TTTE SUNDAY OREGOXIA rOKTLA.NU, MAY IP, 1912.
FLY ROD THAT FITS
IS
Expert Fisherman Says Reed
Must Answer Strength of
Arm in Casting.
BAMBOO IS BEST MATERIAL
Three Joint Give Maximum Satis
faction and Are to II Prrfcrrrd
to Porket Kdltlon: K1h
Ing Oowlp ljr Bucko.
BT w. r. PACK vs.
A good fly 'od enrnpoaed of half-a-doien
strips of aplli bamboo, a few
ounces of rolled German silver, a spool
of thread and a brusht.il of Blue- This
simple combination. If put together by
an expert rod maker, wtll com you
perhape 8:5. and prove one of the beat
lnfritmenli you made.
A f-xtd rod maker charges not for
Ma work but for what he knows. There
la almoat aa much actual work In tha
making of an ordinary factory rod aa
tn a tin hand-made article. But tha
(rood rod la put toireth-r with bralna
and Ita parts are ao perfectly balanced
and ao skillfully assembled that It will
Hand straight and true after eara of
hard service and that la the real teat
of a fly rod.
Raw Maat Fit War Arm.
The main thins after making up your
mind to set a sal Rood rod. la to get
on that fits you. It la almoat aa Im
portant to have your rod fit your arm
aa to have your coat (It your bark. A
perfectly flttlne; rod ahould exactly har
monize or blend In wtth the force of
the arm.
Take up a rod and awing It. aa In
making a long caat. If the rod appeara
to give way under the force of the
wing. It l light. On the other hand,
ahould the rod take the full fore of
the arm without sufficient bend It
shows that you in not getting the full
power out of It and It la too heavy.
When you g.-t one that feela Jut right,
hang on to It. Aa aome writer recently
put It. aelectlng a fly rod la a good
deal like falilnt. In love. When you
lind the right girl, you can't explain
why ahe la. you Just know Itand lt'a
the same may with the rod.
Tee Heavy Hawa Fatlgae Ftaheraaaa.
A long, heavy rod. on arcuunt of Ita
greater length and leverage, will caat
a longer line than the lighter one. but
unlese your arm la Ita masltr and can
make It work to Its fullest capacity. It
la not the rod for you. If your rod la
In keeping with your muscle, you can
line It all day on the stream without
fatigue. Too heavy a rod will tire you
out in an hour. The average man gets
the best result with a rod about nine
and onn-haif feet lung, weighing be
wrent fte and one-half and six ounces.
A rod of this canb.r will cast a heavy
iine SO feet with ease, and thla la far
enough for any practical fishing.
.s to the best matfrlal. there la no
argument. Split bamboo la lh one and
only material that will make a rsl
fly rod. Ita wonderful ateel-llke spring
and toughness place tt tn a class all
by Itself. All aorta of wood have been
trted uut by varloua makera. but they
all come back to the dependable bam
bwi. In England, rods made of greenheart
are very popular Thla may be on ac
count of more favurable climatic con
filtlnns. but here rods of thla material
have proven too dry and brittle.
"Packet" Heda Net ss (ina.
During the paat eeaenn. roda with
very short Joints, termed pocket rods,
have come Into uae. Where it la neces
sary to use a rod of this type, aa In
rases where you are obliged to carry
all your tackle In a aultcase. these lit
tle rods are. all right, but If tt la at all
possible to use a regular three-Joint
pattern, do ao by all means.
Every metal ferule added to the rod
rierreaaea Ita aprlng and casting power
a certain fraction, and where aeven or
eight ferulea are crowded Into an e4ght
foot rod. tt certainly doea not help tt
any. The Ideal rod would be one with
three aectlona. spliced together at the
Jointa with twins lashings, and a few
eurh have been ujed with great suc
cess, but are too easily damaged and
too much trouble assembling to ever
become popular wltu anglers In gen
eral. leader Leratra Baaa Mad."
Twenty-two baaa w-lthln 10 m:nutea
of Portland. Sounda a; moat fishy, yet
It really happened. Several yeara ago
an exhibition of fireworks waa held
at the tttki. and In order to properly
stage the affair a good-sized pond was
constructed Just north of the grounds,
with a narrow Inlet connecting with
the river. Aa the water rose slowly
during the paat few weeks, a lot of
anibllioua black baaa worked, their wiy
Into thla made-to-order pond.
lr. W. M. Campbell, one of I'ortland'a
most enthusiastic anglers, and who
has a mysterious faculty for locating
fish, had a bunch that there- might
be aomethlng doing In thla vicinity,
and sallied forth with his caating rod.
lie waa right. The first caat of hla
Mtli'B minnow braughl a response In
the shape of a two-pound bass. The
doctor, who Is an excellent battcaater.
shot hla minnow all over the pond, get
ting a atrlka at almost every cast,
until he had 22 In the basket. Perhaps
I had better add. however, that thla
nh:nff la over for the present.
