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18 -THE MORNING OREGONIAX. MONDAY, JANUARY SftV'1913. RAILROAD MEN DO HONOR 10 EX-CHIEF Funeral of William D. Scott Is Attended by Heads of Transportation Lines. FLAG IS AT HALF MAST '.F.mblem Over Pittock Block Lowered for ! Pastor Speaks or Char acter and Accomplishment. . Floral Tributes Abundant., Funeral services in memory of the lute 'William T. Scott, general manager of the Spokane. Portland & Seattle Railway, were held yesterday afternoon 'at Finley' undertaking establishment. Fifth and Montgomery streets, and were attended by a' notable gathering 'of prominent railroad men from all , parts of the Northwest. Men long as sociated with Mr. Scott rn the operation or the Great Northern Railway system came long distances to pay him honor. From St. Paul. Spokane. Montana points and Seattle, as well as other railway point, came two cars of offi cials, while local transportation com panies, both the- Great Northern -and other lines, were represented largely. " Casket Banked In Flowers. '. Not only was the funeral marked by' a large attendance, but the casket was surrounded by handsome floral pieces and the entire chapel was a bower of flowers. Dr. J. H. Boyd, pastor or the First Presbyterian Church, of which Jifr. Scott was a member, conducted the services. During the ceremonies Mrs. Frank B. Deem sang "Nearer, My God, to Thee" and "The Ixrd Is My Shep herd." Mrs. Hartridge Whipp being the accompanist. Dr. Boyd took 'or his theme the di vine meaning of life, its object and ac complishment." lie said the building of character was the purpose of the Cre Htor and only by human life. Us trials and strusgles, may this be achieved. Immediately following the services nt the chapel the body was taken to the . Portland Crematorium for the final rites. Active pallbearers yesterday were: E. li Lillie. Spokane; W. C. Wilkes. John Dickson, G." E. Johnson. .V J. Davidson and F. A. Bratnerd. all of Portland. Honorary pallbearers were: J. H. O'N'eil, Seattle: E. C. Ulanchard. Tacoma: J. P. O'Brien. W. F. Turner, ,W. D. Skinner and Aler M. Lupfer, of Portland. , ' Flag la at Half mast. Tn honor of Mr. Scott the flag on the Plttock building, headquarters of the . Spokane. Portland & Seattle Railway, where the late general manager had his office, was at half mast yesterday. Of ficials from outside points representing the Great Northern were: George H. Emerson, general manager, St. Paul: J. H. O'Neil. general superintendent, and Mrs. O'Neil. Seattle: M. J. Costello, as sistant traffic manager, Seattle; F. V. Brown, attorney, Seattle; H. A. Kim ball, itesistant general freight agent, Seattle: C. W. Meldrura, assistant gen eral passenger agent, Seattle; F. W. Graham. Western industrial and immi gration agent. Seattle: Joseph Weber, ' agent. Seattle: T. B.- Peg-nan. superin tendent of- terminals. Seattle: William Kelly, general master mechanic, Spo kane; T. J. Clark, master mechanic Spo kane division. Spokane; C. H. Putnam, superintendent of shops, Hillyard; F. S. Elliott, general .superintendent, and Mrs. Elliott. Great. Falls. Mont.; F. Van Sant, superintendent Victoria & Sidney Railway. Victoria, B. - G; George Stewart, superintendent, Spokane: Hi nam Hayes, storekeeper, Spokane; Wal ter Clark, test Inspector. Seattle; Major A. M. Anderson, right-of-way agent, Spokane; T. G. Hastie, assistant engi neer. Spokane; John Cantlon, car fore man, Hillyard; S. Corrlgan, trainmaster, Everett; J. E. Brawley. passenger con- - ductor. Spokane; Al Miller, passenger conductor. Seattle: J. C. Devery. chler dispatcher. Everett; Robert Brown, master carpenter. Everett: W. A. Skel . ly. general yardmaster, Everett; A. E. JfoCabe. car distributor, Everett; J. J. Davis, assistant chief special agent, Seattle: Lem Shortridge. manager relay telegraph office. Seattle; Oscar S. Bowen. assistant engineer. Seattle; Dr. . W. Hoxsey. physician. Leavenworth D. W. McArthur. agent. Interbay; A, McCausttand. car foreman, Everett: F. Neff. car foreman. Everett: Tom Roope. engineer. Everett: Irving Tegthelr. en crlncor. Everett: M. J. Flannigan, mas tcr mechanic Cascade division, Ever ett; J. E. Brawley. passenger conduc tor. Spokane; C E. Datmyde, export Import agent, Seattle. Northern Pacific Railway representa tives from, outside points and others were: George T. Reld. assistant to the president, Tacoma: E. C. Blanchard, general manager. Tacoma: Waldo G. Paine, vice-president Spokane & Inland Empire Railway. Spokane; E. E. Lillte, superintendent Spokane & Inland Em pire Railway; Spokane; H. Powell, resi