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ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES
Wl.t-n in nt'dl of an KUrtrkal Appliance of any
kind, it is to your benefit t p't it at the KLKCTRIC
SlIUl'. We maintain our business on the main
stivet where it is convenient for all. Remember
that when buying Electrical Appliances it should
be worth something to know that we stand
behind our ijoods. We can explain how t: use
them and we maintain a repair department where
such appliances can be kept in repair.
We are members of the National Contractors'
Association avid receive all the latest information
on electrical matters, which enables us to keep
ri.uht up to date.
Thosi- who buy Electrical Appliances of us
will jet just as jood service as can be iven in
Poitland or an other citv.
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MRS. (i. II. CASTNF.lt
SENDS GREETING:.
in ii rrmii I h !y ! 1 1 i I t . ri i.-sin ! In the
i-lii'n nf tin' l)'i'(;(il SilltC i' r!t'lt.,n!i
( Wuaii'h'.-; Cluhs, Mrs. C. II. '
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u i ! . : i' - :
.Vv ilc:ir i lull VVi.t kors, (iri'rtinns '
Thr Thxi-kiviiiK criiiil li:r iis:fii.
..i .1 I'hil' M.ihi-n, ti i'thir with ever'
''lii r A inorii-ni:, l,:iVi' had nre;it chusc
J ' nixing IhaiiUs. The Christina'
l i'.t at hanil ; iimv wv nil imike of
t''.- st a -"ii (f .if lailnt'ss Mini yi;u t
' hi ' '- I i I ;! I'iuti wiiiiit ii of thl .
'.ili- follow tin' tinit' huiii.vtil cu:-loii
stir i .!( aril rai'h 1 1 !ai ill Un w id
' ( lT iii'ii.t up. ( hri-tiiiiih l'i .
' i;i:M'il caaiilf as token of yoo.i
'!. ' to all who slmll iass l,y. M,,
t.t-i. to I'iirh ir.illV.ilii.'il i lull Tin Hi
o. r, a: i a u ish fi't the hi st that t!u
i 'in isl mas soasnn i-an hrinir to earh
oil'
I.MlS. ('. II. I 1 TH'Tl sa M. Car-tlHT,
1'rt' snlt'i.l.
Ti;r I'.ullrtin tiim-hi'S mi u: hor mat
ii T-. ihc liist of i In-m I'aihmr for mat;
a .in' .-u'.si rii'tior.s for si'lilicrs :
I'.a' I'ri'siih'i't of the Slati' Kiiler.i
: : hi a-iii t la' rh.i rmaii of tin' I, '.ten
i : i at;. I l..m ai t . : n ! j 1 1 1 , liavo ro-
' "tl a:i a; i oal lioni tho (ii'a la
' ' ' i' ' i - A ..,( of I'. rl lanil. foi
i'iuii-1 of I he -c;,. t i s ih-crih.' to n: i
MM- f .1'ir I '.) s in h -i it:is aisu
v h" v. o I i:i. imiiu' h' aio f. ! soiiir
' h.'uo jrivfii ror'iiissioii t
'.' Uaroi'.ati.iM to ivla'i't Ihi-st' suh
s. i ii-li. ii a it-ti to tiu' fai'l that their
. hairaiaii, M.ss V lul i I Ii lehli'lil. has
.I .'M r si ! y a it; lit sohsariiti.ios f rum
': ' l! coi'i'al loll i.ml i. in dirt'ft to'.a'h
mi: I' In, .so in I'l'ii.maiai who assart' luv
.! ill!' till Hi I'l'l'll. I'l'l' ilSSIU' I at 1M1 IS
r.ii a: a U'tt.-r to oa.'h I'inh, sa n-i
h , H i' j'lt iiii i't i f t he Slate Fi ilera
I on a i il i ho I'hairiiimi of the I. ilera
: . ii' a .. I l.ilir -r- 'nmmilti e, an. I tie...
! I ' .'-- o'l ail . !,. s thai Milt r a tlnu
i'ii h : es ;t.; l i vt lire assarei) thai
: i saiaai 'I'lio! ,. sr., I hi Miss I Irtehieiii
:i i ea h i heir ii . t matioii M ay we
e ea. h l ino Hi the state 11 ill r-ea I
0 it 'H"l e'.'
