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Newspaper Page TextId TIIE MORXIXG OREGOXIAN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1921 CITY SCHOOL UNO FOR SALE District No . 1 Wants to Dis- pose of 6 Tracts. ALUE IS UNDER $100,000 ltcs Suitable for Residence and Business Buildings Declared Surplus Property. Six parcels o school land in Port and belonging: to school district No. have been offered for sale by the 'Chool board, which has decided that he land Is no longer needed for chool purposes. It is suitable for evidence and business purposes and i situated In all parts of the city. i'be total valuation, although not ac- urately determined, Is under $100,000. The most valuable piece of prop rty offered by the board from point f situation and eize is the entire lock at Seventeenth and Lovejoy l.treets, occupied by the old Couch Hohool. Building Is Intact. The building consists of 16 rooms uid has been kept Intact since it was ibandoned on completion, of the new 'ouch school in 1915. The site is suit able for warehouse or general garage purposes, and the old building which vlll accompany the sale may be wrecked for the material or made fcver for other purpose A second piece of school property Inffered for sale is known as the Etna property at Kast Couch and East rwenty-sixth street, not far from the verna school. It comprises half of a vacant plot owned by the school dis- rtct there, and Is 200 feet by 409 feet n size. The site la suitable for apart ment bouse and similar construction. Five Loll for Sale. The board also offers five lots at eoond and Logan streets on the site f the old Fulton, Park school. The ots are suitable for residence pur oses. A third west side plot of chool land offered Is at Thirteenth nd Gaines streets and consists of two ots 60x100 feet in size. It Is the Smallest In extent of all the property offered. The Wills burg school site of 1.9 acres et Ardenwald avenue and Bur- elgh road, beyond the Sellwood dist rict, is also to be sold if suitable pro- ovals are received. The property is n a residence district and has a two- tor y school building on it. The bulld- ng has been unused for about four years. The sixth plot Is At Division and East Sixty-fifth streets in the south Mount Tabor district, and is 165x234 feet in extent Offers Are Invited. The school board is calling for pro posals from individuals or concerns lesiring to purchase the property. No olds will be called for and the prop- rty will not be sold' unless the board considers the offers fair. MEDF0RD MAYOR FOR FAIR Enthusiastic Speech at Chamber Meeting Praises Tax Plan. MEDFORD, Or, Oct. 19. (Special.) h At the chamber of commerce forum here today. Mayor Gates delivered an address on the 1925 exposition planned for Portland, in which he showed un bounded enthusiasm over the big project. The mayor expressed the opinion that its success meant a direct fi nancial return to the entire state as well as world-wide advertisement which would open the vast stores of natural treasure locked up by reason of lack of publicity. He explained that of the $6,000,000 to be raised to finance the exposition. Portland was to raise $4,000,000 and the rest of the state $2,000,000 and said this disposal of the problem of finance spoke well for the fair and square attitude of Portland. COLLEGE GIRLS WORKING Some Said to Have Others Depend ent on Their LaTior. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene. Oct. 19. (Special.) Of the 125 fresh men women who are registered for positions with the l. u. C. A. em ployment bureau, 18 are at present working for their room and board. 5 have half-day positions as stenog raphers and bookkeepers, 13 are seek ing work of the same sort, and the remaining 63 are doing any work that comes up. "The principal thing I am worrying1 about," said Miss Louise Pavis. as sistant secretary of the Y W. C. A, is that these girls who ore depending entirely upon themselves for support often have others dependent upon them." HEAD FRESHMAN DUCKED PrcnUIent of Albnny College i'lass Is Hurtled Into Canal. ALPAXT COIXEGR, Albany. Or., Oct. 19. (Special.) Harold Sox. pres ident of the frofhmnn class of the collepe, was ducked in the Klhth fttreet canal iuar the campus yester day by a Kroup of juniors who topsod nlin from the Uroadalbin-street oriUtfP. It was the first "class disci pline" of the kind inflicted this year. At a recent meeting of the student body the upper classmen required ome of the members of the freshman class to perform stunts Sox was or dered to eins "How Creen I Am." He responded with a son it to this tune but with original words in which he lakl particular attention to the Junior class. WALNUT CROP IS LARGE Clacknunas County (.rowers liar- Vest l!eeord-15reaker Tills Year. OREOOX CITY. Or.. Oct. IS. (Spe cial.) Clackamas county walnut ftrowers ure greatly encouraged over the 1S-1 crop and are busily ensrasred In barvestinK their crops. Among the prominent growers are Herman An thony andi C. L. Strong of New Era nd John le Neul of Stafford. Mr. le Neul