THE SUNDAY OKEGOXIAX. PORTLAND, 3IARCII 31,
WASHN
GION WAITS
ON CONVENTIONS
Gubernatorial Political Talk Is
Rife, but Presidential
Deal Is First.
LAWRENCE OUT OF FIGHT
Candidate for Stale Kieontlve De
cline to Meddle In C'ontrM Till
After CniHt'nllon I Held Hay
Oufypokrn In Favor of Tfl.
SEATTLE Wash.. March SO. (Spe
cial.) Gubernatorial politic probably
will be In ecllpe until the Democratic
and Republican convention In May
have gotten the Presidential fight out
ff 4he way. At least the group .of
managerial statesmen who are han
l 1 1 n sr a quintet of Gubernatorial cam
paigns claim that there will be little
Intelligent work done while the Presi
dential fight holds first place In public
attention, and they are paid, or expert
to he paid, to know what they are
talking about.
Possibly to some extent Guberna
torial and Presidential rnilltlca hav
been Interwoven by Gnfernor Hay'a
declaration In favor of President Taft
and hta frequent reiteration that he
favors the President", renominating
That declaration hn strengthened him
with the pro-Taft leaders and un
questionably h quieted some of the
stronae.it antl-llay leadera.
John !. Uvrrnrr, former public
mtrvlce commissioner. Is keeping out
.f the Presidential Hunt alms-ether,
thouah It Is irenrrally knnm-n that his
personal preference would be for
Koosevelt If he did not fel that as a
Republican candidate he will have to
run with whatever Presidential nomi
nee Is chosen and for tht reason deems
It better polith-s not to become In
volved In a flaht that seriously threat
ens a party split
Cmmr la Kawaevell Mam.
Colonel rase. Kins: County Auditor.
Is strong for Koosevelt and claims
great deal of whatever credit should
s.-crue to thnw who have launched
t:ie Koosevelt boom In this state. Home
ff the Csse manager In Kin County
are leader in the Koosevelt fight, a
rlrcumstince that tends to link Case
with tht movement here.
"tfb" Hodge. the Klnsr County
Sheriff, who plans a personal campaign
throughout the state, is willing to
Insurge with any kind of a Presiden
tial candidate. At preent he Is In
urg1n:r on state Issues. Insisting thnt
he purpose sbollshlng the National
f.uard. turning t ho "rascals" out and
shaking up state government general
ly. Ifodge's natural alllgnment Is
lth the I .a Kollette movement and
probably he a. Ill be there before the
state convention Is held.
Hcad'iuarter for ll:iy and taiwrence
sere selrried In Seattle n month ago.
but neither l In runnlnir order as yet.
Orca.-lonally Stnte Senator Allen, man
ager of the Hay ramt.ilgn. sends out
a new consignment of letters, but ho
Insists that he mill not start his fight
until the Presidential campaign la over
an voter will Hstvn to state Issues.
It Is likely, though. that the Hay
campaign management will announce
the personnel of the Stat ' executive
committee lthln a few ia s. the an
nouncement bring delayed to hear from
two or three leaders who are wanted
on the committee.
Ileaalsjaartera Prableas Walt.
I.awrenc has spoken for quarters
In the Arlington Hotel and occasional
ly he comes Into town and occupies
rooms there. But liwrenre 1 now
making iin automobile tour of tliei
northern counties of Whatcom. Skagit
and Snohomish and does not exect to
pass more than a few days In Seattle
for nfarly a month to come. When he
does drift Into town again on April X
It will only be to prepare for a tour
of the Oljmpie peninsula and the head
quarters problem will await solution
until he gets back.
I-awrenre would like to put ex-Governor
McBrWe In charge of his head
quarters as state manager, but Mc
Itrlde does not want to mix up in the
Oubernatorlal tight while the Presi
dential contest is In programs.. McBride.
who has been strongly urged to be a
candidate himself, said the other day
that probably he would support I-fuv-l-;nce.
but this Is not settled nor 1
the question of hls'acttvlty In the Fall
fight determined. He might decide to
look after his lumber and shingle in
terests to the excloston of politics.
