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W Xe i FOR 1922 STRIKES INSPIRING IE Year Mow : Ending Has Seen ' Much Accomplished Tf or En- during Good of City, State.' (Continued From Oe.) the year exceeding 133,009 ss ag-sinst 113,000 or 1921. ,..,' , A . For the tint Urn fa a decade Ore son . has figured In suostantlal rail road - development. Iurtngr tit year project arfreeatingf 360.600,000 have been proposed. Two lines were com pleted aad contracts let tor the exten sion of two, others. Regardless of the outcome, or tha controrersy over the ultimate ownership - of the i Cen tral racixiCy mere is more assurance of the- construction of the Natron eat- off, on which - work; was suspended when ' the world . turned, from peace lo war. In Portland the Zlrst unit of 'the Guilds lake rail terminal was. hoot at cost of 11.200,000, and the Southern Pacific acquired right of way and an nounced plans for a $6,000,000 develop meat on the east side that contemplates elevation of tracks and elimination of grade crossings. - . , nr the BAKKnra fields t In the banking' field It Is shown that the argTegate deposits in all of the banking- Institutions of the state are 1251.000.000. which Is double the vol ume of deposits of 10 years ag-o. The clearings in the Portland banks for 1923 were la excess of . one and one half billions, which Is a larffeeffgure than that compiled In 1921. These same 23 banks report an aggregate In crease in deposits for the twelve month of more than 16,000,000. The Investment banking- field likewise has been stimulated to greater activity. . It is In port development that Port land enjoyed ' marked prosperity. : There- are 43 regular ' steamshiplrae - giving' coastal.' interooastat and for eign service. This year 24A ships en- tereu this port from foreign porta and 00 from, domestic porta, as against ss -ships irom foreign, ana est irom domestic ports la 1920.' . Such Is the . progress that ensues from Improved business and an inn. proved port which is represented by a 43-foot entrance at the mouth of the Columbia and a 20-foot channel to Portland, a distance of 110 miles. where more than 317,000.000 has been Invested la four publicly-owned term rOBTLAWB'S POKT SECOND , " The Fort of Portland Is first In the United States In lumber and, wool Shipments, second in grain and flour and eighth In total " volume of f or- , sign tonnage. ..- ?.. In Portland and Its Immediate en ' vtrons we. find a population of 328,000. to house which $23,000,000 has been Invested In 6000 new residences In the last two years. During 1922 permits . were issued for the construction of 300 new homes to cost 312,000,000. VUIXSIXO KECOBD r ' In-total volume -, of building con ttruction Portland , set a new high rec ord at iz3.qoo.ooo represented by more than 14,000 permits. Last year's total was 917.000,000 and. the greatest pre vious Duuoing year was 1910, when . $20,000,000 worth of building was done. Business structures factories, ware- Bouses. lodge - temples. churches. . schools, residences, apartments; hotels. ira,7 3 Li f.'t.tH C'r 3 .clj tntrt. 1 Ama tiA&ji - "hT -a . errowlnf dor are Included. ' '.j ; . i ' Nearly one million dollars was In vested In new church' edifices by 23 congregations, .i Thjj jvoters approved a 33,000,009 "bunding program for , the puhlio school system on -which a start has been tnadej: Fraternal societies have gone in for substantial homes,' the largest tmdertakinCT being ths-million dollar . EZks temple, Bearing' ompls- tlon at 11th and Alder streets, and the Odd Fellows temple. : under construc tion at 10th and Salmon streets, and which will cost 258,000 cj j 1 In the business district the J. K. Gilt company Is building ; an eight-story concrete huDding at Fifth and .Stark streets to f cost $300,000, while nols among ine new warunouse piraciurcs is 'that of the Meier : y. Frank com pany, built at 14th and Irving streets at a; cost of - $350,000.' Heading: the hotel and apartment construction are the Sovereign hotel at Broadway, and Madison street and the ' Ambassador apartments at Sixth . and Madison streets. :?