I. ' ' 13 : . AIDED IN fbcii mum i esV 1 I I II l Object of Resolutions Passed at Third Annual Meeting of ' sfsa ' ' ' '; " Sy)r"4 WtrsjuTtfi-nl. 1 jj0fc4Qp4stfllts.e-.i. su ...trsa iwiiaftfty NO PROTECTION FROM . : - i T ?' '"N ? IGNORANT4lPOTERS4 1 Papers of Interest Are Read and v.a Discussed and Officers , ' , T 'Are Elected. THE OREGON SUNDAY JOUENAU PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING. JANUARY 8. IZZZ. 3MVERFAMILY COMMONWEALTH run A III - "V X ALLO) Reading; from Lft to, Right In Upper Row: John R, Lincoln n4 Oeorg Shtwj la Lower Row Ddmer and James W. Shaver. ' Wot more than half a - esntury " ths Shaver family has been Identified with the history of Portland and Oregon. Mr. and Mra. O. W, Shaver came to Or. . iron In IMS and aattlad on a farm near fcilverton. Tha family moved to Port land 44 years ago, and baa resided sine at tha same plaoa on tha east aid of tha Willamette rtTar. . -" Tha father planted ail orchard and tn a few years- began shipping fruit to Ban Francisco and Victoria, B. C " Ha also assisted ia supplying the looal mar ket. - Later e ran a woodyard,- and supplied tha ocean' steamers, with fuel. Tha wood wan procured on what in now known a tha Irvlngton addition and tha timber-waa cut where the ateel bridge now 'stands and back for a. dls- tanea of a mil and a half. 'As tha boys grew older (her engaged tn various oo cupstions. ' John R. ran a couple of llr sry stables on tha aaat aide, and had a contract for carrying United States mail ; to " Eagle Creek. " later ; ha be came a farmer,, and a few yeara age he waa elected eherlft of Clackamas county and still retains that posiUon. ' -- John W., 14 years ago,-waa on the WUlamatta and Columbia - rrrere with Capt. Charles Bureau.;: and then became lntereeted- ln the People's Freighting company. fie -acted as captain on one other members and tha- name ' was changed to the ..Shaver .Transportation oompany.l Ha acted aa captain on one of tha boats and. la now secretary and general manager of the Una . : Lincoln began steamboeting en " the Praser riTer. British Columbia, with his cousin. Commodore John Irving. : - Later he returned to Portland and went to work on one of the Shaver boats. " Ha Is now chief engineer of tha oompany, and holds a -master's. llcansa . ' .. Oeorge H. went With the company when still- in- his teena and waa cap tain of one of-the boats tor , a number at years.- During tha past seren eum mers he has been a pilot en she Yukon river. i . x. '. . Delmar, the - youngest of tha - StS brothers, began working- en the com pany's boats when a mere lad. He Is now captain of one of the ateamera and president or the Bhaver Transportation company. '-i--X:.iv-r,-:tr.--"ri . -V. - ; CC;TEll, REGARDING- TREASURY DEFICIT President and Republican Lead er Talk Over Alarming T ; t ..." Financial' situation. vr-;: HOOSEVELT EAGER-TO REGULATE RAILROADS f .lasting Not Harmonious Be-' . cause of Threatened Cut in Appropriations. (special Dusaten by teased Wire te Tee Jearaali Washington, Jan. 7. The president says -that at the coufereuoe held with leaders of the bouse and senate he discussed with - them various matter of policy. He dis cussed . the tariff and Interstate , oom, merca matters.- Thers will be. other oonferenoes.-. -. v. ..-,'.. ..,.. ' This is the official announcement of the doings of the -big conference at tha White House called today at I o'clock. Neither Senator Btkins- sr 8enatc Foraker ef the Interstate commerce com- mission, waa -at tha.-oonobvra, .-but both of them knew what was uppermost in tha preeldenrS mind, 'a proved by tha -direct- question put to . Senator - Blklns when talking 'over the 4lg .question of regulating ' railroad rates. - Senator Foraker to Senator Elklns ."What about these bills to fix rates and regulate railway trafnof" -i . . v ; Senator Elklns "W propose . to take up. all ef the bills next Friday at tha ' regular meeting of tha senate com ml t- ; .