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SIGNS ARE HOPEFUL
STUDENT BODY OF NORTH PACIFIC COLLEGE.
Merchants National Bank Let
ter Is Optimistic.
FACTORS ARE DISCUSSED
financial Situation leasing Up, War
Problems Cease to Cause Worry
and Election Quiets Griev
ances, Is Opinion.
THE SUNDAY OREGOXTAN, PORTLAND, NOVEMBER 8, 1914.
That many favorable conditions and
hopeful signs may well be counted
among the immediate prospects for Im
proved business conditions is the cen
tral Idea of the general letter on trade
conditions Issued by the Merchants'
National Bank of Portland for Novem
ber. "No matter what political faith we
may hold, the fact that the political
results of November 3 were- largely of
one general trend should indicate that
those who have grievances against the
powers political that be have expressed
them to the best of their power," says
the report. "With their grievance off
their minds, they will look upon gen
eral conditions more cheerfully. Wheth
er a change In politics win produce
Biore favorable conditions the future
Will decide.
"The domestic financial situation Is
casing up with the solution of the
problems that have confronted us since
the war began. Foreign exchange Is
lower, and foreign trade is developing
rapidly. The larger money centers have
reduced the rate slightly for commer
cial paper and the demands of current
Business are being met on almost a
normal basis.
Reserve Banks Soon to Open.
"All 12 of the Federal Reserve Banks
are to be opened November 16. No
hardship to banks will follow. While
each bank will contribute 6 per cent
t its capital and surplus to the cap
ital of the Federal banks. It Is pay
able in easy Installments. As an offset
the contributing bank will have avail
able for loan purposes from 7 to 10
per cent or Its reserve. If the Federal
banks fulfill their promise, they will
be alive to the needs of every com
munity. "Some restrictions have been lifted
from trading on stock exchanges and
the first optimistic note from Wall
Ktreet has come in many months.
While there is a certain nervousness
over what may follow the opening of
stock exchanges throughout the coun
try, it behooves the investor to keep
his head. Nothing will be permitted
to happen if those who have been giv
ing the best that Is In them to bring
ing order out of the chaos of August
1 can help it. There may be reduc
tion and even passing of dividends, but
It will certainly not pay to sacrifice
holdings hastily that for a long period
have had stable values, but for the
time being may suffer depression. It
will pay better to keep what we have
and to trim our personal expenditures
according to our respective incomes.
Banks Guarding Credit.
"The banks generally, while conserv
ing their own resources and putting
them In as liquid form as possible are
carefully guarding the credit of their
customers.
"The tremendous expansion In our
exports and imports for September has
been a powerful aid to all business.
Many lines of manufacture have been
stimulated above a normal basis by
the purchases that have been made
for foreign governments. . A great
many Inquiries are being made for
boots and shoes, blankets, and other
essentials of army equipment which
cannot be manufactured In the home
countries. It is said that stocks in some
lines have been swept clean. There is
a. tendency to caution in the matter of
expansion, however, as a great many
Inquiries have been made by specula
tors. There is no telling how long the
war will last. As soon as hostilities
cease, foreign buyers will retire from
the market, the home industries of the
foreign governments will resume as
rapidly as possible, and they will, even
n their crippled condition after the
War Is over, undoubtedly be able to
supply all that the trade can pay for.
"The statistics of the business trans
Actions of the past two months show
ft decided restriction In trade and manu
Xacture. The iron and steel industry
Is on a GO per cent basis; building op
erations have been reduced 30 per cent;
weather conditions have been unseas
enable; enforced economies have
checked enterprise; the volume of busi
ness distribution is less; railroad earn
Jngs are still lower except for the grain
carrying roads, and an epidemio of
foot and mouth disease has affected the
cattle business of six Atlantic Coast
Hnd Central West states. It is quite
certain that the war tax will not prove
in aid to lines which have to bear the
brunt of the burden.
'Bank Clearings Decline.
"A comparison of the bank clearings
for the United States for September
with the same period for 1913 shows
b. falling off of 25. per cent. This loss
13 principally traceable to the ex
changes of New York City being closed.
is the percentage of loss for that city
Js 40.6 while for the entire country
outside of New York City it was but 9.9
per cent. The loss for 10 months of
1914, either by New York City or ex
eluding it. Is not so great. . The loss for
New York City was 6.9 per cent, for
the country at large outside this city
3.5 per cent, and for the entire country
4.6 per cent.' The loss for September
Tor the large cities of the Twelfth Fed
cral Reserve District was 6.3 per cent.
or 3.6 per cent less than the loss for
the country at large outside of New
York City. The percentage of loss for
these same cities for the 10 months
of 1914 was approximately the same aa
lor the country at large.
