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TTTT3 MOlfNINT, OREfrOMAN. SATURDAY, 31 ARCH 31, 1914.
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r . ALCM, Or., March 20. (Special.)
; : The engagement of Miss Althea
! Moores, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
! ',A. X. Moores, of this city, to Robert
; : Kinney, a lumberman of Astoria, was
; -announced at a brilliant reception given
; ; today by Mrs. W. H. Eldridge. The pa
! ; latixl Eldridge home, formerly the Brey
r :man residence, on State, street, was
: 'Charmingly decorated, the dining-room
; 'with jonquiis and the drawing-room
; wlth Spring flowers, trolllum predomi-
' nating. Mrs. Eldridge and Miss Moores
received the guests at the door, and
; 'Mrs. Chester Moores, of Portland,-and
Mrs. William Brown, of this city, poured
the tea and served the Ices. Little Lou
; lse Patterson and Master Robert Bishop
supplied each guest with a jonquil bios
, earn to which was attached a card an
; nouncing the betrothal of Miss Moores
; 'and Mr. Kinney. Others who assisted
I in serving tea were Misses Mildred
; Jtobertson and Veda Cross. About 60
: friends of the families of the bride and
; bridegroom-elect were in attendance
: and Mrs. Eldridge was voted a most
charming hostess.
. Miss Moores is one ofthe most promi.
nent young women of the Capital City.
; She was graduated from Mills' College,
Oakland, Cal., last year, where she was
a general favorite. Mr. Kinney is a
I son of the late William Kinney and a
grandson of Robert C. Kinney, for
' many years engaged in the milling
. business in this city and now a resl
' ient of Astoria. The mothers of Miss
! Moores and Mr. Kinney were sc'hool-
mates at Willamette College and the
i families long have been intimate.
! It is probable that the wedding will
be solemnized this Spring, although no
! announcement was made regarding the
time.
The alumnae of Gamma Phi Beta met
yesterday at the home of Miss Bertha
. Masters, 675 East Madison street.
; ...
Miss Pauline Klukis will entertain
tomorrow evening at her home on Gra-I
ham avenue. Those invited are Misses
Violet Grayson. Hulda Hylander. Esther
lynds. Elsie Gerson, Mrs. F. A. Cline,
Mrs. O. W. Yates, Harvey Werschkul.
V. A. ("line. O. W. Yates. Harry M.
Grayson, .lack Pflager, Elwood Mun
se!l. Mr. and Mrs. Ludwig Klukis and
Babe Klukis. Musical selections will
be given by Violet Grayson and O. W.
Yates.
...
' Dr. J. E. Calloway, of Portland, and
Mrs. Emily E. Lane, of Ortley, Or., were
married at the apartments of Mrs. E.
Cartr. 703 Hoyt street on Wednesday.
;Rev. S. M. Conner, pastor of the I'irst
Christian Church, officiated. '
...
M. Marx, of Chicago, after a month's
visit in Portland, left Thursday for
Santa Barbara, accompanied by his
daughter, Mrs. Louis Rosenblatt.
.....
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Morden are being
felicitated upon the arrival of a baby
boy, born yesterday morning.
Jydjffiuuy7if7fonej.
THE important club event of today
will be the luncheon of the State
. Conference of Clubs, to be held
In the Meier & Frank tearoom at 12:30
o'clock. Mrs. A. H. Brey man will speak
toil matters pertaining' to- the running
;of a road througn the Bull Run water
-reserve. Mrs. Alice Weister, of the
Psychology Club, will speak on the
clubhouse project. Mrs. H. F. David
son, of Hood River, who recently re
turned from an Eastern trip, will tell
of her experiences.
; Other interesting features are in
store for the club presidents and of
ficers who constitute the membership
of thi organization.
....
' The board of the Consumers' League
met yesterday afternoon in the rooms
of the Child Labor Bureau and ' dis
cussed business and plans for further
-work. Mrs. Harold Sawyer was elected
new member of the executive com
mittee and Mrs. W. F. Ogburn was ap
pointed on the pure food committee.
-The branch of the Consumers' League
at Reed College was reported in flour
ishing condition. Another branch in
Miss Catlin's school is also doing welL
The league will start soon another
branch at Corvallis. Plans for this un
dertaking are under way.
