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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1919)
THE 3IORXIXG OREGOIANwrOXDAT, AUGUST 23, 1919. POLICE IGNORE EDICT SUMMER AMUSEMENT BILLS Show-Down Fight With City Officials Is Expected. ACTION DUE IN TEN DAYS Membership to Include to Per Cent of Force, Despite Major's Threat of Dismissal, Sajr Leaders. In the face of strong- opposition on the part of Mayor Baker and the city commission, the Portland policemen are quietly completing- plans for the formation of a policemen's union, and a show-down In the expected fight be tween the police and the city adminis tration Is expected to materialise within the next week or 10 days. A charter from the American Feder ation of Labor has been granted the policemen, according to announcement which has been made by Otto Hartwtg. president of the atate federation of labor. Officials of the new union announced yesterday If It is the charter for which they petitioned, they expect to com plete their organisation and affiliate with the Portland central labor council at an early date. City Fights 1'atoa Flaw. The police, when they applied for a charter from the American Federation of Labor several months ago, asked that they receive a non-strikinr and non-assessable charier. They have not yet learned if this has been done by the national labor officials. The city officials some time ago no tified the police that in the event they attempt to organise a policemen'a union, those taking part would be dis missed from the city service. Mayor Baker and the commissioners were em phatic In their opposition to tbe pro posed onion. Officials of the policemen's organisa tion said yesterday that 90 per cent of the men on the police force have Joined the new organisation and are ready to unionise If the charter Is found to be satisfactory. It was said yesterday that as soon as official notice is re ceived from the American Federation of Labor, a meeting will be called at which time final action will be taken by the blue-coats. Strike Ctaase O Ittr. A provision of the civil service rules states that all employes wno are ai charred by the mayor cannot again obtain employment In civil service posts. which would mean that II tne ponce men should quit because of some dif ference existing between the city ad ministration and their union, they could not return to their jobs once they de cided to walk out. The police said yesterday that at though there Is a provision which pro hibita them from going out on a strike, there Is nothing to prevent any or all members of the force from quitting their Jobs. Nor Is there anything which might prevent them from threatening to quit during an argument between the proposed union and the city. Mayor Baker will be out of the city for the present week, and no official statement could be had from him yes terday with reference to the next atep which might be taken if the police persist In thetr present attitude and orranJse their union In spite 01 tne 01- ficlal opposition. - Hippodrome. (jrpHE Belle of New York." a film X interpretation of the great stage success of 20. years ago, is the photo play feature of the new Hippodrome show which began yesterday. Beautiful Marlon Davles, in the stellar role, has an excellent vehicle for her charms and dramatic ability. Columbia Beach. ALL records for the number of per sons to enter the water at Colum bia Beach' were broken yesterday. Be tween 12,000 and 15,000 persons milled their way through the gates of the pop ular bathing resort and amusement park and more than half of that num bar took to the waters of the cool Co The story Is replete with thrilling t,.Ki. -I,,. .,, , ,- father dies because of the shock caused by the theft of his invention. Later the girl falls in love with the son of the -thief. The thief repents, and the sweet character of the girl leads the son to restitution and a new life of happiness. The Gaumont News com pletes the motion picture portion of the bllL A highly original singing offering. carrying a Dempsey-like punch of sur prise, is presented by three maids billed as the "Three Beauties." They are all vocally gifted and captured the bouse with their turn. Al Conrad and youthful Miss Janos have an out-of-the-ordinary musical specialty in which they are as much at home in the maxes of classical pieces as they are when setting the audience humming to popular Jaxs and ragtime songs. The girl plays the piano with artistic finish, while her partner accom panies her on tbe violin. Marker and Schenck. a Handsome man and a piquant miss, offer a -pleasing number of popular songs, sprinkled with clever dancing. Miss Schenck has an array of dainty frocks, and Marker caused gales of laughter with his com edy characterisations. Adolfo, past master at manipulating the accordion, keeps a bountiful store of tuneful melodies in the Instrument and has a winning way of coaxing them out to delight the crowd. Kayle and Coyne, who open the vaudeville programme, live up to their names by producing a million dollars worth of fun and amusement with a capital Juggling feature. The