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Olds, Wotman & King
Washington Street,
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A Perfect Patadise of Fashion
With no f ear.of contradiction, or question, with no shadow of
exaggeration, we pronounce our present assemblage of ready-made
garments without .previous or present parallel in the whole North
west. , Absolute in its completeness, metropolitan in character,
gigantic in magnitude, practically limitless in variety, it represents
the very height of present fashion perfection. Garments are here
whose richness of material and elegance of make are eclipsed only by
the subdued gorgeousness and originalityof their trimming; regal gowns,
masterpieces of design and color blending, down to the very smallest
aecaii; moaeis, oewiiaenng m intricacy or aesign, dux Dswitcmng in )
effect; trimmings, whose multiplicity of materials embroideries, jfe
T 1 d 1- 1 J 1 J - , i "n
VC1VCU5, U&&, UULLUllo, UUglC LUU UCitUb lDgCUlOUSiy com
bined, produce & richness of result hitherto undreamed of; quaint
cuts, dashy little finishes, surprising adaptations of new materials,
charming color touches, impart a completeness and individuality to
these gowns, equal to any French productions. Wraps of silk and
pongee, massively trimmed in heavy laces, chic Monte Carlos, jaunty
jackets, dressy waists, handnome street suits, 'that betray a wonder
ful deftness in tailor work, separate silk waists and delightfully
fresh shirtwaists no class or kind of garment neglected or slightingly
selected. The utmost care has been exercised in eyery instance to
to provide, in all our offerings, the very best in make and material its
price will justify. Our lowest priced garments have style and
character and wear in them.
The public is invited to a general inspection of our showing.
A One-Week
Slipper Special
Dress Slippers, all sizes, and
this season's newest styles re
duced from $1.50 and q o
$1.75 to only yQC
Special Sale
Nurses'
Hospital Shoes
Comfortable and. quiet, with Elk
sole, rubber heel, soft kid. Were
$2.50, this week 93
Special Sale
Boys' and Youths'
School Shoes
In the new Spring lace styles,
made specially strong for school
wear, box calf, extra heavy
soles. Prices:
Sizes 11 to 13 $1.23
Sizes 13$ to 2 .... " 1.38
Sizes 2 "to 5$ 1.68
Colored Petticoats
Our Spring and Summer line of
wash Petticoats is now open.
They are well made, nicely
shaped and in attractive
colors. Prices, tfj' rn
65c to.v CpX.OU
Black Petticoats '
In all the new styles and light
weight materials. Ask to see
the "Elite" petticoat, especially
adapted to stout figures. Made
without tie-strings, Elite petti
coats can be adjusted to any
size waist and absolutely will
not bunch at waist or hips.
Fine Undemaslins
Extra Large Size
Last week brought us a shipment
of extra large size undermus
lins. These include gowns,
drawers,corset covers and skirts.
Children's
Hats and Bonnets
Pretty, neat and picturesque, our
gathering has no rival.
Ladies Muslin Drawers,
Gowns and Skirts
The last shipment we received
makes our showing in all grades
positively unmatchable. They
are absolutely faultless in every
detail of make and trimming."
Prices moderate in the extreme.
Children's
White Dresses
The Daintiest Creations for
the Little Ones
Sizes 1 to 3 years.
Some in the long French waist
effect, some with low neck and
half sleeves, all of fine material
and charmingly m r A A
trimmed. Up to ZOtUU
Confirmation and Christen
ing Dresses For Misses,
Children and Infants
From the simplest to the most
elaborate all are specially select
ed and mostap- OA A A
propriate. Up to 3 W U . U U
"Shttshine"
Demonstration Sale Con
tinued Our demonstration sale of this
splendid polish proved so popu
lar the past week, we have
decided to again place it special
ly before the public. Anyone
desiring to learn the merits of
this polish is cordially invited
to see the demonstration on our
main floor.
Something New
gowns. Ask to see them at
the wrapper counter.
