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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, DECE3IBEB 21, 1913. 7 EIANY SHIPS ARE IN Busy Week in Sight for Port land Longshoremen. OPERATIONS ARE HURRIED Grain and Lumber Carriers Here and Scheduled to Arrlre in Next Fnr Daja Anxious to Dis charge Cargo and Reload. With four deapwater Tessela ta be worked today and more duo that trill insure a. brisk working spurt tor long shoremen, it promises to be a busy Christmas week or those who have to do with hurrying: cargo aboard ships It was estimated yesterday that ap proximately 500 longshoremen were employed on the waterfront, lnclud lng those loading the steamer Rose City. The British steamer Oceano. work lng lumber at Inman-Pouleen's. is to continue loading today with four full gangs and the Japanese steamer Koju laru, at the Eastern St Western mill. is billed to keep up operations, while the Maple Leaf liner Buenaventura, which shifted yesterday from Irving to Columbia dock No. 2. loads today, and rangs will be employed on the new Grace liner Santa Catallna, i riving last nl?ht from New York. San tos and other porta She had 1800 tons of cargo to be discharged at Albers dock. The Britfsh steamer Craighall ar rived in the river yesterday from A'okohama to load wheat and flour here for the Orient under engagement to the Portland flouring Mills Com pany, so she will be busy during the week. The British steamer Lord Bef ton will take an Oriental lumber cargo. The Norwegian steamer Christian Bors is due from Eureka to finish lum ber on the lower river and In addi tion half a dozen sailing vessels are being loaded. Longshoremen and grain- handlers are benefited equally by the amount of wheat ani barley moving to the docks. GUESTS REFUSED OS CAMIXO Applicants for Free Transportation Find Chilly Prospects. Probably with no class was the steamer Camlno more popular yester day than with a crowd of unemployed that was conspicuous on Albers dock before he sailed, seeking an oppor tunlty to work their way to San Fran. else or get there on a stowaway's pas Captain AhTln scented trouble early in the morning and as every accom modation had been sold, he was wary lest more get aboard than his license called for. In which event he would have h.td an uncomfortable session with Vncle Sam's officials. Before the Camlno left the iock a careful search was mnde for ctowaways without sue cess. Another was to be male on the way down stream, so any caught would be put ashore at Astoria. All steamers leaving fur the south have the same conditions to contend with, though It rosts but IS for a steerage ticket. In the way of cargo the Camlno had 1150 tons of grain. 1710 cases of canned goods. 319 barrels of cherries. 100 tons of merchandise 7S.000 feet of lumber and a moving-picture machine, the latter being consigned to Callao, Chile. TIMBER SELECTED IX WINTER Material For New McCormlck Vessel Is Ordered Cut. Orders have been given to the Ft. Helens Lumber Company, emnnatlng from the office of Charles R. McCor mlck, to cut and select material this Vlnter for a new steam schooner that will replace the steamer Merced, lost recently near Point Gorda. She will be of the same dimensions. Mr. McCor mick says the best material Is obtain able In Winter and as soon as It Is out the keel will be laid and the hull con struction hurried. It Is Intended to have the vessel ready for the 1915 fair travel, much of which Is expected to be under way the latter part of 1S14. There are two barses for the Co lumbia Contract Company and a gaso line schooner for the BabbWge inter ests buildtnic nt the yard of the St. Helens Shipbuilding Company, and pros, pects are cood for other work outside of the McCormlck fleet. RECORD PRCXE CARGO TO GO Steamslilpmen in Doubt as to. Turkey Dinner Christmas. When the American-Hawaiian steamer Paraiso sntls from Portland next she will be full of prunes, for more than 400 tons are being assembled. 