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THE OREGOK DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, TUESDAY EVENING. DECEMBER It. IWl YAQUINA BAY TO I. Aronson, The Jeweler 135 fifth st., corner alder Most handsome and richest CUT GLASS in the city League Magnates Meet This Week Ball Players Who Are Wealthy Bowling, Football. EVERYTHING IN SPORTDOM Mtoffty J. A. HOJLAN HAVE NEW STEAMERS LEAGUE MAGNATES MEET ON THURSDAY Many Important Questions to Be Solved at Annual Confab. FAIR SALARY LIMIT AND SHORTER SEASON There Is a Scheme Suggested to Take in Spokane and An other California City. ' All sort of rumor are In the air as to wlutt 1 going to be done t the an nual meeting" of the PaclHc Coaat league directors, which will convene at San FTanclaco on Thursday of this week. Thlm meetmg will be the moat lmpor tant from many standpoints that the . mates have held In many ,-moons and the fane and ball players. kt!n .k- sunshine land of southern California to the enowcapped Olympian rang In the northland, are awaiting the result with, considerable peculation. The moA important questions that will come P for consideration will be the salary Bmtt and the raising of the price of admission to the game. The coast league haa learned that with a six-club circuit, compelling long lumps. 2nd paying Urge salsrles. the clubs could never expect to come out even .t the end of th aea.on. Of course Loa Angeles and San Fraaclaco would not lose any money, on account of the open ing and closlntl games at home and the natural patronage. With th northern oTub. It 1s different he long se..on the big railroad Jump and the acut weather all tend to militate agalnat their treasuries. Something must be done at this metlng to help out Port land. Seattle and Tacoma. It true that these teams complete the circuit, making It possible for th California teams to enjoy prosperity. yt In return for this valuable help, what do th northern club get out of th deal but the friendship of the California mag nate, and that doe.nl .go far: In paying bills Last year Portlsnd lost 1,00 1n an endeavor to present a winning team and thla year l.000 war dropped in the same effort. Luckily for the Mod of the sport, men were found who came to the front and put up money so that Portlsnd would have baseball. In this respect Judge McCreedle recently purchased the Hortland club. Should the same condition exist next season, there to nothing mow certain than an other deficit will faoe th owner In the fall of 10. j What can be done? Will the fane be willing to pay S centa to see the ames, an Increase of 10 cents, and en Joy the privilege of seeing first-class nail or Insist upon th old rate of 25. nd compel the managers to reduce the salary limit to a figure at which stars will not perform? Will the league take In Spokane In th north and either Sac ramento or Ban Jose in the south and make an eight-club circuit? If such a scheme were carried out th salary limit would have to go down anyway. Portland to In favor of a fair salary limit, not the kind, however, that Seattle arid Los Angeles have had thla season. Another Important thing that must be considered to the Lewis and Clark fair next year. During Uiia centennial n win be a splendid scheme to have almost continuous baseball. This, however, can hardly be don with a six -club circuit. Should Spokane be taken In, and with another California city, four teams could be playing' up north and four In th south, which would mean almost con tinuous baseball In this city. On argu ment against continuous ball In Port land. howevr. to th desire of the expo sition officials to utilise the ball park at different tlmea during the fair for h athletic events that win form a part of the special program ox tn exposi- On of th most Important questions, too, that th league must settle, will be the length of the playing season. Bight months of baseball are entirely too long. The fans get tired of ball asmes after six months, and why not pleas the fan by limiting th season to six snd a half months. The division of receipts, too. will come up for dis