-V- - -A The new Multnomah county hospital on-Marquam hill, representing' an, in vestment or i,ioo,ooo, ts about com pleted, while the second wing of Mao Kemmltt TTftlt nf tha TTeivcrnitv of Ore gon . medical - school. ' ad joinwg was built during- the year. Early in 1923 work will be begun t upon tho w Shrine hospital for crippled children at Sandy boulevard and East Jd etreet. which will cost $273,000., 'V. JTErT FACTOBIX8": C fi.r; 1 The growth of Portland a a manu facturing center la Indicated - by the new. factory buildings built during the year which . emphasises - the varied products made here.2 i The WTillamette Iron-k Steel company' occupied Its new9lnt and for the first time man ufactured a railroad . locomotive. An enlargement of-the- Doernbecher Fur niture plant Is Indicative ; of 'this line of industry, whose aggregate -output In Oregon mis year totaled se.ooojioa, The Columbia, Tire company built Its- plant 19 the Peninsula district and wUH engage: in the manufacture of; auto mobile tires early next ' year,'! The Bergmans Bnoe , company erected v a factory buQding on Thurman - street. The Portland. Vegetable Oil mills and the fitenno Carbon Paper company each In new plants, widen the range of Portland's v manufacturing acyvi- tlea, . r --- t - " . . - To provide better means of trans portation, across .the4. .Willamette the voters to November approved $4,G00,OOO la bonds for a," new , Burnslde street bridge and. far ah additionarstructure tovspaa the river at -.the .north end of Ttoss Island, AD of which' building activity- , was .-. accompaaied ",. by the greatest; volume of, real- f stt lyang- f "'Turning aside . from" Snateriali, -pro gress, joruana ; ana uregon cani well take- pride In the growth of heriedny eatlonal Institutions, : especially 'since the state enjoys the enviable distlnc tiou of leading the nation In the per centage of her young people attending college, and Portland that of having the largest , percentage. of her boys and girls in the publlo schools of, any of the larger'eltles In the country.1 The public school : enrollment in Portland today Is over 43.000. which is a four fold increase since 1900. Portland's public library boasts -the largest per capita' circulation of books of any library In the -country and 4he library service only begins with: this endeavor. In art and music ad other cultural attainments the city continues to hold the high place for "which It long has been known. Thus it is that -Portland and 'Ore gon can well rejoice in the seasonal retrain, -Happy . New ;Tarv .; . r. ; - !'?';jyy. : Women club members aV-Boiw "have voteo 10 assess x.nmsives il.bu each to help finance -the national convention to be held at Portland next JulyC-:. KtStljIllbllwAl- BOARD IS HEM Et!D OF TEtlE Barrett Is tp( Sit for Last Time - Next Friday 2 Others to Re sign Year's Work Reviewed. , The "i state 'i, highway commission, which besan to put on its cocoon cerement on a certain day last Novem ber; about to enter' the next stage of existence. In the way of all nature. The . Imprisoned chrysalis will 1 begin to assume - the- shape -"and, coloring - of a winged Psyche at the-' meeting of the commission, -. as .It. is 'now. constituted; next Friday. - William B. Barratt the .member' from ,; JSastera-i Oregon, will ait for, 'the last time-with .'his1, col leagues, i ; " ' - A v ' : .. ' ' .Commissioner Barratt tendered his formal resignation to Governor Olcott several .weeks ago, making It t t fectlve at tha . close Of ;:tha jrear.' ;"He was prompted to this by his desire, to give the - Incoming chief executive -an opportunity ' to 'select hls - successor - as soon aa: possible In order that this suc cessor might, at once begin-to famll: iarlxe himself with conditions and ac quire -sufficient ) Information relatkse to. the past i work and policy .of the commission to. enable him to serve as a bridge between . the ' old and the new. . ,4 Ki , - . v. , x. TWO OTHERS TOGO . , V ; - The other two members, of tha com mission. R. A. Booths and John B. Teon.4 will - present Governor Pierce, on his Induction into, office, with their requests to be relieved, leaving It op tional ' with the .new governor st -accept. them at once or within a period of three month This -Action is In tended as a courtesy to the Incoming executive and to relieVe hlra from the embarrassment; that would - follow t a -sudden giving over of 3, the reins to green asnts, " - In the meantime the commission win transact ' business Friday as if there i to Jbe no change In personnel, out lining ana preparing ror next year's hlshwav workif -;":- J-A r--; -..-.'