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THE HOHXIXM OKJEliOJXIAX, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1907. E RAVES AT ' LOSING THUNDER Chicago Council Adopts Settle ment of the Traction Question. WILL VETO ORDINANCES Hope of Rcnonilnatlon Vanishes Wlien lie Is Peprived of Pet Issue Settlement Gives City Option of Purchase. CHICAGO. Feb. 5. (Spfria!.) Smarting under defeat and In a towering rage be cause his plan to continue the present wretched transportation service Indefi nitely In "order to secure to himself the political benefits accruing from the ques tion as a political Issue was rejected. Mayor Dunne today 'assailed Council members for their early morning action in passing the compromise settlement ordinance: The Mayor vowed vengeance. Close ob servers declare political fur will fly by way of reprisal. The Mayor's political j and economic- advisers let put a mourn ful howl and at once set to work to Impggn the motives of the- S6 Aldermen who have made adequate local transpor tation a possibility. Mayor Threatens Veto. The Mayor declared that he would veto the traction ordinances as soon as they were presented to him. He described the action of the City Council In passing the ordinances In an all-night session, after having hurriedly passed over important amendments, as "indecent, unprecedented ami unseemly." "I am greatly disappointed," he said. "I shall veto the ordinances as soon as they come to my hand." The Mayor's hope of receiving the Democratic nomination for Mayor went down to zero today, following the crush ing defeat of his attempt to block the traction settlement before the City Council. Aldermen who had pledged themselves to support him In the con vention voted against him on his big political campaign issue: "Oefeat the traction settlement." The Mayor will how Ilnd himself In a position during the campaign where he must tight Alder men ' who voted for the ordinance, al though they have promised to deliver him the delegates. . What Ordinances Provide. Here is what the traction ordinances as passed this morning really mean to the city, and It Is plain that to accept this settlement would deprive the poli ticians of their chief pet, which has been available for the last ten years: The Immediate rehabilitation of the lines, involving the expenditure of $40,000, im within the next three years. An up-to-date transportation system with the best, speediest -and longest sur face electric 5-cent ride In the world. Xew equipment, 800 of the Indlana , avenue type cars for the South Side and ror tne isortn ana west sines. 1 Twenty-three through routes, facili tating travel between the three sections of the city without change of cars. Right to require the traction companies to furnish $5,000,000 for a downtown mu nicipal subway with the power to compel them to finance extensions. If the city desires. City Has Right to Buy. The end of the old franchise contro versy, which has been a political foot ball for ten years. Municipality given" the right to take over the system for municipal operation at any time on six months' notice by re imbursing the companies for the present face value ($50,000,000 "agreed upon) of their property, plus the money actually expended under city supervision for re habilitation. Fifty-five per cent of the net profits from operation paid into the municipal treasury annually. i Municipal supervision of all expendi tures on rehabilitation and service. AMERICANS READ BOOKS (Continued From First rage.) . sage In hieroglyphics on a temple wall. This Is followed by a red man painting tribal history on a dressed deer skin. Then comes a group of monks writing and illuminating parchment manuscrips in the dim quiet of an old monastery. The last shows the world's greatest In vention, the printing press, with Guten berg standing near giving Instructions to his men. It is the story of the whole world's thirst for knowledge and the ef fort to preserve It by permanent record of some kind. The evolution from the cairn of the stone age to the modern edition de luxe has touched almost every nation in the progress of Its growth. The old public libraries of Babylon had books that were so many baked bricks covered with cuneiform characters, and those of Home were rolls of papyrus copied by the edu cated slaves of the rich. Time hung heavily on the hands of the mediaeval monks, and after the usual tasks of writ ing were done they began illuminating and Illustrating the pages of their books until Odofeldl' said in derision that "they were no longer writers, but painters." It was the monks who first started tho