cussion. The receipt of holiday games and closing gamea of the season should be SDllt. while more fairness would be displayed If the tesms divided 60 and 40. and not 70 and SO aa now prevailing. Of course the salary limit will have to be arranged In accordance with th price of admission sdopted, and th scheme of formation of clubs, either six or sight. Portland representatives at the an nual meeting ahould stand with Seattle snd Tacoma In demanding a fair hearing -upon all points in dispute. They should argue for a fair salary limit a six and one half months' season, an honest schedule snd a lust distribution of the receipts. The other points can be regu lated aatisfactorlly If the principal dis putes are settled. CMOBS LOSE TOM 1XOILI. (Journal Hpeclal Herrlee.) Los Angeles. Dec It. Th Tiger and the Angels played a game yester day that was of the farce comedy order. "Bones" Baum essayed the pitching task, but eleven errors by his support cost him the game. Score: R. H E. Los Angeles ... .'1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 10 11 Tsrnma 11200001 0 t 6 Batteries Baum and Eager; Keefe, Thomas and Oraham. Umpire McDon ald. Delightfully fragrant. Cooling NEWBRO'S The OmiOISTAI. CiOINOl y that tnlinls Will save It. rnlniH Will u A MAN'S WIFE II Is the Sstr of eosss srlsns te pate aai srs Ike fasalVs sroertng apenrsl, ant when ea sneer a (arena. It shows thst the 'antra la tune" was negWetea. Beery eife should ha "erslp Importer ' te the feartlr. narsaai rat istra.t. St. lead Mr, Stag, I HI'ICHE CO.. Nit. I. enrol.. Nick . for . iMU trnioiTioii at raoamrr nun igon BASKETBALL GOSSIP AT MULTNOMAH CLUB First Team Finds Difficulty in Getting Old Players - Out. The first Multnomah basket ball team la having aome little difficulty In get ting organised this year and to leaving th second team yet in th lead, aa thy have already played two games and won both The delay Is not due entirely to the lack of spirit and ambition nor to any fault of Captain Stedman, but th first team has played In hard luck In losing a number of their best players, namely, Charles Branden. who haa played with the team for four years, but owing to a sever cold had to lay off for this season. He always held up hi position as forward and could b depended on for hla share of the points. Allen Percy to another one of th gladiators who has been laid on the shelf due to a broken nose and ribs, which injuries he sustained In a recent wreatling tournament held at th club In which he showed his ability. 1 Hal Rusch Is another distinguished character, who always plays center, but for aome unknown reason he nas quit th sport and now prefers to sit In an easy chair by the fire witn a nox m bon bons and a cigar. Th players that are still In th gam are Oeorg Sted man (forward), Kennedy (forward). Charles Barden (guard). Ballanger (cen ter). The other position of guard is still vacant. Ths Tlrst three named players all played, together last year and are getting Into their old form. Bellen gr to a new player with the team this year and has been practising with the boys for th paat two weeka and there to no question that he will be on of the best players the club haa ever had. There has bean some talk of a game between th flrt and second teama for the oyster supper, and the second team seem perfectly willing, but the first team think they need a little more prac tice before tackling auch an under taking. When theae two teams meet there will be something doing. KENTUCKY GIRLS HAVE LIVELY SCRAP (Journal Special Berries.) Nlcholasvllle. Ky., Dec 11. With four girls under th car of physicians, th local arnica stock backed off th boards and court plaster held Arm at $- an inch, the basketball game between the young women of Jesamlne college and a picked team of Nlcholasvllle girls last week may be pronounced an unquallded suc cess. In ths articles of agreement It was specified that scratching, hair pulling nudging and upperouta were barred, but soms enthusiastic young physical cul ture exponent forgot her promise early In th first Inning, and that' about where the trouble began. ."Ain't