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3 n rfrfifisp FINAL AFTERNOON EDITION ;tYAU Here and It's All True mm,) THE WEATHER Portland and vicinity Sunday rain ; southwesterly winds. trT vf V Xtr OKfi ."-'Entered M Second CUm Matter VUJU. AlA. IMVJ. AtfU PoetoHice. Portland, Oregon PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY . EVENING, DECEMBER ! 25, 1920. TWELVE PAGES ICE TWO CENTS ZIVV H "1; FINAL AFTERNOONEDITIM I rktl ' . II The next Sunday Journal, including; - . I thje Progress lumber of theagaime, C ""''''Q ijLVy ." ' H 1 " ' - 1 : " 1 ' " ' ' " 1 ' 1 ' 1 President-Elect Finds Cheer in Belief That Distress Is Pass ing; Spends Part of Day Read ing Messages; Children Guests i jjy jack Royle ' Marion, Ohio. Dec. 25. (I. N. S.) The spirit of Christmas had no difficulty today in getting past the secret service men who guard 380 lount, Vernon avenue, the home of President-elect and Mrs. Harding. Good St. Nicholas encountered a greeting as full of cheer and good will as the messages he brought. Thousands of his fellow countrymen wished the , next president a Merry - Christmas and he rejoined by wish ing peace, .happiness and prosperity J to all the world.- - In his message .of Yuletlde greetings. Senator Harding' said : ""tike every normal human "being I ' wish everybody a very Merry Christmas. It gets us out of the rut to Join in a na tional chorus of peace and good will. There; is peace, there is confidence in the morrow.- There is even cheer in the be lief that 'the distress of today is quickly to pass and that we may hope for, as well as wish, a prosperous new year." -4ATTEXD SERVICES '.-,'-."'..;? "X ... Senator and Mrs. Harding attended services at the Baptist church and spent the remainder of the morning in reading ,, the hundreds of messages of confidence "Jimmy Sloan, guardian of two pre vious presiaenis, wno nanaiea tne Christ mas mall and , telegrams, is confident that - illiteracy is - - disappearing fn America. . i 'Most of them can and do write," said he , Although Senator and - Mrs. Harding have no children, two youngsters who al ways will remember their Christmas with the kindly couple shortly to be president and "first lady" of the land, 'were the guests of honor at the Harding Christmas dinner. - Senator and Mrs. Harding had Invited Concluded on Pise Two, Column Two) - Washington. Dec. 25.- (WASH ' INGTON BUREAU- OF THE JOUR NAL.) Senator Chamberlain, who underwent an operation at . a local hospital Friday is resting easy today. Dr. H. A. Fowler, specialist, who attended President Wilson when sim ilar trouble developed, handled the ..' case, r The senator has reacted from the an- esthetic and his condition is reported en tirely satisfactory Tests made Thurs day established the capacity of the pa tient 1 to undergo surgery and doctors decided this was better than to continue local treatment, which so far had failed . to bring substantial results. It is expected the case will require a second operation In a few days, the usual;, surgical method being to perform the ! operation . in two steps at close in- tervala. - Joy Provided K t K . . Chicago By Alexander F. Jones United Neva Staff Correspondent Chicago, Dec. 25. About the time tha't American children are in the ecstasies ., that come from Christmas trees and high-heapedJ gifts on Christmas morning:, 125 lit tle Siberian refugees homeless but not i friendless will arrive in ' Chi cago. 4r ' They are some of the 'thousands of Polish children who are wandering about Si beria ; waifs of the great war. They arte some of the Polish children who were driven before the retreating Rus sian army four years ago. Since that time they have lived.no one knows how. But ith thousands of long and hun gry miles they have traveled in that time will end here. .POLES TO GIVE JOT ; The Polish people of ChicagoTare de termined that this Christmas 4ay will be like none other in their lives. They will be greeted by a throng of merry Americana of . Polish descent with their arms piled high with gfits that will make that tralnload of waifs a pop-eyed assemblage. They will be hurried to a new institution the Poles ' in America have founded for them at is'lles. III., and there given baths with real soap, warm clothes . for ,stunted bodies and a Christmas, dinner' with all those fine things to cat of Which they nave never neara. It is for this reason , that the Polish people here believe they will be doing TO OPERATE AGAIN ON CHAMBERLAIN Poles Stork in Role v Of Santa Claus Leaves Babies At Five Homes Santa Claus was accompanied by the stork to five Portland homes early this morning, and