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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER , 21, 1S21. THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON ANTI-RUST WAR IS DECLARED AT CONFERENCE .Destruction of Jl black currant bushes In the North wen ty strict enforce ment ct rigid qaorantln ' law, and In the Pueet Sound region Intensive Inves tigation In the Infested areas, are the aims of the white pine blister rust con ference, which will urge a congressional appropriation of ror cairylng out this . program of eradication of the blister rust menace in the North west The conference, uhU-Ji opened Men day, completed Its business Tuesday and adjourned. " The Pacific Coast Nurserymen's aseo. elation agreed' to cooperate with the conference1 - by urging i Its members to discontinue the propagation and sale of black currants, gooseberries and flve jeaved.plnes. WAST FLAKT WINDOW The conference recommended to the federal horticulture board that quaran tine be promulgated, prohibiting Inter state movement of the "hosts" of white nfim blister rust out of that part of Washington lying west of the Cascade mountains. It It recommended that all states in the west ascertain whether the state law authorises destruction of black cur rants as a public nuisance, and if au thorized to proceed with such destruc tion ; .if not, to secure legislation that will permit their destruction. ... That a window on plant products be established at the poetof fice . to handle the mailing of all plants was another recommendation adopted. The conference favored a campaign of scouting and education through the pub lia schools, county agents and Boy Scouts on black currants, blister rust and their connection along lines of a plan used In Canada in 1918. LIKES TO COOPERATE Transportation I companies, including the Great Northern railway, the Spokane, Portland &. Seattle, Oregon Klectric and Oregon Trunk, Southern Pacific, Union Pacific and American Hallway Express company, agreed to have their agents , and representatives in the dffferent dis tricts ascertain the extent of injury in volved by; blister ruat. Private timber Owners will discuss the possibility of replacement of white pines by other species in case the contemplated efforts of- control fall. Private associations and the state de partment of forestry will contribute time and axpenses . of regular men during rainy weather and other times when they are not employed on regular forest pro . tectlon. for scouting and other work necessary for the eradication of pine blis r ter rust. SC0TJT8 PROPOSED The finance committee, urging the emergency appropriation in 1922, urged that funds be used as follows': Scouting for the . distribution of the disease J quarantine enforcement in the West: 'studying Western factors in spreading the disease; survey to deter mine natural barriers; experimental eradication and control. . Investigation work would Include ten men for the Puget Sound district to de termine the exact extent of Infected cur rants or gooseberries and potentially infected pine, and to keep such areas under observation against reappearance of the disease ; six additional men for. Bcoutinff in areas east and south of the infected area, chiefly for black currants. It would provide four men for Idaho, thre for Oregon, two for California and one for Montana, all workers at large. - British Columbia would provide five men for the Kootenai district and 10 men for-control work In the Infected area. Investigations would be made to de termine Vtc effect of climatic condi tions, susceptibility of native currant suad gooseberries, to ascertain what kinds may be regarded as dangerous carriers, to determine if the rust over Waters In the West, and the distance of spreading and rats of spread of the speces. Canadian representatives agreed to co operate In the eradication campaign. ' An