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13 THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 1CS7. ; ! ill 111 1 0 MM i:i ; i ! "I- iii- FLOUR FAMINE Handlers of Grain at the Sound ,- Cities Rats Wheat Supply , . at Three Years. LITTLE UM OF HE!' OUTBREAK AGAINST JAPS Attack on San Francisco Restau-,- rant Not Likely to Result in Serious Trouble.. TWELVE MILLION BUSHELS . IIM WASHINGTON ALONE Aoki appears to have got his inform- (Hunt by Loorwt Leased W1rt. ' Washington, Msy i6.- The Japaness ambassador hers called to ths attention of ths stats department ths alleged at tacks on Japanese restaurant keepers by cltlsens of San . Francisco. Viscount Jnt'. Down; for More Eastern Oregon and- Idaho : ,:A;;Elght:-MJlMont; jr Indicate hi!! Bumper Crop. --v'V- 5 iii ., y y yi-.. ';; y. . r ; t .t s i s in Special Piapatrn to The tonal.) ' Seattle, .May 2B. Millers , and elo vator men of ths sound aay there Is no danger of a flour famine arising before the new wheat crop Is available, despite ths report sent .out from Port i .land. There Is - wheat enough in the northwestern states to feed Oregon and ! Washington for three years, and flour enough manufactured to allow Idaho to live high In the same length of time. It ts estimated by local millers that . - there 1s 12.000,000 bushels of wheat ta this stats alone. Inolualva of Ores-on and Idaho, the wheat available for grinding Is 10.000,000 bushels. ... , . ' ' It Is . believed that not - mors than , 760,000 pounds of flour a day Is re quired to feed Washington and Oregon. On. that bssls ths wheat now available would feed ths two states 1,100 daya All milling companies hers believe they are In position to take cars of all or . ders on hsnd.i.i '-' . . : f . Nons of ths mills ar taking orders for next year's delivery, and probably will not until ths outcome of ths new ,crop as anowiw , - r- Detailed reports from eastern -Wash . ington Indicate a bumper crop. A crop . lauure, o.. course, la suu possible, . Railroad conditions hsvs not . Im proved. There Is fully 100,000 bushels along tlon through reports which wers sent first to Toklo by the Japanese consul. , Secretary Root heard-what the Japan ess official had to say and then con suited with ths department of Justice From this fact It Is known, that ths stats department has promised to Inves tigate and apparsntly directly through ths United States official channels. ' As announced in Ths Journal some weeks ago Viscount Aokl proposes, to visit ths Paciflo coast as ths guest. of the two big Japanese associations i San Francisco and, Seattle. , ' . The explanations of . ths San Fran' Cisco . officials will probably, however, have been mads long before the Jap anese ambassador reaches ths coast AS understood hers the polios of ths city happened to be absent from the section of Folsom street where ths affair oc curred, being bus with ths car strike situation. . ,, h. From ths manner In which ths alleged discriminations and attacks ars dis missed hers It is not likely that ths Japanese question has or will bs re opened acutely,, . SALEM CONFERENCE ; OF Y. M. C. A. BOYS v- (SsertalTJlfeates to The . JoaraaL) : Balem, May 28. More than ISO boys from Portland, McMlnnvllls, Albany and Eugene ars gathered hers la the first annual Y." M. C. A.- boysr-eonfsrsncs in Orsaon. Last night st .ths First Methodist Episcopal church ths boys listened to sn able address of Rev, William A. Foulkes of ths First Pres byterian church of , Portland on ,"TThs Future Cltlsen." The address was slo- ROCKEFELLER SAYS HE HAS LITTLE PROPERTY 1 : , Tom Johnson Declares His Tax- able Articles Are Worth More . Than the Oil King's: r r . 1. (Hearst News by Learnt Leased Wire j Cleveland, O., May 26. -John D. Rockefeller and Mayor Tom . I John son today made returns on. their tax able pergonal property. 