There Is something humorous In the
Hodge Gubernatorial campaign. He. Is
making a street-corner canvass and re
turned last week from a trrp Into Skagit
County with the announcement that
he tad given out Si.ooo personal cards
and had to hurry back to start the
printer at work on more. Because he
a: a good mixer Hodge won a nomi
nation for Sheriff In this county, though
comparatively unknown, and he be
lieves he ran win the Gubernatorial
nomination In the same manner.
Jealousy Iletwrea Tw Seen.
Between Hodge and Case there Is con
siderable Jealousy. Case claiming- that
Hodge bus stolen a part of his cam
paign programme. As soon as Hodge
made hla spectacular. Skagit County
Journey, Case posted off to duplicate
the feat In Kitsap County, but - re
ports that come back do not show he
attracted as much attention.
Case declared several months ago
that he would resign as County Audi
tor to enter the fight April 1. During
the city campaign Case was almost
certain that he would have to give
up the county Job before the end of
February as the. Gubernatorial race
was making demands for his time that
he could not Ignore. Hut though Feb
ruary and March have passed and April
Is practically here. Case's resignation
baa not been presented. It Is asserted
now that the date for Case's retire
ment has been advanced until the mid
dle of June.
Be that as It may. Case has an or
ganization In King County which held
one meeting, ami that Is something;
none of the other' Gubernatorial can
didates has done. It Is current gossip
in political circles that the Case meet
ing was augmented by the presence of
employes of the County Auditor's office
and their friends, their attendance
being Insured by the presentation to
each employe of Ave tickets with an
Injunction to be present In person with
four friends. The tickets, costing four
bits apiece, provided a crowd.
Hay Letters) sest Oat.
State Senator Allen, in charge of the
Hay campaign, has sent out about 250
letters to prominent politicians asking
their co-operation In the Hay cam
paign In King County. It Is too early
for replies to begin coming In and no
body knows how general the accept
ance will be. Kven Allen himself Is
In doubt as yet and somehow since
the municipal campaign none of the
Gubernatorial candidates seem able
to get on his' feet- again In Seattle
'What that contest did not do toward
I disrupting organixatlons 'the. Presi
dential contest is doing.
Democratic leaders assert that they
intend to watt until the Presidential
nominations are made before doing
much Gubernatorial politics. It Is as
serted in Iemocratlc circles that if
the National conventions have the
effect of encouraging the party In this
state, where Democrats have been
hopelessly out ever since 1900. when
John R. Rogers won a re-election as
Governor and was the only Democrat
saved In the wreck, there will be no
trouble In centering the party strength
on a populsr candidate.
As It Is. Hugn ..' Todd, twice a mem
ber of the state House of Representa
tives from Whitman County and now
practicing law In Seattle. Is 'hanging
onto the Woodrov Wilson movement In
the expectation that he will be elected
Governor by Wilson's success. K. C.
Million. formerly a Skagit County
Judge and now a Seattle lawyer. Is In
the Gubernatorial fight as a Hsrmon
partisan. W. H. Dunphy. of Walla
Walla. National committeeman for this
state, has also announced his candi
dacy. Half a doxen other Democratic
DK ITU TKK FIRST FIRE
I'HIKF OF riTV OF FRKK
WATER. Tteaert Campbell.
FREK WATER, Or.. March JO.
(Special. I Robert Campbell, first
Fire Chief and City Marshal of
Freewater. died March 27 of
Itrlght's disease. He was horn on
the ocean December J3. 1314.
when his parents emigrated to
the fnlted States. His early Ufa
was spent In Wisconsin.
At 17 years of age he enlisted
In the Twenty-fifth Iowa Infan
try, was captured by the Confed
erate, spending two years In the
IJbby Prison.
He came to Oregon morthan 40
years ago and had charge of rail
way anil river transportation at
The Dalle for many years. At
the time of his death he was In
charge of the ferry at I'matllla.
He married. In 14. Miss Nellie
Hrlggs, who. with one daughter.
Eugenie, survives him.
leaders are possibilities, but the trio
named are the only ones whose can
didacies have reached the announce
ment stage.
200 LIQUOR MEN MEET
ASSOCIATION- PKCIDKS TO STAY
OUT OK POLITICS.
Member Dot larc Aim Is to nioaaso
oiate Iluslness Krom Vice and Sup
press Gambling In Saloons.
