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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1903.
NEW OIL DISTRICT
Standard Oil
Site Near
Company Has
Portsmouth.
WOULD MOVE EAST-SIDE TANKS
Ordinance Is Introduced 1b CohscII
Market rranclilo I. Granted
DlKKlnfr ot Gravel Without
Permit I Forbidden.
WHAT THE COUN CIL DID YES
TERDAY. Oil DISTRICT Referred to street com
mittee proposal for establishment ot
crude oil district on river bank, near
Portsmouth.
GRAVEL. PITS Pasted an ordinance
prohibiting the digging of gravel pits
-without a permit. It complaints are
made after the intetlon has been ad
vertised, no pit will be dug.
CAK NIVAL Gave use of Chapman and
adjacent streets to Multnomah Club
for carnival purposes.
NEW MARKET Formally turned -over
block occupied by Mechanics' Pavilion
to Union Meat Company.
XJCENEES Placed on file petlttion of
John C. Fritz, asking withdrawal of
action of special meeting revoking
Favorite saloon license.
STREETS A number of streets are to
be closed on account of dangerous
condition.
Raleigh to Qulmby, closed also. The side-"R-a)ks
should be closed, so that no one
would possibly cross these streets."
Mr. Sherrett thought of Brooklyn.
"Powell street, from Mllwaukle to East
Twenty-first, is In so bad a condition that
the wagons have to run on the car
tracits," said he. So people in "widely
scattered parts of the city -will have to
-walk around certain blocks in a few days.
A crude oil district is to be established
on the river bank half a mile outside the
city limits, near Portsmouth. The Stand
ard Oil Company has secured an option
apon a tract of more than eight acres,
md if the district Is segregated by the
Council, It will move one or more ot its
present East Side tanks to the new loca
tion. The possibilities of the new district were
first discussed at the Council meeting yes
terday afternoon. No opposition was de
veloped, but that the matter might re
ceive closer attention it was referred to
the street committee.
It was the- sentiment of several Council
men that the old, old question of where
to put the crude oil tanks had at last
been solved, ilr. Flegel fathered the pe
tition for the establishment of the dis
trict. "It has always been my idea that oil
tanks should be placed somewhere in the
northern part of the city, near the river."
said he. "The Standard Oil Company has
nn option upon the ground, which expires
August 21, and as the matter can go
through the street committee and back
Into the Council by August 19, there will
be plenty of time for the deal to be
closed."
So the street committee, of which Mr.
Rumelln is chairman, will take up the oil
district at its next meeting and make a
report to the noxt meeting of the Council.
Stirred Up Over Gravel Pit.
The meeting yesterday afternoon was
attended by a number of the residents of
Woodlawn and vicinity. They knew that
the gravel pit question, over which that
neighborhood has been greatly stirred up
of late, would come before the Council,
and they were there In force to help the
matter along if Councilman Flegel was
not strong enough to settle all possible
gravel pits for all time to come.
But Mr. Flegel did not need much sup
port. Any further digging of gravel or
sand or rock Quarries, which would be
opposed by the residents of the affected
district, was .finally disposed of through
the action of the Council in passing an
ordinance providing that before any pit
should be dug a permit must be issued by
the City Engineer. When a contractor or
other person wished to dig one of these
pits the intention must bp advertised
some time previously. If complaints
wore received, no permit would be Issued
and no pit dug. The usual fines backed
up the ordinance. This does not apply to
those already being worked.
On the recommendation of the street
committee the Multnomah Amateur Ath
letic Club was granted the use of Chap
man street, from Fourteenth to the club,
together with a portion of Yamhill street
and the cross streets for a carnival.
Market Franchise Granted.
To the Union Market Company was giv
en the use of the block now occupied by
the old Mechanics' Pavilion, under the
provisions as to rental decided upon many
months ago. Kow it looks as though the
affairs of the ram-shackle old structure
and the new company, which is to erect
a new market building upon the ground,
have finally passed out of the Council
Chamber and the committee-rooms.
