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in trig u e s o f th e enem y. T h is is one o f th e re aso n s w hy a d ete rm in e d e f fo rt is b ein g m ade to in crease th e in fluence o f th e L ab o r P ress. T h e o th e rs are b ased upon th e g en eral benefits th a t o rg an ized la b o r w ill d eriv e fro m an active, fearless, Publish«] • ’ « ? Thursday by the Port- an d well circu lated p ap er of its ow n. laad Labor Prese Publishing Association. (Incorporated August U. UÛO.) O FFICBa 8» K W f c W a s h i n g t o n S t r e e t . TKR11S OP 8UBÖCRIPTION. In Advance. .81.00 . .80 m onths a d v e r t isin g rates R a tes will be m ads known upon appli cation. H . O. ............................................................. Editor Oeorte K. McCord...................Business Msnsyer S a? BOARD OP DIRECTORS: N H Bird.................Team Drivers' Union P resident. a H vronlm us.......... Beer Drivers' Union y Vice-President. J J Sharkey................... Pressm en's Union Secretary. George H. H ow ell. .. Typographical Union J. E. Webber . Retail Clerks' A ssociation C. H Batem an. . . . Mlllworkers’ Local. 884 A. C. M ofltt..................Clgarmakers' Union W ta Wanner......................... Barbers’ Union O . P. Germann......................Brewers' Union ■titered at the Poetofflce a s second-class ■Better. September 88. 1800. TIMELY ACTION. A n en e rg e tic c a m p a ig n h as been s ta rte d by th e b o a rd o f d ire c to rs of »he P o rtla n d L a b o r P re s s , in c o n ju n c tio n w ith a c o m m itte e fro m th e F e d e ra te d T ra d e s C ouncil, to m a te ria lly in crease th e s u b s c rip tio n list of th is p ap er, an d in o th e r w ay s ad d to its rev en u es. T h e aim o f th e co m m itte e s is to ad d 5000 m o re n am es t o th e su b sc rip tio n boo k s. T h e c o m m itte e s have b een b u sy since th e first o f th e w eek, a n d th e y w ill n o t cease th e ir la b o rs u n til ev ery u n io n in th e .city has b e e n seen. T h e p u rp o se is t o induce th e u n io n s to su b scrib e for th e ir m e m b e rsh ip in a body, th e m e m b e rs p a y in g th e re fo re a slig h t advance in th e ir dues. T h is h as b een fo u n d t o give b e tte r sa tisfactio n , m o re defi n ite su p p o rt, an d g re a te r re s u lts in e v e ry w ay. T h is plan in su res a g r e a te r d eg ree of in d ep en d en ce and b e tte r service th an th e lab o r p a p er t h a t is co m p elled to d ep en d alm o st e n tire ly upo n th e b u sin ess secu red From th e w h o lesale an d retail d ealers. T h e la b o rin g p eo p le of P o rtla n d have aw a k e n e d to a re a liz a tio n of th e im p o rta n c e of h av in g a live, u p -to -d a te n e w sp a p e r o f th e ir ow n. T h e y have le a rn e d (h a t it is n o t o n ly n e c e ss a ry t o have a m edium th ro u g h w h ich to d isab u se th e m in d s o f m e m b e rs in th e ra n k - w ho have been m isled b y false T um or and p e rv e rte d a rtic le s in the d a ily p ress, b u t it will en ab le o r g a n iz e d labor to p ro te c t itself a g a in s t th e vicious a tta c k s of c o rp o ra tio n s dividend fiends. In d u s tria l a n d p o litical co n d itio n s a re u n d e rg o in g a c h a n g e in the C ity of P o rtla n d rig h t now th a t m ay have a sign ifican t b e a r in g upon th e tra d e