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1G THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. OREGON i FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1921. PROPERTY OWNERS ON TO DEVELOP WATER FRONTAGE ; More than 200 property owners assembled in the council chajnbor at the city hall Thursday afternoon at the call ot Commissioner Barbur, to consider steps toward the permanent Improvement of. the waterfront dis trict, from Glisan street to Jefferson and from the bulkhead lines back, to .Fourth street. The result was the formation of a temporary organiza tion and the empowering of the Chairman to appoint a committee of 15 to make a thorough investigation and report its recommendations."' ' Graham Glass was made temporary chairman and ; Paul .Wesainger tempo rary secretary. On motion of Leo Friede, the chairman was authorized to appoint the committee within two weeks, and . th next meeting is to be at the call of 'this committee. FLANS ABE EXPLAINED "I shall ue my very best judgment in selecting this committee." ttaJd Chair man Ulaas," and I will try to see that all sections are directly represented. ' ' The Laureaard plans for the uroDoned improvement were displayed at this meeting, and City Engineer Laurgaard was called in to explain their provisions "r-the centralizing of suburban transpor tation terminals in this district, removal of lines-of street cars from Fourth street , to Front street, erection of warehousing, central passenger station : and public market spaces. - Commissioner. Bacbur. In his prelimin ary address, reviewed the history of the district, showing how It had receeded from the position of being the very cen ter of business activities in Portland to a secondary position," and the consequent depreciation in values. He declared that there is a well-organized movement to draw the business fco'rthWard to ' the Peninsula district and North Portland and urged that property owners of the down town waterfront district must be stir themselves - and provide adequate modem facilities for modern business or their properties would continue to de preciate in value. PRIVATE ACTIOJT URGED "The Laargaard plan." said Barbur. "contemplated the city taking over. these .properties, under a bond issue, and carrying on the proposed development, but I feel certain such a measure would . not be approved by the voters of Port land, and that the project either that . of Laurgaard or some other on similar . lines must be carried through by pri vate enterprise If this property. !s to be siamnzea in value and usefulness. This is the age of cooperation. NO one individual can. carry through this , great enterprise, but an organization of tne property owners can do it. By pool ing your interests, you will be able to finance the project and put it Into exe-i cution. The city would be glad to lease a portion of the lands for a public mar ket. ... . . t MARKET IS SUCCESS - "The public market has proved Its usefulness and I feel certain that it will remain a permanent institution in Port-, land., The railroads have indicated their willingness to make use of the proposed terminal and to move their tracks to Front street. Business concerns are ready to make leases If the proper facilities are provided. "We cannot afford to say 20 years from now as we look at this district: There's where Portland was that's old Portland.' We can modernize this dis trict and make It a humming center of business. It can be done and" you can ". bring back to the district what justly belongs to it but It must be a com munity upbuilding of that particular dis trict and there must be the closest cooperation.1 their opinions of the modern dress and make-up of the girls. Kach of the boys wrote caustic comments about the girls thort-skirts, hair over; ears, powdered and painted faces and the like. These answers were read to the girls by Miss Cottrell Wednesday -afternoon, with the result that about 50 of the fair ones, in order to rebuke their masculine critics, came ito school Thursday dressed their plainest, both as to odd and old-fashioned clothing and facial make up, hair brushed back from their ears, no powder, paint or lip rouge, long tJcirts. very long ones. 