TIIE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 24, 1913.
HODISTREUllI
IS PLEA OF BISHOP
Portland Churches Criticised,
Efforts Wasted Needlessly,
L Is Declaration Made.
WAY TO DO GOOD IS TOLD
Sale of Properties of Grace and
Taylor-Street Congregations and
Xew Edifice With Missions,
Bishop Cooke's AdTlce.
A personal appeal to set aside their
differences and unite again in upbuild
ing a strong and narmonious new
church was made Monday night by
Ulshop R. J. Cooke before a Joint meeting-
of members of the old Taylor-street
Church and of the First Methodist
KplBcopal Church now worshiping; In
the Grace edifice at Twelfth and Taylor
streets. ,
The meeting: took place in the Taylor-street
Church at Third and Taylor
streets. It was in response to a call
sent to the people of the two churches
lust week by the bishop himself to
enable him to discuss the causes of
dissension with them direct.
j Criticism t Spared.
For nearly an hour and a half Bishop
Cooke pleaded earnestly for harmony,
lie did not spare criticism in his dis
course, though he did not lay blame
for troubled conditions to any person.
"I am not arguing." he said once, in
explanation of his attitude. "I am try
ing to draw the picture for you and
if the picture is an argument, then it
Is because the picture tells the truth."
Before that he had said: "If there is
anything under the shining stars that
a man in my position must be. It ia to
be just. It makes no difference what it
costs, how hard it Is, he must be fair
according to the light that he has. And
the light must not be a sudden light,
but the result of earnest deliberation."
Setting Is Soleaua.
At the conclusion of his discourse the
bishop prayed that the people of the
two churches In this Christmas time
might have their minds directed to the
spirit of Christ. Above him as he
spoke a glowing star of Bethlehem in
electric lights for a Christmas cele
bration at the church, to one side a
Christmas tree, and Christmas greens
hanging from the walls and ceiling,
gave a solemn setting.
Bishop Cooke was emphatic In the
final advice he gave to the two congre
gations, the one worshiping in Taylor
vtreet Church, the other In Grace
Church since their separation of several
weeks ago. as necessary for the solu
tion of their difficulties.
-What do I adviser he said. "I would
combine both properties. I would sell
both properties. I would find a loca
tion that would be acceptable to the
largest number of peo. le.
Property is Valuable.
"You might get $100.0000 or more for
your property. You had J30.000 sub
scribed for a new church a short time
ago. ' .
' "Give mo a site for a new church
for "0.000 and then take the $200,000,
or nearly so, remaining and put that
forever into mission work in Port
landlet the income from that sum,
under the direction of a distinctly sep
arate board, be applied to mission
work.
"We ould go right down into the
slums, into the dimly-lighted sections,
where vice and wickedness creep in
the dark, and put up a building that
would be as a lighthouse to those in
sorrow and distress.
"We could go out in the suburbs and
help the people of the 'small churches.
By and by they would become strong
and could Join in the mission work.
And Methodism would go forward tri
umphantly in the work for the con
quest of Portland.
Serloaa Thought I'rged.
"This is what I ask of you. In the
name of God. soberly and seriously to
consider."
The audience In the church heard
Bishop Cooke with the closet attention.
At no time was there the hint of an
interruption. The bishop had asked
that after ha had finished those pres
ent should retire to their homes as
quickly as possible, with the exception
of members of the present and the last
quarterly conference of the churches,
with whom he said he desired to talk.
Hl request was followed. Prior to
the meeting it had been expected that
there might be some open discussion
of the causes of contention, but the
Bishop's wish that the meeting adjourn
at once prevailed without question.
. Bret area Held Deficient.
Bishop Cooke was stern in his con
demnation of what he termed "the -deficiencies
of some of my brethren." and
vaid that he refrained from much that
he might say because he did not de
sire to expose these deficiencies.
He dwelt especially In part of his
-discourse on what he said waa the ab
sence of constructive work by the
Methodist Episcopal Church In Port
land. He compared the activities of the
church here with the energetic part
taken by Methodist Episcopal congre
gations in other cities and drew a
sharp contrast between this and the
dissensions resulting in the split in
the First Methodist Episcopal Church.
