TTIE MOItyretf OKEOOJIAJ. BATUKDAr. 31, 191Q. COMMERCIAL CLUB ACTS VIGOROUSLY Campaign to Be Waged to Obtain Oregon's Full Share for Reclamation. POWERFUL AID ENLISTED rr9lrint Believed) to Have B fndrr Misapprehension In Mak ing AllowaiK-e of StSS.OOO. Injustice I Pone. PATH ICTlUrMST IX CAM- Wkimn m a e or km.uuti ttxiK Tlm Mnl l 1A laftaantlal aaa d4UB4.ai rsevljttatmaat of fund. ITaenl ka coeur.lttae of Coouner rui rtob MUiauna la rla to met vt leu 'r. Oafaf eaanaal of tn.-.econttnaaial rallreevde asfca4 ! b'! la work. Aid f Vnltad taae Sr-ator (mi i a. of Jlieaxaa. aouabt. Ksarrrtta committee ol Oroa tnInl Laaaae to art Bast PacMtne lo proeute a rlsoroua cam palea ! trvr. f roeatMe. a rtuins In t.i apportionment of th t:.'-i.st rc !amaika fund mad by FraetnVnt Taft. tfla r.romtfca tommlllM of tB Com Is Trial 1ub at a tnaetlne: y-aterd.iy authorised th end!n: of ten t'irjnmt at enca. Tre Hat of th"e lo whom lh-aa najra will be e.nt blr wtth ITes Mnt Taft. Than c me J. J. Hill, of th flreat Northern: Howard nilott. of th ?ortaer fai-irtc; Ju-lsa Vnxrtt. rresl fnl of lha l"nlon F.-lfc; lulled State (nalir Houma and Chamberlain: Rrr IMnllli rUl and ll.ilr. Bec-ratary f tha Interior Halltnrr. and I'nltad V'etra rVnat-r Smith of MlrhU-an. T. H. Wllroa. of mrtlami. la In FU-rl.la, and a tnrxram waa ent tt him. asking; Mm ti ipi la Vatttnctrn and baann a lor t:a rampaian to secure a better snare for Orn. Tha cnmmltlaa In rhar of daralop int tha rnnpi'in later In lha day railed tir"t W. W. ttton. chief rounarl of tha lCarrlman erstm In the Northwest, and . II Carsr. cMrf rnunarl for lha Hill aratara m tha Northwest, -ekln: their co-op' rat lm In tha arrrk. A martin of th azevuttv cm-n'tt- of lha Oresrn I teratorman t lx(ur will ha held nt to rromte another aide of tha effort to trlng aNxit a MclJtuitmML i"rldriU lf rror. Present at tha raetlna; held yeatarday aaara IMMtn it. Ln!i. It 8. Josaelyn. Tr. r. I'urreit. A II r'"r. E. L. Tiofnra.in. 5. Jlrltan. ItirTfy rca lth. V. J llifrninn. C K. Jfhnon and C C Chapman. ThT dlaoiiaavd tha alt aflon thorouh!r ar.d tha farta a traaot-d arr ! tha affa-t that Ora- ann a ahara of tha ra'Itmatloa fund, apprtlon1 arconi.nc l lha funda tumrd la. throuah th film fraa In tha Itnd dara'manl and tha a-!"a of public land w.mld anumnt to .h.oM. Tha frMnt had plvti tha atata only Jl;J.it"4. Th'a. It waa ail.l. w na aodar tha belief t.iat It wu:d rontinua lha work of all avlattna; operatl'na of tha KerUnnatlon Servlra In ra-n. It im polntel out that tha $.1. ". yrolert at I'matMla w-ta a rn:tnuition ff tha old cn and would Irrtmta from 4e.a to a-vi'-HJ a-rea. "I believe. " aald K I Thompann. at tha ineetlna. 'That wa ran ft lha con aant of tha Praaidant t. a rerlal.n. Ta aectira thia wa muil amplify all tha atn lea of lnfluen within our rach. Tha tran-ontinenul railway ara Inler aated rn thla auhjcrt aa m h h aa wa ara and I believa will aait ua In brlaalna ahout the dealred and. Oreaon must not mla thla opportunliy tn Increaa har tuntla for reclamation. Wa ara atiffar ln under aa Injuatu-a and tha only way that 1 ran ia to nfure them la to make known our aanla In a Komu bat honoraVa manner." (oramlttvw la I nonlnwov Tha cimmlttra aai unanlniotia In Ita reoie to maka thn effort t? aecura red. vision, and prpared tha following alatement tn be a. n t by tl'-CTaph to tha parnna pimnl: "In retrd t provHkonJ allttmenta of rvrl.1111 tun bon.la. It la rcj-orted In tha put He praa t' -vl irean rwalved :S."'" fr i:.it l'rrat!lli and port of m f..r KUm.tih. If rorre. tiy re portel. thla t-avea tle atala fr abort f tha alllment It would hava ra-i-ltal tf the bondlnc afl bad not been V4a-d and a-eton 9 of lha ret-tarnatlon act had nit b-en r- peal-'d. Wa eameat-T- protect alnt t'tta Ir'ilnvnl of tha at.tte and ao'irlt your attint-e to h tm nora fi!r rrsulfa on lha following a; "on n!a. "An eil.n:u.n of tha rit I'matllla trnVt to rnver laada weat of tha I'ma tllla Hter haa Keen InveelUited be tha aeevk-a ami wa belie-ra ha been f.iTor tMT rapvted rn by Ita enefneara. "Thla a!enaltn wul-1 convert