The Sunday Oregonian., June 28, 1908, SECTION THREE, Page 11, Image 33

TUS SUN PAT C!tCGOTAX, PORTLAlTO. JUNE 28, 1908.
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RULING ON LUMBER RATES
TEXT OF DECISION BY INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMM ISSION
hauls a much larger percentage of forest
products than most of the other .carriers.
While It- Is true that the cost of oper
ating the railroads engaged In this traf
fic has materially Increased in recent
years. It is also true that the expense of
operation of the mills has Increased pro
portionately. Due to General Conditions.
There can be no doubt that the present
plight of this industry is to a great ex
tent due to the general conditions re
ferred to. On the other hand, it is ap-
f:arent that the very material increases
n the rates have in a substantial degree
contributed to the present condition ot
the industry. Some of the increases
tmounted to as much as 25 per cent ot
:he old rates, resulting in a gross increase
of tflO In freight charges on a carload
of lumber weighing 60.000 pounds between
points where the rate In effect before the
Increase would have amounted to $240.
On a larger load the increase per car
would, of course, be still more. This
Illustration, however. Is made on the
basis of the greatest Increase shown in
these tariffs, but the average increase
Is probably from 12H to 15 per cent. It
Is claimed by the complainants that the
advance averages $2.75 per 1000 feet and
that this exceeds the average profit to
the lumber manufacturer.
A comparison of the rates from the "West
with those applying on yellow pine lum
ber from Southern producing points, cov
ering substantially similar distances,
shows that these Western rates yield
greater revenue per ton per mile than
rates from the South. The rates in ef
fect prior to the advances complained
of had been in force for long periods of
time and in a few instances the carriers
had voluntarily maintained rates lower
than those In effect immediately prior to
1 these advances. The lumber trade had
adjusted itself to the conditions obtaining
under those rates, so that the vast in
terests affected were in a large measure
dependent upon the continuance thereof.
The defendants derive a large propor
tion of their revenues from the lumber
traffic, and It clearly appears that they
have not only earned large profits on
their general business, but that the trans
portation of lumber under the old rates
yielded a commensurate part thereof and
a reasonable return for the service per
formed. In the case of Central Yellow Pine As
sociation vs. Illinois Central Railroad
Company et al. 10 I. C. C. Rep., 505, the
Commission used the following language:
When carriers advance a rate which has
been tor some time In force, the burden of
proof la ' upon them to show sufficient
grounds for such advance.
Conceding, however, for argument's sake,
that the lumber business had at the date
of the advance become phenomenally pros
perous and remunerative, this could not
Justify an advance of a rate already rea
sonably high.
The test of reasonableness of a rate Is not
the amount of the profit in the business of
a shipper or manufacturer, hut m-hether the
rate yields a reasonable compensation for
the service rendered. If the prosperity of
the manufacturer is to have the controlling;
Influence, this wculd Justify a higher rate
on the traffic of the prosperous manufac
turer than on that of one less prosperous.
The rlffht to participate In the prosperity of
a shipper by raising rates Is simply a license
to the carrier to appropriate that prosperity,
or. In other words, to transfer the shipper'a
legitimate profit in his business fom the
shipper to the carrier.
Must Explain Advance.
In H. H. Tift et al. vs. Southern Rail
way Company et al, 10 I. C. C. Rep., 648,
the Commission said:
The maintenance of materially- lower
rates for such long periods of time brings
this case within the rule that "Where aa
advance is made In rates which have long
been maintained and the evidence shows
lhat the traffic affected Is large. Important
And constantly Increasing, the advance will
he held unjust unless it la satisfactorily
explained.
It is fair to assume that the Supreme
Court has approved the principle that
"Where an advance Is made in rates
which have long been maintained and
the evidence shows that the traffic af
fected Is large, Important and constantly
Increasing, the advance will be held un
just unless it Is satisfactorily explained."