pair work with snap, and are funsters of high quality. With a background . of gorgeous tropical scenery, the three Fishers close tbe bill in a contortionist act of the first order. The trio Is composed of two men and a shapely girl. Their blxarre twlstings set the house rock ing with well-merited applause. from the heat, which kept the ther mometer on the Jump yesterday. The spacious bath house at Columbia beach was filled to capacity and hundreds of persons were forced to "go back to the woods" to don their bathing suits. Another record was broken yester day and that was for the number of passengers carried in the Curtiss air plane piloted by Lieutenant Archie F. Roth. Incidentally Roth supplied the big thrill of the day when he circled the big hot air balloon with his ma chine Just before "Daredevil" Miller cut loose in his parachute leap. The engine of the Hydro-Merrie, the latest water ride in the country, was not allowed to cool for a minute yes terday and space at every trip was at a premium. Water toboggans were gobbled up as fast as swimmers re linquished holds on them. DAVID'S REIGN HAILED AS 1GHTY INFLUENCE Rev. F. 0. Belden Pictures Great King's Dominance. Oaks. GERMAXT MCST DO WITHOUT HER COFFEE, SAYS MINISTER Shortage of Food Rons Into Millions of Tons, Sajs Statement, and Imports Are Curtailed. IS I.VDIAX OFFICE WAXTS KLAM ATH TIMBER SOLD FIRST. Bill for Construction of Railways In Reservation Country Is Held I'p In Congress. CREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Aug. 24. Failure to open the Klamath Indian reservation In Oregon and California is Interfering with the nrcgress of construction of the system of railroads which Robert E. Strahorn has been trying to build from Oregon into both California and Nevada. A bill was Introduced In the last con gress by Senator Ashnrst of Arisona providing for the opening of the reser vation w hich will require special legis lation to dispose of the surplus lands after tbe Indians have received thetr allotments. Tbe bill made no progress. however, because the Indian office Is opposed to having such legislation un til It has been possible to dispose or the valuable timber on the reservation. Allotments are being made rapidly and in the course of time will be com pleted, but the Indian office hopes to hold up action by congress until the timber Is sold because it is contended that the welfare of the Indians is best served by permitting the disposal of this timber by Uncle Sam as guardian for the red men. Letters have reached members of con gress from the Klamath country urging congress to act In order to remove the principal barrier to railroad develop ment. The Indians are said to favor the opening. EASTERN GROWERS SLACK Uood River Orchard 1st Reports on Conditions In Nova Scotia. HOOD RIVER. Or.. Aug. 34. (Spe cial.) Dr. H. D. Pineo. local orchard-ist-dentist. who, after service as) a first lieutenant in the dental reserve corps, left here last winter for a visit with relatives la Halifax, reports that the Nova Scotia apple crop is a large one. "But the growers there do not seem to realize the importance of properly caring for their orchards." eaya Dr. Pineo. "I toured the entire fruit sec tion and I found many growers who pruned once every two or three year. They spray about twice a year. While they will have about 1.20.000 barrels r apples, their quality cannot compare with that of Oregon fruit. Klamath School Opens Sept. 8. KLAMATH FALLS. Or, Aug. 24. Special.) The Klamath county high school will open its doors on Monday, September ( with an enrollment prob ably greater than In any previous year. Registration and conferences with in structors are set for September S. ac cording to J. P. Wells, principal. A new ruling provides that all boys must take military training and provide them selves with uniforms. Ship Committee Will Go to Aberdeen. ABERDEEN- Wash.. Aug. 24. (Spe cial.) The four congressmen now ia the west to probe emergency fleet ship building are expected here the first of the week. Members of the committee are: Joseph Walsh. Massachusetts; Lin H. Hadley. Belllngham; P. H. Kelly, Michigan and L M. Foster, Ohio. BERLIN, July 21. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) The German deficit in food, the difference between the amount produced in Germany and Germany's normal needs, amounts to J. 600.000 tons of wheat, 1,000,000 tons of meat and 1.000.000 tons of fats, says tbe imperial food ministry. Immediate payment for these neces sary foodstuffs with inland resources is unthinkable, the ministry asserts. Only long-term credits can help and the ac ceptance of such credits is only possible If Germany works, for only then can the creditors have confidence in the paying ability of Germany. Immediate decisive effect of the re moval of the blockade on the German food market Is not expected by the ministry, but rather a long, slow con tinuation of improvement which al ready makea itself felt. It declares that control of export must remain until the average between Import and export has been established. Germany must make up its mind td do