s union m o v em en t. T h e C itiz e n s’ A lliance m em b ers arc a p p a re n tly a u n it upon a p o licy of " n o q u a rte r” to th e tra d e s u n io n . M em bers have freely and o p en ly s ta te d th a t th e p u rp o se of th e ir o r g a n iz a tio n is to d e s tro y ev ery ves- ta g e of lab o r u nions. Whilfc we know th a t th ese a re s ta te m e n ts not b ased upon sane reaso n , y et th e p o l icy th re a te n s the peace of th e co m m u n ity and th e rig h ts of th e people. A sh o rt tim e ago, w hen Mr. Bailey, a m em b er of th e P o rtla n d T y p o g ra p h - i a' U nion, an d an O reg o n leg isla to r . was striv in g fo r th e sp eak ersh ip , a C itizen s' /Alliance m a il, also a m e m b e r of O re g o n 's lo w e r h o u se, saiil th a t .Mr. B ailey sh o u ld n o t b ecom e sp e a k e r for th e reaso n th a t his elec tio n w ould give th e lab o r u n io n s to o m uch pow er. T h is m an an d his c o l leag u es w ere d eterm in ed , no m a tte r how capable a le g isla to r he m ig h t he. th a t a union m an sh o u ld n o t b eco m e t o o p ro m in e n t in th e law m a k in g b o d y < f lilt- state. It is fu rth e r sta te d , anil reliab ly so, th a t th is enem y o f union labor, and his fo llo w ers, have c a p tu re d the ‘'m a c h in e ” of the d o m in en t p a rty in the C ity of P o rtla n d for fu tu r e Use. T h is m ean s th a t th e C iti zens" A lliance will e n te r p o litics in th e city electio n in th e sp rin g , and an effo rt w . 11 li e m ade to elect m en to office w hose in te re sts and p o licy are m im ical to th -e of o rg an ized w o rk m en. It m ay he n ecessary for o rg a nized lab o r of P o rtla n d to p rim e its p o litical guns and e n te r th e cam paign irray ed in w ar paint and fe a th e rs . W ith org an ized lab o r a un it, an d a live and fearless p ap er of th eir ■ wn. aided by m any good people w ho •lo not en d o rse the d e stru ctiv e policy th e A lliance, th is political d ream can lie chan g ed to a g lo rio u s re ality fo r the m asses. It is th e re fo re n ecessary th a t the p ick ets fo r th e arm y o f union w age- w o rk ers keep sleepless vigil upon th e T h e fed eral g ran d ju ry is still e n g ag in g th e a tte n tio n of th e p ublic w ith p ro m ises o f se n satio n al b u sin ess. T h e p ro se c u tin g a tto rn e y seem s to have been given ca rte b lan ch e by th e d e p a rtm e n t at W a s h in g to n to p ro b e th e tim b er c o n sp iracies to th e ir in n e rm o st recesses, an d b rin g th e crim in als to b ro o k . T h e n am es o f p ro m in e n t officers an d m en in b u si ness have been a ss o c ia te d w ith c rim inals, an d a p p a re n tly in d ic tm e n ts have been d ra w n u p o n th e te s tim o n y of th o se w h o a re selfco n v ic ted , a n d w ho have fo r y e a rs th riv e d u p o n rev en u es d eriv ed fro m p e rju ry a n d crim in al p u rsu its. ' T h is seem s to be p a rtic u la rly so in th e case o f S e n a to r M itc h ell. T h e ev id en ce secu red b y th e p ro s e c u tio n m ay be sufficient to th e m in d o f a p re ju d ic e d p ro s e c u to r fo r an in d ic tm e n t, b u t Unless th e ev id en ce to en ab le th e in d ic tm e n t,is sufficient to cau se a co n v ictio n b y c o u rt trial, w ith n o q u e stio n o f d o u b t, th e re sh o u ld be a p ro