distributed three bright-faced , little girls and two plump, noisy boys. Patrolman J. H. Drinnon, 832 Wasco street, is receiving the congratulations of his brother officers this morning over the arrival of a girl to his wife at St Vincents hospital. A girl was also born to Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Nash at Emmanuel hospital, and to Mr. and Mrs. C O. Phillips, 261 Thirteenth street, at the Sell wood hbs- pital. . . - The noisy boys were born to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Sisson, 710 Kearney street, at ,the Portland Maternity hos pital and to Mr. and Mrs. Claus Victor Flink; of Oak Grove, at the Qood Sa maritan hospital. The five mothers and their Christmas presents are re ported to .be progressing nicely. : Boise, Idaho, Dec. 25. (U. P.) Frank R. Gooding will - become junior senator from Idaho on Janu ary 1J by appointment of Governor Davis. . This announcement was made from the governor's office today upon re ceipt '"pt the information that Senator John F. .Nugent .would resign on that date-to take up his duties on the fed eral trade commission, to which posi tion he was appointed by President Wil son on December 20. Considerable significance is attached to the appointment of Mr. Gooding at this time, as he gains, marked seniority in the senate. By, the appointment he will become senior to 23 senators, who will take their seats in the upper house of congress on March 4. Other advan tages from the appointment also will result to Mr.' Gooding. 3 Retail Stores Are Gutted by Flames; Damage $200,000 Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 25. (U. P.) Fire which gutted three retail establishments in the down-town section caused dam age estimated at $200,000 shortly" after noon today. The blase, which for a time threatened a whole block, was be lieved tinder control at 1 o'clock, A falling wall endangered the lives of approximately 20 firemen, but all were reported to have escaped. Origin pf the fire was unknown. Kidnapers Shoot, Beat, Labor Head In-Strange Attack (By United News) Chicago, Dec. 25. Frank Douglas. labor leader, staggered into a police station nere Tiaay night ana an nounced he had been shot. Then he fainted. Examination revealed three bullet wounds. His condition is critical. - When he recovered consciousness, he said he had been kidnapped in a taxi and shot and beaten and thrown out. Douglas is president of the Chicago Ketau urocers ana warKet jjrwers union. : Polish Waifs t Are Hosts their best -to keep Christmas day in its i rue spirit This is not the first time that a train. load of Polish children has been brought to viin.iieu via aeaiue ana Siberia. W orking quietly and with little osten tation, the American Polish national committee has recently bronorhf twn other large groups of their war waifs to the Niles home. Then starts a search that, in some of the results, is furnishing ' some of the moet remarkable tales of families reunit ed mat could be well imagined. If the children remember their names and the villages and cities they left years ago. representatives in roiaim are asked . to find parents and relatives. Sometimes p&rents are found in America and the searcn enas in almost unbelievable re unions. 1 hese things have occurred., it was said by John P. Smulski, president of the national committee, and a promi nent DanKer nere. GLAD TO HELP THEM Our . people are very glad to have the children come to us," he said. "Most of them our committee has found in Siberia. They , are waifs who were driven before the Russian army and some of them are five and six years old, and don't even know their names. It Is nitl ful, but in our new homes at Nlles. IIL and at KImswood, Pa-, 'we are caring for them, searching for their parents and families. . Some we find and some, of course, it is impossible to find, "The children who will come to us on Christmas will make the third trainload we have rescued from Siberia. More will come." GOODING NAMED TO SUCCEED NUGENT BIG SUMS FOR IRRIGATION DISTRIBUTED Reclamation Service Announces $467,000 of $2,080,000 Will Go to Umatilla Project and $713,000 to Klamath Work. Washington, Dec. 25. '(WASH INGTON BUREAU OF THE JOUR NAL.) It is now possible to tell Just what the reclamation service plans to do In Oregon the next fiscal year with the $2,080,000 which it has asked . congress to appropriate, the greater part of it' for new work in extending the Umatilla and Klamath projects and beginning the Deschutes project. , For Umatilla it is proposed to expend $467,000 all told, of which 1223,000 is for the reservoir on McKay creek, including the right