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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 6, 1908)
ADJUTAN ENERAL IK SUBMITS REPORT W. E. Finzer Advises Governor of Work of State Militia. SUGESTIONS ARE FILED Oregon Troops Shown to Be In High Stat or Kfflciency Four Com panies of Infantry to B Or ganized at Eugene Soon. Many important recommendations are embodied in the biennial report cf'the military department of the state, submitted yesterday by Adjutant Gen eral W. E." Kinzer to Governor Cham berlain. The document Includes a number of reports from subordinate officers and record every official ac tion In the Orcjron National (luard dur ing the biennial period of 1907-8 end Ins November 1. It is shown by the report that the Oresron National Guard is now In a high state of efficiency and that but one change is needed to bring the entire organization up to a regular Army basis as regards organization. This Is the addition of four companies of infantry to the. Fourth Oregon, with headquarters at Eugene. These four companies -will be . organized as soon as practicable. War Department orders allow until January 20. 1910. for completion of the reorganization. In his recommendations General Fin rer gives a new solution of the diffi cult problem of securing armories for National Guard companies outside of Portland. In this connection he urges that it be provided by law that all counties wherein guard organizations are stationed must provide suitable armories, such buildings to be used for public meetings only when not In use for drill purposes. Many Recommendations Made. Other recommendations of Interest to hundreds of guardsmen throughout the state are: That paymasters be per mitted to draw funds in advance of camps of instruction for pay and sub sistence. This will save endless de lay and annoyance occasioned by the old system now In use. That as soon as funds are avail able the troops be supplied with camp cots for use in the field. Such cots are now used by the regular army and add considerable to the endurance and comfort of the men. That an allowance be made the com manding officer of each company, bat tery and band to pay the quartermas ter sergeants to care properly for all public property- under such regula tions as may be prescribed by the Mili tary Board. That an officer of the National Guard be detailed for duty In the Adjutant General's office for the purpose of con ducting a service school by corre spondence. That a board of officers be detailed to make any alterations In the military law of the state that are found nec essary In order to entirely conform the organizations of the National Guard to those of the United States Army and report their findings to the .Leg islature. That an act be passed by the Leg islature prohibiting any person or per sons, or organizations, other than the United States Army and" the National Guard, from wearing uniforms or parts of uniforms similar to those worn by members of the service. Shonld Encourage Militia. - In conclusion the report says: "Dur ing the past two years there has been no occasion for calling the Oregon National Guard Into active service. Wara probably will come in the future; and It will be by faithful, continuous efforts In tlma of peace that Oregon can be ready to respond to the sum mons for National defense. It Is of the utmost Importance that the organ ized militia of Oregon should be main tained at a high state of efficiency. All patriotic citizens of this state should encourage a proper military spirit among our younger men. Every male citizen of sound physical condi tion should serve at least one enlist ment of at least three years In the guard, and every soldier should be made to feel that It Is an honor and an expression of loyalty to our coun try to be privileged to wear the mili tary uniform." The subject of rifle practice is dealt with at consideiable length. General Finzer deserves much of the credit for establishing strictly modern and scientific methods in the rifle prac tice work and he takes occasion here to point out the need of better facil ities for still further advancement. Portland Infantry companies are espe cially In need of a range where the expert marksman's test can be gone through. On the old range back of the City Park it is possible to qualify no higher than marksman, for while there Is a range of 600 yards. It lies over a gully, so that skirmish runs are Impossible. Attention Is called to the Oregon In fantry team's participation In the Na tional rifle matches at Camp Perry. O.. it being recorded that in 1907 Ore gon beat the entire service. Regular Army and National Guard combined, at 1000 yards, while this year the team finished ahead of 37 of the 50 teams entered; this In the matches over all ranges. Commends Troops Showing. The showing made by the Third and Fourth Infantry regiments at the American Lake Joint maneuvers is commended, and the reports are at tached of Captain ClytTard Game and