. x. The passing of the commission brings to an end the intensive highway de- velonment of the last 10 years.. The foundation- i finished and :the, walla are up . The work of the. Immediate future is merely of a flniahlngr nature, in cooperation -ylth- the ? federal " gov ernmenttf so far a construction is con cerned and the maintenance and con- servation of what hag been already aocompllshed. -yv i- . : .$ $51 DiPEOTED MIIJEr 1 - . "The "wor of the .present blenWum has in a large measure, will say the commission la Its coming biennial re port, "consisted of completing th con tracts begun In the - previous - period as .well, u dosliir Bs th.rana.-Va malnlnsea the highways and also ex tending we improvement 01 lateral a,na connecting .hlghwaysV . w V ; " As it now stands, the stats highway system of 4450 miles has- an Improved mileage of 2510 miles.- This- Improved mileage is made up as follows t Paved, $33 miles; graveled or' macadam, 1197 miles; ; graded ; and .unsurtaced, 478 During the last eix years the gross expenditures of. the highway rcommis- ilon :C'.peIM;??7,414; .hich 3U,34i. - as ceen etate runo.- The counties iave contributed 38.747.04T and the 'federal government $4,548,330. From the railroad companies cam $9T, 2S1 .as -their ; areof the cost.. of grade, reparations.'-"'?'--''-" -;r" i -J The greatejit" expenditure was during the last two lears with a total of $30, 905,255. of witch state funds were ZZ. 799,650 - r To finance! construction a total of 336,200.000 hiwsy bonds, par value. have beea sold-to date and the average net Interest rate on all sales. Including t. , . . i: , , tl financial emerarencv of 11921, Is "6.07 per cent.J: The! legal limit of highway bonds is I40.3.967i; Thus- Zar aomu have matured and been cancelled, to the extent : of - $125,000 aurln the 'present rear. 5?---.-. .-"'--". 1 ' A w feature of maintenance-work adopted by the commission Is keeping the roads open In the winter. In order to. do 1 this 11 . enowplows have. been purchased and distributed to various section reads for emergency, v4 ASSTTMES KTIBS COST - ' The entire cost of maintaining the Btate roads has been assumed by the commission without assistance from the counties since April, 1921. For this Item ; there has been . expended during- the last two years thenim of i.UaZ,Z6S for ' maintenance and $120.' 729 -for betterment- - The year Just closing was the third year of- th operation of the market road, law.- n that time, a total of ap proximately $6,000,000 has been ex pended in the- varioua counties. For this rexpendlture- there is to show - approximately- 659; miles- of graded road. 463 miles surfaced with rock' and r 43 miles.:-of ;,pavemit.sThe:- commission win recommend that the present law bo amended so as to" fix TessoaaibUitv more . : definitely., i At ; present, the re sponsibility -is - divided between ths commission and the- county. : " A 1 supreme court decieion - af f eot lng ; the policy ,of th state -highway commission durtng-. the year-was that market; -road funds .can not be xex pended vn stat" roada," i Many vCoun Ue were cooperating with th ;atat with j market read funds and the -de cision-, maae; a difficult , , situation to veruiiiF counties,.;.:1- i -r-'fV':-?'7. -.The .total ;. expenditure for bridge construction .and . maintenanoe during th .present -ibiennlum Is , 2.6S9.e&. Since 1917 a total -of 540 bridges have oeen put unqer construcuon. a IS d yy toe -the -Jut iBn-TMri J - . ....i UIT OK EOTAXTT. " . " 7 - r. J An important litigation affecting, the bituminous pavement laid previous to Mayr: 1920, was ths suit of, Warren Brothers ' company to teollect ravairv for: the, us and privilege 'of laying Diiuuuuo- pavement irom the contrac tor. Th 'decision' of the.t S. dis trict court sustained jthe validity of the patent. The-case is to be carried by th stata. ' to the.-higher .courts. Should .'th decision of the. district court - be Sustained the. state wIl-Jbe called upon i to pay 9, .royalty charge of .approximately one million dollars In behalf of sevi:xontractors4 - i -.;lli---totat-.- amount of pavement In volved in th, patent suits is 3.221.70a Square yards. : ; ".?'& t .to rutnre policy the present com ealssioa will recommend that ti.e work of -:- closings j tmlmproyed". aps - on th mala' highways , b followed and that on highways as yet constructed only to part th Improvement should o extended out from tb Important cities or producing centers on a con structive : program until the whole shall .be completed. Until this Is ac complished It Is suggested that bo new roads be added to the stat highway map - - .