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12 THE MOBNIKa OREGOSflAN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1900. OLDS & KING OUR STORE IS CLOSED TODAY But 'twill pay you to study tho following list for tomorrow's buyinr. Sale Fine Undermusiihs "Wo offer an exquisite sample line of HIGH-GRADE, EXCLUSIVE LINGERIE at about one-third less than regular prices. Every piece accurately and amply proportioned, dainty in style and finished to a nicety. Materials, the finest cam brics and nainsooks, with choice embroidery or lace trimmings. LADIES' DRAWERS Worth $2.25 at $1.73 pair Worth $2.50 at $14)4 pair CORSET COVERS $1.75 grade at $LS2 each $2.00 grade at $L5t each FINER AND MORE ELABORATE As no underwear of equal fineness special importance. Special Sale of Baby Carriages 12 styles of the latest Improved fa mous Whitney make, at temptingly low prices this week. $9.50 Carriages at, $7.75 each $12.00 Carriages at $9.60 each $6.75 Go-Carts at $5.50 each $8.00 Go-Carts at $6.25 each "Values to $24.00 equally reduced. Fancy Hose Special Ladles' full finished lisle or cotton Hose; fancy cross stripes, plaids or with polka dot boot tops; worth 40c and 50c, at.... 28c pr Sale Leather Belts at 25c each Regular values to 50c. Black and col ors In Morocco, seal grain, braided and patent leather. Also.' plain calf and white kid. Steel nail head trimmed1 or plain; some with purses attached. Styl ish, durable and cheap at 25c each. LEASEDNORTH BEACH Shrewd Act to Extort Money by a Seattle Syndicate. PORTLAND 5AVESS0UTH OFTINKER'S Washington Legislature "Will Be Asked to Declare Xorth Bench a Public Hisrhvray. Pftrsorwi -Trtw have fnrtovwl 5ia brra and "baths of Long Beach each year will j Lair Hill formerly of Portland, but lat be Interested to know that a Seattle com- .tcrly J f?1, Oregon, applied for a totaation made an attempt lost week to ay tow on loos weia-icnown neajan re-. soot, or drive its visitors away entirely. J Tho plan was, pursuant to Washington J etatutes acquisition or leasing of tide J Tr -Ritotv (nnw f o vf n.VLrnr the beadh and every transient visitor would have found (his right to bathe fcx the surtf disputed by a syndicate spec ulating oa the fow pleasures Nature al loted ailoag the shore. As the case now sfiands about sixteen miles of tihe north- em end of the beach ispossessed, under J lease, by some of the "Washington, peo ple who eeem to have originated the scheme, but four miles at the southern end, where most of the bathers resort, are In the hands of Portland men who has tened to secure themselves and other Oregon owners against such aggression. Long Beach, whSe in Washington, is eSrongly an Oregon resort. There are per haps 1500 families of Portland and Oregon owning cottages and lots there. Title to such lots extends only to tide land under aperetion of t&e laws for the or dinary acquisition of landed property in "Washington. A different law governs that strip between mean high and low tide, wirich is designated as tide land law. This provides hat certain tide lands may be leased or purchased, after a given appraisement and notice, and tSie lessee or owner gains an ordinary property right to the exclusive use of the land. "What the effect of leasing all of Long' Buch would be may be Imagined by cottage owrons if they will picture them Gcflves bnired flnom the surf without they pay trftsute to some designing syndicate or person who had raUhcr play the leech than work. Frederick V. Hohnan, of Portland, for tunaiteSy discovered that notices to lease lb 20-mile steip in front of what is known as the Peninsula, were published in South Band. Bidding was to com nKTwo Friday. Mr. Hoimon hurriedly Intrrviewed H. "W. Corbett, "W. M. Ladd, Jacob Kamm. and ether prominent men of the cky who were largely interested thrx. acfl he was hnmediatelv com. nufcvTiondd to go to South Bend to protect Pcct&aind JKterests. BSore such land can fco leased or soW, it must be appraised, rl bidding must rot faH below the flg vrvs of the appraisement. In this case tip anprafceenent fixed the lease value for five years at 10 oeptts a chain per year. When Mr. Holman reached South Bend he found Mir. Young-, a representative of DavM Bruce, of Seattle, the only person rrvoert to bid. PubMcaWon of the notice wis by posting at South Bend, and not urm'ily residents