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TITE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 1914. CLEARINGHOUSETO HID IN BANK PLEA San Francisco Alone on Coast Conceded Prior Rights to Portland's. COMMITTEE TO COME SOON T"orllaiid, Aided ly Other North western Cities, Expects "'to Pre sent Convincing Facts at Hear ing to Select Sites. Portland bankers yesterday joined hunds with the Portland Commercial Club and the Chamber of Commerce in the campaign to set a regional bank lor Portland under tho provisions of tbe newly enacted currency law. At a meeting? of the Clearing-House Association a resolution was unani mously adopted instructing; R. L. Dur ham, president, to appoint a committee of three members to co-operate with the Commercial Club and the Chamber of Commerce in obtaining all advan tageous information to present to the organiaztion committee of the regional reserve board which will conduct a hearing in Portland next month. Vnltcd Campaign Waged. Bankers concede that San Fran cisco will get the first bank allotted to the Coast and in the event that a second bank is established they will bend every effort to convince the Fed eral authorities that Portland is the logical place for It. Yesterday's meeting was the culmin ation of a movement that was started immediately after the currency bill was enacted. While the bankers have been agitat ing the plan individually and inform ally for 10 days, the commercial or ganizations of Portland and other parts of the state have been conduct ing a united consistent campaign. Yesterday's action of the Clearing House definitely commits the bankers to the movement and lends their pow erful influence to the campaign. Data Being Assembled. Meanwhile officials of the Commer cial Club and Chamber of Commerce are assembling data to be presented to the organization committee which consists of Secretary McAdoo and Sec retary Houston, who will be ex-officlo members of the Federal Reserve Board fand will visit various cities in the country to determine the geographical boundaries of the several reserve dis tricts and to designate the regional reserve center for each district. The only other ex-offlcio member of tho Federal Reserve Board is the Con troller of the Currency, but that office is vacant now. Board to Be Named Soon. The remaining four members are to be appointed by the President.. It is understood that Wilson will make his appointments before the end of the present month. At least two of these tippointees are to be men of recog liizd banking experience. Jt is believed that geographical lo cation and general trade tendencies will do much to influence the com mittee in selecting a regional bank center for the northwest. In these two particulars, bankers de clare, Portland ranks foremost among the cities of the Northwest, because it is more readily accessible by rail than any other city in the Northwest and transacts a greater volume of business than either Seattle or Spokane. Hankers to Act Promptly. "While Portland bankers propose to present their strongest claims before the committee when it comes here in February, they will not be Inactive meanwhile. A. L. Mills, president of the First National Bank, who Introduced the resolution that was adopted yester day, believes that the Northwest Is certain to have a regional bank. Even in the event that but one bank is given to the Coast and that one to Kan Francisco. Portland will make an active effort to secure a branch bank, but until the committee definitely de termines its course the bankers here "xv ill proceed on the theory that the Northwest is to have a bank of its own and that Portland is the only logical, natural place for that bank. Numerous Oregon cities and towns as well as some of those in Washing ton and Idaho are coming to Port lands support. Every National bank in Portland, as well as many of those in the smaller cities and towns of Oregon, has signi fied its Intention of joining the re gional reserve system. Several of the state banks are con sidering the plan and It is probable that many of them will affiliate. PRISONER'S COUNT FAULTY Xouis Gourals, Baying Liberty, Is 95 Short in Tender. Louis Goumis, charged with the theft ft a. woman's purse containing $75 in money and Jewelry, tried to escape yes terday with payment of $70, after he had offered to reimburse the woman provided he was allowed his freedom. Goumis counted out silver coins and followed with $5 gold pieces, of which lie had about ten. Four times he counted the alleged sum and then ten dered It to Clerk Crounse in full settle ment. Crounse found the total was only $70, when Goumis added another $5 gold piece and satisfied the court. INJURED DECORATOR FREED Interior r.nd Exterior Mix and In- terlor's Exterior Is Bruised. ' Jchn Walker, an Interior