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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL? PORTLAND. THURSDAY EVENING.. SEPTEMBER 30, 1009.
'IME.SOX AM
TRAFFIC fJllll,
BEAT AIHLETIGSj
Oil m RATES
II III II n A TT IP tt monstkk fighting "machine foii japan . ' .v
f (Called frees teeae Wlre.1
Tloatoii, nvpt jo. ixurnll waa thla
rtsruoon defeated by in liDnion Amer
icana. , fcWre: iietrult f, lioeton I.
Portland Merchants Frotcst
Against Kates
can-Hawaiian
Company on F
European Origin
Philadelphia, Bept 10. Tha Chicago
Americana thla afternoon praottcally nut
the Philadelphia Athletics out of th
pennant running whan iney OiiMtM tne
lattar by oer of I to I. -
National Lrafti. -
At Pittsburg
Klrst tamt
rorfc
R.H.R
11
Plltaburg tit
Hatter lee Klawltter and Wllaon; Wil
lis, leaver and Ulbeon. blmonda.
At Pittsburg ...
Second Rama R. II. E.
New Vork 1 7 I
Pittsburg ..... Ill I
BetterUs jilly and Wllaon; Frock
and Gibson.
Phlrrra certain commodities from
thla port to Naw York and othar At
lantic coaat distributing point a, and Im
porters of freight from Europa ar
complaining bitterly against the Ameri-can-llawatlan
Steamship company be
cauaa of tha continuation of a dlfferen
tlal in freight rates against Portland as
. . . rv. m.lt k iha haala nnOB which
freight la handled or that Una ta and
from Seattle and San rranclaco. .
Tha matter baa been given cloaa at
tention foe aoma time, even to tha ex
tent of on firm a fow weeka ago send
ing a representative to London to aacer
taln what could be don over ther In
the way cf providing lower rate on
freight of European origin, and a move
ment la now on foot to Inaugural
concerted erusad for what la termed a
equare deal" from tha teamahip com
pany which haa ao far enjoyed a liberal
and conatantly growing patronage from
thla territory. . .t. :
Traffic men assert and It Is admitted
by th company's repreaentativea nere
that on aalmon, for lnatance, the freight
from Portland to New York, by way of
the American-Hawaiian lin and the
Tehauntepec railroad acroaa the lath-
mua of Panama, is S cents higher per
100 pounds than from Puget sound,
leaving the Columbia river canners at
a disadvantage In distributing gooda out
of New York, in louna Biuppera
ECOO
C Hi
TRIAL RESUMED
Woodworth of tho N. P. Tes-
lifies lieforo Commis
sioner Prouty.
i
(tTnltas riees laeaal Wtral
Spokane. Wshv Sept. 19. Teat I m on y
bafor . loteratat Com ma roe Coinmta
loser Charles A. Prou'y her today,
revealad th fact that Inland points dee-
mine or water communications are
forced to pay higher freight rates on
shipments of goods from tiia en at than
are, point on tha Pacific coaat. , J
Among the Inatancna cited wil IhlClf
of window liana, which. It waa ahown,
coats more to ahln to Spokan than the
Original eoat of the glaaa.
Krelsht Traffic .Director Woodworth
of the Northern Paclflo railway waa a
witness and declared that the road tcava
a lower rate to th coaat on shipments
of iron furniture becaua of a lur
factory at Portland.
It waa shown that mast-rates were
granted on many other things and Wood
worth acknowledged that tha ratea wara
not baaed on a reaaonabl compensation,
for carriage.
Th hearing will, continue for several
days.
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CROWDS CONTINUE
AT PENDLETON SHOW Z
; Monster Braxlllan "Dreadnau ght" battleship, "Minaa Oaraeoa," of 20,000 tons, displacement, Just completed at Elwick-on-Tyne- hip
yards, England. Although contracted for as an acquisition to the nary of Brazil, this "super-dreadnaught" Is believed to be intended and
designed ' tor Japanese naval ' defense.
