THE STEW AGE, PORTLAND, OREGON.
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The New Age
A. D. ORIFFIN, Manager.
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Portland. Oregon.
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UNIONISM A MENACE TO OUR AD
VANCEMENT. From nil parts of tho country como
startling complaints anil cries fore
liodlng a now1 era of contention, op
picsslon against tho Negro, and n
jobbI1)Io futuro of uncertainty and
hardships of entirely new nnd danger
ous chnrncters. In the North, tho
gradual and rapid drawing In of tho
discriminating nnd oppressive llnoB
of unionism further threatens the In
dustrial advancement of the Negro,
and upon all sides and In nil corners
it lookB ns though ho will soon find
himself hnrd pressed even for stand
ing room. Tho steady growth of
mentality and n new and unusual com
petition of menials must apparently
noon bring the Negro face to faco with
Imperative conditions that must drive
lilm to Bomo form of resistance
Without doubt there Is somo good
cause for uneasiness over theso men
nclng signs, ns thcro also miiBt bo
rauso for tho conccntrnted and multi
plied purposes of tho 'nntnpOnlstlc
Caucasian. Tho propngto disre
gard of tho Negro for tho opportun
ities that hnvo boon offered lilni In
tho past, and his wanton sacrifice of
beneficial conditions which tho whlto
roan would hnvo Improved nnd which
bo yet dcslroB to Improve, nro In some
degrco responsible for present tendon-
ties to sacrifice, tho Negro upon tho
bitter nltnrn of prejudice.
Tho tlmo Ib fast running away when
consideration for tho meekness nnd
pnst hardships of tho Negro rnco will
restrain the greed of the Caucasian
or deter him from driving out of his
path all Industrial obstructions or an
noyances. Tho tlmo is approaching
when the Negro will hnvo to fight
with his wits nnd nil tho strength nnd
genius with which nature nnd tho lawn
liavo endowed him to maintain oven
the narrowed opportunities which he
nt present enjoys. Tho success of
the few will not long blind tho race
to tho growing mennco ngalnst tho
many, for tho clouds that aro lowering
indlcnto tho beginning of n struggle
'whose result menu a tho universal beg
goring of tho rnco or n llnal demou
nt ration that our race Is now strong
'nough to hold Its own. With theso
conditions known whnt Is our duty to
ourselves? 8urely the Negro hns got
to begin to lay up provtHlon nnd pro
pare for tho struggle. Moro than ov
t it Ib becoming necessary thnt ho
jdinll throw olt tho Indolence, careless
ncsa and prnflgnucy that hnvo beset
Mm and dovoto himself seriously to
tho tnBk of acquiring thnt competence
which Is absolutely necessary for the
Btrugglo before him. Ho must elthor
nrriulro wealth In money, land or other
l.roporty, or go down, down beforo the
onslaught of thoso who nro deter
mined to have better things for them
nelves. Political liberty Is not nil the
Cuucaslnn will tako from us If ho can,
liut tho opportunity for Industrial
gtowth and material strength,
Kvurywhcro wo must Improvo every
opportunity we hnvo to acquire woalth.
Out of their savings Individuals must
venture to buy homes, ombnrk In
business and commercial enterprises,
nook liberal and snfo Investments,
1'tit out small buiuh nt Interest nnd in
every way becomo Identified nnd
united with tho great heart of Indus
trlnllHtn, To do this, wo hnvo got to
nucrlflco tho thousands of lloettng
pleasures upon which wo nro now
spending earnings. Wo bellovo thnt
our rnco is equal to all these demands
nnd thnt tho great liberties and prlvl
Ifges which wo hnvo already ncqulrod,
may, of our desperato effort nnd
CJod'H help, bo mado tho stepping stone
to our completo jnd lndestructable
mancipation.
There nro 15 cities containing moro
than 20,000 Negroes with a total popu
lation of 700,000, Fivo of theso cities
niceed BO.OOO, namely: Washington,
with 8C.702; IlnHlmore, with 70,259;
Now Orleans, with 77.7 Hi Phlladel
phla, with (12.G13, and Now York, with
C0.CCC. The Increase In thoso IS cit
ies In the last deende has been 20 per
rent. Several cities have shown sur
prising rapidity of growth. Tho Ne
gro population Increased G5 per cent.
