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TIIE MORNING OltEGONIAN, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1920.
MR. BORAH LAUNCHES I
AnlTl-LEAGUERS QUIZ
Republican Leaders Asked to
Co on Record.
LOWDEN IS FIRST CALLED
Candidates for Presidential Nomi
na) io a Requested Frankly to
Avow Tlicir Policies.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 1. Intention
of republican senators opposed to the
leapruo of nations to request all re
publican presidential candidates to
place themselves on record as to the
Issues involved In the league -was dis
closed tonight by Senator Borah, re
publican, Idaho, who made public a
letter addressed to Governor Lowden
of Illinois, an aspirant for the repub
lican nomination.
Governor Lowden was asked to say
srhnther he favored "any policy . . .
alliance, league or partnership" to
"abandon our traditional foreign pol
icy and enter Into understandings and
combinations wjiich would embroil us
In all European, conflicts and tur
moils." "Those for whom I speak," Senator
Borah eaid, "have no intention of con
fining these and similar questions to
yourself."
Senator Borah charged that power
ful European and American interests
were co-operating to draw the United
States into European affairs, through
the league of nations if possible, and,
ff not, "by secret and tacit agree
ments." Question Must Be Faced. .
Declaring that the Questions and
policies involved must come before,
the next, administration, regardless
of America's entrance into the league,
the Idaho senator said the personal
views of presidential candidates
should be stated.
"For nearly a. hundred and fifty
years," said the letter, "we have in
this country regardless of parties,
adhered to a destinct foreign policy
. no entangling alliances or partner
ships with foreign powers and no
Interference by foreign powers in
American affairs. If you should be
nominated and elected president,
would you exert your influence and
the influence of your administration
to maintain this foreign policy, or
would you consent in any way to Its
abandonment or its substantial modi
fication? "Do you believe, in other words,
that the time has come when we
should abandon the policy of no en
tangling alliances, no partnerships
with European powers, and enter into
alliances or understandings with Eu
ropean powers?
Powerful Forces at Work.
"I ask these questions because," re
gardless of what may or may not be
In the platforms, the next adminis
tration will have to meet this issue in
different ways. ... Powerful
forces In. this country, co-operating
with equally powerful and persistent
forces in Europe are determined to
draw the United States into associa
tion and partnership with European
powers, to embroil us in all European
turmoils and conflicts, to utilize our
young men in policing the territories
and fighting the racial and dynastic
battles of the old world, and placing
upon our taxpayers the burden of the
financial and economic life of both
Europe and Asia, and these forces
will continue their effort to bring
about these things after the election.
If they cannot do it in one way they
will do it in another. If they cannot
succeed by open agreement they will
endeavor to succeed by secret or tacit
agreements. We, many of us, feel,
therefore, that we would like to
know what your views are upon this
problem and what it will be your pur
pose to do should you be honored by
an election as president."
Senator Borah said American oper
ations in Russian were in violation
of the constitution and against the
wishes of the American people, but
In furtherance of a secret agreement
made in Versailles.
Russia Only Beginning.
"This is but an Intimation," Mr.
Borah continued, "of what is to hap
pen should we conclude to abandon
our traditional policy and enter into
understandings and combinations
which would embroil us in all Euro
pean conflicts and turmoils. Our
young men would be asked to sacri
lice their lives in just such secret
and unconscionable affairs as this in
Russia. And Mr. Taft, I understand
from his public statement, Is in favor,
If necessary, of conscripting our
young men for that kind of service.
"Are you In favor of any such nol
Icy or of any alliance, league or part.
nersnip wnich may lead to such
programme?' What is to be your pol
icy witn regard to such affairs?'
DR. SCHOTT OUT ON BAIL
Alleged Slayer of Office Girl Re
gains Jaunty Attitude.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, Jan. 1. (Spe
cial.; Police today are investigat
ing anonymous letters threatening
William "Babe" Ryan, witness for the
prosecution, Clem Euggins, attorney
for Dr. Christopher G. Schott and
Chief of Detectives de Forester, ao
tlve in the effort to unearth the
slayer of Miss Elizabeth Ford Grif
fitn, who was found Bhot through
the heart in Dr. Schott's office
Christmas eve.
Dr. Schott. who was held to the
grand Jury yesterday following his
preliminary hearing in police court.
Has resumed nis Jaunty attitude.
Bail of 18000 was furnished by
friends and as Dr. Schott left the
county jail he cheerily cried to the
Jailer and turnkeys happy New
iear.
His hearing before the grand Jury
has been set for January 9.