of Portland woufid never Ikt of tire proposed action, so vital to i' rr interests, except through chance. Mr. Ilolmon informed 12ie Seattle bidder that Portland property at Long Beach would be protected if all the beach had to bo bought along the Peninsula front. Therefore no effort woe made to lease the land at Lows Beach against Mr. Hol mamffl purpose, and he secured it at the minimum of 10 cents a chain. David Brvco, of Seattle, as onaiourced In yes terday's OrtTgonian. la.rd afll the remain irasr front of the Peninsula, except a short ftrotoh purchasea by Mr. Holman in front of Jacob Kamro's property. The people residing about tho beach are much wrought up over the leasing and oafte proposition. They bitterly oppose the scheme of the Seattle combination to seaure control. They were taformed tCiat afll tfiie leasing: and purchasing done dj Portland -men was in the interests of tho pubite. and done mereSy as a safe guacd against the designtog persons who OMioe eippMoation for the lease. Instead of profiting by tihe?r lease, the Portland tnaa wdll be out- their hne and money, as hkt ttSH make no effort to dharge for Jib uso of the tide Hand they have ac qtrVed contool of. The public, as be fore, will go and come over it at their own free will. Should the Seattle men attempt to levy tribute on tht northern sixteen raUcs of tho beach oo the Penin sula, it appentw -they win meet with de termined opposition, as all the residents are highly Incensed. H. H. Tinker, as eta ted yesterday. wHl contest in the courts the rtgiht of any lessee acquiring control of the beach in front of his- place for tho purpose of making charges to the public AiJl the cottagers will Join in a fight. whch might be basad on the shifting' nature of the land to question, wfcSch is clotened to be qube different to tnhat it was when the Government me ander Hne was originally run. "When seen yesterday regardtag what 5ie had done and tfa jschome at the beach, Mr. Hoi man paid: "L'nder tSio laws of "Washington, tide tends tuatcd nofe than two rottes on Cither side of an incorporated town,, are second-class tide lands and may be soid or leased for a term not greater than 30 Tears. As Is known, tJhe Hwaco beach s 20 miles fei length, betes1 continuous for tiat distance, and has been, used from INDIES' GOWNS Worth $5.50 at $3L97 each Worth $6.00 At HM each PETTICOATS $6.00 grade at. U-U each $7.50 grade at $5.43 each ONES PROPORTIONATELY REDUCED. has been shown inTPortland, this sale Is of Sale of Tot' Hats SECOND FLOOR ANNEX. Fresh, crisp styles in wide-brimmed Hats. Of silk mull, India silk, lace, straw, eta $1.25, $L50 and $1.75 Hats 9So each $2.00, $25 and $2.60 Hats $LM each $3.00, $3.25 and $3.75 Hats $2.23 each Wash Dress Fabrics Choice Importations show ing the greatest triumph In textile weaving and printing. Values, 25c, SOo to 45c, now 19c yd Fine Embroidered Handkerchiefs at 19c each NOT AN EVERT-DAT PRICE for fine Handkerchiefs, hemstitched, with embroidered borders and corners or em broidered edges. The values, 80c, 85c and 40c, make our price, ISo each, seem almost ridiculous. the earliest times by residents titur-eobotrta as a public highway for the reason that there are no county roads near the beach. It Is of such character as to form, a per fect roadway, and Is improveH twice a day by the ebb antf. flow of the tide. This beach hosoever been taken up as tide tend because t Is of no value t any one except to tib& public at large, as a health resort. At the last session of the Oregon Legislaiture there was enacted a law that tbe shores of tine Pacific Ocean between ordinary high and low tide, from the Columbia River on the north to the southern boundaries of Clatsop County on tho south, be a public highway and shall forever remain open as such to the pub lic At the next session of the Washing ton Legislature a petition wttl be pre sented to have a simitar act passed relating- to the beadh tn front of tho Penin sula. This Summer these petitions will be drcutatted oanong-the codas-era and irosidents for signatures. "May lost. E. Coke HfM. arm vf "W. ,-- fci uuc uui3, -u? Lrcuvu, except in front of SeccJon 16, where Long Beach is situated, HIK went to Nome on the Elder, and is there yet. The laws of "Washington provide that fai leasing tilcse lands, notice must be posted in tho V1"" """" VL