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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (June 13, 1915)
TIIE SUNDAY OBEGONIAN. PORTLAND. JUNE 13, 1915. SCHOOL DIRECTOR CANDIDATE IS 44 Samuel P. Lockwcod Rises Rapidly in Business World of City. IDEAS ARE CONSTRUCTIVE I'or Quarter of Century Vice-President and tieneral Manager of In surance Company Has Made Portland His Home. Sarnuei P. Lock wood is 4i years old. Ho lies lived in Portland lor 25 years, all his interests are here, and he has fchown his business ability by rising to the position, of vice-president and een erl manager of the Columbia Lite & Truet Co. He is married and has four children. His eldest son is just fin ishing- his sophomore year in college, two children are in the Portland pub lic Bcnoois, and one is not yet of school age. Add to this that Mr. Lockwood al Tvays has taken the keenest Interest in the Portland public schools, with three of his children receiving their general school education there, that he has constructive ideas about the policy of the schools and their administra tion: and the reasons why he has been urged by many citizens to become a candidate for School Director at the school election of June 19 are plain. Mr. Lockwood had never before Bought public office, nor been identl- nea v.-it u political organizations, out in. response to the many requests that he run, he recently announced his can didacy. There is a general idea, abroad that one of the bis issues of this school c-ainpaign is whether a. director favor ing Superintendent Alderman or op posing Superintendent Alderman shall he elected, and it has been said that Mr. Lockwood is the pro-Alderman candidate. But this is not Mr. Lock wood's conception of his own candidacy, and is far from being a true expres sion of his reasons for becoming a candidate. Sysieni Efficiency Paramount. 'With me, there is one paramount Issue and only one," said lr. Lock wood. "That issue is the efficiency of the school system itself. The main point that we must keep in mind la that we have our schools for one pur pose, and that purpose is the educa tion of our children. And by educa tion, t mean the best education, the one that will best fit the child to be come a useful citizen who has been so fitted by his or her school training as to add another efficient unit to our community, and thereby promote the greater efficiency- of" the community itself. "The purpose behind our public school system is not to provide a place for Superintendent Alderman or any other official. It Is not to spend money for fcchools. Jt is not to give Jobs to con tractors. It Is not to create differences between the school directors and cause them to line up behind one man" or another. "There is just this one big main pur pose of our publio schools -education. School houses, jobs for contractors, su perintendents and teachers are only in cidental in carrying out that purpose." So Alderman Pledge Made. Then Mr. Lockwood spoke directly about the Alderman issue. "I am not pledged for or against Mr. Alderman," he said. "If elected, I will go on the School Board with an open mind. What I am pledged for is efficiency in the school system, and to get the best man available for the school system. How ever, as 5ar. Alderman has been re elected for the next year, I think he should have absolutely the united sup port of the board during tha.t year. It Is not fair to him, nor to the schools, to have to combat an antagonistic tplrit on the board. "In all pedagogical matters. the leadership must rest "in the superin tendent of schools. Much controversy in the past has surrounded the selec tion of a superintendent. It appears to me. that it would be well. Instead of selecting a Superintendent for a year, or even for a. longer definite period, to elect him to the office for an inde terminate period. If a mistake is made in the selection, one year is too long t keep him in office: while on the other hand, if the right man Is se lected, a year Is too short. He should have a chance to work out his policies undisturbed by controversy, and with out having to 'play politics' in the last two or three months to 'build up his fences," as the politicians say. "During a tenure of office of only one year, the uncertainty as to the fu ture must be a. disturbing element in the mind of the superintendent, and during the last two or three months of his incumbency, his future plans for the work are much hampered. A can didate for superintendent who fears his ability to give satisfaction, and for that reason desires guaranteed em ployment for a fixed period, should be considered unworthy. A man large enoush for the place will have the confidence that the community will de Fire to retain his services. By