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14 THE MORXDfG OEEGOXIAX, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1909. CITY'S PROSPERITY CAUSE OF CHARITY Poor of Portland Are Better Provided for Than in Any Previous Year. MUCH FOOD TO BE GIVEN fCliristmas Dinners as Usual Are Features of Work Among Needy. ' Trees and Entertainments i Planned for Young. Amid the prosperity of Portland's f Christmas this year, the city's poor are not being lost Bight of. A visit to the various charitable Institutions yesterday ffnade clear the fact that the poor people ere to fare much better than In any prev ious vear. All are to feel the kindlv I vtmilA nt nrnpinnrftv fnr n. Hnv ir t wti at least, and If there Is a single poor fam ily or a single person In straitened cir cumstances who does not partake of the 1'uletlde cheer, it will be entirely because he concealed his state from the corps of earnest workers who have been scouring ; the field. Incongruous as the fact may seem, the poor, the desperately poor, are as numer- ! us this year as at any time in the past. Investigation has revealed the fact that there are scores of families without suffi cient food and fuel at hand. Subscriptions to date, however, have teen sufficient to insure a day ofbounty ' for all. There Is still a large field of operation for those feeling charitably in clined, but even if no more money Is donated, it is certain the poor will be tared for. Many Desire to Help. It is an optimistic sign that the ap ' plications to help others have been more numerous than the applications for help at the office of the Associated Charities. Many apply each day for a list of worthy poor. Offers of cash, of presents, of food end of work are being received daily. As in the past, a leading part is be ing taken by the workers of the Salvation Army. That institution will tomorrow pack 260 baskets of food to be sent 'out to poor families. Each basket will con tain food for from five to seven persons, end will be made up of chicken, roasting meat, potatoes, and a substantial list of staples as well as a few luxuries. In eddltton the SRlvatlon Army will give two big Christmas trees to the poor chil dren of the city, the first on Christmas eve at the hail a Second and Morrison streets, the second Christmas night at headquarters hall. 265 Davis street. There will be presents for all children that ap pear. Dinners for Over 500. v Other baskets of food will be sent out by the local post of the Volunteers of America. The Volunteers have food enough on hand for BOO persons. They will also gtve a big Christmas tree on Monday night, when a programme will be provided. At the Detention Home of the Boys end Girls' Aid Society. 68 children will be made happy by a Christmas dinner and a big tree. Presents will not be distributed until Monday night, but there wll bo something for every child. The pro gramme has been taken In charge by the young people of the First Baptist Church, who will see that the children have a Christmas celebration long to be remem bered. . At the County Poorfarm the programme Is not yet complete, but a big Christmas dinner Is assured and there will be little gifts such as tobacco, candy and minor remembrances. Tree for Girls' Home. The glrls of the Florence Crlttenton Refuge Home will have a Cristmas tree, a special dinner with a musical pro- examine. The 14 girls at the institution will be made to feel the Christmas spirit s deeply as the workers can make pos sible. Rattles, jumping-jacks and dolls will be dispensed at the Baby Home. There, ere 38 babies there, ranging from infancy" to 3 years old. Their gifts will be dis played on a big Christmas tree. It is reported by the Associated Chari ties workers that a movement has devel oped among Sunday school members to take young people who are strangers in the city homo with them to Christmas dinner. A list of such people is now be ing compiled, anil In this way many a happy Christmas dinner will be enjoyed by those who otherwise would have eaten it a restaurant. . Those feeling prosperous and charit ably inclined can be of immense service today or tomorrow, the Associated Chari ties office wishes to announce, a cook stove is badly needed by one poor family while shortage of bedding Is a want that is felt in many quarters. FIRE PATROL EFFECTIVE Result In Keeping