THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL
MARCH 19, tlVl9.
20
WEDNESDAY,
PORTLAND, OREGON.
QUANTITIES
LARGE
OF POSTAL PIECES
: LOST DURING YEAR
Millions o letters and Thousands
" of Parcels Fail to Reach Des
; tination Through Carelessness.
FAULTY ADDRESSES BLAMED
Postoffice Department Gives Di
'! rections Which, if Followed,
1 Will Help Overcome Difficulty.
Astonishingly enormous figures of the
number of postal pieces lost during the
Mast 12 month, because of Improper and
- Insufficient addressing, are given tr a
. circular received by the Portland post
office from the first assistant postmaster
general.
2 "During the last fiscal year there were
. sent to the division of dead letters and
Its branches 14.451.953 pieces of unde
livered first class mail, and 662.199 pieces
of parcel post, which could not be de
livered because of Inadequate addresses,"
ays the circular.
. Millions of letters were sent to the
directory section in postoffices to supply
addresses originally deficient. While
this mail finally reached Us destina
tion, yet the necessity tor directory serv
ice entailed delay 1n delivery.
Bales Governing Addresses
'"I Here are sorne rules to follow -in ad
dressing and preparing parcel post mat
ter for the mails :
i Write address plainly, and. if possible.
In ink.
. Put name of sender plainly In left
. hand corner.
. See that tag containing address Is
fixed Securely to package.
.. Wrap package securely.
- The damage of parcel post packages
Is the effect of two causes inadequate
packing or preparation, and improper
handling by postoffice employes. In
adequate or improper packing results in
many instances from the use of poor
Wrapping material. On the subject of
handling parcel post within the service
the department recently has issued in
structions to Its employes requiring
them to handle parcel post in the most
' careful manner. These instructions will ,
- b'e enforced rigidly with the hope that
justifiable complaints in this respect
will be reduced to a minimum.
' The matter of losses is being studied
carefully and steps are being taken so
- far as possible to fix the responsibility
tor losses. Employes upon whom re
sponsibility for losses is fixed will be
summarily dismissed from the service.
Better train service which will result
as an end of the war will facilitate the
handling of mail in general and will im
prove the service, the circular asserts.
During the war the railroad admin
istration found it necessary to reduce
. passenger train service in general on
the more important railroads, but with
the end of the war and curtailment of
strain service it is believed that the post
office department will be able to obtain
better transportation facilities.
White Pine Blister
- Will Be Considered
At April Meeting
, A convention for discussing the white
- pine blister rust has been- called for
. April 23 and 3 at the Imperial hotel by
H- P. Barss, botanist and plant pathol
ogist of Oregon Agricultural college.
Scientists will be in attendance from
Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Mon
tana. The purpose of the convention is the
: protection of white and sugar pine for
ests from the invasion of the blister rust
r which has attacked eastern forests.
" .Among the eminent pathologists expected
to be present are : Dr. Haven Me teal f.
. Jn charge of the office of forest pathol
ogy. Washington, D. C. ; Professor W.
-. A. McCubbin, director of pine blister rust
work in Canada; Dr. K. P. Metnecks of
Ban Francisco, who has had charge of
investigative work in Oregon and Wash
ington ; Dr. J. R. Weir of Washington ;
Professor J. V. Kastham of British Co
lumbia : Dr. G. II. Mecke. head of the
-: quarantine system at San Francisco, and
L.. M. Dean, quarantine expert from
. Washington.
The blister rust is spread through the
shipment of infected currant and goose
berry bushes.
Following the blister rust convention,
the Pacific division of the American
Phytopathologies 1 society will hold a
two day conference.
Hold on to Liberty Bonds
,j St t ! n - st'- 9t
Yield Interest, to Thrifty
Hold onto your Liberty loan bonds.
" Every time you sell your Tond for
some luxury, you hurt the government.
Yanks who "fought In France 'did not
quit and liberty bond holders must not
quit by disposing of their bonds. '
If bonds sell at less than par It is be
cause people are dumping them on the
market.
These are some of the reasons given
by Portland bankers and Liberty loan
-workers why bonds should hot he sold.
They say, furthermore, that promis
cuous sale of bonds will have a perni
cious effect on the Victory loan cam
paign In -April. -
The war is won. but we are still
paying for It and we have soldiers yet
in France," said Robert E. Smith, state
manager of the Liberty loan workers.
"Bonds were sold as a way to finance
democracy's victory. They yield inter
est and to their holder mean thrift.