executive committee, to take up blister rust legislation with congress and the various state legislatures of "the West, was appointed by the conference. W, D. Rumiston of PoUatch, Idaho, was elected chairman of the executive committee. Other members are C. A. Park, president of - the state board of hortieuiture, Salem, and ' H, P. Barae, commissioner for the West ! on the--advisory board of the American plant pa thologists. C. S. Chapman of the West ern Forestry and Conservation associa tion', was executive secretary. Uniform Auto Camp ; Charges Aimed Forj Meeting Is Called Roaeburgl Dee.' 21. An invitation has been sent by Roseburg to all cities lo cated on the Pacific highway to send delegates here on February 21 to discuss the question of auto camp grounds. The discussion will be one of he big prob lems of the merchants' convention, to be beld here February 20, 21 and 23. -v- The purpose" of the discussion Is to formulate an .agreement whereby all MRS UNCHAIN TO BE TRIED FEB. 15 (By United News) Los 'Angeles, Dec 21. Madalynne Obenchain will go on trial February 15 for her alleged part in the murder- of John Bel ton Kennedy, the district at torney's office announced here Tuesday. Counsel for Arthur C. Burch scored heavily in its campaign to impeach the testimony of State witnesses who cod n'ected Burch witn the murder of John Bejron Kennedy, .by a strong chain of circumstantial evidence. -C C Blair, city marshal of Beverly Hills, struck a blow at Mrs. Elizabeth Besenty'a testimony . when he declared on the stand that the woman had told him she saw no suspicious characters of any kind in Beverley Glen the night Kennedy was shot. fShe'.did not tell me anything about seeing Burch in the glen." Blair said. "On the contrary, she asserted that she saw no one." Mrs. Besenty proved the state's chief witness when the prosecution was build Ir.g its .case. She testified . from ; the stand that she had seen Burch, Kennedy and Madalynne Obenchain in the glen on the night of the murder. Edgar Nittlnger, motion picture actor, testified that he drove up to the Bever. ley Glen road immediately after the undertaker's car which was summoned to; remove Kennedy's body. ?Ours was the only machine following the hearse. ' NitUneer said. fclrs. Besenty had testified that Burch drove back to Beverley Glen behind the hearse and witnessed the removal of the murdered broker's body. Eesignation Hastens Removal of Grain Men's Headquarters Spokane. Wash., Pec. 21. C. W. Nel son, sales manager of the Northwest Wheat Growers, associated, has tendered his resignation to the directors and it has been accepted. Nelson will sever his connection with the cooperative con cern December 31. His future plans are indefinite. The termination of Nelson's activities somewhat upsets temporarily the , re moval of the office from Spokane to Portland. The change was originally slated for the next 60 days. Instead it wUI be made immediately and some of the "books were transferred to -Portland Monday. The transfer will be completed by January 1. PIOEEB PHTSICIAK DIES Joseph, Or., Dec. II. Dr. J. W., Bar nard, pioneer physician and druggist of Joseph,-died December 14 at Enterprise. He Was 69 years old and had lived in Oregon since 1890. cities via charge the same fee tor tour ists spending -the night . In their camp ground, and to plan for better facilities for thesei tourists. , Alleged Forger Is ; Due With Sheriff Roseburg, Dec 21. Sheriff S tanner is expected to arrive in Roseburg to day tram Los Angeles, with J. P. Hardy, who is charged with having forged the name of J. E. Sawyers, county treasurer, to checks amounting to J 100. Visitors Pass Bad Checks on Dealers ; Roseburg. Dec. SI. Bad check jpasaers paid Roseburg a visit last week, swind ling several residents out of a few dol lars. A. man giving the name of O'Brien, alias Goodman, : spent Saturday here, passing several