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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 30, 1917)
THE SUXDAT OKEGOXIAX, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER . SO, - 191. 11 HUHY SENDING AID TO TOBACCO FUND Contributors Speak Feelingly of Comfort to Be Had From My Lady Nicotine. MORE QUARTERS NEEDED Total Now Available Is $96 1 and This Would Buy 385 Packets Worth 15 Cents Each for Soldiers Gone Abroad. hardly a letter arrives the days from an American soldier already in France that does not emphasize the shortage in tobacco and cigarettes. One such letter, published by The Oregonian Saturday, from Walter Mc Clure, former University of Orejron and Multnomah Club track star, now an officer in Pershing's army, speaks par ticularly of the lack of tobacco among Vncle Kam'n fighters. "Bring barrack bags full of tobacco. In his advice to all soldiers soon to go to France. To help fill this acute need for to Itarco and cigarettes among American soldiers at the front is the purpose of The Oregonian's soldiers' tobacco fund. This fund has the warm approval of the Secretary of War and of other high Government officials and officers of the Army. For 25 cents, one-quarter of a dollar, any reader of The Oregon ian can do his small part toward supplying one American soldier with the longed-for tobacco and cigarettes. Kvery quarter tent to The Oregonian's fund, through arrangements with the American To bacco Company, will supply a big packet containing two packages of Lucky Strike cigarettes, three packages of Bull Durham, one tin of Tuxedo and cigarette papers to an American sol dier. Packet Worth 45 Cents. Each packet contains tobacco and cigarettes that would cost 4 5 cents at retail. Moreover, with each packet goes a stamped postcard addressed to the donor, on which the soldier may write his acknowledgment of the gift. The Oregonian's tobacco fund now totals $964, which will provide 3 So 6 packets, but more of them are urgently needed if American soldiers are not to be deprived of their main solace and comfort while in the trenches. Among the contributions received this week to make the soldiers happy "were 2o cents each rrom Master Roland T. Thompson, four years old, and little Miss Mildred Thompson, of Grants .Pass. Or. George TV Sanborn, of the Sanborn Cutting Company, salmon packers of Astoria, sent in his check to the fund for ?10. Another contribution of the eame amount was received from Ion Lewis. . . The employing printers of Portland, which Include in their membership all the printing firms of the city, sent in a. contribution of $18, which was the amount left over from a picnic given by inem. Club Fund Contrlbnted. JT.-C Fuiler Inclosed $5 in 50-cent and 25-cent subscriptions to the tobacco Xund, with the following letter: "Inclosed find $5, the total of a to bacco fund subscription taken up bv the men tn this camp for the soldiers in France. We are certainly arlad to have the opportunity to subscribe to a fund that will do the good and fill such an actual need as your tobacco fund.. Written in behalf of my fellow tobacco-users." The contributors to this $5 included men from many different parts of Ore gon and two from California. To give a quarter, or 50 cents, or $1. or $10, or any amount to the fund, all that is necessary is to send or bring it to. The Oregonian. , Soldiers' Tobacco Fund, Portland, Or. You may rest assured that every quarter's worth of tobacco and cigarettes will be appre ciated by the soldier who receives it. Poem Deserlbea Bieed. One contributor to the fund has sent in a poem by Corporal Jack Turner, of the British army, clipped from an Eng lish newspaper, that sums up most feelingly what a cigarette means to a soldier fighting in the front-line trenches. Here is the poem: When the cold is ma-tin r ice cream of the marrow of your bones. When you're shaking like a Jelly and your feet are detid as stones. When your clothes and boots are blankets, and your rifle and your kit. Are soaked from Hell to Breakfast, and the dug-out where you sit Is leaking; like a banket, and upon the muddy floor The water lies in filthy pools, stx inches deep or more; Tho lite seems cold and mis'rable and all the world Is wet, Tou'll always ret thro somehow if you've sot a cigarette. When you're lying in a listening post 'way out beyond the wire. "While a blasted Hun. behind a gun, is do ing; rapid fire: When the bulleta whine about your head, and sputter on the ground. When your eyes are strained for every move, your ears for every sound: You'd bet your life a Hun patrol