dent engineer Spokane A Inland Em pire Railway. Spokane; Captain James Griffith. Seattle: A. F. Coates. presi dent Washington Portland . Cement Company, Seattle: C. T. Takahashi, president Oriental-American Bank. Se attle: T. T. Idzumi. manager Oriental Trading Company, Spokane, and F. M. Stuilley, manager Nippon Yusen Kal- sha. Seattle. POSTMASTERS' TEST SET Applicants for Places In Six Towns to Be Held February 20. The United States Civil Service Com mission announces that a fourth-class postmaster examination will be held February 20 for the purpose of estab lishing eligible registers from which selections may be made to fill positions at $500 per annum or more in the fol lowing named Oregon cities: Glendale. Hammond, lone. Merlin. New Pine Creek and Oswego. These examinations are open only to persons who reside within the territory of the office at which appointments are to be made and who meet the other requirements of the regulations. Appli cations may be obtained from the post masters at the offices for which ex aminations are announced or from the United States Civil Service Commission. Washington. D. ,C Applicants are urged to file their applications at once. Y. M. C. A. Boys Hold Election. The various departments of the Boys' Council of the Young Men's Christian Association held their regular semi annual election Saturday with the fol lowing result: High school students, I'aul Stone defeated Howard Wersch kul: business boys. A. Dean Van Landt defeated Oliver Bacon and Robert Vial: business boys, B. Earl Clark defeated Wilbur Hood: Intermediate. Haddon Hockley defeated Edgar Wertheimer. Karl Du Bois and Clinton Rapp: juniors, Vhesier Froude defeated Emlllo Plluso xtid Van Moorehead. The live boya re ceiving the highest vote of their re-'i jpertive clubs were elected to the council. I LEADING WOMAN OF BAKER ! niYTn RPf:i' rphp i i?s a I c I - - . -.i. ' : v ; ' t i v ' y 1 1 p" JSI J""Mn'n'nn lllliltj j j CORA BELLE BOXS1E, "WHO 'UILI, APPEAR AS "GLAD." IS Cora Belle Bonnie Returns v Shine Here Again. to GREAT PLAY TO BE NEX -Favorite to Take Role of "Glad" tn "The Dawn of a Tomorrow,", In Which She Scored ' Great Success, In "Spokane. . Cora Belle Bonnie. Leading woman of the Baker Players, returned to. Port land last night direct from Spokane, where for the past two months she had headed George I Baker's stock company'. Miss Bonnie returns to Port land to complete the season as leading woman for the. local company, and this morning she will begin rehearsals oi "The Dawn of a Tomorrow," Frances Hodgson Burnett's play, which will oDen next Sunday afternoon. Miss Bonnie will play tne roie oi Glad," the interpretation of which created a veritable sensation in Spo kane several weeks ago when the play waa oroduced there. Miss Bonnie s rare characterization of the little Lon don waif made famous by Gertrude El liott (Lady Forbea-Kobertson) was factor in Manager Baker's decision to bring Miss Bonnie back to Portland before the Lenten season.- Miss Bon nie's nortraval of "Glad" was heralded by the Spokane critics as one of the most artistic ever presented in mat cltv. Miss Bonnie opened ner season ai the Baker Theater - In Portland last Sentember. it being her first appear ance on the Pacific coast, tone nas heretofore played almost continuously in the East and South. Her Intimate acquaintance with the people and ways of the far Southern States has left a fetching influence in her typically Hoosler speech and characteristics, which she puts to good use in some of her favored roles. Manager Baker yesterday announced a list of plays In which Miss Bonnie would appear. They include "The Dawn of a Tomorrow." next week, and The Parish Priest," "Sherlock Holmes and "Secret Service to follow imme diately. Mls Bonnie e mother, whose nome v. Indiana. Joined her at Spokane last week and will visit In .Portland lor ind next few weeks. JITNEY DRIVERS UNITE Association Formed With Members Paying In $2 Weekly. An informal meeting of the jitney bus drivers was held at the offices of the Auto Bus Company yesterday morn ing. Nearly all jitney bus operators in the ritv were represented, and it was decided to form an association confin ing all organizations. The following resolution was aaopiea: That the Auto Bus Company, organ- lied bv M. C. Boothe. and the Jitney Auto Bus Company, organized by C. E. Beach and E. E. Gerlinger, be consoli dated, M. C. Boothe to actas president and general manager." Each driver agreed to pay z a wees, 1 of which Is to be used to create a sinking fund to pay for property and liability