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11. i . 4 h UiGui'ttiiiil :DF1Sr scot: ' r . I'l. ,.HII1)lillii'1T Report to Nation! Equal : Cuf Jraje Cdnventlori RsadatY ; , Meeting of local Workers Hundred Farn.'"a Will Ce Forced - - - - v . j . - ...... ...... - . ill. '.Ml Snh li;.;- Illltf tL. ."I, " Mil"" KHIIIHII to Leave Anchored by First - ulw ; !!:!!!::::::- nv, :;:::iim ii: li !!H!!l iilli of Nixt Month. 41 tiiuiis.; 'iiibiii""':;,!!;; . a -. - r. ; 8 r-- - t mi inn . lilHIIIiliiiiMjiir' h r. Mm . ST.- 1 Ssm i ' it -j i' ....... , ""' ('ii I it... i ;:::r:!ti: :ns.. .'.fiimti ' i- .1 ASSOCIATION GAINING J NEW WEEKLY State President . Telle Women Ae ' . sembled in Baltimore How Suf i fraglat Surted ' Fight In Oregon and How -They Hare Proepered. -.' Th feature of the meeting of the load Woman Suffrage association, bold yesterday afternoon, was the reading of a report which wn read by Mn. Henry Waldo Coe before the thirty-eighth an ' nual convention of tha National Axnerl ' ran Woman Buff rage association, -now in aeaalon in Baltimore.' Mrs. Coe. aa president of thCh-egon stale" aesocla- ' 0 lion, . went to Baltimore to attend tna ; convention.- .., - The meeting of the locfal aaaoclatlon. , -which waa- held at 1(1 filxth -street, "'waa largely attended, and the reading . . i Mrs. cos's report by lr. Luena a. f:' Johnson., aecrstary. of tha local aoclety, ; M Uatanad to -with Aiauah interest After tha report bad been read the -re. '.4 tmalnder of tha Xlme was devoted to tha oonalderatlon of report from field worker. All of theae. Indicated prog- rea. An extract of 'Mra. Coe'a ad- f, dreaa follows: . - .-' -j . -By virtu at th Initiative and refer- ? endum law of Oregon an amendment muat be submitted to the constitution ;. when ( per- cent of the votera petition t.i Xor it. Therefore, in order to eeoure .. th submission of a suffrage . amend ; ment. It required th' signature of : 7,4 S reglatered voters. At the close of th national convention in, July about l.vOO of these name had been secured. 1 The -total number of names secured waa ' more than 12.000; tb number accepted by th secretary of tat was 1,104. giv ing a margin of 1,411 more than th law required. ' , ; Tb pro-suffrsg argument, which. la a masterful presentation of logic, fact and philosophic Insight, all .. In 9.000 words, waa written by Miss Laughlln nil accepted and Indorsed by th board t officers of th Stat Equal Suffrage association as their official document. One hundred thouaand copies of It have been' flled with 'the secretary of state, and will be aent .out by him, Msrch 1: tO.000 extra cople of th -argument have been printed fo general distribu tion. . . i V ' ' t "ThVgDvernor of Oregon has recently emphasiaed his belief In equal rights by appolntlngfMrs.. Clara Waldo regent of th 8 tat Agricultural college. Mra. Waldo Is tb stat . lecturer for , the grange. - ' v , .- "Th Equal Suffrage asaootatlon has trebled Its membership within tb year ' .' ' t and new members ar added every week. f ". '. We ' are 'therefor pressing forward in ' ..' the firm belief that Oregon will send I ' . its aciegates . to tne next convention Ik Holding aloft th fifth star upon th Vjt:. v; suffrage, flag." . . . DEPARTMENT STORE EMPLOYES DANCE Roberts -' Bros.' . employes, who '' have formed a social .club for - the winter, gav another Of their dances Thursday ; evenln.