Lieutenant Charles M. Gordon, Jr.. of the Regular Army. These officers were assigned to the Third and Fourth Infantry regiments, respect ively. Captain Game praises the Third regiment highly for Its field work, saying: "This is not a new or un tried regiment, for 50 per cent of Its officers had practical experience In the Philippine Islands during the Spanish-American War. The value of such organizations as a part of the military force of the United States Is very great. After commending the regiment for its effective work in the field and es pecially in rear, advance and flank guards and patrols. Captain Game compliments the commanding officer. Col. C. K. McDonell. for "handling the provisional brigade in battle in a man ner which brought forth favorable com ment from the military umpires." . Lieutenant Baldwin speaks well of the Southern Oregon troops, pointing out that military courtesy is perfect and that the behavior of the men com pared with that of the regulars to the detriment of the regulars. Such praise from a regular ought to mean some thing. The criticism is made that the non-commissioned officers did not seem properly Informed In their duties, although the officers seemed generally competent and "gentlemen of fine qualities." Militia Changes Recorded. The following changes in organiza tion are noted to have occurred; dis bandment of the LaGrande company for the good of the service; organization of ' infantry companies at Pendleton, Cottage Grove. Oregon City. McMlnn vllle and Dallas; organization of a Coast artillery company at Astoria. Referring to the Important subject of coast defense and the organization of coast artillery. General .Finzer says: "In the scheme pf National defense, the particular burden which each coast state should be willing, to assume is that or giving assistance to the regular United States coast artillery in man ning the guns and coast garrisons in time of war. The War department has urged that the coast states take up the work of organizing reserves. In compliance with this wish, the first coast company, located at Astoria, was mustered into the service of the state July 9, 1908. This organization has the distinction of being the first coast ar tillery company of reserves organized on the Pacific Coast. It Is intended that at least two additional coast artil lery companies ba organized within the next year." TELLS OF KLIER MARTIN' CONTROVERTS MODERN THEORY. Maintains That Souls Do Not Go to Heaven When the Body ' Perishes. "Spiritualism and the doctrines of mariolatry and purgatory and heaven at death are founded upon the false hood which the serpent told to Eve in the garden. 'Ye shall not surely die.'" So said Elder W. E. Martin in his sermon at the East Portland Seventh Day Adventist Church. East Eleventh and East Everett streets, yesterday morning. Ills subject was, "The, Resurrection." ' At the outset Elder Martin quoted Job 14:14: "If a man die shall he live again? All the days of my ap pointed time will I wait, till my change come." As he progressed numerous other texts were .quoted In support of his contention that the soul does not go to heaven at death, but returns to the grave, to be called forth at a future resurrection. The pastor said that the future of the human race Is something which neither science, nor philosophy, unaided by the word of God, can solve. In part Elder Martin said: Tf f thought, as Is believed largely in the Christian world today, that good men go to heaven when they die. and that the wicked go to torment. I would necessarily ask, "What Is the need for a resurrection?" In Roeleslastes 1x:10 we read that "there Is no work, nor device nor knowledge, nor wis dom In the grave, whither thou goest." , Here the speaker read the narrative of the resurrection of Lazarus In John xl, wherein Martha says to Christ, "I know that Lazarus shall rise again In the resurrection at the last day," and portions of I Cor., xv, and he con tinued: Rome people question the resurrection when they stop to think that graves, cen turies old. have been plowed and replowed. and that the bones of the dead have been rudely scattered. But the Identity of the particles Is not necessary to the identity cf the Individual. Even during life the human body changes every seven years. When X sow oats J reap oats, but not the same oats that were placed in the ground. I believe that In the resurrection Individuals will rec ognize their friends, and that the same love that lias bound hearts together, only In greater degree, will bind them then. Job looked forward to the time of resur rection during his bitter -trial, as Is recorded In the 19th chapter. vcn Kseklel ques tioned the resurrection, as many do today. In the 87th chapter he la asked If dry bones can live, and replies that he ooes not know. Tie Is then shown that the bones can live. Jeremiah. In the 31t chapter, also bears out the same thought, when he foretells the destruction of the children in Jerusalem by Herod. In