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THE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIA3T. SATURDAY, -DECEMBER 23, 1916.
JOYOUS CHRISTMAS
SPIRIT FILLS CITY
Kris Kringle Will Dispense
Happiness to Those in
Portland Institutions.
ALL WILL BE REMEMBERED
Scores of Charitable Organizations
Plan Special Entertainment for
Their Charges; Churches to
Have Special Services.
The spirit of "Christmas will perme
ate every institution in Portland which
Is maintained either by city, county
or private means. Santa Claus this
year will make his visit to all boys and
girls, men and women, who are forced
to De inmates or such institutions. . . j
At least a score of charitable organ
izations have planned special epter
talnment for those for whom they are
caring, and a Christmas tree with
plenty of presents, a Christmas dinner
and some sort of musical entertainment
seems to be the ruling- programme.
Sick Children to Have Trees.
At the Good Samaritan and St. Vin
cent hospitals trees will be provided
for the children in the children's wards.
The Christmas dinner will be served
rach patient. Perhaps -there will be
those who will no more than look at it.
but nevertheless they will be remem
bered.
At the Emanuel Hospital the nurses
have prepared a programme of music.
In which they will take part and which
will add to the usual dinner and tree.
To each of the patients in the hospital
will be Kiven some present by the
management
At Morningslde Hospital three trees
will be set-up and loaded with pres
ents, the gifts of Dr. Henry Waldo
Coe, the founder of the institution
There will be a tree in the women's
ward, a- tree in the main building and
one in the annex that has just been
completed. Each of the patients will
be presented with a gift and Dr. Coe
has even provided for visitors who may
call during the afternoon. A pro
gramme of mu.ic and other features
will be staged by the patients of the
institution, some of them being stage
folk.
All Will Be Fed.
The Salvation Industrial Home has
provided funds with which to feed
these for whom it is caring and pro
vision has also been made for feeding
100 who cannot be accommodated at
the Home. The extra number will be
fed in restaurants, but they will get
their Christmas drhner just the same.
Christmas night there will be a tree
for the children at one of the Salvation
Army halls.
The Christmas tree for the children
at the Baby Home will be had this
afternoon. The public has been gen
erous in its gifts for youngsters this
year and there will be many a toy and
doll to delight the homeless boy and
girl. A number or Reed College girls
have been decorating- the tree at the
' Baby ' Home and have been malting
presents with which to load It. The
Christmas dinner will be served Mon
day.
Theater to Be Host.
An elaborate programme has been
provided for the inmates of the Boys
and Girls' Aid Society. Monday at 10
A. M. they will be the guests of the
management of the Columbia Theater
at a "movie" party. At 1 o'clock they
will have their Christmas dinner at the
home. "Wednesday night they will be
entertained by the young people of the
ay hlte Temple, who have planned a
tree and entertainment for them. They
were the guests of the Rose City Park
Club last night at a theater party.
All who are able to be out of bed at
the open-air sanitarium beyond Bell
wood will assemble Christmas dav in
the big dining-room and have their
Christmas dinner together. A musical
programme will follow and then Rev.
Mr. Everett, of near Centralia. Wash..
a patient, will give an illustrated lec
ture on the life of Christ.
A tree, the distribution of a large
number of presents, a big dinner, and
a programme featured with music and
folk dances will be the order of Christ
tnas entertainment for the orphans at
me unristie Home.
The girls at the Florence Crittenton
Home have provided a programme of
music they will trive for their own
benefit tomorrow night. Monday night
they will have their tree and in the
afternoon their Christmas dinner.
At the Frazier Detention Home the
boys have been well taken care of.
Last night they were entertained by-j
-no young people or the Rose City Park
fjhurch bunday school. Tomorrow after
noon they will be the gruests of the Ro
tary Club at the Benson Hotel and
Monday afternoon they will be guests
of the management of the Columbia
at a theater party. Their Christmas
tree will be given at the home Sunday
atternoon upon their arrrval from the
fJenson Hotel.
The Louise Home and the Home for
the Aged have also provided especially
ior ineir cnarges.
Not only will the ereneral nubile
change presents and ret lndisrestion
from overeating, but it will also attend
the numerous church 6ervices to be
held both tomorrow and Monday.
Midnight Services Scheduled.
Besides the special services to be
field tomorrow, both afternoon and
cveninsr. there win ha . numhA.
midnight services tomorrow.