"Fifty-three per cent of the clearing
house cities petween the MlssissiDDi
River and the Rocky Mountains, the
prraln section, showed increases In
their clearings for September, while but
3 5 per cent of the cities of the Twelfth
Federal Reserve District, and none in
the South Atlantic stages, showed in
creases.
"The bank clearings for October for
Portland show a gratifying Increase
over September of over $5,000,000. For
the sam e period Seattle shows a slight
gain and Spokane and Tacoma losses
All these cities register a loss compared
with last year."
Wonicn's Heading Club Started.
The Women's Reading Club, of
Gellwood, which has been organized
to study different branches, will meet
In the Sellwood Branch Library Tues
day at 10 A. M. to start the club work
The club will take up the study of
"Psychological Fiction" and for the
present will follow an outlined course.
This club is associated with the Port
land Psychological Club, cf which Mrs.
Alice weister is the president.
A. G. Clark to Speak.
A. G. Clark, traffic manager for
Wadhams & Kerr Bros., wholesale
grrocers, will be the principal speaker
at the regular bi-weekly meeting of
the Transportation Club at the Mult
nomah Hotel tomorrow. R. H. Atk'n
son. city passenger agent for the O.-W.
R. & N. Company, will be chairman of
the day.
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Twenty-alne American states,
for the session which began October
of more than 35 per cent. Less than
been sent out to various parts of the
HUTS TO HELP POOR
Order Selects Headquarters to
Spread Holiday Cheer.
"BIG BROTHERS" PRESIDE
Place in Pittock Block to Be Base
for Distribution of Food and
Clothing to Clty'a Needy.
Plea .for Assistance Made.
Headquarters for the relief of dis
tress and suffering among the poor
and needy of Portland will be opened
by the Order of Muts next Tuesday
or Wednesday In Quarters obtained for
that purpose in the Pittock block. The
work of supplying dinners, provisions
and delicacies for those in need at
holiday time will be directed by the
Big Brother" committee, consisting of
25 prominent citizens of Portland, and
headquarters will be kept open until
Christmas.
The plan Is to enable every person
In the city, who is disposed to help
the poor and unfortunate to do so in a
systematic economic and businesslike
way. Under the plan evolved by the
Muts every cent received for charity
will be used for the direct and imme
diate relief of distress. Whatever ex
pense Is entailed in handling this work
will be borne by the Muts themselves.
In addition to bearing the actual ex
pense, not only have the 25 men, who
form the committee, promised to de
vote considerable of their time, but
each of the more than 600 members of
the Mut order is - pledged to do all
he can to promote this "big brother'
movement.
"HllT Brothers" Plan.
Several different methods of provid
ing aid for the needy which have been
approved by the committee and by
persons experienced In charitable work,
will be used, the aim being to permit
each individual giver of good things
to do it In his or her own way.
The details of the plan are outlined
In the following public letter to the
people of Portland prepared by the
committee yesterday.
To the People of Portland: Do you
want to help the poor and afflicted of
the city to have a happy Thanksgiving
and Christmas time? If you do, the
Muts will assist you do It through
their "Big Brother" movement, and it
will be done with little- or no trouble
to you, and every dollar contributed to
the cause will mean 100 cents to those
in need.
"The Big Brother committee, through
its organization, and working in con
junction and harmony with all the
other charitable Institutions of the city,
will find the needy, the sick, the un
employed and destitute and give full
assurance of their worthiness of assist
ance.
"You may give as little or as much
as you desire of money, food, clothing,
provisions, fuel and delicacies. In fact,
the Muts will act as a clearing-house
between the givers and the needy for
all things that will help the recipients
in their distress.
Mats to Find Needy.
"We will find you little boys and
girls who don't know what a real good,
warm and 'filling' meal is and assist
you to entertain them at Thanksgiving
or Christmas time.
If you preier. we will find you a
poor family, and. you may visit them
and find out for yourself what their
Individual needs are and. supply them
In your own way.
"This offer, or rather opportunity. Is
open to everybody, to every man, wo
man and child in the city who desires
to Join us in this worthy effort.
