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12 THE MOKNING- OREGOKIAN, FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1900. HIGH TAILOR We've just opened a charming and superior collection of the correct styles for Spring. Materials and colors, the newest, styles and finishings the best. To See No -woman -with suit needs can resist buying one of these. Only the best tailored garments gain admittance to our stock. These are superbly ilnished, nnd the beauty of it Is the prices are within the reach of all. Homespun Reefer Suit Of light and Oxford gray and Army blue: Jacket fly front and twilled satin IT -JO Cl lined: skirt with stitched I i fill box pleat back at v JSAUil. Same In brown mixed or blue mixed Homespun, finer trade, at 515.00 EACH. Eton Suit Of tan or blue Covert Cloth, twilled satin lined Jacket: skirt with bst nearsllk lining and velvet (TIP ETA binding, box pleat bacK; JjIn.JU very natty, for s""v ' EACH. Reefer Suit With double-breast Jacket, scalloped back, velvet col lar and satin lining; skirt C" 7 CA with stitched box pleat .Jll " PrIce EACH. OLDS & KING RAILROAD TO NEHALEM ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION HAVE BEEN FILED. It "Will Run. From St. Helens to the Town of Plttabursr, Reaching a Rich, Country. Articles of Incorporation of the Colum bia & Nehalem Valley Railroad Company -were filed in the County Clerk's office yes terday. The Incorporators aTe: George T. Ger linger, Vancouver, Wash.; Ernest C. Dalton, and E. E. Coovert, Portland; capital stock, JIOO.OOO. The objects are to build and equip a railroad, telegraph and telephone lines from St. Helens, Or., to the Nehalem, at or near the town of Pitts burg, Columbia County, Or., with branch lines wherever It is found necessary, to be selected by the board of directors. Mr. Gerllnger could not be seen yester day with reference to this enterprise. It is understood by those acquainted with his movements that the Nehalem road will be built primarily for the logging and tim ber business. It taps one of the richest timber districts of the State of Oregon, and reaches the rich agricultural valley of the Nehalem. There Is scarce a doubt that the building of. this line will stimu late the opening of coal mines which are known to exist In the Nehalem Valley. It Is a well-settled fact that good coal la accessible to the proposed railroad line, but it has not yet Been demonstrated that the veins are large, though all indica tions point to this. Incidentally the Toad will take care of local business, which will naturally come to it. Those who are in Mr. Gerlinger's confidence think that he has ample capital to build the line, and that work upon it will begin very early this spring. Shortened the Time. Through passengers on the Union Pacific oys' It's one of the signs of civilization that a man is judged by his clothes. It's the same way with the boy his appearance, if dressed correctly, reflects credit upon the mother; it shows care and good taste. We are making preparations on a large scale to be able to help mothers in their Spring selections for the boy. Our Juvenile Department already shows signs of the approach of Spring readiness. In our gathering this Spring you will find style and economy combined stronger than ever. 2rrj BEN SELLING, Manager GRPlDJB MADE SUIT is to Buy Homespun Suit "With single-breast tight fitting, satin-lined Jacket and single box-pleat back skirt; colors, mixed Ox ford gray, tans, and Army blue, at Same In Oxford gray and castor Venetian Cloth Black Cheviot Suit, with single-breast tight - fitting silk - lined Jacket and double box pleat back skirt; all seams dpuble tailor stitched Same style, but single box pleat back skirt, at Whipcord Reefer Suit Jacket scalloped back, fly front and silk lined: skirt with box pleat back; ex tremely swell at $20.00 $20.00 EACH. $25.00 $21.00 EACH. EACH. OLDS & KING system, between Portland and Chicago, will reach either destination earlier as the result of a change In the schedule an nounced to the local office yesterday. Be tween Chicago and Denver one hour will be lopped off the time of westbound trains, and 45 minutes on those eastbound. The following telegram gives details of the change: "J. H. Lathrop, Portland, Or. Effective March 1, the -following Important change In time will be made. Time of Nos. 4 and 5, between Chicago and Denver