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BUt Teachers easoeiaUcsi
Mad, irtnr ss to SO. :
Nortbwwt aaaeefcticai of Sheriffs i
Be. Porilsad, Juiwi It to 3.
Omim Atasa . rktfatk Kndaa.ne
Coes. Ashland. April to 3 tk Dallas.
WEATHBR . FORECAST
Portland mad Tirfuity Tonight ul Thurs
day ram; soatberly winds.
Ores-on and WssUngtoa ' Tonight and
Thursday rain: nwitfia to fresfc southerly sale
bS th CMlt.,- !;r- - , ' t "
WEATHER COSBITIOXS .
Two important tow pressor u sr appar
ent; on i central off th British Columbia
coast and eorers a large part of the Northwest,
aavi tba ether is central in tb middle liisius
iprd Taller, coeerlng the counltj from M
court and Illinois to tb UuK of Mexico. Pro
eipttauoa has oceoired over aaost of tb coun
try covered by tbes depressions; too following
hesry rainfall is reported : Memphis, Tenn.,
2.82; Frrne Bopert, B. C, 2.; Tatoosh
Ulsnd. Wash., 1.46 -, Boll Harbor, B. C,
2.34; Vancouver, B. C, 1.S4. Thar has
bees a noticeable fall in temperature la the
central Plains and - southern Rocky mountain
states, bat the temperature is abov normal
over most of the coontry. ?
Kelatire Humidity at Portland Noon yo
terdey, 96 per cent; fi p. m." yesterday, 96 per
cent; S a. m. today, SO per cent.
Precipitation since January 1 Total, 85,49
inches; normal 44.17 inches; deficiency. 7.68
inches. EUWABO U WIX8i
OBSERVATIONS
Temp jgi
KSifr 8
51 m5
8TATIOSS f pi ir
a
So
r I3
Baker. Or. i . S 34 .12
BUliags, Mont. 4 86
Boise. Idaho 44 42 ..04
Boston. Mats. 44 40 0
Bull Harbor, B. C. 4 44 1.84
Calgary, Alberta . 40 22 . 0
Chiesco, Ul 42 84
Denver, Colo. . 40 20 ,
Des Moines, Iowa ........ 8 SO
Dodg City. Kan. 24 O
Eagle. Alaska -IS .... O
Galreston. Texas 70 S2 .28
Honolulu. T. H. ........ 80 .... O
Huron. 8. D. . 28 26 0
Kansas City.. Mo. 42 82 0
Los Ancelea, CaL 76 54 0
Marshfield. Or. .......... SO
Medford. Or. 62 .... .28
Memphis. Tenn. ......... 60 56 2.82
New Orleans, La. ........ 76 44 0
Hew Tort. N. T. 44, 40 O
Nome, Alaska -12 O
North Head. Wash. ....... 48
North Platte, Neb; 50 20
Oklahoma City. OUa. 50 88 0
Phoenix, Aria. ........... 68 36 0
Pittsburg. Pa. 58 88 0-
Portland, Or. 55 40 .80
Princ Boperi. B. C 42 28 2.S6
Roseborav Or. 56 54 .50
St. Louis, Mo. 58 86 .78
St. Psol. Minn. 26 28 O
Halt Lak City, Utah 38 28 0
San Dieco, CaL 72 52 O
Ban Francisco, CaL 52 46 O
Seattle. Wash. 54 48 .60
Spokane, Wash. 44 40 .22
Tampa, Sis. 78 60 O
Vancouver, B. C. 48 46 1.84
Walla Walla, Wash. 58 52 .18
Washington. D. C. 48 30
WilMston, N. D. 80 28 0
Tslrima, Wash . . 46 34 .04
'Afternoon report of preceding day.
Trieste for Film Psblleity Publicity
througra the medium of motion picture
films is more graphic "even than that
of the press, declared H. H. Mattison
of the Kiser Studios, Inc., in an ad
oress before the Kiwanis club Tuesday.
He declared that in the campaign "for
advertising? Oregon the moUon pic
tures will play an important part ; that
various Oregon films have 'been re
leased lately and more are to follow.
The Kiwanis club sent Christmas gifts
to more than 100 Astoria children, and
at this luncheon meeting dispatches
from Astoria were read, telling of
ine nappiness given the children
through these remembrances.