SalaMw aply Recede.
The salmon fishing at Oregon City
has reached the stage where strikes are
l'e,-om:ng less frequent, tlood catchea
are still mad dally, and win be made
unt 1 about the mldtlle of June, but
the salmon are not as plentiful as In
early April. The anglers are keenly
: :i'pointet over the failure of the
l'ih Commission's order regarding the
limit for net Ashing.
This portion ot the river furnishes
sport for hundreds of anglers on one
hand, aa against three weeka' net fish
ing for a duxen commercial fishermen,
and there Is an Insistent demand that
this part of the stream be reeerved for
angling only. The sentiment In this
.irection ts becoming so strong that
in the futur there will probably be
ro net fishing on the Willamette Iliver
above Ita confluence with the Clacka
mas. v Traat rlaklag laaprove.
Trout fishing is Improving right
al.'ng and some excellent catchea have
been reported. About the beat catch
on record was made by Warren Cor
nell, one of the younger generation of
anglers, who made a moat unusual
ratch on Scrogglns Creek, In Washing
ton County, lie caught only I trout.
1'ut they weighed a total of :1 pounds.
lis best fish, a cutthroat weighing
three pounds. Is about the largest fish
evr taken on this stream.
Cornell used a medium-size trout apln
rer. and reports that there appear to
be plenty of flan In the stream, aa he
had dozens of fish strike which he
failed to hook
ANGLERS
BOO
WATER TRANSPORTATION
AND ITS MIGHTY BENEFITS
What It Eu Done for the Pacific
i paper read at the banquet for the officers
of the Aroerlrsa Klactncal Hallway Asso
ciation and Klectrlial Manufacturers' asso
riatlon at the Commsrclal Club. Portland.
May 14. 1S1Z.I
BT E. W. WRIOHT.
WATER transportation, which has
drawn the world together and
spread the race apart." la tha
keyatone of the world's commerce. The
camel, the pack train, the ox cart, the
steam and electric railroads and other
methods of land transportation, all
gather and carry freight through the
various countries ot the world, but for
world-wide distribution of the earth's
products we are today as dependent on
the sea aa were the Romans and Car
thaglnlana who fared forth from the
Mediterranean ports. JvOO years ago.
It has been said that God made the
country but man made the cities.
Much Is credited to the Almighty for
which He Is not really to blame, and
He does not always receive full credit
In the other direction. Man may
make the cities, bat every first-class
Job of city building In the known world
would have proved a miserable failure
had not the Almighty provided the
site with special advantages for that
particular city.
New York was located on a fine har
bor at a point In the new world most
convenient for handling the traffic
which In after years would pour In and
out between this country and the over
crowded kingdoms "of the old world,
while from the Interior, developing
commerce, following the line of least
resistance, flowed down the Hudson
when the Great Lakes region was
opened up by rail and canal. For Chi
cago wns provided a site on the nat
ural waterahed where the Great Lakes
came down ao close to the waters of
the Illinois Klver that In high water
there was a slop-over that permitted
the early traders to paddle right
through from Lake Michigan down the
Illinois and Mississippi to the Gulf of
Mexico: while from the matchless site.
In all directions, rolled away vast acres
of rich agricultural land. Similar evi
dence of the provlalons of nature are
plain In all of the world's great cities,
and nowhere are these advantages con
ferred by nature on man. more In evi
dence than In Portland, situated at the
head of deep water navigation and at
the foot of a downhill haul for which
Is available the traffic of an emplra
of more than 250.000 square miles,
which, acre for acre. Is the best the
sun ever shone on.
Water transportation made possible
the exploration and development of
this great region. In the early stages
of the development, the canoe and ba
toanx of the trader offered the only
means of communication between tide
water and the great region of richness
drained by the Columbia, and commerce
consisted mostly of bartering for fish
and furs. This vanguard of civilisa
tion which In the forties was strug
gling for a foothold in Oregon, re
ceived Its greatest reinforcements early
In the fifties, when thousands of dis
appointed gold seekers drifted north
from California and the across-the-platns
emigration Increased. The
trapper and trader were soon elbowed
out by the farmer, the lumberman and
the stockman, and wheery little steam
ers supplanted the canoe and bateaux.
These early water transportation fa
cilities were crude and expensive, but
In the era which they Inaugurated,
they played aa Important a part as Is
now played by the steam and electrlo
railroads.
