TB& SUH1AY OKEGOttlAN, ' ORTIi&tfl), MAY" 14, im: IT They Suit Uncle Sam! Why Not You? f The United States Government has awarded us contract for 29,686 pairs of shoes, and his contracts are vp. Uncle Sam is a shrewd buyer placed ON MERIT ALONE. Thousands of good merchants all over the world are selling Friedman Shoesthe shoes that have received recognition by the Greatest Nation on Earth. MTU. The Pioneer Shoe House-Founded 1854 Makers of the m suo Men's Shoes $31 Women's Shoes it"- "Worn from ocean to ocean" TAT ON A IS East Side .Postoff ice Will Open Tomorrow. CITIZENS ARE PLEASED Committee Adopts Resolutions That "Warmly Commend Postmaster Minto and Assistant Postal Superintendent Hall. "Whereas, In the re-establishment of Station A in East Portland, the Interests and wishes of the business men and resi dents' affected have been consulted and will be largely benefited by the increased conveniences given In mall service: and, "Whereas, Postmaster Minto and Assist ant Postal Superintendent H. B. Ball early recognized the need for this station to facilitate the prompt distribution of malls in a growing district of Portland, and lent their assistance toward the re establishment of Station A. which is prac tically a fully-equipped postofflce, with all that means for the prompt receiving and dispatching of malls; and. "Whereas, The mistake in discontinuing Station A, thereby causing great incon venience and hardships to a considerable portion of Portland, has been recognized and remedied upon the solicitation and petition of business men and citizens by the postofflce authorities, and particular ly by Postmaster Minto and Inspector Hall; therefore, bo it "Resolved. That the general committee, representing the business Interests of Bast Portland and the residents as well, hereby tender Postmaster Minto and As sistant Superintendent Hall our thanks for their prompt action in providing relief called for by the re-establishment of Sta tion A: and also be it "Resolved, That we express our appre ciation to E. A. Baldwin for providing handsome quarters for the new station, and to Postmaster Minto for the appoint ment of W. S. Halvor as superintendent of the new station, or postofflce, an. ap pointment that is entirely satisfactory to the people of East Portland." The foregoing resolutions were passed yesterday afternoon at a meeting of busi ness men and residents, who assembled in the Baldwin building. East Alder street and Union avenue, with Postmaster Minto and Aslstant Superintendent H. B. Hall, with the citizens' committee, to inspect the new Station A, which will be opened for business tomorrow morning. The gen eral committee was formed last August to secure the re-establishment of the sta tion. Those present yesterday afternoon at the meeting were: Joseph Buchtel. chairman; I. H. Wells, secretary: Ed ward Newbegln, H. H. Newhall. Dr. R. A. Wilson, V. C. Dunning. Thomas Hislop. Isaiah Buchman. representatives of Stu debaker Bros., Advance Thresher. Aver Ill Machine Company. Buffalo Pitts Com pany, Mollne-Baln Company. R. M. Wade Company, Parlln & Orendorf Company. John Deere Plow Company, Scott & Mun seli. Oregon Packing Company. W. S. Love, Altman & Taylor, S. F. Dunning. Dan Kellaher. W. H. Markell. E. M. Brannlck, Knight Packing Company, Troy Laundry. Ben West, D. Kellaher, A. W. Lambert, Standard OH Company, Phoenix Iron Company". James Lyons, East Side Transfer Company, W. L. Boise, E. A. Baldwin, F. O. Downing, W. B. Hall, J. W. Slngletary, and others. Citizens Make Speeches. "The re-cstabllshment of the station was greatly facilitated by placing the peti tions and the whole matter Into the hands of Assistant Superintendent' Hall and Postmaster Minto, as by doing so the red tape of the department at Washington was avoided. Mr. Hall and Mr. Minto made an early Inspection of the district and promptly recommended that the sta tion be re-established as soon as a proper place could be secured that would accom modate the greatest number of people. At the meeting yesterday Chairman Buchtel said that for the first time the object sought was gained speedily and without a contest, owing to the favor able attitude of Postmaster Minto and Superintendent Hall from the start. W. L. Boise, on being called for re marks, said: "We are all gratified over the return of our postofflce. which the people of East Portland deserved. The East Side has been getting many things. We have the new Morrison bridge, the Xeustadtcr manufacturing establishment, and we need a department store, some thing that will soon come. The East Side is building up rapidly. Building permits for dwellings In Portland show that about five are issued for the East Side to one on the West Side, which indicates, the trend of the residence district of Port land. We are indebted to Mr. Minto and Mr. Hall for the re-establishment of the station, and