decorator, appeared before Municipal Judge Stevenson yesterday with a badly blackened eye and bruised face. What do you do for a living?" in nu.. . . lounse. "1 m an interior decorator," said .Walker. "Looks like you tried the outside this time," cut in Judge Stevenson. "No, that was another man. He's a house painter." Walker was released with advice not to decorate saloon Interiors with hi jneseiice hereafter. RESERVE TIMBER IS SOLD Idaho Deal Means Building of Kail road to District.' LEWISTON, Idaho, Jan. 2 (Spe cial.) Charles A. Fisher, chief forester T'jr the Clearwater forest, has Just Given out a statement concerning the purchase by a syndicate of a tract of forest reserve timber. The deal will mean the building of big mills and the construction of rail lines into the timber district. The appraisement and estimating of timber, recently com pleted, engaged the attention of the forestry department for several months. Mr. Fisher said: "Tho forest service has recently com pleted, the work of surveying by tra verse line control and estimating the timber on an area of approximately 79,000 acres within the Lolo Creek watershed of the Clearwater National forest. "The total area embraced in the project is 79,000 noret, containing ap proximately 64,000 acres of timber, 36,000 acres of which was found to be merchantable. "On the 36.000 acres of land there was found to be approximately 600. 000,000 feet board measure of mer chantable timber, 168,000,000 feet board measure, or 2S per cent, of which is white pine, and 432,000,000 board measure, or 12 per cent, is mixed species, also about 400,000 merchant able cedar poles. "For the handling of this timber it will be necessary to construct a rail road from some point on the main Clearwater River, possibly at the mouth of Ford's Creek, to the sale area, which road will possibly pass through the village of Weippe. thus opening up a vast agricultural and dairy section of country in addition to serving the - timber sale area." M. W. HENDERSON DIES ANOTHER OF PORTLAND'S IMO INKERS PASSES AWAY. Man Prominently Identified With In dtiNtrlra of Karly Dnyrn Came to City OO Years Ago. In M. W. Henderson, 70 years of age, who died at Good Samaritan Hospital - f 31. W. Henderson. Prominent t Portland Pioneer, Who Died at J Good Samaritan Hospital. A A.................,,... yesterday of paralysis, one of the fast- disappearing organization of Portland old-timers passed away. Mr. Hender son passed 50 years of his life in Oregon, chiefly in Portland, and was identified with most of the industries of the early days. With Jack Knott and James Lotan. Mr. Henderson was interested finan cially in the old Stark-street ferry. which was discontinued many years ago. He came to Portland as a clerk in the dry goods concern which later bore the name of Henderson. Clark & Cook, and had its place of business In trie old retail district on First street. After he ceased, connection with the dry goods business, he became a mem ber of the Willamette Steel & Iron Works Company, and was at one time owner and president of the concern. Mr. Henderson was born in South Rlegate, Vermont, and came to Port land when he was. 19 years old. He had made his home for many years' at 147. Auernetny street. He leaves a- son M. "W. Henderson. Jr., and a grandson, Wallace Edward Henderson, 5 years old The funeral will be held Sunday at 3 o'clock. Services will be at Holman's chapel and interment will be in River view Cemetery. Friends of the fam ily have been invited to attend. PEACE TRIBUNAL TO SIT EFFORT Ili;lG MADE TO RECOS. CILE WARRIXG MT. SCOTTITES. Josephine Hropuy. Frequent Police Court Visitor, and Latest Ac. euoer Will Meet Today. Josephine Brophy, whose neighbor hood rows with her Mcunt Scott neigh bors have brought her Into Police Court several times in the past year, will have a chance to make a New Year's resolution today, if the efforts of At torney Hall, representing her, and Fred Stadter, Deputy City Attorney, repre senting the state, meet with the success wnicn they desire. 1 he two attorneys. Municipal Judare Stevenson, Mrs. Brophy and Peter Pear son, latest complainant " against her. win be parties to a "star chamber" session in the court today, when the wrongs or each will be discussed thoroughly. It is Attorney Stadter s intention to have both litigants sign a New Year pledge to cease annoying the other. Mrs. Brophy. who displayed her in genuity a month ago by talking her comments to a phonograph and turn ing It loose through a window on the neighbors, has been convicted in Mu nicipal Court four times. Last time she appeal-d to the Circuit Court and ob tained a reversal. She was at one time under a $100 peace bond, which did not restrict her activities to any marked extent. MRS. G. I. BOLTER IS DEAD Woman Who Came to