TOWN TOPICS
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State Teachers aaaodattan tinnnl, VerV
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WEATHER FORECAST -Portland
tad vicinity: Tonight ui Friday
. eecaaional nia; eonUiweateT? winds.
Onto and Washington: Tonight and Frt
ly anaettled. probably witfc. occaeiwial taia;
noderate aootaweaterlr winds., ,
- WEATHEB , COXDITI03T8 1 1
Moderately high pressure, prevails Treat TSrm
' Ucxieo and tb. west Gulf atatea to tha upper
lk region. (Ntr th remainder of the ea
try the preaeara ia low; tbe principal deprea
axwa -being eeatral in Soutbara Alaaka and
m the MhMie AUantie Jope ; Precipitation
has occurred orer ewe , tbe Pacific elope
' and over a large part of tba conntnr east of
: the Wiaxi annua rtr The rainfall was heavy
in .Northern California, " Barter Missouri,
Morida and the- District of Columbia. Tba
weather ia ranch milder aver a belt. reerUinf
from the. goothem Plateau states to Mani-
tofce, and ob the Middle Atlantic -aloper and ia
mnek colder in parts of Oregon. Moataoa, Mia.
auun. New Tork, and New England. ' .
. Relative nnmidit at. Portland: Xooo yes
terday. 8S per cent; 6 p. m. yesterday, ,84 per
- cent : 6 a. aa. today, 8 l per cent,
Precipitation ainee January I: V Total,
17. 02 inchea; norma!,:. 44.43 inches; defi
ciency, 7.40 lncbaa. r- -
OBSERVATIONS
' STATIONS If bS
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Faker, Or. "...
. JWton. Mass. . . . i ...... .
, Waffalo. .-X. Y. . ....-
i Calgary, Alberta. ..r.... . . -
I Murago. 111. ....... ... .
Jienver,, Colo.
3 Moinea. loira ....... T
Kal. A iaaka -.
Kflmonton. Alberta.
" Kremno, ' 'al. , . - -J. . . . -
Helena, , Moot. ...........
' Huron, 8. , l . . t i . , , . . . j. ,
' Juneaa, Alaska .........
Kansa CHy. Mo ...........
Jx Angeles. - Cat .........
: Manhfield, Or. .......
Medford, ' Or. - .
Metnphia, Tens. .........
. ew Orleana. La.
w Tork, S. V ........ .
- Nome, Alaaka V ........ .
North Head. Wilt;, .
N orth Platte, Neb ........
Oklahoma City, Oaia.,.. ..
I'hoentx. Ariz.
Pittsburg, Pa. . . ...... .
Poeatello, Idaho ........
I'ortland. Or. -
; Prince- Rnpert, B. C. . . . . .
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Roawell. . J. M . . . i , . , .
Kaeracnento, CaL , . , . . . .
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"alt laka City. Cth......
nan ' 1 lego, t ti .... . .
- Pan Franeiaco, Cat...
leatH. Wash.
tshertdan. Wye.
Kitka, Alwka , . . . .
t Kpekaae, Wash. , ". ....
Tanana,r Alaaka ... ...
, ATatooah ; bland, Waak.
'ATononah. Nev. . ..-..
VaMez. Alaska
Vancouver,- Bi C . . .'.
Walla Walla, Wash. . .
W asaincton. D. C . . .
Millfcton, S. D. ... , .
W innipec. Man. , , . . .
Yakima. W ash. , . . ; .
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, 44 80
3. 23
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8 30
4 52 3
84 20
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42 24
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62 4
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64 32
72 40
64 42
44 84
B 48
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54 44
58 26
48 5
86 28
82 18
43 80
72 52
60 50 '
.54 48
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88 88
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duct the hearing. ?: Gronnert is seeiting
tn aiscnarge oi in reanrw onvu
ducted to s to conserve the assets ef
certain rdltoraL
Aekft DIimUsAl f Salt Instead of
fnina; n answer to the SU0.009 dam-
are suit brougrht ; againat it y tne
Brookings State bank, the Federal Re
serve bank of San Franeiaco haa filed
a, motion in the federal court te dis
miss t ho entire s proceedins- The mo
tion alleg-ea tne Oregon federal eourx
is without jurisdiction to try this ease,
holding that the defendant's principal
place of business is in California and
that the suit should hare been brought
in the Sani Francisco federal -court.