book trade by bartering among them selves. Then street stands were erected In various cities where private persons could expose for sale any. books they had. . The men in charge of these stands were called ctatlonarii, because they were stationed In a stall. First Books In America. The production of literature started early In this country. Sandys, brother of the first treasurer of - the Jamestown colony, wrote the first book in America. It was a translation of Ovid's "Meta morphosis." and was sent to England for publication. The first book printed In America was "The Bay Psalm Book," which was printed by Stephen Daye at Cambridge, Mass., In 1540. The first book both written and printed In America was Mrs. Anne Bradstreet's "Poefns," from the Cambridge press of 1M0. . . In 16o3 Samuel Green, of Boston, laboriously printed John Elliott's famous catechism In the Indian language. He afterwards printed the Psalms, the New Testament and finally the whole Bible in the Indian tongue, and now there is not a living person who can read a word of any of them. In 1743 one Christopher Sauer printed the Bible In the German lan guage at Germantown. Pa., and this was aid to have been the first Bible printed In a civilized tongue on this side of the sea. The descendants of this man are still in the publishing business. The first book -of ny importance printed In Amer DUNN ica was Benjamin Franklin's autobiog raphy. On account of the great demand for books, our publishers have developed the business to the highest possible degree. They often fill rush orders in an incal culably short time. One New York firm received an order on Monday morning for X0 copies of a 350-page book to be de livered the following Wednesday night. The type was set in one night, the presses started running the next day, and on the third day the covers were put on. At the end of the week the Arm had com pleted and placed 10.000 copies on the market. The rush of the times also .swings the writers Into line. One well known author announces that he can always be depended upon to do 4000 words a day, and It Is said that Anthony Trollope averaged 10,000 words a week, even In his time. "Uncle Tom" Went Begging. Many good American books, which afterward became great successes, went begging for publishers before they were printed. ' "Uncle Tom's Cabin," a book which has been read more than any other in the world save the Bible, was lirst printed in 1S51 by the National Bra. a Washington magazine. Mrs. Stowe did not copyright the story, and never re ceived any pay foi it. She had to ive It to the editors in order to get It pub lished. While it wa-a running as a serial, a Boston publisher offered to bring it out in book form, but thought It was too long. Mrs. Stowe refused to cut it and finally the publisher decided to use it as it was. In three days 1,000 cooies were sold, and before a ; ear the sales had amounted to 300,000 copies. For months and months eight presses were kpt running day and night to keep up with the orders. The most successful Juvenile book ever written in this country is "Five Little Peppers and How They Grew." by Mar garet Sydney. Nearly 1.000,000 copies of the various editions have been disposed of and. although it is 25 years old, this remarkable book Is still selling at the rate of 40.000 copies a year. Mark Twain's books have had the largest sale, and their popularity has held up longer than the books of any other author whose works have been held at such high prices. Milton received only $50 for his copy right to "Paradise Lost." Hawthorne, who called himself "the obscurest man of letters in America," received only $3 apiece for his "Twice Told Tales." 'Jnnico Meredith" was a long time setting iffto print, but, when t finally came out. proved the most successful novel of the year. "David Harum" was turned down many times, yet in one year its sales amounted to 520,000 copies. It is interesting to note that 43 years before the "Rubaiyat" of Omar Khayyam became popular in America it was a drug on the English market. One shop-keeper had 200 cop ies on hand, which ho offered for a penny each, but tho sale was slow even at that low price. One of these, penny books is now valued at $400. Making a collection of American books is a commendable patriotic fad among book-lovers in this country, and the finest library of Americana is a private one in Providence, H. I., which was collected by John Carter Erown. If it should be auctioned off, it would probably bring a couple of million dollars. Another one which is equally fine, though not as American, is that of Robert Hoe, of New York. The most