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. f -,A r i THE OREGON DAILY JOURNALY PORTLAND. THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 31, 1010. LUNCH IS FUHELY AMERICAN FOB II PEOPLE Institution Could Not Exist in i Any Other Country Cheap est Place to Dine Leisure of Englishmen. " By Frederic J. HasUin. Washington. March 3 1 The i lunch room Is h peculiarly distinct iv e SM,i American Institution It I the hph turn and tha symbol of that hustle and hurry Which has enabled the American , 1'Ualness man to do trn nines as mm h Ork In a decade can be done by hII ,jW foroijrn competitors together. It 18 also the omen and augury of the ccr tain dyspeptic death to which Anicrl cant are consigned, Individually and colortlvely by vegetarians, Fletcherllcs. physicians, and Englishmen. Eurther tnore, lha quick lunch room Is generally. Oraatlmes with Justice, accused of being tha great mart In which food adulter ators turn into tfold the honest hunger rf Innocent men, without regard for the futura aecurlty of those. honent and In nocent stomachs. Furaly Amarloan Institution. "t; Unfortunately It hss rxconi tho fashion to dacry the quick lunch room ill an unmixed evil when, on the show ing of facta, Americans should be ns proud, of it as of any other distinctive ' red-whtta-and-blue eagle feather grown ! entirely on homo aoll. True, it Is an In ntltution Which could not eilst In any other ' country. But that la due rather t. tha suparlorlty of America than to ) 'hi Inferiority of the quick lunch room. Capita tha high cost of living In j 'jCrlca despite tha food trusts and Jb cold Storage combines, despite high 1 1 1. r . . UUa arm t "".Iff, IVI VliC lOllIll. V.UHBI OlH" each one of the whole of the lulled States In epitome. j Responsive, therefore, to local trndl-j lions of taste, and differing In detail. : tha quick lunch 'room 1h nevertheless much the same In every part or the country, Every ope of tham claims to Hirvp unsurpassed coffee, every one makes pie the chief article of diet, and' every one furnishes toothpli ks ihi n Itum. It may be a huge room In which a thousand people sit at marble-topped tables plied high with paper napkins. served quickly anil smartly b uni formed girl waiters. It mav be an aril I flclally lighted basement when- each .customer gathers plate, Un I !' and fork and then passes In procession before I the mast to be nerved, later computing I his own bill and paying It as lie passes 'the mountain of toothphk r It mav be a trie, hall filled with big chubs, 'iie arm of which Is expanded Ir.io an I elbow table, from wlih h coffee and pie. i biscuits and milk, mav be taken In com fort and comparative leisure Hut what ever Die system, whatever t!.e menu, whatever the service. In inluut'S Is a I lon time to eat anil L'.'i cents Is not at heck I'erliaps the fmtorv made pies bad r. i r the digestion, but In Wiley Is doing much to line that Pel haps the strong coffee Is bad for our ner It Is better than adulteiated whiskey. Perhaps the 10 minutes Isn't long enough for a decent meal, but there Ik the reflection that Idle men don't have to rush Perhaps tlo- American quick lun'h room will be Improved In many I wbv s. as It alreadv has been Improved. l -MI i L- r. II. r..,r.A..A l.auna I'll! II Will Hive, umr lie leemw , t r.-i. 1 1 from Europe English Are Blowsr. The Englishman regales himself In the morning with a good breakfast of j bacon and eggs and coffee At the I luncheon hour, supposing himself to he I nosseHRpil nf n fntrlv decent inh tie re pairs himself to a chop house for his midday meal. If he Is In a hiirrv and has only a half hour, he will find a buffet bar where he may have a cut frorn the Joint and hla pint of hitter ale. A placard tells him that the joint from 12 to 1 Is beef, from 1 to 2 1s mutton, and he may regulate his luncheon hour according to his taste With the meat Is served boiled potatoes and boiled cab bage, always boiled and always potatoes and cabbage Any Interference with this arrangement of vegetables probably would be regarded as an attack on the constitution. Haver Any Harry. If the Englishman can possibly af ford It, he will takn an hour Then he will fl-o to the crfll room and havo a coop, flanked with boiled potatoes Yl C. A. BOYS STUDY MO Association Buys Machine Ex pressly for This Purpose; No Joy Riding. How numerous have been tha changes in educational work within the past few iars Is Indicated by the modern equip ment that Is used by the Young. Men's Christian Association In Its educational department. The latest addition In