damage, the other $1 to go to the support of attorneys, traffic man ger, service car, signs, legislation, etc in addition to the Jl paid by each member into the sinking fund, all money received from Ones for the violation or rules and ordinances which may be im posed by the members of the associa tion will be put into the sinking fund. as well as the S15 initiation fee. which will be charged after the charter has been closed with 100 members. NEW PASTOR IS INSTALLED Presbytery Gives Ttosc City Park Charge to Kev. J..M. Skinner. Rev. John M.' Skinner, who preached Ms first sermon as pastor of the-Kose ity rark Presbyterian Church January A PLAYERS, wrfo RETURNED TESTER veto tiii? n aotw nr a TdMnnunw " 3, was installed officially as.pastor yes terday afternoon by a committee from the Portland Presbytery in the presence of a. large congregation. Rev. A. L. Hutchinson, of the Third Presbyterian Church, and moderator of the Portland Presbytery, presided. Rev. Henry Mar- cotte, of the Westminister Presbyte rian Church,, delivered the installation sermon. . Rev. Mr. Bkinner came to the Rose City Park Church from the Memorial Presbyterian Church, of Detroit. The Rose City Park Church has 300. mem bers. '- . HUBBARD FUND GROWING Film Proceeds at Heilig to Aid Fam ily of Dead Game Warden. I. N. Fleischner, chairman of the committee in charge of the Arthur S. Hubbard memorial fund, yesterday received a check for J30.45 from George C. La. Snyder, secretary of the Salem Lodge of Elks, and a draught for J25 from M. R. Spaulding, secre tary of the Portland Lodge. - Several prominent people of Port land have notified Mr. Fleischner that subscriptions are awaiting for the fund and he already has collected a con siderable sum. The receipts yesterday from the. motion pictures by State Game Warden William L. Finley, which close their run at the Heilig Theater. will be turned into the fund for the family of the deputy game warden who was killed while on his duty in- South ern Oregon. SALESMANSHIPS SUBJECT K. C. Dolbin, In Y. M. C. A. Lecture, Says "Don't Be Talkative." R. C. Dolbin, superintendent of Lip- man, Wclfe & Co.. addressed tne Young Men's Christian Association Friday evening, on "Training For Ef ficiency." Mr. Dolbin dwelt on suc cessful salesmanship, saying that effi ciency was divided into tw parts, physical and mental, and that -ethers added a third, spiritual. 'A talkative salesman loses custo mers. Ho snould be one part taiK ana nine parts thought,, said Mr. Dolbin. Mr. Dolbin concluded nis aavice. say ing that a good salesman was like a good cook he created an appetite when the buyer was not hungry. 4 MANAGER OP PORT OP PORT LAND CRITICALLY ILL. i . , Marcus Talbot. Marcus Talbot, manager of the Port of Portland and well known on . account of his active work in connection with various steam " ship companies, is critically ill at his residence, 323 East Twelfth street North. Mr. Talbot's complaint is heart trouble. Serious throat trouble folowed the other malady - and three weeks ago he went to Cal ifornia for his health. He re turned last Sunday and has not been out of bed since. Dr. W. S. Knox is attending Mr. Talbot and Captain E. S. Edwards. United States Inspec tor, an intimate friend, remained at Mr. Talbot's residence last night. Mr. Talbot came to Portland from Seattle in June, 1905, to manafe The Dalles. Portland & Astoria Navigation Company. DREADED VEEK OF SCHOOL TESTS High School Students Face Examinations Before Day of Diplomas Arrives. CLASSES BIG FOR SEASON Girls, as-Usual, Outnumber Boys. .Many of Both Sexes Work to Pay for Schooling and Majority Will Go On to Colleze. The present week will be critical and arduous for 185 seniors in the three oldest Portland high schools, for final examinations form the principal order of business. If all ends well, the open ing days of next week will mark a glorious closing of a happy and Important- epoch in their lives, for di plomas are now being written out lor the entire 185 and, bailing the accident of an' occasional failure that Is perhaps feared by even the best student, each or the "sheepskins" will be handed out with the usual ceremony and applause. The present February graduating classes are noteworthy in several re spects. A large number of the students have Worked their way through high school and a great majority are deter mined to go on to college. Following the general custom" of the past few years, the girls, who;, as usual, out number the boys, are planning to ap pear at the graduating exercises next week in simple frocks, many of which were manufactured