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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX. PORTLAND, DECEMBER 10, 1923 of the war department in national guard development he said: "The need for harmonious co operation between the two services is generally recognized, a,nd the policy adopted toward the national guard by the war department will, it is believed, achieve the desired results. -The two great hindrances to a proper and speedy development of the national guard are lack of sufficient funds and of. regular army personnel for duty as instruc tors. When these two deficiencies shall have been corrected the or derly development and future suc cess of that element of the national defense will be assured." General Rickards added that after a year as the first national guard officer to be chief of the militia bureau "it is most gratifying to be COMSITIIICT s of Furniture at Jenning's E PROMISES BATTLE W ashington Street at Fifth Washington Street at Fifth THE HOME OF GOOD FURNITURE" New Governor's Appoint ments Causing Speculation. Attack on Law in Legisla- ture Expected. FIGHT ON POLICE LIKELY LABOR OPPOSES CHANGE ALBERT PIKE LODGE OF MA SONS ELECTS. jVorth in Favor of State Constab ulary While South Is Against It and Would Abolish It. Private Insurance Companies De sire Chance to Write Some of Employers' Policies. Gift BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 9. (Special.) The selection of Governor-elect Moore's cabinet and the organiza tion of the next legislature are the two important issues politically in Idaho. Governor-elect Moore has vir tually established thimself in Boise, and is acting governor, Governor Davis having gone to the governor's conference and to Washington on an official trip. This is affording Governor-elect Moore an opportu nity to get into closer touch with state offairs. He is making the best of it, sitting in on boards, in specting department's and ascertain- ing where he can curb and elim- inate to put into force and effect his .programme of economy. From all that can be learned Mr. Moore is going to be a residential governor and not a movable or portable one, that is to say, junkets and side trips either over the state or out of the state are not going to be on the programme. It is understood that he is going to insist upon the same policy for the heads of every state depart ment and others. Many Officials Travelers. This has not been the policy here tofore. Governor and heads of de partments have been extensive travelers, until at some periods there has hardly been an executive of a single department in the state ' house. Executive appointments have not as yet been considered, according to Mr. Moore. It is very unlikely they will be for some time, for few, if any, decisions can be reached before the legislature meets, he in timated. "I want to give very careful con sideration to the matter of appoint ments," he said. ''The programme of retrenchment and economy we intend to push will affect the sub ject in no small degree. We want to trim in every department pos sible, in keeping with the reduced amount of state work to be done. At this time there is no telling what the legislature will do toward this end, and naturally places cannot be filled until we know what the ap pointees will be required to do" Even this early it is apparent that there is going to be a hard fight made to save the state constabulary to the abolishment of which the republican party is pledged by the Wallace platform. The north wants the constabulary maintained. The , mine owners believe that the state would make a mistake to abolish the state police department,, which may be needed at any time to quell labor disorders. South Against Police. The south is quite generally against the police and probably will be inclined toward carrying out the party plank, but many solons will be found indifferent. Among the old members in the house is 31. I. Kiger of Kootenai county. Kiger was speaker of the house four years ago. He has served several terms in the legisla ture and is probably the most ex perienced man from a parliamentary K standpoint in the assembly. He offers the best speakership mate rial and while no definite announce ment has been made regarding his candidacy it is being taken for granted that he will become a can didate and that in all probability he will be the next speaker. The senate majority probably will organize with the selection of L. R. Thomas of Bingham county as president pro tern. The presiding officer of the senate will be an ex- perienced man in legislative mat ters, H. C. Baldridge of Parma, lieutenant-governor. L GUARD LAGS SHORTAGE OF FUNDS KEEPS ORGANIZATION WEAK. Chief of Military Bureau Says Citizen Soldiery Is Fully Year Behind Programme. WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 9. Lack of funds has thrown the na. f ' tional guard "one year behind in the development required by congress itself," Major-General George C. Rickards, chief' of the militia bu reau, declared today in his annual report. "This retardation will be contin ued during the fiscal year 1923, as insufficient funds were provided for that period," General Rickards add ed. "This is regrettable in view of the country-wide acceptance of the national guard idea by the Ameri can citizenship. Even