Is prowling somewhere near A shiver runs along; your spine that's very much like fear : You'll stick It to the finish but, 111 make a little bet. Tou'll feel a whole lot better if you have a cigarette. When Fritz is starting something and his guns are on the bust, When the parapet goes up in chunks and settles down In dust. When the roly-poly "rum-Jar" comes a-wob- bling tliro' the air, 'Til It lands upon a dugout and the dug out isn't there: When the sir Is full of dust and smoke, and scraps of steel and noise. And you think you're booked for golden crowns and other heavenly joys. When your nerves are all a -tremble, and your brain is all a -fret It isn't half so hopeless if you've got a cigarette. When you're waiting for the whistle and your foot ( on the step. Tou bluff yourself, it's lot? of fun, and all the time your're bep' To the fact that you 'may stop one 'fore you've gone a dozen feet. And you wonder what it feels like, and your thoughts are far from sweet: Then you think about a little grave with R. I. P. on top. And you know you've got to go across altho you'd like to stop; When your backbone's limp as water, and you're but lied in icy sweat. Why, you'll feel a lot more cheerful If you puff your cigarette. Then, when you stop a good one and the stretcher bearers come And patch you up with strings and splints, and bandages, and gums; When you think you've got a million wounds and fifty thousand breaks. And your body just a blasted sack packed full of pains and aches; Then you feel you've reached the finish, and you're sure- your number's up. And you feel as weak as Belgian beer, and helpless as a pup But you know that you're not down and out, that life's worth living yet. When some old war-wise Ked Cross guy slips you a cigarette. We can do without MacConachles, and Bully and bard tark. When Fritz curtain fire keeps the ration parties back; We can do without our greatcoats, and our socks, and shirts and shoes. We might almost tho I doubt it get along without our booze; We can do without "J. R. fc O." and "Mili tary Law." We can beat the anrient Israelites at mak ing bricks, sans straw; We can do without a lot of things and still win out. you bet. But I'd hate to think of soldiering without a cigarette. BUDGETSHOWS GUIS I tJfiiiiittinititittiiii!tirifiiitfiiti:ttitiittuinititttt!i1imnit!Hmtniiiumnimiiiimn!iii MtiiiniiiMititiintTitMtt!nit!!itiiitiitiiiiiTiititiiiMtiiiiiiitiiiiiiitnitint''tiinniJ DUTCH LINERS TO GOME PRIXZES Jl'LIAXA, OXE of biggest, HAS LARGE LIST. BE PRETTY! TURN GRAY JAIR DARK Try Grandmother's Old Favorite Recipe of Sage Tea and J Sulphur. Almost everyone knows that Sage Tea and Sulphur, properly compounded, brings back the natural color and luster to the .air when faded, streaked or gray. Years ago the only way to get this mixture was to make it at home which is mussy and troublesome. Nowadava, by asking at any drugstore for "Wyeth'i Sage and Sulphur Com pound." you will get a large bottle of this famous old recipe, improved by the addition of other ingredients, for about 60 cents. Don t stay gray! Try it: o one cin possib'y tell that you darkened your hair, as it does it so naturally and evenly. You dampen a sponge or soft brush with it and draw this through your hair, taking one small strand at a time; by morning the gray hair dis appears, and after another application or two. your hair becomes beautifully dark, glossy and attractive. Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound in a deitghtful toilet requisite for those who desire dark hair and a youthful appearance. It is not Intended for the cure, mitigation or prevention of d la ta e. Adv. rVevr Java-Pacific Line, Watch Has Been Inaugurated by Dutch , Concern, Fast Becoming Popular. TOKIO, Sept. 10. Playing an im portant part in connection with the trans-Pacific passenger and freight traffic, the new Java-Pacific line which has been inaugurated jointly by the Rotterdam L.loyd and the Nederland Royal Mall with eight passenger liners in commission, is fast becoming popu lar among the travelers and the ship pers tn the United States as well as the Far East. These two shipping Arms, which are the foremost Dutch steamship firms, have been plying between the Dutch colonies and Holland by way of Suez, which lines have been brought to an entire suspension owing to the ruthless submarine pol.cy of Germany. With eight passenger liners in service, the new line sailing between Batavia and San Francisco calling at principal ports in the Orient was inaugurated early this year. Assurances were given that the sail