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WOMAN'S AND
SPECIAL FEATURES
SECTION FIVE
Pages 1 to XO
PORTLAND, OREGON', SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 14, 1912.
NO. 2.
VOL. XXX.
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During This Great January Clearance
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Sale
THE MOST MODERATE SALARY entitles you to open an account
with U3 for the asking and thus fulfill your desire for a completely
furnished home. We arrange the payments to suit your income and
no interest is added to our prices to pay for the privilege of buying on
time. Each payment" reduces your obligation steadily until, almost
before you realize it, yon will find that you have achieved independ
ence and a home you can call your own.
THE "POWERS SYSTEM" -not only offers you extremely liberal
terms to start with, but provides the greatest consideration during
times of sickness and misfortune. We aim to bring our accounts to a
happy close in the same pleasant manner in which they are started,
thus proving genuinely helpful and worthy of your confidence in
every way. Thousands of other people have been made happy and
comfortable through the "Powers Way," why not you?
A Great
Pedestal
Disposal of Fine
Extension Dining
Tables, Solid Oak
Prices Reduced Almost
One-Half
fl.VSO Fumed Oak Pedestal Extension Table,
R-foot, 42-inch top. January CO
Clearance price P:UU
f22..V) Oak I'edestal Extension Table, fumed
Finish, 6-foot, 42-ineh top. J C Ztf
Sale price ) liOU
131.00 solid Oak Pedestal Extension Table,
6-foot, 4S-inch top, fumed " " T J
finish; January Clearance.. j) 1 U O
33.50 Pedestal Extension Table- of solid oak,
Early English finish, 6-foot, ( O 7 C
4-vinrh top, reduced to. . . . J) AO O
$33 solid Quartered Oak Pedestal Extension
Table, 6-ft., 4S-in. top, hand
some pattern, reduced to.
$19.50
$24.50 Quartered Oak Pedestal Extension Ta
ble, golden wax finish, 45-in. d 1 O "7
top, 6-ft. extension, special J) X O O
$55 best Quartered Oak Pedestal Extension Ta
ble; 6-ft. 45-in. top," Early QQ
English finish; special dZJ JJ
$62 solid Oak Extension Table, golden finish;
has 60-in. top with 8-foot J O C 7C
extension; special POvt O
$65 best Quartered Oak Extension Table, Early
English finish, 54-inch top, 1 O O Crt
8-ft. extension; reduced to.. pOOUV
$12." Quartered Oak Extension Dining Table,
golden wax finish, 60-inch l??0 Cfl
top. 10-foot extension (POOiOv
Mahogany Rockers Reduced 25
A Choice Selection of 75 to 80 Patterns
This generous 25 per cent reduction covers an almost endless variety of styles in mahogany Rock
ers, suitable for parlor, living-room or bedroom use, from the imitation mahogany, priced regu
larly at .50. to the solid mahogany styles as high as $42.00. High-back end low-back patterns,
true' Colonial designs, copies of Period styles, and almost every known or wanted size or pattern.
Sanitary Metal Couches With
Guaranteed Fabric, Supported
Center, Finished Gold Bronze
A cliance for a big saving on an always useful article. Makes a couch of fine appearance when
tint iime and can be converted into a full-sire comfortable bed when desired. Heavy angle iron
ba. heavy link fabric top. ONE ONLY TO A CUSTOMER
. A
South Bend Malleable Range
the best Range made sold
on the lowest terms ever offered
on a Range of high grade.
The Lifetime Range aptly named, for it is guaran
teed to give you a lifetime of absolutely satisfactory
service Furthermore, it is the only Range made on
which is given a fifteen-year guarantee to replace
any broken or defective part, should there be one,
during that time. Its economy of fuel, its sterling
malleable qualities and perfect results obtained in
cooking, embody Range perfection.
