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THE MORNING OREGON IAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 190T. UPON Fran Stock Companies Must Tell Truth in Prospectus. UNDER HEAVY PENALTY Representative Brown Fathers Bill to Punish Misrepresentation ' by Corporations or Individuals Of fering Investments to Pnblic. SALEM, Or.. Jan. 23. (Special.) In exploiting their properties and oppor tunities for profitable investment, cor porations will confine themselves to an uncolored statement of fact If one of several bills covering the subject fthall be enacted. One of them, that of Representative Brown, of Linn, provides as follows: "Any person who knowingly makes or publishes in any way whatever, or permits to be made or published, any book, prospectus, notice, report, state ment, exhibit or other publication of or concerning- the affairs, financial con dition or property of any corporation, Joint stock: association, co-partnership or Individual, which said book, pros pectus, notice, report, statement, ex titbit or other publication Bha.II eon tain any statement which Is false or wilfully exaggerated or which. Is in- tended to give, or which shall have a tendnncy to give, a less or greater apparent value to the share, bonds or property of said corporation, join t- stock association, co-partnership or In dividual, or any part of said shares, bonds or property, then said shares, bonds or property or any part there of, shall really and In fact possess. nhall ho deemed guilty of a felony, And upon conviction thereof shall be imprisoned for not more than 10 years or fined not more than SIO.OOO, or shall suffer bo tli said fine and Imprison- ment. Similar bills have been Introduced by Representative Beutsren, of Multnomah, and Senators Hart of Baker, Bingham of Lane, and Coshow of Douglas. It Reems probable that legislation as proposed In these bills will be enacted. Habitual drunkards will be haled into court and tried like offenders against the law If the bill of Repre sentative Steen shall become a law. The drunkard Is not to be punished, however, the trial bein? simply for the purpose of proving him addicted to liquor. If the fact shall be proved, an y person thereafter sel tins' him liquor shall be deemed srullty of -a misdemeanor and will he punished therefor by severe penalties. The fact of drunkenness Is to be posted In the Courtroom and in the county Court house, but this notice shall be re- moved If the drunkard shall reform. Justices and recorders are to have jurisdiction. Commission men are to be rounded up. if Representative B. F. Jones, of lolk, ran pass Ms bill for their regula tion. Kvery person In such business must deposit with the Secretary of State a 110,000 bond which shall be held liable for all consignments to him and for al 1 fines that may be ln " fllcted under the act. Every person receiving a consignment of goods must notify the sender within 24 hours. stating- condition of the shipment and the rutins market price for similar commodities on that date. After three days ho shall notify the sender wheth- er 'sate has been made and shall con tinue so to notify every three days thereafter. Within 24 hours after sale the commission man must notify the consignor of the price received and to whom sold and not later than five days thereafter must forward payment to the consignor. Every commission house Is prohibited from selling nny consign ment to any person or Individual con nected with it. The penalties are from $25 to $200 fine. Suggested by the district attorney of his county. Representative Slusher has offnred a bill In the House that is In tended to reach hold-up gentry In the criminal prosecution of these candi dates for the penitentiary. The bill makes a criminal conspiracy at com mon law a crime and in defining the same and providing a penalty therefor, reads as follows: "Any person guilty of a criminal conspiracy at common law shall be punished by imprisonment in the coun ty jail not exceeding one year or by a fin not exceeding $1000, or by both tine and Imprisonment, but no agree ment except to commit a felony upon the person of another or to commit ar- Ron or burglary shall toe deemed a con spiracy or be punished as such unless soms act besides some such agreement be done to effect the object thereof by one or more of the parties to such agreement" Under the present law any claim. Against any