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1(5 THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1903. WASTEOFMON Portage Road Is Now Unnecessary. ENGINEER HUBER'8 VIEWS Construction Would Interfere With Canal Project. COST WOULD EXCEED $165,000 Man Who, Made First Estimate Advo cates Use f the Appropriation by State to Get Right-of-Way for Government. r- EXGIXEER'S VIEWS OX PORTAGE KOAD. Engineer Oskar Huler, 'who made th estimate of 'lCS.OOO for building the state portage road, sajs: "iloncr tpent on portage road -would be thrown away. "It would cost more than $103,000 If built according to elate plans. "It -would interfere with the build ing of the Government canal. "The law should not be repealed, but the $105,000 should be used to get the right of war for the Government canal." ' --- Oskar Hubcr Is the engineer who esti mated that the portage road could be built for $165,000. Mr. Huber made this estimate for State Senator T. H. John ston, of Dufur, who championed the portage-road bill in the Senate. Sir. Huber declares that his route and plans for the portage have not been followed by the survey of Engineer Hammond, and that the road therefore cannot be constructed for $1G5,000. Sir. Hammond is the engineer employed by the state. Furthermore, Sir. Huber insists that construction of the portage Is now unnec essary because the National Government Is ready to begin work in the canal and that for this reason alone expenditure fefthe $165,000 on the road would be like 'throwing money away. -"iA.s engineer for Paul Slohr's portago railway on the "Washington side. Sir. Huber Is thoroughly familiar with the physical conditions on the Oregon shore. At present he Is director of works of the Lewis and Clark Exposition. - "If I were a member of the Legisla ture," said Sir. Huber last night, :l should certainly advocate giving up the portage road. Myopinlon is that money spent on the portage will be thrown away." ".Do you advocate repeal of the portage law?" Get Right-of-Way for Canal. "Np, the law should be amended so as to enable the State Portage Commission ers toitacqulre right of way for the Gov ernment canal. But the portage law should not he repealed; Oh no. Indeed. "The National Government is ready to start work on the canal immediately. It has money available for a substantial beginning; not, however, if It must spend J50.0M or $100,000 for right of way." About $214,000 is left over from the boat railway scheme and will bo spent on the canal. Congress has authorized $100,000 more for contracts. The Government en gineers have estimated that right of way would cost $100,000. Slajor Langfitt has said that by continuous work the Gov ernment could build the canal probably in four or five years. AH the uncertainty which confronts the Legislature comes from one tingle ques tion Will the National Government con tinue construction without slop when it sets about the work? If so, the Legis lature will doubtless provide means for securing ground for the canal. Otherwise, it will go ahead with the portage; at least any attempt to give up the portage will meet strong resistance. "I assume," went on Sir. Huber, "that the report of the Government engineers and the adoption of that report by the Secretary of War means the National Government really Intends to start the canal, provided it can secure right of way free of cost. I might use a taore positive word than 'assume, for really there does not seem to be any uncer tainty about it. Useless to Build Portage Roads. "Consequently, it is useless to build the portage road even If $165,000 is sufficient for that purpose. "The portage could not be operated while the Government was digging the canal. It could be employed only as a means of transportation for Government freight. I need not say that there Is in sufficient ground on the Oregon shore for the O. R. & N., the portago road, and the canal. "It would be a tight pinch for the port ago and It will be a tight pinch for the canal. The portage would be in the way of the canal or the canal would be in the way of the portage and the O. R. &. N. would be In the way of both. A Jangle would ensue and retard completion of the canaL The dispute would get into the courts and make further delay. And the National Government would probably pull out until the state and the O. R. & N. had ended their differences. "Leave Way Open for Canal." "The simplest way Is to leave the ground open for the canal, to secure that