by hemselves in the domestic classes at school. GIrIa Outnumber Boya. None of the February classes are nearly so large as the classes which finish In June, which is the normal time to conclude -the courses, but the number in the classes this year is above the February, average. At Jefferson High School .0 are scheduled for graduation, 30 being boys and 40 girls. . They are younger than those of last year's class, the youngest being 17 years old. A large number, at least a majority, have no tlfied Hopkin Jenkins, the principal, of their intention to enter college, tne lo cal Institutions being favored in most instances. The graduating address, Thursday night, February i, will be delivered by A. F. Flegel. Democratic nominee for Congress at the November lection, whose daughter is a memDer of the class. ' " Of the 63 who hone to be graduates at " the Washington High School, all xcept 1G have assured t. ti. aera- man. the principal, that they will enter college. One or two are planning to go- to Eastern Institutions next Fall, but the others will attend either the University of Oregon, the University of Washington. Oregon Agricultural College. University of California, Stan ford University or Reed College. Many Pay for Schooling;. A good many of the graduates, I should say practically two-thirds ot them, have worked their way through school," said Mr. Herdman yesterday. This estimate does not include some thA e-lric who have helped tneii mothers with the work at home, a val uable service that is seldom advertised to the public But, In spite or the lim ited opportunities girls, as compared with boys, have to earn money, a largj number have been doing so." The exercises at Washmtgon win oe hM Wednesday night. February 3. and Dr. John H. Boyd has been .invited to deliver the charge to the class. About 51 or 52 will be graauaieu from the Lincoln High School, ac- nnrfin? to the closest estimate T. 1. Davis, principal; could arrive at yes tar,iav of the number a good percent. age plan to go to college, he says, and a large number have worked their way or have done something to.Jielp t.ielr parents pay the necessary expenses of schooling. In age tne class averages nhrtiit 1ft VftftrS. President Foster, oi rteea wouege, as been invited to deliver the gradu- ting address at the exercises, -rueauay ight, February 2. REED TESTS ON TODAY DIFFERENT METHODS PURSUED BY PROFESSORS IN EXAMINATIONS. Honor System Applied Exclusively and any Violation Are Dealt With by the Student Body. " Reed College Is heralded as being free and unhampered by tradition, but in Ktiita of this the faculty is still of the notion that twice a year a week should be set aside for the sole pur pose of finding out how much knowl edge the students have absorbed from the Jectures, readings and recitations. The semester examinations begin to morrow and then a new start will be tnnde bv everyone on the next semester. This is the time when practically all of the students are wailing over the wasted hours. Examinations in Reed' College are far from being a joke. Different in structors have different methods. Dr. Griffin, in the mathematics department, allows the students to bring all the books, worked-out problems and notes that the student can carry. After this seeming kindness he bands out a list of problems that are a real test of the student's ability in mathematics. The best students in the class have a fair chance ot finishing all but one or two of the problems. One class in the physics department has had its examination questions for a week or two and is welcome to any help that can be obtained from books. In the economics department the stu dent is usually allowed to write an hour each on three questions which he may choose from a list of six or seven. All of the examinations are conduct ed on the Reed honor principle and there are no proctors around. Offenses against the honor spirit are handled by the student council. PERS0NAMVIENTI0N. F. Dement, of Bend, is at the Carlton. ' L. A. James, of Gervais, is at the Im perial. Charles. D. Scott, of Seattle, is at the Seward. G. F. Balderee, of Dallas, is at the Seward. E. H. Simms, of Tacoma, is at the Oregon. J. W. Greenes, of Spokane, Is at the Oregon. L. D. Wheatley, of Bend, Is at the Carlton. . W. F. Hunt, of Albany, is at the Carlton. A. W. Stone, of Hood River, i at the Nortonia. . L. S. Downing, of Roseburg, is at the Nortonia. Clqrk W. Thompson, of . Cascade Locks, was at the Multnomah yester day. V.. L. Derby, of McMInnville, Is at the Imperial. ; " H. L. McAllister, of Lexington, Is at the Perkins. Lloyd Scriber, of La Grande, Is at' the Nortonia. Paul Brooks, of. Boise, Idaho, Is at the Cornelius. Charles t. Lamb, of The Dalles, is at the Cornelius. J. H. Gray, of San Francisco, is at the Cornelius. ' - ' Mark Paulin is registered at the Ore gon from Tacoma. E. G. Price, of Eugene, 'was at the Perkins yesterday. John Eister is registered at the Nor tonia rrom Astoria. C. J. Moore js registered at the Cor nelius from. Rainier. . Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Sanders, of Salem, are at the Imperial. W. N. Long ig registered at the Mult nomah from Marshfield. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ott, or Oregon City, are at the' Seward, F. W. Harril Is registered ' at the Carlton from San Francisco. W. P. Emore registered yesterday at the Perkins from Brownsville. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Porter, of Lewis ton. Idaho, are at the Multnomah. K. Stewart, director of athletics at the Oregon Agricultural College, is at the Oregon. W. C. Knighton. State Architect, was registered at the Seward yesterday from &alem. .... CHICAGO. Jan. 24. The following from Portland are registered at Chicago hotels: Morrison. G. E. Paddock; La Salle, O. H. Flthlan. ' " LONG DISPUTE MAY END COl'NCIIi TO TRY TO 8ETTI,B BISIA PAVIXG FIGHT.' Effort to Be Made to Require Property Owners to Pay for Blocks Laid In 1903 and 5w Worn Out. After 11 years of bickering before the City Council and In the courts over the question of.assessing property own ers " on - Alblna avenue, from"" Rivers street to I'age street, for the coat of wood-block paving kiid there In J03, an effort is to be made tw the City Council to adjust -the marter at special meeting- this afternoon and finally to require the property owners to pay. A total of $20,000 is involved The city has been carrying this cost and paying interest at-the rate of 6 per cent a year. In the meantime the paving has been worn out. At the time the pavement was laid property owners, through Ralph Duni- way. attorney, objected to the class of work and to the method of assessment. The case went lnte the Supreme Court and the Council was ordered to make & reassessment of the cost. This was done and again the property owners objected, and again the case went into the Supreme Court. ' It came from the court about a month ago. The court ruled that the property owners had not had a proper hearing 11 years ago and instructed the present Council to hear them. - So the Council will grant the request. , Tuesday afternoon the same question will be considered at a special meet ing In regard to the pavement laid in Karl street from Milwaukie street to East Twentieth street. This has gone through the same process as the other case, having been before the State Supreme Court twice. There is 17000 involved in this case. On Thursday afternoon the Council will hear the third case, which has been pending since 1907, Involving $12, 000. This is in regard to objections to assessments made against property for the cost of a fill on East Oak street, between Union avenue and East Sixth street. ' . Many objections were made to- this and Ihis case also has gone the rounds of . the ' courts. In each case Ralph Duniway has been the attorney for the property owners. The city paid the cost of the improvements pending set tlement of the cases. The Interest on the amounts outstanding for the three improvements has amounted to about $22,000, HISTORICAL BOOK INDORSED High Praise Given learned" 0 Work Xow Being Distributed. A host of the readers of The Orego nian have secured Larnod's History of the World by means of the coupon offer printed elsewhere In today's Iwssue and they are voicing a genuine enthusiasm in their appreciation of the remarkable opportunity. They are showins the work to their friends and urging- them to lose no time in obtaining the best history of the world ever published, at a cost that makes it almost a gift. This is the latest work by Josephus Nelson Larned, who wrote the famous History for Ready Reference, in more general use than any work of its kind ever published. The years of Industrious toil spent on that wonderful produc tion laid the foundation for the history which this paper is now offering to its readers. There are five volumes In a beautiful de luxe style of binding, near ly 2000 pages and over 150 illustrations in half tones and colors. The coupon elsewhere in today's paper explains the generous terms of our distribution. Dr. Frank l Loveland, pastor of the First Methodist Church, 'finds Larned's History of the