Abe Tichner has had trouble for a long
time. He says that he signed a remon
strance a few months ago against the
paving of Twenty-third street with brick.
Other property-owners did the same, but
when the remonstrance made its way to
the City Hall, It read as a protest against
un asphalt .pavement, an Improvement
which Tichner and several others have
long been desirous of seeing in front of
their homes. So Tichner has beseiged
every committee meeting for many moons
to have his name withdrawn from the re
monstrance.
Tlchnor's name, along with about
dozen others, came very near being
stricken from the anu-aspnalt paper yes
terday, but Rumelln and a majority of
the Council back of him thought it should
go to the City Attorney, who will investi
gate.
Frit Atks for a License.
The bubble of boor and the click of
dancing feet found an echo in the Council
Chamber through the petition of John G.
Frits to withdraw the mandate made by
the special meeting of the Council last
Wednesday In revoking his license for the
"Favorite" saloon, or as the sign now
calls it, "Frits' Cafe."
Frits' petition stated that the Council
had been misinformed as to the character
of Uie saloon under his management, and
misled Into committing a great injustice
to the now proprietor. According to the
petition. Fritz had taken charge of the
saloon for Frank Botefuhr. a liquor deal
er to whom the former owner, Uob
Patterson, was indebted.
Mr. Sharkey arose with the air of a man
who could say a whole lot if he chore. "I
move that the petition be placed on file,'
said he. I second the motion," yawned
Mr. Bentley, with. a careless air. and filed
it was. Some petitions have been rattling
around in tne council box for months.
ana a new one was probably added yester
day.
The Draymen's Association petition
protesting against debarring all heavy
vehicles from the use of the new Seventh-
street pavement, was referred to the
street committee.
DaiiKtroun Streets to Be Closed.
Mr. Zimmerman declared his wish that
the City Engineer should close three
streets whose condition is dangerous.
These are- Grover, from Front to Water;
Sheridan, from First to Front, and Ladd
avenue, from Hawthorne avenue to Divi
sion street. This naninded Mr. Rumelln
of something.
"Yes, and I want Jforthrup street, from
Twelfth to Front, and laxiecnti. troa
HEB. "WAYWARD DAYS OVER,
Violet Stinet, Asred 17, TVI1I He tarn
to Her Home to Die
Brought by the life she had been lead
ing to the brink of the grave, Violet
Stinet, the 17-year-old Spokane girl, who
left her home to enjoy a year of danger
ous frolic in Portland, caxno before
Municipal Judge Hogue yesterday morn
ing, guilty of a crime which has saddened
her aged parents.
Wasted by consumption, her youthful
beauty faded forever, she was an object
of pity to both Judge and officers. The
wayward girl ran away from her Spokane
home a year ago, and since arriving in
this city has lived at a fast pace. Kow
dying of a dread disease, she could
scarcely stand before the bar long enough
to tell her pitiful talc
The girl has been under the care of
Police Matron Simmons for several days,
and the disease has been delayed long
enough for her to receive a discharge by
the court- Her father will reach the city
in a day or two, and the girl, who the
doctors say cannot live but a few weeks,
will be taken to her home. Repeatedly
her parents have written to her, be
seeching with all the love of a father and
mother to return to them. Brought into
court by her wayward deeds, she is now
willing to abandon her companions and
go to the home which has been waiting
for her so long.
WILL SUE SHERIFF
SO TRACE OF HARRY RILEY.
Ex-Convict Is MisalnK end So Is Mrs.
Elliott Pnrkhnrst.