SILENT FORCE AT WORK
WHILE CAR WHEELS WHIR
r?"& How- the Railway Mail Clerks Expedite the Moyemen
These salmon anippera, n i unuo-iwu.
are now figuring on returning to all
rail shipments across the continent,
rather than to submit to what they term
Is an unjust and uncalled for discrim
ination. , . ,
Up till a few week ago, the Amerf
....iiiiii - line's ml from Europe
most commodities I At ha annual hftnnupt fit Inral rati.
15 cents hlRrher per 100 pounds than to way postal clerks, held the evening of
of Missives on Trains, From Speech Delivered
by National Vice President P. J. Schardt.
Beattle or San Pranclaco, but a
2S, Vice President P. J
revision I
Just announced shows this differential I Schardt of the National Association of
reduced to shillings so per. ion, "' Railway Mail Clerks, was the prlncl
: about 10 cents per 1&0 pounds, tna pase i paj speaker. Among other things he
upon .which, freight is nanaiea to oan i Mld; .
?r,rrtVnrom the .'S : ""? r"way mail service- has been
11 ,v "i ' aescriDea as the great nervous system
to the Inland cuy , t that blends and coordinates the
' ' Wo . Seasoa for lffarantiai. thoughts and progress of the nation, and
That there is not th least reason for it la to b regretted that this system
this differential Is th assertion of lm- upon -whose efficiency so much depends
porters, although the company oiiiciaisisj least oi an Known or understood; put
when Interviewed In regard thereto glva I no blame should be attached to the pub-
varlous reasons, enter among mem oe- no xor its uniammarity witn tne man
Ing tha alleged additional expense of service, From the very nature of that
sending the company's large liners to service) and the conditions under which
Portend. Under existing arrangements, It la operated. It is quite impracticable
the steamer Falcon, comparatively for the public to gain any accurate or
small vessel, is maintained on a semi- clear cut Ideas- regarding it.
monthly schedlil between Portland ; and . 'This servic is performed on the
Ban-.Francisco, connecting with every mall tralnsas they are being ruBhed
"other steamer from BalThaTTrusrPacme across the '.plains and prairies, across
coast terminal of the Tehauntepec rail- bridges and trestles, through tunnels
road across the isthmus. and along the mountain slope and even
One of the reasons given' by the com- while the train Is standing still at the
ranv officials for levying a differential terminal or along the route. Thero Is1
against Portland on European shipments no one but a railway postal clerk act
Is alleged additional expense of trans-1 ually on. duty, for an official with
f erring It from the larger liners to ine i proper , credentials.
steamer Falcon at -J anolawsa,- but I wita th Ey of a Beer.
tMTthla i aUTxtra rapenw la "Tnedea of a railway mail servlc
SeSn$f. oSV'-TmppSS .her originated i- themind of the late George
rdentlcaf with tne rTie It SeattlA It ft.1. JV JSSS!Stl
J?E2ZeV STK thTd of 'distHbuUng tnV Whe"cen:
larger steamer, as Is done with th tral distributing offices would soon be
Puet sound freight, then it should de- Jn,tqS?t!hi0iC,i tTI',,10 JIZlnJ
ttih nn & differential on ireiKni o sit.-1 -"" w.v
postoffic In the state In which he
assigned.
rats of Uemory.
"In four of five years he will have
committed to memory from 8006 to 16,
000 offices, according to the section of
tne country for which he makes distrib
ution, and If his car record by that time
compares ravoraoiy with his examina
tion records he may then be classed as
a railway postal clerk. In the examina
tions conducted in Chicago city last year
out oi 4i,n examinations tnere was an
average percentage correct of 98.6. Now
it is very creditable to the new men to
oe able to pass with as hirh an aver
age as 98.8, but their average pulls down
the average of the regulars, which is
snout v per cent.