It seems clear from all the facts ap
pearing that the rates in effect prior to
the advances made In November, 1907,
to points of destination, generally, west
of the Missouri River were fairly re
munerative. To certain points farther
east, involving longer hauls, it is be
lieved that there was Justification for
some advance in view of the lees revenue
per ton per mile accruing to the carriers
from this traffic.
DIFFERENTIALS ARE DEFINED
w Decision In Potlatch Lumber Case
Explains Them All.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. June 21. The text of the finding
of the Interstate Commerce Commission
In the Potlatch lumber case defines ex
actly what differentials are granted to
the lumbermen of the Inland Empire
under the rates fixed for the Pacific
Coast. This decision is as follows:
It Is ordered, That said defendants, except
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Hallway
Company of Washington, are hereby noti
fied and required to cease and desist on or
before the 1.1th day of August. 190ft, from
enforcing their present relation of rates on
Interstate shipments of lumber, shingles,
and other forest products from points of
origin. In Washington, Oregon, Idaho and
Montana, to points In various states and ter
ritories east and southeast thereof, exclud
ing those points to which rates are pre
scribed by the Commission in Case No.
10.4 (Portland Gateway) and Case No.
13.11 (Southern Oregon).
It Is further ordered. That said defend
ants and each of them, except the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul Hallway 'Company of
Washington, be, and they are hereby, noti
fied and required to establish and put In
force on or before the said 1.7th day of Au
gust, lftOS. and maintain In force thereafter
during a period of not less than two years
rates on said Interstate shipments of lum
ber, shingles and other forest products In
accordance with the following differentials:
Hates from the group of points east of
the summit of the Cascade Mountains and
west of the present "Spokane Hates" group
to points on and west of a line drawn from
Pembina. N. D-, southward through Grand
''orks, X. D., Moorhead and Breckenrldge,
Minn., Sioux City and Council Bluffs, Iowa,
St. Joseph and Kansas City, Mo., and thence
to Port Arthur, Texas, along the Kansas City
Southern Hallway. Including all points that
now take the same rates as any of the
points on that line between and including
Sioux City, Iowa, and Kansas City, Mo.,
shall be less than the rates prescribed by
the Commission In the 10-cent advance cases;
from the "Coast Rates" group, by differ
entials beginning at not less than 2 cents
per 100 pounds, and graded up westwardly
(a) to a differential of not less than 0
cents per 100 pounds at Buford. X. D., on
the line of the Great Northern Railway; (b)
to a differential of not less than G cents
per 100 pounds at Medora, N. D.. on the line
of the Northern Pacific Railway; (c) to a
differential of not less than 6 cents per 100
pounds at Gdgemont. S. D-, on the line of
the Chicago. Burlington & Qulncy Railroad;
(d) to a differential of not less than 6 cents
per 100 pounds at Cheyenne, Wyo., on the
line of the Union Pacific Railroad; (e) and
to a differential of not less than O cents
per 100 pounds at Denver, Col., on the line
of the Union Pacific Railroad.
Rates from the present "Spokane Rates"
group and from the present "Montana-Oregon"
rates group to points on and west of
said north - and south - line, Pemblna-Port
Arthur, -including all points that now take
the same rates as any of the points on
that line between and Including Sioux City,
Iowa, and Kansas City, Mo., shall be less
than the tfoast Rates," as prescribed In the
cases specified, by differentials beginning
at not less than S cents per 100 pounds and
graded up westwardly therefrom to & dif
ferential of not leas than 7 cents per lno
pounds at Buford. N. D.. Medora. N. D.,
Eds-emont. S. D., Cheyenne. Wyo., and Den
ver. Col., as described in the preceding par
agraph. Tor Inter-MountalB Gronp.