"I want to show you some things
that lie in my mind, as they burn my
soul," he said, with deep feeling.
Exprsie Declared Waste.
"There is not in Portland today a
single Methodist mission. We do not
roach people we should reach. We
preach the gospel of Christ on Sunday
morning to men who do not need It.
We spend our mon;r, our emotions
an-1 our energy cn people who are
already converted, and the thousands
who need it never hear the gospel of
spoke of an era of materialism,
in which the soapbox orator with his
gospel of materialism and unbelief
held sway to thousands for whom the
church did nothing.
"And then we wonder," he added with
fire, "why the gospel of Christ Is in
such disrepute!"
"For the thousands of men walk
ing the streets against everything
what does the church dor he went
on. "Nothing!
"Have you in this town a single mis
sion? No.
"Have you in this city a single so
cial hall, where many away from
,home: where the stranger; where the
man who is down and out. can feel the
touch of a friend's hand? None!
"There is plenty of money among
you. Some of you men here could
build a church and never feel it You
expect to get to Heiiven! I'd like to
know how!"
. He cited Methodist Episcopal Church
activities along lines of social better
ment In Chicago and Philadelphia.
"Oh God. if my people in Portland
rould only see the heavenly vision!"
he cried. "Oh. there petty troubles,
these little bickerings, these thinly en
crusted feelings that there must be
victory at any cost! Oh. how in the
name of the Heavenly Cross can we
ever justify ourselves for the neglect
of men, for whom Christ died, ra r-ori-
land?"
He turned, then, to the possibilities
for such work in Portland, and the
hindrance of church dissension.
"How are we prepared?" he asked
sharply. "Here are two churches in
Portland, seven blocks apart $4000 sal
ary for one, we will say, $3000 for the
other.
"Before we have turned around we
have wasted by duplication $3000 or
$4000 or $5000 of hard-earned money
of Gods money, wasted: Jjupncauon oi
nreachers. dunlicatlon of choirs, dupli
cation of up-keep duplication of every
thing, and seven blocks apart! Is there
a business man in Portland that would
duplicate a peanut stand on such prin
ciples? "Give me the money that you waste,"
he went on with Intense earnestness,
"and I'll build half a dozen churches
where they are needed in the next few
years. Give me the money that you
waste and I'll build the missions."
He pointed to the need of a modern
church, and the shortcomings of both
the old Taylor-street structure and the
Grace Church as the home of a large
congregation.
"Fladlag ef Way," Plea.
"My brethren. I would that you
would find some way that would put
you in harmony with the signs of the
times, with the demands oi tne cnurco,
with the demands of the city, the
needs of the unchurched masses, and
of the children crying around you,'' he
pleaded.
There are other tilings I will not
say, but I want, to impress particularly
on you that it is absolutely indiffer
ent to me what you do. so long as you
do something. The bishop wants to
build a big church.
"I wouldn't give a copper penny for
a church that would be merely for the
purpose of .exploiting ourselves. i
think that would be a crime before
God it would be a crime to take the
hard-earned money of the people an!
put it to such uses. A church stands
for something." and a well -equipped
church should be ready for work."
The bishop then concluded with Bis
advice to the congregations.
The meeting began shortly before 7
o'clock when the Rev. J. W. McDougall,
district superintendent, called it to
order and announced "A Charge to
Keep I Have" as the hymn. The Rev.
W. T. Kerr, who has been pastor of the
Taylor-street Church since the dissolu
tion, followed with a prayer, men
Bishop Cooke began his talk.
Decision Not Given.
Earlv In his discourse, the bishop
said that he desired that no one should
attempt to read between the lines of
what he said as In any way forecasting
his. decision in settlement of the dif
ferences of the congregations. This
decision, he said, he was not making
last night. He gave no Indication when
he would decide, as it is his hope that
the churches will now unite and forget
the past.
"I want to present facts to you
which I think no one will dispute," he
said.