without coffee very largely in the future, says the imperial commissioner for colonial goods. Authorities say Germany must sharp ly restrict her imports of chocolate be cause of the low value of the mark and must try to rely on her own chocolate, the first production of which is ex pected soon. THURSDAY will be Orphans' day at the Oaks. The place will be thrown open to orphans all day and every ar rangement has been completed by Man ager John Cordray to make the annual outing a success. There will be more than 1S00 guests at the big picnic, accord-fit to Mrs. A. R. Mattlngley, who is In charge of the event. Free transportation will be fur nished by President Franklin T. Grif fith of the Portland Railway, Light & Power company, and everything else will be provided by the management or the Oaks, except lunches, which must be taken by the orphans and their friends. There will be no dearth of food, however. One of the principal attractions of fered at the Oaks this week and one that Is sure to appeal to the boy? and girls who come out Thursday Is the show being put on by the Armstrong Follies company. The piece is entitled A Jolly widow," and is sparkling with wit and filled with amusing situations from start to finish. This is the last week of the Arm strong Follies company's summer en gagement at the Oaks. The company will conclude- Its performances Labor day, September 1. The play chosen for the final week is well calculated to leave pleasant memories of this com pany of entertainers in the minds of patrons of the Oaks. Several excellent musical numbers arc on the programme and the Winter Garden girls have a lot of chorus work and dancing which fits in nicely with the spirit of the play. POETRY SURPASSING FINE Israel's Great Poet Extolled as Ben efactor of AH Mankind; Ac tions Are Glorified. FINE GRAIN FIELDS SEEN Surprises Promised at Coming Hood t Iflver County Fair. HOOD RIVER. Or.. Aug. 24. (Spe cial.) R. V. Wright, head of the agri cultural department of the Hood River high school. Just back from a tour or the upper valley grain fields, says that exhibits of growers at the county fair to be held September 13 and ZD, win surprise many . I have never seen finer yields oi grain." says Mr. Wright. "The upper valley will produce about 9000 bushels of as fine wheat as ever was seen. J. E. Van Nuys, rural mall carrier of Park dale, has a tract that will thresh out SO bushels to the acre." Mr. Wright says that applications of nitrate of soda have been found as beneficial for grain crops here as for Increasing the production of apples. MOSIER FRUIT HIGH GRADE Apple Crop Reported endamaged by Hot Weather. HOOD RIVER, Or., Aug. 24. (Spe cial.) The Mosler apple crop, estl mated at about 100 cars, according to Dr. C. A. Macrum, prominent grower of the district, here today, will run heavily to extra faney stock. While hot weather recently has prevailed. Dr. Macrum reports no damage from sunburn. 'Our fruit this season and here after," says Dr. Macrum, "probably will be handled more scientifically than any other northwest district as a whole. We are building a community packing and storage plant that is at tracting nation-wide interest. One hundred per cent of the apples of the district, shipped through the co-operative plant, will be graded and packed at the new home of our association." City Heating- Plant Started. KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. Aug. 24. (Secial.) Construction has started on the foundation of the heating plant that will be used to heat the business sec tion of Klamath Falls. - Boilers and pipe for the plant have arrived. Centralia Music Academy to Open. CEXTR ALIA. Wash.. Aug. 24. (Spe cial.) The Centralia Academy of Music will open its ninth year on Sep- ember 3. The academy is now doing extension work for the Ellensburg and Belllngham Normal schools. BERRY-STAINED MEN FREED Portland Tourists at Roscburg Are Accused of Killing Deer. ROSEBURG. Or., Aug. 24. (Special.) E. C. Ball and H. Day, Portland tour ists, stopped In the Co-.r creek canyon yesterday to eat berries. Both succeeded in staining- their shirt fronts but un mindful of the spots, filled a large handkerchiefs with the lucious berries. A few miles furthet on some inquisi tive person saw the stains on the other wise Immaculate linen worn by the two gentlemen and reported to the game warden that the travelers had killed a deer. They were arrested in Rose burg, but were detained for only a few momenta. ACTOR HELD FOR THEFT Franklin Gilmore Is Said to Have Confessed Sale of Furs. When Franklin Gilmore alias Frank lin O'Day. was taken to police head quarters yesterday on complaint of his wife, who charged him with beating her, he learned that he was wanted on a fugitive warrant issued at Sacra mento for alleged theft of furs from a former employer. Gilmore is said to have confessed to Inspector Gottz, who arrested him, that he took the fura and sold -them at Seattle. He offered to return to Sacra mento without extradition. He is a vaudeville actor and has been in Port land for several weeks. NEW MOTION PICTIRK FIRM MiS POPllAB STAB. :' f i: 