this system, controversies, annually arising with reference to the office may be avoided. s loral Support XKeuary. The superintendent, during the term for which he has been elected, should have and la entitled to have the loyal support of the School Board, and he must have It If it is expected that he will have the loyalty of the principals and teachers who report to him. With out that loyalty on the part of his lieutenants, the team work absolutely essential to the proper conduct of the business, or any other business, cannot be obtained. If I am elected, I cer tainly shall consider It my duty to support our present superintendent to the utmost of my ability." Mr. Lockwood Is also a firm believer in harmony on the School Board. "To my mind," he explained, the members of the Board should coirsider themselves not as five units, but as five integral parts of one unit. . They should give honest consideration to all the great Questions comln; before them with perfect freedom in expressing their views. But they should be just as ready to abide by the decision of the majority. That ought to end aH bickering. When a majority of the Board has decided a matter, the whole Board ought to get in behind- that policy ajid uphold it. The work is too big for personalities and petty con tentions. "How can we expect loyalty on the part of teachers and principals if the the Board sets an example of disloyalty and controversy? To my mind, abso lute harmony among the directors is the first essential toward increasing the efficiency of the public school system. School System Bin BualneMa. "The public school system is a big business. Loyalty is just as essential to the success of the schools as It is essential to the success of business. Trow successful, for example, would a big business be if the manager could sot command the loyalty of thoao un der htm. nor command the support of his directors? A number of questions asked blm regarding his attitude toward several matters of school policy were discussed by Mr. Lockwood. "With reference to domestic science," he said, "I have been much impressed with the work already done, and the opportunities for the future. The do mestic surroundings of many girls are such that it ia only through the public schools that they can hope to learn the art of home-making. "Having taken a course in manual training in the Chicago public schools myself, I have experienced the benefits and naturally think that work should be encouraged. The playgrounds have done much to popularize the schools. "One day in -the last Summer vaca tion I passed one of the schoolhouses and stopped to comment on the fact that the playground was filled with children. When I was a boy we didn't go near the schoolhouse in vacation time. Now some of the children' hap piest hours are passed in and about the sehoolhouses; and when we get them to love their schools, they do good work. Candidate Friend of A'igtat Schools. "I am a friend of the night schools, and I believe that whenever a consid erable number of persons desire to spend their evenings in personal im provement and study or domestic sci ence work, the School Board should provide them with the necessary in structors and equipment. - "I have been asked about the life tenure law as relating to teachers. The 4. '-- -e .v . Samuel P. Lockwood. Candidate . for School Director at the Kleetiosi of June 19. old system of requiring teachers to be elected each year was wrong. In cor recting that condition by passage of the present tenure of office bill, 1 be lieve the pendulum was allowed to swing too far to tho other extreme. I believe good teachers, should feel se cure in their positions without the un certainty surrounding an annual elec tion, but on the other hand, to quote from the report of the survey: ."'Perhaps one of the surest means of producing future inefficiency in a teaching force is to take away the spur to growth, activity and efficiency by providing life-tenure or its equivalent for all." "There is a middle ground. Just to both sides, where the nervousness in the minds of teachers resulting from annual elections may be eliminated, and at the same time not take from tho teachers the stimulus to put forth their best efforts." There is one point about Mr. Lock wood that should perhaps be cleared up at this time for the voters once and for all. Mr. Lockwood is not "Charley"' Lockwood, promoter, president and member-in-chief of tho late Republican Club, nor is he related to him. SUIT ASKS LOST CARGO PAY For Flour on Vessel Sunk In CoIIl siou, $7500 Is Ieinandetl. Growing out of the wreck of the river steamer Gamecock near Cascade Locks last September, a suit for $7500 waa filed in County Clerk Coffey's of fice yesterday morning by the Astoria