own Forest Blazes Is Apparent. Efficiency of the patrol service for fighting- and preventing forest tires in Ore sop, is shown by figures which have been compiled by the Government forest offi cials and the officers of the Oregon Con servation Association for the season of 3SW9. The record shows a total of 413 flres In Oregon and 1309 In the State of "Wash ington. In Oregon 191.213.000 feet, board measure, was destroyed as compared with 146.S09.000 feet in Washington. These igures were presented last night at the quarterly meeting of the Oregon Con servation Association in the Commercial Club. The detailed figures for the two states follow. Oregon Total number fires, 413; area burned over: Merchantable timber, S3. 127. 6 acres; second growth, 5607 i acres; cut-over land, 22,232 acres; total, 61,037 acres; board measure destroyed, 191.213,000 -with estimated stumpege value of $366,539. The total cost for patrolling the 'forests and fighting the fires aggregated 31.3S4. of hich tf.iXl was paid by the Government. Washington Total number fires. 1309; area burned over; Merchantable timber, 27.027 acres; second growth, 13.631 acres; cut-over land, 26.421 acres; total, 65.079 acres; board measure destroyed, 146.S09.000. representing an estimated value of fcidO.489 "with a further item of $23,478 for improve ments and livestock burned. Cost of pa trolling and fighting flres, J50.O13.76. of which $34.30S 62 was provided by individual owners of timber land and $16,706.24 by ap propriations from state and counties. The Conservation Commission will re quest that the comparative statements of losses In the two states from forest fires be printed in pamphlet form by the Ore iron State Board of Forestry for general distribution. The figures are relied on as convincing argument for a more gen erous support by the general public of the efforts of the foresters to conserve and protect, this Important and valuable re source. In the absence, of J. C. Stevens, of the V United States Geological Survey, 11. D. LangiHe. who presided at the meeting, read a report by Mr. Stevens on insects, birds and other timber pests In this state. The report set out that the most harmful pests to the timber wealth of the country are the. bark beetle, which has recently appeared In the timber on the .Deschutes in this state as well as being prevalent In all of the principal timber sections of the country, the pine butterfly and the borer. It was the opinion of Mr. Stevens that more timber is actually destroyed by these pests than from, all other causes combined. " In connection with making this report, Mr. Stevens furnished the. result of his inquiry of the leading educational institu tions of the Pacific Northwest as to the attention that is being given as a study to the pests that are destroying so much timber. He learned that owing either to a lack of funds with which to provide a department of entomology or because of an inadequate force of instructors, this subject is receiving no consideration at the State University or the Oregon Agri cultural College. Responses from similar institutions in the State of Washington were to the effect that but scant atten tion is being paid to this phase oKthe tim ber resource in that state. Representing the "Western Forestry, Con servation and Forestry Association, an or ganization formed by the. timber land owners of the states of Oregon, "Wash ington, Idaho, - Montana and Idaho, E. T. Allen explained the purposes of the or ganization, which he said are to protect forests from fire, awaken Interest in re forestation, and secure needed legislation to aid in protecting the timber wealth of the states interested. He said it would be the purpose of this association to co operate with the various conservation commissions and other organizations in the different states to accomplish the best possible results, since all such as sociations are striving for the same result. s Mr. Langille and F. C. Knapp heartily indorsed what Mr. Allen said and on the (-suggestion of Mr. Langllle, a resolution was adopted indorsing the organization represented by Mr. Allen and assuring It tlie hearty co-operation of the Oregon Conservation Association whenever its services were needed. Family Washing Sent as Xmas Gift Wife Prepares Gifts for Old Folks In San Francisco Hnsband Expresses Wrong; Bundley