- at the sast aid Woodmen' hall. - About 150 couples were preaent snd Vox's orchestra furnished- he mu slo. This Is the first of th club formed by I ho department stores of Portland. - though they are prevalent in th east ern cities. Ths danoea given by th club ar invitational. Jamea P. Doyle, the. organiser is bold largely, respon sible for. t he Ibianclal and social suo cess of the undertaking. The. surplus - funds which ar being rapidly accumu lated -will- b applied on , a Columbia river excursion in th summer, .t J5eeJYature' In Her Wjntjpr Garb. .T selh Taf-famed Rocky tneun- ' tains in their vmnarous winter garn is th. treat of a lifetime. Tb canyons, , peaks and aorges ar even mora au tractive In winter than In summer. The PenvwA Bio Grande, popularly know ; as . "Th Soenlo Uni of th World." ' pierces the very bean of th JRockt, , and besides is ths only transcontinental X line paasing directly through Salt Lake , ' f City, th quaint and plotoreaqu Mot- , mon capltaL Stopover granted on all - ' classes of tickets. .. For rate to -all - eastern points call upon or writ W. C ' MoBride, 124 Third street. :. - , Women of Weoaeraft Zattta. - .Th off tears and members of Nomsh circle. Women of Woodcraft," war - in vited to Hllwaukl to participate in th initiation of a large number of candidate laat Friday night. ' Mrs. Krsemer, cap ' tain of the guards, put her team through a number of intricate drills, which were admired by th local circle,' of which Mrs. Dowllng H the guardian neighbor. When the Initiation ceremonies were over 'a lunch was served ' snd then dancing ' waa indulged in till tlm for tha laat ear. .'.'. ..'. "Ve Sseai .'M SsefTflsea eaaeeia. Pert cf NO' PLACE ' OPEN TO YS MAJORITY 0F: CRAFT Want and Sickness Prevail fax the t Settlement and - Men Who Have Made Brave Fight Against Poverty Are Bent Under New Blow.-;: ,77 9ke east aids eMes ef The jMrasI khlM star 1 1. M. C. Miller SM Cast Mstrtssa street., Tslsttsea Bast Sl., , , ., . . . r Th east aid has f sw residents wbo ar unable to support themaelvea, but one UtU tract is threatened with a fat that will brine destitution to more than 100 - families. -. . - Between ; th " Burnsld . and stel bridges on t he west bank of the river is a collection of .houseboat and Shan ties, for the most part i old. weather- beaten and half burled in th mud. Th vast majority of ths famine there that have wage earner ar dependent on th canty pay of a elngl worker, end many have eight ir ten children. r-Th man work In . nearby sawmills on tb. nvec. about ths docks, or catch driftwood, or th' famllle subsist on tb charity of organisation Ilka th Salvation army. Few of them' have relatives or. friends in better circumstances thsn themselves, and in many cases the little hovel on a few rotting log la th last standjof a man . who has JoatVln th .big- bate of Uf. .: : - . ; ."''... - - ' -Tat all this pitiful motley of boats, huts, hovels, shacks snd temporary sbl tsrs la to be .swept away clean by March 1; and more than-100 tollworn men ar today wondering where their little boats can find a treating place. Th ground is needed by tb Oregon Railroad Navigation company, and poaltlve or- 1.-ua .mimI .n .v.r, uimftM to move before tb flrst of next month? ' v ,' Oaat Kov Beats. ''. ; ' Th eompany-expeot to bulwark ' ths waterfront where th hute new stand, and to us th frontag for asr anchor age and th storing of such material as may be In th way elsewhere. The plao is convenient, to tb company's right-of-way and trsoks and In tlm will be used for docks and warehouses, a . . The railroad company has offered to tow the houseboat anywhar their oo cupante may desire, this ' srvlo to be given f re, but for th moat part this offr- i-mckry, though -wll meant. Half of th boat will never go another mile; many of them are not and never were boat in tb real sense of tb word. Tbey ar. mere aback built -on a soow foundation to keep away ths mud snd water. A fsw of th house are built on email log rafts, but thee ar in the minority, and ar . probably tne only craft that could safely mak th trip dowa or up the river. -.