SI. OO Weekly
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Saving From $75.00
to $246 on Bedroom
Sets of Highest Grade
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For the woman whose taste and judgment in furniture has heretofore ex
ceeded the limitations of her pocketbook, this is indeed a great oppor
tunity as we are practically advancing her $75 to $246 to apply on her
choice of the most distinguished of Period styles in four to eight-piece
suits in mahogany, walnut and enamel finish. Note the descriptions be
low, and the great reductions:
Regular $365.75 S-pieee pray enamel Bedroom Suite, oonbisting of Dresser,
Chiffonier, Dressing Table, Bed, Koom Table, Chair, Rocker and Dressing
Table Chair, made by one of Orand Rapids' foremost fac-
torie3, reduced to fftiJ
Regular $369.00 Sheraton Inlaid Solid Mahogany Bedroom Suite, four
pieces, including Dresser, Chiffonier, Bed and Dressing Table; (J O A Q
reduced to ttlt
Regular $286 solid Mahogany Louis XVI suite of four pieces, (t ty
Bed, Dresser, Chiffonier and Dressing Table, reduced to p i L L
Regular $700.50 six-piece Georgian Suite of solid mahogany, consisting of
Dresser, Chiffonier, Dressing Table, Bed, Cheval Mirror and T
Somnos, reduced to J)JOv
Regular $250 three-piece Circassian Walnut Suite, consisting of Bed, Chif
fonier and Dresser, in Louis XVI style; reduced for clear- d1 0"7
ance, special at ! A I
Regular $285 5-piece Satin Walnut Suite of high grade. 1 Q C
Bed, Dresser, Chiffonier, Cheval and Table. Special iff X J Zj
We Want You to
Know About Our
Great Outfit Offer
3 Rooms, Furnished
Complete, Ready for
Housekeeping, for
. DINING-ROOM -6-foot
Oak Dining Ta
ble 6 Oak Diners
Handsome Sideboard
1 fine Rug
BEDROOM
Iron Bed
Spring ' Mattress
Dresser
Two Chairs
Arm Rocker
KITCHEN
6-hole Steel Range
Kitchen Queen
Two Kitchen Chairs
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Special Price This Week of
"Aviator" Sewing Machine
The Equal of $35 Machines Sold Elsewhere
Come in and see this splendid Machine which
we offer this week, to introduce it, at the spe
cial price of "$18.75. lias" solid oak case, highly
polished and finished golden, drop head, all of -the
usual attachments, and four drawers.
"The Free"
is the highest grade, most talked-of Sewing
Machine in the market today. We offer it to
you on thirty days' free trial, with the privilege
of buying on the very low terms of
$1.00 Down $1.00 a Week
40-Pound Sanitary Felt Mat
tress With Best Grade Ticking
and French Edge, Reg. $11, for
A Mattress that will give years and years rr? service and an abundance of good, solid com
fort while it lasts. Is made up of layer felt, and weighs forty pounds. "Will not sag or get
lumpy. Is easily the equal of many felt Mattresses that are featured at $15.00.
$7.50
A Number of Brass and Iron Beds
to Sell at From 15 to 33Vs
Less Than Regular Price
There are about thirty-five of these Beds, each of adifferent pattern. We cannot spare
the room to displav them, having no reserve stock, and we can't afford to store them away
out of sight, therefore we will sell them at a loss, as they are the last of our odd patterns in
Beds, and when they are gone, our regular patterns can be displayed at regular prices. So
come' in now and make a genuine saving of many dollars.
Rugs of Highest Quality
to Be Sacrificed This Week
$37.50 9x12 Wilton Eug in Persian design of reds,
green and cream. For quick clear- tf O J J C
ance, reduced to iffdJ J
$48.00 9x12 Wilton Rug, heavy quality, beautifully de
signed, conventional pattern, in tones J Q O f f
of red. Special lj)JtOV
$58.00 9x12 Amaxim Axminster Rug in Medallion pat
tern, with deep border, highest qual- tf Q Q Q C
ity, special for quick clearance.".. . . iffJJ ZJ
$25.00 9x12 Axminster Rugs, your choice of three pat
terns, Oriental, floral and conven- (t Q C
tional; special for this Clearance iff IQiOJ
$20.00 9x12 Seamless Tapestry Rug, very best quality
for the regular price. Your choice oflJ1 O Q C
six patterns, special for clearance tj) 1 JoOw
9x12 all-wool Ingrain Art Squares, splendid for bedrooms, in all colors, light Q Qfl
and dark, large and small patterns; special tPiciVV
if pSSBkls
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CAREER OF EARLY OREGONIAN EDITOR
FILLED WITH MANY QUAINT EVENTS
Old-School Methods of J. M. Baltimore, Who Died in Saa Francisco Eecently, Recalled Democracy of Office
Encouragement to Staff in Exchanging Candid Idea of Work.