Adding; Cigars. BY NEXT Saturday a worthy couple living in San Francisco will receive from their Bon living on the East Side a package containing soiled socks, dirty collars and other intimately personal ef fects too numerous to mention. The pack age also contains a box of fine cigars. To say that the old folks will be surprised Is putting It mildly. Desiring to remember the old folks at Chrlstmastide, Mrs. Z. Jornson fixed up a package of several gifts to send to them and had so (timed it that they would receive the parcel just before Christmas. But, alas! there is despair, chagrin and horror in the Portland home. Mrs. JornBon discovered yester day that the ' package dispatched con tained, not her dainty presents, but the family washing for the past week, which was intended for the laundry. Mr. Jornson dutifully carried the pack age to his office last Saturday and placed it In a box, not allowing his curiosity to. induce htm to inspect the contents. Think ing of his dear old father, he added a box of fine cigars and expressed the pack age to its destination. Yesterday the hor rible discovery was made that the family washing had been sent to San Francisco, but it was too late to recall It. CHARLES H. DUNCAN DEAD Former Baker County Representa tive Dies After Year's Illness. Charles H. Duncan, 55 years old, died at his- home at 464 Jefferson street Mon day, after a year's illness. Mr. Duncan was born in Callaway County, Missouri, on May 9, 1854, and in 1S64 came to Oregon with his parents, who settled in the Cpve, Union County, where he spent his boyhood. From 1880 to 1SS5 he was engaged in the mining business and succeeded in developing what has since been known as the Sanger mine. In southeastern Union County. He disposed of his Interest in this property in 18S5 for a good figure and afterward en gaged in the milling business in Baker City and farming on Lower Powder River.. On account of falling health he moved to Portland two years ago. In 1876 Mr. Duncan married Miss Vina "Wright, of the Cove, to whom was born a son, Ray, who now resides in that lo cality, lu 1S92, being a widower, he married Miss Bertha Reynolds, of Baker ("It.. ..7 . .-. . 1 V. 1". . .J Survives himT Mr. Duncan was a mem ber of the Oregon House of Representa tives in isas irom .Baker county and in later years was an active Republican in local politics there. One of his sisters wa9 the first wife of ex-Governor T. T. Geer and another siBter is the wife of Dunham Wright, ex-State Senator 'from Union County. MOTHERS CONGRESS MEETS Miss Emma Butler, Juvenile Court Deputy, Addresses Organization. - "Juvenile Court Work and the Day Nursery" was the topic yesterday before Oregon State Congress of Mothers, at the City Hall, Miss Emma Butler, a deputy of the Juvenile Court, addressing the as sembly. The speaker's recommendation for the Oregon mothers to organize in out side districts and Instruct mothers found lax in their duties was voted on favor ably as a measure to be adopted by the congress. It was also voted to have the Juvenile Court act as an agent In keeping the congress in touch with the outlying dis tricts. - Mrs. W. B. Fechheimer. president of the Fruit and Flower Mission, advocated co operation of the mothers' congress with the day nursery. This, too, was voted upory favorably. NEGRO CHARGES ASSAULT William Hayne, Porter, Arretted for Serious Offense. William Hayne, a negro porter, 101 Park street north, was arrested yester day on the charge of having assaulted William E. Ellis, 'negro, with a revolver. The story told by Ellis is that on Monday night Bud Franklin, negro, sent Ellis out for 50 cents' worth of noodles. Ellis returned with the noodles and left them for a moment in his own room. When he went to de liver them to Franklin's room the noo dles were gone and Hayne announced he had eaten them. Ellis, it ia said, called Hayne a thief, and Hayne drew a large revolver and .struck Ellis sev eral blows over the head with the butt of the weapon. Ellis is a loborer from Dufur, Or. Chamberlain's Courh Remedv is a very valuable medicine for throat and lung: troubles. quickly relieves and cures painful breathing and a danger ously sounding cough which indicates congested lungs. Sold by all dealer. ' ! y o m Call at our how you can build your own your own plans, just as you just where you want