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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN. PORTLAND, MAT 20, 1917.
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LABOR BUREAU IS
IE BIG ASSET
A
Commissioner Baker Brings
Virility and Usefulness Into
City Institution.
NUMEROUS MEN ARE AIDED
Unemployed Persons and Employers
Iook to Bureau as Means of
Mutual Advantage and
Helpful Accomplishment.
Of inestimable -value to the working
people of Portland and of the state at
large has been the Municipal Free Em
ployment Bureau as reorganized and
put on a broad and aggressive basis
by City Commissioner George L.
Baker. The organization has been a
big factor in solving the unemploy
ment problem during the last two Win
ters, and has been a big asset to em
ploye and employer throughout the
state.
Commissioner Baker took the bureau
at a time when it was drifting along
In a half-hearted fashion, doing what
business came to its doors, but falling
to enlarge or develop. From that con
dition he injected "Bakerism" Into it
-until it has become a wide-awake and
hustling bureau, recognized and aided
by the United States Employment Serv
ice and patronized by big employers
throughout the state and by working
people of every class.
The reorganization took place soon
after Mr. Baker took office. He ap
pointed N. F. Johnson to the position
of director and forthwith inaugurated
a plan to combat the unemployment
problem during the Winter of 1915. The
activities of the bureau began to be
felt throughout the state, with the re
sult that employers and employes be
gan looking to the bureau as a clearing-house.
Government Recognizes Bureau.
The Federal Government, in seeking
to find a good place to try its hand
in the unemployment problem, settled
on the new Portland bureau as the
best place to try out, and accordingly
joined forces with the Portland bureau.
During the Winter of 1915 the bureau
acted as clearing-house for the unem
ployed. A building was leased at
Fourteenth and Johnson streets, and
at small cost was made into a lodging-bouse.
Here men were furnished
beds and shelter in payment for work
performed on permanent park Improve
ments. The unemployed broke rock, built
roads and did other work that brought
the city a permanent return for the
amount invested, as well as gave relief
to thousands. Married men were seg
. regated from others and given work at
-wages large enough to enable them
to support their families.
The same system was handled in 1916,
with the result that there were none
of the usual unemployment demonstra
tions. In January, 1916, Mr. Baker
took charge of a force of several thou
sand men and personally supervised
the removal of snow that had the
city completely blocked. This was an
emergency measure that required im
mediate action by somebody competent
to handle such an emergency. The
City Council selected Mr. Baker as best
qualified, although he did not have
charge of the city's street-cleaning
aervlce.
Office Taken to Labor District.
A short time ago as a part of the
development of the employment bureau
Mr. Baker got the City Council to
sanction the closing of the lodging
house because it is no longer needed
and to move the employment Dureau
office to Burnslde street into the sec
tion where private employment agen
cies have their offices. Also an office
is to be maintained In connection with
the United States Employment Service
In the Railway Exchange building.
The city bureau recently has been
recognized by the Farm Extension
Service of the Oregon Agricultural
College as an official clearing-house
through which their men in the field
can obtain farm help. The office
also has been designated as a clearing
house for the United States Boys
Working Reserve, an organization to
be made by enlisting boys from the
publlo schools.
CMlOIDnTBTOBE TOPIC
HEIGHTS RESIDENTS TO HOLD
NEIGHBORHOOD CONFERENCE.
' 5-T . C-' a A 1 I
of Forthcoming; City Election
Will Be Discussed by Able
Speakers.
The neighborhood conference ar
ranged for next Wednesday evening at
the Ainsworth School by the residents
of Portland Heights to discuss candi
dates and measures in the approaching
city election is attracting much atten
tion, and It is likely that similar dis
trict conferences will be arranged for
schoolhouses in various parts of the
city.
While the meeting will be open to
every one, and the women are espe
cially Invited, the discussion of subjects
will be entirely in the hands of resi
dents of the district and a number of
able speakers will be present to explain
the different items on the ballot.