you the sassy one! cried the first young lady who received the rough end of a Jab under her little pink ear. I'll get hunky with you before many minutes, so now!" And so on. In about three minutes by a stop watch the basketball game had been con verted Into a batUe royal, with London prlsertng rule governing. Anxious spectators called on the ref eree to split them out, but she waa too busy hunting for her "rat Meanwhile th ball had been tossed up Into th gallery and th battle royal had sud denly switched Into a wrestling bout, with no holds barred. A hurry call brought In an ambulance and four doctors, and th audience breathed a sigh of relief It Is believed several of the girls will be presentable In lesa than two weeks. COLUMBIA JUNIORS TO PLAY INDIANS (gperlal Dispatch te The Journal t Chemawa. Or., Deer It. The chal lenge of the Columbia Junior football team has been accepted by the light weight team of Chemawa. who style themselves "The-Hole-in-1 he-Wall" team. Thla to Chemawa's fourth team and 1 composed of boys between th ages of It and It. Th challenge of the Colum bia Juniors Is to any team under 110 pounds in weight. Chemawa'a team is considerably under this weight, but they ar not afraid to tackle the pale faces provided the latter do not weigh over 110 pounds themselves. There is some excellent material in the Chemawa baby eleven, but there to one weakneas there la no on who can punt well. There is no on who to a match for the Columbia full back. But when It comes to line bucking, Che mawa'a full back. Michele Wilson, will be by Tar the better man. He la a little stock fellow snd as quick as light ning. In a couple of years he will be the bright and shining light on th first eleven. The lineup of the Chemawa team will be as followa: Wilson, full; Wiggins, right half; Lane, left half; Nelson, quar ter; Fleming, center; La Due, left guard; Clarke, right tackto; Merlco, left tackle; Vincent right end, and Evana, left end. HOT EWOUOH ws paid. (Journal Hpeclal Herrlee ) . Chicago, Dec. It. Because there were not a sufficient number of paid admis sions to th Harlem Athletle club to make up the guarantee, the management called off the Buddy Ryan-Billy Mellody contest which was scheduled for tost evening. to scalp. Stops ltohlag Instantly. Herpicide "kills th Sandra tens." GOING-!! GOIMIS!!! Tea Lets for Marp Isles. s eaategtoes alaees. First than after Mk, mnuih. d.DOr.ff la m falsetto Osndrnff sp pears. foUesrea hy itching seals nd falling hair HsWBTe'S llerpleM kill sni si ana ceres rr.rr atsgs of thla slsisss eseept chronic baldness, sfkrrotons rssslts follow its nee. Aa saamlsiu hear dressing MUDDY GOING AT THE OAKLAND TRACK (Jearaal special Berries.) San Francisco, Dec II. Th going at Oakland yesterday waa muddy, and favorites fared badly. Winners: Six furlong, sailing Komombo won time 1:1. Five and a half furlongs, purs Car dlnal Sarto won; tins. l:0Vi. Futurity course, selling Sol Llchten stein won: time, 1:11. Mile sad 10 yards, selling Elliott won: time. 1:4 U. Mile and a sixteenth, selling Major Tenny won: time, 16114. Seven and a half furlongs Pelham won: tlms. i 16',. At Los Angeles, Cal.. Dec. 11. Winners at Ascot Park: Five and a half furlongs, selling Pat sy Brown won; time, 1:0114. Five furlongs, selling Tyrolean won; time. 1:01. Mil and 70 yards, selling Chub won; time. 1:47. Slauson course Sals won; time 1:11 H. Six furlongs, selling Dolll Welthoff won; time. 1:11. Mile Canejo won; time. 1:4IH. At Tw OH g, New Orleans. Dec. It. Results: . Fuur and a half furlongs Evaaklll won; time, .69 4-5. Mile and a sixteenth Lady Fonse on; time, 1:66 2-6. Mile -Careless won; time, 1:411-1. Mile Spenclarlan won; time. 1:10. Seven furlongs, selling Jlsett won; time, 1:01 t-t. Beven furlongs Mtladl - Lov won; time, 1 36 3-6. NATIONAL LEAGUE'S MEETING TODAY (Journal gpecial Service. ) New York. Dec. It. National League baseball for the season of ltOf mads its debut today with the assembling of th league magnates in this city for their annual meeting. Th ostensible purpose of the winter meeting is to wind up the affairs of the