A midnight service la nlannpil nr
j.riniLy .episcopal tomorrow nltrht.
St. Matthew's will have a mlHnlo-Vifr
, service that will begin, at 11:30 P. M.
: tomorrow. There will also be a service
. at that church Christmas morning at
sr.dU o ClOCK.
Services in Roman fTathnllr- i. .ni. o n
; will be held at 6 A. M. Monday.
Examinations in the high school
. Have prevented any big Christmas
. Oemonstrations. but In the orimarv
schools each room has had some sort
of entertainment in celebration of
- wnristmas.
This year, as usual, the cltv an
. county Jails will be visited by charit
, able persons and some gifts left. En
r, tertainment also will be provided by
tne inmates or tnese institutions.
J Mimical Programmes Arranged.
: Special services will be held In Mi
; Protestant churches tomorrow and in
; many cases elaborate musical pro
i grammes nave Deen arranged.
' Dr. Luther R. Dyott, pastor of th
First Congregational Church. will
pxeacn at n a. ai. tomorrow on 'The
i World's NewDay." A Christmas can-
tata will also be sung.
Rev. Har51d H. Grlffis, pastor of the
r First Christian Church, will deliver a
' special Christmas message tomorrow
' morning to hts congregation,
f "The Christian Meaning of 'Christ-
jinas" will be the- topic Rev. Joshua
i'Stansfield, pastor of the First Methodist
" Church, will use in his sermon tomor
,tow morning. Special music by the
tiuartette and chorus has also been
provided.
. Rev. Calvin B. Waller, who occupied
Z the pulpit of the First Baptist Church
' last Sunday, will deliver the Christmas
CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES FOR THE LITTLE PEOPLE BEGIN IN PORTLAND.
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wood School Bring
sermon there tomorrow night. "The
Manger Cradle No, Room at the Inn,
being his text. "
The Christmas Spirit" will be tne
theme of Rev. Alexander Beers at the
First .Free Methodist Church tomorrow.
Monday morning Bishop Sumner will
officiate at services at St. Stephens at
6:30 A. M. There will be services later
in the morning, both at St. Stephens
and at St. Marks. Communion will be
observAl at all the Episcopalian par
ishes Christmas morning. ?
An interesting- event reflecting Chris-
mas will be the lecture this afternoon
by Miss Failing at the Art Museum. The
lecture will be on "Christmas Story"
and will be illustrated with lantern
slides from old masters. Three o'clock
The- Baptists' Young People's UtTlon
will hold a Christmas day service at
9 o'clock in the jail; at 10 o'clock, a
similar service in the Patton home. On
Wednesday at 7:30 P. M.; they will give
a. programme at the Boys' and Girls'
id Society. ' -
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CHRISTMAS CbXCERT PXTBIilC
Multnomah Hotel Engages McEl-
roy's -1 0-IMece Band for Night.
As an added attraction for Its Christ
mas guests, the Muitnomaa noiei,
through its president, E. V. Hauser,
will entertain with a band concert by
McElroy"s band on Christmas night.
The concert will commence at 8:15 P.
vr and will be open to the public The
band includes 40 pieces and Mr.'
Hauser's invitation to hear the concert
is expected to give him a record, crowd.
48-HOUR WEEK IS DESIRED
Attorney-General Advises .New Law
Governing Women's Iabor.
SALEM. Or.. ecl 22. (Special.) At
torney-General Brown has been advised
by Mrs. Millie R. Trumbull, of Portland.
secretary of the Child laDor commie
sion, that a proposed amendment to the
present ten-Hour law is being drafted
for consideration by the next juegis
lature. so that hours, of women will be
limited to 48 for any one week. Instead
of 60. as now provided.
The Attorney-General. In replying,
has suggested that an entirely new act
be framed, instead of an amendment to
the present law, so that any attack
upon it made in the courts would be
direct'ed at the new law alone and not
at the present law as well.
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' Engene Five Trims Harrisburg.
EUGENE. Or.. Dec. 22. (Special.)-
The Eugene High School basketball
team tonight defeated the. Harrisburg
High School players by a score of 49
to 6. The visitors were outclassed
from the start, the Eugene boys scor
ing almost at will throughout the
game. The teamwork of the local or
ganization was the feature of, play.
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Lanrelhnnt Residence of Mr. and Mra. Onra Summer. (3) Children of
Christmas Cheer to the Little Shut-Ins at
CHILDREN AID SANTA!
