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Adams Peoarfmeinf Store
A $100,000 DEPARTMENT STORE IN OREGON CITY
is no mean thing. It does, not come by chance, neither does it grow in a night.
Persistent effort by the Adams system, and home-trade by the people built Oregon
City's. Big Department Store. It is with pleasure we announce otir 1 91 2
EASTER .: OPENING
as our stock in the various departments is more complete in larger assortments of
strictly tip to date goods in consequence of a greater patronage of home trade.
CopyrlEht .'Tart ScfcaCner & Marx
Easter Fashion in
Women's Apparel
The garment that strikes the note in the
new seasons fashion is the reliable "Palmer
Garment. 1 ' The high standard of quality in
these suits rigidly maintained, and prices are
well arranged to accomodate all, $20 to $35.
The New Feature in the Adams'
MEN TAILORED LADIES' SUITS
made to your measure in three days is taking well.
We give you the choice of selection in cloths from our
New Spring Stock of Suitings, and the cost will be no
more than suits of equal material in stock.
Women's FINE SPRING SUITS
in Navy, Tans, Browns and Gray Mixture, made in latest
fashion down to the minute in style and finish, but in a
lower range of prices, from $12 to $20.
NEW SHOES FOR LADIES
The Queen Quality, the Ultz & Dunn, in high or low, black
or tan, in button, strap or lace. Let us show you the new
Spring shoes.
Easter Millinery -&
just opened for our special Easter
We can save you money
purchase of your Easter
Hat. Our very large assortment of latest models in Spring Hats direct from
the hands of expert trimmers affords you the latest opportunity of securing
your Hat here at a very moderate price.
Just opened a large assortment' of Misses' and
Children's new Spring Hats. '
The New Furniture Department
Our spacious Furniture department is loaded with new, up-to-date goods.
Furniture, Stoves, Ranges, Rugs, Linoleum, Window
Shades, Draperies. The lowest prices prevail here.
We sell the celebrated Ostermoor
Mattress, the best made. Prices
from-$10 to $20.
Cheaper Mattresses of good quality at
$250 to $10. -
M At-i rtESS
Men's Suits for Easter
Our new stock of Men's Suits in the well known Hart-Schaffner &
Mark just opened and placed on our tables will make the selection
of your suit a pleasure. Come in this week and select your model
from our splendid collection, blues, tans, grays and brown mixtures
modestly priced at $20 to $30.
The Herman Wiles Suits for Men
Best make of clothing at a more moderate price, distinctively de
signed in navy, brown, tans and gray mixtures.
Prices from $12.00 to $20.00.
BOYS' EASTER SUITS
A strong line of New Spring Suits for Boys', good looking service
able suitssingle and double breasted nickerbockers and norfolks.
Priced from $3 50 to $10.00.
NEW SHOES FOR MEN IS
Men's high or low cut shoes in Black or Tan, in button or lace; the
CROSSETT, ABBOTT, SELZ Shoes $2.50 to $5.00.
Ask for
RED TRADING STAMPS
Of egon Qtyfs
D
epai'tment Stose
ALTERATIONS FREE
of Charge
Heart to Heart
talks.
By EDWIN A. NYE.
TO A FATHER.
You say Jimmie is twelve?
Then it is high time to make Jim
mie your chum.
While he was more baby than boy
it was proper his mother should have
personal charge. lie could tell her
everything and she could help him in
j uuo 'turn nucic UC3 wan j
and what he was doing.
It is different now.
The boy is big enough to be called
James, and secretly he longs for lqng
trousers. Unconsciously perhaps he
is tugging to get loose from his moth
er's apron strings.
He begins to be a man.
This is your chance to get close to
him. Jimmie wants a mate to .con
fide In. You can be the mate. He
would rather be your pal than to take
up with any other person on earth.
The danger is this:
He may become ashamed or afraid
to confide in j ou. And if he is either
he may take up with some harum
8carum of the street
Some fathers are too dignified! or
stern, proceeding' on the theory that a
son must recognize the parental au
thority. They lay down the law and
punish the least Infraction of it, be
lieving that will keep the boy straight.
Such monarchlal government will
doubtless keep him from wrongdoing
where it can be found out
Tou see. the danger Is that Jimmie,
being afraid of you, may become a
sneak. He may pot tell you the truth.
, He may deceive you. He may be
come not ouly a sneak, but a liar.
Also -
If Jimmie is ashamed to tell you
about some things he may do some
things of which he should be ashamed.
My dear sir, it is possible to so hold
your son that he will tell you every
thing everything. Nothing is too del
icate for a father and sou to talk
about if they are chums.
Jimmie must know from some
source the things you know about life.
How much better you should tell him
than some other! Do you want your
boy to face temptation ignorantly or
wrongly 'informed?
"What are you here for?