'Not to be outdone, the boys, who. had been tipped off Wednesday to what the girls' plans were to be,; also appeared at school Thursday in the plainest ana oddest clothing they could find, wearing old fashioned collars and ranch or hunt ing boots in fact some f them were so ridiculously garbed that they were sent home by the superintendent and prin cipal, i -: . f ' y;:.''' It is not known where this "back-to-ijormalcy" feud will end, but it has con vulsed Medford with laughter. Back to Normalcy In Dress of Girls Result of Essay Medford, Or., March 25. There were funny doings in the Medford high school Thursday. Recently Miss Margaret Cot trell of the faculty, who was in charge ot the T. W. C A. activities among the girl students, asked the boys to write Citizen of Baker in Honduras, Finds Bobbers at Large Baker, Or.. March 25. Jerry Fleet wood of Baker has learned that thieves are at large In Honduras, where he is loqking after mining interests. In a let ter to his brother, George Fleetwood, he Bald that while making a transfer across a river he was robbed of $700 in trav elers' checks and what money he had on hia person. A. half breed had tried to cash two of the; checks, he said. An other American advanced him enough to get to; the end of his journey, Belize, the capital of Honduras. Burglars broke Into the office of the Tri-State Terminal company Saturday night or Sunday night, getting only $1 left in the money drawer, but missing $15 In one of the desks. They failed to open the safe, i . ' A settlement has been made of labor claims against the Buffalo Development company. Attachments were' filed against the company last fall and the property sold under execution' in Janu ary. The property was purchased by the Beaver Gold ; Mining company. The men received 84 per cent of the amount of their claims. , . Board of Health Will Make Charge For Babied Vaccine Rabies vaclne will no longer be free, the state board of health has decided. This action has been taken- because of the refusal of the hygienic board to fur nish the vaccine and the Inability of the state board to buy it from commercial sources, f ? Counties sending for vaccine will be required to pay for it, which charge will be passed on to the patient, unless he is Indigent.'.' -'' ' " " Work is being outlined with the bureau of nurses whereby the nurses will be util ized by the state board -to a certain ex tent in the inspection of hospitals, hotels .and restaurants in localities where they may be sent out on other duties. , Plans are being made, as a measure of economy, to consolidate the laboratories of the state and city officers, the "Uni versity of Oregon Medical school and the food and dairy. comraisioner. New Institution Is Urged for Children With Social Disease With the exception of the XouIse home, which is already full, no. institution in Portland is prepared to treat Juvenile cases of social disease, declared State Health Officer Strieker Thursday. He said the only solution Is the creation of a state, city or county Institution, which might be run in connection .with the Ce dars, where patients could be taken care of separately. Strieker was discussing a conference held earlier . in ' the week with public welfare organization repre sentatives, recently appointed by Judge Jacob Kanzler. j,' .. -,r: .. .... i Pr Strieker's report to the conference committee was based upon investigation of all the institutions in the city, none of which he .found prepared to take care of active cases. Dr. Strieker believes it is a matter for the government to consider, and not for charitable or semi-charitable Institutions, lie recommended that a full time physician be employed to treat these cases. . - .- ; '-,- I . ' The state board of health has taken action that the Cedars shall be super vised by the board through its health of ficer, and that treatments shall be stand ardized. - : Campaign Started i : To Keep Woodcraft; Office in Portland An active campaign and movement Is on foot, according to Mrs. C. C Van Orsdall, who has Just returned from a visit to the California Home of i the Neighbors of Woodcraft, to remove the general headquarters of the organization from Portland to Riverside, Cal. "As an Oregonlan and a resident of Portland," states Mrs. Van Orsdall, "I am not in favor of the move, but there Is some sound sense in: the arguments advanced for such a plan. - ; . ; ;. "The location of the organization head quarters here in 1905 has brought a very valuable business asset to Portland, ac cording to a report made of its business activities. The banking business alone brings to the city annually close to a million dollars. In the safety deposit boxes of the organization over $3,000,000 worth of municipal securities are stored. - "I have been warning the membership of the order- for several months of this situation," she said, "but have had no intention or wish to make this a publio matter. I