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PORTLAND Y.IVIG.A.
FOUR MN AFFECTED BY CHANGES ON Y. M. C. A. EXECUTIVE
OREGON TROOPERS
THINKING OF HOME
STAFF.
TO EXPAND IN 1917
With Era of Increased Pros
perity Here, Activities
. Will Be Broadened.
Men Settling Down to Grind
With Feeling That End Is
Likely to Be Soon.
NEW DEPARTMENT FORMED
MEXICANS STOP SMILING
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Sar Clay Acheson, Former Pastor
of Presbyterian Church at Ray
mond, to Head- Service and
Efficiency Bureau."
' . Prosperity of the Pacific Northwest,
through high prices and the develop
msnt of shipbuilding-, has reached the
Portland Y. M. C. A., after a period in
-yhich its activities were ' contracted,
due to the financial depression and the
departure of a large number of its
members for the East.
AVith this prosperity, the Y. M. C. A.
has mapped out a programme of ex
pansion for the year 1917. All of Its
departments are planning greater ac
tivities than have been possible for the
last three years. The association con
siders itself in better condition now
than it has ever been to provide im
proved service for Portland and the
Pacific Northwest.
Service Deportments Added.
As a step in this direction a depart
ment of service and efficiency has been
provided. This department will be
headed by Barclay Acheson, who until
recently was pastor of the Presbyterian
Church at Raymond, Wash. He was
brought to Portland by Ben Selling to
assist in the Oregon campaign for the
relief of the Armenian and Syrian war
sufferers and his work in that connec
tion was brought to the attention of
W. Stone, general secretary of the
Y. M. C. A. Mr. Acheson has long been
anxious to enlist in Y. M. C. A. work,
and is considered a valuable addition
to the association's force.
Stanley Baker, who for the past seven
years has been in charge of the em
ployment bureau of the Y. M. C. A., will
leave for Los Angeles to take a similar
position there. He resigns his Port
land post because of his own health
and that of his wife.
Kmployinent Experts Trained.
Tie has made the employment bureau
of the Portland association one of the
foremost in the country and while here
has trained employment experts who
are now in charge ot the work in some
of the biggest institutions in .the coun
try. Including Kansas City, San Fran
cisco, Detroit, Pittsburg and Chicago.
In the seven years he has received
from business houses of Portland and
its territory calls for 13,993 men and
has sent 1,863 to fill these positions.
In that time he has interviewed, classi
fied and catalogued 107,182 men.
The Y. M. A. bureau provides work
for office men, mostly, handling few
of the calls that' come for unskilled
labor. It has worked In conjunction
with the Federal and municipal bureau,
turning all of its applications for ordi
nary labor over to that service. He
has filled places that carry salaries of
several thousand dollars and entail
large responsibilities.
Troops on Border Entertained- ...
James W. Palmtr, who-has been oh'
the Portland association's force In
various capacities for the last seven
years, has been assigned to the employ
ment bureau. He has been head of the
boys' division, religious work director,
service secretary and office secretary
during his connection with the associa
tion work.
Frank McElroy, who for two years
was an attache of the educational de
partment and has recently been attend
ing the University of Oregon, has been
made an- office secretary.
Mr. Bakr recently returned from the
Mexican border where he assisted th
Army and Navy Y. M, C. A. in the
entertainment of the troops. He spoke,
sang and played saxophone solos be-
fone 60,000 men. He also participated
in programmes arranged by- the Y. M.
C. A. while the Third Oregon was at
Camp "Withycombe.
VICTIM OF FIRE SUCCUMBS
Arrangements Xot Made for Funeral
of Mrs. V. J. Jonc.
Definite arrangements for the fu
neral of Mrs.. V. J. Jones, who was fa
tally -burned in her home, 16 East
Twelfth street, Friday -afternoon, had
not been completed yesterday, acording
to the undertaker, P. L. Lerch.
