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12 THE MORNING OBEGONIAN, TOEgDilY, iUJGTJST r 7, , 1900. LDS St KING ECONOMIC BUYERS LOOK AHEAD THESE AS HINTS: WOMEN'S FINE KNIT VESTS AT HALF AND LESS .... Today begins the greatest value-giving underwear sale of the season, dozen rests, bought at a special price, some silk and lisle, scxns all silk, low neck and sleeveless. PRICED IN TWO LOTS LOT 1 BUk and lisle vests: lace fin ished at neck and armholes. Pink, blue, lavender, cream and black. J7r ak Fine 60c quality, only O i C Cd A, SPLENDID CHANCE FOR OUR SILK PETTICOAT SALE DEMANDS PROMPT ATTENTION Come today if possible. Judging fram yesterday's selling, they'll not be here lone and you can't afford to miss them. At $6.98 Silk petticoats, worth 510 50 to $18. Col ors cerise, purple, la-vender, red, green, wine and black. DRESSY STYLES. BEST WORKMANSHIP. Fancy Silk Sale The Season's Winner at 59c Yard Taffeta or soft finish. Most effective stripes, plaids, checks, and brocades, tor street or evening wear. "Worth to 5125, now only CSc yard. House and Party Slippers 98c pair A. nominal price for this week. All odd tl SO and 52 lines Included. A. chance for comfort at small cost. NEW CITY LICENSE Some Protests Voiced Against Its Enforcement ITS PROVISIONS MISUNDERSTOOD "Way It "Wm Necessary to Raise More Money Before the End of the Year. Complaints have been made about the blanket license ordinance, passed by the Council at its last meeting, but not nearly so many as were expected. Several dis satisfied persons have called a the City Hall to see the ordinance and have cer tain points explained to them. Mr. Branch, of the license committee. Is there every day ready to listen to any further com plaints and furnish all information or explanation desired. One of the first complaints usually made is that the ordinance discriminates, as there are a number of trades, businesses and professions -which have not been li censed. To this the answer is that the ordinance is not yet completed. The com mittee has not finished Its -work, and there Is plenty of time before October 1 to make additions or necessary changes. The committee having, however, com pleted so much of the ordinance and the Councllmen having unanimously approved of -what "was done, it was considered ad visable to pass the ordinance so far as completed. The Mayor, -who had carefully examined the ordinance during Its progress, signed it the same day It -was passed. Of course It Is understood that the svnop;Is of the ordinance published In The Oregonlan was as brief as possible, as the ordinance entire would have filled eight or nine columns, and without the wording of the various sections some pro visions are not plain and are liable to be misunderstood. The -committee has no desire to tax any one out of business, rnd complaints In regard to any feature of the ordinance which appears to have such a tendency will receive Its prompt attention. There are probablv -some In stances where a person or firm may have to pav license on more than one kind of business, but It Is not the Intent of the ordinance to make persons peneraUj' pay a license for more than one kind of busi ness For example: The proprietor of n drug store inquired of the license committee whether because he kept a few cigars and a little candv In his store he would be called on to nav n clear dealer's license aid a candy dealer's license He was told. "Cortalnlv.not." Ills business and occu pation Is keeping a drug store and a drug store licence was all he would be required to pay. Prms interviewed on the subject of the license advance many different theo ries in regard to how money to meet the expenses of the cltv should be raised Some sav It should be raised by a tax on all the propertv m the cltv. some yiy real estate should be taxed higher. Generally thee pay little or no tax on real estate. Some do not oblect to the license law. but compliln that thev are charged too much. Some say that manu facturers should not nay a license, that manufacturers should be encouraged. Ctsmr Manufacturer'a Yievr. E Schiller, manufacturer of cigars, stated that the ordinance required him to pay a stipulated sum for each man employed, and that he calculated that it -would cost him $400 per year, which sum, he