ings of the ships of the new line, both homeward and outward, will be strict ly fortnightly hereafter, as was origin ally scheduled. Dispatches received by Messrs. M. S. Wiersum & Co., the local agents for the new line from San Fran cisco, furnish more hopeful reports re garding the v- trans-Pacific passenger traffic- Indeed, owing to the' strict passport regulations which have been enforced by the United States since her entry into the war, the trans-Pacific passenger traffic seemed to be very gloomy for some time. Cablegrams re ceived by Messrs. M. S. Wiersum from its agents in Honolulu report that the liner Prinzes Juliana, one of the biggest liners of the new line, has a full list of passengers, including more than 200 saloon passengers. Following are the approximate sail ings of the ships from Batavia for San Francisco via ports of call until the end of October: Honolulu, October 4, reaching San Francisco October 11; the Koningin der isederianden, sailing from Batavia Sep tember 18, Singapore September 20, Hongkong September 26, Shanghai Sep tember 29, Nagasaki October 2, Yoko hama October 5, Honolulu October 18. reaching San Francisco October 25; the uphlr, leaving Batavia October 2, Sing apore October 10, Shanghai October 13. Nagasaki October 16, Yokohama Octo ber 19, Honolulu November 1, reaching can r ran Cisco November s. Che halls Is Designated. CHEHALIS. Wash., Sept. 29. (Spe ciat) The Chehalis postoffice is to be made a "central accounting office" for ail postoTftces in Lewis County ex cepting Centralia. The change is effec tive October 1. after which 48 Lewis County postoffices will make requisi tion for all supplies and render month ly reports to this office. I Woman Operates Basement Store 1 A certain Portland woman has taken a mighty fall out of I old H. C. of L. The Want Ad Man is permitted to tell what she did, but has been warned that even whispering her name in his sleep will give employ- merit to the doctor. Mrs. Blank has been running a second-hand clothing store in 1 the basement of her home out on Belmont street. It amounts to that, anyway. The lady has five men folk I in the family, all of them pretty good dressers. In past years it has been the practice of this family to send for some of the charitable societies twice per annum and present their repre- sentatives with cast-off cloth- 1 ing. This year the woman of the family quietly looked over the j garments, made a few repairs, had them cleaned and pressed and advertised them for sale. That basement bargain shop cleaned up its stock the first forenoon and the woman got I enough real money to purchase I her new Fall suit and a ton of coal. And, until her family reads 1 this story, its members will not have been told how it was don. 1 Customers can be secured for any store or cellar by proper I advertising. Newspapers fur- nish the only live medium. Advance in Price of Supplies Makes Reduction Difficult. 1500 MORE LIGHTS LISTED Saving Promised in Police, Munici pal Court and Incinerator Bu reaus Much New AVorlt in - Water Bureau Is Necessary. ( Continued From First Pftffe. relieve low pressures - in that section; money for purchase of reservoir sites on the West Side and $43,680 for the paying of men to guard the pipelines. an emergency and precautionary meas ure. A number of salary increases are proposed in the Health Bureau and the cost of supplies for the bureau have greatly increased. Commissioner Barbur, of the Depart ment of Public Works, has his budget complete but refused yesterday to give out his figures. He says they might ; be misunderstood and he wants to issue a detailed explanation before making them public He is proposing salary increases and some special appropria tions, including about $8000 for a mu nicipal paving repair plant. Firemen May Get Rise. Commissioner Bigelow has not com pleted his main budgets, those for the Fire and Street Cleaning Bureaus. He will ask for considerable new Are appa ratus and probably will ask the Coun cil to increase the salaries of firemen. He expects to work today on his budgets. Commissioner Kellaher's budgets how an. increase for the Treasurer's office and a decrease for the Incinera tion Bureau. At the incinerator a de crease In the labor cost is shown in spite of a 10 per cent advance In wages which he proposes. Mr. Kellaher also proposes salary increases in some of his other bureaus. City Auditor Funk has caused a de crease both in his salary roll and his supply account. Special appropriations show a de crease from $50,li4 this year to $37, 876 for next year. Bond interest