costly book ever sold at auc tion in America was" the first edition of "The Letter of Columbus," published in Rome in 1493. There are only five copies of this little volume, and the one in question brought $1900. It iias only four leaves, with 34 lines to the page. High Prices for Rare Books. Another very rare book in America, or anywhere else, is Harlot's "Virgin ia." This work Is so rare that it can only be found in private libraries, and a copy of it has not been offered for sale for 100 years. The last one to be sold in. America brought $4000.. The old "Bay Psalm Book" is a very rare first edition and is worth about $6000. Cornelius Vanderbilt bought one of the two that have been sold in this country. A little book called "Cushman'a Ser mons," sold in "Boston a few days ago for $1300. It was a shabby, uninterest ing little volume, whose only value lay in the fact that it was the first book of New Kngland sermons ever printed. Rare old books and limited editions de lux command fabulous prices from collectors, who have plenty of money to spend, but the cenuine bibliophile is the poor' man who loves rare edi-" tions and haunts the second-hand book stores in search of lot't treasures. I know one man who has a wonderful collection of books on birds. The oth er day ne walked Into a book-store and found a copy of "Some Zoological Studies" on the ten-cent counter, which was worth $38. A day or two previous to this he had purchased for a quarter a book on natural history in the Adirondacks that was worth $50. What, indeed, means more to men than books? A Jambus author has summed up their value thus: "In books I find the dead as if they were alive; in books I foresee things to come; in books warlike affairs are set forth; and from books come forth the laws of peace. All things are corrupted and decay in time, and all the glory of the world Would be burled in oblivion, un less God had provided mortals with the remedy of books." STEAMSHIP LINE TO ALASKA Mr. Chlloolt Gives Particulars ol Deal That Didn't Go Through. PORTLAND, Or., Feb. 5. (To the Editor.) I look upon the editorial in this day's issue of The Oregonian, un der the caption of "Alaska Steamship Line" as a reflection upon myself. In asmuch as I have had nothing to hide or conceal throughout my efforts to promote a steamship line from this port, I do not propose to rest under any such imputation as is evidently meant to be conveyed in the article referred to. I did not come to Portland without any money, but came representing a company that had already Bpent $70,000 in an enterprise, and if Portland mer chants had taken hold it would have insured to them a ilarge proportion of the trade of Nome, Alaska. At the solicitation of a number of people, I made the Nome Company secondary to the establishment of a steamship line, and when I afterward found that the Nome Improvement Company was not acceptable to the people generally, I dropped it entirely in the effort to establish the line. I secured the offer of four (4) of the finest vesseis that possibly could be obtained. Their names or identity were not kept secret, and the price named was fully $400,000 less than they could be duplicated for today. I had nothing to hide or conceal in my operations, neither did I do so. Every act of mine in connection with this matter was clean, clear and in the open. Practically the whole community one notable exception only indorsed and supported my plans; $660,000 was raised, but $140,000 more would have made it successful. The people who would have derived the most direct benefit from ..... establishment of the service were the exception spoken of, and their co-operation would have made. It a success. I will make the assertion that If a steamship line Is ever established from Portland to .aska, it will be exactly on the llne3 promulgated by me, and no other. The why or wherefore is not necessary here. But I know where of I speak. R. CHILCOTT. Fair faces, white hands, satin skin given ab Satin akin, cream and powder. liSo, CHICAGO SNOWED IN Storm Extends Through Whole ' of Middle West. EXTREME COLD IN ST. PAUL . i Middle West Shivering Beside Coal less Stoves Many Are Frozen to Death In Dakota Xew York Under, Deep Snow. CHICAGO. Feb. 6. Special.) Chicago and the entire Middle West is in the midst of the biggest snowstorm of years. The snow fell steadily all day. and there is little prospect that it will let up for another day. If the weather man's pre dictions come true, the storm will smash all records for several years. Mariners, the traction companies and the city street cleaning forces are feeling the effectsx. but