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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING,
MARKETS
AND SPORTING NEWS
VOL. XXXVII.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 20, 1918.
NO. 3.
jljly ClearaEce
Gadsby's Annual
Use Your Credit and Furnish Your Home
The lack of ready money need not deter you from enjoying the comfort and luxury of a completely fur
nished home. Simply come to this big furniture store select all the furniture you need say how you can
afford to pay and enjoy the use of the goods while paying as you earn.
4-Piece Library Suite
$39.50
The Library Suite we are offering on sale
is similar to cut above, consisting of 1
large Settee, 1 Arm Rocker, 1 Arm Chair
and Library Table. These 4 pieces are
solid oak and upholstered in brown Span
ish imitation leather seats. Price $39.50
Terms: $5.00 Cash, $1 Weekly
Ivory Chamber Suite $49.85
This Prettv Ivory Enameled Suit. thoua-h Inexpensive, makes a dainty,
UD-to-riate"hriroom furnishing. Chiffonier, with five drawers and mirror.
tnxr be substituted In place of dresser. If desired, at same A Q QC
Cii 1 Weekly.
price. Priced at..
$S.AO Mattresses priced 89
.SO Mattresses priced 75
f.TS Mattresses priced df? OC
now at 0Ja-J
IT SO Mattresses priced df? QC
now at iBOsiJ
$i:.00 Cotton and Jute Q QP
Mattresses now at....O I.I7J
$14.00 Cotton Itlt CC
Mattresses now at.. ... O X X 0J
$150 Cotton Felt Mat- (IO JC
tresses now at O lOt f O
122.00 Floss Mattresses (1Q
now at Ol ? f J
Pillows on. Sale Buy Now
II. 50 grade priced lio1 QO
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1X50 grade priced now y QQ
at only, per pair OaieOi
Bay Ver Beddlac ew. Ct
$3.00 s;rade priced now JO OJJ
at only, per pair wO00
tT.50 grade priced now df? QC
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if erters Ala Reduced la Price.
Liberty
Steel Range
Reduced to
$45
The Range we are offering for
your approval is a Guaranteed
Baker, large firebox, cut-out
linings for water coil, wood and
coal-burning grates, drop feed
door, 18xl4-inch oven. Clear
ance price, $4.". Sold on easy
terms.
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Sale of
IrohBeds
Odd Wood and Iron Beds
$ 6 values, now $ 5.00
$10 values, now Jj 8.85
$15 values, now. $14.50
$25 values, now $22.50
$30 Mahog. Wood Bed. .$17.50
Library Tables IMF
$25.00 Mahogany Tables $19.50
$22.00 Mahogany Tables $17.50
$20.00 Oak Tables now at $16.75
$18.00 Oak Tables now at $15.75
$15.00 Oak Tables now at $13.00
$12.00 Oak Tables now at $10.75
$10.00 Oak Tables now at $ 8.85
$ 7.50 Oak Table bow at $ 6.75
Some Very Special Bargains
One Mahogany Princess Dresser, with lone mir
ror. A beuty. Regular $27.50 value. CI Q Crt
Priced now at ifll JuJU
One Mahotrany Dresser, large mirror and four
ilrawers. K e m u I a r 140.00 value. 00 Cf
Priced special at f"U
One Mahorany Chiffonier with mirror, two small
top drawers and four large deepdJOO Cf
drawers. Regular 14100 value OAai.OU
One Extension Table, round pedestal base, claw
feet, solid quartered oak. Early Knglisb. finish.
i-loch top. extends sis feet. Regu- f ( ff
tar t-& value. Special OID.UU
One Round Center Table. Early English, ton
24x24. with shelf below. Regular $7.50 o JC
value. Priced apeclaL
One Library Chair, mahogany frame, upholstered
seat, sides and back, genuine Span- J Cf
la a leather. Keg. Hi value. Half price w 1 I JJ
Davenport, solid oak. 72 Inches long, upholstered
seat and back, la Imitation Spanish (04 "7C.
leather. Regular $Ji. Special O
One Tapestry Upholstered Davenport, three
cushion seat. Regular 15 value. ePfQ Cfl
Priced special at OHU.iJl
Parlor Suite, three pieces Divan, two Reception
Chairs: spring seats, upholstered In two-tone
Verona, mahogany finish frames. J1Q n
Regular price J to. special O J. ZiJJ
One Btrdseye Bedroom Table. Regular? f(
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WE ARE AGENTS FOR
MAJESTIC RANGES
WH ITT ALL'S RUGS
STURGIS GO -CARTS
COLUMBIA
GRAFONOLAS
DE LUXE BED SPRINGS
$19.50
tlS-St value. Priced special.
