The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, September 21, 1922, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextH BANSHMENT GOOSE'S RETURN PLEA OF PETITION U i .- Am exile from home, by order ot the ''Tit3f council. PeaoefBl Bob," pet an dey- - Mn. K. M. Bothwefl," No. . 2 East Everett street, has found & inul . titude of friends to fcle4 hie cause. J Today a voruminoua petition, carrying C vhe naroes of hundred of Portland citisena. was filed with pity Auditor Kubk, praying- that 'the city council , allow "Bob to return to a to homo, . r The peUtion glve the life history A or too aenoer, meiiuni ms long list ? of awards at fairs and expositions. $ and the avers that .the fowl was cast - out of his heloved home Jty decree of the commissioners, but that '"Peaceful Bob'' "has violated no law or ordinance , and the petitioners ever pray that "your honorable body grant 'Peaceful 1 A uv lu .return w nm lutjr j that ho loves." j - "Aceordlns; to tradition and his tory." says the petitioners. 'It was a cackle, of a - goose that saved Home. Who knows what fate may befall our own Rose City with the casting out of r, reaesrui uorr , t COMflKT ASKS PEBMIT TO ' a -. CtUfSTKCCT TWO GARAGES r Applications have been filed asking 7 the city council to. Issue permits 'for erection and maintenance by the -John Halsey Jones company of two garages n for four Umber trucks each at a lo 4 cation on Hood street, between i Sweeney and Flower streets, and to I. - J. Helm for a garage to accommodate b seven automobiles at a location on j? Grand avenue north, between Webster and Alberts; streets. Hollte B. Hickey wants a permit to enlarge a garage jt so as to; aocommodate- four swtamobiles at a location on Vista avenu. between J Laurel and Myrtle streets. All Of these J will be referred to Commissioner Bar I bur for his Investigation and reeom w mendntion. PETITtOXR AHKI5G STREET T IMPROVEMENTS PILE UP r Notwithstanding the fact that peti- tlons for street improvements now on file in the office of the public works f ; buresu are far In excess of the nura 5 her, that can be taken care of next sea- ton, uader the limited appropriations j allowed for engineering and Inspection corps. Scarcely a meeting, of the city h council is held in whkh new petitions i are not fUed. - The council, at Wednesday's session will receive petitions for the improve ment of Bush street, from Milwankie to East 16th- street; Blandena street, .y Iron Ganfconpein to Vancouver aw- 1nu and Cardinell drive and other It adjacent streets as a district improve ment. ....... ? WOPERTT OWSEHS SOTIFIED THAT ASSESSMENTS ABE BFE Assessments Of four pieces of public 2 vork,, totaling $12,827.18. are bow due f, andt payable, and City Auditor Funk C ha given notification- to the property owners within these- districts that the ri assessments will be delinquent and hear Interest after September 35, and if net paid before .October V the city will take steps to sell the properties. V These assessments ar fop the. provement of East 17th street, from n Niamore 10 jrreEeou airoeus --4a.;io ; i improvement of K&st 59th avenue southeast, fronv 62d to Wth street i ii i i i i southeast. $8422.17 ; sewer in Buffalo street, connecting- with the sewer la Kerby street. . I24LS0 : f sewer in Jtast I2d street, from Wyrant street to Kil lings worth avenue, $3714.