Emphasis Is being placed on the buy
ing of goods bearing the league la
bel. ...
Chapter C, P. E. O. Sisterhood, met
yesterday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. James Goodwin, Hancock street.
:An Interesting programme and social
hour were enjoyed.
Chapter F, P. E. O., will meet next
Thursday with Mrs. R. M. Gray, In
Irvington.
...
Dr. C. H. Chapman gave "The Unin
vited Guest." by Maeterlinck, at yes
terday's session of the literary depart
ment of the Portland Woman's Club. A
large attendance bespoke the popularity
of the programme.
...
: Politics is being discussed to some
extent among the members of 'the Port
land Woman's Club. The nominations
for the board take place next Friday.
There Is a probability that Mrs. Fred
erick Eggert will decline to run again
and another presiding officer will have
to be chosen. Among the women men
tioned by their friends as possible can
didates are Mrs. G. J. Frankel, Mrs.
Chester Le Noire. Mrs. J. D. Spencer,
Mrs. J. M. Scott, Mrs. Edward Taggart,
Mrs. C. B. Simmons and Mrs. Grace
Watt Ross. All have been approached
but none has expressed any desire Jo
strive for office.
bittle Discussions
of
boveMarriaqe
BY" BARBARA BOYD.
Exchanging Wives.
JCpiIE exchange of wives, if sanc
X tioned by law and public opin
ion, would produce much better results
than trial marriages, it seems to me,"
meditated the Bachelor Girl.
: "Do you want a return to the Stone
Age?" asked the Bachelor, surprised.
."'1 thought you believed in progression,
iiot in reversion."
: "I do. But the exchange of wives I
liave in mind has a different thought
at the bottom of it from the exchange
of wives in the Stone Age."
"Don't you think it task enough for
a husband to get one wife made over
to suit him, and broken into all his
little idiosyncrasies," teased the Bache-,
Jor, "without asking him to do the work
H second time?"
; "I want to relieve him of all the
-work," laughed the Bachelor Girl, "and
fhow him how unnecessary it is, and
jielp him to discover what a Jewel he
Jias in the wife of his bosom. You see,
John Jones often looks a bit enviously
int Mrs. Brown next door, and wishes
his wife would wear a ietchlnsr little
PROMINENT SALEM GIRL WHOSE ENGAGEMENT TO
ASTORIA LUMBERMAN IS ANNOUNCED
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MISS ALTHEA MOORES.
cap in the morning, and have the cur
tains at the windows always crisp and
snowy like hers, and the hall cheerily
lighted when he comes home at night.
But if Mrs. Brown presided over his
domicile for a while, and he had to pay
her accounts at the department stores,
and the gas bills she runs up, and had
to eat her burnt steak and lumpy
mashed potatoes, he would, upon Mrs.
Jones' return, clasp her with joy to
his bosom, and thank heaven for a
wife who was economical and who
could cook. And if Mr. White, instead
of thinking what a jolly, Smartly
dressed woman Mrs. Black is, and wish
ing his wife was a littl cleverer and
more stylish, had to put up with Mrs.
Black's laziness and untidiness, he
would come to the conclusion that a
wife who arose and cooked him a good
breakfast was leagues ahead of the one
who lay in bed and peacefully slept
while he made wrathful remarks on
the subject of rolls and coffee."
Parent
STEPHEN'S Parent-Teacher Associa
tion, which usually holds a busi
ness ,meeting on the first Wednesday of
the month and- a social affair on the
fourth Wednesday, will hold, instead of
the latter next week, an evening's en
tertainment for which an elaborate pro
gramme has been prepared. All of the
residents of the district, who are in
terested in the school, are planning to
attend. Miss Elolse Hall, a gifted
young 'singer, will be one of the solo
ists. Mrs. T. C. Thomson is president
of Stephens Circle. The proceeds of
the entertainment will be used for a
worthy charity.
...
Hawthorne Association will hold an
evening meeting for parents In the near
future, when O. M. Plummer and Dr.
George Rebec will speak. This affair
will take place at the Washington High
School.
Mrs. G. L. Buland, president of the
Hawthorne Association will pass the
week-end in Castle Rock, Wash.
...
Kenton Parent-Teacher Association
will meet on Wednesday at 3 o'clock In
the Presbyterian Church, Lombard and
Chatham streets.
