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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 6. 12L
POSTAL RECEIPTS
ARE EVIDENCES OF
II
laud mm
' I
Income This Year Expected to
Exceed $2,000,000; ' Money
Orders Gain; Hints on Mailing;
i BrV.ir.D.
rostal receipts show ForUand'a cfowth.
la 50 the Portend postoffUe toek
la the princely ium of IJtSs.
Twenly years after, as Dumas woulfl
" Mr, the amount had frown to tlMIKt
Another 40 years witness! a blKgor
Jump lo ltU.7tl.USn 1I0.
Th Lewis A CUrk exposition year.
lioi, wm a tanner year. Tba postal
receipts attained tha . proud total of
1 f47a.0U.ll. . ,
But thOM who thought then that Port'
land had reached the pinnacle of growth
were agreeably surprised In 110. Tha
.postal receipt of that year totalled
tS2S.K4.a2. , ., ... .. -
And aUII the-city grow.' In 1920 tha
Portland postofflee took In f 1,W,00.96,
about four times tha' business of our first
exooslUon year.' .' i
TO EXCEEI fS.ttt.Mt ' ' ".."
, Thia year Of 1921 la to! set a new
mark. Tha poatal receipts will exceed
JJ.OOa.000, 4
And still Portland crow!
Seventy years ago mall bags a-horse-back
and la sktffs furnished local color. I
Now special. delivery letters foe Chi
cago or St. Louts sent out on at least
two Union Pacific trains are transferred
to aeroplane at Cheyenne, 'with a gain
for Chicago c 1 hour 10 minutes and
for 8L Louis. Of one business day,
8o Important has become the -minute
of tlmo that all kinds of mall seat from
Portland oo tha two Union Pacific trains
mentioned are carried by aeroplane be
tween Chicago and Cleveland to, the
sake of gaining an hour and 40 minutes
la delivery. Instead of being- nor feed In
tha New York postoftloe, tha mall is
prepared aboard train for tha carrier
, and la ready for immediate delivery
upon arrival
These and other somewhat surprising
facts were preathtedby Postmaster John
X. Jones and nyrmbers of his staff when
poeui affairs held attention at tha Ad
Club last week.
M03IT OKDZB OBOTTTTt
Assistant Postmaster Russel, for In
and p. m- and satisfactory service i
la almost fansoestMe. ." !
If people would learn where mailboxes
are located, when-tha carrier coma and
when mall trains, arrive and leave, they
would greatly increase the value of the
service to them, as well as speed It op.
While the postmaster and his assist
ants are keeping tha mall flowing- swift
ly in Its channel, postofflee Inspectors,
and, back et them,-the federal depart.
ment of Justice, are watching to see that
nothing improper Is carried. Deputy
United States Attorney .Ball Q. Lnsk
aid taat contrary to general belief libel.
one matter can' be. carried through the
mail If It is sealed. But obscene matter
and communications Intended to aid a
scheme or defraud make the senders
liable tor fines of 11000 and Imprison
ment no to five years, "
SAW IS TZRB01IZEK ?
Ifv hi not 'even necessary for fraud
actually to result from- such use of the
mall Tha Intent la the thin. . That la
why the law' baa become such" a terror
to evildoers. Here are a few words from
toe postmaster which are intended to
save you money and time:
roe . prompt delivery of the letters
you write depends npon your supplying:
a com piece ana correct address. Most
letters are pf sufficient importance to
Justify thia effort, i : ," ,
"letters bearing; eo street address, re
ceived for delivery In large cities, are
usuaiiy oeiayea in- aiivery from 1Z to
zt nours ror airectory service. '
"inflow or the benefit, to be rained
may I not request that jrour; envelopes.
mwr nra.ua tna -aiaiemenis . near, con'
splcuously, street or office buildinr ad
dress, as a convenience to those who wish
prompt .oeuvery of their letters to you?
?'If you are not already doing so win
you- kindly deposit your outgoing letters
about noon and I p. tav to place of hold
ins; them until closing: timer
ASSETS ALMOST
Outside Horists to
Join in Displays
santhemums
ktanee. Introduced another barometer of
municipal, grlwth which the local post
efftoe possesses. Sixteen per cent more
tiesney orders were Issued in 110 than
la 11 00, but the Incraaae of 1)10 over
105 was M per cent, and of 1920 over
the 105, the exposition year, 400 per
cent
Without counting the parcel post car
rlers, there are 201 mall delivery routes
revering an area ef 11 square miles in
Portland. The business sectlop pets five
deliveries a day, the semt-bustnesa-rssl
dence sections three and four deliveries
and In the strictly residence districts
two dellverlea
A carrier on a business route sorts,
prepares for delivery and delivers torn
1000 to 1000 pieces of mail In the civile
ef an 1-hour day.: He forwards -In or
ut ef the city, ISO te ISO places of mall,
The residence carrier haa to walk far
ther but hie mall delivery la less from
oo te 100O pteoss of matlia day; ' Oo
Mondays and after holidays the mall
Is about double normal; and It Is en
those days that -the moat kicka are re
reived about tardy dellverlea.
