THE MORNING OREGONIAN. FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1917.
POLITICAL PARTIES
TO AID WAR CENSUS
Chairmen of Two Principal Or-
ganizations Unite in Ap-
peal to Workers.
OCCASION HELD IMPORTANT
Precinct Committeemen and Can
vassers Are Asked to Help in
Census and the Subsecuent
: Checking Tp of Names.
WASHINGTON. May 31. In a Joint
statement Issued today from their re
spective party headquarters here.
Chairman Willcox, of the Republican
National Committee, and Chairman Mc
cormick, of the Democratic National
Committee, called upon party commit
teemen and workers ln all communi
ties throughout the country to put
their machinery into operation to aid
Army draft registration officers.
Experienced in the work of registra
tion and canvassing, local and state
party organizations are fitted to render
Invaluable assistance both on June 5
and later when the checking up for
slackers begins. Therefore, the Na
tional committees, laying aside par
tisan differences, determined to get
their workers into the field for co-op
erative action.
" Census of National Importance.
"By the terms of the selective draft
art," says the joint statement, "the
President has designated June 5 as the
registration day for the people en
rolling those citizens who are of mili
tary age and condition. An eligible
list of men within certain ages avail
able for service is to be established by
this registration, from which it Is sub
sequently proposed to select those who
are to bear arms for the United States
In the present struggle, and those
whose proper sphere of duty is along
other, but no less useful, lines.
"It is of great National importance
that this registration should be as com
plete as possible, in order that the
Oovernment may be enabled to make
proper selection.
"The Congressional enactment under
which this registration is conducted
was supported by members of both
Houses of Congress affiliated with
both of the great political parties.
Party lines were not drawn during the
oonsideratloln of the great measure.
Men of both parties supported It and
both parties should now co-operate In
aiding the Government in the success
ful application of the act.
Organizations Equipped for Tank.
"Accordingly, we as chairmen of the
National committees of our respective
parties, have addressed a communica
tion to officers of state political or
ganizations throughout the country
asking them to put into operation the
party machinery in their respective
districts for the people by aiding reg
istration officers in securing com
plete enrollment of the citizens af
fected. W6 have submitted this sug'
gestion to our political organizations in
every state, because we believe that
the organizations are splendidly
equipped for effective work in this
direction.
"We sincerely hpo ijiat all mem
bers of our organizations and party
workers generaly will Join with other
citizens in this movement to insure
the enrollment of every citizen who
comes within the provisions of this
law and is subject to enrollment.
BOND PURCHASES LARGE
(Continued From Flrt Page.)
lty of the purchaser. If It is necessary
for the Individual to pay in small
amounts this will be arranged so that
the payments will in no way work a
hardship.
Workmen to Hear Talk.
Employes of the Northwest Steel
Company will hear an address by H.
K. Blauvelt. of the Oregon Life Insur
ance Company, between 11:15 and 11:45
next Tuesday morning on what the
liberty loan means to workingmen.
The company has arranged to dismiss
the men for the noon lunch period a
half hour earlier so that they can give
the time to the speakers. J. C. Ains
worth. president of the United States
National Bank, and C. A. Miller, man
ager of the campaign, also will speak.
It Is probable that within the next
few days the banks here will start an
organized movement to induce people
to buy "Baby Bonds." The idea la to
buy a $50 or a $100 bond in the name
of a baby, allowing the Interest to ac
cumulate in a savings bank account
until the bond matures at the end of 30
years, by which .time the fund Is ex
pected to be a welcome addition to the
"baby's" finances.
One man yesterday bought three $100
bonds for his three children.
State Board to Invest.
Local banks were advised by their
correspondents in Boise yesterday that
the Idaho State Land Board has ar
ranged to invest $100,000 of its surplus
in liberty bonds. The board also has
bought $10,000 worth of bonds to be
sold to state employes em the Install
ment plan.
(Several big packages of red, white
aVid blue display cards were received
at local headquarter" yesterday and
will be distributed throughout the state
within the next few days.
They are 24 by 38 inches and at
tractively printed. One of them reads:
"Make your dollars end the war. The
liberty your forefathers fought and
died for is at stake. If you cannot
fight your money can. Buy a liberty
loan bond and Uncle will do the rest."
The Federal Treasury Department
also has advised that a supply of but
tons is being shipped for presentation
to each purchaser of a liberty bond.
People thus will be able to see who is
performing patriotic service In a
financial way.