5 v ,.', v, Rockefeller places a valus "of only 14,600 on his, whlls ths mayor thinks his Is worth Sl,020., y ', ? , ' Ths oil - king values : his sight' car riages at Forest Hill, his summer horns hers, at $1,800, his two pianos at l00, and his furniture snd other personal property at 18,000. tJ. .r.".' r He says he has no money, watohes or Jewelry thera ., - Johnson values . his two automobiles at 11,000 each, and another one at SS0O, furniture at $1,000, and. two campaign tents at $1,000. COST OF DITCH , , j ..... ' . .. . .'.'....... . -A IS PROHIBITIVE Eugene Hears Committee's Re- port and Abandons Eugene Corvallis Canal Scheme, v MORTON SAYS SOUTH C SHOULD BE UNITED : (Apeelal Oiseetek SB Tbs Jonml.) Eugene, Or.. May St. At a meeting of cltlsens at ths courthouss hers this afternoon It wss oractlcslly decided to abandon the project of building a boat canal between Eugene and Corvallis on account , of excessive cost of oonatruo tlon. - A committee appointed at the meeting held April ' $7 to Investigate the probable cost reported It had mads thorough Investigation, obtaining figures from communities la ths east where canals have been built and from competent engineers. It wss - found that ths cost of the entire canal. If miles long, would be id the neighbor hood of $ 7(0,000. 5 Ths'report was so esptsd. . which , means practically ths abandonment of ths scheme, - ' """" This committee hss been ' authorised to havs preliminary. survey mads, but after ascertaining ths probable cost of ths canal It was decided that money! peni tor survey would fm tam muon wasted. ; . - DIES AT HOSPITAL Wen Known Oregon Woman Meets Death Suddenly After ? a Short Illness. . ' ill) UMATILLA MAY LAND , BIG ORCHARD PROJECT the Central Washington road. half a million of which Is owned by one I ouent and ths boys applauded liberally, an excursion to the Chemawa . Indian training school. At 4 o'clock st ths First Congregational church addresses wers mads by O. C Ratt of Salem on "The Summer Camp," and Mr. Herlorr of ths Portland high school. At o'clock a banquet was served at ths T. M C A. rooma r Sunday's program Is In charge of L B, Rhodsa, stats coUegs T, M. C. A. sec retary. " .'..,..' . Albert Lewis of Portland was sleeted chairman of ths convention and Kobert Mlnton of Salem and Nonis Rogers of McMinnvtiis-eeoretarlet. (Kperial Dtapates te The JotmaL) Pendleton, Or., May 26. S. M. Whits of Cleveland, Ohio, representing large capitalists of ths east Is hers looking over Umatilla : county lands with a view or locating ana pianung a com mercial orchard to cost' over $100,000. The Furnish project Is now being In vestigated for this, purpose and Ahe sn- terpriss may be located near here. Mr. Whits believes ths ' climate and soli more favorable . about 7 Umatilla - than under any other project -he has visited in ths west. , . - , OREGON GIRL IN PERIL , . BUT ESCAPES UNHURT 1! HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS (Special Dhpateh to Tbe Jearaal) Chicago. May 25 Dollls Helfrv. " POISONED BY ICE CREAM .'zsr!? (PaMlalMnr Prew bv Rperlil Lcaaed Wb.) Alton, May 25. Seven of the 14 prospective graduates 1 of -. ths Alton High school are dead from . poison In strawberry-flavored ice cream eaten at a class reception given by a member of ths cJaae. others of ths class and Su permtenaent . neywood Scofleld ars critically ill. The nature of ths poison Is not known snd It Is being analysed by chemists.- The drug seems to nave diluted their blood. MILWAUKEE MEN ARE ACCUSED OF FRAUD (Psbnahanf Frees by Spaelai Leasts Whs.) Denver, Colo, May .25. Charged with scheming to defraud the government out of 9,000 acres of Colorado coal land worth mors than $1,000,000, ths "Wis consin Coal Mining company and a score of prominent Milwaukee persons are made defendants In an squity suit filed In ths federal court today for ths re covery of ths land. It is charged that the land was secured by fake entries. Ths suit Is brought by United States Attorney-General Bonaparte. - Grs Into Buslnses Or sell your business. : Read ths "Bust ness Chance" column in. todays Journal. "Boise Phone Strike on Again. (Special Dlapatch te The Journal.) ''.'