Oregon in 1854 Passes at Age of 80. Mrs. G. I. Bolter, an Oregon pioneer, aged 80. died December 21, at the resi dence of her daughter. Mrs. Charles McQuerry, 419 Ross street. Airs. Bolter's maiden name was Julia Mayer. She was a native of Massa chusetts and in that state she married G. T. Bolter. In 1S54 the Bolters located in Jackson County. In 1856 they went to Salem and lived there until 1863. Then they came to Port land, where they stayed until 1874. From 1874 until 1877 they lived in Monmouth, and during the next seven years they farmed in Folk County. Mr:i. Bolter is survived by two sons and three daughters E. C. Bolter and Mrs. Charles Stewart, of Los Angeles; W. E. Bolter and Mrs. Webb, of North western Oregon, and Mrs. Clmrlea Mc Querry, of Portland. 7 A EDUCATION BOARD SHIES FROM TANGO Question Is Passed Up 'to Teachers' Committee for Second Time. BOTH SIDES AVOID CLASH Ministers, Representing 1 1 Denom inations, Offer Resolution Against All Dancing, but Xo Argu ments Are Made. The question of the tango and all sorts of dancing in the public schools of Portland 'fell back upon the shoul ders of E. A. Sommer and O. M. Plura mer, . of the teachers' committee, yes terday afternoon, when the School Board re-referred the matter. It will be up to this committee to go over the whole field again Tuesday night at 7:30 o'clock, when it holds its next meeting, and to recommend to the Board some final form of action. Ministers representing eleven denom inations in the city had whetted their knives for everything that can "in any way be construed as dancing in the public schools or gymnasiums at tached to the schools," and had their representatives present at the Schoo Board meeting to offer a resolution to that effect; supporters of folk danc ing were there in force, ready to de fend the institution in the schools, ana it had been rumored that the matter was to be settled once for, all. The contending factions and the Board, however, shied around the subject as gingerly as though it had been loaded with dynamite. C. O. McCullough presented the reso lution of the ministers against danc ing In the schools, but declined to talk in its behalf when Chairman Sabin asked if there were any discussion on the subject. Free Lancea Appear. Only two free lances appeared In the lists to talk to the resolution. Neither appeared to belong to the camp of the ministerial organization, but both were opposed to dancing of all kinds in the schools. "The dance leads always on the downward road," said F. W. Golflapp, "and I hink it would be much better if the Ten Commandments were taught in the schools. If the girls go dancing all the while they can never learn anything worth while. And when a girl gets married and can't cook and sew and make bread, what follows? A divorce." Rev. S. R. Hawkins protested against dancing in the schools because he de clared that it took the children's mind off the studies. The defense seemed disinclined to pick up the gauntlet, while the or ganized prosecution appeared anxious only to get out without an argument, since it had filed its resolution. The Board received the report from the teachers' committee that it had authorized a dance January 5 at the new Failing school under the auspices of the People's Institute, and had recommended "that similar dances be authorized for this and other school centers as the future policy of the Board." Then the Board dropped the whole submitted by the ministers follow: Resolutions Are Offered. The communication and resolutions submitted by the ministers fellow: At a meeting held In tho Toung Men's Christian Association building on Monday, December 28, in which not less than 11 of the various denominations of Christian peo ple of this city were represented, having behind them a constituency of from 20.000 to 25,000 people, the following preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted and sent to this your honorable body for consideration: Whereas, dancing; of a varied nature un der the name of folk dances, as well as under the name of folk games, has been taught and practiced in the public school buildings of this city and by the scholars of the seveTal grades, as well as the high schools, and Whereas, the great majority of the teach ers In our schools, the Grade Teachers As sociation so oting, and thousands of the most conscientious patrons of our schools whose children are in actual attendance at our schools, who for various reasons, name ly, tecause such practices of dances in our schools are no essential part of an educa tion, or, because such practices waste the time -of the pupils and interrupt useful study, or, because such practices are foreign to the purpose for which our schools have been Instituted and are carried on, or. be cause they believe them to oe Inimical