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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (March 17, 1907)
THE SUNDAY rOREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, MARCH 17, 1907. 11 $65 Dressers for $40 No. 64. Here is a beautiful Dresser, of new pattern, . with large, massive base, made .in mahogany, birdseye maple or golden oak. Top drawers have molded fronts of pleasing design, fitted with Colonial polished brass and glass pulls. - All drawers have perfect inside finish; in fact, a first-class article in every respect. The French bevel plate mirror. is 33x27 inches; body of dresser is 44 inches long, 32 inches wide and 81 inches high. Hand rubbed, polish finish. You are not asked $65 or $70 for this handsome Dresser but ouly the modest sum We have other Dressers of handsome ap pearance and great dura- (1 1 Oft bility priced as low as P VJKJ You Make the Terms We'll Do the Rest. Large Mahogany Chiffonier No. 2. This superb piece is just like the cut and stands over a feet 7 inches in height, 36 inches long and 20 inches wide; large genu ine French bevel plate mirror 16x24 inches; fitted with highly polished brass pulls, has full serpentine front ; made of the finest kiln-dried material. Regular price $50.00; special $40 You Make Your Own Terms of Payment. Bookcases Reduced We!ve made great reductions in book cases as well as all other stock. They are of all sizes and made in either quartered oak or mahogany, and equally beautiful in either. Have five roomy shelves and above is a compartment with latticed doors silk curtains would make a very pretty effect behind the lattice. Library tables, magazine stands, book cases and desks all woods, designs, fin ishes and prices. No." 506. Is a quarter-sawed golden oak Bookcase 4V2 feet high and 39 inches wide, with four shelves, like the cut, double-thick glass doors, hand- JOf soraely polished. Special price. .PI" !t "LiX'-iugy laQ ODD il China Closets Have you been thinking of ordering one? Then look over our stock fine assortment, ranging in price from $16 to $180. There 's a twenty per cent price reduction pret ailing here. Don't fail to see the many quaint designs. EASY TERMS OF PAYMENT High-Class Dining-Room Suites Special redactions govern in this department, too. The attention of the critical buyer is called to the great values we are offering here. The goods must be seen to be appreciated. They will be found worthy to adorn any Portland home, and the price-saving is exceptionally large for this class bf furniture. No. 7179. This is also an earlv Enerlish suite, and. No. 96. :A. fine oak suite, early English finish, con sists of large sideboard with French plate mirror - 20x50 inches in : size, square top table, serving' ' table, china closet 4 feet .wide and 5 feet high, six chairs, full box seat upholstered in genuine ' . leather; priced regularly as follows: Sideboard, $110; china closet, $52.30; table, $40; 5 chairs, $75;' carved chair, $17; serving table, $22.50 total $316. AH these are marked to (tOO'T the low; price of . -. : .'. ...." .N No,- 6543. Fumed oak -suite, comprising same rarti--. cles as No. 7179. Glass 'in sideboard is 18x54" inches. Table has round top iV2 feet diameter. Large china closet of .unique design. (jJOCC;;,, Regular price $350. Special ptJJ ;. with the exception of the serving table consists . : of the same articles but differently patterned as the .above suite. .The tabje has a round top, sideboard is nearly as large, chairs .have the same high-class upholstering and finish.' Regu lar price of this suite $307. Special 230 NO. 1335. Suite in Antwerp Oak, small -buffet. ' otherwise very similar to above. Spe cial price. . '.'...."