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THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX, TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1022
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Unprecedented Call Cleans
Up First Stocks Quickly.'
SERVICE GIVEN PROMPTLY
Outside Communities Get Yaper on
Time and High Standard Geh.
erally Is Praised..
An unprecedented demand for the
annual edition of The Oregonian
cleared news stands and dealers of
original supplies and kept a corps of
motor trucks busy throughout the day
vnnlenishinir stocks of the Caper.
On every hand came the word that
the 1822 annual edition was iuuy up
to the hish standard that has been
established, a paper that contained a
thorough and interesting- surrey of
the resources and features of the
state of Oregon. The sale of the
edition began at 8 o'clock and before
60 minutes had passed the majority
of the news dealers were seeking new
supplies.
Drma.d Break. All Record..
"We never have experienced such a
demand for an annual edition as that
today," said E P. Hopwood, circula
tion manager of The Oregonian.
"News dealers who ordered the same
number of conies they sold a year ago
called for more copies of the paper
within an hour after the sale openea.
"The desire on the part of people
cf Portland to advertise the 1925 Ore
eon exposition proper had much to
do with the great demand, I believe,
and in addition the annual this year
was replete with splendid feature
articles and illustrations that created
an unusual demand for the paper."
Annual Isnurd on Time.
Despite the fact that the New
Tear's edition of The Oregonian was
an unusually large paper, an aug
mented force of mailers worked
throughout the night and succeeded
not only in having thousands of bun
dles' of the paper ready for distribu
tion at 8 o'clock, but supplied the
papers for delivery on all routes at
the visual time.
In order that there would be no
delav In Dlacine the edition in tne
various cities and towns tnrou
the northwest, bundles of' the
the most alarming; confronting the
people of this city, in fact the entire
country," said Mayor Baker yester
day. "Narcotics victims are sick
persons and cannot be disposed of by
jail sentences as is the case with
most offenders of the law. Treat
ment must be provided and this treat
ment requires much time and money.
"It is the big dealer that we must
place in our Jails. These dealers,
from Investigation that ,has . been
made. are. in the business for profit,
and if business Is at all slack they
look for new recruits. The danger
of our young fol falling Into th
use of narcotics is truly- great, and
It is my hope that we may be able
to outline a campaign that will bring
real results."
Seattle recently launched a cam
paign against narcotics dealers, which
placed a large number of them in
jail with heavy sentences to serve.
Some of the dealers, however,
frightened at tho results obtained by
the Seattle police, hurrlgd to other
cities. Including Portland and began
operations anew.
It is said that a considerable
number of dealers recently came to
Portland from California, so that at
the present time Portland is harbor
ing more of this class of folk than
in any time In its history.
Mayor Baker has requested federal,
state and city officials to attend his
conference, and It la possible that
some definite programme will be
worked out to combat the evil.
HUNDREDS VISIT Y. M. G A.
OPEN-HOCSE ENTERTAINMENT
' DRAWS THRONG.
Wireless Telephone and Telegraph
Demonstrations Interesting .Fea
tures of Day's Programme.
Several hundred persons yesterday
ltnessed the wireless telephone and
telegraph demonstrations, inspected
the departments of the Oregon In
stitute of Technology, and attended a
public reception, all of which 'were
features of the annual open house at
the Portland Y. M. C. A. The -event
began at 2:30 o'clock and lasted
until 9:30.
Laboratories and 'equipment of thf
T. M. C A. automotive school at Sixth
and Main streets were inspected by a
large . number. The visitors were
shown methods of repairing and re
modeling automobiles and tractors.
One of Hhe Interesting demonstra
tions of the day was that given in
X-ray on the wireless. Music by radio
was another feature.
Many parents of boys and young
men members of the association wit
nessed e-xhlihtlonn In hnrlnp. vrpR.
ughout I tllnK and tumbling-; games of basket
e New ' ball and volleyball and a swimming
it
e
Tear's annual, with the exception of
the news section, were sent out late
last week.
Outxlde Sections Get Service.
In this way the news section was
tent out on the usual mail'trains and
automobile trucks, and residents of
communities outside of Portland were
served with the large annual edition
at the same time when the regular
edition was delivered.
"The 1922 New Tear's Oregonian
was a very fine paper," said H. B-.
Van Duzer, president of the Portland
Chaisber of Commerce. "The statis
tical Information is complete and
should be of great interest to the per
sons who wish to learn of the unlim
ited resources of the state of Oregon.
"The reproductions of the beauties
of the Oregon country, together with
our rapidly developing highway sys
tem. as contained in this issue, should
act as a lure to many prospective
tourists."