said, na an outrageous tax, considering the volume of his business, and the further fact that he is also re quired to pay a. yearly tax on his stock of goods to the Sheriff for city, county and all other purposes. He called at tention to the constant effort made In Portland to encourage home manufac ture, and remarked that the license law Tas a direct blow against it. so far as his trade is concerned. Eastern cigars, he salu. are sold here In vastly greater volume than the home product, and the license puts still another obstacle In the way of the local manufacturer. He wanted to know if a cigar factory has to pay a license regulated by the number of men emplojed. why a sawmill, a shirt factory, clothing manufactory and every factory or shop which employs men can not b licensed In the same manner. "Wants JTo Discrimination. If. C "Wortman, secretary and treasurer of t3o OWs & King Company, stated frankly that he considered the license of 5125 per quarter for department stores too high. He knew It was necessary to have money to defray the expenses of running the city and that the police and fire de partments must be kept up, and did not object to a reasonable license, provided that all kinds of business were taxed, and there was no discrimination. He had no ticed that raanv who ought to be licensed did not appear In the list presented In The Oregonlan. Personally, the only com plaint he had to make was that the license imposed on department stores was. In his opinion, too high, but whether the license committee eould be brought to take the same view of the question ho did not know. Think Conncll Act for the Best. D. McAllan. of McAllan & McDonnell, had no objection to paying a license. He had been too busy to And time to ex amine the ordinance carefully. He 103 All LOT 2-SHk vests: lace and silk-tape finished. Pink, blue, lavender, cardi nal, black and cream. Best $1-25 and $L50 gar CQr A:a mntj! At XJiJl, CO ments at DAINTT UNDERWEAR BUYING. At $3.54 Silk petticoats, worth $S to $9. Colors green, yellow, cerise, violet and purple. Imported Cotton Stuffs At 122c Yard WORTH DOUBLE. A ceneral clcan-un sale of fancy favo rites Madras, rephvrs, piques, and or gandies; 25c qualities, yours for 12&c yard. Another Select Line of Exposition Skirts Just Received Right in cloths, lengths, styles, work manship, and At Rihl Prices thought the .principle of the ordinance all right, but it should be as equitable as possible, and all should be included. He felt satisfied that the city had a good lot of officials and he had faith enough in them to believe that they would do what they considered was Tight and for the best. ' Too Many Licenses. H.' C. Breeden, dealer In and manufac turer of furniture, thought placing a li cense on business looked like -class legis lation. He had paid city, county and school taxes on his property and mer chandise, and now ho was required to pay a. license on what had already been. taxed. He manufactures as well as sells furniture, and he supposed he would have to pay a manufacturer's license as well as a dealer's license, and as he sells linoleum and carpets, ho supposed there would be another license for that. Mr. Kerr, of "Wadhams & Kerr Bros., said he had not examined the ordinance; had only seen the synopsis published in The Oregonlan. He did not object to a legitimate tax If others were" taxed in the same manner. From what he had read of the ordinance he was of Opinion that the firm would have to pay license on ahum ber of different businesses. They sold groceries; also tea and coffee, and bak ing powders, and in all It looked to him as if they would have to pay licenses for at least half a dozen different ' business vocations. This, of course, he could not consider right. Several other large business houses, who declined to be quoted, as they had not sufficiently examined the ordinance to ex press an opinion In regard to It, seemed to have an Idea that they would have to pay license on several different busi nesses. They had conceived this idea from Teadlng the following section of the ordinance, whlch'it would seem Is clearly calculated to create such an impression. If this Is not the Intention of the section, the license committee cannot too quickly furnish an explanation of what It does mean: "Section 4 provides that In every case where more than one pursuit, employ ment, occupation or business, for which a license Is required, shall be pursued or carried on In the same place by the same person, at the same time, a license must be taken out for each pursuit. -employment, occupation or business, accord ing to the rate severally prescribed there in." Consumers Must Pay It. Retail grocers called on all objected to the license on the ground that they paid taxes on their stocks and delivery wagons already, and that to be charged an additional sum In the shape of license would smack of douhle taxation. One leading grocer said: "If we have to pay this. It will add $110 a year to the cost of running our business, and we will be obliged to charge customers enough to cover this. The consumer will therefore have to pay this tax, as, If a certain per cent is added to the cost of doing business, we will put It on to the con sumer. "I do not think the blanket license ord Inanco Is just. Taxation should be upon real and personal property and not. upon this or that vocation." All the reta.1 grocers called on uttered about the same sentiments. "WIH Investigate First. James Honeyman, of Honeyman. De Hart & Co., said there were some things about the license ordinance which were not clear to him, but he had not yet had time to talk to the committee or to examine the ordinance carefully. The firm sold hardware at wholesale and re tail. They also sold powder, bicycles, etc., and from the synopsis of the license he had seen In The Oregonlan, he judged that it would require" them to pay license as wholesale and retail dealers in hardware, as dealers in bicycles, powder, etc. This, he did not think would be right, but be fore making any complaints he would see the committee and find out just how the ordinance affected him. Merchandise Taxed Too High. Frank Rothschild, of the Famous Cloth ing House, thought it an injustice that merchandise dealers should be required to pay a license. If there was need of money to defray the expenses of the city It should be raised by equal taxation on all. He realized that money must be raised and was willing to pay his share of taxes, but while the assessed valuation of real estate had been lowered last year, the assessment on merchandise had been increased and ho had been taxed heavier than ever before. He considered the li cense law unjust and unequitable "Want the "Dlgr FelloTrs" Taxed. Retail clothiers who handle men's fur nishings and boots and shoes "kicked" because their license, they thought, would amount to $45 per quarter. "The officials might as well take the whole thing and done with." one of them said. 'T think property-owners should pay the expense of running the city and let us poor ten ants off. I am willing to do my share in fighting this license law. as I cannot afford to pay any such sum. "Whv don't they tax the big fellows according to tho business ther do?" Will Pay If Others Do. 4 Hardware retailers were not very will ing to pay the license, either. They thought $15 a quarter too much, and that its imposition would not stick in law. They would pay. however, if others did. Calls It Partial Taxation. A Jeweler said: "This la very partial taxation. "Why don't they license law yers, doctors and other people who are AUGUST SALE MUSLIN UNDERWEAR , The best up-to-date standard makes UNIVERSAL BRAND NIGHT GOWNS Regular ...68c 983 $1.23 $1.49 Cut Price.. J53c 79c 9Sc $1.19 Regulars $1.98 $2.49 Cut Price $1.59$1.98 CORSET COVERS Regular. .39c 49c 69c Si. 13 fi-49 Special. .32c 42c 57c 89c $1.19 WHITE PETTICOATS Regular... 89c $1.23 $149 $1.98 Special ..78c 98c $1.19 $1.59 Repnlar a.n8 Sa.nR Js.68 Regular 2.98 $3.98 f5-68 Special .. ..$2.39 $3.18 $4.49: LADIES' STRAW TRIMMED WALKING HAT5 Regular price $l'.2fr to 'A f .$2.50, while they last HfO ... ' Each t)ver 300 hats sold last week. - SHIRTWAISTS Our stock is selected from the best productions of the best shirt-, waist makers.