TITE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX, THURSDAY, JANUARY 31,
FOOD ORDERS GIVEf
old. Last month he "crossed bis heart."
shook hands with Judge McGinn and
promised to be good. He was arrested
again two weeks later.
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Supplies Bought With Cash
Sent for Belgian Relief.
WOMEN TO EARN $1000
Iurt of Fund Set Aside to Pay Idle
' for Slaking Clothes Contract for
Flour Let to Crown Mills for
Figure Below Cost.
; The Oregon committee for Belgian re
lief met Tuesday in the offices of Sam
nel Hill, chairman, and determined upon
expenditures of cash donated lor iooa-
stuffs. A total of J12,30o.3 was re
ported to the committee as having
been collected for the aid of the Bel
Kians. Of this sum. J1000 has already
Joeen appropriated to pay for ttiting
garments by unemployed women of the
city.
Purchases were authorized as fol
lows: Blankets, 300 pairs; dried pears.
1700 pounds; condensed milk, 1000
cases. The balance will be expended
for flour, the bid of the Crown Mills,
-Balfour. Guthrie & Co., at $5.50 a bar
rcl, being accepted. At the present
price of wheat, this Is said to be below
the coat of manufacture, and other
mills declined the business at that
price. All these foodstuffs will be de
livered at the Municipal dock at once
for loadlnz aboard the Cranley.
The committee determined that all
cash received too late to be expended
for suDDlles to be shipped on the Cran
ley, which is expected to be dispatched
late this week from Municipal Dock
No. 1. will be forwarded to the Ameri
can Commission for Relief in Belgium,
71 Broadway. New York City, and con
tributions of foodstuffs will be sold and
the receipts forwarded, so that the
Belgians will receive the benefit of all
donations.
Contributions were reported by the
committee yesterday as follows:
Cwh Contribution!.
Previously ackuowledced $11,979.17
Jullisn Borland, ioruana ........
C. R. Winston
Lawrence Kiddle
1r. Chris ptersoa r
"VV. M. Cornffot
A. D. J
t:?nvleve Church ...............
Mary I. Church
Sirs. H. Clarke
'lrt Presbyterian Sunday School,
Salem -
Frank Kavary. Portland
JtolHfrt W. lwis
Miscellaneous cash contributions
,-oilected by C. Henri Labbe ....
miscellaneous contributions col
let;ted by IS. V. Lamotte
A friend
M. O. Munly. Portland
P Todd. Jefferson, Or.
"VV. M. H. Woodward, Portland....
Chinese Consolidated Benevolent
Association, Portland
A friend. Oregon City
Ejunda school. Terrabonne, Or....
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s.ou
3. HO
s.ot
2.60
- s.oo
5.00
20.00
1.26
52.57
S.0O
10.00
10.(0
50.00
5.00
10.00
5.00
5.00
117.50
2.20
4.05
Total 12.JOS.S4
TAmlatnffL
Approximate
value.
Previously acknowledged $28,615.34
U. C. Hughes, wasbougal, V asn.,
2 boxes groceries, 1 sack beans. .
Itoseburg citizens. Roseburg, Or.,
1 sack rice, 1 sack beans
Peoples Supply Company, Rose
burs, flour
Faculty of the Oregon Agricul
tural College, through Corvallls
Commercial Club. Corvallls, Or.,
invested In foodstuffs
Citizens of Corvallls. Or., through
Corvallls Commercial Club, quan
tity of food, clolinng, etc
Br. b. J. lioffin. Portland, print
ing bill paid by him personally
(printing receipts, cards and let
ter heads) M, V"
T. W. Sanders, Alderdale, wash.,
2 sacks flour - ;
John Kvenren. Warrenton. Or., 1
box wearing apparel
M. O. C. Duhliu, Mercer, Or.. 1
sack dried peas ......... .-
Laura Dunlin. Mercer, Or., 1 pack
ago clothing ..........
JJrs. E. A. Hughes, Gladstone, ur.
1 nackage bed covers.
merchandise
Mrs. Harrison. Oregon City,
package clothing ........