Portland has always placed her de
pendence on water transportation, and
It has never been a case of misplaced
confidence. With a firm belief In the
theory and the practice which ahows
that there was an economic advantage
In taking the ship to the cargo Instead
of the cargo to the ship, the ocean
carrlere have always been taken as far
Inland as their draft of water would
permit It Is a matter of record that
the old brig "Henry'' and one or two
other seagoing craft ascended the
Columbia as far as the Cascades, and
In periods of high water. It was not un
usual for the commerce carriers of
early davs to go up the Willamette as
f.r as Sltlwaukle. and even Oregon
City. It did not. however, require
much experimenting to disclose the
face that Portland, on tidewater at the
entrance to the Willamette Valley
where development of the Oregon
country began, and near enough to the
Columbia to command the seaport
prestige of that stream In the develop
ment that was to follow, was the nat
ural point for the interchange of land
and sea traffic at all seasons of the
year.
The Impregnable position of Port
land can well be understood when It la
stated that but once In more than (0
years since the city was founded has
thla prestige been challenged or
threatened. This attempt to wrest
from Portland her supremacy as a sea
port, was made In 1S5 when the Pa
cific Mall, then operating the only line
of ateamers between this city and San
Francisco, built extensive docks at St.
Helens. 28 miles below here, and for
a time made that the Columbia River
terminus of the line. But the early
Portlanders. with the unbounded con
fidence to which the natural location
of their city entitled them, promptly
retaliated by starting a steamship line
of their own. thus easily forcing the
Pacific Mall to go where the business
was. Instead of trying to force the
business to move to a point farther
down stream.
in passing. I would remark that the
sublime faith and determination of
the original builders of Portland has
been inherited by their successors.
The Portlander of today, and of the In
tervening yeara since this splendid city
was a straggling and atruggllng ham
let, has met every emergency and con
quered every obstacle as it has arisen.
There are plenty of men here tonight
who ran remember when the perils ot
the Columbia Ulver bar. and the shoal
water In the river, were so much In
evidence that foreign shipowners de
manded, snd were paid, a differential
of 1 shillings per ton more from Port
land than was exacted from San Fran
cisco. In those days lighterage, at a cost to
the ship of II 40 per ton. was a neces
sity, and the delays were such that
nothing but tha abundance of cargo
and quick despatch at Portland Induced
vessels to come here at all. All this
haa been changed. The Portland tax
payers with contributions of more than
li.0O0.000 and with the aid of the Gov
ernment, have deepened and straight
ened out the channel to the aea. so
that 10.000 ton carrlera drawing 27
and 2a feet of water can go from Port
land to the sea In 10 to 12 hours. What
tills Improvement means can best be
understood when It Is stated that
modern tramp steamers have carried
full cargoes over this 100-mi:e stretch
of water between Portland and Astoria
at a cost, pilotage, time of vessel and
a'.! other Items Included, of less than
six cents per ton: and where Inward
cargo was carried this haa In some
casea brought freightage coat under a
cents per ton. No railroad, steam or
electric, can ever meet such competi
tion as this, and for that reason, Port
land at the head of deep water navi
gation, will always remain the great
port of entry and departure for the
ocean carriers that will handle the
Immense business of the Columbia
basin.
But while the water transportation
thai Is making rorliand great today
Northwest Influence of the Panama
Is that of ocean carriers, there are still
wonderful possibilities for development
In the Inland routes. The mighty
Columbia with Its tributaries, offers
nearly 2000 miles of navigable river.
On the main river, steamers are today
running to Tobacco Plains, Montana,
more than 1000 miles from where the
river enters the sea: while In far away
Idaho and Wyoming Its largest artery,
the Snake. Is extensively used for navi
gation and Irrigation, and on a dozen
smaller streams steamboats, launches
and barges offer cheap and Independent
transportation.
It was the development made possi
ble by this river navigation that In
duced the railroads to enter the In
terior, and from both river and trunk
railroads, electric and steam feeders
axe being thrown out each year, bring
ing Into touch with Portland and the
world's markets new fields fully as
rich In latent resources as any that
have been opened up In the past.
James J. Hill, master of transporta
tion. In a spaech before the Rivers and
Harbors Congress In 1S07 made the
statement that "no vessel of 1000 tons
' burden can compete wtth a boxcar.
With lO.noo tons the problem is mas
tered." This boxcar competition over
water-level lines may make it difficult
for water transportation to regain the
prestige It enjoyed In the golden ago
of Columbia and Snake River steam
boating, when the O. 8. N. Co.. fore
runner of the Harrlman system In the
Pacific Northwest, was piling up the
colossal profits with which the first
sections of the road were built, but aa
long as this 2000-mile waterway sys
tem carries sufficient depth to float a
barge It will act as a setety valve In
preventing exorbitant rates on certain
routes where trsfflc can be handled
equally advantageously by boat or car.