(5. w AUDITOR COXrLKfES FLASS - fOK lEWfs akHESSsKHTl City -Auditor Funk has completed the apportionment of assessments on three street improvements and one sewer, and gave notice: today that the rolls are now open for inspection. Any objections, to . the apportionment most b rued within 11 . days. These ase for the improvement of Third street, from WUham street to the north line of block 25, Fulton " Park. $7810.20 ; improvement of , Water street, from Arthur to Baker streets, 91130.60 ; im provement of East Sixth street, from Going to Webster streets, $38C(2 ; sewer in Kingston avenue, front t the south line . of Arlington Heights to Fairview boulevard, 832; . CITY COEXCII TO COKSIOER EW WORK JIEAf WEPXESOAT Property owners diietly interested have been notified by City Auditor Funk that the ' ity- council - next Wednesday will cjtusidci - the formal acceptance of seen cooipleted pieces or puoiie worn. - ima inciuae : - Improvement of Kat Seventh street, from Coir.e to Wysruit streets. Kahn & Rebraan, con tracto. e s improvement of Seneca street, frori the .tortherly line of Uak Park additluo to Fessendeq 8 tree t, Hatin IWv.Ttuu, contractors i imDrovement of " 'ihird street. from block 25, Fultoa Park to Wlthain street, Simonson 4b Johnson, contracr tors; improvement Pt Wygaht street, from Delaware av?nu to Gay street. Haku A Rebman. cciHractors ; improve ment of utle Terrace. . from ft zs street to The Aiawcua, u. u. tunaies, contractor; district improvement of portion of 63d etveet southeast and 60th avenue southeast, Charles boio? roon. contractor ; district improvement of portions of Emerson and Kast Klghth streets, dv je by the municipal paving pian i. : PROPERTY OWSEIS EXERCISED t OYER SHORTAGE OF CEMESY Property owners Interested In rapid advancement of public work before the rainy season sets in, have been making inauiries at the city hall regarding the delay in certain lines of work the cause oi uie aiiegea sroruge oj cement, bu im plies. This brings' forth the Informa tion that there is a general shortage of cement, according to reports from supply concerns and contractors. Because of strike : conditions, it is said, shipraents from Southern Cali fornia points have been held up. The plant at Oswego supplies the municipal paving plan and various local con tractors, but it is said It has been un able to supply the extra demand made upon it since outside shipments have beeo delayed. At the request of the public works department, however, it has apportioned to various contractors with open jobs as much cement as could te sparea rrom us reguisr customers. The work of relaying the P. R. L. A P. tracks on Hawthorne avenue, from Grand avenue to Blast IStti streets, is indefinitely delayed because of inabil ity to get the cement required. YAKCOTJYER MCEJTSES Vancouver. Wash., Sept. SI. The following marriage licenses' were is sued her Wednesday: Levi Huhta, 44, JdcCall, Idaho, ' and Alma Nieml, 37, Astoria. Or. ; Jeter A. Frye, legal, Fort Angeles, and Agnes G. Seal, legal, ibungeness, Wjish. : Clapd D. Courtney, 2t and Mattie McKee. legal, Amboy, Wash.; Alfred J. Scherdt, 24, and Velma Chambers. 14, Portland ; Clar ence H. Bostwiek, 21, and Fay Con ner. 1 Portland. ORCHARD BJRI GS I1M . Wenatebee. Wash., Sept. 21. Gray's agency of Wenatche reports the ale of a ftv-aore full bearing orchard on Pine Flats near Entlat to W. O. Fat lerson of Wen a tehee for $10,000. The salo includes this year's crop. The former owner -was Clair "Simpson. GRAND JURY IS TO TAKE UP PETITIONS (Csstiassd Pace ei tutted by the presiding Judge here te try the two ease. ; IHirSng the hearing of the Iccetns tx suit, JSa wita eases were examined ia the eireult court, here. Virtually every witness gave testimony regarding rep rehensible conduct a the part of the circulators. , . i " X - On the petition filed with the secre tary of state were 14.HS signatures. This Included HCJ name In excess of the number required by law, Of this number, I37 signature were