. ' . . T?2iir lunrlation
land. 3 sacas sail, - - -
..l S sacks rice, 17 sacks
flour, 3 bundles com flakes
X. M. A fcugene, or.,
ages Hour
C. C. C. lallas. Or.,
prunes
flour
1 box
"dr.I'i
Port-
31! pack-
12 sacks dried
Salem, Or., groceries and
CO.00
25.00
10.00
241.19
100.00
22.75
15.00
25.00
2.50
5.00
10.O4
1Q.00
135.00
86.00
T5.M
30.00
Total
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AD CLUB HOLDS LUNCHEON
President Baker Emphasizes Work of
. Commerce Committee.
The Portland Ad Club, with its
newly-elected officers, met at .Jts
luncheon yesterday in the Multnomah
Hotel -for the first time since the big
installation jinks last week.
President Baker was loud in praise
of his predecessor. Charles F. Berg, to
whom he attributed many of the pol
icies he has developed for his own administration
Mr. Baker emphasized the work of
the trade and commerce committees of
the club and urged that they give
careful attention to every movement
that may arise affecting the commer
cial and industrial development of the
city. .
Other speakers of the day were Har-
NAME change: di e to visits
TO DRUG STORK IN GOOD
OLI PROHIBITION
KASSAS.
iftsiitilii
V'no Bradley,
Prohibition changed the name
Charles, but now Uno, Bradley,
who, with ' his wife, Ted, is
visiting with J. J. . Carlin, 469
Flint street, while playing a
week at Pantages. . Bradley was
In Kansas when Mrs. Carrie
Nation was carrying on her cam
paign against bootleggers. Brad
ley one evening told a story con
cerning a patron of a drug store
who went into the store one even
ing and remarked: "You know.
Doc," and got a dark brown bot
tle. Bradley said that he went
in and the druggest said: "What
do you want?" -
"Blessed if I know," said
Bradley. "You know." Another
little brown bottle came across
the counter. The story was
such a hit that the nickname
"Uno" was attached to Bradley,
and, although this was 15 years
ago, the name still sticks.
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January
Clearances
No Let Up! Still Greater Pur
chasing Power to Your Dollars
January
Clearances
During this sale, in a great many instances, one dollar has the same purchasing powes as one dollar and a half and two dollars ordi
narily. At no time has "value-giving" meant so much to your purse as it does during this Meier & Frank January Clearance Sales.
IT IS A COLOSSAL HOUSE-CLEANING PROCEDURE IN EVERY NOOK
AND CORNER J0F THE STORE BY WHICH YOU MAY BENEFIT.
The world's markets of fer no more wonderful investments than are offered in this page from day to day. It is good business
to buy liberally, and this seems to be the opinion of thousands of citizens who have benefited by this best-of-all Clearance Sales.
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1887
Trl& Q.UALIT Y'.STO R.E OF PORTLAND
FRtrv, -Sixth, forriory Alder 3ta.
vey O'Bryan, G. D. Lee, G. A. Benedict,
Ur. J. F. Beaumont. William Whit
field. Roy Edwards, Miles Standlsh, S.
Hewitt, JN. u. Pike and C. V.
Cooper.
CANADIAN COIN BELOW PAR
Discount Rate of Clearing-House
Body Does Not Apply to Gold.
of
OCCUPANTS ARE SHIELDED
Persons Having Only Deed Not to
Dictate Type of Pavement.
utiiinn. nt nrooerty owners, ex
pressing a preference for a type of
pavement, the actual occupants who
havo bought the property by contract
are to be considered oetoro iei"
who holds the deed, according to a de-
r..hH bv the City Council yes
terday. The plan is to prevent the
holders of deeds to property sold by
contract on the installment plan from
dictating the class of pavement to be
laid.
It is- said on some occasions cases
have been found where large property
owners have dictated the class of pave
in. nt in a districftn spite of the fact
that that owner has disposed of all
his property by contract, reserving the
rioe.1 onlv as security. It is said the
hni.ir often has been Influenced
by the paving companies into signing
a "preferential petition for a nign
priced pavement. . x
NEW THEATER TAX LIKELY
Orilinmiee Vp for Third Reading
Puts Ban on Posters.