CtHOTiy WTOCre Tile JacUs are situated. Such a notice was posted at South Bend, t3ie county seat of Paolflc Courifcy. It became known t&at the lands were to be leased only a few days before, and I learned of it Friday, tho day bids were to be made. I inter- vJowed several prominent men of Port- lad who are largely interested there. and we aK determined to lease the beaoh ourseSves. as trustees, for the benefit of taw public There iR absolutely no pur pose to moke any profit by our lease, for if the Legislature will enact the law perpetuating the beach as a public high way and securing it to the use of tho public, our leases will be canceled. I accordingly bid in aU thto tide lands of fered for teesc south of Tinker's. This includes what is known, as the fishing rocks. The prtoe paid was 10 cents onear onain per year, the term being: five ycara. All tlhe lands north of Sectfoa 16 were bid In by Mr. Young. It w supposed that Bruce represents a syndicate of Seattle. The ttde lands in front of Section IS were legally sold to H. W. Stratron and "W. F. Meloy. In the case of the tide lands leased north of Tinker's. It is sup poscd that some provision. wJH be made if the Legislature will enact such law as is had ia Oregon, to have the lease can celled, as will be tho case with what we acquire, after tho public has been secured. "The nature of this beach is such that Improvements cannot be mado thereon, bosausa they would be destroyed, which seems to Indicate that the persons seek ing control merely intend to acquire possession of a (health resort. The people there are indignant because of the effort to Pecure control of the beach, more particularly since for the past 50 years they have used it as a public hightway." LUNCHEON TODAY. "Women of the Ellen at the Imperial Hotel. Be It remembered by every friend of Portland's big street fair, by visiting Elks and by strangers generally, that the best midday meal In town will be served todav from 11 to 2 at the Imperial Hotel, Seventh and Washington streets, by the auxiliary committee of the Elks. Tho price is 25 cents. Ice cream and cake will be served all day and evening. There was a great attendance fester day, but nothing compared with what to day promises. The cooking Is the sort your mother used to do, and such as vou htve not gone up against since leaving home. The women expect to realize a hand some sum from this for their building, which Dromises to be tho unique feature of the fair. The merchants have donated the good things that are being served. The Port land Gas Company furnished a gas range, and Ellers Piano House supplied- the or chestra piano with the Angelus player, which furnishes sweet music while you eat. Don't forget the attractive- spot If you do, the Fourth will not be as full of glory for you as it should. FOUR HOMELESS BABIES. May Have Seen Better Days, Bat Are Xevcrthelesa Worth Considering. See our announcement on seventh page, this Issue. "Some Great, Grand Snaps."' "We must make room for new shipments of pianos about to arrive, and want these grand pianos out of the way. No reason able offer will be refused. "We mean business. Ellers Piano House, 351 "Wash ington street. i Portland Driving Park Company Irvinston Track today Ladies free, Grandstand free. ,.,- Infield open to . . ,- carriages, no extra charge.' J v Races called promptly at 2 P. &. and finished promptly. Programme The gentleman's road raes, the free-for-all pace, and three running races. Vigor and vitality are given to the whole system by Hood's Sarsaparilla. Sig Sichel & Co., agents, .Herbert Spencer cigars. celebrated e STORE CLOSES AT NOON. GLOVE SALE 2'CIup -PRESIDENT" Pique Kid Laterf Style Embroidery Primrose, Mode, Myrtle, BUcuili Keij. price $1.25. ALIO 100 Pain f fm cents Kid Gauntlets -P sped 1 1 Sires 5 and 6 Only Regular Price $LC9 Sale of Fabric Gloves The Balance of Our 25c 35c and 50c Taffeta and Lisle Thread Gloves In White and Colored ALSO SILK MITTS In Black and Colors 19 cents special 8f etnu J pair fik jpcclil 9 cents special oteei0990etitat0t9etaitfi $3, BOND ISSUE crrr suburban no ad, fu.es a TRUST DEED. Present Million and a. Quarter G Per Cent Bonds to Be Taken Up by 4 Per Cents. A trust deed "was flled yesterday from the City & Suburban Railway Company to the Security Savings & Trust Com pany covering all