of. way, roads, camp accom modations, equipment and construction work. ; $60,060 FOR XHriXG It is proposed to spend $60,000 in lining with concrete the East Side main canal A to reduce seepage and develop additional lands under the present pro ject. . For lateral canals on the. East side is allowed $25,080, for completion of laterals on the west side $15,000, and for' additional construction under ocn tract with the west side extension dis trict. $10,000 Is provided. For surveys and , construction of a drainage system in the west extension, $50,000 is set aside. For operation and maintenance of the present, storage works and distributing systems $37,000 is proposed for the east side unit and $16,000 for the west extension. $713,000 FOR KLAMATH The remaining items for Umatilla are 1 1000 for examinations - and surveys, $1500 for completion of the government cottage at Hermiston and $500 lor maps hd irrigable land surveys. " . The total for Klamath is $713,000. and of this amount $415,000 is assigned for various units of the canal system, ' in cluding $85,000 for complete replacement of the timber flume on C canal with con crete, $25,000 for replacement of Lost river and Poe valley flumes. $50,000 for completion of C-G canal headworks. (Concluded on Put Two. Column Six) HEAPS OF GIFTS Washington, Dec. 25. (I. N. S.) President Wilson's last Christmas in the White House was quietly cele brated today. Wilson arose early, as is his custom and exchanged greetings and gifts with Mrs. Wilson and his daughter, Miss Mar garet Wilson, who is the only Yuletlde house guest at the executive mansion. After breakfast the morning was spent in examining the hundreds of White House gifts and greetings that came from all over the world. Members of Mrs. Wilson's immediate family, her mother, Mrs. Boiling and her brothers, John Randolph and R. Wilmer Boiling, called to exchange greetings and members of the diplomatic corps called at the executive offices to leave their cards. ' Yesterday - afternoon. Miss Margaret Wilson accompanied by Rear Admiral Graysori, made a motor trip to Virginia along the route followed' by the president and Mrs. Wilson to the golf club and distributed gifts for the president and Mrs. Wilson to the children who used to greet the presidential car when it made daily trips before his illness. On Christ mas eve, turkeys were distributed to all the White House employes with the ex ception of the clerks. Remembrances to " the clerks were expected from the president today but their nature is kept a secret. , The president plans to take his regular motor ride with Mrs. Wilson fhig after noon and will enjoy his Christmas din ner this evening. Dr. Grayson. has let" down the bars for this feast and will allow the president to have "turkey' an' everything" tonight. ; The White House is decorated in the true Christmas spirit. Wreaths hang from all the windows and holly and mistletoe adorn each room of the big mansion. : , ' Dr. Grayson expressed himself today as being highly pleased with the presi dent's continued improvement in health. CHRISTMAS IS OBSERVED IN QUIET WAIT IN .WASHINGTON (By United Ken) Washington, Dec. 25. It is a quiet Christmas in Washington. " In official life the celebration Has been reduced to the minimum, ,due in part to the tempo set by the White House and even more to the tragedy that has afflicted the home of Secretary of Commerce Alex ander, whose son, Lieutenant Walter Alexander, was killed in an airplane ac cident Tuesday. Cabinet members end their families exchanged the usual greetings today, but none is entertaining formally. The. va rious embassies are having their own celebrations. the British, i French and Italian ambassadors each . entertaining his staff at dinner. - At the capltol work ceased for the most part Thursday evening, although there were some committee meetings Friday.- Business will resume Monday, continuing until Thursday, when there will be another recess over the New Year WILSON nGS INTO holiday. , BUSINESS HAS BRIGHTER ERA All Danger of Collapse of Credit . System Has Passed s and Re turn to Normal Is at Hand, Is Greeting of World of Business. By David Lawrence : . (Copyright, 1920, by The Journal) Washington, Dec. 25. The worst is over. . A turn for the better in the business situation of the coun try has come. Government officials generally are glad to be able to send a- Christmas message to the Ameri can people that all danger of a col-1 lapse of the credit situation has passed and that from now on steady return to normal conditions may be expected. , ( Every bit of evidence ' gathered here confirms the view of officials