Morning Oregonian., June 21, 1918, Page 13, Image 13

THE MORNING OREGON! AN, FRIDAY. . JUNE 21, 1918.
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Portland Agents for Gossard, Nemo, Bien Jolie, Bon Ton and Royal Worcester Corsets Richardson's Fine Linens Dutchess Trousers
Take Downtown Luncheon in Our Tea Room on the Fourth Floor Manicuring and Hair Dressing Parlors, Second Floot Kodaks, Fourth Floor
Frank C. Riggs Tells of Visit to
Eastern Factories.
June 28 Is War
Savings Day
Millions of little children, proud of the flag, are
buying War Savings Stamps are you going to be
a slacker? Buy at least one stamp every day, and
help win the war for freedom and justice.
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The Standard Store of the Northwest
Best Creamery Butter
Olds, Wortman & Kin
Today, Special, 2 lbs.
No delivery of butter except
with other purchases made in
the Grocery Department, 4th
Floor. Best Butter, 2 lbs. 1)3 p
95c
VAST PLANTS IN WAR WORK
Reliable Merchandise Reliable Methods
Tilg Automobile Establishments Are
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Rendering Yeoman Service Pa
triotism Pat Ahead of Profits,
liberty Motor Great Success.
"America -will blind the Kaiser." so
Bays Frank C. Riggs, who has Just re
turned from a tour of Eastern automo
bile, munition and airplane factories.
As vice-president and general man
ager of the Willys-Overland Pacific
Coast interests Mr. Riggs had access to
the factories of the largest makers of
munitions and obtained first-hand .in
formation as to the progress of the
Government's war programme in many
departments.
"While it is true." says Mr. Riggs,
"that in the beginning people were
led to expect too much by an over
optimistic press, and while it is also
true that certain of the designs for
airplanes were abandoned at the re
quest of General Pershing after elab
orate dies and tools had been installed
and that delays were thereby entailed.
the vast strides that have been made
and that are hourly being accelerated
are enough to fill the hearts of all
red-blooded Americans with courage
and pride.
"The preliminary tasks of engineer
ing, of die and tool making and of
machinery-installation have- been left
behind as mileposts on the road to
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"The big automobile factories are
rendering yeoman service. Without
these colossal plants and highly de
veloped organizations America could
not hope to carry out its war pro
gramme on anything like the scale that
has been undertaken. Patriotism has
been put ahead of profits and all are
working with zeal and enthusiasm.
"The Liberty motor is an unqualified
success. It has been tested and ap
proved by British and French engineers,
whose O. K. has been backed up in the
most emphatic way by large orders
placed by both the British and French
governments.
"One automobile factory has already
built and shipped 1200 of the3e motors.
Several other factories, including the
mainmotli Ford plant at Detroit, will
soon be turning out Liberty motors on
a huge quantity production basis.
"The Curtiss plant, of wliich John N.
Willys is president, delivered its first
order of -3000 training motors to the
Government a month ahead of con
tract time. In the Willys-Overland,
Toledo, Elmira, Buffalo and Toronto
plants $50,000,000 worth of Government
contracts for gun carriages, shells and
motors are being rushed to completion.
All of this work is being done under
close Government supervision.
"Captain E. J. Clark, formerly of
Portland, is the Government inspector
of 44 factories working on Government
contracts. Friends oZ Captain Clark in
Portland will be much interested in
knowing of the important position to
which he has been assigned. He is well
qualified for this work, having been
in the testing and engineering depart
ments for a number of years with the
Illinois Steel Company and the Packard
Motorcar Company."