Last year railway postal clerks dls-
tnoutea approximately 22,000,000,000.
making only one error In every 12,000
neces nanaiea. ir tnere is any pro-
'easlOn-lharT6"qTnrei"aa''mUcT"'atu7Ty"'W
attains such a high degree of efficiency
as aoes me railway mail system, r m
confess that I have never heard of It
lantic coast erigin as well as on freight nt'n and harmful delay. Aa he peered
of European origin.
MBuC
'Will Show Tig-urea,
said a prominent Importer to-
into the future the necessity of some
scheme to expedite the handling of the
man Decame more and more apparent
to him, and he struck upon the nappy
day, steamera can be handled as cheap-I idea of a traveling railway postofflce.
iv nut of Portland as from rugei aounu i -He im not miwim th. r
and with equal safety, and we are going I criticism which usually assail every radi-
icule and
to pro v tlila assertion before we get I oal departure from the old and tried
through with our campaign ior a square ways of doing things. Undaunted, how
deal. Undoubtedly the company finds ever, he pressed his scheme forward
It more profitable to send their smaller and In 1884 with the cooperation of
craft here than the larger onea, or they the Chicago & Northwestern railway
would not do it, a they are In busi- he had , a mall car fitted up according
ness for what there Is In it, and if to his plan. He then Invited some of
that lo th- case, the .argument of Port- the leading public men of Chicago to
land being a more expensive port does inspect his car and to hear his explana
ot hold a-ood. At any rate, we shall tion of his scheme.
Investigate the matter and If any addl- "Joseph MediU, then editor of th
tional and unwarranted expenses ar Chicago Tribune, frankly told Mr. Arm
discovered, we shall attempt to have strong that he thought his scheme about
them eliminated. - th craalest thing he had ever heard of,
"W will go to any trouble to do and that If It were ever adopted It
so. but must be ahown first that the would require a small army of men to
old stereotyped excuse is founded on follow up the mail car to gather up the
facts, and w do not believ that th letters that would be blown out of the
American-Hawaiian company or any car doors. Mr. Armstrong refused to
Other can Show US reasonable excuse for be Aiscourared and In Aurtist IRfU thai
U t A . . . , f. 1 A . . I mt . . . ... ' . . . . . . T
tiiBi BuiH iv vcnw isr i iiuunua uii-1 rirst railway postorric made its initial
ferenUal, which means approximately trip between Chicago and Clinton, Iowa,
$2.60 per ton. Even admitting an ad-I "That Mr A nrntrnnir'l rhn nraa
dlUonal cost of transferring freight at I destined to be a success subsequent suc-
oiin imniMBto irura one iwnwr io an- j cess soon proved. From this humble
Honesty in th Serrloa.
"When It comes to the question of
iiuiiesir, vne railway postal cierKs nave
reaeon to reel a judicious sense of pride
In the reputation they have earned. No
uner compliment could De cited than to
call your attention to the fact that up
to 1904 railway postal clerks were not
even required to furnish a bond. Then
on account of the Increasing volume of
itgiowrea maner, money and other val
uables that were being sent through
the mall, the clerks were ordered to fur
nish a bond in the amount of $1000, and
the bonding companies considered us
such a good risk that they accepted
us at a premium of 40 cents. This year
we ara navins- BO nmtti nn tmnn k-.i
The Inspection departments admits that
the lOSS through diahnneatir ot ra Mnrau
postal clerks is insignlfioant.
Some time ago a commission was
appointed to draw up a suitable plan
for the retirement of aged and worn
' (l ulled Press Uaatd Wlra.t
Baa Francisco, (Sept. 10. Tlx second
trial of Patrick Calhoun on th chara
of offering a tfribe to former (Super
visor John J. Furey waa resumed ba
for Judge Lawlor today.
Twenty-six talesmen were examined
and rejected, the grounds for objections
I?, c"r" . ner inat in. eB, town ,n Umatilla count
(gpaelat Plapatrk as TD loaraaLl
Pendleton, Or., Bent. $0.- ixaplte th. ' ,
rain large crowds still attend th Uma- .. .
tllla-VIorrow fair. Teaterday waa Stan-
iieid uay ana tn reaiaents or
out civil aervlc emnloyea Thla com
mission recommended that the average
civil service employ be retired at th
age or vu. out that the railway postal
clerk ought to be retired at the age of
ou, tnus estaDiisning tha'iact that-the
earning period of th railway postal
clerk's life Is 10 years shorter than that
of th average government employe.