te s t raised by th e p eo p le of O r e g o n so s tro n g th a t it can be h e a rd in W a sh in g to n . T h e p eo p le o f th e W e st in v ite th e p ro se c u tio n of crim e, b u t n o t th e p e rse c u tio n of th e in n o cen t. T h e in te re s ts o f O re g o n are su fferin g in co n g ress, a n d w e n eed th e u n ite d effo rts o f th e O re g o n d e le g a tio n o n riv e r an d h a rb o r a p p ro p ria tio n s. If O re g o n is c u t o u t th is y e a r a n d th e g o v e rn m e n t fails to m ak e g o o d th e p ro m ises to co n v ict o u r r e p re s e n ta tiv e s in W a s h in g to n of co m p licity in th e tim b e r steals, it w ill be a p re tty re tu rn u p o n th e h an d so m e v o te in v ested in th e electio n of th e p a rty la s t N o v em b er. T h e g o v e rn m e n t h as no m o re rig h t to a tta c k a m a n ’s c h a ra c te r th a n an in d iv id u al, u n less it is ju stified u p o n evidences b ased u p o n fact. S ev eral c o m m ittees a re in th e field fo r th e p u rp o se of a d d in g 5000 new' su b sc rib e rs to o u r list. A co m m ittee fro m th e C itizen s’ A llian ce is a lso in th e field in te re stin g itse lf in o u r ad- e rtisin g . K eep a t it! O n e g ra n d ju ry has g o n e o u t o f b u sin ess an d th is o ld w o rld o f o u rs itili g o es ro u n d an d round. elim in ate th e se u n fair c o n d itio n s in in d u stria l life.” T w o th in g s o f re c e n t d ate seem ed to he p a rtic u la rly p le a sin g to M r. G o m p ers. T h e first w as th e success w hich a tte n d e d th e re c e n t co n v en tio n o f th e fe d e ra tio n at S an F ran cisco , p ro b a b ly th e g re a te s t in its h is to ry and th e o th e r w as th e se n tim e n ts of P re s id e n t R o o sev elt o n th e lab o r q u e stio n as ex p ressed in his m essage to co n g ress. A fte r c o m m e n tin g o n th e m essage as a w hole, he said : " T h e re a re tw o sen te n c e s in th e m essag e w hich are a d istin c t reb u k e to P a r r y an d his o rg a n iz a tio n , on th e o n e h an d , an d to c e rta in ju d g e s o f o u r c o u rts o n th e o th e r, w ho, by th e ir ru lin g s an d in ju n c tio n s, have den ied to tra d e s u n io n m en the rig h t o f p e rs u a d in g th e ir fellow s to join th e o rg a n iz a tio n s, w hen th e p re sid e n t say s: T believ e th a t u n d e r m o d ern in d u stria l co n d itio n s it is o ften n e c essary , it is y et o ften w ise th a t th e re sh o u ld be o rg a n iz a tio n s o f lab o r in o rd e r b e tte r to secu re th e rig h ts of th e in d ividual w a g e-w o rk er, and all e n c o u ra g e m e n t sh o u ld be given to an y such o rg an izatio n . T h e re are in th is c o u n try som e lab o r u n io n s w hich have h ab itu ally , a n d o th e r lab o r u n io n s w hich h av e o ften been am o n g th e m o st effective a g e n ts in w o rk in g fo r g o o d citizen sh ip and fo r u p liftin g th e c o n d itio n s o f th o se w hose w el fare sh o u ld be th e c lo se st to o u r h e a rts .’ “A n d a g a in ,” co n tin u ed H r. G o m p ers, “ w hen th e p re sid e n t says: “ ‘W a g e -w o rk e rs have an e n tire rig h t to o rg a n iz e an d b y all peaceful an d h o n o ra b le m ean s to en d eav o r to p ersu ad e th e ir fellow s to jo in w ith th em in o rg a n iz a tio n s. T h e y have a legal rig h t w h ich , acco rd in g to c ir c u m stan ces m ay, o r m a y n o t be a m o ral rig h t, to refu se to w o rk in c o m p an y w ith m en w h o decline to jo in th e ir o rg a n iz a tio n s.’ “ I d o n ’t th in k ,” con cluded M r. G o m p ers, “th a t M r. P a rry an d his radical frie n d s o f th e e m p lo y e rs’ a s so ciatio n s w ill in d o rse o r ap p ro v e th ese se n tim e n ts o f th e p re sid e n t. T h e y a re a slap in th e face a t th e ‘o pen sh o p ,’ a co n d itio n w hich th e tra d e s u n io n m an can n e v er accep t, fo r its accep tan ce m ean s n o t o n ly a su rre d e r of tra d e s un io n p rin cip les, but an a b je c t su rre n d e r o f all th a t has been acco m p lish ed an d w on by th e tra d e s u n io n s since th e ir o rg a n iz a tio n .” financial se c re ta ry , E. G. M cK ay ; tre a s u re r, M. M cK in n o n ; business ag en t, J. J. Jo rd a n ;, guide. L ouis J. S to n e b e rg ; g u ard ian , R. C raw fo rd ; tru ste e s, P e te r B atehen, J. A. R o b e rt son, T h o s. W rig h t. T h e re a re q u ite a n u m b er of idle m en, as th e sh ip p in g in d u s try is quite a lo n g th e w a te r fro n t. OVERCOATS At Great B ig SAVINGS ELECTRICAL WORKERS NO. 317. OVERCOATS in all L engths OVERCOAT8 in all W eights OVERCOAT8 in all C o l o r s P o rtla n d , O re., Ja n . 7, 1905. P o rtla n d L a b o r P re s s : G e n tlem en : T h e fo llo w in g a re o u r officers fo r th e new y ear, and th eir a d d re s se s: P re s id e n t. C. F. C aulfield, 71 E ast B u rn sid e s tr e e t; v ice-p resi d en t, L. M. A n tley , 330 C lay s tre e t; financial se c re ta ry , F . L. C rockw ell, P. O. B ox 644; re c o rd in g se c re ta ry G. H . L a th ro p , 547 W a sh in g to n stre e t. M eetin g s a re now h eld o n T h u rs day ev en in g s at the C o o k s an d W a it e r s ’ hall on S alm on stre e t. Y o u rs tru ly , G EO . H. L A T H R O P , R ec o rd in g S ecretary . PAINTERS' UNION. P a in te rs ’, P a p e rh a n g e rs ’ and D eco r a to r s ’ U n io n has elec ted th e fo llo w ing officers: A. V. N o w ratil, p re s i d e n t; C h arles M cG ee, vice-presi d e e n t; L. M. D obyns, re c o rd in g sec re ta ry ; W . N offke, financial se c re ta ry ; E. L. H aw ley , tre a s u re r; F. B. W olfe, g uide; F . S ch o n ig , guard. D eleg ates to th e in te rn a tio n a l s tru c tu ra l build in g tra d e s allian ce, th e c e n tra l body, a re : J. R. K ah ler, C. M ouser, W . N offke, L. M. D o b y n s, C. M. M cG ee. H e a d q u a rte rs o f th e union have been e s ta b lished a t th e C a rp e n te rs' hall, 66 N. S ix th stre e t. LEWIS AND CLARK FAIR. Daniel McAllen, the Father of Ore gon’s Centennial Exposition. T h e fo llo w in g article w hich we tak e from th e Iris h W o rld of Ja n u a ry 7, is self e x p la n a to ry . N o p a p er p u b lished in th e U n ite d S ta te s has a la rg e r fo re ig n circ u la tio n th a n the Irish W o rld , w hich is p u b lish ed in New Y ork. T h o u sa n d s o f copies of th is g re a t Iris h o rg a n reach th e B rit ish colonies of A u stralia, N ew Z ea land. C anada, S o u th A frica an d in fact every nook an d c o rn e r of th e w orld w here m en o f Irish blood have m ade th e ir hom es. A s an a d v e rtisin g m e dium fo r o u r big ex p o sitio n , th e c o l um ns of th is g