the milder temperature has lessened the usual hardships of a severe Winter storm. Delays were caused by the snowstorm on the traction lines and on some of them was serious enough to tie up transportation. Nearly all railroad trains coming into Chicago were late and reports from the Western, States and other parts of the country, where the snow is especially heavy, told of trains being yed up with the big drifts. Visitors, travelers and those leaving Chicago are afraid to. de part under the present conditions and the hotels are overcrowded with guests. The snow covers the entire Middle Mis. slssippl, Missouri and Ohio valleys and in the northern part of the "country is more than 30 Inches deep. All the Western trains were seriously delayed, traffic be ing tied up for hours. DIGGIXG DEAD OCT OF SXOW Monarch People Find Eight Killed in Avalanche. SALIDA, Col.. Feb. 5. Eight persons were killed .and 14 injured, two of whom are expected to die, in the snow slide which came down Monarch Moun tain, in Monarch, a mining camp 18 miles west of Sallda at 8:30 o'clock last night. The slide wrecked three build ings and partly demolished a fourth. At 9 o'clock today the dead bodies of the following had been recovered from beneath the masses of snow and broken timbers: Frederick Mason, owner of boarding house. Mrs. Frederick Mason and baby. Joseph Boyle, miner, Denver. John Emerson, miner, Denver. John Flllette, miner. Stephen Skinner, saloonkeeper, Mon arch. One miner whose name has not been learned is missings Rescue parties worked all night in the blizzard digging the entombed men, women and children out of the mass of snow and wreckage under which they were burled. ST. PAUL HAS ZERO WEATHER North Dakota Has Many Reports of People Frozen to Death. ST. PAUL, Feb. 3. Twenty-two de grees below zero was registered by the Government thermometer today. Most of the other thermometers went to 30 below. Zero-, weather has pre vailed for 17 days. For three days past the thermometer has been nearly as low as today. In North Dakota 30 degrees below has been common, and there has been much suffering. Railroads .have been badly demoralized. This caused a coal famine in many North Dakota towns. There have been reports of many peo ple freezing to death, but these reports have been denied from North Dakota sources. It' is, however, admitted by railroad managers that the opening of Spring will tell some grewsome tales of suffering, starvation and death. SXOW SMOTHERS XEW YORK i - i Ten Inches in Twenty-four Hours Delay Trains and Steamers. " NEW YORK, Feb. 4. For more than 24 hours New York has been in the grip of a fierce northeast snow storm. Ten inches of snow fell In the 24 hours ending at 8 A. M.. equaling the amount that has fallen within any similar period, for sev eral years. Through trains and suburban locals on nearly all the railroads were .greatly de layed. Harbor traffic moved slowly. An army of shovelers, estimated at 5000, is at work on the streets. AVALANCHE CRUSHES CABIN One Miner Killed, Two Uninjured, Fourth Climbs Tree. SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. o. A special to the Herald says that a snowslide at Spring Mopntain, Idaho, overwhelmed a miner's cabin and killed William Thornton. Two other men in the cabin were uninjured and a fourth man in the path of tho avalanche escaped by climbing a tree. FAMILY FREEZES TO DEATH Woman and Five Children Found In North Dakota. BISMARCK, N. D., Feb. 5. A mes sage from Goodrich, on the Carring ton branch of the Northern Pacific, is to the effect that an unknown woman and live children were frozen to death there last night. Frozen to Death on Ranch. PIERRE, S. D., Feb. 5. The bodies of Wesley E. Banks and Robert Chan dler, who were "frozen to death on their ranch near Hayes, were brought here today. The men came here recently from Mount Vernon, Ky., and were op erating a large sheep ranch. Five Below Zero tn Kansas. KANSAS CITY, Feb. . 5. During the night. 