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tttp? jrrmVTVO OT?Tr:oVTAX. TVEDVESTDAT. DECE3IBUR 3, 1013. WLSOfJ OUTLNES POLICY FOR PARTY More Important Utterances of Message, Read in Person, , Received With Applause. MEXICAN POLICY IS SAME tirc-t lrlrjr for President, legis lation to Supplement Sherman v Im, Ala-ka Railway Are Anion: Measures AdTlsed. tv'onUiint Vrom 1.-t Page.) ail who tuJy the wi-Mare and progress ut the Nation. Formal Kcvfrrr Omitted. I shall ask yiurlndulrenc If I Tn ture to depart In Home decree from tho usual custom f settinjt before you In tomial review tlm many matters which have ernsaped th attention and called tor the action of the several depart tuenta of the tSovernment or which look to them for early treatment In the fu ture, because the list Is lone, very lone, and would suffer In the abbreviation to which I should have to subject It. I shall submit to you the reports of the heads of the several departments. In Which these subjects are set forth in careful detail, and be that they may receive the thoughtful attention of your committees and of all members of the Congress who may have- the leisure to atudy them. Their obvioua importance, as constituting the very substance of the business of the Government, makes comment and emphasis on my part un necessary. The country. I am thankful to say. Is at peace with all the world, and many nappy manifestations multiply about us of a growing; cordiality and sense ot community of Interest among the na tions, foreshadowing an age of settled peace and grod will. More and more readily each decade do the nations man ifest their willingness to bind thom elvea by aolemn treaty to the processes of peace, the processes of frankness and fair concession. 80 far the United mates baa stood at the front of such negotiations. fhe will, I earnestly hope and confidently believe, give fresh proof of her sincere adherence to the cause of International friendship by ratifying the several treaties of arbi tration awaiting renewal by the Sen ate. In addition to these, it has been the privilege of the Department of State to gain the assent, in principle, of no less than 31 nations, representing four-fifths of the population of the world, to the negotiation of treaties by ' which It shall be agreed that whenever differences of interest or of policy arise which cannot be resolved by the ordi nary processes of diplomacy they shall tie publicly analyzed, discussed and re ported upon by a tribunal chosen by the parties before either nation deter mines ita course of action. Bleale Oaly C1b Itertsea. There la only one possible standard fcjr which to determine controversies between the United States and other nations, and that Is compounded of these two elements: Our own honor and our obligations to the peace of the world. A test so compounded onght easily to be made to govern both ue establishment of new treaty obligations' and the interpretation of those already assumed. There Is but one cloud upon our horizon. That has shown Itself to the south of us. and hangs over Mexico. There can be no certain prosnect of Jeace in America until uenerai Muerta las surrendered his usurped authority in .MeiU-o; until It Is understood on all hands. Indeed, that such pretended gov ernments will not be countenanced or dealt with by the Government of the I nltea States. We are the friends of constitutional government In America, we tt.e more ttian its friends, we are Us champions: because in no other way ran our neighbors, to whom we would wish In every way to make proof of our friendship, work out their own de velopment In peace and liberty. Mextro has no government. The attempt to maintain one at the City of Mexico has I. Token down, and a mere military de Iiotism has been set up which has hard y more than the semblance of national authority. It originated In the usur pation of VIctorlano Huerta. who. after a brief attempt to play tl:a part of constitutional President, has t last cast aside even the pretense of leaal right anil declared himself dictator. As4 a coiiriueut:e. a coiuiiiion 01 arrairs now exists In Mexico whieh has made It doubtful whether even the most ele mentary and fundamental rights either f her own people or of the citizens of other countries resident within her trrltory can long be successfully safe guarded, and which threatens. If long continued, to Imperil the interests of l.eai-e, order and tolerable life In the lands Immediately to the