The Oregon daily journal., January 11, 1921, Page 13, Image 13

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 11. 1921.
THE OREGON JDAILY JOURNAL PORTLAND, OREGON
LANDLORDS LAX III
OBEYING LAV ARE
TO BE PROSECUTED
Hotel, rooming house and .apart
merit house . prbprietors wh have
been dilatory' in complying with the
city's ordinances are facing both
criminal prosecution. an the proba
bility of being closed up, according
to H. K. Plumraer, , chief of the
building bureau, and Chief Sanitary
Inspector Lang. , . '
Reports of flagrant violations of the
city's ordinances governing thse 'places
are received Hit the city hall daily.- it
is charged, and' inspectors from- both the
building and health bureaus, are check
ins up with a view to immediate prose
cuuon. : ' . :
The building - bureau has a list of
more than 100 apartments,, rooming
house and hotel owfVora who have failed
to comply with the recently enacted or
- dinance compelling these places to en
Close all elevators and stairways to
avoid the spreading of flames in the
event of Tire." The law fixes the pun
inhxnent at ' maximum fine of $500 or
!' now sending final notices to each
building owner o far reported and will
Immediately start prosecution unless the
fire precautions are installed at once.
The proprietors are bringing additional
gne upon uimHeiTM in ignoring itie
Military law , which compels them to
keep their premises at a comfortably
warm temperature during the winter.
Chief Sanltary Inspector Lang stated.
The penalty for failing to provide the
prescribed heat is a minimum Tine of
$25 and in addition to the Tine the
health bureau may close these places.
Each day the condition continues con
stitute & separate offense In both the
sanitary and building ordinances, it was
stated. j ," v j. .-.
Funerals for Two -Eogue
River Valley
Pioneers Are Held
Ashland, Or,, Jan. 11. Funeral services
were held Monday in Ashland for Mrs.
Elisabtth N. Anderson, who can-e to the
Rogue river valley in 1853. She was the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W; C. Myer
and was married in 1156 to K. JK. Ander
son. They lived on their farm j near Tal
ent from their marriage until 1HU9, when
they moved to Ashland.
The Anderson family had a targe part
in the progress of Southern Oregon. Mr.
Anderson died in 1912. Mrs. Anderson is
survived by five children, all jof whom
live in Ashland, except Mrs. ! Dora E.
Wright of Seattle. 1
Another pioneer of Ashland died Fri
day, Mrs. Hattie AlnutC Two sons sur
vive. W. O. Mitchell of Ashland and J. M.
A'.nutt of Klamath Kails. Services were
held Sunday.
Fishermen Lost in'
Gale at River Mouth
Astoria. Jan.' 10. It is believed1 here
that Emll Berg, a fisherman residing
on Tenas Illihe'a island, was drowned
during the storm last Friday night,
while his brother, Carl Berg, narrowly
escaped from perishing from exposure.
Carl spent the night on the beach
searching for Ihelr boat and the -next
morning was picked op by a -fisherman
In js half frozen condition. Monday the
missing boat was found near the mouth
of Crooked creek, where It had been
driven by the gale.
Idaho Department
Store Employe Found
Shot Through Heart
Moscow, daho, Jan; 11. John Cum
merford. aged 85, for 16 years sn em
ploye of thg. Potlatch Mercantile com
pany department store at Potlatch, was
found shot through ' the heart in the
store at an early hour Monday morning.
Before daylight Cummerford : went to
the residence of the man in charge of
the drug department of; the store and
got his keys, saying he -wanted t6 get
some medicine for his little daughter,
who has the whooping cough. At 6:50,
when the janitor opened the : store, he
heard groans and found Cummerford
lying on the floor in a pool of bjood.
The janitor ran for Cummerford's
brother, but when the two men returned
to the store Cummerford was dead, - He
.had been shot with a 12-gauge shotgun
which was pressed against bis chest,
his clothing being powder burned. Rela
tives think Cummerford may have en
countered a burglar in the store. Cor
oner Grice has left for Potlatch to hold
an inquest at the request of relatives.
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Mrs. Woolworth'
Fortune 25 Million,
Tax Returns Show
J Br United Nw)
Mineolal. I., ian. 11.- Add Mrs. Jen
nie Woolworth to the select and abbrevi
ated list of; the world's richest women.
When- the transfer tax appraisal was
filed at the surrogate's office here Mon
day, Mrs. Woolworth was found to be
the possessor of $27,205,283.86, the net
value of the estate of the late- F. W.
Woolworth, five and ten cent store
magnate.
Woolworth. who-started his career on
the theory that if one collects enough
nickels and dimes hell, soon have a
million dollars, is found, since his death
last April, to have owned stocks In 11
different railroads; 1618,930 in stock In
two New Tork banks: real estate valued
at approximately $375,000 i $25,000,000 In
common and preferred stock' in his own
stores and other promotions, to saynoth
ing of thousands of dollars worth of
rare furnishings and $155,834.41 on de
posit In the bank, i .
Debts against the esfate amounted to
$3,586,000. ' ;
Mrs. Woolworth was' the sole heir
under the terms of the will.