..,... ..... . No. 260; Handsome mahogany, high dJQCl class in every respect. Special price.., .rV $105 K, Office Furniture Our stock cf office furniture is as complete and correct as our home furnishings. This desk is of ijuartred ' oak, finely finished throughout, and equipped with all sorts of pig-eon holes, drawers' and file compartments. It is carried in several sizes- and price varies accordingly. We carry roll-top debits at $25 to $150. Also typewriter desks, tables and chairs. Gevurtz's prices are always the low est, too. Bear that in mind when looking for office furniture. We Do a Large Mail Order Business Send for Free Illustrated Catalogue Brass R e m a r kable both in at tractive n e s s of design and quality of workmanship. "Under the 2-inch con tinuous posts is a unique and pleasing scroll, and the eleven uprights add strength as well as beauty. Hade in the rich new satin or regular bright brass finish. We have Colonial "Four-posters," mahogany, oak, maple, birch and walnut beds, and iron, brass and enamel beds. All sizes, styles and prices. No. 106. This weathered oak table is a sample of our price reductions in all our table stock. It is 48x28 inches in size, has shelf like cut, is made of the finest material and comes from one of the best Grand Rapids factories. The regular price of this handsome table is $30. Special COO sale price pri 1 ri Great Reductions in Fine '; i Parlor Suites v (U 173.175 FIRST STREET & SONS 219-227 YAMHILL ST, No. 731. This finely coiistructed and massive 4-piece suit includes a Sofa, Rock er, Arm Chair and Parlor Ohai' Every"" portion of the framework is finely, shaped and beautifully carved. The seats are fitted with the finest guaranteed spring construction, with full spring edges. These springs rest on the same corrugated steel cables required by the United States Government in all its upholstered furniture. It is an indestructible method of manufacture. The suit is built to last, and the finish is not of the ordinary kind. It is most care fully done in five distinct processes before it is finally ready for exhibition. The sofa. 56 inches in lenerth bv 22 inches wide, and the chairs are of like gen erous size 20x24 inches: Frames are of dark mahogany finish and perfectly hand polished. The upholstery is of the finest silk tapestry with raised figures in a beautiful shade of green. This set is regularly priced at $120. CQC We make it sDecial reduced from $120 to No. 295. A three-niece mahosanv oarlor suite, upholstering handsome silk tapestry. Reduced from $95 to " $75 No. 1227. Three-piece mahogany parlor suite. Reduced from $65 to......$50 No. 707. Three-piece parlor suite in birch mahogany. Redueed from $20 to SJ5X5 Come and Accept Credit This invitation is extended to yoii, in all cordiality and sincerity, and we trust you will avail yourself of the accommodations we offer. It permits you to select, on credit, all the goods you may require it allows you to add to your account- at any time, when new things are needed it gives you the opportunity of furnishing your home not only with the necessities, but with many of , the luxuries of life. , . DEATH IN RED Ml Penniless Sick Man Dies While Awaiting Aid. COUNTY SYSTEM BLAMED Railroad Laborer Expires in Trout dale Hotel Pending Arrange 'r menu for JIls Removal to Hospital in This City. While the devious tangle of county red ape were being unwound sufficient to admit of the treatment of a penniless sick man on "Wednesday and Thursday, the subject of the controversy died. State ments made yesterday 'by acquaintances of the dead man are to the effect that It was necessary to sign a complaint charging the patient with insanity before action oould be secured on the case. When mops toward relief were finally taken by the authorities, after 24 hours' delay, death had removed tho object of charity. The victim of this delay was J. C. tirown. a railroad laborer formerly em ployed by the O. R. & N. Company at a camj above Troutdale. On Tuesday of lust week he was sent to Troutdale for treatment by his fellow employes. He applied to Dr. W. C. Belt, who found . that he was suffering from weak heart nd was in a serious condition. Though the man was penniless and was no loutcr working for the railroad com pany. Er. Belt secured him a room at the local hotel and treated him for his ailment This arrangement, ' of course, could not be continued indefinitely, and on "Wednesday tr. Belt called up County Physician Geary on the long distance telephone. He- offered to bring the patient to Portlandv provided tho county author rues would have an ambulance at the d.pot to take Brown to the County Hos pital. Pr. Belt says he was told to get an order from the County Court, inasmuch as .m action could be taken without a for mal order of that kind. To get an order. Dr. Belt was told he would have to