Like the Folsom convicts, Harry Riley,
the ex-convict who beat Elliott Park-
hurst Saturday night and then disappear
ed with the ex-Deputy Sheriffs wife, la
still at large. Nor has Mrs. Parkhurst
returned to her home. A warrant Is out
for Riley's arrest, but he and the woman
have apparently left the city. So Park
hurst Is out a wife and plus a bruise on
bis head as the result of his kind atten
tions to the ex-holdup artist who was
released from Salem the day the alleged
assault occurred. N
Search has been made through a num
ber of down-town lodging houses for a
couple of the description of Riley and the
Parkhurst woman, but neither the city
sleuths nor the abandoned husband have
yet been able to find a trace of the
precious pair. The theory that Riley
forced the woman to go with him is
scouted in many quarters, as some de
clare they know Mrs. Parkhurst of old,
and believe that she was willing to leave
her husband for the ex-convlct.
ALL FOR SEVENTY CEXTS.
Saloon-ltceper and Customer Fight
Abont the Bill.
A dispute over a bill of 70 cents ended
last evening in a badly cut eyelid for C S.
Hoyt, of Overton street, and a clean get
away for William Hahn, the proprietor of
the Linnwood saloon, at Second and Stark
streets. Hoyt had been in the rooms back
of the saloon regaling, himself and a friend
with oysters and beer. He says that he
paid the waiter as he left the place.
Hahn, it seems, followed the pair, and,
coming up to Hoyt, as.ked why he had
not paid. Upon Hoyt's protesting that he
had done so, the saloon-keeper struck him
a severe blow over the right eye. Ofllcer
Austin saw the fracas, and, believing that
a fight was in progress, seized both men.
"Please let me go Into the saloon for a
minute a that I can brush off this dirt,"
said Hahn. "I'm the proprietor." So he
disappeared and the policeman waited im
patiently for his return. An investigation
showed that Hahn bad left through a rear
entrance. A warrant will be sworn out
today for his arrest.
Dra-rrer of Forged Checks.
After drawing a number ot false checks
upon North End saloon-keepers, John C
Carroll, whom tbo police recognize as an
old offender, was arrested yesterday by
Detectives Kerrigan and Snow. Among
thopo who wero touched by the forger Is
"Bob" Patterson, former proprietor of the
"Favorite" saloon. Fred Fritz, of Burn
side street, was another victim. Others
are yet to be heard from. It is believed
that sufficient evidence will be gathered
to put Carroll out of mischief for some
yitlme to come. A number of crimes .arc
and the detectives say that he once served
a year and a half in the Walla Walla
penitentiary.
Sailor's Body Found.
After floating In the Willamette for
seven months, the body of John Beau
pran, who was drowned from the British
ship Rlversdale last February, was found
yesterday and taken to the morgue
Papers found upon the body prove con
clusively that It was that of the drowned
sailor. British Consul James Laidlnw
took charge of the remains and they were
burled in Rivervlow Cemetery yesterday
afternoon.
Diamond Ring; Missing.
Another diamond ring left on a wash
stand has made a llttlo work for De
tective Joe Day for the past few days.
It was lost or stolen from a woman liv
ing at 655 Washington street and was
valued at $300. No clew can be found to
the thief, if there was one, and a reward
has been offered for the return of the
ring.
Four Youths Charged With
Hold-Up Want $40,000.
CATCH PROVES A WATER HAUL
TWO MORE HOLD-UPS .
Persistent Reports of Robberies of
Unknown Origin.
Two faint rumors of hold-ups floated
down to tho police station last even
ing. One was to the effect that a man
making his way into town yesterday
afternoon bad been held up and robbed
on tho Cornell road, near the rock
crusher. As this spot is outside the city
limits, the police made no investigation
of the rumor. The report ot a daylight
robbery in that neighborhood was some
what discredited by them.
The other report was that a hold-up
had occurred on North Seventh street
Tuesday evening. No report was made
to the station of the matter, nor have
any of the residents of that street told
of hearing a disturbance.
Railroads Ak for More Time.
WASHINGTON'. Aug. 5. The Interstate
Commerce Commission gave a hearing to
day on the applications of various roads
for an extension of time within which the
equipment of their rolling stock with safe
ty appliances must be completed. The law
fixes September 1 next.
Eleven railroads were represented by
counsel or by one or more officers. . The
railway employes were represented by P.