6 degrees below zero. wa. re corded here and 4 below at Topeka. Today there was a rapid rise in the temperature. A little snow is falling. ARMY BILL UP IN SENATE Large Increase for Artillery Re duced Rates for Soldiers. WASHINGTON. Feb. 6. The Senate spent the entire day in considering the Indian appropriation bill, but without concluding the question of amendments. The army appropriation bill was report ed and will be taken up as soon as the Indian appropriation bill has been dis posed of. The bill carries $81,500,000. .The jjrlncijpal Items In, Jhe Increase la the military bill are: Washington-Alaska, cable, $190,000; signal service in Cuban pacification, $50,000; contract surgeons, $60,000; regular supplies, $596,643; barracks and quarters, $1,372,227; transportation, $702,964; increase incident to the passage of a bill extending and promoting the ef ficiency of the artillery corps, $6,221,160. An amendment was supported providing that the railroad rate law passed at the last session of Congress shall not be held "to prohibit the allowance of reduced rates to the Government for the trans portation of persons or property, or to prohibit the transportation of officers and enlisted men in the service of the United States or their families, free, or at- reduced rates." Heyburn presented a resolution provid ing for a special committee' of Ave Sena tors to "Investigate the organization of the Northern Pacific Railroad property to ascertain if title and estates are owned by the corporation which was created'by act of Congress on July 2, 1S64, and if said Federal corporation has no title or estates in any property, what reason there is why said charter acts should not be wholly repealed by Congress." The resolution provides for sending for persons and papers. It was referred to the committee on Pacific railroads. The Senate amendment of the Indian bill adding certain Indian lands to the area of the Truckee-Carson irrigation project went out on a point of order. SHORN OF HALF STRENGTH SOCIALISTS LOSE MORE ELEC TIONS OX RE-BALLOT. Suffer Waterloo, While Clericals More Than Hold Own Almost Extinct in Saxony. BERLIN. Feb. 6. The reballoting in the Reichstag elections, which occurred throughout the empire today, emphasized the government victory of January 25. There were further heavy losses in So cialist seats, while the Clericals more than held their own. The Socialists now return to the Reich stag shorn of nearly half their strength. They have lost all strongholds. A tabulation published by the Lokal Anzeiger, with three districts still to be heard from, gives the Socialists 4J seats in the new Reichstag, against 79 seats In the old body. rThe Socialists have returned only eight members from Saxony as against 23 members in 1903. All the political parties have profited from the Socialist losses. The enthusiastic crowds that had gathered around the newspaper offices tonight, formed a procession 40.000 or 50.000 strong and began marching through the streets, singing the "Watch on the Rhine and other patriotic songs. The people finally proceeded to the palace of Imperial Chancellor von Buelow, to whom they gave a hearty ovation. Prince von Beulow addressed the cheer jng populace. The concourse then went to the palace of the Emperor, where there was another demonstration. The Emperor said: I thank you with all my heart for the homage you bring me today. It arises from the consciousness of having done your duty toward the fatherland, and the word of our Chancellor that Germany can ride, if she will, has come true. I am firmly convinced that, if all classes unite harmoniously, then we cannot only ride but override all that opposes us. And now I will close with' the words that our poet Von Kleinst wrote when Kottwitz met the great elector: "What care we for the method according to which our enemy fiKhts. if h'i only falls before us again with 3s flag: the xi-elhod thjat .beats him " Is the best." We have learned the art of conquer ing him. and we will continue to practice it. Hence this must not be a momentary and transient patriotic impulse, but a res olution as firm as a rock to continue in this path. PREPARES TO ATTACK LORDS British Premier Hints at Movement to Limit Their Veto. LONDON, Feb. 5. Premier Campbell Bannerman, In his customary summons to his supporters tp attend the reopening of Parliament, employs the very un usual phrase, "to discuss matters of importance." As foreign affairs are now tranquil, these words are re garded as applying to the coming eon test between the House of Lords and the House of Commons and. Judging from the recent platform utterances of prominent members of the government. It is supposed that the ministers will ask the House of Commons to pass a resolu tion limiting the lords' power to veto. Should this be done, a struggle will be precipitated at once. In tho meantime, the lords themselves seem to realize the necessity of putting their house in order. Lord Newton has drafted a bill for presentation during the coming session, proposing the reconstruc tion of the House of Lords on a party elective basis. It is doubtful if such a bill would be accepted, but It Is declared that Lord Newton Is receiving support from both sides of the House. Two More Circuit Judges. OREGONIAN ' NEWS BUREAU, Washington, Feb. 5. The Senate today passed the bill authorizing the appoint ment of two additional Circuit Judges for the Ninth Circuit, and one addi tional District Judge for the Northern Judicial Iitrict of California, - J- - - - E . a GIts instant relief in vlarArrlCTS Nasal Catarrh -allay , 7"" vw inflammation, sooth, and heal mneons memhrnne. nweetan t.h hr.tfc Best gargle for son throat. 