ground for the Government, and to present It to Uncle Sam without any incumbrances. Uncle Sam Is now willing to enter upon the work. Get him started and he Is likely to keep on. Let him hold off and he may not begin." "Why can't the state build the portage for $1G5.000?" "Because tho plans which the state has in view will cost more than the plans upon which 1 based the estimate, $165,000. I had In mind a narrow-gauge track. Tho present plan calls for standard gauge. I planned a light roadbed; the state plans a more expensive roadbed. Where I proposed trestles, the state proposes fills. I did not include an estimate for cost of right of way; the state proposes to en croach upon the O. R. & N. in a manner that will probably not be sanctioned by the courts, and even if it should be, the state will have to pay heavy damages. I proposed a cheaply-constructed roadbed, without much regard to curvature or gra dient; the state proposes a more expensive roadbed." "How much more will the state have to spend?" Would Cost More Than $160,000. "Oh, I don't know; a great deal more. The road I planned was to be a temporary expedient I did not Intend it to last more than six or seven years, nor did the 1-eglslature. The promoters of the projeet did not expt-ct the road to bear heavy transportation; in fact, they expected very little freight to pass over the road. T,he portage was to be rather a regulator of frelgnt ratesJ' Sir. Huber did not wish to be inter preted as condemning tho state plans. What he meant to emphasize was the cer tainty that $165,000 will not build the road according to those plans, and the advisa bility of substituting the canal for the portage. "REPEAL PORTAGE ROAD LAW" Representative Hansbrough Favors Returning Money to Treasury. Representative J. M. Hansbrough, of Douglas, said last night that he would urge the Legislature "to give up the por tage railroad scheme." "Yes, I know that tho railroad com panies are working to head off the por tage road," said Sir. Hansbrough, "but this is where the railroads and I meet a Juncture of two extremes, as It were." The Douglas gentleman is the father of the employers' liability act, which the railroads fought vainly at the last ses sion. "But the canal ought to be built, and the sooner the better. If the Legislature can bring about Immediate construction by giving the Government the ground required, that's a good thing for the Legislature to do, and I'll help. But $100,000 for right of way, the cost esti mated by Government engineers, Is ex cessive, and half that sum is too much. I shall oppose any attempt to make the $163,000 available for a canal right of way; also any proposal to devote $100,000 to that purpose. "The portage road scheme is Imprac tical, because $165,000 will not carry out the project, and I don't believe the state should spend any more money than that at Celllo. I shall advocate repeal of the portage law or amendment so that most of the $1G5,000 can be returned to the state treasury. "And we've got to take care In this business, else somebody will get a graft" INTERESTS COMMERCIAL BODIES President Beach, of Board of Trade, Opposes Repeal. Commercial bodies of Portland are likely to join the portago rdad contro versy very soon. From the looks of things they will oppose repeal, of the por tage law. They may, however, advocate amendment of the Jaw whereby the state commissioners shall be empowered to provide right of way for the Govern ment canal. "We shouldn't repeal the portage law," said F. E. Beach yesterday, who Is president of the Board of Trade. "What should we do? That depends en whether the Government is going to build the canal without delay. "If It is true that the Government Is ready to build the canal, I think the Legislature should give the state com missioners power to secure ground for the waterway. By all means the Legls ture should keep the commission and should abandon the portage only on con dition that the canal Is to be built And It might be well for the commission or the promoters of the open river to keep a representative at Washington so as to see how things go. In my opinion, this Is as Important as anything else." AGAINST REPEAL OF BILL. Representative GInn Urges That tho Portage Road Be Built. SIORO, Or., -Nov. 2L (Special.) In an swer to yours of yesterday, I beg to state that I do not think the Portage Railway act should be repealed. I fall to see that the bill has served Its purpose. The up per river Is still closed