In Philadelphia, 111 per cent in Chi
cugo, 74 por cent u Memphis nnd ti$
per cent In New York, it Is not known
uiys tho Forum, how long theso rates
of growth can continue before theso
cities will have taken on as much of
the dark element as tho social medium
;au hold In solution without cnublug
black precipitation. Tho most
mnrked feature of the urban Negro
liopulatlon 1b the predominance of the
female element. While the Negro man
has no fixed place in the industrial
order of the largo cities, there Is an nl
most unlimited demand for competent
colored female servants in the do
mestic industries. There are on the
average 120- Negro femaleis to every
100 Negro males In the largo centers.
Washington has an excess of 10,000
and Baltimore of 9,000 Negro females.
Bpcn.llnit a Million.
'F I had a million dollars.
All in a chunk, you know,
I'd itlck right to tbe fullers
A thousand plunks it sol
An' then give paw n thousand
Bo's he won't have to work,
An' buy n candy store, an' let
You kids go In nu' clerkl
F I had n million dollars.
You fellers wouldn't sec
Me chaslu' with tbe rich bugs
Hr In Hocle-tcel
That's where n feller's foolish,
An' 'taln't no way to be
I'd give you kfds this inlntito
That's alius stuck to met
F I bad a million dollars.
We'd start right where wo art
An take a trip to Yurrup,
All In a private car.
An' ride past "8lssy" Jones',
An wouldn't he be sore!
Hey, Jimmy, that ain't hls'n!
You promised mo the core!
Indianapolis Sun.
CHINESE CONTROL MANILA.
Labor Market of 'ar-Awiir City In the
Celestial' Hand.
The Chinese carpenters lu the Islands
have decided to strike for $2 a day and
the guild has nlready taken steps to put
this new order Into effect. They nro
pose boycotting every contractor nnd
lumberman who will not recognize the
guild.
At the present time the Chinese con
trol tho labor of the Islands. Up until
recently they did not realize It, but the
futile elTortH of the government to so
':tire labor for the Dngunn and Htigulo
wagon roitd have proved to them that
they must be relied upon to do the
work lu the Islands.
This Impression hns spread Itself
through every guild nnd has been the
subject of discussion lu Chinese labor
sections for some time, with the result
that they are going to inuku hay while
the huii shines.
The stoical Chinaman with his kit of
tools strapped on his shoulder has thou
sands of all clauses of Clilticf-e laborers
at his back, from the coal heavers to
his own grade. Should n contractor re
fuse to pay him bis ?2 n day he will
notify the guild of laborers who work
la tbo lumber yards. They will notify
the mill hands nnd those who work lu
the woods. The lumber dealer dare not
sell lumber to the contractor or his
men will quit. If he bucks tlio guild
ho caurot purchase the logs from the
lumbermen or tho latter will suffer
from u walkout
There will bo no manifestation, no
brick throwing, no destruction of prop
erty. John Chinaman will take a holi
day, smoke his pipe and gamble until
the "white devils" come to their senses
after endeavoring to get along with mi
tlve labor.
The guilds are hardly ever very tin
reasonable. The dollar's worth of Chi
nese labor nt the present rates will ac
complish more than $4 worth of nntlve
labor, nnd the work Is performed In
every wuy much more satisfactorily.
Manila American.
Sourfpln Collectors.
Collectors of scarf plns-or tic pins,
to Lu more correct aro one of the fads
of Now York men. The recent robbery
of Pnul Gilbert Thcbaud by his vaiet
revealed that Mr. Thcbaud was one
who cultivated this hubby.
Ouo of the largest collections of tho
kind wns left some years ago by "Jim
mlu" Wood, an eccentric bachelor, well
known In New York boclety, who lived
at tho old New York hotel. Mr. Wood
loft nearly 500 plus, which were dis
tributed to various friends. He was n
bachelor and u native of llaltliuore. His
hair aud whiskers were tlery red, nnd
for a long time he dyed them, making
them almost supernatural aud Mephis
tophelean lu their effect. Suddenly he
gave up tbe deceptlou, niul afterward
appeared with snow-white hair uud
sldo appendages. He was ulways lu
love with the last society beauty, but
be would never propose, aud be took
deepest umbrage if any of them mar
ried. To one daughter of u socially
prominent family, a famous beauty
still, he had left a large stun lu bis will.