New Shirtwaists
More strikingly handsome shirt
waists just in, along with them
another lot of the new embroid
ered linen that are
erea linen mat are J 7 A A F
priced as low as. .. P UU
W. R. DUNBAR IS DEAD
"WAS ItEGISTEIt OP LAJVD OFFICE
AT VANCOUVER.
Teacher, Xtuniness Man, Soldier. LeK
Idlator, Servant of People IClud
Hearted Citizen AVas Long 111.
VANCOUVER, Wash., March 29. (Spe
cial.) Hon. W. K. rhinbar. Register of
tho United States land office in this city,
died nt his home here at 12 o'clock this
morning, after a long illness from
Bright's disease. He had been confined
to his room for some time, and had not
been in the office for several months.
Judge Dunbar, as be was familiarly
called, was born in Illinois, in 1829. and
came West overland with his parents In
1S46. locating In the "Waldo Hills, near
Salem, Or., where he grew to manhood,
working on his father's farm. He secured
a rudimentary education, and finally be
gan teaching school in the district in his
neighborhood. After a few years he went
to Dallas, Or., where ho engaged in the
mercantile business. In 1S63 he entered
tho First Oregon Infantry, being the first
man to enlist. Ho was made Second
Lieutenant of Company A. He served at
-various points, among others at Vancou
ver Barracks. During 1865 and 1SS6 he
was stationed at Slletz blockhouse, on
Ynquina Bay.
Ho left the Army in 1S66 and entered the
Indian service as teacher and clerk. He
gave excellent satisfaction to tho Gov
ernment in all his work. For a number
of years he was grand chief templar and
lecturer of the grand lodge of the Oregon
Good Templars, and in 1S70 served in the
Oregon Legislature from Marion County.
In 1S73 ho removed to Goldendale, In
Washington Territory, where he made his
home since that time, with the exception
of the time he has been at Vancouver,
since 1S9S. . From April. 1SS2. until Jan
uary, mi, ho was Probate Judge, but this
office being abolished in that year, ho
was appointed United States Commis
sioner, which place he held until 1S9S,
when ho was appointed Register by Presi
dent McKinley, And was reappointed by
President Roosevelt In 1S?2, having given
excellent satisfaction in the office.
Judge Dunbar was a prominent member
of tlie Oddfellows, having served as
grand master of the order, past grand
master, and for six terms was representa
tive to the grand lodge. He is a brother
to Judge R. O. Dunbar, of tho Washington
Supremo Court. He was a Republican,
and always a tireless worker in the ranks.
He died poor, comparatively, always being
free-hearted and freely giving to charity.
He leaves a wife, but no children, a son
having died in Goldendale some years ago.
Judge Dunbar was universally respected
by a large circle of friends all over the
Coast. He was conscious to the last,
and was cheerful during his long illness.
Funeral services will be held at the
house on Tuesday at 2 P. M. The remains
will be taken to Salem for interment "on
the train which leaves Portland at S:S0
on Wednesday morning.
AFTER DUNBAR'S PLACE.
Ttvo
of
Candidates for Register
Vancouver Land Offl.ce.
VANCOUVER. Wash., March 23. (Spe
cial.) The death of Register V.". R. Dun
bar, of the Vancouver lsnd office, neces
sitates an appointment of his successor
At once. It is claimed that Dr. McCuI
lough. of Goldtndale, is an active aspirant,
also Senator E M. Rands, of Vancouver.
Local politicians think the appointment
will be made before Wednesday.
The matter may also settle the selection
of a postmaster here. Some are of the
opinion that Congressman Cushman may
be allowed to name the postmaster If the
Senator names a successor to Dunbar.
OLDEST MAX IX O REG (XV.
General J. II. Stevens Vatmem A.way at
1 La Grande.
SPOKANE, Wash., March 29. (Special.)
General John H. Stevens, who died at
La Grande this morning, is said to have
been the oldest man living in Oregon for
many years. He was 97 years old at the
time of death, and. except fbr blindness,
was in full possession of all his faculties.
