MORNING OREGONIAN,
COMBINE 1ST PAY
irom the preceding year. Multnomah
County, with a decrease of more than
$10,000,000. leads. Other counties hav
ing decreased valuations are Clatsop,
Crook, Klamath. Lake, Marion. Wal
lowa and Wasco. The decrease in
Crook is accounted for by the fact that
the county lost a portion of its terri
tory when Jefferson County was
formed. -
The county valuations so far received
are:
Baker, $18,400,340: Benton, s.11.242,710:
Clackamas, 24,24J,2o0; Clatsop. $1S.USS.1'J2;
Columbia, 15.0.S7.:2;; Crook, $...2.8U.':
Douglas. 27.22,SH5: Gilliam. $B.S4S.40S;
Grant, il.4i.7.'J.Xl; Harney, $S.131.$4:S; Jack
son. s.::il.4:!0; Josephine, Js.B0B..-,i0:
Klamath. 14.4O0. 104 ; Lake. S9.:;l.::o:i;
Iane. $:;.". 40- Lincoln, ?i.422,U8l: Linn,
$2f,.i71,iWt: Malheur, .IS.7:tO ; Marion.
$-17.119.VWj; Morrow. $0,7:tJ.7--'!; Multno
mah, SL'StS.SSS.L'.Vt; Polk. fl2.7U4.110: Sher
man. $,'J.-.7.04O: Tillamook, 20.::l,iS5;
Cnion. 1,067.97K; Wallowa. 10.S2S.tj5o .
Our Tearoom is a favorite
with all who enjoy daintily
served foods, amid pleasant
surroundings.
MAIL ORDERS filled from
this and all our ads if re
ceived within three days
of date.
Cafeteria in the basement
for those who like a well'
cooked, quickly served, ap
petizing meal.
Quarterly License Required of
Grocers' Association.
Tnauguration Month gees JJs Rusier Than T?,ver -
The new,xmplete store sees larger, fuller stocks of desirable merchandise than ever before "
its brightness and newness are infectious. Our salespeople have caught the spirit of enthusiasm and helpfulness
nt!w t? 5 m & ' dMESSd the best real values-
MEMBERS PROTEST CHARGE
Selling Information Is Basis ot Act
by Council Mr. Bigelow Is Said
to Have 1'atlicrcd Movement
Out of Revenge.
and advanced prices"7 m Whih W6 are able to offer yu todav in face of "filove shortage
PROMINENT FILM MAX MO.V
ORED BY Bl'SI.NESS
ASSOCIATES.
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Attempts on the part of License Col
lector Hutchinson and City Commis
sioner Bigelow to force tho Portland
lletail Grocers' Association to pay a
quarterly license of 25 and to pay
the license on that basis for several
years back resulted yesterday in the
City Council deciding to subject the
association to a license of $12.50 a quar
ter, without exacting any fee for time
past. Although no mention of it was
made before the Council yesterday, it
has been charged by members of the
association that the sudden demand for
a. license fee is a result of the attack
of members of the Grocers' Associa
tion against the public market, which
is in charge of Mr. Bigelow.
At first it was insisted that the as
sociation comes under a provision of
the city's license code requiring a li
cense of $25 a quarter and that the
association has been doing- business in
this class for several years. Payment
of the fee from now on and for the time
the association has been ilk business
in tho past was asked. The associa
tion refused to pay and recently was
threatened with prosecution.
Charge In Contested.
The association contended that It
was organized to furnish information
to members regarding the credit of
matrons of grocery stores, and that the
association is not a profit-making in
stitution, although information is fur
nished to others outside of members for
a fee. It was the fee system that
placed the association in the class of
businesses subject to the $25 license,
according to License Collector Hutchin
eon. The members of tho association, af
ter being threatened with- prosecution,
conferred with Commissioner Baker
and he referred them to City Attorney
LaRoche. It was contended by mem
bers that the sudden activity of the
license collector was occasioned by the
opposition to the jublic market and
was a matter of revenge inspired by
Commissioner Bigelow.
