The Sunday Oregonian., June 25, 1911, SECTION THREE, Page 10, Image 42

TITE SUNDAY OREGOXTAX PORTLAND. JT7XE 25, 1911.
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BAKER DELEGATE
TO BIG GATHERING
President of .Oregon Christian
Endeavor Union Going to
Atlantic City.
LOCAL RALLY IS PLANNED
Missionary Convent Ion Will Be Hold
at White Tempi In Conjunction
With MKtlnn of IMsclple
of Christ In Mate.
O. Errt Baker, president of th
Or con Christian Endeavor Union, will
), Jan IS to attend th 25th Inter
latlonal Christian Endeavor convention
to be held at Atlantic City. S. J-. July
to 12. with full authority to repre
sent the Endeavorer or Oregon In all
matters of business coming befor
that convention.
The report which a so coming In to
the headquarters cf the United Society
of Christian Endeavor Indicate an un
usually large attendance at th con
vention. The large number of hotel
reservations already made, shows that
Christian Endeavorers and their
friends from ail over the continent
will take advantage of the exceptional
opportunity to combine a pleasant va
cation at the noted seaside resort wtth
attendance upon a convention which
offers a very irons; list of speakers
and numerous other attractive fea
tures. Ths revised list of programme speak
ers Includes the following;: President
Taft. Champ Clark. Speaker of th
House of Representatives: ex-V Ice
President Fairbanks. Judge Pen K.
Undsey. of lenver; Ir. Charles M.
Sheldon, of Kansas; Hooker T. Wash
ington. Commander Eva Hooth. of tha
Salvation Army; lr. J. Wilbur Chap
man, the famous evangelist; tr. Pus
sell H. ConwelU of the Philadelphia
Baptist Temple; Rev. K. J. Horsefleld.
president of the Hrltlsh Christian En
seavor Cnlon; P.er. O. Fukud. of Ja
pan: R- II- L Marshall, of Burma:
Hev. R. S. Gray. of. New Zealand; John
Wannamaker. of Philadelphia; Fred
B. Smith, of the International Y. M. C.
A.; Mrs. Mary Wood-Allen Chapman,
the personal purity worker, and a
core or more of pastors and special
ists la Christian Endeavor work from
many denominations, and missionaries
from foreign lands.
Choruses Will Sin.
Choruses are being trained In sev
ral different cities to lecd tha conven
tion singing.
A Christian Endeavor Institute In
several sections conducted by experts
In young people's work will be held
during flvs of the seven mornings of
convention week, and there are other
unique features which promise to
make this one of the greatest gather
ings this world-wide movement has
ever held.
Young's Million-Dollar Pier has been
leased by the Christian Endeavorers
for tha entire week, and only reg
istered delegates and convention visi
tors will be allowed on the pier while
the convention la In session.
Special railroad rates have been
granted from nearly all points
throughout the country for this ton
ventlon. and unusually low hotel ratea
are also offered.
The state convention of the Chris
tian Church, some times known as the
Disciples of Christ, will be held In
conjunction with the missionary con
vention and a grand rally meeting of
the Endeavorers will be held at the
Whit Temple on Sunday night. July
. commencing at :30 P. M. All of
the Endeavorers. whether of the Chrls
tlsn Church or not. are cordially In
vited to attend this big rally.
Senator Borah to Speak.
After the programme of the evening.
Tr. Royal J. I'e. of Polleng. Africa,
and Senator Borah, of Idaho, will ad
dress the meeting. Also there will be
an equally strong programme on the
same evening at Grace Methodist
church. A large chorus choir Is being;
drilled for the services and all en
deavorers are Invited to assist In this
great chorus. Ir. McMlchael will have
charge or the chorus.
The regular monthly business meet
ing or the Endeavorera of the Second
Vnlted Presbyterian Church, known as
"the Church of Strangers." was held
Tuesday evening. The new officers
were elected and Installed and the fol
lowing evening the eoclety enjoyed the
annual luncheon and ride up the Wil
lamette. The Endeavorera stopped at
Oswego, where lunch was served.
The third district of the city local
nnlon will hold Its regular meeting on
Tuesday evening. June 27. at "the
Church of Strangers. The Endeavorers
of this district are all urged to bo
present and all the Endeavorera In the
city are Invited. This meeting comes
the night before the state president
starte for the International Convention
of Christian Endeavorera.