Fernwood Pupils . Make Glad
Sick Youngsters' Hearts.
MANY GIFTS DISTRIBUTED
Ilospitals of City Are Visited and
Bundles of Christmas Cheer
Are Bestowed TTpon Every
Little Child in Wards.
Children of Fernwood School had a
big share yesterday in distributing
Christmas cheer. They went to the
hospitals with their arms full ,of bun
dles and bestowed upon every little
child in the wards, a suitable Christ
mas gift. . Mrs. Elof T. Hedlund took
the committee in her automobile with
the gifts stacked up all around thetn.
Multnomah County Hospital was vis
ited first and there "Jimmle," a little
cripple and "Annie," who Is badly
burned and all the other youngsters in
the wards were showered with pres
ents.
The Fernwood kiddles enjoyed being
Santa and declared that never before
had they so deeply appreciated home.
health and happiness. St. Vincent's
and Good Samaritan hospitals were
visited later.
The giving Christmas had been
planned under the direction of the Par
ent-Teacher Association and Principal
f ry, or Fernwood. The toys were all
new, bright and attractive. In pre
paring for the shower of gifts, the
committee had obtained a list of names
of the children with their ages and
condition, so that each gift should be
appropriate. As a consequence the girls
got dollies and the boys games and
toys; the babies, rattles and all had
stockings with, candy and goodies of
various kinds.
The general plan was carried out
under the'social servlca department of
the Parent-Teacher Circle.
The Parent - Teacher ' Associations
have provided toys for scores of poor
children throughout the city. It was
their desire that none should be over
looked at Christmas. The hospital
work was undertaken, not because the
children were necessarily poor, but be
cause the well children wanted to take
sunshine to those who were sick and
suffering.
i Wednesday' Gaiety Planned.
The Merriment Social and Dramatic
Club, with a social and a dance, will
.hold open, house at Cathedral Hall,
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Fern-
Portland Hospitals.
Seventeenth and Couch streets, nex
Wednesday. Card games will be pro
vided for those who do not dance. On
the programme will be the following
Instrumental solo, Miss L.illian Har
rington: monologue. Miss France
Schniederjost; vocal solo, Frank "Wilt,
accompanied by Miss Loraine Healey
recitation. Miss Lillian Harrington, and
the Columbia Ladies' Orchestra.
2, WED ' 47 YEARS, QUIT
Holiday Bride of Nearly Half Ccn-
' tury Ago Names Other Women.
OREGON CITY, Or.. Dec 22. (Spe
cial.) Forty-six years ago today Sarah
S. and J. T. Wallace were making the
final arrangements for their wedding,
which took place two days before
Christmas. Today Circuit .Judge Camp
bell signed a decree divorcing them,
after almost half a century of married
life.
Mr. and Mrs. "Wallace lived on a farm
In the Needy district, and he Is well
known not only as a farmer, but also
as a horseman. She charged that her
husband was close in money matters
and named several women. Mrs. Wal
lace is 67 years old. '
IRENE WEBER IS SOUGHT
Father, Former Portland Engineer,
Dies in California.
"William T. "Weber, former Portland
engineer, died in Newport Beach, CaL.
Wednesday, and a search is now being
conducted by City Detective Hawley
for his daughter, Irene Weber, thought
to De a resident or this city.
A -telegram received from the Mar
shal at Newport Beach announced that
Mr Weber died without funds, and
asked "that his daughter be located.
Irene Weber would be about 44 years
of age now, according to the telegram.
As a civil engineer Mr. Weber is said
to have mapped out a large portion of
the East Side In the '80s. -
JOSEPH THOMAS ARRESTED
Charge of Attempting to Break Into
Barn Is Made.
Joseph Thomas was ' arrested late
yesterday by Police Sergeant Ellis and
Patrolman Hewston at Grand "avenue
and Clay street on a charge of at
tempted burglary.
According to Frank Zelgler, who
made the complaint against him, he
was attempting. to break Into the liv
ery barn it Grand avenue and Clay
streets, with a large piece of iron, and
had already, demolished .the lock.
Thomas said he was 27 yeara of age
ana a xaDorex,
INSURANCE POLICY
GIFT TO EmPLQYES
Fleischner, Mayer & Co Have
$250,000 Written Cover
ing Entire Staff.
