The evening news., December 21, 1916, Image 8

THE EVHXIXG NEYVSTUl'KfiiiAT, NKCEMI1EK 81. 1016.-
books of celebrated architects. The
Interior of the dwslliog is untuned
beautifully In native and hard wool
selected lumber, and every Retail f')r
comfort and convenience has boen
carried out
Doll Carriages!
TIME IN JAPAN
American Language is Little
Known by Natives in
The Orient.
FOOD COMMISSION IS ASKED FOR
If Supply In Not Sufficient Export
Embargo is Wanted.
JAPS ARE GOOD "FAKERS"
I fc&l The perfect gift,' a Diamond. A
K v v.' constant source of prldo to the one VSl?
Those Doll Carriages have arrived at last. We
have them in all Reed body with Reed hood, also
English Carriages with wood or btet'Ubodies, also
Collapsible Steel frame Carts. Prices range
From 75C tO $8 Each
Indestructable Dolls at 25c to SI. 00
Kid Body Dolls at - $1.00 to $5.00
Bicycles, Velocipedes, Wagons,
Erector Sets, Doll Furniture.
For Good, Practical and Useful
Gifts Look Over Following List:
Dining Table, Buffets, Dining Chairs,
Comfortable Rocker or .Chair, Leather
Rockers, Overstuffed, Davenport or
Chair, Dressers, Chiffonier, Library
TablesTennessee Cedar Chests, Rugs,
Blankets, Dishes, Etc. Come in and
look them over.
A. J. LILBURN & SON
Complete Homefurnishers
CANE PRESENTED TO PINKSTON
I?cI: !r- ('.iminlssloiinr Kwelvus (sift
fr.Viu Comity OriUiuls. ;
I
As a token of appreciation for
tli e faithful mid consdent'ious work
which ho has done for the county, I
the members of the county fa rnlly '
toduy presented retiring Commls- I
sinner K. It. Pinkston with a beau-'
tlful gold headed cant'. It wits given
following the session 1 which tin
county budget was considered and
which marks Mr. IMnkston'H last of
flcial net on the behalf or the coun
ty. In presenting tho cano County
Judge R. V. Marsters Bpoko of tho
accomplishment of Mr. Pinkston. j
who in Hpito of tho handicap offer
ed by his physical health Iiiib done
perhaps more for tho pood of the
people than any other man who has
ever held the pom Unit.
"lie hns worked hand In hand
with us,' Bald Judge Marsters, "giv
ing the best of his nhility In helping
to boIvo th difficult problems of
government which only one who haa
had experience with them can ap
preciate " He con'inued n prnlse of
the services of the com minsi oner
who, economical in principle, has
ever been on the watch for the bent
Interest of the taxpayer upending
where necessary conserving where
ever possible. It is with the great
eat regret that Mr. Pinkston retires
from the office, not only on the part
on the court nd other officials, but
throughout the whole county, where,
In spito of his public office, ho has
made many friends and but few ene
mies. Mr. Pinkston responded with a
few words of thanks fur the unex
pected, but greatly appreciated gift.
VK NOW II A V E COAL.
Page Investment Co. Phone 242.
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BROWN MAKES A LONG ARGUMENT
Kpvjik Nearly All Day lmg in Innri
Fraud 'aso
Attorney General Geo. M. lirown
who is In iOitgene .appearing in be
half of the state in the Hydo-Kenson
laud fraud case, probably broke the
local court record for long argu
ments yesterday, says the Eugene
ltegister.
The attorney general apoko almost,
all day long barring an hour for
lunch at noon, besides speaking for
an hour or more the evening before,
in his nrgtiment for the state. And
Mr. Hrown is not a slow speaker
either.
Mr, Hrown concluded Iris argument
nt four o'clock yesterday afternoon
nnd Attorney A, C. Shaw, represent
ing Hr, Hyde, Immeditaely began his
argument which had not been con
cluded when court adjourned at four
o'clock.
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TODAY (IMC PAY ONLY
"His Moral Code"
An Kssanay Drama that haa the pnnth,
'The Taking of Stingaree'
One of tho Stingnroe Stories.
l ol!l WKKKI.V - Always good.
"lli:U I.OMMi ItKI.AI IONS." A Yltnuraph Comedy thai a funny.
run ri:sKY I'.wutoi t," a K.iiom comedy k close.
Always good.
Tomorvow"LITTLK EVA EDGERTON"
Krom tho story published In Kverybody'g Maeiwmo, Introducing
dainty ICI.l.A HAM. and IIKUIU KT It UVI.IXSOX. It's liluehird
play In five nets.
8ATUHDAY T1IKUA ll.YliA I.N IIKSTItl ITIOX."
All Claim to !,o I'r.iJle.eiit In H;m';iU
i;: I.nn.ii lint l ew of
Tii,'n Kmrw Hut h
W'ii d or Vwo,
lly Clarence Avnian.
t Kil it or of the Kusiern Underwriter.)