thla lino is an automobile purchased for use of the class In automoblllng. This car. which Is a modern five pas senger machine, Is to re used by the au- i tomoblle students In learning practical "rp driving This follows a course In vvhli h the mechanism of an automobile Is thoroughly studied. The class in au- but ! tnmnMllmr tin. nhnnt 4,0 Mturlpntu nnd I has been growing rapidly. In purchas ing the automobile, the management of the V. M ('. A. has passed a rule that the machine Is to he used exclusively by the class and Is not to bo used by the officers or members of the associa tion for pleasure In addition to the automobile, the T. M. '. A. has among Its educational equipment a complete wireless tel egraphy plant. This plant waa In slalled several months ago and with it messages have leen caught from San Francisco and even farther south. The Y. M C A. also owns a launch which Is the property of the hoys' department. It Is used a great deal In Bummer and will be used this year In taking boys on their trip to the summer camp at Spirit lake. With an automobile and wireless tel egraphy apparatus In use, the Y. M. C A secretaries have suggested thst th next step will probably be to purchase an airship. As courses in aviation are now given In the east, this may actual ly be taken up by the Y. M. C. A. with in the course of a year or two. Incorporators. H. n. Koen, D. M. Koen and George Taiwell. Oregon-Idaho Orchard company; prin cipal offlcejNyssa; capital atock, $10, 000; Incorporators, J. Hoydell, W. A. Teulsch and W. H. Brooke. Salem Apple Orchard' company: prin cipal office, Salem; capital stock, $5000; Incorporators, Max O. Buren, Charles I... Dick and Harry H. Ollnger. Shamrock Investment company; prin cipal office, Portland; capital atock, 15000; Incorporators, C. A. Young. Q. U Matthews and A. E. German. SCHOOL LAND SALE TO BE HELD AT DAYTON (Rpeelsl ItlsDiteb to The JoqraaLt rayton. Wash., March 31. land buyere from all over the Inland empire will be attracted to Dayton In the next six weeks to attend the largest sale of state school land In the history of Columbia county. County Auditor Krary will sell to the hlgheHt bidder over 1400 acres of choice agricultural land located near Dayton on tha llru of the O. RAN and Northern Pacific rail roads and convenient to markets. Two days, April 12 and May 7 will be al lotted to the sale. The value placed on this laud by the state is frorn 123 to $30 an acre, although It Is much more valuable. In the neighborhood of $100,000 la expected to be realized. CONSIDER BEST WAY IE 10 HANDLE CLAIMS wages And general prosperity, the Am ' nrloaa quick, lunch room offers better food tor tha mopejr, quantity and quai ' ity - eonsldered. than can be obtained arts.ur.nt may ba inferior, to those of !" Msjte. gashed down with a pint i . . ii i. ni,,(if bitter. Rut In any event he will iliunr)! SL4JU Ifc tot laniij " !" j (priced, bat tha quick lunch room stands ' 'unexcelled In Its field. Kul Stake local Hits. In Boston the qulok lunch purveyor bnay cucceed only by virtue of Ms ex- loaBent beans and pie. In rew i orK REV. GEORGE WALTERS .... YAKIMA'S NEW CHIEF . (Polled Prens l.irit Wlre.i North Taklma, Wash., March 31. Rev. George Walters, a Methodist clergyman, also a Yakima Indian, was elected chief of the Yaktmaa yesterday at a council meeting at White Swan, on tho Yakima reservation. The selection waa a sur prise, as custom has always decreed that a warrior should be head of the tribe. Walters la 60 years old. Mis election Is taken to Indicate a friend ly attitude toward the Irrigation and other proposed reforms on the reservation. A special meeting of the transporta tion committee of the Portland Cham ber of Commerce was held yesterday afternoon. Resides the members of the committee there wero represented a largo number of outside Interests. Tho purpose of the meeting was to consider the 'proper handling of claims for overcharge In ratea which have ac crued elnce the order of the Oregon state railroad commission was issued lowering the rates of the Oregon Rail road Navigation company In the state of Oregon and becama effective May 1J, 1908. To expedite tha handling of thesa claims and that the Interest of tha manufacturers. Jobbers and consumers be protected, ft was unanimously agreed that' a central claim bureau ba estab lished by the transportation committee for tha handling of thla business. A special committee was appointed to for mulate s plan for this work. The committee Is receiving dally a large number of letters from Interior merchants asking for