to E. A. Baldwin for the fine equipment you can see In this room." Assistant H. B. Hall responded as fol lows: "I must say that I never met peo ple who were more enthusiastid In getting this station back. Very few stations are better equipped than this one. Mr. Bald win has done well. You are Indebted to Postmaster Minto for this station. He kept the mail hot about this station. I promise you that when you need more facilities we shall aid you in getting them." Postmaster Minto. being called on, said: "You are indebted to Mr. Hall for this station. He could have defeated it had he desired, but he favored it, and Bast Portland gets the station. This room can be enlarged as may be required. In re gard to the appointment of W. S. Halvor as superintendent, I shall say it was the result of deliberation and recommenda tions from citizens of East Portland." R. L. Darrow said: "I believe I was the only man who was opposed to the re-establlshment of this station, but if I had known what a fine station was to be placed here I should not have spoken against it. and now I join with the others here in the general rejoicing that we now have it back again." A vote of thanks was then given Chair man Buchtel, E. M. Branlck and the en tire citizens committee for their time and work in getting the station. After in specting the new station and admiring its appointments the meeting adjourned. How Malls Will Be Handled. The station will be opened tomorrow morning for public business, with W. S. Halvor as superintendent, and H. L. Rog ers and Hugh D. Ferguson as assistant clerks. In all respects the station will be a complete postofflce, and handle the same business that is handled in a postofflce. The district covered lies between Holladay avenue north and East Harrison street south, and between the Willamette River to and including East Twentieth street. 1 here will be eight carriers to begin with. Mails will be received in the morning at about 6:30. direct from trains on the Southern Pacific and O. R. &. N. lines, made up in pouches for the East Port land station, and not sent to the main postofflce. Malls received in the evening too late for distribution at the East Port land station go to the main office, and reach the East Portland station at 6:30 A. M., for the first distribution. Malls collected In the East Side district are put up in pouches at the East Side station and go directly to the outgoing trains. In the evening there will be three special business men's mall collections by a mounted carrier, who will make the rounds In the territory between East Couch and East Clay streets and between the Willamette River and Including Grand avenue, so that letters In the boxes an late as 3 P. M. will be sent off for their destination. In this district also there, will be three dally deliveries of mail, and in the residence district, covered by tho station, two deliveries. On Sundays the station will be open between 10 and 11 A. M. for the accommodation of the bus iness sections. At the station are mail boxes which may be secured on applica tion. The station is finely equipped with new and modern furniture. It is fitted up handsomely for the force and for the convenience of the public, and largely in advance of the original station. None of the substations in East Portland are dis continued on account of the re-establishment of Station A. which was feared might be done. Superintendent Halvor said last evening preparations were so complete that there will not be the slight, est confusion in opening the station for business In the morning. Impersonated an Inspector. SALT LAKE CITY, May 13.-J. C. Pel lier, recently arested in El Paso, Tex., and convicted here of Impersonating a United States Postofflce Inspector, today In the Federal Court was sentenced to pay a fine of $337 and to be imprisoned ten months in the County JalL Pelller ob tained sums of money from several Utah officers and politicians, including United States Senator Reed Smoot. SOyS FLEECED HT POOL HOW THEY ARE TAUGHTJ GxM BLIXG IX BILLIARD-ROOMS. Mania of Playing for Money Has In fected the Youth of Portland to Their Detriment. Although the fascinating hum of the roulette wheel, the merry clink of the dice as they pass over the green tabic are heard no more, there still exists in Portland a form of gambling which is insidiously undermining the morals of the young men and laying the founda tion of ruin for many a boy who is entirely unconscious of the Impending peril. The young boys who visit the billiard halls of this city, many of them not more than 16 years of age. have acquired the mania of playing pool for money. In fact, they have carried it to such an extent that they take utterly no interest in the game unless there is a little something wagered on the side. By the game they play they sometimes lose as high as 33 and $4 a night. In almost any