Oddfellows to Bay.
F. A. Freeman, vice-president of the
Lumbermens Trust Company, addressed
the employes of Enke's Cleaning Works
yesterday. Many of them are prepar
ing to buy bonds.
The Orient Lodge of Oddfellows has
instructed its board of trustees to in
vest all available funds in the liberty
issue.
Miss Amy Rothchild, president of the
Girls' National Honor Guard, requests
the members of the organization
to report at headquarters, 312
Selling building, this afternoon
and assist in distributing liberty
bond posters. They will also
assist in the distribution of 15,000
other posters advertising the war loan
bonds which will be displayed on auto
mobile windshields. An additional 15,-
000 of these posters will be distributed
in other counties of the state.
Portland Council, Knights of Colum
bus, has volunteered the services of a
number of its members for the sale
of liberty bonds. These volunteers will
be organized into a group and will
work in co-operation with the general
committee, canvassing such districts of
the city as may be assigned to them.
HEW SOURCES OF
REVENUE ARE TAXED
Senate Committee Levies on
Parcels Post, Radio and
Freighting Autos.
TRANSPORTATION ITEM CUT
Munitions Tax Is Eliminated In Fa
vor of Plan to Increase Excess
Profits Vigorous Opposi
tion Is Brewing.
is called the Summer school, and in
the place of the two full semesters
provides three and a half. The first
semester will, begin October 1 and end
December 21. Christmas vacations will
intervene between the first and second
semesters and the second semester will
begin. January 1, ending March 22. The
third semester will open April 1 and
close June 17, and the fourth and final
semester will open June 18 and end
July 25.
These dates are approximate. To
graduate, a student under the new sys
tem, will be required to earn 180 term
hours, rather than 120 under the old
system. The new plan will be inaug
urated next OctODer.
The faculty committee on the work
ing out of details is composed of O. F.
Stafford, chairman; E. H. McAlister,
W. P. Boynton, E. E. Decou and J. D.
Barnett.
$9,427,177 MELON CUT
WELLS-FARGO PAYS DIVIDENDS OK
NEARLY 40 PER CENT.
WILBUR REUNION TODAY
FORMER STUDENTS AND TEACHERS
TO ATTEND EXERCISES.
for city employes to be paid for in
monthly installments.
Many employers are completing ar
rangements that will permit their em
ployes to take bonds on easy install
merits.
Employers Lay Plans.
Mason, Ehrman & Co , wholesale gro
cers. probably will offer their plan to
their employes today.
Woodard, Clarke & Co., wholesale and
retail druggists, are working out a
similar plan.
The Portland Railway, Light & Pow
er Company will have Its arrangements
in a few days.
The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph
Company has perfected a plan whereby
any employes of the company through
out their territory on the Pacific Coast
who desire to purchase bonds may do
so through the company, paying for
them in installments extending over a
period of a year, these Installments to
be deducted from monthly salary pay
ments. Buyers to Be Protected.
Under this plan the employe will re
ceive half of the year's interest on the
bonds. In case the employe leaves the
Bervice or for any reason installments
are not paid when due, the company
will sell the bond or bonds for which
the employe has subscribed and pay
over to him, or in case of his death, to
his legal representatives, the balance
remaining after deducting from the
amount received from the sale the full
amount of the -unpaid installments. Un
der this plan, therefore, the employe in
no case loses any of his installment
payments.
The payments will begin in June,
1917, and continue until June, 1918.
The management of the Multnomah
Hotel is preparing to assist every
member of the staff to participate in
the liberty loan. A plan has been per
fected by which bonds are to be pur
chased according to the financial abil-
Programmc Will Be Held on Site of
Old Academy Near Rosebursr.
Ana tin Mires to Preside.
ROSEBURG, Or., May 31. (Special.)
Prominent men from many points of
the Northwest will assemble at the
little town of Wilbur, eight miles from
Roseburg, tomorrow, where they will
participate in the reunion of former
teachers and pupils of the old Wilbur
Academy. Father Wilbur, one of the
first Oregon missionaries, established
the academy, and since his time many
men of prominence have taught there.
Among the instructors of the old
academy were Representative Hawley,
and the late Governor Frank Benson.
