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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (July 14, 1912)
THE SUNDAY OBEGOXIAy, PORTLAND. JTTLT 14, 1912. SOUTHERN PACIFIC HEAD PORTLAND President Sproule Comes, as Forerunner to Announce ment of Expansion. OIL LAND TITLE DEFENDED Railroad Magnate Declares Acqui sition Was Honestly Innocent and So Will Be Proved Oregon Development Continues. "Following each of my previous visits to Portland, something to the benefit of this city and State of Ore gon has resulted." said President Sproule. of the Southern Pacific, at the Multnomah Hotel last night. "The im mediate cause of my present visit I am not at liberty at this time to make public but its purpose is along the same lines. Our company permits rra officers in each state to govern Its own affairs, and it is with them I came to consult as to the advisability of carrying out new plans which they have worked out. "The recently announced Intention to electrify our lines in Oregon is be ing carried out first by. our engineers, -with a large force, and as soon as the details are completed bids will be advertised for to do the work and such contracts will be let with the under standing that money and men are not to be spared to complete it early for operation. Development to Continues "The Southern Pacific has always been first in hastening the develop ment of Oregon, and it does not pro pose to lag behind in the future, as there is every reason to believe that the material growth of the state will reach enormous proportions during the next few years. "As I said before, my trip is entirely one with reference to the Interests of the Southern Pacific in Oregon and what is now decided will be announced later by the local representatives, as has been done following my previous visits. Oil Lands Defended. "I notice that The Oregonian has mentioned some suits brought by the Government against our company for the forfeiture of oil producing lands In California. Later It will be learned that these lands were acquired with full honesty long before there was a suspicion that they were oil producing and are as innocent in the matter as if oil should be found on some of the Willamette Valley farms and suits brought against their owners of a sim ilar character. A luncheon at the Commercial Club will be given on Monday at 12:15 by Its board of governors in honor of Mr. Sproule. HALF HOLIDAY GIVEN HELP Roberts Bros. 'Believe In Caring for Employes. Roberts Brothers, proprietors of a local department store, have taken the lnlatlve In introducing to' Portland the Summer weekly half holiday. This has been in vogue in many of the Eastern and California cities. During the month of August this store will close Thursday afternoons at 1:00 o'clock. Upon being interviewed, Thos. J. Roberts, on behalf of the firm, ex - pressed himself as being heartily in favor of horter hours for department store workers. "While our beautiful climate does not make the Summer half-holiday imperative, as is the case In many cities," said Mr. Roberts, "we believe that the employes' welfare should be taken Into consideration and they should be worked as short a time ns is compatible with progressive busi ness. "The old idea was to get as much as possible out of the help, the modern one to give them as much as possible. And this, in fact, is the more profitable. The time is not far remote when we shall have an eight hour day, Saturday night closing, and the weekly half holiday; for what is possible elsewhere is certainly not Impossible In Portland. "We believe that the department stores should co-operate In alleviating tho conditions of employes, and no one store would suffer if all united in adopting these measures. The public in general should also give Its unani mous support. "During August we'shall close Thurs day afternoons at 1 o'clock and after this year during July and August." PERSONAL MENTION. ' W. A. Hayes, of Heppner. is at the Perkins. Joseph F. Fink, of The Dalles, Is at the Bowers. A. A. Henlng. of Walla Walla, Wash., is at the Annex. Mrs. Thomas Jefferson Smith and Miss Elise Bennett Smith, of Frankfort, Ky were registered yesterday at the Portland.' ' F. A. Kinney, of Berkeley, Ca, is at the Multnomah, vi. .-h Mn John BUm. of Waterloo. Ia, are at the Portland. ' Lowell L Will, a business man oi Salem, Is at the Oregon. Dr. H. H. Keene, of Eureka, Cal., Is registered at the Oregon. W. C Gibbs, of Baker, was registered at the Oregon yesterday. James M. Matchett. of Spokane, was at the Multnomah yesterday. Philip P. Thomas, of Eugene, regis tered at the Annex yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. William Thurston, of Hood River, are at the Perkins. A. V. Wilson, of Tacoma, was regis tered at the Bowers yesterday. A. F. Hauaer, of Amity, was regis tered yesterday at the Cornelius. T. J. Fllnn, of San Francisco, was registered yesterday at the Annex. - was registered yesterday at the Oregon. George H. Curry, a mercnant oi o Grande, is registered at the Cornelius. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Yates, of Wasco, GIRL WHO WILL WED FOR REST SMITHSOl IS WELL KNOWN IN PORT LAND. - 5s Sflsa Irene Geary. Announcement of ' the ap proaching marriage of Forrest Smlthson, champion athlete, to Miss Irene Geary, was of inter est to many Portland persons, not only because of Smlthson's Portland connections but also because the bride-to-be has many Portland relatives and received her education here. Miss Geary is a grand-niece of the late Senator Mitchell, and a niece of Detective John Price. Her mother was Miss Mary Price, a sister o( the detective. Miss Geary la a graduate of a Roman Catholic school here and also at tended the public high school. She was especially accomplished in music She lived at the home of Detective Price until recently and had a position with a music company. Her father is a well known sporting writer, who for 25 years held a position on the San Francisco Call. He is now editor of the San Francisco Graphic were registered at the Imperial yester day. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. King, of Dufur, were registered at the Multnomah yes terday. Joseph E. Walsh. Municipal Judge of Lincoln, Neb., is registered at tne Bowers. H. F. Crawford, of North Yakima, Wash., was registered yesterday at the Portland. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Chittlck. of Des Moines, la., were registered at the Port land yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. William M. Foster, of Independence, were registered at the Perkins yesterday. H. B. Esson. of The Dalles, repre senting the Blumauer-Frank Drug Com pany, is at the Cornelius. Mrs. F. E. Harris and Mrs. S. T. Col vin. of Lakevlew, were registered at the Multnomah yesterday. Curt Hall, a mining man of Medford, participated in the final exercises of Elks' convention week last night. Mr. and Mrs. Joe H. Parkes, of Pen dleton, were among the out-of-town visitors witnessing the concluding fes tivities of Elks' convention week. They were at the Imperial. Charles Hall, a prominent young business man of Hood River, was reg istered at the Imperial yesterday on his return from a month's business trip to Chicago, New York and other East ern cities. J. K. Weatherford, of Albany, a law yer and president of the board of regents of the Oregon Agricultural Col lege, accompanied by Mrs. Weatherford, was registered at the Imperial yester day. CHICAGO, July 13. The following from Oregon are registered at Chicago hotels: Portland - Congress, George . W. Klelser; Auditorium, S. B. Hart. La Grande Congress, N. Melitor. ' Stanfield Great Northern, Glen Mc Cu Hough. Medford Brevoort. O. H. Lawler. Excepting asrlcultur.. th. llah.rlea fur niah employment to. and are the principal source of Income for the larseet portion of thg Norwegian people. Flanders "2QT e we deli' youff door torn "20" at Touring time is here; and you feel the urge of it Telephone the Studebaker dealer and have a "20" out tomorrow. -It will cost you $80O-or $885, if its feqsipped And what will you get will you get $800 tvortk? Well we don't know of a better $800 worth fax the worH We'd say that, even if you judged it only from the stend point of size; and good looks; and woifciWiCTapt and material; and generous specifications. But that isn't the main point The thing mat ought to rjring you to a decisipn to for the "20" tomorrow is the certainty that yccfsB not taking a chance. It might be wise to take more tima if the m7ST were jest a motor car. But if s. infinitely more than that it's a Studdxiker motor car. Seventy-five thousand other owners have preceded you in the Studebaker testing out process. Sixty years of faithful performance have made the Stu- febaker word as good as gold. Spinous protective capacity and world-wide distribu tion maEe tha price right Yield to that impulse to get a car at once. You're made absolutely safe by that name Studebaker.. Telephone the Studebaker dealer. Take the children with you when you get the first demooitorion tomorrow. t r , i Studebaker Flanders "20" Touring Car. $800 F. O. B. Detroit, standard equipped. Equipped as above, with Top, Windshield, Preftro-Iitff Tank and Speedometer, $885. OREGON Portland, Studebaker Corporation of America. Salem E. M. TP. Motor Sales Co. . Newberg L. E. Bang-man. Hillsborc Wilke. Anto & Garage Co. : v T MTImnMr Forest Grove-Goff Brothers. ..wm Yamhill F. L. Trullinger. WASHINGTON Ridgefield A. N. Allen. . . Kelso-F. W. McKenney. Vancouver Clement & Moss. . The Studebaker Corporation Detroit, Michigan HOPE IS EXPRESSED Suffrage Will Carry in Oregon, Say Observers. INVESTIGATION MADE HERE Silas Mary Wood and Miss Helen Varlck Boswell, of New Tork, Say That Proper Organiza tion Is Necessary. in., .n investigation of equal suf frage condition In Oregon, Miss Mary Wood and Miss Helen vanc bmwwi, of New Tork, say they believe the wo- n..Mti will ha srranted the bal lot after the election In November. "The cause of suffrage in new ior has been advanced more by proper or- ganlzatlon than In any other way. said Miss Wood yesterday. "The suffragists have a captain to direct the work and a place of meeting-. The members at tend the public meetings, find out the sentiments of candidates, and make a house-to-house -canvass by which they are enabled to judge of the strength of the suffrage movement. These methods should be pursued here. The precinct workers, but recently organized under Mrs. A C. Newtll. have set about their work -on the right lines and they will accomplish