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13 FIRE MARSHAL FOR STATE IS PROPOSED who Is passing a few days In the city, is registered at the Carlton. R. H. Seligman, of Cleveland. Is reg- istered at the Multnomah. C. C. Bedford, of Twin Falls, is reg- Istered at the Multnomah. J. F. Gilpin, of Astoria, is among: the arrivals at the Oregon. J. D. Garbutt, of Corvallis, is among the arrivals At the Seward. J. A. Wall and O. J. Johnson, of Bend, are registered at the Oregon. Bill Prepared and Will Be Put Up to Legislature at .i Coming Session. Sam R. Goldstein, of Wyandotte, Da kota, is registered at the Portland. Mrs. J. C. Howe and Miss C. A. Allen, of Indianapolis, are at the Portland- D. J. Riley, a recent arrival from Dallas, is registered at the Cornelius. Mr. and Mrs. A. Newman, of Seattle, are recent arrivals at the Washington. Miss Ellen Jackson, of McMinnville, is among the arrivals at the Portland. BIG SAVING IS FORECAST C. C. and J. S. Wilson, of Nampa, THE STJXDAT OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 3, 1916. Duties Would Be to Ad-rise Cities and Enforce Lavs Under Plan in 2 1 Other States Insurance Men Advocates. Does Oregon need a fire marshal? This Is one OZ the questions that the coming: Legislature will be called on to answer, and one, moreover, that al ready has been the subject of attention on the part of the Insurance code com mission for the last 17 months. Harvey Wells. State Insurance Com missioner. backed by the opinion of nearly all members of the code commis slon, believes that the state will save money by the creation of the office of lire marshal. A bill providing for such an office fias been prepared and will Be suommea to the Legislature next month. The measure combines the recommendations of the Credit Men's Associations, the Safety Forum League, the domestic mutual fire insurance companies and manv other neoole interested. In discussing the Question Mr. Wells says: The Fire Marshal's duties will be to en force all the state laws pertaining to tne act describing his duties and to suggest to the various municipalities ordinances, rules and regulations relating to the prevention of fires, the storage o combustibles and ex plosives; to see that public balls, scnoois ana other buildings where a number of people work, live or congregate are provided with proper exits and to instruct the various vol unteer fire departments In protecting and preserving the fire equipment and teach them the proper use thereof; to Investigate vusDicious fires and suppress the crime of ar son. Twenty-onw other states have Fire Marshals and they have shown wonderful results. Two Tears' Loss $5,651,000. We find that Insurance companies paid in 1&14 to the citizens of this state J2.713.000 and In 1915 t2.93U.000. & total loss ot 00. Now we know that there are many buildings not Insured and others have In surance ranging from 25 per cent to 90 per cent of the value, so It Is sate to estimate the total waste In property in these two years at S6.500.000. This is absolute waste that never can be replaced, for Insurance companies do not replace property, but they collect premiums from the many to pay those who have claims. A proper Fire Marshall should reduce the waste in this state the first year at least 500.000 and may be the means of saving lives. If a reduction of $500,000 In the fire -waste Is accomplished, we will agree that he lias done good work. If this result is ob tained It would mean an Income to the in surance companies, we will say, of $400,000, from which the expense of conducting this business must be deducted, but the state is entitled to a tax on the (400,000 which wejuld amount to $8000. Then the insurance rates are next to be considered, for the insurance companies base their rates upon the loss ratio. Now, If the fire waste is reduced tt. is amount, we should be entitled to a Kneral reduction & at least 6 per cent in riiefi. Therefore, suramin? up the total. e have saved $300,000 In property, we have secured a reduction in the average Insurance rutes and a revenue to the state of at least $8 fi0. at an expense of between $7000 and 10.000. Now we certainly should be will ing to concede the fact that If we can get something as reasonable as this there should be no objections. New Office No Created. The appointment of a Fire Marshal does not in a sense create a new ottlce, but places additional work In the insurance de partment, but the work will be conducted separately In order to know what results tha two departments are accomplishing. Therefore the bi:i which has been