1 i TELE EVEDTG JOTJlWAIi, PORTLA2, JJ, OHEG03f MTOAY, APBII.;.gS. 1002. a ITS AIMS What; Civic Improve ;: merit Association IHv 'Expects to do; ::t'OM rrf thm officer of th Lewis A Clark ' ten the following concerning its object: "like un, win, win --ansY ,jtl othr ' ' elements, th Association alms to exert v n sJl-pervadlng, Indiscrimination tnflu--," as concerns plaoes and persona and ; to extend Its usefulness for the rood of "With this object In view It will assail ' alike Tscaat lots and treota that, have ' seen, resigned to the riotous, unlovely weed: - back yards that have been estab lished a local -dumps; front yards that might be Improved upon; fences that ' HvcbMn left to their own devices, lo. these many years and with which Tim . and the small boy have been playing - havoc anfl, through gentle training to en- , list the almoet Inexhaustible fund of n--'' stay which said small boy exerts In mu- t tilaUna- and disfiguring fence and build lots and breaking windows, in a pride In and care for bis surroundings, v : v "To those who have not the means of ' providing themselves with seeds and . shrubs the Assoc'tatW will supply them , free, ioser;.ithrtiia4ruott6M-;.-M:. ; how best to care for them and in other way render aid to those who are busy , ; In. beautifying their- surroundings. ? , in fact, It will endeavor to eliminate every thing within the city and Its surroundings that Is unnecessarily unsightly. , "lUd out, as It Is, on such, a roomy, generous plan, the beautiful Willamette sweeping through and spanned by the four noble bridges; with the hills, con , tlmially green, all around, and crowning k all, the glorious cold water and Its mild climate, Portland,' has almost unequalled facilities for becoming an Ideally beaut! ful, attractive city. . .-- - - ' 7 '.'This fact seem to be felt by a ma i iorlty of th cltljsens'.nnd from the cardial , manner In which they are lending their' nld to the Lewis and Clark Civic Im provement Association,' It la probable that ; the work it wtU accomplish, h? the time - the Lewis and dark Centennial opens V will go far toward . making Portland ; world famed for lis beauty and cleanll- : 'There are certain things that trouble - one. too deep to .understand: . there -are- ' cfi'taln 'things that worry one, and that to beat the. band. - Why. Is It that on ' ralny.days when It should be under cover; the nprlnkllng cart Industriously squirt - it water streams all over T And why Is It that on dusty days .when one Is nearly .Mind, a water wagon Is the last that one 'can ver find? On ,Flfth street yesterday i at noon "thera-fcanHT a ty gust, -that-fitted th f lungs Of passers-by with the dustleBt sort r of AubxI In front of Louis Dammasch'i .a curious, 'thing befeyhe 1 sephyt, -. waitsea in fury ana was just a raising V vwltt the most uncomfortable ' kind of , things, when a' Clilnaman employed by Mr. Dammasch came out and with a hose did the duty that is popularly supposed to be the business of the city sprinkling , carts. They are certainly good .things. ... COUNTY TO HELP , BUILD A BRIDGE The Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company and Multnomah Ounty have Arrived at a Joint agreement In the mat ter of constructing an 'overhead bridge t the Intersection ' of the Gravel HU1 road 'and the O. K. & N. railroad', near mile post S. about 2Vi miles East of Port- , land. The estimated coat is fl.SOS.fiO, for an 18 f oot wagon- and foot bridge. - The cost ' of the building .will . be - shared equally t'ftween the county and the railroad. , company' After the completion of the bridge, the county agrees to keep It In reparr. ' v " Th County CommlAloner are highly :, plrased with their success In securing the co-operation of the O. R. N. in this , matter. ' . ; The intersection of the two roadways occurs in a most dangerous manner. The . railroad traveriwB Sullivan's Gulch' and 'the. Gravel Hill road crosses it at a curve. Owing jufl ,the ,steep grade " of the sides of the guleh, it U next to im posrlble f for a ' t'eahi to be checked lh a time to, prevent a collision" If the train happens along at that moment. - . A, number of serious accidents have oc curred there .la years past. - Deputy County Auditor