of the property of the railway company, real and personal, and charters and franchises, to secure the payment of bonds to the amount of $3,030, 000. Six per cent bonds outstanding to the extent of $1,250,000 are to be taken up, and tho balance of the money will be used as necessary In constructing new lines of road, and In doing many other things, all of which are set forth In tho Instrument. This1 Is probably the largest local financial deal ever made In the City of Portland. The bonds are to bear 4 per cent Interest, which, when the issue is complete, will amount to $120,000 per year. The document is signed. "City & Subur ban Hallway Company, Tyler "Woodward president, C. F. Swigert secretary, and Security Savings & Trust Company, H. "W. Corbett, president, C. F. Adams, sec retary." Resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the City and Suburban Rail way Company, setting forth tho objects of the transaction, are Included as a part of the trust deed, as follows: "Whereai. For the purpose of retiring the present nuUtandlne first mortgage bonds of this comp.nr, acquiring and constructing addi tional railways, and for the general purposes of the company, the board of directors of the City U Suburban Hallway Company does exe cute and deliver 3000 mortgage bonds, of tho value of $1000 each, bearing date June 1, 1000. payable at the office of the Security Savings & Trust Company. June 1, 1030; but payable, however, at, the option of the railway com pany on or after June 1, 1015, with Interest thereon, at 4 per cent per annum, payable semi-annually. "Whereas, For the purpose of securing the due and punctual payment of the bonds and Interest, the board of directors at a meeting did resolve, ana the president and secretary of the- City & Suburban Kail way Company deliver to the Security Savings & Trust Com pany a mortgage or deed of trust, transfer ring to it all Jtho corporate property, real and personal, belonging to the railway company. The Instrument provides that of tha 3000bonds there shall be set aside bonds to the number of 1250, or $1,250,000 for tho purpose of retiring the present outstand ing 6 per cent bonds. The remainder are to be used for acquiring or constructing additional lines of railway, property, power plant, power-houses, rights and privileges, and lands, water rights and other appurtenances necessary therefor, or in making permanent Improvements, or betterments to and providing additional equipment for the property already owned. Such remainder shall be certified and delivered by the Security Savings & Trust Company only upon tho request of the Board of Directors of the City & Suburban Railway Company, accompan ied by the certificate of the president of the company to the effect that additional property has been acquired, or permanent improvements or betterments made to the property owned by the railway company in an amount and value equal to tho amount of lands for which such request is made; provided, that any of said 1250 bonds so set apart not required for re tiring the present outstanding 6 per cent bond?, may be disposed of by tho City & Suburban Railway Company or used or applied as its Board of Directors may determine, provided at all times there shall bo hold $1250 in 4 per cent bonds, for each outstanding S per cent bond. The property conveyed in the trust deed covers all of the real estate, all lines and cars, machinery, appliances, telephone lines, station houses, car-houses, dyna mos, machine-shops, franchises, charters, etc The real property is described as block 7, Goldsmith's Addition; lota 1, 4 and 5. and east of lot 8, block S, Couch Addition; lot 5, block 7, Paradise Springs; tract of land, 124x150, Powell's Valley road. EVE OF THE FOURTH. Tens of Thousand! of Portlanders and Strangers Celebrate. An excellent duplicate of the turbulent scenes in China might have been found in the streets last evening. Bombs, fire crackers, candles, rockets, "Dewey chas ers," torpedoes, concussion powder, and a variety of other explosives formed for patriotic purposes, made night hideous. From the fall of twilight until midnight there was no rest. The glorious Fourth was nshered m with all the eclat known to Young America on such occasions. Timid pedestrians found torpedoes ex ploding under their feet with the seem ing .strength of the war-size article. Women were kept shaking their skirts tn keep "Dewey chasers't from burning- them. iiuge nombs or earsplltting dimensions burst in the streets near the throngs. Street-car tracks often became roaring, I J LADIES' STYLISH TRIMMED HATS, Value $6.50'to $5.00 t $2.79 : EACH $1.98 I EACH Value $5.00 to $6.00 at ..;::.. A New Lofcfi Genuine Mexican Hats . 