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THE MORXIXG OREGONIAN. TUESDAY, MARCH 28. 191G.
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ilEMBERS COUNCIL
ELECTS OFFICIALS
Frank E. Smith Continues on
Chamber of Commerce
Directors' Board.
E. L. THOMPSON CHAIRMAN
Sroretary McMickcn Also Is Re-
elected Aid for Xcw Industries
: Is Crjred by JIanagcr Hardy.
Alaska Offers Market.
Frank K. Smith was re-elected to
the board of directors of the Chamber
of Commerce from the members' coun
iil, which opened the annual elections
.f the Chamber at its noon meeting
yesterday.
K. U Thompson was returned to the
chairmanship of the bureau by a unani
mous vote, and similarly A. C. Mc
Muken was re-elected secretary.
No proviison is made in the rules
of the members' council for the elec
tion of a vice-chairman and Mr. Thomp
son was empowered to appoint men
to fill that position as occasion might
demand.
Speakers yesterday were John T.
Tou;rall. the holdover director from
thi; council to the board of the Cham
ber, and Georpre K. Hardy, manager
of the Chamber. Mr. Hardy devoted
his address to consideration of Port
land's need to develop industries which
will hrinfr payrolls to the city. The
Krowth and prosperity of a city, he de
clared to depend primarily on the de
velopment of industries employing
large numbers of men.
Alaska Offers Market.
He read an extract from an Alaska
newspaper in which it was declared
that Portland has the goods Alaska
needs and that the trade of Alaska
would come to this city rather than
to Seattle if the Portland business
men would o after it and develop
transportation connections.
Ship-building and the development
of shipping lines were points brought
out in Mr. Hardy's talk, as worthy of
active attention. In the development
of .manufacturing he suggested the
need of "incubator factory buildings"
to foster beginning industries and of
the establishment of some sort of a
financing company to help new in
dustries in getting on their feet and
running.
Secretary McMicken. reviewing the
meetings of the members" council for
the year past, gave the following list
of prominent men who had been guests
of the council and had addressed it:
Senator Weeks, of Massachusetts; J.
Puroy Mitchel. Mayor of New York
City: Senator A. B. Cummins, of Iowa;
Dr. K. K. Pratt, director of the United
States Bureau of Domestic and For
eign Commerce; Senator George E.
Chamberlain; Senator Harry Lane,
Representative C. X. McArthur, Dr. J.
K. Bullitt, field secretary Naval Defense
League; Joseph H. Apple. publicity
manager Wanamaker stores; Joshua V.
Alexander, of Missouri; Governor AVin
fifld Scott Hammond, of Minnesota:
John Philip Sousa, band master; Sena
tor Theodore VI. Perkins, of Ohio; Dr.
W. T. Hornaday, William K. McAdoo,
Secretary of the Treasury ; .Mr. Kuma
aki, Japanese Consulr Dr. Sidney L.
Gulick. secretary of the World's Alli
ance; H. H. VanConen Crochiana, consul-general
of the Netherlands; Dr.
Prank B. Fisher, of the Laymen's Mis
sionary convention.
Director Election Continue.
Klections to the board of directors
from the various bureaus will continue
this week on the following schedule:
Tonight at 8 o'clock Industries' and
manufacturers' bureau, in the green
room, retail merchants' bureau, fifth
floor.
Wednesday night at 8 o'clock Pub
licity and conventions bureau, on the
fifth floor, Oregon development bureau,
in the green room.
Thursday nisht at 8 o'clock Civic
bureau on the fifth floor, grain bureau,
ladies' dining-room, and trade and com
merce bureau, in the green room.
Friday night at 8 o'clock Legisla
tion and taxation bureau on the fifth
floor, traffic and transportation bureau,
in the green room.
EH CONTEST IS OH
VOTIMJ COIPOXS ARK ISSIEO I.
IV E W S PA PE II S.
QUO
Whale State Is 1'artieipatinK In Elec
tion of Maids of Honor for
Rose Festival.
With voting coupons appearing in the
newspapers of Portland, the contest for
the election of the Queen and maids of
honor lor the coming Pose Festival
was launched yesterday, and will con
tinue until May 19.
In addition to the voting coupons
votes may be purchased, under the rul
ing this year, from the Festival head
quarters or from candidates, at the
rate of 10 votes for 1 cent.