to navigation and freight rates are no lower. Then why should the act be repealed? The object of the construction of the portage road was to afford relief to the inland empire by providing better and cheaper transportation facilities. Has tills been accomplished? With all due respect to our colleagues. I say, emphatically, no. In regard to the proposed Celllo canal, the Government requires Oregon to pro cure the right of way. Sir. Johnson says that Messrs. Seufert and Cook will glo the right of way to the canal. I have not talked with either of these parties, but would be very much surprised if Sir. Seufert makes any concessions whatever to the state for the canal, as he has spent large sums of money In constructing fish wheels and warehouses at Celllo, which the canal would practically destroy. Sir. Cook I do not know. As to Sir. Taffe. I am satisfied the state would probably have to buy him out, as the canal would destroy nearly all of his property at Celllo. Any person can see that the O. R. & N. has resisted the state portage right of way, which would. Interfere but very little with Its track, while the canal would compel the changing of possibly several times as much of Its roadbed. The right of way for the canal will re quire more than 200 feet while only 100 feet Is needed for the state portage road. I think It will be almost Impossible for the state to obtain a tight of way for the canal, at least the cost will be more than double the estimate made for the construction and equipment of the port age road. If the Government had Insist ed that the Nortwest Washlnfrton, Ore gon and Idaho had to procure the right of way and construct the candL It looks very much as though the provision of way was put in the canal bill to either kill or retard the construction. If the portage bill is repealed, the railroad companies will oppose, through their various channels of Influence, any Improvement by the National Govern ment at Celllo or any other place on the upper river, but with the portage road in operation their opposition would dis appear, as the state's road would prac tically open the river and bring the com petition necessary to reduce freight rates. Hence no occasion for the railroad's at tempting to defeat or delay the construc tion of the canal. I made a hard and successful fight last Winter for the passage of the bill and have seen nothing yet to make me change my views regarding it, and believe that, if the inland empire Is to have any relief In the next generation, it must be through the portage road as provided for In tho bill. As the surveys and estimates have been made showing that the road can be constructed and equipped for the amount of the appropriation for that purpose, I think it is only Just to the people of the State of Oregon that the road be built thus affording: them the relief they need. R. J. GINN. Representative Phelps Undecided. HEPPNER, Or., Nov. 24. (Special.) Whether or not I will favor the repeal of the Portage Railway act will depend entirely upon conditions with which I am not at this time sufficiently familiar to give an opinion. G. W. PHELPS. THIEF STEALS UNGEEIE. W. B. Hall's Clothes-Line Is Robbed of Linen Foliage. Three long lines of clothing left hang ing over night on the clothes line to dry came to the notice of a bold, bad thief Monday night Silently and gracefully the lingerie and apparel waved in the cool night brqeze in the rear of W. B. Hall's home, at 5S9 East Burnside street Un abashed the heartless culprit attacked the lines, helping fclmsalf to the best there was, and leaving one of the lines as bar ren of Its linen foliage as the thief him self was of honesty, not to say modesty. While none of tho array of shirts and various intricate articles of wear were taken from the other lines, one of them was cut and the clothes allowed to drop in the dirt so that a luckless servant had all the washing to do over again. It Is thought the thief intended to take the second line of clothing, but was fright ened away. IT WORKS W. Dredge Chinook Tested on the Ban. A SUCCESS IN EVERY WAY Needs Onlya Few Weeks of Good Weather TO PROVIDE A GOOD CHANNEL Vessel Is Capable of Making Five Trips and , Handling Ten Thousand Tons on Each Tide. ASTORIA, Or., Nov. 2L (Special.) The big dredge Chinook did her first work on the bar at high-tide this afternoon and she proved herself to be a success In every way. In fact, she surpassed the expectations of many who were on board