p1)) a'rea of arid l.itid Intit orchard am irirdena of te hljheat yalur. produrinc crora two we. ka earl!.r than other landa In tha Tjklma Valfer and other Mah rlaaa trrtiratlnn dlatrlrta tn tha North- West. "All the Un.li II within tha Irrmrd. tata ra n of trannortatton. II laclima la Apparent. "It i hr.ily poaalM that Oovernmant fund atait-ihl f'r reciiim-itlon cauM ba rnora wtaWy apent or nial to t raala More home or greater wealth If r-pea-1-d elaewhere. o far aa wa know thra la no kwnl rppowitt.ft on lha part of anybody and It d rot Interfere with "y prlinl' lrr'aHon works at pres-nt finder con al'ietton "Tha Un-I la aery Inrteiy In public fanrnhb and baa been held withdrawn f r porrea of Irrtcilln for many 3 aa ra. "Tha West I'matllla eten.!nn Is In- lud-d m tha orla!nal I'matUIa pro)e-t. It adjoin tha Kaat rnuliHa projrrt. w til take alter from tha aame aourra and la In eery e-.a a part of a prrhct aJ t.iy arproTed. . "The lnipresn aeem to ealat In lha mlrd of tha President trat thla pro)-ct 1 a new movement and ard-r tha rut ins: no naw pr'Jets wer lo hava been started until eYltlne; proerta routd ba flntabed. The-efore II la extremely Im portant that th!s prntct sh-mld ha mora thorotia;hy understood as balng an ex tension and not n new proje.-t. Tba Oovammeot haa anna very mub further In their aUotment In tha pror't than tnoaa Islna la Colorado and Wtomma from lha aiandpomt of new proje-ta and thla or. a. aa farta win show upon mora complete Investigation, Bond Will laiiv. "If not coratmeted wtfhla a raaaon aM lima lha water rlahts filed upon for Uua txtaesioa w 111 laaaa, tba bond in. k.elni heen spec tally authonaad to nrynt lapaea of this oarura. "Oregon ia tha largest contributor to tha reclamation fund and la receiving a mall proportion of tha expenditure. Over ,.sv.OC baa been Inveaied by set tlara In public lands wlta little Irriga tion benefit to dale. "Tha Secretary of tha Interior In a public addresa to-fore the Portland Com mercial Club last Bummer, alter having fully famlllartxed hlnwlf with the merits of tha project and Its claims npoo the bond issue, expressed hla sincere hope that It would receive a iullable allotment. "W strongly urge that you do what Is posalhle to have deftnlta action by tha Prealdent deferred to the end that tha bast resulta to the Xatlon be se cnrerl from tha expenditure of Federal funds for reclamation and that no un warranted Injustice ba dona to tha State of Oregon." ACROBAT ALLEGES PLOT Handwriting of noaMltm Ittcr May 5t Acru-il lrloncr. Consplratje to get Manuel Fonx-lsco. Hawaiian acrobat. Into Jail Is alleged by Ms attorney. Pan powers, who baaea the assertion upon a letter received by the prisoner at the County Jail yester- w kJiHisr.Tox tutin school MTV DOT tMtn KOIt AV.U. ACAOaUtV. t:.u.V.,, , - j - 5 .. . V a ' A ii ) - " r. "-I l teCw. Vaa km ii.ua nsmsl Jaaaaa H. Cailara. Aflar a compatlllva eaamlnatloo. eoaductad ty Profeeaor Hopkla Jen ktaa. principal of J.ffereoa Itlgb boot. Janes M. CeUaxa. sow of Oeorva ft. Calktra. Cotuvcllman, waa ealartad by the principal for appolnt meat to tha VnltaJ Bialaa Naval Arademr at Aanapolla by United ftatse ganator Chamberlain- Ha la I years old. a graduate of Kolladay Grammar chao and a Junior at eraahlaatoa High a hooL Towng Cellar tntaoded to trr for tba honor nest year and entered this taat M arquarnt blKaalt with lha snalheds of axamlnattan, lie waa greatly Surprised to baar tbat ba bd baea aaeeaaituL It wlU ka naea aary ta take tba enlranca examlnatloa of lha academy In April. Than he muet take tha physical examination at lb academy In June, entering Iramadiaialr taereafier It ha la auc essaful. lis llsaa wtUi bla paranta al 324 Eaet Eleventh atraat. North. dae. written In a hand similar to tha one upon which he was convicted, and boasting of the fact that tha writer had "got" Fonclsco at last. The avmnoat was triad In Municipal Court Thursday morning on a charge tef sending a letter to Maria llamll. threatening to kill her If she did not marry him. lie waa held to anawer to the grand Jury, principally