- ', , Xs4 wewaar to 4frc v " But "with sver so good a boat tha squatter ha a still bigger problem, and that is to- find another anchorage. - Tb old 'easy days whsn sast ' side water front property waa merely s bog for squatters' settlement have passed, and there ar few .spots in tb. city limits where tb squatter can rest in peaca. Every year find th demand greater for -anchors g among the city, people who tak summer outing on a river bom and wbo are willing to pay for a location, and th humbl squatter snuat traveh Mil .up or down th rlvr ar pots where tbe boats could be anchored, but fsw of tnem can mak auoh a Jour ney,, and even than th man would be placed a prohibitive distance from their work, ' and ' carfare is not part of tb axpenae budget of th river squatter.. -. Salvation Army workers , wbo bav recently made a thorough Inspection' of conditions with th squatter say that th most deplorable cases of want axlst smong them. - In one small houseboat Ilea a woman dying; of consumption snd by her ld I a T-months-old child dying of tb same disease.- Thia family has been fad,, clothed and warmed by th 'activity of tha army worker and th ministrations of squatter neighbors wbo shared their -rigs and their scant supplies. . -J - .' ' ,. I ; rata' Xiook Back.' tr ' v What tb outoom will be 1 not yet apparent, .but th charitable . worker who hav been trying to bring relief to th families In th houseboat, djatrtct ar not hopeful, for so fsr no place of shelter or means of -lea vine; th preeent anchorage has bean dlaoovrd, snd should tb , removal edict - b - strictly enforced hundreds of womsn and chil dren win be county charges or forced to live through the rest of tb winter in hovVla mors miserable than th ones they bav so long celled bom. . But with it all th squatter makes no complaint. - Ths typical river man fights bis fight slons and .only th benevolent people wbo hav searched out th fam ine understand in situation. ' Keeping op a brav front to th world Is part of th rly education - of - tb - houseboat child.. .Pown In tb settlement may be found bit of old lao curtains at th windows, - twisted plant lav green tin cans, clesn floors, bouses painted In i V.J.. f s.Ccow Dwcr-x ..District. oa tie ,,': i t ; ' " ' : : and 4' Uddncsdsiy vfi Extension , Exactly Like Cut. ; ; Has a 45-incli iop arid ' 6-incb legs, built of thor-. oughly , seasoned ' stqclc f .and linished in golden or ': weathered. '." v:; PayaVisittoOiir I Carppf and Rug Department ',: Youll be readily con- V vinced that our : stock . is ' V complete and that we have patterns and values that cannot be beat. - We are k showing some handsome.' ; patterns, both - Oriental 'and. Floral, in 'Rugs and in au sizes.;. . , i ' FIRST MID TAYLOR a dosen colors, from- Job'. lots of paint found . at random and rowboats gaily adorned with romantic name and rac earpat .-onahlons. .-But th women . wbo hav bean keeping n appearanoe and a family of sight on II or 1.19 a day are ready to -give p the- fight now, sine 'th -moving dlct ha gon . out, and --- great-4akness ha settled over scow town, a gloom an which no rsy of light hJwet entered. , - - 'SPRINIQ HAS, COME!. i i, A i: M i -,,' ., . lark, Bobla and see Owl "Tan Cabarbe V J. ?'