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..IE-! BE' ildliiG TOPIC iN SEATTLE NOV Campaign fn City On in Earn est and Plans for Statewide Fight Are Bojng . .Made; Erickson Amendment. Seattle Wash., Feb. iO. To the Edi tor of Ths Journal. Thft Issue, ot the stngls Ui It a Uvlnf? one before the people of Seattle. The opposition is ? well organised Bnd apparently well fl- naneed, s. committe of the real estate men U-waking a strong . campaign. : There are speeches matte for and against the principle and the particular ' measure by the score every day. Miss , Margaret -Harley, the famous Chicago school teller who made the public corporations ot that city pay $600,000 a year more into the public treasury after a 10 years figh Is one of the principal speakers for the single toi. The recent 'recommendation of the. royal tax com ' mission of British Columbia that all taxes on. personal property and Improve- ; ments be dona away with, the establish ing of the principle of land value taxa v tion in all the cities and towns of Al f berta, and the certainty that the city of ' Portland Is going to vote on a strong I measure of single tax next November, i has aroused thaj people of Seattle as never before..'.' , ! - Tax Measure Before People, t Wherever a Street speaker gets sp In an auto and yells "Single Tax!" the I crowds congregate and the literature Is - passed out to eager hands reaching for ' it. . - Seattle has over 40 measures to vote ' upon on March 8, and three of them are , tax measures. One takes all city taxes ; from improvements and personal prop '. erty -Another, takes U city.. taxes from ' improvements 25 per cent at a time, A . third takes all city taxes from'manu- facturlng plants for 10- years from their establishment. The papers are dlscuss J ing or "causing" the single tax. accord ; Ing to their nature and ownership; The v people are talking It on the street cars 5 and in the restaurants and cafeterias. I Will Atkinson, the son-ln4aw of Henry f George, is debating in churches and halls the leading Issues of the hour. I Whatever v the result of the; election ? there Is no doubt, but what' the people of Seattle will be much better informed Jon the question than they tiave ever 'been, and while the winning of this sklrmlgh-JrlU be of great satisfaction " to the single taxers, they regard it as . only a skirmish. y-y: '- State Wide fampalrm "... A state wide campaign for single tax is already being planned as soon as this local issue is over for the time. ' , : With every city and town in British . Columbia exempting improvements and personal property ; from local taxation, and with a very strong sentiment among all classes there to sweep away every , kind of tax on industry, thrift and en terprise except Income and . inheritance . taxes, the economic pressure is. begin Jilng tobe very strong on- the sound 1 cities." The port commission of Seattle officially. points out that one railroad terminal, several" factories " ti&" eiKer prises and an unestimated population has already, been driven out ot Seattle . because of the attempted extortions of the idle land owners. The report does not say single tax, but the single taxers have seised upon this as ammunition, which Is used unsparingly upon their Opponents. That the proposed' measures may be ' unconstitutional if passed is the strong est argument against them. -Figures Overwhelming. ? That they, would relieve the burden of ' taxation upon homes and concentrate it - upon business lots and speculative i tracts Is admitted hi thu dahntnra against . it The official figures are simply "overwhelming, r It is believed - that in view of the economic and com' , merclal pressure and the doubtful mean ing or ine constitution tbe supreme court of Washington will follow the election returns. ; ; '. . i Should Seattle carry the "Erickson Amendment" exempting all city taxes irom improvements and personality and .It is sustained in the courts, what will, be the effect on Portland? ...v The measure to be before the people of Multnomah county will go twice as ..far as the "Erickson Amendment" in Se attle. It is high time that the opponents . of single tax in Oregon' put on their thinking caps. A tidal wave is likely to overtake , them If they continue to play upon the beach. -w - ' ALFRED D. CHIDOU ' A Norwegian scientist has advanced the theory that Saturn's rings are'eleo trlcal phenomena, produced by the radiation of luminous particles from the planet which constantly renew them. FUFILS ODSEnVE BIRTHDAY OF "FATHER OF OUR COUNTRY" VI FITTING L!A:;;:ZR j . ... f .-- k A .J V I ,' !-v. J 5 " . " tr . ....-.. ; ... M ... . .