75c I EACH SAILORS 75c Sailor Hats, 49c $1.25 Sailor Hats, 98c $1.50 Saliois Hats, $1.19 $2.00 Sailor Hats, $1.49 Children's $2 Trimmed lejjhorns at......... $1.12 : EACH FLAGS! FUGS! Printed Flags on Stick lot 1, o dozen, 6c dozen, 12c dozen, SOo dozen. ( Lot 2 Printed Flags on Sticks, 15c, ISc, I AA.. M. 1 ' A atuu, imc, lac eacn. Cotton Bunting Flags On stick, 18c, Sc SOo each; unmounted, 75c, $L00 each. 5 Silk Flags on Sticks Lot 3. 5c, 8c, 12c, 15o each. Ixt 2, 25c, 50c, 51.00, XL85 each. ( wooi aunnng Flags Lot l, SLS0 to ?3.a each, iot Z, X3.S5 to J5.75 each. sputtering lines, as the wheels set off a series of torpedoes placed on the rails. Yet, with all this hubbub and noise, every body "enjoyed" himself, except the occa sional victim of a hoodlum. For years there has not been more people on the streets In the evening, and at the same time the throng filled every walk down town. Between 8000 and 10.000 persons were packed in around tho music stand in the Park blocks to hear the excellent programme of Brown's military band. For two blocks all available space there was occupied until well Into the evening. People stood or reclined on tho grass, unless bounced to their feet by tho mischievous small boy, armed with a cracker or bomb. . Splendid displays of light and colors were everywhere. The Portland General Electric Company's brilliant flag led In beauty. The Oregonlan's Illumination of the tower attracted much attention. "Woodard, Clarke & Co.'s displays held throngs all afternoon and during the evening. A general spirit of Jollity reigned, marking a period in patriotic celebrations of the city. PAID HIS FINE AT LAST. Pendletonian Who Refused to STrer Cenam Enumerator. An- There seems to be no question as to George Eley, the man who wa3 arrested at Pendleton for refusing to answer the questions of a census enumerator, being a little "sot in his way." He was brought down here last Friday by a Deputy Unit ed States Marshal to answer to the charge of contumacy preferred against him, and the officials of the United States Court, wishing to make matters as easy for him as possible, got him before Judge Bellin ger at once, and, as tho case was not a flagrant one, the Judgo let him off with a fine of $5. George, however, had made up his mind that he would not pay a fine and so went to Jail, being under tha erroneous im pression that he could serve out his fino In five days and go back to Pendleton In triumph and say that even the United States could not get ahead of him and make him pay a fine. The officials were so disgusted with his pig-headedness that they let him follow his own bent. A reporter who talked with Eley the day he was brought here left that night for Eastern Oregon, and on returning yesterday inquired what had become of Eley, and was surprised to learn that he was in Jail and likely to stay there, as he would not pay his fine, though amply able to do so. He called at the jail during the afternoon and gave Eley nome friendly advice. He told him that the sentence of a United States Court could not be served out at the rate of $1 per day; that he would have to stay there 10 days and then take the pauper convict oath before he could get out, and, as ho had property, he could not take that oath and would have to stay there till he died or paid his fine; that tho court had been very lenient with him, and the pig-head obstinacy he was exhibiting was a very poor return for this leniency Eley, who was sitting on a box, sur rounded by a miscellaneous collection of hoboes and fiends of various types, with a little tin pan in his hand, waiting for his allowance of tea, seemed startled, and, as the perspiration rolled down his face, he said he thought he would be let out In five days. His disinterested friend assured him that he was mistaken and that the best thing ho could do was to pay his fino and "get back homo. "I came inrougn Pendleton yesterday," said his friend. "Tho sun was shining