: THE OREGON DAII.Y' JOURNAL. PORTLAND. MONDAY' EVENING. AUGUST 1, 1004..
Portland's
Greatest
Hjgh-Class
Clothing;
Stores -
COS. 3RD
Half Prices! : Ohs Week. Only!
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By all odds the most stupendous trading event ever witnessed in the city
Both stores packed until the doors had to be closed
Saturday eclipsed anything in the way of trading ever seen li Portland, and no wonder that it 4d Our word that we woufd sell
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Was made good, as hundreds will testify, and the quality of apparel ' we. sold WOULD PARALYZE THE THOUGHT of the old
fashioned fellows unaccustomed, to this sort of thing. We began the sale because we had some financial obligations which had tb
be met today, with no thought of extending the time beyond last Saturday evening. We received enough money to pay the claims
against lis two .times over, but we also received hundreds of letters and personal requests to "please hold the sale open a few days
longer and give us a chance to get in on it .Our pay day is not till the lst (or 5th as the case:may..be), and we have no money, at,
this time. Kindly do us the favor if you can; and w
WE HAVE YIELDED TO THESE REQUESTS FlOM FRIENDS, and from this time until Saturday night at 12 o'clock ,.- 4;
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, Will be sold to the public at just half the lowest prices ever asked for these goods before. ; This includes stacks of new merchandise
from our reserve stock in our warehouse, as well as fresh arrivals of timely garments from the Royal Tailors of Chicago an im
mense assortment of uncalled for tailor-made garments up to the minute in style and finish, COME TO THIS BARGAIN CEN
TER IMMEDIATELY; Don't wait It will not last forever, v V V.. r -- X l'XrX;':;-::-;:: 'r
Mail Orders Filled
IMPORTANT NOTICE
If there be any purchaser of clothing or any other merchandise during this sale not ENTIRELY and
COMPLETELY satisfied with the selections made, we shall be glad to have such person return the ;
same and receive his money back or other garments that wUl be satisfactory. We always adver
tise "Satisfaction or money back." and we mean every word we say. . : : ' .. -
Good Salesmen Wanted
WIRELESS TELEGRAPH SAVES SCARE
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THE AMERICAN LINER BT. LOIIS WHICH THB UNIONS TRIED TO PREVENT HAVING ITS REPAIRS MADE ABOARD.
Nw Torln Au. 1. Th burlrinlnt
of lh fluht of Ubor for an Amrlcn
merchant mrJn w mae lt week
hf c6mmlttee of the Central Federated
union, mler th irul of prptet
mlnat th departure of the flt. LouU.
of th Amarlcart lln. from thl port In
rdr that repair to hr cyllndera nlrht
b made In Ireland.
The wlrelraa telaRraph prent4 any
unNUlnM over hrr non-tnival. When
the englnea of the Bt Ioula broke down
at he aaed her Mareont epparatua
to notify 'the ehore of her plUht and
aplala that there Wta DO danger.
The proteat waa mad to repreaentar
tlve of the department of commerce
nd labor, and recited that the Central
Federated union of New Tork and Tl
clnlty: the International Aaeoelatlon ,of
Machlnlata. and the Marine Tradea coun"
oll formally protected aalnt the rep
reaentatlvea of the department of com
merce and Ubor and Ita Inspector! per
mitting the Ht Lou la, "probably loaned,
managed and controlled by the Interna
tional Navigation company, to leave port
In ti present unaeaworthy and .uneaf
condition."
The breaks were described and the
possibility of loss of lift recounted 'The
only res son apparent for not havlnrthe
repairs mad In the port of New Tork,"
the protest continues, "Is that It may be
done for lea expense In Oreat Britain.
For other good and sufflcnt reaaona,
which w will be prepared to present
upon a hearing, we earnestly protest
against this vessel being permitted to
sail."
- In the phrase "other and sufficient
reasons," la the gist of the proteat It
hss been claimed among shipping men
that the only reason the International
Mercantile Marine company, of which
the American line la a part, continues to
poa as aa American enterprise, is In
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the hope of a governmental subsidy for
the ships of Its line flying the Ameri
can flag. The American la one of these;
the other It the Atlantlo Transport com
pany. .