Ahio-i a i ar iico t l,t- exetiitive
': ' I "I I :e I Ii" i ii Feilei'atiini ereat
a V al V i tm V t'omiiasslrn, 11h,.se
1 . r, it w -a to n-i-e Ji'l,ooo to
I .'111 ! ui halt;1! Houses m Kranee,
v. here A 'i.enean sohJiers inil.t upenil
''i i us' 1'eiimls uiiilt-r io er su r-
I "O .I'll"
The chin was ait'rn e. at the liot
S a ii i;s I'oiivei lum hi a M ajority Vole,
iin coa's i risi.lerit l'int! unions those
v. ho pletljii'il their stales' jiiiport.
iin iir relu n Mrs. fHstner, at a
luri'hooii (in'eially called to hear her
Ill Jjj
MS.
3rv
Xff J ?Sjn Sr-L, .V,.'- i,
11 JIsji vise
i't ('uil. i Xjil.n.'ied the mutter very ful
ly, as it lias then ii'o'oset) to earry i!
out hy the I'oimniss'ion. t ircuirstanees,
however, maile it inailvisnhh; to press
the iiiatli r farther, 111th the i iuhs, n r-
til the state I'oiiieiitioii, when we ha. I
expei'te'l, ami hten ti miseil, nioio
ih t'.nite i nfoniiat ion retardinjf it.
This inforniHtiuii did not reach u
i.:;(il the latter part of Oeloher. VV.
then learned that the proposed Fut'
loui;ti Housed could not he esfahl'.shi d
owian to t;oit i imielit regulations
whi h reiiiired nil social service wuri-.
to lie done thmilj.;h the V. M. ('. ,.
We were a lviied t hat ahoi her pla:
was heii't; worked out, of whvh. v
were to lie informeii later. h . s i,
format ion did lit it reach us until the
last weik of Noieiiiher. This must he
our apoloey, to the eluh wornen of the
state, for not heiidiiit; t hern Ih.' infor
mation promised al the riii.veniiiin in
Septem'-er.
Space will permit hut the very hrief
e.-t outline of the new plan, which is
pnmaiily to supplement the work of
the V. M. ('. A. and at the same tinn
make the (!eneriil Federation a dis
t inct factor in this work.
" The Woman's I Mv i.sioti of t he War
Personnel Hoard of the Y. M. ('. A.
lias hern asked to st nil overseas a
l.uaze lunnher of qualified women for
seii icc in the huts of t he Association, "
mi s the report.
Ihc War Victory t 'omniission pro
uses, in it spouse to this, to send over
loo Humeri as a (leneral Federation
t nil lor I his sen ice. It proposes to
send two i lull women from each state,
leaving the reei'inmi ndations, for their
apii'.intineiit, with the state executive
hoard.
Acconipaiii infT this circular of infor
mation are explicit instructions, and
the most detailed information regard
inj; the Tei(iiireiiients for applicants ;
also the I lank application, prepare I
under trovernmenl regulations whieh
pa.-se- finally en the fitness of the
a; i-hrant.
It will require about $J,i!' to outtit
tach peison accepted, which co.stthe
it iiiral Federation assumes, ami will
iav unless the applicant wishes to
finance herself.
t'rejrnn, as yet, has subscribed tuith
irt; to the fund, but this is not to our
discredit, for it is owine; to their tardi
nt ss in si-ndint; us proper infomation;
but it is self-evident that if Oregon is
to le represented on this mission we
must immeiliatel;, raise our quota.
It is thi' purpose of the W. V. C. to
have the II. F. W. t". unit leave the
eailv part of January, and there are
many formalities to yti through before
an applicant receives her passport.
I Tubs desiring to subscnhe to this
fund and many claim it is just as nec
essary now as during th war- may
semi t'u'ir money to the state treas
urer, Mrs. Sol. Hart, 111 N. :'2nd St.,
Portland, and for further information
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The. Light
AGENTS
n
E. S. C0LB5T, Manager
"We Helped Put the Cobwebs Across the Firehouse Door"
or blanks apply to the State president.
or myself. Sarah A. F.iaiis,
I la Kieler Ant,.., Portland,
Idiector, (I. F. W. ( .