Albany Postal .Business Grows.
ALBANY", Or., Jan. 1. (Special.)
The local postoffice handled twice as
much first-class mail during the re-
rent Christmas season as a year ago.
An Immense volume of letters and
postcards, bearing Christmas greet
Ings went tnrougn tne local office.
The increase in the number of parcels
was not so large because last year
many Christmas parcels were , sent
to soldiers.
Baltimore Honors Osier's Memory
BALTIMORE, Md., Jan. 1. Impres
sive services in honor of the late Sir
William Osier will be held in old St.
Paul's Protestant Episcopal church
here this afternoon at the same hour
that the funeral services for the fa
xnous physician will be held at Christ
church cathedral. Oxford. England.
S. & -H. Green
Holman Fuel Co.
Adv.
stamps for cash.
Main 353. S60-
For prompt and expert, plumbin
service. pbon Slain, 7255. Adv,
NEW BILLS AT
Ilcilig.
BY LEONE CASS BAER.
NOT for a good deal would I have
missed the thrill that came over
me when William Sylvanus Baxter,
abbreviated to Silly Bill by his 17-year-old
pals and Willie by his fam
ily, who didn't understand him, stood
in the moonlight and played his uku
lele while he sang to his lady love
and she giggled and applauded from
her window above.
Silly Bill's friend, Johnnie Watson,
stood beside him and plunk-plunked
a guitar and their serenade, the com
bined efforts of Bill's wobbly tenor
and Johnnie's roaring bass, began
with the old standby of serenading
swans, "Good Night. Ladies," and
trailed off Into "Sweet Adaline," with
original variations. Ascribe, part of
the thrill to the art of the players and
the humor and eternal spirit of youth
that permeates Booth Tarkington's
play, "Seventeen," but the real big
thrills in a play come when an audi
ence is unconsciously thinking, ab
sorbing, feeling and living with the
playwright. TheHe fine moments,
visualized .as realities according to
our abilities through our imagina
tions, are among the rare things, the
precious things of the mimic world.
The story of "Seventeen," which is
a play of youth and sunshine and
summer. Is from a compilation of
Booth Tarkington's stories, made by
Stuart Walker, and is of course sub
servient to th character-drawing.
Bill Baxter, christened William Syl
vanus, is one of the most delightfully
human sort of an American boy one
could meet anywhere. He has his own
particular proportion of dignity, and
it asserts Itself when he is called
upon to help Genesis, the darky serv
ant, carry home a collection of wash
tubs and tinware from the shop, and
errives with his load Just as Lola
Pratt arrives, with her girl chum to
call on fcis mother.
William Sylvanus has his own ideas
on his personal liberty, too, and the
sort of freedom that is expected when
one la 17, going on' 18 rapidly, and
this is shown when he sets forth with
quotations he has gained from read
ing romantic books his reasons for
owning a dress suit.
Because his father will not buy him
one until he is 21, and because he
feels he must have a dress suit In
order to impress Lola Pratt and win
her away from the other boys, starts
the story. Silly Bill sneaks his fath
er's old dress suit from its wrappings,
where it has lain many years, and
cuts fine swaths with it. He has as
pirations to be married and his ex
change of confidences on the eubject
with Genesis, whose father was mar
ried at 15. so he says, are delightful.
Tarkington, a specialist in ado
lescence, has given this young hero
the sallenttcharacterlsts of reticence
and self-consciousness. He is a "regu
lar fellow" and his amiable weakness
for Lola Pratt, his martyr-like atti
tude when she flirts with the other
boys, and his downright woe and
flight to his mother for consolance
when Lola turns him down for George
Crooper, who has a car, are very real.
Possibly "Seventeen" makes no pre
tenses at being an epoch-making piece
of dramaturgy, but places itself more
n the category of wholesome comedy.
The stage adaptation holds all the
flavor and spontaneity of Tarking
ton's stories, woven skillfully to
gether so that they result in one of
the most refreshing and thoroughly
amusing plays that has been seen for
many a long day.
The youthful actors give excellent
accounts of the roles, without affeota-
MAN AND WIFE ROBBERS
PAIR CAUGHT NEAR SAFE,
TOOLS STREWN OVER FLOOR.
We Were Hungry," Says Woman.
Ex-Soldier" Husband' Declared
Unable to Get Work.