Kates from the group ot points east of
the summit of the Cascade Mountains and
west of the present "Spokane Rates" groups
to points east of said line. Pemblna-Port Ar
thur, and excluding all points to which the
rates are now the same as to any of the
points located on said line between and-including
Sioux City, Iowa, and Kansas City,
Mo., shall be less than the "Coast Rates,'
as prescribed In the cases specified, by a
differential of not less than 2 cents per 100
pounds up to and including Duluth, Minne
apolis, St. Paul, and Minnesota Transfer,
Minn., and from the Missouri River cross
ings to the Mississippi River crossings.
Hates from the said "Spokane Rates"
group and the "Montana-Oregon" rates
group, as those groups now exist, to points
east of said line, excluding all points to
which the rates are now the same as to any
of the points located on said line between
and Including Sioux City. Iowa, and Kansas
City, Mo., shall be less than the "Coast
Rates." as prescribed In the cases specified,
by a differential of not less than 3 cents per
100 pounds up to and Including Duluth,
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Minnesota Trans
fer, Minn., and from the Missouri River
crossings to the Mississippi River crossings.
And It is further ordered. That as to the
Chicago, Milwaukee A St. Paul Railway
Company of Washington the complaint In
this proceeding be, and it hereby la, dis
missed. The Milwaukee Road is not operating
through Spokane at the present time,
hence is not included in the foregoing de
cision. The following brief extracts from
the opinion rendered by Commissioner
Cockrell explain the grounds on which
these differentials are granted:
Explains Differentials.
The complaint alleges that the rates
now in effect under the tariffs named
are unjust and unreasonable; that
while the rates in effect prior to No
vember 1, 1907. were reasonable and
Just from Pacific Coast points, the
complainants were and are entitled to
lower rates from their shipping points,
the Inland Empire, or Spokane dis
trict, than should apply to shipments
from the Pacific Coast, and should
have a greater differential under such
coast points than was in force for
merly. There Is also an allegaton of
unreasonableness in the present tar
iffs in that they create a difference in
rates to the Minnesota Transfer and
to Missouri River common points. In
other words, so far as the complain
ants are concerned, they allege the
Justice and reasonableness of the rates
in effect prior to November 1, 1907,
from Pacific Coast points and ask for a
differential of at least 10 cents per 100
pounds under such rates, to apply to
shipments eastbound from Spokane
district.
The Commission having decided the
cases involving the coast rates, the only
matter left for consideration in this case
Is the question of what differential, if
any, Spokane should have under the
rates from the Pacific Coast.
No reparation is asked in this case.
The defendant carriers have by their
own voluntary actions admitted the pro
priety, not only of a group or blanket,
for the purpose of rate making from
the Spokane-Sand Point district, but also
that some differential under the coast
should be allowed to that group. The
complainants, however, contend that a
much greater differential should be
allowed to Spokane than has ever
obtained Their petition asks for cl dif
ferential of 10 cents under the coast, and
the testimony and briefs in -their behalf
are directed to even a higher differential
than that. Their claims in this regard
are based upon (a) the distance, (b) the
mountain grades to the summit of the
Cascades, and (c) the wide treeless farm
ing section, all to be traversed, from the
coast before the timber of the Spokane
district is- reached. They allege, and
prove, that their lumber Is inferior to that
produced on the coast; that the standing
timber is smaller, more knotty, and re
quires greater care and cost to mill and
market than does the flr of the coast or
the yellow pine of the South; and that as
their finished product is 93 per cent com
mon lumber, only 7 per cent being upper
or better than common, they can never
meet sharp competition anywhere outside
of the treeless states of the Central West,
where no common lumber is produced
locally.
"Beacon Lights In Sea."
Two facts stand out as beacon lights in
the sea of testimony produced in this
case: One is that the lumbermen of the
Spokane district prospered under the old
rates, though their product was inferior;
the other is that the carriers by the
tariffs complained of, as well as in part
by the old tariffs, have admitted in part
the propriety of a differential in favor
of the Spokane district, as grouped in the
new tariffs and in part in the old, as
against the coast.