-.Is ' ' ? ' ' Si . - . i-.ih . i it ! ! I i . i i 17 ' vr i "George "Washington Girls at St. Mary's academy, celebrating one of the giany events of the evening. ROSE BEDECKED CITIZENS PLANT SYMBOL OF CITY (Continued from Page One.) and Join In. the ceremonies of planting, for the Potlatch is avsummer carnival after the same general fashion as your own Rose Show si carnival planned for the amusement and profit of our citi zens and the entertainment or ner guests. Each of these two wonderful cities of the northwest Is thus pro viding a ' well planned annual event which proclaims year after year to the world at large that we are possessed of a temperate llmate,-of natural "beau ties, of orderly communities and of en ergetic people. . . Plants Seattle Bott. r "Portland has for her tmblem .the rose, : which proclaims hfer a place of beauty, of health and of progress. It Is fitting that her neighbors should re joice in the blooming of the tree rather than seek to blight them with, the breath of Jealousy. I am planting to day side by side with your rose trees one of our own as a pledge that' the Seattle Carnival association will re joice in 70ur prosperity. The Potlatch bug will be a friend of the rose, not an enemy. . May youtrose-crop for 1912 be exceeded: only by the growth of. your population. ,. ;: i . t '-"The rose standi for many things; for ood soil, for good climate, for thoughtful people, for law and order, and for prosperity. Let me briefly show yon ' these many creditable attributes of-the rose. - . "First, good soil. The rose that you and I are honoring today is the rose of the open sir, the natural rolnfall and the natural soil. It is not the hot house product, beautiful as that may be, that wins our enthusiasm here today, but the native citizen of Oregon soil. The rose grows easily and hardily here. proving Jhe value, of : the earth from which - it -epringBr- Bui-where e-ireee ! grows there will grow also a potato; where i roses will grow may be 1 grown grain and fruit V'AndjM. th .growth 0f the rose means that man may settle here and grow food in abundance. ;! 'Praise for Climate. -: "Climate does not Impress itself so much on the man who enjoys lta bless ings as Oft the man who suffers from its extremes.. The man in Minnesota admits that his winters are very cold; the man in Arliona admits that his sum mers are almost unbearable. But the man in Oregon the climate of the rose has to be reminded , of the line Where his summer merges into his winter, so little is the difference between Christ mas and Fourth of July. For such a climate the rose is the iymbol. The hardy wheat dr the far north may not be here; neither is the scorpion of the hot desert, nor the moccaala snake of the Florida everglades. "Good Soil means plenty; good climate means comfort; an orderly olty means peace; and peace plus plenty and com fort means prosperity. Such- is Port land as symbolised by - the rose, and Seattle is honored to call her Bister," . ' light, J. P. O'Brien, and John F. O'Shea ere among the guests at the banquet served by the women of the parish. Special Washington services will be held in the Sunday school of Beth Israel next Sunday. Rabbi . Wise will deliver a patriotic address and Miss Mayer will have charge of the music. George Wright post, O. A. R, held a combined Washington-Lincoln celebra tion last night at Allsky hall, Third and Morrison streets. Major J. H. Wood ward gave' an address on Washington, and Rabbi Jonah B. Wise talked on the life and works of Lincoln. The vet eran quartet and Mrs. Haygren furnished patriotic music In afew days more of like-decline, irgs win be down to 10 cents a dozen. Then Oregon people will eat Oregon eggs. ,i $748,000 MADE FOR CITY IN HALF A DAY BY MAYOR, AUDITOR .. Although all the offices at the 4 city hall were closed to the nub- a lib today on account of the day4 being Washington's birthday, 4 Mayor Rushlight and City Audi- tor A. L. Barbur put in a profit . ) able half-day, making i748,000 , for the city. ..They Jmade" 1600, 000 yesterday, too 11,248,000 in a day and a half. They simply affixed their signatures to 1600,000 of water bonds and 1748,000 -of -public "improvement bonds, that's how they did it Ours Is No System -of mere automatic' testing, in which the same test is aoolied to all eyes; but it is a system of methods where each eye is ex amined by those Separate instru ments and tests which are best suited- to its neids. '-y Couple this with our 20 years', ex perience, and you have the reason of out success. Our standard of work is not found in the ordinary shop! TUHMDCOM OPTICAL liivsmi uuiliNSTITUTE 209-10-11 Corbett Bldg,; . n FTir-AN7njoi?aisos t s. WASHINGTON'S NAME. GRATEFULLY HONORED . THROUGHOUT THE CITY r (Continued from Page One.) chestra; male quartet; address. Rev, Oswald Taylor; comet solo, Bruce Row-, en; bass solo, George C. Hayner; or chestra; reading, Florence A. Smith; saxophone solo, W. H. Bequealthj male quartet; orchestra; accompanist, Melvln Ogdett, ; . " i