Information as to the proper handling of all claims and this was considered sufficient for tha committee to take action to protect tha interest of the small dealer throughout tha state. The bureau will be established at once. Interior merchants as well as local merchants will be advised that the transportation committee Intends looking out for their Interests in tha future as In the past. It la particularly- urged that partita looking for a refund ' take no action without advice from lbs. transportation committee.. - ., LIVESTOCK TOO HIGft . (Special Dlspates to. The lunraal.) Aberdeen. Wash., March 81. -rha Nlnemlre Packing company, located midway between this place- and IIo qulam. has been compelled to close its doors temporarily on account of the scarcity of live beef, sheep and hoga. The company haa found tha prices pf livestock so high that It Is considered more profitable to buy their meat from the Union Meat company of Portland, which they will do for. tha time being. Journal Want Ads. bring results. " Pair Children's Ankle Strap Slippers Pair thm fame of good "beef and" will spread -ren farther than the odor of cabbage o succinctly Indicated by the word "land." In Baltimore and Washington tha successful lunch room must pro vlda Maryland biscuits fit for epicures, and good milk wherewith to wash them down. In Charleston the lunch room la impossible, for the people dine at 3 o'clock In the afternoon for the good auid sufficient reason that Queen Anne had her principal meal at that hour, fin Atlanta, where the spirit of hustle ,1s at high tide, the lunch room cooks have combined the culinary economy of Athens and Sparta with the kitchen prodigality of the? old south. The lunch comes quickly, but there is hot bread on tho side. What tha Paeiflo Wants. Chicago took a Orman bakery and expanded It Into a system of quick Junch rooms capable of feeding 6000 people between 12:30 and 12:35. catering to all tastes and all nationalities. Ear iher west tho lunch counter Is high and the customer perches himself on a very Eiffel tower of atool, but tho prices come down. Texas towns know the taste of real chill con carne and the delirious odor of genuine tamales. The Pacific coast cities can afford all kinds, of lunch rooms that the whole country many a Clever Housewife Has serve learned that to OSt Toasties Saves worry and labor, and pleases each mem ber of the family as few other foods do. The crisp, dainty, fluffy bits are fully cooked ready to serve from the package with cream or good milk. . Give the home-folks a treat. The Memory Lingers' rOSTl.'M CEREAI CO . I. I I) , Battle Cretk. Mkh. J take from three to six times as long at his lunch as does the American, he will est three or four times as much, and he will drink alcohol In the middle of the nay wnen me American win oring cor-i fee. At 4 o'clock, when the American Is thinking of home and dinner, the Englishman repairs to a tea room. The Eondon tea room Is not unlike a certain type of American quick lunch room Iji arrangement. But there the likeness ends. A deliberate waitress condescyid lng to take an order, the customer com poses himself to read or smoke. Tea and cakes being served eventually, and consumed In a half hour or an hour, the afternoon sacrament Is over. But there Is no hurry. Germans Take Their Time. The continental Europeans take even more time than the English at their meals, and are even more greatly shocked by the American system of swallowing a "sinker" and a cup of cof fee on the run. The Frenchman and the Italian, breakfast less, make an or derly Institution of midday and evening meals which precludes the possibility of hurry. The German is different. Upon arising he takes coffee and rolls. In the middle of the forenoon he has bis i second breakfast of sandwiches and I beer At noon, or shortly after, he has his dinner, and after dinner he has a nap. Then he has afternoon coffee and akes. He returns to work and comes home to a late supper at S or II o'clock. The slern requirements of business In a prosperous nation are such that this leisurely native German system ! be ing overturned. Many people cannot afforo to go home In the day time. So It Is that the German cafes and res taurants are always full. Many have found It impossible to wait on the slow service of the cafes, and these have recourse to a certain form of the Amer ican quick lunch room. Sandwich Blot Machine. The stranger in a 'German Industrial city In search of n quick meal may walk down the street until he sees tho American coat of arms emblazoned on a