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The Ben Selling Store News
Devoted to the Interest and Comfort of the Buyer of Men's Apparel.
fSIMON SALVAGE STORE
Corner i irst and Alder Sts. .
THE MORNING OREGONTAN. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 21, 1916.
"Wrong and Pernicious" Ver
dict of Board of Control.
BIENNIAL REPORT IS MADE
A Specialty Shop
Portland, Oregon, December 21, 1916
For Men and Boys
Association With Hardened Crimi
nals Inside Walls Instead of Seg
regation Breeds Recklessness
and Crime, Say Investigators.
SALEM, Or.. Dec. 20. (Special.)
That the system used at the State Pen
itentiary In throwing offenders of a
widely differing? type into prison to
gether is "wrong in theory and per
nicious in practice" Is the assertion
made by the State Board of Control
in its biennial report Just Issued.
"The State Penitentiary is in a class
by itself." states the report, in dis
cussing the various institutions. "At
present it is reqiured to care for of
fenders of widely different types. The
young man who has committed a
crime in the heat of passion, or is
the victim of the subtle powers of
associate. Is confined with hardened
criminals within the same walls."
That this is wrong in theory and per-
ilclous in practice is apparent to all
who will take time to investigate the
conditions that must exist under such
a system. The tendency of the day
Is to segregate the older boys and
the younger men and to place them in
a reformatory, where they can be em
ployed in learning some useful voca
tion or in following one that they al
ready have mastered.
Idleness Declared Baleful.
"Idleness among any class of men
Js baleful, but among prisoners It Is
ruinous. In an Institution like the
penitentiary It gives young men an op
portunity to hear tales of recklessness
and daring that appeal to their sensi
tive natures and lead them to make
heroes of men who are filled with
criminal instincts and whose lives form
an unbroken record of crime.
"All the members of the Board rea-
obtained by following methods now
necessary in the present quarters."
Superintendent Hale, of the Boys'
Training School, is eager that the
Legislature use the present quarters
of the Training School for a reforma
tory for the older boys of the school
and the younger men of the prison,
as mentioned by the Board, and es
tablish new quarters for the younger
boys.
Cottage Plan Advocated.
He Is a firm advocate of the cottage
plan of handling the younger boys in
the Training School and advocates the
creation of such an Institution.
Superintendent Hale's suggestions
along this line also are agreed to by
the Board of Control. In another sec
tion of its report the Board states:
"It certainly is true that much good
would be gained by using the present
plant (referring to the Training School)
for a reformatory for the older boys
and providing a home on the cottage
plan for the younger boys. There
would be a two-fold advantage In such
an arrangement. First, more of the
younger boys could be rescued and de
veloped Into useful and productive citi
zens of the state, and, secondly, many
of the younger men who are now sent
to the penitentiary- could be cared or
in the reformatory and kept from the
contamination that Is liable to come
from associating with hardened crimi
nals.
. "It is the verdict of many men who
once were incarcerated in a peniten
tiary that their Imprisonment did them
no good because of the stern methods
necessary where the first offenders and
the old-time criminals are cared for in
the same institution. The plan to have
three institutions instead of two is
at least feasible, and securing very
satisfactory results in several states
especially in Ohio, Wisconsin and Iowa
It would seem desirable at this time
to give full consideration to the sug
gestion, of segregation."
FLUX ACTION OPPOSED
EKiEXE CHAMBER AGAIS5T MOVE
TO ATTRACT FACTORY NOW.
Portland Advised That Production of
Greater Quantity and Higher Grade
Is of More Importance.
EUGENE, Or.. Dec. 20. (Special.)
The Eugene Chamber of Commerce In a
letter today expressed to the Portland
Chamber of Commerce opposition to the
plan to send a representative of the
Oregon flax interests East at this
time to investigate linen factory pros
pects. '
The members of the Eugene Chamber
feel that such a step at this time would
be too far ahead and that funds which
ould be required could be expended
at home to better advantage, so far as
the actual development of the new in
dustry is concerned.
