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THE OSEG ON SUNDAY JOURNAL, FUKTLAND, SUNDAY MUIINING, APK1L SO, VJ'i'Z:
KM SERVICE
BETTEIEHTIEK
OPEjJ
ED UP TODAY
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.General Public to Be Educated as
j to Correct Addressing and
t Packing; Exhibits Are Planned.
foetal lrnprovemnt wek opens today
throughout the country. week when
tltuntiMi wilt bo given to the better
fnent of mall service throujh tho cooa
r rat ton of porta! employee cod postal
t.atrona, th latter through moro carefal
addrtasing of mail, bettor wrapping of
tarCula, and early malting.
!A an aid to mailers, and especially
rf commercial bouMn, Postmaster
Jon.a has prepared liat of town tn
the North writ, to which mall addressed
Should reach tho- postofflco at certain
time if It la to make proper connection
IDA SATS TIXE . j"
I "Oftentimes less than An hour's differ
ence In mailing will make an entire day's
(difference la the delivery of the letter
aid Jones, "for if It misses a certain
fraln that makea connections with an
other train on a stub line, the chances
are that It will not reach its destination
Wtl a day later.
i Otis of the principal features ot postal
ImDmnmwit week In Portland will be
ithe visitors' -day at tha postofflco, Frt-
lay, when rostmaster John M. Jon
Nv ill have delegations from commercial
wnd rlrlo bodies, escorted through ait
tha different departments aad shown
,'all phases of postal service operation, f
7XHIBIT9 FUSSED ""
On the messanlna floor Postmaster
Jones will have an exhibit' of Improperly
racked parcels and , Inauf ficlently and
improperly addressed letter and post-4-srda,"
together with some properly pre-.
I 'pared and ..addressed ones for compart-'
-son. j,
1'reparlng for postal Improvement
,,week, Jones has been having errors
counted for several days. Tho results
show that In three days alone, postal
rlerks were obliged to correct C094 let
' .lers. oe an average of , more than 2000 ja
or. This Is xclualveief an average of
'J000 letters which are delayed a day be-
-cause ot the north or , southeast being
' Jft off, or street confused with avenue.
Of tha D4 In the three days, two-thtrda
war mind I rusted, and tha-v remalnlnur
third wers those that bore no address
except Portland. , , ?
HARRT "WEBBER
VETERAN'S DAUGHTER .
. . DIES AT TILLAMOOK
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Mrs. Mary Graf Snook.'
Urn. Mary J3raf Snook died at her home
in Yti i.Mtfwttr? i nrll 1 "7 ajpm. finrwilr
born hear CSlarus. Wis-, In 1863 and came
to Portland In lS7t. Her fattier, the late
Jacob Blum, was a Civil war veteran.
Besides her threechlldreh, H. H. Graf,
J. O. Orat and-Ida Beatrice Bedford,
five slaters, six brothers and six grand
children survive her, Her mother, Mrs.
Elisabeth Blutn. who also resides In Til-
lamook, outlives her oldest offspring.
Designs for Floats
To Get Gash PrizesJ
Four oash prises will be given for
the best entries In a contest for colored
sketches of "designs for floats, accord
ing to announcement made Saturday by
Mrs, Percy Allen, chairman of tho com
mittee in, charge of community floats
for the grand floral ot the 1922 Rose
Festival. Mrs. Allen has obtained an
appropriation of J100 for the four prises.
Details ot the contest will be given at
the office of the Rosa Festival associa
tion, 70S Couch building. The telephone
number of the new headquarters la
612-17.' -
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SIIAPPED UP FAST
AT AUCTIOH SALE
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Highest Price ' Paid -Was $3200
for Southwest Corner of Ains
worth and Union Avenues. '
Ben Selling Guest
Of 150 .Associates
At Benson Dinner
Rapid development of the Peninsula
district from a nebulous expectation of
urban greatness. Into 'a stabilised: resi
dence and .' commercial section of the
Greater Portland, now in the building.
