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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 5, 1919)
TIIE SUXDAT OKEGOXIAX, rOHTLAXD, JAXUART 5, 1919. IDAHO REPUBLICANS INDFFIGETOMOHRDW Inauguration Ceremony Takes Place at High Noon. BUSINESS TERM PROMISED; prornostlcatora. who last Summer noted thousands of aphlda that de stroyed grain fields, and predicted that the Insect pests would be ' destroyed this Winter by prolonged cold weather, freezing days have prevailed over the Mid-Columbia this week. Gardeners and orchardists believe the Indians' prophesy of destruction of the aphlds will be fulfilled. With the ground clear of snow the earth Is frozen to a depth of more than three Inches. The freeze Is causing a light damage to strawberry vines. Ico on the Columbia -sloughs has af forded fine skating. Hundreds of peo ple frr.m town and valley have enjoyed the Winter sport. The Columbia River is filled with drifting Ice floes today. Women of State Will Be Repreented by (Two Members Elected to Lower House. EPIDEMIC STILL SPREADING 176 XEff CASES OF IXFLCEXZA REPORTED TO BCRKAU. Effect of New Year's Celebration to Be Recorded, After Whicb Decline Is Expected. will take place here Monday at high rooa with simple but impressive cere-1 The Increase In the number of new ntonv. It mrk the uiilDf of a Demo-1 cases of Spanish Influenza continued eraUo Administration of two years and unabated yesterday, when 7S cases UOT5E. Idaho. Jan. 4. (Special.) The Inauguration of the ISth Idaho legislature and etate officials-elect trie ushering in of a Republican one. The Bourbons lose control of both branches of tha Legislature and the tat government. Including all gov ernlng boards. During the next two years tha Republican party will be riven an opportunity to demonstrate that it la able to give to the state a were reported to the health bureau with 10 deaths for the last 24 hours. Acting City Health Officer Abele does not expect any abatement of the disease for a number of days, stating that the effects of the New Year's celebration are yet to be recorded. There is no question in my mind that the present Increase is due to the government that la eatisfaotory to the I minc-ltnar In crowds durinr tha taecple as a whole. holidays." said Dr. Abele. "For sev- Kollowlog are tha state officials who era, dayB m0re wa may expec ta large will take tha oath of office at tha in- number of new cases, but with proper augnratlon before a Joint assembly of precautions the number of new cases to Legislature Monday: should then decline." Oovernor, D. W. Davis. American Verterday's record of new cases was Falls: Lieutenan-t-Govemor. C. C the hicrhest during the last month. The Moor. St. Anthony: Secretary of State, average number of cases reported dally IV. O. Jones, Kellocg; Auditor, Edward during the last 30 days has been ap- Gallet. Poratelto; Treacurrr, John proximately 75. with the average num- W. ar!eon. Boise; Attorney-Oeneral, ber of daily deaths five. K. L. Hlark. Coeur d'AJene; Superln- Dr. Abele believes It Is probable that tennent or I"uoue jniruction. jura i many cases nave existed in i'oruana Jthel E. Redfield. LewlFton: &lato Mine I during the last month which have not inspector, Robert M. Bell. Boise. Vete In Doabt. Ttte relative atrength of tha two par ties In tbe two houses stand as follows: tM-r.ate. Republicans 29. Democrats 13 Jiotna of Representatives. Republicans 41. Democrats 1. Officially the Re publicans are credited with 30 Senators, but thta Is due to the fact that Sen ator St. Cir. of Owyhee County, while rlected on tbe Republican ticket. Is Democrat and will affiliate with that larty. Tbe Republican may gain one more vote in the House than they now have, as Representative William Allard, of J'ower County, while elected on the Democratic ticket as a Democrat, having been a Noo-Fartisan League candidate.. Is In reality a Republican, and may af filiate with that party. There are a number of Non-Partisan Leaguers on the minority side in both houses, but their numbers are too small to permit them to cut much figure. The regular Democrat are not Inclined to caucus with them. tVasaea Arc Represented. been reported. Tha populace, he states, now realising the necessity of isolation of cases, are reporting or having their physicians report to the health bureau, thus increasing tha number of new cases on record. SUMPTER IS ABLE TO PW PCBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION ER ASKS ROAD TO ACT. Increase in Passenger Fares Gives Accessary Finances, Corey Tells Manager. SALEM. Or- Jan. 4. (Special.) Commenting upon notice just received of an Increase in passenger fare on tbe Sumpter Valley Railroad .from 4 to 5 cents per mile. Public Service Comrais- The women of the state are renre- sioner Corey. In a letter to General aented In the House of R:presentatives Manager Charles T. Karly, of the road. by two of their sex Carrie Harp) today says he is unable to understand White, of Twin Falls, and Kmma F. A. Drake, of New Plymouth. Both were strongly iadorsed by women's organiza tions and will endeavor to have enacted legislation of particular benefit to members of the Rcniler sn- The message of O. rnor-elect DW. Davis will contain a number of im portant recommendations. It contains about JO.000 words. Foremost am-ir the recommendations Is one seeking to I' lace tha Government on a rounder t burners basis by creating a purcha.-luR agent in whom the rr sponmbllity of purchasing supplies will rest. He alo recommends the ehort bal lot, centralizing responsibility for the management of the status affairs in the Government, permitting him to ap potnt the members of his Cabinet, as tha Attorney-General. Secretary of i-tate. State Auditor. State Treasurer. tU of whom are now elected by direct 'vote of the people. DELEGATES ARE NAMED Oregon Agricultural College lo Br Represented at Sleeting. ORF.GOV AGRICCLTCRAL COL l.fr.JF. Corvallls. Jan. 4. (Special.) I'resldrnt W. J. Kerr. Dean A. B. Cord ley, of the school of agriculture: Di rector O. D. Center, of the extension service: W. L. Powers. professor of oll.. and T. A. II. Teeter, professor of Irrigation engineering at the college. have been appointed as delegates to the meeting of the Orrgon State Drainage Association in tha Imperial Hotel. Port lane January f. and the Oregon Irrl-Ctti-jn Congress. January 9 to 11. F. L. Br.llard. field organizer, bureau of rrganiaation and markets, will repre sent I'irvetor Center, who Is now in Vashingtoh. D. C why the increased wages sought by the men are not allowed and tho railroad today In operation He points out that tha rise will make an increase of 312,7ti in passenger revenues, wiping out the anticipated deficit of 17585 which the road baa been figuring on. or a surplus of S5171 to counterbalance any loss in traffic due to the high rate. "If we are not in error," he says. baling our Judgment upon tbe state ment presented to this commission pur porting to show the financial condition of your road, the increased passenger fare will enable your line to pay all the increased wages demanded, interest upon your bonded indebtedness and op erating expenses, which places your line in as good condition financially as many other roads now operating in the United States." INDIANS' PROPHECY NOTED Cold Weather Expected to Destroy Aphids at Hood River. HOOD RIVER. Or, Jan. 4. (Special.) As a ptM vindication of Indian CHEHALIS PLANS ACTIVITY 119 Promlj.es to Bring Numerous Improvements. rilEHALIS. Wash.; Jan. 4. (Special.) The year IMS in the city of Chehali starts off most auspiciously in every way. The town today has tbe largest payrool in its history and a greater va rlety of Industries than ever before. The Chelialis Citizens' Club is also at work on a project to secure the fur thrr development of the coal mlnln industry at this place. One mine, the Superior Coat Company property. In the heart of the city, is now operating to a capacity that is rapidly approaching 2J9 tons daily. HOOD RIVER HERO RETURNS Corporal Lee Spaulding, Injured at Chateau-Thierry, Is Home. HOOD RIVER. Or., Jan. 4. (Spe cial.) Tha first returned Hood River veteran of overseas fighting. Corporal Lee Spaulding, of the Marines, who wears on his breast a distinguished service cross and who walks with the id of a cane, arrived last niM. Cor- n n Pi s.(fc AX "The place where Portland dines1 Table d'Hote Dinner $1.25 Daily and Sunday, Served 5:30 to 8 Dancing: Weekday Evenings 6:15 to 8:15 and 10 to 12 Special Menu of Delicious Chinese Dishes. Noon Lunch from 11 to 2; 50c "The Best in Portland" CpOTtuiiiiy K Our January Furniture Sale Swings Into Its Second Week Amid the Greatest Furniture-Buying Enthusiasm We Have Ever Seen. Tomorrow More Extra Salesmen More New Furniture Deeper Reductions Shop Early. Dining-Room Furni ture Trenchantly Reduced 55.00 Limbert Buffet for only $39.50 $ . 6.00 Limbert Diners for only $ 4.25 $150.00 Solid Mahogany Extension Table. .$78.50 $345.00 Solid Mahogany Buffet $185.00 $115.00 Solid Mahogany Buffet $71.50 $125.00 Circassian Walnut China Closet $67.50 $157.50 Solid Mahogany China Closet $98.50 $185.00 Solid Mahogany Buffet $123.50 $360.00 Solid Mahogany China Closet $235.00 $ 60.00 Limbert Oak China Closet priced at... $11. 50 $115.00 Oak Extension Ta ble, 60-in. top, 10- ft. extension $85.50 $ 90.00 Oak Extension Ta ble, 54-in. top, 8- ft. extension $61.75 $ 75.00 Oak Buffet for $.50.25 $ 13.25 Oak Diners, cane seat, special at... $10.25 $21.25 Carver to match.. . .$15.50 $16.00 Jacobean Diners, upholstered seat.. $11. 75 $20.00 Carver to match. . . .$13.85 $90.00 Mahogany Sheraton Buffet at $65.50 $50.00 Mahogany-F i n i s h China Closet $31.75 $70.00 Lambert's Oak Ex tension Table, 60 inch top, 8 -foot extension, at $46.75 $70.00 Limbert's Oak Buf- . fct. priced at $46.75 Furniture for Living Room and Library at Deep Reductions $42.00 Solid Mahogany ' Settee at $27.50 $47.50 Solid Mahogany Settee at $28.75 $75.00 Solid Mahogany Settee at $51.50 $80.00 Solid Mahogany Settee at $48.50 $30.00 Jacobean Chair, tapestry u p h o 1 stered, at $21.50 $26.50 Jacobean Chair, tapestry u p h o 1 stered, at $20.50 $23.00 Jacobean Consol Table at $17.50 $38.50 Limbert Uphol stered Chair $29.65 $42.50Limbert Uphol stered Chair. ......$32.25 $34.00 Limbert Library Table at $28.50 $150.00 Tapestry Uphol stered Da ven port at $119.85 $45.00 Velour Upholstered Mahog. Chair.. .$29.85 Beautiful RUGS Reduced The best of makes in large room sizes deeply cut in price during the January sale. Portland's lowest prices on rugs of quality. . $125.00 Whittall's Teprac Wilton ' Rugs, size 11-3x15, reduced to S 92.50 $165.00 Bigelow Ardebil Wilton Rugs, -size 11-3x15, reduced to S 95.00 $170.00 Karnak Wilton Rugs in Saraband design, size 10-6x13-6, reduced to $105.00 $125.00 Hand-Tufted Belgian Axminster Rugs, size 9-10x13, reduced to 87.50 Regular $50.00 Axminster Rugs in many designs, size 10-6x12, reduced to . 41.50 Regular $6.00 Body Brussels Rugs in many de signs, size 10-6x12, reduced to $ 42.25 Sale of Silk Lamp Shades $ 10.00 Tudor Shades; blue or gold $ 7.35 $ 8.50 Tudor Shades for table lamps $ 6.25 $ 12.50Pagoda Shades; blue or mulberry.$ 8.75 $ 16.00 Pagoda Shades for floor lamps $11.75 $ 6.00 Rose Shades for table lamps $ 4.85 $ 22.50 Shades for floor lamps $15.25 $ 30.00 Rose Tudor Shades for floor lamps. . .$22.50 $ 21.50 Pagoda Shades; gold or blue $12.75 Great Sale of Garland' Ranges and Heaters $ 60.00 Garland Ranges. . ..$49. 75 $ 65.00 Garland Ranges $56.25 $155.00 Garland Combina tion Ranges $123.50 $165.00 Garland Combina tion Ranges $117.50 J1S5.00 Hotel Gari'nd Com bination Ranges$ 1 1 8.50 $ 55.00 Garland Heaters.$ 38.50 Reed and Willow Furniture $20.75 Reed Tea Wagon. . .$14.85 $30.00 Upholstered" Willow Chair $23,85 $16.25 Willow Chair $12.75 $55.00Willow Chaise Longue $41.50 $20.00 Upholstered Willow Chair $15.25 $26.75 Upholstered Willow . Chair $19.85 $29.75 Tapestry - U p h o 1- , stered Reed Rock er priced at $22.50 $20.00 Upholstered Willow , Rocker with Mag azine Rack $14.85 $17.00 Upholstered Willow Rocker $10.50 $50.00 Upholstered Fiber Chaise Longue.. . .$33.50 $25.00 Fiber Desk. . . A ... .$22.50 Drapery Materials Underpriced $2.50 Chenille, 46-inch, blue, brown and rose $1.45 $1.75 Colored Crossbar. ....... 85 $1.10 Colored Crossbar 55 85c Colored Crossbar. . . . . . . .45 Table Runners . IN VELOUR AND TAPESTRY Regular $8.00 Runners $5.50 Regular $7.00 Runners $4.95 Regular $6.50 Runners $4.75 Regular $9.50 Runners. $6.25 Curtains Half Price Roman Stripes and Odd Pairs Net and Marquisettes. Regular $14.00 Curtains $7.00 Regular $11.00 Curtains. .. .$5.50 Regular $ 7.50 Curtains $3.75 Regular $ 5.50 Curtains $2.75 Regular $ 3.00 Curtains. . . .$1.50 Couch Covers Reduced $13.50 Couch Covers $7.75 $11.50 Couch Covers $6.75 $ 8.00 Couch Covers $5.25 $ 7.50 Couch Covers $4.75 $ 6.75 Couch Covers $4.25 Portland's Greatest Sale of Fine Bedding Occasioned by the Cancellation of a Government ContracL Bed Spreads $2.65 Regular $3.75 quality in size 72x84. NA rare bargain. Wearwell Sheets $1.70 By the Dozen $19.80 Regular $2.25 one-piece Sheets in size 72x84. Buy"1 without limit at the special price. Wearwell Pillow Slips 39c Regular 50c Slips in size 42x36. Same grade as sheets listed above. f Great Blanket Sale! Regular $9.00 All-Wool Volunteer Camp Blankets in fawn color; size 62x82, single, only $5.75 Regular $7.50 All-Wool Liberty Camp Blankets in fawn color; size 62x84, only $4.75 Regular $3.75 Fine Cotton Blankets in white or gray; size 64x76; the pair at Washington at Fifth JENNING'S .$2.80 Washington at Fifth Bedroom Furniture Deeply Reduced $32.50 Quartered Oak Dressing Table. . .$25.25 $150.00 Circassian Walnut Chiffonier ., $9S,50 $62.50 Circassian Walnut Chiffonier $44.75 $90.00 Mahogany Chif fonier only.. $69.50 $125.00 Mahogany C h i f- fonier only $89.75 $85.00 Mahogany Chif fonier only $59.75 $195.00 Circassian Walnut Bed priced at $98.50 $245.00 Circassian Walnut Dresser at $135.75 $225.00 Circassian Walnut Chiffonier $115.75 $74.00 Solid Mahogany Chiffioner at $51.75 $155.00 Solid Mahogany Cowan Dressing Table at $95.50 $33.50 Three-quarter, Four Poster Bed at $28.75 $100.00 Solid Mahogany Lowboy at $07.50 J187.50 Solid Walnut High- y boy for only $1 12.50 $120.00 Solid Mahogany Bed for $79.85 $150.00 Solid Mahogany Twin Beds, Adam design, pair $119.70 $145.00 Satin Walnut Tied and Dresser $11 0.50 poral Ppauldinp was with the Marine? at Chateau Thierry, where the frreat German offensive ws turned back to ward the Rhine. His comtany was in the thick of the fearful fightins that broke the German advance. Jitney Dance 1'lunncd. To furnish a room in the Red Cross convalescent hospital at Vancouver Barracks, a jitney dance will be held Tuesday night at the Jurelhurst Club under the auspices of the drill team of the club. The women's war service of L-iurelhurst Club and the drill team have pledged to furnish and equip a room In the hospital, and will under take to redeem the pledge bv means of the jitney dance. The afafir will not be confined to members of the club. . Another Yakima Man on Big Boat. YAKIMA, Wash., Jan. . (Special.) Willis H. Baker, of the Eighth Trench Mortar Battery, is the second Yakima man, so far as known, to be a passenger on the Northern Pacific steamship, which stranded off Fire Island, N. T. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Willis Baker, who came here from Okanogan last Fall. Yakima Jail Break Foiled. YAKIMA. Wash., Jan. 4. (Special.) An attempt at Jail delivery was dls- covered yesterday by members of the Sheriffs force. A number of prisoners engaged in the enterprise had sawed through several bars of their "cage." Several saws, all of them bent and broken, were found; but the officials have not learned how the men got them. Ohio Injunction Case Dismissed. CINCINNATI, Jan. 4. United States Judge Hollister today dismissed the case filed in the Federal Court here to enjoin Governor James M. Cox from ubmitting to the Ohio Legislature the National prohibition amendment Read The Oregonian classified ads. Store Opens at 9 A- M. THE WHITE HOUSE See the Windows 4 Sixth Annual Clearance Sale Tomorrow This Greatest of All Sales will be in full swing. Strenuous efforts are in force to clear all Suits, Coats, Dresses and Furs IMMEDIATELY. The amazing; reductions below indicate the overshadowing; values and the phenomenal savings. We will offer during; this greatest occasion for buying garments of foremost tailoring and faultless fashion. We are determined to make a clean sweep of all this season's garments. 345 SUITS 225 DRESSES 150 COATS SO Off Extra Special 75 Dresses Values to $27.50. in Silk Serge and Jersey $11.95 WHITEHOUSE 342-344-346 Alder St. OPPOSITE PANTAGES THEATER FURS! All Foxes, Wolfs, Lynx, Muffs, Sets Throws at 40 off For This Sale Only 4. CA&ifcw says "for stumping genuine (JEn has no equal" From recent letters of ten farmers who Have tise'd Giant Powders for Stumping we make these extracts: "i. Your Giant Farm Powders shoot the roots, 2. They have wide breaking power and less bad gases than others. 3. I get the. same excellent . results from them every time. 4. They are always uniform. 5. I used eleven tons and wouldn't have any other make. S 6. I want to sell a lot of other powder that I have because Giant does the work much better. 7. Genuine Giant can't be equalled. 8. I don't have to use so much powder when I blast with Giant. 0. You know what we need for stumping. 10. I save money by using Giant Powders." Writ rorfoyforour free book. "Better Farming With Giint Fmrra Pow ders." It tells how to uve money and get better results in stumping, ditch log. tree-planting, etc. THE GIANT POWDER CO., CON. "Everything for Blasting" 230 First National Bank Bide., San Francisco Branch Omces: Denver. Portland, Salt Lake City, Seattle, Spokane g ajcfl f jg i STUMPING EUREKA