THS OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. .' PORTLAND. MONDAY EVENING, v NOVEMBER 23, , 1908.
SUTI GLAUS III
: THE Mill MR
Christmas Gifts Mean Terri
''' ble Strain for Men Who
Work on Trains.
SIDBLINE, STORIES
1 OF GREAT NORTHWEST
; Portland. Nov. To tfca Editor of
Tha Journal There ara thousand of
peopla In thl country who never pa
tronise Untl Sam'a mall service except
at Christ maa time.
A letter Is sent to every one they
ver knew, then they begin all over
; again and send Christmas cards to every
one on the list, followed closely by the
Christmas presents of every sire, weight
and dimension.- . .
, Toe re-sult or mis exira panuimsu i
the malls la tnat aooui mv per wi
more mall was handled last December
on the railway postof flee lines out of
" this city man in juiy 01 aiu .
.. Fifty-one ; billion three hundred and
twenty-one million one hundred and
' thirty-four thousand three hundred nd
xlftv Dleves 01 man wen hiuuiqu i"i
1 aeain. More than 286,000.000 miles
were traveled by the 14.000 clerks who
are employed in the railway mall serv
ice, to make proper dispatch, of our
.. ' rifts. ... ' , .
This great task was accomplished by
ths men in poorly lighted ear, running
at an average speed jot 60 miles per
hour. Registered mall Increases about
0 per cent during the ' holiday season
from December 16 to January 1. Dur
ing the month of Decembef all lay offs
t are cancelled in this service and every
substitute put to work. No matter how
. great the rush may be this year, the
clerks will get through their work on
time. If anyone falls to get his Christ
mas card or parcel on December 25, he
can rest assured that it was not because
of any fault of tbe boya who work in
the car nest the engine. It was not
mailed in time to reach -you on that
; date. ,
Last season on the Pocatello line
about. 2,00u registered packages were
bandied each trip. As each' article must
. tie-described on the bills by number,
place and date of origin and destina
tion, it can be : readily seen that one
man has a good sized job to take care
of this work. In addition to this, how-
ever, the clerk must take care or the
4t stations on the line and the letters
i and packages that they send out On
top of all this ls the regular letter
",mall front the east Increased by 100
per cent. '
Clerka coming In from their run oh
-that line this morning (730 miles with
out sleep or-rest) are sent out again
ion extra duty tomorrow night. They go
as far east as Pendleton and return just
In time to take their next regular run
out. . v-:
8nta Claus can show some consid
eration for these men by sending his
presents a little earlier in the season
and not waiting until the week before
Christmas to start them on their way.
, : , WILL C. BURTON.
VALLEY JOBBING CENTER
cnimuis
: ASKED TO TALK
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Oregon's Executive to Eep
; resent Governors' at
; Washington.
(Special DUnatch to'Tie Journal.-
Balem, Or,," Nov. 2. Governor Cham-
, "berlaln haa been algnally honored by the
administration in being Invited to rep
resent the governors in a apeech at the
- opening- of the second meeting of the
-.National .Conservation commission at
"Washington, Tuesday, December 8.
"Other speakers on that occasion will be
President Roosevelt and President-elect
Taft. A telegram hearing the request
was-received by Governor Chamberlain
. this morning from Glfford Plnchot.
: xiead or the bureau of forests and
chairman of the National Conservation
commission.
The wire which follows, explains
'Planning; great meeting here. Opert
, tunvri:iiuii wren nrier nexi on me ar
. ternoon of December 8. President will
apeak. Expect Judge Taft also, and
want you to speak for governors. On
acceptance will write full particulars.
Glfford Plnchot."
J. N. Teal of Portland also telephoned
the governor this morning that Josei-h
B. Ranadell, member of congress from
Louiasana, and president of the Rivers
and Harbors congress, which meets at
Washington the same week, as the con
servation commission, has asked Gov-
Xorth Yakima on Same Footing as
Spokane. ; I '
(XrwH.I THanatcb to Tha Journal.)
North Yakima, Wash.. Nov. ; 23. A
concerted effort i being made by the
Yakima Commercial club and tbe busi
ness men of this, city to matt .Norm
Yakima the lobblns center of the rich
Yakima valley, from Kennewlck to the
summit of the cascades, xne move
ment was started by the Hartung-Lar-nn
Hardware eomtanv. which is seek
ing a local freight rate with the viewj
to starting a. wholesale hardware esl
tablishment here. It is desired to se
cure a tariff that will place North Yak
ima on the aame footing with regard to
this territory with Bpokano. If ..this
concession can be gained from the rail
way company it is said , that several
jobbing houaea will be opened here and.
all or this territory win uo upvM
from this center.