25.000 boxes, which will form the largest sin gle lot of the fruit to be dispatched from this harbor. There will be about 75 tens sent to Purope. the bulk going to New York. Employes of the line say they cer tainly will be full of turkey, prunes and plum duff If the Paraiso is delayed sufficiently at San Francisco so she does not make port Christmas day. She reached Sm Francisco Friday and should have sailed on the return last nlsht. but belnc due for her annual inspection, there was reason to believe she would be held over a day. As she In behind schedule, her appearanct Christmas means cargo will have to be worked. VMPQVA OPKX TO NAVIGATION After Bcinjr Sealed Vp Month hT Shoaled Bar Now Channel Made. II AKPHFIF.LP. Or.. Pec. 20. (Spe rial.) The L'mpqua Kiver is open again to navigation after having been seaiea vt bv . shoaled bar for over a month. A new channel was scoured from the river to the pea. and iherv Is 13 feet of water. The Sadie, a sailing schooner, which had been off bar some days and out from San Pedro 37 days. ai taken Into the harbor. Ti-.a s.m Gabriel and Lucy departed vest, riiav with cargoes of lumber for San Pedro. The tug Oleanor is In Coos Pay for frelcht and will tow the achoor.er Louise to the Umpqua tomor row. There has been a marked dearth of provisions and other necessities at Gardiner for several weeks, and the carsro of freight In tomorrow's ship tnent is 130 tons. LORD SFiTOX IS Dl'K TODAY Two Japanese Steamers Will load Here Next Month. The British steamer Lord Sefton. chartered last week by the Paciflo Ex port Lumber Company, is due In the harbor today. The vessel halls from tan Francisco and is to load for the Orient. She was procured for 5s 3d. and if given a full lumber cargo will take 3.5O0.000 feet- The British steamer Oceano started working at Inman-PouWn's yesterday for China. The Kenkon Mam takes the first of her cargo at Kainier. iliuui A Co. report that the Tenpasan Maru will be here about January and the Hud son Maru January 10. BAR DREDGE'S FINAL TEST Colonel P. S. Michte Comes to Co lumbia for Short Time. To be on hand Monday, when the last official test is given the new bar dredge. CoL P. S. Mlchle. which is intended for duty at the entrance to Coos Bay, Major J. J. Morrow, Corps of Engineers, U. 8. A., left for Seattle last night. The dredge will leave Seattle Tuesday or Wednesday for the Columbia River and for a short time is to be tested inside in dredging sand, and with the first favorable opportunity will be ordered to Coos Bay for permanent work. The dredge is 230 feet long, with a beam of 4S feet and depth of hold of 21 feet. The suction pipe has a di ameter of 2 6 Inches. In a general way she resembles the dredge Clatsop, which the Government operates on the Lower Columbia above Astoria. CASTAWAYS WELL TREATED Samoa's Governor Takes Exception to Tarn of Amaranth's Crew. Commander Stearns. Governor of American Samoa, has written to friends a flat denial of statements attributed to members of the crew of the ill-fated Amaranth, that they were treated Im properly on reaching Samoa. He says officers of the ship were given quarters aboard the gunboat Princeton and while a. quarantine was established at first, the men were also assigned to mess with bluejackets of the Princeton. They were provided with Government bedding, he says. Most of the story of discourteous treat ment is credited to the cablnboy of the Amaranth. Jcanie Will Be Total Loss. VICTORIA. B. C. Dec. 20. The Alaska Coast Company's steamer Jea nie, which struck the rocks at Point Clark. Calvert Island. B. C at 12:40 Friday morning during a fog while south-bound from Alaska, will be total loss. The ship and cargo were valued at 40,000. insured. The Jeanle was under charter to the W. F. Swan Navigation Company, of Seattle. Taquina Office Put in Order. NEWPORT. Or. Dec 10. (Special)- L, A. Pike, Chief Deputy Collector of Customs. Portland, left here today after having systematized the local support Custom-House. Mr. Pike said that W. B. Hartley. Newport Collector of Customs, is now well prepared to keep a record of Yaqutna Bay tonnage. Marino Notes. Towel by the tug Samson, schooner Churchill, from Grays bor, has gone to Prescott to load. the Bar Wheat laden, for the United King dom, the British bark Thistlebank left down yesterday. The Belgian ship Kas sal shifted from Columbia dock No. t to Irving dock. Captain Fltislmmons entered the Maple Leaf liner Buenaventura at the Customhouse yesterday, from Van- eonver. B. C. with 109 barrels of tal low billed tor Dunkirk. The ship is workinar arraln at Irving dock. She is on her maiden