To make money for Jimmie?'
No.' You are here to make a man
of Jimmie. If he fails in that it will
largely be your fault If he succeeds
It will be the joy and the triumph of
your life.
No More Income Needed.
"Uncle Joe. do you believe In votes
for women?"
"No, sah, I don't. Manda's got all
de money dat's good for her now."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
. Nc-.-oieoivs WiCKnameG. .. .
Napoleon Bonaparte Grid m:iny nick
names. iuan.v of them bestowed in ad
miration ami devotion by his soldiers,
stfeh as the playfully ironic "Lirtle
Corporal." while j the other .aid" -of
the silver streak he was known iiy
less complimentary sobriquets. "Old
Boney" was then a bogy at the .n;sii
Con of whom more than merely chil
dien were terrified . and grew" pale,
while many pious persons even be
lieved that he was the "beas,.' mys
teriously - referred to in the book of
Revelation under the name of "fifi'S."
and many ingenious -attempts were
made to show that the letters of his
name could be transmuted into this
number. London Globe.
DIRECTORS ELECTED
BY SOUTHERN PACIFIC
LOUSrVTLLE, Ky., April 4. At a
meeting of the stockholders of the
Southern Pacific railroad at Beech
mont, Ky., the following directors were
elected:
Julius Kruttschnitt, Judge Robert
S. Lovett, W. E. Huntington,- L. J.
Spence, Charles Peabody, William G.
Rockefeller, Frank . Vanderlip, Hen
ry Deforest, Robert Goelet, Marvin
Hughitt, Ogden Mills, Otto Kahn,
Mortimer L. Schiff, and William
Sproule. The only stockholders who
attended the meeting were Judge Alex
and Humphrey and son, and J.. B.
Weaver of Louisville, . and George
Downs and E. Cable of New "York.
Downs and Cable voted proxies rep
resenting a million shares. The
Southern. Pacific is incorporated under
the law3 of Kentucky.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS j
Anna Mary and J. M. Preiss to) J.
George Koehler, 120 acres of section
3, township 4 south, range 1 east; I
$1000. -, I
Christ and Jennie Larsen to Izora ,
A. Tiedeman, lots 1, 2, 3, block 41, !
Oregon Iron & Steel Company's first 1
addition to Oswego; $10.
T. P. Lee and Robert W. Miller, i
blocks 65, 66, 72, 7S, and block 67,
except strip of land, Prun eland; $3,
700. Helen M. Story and E; F. Story to
M. F. Prindle, lot 6 of -block 35, Cent
ral addition to Oregon City; $1.
M. F. Prindle to E. L. Moore, lots
5 and 6, of block 35, Central addition
to Oregon City; $1.
Oregon Iron & Steel Company to
Ethel JU Thompson, lot 4 of block 24,
Oregon Iron & Steel Company's first
addition to Oswego ; $10.
Leonie and A. F. Hall to Francis
M. and Mary A. Baker, lots 1, 2, block
9; lots 3 and 4, and 5 of block 10;
lots 9 and 10 of block 17, Park Addi
tion to Oregon City; $100.
F..P. Stauffer and Minnie G. Stauffer
to Charles Emmett and Anna Pyke,
30, acres of D. L. C. of David Cutting
and xife No 56, township 3 south,
range 3 east; $10.
CAMPAIGN STARTS
The Publicity Committee of tne
Commercial Club has started a big
advertising cainpaiga which it is be
lieved will bring hundreds of persons
to Clackamas County. It-will be con
ducted in connection with the boost
er celebration April 27. The commit
tee also is negotiating with represent
atives of the Portland Railway, Light
& Power Company regarding the
erection of a big electric sign con
taining the words "Oregon City, Pow
er, Payroll, Prosperity." The 3ign
will either be suspended above the
bridge or will be erected on the high
est building in the city. A special
edition of the Oregon City Publicity,
the club's official paper, will be de
voted to Booster Day. It probably
will be printed in red.
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MS SEED CLEANER
The Oregon Commission Company
has purchased a mill ' for cleaning
seeds of all kinds. D. C. Robbing", a
member of the firm, who has been at
Amity for two weeks learning how to
clean seed, will return to the city
today. The machine will be the only
one in Clackamas Couaty, and the
farmers are expected to take advant
age of the opportunity to have their
peas, onions, vetch, oats, etc., clean
ed here. .The company also has es
tablished a rapid system of book
keeping, which is attracting consider
able attention. By the use of the sys
tem a trial balance may be had ev
ery evening with but little extra work.
UNION PLANNED BY
PROTESTANT CHURCHES
Committees . representing the
churches of this city, Gladstone and
Parkplace, including the Baptist'
Presbyterian, Methodist, Congregation
al and Christian denominations, will
meet this evening in the Methodist
church for the purposing of organiz
ing a "City Union." A banquet to
be given at the Baptish church on the
3rd Tuesday- in April will be arranged.