SEATTLE, Wash., " Jan. 1. (Spe
cial.) Anna Lieurance, aged 27,
wanted a home, and so did her ex-soldier
husband. They were willing to
risk everything to get money to pay
the real estate man who sold them
their West Seattle lot. Police officers
arrested the pair Monday night in
the offices of the Interlake Fuel &
Transfer company. L. W. Lieurance,
the husband, wearing his soldier
overcoat, was crouched in front of
the safe. His young wife was stand
ing calmly behind him, while tools
were strewn over the floor. Mrs.
Lieurance, with a frouzled .head of
golden hair, dressed in a gay colored,
but ragged skirt 6f plaid, and a rav
eled sweater of blue, talked freely to
day in the city Jail.
'They are calling me a safe-crack
er," she said sortiy, "Dut i am not.
Things might look bad, but we
weren't trying to get into the safe.
It might look bad because all those
tools were lying around the onice
floor, but we weren't going to try to
get into the safe."
Mrs. Lieurance admitted ene ana
her husband had started out that cold.
foggy night, bent on getting some
money to keep away starvation.
"We were hungry, she continuea
quietly, "and my husband couldn t
find a job. So we decided to work to
gether and' get some food.
"We ve always stucK togetner ever
since we were married, two years
ago. We never went anywhere ex
cept when we went together, and if
he decided to rob some store, why it
was my duty to go with him. I al
ways will stick to him,-through thick
and thin. 1 11 never welcn.
When asked if she was nervous
when they broke into the offices of
the fuel company, Mrs. Lieurance ae
clared she was.
"Naturally I was nervous, and after
we were caught, I was sorry. One is
always sorry after doing anything
wrong. But it was e. case where we
were so desperate that we did not
consider the consequences.
"We have a little lot over at Alkl
and I wanted a home. It has been so
hard keeping up the payment on the
ground and we were going to lose it.
provided we didn't pay the real estate
people some money.
ALIENISTS NEWS HOPE
COUNSEL EXPECTS EXPERTS
TO PROVE INSANITY.
Much Hangs on Hypothetical Ques
tion, of 5000 to 10,000 Words
to Be Propounded..
LOS ANGELES, Jan. L With tes
tlmony by five alienists the defense
will close tomorrow in the trial of
Harry New. alleged murderer ot
Freda Lesser, it was announced oy
New's attorneys tonight.
Lecompte Davis, leading counsel
for the accused, said he would ask
tne alienists a hypothetical question
of from 6000 to- 10,000 words 'based
on all testimony introduced in the
case and anticipated defense experts
by stating their certainty that, the
defendant was insane. -
Foliowing this testimony, the pros-
THE THEATERS
tion and without self-consciousness.
They are simple and direct and their
chief charm is their youthful un
consciousness of that charm. Thomas
Kelly is a lovable Silly Bill. Mr. Kelly
has a dominating personality and he
reads a great amount of real youth
ful life into the part. He is an ideal
Bill Baxter. La el Davis by- sheer
adherence to a type of giggling, flir
tatious, eminently addle-pated girl
hood, is Lola Pratt to a perfection.
The nearest approach to a villain the
play affords is Bill's little sister",
Jane, who is ohservant and repeats
faithfully all she hears and sees. The
role is made to ring true to life by
Lillian Ross, -a diminutive young
actress, with an amazing gift Of pan
tomime and perky quaint ways. Louis
John Bartels is the engaging darky.
Genesis, and Judith Lowry as Mrs.
Baxter is homelike and genuine.
The play will round out the week;
and there will be a matinee Saturday.
The cast:
Mr. Baxter. ........ ...... .JLldrtch Sowker
Jane .Lillian Rosa
Mrs. Baxter..... .Judith Lowry
William Sylvanus Baxter. .. .Thomas Kolly
Johnnie Watson Wallace Ford
May Parcher. ........... .Florence Murphy
Lola Pratt Lael Davis
Genesis Louis John Bartels
Joe Bullitt Robert JlcGroarty
Mr. Parcher .Eugene Htockdale
iieorsa Crooper. ................ .Ben Lyon
Rthel Boke. . Agnes ltorton
Wallle Banks. ........ .Raymond HellTnann
Mary Brooks Alma Hammeraly
Hippodrome.
SPECTACULAR In the line of stage
settings is the scenery used at the
Hippodrome in tha bill that opened yes.
terday for a musical comedy playlet,
"On Manila Bay." In the background
is a miniature replica of the famous
harbor at twilight with lights aglow
in distant windows and along tha
waterfront. Constantly passing ves
sels enliven the scene and tiny fig
ures run along the beach and travel
on the water in canoes. A whale fur
nishes much fun when it pursues the
little craft.