window. Eet him turn In there It Is sure to be an "Automat" There one puts a coin In (lie slot and is auto matically served with cold sandwiches, with hot dishes, with sweets, with t.a or coffee, with beer or wine, with al most anything. The automat was born In New York, but It never made a great success In Amerlcta. It was exported to Germany, and there It has flourished like a green bay tree. It appears that the Germans have an idea that Amerl-! cans never eat except the food and ! drink be served by a slot machine. i Kjit the crowning glory of the quick i lunch room as an American Institution j is lis democracy. The Wall street ' banker and the Wall street newsboy ! regularly cat "beef and" at the same i place. A cabinet minister in Washing- ' I ton docs not disdain the Maryland bis-! M uits and milk served over the same! counter where all his thousands of un- j ilerlirigs take their midday refreshment, j With all its faults, the quick lunch ' i room is an American Institution of I which we ought not to be ashamed. Companies IncorKratel. (Salem Bureau of The Journal.! fialem. Or. March 31 - Articles of Incorporation have been filed In the of fice of the secretary of state as follows. Card Realty A Investment company; principal office, Portland: capital stock, iiOOO; Incorporators, C. S. Card. G. H. Johnson nnd C. E. Whan. Tim Central Oregon Automobile com pany; principal office. Bend; capital stock. $00n0: Incorporators. John If. Wenandy, Frank E. Bunten and Guy B. Walker.' Hot Springs Hotel company; principal office. Klamath Falls; capital stock. $100,000; Incorporators. Frank B. Hous ton. Charles E. Worden and William S. Worden. Wlllamlna State bank; principal of fice, Wlllamlna; capital stock, $10,000; Incorporators, D. B, Parks, Paul Fund- man and John W. Slfton. Comet Mining company; principal of fice. Joseph; capital stock, $200,000; in corporators, Henry H. Mulkey, George W. Fought and Ira E. Hosklns. The Standard Realty company; prin cipal office, Portland; capital stock, $j000; Incorporators, John F. Eogan, Walter Reed, George E. Baker, Milton V. Seaman. Wllllajn T. Wallace and Norma G. Seaman. H. R. Koen Sales company; principal office. Portland; capital stock, $5000; Plenty of Water at Athna. I Special IMipatrta to The Journal , Athena, or.. March 31 Either be cause of the recent election or because of the abundant rainfall, the springs which supply the city of Athena with water are gushing forth with abun dance. The big reservoir 1s running over and the sound of the pump has ceased. The Athena people are delighted to have abundance of soft water. Look for the Elecfric Shoe Sign at H2 Second Street Women's $4 Spring Strap Pumps $2.00 A great lot of stylish women's foot wear in blacks and tans, including the kicw Gray Suedes, women's Spring Oxfords, Strap Tumps, etc., that sell elsewhere, at double this low price. At tomorrow's big sale, the pair, only $2.00 TXi M2 Second ciisiTS Add Distinction to any costume. For Boys and f Misses $1.50 Good, strong Shoes; nobby ones too, in sizes for large boys and young misses; val ues yon can't buy elsewhere for dou ble this price. The pair at, (PI FA only . . . tPl,UJ $2.50 p, Men's Genuine iff Look for the Electric Shoe Sign at U2 Second Street" Men's Nobby Shoes and Oxfords 3 $2.50 Men's nifty footwear Shoes and Ox fords, in neat patent colt, vici kid, gunmetal, velour, etc., as well as the popular new shades of tan and ox- blood for Spring. At this great Friday sale for, the pair, only $2.50 M2 Second $2.50 Pr Packard Shoes A fortunate buy by our able manager obtained for us a great quantity of the genuine PACKARD SHOES FOR MEN the kind that sell the world over for $3.50 and $4.00 the pair. They come in hundreds of different styles, and Afl fA will go at this colossal reduction at the big In illl yaivv v Friday sale, the pair. Boys' - Crs' Shoes $1.00 A great assort ment of stylish Spring Shoes and Oxfords for chil dren boys and girls to go F'ri day at this start ling low price, the Eisi.oo' Child's Shoes-Oxfords Children's fancy Shoes, Oxfords, Strap Slippers, etc.; a big lot to go tomorrow at this reduction to only 69 c Pr. 7" 142 Second St., Between fllder and MorrisonTzj $10.00 Military Capes FREE MM Tomorrow Archaeological Research. BIG HOTEL SYNDICATE ' FORMED IN NEW YORK (l ulled I'reas Leased Wire.) New York, March 31. It was learned today that several prominent finan ciers an behind a, scheme to Incorpor ate a company capitalized at- $50.0rtn,om fnr i he purpose of conducting a string if bonis in the large cities of the! I'niied