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.
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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
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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.
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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. On no other
basis could our present enormous business hire been
built rip.
Ghirardelli's Gronnd Chocolate contains all the
natural goodness and nothing else; it is absolutely
pore and has a delicacy and richness of flavor that
la rxniqne.
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