.....
Arrangements are being made for a
number of lectures to be given by
Dr. Clifton F. Hodge, who will explain
and illustrate with stereopticon slides
the evil effects of alcohol on animals.
These lectures will be given for the
children.
...
The exhibition of pictures at the
Art Museum has attracted a large
amount of interest among the members
of parent-teacher organizations. The
pictures are representative copies se
lected by a committee from Irvington
Circle as suitable for school decora
tions. ...
At a recent meeting held at the
Parents' Educational Bureau by the
Oregon Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher
Associations, Dr. William
Cavanaugh . gave - a helpful talk on
"Children's Teeth." He said:
"Modern dentistry concerns itself
more with- the prevention of deformity
and decay than it does with repair.
As the first teeth 'are formed long
before the child is born, nothing can
be done to improve their quality after
birth.
"All the defects in the temporary
teeth are magnified when the perma
nent teeth erupt. Thus parents must
see to it that they are preserved and
kept straight, otherwise the second
teeth will come crooked and out of
place and be nearly useless. Sucking
the thmub and adenoids cause the up
per front teeth to project beyond the
lower ones, causing loss of function
CALENDAR FOB TODAY.
Pi Beta Phi fraternity luncheon today
at University Club at 12:80.
' Clubs.
. Conference of presidents of State' Fed
erated Clubs, Meier & Frank tearoom,
luncheon 12:80 today.
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"But why can't a wife be all these
things, combine, for instance, the vir
tues of Mrs. White and Mrs. Black?"
"Why can't a husband bring up the
coal without being asked, or pay bills
without grumbling?" smiled back the
Bachelor Girl. "Because in this faulty
world we are not made that way. And
since we aren't, in order to make us
appreciate the angels with one wing
that we have, it seems to me it would
be a good thing to exchange for awhile
for the angel with the other wing. We
would soon find that, after all, the little
fledgling we had chosen was the one
who made us more happy."
"If I can get the one I want, I shall
be perfectly content,!' said the Bach
elor. "You'd never catch me exchang
ing, for fear the other fellow would
never let her come back. I know a
good thing when I see it, and when I
get It, I intend to hold on to it."
"You mean if you get it," teasingly
corrected the Bachelor Girl.
Teachers
Associations
and an ugly deformity. Again it is
the use of soft food that causes a poor
development of the teeth. These things
decay, lack of exercise, mouth
breathing, adenoids and thumb-sucking
together cause 90 per cent of irregu
larity in the teeth. Febrile diseases
of childhood, like measles and scarlet
fever, stop the growth of the enamel
over the permanent teeth, so that some
times little or no enamel appears on
the teeth when they erupt.
"Each temporary tooth reserves a
space for a permanent tooth, so if one
of the baby teeth is pulled or allowed
to decay before five years of age no
room will be left for the new tooth
and It will have to crowd in crookedly
and perhaps cause- all of the new teeth
to be out of place. As soon as the
teeth appear they must be cared for.
"The first teeth should be cleansed
with milk of magnesia applied on a
soft cloth ' wrapped about the finger.
Silk floss should always be used be
tween the teeth, for. it is here that
the tooth brush does not reach, and
it is here that the decay usually starts.
"As early as possible the child should
be taught to use the brush and floss
regularly. The most important time
Is after, the last meal of the day. After
rinsing out with, water it helps to use
the milk of magnesia as a final wash.
After the child is 20 months old take
it to a ' dentist every six months.
Neither the dentist alone or the mother
alone can preserve a child's teeth, but
both, co-operating, can Insure to every
child a fine set of permanent teeth,
which constitute the foundation stones
of a good digestion."
DvorcedlifG
felenJfessaripfiiesse.
Copyright The Adams Newspaper Service.
Lessona in Acting.
MARIAN hurried to the address of
1 I the dramatic coach which the
booking agent had given her. She
found it on the top floor of one of the
city's finest office buildings. "Walter
Hartman Studio" was neatly lettered
in Gothic on the glass door of the of
fice at which she paused. Her heart
beat fast with excitement, as she re
flected upon the good fortune which
had led her- steps to the office of the
clean-cut, gentlemanly booking- agent
who had sent her hither and who
dangled before her eyes the prospect
of a start in dramatic life.
