3 THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY 2IORNING, DECEMBER 17, 102: ACT FORBIDDING BARBERTOVORK i SUNDAY ATTACKED . . .. 1 ' j Otto Schwabe, Convicted Bar ! Jber, files Suit to Test Con- - stitutionality of State Law. . Otto Schwabe filed suit hi the cir cuit court Saturday aginst Frank Man ning, lerk of the district court tor Multnomah county. In wnlclx' he at tacks the validity of the law under which he was convicted of .T"barbertag on Sunday." - " f . Schwabe, through his attorney. W. P. Lord, sets forth that he was found guilty by District JUidge lUcfaard Delch on October 19 and was fined $10. : The complaint, charges tnat sections 2126, 2127 and 2128 of the act which makes barberlng on Sunday unlawful is un constitutional, as on November 7, 1916, the people of Oregon, by an initiative act. repealed section 2125 and that re pealing set set forth (hat all other acts In conflict with It were abrogated. ' It Is further claimed in the complaint that It was the express intention of the people of Oregon to permit the carry ins on of all lawful business, occupa tions or vocations on Sunday, and that in the event this was not the intention thV barberlng business was the only vocation or occupation prohibited on Sunday and therefore the act is dis criminatory class legislation and un constitutional. The plaintiff aska that the Judgment of the district court be set aside. -4AFAKTE8E YTOMAX SUES FOE . DIVORCE, - ASKISG f 15,M - An unusual filing that of a Japa nese woman suing for divorce was made, at the courthouse Saturday. Sumi Akamatsu sued Kejiro Akamatsu. .Charging cruelty. She seeks custody of two children and $15,000 permanent alimony.- She also asks for $1000 for ' attorney's fees. -. She states she was married March Si. 1895. at Okayama, Japan ; that she has- been required by her husband to work In the conducting of the Mikado hotel, No.- 262 Everett street, and ; that he has continuously scoidea ana humiliated her before the public and patrons of the hotel, refusing all the tune to provide her with the necessi- , ties of life. ! She further charges that when, their daughter attained her majority, Aka- - matsu chose a husband for her, but the daughter refused to accept the se lection and in this was upheld by her mother, and ever since, says the com plaint. Akamatsu has called his wife a beast and vile names and has been sullen and abusive. She says he beat ; her with a shoe when he claimed she ' did not pay sufficient attention to of- fleers of a Japanese ship in Portland harbor, who were guests at the hotel. ? It is set forth that Akamatsu is a partner in the Somekama company's Store at No. 65 Third street, as well as owner of the Mikado hotel and is able financially to provide for the alimony " asked. t CITT KiLL B KIBES A permit! has been applied for to the city council by A. S. Ellis to erect and maintain a two-story class 6 apart ment house on Lownsdale street, be tween Taylor and Yamhill streets. . Mrs. Mary A. Eggert is asking, the city council to grant her permission to - Operate a children's home in a resl " dential building on. Willard avenue, be tween Holland and Buffalo streets. f Petitions will go before the city coun i ril next Wednesday asking for the Improvement of East 41st street, be i "tween Division and East Grant streets, i. and for the improvement of East 63d t K street, from Sandy boulevard to Failing ; street. . T Mayor Baker will recommend to the fcity council next Wednesday that be 'eause of adverse reports of the city f attorney and chief of police there be J summoned to appear before, the coun cil to show cause why their licenses ' should not be revoked: O. Jacobson, (holder of a rooming house license for :6574 First street; J. Keso, holder of a v soft drink and restaurant license fot 'it Everett street; Sam Wafler, holder lot a hotel license at 265 Second "street, and Pichard & Spooner. holders 3 of a, hotel license for Fifth and Jeffer 1 son. streets. i . An ordinance will be before, the city . ; council at its next session granting per il mission to the Nicolal Door company to 3 erect a two-story 70 by 200 foot addi-itlon-to its factory building at 70 Cp- Ivrobia boulevard, and "exempting it from certain-provisions of the. building .. tiode. , . . - ""'The city purchasing agent will be authorised by the city council next 'Wednesday -to 'advertise for bids for furnishing to the bureau of construc- tion, public works department, four 'five-passenger touring cars. ... Resolutions of intention to construct -the following sewers will be passed by ,athe city council; at its next session : iThe Michigan arenue end Mississippi 'arenue sewer system, the East 10th Tand Madrona streets sewer system and 'a sewer in East 13th street, from 140 r feet north of the north line of Center Z street to an existing sewer in Bush l afreet. BID DEFIANCE TO THE SrORM-MOOERK HEATING- KEEPS YOU I WARM f 'r'4. : 'I I EN the winter's storm ! I breaks around, vour horn rou want to keep warm.- Maybe we can assist you in that re gard. As fitters we sorely know oar business. We charge modestly for out services Steam Vapor and Hot - , Water fitters Alaska Plumbing & Heating: Co. 363 East Morrison Street r. " East 2954." $1000 in Prizes : Offered to Citys1 Sweetest Singers 'A thousand dollars in cash prizes is available to Portland's sweetest sing era. !. ' - John Hamrick. owner of the Blue Mouse theater here and similar pleas ure places In Seattle and Tacoma, bas just posted $1004 in prise money for a singing contest designed to unearth the most popular singers. The "sing ers poularity contest" Is open only to bona fide vocalists, whose applications for participation will be acted upon by J a committee of three prominent vocal instructors. Thereafter the eingere' fate will be In the hands of the audi ence he or she sings to Hamrick announces a first prize of $500 : second $250, third $150 and fourth $100. patrons of the theater will re ceive a voting coupon with each .admis sion during tRe contest and the holder is entitled to as many votes as he bas tickets. In order to be eligible for the contest all applicants must register name and address at the theater. Entries may be made anytime between today and Jan uary 1 at the box office. - Drainage Experts Of Oregon Convene Here on Tuesday The eighth annual cession of the Oregon State Drainage association will convene in the green room of the Chamber of Commerce, Tuesday, and in addition to the delegates Which the meeting will attract from out-state points, authorities on drainage are ex pected to be present from a number of neighboring states. . Opening of the session win be at 9 o'clock. The address of welcome will be delivered by O. W. Mielke, presi dent of the Chamber of Commerce Re sponse will be made by Sam H. Brown, president of the association. The work of the development board will be out lined by W. D. B. Dodson and market features wilt be discussed by James Kyle, president of the Oregon Irriga tion congress. Director James T. Jardino of the Oregon experiment station will tell of "Tlfaln.ffa "NT firl a A flrvAnM anil TWf-v A. Cupper, state engineer, will speak on "The Law of Joint and Community Drains." progress reports will occupy the remainder of the morning. The resolutions committee will meet at noon. The afternoon session will begin at 1 :30 o'clock with addresses by W. G. Brown, drainage engineer ; J. O. Elrod, president of Multnomah drainage dis trict; S. B. Hall, Multnomah county agent; R. V. Steelquist, Arthur Mc- Philips. McMinnvlUe; M. J. Lee, Can- by; W. W. Johnson, soils department of the Oregc n experimental station ; Early Price, soils expert; W. E. Wil son, Mr. Gamble of Sidney, B. C. At 4 o clock the new aramage rum will be shown and at 6 o'clock the an nual banquet will be held in the Cham ber of Commerce dining room with H. E. Rogers, toastm aster. Man Loses Parole By Threat on Wife Of Man He Killed An accidental meeting, the recogni tion of a familiar face and now Fred C. Wilson, late of Montana, ie in the city jail charged with being a parole violator. Wilson was sentenced to the Mon tana state prison at Deer ,Iodge in 1918 for the second degree murder of Leonard Flagg in Butte. Three years later he was paroled because of "good conduct and ordered to report o.n the second day of each month. Late Saturday afternoon he was walking along Yamhill street in front of the auto stage terminal when he passed Mrs. G. Johnson, No. 60o East 26th street. Vancouver, Wash. Some conversation is said to have taken place and Mrs. Johnson, who is , the former wife of the man Wilson was con victed of slaying, reported to the po lice that he threatened to "get her." Wilson was Immediately placed under arrest. He is said to have admitted every thing to the police with the statement that he had John Nickols,' a foreman in the C. M. A St. Paul railroad shops in. Deer Lodge, send in his parole re ports. He was identified through the Bertilion system. Officials at the penitentiary at Deer Lodge were notified. 