Flouring Mills Company against the Willamette & Columbia River Towing Company, owners of the sunken vessel. The flour mills company, according to the complaint, shipped 3100 sacks of wheat, said to be worth $7500, on the Gamecock from Tho Dalles, billed to Astoria, on September 9, the day before the wreck. This cargo, they charge, was lost when the boat went down. G. C. Fulton, as attorney for the Flouring Mills Company, filed the complaint. Man Fined 950 for Attack. Though he declared that he was too drunk at the time of the attack to know anything about it, Kdward Kopis chka, teamster employed by tho Clay Morse Transfer Company, was fined $50 in Municipal Court yesterday morning for an attempted assault upon Mrs. Klvah Carlton, of 370 Sixth street. He was positively identified by the woman. ASTORIA WOJIASi WINS FIRST rBJZB FOR ARTISTIC SHORTHAND WORK. f fcr i - if-ilfiliiVrtll Sire. Helen Stosameister. Mrs. Helen Stossmeister, of Astoria, has won the first cash prize for artistic shorthand -written by shorthand teachers in an international contest. She is a teacher in the Astoria Business College. The work of one of her pupils Miss Alma Warra has been sent by the Gregg Institution to the Palace of Kducatlon at the Panama-Pacific Fair, to be ex hibited for its excellence. Mrs. Stossmeister. in addition to receiving the first cash prize among a large .number of con testants, has received letters of congratulation and commenda tion, both on her shorthand writ ing and on the results of her teaching. One is a personal let ter from John R. Gregg, author of the system. " V X Wiiiiiia I - C r T" f ? V It SCHOOL ELECTION SET FOB SATURDAY S. P. Lockwood Candidate and Dr. E. A. Sommer Also in Race for'Re-election. NEW LAW IS IN EFFECT Voter Must Be Kcfilstered and En rolled as Taxpayer BaUo Must Be Cast in Home District. Schools Polling Places. Potland's first school election under the new law will be held next Saturday from 12 to 8 P. M. The election is to choose a Director for five years to succeed Dr. Ernst A. Sommer, whose term expires on that day. Dr. Sommer is a candidate to succeed himself and he is being opposed by S. P. Lockwood. Under the new law the polls remain open much, longer than heretofore, the voting hours formerly having been from 3 to 6 P. M. There will be but one judge and two clerks in charge at the various polling places. A requirement of the new statute that may confuse voters is that in stead of being allowed to vote at any polling place in the city, as has been the rula previously, each must vote in tho place provided for the various pse cincts of which the voters are resi dents. The registration books are the guide as to residence, and voters must be registered. Only those whose names appear on tho tax rolls are eligible o vote at Saturday's election, with tho exception that when one is a stockholder in a corporation or partnership that is on the tax roll he or she may vote. Elec tion judges will put the question to each voter If his name is on the ta roll. Purchase of property since the rolls were made up does not make tho owner eligible. Schoolnousca to Be Used. Judges and clerks have been ap pointed and voting places have been fixed by School Clerk Thomas. The law requires that schoolhouses must be used, wherever possible, for polling places, and this rule has been followed closely. There are but three excep tions, it having been found necessary to use three places on tho West Side, exclusive of schoolhouses, as follows: County Courthouse, furniture store at Second and Morrison and store room at 44 Twenty-third street. This is the first time that it has been necessary to collect voters of various precincts of tho city at erne placa for voting purposes, and Clerk Thomas says the best arrangement possible has been made, fchould this not meet with the convenience of all, however, he asks that suggestions be made as to how the grouping may be Improved, and efforts will be made to improve the arrangements in future. Voting Places Shown. Precincts havo been grouped and voting places selected as follows for Saturday's election: Bcheol precincts Include the following election precincts nd polling plaee: No. 11. S. 3. 0- . 15; Chapman NoT'b 8 0. IS. 14. 16. IT: Davis School. No. V-11. 12. 21. S3. 23, 21. 2&; Couch BCK00l'4 10 SR. 27. 28. 20. 30. 31. 38. 80. 40: Atkln.oo School. ... .,, . . . . . - . i . ! m rrinn KtrefttS. .No. u 41, ;. ' So. 32. 33. 37. 44. 45. 46. 4.0. CO; LowM- '"No."?-": 10. 20. 34. 33. 36. 4S. 31; stor. room. 44 Twenty-third "tree.. No; g T, 0U. ST.. 5S, W, 60, 61: Ladd FCNo?10 54 . 55, 62. 63. 64. 65 66 67; Court- hNo'30 68. 60. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74; Lincoln HiKll School. ' No 1 . 07, P8; Atnwworth School. No! 1275, 76. 