Prohibition of the indiscriminate
p..stinz of theater advertising matter
and revision of the license system
OEitin.xt theaters are provisions of an
ordinance which was passed to third
reading by the City Council yesterday
after being approved.
The measure, if finally passed, will
prohibit any theater from posting ban
ners, signs, posters or other advertis
ing matter on streets or vacant prop
erty except in glass-covered frames.
The license provision of the measure.
If passed, will reduce the total amount
of revenue now received by the city
from theaters. The ordinance makes
a fixed charge of $20 a year for each
theater, regardless of size. It then re
quires a payment or 10 cents a year
for each seat in the theater.
"HONOR BOY" MUST SERVE
ljirl Kiley Is Sentenced When He
Fulls to Make Good.
Karl Kiley. the "honor boy" who
failed to make. good, and his partner.
Joe Robson. must serve terms of one
to 10 years in the Penitentiary for
stealing an automobile two weeks ago.
They were sentenced by Circuit Judge
rvt! yesterday and will leave for Sa
lem 1 II CUSlWljr ui B a-ifuvj -J-"-"-- -
day.
Harold Kclland. arrested with. Riley
and Ronton, was given the same sen
tence, but was paroled because it was
his first offense. Riley ts 17 years old
smd has been under the supervision of
the Juvenilo Court or the State Train-
Canadian money, with the exception
gold, will no longer be taken at
par by Portland banks, 10 -members
the Clearing-House Asociatlon hav
ing taken this stand because of the
nusual financial conditions that pre
vail in Canada, due to the war.
A rate of discount has been adopted
at makes a Canadian silver dollar
orth 9t cents and a $3 Canadian bank
ote $4.95. Canadian banks have de
pleted their reserves in New York and
now they have to pay a premium on
ew York exchange. The discount was
put into effect when Portland banks
were charged this premium in doing
Canadian business.
JACOB KANZLER HONORED
Initialed Watch Fob Presented
Club to Retiring President.
by
When the board of trustees of the
Progressive Business Men's Club nret
yesterday for their last meeting of the
old administration, they presented 'the
retiring president of the ' club, Jacob
Kanzler, with a beautiful solid gold,
old-English initialed watch fob.
R. W. Nisbet, of Marshall Wells
Hardware Company, made the presenta
tion speech. He said: "Mr. Kanzler,
we cannot express adequately our sense
of appreciation for the time and energy
you have spent in our club matters, but
as a token of good fellowship and
friendship we want to present this
watch fob to you that you may be re
minded ever of the moulding and ce
menting of a friendship which will
stand forever." .
BRIDGE PLAN PRINTS OUT
Specifications for Interstate Span
' v Are Sent Likely Bidders.
Since the plans and specifications, for
the Interstate bridge were adopted a
week ago, 2500 blue prints of the plans
have been delivered to contractors in
all parts of the country, said E. E.
Howard, of Harrington, Howard &
Ash. consulting engineers, yesterday.
There are Surprints in tne complete
set of bridge plans, and more than 40
of these sets have been sent to pros
pective bidders. The prints are made
in Kansas City and sent out from the
home office of the consulting engineers.
Bids for tne Driage win e openea
February 23.
Like
Cuts
While They Last
Womeif
and Misses'
Suits
t'A-
at
OEike
S i - 11 Cuts
30.00 and Up to
39.50 Values
Fashioned of serges, gabardines, broadcloth and
cheviots in shades of navy, brown, green, plum and
the always-favored black. The models are all this sea
son's approved styles. The majority only one of a
kind, giving you some idea of the variety at your dis
posal. ' Fancy and plain tailored styles. Regular sizes
16 years to 44 bust extra sizes to 53 bust measure.
Clearance price, $14.25. :
- - Fourth Floor, Sixth-St. Bids.
House Dresses
1 SO, 1.75 and
2.25 Values,
Special at
98c
We have a broken assortment
of House Dresses that we
are including in one lot at
98. Made of splendid
grades of percales in pretty
striped effects and flannel
ette in checks and neat small
figures. . Sizes in group 36,
38 and 40 only.
The illustration shows one
of, the models. '
Fifth Floor, Slxth-St. Bldg.
Curtain
Scrims
18c20c and 25c Values'
in many effects, with col
ored borders. Will "wash.