Mr. Hutchinson was called before the
City Council yesterday and asked to
explain why the license was required
at this time, rather than heretofore.
Mr. Hutchinson declared that he has
been after the association a"or a long
time and has been particularly insist
tent since it has become known that
the association furnishes information
to others than members.
Council Fixes License.
J. W. Caldwell, of the association,
declared before the Council that the
association is not a profit-making in
stitution and is merely an organization
maintained for the protection of
Kroc-ers from "dead beats." He said
the association has a monthly deficit
instead of a profit.
The majority of the Council decided
that the association should from now
on pay a reasonable license and fixed
it at $12.50 a quarter. The license
is agreeable to Mr. Caldwell.
ORDER ENJOINS POLIGE
MAYOR TKI.I.S CHIEF CLARK TO
AWAIT COURTS DECISION.
Sunday CloftlnK I -aw Enforcement by
City Officers Stayed by Recent In
junction Forbidding; Arrests.
Not until the present injunction and
whatever other injunctions may be
pi-anted against the enforcement of
.Sunday closing law are dissolved will
the police try to enforce the provis
ions of the law, according to announce
ment made yesterday by Mayor Albee.
A report to the effect that orders have
been given Chief of Police Clark to
enforce the law regardless of the in
junction was denied by Mayor Albee
yesterday.
"1 have given no such orders to Chief
of Police Clark or anyone else," said
Mayor Albee. "I had a conference with
City Attorney LaHoche and Chief of
Police Clark this morning and the
subject was discussed with the result
that no action will be taken until the
injunction is disposed of. However if
the closing law is held to be valid it
will be enforced as far as I am con
cerned." City Attorney LaRoche said yester
day that the police would be in con
tempt of court to try to enforce the
law with the injunction against it. He
said the police in enforcing such a
measure are representing the state
and not the city. They are acting in
their capacity as state officers, and
state officers are enjoined from enforc
ing the Sunday closing law. Mayor
Albee or the City Attorney's office do
not have to be served with notice of
the injunction. Mr. LaRoche says be
cause the enforcement of the state
law is purely a state matter, over
which the city has no jurisdiction
ether than the enforcement through
tne police in their capacity as state
officers.
STATE TAX VALUES GAIN
OF 33 COOTIES, ONLY SIX HAVET
1KT MADE REPORTS.
Multnomah Property Shows Dron of
S10.IH0,000 I)rTr.r In Crook Is
Laid to Land Division.
SALEM. Or.. Nov. 3. Special.)
The value of taxable property in Ore
Konj this year assessed and equalized
by the different County Boards of
Equalization will be slightly in excess
of the total value of 114, when it was
$S27,442,521.St, according to estimates
compiled from reports received by the
Slate Tax Commission.
With 35 counties in the state all ex
cept six have reported their equalized
valuations to the Commission and the
remaining counties are expected to re
port in a few days. The counties yet
to oe heard from are Coos. Curry, Hood
River. Umatilla. Washington and Jef
lerson. Placing the valuations in the
six counties which have not yet re
ported the same as in 1914. and adding
them to the total 1S15 valuations re
ceived, the assessed value of properd
in Oregon as equalized by the county
boards will total $829,249,569. This in
cludes the assessed value of the Con
gressional land grant of the Oregon &
California Railroad Companv. tottrtinic
about $21,000,000. s
. Of tho 2 counties which have sub
mitted their values to the State Tax
Commission, eight show a decrease
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W. S. Wessling.
"W. S. Wessling, branch man
ager of the Pathe iilm exchange
in this city, met with the sur
prise of the year Tuesday night,
when his office employes and
. i " fun appeared en
masse at his home in Oswego and -.
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.. t m ,niii tunny nappy returns
of the day. it being his birthday.