- Boise, Idaho, May 26. The strlks Of "the Independent Telephone company's operators Is on again., although It wss settled Friday. Somebody .. blundered and the strlks Is mors serious than be fore. ' thrown from the Adams street draw bridge today, but sscaped unhurt, delay ing ths Atlantic express on ths Penn sylvania line, the crack , train ' of ; ths fcyatetn. ' ; " y :.t ;t:i cu. i 4: w-1 Ths girls spent three hours Inspect ing ths Marshall Field establishment (rablWhare Pleas by Special Leaeed Wlra. Richmond, Ytu, May 15. Paul .Mor ton, formerly sssretary of ths navy and now prealdent of J ths Equitabls LIf s Assurance society of New Tork, who was in Richmond today to attsnd dinner given in honor of the Virginia and Carolina agsnts of ths society, voluntarily gave '- out ths. following statement: . -:i-- ' ;. . "Why doss not ths , solid south solidify on a candidate In ths national convention as wsll as at ths polls on J C!tJTn Imnmvamant leonrf a. lectlan la ' i . I "'T' " w - Why does not ths sooth assume its full political power In ths convention and Insist on a man for ths Democracy nominee like Senator Daniel of Vir ginia,. Judge Gray, of Delaware. J ustles Whits of Louisiana or senator vutoer son of Texas f A , , " . : OPPOSE PROPOSAL TO ' RAISE OFFICIAL SALARIES tion of South Portland Goes on Record Unanimously. Mrs. Elmsr : Yocom, ' a well-known Portland young woman, diad at St. Vin cents hospital May It and wss burled In Rlvervlew cemetery May II, ' ' Mrs. Tocum's death was unexpected snd cams as a great shock to her rela tives and many friends throughout the stats. Ths deceased was prior to her marriage Miss May Irwin of Corvallis, at which plaos shs was born August 15, 1S0. . ' Ths funeral was oonductsd rrom-OTnisys undertaking parlors un der ths ausplcss of ths M. B. A.,' of which ths . deceased was -a 1 prominent member. . . -. ( -Mrs. Tocum's . parents-wers , weli- known pioneer residents df ths WU lamstts valley. Ths deceased leaves 1 daughter, Dels, 11 ysars of age, besides her husband and a large number, of rsiauvss in su parts or the stats. MISS MARY C. ORAI'I mm. 110 .lie . a j Superintendent of the County Poor Farm Hospital to End Long Service. CAN YOU THIS COMEOSILR? ' Silhouette Series of Notable , Musicians No. 2 AID FROM GERMANY DECLINED WITH THANKS (FabUthenf Press by Spdal Leased Wire.) . Berlin, May 25. (The admiralty i nounced today that ths commander of ths French crulssr Chansy, which want ashore on May to on one of ths Islands of ths Chu San group, had declined with thanks ths assistance of the Ger man gunboat Luchs, sent from Shang hai to . aid in , refloating the . stranded warship, because It seemed almost cer tain that ths British and Japaness ves- ths granting of a franchise to the new The Cltlsens' Improvement associa tion of 8outh Portland passed resolu tlons last eight against ths proposed ralss In salaries of city officials whloh will corns up for decision at ths Juns election. Ths resolutions - wers drawn up by Mark O'Neill and passed unani mously. Ths meeting was held In ths old hall near the First street ferldge ana was wsll attended. Ths chief reason for opposing ths proposed raise' was that by for Instance paying counollmen 1100 a month sal ary, men would seek ths position slm- piy ror tns money. This It was est forth would be apt to result In a very uieincieni set ox orncials. A resolution was also passed opposing sets on the spot would be able to savs ths Chansy. Ths Lochs thereupon