RftOftS DILAT MQIX
' Poor light In an office bulldlnr de
lays the carrier. So does a carelessly
. pr Illegibly written address. Thousand
Of dollars extra expense Is Imposed upon
the postoffloe In hiring people to make
ut addressea Bight clerks at an ex
pense ot flioo a month arc employed
. exclusively in searching directories to
upply emitted addresses or te correct
Sjumbera -
r People overlook flllnr their addresses
wltH the postofflee. They tall to put
their return addresses on the envelopes.
They put the stamps on the envelopes
In weird positions and places making It
Impassible to run them through the
eanoellin machine, and whenever they
do any ot these things they promote de
lay, multiply misdeliveries aad Increase
the coet of service,
: Carelessness in the preparation of par.
eels nest packages carries not only the
ataedvsntages mentioned,' but' renders
more likely breakage and damage.
T&AI7 8 ABB XISSBD
. One of the most wasteful of business
eustoma Is the habit ef wailing until
the sloes ef office hours to pot the day'a
. letters la the mall. Trains are missed.
the movement of mall la congested. (0
per peat efthe total is handled between
Florists froto many outside points will
naH ontrles . In , tba .'Chryaantheiaum
Show which .will ba held In the-green
room ot the Chamber of Commerce,' No
vember 9 to J!. Reservations have al
ready been.madVtoNpermit exhibitors 'to
" space, - urciuoing aoms rrotn Ban
Francisco. Seattle. Albany.. Salens and
La Oraade ' ' '-' -. -v-'V-.. .. ,
The green room Is belnr redecorated
for the oocaston and tha -model of the
International Rose Garden In Washing.
ton park will be on display. The work
of remodeling the dining room on the
eighth noor wm be completed prior to
uie anow.
Because of the demand to hear Ex
Governor Lowderi of Illinois sneak on
the final night of the show, November
ii, it nas peen zouna necessary to re
strict the nqmber.pt diners to 400. A
special musical program -has been ar
ranged by D. C. James tor the tea tor
wives of. members of the chamber and
patronesses. The tea will be held on the
opening day- of the show. The second
day ef the show will be known as Civic
Clab day and Invitations have been sent
out to alviocal organisation
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Organization's Finances Said Not
. to Be Wobbly; Conference to
Be Held. on Disruption Crisis.
That the Oregon Dairymen's league is
on an intrinsically sound financial
basis, that its asset- would nearly, tf
not Quite, balance obligations to credit-
orseven if liquidation were forced, anet
that there la no financial reason why
the league should not, pe maintained in.
tact, were statements by p. H. Maclde,
secretary of the league, to leaders of
the cooperative marketing movement in
Oregon at a conference Saturday morn
mr. v : . : --
The conference was called by Pr,
Hector MacPhersott of Oregon Agricul
tural college, a member of a special
committee appointed by the Oregon Co
operative council.'
A second conference, la to, be held at
2 o'clock this afternoon' in the offices
of State Dairy and Food Commissioner
L. uawiey, between the league s ex
ecutive. committee, K. C" ,E3dridge, Its
manager; and a committee from the
group that met Saturday. This 1 com
mittee consists of Dr.' McPherson, -C. E.
3 pence, master of -the state grange
D. Mickle, secretary of the Oregon
Dairy council .and former state dairy
and. food commissioner . A. D.. Kata,
former - president of the Dairymen's
league : State Dairy and Food Comrdla-
sloner Hawjey. and Marshall N. Dans of
iTbe Journal. '-.. ?''' ' ;V -.
Toaay'a conference will have refer
ence, it Is said, to representation at a
masa meeting' of Clatsop county dairy
men ' to ' be held -in Astoria, "Monday.
When confronted with the fact that they
have everything to lose, Including -their
Investment ra .the league, and probable
litigation en account of violated con
tracts, it is the hope of the committee
that Clatsop dairymen will reconsider
their determination to secede from the
league.
'In addition to those already named
these were present at the Saturday con
ference A. E, westcott, president of . tha
Dairymen's league; Ci F. Adams, 'vice
president of t the First National bank;
froressor r. &. Brandt of Oregon Agri
cultural college and newspaper repre
sentatives. . -
Washington Fight' .