that with the exception of individual cases where bad management or imprudent financing has caused some concerns to hang by an eyelash, the entire business outlook is favorable. TUB COMES SUDDENLY The process of readjustment Is ' not over. Perhaps some of the most pain ful changes will come when the price of labor is gradually brought down, but In the business world itself the bottom has been reached and' the future Is by no means as dark as it was a month ago. Letters received from bank officials in various parts of the country indicate that the turn came in the last six or seven days . and that the improvement is substantial and sound. The reports received t on Christmas buying indicate that the strike, which the consumer started several weeks ago against' the purchase of everything ex cept absolute necessities, was broken by the Christmas spirit and that most, re tailers will have cleared their shelves pretty well by the end of this year. STRIKE IS POSSIBILITY Of course, the danger In reducing the cost of labor is always the prospect of a strike.. But in many cases the em ployers would welcome the chance to be rid of an overhead cost on labor alto gether for a few weeks, so that the wise laboring man consulting with the house wife and noticing a decline in the. prices of food and clothing, it is believed here, will be ready to accept a lower weekly wago rather than insist on a higher one and run the risk of not getting anything at all during the winter months.- But an abrupt change in labor prices is not ex peoted. Certain classes of . labor which have been paid at war prices will have to come down. ' All this may be stub bornly fought by the labor organisations, but the alternative may be no work at all. ' - '(.'' CrTS ABE ACCEPTED Already requests to accept a cut have worked out successfully in several lines of business and while everybody wants the other fellow to come down and no body wants to bear the brunt Of the re duction himself or herself, some reduc Hon in labor ' costs is Inevitable. The business man who . wisely made his prices on a basis of the average costs for a : period of normal years is the lucky individual nowadays. Yet few of- them were able to do so unless they sacrificed profits altogether during war years and the number who did that is very smalL Perhaps the most optimistic in Washington are those who see in the falling prices of building materials the answer to the labor question.. HIGH BEST IS TROUBLE High rent, it has been contended, has been the backbone of every demand for increases in wages; The shortage in houses has been - nation-wide. Some building materials are back to pre-war prices. But building on a general scale will not be resumed until labor comes down, too, for anyone wanting to build a house and sell it several years hence for at somewhere near the original cost. will not build at war ericas of labor. If the purchasing powerof the dollar should gradually increase the average workman will not . be ; justified : in ask ing for the retention of high wages, but the trouble will bato make the average man accept that line of reasoning until the dollar actually does buy as much as it used to. The trouble about the re adjustment of economic conditions is that things do not move uniformly and naturally reductions in labor cost .will oe resisted. : f iVW" -: rOOSE EXDS still" show In the seifse that a fall in labor prices is yet to come, the palnfulness of the economic situation is not over but with unemployment so extensive the resump tion of large business' Operations after the first of the year will tend toward the .relief of those who are getting no wages at all and who believe in the practical philosophy that some kind of a job is better than none. The big fact is that the financial world, which makes possible: the con tinuance of manufacturing operations. has passed through its crisis and that while buying will be conservative, the return to normal has at last begun on a basis that has removed the wrinkles of anxiety on the face of -the eovcrn ment officials and made them feel that the nation has successfully weathered the storm. Four Christmas Mail f Pouches Are Stolen MUton.' Or Dec 35. Four sacks of Christmas mall were stolen Thursday night from the O-W. R. & N. MUton Freewater station. Two sacks were out going mail and two incoming. No trace of the robbers has been found. SALVATION ARMY SPREADS HOLIDAY CHEER SALVATION ARMY officer dispensing some of the viands purchased with the funds J collected through the army's Christmas kettles. Two hundred families Thursday after noon received heavy' baskets of foodstuffs and "goodies" from the thoughtful workers. r r'$t&r fat SALVATION ARMY DINNERS BRING JOY Salvation Army Christmas kettles brought joy to 200 -families Thurs day afternoon when basftets heaped with all the. good things that go to make up a ; Christmas dinner- were dispensed at Salvation' Army head quarters at 243 Ash street to those holding tickets. Every shabby, tired and worn man, woman and child who received a Christ mas basket had been previously investi gated by the indefatigable Salvation Army workers and was known to be worthy. Each basket weighed 33 pounds and contalned 5 pounds of flour, 5' pounds of beef, 7 pounds of potatoes. 