Dr. T. H. Miller, chairman of the Eu
gene flax committee, and George Quale
secretary of the Eugene Chamber, who
has been giving the flax experiment his
personal attention, addressed the mem
bers of the Chamber at the mid-week
luncheon today. Both were of th
opinion that Oregon's first concern 1
to first produce as high a grade of flax
as possible and enough of it to supply
a linen factory. After this has been
accomplished a factory can be obtained
Both speakers praised the lnteres
taken by Portland business men in th
flax experiment, declaring that Port
land was behind the enterprise morally
and financially, through thick and thin.
A Smashing Special!
Children 's Overcoats Reduced
$5 and $6.50 Overcoats, ages 3 to 10 years, $3.50
$8.50 and $10 Overcoats, ages 3 to 10 years, $5.00
TWO big lots of good,
warm Overcoats, spe
cially selected for a
rousing Christmas special !
Grays, browns, tans, mix
turesevery age from 3 to
10 years.
Don't fail to take advan
tage of the generous reduc
tions make the boys happy
on Christmas with nobby,
new Overcoats that they can
wear all Winter long.
$5 and $6.50 Overcoats, $3.50
$8.50 and $10 Overcoats $5.00
Second Floor
For that man:
A SPECIAL price on
handsome patterns in
new silk shirts. All
sizes in a wide range of
colors.
$3.65
IS SAVING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
TO CHRISTMAS BUYERS
and thousands of people from many miles around will flock to SIMON'S Fri
day and Saturday to take advantage of the truly remarkable money-savins op
portunities offered all over the store. Come and get your share of the BAR
GAINS it means money in your purse or pocket.
SIMON
For Father, Husband, Son, Brother
Dressing Gowns
HANDSOME materials,
finely made and
trimmed. A wide
range of patterns and prices.
Select now for Christmas
gifts. $3.50 to $30
A Shopping List
for Men
a House Coat at $5, $7.50, $10,
$12.50, $15 or $20.
a Hat order
Brewer Hats $3.
Stetson Hats $4 and $5
Dunlap Hats $5.
a Merchandise order in any
amount.
a Tie at 50c,. $1, $1.50, 1 $2,
$2.50, $3, $3.50 or $4.
a pair of Auto Gloves at $4
or $5.
a pair of wool-lined Auto
Gauntlets at $5 or $7.
a new Muffler at $1, $1.50,
$2.50, $3.50.
pair of Silk Hose at 50c or $1.
Silk Shirt at $5 or $6.
a suit of Silk Pajamas at
$7.50.
an Umbrella at $1.50, $2, $3,
$3.50, $5 or $6.
SIMON BUYS A CARLOAD OF LARGE FRESH
CALIFORNIA
ORANGES
Doz.
and 'will sell them Fri
day and Saturday at
the . special price of
They are the size that sell regularly and readily
for 40c dozen. Everybody can eat Oranges for
Christmas at Simon's Special Price, 25 dozen.
Candy and Nuts
CHRIST
MAS
SIMON PRICES SMASH ALL RECORDS
NEW MIXED CANDY 11 - i
Regular 25c .lb. kind ID. luC
. HIGH-GRADE BOX CANDY
$1 Boxes, 49c- 50c Boxes 25c
NEW STOCKO 1L
MIXED NUT SO IDS.
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Open Evenings Until Christmas
BEN SELLING
Leading Clothier
Morrison at Fourth
0.A.G.B0Y DROWNED
Oliver Lundgren, 22, Victim of
Canoe Accident.
CHUM FLOATS TO SAFETY
Proposed Holiday Trip Has Tragic
Ending at Very Outset Dead
Youth Was Corvallis Resi
dent Body Is Sought.
CORVALLI3, Or;. Dec. 20. (Special.)
Oliver Lundgren. 22, of this city, was
drowned in Mary's River this morn
ing, when a canoe, in which he and
Troy Bogard, of Woodburn, were
paddling, upset in a whirlpool only
a few yards from where the boat
was put Into the water.