NO EXAMINATION NEEDED
Without Any Expense to Them Each
Worker Is Assured of Contln
nance of Salary, to Family
in Case of Death.
Before the 300 employes of Fleisch
ner. Mayer & Co. left for their homes
last evening after a busy day filling
orders for the Christmas trade each
was presented with a letter announcing
that the big dry goods house had ar
ranged to insure the lives of each em-
olove in a sum equal to a year's salary.
The Insurance covers everyone irora
the lowest salaried employe to the
heads of the firm, and Is . made pay
able to the employe's beneficiary In
event of death. The payments .will be
monthly under the term of the policy,
n the same sums as tne salaries are
tin Id.
This Is the third group insurance
bolicv written In Portland, and Is the
largest in the Northwest, amounting
to more than S250.000 and covering the
lives of 300 men and women. Last
Christmas the employes of the First
National Bank of this city were pre
sented with similar insurance, while
recently the Blumauer-Frank Drug
Company Inaugurated the plan. Shortly
after the bank's DOlicy was -effected
one of the employes was drowned while
canoeing on the Wlllametter River, "and
his mother is now receiving eacn
month a. check from the Insurance
company equivalent to his salary. Each
of the group policies was written Dy
Edgar W. Smith, of the Equitable Life
Assurance Society.
Examination Not Necessary.
This plan of life Insurance, which Is
romnarativelv recent Idea on the
profit-sharing line and has been called
"the basic form of welfare work." is
provided by Fleischner. Mayer & Co.
as a Christmas gift to their employes
and Is' an expression of the firm's sin
cere good-will toward Its workers. All
present employes are coverea witnoui
medical examination, and the policy
automatically includes all new em
ployes and Is relieved of tne risK oi
those leaving the service of the firm.
Fleischner. Mayer & Co. made known
their plan yesterday by the following
letter to each employe:
To mir mnlovea W are constantly mind
ful of. the loyalty and eillciency or our
employ. and appreciate those qualltle
upon which too conunuw lutcew
business depends.
Hmnmlsinr th mutuality of Interest and
of obligation that exists between employers
and emplovss. we navo aeciaea csromi
mMv as to tha best methods of showing
our aDDreclatlon of your loyalty and effi
ciency to furnish and maintain Tor an our
emDlarVs.. without expense to thum, a llfo
Insurance nolicy eaual to one year's salary.
with reasonable maximum and minimum
limits.
The nrotectlon of one's family In event
of death is of vital concern. The ordinary
cost of life Insurance In proper amount Is
so great as to cause a heavy burden upon
the income. In addition, many would be
unable to pass the Held medical examina
Uon rtecessary for Individual insurance.
It ives us great pleasure, therefore, to
announce that by arrangement made with
the Kqultabie Uf e Aesurance Society you
are now, without medical examination or
expense to you, protected by life Insurance
In a sum equal to your yearfy salary max-
mum $3000 and minimum $500). payable to
your benericiary in tne event of your deatn
while In our employ.
Inclosed Is a form of application blank.
Please fill this out at once and return.
From the Information on this application
an insurance policy will be Issued by the
Ivquitable Life' Assurance Society and sent
to you in due course. In the meantime,
however, the Insurance becomes effective as
of tnis date.
In consummating this arrangement It
gives us measure to acknowledge the high
order ef intelligent and xealous service which
has characterized the work of our emoloves
in the past, and we have every confidence
nat u will De continued in the future.
"Wishing you the compliments of the sea
son, we remain. Faithfully yours
KLEISCHXiSR. MAIIuR & CO.
Old-Tlme Employes Many.
This announcement was received
with enthusiasm by the employes, manv
of whom have been In the company's
service ior many years, Fleischner,
Mayer & Co. being probably the oldest
wholesale dry goods house on the Pa
cific Coast. In addition to supplying
ine xsortnwest with dry goods through
the local plant and seven branch
houses, the firm also operates a large
iaciory in Portland, where Mount Hood
shirts and overalls and- University
mackinaws are manufactured. The In
surance covers these workers also and
even extends to New York City, where
the firm maintains a larire office force.
"Businesses which employ consider
able, numbers of people are communi
tiea- in themselves," said Nathan
Strauss, member of the firm, last night.