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Women's and Misses' Suits
Friday Special $15.95
Second Floor Suits of such high character that many of them could not be
produced today at the sale price. Beautifully tailored throughout made
up in splendid quality wool serge in navy, black, tans and grays, also many
smart models in checked suitings. Popular Eton effects, tailored and
novelty belted styles some are trimmed with braids. Mostly in the
smaller sizes for little women and misses. Excellent as- Gt P QF
sortment to choose from. Priced special for Friday' s sale 0itJ7tJ
Women's Suits at $19.95
The Season's Most Attractive Styles
Second Floor Special lines taken from our regular stock Suits selling
earlier in the season at much higher prices. Gabardines, tricotines, serge
and check suitings in a good range of colors. Many Etons in the showing
as well as the neat plain tailored styles and belted effects with fancy col
lars, belts, pockets, etc It will be well worth your while to Q1Q QP
see these Suits at your first opportunity. Sizes 14 to 38. DAJJ
Women's
Silk Petticoats
At $4.29
Plain Colors, Change
ables, Fancy Stripes
Second Floor Profit by this sale
and get that new Silk Petticoat
at a special low price. Taffeta,
silk jersey and jersey tops with
taffeta flounces. Several pretty
styles with plain, pleated and
scalloped flounces. All fl A OQ
colors. Friday special Dxmi
Bathing Suits
Second Floor Women's and Misses' Knit Bath
ing Suits in red, black, navy, royal and heather,
trimmed with contrasting colors. Attractive
styles with V-neck. Full range of fl A AQ
sizes. Extraordinary values at only DrkJ
Other Wool .Bathing Suits $U.OO to $lo.UO Tfj
Bathing Caps, Shoes, fS
Bags, Wings
Second Floor Caps priced at 25 to $1.00
Bathing Shoes in canvas, sateen, mohair and
corded silk priced 23 up to $1.85 the pair.
Bathing Suit Bags priced at 40 up to $1.25
Water Wings at 25, 30, 33J to 50
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Sale of Sample Neckwear
AtK,toHOff
Vests, Vestees, .Collars, Sets, Guimps, Jabots
and Modesty Vests in Dozens of Styles
Center Circle, Main Floor The . most important sale of beautiful
Neckwear we have announced this season. Owing to lack of materials
manufacturers were forced to discontinue making many of their best
selling styles and we secured their sample lines at a big saving. Very
finest and choicest neckwear obtainable, made up in organdies, linen,
Georgette crepe, satin, pique, basket cloth, fancy organdies, real filet,
Irish laces. Plain and fancy novelties ruffled, hemstitched, picot,
tucked and lace trimmed styles white and colors. Regular 75c to
$12.00 Neckwear prrced special hi, to V off for this sale.
Entire Stock
Refrigerators
Reduced
Third Floor A good Refrigerator
will save its cost in a short time by
reducing your grocery and meat
bills. Choose any Refrigerator in
our stock and pocket a substantial
saving Department, Third Floor.
Stovoil the New
Rust Destroyer
For gas stoves, ranges, gas
ovens, stove pipe, etc. Get a bot
tle of Stovoil and keep your stoues
free from rust. Fully guaranteed.
Stovoil priced, the bottle, 50
Headquarters for Garden Hose,
Lawn Mowers, Tools, etc., etc.
Stamped Scarfs, Pillow Tops
Friday at y3 Off
Bargain Circle, Main Floor Mid-season clean-up of odd lines from
our regular stock. Stamped Centerpieces, Table Scarfs and Pillow
Tops attractive designs on tan, brown or green material. Pieces
selling in the regular way at 60c to $2.25. Friday, each 3-4 to $1.50
Men's Hose
25c
Pair
Main Floor Men's Seamless Hose
in gray, brown, tan and champagne
colors good range of the wanted
sizes, and extraordinary OJT
values at special, the pair
Limit 6 pairs to a customer.
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MANY TO JBE GENERALS
Believed Pershing's Selections Will
Ignore Seniority.
WASHINGTON, June 20. Nomina
tion of a ions Hat of general officers
to fill vacancies In the expanding
Army is expected at an early date.
In presenting a previous list. Gen
eral March, the chief of staff, showed
a tendency to apply the selective sys
tem without any regard to seniority.
He apparently picked out officers from
his knowledge of their fitness for the
position to which he wished to assign
them.
It is probable General Pershing, In
making his selections for the overseas
forces, has ignored the seniority tiule
also.
It is understood preparations are
under way for 20 new divisions to go
into training on this side as rapidly
as quarters become available. That
would mean at least 100 new general
officers of the line, with a correspond
ing Increase in the staff.
ITALY AWAITS U. S. ACES
Other Contingents to Follow First
Escadrille to Front.
ROME, Tuesday, June 18. Other con
tingents of American aviators trained
in Italy will shortly follow to the
Italian front the first escadrille, which
left today for active duty.