World of interest not alone for the fact but for the romantic style In which it is written. He writes: Permit me to give this indorsement of Larned's History of the World. This is a good work which makes history read like a romance' "Larned's five-volume history of the world gives the busy man a brief epitome of mankind from the earliest records down to 1914." said F. S. Myers, postmaster, alter perusing -tne volumes. The books can be procured at the book department of the Meier & Frank Company, Olds, vvortman & King and the J. K. Gill Company, also at The Oregonian office. . . MEN'S REFORM DESCRIBED Y. M. C. A. Learns How Wanderers -Are Saved" by Salvation Army. How men are taken rrom the gutter and remade, afterwards attaining suc cess in business or proressional life, was described effectively before several hun dred men at the T. M. C. A. yesterday by Staff Captain Andrews, of the Salva tion Army. In explaining his success in the refor mation of hundreds in the poverty stricken districts of the city. Captain Andrews said: "The power that created the world and gave man dominion over it can take him from the lowest depths of sin and remake his life. That power is dally at work in .Portland. In the tast 25 years the population of uermany oas increased xrom 4H.uuu,uou to CASTOR I A For InfaaU and Children, The Kind YooKare Always Bought Bears the Signature, of I ttO ll f-3 lZZZ IF r IT! ! ! " I T If si lijltaiii ttuw-ii,,.,, m.M ililLJl J UiJU JJ IS07 The QjualitV Store or Portland rVUv. xlvlorrtonAIfarSta. Pure Food Specials From the Meier & Frank Grocery Store BUCKWHEAT.l.V,,1,: Eastern, finest milled. 49c No. 9 sack. MAPLE SYRUP, brand" -T.Ss Gallons cans A HAM Vc tor grade. Well iniuvt cured and smoked, the pound... 18c GLUTEN FLOUR, nVi.S.1! sacks 91.95, No. 6 sacks 3 1 PCTTIinHNBre-fcr-'t I 1.1 I IJWIIll V Feod.l T1 new shipment, pkg. X ff 2 V tnent, reakl M A I T Breakfast Food, n.ni-i v package. ermont, ne20c RICE FLOURjfrfuers'.on" etc.. No. jM: package.. iC RAPDN Victor, six to elght DnuUH, pound strips, whole or one-half strip, O?-. IS the pound... 4aUl long, dozen XVIC Telephone Orders taken after 8 A. M. by experienced grocery salespeople. Haartnenl. SUth-M. Hlda. 32 RESCUE PLA N DRAWN Naval Militia Changes Sought to Avert Disbandment. FORMATION STAGE OVER Officers Believe in Reduction or Rank and Appropriation and In crease of Crew Xeeded to Save Organization for State. Complete reorganization of the Ore gon Naval Militia will be presented In the Legislature the coming week as the logical alternative of disbandment. Admitting that the Naval Militia has not measured upao the highest possible standard of efficiency In the past, ac tive officers of the organization have DreDared a substitute bill to that passed by the Senate last week doing away with the naval force, ana win urge its adoption. As explained by Lieutenant com mander G. F. Blair, the local organisa tion has passed through its formative stages and the material Is available. If properly utilized, to build up an effi cient and effective auxiliary naval force baaed on the minimum of of ficers and the maximum of crew. Among those available for commissions re ex-naval officers and men who nave had actual service with the American fleet. All who are not competent to serve as officers are to be eliminated under the reorganization plan, it Is explained. Duty to Fall on Adjntant-General. Under the reorganization plan drawn up yesterday, full authority is placed in the hands of the Uovernor, ex-officlo ommander-in-chief of the land and naval forces of the state. Thus the :arrying out of the reorganization plan would fall largely upon the Adjutant-General, who would be responsible for the future conduct and activity of the organization. Authority is given to remove supernumerary officers and to reduce the rank of any other officers with the end in view of placing the Naval Militia in the same status as a imilar force of the United States Navy. Reduction of the appropriation Is alsp provided for. a total sum of 15. 