The alms and objects of our asso
ciation." said Frank Hoffman, of this
city, president of the Retail Liquor
Dealers' Association of Oregon, "are
the mutual protection and benefit of
Its members, the elevation of their busi
ness, dlaassoctatton of liquor from vice,
suppression of all forms of gambling
In saloons and the strict observance of
laws regulating the saloon business. In
cluding assistance by the association In
the prosecution of all violates of these
laws."
The occasion of these remarks was
the annual meeting of the association,
which concluded Its sessions In this
city Wednesday with a banquet at the
Motel Multnomuh. when other addresses
were made by C. D. Elder, president of
the Portland local, and O. E. Magers.
of Salem, treasurer of the state organ
isation. Two hundred members of the
association attended the meeting. In
cluding representatives from Salem, Or
egon City. Astoria. Aurora and The
Iwlles.
Report was made that out of over
40 prosecutions in this city for viola
tions of tl.e Sunday-closing law In the
last year, only one of the offenders was
a member of the association. The pros
ecution of this man was directed by the
legal representative of the association.
I'pon conviction the offending member
was expelled from the association. All
of the other law violators were "boot
leggers." Sentiment among the Mquor dealers
at this meeting favored keeping out of
politics on the theory that, since the
organization stood for rigid enforce
ment of the law. they had nothing to
fear from any set of men who might
be elected to office. It was generally
agreed that the members of the associa
tion in the future would participate In
politics only to the extent that It be
came necessary to protect their busi
ness against the enactment of prohibi
tion or kindred legislation.
JOHN A. WHALLEY DIES
Pioneer Resident or Seattle Taken
by Heart Disease.
SEATTLE. Wash.. March 30. (Spe
cial.) Heart disease, due primarily. It
Is believed by his family and friends, to
overwork, caused the death today of
John A- Whalley. pioneer resident of
Seattle and member of the State Sen
ate from this city. Mr. Whalley was
taken ill two months ago and went to
California in the hope of regaining bis
health.
Senator Whalley was born In Brad
ford, Yorkshire. England. In 1863. When
( years old his parents emigrated to
America. They came to Seattle In 1883.
Some years later he became private
secretary to I. S. J. Hunt, then the
owner of the Post-Intelllgtncer. In the
early 'SO's Mr. Whalley was first flr
culatlon manager and then business
manager of the morning paper. In 189
he engaged In the real estate and insur
ance business.
Mr. Whalley. for some years active In
politics, was elected a member of the
lower house of the State Legislature
In 1)08. serving In the Legislative ses
sion of 1901. He was Elected State Sen
ator In 1910.
Mr. Whalley leaves a widow, who was
with Mm when he died, and the follow,
lng daughters:' Frances, aged 17 years;
Alice, aged. ', and. KmlJy, aged. 3 years.
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KLAMATH GETS BUSY
Southern Oregon City Sees
Great Year Before It.
MANY BUILDINGS RISING
Development This Spring and Sum
mer Promises SJost Kxtcnsive In
History De-plto Time-Honored
Fear of Presidential Year.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. March 30.
(Special.) Klamath Kails Is to experi
ence the greatest development the com
ing Spring and Summer ever known in
her history. With a large amount of
contracts already let. a large number
of permits having beeh recently grant
ed; a number of announcements by cor
porations and capitalists as well as the
city of Klamath Falls aud Klamath
County of the buildings to be erected
and improvements to be made, the clt
takes on the appearance of a m?"00"""
The outlay represents nearly 11.500.
01.' 0.
Of the buildings to be erected as soon
as contracts can be let and materials
burnished, are:
Tl.e Melhase building, at the corner
of Fifth and Main street, and which Is
to be a part of the new Llvertnore Ho
tel Is to be a two-story structure, of
brick and concrete, and Is to be ready
for occupancy by July. This will com
plete the Llvertnore Hotel scheme and
will give Kliimath Falls a third first
class hostelry, and one of the finest
hotels In Southern Oregon.
The W. H. Mason building, at the cor
ner of Seventh and Main streets, which
Is to be started at once and Is. to be a
handsome pressed brick and steel build
ing, two stories and perhaps three, with
a foundation sufficient to hold several
additional stories which are to be put
on In a year or two. This is to be an
office and store building and ready for
occupancy before Fall.