'Liquor Scandal' Of Midshipmen Is: Closed Incident Washington, Dec. ,16. (I. N. S.) Th 'liquor scandal" at Philadelphia on the night of November 25, following the Army-Navy football game, became a closed incident today when Secretary of th- Navy Denby made public the report of the board of officers which Investigated alleged drunkenness among midshipmen of the Naval academy. The board said Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, as head of the academy, was responsible for supervision of the midshipmen, but Secretary Denby de clared this was ' merely a reiteration of a well known military law. : The report shows . that- such super vision aa has been customary in past years, was given at the midshipmen's ball where the drunkenness was said to have occurred, but recommends that in the future officers of the Naval academy, '. instead of a committee -of students, have personal charge of such affairs. The board did not go into the ques tion of the alleged misconduct of cer tain midshipmen,. To-Auction Off 398 Cases of WHiskey fBy .Mntlnni Nm Serriea)' Cincinnati. O.. Dec, 16. Three .hun dred and ninety-eight cases of bonded whiskey are to be sold at public auc tion, in Cincinnati in the near future by order of Judge John Weld Peck, of the U.1S. district court. , Only per sons having . proper permits will be al lowed to bid. The whiakey was con fiscated After it had been sold to Louis Cohen, of New Tork City, for $28,000. Cohen having-- been convicted of at- ,w,T.tng to bribe a .federal prohibition officer. - " ! : . : ' . ASTI-IUMIG&ATIOX LEAGCH , The first mating of the American Anti-Immigration league was held at the Jefferson high school Saturday evening. Speakers for the . -evening were D. C Lewis,": X. D. M Rhone of Portland and JI. Benoit f Wisconsin. CHAMBER 0UT1 FINISH DRIVE FOR $300,000 TOTAL Development Fund Expected to Be Raised in Spite of Weath er and Other Conditions, ' Despite handicaps of cold weather, contemporary drives and Astoria re lief work, "the. Chamber f Commerce will continue its $300,000 state-wide development fund drive next week and continue canvassing unto the entire amount Js received, according to de cision made Saturday afternoon by members of the development fund executive committee. ' The committee met Saturday to de termine by what means the lines of the. drive might be bolstered up. Work ers reported that almost every prospect visited was in favor of -.the fund and was willing to subscribe his quota 100 per cent. , "We are determined to be successful lit this movement and are receiving en couragement on all sides," said O. W. Mielke, president of the chamber. "I dcubt if a more .popular project ever has been suggested in the community, and people, not only in Portland, but all over the state , are beginning . to realize what it means to Oregon. "There is no doubt of our getting the money . required. It may be necessary to give the workers more aid. Possibly reorganisation of some of . the depart ments may -be required. If so - that will be attended to promptly so as not to involve further delay." R. W. Price, chairman of the execu tive committee, has issued a call for another meeting of that body at 4 p. m., Monday, in room 612,. Oregon building. . s Tuesday noon, captains of the teams and their workers are 'expected to at tend a luncheon at the chamber. The largest subscription made Saturday was $6600 received from the Mult nomah, Benson, Imperial and Oregon hotels. University Courses On Religion Are to Be Of fered Students University of Oregon, Eugene, Dec 16. Two courses in religion Will be offered by the university council of religion at the beginning of the win ter term, according to Professor Albert R. Sweetser, chairman. The