Very serviceable. 1 O.
Yard for.. ..'.lC
Temporary Annex, ttth Fl.
4.50 Wool
Blankets
Light grey with fancy
colored border and bound
with two-inch silk binding.
Full mze. o A C
Each: J.0
Temporary Annex, Oth FI.
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Continuing
Today Our
Sale of 342
Pieces
FURNI-
ll
Grocery Specials
Beans
pound.
Large White' Beans,
5-pound cotton OA
sacks s6i7C
Salt Pork
Dry pickled cured, 1 C
aww
Molasses
Baking, No. 5 cans A.
29; No. 2 cans 1WC
Lentils
German style, 1 0 1
the pound. a 2C
Asparagus Tips
Hatchet brand. No. 1 square
.-ans. doz. 91.40; J 0 1
-S. M C
Pearl Barley
White, freshly milled.Q (S
four pounds for fiJC
Petite Prunes
Latest crop, small otf
size, six pounds for..C
Dried Peaches
California, thin- Off
skinned, 3 lbs. for..SJC
Butter
Butternut brand,
the roll
Apples v
For cooking.. (No "'phone
The box... 95c, 79c
60c
TURE
1
Jains
at&
Price
Odd Lots,
Discontinued.
Patterns
and Samples
Not a half-price sale of our
entire stock, but odd pieces
gathered from nearly every
section of our stock which we
wish to dispose of immedi
ately. .
Pick Out Anything
You See on Display
in This Special Lot,
Note the Price Tick
et Thereon, and Cut
One-Half 'Off the
Price.
All of this Furniture in this
HALF-PRICE SALE has been
assembled and classified into
separate sections one section
on each floor of our Furniture
Department. '
Temporary Annex
1
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Out-of-Town
MAIL ORDERS
Filled From .
This Ad
If Received Within Three
Days of Date of This
Paper
Ours is not exactly a mail order
"system" it is, rather, a systema
tized shopping service, which gives
the personal attention of a trained
shopper to every order.
Your order is studied and
promptly filled with as much "intel
ligent interest" as if you were here
yourself. "... v .
Should you come in person we
will be glad, upon request, to have
one of our experienced shoppers as
sist and conduct you' to any or
all of the 75 different departments.
There is no charge.
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That TRUNK Sale
Continues Today
Did you read the ad yesterday morning;? There are
some mighty big values waiting for you.
Temporary Annex, FlftK Floor.
January Clearance
Sale of Women's
$3 to $15 Fine
Neckwear, 1.59
. Reads like a misprint, doesn't it? But it is
not simply a big odd lot of HAND-EMBROIDERED
COLLARS, also real Filet Lace
Collars, which we are mighty anxious to clear
out immediately to make room for other goods.
3.50, to $4 Reaf Irish tZfn
Lace Collars, Special at O VJks
Three different styles in round collars. All
fine Irish thread work.
T6 $15 Real Irish and - QO
Cluny Lace Collars at J- sO
Also yokes and collar and cuff sets. A good
collection.
Up to 19.50 Real Irish O QO
Lace Collars, Special ZJO
Fine Irish coat collars and large size collars,
also Cluny yokes.
32 Pieces Finest Neck
wear at Exactly . . . .
Carrickmacross and Duchesse lace collars and
hand-embroidered novelties.
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I I vTI Pnrc " 00 grocery. Basement. Mxth-St. Bid sr. IV , mx r 10r, 9um.p1. iik. I
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ONLY CITIZENS MAY VOTE
To Make Anti-Alien Amendment Ef
fective by June Is Aim.
In accordance with the anti-alien
amendment . adopted by the voters ot
the state last November, only full-
fledged citizens-are to be permitted
to vote in the city election to be held
June. City Attorney IaKoche and
District Attorney Kvans. at a meeting
yesterday at the Courthouse, made
plans for a bill to be presented to the
Legislature making; the anti-alien act
operative.
It Is proposed 'to have the County
Clerk KO through the registration
books and strike out the names of all
unnaturalized persons who have been
permitted to vote up to this time.