The bishoD began by wishing all the
peace of Christmas time, and the ful
fillment of the spirit of "peace on
earth."
"I could have wished that the house
were full tonight," he commented. "I had
hoped that the announcement of tne
meeting would have brought every
member of the two churches here. They
were here once. And I could have
wished- that they had had the same
zeal on this occasion.
"I had hoped, after 18 months or
th most strenuous labor I ever went
through in my ministerial life of 40
years,' he went on, "that I could have
remained this Christmas with my own
little family and my stricken boy."
There was emotion in his voice as
he recounted the sorrow that had come
to him in the illness of his son. whose
condition was such that a desperate
surgical operation and a trip to the
south in the hope that tne cnmate
would benefit hlra had been necessary.
He explained that this was why it had
been impossible for him to leave imme
diately from the East for Oregon, when
messages bombarded him to return at
once "and put out the Ilres that naa
been started."
"You can Imagine the state of mind
a man must have been in, 3000 miles
from the seat of battle, with a matter
of almost life and death with his son
to consider," he continued. Then he told
of the hours he had passed In thought
on the problem and of how finally he
had come at the first opportunity to
leave his son's bedside.
"I came." he said, "and here we are.
I knew the situation, knew It, I sup
nose, as thoroughly as any one man
could. But no man is born wise and
no man ought to consider himself so
wise that he is above receiving counsel
from his brethren."
Ha told them of conferences ne naa
held with members of Grace Church
soon after his return, then with mem
bers of Taylor-street Church, and then
of how he had called together a num
ber of "the most level-headed and ex
perienced ministers in Portland for fur
ther light." and how they frankly had
declared: "We don't know what to ad
vise you."
Settleaaeat la Slskf.
Still unsatisfied, he went on. he had
called the members of the last and the
present quarterly conferences together
and talked it over with them.
And I must say, he declared, -we
had a delightful time.' He said that
many of the points of difference might
have been amicably adjusted at this
meeting, so fine was the feeling. It
bad been suggested that he say the
same things to the united congregations
that he told the conference.
He reviewed the events leading up
to the union of the two churches, the
agreement between them, and the dis
agreements leading to their disorgani
sation. Just before the last state con
ference, he said, he had put It squarely
up to the quarterly conference whether
to build or not. and the vote had been
"Yes." by a big majority.
" That,' I said," he explained, " 'set
tles it-' Because the quarterly confer
ence in Methodism is the governing
body of the church. You can't go be
hind the quarterly conference. If you
go behind that, where will you go?"
Such action, he asserted, meant sim
ply secession and rebellion.
"And now," he continued, "appeal is
made to the Bishop to dissolve the un
ion. I ask, 'On what grounds shall I
dissolve the union? I have been told
that tthe only reason is that the two
congregations cannot mix. a matter I
do not care to discuss. First, Because
I consider that that is an Indictment
on the Christian character of the
church, an Indictment of the religion
we profess.
"I am told also that both churches
can do good work. I will not antici
pate any decision that would have to be
made, nor convey to you tonight any
thing I may say or possibly suggest, as
to what that decision will be, so that I
hope and trust that you will not read
Into what I say what I do not say myself."
Market Man Fails.
Liabilities totaling $3376.23 and as
sets of only $1677.60 are announced by
U. M. Chase, proprietor of the Sanitary
Fish & Poultry Company, for a general
assignment for the benefit of creditors.
S. J. Kaminsky is named as assignee,
who will take charge of the business at
once.
Measles at Warm Springs.
VANCOUVER. "Wash, Dec 22. (Spe
cial.) Dr. A. C. McCown left here to
night for the Warm Springs Indian
Reservation, in Eastern Oregon, where
there Is an epidemic of measles. Dr.
McCown was called by Dr. Calvin
White, secretary of the Oregon State
Board of Health. .
VANCOUVER VAfJTS
CHARLEY MULLEEI
Manager of Lincoln Club Is Ne
gotiating With Canadian
Champion Team.