H. Morrissey, grand master of the Brother
hood of Railroad Trainmen: John J. Han
nahan. grand master of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen; Frank T. Haw
ley, grand master of the Switchmen's
Union of North America, Buffalo, N. Y.,
and A. B. Garrctson. assistant grand chief
of the Order of Railway Conductors. Cedar
Rapids.
Articles of Incorporation.
Articles of incorporation were filed with
the County Clerk yesterday by the Oregon
Pacific Navigation .Company, which Is to
carry on transactions in the operation of
railroads and vessels, together with a. gen
eral real estate business. The company is
capitalized for t35,vO), divided into 350
shares of a pax value of $10 per share.
The company's headquarters will be in
Portland. J. EL Locke. A. J. Partington
and F. H. Skinner re tho incorporators.
.For False Imprisonment, Injnry to
Character, Physical and Mental
Snfferinsr, Mr. Storey "Will Be
Asked to Par Damages.
With a dull but reverberating thud the
loud-trumpeted case against four youths
arrested by Sheriff Storey for the Sellwood
car hold-up has fallen to earth. In the
annals of. the Multnomah County Sheriffs
office its' fame as the most stupendous
and successful water haul of record Is
assured. The quartet of suspects has
been dismissed by the Municipal Court,
not a scintilla of evidenco being produced
against them. They were dropped like
four very hot potatoes, and now the
zealous Sheriff is up against a $40,000 dam
age suit for false imprisonment.
Ira Lauders and Arthur Hicks were re
leased Tuesday, and Earl Mcintosh, the al
leged bold.bad leader, and Dave Simon were
handed their freedom yesterday morning.
Judge Hogue having dismissed them, at
the request of Deputy District Attorney
Spencer, without the formality of a- hearing.
The Sheriff had worked up a splendid
case. He had perspired profusely, and
found that the four men lived In a lodg
ing-house and had a pawn ticket. More
over, the landlady was suspicious, the po
lice seemed to be on the trail of Earl Mc
intosh at least, and doubtless were after
the others, too. Tho rest was as clear as
mud, and the men were hustled into the
County Jail forthwith.
Pleasant little attentions were shown
the prisoners In the way of being forcibly
photographed, threatened, and, in one
case, confined In the dismal iron tank, for
purposes of coercion.
"He was mighty glad to answer my
questions when I let him out next day."
laughed the Sheriff last Thursday. "Said
he hoped we'd kill him rather than shut
him up there again." ,
Mcintosh was arrested first, but five
men wero in the Sellwood-car holdup,
therefore two more were secured because
they seemed to know Mcintosh. With
true Sherlock Holmes dexterity, a fourth,
Dave Simon, was secured, for it was he
that furnished alibi evidence in the re
cent case of the Lambert Bros., charged
with robbing Harry McRae. Further
more, Simon had a pawn ticket. A fifth,
it is said, was picked up on general prin
ciples to mako up the number, and be
cause he lodged In the same house. The
latter was quickly released, as he dem
onstrated, even to the Sheriff, that he
could not possibly have been mixed In the
affair. However, the quartet named was
deemed a sufficiently good haul'and the
news was sprung upon a breathless pub
lic Mr. Storey wss becomingly modest;
still, he could not disguise the fact, even
from himself or the press that a truly
remarkablo piece of work had been done.
Of tho two men released Tuesday, Ira
Lauders, a waiter on the Dalles City,
showed that he was on that boat at The
Dalles on the night of the robbery. The
other, Arthur Hicks, was also at The
Dalles, having registered at a hotel there
on that night. Earl Mcintosh and Dave
Simon were found yesterday at the of
fice of B. S. Pague. the lawyer, who has
had their case in charge. Papers for the
Carnage suit against Sheriff Storey were
being drawn in the sum of $10,O3 for
each of the men.