50c Druggists or mall. Dyspeplets! Qnickly relieve Sour Stomach.Heartbnrn, Nausea, all forma of Indigestion and Dyspepsia. Sugar-coated tablet. 10c. or 25c. C. I. Hood Co.. Lowell. Maaa. If Made DT Hood. It's Good. Tutt's Pills Cure All Liver Ills. A Strong Fortification. Fortify the body against disease by Tutt's Liver Pills, an abso lute cure for sick headache, dys pepsia, sour stomach, malaria, constipation, jaundice, bilious ness and all kindred troubles. "The Fly-Wheel of Life" Dr.Tutt; Your Liver Pills are the fly-wheel of life. I shall ever be grateful for the accident that brought them to my notice. I feel as if I had a new lease of life. J. Fairleigh, Platte Cannon, Col. Tutt's JJver Pills Annual Sale cloths, 4000 Yds. English Serges Special Today Only, 59c This line of suitings has created a veritable furore since they reached our counters a few days ago. While the price is extraordinarily low for goods of this character, it must be taken into considera tion that we bought at a very big discount the entire mill product in hand of this partic- fa ular grade. Colors navy, brown, black. Yd iJij 7000 yards white and cream Serges, firm 7Q and strong. Special low price, yard.... 2300 yards navy and cream serges, est imported weave. Today only, Fine Damask Table Linens for Portland Homes George Eliot in Romola describes a certain supper which took place in Florence in the year 1404, where, to add to the wonderful luxuriousness of the table, "there was the pleasant fragrance of fresh white damask newly come from France." . Our fall stock contains a generous assortment o these exquisite linens, which have unquestionably increased much in attractiveness since the days of which George Eliot writes, and are so marvelously beautiful and artistic in design, as well as soft and fine in quality. But other lands long ago learned the secret of French skill in the manufacture of damask table linens, and have in some respects outdone their preceptors. It is difficult today to say whether the French, Irish, Scotch, Flemish, German or Austrian table damasks are the best. Each country excels in some particular. And so we have gathered a comprehensive assortment of each country's best to grace the tables of our own land. The designs are various, beginning with the perfectly plain, rich damask, with only a satin band for border. Next in point of simplicity are those with light, delicate and gracefully arranged maiden hair ferns, ihamrocks and -flax; sweet peas, oats and poppies and the favorite shower of hail. There are bolder de signs in wild roses, American beauty and other favorite roses; chrysanthemums, poppies, peonies, orchids and lilacs, besides a goodly variety of designs typical of the style of certain periods, such as Louis XIV, Louis XV, Empire, Rococo, Gothic, etc. These are arranged for round, square or oblong tables, and cloths may be had in them in all of the usual sizes, as well as in many uncommon lengths and widths, with napkins to match. Inspection of this stock is very cordially invited. SECURES CAPITAL AST) BON D TO DIG PAX ASIA CAXAL. McDonald, Builder of Subway, at Head or Company Which Will Take the Big Contract. XEW YORK, Feb. .5. John B. McDon ald, of this city, the contractor who con structed the Subway, was today elected president of the Panama Construction Company. This company was formally organized today for the purpose of dig ging the Panama Canal in the event that the contract is awarded by the Govern ment to William J. Olliver, one of thecon tractors, and his associates. Mr. Olliver, was made general manager. The executive committee consists of John B. McDonald, John Pierce. CharleB H. Ackert, R. A. C. Smith. Robert A. Chester. Genre? Pierce, Patrick T. Walsh. Mail Orders Promptly Attended to Satisfaction Guaranteed New Millinery We are daily receiving the latest styles and creations from the fashion centers of this country and Europe. When the ship ments now on the way 'arrive, ours will be the finest and most exclusive showing of up-to-date Millinery in the city. We invite your inspection of our stock in this line. A Shipment of New Shirts Just Arrived Styles designed for Spring wear; wool material in attractive checks and plaids. .