to the purpose pf making good citizens of our boys and girls, or, because of their antag onism to sound public policy, or, because they are contrary to the laws of the state which laws distinctly say "No dancing shall be permitetd in any schoolroom." (Lord's Oregon laws, section 4052, paragraph 27 . are Irreconcilably opposed to such teaching or practices in our public schools, therefore. Resolved, that we respectfully request the Board of Education to take such steps as to entirely avoid in the future any further games or recreations for any or all scholars that can in any way be construed as dancing in the public schools or gymnasiums at tached to the various schools, or rooms used for recreation purposes under the control of the Board of Education. Further, be it resolved, tnat we recom mend the Board of Education to cause to cease at oncet the getting of our public school buildings for public dancing as a menace to the property interests of the city vested in such buildings. J. W. McDOTOALL. C. C. POLING. Secretary. In the business session after the tango consideration the Board adopted the report of the teachers' committee, which recommended a two-year course in the highschool in cooking, sewing and commercial training. -Miss Lilian Tingle w:ll work out the course in sew ing and cooking, and the principals of the Jefferson and Lincoln High Schools will work out the commercial course. The new departments will open about February 9. It was decided also to install night courses in the Shaver School in re sponse to a petition from a number of the residents of that district. COPPERFIELD LID IS ON f Continued From First Page.) every citizen of the town was at the station awaiting its arrival. With guns ready for immediate action the militia descended from the train. Woman Demands Resignations. A meeting was quickly arranged and Miss Hobbs outlined her mission and demanded the resignations of the members- of the Council and of the Re corder and the Mayor. Mayor Stewart acted as spokesman and he declared to .Miss Hobbs that the city officials had been legally elected, that the saloons were being conducted under state licenses and that no legal steps had ever been taken to revoke those licenses or to bring crim inal proceedings against the proprietors of the saloons. Miss Hobbs then yielded to Colonel Lawson and he arose and read the formal declaration of martial law.. Liquor May Be Destroyed. This proclamation also contained a clause that the saloon men could send their liquor out of Copperfleld as well as their bar fixtures before tomorrow at 4 o'clock, which is just after the train for : Huntington leaves. After that it was ordered that all the liquor and fixtures would be confiscated by the military authorities and either de stroyed or sent away. Colonel Lawson said tonight that he expected to remain at Copperfield un til the entire trouble had blown over or until the members of the Council had resigned and other officials in whom Governor West had confidence had been selected to succeed them. Frank Snodgrass, officer of the State Penitentiary at Salem, said: "Governor West .will keep guards here until he goes out of office. The proclamation was made out several days ago and Governor West knows just what he is doing. H. will keei a man in front of every saloon and he will see to it that traffic in liquor Is not resumed here." Officials Are Watched. City officials of Copperfield are be ing kept under close surveillance. As soon as martial law was declared by Colonel Lawson there was a rush for the telephones. Communication was had for about half an hour with Baker and then the officials were all arrested. Mayor Stewart was just about to board a train for Baker to visit Attor ney Nichols when he was taken Into custody and all efforts on his part to give bond were disregarded. Since the arrests the only persons who have been allowed to communicate with Baker or other points outside of Cop epriefld are those who are not con nected with the city administration. The entire proceedings this after noon required only a short time. The train bearing Miss Hobbs and 'the mi litia arrived here at 2:30 o'clock, moun tain time. By 3:50 Miss Hobbs had concluded her visit and had boarded the train to return to Baker, martial law had been declared and the city officials had been arrested. Protests Are Ignored. Protests of the city officials at the action of the military authorities In keeping, them from the telephone brought no response. Colonel Lawson paid no attention to demands that they be allowed to communicate with their attorneys and Said that martial law did not recognize lawyers and that if they had anything to say to say it to him. LEGAL BATTLE IS PROMISED Suit to Enjoin Is first Against-an Oregon Governor. BAKER, Or., Jam. 2. (Special.) James