TTTE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. rORTLAXD. DECEMBER 4, 1910. 11 , (Bills i H XMAS BOXES, ETC. A lmpl rift properly dressed la Impressive. Hart to "tlrs" your gifts this year with fretty Christmas Tis. Labels. Seal. Crepe pr. Holly and Polnsetlla Boxes. Gold and Silver Cord. etc. RED CROSS STAMPS Put a Red Cross stamp on all your Christ mas packages and letters. Our booth will be In charge of Mrs. Hugh Montgomery tomor row, assisted by Miss Mabel Shea and Miss Qenevleve Kelly. ills XMAS BOOKLETS, ETC. We have hundreds of handsome little Christmas Booklets and Cards, costing; all the way from a penny up; and an endless variety f Calendars at any price you may care to pay. t elect ypur Christmas presents at There never was a better time to put Gill's The Ideal Gift Store to the "gift test than now. The store never looked better; the stocks were never more attractively displayed or conveniently arranged; prices are nowhere lower; variety is nowhere broader; quality is of that high merit that gives to our mer chandise a character peculiarly its own. We have a gift for every person at a price to fit any purse, and our courteous salespeople are eager to help you in your selections. But you must cqme and see for your own pleasure, satis faction and economy and early. The result will be more fitting presents for all. Discriminating Shoppers will find an Exclusive Showing of Exquisite Gift Pieces in our Fancy Stationery Department, choice Selections from which are on exhibition in Third St. window. Wc invite yon to inspect these appropriate gift line3 T a 1 n 1 - 1 Imported Metal Goods Including Brass and Copper Desk Sots, Book Ends, Library Sets, Twine Boxes, Calendars, Fern Dishes, Candlesticks, etc. Hand -Craft Jewelry Including Stick Pins, Brooch Pins, Belt Pins, Cuff Links, Rings, Hat Tins, ete. Hand -Craft Novelties Including Book Ends, Lanterns, Pen Trays, Match Boxes, Ash Trays, Paper Knives, Desk Sets, ete. Fancy Leather Goods Includinj Portfolios, Music Rolls, Telephone Lists, "500 Scores, Address Books, Calling Lists, Card Cases, Quest Books, Calendars, ete. Hand -Tooled Novelties Including Table Mats, Magazine Covers, Telephone Covers, Book Covers, Mottoes, Book Ends, etc Imported Leather Novelties Including Air Cushions in ease; Hot Water Baps in ease; Slippers for Ladies and Gentlemen in ease; Playing Card Cases, Pocket Iietore Frames, Traveling Clocks, Coat Hangers, Skirt Hangers, Ladies' Hand Bags, eta. PHCTTT JTEW TEAR CARDS i B5DLEM VARIETY ills THE J. K. GILL CO. THIRD aol ALDER STREETS ntXDSOMR SKW YEAR BOOKLETS) AT ALL PRICES . BOORSXLLEBS I5bial Gift Store STATTOXT-RS You Will Find a Book in This List Suitable for Any Relative or Friend And this is only a partial list selected at random from ours, the largest and best g'ock in Portland For "The" Girl The Garden" of Girls, net $3.50 Pictures in Color, net $3.50 Book of Sweethearts $1.25 Lovely Woman, net $2.50 Girls, net .....$3.00 The Rubaiyat of Omar . Khay yam 10c to $25.00 The Poets, all bindings 50c to $10.00 Between Men African Game Trails, net $1.00 Camera Adventures ' in African Wilds $6.00 A Vagabond Journey Around the World $3.50 The Great White North, net $2.50 My Friend the Indian, net $2.50 The Mississippi River, net $3.50 The Russian Road to China, net . . . .$3.00 For Grandmother Out of Doors in the noly Land, net $1-50 Master of the Inn, net 60c to $1.00 Eternal Values, net $2.50 Master of the Vineyard, net $1.50 Old Rose and Silver, net.......... $1.60 Cheer and Joy Be Thine, net. $1.00 Old Friends $2.00 For the Baby Paper Books 6c to 50c Linen Books 6c to $1.00 Board Books 25c to 75c Stories to Be Read to Baby. .25c to $1.50 Nursery Rhymes and Tales. .25c to $1.50 Fairy Tales 25c to $5.00 For Jane at College The Siege of Seven Suitors $1.20 The Purchase Price $1.18 Flamsted Quarries $1.18 The Garden of Girls, net $3.50 ' For Fred at College The Power of Purpose ; 35c Kingship of Self-Contxol 35c Days Off $1.18 What's Wrong With the World T net $1.50 For Wife or Mother A Guest Book .....$1.60 to $5.00 The Lure of the Antique, net. . .$2.40 Dresden China $1.00 The Colour of London $5.00 For Father or Husband Our National Parks $3.00 The North Pole, net $4.80 Books About Oregon 50c to $1.50 Sets of Standard Authors, all editions. What to Give Sister An Oxford or Nelson Bible 60c to $10 Testaments 25c to $3.50 Annals of Ann $1.18 Princess Flower Hat $1.18 What Brother Would Like A Bible or New Testament, 25c to $10 Keith of the Border, net. .... . . .