Kvaaa Bnlldlag Finished la June.
The J. B. Evans building, which Is
now In the course of construction at the
corner of Fifth and Main streets. Is to
be a brick and steel store building, with
basement, to be one-story for the pres
ent, but to have a foundation to sup
port several additional stories. This
building will be completed in June.
The Garrett Construction Company
has been awarded the contract to con
struct the Offenbacher building, on the
corner of Slxtn and Main streets. Work,
will begin at once on this one-story
structure, which Is to be provided with
foundation for more stories.
The Pacific States Telephone & Tele
graph Company Is having built a fine
building, to be constructed of pressed
brick and concrete, on Seventh street,
between Main and Klamath avenue.
Crlsler A Stltts. the Klamath Falls
meat packers, will erect, as soon as
the materials can be secured, a fine two
and perhaps three-story building on
the corner of Sixth and Main, with full
basement. and foundation for more sto
ries to be added later.
Major Wordea Active.
Major Worden. who has accumulated
much Klamath Falls property and who
has the name of being the far-sighted
man on the prospects of Klamuth Falls,
will erect a fine brick bulnling on his
corner, opposite the White Pelican Ho
tel, on the comer of Twelfth and Main
streets, to be used for offices and stores.
This building is to be in course of con
struction at an early date.
Several parties whose names are un
known are to erect a $70,000 opera
house on Esplanade street, opposite the
White Pelican Hotel, which is to be
finished before the main line to Port
land Is completed. This mesns that this
building will be ready for the show folk
this Fall, and will be the finest opera
house between San Francisco and Port
land. The Klamath Development Company
will erect a four-story wholesale house
on Broad street, near Main,-during the
Summer. This institution will be ready
to handle the wholesale trade which Is
expected to- be established at Klamath
Falls when the north, south and east
lines under construction meet In this
city next year.
W. S, Slough has let the contract and
will erect at once a brick and steel
office and store building on Main, be
tween Fifth and Sixth streets. The
building Is to be two stories, with foun
dation for additional stories later.
Imu Aageles Moaey la CltT.
A two-story office and store building
will be erected on the corner of Elev
enth and Main streets by Los Angeles
capitalists and work Is to be started on
this structure In May. .
The Presbyterian and Episcopalian
Churches each contemplate erecting fine
stone churches In this city during the
coming year. Committees are working
for both organizations and every effort
will be made to erect these churches
this year.
A movement Is on foot at the. present
time and every effort is being made by
the Y. M. C A. to secure funds for the
erection of a 810.000 to 115.000 building
during the coming year.
The Elks Lodge of Klamath Falls.
No. 1247. has made arrangements for a
handsome home to be erected soon.
Several sites have been offered and as
soon as the selection Is made it Is ex
pected that every effort will be put
forth to start construction this Sum
mer. The Woodmen of the World of this
city have plana for the erection of a
fine lodge and office building and steps
have been taken to incorporate for that
purpose and the building is to be erect
ed as soon as possible.
Coarthooae to Coat 200,000.
The Klamath County Court has tak
en final action and has announced that
the long-expected Klamath County
Courthouse would be erected at once
on the Hot Springs site in the bend of
the United States Government Irriga
tion canal, which will make a beauti
ful horseshoe-shaped ground almost
surrounded by an artificial river. The
Courthouse will cost between 1100,000
and 1300.000. It will have natural hot
water from the White Pelican Hot
Springs.
Bonds have been sold for the erec
tion of a beautiful $40,000 City Hall
on the city site at Fifth and Walnut
streets. This building will be erected
as soon as the bids can be submitted
and the necessary arrangements made
for its construction.
Cvery effort will be made to have
the Federal building built this year.
Klamath Falls has been assured a
$112,000 appropriation for a Federal
building by Congress. The bill having
already passed the Seriate and the com
mittee reporting favorable, no opposi
tion has been anticipated In the House.
Sites are now being presented for the
building.
The city will install a modern elec
tr'e fire alarm system and an up-to-date
fire apparatus.