At St. Vary's Acaflemy. The day is to be celebrated, at St Mary's Academy this evening at 8 o'clock with physical culture drills by the pupils of Miss Mildred Raab, and readings by the pupils ot Mrs. Ruth Carter-Smith. The program is: "The Star Spangled Banner," chorus; club drill, seniors;' reading, "A Country Store," Dorothy Dearing; Masurka, sen iors; reading, -"The RlBlng of 1778." Mary Condon; wand drill. Minims; read ing, "The Promise Gladys Cohn; flag drlU, tableau, "Mt Vernon Bells, Min ims. ; . ' .A special train will leave Portland at p. m. for Estacada, carrying mem bers of the Western Association of Old Time Telegraphers and Of the Tele graphers' Mutual - Aid . association, - who will hold their first annual banquet at mat piace. h. a. josseiyn, wno oper ated at Salem 60 years ago, and Dr, Plummer, who was. first superintendent of the lines in Oregon, will oon test for rapid sending honors. , . Assistant United States District At torney Walter H. Evans, and IS. S. Hooper of Denver, will address a meet ing of the men of the .Unlversallst con gregation, who will serve a New Eng land supper at Broadway and East Twenty-fourth streets. Dr. Qeorge Wardner, Mrs. Wardner and Mfs Ada Trotter will furnish music for the oc casion. . Aid Society's Tea. ' The Ladles' Aid Society of the Pres byterlan ohurch, 'is holding a tea and Oliver inuwer ai ine cnurcn pariors, Twelfth and Alder streets, this after: noon. Rose nlantlnor flnv in h1nr rtklmVir'mttA at Peninsula park, by. the Rose FestlvaL oinciais, the Rose society, the Park board, Seattle Goldert' Potlatch officials, Taeoma Montamara Festo representa tives, officers Of the government, state and city, church dignitaries and boys na gins ot tne public schools. L. Impressive services marked th diwll. cation this morning of the new church of, the Magdalene, . Twenty-third- and Siskiyou streets, high mss at 7:80 o ciock neiftg followed bv a biinntit et. tended by .manv : nromlnirit tta rit Sfid church ofncialStxcllblslioD Chxl. ne sisiea Dy, visiting clergy officiated. Father O'Hara preached the dedicatory governor West,. Mayor Rush Treasury Department Recognizes Merits of L7C. Smith & Bros Typewriters . 1 - . - . - ' -' r-7 ' Syracuse, N., Yn U. S., Feb. 17, 1912. , MH. H. E. STEMLER, Manager, rv L. C -'Smith & Bros. Typewriter Co., v ; 1J .. ---:28ffQak StreelPortland, Oregon. Dear Sir: We take pleasure in advising you that we have, just closed an exclusive contract with the United States Treasury Department lor LI C Smith & Bros. Typewriters. This contract embraces: . . All Custom Houses. - - ' special Agents Treasury Department . . Auditor Postoffice Department.' j V , Bureau Printing and Engraving. -v Chief and Superintendent for all Branches of the Treas-. ury Service at Washington. , Comptroller of the Currency and Internal Revenue Department Life Saving Service. Division of Loans and Currency. United States Mint. ,4 Public Health and Marine Hospital Service. Division of Public Moneys. Revenue Cutter Service. Secret Service. Supervising Architect Treasury of the. United States, including National Bank Redemption. Agency, ' " You, are no doubt aware that the Treasury Depart ment is the largest and most important department of the United States Government and that this contract is therefore of great importance. v V V Yours very truly, L. C SMITH & BROS. TYPEWRITER CO. peelal Sale Slightly Used Talking Machines We have a few slightly used Talking Machines, taken in as part payment toward , . T VICTOR VICTROLAS """ ' " """ EDISON AMBEROLAS Or COLUMBIA GRAFONOLAS All thoroughly overhauled by our expert, that we wish to sell at once. , Any reasonable terms accepted. - Twelve latest records of any make free with each outfit. , , . i ' w w wwnie A I W $150 Outfit ... . . $100 4 $25 Outfit $15.00 $75 Outfit $52 . $20 Outfit $12.50 $50 Outfit . $32 .$15 Outfit $8.00 If you are thinking of getting a fkking Machine Outfit , do not delay any longer, r The chance 1 -, of a lifetime awaits' you at Grave's Mi sic" Co. Ill Fourth Street, Near Washington GiVii m i;i mm PREDICTED TO FOLLOV BIG STRIKE OF MINERS Leader of Derbyshire M'orkers Says Walking Ont of 800,000 Coal Dig gers Will Bring on Walkout of Leat 800,000 pt.her Laborers. (United Prc 14 Vtf. London, Feb. 21. Premier Asqulth met the coal operators and representa tives ot the miners are here today In an effort to avert the threatened strike of (00,000 tnlneworkers throughout the United Kingdom. The men want the minimum wage plan of payment, and While 'the owners are willing to grant this scale- In abnormal places, they' have flatly refused to consider the minimum wage scale as a general thing. If the strike is carried Into execution at least 200,000 persons In addition to the miners will be made Idle.. Many of the big Ironworkers, believing that the strike