shows little change between the two years. City Auditor Funk has made an esti mate that the city's receipts for next year from sources other than taxation will be $126,021 less than those for this year. His estimate is $341,330 for 1918 and $467,351 for this year. The de crease is due to the knocking out of the license against insurance com panies, the retrenchment in public im provements and tiie consequent de crease in bond sales and the loss of Jitney license revenue. Owing to the fact that Commissioner Barbur has refused to divulge his figures and Commissioner Bigelow has not completed his. it is not possible to ascertain the total amount to be asked for and therefore it is impossible to estimate what the tax levy for next year might be. Apparently, however, there is little hope of a reduction of the levy. Following is a tabulation of the city budget as far as it has been made public: . Department of Public Safety. Mayor Baker. Amount Appropri Asked tion Mayor's office for 1918. in 1917. Salaries $ 10,200 $ 10,200 Supplies, etc 585 555 Police Bureau Supplies, etc. Park Bureau- Supplies, etc. Legal Bureau Supplies, etc. $ 10,785 $ 10,755 $352,468 $360,521 26,800 22,077 .$379,268 $382,598 $110,455 $106,710 75,378 56,276 $185,833 $162,986 $ 22.320 $ 21.231 1.876 1,733 Totals $ 24,195 Public Auditorium Salaries, supplies, etc $ 37,000 Municipal Court Salaries $ 6,777 Supplies 791 $ 22,964 8,827 340 Totals $ 7,668 Supplementary Park Budget Marquam Gulch playground .... $114,051 Paving Terwilliger boulevard 40,000 Lighting Mount Tabor Park 10,000 Establishing com fort stations 8,000 $ 9,167 Total $172,051 . Department of Finance, Commissioner Kellaaer. Treasurer's office Salaries $ 16,710 $ 16,090 Supplies, etc Postage for all departments Salaries Supplies, etc. Totals Municipal garage Supplies, etc. Supplies Incinerator- Supplies, etc. City Hall Bureau- 1,165 890 4,000 , 4,000 $ 21,875 $ 20,980 $ 6,220 $ 5.520 320 65 $ 6,540 $ 6,585 $ 3.312 $ 3,120 861 1.111 $ 4,173 $ 4,231 $ 6,140 $ 6,140 75 50 $ 6,215 $ 6,190 $ 18.063 $ 20,392 3,905 2,690 $ 21,968 $ 23,082 $ 14,546 $ 13,489 6,642 6.990 $ 21,188 $ 20,479 $ 2,100 $ 1,800 Supplies, etc Totals License Bu. eau Salaries Department of Public Utilities, Commissioner Mann. Commissioner's office Salaries $ 11,665 $ 10.865 Supplies, etc 450 460 Lighting of streets and buildings.-.. 274.500 198.350 Totals $286,615 $209,665 Health Bureau Salaries $ 54.160 $ 45.320 Supplies, etc 16.503 13,308 Totals $ 69.663 $ 58,628 Sealer of Weights and Measures Salaries $ 3,300 $ 3,000 Supplies, etc 400 400 Totals $ a,700 $ 3.400 Water Bureau Salaries $ 263,355 $ 271,966 Supplies, purchase of property, etc. 1,029,539 862,454 r & SONS ""'"FurSZi Moderate Prices Fred O.-Jenning, Pres.; Chas.' Jenning, Vice-Pres.; Henry Jenning, Jr., Sec.-Treas. . - - WASHINGTON STREET AT FIFTH Liberal Credit ANN OUNCEMBNT This Wonderful Range DuplexAlcazar NO MORE need for a coal range for Winter and a gas range for Summer. Two stoves are "one too many," for the, DUPLEX ALCAZAR is two ranges in one, and does more and better work than the two could or would. In this wonderful ' range two complete ranges are made into one, burning a combina tion of fuels, separately or at the same time, requiring rio change or removal of parts. Simply "Pull or Push the Lever," and the oven is ready for either fuel, or both at once. If you want year-round kitchen comfort, better cook ing results and decreased fuel bills, use the DUPLEX AL CAZAR. It is made in a va riety of styles : In porcelain, steel and castiron construction by a stove factory that makes "QUAL ITY1' its watchword. NO MORE KINDLING! NO MORE GAS WATER HEATERS! The late models in the DUPLEX ALCAZAR are equipped with pat ent kindler for coal or wood, and with gas water heater. Do not fail to attend our dem onstration, which begins Monday morning and continues until Sat urday night. A useful souvenir will be given FREE to house wives, while they last. !Two Ranges in One5 will be demonstrated at our store this week only (October 1 to October 8) - . . by an Alcazar Woman D emonstrator Direct From the Factory Whether you need a Range now or not, this is the time to get first-hand in "' ' formation and learn all about this range The Most Popular Range in All America We are giving the housekeepers of this community a real opportunity. Come in and let the demonstrator tell you about this wonderful Range. We show the largest stock of Heaters in the city. Buy Your Winter Heater Now We will take your old Range or Heater in part payment for a new one. There Are