000 for the biennlum being asked. The last appropriation was $24,000. The mailer sum. active line officers agree. will serve to tide the Naval Militia hrough under a programme of strict economy and a vigorous weeding out ofx high-ranking officers and other needless luxuries. Government sup port will also be available for the or ganization in making the annual cruise. This cruise will be taken on a cruiser especially detailed for that purpose by the Navy Department and probably will be held in July if the Naval Militia Is continued by the state. Governor Said to Approve, Governor Withycombe, it Is said, has expressed himself as being most favor able to the Naval Militia plan, provid ed a higher standard can be reached by -the local organization. The Navy Department has rallied to the rescue in forceful manner, pointing out that additional Federal support will be given and that the Naval Militia can HERE'S A NOVEL, EASY PLAN TO INSURE YOURSELF PLENTY OF MONEY FOR NEXT CHRISTMAS SHOPPING This plan is a club by which we help you to save money for Christmas. You pay in a small amount for fifty weeks, then two weeks before next Christmas we will mail each member a Christmas savings check for their savings, according to the class they join. You cannot lose, even if you do not keep up the payments. All you pay in comes back to you two weeks before Christmas. You can start with as small amount as five cents. You can join as many clubs as you choose. Come in and enroll today or inquire about anything you do not understand. Merchants National Bank FOURTH AND WASHINGTON STS. m I 1913 irUTIIP imported. Ger LLilllLOfinanatyle, OI the pound L 2C HFin RIPP .J . fL'c- "'"-IP o u n o on- r cloth sack I" BunER,8brja,nd;ront59c CEYLON TEA, "i rVnd". first pickings, at, theJQ pound H7C I.4HXDRT HKLPW NAPTHAS0AP,bVralnde.4e; six bars I YE American grade, OC Lit, three cans for...a3C GLOSS OTARCH, ';f pound wooden boxes. 0C WHITE SOAP,; nix bars fafC CANDLES.Sl.ctrTctt four and one-quarter 1 ft be made of great service In providing a reserve force of trained men for pos sible war use. That gross unfairness has hr- re sorted to by opponents of the Nrh1 Militia In reeking to bring about Ha abolishment Is charged by line oftl'Tr. who aver that the good points of the organization have never been lunched upon. ' The fact that there are inure than 100 active worker in the fon-e has been Ignored or overlooked In I ho opposition. It la charged, ami I ho charges of extravagance given full air ing. These line officers do not rullv earnestly to the support of the tll regime of two years ago, hut thry do say that there Is enough good In Ihu present organization to afforl the nucleus for reorganization and devel opment. RECIPROCAL TARIFF URGED Canners Want Way Opened to honlh American Market. At Its annual meeting held at the Imperial Hotel Saturday the North west Canners' Association voted to 'k the Congressional delrgallons of Ore gon and Washington to work for the establishment of reciprocal tariff re lations with South and Central Ameri can countries and establishment of banking ractlillea- conducted under the supervision of our Government. The association also la working on system or sanitary regulations and inspection which It hones to see enaet- ed Into law to govern the operation or fruit and vegetable canneries. The association was organised only year ago, but it now Includes In It membership all the indegwndent fruit and vegetable canneries In Oregon and bouthweat Washington. The following oflicers were elected for the year: 1'reslrient, J. o. Holt. r Eugene; vice-president. J. W. Cham bers, of Newberg. and heeretary-trcaa- urer, II. C. Atwell. of Forewt Grove. STUDENTS GET RARE TREAT Musical Hcoltul at Columbia Theater Attended by More Tlmn 1000. More than 1000 hlnrh iM-honl M'Mcnt and representatives of the vitrloii ttiu flea, organization of thin rlty iUcihIi1 the econi of a xnriv of orirtin rrriinl.1 given under the mistnloen of the nrfpnn Chapter, American i;ti!l! of OrgHniMtj, in the Columbia Theater Saturday. William H. Boone wan the rcltnllM. nd he played three numbers. iMn Frederick W. Goodrich, of Orrgnn Chapter, gave a talk and announced that the next recital would bo In-M the latter part of February. Following the recital, the film ver sion of the Opera "Mignon," bv A in - brolae Thomas, produced by the CrI Ifornla Motion Picture Corporation, wan exhibited. The nverturo from the opera and Incidental music of the opera was played during the exhibition of the production by Fred Scholl, the reg ular organist at the Columbia. This production will bo the regular release at this theater on February 7. J.ajmen to Kntertaln HUhop. The men of Portland who wth to meet the Right Rev. Wiilter TayTnr Sumner, the newly Instated iflshop of the Diocese of Oregon, wiJI have an op portunity to do so at a Is y men's popu lar dinner to be held ml the Multnomah Hotel on Thursday evening. February 4, when It la expected that the Htnliop will speak. A committee of Kplscop! laymen are In charge of the arrange ments. The dinner will commence et 6:8f and pint are 1 Oft each.