. Opposed to the granting of subsidies
la n strong "free-ship" sentiment, which
asserta that If dry-dorks of sufficient
capacity to accommodate the liners were
encouraged, an American merchant ma
rine would grow , up. Possession of
docks. It asserts, has been the cause of
th . growth of . the Norwegian and
Swedlah merchant marina.
Before thla sentiment had spread, and
when th stockholders of tne American
line had a aay In Its management, each
one. of the ships, when damaged, was
sent to Norfolk for repairs. The growth
Of shipbuilding at Norfolk waa eulogised
by the opponents of the subsidy Idea.
Under thinly disguised - English control
In- lta greed for an American subsidy,
unwilling to reduce Its revenues from
Ita own dry-docks In Ireland and re
fusing to assist In building up a mer
chant marina which would destroy all
hope of the subsidizing of Ita ahtpa, the
International Merchantile Marine com
pany wlahea to send the Bt Louis
acroas the ocean In Its present condi
tion. ' v
. An official of the American line said:
v "That Is a labor question, aa I take
ft. The 81 Louis Is absolutely safe and
seaworthy. We arc sailing her under
th approval of the United States gov
ernment We are not a lot of fools. We
have no thought of going contrary to the
law. Th United States inspector have
looked her over, and they say she Is
safe, and that It Js perfectly safe for
her to eroae the ocean..
"Bo far aa the sending her over there
for repair 1 concerned, a being any
great financial matter, that 1 absurd.
Th repair will not cost a' great deal."
LAFE PENCE VISITS ;
TOWN OF LEWISTON
(Special Ptopatefe le Th JowlU.)
Lewlston, Ida., Aug. 1. At a recent
meeting of uie city council that body
waa addressed by ex-Congressman Lafe
Pence of Colorado, who outlined a
gravity water system for the city. His
plan Is to bring water In plpea from
the Sweetwater country to the district
south of th city. j
Survey show this plan to be feasible
and the Idea outlined waa received with
general favor. At the next meeting of
th counoil some definite action will be
taken. , ,
BEABUXD AT BPOXAaTX. .
("pedal Dispatch to Tb. Jourail)
- Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, Aug. l.D. 'T.
Outhrle and Mrs. Anna Barnes wont to
8pokan this week, secured a marriage
license and sr now at home at the
Outhrle place eest of Post Falls., Mr.
Outhrle is aged 6( and his bride Is
aged it. She ha been his housekeeper
several month. . '
sxtbvtj nmmon un.
(SpeeU! fllipatrb tb Th Jonrnal.) . '
Hsrrleon, Idaho, Aug. 1.- The Rocky
Mountain Bell Telephone company has
received the right of way acros th
Coeur d'Alene Indian reservation for
th extension of Its line from Harrison
to flt. Maries.-' The poles hav been
purchased and the work of extending
th line will b commenced at once.
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you can secure a prise, orv of
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HUGE ENGINEERING
IS FINISHED
TASK
Contractor John B HcDonald Turns Over to
; Operating Company New York Subway : .
- Complete in Practically All Its Details
" .- (Journal Special SerrUe.)
New Tork,-Aug.--1. John B. Mo
Donald, the contractor for - the most
colossal piece of engineering work ever
undertaken by man, haa - "made good."
True to hi promts of aaveral months
ago Mr. McDonald today ; turned the
New Tork subwsy, complete in practi
cally all of Its details, over to the oper
ating company. A few week will be
spent In- running experimental train
and on September 1 the finest and
safest ytm of rapid transit Is th
world will b opened to th teeming
million of New York.
Surmounting all obstacle and prov
ing superior to all difficulties Mr. Mc
Donald haa fulfilled th term of hi
agreement and accomplished what few
believed waa within the .bounds of
human possibility when the provision
of th 116,000,000 contract- wr an
nounced a llttl mor than four years
ago. -
Extending from th Battery at the
southern extremity of Manhattan Island
to Bailey avenu and Two Hundred and
Thirtieth treet on th west side In a
long sweep' of 11 and a half miles of
four, three and two tracks, and 4 J miles
of single track; from One Hundredth
street and Broadway under Central
Park, to the east, under the Harlem
river to Bronx park and One Hundred
and Eighty-second street, a distance of
seven mllea, or IT mile of single
track. ... ' - "V. " '
This Js th Manhattan division- which
Mr. McDonald to day turned ovr to th
operating company. To Brooklyn an
other great system is being pushed rap
idly toward completion. Thus, spread
ing Out from the heart of the metropolis,
Ilk a Stgantlo spider-web, are more
than 66 mile of single track, cover
ing distant of 16 mile of space to
be traveled by train. ' ,
, ' rigure Ar Inadequate.