On her marriage, however, he managed
to change the amount of zeros aud the
punctuation points so that her dowry
from bliu fell from thousands to hun
dreds uot being Inclined to further ex
press his dissatisfaction lu a legal codi
cil. William Cutting nnd Center Hitch
cock have collections of tie plus almost
ns extensive as Is thnt of Mr. Thcbaud
Many of these weie given them at wed
dings nt which they were ushers.
New York Times,
IMautN as Water Crrlcr.
A giant redwood, the monarch of the
California forests, stands with Its stem
tip 350 feet above the soil. From tho
surface of tho millions of tender, dell
cate leaves near the top of tho tree
there nre exhaled many gallons, per
haps barrels, of water dally, Tho force
required to make good this loss Is, of
course, equal to that needed to raise
tho water through tho 1UK) feet or more
of vertical space. It Is no wonder that
tbo thoughtful person will pauvo as he
contemplates this exhibition of force,
it makes no noise; work Is being doue,
)ut It la uot easy to seo how.
REACHING TO PEKIN.
The New Mongolian Branch of the
Trans-Siberian Hnllrond.
The report that the Russians aro se
cretly building n railway from a point
on the tnins-Mnuchoorlnn line close to
the Husso-Chincse frontier, to Knlgau
on tbe Great Wall, nbout 125 miles
from I'ekln, has caused something like
a flutter In England. The discovery
Is said to have been made by a trav
eler who was making his way through
the country In disguise, nnd communi
cated the Intelligence to itn English
newspaper. While at Knllar, a town
situated on the river of the same name,
about slxty-tivo miles from Its Junction
with the Argun, one of the principal
tributaries of the Amur, he saw n con
struction train with laborers. nnd rail
way material moving away to the
south on a newly constructed and
roughly laid track. lie nt once came
to the conclusion that what he saw
had to do with a new and hi then to un
heard of line of railway, and appears
to have obtained Information continu
ing his conclusions. Should this news
prove to be correct, the fact that tho
Kusslnn government has seriously un
dertaken this work Is of great political
and military slgulllcance.
It was known at the time of the out
break In China, In 1800, that the Ilus
slans had exploring parties out exam
ining the country between Klnkhta, on
the frontier Hue Just south of Lake
Bnlkul, aud Kalgan, along" the regular
tea caravan track. Later It was un
derstood that the route traced out was
not entirely satisfactory, nnd that a
more easterly one was to bo sought on
tho western side of the Khlugnn chain
of mountains, that divides Mongolia
from Manchoorln. Evidently such a
route hns been found, and the political
situation lb the far East, together with
the military exigencies nrlslng out ot
It, has led the Itusslnn government to
hasten the construction of the railway
which Is to bring I'ekln In direct con
nectlon with thc'Slbcrinu lino through
Kalgan.
Tho building of this railway makes
Knllar, where It starts from the main
Mauchoorlan Hue, a point of great
strategic Importance, nnd we shall
probably learn In time that It has be
come one of Uusslu's principal military
centers In Eastern Asia. From It
troops can be sent nt short notice south
or southeast, or called for, and both
It and the railway to Kalgan might
be considered beyond danger of attack,
they being covered all along the east
sldo by the Khlugnn mountains, the
passes over which will probably be
held by tbo Russians. The distance
from Knllar to Kalgan Is nbout 0"i0
miles, at least 300 miles Bhorter than
tbe orlglunlly projected route from the
Siberian Hue cuht of Lako Ualkal,
through Klakhta and Urgn.
There Is not likely to be any friction
between Itussln aud England out ol
this action on the part of Itussln. En
gland having divested herself of any
right to protest by the Anglo-Russian
convention of 18!K) respecting all that
part of China north of the great wall.
Any trouble connected with It. If any,
would be with Japan. An effort will
be made to have the rails laid the
whole distance by the end of the com
ing autumn. Now York Sun.
SHE FOUND THE SPOOL.