south of us. Watrhfal Waiting to Cootinnr. Even If the usurper had succeeded In his purposes, despite the constitu tion of the republic and the righta of Its people, he would have set up nothing but a precarious and hateful power, which could have lasted but a little while, and whose eventual down fall would have left the country In a more deplorable condition than ever. Hut he has not succeeded. He has for feited the respect and the moral sup port even of those who were at one time willing to sec him succeed. Little by little he has been completely iso lated. By a little every day his power and prestige are crumbling and the collnpse Is not far away. We shall not. I believe be obliged to alter our policy of watchful waiting!. And then, when the end comes, we shall hope to see constitutional order restored In dis tressed Mexico by the concert and en ergy of such of her leaders as prefer the liberty of their people to their own ambitions. I turn to matters of domestic con cern. Yon already have under consld- . eratlon a bill for the reform of our system of banking and currency, for wnicn me country waits with impa tience, as for something fundamental to lta whole business life and neces sary to set credit free from arbitrary and artificial restraints. I need not say how earnestly I hope for Its early en actment Into law. I take leave to beg that the whole energy and attention of the benate be concentrated upon It till trie matter Is successfully disposed of. And yet 1 feel tnat tiie request Is not needed that the members of that great house need no urging in this service to the country. Farasera eed Greater Credit. I present to you. In addition, the urgent necessity that special provision le juade also for facilitating the cred its needed by the farmers of the coun try. The pending currency hill does the farmers a great service. "It puts them upon an etual footing with other busi ness men and masters if enterprise, as It should; and upon Its passage they will find themselves quit of many of the difficulties which now hamper them In the field of credit. The farmers, of course, ask ' and should be given no special privilege, such as extending to theru the credit of the overnment It- t.elf. What they need and should oli lain is legislation which trill make their own abundant and substantial Vredit resources available as a foumia tlort for Joint, concerted local action In their own behalf in getting the cauital they must use. It Is to tills we should now address ourselves. It has. singularly enough, come to J'asi. that we have allowed the ludus try of our farms to laa behind the other activities of the country In Its development. I need not stop to tll you how fundamental to the life of the .Nation Is the production of Its food, Our thoughts may ordinarily he con centrated upon the cities and the hives jf Industry, upon the cries of the rowdfii market place and the clangor 'of the factory, but It la from the quiet interspaces of the open valleys and the free hillsides that we draw the sources of life and of prosperity, from the farm and the ranch, from the forest and the mine. Without these every street would Do silent, every office deserted, every fa.-tory fallen into disrepair. And yet .the farmer does not slana upon the fame footing with the fo. ester and the miner 13 the market of credit, lie is the servant of the seasons. Nature determines bow long he must wait foi his crops, and will not be hurried In her processes. He mav give bis note, but the season ot Its maturity depends upon the season when his crop ma tures, lies at l'ie gates of the market where his products are sold. And the security he gives la of a character not known in the broker's offhe or as familiarly as it might be on the counter of the banker. Faraaer mm Uaveraaseat Partaere. The Agricultural Pepartment of the Government Is seeking to assist as never before to make farming an effi cient business, of wide co-operative ef fort. In quick touch with the markets for foodstuffs. The farmers and the Government will henceforth work to gether as real partners In this field, where we now begin to see our way very clearly and where many Intelli gent plans ar already being put Into execution. The Treasury of the United States has, by a timely and well-considered distribution of its deposits, fa cilitated the moving of the crops In the present season and prevented the scarcity of available funds too often experienced at alien times. Hut