will have the largest crop ever harvested from his trees and will averuge about 7000 pound. Mr. Anthony has five acres planted ami says the yield will be at least 21)00 pounds. BUDGET MEETING IS HELD Tillamook Council Meets With Ad visory Board. TILLAMOOK, Or.. Oct. 19. (Spe cial.) The city council, with the ad visory board, composed of E. T. OFFERED Haltom. W. J. Reichers. David Ku ratli, Carl Haberlach and R. B. Mil ler, met last night to decide upon the city levy. There were a number of taxpayers present, some, of whom wanted the expenses of the city cut down by reducing the fire department and police force, but this did not meet with approval. The city council had prepared a tentative budget, but in several in stances the amounts were increased. The total amount of the budget is 135, 05, some of the principal items being salaries of the marshal, night watchman, recorder and two paid fire men, each of whom are to receive a salary of $1800. Other items are $800 for fire department, $500 for printing, $7500 Interest on general bonds and other miscellaneous items. The road fund calls tor $12,700; library. $625, and sinklng'fund. $500. TWO AGAIN IDENTIFIED SEVEHAJJ POINT OCT PAIR AS CIRCUS ROBBERS Officials of Company Tell Details of Hold-Up and Actions of Men Are Described by Others. VANCOUVER, Wash., Oct. 19. (Special.) The trial of Roy Moore and Bert Orcutt, alleged circus rob bers, continued throughout the entire day with examination of the state's witnesses. J. De Lochte, assistant treasurer of Sells-Floto circus, again was called to the stand and repeated his testi mony of yesterday, and after going through another description of the details of the robbery dentlfied Moore and Orcutt as the men vho held up the treasure car on the night of September 16. Mrs. Edna Edner, wardrobe mis tress of the circus, testified as to the details or the holdup, declaring that Moore was the man who searched McLain for his personal money. Henry Ullrich, Vancouver policeman, told of information he had obtained regard ing the putting of a car supposed to have been driven by Moore and Orcutt in a local garage and of Its leaving on the night of the robbery. C. Dyce, Centralla garage man, told of two men stopping at his place be tween the hours of 2 and 5 o'clock on the morning after the robbery. J. Ormsby, proprietor of a Seattle apart ment house, declared that Mr. and Mrs. Moore, who lived at his house, were in arrears for rent and that they left Seattle during the week of the robbery. Mrs. Moore instructing him to take care of her house flowers. The Saturday after the hold-up the couple returned to Seattle and gave Ormsby J10.E0 for rent. Chief Deputy Sheriff Steele de scribed the ground on which the cache containing the circus money was found buried and also his dis position of his rm on the night of the capture of Moore and Orcutt. The defense asked the witness if he was not known as "Two Gun" Steele and the latter replied that one gun was enough for him. COLOR FOODS IMPORTANT Pigments Held Valuable In Eye, Ear and Brain Developments. PHILADELPHIA, a.. . Oct. 19. Pigment, which plays art Important part In the normal development of the eye, ear and brain, is largely a product of food. Dr. P. H. Fridenberg of New York declared Tuesday in an address before the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngol ogy. . Butter, oranges, spinach and other highly colored foods contain a sub stance which prevents certain defi ciency diseases, among which are rickets and scurvy, he said, adding: "Mother's milk is best protection against all these deficiency diseases." Progress In graduate teaching of ophthalmology was described by Dr. Edward Jackson of Denver. Colo. He ursd further development of this teaching and said more thorough teaching of physiologic optics, anat omy and pathology should be offered at universities. Students should be urged to study these branches and methods of examination before taking up clinical ' work, he added, and a large number of ophthalmologists should give attention to teaching. LEDF0RD GETS 6 MONTHS Young Man Accused of Attack on Messenger Boy lo Go to Jail. Ross Ledford, convicted by a Jury in the court of Circuit Judge Parker last Monday of attacking "Chuck" Ferris, messenger boy, with a beer bottle, was sentenced to six months in the county Jail yesterday. Pleas of his wife that the mother of the young man wanted them to live with her, and that it would give Ledford a chance to start over again, did not move the judge. Ledford denied that he had received morphine, taken from him at noon during the day of the trial, from his wife in the courtroom. He said It had been received In the jail as his portion of the fines of a "kangaroo court" Imposed on a newcomer to the Jail. Before District Judge Bell Ledford admitted the possession of the opiate and was given a 30-day suspended sentence. NEW FRATERNITY WANTED University Honor Society Requests Till Beta Kappa Charter. UNIVERSITY OK OREOOX, Eueene, CVt. 18. (Special.) The application of the University Honor society