Mrs. Jones, who' was the wife of the
Janitor of the Buckman School, was
resting eq a couch in her home when
the couch and her clothing caught fire
from an overheated stove. She was
rescued by Motorcycle Patrolman Er
vin, who .turned in the alarm,
Mrs. Jones was removed to Good
Samaritan Hospital, where she died
shortly before midnight Friday.
CHILD IS BILIOUS
Look, Mothers! See if tongue is coat
ed, breath hot or stomach
soar.
"California Syrup of Figs" can't harm
tender stomach, liver,
bowels.
Every mother realizes, after giving
her children "California Syrup of Figs."
that this is their ideal laxative, because
they love its pleasant taste and It thor
oughly cleanses the tender little stom
ach, liver and bowels without griping.
When cross. irritable, . feverish or
breath Is bad, stomach sour, look at the
tongue, mother! If coated, give a tea
spoonful of this harmless "fruit laxa
tive." and in a few hours all the foul,
constipated waste, sour bile and undi
gested food passes out of the bowels,
and you have a well, playful child
'again. When its little system is full ot
cold, throat sore, has stomach-ache,
diarrhoea, indigestion, colic remem
ber, a good "inside cleansing" should
always be the first treatment given.
Millions of mothers keep "California
Syrup of Figs" handy; they know a tea
spoonful today saves a sick child to
morrow. Ask your druggist for a 50
cent bottle of "California Syrup of
Figs," which has directions for babies,
children of all ages and grown-ups
printed on the bottle. Beware of coun
terfeits sold here, so don't be - fooled.
CJet the genuine, made by "California
Fls tevrun Company."-Ad v
CROSS
FEVERISH
CONSTIPATED
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SOLDIER HOI AGAIN
Freeman Armstrong; Wound
ed, Is With'. Family.
BAYONET IS USED OFTEN
Groat German . Shell Nearly Buries
Him and Piece of Metal Still
Is in Wound In Skull Ijong
Ijlnes of " Dead Seen.
A record of narrow escapes and
thrilling experiences in vhich he was
twice wounded is - that of Freeman
Armstrong, of East Eighty-third street
and Tenth avenue. Lents, who has Just
returned home after two years spent
in the trenches of Belgium and France
with the Sixteenth Canadian Scottish.
Mr. Armstrong's right arm is still In
a weakened- condition as the result of
the explosion of a large shell ..in the
second battle of Ypres, which rendered
him unconscious for 48 hours and put
him In the hospital for many days.
Shell Nearly Buries.
Shortly after the beginning of hos
tilities in Europe, Mr. Armstrong, who
had previously served four years in
the United States Navy, went to Van
couver. B. C, where he enlisted with
the Canadian troops. He went to the
frtfnt with that contingent and soon
saw active fighting-at Ypres and on
the Somme.
It was at the second battle of the
Ypres that he sustained his first Injury.
One of the German shells' exploded so
near him that he was entirely covered
with debris with the exception of his
head and one arm. The explosion shat
tered bis right hand and. for the time
being paralyzed his entire arm.
As a memento- of this occasion he
carries in his pocket a piece of ragged
steel more than an inch In length and
about the thickness of a ten-penny
nail which was taken from his head
at the hospital.. A small piece is de
clared by physicians Etill to be. em
bedded in his skull.
Bayonet FlghtM Frequent.
Mr. Armstrong was in three bayonet
engagements in Belgium, and after his
transier iu ine ouuiiiiv, ocpicmuoi o,
1916, he spent two days, September 4
and 5. in fierce hand-to-hand fighting
with bayonets there. '
"The terrible butchery which Is going
on in Europe beggars description," said
Mr. Armstrong.
He saiti that he had seen the dead
piled up like cord wood for long dis-
t fl- f-
Referring to the system of trenches
which have been worked out on the
firing line, he said that what is known
as "contributing trencnes eneno rrom
seven to eight miles back rrom the
firing line. These, he said, are filled
with soldiers who are called upon to
take the places of those killed in bat
tle on the first line.
