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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, rORTLAND, . FEBRUARY 4, 1912. .
NEW YORK'S "DEATH AVENUE" LOOMS
AGAIN AS TROUBLESOME PROBLEM
Law Orders Belief, tut Kayor Hasn't Power to Enforce It Unless Railroad Accepts Terms Oldest Schoolteacher
Pensioned, Baises Pass About New-Pangled System.
BT UXTT T. LONEBOAN.
NEW YORK. Feb. J. (Special.)
Resident of that ectlon of the
lower Wut Fide, known as "Death
Avenue." have Just discovered that
they have teen fooled aaaln. and are
besieging- the Legislature for relief, as
they have done for lo! these many
years.
"Death Avenue" Is Eleventh avenue,
where the freight trains of the New
Tork Central run at tirade, and where
there are neither rate nor flagmen.
It has been nearly 0 years since the
first effort was made to protect-residents,
but railroad Influence or some
kind of Influence has prevented any
char.se beln made. Men have run for
the Lsis:aCure on the "Death Avenue
Issue." been defeated on the same
grounds, but at present thing are Just
as they always have been.
At the session In Albany year
what waa termed a real remedy was
passed by both bousea Mayor Gaynor
ha the power to pass on all city legis
lation, and be vetoed the act on the
g-reund that It was unconstitutional.
As a remedy he offered a bill he had
drafted himself, which gave the local
board of estimate power to confer with
the railroad officials and remedy eon
dltlona There was more or less dis
cussion, but finally the "Mayor's bill"
waa accepted, passed by the Legisla
ture, approved by the Mayor and signed
by the Governor.
This was nearly a year ago. Blnee
then there have been conferences (our
officials are great on that kind of re
lief), but no action. The city offered
one remedy, the railroad politely de
murred, and no decision was reached.
After these many monthe It has sud
denly been dlscovsred that the city,
which has power to confer, has no
power to enforce. Unless the railroad
accepts, no action can be taken, and
the "Death Avenue" folks are Just
awakening to the fact that they have
been buncoed as usoal. .
Now another "Death Avenue" bill Is
before the lawmakers, and the time
worn arguments are being repeated
over and over again. Perhaps there
will be some real relief by this time,
but there are a lot of pessimist who
can see no hope In the situation.
Crew Reeta, Trala Walts.
A New Torker who has Just returned
from the Key West celebration held to
mark the opening of the railroad over
the Keys, brings a unique story of the
way they do things In the Sunny South.
I was on my way from Key West
to Rock Ledge." he said. "At 11 o'clock
at right our train pulled onto a siding
and remained taere until I A. M. One
lias to be patient while traveling In the
i-outh. and there were few complaints.
In the morning a group of us on the
DIPPEL'S COMING PERFORMANCES
AROUSE INTEREST IN NEW YORK
Chicato Opera Company Will Give Six Entertainments Society Secures Talented Artists to Perform at Private
Homes Mrs. Maeterlinck's Criticisms Cause of Her Unpopularity in America.
TT EVItlie FKANCES BACtTR.
NEW TOKK. Jan. 2. (Special.)
New York 1 manifesting much
Interest in the out-of-town attrac
tions which are coming In, foremost
among which Is the Chicago Opera
Company, with which Mr. Dlppel will
give a aerie of six performance. It
la not unlikely that there will be ev
eral upplementary ones. It la expect
ed also that Mm. Maeterlinck will
make some sort of an arrangement,
according to plans which were laid
while she waa In town thla week, to
appear at some social functions.
New York Is changing markedly this
season In the form of entertainment In
the elegant homes. Many of them sup
ply musical entertainments with the
best artist before the public. This 1
one reason why Zlmballst has not been
able to get out of New York very far.
as he hs been quit the craze in o
ciety. where he has been heard In near
ly all the fashionable homes.
Materliack.'e Wife Critic.
Mme. Mseterllnck has been lionized,
so to speak. In Boston, where she has
appeared in "Pelleas et Mellsande" as
drama and as opera, and In the title
role of "Mom Vanna" the drama.