He was born in Jamaica, Windham
County. Vt, March 26, 0806. After an
academic education, he became a school
teacher and later a merchant in Boston.
In the Civil War he was a Brlgadier
Gcneral of the Michigan State troops.
He crossed the plains to Oregon in 1S52,
and two years later went back via the
Isthmus of Panama. Returning with his
family to Oregon, he conducted a hotel
at Champoeg and later at La Grande,
where he was Land Office Receiver dur
ing President Grant's term. He was a
member of the last Territorial Legisla
ture, and in 1S56 he was chief packer un
der General Stevens. In the Yakima In
dian War. His last active work was
stockralslng at La Grande, wher he is
survived by a son and daughter, Mf s. Net
tie Kelly and Jasper H. Stevens. He was
married twice and outlived both wives.
Fnnernl of Late Major McCammon.
VANCOUVER, Wash., March 29. The
funeral ceremonies of Major William W.
McCammon, retired, United States Army,
who died here last Friday, took place
from the family residence In this city to
day. In the imposing military cortege
which followed the remains of the dead
soldier to the Military cemetery were Gen
eral Frederick Funston and members of
his staff and other officers at Vancouver
Barracks and their families. The funeral
caisson was escorted by the Seventeenth
Infantry Band, eight companies of infan
try and two squadrons of artillery.
Japanese Is Drowned.
WEISER, Idaho, March 29. (Special.)
A Japanese in the employ of the Pacific
& Idaho Northern Railroad was drowned
In the Welser River last night, about 50
miles north of here. The river Is very
high, and he was keeping driftwood from
settling around the railroad bridge that
crosses the Welser at that point. He
was In a boat, when it capsized. He was
unable to swim, and, the river being very
swift at that point, he was carried out
into the stream and disappeared. Search
ing parties have been out all day to look
for the body.
Dentil of Mr. Jennie's. Pond.
.CORVALLIS, Or., March 29. (Special.)
Mrs. Jennie S. Pond, aged. years, and
for the past 2! years a resident of Cor
vallls, died at the home of her son in
this city this morning. - Her malady was
bronchitis. She was born in New Jersey
In August, IKS, and came to Oregon S3
years ago.
Fanernl of William Edgar at Astoria
ASTORIA. Or., March 29.-SpeciaL)
The funeral of the late William Edgar was
held "from the family residence tills after
noon, ' and the Interment was in Ocean
View cemetery-
Fine Hotel for John Day.
JOHN DAT, Or.. March 29. A modern
hotel, with all the appointments of an up-to-date
hostelry. ne of the contem
plated improvements la the town of John
Day that has 'assumed definite form. The
building will be a fine brick and stone
structure, 65 feet by 5 feet, and either two
or three stories high. The cosf will be
?10,0M.
Found Hanfrlnf? by His Keck.
RAINIER, Or., March 29. (Special.)
Word was received here yesterday of
the death of Fred Clark, a prominent
young man of Clatskanie, by suicide. He
owned a small bouse on his ranch, a few
miles ouUof Clatskanie,
He had attached one .end of a rope to
a crossbeam on the porch, and fixing the
noose around his neck, it is supposed he
jumped off. No inquest was held, as the
authorities were satisfied that it was a
case of self-destruction.
TO ARRAXgE BROTHER'S AFFAIRS.
Demeatc'd Svre.de at Aberdeen Has
Large Estate.
ABERDEEN, Wash.. March 29.-Spe-cial.)
Karl August Lofton arrived yester
day In Aberdeen from Sweden. Mr. Lof
ton is the brother of Lars J. Lofton, who
was committed to the asylum some
months ago, and for whose estate J. C.
Cross was appointed guardian.