Mr. Baker, of Portland, who is state
president of the Christiaa Endeavor
Society, will be present and assist in
the organization of the Union. Offi
cers will be elected at the banquet
The membership of the Christian En
deavor Society and of the Epworth
League is large, and the Union that
is to be organized will have a large
membership fiom the start.
ABYSSINIAN COVIES
ATTRACT ATTENTION
In the windows of the building of
the Publicity Department of the Com
mercial Club are Abyssinian Covies.
the property of Mrs. J. A. VaaBrakle,
who lives at Eighth and Washington
streets. Mrs. VanBrakle recently ar
rived in this city from Ashland. The
covies are pure white' with red eyes.
J. K. PARDEE ASKED
TO RESIGN OFFICE
At a meeting of the Gladstone Com
mercial Club before the banquet
Thursday evening J. K. Pardee was
asked to resign as treasurer of the
city. Mr. Pardee alleges that h"e is
still treasurer although J. C. Paddock
was elected to the office at the last
election. Paddock however did . not
qualify in time and resigned, but has
since beea reappointed by the city
council. Attention was called to the
fact that the funds of the city were
tied up owing to the controversy over
the office.
Frank Riley, president of the Pacific
Highway Association in Oregon, was
the principal speaker. Mr. Riley told
of what had been accomplished by
tlie association. B. T. McBain, told
of the work the Oregon City Commer
cial Club was accomplishing, and said
the Gladstone Club could do a similar
work. Mayor Cross spoke for about
ten minutes on "The Beauties of Glad
stone and ihe Clackamas River."
About 100 persons were in attendance
and the menu was unusually fine.
; year ago. For that reason brewers
j-re inclined to look with more favor
I upon the bear side, although, their
Judgment, this season must be fully
I as poor as during previous years.
Spot hops are very quiet. Trading
j is limited with only an occasional pur
j chase between dealers. Remaining
j hops i:i the hands of the independent
j growers are being held for a rise, but
grower-dealers are letting go.
HOP GROWERS ASK 26
CENTS ON CONTRACTS
Hop growers are now freely offer
ing contracts on the 1912 crop at 26c
a pouad at Willamette valley points.
A number of contracts were signed
up at this figure during the past 24
hours, although most dealers say that
they have no orders that would ad
mit of payment of more than 25c.
With the lack of outside competition
for contracts, American brewers are
playing their usual game of delay to
influence prices. The same sort of
affairs was shown Jast season and
everyone knows what happened to the
procrastinating buyers.
The present outlook for the hop
crop is for a good production in the
Willamete valley. While some re
ports indicating that quite a number
of missing hills are shown, these are
said to exist principally in those yards
that some time ago outlived their term
of usefulness. . '
While the season is still too young
to make any forecasts of probable hop
producticn, the outlook at this time
is better everywhere than it was a
I
I Prevailing Oregon Olty prices are as
i follows:
DRJED FRUITS (Buying) Prunes
on basis of 6 to 8 cents.
Fruits, Vegetables.
HIDES (Buying) Green hides, 6
to 7c; salters 7 to 8c; dry hides 12c
to 14c; sheep pelts, 25c to 75c each.
Hay, Grain, Feed.
HAY (Buying) Timothy, $12 to
$15; clover, $9 to $10; oat hay, best,
$9 to $10; mixed, $9 to $12; alfalfa,
$15 to $16.50.
OATS (Buying) Gray $31 to $32;
wheat $20; oil meal, selling $35;
Shady Brook dairy feed, selling $1.25
100 pounds.
FEED (Sellng) Shorts, $25;,,bran,
$24; rolling barley, $39; process bar
ley, $40.
FLOUR $4.50 to $5.25.
Butter, Poultry. Eags.
POULTRY (Selling) Hens 12c
to 13c spring, 12c to 13c, and roosters
8c.
Butter (Buylg Ordinary coun
try butter. 20c to 30c: fancy dairy.
1 35c. .
. EGGS Oregon ranch eggs, 18c.
SACK VEGETABLES Carrots,
$1.25 to $1.50 per sack; parsnips,
$1.25 to $1.50; turnips, $1.25 to $1.50:
beets, $1.50.
. POTATOES Best buying $1.45 to
$1.90 according, to quality per hund
red. ONIONS Oregon, $1.25 to $1.50 per
hundred; Australian, $2 per hundred.
Livestock, Meats
BEEF (Live Weight) Steers, 5
and 6c; cows, 4c; bulls 3c.
VEAL Calves 10c to 12c dressed,
according to grade. " - .
MOHAIR 30c to 31c.
MUTTTON Sheep 3c .to 3c. -lambs,
4c aiiil Be.