Mm. Maeterlinck ha made herself
perhap mora unpopular than wu
necessary by too strong a campaign In
behalf of her husband's aims and out
look on life. It was needless to have
discussed Mary Gardens Mellsande.
Just as it was ungracious, because to
this great artist Is due the first Maeter
linck sensation of America. It la true
Mrs. Patrick Campbell gave a dra
matic performance of "Pelleas et Me
llsande." and there have been other
Maeterlinck dramas given from time
to time In this country, but when Msry
Garden gave the Continent her wonder
ful Impersonation of what we may call
the Maeterlinck-Debussy Mellsande.
Maeterlinck became a name that no
person with the least literary knowl
edge could afford to Ignore. Of the
remarks accredited to A! me. Maeter
linck. Miss Garden said: "I suppose It
Is but natural that my chief sympathy
goes to the wonderful muslo of De
bussy, although I am as fond of a value
in iha drama as In music And of
course I would naturally resent the
fact that when I was to create the role
In Parts. Maeterlinck wrote to the pa
pers expressing the hope that I would
fall; but this was merely because his
wife. Georgette Leblano, wa not to do
It and I was.
Art ma Makes Cesssseat.
"I am not disparaging the greatness
of Maeterlinck, but I think it always
a great pity when a genius of that type
shows how purely human he la. Why
should bis wife know more about such
characters as Mellsande. Arlane or Mon
ti a Vanna than any other actress who
ha a keen Insight Into the psychology
of such characters, or a finish In the
technic of the theaterT It does not
follow that because she Is his wife
that she can understand his Ideal and
Ideas any better than any one else, and
I wonld ask any on who knows wheth
er Maeterlinck has aver been a success
In . Paris la the theater, and then I
would like to know whether Mme.
Maeterlinck was ab'.e to establish him
there?"
The Dlppel offerings will open Feb
ruary 1$. with Mary Garden In "Car
men." and It will have the sensational
feature of Renaud. the great French
baritone, as the toreador. Any com
bination which brings together these
two artists Is sure to mark an event
In operatic history, because there I no
greater artist llvln; than Renaud. and
that on the operatic stage Mlas Gsr
deo ha long held this distinction Is
not often questioned.
Renaud srrlved from London, where
he was the principal artist In Mr. Him
merstrln's venture, and New York had
I'.a first performance Saturdsy sfter
jioon, when he gave his wonderful
"Rlgoletto." one which enhanced tre
mendously the lovely Gtlda of Mme.
Tetrsxzlnl. Renatii Is sn Idol here,
ard his romlnr brings renewed Interest
Into many operas which In themselves
t.ave lost a hold on the public
"F.lgoletto." however, is one of the
very few worthy Italian roles, because
observation platform were discussing
the reason' of the delay, and many hu
morous suggestions wsre advanced. A
brakemaa was on the platform with us.
and seemed to be much Interested In
our conversation. When the others had
gone Inside, he began talking to me.
Finally he said:
" 'Not one of you chaps struck the
real reason. Down here we have a
very strict railroad law, which pro
vides that after a crew has worked IS
hours they must have eight hours' lay
off. This celebration has mlxe-1 up
thine, and the freight crews havo been
taking passenger runs. Our If hours
was up at that siding, so we simply
stopped there for eight hours to give
the crew the layover It Is entitled to.' "
This is a true story, but it could
never have happened in the North or
the West.
Oldest Teacher Feted,
George White, the oldest teacher In
the publlo schools of Manhattan, was
retired on Thursday, and was given a
banquet by the Alumni Association of
No. 70. where he has been teacher and
principal for 53 years. The veteran ed
ucator bitterly protested against being
put out with a pension of 11500 a year,
and In his farewell remarks he said:
"I am now on the 'fired' line after 5J
years of active service. What a beauti
ful system It Is that allows a man to
give SI years or nis me to i .
and In return hands him nothing but
indignity ana aousa.
"I expect to live to devote many
years of my life to exposing the shams,
the frills and the fads that have been
foisted on the schools. They are try
ing a new experiment on the 'dog,' and
the 'dog Is the teachers and the chil
dren. It Is a shame."