Reed Alamnl to Ban q get Members
of the Reed College Alumni associa
tion and invited guests will meet to
night in the "Tyrolean room of the
Hotel Benson for the annual Christ
mas social and business session and
banquet, The dinner will begin at
8:30 o'clock. Among the speakers jvill
be the Rev, W. H. Boddy, pastor of
the Community church, of Hood River ;
R. Fl Schois, president f Reed col
lege, and other .members of the faculty
ana, trustees.
Consolidation to Be Dlsesssed Con
solidation of county and city govern
ments will occupy the attention othe
Progressive Bskiness Men's club at
the Benson Thursday noon. City Com-
. missloner A. L. Barbur and City Engi
neer O. Laurgard will be the speakers
and Frank B. Upshaw of th Iadd Es
tat will preside. The' Klamath
county high school male quartet will
sing, directed by Mrs. Evelyn Apple-
gate.
Hopper and Cosferese On Friday
evening at th T. M. C. A., delegates
from the young people's societies of
the Congregational churches of Port
land and vicinity will meet for sup.
per and conference. Dr. Fred Grey of
Seattle, pr. C. H. Harrison, superin
tendent of the Oregon Congregational
conference; Dr. W. T. McElveen. pas
tor of the First Congregational church
and other Congregational leaders will
give addresses.
Hotel Help TfeedT Families The
Oregon Hotel Men's association for
Christmas supplied eight needy rami
lies, varying in sise from four to six
persons, with money, clothing, bed
dine and food, $135 being raised for
this purpose. Mrs. Bell Callahan of
th Caplea hotel was chairman of the
committee and she was assisted by
G. O. Madison of the Isortonia. Valu
able service was given by Fred Smith
of the Alder hotel, who delivered the
gifts In his car.
Christmas Prosrrarn Thursday night
th children of the Vancouver Avenue
Norwegian-Danish M. E. church Sun
day school will give their Christmas
program.. The entire service will b
In English. -
Mrs. Fairest ' ' Heooveriar Mrs. T.
Forrest of No. '597 '"Hawthorn avenue
is slowly recovering from a long siege
of bronchial trouble.
Children Help ChJIdre Miss Irene
W. "Welcome, teacher of th Pilot Knob
BATTERY A IS TO
GET TROPHY FOR
VALIANT
SER1
E
'A regimental croix. de guerre . with
six silver battl . rings,' one for each
major' engagement in which It. took
part during the World war. will be
presented to battery A. 147th field ar
tillery, Oregon National Guard, at im
pressive ceremonies .to be held avt th
Armory r 10th and Couch- streets,
Thursday night at 8 o'clock.
' Battery A is the odlesfc military or
ganisation in the state and is the only
Oregon unit that maintanled Itself In
tact, as a unit, throughout th war. '
The decoration is to b presented by
Adjutant General White on behalf of
the government, and is to be accepted
by Captain William S. Gay, who cam
manded the battery when it went to
France and who brought it back to Or
egon still under his command.'1
The presentation will be tb event of
major interest in the quarterly review
and Inspection of national guard
troops of "Multnomah county. Major
Hiram U.. Welch, former commander
of battery A, t will have command of
the parade of troops i in light field
equipment, with . trench helmets and
fixed bayonets.
Silver cups for victories in athletic
events will be presented to various
guardsmen, and medals will be
awarded for long and faithful service
in the guard. Among those to be so
rewarded Is Lieutenant Colonel Mosh
berger of Woodburn, who has spent 25
years in active service.
The engagements for which battery
A is to receive the six silver rings are
those in the Toule sector, the Fismes
sector, the Oise-Aisne, the Alsne
Marne, the ; Haute-Alsace and the
Meuse-Argonne.
. Th public is invited to the review.
WE WILL BE
CLOSED
ALL DAY
Thursday
Dec. 28th
for Stocktaking
Honeyman
Hardware - Co.
PARK AT GLISAN ST.