Entering, she found herself In the
presence of an artistic looking fellow
of perhaps 30. His rather long, wavy
hair flowed back from a high fore
head. Her first impression of him was
thoroughly favorable, and she con
cluded immediately that he was compe
tent "Oh, yes," he replied when she had
stated who sent her, "I know the gen
tleman. He has placed a number of my
pupils in excellent parts. I keep urg
ing him to get out of that dingy loca
tion he's in, but the landlord o the.
hotel is 'an old friend of his father, and
he remains loyal, though his out-of-the-way
location is a serious handicap
to him. But he knows the theatrical
business from A to Z. I congratulate
you that he has taken a fancy to you.
That man can make you famous."
Marian sank into a soft leather chair,
at the teacher's command, and as sje
gazed at the soft, oriental key of her
surroundings, she felt that she had
found her way into the headwaters of
the river of success. She- re-told her
host what experience she had had, and
before she knew it, her first lesson had
begun. Hartmann was already com
menting upon easily corrected errors
of her carriage, and showed her now
to assume a more graceful sitting pos
ture.
Presently he had her, rise and follow
his example In fitting the gesture to
the spoken word. It was all so, easy
and so logical when he told her now.
and so natural and graceful that she
wondered she had never thought of
these things before.
Then he urged the necessity of using
the lower registers of her voice and
gave her instructions as to how to
produce the effects and qualities he
mentioned. Marian entered into the
spirit of the lesson with enthusiasm
and felt that already she was making
pronounced headway.
"You're an apt pupil," said Hart
mann after a while. "That will do
for the present. Did you say the re
hearsals you spoke . of are to begin
in & TrVCftk?"
"Yes," she replied. "Tell me, is
there a chance of my fitting myself
for the part in that time?
"Undoubtedly. You catch on very
quickly indeed. A lesson a day for a
week will give you all tlje preparation
you need for the present.
"Are you sure It would enable me to
fill the part?"
."Undoubtedly. The man who Bent
you to me admitted aa much."
"What will you charge?" asked
Marian.
"Fifty dollars a week would be my
regular charge in a case like this. It
will force me to defer quite a number
of lessons for my regular pupils. But
I am Interested In you and glad to be
of service to the vaudeville people
who sent you to me." He paused for
a moment, when she did not at once
answer. "In your case," he added, "I'll
call it $40. I couldn't' undertake it for
less."
Marian did some rapid thinking.
Forty dollars! It would wipe out
practically all of her reserve! Yet, she
reflected, would it not yield her a $40
a week position? It was a good bar
gain, she concluded, a wise invest
ment.
"Very well," she answered.
"Good," he replied. "Then we'll con
sider the arrangement made.
(To be continued.) r
mtsnyiea.
DcFrederjckM.Rbssiter.
Questions pertinent to hygiene, sanita
tion, and prevention of disease, If mat
ters of general interest, will be answered
in this column. Where space will not
permit or the subject Is not suitable,
letters will be personally answered, sub
ject to proper limitations and where a
stamped, addressed envelope is Inclosed.
Dr. Rossiter will not make diagnoses of
individual diseases. Requests for such
service cannot be answered.
What Is Hyoscinef
A PORTLAND woman writes: "I
would be very pleased if you would
tell me through The Oregonlan. what is
Hyoscine : Hydrobromate given for in
disease? ' Is it given for nervousness,
nervous diseases, or in ease of hysteria?
Also can you tell me if the Petuitary
extract or the Thyroid extract is good
in cases of nervousness and hysteria?"
Reply.
1 The hydrobromate of Hyoscine s
used principally in nervous conditions
where there is more or less mental ex
citement. It is given for both of the
disorders mentioned. It is a powerful
sedative, and can only be used in very
small doses. '
2 Yes used. In both conditions.
Bright' Dlaease.
T. S. writes: "I have Bright's disease,
with swelling of the ankles and legs
and am passing much albumen. Have
been in this condition about a year.
I live largely on milk and bread. Am
I doing right in this? Is there any
medicine that will help me. A friend
advised me to take B 's kidney med
icine. He said that it had cured many
cases of Bright's disease. Would you
advise me to give it a trial?"
Would Turkish baths help me?
Reply.