The elaborate scene also Is used for
a silhouette battle, complete with
guns and sinking ships. .
Teddy McNamara, who plays the
principal part in the comedy, has a
number of humorous songs, -best
among them one with pantomime,
"The Tears Rolled Down His Cheek."
"Kathryn's Birthday" is a lively lit
tle skit with a most happy ending.
It is staged by Charles Barney and
company and depicts woes in the
home of a perpetually soused father.
A half-amusing and half-serious
dream guides the parent in the
right direction.
The Deveraux If Inn trio have some
ragtime opera and a saxaphone to
show up their act. Frank Gould ap
pears In blackface songs and stories
and Miss Billie Bowman has char
acter descriptive melodies.
Soap-box oratory, such as the old
time fake doctor used to pull, is the
specialty with Cleveland and Fay,
who have a good Imitation of this
familiar patter. The "physician,"
with his bottle of "tonic," goes down
into the audience and diagnoses the
ills of his customers. His partner,
before this perpetual line of gab,
gives up his efforts to attract atten
tion through a performance on tha
banjo. 4
Acrobatic thrills aplenty are fur
nished by Ed and Edna Fanton, who
swing on rings, turn - somersaults
while suspended by one hand.
A photoplay that the children will
like is "Sinbad, the Sailor." This is
shown with "The. Eternal Triangle,"
in which only dogs are actors."
ecution will present its rebuttal evi
dence. There will be several wit
nesses, Including Mrs. Alice Lesser,
mother of the dead girl, besides alien
ists called by thestate, according to
Thomas "Lee Woolwine. district at
torney. The arguments will require at least
a day for each side, defense and
prosecution attorneys were agreed to
night. Consequently they thought it
unlikely that the case would go to the
jury next Wednesday.
Both ides passed today in active
preparation for resumption of the
trial, all counsel putting In full time
in their offices. New was visited by
his mother, Mrs. Lillie M. Burger; and
his half-eister. Miss Edna Clancy, in
the county jail. He showed no sign
of emotion and to all appearances,
the strain of the trial has had little
effect on-him.
BIG MINE DEAL IS MADE
Black Bear and Flynn Group in
Coeur d'Alenes Consolidate.
SPOKANE, Wash., Jan. 1. (Spe
cial.) One of the largest mining
deals in a long time was reported to
day to be practically completed at
Wallace, Idaho. It is the consolida
tion of the stock Interests and hold
ings of the Black Bear Mining com
pany and the Flynn group in the
Coeur d'Alenes with a sum to be paid
that Is said to be $250,000.
This deal was first made possible
by the Flynn securing an easement to
enter its grounds through the Black
Bear tunnel. This was followed by
arrangements made through Donald
Calahan of Wallace, acting for the
consolidation of the two interests.
and it is said that the papers were
placed in escrow yesterday at Wallace
for this deal. ,
It will mean large expenditures for
development through the Black Bear
tunnel.
SCHOOL HEADS GATHER
Superintendents) From 32 Counties
in Session at Albany.
SALEM, Or., Jan. 1. (Special.)
Thirty-two of the 36 county school
superintendents In Oregon gathered
here today to discuss prospective
school legislation and other matters
effecting education. The convention
will continue until Tuesday evening.
The business meetings which will
start tomorrow will be featured by
addresses by educators of statewide
prominence, discussions and consid
eration of reports to be submitted by
the legislative committee.
The annual banquet of the associa
tion will be held Monday evening at a
local hotel. .
Plans Call for $2,120,187.
TACOMA. Wash.. Jan. 1. (Special.)
Preliminary estimates of the cost of
constructing the proposed open pier
and transit shed units of the port
plans with the dredging of the neces
sary channels and provision of cargo
handling of the docks were given at
$1,345,1S7.50 today by Port Engineer
Osgood. This, with the $775,000 paid
for the land, brings the cost of getting
the port started at J2, 120.187, and
leaves 1347.812.50 of the $2,500,000
bond issue for other improvements.
Cove Marine Has B Service Stripes.
COVE, Or, Jan. 1. (Special.)
William Malone, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel Malone, among the first ot
Cove boys to enlist, .was the last to
be mustered out and the last to come
home. After 30 months in marine
service, two years of which were
s-pent in Pekin, China, he reached
Mare Island December 4 and home
J December 27, with a treat variety of
souvenirs besides his five service
stripes, . .
mm OF SLAYER
REGHETS suspicions
Mervin Uhl Confident
Wife's Fidelity.
of
UNWRITTEN LAW DEFENSE
Cumberland Murder Case to Come
Before Grand Jury Term
on. January 12.