New Goods to See in the Drapery Dept. New Autumn cretonnes are to be dis played tomorrow. There are many pieces in beautiful, rich colorings. You will find the prices most attractive. The new curtain laces are in. A small out lay will make your old curtains like new. SPECIAL Window Shades, mounted and complete with fixtures, ready to hang 40 $45 Axminster Rugs at $31.50 This is another forceful demonstration of our leadership in rug selling. We show this week ten select patterns in Smith's extra quality Axminster Rugs, 9x12 size, in regular $45 qual ity, at the very special price $31.50. Owing to the scarcity of high-quality wools, we cannot duplicate any of these rugs. Shown on Second Floor. 1 U U 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 tl 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 u 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 U 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 n I H 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 U 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 N 1 1 1 U 1 1 1 It 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 it U 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Guarding pipeline 43,680 Totals. $1,336,574 $1,134,410 Department of Public Affairs, Commissioner Bigelow. Commissioner's office Salaries $ 6,200 $ 6,200 Supplies 125 225 Portland to attend the food conference at the Portland Hotel Monday. Mayor Palmer goes at the invitation of Food Commissioner Ayer. Miss Eletta Bailey, County School Superintendent, was included in the invitation, but was unable to attend. J. H. Parker, vice president of the First National Bank here, will accompany the Mayor. Totals .. $ 6,325 $ 6,425 Public Markets Salaries $ 3,300 $ 2.400 Supplies 914 950 Totals. . $ -4.214 $ 3.350 Fire Bureau. Street-Cleaning Bureau and Public Employment Bureau bud gets Incomplete. Department of Inbllc Works. Commissioner Barbur, All bureaus Not made public. Municipal Reference Library Supplies $ 40 $ Z? City Auditor's Office. George Fnnk, Auditor. Salaries $ 42.635 $ 42,762 Supplies, etc 1,275 1.285 Totals $ 43,910 $ 44.047 Motlon-Plctnre Censorship Board. Salaries $ 1.170 $ 1,080 Supplies 110 110 Totals.. $ 1.280 $ 1,190 Civil oServlce Board. Salaries $ 5,260 $ 3.660 Supplies -. 675 575 Totals $ 5,835 $ 4,235 Bonded Indebtedness Fund. Int. on outstanding bonds $339,400 $339,400 Redemption of bonds 10.800 10,800 Bond sinking funds 113.ZUO lis.oou Special Appropriations. Advertising In city official newspaper $ 7,500 $ 10,000 Relief of certain persons .' 3,500 3.000 Assessments against city property 5,000 . 5,000 Council's emergency fund 5,000 5,000 Premiums on em ployes' bonds 2,700 1,500 Annual a u d I t o f books -. - 1.500 1,500 Transfers to interest fund 2,500 5,000 Printing annual re ports 2,500 6,000 Judgments against city 3,000 3,000 Premium on fire in surance 2,500 2,250 Relief of Rachel Powers 676 576 Relief of Mrs. J. F. Kraig ... 60 Salaries of enlisted men indefinito 10,000 Pensions 1,000 988 Maintaining street fountains 1.G00 640 Recording deeds 100 General Wood's Reply. . From the Chicago Evening Post. General Leonard Wood talked to a group of Bostonians recently on the need of preparedness. When he had finished his discourse, a lady arose and put to him the favorite pacifist poser: "You speak of war. General Wood, but will you be so good as to tell us with what country we are going to have a war?" General Wood was crushed and si lenced. Not at all. He replied: "With the very greitesi respect. madam, I shall name the country if you will tell me for what particular hurricane the captain of a ship prepares his vessel before leaving port." The lady- resumed her seat. Food Delegates Coming. BAKER, Or.. SfPt. 29. (Special.) Mayor C. I Palmer left - tonight for M The Finest Product of JlPiB the Foremost Makers Can NPf Be Seen in Our Immense llii We have the above Illustrated shoe In Havana brown ldgP$g gzrgyjj,Sf'ife j kid vamp and lace stay with brown cloth top to match. iwlSSlSiSiltlll ISpppilllllii'l Stitched wing tip, military heel. ffl&" mi &)lBpf)lf$i Also, the same shoe In black gunmetal vamp with SvJ'i'l" VSyll Qli UPrJlfa er&y buckskin and gray cloth top. Also, In all tan Rus- gSg Ui l! ;( SJP 8iacalf' PUlf SlEiilllP We haye not confined our display to the prod- SB 'SPfPlil! ucs one make, but have drawn upon the tW' Vfr sk anc genius in shoe-making of the entire gJ &Jclr riSffiiP Largest Retailer of Shoes West of Chicago SML itSSltls 380 Washington St. 270 Washington St. ilMSPr jKjP 308 Washington St. 270 Morrison St. -l3L 4