war reflected' in the spirited, bidding at
an auction sale of Piedmont property
held at.tho' Multnomah, hotel, Saturday
s.iteraooit anu tbuiub. vm vi a
of 250 parcels offered a the sale less
than 100 remain to be disposed of at
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Cottage Grove, April 89. Harry Webi-
her, veteran Southern Pacific engineer
iwaa found dead Friday morning by his
ftareat neighbor, J. C. Flnley. Mrr
,Wthber Is a music teacher and was in
"ottage Urove. Webber had ' lived on
iTedar creek, ap the. Coast Fork -road,
or IS years. . A .-
8TTJDEST OtCKTEEKS MEET
University of Oregon, Eugene, April
!. Twenty-five delegates from Oregon
educational institutions - outside ot Eu
gene attended a conference of ' student
volunteer, which opened here Friday.
Dr. Marvin A. Rader of -the board of
foreign mission, spoke. Thirty-six dele
gates , E were Signed up on the local
campupk .
continuation ot tho auction at 1 o'clock
Uondav afternoon.' .--
' The assembly 'hall of the MultnomaA
was packed to tHe doors at the afternoon
session ot the auction sale, the majority
of those in attendance "being residents of
the Piedmont district and students of
property values in that section of the
1.0WE8T IS
Prices ranged from $300 for residence
sites in unimproved' areas adjacent to
Peninsula park to $3200 paid for a 100 by
120 foot parcel at the southwest corner
of Ainsworth and Union avenues. '
Joseph Simon was tho purchaser ' of
the Union and Ainsworth corner, which
w&s conservatively appraised by resi
denAsof the Peninsula at $6000. . This
site NkSa others along Union avenue have
a recognized potential value as business
property, and iacreaslng Interest In
auction is anticipated -when -the remain
ing sites along -this thoroughfare are
offered at the sale Monday afternoon.
MAST; SALES MADE ." ' ; ' ":
i According to Walter H. Barry, who
conducted the sale, a total of ' 106 lots
were sold ; for an aggregate of $80,000
Saturday afternoon and- approximately
SO sales were made at the night session.
Piedmont Is bounded on the north by
Portland boulevard, on the east by Union
avenue, south by Killings worth avenue
and west by Peninsula Park, The addi
tion was platted many years ago 'and
is now owned by the Ladd & Tilton bank
and the Wilcox- estate.
tavlng, sewer and tax Hens outstand
ing against a great deal of the property
are Included in the purchase price and
in many instances the highest bids of
fered were less than $100 more than the
assessents due It is the purpose of the
owners to dsipose of all of the unsold
property in the addition and close un
the affairs of the Piedmont Investment
company. .
company's boat T. J. Potter ready Sat
urday aight to house and protect strtfee-
breakera at municipal terminal 'o. l.
But union longshoremen held to their
belief that added expense and delays
in getting vessels away to sea with full
turn to their former method ot hiriug
men KhraugW U Jiuona. s This lsJ
principal Question at r Issue and aa aoofl
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as It is settled 'the men' are expected
to return to work. The men consider
this even more vital than . the contern-
holds would farce the employers to re- plated reduction In wages.
EIAMI51TIOXS AEE SCHEDULES
Otympia, Wash, April 29-The depart
roent of licenses will hold examinations
for certified pUbllo . accountants here
May 1$ ' and IS, and ' Xor - barber la
' Seattle-Hay X: "t - ;: ; .' : .
TKEASCRE SEEKS JRTCXX
HWVJVVwl VH 2--V C. Sal
ter. Thurston county treasurer, fcaa tow
nounoed be rill i eater the Republicaa
primariea for re-elect ka. He has bees
In the county treasurer's '-office tor 14
years, starting aa a bookkeeper-!
lAudatory reminiscence gleaned from I
friendships) of long standing featured a I
program v of impromptu speeches at t
formal dinner given in the Crystal room I
of the Benson boteL Saturday ' night
by 150 associates ot Ben Selling in recog-1
nition of his 70th birthday anniversary. I
The dinner was a tribute to a half cen-1
tury of saccessful endeavor and of serv-1
Ice to the community , and : the state. I
Rabbi Jonah. B. Wise was toastmaster I
and the guest of honor responded briefly I
to the tributes showered on him by bis I
friends.