YOUNGSTERS TO BE TRIED
Heads of Northwestern Jjeagne An
nounce Xew FY roe of Recruits to
Be Tested on Monnd Iiynch
Needs One Outfielder.
Charley Mullen, manager of the Lin
coln Club of the Western League, prob.
ably will assume the leadership of the
Vancouver champions in 1914. Robert
Brown, who is president of the Van
couver Northwestern leaguers, said last
night that he was convinced that Harry
Scharnweber would not return.
"Mullen and I have agreed to terms
and I believe he will be able to ne
gotiate his release from Lincoln," re
marked the Canuck magnate. "I have
been hoping Scharney would reconsider
his intention of retiring from baseball
but I guess he is sincere in his fare
well;
"He and his brother own a couple of
billiard halls at Mitchell and Sioux
City, S. !., and he thinks it his duty
to stick there."
Vancouver is the one club in the cir
cuit minus a manager for the impend
ing season. Lynch is located at Spo
kane, McGinnlty at Tacoma, Raymond
at Seattle, Williams at Portland and
Delmas at Victoria.
Vancouver Needs Two Players.
Scharnweber'a retirement, together
with the loss of First Baseman Walsh
to St.. Paul, will leave two holes in the
Vancouver infield. Bennett remains at
second and Helster ai third. Brown
has a young shortstop named Grover,
picked up at North Yakima, but has no
first sacker in mind.
KlDDert's loss to the outfield leaves
onlv Brlnker and Frisk. Konnlck,
Grlndle and Lewis will do the back
stopping and Cadreau, Hall, Doty, Har-
stad and a rart ot young ieliows com
prise the Ditching staff as it lines up
at present. Owner Brown thinks a lot
of Ha.ru tad.
Ashlev Pope, ex-pitcher of Oakland,
la slated to be a member of the Vic
toria crew next year, according to
President Wattelet, of the Bees.
"Watty" has traded Floyd Brown and
Lundberg, a recruit, to San Jose for
the little gink with the book houk
handle.
"I haven't received the papers yet,"
said the Canadian official, "but Bert
Delmas is in California and he informs
me that the deal is practically
clinched."
Wagaer to Flay Flint.
Mike Lynch expects to convert Wag
ner, ex-Seal, into a first sacker. Spo
kane has Wuffli at second, Butler at
shirt and Yohe at third, and Manager
Mike believes Wagner would prove a
wiz at the initial cushion.
Mike needs one more outfielder to
flirt alongside himself and Watt
Powell and his staff will look com
plete. His backstops are Shea, Hannah
and Altman; Pitchers, Baker, McCorry,
Smith and CovalesKi as sure tnmgs,
and a bunch of youngsters to fill in
from. Among these is llealon, a giant,
some six feet five inches tall, who
tried out with the Chicago Sox last
Spring at Paso Robles. Hewitt, Oregon
southpaw, and Davis and Letter, two
other recruits, are on the Spokane
pitching reserve list. ,
Hero is president watteiei s reason
for disposing of the Victorlu slugger,
Harry Meek, to the Los Angeles Coast
ers:
"I didn't figure Harry quite strong
enough as first string catcher and
the Northwestern League cannot af
ford pinch hitters. Then Harry has
been up there two years and wanted to
get away. He ought to be a valuable
roan at Los Angeles, but I hardly think
he will catch 100 games, as he pre
dicts." McGinnlty to Try Yonngrsters.
Joe McGinnlty, of Tacoma, intends to
bolste up his team with all the new
material he can give a try-out He
has eight clever youngsters on the
string, all of whom will report at Ta
coma about the middle of March.
Missouri was a popular place for Mc
Ginnlty. From the "show-me" state he
procured Bloomer, a first baseman;
Simpson and Miller, second Backers, and
Bartlett, an infielder.
One of his finds Is an Indian named
Spaniard, who has been playing a
game that makes Jim Thorpe look like
a cheap Imitation. He is a catcher from
Oklahoma. McGinnlty also secured a
boy named Elliott from Oklahoma.