CUMBERLAND, Md.. Jan. 1. (Spe
cial.) Mervin Uhl. who visited his
wife, Kate Uhl, at the jail today,
where she is held for the murder of
Edgar Bryan Pownall of Rowney. W.
Vsu, here yesterday, expressed regret
over his action in questioning his
wife's fidelity, following the discov
ery .of Pownall- in her apartments
Monday night. Mrs. Uhl stabbed
Pownall when he refused her re
quest to go Jto her husband and clear
her name.
Uhl declared today that he "went
up in the air" following the discov
ery of Pownall in his wife's company,
but h esaid her responding to the
shaking of the locked door by him
was instantaneous. Immediately ad
mitting him. He heard the scuffle in
cident to her repelling the advances
of Pownall, he stated, and that she
opened the door instantly upon his
shaking the knob was proof to him
that she had succeeded in warding
off Pownall.
Uhl today expressed entire confi
dence of the innocence of his wife; of
whom he spoke as a-confiding country
girl, "who loved the ground that he
walked on." Mrs. Ubl's brother also
visited her at the Jail, while her
father, Thomas Geary, saw her last
night. Mrs. Uhl's infant of one year,
which has not yet been weaned, is in
Jail, with her. the child having been
taken to her last night. Her two older
children are with her relatives at
Mount Savage.
Mother In Ignorance.
The body of the young man is still
at the undertaker's, with no funeral
arrangements made as yet. His father,
Thomas J. Pownall, is ill at the Pow
nall apartments . here with mumps,
while his mother is still at the hospi
tal, ignorant of the fate of her son.
for whom she asks and about the
absence of whom she is fretting, as
the boy was devoted to his mother.
He had been to see her the night be
fore the tragedy. His solicitude for
his mother during her illness had
brought him to Cumberland.
Young Pownall was a fine specimen
of physical manhood, and young
friends from Romney who had come
yesterday with the hope of spending
New Year's with him spoke of him
highly and several were moved to
tears when- they were apprised
of his fate by the newspaper bulle
tins. Yopng Pownall served in the
army, having been connected with the
aviation service.
Mrs. Uhl's defense will rest on the
unwritten law and her attorneys,
David A. Robb and Saul'Prager, ex
press the opinion that there will be
a hasty acquittal. Attorney Robb said
the woman's character always had
been above suspicion, that the only
time Pownall had made advances was
on the night before the tragedy, al
though he had previously attempted
to be familiar, but not offensively.
with the evident idea of leading up
to a pronounced effort later.
Woman la Restless.
Mrs. Uhl passed a restless night at
the jail, but seems to be in good
spirits. Sheriff Harvey says she is a
model prisoner. She has eaten but
little since her incarceration. Her at
torneys state they will make no ef
fort to secure her release on bail, the
coroner's Jury having ordered her held
without bail, which does not meet
with popular approval, the sympathy
of the community generally being ex
pressed in behalf of the woman. It
Is felt that she should be admitted to
bail and allowed to go to her chil
dren. The case will come before the
grand jury for the January term,
which meets January 12.
Pownall had not been In Mrs. Uhl's
company more than a minute yester
day before the stabbing took. place.
His refusal to clear her before her
husband, followed by an attempt to
kiss her, caused her to seize the long
bladed knife Instantly and plunge it
in the man s breast. Her defenders
declare there was an absence of nre
meditation and the woman, who is of
decided domestic tastes, committed
the act out of sheer desperation over
her husband s order that she leave
his house.'
CANADA DEMANDS AUTOS
American Firms Unable to Sup
ply Farm Trade.
WINNIPEG, Man.. Jan. 1. The de
mand for automobiles in the provinces
is so great that American factories
will be unable to meet the demand
for 1920 cars, according to local deal
ers today.
It is estimated that Canada will
spend $10,000,000 for automobiles dur
ing the year.
Ezra Meeker's Record Equaled.
CENTRALIA. Wash., Jan. 1. (Spe
cial.) Ezra Meeker is not the only
Washington man living who was here
when an act of congress made Wash
ington a territory. W. P. Mills of
this city came with his parents and
sister, Mrs. Mary Brown of Gate, in
1847, while Samuel T. Mills was born
near this city in 1852, or before the
territory was created. The two Milis
still reside .here.
Toledo Land Company Forms.