courses will be of university grade but op tional and no credit will be 'allowed. One is aimed to aid the student in organizing and systematizing , his own religious experience and will be taught by Rev. W. H. L. Marshall of the Congregational church of Eugene. The other will be a study of the Bible from a literary standpoint under Rev. Bruce Giffln, student pastor. The council of religion has rranged for J. Stitt Wilson, nationally known student of social and industrial prob lems, to appear before the first uni versity assembly of the new term and at campus meetings. " Gob, Failing to Find Girl, Gives Self Up Hoqulam, Wash., Dec 16. Because he could not find the girl with whom he is in love, William Meeker, said to have deserted from the U. S. 8. New Mexico at Bremerton last July, gave himself up to the police here yester day. Meeker, it is said, had an ex cellent record in the navy, having served five and a half years. In search for the girl, whom he said be had seen but a few times. Meeker said he has had to travel continuously to evade officers. ' Falling . to find the girl, he said there was no' longer any reason for extending his absence with out leave. West Kelso Street Will Be Widened Kelso, Wash., Dec 16. Property owners on Main street in West Kelso have virtually arranged to widen thai street by 20 feet, making it 80 feet in width. This street will be the prin cipal thoroughfare from the west end of the Kelso bridge to Longview and will connect with the boulemrd 100 feet in width, which will lead from Seventh and Main streets in West Kel so to the center of Longview. Daughter of Editor Heads Annual Staff St, Helens, Dec 16. Miss Marian Horton, president of the senior "class of the St. Helens high school, win take her : place beside her father as an editor as the result of the student body election, for Friday she was r chosen editor-in-chief of the annual to1 be put out by the school. She is the daughter of S. C Morton, editor of the St. Helens Mist. ;' Other members ef the staff chosen were r Oscar Mabsen assistant editor; Louise Henkey, literary editor ; Helen ' Dodd, society editor ; Blanche Perry,- dramatic editor ;v John Sepn. athletic editor, and Ora Hattan, busi ness manager. Budget for Polk County Approved :"rr rt ' , i -.;r Dallas, Dee. 1$. The annual budget of . Polk ' county was approved by the taxpayers of the county, with the ex ception of one item, the emergency fund being cut from J 10.000 t 2500. No provision had been made in the budget as prepared by the- committee for a county agent, -county fair or? county Ubraryva Aa -effort! wasrmade at the budget meeting to insert aa Item to care for th county agent. tut this was voted down. ' " CH1XDKEW REGISTER HIGH ' IJive public schools and one paro- caul Knooi lit rwuun i-cwemi per cent in the Children's Book week reading program in November, which means that every -child In the school above the second grade read some book from the list offered by the Portland Library association;- More than 23.200 children, turned in a report of having read . at least one book during- the week." The 100 per cent schools were Capitol Hill. Franklin primary, Fra ser Home, Fulton Park. Stephens, and St. Rose Catholic school. . . New : Star Fails to Appear s - it ; - ' wt Tfs s . '" - ae ' wt Necks Craned f , By Bob , Swayie ... .; ;:: That. new .first magnitude star, re ported by London as having been dis covered by a Roumanian- astronomer on December -4. has b far failed to cific coast 1 astronomers, . amateur or otherwise. Hundreds or necxs nave been craned heavenward since the tele- universe has : revealed - nothing un- usuai. -. - - . - - Tantalized '"by this 'futile- search, local star gazers sought the. assistance o the Lick observatory " at Mount Hamilton, CaL. but that astuteagency nam wflk ' tYtm mtoMfifft. "T.irlc observatory never, heard of the star you .asked about,, put wui. taae a look for it . PROBABLY IS3TT THERE 1 T.,.r.b wm -Wnrlriftiy unH f Vl rlirn- tiens that - the star was - in right ascension 282.