would appreciate all the moral and friendly support of the public of Portland in my efforts to hold the head quarters here." Million Available -For Construction . At Power Company , ' . : - - S , .. Salem, Or., March , 25. Approximately $1,000,000 Is available for new construc tion work and improvements ; on the property of the California-Oregon Power company in Southern Oregon, according to word received by the public service commission from W. M. Bhepard, gen eral manager of the company. Con structive work Is in progress on the company s property in the vicinity: of Klamath Falls, several hundred men being employed. . . The public service commission has Speaks In f Behalf of Bill The Dalles, March 25. Dr. Owens- Adalr, who is touring Eastern Oregon in support of her measure providing for the sterilization of physical and mental deficients before they are granted mar riage licenses, up for referendum before the people, spoke; in The Dalles under the auspices of the W. C. T. U. Thursday. Alleged" Fugitive Taken The Dalles. March 25. Glenn Brown. alias D. E. Stogsdell, was arrested here late Wednesday by Sheriff Levi Chris man on a fugitive warrant from North Port. Neb., where he is wanted on a charge of embezzlement and arson, ac cording to Chrisman. He has agreed to waive extradition.; - Wife of ex-Pastor Dies Ridge field, Wash., March 25. Mrs. Vern A. Spicker.' formerly of Ridge- Ileld, died Monday in Seattle, following an operation. She IS the wife of Rev. Vern A. SDicker.1 Castor here several years ago of the Methodist - Episcopal church, and Is survived by her hus band and one son. - , FLORIST Large assortment of flowers in season for all occasions See our ' large display of Lilies, Hyacinths and Tulips EAST SIDE OF CENTRAL PUBLIC - MARKET , 5TH AND YAMHILL -the name of good Coffee since 1&50 11 1 MgiiiFS ! ! V hoMj FOLGER'S v 1 , they ied GOLDEN GATE UNB . L I F0lgCI5CDffCL'l : COFFEE. TEA S $owCIyoor . AND t . f ' BAKING POWDER J been petitioned by residents of. Butte Fails, in Jackson . county, to grant s to Jed Edsall the right to operate a car over the, tracks of the - Pacific & East ern railroad between Medford and Butte Falls for. the purpose of carrying pas sengers, mail and freight. f Governor Olcott has been ' 1 nvl ted to address the annual reunion of the old time students of Umpqua academy, near Oakland. Or., on June 4. Among Ore gon's prominent men who attended this one-time prominent institution of higher learning were Congressman Hawley and Supreme Justices Benson and Brown. $2543.14 Verdict Is Returned by Jury In Bartlett Case V Medford. March 25. In circuit court at Jacksonville Thursday the jury in the suit brought by F. C. Bramwelt, state superintendent of banks, against J. E. Bartlett. former .Medford electrical supplies dealer, to recover for an over draft 'and promissory note . totaling $3803.35 on the . bank; of Jacksonville, brought in a verdict for $2043.14. The suit by Superintendent Bramwell against Chester Kubli, "Applegate stock man, to recover on $30,000 overdrafts and the like, was then placed 'on trial. The Indictments against both Kubli and Bartlett charging them with aiding to defraud a bank had been dismissed earlier in the week on motion of the state. ' Pastor Dies From ' ! Erysipelas Attack McMinnvlUe. March 25. The Rev. K. M. Smith, pastor ot the Methodist church, died Thursday from erysipelas, which de veloped from picking of a facial pimple. Wage, Honrs Increased Salem, Or March 25. Under a read justment of working hours put into ef fect at the plant of the Spalding Ixgglng company in this city this week employes will hereafter receive $3 a day for eight hours' work. For some time1 the plant has been operating on a six hour shift with a wage of. $2..60 for the short day. SPATH'S MARKET :: MAIN 804 I NOW OPERATING ! AT THE OLD EOC ATIOIT OF ' Bay City Market 8. W. COB. 4TH AJfD TAMHILL ALL GOODS STRICTLY HIGHEST ' GRADE Portland-Seaside Bus Is Overturned; ' No One Is Injured Westport, Or., March 25. The Port land-Seaside bus 'overturned - Thursday, leaving the pavement near the cement bridge- a short distance from Westport. The driver, who was alone in the car. was - unhurt. The accident was blamed ta defective steering gear.; , a proposed $80,000 cooperative apartment house. McFarland, : it is said, claimed he had a loan of $48,000 and desired to sell $10,000 worth of preferred stock to two other incorporators. . Neimeyer .was to be his agent. ... Army Record Falls to IClevt Newport,' Or., March 25. Iefpite the service record of J. II. Price, overseas veteran, the Newport city council elected C. J. Kmery night marshal by - secret ballot; the vote being, 4 to 3. Price is a member of Company 3, Ooast artillery. Kmery announced a campaign against ntght bootlegging. 