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THE aiORXIXG OltEGOXIAN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1914. 7 SEATTLE FLOOD 15 TOPPLING H005ES Fatality Recorded When Babe Meets Death as Home Is Swept Away. water are running: down Sixth and Seventh streets, cutting- trenches In the macadam, undermining- the Bldewalks, flooding: the basements and damaging the foundations of several residences In . the district. CHEUALIS' FlrOODS COXTIXTE Milwaukee Road Discontinues Serv ice for Time; MONTESANO, Wash.. Jan. 6. (Spe cial.) Chahalls County has not seen the end of the flood which has dealt a great deal of damage during- the past three days, and there is no telling: when the Chehalis River and Its tributaries will stop rising. The Chehalis has risen mora than seven, feet during: the last 24 hours and it Is still raining hard Th DrpiniTi-W u cVi i ti p-tnn and COLDER WEATHER IS DUE the Milwaukee road have discontinued water recedes, the new extension being considered unsafe since the passenger locomotive went into the swamp last night That all streams will continue to rise for 24 hours seems certain and the water is within 12 inches of -the high- Transcontinental Railroads Do Sot Fear Serlons Floods, as Amount of Snow on West Slope of Cascades Is Email. SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 6. Ava lanches of mud on the steep hillsides West Seattle wrecked two houses tonight and caused the first fatality resulting from the heavy rains which Jiave been falling over Western Wash ington since Friday. The home of Simon Booth an In dian, was wrecked by a mud slide near Alkl avenue and Falrmount street. Uooth's S-year-old baby was killed and lx other members of his family were Injured but will recover. Mrs. Booth, m. white woman, was pinned down by the wreckage and was nearly covered by the slide when rescuers dug her out. Another house near Fauntleroy Park lid a block down the steep hillside toward the beach, but none of the oc cupants was Injured. The hillside between the Seattle City Hall and the King County Courthouse, -which has given trouble for 25 years, is slipping rapidly, and all but two of the wooden houses In the two blocks east of the City Hall have collap'sed. The remaining houses are' toppling. Thev were condemned long ago and the financial loss on Che structures is small. Viewed from the City Hall the eozlng hill looks like the front of a glacier. Fifth avenue Is kept open by clearing away the earth at intervals. The weather bureau tonight reported the rainfall for the first six days of January as 4.58 Inches, which Is the normal rainfall for the entire month. With the barometer falling and the wind direction unsettled, the Weather Bureau tonight was unable to see any sign of an end of the long storm that has caused delay on all railroad lines. Cooler weather is forecast for tomor row, but not cold enough to turn the rain to enow. Many points in Western Washington report damage by washouts and slides, hut no considerable loss has been sus tained at any one point. The amount of snow lying on the west slope of the Cascade Mountains is unusually small and for that reason the transcontinental railroads do not fear serious floods. The Lake Washington canal, being dug by the Government to give Seattle a fresh-water harbor and to drain a large area of farming land south of Seattle, is being used to carry away the flood water from Lake Washington. When completed the canal will lower permanently the level of Lake Wash ington 10 feet and relieve many farm ers of fear of floods. The mud slides in city streets and railroad cuts have caused a demand for unskilled labor that has temporarily re duced the number of unemployed men. NORTH XAMIIILIj OX RAMPAGE River Overflows Banks and County Bridge Endangered. CAHLTON, Or.. Jan. 6. (Special.) A heavy rain started falling here last Friday night and. continued until yes terday. . The North Tamhlll River is out of its banks and the county bridge and big dam of the Carlton Lumber Com pany are In danger as a result of the extremely high' water. As It is, the approach to the bridge from the West Bide