Lundgren and Bogard were students
at the Oregon Agricultural College
members of the junior class, and
chums. They had planned a hunting
trip the last of this weeK. ihey ex
pected to ship the canoe to Monroe
and on Saturday go to that city. launcn
the shell In the Long Tom River and
hunt ducks as they floated down to
Corvallis.
Early this morning the two young
men conferred at the Lundgren home
In this city and agreed that, as neither
had a class in the first two periods
today, they would go to the boathouse
on Mary's River and bring the canoe
to Corvallis for shipment.
A little below the boathouse Is the
dam which backs water in the river
for the mill race. The boys lifted the
canoe around the dam and launched
It a few yards below. . They had not
gone more than 10 or 15 yards when
the canoe capsized in the swift whirl
ing current which was caused by mod
erately high water. Bogard was able
to grasp the canoe and floated to
safety, but Lundgren was carried
under.
Scores of searchers began to drag
the river within half an hour after
tho accident and continued until late
tonight, but the body was not found.
The search was conducted by T. R.
Graham, chief of the Corvallis fire de
partment. This afternoon a number
of Lundgren's student friends volun
teered and worked with the grappling
hooks.
Fall From Railroad Span Kills.
NORTH BEND, Or., Dec. 20. (Spe
cial.) While returning from this city
to Coos, a Southern Pacific work sta
tion at the north end of the Coos Baj
railroad bridge. Ed Walters, who was
with two companions, fell from the
high structure and was drowned be
fore help could reach him. The acci
dent occurred after dark and the body
went down In 35 feet of water. The
body was not recovered.
NOTES HINT DESERTION
CORONER THINKS J. V. STRAC'K
WAS CANADIAN SOLDIER.
Quart of Alcohol Used Dally for Three
Daya. Jury Finds Morder Theory
Advanced by Relatives.
OREGON CITT, 0. Dec. 20. (Spe
cial.) Rambling notes left by Joseph
V. Strack, who was found dead In his
cabin near the Sandy bridge last Mon
day with a bullet hole through hi
heart. Indicate that he deserted the
army, probably the Canadian army,
Coroner Hempstead believes.
Strack, the Coroner's Jury found, shot
himself. Evidence was introduced show
ing that for three days before his death
he drank a quart of alcohol a day.
One note reads, "I left the army," and
in his correspondence the word army
appears frequently.
Others of the farewell messages are
pathetic. "To Mother and Father,
reads one. "I am sincere and always
meant to be a help to you. Neither
one thought as much of me as of a cur
of a dog. You both wanted me to die
before I was born, although I get lone
some for your old. honest faces and
some of the good meals ! got. When
you read this, my dear folks, I will be
dead.
Coroner Hempstead. Sheriff Wilson
and Deputy District Attorney Burke
further Investigated the death of
Strack last ntrht. when relatives sen
Fresh Mince Meat, three
packages
25c
15c Bottles Eastern Ginger e
Ale for .OC
25c Vanilla Extract
for
19c
New C 11 117' D 11 Cf 02ll Less Than V, Price.
uiiiaii it line ucaiid) iu( v- v lviuuuiia Most
Crop
TOYS
A. n assortment
of them, some
loiledand slight
ly HamncrpH. for-
o r
values to lititfi
mer
50c, choice
All Widths.
Pictures
Large assort
in e n t, framed
and unframed,
formerly worth
up to $2, now
5c to 50c
BABY
RATTLES
EACH 5f
'WITH ANY PURCHASE OF $1.00 OR M0RE-
Anywhere in the Store, excepting purchases of candy, oranges and I
nuts. One order of 18 lbs. Sugar only to each customer. This offer I
holds good FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. BY THE SACK $6.98
'
Box
Stationery
Former 60c and
75c values. Big
assortment, for
10c and 25c
MEN'S
MACKINAWS
Guaranteed all
wool. Regular
$10 and $12.50
values, at Si-,
mon's for only
$6.50
RUBBERS
Men's, Women's, Children's
Men's $1.15
Rubbers
85 e
Women's
65c Rubbers to
45
Children's
60c Rubbers
390
jili
Boys'
Mackinaws
Guaranteed all
wool, sizes 6 and
B years. Regular
$7.50 values.