for a chapter of phi Beta Kappa, national scholarship fraternity, will be up be fore the governing body of that fra ternity for the third time this year. The faculty members of Phi Beta Kappa are holding a meeting for the purpose of promoting the success of the application. The other attempts to establish a chapter here were made In 1016 and J919. The University Honor society is a local organization whose aims resemble those of Phi Beta Kappa. Building Association Planned. RAINIER, Or., Oct. 19. (Special.) The organization of a building and loan association Is the object of a committee named by the Rainier Com mercial club at a special meeting held last night. A scarcity of houses exists and the growth of the Rainier Manufacturing company, a co-operative concern, makes more houses nec essary to care for the influx of pur chasers of stock in the new concern. The committee will formulate a work able plan and present it to the club at Its meeting next Monday night. Metalworker Injured. A fall of two and one-half stories from a roof to the ground put C. H. Grebe. 26. sheet metal worker living at 1108 East Market street, in the Good Samaritan hospital yesterday with injuries to his back and legs. He will recover. Phone us for prices on your winter coal. Diamond Coal Co., Bdwy. J03T. Adv. CITIZEN CAPTURES ROBBER SUSPECTS Elks' Exalted Ruler Alone in Night Adventure. AUTO PIRATES ARRESTED W. F. McKenney Catches Two Men Stealing His Car and Holds Them for Police. Two suspected robbers, one of them armed, were captured early last night by W. F. McKenney, exalted ruler of Portland lodge of Elks. Mr. McKen ney was alone in his adventure and police say he had a "ticklish time" of it before they arrived in response to 'his call. Mr. McKenney was in the office of the Brunswick Tire company. Elev enth and Stark streets, when he saw two men attempting to start his car, which was parked in front of the store. Cnptnre Made Without Aid. He rushed out, collared Bert J Mitchell, 19. and compelled Wallace Witsel, 18, to precede them into the office. While he telephoned the po lice he still held Mitchell, whose hands kept reaching for his pockets as If searching for a weapon. "Keep your hands out of your pock ets," McKenney commanded, empha sizing the words by a closer throt tling of his prisoner. Witsel. who seemed to be under the domination of Mitchell, was unarmed and gave McKenney no trouble. When Patrolmen Forken and Bal lard arrived they found a 38-caliber revolver on Mitchell, loaded, and a supply of extra cartridges. VVitae-1 Has Pakey. Witsel yielded a set of passkeys and a pair of tweezers, the latter used for removing keys from locks to permit use of a passkey.- Police say that McKenney undoubt edly put a stop te a Joy ride, includ ing burglary and robbery. Mitchell was charged with carrying concealed weapons and attempted robbery, and Witsel with attempted robbery. Detectives are investigating in an effort to connect them with recent robberies. $15,000 YEARLY NEEDED TO MAINTAIN OLD OREGON-. Representative SIcArthur In Salem Pushing Plan to Bring Battle ship to Portland Harbor. SALEM, Or., Oct. 19. (Special.) C. N. (Pat) McArthur, representative in congress from the Portland dis trict, was in Salem today to confer with Governor Olcott relative to pro viding funds through legislative ac tion for maintenance of the battleship Oregon. Representative McArthur recently telegraphed to Theodore Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the navy, for information as to the probable cost of maintaining the battleship in Port land harbor. In reply Mr. McArthur today received a telegram saying the annual cost would not exceed $15,000, plus wharfage. Mr. McArthur said the city of Portland probably would donate wharfage facilities. Because of the absence of Gover nor Olcott from Salem today Mr. Mc Arthur said he had obtained an ap pointment with the executive for later in the week. At this conference he will ask the governor to recom mend an annual appropriation of $15,000 for maintenance of the battle ship in Portland harbor. Should the legislature meet in special session this winter, Mr. McArthur said the appropriation could be considered at that time. Besides being used for exhibition purposes, Mr. McArthur said the bat tleship could be utilized for training purposes by the naval reserve and naval militia. Mayter Baker of Fortland previous ly was interviewed by Mr. McArthur witJi regard to maintenance of the battleship in Oregon waters and he was said to be in favor of providing the necessary funds through legisla tive action. The battleship now Is at Bremerton. PHONE WORK IS PLANNED Company Proposes to Spend $60, 000 in Oregon City Improvements. OREGON CITY, Or. Oct. 19. (Spe cial.) An Improvement programme, the completion of which will require two years and which will Involve the expenditure of nearly $60,000, has been inaugurated by the Pacific Tele phone & Telegraph company in the Oregon City district. One of the largest Improvements included is the removing of the poles and cables of the old Home system, which was taken over by the Bell people on June 1. 