will be shortened one hour, westbound, and 45 minutes eastbound. No. 5 will leave Chi cago at 10:10 A. M.; Omaha, at 11:35 P. M.. and arrive at Denver at 1:20 P. M. No. 4 will leave Denver at 4 P. M., arrive at Omaha at 6:50 A. M., and Chicago at 8:30 P. M. No. 1 will leave Chicago- the same as now, Omaha at. 8:20 A. M. No change at Ogden. No. 101 will leave Omaha at 8:50 A. 31., arrive at Ogden at 12:50 P. 3L, and will carry chair car for local business. No. 1 will carry ordinary sleeper and chair car to Portland. No change eastbound." Georgrc Crocker Resigns. SAN FRANCISCO, March 1. The Ex aminer says: George Crocker has resigned as director and second vice-president of the South ern Pacific Company, and as a director and president of the Southern Pacific, of California. 3Ir. OTocker, who is now in New York, arranging to go on a pro longed tour of Europe, has sent a tele gram to this city stating that he had Just resigned from the positions mentioned. This act on his part indicates that all the terms of the contract between the Speyers and Crockers for the purchase of the lat ter's Southerni Pacific stock holdings by the former have been fully compiled with. George Crocker's successor as a Southern Pacific Company Director is to be John TV". 3Iackay. Chan pre in Southern Pacific Directory NEW YORK, 3Iarch 1. At a meeting of directors of the Southern Pacific Railroad today the resignation of .eorge Crocker as director and second vice-president was received and accepted, and H. E. Hunt lngton was elected to the office of second Clothes for Spring 6S Which we are now showing in Spring Styles is one of the most satisfactory grades of Boys' Clothing we have ever presented. In the manufacture of this grade every little detail that goes to make up fit and wearing qualities is gone into. Every pair of pants has double seats and knees not the little patch in the back usually called a double seat, but the seat extends from seam to seam. All seams in "Crescent" clothes are double-sewed and stayed. All buttons are "hold-fast" In fact, there's not a point on a Crescent Suit but what you'll find a wear-resister. Every "Crescent" Suit is Guaranteed If it don't give entire satisfaction, if it don't do just as we say, bring it back and we'll refund your money. Vestee Suits for Boys, 3 to 10 years. Double-Breast Knee Pants Suits for Boys, 8 to 17 years. Three-Piece Knee Pants Suits for Boys, 9 to 16 years. ' Prices commence as low as $3.95 and up to $10. WHEN YOU SEE IT CLOT Popular-Price : 2?mmJfMl&H hirt Waist A specialty with us. Witness the stock and variety. SHIRTWAIST PERCALES Solid colors, in pink, cadet blue, black, tan. cardinal, navy; makes a very effective waist. I5c YARD. RIPPLE CLOTH Shirred strlpe3 in blue and white, pink and whlto, lavender and white 8c YARD. IMPORTED DIMITY "White and tinted grounds. In 250 differ ent designs 25c YARD. POINT De SOIE Solid colored, with stripes and dots, a be vltcbing N combination of silk and cotton ' YARD. Also Pure White Linens, Cheviot Shirt ings, Printed Percales, Fancy Zephyr Ginghams, India LInons. e e e e 0 a 0 e e 000 Fifty dozen 2-claep Windsor Pique Walking Gloves, all shades new embroidery. A good, serviceable glove. $1.00 Pair 0000000001 vice-president. John W. 3Iackay was elected a member of the beard of direct ors, to succeed 3Ir. Crocker, and Charles H. Tweed, counsel for the road, and Will iam E. Dodde. wero also elected directors of the company. Railroad Xoten. Among the newest things In railroad advertising Is a colored transparency, de picting scenes of interest, and fast trains, which the Burlington has introduced. A number of these are on display In the windows of the local office, on Third and Stark streets, and at night, when lights are burning behind them, attract a great deal of attention. At a meeting at Chicago of representa tives of railroads interested in transcon tinental traffic, it was agreed that all transcontinental freight rates shall be un qualifiedly maintained. This regulation has gone into effect. Another regulation agreed upon and which will become ef fective March 20, provides for the discon tinuance of all freight or reduced trans portation heretofore Issued to influence transcontinental freight traffic. The Rio Grande Western Railway an nounces as effective from date through passenger service to Chicago over Its sys tem, and