Bonds should be sold, at lower than par
only when imperative." . t i
Bondholders are cautioned to . be
ware of various offers of doubtful-' value
to exchange stock, a method, it. is said,
to take bonds ' from" the ' wage earner
and place them .on. the open market...
Lend Helping Hand
To Ireland, Is Plea
, By Bishop Carroll
Impassioned' appeals for freedom of
Ireland from England's . rule by . the
Right Rev." John P. Carroll, bishop of
Helena. Mon., and other eminent speak
era, and . a program .of music and' hu
mor made up a successful SU Patrick's
celebration in the ' auditorium of the
Lincoln ;JUgh school Monday night. It
was given under the auspices' of the
Ancient Order of Hibernians, who were
all there and who brought many friends.
"Let America pay her debt to Ire
land, to whom she has been indebted
since the revolution. America has never
been better, able to pay that debt than
she is today." In such words the Rev.
Mr. Carroll urged Americans to lend Ire
land a helping hand as they did France.
John B. McCurdy Arrested ;
. John B. McCurdy was arrested by the
police Tuesday morning on the charge of
contributing to the delinquency of a
minor. He is being held in default of
$500 bonds., f -'
Walter Q. Hughes
Delivers Talk to
Makers of Candy
Walter O. Hughes, secretary of the
National Confectioners' association, ad
dressed - a gathering of Portland con
fectioners Tuesday at the Portland
hotel. . Mr. Hughes , was made head, of
the candy manufacturing in the United
States food administration during the
war. "Only S per cent of the sugar in
the United States was used by confec
tioners during the war, and this with
the great amount of candy made tor
the soldiers abroad." he told Portland
confectioners.
Monday with Mrs. Hughes he was
taken on a trip ever the Columbia ,
highway. He was accompanied here
from San Francisco by Walter K. V&uia. ,
secretary pf the Western, Confectioners'
association. :: J r
The war department has decided to
maintain 10 flying fields and three bal
loon fields as a part of the permanent ,
military establishment.
Former Policeman
Irvin Is Released
v E. R. Irvln.' former policeman, who
waa.arrested Sunday night on a charge
of being- implicated in a bootlegging
Scheme, was released Tuesday afternoon
im the recommnedation of .the United
States authorities. John Knowlton and
. Victor Hammer, also held on the same
Charge, were released, and "Dave Leighr
ner, said to be the ringleader of a ganj;
of bootleggers operating In the city.
Nvas held for further action by the fed
eral authorities. P E. Pinkerson, 26
years of age. is being held for the
United SUts government. Irvln has
been formally discharged from the po-
ilea department, but will -iot be prose
cuted furth.tr by either the state or ftd-
eral authorities.
The investigation showed that he had
no part, in bringing the liquor into the
. state., but that he failed to arrest, ihe
bootleggers, whom he knew were operat
ing. Bishop McGrath to
Be Consecrated
i - Tacoma, Wash., March 19. Consecra
tion of Rt. Rev. Joseph McGrath as
bishop of the diocese of Baker, Or., will
take place March 25 In St. James cathe
dral, at Seattle. Among those who will
attend will be Archbishop - Alexander
Christie of Portland. Bishop McGrath
will leave for. Baker about March 30.
BREAST VEAL ONLY 15c
At Frank Lc Smith's. 228 Alder street:
Veal stew
Pot roasts..
'Veal cutletsu
,15c
1 be
. . t
.35c
Roast veal.. . . . 20o
Beef stew. ..... 12 "Ac
Loin cutlets-.... .30c
Tender steak. . . .20c
The QualityStore
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Four Evenings of
Art and Song
Tomorrow, the second in the
series of four evenings of Art and
Song, will be given at Little The
atre, 23d and Washington, 8:30
p. m. subject, Greek. March
28, Roman. Byzantine, Roman
esque April 4, Gothic. Au
spices Business Women's Com
mittee. ' Y. . W. C. A. Tickets
Book Shop, Fifth Floor.
University of Oregon
Twelve Lectures
Friday, the second in the course
of twelve lectures on Growth of
American Ideals and Phychology
will be given, auspices Junior
League, by Dr. E. S. Conklin, at
First Presbyterian Church Tiouse,
13 th and Alder. 11 A. M. Tick
ets Book Shop, Fifth Floor. Lec
ture every Friday until May 30.
Stylesf or Spring
Spring fashions are very exacting as
to lines of the figure. Ypu will have
the modish silhouette if you choose a
corset designed especially for your
type of figure.
The new spring styles in
American Lady"
Corsets
are now on display in our Corset Shop
on the Third Floor. There is an Amer
ican Lady style for your particular
type of figure. Come in tomorrow and
sec the new models.