ap- rpear at the Courthouse in person. That was on Wednesday. Thursday the sivk man's condition iieoame such that It was imperative that ho be removed to a hwpltal if his life was to be saved. To get the necessary order of removal from the County Court. Dr. Belt drove the entire distance of 17 miles from Trout dale. At the Courthouse his statement of the case was heard by County Comml loner Llfrhtner. Judge -Webster being ut. Dr. Belt asked that an ambulance be vnt at once to TrouMalc. This request was not complied with. Ha. was told that the quickest way :' to .'get action was to swear to a complaint charging the patient with Insanity. Then the papers could be plaoed in the hands bf the Sheriff for service, he was told.. Rather than have the case ignored al together. Dr." Belt -signed the complaint in question. It was directed to the Sher iff's office' and. given to Deputy Sheriff Bulger for service. - The otllcer lert on rhe 8:30 O. K. & N. train, expecting to brintr the patient in on the next passen ger. He says he was not advised as to the sufferer s real condition and at first thought he was going after an insane man. "Where is that crazy man?" the officer asked of the hotel-keeper, on arriving at Troutdale. ''Do you mean that sick man? Why,, is he stiU here? I thought he had been removed long ago," . is the answer accred ited to the hotel man. Tho room assigned to Brown was quick ly pointed out. There was no response to repeated knocking, ; and1 the officer forced tha door. Striking - a - light, he saw . Brown -sprawled half -:- In- bed and half on the floor dead. ' An examination showed that , life, had been extinct for about an hour. ' ' v- The body was brought to Portland on the morning train and will be buried in the Potters'- Field until relatives are lo cated to make other arrangements for in terment. . " flJ ce Page 32. -in securing the decree. In talking the matter over with him a few days before she appeared in the Circuit Court. Rob bins says, his wife pretended to 'be quite reconciled to his little domestic peculiar ities and said she would continue as his wife. That she didn't was a direct breach of confidence, Robblns says, and wants her back forthwith. Mrs. Robblns secured her divorce on the ground that Robbins was a drunkard: that he beat her and flourished murderous weapons in her face. Tho decree was signed March 1. TIM MOO SCX CAV HEMAIX Commissioner Holds Cliltiunian to Be Legally in This Country. The case of Tim Moo' Sun, held on a charge of being in this country illegally, came up before United States Commis sioner Sladen yesterday. As a result of the 'hearing the young Celestial was dis charged. This seemed to be quite gratify ing to the boy, who' smiled",broaaiy, when Andrew Zan explained to him that he was free to remain in the country of. his adoption. Visions of an enforced trip to China, faded from his mind as he ' re ceived the congratulations of the crowd of Chinese, who' had gathered to see the outcome of the case. Several Chinese witnesses were ex amined, three of whom testilied that they knew the boy in China, and that Po Chung Sun, the boy's father had two ions; although both Po Chung and his wife had previously testified in San Fran cisco that they bad but one child. This discrepancy was accounted for by the failure of the father and mother to properly understand the questions put to them by the Federal officers In c-allfomia. as the father subsequently testified that he had two sons, one of whom was the defendant. Tim Moo Sun. B. E. LJppincott and John A. Beard, the latter an employe at the Custom-House, testified that they had had business deal ings with the boy's father,- Po Chung Sun, and considered him reliable. Commissioner Sladen considered the testimony given by the Chinese as straightforward, and said the whole mat ter hinged upon the reliability of the testimony of Yira Moo Sun's father, and upon the showing made, ordered the de fendant to be discharged from custody. OUTWITTED BY HIS WIFE. M". E. Robbins Asks That Divorce Decree Be Set Aside Single blessedness is not such a boon as W. HJ. Robbins thought it would be a few weeks ago, when he. agreed with his wife on a separation. Mrs. Robblns got her divorce uncontested and without legal protest on the part of her husband. But now he has reconsidered and wants the decree set aside. Robbins filed a petition with the Circuit Court yesterday asking that Mrs. Robbins be restored to him.