it, that wow "S'V v The AtWittoiuwith Character You can pay for both house and lots on such easy terms that you should not hesi tate" for a moment. See Us Today. f jrejjyun?f Co. Phones Main 1503 A 1515 BRITAIN LIFTS BAN Johnny Bull Helps Out in Red Cross Fight. BOOM SALES TO '$10,000 More Postcards Received by Visiting v Nurse Association. Which J lopes Business Firms Will Once More Give Aid in Stamp Sale. ' News that letters and packages bear ing the Red Cross Christmas stamps would hereafter be admitted in the malls to Great Britain and Ireland was re ceived with joy yesterday by the women of the Visiting Nurse Association, who have been engaged for the past three weeks in selling these little tokens or good cheer, "with the object of raising a fund of $10,000 to carry on the fight against tuberculosis. As a result of this lifting of the postal bans, a general in crease of sales is expected at the various, booths throughout the city. Yesterday's sales were among the most ; encouraging of the entire campaign, a toal of 34,000 stamps being sold. The booth that led In the day's intake of funds was thafat the Postoffice, which Is in charge of the Graduate Nurse Alumni. Here 6600 of the stamps were sold. The other booths also did well in disposing of their share of stamps, and satisfactory orders were received from out-of-towy points.-. More Postcards Ready. j A new assignment of 5000 Red Cross postals was received from New York yes terday .and placed on sale. The Visiting Nurse Association is in hopes that busi ness men will buy large quantities of these, cards, and send them out as New Year's greetings tc their customers. Each card purchased will help in the general ; campaign beings made for the little chil- , dren of coming generations, and It is felt that the cards ought to have a ready ; sale ' f '. Tfte'-Visiting Nurse Association now j hopes to have disposed of Its 1,000,000 j stamps by Friday night. While the con- I tract they have, undertaken is a large one, j the, women engaged in the sale feel that , they should succeed. Reports from New j York state . that in -the Empire City 8,000,000 stamps have already been sold, : and the number there is expected to be doubled before Christmas. The Portland women feel that they should be able to do at least one-sixteenth of the business done In Gotham.' Mayor Sends Letter. Added encouragement was given in the movement yesterday by a letter received from Mayor1 Simon, In which the - city executive suggested a second canvass of the business houses in the campaign. The letter was as follows: I observe, by reading- The Oreg-onii-n, that the sale of Red Cross stamps now numbers 700,000 out of the 1.000.000 that the Visiting Nurse Association has undertcen to dispose of before Christmas day. This being- tne last week of your activities in this direction. It has occurred to me to make a suggestion to bring about Increased sales and enable your organization to reach the figure at which you aim. I understand that there has been but one call made upon the business and professional men of this city, and that was at the In auguration of this campaign. In this time of general prosperity and "peace on earth, good will towards men," I believe the busi ness men and the citizens generally would not take It amiss if another call was made upon them In this, the closing week of your activities. I inclose my check as an additional con tribution, and suggest that you send me as many Red Cross stamps as this entitles me to. Very truly yours. JOSEPH SIMON. Unfortunately, the women conducting the campaign are too exhausted by their labors to make another canvass of the city, but they hope the business and pro fessional men will take the Mayor's hint and send in further contributions to the cause. Many Small Sales Made. At the booths lately it has been no ticed that a large percentage of the pur chasers have been people of the poorer, classes, who have bought 5 or 10 cents worth of stamps, apparently with the idea of doing all in their power to further trm fight against the great white plague. Thla interest from people who need every penny they have has greatly pleased and encouraged the women at the booths. The booths today will be in charge of the following: Meier & frank, morning. Miss Carolyn Burns and Miss Frances Wilson; afternoon. Miss Leila