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THE MORXTXG OTtEGOJflAX TTJESDAT, FEBHTTARY 22, IDiC. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF OREGOXIAJT TELEPHONES. Ifsnsrtr.K Editor Main 70TO. A 0"5 f.'lty Editor ........Main 77i. A SOS. Kund.iv Editor Main 7(170. A .Advertising DeDarlmeat. .lin 70711. A Bou nty Clrcu:ation .Main 7070. A nj Comr'Osin'e-roora ........ .Main 707O, A 609, Printinv.rnnm Xfain 707rt. A 609 Superintendent Btiililiiiy . . Main 707t. A 6095 AMUSEMESTS. HKILn fBroarlwav at Tavlnr .tr.eO "It Pays to Advertise. Thi afternoon at 2:15 and tonight at 8:15. BAKE? THEATER (Sixth atll Morrison Ftreetsl Hakor Ktnrk Comv&ny in To Goose Girl." Tonight at 8:15. riRPPF:-1 fRmaHu-n,- and Vamhill Street Big-time vaudevilie. 2:110 and 8:30 P. St. EMPRESS fBrondway and Stark atreet) Vaudt-vilU. ptKormances 2:30, i :30 and :15 P. M. PANTAGE3 fAliier and Broadway) Vaiide- ' villa, pi-rftrnicncea 2:-0- 7:30 and U:l3. LYRIC (Fourth and Etark streets) Dillon and Klnir in mimical comedy. Afternoon and night performances laily. Cross Road Sibvetsd. There is strong probability that the Fairview cross road extending from Fairvlew to Greshara may be paved this year, ana the commissioners have had surveys made of the road, preparatory to makine estimates ot the cost of the Im provement. A largely signed petition is on file with the Commissioners from residents of that district asking that the road be paved in order to conneo the other main roads with a paved cross road. It is one of the cross roads tha carries a heavy travel throughout the vear. At Fairview it is planned to have the road pass under the main line of the O.-W. R. & N.. and thereby eliminate a dangerous crossing. Whether it will be paved this year will depend on whether theeounty has me iunas avauauie iui me iiuijiuoc. Musical, at Oak Grove Tonight. A musical recital will be given tonight at 8 o'clock in the Oak Grove school house under the auspices of the Parent Teacher Association. An act from the 'Pirates of Penzance" will be sung by Mrs. John Waldron, Mrs. Richard Webb and Mrs. Lillie Pfenninger, assisted by s chorus of school girls. Miss Lois Kennedy and Miss Eva Felir will play a duet. A trio of boys, consisting of Harold Kirks, Gordon Koogs and James ' .Spidell, will sing. Solos will be given by Gus Smith and Edith Dunham. A born and cornet duet will be given by Gordon and Garold Skoog. Other musi cal numbers will be rendered. ' Eight of 19 Pass Clskk Tests. Eight out of 19 who took a recent rivil service examination for positions as chief clerks of departments in the city service passed the test, according to ratings made public yesterday. rom the list a permanent appointment will be made by Commissoner Baker to the chief clerkship of his department which position now is held by rtoy Ji.esU Mr. Kesl passed the examination and prob ably will get the appointment. The others who passed are: A. C. Bancroft, J. U Dunlap, H. W. Hingley, C. M. Gregory, W. W, Mcintosh, J. C. Sparks and George M. Edwards. Insurance Agents Dine. Agents in the Pacific Northwest states for the Western States Life Insurance Company gathered at a luncheon yesterday at the Benson Hotel in honor of Presi dent Warren Porter and Vice-President I. J. Saunders, of the Western branch, botji of San Francisco. President Porter presided and in addition to these two officers. Howard Baird, Portland; J. E. Crites, Spokane, and J. D. Churchill, of Walla Walla, spoke. Plans for placing loans in the Pacific Northwest were discussed. About 60 insurance men at tended. Fikemen Exam Date Set. March 14 was set yesterday by the Municipal Civil Service Board as the date for an examination for firemen. With 250 applications already on file it is ex pected the test will break the record for applicants. The aspirants will be put through a series of tests to deter mine physical condition and bravery. From those who pass the examination vacancies in the Fire Bureau will be made during 1916 and part of 1917. t'rrr Employes Dance Tomorrow. The second of a series of dances gixen by city employes will be held tomor row night at Masonic Temple. Invita tions have been sent to all persons in the city service and their friends. The first dance was given in January and was a success. It is planed to give the dances about once every two weeks. Among guests at tomorrow night's affair will be members of the City Council. Street Proceedings Started. Pro ceedings have been started for the ex tension of Oregon street from the east line of York street to the east line of East Twenty-ninth street. Damages to property required for the opening are estimated at $1500. 