Purchasers of copies of the annual
edition are warned by the circulation
department that the New Year's num
ber of The Oregonian is wrapped in
jnaiiila paper, on which a green im
print carrying the words "New Year's
Udition, Morning Oregonian" Is found.
Purchasers should demand this
wrapper to insure against fraud.
MM Uf IWU BUI til
CHARLES PURDIN EXPECTED
TO RECOVER FULLY.
Prisoner Reported to Have Said
;riiat Ife Did Not Know Wife
Had Obtained Divorce.
Charles Pujatin, admitted slayer of
Us divorced wife, Agnes, and Howard
filKsby at Mrs. Purdin's home, 448
y.ufl Forty-seventh street, early Sat
urday morning, has shown such lm
- jrovement that he will be removed
from St. Vincent's hospital to a barred
room at the city emergency hospital
at the police station this morning.
He will recover fully from the ef
fects of the gas which he inhaled in
an effort to end his own life after
Killing his divorced wife and Sigsby.
According to the police who were
g uaraing tne prisoner at tne nos
pital, Purdin yesterday told them he
liad arrived in Portland from Saw
telle, Cal., late the night of the kill
ing. He said he did not know that
his wife had procured a divorce from
him, and when he found the divorced
wife in bed with Sigsby he became
enraged.
He is said to have Insisted that he
did not carry a revolver the night he
went to his ex-wife's home, but got
the revolver out of her bedroom after
he broke through the window and
found the woman and Sigsby together.
According to the police. Purdin is
said to have declared that he first
killed his wife and then killed Sigsby.
He then left the house and returned
some time later, at which time he
sought to commit Buicide.
An inquest over the remains of Mrs.
Purdin and Sigsby will be held to
. night at 8 o'clock in the courthouse,
according to an announcement made
lust night by Coroner Smith.
meet, which occupied the afternoon.
An event for which the younger boys
had practiced a considerable time was
the aquatic meet.
Motion pictures of the boys' summer
camp at Spirit Lake, Wash., were
shown in 'the auditorium.
As the visitors entered the lobby
of the Y. M. C. A. building they
listened to a concert by the Y. M. C. A.
orchestra at 2:30 o'clock. Community
singing followed the concerj. Guides
escorted visitors to various depart
ments. The Y. M. C. A. methods of listing
jobs and placing men were viewed..
BUSINESS MENT0 ELECT
East Bide Club to Choose Officers
and Hold Banquet January 26.
The East Side Business Men's club
today sends out . Its preliminary an
nouncement of the annual banquet
and meeting for election of officers
to be held in the clubrooms, 114 Vs
Grand avenue, on the night of Janu
ary 26. This is designated as a
.ckcciiiiig lua run in rgrimno oan-
quel, ana a specialty will De made oi
serving Portland or Oregon products
exclusively on the banquet board,
many catchy plays having been made
on the description of these products.
A. H.I Averill will be chairman of
the day, and an interesting pro
gramme on the port and shipping fea
tures Is being arranged. Dancing
and cards will follow the banquet
programme and election of officers.
The "social architects" in charge of
the affair are Wilson Bencflel, H. E.
Judge, II. D. Anderson. K. A. Clark
and S. L. Wiggins. Ticket reserva
tions may be made through Secretary
L. M. Lepper, Bast 940.
MI-DRUG MEET TODAY
SECOND CONFERENCE CALLED
. BY MAYOR FOR CAMPAIGN.
EUGENE LEVY 55.1 MILLS
Of Total, $254,072 Is Needed for
City Departments.
EUGENE. Or., Jan. 2. (Special.)
Eugene property owners will pay
taxes this year on a.Jevy of 65.1 mills,
which is an increase of 2.1 mills over
last year, according to the report of
Assessor Walker.
- The tax for purely city purposes is
$254,072.36 for the city, the munic
ipal water board and public schools,
or 30.1 mills. On top of this must be
added the 25 mills tax of the county
and state, making a total of 55.1
mills. Taxes have been Increased by
each levying bwdy, the county ad
vancing its levy nearly 1 mill, and
the City, school board and water
board-boosting; their estimates a little
more than 1 mill.
Executive Declares Determination
to Curb Increasing Evil and
i Jail Dealers in Narcotics.
The second weekly conference
called by Mayor Baker for the pur
rose of outlining jjlans fori a cam-
tknitr-n trt rill PnrtlMnri nf ripnlra In
narcotics will be held- this afternoon '
in the city council chambers at 4
c'olock.
Mayor Baker is determined to work
out some plan whereby the most
active peddlers of narcotics may be j
placed behind steel bars and addicts
receive treatment. While he realizes !
that his plan is one that no munici
pality can hope successfully to carry
through without' rfce aid of federal
and state authorities, the mayor is
planning to launch his campaign and
get a start hnt will bring some re
lief to Portland.