A. N. Gambell came very : v. rear being run over by the tran there ; some time upo. His horse was killed and , the buggy demolished. The railroad com pany paid him 1309 damages, x For years the county has endeavored to have the O. R.' 4VN. build an over- " hanging bridge, but never until now bis Sufficient Influence been brought to , bear to arcumplish the desired end. . W. M. Cake, County Judge; J. G. Mack v and William Showera'constltuting the Board of County Oommisoioners, signed th agreement for Multnomah County-; and A. Molher signed as president of the (X R. A N. : CARPENTERS SATISFIED. , f A report has become current that the Carpenters' Union is about to Institute a strike, but the rumor Is without foun dation. A member of the Union stated : today. that' a better feeling betWeen car penter and contractors never" existed than at present, They are only required to work eight, hour a day, and the min imum scale paid Is t3. r The Union has a membership of TOO. and they are all busy - and satisfied with labor ondltions : , WOODMEN OF THE WORLD . ',7M.'.:..n:V. Th New Hall Association Of the Wood sum' of th ' viVsrht "hjfV organied and r will call for subscriptions from, the city amps.' These subscriptions are for the TWO DU5TT QASP5 purpose- of procuring a desirable location fer th proposed hall.' - .T.;; A proposition known as the scaling proeess ftt policies is being brought .WP before the Wages In U'dty. - The plan Is that those whoj dlewltbi the, first, second or third year since entering as members Will hare . th fac , - of their policies discounted one-third, one-half and two-tnirda. This Will - save many thousands of dollars to the order every year and "prevent any increase of as sessment rates In the future. webfoot Camp No. WW. Q. W, will have , several Interesting, questions per taining to tb good of th order brought up at their meeting tonight. : BOARD. OF, TRADE. The exeeutiv oommlttes of the Port land Board of Trad metjat yesterday .- Sill 'Ck. Hughes w invited to deliver an address on Columbia River"' at the next meeting of the board. ''J communication was read from Oeorg MoQowan. stating that he is go ing to Scotland, end wishes "liters, ture abont Oregpn, . also a credential from the Board of Trade stating that he Is - a member thereof. It was ordered that the secretary accede to Mr. McGow an wishes. ' ... : By request "L B. Hammond was trans ttrrti from the manufacturing to the mining ootnmltte. I A communication was read from Cap tain W. C:. bangntt, United States En klaeer, . rqusting th opinion ef the board on th project of closing th bridges At certain hours of morning, noon and afternoon, It was referred to commit-i tees on clvlo affairs and commerce, with request that, they report at the next meeting f th board. '.A oonlmunlcatlon was also read from th New, Tortf Chamber f Commerce rqusstln the board to Instruct th Speaker of th House and their dele gation at Washington to support House Hill No. $4, which endeavors to. hav the comular service reorganised. This was referred to th committee oa legislation! A resolution was then read stating that the ' Board of Trade should recommend and urge the City Council to defer final action in , the proposed leasing of the building on th corner ot,Thlrd and Clay streets for . a public market until they should investigate the matter more thor oughly and permit producers and others Interested to snd their opinions to them. After much discussion it was decided to refer this to ;,the committee on. civic affairs, said committee to report at the next meeting of the board. ,""!"" The secretary reported that h invited 7. N. Teal to address the board meeting inext Monday evening on the "New City Charter," ' ' ' W. N. Klillngswofth addressed the meeting on the necessity of a, steamer route to Alaska. It was decided to re fer this to the "regular meeting. THE GOOD FOLK ' OF GEORGIA . Uournal Special Service.) - , LL'LATON. Oa.,-April 85.