Is sure to come, already have served, notice on their employes that their services will not he needed after February 29, when the coal miners are scheduled to quit work. . , ' -, In London and other big trade centera the price of coal t soarlnffand is al ready beyond the reach of the poorer class. The coal operators are making no deliveries except to the government. In c cu-;ins the i't-at:;a t: Ny, James lias. am. a member of rar:..i mer.t, and chief official for the Derby shire miners, said: "We look to be In for one of the b! pest Ftrupjles ever known. If there Is a strike the 800,0"'') miners will be fol lowed by at least SOO.000 more employed In other industries, and there will be civil war In no ttmeL . Nothing like It since the '70's will have been seen." David A. Thomas, managing director of the Cambrian collieries combine, and head of the "Masters' organisation," said: 1 , "The proposed system of payment of a fixed minimum rate of wages to each person working In the mines Irrespec tive of the amount Of work performed. Is one which is quite Impracticable and cannot be conceded." - r ARMORY PROPOSITION LIKED AT OREGON ' (SiwUI to The Jpnrnal) Oregon City, Or., Feb. 2 2. An armory in Oregon City Is, practically assured. The Live Wires ofthe Commercial club last night indorsed the proposition, and it is assured that the state will appro priate $15,000 for the' building- of the structure. The city Is expected to do nate a like amount. A committee was appointed to work in conjunction with a committee ot the National Guard to ob Jaln the money. R. V. Drxohnston explained that the city needed ar armory, and pointed out that there 1b no hall In the elty capable of seating more than 400 persons. .1, SN . ir!. LIKELY TO DE DEFETiTED Klamath Tails, Or., Feb. H, There Is trouble ahead for the commission char ter. "When the document was presented to the council with a petition from a large number of taxpayers asking that It be submitted to a vote at the coming election, it was referred to the city at torney. He returned the charter to the .... n.ll l,k' lAH,t.w aIIa. ...It... I.UUI1LU VWVU CJ161U7 -V,,11VI1 Cll.IJB forth Jbet .lt jhad not been submitted lnr legal form, and that it was defective m many places. It was proposed by some of the counclltnen that the ' defects could be remedied by ordinance so that the charter would be entitled to go on upon favorably. . , The city attorney has held that the council has no right to change, in the slightest degree anything In connection with ; the proposed -"Charter as any change, no matter how immaterial, would alter the charter so that It could not be submitted to a vote under the Initiative and referendum. It was suggested by some of the advocates of the charter that it be withdrawn so that it could be amended1 to comply with tbe law. City Recorder tTT. Nicholas holds that the instrument' had been placed In his hands by the people, and it would have to be withdrawnbithe same au thority before he would let 'the docu ment get out of his hands. Journal Want Ads bring results. ' . v : III IIIIIIIIHSB SIHSJ MHISIIISM-H , S, Hill IP IIIWlll lf III SS !! II III II First Complete Showing of Our New Spring Styles ili pips ss Hundreds of dainty Spring Frocks are here now ready for the hundreds of you who have heen waiting for : authoritative styles. An "unusually, large selection of finely Tailored Suits and Coats in trimmed and richly plain models at $25 to 35. . . . , You Should Dc a Regular Visjtor These Early Spring Days Inspect - the new arrivals - each dar and" by ' paying , a kittle down and some each week or month you may secure any garment in our ? entire stock. . FIKST-SPKlNG SUIT SPECIAL S20.00-G25.00 Tailored Suit Correct Spring styles of superior workman ship. In this assortment ; we have Blue-. Serges in new trimming features of Spring fashion, also new mixtures and stripes. Gcrartz.";& Sons. FIRST, SECOND AND YAMHILL STS. Wear a Suit Thafs Built for You Why wear a ready-made suit, when I will posi. -tively guarantee to build a suit to your meas- :r ure.iwith style, fit, comfort and individuality, , ' for the same price, and in many cases actually less? This is possible by the large volume of my business and the, perfect organization of my establishment Every man in it is an ex pert in designing, cutting, hanging . sleeves, ' pockets, making buttonholes and " finishing. , Naturally, each man becomes marvelously pro ficient and is able to accomplish twice as much as the man who works' all over the garment. This explains my low prices. Suits $22 to $50 Made-to-Your-Measure , "Remember, You Must Be Satisfied in Cloth, - Style, Fit'and Workmanship or "Money Back." -POOTID'&LEApINQJAILOR-r - Open-Every Evening c. . 1 c. . c. Saturday Evening : until 7 p. m. Lor. bixth and Mark Ms. untu 10 p. m. - A ....:,-.