A Tale I'olntlntr Out the Duncr of
Too Much Haste.
One Wnshlngton household was
inrowu into n state ot courusion one
morning last week. Mrs. Itlank was
seated at the sewing niaehliie busily
engaged lu her work, but she found
time to frequently shower her pet dog
limlser with endearing terms. Hav
ing Just emptied a spool, she threw It
to tho dog at her feet. Ilrulser grasp
ed nnd, ns his mistress thought, gulped
down the spool.
With n shriek, Mrs. Mnnk summon
ed tho member of her hout-ehold. They
found her seated In the middle of the
floor with the dog In her lap frautlc
ally, but faithfully, trying to extract
tho spool which she, told them she
could plainly feel In the dog's throat.
"What aro you all standing there
for?" she cried. "Can't you do some
thing? Won't you do something? See
the poor thing Is choking to death!
I,ook nt his eyes! Help! help!"
Naturally everybody wanted to help.
The neighbors by this time nnd ex
pressed their willingness to assist, but
when It came to the thing of actually
passlug her idol over to others Mrs.
Illank refused. She would not Intrust
her dog's life Into other bauds than
her own, so she continued the attack
with a vigor which Bruiser endured
with phenomenal vitality.
Finally the little dog fell over from
sheer exhnustlon, which called forth
more shrieks. For the first time Mrs
Klnnk's eyes left the ,dog' throat
Looking around tbe room In despera
tion she tnw the empty spool, which
had rolled Into n comer Instead of
Bruiser's throat. Her stare, her gasp,
her whole attitude. In fact, told the
tale, and Immediately the group em
ployed inriuiB by which the dog wns
resuscitated. Had Mrs. Blank con
tinued her hunt for the spool In Bruis
er's throat much longer the dog would
have been minus his larynx, Washing
ton Tost.
Too CSrailnir.
"I like to see people economical," re
marked Fllmslcus, "but wheu a man
cuts his stogies lu two lu the middle
nnd gets ten smokes for tlve ceuts, at
Tyte PhUt does, I think, by George,
he's a little too penurious to live:"
We aro never so forcibly convinced
that the farmer should not suffer for
lack of farm hands. If the laws can aid
him, as when we see a town fellow
loatlug lu a hummock with a girl on a
week day.
Reciprocity It a good words If you
I want friends, reciprocate.
GOWNS AND GOWNING
WOMEN GIVE MUCH ATTENTION
TO WHAT THEY WEAR.
Brief Glances at Fancies Feminine,
Krlrolous, Mayhap, and Yet Offered
In tlie Hope that the Headline 1'rove
Restful to Wearied Wotiinuklud.
New York correspondence:
m
HE fabrics of fall
are not in evidence
as yet. but a few
of midsummer's ac
ceptances of new
dress materials
ghe hint of au
tumn styles. So It
Is worth mention
that the later nov
elty driss bHIITk In
clude shot ctnmlnc
aud grenadines,
and that pineapple
grenadine, though
not quite so new n
the others, seems
likely to hold Well
to Its present fa
vor. .Tut now the
last Is much used
In and In separate
skirts for shirt
waist wear. It has n crisp, firm appear
ance, and comes In solid colors nnd
stripe. It has nn especlnlly pretty sil
ver gray. Shirt-waist suits are also
TRIMMING THAT COSTS IF IT
made of It, but the waists are a bit too
warm for summer wear. They may be
used during the early fall months, when
they surely will be stllsh. As to silks,
autumn favor is promised for black and
white and blue and white combinations,
this for both gowns and separute waists.
Crepe de chine In these color schemes
will hold to the stylishness it has had all
summer, and there Is promise, too, of a
continuance, for evening, of white. The
last Is Just now the stylish silk for dress
ups, and is made most ela!oratcly. In
the Initial and the middle figure of the
second picture the artist shows, lu front
and rear view, a dress of this silk. Tucks,
JBt
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Hard rvgBlsaX'L4 JnitS l?
UP-TO-DATE COLOR MATING S.
brussels lace.appllqued pink chiffon roses
and black velvet were Its trlmmlugs.