-.vi.,. . ahav nvsetts ran. The president. It appears, really called '.tha conference because of the condition ' f the -treasury and the failure of the theories of Secretary Bhaw and the ex-- perts to account for the, deficit of 7t. eM,(10ain January. J Hs also called the conferencs for tha equally strong reason ""--that ha know that some of tha senators. powerful In authority, nad been Ignoring . hie recommendations for legislation af fecting the powers of the Interstate commerce commission and the regulation of .railway rates. -- . It will be called that when" the deficit waa fM.MO.OO0 exclusive of the Panama canal KAOO0.00O. last July or thereabouts. Secretary Shaw-and tha other experts ! "Oh. well, the receipts always ran off at this time of the year; but they Improve greatly la tha fall and winter." SPStlolt , Xnereasee. ..- - ' The fall cams and most of tha winter ' has gone, and tha deficit is said to be I7t.000.eoo, which looks like an increase of H.OfiO.000 instead of sny of the'catch . ing up as predicted by tha Jugglers with . the flgurea - ' v ' The president talked all this ever to ' day with Speaker Cannon, Representative OrosvenoT.- Senator Allison.- Represents)- : tlve Tawnsy, Repraaautativs Payne, Sen - a tar Spaoner, Senator Piatt ef Connecticut- and otbei. r-.- y.. . Bepresentative-Tawnsy-, Is . the ; whip ef tha house. Senator Allison is the chairman ef the steering committee of the senate and these two gentlemen usually know the temperatures of their houses respectively en any proposed, leg islation. ' - - r Senator Allison is also an expert en tariff, and Representative E. Payne of the ways and means committee Is an ethar expert on tha tariff and expendi tures. According te the official state ment, therefore, tha president had with him tha two gentlemen who could tell . him about legislation on railroads and all abeat. deficits and the way to meet - them. BWeeM a Conference. ' It Is stated that the 'conference was . not harmonious In the sense that there waa not an absolute agreement with the ' presidential view of the pushing legis lation he had recommended In his men- , The attention of the conference was . e"Jed to the bill which was understood t fce tha administration measure, and I txlnced by Stevena of Minnesota, to ks e tva rebate system stopped so far aa r ..a the private freight snd refrlg- r cure. -.ministration does sot want just now to be put In the attitude ef talking about the-naosaalty of bond Insula Future conrereaces at the white nouse will be quite aa interesting, as -the one held today. - A great deal as to the next conference Will depend upon -what Sena tore- Foraker and Slklns will be able to accomplish with tha Hearst bill, the Quarles-Cooper bill : and tha .Haughen bill on the subject of the regulation of railway ratear V .. f" -. X CANBrS TABLELAND -'Vr WILL BECOME A GARDEN "Two thousand acres of dry table land tn-tha vlolnlty of Canby will be plaoed andar Irrigation -next summer. - H, D. Wagnon, capitalist and promoter, and John - and Fred Hurst of the Aurora Electrto Light oompan jire banking the The Molslla river will "ba dammed at a point 4 K miles southeast of Canby and an Immense canal will carry the water out : upon tha plateau. At least t.000 Inches will be used tor Irrigating. purposes, besides what wiu ne used in generating 400 horsepower to run. tha Aurora Electrie works, whloh -suppllee electricity to, Aaron. Hubbard, Barlow SAtARIESPAID COAST TEACHERS Nearly All the Cities Pay Much --- More , for Education Than---'1 Does PprtiantLT.' 