$1.35 American Natural History, net.. $3.50 American Birds, net $1.50 , For "The" Man The Rubaiyyat 50c to $25.00 Pipe and Pouch, clever new fiction $1.18 The Poets, leather binding. .$1.00 to $7.50 Toast Books " 50c to $2.00 Humorous Books 50c to $1.50 The Spirit of Christmas, net 60c Between Ladies Christmas Angel, net 50c What Does Christmas Really Mean? 50c Longfellow's Country, net $2.50 Romantic California, net $2.50 Myths and Legends of the Pacific Northwest, net $1.50 Siege of the Seven Suitors, net.... $1.20 The Rose in the Ring $1.18 For Grandfather Seven Great Statesmen, net $2.50 Life of Alexander Hamilton $3.50 The Other Wise Men 50c to $1.00 Master of the Inn 60c to $1.00 The Perfect Tribute 50c to $1.00 Mark Twain, complete, or single volumes. The Christmas Mystery.... '. 60c ' For the Children Mother Goose 50c to $1.50 Board Books . .' 25c to 75c Boys and Girls From Dickens $2.00 Grimm's Fairy Tales.... . . 50c to $5.00 Tanglewood Tales and Wonder Book '. $2.50 Little Colonel Series $1.20 Peeps at Many Lands $1.75 If You Have Decided to Give a Bookcase, Be Sure It Is the Famous Globe-Wernicke the Bookcase You See Advertised in the Magazines Absolutely the Best Made Unquestionably the one Best Gift. We Invite Your Inspection. Husbands Cannot select a more appropriate Christmas lft WIVES than a Globe-Wernlcke Bookcase. fop their Wives Cannot select a more appropriate Christmas HUSBANDS than a G'obe-Wernicke Bookcase. Gift for their Children Cannot select a more appropriate Christmas Gift for their PARENTS than a Globe-Wernlcke Bookcase. Why not mass your presents and give something- worth while? Relatives Cannot select a more appropriate Christmas KINFOLKS than a Globe-Wernicke Bookcase. Gift for their Friends Cannot select a more appropriate Christmas Gift for their AS SOCIATES than a Globe-Wernlcke Bookcase. Verilv Globe-Wernlcke Sectional Bookcases are appropriate for all people. We carry them in stock and will be glad to show you the handsome designs and finishes. Let us suggest that you come down to our display room tomorrow and make your selec tion at once. We will gladly hold them for future dllvery. It It well worth your while to heed our advice at least, come and see the Bookcases. WATERMAN'S 4 4 ENGRAVED FOUNTAIN M t B I BUSINESS pens iVf Jr H 1 I AJfD FROM 5s 'Wr SOCIAL S2.SO CARDS up. THE J. K. GILL CO. for gifts I THIRD and ALDER STREETS BOOKSELLERS XfyCCfll (Sift jStOfg. STATIONERS WOMEN ISSUE DEFI Fair Sex of Camas to Try to Vote Despite Ruling. WORDING OF LAW IS CITED BIO TU-clstrr IV-fore (.ottmor'i Proclamation, but Hold That Amendment Is Effective Ite gardlcss of Proclamation. VANCOUVER. Trash- Dec I. ( Spe cial. Women of Camas will attempt to rot at the coming municipal slee ttoa despite ths decision of the Attor ney-Qeneral that only women regis tered subsequent to the Governor's proclamation on suffrage shall be en titled to the ballot. They hold this Is but a move to debar them from their rights. Inasmuch as the registration books had already closed at the time the proclamation was Issued. It is the wording of the constitutional amend ment on which the women base thslr right to rot and they demand a more authoritative decision than that of th Attorney-General. Two Councllmen. a Mayor and Treas urer are to be elected. arC as the com ing Council will have rhe power to license saloons the last election th wets won the Interest Is Intense as to the outcome. When the women learned that woman suffrage had carried In the state, they at once began to reg ister, and K took occasion to assert Uilr rights. Th law reads substantially that when a majority of votes have been rest In favor of woman suffrage the law shall become operative, and th t'lorprnor shall Issue a proclamation so stating. It Is held that owing to the peculiar wording of th statute. It waa Intended that women should rote Just as soon as the election carried. Th statut does not say that th women shall rot after th Governor Issues a proclamation, aay th women, but that when the required rote Is east th Governor shall Issue th proc lamation. Thus. It Is held. It was legal for women to register to rot th day It was learned that a majority of rotes In th state bad been cast In favor of soman suffrage. In Vancouver no woman haa yet reg istered, although they had a chance to register for th municipal election Icsmbr (. at which time an election for th Issuaoc of 1314.404 In bonds Is to b bald. toon will not be able to rot at Tues day's local option election, though