The election of the Festival Queen
this year is not an affair confined to
Portland alone. The whole state is
"in" on the contest, and already candi
dates are being put into the tield from
several cities in other parts of the
istate.
Miss Georgia White, of Corvallis, was
announced as the candidate of that city
three days ago. Pendleton is holding a
contest this week to select its candi
date, and Albany and Eugene's hats
w ill be in the ring in a few days.
The state at large will vote on the
Queen and six maids of honor. Six
more maids of honor will be elected
in Portland. Organizations in Port
land desiring to present candidates for
the contest are to communicate with
J:. P. liichardson, manager of the Queen
eontest, at Co7 Northwestern Bank
building.
Indications are that there will be
many more than a dozen organizations
whieh will bring candidates into the
field hefore the contest has advanced
far.
PERSONAL MENTION.
TV. G. Beith, of Joseph, is at the Im
perial. J. Matthey,.of McMinnville, is at the
Terkins.
T. B. Taylor, of Seattle, Js at the
Nortonia.
J. H. Lcrnke, of St. Faul. is at the
Portia nd.
E. P. Darsch, of Sacramento, is at
the. Eaton.
E. A. Foster, of Independence, is' at
the Seward.
H. V. Mi.Clan, of Salem, is registered
Bt the Nortonia.
Mr. and Mrs. II. Olson, of Rainier,
are at the Eaton.
I". H. Gaulke, of Joseph, is stayins
at the Cornelius.
W. II. Leach arrived at the Tort-
land yesterday. He is from Holland.
Mich.
Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Burns, of Spokane,
are at the Portland.
Augusta Hanson, of Albany, is reg
istered at the Eaton.
II. R- Sears registered at the Sew
ard yesterday from Seattle.
Ernest H. Hyland, of Eugene, is in
town. He is at the Oregon.
Roy II. Wisecarver, of McMinnville,
is registered at the Imperial.
T. 15. Stinchfield, of Hoquiam, ar
rived at the Eaton yesterday.
Charles McAvay, of Walla Walla, Is
a recent arrival at the Perkins.
Mrs. Adah Losh Rose, of Pendleton,
Or.. Is registered at the Nortonia.
Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Clement, of Bran
don, are registered at the Portland.
J. F. Hudson, of Dallas, was among
yesterday's arrivals at the Perkins.
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Ballack, of Al
bany, are registered at the Seward.
Mrs. B. J. Miles and Mrs. E. T. Willis,
of Salem, are staying at the Imperial.
C. A. Trullinger, of Yamhill, is stay
ing at the Perkins while on a visit to
Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Wilson and wife
are registered at the Oregon from
Bonneville.
Percy W. Irving and Dave Drider,
both of Walla Walla, are staying at
the Oregon.
H. Beaumont, of Oregon City, is stay
ing in Portland for a few days. He 13
at the Seward.
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Handley, of As
toria, were among yesterday's arrivals
at the Imperial.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Peck, of Kimball,
Minn., were among yesterday's arrivals
at the Cornelius.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Graham Graham and
CITY WOOD SHY 1000
COBDS, LOSS S4500
Commissioner Bigelow Starts
Investigation to See Where
Blame Should Be Placed.
10,000 CORDS PAID FOR
Clieck Kept on Supply Preventing
Theft, but Some Shrinkage by
Bark and Due to I'lnmins
at Li 11 n to n Is Admitted.
Lost, stolen or strayed, about 1000
cords of the city's wood'. And inci
dentally somewhere between $4000 and
$5000 of the city's , prospective wood
receipts. Efforts to find it have .been
of no avail, despite detailed investiga
tion by Commissioner Bigelow, et al.
A year ago the unemployed produced
10,000 cords of wood in the timber near
Linnton or at least were reported to
have cut that amount. The city paid
possibility of some mistake having
been made in the original measure
ments. This, Mr. Bigelow says, seems
to be the logical place to look for the
loss, inasmuch as theft has been pro
tected against and care has been taken
in checking the wood as it has been
taken out either by wagons during last
Summer or by flume since the roads
were closed.
The loss of the wood has caused con
siderable of a stir at the City Hall,
inasmuch as 1000 cords of wood at the
rate charged by the city would hi
worth approximately $4500. . Of only
one thing is Mr. Bigelow sure so far,
and that is that the wood is missing.
