THE . SODAT OEEGOXIAX, POETLAXD, DECEMBER 19, 1909,
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AND BY SO DOING YOU WLLL GET. A CHOICE IN MAK
ING YOUE SELECTIONS. AS IN YEARS GONE BY, WE
ARE AGAIN SHOWING A LARGE AND VARIED LINE OF
CHRISTMAS GOODS THAT WILL CHEER THE HEART
OF MAN, WOMAN OR CHILD. DON'T FAIL TO SEE OUR
SHOW WINDOW DISPLAYS. THEY TELL A STORY.
SOMETHING .
FOB EVERYBODY
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Game Carvers
Carving Set?
Pocket Knives
Razors
Chafing Dishes
Fern Dishes
Five- o'clock Teas
Baking Dishes
Manicure Sets
Sewing Sets
Scissor .Sets
Smoking Sets
Smoking Stands
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AUTOMOBILE
LUNCH BASKETS
THERMOS BOTTLES
HIGH
GRADE CUTLERY
OPEN
EVERY
EVENING
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SOMETHING
TOR EVERYBODY
Scroll Saws
Turning Lathes
Tool Chests
Express Wagons
Coaster Wagons
Automobiles ., .
Tricycles
Toy Barrows
Striking-Bags
Boxing Gloves .
Roller Skates
Air Guns
SPALDING
ATHLETIC GOODS
WE ARE SHOWING THE LARG
EST AND MOST COMPLETE
LINE OF TOOL CHESTS AND
WORK BENCHES EVER SHOWN
IN THE NORTHWEST
FOURTH AND ALDER STS.
OUR LINES OP CHAFING DISHES
AND COFFEE MACHINES ARE
RIGHT TO THE HOUR IN STYIE,
BEAUTY AND FINISH
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BERTH STORY TOLD
; Whitman Massacre, Oregon
Historical Society Topic.
TWO AGED SURVIVORS HEAR
fT. O. Elliott, of Walla Walla, Speak
ersOld Officera Re-elected.
Last Legislature Grilled.
New Homo Sought.
While T. C. Elliott, of Walla Walla,
recounted thrilling Incidents of the
'Whitman massacre before a large
crowd of gray-haired listeners, mem
bers of the Oregon Historical Society,
at the City Hall yesterday afternoon,
Mrs. Elizabeth Sager Helm and Mrs.
Kancy Jacobs Osborn, of Portland, sur
vivors of the slaughter, sat- and drank
in eagerly every word of the long
address. Mr. Elliott save a most com
prehensive account of the life and
work, of Feter Skene Ogden, whose
feat in rescuing the white settlement
from the Indians forms one of the
most fascinating pages of Oregon his
tory. Aside from hearing- the annual re
ports of the officers, addresses by
President Holman and Mr. Elliott, all
of the officers were re-elected as fol
lows: President, Frederick V. Hol
man: vice-president, Or. J. It. Wilson;
secretary, E. G. Young: treasurer,
Charles E. Ladd: directors, to serve
four years each, Frederick V. Holmau
and William IS. -Fenton.
Action to secure a new home for
the society will be taken by the board
of directors, which, met for a brief
session after the meeting yesterday
afternoon to make preliminary ar
rangements for the task that is before
the society.
Legislature Is Grilled.
Secretary Young, In his annual re
port, scored the last Oregon Legis
lature, which, he declared, cut off the
support of the state for the society,
instead of increasing the appropriation,
as was asked. As a result of this
penurious policy, he said, the work
of the organization had been curtailed
and the promotion plans that had been
fondly looked forward to were forced
out of the year's budget. The funds
left In the treasury from tTie previous
year, added to the receipts and the
small appropriation made by the
Legislature, he said, made it impossi
ble for the society to do anything save
the merest routine, such as maintain
ing the rooms in the City ' Hall for
partial display of the valuable collec
tions of historical features. Other
plans, like working up a system of
education In the publio schools where
by the history of Oregon might be
studied, had to be abandoned.
That there is something wrong wltH
a Legislature with refuses to afford
any means of carrying forward such
a valuable lot of work as the Oregon
Historical Society Is trying to do, said
the secretary, seems obvious. Either
the society is not doing what It should
or the people's representatives In the
Legislature, ha said, are not following
the. will, of the people. He thought
the latter to be the only solution to
the problem. In all the life of the
society, said he, the action of the last
Legislature was the "first rebuff" re
ceived. .
Oregon City Voters Praised.