worthless checks amount ing to about S 10. Sunday, a man named Wilson, 'representing- himself to "be a detective on the trail of O'Brien visited Roseburg and engaged a jitney driver to take him to Grants Pass. He paid the jitney driver with a (30 check, which ' was returned, marked no funds. Christmas Phonographs Within Reach of Every Purse The Reproducing Steger an improvement an instrument you will be proud to own for which many older makes of phonographs are scrapped. . , Another Triumph of American Invention The New Improved Steger Reproducing Phonograph Oar great eeret of Americas seeess Is the readiness to scrap the old ma chine for as improvement; besides, we take year old phonograph or piano as first payment. $5 $115r 5 Monthly Send Home This New $125 Model for mmmmmmmmmmmmmmtmemk m 1 $85 $5 Monthly Q1 K Scnds Home This New PXO Steger $235 $10 Monthly $5 Send Home This New $140 Model for Brunswick $95 $5 Monthly M JM Egg MAEOOJfED CHICJLEKS SHOT - HoQuiam. Wash, - Dec. 21. Robert Blair. Humptulips rancher, got - bis fill of chicken and , hunting as a result of the big storm and flood ct a week ago. His, hen noose was . washed away and his chickens became marooned on logs and debris.' To save them from drown ing. Blafir used his shotgun on them, rowing out and Ibagglng 'them.'. . v . SA5TA VISITS HOQUA Hoquiam. ' ' Wash.. Dec," il. -Santa Clans visited Hoquiam today, distribut ing 1X00 bags of candy to the children of the city under auspices of the business ; German builders have developed, an airplane with a wing spread of ortfy IJvo meters and weighing . only a little mors than 800 pounds. OUR STORE OPEN TOMORROW EVENING We'll Pav Yom ?. j ew , $5 $145 $7 Monthly Send Home This $140 Model for ill Pathe $68 $4 Mocthly NEARLY NEW AND USED PHONOGRAPHS ( Si TIctrola, oak. including five vxed records ...1 80 $i Orafonola, oak. Including five ased records 2 140 Victrola, cabinet, including tea ssed records OS 149 Pathe, cabinet, including: tea ssed records 99 14 Branswiek, cabinet, lnclndlng tea ased records.... 75 140 Brnnswica. r&oinet. tneiaauig ten ssea recorus. . . . 15 CASH, IS, $5, IS 0B MOEK05THLt. $145 Sonora, eablnet, Including ten sed records ITS Sonora, grand, including 21 nsed records. HQ Colombia, eablnet. lnclndlng ten nsed records.... Stradivara, oak, iaeluding; five ased records...... 17i Matterpiece, large, indenting- 88 ased records. 6 Hoaora, lnciaaing live nsea reeoros .$145 . 181 . IS . 4i . m . 4 " Tom can afford to pa IS or IIS cash, IS, $6. $8, $8 er II monthly for a phosograah. Ton can, therefore, afford to bsy now for Christmas daring this sale. Tour old piano, organ or pnonogrspa taxes as nrs or mil payment. 101-1M Teatb St. at Washington and sunk m. Sch wan Piano Co. Portland' Largest Piano vistrisntors D0UBL QREEN TRADING STAMPS GIVEN ON ALL CASH PURCHSSES Pyralin Ivory y2 Price (Discontinued Numbers.) Choose your gifts from our showing, then you can be sure you sre giving some thing acceptable and useful. air Brushes Blotting Pads i Powder Boxes Trays . Cuticle Knives Hat Brushes Hafr Receivers Buffers , Whisk Brooms Soap Boxes ; Glove Boxes Combs, Jewel Boxes Manicure Sets Mirrors Pin Cushions Pyrn-Un Toilet Sets An extensive assortment of these beautiful Py-ra-lin Ivory Sets from the smallest to the largest made. Prices to suit alL Our beautiful and large line of Desk Sets now 25 OFF DRUGGISTS . Alder Street at West Parle Our entire large as sortment now on sale at 15 OFF DOLLS 25Off mMmim nmms -mmmim e . i Dk SeU KfZr TZSHX Collar Boxe, Si From France L. J. Piver Rigaud D'Orsay Djer. Kiss Buzza's Framed Parchments "The House by the Side of the Road" Kipling's "IP; "Old Fashioned Friendship": "Alaska's Prayer s," and many others. $2.00 to $12.00 Perfumes and Toilet Requisites' Delicate scents in balk and in bottles of attractive' shapes, each daintily boxed an ideal gift for every, woman. , ' We