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OTtEGOXIAX. PORTLAND, APRIL
1912.
NEW HOME OF TACOMA COMMERCIAL CLUB AND PEESIDENT OF
THE O&QAXljuATIV-
BUILDING FINISHED
Structure One of Best in Pa
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CbmiMKlil Club and Chamber of
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Hone Thin Week Official
Name I Chosen.
TACOMA. Waslu April ST. Speclal-
-The corning week will see he I
mmi Commercial Club and Chamber of
Commerce formally Installed In Its
hindioiM new home the 10-story of
fice building at South Kleventh and A
atreets. arreted Jointly by tba club and
the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company.
Tha structure i one of tha Bnet
office buildings In tha Northwest and
one of the most centrally located in
Taeoir.a. Of reinforced concrete con
struction. Breproof throughout, the
property represents a Joint investment
of easily I500.noo and give to the Ta
eoma Commercial Club one of the finest
homes of any civic organisation In tha
Pacific Northwest.
The 1100 members of the Commercial
Club Thursday night bade goodbye to
the old quarters In th" little building
on South C street, tha affair taking" the
nature of a Tacoma-made banquet the
first of a series of made-ln-Tacoma din
ners. Every article on the menu from
oup to claars waa strictly Tacoma
made. President Charles H. Hyde, of
the club, presided as toastmaster at
the banquet, which marked the closing
np of the old rooms. For three or four
days the Commercial Club members
were homeless. The coming week will
ee the magnificent new quarter
thrown open to use,,
Structure Haadaaaaery Flalabed.
The exterior of the new building,
with Its first and second stories and
balustrade finished In cream-colored
terra cotta. with matt glased surface
and Ita remaining stories dona In buff
Impervious brick and cream-colore
terra, cotta trim, elves the structure a
yery handsome appearance.
On the around floor corner are the
offices of the Weyerhaeuser Timber
Company the largest Umber-owning
corporation In the world. These offices
are In plain but rich finish, suitable
to the character of the big corporation
The remainder of the building Is de
voted to office purposes until the ninth,
floor Is reached.
The entire ninth floor of the new
bonding; la devoted principally to the
Commercial Club's cafe. The main dining-room
occupies the entire south half
of the floor, which, with the correspond
ing; half of the floor above, haa been
leased for a Ions; term of years to the
club by ti.e Weyernaeuser Timber Com
pany. This room commands a fine view of
tha Udelanda and upper Tacovna harbor
through broad windows on the Cliff
avenue front. Trom the A-street front
the room looks out on the heart of the
rlty'a business district, also command-ma-
a view of South Kleventh street to
the top of the hil on K street.
Rleh Fhsratahlaga laed.
The furnishings of the rooms are
7o?.l;"trch...; and perfect )
y The Cliff-avenue corner of
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the ninth floor on the club's half of
the bis building la occupied by tha
kitchen, entrance from kitchen to dining-room
being through a concrete
floored and inclosed corridor thrown
across a light court that bisects the
buildlnir from the Cliff-avenue side.
Surrounding the kitchen are special
ems for employes, butlers' pantries,
bakery, refrigerator, linen closets, din- j
ing-room for employes, etc. A special
service elevator runs from the base
ment to the kitchen for the use of em
ployes and for lifting supplies.
The remaining corner of the ninth
floor, fronting on A street on the rlub'a
kalf of the building. Is devoted to a
ladles' parlor and two private dining
rooms. The ladies' parlor Is finished
In natural hemlock. The remainder of
the ninth floor la taken up by two com
mittee rooms.
Hag Ftreplaee Teat.
The tenth floor Is in many ways the
most attractive of the two. Occupying
the same space as Is occupied on tne
nlnth floor by the dining-room Is the j
assembly room. On the Cliff-avenue
aide of the room there Is a huge fire
place and open hearth, while a second
fireplace and heartlrare at the A-street
end and portlered off as a library.
Una of the handsomest rooms of all
Is the bllllard-room. which occupies the
principal part of the club's half of the
tenth floor. The bllllard-room will ac
commodate eight tables, but only six
have been Installed at the start, the
remainder of the room being allotted to
cbecker and domino "fiends." Adjoin
ing the bllllard-room at'the west, and
also opening from the main corridor Is a
eommodiuua lavatory and wash room,
the floor two feet above the main floor
level and reached by marble steps.
Two of the four big elevators In the
building are for the exclusive use of
Commercial Club members and will
make no stop below the eighth floor.
Only shafts for these two elevators
continue above the eighth floor.