re turned to Shanghai. gas company. Miss Mary, C Drain, who for years has been superintendent of the hospital at ths oounty poor farm, will sever ner connection with that Insti tution nsxt Friday. Ths direct reason Is the following order, issued . by ths county commissioners Tiiday and filed wiut tns county clerk yesterday: "It is hsreby ordered that the serv leee of Miss Mary C Drain, head nurse at the oounty hospital, be and the same nereoy are dispensed with." Ths only reason given by the county I oflotals for Miss Drain's dismissal is tnat it was done for the benefit of the institution. She will be sucoeeded by Mise Kica, a graduate nurse of the Good Samaritan hospital. It is said that ths peremptory order was precipitated by I miss uram nerseir. aa it bad been ar ranged to hgvs her resign on ths pre- tense or . visiting ths Jamestown ex- position. ;,. . That this program was not carried out le said to have been due to ob streperous oonduot on ths Dart of Miss jLrain. . , . - . . NEW YORK ASSEMBLY ;,: WILL NOT ADJOURN (Hearst News by Loetett Leased Wire.) Albany, N. I., May 26 The amor's messags calling upon the legis lature to pass ths recount bill and to remain in session until ths bill becomes law, has cleared tbe legislative at mosphere and in consequence has post poned the final adjournment for at least two weeka . - The recount bill will undoubtedly be passed early next week, and the leglsla turs will then remain In session until M0NTAVILLA TURNS OUT TO HEAR LANE :::.va-:a; Republicans Tie With Democrats In Applauding Speech Blade by. Portland's Mayor. PACIFIC & EASTERN WW BRIRG SUIT Purchasers of Medford & Crater Lake Railroad Have Trouble With Former Owners. on Invitation of ths manaaer. Ths lo olu amm "" venwa oy xacv.iuui Record-Herald aava the e-lrla fnmt.run and returned. space this morning. - - Ths party will beta Washington Bun day night. All ars welL PUTNAM'S JEALOUSY ' IS CAUSE0F MURDER (Haaret News by Lonrt Leaaed Wire.) " Washington, May 26. Silas Putman. St years old, war department ksepsr, to- nignt snot ana Killed Mrs. Emma Deav srs, 45 ysars old. a widow with Ave children, and then committed sthcida Ths doubts tragedy occurred at ths Put- man farm, a half mils v from Falls Church, Virginia. - Mrs. Deaverg was housekeeper for Putman. Jealousy Is believed to havs caused the crime. :,'. FISHERMAN FALLS FROM ' BOAT AND DROWNS " (Soeelal Diapatch to Tbe Journal) Astoria, Or, May 26.- Lewis Henry, Frenchman employed on " the Far rail seining ground, was drowned last even ing. Whlls returning to the seining grounds irom a visit to Bkamokawa a fishing boat with a sail - set passed closer to them and offered them a tow. Whlls Henry was passing the painter he fell ovsrboard and never rose again, the swift current in the river carrying him down. George Martin, foreman of ths seining grounds, -has offsrsd a rsward for the recovery of the body, v PAVING AND RAILWAY BUILDING AT EUGENE - IK- (pgj aaasaaSssai tm'" : 1 """ '. ' Eugene. Or.; May 25. Three carloada of the Wsrrsn Construction company's paving- plant havs arrived here and ths work of paving Willamette street with bitullthle pavement will begin today, At the same time the Willamette Valley company win Degin actual construction of ths street railway and ths electric line from here to Springfield. a -A KILLED HERSELF RATHER THAN LIVE IN MONTANA - (Special Dlspatob te 'The Journal.) , Helena, Mont, May 27. Mrs. Emma White, wife of a prominent Montana mining man, has committed suicide at Harrison, Ohio, by shooting because hsr husband would not go to that stats to . livs snd because her married life was unhappy. She was 34 years old snd left Helena last fall to visit her parents. White is employed as foreman of a Butte mining property. Their child also survlvss.