upon the testimony of a handwriting expert that the threatening letter, unsigned, 'waa la his srrlpt powers Is unable to say who wouia have a motive for Imprisoning Fon- rlaco, but drclarea that ha baa been a victim of a plot. Fonclsco met Miss llamll here, while playing with a com pany of strollers, and became tnfato-ej ated with her. aitnouan sne ueciarra that tha acquaintance waa merely casual. The defense sought to show that the young woman, who lire with her parents and la a mlllluer. showed mora Interest In the Hawaiian than she cared to admit. Fnnclsro. who was formerly a body serrnnt of ex-Governor Lord, attempted to commit sulcldo at F.ucene e.-veral weeks ago. and still benrs deep burns on his face from the en-rta of carbertto acid. MAYOR HEARS PETITIONERS Aid to Be) Glxrn Koarnrjr Owners Seeking: 'Wood Itlork raving. Mayor Rlmen has promlaed to assist the property-owners on Kearney street, between Fifteenth and Twenty-fifth streets, tn securing wood block pave ment for which more than S'J per cent of them petitioned. The City Council Is: no red the petition and granted a smaller petition for bituilthtc. Replying to a letter written to htm after the Council had turned down tha large petition of the property-owners for wood blocks, the Mayor assured the property-owners, through B. L. Oll san. that ha will do all he can to assist them la securing tha kind of pavement Ihev want. "Being an Interested property-owner. I was greatly disappointed when tha Council refuaed to grant our petition for wood blocks." said Mr. Ullaan yes terday. "I therefore wrote tn Mayor Simon, atatlng the case and asking him to asst us. If possible. He replied that he will give Ins subject due consider ation, and savins: he felt Inclined to favor wood MtKki because he wants competition and becansa the majority of tiie property. owner on the street petitioned for It." The remonstrance against the action of tha Council. which waa brought about through tha teaderehln of Coun rllmen Annand and lrr.b.ird. is being circulated and la being largely signed br the property-owners who want wood block. It will be presented to the street committee of the Council next Friday. ROBBER STRIKES WOMAN Armed ThlrT Demands Money; Changes Mind and Flees. Mrs. Fay Da via. proprietor of the Plata Hotel, was ait .lulled by an armed man who called her to her door, early yes:e y niornlne. Thinking that antt.e lodcer wlnhed admittance Mir. iavl answered knock at the door, ml wa c.nifroritd by a man who thrttt a revolver Into her face and demanded her money. Before she had time, to rep'y. ho struck r twice and nel. Hit ImvU reported to Patrolman liannsy. who made a search of the vK-tnlty f. man imvh tr th ilr ln given b.m by Mrs. Davla. but fai.e-1 to end him. 7 - WIFE'S TALE PITIFUL J. H. Mullin, Barber, Jailed for Failure to Support. MAN IS MUCH MARRIED Third nelpmcee Appear to Testify In Behalf of Fourth, Who Tells of Being Forced to Live on Few Dollars a Month. Four tlmea married, thrlna divorced. J. M. Mucin, a barber at Fifth and Stark streets, appeared before the County Court yeaterday to answer a charge of ncnautport preferred by his fourth wife, his third wife being In readiness In the courtroom to testify against him if her evlrlenra waa required. On tha testimony of Mrs. Mullin and Mrs. Wilson, of the Associated Charltlca. County Judge Cleeton held that the bar ber had not provided for his wife and "baby ann properly, it was the court's order that Mullin pay his wife flS a month If he elected to live away from her and her mother or J12.60 if ho con tinued tn abide with them. The barber's bond guaranteeing com pliance with this order not being pro duced. Mullin waa lodged In the County Jail. Now ha Is amenable to a rockplle sentence and undor provisions of the nonaupnort law. Mrs. Mullin may draw 11.60 a dny from the county during the period of her husband's Imprisonment, Mullln'a Itecord Clouded. Mullin Is not only a much-married man but an ex-convict, asserts Peputy District Attorney Garland, who repre sented the state in the prosecution