Poktiliou backs ou waists are not de
creasing lu numbers, atuKthe later mod
els are more fanciful than ever. Lace
aud embroidery seem to be favored Just
at prefceut, aud inconsequential little
tnh are numerou. Crepe de chine
gowus lu white, embroidered In red down
either side of a tucked tqbller. front are
very fine. This tabller Idea Is much lu
evidence, amoug new gowns.
Hint la given that fall standards In
trimmings will not permit the extrava
gantly tree embellishment that has pre
vailed this summer. Indeed, dresses for
August, while not verging on the revere,
are not i lavishly trimmed. This applies
knlely to the matter of quautity. for in
quality your fashionable woman still is
a stickler for the best at any price. So
lace, embroideries, passemeuteries or
other new trlmmlugs spell outlay. Linen
color and white arc abondaut atuunx
materials, and grass lln-n entirely em
broidered with electric blue silk soutache
Is an odd new treatment. A stylish em
bellishment of white linen raoy be seen
at the right In the second picture. The
luset portion were outlined with white
chiffon quilling, the bunds were ecru l.tce
and the belt was rose pink velvet. Aside
from the apparent desire of stylish dress
ers o use costly trimmings, there Is an
other reason for making great outlay,
and that Is that there are many new me
diums. These are quite up to the rule
that hns new notions come high. An Il
lustration of thlH came In the gown at
the left In this picture. .Here the trim
ming was narrow white silk fringe, and
the dres-sgoods grny etninlne. Fringes
are not seen often, nnd It would be n
brash prophet who would promise their
return to genernl favor, yet the few seen
nr" on fine materials and adroitly em
ployed, so have nn air of authority.
Those tricks of trimming so stylish ns
to mark their gowns or garments ns quite
up to date, and consequently to be of
great use to economizers, are mnny.
Mack luce Is used now more freely thnn
formerly. Indeed, It seems to be taking
lu some decree the place of whlto and
ecru tints, which have been fashionable
so long. It looks especially pretty on
white, bntlste tints and delicate colors,
especially m pastel shades. Skirts with
double or triple flounces often nre finish
ed at the edge with black serpentine lace.
Mack trimmed with ecru Ince Is a strik
ing combination, nnd Is very freely used
In recent models. Shirring Is being re
vlred, to Judge from the number of new
gowns In which It appears. Very narrow
Ince Insertions and headings nre used In
nil manner of ways. Linen passeme.-tteriu
DOES NOT HIDE THE GOODS.
in soft ecru shades Is very pretty on
linen lawn dresses.
With so much of newness, all of It
away above par, It Is stunll wonder that
surprising color schemes are many. But
they surprise, for the most part, bocauso
of their beauty, so should be welcomed.
The third picture presents a trio of some
what .unusual but pretty mntlnps. At
the left see, In the skirt, black peau do
sole trimmed with apple green velvet rib
bon and ecru lace medallions', In the
bodice, black net over white silk, with
front of tucked white chiffon. The sec
ond of these gowns was sketched In
knife-pleated white chiffon over delicate
. luvender silk. On the skirt were rows
ot black chiffon quilling, and the bodice
had draped revers of white" taffeta striped
with tiny black braid. The last of these
dresses was Hsht-blue pique trimmed
with narrow black and white silk braid.
The double sailor collar was white linen,
lu each of these was something that the
possessor could feel was not common, and
In uone was there novelty so marked as
to give offense to quiet taste. That U
one way of saying that they were styles
worth copying.
Fashion Notes.
Changeable etamines are among the
novelties.
Novelties among parasols are those
with leather covered handles.
Ruttous, both large and small, play an
important part In the accessorie of the
toilej. There are some beautiful exam
ples both in old aud modern paste, "silver,
gold and qualut enamels.
CltAIUEfl A. LUOAB, Attorney fcnfl Crmn.
lelor-ftt'lJiw. Room .129 Chamber of Com
merce. I'rsctlce In all Federal and Ststo
Cqurts. l'ortlnnd, Oregon.
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J, Ilocdcr, Wi Marquart
HEVENTH A CUBAN KXCHANOK.
Choice Wines, Liquors and Cigars. Mtworxl
Deer, l'hono C'lar 68'J. 115N. 7th Bt.. Portland
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UK OAK CAFE.
