I' i' 4 I -' it i i v 'i r 1 i i LilG MERGER OF PACIFIC STEEL C0IBIS MADE - San Francisco. Pec 20. (I. N. S.) .Announcement waa made Monday by I Wlgglnttm E. Creed, president, of the f completion of the organisation of the f20,000,000:CohimbU Steel corporation ' m combine of leading Pacific coaat steel 'plants' for' tit purpose of estabiisitfna V'j. great steel industry on tne Pacific ' coast. '' l.o ' : i - The combine Hnk the great coal and Iron ore resources of Utah with manu t facturinr facilities now on the coaat ; and which are to be expanded aa the :t, business of the concern stows. ,--'- The Columbia Steel corporation, Mr. " Creed announced, consolidate the prop si erties of the Columbia Steel company :at Pittsburg; Cal. and Portland,- Or., ' with, the Utah Coal & Coke company 4 of Utah, i JL The open hearth and sheet and wire - mills at Pittsburg will be expanded .by . the new company and biast fur naces and by-product coke oven for maVtnw Wrlnn 7(11 lt 'miilr within th V wm.HB 3" " " - " Utah. I In addition to Mr. Creed as president. ! the -officers he announced as follows : I .'' 3. D. Grant, first vice president; k Joseph SI oss, vice president; J. H. : . Bothf ord. vice president; L F. Bayns, f vice president; John D. Kenstermacher, .- secretary, and Joseph Sloes, treasurer. ' T. Goodrich, cashier of the Columbia .-Steel company of Portlandstated ' Monday that the consolidation an- nonnced by Wipginston 11 Creed of Ban Francisco Would have little direct .' effect upon Xhe Portland branch, except to make, it stronger - than -ever finan t dally." Alexander M. Clark, manager - here, was out of the city. ' Former Portland i Eeporter Is Dead Salem. Dec 20. Theodore M. Irvine, Salem newspaper man, died here Tues day after an illness of three months. Before coming to Salem to take a posi tion on the Morning Statesman, he was employed on The Oregon Journal and other Portland newspapers. Irvine, who was '30 years of age, is survived by his .widow, Mrs. Sylvia Irvine, his mother, Mrs. Ella Hart of Independ ence and a brother, Roy C. Irvine of La, .Crosse, Wash. Funeral services will be held at Independence, Thurs day morning. Jr McArthur Sits id As House Speaker Washington, Dec, 2 .-WASHINGTON BUREAU OF THE JOURAU) . Representative McArthur waa called The Latest hyention--Steger Reproducing Phonograph f : Voices and Instruments Correctly Reproduced -V.- - N- - I iTYTT A aaro a V x ' n a rmn L V V OF RECORDS rPaultlessly true, the Steger r eproduces f -clearly all makes'of disc j records. Its patented tone arm makes possible 5 the use of your own .choice of records. p 1 ace s a Steger re producing phonograph in your home now or for Christmas and; y6u need pay but $2, $4r$5 or $3 monthly untilpaid in f ulL 10 IJ Records '! Are Included $175 Sonora 8125 i' ,-$5 Monthly 1 """ : I- if fill! i I i I !--- I " Specials in New and Used l ss na vut. . - - - s 9 VV.W IVIIVI 1S--45 9 4. w v ictor S 32.60 Oralonoia .... . s eo.WI Sonora $ Stradivara nV? 34 -f lis. ix urafoitola I ComBla"-"-illll tltilU . ......... 5, ,j SS (Including 10 Used Becords xuu uwi 'V ClemK'.tS5pfi A9hgX':tmn',Kd Itl-m Teath SC' at Wasalaaloa sad Stark. Sta. to preside over the house Tuesday dur ing: consideration of the proposed . con stitutional amendment to - authorize taxation of. Income from government and state t securities, f There was a brief scuffle over th. rule making. the resolution in order, but it was adopted 11S to 62, with the house dividing along party. lines. - , . ( BODE ESTATE ttf.ete -Racfiaei , Bode, who died In Marion - county November 7, left - an , estate valued at 120,000, according to a pe tition for letters of administration filed' in fits , circuit : court today by Victor P. Bode