Mlas Town send Heard From.
A communication baa been received
from Mildred Frost, ex-secretary of
the Oregon Christian Endeavor Union.
enclosing a communication from Orace
A. Townsend. who Is known as "the
little secretary or the Florida Christian
Endeavor Union." Miss Townsend has
been state secretary for 10 yeans and
was lust re-elected.
The state executive board held It
meeting Monday. June II, at the lunch
hour In the dinlns-roora of the Y. W.
C. A. A communication from the En
deavorers of Salem. Or, saying they
had organised a local union for the
purpose of arranging plans to entertain
the next state convention and re-
auested that they be given that prlvl
leg, was before the meeting and. after
due consideration, the executive board
passed a resolution appointing Salem
the place to hold the Christian En
deavor State Convention February s,
10 and 11.
FARMERS' UNION BROADENS
Two of I-arg-t Grain Storages lit
Camas Prairie Country nought.
LEW I. -TON". Idaho. June It Spe-
cll The Farmers' Union, of Grange-
vllle. today dosed a deal In which they
will become the owners of two of the
largest grain storaites In the Camas
Prairie countrv. The two warehouses
will be enlarged, making It possible
for the storage of all of th crop of
the country tributary to that center.
The newly organised company ex
pect to conduct their buying and sel
ling on an extended scale, and market
their crop on th "pool" ystem. com
monly used by the unions throughout
th Northwest. The Indications show
i that they will assume, to a large ex
eats th aelllj "'"' tazm-
erly held by the large warhouse firms
of this section. The farmers will con
duct their business through the head
ufnee. which Is located at Portland. Or.
The bulk of the 111 crop wlil go
through Uewlsten to Porrladd by the
river route from this place. An early
shipment Is expected, as there will be
difficulty In bringing the grain to the
points down from Camas Prairie.
BEACH CHAUTAUQUA NIGH
rian Complete for Summer Course
at Gcarliart Park.
Arrangement have been completed to
hold the Brat annual Gearhart Park
Chautauqua. The attraction will be
furnished by the Chautauqua Manager'
Association, of Chicago, and will In
clude speakers, singers and musicians
well known on the- Chautauqua circuit
Th Gearhart Chautauqua will be
held from July to July 1. Inclusive,
and many Portland residents are ar
ranging to spend vacation at the beach
at that time.
The first attraction will be the Chi
cago women's orchestra, which will apr
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pear July t and July . This enter
tainment will be followed by Richard
Yates. ex-Governor of Illinois, and a
speaker of National reputation. J.
Frank Hanley. ex-Governor of Indiana,
will speak July 14. and July 17 will
have a double bill. Including Gabriel R.
Maa-ulre. African lecturer and explorer.
and William Sterling Battls, Interpre
ter of llcken. The Apollo Concert
Company and boll ringers will be on
the bill July I.
STEVENSON ENJOYS BOOM
llomeseeker Are Attracted by Ska
mania County Lands.
stpvkn'bON. Wash. June II.
i9uMl The Stevenson Board of
Trade Is making an extra effort to
attract homeeeekers to Skamania,
County. Five families have already
..t-jt T.lttlo White Salmon
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Valley. Sample boxes of the different
products are dally leaving nere lor
Eastern cities.
e. Cnnrih Af Julv celebration to be
held here thta year will eclipse any
thing ever held on the Upper Colum
bia. The committee are sparing no
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and enjoyment of the many visitor
who are expected to te tne city a
guests.
Ilwaco Light Plant Starts Again.
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the North Shore Light Power Com
pany has started tne eieciriu nam pm
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ploded last February, and In conse
quence extensive repair. ' '""
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rttory embracing Ilwaco, Seavlew and
Losg Beacn.
Fa I la City Water System Completed.
FALLS CITY. Or- June II. (Special.)
The new gravity waer system Is al
most completed, and after a tnree-aay
test will be turned over to the city by
the contractors. The Jahn Construction
Co of Portland.
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Old-Fashioned Celebrations of
Fourth Are Planned.