Judgment debtor employed In a public office muBt be garnishee within six months after the debt is in curred. But it is the purpose of an amendment to this law. proposed in a bill by Representative Burns, to ex tend the limit within which such a claim can be garnlsheed for the same length of time as any other debt can be legally collected. The bill makes the state or county treasurer, sheriff, elerk, constable, city treasurer or other public officer liable to answer as gar nishee for all moneys In his possession as such public officer belonging to or claimed by any judgment debtor. Senator Kay, of Marion, has intro duced In the Senate substantially the same bill relating to the garnishment of public moneys due to state and pub- He officials, employes and creditors as the measure presented In the House by Representative Burns. Representative Dye, of Clackamas, would have the county liquor license doubled. This is the main object of a bill he has introduced in the House. Besides Increasing the annual license of these saloons from $400 to $800, tllO bill also provides for an Increase from $1000 to $1500 in the bond of the pro prietor of such resorts. At the pres ent time It is required that a petition. signed by - a majority of the legal voters of a precinct In which such a saloon Is to be established, shall be filed with the county, court before such a license can be granted. The new bill Increases this representation to at least 60 per cent of the legal voters of a precinct. Representative Brown, of Linn, Is the author of a bill for the amendment of the present statute providing: that a will executed by either a male or fe male becomes Invalid on their mar riage. At the present time a will ex ecuted by a male, prior to his marriage, remains In force and effect after his marrlaRe, while a similar Instrument executed by a female is annulled by her subsequent marriage. Varloim changes are to be made In the salaries now received by the of f 1- cers of Malheur County if the bill of Kcpresentative King; becomes a law. The sum of t&00 per annum travelling: expenses is allowed the sheriff whose salary is reduced from $2500 to ,3400. The salary of the deputy sheriff re mains unchanged, $1000. The compen- satlon.'Of the county clerk is increased from $1000 to $1800, and the office of deputy county clerk at $1200 is abol ished. The salaries of the county super intendent of schools and the county Judge are Increased from $900 and $1000 respectively to $1000 and $1800. The pay of the assessor Is changed from $ a day to $1200 a year. Under the proposed taw that officer will be allowed one deputy at $4 a day for not to exceeu 100 days, although the county court may order the employment of additional deputies when their ser vices are required Representative Belknap has intro duced a bjll providing for the appoint ment of deputy district attorneys in the Seventh Judicial District and fix ing: their salaries. If the law is en acted the appointment of these depu ties is given District Attorney Mene- fee. The counties in which these dep uties are to be appointed and the salary each will receive, as provided in the law, are: Crook, $600; Gilliam, $.100: Sherman, $300; Wasco, $600, and Wheeler, $400. T SEXATOR BAILEY'S BILLS MAKE AMENDMENTS. One) Contemplates Partial Return, to Party Convention System Otber Alters Statement No.. 1. SALiEM, Or., Jan. 23. (Special.) Naming of a ticket for primary nomina- tlon Is .proposed by Senator Bailey of Multnomah, who today introduced, two bills, one for that purpose and the other to modify Statement No. 1 so that the signer will pledge himself to vote only for his party's choice for United States Senator. These two bills were cj.uite un expected in the l-aeslslature and are not toeUevecl to have any considerable fol lowing. There is strong sentiment against amendment by .the Legislature of any bill enacted by the people at the polls, just as two years ago there was vigorous and effective opposition to amendment of the local option law. At that time there was a large demand for amendment of the llQTior law, but none has appeared for amendment ot the primary law. It la Quite certain that if the bills should ever reach the Governor he would veto them and It la probable that, they could be passed over the veto. The fact that all the new members of the Legisla ture secured their nomination and elec tion under the direct