A careful examination of the testimony
as a whole makes it plain that a differen
tial in favor of Spokane and the Spokane
district under the rates from the coast
should exist, but there U great difficulty
in determining Just what the amount of
that differential should be, and from what
shipping and to what destination points
it' should apply. The same is true of the
district bordering the eastern slope of the
Cascade Range.
To the old Spokane district proper no
differential under the coast was allowed.
Under the new tariffs, along the lines of
the Great Northern and Northern . Pa
cific the differentials from the present
Spokane-Sand Point district under coast
rates are 5 cents in Minnesota, and from
6 cents to S',i cents in North Dakota.
By these-same new tariffs the rates from
the Montana-Oregon group to various
common destination plonts are from
nothing to 6 cents under the Spokane
rates, the basing of the Montana-Oregon
group being, however, directly under the
coast rates and not under the Spokane
rates. The rates from the eastern slope
of the Cascade Range are 2V4 cents higher
than the Spokane rates in all cases, this
differential being apparently an inter
mediate or half step between the coast
and the Spokane rates. These facts,
though not conclusive of the grouping
that should be made under a practical
restoration of the tariffs in effect prior
to November 1, 1907, are strongly per
suasive that some changes in the former
groupings should be made.
For the purposes of this case it is suf
ficient that the defendant carriers by
their own acts in establishing the various
tariffs old and new, have made admis
sions In the nature of estoppels In pais,
that parts of the Spokane district, as
grouped since November 1. 1907, should
have a differential under the rates from
the coast, and that an intermediate dif
ferential should apply to the eastern
slope of the Cascade Range the two dis
tricts being separated by a natural bar
rier of farming country.
SMALIi COMFORT FOR ROADS
I
Even Dissenting Opinion Says In
creases Are Excessive.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, June 21. The Hill and Harriman
railroads will derive scant comfort out
of the minority report of Interstate
Commerce Commissioners Knapp and
Harlan, who dissented from the opinions
of the majority of the Commission In the
Pacific Coast lumber cases recently de
cided. In this dissenting opinion, written
by Chairman Knapp, It is frankly stated
that he and Mr. Harlan believe that the
railroads were Justified in raising their
rates, and had these two Commissioners
had their way, the rates would have, in
every case, been materially higher than
fixed by the Commission's order.
However, the dissenting Commissioners
believe that the rates established on No
vember 1 were usually excessive, though
not so excessive as the other Commis
sioners held. The dissent of Commis
sioner Knapp is interesting. It Is here
quoted in full:
Knapp's Dissenting Opinion.
The conclusions of the majority in these
Ctses do not seem to me to be warranted,
and I am. therefore, constrained to dis
sent. A careful examination of the record
shows that the contention of complain
ants rests mainly, if not altogether, upon
two propositions: (1) That the rates
which were advanced on November 1,
1907, had been voluntarily accorded for a
considerable period of years and must
therefore be regarded as reasonable: (2)
that the earnings of the defendant car
riers upon their entire business are so
great as to afford ample revenue without
advancing the rates in question.
Undoubtedly the fact that a given rate
has long been allowed is in the nature of
an admission by the carrier that the re
sulting earnings were fairly compensa
tory, and when that rate is increased
the carrier may properly be called upon
for an explanation of its action. But
when that explanation has been furnished
and the reasons shown for making the
advance are prima facie sufficient, any
presumption against the carrier loses Its
force. It Is clear to me that the rates in
question do not belong to the class of
rates originally established on a reason
able basis in the estimation of the car
rier, and which therefore ought not to
be advanced without convincing reason.
In other words, we are not dealing In
these cases with the question of a general
advance in rates, which has been the
subject of recent discussion, nor with
the ordinary rate situation which has
been voluntarily maintained for a per
iod of years, but with an exceptional in
stance of rates fixed at a very low figure,
lower than might have been lawfully
charged, because peculiar conditions in
duced the carrier to make rates for the
time being on a particular commodity
which were below the standard of reason
ableness. Were Abnormally Low.