"I shall file these papers today In the
Circuit Court," said Attorney Pague,
"Damages for my clients are claimed for
Injury to character, physical and mental
suffering and personal indignity. The
Sheriff has committed a monumental
blunder for exceeding his authority and
acting in a fashion that demonstrates
his absolute incapacity for tho office he
holds. Ho illegally kept me from access
to my clients at the jail; in fact, had I
not taken steps for habeas corpus pro
ceedings it is doubtful if I could have
got to see Mcintosh. His methods have
been exceedingly high-banded. Without
search warrants, rooms and baggage
have been broken Into and overhauled
and articles carried away -without re
ceipts being given therefor, which is con
trary to law. The police had investi
gated these men and were "positive that
they were innocent of the holdup, and
were not criminals of any kind.'
Mcintosh, in response to questions, said:
"I am 21 years old, an upholsterer by
trade, and always have earned my living
honestly. My parents live in Los An
geles, and I have sent to my father to
help me see what I can do with this
Sheriff. I said when I was first arrested
that I would see this through, and I am
going to do It.
"The report published that I was run
out of Seattle recently ,wlth the three
other young men by the police is abso
lutely false. I never was In Seattle In
my life. I am not a blg-mltt operator,
and I never dreamed that 'women have
been my ruin, and made me penniless,'
as I am ' reported to have said. These
people, I think, will find that I am not
altogether penniless. I was In Helena,
Mont., at the time of the Sellwood car
hold-up.
"I was hustled into jail and subjected
to the sweating process every day for
some time. The Sheriff called me a
'd n liar,' 'thief,' "highwayman, and oth
er nice names, and has threatened to 'vag
me. now that I am released. I would be
pleased to havo the gentleman attempt it.
"My photograph was taken under pro
test, and by physical force, and I am go
ing to find out if it is lawful, In case
there is no reason to believe that a per
son is a criminal. The putting of a per
son's picture in a rogues' gallery and the
publishing of it in the newspapers in
connection with criminal offenses Is a se
rious matter, and I will see If there Is not
some way to protect an Innocent man
irom such outrages, which blast the repu
tation and practically ruin the life of a
person.
"The holding me In the County Jail for
tea days was uncalled for. If the Sheriff
had not been so bullheaded and bigoted,
I could hae convinced him of my inno
cence in a few minutes.
"I was detained in the Jail for ten days,
fed on rotten food, subjected to Indigni
ties and humiliation, suffered physical
discomfort and meatal anxiety without
any reasonable cause, and some one will
have to answer for it
Dave Simon chimed In as follows:
"Sheriff Storey picked me up on the
Plaza Block, and without any explana
tions dragged me to the County Jail and
locked me Into the condemned murder
ers' celL He later took me into a room
and threatened and bulldozed me in an
effort to make me confess that I had
robbed the Sellwood car. He then put
me In a cell with a filthy Chinaman, and
for several days refused to notify my
friends or send for an attorney. I was
later handcuffed and, like a convict,
dragged to the Municipal Court, chained
to some other men whom I had never
before seen and bound over for trial for
robbery of the Sellwood car. Sheriff Sto
rey forced me to have my picture taken
for the rogues' gallery. If Sheriff Storey
had wanted to do the right thing I could
have given him information which he
could have looked up and found that I
was innocent.
"I am not a crook nor a thief. I have
worked in Portland and have good rec
ommendations. I worked for LIpman.
Wolfo & Co. for over a year and a half
In Portland, and my uncle is at the head
or a barber supply" house here. My
people live In Tacoma, where I have also
been recently working in the clothing
store of Morris Chim, on Pacific ave
nue. The action that Mr. Storey took
In my case was a hhth-handed outrace.
and if there is any way to do it he will
have to pay for It"
in
THE COLONEL'S NEW BIRD
Levris Sateracker Cap tared on. the
Heights of the Three Sisters.
Colonel Hawkins is greatly rejoiced at
the contentedness of a fowl of the air in
the4 aviary at City Park. The Colonel en
snared the bird amid the frosty charms of
the Three Sisters, and toted him all the
way home. 300 miles, in a box specially
furnished for his birdshlp. For a long
time the Colonel pondered over the species
of the bird. At last be learned he was a
"Lewis Nutcracker," first cousin to the
Jay and second cousin to the crow.