th -drvs" and "wets- there have been do ing most of their campaigning among th women. Attorney-General Bell haa forwarded a ruling to th effect that th publishing of th Governor's fran chiso proclamstlon on November 23 made It within th 10-day period pre ceding such an election when th reg istration books must be closed. The women not being able to register therefor cannot vote. Poll Closed to Women. TACOMA. Dm. t- Women of Stella- OIL C0MPANYGETS FUNDS Old Corporation Itcsolves Itself Into New One With More Shares. ONTARIO. Or.. Dec I. (Special.) More than 200 stockholders of th On tario Co-operative Oaa Oil Company met her today and by unanimous rote dissolved the old company to organize the Ontario Oil Company. The old company owes nearly 18500. and has but little stock left to sell. All stockholders In th former company ars given the privilege of purchasing stock In th new company for two cents per share, to th amount of their holdings In th former company. Every stockholder present stated that he would protect his stock, and this In sures th payment of the back. debts at once, and Immediate resumption of work on th well, which Is now down 4410 feet. At th meeting SIMM shares were represented, and not a single rot was ca.t against the resolution to sell the holdings to th new company. The people of Ontario are determined to find oIL and will now be in position to drill at least 1000 feet further. BENSON RUMORS HEARD TALK OF KESIGXATIOX IS RE XLWED, DESPITE DEXrST. Interesting Legal Points. Would Present Tliemselves In Case Gov' crnor Should Step Down. All Bids Are Rejected. OREOON1AN NEWS BUREAU", Wash ington. Deo. 3. The Secretary of the Interior haa rejected all bids which wer received at the office of the Rec lamation Service at Klamath Falls. Or for the furnishing of a skid dredge for dredging csnals on the Klamath Irrigation project. Only two bids were received, that of the Stockton Iron Works Company, of Stockton. CsU for I7W.;, and the Lldgerwood Manu facturing Company of Chicago. 111., (or 1000. These bids were regarded as excessive by the project engineer. To th Eplrer e( Laker. We. the undersigned Board of Control of th Municipal Free Employment Bureau, urge that all contractors, mills, factories. mines, farmers. hotels, camps, railroads and private Individu als, desiring help of any kind, either male or female, patronise the labor bureau maintained and operate,! by the City of Portland. Tlie bureau solicits vour co-operation and support and charges no fee whatever to employer or employe. The bureau la located at Nos. ITO-JT; Msulson St. Pnones Horns, A K14: Pacific states, Mnm tiit. (Signed.) K. J. HUiJits. jprrRrniuin anuiactursrs Associst ion. J. L. l.KOWIPOE, Representing Trades Council. A. U. KLSUIJGHT. Representing City Council. Welsh anthracite la economical be cause on ton goes as fsr as two tons of cheap coal. K 0I; C 3202. Reports that Frank W. Benson is to I ...... 1.1 Aer'lal vuf.lnna .iMn, flAtf. ,rnn, ami Rerretarv of Stato are belntf persistently renewed despite th denials of Mr. Benson .that he has any present Intention of resigning. At the same time there lx much discussion of the selection of his successor In the event of his resig nation. While some interesting legal potnta ara Involved In th matter of choosing a suc cessor to Mr. Benson la the event ha should, on account of 111 health, give up hi place. It Is urged by lawyers who have gon carefully Into the subject that the appointment of a successor could be made legally by Acting Gov ernor Bowerman, provided the resigna tion occur previous to the convening of the Legislature, early in January. The various officers who nil eta te elec tive positions take up their duties Jan uary 3, the Governor alone excepted. He doe not eep into power until the con vening of th Legislature the second Monday of January. Therefore, it 1 pointed out, the resignation of the Sec retary of State and acting Governor would make th President of the Stat Henrt Governor in fart, and as such he would hav th filling of any ap pointive offices under the administration an well as vacancies existing in elec tive offices. The point Is raised In some quarters that th new Secretary of State, should on be selected, would be Governor, but tlie consensus of legal opinion Is that the resignation of the Secretary of Stae and acting Governor would serve to In stall th President of the Sanate as the resl Governor snd that he would hold precedence aa such until such time as a duly-elected successor should