One Large Mahogany Arm Chair, genuine
leather seat. Regular 121 value. O Cf ,
Priced special at- aPldSeOVf
Mahogany China Closet. S Inches high, 48 Inches
wide: mirror back Inside; five shelves. Bent
end glass. Regularly $45.00. now on 00
Magazln Stand. It Inchea wide, IS Inches deep.
4 inchea high. Regular J 5.00 value, d0 C(
now on sale at. wiU
Magaslne Stand or Bookcase, SI Inches wide, 48
Inches high, 13 Inches deep; fire shelves. Gold
fir. Regularly $.S0. Clearance Price 4fo Of?
now la. wOitiJ
Divan, Chippendale design, covered In sfTk plueh.
manogany iinisn; irames lniaio, panel DacK,
spring seat. Regular 4U.U0 uivan.
now at
One Rocker to match above Divan, Q Crt
118.00 value, now at...., OI.OU
Library Suite, three pieces, consisting of Settee
52 Inches wide, one Large Arm Rocker and Large
Chair. Flanders design, solid oak, genuine
leather cushions. Regularly ISO, (9Q (Jft
now for OOi.OU
One Btrdseye Dressing Table, with large single
mirror. Regular $17.60 value. Priced tf1"J pjn
special at- OIO.OU
One Child's Brass Crib, heavy safety sides, drop
sides. Regular $34.00 value. Priced OQ f(
special at. , OiOiUU
One Piano Bench, mahogany finish. C!( ff
Regular .$10 value. Priced special at.. OU.UU
One Sewing Table or Butler's Tray, solid oak,
portable. Regular $4.50 value. On flJO ffft
special sale now at. WfaiOU
One Large Colonial Mahogany Library Table.
Regular $33.50 value. Priced Bpe"JjjQ 75
One Four-Section Mahogany Sectional Bookcase,
with desk and drawer sections and two glass
bookcase sections. Regular $40.00 4fcOC ff
value. Priced special at &,0,JJ
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WAR SONG IS POPULAR
Melody Composed by Hood Mver
Man Gf. Recognition.
HOOD RIVER. Or, Jan. 1. (Spe
elaL) "He's Tour Boy and My Boy.
Dad in" a war sons; written by Edward
Thornton, local hotelman. Is becoming
popular Nation-wide. Mr. Thornton
has Just received letter-from William
ilcUuire. a local boy stationed at an
Eastern Navy-yard, that the band
master of the V. S. S. Mississippi on
receipt of a copy of the song declared
It was one of the best war melodies he
bad received.
Mr. Thornton has received a letter
from George Jeffrey, conductor of the
Portland Orpheum Theater, who an
nounces that his song will be featured
on Orpheum orchestral programmes
for four days, beginning next Monday.
Yakima $60,000 Theater Sold.
YAKIMA. Wash., Jan. !. (SpeclaL)r
The Empire Theater baa been sold by
the Yakima National Bank to A. E.
Larson and Fred Chandler, of this city.
Larson and Chandler recently sold out
their Interests In an automobile busi
ness and bought the theater as an In
vestment. The property Is under lease
for more than a year to come to Fred
Mercy, who operates It In connection
with other local theaters. The theater
built In Ull and cost about $60,000.
Auction Wins for Red Cross.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or, Jan.
(Special. The Red Cross members of
Malln and Shasta View districts met to
organize a permanent Organization In
American Hall at Malln and elected the
following officers: Mrs. Ray Tower,
president; Mrs. Ray Pickett, vice-president;
Mrs. J. L. Bailey, secretary-treasurer.
Following the election of offi
cers, a spirited auction was held of the
donations brought from both districts.
From this sale, the sum of $211.25 was
obtained, and $55.95 additional realized
from the sale of lunches, making: a to
tal to start w(th of $267.20.
MM BALLPLAYERS
10 BE UNEMPLOYED
Failure of Many Minor Leagues
to Start This Year Will
Make Matter Simple.