Several members of the Board of Ed
ucation are discussing the advisability
of disciplining the aged educator on the
ground that he Is insubordinate, but
the chances are that they will not try
It- The Alumni Association Is a strong
one. and Its members possess much In
fluence. Any effort to attack Mr. White
would certainly create a fresh row, and
a majority of the board Is against stir
ring up any more trouble, and does not
Intend to make the old roan a martyr.
Woasea Workers Fenght For.
The legislative committee of the Wo.
men's Trades Union League has an
nounced the following programme for
women workers, and has sent a com
mittee to Albany in an effort to have
Ita suggestions enacted Into laws:
1. Forty-elght-hour working week
for women workers, t. Abolition of
tenement-bouse work. 8. Pensions for
Incapacitated women workers. 4. Abo.
HUon of factory flretraps. S. Addition,
al women factory Inspectors. . Re
organization of the factory Inspection
In Renaud there Is so much more that
I rare Intellectually and psychological
ly that he is at a better advantsge
and he ha more to give In the mod
ern French opera His Scarpla la one
Of his greatest impersonations, and it
Is an Interesting detail of hi life to
note that he made hi debut In this
role en the night Sardou died. The
French author begged Renaud long and
seriously to abandon opera for the pur
pose of playing this role, one which he
said he had had In mind for htm dur
ing the entire period of hi crystalliza
tion of "rosea."
Renaud is to fill engagements the
rest of the season between Philadel
phia. Boston and New York, some of
hi New York appearances to be with
Mr. Dlppel and others under direct con
tract with the Metropolitan.
Lealae Ilesser at Metrepolltaa.
The return of Louise Homer to the
Metropolitan was also one of the chief
features of the week, as the American J
contralto is dearly beloved by her pub
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL GRADUATES TO HEAR BACCALAUREATE
SERMON PREACHED TODAY. "
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SAl'HE,
MONMOUTH. Or, Feb. !. (Special.) The exercises of the State Normal
School will begin tomorrow with the baccalaureate) sermon by Dr. H. Charle
Dunsmore. The das day programme will be on Monday, beglnlng at S P. M.,
at which time the class will present as a gift to the school Thorwaldsen'
"Nlirht and Morning" bas-relief.
The commencement programme will beKln at 10:S0 Tuesday, when degree
will be received br the following seven members of the senior class: Mis
Hazel Pohanon. Miss Jesnle Hyle. Miss Q'leen I.ynn. Miss Louise McAlpln.
Ml? Alice Morrison. Miss Loxln Strachan. Albert Sacre.
The friends of the school and regents express their gratification on the
good work of the normal the first year after Its suspension. 7
department. 7. Appointment of a com
mission to take up the question of the
Inauguration of a minimum wage scale
law for women.
Bills covering all these topics havo
been drawn, and Senators and Assem
blymen found who agree to Introduce
them. Whether they will pass Is an
other question.
Mrs. Belsaoat te Be Editor.
Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont has decided to
add another to her long list of "ca
reers." She Is going to be an editor.
Some time ago she organized a press
bureau for her Women Suffrage organi
zation, and ever since reams of Infor
mation have poured Into the offices of
the different dallies. Very little of It
has been printed, however, and this has
made Mrs. Belmont peevish, which ex
plains why she has decided to publish a
dally newspapsr devoted entirely to the
doings of women, with emphasis on the
cause of suffrage.
The name of the new publication has
not been decided upon. It may be "The
Independent." although there is a peri
odical of that name now in existence,
while there is a possibility that "The
Waste Basket" will appear on the title
page. Cynical employes of the regular
dallies are rooting hard for the second
name, regarding It as most appropriate.
Hlgk Priest' Seateaeed.
Salmora Bplnelll. the "High Priest of
the Church of Cures." has deserted his
pulpit to take a post graduate course
on Blackwells Island. Convicted ef
practicing medicine without a license,
Splnelll was nned $500. and sent to
prison for 11 months and 2 days. Ths
limit penalty was one year and a line
of $500. but the sentence he got was
really longer, for there Is no commu
tation on any term under one year, and
Splnelll will have to serve every day
of It.
