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1G THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN. PORTLAND, FEBRUARY S, 1903. MORE ROOM FOR LIBRARY .ASSOCIATION PROPOSES MAXV CI1AXUES AT AXXL'AI. 31BBTIXG. Dr. Tliomn L. Kllot Sucuest That Space L'xril for Art Exhibits Re Devoted to Books. Slore room for books In the reference department, the vacation In the near fu ture of rooms on the recond floor now used by the Portland Art Association so that the ypace may te restored to library uses, incrtL?ed endowment, and a sucRes tlon that a memorial tiblet be erected to Ella 31. Smith, by whose gift the associ ation has the present edifice, and main tenance fund tbe.c were some of the features Illustrated In an address reid last night at the annual meeting of the Library Association, .of Portland, by Vice-President Itev. "Thomas L. Kllot. The library Is now practically open to all citizens of Multnomah County. No election of officers takes places until one year hence. A committee of three, to be afterwards appointed by the presi dent, will consider suggestions In regard to proposed changes In the constitution mid by-laws, nd will report at the next ennual meeting. The library Is thrown cpen to residents of 3Iultnomah County, by the terms of the following motion. nlTecting article 2. section 4: "And as long and during such times as the County of Multnomah shall contribute to the current expenses of the association, for the purpose of providing the Inhabitants of the county with the free use of the library of the association, all citizens of the County of Multnomah, of good moral haracter. hall be entitled to the same privileges as above provided for the cltl iens of the City of Portltnd." Rev. Dr. Eliot's Interesting address follows: To the Members of the Library Asso ciation of Portland. In Annual Meeting FVuruary . 1" he absence of the president I Slave prepared and have the honor to submit to you the following re port of the general doings and condition of the association, together with such sugsestlons as seim to me best calculated to promctc Its prosperity and the further usefulness of the library: The year past Is the nrst under the ar rangement between the City of Portland and' the association for a period of ten years, throwing open the library in all Its uses to the citizens, the Legislative act empowering such a contract on the part of the city being dated February 13. 1SOL and the city ordinance. No. 12.302. author izing the present contract, having been approved by the Mayor July 18. 1901. and accepted by the Library Association at the last annual meeting. The treasurer's report shows the amount rteelved by the association from the city for the year 1S02 to be JS302.21. The new charter of Portland, recently passed by the Legislature, confirms this contract (chapter 4. article 6. section 211). the amount of the annual tax for library pur poses, continuing as heretofore, to be limited to one-flfth of a mill. The years' work conspicuously proves both the good judgment of the association In entering into this contract and the wisdom of the city, through the Common Council. In thus providing library uses to the public, thereby obtaining the benefit of the es tablished property and experience of- the association. I submit the following abstract from the report of Milton W. Smith, treasurer, which will show the various sources of Income and the disbursement of the year, under appropriate headings. Treasurer Report. crnrtENT receipts and expenses. RecelDts Dues prior to March 10. 1902 t S3 24 Ella 31. Smith bequest 2.000 ft) Maintenance fund 937 50 Donations 2.KS 67 John Wilson bequest ISO 09 City of Portland library tax 8.302 21 Total .J14.0SS 62 Disbursements Salaries - t 7,077 a "Technical supplies ; C41 09 Care of building R49 41 Expenses 341 9 Lighting 423 65 Water - 95 00 Heating A. IB 24 Postage 62 76 Adi crtlslng r 54 42 Repairs 1,012 97 Fixtures ZA 74 Furniture 764 35 Total .ni.720 90 The expenditures for repairs, fixtures and furniture amounted to $2032.06. and were extraordinary expenses this year on account of the changes made in tho rooms of the library, made necessary by throw ing It open to the public. Income book fund This fund was overdrawn on December 31, 1901 f GS7 S3 RecelDts from all sources during 1902 30S6 30 Total , $2333 77 Disbursements for books, periodicals and binding... $2774 43 Fund overdrawn December St. 1902 375 06 Totals .J2774 43 $2774 42 Book fund The principal of the book fund remains unchanged, being $25,250; of this amount J17.100 is Invested In notes and mortgages, and the balance, JS100 was loaned to the building fund. Maintenance fund The principal of this fund Is $50,000: of this amount $10,000 Is Invested In notes and mortgages, and the balance, $10,000 Is loaned to the building fund. Henry Falling bequest The principal of this fund is $10,000: $S500 Is Invested In rotes and mortgages, and the balance, $13(0. Is In cosh In the bank. John Wilson bequest The principal of this fund Is $2500, and the whole of It Is Invested In a note and mortgage. Hannah M. 6mlth bequest The principal of this fund at present Is $500, cash In the bank. Indebtedness Due the maintenance fund $48,000 00 Due the book fund 8,150 00 Due the treasurer L6S4 11 Total .