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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
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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
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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
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In an appearance. The matron of the ,
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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
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Bleached Turkish Bath
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20c; each Itv
Hemmed TurVl-h Bath Tow- 1C
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price, 25c; each
Wash Fabrics. -
Fanev floured and striped
Dimities and Or?an,1ies.
light, medium and dark n
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to 20c per jard; special....
Musi'n
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Ladles' Cimbrlc "Underskirts,
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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
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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
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t"0 email children. No such name Is
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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
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iot Summer Salts at
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and 913.SO Fancy Worsted Cheviot
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White Shifts
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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.
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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.
Those unhappy persons who suffer from
nervousness and dyspepsia should use
Carter's Little Nerve Pills, made express
ly for this class.
Just a little hot '
water or milk,
a little sugar,
and
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