I Vis. ). Shepard Harnum, chairman
;of the F l':;'.'it.ioiiiil Hepartmi'iit of the
K. W. : , has sent to the state
chairmen oi.lv this week her .ropnsed
outline f i: the state and local commit
tei s. The suh-i'hairmen have not yet
ht'i'ii chosen. However, Mrs. ParnumV
out line foil, 's very closely the sui.' -,;i
stions sent lo t he Hiennial at Hot
Springs by Hr. C'laxton, Commissioner
of Kduration, I'. S. P.urcau of Faiuca
lion. Dr. C'laxton, whom we are all
willing to acknowledge as a leader,
asks that we undertake six objectives.
First: That we advise our club
women to do all they can for the wel
fare of children during ihe war and
especially that we help in every way
to preserve all our aeenc'es for educa
tion, physical, mental, moral and spir
itual in their full efficiency.
Fvery local educational committee in
i Ireyon should report for duty to the
Child Welfare chairman of the Wom
an's Committee of the Council of Na
tional Defense. You have heard and
read much of children's year. What
have you done'.' Do not try to start
some independent campaign, or tin pi i
cate machinery. Results are what we
want in this campaign for 100, Odd ba
bies' lives. The Children's Bureau is
direrting the work of the organized
campaign aril they need your help.
Second; Dr. Claxton also wants our
influence ami aid in providing adequate
means for such amount and kind of
civic education for the great masses of
our boys and gills who do not o
through the high schools as will fit
them for intelligent American citizen
ship. This campaign and the one pro
posed by Mrs. Harnum that we aid the
War Department Committee on Educa
tion to get 1(10,00(1 hoys in college and
keep them there, as well as our addi
tional efforts to get girls in colleges
and muses' training si hot. Is, picvidos
us with u definite war program.
Third: Closely coupled with these
combined efforts should be the problem
of the rural school. The rural school
I is not a rural problem it is a national
I problem. Dr. C'laxton says he believes
it is the most impoitant problem of
' statesmanship in our country today.
State superintendents are sounding a
suit rnn warning and urging club wom
en's aid in maintaining school attend
ance and efficiency during- war. Con
sult your own school official and
muster all your forces to do as they di
tect toward keeping the school line of
defense intact. We must help secure
adequate funtis for the schools during
the war. School revenues aie not ade
quate ; teachers are leaving the pro
fession for other occupations. To keep
a school up to its former standards
now requires more money. It is a case
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WE AitE AGENTS 10 K
MAZDA LAMPS
that Turned Sight into Day,
IT GIVES THE BRIGHTEST LIGHT
WITH THE
SMALLEST CONSUMPTION OF JUICE
FOR EDISON MAZDA
of being necessary to run very fast in
order to stand still. Half of the chil
dren in this country are being etlu.-at-ed
in rural schools and they are in t
getting a square deal. Perhaps the
doing away of smaller schools, of con
solalatiii,' districts in order that they
may pay better salaries, etc., would
help solve this problem. Offer your
; interest and your support to lour coun
ty school superintendent and thus to
your state superintendent.
Fourth ami fifth : The great ques
tion of Americanization through edu
cation confronts us. We were amazed
at the statistics quoted by Mrs. Cora
Wibon Stewart, chairman of the Na
tional 1 1 literacy Committee when she
addressed the Hiennial.
"The exact number of illiterates in
this country," she said, "is a,, 'ill!, llii'i
and only 1, (100,000 of these are foreign
horn. Thin leaves nearly .1,000,01111 j.
literates of our people. "
War lias revealed strange things and
war will keep us promoting many
things thai vie have reviously known
but have not known how to overcome.
For instance, when you can say author
itatively that there are 70(1,01 10 soldiers
in the army who cannot read even the
notices issued hy their commanding
officers, you readily see how it arrests
attention and what a lever it may tie
come in "prying out" money and
changed conceptions of responsibilities.
Those 700,000 illiterate soldiers art
not confined to any one section. We
have men and women, too, who cannot
rend or write. In oil- state the large
percentage are foreign born. The
present safety of our co'iutri depends,
to a very large extent, upon the move
ment of "Americanism Through F.du
cation." We should make it our prime
business to build up an American na
tion. No longer shall we remain sep
arate groups of people, leaving large
portions of the population to retain
their own language, government, cus
toms and ideals, so different to our
own. We must assimilate them. For
leadership in this part of our woik we
again look to the Woman's Committee
of the Council of Defense. Mrs. Cast
ner, the state chairman, has delegated
this important work to the D. A. K.,
and they in turn have appointed a
strong committee with Mrs. F.. A.