"and the distress of one is the distress
of all, and conversely the good of any
one member Is the good of alL There-
fore, in endeavoring to find the best
method of showing a constructive In
terest In our 'employes and their fam
Hies, we adopted this plan of continu
ing the pay check in event of death
while in service, so that in such an
event ths employe's dependents would
have time in which to find opportunity
to adjust themselves to the changed
conditions arising out of the death of
tne Dreaawinner. w a are gratified by
the hearty response accorded our ef
forts."
PERSONAL MENTION.
Lyman Bundy. of Corvallls. is at the
Nortonia.
J. Martin, of- Seattle, is an arrival at
the Carlton.
W. Pollack, of Albany, is registered
at the Oregon.
D. E. Hunter, of Bend. Is registered
at the Portland.
J. H. La u term an. of Medford, Is at
the Washington.
A. Stevens, of Can by, is registered
at the Cornelius.
Oscar E. Nelson, of Valdez, Is regis
tered at the aeward.
H. A. Muffley. of Seattle, is regis
tered at the Seward.
G. H. Murphy, of Salem, is an ar
rival at the Imperial.
C. C. Clark, of Eugene, arrived at
the Portland, yesterday.
Roy Trout, of Brighton, Or., Is reg
istered at the Nortonia.
C. T. Gardner, of Ketchikan, is an
arrival at the Perkins.
R. R. Butler, of The Dalles. Is reg
istered at the Imperial.
Mrs. Nellie" Rich, of Salem, is Teg-
Istered at the Cornelius.
Charles Bowman, of Corvallis, is reg
istered at the Cornelius. -
James Gordon, of Jenner, Alberta, Is
registered at the Perkins.
Mrs. F. W. Meeker, of Grants Pass, is
registered at the Imperial.
Mrs. Pearl Freeman Is registered at
the Cornelius from Carson.
C, G, Hunt, of North. Yakima, la
registered at tha Imperial, where he
arrived yesterday. -
W. H. Bennlnghoff. of Seattle, is reg
istered at the Eaton.
J. McClure is registered at tha Ea
ton from St. Helens.
Charles Lorden arrived at the Per
kins from Wauna yesterday.
Thomas M. Llfrhtner Is registered at
the Nortonia from Pendleton.
H. C. Stratton. of San Francisco,, is
an arrival at the Portland.
M and Mrs. M. L. Martin, of Duluth,
are registered at the Seward.'
Claude W. Wood, of Spokane, ar
rived at tha Oregon Thursday
C. L Johnson, of The Dalles, was reg
istered at the Eaton yesterday.
E. Jackson, of Corvallls, was among
yesterday's arrivals at the Eaton.
O. A. Peterson, of Peterson's ' Land
ing, is registered at the Perkins.
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Keller, of Omaha,
are registered at the Multnomah.
Mr. and' Mrs. E. P. Lee, of Prino
ville. are recent arrivals at the Seward.
W. R. Johnson, of Tacoma. is reg
istered at the Carlton with his family.
Mr. Julius Asheim was in the city
en route to Astoria, Or., from Spokane,
Mr. and Mrs."" E. S. Hutchinson, of
Seattle, are registered! at the Washing
ton. H. F. Reddell and Warren Baty. both
of Albany, are registered at the Carl
ton.' Mr. and Mrs. G. A. McNally are reg
istered at the Multnomah from Hills
boro. James Wheeler, a business man of
Wheeler, Or., is registered at the Nor
tonia. C. H. Cracroft Is a recent arrival at
the Oregon. He is registered from
feattle.
Godfrey Ju&son and John Nelson ar
rived at the Multnomah, from New
berg yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Berkland, of
Medford. were registered at the
Washington yesterday.
Gordon Davis arrived In the city yes
terday from Stanford University, Cal
ifornia. He is registered at the Im
perial. Itobert W. Sawyer! editor of the Bul
letin, the leading newspaper of Bend,
arrived In the city yesterday for a
visit of a few days. He is registered
at the Portland.
SALESMEN CLUB ELECTS
R. R. COSTE"R IS NEW PRESIDENT
OK PORTLAND ORGANIZATION.
Contest for Sale of Insurance Policy
la Won by Fred Newton on
Judges' Decision.
The annual election of officers of the
Portland Salesmen's Club took place at
the Hotel Portland last night. R. R.
Coster, agent for the Chandler Light
ix, being elected to head the organl
zatlon. Others elected" at the meeting
were as follows: Vice-president. A. T.