brightly there; the fields of golden grain were waving in tho sun; the headers and har vesters wcro at work; everybody was happy and busy. There were cattle on a thousand hills along Meacham creek, and ten thousand hills on which there were no cattle, because not even a god could stand on them unless furnished with spik ed shoes, and the Indians on the reserva tion had put up a town of tepees 20 feet high and were going to have a grand powwow and war dance on the Fourth." Eley could not hold out any longer, but cried out: 'Til pay. I'll pay." His friend called on United States Marshal Houser, who promised to send a deputy over to collect the fine and, release Eley at once He came out of Jail a free man about 5 P. M., and probably took the "Flyer" for home at 9 o'clock last evening, and. be tween tho "clerk" and the barber In tho bufTet car. will doubtless land in Pendle ton this morning in good shape for cele brating tho glorious Fourth. If ho lives ten years he will know enough to answer the questions of the census enumerator next time. ADGIE AND THE LIONS. One of iGse most interesting attractions offered to the public drurinig the present week is Adgie and her troupe of mas nttlcent lions. All visitors to- the dty during the hoJdSdays are flockms- to Eleventh onvl Clay streets wbero this tnriHtag performance takes place twice dfeBy, viz., 2.30 P. M. and 8:30 P. M. This hrave woman eaters the den at each performance and compete the king of the forest to execute a number of different tricks. Miss Adgie, white in the cage executes a graceful dance and concludes a fcrUliant and awe-mspiring spectado by placing her pretty head in one of the lion's mowbh. r Ladies' Gloves Perrin's "Manhattan" 2- -clasp, P. K. sewed Kid tf i JO Gloves, all colors and sires, J I-4Cl regular, $1:75; per pair t4 Ladies' Vests Low neck, sleeveless, Riche lieu ribbed Vests, ecru only, each 12c IjOw neck, sleeveless, fancy -i nooea vests, suk tapea, llJL, ecru only, each ww Hosiery Specials Xjadles laco striped fast black Cotton Hose; regular price, 25c; per pair Boys' and Misses' 2 and 1 ribbed, black Cotton Hose; sizes 5 to 9: regular price, 26c; per pair. 19c 18c American Flags srr.TC f&ags Co to $1.50 each. Muslins' FIiAGS 2c per dozen to SOo each. OOTTOJT BUNTING FLAGS 18c to ?1.85 each. HbctrtL Heavy. 8x8 feet, esch. . . .$1,78 Extra. Heavy, 8x12 feet, each.. .$3.50 "WOOD BUNTING FLAGS 85c to $20.00 each Tri-color Ribbon No. 1& per yard. ............... So No. 2, per yard. ................ 4o No. 3, per yard...... ........... Co No. 6, per yard................. 8o No. 7, per ycrd. ............... .10c Ng. 0, per yard. ............... ,13o No. 12, per yard. ............... 10o No. 10, per yard. .............. ,18c Large stock of Cannons, Toy Pistols, Caps, Horns, etc Oxford Ties Ladles' Oxford Ties, black, tan or ox blood, heavy sole, welt extension, latest style, $2.23 a pair. Baby Carriages Baby Carriage, wood body. varmsnea, upnoisterea m Bedford cord, Silesia para sol, steel wheels, patent foot brake; special Handsome Oak Go-Cart, up holstered In Bedford cord, rubber tiro wheel, sateen parasol, patent foot brake; special $4.6T $6.85 N. B. OUR MEIER HELENA PAYS DIVIDENDS Of ONE -H ALP CENT-per share each month. At this rate tho dividends will pay interest at the rate of 22 per cent per annum on your investment WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT? HELENA NO. 2 Bids fair to do as well with development which Is being pushed ' MAY QUEEN For the last few days was the heaviest trader, and we predict much higher prices on this stock. WATCH OUR AD for pointers on tho market W will gladly send.oursareekly market letter upon request Wagy, Hen TEMPORARY OFFICESx IN THE SEVERAL COURTS. Salt to Restrain the City From Sell ingr Property. Tho Bank of British Columbia, Margaret G. "Wyffant, "William H. Marshall, George "W. Marshall, Arthur D. Marshall, Mary E. Marshall, Viola I Marshall, Margar etta A. Marshall, and University Land Company have sued the City of Portland to restrain tho sale of property for de linquent assessments for the improvement of Tenth street from Hoyt to Northrup street. Judge Sears has Issued a tempor ary restraining order. The amount in volved is 00. The plaintiffs allege that May A, 139, the Board of Public Works, without any right so to do, undertook to