- s Quality, style, fit, etc., are the best. PRICES AfcEThE LOWEST, MOST DEEPLY. CUT EVER KNOWN. t Sale of WRAPPERS Our $1.50, $1.75, $2.00 fine percale and lawn .wrap pers at, special, each. oooocosoooeeoooooseeeeoci99eeoosoooooooeoooooeooo0o transacting business In the city? You ask how we feel about the new license What does ltn matter how we feel? I suppose jWe will have to pay it or go "out of business." This dealer had not read the list of new licenses, and so had not begun to worry over It. Will Fight the License. A furniture dealer who handles general house furnishings said he would light the license. "I sell furniture, carpets glassware, crockery, stoves and tinware," he said, "and mv license would add$Gj j u. quarter 10 my expenses, x pay taxes on my stock and delivery wagons and that is enough. I suppose they will try and make me pay extra because I sell on .ilolailmonts, too'." One 3fan. Satisfied. ' A leading undertaker said: "Under the blanket license ordinance It "will cost me ?3S per quarter, and I am perfectly sat isfied, providing all lines of buslnes.8 are taxed. T believe that all vehicles run on the streets of Portland should pay a tax and the revenue be put Into a fund for tho repair of streets and not diverted to any other purpose. Otherwise, I am strongly opposed to the ordinance." Tiot Mneh Interested. A retail dealer In crockery and glass ware said: "I am more Interested in timber lands thari InJlcenses- just now, as T have a large tract of splendid flr to dispose of, and now Is, the time to sell-1 timber land.. My license under the new ordinance will increase my store expenses $25 per quarter. I think the big follows ought to pay this license Instead of mo " Threaten to Content. t Keepers of several cigar stands who do not manufacture were spoken to and they were just as indignant , over the $10 a quarter the new ordinance .puts upon them. "Ten dollars a quarter Is not .very much," one of them said, "but the ordi nance will be contested all the same." WHY IT WAS PASSED. Cold Facts as to the City's Financial Condition. Some busy business men who do not have time to read reports of Council proceedings have been asking for Infor mation, In regard to the blanket-license ordinance, and have, among other things, inquired what was the particular neces sity for such an ordinance at th's time, and, if It was caused by a deficit in the" city exchequer, what was the cause of this deficit? etc. The answer to these questions will be found In the following report from the ways and means com mittee, submitted to the Council, and adopted by It July IS, and wnich led to the adoption of resolutions directing the' license committee to prepare the blanket license ordinance and the vehicle-license ordinance: The City's Finances. The committee on ways "and means Messrs. Branch, Masters and Sherrett presented, the following communication, which was on motion receh ed and placed on file: Tour committee on ways and means appointed at tho first meeting of this present Council by his honor, the Maor. finds, as suggested in his message, several grave and serious problems brought be fore them for consideration, nhlch will tax the wisdom of this entire Council to properly handle. We ask your respect ful attention to the. following facts: The decrease in the valuation of cltv property made by the County Assessor from $35,396,000 to $28,567,030. has resulted in a decrease in the revenue from direct taxation of $rS6C2, apportioned as follows: Fire department, a reduction of.. $13 60S (0 Police department, a reduction of. 17,'J01 SS Light department, a reduction of. H,7M 5 Street repair department, a reduc tion' of 2,45612 Bonded Interest fund, a reduction v Of 24.572 50 Total $7S,632 00 "We find that the fire department has practically exhausted all tne balance to its credit January L 1900, together with the amount already received from the collection .of taxes for the current year, and stands today with an exhausted treasury, with the expenses of the- last six months of this year staring them In the face, with the only hope that in some way we can provide for their needs o er and above yi hat may et he received from taxe3. To cripple this department by reducing tho force of men employe! would at once raise the rate of prem'um for Insurance all over the city, and doubtless In the business sections of the city result In the cancellation of a lcrge portion of the Insurance bj tho Insurance companies Interested. "We find that the police department is even in a worse condition than the fire department, Tho entire pav-roll