of the poolrooms in Port land the lads can be seen leaning over the green tables, straining' their nerves to make a difficult shot, their eyes gleaming with unnatural enthusiasm. The pool balls are designated by numbers. "When .money is wagered on the game the favorite method Is with "pay" balls. The 1, 5 and 15 balls are the most commonly used. When a player succeeds in pocketing- one. of the "pay" balls the others in th rain pay him a certain amount apiece, some times as much as 50 cents. If there are five or six players In. the game, the winnings and losses amount to considerable. Boys who work In stores or drive delivery wagons have been known to lose their entire week's wages within a few hours. The game is very fascinating, and the more one plays the larger the bets grow. Many boys who are proficient EAST-SIDE BUSINESS MEN WHO INSPECTED STATION A YESTERDAY -'F''StSsftoBlX iBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBiBBBBBBBBB Te row, reading from left to .right O. M. Scott. R. LDarrow, H. H. Newhall. Poataaister "Minto, W. g. Halvor. superintendent Stattea- A; Hall. Lower row Mallery Raffety. V. C. Dunniag. S. F. Dunng, Dr. It A. WIIkor, J&mec Lyon, Dan KU&Hr, JotkBiKitteI. W. L. Bol&e. H. B. Hall, . A. Baldwin, W. B. in the game have become hardened gamblers, and hang around the billiard hails waiting for "suckers." As they grow older thy want something in which they can win or lose their mon ey w'th more rapidity, and drift from worse to worse.- There are a- few conscientious pro prietors of billiard halls who have tried their utmost to break the hoy3 of the habit and have forbidden them to play If they wager money on the games. This does not stop them, as they slip money to each other on the sly when the employes of the estab lishment in which betting Is prohibited are not looking. Then, again, boys have boen known to play all evening for monoy. not settling until after they had lert the hall. They have one boy who watches the game and keeps tab on the "pay" balls. Then there are professional "sharp ers" frequenting the billiard halls, who do nothing else but fleece the "suck ers." They will entice some boy or young man In the game and let him win two or three times. Then he will suggest that they play with "pay" balls. He will be led on and on, now and then being- allowed to win a game, until he finds that be has lost con siderable money. An appeal to the proprietor of the establishment will do no good, as he will be told that playing for money Is not allowed and that It was entirely his own fault. The Baker's Excellent Bill. Miller, the handcuff king, who defies the most intricate handcuffs and shackles to hold him, is going to expose his methods at the Baker Theater. Mr. Miller appears at the head of the Baker'a new bilL The first three days he will defy any xne- to shackle or handcuft him in irons that he cannot slip with ease. Having thus shown his remarkable power, he will, show accurately how he performs the truly marvelous feat. Following Mr. Miller an exceptionally strong bin Is presented, in cluding Mlse Maiden Kelly and company In a stirring British milltary-socltey play ette; Slmonds and Ward, In the laughable hit "A Curious Cure"; Norwoods, comedy acrobatic duo, funmakcrs and acrobats; Jean Wilson, talented singer, in new illus trated ballad: Musical Bentley, master of the xylophone, and the Bakerograph in new life-motion pictures. The same bill continues all week. Appeal From Consular Court. SAN FRANCISCO. May 13. -Judge Morrow, of the United States Circuit Court, today decided that there was an appeal from the decision of a Consular Court to the Circuit Court. The case was that of the China Development Company against Boyd- Boyd secured Judgment for $12,000 in the United States Consular Court, at Shanghai, and the Development Company api pealed. There was some doubt as to whether an appeal could be taken to any. Fed eral Court, as by the Circuit Court of Appeals act of 1891 it was alleged that the law allowing- appeals from a Con sular Court to the Circuit Court was rescinded. Judge Morrow, however, supported the argument of Smith and Pringle, the attorneys in the case, by deciding that an appeal could be taken to the Circuit Court. Your Uncle Ellery made a bike, And with it started down the pike. "I see 'most everyone ridin aSNELL; ' "I must buy me one," said Uncle Eli. When its rider starts out on a SNELL or MITCHELL, he knows it will take him home again, safely and speedily, no matter how long the trips. No constant fear thaf "something will hap pen." Wheels you can depend upon easy running, graceful, strong, reasonable in price $30 Snell Bicycles $25 Mitchell MITCHELL HEAVY TREAD TIRES PORTLAND TOUGH TREAD TIRES MADE FOR OREGON ROADS All other standard makes of Tires, Sundries and Repairs Mitchell, Lewis & Staver Co. - FIRST AND TAYLOR STS. PORTLAND, OR; 'V