Mr. Selling celebrated his anniversary I
earlier In the day by sending checks ag
gregating" more than $25,000 to various
benevolent and - charitable organisations
and in bestowing gifts on many of his
friends and business associates. Among
the gifts were cash contributions to the I
American Jewish Relief committee, the!
Community chest the . New ; Synagogue I
home, , Reed' college scholarship .fund, I
University of Oregon and Oregon Agri
cultural college student loan funds.
The Selling family came to Portland I
from San Francisco In , 162 and Ben
Selling was educated in the old Portland
academy, leaving school at the age of 17 1
to assist bis father in a mercantile estab-1
lishment In 1873 lie , started a shoe I
store of bis own and since that time has I
been prominently identified with the mer
cantile development of the city.
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Preparing Ahead; for' Removal !
A l O - . . I r
OUR BUILDING HAS BEEN SOLD to the Eggerti.
Young Shoe Co., who are, to occupy when our lease '.
expires. - " - ' ' "
;;i While it ia too early to announce our plans as to a
new locatioh; it will take weeks of brisk selling- to sell
off our. present large stock of Suits iand Overcoats,
to say nothing' of the many, garrhents now in process :
of manufacture .for s.'v: if r- -4 -c.i;:.J""vi;::. t - -.'
: It is our purpose to see that every patron is as
carefully fitted as if we were receiving a profit on
the sale, and the. problem of selling out' a large
stock of clothing requires much more time and
care than "with any other class of merchandise. I
f Consequently, we are forced to inaugurate this
preliminary Removal Sale of Men's Clothing. :V I
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HUMPHREYS I
SAID
M
ust
GoS
TO HAVE RESIGNED
Coatinned From P Oo)
names of George ; Neuner of Roseburg,
IL M. Tomlinson of Portland and Walter
L, Took Jr. of Salem, but Tooze has re
cently eliminated himself. Others : are
reported to be waiting . their chances
when the vacancy drew near. a They In
clude P. J. Gallagher of Ontario. Gale S.
Hill ; ot Albany, Charles Hardy of Eu
gene and Barge Leonard of Portland.
BAR TO BE HEARD
Recommendations by the Judiciary and
bar or Oregon are expected to have con
siderable weight with the senators.
McNary and Stanf ield will be asked I
to submit a Joint recommendation of
their choice. - The fact; that Southern
Oregon has so far-received no major ap
pointment at the hands ot the senators
is considered favorable to Neuner, while I
the many places already accorded to I
Portland and vicinity increase the pros-1
pects for aspirants from other parts of I
the state.
vNew Spring Garments at Drastic. Reductions : r
40 uitsrafa
45 Suits reduced toXi . i'.:v.''.;.?i$36.50
50 Sufts reduceel to ..,.,...38.50 '
$55 Suits reduced to . . V . . . ; v . . V . . . $42.50 '
$60 Suits reduced to . . ... r: .... . .:. . . $46.50 v
$65 Suits reduced to.. v.. . ...V. $49.50
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XJA player piano $ O .
f . . now for 7JJ J i
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r ;;; : - Sherman, Clay 8i Go; ailnbilnce thefollovving
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'); ) ' i ; :' ; : Pnccd (nc'at '3' guaranteed in materia
y : r als and workmansrup,' a sturdy, handsome, -
well-made, standard player instrument;-
' ' Four feet 7 inches high, 5 feet 1 inch Wde,
, 1 feet 3 inches deep, in highly: polished or
' . V modern dull finished mahogany ' , .;
j A piano that looks well, sounds well, ancl
; will endure well . xs
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" ' -xvill derive keen eniovment ffom nlavintr
Overcoats
$40 Overcoats reduced to. . . .V.i u;. : $29.50
$50 Overcoats reduced to.; . . . . . .-.$38.50
$60 Overcoats reduced to. . . . $46.50
$ Overcoats i reduced to . ;;u. . .,.,.;;2 $58.50
When called over the' telephone at' his
home last night. United States Attorney
Humphreys refused to comment on the
reported resignation. ....