NEW YORK, Dec. 21. "Kori
Korl" means ice, and that's all the
Japanese an American traveling in
'ho Orient need know. The rest will
Uitf of itself because English
is the commercial language there
and any Oriental business, man or
hotel clerk who has not a smattering
of our tongue can have no dealings
with the American tourist.
On a hot day, which Is every day,
we looked for tho Japanese short
hand sign, translated: 'Drinks sold
here." Appearing over the door of
nearly ione-third of the stores in
any little town this sirrn can be seen
two blocks away. DrinV-i on sale In
clude, mineral .Avater. 'Tan-San."
beer, a poor variety, and what would
correspond to American pop, all luke
warm. At our cry ..of "ICorl-Korl" the
young lady in the kimona dived Into
a strong box and emerged with a
piece of ice, slightly larger than the
loaf of sanitary sugar found here on
restaurant tables, carefully unwrap
ped nnd washed it, and then put tho
ice under n shaving machine. It was
quite a ceremony, and curious chil
dren gathered to witness the per
formance. AH railroad tickets are printed on
one side In Jaapnese and the other
in English. Signs in Japanese and
English announce the name of the
station, and there Is even a sign
board reading: "Tho principal pointsj
of interest here are " j
It Is said that the lack of Unguis-;
tic facility of the average English
man is the reason he refuses to
learn tho tongues of other people,
and hence all nations have to learn
his. On our way to Yokahama there
were 26 nationalities on tho ship,
each person practicing English on
the other. It was the only way they
converse in common. At Kobe a fat,
uncomfortable Russian, was trying
his best to cxplnin to a Japanese se
cret service man just why he left
the army. The (conversation had
our own language sounding like Sam
Hernard nnd Weber and Fields dis
cussing tho high cost of living.
There 'Is- quite a bl of faking
aiiout Japanese pronclency tn Eng
lish. Everybody In hotejls and shops
says he understands, bijt frequently
his sole acquaintance with the lan
guage is "yes" and "no". We did
run across tho waiter who knew two
moro words: "Never mnd." Given
quite nn explanation from six per
sons at our table as to how they
wanted their eecs he listened grave
ly to each; then said blandly: "Nev
er mind," nnd brought them in soft
boiled all around.
Reaching Yoshlda nt 4 one after
noon, it being necessary to travel on
to Lake Rhojl Immediately In order
to catch a steamer train, wo told
tho proprietor of the Inn that wo
wnnted two carriages.
"Yes" he" answered. An hour
passed nnd two coolies showed up
with our baggage on their shoulders.
"Are the carriages coming?" we
asked, as it had begun to rain, nnd
wo thought of Lake Shojl 12 miles
nway.
"Yes," he answered. After an
other half hour's wait the host start
ed bowing us out. Just then a
young Japanese, home from Dart
mouth college, nppeared. We ex
plained our predicament. After a
short talk with the hotel proprietor
he said:
"Ho hasn't any carriages. He ex
pects you to walk."
Nut we didn't; we rode the 12
miles In chairs.
OCITPY1XO NEW KKSIDKXCK.
F. A, II em is and family have com
pleted tho moving of their house
hold goods to their new residence
on Fowler street. The house was
built by Contractor John Hunyan
nnd is one of the finest residences
In the city.
Mr. llunan was also the architect
of the residence, and his designs and
plans were accepted by Mr. nnd Mrs.
lie mis ns the very best ndap' d
to their views and needs cmenp
manv others submitted by other
builders nnd from wide.) known
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. Repre
sentative London today introduced a
resolution asking for a special food
commission to consist of secretaries
of the department of agriculture nnd
commerce and labor to ascertain if
tho food supply of this country is
sufficient. If the supply is found in
sufficient the resolution asks that an
embargo be placed on all food stuffs,
The post oflice committee report
ed favorably nn the bill to bai liq
uor advertisements from mail In dry
states.
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Members of County Court
Differ in Regard to Best
Solution of Difficulty.
THE AUTO TAX IS OPPOSED
The perfect gift, a Diamond. A
constant source of pride to the one
who receives It. Give her a Dia
mond, this Christmas. Our stock con
sists of perfect white nnd blue white
stones In assorted sizes. Whether
yoti '!rehaGC u !iye or a small stone
-ou may be sure that it Is of high
quality If It comes from this store.
Any setting you may desire. Just
ask to see some Diamonds.
Quaiily Service
BUBAR BROS.
Jewelers & Optomtrists
Opeu Evenings Till Christinas.
Taxpayers Vote Against tho Est ab
luent of Mocn.se Fee of $1 Per
llorsejmwcr to Increase
The lioad Fund.
