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3 TROOPS ; CALLED OUT - IN KANSAS CITY TO PROF, HORNER'S NEW V GIANT AMERICAN FLYING BOAT MAKES FLIGHT. WITH FIFTY MEN DEPUTY ASSESSOR -RETURNS FROM SERVICE OF OREGON PATROL CAR LINES IS BEING PUBLISHED- Professor of History at 0. A. C. v . Compiles Valuable and Inter esting Data of Early Days. National Guardsmen Ordered to ' Help Maintain Order So Cars . May Operate. Sea Service Proving" Attractive to Returning Sailors and Soldiers. V THE OREGON SUNDAY . JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 29. 1918 AMERICAN PERSONNEL FOR HISTORY "3 C!m! , ' 1 ; 1 v Kansas City. Dec. 2$. Three hours after Governor Gardner Issued an or der calling out the Seventh regiment, 'national guard, for duty In the street car," strike, motor car loads of the armeA soldiers -were patrollng street . car lines this afternoon. By :30 o'clock 60 machines carrying from! three to five men each had left the armory and from then on the num ber was Increased every few minutes as the automobiles of members of the motor transport corps arrived. Promise of near normal street car fcervtc was made by officials of the Kansas City Railway company for tomorrow. - .' "Shoot to kill if necessary to quell nyi disturbance," was one of the orders Issued this afternoon to the troops put Into service at patrolling street car lines. 1 Ordered to Cheek Disorder The soldiers were sent with loaded guns and Instructions to prevent .any " and.! all disorders In connection with the-1 street car strike. Arrangements were made to have two Lewis machine guns In reserve at the Overland bulld .', ing Ho be rushed to any place where card or crews are molested. Orders to mobilise the troops were telephoned to Colonel Foster. Its com manding orricer. snoruy Deiore noon oy , Harvey C. Clark, adjutant general of the national guards. General Clark ' said he would arrive here tomorrow i morning to take charge of the situ Hon. :- j CItU Authorities Powerless t The moblllxatlon order was issued byf Governor Gardner after Mayor James Cowglll had telephoned and tele- graphed him that civil authorities here no longer were able to cope with the -violence that has accompanied the car strike. The mayor's statement was based on a ' report that 13 separate attacks were made upon their cars and men last night when the cars were run up to a later hour than usual at ths request of the mayor -for service ' to ' take workers home. The company reported an attempt hmjd been made to blow up a part of the car barn at 3 :30 o'clock this morning. Tl TO STOP TANKING UP 1 -I E Lid to Be Clamped on National Torests So They Will Be Dry ) as Soft Drink Emporiums. - Prohibition has been extended to the national forests. 1 No more may the sportive range cow wander onto the government graslng re serves and take a clandestine nip of tall larkspur. . . . i Whatever Its stimulating ' properties, the tall larkspur causes an ultimate re action of distress, from' which the rois tering bovine frequently dies. So the lid Is being clamped on and the forests In time will be made just as wholesome as the soft drink places in Portland that 'used to be saloons. i By grubbing out 20 acres of tall lark spur tn the SIhUIvou national forest, cattlemen of the region, In cooperation with the forest service, have saved an annual loss of cattle valued at 1280, at - a grubbing out cost of $200, according ; to a report just received by District Forester George H. Cecil. j A similar area on the Minam national forest, which has caused an average 'loss of $427 In stock for the last seven "years. 'Will be grubbed out next season 'by the forest service at an estimated cost of $300. . j Twenty-five hundred cattle have died ' of' larkspur poisoning In the national , forests during the last year alone, rep t resenting a financial loss of $125,050. Losses were reduced $15,850 the preced ing year by grubbing out larkspur from 380 acres. The average cost of eradl , Cation is about one-half the value of the ; average annual loss, and since the loss la continuous If .unchecked, within a , . few years It reaches enormous propor tlons. ' i Tall larkspur Is similar to the delphin ium of the flower gardens and Is re sponsible for more loss to range stock than any other poisonous plant that grows on western ranges. Sometimes the areas' are fenced to keep the Btock away, but In smaller areas, complete . eradication Is the only satisfactory treatment, , The grubbing out method for destroy ing larkspur was adopted by the for . est service In 1913-14 on the Stanislaus , national forest