voysge and is an up to-date carrier in every respect, being equipped with wireless and the latest cargo handling gear. Alter loaning 4000 tons here she proceeds to San Francisco. Though the new Grace liner Santa Catallna left Astoria at 11 o'clock Fri- l iv nt-rht. It was after 7 o clock when she entered the harbor last night The vessel had been foebound off Rainier. She Is a sister ship to the Santa Clara, here last month. With 6000 barrels of white oil and 27,000 barrels of fuel oil. the tanker Oleum entered at the Customhouse yesterday, from Port Harford. Barge No i'3 entered from Klcnmooa witn 25.000 barrels of fuel olU On the steamer Klamath, arriving yesterday, was a passenger who fell overboard s the steamer was about to leave San Francisco, but Insisted on making the trip, though he sustained a slight injury to his head. Sailors aboard the schooner Winsiow, which Is at the Oregon drydock. from Coquimbo. were paid off at the Cus tomhouse yesterday. A few men from the Norwegian ship Clydo were paid off also. Repairs are to be made to the pro peller Geo. W. Simon at the yard of the St. Johns Shipbuilding Company, to which plant she was shifted yester day. Official reading of the Government gauge yesterday placed the depth of the Willamette here at 1.8 feet above sero. the stream having fallen five tenths of a foot in 24 hours. It is calculated that owners of the Norwegian ship Clyde lost 3760 through her tardy arrival in the river that resulted in her charter at 41s 3d, for carrying wheat being forfeited, as she was retaken at SO shillings. The Dalles Veterans Elect. THE DALLES. Or, Dec, 20. (Spe cial.) The members of the local post of the Grand Army of the Republic have elected the following officers for the year: W. P. Cragln, commander; Mar tin Cyphers, senior vice-commander; J. M. Patterson, junior vice-commander; D. O. Davis, quartermaster; Nathan Betts. chaplain; Lewis Johnson, officer of the dayr John Gibson, officer of the guard: J. J. Paddock, quartermaster sergeant: John J. West, sergeant-major; Thomas Hayden. adjutant. HAMBURG-AMERICAN LINER S TT7 r r I f . . v ' ".-: '"' J''','',y I 1 GERMAN STEAMER ANDALVSIA. Comtns- from Hamburg via the Orient with 1000 tons of cargo, the Hamburg-American liner Andalusia reached Portland and began discharging at S o'clock Wednesday morning. She was ready for outward cargo at 7 o'clock Thursday morning, and at o'clock Friday evening had taken on the last 3000 tons. Leaving an hour later, she was In time to cross to sea at :30 o'clock yesterday morning. The vessel is due at Seattle at o'clock this morning and will be ready to leave there tonight, reaching Vancouver. B. C-. tomorrow morning and proceeding for Yokohama Tuesday night. It is the best time made by a Hamburg American fleet visiting this port since the service was .started. JEW WORK TO START CONTRACTORS FOR TILLAMOOK BREAKWATER OPES CAMP. Testa of vide Rock Being Made to Beat Material Possible for Construction. BAY- CITY, Or, Dec. 20. (Special.) Gieblsch & Joplin. contractors for the Tillamook jetty, have leased the Hicks cud at Bar View and located a crew of men there for the purpose of making tests of the rock In this section to ascertain the best material to be used in the jetty work. This ' Is the first move toward actual construction work on the improvement of the entrance to Tillamook Bay and affords a great deal of satisfaction to those who have been watching for the work to start. Tests are being made of the sand rock found near the beach a short dis tance from Bar View and a large crew of men are . working on the Watt quarry, near the shore end of the pro posed Jetty. .The rock In the Watt Quarry is of the highest grade to be found In this section and there Is good prospect of It being used. It is pro nounced unexcelled and the only trouble found with it so far is its excessive hardness. Bv securing rock from this quarry, the contractors can construct their own railroad from the quarry to the Jetty, a distance, of only a few hundred feet, and save the high cost of transporta tion from other quarries. Plans are being made to begin work on the jetty as soon as tne weatner will permit In the Spring. Camps will be established during the Winter and the necessary machinery and material assembled. CHAM