of the barber. Attorney Garland asserts tr-t Mullin served two years In the Kantaa penitentiary for perjury In con nection with a white slave case. lira. Mary L Garrett, of I2 Knott street, third ex-wlfe of the barber, waa voluble In recounting her first husband's history. She said his first wife di vorced him when he waa sent to prison, that hla second wife was sent to tha Hoapltal for tha Insane at Salem after he had deeerted her In Goldrndale. Waah.. and that she, hla third wife, ob tained a divorce from him six years ago for nonaupport and cruelty. Even after he married for the fourth time, said Mrs. Garrett, ha attempted on several occasions to renew his friendship with her and that only recently her present husband and the barber almost came to blows on th street, due to th atten tlona Mullin attempted to force upon Mrs. Garrett. Meat BUI I $1 a Month. Mr. Mullin testified that her hus band had bought her but one dress In the four years of their married life and that aha waa oompelled to borrow ap parel from her mr.ther to make a pre sentable appearance In court yesterday. 8ha also testified that owing to her hus band's failure to provide for household expenses, she had to cut down her meat bin to tl a month and confine her grocery bill to II month. She said further that he struck her frequently. This wa denied by the bar ber who aald he merely threw his wlfa around "In play." He testified that he objected to his wlfa's mother living with them without paying for her board or lodging and that the presence of his mother-in-law waa th causa of all their trouble. Tha Mullin live In a basement room at JM East Seventh street, which Is un fit for occupancy by a family, said Mrs. Wilson, of th Aasoclated Charities. DIVORCE MILL GRINDS SLOWLY Only Three Decrees Granted on Day Pel Wive Complainants. On of th lightest divorce FTidays In the year was passed by th State Cir cuit Court yesterday, only three wlveei ob taining decreet. It haa been coitoroiry for the docket to bear at least ten cases lo be heard on the day net aside for bearing eomplolnta of ml am a ted couples. Mm Clara Hughes waa divorced from Thomas Hughea on th ground that ho was convicted of bigamy in I,os Angeles laat Juno and was sentenced to serve 18 months in prison. The couple married In . Mary' Cathedral In thin cjty Feb ruary 2S. I. Mrs. Hughes waa per mitted to resume her maiden name. Clara Ktiper. Mr Amanda M. Parsone complained that her husband deserted her last March while she was 111 In bed. after, by ex treme cruelty, compelling her to give him 100 out of tlio obtained by mort gaging their home. She says h squan dered the money by gambling and in riotous living. On Christmas day. 1W. she testified, her husband seised her roughly by the shouldens and demanded the entire IliJW. She refused and his cruelty increased from that time, she alleged. Her refuwal to glv har husband money, she said, waa followed by wholesale breaking of dl-hrw by him. Tl.e couple married at Empire City. Or.. August ?7, 1SJ9. A son. Klton Parsons, IS yenrs old. eormborared his mother's testi mony before Presiding State Circuit Court Judge Cleland. Mrs. Hena Bchleae was divorced from George cVlilewa for desertion. They were married in Woodlawn. Or., December IS. ISO, and have two children, ITirUtlna, , and George. 4 years old. The wife waa awarded custody of the children and was allowed her share of th community property. NO.N-SCPFORT CASE DROPPED 6nlt Against Husband In Prison Is Dlamlssnrt. Because George Brethauer Is serving a term In prison for felony emheixlemcnt. a charge of non-support brought against him by his wlfa was dismissed yester day. This course was taken that the non-support records may be clear at lha end of the year. Beginning January 1. Deputy District Attorney Mlchelct will take charre of the non-support prosecu tions, succeeding Deputy District Attor ney Garland, who will remain In Salem while the next Legislature Is In sraston In behalf of new laws sought by county officials. Bv provisions of the non-support law cither the County Court