fortune and a portion of May Is not provided for, and It Is generally understood that the Police Commissioners have already re duced their force. These two depart ments have been econonTcal'y managed. Their forces ought not to be decreased a single man, and the prob em confronts us In n cry forceful and serious manner.. We find that there is a growing opin ion among the owjiers of property that, where a street has been once fully Im proved at the expess of the 'ahuttinp property, thereafier th said street should be kept in repair at the expense of the general fund. This Is especially so In re- fard to the elevated roadwys and the ridges In the cltv. evn to the extant of remonstrances signed by a majority of the owners of property Affected. "We undr stand that the Supreme Court leans some what towards this view. This situation mOslin and cambric DRAWERS Regular 33c 59c 79c 98c Special 27c 49c 68c 83c Regular $1.23 $1.49 1.98 Special. 98c $1.19 $1.59 CHEMISE Regular. 49c 98c fi.23 Special 42c 78c 98c Regular fr.49 51.63 $2.19 SpCdal $1.1951.33 $1.73 ' cyto. -Ai KA In addition In addition to the August sale of reg- ular Underwear, we will offer all Slightly Soiled and Rumpled Gowns, Chemise, Drawers, Corset Covers, Skirts, etc., at prices that e will close them out very quickly. o - o IMPORTED DIMITY Polka dots and stripes, Jn daintiest colors, ' yard v. HAT BANDS AND PUGGAREE , In stripes, polka dots and fancy folds," each. , CHILDREN'S NOVELTY STRAW HATS Off Regular $1.00 each, at jSb3, 'Special oerlously cripples the City Engineer's de partment. The City -Engineer's depart ment can only expend the sum of $0j per month towards the general expense of re pairs to streets ana bridges. There a.e several bridges that aro now in a danger ous condition, notably: Bridge on Hood street, between Porter and GIbbs, br.dge on Hood -street, between Caruthers and Baker; First-street b'idge. on Marquam Gulch; Northrup-street bridge, now closed to traffic. The bridge at Fourteenth and Raleigh streets is old, and needs rebuild ing. The long bridge at Willamette Heights badly needs a new deck. We understand that the Interest fund on the bonded. indebtedness of the city muot be maintained at all hazards It will not .answer to default one day -in thex pay ment of Interest. This interest fund is likely to call for re lef before the expira tion of the year 19C0. This fund v. Ill need about $IO,0CO. Tho reduction of the assessment of city property has affected the sale of our improvement bonds. It is-the duty of the Council to maintain tbe credit of the city, and so far as possible make its securities good The Improve ment bond Interest fund has already had an appropriation of $5000, and may possi bly require as much more. Theses various departments and Interests are asking the general fund for relief. Tho general fund, has no income from taxation. Its only sources 61 revenue are from licenses, costs and fines. The -understanding Is that -values will not be changed in tho assessment for, the com ing year. This makes It very Important that we take that fact Into account Wo are satisfied that the presant license.ordi nance does not cover equitably all trades and occupations that it should 'cover. Thore are large numbers of business houses, trades. Investment- -companies, brokers, loan agents, dealers In bonds and securities, and other occupations, who receive the benefit and protection of too fire, police and general authorities of this city, and should properly and legitimately be asked to support the city government. Wo therefore resprctfully ask you to vote for and support a resolution. wMch will be offered at this meeting, authoriz ing the committee on l'censes to prepare and submit to this Council & blanket license ordinance which' shall equltablv and justly reach all parties who 'should contribute to the support of the city gov ernment. The "Blanket." PORTLAND, Aug. 6. (To the. Editor.) I beg permission to use a 4 small portion of your valuable space in' order that I may enter a protest, and register a "kick" 'against the new scheme called the "blanket license ordinance." ' ' -In the beginning I want it distinctly un derstood that I would not try to eva-lc any just tax or license required. by our city for the maintenance of our munici