PIG W GETS CHARTER One Idle Frenchman Left on Coast for Grain Engagement. Nearby sailing tonnage available for wheat. save a single vessel at San Francisco, Is said to have been cleaned up through the charter yesterday of, the French bark Champlgny by M. H. Houser for January loading here. Her rate Is 28s 9d for wheat, and 30 shillings for barley. The French bark Mlchelet, also being figured on for Portland grain business, was taken for lumber. At present own ers of steam tonnage are not evincing an Inclination to load grain for Europe, as better rates are available in other trades. Barge Will Be Bronght to City. NEWPORT, Or., Dec. ?0. (Special.) The damaged barge Frederick, beyong ing to Porter Bros.. Portland, will be taken to a Portland drydock for re pairs. The lining will be calked here and, after being floated, the tugboat L. Koscoe will tow it north. The bot tom of the barge Is full of holes. The explosives have been removed to Ya qutna and the hay and grain dumped Into the bay. A peculiar instance has been -observed regarding the cattle which walk along the beach and suck the salt out of the seaweed. They have suddenly come upon the wet hay and have to, 'be driven away, as never be fore have they come across edible sea weed and they would eat themselves to death. MARIXE IXTELLIGEXCE Steamer Schedule. DL'K TO ARRIVE. Name. From. ii. ... San Pedro In port ...SanDKco Pec. '- ...Coos Bay Dee. t ....Los Angeles Dec. 23 ....Eureka Dec 29 . .. .!. Angeles Dec. 23 ...San Diego Dec. SS TO DEPAKT. For. Date. LRose City... ucatan. Breakwater Beaver Alliance.... Bear Roanoke.-... Name. Tale . .F.toLA Deo. 12 Klamath. . . ..Los Angeles Dec. RoaaCltv L.OS Angeles Dec. Breakwater. ...... Coo Bay Dec. Yoemlte Pan Diego Dec. Harvard S F.WU A Dec Yucatan -San Franciaco. . . .Dec W illamette Loa Anaeies Dec. Beaver L Angeles Dec Alliance Coos Pay Dec n.Ak.. Pan Diego Deo. Bear Los Anpeles Jan. l Camlno San Francisco Jan. B ENROPEAN AND ORIENTAL. SERVICB. v.mL From. lv-Lc- Den of Alrlle London Dec. Slthonta Hamburjf Jan ilerlonethahire. . . . London Jan. ni.nroT . . i.onnon 1 - u- Crown of Toledo Belpravla ..Glasgow. . Feb. .. Hamburg. . . . London. . . . . .Hamburg. . . . .London. . . . For . . London . . .Hamburg. . T nnAnn Feb. 20 Mar. 10 Jlar. 1 ....Apr. 23 Date. Dec St Canllransnire. . Paxonia Radnorshire.... Name. rjen of Alrlle. . . . Flthonla Merlonethsh Ire . Olenror. .London Feb. Keltcravla Hamburg r. CardlEanshir London . .war. Paxonia Hamburs ar. Radnorshire. . . . . . .i,oraon. Movements of Vessels. w.-.tttt a vTi Tr 20. Arrived Steamer Santa Cata'ltna. from New York via Bantoi and San FrancUco: iteamfr . r. nmu. from Monterey. . Sailed Uritish bark This tlebank. for yueenKiown or orders; steamers Camlno ana Bainw San Francisco. . ,,,,n. Astoria, L'ec. -tu. Amru the nltrht and sailed ax 6:;:o A. m irrnan steamer Andalusia, for the Orient via way ports. Arrived at o:u unu ii uM ... . A m steamer W. F. Herrln, from Mon- tereV Arrived at 6 P. M. British steamer -o ;"-rn from Yokohama. Arrived at 6 At 2vi British steamer Lord Sefton, from SaLflnon.ClL)Ccc. 19. Arrived British, steam er Yestalis. from Portland. ... San Francisco. Iec. 20. Arrived at 5 v steamers Bear and Roanoke, from Portland. Arrived at 11 A. M. Steamer Beaver, from San Pedro. Sailedlastnight SETS NEW MARK FOR VESSELS OF CARGO AT PUKTIjAJMW. i.. -TV. .. 'r Would you pay a Dollar or Two each week to hear ALL OF THESE and hundreds of other great artists, bands, orchestras and enter tainers in Your own home this Winter? We will deliver to you one of these new Talking Ma chines and an armful of Rec ords on free trial to use three days; if you like it, pay for it; if you don't like it, send it back. If you decide to buy it and all the Records with it for only $57.80 the finest mu sical combination ever of fered you don't need to send us or pay us all the cash at once, but a deposit of $10 to show good faith and convenient payments of bal ance within a year will do. Steamers Johan Poulsen and 'Atlas, for Portland. Point Reyes. Dec. 20- Passed at 7 A. M. Steamer J. A. Chanslor, from Portland, for Port San Luis. Astoria. Dec. 1. Sailed at 5:30 P. M. Steamer Alliance, for Coos Bay and Eureka. Arrived at 9 and left up at 1 P. M. Steamer Santa Catallna, from