a wonderful amount of good. Success la Foremen. " 'All Indications point to a successful issue at the polls. I have spoken to many men on the subject since my ar rival in Oregon, and one prominent business man told me yesterday that he had no doubt but that equal suf frage would pass. City and rural con ditions are favorable. I think that the fact that Oregon Is surrounded by suf frage states will have a good Influence with the voters. "I have met some of the so-called antl-suffraglsts, and not one seemed as it she had real convictions against the movement, but rather was opposed be cause of Jury service and other duties to which she might be liable. As I pointed out to these women, very few voters now serve on Juries or want to do so, yet they would be Indignant If their privilege were taken away from them for that reason." Miss Boswell Is an expert on indus- trial conditions connected with the wel fare of children and women-workers. She has done good work In New York In these lines, and established eight women's clubs In the Panama Canal Zone, with the approval of President Taft. Miss Boswell Is a believer in the equal wage for equal work maxim, though she does not uphold the mini mum wage bill, believing It to be un suitable to the needs of this country. She also is an ardent worker In the equal suffrage cause. Bight to Vote Urged. "Improvements, In every case, cannot be oarrled out without the help of women," said Miss Boswell. "Every woman should have the right to ex press her opinions, where the expres sion of opinion counts the most, namely at the polls." As an Instance of the good accom plished by women. Miss Boswell cited the establishment -of the Women's Clubs at Panama and their work for the betterment of Industrial and moral conditions there. She declared that the women had shown their fitness to perform civic utles well. - "The state's duties are simply like those of keeping house," continued Miss Boswell. "though on an enlarged scaie. Man has helped to remove a woman's interests from the home. Where can she turn better than to that large home, the state, and give her intellectual best to the amelioration of conditions In that big house?" Powers Slay Lecture Here. If arrangements can be made an ad dress will be delivered In this city on July 24 by Le Grand Powers on the system used in, the large cities in the compilation of financial transactions. Mr. Powers is connected with the Cen sus Bureau, and has been attending the National convention of Municipal Leagues at Los Angeles. It Is his in tention to return East by the way of Portland. St. Johns to Have Library ST. JOHNS, Or., July 13. (Special.) St. Johns will have a free public li brary building costing approximately $25,000. The Portland Library Associa tion has given assurance that the money is available for thjs purpose. from tne carnegie iunu. iu vision entailed upon the city of St. Johns Is that it must obtain title to a piece of land in the business district not smaller than 100x150 feet. The county will pay all costs of mainten ance after the building is constructed. The city nt now owning such a plot of ground, It is expected that the Council will make a call for bids on suitable tracts at its next meeting. Liquor Sellers Sentenced. W. C. BlaxllI and Frank Rodrlgue were arraigned In the United States District Court yesterday on charges ot having sold liquor to Indians on the Klamath reservation. Both pleaded guilty and were sentenced to serve 80 days in the County Jail and pay a fine of $100. Bishop Warren Critically 111. DENVER. July 18. Bishop Warren, recentlv retired by the Methodist Epis copal Church, is reported critically 111 with inflammatory rheumatism at his residence in University Park. LARGE PARTY GIVEN BY MRS. VINCENT COOK IN HER GROUNDS, 426 FIFTH STREET. YESTERDAY IN HONOR OF NOTED STTPT'Tf AftT. VTSTTORS. i..,..i.u.........Mr...l.. MS ! ' -r k , y ) twm-i mu- uv-k I jj x" '-V" sCfth ' ? -vr 1 1 1 - imim mn ,n - riitiiwint '1"-'rfri nVt' -,--- .-..ytf, .-my.,iA irtswmaniiwiii i -is T V been possible, every VOTES FOR WOMEN .DVOCATKS ISTEXIG TO SPEAKER. 4 . ... . , . t i.w r PnnV v t r - on. Interested In the suffrage question would have ,Deen present at tne ;p "-- " - Tnil if- day arternoon in the spacious grounds or ner noma, . rinn se- " " "mn were the guests of honor. Hardly any are better known fair to avoid the overcrowding that would have been sure to nnlrnawZl "omen and children at work In the factoria, than they for their work in the causef 'VX spok before a Urge audience .t ltatWjr. on industrial conditions, and Miss Mary Wood, famed in Wash lo D C as a " ftnd theIr favorabie opinions w.ra th. c.u'.eheoff0mruchTubUaT,orn,: ZS?& wS' S'SS rdrof" ?nos.6 CwhoP af. working hard to bring Oregon Into line with California, Washington and Idaho. All Softs Most Go BSSSBSSSBBS BBI BBSI M M I mm A Remarkable JVIidsummer Outclearing of Great Importance to Every Woman laSTailore d Suits at Half Price $25.00 Tailored Suits Now $12.50 $29.50 Tailored Suits Now $14.75 $35.00 Tailored Suits Now $17.50 $37.50 Tailored Suits Now $18.75 $40.00 Tailored Suits Now $20.00 $50.00 Tailored Suits Now $25.00 From $60 to $95 at $30 to $42.50 At Half Pice sm a R. E. FARRELL CO. -JUST A LITTLE DIFFERENT ALDER AND SEVENTH