Is so badly damaged that it has been condemned by the county officials. This bridge carries the water mains that supply the city with water and It is feared that the pipes will burst and phut oft the supply of water entirely. They are now sprung so that water is spurting 50 feet out of the open Joints. There have been several small slides and washouts reported on the Carlton & Coast Railroad, but they are of a gnlnor nature and soon will be repaired. i BrSINES'3 STOPS AT BAY CITY Trains Cense Running, and Fisher men Are Kept Idle. BAT CITT, Or., Jan. 6. (Special.) The storm In Tillamook County still continues, .the heavy southwest wind. which was the worst feature, has topped, but a steady downpour of rain continues. All business is at a stand still, but local merchants have an ad equate supply of provisions. The fish ermen are unable to pull their nets on account of the storm. The cannery is working Its employes only half time. The Pacific Railway & Navigation Company has not been able to get a train through since January 3. Large forces of men are working on slides with steam shovels from each end of tho line day and night and hope to have the tracks clear soon. ROSEBIRG CHURCH ENGAGES PASTOR. PKRMASESTLI. S f 5 9 i ft 4 u i if " I E ' - -V 1 tonaTin iWftii-tiiv.iiisiiiifiiirtitMi. mi iiifiwtirii.iHn-rm'1 I LIGHTSHIPDnlGED; COBS TOW Sailor on Columbia, at Mouth of River, Barely Escapes;, Another Is Injured. . VESSEL ROLLS 11. HOURS Tke Tcv. Paul jr. Lax. ROSEBURG, Or., Jan. 6. (Spe cial.) At the Congregational meeting held at the First Pres byterian Church Sunday night, the Rev. Paul J. Lux, "for the past few months supplying the local TJu'lpit, was offered the per manent pastorship of the church. The call was unanimous, and the salary was increased to $1200 a year. The Rev. Mr. Lux will accept the call and locate here per manently. He came here several months ago from Massachusetts. est recorded mark. No word has been received for the last three days from Mocllps and it is thought that little damage has been done since the storm of Sunday night. GRAYS HARBOR ROADS TIED TTP Another Gale, Accompanied by Rain, Sweeps Over Wide Territory. ABERDEEN. Wash., Jan. 6. (Spe cial.) Another gale, the third since Saturday, sprang up on Grays Harbor tonight, bringing with it another heavy rain. Apprehension is felt of damage to railroads centering here. Not a train reached Aberdeen tonight. Oregon-Washington and Milwaukee lines' on the south side of the Chehalis River are completely tied up by slides. The Northern Pacific reports trouble at Sherlock, north of Olympia, and at a point Just west of Centralia. . Condi tions between Gate and Aberdeen are not known. The plan to send a train to Mocllps tonight was abandoned. Ef fort will be made to dispatch one to morrow if trie storm moderates. All wires west of Hoqulam are .down and the whole country Is reported in undated. An Oregon-Washington loco motive toppled over into the flood wa ters near Montesano last night, but the engineer and fireman escaped. Rain in excess of six inches has fallen since Saturday night. HARBOR DISTRICT IS DAMAGED Trains I. a to and Stock Lost in Hump- tulips Valley. HOQUIAM, Wash., Jan. 6. (Special.) Reports reaching Hoqulam tonight tell of floods in all streams of the Grays Harbor district, with the probability of a new high-water mark. Railroad service is hampered badly by washouts,' high water, slides and softened road beds. All trains are running behind schedule. At Mocllps, the Summer resort re ported wiped out by the sea. the surf is steadily tearing away the beach and gradually cleaning the townsite. Tho new pavilion is doomed and the hotel is falling. The bridge over the Mocllps River is wrecked and cottages in the flat near the mouth of the river are flooded. MIITOX WITIIOITT LIGHT BY DAY Break in Flame Will Require Two or Three Days to Repair. MILTON. Or., Jan. 6. (Special.) The City of Milton has been without lights and electric power all day. Last night the south side of the flume at the intake which furnishes power for the city gave way and the water broke out through the fields. There " was