5 per cent cost of engineering and superintending $75 and cost of condemnation proceedings. $250, a total of $1825. to be assessed against the propertybenefited. Opportunity to remonstrate is open until March 19. Floral Design Planned for Fire Station. A profuse design of a fire man's badge done in red and green flowers is to be laid out by Park Su perintendent Convill in the lawn front of the bungalow fire station in Trvington. Men will be. started to work today. The design, which will he in the exact shape of the badge worn by firemen, will be ten feet Fquare. The border will be in bright red flowers and the body in green. H. King Residence Robbed. The robbery of his residence at 762 East Eleventh street North, has been re ported to the police by H. King. Sat urday night the house was entered and several pieces of jewelry taken as well as a repeating rifle and cartridges. Footprints in the soft earth about the premises indicate that the thief was a boy. The shoes worn were small and hobnailed. Comfort Stations for Parks. Com fort stations are to be built for the, Holladay and Mount Tabor parks, bids having been asked for them. It is planned to have them completed before warm weather comes and crowds visit the parks. Commissioner Baker has been authorized to construct a waiting room and' comfort station in St. Johns, near the St. Johns carline. Mask Ball. Tonight. Extensive preparations have been made for the annual mask ball to be given tonight by the Rose City Park Club. East Fifty-seventh street and Sandy boule vard. Prizes will be given in several contests. The affair will be under the direction of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Thomp son. A. A. Geer Improves. A. A. Geer, of Willard, Marion County, who has been at Good Samaritan Hospital for several days for an operation, has been re moved to the home of friends in Rose City Park. He is expected to be able to return to his home within a week or two. Tailoring Firm Bankrupt. George H. McCarthy, formerly McDonald & Collett, tailors, filed a petition in voluntary bankruptcy in the v United States District Court yesterday. Liabili ties are alleged to be $7844.75 and as sets $3741.98. Kenilworth Church Men to Meet. The men of Kenilworth Presbyterian Church will serve a Washington's birth day supper tonight in the basement of the church. A patriotic programme will follow. $20 Vert desirable 6-room flat, fine neighborhood, near new Couch School; very convenience, 725 Kearney, near 2 2d. Phone E. 3412 or call at 104 2d st Adv. "Windemuth" patrons desiring ex clusive locker' for the coming season write LewisAL. Woodward at once for "particulars. Adv. The Y. W. C. A. pageant "The Girl of Yesterday and Today" will be given to day at 2:15 and 8:15 at the Little The ater. Admission, 23c. Adv. Small grocery stock and fixtures, horse and wagon for sale, at East 72d and Sandy. Adjustment Bureau, Com mercial bldck. Adv. 1 It St. Johns Night School Classes De pleted. Classes at the James John High School were somewhat depleted in January and during the present month, and an effort ia-being made to increase the attendance by those interested in maintaining the school. In fact, the duration ef the school depends on the filling up of the classes. M. L. Pratt, the principal, calls special attention ta the branches taught at this night school, which include elementary studies in the common branches. There, is a commercial caurse, including short hand, typewriting, bookkeeping tand commercial arithmetic. A, special class is taught tut foreigners who want to learn' to read and write English, a. class in sewing, domestic science and instruction in home economics. It is planned to add classes in Spanish, public speaking and expression if enough will enter this class. A class in mechanical drawing is taught in the course. Rev. W. W. Youngsom Will Speak. Rev. W. W. Youngson, pastor of the Ross City Methodist Church, will da liver the main address tonight at the Washington's birthday observance at Washington Masonic Hall, East Eighth and East Burnside streets. The meet- ng will include Washington Lodge, A. F. and