"Our headquarters, will be open in a
few days. Drop in and see how we do
it. You should bear In mind that there
seven Canadian provinces and nine foreign countries are represented In the
1 was 343. -The department of dentistry shows an Increase In attendance of
SO per cent of the students are from
world, carrying, with them the gospel
Is a much greater field for relieving
distress and suffering now than there
ever was before.
"BIG BROTHER COMMITTEE.
ORDER OF MUTS,
"JOHN II. BURGARD, Chairman."
The following Is the personnel of the
Muts' "Big' Brother" committee, which
will direct the work and handle all
money contributed to the cause:
John-H. Burgard," chairman; Mayor
Albee, Ben Selling, Dorr E. Keasey, Guy
W. Talbot, W. E. Coman, Emery Olm
stead, Edward Boyce, Dr. F. H. Dam
masch, Harvey Beckwlth, John S. Beall,
Judge J. H. Stevenson, William Mc
Murray,. George W. Hoyt, F. M. Case,
Dr. E. A. Marshall, W. I Morgan, Kurt
H. Koehler, William Merriman, Eugene
Brookings. J. C. English, F. D. Hunt.
V. R. Manning, George W. Kleiser and
Judge W. N. Gatens.
CANNED SALMON RATE CUT
All-Rail Tariff to Eastern Points
Now 60 and 55 Cents.
A reduction in the all-rail rate on
canned salmon from Portland and oth
er Northwestern points to Chicago and
other Eastern points has been granted
by the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion, according to advice received here
yesterday by George H. Smitton, assist
ant general freight agent of the Great
Northern, and will become effective to
morrow. ' 3 '
The new rate from Portland to Chi
cago and Mississippi River territory is
60 cents; to Pittsburg, Detroit and sim
ilar territory, it will be 65 cents.
This rate will permit the railroads
to meet the competition of the steam
ship lines operating through the Pan
ama Canal. The canal rate is 30 cents
from Portland to New York. The back"
haul from New York to Pittsburg terri
tory is 16 cents. This aggregate of 46
cents, with the insurance, wharfage and
other charges. It is estimated, will ap
proximate the rail rate. v ,
The new rail rate la lower ror tne
short haul than for the long haul, but
this situation is caused by the fact
that the rate Is governed by the dis
tance from the Atlantio seaboard In
stead of from the Paciflo seaboard.
GOOD ORDER IS IN SIGHT
Oregon Wool May Be XjieA for
Streetcar Men's "Uniforms.
Thousands of uniforms for street
railway employes in Milwaukee, Wis.,
may be supplied by Oregon woolen
mills If the recommendation of F. W.
Hild. general manager of the Portland
Railway, Light & Power Company, has
sufficient weight.
Mr. Hild received a telegram recently
from the company In Milwaukee as to
the grade of goods put out by the
woolen mills of this state, of which
the Eastern people had heard favorably.
Mr. Hild Investigated, and aa a result
has recommended highly the product of
the woolen mills of this state. Should
an order follow It might be an open
ing wedge for a big Eastern market
for local products.
Poster Contest Is Settled.
The W. C. T. U. poster contest held In
the Sellwood Y. M. C. A. was settled
Friday night, the following being win
ners: First prize, won by Thomas Mc
Creery, aged 14 years, for best and most
original poster, he receiving member
ship In the Y. M. 'C. A. for one year;
second prize, Dorothy Lowe; third prize
Mrs. W. D. Palmer and Mrs. Mary
Mallett tied; fourth, Mrs. O. D. Stanley
and Miss Blanche Payne tied. The two
prizes were divided between the win
ners in both cases. The prize posters
will be sent to the National W. C. T. U.
headquarters to be used In the Na
tional prohibition campaign. '
East Sidb Meetiko Monpat Night.
Glencoe Circle to Meet.
The Clencoe Parent-Teacher meeting
will be held Tuesday at 3 o'clock. Mrs.
Roberts' room will give several num
bers on the programme. Al are Invited
to be present.
WAED To Mr. and Mrs. Louis M. Ward.
T,'r.-i. Or., October Id, a daughter.
Oregon. No professional school has made
of good health and the prevention of
BISHOP SMITH IS DEAD
EDITOR OF PACIFIC ADVOCATE IS
BURIED AT PITTSBURG.
Former Head of Oregon Methodists
Long Prominent In Work, and
of Family of Ministers.