1919. At the time the service was consolidated the extra poles in the business district were re moved, but there are at present two sets of poles and cables.eervlng the residential district. New cables, equip ment and switchboards are to be In stalled wherever they are found) to be needed. HAYDEN ISLAND INDORSED Site Urged for Fair by Lieutenant Governor of Washington. VANCOUVER. Wash., Oct. 19. (Special.) "It Is the duty of Wash ington to take an active part In se curing -Hayden Island as a site for the Portland 1925 exposition as it will mean much to the future development of the Columbia river district and the port of Vancouver," said Lieutenant Governor Coyle in a letter to Clement Scott, chairman of the Hayden island committee. The letter was written in the ab sence of Governor Hart. Mr. Coyle requested Mr. Scott to snd him all the available data and information as to why the site should be selected This information is to be for the gov ernor's use later. TILLAMOOK VALUES RAISED Property of County Raised J83S,- 7 80 by Assessor Johnson. TILLAMOOK. Or., Oct. 19. (Spe cial.) County Assessor Johnson has raised the value of property in Tilla mook county 1858.780. as finally equalised by the county board of equalization. Summary of the as WARSHIP FUND REQUIRED sessment rolls for 1920 amounted to 121.986.605 and for 1921 $22.845 386. This does not include the public. serv ice corporations in the county, which are assessed by the state tax com mission. In 1920 they were assessed for $821,998, making the total as sessment $22,808,603 for the county. They probably will be assessed somewhere near the same amount, making the total assessment for Til lamook county for 1921 $23,667,383. Following are the different items: Acres of tillable land . . 19,000 $ 1.156.353 Acres of noa - tillable land 158.608 2.243.145 Acres of timber land. .417.869 11.710.800 Improvements on deed ed land 738.800 Town, city and beach lots 34.732 1.851.645 Improvements on town lots 563.570 Manufacturing: .machin ery, etc 1.049.0S0 Merchandise and stock in trade 332.220 Farming implements. etc 47.860 Money, notes and ac counts 10.130 Shires of stock 123.800 Hotel and office fur niture 51.010 Saw logs and lumber. 103 450 Horses and mules 1.159 64.90 Cows 11.532 5.200 Cattle 2.294 - 74.05 Sheep and goats B45 2.250 Swine 1.209 13.300 Dogs 224 2-243 Total value, of taxa ble property $22,843,383 HEALTH WORK DISCUSSED MEANS OF BETTER CO-OPERATION CONSIDERED. Use of Anti-Toxin In' Diphtheria Cases Even When in Mild Form Is Urged by Dr. Parrlsh. Means of closer co-operation be tween the public health service of the city, county and state and the doctors of the community in tne work of combating epidemics and In the general protection of the public health were the basis oi discussion at the regular semi-monthly meeting of the Portland City and County Med ical society at the Portland hotel last flight. Dr. George Parrlsh, city health officer; Dr. Harry B. Cliff, county health officer, and Dr. Fred erick Strieker, state health officer, presented different phases of the pub lic health work. Need of greater co-operation be tween the public health service and the doctors was stressed by the speakers, and a better understanding of the city health ordinances and state laws was asked. The situation in regard to diphtheria epidemics was considered. Dr. Parrish brought out the neces sity of immediate use of anti-toxin in the treatment of diphtheria cases, even where the symptoms were mild. The practical experience of the city health forces with diphtheria during the past few months has shown the advisability of administering large doses of anti-toxin, he stated. Dr. Strieker sketched the organi zation of the state health office and compared the result, obtained with those of other states In regard to epidemic diseases. Dr. Cliff took up the county health work in its rela tion to the doctors of the community and the other health services. . A general discussion of points covered was taken up by members of the as sociation In attendance. TAX PROTEST IS FILED Creation of Assessment District for Glisan Street Opposed. Strenuous protest against the cre ation of an assessment district to cover the costs of the proposed wid ening of Glisan street between Third and Fourth streets, resulted in post ponement of action by the city coun cil for one week. During the week Commissioner Barbur will check the remonstrances that have been filed against the plait of assessment pro posed. Charles C. Hindman, appearing as attorney for the Honeyman Hardware company and the Failing estate, branded the plan of, creating a small assessment district for this improve ment as fundamentally wrong. He urged that the cost of the improve ment be paid out of the general fund of the city, and if this was impossi ble, that the entire city be included in the assessment district. The proposed Improvement will cost about $42,000 and was proposed as the means of eliminating the traffic con gestion which results from the pres ent contour of the streets leading to the approach of the O.