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BANKRUPT; NO ASSETS 1
Bat Liabilities of I. B. Turnell Am
$15,780.75.
(ft.wtal Dlapatch to The Journal.)
North Yakima, Wash., Nov. 23. I. B.
Turnell, who has applied to the governor-elect
for the position of railway
commissioner, haa Just filed a volun-'
tar? petition in bankruptcy which la pe
culiar In that there are absolutely no
assets, while the liabilities reach the
big figure of 115.780.75. Mr. Turnell
was at one time a railroad man. put a
couple of yeara ago he leased the larg
est hotel building In this city and
fitted it out with fine furniture, giv
ing hla notea for most of It He waa
able to keep up his payments until this
fall. He then went to the largest cred
itors and told them to take the prop
erty, which they did. He la now going
through bankruptcy with the view of
starting all over again.
M'MINNVIIXE REVIVALS .
General Evangelist of Pacific Coast
. Holds Meetings.
(Special Dispatch to Th Journal.)
McMlnnvtlle, . Or.. Nov. 23. Union
evangelistic, aervlces began in this city
vasterdav under the leadership of Rev.
H. Wyse Jones, general evangelist of
the Facirio coast ror me Baptist
churches. He is assisted by his singer.
Professor Eugene Spear. The meetings
are being held in the Chrlatlan churcn
and a large chorus assists in the music.
Cottage prayer' meetings have been held
fnr iht na.t four weeks in DreDaration
for the meetings. Services will be held
Saturday night instead of Mof day night
in order to enable college students to
attend more. The churches uniting in
the effort are the Baptist. Methodist,
Presbyterian and Christian.
NEWBERG FEELS PROSPERITY
in tbe Edwards block where reading
rooms will be established, also rooms
for social amusements.
The Newberg public school building
has outgrown its ability to accommo
date the pupila and aa aoon as the
first of .the year other rooms will have
to be secured. When the new building
was completed It was thought there
would be ample room for many years
to come, but the growth of the town has
far exceeded all expectations. The en
rollment has now reached nearly 700
and new onea coming in daily. .
The machinery for the Newberg Man
ufacturing & Construction company la
expected to arrive at any time, The
plant will be equipped for the manufac
ture of doors, windows and all kinds of
building material, also concrete stone of
all designs. In addition fo this they
will employ a crew of men whotwill
be engaged in the construction of build
ings. The plant will be one of the larg
est and best equipped of its kind on
the coast.
RAIL WORK PROGRESSES
Terminus of Klamath Falls Road to
.Worden.
, (Special Dlapatch to Tbe Journal.)
Klamath . Falls. Or.. Nov. 23 The
terminus of the California Northeastern
railway will be moved from Calor. on
the-state line to Worden, which Is about
twoi miles from water Wednesday of
this .week. Track la now being laid be
yond Worden. Holland, the station on
the straits, will be the terminus in De
cember, where boats will connect for
Klamath Falls. A -steam shovel Is now
In -operation in Klamath Falls. Eric
son &. Peterson, the contractors, have
established permanent winter quarters
on the outskirts of the city.
110 MOTS
FOR CHOIR GIRLS
ban Luego rasior s views in
This Subject and on Gig
gling Agitate Church. ,
(United Freaa Leased Wire.)
San Diego, Cal., Nov. 23. Deprived of
vestments and. accused of giggling, girl
members of All Saints Episcopal church
choir are out on strike today, the board
of wardens has resigned' and the rector,
Rev. J. A. M. Rlchey, has promised to
vacate the parish if his stand, is not
upheld by his flock. (
in a statoment pumisnea intne or
flcial organ of the church Mr. Rlchey
makes the following explanation to his
pari snorters:
"The principal thing which the rector
has taken out of service was the choir
elrls in men a vestments. This was
done for three particular reasons, any
of which would seem to me sufficient
reasons:
"First, there was no room for decent
vesting and it was impossible ' to pre
vent conversation.
"Second, there was a frivolous ele
ment; understand, the girls are all very
nice girls, which element made rever
ence during service apparently very dif
ficult to obtain.
"Third, the most weighty reason, how
ever, there is absolutely no precedent
in the history of the whole church,
which Is a very big and wide history,
for the practice whereby girls assume
tne ecclesiastical garments worn rv
priests and male choristers.
rue music, on tne otner nand, has
not suffered by this change. If wrong
principles are Introduced they must
sooner or later be corrected, before
firowth on right lines can be estab
ahed. -. .,. '
Asks for' Coin for Bremerton. .