or the State Cir cuit Court is authorised to try too cases. County Judge Cleeton sr.nounced yeater day morning that he Intended to ask tha Circuit Court to take over the non-sup, port cases, as they frequently present points which are beyond tha Jurisdiction of the county tribunal. MOTHER'S ACTS CRITCISED F.x-Hufband Says Children Are Xot Receiving Proper Care. Alleging that hla ex-wlfe bites their two children to make them behave and that aha. as the owner of a Washington-street haberdashery, haa not the time to rear them properly. Artnur Lavy appealed to th State Circuit Court yeaterday morning to modify his rtlvore decree, that tha custody of the children may be granted to him and that be may discontinue paying- Mrs. Lavy $30 a month for their main tenance. It is also alleged by the former hus band that a store where men are cus tomers Is not a proper, place for chil dren and that his ex-wlfe has admitted that she has been unable to devote sufficient time to their care. Th petitioner declares that the chil dren. Bertha, yeara old. and Arthur, aged 8, are not neatly dressed by theit mother and that she compels them to do housework and attend store when she Is otherwise occupied. That she strikes the .children frequently is alBO alleged by the ex-husband. He asserts that the store is particularly an im proper place for his little girl, the language often used by customers not being conducive to rearing of the child to good womanhood. The Lavys were divorced March 12, 1509. Mrs. Lavy's store is situated on Washington street above Four teenth. IIChBAXD "CHICKEX-HEARTED" Xegro Porter Asks Divorce, Saying He Fears Wife's Wrath. Asserting that his wife kept him tn fear and trembling for his life by bran dishing a razor before lilin, and that her violence made him sleep with his clothes on In a chair, that he might ba ready to run at any moment. J. F. Mr Lear, a negro Pullman porter, sued Katie A. 41c Lear for a divorce yester day. The couple married last May In Seattle. The husband declares that their mar riage was In opposition to his wife's mother, and that Mrs. McLear was ob stinate from the first, refusing on tha day of the wedding to accompany him to hia home. He declares that her con stant association with chauffeurs and her penchant for visiting madhouses, after which she would attack him. made him "chicken-hearted." He as serts that ha was unable to sleep on account of his wife's behavior, and in consequence lost his position on th railroad. When her mother cams to HvA with them, he complains, both tormented him. Recently, avers the husband, he waa awakened by the loud honk of an auto mobile at 4 o'clock in the morning. This, he complains, was accompanied by the loud laughter of a gay party, and he rose from his chair-bed to find that his wife was just returning from a night's carousal. STREETCAR COMPAXY IS SCED Estate of Dr. Edna D. Tlmms Seeks $7500 for Death In Crash. Suit was filed in th 8tate Circuit Court yesterday to recover $7800 dam ages for the death of Dr. Edna D. Tlmms In a collision of car and auto mobile at Nineteenth and Flanders streets, last October. Paul 8. Dick, George J. Perkins and Eugene D. Tlmms, administrators of tha physi cian estate, are plaintiffs in the ac tion against the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company. It Is alleged that gross carelessness on the part of a motorman caused th disaster; that the car was proceeding at 25 miles an hour, more than doubt the legal speed. ant that no warning of the car' approach wa sounded. Dr. Tlmms was riding In the rear seat of the automobile and was thrown to th pavement on her head by the crash. Death was almost Instantaneous. The admlniatrators ask that $1100 damages be awarded for the destruc tion of th automobile. MRS. METZGER TO COXTEST Woman Who Shot at Husband Will Fight Divorce Proceedings. That Mr. Frances Metxger plans to contest the divorce suit filed by her hus band Is evidenced by a demurrer to her husband's complaint filed in the State Circuit Court yesterday. Bhs contends that Metzger has no cause