This contingent was accompanied by
Captain La Guard ia, the American Con
gressman, who has been In Italy for
some time.
Hammocks
and Swings
4th Floor
New shipment of Hammocks just
.received. Various grades, attractive
patterns, special $3.00 to $12.00
Headquarters for Couch Ham
mocks, Porch Seats, Lawn Swings,
Porch Swings, etc., at low prices.
Double' Stamps with all cash pur
chases in this Department Friday.
Tents, Camp Cots, Chairs, Stoves, Fourth Floor
Vacationists planning their trip
will do well to come to this store
for their supplies Tents, Camp
Cots, Chairs, Camp Stoves, Camp
Utensils, Outing Clothes, Fishing
Tackle, Rods in fact, everything
to make your vacation a success.
Hunting and fishing licenses issued
in Srorting Goods Dept., 4th Floor.
Let us supply your needs.
Women's White Pumps
Special $2.98
Main Floor Women's White Canvas Pumps, Ox
fords and Shoes with vulcanized rubber or fiber
soles. High Shoes with low heels, Pumps
with high or low heels. Neat C? QQ
shaDes. dress'v and cool. Pair tDieSO
shapes, dressy and cool. Pair
White Pumps, $3.48
Main Floor White Canvas Pumps and
Oxfords with leather hand-turned soles.
Laced, strapped or plain pat- OO AQ
terns. Priced special, the pair DOe10
Women's low Shoes in a great range
of popular styles and leathers. Q A QO
Broken sizes. $6 to $8 grades Vi70
Double Stamps
With Cash Pur
chases in Shoe
Department
Men's Summer Underwear
In Plentiful Supply
Slain Floor Men's Athletic Union Suits of
nainsook, soisette and madras materials.
Prices range from $1.00 up to $v.0O
SPECIAL Men's Porosknit Union Suits,
ehort sleeves, ankle length, slightly dam
aged. Sizes 36, OS, 40. Ecru color
only. Priced special. Friday, suit
SPECIAL Broken lines Men's
and Drawers in Summer weight.
All sizes in the lot. Priced special
Men'sBathingSuits
$1J0 Up to $5.00
85c
Shirts
50c
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FRIENDS OF THE LONG AGO
REMEMBER ONES NOW ABSENT
Faces Kindle With Love and Eyes Moisten With Tears as Pioneers Talk
of Those Departed, Says Addison Bennett.
Unsinkable Ship Built Secretly.
WASHINGTON, June 20. A new
type of "unsinkable" ship is being
built in America. It became known to
day that contracts for ten of the ves
sels have been let by the French gov
ernment to an American yard. The
design Is the work of fc. Frenchman
and embodies principles hitherto un
tried, details of which are being kept
secret.
Credit Institute Planned.
CHICAGO, June 20. Members of the
National Association of Credit Men
voted today to establish a National
university credit training school to be
known as the National Institute of
Credit, with a three or four-year
course, completion of which will bring
the award of degrees corresponding to
other university degrees. The plan
contemplates the appointment of a di
rector of credit education.
, Oregon Deaf Mate Weds.
RICHMOND. Va., June' 20. Mary
Lovall, of Waldport, Or.,' just grad
uated irom Gauauaes college, was
married in the City Hall here today to
George Dewey Coats. Both are deaf
mutes.
Emim Coru
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BY ADDISON BENNETT. i
YESTERDAY was the annual Pio
neers day, and for the first time
the old boys and girls "who made
Oregon foregathered In what may be
called a borne of their own, for, when
the Auditorium was constructed quar
ters were therein provided for the His
torical Society and the pioneers. And
right happy the old folks and their
relatives and friends seemed to be as
they gathered in the corridors and
rooms of tnat stately building.
I do not know how many of those
who came to Oregon prior to 1860 were
present; it never will be exactly known,
for as a rule the members of the society
are not always ready to register; but
there must have been at least a couple
of hunared. How- many that have
been here year after year and were not
here yesterday because they have
crossed the Great Divide during the
past year and are now on the farther
shore no one can tell. A list is kept
by George H- Himes, who, as a labor of I
love, acts as the secretary; but such
list is necessarily Inaccurate, as he has
in a great measure to depend upon
hearsay and accounts in the newspapers
ol the Northwest for his Information,
and he often does not hear of deaths
until long after they occur.