$5.00 and $7.50 SPECIALS FOR THIS WEEK One of Our Great Fur Specials A line of brook v mink Neck pieces. Just the thing for Spring wear.- Values to $7.00. Extra special $4.35 We .are the largest fur manufacturers in the West, and the biggest buyers for Raw Furs. Send for price-list. Good Merchandise Only Quality Considered Our Price. Are Always the Lowest of Dress Goods Remnants That woman who bought twenty-two of these remnants the first day, and that other who traveled ten miles from the country and was the second customer to reach here evidently believed that now is the time to buy. They're remnants of the very best goods only the .best dress goods become remnants. And there's a wonderful assortment, be cause we do the greatest dress goods business in Portland. There are 4000 remnants of Black, Cream and Colored Dress Goods, all wool end silk and wool; all lengths up to six yards in broad serges, cheviots, mohair, Panamas, voilesrcrepe de Paris, Henri ettas, shadow and Scotch plaids, challies, batistes, al batross, brilliantines, crav- enettes, tailor suitings, pop lins and imported novelties Marked for Clearance at m f Fi-lb. 1H i-io. fin $1.19 at. . . H William H. Sayre. Patrick J. Brennan. George F. Harrlman and Robert Russell. Upon adjournment of today's meeting Mr. McDonald announced the formation of the company and added: "Everything is now ready for the actual work of digging. Willllam J. Olliver, of Knoxville, Tenn.. and his associate. An son M. Bangs, were the lowest bidders for the construction of the Panama Canal, but after the Government reject ed Mr. Olliver's partner. Mr. Olliver was given 10 days to associate himself with at least two reliable contractors to take up the work under the terms of his con tract price. The time given him to make these arrangements and to supply evi dence of his ability to furnish J5.000.000 capital and a bond of $2,000,000 would have expired tomorrow." ' Mr. Olliver has associated himself with nine well-known contractors and, accord ing to Mr. McDonald, all the financial requirements of the Government have been met. BEATS EXCAVATION' RECORD Stevens Digs Twice as Much In Jan uary as French Could. WASHINGTON. Feb. 5. While consid eration is" being given to the question of ilverfield's THE FASHION CENTER Our Great Clean-Up Sale lasts through this weeK. Bargains such as are sel dom equaled on dependa ble goods are now being offered in all departments to maKe room for Our SPRING STOCK R. 6 G. Corsets 98c A few lines of this "re nowned Corset, to fit all figures. Values to $1.50. Special 98c DON'T WORRY WATCH US GROW Liver Salts, special, bottle 24c Sal Hepatlca 93c. 40S, 21 Abbotts Saline Laxative. 20. -JOC. S3 1-lb. pksr. Soda Bicarb 4i 1-lb. pknr. Epsom Salts 5 1-lb. ran Borax 1 pk(t. Sal Soda 10? rtocneile sails 1! OlnnrioV of Lime, 1-lb. ras 12 Po. Mustard, special, pkK loi Po. Ginger. Jamaica. pk lOo Henderson's Famous Headache Powders. PkR., lO4: 3 for. 25 Olive Oil. special pint 45d FIGHTING THE DRUG TRUST BUTTERICK PATTERNS Advance Spring Styles Now Ready, 10c and 15c None Higher February Number of "The Delineator" Now on Sale letting the contract for the digging of the Panama Canal, the work is going on there at- a rapid pace. Numerous re ports from time to time have been sub mitted regarding the progress being made, but a cablegram received at the War Department today from Chief Engineer Stevens contained the announcement that all previous records had been eclipsed. The dispatch follows: "We took out 566.750 cubic yards from Culebra cut in January, about twice the be.pt monthly record made by the French since inception of work by De Lesseps." MR. SCOTT VISITS PONTIFF Editor of Oregonian Inspires Inter est In Pacific Coast. ROME. Feb. 6.-Harvey W. Scott, editor of The Portland Oregonian, Mrs. Scott and Miss Scott were received in private audience by the Pope today.. The pontiff showed great interest In condi tions on the Pacific Coast. After typhoid fever, pneumonia and other prostrating diseases, take Hood's Sarsaparilla. Entire Corner Fourth and -Morrison Streets Spring Stocks Our new Spring Stocks are be ginning, to arrive. We have so far placed very few of tho Spring lines on exhibition, wish ing the stock to be more com plete but we will soon be show nig the very finest lines of Spring Suits, Coats, Skirts, Waists, in fact everything in Women's Wearing Apparel, Muslin Underw'r Hall Price A fine line of the best quality muslin Underwear, slightly soiled by display. This lot con tains drawers, skirts, -corset covers, etc. Reduced to exactly Half Price of Raw Furs. Highest cash prices