77, 78. o3, 84, 85; Bhattuck No"'' 78, K0. 81. 82. 89. 90 91. 92. 03; Did Failins tichool. t. , , v. i4 4 l0, 96. OT. R: Holman School. Ko! 15 !. 100, 101, 102. 103. 104. 105; Setlwood School. No. Hi 100, 107. 143, 145, 146. 133: Brook- '"iV-ioa. 110. Ill, 112. 113. 108; Wood. t0No. 1U4 115, 123. 125. 131. 326; Arleta eeN0U19 116. US. 110. 120. 121. 122. 303. "l.'fl, 124. 16. 127. 128. i9. ,"NVB2r-rj2,sci5.r,i34. 8 17; 6CNo?122 153. 154, 155. 156. 157; Richmond 8CNo0l23 13. 140. 141, 142, 151. 132; Clln t0NoK'2414700U 149.' ISA 158. 104 165; Stephens School. No. 25150. ISO. 161. Hawthorne School. No. '- 208. 2011. 210. 215: Buekrnan Kehool. No. 27 ISO. 170, 171. 177; Sunny Bide School. No. 28172. 204. 108, 12, 163. 166. 167: 211. 212, 213. 214. 174. 173. 176. 202, 205, 206. 207: KnT 2178. 179. ISO. 181. 182 183; Glen- CONoCllol84. 185, 103, 106, 197. 108. 109; nTal-li'-ISS. 189. 190 191. 192. 193: Montavtlra School. No 32104. 200. 201. 231. 232. 233; ROM CUV Park School. No. B203. 2JC. 227. 220. 230. 234: Fero- wood School n 20 4 S23i aal; "3-22. 235. 236. 238. 239; Irv- nlTzi 222. 223. 240. 241. 242; Eliot BCNo?1ST 43. 246. 47. 248. 249. 250. 254: Shaver School. No. 3S 244. 253. 255, 266. 257; Thompson 8CNo?''r.9 243. 2.19, 260, 202. 2(53; Albin Homestead School. No. 40 261, 264. 266, 273. 274; Hlshland School. N 41 265. 287. 268. 269. 270, 272; Vernon School. . No. 42271. 275. 276. 277. 27S. 279. ISO, 300: Woodlawn Pchool. So. 43 251, 252, 258, 281, 282; Jefferson High School. No. 4 2S3. 284. 285, 286, 287, 28S;Xenton School. No. 45 280, O0, 291. 292. 293; Portsmotrth School. . Koad to Resume Track Laying. CT5NTRALTA. Wash., June 12. (Spe cial.) The Puget Sound & Willapa Harbor Railway plans to resume track laying from Doty toward Raymond about July IS. The company's gravel pit west of this city will be reopened June 15 and the hauling of ballast begun. Between 850 and 400 men will be employed when construction activi ties are resumed. The grading work will be completed by the end of July. Trains have been operated all Winter over the new line as far as Doty. It is expected that through traffic to Raymond will begin about November 1. Lebanon Parent-Teachers Elect. LEBANON, Or.. June 12. (Special., The Parent-Teacher circle of the Leb anon publio schools recently elected the following officers for the ensuing year: President, Mrs. P. M. Scroggln; vice president. Miss L. May Rtwch ; secre tary, Mrs. A. W. Blackburn, and treas urer, Mrs. Byron Mlllsap. Members of the Chicago Craftsmen Chap ter of Operative Masona ara &iasotis In two sensaa ot th word. They are bricklayers and etona masons and art meznbtri of tha Maaonia Ordax. Jenning's $40 Wilton Rugs $27.50 Handsome 9x12 Wiltons on sale this week, regularly priced $40 and $S7,50. Beautiful Oriental tf E2.f effect in small figures. Your choice 4 DU $5 Axminster Rugs $3.85 These are- 36x72 in size and they come in a great variety of Oriental and conventional designs. A f q qC rare bargain at the price. 003 biecond Floor, Irish Point Lace Curtains , at Great Reductions Graceful patterns in both ecru and whits specially reduced this week. $3.50 Curtains, pair, $2.25 $3.75 Curtains, pair, $2.50 $4.50 Curtains, pair, $3.10 $7.50 Curtains, pair, $4.75 $8.00 Curtains, pair, $5.25 $8.50 Curtains, pair, $5.50 $9.00 Curtains, pair, $6.25 $10.50 Curtains, pair, $7.15 FESTIVAL OF 1915 BEST EVER SEEN, IS DECISION Various Features Win Praise of Different Critics, but All Unite in Com mending General Show and Punctuality of Listed Attractions. . C i m UK best Portland has ever I seen." This la the way " mu- nlcipal officials, business wen and tho public generally express their opinion of this year's Hose Festival. Everybody was pleased with the whole show from the opening event of tho children's parade to tho closing; feat ure, the electric parade. Following are some of the expres sions gleaned from business people, of ficials and others: Mayor Albee I do not think there is any question about it having been the best Kose Festival Portland has ever seen. Too much credit cannot be given those in charse.of the various events. I was particularly impressed with the children's" parade, which was, I believe, tho best ever. Too much praise cannot be given Robert Krohn. who had charge of this affair. I think the Festival Cen ter on the. plaza blocks waa a great Improvement. The parades were beau tiful. I was impressed particularly with tha remarkable showing made by the firemen in the vehicle parade on Thursday. Mr. Jlennun Ulvca Praise. S. Benson The greatest ever, is the only way I can express my opinion on the subject. It was a remarkable af fair. I was particularly delighted with the decorations on the automobiles and other vehicles. I think it speaks well for tho city and the people. Adolph Wolfe I waa delighted. I think tho Festival surpassed anything wo have ever had. I think every one feels that way about it. W. J. Clemens It was wonderful. I believe It was a surprise to everyone. The floral parade. 