4 One Block West of
; ' New Postof f ice
, Near Broadway Bridxe
school, Iceland, Or., and her 11 pupils,
joined in making up a Christmas box
for the 1$ children confined in the iso
lation hospital at Kelly Butt. A num
ber of th toys were made by' th
pupils themselves. A letter to the iso
lated children accompanied the gifts,
telling of the life of the school chil
dren sending the box and their delight
in "being able to act as agents for
Santa Claus. . On behalf of the recipi
ents. Mayor Baker will send a letter
of acknowledgement to the Pilot Knob
school children.
Loses Cltlxenibip A decree cancel
ing the citizenship certificate of
Manuel Bishop, Yamhill county farmer,
was signed Tuesday afternoon by Fed
eral Judge Bean. Bishop's certificate
was granted December 3. 1921, by the
Yamhill county circuit court over the
protest of the naturalisation examiner.
who contended one of th character
witnesses was incompetent because he
had not known Bishop for five years
as required by law. Judge Bean up
held the' examiner's point. Bishop la
now an alien and a citizen of Portu
gal- Tuesday's proceedings do not bar
him from again applying for admla
sion. provided he meets all require
ments. 4
win Bease Batetv Under the
freight rate, reductions proposed last
week by til transcontinental rail lines
to meet Panama canal competition, the
carload rate of 81.08 on tin and tern
plate will be reduced to 95. cents from
New York, 85 cents from Pittsburg and
' a cents zrom vntcago and points west.
Becoming to aoyice received today
ny local offices of 'the Southern Pa.
ciflc company.. , ... , : . .
U'Brlea Heads Railroad J. P.
O Brien, general manager of the O-W
H. A N., was elected president of the
Camas Brairie railway for the coming
year, at a meeting of the board of
directors of that company Mondav. E.
C. Blanchard, formerly president, was
eiectea vice-president. C. E. McCulloch
was elected secretary and C E. Gay-
lora, treasurer.
Xind t Tor W. B. Wolcott, pro-
prwiOT or me Blue Tont crocerv,
gain played the role of Santa Claus
to the poor and needy on Christmas
day. According to Wolcott about 20
families called at his store during the
day for baskets of food. For the last
two rears Wolcott has been emulating
tne good saint Kicholos, and last year
ne gave rooa to over 76 families.
Tim Extended By agreement be
tween attorneys for the Pacific Tel
phone St-Telegraph company and those
ror tne public service commission of
Oregon, the time limit for the commis
sion to file its answer in the federal
court to the telephone company's In
junction suit nas been extended to
January &.
uenpasy JG to Sis Th annual
omner and reunion or- Comnanv v.
iza infantry, win be btiA ln th((
j-iutcn room or th Washington Street
uazeiwooo Tlday at 8:30 p. m. Al!
men wno served wua this company
eiuter in tne states or overseas are in
vited to be present.
Br. Mclrea's Tosle "How to rs.i.
tlvat an Acceptive Mind" will ' be the
topic of Dr. W. T. McElvat n'si 1Mtiir
Thursday night at the First Congreira.
uonai cnurcn, This la the third lee
tur in the series describing Professor
Coue's "Methods of Induced Auto-Sug-
Go-, on Bsyiag Trtp Frank Akiv
ama, managing partner of R. Kohara
company, will Bail January 2 on the
steamer Africa Mini for Yokohama on
an extensive buying; trip.' He will re
turn to .Portland about the middle of
May.
Christmas Tables A Christmas
tableau, followed by pictures from
Ben Hur. will be presented at the Ana-
Dei Presbyterian church. - 86th street
and 87th avenue southeast, at T :88
o clock tonight.
Flsbernea FiaedTohn Knisht of
powers was arrested and fined S2S on
a cnarge of Toul-hooking fish, accord
mg to a report riled at thai headsnsr.
f ers of th state game commission to-
Br. Isabel Sedgwick's new rsaridsnc
phone. Fast 8088. Offie Panama
DJdg. : Broadway 75a Adv.
j-orvsvi w aia wm sare . room.
Cress Co.. Xnc, Front and Stark
streets. Adv.
Strv AJSrtca--St. Helena vtsv rtetanta
mm. nrsr, a : p. m, dally : 11 :80 a. m,
Sunday. Aider alack. Mam gilt Adv.