-r Ole Hanson Sued; In Real Estate Deal Seattle, Xc8C-01e Hanson flVos Angeles real estate dealer and former mayor cf Seattle, returned here today to defend himself to superior court against real estate damage suits. East ern Washington ranchers- who invest ed - in Bremerton navy, yard property through Joseph Rhetnstrom. now serv ing a five year term at Leavenworth, are pressing damaze- sir. La totaiui.g J2Q.C0O aealnst ' Rhdastrcm .and" Han son on claims that the property was misrepresented, ' Mrs. Susanna Fogel, S3 years of age, was burned to tieath last Friday la her horn ion the David ' Betts farm, five miles north of Nampai It Is thought that ta replenishing - th ; fir. ; Mrs. Fogel's clothing became ignited. NEW YEAR'S EVE DANCE TONIGHT! BROADWAY HALL ENTERTAINMENT 10 TO 12 DANCING 12 TO 2:30 A. M. :x Fleming 20-Pieco" ;: : Orchestra - . r - --: ' K SI L1C it IE r- - v Union Made . Silk Tie Coronas ............ .2 for 25c . ; Silk Tie Pacif icos . . . .:.9 ..... . ,10c straight Silk Tie Londres ...10c straight ; . S Silk Tie Palraas . , ... . . ; . ;3 f or 25c ; El Preciso ,10c straight, Portland Pointer , 5c - Manufactured in Portland by .... ' f ' ' ' ' " -; The Gardner Cigar Co. Mam 3810 , 209 Va Madison Portland, Or. ; tL hazeixvdod a ; Hew Year's Dinner Sundayaiid .Monday V- . Table drHote Turkey Diimer w. . $1.25 J ,f Kew Year's Plate" Dixiner. .90 - : Music at the Washington St, Hazelwood ' 6to8,9:30,toll:30P.Af. , :.'.. . .-.;.. -i -a r ,- '-7 . : i -4. - . v INew -Year's Day: 5 to S9i30 to 11:30 , Let Your New Year's Greeting Be A 'BOX OF HAZELWOOD CANDY or A HAZELWOOD FRUIT CAKE - ' : ' - - V - - ... '. 'A . The Hazelwopd 7 ' 88-Whiiigton St " " ; v. , , . . - , . , . : Broadway Hazelwodd "127 Broadway IUMHIIHlUIIIIIllllIII!IIIIllinilUUI!!!IIIIlill!IIIIIlIIU S ..niwiitnitttutiiftinMiitHiiiiiiiiiiiiiifiiiiitiiiiniiwiifiiiuiiiiittnutfiiiiitniiiiitniiiiiiii 1 1 L 71 A ft - - ,-''- - " ----- '-' - . iifiiiiitiiiuiHiuitiiiifuiHittiiittiiitiMitiiaiiiiiiiuiuiiitiiitiviiiitiiirniii S D1008 This style in patent colt s black kid or black suede with tarn solo' S ' and Spanish wood heel. . :- Q Q ET . REDUCED FROM $80 to tDUeOO "4 i i b , f cxQU isi tely X designed and beautifully illustrated 32-rPag Booklet This expensive brochure, with its wealth of magnificent scenic views of land scapes, gardens, fountains and buildings 4s yours for the mere asking. It is utter ly different from anything yon have seen or expect to. see and is worthy of a place in the finest library. We will mail yon or any xnena you designate a copy without charge. To secure the booklet . . Simply Yvxite vUs ;;or phone r i. 1 - c . - - . - . -- . i- . -' -- ; . , -, . , If 1 ' j1 .-ssjBsssa J . M 1. - ' -: ..... j " ' . s 5 5" " Opens Tuesday, January 2d A Phenomenal Sale of ; H is fi-Grade Baker Footwear: Please bear in mind that the shoes on sale are front our own carer uuy v seieciea szocfzs, cnosen ivitn a care to . satisfy a high-grade clientele and not purchased with a thought of a "special sale' Afore than 100 different styles reduced, . Hhe prices below give you an idea of J the values you may expect , . , f The ope great sale of the year giving you splendid choosing from the largest stock of shoes shown in Port-r land: By all means arrange your plans to be here to morrow early I gwuaiaimiimiiittaffBwiLK " v. " - 7. a a .3 1239 This style In . otter snedo witn ra brown calf ' trint, lifht flexibl solo and' brown calf . covered Spanish g REDUCED FROM mO to S5.85 i Regular $6.50 to $7.50.Vals. - D1005 This stylo in patent colt, dull S ' calf, trimmed or beige suede patent trimmed, with turn sole and French ' wood heeL , REDUCED FROM $13-50 to S8.85: Reg. $8.50 to $10.00 Yals. : n " 8 . a s Regular $7.50 to $8.50 Ms. Reg.$ia.00;to$12.50,YaIsi MtHpTffiHILllllLlWPIi X 2302 -This style in black satin, patent E T-colt.' ok brown kid with brown suede ' E v back,. : tarn cole and -. French E . REDUCED FROM $120 to S9.85 I $10.00 to $13.50 Vals;' eio en v-i-TT X v0 A1613 This stylo in soft black kid E with light welt solo and leather Cuban E . REDUCED FROM $7X0 to S5.85-l2 m m A Con Par ancf Morrison -B F1207 This afcylo in black soede with E fan-shaped strap of patent leather E n , and small black bockle. tarn sole and g covered French heeL ; ' (J7 QfZ ml - REDUCE DFR09I f 12X0 to 3 sOtl E -1 ks !.rr'l ' ' - ' . i - 30$ lV(CAini7tofi.5f.' "-("j7-r-r 'Sanj Francisco - Portland 270 Morrison St: 'Detroit v