Official la, rtMMS.
Secretary T. II. Martin's office Is lo
cated at about the center of the A
atreet front on the tenth floor. Op
posite these offices, and almost directly
facing the elevator, is a large check
and cloak room. The publicity and in
dustrial departments of the club are
also cared for In suitable offices. In
planning the quarters of the new club
there has been an ambition on the part
of tne Dunning ana lurnHnuifi u i n - ,
mlttees to place Tacoma In the front ,
rank.
The Tacoma building" Is the official
same selected for the structure. It has
a frontaae of lOuO feet on South A
street and rone In depth back to Cliff
avenue. OKahalf of the building is
owned by the club which organized a
building company and Issued bonds
when the project was launched. The
ether half of the building Is owned by
the Weyerhaeuser Company. The struc
ture was erected by the Hurley-Mason
Company, which built the Portland
Railway, Light Power Comrsny'a
building and the Tacoina fnlon Depot.
Army Dental Surgeon -Relieved. j
OREOONIAX NEWS WREAL". Wash- "There ar. at present J orpnana
Ington. April J7. Lieutenant Frank H. being care! for In th. home at Port
Wo vn. dental surg.cn. 1. relieved . I.nd.- said Mi Belcher , say noth
from duty at Vancouver Barrack, and , In of the many Oddfellows, old and
Yr. 7. V . vr.r. .ii . k. .. I decrepit, who are today being cared
ceeded by Lieutenant Raymond
Ingalls. now at Fort Douglas, Utah.
Additional 1Cttcr-Carrlera Ordered.
OREGONIAN NEWS I UREAL'. Wash
ington, April I". One adi:tlor.a letter-
carrier will be appointed
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Growth of I. 0. 0. F. Told at
93d Anniversary Celebration.
MEMBERS TOTAL 2,000,000
Vniqua Valley Lodges, Including
tlie Kr-bckahs, Ilcprescntcd at
Mectina; at Roscborff Xnmber
of Visitors Estimated at 500.
ROSEBCRO. Or.. April 27 With even
more delightful weather than Lad been
anticipated, the Oddfellows and Re
bekaha of the Umpqua Valley yesterday
celebrated the 93d anniversary of Odd
fellowship in the United States. The
celebration was held in Roseburg-. and
a conservative estimate places the
crowd In attendance at 1000, half of
whom came from distant sections of
the country.
With the arrival of the morning
trains the visitors were escorted to tha
Armory, where Hon. J. K. Wealherford,
of Albany. Introduced by Representa
tive J. A. Buchanan, delivered the prin
cipal address of the day.
Mr. Weatherford said that the first
Oddfellows' lod;e In the United States
was formed at Baltlmoie. Md., and that
U was this order that first "Related
principles that now -overn the
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Lodge Advancement Reviewed.
He reviewed at length the wonderful
advancement of the lodge throughout
the .United States, and of how It had
frown from a membership of five
mamhatrs in the year 1819 to nearly
;,000.000 members at the present date,
u. .i .aid there were now 18.000
j0dges all of which were In good stand
Ing. During tne paat i yeara, ait.
Weatherford said i.SOO.000 men bad as
sumed the obligation of the order and
that during the next 0 years this num
ber would be more than doubled.
He also told of how a total of 1500.
000.000 has been assembled and dis
bursed for lodge purposes and fraternal
relief during the life ol the order, much
of which has found Its way Into the
hands of the poor and those depend
ent upon the order for assistance.
"In Oregon the growth hud kept
pace with other states." said Judge
Weatherford. "there being at the pres
ent lime 0 lodges with a total mem-
bershlp of more than J0.000 brothers
ana jv.vvu nBur..in . viuu .
the peer of all kindred orders, both In
regard to membership and wealth.
Millions Clvea to Charity.
"It annually distributes mors in char
ity than any other Institution of a like
characto last year's distributions
totaling more than l.000.000. Ita doora
are at all times open to those In need
of assistance, and Ita charity extends
to all brothers In times of sickness and
distress.
We, as an order, lay no claims to
the fostering protection of Kings and
Queens, nor do we go searching amid
the doubtful records of antiquity for
a founder. The cobweba of time have
not checkered the hfstory of thi grand
order on the contrary. It haa grown
and -prospered until today Ir stands
upon Its own resource a lodge inde
pendent and free from Incumbrances.
"It sprung frt.m the necessities of
the age. and it has fui.'illed Its mission
to the satisfaction of Its thousands of
members. Wherever civilisation Is in
evidence, there you will find the prin
ciples of love, friendship and truth. The
lodge has followed In the procession of
progress nd today orders can bo fonnd
in all sections of the world..