we must not allow ourselves to depend upon extraordinary expedients. We must add the means by which the farmer mav make his credit constant ly and easllv available and command when he will the capital by which to support and expand his business. We lag behind many other great countries of the modern world In attempting to do this. Systems of rural credit l:ave been studied and developed ou the other side of the water while we left our fsrmers to shift for themselves In tiie ordinary money market. You have but to look about you in any rural district to see the result, the handicap and em barrassment which ha been put upon those who produce our food. Conscious of this backwardness ana neglect on our part, the Congress re cently authorized the creation of a special commission to study the various systems of rural credit which have been put into operation in Europe, and this commission Is already prepared to report. Its report ought to make It easier for us to determine what meth ods will be best suited to our own farm ers. I hope and believe that the com mittees of the Senate and House will address themselves to this matter with the most fruitful results, and I believe that the studies and recently formed plans of the Department of Agriculture may be made to serve them very great ly In their work of framing appropriate and adequate legislation. It would be Indiscreet and presumptuous In any one to dogmatize upon so great and many sided a question, but I feel confident that common counsel will produce the results we must all desire. bhersaaai Law Sheald Be Clarlied. Turn from the farm to the world of business which centers in the city and in the factory, and I think that all thoughtful observers will agree that the Immediate service we owe the busi ness communities of the country Is to prevent private monopoly more effect ually than it has yet been prevented. I think it will be easily agreed that we should let the Sherman anti-trust law stand, unaltered, as it is. with Its debatable ground about It. but that we should as much as possible reduce the area of that debatable ground by fur ther and more explicit legislation; and should also supplement that great act by legislation which will not only clarify it but also facilitate its adminis tration and make it fairer to all con cerned. No doubt we shall all wish, and the country will expect, this to be the central subject of our deliberations during the present session; but it Is a subject so many-sided and so deserv ing of careful and discriminating dis cussion that I shall take the liberty of addressing you upon It in a special message at a later date than this. It lsof capital Importance that the busi ness men of this country should be re lieved of ail uncertainties of law with reisard to their enterprises and Invest ments and a clear path Indicated which they can travel without anxiety. It is as Important that they should be re lieved of embarrassment and set free to prosper as that private monopoly should be destroyed. The ways of action should be thrown wide open. Direct Primary Adveeated. I turn to a subject which T hope ran be handled promptly and without seri ous controversy of any kind. I mean the method of selecting nominees for the Presidency of the l.nited States. I feel confident that I do not misinter pret the wishes or the expectations of the country when I urge the prompt enactment of legislation which will pro vide lor primary elections tnrougnout the country at which the voters of the several parties may choose their nomi nees for the Presidency without the Intervention of nominating conventions. I venture the suggestion that this leg islation should provide for the reten tion of party conventions, but only for the purpose of declaring and accepting the verdict of the primaries and for mulating the platforms of the parties; and I suggest that these conventions should consist not of delegates chosen for this single purpose, but of the nomi nees for congress, the nominees tori v Meant seats in the Senate of the United Stales, the Senators whose terms have not yet closed, the National commit tees and the candidates for the presi dency themselves. In order that plat form's mav be framed by those respon sible to the people for carrying them into effect. These are all matters of vital domes tic concern, and besides them, outside the charmed circle of our own National life in which our affections command us. as well as our consciences, there