and Minnie M. Ramus, children living In 'Portland. A son, Fred C. Bode, and grandchildren are the remaining heirs. CASADIAK8 VOVXSO W. H .Snell, general passenger agent of the Canadian Pacific Railway com pany at Vancouver. B.tC arrived today to confer with. Portland railway officials on prospects .. for' business during the : coming year. Snell re ported that an unusually large num ber of Canadians are traveling through Vancouver to Oregon and California for the winter months. WHAT, small ; gift will give tnore pleasure and real usefulness -than ,a Waterman, Dunn or Schaefer Fountain Pen or. an Eversharp, pencil? You'll find them at Nau's any time you like, too, for you know we never close. S-rpnom haim ran l AW J fjr 7' 1 $300 Edison S235 $8 Monthly, Cash. 12 Monthhr Caah, $2 Monthly I? V?n - Monthly S5 Cuh. s vrnn. Cash. M Monthly W Monihiy Cash. A VAnthii, 5 Caah. S4 Monthly riison ii m A 1 I! MM ta.w aonora ....... ...... 6o xu aan. xv AJj'FORD TO BUY A PHONOGRAPH NOW Sclhiwan Piano Go, JUDGE GATEwS IS THKOiiEVE OF RETIREMENT "A poor settlement is always better than a good- lawsuit," said JndgeWiU iam If. Oatens, In his last official opin ion, which he hands down today to the people of Multnomah county, just be fore retiring- from the circuit bench after 14 years service. - Judge Gatens ban taken offices at 63S Pittock block, where he will start a genferal law practice.- "My . one Idea -to, my. Jaw practice shall be to keep people out of court. In all my Judicial experience. I have been Impressed'' more by the many, many "good cases" "where Justice- did not pre vail, and the many times when differ ences never should have been taken Into court, Gatens continued. - Judge Garens will practice alone. 10 Used Records Are Included ii 6 2 $150 Victrola $115 . $5 Monthly Phonograi .... , . ..... . J Prr HI IraJl m fl4C.OO Columbia .....i..$100 Ii B Cash. S 4 Monthly $175.00 Masterpiece S115 $ 5 Cash, f 6 Monthly S1T5.00 Mandel 5 Canh. f S Monthly JI25.00 Graionola ...115 6 Cash, f 6 Monthly $150.00 Victrola 9115 $ 5 Cash, f S Monthly 1175.00 Columbia ...... .....8125 S Cash, f S Monthly 4175.00 Sonora ..... .Il30 6 Cash, $ 5 Monthly f 260.00 Brunswick .........8135-- 6 Cash. $ S Monthly jv.:;i, cio jasn. s Monthly Monthly C including 10 used 2ecoras , 3raaad rges Jriaaa He plans to be In his- new office the first of the year, and is now devoting the remaining tew days to cleaning up a few outstanding legal matters that require .his attention, before he leaves the hench. . - , "The people 1 of this country have been wonderfully kind to me since I have been on the bench," Judge Gatens said. There are many friends I wish could thank personally, but there is not time for that, and I must thank them all in this -way. I am aware of the great honor which has been con ferred upon me several times when I was reelected even though a member of a minority party. ; The' strain of these last two years has been terrific, and it is with a feeling of some relief that I return to private life, although, let me say, I. am. leaving the! bench with no Tegreia. ; - ' ' t 'The door to my private office will always he open Just asfaas been -the door to my chambers here, I will al ways welcome any visitors. As a cir cuit Judge, then. I say farewell to all supplicants, this is scene five, act five. Ting down the curtain. Whatr' ARE YOU COMPETING? "Find the Cnristmas Face" Contest and 156 Valuable Prizes Here is the final : group of Ghristxaas ! Faces. We have now pub lished the full set of 44 Faces. Be sure to mail your photographs by midnight, December 31st. For full details consult your GILLETTE PRIZE BOOK If you haven't got one. Set it from your Gillette dealer. Cr - ' Bented Jantxsry 13,190 .". wf S W A " ThcKEWCTANDAKn M filr JSsL Other Giflerte Sett 5 Ss. I ilO "OdiGaieoteSets S 14 ir nSSvSC Other Gillette Sets . ; i? r? S ' ' "' iCs75 5 & 3 Eail i Strikers lioe .Angeles, Dec 28. jury In federal court this afternoon re turned a verdict of guilty against eight Santa : Ke trainmen charged with con spiracy ' to . interfere with . the . United States , mails during the recent ray strike. r The men were charged with refusing to take trains from a division point at Needles. PASCO POSTHASTES IfAMED v Washington, "-Dec.' 20. -WASHING'-TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAltl William R. Cox is nominated by Pres ident Harding as postmaster at Pasco. Wash ' Reeerahling a suit ease, a music carrytaST cabinet invented by ' a St. Louis man can be extended to become a stand to hold music for a musician. Last Call Select that NeW Improved ' W$$$$$- Gfllette for his Gift Today The Christmas Qift that has No Equal for Men FIFTEEN minutes with your Gillette dealer today will win you the happiest of Christmas smiles from all the menfolkse New Improved Qillettes'aU 'round For every man a lifetime of the finest shaving service" that ever was. . For you a grateful remembrance every day I Remember! If you want full choice of styZesmake your selection today Everybody else is buying New Improved Gillettes, too! The sooner you buy the surer you are to get exactly the styles you want. ' Each man's individual tastes, shaving habits and needs suited to the dot with one of -the 19 styles of New Improved Tjillettes. $5 to $75 and the New Improved Gillette is the Christmas Gift without an equal for Men. Gillette Safety Razor Co., Boston, U. S. A. Klan Giyes Teacher jMcmey for Children Coquille, Dec. 20. Two members 'of the Ku Klux Klan in Klan regalia, ap peared of the Coquille grade school and banded to Mrs. dossup, the principal. I5&.50 for a fund to provide hot soup at noon for children unable to pay the 5 cents per bowl charged. The money was wrapped ln a' silk American flag. Planes Demolished By Weight of ?Snow Spokane,' Waahu.. Dec 10. Four aij--planea were demolished Tuesday when the roof of the hangar at the United "States Aircraft corporation field crashed under the weight of snow. The loss was estimated at 110,000. . Find-CoOO in Gold -In Euins of -House-Where Woman Died Walla. Walla, Wash Dec "20. Fur ther Investigation by Coroner Joe Chamberlain of the ruins of the home of Mrs. Magdalene Walsh, which was destroyed by fire Saturday night, re sulted in the discovery of $500 In gold in a partly burned dress in" a clothes closet. This accounts for: 95 of "the $2000 which was , said to ., have . been kept by Mrs. Walsh on her premises. Mrs. Ed Brown of Seattle, -daughter of Mrs. Yalzk. believes that there was no foul play connected with the burn ing of the house. The theory which officers have developed Is that : Mrs. Walsh went to sleep while sitting near her stove In which she had built a hot fire, that the house caught fire as a result of the overheated stove and that Mrs. Walsh - was overcome by the smoke , In endeavoring-.. to get to the door near which she was found by the firemen.'. - r Turkey Pool Nets: 1 Profit to Farmers Hoseburg. . Dec. 20. The - Douglas county r farm bureau' turkey pool was sold for-32U cents, it was learned, Tues day. The . pool ; consisted of 140,000 pounds of turkey, and was purchased by O. J. LJndsey of Roseburg, buying for the Makin company ef San Fran-' Cisco. This Will net the growers 304 or S0 cents. With improved methods the exchange has managed to out the handling cost to lower than the usual 2 cents, and the isturna to the grower will be larger than t past years. The cash market this year varied from 30 to si cents. SIsMhaten