NEARBY TOWNS PREPARE
Eagle to Scream at Gladstone,
Grcshani, Kstacada, Lents, Crys
tal Springs and Other Sub
urbs Fun to Kelgn.
One week from Tuesday 1 th. lJ5th
anniversary of the birth of the. Nation
and with customary plans a large
number of suburban points will cele
brate that glorious event.
Special efforts are being made oy
Gladstone, where the Chautauqua opens
for a U-day session: at Gresham.
where there will be racing and base
ball under the direction of the Ores-ham-Rlverslde
Amusmcnt Association;
at Estacnda. where the volunteer fire,
men will give an "?w-f"""e.
Fourth- with a real goddess of llber
tv, as their forefathers were wont to
do: Lents will have a celebration wltn
games of all kinds, speaking and other
features, and Costal Springs will be
the rendevous for the Journeymen
Barbers' Union and cash prises will be
offered for the prettiest baby upon the
ground, for a girls' race and a wo
men's race. There will be a ball game
at 2 o'clock.
Kstacada and Gladstone are making
the most extensive preparations for
the observance ot the Fourth of July.
At Kstacada there will be one of the
real old-fashioned affairs, which are so
attractive to the lovers of patriotism.
It will begin with the dawn when the
village blacksmith will go out In the
natural park at the edge of town and
with two anvils proceed to fire ott
large charges of powder for the pur
pose of awakening the citlsens and
notifying them, that another National
birthday has arrived. There will also
be an Indualrlal parade, which was al
ways a feature of the early celebra
tions. Following this there will be
addresses by the orators of the day,
but not before the reading or the Dec
laration or Independence by a girl, all
dressed In whiter Lunch Is to be
served In the park by the Inited
Ladles' Aid societies or the "Several
churches, and in the artemoon there
will be two baseball games, dancing
and music by the Mllwaukle 26-piece
band.
Gresham has provided for plenty or
fun. There will be a caUithumplan
parade at 10 A. M. This parade Is
one ot the unique reatures or the
Fourth or July celebrations or olden
times and furnishes plenty of amuse
ment. There will be an oration and
patriotic music while a good, old-time
dinner will be served in the grove,
which adjoins the city to the east.
The formal opening of the Gresham
Rlverslde Amusement Association race
track will take place In the afternoon,
when there will be horse-racing. There
will be dancing In the efternoon and
evening, baseball games and music by
a K-plece band.
In the Chautauqua park at Gladstone
on the Fourth. Oregon City will Join
In the celebration, which Is under the
direction of the Willamette Valley
Chautauqua Association. The most
prominent feature will be the oration
to be delivered by ex-Governor "Dick
Yates, of Illinois. The Governor Is a
favorite wtth every, cltlxen of Illinois
and hla coming to Oregon Is viewed
m-Hh a great deal of Interest. .A' Port
land band will furnish muslc.
The Fourth begins with a game of
baseball In the morning between the
teachers and the lawyers. In the aft
ernoon the Naval Mllltla band will
play, there will be a song by Mrs. Rose
Bloch Bauer, the reading of the Decla
ration of Independence, the song "Red,
White and Blue" by Professor W. H.
Boyer. and baseball games, races. In
cluding a slx-mlle steeple-chase be
tween the Cheroawa Indians and a Y.
M. C. A. crew.. In the evening Dr. Ga
briel K. Magulre will lecture on Africa.
At Vancouver, Wash., extensive prep
arations are being- made for one of the
best days or a decade. Picked ath
lete from the 1200 men tormlng the
garrison have been In training ror
some time to take part in the contests
which are to be provided ror the enter
tainment or the people. There will
be company drill. Butts' manual drill,
accompanied by music, mountain bat
tery section drill, mule obstacle race
and wall-scaling.
EVANGELIST WHO WILL
BE HERE WELL KNOWN
Claries Reign Scovffle and Mrs. Scoville Will Attend National Convention
of Christian Church, July 4 to 11.
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AMONG the noted men who will at
tend the National convention or
the Christian Church, which Is to
be held In this city from July 4 to 11.
Is Charles Relgn Scoville. the greatest
evangelist representing this denomina
tion In the I nlted States.
At recent meetings h'Id by Itev. Mr.
Scoville and his assistants there were
additions as follows: Huntington. W.