. Msr figures are Inadequate to ex
presa the extent of thla system. The
largest single contract fn the history
of civilisation was entered Into for tho
purpose of constructing this wonder
ful system of transportation. jWhen It
ts known that 1,700,118 cubic yards of
earth and tlt.lll cubic yards of stone
and rock have been . excavated, 18M0H
cubic yards of rock tunneled, 1 10.011
ton of steel, 16,(01 ton of cast Iron
and 11,619 cubic yards of bricks used
In th work, to say nothing of .th hun
dred and hundred of thousands of
cublo yards of water-proofing and con
crete and atone and the 100,000 'linear
feet of ateel tracka and the hundreds of
thousands of ton of ' other material
one realises that a vast undertaking
, The difficulties of the work, too, nave
been without parallel. Ftften mile of
sewers had to be taken up and relaid
many of them almost a big a th
subway Itself. There were mile and
mile of gas mains and wAer pipe and
eondillt that twined themselves In and
out and croseed and rcrod tb path
of th jinderground railway. Ilk
labyrinth: Thar were elevated rall
way and surface rallwaya that had tt
be undermined, but so r"!t t
artificial construction that th dally
transportation 'and trafflo of th great
city was not disturbed.
Blocka and block of busy Broadway;
In th upper part of th city wer nolo
lowed out like-a flute, 'luniiei. wie
fearlesaly bored, under lower Broeu
way, reaching almost to th very
foundationa of the big skyscraper and
brushing against the wall , of Trinity
church, while above the rumble of th
electric cars and the rattle of th cart
never ceased. In regard to the -coat., it
Is sufficient to'stat that tt amounted
to a 61,900.000 a mil. ,
. :. Xagnt aa Day. .'. ' ) i' ') '
Persons who hav a constitutional
dislike to riding In tunnels, based f r
th most part upon disagreeable x--perlence,
need hav no misgiving about
th subway. Throughout Its . anttr .
length It will be a light a day at all -hour.
Electric lamp and aro light
tud th walla and celling from be
ginning to end.
Modern method hav been employed
by th new road to an extent which re-.
due danger of accident to a minimum.
The covered third rail , supplier th
power directly, and there a block
system of switches, with appliances,
very 600 feet. These are ao arranged
that even should a motorman drop deed
at hi post, when a danger algnal waa
set against an approaching' traln.lt
would be Impossible for the latter to
run past It for the reason that the same
mechanism' that dlsplaya th signal at
th same time shuts off th power and
prevent tha train from moving another,
hundred feet. ; .
A to the question of convenience, the
platform at every station ar wide
and paclous th stairways broad and '
seemingly ample to accommodate any -crowd
that may fill them, and the wait
ing rooms and tlckat offices, all under
ground, are so arranged that there
should be no undue congestion even la .
the' "rush" hour of morning and even
ing. . . ; " '
Th servlc will be inaugurated with "
809 cars.- In all essential respects then
are tha same aa ar used by th elavate.1
trains, except that they ar vestibule'!
and lined and sheathed with copper so
as to make them aa nearly fire-proof
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Schedule of Steamer T. j. Potter. .
Th aeasld teamr T, J. Potter will
leave Portland. Ah street dock, for '
Astoria and Ilwaco aa follow:
Augnst 1, Tuesday, 9 a. m. .".
. August 1, Wednesday, 9am., ' ,
' Auguat . Thursday, 9 am.
August 6, Friday, 9 am. , ,
August 6. Saturday; 1 p. m. '
Oat transportation and berth ticket
at O. R. N. ticket offlc. , Third and
Washington atrta - ,