little damage done by the water, other than inconvenience to citizens - In South Milton. The break in the flume will require two or three days to repair it. Tonight the wires were tied onto the traction lines of the Pacific Power & Light Company that runs near the city limits. TOWXS SOON MAY BE CUT OFF Chehalis and Wynooche Rivers Ris ing and Threaten Country. MONTESANO. Wash.. Jan. 6. (Spe cial.) Water in the Chehalis River is rising so fast tonight that indications are that no trains will get in or out of the Grays Harbor country tomorrow. ' Water is now within one foot of the Northern Pacific bridge across the Wynooche River, near Montesano, and prospects are that the bridge will be under water within a few hours. The water Is said to be rising at the rate of from six to .nine inches every two hours. Astoria Feels Flood Seriously. ASTORIA. Or.. Jan. 6. (Special.) The damage resulting from the block ing of the Sixth-street drain at the recent fill on Franklin avenue is fast becoming serious. Great floods o Much of .Craft's "Topside" Swept Overboard During Heavy South east Blow and Attachments Are Bent and Twisted. One seaman's life saved through his timely grasp of the rail as he was about to be hurled over the side amidst a mass of wreckage, another cut by flying glass and debris, with almost every part of the "top side" showing some sign of Injury or wear and ,tear at the hands' of the southeast gales, sums up the situation on the light vessel Columbia, anchored off the en trance to the river. Captain J. Niel sen has written that she can hang to her station until" time for her annual overhauling. In a formal report to the headquar ters of the Seventeenth Lighthouse Dis trict, Captain Nielsen sets forth a rec ord of damage that "JTas led the Gov ernment officials to believe that there is little of the ship that does not bear scars. For 11 hours, writes Captain Nielsen, during the heaviest qX the blow from the southeast, the llghtvessel was steamed steadily, as he feared that without the use of her power she would carry away her moorings, and while neaaing into the teeth or the gale a large wave boarded the ship over the starboard bow, smashing things gen erally and flooding the engineroom and galley. In the list of damage was the loss of the frame of the forward awn ing, smashing in the starboard side of the pilot-house, three windows and the starboard1 door going. The radiator pipes were bent, the steering compass dislodged from its foundation, the shaft In the spindle of the steering-wheel bent, the bridge binnacle was torn from the deck, the large ventilator .on the starboard side forward was torn off and the galley smokestack was smashed and flattened on the deck. One of the coal bunker plates was torn off and whisked over the side and a deckbolt holding a guy of the after smokestack was ripped from the deck, with a stud broken in the for ward leaf of the engineroom skylight and the forward window in the after lantern-house was smashed to frag ments. An iron stanchion holding the after wheel and a grating there went also. H. K. Hansen, a seaman on duty in the wheelhouse, was caught when the crash came and carried with the wreck age to the side, but grabbed the railing in time to avert going into the sea, sustaining cuts and bruises from his experience, while C. Carlson, another seaman, stationed in the after lantern house, was cut by flying glass. The llghtkeeper at North Head also forwarded a report that the new south Jetty gas buoy, which broke adrift in the present blow, had found a resting place about half a mile southwest of North Head, within 400 feet of where the tank steamer Rosecrans was lost a year ago this month. The keeper said the whistle of the buoy could be plainly heard Monday, though it was too thick to see it. It is expected to recover the buoy as soon as the storm abates, as it is valued at $5000. R. J. Cruse, of Pocatello, Idaho, are at the Multnomah. F. H. Stanton, -a Hood River orchard lst, is at the Perkins. E. J. Writh, of Seattle, is a guest of friends at the Nortonla. T. W. Lush, a Silverton, Or., mer chant, is at the Perkins. W. H. Eccles, an Ogden, Utah, lum berman, is at the Oregon. E. P. Smiley and wife, of Warrington, Or., are at the Multnomah. Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Sawyer, of Ta coma, are at the Nortonla. J. M. Klernan, a Pomeroy, Wash., stockman. Is at the Perkins. D. D. McClure, of White Salmon, Wash., is at the Multnomah. James T. Welch, of Spokane, is at the Nortonla, visiting friends., J. M. Siwerling, of Cambridge Springs, Pa., is at the Carlton. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Follette, of Gen nessee, Idaho, are at the Imperial. S. JC Robinson, a sugar-refiner of Berkeley, Cal., is at the Multnomah. W. J. Church, Mayor of La Grande, Or., and his wife are at the Oregon. , H. B. Harmer, a collector of old fire arms, of Philadelphia, is at the Ore gon. ' - L. D. Horton, an automobile manu facturer of Menominee, Mich., is at the Oregon. R. A. Booth, of Eugene, Or., candi date for the United States Senate on the Republican ticket, is at the Imperial. Dr. F. M. Brooks, wife and daughter have returned from a California trip and have taken apartments at the Washington. Fred Haef and his sisters. Misses Ag nes and Josephine Haef, from Cor dova, Alaska, are at the Washington. Mr. Haef is connected with the United States Forestry Reserve.' . POWER PLANT PLANNED HOOD RIVER ORCHARDISTS COMBAT HIGH RATES. WILL Development Lcagme Members Vote to Construct Project of Their Own and Offer to Kntex-City. HOOD RIVER, Or., Jan. 6. (Special.) Members of the Odell Development League met last night and by unani mous vote took action toward the con struction of a co-operative light and power plant on the Hood River, near the vicinity. Forty members of the league were present. . A committee, composed of Mark Cameron. George Sheppard, Harry Connoway. R. E. Mil ler and J. E. Ferguson, was appointed to make a thorough canvass of the neighborhood to procure stock sub scriptions and to obtain the services of a hydraulic engineer to make estimates as to the cost of constructing a plant. We have been talking such an en terprise for several months," said J. P. Naumes, one of the most enthusiastic of the orchardlsts who desire the new plant, "for we . consider tho lighting rate exorbitant. We are paying from $2.50 to $4.50 for light in the country and are forced to use oil lamps half of the time to bring our bills this low. "Citizens of the Pine Grove district have told us that they will follow our suit and, use our service. We have heard that a great many of the patrons of the power and light companies doing business in Hood River are disgruntled and we will be willing to run our lines right Into the city." Roads Are Flooded. RICKREALL, Or., Jan. 6. (Special.) Continuous rainfall during the early part of this week caused the roads to become flooded in various places. At a place about four miles south of here, on the Dallas-Monmouth road, the wa ter rose high In the road on account of the overflowing of nearby sloughs. Last year at this spot the water in the road was above buggy hubs and logs washed into the highway. Other places in the county also report high water, but the roads are not damaged, owing to a firm bed of packed gravel. TACOMA RAIXFALIi T3 RECORD Puyallnp River Overflows Banks and Is Still Rising. TACOMA, Jan. 6. Breaking all rec ords in rainfall for the past ten years. 4.61 inches has fallen since Saturday morning. During the past 24 hours the fall lias been 1.11 inches with no sign of slackening. The Puyallup River, which flows into the Tacoma harbor, this afternoon overflowed its bank in the Puyallup Valley, a short distance from Tacoma, covering the county roads. The river is seven feet above normal and still rising. A 94-foot Jetty built recently to prevent the banks from erosion was carried away. Dairy Creek Is Swollen. BANKS, Or., Jan. 6. (Special.) The heavy rainfall has swollen the streams along Dairy Creek on all sides of here. Landslides are reported from Timber section and the belief is current that they will become of such an extent as will -demoralize railroad traffic in the Tillamook country. Fear is enter tained for the bridges near Verboort, where