All the circumstances Indicate to my
mind that these rates when established
were regarded by the carriers, and by
the shippers as well, sb uncommonly
if not abnormally low, and that both par
ties apparently anticipated that at a later
date they would be advanced.
I cannot but believe that conditions
have so changed since these rates were
established as to Justify the carriers in
refusing to continue them in force. With
out detailing the history of these rates
or the remarkable development of lumber
traffic which followed their allowance,
it appears to be undisputed that marked
changes have taken place In recent years,
and those changes furnished adequate
reason, in my Judgment, for higher
charges than were formerly applied.
During this period the market value of
commercial lumber has materially ad
vanced, and the cost of railway opera
tions has greatly increased. I think it is
clearly shown that lumber values have
advanced nearly 50 per cent, , certainly
not less than 40 per cent, and everything;
Indicates that this advance will be per
manent. While prices will more or less
fluctuate, and may not at this time be
quite as 'high as they were a year ago,
nevertheless I am convinced that lumber
as a commodity will generally command
prices in the future averaging at least 40
per cent above the prices which pre
vailed during most of the period when the
lower rates were in force. I do not take
into account the fact that the business
of the Pacific Coast lumbermen has been
exceedingly profitable, nor the fact that a
reduction in rates will inure largely. If
not mainly, as I think, to those who own
the uncut timber lands, but I do regard
the very substantial and probably per
manent increase in the selling price of
lumber as a pertinent and important con
sideration. That the cost of railroad
operation has greatly Increased within
the last few years is a matter of common
knowledge, and it is unnecessary to more
than allude to a fact with which every
well-informed person Is familiar.
I am, therefore, of the opinion that
these conceded and significant changes in
conditions warranted the defendants in
increasing rates which were understood
to be on a very low scale when lumber
was worth little more than two-thirds
its present value and when railway serv
ice was much more cheaply performed.
Other Ground Less Tenable.
The other ground of complainants' con
tention seems to me even less tenable.
It is undoubtedly true that for a period
of several years, and particularly during
the fiscal years 1906 and 1907, the earnings
of these defendants from their entire
business were large. After defraying all
the expenses of operation and mainten
ance, the payment of fixed charges and
comparatively liberal dividends, a sub
stantial surplus remained. But it ap
pears to me entirely clear that no con
siderable part, if ' any, of this surplus
resulted from the transportation of lum
ber to the territory affected by the ad
vance In rates. This statement seems to
be fully confirmed by the fact that the
ton-mile rates on this lumber were very
much less than the average ton-mile
rates upon all the traffic of the defend
ant lines. Including this lumber traffic.
I cannot concede that the unreasonable
ness of these advanced rates on lumber
may be inferred from the showing that
aggregate earnings from all traffic could
be reduced without apparent injustice to
these carriers, when the earnings on
lumber under the old rates were extreme
ly moderate and even under the advanced
rates are comparatively Bmall. The rates
in question are not shown to be exces
sive, in my Judgment, by the fact that
these roads have been prosperous for the
last few years, any more than they would
be shown to be reasonable If their entire
earnings had been Insufficient to main
tain their solvency.
Taking into account all the transporta
tion conditions. Including the haul over
two mountain ranges and through a long
stretch of territory which furnishes little
traffic. I am of the opinion that even the
advanced rates are among the lowest on
which any considerable volume of lum
ber is anywhere moved. They are the
lowest rates, all things considered, which
the defendants charge on that commodity,
and relatively low in comparison with
their rates on other trafllc. The old
rates may fairly be regarded as unreas
onably low. even if they did not discrim
inate against other traffic, and I think
the defendants were Justified In applying
a higher scale of charges. Out of defer
ence to the judgment of my associates,
with whom I hesitate to differ on a ques
tion of this kind. I would be content to
fix these rates on a basis somewhat low
er than the advances actually made, but
I cannot agree that the basis named In
the majority report must be regarded as
the maximum "of reasonableness.