Loyal Legion to ;
Oppose Weakening,
Of Workmen's Act
Opposition to any change in the Ore
gon , workmen's compensation law
which would tend to weaken the pro
visions of that measure was contained
In . resolutions ' passed i Tuesday at
Springfield by local No. 70 of the Loyal
Legion of - Loggers and Lumbermen.
The organisation . . wen t on record - as
favoring proposed amendments ; which
would raise the minimum and maxi
mum allowances for total disability
under the - act and also favored ex
tension of the law to include . com
pensation for workers who are quar
antined on account of contagious dis-
Other provisions of the resolution
would make acceptance of. the com
pensation act compulsory with em
ployers and employeaand provide com
pensation to the Injured from the be
ginning of the! Incapacity .-"for labor.
Proposed amendents to the law," which
it is alleged would benefit insurance
companies, will meet with the opposi
tion of the. loyal legion. It was stated.
Portland Ad Club
To Attend Opening
Bridge Ceremony
Portland Ad clubbers, caravan style,
will attend .he' dedicatory ; exercises
opening the Oregon City-Pacific high
way bridge to public traffic Thursday.
The caravan will form at Sixth and
Morrison streets at 18 :30 : Thursday
morning under the;, direction of Wil
liam P. Merry. On the outskirts of
Oregon City they will be joined by the
Salem Cherrians, . headed by Salem's
mayor. .
Portland speakers will be Mayor
George L. Baker. . Judge George W.
Stapleton, president of the Progressive
Business Men's club, and , George L.
Rauch. president of the " Ad telub.
Franklin T. Griffith will be toast
master at the luncheon to be served
st 1 :15 p. m. The new bridge will have
the effect of re-routing Pacific high
way traffic into Portland by the west
itie and will complete a highway loop
on the . east and west shores of the
Willamette 'which possesses great
scenic attractiveness.
Astoria Belief Fund
- Continues to Grow
- - Contributions amounting to 882 were
added to the Chamber of Commerce
Astoria relief fund today, bringing 'the
total amount of the fund to 857,803.04,
according to a report made by W. H.
Crawford, treasurer of the fund. Dur
ing the next few days the rejief com
mittee will make an attempt to round
up the thousands of dollars still out
standing in pledges. '
rTlie new contributions were as fol
lows: '
A. T. McCauley ..849.50
J. B. Watkins 2-68
J. Lee 5.00
J. A. Cranston 25.00
Thief Sends $1000
In W. Si S. to Owner
" Spokane, Wasrti Dec J7. Registered
War Savings Certificate S,tamps, val
ued at 81000, stolen from the vaults of
the Paulsen' building, during the 820,
000 robbery there July 23, were re
turned to their owner, W. C. Losey,
an attorney, Wednesday, by special
delivery letter mailed in Spokane. The
packet, neatly wrapped, bore Losey's
name. 4 cents postage, the special de
livery stamp and Red Cross Christmas
seals on its face. -
EM1L DE HO BO AM
Medford. Dec." 27. EmU de Roboam.
73, died Christmas day. He was born
at Ste. La Grande. France, on Decem
ber 25, 1849, and came to Jacfewn
county in 1870. He leaves two ions
and two daughters. John de Roboam,
Lodi, Cal. ; William E. de Roboam,
Tacoma. Wash. ; Mrs. Ida Owings,
Rogue River, and Mrs. Peter Ingram,
Medford. For some years he was pro
prietor of the famous United States
hotel of Jacksonville and subsequently
he was superintendent of the Jackson
county poor farm. ?le was a charter
member of the Jacksonville Redmen.
Compulsory School ;
Bill Ip Defended
In Book by Estes
The historic Cedar; school, founded In
1857. which ' stands on . the Troutdale
crossroad, one r mile south, of where
that - road branches from the Base
Line road.. 15 -miles east of Portland,
is used by George Estes. Portland at
torney and writer, as his arguing point
for a defense of the compulsory school
bill. In: a. paper-covered book that has
just been, published by : Lather v X.
Powell. Ktng kleagle." Pacific domain.
Knights of the Ka Klux Klan, who. In
a general introduction, declares that
the school bill is extremely reasonable.