Jolly Party at Auditorium.
While the thoughts of the departed
were uppermost in the minds of those
who attended, as at all annual meet
ings of the members, it was a. jolly
party that assembled in the great
building we call the Auditorium, a very
jolly, happy party. There were many
meetings between friends of the long
ago who had not seen each other for
many years, and scores of meetings be
tween comrades who had not met since
a year ago.
To me such meetings were the most
interesting part of the proceedings. It
was fine to see two old friends greet
each other and fall into talk of the
early days. It made one feel almost
jubilant to see their eyes alight, their
faces kindled with love, and mayhap
a tear or two, as the conversation
drifted into the past and absent ones
were remembered. I think for one on
the outside. Ilka myself, the best way
to enjoy these meetings is to sit and
listen to these conversations.
As to the proceedings, from the open
ing of the great building, about 9
o'clock, until the camp fire went out.
it is not my province to relate; one
part of the proceedings was as inter
estiny as another, for there was some
thing worth while occurring every
minute, whether the old folks were in
session, or sitting and standing in
groups.
Ra liquet la Merry Time.
But perhaps the best time to see the
makers of Oregon is when they and
their friends are gathered at the annual
banquet provided by the ladies of Port
land, when the 100 ladies are serving
the wants of 1000 pioneers and their
kith and kin at the 16 great tables,
loaded down with the good things of
the season.
The rattle of knives and forks and
dishes Is lost In the banter and jest
and merry quips of the eaters. There
is mirth in every eye and laughter upon
every countenance. And as the feast
goes on the tide of banter and Jest in
creases and the anecdotes grow swifter
and more personal there seems to be
a forgetfulness of everything and
everybody save those at the board.
One of the youngest old men of the
great company yesterday was E. B.
McFarland, who for nearly a quarter of
a century has resided in Portland,
where he has played upon his hobby
of roses. He came across the plains in
1852, when he was 3 years old, having
come into the world at Mansfield, O.
on the 28th of February, 1849. His
father and mother and two sisters and
two brothers were finely equipped for
those days, having four good wagons.
well loaded, and eight teams of good
horses. So much better equipped were
the McFarlands than many others of
the train that the elder McFarland left
the others behind and came on lnde
pendently. So good time did he make
that he beat the others to The Dalles
by two months. The elder McFarland
built the first steamboat put together
at The Dalles, the old Wasco, that
plied between The Dalles and the Cas
cades, where It connected, below the
portage at - the Cascades, with the
Mountain Buck, for Portland.
Fare From 'The Dalles 9 11.
As Mr. McFarland got that far In
his narrative up spake J. A. Oulliford,
of Dufur.also a pioneer of '52, and said,
Tea, I remember the Wasco and the
Mountain Buck, for I paid $11 fare on
them to get from The Dalles to Port
land and had to walk and carry my
baggage around the Cascade."
One of the young ladies present,
wearing a- badge of '68, I overheard
telling a friend of the 'IS class about
the worry she had with the pet dog
she tried to bring along. "I was only
seven years old," she said, "and my
greatest desire was to bring my little
dog. But within a few days after
starting the little fellow's feet got
sore and I had to carry him, for there
was no room in our wagon. Then In
few days my feet got sore aad I could
not walk; and so you see At that
moment the dear lady spied my note
book and she and her companion passed
on. So I never will know whether the
dog got through safely or not.
Trlf No Child's Play.
One of tee youngest-looking ladies
present wore a badge of 1845. I do
not know why she wore It. She was
born in St. Louis in 1842. but I don't
know how old she is. She . certainly
does not look over 40, but I might go a
step farther and say 45. Her name.
found, was, when she crossed the plains
Rebecca Crabtree. but she married and
Is now known as Rebecca Crabtree
Morris, of 8cio, Oregon.
"We didn't come in automobiles, I
can tell you," was her response when I
asked about the trip here. "We came
by ox teams, and my most acute recol
lections are as to the manner of get
ting the wagons and goods across the
rivers. It was a hard, hard trip, hard
work, slow progress and not always
dainties to eat. But we got here! We
never gave up. never looked back Just
kept on the move.