-'- oreat enthusiasm marked ths raliv neia. last nignt at Montavllia at which Dr. Harry Lane was the principal speaker. Ths hall was crowded with an apprsclativs audience which applauded every telling point scored by the spesaers. y ' - John A. Jeffrey mads a few ooenln remarae ana . .. men introduced the speaker Of the evening. Cheera'and clapping of hands forced the mayor to oow repeaieaiy oerore bearinnlnar his re. marks, AJJjths good Democrats were on hand, but they were far outnumbered by the Republicans and ths minority ana majority visa witn sacn other In ap- iiutuuing ine sausnc reatures of ths ad- areas. .,;-v-, v : ".. ; '. t ; . , ; ; OLD GRUDGE SETTLED Officials .of the Paciflo A Eastern railway company, a corporation organ ssd to build and taauire railroads con. necung Msorora. Blue Ledge and Butts Falls, in southern Oregon, ars confront ed with ths nsoesalty for litigation to oompel delivery or tbe propertysknowa ths Bogus River Valley railway, a narrow gaugs Una now oosrated between Mearora ana jacsoBvlUa:-v'--'..-l.,-y;:. xns new company Durcnased at .re. ceiver's sals ths Medford & Crater Lake railroad, and then bought the Bogus uvsr v alley railroad from Barnum A Sons, with ths intention of extending the former road to Butte Fella, end wldsnlng ths latter road to tanifami gauge snd extending It to Bine Ledge. A price of 150,000 was agreed upon for ine nogue Kiver valley ONE DEAD. TWO INJURED 1100 WM p11 down b oorgs Estes. wt"nut 1 "V ""UntU on behalf Of the Paciflo A Eaatern. to bind the purchase " . . - y Later, when Mr. Estss tendered nav. ment of the remaining t4S.t. it was rerused by Barnum A sons, who are said to nave changsd, their minds about sell tag tns property. The controversy will delay the consolidation, but will not. It is ssld, Changs the plans or ultimata outcome or the Paolflo A Eastern com pany-s undertaking to develop railway transportation in. soutnern orsgon. . (Soeelal Dlroatr in The Inmui t : Billings, Mont, May 26. One man Is aeaa ana two are wounded as results of a shooting affair at Laurel. Ths man auiea was Perry Wall, who was shot ones through ths abdomsn and once through ths groin with a .18-oali, bsr revolver, the shots being fired by Charles Wright. Dave Riley was shot in the side of ths head and is seriously injured, wniie Dan Jones bad ons fin How to omc-PIionc-ir PAT CROWE THROWN IN PRISON FOR VAGRANCY (PnMhh-rr Praia by Special Leaaed Wire.) , Omaha, Neb.. May 26. In Pursuance of a genera) order issued some time aso by Chisf of Pollcs Donohue, Pat Crows t was arrested today and confined In lalL ! The chief takes the position that Omaha has bad trouble enough from Crowe and hs has been an undesirable cltlsen who I It Is not safe to have lounaina? around tne town witn no occupation. ; Crows lis charged with vagrancy. Bajl Was rerusea. , DUCKWORTH FORGED ' DEATH CERTIFICATES (PsMiaben Preaa bf Special Leaaed Wire.) Parkersburg, W. Va. Mav 25 A vr. diet of guilty was returned late this evening by the Jury at the criminal I court in the case of Simon O. . Duck i worth, charged with forarlna- namea to death certificates by which he obtained I of the Equitable Life Assurance So. ciety of New Tork the sum of 526.000. 1 . " SBWSaBBBBaaaBaai eeBaaaaaBaBMeaamaaaaBBBa GARRETSON IS ELECTED CHIEF OF CONDUCTORS ;XtA;-?;A"'' f' 'v;' " 'A y.y 1 (rnbllaheri Preaa by Special Leaaed Wire.) Memphis, Tenn., May 25. A. H. Gar. retssn of Grand Rapids, -Michigan, who filled out the unexpired term of E. E. Clark, was elected arand chief tt the ! Order of Railway Conductors "today. Boston was selected as ths next con vention city., - .' . V ; - . . i, WILLIAMS ACQUITTED OF MURDER CHARGE (Psbliabera' : Preaa by Special Leaaed Wire.) l Clinton, Mo.; May 26 After being i I out two hours a jury acquitted Dr. Wll- j Hams, charged with killing his .step-' brother, vaughan A. Moore,, or