Eventually, aa the population In
creases to Old World density, more use
will be made of these waters that at
present may not be able to successfully
compete with the boxcar. The position
of Portland and of the rich territory
drained by the great river of the West
win remain Impregnable, however, re
gardless of whether the trsfflc Is han
dled by railroads, operated over water
level routes or by steamboats run on
our rivers.
Any discussion of water transporta
tion at the present time would be In
complete without reference to the Pan.
ama Canal, for. In keeping with every
other Pacific Coast port. Portland ex
pects to profit by the Improved trans
portation conditions which will follow.
The canal with Its low freight rates
will revolutionize the transcontinental
carrying trade. Great ocean steamers
will carrv freight between the Atlantic
and Pacific seaboard cities at such low
rates that railroads now engaged in
the long haul across the continent will
find their greatest source of profit in
short hauling this steamship freight
from the coast to distributive centers
In the Interior, and from no other port
on the Pacific Coast can a car of
freight be rolled so far Inland over a
water-level route or at so low a cost
per ton per mile as from Portland.
While on this topic I wish to call at
tention to the vital necessity of getting
freight through that canal at the low
est possible cost to the producer and
consumer. Two hundred miles north
of Portland are a couple of splendid
Canadian sesports, whose citizens are
permitted to buy ships wherever they
can be secured the cheapest. The num
ber of producers and consumers of
freight outnumber those engaged in
the carrying trade by such an over
whelming majority that no attempt Is
made In Canada to favor the few at
the expense of the many, and the Can
adian does not care a rap where a ship
Is built or what flag it flies, so long
aa he can buy It cheap and run it In
any trade he sees fit.
In an alleged attempt to offset this
advantage and ease our self-imposed
burden, the millions of producers and
consumers of the United States are
asked to present the few American
shipowners with free tolls. Of course,
free tolls would be unnecessary If we
had free ships, but a healthy, prosper
ous beggar is at a disadvantage In ask
ing alms, and In order to keep our mer
chant marine In the alms-begging class
we must not permit It to get well and
strong by natural methods followed by
other countries. No amount of legal
technicalities, sophistry or other ex
traneous matter that can be Interjected
Into the subject An entirely obscure or
explain away the fact that the United
States Is bound by a sacred treaty ob
ligation to ahow no discrimination
PORTLAND CHURCHES
SHOW GREAT ACTIVITY
New Westminster Presbyterian Edifice on East Side to Be Started Soon.
United Clericns Episcopal Convention Here Thi Week.
THE Westminster Presbyterian
Church Is preparing to lay the
cornerstone of Its new church edi
fice, on East Seventeenth street, near
Schuyler. June 1. Work on tha foun
dation and basement Is progressing
rapidly. The building will be of basalt
rock, quarried at Rocky Butte, near
Montavllla. The rock Is very hard and
of beautiful color. Copings for the
windows and doors are of Taeoma
sandstone, which takes a fine polish.
The stone In the walls ts to be laid
In broken courses, wtth Joints accented,
and will not be pointed, aa Is the
usual practice.
This church will stand In the midst
of a great and beautiful residence sec
tion." said Kev. Henry Marcotte. pas
tor of the church. "This section may
continue for 60 years. That Is about
as far ahead as we can look. This
will be one of the finest church edi
fices on the Pacific Coast, and I be
lieve this community can well afford
such a structure." .
The property purchased by the
church Is now covered with stone and
building material. The first unit of
the new church will cost about $100.
000. Considerable space will be left
on the block outside the church, to be
utilised later.
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It Is planned to dedicate the Metiger
Methodist Episcopal Church, at Metzger
Station, on the Oregon Electric line,
next Sunday. A service will be held In
the morning and a platform meeting
In the-afternoon. at which business
men and laymen will speak. Rev. R.
J. Bishop, pastor of the church, will
preach at night.
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A meeting of the Portland Associa
tion of Congregational Ministers and
the delegate from Congregational
chnrchea of the city will meet at Pll-
4 rA....iiAn.l Church at S P.M..
XI.- ...mln. Rev. C. H. Wlrth.
preparatory to ordination. After this
1 v. - mt.l.t.p. and delegates
will hold council to determine whether
thev shall proceed with the ordination.
This service Is to be held at the Pil
grim Church at 7:4S the ssme evening.