Vs.. TW. Topeka. Kan.. 1W7: Oklahoma
City. U12. So great Is the demand for
his service that churches wlio d-'slre
to have him hold meeting are ' com
pelled to aalt months for a date. How
ever. Hev. J. F. Ghormlry. pastor of the
Central Christian Church, this city, anys
he reels particularly fortunate In hav-i..-
Hmx. MX, tfovvUi bold meeUoga lor
him. beginning Sunday, July 9. or lmme
hiiikIt after the convention.
Mr. Scoville. who is a talented vocal-
i.t will ainn at the convention, as wen
as assist her husband In the series of
meetings at the Central Churcn.
As the time for holding the conven
tion approaches enthusiasm among the
members of the Christian unurcn in
all parts of the Cnlted .States Is quite
annarent. Will F. Powell, of the local
commit tee. has been advised that Mr.
It. H. Waggener. ot Cincinnati, o.. who
1. to conduct the "Rose City" special
train trom that city, has succeeded so
well that a second special train will be
run to accommodate the people. Spe
cial cars will be chartered by people
who are coming to the convention from
St. Louts. Kansas City, Da Molnea and
Minneapolis.
Sale of $48.00
Wilton Rugs
$2 CASH, $1 PER WEEK
These are not common velvet Rugs, but are No. 1
quality, high-grade goods. If you expect to find the
latest patterns and colorings you will be disap
pointed, for these are being sold at this price because
the patterns are not popular This does not mean
that the patterns are not good, for makers of fine
Wiltons do not put out any patterns that are not the
work of the highest-priced artists.
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leather seat dining-room yf
outfit to your no me
The superior workmanship, the expert construction and
the high-grade materials that were used in maKmg tms
Dining Set distinguish it from the ordinary furniture
that "you see so often advertised. The table is made of
selected and thoroughly seasoned solid oak, massively
constructed and beautifully polished golden finish. The
chairs are made of quarter-sawed oak, with seats cov
ered in genuine leather; a regular $50.00 value. The
table and six chairs,. complete, on sale for. . . .$39.7'
Special Sale of Hammocks
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"We have an enormous
stock of Hammocks. The
Summer season has been
very backward and sales
have not been what we ex
pected. These must be
sold, so we make prices al
most without profit. -
$1.50 Hammocks now 90
$2.75. Hammocks . . .$2.15
$3.50 Hammocks. . .$2.80
$5.00 Hammocks. . .$3.75
20 per cent special discount
on all other Hammocks.
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A Large Shipment of Stickley
Craftstyle Chairs and. Rockers
$1 CASH $1 WEEK
It is a wise plan to buy only good furniture
and everybody can afford to do it by
using onr easy-payment plan. A good chair
or rocker will last a lifetime a cheap one
is a nuisance as long as it is around. Many
ruwinla nf moderate means
have finely furnished homes,
getting" one or two good
pieces at a time on the small
outlay of $1.00 a week, which
they can easily spare. We so
licit a comparison of prices.
We run our store on a very
economical basis, so we can
and do undersell any firm
that has big rent and .his;h
expenses. Special this week,
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Come Here fep
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Fumed Oak, Leather-Cushioned Craftsyle Furniture
at Reasonable Prices. Pay as You Like.
Xo. 800 Small Settee, leather seat $15.00
No. 789 Medium Settee, leather Seat SS2
No. 374 Large Settee, leather seat.. $75.00
Nobody Can Meet
Our Prices
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For a Refrigerator net the small
est and poorest not one that is no
use to you but a big one. Note the
size, and if you look around, remem
ber our offer, or cut out the ad. and
take it with you. This Refrigerator
is 27 inches Avide, 17 inches deep,
45 inches high; capacity, 75 pounds
of ice.
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Mrs. F. D. Chamberlain Says There
Is Need for Association Build
in; for-Young Women.
X large toardlngr-house under the
control of the "Young; Women' Chris
tian Association I needed In Portland,
says Mr. F. D. Chambarlaln. one of
the directors of the association. Port
land, asserts Mrs. Chamberlain. Is prac
tically without means of affording pro
tection to girls without homes and the
isoclatlon Is anxious to secure a ao-
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No public ubcrlptIon will be made
. .k. an.utinn. the directors con-
mtlng themselves with appealing to
ealthy cltixena of Portland for the
matlon or a sum Bumtieui w
nucleua for the erection or itwins
such a building, or suggesting that
honuest In a will would form a very
worthy memorial.