her. This morning two trials were made with her in the lower harbor between No. o and No. 7 buoys. On the first run she took in 666 tons of sand in 25 minutes and on the second run 720 tons in 20 minutes. Shortly before high-tide the Chinook was headed across the bar at a speed of about six miles per hour. She was 14 minutes in going over the shoal, and in that time 4S7 tons of sand was Dumped Into her bins, a rate of 35 tons per min ute. This amount would have been con siderably Increased had not one of the suction pipes been blocked with a rock or some other hard substance for five min utes. Going out to sea, the bins were emptied In four minutes. The point where the dredging was com menced today and where it is understood it will be continued is along the south channel, which Is the most narrow sec tion of the bar. There the obstruction Is less than 1& miles wide and the reJl shoal or crest of the bar Is about three-elghth3 of a mile In width. As it will require about 40 minutes for tho Chinook to dredge across the bar, dump her load at sea and return, it is ex pected that five trips can be made and 10,000 tons of sand taken out on each tide worked. Local shipping men are highly elated over the showing made by the dredge and feel assured that If the weather condi tions permit the continuance of the work for a -few w eeks, there will be a material increase in tho depth of water on the bar. DEMAND NEW BUILDING. Brooklyn Taxpayers insist Upon Get ting Modern Schoolhouse. A flood of oratory wag turned loose on the schoolhouse question in the Brooklyn part of the district last night at the meet ing of taxpayers and residents held in Blanck's Hall. While the attendance was not large. It was enthusiastic for better school facilities. The condition of the an nex on Powell street received attention, and was condemned by the mothers pres ent as unfit for their children. Waldemar Seton was elected chairman and S. F. White secretary. It was moved and carried that a committee of three be appointed to co-operate with a like com mittee from the Slothers' Club, In Inter viewing the Board of Education. Walde mar Seton was made chairman of the committee by vote, and S. F. White and F. G. Urfer were the other two members. The Intention Is not to stop the agitation until Brooklyn gets a modern school house. Sewerage and streets were also dis cussed, and one result of the meeting will probably be the organization of a per manent push club to work for general Improvements. BOTH BUILDINGS UNSANITARY Brooklyn School and Annex Are Con demned by Visiting Physicians. State Health Officer Dr. Woods Hutch inson and Dr. Slae Cardwell, of tho City Board of Health, visited the Brooklyn building on Sillwaukle avenue and the annex on Powell street yesterday after noon. They make their Inspections sep arately, and both arrived at the same conclusion concerning both buildings and they especially condemn the annex on Powell street Dr. Hutchinson said that the conditions in the annex are about as bad as they can be, and that provisions should be made at once to improve them or shut up the annex as dangerous to tho health of every pupil and teacher there. Regarding the Brooklyn building, Dr. Hutchinson found conditions as good as could be expected In an old and crowded structure. Dr. Cardwell was very vigorous In her language In regard to the annex. She found, as Dr. Hutchinson did, that It was "unfit for children." Both teachers there are in bad health In consequence, she said. One of these teachers, said Dr. Cardwell, had gone to a physician for advice, but was told that nothing could be done for her as long as she taught In the annex. Dr. Cardwell also condemned the closets of the main building on Sill waukle avenue, and said that they should be repaired at once. Dr. Hutchinson kindly consented to supplement the efforts of the committees from Brooklyn when they go before the Board of Education to ask for a new building. WILL GET KOBE LIGHT. Arc Lamps to Be Substituted for ln candescents After New Year's. Incandescent lights on street corners are to be only a memory after January 1. Arc lights of the size and power now used will take the places of the glimmering bulbs, which, particularly on the West Side, shed their faint light from telegraph poles. Where there have been five lncandes cents there will be one arc light But the difference Is more than equalized by the candle power furnished. Tho street ln candescents at their best give out 25 