The "High Priest" lived at 2J0 First
avenue, where he had one small room,
containing a shrine such as is common
In the homes of Italian people. He
promised to cure any ill from a cold in
the head to cancer or consumption, and
n th, rmfv was the same.
First the patient would pay over as
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big a lee as ne couia "p.
he would be stripped to the waist, and
t--jt nH while Rnlnelll repeated
a long prayer. At the conclusion of
this, the patient would be placed over
the shrine. In a half-stooping posture.
The "High Priest" would then lift up
an Iron bar. make the sign of the cross
on the victim's chest with It. and pound
him three times. His final Instructions
were that If this did not effect a cure to
come back and he would try "drastlo
measures." They never came back, it
i v. v. mAAA Kut anm of them com
plained to the police, and the arrest of
the amieiio nign priest ignuwcu.
lic one whleh manifested In no un
certain fashion Its pleasure at seeing
her again in her beautiful role of Or
feo, which hss not suffered either by
her long rest or by comparison with
any other that has ever been seen on
the Metropolitan stage. This was giv
en following the SO-mlnute opera of
Leo Blech brought forward last Sat
urday afternoon for the first time In
this country.
The story already told In these col
umn I In the lightest possible vein,
but the Berlin conductor-composer ha
made the music In too skillful a fash
Ion to allow of It being dismissed
lightly on account of I ta frivolity. Ths
hand of Alfred Herts had lifted the
work onto a plane of Importance, and
he made the muslo supply the dignity
which the story could not have done.
Much of the music Is in the trifling;
spirit of the book, but there are effec
tive love duets, one or two good arias
and ' throughout the music show a
thoroughly skilled musician.
Following Mr. Tully's "Bird of Para-
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dlse" at Daly's, the Western play
wright's drama having been moved to
the Maxine Elliott Theater. Is another
Western contribution and from Califor
nia comes another In "The Pearl
Maiden." by Earle O. Anthony and Ar
thur F. Kales. Thla musical comedy
with Flora Zabelle, Raymond Hitch
cock's pretty wife, and Jefferson De
Angells followed Kitty Gordon In "The
Enchantress" at the New York The
ater, a very large house and a very
difficult one In which to make a suc
cess after the huge production which
has Just left there. There are many
tuneful numbers and there is some
humor and a good company, therefore
the new play takes as good a chance
of "making good" a any of the other
plays and musical comedies which are
hurried on and hurried off the boards.
De Angells is cast as a wireless oper
ator located on a South Sea island
where there Is a superabundance of
feminine natives with about the amount
of clothing on board as is suggested In
the time, the place and the nationality.
Flora Zabelle is the title role and she
proves It by wearing the largest sort
of a pearl and also In what she sings
and says. She la ably aided and abetted
by Elsa Ryan, who has a charm of her
own especially in gowning and dancing.
Cort Preseat New Play.
The "Rose of Panama" Is contributed
to the New Tork season by John Cort,
who wa sufficiently daring; to bring a
new prima donna to town, one whose
name even was unknown to the Rlalto.
HI play. "The Rose of Panama." is de
rived from a musical comedy "Kreolen
blut" by Ignats Schneltzer and Eraer
lch von Gattl. The English libretto
was made by John B. Shine and Sidney
Rosenfeld and the story has to do with
the President of a Central - American
republic, who wishes to surrender his
labors for the purpose of returning to
Paris, which is much more interesting.
When a revolution breaks out he sees
the opportunity to effect this and he
lends his efforts to aid the rebels.
The leading role is sung by one
down on the programme as Chaplne
merely, but she will no doubt become
a favorite as she has an interesting
personality and a delightful voice. The
other principal role is sung by Anna
Bussert, formerly a well-known church
singer but f later seasons Identified
with the second role In "The Merry
Widow."