Nichols, attorney for the saloon men at Copperfield, declares that he -is far from through and tonight says that Governor West will still be shown to be acting without legal authority in closing the saloons in Copperfield. He is preparing to fight the case in the courts and for the first time in the his tory of Oregon is preparing to enjoin the Governor. Legal precedent is cited by him . to show this position and also to show that it has at times been possible to set aside martial . law through court action. This, however, being only In such cases as it is shown that there is no actual martial law and that the Governor has not followed the statutes or constitution in declaring martial law. Feeling Is high in Baker today over the action of Governor West. Copper field is known to be a little mining camp which Is virtually dead, which once was openly violating every law of the land; where there were dally shoot ings; where there was once a saloon In which there were 21 separate gam bling games; where there were no peace officers. Now, however, the town is a sleepy little deserted mining camp with but a few persons remaining in it from the old days and with the saloons all fighting among themselves. Belief is openly expressed here that Governor West was not warranted In his action in closing the saloons. District Attorney Godwin heard only today from Governor West in answer to his request for the evidence, which the Governor said he had obtained in the petitions. He had requested it in order that he might be able to proceed, as he termed it, "legally" against the Cop perfield saloonmen. Governor West's answer was not the evidence, but a statement to - Mr. Godwin that he, the Governor, was sorry that Mr. Godwin would not enforce the law. To this Mr. Godwin has made no reply, and he said tonight: "I will make no reply to that letter. It was not worthy of a reply and was only an Insult. This office is governed by law, even if other offices are not so governed." Sheriff Rand also heard from Gover nor West, his letter being of the same nature as that sent to Mr. Godwin. Mr. Rand replied, offering to assist Miss Hobbs in any way, but firmly declined to proceed without due process of law. He reiterated his statement that there was no code under which he could have proceeded in the Copperfield case. That an Injunction will be issued here tomorrow morning is generally cred ited That it will be served is also virtually certain, although those con nected with the case refuse to discuss this phase of the case arid if the In junction is served and is then disre garded it Is rumored here that the mili tary authorities will be promptly cited to appear on charges of contempt of court. II BATTLES SPOKANE HOTEL OWNER FIGHTS WHILE DOGS SLEEP. Intruder Remains at Work After Wo men Are Aroised, Then Overpow ers W. S. Norman and Escapes. - SPOKANE, Wash., Jan. 2. (Special.) W. S. Norman, proprietor of the Spo kane Hotel and hotels in Portland and Tacoma, fought a hand-to-hand strug gle with a burglar in his home at 644 Seventh avenue last night. The thief escaped with loot valued at $200. While the burglar was ransacking the house and grappling with Mr. Nor man, three watch dogs slumbered un disturbed, one at the foot of Mrs. Nor man's bed and the other two in the basement. The burglar remained in the bed room occupied by Miss Marjorie Nor man and Mrs. F. S. Moore, Miss Nor Iman's aunt, after both had been aroused from their sleep, and Mrs. Moore had crept from her bed and left the room saying she was "going for a drink of water." Instead she went to call Mr. Norman. Not attempting to stop her, the man kept on a his work, flashing his tiny light about the dresser drawers, while all the time Miss Norman sat upright in bed watch ing him. Not thinking of the impending dan ger. Mr. Norman, unarmed, ran into the room and grappled with the bur glar, who is described as weighing about 195 pounds. Mr. Norman struggled des perately and shouted to other occupants of the house to telephone to the po lice. In a minute he was overpowered and the burglar, out of breath as the result of the encounter, fled out the front door and ' disappeared. The plunder consisted of jewelry. Astoria Firm Reincorporates. ASTORIA, Or., Jan. 2. (Special.) Supplementary articles of incompora tion of the Astoria Abstract Title & Trust Company were filed in the County Clerk's office today by J. N. Griffin, F. I. Dunbar and E. Z Ferguson. The object of the supplementary articles is to change the name of the corpora tion to the Astoria Abstract Company In order to comply with the provisions of the new state law. HEW BANKING HOME AROUSES PLAUDITS Visitors in . Constant Stream View Handsome Fittings and Express Approval. FLOWERS SENT BY MANY Most Modern Devices Known Pro vided for Protection