On Columbia Basui
Rates to' Be Heard
Olympia, Wash-, Nov. C Arguments
on the application oit the carriers for a
temporary Injunction . and-on the mo
tion of the attorney generaf to dismiss
the Columbia basin rate case for intra-
state application in Washington will pe
heard before the federal court in -Seattle
at 10 o'clock in the morning ot Novem
ber 15, according: to notification received
by the department of public works Fri
day.
Tha hearing la on the action wherein
the carriers obtained a restraining order
against Abe department of public works
to prevent the suspension of the rate
increase of 5 per cent ordered by the
interstate commerce commission on grain
and grain products and class rates from
points south of the Snake river to Seat
tle, Tacoroa and other points on Puget
Sound. . - . : . i
Federal judges who will bear the ar
guments are W. & Gilbert of the United
States circuit court at San Francisco.
Jeremiah Neterer and E. E. Cushman of
the United. States district court for
Western iaahington. Whether the in-
Columbia Is to Ite
Represented at the
AUocationHearing
Three representatives of the. Columbia
river district wfll leavr Monday for
Washington to . attend the hearings
which the shipping board will hold be
fore allpcatlng combination passenger
cargo ateamers for the . Pacifld- Coast
porta The hearings will start Novem
ber 14. Portland and Astoria will com
bine In making a strong presentation,
w. D. B. Dee son, general manager of
the Chamber of Commerce ; R. D. Pln-
neo, traffic manager or tne fort or As
toria, and J. C Alnawortb will be the
Li) (strict representatives? at the hearing.
W. L. Thompson and James H. Pol
hemus also probably will bo In attend
anc for the hearings.
Portland has requested the allocatioi
of three steamers of the combination
type and will make a strong fight U
obtain thi ships..
A- ...
Debris Falls Into
m;Kock
1 Work Melts Delay
After the lk rock tunnel was broken
through early. Saturday- morning a
portion of the roof tn ' tha central por
tion of the passage fell in with tha re
sult that It ia not expected Uhe tunnel
will be clear before' the middle of this
week. The' Haoeer Construction com
pany,' Which' has been pushing the tun
nel work ahead at tba speed of alightry
better than ! feet a day. expects to
have, the tunnel' complete for operation
within. another month.' . Tha ' tunnel Is
ltZO feet ia length. Work on tha bore
was started July Z. After the tanael is
ready 'for operation the souther Pa
cific will abandon tha use ot the trestle
abound the took, over which - its west
side electric train operate at present.
CBXBCK TO BE BBDEDICATZTi
vFtret Grove, Nov. (..Forest Drove
reaideOi-wm attend the rededicaUoo
of to Cornelius Methodist church Bun-
day morning. '' Kev. . w. W. - Toungsoa
f Portland will deliver the address and
Rev. KK. Gilbert will officiate at tha
dedication. A reminiscent talk will be
given by ; Rev. i J. G. Crosier. The
church .and parsonage have - Just, been
remodeled.. . ... . -
Homecoming' to Be .
.Whitman Feature
Whitmaa CoOega, Walla WaEa, Wash,
Kerr. (.-Whitman college alumni, have
baas la; tad to a hoiriecomJng weekend.
opening Thursday night with a big "pep
rally aad parade to boost sale'of tickets
tor tha Whitman - WUlamette football
gama. oo Ankeny field Armistice day.
and doeiar with tke W clnk dance
Saturday night. A. silver loving cup has
been donated for tha beat float la the
parade -and cash ' prtsea will be given
for the beet individual ideas. Dr. R. F.
Scheie, president of Bead college, Port
land. wOl speak at tha Armistice
ceremonies a "A Prayer tor Dtsaraa
meat."
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WHYBEFAT
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and sin snijy the mmlr i
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We Aire;":
PeopI
As a Residt of the Experience We Have Just Been Through
s of Blind Buy in$ Are
Th e Dm
Over
surnefjurisdictiori , "teuyTni The people-have learned to count the cost . which means that value luv taken a new significance U is now in-
bTniacadhef th court f decision. 5ianilj iccognuca ana apprcciaieu. ine oenwan nano io. was onginauy iounoea on me oasic iaea 01 giving mc
: . . public 25 per cent, lower- prices Easterji prices. TJris policy has never been departed from at any time, however.
snocn araen ' wins
In This Case;. Wife
Would Like Him Back
i y
You Can't Correctly Estimate the Value of a Piano From the Window
'Bj United News)
Boston, Mass., - Nov., 5 Another
Epoch Arden" episode growing out of
incorrect casualty lists during the war
came to light when Mrs. Margaret H.