Klaw A Erlanger are deploring the
fact that charming Anne Swinburne,
known on the Paciflo Coast as Ditch
burn, has been stricken with typhoid
fever. Just as she was about ready for
the new production which they were
making for her. Miss Swinburne made
her first sensational success in "The
Climax," which she undertook without
stage experience of any sort. Messrs.
Klaw & Erlanger have Indicated their
Intention to hold up everything and
wait for her recovery, but should this
be too slow, they have already another
production which they will make with
her In the lead, a soon as she will be
able to resume her work.
SINGLE TAX SYSTEM SEEN
System Not Socialism Is View Taken
by C W. Barzee.
PORTLAND. Feb. 8 (To the Editor.)
Through your granted permission we
will answer regarding the Inferred dif
ference In my statement and the mat
ter quoted from Mr. TJ'Ren's letter to
the business men and bankers.
There la positively no conflict of
opinions. It is only the "last word"
construction placed on It that makes It
present In such way. The "means to
an end" statement. In our letter was
definitely shown to be the "awaken
ing" of the "average citizen" to the
use of his think ahop. Single tax goes
no farther than to effectively open up
the way "back to the land" that The
Oregonlan ha been preaching for
years.
Single tax has no alliance with So
cialism. We clearly stated, that in the
minds of "many" it might retard the
early possibilities of a tidal wave to
ward socialism.
Economic determinism direct all our
social changes. These are made more
tolerable by the intervention of re
forms given us by pioneer minds, of
foresight, Just as pioneering land ex
plorationmakes more tolerable the
settlement of any new country.
The economic forces are driving us
toward socialism, even against our
will. Let me enlarge on the differ
ence between socialism and single tax.
The struggle for existence has al
ways been on. It Is the Impelling force
In advancement. Present conditions are
alleviated by discovery and Invention,
out of necessity. We make the more,
of what we have, by Improving our
possibilities; hence the machine pro
duction, of this age, and Its conse
quent class struggle, that the single
tax barely touches. If at all.
If we were to give the land to all
the people, without the machine, they
could not provide for their present
necessities. The stopping, of the indis
pensable use, of tool production and
distribution, would starve, within a
fortnight, half of the world's popula
tion. . We have but to look at the interior
of China, with Its dense population
starving and its natural resources un
touched, to find this statement fully
verified.
Single tax back to the land propo
sition breaks the land monopoly;
which can be effected without chang
ing the system, and this is where they
"shine." To attack the machine, would
order the new system, the abolition of
profits socialism, single tax, then it's
but a more tolerable condition of the
present system. Its effect on the busi
ness men will be the cultivation of
more land, the production of more of
the necessities of life and the more
normal feeding and clothing of the un
der-fed and under-clothed. This is
where the business man has "very
much to hope for" under the single tax.
We have been roundly criticised, by
our less progressive socialist comrades,
for discussing single tax. We declare
It to be an issue before the neotle and
If we are to present our party as a par- j
ty of statesmen we must consider It.
Mr. Berger, the Socialist Congressman, I
has stated that he would support It, :
not as a Socialist measure but as an
Issue before the people and a round In
the climb of economic .evolution.
In conclusion, we have to say that a
more honorable friend would have
caused our comments, on The Oregon
lan editorial, to have been printed, that
the people might Judge If we under
stood our subject. We do not complain,
as It Is always so. The path of pro
gress Is paved with martyred Ideas
that have been resurrected. Very truly,
for advancement over every obstacle.
C. W. B.VRZEE.
TEMPERANCE TALKS TODAY
Dr. Clarence True Wilson Will Ee
T. M. C. A. Speaker. f
Rev. Clarence True Wilson, formerly
..in, Af Grace snd Centen&rv Metho
dist Episcopal Churches, will be the J
speaker at the weeKiy men s meeting
In the auditorium or the Portland ;
Young Men' Christian Association this
afternoon at o'clock. Dr. Wilson will
sneak on the subject. "A World Vision."
This 1 a temperance lecture that Dr.
Wilson ha delivered in many cities
and which has attracted wide atten
tion.
Dr. Wilson Is now in charge of the
temperance work of the Methodist Epis
copal Church, in tnis employment ne
Is constantly traveling about the coun
try lecturing.