- He sets out In this petition that his wife used undue strategy JUDGE GILBERT IS HOME Says Special Prosecutor Heney Will Return to Portland May "1. United States Circuit Judge "William B. Gilbert returned to Portland yester day morning from San Francisco, where he has been for t,he past seven Weeks, sitting in the Circuit Court of Appeals. Judge Gilbert says that Special Prosecutor Francis J. Heney hopes to dispose of the Abe Ruef c-se in time to come to Portland and try at least two of the cases now on the docket against land fraud defendants. If he is able to carry out this programme, he will then return to San Francisco to take up the case against Mayor Schmltz and others indicted in the Bay City. , Judge William H. Hunt, who has been sitting in the Federal Court in San Francisco, left for bis home in Montana, by way of Ogden, at the. same time Judge Gilbert left for Ore gon. It is the intention of Judge Hunt' to come to Portland in May to take up the land fraud trials, in case the Government is then ready to proceed. If not. Judge Hunt will sit during the hearing of the bill of exceptions in the Mays, Jones and Sorenson cases. He will also pass sentence upon State Senator Mays and others who stand convicted of land frauds In Oregon, among whom are H. H. Hendricks and Clarence B. Zachary, defendants in the well-known Butte Creek case. Judge Gilbert says Judge Hunt will be here in May. whether Mr. Heney appears or does not. Should Mr. Heney succeed in appearing here in his official capacity, he will try ex-United States. Attorney John H. Hall and others in the Butte- Creek conspiracy case, and then proceed in a similar manner against State Senator Robert A. Booth, who is charged with conspir acy to steal lands. It is also Mr. Heney's -purpose to try Binger -Hermann on one of the Oregon indictments, which case, on the part of the Government, is considered stronger than the one now in progress in WTash I in Eton. ine triat or Benson ana riyae. me California land operators, is set in Washington for April, and this fact causes a doubt as to whether Mr. Heney will be able to come to Oregon if he shall-be called upon to prosecute the California men. In the event that Prosecutor Heney goes to Washington, United States At torney Bristol will take up the Ore gon cases and proceed against the land fraud defendants. placed on trial before circuit Judge Frazer yesterday afternoon. According to the facts set out in the complaint, the iwu reai estate men were engaged to sen the property last November, the sale price being fixed at J70.000 and the com mission at 5 per cent of the sale price. Finding purchasers six days later. Goss- lin and Hamblet say they were told by Lockwood the deal was .off. Now they insist that he stand by his agreement and pay the commission. - ' . GIVES VERDICT FOR $125.2 7, Eleven-Man Jury in State Court Gives Exhibition of Finesse. ' 'When it comes to finesse in returning a verdict an 11-man Jury in the State Circuit Court demonstrated that it has an infinite capacity for splitting hairs in the-cause of justice. In a suit wherein $311 damages- was asked the jury awarded the sum of 125.Z7." Just- what the 27 .cents was for the Verdict, did not set out. The case in question was that of W.' "GI McPhersotr - & - Co.,- against " the Pa citic Hardware & Steel Company. It was alleged in--the complaint that the hard ware company shipped a load of iron two years ago -.which, had been paid for by the McPherson Company, and Which, on de livery was ' found to bo considerably short in weight. The hardware company refusing to make good, the shortage suit was brought. ' t Site for Commission of $3500. "William- Gosslin , and H. I; Hamblet want Samuel P. Lockwood to pay $3500 commission on a-piece! of Ideal realty ' that they did not sell. The case . was Some People '""Coffee Don't Agree Experiment and see if coffee is the cause of your trouble. Try leaving it off ten days. Use POSTUM FOOD COFFEE and if your ails bepin to disappear keep it up and get back to comfort and health again. "There's a Reason" STUCK TO IT For Years, But finally