$37.S3411 Against this Indebtedness, the adminis trator, etc.. of the Ella M. Smith estate, has In his hands real property, the pres ent value of which is $75,000.' From the foregoing statement It -trill be seen that the association paid $311S.E3 more for operating and maintaining the library than Its receipts from- the city tax. It will also be seen that only the small and Inconsiderable sum of $2000 was used to buy booWs. The Income of the book fund Is the department out of which books are bought, and Is the one which now de serves and Bhould receive particular atten tion. Tou are referred to the librarian's re port, which .was published In advance of this meeting (Oregonlan, of January 21), for a detailed account of what has been accomplished since the doors of this build ing were opened to the public, last March Under appropriate headings Miss Isom gives the history of the changes made In the working equipment. In the assignment of staff duty, the development of circula tion of books, the growth of the reference department, the children's room, the cata logue and the supply of periodicals and books. I commend Ihls report to your careful attention and that of tho citizens, both members and voters. It Indicates at once tho new force and admirable method which have been brought to the work and the gratifying response on the part of the community to the new privileges extended. It will be seen that In the circulating de partment, for nine months, U0.6C5 books were Issued for home use, an average of nearly 12.000 a month. The attendance from March 10 to January 1 was 13S.WL This number does not Include the newspaper-room, where no account of attendance Is kept, which Is visited on an average by 1(0 persons daily and an estimated 40,000 for the year. Nor are Um attend ance of the reading-room and children's room Included, allowing for one-third, as repeated In the main account, the total at tendance for the ten months Is 22S.O00. In the reference department the Wilson, pub lic document and Oregon literature collec tions, 21S0 volumes have been consulted by card order. Researches have been made in 574 cases, U59 articles Indexed and 63 reading lists compiled. In addition lhero has been continuous assistance to teachers, students from the higher schools and others, and an estimated use of refer ence books In the general department of 1000 a week, or 40.000 for the year. In the children's department the membership re ported is 1393, and circulation for home use J7.51S volumes, with a total of 21.3C7 at tendance of children and 4209 adult visitors, usually parents, teachers or others Inter ested In helping the children in the selec tion of reading. There Is no more promis ing feature of the new order than the work done and the plans for the future In this children's department. It Is the purpose of the administration to come Into close touch with all the schools of the city and county, and especially with the teachers, for the inauguration of the proper encour agement and wise control of the reading habits of the 12.0U0 children In their care, and reaching. In a largo number of In stances, the.liablts of the adults In their homes. The periodical room has had 3S.9SS attendants, and is dally crowded at cer- tain hours beyond Its capacity. In the cataloguing department S703 books w ere catalogued during the year, the total number so entered being at date 1S.S19. The total number of books on the shelves of tho library Is 37,715, approximately. It Is hoped by tho close of this year that the majority of them will be catalogued. The value of a complete catalogue, ar ranged by cards In drapers and compart ments Is Inestimable, expanding as It docs the uses of a library to the maximum of economy of time and of force and immedl ateness. It is analogous to the bookkeep ing department of a business, or the di rectory of a city. A large portion of the tlmo of the staff, therefore. Is given to this work. The librarian's report en larges upon these and other topics. I think it Is only duo to say that the asso ciation has In the present head of the li brary one unusually gltted'in the qualities of enthusiasm, executive ability. Intelli gent sympathy and moral force, irhirh give to nn Institution of tho kind a sou' and Inspire every worker