Special music this afternoon will in
clude a flute olo by ltobart Milard.
REAL SCHOOLS URGED
M'XTriTY DEPLORES COURSES
OT FOR B READ WTX"XIXG.
Education System Fitted! to Needs of
After Life of Individual Held
to Be Greatest Need.
PORTLAND, Or., Feb. 8. (To the
Editor.) I wish to express my appre
ciation of the editorials on education
printed in The Oregonlan from time to
time. What I like about them most of
all is the stand for an educational
system which will fit the Individual to
do and to be what common sense ex
pects him to do and be a useful and
able citizen.
As living Is a large part of our life
on this planet, it seems to me that one
of the main duties of the parent or
state would be to furnish to the grow
ing youth such an education as will fit
him to fulfill the duties of his life at
the end of his youth. Somewhere be
tween the ages of IS and 25 he should
be able to provide for himself and a
family. Usually this part of an educa
tion is omitted In our publlo schools.
The educational systems are usually
under the domination of men and
women, whose whole point of view Is
cultural, literary, mental and not of the
hand. This Is criminal. I know, be
cause I was once a product of that
type of education.
No one will pay a young man either
to learn te earn a living or to study;
I have faced the proposition. I could
discourse on anthology, but could not
lay a brick. I could explain the dif
ference between Impressionistic and
other schools of painting, but could not
draught the plans for a structure. I
passed excellent In the history of edu
cation, but was not a pedagogue, al
most but not quite. I knew arithmetic,
but made mistakes In the grocery store
because I waa not practiced. I could
dissect a frog, a flower or a sentence,
but was not a surgeon, a carpenter or
mason. I was useless except as an en
tertainer, and not of the vaudeville
kind, and so was penniless. Such is
the product of our high schools and
liberal arts courses In our general
run of colleges.
This brings me to the point of intro
ducing into our schools a course fit
ting young men and women for living
and not for ornament or. dreaming.
The state should take It up. A greater
percentage of practical educators
should be secured men who can teach
a young man to earn his living. They
should be in both the high schools and
colleges. The pure literary profes
sors should not dominate. They do now
and it Is fatal to work. Work is be
neath their gTand conceptions the
work that makes the world go. In
this course, in the high school, the
young boy will learn that type of
study which he wishes to apply to
his life work In after years. If he is
mechanically inclined, teach him
blacksmithlng, moulding. machine
work, dissection of engines and dyna
mos and not flowers. At the end of
his high school course. If he cannot
pass on Into his college course for en
gineering with its theoretical studies
and practical as well, he can at least
step out Into a shop and earn his liv
ing, which high school graduates. can
not do nowadays. This is where the
criminality arises. The student is not
given what he expects he should get.
and the parent Is also deluded by con
usance In the teacher or the school.
I do not wish to intimate that the
entire school course will be of this
nature. To be a good engineer or
blacksmith. It Is necessary to read and
write and calculate and do all the other
things requiring fundamental educa
tion, and these things ahould be taught
instead of all the other odds and ends
that are "dlngled" nowadays. As I
look back on my first school course.
It does seem to me that we studied j
everyining. ocibiil-cb, uuv umj la&o.
Literature, but only very superficially.
Mathematlos. but in capsule form.
Wasted time, gray matter and moneyl
and at the end we were nothing
neither scientists, nor teachers, nor
authors, nor bread-makers, but simply
ornaments. Those that had rich paters
and uncles were secure, but useless.
Those that were poor were both use
less and burdensome, and upon the
danger line of temptation between the
drivings of poverty and the natural ex
pectancy of youth that the world was
theirs. From these concurrent factors
come the recruits for the prisons. In
sane asylums, the I. W. W.'s, Socialists
and Anarchists and all the other law
less elements of the social fabric.
Such an education breeds divorce,
cruelty.' crime and poverty.
Those fitted to live, by educations
which are logical, seldom become fad
dists, grafters off their uncles or the
Government or rattley emotionalists.