At the same time Mr. Wessling
received a large and formidable
box, presumed to contain a birth
day gift. Upon being opened, the
box was found to contain an
other smaller box and within the
second box was another. After
opening a dozen boxes of various
size, he finally came upon a hand
some diamond pin. Mr. Wessling
Is one of the most popular men
in film circles here.
RATE FIGHT CONDEMNED
COTTAGE GROVE MEET1VG SCORES
PORTLAXD LUMBER MILLS.
Action on Railway Preferential Cnlled
Selfishness Civic Bodies Are
C'rgred to Exert Influence.
COTTAGE PROVE, Or.. Nov. 3. (Spe
cial.) A resolution setting forth the
reasons why the life of the sawmill
industry of the Willamette Valley de
pends largely upon the maintaining
of the preferential rate recentlv given
valley mills into Northern California
interior points, and strongly condemn
ing the selfish actions of the Portland
mill men, was adopted at an enthu
siastic and largely attended meeting
of the Commercial Club Monday night.
.Th stateme"t was openly made that
tne Portland mill men are endeavoring
to get the rates so adjusted that the
Valley mills will be put out of busi
ness and the timber that is now being
manufactured locally will be hauled
to Portland for manufacture, thus tak
ing employment away from a large
part of the labor of the valley and at
the same time deprive business In
terests of a large part of their cus
tomers. Copies of the resolution have been
sent to all the commercial clubs of the
.-..w nave Dec it asked to
join in a concerted move to show in
no uncertain m n n .. i : . . .
...c icciiiis oi tne
Nancy people concerning the rates.
Country Depends on Industry.
fonowsCOmPlete resoIution in Part s as
Whereas. The Cottage Grove country Is
largely dependent upon the lumbering and
sawmill industry; auu
Whereas. The new rate ot 17U cents made
feT a4' y"'mt"' Valley po?n?a int In!
terlor Northern California points will greatlv
encourage and put nevr life into the nlmber
business i? the Willamette Valley" be U
lanrteS,-hd' Th" .we beve that 'the Port
land Chamber of Commerce, other civic
bodies of Portland, manutacturers' assocla!
tions. wholesale business interests and other
residents of Portland who believe in the
square deal, should make whatever move is
?"5?.ry, ' draw the Portland ,",.
from their course, which would work.ereat
hardship, to Willamette Valley millmen and
to those dependent upon them, would render
hundreds of thousands of dollars of invest!
GREEK COMMITS SUICIDE
Jolm cmctriu Slioob Scir and
Leaves Explanatory Xole.
I suicide because I do not like my
life any more." was the reason scrib
a hastily scrawled note found
on the body of John Demetriu a Greek
whicn was discovered in the Riverview
Cemetery yesterday noon bearing the
mark of a gunshot wound 'in the throat
self-inflicted.
Demetriu was ijnembcr, he said in
the note, of the Northwest Hospital
Association, and lived at Rowland An
nex on Fourth street. He said he nad a
cousin at 20SU. Fourth street. Another
note, to which he referred in the one
found on his body, was in his room It
was in Greek, and Deputy Coroner
Smith could not get 'it translated yes
terday. The suicide used a .38-caliber revolver.
R. A. HEMRY IS SENTENCED
Former Bank Cashier Gets Iroin
One to Five Years.
The forgery of a check for $1200 re
sulted yesterday in a sentence of one
to five years in the penitentiary for R.
A. Henry, former cashier of the Wood
land State Bank. Woodlawn, Wash.
Henry, who is 25 years old. pleaded
guilty before Circuit Judge Gantenbein
and received his sentence.
After starting East with some of the
money he obtained with . this check
Henry returned to Woodland a month
ago. according to Francis S. Alkus.
manager of the Burns' detective agency
bere. In Woodland he was arrested.
Following extensive research a French
physician has decided that the use of to
bacco Is harmful only under certain con
ditions and that it Is a valuable tonic and
germicide when properly used.
Just JnJ
Rockwood Pottery that won
derfully exquisite hand -made
pottery with all its beauty of in
dividual desiprn. To be found
here only! Five new and dis
tinct types, no two pieces alike.