stand out our obligations toward our territories over sea. Here we are trus tees. Porto lUco. Hawaii, the Philip pines are ours, indeed, but not ours to do what we please with. Such terri tories, once regarded as mere posses sions, are no longer to be selfishly ex ploited: they are part of the domain of public conscience and of serviceable and enlightened statesmanship. We must administer them for the people who live in them and with the same sense of responsibility to 1 them as toward our own people In our domestic affairs. No doubt we shall successfully enough bind orto Itlco and the Ha waiian Islands to ourselves by tiea of Justice and Interest and affection, but the performance of our duty toward the Philippines Is a more difficult and debatable matter. We can satisfy the obligations of generous Justice toward the people of Porto Kico by giving them the ample and familiar rights and privileges accorded our own citizens in our own territories and our obligation toward the people of Hawaii by per fecting the provisions for self-government already franted them, but In the Philippines we must go further. We must hold steadily In view their ulti mate Independence, and we must move toward the time of that independence as steadily as the way can be cleared and the foundations thoughtfully and permanently laid. Control Glvea te Natives. Acting tinder the authority conferred upon the President by Congress. I have already accorded the people of the Islands a majority In both houses of their legislative body by appointing fire instead of four native cltlsens to the membership of the commission. I be lieve that in this way we shall make proof of their capacity In counsel and their sense of responsibility In the exer cise of political power, and that the success of this step will be sure to clear our view for the steps which are to follow Step by step we should ex tend and perfect the system of self government In the Islands, making test of them and modifying them as ex perience discloses their successes and their failures; that we should more and more put under the control ot the na tive citizens of the archipelago the es sential instruments of their life, their local Instrumentalities of government, their schools, all the common Interests Of their communities, snd so by coun sel and experience act up a govern ment whtcit all the world will see to be suitable to a people whose affairs are under their own control. At last. I hope and believe, we are brclnnln to gain tne confidence of the Filipino peoples. By their counsel and experience, rather than by our own. we shall learn how best to serve them and how soon It will be possible and wise to withdraw our supervision. Let us once find the path and set out with firm and confident tread upon It and we shall not wander from It or linger upon It. A duty faces us with regard to Alaska which seems to me very pressing and very imperative; perhaps I should Bay a double duty, for it concerns both the political and the material development of the territory. The people of Alaska should be given the full territorial form of government and Alaska, as a store house, should be unlocked. One key te it Is a system of railways. These the tiovernment should Itself build and ad minister, and the ports and terminals It should Itself centrol in the interest ef all who wish to use them for the service and development of the coun try abd ll people. . Heaoewees bIumiM Be Opeard. Hut the construction pi railways la only the first step; is only thrusting in the key to the storehouse and throwing back the lock u4 peniag the duor, How the tempting resources of the .oiintry are to be exploited is anothel .natter, to which I-shall take the lib .rtv of from time to time calling youl mention, fur It la a policy which must ja worked out by well-considered stages, not upon theory, but upon lines of practical expediency. It I part ot our general problem of conservation. e have a freer hand in working out the problem In Alaska than in the states of the Union: and yet the prin ciple and object are the same, wherever we touch It. We must use the re sources of the country, not lock them up. There need he no conflict or Jeal ousy as between state and Federal au thorities, foe there can bo no essential difference of purpose between them. The resources in question mum. w useo. but not destroyed or wasted: used, but not monopolized upon any narrow Idea ot individual rights as against the