8AN tRANClsCOi oiTLAy5 i- FORTVnPEftENTnHIGHER and Canby. - The table Und which will bo Irrigated from tha canal Is several feat above the Molalla and Willamette rivers. The soU does not retain auf f lclent moisture ' In summer to raise good .crops. With a little water it becomes wonderfully pro ductiva ;"Ths sofl '"Is1- particularly- adapted --to raising small fruits and vegetables and tha . farmers are preparing to make the 14 ol alia, plateau tha Vegetable and berry garden of Portland After the canal is finished market gardening will be the chief oocunation. "Farmers. who will be benefited by the Irrigating -plant - held , a -rousing . mass meeting in tha city hall at Canby yester day afternoon. ' They were very enthu siastic over the proposition. Tha meet ing, resulted In the appointment of a committee of five to take np the propo sition, and secure 400 acres for .water rights. ' The Irrigating plant Will be In operation by June l. -: - WHITMAN IRRIGATION -rr" CLOSES FOR WINTER ' (Bpedal PUpatck te Toe leernat) Washtucns, Wash., Jan. T Tha work oflha geological survey party under T. A, Noble, engineer-ln-chlef of the work on the - proposed Irrigation scheme. whereby the waters of the Palouss riv er are te be diverted and made to trtl gats lands in western Whitman county, Adams and Franklin counties, has been brought to a close for the winter. that can be dona, has bean dona and the teams and tools used by the surveying party have been stored here for tha re mainder of the winter; Bo far there has been spent approxl mat el y (1.000,000 on tha survey and In securing for the government the neces sary water rights for the project..- This Is perhaps tha greats et Irrigation pro ject contemplated by the government tn Washington and If successfully carried out will build np another vast empire in eastern Washington and make produc tive . mors than 10 townships that, are new-classed aa. waste land. . Work on tha canal. It la said, will be wall .andar headway by next Ji BUSINESS-TRANSACTED"" - AT LA GRANDE OFFICE , (Special DUeatok te Tee Journal. La Orande, Ore.. Jan. T. The follow ing business waa transacted, in ' tha United States Land Office In La Orands during tha past month; Thirty-five cash entries, I.tll.ll acres, IM00.7C: 10 mineral entries, 1,117.41s acres. $4,77.40; five desert entries. 410 acres. 4170: twenty-six tTmatllla receipts. tLtl4.S; seventy-one homestead entries, 11.0S4.II seres, $1,144.41; eighteen final- home steads, $1,791.41 acres, 1104.41; twen ty-one . timber snd stons applica tion ' fee, 1110: one "mineral adverse, 110: eleven cancellation fees. 111; tes timony fees, 141.14; -sixteen timber and stons and twenty-one contest affidav its were filed., The total receipts were llt.llt.ll. , , From, tike Houston Post There's lust one thing I wanter ssy te you," began Mrs. Acrid ss her better half stumbled into the room st I a. m. "Just one, JTrla. queried he. sollcl- Distribution of . Increased Money Amon Local Teacher Causes Worry. 'City Superintendent of fchocls Frank Blglsr has been gathering Information for the achoolT5oardregardTnlrTh ulsv rise the teachers are receiving In many of the Oar ge Westarn'oltlasr Bs will ipre-ssnt-thls Information to the city board of education tomorrow evening, at which time, the proposed increase In teachers' salaries will be discussed. " Mr. Rlgler will be able te present a schedule of the salaries paid teachers In the public schools in Seattle, Sacra mento, Salt -Lake, Helena. Denver. Spo kane, Oakland. Tacoma. Los Angeles and San-rFraaolsee from - the - city- superln tend en ts down .