past seaaon, but th pres ent meeting will deal chiefly with affairs relating to the coming seaaon. The schedule will com up for discussion In a preliminary way and a decision may be reached regarding th advisability of shortening the plsytng season. An other matter to receive attention 1 that relating to post-season games. An' ef fort" will be made to put them on some recognised basis In harmony with simi lar action to be taken by th American league. It is probable that th responsi bility of the post-season game to be played by teams of the opposing leagues will be placed upon the shoulders of th national commission, consisting of Messrs. Johnson, Hermsnn and Pulllam. INDIAN GIRLS TO PLAY BASKETBALL (Special Dispatch to The Journal ) Chemawa, Or.. Dec. It. The girls at the Indian school have commenced prac tising basket ball In earneat. They meet three evenings a week In tha gym nasium. Miss Irene Campbell, last year's captain, haa charg of th work and Is assisted by Heel Poland and Silas Moon, members of the football team and experienced basket ball play era. No games have been arranged as yet. The management of the team has been turned over to D. P. Campbell, who will arrange games to be played after the new year. There are but three of last year's team now here. They ar fin players, however, and will form the nucleous of a good team. There ar It gtrls trying for positions on the team at present. The new rules do not appeal favorably to the Indian girls. They think five on a side are plenty. Furthermore they object to "Ladles' Rules" snd insist thst they want to play the "Men's Rules" in all Of their matches when this is possible. However, the girls are not in ths leaat rough. They have been very consid erate in their playing so far and no on ha been hurt, although the prac tice has been very fast with from six to 10 on a side. DIAMOND GLISTENINGS. Parke Wilson has been chosen by Hen ry Harris aa captain-manager of the Ban Francisco baseball team for next seaaon, and with the exception of a first baseman, Parke takea control of a complete team. Nick Williams. Phil Nadeau. Teally Raymond, George Hod- son, Oeorge Van Haltren. Willie Hogg, Brick Dveraux and several other mem bers of the 'Frisco nn'd Oakland teams ars members of barnstorming clubs touring California. The boys are re ported to be doing quite well financially. Oscar Oraham waa the first twlrler to score a winning bracket over the cham pion San Joae team since th clog of th Stat league season. Although a trifle wild the blond Oakland slabater held the Garden City champs safe at all stages. Frank Dwyer, formerly a pitcher for the Reds, now Is a police commissioner of Oeneva, N. T. He alao runs a coal yard In his nsttvs town; owns a cigar store In Detroit, and 1 an American league umpire. Incidentally, he owna a few flat buildings and stores In Oenevhq and speculates tn cinch real estate. I George Tebaau 1 clinging to th anti quated ante-war claim list. H la trying to block a triangular deal In which the Detroit elub wants to give Inflelder O'Deary for Robinson and Martin Glen don Tebeau declares he will not allow Robinson to play In the Brewery City, because h Jumped the Colonels. CBTXICAWA UUM TWO o. (Special Dispatch to Ths Journal.) Chemawa, Or., Dec. It. Chemawa will play two games of football before Christmas. The first gam will be played against th Fort Steven soldiers on December 11. Saturday, December 14, they will meet tha Astoria club 'at Astoria. Thla gam will be th hardest on of th season with th exception of the one played against ths Multnomah clubmen. Chemawa confidently expects to win both games. In spite of th short inter val between the contests. Unless they hsve Improved a great deal there will be little trouble experienced In dis posing of the soldiers. Th Thanks giving gam played at Chemawa was won by th Indian by a score of to to t. Hay Be Better Off. Had Senator Cockrell been nominated for president at St Louis, would that have saved Missouri? In looking over the recant field of carnage a good many ar found who have something to be thankful for. MANY