A large amount of paving, sidewalk
building and sewer construction has
been outlined for the season. Every
thing points to the best year KUmaih
Falls has ever experienced, notwith
standing the Presidential campaign is
in progress.
Mrs. Sarah Webster Dies.
Sirs. Eaxab Webster, widow of aVdam
Our Service
Commercial Department
Admits accounts without re
striction as to amounts, For
eign and Domestic Exchange,
Collections, etc.
Savings Department
Provides for deposits of $1.00
a&Aup," interest 4 per cent.
All loans well secured.
Trust Department
Executes all manner of ac
ceptable trusts. '
Bond Department
Buys and sells approved is
sues of municipal and cor
poration bonds. Offers for
, sale bonds it buys or its own
account.
Merchants
Savings & Trust
Company
Sixth and Washington Sts.
Webster, formerly a contractor of this
city, died Friday night at the family
residence, 148 East Thirty-eighth street.
She came to this city in 1872 and at the
time of her death was 85 years old. She
Is survived by four sons and two daugh
ters, all of this city, who are: Arthur
A. Webster. Daniel T. Webster. Albert
F. Webster. Walter W. Webster, Mary
J. Webster and Mrs. Harry Mlnncy,
AIRSHIPS MORE IN FAVOR
Germans Content as They Regard
Greater Safety.
BERLIN'. March 30. The dirigible
balloon, after a long era of mishaps
and catastrophes, seems finally to have
come Into Its own in Germany, and the
recent successful achievement of the
Parseval, Siemens-Shuckert and Zep
pelin balloons are causing the military
authorities to look with far less ap
prehension on the French superiority
In aeroplanes. With aeroplane fatal
ities coming In at the rate of three or
four a week, nine months have passed
without a single mishap to a German
dirigible and the enterprising airship
promoters are beginning again to speak
with confidence of the possibilities of
commercial aerial navigation.
The Parseval Company, which expects
to send a dirigible to the United States
this Summer, has just delivered its lat.
est military dirigible to the army, after
a brilliant trial trip In which It ex
ceeded the contract requirements by a
non-stop cruise of 16 hours, half of this
spent at an altitude of over a mile,
averaging over 40 miles an hour In
spite of unfavorable wind and fre.
quent rain-squalls.
The "hoodoo" which has hung over
Count Zeppelin during his long career
seems to have disappeared with the de
struction of the Deutschland II on May
16 of last year. The Schwaben. which
made Its first ascent June 28. looks
back with pride on a continuous serv
ient of more than eight months without
an accident a proud record for a Zep
pelin. She now has two sisters in. the
air the military Zeppelin IX, the fast
est dirigible In the world, capable of
a sustained speed of almost 60 miles
an hour, and the Victoria Lulse, named
after the Emperor's daughter, which
was "launched" In February and at
tained a speed of almost 45 miles an
"hour on her trial trip. The Victoria
Lulse is destined for the commercial
passenger service, like a sister Bhlp
now approaching completion, and if she
does as well financially as the Schwa
ben. which has cruised w'ldely through,
out Germany, doinft a full capacity
business everywhere, the balance
sheets of the Zeppelin Company will
show for the first time a profit in com
mercial air transportation.
The Siemens-Shuckert. the largest
non-rlgld dirigible, haa also earned t)ie
title of "successful" by a long series of
flights. It has made between 44 and
45 miles an hour, and may be taken
over by the army authorities, though
her owners may prefer to open a com
mercial business like the Zeppelin and
Parseval companies.
IN A DREAM WORLD
Where a Child's Fervent Idea Is
That "Everybody Loves God."
Century.
Stella, the-Jovely child heroine of
William J. Locke's "Stella Maris," is
pictured as living in a dream world of
rare beauty and happiness, from which
the love of friends has shut out all
knowledge of wrong and evlL Thus her
Idea of religion and man's need
of it is a peculiar one. She Is shown
as talking wisely with John, her faith
ful friend and "Great High Belovedest."
"We aren't good like the angels, I
know," she remarked with the seri
ousness of a young disputant in the
school of Duns Scotus; "but men don't
kill each other, or rob each other, or be
cruel to the weak, and nobody tells hor
rible lies, do they?"
"I think we've improved during the
last fe wthousand years, said John.