1 quart of elevator to take them to freedom, the cranberries, pound of coffee, pound jailer read over the menu to the cap of tea, 2 pounds of sugar, 2 pounds of i tain When the door of ' the elevator rice, 1 pound of raisins; 1 large - can j each of tomatoes, milk and peas : pound of butter, 1 loaf of bread and 1 copy of the War Cry; the Salvation Army publication. Baskets ' were ' distributed by Com mandant and Mrs. Henry Cozens, En Sign Jessie Miller and Envoy Lucy Upton, assisted . by Brothers Hansen, Skagen and Mrs. Lavinia Rankin, Sun day school superintendent. . Monday the Salvation Army will give its entertainment and Christmas .tree for the children of poor families at 128 First street, beginning at 7 :30 p. m. Nuts, candy and ys will be given to Japan Willing to Talk Disarmament, Says Ambassador London; Dec. 25.-Returning from Ge neva where he attended the assembly of the League o Nations Baron Hayashll, Japanese ambassador to London, today declared : . . "Japan being an island empire, is obliged to have an adequate navy, but would always welcome an opportunity to discuss the disarmament question in the interests of not only the Japanese people. but of civilization of all mankind. Japan's policy of maintaining friend ship for America and China is tradi tional." Aged Man Held in Pendleton Jail Is Believed Near Death Pendleton, Or., Dec. 25. James M. Coplen, , brother of John D. Coplen, wealthy mine owner of Los Angeles, broke down in his cell in the Umatilla county jail Friday. , He' was arrested in Portland, charged with passing a worth less check in this city. Coplen was or dered" to the hospital by Ibe county, phy sician. Dr. D. J. McFaul, who said that the man, who is almost 70 years old, was suffering from great mental agony.- Officials at the jail believe that the prisoner will not live through this at tack, as he Is low In spirits and does not care to live. ' .; ' :. ".. 500 Needy Men Feast At Cost of Gent Each New York, ; Dec. 25. Five hundred needy' men of this city dined last night at the cost of one cent, if they had it, and if they did not have it they dined just the same. . Because it was Christ mas eve, the Greater New York Philan thropic society which served the ' one cent a man dinner to daily unfortunates offered a tempting soup, roast pork, '4 4Vagrants$igh On Leaving Jail Before Dinner Roast veal with dressing, celery, mashed potatoes and mince pie. Fifty prisoners in the men's depart ment of the city jail and nine women in the matrons section, even though the price Of turkey, is prohibitive, are having a "regular meal today." Early this morning Captain Moore of the day relief was in conference with HJaiier Gustaf son and his assistant, Pa trolman Nelson. t Four nondescript vagrants were dis- (charged. As they stood waiting for the gWung open, they hesitated for -a. m mert, then shuffled m, a saa weary smile on each of the four faces. "The ones that stay . behind will have a better dinner today," murmured the captain, and the jailer jangled his keys. RE E Marshfield, Dec 25. Breaking all records since 1909. the high tide here Friday brought the bay up to the level of the wharf. The dykes in the south part of the city; which hold back the water of streams from the I6wlands, were too low to hold the tidewater, which flowed over and flooded all the South Marshfield section. ' Water ran into the first floor of some of the houses. The tide was so high that it is feared it may enter the engine room of the C. A. Smith mill and put the city electric "light plant out of commission, as a still higher tide is scheduled for to day and more damage is anticipated. The storm Thursday night was severe. There was a high wind - and telegraph wires were down until noon Friday. The night train from Portland, due here at 7 a. m.. was eight hours late, and arrived a few minutes before the afternoon train. The delay was due to trees being blown over the track ' in the Siusiaw river country. . - - FISHERMAN IS DROWNED IN BAY AT NEWPORT Toledo, Or.. Dec 25. John Ressler of PooleT .Slough was drowned Thursday evening by "the capsizing of a launch on the .lower bay. The accident oc curred about 1 o'clock,' when Ressler, accompanied by two of the Shermer boys. was en route home from NewporU The Shermer .brothers managed to keep afloat with the aid of some oil cans and got ashore, but nothing was seen of Ressler. The bay was very rough, with the wind blowing a gale. The drowned man was a fisherman. He is survived by a wife and two children. LOWER HIGHWAY BLOCKED f ' BY SLIDE NEAR KERRY AstoriaDec 25.