111 ' J " 1 ' J: t;. -- , I J t- ' ." ": - f I I i'K - 1: v J" i V i r I ?H : i x ?' i it BANK AT MALIN IS FORMED Capitalization of 915,000 Given in Articles of Incorporation. KLAMATH FALLS, Or.. Aug. 24. (Special.) Articles of incorporation were filled with the county clerk here for the new Malin state bank that will open its doors within 60" days, with a capitalization of $15,000. The incorporators are J. W. Siemens and John Siemens, both of whom are connected with the First State and Savings bank of Klamath Falls, along with Louis Boldisher and Edward Bloomlngcamp, local business men. ! A. Kalina, a merchant of Malin, is also an incorporator. Mildred Harris. Mildred Harris, wife of Charlie Chaplin, who has Just changed, her affiliation from Lois Weber to the First National Motion Pic ture company. She will be seen in "Forbidden," the last picture she made for Miss Weber, at the Strand theater on Wednesday. FAIR CROWDS TO DANCE Many Exhibits and Amusements to Be on Covrlltz Programme. WOODLAND. Wash.. Aug. 24. (Spe cial.) E. C. Swart, secretary of the Cowlitx County Fair association, as sures the community that the annual fair here this fall will be the biggest and best that the association has ever held. Crops have been the best for years and as the premium list, which is already out, is a good one there is a surety of a large exhibit. The association will - give a novel street dance here on the Labor day, September 1. Wednesday to Saturday, 24 to 27, will be the days for this year. Rev. Frank O. Beldan of the San Diego First Baptist church took as his subject, "Coming to the Kingdom" for the evening address which he delivered last evening in the Portland White temple. Rev. William A. Waldo is east on his vacation and Rev. Belden will occupy the pulpit the remainder of this month. He took for his text Chron. 1:29-30, "And the times that went over them." Mr. Belden said in part: "The historian in the book of Chron icles is summing up the life of King David. We are surprised to think he did it in so few words. In this epitome of the king's life we have the phrase we have chosen for our text. By these words he meant the experiences or periods of life in which the king passed. it Is In this life that 1 shall talk about David tonight- "First, there was the time of his I innocency and youth. It began at his birth and ended the day Samuel looked Into the face of the shepherd boy and found he was goodly to look upon, tivery Ills has such a period. God be gins every generation with innocent children. There may be bad tendencies but there are not bad deeds. In this period we have the opportunity of the Sunday school, the kindergarten and every influence that would benefit so ciety. It is care-free and laughter flows like the running stream. 'Second, we have the time of David's coming to his kingdom. What a time that is with us all. Coming to the time we are to, coming to the time we are to fill in life. If angels watch over us, how anxious they must be now. Are there any forces which help us here? Yes, In David's case I would mention three. There was the influ ence of Samuel, the prophet who stood over the boy with his horn of oil and id to David, 'You are God's man.' We was the man that put the new visions and aspirations into the life of the shepherd lad. "Then there was the Influence of his great friend Jonathan. Without Jona than David could not have been. Jona than was the man who put his love for David before his own ambition. It was his soul that was knit to David's soul. It was his friendship that kept the torch of David's hope burning, in the dark hours. Blessed is the man that has Jonathan for a friend. "Then there were the providences of God which surrounded David s life. Some of them were dark and some of them were light, but from first to last they led David from the cave of Adul lam to the throne of Israel. God's providences are always the friends of any life that would follow him. They directed from the time that Samuel said 'Thou are the man,' until the time the people said, 'God save the king. The third period of David's life was his coming to the kingdom. This is the great period in every life. But I want to call your- attention to two or three facts. The first we wish we did not have to mention, but God mentioned and we must. That is David's sin What a word it is. It has the hiss of the serpent, the sting of the adder, the tears of sorrow and the heartbreak of the lost. David knew all these too well, for he found his light turned to darkness and he cried in prayer. Against thee and thee only have I sinned. 