'And I guess that trip and the tough
times we had after getting here were
good for us, good for me anyhow; why
look at me! I'm the youngest girl on
the grounds. I am growing better and
better every year. The best times of
my life I've had during the last two
years. And there were more like me.
My mother had IS children. Five were
born in Virginia, five in Missouri and
five in Oregon. Afrer the fifth was
born in this state father wanted to
move to California, but mother said
15 was a-plenty.
"Ait Becky" Long-DUtanc Raeer.
"I will race anybody In the crowd
who Is under 60 if the race Is for at
least four miles, which Is about my
c. stance. If jcu find anybody wno
wishes to take cn such a race Just tell
the party to cni down to good old
Linn County, to the beautiful town of
fccio, and ask for Aunt Becky Morrl.
They all know me out that way and
will back me to win.
Well. 1 believe Aunt Becky Is right.
Sbe was one of the glriiest of the girls
In the party, that is cure. And I hope
Father Time may be as food to her for
years and years and years to come.
that the dear soul may enjoy life to
the very limit.
Who of Oregon has not heard ef the
Hembrees. the pioneers of the late '40s?
I have mentioned W. C and J. T.. of
McMtnnville. and since then I met
cousin of theirs. Mrs. Matilda Hembree
Bogart. who came across the plains In
143. M .reus Whitman came in the
same train, on his first trip to the Ore
gon country. Mrs. Bogart was 8 years
old when she left Dade County, Mis
souri, for the Journey here. I might
say of Mrs. Bogart as I did of Aunt
Becky Morris, that I do not know her
age. For I feel quite sure there are
hundreds of worn of 40 In Oregon
who miKht envy lier the bloom ot her
cheeks, the purity ef her complxirn
Btifl the elasticity or her step. She '
certainly a queenly-looking women,
one of whom not only the plonear t, but
all Oregon, may t proud.
Burial m Willamette's Bank,
Mrs. Bogart Uvea In Tacoma. has for
0 years. She Is a member of the Wash
ington Pioneer Society, of the Olympla
Pioneer Society and of the Oregon So
ciety. Last year she attended seven
meetings of her various societies. "Yes,
attended seven last year and only
wish there had been more; I hope the
number wilr be Increased this year."
Mrs. Bogart's father. Captain Hem-
bree, was killed In the Cayuee war, near
the present city of North Yakima. She
is the mother of 11 children. She tells
graphic story of her first trip down
the Columbia River on the way to Ore
gon City in the Fall of 1843. A girl
member of the party died between Van
couver and the place we now call Port-
nd. The party came ashore, dug a
grave and burled the body. "And the
spot where we burled her In the great
forest of that day was somewhere with-
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In the present business limits of the
city of Portland."
Think of the wealth of the memory
of Mrs. Bogart, and many, many of the
other pioneers! Meeting in a great
building like the Auditorium, In a city
of far over & quarter of a million peo
ple, and yet can remember getting out
of their canoes, going into the forest
primeval somewhere, presumably, be
tween the foot of Glisan and Jefferson
streets, and making there a grave for
a companion!
S000 pickers the local Red Cross chap
ter will make a house-to-house can
vass for laborers.
Camps of boys and girls under the
Federal working reserve are being or
ganized, and a Federal labor agent has
been stationed here.
SALEM STORES MAY CLOSE
More Than 200 0 Berry and Cherry
Pickers Needed at Once.
SALEM, Or June 20. If the labor
shortage here, already acute, becomes
more serious, Salem stores will make
arrangements to close so that employes
may go to the berry yards and orchards
as harvesters.
To overcome a shortage of more than
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Nri iff
Moss Is being used In this country
as a substitute for cotton in articles
that require packing and filling, such
ad cushions and mattresses. Touisl-
ana supplies most of the moss used
In thin wav.
Isn't this product
worth trying?
You may wait twelve hours
before baking, your oven floor
may vibrate, you may use
unfamiliar flours, yet
rescent
Double -Hcting
Baking
Powder
will raise the dough so per
fectly that youH wonder how
' you got along before without
this pure, wholesome leavener.
. All Grocers Sell It.
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