re a t w eekly c o i l ’d be used to g reat a d v an ta g e in b rin g in g before the people of o u t-o f-th e-w ay Every Overcoat Reduced places th e g re a t b e a u ty an d various a ttra c tio n s w hich will g re e t v isito rs h ere n e x t su m m e r: A m o n g th e Iris h N a tio n a lis ts of the g re a t N o rth w e s t no m an is m ore w idely k now n o r m o re h ig h ly re s p e c t ed th a n D aniel M cA llen, o f P o rtla n d , O reg o n . W h ile sacrificin g m u ch of his tim e and m ean s in p ro m o tin g I r e la n d ’s cause, M r. M cA llen h as alw ays ta k e n a leading p a rt in th e affairs of his city and state, b e in g fo u n d in the fo re fro n t o f all m o v em en ts fo r th e a d v an cem en t o f th e ir m a te ria l in te r ests and fo r th e b e tte rm e n t o f social co n d itio n s. P ro b a b ly n o n e of M r. M cA llen ’s m an y public sp irite d a c ts w ill co m p are in im p o rta n c e w ith his g re a t co n cep tio n o f c e le b ra tin g th e c e n te n nial a n n iv e rsa ry o f th e L ew is and C lark ex p ed itio n w ith a g re a t expo sition in P o rtla n d . S p e a k in g of Mr. M cA llen's p a rt in th is g re a t e n te r prise, th e O re g o n ia n of P o rtla n d says: “C onceived in th e b ra in o f D aniel M cA llen, o ne of P o rtla n d 's m o st e n te rp ris in g citizen s, th e L ew is and C lark E air has a lre a d y b eg u n to a s sum e m a te ria l sh ap e th ro u g h the com bined e ffo rts o f th e citizen s of P o rtla n d an d th e rest o f O re g o n and o f th e o th e r s ta te s w h ich m ad e up the O re g o n c o u n try o f h isto ry . T h is y ear w ill see th e site b o rd e rin g on G uild's L ak e tra n s fo rm e d from a stre tc h o f w ild w o o d lan d in to a beau tifu l p a rk as a s e ttin g fo r a g ro u p of b u ild in g s ty p ical of the sta te 's in d u s try and en te rp rise . "T h e p ro je c t of h o ld in g a g re a t in d u strial fair in P o rtla n d h ad been a g i ta te d by Mr. M cA llen fo r several y ears b efo re it w as tak en up by t h e , peo p le in g en eral and to o k definite hap e.” (n t the «ame su b ject th e N ew Y ork D rv G oods E co n o m ist sav s: “ N u m b ers o f E c o n o m ist re a d e rs are in te re ste d in th e L ew is a n d C lark C entennial E x p o sitio n , w hich op en s in P o rtlan d , O re g o n , on J u n e t n ext, an d closes o n O c to b e r 15, 1905. A sta te m e n t re g a rd in g th e e x p o sitio n h as been w ritte n b y D an M cA llen, head o f the d ry goo d s im p o rtin g firm o f M cA llen & M cD onnell, o f P o r t land. M ore th a n any on e else is M r. M cA llen equipped to tell th e tale o f th e e x p o sitio n ’s inception an d to o u t line th e w o rk alread y accom plished. F o r it w as in his brain th a t th e L ew is an d C lark F a ir w as conceived, and it is larg ely to his efforts th a t th e ex p o sitio n has m ade such sa tisfa c to ry p ro g re s s .” Resolution on Men's Rights. T h e H e a rs t re so lu tio n of in quiry c o n c e rn in g th e dism issal of th e ru ral an d city le tte r c a rrie rs for alleged po litical a c tiv ity an d vio latio n o f P re s i d e n t R o o se v e lt’s o rd e r w as fo rm ally c o n sid e re d T u e sd a y by th e H o u se c o m m ittee on re fo rm of the civil serv ice. T h e p u rp o se o f th e re s o lu