MAJORS TO RELEASE MANY
McCredle Receiving Letters and
Telegrams Dally Asking if Port
land Club Is in Market to Pur
chase "Excess Baggage."
BY JAMES J. RICHARDSON.
The men behind the guns in base
ball's newest organization known as
the Pacific Coast International
League expect no trouble . at all In
signing up enough capable players to
frive their patrons a good article of the
National pastime,
It was thought at first that owing
to the numerous enlistments of base
ball players of the draft age who have
no dependents it would be a hand prop
osltlon to sign up talent for the com'
lng season, but that Idea seems to have
been knocked In the head when it was
made known that only a few of the
minor leagues of the country would
start this season.
Hundreds of ballplayers face unem
ployment in their chosen profession
during the coming season despite the
large number of players who have de
cided to cast their lot with the U. S.
league, which is gradually organizing
Itself Into ' the biggest circuit In the
world, "overseas."
With what talent the Pacific Coast
International League magnates have
lined up at the present writing, to
gether with those players who find
themselves out of employment owing
to suspension of minor leagues
throughout the country, the six clubs
in "Prexy" Blewett's "sir-kit" ought
to be able to present some formidable
lineups, if the salary limit is not at
too low a minimum.
Minors to Have Excess.
Rumors have It that nearly all of
the major league clubs will have from
10 to 16 excess players after the sea
on starts. These players will have to
find employment with some league and
would not bo averse to spending a sea
son on the North Pacific Coast. If the
American Association sets a player
limit of 16 men It will have the effect
of discarding another batch of players
whom the Pacific Coast International
League owners could talk "turkey1
with.
If the International League does not
start It will place between 17S and 200
ballplayers out in the cold, who will
bo anxious tosign up with any club
Besides these organizations there are
number of other minor leagues of
ower standing who are very apt not
to come up for air when the time ar
rives to start the season.
Judge McCredle has received numer
ous ietters and telegrams from major
league club owners inquiring if the
Portland club owner Is In the market
to purchase the release of players
whom they term "excess baggage."
Tens Too HIkb.
Judge McCredle is willing to listen
to the big fellows if they talk terms
that are within reach of the judge's
batting average with a local bank, but
some of the typewritten documents the
portly owner of the local franchise has
received were so high that it was en
tirely beyond McCredle's means to even
consider them.
The Pacific Coast League will have
surplus of material which they un
doubtedly will turn over to the Pacific
Coast International League. Portland
will most likely work in conjunction
with Sacramento and Salt Lake. Be
tween Bill Rodgers and Walter Mc
Credle the local club ought not to
worry about where the players will
come from.
The situation has been thoroughly
gone over by the magnates both In the
East and on the Pacific Coast, and it
seems to be the consensus of opinion
that players will be as thick as roses
during the month of June.
the National championship committee
may. deem necessary, for the purpose
of encouraging athletic activities In the
National Guard mobilized camps and
the larger training camps of the naval
service, especially in the giving of
Amateur Athletic Union camp cham
pionship medals for boxing, wrestling,
cross-country, and other athletic ac
tivities." Entry blanks for the events men
tioned and a photograph of a fob medal
with khaki-colored braid, and a map
showing locations of the various camps,
accompanied the resolutions.
WEST SIDE CLUB WANTS DATE
Tennis Tournament Will Be Staged
There, It Is Expected.
NEW YORK, Jan. 19. The West Side
Tennis f'Aub announced today it would
continue to stage the National lawn
tennis championship tournament if the
National Association desired to award
the 1918 date to the club. This deci
sion was reached at the annual meet
ing of the club here last night. The
West Side Club has held both the Na
tional tournament and the Davis Cup
matches at Forest Hills, L. I., since the
removal of the events from Newport.,
"BART" LIKES ARMY LIFE
CAMP LEWIS ID SEE
COAST LEAGUE BALL
Arrangements Being Made td
Schedule Games Between
Clubs and Soldiers. ,
DIRECTORS HOLD MEETING!
Body Votes to Allow Men in Unifonri
to Attend Games at General Ad
mission Prices Butte Situa
tion to Be Looked Into.
FORMER PORTLAND BALLPLAYER
IS IN AERO SQUADRON.
Sergeant Bartholomey Writes From
Bellville, III, That He Expect to
Leave for "Over There" Soon.
Sergeant Al Bartholomey, of the Aero
Squadron, Scott Field, Belleville, 111.,
writes that all is well along the main
thoroughfare of his camp and Chat he
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player, Who la in Air Service
and Likes It.
expects soon to journey "r cross" either
to France. Italy or Egypt.
Bartholomey is the Portland youth
who tried out for the catching job with
the Portland Beavers in 1916 and was
sent by the McCredies to Tacoma for
more experience. At the end of the
1916 Northwestern League season Bar
tholomey, along with Al Hartman,
pitcher, was sold to Denver in the
Western League. Bartholomey made
good with a vengeance and was figured
as first-string catcher until he joined
the service.
Al likes the Army work as far as he
has gone and his promotion has been
rapid. "Bart," as he was known among
the semi-pro baseball and basketball
fraternities, is doing the stenographic
work for the Aero Squadron to wTiich
e is attached and finds little time to
write to his former friends in Port
land.
Johnny Bassler, Los Angeles catcher,
who was to receive a trial with Cleve
land this Spring, Is a member of Bar
tholomey'e company and the two are
having a dandy time. If these two pep
pery backstops start pegging lead pills
or hand grenades at the Huns when
they get "overseas" they ought to be
able to play havoc with the "Boches."
Hen Berry has inveigled Jerry Downs
Into signing a contract to play second
base and manage the San Francisco
Seals during the coming season. Jerry,
along with Bill Rodgers, announced
to the dear public that, they were
through with baseball for all time,
and would peddle automobiles to the
public forevermore. But the lure of
the great game proved too much for
them, and both have signed to go to
"work" this season In the usual ca
pacity of hitting 'em where they ain't.
It is a strange coincidence mat Dom
Rodgers and Downs, who are second
basemen, snoum go into tne automo
bile game, announce their retirement,
and then come out of their shell and
sign up to manage rival teams in the
same league.
Biff Schaller, star outfielder on the
San Francisco club, and Roxey Mld
dleton, of the Oaks, have both an
nounced their retirement from baseball,
but whether they can stand the strain
any more than Rodgers and Schaller
did remains to be aeen.
When the Spring weather invades the
country and the sun peeps through the
windows It a mighty tough on the i
birdies" to have to set the alarm clock
for a 6 o'clock call and pile out for 12
hours' tolL Playing baseball reminds
me of just such a thing as we mention.
only it is so different. Tes, when you
are a member of a baseball team you
sleep until noon, breeze into the cafe
teria for "eats' coffee and "sinkers
and then spend a "nick" for a ride to
the ball orchard. Don a uniform, prac
tice 10 minutes, play for ono hour and
a half, shoo yourself under a shower.
and then your favorite admirer meets
you with an automobile for a whiz
downtown.
ARMY SPORTS TO BE AIDED
Athletic Union to Give Fund to En
courage Competition.
The Amateur Athletic Union of
America, which guides the destinies of
amateur athletics In the United States,
has gone on record as to its willingness
to appropriate $5000 and any such ad
ditional amount as pi ay be required
to encourage Army and Navy activi
ties in the various cantonments, ac
cording to a letter recently sent out by
Frederick W. Rubien, chairman of the
championship committee, setting forth
the adoption of the following resolu
tion:
"Resolved, That the Amateur Ath
letic Union appropriate the sum of
$5000 and such additional amount as
MOORE CAPTURES HANDICAP
Tournament Nets Red Cross Sum of
$1500, Including Donations.
PINEHURST, N. C, Jan. 19. Eliot
D. Moore, of New York, with a net
77 today won the handicap medal score
event in the wind-up of the Winter
golf league of advertising interests.
The league's putting contest for
women was won by Mrs. Arthur S.
Higgins, of New Tork, with 21. The
prizes in the week's tournament, with
donations by the league, provided over
$1500 for the Red Cross.
SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 19. (Special.)
The United States Army camp al
American Lake will play an important
part in Pacific Coast International
League baseball this year.
An offer to play weekly games at the!
American Lake cantonment, made by
the league officials, was accepted Satur
day by Government authorities, subject
to the approval of the War Department
The decision was reached after a con
ference of league directors and Cap
tains Cook and Wattlett, of Campl
Lewis.