-The Baptist Sunday School Convention, for which preparations have been going forward for a number , f weeks, opened here today and will OOtrihW, untrf Monday. The proceeding began shortly after 1( o'clock this, morning: with a' prayer and prais service conducted by- Rev, J. S. Corner. The Introductory sermon was delivered by Rev. W. M. Gllraore. , Th first business session will be held this afternoon, when officer for the ensu ing year will 'lie elected and the usual committees appointed. '.The attendance Includes many- promi nent laymen end clergy and the conven tion, promises to be the moat Interesting gathering of Its kind ever held by the Baptists of Georgia. - OVERLAND FROM PARIS TO NEW YORK (Journal Special Service.) LONDON. April 26. Letters were re ceived her today from Harry d Wlndt, leader of ,the expedition which is at tempting to make He way overland, from Paris to New York, dated Verkhoyansk, Kast Siberia,, at the end of February, in. spite of the forebodings of the ofHciala af Takutsk, who strongly urged Mr. ,de vlndt not. to contnue his journey, say ing the conditions .were, worse tbls year than ever, the expedition reached Verk hoyansk, 600 miles north of Yakutsk, February 28. ,. : Th members of the expedition had a terrible experience while crossing the Verkhoyansk .. mountains. The, 'cold was Intense, $3 degrees below aaro being reg istered. AH -.Jh travelers were frost bitten. ; ; , ;. . Otherwise, they were well -and In good spirits, and 7 were-leaving' the same day for Zeeedne Kolymsk, a town of East Siberia, M0 miles further on, which the party hoped to reach about the middle of March. Then it was helr Intention to push on 1,600 miles to East Cape, on Ber ing Straits, v.r . Probably the next news of the expedi tion will be its' arrival In the United State via the .Bering Straits. ; Oregon & .Southeastern. , It Is reported that -the survey of th Oregon 4 Boutheastern Railway is near ly completed. The line will be nearly 40 miles, In length, and wilt extondfrom Cottage Grove, on the .Southern Pacific, to the Bohemia mines. P. J. Jennings, who is a promoter of mining Enterprises In , tha Bohemia- district, in Lane and' Douglas counties, :'says that the enter prise has sufficient financial backing to. make It a success. Want Milk Factory Site. It Is the. desire of C. 7 Nieman, of Schuyler, Neb., who Is a brother to W. F. Nletnan, of Portland, and who is as sociated with C. T. Rogers, to obtain a it her for a condensed -milk factory. Mr. -Rogers Is a manufacturer of con densed milk apparatus.. - Th new-comers ar prepared to invest 150,000 in the new enterprise. Oregon in. general, and prob ably Portland, in particular, will be found to fulfill all the requirements demanded t;y, their, venture.:, $L-.&iw.i: .y-.:. UNION LABOR - i '"' - - -I . . Protests Against Em ployment of Boys on Street Work.' About a dozen boys, ranging, In age from 10 to II years, ar in tb employ of Plsher, Thorsen ft Co., assisting that firm In paving Fourth street with their ur.pronouncable compound. .- ' "'A' prolest has bees registered by va rious representatives of th labor union of the city against the unusual proceed ing of employing boss of such tender years child labor In fact to perform work -which should be given to men.' There are many deserving men in the city, It Is argued, who should be doing the work of the youths who ought to b In school. , f The boys receive $1.28 per day, but If men were employed this sum. would per haps be doubled, hence the reasons for employing child labor are very obvious. A union man said today: "There-are many idle laboring won in th city who ar unable to secure employment lit Portland. Of course,, many of them might get work In some distant lumber, sawmill or railroad camp, but they hav families residing her dependent upon them, and" naturally prefer to remain In the city. In -hardly any. of the camps are there accommodations for families, and it Is next to Impossible for a 'man to go there alone and pay his own board and lodging. In addition, to supporting his family here. His wages, if he has much of a family, would not be sufficient to meet such an outlay. ''For this and many stmilatv reasons the laboring men, with families, prefer tb secure work her and would be able to do so If the employers of labor were not always scheming to get their work done, on the cheap scale. ''Let mo give you a' pointer. This man Henry j. Flaher. of the, firm of Fisher, Thorsen & Co., Is candidate on the Re