in California, and is now . being used extensively in several west ern states. v Nearly Million Sent To Aid Fire Victims f St. Paul, Dec. 28. (U. P.) Approxl " mately $900,000 has been sent into North t 'eastern Minnesota for relief -work since I four counties were- damaged by forest fires in October. This total was reached today when the forest fire relief com C mittee received $300,000 from the state 5 calamity fund. Reconstruction .of dwel- I lings and business houses In the burned V- districts continues rapidly and cities are . fast reappearing. Damage In the dls trict was originally estimated at more ? than $20,000,000. Frank Prushnik 'Is r Killed in Accident f Chief ' o Police Johnson received' a - telegram: from the Bunker Hill S. 8c M j. company of Kellogg,. Idaho, stating that Frank Prushnlk - waa killed - Saturday I morning in a mine accident The com l pany desires to locate Joe Prushnlk, a brother, who la supposed to be living in Portland. -In--Ctor Craddbckwas un r- able to locate Prushnlk Saturday after I . noon. The company . asks relatives to v arrange for the disposition of the body, 4 No details of the accident were given. ' ROI ERING BONNES ON LARKSPUR FOLIAG it''-,',', , ' ' It -' KI Jf y I : l "r"" -Hr V'-i - -i in Aim I.,,,.,..!. n :-:-:.v.v,x;: .T...v..?.TVtrTyTCpeff' World's largest hydroplane, designed or the upper wings and the distance a speed of 80 miles an hour and ean 50 men in the boat in a flight along BROTHER TELLS HIS FOLKS OF WOUNDING OF JAMES JORDAN Young Portland Man Kept Writ ing Home That He Was Safe; Was Gassed and Injured. Though he had been wounded on one occasion and gassed on another, James Jordan, eon of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Jordan of 85 Simpson street, only wrote to his parents that he was safe. His parents in Portland heard rumors that their boy had been wounded and gassed ! Dut tne only inrormauon tney got was when his brother, Kenneth, heard that his brother was lying In a hospital 50 miles from him in France, and went over to visit him. The meeting of the two young men In France was a warm one. James was told that some soldier wanted to see him and Kenneth was ushered In, his arms full of magazines, letters from home and food. James explained to his brother that he had been wounded by getting too close to a "sea bag" (high explosive shell). None of the fragments struck him for some miraculous reason, but be was so close that the concussion almost com pletely paralyzed him - temporarily. He Is now recuperating In a base hospital at Nantes. . On the occasion when he -was gassed. James was escorting eight German pris oners to the rear when someone called "gas." He believed that it was a ruse to get him off his guard and though all of the prisoners put on their masks he did not. Kenneth Jordan, who Is at present at St. Jean de Montes, was not fortu nate enough to get into the front lines. He was In the Thirty-fifth ordnance company. He went over last Jidy, after having spent a period In training at the University of Oregon ordnance school. James Jordan enlisted with the marines of the Oregon Naval Militia and went to Bremerton In April, 1917. where he trained under Captain Lynn B. Coovert, then a lieutenant, of Portland. He en listed with a group, of young men from Jefferson high school. He was later placed in the Sixty-ninth company, Sixth regiment, of the marine xorps, and went to France with some of the earliest troops. He saw service on four bad fronts and was In places where the mud was above his knees. He is now well on the way to recovery after having been in the hospital more than two months. Confidence Game Dressed in New Garb Kansas City, Mo., Dec 28. (L N. S.) A new confidence game that has sprung up here, according , to railroad officials, is to insure people who travel on the government owned railroads. Two men boarded a Santa Fe train and rep resented themselves as government agents to insure passengers against death, accident or loss of money. The government was insuring people just now -owing to, the heavy traffic on the roads, they said. Man Is Acquitted And Gets His Booze Omaha. Neb., Dec 28. (I. N. &) Rolo Orllch, a Serbian, suffering from tuberculosis, was found not guilty by a jury in court here of having liquor un lawfully in his possession. The jury was out five minutes. Ten minutes later a truck backed up to the city jail and 40 gallons of old Bourbon whiskeys. taken In a raid from the Orllch home last April,, was loaded up and returned to the invalid. He testified in" court, to- gether"with many witnesses, that