The reunion will be held in a little
grove near the old academy site, and
the programme will be presided over
by Austin Mires, kn attorney, of Walla
Walla, Wash., who waf one of the
early students of the institution. Other
men of prominence who have accepted
invitations to be present at the re
union are: A. C. Strange, of Baker;
Attorney-General George M. Brown and
Supreme Judge Henry L. Benson, of
Salem; G. W. Riddle, of Riddle; Harry
Pinkston, of Oakland; Benjamin Hunt
ington, Sr., of Yoncalla; J. C. Fuller
ton, J. W. Hamilton, Mrs. O. C. Brown,
J. H. Booth and Mrs. Simon Lane, of
Roseburg, and Horace Putnam, a de-
cendant of Israel Putnam, of Revolu
tionary fame, of Drain
The programme will include address
es, musical numbers, a banquet and
other features.
Judge Henry Benson arrived here to
day from Salem to visit friends and
will go to Wilbur early tomorrow. The
reunion was arranged by Mrs. Inez
Miller, teacher of the Wilbur schools.
Letters written by former teachers and
pupils of the academy who will be
unable to attend the reunion will be
read.
WAR PRICES
Will Soon Hate to Be Paid on
Pianos, So
BUY NOW!
From the Reliable Piano
Merchant
HAROLD S. GILBERT
384 Yamhill St.
Prevent Stock Will Be Sold at Former
Prices.
Smallest Expense. Lowest Price.
Henry S. G. Llndeman. S287
Welser Bros. (Uke new) 8138
Jos. Cramer. . .....8187
Lexington ($132 paid on this
Piano) 8218
Harold S. Gilbert 373 value) ... 8300
Strond Pianola (not one year old
and music Included).. 8367
WASHINGTON, May 31. With .fur
ther trimming of the $1,800,000,000 war
tax bill, the Senate finance committee's
revision work today reached the stage
of detailed drafting- with completion of
a measure aggregating about $1,500,
000,000 next Wednesday or Thursday
In prospect.
Several new sources of revenue were
drawn upon today; other House taxes
were reduced and further substitutions
adopted. The principal changes affect
ing the general public Included:
A new tax on parcel post packages
of 1 cent on each 25 cents or fraction
paid by shippers and adoption of the
same rate for express packages as a
substitute for the House levy of 6 per
cent upon express transportation. The
shipper would pay the tax.
Transportation Tax Cut.
Reduction by one-half, or to 5 per
cent of taxes on amounts paid for land
or water transportation, including
charges for berths or parlor car chairs,
entailing a loss of revenue of $35,000,
000. Adoption of excise or consumption
taxes, payable eventually by the con
sumer, of one-half cent a pound on
sugar. 2 cents on coffee, 5 cents on tea
and 3 cents on cocoa
Repeal of the existing law levying a
12 per cent tax on war munitions,
now bringing in $25,000,000 revenue, be
cause of the substitute plan for increas
ing manufacturers' excess profits taxes.
Bill Ready for Redrafting;.
With these and several minor
changes. Chairman Simmons - said the
bill now virtually is ready for tech
nical redrafting, to put in-proper form
the revisions agreed to and already an
nounced. Treasury Department sugges
tions to this end and Individual amend
ments of various Senators will be con
sidered tomorrow.
In an effort to agree upon An equita
ble tax upon newspapers, magazines
and other publications now transported
ror l cent a pound, the committee today
arranged for a, general conference Sat
urday night. Chairman Simmons and
other members will meet representa
tives of the publishers and the Post
office Department. The proposed gen
eral 2 .per cent tax on all advertising
And the Hardwick amendment, greatly
to increase postage charges on por
tions of the publications devoted to
advertising, will be discussed.
Fairness Declared Motive.
In deciding to adopt the new tax on
parcel-post packages, the committee
was said to believe that such action
would be but fair to the express com
panies, maintaining present parity of
competition between the two services.
For the service of shippers the com
mittee adopted the direct tax of 1 cent
on each 25 cents paid for such trans
portation Instead of the more compli
cated percentage charges.
Other changes designed to maintain
competition decided upon today makes
the 3 per cent tax on freight transpor
tation, by railroad or water, apply also
to freight carried by motor vehicle or
other mechanical means of transporta
tion which compete with railroads or
steamships.
In many sections of the country auto
mobile truck lines are said to be active
competitors of steam and electric roads.
Radio Messages Taxed.
Taxation of radio messages at the
same rate imposed upon long-distance
telegraph and telephone messages 5
cents on each message costing IB cents
or more was decided upon, to equalize
taxation of all forms of long-distance
communication.