publican ticket for th Stat Legislature. These children who are working for him may cast their votes for him on election day, but I venture to make the asser tion that no friend of organised', labor will do so." KEROSENE JOHN A Splendid Gift for Southern Education. (Journal Special Service) . . ' PHILADELPHIA, April K.It was an nounced today that John D. Rockefeller, by the gift of 11,000,000, had given ,th trst large sum to what Is Intended to be the greater movement oc education In- the South that that section has ever known. The gift is made to the executive' com mittee of the Southern Educational con ference, which meets Thursday at Athens, On. The gift is to be used not alone for negro education, but equally for the edu cation of whites, V It is to go Into a fund which Is expected to reach many millions, and which Is to be used for the purpose of regeneraton of the whole Southern educational sys tem, ,,v ! ; The movement has alrady .begun its work by devoting substantial aid to many Important schools In .the South. George Foster Pea body is the treasurer of the movement. The confrence was organised four years ago and has grown rapidly, ever since. An amusing incident occurred on Third street the other -day. A prominent clt iaen accosted Harvey W, fccott with the abrupt statement: 1 i "I suppose' we'll have ' a Democratic Governor next time." - - ' "I don't think. so,"j snswered" Harvey. 'Have you got' any coin to bet on ItT' Harvey dug down Into his hip pocket and pulled out a handful of gold. "I ll take fifty of that." said the cit izen. "Oh, I'm not a betting man," relied Harvey, replacing the coin amid the soars of laughter by the bystanders. HIGH SCHOOL DEBATE Saturday evening, at the Portland HJgh Sohool Assembly hall, 'the debating team from Vancouver High School will meet the To-Logelon Society, of the Portland High School, in a debate. The Vancouver team is composed of Hugh 'L. Parcel, Ralph Bateman and Howard W'intier, and will uphold the affirmative side of .the question, "Resolved, That th policy of W liDEIIT MONTANA1 BREWERS WILL REDUCE SALOONS BUTTE. Mont., April 55. Montana brewers pave given out, the statement that the acton taken at their recent meeting will result in revolutionising the r.urtness of selling beer to saloon men In this statfc : v . . ..v-" ,7 Heretofore the practice has . been ' to equip any man who wanted to start a saloon with the stock and fixture's and beer necessary to begin business and then take a Jong chance in getting the money back. . ;;i.'.V-7 ' " - "AU that will now be changed!, said' a prominent brewer in Butte today. '.''We Will require the-same-leiTOa-from'ar.'jtian: who wants to start a saloon as we would require of a man - who was purchasing some okhar .commodity 'fsr-'sotas othsr excluding Chines laborer from the Uni ted States' should be maintained.". "Nath an,.B. 'BlackbyriV.w,-8... Edward and Herbert V. Clark make up ttfe To-Lore- ion Society's team.. The following gen. tleaaea are to act a judges; Judge Cle- lss4, Judge Frasler, sfn A. C. NwlL of th Bishop Soott Academr: Dr. Johnson, principal of the Portland Academy, id Hon. Oeorge H. William. FOR THE NEWSBOYS. B, J. Arnold, owner of the mrry-go round on Park street, between Seventh and M1U streets, , who offers th.ws. boy of th city ; an ; afternoon of fun at hl attraptlons, has postponed th date to Saturday, May . The reason Is that; Mr. Arnold oould ' not set bit "ocean wave", attraction . ready by tomorrow, H has also Invttad the kindergarten scholars to attend, r WOODEN BLOCK OUTRAGE WW a;Citizen Tbinks oljThe ' Innmsl PvnnP i VVWI uasl O sw r rrw A prominent clUsen and taxpayer, who, for personal reasons does not want his name used,' said-this morningf "I, for one, am glad that The Journal has taken up'- th oudgel in behalf o' nroDerty-ownera ''who seem to be the helpless-victims of the outrageous paving deal now going on on Fourth street , "I may be trespassing upon the'inallen able rights' of the city engineer, the Board of Public Works, the Council, the contractor, the big' guns and the little guns. Just the tame, It is time that such matters should be exposed. "After reading The Journal's facts, 1 took up one of the blocks at random, and