prepared makes the Insurance Commissioner ex officio Fire Marshal and he shall appoint a Kire Marshal who shall have charge of the office. It provides that the chiefs of all fire de partments shall have authority to Investi gate each and every fire and shall report to the Fire Marshal within 10 days from the date of every fire, and' If it appears upon in vestigation that the fire is of suspicious ori gin, he shall immediately notify the office jf the State Fire Marshal, who shall make an investigation or cause one to be made, and If on such investigation there Is evi dence sufficient to charge any person with the- crime of arson, he shall cause such per son to be arrested and charged with such offense and th representative of the Fire Marshal department shall furnish all evi dence to the prosecuting attorney and as sist him In every way necessary. It also provides that the Insurance com panies shall report every fire loss and the amount of Insurance to the Fire Marshal. This will be a check upon the Insurance companies and a check upon those who overinsure by placing Insurance In several companies. There are many ether requirements which, If enforced by the right kind of a Fire Mar shal, will render great assistance toward reducing the fire waste and protect the lives of citizens of this state. PERSONALMENTION. James Dryden, of Corvallis, is at the Seward. R. JI-jFrye, of Sheridan. Is registered at the Cornelius. J. Berkman. of Seattle, Is registered at the Multnomah. Clara Richardson is registered at the Oregon from Baker. H. W. Bryan, of Seattle, is registered at the Washington. H. K. Donnelly, of Salem, is regis tered at the Imperial. John Milne,. Jr., of Hlllsboro, is reg istered at the Oregon. . H. C. McKinney, of Dundee, Is reg istered at the Imperial. Louis C. Rosenberg, of Eugene, is an arrival at the Perkins. Harry Summer, of St. Louis, is regis tered at the Portland. H. G. Fleming, of Salem, is an ar rival at the Multnomah. Harry. Mills, of St. Maries. Idaho, is registered at the Carlton. H. A. Frost, of Spokane, . Is regis tered at the Washington. Frank W. Hawkes. of Newberg, is registered at the Perkins. Miss Christina Franklin, of Albany, PORTLAND PIONEER OF HALF CE.VTIRY DIES AT 81 YEARS OF AGE. Campbell Hill Hotel 741 Washington Street. Phone Main 7584. SUNDAY DINNER December 3, 1916. 6:30 to 7:30 P. M. 50 e- Steamed Clams, Melted Butter. Celery. Ripe Olives. Cream of Corn Soup. Fried Spring Chicken, Country Gravy. ' Mashed Potatoes. Bated Sweet Potatoes. Pop-overs. Apricot Jam. Fig Pudding, Lemon Sauce Angel Ice Cream. Cake. Crackers. Cheese. Coffee Weekday Dinner 40c :: ""-, -J ::! - 4 v- A " s- r f i :: ' " - - - $H :: v y 1 s . - :: : S ' ' i - - t I - ' - ' i, s - . '- I I - a V " 1 Henry L. Darling. Henry L. Darling, who died last Tuesday of pneumonia, was 81 years old and had been a resi dent of Portland for more than half a centry. Mr. Darling died while at the home of his grand daughter, 294 Fargo street. Mr. Darling came to Portland from Searsport, Me. He was prominent In the woodwork fin ishing trade. The funeral was held last week. Surviving Mr. Darlfng are: Mrs. Frances Carey, of Portland; Mrs. M. E. Henderson, of Crown, Point; C. C Darling, of Port land, and W. H. Darling, of Bend, formerly of Portland, and the grandfather of Mrs, Gratton and Mrs. J. E. Holden. Idaho, arrived at the Imperial yester day. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Rowland are reg- istered at the Cornelius from Salt Lake City. Judge Olaf Anderson, of Astoria, is registered at the Carlton with his family. Herbert Williams, of White Salmon, is registered at the Seward, with. Mrs. Williams. W. I. Moore, of "Yamhill, who ar rived In the city recently. Is registered at the Carlton. Mrs. R. L. Bosworth and Mrs. M. J. Bosworth. of Corvallis. are registered at the Imperial. Gilbert R- Long, of Madras, who ar rived in the city with Mrs. Long yes terday, is registered at the Perkins. M. Vernon Parsons, a prominent at torney of Eugene, and formerly a mem ber of the State Legislature, is regis tered at the Perkins. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Vanderpool and J. K. Vanderpool, who arrived in the city from Dufur yesterday, are regis tered at the Cornelius. WILD DUCK ARE PLENTIFUL Chicago Ballplayers Among Those Enjoying Sport at Grays Harbor. ABERDEEN, Wash.. Dec 2 (Spe cial.) Large numbers of wild ducks have been killed In the lower harbor by hunters during the past two weeks. the stormy weather driving the birds near shore and bringing them to within easy range of the shotguns. The ducks have been plentiful all season, but dur ing the pleasant Winter they kept pretty much out of the hunters' way. Among those who have been making good bags of game are Jaques Fournier, of the Chicago White Sox. and Tom Seaton. pitcher, who last year played with Indianapolis, but who belongs to the Chicago Red Sox. The two big leaguers are brothers-in-law, Seaton having married Fournlers sister. tVictrolalX.New Cabinet, 12 Selec tions (6 Double Disc 75c Records) Victrola Outfit OR WE WILL HOLD PURCHASES FOR ANY LATER DELIVERY. Christmas is not so far away! Select your phono graph now, while our stocks are still complete; Hear the famous makes side by side Victor, Co lumbia, Edison. Pay only a small amount now and enjoy your machine right away. It'll be matchless Christmas gift for the entire $66.50 Come in and see this Christmas outfit Monday! Let us demonstrate it to you without obligation. ill Pay Only $4 Down and $5 Monthly EDISON Re -Creation of Music The new Edison Diamond-Disc Phonograph re-creates all forms of music so perfectly that you cannot tell the living voice from Mr. Edison's reproduction. Illustration shows the new laboratory model Edison. Private demonstration of the Edison instru ments any day. Easy Terms if Desired a family. -,-" W.-' j.v.. rf K-A:-:V .-Jif f. ;li-s i ,i g ? U A ! 1 "t Splendid Grafonola Outfit $39.50 We were only able to secure 50 of them for the Christmas Club! A splendid machine genuine Grafonola, just as illustrated. Gives full, rich volume of sound. Has latest Columbia features. Outfit, including 12 selections (6 D. D. records), $39.50. Pay Only $2 Down and $4 Monthly -Phonograph Shop. Sixth Floor, BIG JINKS PLANNED WATER PROJECT ASSURED Five Hundred Acres to Be Put Under Ditch at Riddle. RIDDLE, Or., Dec 2. (Special.) After many years of waitingr for an irrigation project to be put In opera tion. Cow Creek Valley has at last suc ceeded. A. D. Helms Is promoter of the project. The land is all slgmed up and the farmers are only waiting- for the construction of the ditch. The project will put under water about 500 acres of the best landi in this valley. LIGHT AT 1C PER NIGHT The Sunshine Safety Lamp Co.. 602 Factory Bids.. Kansas City, Mo., has a new portable gasoline lamp which gives tne most powertui home light in the world a blessing to every home not equipped with gas or electricity. 300 Candle Power at 1 cent per night. This remarkable lamp has no wick and no chimney, is absolutely safe and gives such universal satisfaction they are sending It to any person in the U. S. on 16 Days' Free Trial. If you want to try It Bend them your name and address at once. Adv. Portland Press Club Has 14 Tuesday Night Attractions. GRECIAN DANCE IS CLASSIC Great Crowd Is Expected, as En tertainment Programme Includes Several Fine Numbers Re freshments to Be Served. Fourteen attractions have been en gaged for the big jinks of the Portland Press Club to be held Tuesday night In the clubrooms. Each of the acts is a big drawing card. Among the enter tainers will be many professionals from the local theaters and the beet amateurs of the city. One of the big numbers listed is a dancing act by Rose Reingold. a classic Grecian dancer, who has become a great favorite wherever she has performed. Another is a musical skit by Virginia Ryder, a clever pianist and vocalist, and William H. Royle, the entertaining detective. They have a number of catchy songs. Miss Ryder will play their accompaniments. Still another big feature is Bess Meeker, soprano, who recently arrived Sugar Company Raises Beet Price. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash., Deo. 2. (Special.) Contracts for sugar beet acreage in this -valley are to be called In by the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company and new ones will be issued providing for payment of 7 a ton for sugar beets instead of 6, named in the contracts now out. This is the second rise in price, the original figure having been $5.50. Scio Printer Not Indicted. ALBANY, Or., Dec. 2. (Special.) A. E. Edwards, a Scio printer, who was charged with burning a dwelling he was occupying last September, was not Indicted by the grand Jury, which ad journed yesterday. "Not a true bill," was returned in his case. Aberdeen to Regulate Jitneys. ABERDEEN. Wash, Dec 2. (Spe cial.) Regulation of the jitneys Is being sought by Mayor J. M. Phillips, who declares that some of the drivers are conducting their business in a ir responsible manner and in a way that will increase law violation, ' Photo by Davles. Rose Reingold. Who Will Dance at Presa Club Jinks. In this city from the East. She will sing several numbers, with violin obligato by Camllle Taylor, and piano accompa niment by Mrs. W. G. Holcomb. A big treat will be a brass quartet by W. E. McElroy, the popular band director, R. B. Powell, J. H. Held and William Livingstone, all of whom are artists on their respective instruments. Hartrldge Whipp. the favorite bari tone, will give a number of solos. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Whipp. May Garrett, soprano soloist with the Columbian Ladles' Orchestra, will sing as a part of the 30-rninute programme to be given by this splendid musical or ganization. The orchestra will give several orchestral numbers and instru mental solos and duets. There also will be W. C. Tuttle, magi cian from Gorman's Amusement Bu reau, to mvstifv the newspaper men and their friends, and a number of other attractions. The theaters will furnish six or seven additional acts from their current bills. Last, but not least, will be the re freshments during the intermission. The club chef has arranged for an abundance of good things to eat and drink. A great crowd Is anticipated, as each member of the club Is permitted to bring two or three friends. RAIfiS GAVE IN SEWER EARTH SLIDES FROM SECTION OF TANNER CREEK TRUNK. LUMBER B LIKED E. Crew Roabed to Ron Shafts to Remove Wei sit t, bat Flooding Is Possible If Pipe la Found Choked. H.eavy rains caused a cave-In yes terday of a portion of the old Tanner Creek trunk sewer in Eleventh street, near Hoyt street. A force of workmen was hurried to the scene under the direction of City Engineer Dater and J. C. Sharp, sewer engineer, and efforts were put under way to prevent serious trouble. The cave-In came at a point where the bottom of the old sewer has been washed out. As far as is known, the sewer has not been filled up by the settlement of the earth, but is in dan ger of being clogged at any time. The sewer is seven feet In diameter at this point. Arrangements were made for the sinking of shafts so as to remove the weight from the top of the big pipe. A force of men started this task yester day and will continue until the shafts are sunk to the sewer in three places, thus removing all the overlaying dirt. City Engineer Dater said that there is immediate danger of the cave-In clogging up the pipe, in which event serious flooding may result. Plans for the rebuilding of the sewer all the way from Taylor street to the river in North Portland have been made and bids for the work are to be opened a week from Wednesday. It Is planned to have the sewer rebuilt in 1917 at a cost of about 260, GOO. An internal combusion locomotive of German Invention that uses crude oil for fuel frequently attains a speed of 60 miles an hour. B. Hazen Predicts Great Revival of Business. Jor L. L. Bolles, of the Adjutant's of fice to National Guard officers here, when he was in North Yakima for Thanksgiving. LIST OF REASONS GIVEN Demand From Railroads and Europe as Well as Advance In Price of Substitutes Expected to Bet ter Market Materially. , If the lumber industry is to regain the ground "that it has lost, in the last decade, through the invasion of its field by substitutes, every agency en gaged in lumbering must co-operate, says E. B. Hazen, manager of the Bridal Veil Lumber Company, who is regarded as one of the best-informed lumber producers on the Pacific Coast. This spirit of co-operation was em- pnasizea by Mr. Hazen on the occa sion of the recent visit to Portland of some of the leading lumber men of the East and South. Mr. Hazen is quite optimistic. In analyzing the situation as it bears on the immediate future, he said: The unprecedented railroad earntnjrs will bring- the roads back into th market as heavy purchasers. The rising eost of all substitute materials is going- to help lumber. The rebuilding of Kurope will help the American lumber market. The discovery by consumers, without even our suggestions, that some of these sub stitutes which they have been using are not superior to wood, is already evidencing It self in freight ear use. In roof coverings, and In other ways. All of theaa things- will help in spite ot continued Inactivity. The direct merchandising abroad by co operative export companies Is oae about-to-be-reallzed activity which will be a big thing for the business. The spirit of co-operation evinced by the department of the Government through the Federal Trade Commission, the Forest Service and the Department of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Is going to be of great assistance. We must support association work In every phase; we must push wood where wood is best; we must push wood ln pavement. shingle, stave pipe, silos, pulp, veneer. cooperage and eventually In products ol wood distillation. We must make shingles Are retardant; we must creosote our lumber: we must determine the limitation of our product and be governed accordingly. Out of this sort of effort some old uses will be revived, some new use will be discovered, and unfair encroachments will be success fully combated and wood use will be supported. Yakima to Have Five Companies. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash., Dec. 2 (Special. )Five companies of militia in this city instead of the two heretofore maintained are part of the plans of the state for development of its military establishment during the next five years, according to statements by Ma- They never srlpe or sicken. Adv. Klamath Girls Make- Dresses. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Dec. 2 (Special.) Dresses, petticoats, shirt waists, blouses, tailored suits and many other article of apparel for women, all made by the girls of Klamath County High School, have been placed on ex hibition in a local store window. The girls who did the sewing belong to the classes in domestic science and made the garments throughout by them selves, except for instruction from Miss Mabel Mears. Not only are the articles of clothing themselves shown, but also MAMMA! GIVE A CASCARET QUICK, LOOK AT TONGUE the cost of material g-iven. in each case la EATERS GET T BIG KIDNEY ROUBLE Take Salts at First Sign of Blad der Irritation or Backache. Don't You See Your Child Is Bilious, Feverish, Sick, Constipated ? Relieve Little Stomach, Liver and Bowels With Candy Cathartic Listless, peevish, feverish, drooping. Little stomach sick, breath sour and tongue coated. Mamma, you mut act now or your little one will be real sick soon. Get a 10-cent box of Cased re t at the. drug store, give a whole Cas cret any time. Cascarets are harmless and children love this candy cathartic which stimulates the little liven, cleans the thirty feet of tender bowels and sweetens the poor, sick stomach in a fe hours. Mothers know that Cascarets act and act thoroughly and that they cure the little folks right up. Cascarets is best laxative for men, women and children. The American men and women must guard constantly against Kidney trou ble, because we eat too much and all our food is rich. Our blood Is filled with urio acid which the kidneys strive to filter out, they weaken from over work, become sluggish; the eliminative tissues clog and the result Is kidney trouble, bladder weakness and a gen eral decline in health. When your kidneys feel like lumps of lead; your back hurts or the urine is cloudy, full of sediment, or you are obliged to seek relief two or three times during the night; If you suffer with sick headache or dizzy, nervous spells, acid stomach, or you have rheu matism when the weather is bad, get from your pharmacist about four ounces of Jad Salts; take a tablespoonf ul in a glass of water before breakfast for Ii few days and your kidneys will then act fine. This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon Juice, combined with llthia, and has been used for generations to flush and stimulate clogged kidneys; to neutral ize the acids in the urine so it no longer is a source of irritation, thus ending bladder disorders. Jad Salts Is inexpensive; cannot in jure, makes a delightful effervescent lithia-water beverage, and belongs in every home, because nobody can make a raistake by having a good kidney flushing at any time. Adv. PROVEN SWAMP-ROOT AIDS WEAK KIDNEYS The symptoms of kidney and bladder troubles are often very distressing and leave the system in a run-down condi tion. The kidneys seem to suffer most. as almost every victim complains or lame back and urinary troubles which should not be neglected, as these dan ger signals often lead to dangerous kidney troubles. " . Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, which soon heals and strengthens the kidneys, is a splendid kidney, liver and bladder rem edy, and, being an herbal compound, has a gentle healing effect on the kid neys, wnicn is almost immediately no ticed In most cases by those who use it. A trial will convince anyone who may be in need of it. Better get a bottle from your nearest drug store and start treatment at once. However, if you wish first to test this great preparation, send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., for a sample bottle. When writing be sure and mention The Portland Sunday Oregonian.