Shelby and Mrs. fieorge Went worth. Hotei Portland. Miss Mai Hirch and Miss Mildred Meyer; Postoffice. Miss Kath arine Scott and Miss Cochrane; Tull & Gibbs. Mrs. H. Hausman and Mrs. G. F, Canience; Chamber of Commerce, Miss Mabel Burke and Mrs. Dan J. Malarkey; Hotel Imperial, Mrs. A. Chance and Mrs. J. Elliott King; Woodard & Clarke, morning. Mis Florence Hilton and Mifs Rosemary Baldwin; after noon. Miss Dorothy Josselyn and assistant; Charlton's five and tea-cent store, Mrs. F. office and we will - If L Kuettner and assistant; J. K. Gill & Co Mrs. CHarles Berg and Mrs. Felix Fried lander; Hotel Perkins, Miss Amelia May; Olds. Wortman & King, morning, Mrs. John Claire Monteith and Miss Helen Graves, afternoon. Mrs. Elliott and Mrs. H. Tan hauser; "Wells-Fargo building, Miss Helen Smith and Mrs. David Shindler; Hotel Ore gon, Mrs. Sterling Foster, Mrs H. M. Car lock, Mrs. H. Noble, Miss Majorie Noble, Miss Delta Watson and Mies Genevieve But terneld; Kennard & Adams, under auspices of Tuesday Afternoon Club; Lipman & Wolfe, Miss Helen Simon and assistant. The Brooklyn School has sold out the 1000 Red Cross stamps turned over to the Mothers' and Teachers' Club, and probably will sell more. BAN OFF RED CROSS STAMP England Now Permits Delivery of Letters Rearing "Bullet." CHICAGO. Dec. 21. The ban has been taken off the Red Cross Christ mas stamp by the postal authorities of England and Ireland, and hereafter let ters bearing tho "little bullets" In the warfare against consumption will be ad mitted to those countriesv provided they carry the proper amount in postage stamps. This news was announced last evening by Postmaster D. A. Campbell on his return from, Washington. Hun dreds of letters bearing Christmas stamps and directed to England and Ireland had been held here, but were released last night Ajd are now on the way, to their destination. TODAY IS LICENSE DAY COtTXCIIj TO GRANT MORE THAN 40 0 LIQUOR PERMITS. Protests From Half-Dozen Omitted From List Expected to En liven Session. "Wednesday, December 22, will be memorable in the city's history, " for this morning the City Council will meet in regular session, and, among other more or less routine and unimportant things, will grant 418 liquor licenses and more Jhan a score of licenses to ell liquor in restaurants. This will make it possible for the populace to secure drinks when desired, so that the discharging of this duty by the mem bers of the legislative body will charac terize this session as of more than or dinary interest. Everything will thus be fixed for next year in the liquid line. There are six unfortunates, seeking li cense o dispense liquor with meals, who failed to "connect" with the sources of power during the sessions of the liquor license committee, and they will probr ably be In the Council chamrjer today to demand the reason why. They will be reinforced, It is expected, by armfuls of documentary evidence and. a battery of prominent citizens and officials to show that a grave injustice has been done in their cases, and that the only way the Council can atope'is to supply the de sired parchments. Of course, there will be other business, before the Council, but none of such deep concern and general interest as these li censes. There is the city tax levy, for instance, but it is expected that it will cause little comment among the members, as it has been sent in by unanimous rec ommendation of the ways and means Com mittee, and it probably will stand at 4.90 mills, as reported by the committee, with Ihe sanction of Mayor Simon. At any rate, it concerns only a trifle more than $1,000,000, which will be needed for the operation of the various departments next year. Councilman Ellis will not Introduce his proposed ordinance regulating the bill boards today, as it is as yet unfinished. He will have it ready for submission to the committee on health and police at its next meeting, and hopes to have, it rec ommended by the members for-passage. MAKE STOMACH TROUBLE VANISH BY TAKING V Indigestion, Gas, Heartburn, Head ache and Other Distresses "Will Go in rive Minutes. If you had some Diapepsin handy and would take a little now your stom ach distress or Indigestion would van ish in five minutes and you would feel fine. This harmless preparation will digest anything you eat and overcome a sdur, out-of-order stomach