Renting an Underwood Typewriter a
sound Investment, certain to Increase
your Income. "The Machine Tou Will
Eventually Buy." 8 Sixth Street. Adv.
FOUR AUTO DRIVERS PAY
SEVEN-DAY JAIL, SENTENCE IS PEN.
A1TT FOR RECKLESSNESS.
Trro Wn Tie Vp Can and Traffic
Needlessly Are Fined 950, bnt Cane
f Fourth In Continued. '
Four unruly automobile drivers yes
terday in the Municipal Court under
Judse-Stevenson paid the penalty for
flagrant violations of the traffic laws.
For driving west on the left side of
Alder-street near Twelfth Tuesday
night, W. S. McHugh, owner and gen
eral manager of the Marsh Printing
Company, who piloted his automobile
Into the machine of S. C. Morton, of
St. Helens received a sentence of seven
days in Jail for reckless driving. Mr.
McHugh admitted tha' he had had
three or four glasies of beer. McHugh ,
gave notice that he will appeal the
decision of the court and his bonH was
set at toOd.
When George Curray, driver of a fur
niture company auto van, blockedtraf
fic for four blocks along Union avenue
Tnesday night and defied motormen to
make him get off the car track, he did
not count upon Captain of Detectives
Baty and Harry P. Coffin, chairman of
the Safety-First Commission, being on
one of. the streetcars thus stalled.
After a night in jail he was fined 5,
but the fine was remitted. -
Disregarding the warning signal of
Traffic Officer Bender. Charles Nib
ling, a gardener, ran his automobile
into the rear of the machine owned
by A. Tobey Tuesday. . Nibllng asserted
he did not bear the signr' and the
case was continued for sentence.
Charged with blocking traffic along
Milwaukie street for nearly 26 blocks.
E. J. Bennett was fined 1 5. Bennett
drives an automobile of the street-
cleaning department. - t
Corn Growing Contest to Start.
The George Social and Commercial
near Sandy, to encourage the wider
production of corn in that suction. T.
W. Cross, agriculturist of the Port
land Railway, Light & Power Com
pany, delivered last week 150 pounds
of "Minnesota 23" corn seed at Ksta
cada. which will go to the growers of
the George district, and will be donated
to the clubs there for distribution.
There is much interest - among the
growers over the coming corn contest,
which will start this Spring and end
next Fall at the fair when the awards
will be made to those who make the
best showing of corn production. The
Minnesota corn seed is said to be the
best tor the purpose. A considerable
number ot farmers will enter the con
test. This contest originated at the
George Fair last Fall, which waa at
tended tiy Mr. Cross, J. P. Werlein and
ethers from Portland when seed for
the corn was offered.
French Inspect Horses In Klamatli.
KLAMATH "FALLS. Or, Jan. 20.
(Special.) T. Larregain and R. Parent,
representing the French government in
the purchase of war horses In this
Club- will hold a corn growing con- country, Sunday inspectea jvu neau at
test for 1915 in the George district,. .Merrill, purcnasing i oi tne numoer.
There are approximately 00 head being
offered by local stockmen for Inspec-
tion and sale. The price averages be
tween $75 snd flOO a hend.
GIRLS!
BEAUTIFUL
CHARMING
Hi
NO DANDRUFF -25 CENT DANDER1NE
Try This! Doubles Beauty
Your Hair and Stops It
Tailing Out
of
Tour hair becomes light, wavy, fluffy,
abundant and appears as soft, lustrous
and beautiful a a young girl's after
a "Danderine hair cleanse." Just try
this moisten a cloth with a little
Danderine and' carefully draw it
through your hair, taking one small
Etrand at a time. This will cleanse the
hair of dust, dirt and excessive oil
and In just a few "moments you have
doubled the beauty of your hair.
Besides beautifying the hair at once,
Danderine dissolves every particle of
dandruff: cleanses, purifies and Invig
orates the scalp, forever stopplug Itch
ing and falling hair.
But what will please you most will
be after a few weeks' use when you
will actually Fee new hair fine and
downy at first yes but really new
hair growing all over the acalp. If
you care for pretty, soft hair and lot
of it surely get a 26-cent bottle of
Knowlton's Danderine from any drug
glt or toilet counter, and lust try It.
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