Improve the street by grading and macadamizing and constructing an elevated roadway, and made assessments for the costs which are specified. It Is stated that tho property of plaintiffs was not benefitted by the improvement, and that the elevated road way is 1$ feet above the surface of the lots, and is inaccessible, from the sur face of the lots, and, of no benefit to them, but Is a damage. It Is further al leged that the plaintiffs were not given an opportunity to appear before the Board of Public "Works, or to show that Bums assessed upon the lots wero in ex cess of the benefits, and that the assess ment under the guise of taxation consti tutes a taking of private property for public usa without just compensation, and is not process of law, and is in contravention of the provision on that subject of the Constitution of the United States, and is also In, contraven tion of the provisions of the Constitu tion of the State of Oregon on the same subject. Lcnora S. Gregory has sued "W. G. Steel et al., to forclose & mortgage for $3000 on a tract of land. J. H. Huddleson has brought suit against tho South Portland Land Com pany to forclose a mortgage for $20,000 on 318 acres of land. The original amount of the claim was $45,000". Tho notes wero executed in 1S92. "W. P. Puller Company has sued R. C Logan and wife to foreclose a mortgage for $400 on lots 11 and 1 block 12, Central Alblna. "Widening- Havrthorne JLreaue. The work of widening Hawthorn ave nue, between East Twenty-first and East Thirty-fourth streets, to 70 feet is pro gressing rapidly. Thl3 is one of tho most extensive and Important works tho coun ty has undertaken for a long time. It is a county road, and, of course, is under the charge of the county. There arc heavy cuts on both sides of the avenuo out as far as East Thirtieth street. There ore also depressions into which the dirt may be dumped, so there is no difficulty in get ting rid of the surplus material. Widen ing on both sides is progressing so that A $i Hat for 52c Great Special Sale of Ladies' Sailor Hats A delayed shipment, consisting of CO dozen rough-atraw Sailor Hats, latest Fifth Avenue style, regular ?L00 .0 grade, received Saturday, p do will be closed out at 'AWI'U See display in Fifth-Street window. Ladies' Bicycle Skirts Tan or Brown Cotton Covert, each $i.r2 Ladies' Jacket Specials All regular $4.50 Jackets, tfm off each P3 All regular $5.00 and $3.50 -j cj Jackets, each ... pOOZ All regular $6.00 Jackets, J 1 "J All regular $10.50 Jackets, ( qc each .'. 0t70 Great Reduction Sale of Ladies' Shirt Waists All white and colored Waists at tho fol lowing prices: $1.25 "Waists, each 8Sc $1.75 Waists, each $i.2S $2.25 Waists, each $1.63 $3.00 Waists, each $2.25 $4.00 Waists, each $3.25 $5.00 Waists, each $3.75 $S,00 Waists, each $4.45 $7.50 Waists, each $5.55 $9.00 Waists, now $6.85 $12.00 Waists, now $8.75 Wasb Skirts Ladles' Linen, Denim and Pique Wash Skirts, assort ed colors, plain and trim med, all this season's a rr Igoolach.?.!:.. 5wo Summer Goods Plain White Pique, 0 1 r Per yard JLkt Fancy Brocaded Whlto A7 1 Piquo, per yard tVw Double-faced Cotton Suiting, checks, herringbones and mixtures, all with plaid IhL backs; per yard wr Crockery Department 5-quart Granite Iron Saucepans, each...S2o No. 7 Steel Fry Pans, each 2Sc S-tnch Wire Dish Covers, each 8c Wood Towel Rollers, each 80 STORE WILL CLOSE AT NOON TODAY. Si FRH 533 afid 533 the double tracks of the East SIds Ball way are left in the center-of tho street. The poles, however, will have to be moved back so as to conform to tho new street line. Pioneer fruit trees and big shade trees had to be cut down and uprooted to make way for the march of progress. Under some of the big shade trees on the top o' the hill, near John Dolan's place, many of tho old pioneers rested when Hawthorne avenue was only a trail leading from Mount Tabor to Haw thorne Springs. Tha improvement wU result in a beautiful highway through that section. It has been 10 years sinco tho first movement was made to got Haw thorne avenuo widened. JUDGE DENNY'S FUNERAL. Maltmomah. Bar Appoint Committee to Draft Resolutions. From tho residence of Judge M. C. George tho body of Judge O. N. Denny was taken yesterday afternoon to its final resting place in Rivervlew cemetery. Dr. T. Lw Eliot officiating. A distinguished