1 believe, was a winner- It had more high-grade deco rated vehicles than ever before. In past Festivals there may have been some finer vehicles from an artistic standpoint, but in no former parade has there beeu such a large number of elegantly decorated vehicles. Tho pros perity parade was beyond description. It was so exquisite that I doubt If the public could appreciate it all. I have been greatly impressed with tha idea of putting the entire Festival up faster and quicker and more condensed, as has been carried out this year. W. P. Olds It was tho best Festival ever held in Portland. This is particu larly true with the parades. The .-parades and other features were far better. The roses, however, were not better. Super 1xce!!ence Ia Conceded. W. F. Woodward I dislike to cast any reflection upon past Festivals with which I have been connected, but I am forced, to admit that this year's was the best ever. Tho parades were beau tiful and effective. I think the whole affair was a great surprise to Port land. It certainly was to mo' because of its excellence. I do not believe the people cf PorUand were expecting such a great affair. The men in charge de serve preat praise. A. I.. Barbur. City Auditor It was a remarkable Festival. The parades were especially good, owing to the large number of beautiful floats. They showed the results of a great deal of hard work. I think too much praise cannot be given the firemen for the showing they made. George H. Himes I have seen par ades in Portland and elsewhere for the last 50 years, but I never have sees anything to equal the prosperity par ado of Friday. I think It was a marvel ous affair and the best by far that Portland has ever produced. A. H. Eilers I bad some friends here from California and their . eyes were opened by the marvelous beauty of our floral exhibitions. It was the best af fair of the kind I have ever seen here or elsewhere and I have Been a num ber in various parts of the country. My friends were amazed at what they saw. Circuit Judge Gantenbein Tho par ades and other features of this year's Festival were extremely beautiful. It was the best affair taken as a whole that I have ever seen. Ontn Eiim11It Praised. J. C. HnRlish I was Impressed par ticularly with the Festival Center. I think that was a remarkably good plan to put the floral part of the show in tho park blocks. The maze of flowers opened the eyes of our people to the floral possibilities hero. I am sure the exhibit (.mazed the visitors not only be cause of the beauty of the exhibit, but also the varlety of flowers shown. Such an exhibition is of inestimable value to the city. Julius L. Meier It was the best Fes tival we have ever had." It was con densed and snappy and punctual, I was down early the first morning and I noted that the band started its con cert on tho dot of time. Every feature of tho Festival thereafter was on time. The condensation ot the events into - the $1.50 Linoleums, $1.10 Heavy Inlaid Linoleums, fitted and laid on your floors at the (I in special price OlilU Baby Comforters Resuljr fl.75 Comfortern, soft and lisht; pleasing pat-. I OC terns. Special, ..vliUJ Second Kloar Henry Jenning & Sons Fifth and Washington Sts. three days resulted in the Festival be ing full of ginger and snap. Applause Shows Appreciation.. - Circuit Judge Morrow- The Festival was exceptionally beautiful. I ,was particularly impressed by tho extent, the beauty and the variety ot the par ade of Friday. It showed not only good management but great publio interest. I happened to be in the parade and all along the line there waa extreme en thusiasm which showed great public approval of the affair. Joseph Simon The Festival this year was the finest I have evereen in Ore gon. The committees that had charge deserve great credit. I would not at tempt to single out any one feature and. brand it as particular" success because I think the entire show went off wonderfully well. County Commissioner Lightner I was particularly well pleased with the Festival Center on the park blocks. 