-to the. teachers of the primary sradea. - According-to-the-reporte SanFran cisoo and Oakland pay the largest sala liee. In, the former city they range from 10 to 40 par cast higher than in roruana. - los Angeles, Bacramanto, npotane, Helena and Tacoma all pay higher salaries - than does this . city. Seattle salaries are nearly the same as those paid hsra Salt Laks salaries of grade teachers are perhaps tha loweat . Tha taxpayers at tha annual meeting in voting an additional tax of six-tenuis of a mill -to provide for an increase In teacher's salaries. Will give the teach ers of this -elty -over 130,000 this year mora than they received last I Just bow this additional money is to be distributed is the question which Is troubling the school directors. They are of the opinion' that the special teachers and . many of tha high school teachers snd ' principals are receiving all they should be paid. On tha other hand, they feel that many of the grade teachers are poorly recompensed for their labor. Taking - these facts Into oonalderatlon It Is a certainty that tha Increase will not (be. divided . proportionately among the teachera. It la expected that the greater part of the additional money will go te the grade' teachera while a small ehare may be added to the sala ries Of the principals and the tutors In the high school. It Is expected that tha report tf the salaries paid in other cities will bo re ferred to a special committee, who will prepare a schedule ef wages to be paid within tha limit provided by the 110,000 Incrssss in saiarisa '"..7" Members of the Oregon Osteopathic association desire to be recognised and plaoed on a plane with other profes sions in the state. At the thlro annual session, of the association yeatsrrtay .it was decided to draft a recommendation to be submitted to the stats legislature asking . that ' laws "be passed ; placing osteopathy i on a legalised basla It Is stated that the members of this branch of ' tha medical profession-and the public have no protection whatever from - quack practitioners. ' They - say that anybody can hang out a sign and begin practicing. ' In order to elevate tha -profession and give oonfidenoa lnH osteopathy an effort will be made to atop tola It Is desired that only those- who bold degrees from some credited Insti tutlon or who paaa examinations- b al lowed to praotica - - . ' There ware 40-members preeent from all over the state. The morning session opensa. at s o oioex in tns imperial hotaL President F. a Moors of L4 Orande made .the opening address and a speech welcoming tha physicians to Portland 'was delivered by Assistant secretary u. v. Adlx x this city. Greet lngs were read from California, Colo rado, Missouri and Washington associa tions and from the president and seo- rstary of the national association. After routine business the following program waa given in tne afternoon i Paper, "Oateonathy and Oynecolosrr." Dr. Gertrude L. Gates of Portland, fol lowed by a discussion led by Dr. J. M. Anderson of Ths Dalles; paper, "Oastrio Catarrh," Or. H. E. Penland ef Eugene, roi lowed by discussion led ny Dr. C XL Walker; paper. "Pott's Disease.'' Dr. R. a Oraffls of Portland, followed by dis cussion by Dr. Cart Bmlth of Portland. Tne -discussions following the papers proved to be very interesting. . Tha ex change of Ideas on ' different Subjects was also benenclaL . .s-v.., i s- At tne evening session Officers were elected as f ollowa: r PresMent. J. B. An derson of The Dalles; first vice-prnai- .dent tr. w. m Mercer of saiem; sea' ond vice-president Dr. W. "A, Rogers of Portland; secretary.