Jndg-e Wolverton set the motion down
for arztiment on January l.-; -. -r
T- Balld BrMfw Sta Steps lead
ing; from the westerly approach to
the Broadway bridgre to the street be
low, so as to rive access to the Union
depot from inbound street -cars with
out the passengers, having: to cross
in the street - traffic wiu be started
soon. ; Commissioner Barbur has an"
nounced that the plans for the steps
are completed and that " they - will bar
built out of the Broadway bridge fund.
raited States Sfaralal Gsest Rob
ert K.' levy. recently appointed united
States marshal at Chicago, and Mrs.
Levy, were Tisitora at the office of
United States Marshal C R. Hotchkisa
Wednesday. - Levy was in the city for
a few hours between trains on his way
borne. 1 HV brought a prisoner to Se
attle - from Chicago and . is returning
East through Oregon and California.
Masamaa Ontlag The Mazamaa and
Trails club of -? Portland" will spend
their. New Tear's outing; as guests of
the Angoras ( , Astoria.v They , will
leave Portland on trains at 1 :lo and
8:10 Saturday afternoon. ' Winter hik
ing togs will ; be worn. There will be
trips along the beaches and entertain
ment at the Seaside hoteLi
Western Story Sola A short story
on Northern British Columbia, entitled
"Little Songhee'a Big Troubled has
been sold to Western Story magazine
by Robert O. Case, publicity manager
for" the State i Chamber or Commerce.
and wtjl appear, in the January 20 is
sue. ; i :' : '":
Men's 'Besort Progranu There will
be a New Tear's eve entertainment at
the Men's Resort Saturday at 8 p. m.
Music songs and motion pictures will
be on the program. The public is in
vited..' ; ; :
Pope Shpeasors Fined A. Chunt,
a Chinese arrested by. the police mor
als squad in his north-end house, was
fined 1250 and sentenced to ft days
in jail. When his plaee was raided,
the police found opium being; smoked
P. M. report of preceding day.
and one bindle" of-tne aru ia lis
possession. Ah Hunng, charged with
possessing and selling opium, was fined
83S0 and sent to iail for 90 daya He
is said to have had sins cards of the
drug. Chunjr Wai, fosnd smoking the
narcotic was fined o s .
Free. Today aad Te morrow A nine
ounce package of White King Oranur
la ted Soap, at The - Journal ' offlc.
Bring in a want ad for the big sun-;
day Journal or other days. Including
Sunday, pay cash and receive a pack
age of this good washing powoer. xne
Journal office is open from 7 :30 a. fa
un til 11 p. m. Adv. . "
FroblsBis l EdmeaUoB" The City
club, at its luncheon at the Hotel Ben
son, Friday noon will hear Will C.
Wood, superintendent or; puouc, n-
structtoa for - California,, speak on
Problems In EdjcatJon.
labU Wise's X 5 Bersaon At Temple
Beth -Israel . tonight Rabbi Jonah B.
Wise wiU speak on. ."Candle Light-"
At the Sunday morning assembly bis
topic will be . "Ring Out the Old.
JewUk Serrtess At Linath Asedeak
Congregation services will be held Fri
day at s tv m. and on jsaturaay at. s a.
m. Services will be conducted by. the
Rev. Jacob Tonitskyv " -
Bskal Aiaesablr Meet Bahal As
sembly wlU meet Friday at 8 p. m, in
room 312. Central . building.
Str. Asierlea St Helens via Colum
bia river. S :80 D. ox. daily ; 11 - a. m.
Sunday, Alder aock. Main 83Z3v Adv.
Tear Artinelal Teetk will be better
If made by the plate spociauat. ur.
Roatmaa,; Journal bWg. Adv. .
; B. H. Orssa Stasips for Cask Btol-
man Fnei Co. Bdwy. eses. 5S0-IL Adv.
i,Iotorist Halts at
Call. Then Speeds
" Away FromBandit
Tt t tirkaK who liwea near Hills-
boro, lost no time In leaving the vicin
ity of 19th and .Washington sxrsets a.
1 o'clock this morning when he was
confronted with a large automatic
pistol. . . v ; , ' '
Kirker was Just turning the corner
in - his: automobile when somebody
t. . n.ii tttm wltH a. I'laei r "hello." He
stopped - his machine. , thinking some
friend was abroad at that early hour
of - the day, . but when, we aonrce t
the "hello- -appeared It cameo an au
tcmatio pistol. t -:
Kirker pushed the accelerator against
h einnr nf th. automobile and did
not slacken his speed - one wmi unut
he reached police neaoquartera.
Bndge Committee
Proposes Location
Location ofthe new Ross 'i Island
bridge; on the lines proposed to, the
people during the recent bridge bond
campaign is desired by the Joint bridge
committee, representing seven im
proveroent and community eiubs. This
was put into a statement adopted by
the committee, Wednesday night to be
forwarded to the county commissioners
in response to a formal letter from
them atkiog for an expresslou on the
subject. The plan - proposed would
make the west approach at Kelley on
Grover street, and the east approach
on 'rft' ronte directly opening out to
the Powell Valley road.
