large class. - '
Fire bv friction and ! water bolllnc
Fire must, be jnade and hAj a pint of
. Ropes,-staffs and their uses. . I
Rtration of knot tying-, rone bridai
ladder, timber bridging, rope ladders.
rope and - staff stretchers, camp hut.
stair towers. ana lassoing-.
Bicycle flag drill; teams of eight or
more., ..
Rope jumping; one entry from each
troop. '
International Morse. Eighty letters
will be transmitted a distance of 200
feet.'
Rolling race ; - one entry . from each
troop. ' 4?
- First r aid to the injured. . Kbys will
be required by the five physicians in
charge to do five first aid tests.
Skinning . the , snake : teams of 12
Scoufjt. '
Wall scaling; teams of eight will scale
a wall 10 feet in height.
Archery contest ; troops may have one
entry. , ; - -. - -
Scout equipment race ; " scouts must
load up and unload the entire Scout
equipment.
Fireman's drar . and ' fireman's carrr.
Demonstration of rescuing people from
a. fire.
most original, the most educational or
scientific and the runniest stunt.
TWO PRIZES OFFERED
' The grand prize, awarded for the high
est number of points on all events, is
a huge silver loving cup. A special prise
is being given by the Portland chaptre of
the Red Cross for the first aid contest. It
consists of a huge polished wood shield
measuring 5 by 2 feet, on which Is af
fixed 10 small silver shields. This tro
phy will last 10 years, the wtnner in the
first aid contest to have his name and
troop number engraved on one of the
silver shields each year. . .-
The." fire rally is open to the public
and will be enlivened by music by the
Scout band. -
Report Gold Strike -
At Belmont Mine m
Greenhorn District
Huntington, June 12. A gold strike
in the Belmont mine at Greenhorn is re
ported to have been made in which a
ledge was stripped about 25 feet wide
in which were found some - pieces as
large as average marbles. In one day it
is said more than 11000 of the precious
metal was taken out, j -,-y
A quaiht light covered wagon, drawn
by a Texas pony, owned by the "Cow
boy Preacher Bettes, passed r through
here. 4 Bettes has covered 13,386 miles
and is on his way to New York, after
which he will "tour the" Southern states
and return to Western Oregon. He is 74
years old and has been a preacher for
64 years. . ..(.
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Due to the heavy freight traffic car
ried on here by the O. S. I and O-W.
R, U N. an additional two miles of track
in the Huntington yard is planned.
1 -f
The Huntington Cooperative store, or
ganized by railroad employes, is paying
dividends. .
Olympic Forest Elk
May Be Transferred
To Crater Lake Park
Elk from the Olympic national forest
may be transferred to Rainier and Cra-
ker Lake national -parks. Recent in
quiries of the national parte service and
the forest service from the United States
biological survey as to the feasibility of
transferring elk from the Yellowstone
national park for stocking Rainier and
Crater lake brought forth a protest from
the survey. I
" The disapproval - of the. survey was
based - upon the difference in climatic
conditions between the Yellowstone re
gion and the coast country and the fear
that- the Yellowstone elk mixed with
the coast elk would produce a mongrel
breed.- " 4 .. .
r Governor to Be Speaker
Astoria. June 12. Governor Ben W.
Olcott today accepted an invitation to
attend the . American Legion stats con
vention here July 30 and 31 and ad
dress the ex-service men of Oregon. The
invitation had been extended by the com
mittee on- arrangements.
BIG T. P. A. CHIEF
TO SWING GAYEL
in
U
3
E. X. y olkey, Texan, ' who answers
to name oi "uj.
TRAVELERS GATHER
IN BIG ANNUAL MEET
. -vContinoed From , P ,On.)
elation, from Sherman, Texas. - Is due to
arrive at 3 o'clock this afternoon.: About
1500 visitors are expected in the dele
gates and their families alone and with
the-additional visitors to the convention.
the crowd - is expected to - reach from
2000 to 3000. .