BALL PLAYERS HAVE SAVED MONEY High Salaried Stars Practiced Thrift and Are Now Independent. AL SPALDING IS THE RICHEST OLD PLAYER Hanlon, McGram, Chesbro, O'Rourke, Reach and Ward Are All Rich. -Baseball does not unfit playera who follow th gam for years for other business. There have been Individual In stance where baseball players who have lost their usefulness at their chosen pro fession have gone wrong, or otherwise have mad failures tn pursuit they may have taken up. But snhvplaysr who takes ear of him self and la not carried away by all the glamour, excitement and heroic that ar bound to follow a successful ball player's career, haa Just aa much show for a successful after career a those Who devote themselves exclusively to other pursuits of life. There Is on advantage, of course. and a big one, that professional ball playera are excellently well paid during th comparatively few years they are able to play th game, if they ar sen sible and thrifty, they will have a nest Sgg laid aside that Will enable them to get a new start In life that will pave ths way for a successful professional or business career after they leave th diamond. Baaeball Is .in fact a step ping stone for th wis and thrifty player. The players of today are a thriftier lot than those who played th gam back in th eighties that Is, the general run of them. In th days of "Mike' Kelly the boys were out for pleasure. Now It Is strictly business with the club owners. managers snd players. There was more sentiment In the gam In th old days. and those players who were at all In clined to enjoy the pleasures of what la now called white-light strenuousness war afforded plenty of opportunities. There were 11 o'clock rule In those daya. the aame aa now, but they were lightly enforced, and with aome few of the boys It meant 11 a. m. Instead of 11 p. m. But there were playera. too. In those days who smved their money. "Jim" White, Hardy Richardson. "Jack" Rowe and "Dan"Brouthers, th Detroit "Big Four." had in thoethnes the first dol lar they ever mad playing ball. "Hard papers." they war called, and they were for fair. Boat Who Ar Wealthy. The wealthiest old ball player Is without doubt "Al" Spalding, th head of A. O. Spalding a Brothers, th big gest sporting goods house in the world. He was the best pitcher of his dsy and has shown himself to be one of the moat progressive and successful busi ness men in the country. "Al" Reach, tha old second baseman of ths Athletics of Philadelphia, la an other player who haa gained great wealth and success In mercantile life H Is scarcely less wealthy than "Al" Spalding. George Wright, th moat famous and best shortstop of those daya whn Spalding and Reach shone on the dia mond, la another player who haa mad a grand success In business in Boston. "Jim" O'Rourke is playing ball today and la a vary rich man. Hla real estate holdings In Bridgeport Conn., ar large and ha practises law during ths wlntsr months. John M. Ward's career since be quit playing ball for a livelihood haa been phenomlnally successful. H Is ons of New Tork's famoua lawyers, and hla ex tensive practice brings him In a large Income. "Dannie" Richardson Is one of El mlra's most successful business men, be and his brother, who i mayor of th city, owning the biggest dry goods store In the southern tier. "Dan" Brouthers Is one of Wapplnger Fall' leading citi zens and one of Its wealthiest. "Dan" played with the Poughkeepale club last year and led the Hudson River league in batting. Roger Connor owns enough real estate In Waterbury, Conn., to Insure him a big Income aa long aa be live. "Buck" Bwlng 1 well fixed in a suburb of Cin cinnati and does not worry about his winter's coal. There are a lot mors of the old-timers who have been success ful, many more. In fact than have made failures in after life. Of the playera of the present, a bigger proportion are on the high road to wealth and prosperity when their ball playing daya may be over. 