I am authorized to say that Commis
sioner Harlan unites in this dissent
Portland Woman's Success.
A former secretary of the Portland
Young Women's Christian Association.
Miss Harriet S. Vance, is now in charge
of the Pittsburg association, one of the
largest and most important In the coun
try. The association there has selected plans
and will begin at once the erection of a
$260,000 building. This fine structure of
113 rooms is planned with reference to
the needs , of the six departments of
work to be carried on under Its roof,
namely, administration, religion, educa
tional, social, resident and restaurant.
An endowment fund of $300,000 will
make it possible for the Pittsburg asso
ciation to accomplish great things, espe
cially under the capable leadership of
Miss Vance,
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Silks, Dress G
Hosiery, Und1
wear, Men's
Furnish-
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Qualities That Are Dependable Prices That Have No Competition
people have confidence in this store. They have done business
with us for the past twenty-five years. They know that every dollar's
worth of merchandise offered by Mr. Shanahan is thoroughly reliable in
every respect. This accounts for the store being crowded every day
Notice the Offerings for the Coming Week,
Don't Skip a Line or You May Skip a Dollar
Suits, Coats, SMrts,
Waists, Etc:.
$25.00 Tailor-Made Suits QQ
$7.00 Silk Petticoats, the kind QI Rfl
that is guaranteed, all colors ..JjTiwU
$15.00 Ladies' Silk Coats ,..$7.50
$18.50 Ladies' Fine Covert Jackeits; some
box and others tight- $10 00
$3.00 Heatherbloom Petticoats, QC
black only OliDJ
$3.00 India Silk "Waists, all sizes, '-j
$7.00 Misses' Coats for .3.95
$2.00 White Duck Skirts 95
ONE LOT Ladies' Winter Coats, 0') fin
worth $8 to $15; each OiUU
LAWRENCE
Where Your Dollar
157 Goats eccomicalsbuyers 1 57 Coats
A shipment of Ladies'' Long Coats has just arrived. They were pur
chased for Fall and Winter use. The order could not be countermanded,
consequently the goods are here and must be sold. They are yours for the
cost of manufacture. All are new, advanced styles for the coming season
$10 Coats for $5 $15 Ones for $7.50 $20 Ones $10
PORTLAND SOCIAL NEWS
CONTINUED KROM PAGE FIV1 5
Quartet. This interesting programme
will be given at the Association rooms
this afternoon from 4 to 6, when the
Association girls are "at home" to all
the young women of the city.
...
Miss Una Linehan presents in vocal
recital her pupils. Miss Nina Walker,
lyric soprano; Miss Helen White, colora
tura soprano; Mies Mary Alice Koch,
mezzo soprano, and Mrs. Cora Burdin,
contralto. They will be assisted by Miss
Mary Mackenzie Cahlll, violinist; Mrs.
Kathryne Linehan Johnson, at the piano,
on Wednesday evening, July 1, at 8:15 P.
M., at the Hawthorne Park Presbyterian
Church. The public is Invited.
...
The women of Corinthian Chapter, No.
64, O. E. S.. are to give a basket picnic
at the Oaks Wednesday afternoon and
evening in honor of Mrs. Emma Davis,
who has been in Alaska the past Winter.
They will leave early in the afternoon,
each with a basket full of good eatables,
and at 6:30, reinforced by the male con
tingent, the baskets will be opened and
their contents disposed of.
...
The O. E. S. Girls announce an in
formal dancing party to take place at
Council Crest Pavilion, Council Crest,
Monday, July 6. Stiles' orchestra. Ad
mission by card only. The patronesses
are Mrs. A. H. Willett, Mrs. D. L.
Houston, Mrs. W. H. Smith, Mrs. R.
Schmeer, Mrs. F. S. Fields and Mrs.
A. L. Rumsey.
" . .
- A rose whist party on next Tuesday
night will close a very successful sea
son for Mount Hood Circle Women of
Woodcraft. Decorations of roses will
beautify the East Side Hall for the oc
casion. Summer beverages will be served
for refreshments if the weather is warm
and an orchestra will furnish special
music for the dancers.