-62 degrees north of the pole an otmoiu error. - ine ucrum Lick could not find the -supposed star warrants the belief that some man or men were seeing - stars that didnt exist in that particular spot of the blue depths of space. Later observation gives the star's position m ."right ascension 18 hours 48 minutes declination, plus 28 de- grees, vr w.. j southeast of Vega, a beautiful Ulue trhite body and the second brightest of all stars. Thia latter position may also t be erroneous, as such technical description sometimes gets tangled in transmission. - Vega,' of the constellation Lyra, is a (ihU at npwwnt and will nui un fold 'its brilliance in the evening sky until March or early April. If the new star continues its present rapid growth, t 4 n hv that time to be the bright est object ever revealed by the distant heavens ana a rival lor ine nonor su long held by the new star discovered E DOES SPLENDID WORK AT ASTORIA Even Manager Brunold Dons Head Set and Aids; Girls Re main Until Roof Is Aflame. Astoria, Or., Dec 16. One of the commercial feats of the" events follow ing the disastrous fire of Friday, De cember 8, which laid waste 35 blocks of the business district of Astoria, was the speedy restoration of local and long distance telephone . service. Within a few hours after the fire started, trucks from Portland and other Northwest cities bringing line men and other telephone specialists started pouring into the city from all directions on orders from district of ficials, who promptly responded to the call sent out for help by A A. Brunold, Astoria manager for the Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph company. Manager Brunold put on a head set and for hours assisted the cen tral girls handle the qeluge of mes sages, incoming and outgoing, occa sioned by the fire. All remained at their 'posts until the roof of the exchange- caught fire and they , were forced to flee for their Uvea AJTSWERS MANY QUESTIONS Likewise it was Manager Brunold who, despite the excitement prevailing -Inside and outside his office during the early stages -of. Jfhe great fire, cheer fully answered hundreds of questions and assisted everybody to get their calls put through. It was he, who, when the city edi tor of the Astoria Budget, who Is the Astoria correspondent for The Journal, came into the exchange within 30 min utes from 'the start-of the fire and asked to get a call through to The t .M.tmrVini n number of other calls that the Portland newspaper might be quickly apprised oi me extent-of the, disaster ;,tt was Brunold who personally .called Mayor George Baker of Portland and asked him to hurry assistance to Astoria. It -was also Brunold who put through a call sent by The Journal correspondent per. sonally to Fire Chief Young of Port land, asking that his department send men, hose and apparatus to aid As toria to the battle against the sweep ing flames. ' ' -Manager Brunold said one of the most cheerful messages he ever re ceived over a wire was the one from . T1. r.f Dnrtlanl) irhM that i a j or imici v. v-... , . Official informed him to tell the As- torians that he was personally di recting the preparations to send as sistance herej a message Brunold con veyed to the citizens, bringing courage to the already paralysed public RESUMED I3T SIX 1AYS '. With miles of cables ana wires de stroyed by the fire, the telephone com pany ' with - its augmented crew of more than 100 outside linemen and re pair men. set to work and remained on the Job day and night with a result that complete local service was re sumed within six days, despite the fact ho than .1000 stations were put out of commission by the blaze... . - t'- Long distance service out or Asion -. nwtnnaiv imnalred by the u miraculously " efficient both during and after the blaze. Com pelled to vacate the central i Ufitea th front door. Manager Brunold and the large corps of central girls hurried to the city hall and set up a temporary central station and held their ground even. when flames threatened the destruction of the municipal building. When dyna miting was begun on tne bbtbu can block across the street and the approaching Jlre, f threatened seriously, the exchange was moved for the sec ond time to a vacant garage safely be yond the fire zone. .: ; B13T MESSAGES HANDLED Thousands of messages to news papers la Portland and other parts of the Northwest, to relative of Astoria people in ail parts of the world, to various firms from .their local- repre sentatives, calla for outside, assistance and relief were promptly j handled. Coming here to assist Manager Bru nold are Wire Chief D. A. Woodard were telephone company officials from other points, including C E. Hickman, and Carl Whitmore; division, superin tendents ; Ray Woodard 'di vision su perintendent of plant; P. THoff, division- plant, superintendent ; E. Ao gelL district traffic superintendent : Fred Spoeri. Portland exchange man-ag-erj W.