He expects great things from an out
fielder named Wetzel, a brother to the
ambidexterous third sacker of the Des
Moines team.
McGinnlty is sure that with the ma
terial on hand the "Watch It Grow"
town will have a ball team of an en
tirely new caliber.
Seattle has not started to look around
for new material. Seattle lost Melkle
to the Boston Nationals and Kelly to
the Boston Americans.
Drafts brought Dugdale Catcher
Huhn, from Adrian, Mich.; Duddy, a
third baseman, irom Butte, ana Bon
ner, the star pitcher of the Boise team.
Bonner formerly twirled for Spokane,
Philadelphia, New Orleans and ban
Francisco.
New Bills Open at tile
Vaudeville Houses
Orpbeum.
HORACE GOLDIN, headlining at the
Orpbeum, will run a close second
to Santa Clans In point of producing
the goods thts week. Mr. Goldln Is a
royal illusionist, and goes every other
illusionist one or two better. His aot
is as fat and full as a whole show. He
calls It "the old and the new and a
tiger god, too." The first series is a
revue of conjuring from the loth to the
0th centuries presenting a hall dozen
famous tricksters and their most aston-
shlng feats of legerdemain. Follows
then a set of miracles In whirlwind
magic. Ducks and flowers, preuy girls,
and a huge piano dissolve into thin air
or appear -at the wave of a wand.
Everyone out In front can tell everyone
else how its done but when tne ae
noument comes it's "different." The
act has the fascinations of a fairyland
exhibition. There is something doing
every second. As a final cap to climax
a whole wonderful act Mr. Goldln pre
sents "The Tiger God." featuring Lily,
a magnificent Bengal tiger. A dozen
girls dressed In haremesque apparel
dance before the tiger's cage, where
Incense burns, and a splendid little
drama In pantomime is enacted. The
decorations, hangings and scenery are
opulent in colors and richness of fabric.
The story is a weird one spectacuiarry
told, of Eastern mystery. nen tne
entire act has been given it is bard to
remember that it is only one act and
not an entire afternoon of .Goldin'a
tricks. '
A great big riot Is Maude Muller and
Ed Stanley, whose patter and punning
is so rapid-fire that the audience doesn't
get it and a lot of the audience never
gets some of it. Ed bills, as the Pride
of Plcadilly, and looks it- Maude is a
straight "nut." who nas a nreeay. ouoy
ant personality, a shake-hands-over
the-footlights way with her, and an ad
justable voice. She spouts in baritone
and warbles a la Tetrazzine. The act
is keen, and well relished. Also it's of
top-line quality. Boudinl brothers play
the accordeons with skilL A sketch
written by Frederick Allen, who plays
the principal role In it. Is called "She
Had to Tell Htm." it IS noiaDie most
ly for Mr. Allen's clever acting. The
plot is new. Tryon's dogs, a half dozen
sagacious, well-trained little canines,
onon the bill with a most diverting act.
One white little pup. Hector, counts and
adds numbers to the edification or nis
audience. Truly Santa has brought a
good bill for the Orpheum stocking.
Empress.
M t NIGHT IN A POLICE STATION."
f presented this week at the Em
press, is an all-star performance. The
little musical comedy opens with a
poker game among the force. This
gets a laugh and then the real show
begins. Jerry CDonnell Is the lieuten
ant in charge of the station and be is
master of the situation. Every one of
the 10 members of the cast sings well
and can act. Lulu Belmont takes the
part of a waif, who is arrested for
singing in the streets. ene is a sprignt-
ly little toe-dancer and is charming and
vivacious. Musical specialties are in
troduced and the act from beginning
to end is one of the best ever shown
at the Empress.
Mary Dorr is clever In song and char
acter interpretations. She appears
first as a Puritan maid and then as a
farmer, later as an Italian girl and as
an English chappie. After a storm of
applause she gives as an extra num
ber her famous Swedish girl piece.
An. especially attractive feature this
week is Prince Flora, the clever, well-
trained chimpanzee, which smokes.
plays billiards, drinks from a glass ana
rides all sorts of bikes.