Iirrrawd Orawth Predicted.
"Grand as haa been the progress of
the Oddfellows' lodtte since its organi
zation in the year 1819 to tne present
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ste. " but tne VL -01 A!!'
ornng aa compared to the day of to
morrow.
I . "In fact, the Oddfellows have Just
begun the fight for betterment of man
kind, and In the future you will find
them striving more earnestly than ever
' to uphold the dignity 1 the principles
' upon whtdn the order Is founded."
1 Following th address of Mr. Wea
; therford. Miss Belle Belcher, president
of the Rebekah Assembly of Orison,
delivered a very interesting address.
In which she reviewed the work of the
Rebekah lodge in the United States.
Especially did she dweh upon the grand
achievements of the order in Oregon,
touching Incidentally upon the cases
,ng. th, atten't"lon 0f Its members.
lor by sympathizing l.rothers. Here a
real work of humanity Is being done.
a mission which is worthy ol world
wide attention."
Basket Dlaner Enjoyed,
rnllovlne Miss Belcher's address a
' basket dinner was served In the Ar
I mory under the auspices of the local
Oddfellow lodges. The feast waa even
ORDER
REVIEWED
a
more elaborate than anticipated, and
caused many favorable expressions at
the hands of the visitors.
Following- the basket dinner a big
parade formed near the Armory and
passed through th. principal streets of
the city. A dozen or more automobiles
cared for the grand officers, while the
remainder of those in attendance fol
lowed on foot. The parade was a grand
nectacle. - and was witnessed by a
throng that lined both sides of the
business streets.
Following the parade, the members
of the various Oddfellow lodg-es of the
county held a business meeting, during
which the following officers were
elected for the ensuing your:
. President Oeorge E. Yokujn, Riddle.
Vice-presidents Mrs. W. C Under
wood. Oakland; Charles Stelzler, Myrtle
Creek: Mrs. Josephine Wise, Yoncalla;
J. a. Gray, Gardiner; J. E. O'Nell, Can
yonvUle. Secretary J. A. Buchanan. Roseburg.
Treasurer J. T. Wright. Roseburg.
Sleeting, Goe. t. Riddle.
After a lively discussion, it was de
cided to hold the next annual meeting
of the Douglas County Oddfellow lodges
at Riddle. Believing that Roseburg is
entitled to tha grand lodge and Re
bekah assembly in 1913, the following
resolution, was adopted, with instruc
tions to mail a copy to every lodge in
th. state prior to the grand lodge
meeting of 1912. which occura at Pen
dleton in May:
"Resolved. By the Oddfellows and
Rebekahs of Douglas County, In annual
convention In Roseburg. April 26, 1912,
that an invitation be extended to the
grand lodge and Rebekah assembly of
Oregon to meet at Roseburg in 1913;
and that w. hereby pledge our best
efforts to satisfactorily entertain them
should they honor us by accepting our
invitation."
At the business meeting of the Re
bekah lodges, held in conjunction with
the Oddfellow assembly. It waa deciaea
to hold the next annual meeting at
Kiddle.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: Mrs. Sam Ball.
Riddle, chairman; Mrs. Lizzie Devore.
Canyonvllle, vice-chairman; Mrs. Alda
Williams. Roseburg. secretary; Mrs. D.
C Vernon. Oakland, conductor: Mrs.
Maud Cornutt. Riddle, . inside guard;
Mrs. Maud Dean, Riddle, outside guard;
Mrs. J. B. Harris, Canyonvllle. chaplain.
Tonight the visiting Oddfellows were
entertained at a business meeting of
th. local lodges, during which a num
ber of candidates were initiated. The
business meeting waa followed by a
banquet which was attended by about
600 members of the order.
At the same time the local Rebekahs
entertained their visitors at a recep
tion at the Roseburg Commercial Club
rooms.
Today's gathering waa the first of its
kind ever held in Roseburg, and proved
the banner fraternal event of years.
C. H. V0SS DIES AT ALBANY
Septuagenarian I lorn In Oldenbcrg,
Germany, In 1834.
ALBANY. Or, April 27. (SpeclaL)
Christian H. Voss died -at his home in
this city Tuesday, ased 78. He waa
born in Oldenberg, Holsteln, Germany,
January I. 1834. coming to the United
States in 18SS. He located at Daven
port la. When the Civil War broke
out in 1S61, h. enlisted In th. First
Regiment. Iowa Volunteer?, and later
In the lth Infantry. Missouri Volun
teers, being discharged In January,
litS.