A. M-, Washington Chapter, Washington Council, Washington Com- mandery and Martha -Washington Chapter, O. E. S. Besides the address by Mr. Youngson, special music has been provided for the evening. Re freshments will be served after the programme. The affair is for members of these Masonic bodies and their families. Dr. Allen Moore- Speaks. The Port land Presbyterian ministers met yes terday in the church house. Twelfth and Alder streets. A feature of the morning was an address hy Dr. Allen Moore, who is in charge of the reli gious pageant that will be given in the White Temple in connection with the social service exposition to be held next week, beginning February 28. Dr. Moore, who is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, was a missionary the Orient for several years. The official social service exhibit of th Presbyterian board that was lnstalle at the exposition in San Francisco, Dr. Moore said, will be displayed here nex week. Gasoline Shobtaobj Saves Cab. Th automobile belonging to J. J. Oede East Side real estate dealer, which was taken while the family were attendin Services at the First Presbyterian Church Sunday morning, was recovered at the corner of Twenty-fifth and Love joy streets in the evening. The tan contained but' little gasoline and what it did have was used by the time th thief had reached this intersection, where it stalled and was abandoned the crosswalk. It was but a short dis tance to a filling station, but the thie maae no attempt to -ec a supply, was found by the police. The ma chine was not damaged. United States Attornet Returns.- Clarence L. Reames, United States At torney for Oregon, Is back from San Francisco, where he argued before th United States Circuit Court of Appeal last week against the granting of th appeal of Thomas R. Sheridan, aged Roseburg banker, who was convicted nd sentenced to five years in the Pent tentiary for banking irregularities. John Joseph Beckman, assistan United States Attorney, returned with Mr. Reames. Mr. Beckman argued for the Government in another appeal, that of the Inman-Poulsen Lumber Company from a decision affecting timber lands Church Class Has Election. The Sans Dleu Reins class, of the St Johns nited Evangelical Church, met at the ome of T. J. Monahan last week and ected the following officers for the nsuing year: President, Miss Ruth mitn; vice-president, Mrs. Lawrence Layton; secretary, Curtis Phillips reasurer, Clyde Thayer: reporter. Miss Cordelia Cross; class poet. Margaret Nelson. This is one of the oldest classes of this church, and was organized when Rev. C. P. Gates was pastor. Mrs. Mona han is the teacher.' Reports of the retiring officers showed the class had closed an active year. Snohomish Officials Coming. To investigate road conditions in Multno mah County, a committee of ten from Snohomish County, Washington, includ ing the County Commissioners. Ad visory Road Commission and County Kngineer, will arrive in this city Fir day morning. A communication to this effect was received by the Multnomah County Commissioners yesterday, who will assist the delegates in their tour of this county. Snohomish County recently voted $1,813,800 for a perman ent road system. Special Meetings on In St. Johns. Special revival meetings are being held this week in the St. Johns Methodist Episcopal Church under the direction of the pastor. Rev. E. W. Ingalls. He is being assisted by Rev. Alfred Bates, of Warrenton, Or.: Rev. C. V. Zimmer man and C. B. Bates. At the Christian Church, in St Johns, Rev. Herbert Jones is conducting special meetings during the present week. They will close next Sunday night with a Chris tian Endeavor rally. Frank L. Smith's soup meat, 5c. Choice hams, 16c; Sliced ham. 20c. Light bacon, 15c; Bacon backs, 15c. Fancy bacon, 1754c; Sliced bacon, 17c. Cottages, 1214c; Picnics, 10c. Lard. 6s. 60c; Boil beef, 10c. Good steak, 15c; Leg pig pork, 124c. Sirloin st'k. 18c; Pig pork chops, 12c. iShoulder pig pork. 10c; Salmon, 10c .-Smelt, 6 lbs.. 25c; Eggs, 30c. Frank L. Smith's is 228 Alder st. Adv. Sewer Assessments Due. The Coun cil passed the ordinance for the assess ment for the Mount Tabor trunk sewer amounting in all to $163,475, which Ijus been entered on the docket of ' city liens. The assessments for individual pro'perty owners are due now and must be paid or will bear interest after March 2. Many of the "property owners will take advantage of the bonding law. Church Dinner Tonight. A Washr ington's birthday dinner will be given in the Patton Methodist Church, Alberta street and Michigan avenue, tonight from 6 to 8 o clock. Alberta Club to Meet. The Alberta Woman's Improvement Club will meet tonight in the Vernon School to dis cuss what part it will take in the Ross Festival. 