-Dr. Hexsls Carter rurdom Moors of La Grande: treasurer, ut, xi. jr. uarr pi ortiana. r SAX.001 AOOTnS.7 " (Special Dispateh te The Journal.) : Salem. Jan. 7. Upon a warrant sworn out by the Salem Justice court John Wadklns was . arrested this afternoon. charged with selling "liquor without a license at Turner. The prisoner waived examination, and 'is held In ths county Jail on 1 160 bonds no await the action or th CONTINUED AND " TREMENDOUS Another Week of -Start' ling Sales at Eilers ' Piano House. - OFnCIALSWlLrGO 7 ON INSPECTION TOUR No action .Will be taken graiftlng the Empire - Construction company n fran chise for aa automatlo telephone service In this city until the councllmen take their proposed trip to Los. Angeles and Ban Diego. ' In-each of these cities ths petitioners have Installed an automatic telephone "central.' . The promoters de sire ths council to see the systsm before it takes actios on tbs petition for a irancmaa . It Is expected that the proposed trip III bs taken shortly after ths first meeting In February. Tha party will consist of the members of ths council and several other city officials And pri vate cltlaena i ' Los Angeles will bs first visited. A day or longer will be spent there and ths system will be looked Into, la San Diego a complete automatlo telephone system Is working. This will be given careful scrutiny by . ths Inspectors, ss It Is Identical with the systsm which tbs oompany proposes Installing In this city. . On their return ths members of ths psrty will make short stops st San Jose. San Francisco and perhaps Bsc- Matty Instruments the Very liiftiiest Qrade and Most Ex- pensive) Every v Bargain Day, A psep at our sales reports for the oaat week would reveal some astonish ing transaotlona In highest grade Instru ments. . Ann rrom ineeo reports a num ber of lmDortant deductions oould he made They make It very evident that i-roe penty -prevaus tnrougnout tns northwest Ths taste bf tha people of this coun try is for tha very beat that this present day of advancement offers. . Eilers Piano House is ths place where such may be aecured. -- And this great business concern en joys a patronage and .prestige . little short of marvelous,' - .' Among - the sales of the past -Week was a costly Weber upright, which went to ths horns bf Mr. Win. Abel in Port land; two handsome Cblckerlngs, both of which - found homes "right over the way" in Washington; a handsome Wsaef Orchestral and a Pianola to match was purchased by Portland parties; a very costly Weber Pianola Piano; an Aeolian nanor n jaeiroeiyie pianola, wnicn lar ter went clear to Hot Laks for ths reel dence of Dr. Phy. of the famous Sanl tarium thers; a superb Kimball and 11 other pianos and organs of such famous makes as tha Brlnkerboff, Haselton, Haddortf, Story A Clark. Haliet Davis, juarsnaii at wenaeii, uiarenaon, xMua; also Kimball and Pacific Queen Orsana When a business house commands sucb continued and sremendoua natron. ags there Is soms reason for It. Tha superiority of ths Eilers Piano House Inetrumenta and the price Inducements i which Its buslnsss methods enables It to si ways orrer are too well Known and understood to need rurtber explanation. . Ws offer tha very lateat and bast and always at loweat prloas. which makes svery aay in tne year a nargatn day at Eilers Piano House. Ws can do this ba oauee wa have tha facilities for handling our tremendous business in tbs most economical manner, and because ws sup nlv seven larse stores and numerous smaller ones with fine-planes, -bey Ing many cariosae airvct irrrm me lactones at ons time, which Insures prloes for us. mat xne smaii ueaers cannot nops to I cure. Ours Is a low, price, quick sal poller and moderate terms of payment can be arranged by those who prefer buying their piano In this manner, which la tha way, the majority of people do Whether fron purchase bare a good nlano for till, or tha varv finest nn. right mads for 1400 yon get a greater value zor ine pries loan can na secured anywnsrs eise. . Remember, Too " Here Is the place, and" ths only plsca that the Metroetvle Pianola, the aarl. ola the Pianola- Piano and Aeolian Or- cheetrelle can bs purchased. Eilers Piano House has the exclusive agency for theee instruments, throughout ths Northwest Prices oS" the Aortnla. 1 1 UK and SltS; of ths Metrostyls Pianola flSO and ilOO: Pianola Pianos. 