-W. R. & N. company'! bridge. AUTOS WILL CARRY MAIL Ashland-Klamath Falls Service Is Planned In Case of Strike. ASHLAND, Or., Oct. 19. (Specials W. A. Dalzell, Klamath Falls post master, conferred with E. J. Kaiser, local postmaster, yesterday, as to the possibilities of maintaining an auto mail service over the Ashland Klamath Falls route in the event of the proposed railroad strike. Ashland Is the most feasible route for such service in case the Weed-Klamath Falls railroad is unable to operate. The strike Is expected to be very se rious over that route, as the Shasta division Is one of the strongest or ganized labor divisions in the United States, all the various brotherhoods hav;ng maintained well-established organizations ever since the division was created several years ago. The present temporary auto route service between Ashland and Klamath Falls was established three years ago and covers daily newspapers and letters only. All other mail goes in by way of Weed. GREETERS T0JACK SHOW Hotel Managers Guests of Union Stock Yards Company. Following luncheon as guesta of the Union Stock Yards company at 1 o'clock today. 75 hotel managers who have responded to a general in vitation issued to all Oregon Greet ers will make an excursion through the 10-acre Pacific International Livestock exposition grounds at North Portland. The Oregon Greeters are co-operating with the stock show manage ment In the plan to secure a 200.000 attendance at the eleventh annual Pacific international show. November 5-12. The excursion through the mammoth pavilion will be made in order to familiarize the hotel men with all departments of the big show, so that they may effectively advertise the various attractions of the coming show to hotel guests and others. Motorcycle Hits Auto. Louis J. Bennett. 49, 1268 East Tay lor street, was taken to St. Vincent's hospital last night suffering from In juries to his chest, which he suffered when his motorcycle collided with an automobile driven by William Ken nedy, 238 East Fiftieth street South, at the Intersection of East Twenty ninth and East Everett streets. He was not seriously hurt. BIIIJli'SnilEi E ATTACKED France Must Be Represented, Premier Replies. ACTION LEFT TO CHAMBER Prndency of Trip in Face of Im portant Internal and European Questions Doubted. PARIS, Oct. 19. (By the Associated Press.) Opposition in the chamber of deputies seized on the proposed Washington trip of Premier Briand as a basis of attack in the debate on interpellations today, drawing from the premier a declaration that he thought France must be represented. "If Mr. Lloyd George goes," he said "it will be a pleasure for me to meet him in Washington, but if circum stances should prevent him from go ing, I do not understand why we should preoccupy ourselves with the fact In this debate. But here you have to do with me, and I consider that it is to the interest of France that I go." Deputy Milliard asked M. Briand if he thought it prudent to leave France when so many Important in ternal and European questions were in suspense. M. Briand replied: "I think it indispensable that I go to Washington. Of course, it is for the chamber to make its own Inter pretations of what is to the best in terests of France." LABOR COMMITTEE FORMED Permanent Organization to Be Ef fected for Arms Session. WASHI.VGTON. D. C. Oct. 19. The organization of the i.atlonal advisory committee on limitation of armament, called by President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor, was completed today and a decision reached to set up s permanent or ganization nere during the peace con ference. A declaration of purpose by the delegates declared It was not the purpose to suggest definite proposals to end war. Before adjourning the conference adopted the name of the general committee for limitation of armament." The next meeting probably will be held on or about November 11. JAPANESE LEAVE FOR CAPITAL Delegates to Arms Conference En tertained in San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO. Or. 19 The Japa- nese delegates to the Washington con ference on limitation of armaments, numbering 33 persons, left here to night en route to the national capital. The contingent was escorted to the station by members of a reception committee who have had charge of programmes in honor of the visiting delegates since their arrival from Japan yesterday. Xaval Base Decision Reached. MELBOURNE, Australia. Oct. 19. (By the Associated Press.) Premier Hughes, speaking today in the house of representatives of the common wealth, said the question of a British naval base in the Pacific was dis cussed at the recent conference of the empire, and that a decision regarding it was reached. He added, however, that the base would not be at Singa pore. Anti-Bolshevik Delegates to Sail. TOKrO. Oct. 19. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Special dispatches from Vladivostok today report that the Merkuloff government, the antl boshevlk regime which took control in Vladivostok and the adjacent Siberian coast territory last May, is sending representatives to Washing ton, their intention being to sail for the United States October 20. ME PRAISES SOVIET RUSSIAN PREMIER DECLARES REVOLUTION IS SUCCESS. Feudalism and Barbaric Capitalism Overthrown and Proletariat Now Dictates Policies. MOSCOW, Oct. 19. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Nikolai Lenine, Rus sian soviet premier, just back from a vacation, reviewed Russia's commun istic efforts today In an article pub lished by Pravda, soviet newspaper. "The October revolution," he wrote, "has overthrown feudalism and bar baric caiplta-lism, which were impedi ments to Russian culture. After four years we are sure we are right. More over, we have never dodged issues, as have the western countries. "The soviet regime is the maximum of democracy for peasants and work ers. We have given the world a new type of democracy, namely, a prole tarian dictatorship. We are not for getting, however, the many mistakes we have made and still are making. The most difficult of our tasks has been the rebuilding of our economic structure, but we are going ahead." DAY IN OIL FIELDS QUIET Fifteen Special Deputy Sheriffs Take Their Posts. BAKERSFIELD, Cal., Oct. 19. The quietest day experienced in the strike of oil workers in the San Joaquin fields passed here today. Fifteen special deputy sheriffs, whose ap pointments were made yesterday, took their posts In or near the various fields, but their presence created no comment from the strikers. Some federal conciliators', working under the direction of the department of labor, were reported to be in the fields, but If so they kept themselves secluded from the public. TRAMWAY IS SUGGESTED New Plan Proposed for Solution of Bridge Problem. OREGON CITY, Or., Oct. 19 (Spe cial.) Three distinct plans for keep ing traffic open while the new Wil- TOO L4TE TO CLASSIFY. LOST Brown and white dog. cross Aire dale and collie, answering to name "Bruce." Heavy sec Reward. Fhone Main S174. . G lamette river bridge is under cod-' struction in 1922 are being considered i by the county urt. The last plan announced by J' age Cross is the pro- i 1 1 . V. ln.h.i. ........ nn tractors for the new bridge, to build an aerial tramway across the river. I The other proposals are a light , bridge to care for minor vehicle traf- I fic and pedestrians, and the opera- tion of a ferry, either municipally or ' privately owned. No definite decision has yet been ' made and all of the proposals are under consideration. More detailed plans have yet to be worked out be fore any action can be taken. "The problem." said Judge Cross yesterday, "is a financial one. I do not feel that the county should be called upon to shoulder the entire burden for the maintenance of traffic We have strained ourselves to the ut most to secure the Pacific highway and loop roads, and are already in debt more than $300,000 for these two projects. The burden should be borne by those most interested rather than placed upon the county at large." ROSE COMMITTEES MEET PLANS FOR ROSEWAV DEDICA . TION TO BE MADE. Heads of Movement to Plant Slips Along Sandy Boulevard to Gather at Noon Today. A meeting of all committees work ing on the Roseway dedication, the ceremony attending the planting of six miles of Portland roses along Sandy boulevard from East Sixteenth to East Seventy-second street, will be held at noon today at the Multno mah hotel to complete final arrange ments for the ceremony at the Rose City Park clubhouse Sunday. The planting and exercises, which are being conducted under auspices of the Portland Ad club, will Include a great many civic organizations of the city. Consular representatives of foreign countries have been asked to designate Portland school girls to appear In native costumes and plant rosea for the respective countries. Austria, Denmark, Japan, Norway, Sweden, Spain, Peru and Armenia al ready have accepted the invitation. Robert Krohn, director of physical education in the Portland schools, is selecting little school girls to repre sent the various states of the United States. AUTO AUCTION AT STAKE City Orders Inquiry of Legality of Practice. " Until City Attorney Grant can ob tain Information as to how automo bile auctions are regulated in other cities, the city council will permit Jake's Auto Clearlng-House at 81 North Sixth street to operate by the payment of a daily license fee of $20. This was the decision of the ma jority members of the city council when they were Informed by the city attorney that they did not possess the authority to instruct the license inspector to refuse a license unless legislation forbidding the sale of au tomobiles by auction was enacted. There is some doubt as to the legality of an ordinance prohibiting the sale of automobiles by auction, and as a result City Attorney Grant will con duct an investigation. Belgium Accepts Invitation. WASHINGTON. D. (J., Oct. 19. For mal acceptance by Bolgium of Presi dent Harding's