Mr. Armstrong has lived with his
parents in Lents since he was 14 years
of age. He was .fire-class fireman
aboard the battleship Nebraska when
the fleet made the trip around the
world In 1908-1909, and received an
honorable dlscharga from the Navy in
1911.
DENTAL TEACHER ON TRIP
Dr. Everett M. Hurd Will Attend
Institute and Visit Laboratories.
Dr. Everett ' M. Hurd, professor of
prosthetic dentistry at North Pacific
College, left Tuesday on an extended
Eastern trip, where he will attend the
meetings of the National Instittue of
Dental Teachers, to be held in Phila
delphia January 23-27. He will also
devote several days to the Thomas W,
1 .
Evans Dental Institute School of Den
tistry of the University of Pennsyl
vania and will visit the factories of
the S. S. White Dental Manufacturing
Company.
Dr. Hurd plans to spend two or three
weeks in practical work in research
laboratories in New York City and will
visitthe New York schools of dentistry.
From there he will go to the Univer
sity of Michigan, visit the -colleges in
Chicago and spend several days at the
University of Minnesota.
NATIONAL B(NK IS PLANNED
S. M. Mann & Co., at Scappoose, to
Be 'Reorganized and" Converted.
SCAPPOOSE, Or.. Jan. 13 (Special.)
At the annual stockholders' meeting
of S. M. Mann & Co., bankers, held
Thursday, it was unanimously voted to
convert the present organization to the
National system. The old board of di
rectors and officers will continue to
hold the same positions In the new or
ganization. ' J. S. Mann, the vice-president. Is tak
ing the active management of conver
sion, and hopes to carry onit the neces
sary details in securing the charter by
the first -ot March. This bank will
have the distinction of being the first
and only National bank In Columbia
County.
THREE RESCUED FROM FIRE
Home Destroyed but Xelghbor Helps
to Save Children.
Three children, the eldest 7 years
old, were rescued from serious burns.
Freeman Armstrong:, Lenta Man,
Who Has Returned After Active
Service for the A lite.
If not death, by the act jot Mrs. Caro
line Glevinske, when she rushed into
the blazing home of her neighbor, Mrs.
Frederich Secorske, yesterday morning.
Mrs. Secorske had arisen and kindled
a fire in the kitchen stove. Still
sleepy, she returned to bed, choosing
to wait until the room warmed. She
woke again with the little home filled
with smoke and fire.
. Mrs. Glevinske, in the meantime,
smashed a window, and the falling
glass cut her face, but sheielped the
distracted mother bear the three chil
dren "to safety.- The house was de
stroyed. 'i - ' 7Ti
"Virginian Dies at Cottage Grove.
COTTAGE GROVE, Or., Jan. 13.
(Special.) Frederiok Benjamin Watts,
a native of Virginia, died at his home in
this- city January 4. He had been in
poor health for three years. He was 66
years old. -He is survived by his "wid
ow and six children Miss Grace, Gor
don, Carl, Adrian and W. H. Watts, of
this city, and Mrs. George Morris, of
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Order Against Wearing of Citizens'
Clothing in Mexico Resented.
- Fugitive and Injured Wife
Separated by Border.
BY WILL G. MAC RAE.
WITH THE OREGON TROOPS ON
THE BORDER, Camp John H. Beacom,
Calexlco, Cal, Jan. 9. Thearmy field
day wound up the holiday week, and
now everybody is settling down to the
grind, feeling "deep down the endi is in
sight. Since the wanton shooting of
Trooper Scott Redfleld, soldiers no
longer wander around Calexlco In sin
gles. Now they travel In squads of
threes or more. It is noticeable that
the frowning browed Mexicans who be.
fore the shooting passed men in uni
form, registering hate and were un
willing to give even haf the right of
wa no longer give the direct stare,
but keep their eyes on tte' pavement.
Mexlcaifl Feel Insulted. -
Since the general order, prohibiting
the wearing of citizens clothing any
where in he valley and especially when
visiting Mexican, an order which the
Mexicans of Mexlcall took as a per
sonal Insult, there have been fewer
smiling Mexicans, although Mexican
soldiers and Mexican gamblers con
tinue to visit the shops and patronize
the moving-picture houses of Calexlco.