Barns Qf Wrentham filed a petition In
superior court .asking for an annulment
of her marriage to Richard Burns.
Her first husbaild, Wilmer H. Dorsett
ei - MontyeaL . was reported killed in
f aotion in France she declares In her pe-
tWon, but aha knows he: Is alive be
cause she met. htm faoe.to lace on the
street Jn Nashua,-N. .H-i last June.
"She married Burns in December, 1915,
and they -lived happily enough Until she j
saw Dorsett again and thereupon de
cided to resume life with nun as soon
as possible. '
$475 Pianos
$356
Watch Is Presented
To John W. Cochran
Salem, Nov. S. In token of the esteem
In which he is held by members of the
department, employes of the secretary
of state's office, . today - presented
a beautiful gold watch to John W.
Cochran, whose resignation as deputy
secretary of state became effective thia
afternoon. Cochran will leave Monday
-for Portland to become acquainted -with
ma new outtes as enter deputy in the
office of Collector of Customs Huntley,
to which position he will succeed on
November J5. . .
New
$575 Pianos
$395
New
$650 Pianos
$487
New
$800 Pianos
$5S5
Booze Gets 37'of 42
Prisoners Into Jail
New
$1150 Grands
$863
New
I $1300 Grands
$975
Montesano, Wash., Nov. 5.r Of the 4J
prisoners in the county Jail, all but
five are in Jail for some violation of the
prohibition laws. Sheriff Gibson de
clares he has knowledge of the existence
of a well organized "union" among the
DooueggerB p.na juiiiuou ai uj wumy, i
. . . . , , 1 J I I a . . WIe .
ana mai inis orfjuiiiiaiion is picugmjt i c uis, yg to
its members to serve time ratner tnan I 55Q Cash 1 $Q
to $25 Mo.
pay fines.
I.A8T PEAK MO?fE't". PAID
Roseburg. Nov. 5.-r-The W. B. Glafke
'" icawasi in." r r i, i m,'. 1 ,' 1 1 iiiiwwaroi'M 11 wiwawnwiaM
p !L ii 1 1 1 . 1 j " 1 i .r 1 1 1 ii iii"
$675 PUycrs
$495
New
$750 Players .
$535
New
$&00 Player.
$585 ;
New'
$900 Players
' $6 75
New
$1050 Playen
$795
New ' .
$1180 Players
$863
Terms, $25 to
$50 Cash, $12
to $20 Mo.
company of Portlandfof '-which C. 'A,
-nd then only
Come in, try it out, compare, learn about new improvements the full tone, easy double- repeating action, etc
Brand is the local representative, has are ou in position to use vour ludement -as to the quality ot the-new punos and player-pianos-onered at ercauy recucea prices.
g ijiti iou Leu f ituuu arjirjiig me ivimi
growers, who marketed tnrougn tneir
organiaation. This is the Jast of the
pear money to Douglas county growers
and makes a substantial asm they have
received for their crop this year.
Our Downstairs Store
Used Piano $75, $195, $265, $295. $315, to $495
Used Players $295, $395, $495, $535. $675 to $875
Terms, $10 or $25 Cash, $5, $8, $10 to -$20 Monthly
, GILBERT VAMZn APVRAISEE
. Salem, Nov. 5. Appointment of Phil
lip Gilbert as a member ot the board of
appraisers serving under the state bonus
commission in Marlon county was an
nounced here today. Gilbert succeeds
Paul B. Wallace, originally named as
a member of the Marion county board,
but who refused to serve.
03TIOX 8ttIFMST8 HEATT
Salem, Nov. 5. The Lake- Lablsbrl
country, north ot Salem, will ship a to
tal ot 100 cars or 1500 tons of onions
this season, it is estimated. Opening I
at 1.7I per 100 pounds, onions are now
bringing $1.60 per 100 pounds at Brooks,
with sales In the East reported aa high I
0 ft per 100 pounda
W r Tooth
Cowards
You can afford to nay 115 cash. S6. it or S10 monthly. Tou can. therefore, afford to huv'nnw durlnr thia Je Tour old nlsna. arran or nhenerraah er eitv let
taken as first payment Your boy or girl working can save ). , or $10 monthly and secure a musical education.
SAVE BY BEING YOUR OWN SALESMAN. The Shwan Piano Co. makes it easy for vou to buv. now and own a new. im
proved quality piano by its organised method of distribution. It considers as unnecessary,' for instance, great numbers ef city or travel Ins salesmen- and you beae
fit by these fully 20 to 25 savines. We are not interested in roar name and address If our lifL lower than local market) nrtcea on new. en sUU lower prices
I n special, factory rebuilt and.usw) pianos do not sell you. Uberty and other bends, phonograph or old plane ororgan accepted as first payment.