'Thank God he found forgiveness. There was a 51st Psalm in his life and not only his own soul went up to God on the wings of this psalm but many a penitent since has poured out his heart's anguish in David's words. The answer came back to David from God himself saying, 'I have put away thy sins. There was more than sin In David's reign. It was a reign of mighty in fluence. I believe I can truly say he has Influenced the world more than any other king who ever sat on throne. Tell me a king whose writings have been read as King David's. The poetry of them surpasses the poetry of Milton, Wordsworth, Dante, Shakes peare or Browning. I would rather be the author of the 23d Psalm than of any of the poems found outside the Bible. David was Israel's great poet. "Then there was the glory of his reign, so rich, a vision so large that it reached down through the ages and could only be realized in his greater son, for when the prophet wanted us to understand the fulness and place of Christ in tbe world he said, 'He shall sit upon the throne with his father David.' " retary of the Portland Church f edera- tion. In a sermon delivered yesterday 1 A at the Pihrrim Congregational church. I K "The last wishes of loved ones are generally considered binding, at least ' in civilized nations," he said. "Yet for j 2000 years Christian people have In 1 some considerable measure failed to observe the meaning of Jesus' great intercessory prayer. He prayed that all who believed in him might be one, even as he and the Father were one. Five times during that one great prayer near the close of his life, he directly or indirectly prayed that all his followers might be one. And at last Christian people are beginning to understand what he desired. "At a recent gathering of represen tatives from some 70-odd Christian communions In the city of Portland a clergyman remarked: "What would St. Paul or St. Peter think If he were to come Into this room 7 "And so the Portland Ohurch federa tion had Its birth because the repre sentatives of nearly 75 different churches in our city determined to work together on the great problems which confront the Church of Jesus Christ. "Those who understand the alms and programme of the Portland Church federation are agreed that there Is sound philosophy also behind the new movement." Labor Day to Be Observed. PENDLETON, Or., Aug. 24. (Spe cial.) Monday, September 1, will be observed as Labor day In Pendleton by the closing of most of the Business houses of the city. The members of the various organized trades are plan ning a demonstration In observance of the day. THREE JOYS FOUND IX SORROW Rev. Harold W. Griffis Discusses Beattitudes Spoken by Christ. At the First Christian church the Rev. Harold H. Griffis discussed the practical bearings of the second Beati tude, pointing out the special meaning of the verse in the life of the Christian. "The Joys of Sorrow" was the subject. "Many people," said the speaker, "have a wrong conception of the- Beati tudes., They regard these utterances of the Savior as arbitrary and as hav ing authority only because they were spoken by the Christ. But a little re flection toon proves the error of this idea. These Beatitudes are true not simply because Jesus spoke them, but- Jesus spoke them because they were true. "That is to say, these utterances of the Christ are great fundamental prin. ciples of human living and as such find f.heir exemplification. "The Joys of sorrow are of three kinds. First, those that attend the per. sonal benefit of the endurance of sor row. Suffering is not punitive but re demptive. It comes not as a punish ment but as an education. There are some lessons in life that can be learned only in the school of suffering; there are some virtues that can be formed only In the fire. "The second kind of Joy issuing from sorrow comes to us because our sor row enables us to enter Into and to help bear the afflictions of others. Sor row not only makes us strong but also ordains us to a strength-giving minis try. "The third kind of joy resulting from our sorrow is that which Is related to a fuller knowledge of our God. We know God best when we know him as the Comforter when we know him as the strength-giver. We never see him so clearly or understand him so well as when he reveals himself to us in the hour of adversity." CXIOX OF CHURCHES FAVORED Ralph McAfee or Portland Federa tion Occupies Pilgrim Pnlpit. The value of having Christian com munions working together was set forth by Ralph McAfee, executive sec- WORLD GREED IS DEPLORED 'True Christianity Only Cure for 111," Says Rev. Mr. Stansfield. In his sermon at the First Methodist church Sunday morning on "Construc tive Forces In Christianity," Dr. Stans field took as his text II Peter 1:7, "Add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowl edge, to knowledge temperance, to tem perance brotherly kindness, to brother ly kindness charity or love." He said: After the devastating world war we are now supposed to be in a period of reconstruction, but it is evident to any thoughtful and observant person, that the most destructive forces and pas sions of human life are flagrantly at work. "Profiteering and greed by individu als and groups and organizations of both capital and labor in industry and commerce, and national and Interna tional affairs, is rampant. Our age seems intoxicated with power and greed and the only thing that can pos sibly save the world today is an in flux of genuine Christianity the true Christian spirit and life. "True Christianity is thoroughly and constantly constructive to noble, manly character and life In the