Just the same, on the other side of
the Irrigation ditch which marks the
boundary) between the United States
and Mexico, is the safe haven for both
American and Mexican renegates. It is
the refuge for most of Uncle Sam's de
serters. Most of the soldiers who went
"over the hump" from the battery pund
a haven In the Mexican cotton fields.
There are times, however, when this
haven become a most uncomfortable
barrier. This Fred Dato, Governor Este
ban Cantu's brother-in-law, discovered.
Since he has been dodging an Indict
ment In connection with the smuggling
of arms into Mexico he has found a
safe retreat in Mexican and on his cot
ton, plantation, about eight miles east
of Calexlco on the Mexican side.
Boundary Separates Family.
While Dato was whopping things up
in Mexican and Mrs. Dato, who is'soon
to become a mother, was fighting a
fire at home, she was overcome by the
heat and fell from a ladder. She was
injured so sesiously by the fall that
she was unable to escape the flames,
and- in addition to being injured was
frightfully burned. A nurse and phy
sician were summoned from Calexico.
The doctor found) Mrs. Dato's injuries
so serious that he ordered her sent to
Los Angeles. Dato was called from
Mexican and last night Mrs. Dato was
brought to Calexlco, placed aboard the
evening train and taken to Los Angeles.
Just before the automobile with Fred
Dato and his Injured wife crossed the
line the car was halted and he said to
his wife: "Good-by, perhaps I'll never
see you again." - ?
Everything down here is "watchful
waiting." Now since the dispatcnes
announced that Consul Slmpich has
been transferred from Nogales to
Calexico there is added interest to this
watchful waiting. One rumor la that
Governor Cantu will meet with Consul
Slmpich and that the cotton situation
will be settled. Yet I have it from a
border acquaintance, who has it frofti
a Mexican friend, who has it from an
American close to Cantu, that Cantu
will not recognize Consul Slmpich.
Meantime. American cotton growers in
Mexico continue to pay exorbitant tri
bute to Cantu, both coming and going.
Since Troop A came to the border
many of the troopers have had oppor
tunity to pick up a few stray dollars.
Several of the men had chances to work
In the local stores during the holidays
and some have obtained leave and have
been doing contracting "on the side."
Just now four are away on 30-day
leave of absence. They are Privates
John Schroeder, Roland R. Knight.
Percy E. Penman and Robert H- Little
field. Troop A has four In the hos
pital. ' They are Trooper Scott Redfleld.
M. J. Fischer, Wilbur Henderson and
Van Jorgensen.
COBALT MINES EXPAND
DOBIK SAYS LARGER MILLS
Am; TO BE INSTALLED.
'at fiold Production Is Go lute
and More Veina Are Found In
Properties That Pay Well.
The famous Cobalt gold mines of
Ontario, the scene of intense activity
during the past few months, are de
scribed by S. J. Dobie, who has recently
returned to Portland after many years
spent .In this district.
The most prodigious gold discoveries
of the world have been made in the
Cobalt district, according to Mr. Dobie.
Prospectors are still talking of the
dome of gold, which is now the famous
"Dome" mine, and the "sidewalk of
golld," In which a puro streak of the
yellow metal was revealed Jfjr chance
to prospectors.
"There- are at least six paying prop
erties in this district," said Mr. Dobie.
"There la the Dome, the Hollinger, the
Mclntyre, the Porcupine, the Crown
and the Schumacher, all of which are
making large returns.
"The Hollinger mine has gone 1200
feet deep and its holdings are rated at
f 80.000. Its stockholders receive 3
per cent dividend every' four weeks.
The mine has a reserve of 11.000,000,
besides payincr the war tax.
"The Dome property is down 600 feet.
They are working 80 stamps and are
arranging to double the capacity of the
mill. There is nothing but free mill
ing ore taken from this district.
"There is one vein in the Cobalt. dis
trict 70 feet long, two feet wide and
22 feet high. They have taken out
from 3000 to EOOO ounces to the ton.