CHEHALIS, Wash.. Jan. 1. (Spe
cial.) The Toledo Garage & Land
Co. has filed articles of incorpora
tion here. Its purposes are to do a
general real estate and fire insur
ance business and conduct a general
automobile business. Toledo is head
quarters for the concern which is
capitalized at $6000. Lawrence Car
penter, Clara IL. Carpenter and Grave
V. Carpenter are named as trustees.
Montana Company Sold.
BUTTE, Mont., Jan. 1. Sale of th
Montana Fire-insurance company to
the Home Fire & Marine Insurance
company of San Francisco, was an
nounced today by E. E. Esselstyn,
president of the Montana company.
The Montana company had a capital
and surplus of $500,000 and will con
tinue in existence pending disposi
tion by the stockholders of the as
sets that, have accrued.
Clatsop Prepares for Road Work.
ASTORIA, Or.. Jan. 1. (Special.)
The county court yesterday purchased
two concrete mixers at $7032 each,
delivered in Astoria. The machines
will be used the coming summer in
paving the Olney and Young's river
highways, as well as in completing
work on the road to Fort Steyens,
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Also Twenty Extra Green
Friday- Saturday if You Bring
Patent Medicines
Vapo Cresoline 55c
Scott & Brown's Cod Liver
Oil 1.1
Fellow's Syrup Hypophos-
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Hydroleine l.tO
Cooper's Bltterless Elixir.. 50c
Pinex 55c
Tongaline OOc
Cla-Wood Milk Magnesia. .40c
Swamp-Root 50c
Matt Johnson's 6088 f 1.35
Jaynes' Vermifuge 40c
Pierce's O o 1 d e n Medical
Discovery... 1.10
Zemo 30c
Resinol. fine
Miles' Anti-Pain Pills S5c
Coldwell Cough Balsam... BOe
Frultola. 1.35
American Oil SOe
Toilet
Articles
Cutlcura Soap 23c
Woodbury's Soap 23c
DJer Kiss Talc Powder ...... .25c
Hind's Honey Almond Cream.49o
Houblgant'a Toilet Water,
Lilac and Lily of the Val-
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Sachet D'Elite
Fancy package assorted I Hp
odors, very special at.... lUu
Cowhide Bags
This Fine Walrus Grain Fabric
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MARION HAS TWO LEVIES
COUNTY COURT ATTEMPTS TO
MEET NEW BCRDEXS.
Court Test of Procedure Kxpcctcd.
Acta of Legislature Held
Cause of Increase.
SALEM, Or Jan. 1. Special.) As
a result of special tax burdens placed
upon the taxpayers of the state by
the 1919 legislature, without making
any provision for funds raised in ex
cess of the 6 per cent limitation, the
Marion county court yesterday made
two tax levies Instead of one, as has
been the custom in previous years.
One of these levies is in 'the Bum of
approximately 11.250,000 and covers
the budget of estimated expenditures
for the year 1920, while the special
levy is for the sum of $48,623.23 and
was made necessary to meet the de
mands of legislation enacted by the
last legislature. The regular levy,
according to the county ourt, rep-
resents a full 6 per cent increase
when compared with the levy for
1919.
Neither District Attorney Gehlhar
nor members of the county court are
satisfied- as to the legality of the
special tax levied by the court and
pending settlement of the question
taxpayers may or may not pay their
part of the special assessment. Ai
though many counties of the state
met the provisions of the 6 per cent
limitation law by deducting from the
regular county funds to strengthen
special funds, this was declared il
logical by the Marion county court
One Way to Beat
A Sugar Shortage
Choose foods that are:natura1ly
sweet.
For instance, foiryourrcereal,
eat
Grape
. This blend of wheat and
malted barley needs n.9
sweetening, for it is rich in .
grain sugar, not added in -'making,
but self developed
by twenty hours baking.
Sweet and nutlike in flavor
An economical food
At grocers'
Made by
COMMENCEMENT SALE!
A Money-Saving Event
FINE STATIONERY
ODDS AND ENDS
Some slightly soiled.
Highest Quality
1S Price
If Your 1 '.Waterman' ' Pen
You received for Christmas
Does Not Suit See Our Pen Expert
FREE Ink always at your disposal.-
If " FOR. "VOIR.
VV OLD HOT
Water Bottle
We will allow you fifty cents fpr
your old hot-water bottle or foun
tain syringe. In exchange on a
new one at S2.GO or more.
$2.25 Three-Quart Seamless Foun
tain Syringe, five feet tubing,
three pipes and one year I CO
guarantee, only 1
I
f 2.00 Two-Quart 8ize, samcC I MQ
as above, special at
ThetAXI
Wardrobe Trunk
Made of basswood box, size 36 by
22 by 14. closed top, square edge,
black: vulcanized fiber, steel brass
plated, self-locking lock, extra
good quality. RegularffOOfiQ
price 42.50. ok sale at.: .