(Halted Fi-ms Leased Wire.) '
Washington,. Nov. 33.---Navy officers
are making .unofficial favorable com
ments ,on the recommendation of Ad
miral 8. C Holliday, chief of the bu
reau of yards and docks, for large ap
propriations for insular stations and for
a higher standard in the, equipment
and maintenance of home navy yards.
Among the recommendations is the re
quest for an appropriation of (1,391,000
Improving theBremerton yard on Pu
get sound. The need of additional dry
docks at all the yards Is also urged.
- The estimates come under the fol
lowing general heads: Publio words, in
cluding repairs and preservation
I9.811.7S0; maintenance, yards and docks '
il. 500,000:. contingent, yards and "blocks,
180.000. Total 11.34l,f30. - .
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You Must Look Iiito the
Own Eyes
Will you take advantage of your opportunities or turn your back
on them?; Will success or failure attend youreff orts? We call
your attention particularly to the exceptional opportunities for in
vestment in lots in Fairport today. Real estate on the peninsula
lias shown and continues to show tremendous advances in value.
Strong Commercial Organization
Formed In Lively Oregon Town.
Rixrlal Oltmitch to Tha Joercal.l
Newberg. Nov. 23. A strong com
mercial club Is being organlied. among
Its members iare to be found the best
and most progressive business men of
the city. The club besides working for
the best financial Interests of Newberg
V Will ....... ,ltl V.i. . a .fulil
Lilt inilJUIlt UUUIliy. will a ""
side. Suitable rooms have been secured
FRAMING TRACTION
MERGER AT RENO
' (totted Press Leased- Wire.)
Reno, Nev.. Nov. 23. Prominent capi
talists of San Francisco are here for
the purpose of completing a merger of
the rapid transit holdings Involving 32,
000,000. It is expected that an an
nouncement of the plans will be made
within the week. The properties have
been operated by tne farmers & Mer
chants National bank and the Flels
hackers. They are the Reno Traction
company, Internrban Railway company
and the Reno Development company.
Senator Francis O. Newiands. George
8. Nixon and State Senator P. Flanlgan
have said that the amount of local cap
ital invested is equaled by that of out
side Interests. ,
emor Chamberlain, if he will, to deliver
an address before the congress while in
Wsshlngton.
The governor will accept both invitations.
NEW PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH FOR NEWBERG
Better Than Talcum Powder. Says
Anty Drudge.
Druggist "What can I do for you, Madam?"
Mrs. Tiredout ' 'Give me some violet water ox any other
perfume that will rid me of this odor of scalding
suds. I've stood in that steaming; laundry till it's
sickened me. "
Anty Drudge--' 'Now, after you've paid for these things,
buy a cake of Fels-Naptha and wash with it next
Monday, and you won't need to boil your clothes. Be
up-to-date and try the new way of washing. " .
BUG 60LD FROM
JOHN Ll.'S PQCKET
William Abbot Foster Al
leged to Have- Struck
Many Fay Streaks.
(Special Ciapatrb to Tha Jnnnwt.
Newberg Or., Nov, 23. The fine new
Presbyterian church was dedicated yes
terday with appropriate ceremonies.
The morning services were conducted
by Rev. Q. W. Arms of Portland. At
2:30 the dedication sermon was preached
by Rev. H. N. Mount of Eugne, after
which the edifice was consecrated. The
evening service was conducted by Rev.
Dr. Hnlt. flplfl secretary of the board
of home missions. The church is one
of the finest In the city and lias a
large seating capacity and is modern
In every way. The pastor. Rev. J. Ed
ward Blair, by persistent efforts has
done much toward placing the church
among the foremost In the city.
OAKLAND YOUTH
DROWNED DIVING
(United Prea Leawd Wire.)
Oakland Cal., Nov. 23. Oakley Fits
patrick was drowned and Steve Fitxpat
rlck. his cousin, escaped by the nar
rowest margin at the Piedmont baths
last night while swimming and diving
with a number of companions. They
tried an endurance test of remaining
under water. Steve was first rescued
and resuscitated with difficulty. Oak
ley was not found until jo minutes bad
(L'nltcd Preaa httwA Win.)
New York. Nov. 23. After living for
. years on the best the world affords.