abiding interests of communities. That a policy can be worked out by confer ence and concession which will release these resources and yet not jeopard or dissipate them, 1 for one nave no oouot: anri it can be rione on lines of regula tion which need be no leas acceptable to the peopl.i and governments of the states concernea tnau to tne peopi ana Government of the Nation at large, whose heritage these resources are. W must bend our counsels to this end. A common purpose oug-ht to make agreement easy. Three or four matters of special Im portance and significance I beg that you win permit mo to mention jn clos ing. Ceaaervatlea ( Life Te ached Om. Our Bureau of Mines; ought to be equipped and empowered to render even more effectual service than it ren ders now in improving the conditions of mine labor and making the mines morn economically productive as wen as more safe. Thia is an all-important part or the work of conservation; ana the conservation of human life and eners-- lies even nearer to our Interest than the, preservation from waste of our material resources. TVe owe it. in mere Justice to the raJIway employes of the country, to provide for them a fair and effective employers' liability art; and a law that wu can stand bv in this matter will be no lesK-to.the advantage of those who administer the railroads of the country than to the advantage of those whom they employ. The experience of a large nuuiber of the states abundantly prove that. We ought to devote ourselves to meeting pressing demands of Plain Jus tlce like this as earnestly as to the accomplishment of political and eco-' nomic reforms. Social Justice comes first. Law Is the machinery for its realisation and is vital only as it ex presses and embodies it. Sbdpa Need Efficient Crews. An International congress for the dis cussion or all questions that affect safety at sea Is now sitting in London at the suggestion of our own Govern ment. So soon as the conclusions of that congress can be learned and con sidered we ought to address ourselves, among other things, to the prompt al leviation of the very unsafe, unjust and burdensome conditions which now sur round the employment of sailors and render It extremely difficult to obtain the services of spirited and competent men such as every ship needs If It Is to be safely handled and brought to port. May I not express the very real pleas ure 1 have experienced in co-operating with this Congress and sharing with Jt the labors of common service to which It haa devoted itself so unre servedly during the past seven months of uncomplaining concentration upon the business of legislation? Surely it Is a proper and pertinent part of my re port on "the state ot the Union" to ex press my admiration for the diligence, the good temper and the full compre hension of public duty which haa al ready been manifested by both the Houses; and I hope that It may not be deemed an Impertinent Intrusion of myself Into the picture If I say with how much and how constant satisfac tion I have availed myself of the privi lege of putting; my time and energy at their disposal alike in counsel and In action. QUITS DKAt O AI ELDERS OP CENTRAL CHK1STIAX RESIG.V Artioa la Aftermath ef Ceaarregatloa'a Vote to Uphold Paster Implica tion et laflueaee Reseated. Ten members of the official board of ucacont, and eldera of the Central Christian Church, at Kast Twentieth and Salmon streets, tendered their resignations Monday night. Their ac tion was an aftermath of the vote of the congregation of the church on Sunday In upholding the Rev. Samuel Iv. Hawkins. 104 to o. after the board had adopted a resolution by a vote of 10 to 5. asking that he resign. Those who resigned said they did so that the pastor might have a board which would work in harmony wilh him. They expressed resentment at the Implication that they had been In fluenced In their stand against the min ister by Lewis Montgomery, a wealthy member of the flock. Tho ten who resigned were: Harold Tracey, superintendent of the Sunday sAiool; J. T. Wiley, . F. Alexander, I.ewls Montgomery, H. K. Wlnchell, Will F. Powell, E. J. Wood and Mr. Leppcr, Mr. Beach and Mr. Walker. J. Li. McGowan, chairman of the el ders and president of the board; H. L. Ganoe, vice-chairman; George Fisher, treasurer; A M. Dickenson, clerk, and Peter Harrington, among; other mem bers, did not resign. Referring to a charge made Sunday by the Kev. Mr. Hawkins that Lewis Montgomery had tried to get his