The consumption taxes on coffee, tea.
sugar and cocoa, and substitutes, ex
pected to yield $80,000,000, comprise the
substitute adopted in lieu of the gen
eral 10 per cent tariff increase, from
which $200,000,000 In revenues were
planned, together with smaller House
taxes on coffee and tea.
Some Senators already are planning
vigorous lights on several features
when the bill reaches the floor. An
effort will be made to restore the House
increase in surtaxes on incomes of more
than $40,000 annually. Other Senators
say they will oppose the excise Ir
especially those on feugar and coffee.
There also will be an effort toward
restoring the House tax on inheritances.
Report . of Company Filed In .Salem
Shows S500.000 In Bonds of
O.-W. R. A N. Are Held.
SALEM. Or., May 31. (Special.) The
annual report of the Wells Fargo Ex
press Company, filed today with the
Public Service Commission, shows that
that company cut a fat melon last year.
In addition to 3 per cent regular
dividends being paid twice last yettr.
such dividends amounting each time to
$719,022, it also declared an extra divi
dend of 33 1-3 per cent, or a total
extra dividend paid in one slice of
$7,989,133.33. These dividends were
paid without Incurring any extra ob
ligation to the company whatsoever.
The operating revenues of the com
pany last year totaled $25,741,143.91.
Its gross business handled was $50.
298,469.51, and It paid on express con
tracts for transportation $25,854,218.60.
The operating expenses were $22,212,
796.88. The ratio of the operating ex
penses to the operating revenues was
86.29 per cent.
The company's net income from ex
press operation was $3,122,967.07. and
after paying the dividends mentioned
Jt still had a surplus of $4,020,094.52.
The report shows that the company
holds $500,000 worth of the first and
refunding mortgage 4 per cent bonds
of the O.-W. R. N. Company, which
are payable in 1961.
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THE "WICKED" 'TRADING STAMP
Tts Saving Thousands of Dollars Each Year to Onr Patrons
Discount Which Applies to Every Purchase of Ten Cents
or More on Onr First Three Floors.
EXTRA STAMPS WITH THE COU
PON TODAY & SATURDAY
BRING THIS COUPON
AND GET
20-EXTRA-20
"S. A H." Trading
Stamps on your
first $1 cash pur
chase, and double
on the balance.
Good on first floor ana
basement today and Satur
day, June 1 and 2.
NOTE THAT OUR PRICES ARE LOWER THAN
THE MANUFACTURERS'
:40 c
$1.50 Oriental Cream
on sale now( 4 1 f
priced at.. 01iU
50c Hinds Honey
Aimona uream
now at..
R o s e a ted;n
Cream at. OUC
Japanese Ice Pencils
on sale at 1 C (k
only Ol.OU
Orchard White"
now at....
E a u d e
Japora at..
50c Cam ellne
now for.
$1.00 OthlneQE
35 c
$1.00
40 c
on sale for. . . .
25c Imp erlal Violet
Borated Ttl-ie
cum Powder itluC
$1.00 Mlolena Freckle
Cream on sale QJ
now for. OuC
One pound Hospital
Cotton on sale o f
now (or. O 1C
Pompelan Night
aL?.m.35c, 75c
60c Pom peian Mas
sage Cream n
sale now at.. . -rLI C
60c S 1 1 1 lman
Cream now a
t39c
35c Limestone Phos
phate on eal OQ
now for . . s 27 G
:25c
18c
One pound . can Bo
rated Talcum
on sale for.
25c Cut lcura
Soap now for-
60e Celery O?
King now lorOOC
$1 Lydla Plnkham's
Compound on "to
sale for. I OC
$1 Lavorls on
sale now for.. OC
75c Arbolone Tablets
on sale now CQ
for only 37C
Non Spl on Pn
sale now for.. OUC
25c Fro stilla
on
: Fro stilla O fk
sale tor CUC
50e Santlseptic.4 e
Lotion for....xOG
One pound Agar Agar
cut or 1 111
uncut, for.- O 1 A U
Two dozen Compound
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sugar coated 1 "
priced at- 1UC
lOo Sodium Bi
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25o Cream
Tartar now for
25c Crude Carbolic
Acid on sale in
priced at. liC
$1.00 Pierce's Golden
Medical Dls- iyo
covery for.... OC
1: 7c
19c
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'TIS EARLY YET
FOR YOUR
GARDEN
Peas, Beans, Bantam Corn and
Root crops. Make your returns
certain by planting MORSE
SEEDS Coast grown and tested
WAR AIMS ARE OUTLINED
PRESIDENT SENDS DOCUMENT TO
RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT.