the liquor was purchased before the bone dry law went into effect and that he Was using It for medicinal purposes. Pope Pledges Aid For Lasting Peace . Rome. Dec 27. (Delayed.) (U. P.) Expressing the hope that the almighty would preside over the deliberations of the coming peace conference. Pope Ben edict today pledged himself to exert his influence with the "faithful, so that. through our , support, 'every resolution tending to give the world a Just and lasting peace shall be obeyed by the children of the church." Poison Gas on Hand Until Peace Gomes Washington, Dec 28. (U. P.) Poisoned gas stored In the country to help down the Hun will not . be des troyed . until the peace treaty' is actu ally slgnedVmembers of the senate mill tary committee said today. ' They were toia at tne war council.' , - , and built for the United States navy from the 1 eel to the gunner's cockpit is 25 feet. From how to tail the rise to an altitude of 2000 feet In 10 minutes. Recently Lieutenant David the Atlantic coast. PORTLAND SALESMAN IS VICTIM OF INFLUENZA Edward R. Roise Edward K. Hoise, 36, died of influ enza in Los Angeles, December 20. He Is survived by his wife, Elsie Koch Rolse, and two children, Dorothy and Edward Jr. The funeral was held Thursday. Mr. Rolse was born In Fergus Falls, Minn., April 22. 1882. His parents came to Oregon when he was 5 years of age. After completing his edu cation, ia the Portland schools, he be came connected with Fisher, Thorsen & Co., and at the time of his death was salesman for that concern. His was a splendid character, clean and aggressive in all his business deal ings. He was a member of the Multno mah council. Royal Arcanum. AL KADER TEMPLE IS GETTING READY FOR EVENT IN 1920 Annual Election Held and Plans Put Under Way to Capture . Imperial TempleMeeting. Al Kader Temple, Mystic Shrine, elect ed the following officers Saturday night at its stated session in the Masonic Temple : W. J. Hofmann. illustrious potentate ; A. II. Lea, chief rabban ; Frank S. Grant, assistant rabban; A. Ik Tetu, high priest and prophet ; . H. T. Hutchinson, oriental guide ; A. M. Brown, treasurer; Hugh J. Boyd, re corder ; Ivan Humason, first ceremonial master; Harvey weus, second cere monial master; Phil Metschan Jr., di rector ; J. Lk Hammerslee, marshal ; Dean Vincent, captain of the guard ; P, P. Kilbourne, outer guard; F. S. Grant, oriental dramatist ; W. R. Boone, organ 1st: Rev. F. B. Short, chaplain. This session of the temple was an im portant one because it started in t formal manner the campaign for the securing of the Imperial Temple in Portland in 1920. This will require team work on the part of the officers of the Temple' and the public of Portland. The Imperial Council session commit tee Is George W. Stapleton. chairman ; H. T. Hutchinson, vice chairman ; Dean Vincent, treasurer; Mark Woodruff, secretary; William Davis, J. C. Ains- worth. I G. Clarke, Hugh J. Boyd, W. J. Hofmann, Emery. Olm stead, J. Q, Mack, O. M. Clark, George L. Baker, Edwin Holman, F. T. Griffith, F. S. Doernbecher. Since the war the Imperial Council has been merely a business session. It will be the same in 1919. But in 1920 it will hold a ceremonial session of magnitude and magnificence. It is ex pected to attract to Portland no Jess than 20,000 visitors. Many temples throughout the United States will come in special trains. Barucb, McOormicK Start for Europe To Take Up Duties Washington, Dec 28. (L N. S.) Vance C- McCormick, chairman of the war trade board, and Bernard Baruch, resigned chairman of the war industries board, left Washington ' this afternoon for New York, whence they . will sail December 1 for Europe. Baruch and McCormick were called to Europe a few weeks ago by President Wilson to act as allied advisers for the reconstruction . program. Baruch v will advise on matters relating to raw ma terials, and McCormick . will act as an expert on control and .blockades. Clarence : M - Wooley of New-ff York and Chicago will head the war trade board during the absence of McCormick. by Glenn If. Curtiss. The craft measures 126 feet from tip to tip T DAY IS E THE LESS Pacific Coast Rescue and Pro tective Society Expresses Appreciation for Aid. What was done by sympathetic Port land for the less fortunate at Christmas time Is the Bubject of , a - message of thanksgiving Issued by W. G. Mac Laren, general superintendent of the Pacific Coast Rescue and . Protective so ciety. Mr. MacLaren sums up the sea son thus : The Pacific Coast Rescue and Pro tective society wishes to extend Its sin cere thanks to all who have had a part in