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The Oregon Conference of the United
Brethren Church wtll be held at the
First Church of this ' denomination.
Kast Fifteenth and Morrison streets.
June 11 to 1J. Western Washington
Is Included in the Oregon conference.
Bishop William M. Bell, ot Los An
Canal The Need ot Free Shipe.
against any commerce carrier using the
canaL a
Supposing, however, that we forget
that there Is such a thing .as National
honor, and rebate tolls to American
ships using the canal. Supposing that
foreigners who signed the treaty with
us have no good red blood In their
veins, and make no direct reprisals for
our Infamous action. Have we gained
anything by It? Have we helped the
millions who supply the freight, or the
hundreds who handle It?
The Pacific Coast always has been
and for many years will continue to be
an exporting country, and we need
cheap tonnage to move our lumber,
grain and other products to the world'a
markets. Under norm! conditions, for
many years to come, empty cars will be
hauled westward for loads, and ships
will continue to come In ballast or only
partly loaded. If we give the American
ship a free toll subsidy In lieu of pass
ing a free ship bill, and thus rendering
free tolls unnecessary, our high-priced
American vessel must confine Its oper
ations strictly between tha two coasts.
Portland ships more wheat than any
other city In the United States, and It
nearly all goes to Europe, but It cannot
go there In American ships, for the
reason that when the ship reaches Eu
rope It must accept business In com
petition wltn cheap ships which can
get along without a free toll aubsldy.
If It does not accept business In for
eign trade at rates baaed on supply
and demand. It must steam back to the
protection of the canal In ballast, and
the unfortunate American shipper will
find the cost added to the next cargo of
freight secured. Our Canadian com
petitors will not be under any such
handicap. They will ship their lumber,
grain and other products and distribute
their Imports In vessels that can enter
any trade In the known world on even
terms with their competitors.
Unless we are permitted to use cheap
carriers through the canal, the ben
efits which should naturally follow Its
completion will-a.ll be absorbed by the
nations who can use such carriers.
In conclusion, I want to say to you
that I have lived In Portland for more
than 30 years. I have In that period
visited every county in the three great
states that pay tribute to this city.
This close-range study of the conditions
and resources that are responsible for
Portland's remarkable growth have
made me an optimist of the first de
gree, not only regarding the future of
Portland, but of the entire Columbia
basin. Judging the future by the past,
and there is no other rule by which It
can be judged. It seems clear to me'
that the marvelous growth and devel
opment which have made Portland the
greatest wheat and lumber port on
earth, and which Is reflected In a Job
bing trade of nearly 1300.000,000. and
with a record of $50,000,000 In building
permits in the past 28 months. Is merely
a beginning. Thla is not a boom state
ment. It is the natural deduction made
from a careful consideration of the
causes responsible for our present
status and stature In the commercial
world. The Portland of today Is a prod
uct of the Willamette Valley and a
small portion of Oregon and Washing
ton lying east of the Cascade Moun
tains. The Portland of the future will
be fed by the mights, resources of Cen
tral Oregon, of the Big Bend, the Idaho
country and a dozen other districts
from which we have been barred In the
past. Railroads are rushing construc
tion into Southeastern Oregon, to Coos
Bay, to Tillamook, and throughout Ore
gon. Washington and Idaho electric
lines and feeders for the steam lines
are hauling In settlers and getting
ready to. haul out the'products of farm,
field and forest. We have built a mag
nificent city merely by scratching
around the edges of our immense un
developed trade field. Even these com
paratively few acres are Just beginning
to show the possibilities of Intensified
farming, and still In the background
are millions of acres yet to feel the
first touch of the plow. The forests
in territory tributary to this city con
tain more standing timber than can be
found In any similar area on earth, and
In dairying, horticulture, stockralslng
or any branch of agriculture there Is
still an almost unlimited field for de
velopment. The line of least resist
ance still leads down to Portland from
all parts of this newly awakened em
pire, and here on the banks of the Wil
lamette, where water transportation
has brought the world's markets to our
doors, will arise the greater Portland
which a generation hence will be the
wonder of the western world.
geles, who Is tn charge of the church
on the Pacific Coast, will preside. He
will also preach the conference ser
mon June SZ. After the conference ser
mon pastors will be assigned for the
year.
The Cnlted Brethren Women's Mis
sionary Society will be held at the Sec
ond United Brethren Church In Al
berta, while the conference Is In ses
sion. The Young People's Society of
Christian Endeavor of the United
Brethren Church will meet at the First
Church, June 17 and 18. Everett. Wash,
was the location chosen for the con
ference this year, but this was changed
to Portland because this city Is more
centrally located.
s
George P. Cotterlll. Mayor of Seat
tle, Is to be the speaker at a banquet
given at the Multnomah Hotel May 24
by the Oregon Anti-Saloon League. The
banquet will be Invitational. A special
campaign to eliminate roadhouses and
prevent the selling of liquor In con
struction camps will be started at the
banquet.