BY IIK.NKT E. REED.
JM. BALTIMORK. who dld reont-
ly In !an Frmncl-n. wil well
known In Portland, harlnc ben
a mfmWr of TIi Orenonlan nw
Imff for a number of year. Many
Incident are recalled of hie career
here which (tlve an Interesting side
light on his personality.
When Mr. Baltimore becam city edi
tor of The Orrfcor.lan in August. 1S88.
the reportorlal staff consisted. In ad
dition to himself, of Edward 1 (Jerry)
Coldwell. who died In 108: Krnest
Brosa. now editor of the Indlanapolla
Star; Bailey Arery. now In the the
atrical busutesa In the Kant: leander
H. AVell.t. whose beat extended from the
Willamette H ver to Mount Hood and
from the Clackamas Hirer to the Co
lumbia River, and Henry E. Reed, now
In the real at business In Tortland.
Melvla O. Wlnstock. now ireneral man
ager of the re&plea Amusement Com
panr. was also on The Orecontan
staff durlna- the Baltimore regime.
This was the first time that tha local
staff had totaled six men and Mr. Bal
timore, considered himself at tha head
of the first metropolitan news force
erer organised In Portland. Accord
ingly, much mora attention was siren
to the collection and display of city
news than had theretofore been the
case. Mr. Baltimore retired from tha
city editorship In the early part of
1S1.
Aa a writer or handler of news. Mr.
Baltimore was not In the same class
with Newman J. Lerinson or & R.
Fraser, who preceded him In the city
editorship, nor with Alfred Sorenson,
who succeeded him. As writer, Mr.
Baltimore belonged to a type of news
paper men who had all but disappeared
from the profession In the lata '70s.
though a few specimens remain. He
was a flowery writer, and delighted la
adjectlrcs and adrerbs. Ha was of a
do tic temperament, though be had
never written any poetry. anTl was at
home In describing an ocean sunset
or the Columbia River scenery.
Shortly after he became city, editor
he adopted a system then In rogue on
the New Tork Herald, of starting Im
portant local stories with an apt quo
tation from Shakespeare, Milton,
Homer or some other great poet. Like
wise, he threw his poetic fancy Into
the headlines. Thus, the threadbare
first line, "From the East Side." was
dropped and transformed Into the more
high sounding. "Over the Rippling
River. One year Mr. Baltimore went
to Long Beach for bla Summer vaca
tion, and wrote a story for the paper.
It was In his usual style, and so were
the headlines. One of the headlines
was, "Down by the Sounding Sea." it
was too short and the grave question
confronted Jerry, who waa acting city
editor, of filling it oat and making It
fit. Jerry did not like to touch his
superior's copy, so W. M. Davy, fore
man of- the composing-room, who waa
much of a wag. solved the problem
by filling in after the word "sea.'J, the
words, "There's Where the Tide Comes
In." Every one around the office
thought Baltimore would rave when he
saw the desecration, but he did not. He
warmly complimented Davy on making
the addition, and said it was lust the
right thing.
Mr. Baltimore had a dignified and
courtly bearing and his manners were
those of a Southern gentleman of the
old school. He was sparing In the use
of liquor. His favorite tipple, when
h,e Indulged, was hot Scotch taken
after the day's work was done. He
would go at hla glass In much the
same style he would begin writing- a
description of a moonrise behind Mount
Hood. First he would push his big,
broad-rimmed black hat to the back
of his head and later take It from his
head and lay It carefully on a table.
Then he would unbutton his vest and
throw his coat and overcoat full back,
exposing a mass of shirt front. When
the drink was served, he would lift his
glass and say. "Here's regards, gentle
men: we will now bite the tail of the
adder." The pne or two drlnka thus
taken were to Mr. Baltimore a sort of
recreation. He never was known to
overindulge.
As a writer, and as a city editor.
Mr. Baltimore was a stickler for facts.