and user con nected with It. The staff. Including all the departments, now numbers 16. Such are some of the statistics of the library, but In order to comprehend Its new life one must visit all the depart ments In the busy afternoon or evening hours, when nearly every alcove and seat Is occupied and the entire staff Is engaged In either receiving new members and as sisting readers or In distributing and re ceiving the books, which often exceed 600 a day. The order and seriousness with which these largo numbers of visitors move and work Is only equaled by the enthusiasm and good-will of the adminis tration In forwarding the Interests of every class of readers or students. Tho total number of members at the time of this writing Is S534. If such results have come In a year of beginnings and of experiment as to or ganization. It may readily be Judged what the future offers of opportunity if we can keep pace with the advancing social and civic conditions In which tho library finds Itself placed. I beg to refer to the three needs with which tho directors are confronted Im peratively, under the heads, more room, more books and Increase of sustentatlon funds and endowment. First The need of more room Is felt on nearly every side, but especially In the reference department. Including the John Wilson 'library of 9000 volumes. In the perl-odlcal-room and the children's depart ment. The space for shelving books Is everywhere Inadequate, and there Is no room for the cataloguing and other office work. We may estimate nn Increase of attendance for the coming year of at least 33 per cent. It would therefore seem necessary In tho near future to cither extend the building by a wing upon the southern or western side and remodel the basement, or to ask a portion of the upper floor to be vacated. This upper part of the Ella Smith memorial building has been occupied for the past eight years by the exhibits and gallery of sculpture of the Portland Art Association, under an amlcablo arrangement between the two associations for such use until tho library shall require the space. The directors of the library must very soon give notice that tho second floor, in part or as a .whole, be restored to library uses. If the various departments are to meet even the minimum of the looked-for Increase of work and of attendance, etc If the al ternative Is preferred of making changes or an addition to the building. Immediate steps should be taken for plans to be in hand and the means to be provided for Its construction. Second Moro books. Tho library, ns shown In tho librarian's report, has about 3S.000 volumes. The book fund has a pur chasing power of about $150 a month. At tho present rato of use almost the entire Income could be used simply in replacing wom-out books. For an attendance of 1 13,000 readers there should be expended at least $10,000 a year, first In bringing up all lines of reference books and the depart ments of history, applied science and standard classic literature, and then In furnishing the books of the day, with pro vision for repairs and binding, including periodicals. The library Is lamentably weak In many lines, and students have often to be turned away or are referred to antiquated books. It Is practically with out any of the. standard works upon re cent scientific achievement, mechanics and technical books of all kinds. Third The demand for more room and books. In addition to the fact already stated of inadequate maintenance, brings us to the prime consideration of the hour namely, the need of additional endow ment and a largo Increase of Income In order that the present contract may be carried out with a measure of satisfaction either to the association or to tho public The directors are Impressed with tho re sults of the work of tho past nine months as proving that the citizens of Portland welcome the extension of library and reading-room privileges, and that the peo ple are ready to accept fully the respon sibility both of maintaining the efficiency and expanding the service of the library under the present management. But for these uses the maintenance fund of the association, supplemented by the one-flfth of a mill city tax. provides scarcely one-third of the sum required fully to equip the library for the Just de mands of a city of 115.000 inhabitants. It Is therefore with no little sense of satis faction that we havo to record the recent action of the Legislature authorizing a county tax for library purposes, and the generosity of our own County Court In promptly responding to the necessity of the hour by ordering a tax of one-fifth of a mill and entering Into a contract with the Library Association of Hko tenor with that engaged In with the city, extending the llbarry uses, to the entire County of Multnomah. While this additional Income will great ly relieve the Immediate work of the as sociation and Increase Its present useful ness, the Board of Directors must con tinue to appeal to the friends of the library, both In their public capacity' and as Individuals, to reinforce their hands by generous contribution of funds. It Is to be noted that Portland Is doing materially less than most other cities In the coun try of like population are effecting In this direction. Out of a list of 20 cities of less population than Portland, and very few of a metropolitan character, I select the following: Popu- Appro- . , latlon. prlation. Cambridge. 