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Rev. W. B. Young, brother of Dr.
Benjamin Young, pastor of the Taylor
Street Methodist Church, will speak
there this morning and tonight. He
has Just returned from the Methodist
General Conference at Minneapolis.
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The United Clerlcus of the Episcopal
Church will convene tn Portland -next
Tuesday and will hold sessions also on
Wednesday and Thursday. The dio
ceses of Oregon, Eastern Oregon, Spo
ksne, Olympla, Idaho, Columbia, Cale
donia. Kootenay, New Westminster and
Calgary will be represented by about
70 clergymen.
The Clerlcus will convene at Trinity
Episcopal Church, Nineteenth and Ever
ett streets, at 8 P. M., May 21. Bishop
John C. Roper, of the Columbia Dio
cese, will conduct the quiet hour serv
ice. The Wednesday morning session will
be held at St. Mark's parish-house.
Twenty-first and Marshall streets.
'The Church and the Immigrant" will
be the subject of an address by Arch
deacon Beer, of Kootenay, B. C Rev.
G. F. C. Caff in. of Vancouver, B. C.
and Bishop Paddock, of Eastern Ore
gon, will participate In the discussion.
The visitors will then go to Good Sa
maritan Hospital, where luncheon will
be served at 12:20. After this they
will go for a car ride to Council Crest.
At 2:20 the Clerlcus will convene In
The Passing of the House of Bair
Mr. T. F. Gallagher, of Fifth Ave., New York, desires to
announce that he has assumed entire control of the late House
of Bair, and he is now responsible for everything that goes out
of the house. Everything is entirely new, working force, selling
force, etc., and as an opening has decided on a
Re-organization Sale
and for the opening week will offer any Suit in this enormous
stock, excepting creams and broadcloths, for $25.00. This
includes all our finest imported fabrics, and your choice of
dozens of varieties of finest quality blue and black serge, Scotch
cheviots and homespuns; in fact, your choice from the finest
looms in Europe and America.
All are strictly hand-tailored by experts in the cleanest and most sani
tary workshop on the American Continent ; it's open for the inspection of our
patrons. They are lined throughout with guaranteed Skinner's satin; in
fact, our regular $45.00 Suits, and they are far superior in every respect to
suits made by the small tailors at from $45.00 to $60.00, and you may have
your choice of any suit in this great establishment for S25.00- Come in
and inspect our beautiful models dozens and dozens in plain and fancy
tailored effects.- "We can convice the most skeptical that we can and will sell
a first-class suit in every respect for $25.00. Perfection of style, per
fection of fit and perfection of quality will be the motto of this establish
ment, i
The cutting is in charge of Mr. S- A. Himovsky, formerly of Vienna snd
New York, and probably one of the best cutters of ladies' garments on the
Pacific Coast. For our opening day, tomorrow, we have decided on a sensa
tion in Ladies' Tailoring, the offering of any suit in this enormous stock
for $25.00. Our low rent and our perfect organization is the secret of
our low price. .
Tom
SUCCESSOR TO THE HOUSE
NORTHWEST BUILDING
the Chapel of the Ascension, Nine
teenth and Sortngs streets. "The Epis-
! copacy In Relation to Church Unity"
will be the subject or tne paper oy kdy.
J. N. Barry, ol Baker. Rev. Wood R.
Stewart, of Olympla, and Rev. Princi
pal Vance, of Vancouver, will discuss
the question. A reception at Bishop
croft will be tendered at 4:30 by Bishop
and Mrs. Charles Scadding. A dinner
will be tendered them In .the evening
by Rev. and Mrs. Henry R. Talbot.
St. David's Church, East Twelfth and
Belmont streets, will be the meeting
place of the Clerlcus Thursday morning.
Rev. Robert Connell, of Victoria, B. C,
and Rev. F. A. P. Chadwlck. of Van
couver, will speak. Rev. T. A. Hilton,
of Seattle, and Rev. Alfred Lockwood,
of North Yakima, will speak In the
afternoon. A banquet will be given
at the Imperial Hotel at 7:30.
Rer. William B. Hamilton, of Grants
Pass, will speak at St- Mark's Episco
pal Church this morning, and Arch
deacon W. Horsfall, of Marshfleld, In
the evening.
The Christian Endeavor Society of
the First Presbyterian Church will give
a play tomorrow night, called "The
Union Depot." It will be staged at the
church. Admission will be free and a
general Invitation has been extended
to young people of the city.