of Patrons by Northwestern National and Portland Trust Company. Portland people manifested their ap preciation of the elegant yesterday when they paid tribute to the new quarters of the Northwestern National Bank and the Portland Trust Company in such great numbers that officers and employes of the two institutions were kept delightfully busy receiving them all. Patrons of the bank, bankers and citizens generaly poured in almost an uninterrupted stream through the heavy bronze doors between the massive granite columns on Sixth street from the time the banks opened at 10 o'clock in the morning until they closed at 4:30 last night. Many women and children were in the crowd. They all found much to interest them. The delicate white marble of the interior, the rich ma hogany furniture and fixtures, the for bidding lackluster grillwork of the tel lers' cages and artistically decorated ceiling and walls,' all served to attract attention and produce exclamations of admiration. Officers of the banks held a continu ous informal reception and were re cipients of congratulations without number. Flowers were sent in great number from well-wishers. A giant floral horseshoe was presented to the officers and directors by the employes and other floral offerings came from C. H. Carey, Z. Swett & Co., the Merchants National Bank, The Oregonian and others. Visiting bankers and others found much to Interest them in the basement where the monster vaults that contain the coin, the books and valuable doc uments of the banks are located. Here also are the safety' deposit boxes. Many boxes were rented within a few hours after the bank opened yesterday morning. A number of novel and valuable In novations have been introduced Into the deposit box system. It will be impossible to make a duplicate key to any one box. Instead of making the key to fit the box the locks of the boxes are so readjusted that they can be made to fit the key. A private elevator connects the en trance lobby with the basement. Pri vate booths, protected by private locks, are maintained for use of patrons. It will be possible thus for patrons to lake their security boxes Into the privacy of these booths when they are to be opened. Officers of the bank received many telegrams of congratulation from East ern bankers and from their corre spondents in various parts of the Northwest. SALOONS OPEN, BUT "DRY" Soft Drinks Are Served to Thirsty Patrons in Oregon City. OREGON CITT. Or.. Jan. 2. (Spe cial.) Oregon City is dry, but still the merry cling of glasses will be heard, the good-natured fellowship will exist as before, and wh'te-aproned men will still handle bottles and glasses, for Oregon City -8 to have two "dry saloons." C. S. Nobel opened Thursday morn ing with a completo stock of oyster cocktails end soda pop, and tomorrow will see the sign, "Bill Bryan Cock tails, 6c," floating in the breeze before the former saloon of Walter H. Hun sacker. The fixtures will remain the seme. Bars, mirrors, pcol tables, lunch coun ters all will adorn the rooms as be fore. There are persons who argue that the new "saloon" will supply all the social functions of the old and that many will patronize the r.ev- that would never enfer the old. CARD GAMES MUST CEASE Sheriff Word Issues Orders Cover ing Saloons and Cigar Stores. All card games in saloons, cigar stores -and other public places must stop, said Sheriff . ord last night, and orders were issued to his force of depu ties to arrest all persons found engag ing in card games in anv of the pro hibited places. The order will take effect today, the Sheriff said. "Times are hard, too hard for men who are not able to find steady work to waste their leisure time playing cards," said the Sheriff, "and, what is more deplorable, wasting what little money they have over the card table, while possibly their family is in need. If they are not playing for money they are playing for drinks or checks, and we are going to stop it all." Roadhouses too, the Sheriff said, will come under the list of places where card-playing will be prohibited. Hewett Federal Commissioner. EUGENE, Or.. Jan. 2. (Special.) I. P. Hewett. for two years United States " Commissioner at Redmond, Crook County, has received an appoint ment from Portland making him the United States Commissioner for this place, to fill the vacancy caused several months ago by the resignation of W. W. Calkins. Mr. Hewett is associated with Attorney W. B. Dillard. formerly School Superintendent of Lane County and later assistant to L. R. Alderman when he was State School Superin tendent. James Church Quits Business. After working for 30 years at the Portland Flouring Mills, James Church retired from active service December SI. He was a foreman at the mills. He and his wife and their youngest son, aged 10, now