Where it has gone or even whether it
ever existed or not are questions he
hopes to settle from an investigation
he ha3 instructed Purchasing Agent
Wood to make.
SCHOOL RALLY IS PLANNED
Several Districts AVill Take Part in
Programme at Gaston.
GASTON, Or., March 27. (Special.)
The big event of the week in Gaston
will be the school rally to be held Fri
day at the new school building. It
will be an all-day affair and the
schools of Cherry Grove, Dethlefs. Seth,
Forest Dale, Hill. Wapato, McCuIlougb.
and Spring Hill will be represented.
The formal programme will begin at
10 A. .M. with an address of welcome
by Postmaster Porter. The response
will be by W. K. Newell, president
of the Gaston Community Club. Short
talks by the different teachers of the
schools represented, interspersed with
class songs, will continue until noon,
when a basket lunch will be served.
The afternoon programme will in
clude an address by Professor Earl
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Miss J. Budgman, of Victoria, B. C.
are staying at the Nortonia.
Dr. Albert Mount, of Joseph, is in
Portland on business and is making his
headquarters at the Cornelius.
Mrs. C. P. Hering arrived here yes
terday after an extended stay at Tien
Tain, China. She is at the Cornelius.
r: M. Helden, of Raymond. Wash., is
making his headquarters at the Oregon
while transacting business in Portland.
CHICAGO. March 27. (Special.)
Mrs. Henry Akin, of Portland, was reg
istered at the LaSalle today.
BABY EYE CARE URGED
STATE HEALTH OFFICER ISSUES
PAMPHLET OF ADVICE.
Law Demands Clone Attention Be Paid
First T o Weeks After Birth.
Blindness Laid to Xeglect.
Dr. David N. Roberg, State Health
Officer, has prepared and is now cir
culating throughout Oregon a four
page pamphlet on the care of the eyes
of new-born infants.
The state law which became effect
ive May 22, 1915, directs that close
attention be paid to the eyes of in
fants for a period of two weeks after
birth. If found to be infected, a re
port must be made to the local health
officer within 24 hours after discov
ery. It is then the duty of the Jiealth
officer, under the law, to prescribe
treatment. Failure to comply with the
provisions of the law is punishable by
fine or imprisonment, or both.
The pamphlet issued by the State
Health Officer recites a number of
appalling facts. Sore eyes contracted
soon after birth cause 20 per cent of
the total blindness in the United States,
it is said. The proper treatment of
sore eyes in infants prevents blindness.
The standard treatment, and one
which is recommended for use in the
case of each new-born child, is the ap
plication to the eyes of two or . three
drops of a 2 per cent solution of sil
ver nitrate. This destroys the germs
which produce inflammation and, later,
blindness.
The necessity of quick action, as
soon as redness or jnflamation is ev
idenced, cannot be overestimated, de
clares Dr. Itoberg.
BIBLE-STUDY PLANS GAIN
NO DIFFICl'LTV EXPECTED I.OC'AT
I(i WITH HIGHER COLLEGE,
United EvanKellcnl Conference Antici
pates No Hindrance to Establish
ment of Institution.
The proposed Bible school of the
Oregon United evangelical conference
will have no difficulty in obtaining a
location with one of the large educa
tional institutions of the state, ac
cording to the statement made yester
day by Rev. C. C. Poling, president of
the corporation which holds the en
dowment and property of the Dallas
College, which are to be used in es
tablishing the Bible school. It is
planned to organize the school at the
meeting of the Oregon conference
which meets next week. April 6. in the
Ockley-Green Church, by electing
directors and forming a corporation
to administer the school.
Propositions have been received from
the University of Oregon. Willamette
University, Philomath College and the
Oregon Agricultural College to locate
the Bible school with those institutions,
all of which will receive careful con
sideration at the nv:eting of confer
ence next week. It is thought probable
that the Bible school may go to Cor
vallis. where it would be in touch with
the greatest number of young men
coming from all portions of the state
to attend the Agricultural College.
Rev. C. C. Poling, of this city, was
elected president of the corporation
holding the property of the defunct
Dallas College, last week in place of
Kev. A. A. winter who goes Kast. When
the Bible school is organized tho en
dowment and property of Dallas Col
lege corporation win te turned over
to the directors of tlie new school.
for the cutting of 10,000 cords. Con
tracts were let last Summer for the
removal of the wood from the unem
ployment camps to the city for sale in
competition with local fuel dealers.