invitation to partici pate in the discussion of far-eastern questions at the coming Washington conference was received today by the state department. ACHES AND PAINS SLOAN'S GETS 'EM! AVOID the misery of racking pain. Sloan's gets right down to the aching spot and relieves your pain and you wonder why you did not use Sloan's first. Have a bottle of Sloan's Liniment handy and apply when you first feel pain. Use freely and don't rub, as it penetrates and you will be surprised to find how quickly it eases the pain and sends a feeling of warmth through the aching part. Fine, too, for rheumatism, neuralgia, sciatica, sprains, aches, pains, over worked muscles, lame back. For forty years Sloan's has been the stand-by as a liniment in thousands of families. Ask your neighbor. At all druggists 35c, 70c, $1.40. Liniment 1 r--l..,nH nt nhnnlea. ' B acne and other facial dufignrement. fl I Uh f reelr Dr. Hobeon's Eczema Omt. ment Good for edema, itching J Inn. i anif nrnr aain cronowa. um w Hnnnon'S Family Remedies. DrHobsoaS Eczema Ointment CUTICURA HEALS ECZEMA OH BABY In Rash.Burned and Itched. Was Fretful and Cried at Night. Face Disfigured. "When baby was six weeks old eczema broke cut on his cheek in a watery rash and gradually spread until the whole cheek became a burn ing, itching eruption. It irritated so he would rub his face. His face was disfigured and he was fretful, waking and crying at night. "The trouble lasted about ten weeks. The doctor recommended Cuticura Soap and Ointment and after using six cakes of Soap and one box of Ointment he was healed." (Signed) Mrs. Fred Hargreaves, 108 Winchester Ave., Detroit, Mich. For every purpose of the toilet and bath, Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Talcum are wonderfully good. kFmtrlULi mtertM.Dpt.a,kaMM41.MaM." Soldaverr whgr. Soapase. Ointment ttaad foe. TalcoaKe. CvUcora Soap ahaves witaovt mug. AMfSEMEXTg. DANCING COTILLION HALL Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Friday Artisans' Night Monday Bargain Night fPairfsl enerny AMI'SltMEXTS. BEGINS TONIGHT, 8:15 TICKETS NOW SELLING. HEIUGBT.d.7.yM.,.:":,or 3 n,ghbegixxixg TONIGHT SPECIAL PUCE MAT. SAT. ' William Harris Jr. Presents FAY BAINTER In the China-American ROMANTIC COMEDY "EAST is WEST" ZVE'S Floor. $2.50; Balcony, t!, $1.50. $1: Gallery, reserved 7ic, admission 60c SPECIAL SAT. MAT. Floor, 2; Balcony, $1.60. $1. 77c; Gallery, reserved and admission 50c Add 10 Per Cent War Tax. -JiOTK- OPE.M.VR SiltiHT ITOMGHT) t'adrr Aa.plcri PROGRKSSIVE BIMXESS MEN'S CM B. Pnblle May Secure Ttcketa. MAIL ORDERS NOW HEILIG NEXT WEEK FRIDAY, nOT 00 OQ SPECIAL SAT'RntY.UWl tlQ-ta MAT. SAT. R&TIHN ENGAGEMENT. .m r r m m, EVE'S Floor. $2; Balcony, $1.50 and $1: Gallery. 77c. SAT. MAT. Floor, $1.60; Balcony. $1, 77c; Gallery. 60c. Add 10 Per Cent War Tax to Price Ticket Desired. NEW BILL TODAY GEORGE PALMER MOORE FLORENCE ELLIOTT In a Fascinating Antn Play, With Double Ignition, THE LINCOLN HIGHWAYMAN It is a western romance, full of fascination, action and excitement and it is something new and different. TILLER SISTKRS. Tingles and Chat ter. CHRISTOPHER AND WALTON, "A Close Shave." WILL J. EVANS, "The Happy Hobo." TIME AND WARD. Sensational Novelty. BALLOONS FOR THE KIDDIES ON SATt'R D Y AFTERNOON. MRSE IN ATTENDANCE. PANTAGES Mat. Daily 2:30 Eve 7 and Direct from N. T: Winter Garden AL SHAYNE The Blnrins Beauty" A Corned v Sensation ETHEL CLIFTON CO... In 'Diamond Cut Diamond" S Olher Ills Acta & 4 mats Sn)i. lu.IU. kl&lHaumCiuilJ 'KfiumUAtuiU mm Hants 1Sta$1.t8 M and BURT U Mill. 15t 75o Slants 1 WHITING la "Several Songs' Sam dam and 1. P. Griffith "Panse Fantasies' "INDOOR SPORTS" : I Cimrtl East and West : Topics of the Day Aesop's Fables : Pathe Hews I MORAN Mi MACK SCHICHTL'S In llxk inn luii viiwiiitui n FRISKY rrv FOB TWO HAPPY HOURS. LYRIC MISICAL COMEDY COMPANY A Pre-Prolilbltlon Flavor lo "The Prince of Budweiser" Afternoona at 2 Evenings 7 and CIRCLE Fourth at . Waa b inartuo Edna Murphy and Johnnie Walker "PLAY SQUARE Also, a comedy, "Edirar th Detective." and Fox News. Open from 9 o'clock in the morning until 4 o'clock the following morn Inft. Phone your want ads to The Orego nian. Main 7070. Automatic 560-95. 4 03335? HfPP0EDR5ME CAJIL ,LaT fmt Cites? IN AMrSFMKXTS. RAKED 1b STOCK COMPANY 11 Now PlaVln "THE GIRL IN THE LIMOUSINE" Takea the Ltd Off th Laughs Joyous Shriek Fill tba Air DANCINGtaught A7 I, POPULAR DANCES KUtrmntfttd In S thri-hour lessons. Ladles. $2. Gentle man. 93, at D Money Beautiful Academy. 