tio n is to o b ta in th e facts re la tin g to the d is c h a rg e of th e c a rrie rs and also to o b tain an executive definition of th e p o litical rig h ts an d p riv ileg es acco rd ed to em ployes of th e G o v ern m en t. P re s id e n t R oosevelt in his m essag e re q u e ste d C o n g re ss to su p p lem en t ex ecu tiv e actio n a lre a d y tak en in the cases o f c a rrie rs w ho w ere ch arg ed w ith undue political activ ity . T h e H e a rst re so lu tio n asks w h at actio n w as tak en in o rd e r th a t C o n g re ss m ay act ad v ised ly on th e leg islatio n desired by the P resid en t. D o n 't buy pris m -m ade, scab -m ad e «r ch ild -m ad e go d s; ask fo r the union label. A GOOD UNION CONCERN. O f th e m an y m a n u fa c tu rin g c o n N ow is th e tim e to b o o st th e L a b o r cern s of th is city w hich keep pace P re ss; d o n 't w ait fo r th e co m m ittee w ith th e in d u strial p ro g re ss of th e to call. g re a t N o rth w e st, p e rh a p s th ere is n one b e tte r an d m o re fav o rab ly H o w m an y tim es have you ask ed k now n to th e ra n k an d file of o rg a n for u nion-label g o o d s th is y ear? ized lab o r th an th e larg e firm o f N etts- ta d te r B ros., o f P o rtla n d . T ilts firm S end i n ' y o u r n am e now an d be is know n far an d w ide th ro u g h this section of th e co u n try fo r th e e x one of th e 5000. cellence o f its p ro d u c ts. T h e w o rk ingm an w h o n o w ad ay s does not w ear K eep y o u r eye on Salem . "B o ss of th e R oad o v eralls is rare, indeed. W h e re v e r w o rk m en are found D on’t fail to attend the whist social and th ro u g h o u t th e W e st, fro m th e M exi dance given by Ladies A uxiliary,M .T .U ., can line to A laska, th is fam ous b ran d next Tuesday evening, at Hal! 20O,Alisky of o v eralls and ju m p e rs is know n. B uilding. A good tim e is in store for In th e m a n a g e m e n t o f th e large everybody. Date, Tuesday, 8 p. tn. R e m o d ern b rick fa c to ry at G rand av e m em ber place, Hall 2oo, A llsky Building. nue a n d 'E a s t T a y lo r stre e t th e re is Price, 25 cents. a sp len d id illu s tra tio n o f th at ex cel lent h a rm o n y b etw een em p lo y er and GOMPERS VIEWS. em ploye w hich o rg a n iz e d lab o r lias! been striv in g fo r so h a rd in o th e r ' E m p lo y e rs of U n io n L a b o r N o t th e co m m u n ities. T h e co m p an y gives ■ H o w lin g K ind. em p lo y m en t to o v er th re e hun d red W hile jo u rn e y in g E a st a fte r th e ad«- m en and w om en o f th is city, and it jo u rn m e n t o f th e tw e n ty -fo u rth an can be said to its cre d it th a t n ever n ual co n v en tio n o f th e A m erican since its esta b lish m e n t in P o rtla n d has F e d e ra tio n of L ab o r. P re sid e n t G oin it had any difficulty w ith th is sm all p ers stoppled in C in cin n ati for a b rief a rm y of w o rk ers. p erio d , and. in an in terv iew w ith a E rom a u n io n sta n d p o in t, the firm re p re se n ta tiv e of th e C in cin n ati E n of N e u sta d te r B ros, is all that every q u irer. had th is to say o i l lab o r m a t union m an could w ish for. E very ters in g en eral and th e p ro g re ss 01 g a rm e n t tu rn e d out from the facto ry th e tra d e s union m o v em en t in th e b ears th e u n io n label, th a t m agic ta ils-j U n