qualify. In the event of a vacancy occurring previous to January 1. appointment would have to be made for the unexpired term and reappointment made January 1. Under the law. however, such appoint ments hold good only until the next genera election, or two yean hence. POWER TURNED ON TODAY Springfield-Albany Electric Line Completed to Harrlsburg. SPRINGFIELD. Or.. Dec (Special.) The big transmission line, being built by the Oregon Power Company from Springfltld to Albany, and which will supply all th Intermediate points with electrk) power was completed to Harris burg today and the first current will be supplied to that city tomorrow. The line will carry $6,000 voHa Th crews of line men w-ho have been rushing this work for the past two months have been working both ways from Coburg. In Harrlsburg the streets are all wired and many of the homes -have been equipped for tlie current- The transmission line hae been built very heavily. For tlie present It will carry the supply from the SpringfleM plant, whose capacity will soon be 6000 kilowatts, but In tlie fu ture It will carry to the Upper Willam ette Valley the energy of the company's proposed power plants upon the Mc Kenxle River. The line will be extended across the river from Harrieburg into Junction City within a few day It is expected to supply current here In the course of ten days. Crews will also commence work on the line from Harrlsburg to Albany, through Halsey and it Is expected to hare the electrical power In Albany by the first of February. ALL POSTAL MEN TO MEET Postmasters In Convention Would Assemble With Employes. A meeting of all postal employes In the Northwest. Including those receiving their appointments from the President as well as representatives from the several civil service class, may be the outgrowth, one year hence, of the convention of fourth-class postmasters of Oregon held in the Commercial Club building yester day. The plan provides for a Joint conven tion In Portland of the Presidential post masters of Oregon. Washington, and Idaho, delegates of th railway mall di vision, the rural free delivery service, the clerks' association and the carriers.' Subjects calculated to benefit the serv ice will be discussed. The meeting yesterday was attended by more than 30 fourth-class postmasters from all parts of Oregon. Addresses were made by Postmaster Merrick, of this city; Assistant Postmaster William son. Superintendent of the Registry Di vision Winter, John Butterworth. of the railway mail service; Harvey Beckwlth. president of the Commercial Club, and Addison Bennett. The entire assembly visited the Port land PostofBce as guests of Postmaster Merrick. Officers elected are: President, W. A. Morand. Boring: rice-president, J. B. Schaeffer. IUnnton; secretary-treasurer. K. B. Bennett. Irrlgon; additional mem bers executive committee, R. G. Hender son. Chemawa. and A. O. Adams, Cas cade Locks. The organisation will continue Its ef forts to have the fourth-class postmasters of the West placed In the civil service clsss on the same basis as those of the Eastern states. LOG CAMPS TO CLOSE PRICE OUTLOOK TO LOGGERS IS FAR FROM GOOD. Holeproof Hose. In handsome Christmas boxes make ac ceptable Christmas gifts- for man. woman or child; guaranteed to wear six months. A. B. Stelnbach & Co., sole sgents. Christmas apron patterns. C for 25c Original and unique. Send Immediately. Address Needle Shop, 25 Alblna avs. Cost of Delivering: Material to Rail roads Increases Yearly Over supply of Lumber. Practically all the logging camps of the Lower Columbia River district will close for the Winter December 15, according to reports received at the meeting of the Columbia River Loggers' Association, yes terday afternoon, in the Chamber of Com merce building. It was announced that a large percent age of the camps would remain closed until about March 1. unless better prices obtained before that time. Prices are still Arm, however, as the loggers have refused to supply material to lumber men at other prices than have prevailed the past few months. First grade logs are quoted at 213 per thousand feet, sec ond grade at 210 and third grade at 27. H. C. Clair, president of the associa tion, said that the logging situation had undergone a change the past year or two and conditions were now such that it is found Impracticable to supply logs at less prices than are asked at the present time. He said that tne camps Keep working back gradually from the rail roads as the supply of timber Is used up. and