"Th railway postal clerk' salary
ranges from $800 to K00. JLass than
4 iwr cent, however, receive a maximum
of $1600. The average salary Is about
$1160. From a record which clerks were
required to keep for a given period last
f-ear It waa learned that the average,
ivtng expenses of the clerks while on
duty amounted to about $160 and
away from their headquarters. This
will leave him a net salarv of abou
$1000 per year for use of himself and
ramiiy at home.
Pays Expenses on Boad.
'With all the foreroina? facta tn mind.
is ltny wonder that many of our best
men are leaving the service and bain
supplanted by an inferior grade of men
Mere in tne west tne eligible list is ex
hauated. Dart of the time, and it Is nee
essary to Import men from the east
The railway postal clerk ia the only
government employe wno is obliged to
pay nis road expenses while away from
his home In the discharge of his duties.
Just why he should be discriminated
against is not quite clear, and our de
partment has urged congress to annro-
priate an amount sufficient to cover the
tern or our road expenses.
We have been led to hope for suc
cess many limes, and nave ror some
reason or other been dlaannolnted lust
unen. we want 10 continue to give
you our best efforts. We wish to con
tribute our share toward the nation's
greatness, and all we ask in return is
At the Hotels.
(Special Diapatrb to The Journal.)
Vancouver, W'aah., Sept 90. The fol
lowing are registered at the Vancouver
hotels:
Columbia D. W, Lister, Tacoma; I"
J. Harding. -Portland: J. D. Murphy and
wife, Seattle; Charles Kutsche, Tacoma;
W. Stafford. Hood River; H. B. Free
man, LaCenter; J. H. Downing and wife,
Condon; J. H. McCarty, T. Richards.
c ty; C. O. Oreen, Seattle; O. E. Mitch
ell. City: C. Conklln. Hlllahorn. Or
J. a Ford. Chicago; Veronica Smith,
W. A. Oodley. Portland: James P. Hur-
i tna new
itr mult '
.rl. i. - Jit - . "i i much of th occasion. Th llvaatock f
v..ov ,., uara uiu uu mwi-mt u ""(parade today eclipsed all previous
assessment rolls. I events ,
,Th5 "orney" 'op. ,ha. .' Tonight Is Elks' night and menJ- .
ciared tney would b seriously nanot-1 Cf th antlered herd plan
Tomorrow th flrat of th broncho bust'
lng contests begin. . .
iraiiou ujr 1110 kijbbiico .jl wia oi vna iwi-
Ing counsel, Stanley Moore, who Is still
ill from th effects of an operation
wnicn was nerrormod ror appendicitis i -r. r - ,
several weeks ago. Th defenae also JciAHT OlltlJ, WUdLAVi
arguea ior a postponement or tne trial.
alleging mat tna stress ox tn political
campaign would make It Impossible to I
EUN DOWN BY AUTO
that the nation show a nroner and anh.
st an tlal appreciation of our efforts, and
tnua maae ltseir wortny or the Brand
est and most efficient ml 1 wa v mall
service that intelligence, fidelity to
trust ano cungent aoniication to dntv
ran mnlr r.nm ml1 n."
Personal Mention.
(Special Dlipitch to The JoarnaL)
Vancouver. Wash.. Sept. 80. W.
H.
Hamilton and son. with their families
made the excuralon to fVilllna BnHn.i
in the Bailey Gatxert with tne Under-
lunera convention.
Mr. . and Mrs. E. T. Pummlna'a UN
iw uausa tnia morning. Tney will
make their home .there.
Mrs. M. C. Black and TT TT Wris-h
are visiting friends In Minnehaha.
Miss Francis Dobmler returned tn fear
home In JMinnehaha today from St Jo-
pn a, after recovery from a severe
tack of appendicitis.