Hermiston Council '
Raises Water Rate
Hermiston, Jan. 11. Thi city council
of Hermiston has passed an ordinance
raising the minimum rate: for users .of
city ',. water from $2 a month to $3.60
and entitling the consumer to 3000 gat
Ions of water, with an additional charge
of 25 cents for each 1000 gallons in
excess of the minimum. The receipts of
the city water system have not paid the
cost of maintenance under the old rate.
Burglars Complain
Milk Is Canned
Medford, Jan. 11. Burglars Sunday
night took $300 worth of goods from
trie W. C. "Lever and W. A. Conley
stores of Central Point, after eating
lunch in the Conley store and leaving
a note telling the proprietor hereafter
to have fresh cow's milk in the store
ice box Instead of the canned variety.
Another Canal Is
Needed to Connect
Oceans, Says Baker
Washington, I Jan. 11. ! a) Im
mediate steps for the construction of an
other Inter-oceanic canal s should be
taken. Secretary of War Baker says;.
The .new canal should parallel the
Panama canal or should follow the route
mapped out through Nicaragua, Secre
tary Baker aaid. ; !
The growth of commerce and the fact
that battleships are now being built 11!
feet wide, while the Panama canal is
but 115 feet wide, make it necessary to
consider the construction of a new canal,
the secretary said. Secretary Baker op
posed a proposal for making thes Pan
ama canal a sea level canal.
Water Assessment
Deeds Are Set Aside
Yakima, Wash., Jan. 11. Sixteen irri
gation assessment deeds. Issued to Ivan
Cunningrim by George Starr, treasurer
of Benton county, were set aside by
Judge Hareourt M. Taylor.- The suits
were the outcome of an assessment lev
ied in 1916 against the real estate of the
Horse Heayen Irrigation district, located
in Yakima county, and invcIVa title to
2180 acres.
Steel Bar Mill Resumes
Pittsburg. Jan. 11. L. N S.) The
bar mill of the West Pennsylvania Steel
company resumed Monday after being
closed since December. All other de
partments will be in full operation
within 10 days.
Spokane Employers
To Reduce Wages
Spokane, Wash., Jan. ll.-r-(I. N. S.)
Employers of union labor here contem
plate a 12,4 to 20 per cent wager reduc
tion, beginning March -1, according to
prediction of F. M. Chavea, secretary of
the Central Labor Council. Chavez re
ports that 4000 men are idle in Spokane
and 10.000 in the district.
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-rwide range of models, are on exhibition
at die show. Each has great power, due to
the Nash Perfected Valvfe-in-Head Motor,
and combines those pleasing qualities of
beauty, comfort, ecopomy and endurance
which have caused the name Nash to
stand the country over for particularly
sound and attractive motor car value.
One of these fine Nash cars, is certain to
meet squarely your individual preference.
Portland Prices on Nash Six with Cord Tires
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Nsh Six S-passenger Touring car, $1990; 2-pasenger roadster. $1990; 4-paenger sport mojel,
$2150; 7-pasenger touring car, $2180; 4-passenger coupe, $2995; 7-pasienger sedan, $3250
Portland Prices on Nash Four with Cord Tires
Naah Four 5-Faenger touring car, $1645
2-passenger roadster 3-passenger Coupe, 5-pasnger sedan '
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RUCK SHOW
Think for a moment of the meanin'r of the word "SHOVr."
Now you will more clearly understand wliat we mean when
we say that we are holding a REAL TRUCK SHOW all
this week. .
We re devoting a large part of our main show room to;
the display of all models of the Jumbo Motor. Truck. We
show the ton and a half with b6th pneumatic and solid
tires, electric lights and starter; a two and one-half ton.
with pneumatic, tires and electric lights; a three and a half
ton with steel dump body, and a three and one-half ton;
chassis, both with! electric lights. , I i
All models arc up to the minute in point of equipment,
having weather-proof steel cabs, electric lights, power take
off and power tire pumps on the pneumatic tired jobs. I ;
We can also SHOW YOU beyond the question of a doubt
that the Jumbo offers you in a moderately-priced truck an
unusual amount of truck value, from whatever standpoint
you measure value. v ' . ;
Wean show you dozens of photographs of Jumbo trucks,
in Northwesterii seryice and letters of. the owners will
show that Jumbos are giving supreme satisfaction in many
kinds of service. '
MAKE it A POINT TO SEE
THE JUMBO SHOW TODAY
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B. pThriifty is iriy name." . '
And sen sible, profitable saving is rhyr topic. . .
Twice a week I'm going to tals to you in Portland's Daily
Newspapers. v . -
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direct and brief, V v , ; 7 .' ' - '
Well do I remember the little girl's famous response to ,
the wordy oia gentleman wno asKea tne auuicncc wnat
he should talk about. : ' .(
"About two minutes," she chirped.
I've gone to work for the Ladd & Tilton Bank. They
know there are lots of people who would save more,
they knew how, '
Most people don't know how easy .it is to cultivate this
best of all habits :while the truth is that planned saving
is a real pleasure. - '.. : -
And my mission is to r teach sensible saving without
scrimping, v - :;:7
I'U tell you how to plan savings and the Ladd & . Tilton
Bank will show you how. , . i ' - t, ' i '
Tfiev will be filad to talk to you about this. . Come ini and
se them- this ween, ask lor jvir. rniuiDer.
You'll like their ways of; helping you make 1921 your
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