- S. Moore, traffic engineer. PHON COMPANY Heavenward by Tycho Brahe la the 16th century. No one will experience any trouble In locating the new star when It does un fold itself. There are only 21 first magnitude stars on the sky maps, and the addition of another, even of a tem porary nature, is an event that wiU attract . the entire astronomic world. New stars have appeared from time to time and faded away after attaining a - dazzling -brightness. - The last' was discovered In June. 1918, in the con stellation. Aquila, but it has steadily grown fainter; and is rapidly being swallowed up Tin - the darkness from 'which ;it emerged. It is now a tele scopic object-only. - - ; . ' '-. -,It is possible, . nay even : probable, that' th present new star, or nova, as it Is technically called, had burned itself out long before it was glimpsed by the Roumanian star-gazer ; in other words;" the star may be buried so far in immeasurable space that the light it is shedding over the earth tonight miy. have left it years, even hundreds of years, ago, and has Just now found lta way earthward through Vie all embodying ether. THEORY OF DEAD SCJTS Many potheses have been" ad vanced to account for these strange heavenly visitors, and . one is perhaps as good as another, A , common speculation is that they are- born of the terrific collision of once dark bodies pr dead suns, millions of which are supposed to whirl "their weary. lifeless way through eternity, or un til they defy the laws of gravitation by rushing together and in conse- auence blaze ackr into iixe Irom a contact that would shatter the solar system if ' it happened- within or near the field of the sun's influence. Other hypotheses have been put forth, but that regarding collision la the most picturesque and the one with the most popular appeal. SCHOOL EXPENSE IN WASHINGTON e SHOWS INCREASE Cost of Running Educational In stitutions Will Be $19,133,- 81 8 j State Expenses Decrease Olympia, Wash., Dec 18. Jhe ad ministrative cost of government In the state of Washington, exclusive of high er educational Institutions and other branches cared for by special funds, will be reduced in the next biennium if the recommendations of the state fi nance committee made public yesterday are approved at the 1923 session of the legislature, which opens January s. In its estimates for 1923 and 1924 the committee has fixed appropriations for the general fund at $10,014,251.74, which is nearly 8165,000 below those of the last biennium when they totaled $10,178,956.76. Departments asked $11. 162,837.91 for the ensuing biennium. REASONS GIVEN' However, the cost of administering the higher educational institutions and the forms of government under the special funds is raised in the budget almost $2,500,000. The total for these miscellaneous fund appropriations in the last biennium was $16,688,722.07. which is Increased this year to $19,- 133,818.61. The amount asked for un der this head was $20,401,627.97. This large Increase is due to the In creased business . in those divisions administered by special funds and also to the increased millage for all educa tional institutions, according to State Treasurer C. L. Babcock, chairman of the finance committee. The other members Of the committee are Gov ernor Louis F. Hart and State Auditor O. W. Clausen. Revenues which will be turned into the general fund from taxation and in direct sources in the next two years are estimated at $9,386,876, which win mean that there must be approxi mately $650,000 raised by some other measures. However State Treasurer Babcock said yesterday that the balance, which will be left over in the general fund at the end of this year, will easily take care of any deficit, as there is about $3,020,000 representing receipts from the poll tax. Although $1,500,000 of