the creek has tswollen to an enormous volume. The road between Verboort and Cor nelius is flooded at a number of points, making pedestrianism an im possibility and moving by rig or other vehicular means dangerous. No loss to property has been so far reported. The rainfall Is heavier so far than at any corresponding period for four or five years. MRS. HOWELL DIVORCED FORMER SPOKANE' WOMAN'S TALE OF CRUELTY WINS DECREE. FIRST GRAND JURY SITS Clarke County, "Washington, Body May Take Fp Vancouver Election. VANCOUVER. Wash., Jan. 6 (Spe cial.) Clarke County has In session its first grand Jury since" Washington be came a state, and Guy Bennett, of tills city, was appointed foreman by Judge R. H. Back, of the Superior Court. C. C. Gridley, also of Vancouver, was elected by the Jurors as clerk of the Jury. In his charge to the jury Judge Back told them to .go into matters of im portance but not to pass up trivial mat ters. The jury is to find, if possible, some evidence concerning the stealing of .ballots from the boxes of the No vember primaries when 19 ballots were taken and the pollbook from precinct C was changed. The jurors are: Charles E. Rogers, Carl W. Lane, Ridgefleld; V. J. Hilling- son, Sara; W. F. Shields, Salmon Creek; Joseph C. Davis, La Center; Edward Robson, Washougal; A. E. Green, M. C. Gilham, Battle Ground; J. A. Swen strom, Venersborg; Gus Bennett. M. S. Cohen, C. C. Gridley, J. IC Johnson. and Mrs. Elizabeth Funk, all of Vancouver. Dam Fails to Hold Logs. CHEHALIS. Wash., Jan. 6. TSpecial.) Forty thousand dollars' worth of ce dar logs went out of the Doty Lumber & Shingle Company dam on Elk Creek and came down the Chehalis River in the- big flood now on in this section. It 1b hoped to save the 4.000,000 of tim ber at the boom of the Wisconsin Lum ber Company at Littell. -Considerable damage also was done to the Doty shingle mill, where the dam broke. Trains on the main line through here have generally been delayed. Florist Asks No Alimony Husband Ac- cased of Attempting to Gain Hold on Estate, Worth 25,000. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6. (Special.) Mrs. Margaret Armstrong Howelli for merly owner of a flower store at Spo kane, today obtained a divorce from George Howell. Previously she had made an effort to have the marriage annulled. Mrs. Howell charged extreme cruelty and cited a number of Instances when she declared her husband endeavored to get posession of her property by threatening to humiliate her.- "Some months ago my husband be gan a systematic campaign to deprive me of my property," she said. His method was to tell me that he had transacted business affairs for me and to demand commissions for his work. When I refused to pay him he told me he would 'burn up the front pages of all the newspapers from Los Angeles to Seattle wlth articles about me lf I did not pay him. "The next step he took was to cul tivate a condition of constant intoxi cation because he knew I detested liquor. The third' step was to tell me he thought he would commit suicide. I then brought my action tor di vorce." Judge Monroe asked her if she were seeking alimony and she replied "no." She said she still had property worth $25,000. PERSONAL MENTION. W. E. Ross, of Seattle, is at the Carl ton. M. Ledevidge, of Tacoma, is at the Carlton. C. L. Hawley, of McCoy, Or., is at the Imperial. - E. B. Hawkins, of Seattle, is at the Nortonla. D. A. Paine, of Eugene, Or., is at the Cornelius. H. E. Baker, of Naches, Wash., Is- at the Carlton. . V. A. Hancock, of Tacoma, is at the Washington. T. A. Walsh, of Spokane, is at the Washington. v C. H. Oxman, of Jamieson, Or., Is at the Cornelius. J. W. Barnes, of, Dubuque, Iowa, is at the Cornelius. W. L. Thompson, a Pendleton banker, is at the Imperial. R. Nix, a timberman from Spokane, Is at the Perkins. George V. Herringer, of Seattle, is at the Cornelius. . Q. N, Esterbrook and "wife and Mrs. Creditors conduct cafe Vancouver Restaurant May Pay All Bills, Totaling Less Than $1000. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Jan. 5. (Spa clal.) A novel , idea is being carried out in Vancouver, where the butcher, the baker, the grocer and other mer chants are conducting a restaurant la the hopes that they may insure their bills, which amount to something less than C1000. The Puritan restarant is in the hands of a receiver. Elmer Sugg has been appointed by the court to operate the place. Charles Glrard, who opened the place, left for other parts, owing heavy bills. The creditors bunched their claims and secured a judgment against Glrard, and closed the place. Then the idea was conceived that if the place were allowed to operate, It would pay off the debt. Sam'l Rosenblatt & Cos January Clearance Sale of HART SCHAFFNER & MARX SUITS AND OVERCOATS Every man in this town wants to save money on his clothes if he can accomplish' it without sacri ficing styles and quality. Here's the biggest opportunity for saving that ever happened: All $20 Fancy Suits and Overcoats, $14.95. All $25 Fancy Suits and Overcoats, $18.75 - - All $30 Fancy Suits and Overcoats, $22.50 All $35 Fancy Suits and Overcoats, $26.25 MEN'S FURNISHINGS GREATLY REDUCED Contract goods only excepted. Make your savings at the following price concessions all .this season's merchandise to" select from reliable makes with- a reputation: E. & W., Arrow and Other Shirts $1.50 sale price $1.15 $2.00, sale price .'. $1.35 $2.50, sale price ........ $1.75 Flannel Shirts, Collars Attached, Reduced $3.00 grades $2.65 $2.50 grades ...... : . . . $2.15 $2.00 grades $1.65 $1.50 grades ,...$1.25 $1.00 " grades 75 Superior,- Globe and White Cat Union Suits at Sale Prices $1.50 grades, sale price.. $1.15 - $2.00 grades, sale price.. $1.60 $2.50 grades, sale price. . $2.00 $3.00 grades, sale price . . $2.40 $4.00 grades, sale price.. $3.20 $5.00 grades, sale price.. $4.00 $6.00 grades, sale price. .$1.80 Outing Flannel Pajamas, Nightgowns at Clearance Prices $1.00 grades, sale price.'. 75 $1.50 grades, sale price.. $1.15 $2.00 grades, sale price . $1.35 $2.50 grades, sale price.. $1.75 Neckwear Reduced $3.00 and $2.50 grades. . .$1.75 $2.00 grades, sale price.. $1.35 $1.50 grades, sale price.. $1.00 $1.00 grades, sale price . . 75 50c grades, sale price.... 35 3 for $1.00 At Great Savings Mun sing Union Suits Must Go Here are prices ihat will posi tively move them: $1.00 grades, sale price.. 75 $2.00 and $1.50 grades. . .$1.00 $4.00 and $3.00 grades at $2.00 Two -Piece Underwear at Sacrifice Prices $1.50 Cooper and Winsted, garment : $1.15 $2.00 Norfolk and "VYinsted, garment $1.60 $2.50 Cooper, silk and wool, garment ,. ..$1.75 $3.00 G. & M. Underwear, garment $2.40 $4.00 silk and -wool, gar..$2.50 Ruff-Neck Sweaters Es pecially Priced for Quick Sale $8.50 Jumbo knit, salc...$6.SO $7 and $6.50 Jumbo knit.$5.20 $7 Shaker knit, sale price. $4.65 $5 Shaker knit ; $3.50 $3.50 Shaker knit, sale. . .$2.50 $8.50 Norfolk Ruff-necks $4.50 $5 and $3 V-Neck Sweat- . ers, sale price $1.50 $2 and $2.50 Jersey Sweat ers, sale price. . $1.50 The Men's Shop for Quality and Service N.W. Cor.. 3d and Morrison PORTLAND MEN OUT California Firm Lowest on Fair v Building Contract. PRICE OF $33,980 MADE 20 Concerns Bid on Oregon Struc ture Job at-San Francisco and Estimates Range Vp to $7 0,000, Despite $60,000 Iiimit. The lowest bidder for the Oretron building at the Panama-Pacific Expo sition is the Foster Vogt Company, a San Francisco firm. Its bid is $33,980, and a telegram was sent yesterday aft ernoon asking that the company send a representative, to Portland to confer with the Oregon commission and the architect. If everything proves satis factory, including the customary bon4, in this Instance 50 per cent of the con tract price, the firm will be awarded the contract. Portland only figured third lowest in the bidding. There were four bids of less than $40,000, each of which, with the certi fied checks accompanying them were retained by the commission for further consideration. All others were re turned. There were 20 In all, ranging as high as $70,000. The appropriation for the building is $60,000. One bidder was disqualified, because of not having included in the bid all the material called for in the specifi cations. This firm is Fred P. and