for divorce and that she Is entitled to the decree. Mrs. Motxger tired flv shot at her htkoband, Barney Metzger, as he stood behind the counter of his Jewelry shop on First street recently. One of the bullets pierced Metzger's cheek. After he had been released from the hospital he filed suit for divorce. Mrs. Metzger was Indicted by the December grand Jury last week for afwault with a dangerous weapon and will enter her plea before Presiding State Circuit Court Judge Cle land next Tuesday afternoon. MURDERER LEAVES JAIL Chinese, . Under Death Sentarlce, Taken to Hoapltal for Operation. Yew Gong, under sentence to be hanged for. the murder of a Chinese merchant at Third end Pine streets more than County Jail temporarily yesterday to be taken to me touniy nospiiai io unutri gu an operation for hloodnoison in his right hand. Weakened by his long incarcera tion, the murderer was hardly able to keep his feet In the open air, the first mtryh A a v 1 1 ,h t ,m ii If 1 n a- him rifxzv Ha was caught by Deputy Sheriff Bulger Just as he was about to fall.' Fearing that friends of the Celestial prisoner might attempt to aid his escape In his first recreation beyond the County Jail corridor. County Judge Cleeton or dered a strong guard to be kept around the prisoner constantly to and from tn hos-nltal and in the operating room. He was placed under an anesthetic for the operation and County Physician Geary, who attended him. believes ha will recover from the Infection. Tew Gong and another Chinese were found guilty of murder In the first de gree and both were sentenced to be hanged. With the aid of wealthy coun trymen they appealed their cases and have been kept In the County Jail pend ing action by the 8upreme Court. Good Things in Markets BT LILIAN TINGLE. There Is a fine display of poultry, prize meats, game and other good thing" for New Year feasting; hut the Inquiring housewife of frugal mind is Inclined to sigh regretfully when she learns the price of the choice. turkey or the tat goose snd to turn away In search of less costly viands. Turkey at 30 to 40 cents, geese and ducks at 17 to 9) cents and chickens at 2S cents a pound are not for everyono; nor are snipe, at 75 cents a pair and wild geese at 75 cents to $1 each. There Is some comfort In the fish mar ket, for Columbia River smelt have mad their appearance: and although, at pres ent, these delicious little fish sell st 40 cents a pound, it will not be long before "the epicure's morsel" will be within the reach of the slenderest purse. Freeh her rings, too sre again available at 10 cents a pound, and excellent salmon and hali but are to be had at about 12V cents. Striped bass and sea trout cost about 25 rents, catfish, shrimps, California shad and sole 15 cents; black cod. tom-cod. rock-cod and croppies. 12 cents: floun der and sliver smelt. 10 cents, snd carp t cents a pound. Razor clams are scarce or unobtainable, but there aeem to be plenty of hard clam., both the small kind and the larger butter clams. Good crabs can be had at lo to cents each. There Is still an attractive array of vegetables. Including, perhaps, rather mure of the green kinds than are usually obtainable at thia season, Thar Those who fight the world's battles, the men in the turret of a Dreadnaught, or on a swaying beam two hundred feet above the earth, must have nerves of steel to win. To -keep his power at the highest notch, the fighting man must have proper food and drink, for oh his food and beverages depend his nerve and strength. Scientific facts prove that is the best of all beverages for every one. It nourishes and strengthens brain, muscle and sinew. It contains greater percent age of nutriment than any other food. It is all good and equally good for old and young, for delicate and for sturdy. And supremely delicious! Ghirardelli's Cocoa is absolutely pure; i's marl from the best of selected cocoa a - . i beans, always uniform in flavor and most economical because of its purity and strength. Costs less than a Is plenty of lettuce, chicory, water cress, spinach, kale and cahbage