Ranging in price from 50c to
KM- .B.n
Chinese Purses in the most
exquisite designs and coloring.
Leather, mounted in shell
frames. ' Soft petunia shade
with rich blue and green and
quaint figures. All shapes and
sizes $5.
.Main Floor, Sixth Street.
Traveler's Laundry Outfit
"Clothes line," shell clothespins
and glass fasteners all fitted
into a little leather case, to be
tucked into the pocket or suit
case. Main Floor, Sixth Street.
New Face Veils, daintily em
broidered in border effects of
chenille dots and velvet bands.
Priced 35c to $1.
.Main Floor, Fifth Street
KM Cjloves-3000 Pairs pine JTrench (gloves
Just Hut of pond Qn gale 3 pays
The letter at the right tells the talc Steamer "La Touraine" returned to the New York Harbor a
few days ago with 3000 pairs of women's gloves in her cargo for us. These were rushed out by fast
express and here they are on sale for three days. ,
These people offer to take care of our future orders "despite difficulties" but whether they will
be able to get the laborers necessary and whether the next ship will make a safe voyage who knows ?
In addition to these gloves We have included hundreds of pairs of
Perrin's, Ireland's, Dent's Gloves Long and Short
We know positively that this is the time to buy glove prices are steadily advancing. Anticipate
your Holiday needs now supply your glove wants from this great sale.
"Rlankets
Reduced
Warm wool blankets and fine
comforts for cold nights now at
big savings!
7.50 Wool Blankets $5.75.
$10.00 Wool Blankets $8.75.
$13.50 Wool Blankets ,$11.75.
$15.00 Comforters $ J 0.75.
$ 9.00 Comforters at $7.50.
Second Floor, Fifth Street.
$1.50 One-Clasp Gloves. $1.27
Real French kid, with four rows heavy embroid
ery contrasting color. All sizes. Our best $1.50
quality, 2 pairs $2.50.
$125 Two-Clasp Gloves, $1
Overseam sewn with Paris point embroidery.
Colors are white, black and tan. Sizes 5 to 8.
$1.75 Pique Sewn Gloves, $1.45
Women's 2-cIasp gloves of fine French kid, em
broidered in new cross-stitch style. White, tan,
champagne and brown. 2 pairs $2.75.
$2 French Kid Gloves, $1.69
Overseam sewn, fastened with 2 pearl clasps.
4 rows embroidery on back. Black, white, cham
pagne and sand. '2 pairs $3.25.
$2 and $2.25 Dent's
Gloves, $1.43
Dent's popular English gloves
for women. In black, Manila, Ha
vana, and Golden Cuba. Both P.
X. M. and pique sewn. 2-clasp
styles in pearl and metal clasps.
All sizes.
$1.50 and $2 Mochas
at $125
Ireland's fine quality Mocha
gloves. A special purchase of new
Fall gloves makes the price possi
ble. $1.50, $1.75 and $2.00 gloves,
both lined and unlined, special at
$1.25.
$225 Two-Clasp Gloves, $1.89
2-clasp Gloves, pique sewn, fine soft kid in
black and white. Five rows heavy embroidery.
Best $2.25 quality at $1.89.
$2 P. K. Sewn Gloves, $1.69
Women's 2-clasp dress gloves of soft fine qual
ity, embroidered in 4 rows of contrasting em
broidery. Black, white, taupe, brown and cham
pagne. $3 Long Gloves, $227
Women's twelve-button-length gloves, of fine
real French kid. Fastened with 3 pearl clasps at
wrist.
$2.50 eight-button length, same style as above,
at $1.85.
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$2.50 Long Gloves, $1.75
Long white gloves of fine imported kid. Full
16-button length, fastened with 3 clasps.
$3 Dent's Gloves, $1.98
White kid gloves in elbow length. Dent's
own make overseam sewn. A remarkable
bargain at $1.98. First Kioor.