making Christmas such a glad sea son to the mothers and babies In the institutions the society operates. , A splendid Christmas dinner, tree and nu merous presents delighted each big fam ily and did much to offset for the time J being the tragedy of life that separates them from their homes and relatives. The Progressive Business Men's club played Santa Claus to the Louise Home, giving every inmate a suitable present and a bountiful supply of fruit, nuts and candy. The Christmas dinner of tur key and trimmings was provided by the Portland Hotel Mens association through Messrs. Woodruff and Beach, and it was sure "some dinner." The Portland Realty board, through Messrs. Von Borstel. McGuire and Schack, proved to the babies of the Albertlna Kerr Nursery Home that Jolly old St. Nick was in -P ortland, showing his interest in kiddies by specially se lected toys placed on a beautiful Christ mas tree, and a check to purchase un derwear, woolen nootees and mittens. ThrouKh the generosity of the Front street wholesale men the Portland Com mons gave a family dinAer to the men living there now. The big effort to feed hundreds of homeless men was not found necessary as In years past. Many gifts of cash and provisions were re ceived by the society for its homes from friends tn Portland and throughout the state. It was a good Christmas, and the society is grateful. . Steps Off Train in.. Dark and Drops 40 Feet From Trestle Albany, Dec. 28. When J. E. Balch stepped off' .the rear end of a freight train at Summit before daylight Friday morning he fell through a trestle and dropoed 40 feet to a ravine below. The fall tore the ribs on the left side from the breast bone. Mr. Balch has been a brakeman for some time, but was on his first trip over the Yaquina branch at the time of the accident. The train had stopped and the engineer whistled for an air' brak test. Mr. Balch did not know that the train had stopped on the trestle and thought he was stepping off to the ground. The injured man was picked up by the train crew and brought to St Marys hospital in this city. Four Flyers Leave . New York on Test Flight to Chicago New York, Dec 28. (L N. S.) Four aviators left Belmont park today on test flights for Chicago by way of Belle fonte. Pa., and Cleveland, preparatory to the Inauguration of regular mall serv ice between this city and Chicago on January 2.' ' ' Instead of carrying mail, the aviators loaded then machines with sandbags. The aviators are : D. I. Lamb, for merly an officer in the British army. and Pilots Davidson, Miller and McCus- ker. Fairbanks Estate Nearly $2,000,000 Indianapolis, Ind., Dec 28: (L N. S.) The estate of the late Charles Warren Fairbanks, former vice president of the United States, is valued at nearly $2,000, 000. according to John L. McCloskey, inheritance tax appraiser, who J today fixed the tax on the portion of the estate within Indiana. t t Veterans of World War Form Society Evansville, Ind., Dec. 28. (U. P. An organization composed of sailors soldiers and marines who, participated in the war was formed here today with the name or "world War Veterans." Findlay Jailed for Contempt ' Vancouver, B. C, Dec. 28. (L N. S.) W, C. Findlay, dismissed prohibition commissioner of ' British . Columbia,- ia in " Jail here today , for- contempt ' of court, following his. refusal to answer questions concerning alleged Illegal liquor shipments into the province. CHRIS MAS MAD BRIGHTER FO FORTUNATE boat measures 70 feet. ;It has HcCulIough, U. S. carried , Self-Made Wealthy Mine Owner to Be Examined for Sanity C. F. Martin, self-made mine owner and possessor of large funds, was sent to the county board of insanity examin ers Saturday by Municipal Judge Ross man. He Is charged with defrauding an innkeeper. Martin was arrested Friday by In spectors Mallett and Tichenor on com plaint of the Hotel Multnomah manage ment, after he is alleged to have beaten the hotel out of a $110 bill and to have passed two bogus ' checks for $137 and 20. Two of the guests of the hostelry also accuse Martin of "borrowing" $600 from them. Martin is said to have posed as a wealthy mining man from Nome. He claimed he was worth $500,000, the po lice say. After being arrested Martin gave his occupation as a cook and said he came here from Seattle about a month ago. COMMERCIAL BLOCK TO MAKE E Old Landmark at Second and Washington to Be. Torn Down. The Commercial block, at the south west corner of Second and Washington streets, will be torn down in the near future to make room for modern store buildings. The building is six stories in height with