primary and the further fact that for the first time Unit ed States Senators have been elected without tampering with the Legislature, will bring to the defense of the direct primary law Strom? support. Bailey has introduced two bills for Important changes In the direct primary law. One bill provides for the holding of conventions before the primaries. In which candidates may be named, whose names shall be placed on the primary ballot. Other candidates may be nomi nated by petition as at present and their names be placed upon the primary ballot. This would Rive one candidate for each nomination whatever advantage there would be in an indorsement by a paAy convention. The aspirant winning1 out In the direct primary would have his name placed on the ballot at the general elec- as now; The other bill changes Statement No. 1 so that it pledges the signer to always support "that candidate for United States Senator who receives the highest vote of his party. At present the pledge Is to support the candidate receiving the highest vote regardless of party. tion JOINT CONFERENCE FAVORED Oregon, Washington and Jilaho to Discuss Opening' of Columbia. SALEM. Or.. -Jan. 23. (Special.) That a joint committee of the Oregon Legislature will confer with a like committee of the Washington and Idaho Legislatures, concerning: naviga tion of the Columbia Ftiver is alto gether possible. A concurrent resolu tion for a joint committee has been adopted by the Senate, Introduced by Smith of IJmatllla, and is in the hands of the House committee on resolutions, by whom it will undoubtedly be re ported favorably, perhaps tomorrow. The committee Is to consist of one from the Senate and two from the House. Senator Smith is encouraged in advocating the conference plan, by favorable disposition of the Washing ton Legislature. as reported from Olympla. The conference would be val uable for bringing the interests of the three states together and harmonizing them for united work toward Improv ing the Columbia River for naviga tion. The resolution Is as follows: Whereas, The States of Oregon, Washing ton and Idaho are jointly Interested In ths openlna; of the Columbia and Snake Rivers with roferenoa to openlna; of navigation on the upper and lower rivers, and Whereas, So far the State of Oregon has taken the Initiative In this matter by ex pending large sums of money In the con struction of a portage road above The Dalles, and ' Whereas, The States of Washington and Idaho have profited largely thereby and there is now a desire on the part of the commercial bodies from both Washington and Idaho to assist In this enterprise, there fore. Be It resolved by the Senate, the House concurring. That a committee of one on the part of the Senate and two on the part of the House, be appointed to meet like com mittees from the State of Washington and the State of Idaho, for conference purposes and attempt to agree on such legislation as will be uniform and Just to each of the three states with reference to keeping this great waterway open to navigation, or any other legislation that may interest all three of the states. Routine ol the Senate, SALEM, Or., Jan. 23. (Special.) Fol lowing proceedings were bad in the Senate today: S. It 15. Eaitey To authorize the com mittee on- printing to employ a mailing clerk at S5 a day. was adopted today by the Sen ate. , S. J. M. 1, Smith, of t'matJIla For the free use of roads across the Umatilla In dian reservation, was adopted by the Sen ate today. The senate today adopted the rernrnmen datlon of the Judiciary committee that Sen ate bill S be amended no as to reduce the 3ury fees provided for from $4 to f3 a day. The courtesies of the Senate were today extended to ex-Senator R. M. Veatch, of Lane County. PreIdcnt Haines today Introduced in the Senate the bill prepared by a committee of bankers for a general banking act. Upon motion of Senator Miller, of L.inn, the committee on commerce and naviga tion was today Instructed to investigate the history, cost and present condition of the locks at Oregon City and their effect upon the commercial and !ndustria Interests of the state. The committee was asked to re port at as early a date as convenient. Files on Water lor Power. ALBANY, Or., Jan. 23. (Special.) Joseph At. Healy. of Oregon City, repre senting the Santlam Electric Company, has mea water rights here lor power from the North Santlam River. The