Assistant Secretary Himes read a
brief report as chairman of the com
mittee on memorials and expressed
great satisfaction at the recent action
of the people of Oregon City In voting
to retain the home of Dr. McLoughlln.
Secretary Young, in his report, men
tioned the crowded conditions of the
society's rooms in the City Hall, and
said that unless something is done
soon to make better quarters it will
be necessary to begin boxing up some
of the collections, which even now are
not displayed anywhere near as they
should be. Thus, he said, the great
value of these will be temporarily de
stroyed, as, if they cannot be seen by
the public, their worth is greatly
minimized. During the year more than
29,000 persons registered on the books.
The addresses of President Holman
and Mr. Elliott were thorough. Mr.
Holman spoke on the origin of Oregon
counties and their boundaries, and Mr.
Elliott on the life and work of Peter
Skene Ogden. These addresses are
published in part elsewhere in The
Sunday Oregonian.
POSTAL LAWS ARE STRICT
Yliile England Excludes Red Cross
Stamps, Wax Seals All Right.
PORTLAND, Dec. 19. (To the Edi
tor.) I should like to inquire about the
postal laws of the British Government.
I did what I suppose what many others
have done after I learned Red Cross
stamps were not allowed on letters or
packages going to England I put a
holly sticker -on the back of an envelope
and the letter was returned as umnail
able. I should like to ask if this regula
tion extends to the wax seal with which
an envelope is closed. I do not wish
to violate any postal law, and If I
should do so it would be through ignor
.ance. I think it might be well if the
postal requirements were published oc
casionally. M. S.
TTnder the regulations adopted by'the
postal authorities of- Great Britain,
which Includes England and the sur
rounding islands, labels or other sticker
stamps other than postage cannot be
attached to letters intended for delivery
to any postoffice of that country. In
carrying out the agreements between
the United States and Great Britain
concerning international mails. the
Postmaster-General is required to ex
clude all lettera so stamped. They will
be returned to the writer when the
envelopes carry a return address, but
otherwise are forwarded to the dead
letter office. This order, which was
published last week in The Oregonian,
also applies to Rhodesia and the Trans
vaal. Letters sealed with wax, applied on
the back of the envelope, are not ex
cluded from the English mails and will
be forwarded through the Portland
postoffice. '
Idahoans to Travel Far.
MOSCOW. Idaho. Dec. IS. (Special.)
Miss Ivy Curtis left last week with her
aunt, Mrs. Josephine Smith. -'of Butte, for
an extended trip to the City of Mexico,
where they will remain till February,
when they will proceed to San Pedro for
a brief time, and then go to Honolulu,
where they have planned to spend three
months.
See Sip. Sichel & Co.'s display adver
tisement on page 7, section -1: .
AIR IS POWER BASIS
who is financing- the construction of tho
model, which, will be patented In a . few
weeKS.
Hornbach Says He Overcomes
Deadline Center.
MOTION NOT "PERPETUAL"
Inventor Declares He Welcomes Crit
icism and May Be Helped toy It.
Financial Backing Prom
ised for Machine.
H. C. Hornback, the young inventor
who thinks he can revolutionize motive
power methods by what he has labelled
a "self -generating engine," has come for
ward with an explanation of the- prin
ciples embodied in his contrivance with
a view of relieving the Indignation evinced
by Professor E. R. Shepherd, of Cor-,
vallis, and others who have styled him
a "perpetual motion crank," since' his
efforts were made public
Hornback contends that his contrivance,
although regulated to run constantly la
not a "perpetual motion machine." He
admits, however, his theory of construc
tion Is based along lines of incessant
motive power, but because of the fact
that compressed air is utilized as a gen
erative power It eliminates all the salient
requirements of perpetual motion.
"Perpetual motion," said the inventor,
"will be absolutely worthless from a com
mercial viewpoint if ever it is mastered.
From the rudimentary laws of friction it
is plausible to believe that generative
force will be lacking In any 'perpetual
motion sclieme' that might ever be
evolved. It is true I based my theories
of construction upon lines of perpetual
power, and I was time and again con
fronted with gigantic obstacles. These
I overcame by resorting to the practic
ability of utilizing compressed air at
tained by a battery of air compressors.
After 17 years of continuous study and
efforts I succeeded in solving the enigma.
Inventors for years have been baffled
by the possible manner of passing weights
across the' 'dead line center of 15 de
grees. I accepted their theories and went
a step farther. I pafs the weights at
tached to my contrivance across the per
plexing 15 degrees by compressed air.