Pianos
Rented
Pianos
Bought
Pianos
Sold
Menage Is Said to Deal With Posi
tion of "No Annexations. No indem
nities" Set Ont by Officials.
WASHINGTON. May 31. President
Wilson has sent a document to the Rue
slan government outlining the war
aims of the United States and it is
understood, dealing with the position
of "no annexations, ' "no indemnities,
set out by Russian officials.
It is not to be published until Am
bassador Francis, in Petrograd, lias
had opportunity to present it to the
Russian government and then it will
be given out in Washington.
The terms of the communication
meanwhile are regarded as highly con
fidentiaL
ASHLAND COMPANY READY
First TJnit of Artillery at War
Strength and Has Waiting List.
ASHLAND, Or., May 31. (Special.)
The First Company. Oregon Coast
Artillery, of this city, is recruited up
to full war strength of 109 men and
is anxiously awaiting the call into
service. Several young men are on
the waiting list and will fill vacancies
should any occur In the company. The
company holds semi-weekly drills.
Captain C. A. Malone is expected to
arrive here soon from San Francisco
to take charge of the company. He
has refused several opportunities to
take command of California organiza
tions in order to remain at the head
SEMESTER PLAN REVISED
University Rearranges Divisions of
School Year.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene.
Or.. May 31. (Special.) The faculty of
the university of Oregon this evening
completely reorganized the university
schedule and adopted what is gener
ally known as the four-semester plan.
This adoption Is final with the faculty
ana will go to the board of regents for
xtnai . acceptance or rejection. It is
generally supposed the board of re
gents will act favorably.
The new plan does away with what
POET LEADS TO VICTORY
ITALIANS INSPIRED BY D'ANNUNZIO
REPEL AUSTRIAN .ATTACKS.
Capture of Villages of Cerevoda, Vells-
cat, Osoja and Cafa In Albania,
. Reported by Rome.
UDINE. Italy, via Paris, May SI.
The Austrlans, in attempting to recap
ture San (Jiovanni on the southern por
tion of the Carso Plateau, came into
terrible hand-to-hand fighting with the
Italians.
Among the Italians was Gabriele
D'Annunzio, the poet and playwright,
whose work and example animated the
soldiers in the heroic struggle, which
ended in the annihilation of the enemy.
ROME, via London, May 31. Italian
troops in Albania have occupied the
villages of Cerevoda. Veliseat, Osoja
and Cafa, the War Office announced
today. ...
The towns are In the central part of
Southern Albania. This extension of
the Macedonian front westward to
Avlona on the Adriatic has been long
held by Italian forces. Their advance
s reclaiming more of Albania from
Austrian influence.
DOCTOR'S DEGREE GIVEN
Dean Cordley, of O. A. C, Is Hon
ored by Michigan College.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE,
Corvallis. May 31. (Special.) A. B.
Cordley, dean of agriculture at the
Oregon Agricultural College, and dl
rector of the Oregon Experiment Sta
tion; Ray Stannard Baker, magazine
writer and author, and Charles Preston
Gillett. director of the Colorado Experi
ment Station, classmates of the year
1888, tomorrow receive their Doctor of
Science degrees at the Michigan Agri
cultural College, East Lansing. Mich.
Dean Cordley has for 21 years been
connected with the Oregon Agricultural
College, where he began his work In
1895 as professor of zoology and
entomology. He was made dean of
agriculture in 1907, and director of the
Oregon Experiment Station in 1914.
He has made important discoveries
in the field of agriculture, notably
his study of the life history and the
control of apple anthraxnose, and his
work in lime-sulphur sprays.
STRAUB MAKES ADDRESS
Sutherlin Graduates Listen to Dean
of Oregon.
SUTHERLIN. Or.. May 81 (Special.)
.High school commencement exercises
were held tonight. Professor John
Straub. dean of the University of Ore
gon, delivered the address. The grad
uating class consists of: Grace Talbot.
Kenneth Comstock. William Werner,
Richard Slater. Frances Peterson. Nor
man Slater, Ralph Shaver and Walter
Wegner.