1 6. PRESTOfl DEAD Former Capitalist of Waits- burg Passes at 83. You Won't Need Urging When You See Our Pianos FOUNDING OF DENVER AIDED Wife Is Believed First White Girl Born in Idaho Body to Be Sent to Washington Town for Bur ial After Death Here. The body of William G. Preston, who died at the home of his son, C. B. Pres ton, 540 East Twenty-third street North, Sunday night, at the age of 83 The opportunity you have been wait ing for getting a piano for almost nothing. .4 year's trial given with each pi ano, 30 months in which to pay up surely that is long enough. Can any thing be fairer T If not ready to buy at once, make a deposit and have a piano held until you want it delivered. Never before were we in position to give as much actual piano value as now. mmmmx Mmz p $463- ow 9190 M l r I'll I k-TBF qr-r ojfrj " ISV'" f If w" B50k Wow ,a70 IV.. jjlP-jT'VlT- Wi II REPAIR DIRECTORY!! :L.. Harrington Herbert Prescott Kranich & Bach 1 Our 14 Best Bargains Read Carefully the Following List: Guild & Co., old style. . . , . .Worth $150 Now $ 75 Harrington, mahogany WTorth $250 Now $125 Herbert, oak. . Worth $375 Now $105 Gerhard, mahogany. Worth $300 Now $105 Weiler, mahogany Worth $325 Now $177 Leland," mahogany Worth $325 Now $178 Willard, mahogany Worth $325 Now $197 Prescott, mahogany .Worth $400 Now $15)8 Stodard, oak Worth $425 Now $215 Leasing , , , . . . .Worth $500 Now $225 Smith & Barnes, mahogany. Worth $450-Now $2;55 Strohber, mahogany .Worth $375-Now $215 Stodard, mahogany, ....... .Worth $450 Now $250 Kranich & Bach, mahogany. Worth $ao0 Now $28. William G. Preston, Pioneer of Northwest, Who Died In ThU City Sunday. And a great many other makes too numerous tq mention here, but all reduced to lowest possible price. 88-NOTE PLAYER PIANOS FOR A SONG Weiler," mahogany case, with music. Gaylord, oak case, with music. .,, Auto-Player, mahogany case, with music.,.. Universal, oak . , , .Worth $575 Now $; 1 5 . . . .Worth $575 Now $3;15 Worth $750 Now $175 . . . .AVorth $675 Now $405 years, will be sent for burial to "Waits burg,' Wash., where Mr. Preston had been engaged in the flour milling in dustry for many years. Mr. Preston was a native of New York State. He was one of the first men to build a house on the site of the present city of Denver, Colo.. His interests in Washington included directorships in the Merchants' Bank of Waitsburg and in the Schwabacher Company's general merchandise store at Walla Walla, He was connected with the Puget Sound Dressed Meat Company before its dis solution and was largely interested in farm lands. Mr. Preston was elected to the Legr lslature of Washington in 1881 and was chairman of the ways and means com mittee. His marriage to Miss Matilda Cox, perhaps the first white child born in Idaho, took place in 1869. To that union have been born three sons Dale, now dead, and Preston and Charles Preston, the latter of this city. T Ir. Preston was particularly inter ested in practical education. He gave as an addition to. the Waitsburg High School a building known as Preston Hall, in which are taught the vocation al training courses. The cost of the building was $37,000 and, beside the classrooms, contains a swfmming pool, gymnasium and a bowling alley. The funeral services will probably be held at Waitsburg Thursday. The services will be conducted by the Elks' odge of Walla Walla. Until the funeral the body will lie in state at Waitsburg. Others, in various sizes and styles, in perfect condition, for less than half regular price. Not all of the above pianos are used. Many are new and some slightly shopworn, having been returned from out-of-town dealers, being too high-priced for them. Every instrument is guaranteed. Satisfaction guaranteed to every buyer. Don't delay, but come down today. ON SALE AT 151 Fourth Street, also 285 Morrison Street Our New Entrance Now Keady for Your Convenience Clearance sale in all departments Talking Machines of all makes. VIOLINS, Guitars, Mandolins, Uku leles and BAND Instruments