will live on a place he has purchased four miles from Hills boro. The other six children are mar ried. Mr. Church is 65 years old and Is not in the best of health. The Churches now live at Thirty-sixth and Tibbetts streets. Former Salem Woman Dies. SALEM, Or., Jan. 2. (Special.) In formation has been received here of the death of Miss Nellie Crlchton, for merly of this city, at the home of her sister, Mrs. Harvey Walker, in San Diego, Cal. The funeral was held to day in that city. Miss Crlchton is sur vived by two sisters. Mrs. Walker and Mrs. W. A. Gibbons, of Sonora, Cal. one lived here from 1906 until 1911. Read -aii HnilCPWVAC ta'e Pu those old knives and forks on the UUUdCmVCd table. They spoil its whole appeaxance. ' ' Haven't you ever said this when setting the table for some special occasion, T You would like to own an assortment of silver tableware the kind that wears for years but the usual high prices have prevented you from buying it. This objection is removed in our Cost-Price Closing Out Sale of "World Brand Triple Plate" and "1847 Rogers" Silver ware. We are quitting the Silverware and Cutlery lines and offer what stock we have left at the cost prices. No "fearful reductions," no "terrible slaughter of prices" we simply ask the price we paid for these goods. These articles are going fast. The Christmas and New Year's shoppers have taken a great deal of them and came back for more. So if you" want to benefit by these low price offers you'll have to act quickly. We have some Carving Sets and Kitchen Knives if would he worth your while to see. The list includes such brands as Clyde, Wilson, Ilenkle, etc. Ask your butcher what these names stand for. Remember the number and street. fnnlrc anrl RiifrJiorc Start this year riStt-. make your work VUUAd ailU UU1111C1& much easier by getting what keen-edged - tools you want now while the price is low. Our retail trade in Cutlery has not been large enough to pay us in handling this line, so we are closing it out at the wholesale price no "ifs," no "bnts," no "strings" we mean just this, the ACTUAL COST PRICE. We have any size or shape of knife you need and they bear the brand you have always founc reliable, such as Clyde, Henkle,.. Wilson, etc. No need of telling YOU of the pleasure and convenience to be had from a good, keen blade that will slip with ease through tough or tender meat. Make-up a list of the tools you want and "drop in." We like to sell these goods to judges of their value. Cleavers? You bet! Anything from a two-fingered to a two-handed size and of the same high quality as the knives. Remember, you can get fine Cutlery at any time, but not at t-.e wholesale price. TTlriffV Mpil Step arouni1 to 74 Sixth St. and you'll find some 1111 11 1 J liiCll good bargains in Razors and Pocket Knives. We'ro closing out our line of Cutlery at cost prices. The lot consists of the better kind of Pocket Knives, Butcher Knives, Safety and regular Razors. These goods are going fast, so if you want a keen-edged arti cle at a wholesale price, you'll have to hurry. lVTpfnaniPC e are ffei"in some of our Tools at wholesale prices mCllIOiilld worthy, honest quality Tools, the sort that last year in and year out. And with every purchase amounting to $1.00 or more we give, free, a very useful article. Some Manicure, Sewing, Shaving and Nut Sets still left; also a few odd pieces. COST Free Delivery. Preer Tool & Supply Co. 74 SIXTH Look for the TROOPS ARE READY Governor Arrives to Lead In vasion of Copperfield. TRIP TODAY IS POSSIBLE Militiamen Ordered to Be Prepared to Leave for Baker County on Short Notice, hut Xeed' of Men Is Xot Indicated. Receipt of a teleprram at 6:15 o'clock last nigrht by Governor West from B. K. Lawson at Copperfield announcing that the guardsmen there have the sa loon situation well in hand wjis all that prevented 20 armed militiamen, under command of Battalion Adjutant R, W. Holman. from leaving for the scene of the Governor's latest saloon crusade on the regular 6:40 eastbound O.-W. R. & N. train last night. The guardsmen, outfitted for a long campaign, were assembled at the Arm ory ready to make a dash for the de pot at the command of the Governor. Prepared to accompany the soldiers to the scene. Governor West arrived In Portland at 6:35 o'clock.' Upon his arrival Governor West met Adjutant-General Finzer and while ar rangements were being made for the departure, the telegram arrived from Mr. Lawson, announcing the state of affairs at the scene of the trouble. Governor West, after receiving the message, informed the waiting men that their services would not be needed and they put down their guns, am munition and blanket rolls and went home. The Governor Instructed the guards men, however, to be In readiness to move to the scene upon short notice, it being his