Dr. and Mrs. A n fnnV nt
Beach, Cal.. are vjsitina- C. C. Oridlev
of this city. i
ley. city,
St Elmo W. M-Wvnna PnWlanA. n
Liinuuion, mriocK; jonn Myquist Can
give the defendant a fair and Impartial
triat
District Attorney Langdon declared
thatneither politics not Moore's illness
would affect tha case of the defendant
The final argument of the matter will
come up tomorrow.
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rornia; Dr. Carver Gibson, Portland; J.
K. Olson, Tacoma: A. M. Burton. K-
lama; F. Wilson and wife, O ran It Hall;
W. M. Betme, Grand Dallea; William
Billot Tacoma; W. H. Lother, Tacoma;
t. jo. i-resDy, uoioenoaie.
Deeds Filed for Record.
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
Oregon City. SeDt. SO. The following
deeds were filed in the county recorder's
office yesterday.
Basil Delore et ux to M tTattla
jayne, 76 acres in section 24, township
2 south, range 6 east; $1.
Jessie M. Case et vlr ta Mrs. M Rut.
ton, lot 11, block 8, Robertson; $1. .
Mrs. M. Sutton to R W Trlnr. lr 11
block 2, In Robertson; $10.
Frank J. Prenaehofe eral tn - 1 rt
miner. 100 acres in section 12, township
Buut.li, i ausfl east: 1U.
Mrs. E. S. Piers et ut tn C. V TMnira.
baugh, all of tract "C" In wmm.
ette; $1.
Mary S. Brown et ux to Tsa f T.ant
2.26 acres In the D. L. C of rinnlal n
Thompkins and: "wlfer" $1S50.
JOnn M. looser et UT ta John TTnllrel
100 acres in section 7. townshlD 2 south.
u! a mm; fid,ovu.
SARAH DIXON ON
UPPER mYEIi ROUTE
Mrs. E. Worthlngton of 119 East
Eighth street, waa run down and
bruised by an automobile run by
George Evana of 4(4 East Twenty-third
street ncVth, yesterday afternoon at
Grand avenue and East Morrison street .
Mrs. Worthlngton had alighted from a
Sunnyslde streetcar, and waa walking
around th rear end of It when th
automobile dashed upoq her. Bha want
The Open Elver Transportation oom- UJIS ItXiOrUiN OLj 1U ,
LETTER AT ONCE
pany today chartered tne steamer Sarah
Dixon 'of the Shaver Transportation
company to run between Portland and
The Dalles opposite th
steamer J. N. Teal, thus
service. At Big Eddy the boats connect
with the steamers inland Empire and
company's
giving daily
Some bucolic correspondent triad to
mall a letter In fire alarm box No.
214, at the corner of East Water street
Twin Cities, operated by the Open River and Hawthorne avenue shortly before
Transportation company on the upper I noon today and called out engines 1, 7
Columbia. The Sarah Dixon was char-1 and 11; truck 1. Hosecarts 2 and S,
fn
tered tn response to the heavy Wheatland the flreboat Within th last year
movement
At the Electric Hotel.
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
Oregon City, Sept. 80. Those on reg
ister at the Electric hotel yesterday
were: B. C. Blucher and wife, -Frank
letter writers have rung In more than
10 raise alarms wniie trying to crop
missives In fir alarm boxes. . ...
Real Estate Transfers.
(Special Diapateh to The Journal.)
Vancouver. Wash.. SeDt. an Th fnl
towing transfers of real estate were
riieo ror record in th county auditor's
oirice yesterday:
C. C. Landon and wife to H. R Mc
Donald, lot 3, block 4, Fourth addition
to Tacolt; $26.
G. a Smith and wife to J. L. Hucklns,
lot 4. block 6. Hathawav's addition to
Washougal; $176.
J. P. Starkweather and wife to S. W.
Thompson, lots 2. 8. 8. . block 1.
Thompson's addition to Vancouver;
$300. .