After selling several thousand cords a
check of the amount left has been made
and it has been found that the pile is
approximately 1000 cords short.
Commissioner Bigelow, who has con
ducted an investigation, has two the
ories. One is that 10,000 cords were
not cut, as reported, and the other is
that everything in connection with the
handling of the wood has not been as
it should have been. His leaning is
toward the first theory. The shortage
is partly accounted for by the loss of
bark and by some of the wood jumping
the flume down which it was floated
for about one mile to Linnton road.
Investigation Is Ordered.
Commissioner Bigelow and City Pur
chasing Agent Wood went over the en
tire ground yesterday. Mr. Bigelow
says he does not believe the shortage
is due to wood jumping the flume or
to the bark being knocked off, but no
doubt there was considerable loss from
these two causes, he says. After mak-
ng a survey of the ground he has
ordered a thorough investigation of
every phase of the situation.
Possibility of the wood having been
tolen is remote, Mr. Bigelow says. It
would be impossible to take teams into
the camp at this time of the year.
Theft from Linnton road, he says,
would be practically impossible, inas
much as Charles It. Hart, who has the
contract for taking the wood from the
forest to the city, has had a watchman
there at all times.
Mr. Bigelow yesterday mounted the
flume where it ends at Linnton road
and followed it to the camp. He says
there is considerable wood along the
way which jumped the flume, but he
does not think there is anywhere near
the amount that is missing. He says
there are a great many fallen trees at
the camp which never were cut up.
Value Put at $4500.
Men who had charge of the camp at
the time it was in operation have been
asked by Mr. Bigelow to see him. He
hopes through them to check up on the
Kilpatrick, of the University of Ore
gon; a talk on fruit and vegetable can
ning with canning demonstration, by
Miss Helen Cowgill, of the Oregon
Agricultural College, and also a lecture
on stock judging, by Professor L. J.
Allen, of Oregon Agricultural College,
which will be followed by a stock
judging contest.
Theft of Two Chickens Too
Much for Conscience.
German Surrenders Himself, Asking:
That He May Pay Penalty aud Ab
solve Himself.
ACTING CAPTAIN THATCHER, was
busy when the young man entered
the Police Station and. approached the
desk yesterday morning. He halted
the newcomer's words with a wave of
his hand, motioning that he must wait.
"Now," he said a moment later, "what
is it?"
"I stole two chickens and I want to
confess," was the matter-of-fact reply.
"My name is Walter Krueger." He
spoke with a marked German accent.
The astounded officer questioned him
further. One of the chickens, he learned
had been removed! from a roost near
Vancouver, Wash., the other from a
fancier's flock at Gresham. Both
thefts, Krueger said, were committed
in November.
"Have you ever stolen anything else?"
queried, the acting captain. '
Krueger pondered a moment.
"Yes," he announced,' "I took several
sticks of wood near Gresham, and once
when I worked in tSan Francisco, 1
stole some whisky."
The thefts bothered his conscience.
he said, and he could not rest until he
had confessed and paid the penalty.
At his own request Krueger is booked
for investigation, and Detective Goltz
is examining the merits of his claims
upon the law.
Prince Leopold of TTussla, who is mar
ried to a ulster of the' German Empress,
Is the- wealthiest of German royalties.
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Resinol Ointment should also be
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white, and to keep the hair healthy
and free from dandruff. Contains
no free alkali.
Resinol Soap and Ointment heal eczema and
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Exhibition and sale of landscape,
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This week's styles are unusually smart.
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Royal Banquet brand. Highest grade Iowa corn,
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Magic Flour, Highest Patent, Sack $1.35
California Figs, cooking
variety, 4 pounds for 250
Silver Prunes, Oregon 30-
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Lunch Tomatoes, solid pack,
No. l'i cans, dozen 8o0.
Ground Chocolate, Baker's,
three-pound cans 750,
one-pound cans 250.
Apex Peas, Colorado pack.
15c grade, dozen cans
$1.35.
Columbine Peas, Empson's
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$1.55.,
Primrose Peas, Empson's
pack, 22c grade, dozen,
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White Lily Butter, fancy
Oregon creamery, roll,
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Gloss Starch, Kingsford's,
6-pound boxes, each, 600
Naptha Soap, Victor brand,
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White Soap, Premium
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Gloss Starch, Eastern make,
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