Barton, of Powers Furniture Company;
second vice-president. Burt Holcomb,
Fleischman Company; third vice-presi-
ent. llliam Orinnell. Independent
Cracker Company; treasurer, Roy Ed
wards Frank E. Smith & Co.; secre-
ary, Clyde Evans; directors. A. M.
Work, W. K. Louis. C. H. Beggs. Roy
Slocum and Fred Newton.
One -of the features of the evening's
entertainment, which ' followed the reg
ular Friday, night dinner of the club,
was a contest in salesmanship. A fire
policy for $J000 was bought by Elmer
Furrer, salesman for the Russell
Miller Milling Company, who acted as
chairman of the evening. Three Judges
were appointed td decide on the ex
cellence of the two talks in which Fred
Newton, of the Fidelity Mutual Life
Insurance Company, and S. C. Hazlett,
of the P. Grossmayer Company, repre
sented their respective policies. It was
decided that the prize should be
awarded to Mr. Newton, who presented
his policy and received his check imme
diately after the decision of the judges
The speaker of the evening was Fred
Locklcy.
FRIARS' CLUB IS SOLD
EX-DETECTIVE AND EX-SALOON-
MAN TAKE. OVER ' PnOPERTT.
Larry Sullivan, One-Tlme Gold Hunter
of Nevada, and Martin Denny to
Operate Danceball.
The Friars' Club, at Mllwaukie. which
has been much in the news of late
through the arrest and conviction of
Its proprietor, Julius Wilbur, on a
charge of selling liquor, which he
denies, has been sold to Larry Sullivan
and Martin Denny, of Portland.
Mr. Wilbur closed a deal wittf Sul
livan and Denny yesterday by which
they took over the club. Its fixtures
and his lease on the property, which
has about five years to run. The con
sideration was about $3000 in cash
and property. The new owners took
possession Immediately.
Larry Sullivan and Martin Denny
are both well-known, figures in Port
land, and Larry Sullivan is known as
well in Goldfleld, Nev.. and Los An
geles, Cal., where he was one of the
detectives that gathered evidence in
the Times dynamiting case. Years ago
he conducted a sailor boarding-house
in Portland. He gained National fame
and made .and lost a fortune at Gold-
field In the gold excitement there some
years ago.
Martin Denny formerly conducted a
saloon at Third and Jefferson streets.
The new proprietors say the "Friars
Club will be operated on strictly . a
respectable basts. It will be con
ducted as a restaurant-cafe and dance
pavilion.'
CHANCE TO BE GIVEN BOY
Youth Who Confessed Old Crime May
Be Paroled to Farmer.
TACOMA. "Wash.. Dec. B2. (Special.)
George Miller, the 19-year-old boy
who gave himself up to County Jailer
James Leak last week, confessing that
he had forged three checks on an em
ployer In Colvllle four years ago when
he' grew homesick and wanted to get
back to Milwaukee, may have a chance
to make good without doing penance
Inside prison walls.
Sheriff Robert Longmlre received a
letter from W. J. Dempsey, a responsi
ble farmer residing near Ctiehalis,
stating that he believed the boy would
make good if given a chance, and that
he would assume the boy's monetary
obligations to his former employer if he
could have the youth In charge. A
Deputy Sheriff is expected to arrive
here tomorrow frorrrStevens County for
Miller and Sherirf Longmire will dia
cuss the offer with him.
Astoria Quintet Beats Kalama.
ASTORIA. Oi-., Dec 22. (Special.)
Astoria High School basketball team
tonight defeated Kalama, 23 to 15, in
the first game the locals have played
this season. The Kalama boys forced
the locals to pass frequently, but As
toria's shooting was not up to etand-
aru.
E CHEER GIVEN
Christmas Bonus Announce
ments Continue to Come.
EMPLOYES ARE MADE GLAD
Four Banks, Two Express Compa
nies and Two 'Business Houses
Latest In Line Honeyman j
Hardware Gives Turkeys.
Christmas bonuses are becoming ex
tremely ' popular, and each day near
Christmas a number of new ones are
announced.
Here is the promised announcement
made yesterday that brought cheer to
the hearts of many, employes of tha
Wells-Fargo Express Company. The
message was sent to the local agent,
A. H. Peterson:
Wells-Fargo will pay men who have
been In Its exclusive employ for a year
or more and who are drawing a salary
or ZJOOO a year or less a bonus eaual
to one month's wages, based on sala
ries paid during October, 1916. to be
distributed in quarterly , installments
on the first of next January, April,
July and October.