..lobes as chairman. Very soon you
will receive communications from this
committee and we will prove slackers
indeed if 11c ignore a work upon which
rests the very foundation of our na
tional life.
Sixth: Dr. C'laxton pleads forjthe
teaching of music in the public schools.
He says, "After reading, writing and
arithmetic, I consider music the most
impoitant and the mo.-t practical sub
ject taught in our schools." This sub
ject, having a state committee of its
J own, is well provider! for. We w ill be
1 elad to cooperate. Use your influent e
! for the promotion of the. teaching of
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Sir:
LAMPS
music in all our schools of whatever
grade. We have recently realized
what a "siiv.'in;; army" means. We
must become a singing nation. Two
other important subjects are to he
presented to you this afternoon- kin
dergartens and normal schools. Your
chairman will ;; .t encroach on the top j
ie or use any of the time allotted for
the consideration of these subject".
The hist subject we present to you is
the support you should give your li
braries. We iluubt if there is a single
library in the state whose budget is
not seriously menaced by war condi
tions. You are more than pledged to
the support of your libraiies. As rluh
women you seTured our Library Law
now you must defend your efforts from
"economy legislatures," county tax
levying boards, etc. We must provide
adequately for the maintenance, of our
libraries, else we place upon them a
serious handicap in the educational
work we expect them to accomplish.
War makes great demands- its calls
must he answered, but as Doctor Anna
Howard Shaw said, "We must keep
the home life, the school life and the
church life normal."
We must prepare for the future now
- we cannot prepare for the future in
the future. To neglect our children or
their education is to cripple the next
generation. Saidie Orr-Dunbar,
Chairman.
Jn presenting to you the report of
this committee your chairman does not
hope that it will be of as great inter
est as it.i work is of importance to this
organization, the foundation and frame
work around which the Federation In
tension Committee builds, and should
the material in your committee he
chosen unwisely and one member fails
to do tier particular part in the build
ing, the whole structure is weakened.
Permit me to say, personally, I have
this year, because of the conditions,
lived Federation, dreamed Federation,
talked Federation, and have been ac
cused of writing Federation to plead
ingly that it was almost impossible to
refuse to embrace Federation. When
it became time to make a summary
of this year's work I was surprised
because of this.
We Americans, in our enthusiasm,
are so apt to, in striving to accomplish
an end, forget Hie means that has
made the accomplishment possible.
And the unfederated club woman of
the state, so absorbed in patriotism or
some other good work, misses that
point, and has entirely lost sight of
the importance of having a represena
tive at just such a getting together of
thinking women as will be found here
in this constructive convention. They
overlooked the means.
Again. When we began to realize
that we really, though unwillingly,
wtreto be drawn into this war and
that there were responsibilities that
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
We do all our own work and our many
of experience enables us to tfive expert. de
ble service. Also we maintain two autos ai
country patrons are given as prompt setv
those living in the city.
We carry a complete and up to date 1
Electrical Devices and as we are practical
tricians, we can ive to our patrons any
which may be needed in installing and ope
these devices.
See Us For
Electrical Installation and
Repair Work
Of All Kinds
214 OAK ST., HOOD Rl ;R
could not be carried cxclu; ivelv by the
male citizen and we felt it or doty tn j
take our stand beside the heroic woiri- i
en of France, Knglund and lielgltini, j
we looked around for the means to do
so quickly without loss of time. Where ',
did we find it? j
Just as the men at Washington
launched their first war work through:
the already organized Chambers of'
Commerce and Commercial Clubs, so j
did those same men, and we look to!
the largest systematically organized'
body of winen. the General Federa
tion of Woman's (Tubs, through whose ,
efforts Ihe hr.-t woman's division of
war work was launched with alacrity.
There is yet ir.ii 'h work ahead of us
along all lines, a, will be shown at his
convention, and we all know there will
be a great reconstruction at the end
of this coiiflict which will require all
our comhi'ied efforts to meet, and it is
to the Federation F.itension Committee
that has be;n given the opportunity of
helping in gathering together nil wom
en who, united, shall successfully go
foith to meet, not only the emergen
cies of the present, but the greater
ones to come.
Yet there has been a decrease in the
federation of clubs. Hut knowing con
ditions your chair submits the numbers
without apology. Those who have seen
the vision are North Hend Woman's
Club, llalsey Study (Tub, Antelope Im
provement (Tub. Deer Island Woman's
Club, Una Wooman's Club, Marshfield
Railroad Woman's Club, Cooperative
League of Portland, whose efforts have
contributed so largely to the comfort
and pleasure of the Fetleration.