-A heavy landslide of the rain-soaked earth from the high banks . bordering ... the lower Columbia hizhwar a short distance this side of Kerry so effectively blocked traffic over the read .Thursday night that no ve hicles reached this city from upper river points Friday. Details of the exact location and se riousness of the slide are lacking, owlnr to the fact .that all communication be tween Astoria and towns near the slide was severed when the mud swept across the road. . CORD HUD IS MARSH D DESIRE TO GIVE LURES TO THEFTS New York, -Dec. 25.' (I. N. S.)- This is the story of one who wanted to be Santa Claus and landed In Jail. ' Mrs. Kuth Rulckholdt, reputed member of one of the most prominent families of New England, spent the night weeping in a cell. A charge of grand larceny stands against her. Her husband, ac cording to the police, is Dr, Charles A. Rulckholdt of New Haven, Conn., Police Inspector Coughlin, ' who is her chief accuser, declared that Mrs. Rulck holdt broke i down Just before being locked up last night and confessed hav ing swindled her dearest friends. ARRESTED IJT ACT Mrs. Ruickholdt's arrest was made at the office of the Adams Express Co. shortly after she had signed for a pack age addressed to Mrs. Alfred Mitchell. Mrs. Mitchell is one of her friends, and Is eaid to be a member of the Tiffany family of jewelers. Inspector Coughlin approached Mrs. Rulckholdt Just as she was signing for the package. For fully two hours the ' New Haven' woman " in sisted that she was Mrs. Mitchell. Un der relentless cross-querrying -at the hands of the police official, she finally broke down, according to the police, and confessed a series Of swindles.- She told, the police say, of having tele phoned on, December 2, to Mrs. Elma Sharp, ; a wealthy resident , of Derby, Conn., asking her to send her 1000, claiming to be Mrs. Sharp's cousin. COCSIX 8E5BS MONEY Mr. Charlotte Sharpe of 290 Westmin ster street. Providence, R. I., with "finan cial difficulties." it is alleged, was her excuse for the 'S. O. S." Mrs. Sharp sent the money. A few days later-the jewelry store of Stone & Berry, New London, Conn., re ceived a long-distance call. The caller was Mrs. Rulckholdt, who this time rep resented herself, according to' the police. as Mrs. Alfred Mitchell. - She ordered a diamond ring and a gold, open-faced diamond-studded watch. asKing mat win oe eiii 10 uw Dtuwi" way office of the Adams Express com' pany. - A strange intuition prompted tne Jewelry clerk who took the order over the telephone, to call the Mitchell noma. He learned that Mrs.. Mitchell was in Florida. The police were notified. The Jewelers sent a package but fhere was nothing in it. ARTICLES F0C5D IX ROOM In Mrs. Ruickholdt's room at the fash ionable Murray- Hill hotel, where she registered as Mrs. M. E. Porter, the police say they found innumerable pack ages containing articles purchased at a prominent sporting goods house. The police theory is that Mrs. Rulck holdt wanted to shower her friends with Christmas gifts andr-lacking the money, resorted to roundabout ways to obtain them. T . " . , . Cabbage Has Dropped From $85 a Ton to $11; Onions Follow (By United rw1 , Washington, Dec. 25.-When 1920 was a fat and rosy youngster , about the time they nut hi picture on the maKa- zine covers and labeled him "Happy New Year," you couldn't buy a ton ef cabbage for less than 85. Now that 1920 is old and white and lean, with a waist like the hour glass he always carries, cabbage seas tor A report of the deoartment of aerl culture which established -these facts Friday also revealed other startling re ductions in the market value of produce within the vear. Onions have droDoed from S5 and IS ter hundred wound to as low as to eenu ; ijaiawin appies rrom 97 ami S a parrel to 4 ana s ; pout toes from an average $5.85 to l-6 per hundred. - 11 . . t All these things were raised with lihnr. frt!Hsr. Med and machinery ob tained at high cost. It has been a bad year for the producer.