certified to by notaries who declared they knew of their own neraen&i knowledge the signer were legal voters, ecerdtng to the opinion handed down by the two judge. . ' These notaries were Otto Kewwian, Paul Turner. -W. N. Carter. Charles LoraM. George Bylander, Caroline Newman and: Ll- Carter, - , PID HOT IKOW.TREK " In the opinion of the court It was pointed out that Newman claimed he knew personally the lit) signers, their places of residence and voting quali fication, when as a matter of fact examination en the stand revealed that he did net actually know two out of every hundred persons whose names were on tu petition.: Turner is said to have admitted he knew "half a dosen of the persona whose names were en petitions. He obtained 906 signature. W. N. Carter said he knew few If any of the 44 persons who signed - his petitions. Lorati obtained 509 signatures and admitted ia court that he knew pone of them personally, Bylander knew four or five out of 110 signatures. Mrs. Herman knew two or three out of 249 and B. -Xi. Carter knew a very limited number out of 126. SOME BEST SIB.ATXEES According te thi decision the fol lowing forgeries wets found in the pe titions: Newman, fcv. ; Carter, 13; Tur. ner. 16; Mrs. 'Herman, 4 ; Bylander, 5 ; Lorain 8; Mrs. Carter. 2; Lewis, 6, Witnesses on' the stand stated that tke signatures attributed to them and sim ilar to their names weitt not signed fej them to the petitlor.a. The testimony developed that 65 alien, 15 minors and six other per eons net voters naj signed the petU .tions. Fourteen po.-ou stated en the stand they had iniotmed the clreulafe ors before signing that they were not legal voters. Thr signers lived owe of Multnomah enuiits- Twenty-two name appeared oi .he petitions more than once. It wai tour.d tht lil ad dresses given do n-t exist at all and 52 'wrong addresses were placed on tbs petitions. FA18EEY EErBESE5TE0 False representation as to the pur pos of the petition were mad to 111 person who testified at the hearing. Various explanations of the petitions were given by the circulators, accord ing w Misw wmrewes vol Euua uiai in some cases tlysy were told the bill would reduce the price of fish, lower streetcar fare, ciit telephone rates, re duce gas rates, promote the 1925 fair, reduce taxes and cut the federal in come tax. ' C. E!. Spenee, Grange master, was ex onerated from any blame in the fraud, which is attributed entirely to the pet ition circulators, according to the findings-of the (wo judges, 50 APPEAL W'BB'iTAKElT BECISIOHS OH PETITIOITS Salem. Sept. 21. No appeal will be taken jfrct-mthe- decrees of Judges Kelly and Bingham in the injunction suit against the interest rat amend ment, the fishing k;ll and the grange income tax measure for the present at least, and speculation here i to the effect that the decree of the eireult court knocking the - three taitiativ bill off the November ballot wm fee permitted to stand as ?1pV ; J- "-' Secretary of etate ICozer slated this snernlng that ho still Had the matter ef appeal under advisement. Inasmuch as the secretary of state has been made the "goat In these three suits involving fraud and ' ir regular certifications- on the part of group f notaries public , in Port land, it Is argued here, that it Is not within hi province to carry a fight not ef ; his owq choosing up to the higher, court; " - Sspeeially, ' it is jointed oiit here. would there be no object in appealing from the decree in -the case of the Income tax; measure nd the "fishing pill, in both of wlueh eases testimony nmwiwiiiHMiimiiiiiiwttff lumHiNutUMlljlHlwiliiiliwitHum iiHiimumiaiiiifnismHtimlininiHiii nwn Nil mt t iim sminnonm! t nm t r wm n i J - tlMI II .......... ? ?A " y Customers X,, ! 