Glenn F. Bell Named
Hillsboro Club Head
-uniahnrrt rwr. 28. The : Hillsboro
Club; Tuesday night elected the fol
lowing officers : - Ulenn v. ueii, presi
dent, Frank. I Austin, vie presi
int vut Moore, secretary ; J. L.
Crow, treasurer : C. E. Wells, O.
Phelps and A. Kaamussen. airectors.
The name of the organisation was
changed from the ' Hillsboro club to
the Hillsboro Chamber of Commerce.
Extensive"' plans are being made for
the activity of the club for the coming
year- -
Storm Halts Phone
Service in Hoquiam
Hoquiam, Wash., Dec Z. Forty-one
Hoquiam telephones and all long dis
tance lines north and west of the city,
are out of commission as result of a
severe southeasterly storm which swept
the Harbor country . Tuesday night.
Sections of county roads, north of here
in the lower Humptulips valley are
under a half . a foot of water, but are
till negotiable. The river has over
flowed its banks in several places and
is reported to sun ne nsing.
g
nf itim 24 counties of the State. Jef
ferson ia the only one not represented
In the total registration of 2188 stu
dents at the University or Oregon.
, " . a '. j ' .. T
Lctutery J to lie
Presented With
Croix de : Guerre
l Preparations ba.ve been made to en
tertain a largo crowd of spectators to
night to the Armory at o'clock when
Brlaadier-General George A. White
will present the- regimental - crolx do
guerre and six silver: battle rings to
battery A, 147th field artillery, as a
feature of the quarteiy inspection.
Cant. James S. Gay, who lea the
battery overseas, and who has been
at the head of the organization since
they were mustered out here, .will be
in command. Battery a enterea active
fighting- dlirtna; the Fismes , defense,
the Olse-Aisne, Haut-Alsaco , and
MeuseArgonne offensives. , , , ;
PBI5CE89 1IABT MOTES "
f-.ndon. Dec 28. Princess Mary has
taken op her abode at Goldsborough
hall, the Torkshn-e home of Viscount
LasceUes, where she .will -remain untu
after the "interestiner event which Is
expected in February." 'v ;.
Kaire
Raisin Pie
is being baled you by toAt- ,
ur bakers In your town.
Atk grocers or neighborhood .
bake shops to deliver one to try.
" Why bake at borne ?you'H;
agree that , you don't need to
when you taste the pie they're
making with delicious
Sun-Maid;
Raisins 1
- - -v J
Had Yur Iron Today t - ;. .
To Joia Sob Is Business Jonas
,. Friedenthal, for the last 35 years
' buyer and manager of the notion de
partment of Fleischner Mayer A Co.,
has resigned this position and after
January 1 will be associated with his
son, Adolph Frledenthat . in the man
agement of. the Columbia Knitting
: mills. The plant of the Columbia
'mills is located at First and Salmon
-"streets '-and its products consist of
- knitted f . sweaters. bathing suits,
.' scarfs and similar garments. Frieden
thai was guest of honor at a dinner
v given by - officials and employes of
FJeiachnerv Mayer 4 Co. at the Port
land': hotel-Wednesday night. :
Ckareh Geserallaalmo Circuit Judge
r Georgf Rossman: has acquired a new
title- 3t is, '."kenerajissimo." The
army 7 of which' he is chief is an or
ganised group of men. and women at
the First Congregational church who
are raising funds to carry on the work
of the church durinp the coming year.
. Generalissimo Rossman has issued or
ders, for a meeting of his army Frt-
day night at the church. - At 6 p. m.
"rations' will be served, after which
- General A. K. Larimer and General
George Colton will confer with their
colonels and captains. The battle be
tween the opposing generals will then
be on.
Girt Had Planned Sslelde Molly
Trover, 16-year-old girl of Spokane,
was found sitting on the East Alder
: street dock. Wednesday night by Cap
' tain J. L. Campbell of the steamer
Hustler, whom the girl Informed she
had gone to the river' to Jump in, but
had changed her mind. She was turned
over to the women s protective division.
She Is a waitress, but was tired of her
work, she said.