gathering paid their respects to the de ceased, and it was with mora than form al ceremony that the heads of Portland's representative families bowed as the cas ket was borne by. A mass of lilies wero wreathed over the sable covering the of fering of friends. Judge Alfred F. Bears, Jr., presented, on behalf of the Bar As sociation, a haadsome wreath. Most of the prominent and elderly members of the association attended the services, as they, more than the younger element, were familiar with tho deceased's work in tho profession. The pallbearers were ex-Senator John H. Mitchell. Judge C. B. Bellinger, D. M. Dusne, C. A. Dolph, F. A. Bancroft and Bufus Mallory. Services at the resi dence of Judge George began at 1:30 P. M. In tho morning a meeting of tho bar was called at which Judgo Sears, presid ing ofilcer, was Instructed to appoint a committee to draft resolutions of re spect, and select a day when the commit tee bhould report and tho members of the bar be heard. The members ap pointed were: A H. Tanner, C A. Dolph, Raleigh Stott, H. H. Northup and P. S. Miller. The day set for the report and meeting Is July 9, at 10:30 A. Ml Factory Not For Sale. Tho farmers at Gresham, who estab lished the cheese factory at that point nearly two years ago, know when they have a good thing, and are not inclined to let it go. Recently an effort was made to purchase the plant by parties who wanted to turn It into a creamery. They consulted with J. W. Shattuck and other directors. The more the latter thought about the matter, the less inclined they were to sell out. It has been found that the cheese factory is better and safer than a gold mine. It has paid well from gen & Wagy Specials this week In Clothing Department Men's' All-Wool Casslmere 6-r t r fAi neat sray checks; a $ 10.15 Men's Ail-Wool Fancy rt. y r Worsted Suits, Invisible !S I " fH brown plaids; a suit piArUU M?'s . A"Wol Fancy (t.1 A 00 ofated Suits, very sty Ush Jjld 3S dark checks: a suit..... V w Boys' Suits Boy3' . two-piece Washable -j y Crash Suits; sizes 8 to 16 . I hi years; a suit pxU Boys' Washable Suits, striped Galatea, with com- blnatlon collars and cuffs, nil Blzes 3 to 10 years; a suit.. UJW Boys' Washable Suits, in r Crash and Striped Percale, -sSf sizes 3 to 10 years: a suit.. w Boys' Washable Kilt Suits, blue and pink striped per cale, with pique collars and nn. auSuft !!!ff. ?. to 4 yeara: VoC Extra Values in Rugs SamtNA RUGS 7x10 let, each $13.00 9x12 feet, each S2S OO WIITOX RUGS 8tixl0 feet, each S15.B0 Oxl2 feet, each S1TJJO ROYAL 'WIITOXS 8txl0ft feet, each 20 00 0x12 Xcet, each ?35.00 New Goods ,.e have Just received new lines of ilens Fancy Socks in stripes and polka oots. Men's New Neckwear. 50c lines. Men's latest style Straw Hats. Boys' Ail-Wool Sweaters, navy and ma. roon, roll or sailor collar, at $1.C0 each. Soap Boxes Celluloid Soap Boxes, assort- t ? ed colors, each liv Note Paper Old Dorchester Bond Paper, Gladstone shape, in white, azure. Dresden blue, violet o and heliotrope; special, per fC quire vw Envelopes to match tho Q above, per package ........ Ow Hair Brushes Solid Back Kalr Brushes. 841 rows of pure bristles lit CHASVtBER OF COMMERCE the start, and now $1200 per month is paid out to those furnishing tho milk to tha factory, and they considered that to sell now would be like killing the goose that laid tho golden agg. Tha factory was organized in March, 1890. Thoee wh started the enterprise have been benefited as well as the community. VANCOUVER BOATS JULY 4. Leave Portland 8:SQ ao5 20:99 A. Bt, 1:80, 2:20, 4:80 and 10:S0 P. M. savo Vancouver 11:30 A. M., 12:30, 3 and 8 P. M. Land foot of Taylor street. Faro 2S cents round trip. Vnce4 sa Order. In tha case of Allen & Lewis vs. tho O. R. & N1. Co. and tha Oregon Short Line Company, Judge Bellinger yester day mods an order vacating an order mado November 20, allowing tha Oregon Short Lino Company to withdraw its gen eral appearance in the case and to Inter pose a plea, of privilege of exemption from suit and service in this district, tha Court being fully advised and being of opinion that said order of November 20 ought not to have been entered. PEDAL OMYSS Use WW COASTER BMIiE Fits Any Cycle. For Sole By AH Dealers. 0JT7fWUTOfS FRED T. MERRILL CYCLE CO. yKXbtt M .itcLtPss mettle co. (jcjhAa. V.yl N CO 1 Uiff0WP THEMOk