4 ' t' - I. - If f - i k ITK'e Husiness xnan should real ize' that He' is seDaxatcd f rom hia customers old and neyt minutes, not miles , In these days of strenuous com petition the successful merchant must make the Kest use of his re sources and there is none more, important than his long distance telephone service. . c In the transactioit of business the use of the long distance tele-, phone -yrill mean the: prompt .answer, the personal touch and on economy of time.- Every Bell telephone is a Cong Ristance station; . ; . V-i- ousgon SSSSBeSBB DAILY JQUUNAX PQHTIeAND, OKKGO 'THURSDAY. SrETE:iBER 1S22. elusively the resort to fraud in filling circumvent til inUnt of the initiative out the ' initiative petition. ; ;In . the case of the interest rate amipdinent In which the fat ef the measure rest upon .points of law rathen than upon the acta of the circulatorsj an appeal might, result ija changing Jth verdict of the lower eourt. it i argued. Etau capitol circles is content to re gard the fate of the three measure .as already decided by the adverse decree of the circuit court. Chief interest in the cases here now ," centers in such etioa as may be taken against the notaries public who have been held, ir, the finding of fact presented by the eireult eourt. to have resorted to fraud, deceit and untruth In the circulation of the initiative- petition and to secur ing the requisite number of signatures for the three measures involved. - The next move. 4t Im pointed-out here, should come from the district at torney for -Multnomah county in the form ef a -grand .Jury investigation into the alleged frauds said to have before the lower court shewed eon been : resorted to in an attempt to ' Shou14.no step b taken to ptwla the real offenders in these eases, it is aegued, this Indifference will only serve to encourage repetition of the fraud alleged to have been perpetrated in the present Instance by person oos in terest in th . initiative, aeems to be limited to the collection of compensa tion for the circulation of petitions in cident to the plaeing of measure on the election ballot. -. -.v SKAGGS nrSPECTS STOBES i Jt B. . Skaggs. general manager of. Skaggs United Stores, returned "Wed nesday from a trip to PocateUo, where he attended a three-day convention of the manaxers of Skaggs store east of the Cascade mountain. Some 40 branch store managers were In attend ance. Commenting on the general situation : in th town ast ; of , th mountains. Skags id condition ar decidedly better and improvlmr all th time. 1 WE TELL IT WITH VALUES portland women .:; who at one time never dreamed of "Sweet Sixteen" styles, now wonder how they ever got along without these wonderful v 11? f2 GARMENTS ' The richness of quality, grace of line and the splendid quality of simplicity mark their distinction as America's supreme values at The woman, who t this time might be influenced to buy garments featured as "on sale" at so-called reductions, is on the way to disappointment. No amount of money so "saved can compensate for the deficiency in style sold under these circum' stances. Our estimate of the de tire of Portland women is that they must hare style, first, last and all the time. That's why we pply it in all its fresh ness every day. -3SM Higher Grades "Sweet Sixteen" gmf rhents sre not for Misses only; nor sold t $16 only. The "Sweet Sbcteen. style is ap plied to eVefyggrment we sell-. The 'youthful lines characterise all; and the very finest of them, though ' sold at from $25 to $375, are not expensive, for they are priced the "Sweet Sixteen" way. .It ..'III llJWIUlJj htf rissasswil liiliiiiuHilli;; s 145-147 Broadway The Pacific Telephone And Telegraph Company Bring home a Box of UU Shoe Hjlish!" MVS n i W1W 1 , J .... tell,- J v .. r it 4-. . - ' a si -is r r ... m ,i a i a 9 xt n t:. v. '-f ' ' ihs qpa and ' you cf more. ( ;Efb,15 mat Liquids and Paste ict VHts, niacin Tan Crown r. p. r urrr cc- nA?rsr i- White Salmon ; Bears Grow Bold i WKit v Bslmao. WssK, . Sspt. IX.