He would not knowingly misstate the
facts In an article ha was writing, nor
If he could prevent it, would he' permit
an untruth to get Into the paper If
written by another. No'.hing would
bring his wrath down upon the head
of a reporter quicker than a false
statement of the facts, whether willful
or not, whether pertaining to a friend
or enemy. His doctrine was that It
was the reporter's duty to get the facts
correctly and .write them truthfully.
Now and then his confidence waa
abused. Years ago there was a re
porter on the paper who had a habit
of writing Into his stories what Balti
more called "curved swords," or "twist
ers." One night Baltimore gave to this
reporter a prospectus of the Northwest
Industrial Exposition to write up. The
prospectus contained lithograph por
traits of the directors of the exposition,
and the publisher of the prospectus was
proud of the quality of this work. The
reporter wrote the notice and handed
It to Baltimore with the assurance that
It eontalned no "twisters" or curved
swords." Without reading the story,
Baltimore put it In the hole In the wall
and sent it up to the composing room.
The next morning when he read the
paper his eyes met the following refer
ence to the lithograph pictures: "The
prospectus contains the portraits of the
directors of the exposition, who may be
recognized by the fact that their names
are printed underneath their pictures."
When Baltimore arrived at the office
the publisher of the prospectus was
sitting on the stairway waiting for
him. Explanations followed, and
things were adjusted amicably.
"Curved Sword Gets By.
Another reporter who was sent to In
terview Binger Hermann on an Im
portant subject, began his story by
writing, "Let me see," said Mr. Her
mann, scratching his head thought
fully. "I must be careful what I say."
This "curved sword" also- got by Mr.
Baltimore and bothered him greatly.
Newspaper work was comparatively
easy going In Portland at the time Mr.
Baltimore became city editor of The
Oregonian. The town had worked out
of the business depression of 1885-86,
and was making rapid strides. But
there were no very early mails to catch
therefore, no feverish anxiety to hurry
the paper to press. The first run of
copy cleaned up the commercial, sport
ing, editorial and early telegraph.
Then came more telegraph. All tele
graph copy came In handwriting fresh
from the stylus. In skeleton, and was
delivered by messenger boys. Local
copy was not wanted by the composing
room until about midnight, consequent
ly there was no hurry to get to work.
The reporters came on at 7 P. M. and
the city editor at 7:30. At 8:30 o'clock
Mr. Scott, having finished reading his
proofs, dropped in for a chat. All hands
wrote until 10 o'clock, when there was
a knock-off for an hour for supper, in
which the telegraph force Joined. Lo
cal writing seldom finished before mid
night, and frequently ran as late as
2:30 A. M.
Mr. Plttock .usually made a call on
the staff between 11 and 12 o'clock. Just
before starting home. The late watch
man stayed on until 3 A. M., and it was
his duty, before leaving for home to
phone the police station, St. Vincent's
Hospital and Good Samaritan Hospital.
First and Front streets had the bulk of
the town's business, and the center of
night life was First and Alder streets.
West of First street mere was prac
tically nothing, except Chinatown,
which was on Second street.
Paper's Heads Nicknamed.
It was under Mr. Baltimore's admin
istration that the custom grew up on
The Oregonian of nicknaming the
bosses. Thus. Mr. Scott, the editor, be
came known as "the old man," or "H.
W."; Mr. Plttock became known as the
'Commodore," presumably .because he
safely steered the pay ship Into port
every Saturday night: Mr. Baltimore
was known to the force as. "Bait." - It
may Interest the present local staff of
The Oregonian to know that 24 years
ago the local force, headed by Balti
more, Joined in a recommendation
to Mr. Pittock to abolish the
"City News in Brief" department,
known to the profession as the
"side-head" column. The proposed new
plan was o give all small items a
black top head. It was thought for a
while that Mr. Pittock would consent
to the change, but he did not and that
ended 1L
Mr. Baltimore took a broad view of
religion, but was not, during the time
he was city editor of The Oregonian, a
communicant of any church. He was
liberal in his grants of spaoe to
the doings of the churches. Miss
Kearney, whom he married, was a
Catholic. - His father-in-law, Thomas
Kearney, was for many years a familiar
figure In Portland. Every St. Patrick's
day Mr. Kearney bedecked himself In
green ribbon, and preached the glories
of the Irish race from sunrise to sun
down. He was proud of his aon-ln-law.