Plenty of milk and bread is very
good in this disease but it is not nec
essary to limit yourself to that unless
you cannot digest other foods. Any
vegetable or cereal that agrees with
you will not make your disease worse.
but you must avoid- all salt in every
thing. .
Avoid all medicines. There is " no
medicine known to map. that will cure
Bright s disease. If you need any med
icine to meet any particular condition
see your physician.
Proper sweating treatments are help
ful in this disease providing there is
no heart complication.
Plenty of Cheer Needed.
A. E. W. writes: "I am very nervous
and do not know the cause, for the only
habit I have is smoking a pipe. I am in
the habit of inhaling the smoke. Have
smoked for 10 years and am now 24. I
quit smoking for several months but
didn t improve any.
I am growing worse. I fear that 1
will go insane, cannot concentrate my
mind. If I am reading a paper or talk
ing to someone -my mind wanders from
one thing to another. Have a poor
memory, forget everything, am getting
very bashful, sleep poorly, dream all
night, and feel more tired in the morn
ing than in the evening; have acid dys
pepsia and have had this with the ner
vousness for seven years. It is telling
on me. I will feel grateful for your
advice."
Reply
Instead of quitting smoking for a
few months, quit it for all time. There
is no time when smoking is a benefit
to the body and mind, but to begin at
14 and Inhale the smoke is one of the
worst things for development of mind
and . body that a young man can do
This Is sufficient cause for your condi
tion all by itself
You need to get a grip on yourself.
Sit down and find a good reason for
being in this world, and then try to live
as is your privilege. Try to forget all
the morbid thoughts by filling the mind
with cheerful, wholesome, joyous
thoughts. You can only do this by study
of some definite subject, and reading
wholesome books. Let the Bible be one
of those books. There is nothing bet
ter for either a well or a. sick man.
Begin the day with a cold water rub
to your body. All that is needed is a
dash of water and a quick rub with a
rough towel.
Work out of doors. Farm work Is the
best, or on a cattle ranch.
Whatever you do have a few good
books and make your mind work. The
worst food any one can take is to prey
on himself, and this Is what you are
now doing.
Colonel Blethen a Visitor.
Colonel Alden J. Blethen, editor of
the Seattle .Times, was In Portland yes
terday. He left last night for Cali
fornia and after a tour, of that, state,
with Mrs. Blethen, he will go to New
York to attend the annual meeting of
the Associated, Presa.
FARM Hi SCHOOL
SITE IS REJECTED
Board Rescinds Order for Pur
- - chase of Fifty-First and
: Division Tract.
SUM INVOLVED TOO MUCH
Entire List of Textbooks as Recom
mended by Superintendent Is
Adopted at Meeting With
Little Discussion.
All steps that had been taken toward
procuring a site for the new Agricul
tural High School were set aside yes
terday, when the School Board rescind
ed Its order of Thursday for the pur
chase of the 25-acre tract at East Fifty
first and Division streets.
The Board decided that the sum of
money Involved, $70,000, could not well
be tied up in such an Investment at
the present time. Further investiga
tion will be made in an effort to find
another site on better terms.
J. V. Beach, who has been ill for a
long time, was back in his place at the
Board meeting to cast his vote on this
matter and on the adoption of books
for the grammar schools.
Mr. Plummer Object.
Little argument was advanced when
tile vote was taken on the school books,
the only objection made being that of
O. M. Plummer, against the Rigler
arithmetic.
The entire list as recommended by
the Superintendent, including the Rig
ler arithmetic was adopted, with Di
rectors M. G. Munly, Dr. E. A. Som
mers and J. V. Beach In favor and R. L.
Sabin, chairman, and Mr. Plummer
against.
The books chosen will come Into use
at the beginning of the next school
term and will be in use for four years.
High school books and texts for music
will be adopted at a later meeting.
List Is Given.
Following is the list of the textbooks:
"Word Mastery." Florence Akin, for lower
grades; leaflets to be supplied from own
printing press for upper grades; "Civil Gov
ernment," Reinsch; "Aldlne's First Lan
guage Book," Bryce and Spauldlng; "Web-ster-Cooley
Course in English," books I and
II: "Rlgler's Numbers, tStep by Step," Frank
Rigler; Watson and White's "Complete
Arithmetic"; "Gullck Hygiene Series," two
book editions, "Good Health" and "The
Body and Its Defenses"; "Fairbank's Home
Geography" In hands of teachers of third
and fourth grades: "World Geography,"
Tarr and McMurray; "A School History of
the United States.'- Mace: "Sloan's First
'T3ook and Second Book"; "Story Hour
Primer," book I and book II: Riverside
"Third Reader," "Fourth Reader" and
"Fifth Reader"; "Elson Grammar School
Reader," books I, II, III, IV; "Wuest Sys
tem of Art Instruction," already adopted bv
board.