ited S ta te s: man w hich g u a ra n te e s th a t the a rti-j "1 m ean p ro g re ss in th e b ro ad est cle co n ta in in g it w as m ade under th e sen e of th e term , n o tw ith sta n d in g m ost fair co n d itio n s to all. E very a r - ' th e h o stile a ttitu d e o f a certain class ratig em en t p ro v id in g fo r th e co m fo rt o f e m p lo y ers' asso ciatio n s, a m a jo rity of em p lo y es has been p ro v id ed at th e ' of w hose m em b ers are n o t now , and c n tp .tn y 's b ig fa cto ry am i a re a so n -, n ev er in th e p ast have been, e m p lo y able tim e schedule h as been ar-1 ers of union labor. T h ese are th e ran g ed w hich is sa tisfa c to ry to a ll, p eo p le w ho are ra isin g th e g re a te st co n cern ed . h o w l, because th ey d read th e day fast A n y th in g w hich th is p a p er m ig h t co in in g w hen th j y will sec th e ir em say in p raise of th e g o o d s m a n u fac p lo y es m arsh a le d u n d er the b an n er of tu red by th is w ell-know n union o u r fed eratio n , and w hen th a t day' house w o u ld a p p ear e n tire ly superflu to m e s, as com e it will w ith the sp read ous. "B o ss of th e R o ad " o v eralls and of o u r m o v em en t, th is class of e m ju n ip ers a re of such an ex cellent q u al p lo y ers realize th e y can n o lo n g e r ity th a t th e y help to a d v ertise the- m ain tain an u n d u e and u n eq u al ad- label, an d th e fam ous "S ta n d a rd v a n ta g e o v e r th e ir c o m p e tito rs 111 th e S h irts" m ade b y th is co m p an y are in d u strial field by p ay in g s ta rv a tio n g e ttin g m o re p o p u lar w ith the m asses w ages o r im p o sin g lo n g hours of la ev ery year. bor. rite g re a te st h u m a n ita ria n and friend of th e w o rk in g classes to d a y SHIPWRIGHTS AND CAULKERS is th e em p lo y er an d m a n u fa c tu re r 111,- Shipwrights am! C aulkers w ho pays ju s t w ages and co n ced es elected th e ir officers at th e last m e e t re aso n ab le h o u rs to his w o rk in g p eo ing in D ecem b er, an d in stalled at the ple. and yet m ust m eet th e c o m p e ti m eetin g on th e ev en in g of Jan tion of his u n p rin cip led rival in b u si n ary 37. T h e officers are as follow s n ess w ho does n eith er. It is a tr e P re sid e n t, R o b ert H e n d e rso n ; first m en d o u s h an d icap to th e fair em v ice-p resid en t. R. M cA lpine; second plo y er. blit w ith th e g ro w th an d v ice-p resid en t. W illiam W vlie: re sp read of th e fed eratio n we h ope to co rd in g se cretary . Cltas. G reg o ry ; SPICES are justly celebrated for p u r i t y , delightful fra- ranceand pleasant aroma. ife would become a mo notonous routine without a little spice, and your food without Monopole spices will taste flat and Insipid. O dr list includes air known spices, whole and milled. These goods will be found superior to other brands.' Don’t al low your grocer to substi tute some other .brand, claiming, perhaps, that it is just as good. We wish you to be The judfip of the uniform excellence of Mo nopole spice,'fruit and fish, and canned vegetables. I Wadhams & Kerr Bras. W h o le s a le G ro c e rs and C o ffe e R o a s te r s 8 1 -8 3 -8 3 F R O N T S T R E E T , P O R TLA N D , OREGON. Ask Your Grocer for Monopole that you get the “ MONOPOLE” Brand from _ a Grocer—Don’t aooept any substitute.