RIGHT OF TOILERS TO
WORK LAND INTENT
I QF BILL, SAYS SPEAKER
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:Progressive Business Men
Hear Debate on rroposea
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OPPONENT DISAPPROVES
SUf Sxprssssd That Wealthy Psopl
. ' Would Drives rrom Stat If
Estatss At Taxed..
"Glvs us the earth and we'll be
satisfied," promised C. W. Bariee, up
hold! njc the affirmative in a debate,
yesterday, before the Progressiva
business Men's club, on the amend
ment proposing a state department of
IndUHtry and public works to be sup
ported by a tax of not less than 10
Der cent on the estates of deceased
persons.
Lauchter greeted the assertion. Mr,
1 Barzee Quickly explained that -.vhat he
i meant was to Klve toilers right to
i work the land. In-debating the nega
tive side of the question. George C
Mason, manager of the Non-Partisan
Uazue. declared that all the wealthy
Men would move out of the state if
auch a tax should be Imposed on the
' estates which they would will to
heirs, and Mr. Bariee retorted that
If th wealthy' men moved away with
their money and left but the land the
pCor would prosper.
"I have named It the 'easy Job
bill" said Mr. Mason. "The problem
i Of unemployment Is serious but this
, bill does not propose the best way of
solving It. We do not want the hordes
Of the unemployed coming here from
ether states as they would come ir
Were known the state had a nice job
waiting for each of them. I know the
; intention Is lhat only eltlsens of Ore
' ton shall be given employment, but we
: have had much evidence that it is easy
to pretend to be citizens."
' Mr. Bafzee declared it only social
, Justice to give every man a chance to
' work and added that a tax on the
' estates of the deceased, while it would
i help the living, would not injure th
' dead and It would certainly be a good
thing tor the 'ordinary class of heirs
'. to have to work rather than live In
Idleness on the proceeds of the work
done by a parent or grandparent.
J h. R. Alderman, superintendent of
schools, announced to the? club that
Spanish will be taught at Lincoln high
school to all who wish to learn the
language. He introduced H. C. Sey
Jiiour, county superintendent of Polk
County, who has been ranked by thj
federal department of education as one
of the most progressive county su
perintendents in the country.
i C- A.- Bigelow, commissioner of
finance, made the first of a series of
" brief addresses which have been
' planned by himself and Commissioner
Will H. Daly urging the people, to vote
at the coming recall election. Neither
.Mr. Bigelow nor Air. Daly are affected
fcy the s recall.
. Hamilton Johnstone, chairman of a
.committee appointed to analyze the
measures on the ballot for the election J
the nature of each, leaving approval
or disapproval to the individual" judg
ment of club members. N. J. Sikes
served as chairman of the day. ;
Prize for Photos
Of Biggest Trees
Pictures Wanted of largest of JTnt
Bearlnr Species and largest Broad
leaf With Hoa-Edlble Seeds.
The district forester of Portland,
Or., has received notification that the
American Genetic association of Wash'
ington, D. C. has offered two prize
of $100 each for,two photographs, one
of the lagest tree In the United States
of a nut bearing epecias, and one of
the largest broad leaf tree which does
not bear edible seeds.
Under the head of nut bearing spe
cies are the chestnuts, walnuts, but
ternuts, pecans and oaks, the only na
tive representatives of which group
in this region are the Oregon oas ana
the California black oak. In tne sec
ond class, that -of the non-nut bearing
broad leaf species, we havs In this sec
tion such trees as ths broaa leax ma
ple, Oregon ash, red alder and black
cottonwood.
Photographs of cone bearing; trees
are not wanted.
The object of this competition, as
stated by the association, is to find
out In what regions the native trees
attain the largest growth, and under
what conditions they thrive best.
FOOT
OF BELMONT STREET
TO BE INVESTIGATED
Dock Commission Wants to
Know If Doctrine of Equit
able Estoppel Exists.
AFFECTS OTHER STREETS!
Eight Hour Law X emits la Employ
ment of Additional Watchman ;
Minor Matters Transacted.
a cable house on east side public dock
was cancelled. The Kaola company
complained that switching charge on
a car of soap material had been $10
Instead of $5, as had been understood
would be the charge, and the commis
sion answered that it was working on
a uniform system of switching charges
from the west side public dock.
The form of policy to protect goods
stored on the public dock from Injury
by leakage from the sprinkler system
was referred to the city attorney.
An opinion - was given by the city
attorney that the eight hour law for
city employes applies to watchmen on
the public dock and that an. additional
watchman would be reaoired.
The commission . discussed the need
of storage room in Connection with the
east side public dock. Commissioners
Mulkey, Burgard, Moore s and Kella
her were present at the meeting.