pal government. There Is no doubt that It Is almost Imperative at this t'me for our cltv fathers to raise funds, from some source, with which to meet their pressing obligations But what are the conditions which exist at tho present time and have cen in vogue here for many years, which make it necessary to rpass such an ordinance? When a business concern of any kind finds It Is making money on the wrong side of the ledger, the first thing It should do, if possible. Is to reduce ex penses; and If this cannot be accom plished. Its existence will bo of short duration, for, unfortunately, business houses cannot put up "blanket ordi nances" and derive benefit from them The City of Portland has been for many years, and is, to a great extent,, at the present time, one of the most extrava gant cities in the country. With the exception eft the fire department and the present. City Council, every official, from Mayor to Poundmaster, receives twice as much compensation as the city is able to pay for such services There are men today drawing large sal aries from the City of Portland, who. It thrown upon their own resources, could not earn $50 per month. I contend that a city should be operated upoi the same principles as any other great enterprise, and to be successful must live within its means. " This I believe can be done with out taxing every legitimate business en terprise out of existence. 1 Let the salaries of our public officials be cut In two, and the offices in some instances 1 dispensed with entirely, for it Is -a well-known fact that we have, quite a number of nice, soft, political snaps in the shape of, public offices which have been created for the express purpose of giving reward to some political grafter or ward heeler, and from which the tax payers gain no benefit whatever. Wo have about as much use for Buch officials as a cafc has for two tails, yet the public are required to pay for them. Another source of Income could be de rived by placing a toll upon all of our "free bridges," and thereby make them self-sustaining, or partially so at least. We have altogether too miny "free in stitutions' in this fair city of ours, the cost "of which, coupled with the grafters' salaries, makes It necessary to pass a "blanket ordinance." I consider this poposed "blanket" un fair, unjust, and discriminating from top to bottom, and If put into force wi 1 be the means of driving out business already established here, and prevent other en terprises, from coming in. This Is Indeed a "cold blanket" for some branches of trade. Take for Instance the second item in the list: "Each and every person, firm or corporation act ing as principal or agent In soliciting or taking orders for. or selling books, maps, charts, periodicals, clothes, or other goods, $10 per day or $50 per week." This single license, it seems to me, if Ladies' painty Summer Dresses Worth Trnlle reductions on every one of. onr exclusive Jfovelty Sum mer Salts. Especially noteworthy are the folio vr Ins 1 Elegant Blue and White Organdie Dresses Made in squares of Insertion, trimmed with Torchon lacs, fy fr large lace sailor collir; in.yl regular price, $50 00; speefctf S""' Bine and White Foulard Dresses With b'ack lace Insertion, waist lined with taffeta silk, accordion pleated a 1 ftp white silk drop underskirt; Ji J4-7J regular price. -$50.00; special t ' White Lawn Dresses With white satin ribbon trimming, ruffled flounce, separate drop underskirt, tf -t O A If Pink, Blue and Lavender Dimity Suits Waists with sailor collars, lace trimmed tucked fronts. drop skirt efiect, .with lace 5 $9.85 insertion around flounce regular price, $18.00; spcclil. White Pique Suits Plain and fancy trimmed: 53 C regular price, $6.50; special pJJJ Children's Wash Dresses AT 52c EACH N Lowest prices on Children's Jackets, Capes and Dresses. Ladlea'Rough Straw Sail- AAr or Hats, $1 values, each t"T"w Bee display in Fifth-Street Window. Especially attractive prices on Cro quet Sets, -Larra Chairs and Hani mocks. A Big Bargain Fancy Roman Striped' Corded Silk Ribbon All the newest color combi nations, very swell and especially suitable at this fl time of year; regular price, VC 50c per yard; special Deep price cuts on All Overs, Tnclc inTK,a Laces and Embroideries. Ex tremely Iotv prices