400 Handsome Velvet gmte
prom $27J2J2 $85
The touch of Winter in the air makes
"omen's farm "Qnderw'r
imely Qffering
Scores of savings in our big Underwear Department! Ours is one of
the completest underwear stores on the Coast. Here are a few examples
of the wonderful savings now to be found here:
$2 Harvard Mills Vest 98c $1.50 Athena garments, special
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M $27.50 V V
$37.50
$29.50 85.
. Three models are illustrated
Beautiful rich velvets in every imaginable
style. Some are strictly tailored, severe and
handsome others are quite dressy and some
just between.
Fur, Silk Braid, Shir
ring and Smocking
form the trimming. .
The colors are blues, browns j greens, grays,
damson, amethyst, plum and, of course, black.
Some are in three pieces,, with touches of gold
lace chiffon and taffeta.
Priced at $27.50, $29.50, $32.50 to
Fourth Floor. Fifth Street.
Silk and wool garments made
with high neck and long sleeves.
Very elastic.
50c Fleeced Garments 39c
Medium-weight vests and pants,
high neck, long and short sleeves
and ankle lengths. Regular and
extra sizes.
$125 "Athena" Vests 73c
Women's Athena vests and
pants, Winter weight, mercerized
finish. Vests in high and Dutch
necks, pants in ankle length.
at 95.
$1 -Harvard Mills Gar
ments 68c
Vests and pants. Winter styles
and weights. Mixed, cream and
gray.- . r
50c-$l Infants' Vests 38c
Genuine "Reubens' " Vests in
wool and $ilk. Sizes 1, 2 and 3.
Special 38 2 for 75.
Children's Pants 40c
Mixed wool and cotton pants and
vests. Excellent quality in cream
and gray. "Sizes 2 to 14 at 40.
0 Mnin Floor, Central.
The
T ,inen Sale Qoes Qn
and every day customers tell us what excellent values
are to be found here. This semi-annual event has taken
place regularly for years. Come and see the "values"
for yourself. Included are many John Brown linens.
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Table Linens
7.50 Table Cloths, $5.00.
$ 3.25 Table Cloths, $2.50.
$ 3.75 Napkins, dozen $3.00.
$10.00 Colored Sets $5.00.
$ 1.00 Lunch Cloths 75.
$ 1.25 Table Damask $1.00.
Bed Linens
75c Sheets at 59.
85c Sheets for 65.
35c Sheeting, yard 30.
12c Pillow Cases 10.
18c Pillow Cases 15.
Second Floor, Fifth Street.
A bout 1 J) price for Men's TJnion- Suits
Announcing the completion of a special purchase' which our men's furnish
ings chief calls emphatically a BIG event. We think you will, too, when you
"realize that the 90 dozen union suits involved are from the famous
reliable Narragansett Mills, whose name is everywhere recognized
as the stamp of quality undergarments. The Newton Knitting
Co. (branch of Narragansett Mills) label is in all these union suits
They are all new and perfect. Two great lots
$3 to $4 Worsted
COOPER'S
CLOSED CROTCH
T I O IA lO
,73tOQ
Union Suits at
$1.50, $2 Cotton
Union Suits at
Light, medium and
heavy weight to
suit every man ! All
sizes, 34 to 46, in
lot ; natural, blue
mixed and gray.
Every garment has
the genuine Cooper
patent closed crotch.
Main Floor.
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Tm& Quality; Store of Portland
Ftftt SijcLK, Tlorritxxy Alder Sta-
$122
Fine cotton union
suits an ideal Fall
and Winter weight
for this climate.
Sizes 34 to 46, in
white and ecru. All
have the famous
Cooper closed
crotch ; $1.50-and $2
grades.
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A New
' "yelworth
Blouse 2
On smart new lines, it is de
veloped in soft, silky madras.
As illustrated, the collar can
be worn low, or buttoned high
in military effect.
Unusual in design, material
and style today at $2!