proj ect embraces the erection of seven dams 60 feet hig-n In the Santiam. and the con struction of seven canals between Niagara and Mchama, each one to bi four miles lone MEAD IN QUANDARY Unable to Find Successor for John S. McMillen. COMMISSION UNDER FIRE While Washington Governor Is Cast ins. About to rill Vacancy, Leg islature Commences Investlga - tion of Railroad Body's Acts. OLTMPIA. "Wash., Jan. 23. Governor Mead is "up in the air." so far as the appointment of a Railroad Commissioner to succeed John S. McMlllln Is concerned. While this appointment Is held up the joint railroad committee of the House and .Senate is sunning for the rest of the commission and there may be more trou ble In store. This afternoon Paulhamus and Dickson respectively House and Sen ate chairman of the railroad committees, called the members to order. Paulhamus, of Pierce, announced that McMlllin had quit under Are and that he thought It "would be well to conduct an Investiga tion of the expenditures of the commis sion to find out -where the money went and how U went Dickson of Yakima added that this plan had. his hearty approval and de clared that the commission recommenda tions for legislation were most un satis fac- tory and that if that was the best the Com missioners could do after spending tha large aumi they had. he would favor abolishing the commission. Graves, rem ocrat, of Spokane, who was one of the leaders in passing the bill last session, spoke In favor of a special committee to investigate. The motion was carried unanimously. The special committee was promptly named to consist of Senators Paulhamus, Sumner and Stevenson, and Representa tives. Dickson, Abrams, T. N. Stevens and Taylor. Inside of lO minutes after the committee was named its membera were At work In the office of the State Audi- tor, compiling exact data on the expendi tures of the commission, especially those of McMlllin and Falrchild. The appointment matter Is in a peculiar jurm irora tne tact that the Governor seems to have been disappointed In tins ma cnoice, wnoever he may have been, and to be now seeking to place re sponsibility for the nomination elsewhere. There is a report circulated that Mead fireed to name any man .the Fierce Coun ty delegation ' would agree on who would be satisfactory to John L. Wilson. At first the name of Arvld Rydstrom, of Tacoma, was suggested by some of the Pierce members. To this Paulhamus and Nichols of the delegation objected. Paulhamus says Rydstrom is a personal friend, but that he should not be named. because he is not entirely in sympathy with commission work and is handicapped by being employed as a Harrlman ctvil engineer. This opposition eliminated Rydstrom from the race. Then the Pierce County delegation agreed on George W. Kandle, of Tacoma, and a wire offering the position was sent today to Kandle on behalf of the dele gation. H w refused to accept. Then A. W. Pratt, president of the Tacoma Booster Club, was suggested. Mr. Pratt is here tonight and is decidedly coy. He admits that the tender was made him If he could secure the indorsement of Wil- son, but insists that tie will not personally seek that indorsement. Pratt is said to have told some friends he could not ac cept, but to others he says he has given no answer either way. Mr. Pratt was In conference for two hours today with the Governor, but declares the commission matter -was never mentioned. There is an efTort being made to boom S. C. Cosgrove, of Pomeroy, for the place. Some of the Wilson contingent are quoted as saying Cosgrove will probably be the man. Wilson, this evening, said that In his opinion some experienced railroad man should be named, but declared that the matter of the appointment is none of his concern. The Governor has said that the whole matter may go over for some days, but beyond that will not speak for publication. Abolish Oil Inspection. OLTMPIA, Wash., Jan. 23.