Very moderately priced from $1.50
to $5.
Meier & Frank s : Tnira r ioor. imiu wbwb r uh.-
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Pre-Easter Sale of PERRIN'S
Fine Lambskin Gloves
Remarkable Values
$1.78
An out-of-th.e-ordinary sale
of women's lambskin gloves '
the famous Perrin's make, you
know the quality. A special
purchase just received accounts
for this low price.
Every Pair New On Sale for the First Time
Finest quality lambskin gloves in one-clasp style. P. K. and
P. X. M. sewn. White gloves with black or wh'te embroid
ered backs, someplain stitched. All first quality. All sizes.
Every pair fitted. Buy for Easter.
Meier& Frank's: Main Floor. (Mail Orders Filled.)
Shoulder Hams, Pound 25c
Nicely trimmed, properly
smoked shoulder hams, weighing
6 to 10 lbs. each, lb. 25c.
Pure Lard, Willamette brand. No.
10 pail $2.59. No. 5 pail SI. 25
Peanut Butter, guaranteed pure
and fresh, lb. 18c
Tomatoes, well filled No. iVz
cans, dozen $1.70. can 15c
Preserves, raspberry-apple and
strawberry-apple, 20-oz. jars,
dozen $3.40. Jar 29c
Shrimps, fine quality, latest pack,
free from sand. No. 2 cans,
dozen $3.85. can 35c; No. 1
cans, doz. $1.90. three cans
50c. can 17c
Eastern Cove Oysters, 4-oz. cans,
dozen $1.95. three cans 50c
. can 17c
Minced Clams, Otter, No. 1 tall
cans, dozen $2.10. can ,18c
Minced Clams, Encore brand, best
ocean clams, dozen $1.95.
three cans 50c, can 17c
Sardines, Booth's, large oval cans,
dozen $2.20. can 19c
American Sardines, in oil, latest
pack. No." Va tins, dozen $1.10.
- three for 29c
Wool Soap, box of 100 bars
$5.75. 17 bars $1, ten bars
for 59c
Lurline Soap, box of 100 bars
Meier & Frank's :
ten bars 65c
Floor. (Mail Orders Filled.)
"Acorn" Double Range
The Acorn "double" range
burns wood and coal or gas
two complete, ranges in one.
It has two separate ovens
one for .gas,' the other for
wood and coal may be used
separately or at the same
time.
This Acorn range possesses
all of the excellent baking and
cooking qualities that have
made Acorn ranges famous
from coast to . coast. The
Acorn double range will meet
your every requirement. It
saves on fuel, time and space.
If desired-
Make Your Own Terms in Reason
-Meier & Frank's : Sixth Floor. Fifth Street.
Established 1857
62 Years in Portland
Store Opens 9 A.M7
Store Closes 6 P. Ml
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Whatever Is New! Whatever Is Good!
Whatever Is Fashion-Favored in
Separate Skirts
Ready in Ample Selection Here
In addition to all the above advan
tages, wornen and misses who select
their new spring skirts at this store
are sure of receiving the utmost in
value. Our buyer is now in the east
ern market practically every day
new skirts arrive see our displays
tomorrow.
Skirts for dress, street and sport
wear. Cloth skirts, silk skirts. Plain
skirts, pleated skirts. Plk in colored,
striped, checked and plaid skirts.
Every skirt your, fancy could suggest
is here. The price range - $6.50 to
$27.50 allows every expenditure to
be gratified.
New "Co-Ed" Dresses
for misses and small women are now ready in a special spring
showing on the Fourth Floor. Lovely dresses in serge, taf
feta, satin and wool jersey and in all the latest styles and col
ors. Moderately priced $19.50 to $55. Here exclusively in
Portland.
. Meier & Frank's : Fourth Floor. (Mail Orders Filled.)
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Merchandising Mastery
With Its Resultant Better Values Keeps the Store for Men
First in Favor With Keen Buyers For Example This
Pre-Easter Sale off Ties
will attract to our easily accessible Furnishings
Section men and young men desirous of laying
in a supply of high-grade spring neckwear at
decidedly less than regular prices. The higher
priced group offers an especially fine assort
ment of scarfs for-Easter and dress-up occa
sions. Every tie in whatever price group is an
excellent "buy."
$1.55
High quality silks in a remarkably fine selec
tion of tasteful patterns and colortugs. A group
that will appeal to fastidious, dressers.
$1.05
Ties that are altogether unusual values.