'Moss 92,000 jS 000 Salem. Moss 36,009 som Springfield. Mass 62.000 37,000 Fall River. 31ass 101,000 19,000 Paterson. N. J 106,009 25,000 Dayton, O...... ...... SS.000 25.000 Los Angeles. Cat. (1S95).... 50.000 21,000 Oakland, Cal 67,009 27.000 Seattle. Wash S1.CO0 65,000 Of the largest cities. It will suffice to name New York, where the gross expendi ture Is $1,009,000 per annum. The public library of a city, with mod ern facilities for Information, Instruction and literary entertainment for the citi zens. Jias become everywhere recognized as a necessity of the city's life, a part of the hospitality and good order of the com munity. It Is the public school of the whole people, continuing the work of ! molding the intelligence and civic con sciousness which the common schools un dertake for tho young, affording In count less ways and to all classes the opportu nity of exact Information, enlightenment and study. It represents a moral and spiritual force to unify .the people, pro mote good citizenship and ndd weight to all other Instruments of civic Integrity and progress. With Increased endow ment and an adequate support from tho public fund, the Library Association of Portland can be made a conspicuous cen ter of Influence and encouragcr of a high er standard In every home and vocation. It can become one of the chief agencies In making the city honorable and in giv ing It the high character of service with out which neither men nor cities havo "a name to live." It will devolve upon this meeting to amend the by-laws In order to meet the conditions of the contract entered into with the county. I will close with two suggestions. There should be. In tho proper place, a memorial tablet to Ella M. Smith, by whose gift tho association has the present edifice and a maintenance fund. Secondly, at an early day tho con stitution and by-laws should be carefully revlsed In order to remove1 obsolete clauses and harmonize the various articles. THOMAS L. ELIOT, Vice-President HELD IN HIGH ESTEEM. Employes of V. A. Bancroft Present Htm With Address. In presenting .a handsome gold watch and chain to F. A. Bancroft, the new Postmaster, who retires today as city freight agent of the Southern I'acllio Company, his employes also presented him with the following address as a token of the high esteem In which he is held: "31r. F. A. Bancroft. City Freight Agent Southern Pacific Company. Dear Sir and Friend: The undersigned employes, pres ent and past, at this station hereby ex tend to you their earnest thanks for tho uniform kindness and consideration you have shown them during the time of their association with you as agent; and also their best wishes for your success and prosperity In the new lino of work in which you are eoon to engage. "You have been agent at this station and at East Portland for many years, and among your present force of employes are several who have served under you continuously for over 20 years: a num ber have been promoted to positions In the general olfices. others have engaged In different employments, but wherever or however engaged, you have won and hold the respect, confidence, esteem and grati tude of 'your boys.1 Shall we tell you how? "First You nave won their respect, be cause you haye. under all circumstances, been gentlemanly and courteous in ad dressing them, making no distinction be tween the ofllce clerk and Uie man behind the handtruck. Because you have never been known to use profane or abusive language towards those serving under you. "Second You have won their confidence because you have been reasonable and fair to your subordinates; while Insisting on promptness and faithful eervlce on the part of your men, you have not ex acted the Impossible or stood over them with a club when at work: Instead you have appealed to their honor and by the example of your own close application to duty, have encouraged their best ef forts and Interest In their work. "Third You have won their esteem and gratitude by the unfailing kindness and sympathy shown them whenever one of them or his family has been sick or In trouble; no matter what the misfortune or affliction, they