Fourth Floor, Central.
Skirts Cut to
Measure Free
Among other innovations' for
"Inauguration Month" this ex
pert tailoring service will be
found most convenient and
make it worth your while to buy
dress woolens here.
Our tailor began cutting
skirts on Monday morning and
since that time hundreds of
women have profited by this
offer.
Four distinctive new models
are on display in our Woolen
Goods Section. After your skirt
is cut to measure, it will be a
simple matter for you to finish
it. Investigate this offer.
Second Floor, Klfth Stmt.
CANAL JOB IS VIEWED
GORDON I'K V. I. VISITS PANAMA OX
.RETURN FROM EAST.
Three Dredses HriuovinK 100,000 Cubic
Vard Dally, but Mole Appears
Quite Insignificant.
Information concerning the gigantic
tasK which General Goethals has srone
back to Panama to undertake was
brought to Portland yesterday by Gor
don A. Feel, who has returned from
the East by way of the Canal Zone.
"General Goethals is -removine: a
mountain top that stands higher than
Kelly Butte." said Mr. Peel. "Kven
that is hardly a fair comparison. Gold
Hill stands high above the canal and
the much-talked-of slide at Culebra
Cut is a section of about 20 acres
which seems to have moved down into
the canal.
"The piessure which causes the slide
comes from Gold Hill and it Is there
that Goethals is doing the big work.
Vvt. the slide they have three
dredges at work and they are taking
out about 100,000 cubic yards a day.
The space that such a quantity of dirt
and rock comes from looks so small
that one gets the notion they never
will get the slide worked out. but the
engineers say that three -months will
see the canal clear.
"We were tied up at Balboa for
seven days waiting' for coal and had a
fine chance to visit Panama City.
So it will not b darkened In event of
damage telow decki. a. steamship recently
built in England was provided with an
auxiliary Uichtlng plant mounted on the
bridge deck and operated by a gasoline en-Gine.
EXTRA SKIT AT EMPRESS
ARTHUR DKMING TO DIRECT STAG.
I"G OF "THE IRISH JUSTICE."
Tryout Prairammc to Be More Elabo
rate Than Vaual and Several
-Munlc-a! Numbera Announced.
Arthur Deming. the "Merry Minstrel
Monarch." at the Empress Theater this
week, has arranged to stage a big
after-piece, "The Irish Justice," In
which all on the bill this week will
take part, immediately following the
professional "tryout" at the second
show tonight.
Mr. Deming will portray the charac
ter of the Irish judge. The skit will
be a burlesque on that famous comedy
production. The courtroom scene and
all characters will be realistic and spe
cial costuming wherever necessary will
be furnished by the company.
By special request, while the stage
is being -set for tho after-piece. Miss
Nellie Hoone. the cornet soloist with
the Bonnie Sextet, will render selec
tions on the cornet, and Miss Dorothy
Lewis, the contralto vocalist in Billy
Rice's musical comedy company, will
sing.
The professional "tryout" acts will
Include Miss Alice M. Brown, who has
Just returned from Chicago, where he
has been studying under the direction
of Professor Henri Jacobsen, the noted
dancing instructor. Miss Brown will
ofTer classical and toe dancing.
George Kricson, a concert singer
with a splendid baritone voice, will
sing. The McCool sisters will offer an
unusually good yodeling and dancing
act. with change of cotume for sev
eral numbers.
This is one of the most elaborate
programmes the EmprJss has presented
on "tryout" nie-ht.
This Frees Yor Skin
Fron Hair or Fuzz
(TolLt Tips.)
The method hre suggested for the
removal of supefluous hair is quick
and certain and unless the growth is
extremely stubbrn, a single applica
tion does the wck. Make a stiff paste
with some pofdered delatone and
water: apply ths to the hairy surface
and after abou 2 minutes rub it off.
wash the skin nd the hairs are gone!
To avoid disappintment. be sure your
druggist sells ju delatone. Adv.