Sam Wilson and Bob Rich are tne
funnv fellows: the Darktown boys who
sing,' dance and make merry with
brand new songs and Jokes and are
among the biggest hits of the season.
Really good tenors are rare, dui Ar
thur Geary is a tenor who cannot fail
to nlea.se. His notes are true and sweet
and his songs are just right. Especlal-
it nA i. .I... "Po. n' fv HAart."
i y wcu " Blue, - r
He an Dears in the uniform of a Hussar
bright red with lots of braiding and
a dashing cape.
Full of daring and many thrills is
the act of Les Trio Morandlni. equilib
rists of marvelous skill and daring.
Harwood and his musicians furnish ex
cellent music.
Pantages.
IX SPITE of headlines, press agents
reports and all else, first place on the
Pantages bill this week should go to
"The Six Musical Splllers." a colored
band with remarkable sense of tempo,
rhythm, harmony and enthusiasm, that
Is if the plaudits of the multitude are
anything by which to judge. Their
music was really good, their selections
varied and their ability so manifest
that the audience just rose in their
seats and encored them to the echo.
The bill is a trifle short in actual play,
lng time, but makes up In quality and
is a well-balanced and wholly enjoy
able Christmas week offering.
U.hwll nnwnk' itnnRA rAVUe. in
which there are five special dances and
a well-trained corps ae Daiier, is an
other of the good things. The Bul
garian ballet, with an attractive solo,
a typical Egyptian classic with a regu
lar Gaby Deslys toilet, some clever toe
dancing and a new tango entitled "The
T . .....'. Toncm" a r a nmnne ttafl best
efforts. The costumes are all appro
priate and tne setting -eueciivc.
Ua , ra rrv n n n mmlArn flirtation
A tn K bv Weston and
Irene Young. These two put on a gar
den seat scene, wneTe sweetneart niceis
lass, that Is dainty to a degree. What
. . i. .. .. ,v,a aft onnoMl In ti r t both are
so natural, so much at home and offer
nothing that is at an onensive.
"Waiters Wanted" is a farcical ab
surdity which gives Cole, Russell and
Davis, two men and a girl, an oppor
tunity lor songs, patter ana iuii
have not' been seen or heard before.
rro.A mAn a waittft lnflklnff for S
job and get strung on by the proprie
tress.
The La Belles, a tramp Juggler's act,
hill rrtinv havR th p, weirdest
assortment of paraphernalia made to
perform positively preposterous pranks.
Hoops run off the stage and come back
again; one balances a sheet of news
paper on his nose, balances a spinning
plate on a whip lasn at tne ena oi mo
nose, etc, eta He also has an oil can
which should be watchedl
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wfatcn r.l Tinr ?a One hundred
and twenty men formed into an or
ganized band of unemployed arrived
in this city from the north today and
are now encamped In a warehouse on
the south border of the town. They
are provided with food sufficient for
two days given by the county and
clothing has been donated by citizens.
The men proDaDiy win leave "g"""-
day for the south. . They are indef
inite in their idea of where they will
go, but express intention of visiting
Visalla and the Tulare Ccunty citrus
belt.
TWO NEW CHARTERS WIN
Injunction,, However, Is Threatened
by Willamette Citizen.
OREGOX CITT, Or., Dec. 23. (Spe
cial.) Willamette and Molalla adopted
new city charters last night by votes of
88 to 44 and 63 to 18, respectively.
The Molalla Council granted fran
chises for railways through the streets
to Steven Carver and to the Clackamas
Southern Company. Mayor Jones, how
ever, says he may veto the Clacamas
Southern franchise on the grounds that
the Council did not give the matter
due consideration.
James Downey tonight threatened
to bring suit to enjoin the City of
Willamette from putting its new char
ter into effect, on the grounds that
it is not the same measure on which
the citizens voted at the November
election. At that, time a technical er
ror made the vote tonight necessary.
STRANGER KILLS HIMSELF
Body of Unidentified Man IYund on
Road Near Vancouver.