-(Special.) Representative Moore of Clark County will Introduce a bill this week to do away with the inspection of oil and the office of Oil Inspector. He thinks there is no need of oil Inspection. "In Oregon." he said, "there is no in spection of oil. and the oil tests as high as the oil sold In Washington." LIMIT CAPACITY REACHED. G. M, Iievey Defends Northern Pa- clfic at Seattle Hearing SEATTT.B, Jan. 23. That the Northern Pacific 'had reached the limit of its capa- city as a single-track railroad was the principal defense put forward to the con dition of freight congestion that exists on the Sound by C M. Iievey. third vice president of the road, and B.' B. Palmer, assistant genera! superintendent, at the investigation 'before Interstate Commerce Commissioner I-ano today. . Mr. Levey said that the road had con tracted for improvements which were either under way or soon would be, and additional equipment, which would mean an expenditure by the Northern Pacific of J73.000.000 In the next year and a half. The improvements consisted of the Port land & Seattle Railroad and the installa tion of double trackage east of Spokane. H. 2. Palmer made the statement that only 23 per cent of the Coast traffic of the Northern Pacific went east of Spo-' kane. and that the installation of double trackage on the west end of the road would do much to relieve the situation. The completion of the Portland & Seattle will give the Northern two tracks from Spokane to the Coast. FIFTY VESSELS WrXDBOm) I Unable to Enter Puget Sound Tusrfr Are Without Fuel. SEATTLE, Wash.. Jan. 22.-(Spec!al.)- Local tugboat companies estimate that 50 vessels are beating off the straits, un able to make progress against head winds and enter the straits. In lour weeks but 16 sailing vessels have entered the Sound and many listed here are overdue. Any chance of the tugs goinR outside to look: for the vessels is precluded by the shortage of fuel. Among the vessels are the French bark. Marie, 200 days out from Newcastle. "A. western wind," said Captain Blekum this morning, "would fill the harbor with sailing vessels, but until the wind changes to south-west, northwest or some other direction than dead ahead, sailing busi ness will be at a standstill." THE VALUE OP CHARCOAL. Train Escapes From Snowdrift. MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 23. The Great Norttiern Oriental limited train from the Pacific Coast arrived here today after beinjr stranded In Montana snowdrifts. The first tie up was at Midvale, Mont.. for 14 hours, and the second at Gilford for 14 hours. During the latter period the food sup- Few People Know How Uaefnl It Is la Preserving Health and Beauty, Coats Notblns tt Try. Nearly everybody knows that charcoal is the safest and most efficient disinfect ant and purifier in nature, but few real ize its value when taken into the human system for the same cleansing purpose. Charcoal Is a remedy that the more you take of It the better; it's not a drug at all, but simply absorbs the erases and impurities always present In the stomach and intestines and carries them out of the system. Charcoal sweetens the breath after smoking, drinking or after eating- onions and other odorous vegetables. Charcoal effectually clears 1 and Im proves the complexion, it whitens the teeth and further acts as a natural and eminently safe cathartic. It absorbs the. injurious gases which collect in the stomach ana bowels; It dis infects the mouth and throat from the poison of catarrh. All druggists sell charcoal In one form or another, but probably the best char Coal and the mosr for the money is in Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges; they are composed of the finest powdered Willow charcoal, and other harmless antiseptics in tablet form or .rather in the form of large, pleasant tasting lozenges, the char coal being mixed with honey. The daily use of these lozenges will soon tell in a much Improved condition of the general health, better complexion, sweeter breath and purer blood, and the beauty of it is that no possible harm can result from their continued use. but, on the contrary, great benefit. ' A Buffalo physician, In speaking of the benefits of charcoal, says : "I advise Stu art's Charcoal Lozenges to all patients suffering from gas in stomach and bow els, and to clear the complexion and purl- fy the breath, mouth and throat; I also believe the liver Is greatly benefited by the daily use of them; they cost but twenty-five cents a host at drug stores, and al though in some sense a patent prepara tion, yet I believe I get more and better charcoal In Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges than in any of the ordinary charcoal tab lets." Bend your name and address today for a free trial package and see for yourself. F A. Stuart Co., 66 Stuart Bldg.. Mar shall. Mich. ply was exhausted and there was heat In only one car. The