- Portland. Reflects Fine Christmas Spirit; Santa Claus, Laden With Presents, Makes His Annual Rounds; Churches Give . Aid. "And on earth peace, good will toward men." The message of the herald angels on the first Christmas morn, 1920 years ago, finds fine exemplification in Portland today. This city is en joying the best Christmas of Its "en tire history; good will and the Intent to make others happy is the prevail ing spirit, showing itself In words and deeds among all classes of Port land's citizenry and the strangers within its gates. : More than 11,000,000 worth of Christ mas gifts are being distributed in Port land today and it is estimated that fully $500,000 of this amount is represented in toys and gifts for the. children. Nearly 6000 children are being remem bered with Christmas cheer by various organizations of 'the city, and probably never , before have so many persona , acted individually as the representative of St. Nicholas In looking after those who otherwise would have been passed by. 1000 FAMILIES AIDES ; . At least 10(30 families In Portland have been given practical assistance and Christmas dinners through the various cources carrying on this activity. Portland merchants declare this 1 the best Christmas bn record from the -merchandising point of view, and that naturally meant that it is the best from the most extensive distribution ef gifts. - From the vast number of Chri3tnia'" ' trees that were displayed on the mar kets and that have disappeared, oft may ' deduce the fact that enchanted trees, bearing their wealth of taper and tinsel and star and golden strand and riches of delight for the little folk, are to be seen in hundreds of households. From the vast number of chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys that have gone from the -markets to the homes, one may deter mine that festal spreads will be laid by the thousands. CHURCHES OBSERVE DAT The churches began "their services of praise and celebration, of the birth of. ' Christ before the break of. dawn, when masses were celebrated 'midst the glow of candles and with the pomp of glori ous music, and other services were held during the forenoon in various temples of worship. - The postal authorities added their Potent aid to tha haDolneaa of tha dr by providing for "the distribution of all Christmas packages that arrived during Friday night, and a similar service was maintained by the express deliveries. As a matter of fact, the Christmas events have been in progress for several days. More than 200 families were pro vided with the materials for Christmas dinners by the Volunteers of America and the Salvation Army. ' The tiny- tots at the Waverly Baby home and the Chil dren's home were given celebrations with feasts of goodies. C -W. Wesfof the Red Rock dairy. Washington county, distributed a whole truck load of Christ mas apples to the crowds at Sixth and Alder streets Friday , noon, and there also appeared cottage cheese sandwiches for the newsboys and other youngsters. The Fruit and Flower mission gave a din ner to 60 youngsters ; Tommy Swivel was . host to a great crowd of children at a Christmas dinner in the Chamber of Commerce dining hall, and these were but incidents In the general program of ' celebration of Christmas and . the ex pression of good .will toward men. PARTIES ARE GIVE3C - The Portland Ad club gave its Christ-' mas party to 40 children Friday after nooi. with a Christmas tree and Santa 1 Claus "an ever'thlng." This was for the little folk of the Children's home, and to- I day they were guests at the municipal l Christmas tree at The Municipal Audi torium, in charge of the Elks. - Theatrical folk who found themselves In Portland for the Yuletlde were enter tained at a dinner at the Multnomah " hotel Friday -night, with a program ar ranged by Eric V. Hauner; and the en- tainers of tne Hlpppdrome were given a dinner by Manager Ely. Thia after noon the management of the Hotel Port land will distribute toys, candy and fruit to alt children who call there between 2 and 4 o'clock, -and a-, great Cbriatraae tree stands in the .lobby laden with a wealth of gifts.' The Sunday Journal . When . the relaxation comes Sunday from the strenuous at tentions of , Christmas day, you will find an abundance of pleas ant and informing reading In Tha Sunday Journal. . ? : Particular attention la called to the Progress number of The Sun day Journal Magazine, which re views in picture and text the ma terial achievements of Portland "and' Oregon during 1920. Your friends out of the state will enjoy -this handbook of information. The Sunday Journal First ' in news, reviews,- photo graphs, features and fun. Five cents the copy.