4400 to 11.000: Aeolian Orchestrellee, t00 and up. All of these Instruments purchasable , by moderate monthly Installments. Full . gnaranteee with every sala and money back In every Instance . where there Is not absolute satisfaction, which accounts for our ten thouaaod aatltfled patrona Eilers Piano House, S51 Wash ington street, corner Park. Iarge stores also Spokano and Beattla Wash, Lewis ton and Boise,' Idsho. San Francisco, Stockton and Oakland. CaL Write ue Meddock's English Porcelain " . Here's a chance to -get genuine Imported China at domestic prices. Your choice of four, very pretty designs .that can't be matched elsewhere, either as to quality . ?r or price. Every piece guaranteed not to erase. ' If it does well give you another. ; 50-PIECE SETS ' - Each set contains 8 five-inch dessert places, 6 seven-inch dinner plates, 6 sevens V, o butter plates, cups and saucers, covered dishes 1 nine-inch platter, I f ourteen-inch plat- ' , inch, soup plates 6 sauce dishes, 6 butter plates, 8 cups and saucers, I covered . . vegeuDie cusn, x operr vegetaDie ter. I picale dislu 1 JjqwL . .. : . . '-. . .... . f-' ' ' . f Plain White, Regular $5.20, Special $3.75 44 POPPY SPRAYS Regular $a50, Special $6.15 'k very pretty derigntn-pink . and 'greenVwith gold knobs and handles. MC0BALTBLIJE, Regular 8.75, Special6.25. .-Pattern similar to the well-known -'Tkmn. Bhie, with under glasedecoration. JpileBS ,iVery dainty rose and forget-me-not wreath pattern, with 'gold edges and under n . " glass .decpratioiu,. . ..'. i. $1.00. DOWN Oc A-WEEK of these seta can W 1 flH ;, nfiWIM -yi tyv a- vv i -v. ( Any of these seta can be-'l C ly had on these special " "V- ?f,m,tf tenrn. t j 50 SOC-AiWEER CHJIRTAOM v 'As an inducement to you to make an early visit jtc our Drapery Department, we: , shall have a special sale of Lace Curtains the first three days of this week. Here's ' . a chance' to rehang a few windows at very ittle expense. rJf:' ; i;'';? SO Pairs ; Nottmgham Curtains, Regular $1.30 4 r'i i :-;U'e e ESPECIAL $ J8S ' - - S5 Pairs Nottingham Curtains, Regular $10 .M ........ . .SPECIAL ; .90 ; 8 Pairs Nottmghan durtains, Regular $L40 . .............. SPECIAL ' 1.00 ' S Pairs NottrnghanT Curtains, -Regular ....'..i.SPECIAL " 10 8 Pdr8.NottmghamJgurtains, Regular $4.00 UC.,..'. SPECIAL 2.25 . 4 Pairs Irish Point Curtains, Regular $4.78 ;..t. er arsr sys ee .SPECIAL 2.85 8 Pairs Irish Point Curtains. Regular-$4.00 .....;.i.::SPECIAL; 25 7, Pairs Marie'' Antoinette Curtains, 'Regular $7.00 ... .. ; . . ;;SPECIAL 4.00 8 Pairs Brussels Curtains, Regular $5.00 ..... .. . . 1 ... . . .:, . SPECIAL - '4.00 8.Pairs:Brussels Curtains, ', Regular $6.00 !r......'.!.,.T..,...SPECIALp 45 8 Pain Brussels Curtains, Regular" $8.75 ....;;.... i.....SPE(AL 4.75 5 Pairs Arabian! Curtains,iReguiar $7J15 .i,. iV.J. i..SPECIAL i5;00 4 Pairs Brussels Curtains, Regular $7 ..i....li......V...SPEClAL 4 Paus Brussels Curtains, Regular $8.55 ....i... SPECIAL Pairs Marie Antoinette Curtains, Regular $8.00 , .Hi .... iSPECIAL 8 Pairs Nottingham Curtains,, Regular $7.00 ,.VkV.. SPECIAL 000 -4 Pairs Battenberg Curtains, Regular' $13.00 ..i........ ...SPECIAL 7.00 8 Pairs Souuche r Curtains, Regular $14.00 4 rhf , '.tttf, SPECIAL 8.00 2 Pairs Renaissance Curtains, Regular $15.00 ESPECIAL " 8.90 , Pairs Renaissance Curtains, Regular $12.00 jV. . . SPECIAL 8.25 ' 8 Pairs Rococo Curtains, Regular $18.00 . .... . ..... . V. SPECIAL 8.25 : 8 Pairs Brussels Curtains,-Regular $12.00 jiitvii'i t rrnSPECI AL:8.75 5.35 5.25 5.85 , 5 Pairs Arabiah Curtains, Regular $14.00 .;v..v;';';.'';.,'.SPECIAL-0.OO : 8 Pairs Brussels Curtains Regular $15.W v. ;V. ... ., .SPECIAL 10.25 ON SALE MONDAY, TUESDAV: A n .' if .- ."-4 ' 1 5d toual, "sin t you sv-feeiins; well 7V, j ramento, 4tt further Information. . , , i