"Howdy Cy, has been adopted as the
official . slogan of greeting, "Cy. being
the nickname of the national president.
Little blue1 and white caps, bearing the
emblem of the T. P. ,Ai are .feeing worn
as the distinguishing mark' of the as
sociation members, v Several persons are
reported to be wearing the T. P. A. but
tons, who have lapsed in their dues and
are -no longer members of theassocia'
tion. .. These are being rounded up -by
local "T. P. A. officers and will be
prosecuted, it was said at headquarters
Saturday. . - ...
GREETING ARE EXTENDED
Every train, bearing its quota of mem
bers, is being , met by local T. P. A.
members and escorted to the Multnomah
hotel. which is the headquarters for the
convention. Registration is taking place
today.: - "Aw-"..----;. c. y : r :
Tonight at s o'clock will occur ; the
first- event of the convention, the con
cert -of the. Multnomah Guard band
under the direction of William -A. Mc
DougalL . The band has donated- its
services to the association. - The" con
cert will be at . the Multnomah hotel.
where the ; following program will be
rendered : -v;-
March "Marine Spirit ......Manning
(jomposea by Bteve Manning, u. s.
- marine corps, died October , 1919,
from wounds received in battle ,at
Chateau-Thierry, and nublished b-
his mother, Mrs. V. A, Manning, 287
wuiiams -avenue, foruana, ur,-
Overture 'Lustspiel' ....... Keler'Bela
Walts "Dream of Paradise".. Barnard
Quartet from "Rigoletto" Verdi
, Intermission. - -
March "North Wind" Chambers
Cuphonium : solo Fantasie, "My Old
., Kentucky Home" .Goldman
: . By Philip M. Hicks.
Selection "Marl tana" ........ .Wallace
"Star-Spangled Banner" ..........Key
TO WELCOME GUESTS
The convention will open Monday
morning at 9:30. Stanhope EL Pier,
. president of . the Oregon and Washing
ton ! division, . will call the assembly to
order. ' '
Rabbi Jonah B. Wise, national chap
lain, will deliver the invocation, fol
lowed - by 'addresses of welcome . by
Governor ' Olcott, and Mayor ' George: I
Baker will welcome the guests on be
half of the city, after which Edward
N. - Mulkey, ' national president, will ap
point the committees. .
The big T. F. A. and industrial pa
rade'- will occur Monday afternoon,
starting at .2:30 from Fourteenth and
Main streets. - - ' , , '
BEEBE GRAND MABHAL
Charles', F. Beebe "will be grand mar-
June Sale of Wall Paper and Paints
Now on at Smith's
There- is still time to Paint and Paper your rooms before the big convention.
.These prices .good for this week.
Ingrain Paper
5 colors of this plain ingrain
paper, 30 inches wide and
worth, 50c a bolt. Special ,
2 days' sale at ? . - ; .
39c Bolt
Big Sale of
Paints
Our- five-year guaranteed
paint' for. inside or outside
use. Worth $4.25 gallon.
Our special 2-day sale price'
$3.5
, - GALLON
Smitli's -Wall -Paper Homos
108-110 Second Street, Between Washington and Stark, Portland
. " If you have painting or papering to be done, et our estimates.
shal of the parade, which win be head
ed by a general column composed of
a. police platoon, the grand marsnat
and his staff, the Multnomah Guard
band, the T. P. A. executive commit
tee. Oreron state officials, Portland
city officials aria national officers of
the T.; f. A. or A. u Hirairao
Three divisions will follow, - The
first, in charge- of E. J. Kraenick. wtu
be composed of state j delegations from
Alabama, r Arkansas, , iCalifornla, Colo
rado. Florida, Georgia,1 Illinois. Indiana,
Iowa, Kansas, ; jvenruciry, j-uibi.
Maryland. Massachusetts, xMJcnigan.
Minnesota and Mississippi. :
DELEGATIONS IJT .IJSE 1 ; -
The- Mnnd division, commanded by W.
A. Ross will contain ! delegations from
Missouri.' Nebraska. Nevada. New Mexico.-
New York, - North Carolina. Ohio.
Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, ttnoae isiaou.
South Carolina,,TenBessee, Texas, Utah.
Virginia. West Virginia, W"n11'
Aunt Jimimah Pancake flour.- ; r
in'ths third -division.' commanded by
Earl Bunting, will be si band, followed by
members of the Oregon and Washing
ton 7 division of - the T. rViA, ; me
wqomen's band-from Sheridan., Or fol
lowed by the Indies' Auxiliary and visit
ing women-in automobUea ; The floats
and decorated automobiles in this divis
ion will include the Portland Flouring
Mills company, TJ. S. Marine corps. Tru
Elu . Biscuit company,; Blue Bird Wash
in Machine. U. S. Army recruiting sta
tion; Float Victor; decorated auto Victor
Inventions company, 17. b. wavy recruit
ing station, r Northern! . Flouring - mills,
Courtier Window - Decoration company.
decorated auios j an wen juuiuug
pany. , .
LIKE OF MARCH GIVEN
The line of march will be as follows:
North on Fourteenth street to Mor
rison ; east on Morrison to Eleventh ;
north on Eleventh to Alder : east on
Alder to Broadway : north on Broadway
to Pine: east on Pine to Fourth; soutn
on Fourth to Alder ; ! west on Alder to
Fifth i north on Fifthl to Oak; west on
Oak to Sixth; south non sixin to mor
rison : east on Morrison to Fourth, pass
ing the reviewing stand- on the post
office block : south on; Fourth to- Taylor,
where the parade will disband.
When the head of the general column
reaches Morrison street, the various offi
cials will leave it and take posluon on
the 'reviewing stand.) . .
prizes are Awarded
For the best float in1 the parade a prize
of 9100 will be awarded, for. the second
best $50. The division - whose members
have traveled the greatest total aggre
gate of miles will receive 150, that with
the second greatest Aumber of miles to
their - credit. $25. The division making
the best showing will? also receive $25.
Monday evening t;he grand opening
ball will be held forf the. delegates and
guests at the Multnomah hotel. '
""Tuesday - morning will, be devoted to
business session a? luncheon will be
given the visiting women in the assembly
room at the Muitnorean at 12 -.30 p. tn. ;
at 2 o'clock a three hour sightseeing
street car ride will loe taKen over tne
city, and at 6 :3Q p. ro. two banquets will
be held, one for the State Presidents
association at the Imperial hotel and
one for the State Secretaries' association
at the Benson. '
BUSINESS nEssioar WEBSTESDAY
'- Wednesday will open with a .business
session at 9 odock.; followed by Mem
orial exercises at If o'clock, conducted
by Rabbi Jonah BV Wise, national chap
lain.- The men will have a business ses
sion in the afternoon, 'while .the women
will' be entertained-With a. Rose tea at
Peninsula park sunken rose garden. At
o'clock 'will occur ; the big banquet to
delegates and guests, at The Auditorium.
with Informal talks- by Mayor Baker,
Dr. E, H. Pence, Edward N. Mulkey,
national president, and Rabbi Jonah B.
Wise, national chaplain.- At I o'clock a
jinks will be held if or delegates and
members at The Auditorium. The wo
men will be given k' theatre party at
the Heilig.
TO SEE HIGHWAYS . :
Thursday morning?; will , be devoted to
business; at 1 p. m-t delegates and fam
ilies . will be taken tor a trip over. Uie
Columbia River highway, the automo
biles leaving the Multnomah. Ice cream
will, be served at different points along
the highway. f On jthe -return trip, a
dinner will be given, at Crown Point
Chalet for the national officers and their
r Friday wiU be "ladies' " day. - .
Among the : delegaUon expected is a
party of 100 delegates and visitors from
St. Louis, where the - convention met in
1918. Albert F. L. Schmidt, president-of
the St. Louis post j A, : and J, Herbert
Stafford. - secretary "and director, will be
in charge of the delegation, Their head
quarters will be at hejtmperial. ; 5
Several uses have? been found for an
electric hair brush that has wire bris
Ues and a magneto ; in the back to sup
ply current, -
Moire Ceiling,
This popular ceiling paper
in- white, cream or ecru.. A
40c value. Special, for two
days at ' .