It la known, that -Attorney General
Daugherty and the ' Republican poll
ticians have been waiting with more or
less impatience for the time' when-they
could "clean up the United States at
torney's office here. Humphreys was
named when Bert E Haney resigned,.
to fill , out : the Unexpired portion of
Haney's term. The fact that he -Tiad
an enviable overseas record, one of the
best,' In fact, of any .junior of fleer in
Pershing's army, and tha he is ex
tremely popular with other ex-servicemen,
made it Inadvisable to move too
i-iMv se-ainst Malor Humtthrevs.
But those on the Inside were quick
Jo scent the beginning of the end of
Humphreys' term when Baldwin was
named to succeed" Flegel, effective-May
I. There are two leading condidates
for ; Humphreys po8ltion-M3eorge .Neu,'
ner, district attorney of "Douglas- coun
ty, and Pat Gallagher of Ontario, Sen
ator McNary is understood to have
set out to get the place 'for Neuner
and Senator Stanfteld has promised it
to Gallagher. . :
Evening dress suits and dinner coats
" at great reductions ; v
Small lot of' winter overcoats at j
- ONE-HALF price! 1
Special Sale of
BLUE SERGE SUITS
WINTHFLdP HAMMED GO.
'. - : - Correct Apparel for Men. ; ; . y . :'
127 Sixth St., Bet Washington and Alder Sts.' r
. (Established in 1884 as Buffum-& Pendleton v Co.)
20 DOCKMEN ARE
FORCED TO
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rice, 05, very little more than that
of an ordinarv Diano wit hmif tk nt
features-p - t f -: -'
i - f .Te wKoIef offered'iojaf very convenient
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terms.
Hie above piano in oak or American burl
walnut, 420. : . ,; ; 1
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Shermqn play & Co.
Sixth and Morrisoa S;reets 1 tC ' " -.'PORTLAND
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f t- ' OpfOi4sl PMtasfiak i .. v i - .....
StATTLB TACOMA SPOKAMP ' - ,
meet the situation along the waterfront.
Vigilantes were - decorated with police
stars and, sent out as traffic officers
in the downtown district. The regular
policemen relieved by them were then
detailed to patrol duty along the fight
ing front, ' : ."'. . ,
There Is an. ordinance Which prohibits
the use of vigilantes for strike duty.
Most, of them have had only, a .few
nights actual experience" as active po
licemen and city officials did not feel
they should be used on .the river A
number of ex-service '1nen, with var
time experience, wfcre enlisted for the
guard duty however. ' i
B60KES OX CHARGE
Hollis Straw, 25. was booked at head-1
quarters, Saturday on a charge of fel
cnous assault as a result of his alleged
ihrowtns of oQ of mnstard Into Frank
Henderson's eyes as the latter climbed
nto a bus filled with strikebreakers on
theirs way to the employers' union hall.
eputy Enstrict Attorney . John Mowry
first had Straw held, tor oisoraeny
'"onduct. but later changed It to the
'iiore serioos charge. Henderson, n w a
aid. would - not lose his eyesight, bc-
ijiue ,of prompt action by . emergency
'lospltal physicians,
Straw has refused tb answer questions,
soect t say that a striker- gave him
the bottle of oil 5st before he hurled
lb He asserted that he is not a striker
nr an I. W. W.
.. TB omntovera had the O.-W. E.. & N.
f'l ' -.I"-.' :"ThTV r' iieeiwsi. '..-
j of I X u r r btyoBd -, . 4
i - eoiBpare. matchlns r-w-- 1
I tonal bMQtjr. cene f . I
1 ' iww beauty burst npon ,1
.'til ye - ot fetes ;mi- I
I ' crd?ns. of , the fMU .
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Will Be Continues
MONDAY
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Bargains were obtained by those who bought rat' yester-,
1 day's sale and bargains will be ' obtained again on ;Monday. M : -
Go to the Property Today and see the
v: 1 Its tolaespldond
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. , . Union Avenue and Ainsworth Avenue ' . '
-f; ' ' - Killihgsworth arid .Williams Avehue r v;r f r
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See Monday morning's Oregonian for f urther;iim Wn'eement.' .w
BARRY & AUSTIN;
82D CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
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