consequently the cost of deliver ing logs to market points has Increased proportionately. In reference to the lumber situation. It was declared that the mills were turning out a larger production than the market could take care of. As a result, there Is an over-supply. Until the finished prod uct Is disposed of to a large extent, the loggers say the lumbermen cannot ex pect much of an advance in lumber prices. EUGENE MUSICIAN WEDS Clifford H. Cunningham Makes Miss Eddlngs Bride. Clifford Haynor Cunningham, of this city, and Miss Ruth Hood Eddlngs, of Eugene, were married Wednesday aft ernoon at the home of the bride's aunt, Mrs. M. B. Godfrey, in Eugene. The ceremony was performed In the presence of relatives and a few friends and the Rev. H. N. Mount of the Cen tral Presbyterian Church officiated. The bride was attended by her cou sin, Mrs. F. M. Carter, aa matron of honor and the best man was G. A. Cross, of Portland. The Lohengrin wedding march was played by Mrs. M. H. Douglas as the members of the bridal party took their places and was continued throughout the service, the Mendelssohn march being played at the conclusion of the ceremony, while congratulations were offered. The bride is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George C. Eddlngs, formerly of Portland, and though a resident of Eugene for a comparatively short time has become popular there, especially- among musical circles. Dur ing the past year she has held the position of soprano soloist and leader of the Congregational Church choir as well as having taken part In mucl concert work. Mr. and Mrs. Cun ningham will reside at University Park in Portland, where Mr. Cunning ham Is associated with the Peninsula Lumber Company. Out-of-town guests present at the wedding were: George C. Eddlngs of Oakland, California, father of the bride, and G. A. Cross, Portland. CARD OF THAJTKS. We wish to extend our hearty thanks to our many friends and relatives for their kindness and floral offerings during our bereavement of our beloved son and brother, Benjamin H. Hoffman, especially Harmony Lodge, 106, L O. O. F., Oregon Circle, 171, W. O. W.; also the employes and employers of Wascher Bros. MR. AND MRS. J. B. HOFFMAN AND FAMILY. In Dundee ' gas is principally used fox lighting, both Indoors and outdors. WORTH $300 TO $550 TAKE $160 TO $285 In This Fine and Beautiful "Cote" Piano at $250 Below Its Worth We Are Throwing You a "Lifeline." Don't Run Around Town Grabbing at Straws. Shoplatetj wihe Sag JW Assist tir Brimmed Stmrite it will be many a day betore a piano manufacturer will again offer to supply individual parties in this city with pianos below the factory wholesale price, and which is an aver age of fully $200 below the retail price. I know there are yet hundreds in this city who need pianos, and who, if they knew the facts in the case, would be piling in here head first in a wild scramble to get one before all areone. This store will be open till 10 o'clock atiight, and we hope to sell out tomorrow. We caii.say no more than has been said. They are here for those who want them. They are here without profit. They are as fine as we or any one else know how to build. They are all brand-new, fresh samples, not one of which was yet finished in our factory sixty days ago. They are each accompanied by a strongly worded written guarantee, signed by the Cote Piano Manufacturing Company. Each piano shall prove a perfect gem to its owner or no sale. "We can say no more, nor do any more than this; except to give the buyer such terms of payment as will enable Turn to supply his children with a piano while they are to be had at cost. This we will do. Ten dollars a month will take choice of any piano in this wareroom, and should the buyer, through ill-luck or misfortune, need any reasonable ex tension on his 'payments, our house is the house to grant .it. It is the most liberal house of that kind in the busi ness, and never sold a dollar of its paper. From any view that could be taken of it, this is the house from which to buy your piano, and the time is now. Just look at these prices ! Our $550. Cabinet Grand "Cote" one of the most massive and beautiful toned pianos ever shipped to Portland- at factory wholesale cost, $285. Our $500 Cabinet Grand art style for $235. Our $400 cabinet grand at $195, and our $300 upright piano, medium size, for $160. Any buyer investigating this mat ter will buy of us. There's nothing else to do. COTE PIANO MFG. CO., A. A. FISHER. Manager, V. 361 Morrison Street. V