candle power. The arc lights are sup posed to equal 2000 candles. An ordinance has already passed the Council providing for a new contract for arc lights alone. This goes Into effect January 1, and cuts all the lncandescents out for which the city Is paying. The East Side has long been provided with arc lights which have given general satisfaction, though complaints are num erous that the light flickers and goes out for a time. But when the light is on much greater power compensates for the periods when the fluid wavers or the car bons burn unevenly. At present there are 737 street arc lights and 63S lncandescents. The East Side has but 14 lncandescents. . MASKETS AEE LADEN. Abundance of Thanksgiving Meats and Dainties in Local Shops. The markets were the center of attrac tion yesterday, as tho minds of all were fixed on Thanksgiving, and crowds gath ered to admire the displays of turkeys, pheasants and game birds on the side walks irr front There were turkejs everywhere. In groceries and In butcher shops. The commission-houses on Front street were blocked with them and game of all sorts, Including a lot of canvas back ducks, but the display at the prin cipal markets was unusually large and fine. Sir. Sargent, caterer for the Arling ton Club, was among the interested ad mirers and expressed himself as amazed at the number and fineness of the tur keys. He said he had been connected with the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel In New York and had bought turkeys for It In lots of as high as five carloads at a time, the best to" bo obtained In the markets, but he had never seen such fine, fat tur keys, nor such large ones as those now In the Portland markets. They beat the best Illinois corn-feds all hollow. In the East a 25-pound turkey was considered a very large one, and the largest he had seen there weighed less than 30 pounds, but now he had a 42-pound one to grace the table of the Arlington Club on Thurs day, and had seen many nearly as large. Hundreds of people had placed their order for turkeys a week or more ago, but the markets were crowded and thronged all day with customers anxious to secure a choice turkey, and the millionaire banker and the leaders of society Jostled the wife of the working man, all Intent on secur ing a choice bird. Among the throng was Joseph Ganong, secretary of the Portland Flour ing Mills Company, striving to get his order filled. He selected some 450 choice birds, for employes of this company no small ones, an average of ten pounds weight was what he wanted, and ordinary buyers looked on In amazement as tur key after turkey was handed down from the racks and piled in boxes for him. One customer jokingly told the dealer that if he let this man have all he wanted there would not be enough left for the others. A banker standing by said: "There will be very few In Portland who will not have a turkey dinner on Thanksgiving this year, for money Is plenty and every one has some." A representative of the Union Sleat Company was buying over 200 turkeys for presents to all the married men in their employ. They let the sengle men look out for themselves, which many will say Is a proper Idea. Representatives of several firms were seen in various markets making large purchases for presents to employes and the extra force of clerks and delivery boys were working like demons with no prospect of rest or sleep till Thursday. Slan cannot live on turkey alone and the butcher shops displayed the best of meats from the prize ox down to litters of plump, smooth-shaven sucking pigs, each with his little melt Inserted under loops of skin along Its snout and with a large apple In its mouth. It Is, however, use less to attempt to give a list of the lux uries provided by marketmen for Thanks giving dinner, and' all should pray for a good appetite and sound digestion. , JUST IN TIME E0R THANKSGIV ING. Another Sensational Cut in Piano Prices That Will Make Scores of Happy Homes. The three carloads of choice, brand new Instruments offered at specially low prices during our opening week were disposed of before the week was out The biggest piano values ever offered In Port land were contained in this extraordinary occasion, and scores of buyers took quick advantage of the opportunity. Three more carloads have just come In, and they are going to be sold, commencing this morning, at the same prices as the last lot We are celebrating the opening of the newly arranged salesrooms In this way. Every one of these pianos will be offered at a reduction of from 20 to 30 per cent; $200 pianos will go for $156; $275 pianos for $197; $350 pianos for $264, and J400 pianos for $312. Here are big savings for bright buyers. They are for this week only, however, and there are but three car loads, of them, so the earlier your pur chase Is made, the better your chance of securing one of them. Easy payments of as little as $6.00 a month may be arranged for. Remember the new entrance (old number). 