split It open. Th inside showed sap Now It is a rule of physics that no two objects can occupy the same space at the same time. Th same is true of sub stances. "It was a requirement made In the specifications, as I remember, that the sap should be forced out, to enable th preservative to be forced In. Certainly, the block i examined was not properly treated. It looks as though the city en gineer must have given the blocks a. very superficial Inspection, If any at all. "It takes grit to make an expose like this against powerful combinations, and the people Will hot be slow to endorse The Journal's action:" NO LAWS FOR SNEAKS. ''i won't stand tos'ftny sneaking' to get a man to commit a violation of the law,' said Magistrate Watson in the Oats ave nue court thl morning to a delegate of the Butcher'. Association. Th remark was brought out by the arraignment of Abraham Levins', a hutcher of 1717Plt kln avenue, oh complaint of Charles Hill of 1794 Gates avenue. Hill claimed to have gone Into Levins' butcher store SUnday morning, and to have asked the man to sell him a pound of meat; "I Wouldn't sell It to him," said Lev- ins to the -waglstr aos-"atil fas told ni that his wife was slck.l let him have the meat, but I didn't Want to take the money for it. He forced me to take it. Theo I was arrested. : By close questioning the magistrate satisfied himself that this was the true story and , the case was dlsmaaed. Brook lyn Times. . t COMPLAINT OF : A NEWCOMER ' To the Journal: As a ratepayer for wa ter In thia city, I wish; 'to protest against the high-handed excluslVeness of the men in the water office who.are paid to serve the people, yet who can hot be reached by telephone. - On calling the water" office, .the tele phone company's "special" operator says that the company has -orders not to con nect a caller with the office. Asked why, she said:' '; "That's our orders. They have a line, but I guess they don't, want to be both ered." '7. "But I have a complaint," said X. "A main has burst and the street is being flooded." kH-7 7 . "Can't help It." she replied; "good-bye." And this is Portland. I have never been used to village methods, and If .this is the general style of Portland's municipal smallness, then I can go elsewhere. I supposed the people paid the city offi cials to serve the public. 1 am wrong,1 and It, is. well that I found It out before I Invested money here to any extent. A NEWCOMER. Actress Haps and Mishaps. Ada Rehan has di-clded not to make a theatrical tour this season. A aew play was written for her by Martha Morton, and Klaw & Erlanger, her managers, were ready to assign a rout of the larger cities, but the actress is hot In good health, and Is rich enough to put aside work when she dea not feel like doing U. Sarah Coweli LeMoyne has abandoned the tour which she began early In the winter. Her friends ascribe her failure to the line of business, i nat wUl result In cut ting down the number of cheap saloons and putting men in business' who ar responsible and Who will raise the tone of the llquor-detiling business , of the tata. , , , . - ' , ,.; Gustavo Nlasem said today! "I am sec-' retary of the Liquor Dealers' Association and I believe from what I have learned that the new order of thing will be best, foe all. Reputable llojjpr men will not have to carry the burden of th disrep utable ones. There are now fSO saloons ,B Bu"iL an'1 Jw .w-ouldj be more than nough. The Urn will come when the liquor dealers everywhere will see the benefit of the nwiy-establishd rule of the: 'brewer:":": " "'-:tf:yi":''2jr2 SOOOOOOOOOOOO o oOOOnOOOOOOOO vS 1 BICYCLES Motor Cyde $200 SttLS$25,-s35,s4)I Cushion Frame $50 ' Sundries and Tires : 4 f If you want new tires on an old wheel TRY THE OXFORD. get any more value at any price. FIRST AND TAYLOR ssBB- A - ' A.' i' A i Jk j " A '''- '- Jff T'.r' ,T PC. T drnma she used, "Th First Duchess of Marlborough," whl the friends of the author, Charles Henry Mettser, think the Play' all right and th actress unsuitable. Llebler & Co. cease to be Mrs. LeMoyne's managers. She will go Into "The Way of the World" next week, taking the place of Clara Bloodgood, for whom the (same stags With Else Pe Wolfe has proved too small for