"What the Young Women's Christian
Association needs." said Mrs. Cham
berlain. "Is a donation for the con
struction and operation of a boarding
home for young women to be run In
r.nnnrtlnn with the Y. W. C. A. The
tels and boaraing-nouse in muov m
. ii t n nnt nlaces where we feel
fe in sending young girls.
f turn v w f A. are
Inadequate to meet this demand. At
present time we imve uui
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boarding-houses that we keep, but aa
I say. mis is verj umoi.o.
"What we want and want badly I a
boarding-house. We do .not want to
kit. ..ih.prlnt inn but we
carry wn yuun- ' -
1 are hopeful that ome public-spirited
cltlxen will come forward with a do
nation of sufficient elxe to form a
nucleua for this work, or else provide
for us in a will. Henry A. Strong, of
Rochester. N. Y-. ha recently donated
175,000 to the Rochester Y. W. C. A.
for the erection of a building, and It
1 In hopes that thia will be duplicated
In Portland that wo are making this
plea.
"Could we get such a donation, we
then could secure the remainder by
public subscription or otherwise foV
thl rk. Very few realize how urg
ent this need 1. Hundreda of girls,
far away from their friend and home,
are coming to Portland, and we are
unable to provide a satisfactory safe
guard for them, solely because we can
not place them where we want. A
boarding-house, controlled by the as
sociation, would remedy this, and as
sist us greatly In our work." .
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MANY CAUGHT IN LOT NET
Realty Bubble Which Burst In Ta
coma Nabs Centralis Folk.
CEXTRALIA. Wash., June 24. (Spe-
The Jovlta Heights realty dud
ble of Tacoma. which has Just exploded
with the arrest of the president and
Mb.. nffir-rs. claims a number of vic
tims in Centralla. Chehalls and other
parts of .Lewis County. With few ex
ception tne dupes were wuraeu u
1. 1 o-ifia whn were lured into the
scheme with glowing promises. Sjioly
told, by exploiters in tne erapiuj
Th. victims Inrlude house-
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wives, who Invested their pin money,
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whose whole earnings have been swept
into the project, ana two oia women ui
Centralla. who spent all they had.
ni.th.rii- PAHA here is that of an
aged and party paralyzed widow, who
. j : . i near tha ooor farm
after sinking almost her last cent In
the Jovlta Heights lots. It Is known
that more than one schoorteacher here
has been unable to go. on vacation Be
cause of money Invested in the bubble.
The young women are obliged to work
In office in Seattle and Tacoma until
school starts again. Altogether, Cen
tralla counts at least 16 victims, while
Chehalls has nine.
Death Calls Twice In 8 "Weeks.
CEKTRALIA. Wash.. June 24. (Spe-
clal.) For the second time In three
Furniture
for Coast or
Camp Use
at
Right
Prices
.ot. .lonth has visited the home of
F. W. Gotchy, a stockman and promi
nent citizen of Lincoln, near here. The
first death took his little son. Yester
day morning his other little boy died
after a brief illness. The double blow
has proved a grave shock to the chil
dren's parents. The little boys were
and 10 years of age.
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A. WEEK OF
E'GREATIO.N
Ju,LlE22 Seattle's
Golden Potlatch
An Absolutely Unique Celebra
tion of the Arrival of the
First Golden Treasure
from the Golden North
Some of the doingi of Potlatch Week
Aerial Flights Daily, by Cnrtlss. Ely and others
The Wonderful Hydroplane Traveling; by Air.
Land and Sea. ' .
Wster Fetes and Sports.
Review ol the U. S. Battleships.
Daily Historical and Artistic j-aieanta.
Coronation of Kine and Queen ol the Potlatch.
Parades of All Nations.
TananpMi Feast nf tanterna. .
Chinese Monster Dracon Parade.
Indian Dances and Ceremonies.
Floral Parades of Women and Children.
Music by EUerjr's and Other Great Bands.
Nightly Dances and Masquerades.
YOU MUST NOT MISS IT
REDUCED RATES ON ALL LINES ASK ANY AGENT
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