351 Wash ington, near corner of Park, qr Eighth street, Eilers Piano House; Biggest, busi est and best piano dealers. MKEE ROBBED OF EARNINGS. David Watt Loses $110 on Vacation Trip. Several years of experience as a miner failed to protect David Watt when ho ar rived Jn PorUand and started out to see the sights. On his first night In the city he was robbed of $110, his entire savings. He reported the case to the police yester day, but was not able to say In what manner he had been robbed. He thought he had lost his money In the - Elkton Lodging-house, Second and Flanders, but further than that he had no clew. Watt mines near Cottage Grove. He had been working steadily for several months, and decided it was Ume for a short vacaUon. His friends declare that he Is not a drinking man, and that he was enUrely sober when hej was robbed. - DROWNING OF W. ST. M. BARNES Well-Known Detective Falls Steamer in Seattle. From News has been received in tho city of the drowning at Seattle Sunday evening of W. St. M. Barnes, formerly chief of the PorUand branch of the Thlel Detec tive Agency. The man was boarding a steamer when he lost his footing and fell Into the water. All efforts to rescue him were frulUess, as the night was dark and Barnes could not swim. The body has not yet been recovered. Barnes lived In Portland a number of years and Is quite well known here. He left the city a year ago last July, having been transferred to tho Seattle office of the agency. t NOW IS THE TIME To Select Holiday Presents at the B. B. Rich Curio Store. Tou will find many quaint arUcles at a nominal price. Linen drawn work, Guad lajara pottery, Mexican feather work, scenery cut on cork, beaded tobacco pouches arid pipe cases, Indian baskets of every size and description, Hve-for-ever moss and many other articles too numer ous to mention. "Visit us today. We oc cupy the entire upper floor over the B. B. Rich cigar store, cor. 6th and W. En trance on 6th. Open evenings. Thanksgiving Services. Thanksgiving day services at All Saints' Church, corner of Twenty-second and Reed streets, will be held at 10 o'clock A. M. The offering will be for the Good Samaritan Hospital. The Thanksgiving services at St. Mark's Church, corner of Nineteenth and Qulmby streets, on Thanksgiving day, will be as Meier d& Frank Store Closed All Day Trunks and Traveling Dring in your mioimuo rjLiui c i-iouuua v w. ww -.w . -.. Children's Apparel Values 8 qewimt r Children's Long Coats in all the best styles and materials 8 to 14 years: $12.00 and $13.00 Coats now $9.45; $14.00 and Coats now $12.25. Children's Covert Cloth Coats $2.85. Clothing and Furnishings Unusual Thanksgiving bargains in Men's and Boys' Clothing and Furnishing Goods for today. There's every reason why our men's clothing section should be just as popular as the woman's department. Best styles, best variety, latest materials, perfect fit and a saving of fully twenty per cent on what you are asked to pay at the exclusive clothing store. On second floor. Men's all-wool fancy Worsted Pants in neat gray stripes Correct cut, all sizes, today your choice All $4.00 values $3.45 All $6.00 values $5.20 All $4.50 values $3.85 All $6.50 values $5.65 All $5.00 values $4.30 All $7.50 values $6.55 Men's fine all-wool Cheviot Suits in dark and medium mix tures, cheviots and tweeds, extra well made, best of trim mings and workmanship, all sizes, suits the exclusive cloth ier would ask you $20.00 sale price Men's Overcoats in all the newest and best styles and mate rials, plain or belted backs, prices from $12.50 to $35.00, which is considerably less than you have to pay at exclu sive stores for equal grades. The new Smoking Jackets and Bath Robes are now ready. en's Furnishings Men's Merino Half-Hose, spliced toes and heels, the regular 25c grade j q ' Men's Suspenders, good webbing and styles, the regular 25c kind reduced to, Q pair " Men's Ribbed Wool Underwear, natural wool v and camelshair, the regular $1.00 OQr