5 Woodard, Clarke & Co.
SVOOD-LARK BUILDING
It was argued by Judge Bushey that
If 10 cents could be deducted legally
from one of the regular funds, then
the whole amount could be taken
and that fund destroyed.
NAVAL ESSAYS PLANNED
Air Service to Be Topic In Schools
of Three Northwest States.
Students in the 216 high schools of
the three northwest states are pre-,
paring essays on the training fea
tures of the naval air service in com
petition for a prtee offered by the
bureau of ordnance through the local
navy recruiting office. This trophy
Is a .three-Inch, shell taken from a for
mer German warship. On the nickel
plated missile will be engraved the
name of the winner and the school
represented.
The contest is designed to educate
people as to the work of the naval
air service. It will close late this
month and will be judged by County
School Superintendent W. C. Alderson,
Assistant City Superintendent Charles
A. Rice and E. H. Whitney and Lieu
tenant T. Burke Lee of the naval air
service.
Field Guns Demonstrated.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE. Corvallls. Jan. 1. (Special.)
The field guns, valued at $50,000, are
being demonstrated to the farmers
week visitors, who have been flock
ing to the armory, where they are on
exhibition. Each afternoon from
3:30 to 5:30 o'clock the operation ot
the guns Is explained to visitors. The
list on display Includes all types in
use by the United States field artil
lery during the war. In addition the
college has 90 horses and mules of
the draft and snddlp type.
P05TUM CEREAL COMPANY
BATTUE CREEK. MiCH.
Trading Stamps
This Coupon cc
Candy Specials
Queen Anne Butter Balls.. 2ic lb.
Peanut Brittle :rlb.
Peppermint Wafers ,tc lb.
Wintergreen Wafers rwc ll.
Krause's Gum Drops 3c lb.
Fancy Jordan Almonds 3c lb.
Ladies'
Vanity Boxes
SPECIAL
OSLY
$6
Wardrobe Trunk
This exceptionally well-made
trunk, size 40 inches, limited CCK
number on sale, only
$1:75 Buffer
Made of composition White I OC
Ivory, a bargain at.
51 ODD GIVEN TO LEGION
FUND TO BE USED IX CLEAN
ING OUT CENTRALIA I. V. W.
West Const Lumbermen's Associa
tion Makes Donation for Work
in Camps and Mills.
One thousand dollars has been ap
propriated by the board of trustees
of the West Coast Lumbermen's asso
ciation for use in combatting I. W. W.
activities in the vicinity of Centralis,
Wash. The money was set aside at
the request of the American Legion
of Centralis-
None of the funds will be used in
prosecuting the men charged with
the murder of the Legion members
6?r
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COFFEE
We Will Deliv er
Free of charge
to tour KnrMt Shipping; Point by
Parcel Pout
Juno Coffee
At yf5
Only 4-vJ Lb.
And Rose of Ceylon Tea
at Only 50 Lb.
with Ike a-aarantee that if either of
these is Mot netlnfactory we will re
fund the full amount of the pur
chase price.
JIXO COFFER la a special Mend
of coffee In whleh we npeeinlise.
and eannot be expelled anywhere nt
the price we onote. l'er pomnd, -iKC
ROSE OK CKVLOX' TEA 1. really
a 75c ten. and sells regularly for
that price, hut we hay it direct nt a
much lower price than the loeal Job
ber sells it for, therefore this extra
ordinary low price. BOSK OK ( EV-I.O.N-
is s tea of inviting pronounced
orange fraarnnre and henvy body.
Specially low priced at per lb. 50
Or B pounds for $2.25
25-pound, chests of ROSE
OK CEYLON TEA SIO.OO
High Grade FLOUR
AT LESS THAN WHOLESALE PRICES
Rcad 7our daily papers and yon will finsl thnt floor will advance,
so better prepare yourself while our prices are atlll low.
Superior Kaney Hard W heat Patent, per bbl 12., O
poi tinclc ............--------" "
-Ufa He Koie Hard Wbeat Faacf Floar, 49a, per bbl. $11.95
jf tiactc ......-----"""" JRjt10
White Rose Fancy Klour, BSs, per bbl. ..$11.83
Per snelt $(.00
EASTEHX BICKWHEAT, 11 CROP!