individual, in society and In the nation. "Christianity is more than a system of doctrine; it is pre-eminently a life of a certain character and spirit and man. ner. Further, by its ideals and stand ards and imperatives for personal char acter and conduct, it is the highest and Deft constructive force in and for man kind. It is primarily a life of faith. Faith is that miphty and fine sense of power in man which sees tho Invisible and senses the eternal and the rel of life. Faith sees honor. Justice, truth, love. God, immortalty. "Faith senses and appreciates the highest and deepest and best of life, and is a mighty dynamic to character and conduct. The world today, even the so-called best part of It the allied nations Is intoxicated with lust of power and greed. America today is jeopardized and threatened from or ganized classes and groups with a far worse autocracy and tyranny than she has ever yet known. What alone can save the so-called freest and strongest peoples of the world today is the char acter-changing and constructive forces of Christianity. "Never was there a time when it was so urgent and imperative for every christian man and woman to be outstandingly, effectively and help fully christian as today. "Add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge temperance, to temperance brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness, love, and ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful In the knowledge of Jesus Christ'." CHARACTER SHOULD BE CLEAR Rev. John Rice Discourses on Iden tification of Christians. Rev. John Rice of the inter-church world movement spoke yesterday morn ing at St. Philipps Episcopal church on Russell street. Until recently he was general missionary for this Epis copal diocese, but was appointed early this month as field secretary or tne new organization. "What is it that really identifies a man?' asked Rev. Mr. moe. "in some circumstances it might be the laundry mark on his collar or the name sewed in his coat. I There are also identifica tions of wealth, political influence and social positions. Such marks of identification we find are not the greatest when it comes to testing Christian character. If a pro fessor of Christianity complies with the tests he will be identified with those worthy of trust and confidence. Such person Is an apostle of clean living, righteousness and a valuable asset to a community. 'Christian character should assert itself. The influence of such persons is neeeded mightily. There are great issues in which moral and economic factors mingle. Here strong opinions, grounded on a certainty of their right eousness, are essential. Strong princi ples are wanted, but they must be un selfish principles." PHONE HEARING ON TODAY Public Service Commission Consid ering Hood River Case. HOOD RIVER, Or., Aug. 24. (Spe cial.) 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Full cut, perfect fitting suits in good-looking shades of gray. Sizes for boys 6 to 17 years. Good values at this most modest price $10. Meier & Frank's: Third Floor. (Mail Orders Filled.) Ertstti Tut QmalitV Stork or Portland ! i I company, for a general increase in rates on all classes of telephone serv ice, will be begun here tomorrow by the public service commission. The company also asks for a toll charge on all connections between the . Hood River and Odell exchanges, and the latter increase will be strongly pro tested, it Is said. The application declares that a re ceivership much be asked in case the rate increase is not allowed. Centralia School Jery 13 Mills." CENTRALJA. Wash., Aug. 24. (Spe cial.) A special school election was held in Centralia yesterday to author ize a levy of 13 mills for next yea;;, 3 mills more than this year. The vote was 179 affirmative and 26 negative. The 3 mills increase will permit a rise In teachers' salaries and the retire ment of outstanding warrants. Union Connty Forms Legion Posts. LA GRANDE. Or., Aug. 24. (Spe ciaL) Formation of an American le gion in La Grande and other Union county points is under way. O. G. Walker is making the preliminary ar rangements. On August 27 State Chair man Elvers will formally inaugurate the local legion.. The Elgin post will be established on August 28, ' Washington State Fair Yakima, Sept. 15-20 Great government exhibit covering 800O sq. ft. Large Livestock Show Livestock premiums $17,000 Counties competing in Horti cultural and Agricultural displays. Auto races. Horse races. Over S300O In race prises Dally band concerts Two bands. Educational Movies and other free attractions. Great Alamo Shows on tbe grounds all week. Transferable Season Tickets on Sale Till Opening Day 6 Admissions, $1.50 Antos Admitted Free to Grounds. Write for tickets, premium lists or entry blanks to Frank Meredith, See., Yakima, Wash. Don 't Squander your income on needless luxuries. Some time you may need cash quickly. How pleasant it is to have a reserve fund at your command, how com forting in emergency. Open an account with us. 1 HIBERNI& SAYINGS SANK SAVINGS - COMMERCIAL - TRUST FOURTH ANT) WASHINGTON STREETS OPEN SATURDAY EVENINGS 6TQ6 !