Local schools close tomorrow, when
graduates will receive diplomas and
honor pupils medals presented by the
Parent-Teacher Association. Leon a
Rhodes, fifth grade, has been neither
absent nor tardy during four years.
THE OLD MOTH
MILLER IS
ABROAD
Put away your furs and fabrics
in WHITE TAR PAPER. Moth-
proof will last for years.
.Hags, sneeta, Rolls.
ft
DY-1T
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makes the straw hat look lfke
new. Any color, any shade. Ready
to use applied in a mln- Or?
ute. Bottle with brush.. sJC
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Men's All-WoolQ tf iim
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Bathing Caps In Rubber
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Shoes and Soehs All
Colors and Styles.
50c Frank Ear Stopples for
keeping water out olQC
ears, on sale now lor OOC
Water W 1 n gm on sale o e
priced at..... OiJC
AT THE WOOn-LARK FOUN
TAIN at Any Hour Hetweea 9
and S. Delirious Drinks, Dain
tily Served Dlnbrs Hot Choco
late. Malted Milk, Rilttrln
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$1.75 "Mark Cross'
Safety Razors
Special $1.49
4
$2 HUGHES'
IDEAL WATER
PROOF HAIR
BRUSH $139
PYRALIN
IVORY
A new and most Interesting
line of this wonderful handi
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Combs. Brushes, Trays. Military
Brushes, Jewel Boxes. A scale of
prices ranging from
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Each Piece Enaraved Free.
Pyralin Ivory
Supplies the Ideal Gift at All
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on sale at, the pound.... OOC
30c Phoenix Gum Drops OO
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25c Commercial Choco
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35o Marshmallowa now
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MAZDAS
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BANK CLEARINGS JUMP
FIGURES FOR MAY ARB $73,81492,
SHOWING GAIN OF 40 PER CENT.
Receipts at Postofflce Estimated at
106,000 Aa-alnst ,810 In the
Same Month of Xl.
If volume of bank clearings and pos
tal revenues may be interpreted as the
true barometer of business conditions,
the month which ended yesterday was
the most prosperous May in the his
tory of Portland.
The bank clearings for last month
soared to a total of $73,814,892. which
is more than $22,000,000 above the
showing for the corresponding month
of last year. $51,554,080. With only
one exception the clearings last month
were the greatest for any month In
the history of the Portland clearing
house. Receipts at the Portland postofflce
for the month of May showed a marked
Increase over those for the same month
last year. This May closed with a to
tal of $106,000. while its sister of a
year ago had $99,810.28.
Postal savings deposits, however,
dropped, although a gain has been
shown heretofore each month. The de
crease from last month's total was ap
proximately $5000. The answer is found
in liberty bond purchases, declares As
sistant Postmaster Durand.
While postal savings pay t per cent,
liberty bonds draw 34-per cent.
Building activity showed a slight
slump as compared with May, 1916.
The permits aggregated $377,245 as
contrasted with $574,300 for May, 1916.
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Hats,
Boys
Xewberg lias Karly Morning Fire.
NEWBERG, Or., May 31. (Special.)
Fire was discovered in the Read &
Coyle meat market early this morning.
The loss is chiefly from smoke and
water, covered fully by insurance.
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Cool, comfortable and stylish. Very choice line of styles
to show you and at most reasonable prices. Panamas are as .
popular as ever, $5 to $25. Stylish braids, Sennets, Bancocks,
Mackinaws all are stylish. Ask to see our leader a
Panama Special at 5
Buff inn Pendleton Col
. Clothiers, Hatters and Haberdashers.
127 SIXTH STREET
Thirty Easy Steps From Washington Street
F. N. Pendleton. Wlnthrop Hammond
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Washington at Park.
ONLY TODAY AND TOMORROW
You simply cannot help but enjoy
ALICE BRADY
The Dancer's Peril '
It has everything to make it a wonderiul picture
.it's great the program includes lovely Mollie
King in "The Mystery of the Double Cross."
TRADE CONSPIRACY
ORDINANCE
Every law-abiding citizen in Portland is opposed to PICK
ETING and the VIOLENCE that has been committed in its
name. Will protect citizens in their rights to work for whom
they please and put a stop to the violence that has in the past
marked industrial troubles. Public rights should be supreme,
this ordinance will make private grievance subordinate to the
great public right.
VOTE X. HO- YES
(Paid Advertisement, A. C. Cnllaa. 608 Northrap Street. Portland, Or.)
no
of the Ashland company.