'Ned" Hanlon, the manager of the Brooklyna, can oount hla wealth up to six figures. He hss real estate In Bal timore, Pittsburg and Greater New York, and Is alao drawing an annual aalary of 1 10,000. Nothing for him to worry about axcept the Superbaa. Beelei-s Big- Bent BolL "Willie" Keeier has had a big salary for a decade and has saved hla money. Hla rent roll over In Brooklyn keeps him from want "Jack" Chesbro owns farms, houses, dairies, hennery, and game preaerves up around North Adams. Mass., and with his spit hall to fall back upon Is likely to Increase his already big riches In bunches before he quits the game. Clark Griffith la a well-to-do ranch owner with Montana land enough, tf It waa In New Tork city, to outrtch the Astor estate. "Jim' McGulre. 'tis said, owna pretty much all of Albion, Mich., and is on of th leading, cltlsena. "Jim" has played ball for II years, and since he got into th big leagues has saved hla money. Frank Bowerman haa a large farm 10 mllea from Detroit and haa big lumber Interests In Michigan. "Joe" McGln nlty is Interested In sn iron foundry out In South McAllister, Indian territory, and la well fixed, "Sandow" Merte has real estate In San Francisco and pther property In California. Manager McOraw should be able to draw a check sway up tn th five-figure claas. McOraw la of a speculative turn PERSIAN NERVE ESSENCE Oin M AMKOOD Has ar4 fh..uann.ii raaaa nf Nrouti DvMlltr, Inaoninla and Atro uhr Thr rar th brain. atrvusTthrn th (1m -ulat.on maka dtf-H n prfrt and Impart nafnftlr vigor to th wtola Ik-In All dralaa a ill kiaawa rtopfarj prminaatlj. 91.00 par Ixi: 1 bofi rtiiraniaa to cure or rvfnod rway, W 00 MalVd iMltfl. Dork trim. IVnlan Mrf Co.. 138 Arf. at., rbttadalpMa. Pa. Sold In Portland ami hp rraak Nsa. Peart laid I loir I .'hsrmirj. Portland Men Buy Steamers and Business of Wsstsm Trans portation Company. WILL INCREASE NEWPORT EXCURSION FACILITIES John Marshall and Charles Riv ears the New Owners Both Known Among River Men. (special Dispatch to Tha Journal.) Newport, Or., Dec 13 John Marahall and associates of Portland have pur chased th steamers and business of the Western Transportation company, oper ating on T equina bay, and will here after run the steamer line between New port and Y equina City, on the bay con necting with the Corvallla A Eastern trains. Marahall, formerly an engineer on th Columbia river and a man of means, has associated with him In this venture several people of wealth and the plans of ths company Include the bettering of the service and its exten sion. The steamer T. M. Richardson, which for a number of years haa been on the run between T equina and Newport is Included In th deal. The new company will also bring a large steam launch Into th bay and operate It But the best Improvement contemplated Is the building of a new steamer to take the place of the Rlch ardaon on the summer run. A large steamer, strong and absolutely ssfe and seaworthy will be constructed, on that can handle the growing sum mer excursion business without crowd ing. Th Marahall spoken of Is an unci of William Marshall, who owns an lnter eat in th steamer Leona, plying be tween Portland and Lewis river points. He is a marine engineer and formerly had charge of the engine room on the Ockltbama. At the time of the strike two years ago he engaged tn the con tracting bualnesa. His associate In th Y equina enterprise Is Charles Riven rn. another well-known local steamboat man, who quit th river after the strike. Both man ar now at Yaqulna Bay. of mind and haa been very successful in picking winners. '.'Jack" Dunn of the Giants is alao well heeled. The Pittsburg are an unusually thrifty lot of playera. From "Fred" Clarke down they nearly all have looked eut for the future Clarke haa big land Interests In Kansas, Deacon PhUllpl la a ranch owner out In Dakota. Deach and Ritchey swn big paying oil lands, and Hans Wagner haa money In banks all over western Pennsylvania. "Lave" Cross of the Athletics comes pretty near to being the best fixed of any of the ball players. "Lave" has played ball since th cows cam home snd has yet to spend the first dollar he made at the gam. "Jimmy Collins. "Cy Young. "Duke" Farrell. "Tom" Corcoran, "BUI" Clark. "Jo" Kelly, and