finished basement and has a frontage of 95 feet on Washing' ton street and 100 feet on Second. It is of brick and stone construction and was for a number of years considered one of the finest buildings in the city. The property was acquired by the Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York oh a mortgage a few years ago and v has been vacant during the past year. The decision to wreck the building followed a survey recently made by Sutton & Whitney and F. W. McDonald, special agent of the Equitable. According to Mr. Sutton wrecking operations will begin at an early date and the ground will be occupied by twb-story brick and concrete store building. The demolition of the Com mercial block marks the passing of one of Portland's landmarks. ' $ Local Filipinos To Honor Memory Of Dr. Jose Eizal Filipino residents of Portland will ob serve the twenty-second anniversary of the death of Dr. Jose Rlzal with appro priate services in the T. M. C. A. audi torium Monday evening. Dr. Rlzal was organizer and leader of the revolution against Spanish rule which was in prog ress when the Americans occupied the islands in 1898. tie was killed by order of the Spanish governor general in 1898. Dr. Rlzal was a physician and a poet as well as a patriot and is revered as a martyr by the Filipino people. A program of exceptional merit has been prepared by the committee in charge of Monday night's event. During the evening Judge Gatens will deliver an address on "The Future of the Philip pines and the Filipinos. ' The program follows: Introductory remarks, P. Conception ; selection by the Filipino string- band ; "Why Do We Revere the Name of Dr. Jose Rizal?" by Roque Rivera; piano solo. Miss Kortense Kalisher; "The Life and Labor ' of Dr. Risal." Lorenzo Ompoc ; music by the Filipino string band ; speech in Spanish by Adolph Ramos ; "Rlzal As a Lover of Freedom," By C. Villanoza; piano solo by Miss Mildred Kalisher; "Rlzal. the States man," by Jose Diego : piano duet, by Misses Hortense and Mildred Kalisher; speech by L. L.-Theodoro; "My Last Farewell In English," by M. Vlllanueva. Chorus Binging of the. National anthem and other patriotic songs will be fea lures of the evening. A cordial Invitation to the public is extended by the 200 Filipino residents of the city. The committee directing the entertainment consists . of Lor en so Ompoc C Villanosa, George Mamerto and Edward B. Cecil. Exports Far Ahead Of Imports for Year Washington, Dec 28. U. P.) The United States exported $3,116,374,516 more goods in the 'year ending with November than she Imported, according to depart ment of commerce figures today. ' Im ports for . the 11 months ending with November tottaied $Z,BUO,754.53L : . The new Wurtemburg ' government proposes to abolish all nobility, titles and ROOM FOR MODERN STRUCTUR To establish a. strictly American per sonnel in the " merchant marine, the United ' States shipping Board has ar ranged to school men in the duties of a sailor. It has created the sea train ing bureau, which conducts several schools at naval centers about the coun try, including one at West Seattle. Re cruiting for the West Seattle school I being conducted In Portland by tl. Struplere of the Owl Drug company. Men entering the school are required to pass a. physical examination,, which I not as strict as that of the army. The school Includes a six weeks course in various lines of work with which sea men should be . familiar. The men are graduated as "ordinary seamen." except in unusual cases where they have had considerable experience before entering, when they may be graduated as "able bodied seamen." . On entering the school the men are placed in. classes of about 10 men each and put In charge of a seaman of long experience, who takes them right through the course. As apprentices they receive the same as navy pay $3tf per month and all clothing and ex penses. On being graduated7 and as signed to a ship they receive $o5 a month as ordinary eeamen and $75 a month as able-bodied seamen, both with allowances for board and clothing. The various branches taught include Engine-room firemen, coal-passers and water-tenders, seamen and carpenters of the deck department, stewards' de partment mesbmen, galleymen. stewards and cooks. Recruits are being received daily at the school. They are taken in and sent through the course and assigned to . a ship as soon as a vacancy occurs after they have been graduated. There are about 900 men in the school at present and there is a demand for many more. The applicants must be between 18 and 35 years of age. The new