Mrs. J. VV. Sadler,
Chairman.
WOMAN'S CLUB TO
Annual Christmas baskets will be
distributed Christmas morning by the
philanthropic tommittee of the Wom
an's club, of which Mrs. Wm. Munroe!
is rhairmna. Fvery netdy family o"
the community wdl be given provisions
for a sumptuous dinner.
This season the philanthropic com
mittee's activities will not be limittd
to those in need. "It has been learn
ed," says Mrs. Munroe, ' that nu.ny
families, their n embers stricken with
influenza, will be unable to provide the
Christmas meal. We propose to give
all such famiies a well cooked Chrst
mas dinner."
The committee will receive contribu
Hons of canned foods, baked delicacies
fruits, vegetables and clothing from
anyone, and requests that don. ri leave
the articles at the library Christmas
morning.
I h;ve lake, Ihe iuencv lor the Soir-
M ra9(K:rSiti.l'f"Ht ''' Tailor si p.
Mrs. Karl lluelow, Hood Uner, or. tf
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years
ter.da-
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ice as
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NO FIXED QUOTAS FOR 6.
Pll gl'l (It IS till' to I'll of ''.. ' !!' mi
Iti d Cross In Ihe Ameri' a- ... -.'. flat
Iio quotas Inn e hi en ' " lo .l
( 'I'l iss ( 'lillpl I I's f. 'I' ihc I" : ' ' i'f
members III Ihe I.V-I l'ii"i 1 -': a
Ii. ill Call. 1 ni' .-is;;! m. n ' "-'
the goal. ( 'hapli'i a re ! ''
by 1 he lunnher o: . in ' r ' r
Hsillcliotis. The Knl I CnU " ' fin
Islii'd only 11 hen o eri in a i' I'
son. without rep! nl i" s si 1
been enroll. -i, 1 'hihlreii e !,!
Ihl'olih the .limine It. -1 V: -.a-ri-'s.
and their nn iiilo-rsl , - are
twenty fhe cents n o ar. 1 .1 ' ''
aim In eiirnlliiii: Is nm to 1 . !.''
hill to tll(To:sr Ihe I,,,.;,,; . V'l"
eilll elipli;s is laid l!" 'I ' ' 1 ' . ' ar
liieilibei'sliip al V I on per ' ir ! ; : -lloge
will he gi on In 1 ri - '
1 1" i I 1 1 1 hig .Member at .;. 00 -Member
at Mo. on, I . ' 1 M- ' .t "t
$n0.iMi or Patron at S'l'mno
TH.i CLIMAX TO VICTORY.
I'lirllis: the week bef".
the entire American p
the pl'ii ilcge of aiis.i.'
Cross Christinas Hull 1
spouse shouiil ii.ii .line
wilh a uniihitnliy il .1!
to the lit 1 1111 0 i-l Ihe hop.
all parts of he earth I
fore be the climax of Ana
Ism anil n ill usher In ' h
a Kt'd Cross mei.ihei ship
lug the census figures 1
Cross wants Is the a:. .
American pcopu of t In- 1 ;
ley, and such appr-e- al
highest sinhilli'iuiee hi n,e
fel'illg people 1 1 ei a ii -I .
Wilson leaila tin lesii,,, ..
along the mess, .1:0, '1 s.,i
the comradeship."
RED CROSS SCHOOL FOR bOYS.
The American lo-d '!. i :"i-
ilaheil a manual ira.nin- -
Uelgiiin hois at Ya
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PEACE MAKES
GREATER NL'EO
1 'eace will not em I ' '.
of lt... Cross 11 lie! -v !
ihe contrary, ihe 1 1 '
peace opens new la. I
lee for ih,. ;,.i Cross. ,
more than cot, tic A ,
poople will he call. U .;-. '
obey their generous iinj '"
Mini up the wnrid's .i"
Membership in the i:-! '
affords the tiohh-t "- ' '."
such impulses. Fun A a
should answer 1 1 . j , " in '
Iteil Cross Chrislinas Hull 1 '..-
1'ilins leit w itli us 11 p I" l'i ' - . a.
are ready (or delivery the m-i 1 : '"'
Slocoin & ('iuilie.b! (.',',. a -'-'Hi