He was married May 14. 1865, and
lived in Iowa until 1876 when he
moved with his family to Oregon, lo
cating on a farm In Benton County.
He has resided in Albany since 1S99.
A widow and eight children sur
vive. The children are Julius, Henry
and Charles, Mrs. Laura Harnlsh, Mrs.
Carrie Lllltard. Mrs. Minnie Price, Mrs.
Verna Cady, and Mrs. An.ia Logsdon.
all of Albany. Twenty-one children
and three great-grandchildren also
survive. The funeral was held Thurs
day at the First Methodist Church un
der the auspices o McPherson Grand
Army Post, of this 'city.
SCHOOL ISSUES DEFEATED
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Chehnlln Votes "Xo" on Increasing
Facilities.
CHEHALIS, Wash, April S7. (Spe
cial.) Voters today defeated two prop
ositions for increasing the high school
facilities. On. hundred and thirty
eight voters favored buying more land
for the high school and zl voted no.
A proposal to build an addition to
the high school waa lost, with 137 votes
for and 311 against.
A total of 1008 voters have registered
for the special election to be held May
7, when the question of voting 1185.
000 bonds with which to build a mu
nicipal gravity water plant will be set
tled. The registration books closed
last night, showing registration by
precincts to be as follows: East
Chehalls 302, West 363, South 343.
Irvine Receives Life Sentence.
BAKER. Or.. April 2T. (Special.)
John Irvine, who was convicted of the
killing of C. A. MeOraw at Whlttley last
month today was sentenced to life Im
prisonment, The defense was given five
days in which to file a motion tor a
new trial. If this Is not secured an ap
peal will be asked.
GOOD
ROADS
URGED
Chehalis May Oppose Extra
Session to Issue Bonds.
CHANGE OF ROUTE ASKED
Winlock, Xapavlne and Little Falls
Want Pacific Highway Routed
Through Their ValleyRob
erts on Ground.
fnTri a t t a IV a h Anrll 2 7 . ( S p 0 -
At.i am HARiinn of the State
Legislature to act on the proposed issue
r llo.uuu.uuo Donas o oo ubou
-ay improvements may be opposed by
the Chehalia Cltlaens- Club. resolu
tions to this effect were offered at the
igular weemy luncneon 01 m u aq
uation. This luncheon
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by State Highway Commissioner w. J.
.ki. ...i.... Mr 'White
noDens, iu 1
and a delegation of Winlock citizens,
lnoluding Mayor Elliott. Dr. Doty, pres
ident of the Commercial CluD: t,ait.or
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County Commissioner Thomas H. Gray.
The meeting na peea e.y""j
nounced as a "good roads" session. N.
B. Coffman acted as toastmaster. Com-
Issioner Roberts was the principal
'lvs Wlnloelc delegation later drove
with Commissioner Roberts in an auto
mobile over the route or me x-atniu
Highway, as proposed by the citizens
of Winlock, Napavlne and Little Falls.
Residents of these towns are asking a
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1 11 a 11 a c in iiitj ui8ii"j - -lna,lly
laid out over the CowJitz-Olym-pla
roadway leading via Tdledo and the
Cowlitz Valley. The resolutions now
pending before the Citizens' ciuo 01
Chehalls will Da Iinauy aciea u .
the next weekly noonday luncheon, on
Wednesday of next week.
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special bond Issue session, they favor
legislation iur ueiicr , uaua.
lutlons. In part, follow:
This club plac ltlf on record a. favor
In. a state bond lisue for the purpose of
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providing a iuna m . 11 it . ,w v-.
iyatm of trunk highways traversing the
moit populous sections of the stale and to
that end favors the enactment of such legis
lation at th. next r.sular eesalun of the
Stat. Legislature as will provide for sub
mlttlnc the question of authorising such a
bond issue at the general election following
the session. t
This club considers the need of Industrial
and agricultural highways as paramount to
scenic highways and It favors the construc
tion primarily of such roadways as can be
traveled all the year around rather tnaa
those that will be oien for travel only aur
Inr th. Summer season. It therefore be
lieves that the location of the trunK hign
wavs should be in th. main through the
most denjely populated agricultural dis
tricts, rather than through unsettled moun
tainous sections. . .