in the present incomplete state of the national guard development, there are now more than 2200 company units or the equivalent thereof being main tained in 1250 towns and cities throughout the country. These local organizations range in size from a single group of 60 in a village to a national 'guard garrison of 13.000 in New York city and Brooklyn. "The national guard has the sup port of the American people. To complete its organization is simply a matter of money." General Rickards said the militia bureau looked forward to early completion of Vnot less than five infantry divisions and one cavalry division, in addition to the two in fantry divisions already federally organized." The 27th tNpw York) division is federally recognized throughout, he said, while the 28th (Pennsylvania) division is "com plete except for the air service." The other 16 divisions of the 18th infantry division plan range from 9S per cent complete in the 37th (Ohio) to 40 per cent in the 40th t California, Utah and Nevada) di vision. The four cavalry divisions range from 76 per cent complete for U the 21st (New York, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island) to 50 per cent for :ne 24th (Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Min nesota, North Dakota, South Da kota, Utah. Washington and Wyo ming) division. The progress to be made during t!ie coming year. General Rickards said, depended upon the ability of state authorities to furnish suitable armories, as well as upon federal tunds. Regarding the co-operation Herbert J. Wiltshire, W. M. Herbert J. Wiltshire of The Ore gonian mechanical forces was elected worshipful master of Al bert Pike lodge, A. F. and A. M., Friday night at a largely attended meeting. Other officers elected were: Senior warden, H. P. Coffin; junior warden, George T. Brown;" treasurer, C C. Van Gorder; sec retary, George W. Cook; chaplain, C. S. Brainerd; senior deacon, T. L. Winthers; junior, deacon, At F. Douglas; senior steward, L. P. Hewitt; junior steward, E. L. Mc Kalsom; tyler, Albert Sunderland. able to testify to the earnest and constructive co-operation of all ele ments of the war department or the guard in the defense problem. "I am frank to say," he continued, "that I believe even more firmly than ever in the soundness of the national guard idea. The United States cannot have a well-developed guard service fully trained and equipped to take the field and at the same time escape the payment of the $50,000,000 a, year that such a completely organized force would probably cost. One must come inevitably to the conclusion that recently adopted measures of econ omy with regard to the national guard are of doubtful value and are not in accordance with the desires of the citizens of the United States." OIL BUILDS SKYSCRAPER PALACE OF MEDIEVAL ITALY COPIED IX SAN FRANCISCO. Great Gray Office Building, 22 Stories High, to House Offices of Standard Company. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 9. A great gray office building, 22 stories high, has just taken from other down town skyscrapers the dominating place on the San Francisco sky line. The building a huge monument to California oil was constructed by the Standard Oil Company of California, and will house the firm's head offices here. Architects describe the new struc ture as a palace of medieval Flor ence set down in modern California and that it is perhaps the finest office building -west of Chicago. Down in the cornerstone repose 110 typewritten sheets, containing the names of 16,000 men and women employed by the company. Of these 11.000 are Standard Oil stockholders. The area of the strdcture is 28,325 square feet, with a frontage of 137 feet on Bush street and 206 feet on Sansome street. The total floor area is 425,000 square feet. The building weighs 96,985,000 pounds and there are 12,000,000 pounds of steel in it. The largest number of men employed at one time was 450. The entrance lobby, not completed, will be finished in marble and bronze, .with nine 20-passenger ca pacity elevators. Granite and terra cotta cbmpose the outer surface. The jOth story Is peculiar in that it conslts of a massive cornice, tak ing up the entire floor, with win dows concealed so as to effect the Florentine castle that suggested the design. Above this cornice or bat tlement rises a classic facade two stories high, with Ionic columns. Various departments of the com pany will at once occupy all but five stories of the new structure, being moved from the old 12-story Standard Oil building near by. Newspaper Man Heads Lodge. EUGENE". Or., Dec. 9. (Special.) -Helmet lodge, Knights of Pythias, of this city has elected Elmer Maxey, a local newspaper man, as chancellor commander. Other offi cers are as follows: Cecil Hender son, vice-chancellor; A. E. Brigham." prelate; A. G. Bremer, master of work; Thomas W. Munroe, keeper of records and seal; R. Claude Gray, master of finance; Darwin Yoran, master of exchequer; Emery D. Lake, master at arms; A. Walruff, inner guard; E. G. Cleverdon, outer guard, and O. H. Jones, trustee. MUST SALEM, Or., Dec. 9. (Special;) With the members of the Oregon Federation of Labor united in favor of a compulsory workmen's com pensation act, many operators op posed to such a law, and a .dozen or more casualty insurance corpora tions