The bird has a beautiful thick coat of
feathers In keeping with the cold altitudes
which It Inhabits, and a strident voice like
the Jay and the crow, only different. In
City Park the bird Is quartered with half
a dozen morning doves, as many rice
birds, a parrot, a Chinese pheasant and a
cockatoo.
"No, he don't fight." said the Colonel.
"It's the happiest family you ever saw,
and he's real nice. He's just like a new
pope in the aviary. At home, is he? En
tirely so. He don't pay much attention
to' people," added the Colonel, regretfully.
"He hardly looked my way when I saw
him the other day, he was so busy with
a crust of bread. I guess he's thrown off
on me," and the Colonel's voice had a
note of sadness in It, "and I'm his best
friend."
The "Lewis Nutcracker," named after
Meriwether Lewis, subsists chiefly on pine
seeds, In lofty altitudes. He commonly
mounts to great heights and makes down
ward swoops, after the fashion of the sky
lark, with lightning speed, sometimes as
much as 2000 feet at a single dive.
The Colonel enticed Mr. Lewis Nut
cracker under a box with a piece of
cheese, and, while Mr. Bird was busy with
the bait, pulled the drop on him. He was
very angry at first, Indeed he was, and
screeched very loudly in jay language.
And when the Colonel's benevolent band
went under the box and caught his legs
he pecked and clawed for dear life. "Hey,
there," continued the Colonel, "be quiet."
Still Mr. Nutcracker showed high rage and
terror through his bead-like eyes. But In
a day or two all was perfectly lovely be
tween Mr. Nutcracker and the Colonel.
MRS. WHALEN GETS 50.
Her Dnmnffe Snlt Aprnin.it Carnival
Association. Compromised.
The damage suits commenced by Ther
esa Whalen la Justice Reid's Court
against the Woodmen of the World
Amusement Association and Ernest Mil
ler, painter, have been compromised to
the satisfaction of all concerned. Miller
Is the painter employed by the association
to paint and decorate the entrance arch
to the carnival Inclosure on the Park
blocks.
It appears that Mrs. Theresa Whalen.
attempted to enter the carnival Inclosure
two' days before the carnival opened at
a time when a painter in the employ of
Miller was up on a ladder painting the
arch over the entrance. The ladder fell
down, and the painter came with It, strik
ing Mrs. Whalen and spattering her with
paint. Consulting an attorney, Mrs.
Whalen prepared to file two suits for
damages for Injury to her person and
clothing.
The managers of the carnival associa
tion did not consider themselves in any
way responsible, even If Mrs. Whalen had
suffered damages, as the show was not
open. Tho painter did not consider that
ho was responsible for any damages, be
cause his employe had been thrown down
and his paint spilled.
Two complaints were, however, filed,
and damages asked for In the sum ot $343.
Items of these complaints were: Loss
and injury to a hat, $10; injury to dres3,
$70; gloves, $2; a lost purse, $16, and $2.50
for physician's -fee and $L50 for hack were
charged. At all events, one complaint
was for $250 damage and the other for $9S.
It is alleged that soon after the acci
dent Mrs. Whalen and her husband came
around to the show people and stated that
she had lost her purse, and conveyed the
Impression that they would be satisfied If
they could get the purse back, and made
no mention of injuries of any kind. The
association was willing to make good the
purse lost, but, the lawyer having got
hold of the matter, got up the two com
plaints. To make a long story short, the
association and Mr. Miller compromised
the matter with Mrs. whalen to avoid
being dragged into court, although neither
considered themselves liable for any dam
ages. They paid $30 and settled the whole
business, but just how much of this sum
Mrs. Whalen got and how much went to
the lawyer is not'known.
NEGRO IN HISTORY.
Him
Colored Lecturer Proclaims
Maker of Great Man.