E. W. Hall and wife to the Clarke
County Development company, lots 1. 2.
4. 6. 6. block 8. Sparks and Nielson'a
addition to Vancouver, $1.
EL. W. Hail and wife to tha Clarke
County Development company, lots 18,
i,- diock T. uoiumDia urcnaro lots; II.
Employment Agent Arrested. -John
McCamant, manager of Lyon's
, " . ' - I rriiyjuyiiiciiL lueriiuj, vmp a I romu vi.
uauagner, -j. nomas nae, unaries is. Mon- afternoon on the charge of assault and
roe, Harry Austin. Theodore Topping, battery, the complainant being at prea-
M; Hi M.i eTA p,orilId: Jac,J?0il, an,d ent registered as John Doe. The latter ti,
Sl'f-1,litfi?M saya-4batMcCamant-went-lnto a Aown
Mra- Yf- li MainiUs' Beattle, R. B. to store this morning and after a
d--eLlft.BB&lI,ll,S few words precipiuted I mix-up with
A.-d"ft cirt3rV.iTi BrU.nkflyT21d Zl,?' the proprietor, as a reault of which tb , j
iin"Mniknr: AhN...n"nfi,T,.' complaint was rued.
Peraonal Mention.
(Special Dispatch to Tbe Jonrnal.l
Oregon City, Sept. 30. A. H. New-
man and I. S. Phillpps, both of Molalla,
were in tne county seat yesterday.
O. S. Boy lea, who halls from Molalla,
made Oregon City a visit on Wednes
day. 0. W. Eastham and" Willlma Anderson
went to Canby this morning to take
charge of their respective exhibits at
the Clackamas county fair,
Emll Gordon was In Oregon City yes
terday and returned to Canby today.
Marriage, Licenses.
Oregon City, Sept - SO. -Marriage li
censes were Issued yesterday from the
county clerk's -office to G. L. Koehler
and Mlsa Lottie Bridges, J. C. Garrett
and Miss Hlldgarde Wyoel.
Sunrise Circle to Entertain.
(Special DlaWr-h to Tha Journal.)
Vancouver, Wash., Sept 80.- Th
Sunrise Circle Women of Woodcraft
will give a social at Elchenlaub'a hall
Friday evening. A good banquet has
been arranged for and a general good
time Is anticipated. All members are
requested to attend and bring, their'
friends, . .
Patrolman Egerton Resigns.
Patrolman J. J. Egerton, who has been
a valuable member of the police force
for the past three years, presented his
resignation today ion account of ill-
health.
A man near Grants Pass put an end .
to the devouring activities of an lm--.
mense cougar. -
other. I have figured It could not at
the most exceed 30 cents per ton, mak
ing allowance lor savings in other ways.
and crude beginning in 1864 this serv
ice nas grown by leans and bounds un
til our last official reports show 1675
ran war Doatoirice routes in ODeration.
having a combined length of 208,481
miles, and an annual travel of 288,888,
194. These figures do not Include the
"We took the matter up with Mana
ger Jackson of the line when he was
here a few weeks ago and he employed
all sorts of excuses for not abolishina
the old differential that originated when express and closed pouch service,
the line used to ship by way of Ta- I ,.,.
coma years ago. . , 7 ' ,
"At that tlma tha .nmranv VrJ I "fllS VSSt problem Of the transnnrtft.
the res-ulur aiMmihln rata riina is n I tion of the malls that carries with It an
charged by the Northern Pacific for thennual outlay for' transportation alone
haul to Portland. This haul has now or approximately lou.uuu.uuo, is under
been done away with, but still th com
pany, until a few days asro, retained the
IS cents per hundred differential. Thla
haa led us Importers to conclude that
they will charge every cent that they
think the city will stand for as Ion aa
possible.
Xalay la Shipments.
"Another rauae for complaint against
the company's method of ' doing busi
ness Is that in many Instances ship-
incut ara unreaaonaDiy delayed and
the Importer la given little or no Infor
mation as to w'uat may be expected In
the way of delivery.