VANCOUVER. Wash., Dec. 23 (Spe
cial.) Contemplating Christmas with
out a cent in his pocket, an unidenti
fied man shot himself between tlio
eyes and died on the road four miles
east of Vancouver. Peter Feldt, a
wdodchopper, found the body. All
marks of identification had been re
moved from the clothing.
The body was brought to Vancouver,
where it will be held pending investi
gation. - The suicide was well dressed in a
new gray suit. The clothes were made
In Chicago. He was about 45 years old.
V'arrra Construction Company and
Foresters oi America une in j
Saratoga Hense League.
The Black Diamond and Keystone
fives were the victorious bowlers In
last night's game of the Saratoga Alley
House League. Tne Diamond men
trimmed the Warren Construction
Company In two of three games and
the Foresters OI America succumoea
before the onslaught of the Keystone
men.
The scores were:
Keystones. 1st. 2d. 8d. Tot. Av.
Miller 144 19 15l li8
ci.hj ... 144 115 1T2 441 144
Boholts 147 129 13 415 138
WaUcer, sub lf lu Jo
Black ....1S2 121 153 43u 142
Totals T24 884 7l 2168
Foresters. 1st. 2d. 8d. Tot. Av.
Peterson. F. B 103 137 133 8T8 124
Mills .7! 1S5 14 110 891 127
Cossrove 120 128 13S sai ii
PeteVsoa ::.?....-..16 1 1
Carlton ; 154 142 2&H 148
Clspp 148 128 148 422 141
Totals 872 681 666 2C2
Black Diamonds. 1st. 2d. 3d. Tot. Av.
Sachs 17 167 163 60S 110
Hodse 164 141 122 427 142
DreutuI 119 112 145 376 125
Wendell 109 111 m 411 187
Tuerck 146 "U 1ST 449 lu
Totals TIT 67T 778 22731
Warren Cos. Co. 1st. 3d. Sd. Tot. Av.
Wurschul 14 167 ICS 44 1ST.
Richards 181 187 180 898 166
wycoff 113 146 135 893 181
Han 166 138 169 471 157
getty 188 142 166 446 148
Totals Til 780 761 2203
DAY'S STAMP SALE $8999
Amount Ia $700 More Than Ever
Before Recorded Here.
-n-wh it, cnl. nf tSi99.T2 worth of
stamps at the Portland Postofflce up
to t o'clock Monday, a record waa
established that surpasses the previous
high mark by about 1700.
This sale represents a oona iiae
holiday demand for stamps, according
IfJ rUBl 111 AO LCI luci ...... -
rrk vMterd&v to railroads, cor
porations or other large buyers.
Althougn tne rosiomce was otwom
all day yesterday, at o'clock the mall
bad all been cleaned up, ootn in tne
THE PLACE
74 Sixth Street
Northwest of the Wells, Fargo & Co. buildmg.
North of the Southern Pacific Co. City Ticket Office.
"West of the Commercial Club building.
"Look for
the Sign of
the Plane"
"Look for
the Sign of
the Plane"
THE TIME
Freer Tool & Supply Co.
(Successor to Preer Cutlery & Tool Co.)
NOW
TODAY
IMMEDIATELY
THE ONLY SHOPPING DAY LEFT BEFORE CHEISTMAS
THE OCCASION
Purchasing your Christmas presents from our line of Cutlery and Silverware,
consisting of a fine assortment of
Carving Sets Scissors Sets
Manicure Sets Traveling Sets
Sewing Sets
, Pocket Knives Scissors
Razors Kitchen Cutlery
Silver Knives, Forks, Spoons and Odd Pieces All the Highest Grade,
Fully Guaranteed.
THE CAUSE
You should buy these goods now at our place, because we are selling them
a U ss v u.a wuws
THE REASON
We are discontinuing this line of goods and want only the money we have
invested in them, without any profit. This is different from other sales, which
are for the purpose only of creating business. Thus you can get here bargains
you cannot find elsewhere. When considering the prices, don't forget the
quality.
THE PLACE (Again, lest you forget)
74
tbreet
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