New York via- way ports. Perim. Dec 19. Passed Steamer Brls cav is ( German ) from Seattle for Antwerp and Hamburg. Belfast, Dec. ia. Arrived steamer u en ormia, from Portland, Or., via Rio Janeiro. London. Dec. 20. Arrived steamer vea- talia, from Seattle via Yokohama, etc. Hons-konir. Dec ia. auea steamer cm- tress of Jaoan. for Vancouver. Yokohama, Dec 19. Arrived Steamer Den of Glamls, from Seattle for Antwerp. San Francisco. Dec. au. Arrived steam ers Umatilla, from Victoria; Roanoke, Bear, from Portland; Watson, from- Seattle; u. s. Nanshan, from Quaymas. Sailed Steam ers Oliver J. Olson, tor Astoria; William Chatham, for Everett; Aztec, for Ancon; Governor, for Seattle : oeorgtan, for Sa- lina Cruz. Seattle, Dec. 20. Arrived steamer Santa Rita, from Port San Luis: Sailed Steamers Hyades, for Honolulu; Northwestern, for South w estern Alaska; Spokane, for South eastern Alaska; Col. E, L. Drake, Captain A. P. Lucas. F. H. I-agett. for San Fran cisco; Atagosan Maru ( Japan. for Orient; barkentlne S. G. Wilder, for Santa Rosalia. Sues, Dee. 20. Arrived Steamer Den of Ruthven, from Tacoroa, for Liverpool. Payta, Dec 20. Arrived Steamer Luxe Bianca, from San Francisco. Tides at Astoria, Sunday. High. Low. M 8.1 feet'OrSO A. M 1.4 feet M 6.3 feetj2:04 P. M....L8 feet 7:22 A. 7:47 P. Marconi Wireless Keports. (All positions reported at 8 P. Ttf. Decem ber 20, unlet otherwise designated.) Centra lia, San Francisco for Aberdeen, ten miles south of Tillamook. Willamette, San Francisco for Portland, off Astoria at 7 P. M. Nome City, Everett for San Francisco, 20 miles north of the Columbia River. EI i?eF undo, Vancouver for San Francisco, off Columbia River. Barn tl, Portland for San Francisco, an chored at Astoria. Hyades. Seattle for Honolulu, off Point Wilson, 7:30 P. M. Drake. Seattle for San Francisco, 12 miles east of Cape Flattery. Lucas, Seattle for San Francisco, barge 05 in tow, 34 miles west of Dungeness. Leelanaw, Tacoma for Fran by, 3. C, oft Bush Point. Asuncion, San Francisco for Vancouver, off East Point. HUBBY IS SLOW TO ANGER Henry Haines Says Unforgiving Wife Deserted Him. VANCOUVER. . Wash.. Dec 20. (Special.) Henry Haines, who is. seek ing a divorce from his wife. Rose Haines, describes himself as careful, considerate, sympathetic, affectionate, generous, refined,- ambitious, consci entious, and slow to anger, while his wife, he alleges, is notoriously oppo site, being cold, unrelenting, unforgiv ing, and has a violent temper, fits of anger, passion and rage without any cause whatsoever. 1 The couple were married in this state in 1909, and in less than a year she de serted him, he alleges, so seeks a de cree of divorce. THAT FLAG IN HANDLING ' , - L - . t .J ''-! f - ,w , a".- jj J ' ' This new Grafonola is the best instru ment that has ever been constructed; the first instrument of the Inclosed type of fered at less than 3200, yet possessing all the tonal quality of any of the $200 machines. 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By the terms of this agreement it is understood provision is made that this long-distance service shall not be per formed within a certain limited radius of 50 or 60 miles, and that a charge of 10 cents shall be made for the con nection. It is understood also, however, that the service is to be interchangeable that the Home Company will be re quired to make a similar connection over Its long-distance wires for Bell subscribers and on the same terms. This is a concession tliat subscribers of both systems have sought for many years, and it is believed that this is a step toward interchange of local as well as long-distance calls. ' Under present conditions many small towns and communities in the North west have the service of but one com pany. It is Impossible to secure con nection to places in which the other company has the exclusive station. This arrangement would make tele phone service .universal wherever t telephone wire exists. LINN TO SPEND $130,000 ROAD IJIPROVE3IENTS IN BE EXTENSIVE. Tax Budget Shows County Will Raise 987,000 for Schools and 14000 for Widows' Pensions. ALBANY, Or, Dec 20. (Special) Linn County will expend more than 3180,000 in road improvement in 1914. The budget of next year's work, whicn has been prepared and is being pub lished, and