Tnless redreaa la forthcoming In
the near future, we ahall anaka Inw
shipment' from Europe by sailing vtf
via. until tne completion of the Pan
ama canal when there will be enough
nimiiuva -o icitv tne various port
along the coaat all that we aaa for. aa
equal chance.
"The arrumetit pat forth some time
are that Portland 6os sot give enourh
freight to warrant having the larger
m-mit iinv on izitr way nerta, ih-s
rot eoem ta hold for the reason that
the hulk of the freight ow going to
Settle cejld as well be handled through
f orthand should the company feel ao
disposed.
TERSOXALS
f
'If
the
W. 3. Patern, a twain- maa
r-r City, end I. A. Geddee aad i
rf.th earn rise, ar gueats at
X-cry tut inday.
I i jr-. aa lTratloa eg1aevy with
V1- iart- at Kalem, was a guest at
t i'-t's tmltf,
'"' . R'M(. a larg as4 ewn.
r ft f H iM rnTbr mf t n e1a.
. r ia ft. Is at t I mr-rtl today.
. P A (trreaaoa SBerct.aat is
t ie 1 1 i-n L
tWth art Lmta.
n T. T? ! ! at r mi tli'n
!' sHt 1 initt 1,
-j "i , f amt a w- it
. - i ar r" aa a
t el t!t fa . era
the management of the second assistant
postmaster general, to the general su-
fterintendent of tha railway mall service
s assigned the organisation and super
vision ot inw orancn oi tne second as
sistant department.
"So that this servlc may be admin
istered to better advantage, the country
Is divided into 1$ divisions, with a di
vision superintendent at- the principal
commercial center of each division.
Subordinate to these officials are the
assistant superintendents and chief
Clerks.
"The railway postal clerk has been
performing his work so satisfactorily
and with such an absence of noisy com-
f'lalnt that he haa attracted but very
Ittle attention to himself. But that you
may not underestimate his standards,
let us remind you that before entering
the railway mall service the candidate
Is required to furnish a certificate of
character, so eearchtng In Its investiga
tions of his sntecedents that there Is
little likelihood of anr undesirableness
from a moral standpoint creeping into
the service.
Traaalnatloa Za treasons.
"Should his certificate of character
be satisfactory he is next obliged to un-
derro a physical examination at least
ss stringent as that required to enter
the army or navy. The applicant muat
be between the aces of 18 and 3S, be not
lees than five feet five Inches In beisbt
and weterti not leea thaa lit pounds, and
tnere roust be ae slga of disease or
ptirak-al defect.
"Should the candidate meet the re
ulreaets ft the extrance teat hia
neroe 4e fka-ed upon the eligible list n
the order of his relative standing, and
Be tbe department needs additional men,
aaane te certified tn rearular order
fr a eutt!tote appointment. He ia
th-n rwjeaeted te prel himaeJf at the
ehtef clerk a effiee te take the oath ar.d
te roeie Ue tteaerv oral lnatrortl-r.n
Trie atmne, the chief clerk hands the
nunrtia? -eb' a ecrr of the tArnr k
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Q1VI..Y TO BE HAD AX THE WONDER
Sec Our Windows for These Extra Specials for
Tomorrow
ClaiWrcn'S Tirlmmed Mate
New shape, best quality English felt, trimmed with satin ribbon,
bows and ties. Hat alone worth the price. Here tomorrow, all
trimmed, all colors, at
See Our Trimmed Dress flats
For tomorrow at $3.07, $4.40 and $4.07. They won't last long.
Positively at Half Price Sold In Other
Y. Stores
8
25 Styles Dnfrimmed
All silk,tsatin, bengaline; moire, satin and felt combinations; some
with silk velvet facing. Values up to $4.50. For Friday and Sat
urday, special : : ,
Jew Black jtent M
Droop. 'S0j:fl
See our new black plush and fur Beavers, large and medium shapes!
BUY YOUR WILLOW PLUMES TOMORROW -
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