greens and gTeen peppers are still to be had. as well as a few green peas and green beans. Cauliflower Is Inclined to be scarcer and higher in price: egg plant and artichokes should perhaps be counted in the luxury class, with hot house cucumbers, tomatoes and mush rooms. Various sorts ot cabbage and "the usual roots" are still good in quality and low In price. Among the rareties In th fruit mar ket are African mangoes at S5 cents, and alligator pears at 50 cents tftch. There are still a few persimmons, pome granates and prickly pears to be had at 5 cents to 10 cents each; good pine apples, at 25 to 40 cents; imported Ma laga grapes at 30 cents a pound, and strawberries at 30 cents a basket. . Oranges and apples are plentiful and inexpensive, the oranges selling at 10 to 35 cents and the apples at 10 to 50 cents a dozen. Nuts of all kinds are much to the fore, at 15 to 25 cents a pound. California grapefruit can be had at 60 cents and Florida grapefruit at tl a dozen. winter Dears cost 20 to 25 cents a dozen. Cranberries are still plentiful, and the new rhubarb is beginning to come in. Eggs are high, as usual at this sea son, th best still costing 50 cents a dozen, though Eastern eggs can be had at So cents. Butter is inclined to be lower In price this week, the best being offered at 85 cents Instead of 0 cents a roll. Jewelry Worth $1000 Lost. c.T-fT.tr nvwn Wnah . Ter. 30. fSpe- avu i ' ....... - -, - - clal.) The story of a diamond roo- Be sure it's Ghirardelli's Cocoa. f f ; D. Ghirardelli Co. fei fs Since 1852 j DO NOT BE MISLED BY. IMITATIONS " - THE GENUINE BAKER'S COCOA ft Registered C. 8.at Onto WALTER BAKER & CO LTD. Established 1780 DORCHESTER, MASS. cent a cup. bery here several days ago has just be come public. .JVJrs. Hughes, part owner in the Homo restaurant, of this city, lost from her apartments over the restaurant diamonds valued at more than 11000. The property consists of a bracelet containing 35 diamonds, a stickpin and several rings. The police havs been unable to find a clew. WASSAILERSARE WARNED Firearms, Confetti, Feather-Ticklers and All Disorder Prohibited. New Tear wassailers may sound the Jubilee but disorder will be suppressed, according to Instructions of Chief Cox 'to the police. All officers will work overtime. The day relief will work until 6:S0 instead of 3:45 P. M.; the first night relief fio-n 5 until 10 P. M . when they report for assignment downtown, remaining Lhere until th last cars leave-for the outlying districts, and the second night reliet will take charge at 9:45 instead of 11 P. M. Policemen, Chief Cox orders, must not Interfere with innocent merriment, but will not permit disorderly conduct. T:ity will prevent discharging of flraa-rns, the throwing of confetti and th use of feather ticklers. Promptly at midnight, sale of liquor must cease, and grillroom patrons must keep within bounds of decency. The police force will rendezvous in the grill room district. Indications are that proprietors 01 grills and saloons are reconciled to the edict that no liquor may be sold after mid night, and that New Year observance AND BAKER'S CHOCOLATE Bear this trade-mark on every package, and are made only by Ifls. IX will be far more conservative than in the past. Welsn Anthracite, heat D3t and ;asts longest. E. 30S. C. 2303. Turkeys, Geese and Chickens For New Years Creamery Butter. Bert Creamery . Dairy Butter . . . Hams Picnic Hams ... Eeres .65 and 70 75 55 16 12 30 Ranch Eggs ..40 Full Cream Cheese SO Swiss 25 All goods retailed at wholesale prices. LaGrandeCreamery 264 Yamhill Street TODAY I am offering choice rata of Shonlder and Leg of Pork for ' 18c Lb. Picnic Hams, lb ..14 Eastern skin'd Hams, lb.; 17 Strictly Pure Lard 5-pound pail 75 10-pound pail $1.50 Our goods are always the best to be found. G. L. Parker 149 First Street. Trie Tenderest Skin Is Benefiterl HAND SAPOLIO FOR TOILET AND BATH It has a delicate, velvety touch and con. tains just the elements necessary ta thoroughly cleanse, invigorate, softea and clear the skin. Ail Gtooera mat Vrutita MEAT SPECIAL