have always found In you a kind, generous and sympathetic friend, always ready to put yourself out In order to aid, comfort and encourage those in distress. "For these reasons 'your boya" all love you. and bo assured that wherever you go. In- whatever you engage In the future, you will retain tho loyal affection of all those with whom you have been so long as sociated in railroad work. "lour present force is loath to part with you. They will miss the ever welcome sal utation, 'Good morning, young gentle men." and the genial, cheerful tones to which they have become accustomed will mlsa you In many ways: yet they all rejoice In the distinguished honor that has been conferred upon you in your ap pointment and confirmation as Postmaster of this city. "They believe you to bo thoroughly equipped efficiently to discharge the duties of this Important ofllce; but realiz ing how essential accuracy of time must be In the administration of Uncle Sam's postal affairs, they have selected this timepiece, which they beg you to ac cept as a token of their esteem and grati tude 'YOUR BOYS." " MOTHER SENT TO A CELL Mrs. M. Kerns . Imprisoned for Drunkenness. Pleading earnestly to bo allowed to go back to her children, who were at homo alone, and promising while the tears streamed down her cheeks, that she would never touch another drop of liquor, Mrs. M. Kerns was yesterday led to a cell where she will be Imprisoned for a period of 10 days for drunkenness. Sho was tried Friday and found guilty, but made such a touching plea to be allowed to go that her case was continued until yester day. After hearing the testimony and looking into the case, tho Judge decided that It would be tho best for all con cerned If the woman was punished for her offense. Officer Hawley, of the Boys" and Girls" Aid Society, has taken charge of the children and will keep them at the Home until the mother has served her term of Imprisonment. Tho evidence showed that although she was the mother of three children, the eldest of which was 10 years of age, Mrs. Kems had been living a wild life and was drinking freely. Many times during the past two months, in order to secretly gratify her passion for strong drink, she has left her children alone and- kept her self under the influence of liquor for a long time. Thursday afternoon she had been drinking until she had little control of herself. Near the Alblna brickyard she entered a house, which In her condi tion she thought was her home, and commenced to carry things with a high hand. Tho members of tho household became alarmed and sent for the patrol wagon and had her placed under arrest. A moro penitent woman than Mrs. Kems when she appeared before Judge Hogue would be hard to find. "If you will only let mo go this one time." she pleaded, "I will go home to my children and will never touch an other drop of liquor. "Do have mercy on me this one time," she implored, as she, heard her sentence, but the Judge was stern and would not listen to her pleadings. Doctors and Forest Fires. American Medicine. The medical profession has always been practically unanimous In Its support of all that Is'belng done to check the wast ing of the forests of the country. There now comes an opportunity for every doc tor, and especially for the country doctor, to make his Influence felt In that direc tion. The foresters, who may be sup posed to know whereof they speak, havo reached the conclusion that more timber Is burned up in forest fires than the whole country uses. The subject has been studied in detail by members of the Bu reau of Forestry at Washington, and wilt be presented to the public in a bulletin soon, to "be Issued. No feature of the for est question is more Important, and the country cannot be informed about the facts too soon. One statement that will be made is that nowhere, neither In Maine, In Washington, nor in the South, are the great flrea chargeable to the lum- Special $5.00 bcrmen, but In most Instances are the result of the carelessness of farmers and campers. Tho whole country Is filled with a reckless Indifference about Are In the woods, and no hope of maintaining tho old forests or of growing new ones can be realized until the fires shall be stopped. What a denuded country means every physician knows. He knows, too. in how slight a degree ragged brush lands can fulfill the hygienic ofllce of a full-grown forest. Therefore the opportunity no. the duty of the doctor as he goes his rounds Is to report every Are that he sees and to exert all his Influence against tho habit of starting fires out of place and out of season. The money loss to the Nation is estimated at $100,000,000 a year. Are the lost health-giving tree Influences worth any less? ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS. "Wonderful Pnlntlnir for Sale at a Bargain. Owing to the fact that I havo Interests In Alaska that require my attention, I have determined to sell Avon de Belfsky'e superb painting, "A Glimpse of the Harem," (which was exhibited on Stark street, across from the Chamber of Com merce, last October), at a fraction of its actual value. In order to realize quickly, I will sell the painting and accessories for $1090 spot cash. I havo had repeated offers of several times that amount during the ten years I have owned It, but never for an instant entertained them. As a draw ing card for a saloon, or for exhibition purpose, the painting will earn annually several hundred per cent on the amount I ask for It. J leave for Alaska very soon. If not sold by then, -It Is "off." Anyone desiring to purchase must come to Seattle. The price Is "bed rock" nnd will not be f haded. F. L. it. Smith, 1100 Second avenue, Seattle. TRY DEAL WITH RUSSIA. The Simplest Way to "Secure Defense of the Monroe Doctrine. CORBETT, Or., Feb. 1. (To the Editor.) Were I an American statesman and dip lomat I would say recent - events show America must Americanize South Amer ica or abandon the Monroe Doctrine. This may probably will mean war with nome of tho great powers of Europe. We may need some friends how may we get them? Cease antagonizing Russia In Asia. Let Russia Russianize Asia. France will fol low her. America Amcrlcanlzo South America. We must defend or abandon the Monroo Doctrine. Let us prepare to de fend by lncrearfng our Navy and making friends of Russia and Incidentally France. I predict the test will come nnd autocratic Russia will be the only friend democratic America will haye. FARMER, DAILY CITY STATISTICS. Mnrrlaire Licenses. Jerome -Williams, 2D: Sarah Cowan. 24. John A. Cox. 37: Mattle Daftron. 34. Dwltt C Cornell. 30: Llnnle Newman, 2. Joseph Brooks, 36: Frances I. Downing. 27. Births. February 3, boy to the wife of Franz Kurch ketler. S67 Lake street. February 3. jtlri to the wife of James Laid, law, AGO Ifolladay avenue. February 3, girl to the wife of C. II. Chand ler. 1S04 Torter street. Death. February 5, Elizabeth Scott. 33 years 6 months, North Pacific Sanatorium; hemorrhage. February . A. S. Dlgham. ,70 yean 2 months 7 days. St. Vincent's Hospital; pneumonia. Balltlliiir Permit. Mcltolland Bros., two-story dwelling. East Eighteenth and East Davis; $1800. Strowbrldge ralnt & Oil Company, addition. East Grant, between East Alder and East Mor rison: $100. A. L. Dupuy. two-story dwelling. Twenty first and Vaughn: $1300. . T. Donovan, repairs. Twenty-first street and Sherlock avenue: $713. D. S. Hurh. one-atory house. Cook, between Union and Rodney avenues: $1000. S. Brush, repairs. Union avenue, between San Rafael and Tillamook: $300. Popp Sc Dick, repairs. Second, between Main and Salmon: $3X. K. W. Baughman. two-tory house, Eaut Mad- TILE LUNCH QUESTION. How a Ills: Chicago Firm Solved It. So many employes "bolt the lunch" and cat what they should not, that they soon show the effect In nervousness and dys pepsia. This has attracted the attention of managers of the big stores and shops. In. one Chicago Arm an experiment on some of the girls resulted In a complete solution of tho question. The woman that made tho experiment tells the tale a3 follows: "About a year ago I became alarmed at the state of my daughter's health. She was employed by a big firm hero and for some reason stead ily lost flesh, grew very nervous, had no appetite arid could not sleep. "Questioning her I found she ate but little lunch for at that busy hour she was seldom served promptly and the tlmo he lps short "she Just "bolted" the food and rushed back. She ,ato very light break fasts and I could see she suffered from lack of nourishment- I felt responsible for this and finally got her some Grape Nuts for breakfast. "I also got a neat leather caso hold ing two pint flasks. One I filled with milk, the other with cold Postum Coffee which had been properly made. She also carried a package of Grape-Nuts. The Postum sho drank Iced with a dash of lemon. She followed the Grape Nuts with some fruit and this made up her lunch. "In splto of tho warm weather she Im proved greatly In two weeks time. She gained In flesh, her nerves were steady and she slept sweetly at night. She never felt the old weakness from hunger. "In a short time a few other girls In the ofllce tried It and the effect was so marked upon all that still others wre pcrsauded. Finally a room was cleared out and the one hundred and odd girls were served dally with Grape-Nuts and hot Postum. It was a revolution but the manager saw the good result and adopted the plan, greatly to the benefit of the health of the employes and at a saving in expense." Name given by Postum Co.. Battle Creek, Mich. 130 6th St. Opposite The Oregonlan Bldg. We Want You to come and see our stock before purchasing. You" want to buy where you can do the best. Our stock and prices will stand a critic's investigation. We Guarantee You Satisfaction lson. between East Thirty-seventh and East Thirty-eighth: $1SOO. Heal Estate Transfers. Alpharetta Smith and husband to Will iam M. Scheurer, lot 4. block 14. Woodlawn ......