'Such employes who have not been nr
January 1 in the company's service for
run year will become elierlhln for
participation In all payments following
ineir attainment or a year's service.
This payment is an additional allow
ance to assist employes in meeting ex-
ung conditions.
" This bonus is to be nald snmo snnft
"Wells-Fargo men and women and will
amount in round numbers to $1,000,000.
it wm mean a Christmas gift from
Wells-Fargo to its men behind tho
guns." s
Here are a few of tho latest (tifts
to be announced;
United States National Bank Half a
month's salary, affecting more than SO
persons.
Ladd & Tllton One month's salarv.
affecting the same number.
Northwestern National $;5 to each
employe, from the office boy up.
First National Bank will probably
adhere to its long established cus
tom of giving a lull month's pay at
New Year's.
The Honeyman Hardware Company
will give today to each of its employes,
both in the wholesale and retail de
partments, a turkey.
Ten per cent of their yearly salaries
will again be paid to the employes of
the hardware firm of Crane & Co.
The Blake-McFall Company has an
nounced that its employes who have
been in the service a year or more
will receive a month's salary as a
Christmas 'present, while those who
have not been with them this long
will " be remembered in another way.
The American Express Company to
day announced a bonus of one month's
salary, payable In -quarterly install
ments to all employes who have been
one year or longer In its service and
who receive $2000 or less annually. It is
estimated that the award will total
about $1,250,000 and that 12.000 em
ployes will benefit.
"
TEA COMPANY TO GIVE BONUS
Portland Concern Plans Christmas
Gift to Employes.
It will be an "honest-to-goodness"
Merry Christmas to the 38 employes of
the Ideal Tea Company, "11 Union ave
nue North. J. A. Smith, head of the
concern, admitted last night that the
company would today give between
$400 and $500 in bonuses to the men
and women employed by that corpo
ration. The amount given to each, ho said,
will be determined by the length of
service and the position occupied.
This is the second year that the Ideal
Tea Company has given bonuses to its
employes at Christmas. The company
is a strictly Oregon concern, and was
organized three years ago.
TWOHYS MAY GET ORDER
Southern Pacific Asks Bid on 100O
Wooden Freight Cars.
Twohy Brothers, local contractors
who recently secured an order for the
construction of 200 freight cars for the
Uflion Pacific system soon may get an
additional order from the Southern Pa
cific. The Southern Pacific is in tho
market for 1000 heavy wooden cars.
Twohy Btothers have been asked to
submit bids.
These cars are to be of wood
throughout, both underframe and super
structure. The Union Pacific order calls
for steel underframe and wooden su
perstructure. Twohy Brothers are wen equipped
to build freight cars and other rail
road equipment, and have expressed a
determination to solicit that class of
business from the Western roads. Their
plant is at East Sixtieth street and the
O.-W. R. .& N. tracks.
LIQUOR CASE JURY SPLITS
Vote Is 6 to 6 on Charges Against
Indians After 19 Hours.
When the lurors In the case of the
Government versus three Indians in the
Klamath . Indian reservation, accused
of taking liquor onto the reservation,
took the first vote at 3 P. M. Thursday
it was the same as the last vote taken
yesterday -morning six to six al
though 19 hours intervened. me jury
was discharged.
Harry Brown, Bldwell Riddle and
Foster Barclay had been indicted by
the Federal grand Jury. Assistant
United States District Attorney Gold
stein was pitted against ex-Assistant
United States District Atorney John
son in the trial of the case.
The retrial of the case was set for
the Medford term of the United States
District Court. It will be held May 1
in the new Federal building at Med
ford. $2400 SUIT CUT TO $20
a "
Court Allows Damages and Orders
County to Improve Drainage.
OREGON CITY. Or.. Dec. 22. (Spe
cial.) A decree awarding the plaintiff
$20 damages In the case of Hiram Hog
kins versus Clackamas County for
$2400 damages was handed down to
day. The case was tried here several
weeks ago by Judge Bagley, of Hills
boro. Since the trial the plaintiff died,
and the award was made to the estate.
The plaintiff, in addition to the $2400
sought, asked for an injunction re
quiring the county to widen a drain
age ditch It constructed near the Hop
kins farm near Colton. The injunc
tion was granted.
The damages were claimed by reason
of overflow from Jae ditch.
OR