this total' was used to buy soldiers' bonus bonds, the legislature is expected to appropriate funds to take care of this expenditure. Even if it fails to do this there will still be $1,500,000 over in the treasury, the state treasurer said. ASK MORE MOJTEY - Requests from the administrative code departments totaled $9,375,320.37 and the committee recommended that they receive $7,904,343 from the general fund in the next biennium. The last biennium the appropration was $7,718, 051.66. A decrease Will be made in the ap propriations for elective officials from $1,285,956 to $1,224,612.16. Requests to taled $1,281,293,16. This includes the su preme court. " The. higher educational institutions in the state all asked for higher ap propriations' than were granted, the University of Washngton asking for $2,742,854 for the next biennium, the committee : recommending $2,583,556. Appropriation for that institution for the last biennium was $3,207,575. The committee recommended a total of $1,829,215.58 for Washington State college, while the request was for $2, 046,099.16. : Last year the legislature appropriated $1,777,035.45. : i Klleasburg normal asked for $576, 685,96. and if the recommendations of the committee are accepted will get $282,885 as against $302,660.75 last bi ennium. " . . - Recommendations for Bellingham normal totaled $469,727. Requests to taled $110,727.64, as against $670,466.44 last year. Cheney normal appropriations were cut from $380,494.31 to $380,000. They requested $434,394; Centralia normaf. which is a new In stitution, asked for $433,619.98 and rec ommendations totaled $211,620. - Last year they-were allowed $3M04 o j All requests for the increased appro priations by the normal schools for ad ditional buildings were vetoed by the committee. -. ; , Splendid 'cooperation was also given by O. H. .Gilbert, , locaj repair crew foreman, and R. Lee. supervising fore man. Miss J. Hitchcock, chief, opera tor,: directed f the v high v class - service given by the score-or more of central girls, ; who worked faithfully day and night serving patrons of the company in their distress, . even i leaving their own ' homes, many of which - were en dangered by the flames, to do so. - LOVEIMNSUItANCE IS PROMISED WHEN SHACKS ARE GONE r - - Council Has New Scheme to Get Owners of Old Wharves Along West Side to Remove Them. In connection with the movement to secure a cleaning up of , deteriorated wharves and structures along the west side of the Willamette' river, many of which were condemned more- than' two years ago, it is understood that if these building are ' removed fey - the property owners the city officials will join in a move to ask-for a general reduction of Insurance rates within this district. . V 1 It is expected that definite action will ' be outlined on - the cleanlng-up program at a meeting to be held, in the city council chambers at 2 o'clock, Tuesday afternoon. At that' time- the waterfront. committee -will confer with Commissioner Blgelow, - who is in charge of the fire department, and Commissioner Barbur of the- depart ment of public works, as well as with representatives of the , board of fire tmderwritera -. - In view of the-recent fire disaster at Astoria, city officials here believe that - every possible step should be taken to reduce Portland's fire haz ards. THREE AUTO BTTIIDIXG PERMITS TO BE ACTED OS Houghtaling & Doogan will have three applications before the city coun cil next Wednesday for permits for the erection of automobile structures. One of these is for the 'erection and TOOblle purposes at the southwest cor ner of Grand a venue and East Main street, and another la for a similar structure at the northeast comer ol these street Intersections. The third is for a building to be used for au tomobiles at the northwest corner of Everett and Ninth streets. All will go to Commissioner Barbur of the de partment of public works for his rec ommendation. COMPANY FAILS TO REPAIR BULKHEAD J CO tTNCTL TO ACT Failure of H. Jenning ft- San to respond to notices from the department of public works during the past two years to repair Itat bulkheads adjacent to the Grand avenue bridge across Sul livan's gulch will cause special action by the council at its next session. Com missioner Barbur will recommend that City Attorney Grant be instructed to officially notify this company to make Immediate repairs and also to erect a fence around an excavation made LOOK 'ROUND YOUR HOttfi oCt WHAT YOU NEED THEN BUY OF US OUR PRICE PONT BLKD 13 IF a man's poifketbook never bled until it visited this lumber yard it would never suffer much from loss of cir culation. Our prices are con sistent we charge a decent profit and we are always look ins out after the interests of our patrons. Eagle Lumber Co. Retail Yard E. 42D AND HALSEY PHONE TABOR. 