IvUnger Pure Buckwheat, lb. sacks. . .$!.OOl S lb. sacks, 5oC
FA NOT HOOD RIVER JONA
THAN APPLES. box.S2.65
FANCY CALTKORNIASMAXiL.
WHITE BEANS, H lbs...l
DiPORTANT!
Out -of -Town People Take
Parttenlar Notice.
D. C. BURNS COMPANY
208-210 Third St., Between Taylor and Salmon
Special Mall Order Servfe Write for Monthly Irlre I.lst Member
Greater Portland Assoelatloit Wholesalers ta Private
Families. Hotels and Restaurants
Phone Main 016, A-l.
BRING THIS COUPON
am t;nr
20-EXTRA-20
-S Ss n." Trading
S t a m p s on your
first Jl cash pur
chase and double
on the t a 1 a n c e.
Good on first floor and in
basement Friday uikI Sat
urday, January 2 and 3.
Drug Counter
1 qt. Denatured Alcohol. . .Mic
2 oa. Camphorated OtI....35e
1 pt. Olive Oil SI.IO
4 oz. Rubbing Alcohol SOe
1 pt. Dpbell's Solution . ...src
6 oz. Rose Water 25e
4 oz. Glycerine 25c
-1 pt. Witch Hazel 4.1c
2 oz. Spirits Camphor 5.c
1 lb. Cream Tartar 1.oo
1 lb. Epsom Salts 15c
4 oz. Cascara. Arom... 40c
8 oz. Castor Oil SOc
I pt. Albanal mineral oil iM.oo
1 pt. Russian Mineral Oil Sl.oo
4 oz. Chloroform Liniment. 5c
4 oz. Glyc. and Bay Rum .
Cooper's Dandelion Pills. . ,2.1c
Electric
Iron
Six-pound size
and suarau-ff4 QQ
Mal.t 'a
teed very spec
Electric
Stove .
Can be used on table in prepar
ing meals, costs but little (fO CQ
to operate, on sale now
"
The Wallace
Electric Lamp
A practical and compact lamp for
office, boudoir or living room.
Can be set up or attached any
where, will attach to back of bed
or chair, complete with JO gQ
cord only '
ALDER AT WEST PARK
on Armistice-day. but "will be dovoted
entirely to a general cloan-up of the
radical element in the lumber camps
and mills near Centralia.
Reports received by the West Coa-it ,
Lumbermen's association indicate tlio
mill operatives have responded lib
erally to a recent appeal made to
employ ex-service men. Hundreds of
men have received work, even though
the lumber industry has been handi
capped ot late because of the short
age of cars.
BABY LEFT ON DOORSTEP
Infant in Leather Bag Will He
' Kept by Finders.
STOCKTON, Cal., Jan. 1. A three
weeks' old baby boy was left by an
unidentified person on the doorsttp
of the home of Mr. and MVs. R. I.
Bacon last night.
The couple found the baby at the
door in a leather bag and have decid
ed to Keep the infant.
Drink It
It's Healthful
It 1a so ev r Kt fa Is no
tions, but OP COlRShJ COF
FEES ia healthful.
Many, many f?oot well-mnn-Tneaninfc
people used to think,
the world v;us flat. A Pnr
turuese went out and nailed
around the earth, and we all
know now they were wrong.
Coffee was a popular bev
erage before Ma Re Han dis
proved tho old foolish fallacy.
It ia atlll popular the world
over. But many well-meaning
people have false nouon.
about It.
Of course, the world Is
round. And of course coffee n
healthful. It Is wholesome and
nourishing. But too much of
anything; Isn't tcood.
One may eat too murh meat.
Or drinkitoo murh milc. But
nobody claims that meat and
milk are not healthful. It
1-rn't the une of coffee that 'a
harmful It la the abuse of It.
.Coffee ia good. It haa proved
good under every test. It
proved so In the war In the
trenrhe-i in the camp In the
hospital on the march on the
sea. Soldiers and sailors know
that coffee la nounahinf. sus
taining. Lrlnk coffee three times a
day, if you lifce. But be sure
that you drink good coffee
RBAL COFFEES. This is the
only wav to get the genuine
coffee TASTE.
Tuna Fish
Curtis Tuna Fish, Is, dz. $5.00
Each 50"
Curtis Tuna Fish, H. dz.J3.00
Each SOf
Curtis Tuna Fish, Vis. dz.$2.25
Each. 25c
All mail order vrill he filled carefully
&nd promptly at these low price.
Send tia your Grocery lleta of Oro
ceriea wanted. We will quote you
our lowest wholesale prices.
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