the 16th versr. trie prophet says that the children "shall come again from the land of the enemy." Implying that the grave was not the goal of the faithful training which those mothers gave their children. MISS KURTH IN RECITAL Promising Contralto to Be Heard Before Going Abroad. Miss Elonore Kurth. who leaves for Europe on Monday, December 14. will be heard In song recital at the new Young Women's Christian Association auditorium tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. Miss Kurth has a rich con- :; ,'''. mi: n Miss Elonore Kortta, Who Will t Be Heard In Recital Tomorrow I Night. tralto voice and is recognized as one of the most promising vocalists of the city. Following is a complete pro gramme of the concert: "Mother o" Mine" (Tours), Mr. Stu art McGulre; (a) Kashmiri song, (b) "I.ess Than the Dust." Indian love lyrics from 'The Garden of Kama" t Woodforde-Flnden).' (c) "Wast 1st Syl via" (Who Is Sylvia! (Schubert). Miss Elonore Kurth; romance from v second concerto (Wieniawski). Miss Cornelia Barker; (a) "Wanderer's Nachtlied" (Wanderer's Nlghtsong) (Schubert), (b) "Du Bist Wle Eine Blurae" (Thou Art Like Unto a Lovely Flower) (Smith). (c) "Song of Waiting" (Wright), Miss Elonbre Kurth. Pa tronesses: Mrs. W. S. Ladd, Mrs. H. L. Corhett, Mrs. Henry L. Corbett, Miss K. H. Failing. Mrs. E. P. Mossman. Mrs. Fletcher Linn, Mrs. William Hiram Foulkes. I.lncoln-Garfleld Post Electron. Lincoln-Garfield Post, G. A. R., held You are Welcome to Credit 1 Jtt&&&m. 1 .. -X 7V'. S rA XII By making large purchases we are able to offer for the Holiday Season a few specials for Children's use that are within reach of any purse. Our other lines are now complete, and it is our , aim that prices shall always be reasonable here. Please notice the special offerings this week. as $2.75 Value lor $1.25 Child's Morris Rocker Made of solid oak. golden or mission finish. Not a tov chair, but useful as well as attractive Same stv'le frame with seat and back upholstered in imitation leather, value, our price only - SI. 75 The picture shows a chair, but what we have for sale are rockers, exactly same pattern. '' ' $1.25 Value for - Vm IF) - H'-'Jl Brass Finished Doll Bed Two hundred mothers have already takii advantage of this oppor tunity of making 200 little ones happy lit a trifling expense. We have only 200 more, and Christmas buying has hardly started. Read the description: Complete Doll Bed. with mattress, pillows and canopy of flowered cretonne; ulae IS In. long. 31 in. wide, IS -In. high: constructed of un breakable brass finished steel roUs. exactly like the illustration. Can be folded perfectly flat. Price only 65 $5 Desk and Chair for $2.95 For children, out, not bo Email as ine puce wvum X'n.ln.. , 1. ala riddle la 9Q I rt ! li n a hloh top (22x17 in.) can be raised, showing compartmen for books underneath. Desk and chair are both oak and can be furnished In golden or weathered finish. Price of both only.. $2.95 $10.50 Sunlight Heater $8.50 At our regular price we have sold hundreds of these stoves to people who have looked every where and told us it was the best stove in town for the money. Thev are exactly like the Illustration and the size of the one quoted is 17 in. exactly, inside measure. Top and bottom of heavy castiron. nickel legs and ni. kcl rails - It has a large front door and very ornamental top, with nickel rim. A red-hot bargain at this price.... $8.50 Tabourettes Solid Oak Octagon Tabourettes, like the Illustration, SPECIAL S2.SO CasteelrJ. . Cook J These are different from t he ordinary Move lliey are more like a steel range than a stove. The ovens and bodies are of heavy enam eled sheet steel, lined with asbestos. They heat quicker and use less fuel than an ordinary stove, and the sides and oven cannot eraek. They are just like the illustration and sit in a solid base, as shown in place of legs usually used on low-priced stoves. AVe can furnish in three sizes, for. either wood or coal 16-inoh oven. .. .$12.60 18-inch oven $16.20 20-inch oven $18.00 Parlor Cabinets at Cost A limited line of beautiful Solid Mahogany Parlor Cahlnets. hacked with French bevel plate mirrors, is offered at actual copt price. These cabinets are made to hold and display art goods, curios and speci mens. If you like big values at small prices, see them. No. 232, regular $22.00, our cost price... 