29c Double Roll
IJ'i
oT I Ucl
ICalsomine, white and light colors, at 12c a pound
Prepared Paste ready to use, any quantity, 20c pound
Deadening Felt for house lining at 9c and 10c sq. yd.
Ground Glue for sizing special at 35c a pound
.. 1
HHSSGI1
TO INDUCE BUYERS
TO COME TO Ml
SSSBSBSSSBBSMBSSBSBSSSBSSSSSSS "
Committee on Arrangements !l
Adding New Features for tha
Already 28 more firms of Jobbers
and manufacturers in Portland have
signed to participate in Buyers' week
this year than were signed for tha
record meeting last year, according -
to announcement made at the Cham
ber of Commerce Saturday. Buyers
week will be held this year Aug
ust 9 to 14.
During the" 1919 Buyers' week 117 firms
participated, but 145 firms have been
signed up so far this year. The final
date for signing is June 12, when forms ,
on 'special circulars will be closed. The "
circulars bearing names of participating
urms win be sent broadcast over West
ern states, Canada and Alaska,
Twenty-six different lines of trade are
now listed. Several more lines are ex
pected to be registered' within a tew
days.
In addition to the regular Inducement
of offering payment for traveling ex
penses to and from Portland for buyers
who register during the convention and
make purchases amounting to mors than
$500, the committee in charge of Buyers
week arrangements has decided to in
clude Pullman fare. Buyers may travel
to Portland from any part of the country
by rail, automobile or airplane and all
expenses will be paid if purchases
amounting to over $500 are made.
-Members of the Buyers' week com
mittee make this inducement so that
merchants will come to this city and
become acquainted with their jobbers
and manufacturers. San Francisco ve
quires that visitors to their Buyers weel
make purchases amounting to $1000 for
traveling . expense refund. ,
The Buyers week committee, headed
by Nathan Strauss, is making arrange
ments for added entertainments during
the meeting this year so that every min
ute of the time will be occupied by corns
activity.
Fire Dangers Are
- Held Eeal Menace
In City of Baker;
Baker. June 1J!. Baker people were
told that their city is far from being
well protected from fire dangers and Is
constantly menaced by two districts of
fire traps, which should be eliminated,
by Horace Sykes, deputy state fire mar
shal. Sykes advised- the extension of the
fire limit to include all defective build
ings In the business district, adequate
building regulations, and the enforce
ment of ordinances governing the instal
lation Of wiring', building of flues and
storing of gasoline.
An automobile belonging o J. M.
Lamb and driven by Roy Pickens was
demolished, but the. driver was only
slightly injured, when a light engine of
the O-W. II. & N. struck the machine at
a street crossing and dragged it 60 feet.
The driver remained in the seat. Pickens
had emerged with his car from between
the cars of a spilt freight train that
obscured his vision, when the englnr,
coasting silently down a grade, bote
down upon him.
Higher Freight Rate
On Frnjt Protested
Washington, June 12. L N. S.) The
California Fruitgrowers exchange has
filed a complaint with the Interstate
Commerce commission against practl
cally all the great railroads of the coun
try, alleging a combination of commo
dity rates by which the tariff on fruit
shipments has been Increased from 300
to 2800 per cent. A readjustment of
rates is asked.
. A street sprinkler that distribute!
water to form advertisements on smooth)
pavements has been invented by a Jap
anese... Duplex Oatmeal
12 colors to choose from of
this splendid paper, which is
30 inches wide and worth $1
a bolt. Special
60c Bolt
Tapestry Papers
in two lots at
$1 and SI. 50
Double Roll
Beautiful patterns and color
ings for the living room, din
ing room and hall. Splendid
values; r Other papers as low
as 15c, 20c and 25c double
roll and upwards.