Dan J. Malarkey will preside and the
qualifications of the candidates for
Commissioner will be reviewed by Rob
ert H. Strong. The various measures
on the ballot will be presented by
James B. Kerr and individual Items will
be discussed by other residents. Arthur
C. Spencer will discuss the measures
favorable and unfavorable to the Jit
neys, and County Commissioner Rufus
C. Holman will give a talk on 'road
bonds.
Forrest S. Fisher will discuss the har
lor improvement bonds and the other
Bubjects will be handled by well-qualified
speakers. The meeting will close
with a debate on the two platoon sys
tem, one of the firemen of the Portland
Heights station presenting the affirma
tive side and the negative being given
by another resident of the district.
Gresham to Graduate Record Class.
GRESHAM, Or., May 19. (Special.)
The following pupils will receive
eighth-grade certificates in the Gresh
am Grade School: Byron Pullen, Lyle
Mason, Harry Wostell, Gough Dix,
Helen Wostell, Burton Walrad, Eliza
beth Schwedler, Mae Frakes, Lloyd
MeCormick, Melvin Brugger, Genevieve
McAllister, Elizabeth Karpenstein,
Maud Metzger, Charles Brown, Ida
lAuber, Mildred Pullen, John Buchanan,
Richard Lane, Vivian Hevel, Cecil
Shelley, Lyle Winters, Ellis Wright.
Oeorgina Hamlin, Phyllis Bates. Laura
Beegle. Wilbur Alt-nan. This will be
the largest class ever graduated by the
looal publio school.
it.
Overwhelming Pressure on the Part of Our Creditors Compels
Us to Make Still Further Concessions in Price!
THE LIMITED TIME ALLOWED
US IN WHICH TO RAISE
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IS RAPIDLY NEAR-
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Hundreds and Hundreds of Fine Furniture Pieces, Dependable Grades of Carpets and Rugs, Many
xaros ana remnants or urapery ana Upnolstery materials Still to Be Had Here
IT CALLS FOR QUICK ACTION on YOUR PART AS WELL AS OURS
Even NEW FURNITURE Just Placed on
Has Not Been Spared in This Final Price
$325 BEDROOM SUITE
$129.50
Fine black lacquered and gold
on solid Mahogany, 4 pieces.
$37.50 Full-size Mahogany tJJOf C
BED, Colonial, now at J- 1 31
$35 BEDS, V4 size, in Mahogany, Wal
nut or Golden Oak,-, now I "1 "7 C
reduced to .J10.0
$34 White Enameled . BED. full size,
cane paneled, now re- JJ 1 7 Afl
duced to J JL .UU
$16.50 DRESSING TABLE, dQ OC
in Golden Oak reduced to vO.O
$25 DRESSING TABLE, tfjIO f-
in Golden Oak, reduced to vlOU
$20 DRESSING TABLE, d V f(
in Circassian Walnut, now V 1 vleVlU
$235 Solid Mahogany Ad- JQQ ff
am DRESSING TABLE at PJOeUU
$17.50 CELLARETTE, in frA
in fumed oak, reduced to P O
$52.50 Sheraton Inlaid Ma- J O A J r
hogany SERVING TABLE SiT i O
$12.75 Fine Solid Mahog-J"7 7
any DINING CHAIRS, now O O
$19.50 ARM CHAIR to match $12.50
et-Sowrt BRING YOUR CHECK BOOK OR CASH
CARPETS, RUGS, LINOLEUMS
WISE HOMEFURNISHERS "WILL NEVER PERMIT SUCH OPPOR
TUNITIES TO PASS BY UNHEEDED IF
THEY HAVE THE LEAST NEED FOR
FLOOR COVERINGS.
$214 BEDROOM SUITE
$136.50
Ivory Enameled Suite of
four pieces.
JE3L
$47.50 Mahogany OPENJ9Q
DESK, now reduced to... 4OU
$40 Mahogany OPEN tf Q CA
DESK, now reduced to... vHOl
$1017.50 DINING SUITE
$485.00
Solid Mahogany Suite from
the famous Cowan shops.
Ten pieces. Adam design.