915. OO No. 408, regular $27.50, our cost price. $19. OO No. 284, regular $43.00, our cost price SiSl.OO No. 218, regular $47.50, our cost price $33.00 SALE OF MORRIS CHAIRS Of these we have a grand selection, and the wise buyers are already on the move to pick out the best. If you wait until December 24. at 9 P. M., you will have to take the leavings. Buy and Do It Now Usual Price. Sale Price. $14. .10 CHAIRS SIO.OO $16.00 CHAIRS $11.00 $17.50 CHAIRS S12.00 t20.00 CHAIRS $14. SO $35.00 CHAIRS $25.00 SALE OF Cottage Dinner Sets 4.45 Pictures at Half Price We are o 1 o s 1 n g out our stock of pictures. . . Tou can pick up some nice things here at about one-half of what they are worth. Forty-nine pieces of beautifully deco rated ware, with gilt lines, special at above price this week. 39c to $7 I 'PI alHWiWHansHKUU Easy Terms ysr ri GOOD FLAC TO T All Prices Reasonable 18S FIRST STREET I (WW n ?feJJ PHONES.'a.fsts SE Hf Sill its election of officers for the year of 1909 'ast Tuesday .evening. December 1. A goodly number rf the old comrades were present. The following officers were elected: P. J Haynes. Comman der: Charles Duggan, Senior Vice-Cora-manderrw. C. Powers. Junior ice Commander; II. Sftcliffe. Q'rtrm,as ter: J. E- Hall. Surgeon; H. A. Harden. Chaplain; T. B., McDcvltt, Officer of Dav. D. McDonald. Officer of fGuard. delegates to state encampmtnt. w. c. Powers. Charles Dt'ggan. Joseph Som mers. D. McDonal.l: alternates, Henry Thurman. George Pierce, Otis BrooKs, T. A. Schweinhnrt. LODGE HOLDS INITIATION Lents Camp, V. O. V., Adds Large ly to Membership. Forty applicants were Initiated Into the mysteries of the order or the Wood men of the World at Lents Camp No. 778, Thursday evening. There were 51 applicants, but only 40 were Initiated at that time, the others being post poned for the present. The Initiatory ceremonies were con ducted by a drill team and officers of Multnomah Camp No. 7, and a com mittee of the Lents camp aided the visiting team. Music was provided by the' Mount Scott band, there were fire works and a general celebration at the conclusion of the exercises. A full drill team of 20 men from Multnomah camp '. attended with Captain J. C. Jones. First Lieutenant J.. H. Crablll and Second Lieutenant James Ruddi man. Refreshments were served by the Women of Woodcraft. Special Organizer ' John Macbeth, who aided in organizing the class of Initiates, was presented with a valu able signet ring by Council Commander Allen of Lents camp In recognition of Iris efforts. Members of the Lents camp committee who aided 'In the Ini tiatory exercises were: . R. J. McCul lam. chairman; F. Epley. George W. Chauncey. J. B. Marshall. O. W. Webb. George Griffen and D. Hockstra. Established ISmJ, OYSTER DEMAND STRONG A Dispatch From South Bend, "Wash., Dated December 5. At last Oregon and Washington oys ters have come Into their own. Since the ban has been put upon the Cali fornia product on account of the sew age in San Francisco bay, Oregon nd Washington oysters will have their' day. The oyster beds in these two states ai located practically right" on the ocean, where no sewage can touch them, and the oysters will always re main fresh and wholesome. Olympla Malt Extract, good for grand ma or baby. Only 1R-100 of 1 per cent alcohol. Phones Main 67L A 246T. DR. E. M.DALLAS OPTICIAN Has returned from Europe and will use the new WIESBADEN METHOD of testing eyes, which caused so much talk In France and Germany. This science ts QUICK. Al't'lRtTB and ABSOLUTELY CORRECT, and gives splendid results in the fitting of lenses to the eye, especially In cases of eye strain and headaches, for close or distance use. No extra charge will be made for the use of this system. Tou will find the prices very reason able and the workmanship the best. DALLAS OPTICAL PARLORS 21 -219 FAII.IXU BI.DG.. Corner Third and Wnshlnprton Streets, Second Kloor. Take Elevator. - Boots! Books!! Books!!! lit Ifw in Werner, n1 many HOLIDAY BOOKS IV ENGLISH AND GERMAN'. In our German Book Department we carry a larpe assortment of popular attractive bindings and most suitable for holiday gifts. Books by Marllit. Spielhagen, Freytaff. Heyse, Auerbach Geraiaecker. Schubert. Stlnde. Gerock a others. Following are a few good titles Die Zweite Frau (Marlitt) I'm Hohen Preis ( Werner) Trotzige Herzen Heimburp; . : Sonntagsklnd Spielhagen ) Durch Eiyene Kchuld SchoberO . . . Kami lie Ruchholz Stinde Auf der Hoehe (Auerbachi, - vohi. Josua (bbers) Die Regiments tante (Von Eschst Kinder der Welt i Heyse) .Torn L"hl iFrenssent t'm Zepter und Kronen i Samai Die Fromme Helena Busch)... BeVi-Hur. Textbooks in German. French. Spanish. Italian. Russian. Danish. Swedish, I'olish, Portuguese, Chinook, etc. Also books for foreigners to learn English. GERMAN CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR CARDS The A.W. Schmale Company S'J0-231 First St., bet. Salmon and Main, Portland, Oregon. .$1.50 German Bibles gl.00 to !M10 . 1.50 German Testaments SO to 1.50 . 1.50 German Praverbooks .0 to t ..0 . 1.50 Swedish Bibles . 1.50 t 3.AO . 1.2S English Bibles 50 to 7.50 . 1.50 English Tfstaments .10 to 1.00 . S.00 English Praverbooks S5 t. 5.00 , 2.75 Catholic Bibles 1.00 to -1.50 S.5U Imitation of Christ.. 1.00 to 2.00 . 2.50 German Family Blhles 5.00 ti PJ.OO 1 .75 German Son p Books 25 t o 1 .00 1.75 German Cook Books 50 to 1.50 . .75 French Cook Books 1.25 to 2.00 German Picture Books 05 to Big stock Dolts. Games of all kinds. Toys and Blocks. Xmas Tree Ornaments. . Post Cards and Albums. Photograph Albums. Holiday Papeteries Fountain Pens. Parisian Statuary