1 thought that was an extremely fine placa for it and I think a great show ing was made. The whole , show was fine, tlvat Center I.ikrd. City Commissioner Daly I think the Festival Center plan this year was one of the best features of the whole show. It brought out tho floral possibilities of the city, showing what is being' done In the way of community floriculture. I think the whole show was a remark able success and the best ever. City Commissioner Brewster It was a wonderfully beautiful and success ful Festival. I was particularly inter ested in the Festival Center, on the park blocks, which I believe was a remarkably good feature of the show. City Attorney LaRothe The Rose Festival this year was just the right length. There were no gaps and every thing was condensed and carried out with a snap. It seemed much better than drawing- it out over an entire week. I am sure it was the best Rose Festival Portland has ever seen. Credit Given Committees. City Commissioner Bigelow It was very, very fine. Every feature. I be lieve, was an improvement over last year. Tho Festival Center was the most pleasing feature of any Festival Portland has ever held, in my Judg ment. The committee in charge de serve great credit. I heard a great deal of comment about the wonders of the Festival Center. Eastern peo ple were exceedingly well impressed with the showing. I heard many vis itors declare that it surpassed the ex pensive floral productions at tho Panama-Pacific Exposition. City Treasurer William Adams The best ever is the only way 'I can express my opinion. -Every feature was excel lent. It waa condensed and snappy and held the public interest throughout. Franklin T. Griffith It was the finest Rose Festival wo have ever ha'd. I cannot einsle out any -one feature that was particularly good, because it was all good. There was great interest in all parts of the festival. I don't think the parades were wanting In any respect. Residence to Cost f 320O. A. Albrecht will erect a one-story frame dwelling on Alnswcrth avenue. Stomach Troubles Due to Acidity SO S.VVS EMIXEST SPECIALIST. io-called stomach troubles, aurh si Indigestion, wind, and stomach - ache are in probably nine cases out of ten simply evidence that fermentation is taking place in the food contents ot tho stomach, causins- tho formation of gras and acids. Wind distends the stomach and causes that full, oppres sive reeling sometimes Known as heart burn, while the acid irritates and in flames the delicate lining of tho stom ach. The trouble lies entirely ire the tormenting rooa. ssucn termentation is unnatural, but may involve most seri ous consequences if not corrected. To stop or prevent fermentation of the food contents of the stomach and to neutralize the acid, and render it bland and harmless, a teaspoonful of bisurated magnesia, probably the best and most effective corrector of acid stomach known, should bo taken In a quarter of a glass of hot or cold water immediately after eating, or whenever wind or acidity is reft. This stops the fermentation, and neutralizes the acid ity in a few moments. Fermentation, wind and acidity are dangerous and unnecessary. Stop or prevent them by the use of a proper antacid, such as bisurated magnesia, which can be ob tained from any druggist and thus en able the stomach to do Its work prop erly without being hindered by poison ous eas and dan-serous acids. M. F. P. Adv. Home of Good Furniture A Great Sale of Dressers in. conjunction with our Spring Clearance Sale Second and Morrison Store We bought the surplus stock of a local manufacturer at a tremendous discount. This week we offer Dressers at Less Than Wholesale Prices $14 Hardwood Princess Dressers, 1 8x30 French plate mirror, two drawers. .$7.45 $16 Hardwood Dressers, 24 x30 oval French plate mirror, two large, two small draw ers $8.50 $18 Hardwood Dressers, 24 x 30 French plate oval mirrors, two large, two small draw ers .$9.65 $25 Birdseye Maple Princess' Dressers, 18x36 French plate oval mirror, new Cubist pat tern, drawers finished inside, at .$13.50 Above Dressers also in ma hogany and Circassian wal nut $27.50 Birdseye Maple Dressers, 22x28 French plate oval mirror, full swell front, extra fine quality, drawers finished inside ..... .$16.50 Second and Morrison Sts. between East Sixth and. East Seventh streets, tho cost to be ?3200. J. G. Cross has started the erection of a one-story residence on East Fifty-first street -between Hawthorne avenue and East Matiiscn street. The cost will 1)4 $1500. G. A. R. MEETS TOMORROW McMlnnvlH to Bo Kncampnient Rendezvous Tbree Days. The G. A. R. will hold its annual con vntion tomorrow. 