.' Siaeei - -.'v.". . Spring has come pn U east std. Sev eral indication war seen and fait several daya ago,. but no on wanted to be premature and announce- tb tlm of blossoms -hastily, but yesterday there waa no . mlataklng - ths season, vn thoagh winter might be coming Just round th corner, to, chase spring off for six week more. ' In the. first place th pussy willow ha broughKforth tb vernal crop of - pussies and the bare, dead limb ar rraeed in th first thin fabrio of spring. - Better still, tba robin arrived at Mount Tabor, Highland and eom of tb mar sightly suburbs yes terday afternoon, and his "chirp, bow do do, chirp, chirp," mingled with" -the cry of th lark wbo has held down tb upland districts all winter this year. - Final proof, cam laat night In th shape of a small, lonely, doleful, long echoing "h-o-o-oo' that Informed tbe visa that Mr Moot Owt had retnrtuta' for another season's engagement, and '- J!-.'7.f -'Sar "Wia M-'V'e iwaai m h 1 J - - ,': a ' 1 ) V4 r - i i aat Bank of . the v Willamette River. . ! I . V . ' r - ' " . - ' " " I- 1 . f ...'I HII!I.. .1.1. .!V . ' II lllllkl I II -r'-r. '"'in II: l' rTK.' .., :, a V ; " . ."'i'l' -. III us: V:: II hi If M 111 J-y. , W h'i.... tVWl . . -i .1111 'II H 1 III III . u. i 1 I I. I "". 1 1 VLIkl D .. - uik.. i ni hi in . r . . t iui I'l t.. :-' ii -v in .iii v-.X-v.' LiSii . . '.i. Y . . V'.;V ,l MSi,:.Br .r The Otter You Is Dignified, and -'r. Desirable? w viah. to make it clear to those who have never traded wjtrf us tha, the credit we offer is credit on good, substantial, well-made, high-grade, reliable furniture? and the credit ;is;to all well-meaning men and women.' "; ' '.;' ; v,.;i",: ".;" ,.'".,;,.-.:.';.. yMOur ffl -f . . r ''. '.-v' .v .-,- , ;. ,-.'."'.. . - i . ' -".--'; '.'. , - '' " ' i ' - . ; .-.. Complying with the request of those late in receiving their cards, we have -decided to hold contest open until Wednesday evening. All models must be in by that time. ' The com mittee selected to judge on workmanship and sward prizes consists of Mr. E.; jC .Oliver, manager of F. S. Harnon & Co. ; Mr. J. C Roberts, president of Peters & Roberts Furniture .i" company, and Mr.' L. D. Freeland, superintendent Oregon Furniture Manufacturing com .pany. These gentlemen are practical furniture men. and we believe more, competent judges ' cannot be found. The names of prize winners, together with those deserving honorable V? mention, will be published in next Sunday's paper. v . t , , V . .. .. ' '. " , ' ''"' ""'' ' ' - w ' - .' 1 - v ' '' ; ' : ;".' ':' - ' '"'.' '"'; '! '" I '"" K ' ... - ' ": ' " , . '; .,i,. , .'. ' ', ' '' . V ' . ,''''"'' '" .'.'',' whsn tb first dismal squeak cam out of th tufted bunch of feathers tb roosters of th neighborhood stretched attentive - seeks, . flapped , boisterous wings and e rowed in the blood-atlrring way- a rooster always orowa when h is real certain that spring is en nana. ; V EAST SIDE NOTES. T. J. Monahan, who for many years hss been th oldest conductor In point of ssrvlc on tbe St John line, has re signed hi place and has entered the mploy of th Portland General Iactrl company. Tomorrow morning th spring' term of th St. John school will open, new pupil will be enaplled, scholars assigned to ciassee and book uats given out. Charles , Bailey has ' been - appointed manager of tbe St. Johns Land com pany's business on th peninsula after serving th eompany for more than a year in th capacity of dark. Multnomah camp dnl team held a masque ball laat night In ths lodgs hall. which was so wu attended tnat noor room was at a premium. . . Beginning today Montavflla and East Ankenr ears will eo over th Burnald bridge, using' Second street oa th weet id Instead or Aider ana sirst streets. This arrangement will . oontlnu unUI th Grand avenu OU Is completed, . VA-V Skating, wv'r-v. High 'school skating rink epea San day afternoon and vnlnc - " A t J-.- 'f . ..V.'W i 1 yyy .y . . . . ' . I " ,' -. -.:'- ... Ml i- ... . 1 . I--- f-r : -f . .