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Dr. Luther R. Dyott will commence
next Sunday a series of sermons at the
First Congregational Church on "Right
Thinking and Efficiency." The subjects
and dates follow: May 26, morning.
"Right Thinking." evening. "Bound to
Deliver the Goods, Though Handi
capped"; June 2, morning, "Right
Thinking and Health, Does Anyone
Have to Be HIT"; evening. "Building
In the Night. What Can Take Place
During Sleep"; June 9, children's day
services In the morning, exercises by
the Bible school: evening, "The Chance
With the Child"; June 1, morning,
"Affirmation and the Power of Sug
gestion." evening. "Right Thinking and
Efficiency In Education"; June 23.
morning, 'Efficiency in Religion,"
evening, "Advertising"; June 30, morn
ing, "Self Control." evening. "I Will."
Dr. Dyott's subject tonight will be
"When Presidential Candidates Quar
rel, What Should Practical Patriots
DoT i
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Tuesday evening 11 members of the
Vernon Presbyterian Brotherhood vis
ited the strong Presbyterian Brother
hood of the Oregon City church. They
were royally entertained. At the meet
ing it was suggested that a movement
should be started to organize new
Brotherhoods In all evangelical
churches where none exist already and
also to formulate some plan for quick
communication between all the organi
zations of Portland and vicinity,
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Rev E. Nelson Allen, pastor of the
Hawthorne Presbyterian Church, will
deliver an Illustrated lecture tonight on
"The Story of Ben Hur a Tale of the
Christ."
The Sunday school picnic of Grace
Methodist Church will be held May 25,
at Peninsula Park.
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The Northern Baptist convention will
meet In Des Moines, Iowa, May 22-29.
Rev. C A. Wooddy, D. D.. Rev. J. D.
Sprlngston. Rev. F. C W. Parker, of
Portland, and President L. W. Riley and
Rev. C. H. McKee, of McMlnnvllle. left
last week on their way to the conven
tion. Dr. W. B. Hlnson and F. E. Hil
ton, of Portland, and Rev. H. Wyse
Jones, of McMlnnvllle. will go later.
Mr. and Mrs. James F. Falling left a
week ago, to take a trip to the ex
treme East before the convention.
River at Kerso GItcs Up Body.
KELSO. Wash., May 18. (Special.)
Dr. F. A. Bird. Coroner, reports find
ing the body of a man In the Columbia
River three miles below here. The
body evidently had been' In the water
about two months, and was of a man
who weighed 180 pounds, about 45
years of age, five feet six Inches tall,
with a short gray beard. He wore
blue overalls and heavy blue flannel
underwear and was In his stocking feet.
There were no marks on the body that
would Indicate foul play. There was
nothing to aid In identification. It is
probable that he may be one of two
fishermen who were run down by a
steamer opposite Kalama about two
months ago.
Woman Plays Fireman.
COTTAGE GROVE, Or May 18.
(Special.) A serious fire was averted
yesterday at the Walter Scott home by
the presence of mind of Mrs. C C
Du Bnillle, who lives next door. The
Gallagher
fire was In the roof, where It could be
easily reached, and Mrs. Du Bruille
connected the garden hose to the water
IF YOU'LL INVESTIGATE
YOU'LL BUY ONE NOW
PLAYER PIANOS, AS WELL AS BABY GRANDS
AND BEAUTIFUL REGULAR UPRIGHTS i
WITHIN EVERYONE'S REACH.
Study This Carefully, Note the Prices, and See for Your,
self How Easy It Is for Every Home to Enjoy the
Advantages of Music Bring This Advertisement
With You When You Call, or Write Today for Free
Catalogue.
We have arranged to close out be
fore our Great Annual June Exhibition
many most valuable and very highest
grade upright pianos and some of the
most costly Baby Grands In stock. We
have reduced our already low prices
still lower, and payments may be ar
ranged at only ti a week.
You simply agree to pay at the rate
of $2 a week, or so much a month, or
as best suits your convenience, and
one of the finest of Hobart M. Cables,
Deckers, or Kimballs or Webers, or
Stelnways. or even a Chlckering, In a
plain case. Is sent to your home right
away.
HIGH GRADE, HONEST INSTRU
MENTS. We have learned that some dealers
In trying to compete with this sale
have tried to make people believe that
the Instruments sold by Eilers Music
House upon the wonderfully low terms
of a dollar a week were not good
In other words, were "cheap goods."
This Is not the case. Every Instrument
In the sale Is high grade and so guar
anteed, a regular catalogue style such
as any mansion would be proud to own
a credit to every home.