We believe the bulldlngof he proposed
Pacific Highway Is of paramount Impor
tance as Washington's first great
road project. Capable engineers estimata
th. cost of this completed highway through
5Se Stat, of Washington at sa.ouo.000 al
lowing for mileage already constructed by
th. counties traversed. We favor Its com
pletion by direct taxation, the cost Is to be
borne by th. Western Washington counties
benefited.
Kelso's West Side School Wins.
KELSO. Wash., April 2l (Special.)
The preliminaries for the county
track and field meet and declamatory
contest which will be held here May
8-4, were run off today. In the track
386 Washington Street
Between West Park and Tenth Streets
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and field events the West Side School
was an easy victor, winning hands
down in every event except the mile
run. They also won the silver trophy
cup given by the Kelso State Bank,
which is to be contested for each year
by the grada and high schools of the
town. The winners In the prelimina
ries of the declamatory contest were
Misa Vera Randall in the grades and
Miss Doria Hanna in the high school.
Tha Judges for the declamatory con
test were Mrs. George Campbell, of
Kalama; Mrs. Clarence White, Rev. C.
B. Latimer and Frank J. Sardam, of
Kelso.
SUNDAY CIRCU NOT LIKED
Preachers and Chu?ch Members of
Cottage Grove Protest.
COTTAGE GROVE. Or., April S7.
(Special.) The issuing of a license by
the City Council to the Sells-Floto cir- j
cus to give an exhibition on Sunday,
May 26, baa stirred up a storm of pro- '
test, and two mass meetings of preach
ers and church members have been held
to frame remonstrance petitions to be
presented at a special meeting of the
Council Monday evening. Another mass .
meeting will be held tomorrow night.
The Council will be asked to rescind
the license. It is thought that it
will be Impossible to take such action,
but those getting up the remonstrance
have , not stated what is proposed in j
case this course is not successful.
Forest Grove Students Entertain.
PACIFIC UNIVERSITY, Forest Grove,
Or.. April 27. (Special.) On Wednes
day. May 1. the freshman class of Pa-
HARDLY
ABLE TO
WALK.
1 Took Peruna and It Has
Done Wonders for Me."
Mrs. M. P.
Curry. P. O.
, B o x 615,
Pete rsburg.
Ills., w r 1 tes:
"I have been
troubled with
1 n t ernal ca
tarrh since
m y girlhood,
and was sick
in bed three
m. o n t h s.
When I w a s
able to get up
I was so weak
and thin I
C O u Id hardly
walk. What
I ate disa
greed with!
me. I h a d j
stomach and'
liver trouble,
and my feet,
and limbs
were swollen
so I could
scarcely drag
around.
Mrs. M. P. Curry.
I took Pe-una and It has done won
ders lor me. aiy cure waa a buiiiiio . .
my friends, for they never expected to
gee me well again. I just toon two
bottles of Peruna after doctoring for
five mouths and growing worse all the
time."
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Be Helpful to You.
ciflo University will entertain the senior
classes of Hlllsboro and Forest Grove
High Schools and the fourth-year class
of Tualatin Academy. The members of
the varsity faculty will also be pres
ent. The gymnasium will ho decorated
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recommended for family use.
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Gordon Dry Gin, per bottle,
only S1.00
Gordon's Slow Gin, per bot-
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Sir Robert Burnett's Imported
Hillwood Bourbon Whisky, full quart S1.00
Multnomah Pure Rye Whisky, full quart S1.00
Guckenbeimer Bottled in Bond Rye Whisky, full qt. S1.00
Sunny Brook, bottled in bond, Bourbon Whisky, full
quart a,1JJ"
'Black and White Scotch Whisky, per bottle SI. 3a
John Dewar Scotch Whisky, per bottle S1.35
Old Smuggler Scotch Whisky, 15 years in the wood'
per quart 81 4
National Monogram Whisky, full quart 75d
Four full quart (express prepaid) S2.75
California Sweet Wines Port, Sherry, Angelica.
Tokay, Muscatel, Madeira and Malaga Wine, per
gallon. S1.00 to S4.00
California Dry Red Wine, Claret, Zinfandel and
Burgundy, per gallon 50c to a4.UU
California Dry Wine, White, Riesling and Sauterne,
per gallon 7oC to i&J.UU
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and there will be about 100 high school
students and college students present.
La.it year these clauses were enter
tained at Herrlck Hall. The event
proved so successful that It lias been
.Tedded to make It an annual affair.
Coat's Plymouth Gin. per
bottle S1.25
De Kuyper's Geneva Gin,
sq. blk. bottle, qt. inL.JiO
Jamaica Kum, bottle, S1.25