They were down at the third level, a
depth of 300 feet. They went down 60
feet on a crosscut and found the same
vein." .
Mr. Dobie Is at the Hotel Oregon.
BATHING SUIT BIDS ASKEDf
City Wants 12 00 for Summer Pa
trons of Swimming Pools.
Preparatory to the opening up of
Spring activities in the parks and play
grounds of the city bids are to be in
vited for various supplies. An ordinance-
will b-preented-to-the Coun-
Now on Display in Our
Fifth -Street Window
This Herati Wilton Rug
Exact Reproduction
of a Famous Old
Oriental in Chinese Renaissance Design
MADE IN AMERICA
FIRST RUG OF ITS KIND EVER PRODUCED ON A POWER LOOM
Every part of the pattern is distinct and totally different from all the rest
of the design.
Beginning Tuesday this Chinese Renaissance Rug the most important
rug weaving achievement in years will be on exhibition in our Rug Sec
tion, Seventh Floor. '
ell Wednesday by Commissioner Laker
authorizing bids.
Contractu will be let for painting and
alterations in the Peninsula Park com
munity house and comfort stations, for
furnishing 1200 bathing suits, 15.000
pounds of - grass seed, two gasoline
lawn mowers and for grading of North
east Mount Tabor playground and ten
nis courts.
GRESHAM FAIR ELECTS
Senato r Lewis Is Made President,
but Seenetary Is- Not Named.
GRBSHAM. Or., Jan. 13. (Special.)
The 1916 board of directors of the
Multnomah County Fair Association
met Thursday, finished up the busi
ness of the past year's fai and adV
journed sine die. Immediately after
the adjournment of the old board the
new members were sworn in by K. A.
Miller.
Senator H. -A. Lewis was elected
president for another term, and A. J.
Krueger. the newest member of the
board, was elected vice-president. The
election of the secretary did not take
place and this otilce -will be filled at
a later date.' II. A: Lewis was again
made manager of the fair. David Mc
Keown was elected to fill the director
ship left vacant by J. J. Johnson, who
declined to serve. Mr. McKeown ' was
a director on the fair board of last
year.
Klamath Pioneer Dies.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or., Jan. 13.
(Special.) Frank Lighttoot. a. pioneer
of Klamath County, died last evening
nttmplireys Seventy-seven
For Grip. Influenza.
8 Keep-Well Rules.
Keep out of crowds as much as pos
sible.
"Sleep in a room with the windows
wide. open. '
"See that your office or shop is well
ventilated.
-"Walk a mile in the open air twice a
day.
"Cover up each cough and sneeze
with your pocket handkerchief for the
protection of others.
Don't spit on the sidewalk, and help
enforce the ordinance against it.
"Don't overeat." Dally Papers
If these precautions fall you. don't
wait until your bones begin to ache.
take "Seventy-seven" at the first chill
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At Drurgists, 23 cents' or mailed.
Humphreys Homes. Medicine Co., 1&6
WUllam Street. Xcvr York.
EjulUuj - war
.Trie- Quality" Store of- Portland
at Bonanza, 25 miles east of this city.
Llghtfoot had been in poor health for
some time. He wae 66 years of age and
came to Klamath County about 20 yearn
ago. He leaves no relatives here. He
was a Government mu.il contractor on
the Lanell Valley route at the timo of
his death.
DISTRICT HAS TAX RECORD
to
Addition
Income Returns tlrcat
in Xortliwcst.
er
The best record of any of the di
visions In the United States Revenue
Service has been achieved during the
past year by the division comprising
Oregon, Washington and Alaska. '
Under the supervision of L. W. Elli
ott. Internal revenue agent, this" dis
trict stands first among the 31 in the
country for the amount of additional
Income taxes reported by agents over
and above the voluntary taxes.
The agents of the district added
during the past yejr 15 per cent of
the voluntary Income taxes as the
harvest of their endeavors.