tha comfort of both. . Minnie Madders Flake undertook a tour with the plays that she had produced here. . "Mi randa of the Balcony" and "Thtf Unwel come Mrs. Hatch,." but the announcement was "made yesterday by her husband manager, H. Q. Flsko, that 'she would cancel her engagements and ; come back to town. 8hs may revive "Becky Bharpe" at the Manhattan, the use of Which for the remainder of th season has of late been In doubt , Mary Manftertng may fly the road, but In this case the failure of play' will not be the cause. There Is a Jumble of dis agreement among the "actrens, her hBir hand and her manager,, Mr. Hackett says th shall hot make spring tour In "Ca- mtfie," Mr. McKee says she shall, and she hesitates between conjugal love and pro fessional duty. Julie Opp, who west to London to take up the role of the heroine I T ii.iL lViliLV Watch For the Little Trading They , are the same 7 as money, in jHE JOURNAL is frequently "worth more than 50 cents in money Do you; read the ad vertising columns? Do you watch for all r. the: ood ' things offered ? The Journal ad vertis Ing pays reader and advertiser. AN OLD, RELIABLE, WELL ESTABLISHED H01SE that has been for ao years catering to the trade of the Northwest.- We practically own out own Bicycle Factory, and are perhaps as likely to remain in the business,-to take care of you and tbe bicycles we sett yotl, as .anybody how doing; business in , the Northwest; We mention thia because it is a matter you should think about, especially as dealers and wheels that were here last year are gone this year, and no doubt they will con tinue to drop out; but WE ARE HERE TO STAY. We run our bicycle business In connection with our other business, at the mlnjmum of expense. Hence we can Stay In when the other fellow IS forced to quit, and we can give you more value for your money at any and all times than anybody in the business. iiiifj taver STREETS . A. . , . A ' - " A A. - . A. A. a. ( a. ".7" , s in "if I wera King," is now reported to l-e barred from It by Justin Huntley Mc Carthy, the author, notwithstanding that he stipulated; that ; she should have it The how-de-do In thia case Is said to arise from . heart trouble on Mr. Mc Carthy's part, induced by the suit brught by the wife Of William Faversham. Mr, "McCarthy, the divorced husband of Cisssy Ijoftus. was understood' to be. betrothed to Miss Opp,' but not now, i The -case is a complication, with only . the ' surface symptoms a yet in ' slght:Ne w York Sun. :'-iUt!Z'!-ry 7-- rsjji'i'xvi SOCIAL. PORTLAND. ' mmjmmmmmmmmtmmmmm' 15 '- ' "' j - i . ..- - - - . ' - ' 'V . - A social was given last Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. 'Jacobs on ast Eighth street, by tha young, people of the ' , Bodney-AveAu Christian ' En deavor. ' 8olos ' and recitations ware among 'the features of the evening. A business meeting ftl lowed, ; A soctel will be given in th parlors Of th Taylor-Street Church this "svenlni by ths Other Fellow Circle, an organisa tion composed of the young men of Mrs. Williams' class. Aprogram will be ren dered and light refreshments served. All young people are Invited to" be present. f wiirn f H. SI v You can't. Lewis k Co. I ev PORTLAND, OREGON Q ..: :' .;- x Vi. , . s. a, . !' r a. . ass. s V ar w Larsen, the Palmist '' If you want your hand read go to Lar son. He will tell you for- 60c what th lines In your hand Indicate. Mr. Larsen ls an authority on palmistry and 1 th author of ' 1'iaetlcal Hand Reading," a book circulating all over the United States, of whtch th seond edition Is n exhausted. - Mr. tiarsen Is no faker, but a student of human nature and a sctentiflo galmlst. . He Is located in the Allsky ullding, , corner . Third . and Morrison streets. WB ARB SELLING 60,000 PACXAOXS t ot our noiiHT nooD.vjissinti soda monthly, the largest t cent paokag isj the market. . Bold by a 1 'grocers. O. H. CalKins SL Co. VALL PAPER 7 MCTUFJC MOULDS, ETC Practical FalnUng 4S3H Washington Str In All Its Branches. , - : Portland, Ore, Checks your pocket - , HERE IS THE CHECK BOWCN'S TRADING CHCCK r 0000 FOR . ONE CENT Hi M tMla ttt rtl .Ti-Mllt nt flia. ImIn. iti.'conipsnird by lawful mOiie ot by li,r firm ot: - - -.,.. ,,;-.! -lit s.fi?-,.w ':"7,