aid in helling- a questionable bond Issue to take up the debt of the church, Mr. Montgomery said, last nigh: "It is rot true that this bond Issue would have unloaded the debt of tho church on others. The bond Issue was thoroughly olacussed at a meeting of the official board of the church and approved by unanimous vote of those attending, before Mr. Hawkins became our pastor. It was proposed In per fect good, faith and there was no Jn tentlon on the part of the board of our church of robbing; people; and nobody would have been robbed. "Moreover, I was not the Instigator of the bond Issue plan. One of the other members first proposed It. Mr. Hawkins has no right to accuse me of wrongdoing, as the plan had the full approval of the board." VACATIONS MAY BE LOST Commission to Consider Ordinance Herniating I -eaves of Absenre. A long list of city employes who have held off on thefr vacations until winter may be disappointed. If an erdl nanne. to be presented to the City Com mission today passes. The measure provides that the employes may he granted their 18-day variations te which they Were entitled fur the fiscal year ending laat riaturday. If the postpone ment of the vacation from last Hummer was due tu rush of work er ether emergencies. About loo employes have arranged for vacations daring the Winter, The question came up as to the right of the city to grant vacations for the present fiscal year, when the employes should have taken them during the last fiscal year. WORK PUSHEDON CUTOFF Northern Facifla le Have Doable Tracks to Seattle Soon. Trains will be running aver the new Tenino-Tacoma, cutoff of the Northern Paciflo by September 1, 1914, said E. C. Blaachard, general manage of the Northern Pacific, whs was in Portland yesterday. The Point Defiance tuoaei, la the City of Tacoma, has been completed. I aV TV Ma The Home of Gifts That Live ! I I' M! I - -1 Closing-Out Sale of WE HAVE decided to close vout our entire stock of Antique Gold Base Electric Portable Lamps. This is your opportunity if you have coveted one of these beau tiful fixtures. The prices at which we are offering these Lamps do not represent the cost of production and they will not be here long, so First Come, First Served ELECTRIC PORTABLES Antique Gold Lamps LAMP PRICES Each Lamp Fitted With Globes and Silk-Covered Extension Wire $ 5.00 Values all priced at..S1.50 $10.00 Values all priced at. -S2.50 $15.00 Values all priced at..S3.75 $25.00 Values all priced at. -S5.00 SHADE PRICES All Colon Some With Fringe and Some Plain $3.75 Values all priced at..S1.00 $5.75 Values all priced at..S1.50 $8.00 Values all priced at..S2.00 Gift Suggestions for Every Person and Every Purse Extra Stamps Wednesday Only- Present This Coupon With Sal each eck Amounting to 50 Cents or Orer and Receive Ten Extra Stamps -3c( First Three Floors Only Opera Glasses Field Glasses Reading Glasses Fancy Eye Glass Reels and Chains Lorgnettes. Attractive SKctacle Cases Auto Gogplcs Shooting Glasses Driving Glasses Boy Scout Outfits Telescopes School Microscopes Magnifiers Compasses Barometers GOLD AND SILVER Vanity Cases Coin Ilolders Dinner Rings Bracelets PARISIAN IVORY Jewel Boxes Picture Frames Vanity Boxes Pin Cushions Clock Pnff Boxes Hair Receivers Dresser Boxes Mirrors Dresser Trays Hat Pin Holders Derby Silver Shaving Stands Fancy Silver Shaving Mugs Silver Shaving Stands with' Double Clans Shaving Sets Complete With Razor Glass, Brush and Soap Sets J. R. Torrey and J. A. Henckel's Complete Line of Razors in Fan cy Leather Cases. Safety Razors Gold and Silver-Plated Gillette and Auto Strop Safety Razors in Sets Bracket Mirrors Scissors in Sets of 3 and 5 Pair3 Special Assortment of Holiday Perfumes, Standard Makes and In Attractive Packages Houbigant's Extracts noubigant's Toilet Wa ters Coty Perfumes Lcgrand Perfumes Johann Maria-Farina Co logne Mary Garden Sachets Mary Garden Perfume Fancv Lavender Smelling Salts Odor Sets, Fancy Em broidered Odor Sets. Gilt Embossed Crenie de Savon in Fancy Jars Fancy Toilet Soaps Fancy Sachet Powders 4711 Concentrated Es sence Valiant Perfumes Valiant Toilet Waters Hudnut's Perfumes Uanlas Oriental Bouquet Perfume Field Magnifying Glasses First Aid to Injured Packets Brass Desk Sets, Clocks, Calendars Silver Photo Frames Sweet Grass Baskets Cut Glass Solid Mahogany Candle- s ticks and Paper Weights Mouth Mirrors Cotton Roll Jars Aseptic Bracket Tables Aseptic Drinking Cups Liquid Soap Holders Electrie Sterilizers