ORDER YOUR PIANO BY MAIL.
Read, study and compare our duality, 'prices and easv terms, as advertised, and vou will
understand why we have thousands of mail-order buyers. We prepay freight an d make delivery to your home within too miles. besMee the piano will be snipped
subject to your approval and subject to exchange within one year, we allowing full amount paid. This virtually gives yon a one-year trial at the piano yeu may
order. Every piano or player piano purchased carries with it the Schwan Piano Ca's guarantee of satisfaction, also the usual ruarantee from the manufacturer.
101.103-TENTH ST.
AT WASHINGTON
AND STARK STS,
p
Sfehwaiii Piano Co,
PORTLAND'S
LARGEST PIANO
DISTTUBUTOM
DK. E. O. ATTSITJK, MOB. "
Xy Practice Is Limited to High-
Class Deatlttry Only at Prices
Everyoae Can Afford. - m
OFFICE OPEN EVENINGS
Now in Our , "'fi&zESi-''' Oy"? Jhe
' New Daylight (oTjpgSg3gS. Entire Second
i Location . :: ' '""V. ark
J. jfy'S They're here again!. V.
; W Men's Suits tL
M and O'Coats ' - :
M We have a right to "brag" about - Vj
' IM Quite You'll ietrh fir nd wld to f!a4 .
la ' ;OWIW thelf equal Suits Hut tr doubly UM
6 C I l f C4rtntt4 by both make and our $1
1$ a? laUll eWcs, Look thn$ over, Tevr ' 31
lO'sOilfC Coita that have warmth, Off
' 3 without weltht Of luperlor 'Of
lT 'Ol". (( wooi fnlxtures, they compare JPvw '
VjY ? favorably wigi any other top fffi
VTV 4Vd fj" '" coats made, regardless of cost v llvM
Vv aniup. " ' ' v- . ' jfl k
; ' Ne!v : JuitSdy J:
J If you're one of those folks who shiver at even the
thought of a dental chair, let me have your attention.
3 No matter what 3-our tooth ills may be, how serious or
how trivial, I positively can do the work for you without
a bit of hurt. That's no joke no idle statement to fill
up space in this advertisement it's a genuine fact. . I can
prove it to you in less than five' minutes. j
.
tAll of my work is strictly'of the highest type I have -built
up a huge business not alone because, I have made
dental work famous or because my prices are: moderate,
but because-MY WORK JS RIGHT FROM START TO
FINISH.. ,'. -
Gold Crownt5 M
When a tooth can no longer hold a filling, it should
be crowned, arid when there is crowning to berdone it
should -be performed by competent dentists:
v-- . -: - ; . , - hv '
Good Platework at $10
and $15 Per Set ahd Up
Wt speciali?? in making platework that pleases. . Plates
that fit; that look natural; that are just as good and in
most cases better than your original teeth 1 -V.
MiiiiM
NEVER BEFORE have such bargains
in Used Cars bee'n available. The reason
why we are able to make this -.unusual
offering is due,tq thje'low trade-in allow
ances which wc;raide. on thesV cfars iri
our recent unloading sale of SCRIPPS
BOOTH cars.
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BEFORE
AFTER
:-.-,. Remember Our Motto: ' - '.
"Eyery Patient Must Be Absolutely Satisfied"
Entrance
349
Morrnon St.
-Take
-Elevator!
Electro Pairfessl Dentists
v "In ahe, TwoStory Building " ' t .
Corner 3ixth jand Washington j Streets, Portland, Or.
FKANKLIN BUG . .... . .$ 50
1917JBUIGR1. , . ; , 375
1919 DODGE . . . v 775
1919 FORPsi? .V. . 200
1919 FORD . . . . ... . , . 250
1919 CHEVROLET .... . 260
. COlValv EARLY
Be, sure to come early. These bargain, will
not last longv This is absolutely the "finest
array of. Used Cars yon have ever seen.
1917 MAXWELL .. . : . ..$325
1919.VEUE..... 650
1919 OAKLAND 1W4; . . 500
1916 DODGE . ......... 300
1918 LEXINGTON . . . . . 550
AND MANY OTHER BARGAINS
STANDARD EIGHT MOTORS CO.
. , Open Sunday - f -Park
and Couch ' Bdwy. .788 , .
Th. Ad i i'I'I 111 in Serrie. Bursa