COUNTY COURT NEWS
Backs Defy With
Offer of $10,000
"Painless Parker" Hurls Challenge at
Oregon State Board of Dental Ex
aminers; Proof Demanded.,
In a challenge to the" Oregon State
Board of Dental Examiners, "Painless"
Parker, author of the "dentistry bill,"
has offered to pay $10,000 Into a fund
to relieve the unemployed this winter
if the board, by producing the actual
examination papers, can show that he
did not pass the dental examination
and is not entitled under the Oregon
laws to practice dentistry.
The public proof of his unfitness to
oractioe must be made, according to
the terms of the challenge, Derore elec
tion day.
Dr. Parker declares the board has
withheld from him the examination
papers but has publicly declared that
such papers would prove that Parker
failed in the test and is not qualified
to hold a license.
"If they can prove I did not pass
the examination," concludes Parker,
"they can get $10,000 of my money for
the worthy unemployed of this city."
The dock commission yesterday
agreed to callJ upon the city attorney
for an opinion relative to the possible
application of the - doctrine of eqit
able estoppel against the city in the
case of the end of Belmont street on
the east side which has been occupied
by privately owned structures.
While the city has hot immediate
use for the street end and the pres
ent use has not been judged to preju
dice present public interest, there have
been instances where such occupation
unprotested has resulted in permanent
occupancy of the property by private
Interests.
The opinion will be of interest, for l
will probably be or general application
to use of street ends. One of the
structures at the foot of Belmont
street belongs to Joseph Supple.
The bids for extensive fill in. con
nection wlttv dock No. 1 were reject
ed as excessive.
A resolution was adopted which
clears the way to granting the Page
Investment - company permit to con
struct a dock on the east side, south
of and near the Hawthorne bridge.
An agreement proposed by the com
mission several months ago to permit
the Bell Telephone company to build
The question of the removal of J.
N. Leezer as Judge of elections In pre
cinct 292 was referred to D. G. Toma-
sini. In charge of election officials,
with power to act.
A suggestion by District Attorney
Evans that all possible publicity be
given the sale of Interstate bridge
bonds to be held November S. was
received and placed on file.
Bills for $4.60 and $19.50 for cloth
ing for John Joy and Leo McKay, In
mates from Multnomah county of the
Oregon state- tuberculosis hospital.
were referred to the epunty physicians
for approval.
Payments totalling. $285.91 of Insur
ance on the Hawthorne bridge as the
result of the fire of May 25, were
received from 13 companies and turned
into the county treasury, loss re
ceipts were ordered attached to the
insurance policies. '
Improvement of the Barr road be
tween Buckley avenue and the Barker
road, and . Buckley avenue between
Villa avenue and the Sandy road, was
requested in a petition filed by -James
A. McKinnon and others, which was
referred "to Roadmaster Teon.
A proposed order for making a
change in road No. 357, was tabled.
pending filing of a proper bond of $200
by petitioners for the charge.
T Authority for the juvenile court to
.use an, automobile belonging to Chief
Probation Officer Peter Mcintosh and !
charge cost of gasoline, oil and tires
to the county, was given. Judge Gatens
of the juvenile court must approve the
bills.
Miss Edith Muhs, superintendent of
the Multnomah farm, was directed to
take an Inventory of Jewelry Jef t by
Henry . Abrams. who died' October 11,
and. to deliver it to A. B. Steinbach,
who cared for Mr.. Abrams for. five
years at the Patton home, until it was
found best that Mr. Abrams go to the
farm to receive better medical and
nursing attention.
The board refused to pay claims
amounting to $1050.88 for work and
damages doe to blasting on the Co
lumbia river highway.
A request by the Parent-Teachers
association for use of room from
which to distribute clothing to needy
school children was denied because of
lack of space.
Multnomah County union. Farmers'
Society of Equity, was granted use
Balloons
INDIAN SURVIVOR SOUGHT
Dr. Leo J. Frachtenberg of the Bu
reau of American Ethnology stationed
at Chemawa, Or., is seeking informa
tion concerning the whereabouts of
Louis Kenoyer, also known as Con
oyer, who is the sole survivor of a
group of Indians known as the Wapato
Lake or Atfalatl .Indians. Dr. Frach
tenberg is collecting information for
the Smithsonian Institution and Louis
JCenoyer is needed to give him infor
mation. .
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For All
wilt make ray the Aroadlan Gardens,
Saturday evening from 10 to 18.
. Unusually attractive entertainment
this week.
MB AJSTD MBS. CAXTXUiB, recent
dancing stars from the Tango Tea, la
costume dances.