$ S00 Luclan D. McArdle and wife to Fremont O. Dow. E. Vi of lots 8, e, block 213. Holladay Addition 1 Max Baumelster and wife to Katie Relf, W. H of lots 3, 8, block 123, Couch Ad dition 1,000 Mary Bundy and husband to Christian Hansen, lot 4. block 331, city 1,100 A- C Panton and wife to Luella J. Lent, lots 4, S. subdivision block 8, Smith's subdivision 423 Rlvervlew Cemetery Association to John T. Kowntree. lot 0, section 15, Rlver vlew cemetery 125 Z. Swett and wife to Leon Swett, 6.15 acres. N. D. Gllham'a D. L. C. COO G. C. Morris and wife to W. G. Wllley. lot G. block 13, Woodlawn 100 Lizzie Vorspabl to Samuel Larasse. lot 1. block 18. Glenroe Park 100 ilaclfay instate Company to Edith M. Grant, lot 8. block 31, city 23,500 Minnie . Henderson and husband to Anna M. Althaus, lot 0, block 3, Mount Tabor Villa 1,200 Multnomah Cemetery Company to Clara Hale. H of lot 42. block D, Multnomah cemetery 10 II. G. Cotton and wife to O. II. Bel linger, lot 10. Montrose Addition...... 300 For Guaranteed Titles See Pacific Coast Abstract. Guarantee & Trust Co., 2W-5-6-7 Falling building. VnrahliM to Go South. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 7. Active prep arations are being made for the early de parture of the flagship New York and the cruisers Boston. Marblehead and Ranger for the coast of Honduras.. Stores for all the ships will be placed aboard today, though the task Is not a light one. and the work may run over Into tomorrow. Admiral Glass has received no orders fix ing a time to salt, and It Is possible that ho will be detained here until the arrival of written orders. There is a probability,: nowevcr, that orders will be received here by wire, in which caso the four vessels may get away tomorrow or Monday morn ing. Commissioner Will Not Interfere. LANSING. Mich.. Feb. 7. State Insure ance Commissioner Barry today decided not to Interfere In the petition of the Great Camp, Knights of the Modern Mac cabees, complaining that the Supreme Tent, Knights of the Maccabees, Is in terfering with Its buslnemi and the an swer of tho Supreme Tent thereto. The commissioner says he has no Jurisdiction.. PIANOS GREATLY REDUCED PRICES FOR A FEW DAYS ONLY CALL And We Will Tell You Why Tou may look everywhere, but you will buy from us if you examine our instru ments. Fourteen different makes of high grade pianos, headed by the famous STEINWAY. NEW PIANOS FROM $175 UP. Several bargains In second-hand pi anos taken in exchange for some of our fine new ones. All on easy payments lf; destred. It will cost you nothing to see our stock, and If you are contemplating the purchase of a piano or organ, you cannot afford to overlook us. Finest pi anos In the city, and we will allow no one to undersell us. SOULE BROS. PIANO CO. (STEINWAY DEALERS). 320 Wmliliintoii Street, Opposite Im perial Hotel. Fine Piano Tuning. Phono Main 677. V 1884 J 1903 V V V s i Why your take chances with eyes when you can honest spectacles. buy S fitted by a skilled optician X aipi,i.3uanu.our x v x 1 WALTER REED I j The Optician $ 133 SIXTH STREET V Oregonlan Bldtf. x 2 X HENRIETTA M. HOLMES. 400 Ablncton BnlldlnK. 114 Third, street. Pupils prepared for any uslrerslty. business college, or special examination. Particular at tention airn to tho. back-ward in pabllo school work of any trad. Call or tla New Arrivals AT MOYER Men'sTrousers 'AT SPECIALLY LOW PRICES $2.00 S3.00 $4.00 $5.00 When You See It in Our Ad,1t's So! MGYE Clothing Co THIRD AND WHY NOT HAVE YOUR GARMENTS MADE TO ORDER BY AND DRESS COST? THINK ABOUT IT Suit and Extra Pants of same or striped material for $25.22 For a few more days, just to keep our large force of tailors busy until Spring trade sets in. Full Dress and Tuxedo Suits for cost 'of material and making. Satisfaction guaranteed In all cases. Garments to order In a day if required. Samples mailed, garments expressed. 108 THIRD WALL PAPER NOW is the season to clean up. It will cost you no more to give the rooms the proper treatment. We haye both material and ability. E. M. MOOREHOUSE & COMPANY 307 WASHINGTON STREET. Building to be Removed OUR WASHINGTON-STREET STORE WILL NOT HOLD THE CONTENTS OF OUR MORRISON-STREET STORE. Prices Cut One-Half Our Sacrifice Your Gain ...JOHN ALLESI IN A... TWO STORES: at Washington St. 309 Morrison 9L Near Woodard. Clarke & Co. Near Meier & Frank Co. THE OAK STREETS 'BETTER AT "LESS STREET