Van Haltren ar other players who have gathered In fortunes. Some of th players have taken up medi cine as a -profession. "Mike" Powers Is a full-fledged M. D.. Casey Is a dentist Hahn a veterinary surgeon. Hallman and Cooley are vaudevlllans. "Patsy" Donovan la a druggist "Dave" Fults Is studying law, and soms have degen erated Into umpires. So. taken all in all. baseball Is not a vocation to be despised. FOOTBALL FUMBLES. Dolph will play halfback and Austin will probably play fullback In the Seat tie game. Corbett and Lonergan will not make the Seattle trip, ao It has not been decided who shall play th other half. Oault Will take Klrkley'a place at right tackle, aa old "Kirk" la not feeling well enough to maka the trip. Seattle will be strengthened by Mo Donald. Slgrlat and several other star University of Washington playera in her game with Multnomah. Thla contest will be the hardest of the entire seaaon. Seattle will do everything possible to win this game, and ths club men should take no chances, but take along their best players. POLICE SEARCH THE CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS (Journai Special terries. ) Chicago, Dec 11. Something akin to a panlo broke loose Ih the big State street department stores late yesterday afternoon when the electric lights on the loop in the district went out with out warning, Just as Christmas shop ping was at its height. Stores were crowded, when the darkness 'came and somebody shouted, "Watch your pocket books." Proprietors took the cue, hastily sum moned the police, closing the doors un til their arrival, .est valuables be taken from ths counters. No one was allowed to enter, and no one could leave except after a close scrutiny conducted by the glow of a lighted match and candles. There was a policeman at every door, who- Insisted on the right to search. Clerka placed the moat valuable arti cles on the floor. For three quarters of an hour the lights were out Finally tne power was switched from the resi dence loop district and hundred of apartment houses were in total dark ness and elevators tied up. SPECIAL AGENTS WILL SEE WORK OF FIREBOAT Friday morning there will be an ex hibition of th work of th flreboat, George H. William, for the benefit of th special insurance agents of th Pa cific northwest, whose association con venes here Friday and Saturday. Ths agents will take a trip on th boat, ac companied by Fire Chief Campbell. In the afternoon they will go to the Lewis and Clark fair grounds on a tour of In spection, accompanied, by Inspectors Walter R. Roberts and T. J. Cunning ham and Fire Chlefa Campbell of Port land and Cook of Seattle Bverett U. Crosby, who haa a national reputation In fire insurance circles. Is expected In th city this week and will he Invited to address th convention Saturday. On Saturday evening the as sociation will lay business aside and participate In a hlgh-jlnks, to Which each member Is entitled to Invtt Yw guests, who must be Are Insurance men. Spscisl Offsr. One full pound package of "Pony Brend" coffee (Electrlo Coffee Co.). with every caah "Want Ad." pre sented st The Journal Office. No strings attached to this offer; matters not whether ad la large or small. 21 words for II cents. 9 BrU I BBnwL SPECIAL This week only. We will sell our magnificent Ak stock of CUT GLASS at a discount of vU On our usually low price. Be aura to make selection while stock it large Aronson, The Jeweler Lender of Low Rrtc I3S fifth fit., cor. A.ldr WHY NOT SETTLE IT NOW There's Chance to Make This the Happiest Christmas of All. No Bother, Uttio Expense aod Ev erybody Certain to Bo Pleased. tTrnm t'hrlatmSB tr I'hrlatmas many big-hearted, generous, busy men. who v. T . . . n w ,1m. ... ii.vAt. tn hunt In a up- appropriate presents, rush off at the last moment and buy a "lot of things. very impracticable gifts. .They really want to give pleasure and In a measure . i .... . ..ill ih.v onmohaw fail to hit the nail on the head, and present ar frequently soon iorgoiieu. sun .' . ......... .... nl.nn in nomes, 100, wu.m un. ""' s . , i a .. , munv fAmlllai where TV W uuu m o . - i there are several girls who combine and - . . - . a . . . a nll etnsni I I i rl as ask ineir parents im pui. au r . mas money for the varloua children Into one splendid present a piano, which Will BIT. V Hiu"." J J - , ' Our splendid provision of Christmas pianos, iigiiuj wwom., " ."