before you realize it. . If your meals don't tempt you. or what little you do eat seems to fill you, or lays like a lump of . lead in your stomach, or if you have heartburn, that is a sign of Indigestion. Ask your pharmacist for a 50-cent case of Pape's Diapepsin and take a little just as soon as you can. There show you home, using" want it and is to say in 522 Corbett Building Mayor Simon is supporting this measure, and is anxious to have it enacted early. THE ONE BEST GIFT. A great many individuals are deciding the family gift question in a most sen sible and easy manner by giving a mod ern Talking Machine. Surely a more welcome gift cannot be brought into any home, for as an entertainer and musical educator it stands without an equal. The perfected state that these instru ments have attained today is marvelous. This Christmas wtll witness this enter tainer in a great many homes. If you are going to give a talking machine 'make fyour selection at headquarters Bllers rmno nouse, who carry an me various styles of not only one make but the three best today, the Columbia, Edison and Victor Prices range from J10.00 up to $250.00. Remember, terms as low as $1.00 per weekA Selections made now will be delivered any time desired. Get a talking machine and insure music for Christmas day and the other 364 days of the year for many years to come. EILER3 PIANO HOUSES, S53 Washing ton St. If troubled with Indigestion, consti pation, no appetite or feel bilious, give Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab lets a trial and you will be pleased with tne result. These tablets invigor ate the stomach and liver and strength en the digestion. Sold by all dealers. S FEEBLE OLD LADY Uas Strength. Restored By Vinol Mrs. Michael Bloom of Lewistown, Pa., who Is 80 years of age, says: "For a long time I have been eo feeble that I have had to be wheeled around in an invalid's chair. I had. no strength and took cold at the slightest provoca tion, which invariably settled 'on my flungs, and a cough would result My son learned of the cod liver prep aration called Vinol, and procured a bottle for ma. It built up my strength rapidly, and after taking three bottles I am able to do most of my work, and I can walk a quarter of a mile easily. Every aged or weak person who re quires strength should try Vinol. I am delighted with what it has done for me." As a body builder and strength crea tor for old people, delicate children, weak, run-down persons, and after sickness, Vinol is unexcelled. If it fails to give satisfaction we will re turn your money. WOODARD CLARKE & CO., DRUGGISTS, PORTLAND. RHEUMATISM Call "for Free Uricsol Booklet on Treatment and Diet, at Woodard, Clarke & Co., Portland, or write to Uricsol Chemical-Co., Los -Angeles, Cal. The powers of the stomach are strength ened and com forted by drlnkinar F1 gt- prune at all meals, drink it. All grocers. Let the children A LITTLE " DIAPEPSIN will be no sour risings, no belching of undigested food mixed with acid, no stomach gas or heartburn, fullness or heavy feeling in the stomach. Nausea, Debilitating Headaches, Dizziness or Intestinal griping. This will all go, and, besides, there will' be no undi gested food left over in the stomach to poison your breath with nauseous odors. Pape's Diapepsin is a certain cure for out-of-order stomachs, because it pre vents fermentation and' takes hold of your food and digests it Just the same as if your stomach wasn't there. Relief in five minutes from all stom ach misery is at any drugstore waiting for you. These large 50-cent cases contain more than sufficient to thoroughly cure almost any case of Dyspepsia, Indiges tion or any. other stomach disturbance. mm Rich, fragrant," . nourishing. Don't ask merely for cocoa ask for , GhirardellPs Ihristmas TO CLATSOP BEACH Via Astoria&ColumbiaRiver Railroad Lv. Portland Union Depot 6:30 P. M. Regular Daily Train Leaves at 8 A. M. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24TH Special Train on Same Schedule Will Also Be Run Friday, Dec. 31 t Elaborate preparations are being made by the hotels . at Clatsop Beach resorts to accommodate their holi day yisitors. . FARE $4.00 HOUND TRIP Ticket Offices: 255 Morrison St., Corner Third. , 122 Third St., near Washington. Union Depot. B. E. WALKER. 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