Amory, Mississippi.' The two men: were . here visiting their father, Who was' ill, about a year ajjo4 when the killing occurred. ' To call number "A 403 1," remove receiver from hook; place the in- dex finger in dial slot at "A"; pull dial around until finger touches the'. stop; Temovs ths finger, permitting dial to rotate until it stopa DO NOT FORCE IT BACK. In like msnner operate the dial at each of the - flevree . .'lO.r i't". ; and. :VZ.:-.tiow you ' ars connected with number "A 408." - - ' ' PRESS THE BUTTON which rings ths bell '.of telephone'.A' 4089." Place the receiver to your ear. If you hear the "Busy Buss," it indi cates that "A 40SJ" is busy. -This being the case, hans up the receiver . " and operate the -dial In like msnner within a reasonable time. - When through with the conversation, hang receiver on hook, SMALL ' end up, , , i ' ' IMPORTANT "REMOVE RKCE1VEK from hook before 'operating dial. . " ,' 2, , DO NOT FORCE ths dial back. , , ' ' ' - .1. Always hang up receiver to DISCONNECT; to msks s SECOND CALL or to make a CORRECTION. , . . 4. DO NOT FORCE ths receiver hook down. The weight of the receiver should do this. . - - . ' , Do not forget to PRESS THE BUTTON after last operation of J dial, end before placing' receiver to ear. . , . . J For information call "A 4027" or .VA 4039." ,;,.. ;. : ,, . T Get your name In the new directory. X"-" Advertlss your Home Phone. ; Watch' results " "' e ; i nOMEl'TELEPDONETCOMPANY . t HtWHHmHW.vvHWHHvms aer anoi dii. i ne anooting is saia U aaiihii . be the result of an old grudge. Wright UUUbn O I Htt I I HAU I wss arrested and is now in JeiL He I will make no statement BRINGS BIG PRICE SOUTH DAKOTA FINDS MAN AT WALLA WALLA I a:::' -'v'y V t i.X'. : Walla Walla, Wash., May 35. John Coleman, a barber, who is wantsd at Aberdeen, North ' Dakota, on a grand larceny charge, has been arrested by Sheriff Havlland here. Coleman came to Walla 'Walla two weeks ago and se cured employment at his trade, Hs win bs taken back by officers from Ab erdeen.., ''. ' t; V . O. B, Walling, 243 Stark street rep resenting the Portland Laundry oom pany, has sold ths lot at ths northeast corner of Ninth and Couch streets, for 122,000., The deal was consummated through the Title Guarantee and Trust company, representing a local Investor. Mr. Walling ha also sold six lots on East Thirty fourth street for Mrs. Louisa Shafer for 34,000, a residence on Williams avenue and a 0-scrs farm in polk county. ; . Missed Heart and May Live. Helena, Mont., May 25. J. H. Tounr. aged IB. a ranchman and a member of jtne Great Falls aerie of Eagles, tried vo cummu suicjoe tonigntr.oy snooting, The bullet missed his heart ho wevnr. auu ue may uvs. Senator Heyburn Fnllr Reeoeers (Washinctos Bursas of The JoaroaL) nraBninaton. may zo. senator Hav, Dura oi laano has entirely recovered from",hls protracted serious lllnesa and was at ma omcs today. Spokane Wins. Spokane. Wash.. May 35. Baseball Bpoicane. 5; Butte,- , io innlnga Ths game was full of sensational plays. SPECIAL . SALE WHITE CANVAS OXFORDS All styles, lieht or heaw soles. aa aa a ' qa.w grades loc. . v . . . . 92.00 $2.50 erades for... " S1.7S $2.00 grades for. . , . .81.50 Plenty of sizes for all. " SB 28l,MerrUe St., otar FfU tin, k WITH FOUND DEAD IN LODGINGS AFTER DISSIPATED LIFE y ;.(-vy': ijV!'r',vy-: Mary Ann D alley, for many years familiar figurs. at police headquarters Owing to hsr Inordinate appetite for U quor, was found dead in a room in ths Eagle House.