VOTERS ARE LAX AG1
REGISTRATION DUTY CALL HEARD
BY ONLY 550 IK DAY.
Expected 75,000 Total In County Cannot
Be Reached by May 1 W ithout Rush
at End at Present Rate.
Registration totals continue to drop,
and yesterday only 650 voters regis
tered, of which 320 were men and 230
women. Only once this month has the
total for a single day been more than
1000, as compared with an average of
more than 6000 a week made during
the last three weeks of February.
Though the total county registration
is within a few thousand of the total
vote cast In the county for President
In 1912, political students had estimated
that the total registration this year
would be more than 75,000. Unless the
Interest In registration is revived 75,000
cannot be reached unless there is a big
rush during the last days of registra
tion before the books close May 1. After
the primaries the. registration books
will be opened un till 15 days before the
November election.. The total county
registration follows:
Men. Women. Total.
Republicans 1,414 'J.41S 30.832
Democrats 7,120 3-tiL'l 10.7."0
Progressives . . 1, 2ND !44 2,1-24
Independents 1.310 '.2 1.1H5
Prohibitionists ... BIT. 1,100 1,724
Socialists 670 217 787
9otals
32.327 1S.035 4S.262
Coos County.
Men. Women
Republicans
Democrats . .
Progressives .
Socialists ...
Independents
Prohibition
Non-Partisan
Not stated . .
Populist
874 192
464 12
13S 27
101
19 G3
1
20 10
1
Lion County.
Men. Women. Total.
Republicans 14m; 4B7 1G3
Democrats 1U17 2HS 1282
Prohibitionists 124 19 323
Progressive 4k 15 59
Socialists t)0 24 120
Independents 109 48 155
Miscellaneous - 2 0 2
Refused to state S 2 10
Totals 2S9B 1018 3914
OLD SONG JENNY LIND'S
"HOME, SWEET HOME" RECALLS
SWEDISH NIGHTINGALE.
Note of Singer Who First Made Hit
With World-Wide Favorite Melody
' Remembered Whenever It Is Sung.
It was Jenny LInd, the Swedish
nightingale, who was the first to strike
the popular chord with the world-wide
favorite melody, "Howe, Sweet Home."
She was a' little country girl in Sweden
and was 9 years old when she attracted
the notice of an actress, who sent her
to the Conservatory of Music at Stock,
holm. At the age of 10 she sang be
fore the Royal Court and later made
her debut as Agatha In "Der Freis
chutz." Strange to say, she made a
partial failure In Paris, which was fol
lowed by an enthusiastic reception In
Berlin, Vienna and London.
. After her first triumphal tour of the
provinces, she distributed large sums
in charity, as she did all during her
long and notable life. Her engage
ment In the United States was made
under the management of the circus
man Phineas T. Barnum, who paid her
J300.000 for one season.
She married Otto Goldschmidt, of
Hamburg, who for many years played
her accompaniments.
"Home, Sweet Home Is scarcely evei
sung In public that it does not recall
the memory of Jenny Lino, the singer
whose golden notes will never be for
gotten.
"Home, Sweet Home," as sung by
Jenny Llnd, is to be found, of course.
in, "Heart, Bongs," juow being eagerly J
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LOWER BIDDERS CRY OUT
COliSTV OFFICIALS ARK CHARGED
WITH MISTREATMENT.
Post Special Delivery Company Gets
Election Contract for fSSOO,
$400 More Than Lowest.
Lower bidders than the Post Special
Delivery Company, which was awarded
the contract to secure quarters in 293
city precincts in which to hold the pri
mary election May 15 have made state
ments in which they intimate they were
not treated fairly by the county offl
cials. They cite in support of their
statement the fact that the Post Com
pany was awarded the contract for
92800, though three lower bids were
received, one from the Package De
livery Company for $2650, one from Ben
H. Yett, for 12400 and one from Yett
and H. G. Turner for $2400.