on which the tax levy to be made within a few days will be based, shows that approximately this amount will be available for the im provement of the county's highways. Of this amount J98.000 will be coi lected in the district road funds through a 2',4-mill tax levied by the County Court in all of the districts of the county. About 363,550 will go in to the general road fund for expendi tures which the County Court - will make on roads and bridges. Approxi mately 320,000 more will be raised through special road tax levies which have been made in 10 of the 34 road districts of the county. The tax budget shows that Linn County will raise 367,000 for its com mon schools next year and 3-0,000 for high schools. A total of $10,080 will be raised for the care of poor and $4000 for widows' pensions. Other items in the budget are: Circuit Court, $S0OO: election expenses, $6000; County Court, $3000; Justice courts. $650; Sheriff's office. $3000; Clerk's office, $4100; Re corder's office, $2S0O; Treasurer's of fice, $2600; Coroner's office. $250; School Superintendent's office, $4325; Surveyor's office, $750; Assessor's of fice, $4300; current expenses, $3800; Courthouse, $3580; County Jail. $1700: indigent soldiers, $1000; insane. $185; reform school commitments, $75; fer ries, $1400; bounties on wild animals, $200; teachers' institutes. $500, library fund. $800; for Willamette Valley ex hibit f or . Panama-Pacific Exposition. $706.19; miscellaneous expenses, $2893.81; repayment of borrowed money. $10,000. Aside from receipts for taxes. It is estimated that the county will receive $8800 in fees, the Clerk's office and Recorder's office yielding $4000 each and the Sheriff's office $800. Snit for Commisison Lost. MOSCOW, Idaho, Dec. 20. (Special.) The jury in the case of Riley Clemens vs. Andrew Anderson, which has been on trial In the District Court for the past two days, returned a verdict this morning In favor of the defendant. W. R. Clemens, of this city, brought action to recover from Andrew Anderson, also of Moscow, $11,000 which he alleged records; we send you a double assort ment of records, you pick out those that you like best and return the bal ance to us by parcel post. Catalogues of all records mailed free. 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Tickets will be sold from December 24 to-31, inclusive, with a return limit of January 6. Moore's Hotel at Seaside has made arrangements for a ball New Year's eve. The dining rooms of the hotels at Seaside and at Gearhart. which have been closed, will be reopened Christmas day and kept open for the accommoda tion of visitors to the beach for the week-end. Advices from the coast state that high tides are due next Sat urday afternoon and Sunday afternoon. A tide of nine feet six Inches makes an interesting spectacle. The Gearhart Hotel will keep open house. The natatoriums will be reopened for plunge swimming and some feats of surf swimming probably will be at tempted New Year s day. WOMEN STILL COMPLAIN Alleged Victims of Jlrs. Patrick Con tinue to Write Sheriff. EUGENE. Or., Dec 20. (Special.) Since the arrest and conviction of Mrs. Patrick, alias Mrs. DeWitte, alias Mrs. Davis, who stands accused of having swindled many women out of hair switches and combings. Sheriff Parker has received many letters telling of the woman's operations in other points in the Northwest. One came yesterday from a woman at Kent, Wash., who says she gave a quantity of hair comb ings and $1 to a Mrs. Davis in Septem ber, 1912, and has never received her switch. Her description fits the pris oner here. Sheriff Parker has In his possession over 160 hair switches which were in the woman's possession when she was arrested in Portland a week ago. It Is believed she will be arrested again in some other county when she has served her time here. WEST SCORES PHYSICIANS Governor Says He Will Take Steps to Stop "Whisky Prescription." SALEM, Or, Dec 20. (Special.) Enterprising physicians in certain "dry sections of the state are aiding ma terially In the violation of the law, ac cording to a statement by Governor West today. The Governor says he has copies of prescriptions issued by physi cians, which are gems when considered from the standpoint of labor-saving de vices. He said the printed form