"The narcotics problem Is one of
If Hair Could Talk
"Either I am neglected alto
gether, or, I am abused to death.'
As a result I get sick ; sometimes
I nearly die. And then I am
scorned for not being 'normal!
"The trouble is, generally I
don't get normal treatment. Be
ing human, I need air, sunshine,
food, food that will tone me up.
By accident I get a little air and
sunshine, but for lack of food, I
am starving."
Men and Women, feed your
bur with
ED.PINAUD'S
HAIR TONIC
(Eaa dm Quinine)
- It is to tne nair, what milk is to
the whole body.
It is the hair builder and ener
gize. Just look at Hal that baa been
brought up on itl
American Import Office
ED. P1NAUD BMf. HEW YORK
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STORE OPENS 9:15 A. M. ZT Watch OtlT WindoWS-OilY WmdoWS Tdl the StOty 23 STORE CLOSES 5:45 P.M.,
Need Anything
for the Home?
In addition to substantial reductions on JTVERY kind of household com-
modity we launch today a big sweeping downward price drive on many
special lines of home furnishings. A great battery of Sixth-Street
windows is filled with heaping underprice displays of furniture, rugs,
curtains, kitchenware, fireplace accessories, household utilities of all kinds.
Investigate Then
You'll Invest
The Meier & Frank store invites comparison price for quality through
out the whole realm of merchandise with any retail institution anywhere.
"Our Windows
Tell the Story"
Our 32 window displays of drastically underpriced merchandise are one
of the big features of this amazing sale.
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See These Wonderful
Window Displays
OMEN'S finest fashions including coats, suits, dresses, waists, hats,
furs, also gloves, hosiery, .underwear, corsets, aprons, house dresses.
MEN'S suits, overcoats, shirts, ties, sweaters, sox, underwear, nightwear.
BOYS' suits, knickers, blouses. GIRLS' hosiery and underwear. ALSO
special items in staple groceries (flour, ham, lard, milk, soup, corn, etc.),
' household linens and cottons, blankets, robes, laces, ribbons, needlework,
baskets, leather goods, luggage, hooks, kodaks, drugs and toiletries Rea
sonable needs of , all kinds EVERYTHING IN EVERY WINDOW AT
REDUCED PRICES. V 1 -
And by "all means if you're interested in BARGAINS see the great
Alder-Street window display of women's shoes of which the Downstairs
Store offers more than 5000 pairs at the amazing price of $1.69, and
4000 pairs of rubbers at 39c.
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A Great Thing
as Been Done at the
Right Time
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And the people know it! It is twelve months since
the retail world was last stirred Avith an announce
ment of this sort, made then, as now, by Meier &
Frank's. And it is right to state that these new Jan
uary Sales of 1922 bid fair to surpass the great rec
ord established by their compeers one year ago. The
- principal end and object of these sales is to give the
people the merchandise they want, when they want
it, at lower prices a movement that has always
found an enthusiastic champion in Meier & Frank's
Every
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(CONTRACT LINES AND GROCERIES EXCEPTED)
TJVERY single article in the great Meier & F,rank merchandise stocks from end to
end and from top to bottom everything from the basement to the great furniture
floors everything in the upstairs, everything in the downstairs store everything in
the fourteen-story building everything from pianos to pins EVERYTHING fcon
tract lines and groceries excepted) now offered' at a substantially lower price than
our low prices of the day preceding the sale . . . .'. so that this newest and greatest
Meier & Frank original enterprise shall be' the finest and fullest expression of the
Aearaoce
Sales
. The First Word, tlieLast Word and
' the Best Word in Sales
All the printers' ink in the world, all the- listing and itemizing and detailing possible
would not suffice to expound the breadth and depth of the movement expressed in
this plain, straightforward, all-inclusive statement ' .
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Every Article Reduced
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(Contract Lines and Groceries Excepted)
Please, remember that throughout the store in virtually every department there are hun
dreds of odd lots of good wanted merchandise of all kinds on which prices are so drasti
cally reduced for clearance that some of the goods are virtually given away.
We reserve the right to limit quantities to insure the widest possible distribution of economies.
MEN
Any Suit or Overcoat
Without Exception or Reservation
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The World's Best Clothes for Men and Young Men
BOYS
Any Suit in Our Stoclc -
Without Exception or Reservation
$10 $K
Many 2-Kriicker Suits and AirSizes at Each Price
Third Floor.
store opens 9:15 a. m. Watch Our WindowsOur Windows Tell the Story -50 store closes 5:45 p. m
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