Electric Water Warmers Electric Gold Annealers Electric Cooking Devices Electric Irons Casseroles and Baking Dishes Percolators and Teaball Pots Baseball Goods Tennis Rackets Imported Canary Birds and Cages Candy Fountain Pens Engraved Stationery and Greeting Cards Calendars Fine Address and En gagement Books Christmas Decorations Game Sets Playing Cards Christmas Seals and Tags Kodaks Tripods Printing Machines Darkroom Lamps Albums Negative Albums Kadiopticans Trimming Boards Exposure Meters, Watch Size Toilet Sets, Parisian Ivory-Rosewood Manicure Sets, Real Eb ony, Sterling Silver Military Hair Brushes, Coeobolo, Derby Silver Thermometers Thermometer Sterilizers and Cases Combination Thermome ter and Pencil Holder Trinity Hospital Ther mometer Combination sterling Silver Case Com binations leather Bap Hypodermic Outfits Poi-ket Instrument Sets Doctor's Calling I.i-t Office Scales Wheel Chairs Baek Rests Bedside Table Cabinets. Chairs Baby Scales Baby Beds WE GIVE S. & H. GREEN STAMPS -DOUBLE STAMPS IN ART DEPT. h walls have been covered with con crete and the double tracks have been laid. This tunnel Is nearly a mile ions;. Work will continue throughout the Winter on the new line south of the tunnel. This work Is under contract to Porter Bros, of Portland. Comoletion ot this una win Bie im Northern Pacific a double-track road all the way from Portland to eaiue. Traffic, both frelajht and paasenarer, over this line Is Increasing; constantly. REALTY BOARD TO PROTEST Property, Owners to Oppose Daly's Water mil Ordinance Today. A delegation, of property owners and real eatsjte men will be present at the City HuW today to protest against the passage of the ordinance assessing the water rents against the property own. ers. Instead of tho renters, as proposed by Commissioner Daly. Henry W. Fries, of Wakefield. Fries Sk Co.. chairman of the Portland Realty Board's committee to take action against the measure, says that while the Realty Board will not be present as an organised body. It will have a substantial representation at the meet ing. r Ruildlng Employes Named. Preparatory to the opening of the new city Jail and pollcs station .Mayor Alboe yesterday appointed janUorsand elevator men for the building. All of tiie men appointed wera taken from the municipal civil service eligible lists. They aro E. A. Kggersguless. K. U. Hockllnson, C. O. Williams. Henry C. Ally and E. E. Covey. Mayor to Give lecture. A lecture on the proposed city char ter amendments by Mayor Albee will be the feature of the Portland Realty Board's weekly luncheon at the Com mercial Club Friday. The City Coun cil members have been Invited to be present and will be asked to express their views. Edlefsen guarantees Hiawatha hard cos I. Adv. i! sitMrc r i : C mm ss r I . - H flfl W II IV r. r r ' - -i m t, wr rt rr rr TT ft Wait for Jhem III They're Coining" JJj Did You Know that every Boy's Suit and Overcoat in the splendid stock of BEN SELLING has boen sliarply reduced f These are soino of tho genuine re ductions: $ 5.00 Knicker Suits $3.50 $ 7.50 Knicker Suits $5.95 $10.00 Knicker Suits $7.85 $13.00 Knicker S'ts $11.85 The Same Reduction on All Overcoats and Russian Blouse Suits Yoii arc advised to call earl' and secure your share of these genuine bargains while the stocks are yet complete. BEN SELLING LEADING CLOTHIER Morrison Street at Fourth The Best Is None Too Good In selecting your business liome it is just w well to remember the adage: "A man is known by the company he keeps." You are invited to consider today an office building that surpasses all others in those advantages and facilities which were tho crowning achievements of the great Portland structures that have preceded it in the new Northwestern Bank Building you will necessarily derive some benefit from its prestige as the newest and best of Portland's skyscrapers. You will be housed in a building of broad Italian marble, wainscoted cor ridors, nine feet wide in front of eleva tors and seven feet wide elsewhere; office suites planned with an elasticity that will permit enlargement of your quarters when your business shall have grow u to demand it; offices and suites, the rental cost of which m no more than that paid in many buildings hav ing indifferent equipment and service. Leases Now'Being Hade From January 1, 1914 Northwestern BankBuilding Grllngr-Richards Co. Arenta. Twpwry OfrW Ttl-TU WIUas Bslldlas. .Marshall 177. i.i ! VU f II it rr r rr rr. mm c i ' 4