at lowest prices. Sheet Music, of course. TWO ENTRANCES X K1HT1NO MTI Ki: KiMi t n ;il 'nil 1 1 Iclurf, Wiriiitf Siipii tin KbpmriiikC .f uil WLnria. MOKKhllV M M 1 Ml (. Ill Wrl I'Mrk NiruC. I'ilturk ItliH k. Suit called for and de livered. PpunKPd and Pressed. SV.xi t mnnlti Ateo wc wiJi mukrt a suit til. mder for 11 down and $5 month. l'nliiie TuthiriHK Co, Mark St.. bet. &ih and (Jtli. Phona Broadway fll 4 Phone. Shop, TVd'w'y He.., Sell, 117 L. A. WAl KKU l.l K( i kkj ItOKhi Motor Hiie lallle. Buufrht. Buid, Kt'TltCll. Keptlre J. 10th Ilurn.ldr. M7 4. a r,;i. 4 m LET l.EVVnva liO Vnl'B I'M i:i.I.A HK irtl.V.l A N I) K V.Ci V K I; 1 NO. Nw Cover, (ram itic. I.fttnon'n I.. oral Cov ifmtrartt.'1'.t two 1 urs, 3. .'- 00. I.F.VNON'8. Mnrri.svin, tit. 1. O. O. l- HKIia. Mgr. GRAVES MUSIC CO. 151 FOURTH STREET 285 MORRISON STREET Practical Joker Given Real Jolt by Victims, Talking Machine Made to Wltnexs '"Marked Down" Sale ot Hla Own Goods. rabid enemies of any retailer who cuts prices on their goods. Mr. Callahan himself is a strong advocate of the Stevens bill, now before Congress, which prohibits the sale of such wares at prices less than thoso fixed by the manufacturer. Ira F. Powers is an agent for the Victor machines here and he procured a" lot pf marked-down price tags that he sprinkled over an assortment of talking machines in connection with a rummage sale. When the stage .-was all set he telephoned some of his fel low conspirators to lead Mr. Callahan down to his place of business. Frank AT faao f t Vl 1 WilAV "R A 1 1 PT1 ( ' O TT1 - iPiny, acted as pilot. Into the talking machine department strolled Mr. Callahan, escorted by the accomplices. He could not help but note the startling reductions that pre vailed in the goods of his company, and his face fell. He decided in his own mind that he would have to take the agency away from Mr. Powers, although he gamely made no outcry at the ghastly discovery. Th6 men talked on various topic3, everything but talking machines being mentioned. When the visitor from Philadelphia had suffered long enough, he was let in on the fact that it was all a joke. JEWISH SCHOOL HEAD HERE give a series of lectures outlining the fundamentals of Jewish education. RUSH FOR "SEATS. Seats are now on sale at Heilig The ater for opera "Romeo and Juliet," Mrs. Jane Burns Albert, prima donna. Prices $1, 73c, 60c, 25c Hear Portland's pre mier soprano sing Thursday night, Feb. 21. Adv. CARD OF TDTAKKS. We desire to thank our friends for their many deeds of kindness and sym pathy shown us during the illness and passing of our beloved father. M R. AND MRS. J. A. WADDLE. Adv. WELLINGTON WAPDIE. HONEY IS MADE Growing Loganberries Look up the great possibilities of this industry and plant some on your ranch. For information Addrens POHT1AXD AGENCY, 7S0 Irving St. OnKGOJf KVRSERY CO., Orenco, Oregon. E. H. CALLAHAN, of Philadelphia, traveling representative for the VTictor Talking Machine Company, is known to all his friends as a practical oker." But he will remember hip pres- nt visit to Portland because of the fact that certain friends of his here taged a little comedy for his special enefit in which they more than vened up old scores. In common with manufacturers who carry on nation-wide advertising cam- aigns. exploiting trade-marked arti cles. Mr. Callahan's employers ari Carl A. Press Tells of Hebrews Part in American National Iiife. "The contribution of the Jew to the National life of America, as well as that of other pultural aliens coming to this country, is like the contribu tion of a single Instrument which does its part in making up some grand svmnhony." This was the declaration of Carl A. Press, newlv-elected principal of the Portland Free Hebrew' School, at a meeting at tne Neighborhood House, Second and Woods streets, last night to welcome him to his new work. Mr. Press announced that he would DESTINN SEAT SALE. i Tomorrow morning, Heilig Theater, at 10 o'clock, the seat sale opens for the recital by Emmy Destlnn, Febru ary 26. Prices: II, 1.50, J2; box seats 1.2.50, S3; gai. res., 76c. Adv. PAUL C. MUBPPY Sales Agent, 270H STARK STREET. J Filing devices that have been thorough ly investigated, tried out, and finally adopted standard by the biggest Wholesale Houses and Department Stores in this coun try, must have superior merit. 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