on Remnants. A WHEN ! . YOU SAVE 65 i Popular-Price Clothiers BEN SELLING, Manager Corner properly inforced, would, provide all tho revenue1 required, and we would still hao enough surplus cash on hand with which to employ a few more License Collectors. This item covers nearly every business In existence. Including all outside drummors and traveling men, and It even gives the newsboys and Salvation. Army girls a "knock-out " Then again the compilers of this great document have placed all Job printers on the list for $10 per quarter, but have very considerately omitted the newspapers and periodicals. The job printers I sup-, pose are taxed because or the great amount of city and county printing they get In "the way of delinquent tax lists, election ballots, city printing, etc. The public will remember how the ballots and tally-sheets for the late elect! n3 were handled. Again I would like to inquire whv the promoters of this scheme have placed on the exempt list tho lawyers, doctors, dentists, patent medicine men, box fac tories, saw mills, street railways, and numerous others? I am opposed to thls proposition from beginning to end. and will contribute the sum set opposite the business r represent to help defeat this unjust measure. MADDEN, THE PRINTER. CANNOT FIND HER MOTHER Child of Sirs. Bunnemeyer Arrives From Colorndo. Traveling alone to Portland, all the way from Trinidad, Colo., little Gertrude r wTR,Z3r, ;V flnrfit,; w JJmV?SIJ Z her mother waiting to receive her. The J child is plucky, and remained expectant at the Union Station as minute after min- ute passed and her mother failed to put i tl .i., ,",.. tk .4n.. v, ' In an appearance. The matron of the , Cttavflnm f!lTieP tflA -l9TTjaOTlil rlt TTMVl t a patient, disconsolate look, sitting In the waiting-room, Inquired her name. Ascer taining the circumstances of the case, she took the youngster under her care, and until 7 o'clock both did not give up hope that the mother would presently arrrlve. Then Manager Lyons, of the Terminal Company, had the child placed in the care ot Proprietor Charles Broock Sand Mrs. Broock, at the Barr Hotel, where she Is receiving the best of atten tion until her mother is found. The child Is bright and Intelligent, and told the circumstances of her coming in Odds and Ends of FJoor Coverings The end of every season finds us with a great many odd and short pieces of Car pot, Matting and Linoleum. In order to close these out. we have manced them down way belcw actual value. Come in and see them and do not forget the also of floor you want to cover. Comforters at Half Price 5C0 manufacturer's samples, only-one of a kind, every one new, nicely made, and very pretty patterns. Basement Specials 30-pound box of Macaroni I STe J-pound package Perfection Table Salt. Sc 23-ounce can of K. C BakingPowder:.20c 2 packages of Acme Wheat Flakes for 15c One More Week "Will be devoted to clearing out odds and ends of CMna and Crockery. Take ad vantage of this opportunity to replace broken pieces at small cost. Drug Sundries Frangipane and Cardinal Rose Tcllet Soap, highly w perfumed, per box of 3 I II t, cakes Coke's Dandruff Cure and 73f Hair Tonic, per bottle JW Mennen's Borated Talcum 1 1 '( .Powder, per box X. Bath Towels Bleached Turkish Bath Towels lxC9 lpches; regular price, 1 A ( 20c; each Itv Hemmed TurVl-h Bath Tow- 1C els, 22x45 Inches; regular J, 7 1, price, 25c; each Wash Fabrics. - Fanev floured and striped Dimities and Or?an,1ies. light, medium and dark n colors: regu ar price. I2V3C ,' to 20c per jard; special.... Musi'n Underwear Bargains Ladles' Cimbrlc "Underskirts, lace and embro.dery trim Ct'OQ med; separate dust flounce; J)JL jQ regular price, $2.50;4speclal. T Ladles' Cambric -Gowns, tucked yoke, lace and em- i' nn bro'dery trimmed: regular J) 1,70 price, $2.53; special Y Ladles' Cambric Drawers, lace and embroidery tr m 7(r med: regular price, $i00; 7, special LADIES' "VESTS, ribbed cot- -t ton, low ,neck and sleeve- J , less, ecru only, each BillBH Kam' iffiiniiiiiBi 9 3 BW tMt'M)MHMj !i . $1,17 A-LEG -' f S ----4- tV For Men's good, all-wool, this-season Pants. Neat pin checks, hair lines and stripes, new and stylish patlcrns. Regular $3.00 values at 2 1 PAIR A PAIR This line of Pants is the product of one of the bsst