train was almost hidden In the mountain of snow. "B rake men finally succeeded In summoning: aid. STEVENS AGAIN ASSAILED Bill Makes Road Work lor County Prisoners Legal. , SALEM, Or., Jan. 23. (Special.) In addition to the effort to diminish the compensation of Sheriff Stevens of Multnomah County, there is a move ment on foot to cut off his income from feeding county prisoners. In effect this has already been accomplished, for the prisoners are now being worked at the rock- quarry and fed by others than the Sheriff, but there has been some question as to the legality of tills practice. In order to remove doubt on the sub ject Senator Nottingham has Intro duced a. bill expressly authorizing the road supervisor to receive and receipt for any prisoners that are to be worked on the roads, and relieving the Sheriff from responsibility while the prisoners are out of his custody. This measure, it is understood, was prepared by the Multnomah County Court. Sheriff Stevens is in Snlem to night looking after his Interests. In the House delegation from Multnomah he has a large following. Narrow Escape for Saloons. SALEM, Or, Jan. 22.-(SpecjaU-Liquor licences must be denied to any person convicted of violating the liquor laws If a bin or Representative Settlemier should be enacted. This bill came up for final passage in the house today, favorably reported by the committee on alcoholic traffic, almost before the House knew what was happening, and would have passed but for the opposition of Free man of Multnomah and Campbell of Clackamas, who had the bill referred to the committee on Judiciary. Freeman's objection was that the bill would, shut off from licenses saloonmen who keep open on Sunday, as they may lawfully do under the city ordinances in Portland. SERVICES LAST ALL DAY Day of Prayer to Be Observed at Y. ' M. C. A. Tomorrow. A day of prayer will be observed to morrow with a new speaker each half hour during the day from 6:30 A. M. until 9 : 30 1 M . These services will be held in the Y. M. C. A. auditorium, and are in connection with the Union Serv ices now being conducted at the White Temple. w 1 1 1 1 William Edgar Geil. speaker. The services are open to all interested, and all are invited to drop in at any hour of that, day. The hours 7:30 8:00 R:SO U:CO t:30 no:oo 10:30 J 1:00 J 1:80 12:00 12:30 J :00 1:30 2:00 2:30 3:00 3:30 4:tH 4.30 5:00 eaders -A.. M.., A. M. . . A. M... A. M... A.. M. . . A. M-. . A. ZVl A. M. . . A. M... A. M... A. M... M I- . M . . I. M... P. M... P. M... P. M... T. M. . . P. M. . . P. M. . . P. M... P. M... follows: ...S3. V. F-loytS- M. Baldwin. 6:30 7:00 7:30 R:O0 8:30 P. M. . . P. M.. P. M.. 8:0O p. M... ....Rev. E. a Muckley, ....?. A. Lewis. ....II. W. Stone. 1 1. W. Davis. . . . . Re v. 11. Wy ae Jones. ....Rev. J. E. Snyder. ....W. E. Reeler. ....Rev. F. E. Robinson. . . . . E. C. Frost. . ...K. Ft. Hermlston. . ...Tr. E. 1. House. tr. C. E. Hawke. ....Rev. G. W. Griffin. ....Rev. D. A. Thompson. . . . . Rev. 3. W. Learn. Dr. FJ. E. S. Ely. . . . . Rev. E- M. Sharp. . . . . Rev. Vrooman. ....Rev. Ij. M. Boozer, ....Rev. A. H. Burk- holder. C. J. Mi 111. -...Rev. J. A. P. MrOaw. -...Rev. S. O. Iapham. ...Rev. E. M. Patrrson. ....Rev. W. T. Jordan. Rev. C. W. Hays. . . . . Rev. Clarence True Wimon. y rr. J. Whltcomb Brougher. TACOMA MAY DROP OUT Shrecdcr ' Threatens to Surrender Northwest League Franchise. TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 23. (Special.) George Shreeder, the local baseball mag nate is despondent over the outlook for the National game In Tacoma, during' the coming- season. Shreeder says he is will ing to put up the money for a good team, but that lack of interest on the part of local business men. the commercial or ganizations and the streetcar company. has left him, on the ev of the annual meeting of the league managers In Seattle, next Friday, without a ball park. This Is the one thtngr that will prevent the North west League from putting a team here. "I'm willing to do all in my power to keep league ball In Tacoma. this year." said Shreeder. "I lost S450Q in the t?am last year, playing- a four months' season. simply to keep the franchise in Tacoma, and I will take my chances again, but I must have definite arrangements made for the grounds before Friday, or I will turn the franchise In to tbe league managers to do as they eee nt. "If they don't have any better success