a shortening of the Ogden route time one day. The system has two con nections reaching Portland the O. R. & N. and the Southern Pacific The through service applies to both, with but ono change, at Sacramento, over the latter, and only one change at Ogden, over the former. Through sleepers may bo en gaged in Portland with but one change on Crescent" Clothes IN OUR AD IT'S SO Comer Clothiers Materials CORDED ZEPHYRS A woven fabric of rare beauty: colored stripes and plaids, relnformed 25c Dy prominent cords.... YARD. EMBROIDERED MADRAS White and tinted grounds, with embroid ered stripes and em broidered dots YARD. MERCERIZED FOULARDS Strikingly like the silk Foulards, a beautiful fabric, both in quality and appearance LINEN GINGHAM The old reliable qual ity In a new range of colors and designs: onco used always used 35c YARD. YARD. 100 dozen of our 3-clasp Jeanette Ovenseam Kid Glove; all shades. Xatest style embroidery. The best Gloves ever offered for $1.00 Pair 75 dozen clasp Theodore Suede Over seam Kid Gloves; neat embroidery; all shades; a very swell Glove, for $1.25 Pair either route. Over the O. R. & N. route the Rio Grande Western will land Port land passengers In Chicago In Just threo and one-half days. No shortening Is ac complished over the Southern route by the new service. COMING ATTRACTIONS. "Rip Van "Wlnlcle." "Rip Van Winkle," the famous old comedy Immortalized by Joe Jefferson, which has brought laughter to thousands every season for half a century, will be the bill at the Metropolitan Theater next week, opening Sunday night. Charles W. King, the leading man in the company, will of course x take the role of Rip. a part in which he Is said to excel. Gretchen, Rip's wife, wil be impersonated by Miss Laura Adams, and the interesting part of Minnie, Rip's daughter, will "be filled by little Ollle Cooper in the first act, and by Miss Georgie Cooper hi the last two acts. The atoryt which is familiar to all. Is one that never grows tiresome in repe tition, and Rip's Indolence and dissipation, his Interview with the gnomes on the mountain, his long sleep, and his return, are Incidents that Washington Irvlng's genius has added to American literature. 9 PIAXOS TO REKT. Several for $3 50; two at $4; and new ones at $5 monthly. EIL.ERS PIANO HOUSE, 107 First street. Pianos Organs. Wiley B. Allen Co. Third and Oak Streets 562d Friday Surprise Sale Today Only LADIES' FLANNELETTE WRAPPERS Jftb 89c Each Our alert cloak-buyer, now In New York, found a manufacturer in need of cash, and with a stock of 630 Flannelette Wrap pers as his most readily available assets. He got the cash, we got the wrappers at about half their regular value, and our customers who take advantage of today's sale will get the benefit. A big assort ment of styles, colors and patterns. See Display In Fifth-St. Window MEIER WAITING FOR AUTHORITIES "Process" Butter Case "Will Xot Be Decided Till Next Week. The "process" butter caso was continued in Justice Kraemer's Court yesterday af ternoon, so lar as evldenca and argu ments are concerned; but counsel on both sides desire to submit further authorities for Justice Kraemer's guidance. The case will probably not be decided within the next 10 days. The only evidence introduced by the defense was that of Mr. Fisk and Miss Hampton, assayers of this City, who had analyzed the butter with a view to ascer taining the amount of water it contained. Their evidence did not bear on the ques tion of the butter having been heated to a boiling point in the process of mixing, as contended by the State. Mr. Hagerty, local agent of Armour & Co., took the stand to disavow all knowledge of the butter sold. He said he was paid a sal ary by the Eastern house, and had no jurisdiction over the other hands em ployed about the place. One of the points Justice Kraemer, therefore, will have to decide is whether Haggerty should be the party prosecuted. Counsel for the defense has about a dozen different technical points to base its opposition on, the principal one being inut me OJHipiiiiiu cuiiryes iwu crimes that of selling adulterated food and of 2 keeping process butter exposed for sale. Professor Shaw was subjected to a rigid and prolonged cross-examination yester day as to his method of discovering that the butter Is question was "process" but ter. The fact of Its having been boiled in Its manipulation