have a wonderful and complete assortment of toiletries from the famous perfumers of Europe and .America. Pinaud Coty Bounois Violet Houbigant American Make Nikk-Marr Palmer' ClarWood Some Flowers Valiants Colgate ; Tanty Miolena Hudiiut 3 3 For Gifts "LIKLY" Luggage Our Entire Stock Wardrobe Trunks Suitcases Bags 15 OFF YtrairQld Clothes i J ft'' , . -4 i . I And Donate Them to Portland's Poor Hundreds of Families Now in lSeed Malie This a Happy Christmas - For Yourself and Others ! We'll Make Ybu a Allowance on the purchase price of any Woinan's Suit, Coat, Dress; Man's Suit, Overcoat or Raincoat. Only One Garment Accepted (Jin Any One Account ! Allowance on the pur- , chase price of any girl's dress or coat;, bos suit, overcoat or rain coat; woman's hat or skirt. " ; Only One Garment Accepted On Any One Account l Allowance on the purchase , " price of Men's Shoes, Trousers, Hats; Women's - Waists. Only One Garment Accepted On Any One Account Here Are a FewTimely Christmas Suggestionc For Mother or Sister v Fur Scarfs and Coats Brusljed Wool Scarfs . Blouses and Overblouscs " y r . Sweaters' " " Petticoats Umbrellas " Lounging Robes Bath Robes Silk Hosiery ? Woolen and'Silk Hosiery Father and Brother Ties Ties " Ties Shirts of every sort Smoking Jackets f i Hand Bags , ' . ' Sweaters Knitted. Sport Coats Handkerchiefs Caps and Hats . Overcoats f Suits You Don 't Need Casfp People of Portland, don't overlook those less fortunate than yourself. Help those who are actually in need. Do so by bringing your old clothes here. Even with these wonderful allowances, you don't need cash to do "your Christmas shop ping here. , Just open an account, and arrange payments to suit your convenience. The Grey Tile Corner" Boxed Sets That Will Please Her Quelques Fleurs Ambre Royal Fleur d Amour . Some Flowers Un Air Embaurrte Garden Fragrance Three Flowers Lady Mary - Violet Sec Du Barry , Nikk-Marl Mary Garden Djer Kiss Ideal Chypre Mavis Christmas Cards Seals iand Stickers every thing to give that "Christ masy" look to gift packages. 3 n il ' .Fountain Pens : WaUrmn't Ideal Shaffer's SdMUlinf Conklin's Crescent FiDef Our stock is the most.com plete In the northwest. ; Eversharp Pencils Complete assortment of these , p o p u ia f ' Pencils. THE NEW IMPROVED Gillette Safety Razor TUCKAWAY"' "STANDARD" BOSTONlAN" "RICHMOND" . Triple silver-plated, case Jr AA and one dozen blades... tDtl.UU Gold-plated, case and (?? AA one dozen blades....... DUallU THE TVyiNVLEX'STROPPER witl r1vs 100 -shaves to every blade. This will, he an appreciated gift if HB uses a Gillette rator. Guaran- C Aft teed. 30 days' free trial. Price d JiUU Electric . GIFTS Always Please; Visits our complete Electric stock, downstairs.' LARGE ASSORTMENT Fine ChrisiMas CANDIES Plain Mix Candy 20c lb. Broker Mix Candy. '.. 20c lb. French' Mix Candy 25c lb. Commercial - Chocolates .30c Jb. Very Best French r Mix 35c lb. Sugar Coated Almonds..... .49c lb. Assorted Jelly Beans. .... .fgc 4b. Fancy Box Candy Baskets and Novelties Figs, " Dates and Nuts N9S .J ; 1 . JJ 'en " 1 "g Our Entire Stock Ladies' and Men's Silk UMBRELLAS . . v.. . - Now at - - - 10 OFF STORE OPENS 8 A. M. CLOSES 9 P. M r i i . O s Washington T IM! At Tenth St. USTaiJlCiXi - JU 1 1 M - : I funeral! jJ I fij ' .i II h easKtr, two awtm. Mum, KTl ' " l f;J ; ; II ; tmaAumiio. ouTtiot box. KCr M v" H 'mg 1 1 ! ' ". fWMtllai, no. M i a mw M -' i A I Jl ( nets, eBir Lovca, was TVH ' ma LtS ' lMnS-im 9nntni Ptwrtiil ..... IM (fp For the appreciative taste. Choc- -? """mw III ' "G?l.W -WUUICSU111C 1I14.1C1 14K. II ' vX Flavor plus purity Victrola THIS . ' ' STTLK aa it 4osM. face Victor rce oris, voir wa , easiea, . . - Xasr Terms SmWIiaLMcas Moiic Co. Us 4tB St. Hear VfanlilBirtoa 8U org cvgNmas uTik xtsAt , Ask for the Dream Package Try a Stout-Lyons Drug Store First When on Yjour CHRIST MAS SHOPPING TOUR!