- 22H North Third street. yesterday morning- by 'Jennie Haines, ths landlady. : Death had undoubtedly resulted from natural causes followjjrg several ysars of dissipation. The body was removed to the coroner's office and an inquest will not be held. . . The deceased was about 43 years of age and had resided in this city , for a number of yeara Several brothers and sisters live in Portland but shunned their rslativs owing to her habits. Ac cording to Mrs. Simmons, ths matron at ths city prison, the woman at ons Urns posed in living pictures and was regarded as having, a symmetrically per fect form. v CHILD DIES OF MENINGITIS AND LOGGER IS TAKEN ILL V - .... . . . . . . aj vyyyy "' '. '?'; : y y- f 'VA Ons death and ons new case of csra. bro spinal meningitis were reported yesisraay.' . iiasei juessnsr, a 1-year-old child. . living on the St Helena road. oiea sany yestsraay morning. Andrew tfjornsetn. zo years Old, Is the latest viuum -o ne maiaay. iJjornsetn IS a logger ano comraciea cne i disease at Astoris. hs is being treated at St. Vin cent's sanitarium. No cases wers re. ported from the city yesterday. RON M0LDERS WILL NOT GO ON STRIKE MONDAY Thers will bs no Iron molders' strlks tomorrow us anticipated by both em ployee and smployers because of the ' i . r -a ' ' v V " y frf v . y.. 'I . r i !?'If yoa are a musician you have played' his music often; if you have studied music at all,' you love him. It Means $10.00 to You Toward any piano in crar house to name correctly each one of ' this series of ten silhouettes, number 1 of which appeared last Sunday, and the rcst.to appear, one each Sunday till the close of the series. ' ."-' The House of QBality'Ms the House of a Friend to Zvery Lover of Music ' Lovers of music have sensitive naturss, keenly keyed to ; an appreciation of the artistic, the harmonious and the beautN fuL . Thtta it gives us the greatest measure of satisfaction to have music lovers visit "The House of Quality," pass through all -the different parlors, try the tone ot various pianos, enjoy the most classical or most popular productions of our un equaled player-pianos, stop in the Victor parlor and hear Melba and other creat stars fwe have all the hVst new remrrl) and rest at will when the tour is ended wherever the individual iiiicrcsi ten i era niusi Kccniy. ' If you do not clasa yourself as a music lover, come just th$ same and see the great advance that has been made in the de velopment, of mechanical musical instruments, r ' - y k '. ' Summer-1$ close at hand: provide pleasant entertainment 'for the dream-laden days at home or at the seaside: carrv a victor ,10 camp wiui you. . : , If OCTLTae tlO first eaymsat above mentioned te good only on pianos. Our sxteaslvs plane lie Includes the rsprsssntattvs Inetnunsata of the world, headed by the incomparable Stain way t oar player-pianos eenal tbe plaao Hat ae to grade and srtaaaiar, tbe A. a. Obaee bslag a worthy sa aeaple. -'."-, -. y , y tl ; . ..yv.r. ONE PRICE 4he lowest. ONE AIM o satisfy you. " ONE STANDARD eupreme excellence. Portland Seattle ' Ik A Sherman-JB Everett Bellingham Spolane aj& Co. Sixth and Morrison (Opposite Postofflce), Portland, Oregon. I - The Commercial Savings Barik KNOTT AND WILLIAMS AVE, ''A:-:fiMH'i -'"A'r -ANNOUNCES THAT IT WItL OPEN ITS DOORS FOR BUSINESS ON MON- 7 DAY MORNING, MAY 27r Four Per Cent interest Will be paid pn time certificates and ; - Saving Accounts.-; ' ; Savings Accounts Starlet With One Dollar GEO. W.feATES, President. J. S; BIRREL, Cashier. ' strike. oendltlone 'in : Seattle and San Francisco. - This decision was , reached at a meeting of the local union which was addressed by Joseph F. Valentine of Cincinnati,' president of the Interna tional Iron Moldera union, last nigM.i - Much significance was attached to the meetings hell in Portland yesterday, by Jf:- . ,A': '"'-'- ": V'.'-' ' ths union and by ths metal trades -association. From ' both organisations, however, comes aasursnos that there will be nothing doing In the way of aa industrial war in Portland. . ; The hop 'outlook Is reported rather poor In many, locallttea Lack -of suf- f icient cultivation is largely responsible ' !