"So." said Stella Maris, continuing
her argument, "as the fathers have no
particular sins, they can't be visited
much on the children. And If there are
no wicked people to go to helL hell
must be empty, and therefore useless. So
It's no good believing in it."
"Not the slightest good In the world.
said John, fervently.
"And now that everybody loves God.
she went on. "I don't see what's the
good of religion. I love you. Great High
Belovedest, but there's no need for me
to get a form of words to say 'I love
you, I love you, all day long. One's
heart says It"
"What's your Idea of God. Stella
ear?" be asked In a curiously husky
voice.
She beckoned to Mm. He drew Ms
chair nearer and bent toward her. She
waved ber fragile arms bare to the
elbow.
"I think we breathe God," she said.
Xo Right Side.
New Tork Sun.
Knicker--Jones got out of the wrong
side of the bed this morning.
Booker He couldn't help it: It was
a sleeping car and every aid was
wrong. ,
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LYLE
Portland Commercial Club Aids
Publicity Plan.
CITIZENS RAISE $300 FUND
Visitors Are Royally Entertained at
Mass Meeting and Given Oppor
tunity to See Resources of
City and Vicinity.
Lyle, on the north bank of the Co
lumbia Kiver. threw open its gates to
a party of Portland business men yes
terday, furnished automobiles for a
tour of the town and surrounding
country, served luncheon to the guests
and then provided a programme in
which there was much talking and
handshaking.
The object of the meeting was to
plan a campaign of publicity for Lyle,
to exploit the resources of this section
of Klickitat County, the Portland busi
ness men being asked to visit Lyle to
give advice.
When the booster meeting was
called, the first thing considered was
the. financial condition of the Com
mercial Club.. It was found that the
organization was in. debt. C. C Chap
man, of the Portland Commercial Club,
experienced in Just such situations, led
the movement which resulted in the
raising of more than $300 in a very
few minutes. This placed the Com
mercial Club out of debt, paid for the
new exhibit building near the North
Bank station at Lyle and left more
than $100 in the treasury.
With the club on a sound financial
footing, booster talks came thick and
fast and within a very short time Carl
R. Gray, president of the North Bank
Railroad; Samuel Hill. George M. Hy
landv C C. Chapman, W. E. Coman,
general' freight and passenger agent
of the North Bank, and Professor
Shaw, agricultural expert for the Great
Northern Railway, had talked encour
agingly to the cltlsens ot Lyle and the
60 or more farmers from the surround
ing country, gathered to greet the
Portland visitors.
Meeting Best Ever Held.
S. I. Stratton. vice-president, and S.
R Sorensen, secretary of the Commer
cial Club, declared the meeting the
most successful in the history of the
organization. ,
Just at this time the people of Ly'
A FEELING OF SECURITY.
Tou naturally feel secure when you
know that the medicine you are about
to take is absolutely pure and contains
no harmful or habit-producing drugs.
"Such a medicine is Dr. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, the great Kidney, Liver
and Bladder Remedy. .
Tho same standard of purity, strength
and excellence is maintained In every
bottlo of Swamp-Root.
Swamp-Root Is scientifically com
pounded from vegetable herbs.
It la not a stimulant and Is taken In
teaspoonful doses.
It la not recommended for everything.
It is nature's great helper in reliev
ing and overcoming kidney, liver and
bladder troubles.
A sworn statement of purity Is with
every bottle of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp
Roof. If yon need a medicine, you should
have the best.
If you are already convinced that
Swamp-Root Is what you need, you will
find It on sale at all drug stores in
bottles of two sizes, fifty-cents and
one-dollar.
(Sample Bettla f Swamp-IUet Free by Mail I
Send to Dr. Kilmer & Co, Bingham
ton, K. for a sample bottle, free by
mail It will convince anyone. Tou
will also receive a booklet of valuable
information, telling all about the kid
neys. When writing be srjre and men
tion Tli Portland Sundy Oregonlani
CAMPAIGN
WASHINGTON ST.