$3.85
Dishes
Large Assort
in e n t of indi
vidual pieces
and sets.
41-Plece runner
Sets at f2.10
MEN'S FLANNEL NIGHT SHIRTS
Regular $1.25 QQ Regular i r)C
Ones for $1.50 Ones. . .J 1 .O
Regular
50c Ones.
NEW WIDE
25c
NECKTIES
Regular
75c Ones ,
49c
Men's Regrular $5
RAINCOATS for..
$2.49
SUITCASES, GRIPS
A SAMPLE LINE OF FULL LEATHER CASES
AND GRIPS 1-3 LESS THAN WHOLESALE COST
GREATEST SHOE BARGAINS
in Portland offered in Simon's Big, New $4000
Stock. Men's Women's, Children's Shoes.
m
it
OPEN FRIDAY and SATURDAY EVENINGS
f.-!
Regular
$3.50
Heavy
Wool Nap
BLANKETS
Pair $2.49
MEN'S
S1.30
DRESS
SHIRTS
for
9Sc
PORTLAND'S BIG BARGAIN
STORE
word that they suspected murder, with
robbery as a motive. The authorities
returned, convinced mat BtracK Killed
himsel. although they will continue the
investigation.
Burt Moore, Estacada, Hart In Crash
KSTACADA, Or.. Dee. 20. (Special.)
Burt Moore, a business man well
known in this vicinity, met with a
serious accident Sunday night in the
heavy fog near Gresham as he was
traveling at a fair rate of speed on the
Powell Valley road, as his auto crashed
into another at one of the road inter
sections. When Moore was picked up.
It was found that he was badly bruised
about the hips and arms.
A megaphone invented by a Boston
doctor is constructed. oa the theory that
the ram's horn Is the technically cor
rect shape for tho best sound reproduction.
RECRUITING MAN TO GO
Naval Office at Medford Is to Be
Closed Soon.
IT
in
JtEDFORD, Or.. Dec. 20. (Special.)
After a recruiting campaign for-the
United States Navy in the valley for
several months Chief Quartermaster J.
K. Norstrom, In charge of the Med
ford office, announced last night that
the office would be closed, as he had
been called to Portland, where the re
cruiting was on such a large Bcale as
to call for additional help.
Twenty-three applicants were exam
ined, but of this number only one was
from Ashland and two from Medford.
Quartermaster Norstrom said there
was a decided lack of patriotism
among the young men of these two
communities.
Medford to Have Tree.
MEDFORD. Or., Dec. 20. (Special.)
Med ford's second annual municipal
Christmas celebration will be held in
the Public Library park Saturday night.
The women of the Greater Medford
Club, under the leadership of Mrs. Jap
Andrews, sold tags for the benefit of
the Christmas tree Tuesday arl
"Wednesday, several hundred dollars be
ing raised. In addition to the pres
entation of gifts to the needy chil
dren of the city there will be music
and folk dances by school children.
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Memoranda from Milady's Note
book: THURSDAY
Call at Wiley B. Allen's and
Arrange to Have
VICTR0LA
Sent
Christmas Eve.
Best and Most Courteoys
Service Easy Terms."
Your Victrola Awaits You Here
Courteous, skillful and intelligent attendants serve
you faultlessly, making your Victrola shopping a
pleasure and insuring your after satisfaction.
Today our stock in all models is still complete, but
we urge you to do your shopping today and select
your Victrola for delivery Christmas eve. Very
moderate payments. No gift could be more ac
ceptable than a gift of Victor records packed in a
beautifully decorated Xmas box.
Open Evenings Until Christmas
Victrolas
$15.00
to
$350.00
"Superior Victrola Service"
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