F. L. Fischer, of San Francisco. Taking into consideration the material omitted the Fi&cher bid would not have ranked among the lowest. It was $33,973. The majority of the bidders were San Francisco firms. There were 14 of them, and four from Portland and two from Seattle. Following is a complete list of the bidders: Stebinger Bros., Portland, $40,890; Sound Construction & Engineering Company, Portland and Seattle, $56, 979; Strehlow. Freese & Patterson, San Francisco, $51,490; "W. W. Anderson Company, San Francisco, $49,990; J. II. Tillman Company. Portland, $37,375; Robert "Wakefield, Portland. $47,975; Fred P. and I; F. Fischer, San Fran cisoo. $33,973: Frank M. Garden & Co., San Francisco, $40,073: Ward & Good man. San Francisco, $42,890; F. Cooke Caldwell, San Francisco. $35,937; Phil E. Dunnevant, - San Francisco, $4 5,933; Foster Vogt Company, San Francisco, $33,980; Matthis & Griffith, San Fran cisco, $50,897; Charles Wright. San Francisco, $37,730; P. J. Lynch, San Francisco, $52,000; Sylvester Devereaux, San Francisco, $70,000: James I Brown tine), San .Francisqo, $54,125; "Williams Bros. & Henderson. San Fran cisco, $57,700; "W. B. Lance. Seattle, $51, 900; McLaren & Peters. San Francisco, $50,892. Evangelistic Meetings Held. A two weeks' evangelistic meeting of the Presbyterian and Methodist churches of Rose City Park is being held in the new Presbyterian Church of that suburb. The services began last Sunday. This week they are in charge of Dr. "W. W. Youngson, pastor of the Methodist Church, and next week Rev. Boudinot Seeley, of the Presbyterian Church, will officiate. -One of the features Is the singing of gospel scngs by special soloists each evening. Mrs. Delia Hutchison was the singer last night and Mrs. E. T. Miller will sing tonight. Mrs. Mytelne Fraker Stltes will sing January 8 and 15. a treble quartet January 9, Mr. and Mrs. J. "W. Michael January 12 and 13, a male quartet January 14 and Mrs. R. T. Seamster January 16. The meetings are free. There will be no meetings on Saturday evenings. Walla Walla Has Warm Day. WALLA WALLA. Wash., Jan. 6. (Special.) Today was the warmest day in January In the history of Walla Walla, the mercury registering The largest and finest collection ot Oriental Rugs and Carpets in the West is being sold for IIAXiF PRICE. " You can be absolutely sure that every rug in our store is as we represent, and be absolutely sure that this is a Half-P These Rugs and Carpets were carefully selected in the Orient with a view of selling them at private sale when their true worth could have been realized. Now, owing to the necessity of having to raise money, t we must sacrifice them for half price. . Beloochistan, Cabistan, Shiraz, Iran, Sarouk, Kermanshaw and Bokara specimens fit to grace the palace of any king, and of a quality to last forever in your homes adding a glow of beauty which nothing else can equal. ' Never has such a money-saving opportunity been offered to you. COME NOW WHILE THE SALE IS ON, FOR WE WILL CLOSE IT WHEN WE HAVE RAISED SUFFICIENT MONEY ON OUR STOCK TO TIDE US OVER. Sale hours 9 until 6. , . Atiyeo Alder at Tenth Largest Oriental Rug Dealers in the. West. 70 degrees. The records show that when a few days of mild weather occur there Ms a quick change to normal Winter temperatures and usually to a very "low temperature. The fruit men are hoping the change lu not long delayed. GOOD ILIGHTIl MEANS Better Business Cheerful Homes Better Health and Eyesight With our modern Lighting Fix tures and Electrical Installa tions all these requirements can be obtained. May we - serve you? o- o M. J. Walsh & Co. 311 Stark, Near Sixth Both Phones OJ Pure Malt Whiskey gradually sets the functions of th system in,gio.rious3dieS have harmony ggMM failed, do not which Kgm-t-iirt!.?- fies. 'perfect health. After, all other reme- kg3give up nope tried Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey N0TIG Classified advertisements, to re ceive proper classification in the next day's issue of The Oregonlan, must be In The Oregonlan office be fore 10 o'clock at night, except Sat urday. 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