Isn't such a thing possible? Why can
it not be accomplished? What gives rise
to Mr. Shepherd's belief that I am a
'feather-brained inventor" and a 'per
petual motion crank?' Of course, I am
open to conviction and stand readjp to
accept any explanation advanced by the
learned professor concerning the prac
ticability of my contrivance.
"In materializing my theories I have
always kept the commercial value of the
contrivance In mind. If Mr. Shepherd
and others who are inclined to be in
credulous will advise me of the im
practicability and impossibility of my
contrivance, which I assert will revo
lutionize the motive world, I will owe
them a debt of gratitude. Perhaps Mr.
Shepherd's suggestions or any of those
of his followers to that end will aid me
beneficially in realizing my goal."
Since Hornback's efforts were first told
about, he has been the recipient of many
offers of .financial aid, he says, by men
who have investigated the principle of
his device. He has selected an investor
REED" INSTITUTE SITE UP
Trustees Ask Landowners to Submit
Proposals Within 20 Bays.
Trustees of the Reed Institute at a
meeting Friday decided to request all
persons having sites to offer for the pro
posed college to submit their proposals
within the next JO days. It is the desire
of the trustees that all available locations
for the proposed institute shall be sub
mitted formally that the best site may
be selected. It is the purpose of the
trustees to make a selection shortly after
the first of the year. - .
At the meeting of the trustees Dr. T.
L. Eliot, who returned recently from the
East, submitted a report of his observa
tions and the possibilities of such an in
stitution in this city, together with the
names of several prominent educators
who may be invited to accept the presi
dency of the Portland college. Dr. Eliot
assured his associates that a number of
the possibilities for the college presidency
probably would visit Portland in the en
suing six months for the purpose of look
ing over the field.
Sandy Grangers Elect Officers.
SANDY, Or.. Deo. 18. (Special.) Sandy
Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, No. 192,
has elected the following officers for the
ensuing year: Master, A. C. Thomas;
overseer, F. E. McGugin; lecturer, E. F.
Burns; secretary, A. G. Bell; treasurer,
V. S. Fosberg; chaplain, Mrs. V. S. Fos
berg; steward, James DeShazer; assistant
steward, M.V.Thomas; lady steward. Mrs.
A. C. Thomas; gatekeeper, Joseph Albel;
trustees, B. Jonsrud, William Bell and B.
Nelson.
Tarn Vereln Beats Oak Grove.
The Turn Verein basketball team de
feated the Oak Grove team Friday even
ing in the Turn Vereln gymnasium in this
city by the score of 39 to 15. The game
was hotly contested by both sides. The
stars for the Turners were Hock, Emig
and Reisek, and for the Oak Groves, Naef
and Worthington. A return game will be
played after the holidays.
CHUGKKOLE JAB FATAL f
TEAMSTER, THROWN" OFF LUM
BER AVAGON, DIES.
John Thompson Dies in Ambulance
After Falling at Fourth and
Couch Streets.
Jostled from his seat on the top of a
big load of lumber, at Fourth and Couch
streets. John Thompson, was thrown to
the street on his head yesterday sustain
ing injuries from which he died in the
ambulance on the way to a hospital. A
chuckhole in the street caused the ac
cident, it is said, although it Is possible
Thompson may have been attacked by
heart failure and fell. The fail broke the
teamster's neck and caused a slight frac
ture at the base of the skull.
Thompson was a driver for the Jones
Lumber Company and was1 conveying a
load of lumber drawn by four horses
when the accident occurred. Edward
Halseth. an employe of a blacksmith
shop, at the corner, of Fourth and Couch
streets, and G. A. Russell, of 353 Monroe
street, who saw the teamster fall say
Thompson might have kept his seat if
something had not been the matter with
him. He had not been drinking and a
sudden attack of faintness may have over
come him at the time the wagon struck
the chuckhole.
Among the tep.msters of Portland
Thompson was well known. He resided in
Portland for many years. His brother
Jeff T'hompson, is night Jailer of the City
Jail. Thompson was married but sep
arated from his wife without divorce. He
lived at 1364 Macadam road. He was
born in Mount Scott, O., his parents
still having their home there. Thompson
was a member of the Macabees and the
Woodmen of the World.
Postal Places Filled.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, "Wash
ington, Dec. 18. Henry E. Bedford was
today appointed rural carrier, with Roy
A. Seaman substitute, for route No. 1.
at Woodvllle. Clara M. Hutchison was
appointed postmaster at Cornucopia,
Union County.
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