SXCtNOK Bj&AYO, celebrated tenor, in
famous songs.
HELLEB'S orchestra
Dinner Dances
and Afternoon Tea In Ballroom, 4 to
7. 9 to 13. Mr. and Mrs. Carvllle will
Instruct.
Hotel Multnomah
of room $20 on . November 21, for
state convention of itSvOrder.
Rudolph Schneider was allowed $201
indemnity for the slaughter of eight
cows because of infection with tuber
culosis. William Sales and 3. O.
Downing of Gresham were allowed $25
each for one cow each lost for the
same reason. The state and county
each pay half the amount
, The Lewis A. Hicks company re
quested that Its claims for work done
on the courthouse be submitted to an
arbitrator. The communication was
placed on file.
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PATRONS GET LATE CAR
Beginning tomorrow night, the Port
land Hallway, Light & Power company
will run a train leaving at 11:30 from
Montavllla station, as far as leuby
Junction over the Mount Hood road,
Heretofore, there has been no night
service east over that line after 6:55
p. m. jimmy Dunn, wnose nome is at
Ascot, convinced, the management of
the railway company that the service
was needed, and if the patronage war
rants It (he car will be run perma
nently. , i
Sentenced to 90
Days on Rockpile
Municipal Court Imposes Sentence em
Charles A. Arthur la Alleged Bunko
Chun Triok on Banoher.
Ninety days on the rockpile was the
sentence Municipal Judge Stevenson
yesterday gave Charles A. Arthur,
a moving picture promoter, for trying
to work a bunko game on J. E. Den
holm, 728 East Forty-third street,
north. This Is the second time Ar
thur has been under Investigation, the
first being two weeks ago. At that
- thJ lazier
time no rotnTned ol
a rancher la Washington
the renresentatlon that
would be started la the moriag Sgotartl
business. - "if;
Penholm snsweied Arthur's 'adrer- .
tlsemeat for a Trias, to travel' with
films, Arthur asked that Denhlm de
posit $500 cash to guarantee ; he re
turn of the films. Around thie cash
deposit centered' the bonks jfcheme.
Arthur contends he has three' feature
films now running in Alasfca, to
which place he intended sendinjg Den
holm. His story failed to satlify the
Judge, however. Detective Renness
made the arrest. h-
Unusual Conditions
create unusual prices. EverMjplano
less home should read the ad j of the
Eilera Music House, page 7 tb) paper,
and profit by the exceptional prices
and terms offered. j(Jdv.)
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The Bieerest Bargains
of the Season -For Saturday
WE PT.AflF. HTTP PINTTRTC T.TNTC OF
TRIMMED HATS
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MISSES' and
CHILDREN'S
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Regardless of
Former Priced
CHOICE AT
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Velvets, Velours, Plushes, Etc.
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COME EAtLYI;
DESPERATE BREWERS USED
NAMES WITHOUT SANCTION
TO BOLSTER CAUSE 0E WETS
rrom Portland Evening Telegram of Testerdsy, October 82.
The Committee of One Hundred
makes the following report regarding
the liquor men's answer to the dry
challenge:
The Union Meat Company repudiates
the use of its name by liquor men as
unauthorised. ?
R. W. Montague declares he never
signed the statement below which his
name appears.
The Pacific Paper-company denounce
the use of their name as unauthorized.
; Ira-F. Powers says he never signed
any such statement as that Offered by
the Oregon Brewers' association, as
bearing his signature.
Wt D. Wheelwright says he has
signed nothing at all in the past two
months, while the Committee of One
Hundred's challenge was - made nine
days ago.
Dr. A. C. Pan ton says no one had
any authority to use his name as a
supporter of the brewers, and certainly
not as. taking up the Committee of One
Hundred's challenge.
V. B. Glafke says he does not re
member ever signing any such state
ment of the kind.
M. L. McGraw, president of the East
Side Fuel company says he never
signed his name.
II. T. Clark, of the Portland Iron
Works, says he never allowed his name
to be used in connection with the Com
mlttee of One Hundreds challenge.
Donald McKay says he signed no
statement of any kind whatever.
Many other business men say they
signed the statement without reading
it ana ao not subscribe to it.
Other leading business men say that
while they signed the statement, they
do not care to allow their names to be
usea to oges: up the reply to the Com
mlttee ofjone Hundred's challenee.
This is an epitome of the first ser
ies or Interviews eecured by the Com
mlttee of One Hundred In checkina- un
the reply" to its challenge to the wet
Interests of Oregon to produce the
names of 100 Oregonians. willing to
sponsor the various statements and
mis-statements that have ; been pub
lished In Oregon by the raloon inter
ests. .