1 To his reeallers It Is Governor Hart less of WaHhinglon. Five Japanese were arrested here by government officials, charged with pos sessing sake. - j -. 4' . Sale of Stock in i Apartment House, Leads' to Arrest Salem. March 25. A certificate issued to C. V. Neimeyer, local seal estate dealer; which was supposed to entitle him to stock In the "Calumet' apart ments in MU Vernon, Wash., led to the arrest here Thursday of R. - D. ' Mc Farland, promoter. charged with obtaining money under false pretences. Authorities state that there is no such apartment house in ML Vernon. Neimeyer, the prosecutor, slates that McFarland came, here several days ago and attempted to interest local men In i i a85fTA mm ! Sh.' I t I Don't Forget Candy for Easter Easter gladness! and our delicious candies go together.: And as a little remembrance, nothing could be more acceptable than a box of Huyler's or . some of the popular Western varieties. NEVER CLOSED WIOWl?HAIMTaM Jimmy Dunn 's Cat Says: Dress Up for EASTER Beautiful, snappy fabrics for young men, i More conservative patterns for older men.; JIMMY DUNN Use My Stairway 'and Save Money ' BROADWAY AT ALDER Catty-Corner From Pantages i 'P ' yT i lllll! ' A boy's good pals should fm. include OLYMP I C -0L .. Rolled. Oats., Titf- jlyllPllf Efficient in food value tslw ? : I:""' l'vl' ' !j:f ''i'S' I' iSv economical in cost. "i Nr 1L f V- . Scientifically milted and sanitarily 1 I ' VL J v. packed the OLYMPIC Lin ; ' " rss favorite cereal, toa With coffee roasting, - as with everythingclse the'owinghow" comes through long experience. ' Folgcr's "knowing how" comes through seventy years of care. ; Fojger standards have always been high. Dependable quality has always been maintained. But Folgcr's' Gol den Gate Coffee has by tar the most tempting flavor and richest Equality which these seventy years experi ence in sclccting.blcndlng and roast ing has produced. It is Different in taste from other cof fee and better." , Ask your grocer for it. J. A. FOLGER & CO. Sn Frnasn - Seattit - Kmhsms City . Dlut vbameka, Japan O. AG. Students' SPECIAL TRAIN to Cor vail is via OREGON ELECTRIC RY. i SUNDAY, MARCH 27 Leave North Bank Station 4:35 P. M. i Leave Jefferson St. Station 4:50 P.M. .! Arrive Corvallis. ... 7:40 P. M. ' This train will run through directly to Corvallis, ac . cepting passengers for that point only. Regular Daily Trains to Corvallis rave North Bank Station 6:30 A. M., 8:30 A. M., 10:45 A. M- Z:05 P. M., 4 :45 P. M. . . Leave Jefferson Street Station 1:45 A M., 8:45 A. Ml, 11:00 A. M.. 2:20 P. M.. 6:00 P. M. - . ' - ' Arrive Corvallis :65 A. M., 11:35 A. M., 2:20 P. it; S; P. It. 1:03 P. M. - , - . - , . Tickets on sale at Third and Washington Sla.. North Bank Station, Tentli and Stark Sta Seward Hotel, Jefferson St.. SUtion. . J Details will be furnished by agents. OREGON felEaiUC RY. on't let inferior oil hold up ur true Profits today depend upon rigid economy TVTHETIIER you use a little one-tonner on f --. fV pneumatics or a fleet of 5-ton giants, erery :": track must pay its way today. Layups for re pairs wipe out months of profits. , Scientific checlung shows that 90 of all truck : . engine troubles are due to faulty lubrication, ' ' - Ordinary oil forms black sediment when' sub . . jected to the intense heat of the engine---200 to 1000 F. Cylinders are scored, bearings loosen, over-heating becomes common. ... Keep expense like this off your books., Sedi- - ment is reduced 86 when you use Veedol, the lubricant that resists heat. (See the two bottles - ' ' below.) I "With Veedol. in the crankcase most' serious troubles are prevented. Engines pull better, throttle down lower.. ' ' Have your men flush "but their engines. In struct them to fill up with Veedol. Leading , s dealers have Veedol in stock. Consult them for quotations... Veedol lubricants for every part of - the chassis . Use Veedol lubricants for all parts of the car: "VEEDOL for too engine (light ero, medium, hearr, special heavy, extra heavy); for the differential and transmission, VEEDOL TRANS-GEAR OIL or GEAR COMPOUND; for the tractor and track, WORM DRIVE OIL; GRAPHITE GREASE; CUP, GREASE. TIDE WATER Olt, " Sales Corporation ' 11 Broadway, New York Cry ' - PACIFIC DIVISION OFFICE 1110 Claaa SpracJdem Bwildbag. Sn Fraackco, CaL . 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