service appeals especially to sailors and soldiers. It will give them a chance to see more of the world and may quiet the unsettled feeling which many men have upon being discharged irom tne service. Federated Church Of Coquille Shows Scheme's Benefit The possibilities of the federated church were explained by Rev. James E. Conder of Coquille, who was In Port land during the week, visiting Presby terian leaders. Mr. Conder is pastor of the new federated church at Co quille. where the Methodist Episcopal, Methodist church South and Presby terian churches joined forces. They joined with the understanding that an entirely new pastor be sent to the field. "Where three struggling churches for merly existed in the city there is now one strong church with 400 members and more than 250 in the Sunday school," said Mr. Conder. "The regular church services are held in the largest building, the Toung People's society has exclu sive use of another building and the third is being used for business ses sions." Estacada to Accept $1000 in Settlement Of DeVore Incident After the passage of months and no word from C. W. DeVore. missing re corder of the city of Estacada, the Esta cada city council has decided to make the best of the situation and accept the $1000 offered by Mrs. H. P. DeVore in settlement of the shortage, supposed to amount to much 'more. The moneys said to be short represent collections in the Estacada water de partment. The council found the books in such shape that it was Impossible to determine how much was missing. Ac cordingly, Councilman James Smith made the motion at a recent meeting of the council that the offer of settlement made by Mrs. DeVore be accepted and that the criminal proceedings already instituted In Clackamas county be dropped. This was agreed upon and the case Is now closed, so far as official aetion is concerned. No trace has been found of DeVore since he dropped from sight. Plans for a Greater And More Beautiful City to Be Discussed Plans for a greater and more beau tiful city will be discussed at a confer ence called for Monday noon at the Benson hotel by Mayor Baker. All chairmen of committees and officials rbf the Portland Housing corporation will attend.? City and county commis sioners will also b present- Mayor Baker will deliver the Iceynote address of the ' campaign about to be launched by the Portland Housing cor poration at this meeting. Architects, contractors, builders and realty dealers wilt discuss the housing problems now facing the city. The conference will meet at 12:15 at luncheon. Soldier Among Killed Is Not Portland Boy Private James R- Bain, whose name Is given in -the casualty list as "killed Inaction." is not the son of James Bain, 928 Pacific street, as listed. The near est James R. Bain ever got to the battle front was two days on a transport- then cams news of the signing of the armistice and the ship was turned home ward. Private Bain is now stationed at Brooklyn awaiting his ' discharge from the army. The war department was no tified of its error and an attempt is be ing mads to locate relatives of the man who was killed. Guides Demand 7- a Day - Bangor, Me., Dec 28. -L . N. 8.) Guides in the Maine woods have boosted their rates. Three years ago the scale was $3.50 a day. ' Now visiting hunters are obliged to pay $7 a day to be piloted throifgh the dense woods and out again. And the guides are getting the $7 a day. too." for- when a hunter comes' a long distance for his favorite sport he just has to have a guide, that's all - , Sergeant E. A. -Springer Sergeant E. A. -Springer, former deputy assessor, has returned after, one year's service. He voluntarily enlisted and was sent to the Ordnance Training school at the University of Oregon and after com- 1 pletlng an intensive course there was sent to Benicla arsenal for further training. He was transfered to the 132d Ordnance Depot Company, at Camp Tremont, was promoted to corporal, and on May 21 sent to Camp Bowie, at San Antonio, Texas. . There he received a course on the target range in machine guns, was sent to the machine gun training center, at Catpp Hancock, and was given fur ther tralnng In machine gun tactics and made an instructor in machine guns on the large 1000 inch machine gun target range. He was promoted to sergeant of ordinance, and was there until Septem ber 28, and then ordered overseas as a machine gunner and armorer with the 685th aero squadron and sent to Mlneola aviation training camp on Long island. H& was on the transport and out two days when the armistice was signed and he was recalled and sent back to Camp Mills, and thence ordered to Camp Dlx, N. J.. and mustered out of the service. He arrived in Portland December 20 and reported to work in his former position as deputy county assessor December 23. Skip-Stop Program To Be-Modified by Streetcar Company Beginning with the new year the Port land Railway. Light It Power company will modify its skip-stop program to the extent of having its streetcars stop at alternate blocks on outbound trips only. According to announcement Saturday by O. B. Cold well, general manager of the company, stops will be made at every block on the In-bound trip. This change is made to accommodate the public Mr. ColdwU said, because In 'the mornings. when people are in a hurry to get to work. It is often inconvenient to walk the extra block. Those returning home are not in such a hurry. The skip-stop idea was put into effect September 29 as a fuel-saving measure. YOU SHOULD HU Removal Sale of Pianos and Players Continues for a Few Days In order to greatly reduce this finest stock of pianos and player-pianos before moving to our new store at 106 Fifth street, we are offering everything at greatly reduced prices and on terms to suit the most humble purse. . Such well known and dependable pianos as the Hobart M. Cable, Pease, Kohler & Campbell, Krell, Palmer and other fine ones are offered at prices lower than you have been asked to pay for cheap and unknown makes. 1 Used Pianos Going Too Perhaps you'd rather have as good used piano? Here may be found such fine pianos as the Chickering, McPhail, Pease, Valley Gem Irving, Roth and . Englehart and others. ' t Evei instrument positively guaranteed. Foley & VjnPyke 151 Fourth St., Near Morrison . Oregon Agricultural College, Corral- : lis, Dec 28. "Oregon Her III story, ' Her Great Men and Her Literature,' a 400 page history of Oregon with 200 illustrations, by J. B. Homer, professor of history at the college, is In type and will soon be off the press. It is an Oregon production In every sense, illus-. trations having been made by Hicks -Chatton of Portland, the printing by the . Gasette-Times of Corvallls, and the binding by the Oregon City Enterprise. - Much of the volume was written from first hand sources, the author having been acquainted with important char acters of Oregon for more than 50 years. No less than 100 artists and writers have assisted him in the compilation of the book, which is unlike anything heretofore placed on the market. The first edition waa to have been completed by December, but delays were necessi tated on account of war conditions, .- The history of the "Oregon country, that land of mystery and enchantment la graphically told, many Interesting stories being woven Into the pages. At least 500 events are described. The work is dedicated to the heroes and heroines of Oregon. The reader will observe, points out the author In the prefaoe, that the volume Is offered essentially as a history of Oregon, with only such, reference to the history of the Pacific Northwest as may be Indispensable In the introductory chapters. It is de signed to give such a condensed, au thentic account of the activities of the state as will instruct the reader, create a love for Oregon and arouse patriotic . respect for ber laws and Institutions, 29 or Faculty In War Oregon Agricultural College, Corval- . Us. - Dec 28j A compilation Just com pleted shows that 29 members of the college staff are on leave of absence for the duration of the war. They in clude four professors, two associate professors, four assistant professors. If instructors and four others. Several of these are expected to return soon. The list is as follows : F. IL Shepherd, Industrial education ; ' T, D. Beckwith. bacteriology; J. P. Van Orsdel, logging engineering; E. W. Hills, commerce; II. 8. - Newins, for estry ; R. K. Brodle, chemistry ; . E. M. . Buel, forestry: A. C. Chandler, zoology ; L. A. Ruffner, economics ; W. A. Bevan, ' physics ; L. W. Wing, dairy ; D. E. Rich-. ards, animal husbandry ; R. M. Howard, commerce ; J. H. Balknap, physics ; X. L, Betzel, pharmacy; W. D. Peaslee, elec trical engineering; W. J. Chamberlain, entomology ; H. M. Wright, zoology : Clair Wilkes, farm management; F. H. Lathrop, entomology: J. B. Toder. me chanical drawing ; It. D. Locklln, po mology; Gustav Dunkelberger, music i Sylvester Boyer, chemistry; R. A, Dun can, chemistry; C F. Dugger, assistant commandant: Denis Hayes, assistant commandant; T. IS. May, assistant coach and manager of athletics ; J. How ard Paine, foreman poultry plant. livuv jI powers.. .. ; . i . j .' a -