Fifty people listened to a lecture last
night at the African Methodist Episcopal
Zlon Church on "The Negro In History."
delivered by Rev. Tilghum Brown, presid
ing elder of the California and Oregon
conference of the African Methodist Epis
copal Zlon Church. The lecturer Is a
stout, pleasant-looking man with a humor
ous twinkle In his eyes, and he lost no
time in claiminsr evervthlntr that was
good for the colored man from the flrst
dawn of biblical history. He asserted that
Adam was the first colored man, because
he was "of the color of the earth. He
said In part:
"When the ancestors of the Anglo-Sax
ons were painted savages in Europe, Afii
cans or colored men were Egypt's men of
science, art and letters. Egypt In Africa
was the world's fountain-head of culture
and learning. The negro made Philip of
Macedon, Alexander the Great, Plato, Soc
rates, and those who ruled Greece. An
cient Rome came from the same source.
Hannibal, of Carthage, made Rome trem
ble. And yet in these latter days we are
asked. What has the negro done? If I
had the necessary money, I would get an
army and lead the colored people away
to a land where the devil would not get
a chance to play any of his tricks.
Throughout the Revolutionary War col
ored men fought for American liberty,
and some of them slept side by side with
Washington. Now some people aro mak
lng a great fuss because Booker Wash
ington was asked to grub with President
Roosevelt. I am as good a man as Roose
velt. He is my servant, because the votes
of my kind helped to place him where he
is today."
In closing the speaker referred to the
part taken by colored men In the wars of
1S12, 1S43, 1S51-65, and the Spanlsh-Amerl
can War, and thought that the cervices
rendered by negro soldiers at San Juan
Hill made the Presidency possible for
Roosevelt. He was glad, he said, that his
race had produced neither a Benedict Ar
nold nor a Gulteau. He called on all col
ored people to cultivate a race pride and
pay attention to culture and refinement.
TO HANDLE RELIEF FUND
Mayor Williams Appoints Men Who
Served on' Heppner Committee.
To handle the surplus of the Heppner
i iuucl xuuu uit; &atuc uuu uu su vcu uii
I the relief committee were again appoint
ed by Mayor Williams yesterday. They
are I. N. Flelschner, Isadore Long. L. A.
j Lewis, A. H. Devers. Herrman Wltten-
oerg ana v . ti. cnapin.
The amount left 'over from the fund
raised by the committee for the aid of
the Heppner people now stands at $1S,COO.
This money will be kept at interest as a
I permanent relief fund, to meet any calls
upon Portland in the future.
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Brass 'and Iron Beds, Mattresses, Springs, Blankets and Comforters, etc. Third Floor.
Trunks and Traveling Bags in every good style and size Telescopes of all sizes Low prices.
Our "Willamette" Sewing Machine at $25 is the equal of any $65 machine on the market.
Richest G
owns.
Half Price I
For the 720th Friday
Surprise Sale
The handsomest Summer gowns
that the second-floor cloak store pos
sesses seek a new-price level tomorrow.
We said "Summer." Yes, they are
that, but there are Fall gowns too, in
fact for service at any season. Richest
materials combined with all the art of
the most skilled modiste could hardly
fashion for you today a gown which
more strictly complied with every whim
of fashion than these.
But in the face of all this we bid you
come, tomorrow, and take these cos
tumes and suits at a cost for which yon
could hardly collect the material. We
know this announcement will interest
every woman.