The record is based on the report
for the fiscal year ending Juno SO. 1916,
and was compiled January 1. It
shows-a total voluntary tax for this
district of J936.272. The tax that the
agents added to this is $143,015.
iF BACKACHY OR
Eat Less Meat Also Take Glass
of Salts Before Eating; "
Breakfast.
Uric acid in meat excites the kid
neys, they become overworked, get
sluggish, ache and feel like lumps of
lead. The urine becomes oudy, the
bladder Is irritated and you may be
obliged to seek relief two or , three
times during the night. When the kid
neys clog you must help them flush off
the body's urinous waste or you'll be a
real sick person shortly. At first you
feel a dull misery In the kidney re
gion, you suffer from backache, sick
headache, dlsziness, stomach gets sour,
tongue coated and you feel rheumatic
twinges when the weather is bad.
Eat less meat, d.lnk lots of water;
also get from any pharmacist four
ounces of Jad Salts; take a tableoon
ful In a glass of water before break
fast for a few days and your kidneys
will then act fine. This famous salts Is
made from the acid of grapes and
lemon Juice, combined with llthia, and
has been used for generations to clean
clogged kidneys and stimulate them to
normal activity, also to neutralize the
acids In urine, so it no longer Is a
source of irritation thus ending blad
der weakness.
Jad Salts Is inexpensive, cannot In
jure,' makes a delightful effervescent
lithla-water drink, which everyone
should take now and then to keep the
kidneys clean and active. Druggists
here say they sell lots of Jad Salts to
folks who believe in overcoming kidney
trouble while it Is only trouble Adv.
KIDNEYS
BOTHER
Hopes. Women Will
Adopt This Habit
As Vell As Men
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Glass of hot water each morn'
Ing helps us look and feel
clean, sweet, fresh.
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and
nat-
. Happy, bright, alert vigoroua
vivacious a good clar skin; a
ural, rosy complexion and freedom
from illness are assured -only by clean,
healthy blood. If only every woman
and likewise every man could realize
the wonders of the morning inside
bath, what a gratifying change would
take place.
Instead of the thousands of sickly,
anaemic - looking men, women and
girls with pasty or muddy complex
ions; instead of the multitudes of
"nerve wrecks," "rundowns," "brain
fags" and pessimists we should see a
virile. optimistic throng of rosy
cheeked people everywhere.
An insldu bath is had by drinking,
each morning before breakfast, a glass
of real hot water with a teaspoonful
of limestone phosphate in it to wash
from the stomach, liver, kidneys and
ten yards of bowels tlee previous day's
indigestible waste, sour fermentations
and 'poisons, thus cleansing, sweeten
ing and freshening the entire alimen
tary canal before putting more food
into the stomach.
Those subject to sick headache, bil
iousness, nasty breath, rheumatism,
colds; and particularly those whb have
a pallid, sa.low complexion and who
are constipated very often, are urged
to obtain a quarter pound of limestone
phosphate at the drug store which
will "cost but a trifle but Is sufficient
to demonstrate the quick and remark
able change in both health and ap
pearance awaiting those who practice
internal sanitation. ,We must remem
ber that inside cleanliness is more im
portant than outside, becau.se the skin
does not absorb Impurities to con
taminate the blood, while the pores in
the thirty feet of bowels do. Adv.
Cured His RUPTURE
I mi badly ruptured wh!l UiUn m trunk
MveraJ years ago. Doctors sald my oaly hop
ot cure was an operation. Trusses Old m no
food. Finally I got hold of somethlns; that
quickly and completely cured . me. Years'
have passed and the ruptura has nevar re
turned, although I am doing hard work, as
a carpnter. There was no operation, no
lost time, no trouble. 1 hav nothing;' to
sell, but will give fu!t Information about
how you may find a fumplwte cure without
operation. If you write to me. Eugene M.
l'uilen. carpenter, 2U1C Mare 1 1 us Avenus
Manasquan. N. J. Better out out this nolle
and show It to any others ho are rup
tured you may save a life or at least atop
I danger of an operation.