1 nesdoy snd Wednes IMMEDIATE ACTION MAY SAVE LOCAL FIRM The Rose Show, while a beautiful loeal sentiment in every way and well worth all the time and thought given to it, incurred a. great hardship on this firm, struggling against time to win out in a game of finances. As I told you before, some of our stockholders must be paid off. They want their money. The only way in which this business can be saved is to take the money out of the firm. This muct be done by selling pianos at a price so low that they will insure immediate action. I have cut and slashed regardless of cost and have sold many fine, standard-make instruments at prices un heard of in Portland or anywhere else. I have sold here in Portland standard makes for less money than they would cost wholesale on the floor in their Eastern factories and showrooms. But I see that I must go still fur ther. The past week's loss of busi ness, due to the fact that people were interested in the rose show and en tertaining visitors, has meant the loss of many precious days to me. Now, I must ask you to hurry. I will make it worth your while. If you will help me save this business by helping me raise the balance of the $ 40,000 which I must raise to pay off stockholders, then I guarantee to give you in return piano values such as you never dreamed of. I don't Stomach Trouble of Long Standing MRS. B. LORINGER . fy's Pure is a natural food tonic which invigorates the nervous mechanicisra of the stom ach by inducing activity in the flow of gastric juices so that the food you eat will digest naturally. Because the stomach is not required to deal with sub stances strange to its' methods of working, as is the case with ordinary remedies. ' those who take Duffy's, a tablespoonful in water before meals and on retiring as directed, usually look once more upon life with a sound stomach and a placid brow. That's why so many "Get Duffy's and Keep We!!." Sold in SEALED BOTTLES ONLY. ? fist Duffy's from your local druggist, grocer or dealer iQYjZ $1.00 cor bcitlo. If bo cannot supply you, writa us, wa wiil teH rcu where to ct St Medical booklet fro. The Duffy Malt Whiskey Co Above Dressers also in gold en wax oak. $32 Birdseye Maple Colonial Dressers, 24x30 French plate mirror, 45-inch case, selected stock $18.75 Above Dressers also in gold en wax oak. $32 Birdseye Maple Colonial Chiffoniers, 16x42 French plate mirror, selected stock, at $18.75 Above Chiffoniers also in golden wax oak. $21.50 Dressing Tables, 16x 42 French plate mirror, se lected stock .$12.75 Above Dressing Tables also in golden wax oak. This week with every pur chase of one dollar or more in the Basement Salesroom at the Fifth and Washington - Street Store we will give you free a one - quart aluminum saucepan, guaranteed to last ten years. day at McMinnville. Tho members will be conveyed to that place by special trains, which will leave the Union depot at 9 o'clock in the morning, stopping at East Morrison, Milwaukic, Oswego, Tualatin and Newberg. Tomorrow's exercises will b a Flas day parade at 4:S0 o'clock tn the after noon and a reception at night. There will be an address by Governor Withy combe, followed by speeches by Depart ment Commander H. S. Fargo and R. W. Kesl. There is nnW a little more than a tliird o'' tho Brp of Kvusait under cuittwtion. vet more thun JoUO.uoo.uOO worth of fai nt prod- -m'ts ysHti last year'H record. ask you to play favorites or I do not ask you to do this for me on ny basis but a straightforward business proposition. It is worth much money ' to me to be able to raise the $40,000 " so that I can save this business and , -if you will help me do it I will be . glad to pay you well for it. For example, I have on hand a standard make piano. Ordinarily you - -would pay $550 and would be getting a bargain in value. If you come be- ' fore someone else gets here you can have it for $325. Of course, I am putting these prices so low in hopes that I can get all cash, because it is cash that I must have..; But if you are not in position to pay , i cash, then I can arrange so that at ' ' only a very slight advance you can get any piano you want and on terms that will make it possible for you to have your favorite instrument. Be sure to come soon. I must have quick action and I will give you the ' " bargains that will deserve it. Used pianos, good condition, low as $60. New player pianos as low as $230. Every piano backed by our fac tory guarantee, which is as good as a bank note. ' E. H. HOLT, Pres. E. H. Holt Piano Company, Wholesal- . ers and Retailers, 333 Morrison St., just off Broadway. Northwestern Bank Building. Yields to Duffy's Many peopla who have suffered for years from tha terrible effects of a disordered stomach are loud in their praise of Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey ; for, give to tha stomach strength snd perfect action and dis ease is invariably conquered. Duffy's is an ideal corrective of Indigestion. Read what Mrs. Loringer says : " Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey cured me of stomach trouble from which I suffered for three years. After taking several bottles, I can truly attribute : my complete recovery from stomach trouble to Duffy's Pure Malt- Mrs. B. Loringer, 5727 Market Street; Phil adelphia. Pa. Whiskey Beware of imitation Rochester, N. Y- -