The Rev. W. W. Youngson, pastor I
of Rose City Park Methodist Episcopal
Church, has received word of the death
of Bishop Charles W. Smith, of Wash
ington, D. C who was succeeded by
Bishop Cooke in Portland two and one
half years ago.
Bishop Smith died October 31 and his
funeral services were held in Christ
Methodist Episcopal Church, Washing
ton, last Tuesday. He was buried In
Pittsburg, Pa., where he resided before
he came to Oregon. He was the editor
of the Pittsburg Christian Advocate for
30 years and was bishop of the Meth
odist Church of Oregon for four years.
Bishop Smith was 72 years old. He
was made bishop of Baltimore in 1908
and came to Oregon, thence to St. Louis
in that capacity. His demise In Wash
ington took place at the residence of
Justice Anderson, of the District Su
preme Court, where he was a guest.
Bishop Smith was born in Fayette
County, Pa., January 30, 1840, the son
of the Rev. Wesley and Mrs. Mary E.
Smith. He roceived his education in
the country schools and at Allegheny
College. He obtained the degree of
doctor of divinity from Sclo College,
and doctor of laws from Mount Union
College. He was ordained a minister In
1S59, in which year he married Miss
Caroline L. Lindley, at Connelsvtlle, Pa.
After filling various pastorates, he was
called to Pittsburg, where he re
mained until - 1ST9. In 1S80 he was
made presiding elder of the Pittsburg
district, which office he held four
years, when he became editor of the
Christian Advocate.
Bishop Smith was a trustee of the
Women's College at Baltimore and the
Puget Sound University in the state of
Washington. He was a member of
general conference of the Methodist
Church eight times. He was a member
of a Joint committee of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and Methodist Epis
copal Church, South, who compiled a
hymnal for both churches. He was
also a member of the committee that
organized the Methodist Episcopal
churches of Japan.
Last February, Bishop Smith called
a unique meeting In St. Louis which
was known as the "Efficiency Confer-,
ence." He preached the dedication ser
mon at the recent dedication of the
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church. St.
Louis.
Bishop Smith-descended from a fam
ily of ministers. His grandfather was
a Methodist minister, eonverted in Bel
fast, Ireland. His father was a minis-
DON'T DYE GRAY HAIR
LET AIR RESTORE IT
Don't let gray hair make you prema
turely old keep young by making your
hair young. All you need do is to use
Hav's Hair Health.
Not a dye. Does not work like a
aye. it contains gooa oia-iasnionea,
harmless ingredients which stimulate,
nourish and prepare the hair for the
action of a certain other ingredient
which, when applied, actually causes
the action of air to restore natural
color to the hair.
It is so positively sure that your hair
absolutely cannot help taking on the
beautiful dark shade you so much de
sire. Hay's Hair Health also brings
back the life and healthy lustre that
nature gave it, and, best of all, no one
will Know you are using anytning.
All druggists In Portland who sell
and recommend Hay's Hair Health, say
that if sales indicate anything this la
the most popular preparation ever
brought to the attention of gray-haired
people. They claim to be selling more
of it than all other preparations of
similar nature put together. You can
buy it in 25c, BOc and $1.00 .bottles. It
is made by the PhllQ Hay Specialties
Company, Newark, N. J. Adv.
student body of the ortk Pacific
IS per cent over that of last year, and
greater advance among the educational Institutions of America. Over SCJ arraduates of North Pacific College hav
disease.
ter, and his son is a minister at Salem,
Ohio, belonging to the Ohio conference.
His brother is a Methodist minister In
Columbus, Ohio, and his mother was
one of five sisters, all of whom mar
ried Methodist ministers.
He attended every general conference
of the Methodist Episcopal Church ex
cept one since 1S76, and advocated the
union of the Methodist Church and
Methodist Church, South. He was chair
man of the Judiciary committee of the
Methodist Church and was regarded as
the greatest legal mind in the church.
At the time he was made a bishop,
he was president of the Central Na
tional Bank. Wilkinsburg, Pa. Five
thousand persons attended a reception
given in his honor at that time. His
son and daughter survive him.
Irrigation Congress Meets Jan. 9.