They usually marry, support families,
own a home, become citizens. If they
remain tradesmen they are law-abiding,
patriotic and intelligent trades
men. If they do not so remain they
become public men and women of
value! They are of the type that will
study Shakespeare at home in the
evenings. They hold a ticket from the
local library. They secure their beaux
arts degree during their whole life
time, and when they die they have
been men. Any other type of educa
tion Is not for our present state of so
ciety, and is therefore Impracticable.
JOHN McNULTY.
ELK PLANS TO BE REVIEWED
Ad) Club Luncheon Will Be Devoted
to Convention Arrangements.
Headed by a brass band and a drum
major, maybe. 160 Portland Elks, each
wearing a white "ping" hat with a
white and purple band, bearing the
Inscription, "Portland. 1912," will march
from their clubrooms at Seventh and
Stark streets to the Portland Hotel
next Wednesday, where they will at
tend the weekly luncheon of the Port
land Ad Club, which will devote its
entire programme to a discussion of
the Elks' National convention in Port
land next July.
As chairman of the day George L.
Baker, City Councilman and commis
sioner of parades and music for the
grand lodge, assembly, has selected
speakers who can tell the ad men of
the work being done to entertain 50,000
visitors In Interesting and convincing
style.
First of the speakers will be K. K.
Kubll. exalted ruler of Portland lodge,
who is scheduled to tell something of
the growth of the local organization
and it campaign for the honor of act
ing a host to all the Elks In the
United States. D. Soils Cohen, commis
sioner of publicity, will explain the
advertising that the convention will do
for the city, while Gus C. Moser, enter
tainment commissioner, will explain the
work under bis direction.
Handsome souvenir programmes,
printed in purple and white the Elk
colors have been prepared and will
be distributed at the tables. On ac
count of the demand for seats the
main dining-room of the Portland Hotel
has been secured in place of the rath
skeller. January Weather Balmy.
District Forecaster Beals, In his
monthly meterological summary of
Portland for January, shows .that the
precipitation was 8.01 incites and the
snowfall 7.9 inches. The highest tem
perature was 58 oa the 12th and the
r a
One-Half . jf l
ljr! than ever
PRUNE AND SPRAY ROSE BUSHES AND TREES
We have pruning shears, knives, saws, sprays, spray pumps, etc., and
we will tell you how to use them.
INCUBATORS AND BROODERS
We received one carload Cyphers and one carload Buckeye Incubators
and Brooders last month, and three rarloads Poultry Supplies and Foods.
If you are interested in this line, call and see our expert poultryman.
SWEET PEAS
We are the recognized Sweet-Pea Specialists In the Northwest. Plant
seed this month for extra early blooms. Our 1912 annual catalogue gives
full description and prices of the LATEST NOVELTIES including;
DUPLEX SPENCER from Scotland.
SPECIAL
In' order to make room for Gladioli and Dahlia Bulbs, the bal
ance of our stock of Dutch flowering bulbs, such as Hyacinths,
Tulips, etc., at ONE-THIRD REGULAR PRICE. They are in ex
cellent condition and will produce beautiful flowers if planted at
once. REMEMBER, TWO DOZEN FOR THE PRICE OF ONE.
Store Phones, M 6950, A 3811
lowest, 20, on the 8th. the mean being
41. or several degrees above normal.
The prevailing direction of the wind
was east with four clear, three partly
cloudy and 24 cloudy days.
"OWL" CARS DISCONTINUED
Williams Avenue and Broadway
Service Affected by Change.
Beginning tomorrow morning the
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deliver later, if you wish. Remember our
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PLANT MORE ROSES DO IT NOW
We have thousands of extra fine bushes
at our city tree yard. Fourth and Madison
street; also complete line of fruit, shade
and ornamental trees and shrubs.
THIS WEEK
Tree Yard, M 5549, A 4715.
"owl" car service on several line In
the city will be modified. Williams
avenue. Woodlawn and Broadway are
affected.
The Williams-avenue "owl" will be
discontinued entirely. It Is expected
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handle this traffic. The Broadway car
also will be taken off and the Irving
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