-.rrli I ikn.. "Miiw.r- r:::t": Credit Vie iy trans Attorneys of Multnomah Dtclds ' to Form a Bar Association and Perhaps a Club. POLITrCS NOT TO BE , FEATURE OF ITS WORK Every Regular Practitioner, Whether Repoblican. Democrat, Anarchist or Poet, Is to Be Enrolled in New -; OieTanixation. ' . '' . Msmber of th Multnomah county bar win organise aa - assoolatlon. - At a meeting held In tb rooms , of the chamber ef commerce last night, a com mittee was appointed to draft a eonsU tutlon and by-laws for the new associa tion, .This committee Is composed ef former Attorney-General C. M. Idlaman, Supreme Court Reporter K. G. Morrow, L. R, Crouch, John II. Woodward, Georgs T. Brio, George B. Shepherd and Wilbur Seton. -It will -import-next - Saturday evaiunsT. - On hundred attorneys met and . dis cussed tbe subject of forming an aai elation. Tbe meeting was called to order by Chairman I H. Crouch; D. N. Most sohn-wss appointed temporary seeretsry. Mr. Crouch aald that almost eviry other county ,ln tb stat had a bar assoola tlon and he was of tb opinion that aa organisation ef this sort added dignity to tb profession. Tb speaker said that saany visiting ettorneye had com mented on the lack ef a bar association here. He suggested ranting elub room. ' R. O. Morrow spoka in favor ef the proposed organisation) but did not wish a club annex to ths association. - C. M, Idlsman said that en organisation of this sort had long been needed, and hs proposed that a eommitte of five be selected to draw up by-laws and a con stitution, ft. C Bpencor began his re marka by saying that a crowd of farm era lean akin- u to death in doing any thing, and be than warned those preaent that the new organisation should not be political, for he ejald that the oraanlsa- tloa would be oemposeo er Republicans, Democrats, anarchists, poets and others. Wilbur Baton proposed that the members of tb eommitte be elected instead of appointed by the- chair, - - - Many others spoke in favor r ths sssoclatloa. Robert Miller aald that an Important matter for tb association- to take up aa Boon organised waa t'-e COUfJ ORGAHIZE question of regular fee, that la, a r l massfs for various sorts of le'al wo c W. A. Pa vie suggeeted thst some r t ares be taken In order to keo c 5 tionabl lawyer out of the asw.H:" . During the nomlnairv of ec -a. Judg W. M. t a 11 4.x ''.''if I 'V;','"r;' " v ' .00 Doym 75c Veek - 4 - . Zcz4 Feb. 15, 1706 THROUGH TOURIST SLEEPERS -EVERY. DAY SEATTLE AND CHICAGO ";.':',' ' I-''".' . - VIA TKX V. ',..-.:.:-.';;.,; :X . Great Northern Railway r-,',;:; i seThex Comfortsu)! Way Route of the Famous Oriental Limited For detailed Information, rates, tc, call oa er aadreea - j.. ., .. , ; ... j . ; v v --7 -' tti r: We take pleasure , tnat tne price, of ice. for iSSS wiU not be 7 . advanced over prices chareed in 1SC3, but in man dkses a reduction will be made! ,- All coupons for ice Issued by Holmes Coal - - and Ice Company will be accepted by this V company.- We respectfully solicit the pa ' " troruge of the public and guarantee fair . , and polite treatment with reference to CITY nEIACLCCEXO: ';'. .'. SUCCZ220I?' to '.::-' i::ir!:zG coal ';;::";.V;: 1 4 I V Monday, tuesday UednesdayM This is only one oi th . special values to be had .yon same terms." Com hi ..' and see the others. v Jewel Rongis Body is made double, , of heavy blue planished steel, which will not rusjt rchip.- peel orturn -white when heated. The ends are interlined with asbes-' tos to prevent radiation of heat into the kitchen and to economize fuel.' Oven -bottom is made in sections : and will, not warp. AFKttta Yc:rCjzrzr.l:t shciETizzi $txi X D0V, St.CO r.TLT m f ifl : y. v r - - I WaBSSSBBBSBSSjHHaaBBBBBBBBWaY - first mm Timor. IN THB YEAR H. DICKSON, C. P. & T. A. . US Thsrd St, lrtlaad. Ore. . ; j . JT9TT7 -mm in notlfjring the public