read: "This certifies that the bearer Is In need of a quart of whisky." The signatures are the only part of the prescriptions that are In the band writing of the physicians. " , When informed by District Attorney Brown, of Douglas County, who was in his office, that the "prescriptions" did not conform to the definition of the word given In the dictionaries, the Governor said he would take steps to stop the practice. - PIONEER PORTLANDER DIES John A. B. Johnson, 88, - Passes . Away at Home of Son Here. VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec 20. (Special.) John A. B. Johnson, 86, one of the forty-niners, died today at the home of his son. A. L. Johnson, of 1075 Cleveland avenue, Portland. The body was brought to Vancouver andthe funeral will be held from the Knapp chapel tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. E. & Harlow; two sons, A. L. Johnson and W. C. Johnson, of Portland, and a brother and sister in Nova Scotia. When 22 years old, Mr. Johnson sailed around the Horn to California in 1849, later going to Portland when that city was composed -of one log cabin on the bank of the Willamette River, on what is now known as Mor rison street. Brownsville Lodgemen Elect. BROWNSVILLE, Or, Dec 20. (Spe cial.) At a meeting of Linn Chapter, No. 19, Roval Arch Masons. last night fft'lnwiTip officers were elected and f installed- A. F. Wood, high priest; I release. The instrument measures 14 Inches high, 18 Inches wide and 2114 Inches deep. A guarantee is supplied with every instrument and the entire combination may be tried three whole days at our expense, and if then it is not found to be all that we claim for it and all that you expect It to be, send it back, or phone us and we'll take it away. Remember, this instrument plays all the latest records. The voice of every artist, lecturer or entertainer, who has ever made disc records, will be at the command of any owner of this wonder ful new machine. Call or write at once. Silers Music House, Ellers Bldg., Broad way at Alder street. J. P. Cooley. king; A. Crandell, scribe; H. W. Stanard, royal arch captain; N. P. Crume, principal sojourner; B. F. Smith, captain of the host: E. E. Boyd, secretary; C. E. Stanard, treasurer; J. N. Coshow, master third vail; W. F. Whealdon, master second vail; Dr. E. Ringhoffer, master first vail. The an nual election and installation of Brownsville Lodge, No. 36, A. F. and A. M., took place a week ago. They were: H. Wayne Stanard, worshipful master; P. B. Beatty, senior warden; W. E. Whealdon. Junior warden; Dr. E. Ring hoffer, senior deacon; William Sawyer, Junior deacon; E. E. Boyd, secretary; N. P. Crume, treasurer. Newport to Hold High Jinks. NEWPORT, Or, Dec 20. (Special.) Christmas holiday, week at Newport will be an event never equaled here be fore. A dance at Elk Hall tonight com mences the merriment and a shoot for ducks and turkeys on the Bay Beach will be hejd tomrrow morning. The saltwater swimming pool will open Wednesday for 10 days. On Christmas there will be a cold dip in the surf at Nyebeach and Christmas night will be celebrated at the Casino with an all night ball. Another ball at the Casino follows Saturday night. A programme is being arranged by the Nye Beach Im provement Association and Newport Commercial Club, which will have something doing every day during the holidays. All-night dances will be held on New Year's eve and New Year's night Expert, Progressive Dentistry jar" We are equipped to do your dentistry promptly, and at the lowest possible cost to yon. We are keeping open evenings for your ' accommodation. O CROWN i. BRIDGE WORK Full set, that fit $5.00 Gold Crown, 22k $3.50 Bridge Teeth, 22k S3.50 Gold Fillings $1.0O Silver Fillings 50 All work guaranteed 15 years. Electro Dental Parlors Corner Sixth and Washington In Two-Story Building 313y2 WASHINGTON For Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday Only THE WALLIXGPORD SILVKK CO. offers you, through ug as special agents, their handsome 26-plece set. sterling piatetl on nickel. Knives, Forks and iSpocni in cases, with drawers, mai.os any finish or oak. ptiaranted. and never sold for less than $13, for only 7-4. Davids Jewelers 354 WASHINGTON ST. Morgan B.(?jc Opposite Majentlc Tbe Home of Bin: Yalue and Good Coo(!. r.v