23d an(. Washington. Beglnnera olasses , tart Monday and Thursday eve nine Ad vanced cl&aa Tuesday evening-, 8 to 11:80 Plenty of deslrabls partners and practloe, no embarrassment. Vou can never learn dancing in private lessons from lnfvrlor teachers. Tou must have practice. Join the leading school. Phone Main 7o0d Pri vate lessons all hours. RATES FOR CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING la order to earn mora tha DC-tlme rat aeWrrlUlns; smut ma Us conaecntivo I oea One time .lte per Was Two times (each Issue). ..llo per 11ns Three times (each Issue) . . ,10o per line Seven times (each Issue) . . ito per line One to six months, per month tM par Uns Biz to twelve months, par month 13.25 per Una The above rates apply to all hnadlngs wlUk tha ioiiowlug- exceptional rUtoattons Wan tod Each Insertion. ,. .fro per line FTelp Wanted Kotteea Loet and oud tipeetal TTotfee-a Personal r nneral Notices Proposals Invited aleetlns Not loos One time lbu per Una Two times (each Issue). ...lio per line Three times (each Issue). ...ISo per Una Seven timss (each Issue) ... .13e per line One month..... .... per Una NEW TODAY. Bttleo l'er Line! Xatly Bus flay On time. lo 90a Two times (per Issue)..., l&o lBo Three tiroes (per Issue ). lo lo 6even times (per Issue).. ISo 17o One month, dally and Sunday.. ..Is 6 Count five words to tba lino. No ad taken for less thaa two tinea. Ads ran bun days only charged as one-time rate. Advertisements (except "Personals' and "bltuations Wanted") will be takea aver the telephone If the advertiser la a subscriber of either phona. The Oregoniun will receive copy by mall provided sufficient remittance for definite number of Issues is seat. Ac knowledgement will bo ( lurwarded oromptly. Ad vertlsements are takea for Th Dally Oregoalan on til 9:80 P. ALi for The Sunday Oregoniaa until t P. AL bat ur day. AUCTION BALES. At the Baker Auction house. Yamhill and West Park streeta Bo.lt, at 10 A. U. MEETING NOTICES. T II E TRAVEL ERS B RN E KIT AS SOCIATION The regular mnnthv T. B. A. dance will be given at the Hotel Multnomah. Saturday event nc. October 22. All members anil friends Invited. Profits go into fund for distressed members. Hobbs Matthouse orcheatr. IT. IDE K VAN'S, Secy. B. P. O. ELKS. NO. 142 Reg-ular metlna thil (ThurHday evenln-. S o'clock. Elk temple. Vli itlntc brother wHcoma. M. K. SPAUI.PIN'J, docratary. GOLDEN RUI.B ENCAMP V? Mcota thla Tsuraday evenin gS I it I oVlock. Eat Sixth and LllTga? Alder street. Clataop Encamp- X mrnt of Aatorla will vmlt u TO .nri rnnfer the three deareee. A number of candidate will participate. Visiting Patr'arch"Fct"AllBA'v0'R"mc'1 p. 8.' A. STARR. Scrlba. MACCABEES. Review of Tent No. 1 to nlsht Thurday. and ini tiation of large cias of candidates. Com and kep track of turkey conUlU Visitor welcome. TYSON KINSEUL,. R. K. OKEUON COMMANDERT. NO. 1. K. T. Special con clav Thurt1ay, Oct. 20, at 7:30 P. M. Red croi. with full fnrtn nnenlnK. Drill corp pleat. take nolle. Th attendant: of aojournera will he appreciated. C. g. W'lEGANlJ. Recorder. WASHINGTON CHAPTER. NO. 18. R. A. M. Called con vocation thla (Thureday) eve ning, Eant 8th and Burnald ta. at 7:30 o'clock. M. K. M. degree. Vlaltora welcome. HOT QUACKKKBUSU. See. COLUMBIA LODOB. NO. 114, A. P. AND A. M. Special communication thla (Thure day) afternoon at 8:30 o'clock. Labor In the F. C. degree and P. C. xaminatione. At 7:80 an official achool of instruction In tha un written work will be conducted by the Grand LodRe committee on Masonto In struction. All Master Maaone fraternally Invited. By order W. M. FRED L. OLSON. Sec SUNN YSIDE LODGE NO. 163, A. F. AND A. M. Special communication this Thursday at 8:30 P. M. Temple 38th and Hawthorne. Work In E. A. degree. By order of W. at. C. P. JENSEN, Sec. JIT. SCOTT CHAPTER, 110. O. E. S. Regular meeting this (Thursday) evening. Work. By order W. M. MAUD E. CONN ELL. Sec. OUL REA7.EB OROTTO. NO. 6.1 Informal dunce at the Pythian temple on Thursday evening, Oct. 27. HARRY A. McRAK. Chalrma CANTON PORTLAND, NO. 1. Wi? p. M. I. O. O. F.. will assemble at Orient hall. East Bt h and Esst EJT Alder sts.. this (Thursday ) even mTm ing at 8 o'clock sharp In fatigue uniform for fraternal visit to Golden Rule Encampment. CHAPTER E. P. K. O. SISTERHOOD will meet at the home of Mrs. C. A. Phlppa. 605 Orange si., on Thursday. Oct 20. at 10 A. M. for an all day meeting. All member! are requested to be present. LODGE EMBLEMS, class pins, officer Jewels; carry large atock to aelect from: special work to order In our own factory; David. Jeweler and optician. 843 Wnltii ingion street at Broadway. EMBLEM Jewelry, button, charm, pin, new design. Jaeger Bros.. 131-3 Sixth t. ' FRIEDLANDER'S for lodge embleme. cias Pin and medal. 810 Washington at. DiF.n. BERMEtn.I.EN At residence, 2R5 North Fourteenth etreet. Mary Bermeullen, aged 37 year, wife of Peter Bermu.'llen. Remain are at McEntie & EUere' par lors. Sixteenth and Everett tret. Funeral notice later. JIANG October 10 at the late realdence. 1U34 East 7th t. N., Normans VV. Mang. ' aged 4 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Mang. The remain re at Flnley'a mortuary. Montgomery at 3la. Notice of tuneral hereafter. COCHRAN At the residence near Scap poose. October 10, Joe A. Cochran, aK-d 66 years, father of Mr. Samson and Mrs. Marston. Funeral notice later. Re mains at the residential parlora of Miller U. Tracey. AMER In this city. October 17, John R Amer, aged 32 year. The remains are at the funeral parlor of A. D. Ken worthy & Co.. 3S02-04. Nlnety-eecond au S. E.. in Lent. bTa .CMa.