fiiatcs. I Among the men who are reporteil In le hacking the $50,000,000 combine U j Thomas M. Milliard, a linen manufac- j t'irei and one of the managers of the,' 'Waldorf-Astoria, and Isaac Emerson,! the hnimo-seltzer manufacturer of Bui- ! timon. It is said that plans to lake overj well Known hotels in Chicago, J'hiladel-' phia ami New port are being seriously I cont ' mpla fed. ' at $4.95 All-wool broadcloth, cut full, long and wide; every new spring shade, y The American Lady $2.50 Corsets $1.25 American Lady Corsets are favorably known to thousands of women. Cor rect in style, give lasting service. We know of no better at the price. You have the chance to save half in this lot tomorrow. Made of strong coutil and batiste, heavily boned. Styles for all figures, sup porters attached. All sizes. Regular $2.50 flj T values iD 1 mLD, 25c la. Hose Wfcc "DARN OMORE" These widely advertised Hose for women and children made of extra fine quality medium-weight combed cotton, with pure Irish linen heel and toe, full seamless, 25c val. . . 12y2$J fcnrinn f&orUAitar f ii ii v vii isua las. to 50c tor 10c DUE wm mow L ADO WITCH BROS. 169-171-173 THIRD ST. 2ttSS? 3 Children's Fine Capes at S3. 93 All-wool broadcloth ; col ors military blue, red; cut full, long and wide. J 100 Women's Fashion able Spring Suits $ 15.95 An Almost Unbelievable Low Price Not a single Suit in this entire assembly of fashionable Spring Suits was intended to be sold at less than $25, and when you are further informed that the suits capne from one of the fore most concerns in New York, can you wonder that the Suit' Section will be crowded to overflowing with eager custpmers Friday? The sale begins promptly at 8:30. It will be impos sible to fill mail or telephone orders or to make alterations, nor will more than two suits be sold to any one customer. We are compelled to stipulate this limitation to prevent a good many shopkeepers from coming in and buying to sell aeain. The entire sale is a revelation in extraordinary A P ! va springtime value-giving. All new Spring colors . & 1 0 StJ New Pongee Coats &fs $15.00 Beautiful Long Pongee Coats, 54 inches long, made with new shawl effect collarOrnamented with tf f C )) large fancy buttons, on special sale at only Itxf CORONET BRAIDS 30 - inch Coronet Braids, genuine German hair, all shades, reg. A fr $12.50 val tDTT.yO GERMAN SWITCHES 24-inch natural wavy Ger man hair, sanitary made, all shades, regular $9.00 values, on sale 3 fl C ..vo.yoj Summer Vests 12V2C i Notarial Commissions. iPnleni Bureau of The Journal.) Salem, dr.. March 31. Notarial com missions havo been issued to John Eld, Canby: J M Lawrence. Bend; V. K. Caldwell. Iing Creek; Delia Clement and (ieorf-e W. Cherry, Med ford; 1. B. Parks and John W. Wiedrlck. Portland; frank S Bailie, iHumpter; William V. Smith. Xyw,a; H. 8. Belle. Salem; James I'. Marl. W. p Rlhom, John M. Smith. C. M Scott and F. U Blanchard. Port land, and J K. Kershaw, Weston. AND OVER $3700 m OTHER PRIZES. READ PAGE 4. The Casino r Dam inR ev ery night eweept Sunday. Excellent floor, unexcelled music. Wel come everybody. Casino bldg.. Fourth and Yamhill. v '..., '. Our showing is complete with the newest and dain tiest Neckwear Novelties for spring wear, in Stocks, Ascots, Cascade and Side Effect Jabots, imitation Cluny and Irish Lace Col lars. The styles on sale are all fresh and new and represent some very spe cial values I A. at IOC PRINCESS APRONS, made of the best Amos keag gingham, in as sorted blue and white checks, with bib, pocket and white taped edge, long strings and cut full. Special sale COs price Uv AMOSKEAG GING HAM APRONS, made of best assorted blue and white checks, full size, sewn with lock stitch, aprons with .wide strings. Reg. f H -25c val. for 1 L Sale on Aprons 50c QUEEN WHITE LAWN APRONS 39 Made of fine white lawn, with hemstitched bretelle, shoulder straps and long strings, 5-inch hemstitched bottom. On special sale at, each 75c GIBSON GING HAM APRONS 49 f will not rip; two pock ets, bib and strings, pearl otton back and wide ruffle bottom. Afy Special at "L 39c 25 dozen Swiss Ribbed Vests of fine white cot ton, low neck, sleeveless, neatly finished with lace yoke. All sizes. Values to 25c. Sale 1 1 12C rice $2 Long Flannelette Kimonos at $1.50 We have placed cm sale 20 dozen Ladies' Good Qual ity Flannelette Long Ki monos, in beautiful Per sian patterns in light, dark and medium colorings. Every one cut wide and full and neatly trimmed with contrasting materials. All sizes. Values $2.00. While they f Pf Uist, only. V h fl J 7-