than I have had. the franchise will prob ably be transferrefl to "Vancouver. B. C" fit Ejf and Eyelids. Weak IyM And Tired Eyes Need Murine Kye Tonio. UYAP IAN0 NOW WHILE UNPARALLELED ' INDUCEMENTS PREVAIL There is certainly "something doing" at Eilera Piano House. And no wonder, when we offer to sell you a piano at retail on a wholesale basis, allowing you to choose from a stock of nearlj five hundred of the finest instruments known to the piano world, and then give you just about as long a time as you want to settle in; it is certainly quite out of the ordinary. But we've got an immense surplus stock to be moved in a hurry, and we propose to do it in about one-tenth of the usual time. And we are doing it through the Co-operative Club plan. Join one of our five clubs, and take advantage of the extraordinary inducements. OUR CO-OPERATIVE CLUB PLAN MAKES BUYING EASY CLUB MEMBERS BUY $225 PIANOS FOR $137 $275 PIANOS FOR $178 $325 PIANOS FOR $218 $400 PIANOS FOR $278 $475 PIANOS FOR $307 $550 PIANOS FOR $368 Club members effect a saving of nearly a hundred dollars on tbe lowest.priced pianos, and almost two hundred on the more costly grades. Your first deposit, which is applied direct on the purchase price, entitles you to membership, and your piano is delivered at once. Club membership secures for you the discount, which puts the piano in your home practically on a wholesale basis-minus regular , profits, and with a saving of 90 per cent of regular seUing expenses. Payments as low as $1.25 a week will secure to club members an excellent instrument and if you can spare a little larger weekly amount -$1.50, $2, $2.50 or $3 you can buy as fine an instrument as your heart could desire. First payments range from $7.50 upward, according to the grade of piano. Easier, more liberal terms were never in augurated by any piano house in tbe United States, and lower prices were never quoted by a relia- We house,' HELP US AND HELP YOURSELVES Assist us to move.this great surplus stock, ana benefit yourself at the same time, We've made the inducements worth the consideration of any prospective piano-seeker. We don't believe there will be another such opportunity as this in years to come. If you're a man of family, and there is no piano in your home, now's your chance to put more happiness into that home than it ever contained before. Think of the genuine pleasure, comfort and entertainment it will afford the wife, and the accomplish ment it will place within reach of your children. And a piano lasts a lifetime it's something substan tial. A home without a piano is not complete. Don't wait for a better time, for it will never come. . Today's the day to buy and save. EILERS PIANO HOUSE BUSIER. BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER NEW NUMBER, 353 WASHINGTON, CORNER OF PARK TELLS GROWTH OF CHOUGH BISBOP SCIDIN(i DELIVERS INTERESTING liECTUKE. Shows Developmenl) ThroiiKh Bfis- slonary Work From James town to Oregon. Rt. Rev. Charles Seadding. bishop of Oregon, spoke in Trinity Church last night to a large audience on the mission ary work of the Episcopal Church, the title ot his subject being "The Church in America From Jamestown to Oregon." The lecture was under the auspices ot the Woman's Auxiliary and the offering went to swell the triennial offering for missions, made by this society. It occu- pied nearly two hours, and the time seemed short enough to the interested audience. It was a concise but interest ingly arranged account of the birth and development along missionary lines of the Episcopal Church in America. The views are of unusual merit, both from the technical excellenc of their pre sentation and from the good Judgment which dictated their selection. They tell not so much of the stone -work and frame erections of. the church as of tbe men and women who are doing the church's work and of the men and women and scenes where the work is being done. They are of deep interest because of what they tell with the fidelity of the ramora of the people among whom the church Is laboring. The lecture is wound around the pictures and there Is no lapse of Interest. The story opens with the first com munion in America after the colonists landed, making the first white settlement at Jamestown, Va . and tells of the early days of the church, how consecration was refused to the new bishop chosen by the church in America after the revolution. and