Pioneer Jewelry Store
Established 1861
are pointing with pride to the new
wagon roads leading from Lyle to the
bench lands back of the town, capable
of development on a much larger
scale. These roads have been built
on grades ranging from 5 to 7 per cent,
against 15 and 17 per cent of a year
ago, and In comparison with Indian
trails of a few years ago. These roads
lead directly to the wheat, fruit and
agricultural sections, and the talk of
Professor Shaw along dry-farming
lines proved one of the features of the
day.
S. I. Stratton. as chairman, after a
few remarks complimentary to the en
terprise of Portland business men In
coming to Lyle to study conditions and
give good advice as to Just what should
be done there to assure progress. Intro
duced the Portland speakers.
Before the meeting was called ma
chines had been provided, and the vis
itors were taken to the top of the hill
north of the town to inspect the new
,,. Thin Is soon to be fol
lowed by a lighting system. A trip
was then maae up me biiS" v
Klickitat River, where the water power
of the Klickitat River was inspected
and a birdseye view of the surround
ing country, especially the new roads
leading out from the town to the coun
try districts, was obtained.
Farmers Proud of Roada.
We are proud of the new roads
leading to our farm districts," said Sec
retary Sorensen. "It gives the farm
ers an opportunity to bring their prod
ucts into Lyle over an easy grade.
Adequate railroad transportation en
ables frequent shipments, with excel
lent service. Then, too, we have
lafilfiSl
SPECIAL SALE
"GARLAND"
GAS RANGES
TOMORROW MORNING WILL FIND EVERY
GARLAND GAS RANGE IN OUR STOVE DE
PARTMENT REDUCED IN PRICE.
THE REDUCTIONS MADE WILL MAKE A
MATERIAL SAVING TO THOSE MAKING
PURCHASES DURING THIS SALE.
THE SALE. WILL CONTINUE FOR ONE
WEEK.
AS A COMPARISON IN PRICES WE QUOTE
A FEW NUMBERS OF RANGES:
No. 460, regular $20.00, now $17.50
No. 170, regular $35.00, now $31.00
No. 151, regular $50.00, now $42.50
No. 650, regular $7400, now $62.00
OUR STOCK IS LARGE AND CONTAINS ALL
THE LATEST PATTERNS.
DON'T WAIT UNTIL THE SALE IS OVER
AND THEN WISH TOU HAD BOUGHT, BUT
, BUT NOW.
HONEYMAN
HARDWARE COMPANY
FOURTH AND ALDER STREETS .
386 Washington St.
Between W. Park
and lOth, Our
New Loca
tion To
Be.
steamer lines. The very fact that most
of the subscriptions to our publicity
fund raised at today's meeting came
from farmers who were present at the
invitation of the club, is evident that
the future work of the commercial or
ganization Is to have the support and
co-operatlon of Lyle business men as
well as people within a radius of 12
miles of the town."
In the Portland party returning from
Lyle last night were George M. Hyland,
C. C. Chapman. Carl R. Gray. W. K.
Coman, lorr E. Keasey. Lloyd W. Mc
Dowell, J. E. Russell, John Beale,
Le Roy Park, Ralph Budd, F. A. Bush
nell and others.
The subscription to the publicity fund
at Lyle is considered a remarkable
demonstration of public spirit on the
part ot the business men and farmers,
and those who came forward when the
appeal was made and the amounts sub
scribed follow: Dorr E. Keasey and
Le Roy Park, on behalf of the Lyle
Company. $100; Lyle Trading Company.
25; John Unger, $10; F. C. Duncan.
$10; Colonel Boynton. $5: Oak Dale
ranch. $10; James H. Read, $5; Klicki
tat Mineral Springs. $10; Lyle Drug
Company, $10; Chris E. Franzen, $5;
F. A. Freeman and L. D. Ewing, $5:
J. H. Barlow, $5; John Kure, $5; Joe
Mason. $5; F. E. Flynn. $5: F. W. Mass,
5; William Morginaon. $5; D. E. Mc
Cloud, $5; Morginson & Loving. $10;
N. E. O'Neal, $5; J. E. Finch. $5; James
Morgan, $5; Lowry Armstrong. $5;
Marion M. Splawn. $5; G. W. Gess. $5;
C. C. Cottress, $5; F. Roblson, $5; H. W.
Moore, $5; Thomas Lantry, $5; State
Bank of Lvle. $10; H. J. McCoy. $5.