$30 Mahogany SERVING tf i C ff
TABLE, Colonial, reduced DlO.yU-
$30 Mahogany SERVING tf ff
TABLE, now reduced t4)VlfcUU
$4.00 Fumed Oak DINING J f -T f
CHAIRS, 3 only, at each .... vllO
$8 Fumed Oak ARM DINING tfjo O C
CHAIR, now reduced to V-.60
$10 Golden Oak ARM DIN- tf A O f
ING CHAIR, now reduced to O
$725 BEDROOMJ5UITE
$349.00
Mahogany Suite of eight
pieces, with twin beds.
$82.50 DRESSING TABLE GA - np
in Mahogany, reduced to v"l3
$123.50 DRESSING TA-tf-j 17 -BLE,
in Mahogany, now J O 1 O
$140 Solid Mahogany AUTO J "" C
VALET, now reduced to J O
$27.50 CHIFFONIER, in tf A -7 f
Golden Oak, reduced to.. 4.It, O
$35 Kyonyx CHIFFON- J Cf
IER, now reduced to J10eOU
$40 DRESSER to match, J f "7C
now reduced to V O
$62 Full-size Napoleon IOQ Cf
BED, Mahogany, now atPO.OU
$39.50 Large
Upholstered
EASY ARM
ROCKER, now
reduced to
$375 DINING SUITE
$225.00
Knole Oak Suite, consisting of
nine pieces.
$35 Mahogany TEAJ"Q "T J
WAGON, now reduced toVlI'tlO
$37.50 Mahogany LI
BRARY TABLE now at
$18.50
$30.00
CHAIR, upholstered, now
Mahogany ARM (Jl P ff
.it"'
mm f.-xt
$75 Golden Oak BUFFET, tOO Cft
now reduced to tJOtJ.OU
$43 Fumed Oak BUFFET, (Jjoo ( 1-
now reduced to ipO.OU
$245 Very Fine Old Sheraton Inlaid
Mahogany CHINA CABI-rf nr r ff
NET, large, reduced to.. V O.UU
$70 BUFFET in Jacobean (jOQ rf
Oak, now reduced to -4OO.OU
$275 Large Old English Wal- djinj"
nut SIDEBOARD, now at. . . . P
$35 Mahogany GATEJ-Q
LEG TABLE, reduced to 1 1.OU
$326 DINING SUITE
$189.25
Adam Period Suite in Mahog
any. Eight pieces.
Room Size Rugs
wi.w wiiton rtos, tin tt, qq en
of Kood qnalltr. reduced to. . vJkiOU
S3S Hartford Buunh AXMIXSTER
KI OS. alae 8-3 by 10-. bow n j mh
reduced to dcT O
IMS H I rt Ta - Grade. Seamleaa AXMINSTKR.
KlS. ale xia feet, flue Cf
quality, uow reduced to dOl.OU
SLOAXE'S SEAMLESS RIGS. MACHINE
TCFTED. BY 1S-KT. SIZES.
ue,::::.B-: rr. $67.50
SI OS Wooleu-Back Ruca nwtfnn r?
reduced to. OO&ijU
TAPESXRY RIOS Beamleaa f t r Of
aud keavr, alae xl3 ft. O 1 .OU
All HISB-Grade W1LTOX RUGS la the
Bzl2-rt. alae, rerular-rfO Cf tf F
ly SSSO. reduced to..D3 J.OUt 0Oi
atteraa In AXMIXSTKIl HUGS
lu tke xl2-foot alae. uow re- o A -7 r
duced to 54.75
S82.S0 HARTFORD SAXONY RIGS lu the
to13"00 ""' "OW """'SJ 75
LINOLEUM
REMNANTS
piece, lalald. 4 by 6" J 95
Have received their final
prices. Note:
(18 piece. Imported. Inlaid, f f r
- by 12-S, the piece O 1 U. D
SSJM piece.
the
M piece, inlaid, alme 7-5 by , n ff
the piece O.tJU
S3.7S piece, arrecu cranltcCI O C?
4 by . the piece tj 1 aO
S14.KO piece. A irrade. lalald. f -T np
by 12. the piece O ,OJ
SEVERAL ODD PIECES LIXOLEHM,
' j .iti.nc noni a
piece, enoice
195 c
$182
$326.50 DINING SUITE
$192.75
An attractive Suite in Ameri
can Walnut, nine pieces.
$52.50 Mahogany LIP-f0- CC
EDGE TABLE, reduced to POiUU
$16.00 Mahogany TABLE JQ CC
LAMP, 2-Ught, now at if) O.UU
$17.50 Mahogany CHAIR, J -t Cf
cane back, now reduced to .OU
$25 Mahogany SEWING flj "I O Cft
TABLE, now reduced to vlwOU
$55 Reed DAVENPORT with loose cush
ions and spring seat, now 00
$45 Large Upholstered EASY ARM
CHAIR, wing patterns, flJOC or
now reduced to J)uai0.aiiO
$120 Large Overstuffed TUFTED DAV
ENPORT, now reduced to (fC7 tZf
only JD .OU
PORCH SHADES
4x7.6, Reg. $2.50,- for $1.95
6x7.6, Reg. $3.75, for $2.95
8x7.6, Reg. $5.00, for $4.15
10x7.6, Reg. $6.85, for $5.75
GRASS RUGS
"Crex" and "De Luxe" Makes.
For Porch, Summer Cottage and
Bungalow.
9xl2-ft. size. Regu- t q fr
lar $12, now b0.i3
all other sizes reduced.
EVERY YARD of CARPET IS
REDUCED.
Velvet Carpet for Halls and stairs
now $1.22 to $1.52 Yard.
$3.50 Yd. Velvet Stair Carpet,
1 yard wide, now $2.25 yard
$4.75 Yd. Velvet Stair Carpet,
1 yard wide, , now $2.75 yard
Moderate Extra Charge for Putting Down Carpets and Linoleums
OIL OPAQUE WINDOW SHADES, Plain and Duplex, HALF PRICE
THE FAMOUS BRENLIN WINDOW SHADES ONE-FOURTH OFF
FINAL PRICES
DRAPERY and
FINE WINDOW PANELS
S23 Arabian et PAXKL n
uow a-oea at 9aC
33 Haad-made Cluny PAX EI f-
now iroea at OUi
30 Hand-made Cluny PANEL. fQ
now a-oea at... 93
Sit PANELS now a;, at the -1
final price, each. .... iff Li
are in force throughout
UPHOLSTERY DEPT.
3 c
15c
oo
00
50
00
15c Yd. Curtain Edgings, now
go at, yard
85c Td. Sundour Curtain Ma
terial, 36-in. wide, yard
FANCY CURTAIN NETS, now go at
final, ONE-HALF PRICE.
We Warn
You
that this sale may be
brought to a close
most any day with
out notice.
ACT NOW!
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68-70 FIFTH STREET, BETWEEN OAK AND PINE
A Step or Two North of Oak St. Our Flag Indicates the Location
Final
Reductions
on all l1 -yd. samples
and remnants of fine
drapery and uphol
stery materials.
aik.
BEAVER CLUB IS UNIQUE
SECRETARY JOHN R. WESTERVEL.T
ISSUES ANSfOniSCEMEWT.
Only Limited Number of Unusual Pro
duction ou "Alaska Baaketry to Be
Published Serlca Planned.
A new and striking organization of
patrons of art made its bow to the
people of Portland yesterday, when Dr.
John R. Westervelt, secretary of the
Beaver Club of Oregon, issued the an
nouncements of the first publication
that the club is to bring: out.
The plan of the club is unique In
Oregon, and is similar to that of the
Acorn Club and other exclusive art
organizations in the East. Its purpose
is to bring out limited and unique
editions of books produced in Oresron.
which,, will riot only, have a historical
and artistic value in the Northwest,
but will have a particular appeal to
connoisseurs and book collectors.
The first book Is to be brought out
about May 28, and only 102 numbered
and signed copies wilt be published.