American makers. " Goods are well shrunk and cut to fit, seams sewed in silk in fact, they're full of the lit tle details that you never see only in the best makes. YOU SEE IT IN OUR AD IT'S Cawston & Company Heating and Ventilating Contractors Estimates Furnished on Steam and Hot Water Heating, Dealers In En gines, Boilers, Machinery PSupplies 48 and 50 First St, Near Pine , , the following narrative: "My mother's name Is Helena' Bunnemeyer. My father is dead. I have been living In Trinidad, Colo., with my sister Mary, a girl 17 years old. and we were staying with the Hughes family there after our mother left for , Portland. That was a year ago last May. I She came to Portland to take care of my grandmother, Mrs. Storroberg, who was living with my grandfather on a farm) near Portland "WTien my grandmother was well again, mother moved into town, "Two weeks ago she wrote for me to come to Portland as soon as I could. Be-1 fore I left my sister wrote that I was coming, and told In the letter when I would get to Portland. "We did not have the address. "We Just addressed the let ter 'Portland, Or.' I wrote her another letter from Portland Sunday evening, tell ing her I was here. No, I didn't cry when she did not come, but I waited all day for her. Everybody has been very kind to me. My mother could not have received our letter, else she would have come." The Police Station was Informed yes terday of the case. Postmaster Croasman 3 also notified, and Instructed all the , r. i- i, i ,.. ..u lettTf5;f"rl"S " "feiinl snr ape"0nn(, ffJtJ? eJL,?M f Sib fS v,?h7nn? t"0 email children. No such name Is . . . t. ,. Mtrn- m,a u,M . A J " J w t positive her mother is in Portland, and It ( should be a matter of only a few days before her mother learns of the child's arrival. K Divorce Snlt. Anna Larson has commenced suit against Olaf A. Larson, for a divorce. on the ground of gross drunkenness. The plaintiff alleges that from the time of her marriage to the defendant, at Van couver. "Wash., in. 1800, until November, 1S94, she lived with him, although part of the time was compelled to work to Big Cuts in Clothing Department All onr lO.OO and $12.50 All-Wool Fancy Worsted, Cashmere and Chev iot Summer Salts at $8.25 a Suit All oar 5&.SO Flannel Suits at $7.25 a. Suit All onr yonnjr men's $12.00, 912.CO and 913.SO Fancy Worsted Cheviot and Casslmere Salts, at $9.95 a Suit Men's Summer Vests All resmlar $l.QO values at. . ...91.13 All rejrnlar $ 2.00 values . ..... $1.37 All resmlar 82.60 values,.. . ..?1.G3 All resralar $3.00 values. .. .$33 Specials for Boys All-Wool Two-Piece Suits Light and medium weight $ t crf tweeds and cheviot; reg- 2)4.11 J ular price, J5.C0: a suit v All-Wool Blue Cheviot Sailor Suits Combination collar and d nn shield; regular price, $3.S3; B.70 a suit' Y Sine Laundered Percale rfi Waists, sizes 6 to 13 years; JL regular price. 75c; each.... White Shifts The "M. & F." Co. Men's Unlaundered -fihiit. linen bosom and wrist bands, f?( relnfurccd througaou. OUv long- or short bosoms; each We are agent for the "President suspenders, 50c a pair. Misses' Tan Shoes - Lace or button, kid or vesting tops. latest style toes. Regular price, $2.30; special, $3.12. Regular price, $2 00; special. $1.63. Same styles In chl dren's sizes Regular price. $2.C0; special. $1."2. Regular price, $1.50; special. $1.33. All Tan Shoes at reduced prices. r4 SO. Third and Oak Streets Telephone PORTLAND, OREGON Main 107. support herself and child, because tho j defendant had contracted the drinking habit and become lazy and shiftless. Mrs. Larson says she then went to Montana and worked as a domestic until January. 1S97, when she returned to her husband, who wa3 at Mullan, Idaho, on his prom ise that he would reform. Instead, she alleges he drank more than before, and broke the furniture and threatened to kill i her. and was Drcvented from shootlmr j her through the interference of a neigh- bor. The plaintiff further states that Larson has repeatedly told her he wou'd km her if she attempted to get a divorce. and she asks the court to Issue an order restraining him from vlsitlnyf following, speaking with or Interfering with her li any manner, and for the legal custody of their child. 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