The immediate reason for Mr. Lofton's
coming to this country is to straighten out
his brother's affairs. About two months
ago an application was made to the Supe
rior Court by John Carlson and other
friends of Lofton to have Mr. Cross re
moved as guardian and to have Mr. Carl
eon appointed in his place. This the court
declined to do, and on learning of this
action, Karl A. Lofton, the brother, de
cided to come over from Sweden and
straighten matters out himself.
The estate of the Insane Mr. Lofton is
valued at about 00,000. and about J1SO0 of
this Is cash. Mr. Lofton comes to this
country armed with an order of the Swed
ish court appointing him guardian of his
brother. He will take his brother home
with him.
WILL "WASH OUT GOLD.
G. W. Dart, of John Day, Starting
Up an Extensive Work.
Grant County News, March 25.
Placer mining promises to be an import
ant industry in this vicinity during the
coming season. Several miners have al
ready commenced getting things in readi
ness for the Summer's run.
What promises to be an excellent pay
ing proposition Is the placer mine of G.
W. Dart, which will .be worked for the
first timo this season.
Mr. Dart has leased the pipe, giants
and all the mlnlns material belonging to
the Humboldt Mining Company, and at
present has a force of men l&ylnc thi3
pipe and getting everything in readiness
for the Summer's run, which will com
mence tomorrow.
The mine Is situated on the west side
of Canyon- Creek, between John Day and
Canyon City, and nearly opposite Long
Gulch. Water will be weed from the Hum
bolt ditch. The ditch will be in charge
of Bert Stone.
It !a the Intention to operate the mine
16 to IS hours a day, according as the
length of the days permit. Two shifts of
men will be employed.
Berlin OST the River.
ASTORIA. Or., March 29. (Special.)
The tug Tatoosh, which arrived in this
evening, reports that the vessel that is
off the mouth of the river is a full-rigged
American- ship in ballast. She is supposed
to be the Berlin, en route from San Fran1
cisco to load cannery supplies for the
Alaska Fishermen's Packing Company's
cannery at Bristol Bay, Alaska.
TOWN OF LYONS BURNED
FIRE DESTROYS ALL THE BUSINESS-HOUSES.
Incendiary Is Supposed to Have
Started the Blase Losses Said to
Be Covered by Insurance.
SALEM. Or., March 29. (Special.) Roy
Goodhue, who returned this morning from
a visit to Lyons, Linn County, reports
that on last Friday night all the business
bouses In that town were destroyed by
fire. The principal property destroyed
was as follows: ,
Hotel, valued at about $1000. and owned
by Colonel Reed, of Rcteburg. The furni
ture In the building. Including the equip
ment of a barber shop, was also a- total
loss. A store valued at $500 and small
stock of merchandise, owned by J." G.
Lyons. A number of buildings owned by
Henry Lyons and used as warehouses,
valued at $500.
The Are Is supposed to have been set by
an Incendiary. It is understood that the
loss was fully covered by Insurance.
The Goodhue creamery Is at some dis
tance from town and was not injured.
"DRESSER'S GOOD XA3IE.
Oregon City People Quick to Testify
In HIa Behalf.
OREGON CITY, March 29. (Special.)
The announcement in this morning's Ore
gonlan that A. S. Dresser would receive
the appointment of Register of the Oregon
City land office early this week was sur
prising to many, and expected by few.
Ever since The Oregonlan said that ex
Senator Simon had the President's prom
ise to be allowed to name Register
Moores' successor, and that his choice
was George A. Steel, a great many people
have been trying to figure out how Mr.
Dresser could land the plum.
They did not believe that Roosevelt
would break his promise to Simon, and
while many of them would have liked to
ree Mr. Dresser named, at the same time
they were unable to see Just how the cards
could be turned. When it came to a
question of the qualification and ability
of the two men, Mr. Dresser Is eminently
the better man for the position. He has a
well-balanced legal mind, and Is a lawyer
of considerable ability.