-, Besxs of ths White- Salmon '.district refuss to b eutdoa la boldness. One of ths bruins, a cQod-!se4 blade esjr. apsesrsd st tj oer of Um Northwsst- nscrrte connpspy s power houss en th Whits SalmoR river, Esturdsy, but ambled off whn th door waa epened. EIB1 W.CILE ; FinsI iwvlcas wtr . 14 " Tuesday for Exrs. W. Gile, -bo died Saturday St AO, 375 East 10th strer. his mxu dsnce. 'H cawo to Portland four years during recent years. at frora f 'WJsconsin his" birth p!ae Survtvjuff .f the wife. p; '3. Gils; Bendf, Is, brother: Mr& HatUe Palmer, Medferd, and Mrs. a rah Chapman, Fossil.-sis trs; -Sirs. v Katie Garlins hous and Mrs, X D. Turnerv Port landj daughters f Joseph Gils, Klamath Paila and KrmiU p. .Gila, Bend. sons, 'i im.uf . r--"- S BX3T Pi SMITH Tlislfunaral ol 5n F, Smith, rho erossed! the plains with his parents in liaii when be -as 13 years eld, was held Tuesday from the residence of his sister. -Mra B.'-'A.-" Whipple.1 No. 1507 s Kast Hth street, Tvesday ; after noon. .. Mr. Smith was native of Illinois. . Five children survive him, all of Portland." He was a contractor here WATCH WRIGHTS WINDPWS, HEADQUARTERS FOR cm MM Misaa and Children', Patent Flappers, Brown N uxrords and Black and Brown High Shoes Lew heels and flexible sewrs seles. Kight skert lines te be sols eatea. Costs early. Lew est priees la tews. All slsss la the let, bat set all slsei la esea style I V4 te IU to C. Leies low Heels, sices I to Girl' School SHOES iCM. virrow, ). 1 'i" est or wise tees 1 -V ! Blaeh or t Jirewa CaUsala 1 L , frhoes fVi I ev 7 HH to s I ! S-2.4S Boys': Army SHOES ... 4 f j4& 1 St roar brown eaif akla, heavy ? sable .soles till 11 to tH -.82.48 Stses 1 to 1 ; at S2.T9 Stses rvfrto - eva 9.98 Bf en V sixes, 6 g? Ijrg i Patent Flapper Pumps, $2.98 $aar With Wide Strap and Low Heels Black nad browa kid ealf xforl and pamps with Cban. French or -lew heels. Wet all sties in each style, hat all tlsrs la tke leu i:atr ipeelaU $2.98 Boys' All-Leather Shoes SralSll'-UlSVi!? ?V!r' BI ealfskla Tr.i Short aad srowa or black. soli 4 Seent (koe ror overy lay wear. - Hen's i 4 , .. ... ! i 12. s s-ra is, v 1 es.isi nTot,ai.HNi Xiittie beys' sixes p to UVi lt only $1.48 fa 1 Young Men's: Shoes and Oxfords aiaw. s $2,85 VALUES TO HM Black, browa, tan aid soraay ia any last, the new ones as well as tke nore eoaserva five lasts. Work shoes In vsala and chrome,' sis tie or 00a ote soies. EXTRA SPECIAL 5 FELT SLIPPERS LAPira' MISSES' CHILD'! With backskJa or hard leather soles. All col. ors, all sixes In the lot. Children's leather moo easfas, sixes 11 to l. K Suction brewa or trinualai-a, : Formerly priced at sxaaN boys' sixes 8 to ltt. tse. 11 to X, XJt. SV to . IUI. tfea's. 1.48. ' ; Or bI'k f V Former: V IU8- Shoes Wf 49c Ckildrea's abbera. sixes I to lHii, pair Misses Robbers, in aizes 11 to 2. pair, .v.' Ladies' Rubbers, low or high heels, in all alaea, (Qf the pair vmv.W Ladies, Toe Rubbers , - Youths' heavy aole Rubbers, aixes 2Yi UYii ' OQrt the pair .". .... . O , Men's Rubbers, QQ sizes 6 to 8, the pair. . tOv PIS Hlfh Cats eo me with hackles or plain. - Lit tle boys' lies ap to -MVb at :$2.98 1 ta S. f S.I8 U Inn) ' tVm to iYz.' at ....! Men's .t.i JtEMKMBER BETlVEEy TTAS1T IJJTOS A.I ALDKB OV 4TK orrosiix ciKctK tueatiih l!3l Fcurtli t.c: