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IMPORTANT QUESTIONS UP
Selection of Delegates to National
Convention Among Matters to
Be Considered.
BOISE. Idaho. Feb. 7. (Special.)
Whether the delegates to the repub
liran state convention to be held in
tnis state in June to elect delegates
to the republican national convention,
shall be elected at primaries in the
various counties or by the county
central committees, the state com
mittee of that party will decide at
its meeting next Thursday. Mem
bers of the committee favor selection
of the delegates by the county com
mittees, principally because the com
mittees are well organized and no
expense thus would be involved.
Primaries would mean considerable
expense.
Chairman John Thomas has been
consulting members of the committee
and party leaders to ascertain what
action should be taken along this
line, and to determine what cities in
the state desire to bid for the con
vention. In the event there is no
competition, or even in face of it.
Boise may be selected.
The extra session of the legislature
Called for Wednesday of next week
will meet at noon under the provl
aions of the call, the senate to con
vene in the rooms of the chamber of
commerce and the house of repre
sentatlves at I. O. O. F. hall. Assur
ances has been given that two
thirds of the members of both houses
will be present. '
The ratification resolution approv
ing the federal amendment to the
constitution providing for woman
suffrage will be adopted. The ma
chinery has been well oiled for the
extra session so that its business can
be transacted in one day.
The gathering of republican leaders
attracted to Boise by the extra ses
sion, the meeting of the state com
mittee and the annual Lincoln day
banauet Thursday evening, will
straighten out some of the present
conflicts regarding possible state
candidates to come before the next
convention. It is said by some
leaders that the entire republican
late will be virtually agreed upon.
United Slates Senator Borah will
not be present. A message will be
read from him, however, pleading for
party harmony and for a strong stand
UZ- with regard to the treaty or. versan
- les and the league of nations. Sen
f: "ator Borah says that owing to the
L. treaty situation in the senate ne aoes
not believe it advisable to leave me
battleground at this time.
Frank R. Goofing dropped in this
week from Gooding for a conference
with leaders. He declared he was
not in Boise on. a political mission,
But said the announcement that he
would be In the race for the senator
ship made some time ago still held
good. Gooding will be one of the
nrikers at the Lincoln day ban
auet.
Governor Davis has also been given
a place on .the programme and will
discuss issues before the party. There
is still a great deal of talk about the
governor entering the senatorial race.
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90TH BIRTHDAY RECEPTION
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VIRGIIi MEYERS, 23, CONFESSES
CRIMES, SENTENCED.
Record of 4 1 Forgeries in Year and
Former Parole Outweighs Claims
of Youth and Dependent Family.
Though sickness in his family, his
youth, and the fact that he had a wife
and three children to support made a
powerful plea for clemency in the
case of Virgil Meyers, aged 23, Pre
siding Circuit Judge McCourt yester
day considered that these things were
overbalanced by Meyers' record of 41
forgeries in the past year and a for
mer parole on a forgery charge. Four
years in the state penitentiary was
the sentence pronounced when Mey
ers pleaded guilty to one of the indict
menta returned against him.
The young man represented that
circumstances had almost forced him
into crime. Il'ness and death of i
brother-in-law, with attendant doc
tor, sanitarium and medicine bills, as
well as the care of the widow and
child, together with his own illness
from appendicitis and the care of his
wife and three youngsters were
drain on finances which required il
legal methods to meet, he told the
court.
On the other hand there was testi
mony that the young man had lived
quite well, possessed an automobile,
and gleaned much more than mere ex
penses from his depredations.
Meyers' forgeries ranged in size
from J4 to ?100, most of them being
around $50. The indictment on which
he was sentenced charged him with
passing a forged check for $97.50 on
Olds, Wortman & King. The young
man has explained the ease with
which he received money by saying
that all that was necessary was a
dirty suit of overalls, a smutty face
and a shipworker's badge. He signed
different names to all the checks and
disguised his handwriting.
IRISH TO START DRIVE
Fnnd Songht to Aid "Elected Gov
ernment of Ireland."
Portlanders will have a chance to
subscribe for the first loan of the
'elected government of Ireland." be
ginning next Monday at which time
the drive to raise Oregon's quota of
the $10,000,000 loan will be launched.
A band of workers will canvass the
city under the direction of a captain
in each district.
The state organization is completed
by counties with a chairman in each
among whom are Francis A. McMe
, namin. Heppner: Vincent McKenna,
Ontario; John C. Flynn. Lukeview;
W. P. O'Brien, Astoria; Thomas
Brown, Salem; Henry Lyons, Albany;
Dennis O'Connor, Merrill. Hugh
O'Kane, 'Bend; Frank McNally. Pen
dleton; John Pierre. La Grantie; Will
iam Kelleher. Roseburg.
Dan Kellaher has been chosen
as chairman for Multnomah coun
ty and has called a special meeting
of all captains and lieutenants for this
afternoon in .the assembly room of
the Portland hotel at 2:30 o'clock.
The quota Is $35,000 for the city of
Portland. Jno. B. Coffey, president of
the Ancient Order of Hibernians In
Portland, will be one of v ""ker
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BT ADDISON BENNETT.
RS. MARY L. BOOTH celebrated
her 90tb birthday last Wednes
day at the beautiful home of her
daughter and son-in-law at 41S East
Sixth street North. It was in every
waya notable event, for it is given to
but few mortals on this terrestrial
sphere to pass the 90th milestone on
their earthly pilgrimage. Even when
now and then one does reach that age
they are as a rule rather to decrepit to
enter into the real festivities of the
occasion, but Mrs. Booth came of rug
ged stock and was one of the most ac
tive members of the birthday party.
From high noon until towards even.
ing there was a constant stream of
relatives and friends passing the por
tals of the home of her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Sharp.
At times the spacious rooms were
filled and the messages of love given
to the dear old lady were so numer
ous and fervent that the very atmo
sphere of the rpoms was surfeited
with love and esteem. In the dining
room there was a table spread with
tempting morsels to tickle the palate,
while in the center was the great
birthday cake with its 90 candles
brightly burning, 'each flame a seem
ing benison to cheer the way through
all awaiting events of life. Mrs.
Booth watched the ascending flames
with eyes sparkling and . cheeks
flushed, her thoughts no doubt far in
the past with the loved ones who have
passed on. Now and then a tear
came upon her cheek, but not a tear of
sorrow or pain: a drop of overflowing
love, for her heart was filled with
joy. ,
When Mrs. Booth was born, her
maiden name being Mary L. Riggs and
her birthplace Auburn, Mich., Febru
ary 4, 1830, Michigan was a territory.
There were but 24 states in the union.
Andrew Jackson was president, John
C. Calhoun vice-president. Michigan
territory was represented in Congress
by Austin E. Wing of Detroit. The
20th congress was in session; now the
second session of the 66th congress is
laboring. Going back Rtill farther to
the time of the birth of her father,, it
is found he was born in Connecticut
when it was a slave state. He re
moved as a young man to Michigan,
was" Indian agent for northern Michi
gan, later became a celebrated jurist
of his adopted state. He went to Sag
inaw to take charge of Indian affairs
shortly after the Saginaw Indian mas
sacre. The husband of Mrs. Booth, who
aiea in i ne uaues 46 years ago, was
born in Michigan, near the birthplace
of Mrs. Booth. He was a saddler and
a skillful one. He left his native
state in the spring of 1852 and came
to Oregon, coming via the isthmus.
California, Portland, and the'nee up
the Columbia to The Dalles. As he
was landing at The Dalles he dropped
his carpet bag containing ' many of
his smaller tools into the river. He
hired a boy to dive" for It. Upon its
recovery it .was found unharmed.
Among the items in the bag were
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Mrs. Mary L. Booth, who was 90
years old February 4.
some saddlers' needles. They were so
scarce in Oregon at that time that he
was offered fabulous prices for them,
but he would only sell a few. for
which he got the modest price of $18
per needle. .
Young Booth remained in Oregon
two years, then returned to Michigan.
Why? I think Mrs. Booth could tell,
if she would. Anyhow he returned
here a stngle man and worked again
at his shop in" The Dalles, where he
dfd a fine business, being accounted
as one of the most skillful saddlers
in the state and a fine gentleman in
every way.
In 1859 he again went to Michigan.
Why? Fortunately we do not have to
ask Mrs. Booth, for he brought back
his sweetheart as his bride. They
settled at The Dalles, where Mr.
Booth continerl in business until his
death in 1876. Five children were
born to them: Latimer, John, Mabel,
Jennie and Caroline. Latimer was a
public accountant and died at The
Dalles in 1898. John died at Carlton
only a few months ago. He went to
the Philippines with the Oregon
troops and became a major. Mabel,
the eldest girl, married J. T. Wilson
and now resides at Alameda, Cal.
Jennie married a farmer, W. A. Sharp,
who has retired and occupies the fine
home where Mrs. Booth is passing the
afternoon of her life amidst the most
pleasant surroundings. Caroline mar
ried G. D. Culbertson, a prominent
realty operator, who resides at 1297
Cleveland avenue.
Therl are 15 living grandchildren
and ofur great-grandchildren, many
of whom were present at the birthday
party.
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. First Auto in Detroit
To the Editor: Who made the flrat
automobile ever driven on the
streets of Detroit? Who were the
rirst manufacturers?
The first successful automobile
ever driven on Detroit streets was
made by Charles King in 1894. This
car had a gasoline motor of four
cylinders and was of the high wheel
type more often called "horseless
carriage. With It it was possible
to develop a speea or aooui zo mnes
an hour.
Henry Ford was working at the
same time and in 1896 brought out
his first successful car ol two cylin
ders Willi iiiicmnatii. uica ,au ivw n pA,-
slung. The Olds Motor company wast ler
the first to manufacture automo
Iks in any Quantity.
When Charles B. King flrat made
his appearance on Detroit streets
with his "horseless carriage" ne at'
iracted so much attention that the
notice would not allow him the use
of trie street excepting oetweeen
the hour of z ana 4 o ciock in tne
morning. The work, on this first
car was carried on In the machine
shop of John Lauer at 112 St. An-
toine street, ime evening in june,
894. Kinic and hi helper decided
the macmne waa reaay tor a trial.
Thev trundled Detroit's first automo-
line out or tne snop to inr street,
rtnd after a few attempts the ma
chine was started. Tne course taxen
was out Jefferson to East Grand
Boulevard. At this hour the streets
were deserted and little attention
waa attracted. Later when a trial
was made in daylight horse were
frightened and the venture attract
ed such crowds that King was
warned to keep off the streets ex
cept during tne cany morning
hour.
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DETROIT STARTED WITH
"KENG"-IN 1894
And since that day the King car has, and is pioneering: many innova
tions in motor-car construction and blazing; a trail for other manufac
turers and dealers to follow.
It was the first motor car on the streets of Detroit, as per
newspaper clipping; reproduced. It is the last word in
motor-car construction, building;, and achievement in the
world today.
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First With Left-Side Drive
First With Cantilever Springs
First to market a car with full equip
ment, which includes tax, freight, five
cord tires, full tire cover and mono
' ,gram, bumper," spotlight, motormeter,
clock, glass wind deflectors, Victoria
side curtains, trouble lamp, power tire
pump, alamite system, tank of gasoline,
oil and state license plates.
First With Center Control
First Medium Priced "Eight"
First to give 52 weeks' free service,
which includes adjustments, oiling,
greasing, testing, alignment of your
wheels, keeping tires gummed, testing
batteries, teaching you or your family
to drive, looking after your interests,
so as to get the very best and longest
life out of your car.
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Our New Building Is Now Complete We Invite You
to Call and Inspect the Most Beautiful
Show Room in the West
The New Model H.King "Eight."
COXSTABLE ASPIRANT SEES SO
BAR TO ANY JOB.
Action in Filing Candidacy Is Re
garded as Carrying Out Aims
of Universal Suffrage. .
Mrs. Mary1 B. Jackson, Portland's
first woman candidate for the po
sition of constable regards her action
in filing for the primaries on the re
publican ticket another step toward
carrying out the aims of universal
suffrage. If a woman can be super
intendent of public instruction, mem
ber of a school board or the state
legislature or be, a justice of the
peace, she maintains one might just
as well be constable.
"With . equal suffrage," she de-
clares,"we may hope to hear of wo
men aspiring to many other offices
and there is no reason why they
should not administer the duties of
an office requiring discretion and
business acumen as well as men. The
One box of dynamite was partly torn
open. A second car of the high ex
plosive stuck to the rails. Had they
both exploded Cottage Grove would
have been rudely, awakened or would
not have awakened at all.
The first car was loaded with tim
bers which fell along the track and
against the., bank of the point in
such a way as to sbunt the powder
car off of the rocks. Three other
cars were completely wrecked and
it was seven or eight hours before
crews had cleared away the debris so !
mat irarric could be resumed.
Telephone and telegraph lines
which were wrecked have been tem
porarily repaired.
It is thought that the accident
was an unavoidable one. None of
the crew was injured.
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chxrt Superintendent Goes East.
D. A. Grout, city superintendent of
school 8, left last night for Cleve
land, O., to attend the annual gather
ing of the superintendent's section
of the Xationai Education associa
tion. He is a member of one of the
Important committees of the organi
zation. Mr. Grout will be in the east
three weeks, visiting schools in the
larger cities on his way to and from
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SALESMEN, ATTENTION.
An opportunity to a few high-class,
live, wide-awake automobile salesmen.
To those that can qualify we have an
unusual selling proposition. See Mr.
M. M. Reingold, Sales Manager.
MR. DEALER: '
Can you qualify for the King "8"
agency for your territory? A dealer's
proposition that is really different
and unusual. Write, wire or call Mr.
B. W. Rubin, President.
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BROADWAY at HOYT ST. Nttflft,
Distributors for Oregon, Washington and Idaho
MILL OUTPUT
Wood lawn Boys to Be Entertained.
An entertainment for boys of the
Woodlawn' district will be held
Wednesday night in Woodlawn school.
There will be stereopticon slides
shown, music will be a feature and
refreshments will be served. The
meeting is free to ail boys. Hopkin
Jenkins will give a short talk.
PLANTS RCXXIXG 87 PER CENT
OF NORMAL.
West Coast Lumbermen's Associa
tion Report Indicates Car
Shortage Will Continue.
running their plants to near capacity
and producing approximately 87 per
cent of their normal capacity, accord
ing to the weekly report of the West
Coast Lumbermen's association.
The output at 130 mills reporting ft
the association, the last week in Jan
uary was 80,732,222 feet, as com
pared with a normal production of
91.959,000 feet. The report continues:
"The same group of mills last week
accepted orders, in the rail trade,
for an aggregate of 2462 cars, which
was 399 cars more than they shipped.
They now have a total of 13.612 cars
of unfilled rail orders on their books.
The car shortage evidently will
Lumber manufacturers in western
Oregon and western Washington are continue for several months, and the
Grove Photo.
Mr. Mary B. Jaekaon. Port
land's flrat woman candidate .
for constable.
action of the governor in calling a
special session of the legislature to
consider the question of woman suf
frage and the readiness shown by
the legislators in adopting this measT
ure show conclusively that it is the
desire of the people that women shall
not only assume the equal burdens
of the commonwealth, but that they
shall also share in its honors and
duties."
Mrs. Jackson was born in Ohio 37
years ago and came to Portland six
years later. She is a graduate of
the old Portland grammar and high
school and held responsible positions
with Meier & Frank and other firms
of this city for eight years, later
entering the business field for herself.
DYNAMITE JAKES JAUNT
Car of Explosive Leaves Track Xcar
Cottage Grove.
COTTAGE GROVE. Or., Feb. 7.
(Special.) Cottage Grove probably
will never know just why it wasn't
blown off the map Friday night when
a car on a Southern Pacific south
bound special at midnight Jumped the
track a little more than a mile north
of here and took a car of dynamite
bumping along the road bed and
against a rocky point. The trucks
were torn from the car loaded, with
dynamite and one corner of the car
w wrecked from contact with th.
other car or some other obstruction.
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mills therefore are not accepting
business that they cannot deliver.
"The totai of 9i.000.000 feet in or
ders taken last week, it is estimated,
is not 50 per cent of the tola! busi
ness offered. Of the new business
last week, 10,166,000 fet was for do
mestic cargo deliveries and 7,656,000
feet for export. At the same time
the mills shipped 6,161.000 feet of
domestic cargo and 8,926,000 feet export.
Cement Contractors Arrested.
J.T. Allen and K. Kvans, cement 1
contractors, were arrested yesterdny
at 900 Kast Twenty-fifth street north
by Detectives (Jordon and Wright nn
a warrant charging them with the
larceny of 2H sacks of cement. Charges
against them were mad by J. '.
Jones, contrai-tor. They gave l.'iO
ball earn slid will he glvi-n a henrlng
OREGON DEALERS
Louis Levinger, Baker, Or.
W. H. Bonenkamp, La Grande
Fischef-Borden Co., Albany
Warren Shupe Furniture Co., Corvallis
John Plasker, Tillamook
Sears Kerr Drug Co., Lebanon
- Revolutionary.'lnventions in
Tone Reproduction
It is impossible to adequately describe the
improvement which The Cheney works in re
producing tone.
A series of remarkable inventions, incorpo
rating principles never used in phonographs
before, gives The Cheney tones unrivalled in
purity and sweetness.
You must hear The Cheney to appreciate it.
Like an old violin
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149 SIXTH STREET, BETWEEN MORRISON AND ALDER
Chickering, Mehlin, Packard, Bond, Lindeman & Sons Pianos
Martin Saxophones, Guitars, Ukuleles
THOSE who seek a permanent resting place for their loved dead a
place where the sleeping ones are safe against disturbance at the hands
of unsympathetic strangers in future times will find it here in the
magnificent new burial vaults just completed.
CIVILIZATION has evolved two better ways cremation or vault
burial. Both are offered at the
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