. Bates . narrative that follows is In
th form of an argument between an
eld farmer living in the Cdar school
district and en of his sons, Jim. Estes
gives tt as bis ballet that this school
is the oldest in Oregon. . It was estab
lished two years before the state was
admittedto the Union and four yearn J
before the opening of the Civil war.
Jim, It seems, married a
Pisco-
palyun' and wanted to send bis chil
dren to an Episcopal school, sauy. a
daughter, married a Seventh "Day Ad
ventist. . Ryar, another daughter mar
ried a Mathodist. And John, a son,
married ' a t Catholic s According to
Pawpaw., th old Cedar; school was
suffering a great deal fromi deflections
to the sectarian schools. "Oxford Tow
ers," '"Saturday Sanctuary" and f the
rest of them. . In the end. the old gen
tleman claims to see the sectarians
knock the props from under the school
and set it afire with "the last torch of
liberty fadln' from the world.
Harry Joyce
of the Hazelwood, said yesterday: "That gas
fired Boiler which Kendall Heating Co. in
stalled for me is certainly wonderful. It costs' ,
me less to operate than I used to pay for
Besides all its many advantages in heating,
Gas Is Not Expensive
Let us figure your requirements. -m I
Portland Gas & Coke Co.
60W1X ASKS KEIKSTATEXEXT
Olymnia, Wash Dec . 27- Richard
Gowan of, Seattle - has filed a motion
with the supreme court asking that be
do reinstatea to practice law before
the state courts. , He was - disbarred
November It, 1818, on eharsres of ttn-
professional conduct and misappropri
ation of funda All Judges of the su
perior ccsjrt of King county back his
plea, . - . . . , . -
WARDEH PACE BETTXR x
. Walla . Walla. Wash-' Dec 27. Ac
cording to , Dr. J. W. Ingram, state
prison physician. Warden. John W.
Pace of the state penitentiary, who
has been seriously ill for. several days
snowed marked improvement Tuesday.
Bronchial and heart trouble, follow! na
an attack, of mflsensa, are said to be
th eats of Us nines - i -
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Spend "A Night in Paris" With the American Legion, Auditorium, Saturday Night, Dec 30
la llm m a t r "saw -BK 'esw
eft 3g Day Here
WE are making a deter
mined effort to clear
out all winter stocks within,
the next few days, arid the
values are of such striking
character that we expect to
accomplish a large share of
it tomorrow.
See Windows
A Big Reason Why It Will Be a Big Day
Hundreds of High Grade Suits and Goats
r
m
:
fi
At this price we are giving you the greater portion of the Suits
and Overcoats now in stock, all taken from higher priced
lines. Hundreds of fine garments for men arid young men
in an excellent range of this season's new patterns. Choice
domestic and imported woolens, beautifully tailored. Any
man who selects a suit or coat from this assortment may con
sider himself lucky to get so much real value at such a, low
price , V, -vVO-; , , . ' '
Rosenblatt Brothers '
SMSfflM&MARX CI0THES SHOP
i366'KtsMngim
-- w ravaj
'est Bxrk Street
a. '
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75,000,000
square yards of
Concrete pave
ment have been
placed un tier
contracts this
year a gain of
more than30per
cent oyer last
year, the largest
previous yean
w . " t
The construction thus
provided for, and to a
ltirge extentcompleted,
is equivalent to more
than 7,000 miles of 18
foot pavement. ! " f : '
That is a larger amount
of Concrete highway
than- there jwas in the
country altogether up
to 1917. ,
These facts witness the
determination of this
country to have roads
equal to the traffic they
bear; :-. " ".".y ;'Vr
Yet even with this great
record the output of
motor vehicles contin
ues to outstrip by far
the 'Construction of
motor roadsi '
The revolution in road
traffic due to the auto- '
mobile has called for!
hole-proof, skid-proof,
really enduring pave
ment; and Concrete
, fills the need!
That is the explana
tion of the steady, rapid
gain in Concrete road
construction during
the last decade the
largest developtlient in"
basic transportation
facilities in this country
in many years.
PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION
v cA National Organization ' 17 I
: ' to Improve and Extend the Uses of Concrete
Dss Met
Buns DsUMst
Ctiins HeWrssa M
Law AMstas PbiiMleJplis Sustrla
Peviss.,Oree Vi
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