Reliable silks in the shapes, patterns and
colorings most popular for spring.
55c
Neckwear of a quality and style distinction
usually associated with an appreciably "higher
figure. A broad assortment.
Meier t Frank's ; Main Floor. (Mail Orders Filled.)
New Columbia
April Records
On Sale Tomorrow
The April list of new Columbia
records contains many popular
songs, instrumental numbers,
Easter selections and various othex
records that are sure to please. A
few of the best: .
"On the Road to Calais" (Sin
bad) By Al Jolson
"I'm Glad I Can Make You
Cry" By Lewis James
"In the Land of Beginning
Again" (Medley Fox Trot)
.By Columbia Band
"Come On, Papa"
.......By Avon Comedy Four
"Girl Behind the Gun" (Waltz)
...Yerk.es Jazarimba Orchestra
"Memories of Easter"
By Marie Morrisey and Colum
bia Stellar Quartet
Many others equally as good.
Meier & Frank's : Sixth Floor.
(Mail Orders Filled.)
Two New Models in Women's
"Welworth" Blouses
On Display and Sale
For the First Time
$2.50
The model illustrated is a.
finely tailored blouse of supe
rior quality Shantung. Buster
Brown collar. All seams are
double stitched. This is one of
the two new styles in Wel
worth blouses on display and
sale for the first time tomor-
...
These nationally worn and uni
vrsallv admired blouses are sold in
Portland only at MEIER & FRANK'S.
Limited number. MeIer & Frank.a . Fourtn Floor. MaU orders Filled.)
Continuing Tomorrow Our Great Sale of
Men's, Women's and Children's
Hosi
.erv
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Very Special Prices in Effect on
3-Pair Purchases
We have made the prices for this sale of men's,
women's and children's hosiery so attractive on pur
chases of three pairs that everyone should lay in a full
supply for spring and summer. There are ,12 special
lots for women, children and infants and 3 special lots
for men. Cotton; lisle and silk. hose included in all col
ors and sizes. Every pair taken from bur regular stocks
and reduced for this sale -v - -: -; ''VV:-;:, ,
, Meier Sc. Frank's : Main Floor. (Mail Orders Filled.)
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I Women's SAMPLE LowSKbes j
1 Regular Good $4.00 to $9.0Q Values
$1.98-$4.85
The very newest and most wanted styles as well
as many staple models are in this fine lot of 300
pairs SAM PLE Oxfords and . pumps for women's
spring wear. If -bought in the regular way these
shoes would retail for $4 to $9 almost half price at
$1.98 to $4.85. ; .
Patent, gunmetal and kid uppers. Brown, black
and gray. Low and high heels. Lace and buckle
styles. SIZES 354, 4 and 4 ONLY. ;
Come early for best selection.
Women's New Spring
Oxf ordsand Pumps I
All new and wanted styles in worn- S
cn"h new spring Ox ford s- and pumps in S
brown, black and gray. FULL 5
RANGE OF SIZES. Pair $4.S5 and
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Thursday, Friday, Saturday Great 3 Days'
Sale Wash Day Needs
1
JS3.00 Folding Springer Ironing
Boards, large size, with (10 OQ
sleeve board ........
J3.50 Oregon Willow Clothes
Basket, medium size, d0 OQ
special at only. . ; . . . l iDA0&
$6.2$ Wood Frame Clothes Wring
er, 12-inch roller, guar- &4 QQ
anteed S x years .... 0's7cf
MrsT Potts Sad Iron Sets. 3 Irons.
1 handle and stand, '7Q
special, set ........ 'V
li.oo Willow Clothes Bas- CQp
kets, small size, special at Ou l
12.28 Galvanized Wash (Jl 79
Tubs, No. 2 size,' special D A
; 3.10 ; Copper Bottom QO A C
Wash'Boileis. Nd! 8 size
1.85 , Umbrella Clothes QQ
Dryer Racks, special at.. . yOy
30c Clothes Pin Bag. and OQA
72 Clothes Pins, special at V
50cWire Clothes Line, 75 AO
feet," specially priced at".. tcOC
75c Vacuum Hand
Washers 37c
Exactly half price for these heavy tin vacuum
hand washers with cup for holding soap. These
washers will cleanse the heaviest fabrics and will
not. in Jure, the finest materials. As illustrated.
Elektro Irons $3.39
Good, serviceable "Elektro" electric irons
guaranteed for one year. Complete with 6 feet
of electric cord. .
- rMeler V Frank s : Basement. (Mail Orders Filled.)
Smith's bacon,
Adv.