V EDers Receiver Remains Federal
Judte Bean refused Wednesday - to
hear the petition of Fred Gronnert to
discharge S. J. Btschoff as receiver
for "the Oregon Kilers Music House,
thus putting to an end the sale of as
sets now In progress. ? The court held
? it was without jurisdiction, as certain
matters involved in Gronnert's motion
for the discharge of the receiver are
now in the bands of the circuit, court
of appeals. As i soon aa the mandate
' comes from the appellate court Judge
j$ean said ne would be glad to ' con'
sn,BS8.amH,Bwi,:iim
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The Dynamo
Ftrs, arid Individual Style Shops
Broadway at Morrison
YOUR CHEERFUL
(T . HftMF
JLAVrXIAJbs .
j Depends for its
cheer upon four
tlmigs, love, beauty,
light and warmth.
Charter Oak Stoves
since granddaddie's
time have supplied
that cozy warmth
at a low cost and
have added a note
of harmony as well.
ISHERW00D
Stoye Company
SOLE DISTRIBUTORS
14th and GUaas, ForOaad
ii
Clearance
i values in
FROCKS
grouped at
frocks for
merly priced
to 39.50
. frocks ; for
"tmerly priced
to 45.00
frocks' for
merly priced
to 69.00
frocks for
merly priced
to 110XX)
frocks for
merly priced
to 135XK)
19.75
29.50
49.50
69.00
89.00
: . . 1 .
- Every
Wihter
CO A T
reduced!
coats for- C
rotfxpriced 19. Z 5
r.CV5riced 29'.50
coats "for
merly priced
to 85.00
49.0 b
Every
SUIT
reduced!
SUitS fOr- 'aa. 00 sm
stTPrd 29.50
suits for
merly, priced
to 69XX)
t
3-piece suits
formerly
79X)0 . -
49.00
4&.C0
r,'j"d 59.00
suits for
to IIOjOO
suits for
suits for - ' - fC1-
KMXa 74 Oil
A special offering of
-Camel's. Hair
TOPCOATS
. at:42.50
small group at this radical
,.underpricingf
100 pure camel's; hair topcoats as
their labels will attest lined fully with
sturdy crepe' de ; chine in two smart,
mannish styles straightline belted, or
with the? deep inverted back pleat so
becoming to full figures ! I Reindeer,
beaver and natural colors sizes 16 to
40.. A limited quantity at ? this excep
tional price I, - , , ,
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Charge purchases billed
; February 1st . -
sSri"d65.00
coats for- -
merlv 150.00 J-
to 275XH)
Clearance
values in
BLOUSES
i - grouped at .
9.85
13.85
c o s t u m e
overblouses
reduced to ..
c o.s t u m e
overblouses
reduced to '
1. Clearance of -
CORSETS
1 I . SANK jtf I
a a
; f o r m erl
priced to 5XK)V
?at ,
1.95
formerly ; , -a
priced to 6JHJ, f vjfi
4 aSksfSAX
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DEPOSIT
, - What electricity, by changing
-wasted force into useful -motive
power, has done; for civilization a y
savings account will do for the in
- dividual. "
' A savings account builds your
; surplus fund the fund that will
. some .day help you start business.
But more thah that, it cultivates the . .
' saving habit upon which so much of ; 7
' your success depends. It is the eas-
iest and surest way to enter .the sun- :
shine of security. frW
A savings account , is - : r J ' ,
. the dynamo of success. , ' , ' '
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1 i - this strong banl(- today.
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- .BANK
Oldest In the Northwest
, WASHINGTON AT THIRD.
rrrwrrri'T tTttti v i t i v i v i v i v i v i 'rrr m
33atDEiusrr.t zi
I ISl IT ST C II at i
The One Way ;
To See the! Beauties of the West Which no Other
Land Can Duplicate -.
"?""." -v -?'A..-V'.-rZ'X '': ' '"ii ;:; : ' -.i.. 'a : ' ,'. '
r Now you find a purple mouhtain capped. ,
with whitest snow. In another moment you ;
:. ' . .V"'v'tch:av')(dsta.: of. blue Tollers stretching away , ( . :
asYar as the eye can see. " " ' . , '
. - You swing into a rocky gorge with precipi
tous cliffe rising on one side and 'a rushing i ;
fountain brook on the other. ' . , r . ;
- ' A tunnel cuts off your view for a moment and
' then before you lies a rolling valley growing v
- choicest delicacies for the whole world to enjoy, v
' Such is a day aboard Southern Pacific trains. A
,Each moment provides its beauties.
See All
And Southern Pacific aervioe provides the one way tsj
see. easily and comfortably, all that the Pacific Coast is so v
famous for.
. CJub, obsenration'and dining cars are available on many
trains. " ..-"'-, -
The schedules meet your convenience. There ars trains
to take you whmrm you want to go whtt you want to go. .
' Seajthern'PaeificBerriceiseevrteoas.winm
Southern Pacific men aire proud of it and strive always to
; it meet a usjr regmrrmcnts.
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