3961 J. A. BORTHWICK 8". $65.00 Jmst Beeeived a Carload of Slightly ..." Damaged FTXTTTBESt, PEMBBOKE ' TTTBS, COSKKD AKX ' EECOJfA LATA TOBIES, SINKS. ETC. ; . . . SEE OUR TJSEFUI. X1NIAS GIFTS "SeU Direct to Tci" . - .' Portland Plumbing: Supply Co. MS First St. Mala f7 HEATING PLANTS THAT HEAT F. & W. WARM AIR '' . FURNACES : New method of installation. All the advantage of the pipeleas witn none of its faults. - ,- - FOEGAII & WILUAMS, 1,','C. ft Clay Stu - . rkoiie Kale tiil Boynton Furnaces onr Bpadai aymm or wovnvon nrniil FUMNJICES to A SUCCESS LIT US INSTALL VOUf - J. C. PAYEB Fl'.7:CE ca. FMOnm MAIM S a MARKET ST. for a basement,- and that this work be completed within SO days. : . ' - Complaint has been made by the Portland Gas A"- Coke company that damage has been dona to it six Inch gas main on Grand avenue, north of Sullivan's gulch, because of the giv ing way of these temporary bulkheads. Commissioner Barbur' calls attention of the council to the facr that the Jen ning company has been notified several, times within Vhe past two years to make, these repairs but has utterly. Is nored-tha orders.-'-..-. - -.. t . , ' SHOP PERMITS "Wells Bennett has filed his applica tion' to thfclty council for a permit to alter and maintain a one story class building for a sales distributing room and repair shop for motorcycle and bicycles at a location' on ' Broadway, between Glisan and Slander streets. -W- Llndquist wants a permit tor a Frozen Use pur ;quik service on re pairs. Our men are on the jump every minute.- Get your plumbing repairs here-rvalves, pipe, fittings everything you need; , Phone Main 0797 188 4tli cah ; the mark of perfection for your protection when buying lumber, lath, shingles, mouldings, s ash, doors, glass frames, general- mill work, or. boxes, box shopks and crates, - ' . ' ;-t EAST SIDE MILL & LUMBER COMPANY Foot Spokane Ave Oregon T&or Co. Ft. Spokane Ave. -Sellwood 0062 BANISH COLD ROOMS and Save 25 to 50 on Fuel- m cjirie.- ur in fl.i u i.iw. a , i JOHN EC 698 Union Ave. N. ' Yon Will Be One story fsama building for a- sheet metal works at a location on .Fuster road.' between. 83d and 84th" streets southeast. . a ; . , - - ; v i . - "WILLIAM H. EGLE MelaUa; Dee. 1$. Funeral services for - WiUiam H. Engle, c who -. died Wednesday, j1 were held Friday after noon at 1 o'clock ln the. L OJ O. F. haiU Mr. Engie was bora - here 69 years ago and lived all of his life In this section. He was the son -of the tats Samuel ' and Nancy -Engle, early pioneers.--: He Is survived by. a- son. Gilbert Engle of TamhlU. and u daughter, Bernice Knglo of Molalla. X.ESTEB U0BBI3 ''"'.-, Sweet Home, Dec. 1. -Lester Morris died Wednesday at the boms of Mrs. Phillipper. after a short Illness. Toung Morris was a son of Mr. Thomas Mor ris of Crawfordsville. . . Pipes? Sellwood 059 East Side Box Co. Ft- Spokane Ave, Sellwood 0597 Ouard the health of your t wm tljr. Stop the drain oa your pocketbook. Install a UNIVERSAL FURNACE The -Perfect heating system - that warms every nook and oor ner of the bouse and cuts fuel bills war down. Turn the fuel now going up the chimney into heat; -, - -, tET ITS GIVE TOTJ A3T ESTIMATE FBEB We will gladly teU you the proper elze heating plant for your home and the cost of In stallation. You will be under no obligations to buy. . The Universal Furnaea can be twtalled in any old or new douse at low .cost.-'. Phone us .today for price, . , R1E G E R. Satisfied.' Telephone Cast 0827 SPECIAL Beautiful Bowl v READY TO HANG J A vuj wsuptelsBMrre awl cnsnplfte stock1 el mt. type ligbttaf Cstnre at priem iSamt wuJ per jrosj ts boy GfandHecGb. "Fixture Destgnen-Mamifacturen' 127 " Grand, Near Morrison East C313