The Nation's very proudest names,
the most exclusive makes, the very best
that money, no matter how much, can
buy are placed within easy reach of
every " real home. Not only are the
prices reduced but payments are only
82 a week.
STUDY THESE GREAT NAMES.
Think of securing choice of numer
ous genuine Weber made grand and
three Weber uprights, brand new, at
such greatly reduced prices, and pay
ing only 82 a week. A couple of Steln
ways, Knabe and Steck grands, same
terms. Beautiful highest award Kim
ball uprights and two Kimball baby
grands. $2 a week. Three of the Na
tion's highest priced and most valu
able make, the Chlckering, payments
$2 a week. Several splendid Deckers,
and four fine Lester s, same terms. The
remaining beautiful Hallet & Davis
pianos, and two of our superb Sohmers.
All at reduced prices and $2 a week.
See the best pianos to be bought else
where at 8625. Here they are only $487
now, payments 83 a week. See the
pianos for which some of your friends
have had to pay 8550 and then come
and find similar values here for only
8378. See the beauties reduced to 8448,
8418, 836, 8327, and plainer cases for
still less. There never was such a cut
ting down of prices on such uniformly
costly and most valuable pianos. Make
an effort now. You'll not regret It If
you secure one of these pianos.
The magnitude ot this undertaking
and our determination to sell every one
of these pianos before commencing our
Annual June Exhibition makes this
possible.
PLAYER PIANOS REDUCED, TOO!
A great co-operative Player Piano
purchasing league has been formed.
This was arranged under the auspices
of the Eilers Music House In connec
tion with the four greatest Player
Piano manufacturers of America. This,
too, brings many advantages to the
buyer, and makes possible great sav
ings, as well as most extraordinary
OF BAIR
Entrance 327 Washington St.
pipe, threw a stream of water onto the
blaze and In a few moments the danger
was over. 1
easy terms of payment.
Splendid brand new Player Pianos
Instruments in the usual way of figur
ing surely worth 1650 each are now
priced onlv 84S5, and to be paid on pay
ments of 82 a week. Plain styles only
8467.50.
The Auto Player Solo Grand, which
quality could not be obtained in the
usual manner for less than 8800, Is now
brand new, only 8575: plainer cases. 830
less, and all on payments of 2.50 a
week.
THE NEW .VCMELODIC.
And now the latest of all, the Kim
ball Acmelodic Player Piano, the like
of which no one expected to purchase
for less than J1250, is now to be had In
choice of fanciest mahogany, mot
tled French walnut finish, and also In
superbly figured quarter-sawed oak
cases for 8770, and payments are ar
ranged at only 83 a week.
There is also the elegant little Baby
Bungalow Fiano, priced brand new only
8365, on payments of only 83 weekly.
A range of assortment and design that
has never heretofore been presented In
any musical Instrument house in
America.
MUSIC ROLL SERVICE.
A carefully prepared free music li
brary service is included in these
prices; so is a bench, delivery free, no
extras, no waiting, no task to be per
formed. I
In the meantime we are continuing
also to close out all our Pianola Pianos,
which have been s-perseded by the late
Improved Autopiano, the Player Pianos
de Luxe, and the others mentioned
abo-e. At the reduced prices we are
offering these Pianola Pianos they repr
resent the most wonderful values Imag
inable. As previously explained, on account
of legal protection which the contract
price system at the present time en.
joys, we have agreed to advertise and
ticket all our Pianola Pianos at these
reduced prices as "second-hand."
ALL AT REDUCED PRICE.
Every Weber Pianola Piano is to be
sold, as stated, at prices exactly 8320
less than the combine dealers are ex
pected to ask.
Every Steck Pianola Piano is to be
sold at prices reduced as stated, name
ly. 8285.
Every Wheelock Pianola Piano is to
be sold at prices reduced as state.3.
namely, 8235.
Every Stuyvesant Pianola Piano is to
be sold at prices reduced, namely, 8185.
S 100 MUSIC ROLLS FREE.
With each of these Instruments sold we
still supply free, in addition to the im
mense saving made possible during the
sale, an actual 8100 worth of Metrqr
style and Themodlst music rolls.
It Is undoubtedly safe to say that
this will be the last opportunity for
any one to secure one of these contract-protected-price
Pianola Pianos at such
reduced prices.
How much happier, brighter, better
home Is where there Is music! And
now only a little payment each week,
or equivalent by the month, does it.
Eilers Music House. Largest musical
Instrument merchants in America 10
stores the home of the Chlckering, the
Autopiano, the Kimball, etc., in the
Eilers building, Seventh and Alder. ..