Had to Give l Coffee. Our habits of eating and drinking stick to us like a hungry, pup to a bone. We can't-always -break loose even "when we know we ought to, ; , Coffee, does certainly hurt many per sons, and" they, know it. But it " is i one thtng"'to ' know it and another to devise some way to. change the habit and still have a warm beverage at mealtimev Thou sands of persons all over the -world have found it easy to, quit coffee because they use, Postum Food - Coffee. "For years I've felt the harm of drink ing coftjee," writes an Iowa woman, "but I liked it so well I stuck to it until about two years ago I quit coffee, and tea, too, and-began to drink Postum. "I made it,, not like coffee, but boiled It according to directions on the package, and the first time we bad it we all liked it. We have it now,' morning, noon and night, and all feel healthier and happier for the change. "I never have heartburn nor indiges tion any more, though my husband and I used to suffer that way and with nervous headache a great deal of the time when we drank tea and coffee. We can't say enough in praise for Postum. and for -the good it has done . us." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek. Mich. Get the book. "The Road to WellviUe,' from the package. ss5St?vV -""Hfc. W1. "Knock : and It Shall Be Opened Unta You" So reads the Scriptures. Some automobile dealers, at least, in this city, believe in the Scriptures, judjring from the way they knock. But when the door is opened they may find they have knocked at the wrong door. , JUST READ THIS and see what YOU think of the past performances of the Mitchell: ' The following are a few of the recent events won by the MITCHELIj Model D in contests with some of the most powerful and. high-priced American cars: ... ' - . May 30, 1906 Won Minneapolis Hill Climbing Contest, winning: silver cup. One Mitchell entered. Be-1 feated Oldsmobile (4-cyl),Ford (6-cyl), Franklin, Rambler, Queen, National, Frayer-Miller, Marmon, Thomas, Royal Tourist. , - Though the Mitchell Motor Car Co. never built anything but the regular stock cars for road and touring ; purposes, the same powerful motor and excellence of construction that has made their hill-climbing, record has enabled the MITCHELL to win many speed contests in competition with the best and highest-priced cars that could be entered against them. ' . July 4,. 1906 Won 100-mile Endurance Race, breaking World's Record, at Hawthorne Race Track, Chi'r -ago, defeating cars more than double the price. The one other Mitchell entered finished second. July 7, 1906 Won 50-mile Endurance Race at Milwaukee, again breaking-the World's Record, and still again defeating high-priced cars. One "Mitchell entered. - " July 20,1906 Won 50-mile Endurance Race 'at' Detroit, making' single miles as low as 1:08, which is World's Record for stock cars fully equipped. This has alone been equaled by the 50 h. p. Thomas Flyer. The one other Mitchell entered finished second. .',.'.'' ' In the last three contests the .Mitchell defeated the following cars: Queen, Jackson, Thomas, Maxwell; Columbia, Knox, Buick, Pope-Toledo, Pope-Hartford, Peerless, Rambler and- Cadillac ' OCT.' 6, 1906 Sedalia, Mo. Mitchell breaks Track. Record Exhibition Mile; Time first three-quarters in 45 seconds, finishing on flat, tire in 1:06. Car fully equipped . Does not differ materially in "general construction or design from its predecessor of '06. Extensive changes are a confession of weakness, and tho record of the '06 Mitchell shows conclusively that there were no w'eak points to overcome.- The same POWERFUL MITCHELL MOTORS of the 4-cylinder, 4-cycle type, are retained, only a little larger than last season; new hood, fenders, etc., to add to the appearance of the car, and a new'car of larger carrying capacity and power (Model "F") has been added to the line. IX EASE OF CONTROL, power, hill-climbing ability, speed and finish the MITCHELL compares most favorably with cars of twice its price. Mitchell Motor Car for 19tt7 We stand ready to prove these statements to you before you are asked to place your order for one of our machines. . . " -: - Selling Agents for the Northwest, States, Corner First and Taylor Streets. Sold Also by MINER & COHEN, Alder and Lownsdale Streets