1
GIANT DUNS FOR THE NAVY
New Huper-Dremlnmitthts Will lie
Most INnvorful Alfoat.
Considerable discussion was had
at the taxpayers meeting yesterday,
(regarding the abolishment of fhe
road supervisor. Judge Marsters
was called upon to explain the ac
tion of tire convention of county
judges and commissioners In recom
mending to the legislature that the
office of road supervisor be abolish
ed. He explained that if this recom
mendation was adopted by the legis
lature it was his idea that maintain
enco should be cared for by contract
and new road work should be let by
contract or done direct by the coun
ty court.
Comnvisrsloner Nichols stated that
ho favored the abolishment of tCs
road supervisor, but the retention of:
the road districts. He recommended
that if the road supervisor wasj
abolished that the county be divided.
into four, fivo or six districts over
which there would be a practical
road man. Each of the districts
would be sub-divided into smaller
districts and n straw boss or road
supervisor would be appointed by
the road master of tho large district
and would work under his direction.
Comnrissioner Pinkston J stated
that he was in favor of the retention
of the road supervisor under our
present system. Former County
Judge Dexter Rice stated that the
trouble with our road system was the
diversity of authority and responsi
bility, no that tho whole
matter should be simply centered in
the county court and that Jthe
should be given all authority and
held strictly accountable for results.
He stated that the county court could
appoint rond supervisors, straw
bosses or adopt any other system
which would maintain the roads
economically. Ho laid particular
stress upon the impossibility of get
ting results under our present sys
tem where 70 per cent Is returned
back to tho district from which It Is
collected. He said that this meant
from $200 to $1000 for each district
which was too much for niaintain
ence and not enough for doing any
real Improvement. He also pointed
out the fallacy of having 65 road
districts with fi't sets of road ma
chinery, each set being used only a
small portion of tho time.
An increase of Che automobile tax
came In for considerable discussion.
S. O. Ilartrum moved that the auto
mobllo tax be Increased to $1.00 a
horsepower, but explained that he
only made the motion in order to
get the matter before the meeting
in a parliamentary way, he being op
posed to a large Increase in the au
tomobile tax. Hon. A. C. Marsters
stated that he noticed In the paper
that the secretary at a recent meet
ing in Portland, favored increasing
the automobile tux very heavily. Mr.
Smith explained that he recommend
ed at the Portland meeting that the
Ford automobile tax be Increased
from $3.00 to $.00 with a maxi
mum of $110.00 on very heavy com
mercial trucks. The motion was de
feated unanimously.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. Ameri
ca's new giant battleships will cost
$24,000,000 each and will mount
twelve Ifi-inch guns, naval -.i!cfs
told the house naval committer yes
terday. They will De, so far nr. is
known, the largest afioat, and the
most poweiful, with liO.UOO horse
power electric engine.
Rear Admiral Strauss, chief of the
ordance bureau, told the commit
tee he himself would have selected
14-inch guns for the ships.
Bearing out the testimony of
Captain Simms yesterday, Strauss
declared his belief that in a fight
the range of -battle would he below
12,000 ynrds within the fighting
range of 14-inch guns.
In such a case, he said, the fleet
with the greater number of guns,
other things being equal, would be
superior.
On the new battleships, ho said,
from 16 to. 18 14-inch guns could
be mounted as against twelve 16
inch guns.
Wilson, and asked for immediate
consideration, but Senator Borah op
posed, declaring that while the presi
dent manifested the best 'Intentions,
the senate should withhold a ver
dict, and suggested that a betteer
peace plan may materialize later.
SENATE WITHHOLDS ENDORSEMENT
Uora.lt Thinks Hotter Peace Plan May
Cumo Ijiter.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. Senator
Hitchcock, of Nebraska, presented a
resolution endorsing , the note of
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Cleo Hl.tKloy nml Wallace Hold In
"The Selfish Woman"
A powerful piny In live acts.
BILLIE BURKE
In the third chapter of (M.OUI.Vs ISOM.IXCK
"A Perilous Love"
Long walks are the best aids to Iboauty. tltfnks flmrnilng 'Hlllle
Burke, the film star who Is receiving S 1.000.00 per week for her
appearance In "Gloria s Ilomnnce." the latest motion picture
novel. Kvery dny, wet or line, finds her clad In sensible walking
clothes, low-heeled shoes, and accompanied by one or more gen
erally moro of her dogs, sinning for a long tramp through the
country round about her summer home at llastlngs-on-IIudson.
letting better all tho time.
"A VIM.AIXOfS VILLAIN" a good comedy.
("Killing Saturday imly Mntlnee and Xlirtit I1K.SSIK UAKItlSCAI.K
in "IIOMK," S-reel Triangle, release, and !' Tbiclier in her latest
screen hit "TIIK KltKXCI! MILI.lXKIt"
AdinlKKlim m umiuU, Children Be, Adults 10c.