Less than half a dosen men were
willing to admit that they subscribed
to the unique "declaration of prlncl-
pie" In the liquor dealers' published ad
vertisement, which all with nearly
62,000 others were asserted to have
signed.
As soon as the Committee of One
Hundred began to check up the list, it .
met with Indignant protests that names
had been used by the liquor interests
without authority.
A, large number of those whose
names were used -admitted frankly
tney were opposed to statewide prohi
bition for various reasons.
But, as. to indorsing the statements
in the "declaration of principle," par
ticularly those saying that 10,000 men
would be thrown out- of work If state
wide prohibition passes, that 500 stores
would be made vacant and 1500 dwell
ing houses for rent, as a result of the
dry amendment that . was quite an
other matter.
The president of .one leading busi
ness house was on his way eadt when
he learned the name of his firm had
been used. He immediately telegraphed
his representatives to issue a full de
nial.
Many of those whose names xppear
In the full . page advertisements say
they were approached by . "petition
chasers' and signed the petition with
out knowing what they were signing.
Not one man of those seen was will
ing to admit that he had signed the
petition as an answer to the Committee
of One Hundred's challenge.
iot one man was willing to say that
he would stand sponsor for say of the
statements regarding the effect of pro
hibition in Kansas, in Maine and in dry
towns In Oregon, the misquotation of
Abraham Lincoln, of Theodore Roose
velt, of Woodrow. Wilson and other
noted persona,' all ' of which was the
essence-of the Committee of One Hun
dred's challenge. -....
"It Is Impossible at this short notice
to Interview every taame' on the list,"
said a statement Issued by the commit
tee this morning. "Interviewing such
a list requires time, but it is being
done as expeditiously as possible. Ail
over Oregon people are demanding to
know if these various merchants and
business houses subscribed to the
statements underneath their names
and we shall try and report on 'what
these people say from day to day' .
Pald, advertisement by the Committee of One Hundred, O. E. Goodwin, Sec-.'-
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THE STORE OF VALUES
145 Second Street
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Attend our $20,000 Money-Raising Sale. ' Today and Saturday will see the greatest rush this big Department
Store has ever had. Profits on our Mens, Ladies and Children s Wear, Shoes, Dry goods. Notions, Blankets,
etc., are not considered in this great sale. We must raise $20,000 to meet our obligations.
If
3500 pieces of very fine Granite or Enam
el ware as a stimulator in this sale. One
piece with every purchase of one dollar
or more.
Misses' and Ladies'
Trimmed Felt Hats
In a large variety of shapes and colors.
$1.50 values at 39c
$1.75 values at . . 49c
$2.50 values at 79c
'Extra Special!-
MANHATTAN SHlRTS--We have a lim
ited number which we will place on sale
tomorrow morning for only ...... 19c
Gold and Griffin brands, values $1.00 to
$2.00, on sale at , 19c
FEE
A fine Shirtwaist free for' the ladies.
Every lady making a purchase amount
ing to $5.00, or a lady accompanying a
gentleman making a purchase to the
above amount. .
Ladies' Ready-to-Wear
$12.00 Coats now at . . . . ... . .$5.98
$18.00 Cape Coats now. . j . $10.98
$12.00 Raincoats now at .$4.98
$12.00 One-Piece Dresses now at. .$5.98
$1.00 Shirtwaists now at . . . . ... . . . 39c
$3.00 Silk Mescaline Petticoats now $1.98
$1.00 Black Sateen Petticoats ......69c
$1.50 House Dresses . . . . . : . . . . . . .98c
FUR NECKWEAR
Read a few of the extra special offerings
in Fur Neckwear. There is only a lim
ited number and they" won't last long.
Regular price $2.75, special 98c
Regular price $5.00, special. .... .$1.98
Regular price $6.50, special $2.98
Regular price $9.50, special $4.98
Regular price $16.50, special. . . . .$8.96
MEN'S HATS
$2.00 value, now .98c
$3.00 value, now $1.39
Men's Furriiskinj
.or
50c Work Shirts now
10c Handkerchiefs now
$1.00 Flannel Shirts now ....
$2-$2.50 Flannel Shirts now . . .
$1.00 Golf Shirts now
$1.50 Golf Shirts now
50c Ribbed Underwear
$1.50 Union Suits
$1.50 Wool Underwear . .
50c Boys' Underwear . . '.
15c Socks now
25c Wool Socks now
35c Wool Socks now . . . .
$3.00 Wool Sweaters now
Boys' $2.00 Sweaters now
50c Suspenders now. . . . . .
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