Two of these will be for copyright pur
poses, and not to exceed 72 are to be
offered for subscription, according to
the Organization of the Beaver Club
and its plans for bringing out its pub
lications. When the . 102 volumes have been
printed the type will be distributed and
the cuts obliterated, a proof of the
erased cut being inserted in each num
ber, as a guarantee by the Beaver Club
of the absolute exclusiveness of the
edition.
The first book of the club will be
a monograph on "Alaska Basketry,"
written by one of the most experienced
authorities on this line of aboriginal
art in the Northwest. Miss V. V.
Cavana, the autTior, is a teacher in
Portland schools.
The Beaver Club Intends to secure
exclusive monographs, poetry and other
literary productions from Oregon writ
ers and to bring out other productions
in future numbers of the exclusive
series it is now launching.
77 TO BE GRADUATED
Oregon City High School to Have
.Exercises on Jane 8.
OREGON CITT, Or.. May 19. (Spe
cial.) Graduation exercises for the
largest class in the history of the
school will be held Friday night, June
8, when 77 students will get diplomas.
L. R. Alderman, superintendent of the
Portland public schools, will deliver the
address. A programme of instrumen
tal and vocal music will be given.
The four places of highest honor
have been awarded to members of the
senior class, as follows: Valedictorian,
Marjorle Ryan; salutatorian, Robert
Barnett: orator, Fred J. Tooze, Jr.. and
historian, Mable Brlgham. Honorable
mention was given to Hasel Kemp,
Opal Selby and Audrey Tuor.
BIG CHORUS T
ELKS TO STAGE "SCLTAJT Of Silt'
FOR CHARITY.
Entire Receipts From Three Perfor
mances, June 28, 20, SO. Will
Oo to Aid Work.
That the dependents of soldiers and
sailors called to the front will have
worthy sponsors is being manifested
by the Interest and enthusiasm shown
in the 'Sultan of Bulu." which will be
produced by the Portland lodge of Elks,
June 28, 29 and SO, at the Eleventh
street Theater.
Paul Chamberlain, exalted ruler, has
appointed the following- committee to
take charge of the affair: Cary W.
Houseman. Ray Barkhurst, M. M. Rlng
ler. George I Baker, R. C Dolbln, Fred
Wagner, L. C. Keating, Ray Spaulding.
Waldemar Lind. William, Pangle and
C. T. Haas.
The chorus, which Is now In training
under the direction of Waldemar Lind.
is large and especially tuneful. The
dancing feature of the programme will
be in charge of M. M. Rlngler. who
promises many pleasant surprises. All
of the artists are donating their serv
ices. There will be no expense, so the
proceeds will go to charity.
The cast Includes Miss Fay Reddick,
Mrs. Herman Politz, Miss Grace Dtv
son, Mrs. Herbert Garr Reed. Miss
Wilberta Babldge. Miss Gertrude Wat
son. Miss Billie Garretson. Miss Maori
Egbert, Miss Ada Hale. Miss .Frances
Hanrahan. Gus Cramer. Charles Rlng
ler, H. W. Frost, John Falconer and
Warren A. Erwin.
Monmouth Church Gathers Paper.
MONMOUTH. Or., May 19. (Special.)
Small and large scraps of paper, prin
cipally newspapers, are being collected
by committees of the Christian Church
la this city and ars to be soldi at an
early date. It is planned to use the
money secured from the paper for gen
eral church purposes and probably to
cover a portion of a debt.
Baby Almost Drowned In Well.
SIOLALLA, Or.. May 19. (Special.)
The 4-year-old son of Victor Larsen
Tuesday fell In an unused well, which
had been dug by the construction crew
which put in the Molalla-Canby branch
several years ago. The little one was
rescued by his mother as he was going
down for the third time.
Read The Oreeonian rlasaifled ads.
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AMERICAN. FRKM'R, BRITISH
AM) OTHER A 1.1.1 tl KluAOS
Mourned on Polished Sticks With
tJold Spearhead.
IMMEDIATE DKL1VERT.
Wholesale Onlv.
For Prices and 1'artlcuisrs Write
S. HI.AKK UlLLSDEX,
2 E. Madhson St, Calcas-o.
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