-.w most exiraoruinsry V ' ' ' WHO tnS indulgence ui -J which Insure lasting satisfaction and pleasure. , . Tn payment sown im even ins very ms"' o' ZZZ menu la not as much as would prob ably be squandered upon trine that af ford only tranalent pleaaure. : Chlokering. Weber. Kimball. Haselton. Lester, Hobart an. oie. r"w",Y'J' tral, Haddortt Story A Clark. Doll, Mar ahall Wendell and others may be pur chased on lime payment eu- llvered to your home aa the hrlstmas surprise on payment of first Installment Only $10 Vwn will aecure a pUno worthy the conaldratlon of th most discriminating buyer. The variety w ar offering; now for vou to choose from Is practically unlim ited. Thirty standard American makes. In varloua styles, conirioum ne una magnificent showing. .. , d...sr ,,. Phrt.lm.a roll Into your pocket and" drop Into our store. You will and your money win so . -thsn anywhere else and can rest as sured th Christmas piano will be the niirra nf mora lasting pleasure than anything else. EUers Piano House, til Washington street. psut YOUNG SALESWOMAN LOSES COSTLY JEWEL (Jearaal Special Service ) Oakland, Dee. 13 Miss May Klenck of 616 Twelfth street a young sales woman at a atore on Thirteenth street, has lost diamond valued at from 1800 to 1900. She thinks the gem waa stolen. It la a costly gem and was given her by a man to whom she was engaged. Her fiance died before the date set for the wedding. Miss Klenck. though being compelled to work as a atore clerk at a small sal ary, persistently kept th costly dia mond. Not long ago she had the stone set tn a pin and had worn It In a ribbon. Th pin was placed by Miss Klenck In her purs at the store, and soon after ward was either lost or stolen. ForDrainingWetLand You'll find the DIAMOND BRICK CO.'S Tile the best on the market A system of drainage with thla Tile or Pipe will double ths value of your property. Our work Is a criterion of what can be done In the manufacture of Drain Tile. Sewer Pipe, Vitri fied Brick or Terra Cotta Chimney Pipe. Chimney Pipe has extra deep, heavy socket. Price list mailed on request DIAMOND BRICK CO. Office 11 mnsssU St., Portland, Or. Yard Foot Ankeny Street All of our $4.00, $5.00 and $6.00 SKIRTS for Saturday only $3.45 Don't miss this bargain. A. LI PPM AN aVanZBJS TAXI.OB. SB Yamhill St, Phone Bed Headquarters for Stockings and TruSaSes LAUE-DAVIS DRUG CO. Third and Yamhill Sts. 'BUSPiMsr a in ii c-uamcr BUSINESS COLLEGE NIGHT SCHOOL Monday and Thursday evenlnga from seven to nine. (Laboratory Method). (Pern In System). (Touch method) and Tuesday. Wednesday and Friday evenings from seven to nine-thirty. . . TUITION, 6 Nos., $25.00 By th month six dollars for the first month, five dollars per month for th following five month and four dollars per month there after. Call or send for Catalogue Holmes Business College FIRE Through the kindness of the Y. M. C. A., day and night school is being held as usual at the association building. Fourth and Yamhill streets, telephone Main 513. Elocution and Vocal Culttire Art of PRIVATE LESSONS GIVEN. Apply to Miss Louis Forsyth. ST. HELEN' 8 HALL, Portland. Or. DBAWTJTO, WA1 Ajni xsnc BXBTOsrnro, BtrBjrr WOOD WOBZ, LXATXJB WOBK. Lessons given by Miss Leone Case Baer, STUDIO ST. HELEN'S HALL, PYR0GRAPHY Our class In all applications of the art convenes each Tuesday and Thurs day afternoon from I to 4 o'clock. MULTNOMAH INSTITUTE Phone Red 17BS. Portland. Or. 1905 promise to be s yer of unprece dented prosperity for tha Oregon Country. To ihsre this proiperi ty do not trnit too muoh to look. A bit of good d vertiiin r itrongl j written snd well printed erestei prosperity. Let U show you thst our lerrioe will "ere te" for yon. F.W.BALTES 4 COMPANY Writers, Printer sad Binder First and 0k Streets Main 166 WIMSLOW'S SOOTHlia SYRUP al I