- Bids were received by Sheriff Word
after he had been instructed to pre
pare for the work, and the Post Spe
cial Delivery Company was awarded
the contract by the Commissioners on
the recommendation of Sheriff Word
that theirs was the best bid. Criticism
from the other bidders Ib directed at
the officials first because they awarded
the contract to the highest bidder, and
second, because the . contract was let
without publication of the advertise
ment for bids.
Sheriff "Word, on whose recommenda
tion the contract was awarded to the
Post Company, said yesterday that he
favored that company because he felt
that it would do the work on time and
in the best manner.
"They have distributed the election
supplies several times, he said, "and
returned them and always In a . most
satisfactory manner. They know where
polling places may be secured, and with
them in charge the county may be as-
Moneyback means
Schilling's Best; and it
means the grocer returns
a dissatisfied customer's
money as quick as he ean.1
What happens then?
She isn't dissatisfied;
can't be.
Who -is?
Nobody. The grocer
has lost nothing, and she
has lost nothing. That's
how we look at it.
ScfaiUfaaT't Bcatm
A Schilling & Company
Facts in
TTV5R centuries t has been known that
X far aeents for the cure of diseas.
Over forty years ago Dr. R. V. Pierc,
Hotel and Surgical Institute at Buffalo, N.Y., used the powdered extracts ss well sst
the liquid extracts of native medicinal plants, such as Bloodroot and Queen's root.
Golden Seal and Stone root. Cherry bark and Mandrake, for the curs of blood
rliiiinTffl This prescription as put op in liquid form was called
DR. PIERCE'S
Qolden Medical Discovery
and has enjoyed a larg. sale for all
land. You can now obtain the powdered
yoar medicine dealer, or send 50c in
Dr. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. S, and tablets will be moiu. postage prepaid.
The "Golden Medical Discovery makes rich, red blood. Invigorates the
stomach, liver and bowels and through them the wool, system. Ekin
affections, blotches, boils, pimples and eruptions Result of bad blood
are eradicated by this alterative
Send 3 lone-cent stamps to pay cost
Piexca's Common Sens. Medical
ADDRESS DR. R. V.
Wr-i
New Silk
Crepe Blouses
$5.45
BEAUTIFUL in design
and exquisite In color
ing are these new Can
ton Crepe Blouses. One
charming model Is In Copen
Blue with Tango flowers in
the new Poiret effect.
Another in plain Ameri
can Beauty Crepe has net
vestee and drop yoke end
ing In bell sleeves.
See These Exquisite
Models at $5.45
Lingerie Waists,
SIO upward.
"Jack Tar" Middles,
$1.35 and $1.75.
PORTLANDS
sured that all will be ready when elec
tion day comes.
"Though tlie bid was not the lowest
by $400, it was the only one accompa
nied by a $3000 bond, or any bond, with
the bid, as was required, though Yett
and Turner said In their bids that they
would furnish $1500 bonds. The Pack
age Delivery Company's bid was only
for moving the supplies to and from tho
precincts, and did not include the se
curing of polling places."
MISS KELLER WANTS QUIET
Cancellation of Entertainments Is
Asked by Lecturer.
Social plans involving entertainments
and receptions for Helen Keller when
she will be in Portland, March 27 and
28, to lecture under the auspices of the
Associated Charities, all fell through
yesterday with the reception of a let
ter from her yesterday asking that all
engagements other than tne two public
lectures be canceled.
Miss Keller says that the tour she is
making, which Is seven months in du
ration, is so long and so exhausting
that she is obliged to forego public
receptions.
The only two opportunities that the
public in Portland will have to see and
hear Miss Keller will, therefore, be at
the Lincoln High School when she de
livers her lectures.
There has been an immense increase in
the Imports of se-wlng, knitting and em
broidering machines In China in the last
three years.
San Francisco
Nature
Mature' most Taluabl. health iriv-
are found in our American forests.
chief consulting physician to the Invalids'
these yean ia cwry drag store in the
extract in sunr-eosted tablet form of '
one-cent postatr. stamps for trial box t
extract as thousands have testified.
of msilituc only on a free copy of Dr.
Adviser. lOOS pages. clotllboaaA
PIERCE, BUFFALO, N. T.
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