William Abbott Foster, reputed owner
of,mines In "California, Nevada, Colorado
end Alaska, is in Jail charged with
vagrancy. The complaint is sworn to
- ly Henry J. Forbes, head of the men
dicftcy board of the Charities' Organiza
tion society, who says John D. Rocke
feller flrBt complained to the society.
' Foster was arrested last night in his
magnificent suite of rooms at the Clar-
endon hotel, where his unpaid bill
amounts to $3,600. The suite Is the
choicest in the hotel.
-According to accounts kept by Fos
ter, the money lie has borrowed in the
last 10 years from rich "men totals
S0f,500. He says he received about
3600.O0O, and. the balance represents in
terest -and bonuses. He kept copies of
leters sent to his creditors and one
hows a request on John V, Rorkfelli-r
for the loan of 15,000.000. Foster's wife,
who is heartbroken at dlKcioKiires made,
says ho has not worked for 10 years.
" Merger's Jewelers snd Opticians. 343
Washington St.. bet 7th and Park.
i- imiinai mi ii m i i ,.
: . Important Notice.
Cut glass, hand-painted china, art
, ware, crockery, glassware, etc. We, pro.
fmse to unload this stock now and tikve
marked a very large percentage of thse
rood at ' actual cost, balance at prices
far under the retai; market prices.
few of our specials: Dinner sets, fio
jdeces, Flow blue, regular $9.60 now ,
4.0; 60 pieces, pencil blue, regular is, i
Tnw $4; '60 pieces decorated blue,: regu-!
Jr $S.60, "no $4.25; blown table turn-:
V!r. regular &e per dozen, now 60c; I
German china sugar and creamer. -reg- I
tilar 6 Of, " flow !5c. Everything in china i
nd . glass, also bronxe art snd Havlland I
china, one half off. Elite China A Glass I
.Co., 3S3 Morrison street, between Park I
and sevenuv (.men until 7:80 p. m,
Ey en tfstej free at Metsgsi-s. -.
purrtans." Ask grocer. , ,
elapsed.
student.
He was 19 years of age and a
Have ybu ever seen a stick of dyna
mite? You wonder how so much explosive
force can be stored in so small a space.
Not less marvelous is the great cleans
ing power stored in a cake of Fels-Naptha
soap. An electric spark explodes the dyna
mite. To make Fels-Naptha do its marvel
ous work you need only have cold or
lukewarm water and some soiled clothes. ,
Fels-Naptha is made to dissolve dirt.;
Fels-Naptha separates it into atoms and they
are carried away in the rinsing water. And
it does this in cold or lukewarm water,
without boiling or hard nibbing. . Follow
the simple directions on the red and green
wrapper, and Fels-Naptha will do your
washing better than it was ever done in
any other way.
urKey;
TUESDAY and
WEDNESDAY
We give a corn-fed Turkey
with every Suit or Over
coat from $9.45 up.
The greatest-Clothing Bargain ever offerein Portland
men aim yuuilis.
142 FIRST STREET, NEAR ALDER
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WATCH
GROW
It is directly next to Swift's every improvement made in
Swift's is an improvement for Fairport. The Swifts are spending
nearly a million dollars to improve their townsite, and Fairport
lies directly next to Swift's. CaQ you realize what lies in the future
for the man who owns a lot inTairport? Let us tell you the pack
ing houses of the Swifts, the Armours, the Cudahys, are to be
located on the peninsula thousands of men will be employed here.
The Trolley Line Which Will
Run Through Fairport Will
Run by the Packing
Houses
"i
For this reason, then, Fairport property will command high
prices always. Fairport and Swift's will surely be the choice resi
dential sections of the peninsula. Fairport will have ready access
to Portland via trolley line down Albina avenue and . through .
Fairport on Pippin street. We offer lots in Fairport
$10 Down
$10 A Month
Magnificent View Bull Run Water
Convenient to Public Schools
and Churches
Call on us and let us tell you more about Fairport and how it
lies on the map. Our automobiles are always at ' the door andi
ready to take you oiit to our property. Get one of our free booklets
on Fairport.
! iikkelsen Tucker
GENERAL AGENTS
301-2 Corbett Bldg. 5th and Morrison Sts.
Ill
25 & Off
343 WASHINGTON STREET
Annual 251 BiscounS:
TO ENCOURAGE EARLY CHRISTMAS BUYING FOR TEN DAYS COM
MENCING V
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Sale
Tuesday, November 24th
WE. WILL GIVE 25 PER CENT OFF ON EVERYTHING IN OUR
' , IMMENSE STOCK OF , ' 1
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; CHINATAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS SALE.
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