The agreement means that a basen
ball team will be organized at the can-1
tonment, composed of service men, ani
that this club will play a certain num
ber of games every week with clubs
which will be scheduled to appear ati
the camp by the league. Arrangements!
are not yet complete, but it is probable
that the contests will be scheduled for
Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays.
Directors Dolna; "Bit."
In scheduling the games at the camp)
the league officials believe that thejn
are doing their part in helping fur
nish recreation for the men in Govern
ment service. The chance to se
International League baseball, wit
regular league clubs pitted agalns
thein own camp aggregation, will make!
a big hit with the soldiers. Captain
Cook, ahletlc director of the camp,
was heartily in favor of the plan, and
said that he appreciated the efforts
of the league to co-operate with him
in giving the men healthy amuse-i
ment.
Two other motions were carried be-)
fore the meeting adjourned last Satur
day afternoon. Bob Brown was ap
pointed a committee of one to visit
Butte and determine the exact situa
tion of baseball there. Brown will)
have the authority to act with the!
Butte owners in settling the matter
of placing a team in the race. Brown's
appointment as delegate does not mean,
that he is interested In the Montana
franchise in the least, but that he Willi
simply aid the present management lni
getting started.
Price Reduced to Soldiers.
The final action of the meeting wad
that which will admit men in uniformj
connected with any country a mem-l
ber of the allies, to all game's for the
general admission price. Iu order to)
encourage the service men to visit thej
games, and in a email way to show
their patriotism, the magnates unanl-
mously voted for this reduction in the!
admittance price to soldiers and sail
ors.
The next meeting will be held lni
March, in this city, it was announced bjr
President Blewett. The schedule will
be drafted at that time and the player
and salary limits acted upon.
Judge W. W. McCredle, F. C. Farr and
Russ Hall left for home immediately
after the session closed, while Bob
Brown will return to Vancouver Sun
day. MEMBERSHIP DRIVE Of!
PORTLAND GOLF CLUB EXPECTS TOl
ADD 100 TO ROLL.
Gronnds Belns; Worked Into Shape for
Cemlns; Season Soldiers Invited
to Use Coarse.
'AGGIES' " WRESTLING IN
STRUCTOR IS HAVING SUC
CESSFUL SEASON.
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IT. C. McDonald.
The success which wrestling, box
ing and other gymnasium sports
are attaining at Oregon Agricul
tural College is due mainly to the
untiring efforts of Instructor H.
C. McDonald, who joined the Cor
vallis institution a few months
ago. McDonald formerly was
connected with T. M. C. A. work
at Albany and later at Vancou
ver Barracks.
The Portland Golf Club Is making lt
final drive after new members before
the new course is opened, and has set
the figure at 100. James T. Beckett,
who is chairman of this committee, haa
compiled a list whom the members of
his committee are to call upon, and
with the assistance of the club mem
bers he believes that they will reach
the goal set.
The fairgreens on the new nine hava
been helped along very much by the)
warm rains this winter, which has re
moved all doubt in the minds of the
greens committee about being able to
open this Spring or not as planned.
Fairways which were planted only two
months ago have a thick growth of'
grass on, and later this Spring clover
will be sown with the grass, which
should insure a very fair turf for the
first year's play. Between the 13th.
14th and 15th fairways a great deal of!
clearing has been done which will
widen the fairways more than they
were expected to be when the course,
was first laid out. The greens commit
tee Is spending a great deal of time on
the Improvement of the fairgreens and
believes that when these are finished
they will rank equally well with clubs
that have been In existence for years.
The road to the clubhouse has been
repaired to some extent and as soon aa
It is possible to obtain more rock the
county will complete this work, which,
will make a good road direct to the
club.
Dr. Northup, chairman of the handi
cap committee, is preparing his list of
tournaments for the coming year andj
expects to have many novel tourna
ments arranged.
The following rule has been put Into
effect by the greens committee and is
to be enforced. Nothing over four
somes are allowed to play on Satur
days, Sundays or holidays, and mem
bers found doing so are liable to be
suspended from the club for a period of
90 days. The clergy of the city are al
lowed to become members of the club
for one-half of the regular initiation
fee and dues.
An invitation has been extended to
soldiers stationed within the vicinity
of Portland to the use of the links
and they can have a card to the club
by calling at the secretary's office.
Dr Watts, chairman of the house
committee wishes to announce that any
member of the club wishing to enter
tain at the club can do so by making:
reservation either with the steward or
himself.