seems to have been the principal evidence, and so counsel Insisted on finding out how Shaw knew it had been boiled. The professor said the globules in the butter showed evidence of that, under microscopical test. He said it is customary to heat the cream during the progress of churning, but not to melt the fats contained in it. Process butter is, therefore, butter that has been purified and reworked, mixing several dif ferent lots together at the same time. Professor Shaw had sent a sample of the butter in question to the Government cnomlst of the United States Department of Agriculture, and the following note was sent the professor in reply. It was not admitted in evidence: "We have examined the sample of butter sent on the 2-fth Inst, and find by testa that it is undoubtedly process butter. I should have no hesitancy In saying that the sample had been 'processed'; that Is, melted, purified, washed and molded." c REPUBLICANS WILL MEET. Sixth. Ward Clnl Preparing For an EnthuHlnstic Time. The Sixth Ward Republican Club ex pects to hold one of the most enthus iastic meetings tonight that has occurred since the -beginning of -the campaign. They are better prepared to entertain their friends than they have been in the past on acount of enlarging the seating capac ity of their hall in the Terwilliger build ing at First and Sheridan streets. The- fol lowing programme "has been arranged: Song, "My Old Kentucky Home," Ore gon Quartet; Duet. "Answer," Ed. Drake and W. F. Elliott; speech, J. M. Dong; solo, "Asleep in the Deep," Judge F. D. Hennessy; "Experiences in the Philippines," CapL Chas. E. McDonell; solo, "Rauss Mlt Ihm," N. H. Alexander; speech, S. C Spencer; selection. Oregon Quartet; anecdotes. Bill Nye the II, otherwise Seneca Curtlus Beach. County Treasurer Ralph W. Hoyt, will preside at the piano, which Insures good music. Dr. O. P. S. Plummer Is president of tho club and he will be pleased to have all his old-time Republican friends attend. All the members are enthusiastic Re publicans and most of them have vis ited nearly all of the club meetings in the city and will expect a return visit from those clubs this evening. Besides singing his baritone solo, "Asleep In. tho Deep." Judge Hennessy will for the first time, introduce his compan ion song to "Put Me Off at Buffalo," en titled, "Why McGonlgle Winked His Eye." ACTIVITY AT ROAD CLUB. More Attention Will B Paid Tills Season to Outdoor Athletics. Work was begun on the new gymnasium of the Oregon Road Club yesterday after noon. It will be situated in the same building as the bowling alleys. The four alleys in the western half of the building, which were formerly used by the women, have been sold to a new bowling club at Joseph, Or., for several hundred dollars. This money, together with some appropri ated from the club treasury, is what is being expended on the new gymnasium. Kotmng elaborate Is planned for the pres ent; but just enough of a start will be made to show that the club means busi ness. Whether the more costly appar atus for physical exercise will be Installed depends upon the Interest the members take in the new department. The club, up till now, has been only a social one, but the board o directors, at Its last meeting, decided to take up ath letics; and accordingly made application for membership to the Amateur Athletic Union, and also to the Pacific Northwest Association, which two bodies control amateur sports in the Northwest- Jack O'Day, a young man, who has had much experience In the pugllstlc line, has been engaged as boxing instructor, and Is al- "-T .Tiril Fs'f M mm wmM NEW GOODS This week's arrivals Ladies' Tailor Suits Ladies' Spring Jackets Ladies' Street Hats Wash Silk Waists and very attractive lines of Alpaca, Luster and Silk Petticoats Testenlar we received a handsome lino of Separate Assorted Serge3 and Homespuns, with box pleat backs and the New Pleated Flare $4.00 to SI 2.50 each Basement Specials Pressed Glass Butter Dish, o with cover, very pretty pat- 1-jC tern ww No. 8 Nickel-plated Copper f AC Tea Kettle $UJO Four-quart Scotch Granito CCa Coffee Pot DjZ Foot Notes Men's Winter Shoes, tan, leather lined, Goodyear & ? welt; regular price, 54; per j) Jj Men's "Vlci Kid Shoes, tan or J o CT black. Goodyear welt; reg- .n Z S i ular price. $3.50 P'V1-' Indies' Scroll Top Shoes, tf s very latest, black or tan; . lVJ regular price, $3 mjy Si FRHNK CO. f TT" H HAVE YOUR SUIT MADE NOW AND AVOID THE RUSH.... TODAY we have placed on sale a large number of our Spring Suitings. They are the Celebrated Oregon Weaves, made from fine soft wool and are designed es pecially for men who combine WEAR, STYLISH PAT TERNS AND MODERATE PRICES. We can please you If you will give us the chance. J. L. BOWMAN, Manager NEW STYLE E WE ARE SHOWING THE MOST STYLISH ASSORTMENT Cloaks and Suits Ever exhibited In the West. For the latest Paris creatlonssee Our handsome stock DON'T FAIL TO SEE OUR WINDOW DISPLAY THE SILVERFIELD FUR MANUFACTURING CO. LEADING FURRIERS OF TUB WEST. 283-285 Morrison Street, Portland, Oregon HIGHEST PRICES PAID FOR RAW FURS Willamette Iron k Steel Works JAMES LOTAN, Manager. PORTLAND, OREGON IRONFOUNDERS, MACHINISTS, BOILERMAKERS AND STEAMBOAT BUILDERS Designers and builders of Marine Engines and Boilers, Mining and Dredging Machinery and General Mill and Iron Work, Fire Hydrants, Pullevs, Shafting, etc. Correspondence solicited. oe)eeeoo'eo99B0eoee0'00008e'eGc ready at work with his class. A baseball team -will be put in the fleld this summer, and the club has all but completed ar rangements -with a member of one of the crack college teams of the East to take charge of the track athletics. Wires are already being laid for getting together a football team for next fall that will strive hard for tho Northwest championship. Tho club is rapidly getting back to the condition of former years. Since Febru ary 9 the board has acted on 1J1 names for membership, and the bulletin-board Is again full of applications. Wednesday evening -was "ladies' night." and the club looked like old times. The alleys, billiard room and library "were crowded until nearly midnight. ion Peter Gleleler Still Missing. No tract of Peter Giebeler, who dis appeared from his home in Alblna last Friday, has been found, although diligent search has been made. The day he went away, he left a note for his brother, Will lam Giebeler, In which he asked him to pay his three months' board bill and also a drug account. This letter was dated at Portland, Friday, February 22, at noon, and he seems to have gone away at night. Yesterday, William Giebeler, the missing man-'s brother, received, a letter from Sub limity, his home, but his relatives there S Spring Suits Just received Handsome Gray Tweeds and Cheviots And very stylish Dark (VlixedCassimeres $12.500 $22.50 a suit The Banta Si at New Spring block, now in. Sold for $4.00 and equal to any $5.00 Hat in the mar ket. Boys' Blouse Waists We have Just placed in stock a very fine assortment of Boys' Waists and ask espe cial attention to our Handsome Novelties In white Pique, Cashmere, embroidered Lawn and Combination Waists, at 50c to $4.50 each And our new Percale Waists; sizes, 2fc to 8 years, 50c to $1.25 each Full New Lines of Boys' Suits and Overcoats Sizes. 3 to 19 years, all the most approved styles and excellent values, in our Boys Clothing Department. We are showing over CO styles of GENDRON Baby Carriages and Go-Carts They are the best made. 85 THIRD STREET OF Itttt98tt9 0 O o had heard nothing from the missing man. The brother living at Sublimity will come to Portland at once and aid in the search. It was thought that Giebeler might have made his way back to his home at Sub limity, but this letter dispels this hope, and leaves his fate still In the dark. The , fact of his being crippled from his broken I leg makes it improbable that he has gone I very far, and gives ground for apprehen sion concerning him. to Wheat Production. RICKREALU Or.. Feb, 2S. (To the Edi tor.) In The Weekly Oregonian of Febru ary 9 I see this statement from Mr. C. E. McClellan, of Umatilla County, that on a basis of UO bushels per acre he estimates the cost of wheat production at $S 50 per acre, or 28 1-3 cents per bushel, and says If the farmer be a renter, after paying rent, 20 bushels to the acre remains, and he thinks 40 cents offers fair wages for wheatralsmg. Now, if it costs the renter 58 50 to raise the acre of grain, and ho gets 20 bushels, the renter's wheat would cost him 42& cents per bushel; at least I cannot make It any other way. That !s about the way the profit of wheatralsing has tieen for much of the time for several years selling wheat for 40 cents and lesa that cost more than that to raise. I L. MARTIN. ? k