how he was . finally consecrated by the bishops of the church in Scotland. The story of Queen Anne's potato patch. presented to the church and on which Trinity Church. New York, and several skyscrapers now stand, was told and the site was shown. Bishop Seadding explained the men's missionary thank offering which all men throughout the Episcopal Church are to make at Jamestown next October. The sum given by the men In Oregon will be returned to Oregon to the credit of the permanent endowment fund of the episcopate. This fund now amounts to $30,000. and. the bishop is making an earnest effort to raise It to J1O0.O00. The effectual work In the black belt was Illustrated. Bishop Seadding paid eloquent tribute to the work of Booker T. Washington for his people, and at the same time pointed out that the church for generations had been carrying on a similar work with gratifying results at Iawrencevllle. Va.. and Raleigh. C. turning out mechanics and artisans. nurses, cooks and domestics, giving a good technical education as well as re ligious instruction. Many missions have been established and are flourishing de Spite the claim that the negro race does not take kindly to the ritual of the church. A -very !ri teres tinjir section 1 that de voted to the American Indian the Iro- auols, the Arapahoe, the Creek and the Sioux. The present status of the Ameri can aboi-ljsrtnaJ was more evident by -views of himself, his habitation, his amuse- ments and his industries and "by anec dotes and Incidents. Coming: into Oregon over the Oregon trail, the bishop showed some excellent views of the church builcMnsrs and beautt- mi scenery along the line of the rail roads In 8regon. and spokft hopefully of- th outlook. Bejrtnnlnff with the mother parish. "Trinity Church, he Illustrated in a flTaphlc way the growth of the Episco- pal Church and paid a hearty tribute to the work: done by Bishops Scott and Morris. He showed several views of pic- turesque church buildings now closed for lack of means toy which to support cU-rarymen. and pathetically referred to these as the "silent churches of Oregon." He explained that Oregon was no longer a missionary Jurisdiction dependent on the J;i3t for support, but a regularly constituted diocese, and as such parishes and missions must now rely more upon their own resources. Mis policy is to conserve energy and concentrate effort. It is not to see how widely funds can be scattered, or how many clergymen can be appointed, but rather to put men who know how to bring things to pass on fields where something can be brought to pass. This plan calls for fewer men and larger salaries and will prove an effective method of establishing the cause. The bishop showed that, although a recent comer to Oregon, he Is inform ing himself thoroughly on all matters that tend to the upbuilding of the state, and his stlrrine and optimistic descrip tion of opportunities In Oregon, which will he given in many large parishes in the East next October, cannot fall to interest many in the possibilities, ma terial and spiritual, which exist in Oregon. Scliooncr Stetson Overdue. SAN FTIANCTPOO. Jan. 23 The owners of the steam schooner J. B. Stetson, ply- incr between this port and Puiret Sound, today asked the collector of customs to order the collector at Iort Townsend to send a revenue cutter after her, as she Is 24 hours overdue. PUT "FRATS" IINDFR RAN Movement to Forbid Hearing Badges and Jlcfuse Diplomas. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 23- A resolution will be introduced in the Board of Edu cation tomorrow by Aaron Altmann, ex- president of the board, forbidding any high school student to belong to a school fraternity or fraternal order or secret organization and prohibiting the wearing of any badges or insignia of such organ ization. A violation of the rule will be grounds for the dismissal of the offender from school. The resolution will further provide, providing that it is legal, that the stu dents or student belonging to a secret high school society shall not receive a diploma. The resolution will probably be passed by the unanimous vote of the board. A Self-Evident Proposition "Persistent success .8 proof of merit." Tie fact that for over fifty years the demand for Ghirardelli's Ground Chocolate has been, steadily increasing, is convincing evidence of its goodness. 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