Senator Mitchell has been quietly work
ing for Dresser's appointment, and wired
prominent politicians here that they need
not be uneasy; that the appointment would
be made in due time. About the middle
of last week a wire was received from
Washington that charges had been made
against Mr. Dresser's character, and ask
ing that these charges be refuted by his
home DeODle. Accordlnrlv snmp of hfa
'friends went to work and secured the sig
natures or a numoer of the most promi
nent people in the city, irrespective of
theln political belief. The charges were
so absurd that the clergy went on record
to testify their faith in Mr. Dresser's good
Jost before retiring. If yonr liver ia
sluggish, oak of tune and yon feel doll,
bilious, constipated, take a dose of
Hood's Pills
And you'll be all right in the morning;
Our first effort was to dispose
of the goods on our counters.
Now comes a much greater tasK
ENTIRE CONTENTS of
our great BASEMENT
sacrificed this week j& &
' tfke goods, but three weeks
of water on
in a
come to our regular stocK j? j?
400 CASES OF MER
CHANT
wee
dry
ed out this
basement
must be
j? jg? j&
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reserve stocK
out at g'reat sac-
regardless of cost.,
STORE OPEN
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citizenship, and these testimonials were
oil riMi-Ad tn Senator Mitchell.
Mr. Dresser Is a prominent member of
the First Baptist Church, and his daily
life is above reproach, and his friends
had .no difficulty in getting people to.
pledge their signatures to this fact.
Mllili UXIOX AT SELLWOOD.
Textile Workers Start Oat With Good
McjnljersiUIp!
OREGON 'CITY. Or., March 29. Special.)
Organizer J. H. Howard, of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, accompanied by
President G. H. Marley and Secretary M.
J. Gleason, of the Textile Workers' Union,
of this city, and about 15 members of the
Textile Workers, went to Sellwood last
'night and organized a Textile Lnlon
among the employes of - the Sellwood .
woolen mill. Thirty signed the charter
list.
Another meeting will be held next Sat
urday, and permanent organization will be
effected as soon as the charter arrives.
Organizer Howard considers the prospects
bright for the new union, and says 30
members at a start Is a good showing for
such a small mill.
Preliminary organization was made last
night in A. O. U. W. Hall, and the follow
ing officers were elected: Claude Jack,
president: F. C. Graf, vice-president;
Thomas M. Taylor, recording secretary;
John J. Curran, treasurer; N. Knudsen,
guardian: John Lindsay, conductor.
"Women's Clnl Convention.
ASTORIA, Or., March 29. (SpecIal.K-At
a meeting of the Women's Club held last
evening the following were elected as dele
gates to the State Federation of Women's
Clubs, which meets In Astoria In June:
Mesdames P. A. Stokes, W. O. Barnes
and H- G. Van Dusen.
Circuit Court last evening, charging Paddy
Lynch and Theodore Toblason with tne
crime of kidnaping. This takes the ques
tion of fixing the amount of the bail out
of the hands of the Justice Court.
Lewis nnd Clnr6 Wonmn' Club.
OREGOX CITY. Dr.. March 29. (Special.)
Mrs. William Galloway will address the
women of Oregon City next Wednesday
afternoon at 2 o'clock in Willamette Hall
on '.The Lewis and Clark Exposition." It
is her desire to organize a Lewis and
Clark Woman's Club here, after which she
-will go to Woodburn. Salem, Albany and
otner portions of the state.
night that Mrs. Kelaon A. Miles, wife of
the Lleutenant-General, was taken ill with
heart trouble at West Point on Saturday,
and had to be carried to the hotel where
she had been staying for the last few
days while visiting her son. Cadet Sher
man Miles. General Miles was telegraphed
for and arrived from New York. Mrs.
Miles f. rrmrh Imnrnvcil to1n- thoi?th
' still confined to her bed.
nines! of Sir. Miles.
NEW YORK. March 29. It Is learned to-
Trae Bill Filed Aainnt Lynch.
ASTORIA. Or.. March 29. Special.) Dis
trict Attorney Allen filed true bills in the
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