January 7-9 were the dates set yes
terday for the annual Oregon Irriga
tion Congress by the executive com
mittee, which met at the Portland
Commercial Club. This will be three
days before the opening of the State
Legislature. The results of the work
of the Congress are expected to have
much to do with the irrigation legisla
tion that may be passed during the
session of the Legislature. Attending
the committee meeting yesterday were:
President A. B. Thompson, of Echo;
J. W. Brewer, of Redmond, and C. C.
Chapman, of the Portland Commercial
Club and Oregon Development League.
Old Testament Characters Studied.
R. E. Randall, religious work direc
tor of the Portland Y. M. C. A., has
started a series of studies on Friday
night on the Old Testament characters
at the First Methodist Church suppers.
FLAVEL HAS STARTED ITS GROWTH
IMPROVEMENT S, BUILDING ACTIVITY AND INDORSEMENTS BY THE BUSINESS "WORLD
WILL BE PUBLISHED
WE ARE
SOLE
AGENTS
for the
Flavel
Land
and
Develop
ment Co.'s
Property,
the
Largest
Holders
of
Property
at the
Mouth
of the'
Columbia.
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Send For Our Literature With Prices, Plat and Full Particulars Pertaining to th Terminus City on
the Columbia Harbor.
WARRENTON-ASTORIA TOWN-SITE COMPANY
422 Commercial St.. 201 NORTHWEST BLDG., COR. 6th AND WASH. Flavel Hotel,
Astoria, Oregon. Portland, Oregon. Phone Main 2675. Flavel, Oregon.
Course, of thin city. The total enrollment at the close of the registration ft
the department of pharmacy, which la
FAIR OFFICIAL ON VISIT
GVI!V HICKS, WASHINGTON'S SAN
DIEGO AGENT. HERE.
Commission Declares Southern Exposi
tion Will Be as Beneficial to
State as San Francisco Fete,
Gwin Hicks, formerly of Portland
and now Washington Commissioner at
the San Diego Fair, visited Portland
yesterday. He h? spent some time in
Washington mal i.,i final arrangements
for his exhibit, which will cover Wash
ington's industries thoroughly.
Mr. Hicks declares that his state will
derive Just as much benefit from the
show at San Diego as at the San Fran
cisco Fair and that it will be well
worth the $25,000 appropriated for the
exhibit in Southern California.
He ascribes this probability to the
fact that the San Diego Fair, which
will open January 1. will not be as
complex or as huge as the exhibition
at San Francisco and that the visitor
will not be confused by the thousands
of attractions as at the bigger fair.
The exhibit in the $5000 building will
be strikingly characteristic of Wash
ington. Mr. Hicks attended high school In
Portland when the scnool was on the
site now occupied by the-Fortland Ho
tel. After completing the course there
he first was a compositor on The Ore
Ionian and later a reporter on the
Telegram.
After running for Judge and being
IN NEXT SUNDAY'S OREGONIAN
GREAT NEW SEA-PORT.
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the xonnaer department, an InrreMeil
defeated he went to Tacoma, where
was appointed Collector of Interrj
Revenue- when the state was a ter'
tory. Later he was a member of t
State Constitutional Convention. He
the son of Captain U. E. Hicks, a t
mer famous Indian fighter.
LINN OFFICIALS RETAINS
Only Two Changes Made and IncuirJ
bents Were Xot Candidates.
ALBANY, Or.. Nov. 7. (Special.)
every county officer of Linn County wlj
was a candidate in the election Tut
day was re-elected. They are D.
Bodine, Sheriff; Grant Froman, cou
Recorde
fred
Fortm
th
se
ran for re-election, was also succl
ful.
There will be only two change
the Linn County Courthouse the
of the year. The two officers who
go out are Willard L. Marks, Coil
Clerk, who- was not a candidate fork
election, but retires to practice lA
and O. H. Russell. County Commissi?!
er. who was defeated for renomlnaL
In the Republican primaries last Jl
Mr. Marks will be succeeded by R.
Russell, present chief deputy In
Clerk's office, and the new County C j
missioner will be J. D. Irvine,
Brownsville.
Barbers who shave dors are numerouil
Purls. Some ot the anavea snimsis
fantastically shorn. wih rings of hair ad
tne their bodies, alternating witn otii i
AND JOURNAL ON THIS
REMEMBER
Flavel
Is a
Townsite,
Not an
V
r; W. W. Francis. Treasurer: I
L. Geddes, Surveyor, and vvillil
:miller. Coroner. Charles Chi I
e only one of Linn County s rerl
ntatives in the last Legislature J
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