All our beautiful Summer dresses in
Organdies, Crash Cloth, Linens, Linen
Mesh, White Piques, Bobbinets, Point
white and fancv rnmhinatinns. rpciflar isrirpe. S 1 0.OO. S 15.00. 8 f o
$ 18.00, $20.00, $24.00, $25.00. $30.00, $32.00, $35.00, j if
up to $72.00, choice tomorrow at
All our Taffeta, Soft Silk and Foulard Shirtwaist Suits in black, black and white polka
g&dots, blue and blacks, ecru, red, reseda, bine checks, biaas.
and white stripes, tans, etc. Regular $ 1 6.00, $ 18.00, $20.00,
$22.00, $25.00, $30.00, $32.00, $38.00 values all go at
All our high-class Cotton Shirtwaist Suits in Chambrays, Ducks, Linen and Percales in
wmie, ion, green, rea, niacK ana wnite, Dine ana wniie ana
mixtures, regular $3.50, $5100, $6.00, $7.00, $8.00,$ 10.50,
$12.00, $14.00, $15.00, $16.00 values, tomorrow
See the Fifth-Street Window Displays.
half-price
Vudor" Porch
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You may save about one-third of the usual cost of
a "Vudor" Porch Shade if yoy care to take advantage of
our "Clearing-up" time now. We don't need to tell you
about the good qualities of Vudor Shades. They are
shades that let you look out but don't let the other par
ty look in; keep out the sun without shutting out the
air; are light,durable, sightly, Wo shades of green in
color They come complete with rope, pulleys, etc.,
ready for hanging Third Floor.
4x8-foot "Vudor" Porch Shades, Regular
price $2.75, Sale price $1.98.
6x8-foot "Vudor" Porch Shades, Regular
price $3.50, Sale price. $2.45.
8x8-foot "Vudor" Porch Shades, Regular
price $4 50, Sale price $3.35.
8xl0-foot "Vudor" Shades, regular price, $6.50, sale price $4.85
MARVELOUS
The greatest shoe-buying opportunities ever presented the
Portland public are here. High-class footwear from the best fac
tories in the land at prices less than manufacturing cost Best styles
and leathers, all sizes for men, women and children You will look
to your footwear needs at once if you have the least idea of econo
my Sale continues through the week with new bargains every day.
Ladies' $3.00 Shoes $ 1 .65 II Men's $5
850 of ladies' Lace Shoes in six styles, stock
or patent tip, "vici," kid and patent leather,
heavy and light soles, all sizes, the regular
$3.00 values at the remarkably tf L S
low price of, pair F
3.
Shoes $ 1 .25 pr
350 pairs of ladies' Lace Shoes; black and tan,
many styles, a great odd lot of $2.50 and
$3.00 values-to close out at the
low price of, pair
Ladies9 $5.00 Shoes $3.35
Thousands of pairs of ladies' $5.00 Shoes in
patent leather, "vici" kid, box calf, light or
heavy soles, latest and best styles from the
well-known firms of French, Shriner&Ur-
ner and J. & T. Cousin. 55.00 tf
styles, pair
Ladies' $3.50 Shoes $2,85
AH the best styles in ladies' $3.50 Shoes are
offered during this week at $2.65 pair All
leathers Best style toe and heels.
.00 Shoes
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Men's patent kid, patent colt, vici and velour
Shoes, the $5.00 styles in the famous French,
Shriner & Urner make, very best styles and
leathers on the marKet, every
pair $5 value, for this sale, pr. .
Men's $ 5.00 Oxfords
French, Shriner & Urner Oxfords for men,
patent .calf, patent colt and mirror calf, best
styles of the season, all $5.00 ie
values at, pair tp.Jj
Men's $3.50 and $4.00 Shoes in patent colt,
Blucher Oxfords, corona calf Oxfords,
patent and velour calf, best
styles at -.
$1.50 to $2.50 Shoes $1.00 Pair
500 pairs of misses' and children's Shoes in
the best styles, black and tan, all sizes,
$1.50 to $2.50 values, to clean
up at, pair
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"AUGUST LINEN SALE"
Offers a splendid chance to replenish the linen closet at little cost John S. Brown & Sons' fine
Table Linens Bed Linens of every description, sheets, pillow cases, bedspreads, etc. Table
Sets, Doilies, Tray Cloths, etc., are all greatly reduced Supply all your linen needs during
the great August Sale.
Meier &. Frank Company
Meier &. Frank Company
Meier &. Frank Company
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