...
The Mizpah Social Club will meet with
Mrs. Eva Lillian Hayner, on Thursday,
July 2. at the home of Mrs. C. F. Clapp,
Kern Park station, on the Mount Scott
car line.
...
At the Nortonia on Tuesday evening a,
reception will be given Miss Annie M.
Reynolds, of the National Board of the
X, W. C. A. Assisting In receiving will
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144-146 THIRD STREET, BETWEEN MORRISON AND ALDER
Some of Great In
terest to Mothers
50c Infants' Slips for 19
$1.50 Infants' Dresses, lace and em- CQn
broidery trimmed Dull
$1.00 Children's White Dresses, age AOn
from 6 months to 3 years Hub
65c Children's Combination Skirt IQn
and Waist, lace trimmed lull
75c Infants' Long Skirts 42
35c Children's Skirts : lltf
25c Children's Drawers 11
35c Children's Drawers 14
75c Misses' Drawers, lace and em
broidery trimmed 36
$1.00 Misses' Gowns .49
50c Children's Gowns 24
ONE LOT Infants' Caps, embroid-
ery trimmed, 25c and 35c values... lUu
Has Oouble Its Purchasing Power Between
be Misa Emma HUys. National secretary,
and Miss, Abble M cElroy, now of Califor
nia, who have Recently returned from
Seaside., where tbiey have been leading
the conference.
SOCIETY CPERSOXALS.
E. R. Bryson, of Ctorvallis 13 stopping at
the Nortonia.
Mr. and Mrs. P. Sjrad and family have
left for a trip East.
William Collier, or New York, Is regis
tered at the NortonU'-
V. J. Evans and ivife. of Baker City,
are guests at the Nrtonia.
Misses Blanch and Hazel McNair, of
Tillamook, are vlsitini? Portland friends.
Mrs. J. D. Leonard l as returned from a
prolonged visit in Seattle and Califor
nia. James P. -Moore an d L. Hodler left
Monday night for a si x weeks' visit oil
Puget 'Sound.
Mrs. William G. Gorst In spent the week
with Mrs. Leslie Keed at their country
place, Rockmead.
Miss Agnes Dtnneen and Miss Mary
Concannon will leave tonight for an ex
tended trip East.
Mrs. H. V. Kiel and daughter. Dorothy,
will spend the two coning months at
Long Beach, Wash.
Mrs. Harvey Smith, of Marietta, O., is
the guest of her daugmter, Mrs. Leon
Peters, at the Irving.
Mrs. Lovegreen and daughter, Agnes
Lovegreen. of Anabel staion, have left
on a trip to California.
Mrs. Claud E. Ellis, of this city, has
been visiting with Mrs. H. D. Schmelzer,
of Hlllsboro, for the past week.
Mrs. H. Bories, of Seattle , an old pio
neer of Portland. Is visiting her niece,
Mrs. H. Bruck, at 744 Kearl ley street.
Mrs. C. H. Forney, ot' Chehalls,
Wash., visited in Portland this week
with her sister, Mrs. C. M. .Steadman.
Miss Elizabeth Stewart. laughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John Stewart, is home from
Oaksmere, a New York finist lng school.
Miss Alice Dougherty left Saturday,
June 20, for New York and a :tour of the
Eastern States. She will retu n the first
week In September.
Miss Faye Killingsworth, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Kill6 ngsworth,
has returned after an absence of six
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months, having visited all the prin
cipal cities in the United States.
Miss Jessie Brltt, a well known singer
and teacher, of Newberg, Is in Portland
taking a Summer course of vocal study
with Mrs. Walter Reed.
Miss Grace Kern, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Daniel Kern, left Monday in com
pany with Mrs. L. Matteson for an ex
tended visit In the East.