P. W. pick, I-rop.
Choice Line of Wines, Liquors and Cigars.
Oregon inonc iioou o.n.
for, fourth and Oak Bt. Portland! Or.
For a &ood social tlmo cnll and sco
JOHN WOIDA.
Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars.
Telephone Clay 6.1. 460 OlUan St., Portland. Or
mllE
HE WESTEItN LUM1IKK COMPANY
Ofllcoi Seventeenth and Front Streets. "V
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Portland, Oregon,
I1IIE KXCHANOK.
QcorgoSebeckl.
FINE WINK", LIQUOHS AND C10AK3:
WKlMIAItD'a llKEH. '
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101 Third Bifect North.
pALL AT S3! FIUST HT. '
For Fresh llrcad, Cakes and Pies Dally.- -
A Krcjli Line of Groceries, Teas, Coffees, Etc,
MRS. K. K. BUCHANAN, Proprietress.
LI1INA FKKRY EXCHANGE
John Krersnn, Proprlstor.
Dealer In
Choice Wines, Liquors and Cigars.
It Albltin nt entic, comer River street.
Atblns, Oregon. .
nltlFFIN HARDWARE CO.
Wbolctnlo and Retail Hardware. .7
6TOVE8 AND TINWARE. ,
Willamette Street, KUOKNK, OREGON
JOE 1IYNES SALOON. i
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Northeast corner ot Gllian
and Heventh Bti.
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A i'holi c Collection of Inci and Liquors.' '
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Imported and Dominic Cigars.
RUNGTON CREAMERY.
L If. C. KINO, Prop. '
Commluton Merchant,
liultvr, Lggs, ChcoiC, Etc.
247 Burnilde St.
PORTLAND, Or.
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V. JONES.
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CIGARB, TOIIACCOB, CANDIES,
- ritUlTB.'NUTB, ETC. '
133 Blxth Ftreet,
JJctween Ullss.ii and Iloyt. Portland, Oregon
TJENRY FLKCKEN6TKIN & CO.
WHOLESALE WINKS AND LIQUORS.
Importers and Jobbers,
2U3-208 Second St.,
Doth Telephones Main 115. Portland,-Or.
TOSEPH DORDK.
Fine Wines and Liquors.
TEFFERSON GARDENS.
Finest Picnic Grounds In the City.
mllE JIAVARIA 8ALOO.T
A. II. I1URGKR, rrop.
Imported and Domeitlo Wines, Liquors
and Cigars. Weinhard's lieer.
rtiono Oregon Mask 1945
P. E. Corner Second and Oak Street",
PORTLAND, OREQON.
rvAY A HENDERSON
All Kinds of
-FURNITURE-...-
Tracttcal Kmbalmcrs and Undertakers.
Orders by telegraph filled promptly.
I'll ouu lllsck 47, Cor. W llUmvlte and 7th Sts.
EUGENE CITY. OREGON".
pROFESSOR RICH. MAX MAYER.
Per Jilt and LtndseijM Artist.
Teacher in Drawing and Painting.
Studio and Art Gallerv, 318 Alder St.
Thursday.
Telephone Red S&S7, Portland, Oregon
ADOLF PLTTERSON, OLOF SWEKON,
Proprietor. Uaikeeper.
THE STOCKHOLM.
Where can be found'Snest of Liquors, Wines
and Cigars.
Oregon Phone Clay SS7.
Corner Sixth and Flankers. Fortland, Or
mllE POPULAR.
JOHN ECKLUND, Proprietor, .
Telephones; Oregon Red 931; Columbia K8.
12J First Street. Portland. Oregon.
TllCHMOND LAUNDRY CO.
COR. UNION AVENUE AND WEIDLER 6T.
PORTLAND, OREGON.
Columbia ttH,
Oregon, Beott 1211
CHICAGO PACKING HOUSE MARKET.
- JOE NXSH, JTcprietor.
Wholessle dealer In Fresh Meats. Cured
Heats, 1-uuUry, Fish and Game, leas, CoBees,
Mce, Orecou Honey. Ergs, flutter. Cheese,
Celery, Fruits, Etc. Telephone Oak BL
Hi N. Sixth St., near Couch
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