seeking to furnish protection for the Oregon workers, there are indications that a spirited three cornered fight will be precipitated during the next session of the leg islature. Letters received at the offices of the state industrial accident com mission during the last few days have furnished conclusive evidence that not a few operators of the state are not in sympathy with the present workmen's compensation law, and re doubly opposed to the enactment of legislation which will make this insurance compulsory. Many of these operators desire to carry their own insurance, and in some instances there have been i overtures to the effect that com pensation should not be allowed workers during the first seven days of feheir incapacitation. Other -operators, who apparently are in sympathy with the casualty insurance corporations, have ex pressed the opinion that private cor porations should be allowed to writ this insurance when agreeable to the employer. It was said that the casualty insurance . companies will make a fight at the next session of the legislature to bring about this concession, - The Oregon Federation of 'Labor, on the other hand,' does not propose to have the legislature scuttle the present workmen's compensation act, nor pass any legislation that will weaken its operation. Labor, as a whole, favors the compulsory workmen's compensation act and probably will have a bill providing for such a law when the legislature convenes. As a preliminary to the course outlined by labor with relation to more security for the workers, the state federation of labor in conven tion here last September adopted a resolution favoring the compulsory workmen's compensation law. "We will resist any attempt to weaken the present compensation law or extend to insurance or cas ualty companies the right to provide compensation under the act," read the resolution. "We will secure, if possible, the enactment of a com pulsory workmen's compensation law. Ifi the legislature fails to take this 'action, then a committee will take the necessary steps to initiate amendments and submit them to the people of the state for enactment." Copies, of this resolution were sent by the Oregon Federation of Labor to all affiliated bodies for consideration.. - - Members of the state . industrial accident commission, in a statement today, said that while many oper ators apparently favored doing away with the present workmen's com pensation law, -or withdrawing its teeth by means of amendments, other industries are satisfied with the operation of the law, and be lieve that it would be continued in force. 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Now you who are anticipating the giving of furniture for a home Christmas gift will be interestsed deeply interested in this offer. We are printing only a small portion of the articles, merely to indicate to you the more forcibly the extent of the reductions. J $140 Three-Piece Enamel Bedroom Suite Bed, Dressing Table and Chiffonier, S97.50. $28.50 Walnut Bedroom Chair S18.50. $22.50 Mahogany Bedroom Chair S14.85. $125 Mahogany . Dressing Table S62.50. $95 Mahogany Dressing Table S49.50. $190 Fine Mahogany Dresser S95.00. $135 Mahogany Chifferobe S65 $185 Fine Mahogany Chiffonier S92.50. $225 Fine Ivory Enamel Dresser S112.50. $185 Ivory Enamel Dressing Table to match S92.50. $33.50 Ivory Enamel Bedroom Chair to match $19.85. $33.50 Ivory Enamel Bedroom 1 Rocker to match S19.85. $120 Walnut Dressing Table $75. $185 Handsome Enamel Bed $97.50. $125 Circassian Walnut Colonial Bed $67.50. $165 Walnut Chifferette $92.50. $145 Walnut Bed $85. $265 Fine Walnut Chifferobe $165. Complete Bedroom Suites In Enamel, Walnut and Mahogany. $45.25 Full-Size Bed $36.25 $46.50 Chifferette $37.20. $55.50 Dresser $44.40. $64.50 Vanity Dresser $51.20. $12 Bedroom Chair $9.60. $13.25 Bedroom Rocker $10.60. $12.00 Dressing Table Bench $9.60. MAN of the HOUSE - a home' gift of furniture for husband, son, father, brother? What could be more appre ciated than some of these? . Easy Chairs, Easy Rockers, Reading Tables, Book Blocks, Reading Lamps, Smokers' Stands SPECIAL Smokers' Stand in Polychrome, Only $6.75 , Handsome Genuine Leather Upholstered Rocker Plain or Wins-Back. f Regular Price $45. $33.75' HRISTMAS GIFTS from our Gift Room! Here, indeed, your eyes will rest upon many and many a treasure. Let us name only a few of the things we have here that will bring pleasure to some one: Tea Wagons, Hall Clocks, Secretaries, Spinet Desks, Console Tables, Upholstered Chairs, Recep tion Chairs, Stands, Gateleg Tables, Mirrors, Music Racks, Tables, Tabourets, etc., etc. See Our New Reed Chairs, Rockers, Davenports and Writing Desks in These Finishes Pompeiian,French Brown, Ivory 11 What wonderful variety is here from which to choose a gift for "her" ! - The gifts you select now will be carefully kept until the "day." Let us show you these splendid life long gifts gifts of furniture ! Sewing Stands and Cabinets Mahogany Windsor Chairs and Rockers $m0 to $42.50 SPECIAL Regular $21.50 Bridge Lamp ( complete) $15.85 Musical Instrument Sale Now Going On Store Open Evenings Buy Your Xmas Gifts Now and Save 20 to 50 Per Cent Formerly McDougall Music Co. 129 Tenth Street Bet Alder and Wash. Sts. ! 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