Mrs. J. B. Grimes, accompanied by her
twin children. Master J. Frank anJ Miss
Florence Grimes, are sojourning for the
Summer at Long Beach, Wash.
Mrs. R. D. Holmes, of Oakland, Cal.,
and her daughters. Florence and Mary,
are spending a few weeks with Mrs.
Holmes' mother, Mrs. R. B. Knight.
Word has been received from Dr. Jes
sie McGavln, who is visiting friends in
Scotland, that she is having a delightful
time and that she Intends spending sev
eral months on the continent before re
turning. William Wallace Graham, violin vir
tuoso, will present his students in re
cital at Ellers Hall, Tuesday evening,
June 30, at 8:30. Invitations may be
secured from his studio, 738 Glisan
street. Phone Main 4061.
Miss Delta Watson Is at Seaside at
tending the Northwest conference of the
Young Women's Christian Association.
During Miss Watson's absence Miss
Lillyn Glendennlng will take her place
in the choir of the Westminster Presby
terian Church.
Mrs. H. B. Lancaster, of Spokane,
returned to her home Tuesday even
ing, after visiting relatives and friends
in this city for two weeks. Mrs.
Lancaster was accompanied home by
her sister. Miss Myrtle Hanson, who
will visit in Spokane for some time.
Thursday was the birthday of C. M.
Steadman and a dozen of his office asso
ciates in the Wells-Fargo building sur
prised him at the family residence on
East Thirty-first street with the gift of
a meerschaum pipe and a giant can of
tobacco. The evening ended in smoke,
naturally.
Mrs. john Thompson, of New West
minster, B. C. (formerly of Kalama,
Wash.), was in the city this week attend
ing the graduating exercises at St. Vin
cent's Hospital on Monday evening,
when her daughter, Agnes, graduated as
a trained nurse. She received many floral
gifts.
Among the recent school closings, for
the Summer holidays, that of the kin
dergarten of Miss Marie Claussenius, of
351 Thirteenth street, was by no means
the least interesting. A picnic for the
little people was held at Mount Tabor,
SHAIAHAN
at Little Prices
House
Furnishings 50 Pairs Only They are real Bobbinet
Lace Curtains, 3 and 31" yards long, with
ruffled edges and plain centers; 01 t
$3.50 ones for 0 I lOU
$5.00 and $6.00 ones $1.90
75 Pairs Fine Nottingham Lace Curtains.
They come in white and Arabian; 3 and
yards long; $5.00 values fjg
100 Dozen Pillow Cases; regular 17c Qp
values - oil
$2.00 Bedspreads; some fringed QQn
and others plain, for wUu
Bed Comforters, 90c grade, for 49
25c Oilcloth, all colors, for 15
20c English Iluck Towels for, each. . ,9
144-146
Third St.
Morrison and Alder
where after a bountiful lunch games were
the order of the day.
Mrs. E. II. Schlapp, of 171 East Third
street, left on Saturday last for an ex
tended trip East. Slie will visit friends
in Denver. Colo.. St. Louis, Mo., and at
various other points. She expects to be
absent some two months. The night be
fore her departure Mrs. Schlapp enter
tained informally a few friends.
Miss Laura Hill, formerly of Hood'
River, left yesterday for Santa Barbara,!
Cal., where she will spend the Summer
vacation with her parents, who have re
moved to that city. Miss Hill. who. tw
years ago, graduated from the Agricul-'
rural College at i-orvallls, has been ap-;
pointed instructor in biology and inver
tebrate zoology for the coming term at
that Institution.
Dr. W. D. Carlisle, of St. Petersburg.;
Russia, accompanied by Count Alexander
Bobrinsky, sailed from Bremen for New
York City yesterday. Dr. Carlisle is a
former Portland boy and has spent the
last five years In the Russian capital. En
route to Oregon, Dr. Carlisle will spend
some time in the Yellowstone National
Park. He will spend the Summer In this
state, the guest of his mother, Mrs. L.
A. Carlisle, of Seaside. '
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