plan to hurry them away to Copperfield on the earliest train if the men on hand cannot handle the situa tion. Instructions to get a company of trained men together were received by Adjutant-General Finzer of the Oregon National Guard, early yesterday and immediately the men were selected to be at the Armory ready to move to the depot at 6:40 o'clock. Transportation arrangements were made, it is said. Governor West said last night that he will return to Salem to await de velopments. If messages from Copper field today indicate that the situation Is getting beyond the control of the five men who went with Miss Fern Hobbs, secretary to Governor West, the 20 troops will be hastened to the as sistance of the others. The Governor said he came to Port land last night fully prepared to leave for the scene of action if it had been necessary. He says the message he re ceived indicated that B. K. Lawson, who is in charge of the men who took the Copperfield affairs In charge, needs no assistance. CLOSE MOVIES IS REQUEST Alhany City Council Would Also Keep Cardplaying Under Cover. ALBANY, Or., Jan. 2. (Special.) Ordinances ' to close motion-picture shows in Albany on Sunday and to pre vent tbe shaking of dice or cardplay lng in public places in the city bave been introduced In the City Council. An amendment to an existing ordi nance which will make it a misde meanor for a minor to loiter about a poolhall was passed by the Council. Under the present ordinance a pro prietor of such a place is liable if he permits a minor to remain in the es tablishment, but' the new amendment will make the minor, as well as the proprietor, guilty of a misdemeanor. Ashland Church People Meet. ASHLAND. Or., Jan. 2 (Special.) The chief social event here In celebra Save PRICES Courteous Service. 311 OAK Sign of the Plane. tion of the new year was a gathering of the Methodist Episcopal following at Grand Army of the Republic Hall. More than 300 attended. Rev. Mr. Douglass, the local pastor, made an address, and Rev. H. J. Van Fossen. district superintendent, gave a read ing. A dinner was served, and tMe absent needy were remembered by baskets laden with good things. STATE GETS $20,000 TAX Will or A. X. Bush Bequeaths Prop erty Valued at $2,000,000. t SALEM, Or., Jan. 2. (Special.) One of the largest inheritance taxes col lected in Oregon will be that from the heirs of the late Asahel Uush. pioneer banker and journalist of Salem. The estate has been valued at $2,000,000, and the inheritance tax will be about $20,000. Asahel N. Bush was willed two-thirds of the estate and Miss Sally Bush one third. Both live in Salem, Mr. Bush be ing in active charge of the Ladd 6c Bush Bank here. The will has been filed for probate. HIGHER, ENGLISH URGED State Teachers' Council Head Xames Committee to Plan Course. ASHLAND, Or., Jan. 2. To provide a more comprehensive course ir Eng lish for the high schools of th- state. President Thurber, of the Oregon Coun cil of Teachers, has appoin ,ed Miss Florence Wagner, of the As iand High School, member of a commit. tee to pre pare such a course. Otl-er members are Miss Jessie Goddard, ilncoln High School; Miss Lois Owen, Baker High School; Mrs. M. II. Parsons, University of Oregon, and E. T. Reed, Oregon Agricultural College. The work already is under way, and will be submitted for adoption by the State Superintendent' at an early date. JURY'S ACTION AWAITED Vancouver Keenly Interested In Bal lot Theft Investigation. VANCOUVER. Wash., Jan. 2. (Spe cial.) "What will the grand jury do?" is now the leading topic in the city and county, and the Jury alone will be able to answer the question after it meets, January 6, pursuant to a call by Judge R. H. Back, of the Superior Court of Clarke County. Judge Back was petitioned by more than 200 taxpayers to call the grand Jury to investigate the alleged crooked, ness In the primary election In Novem ber, when it was found that the poll book In one precinct had been changed and 19 ballots had been taken from three ballot boxes. It is computed that more bartender are required in this country than worker on clothing and ihoea. To the Housewife Madam, if your husband is like most men. he expects you to look after the health of yourself and children. Coughs and colds are the most common of the minor ailments and are most likely to lead to serious diseases. A child is much more likely to contract diphtheria or scarlet fever when it has a cold. If you will inquire into the merits of the various remedies that are recommended for coughs and colds, you will find that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy stands high in the esti mation of people who use it. It is prompt and effectual, pleasant and safe to take, which are qual ities especially to be desired when a medicine is intended for children.