grade for WK Boy's Wool Sweaters, navy and ma- Kn roon, regular $1.00 kind for J Men's Four-in-Hand and Teck Ties, neat stripes and figures, great val - - & Men's Dress Shirts $1.00, $1.50 . Full Dress Protectors $1.00, $2.50 Full Dress Shirt Studs, pair 25c to $1.00 mprtant Last Day of the Great Thanksgiving Linen Sale. Thanksgiving Sales of Dinner Sets, Cutlery, Silverware, Etc, Great Thanksgiving Sales of Handkerchiefs, Hosiery, Gloves. Laces and Dress Trimmings, entire stock greatly reduced, j Sale extraordinary of Men's, Women's and Children's Shoes. Marvelous values in Fine Undermuslins and Children's Dresses Hundreds of Dress Goods Remnants surprisingly low priced. Great sale of Ladies' Suits, Coats, Costumes, Wraps and Furs. Thanksgiving Groceries, Pure Foods, Nuts, eta, etc., underpriced Meier & Frank Company follows: 620 A. M. and 7:30 A. M., holy communion; 9 A. M., matins; 10:30 A. M., holy communion and sermon; S P. M., mission service. SKIRTS PBEE Today Only. With each order given us today for gent's pants we will give free a skirt pattern of elegant, all-wool, black tailor cloth. As you perhaps well know, all our stock Is marked In plain figures. Pants are from $7.50 to $13 50-and no goods are handled In our place but all wool. Wo'll say no more except should you like we will cut, fit and make these skirts for you for $2.50, If you want us to; If not, all right. Today only. The J. M. Acheson Company, Merchant Tailors, Fifth and Alder streets. Pleasant Home News. Mrs. Elizabeth C. Haworth died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Vina Steph ens, Pleasant Home. November 2L She was 91 years old. Miami County,, Ohio, was her native home. Ten children were ffB FWHWW !" ""."'"'.T ' UHMMI MIW r.HBrT , m,, .IWwa 8 Company Tomorrow. Bags, every good' size and style, All sorts of attractive clothing for misses and children are unusually low priced here this week. Variety of styles is lavish; the values superb. You know Everyone knows there's not a children's department on the Coast equal to ours. If your children's garments are not satisfactory it's certainly not our fault. These values are of great import ance to all parents having a young lady in the family. Our entire stock of Children's Novelty Coats "in Russian blouse, box and fancy styles. Velvet, cheviot, zibeline and broadcloth materials. Hand-made lace collars, fancy braid trimmed styles, scores of new novelties, ages 2 to 6 years. 11.50 Coats 12.50 Coats 14.00 Coats 15.00 Coats $16.50 Coats 18.00 Coats 20.00 Coats for, our special Boys' $3.00 Suits $3.50 Suits $4.50 Suits $4.75 Suits $5.00 Suits years, all the regular $4.00 val ues reduced to , Boys' all-wool years, handsome styles, the $7.50 values for Sales Around the Store 1 Meier &. Frank Company born to her, five of whom are living: Mrs. Mollle Vanklrk, Pleasant Hill. O.; Mrs. Martha Pence, Logansport, Ind.; James Haworth, Kansas City, Mp.; Allen Haworth, Portland, Or.; Mrs. Vlntf Stephens, Pleasant Home, Or. Mrs. Haworth came to Oregon from Ohio 16 years ago. The funeral was held Monday at Pleasant Home. Services were con ducted by Rev. C. A. Nutley, of Gresham. Interment was in .Pleasant Home cemetery- Nearly all the mills are sawing out railway ties and teams are hauling them to Troutdale. Fitzpatrlck Is Better. WASHINGTON, Now 24. Representa tive Fitzpatrlck. of Tennessee, who wa3 taken to the Emergency Hospital last night, is reported better today. The physi cians say he Is suffering from heart trouble. The Mission at St. Mark's. Yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock Father Venables gave a very interesting address on "Woman's Place and Work In the Church." In the evening Father Parrish Meier (Sh Frank Company Store Closed All Day Tomorrow. largest variety in town. j j now $ 7.95 now now now now $13.85 now $14.55 now shown this season in ages from $15.00 Coats now $10.65; $16.50 W MP i Clothing Our entire stock of Boys' Sailor Suits are greatly reduced in price. Blue serges and cheviots, gray mixed cheviots and tweeds, ages 2 1-2 to 10 years, all the very best styles. $2.05 $6.00 Suits $4.95 $2.48 $6.50 Suits $5.40 $7.00 Suits $5.85 $7.50 Suits $6.20 $8.00 Suits $7.15 $3.85 $4.10 $4.20 All-wool two-piece double-breasted Suits in dark blue ahd black cheviots, sizes 8 to 16 Oxford Gray Overcoats, 8 tol5 Meier &. Frank Comp answered questions and preach Sign of the Cross." Addresses will be made toda d on "The at 9:30 A. At the 8 M. and 4 P. M. and 8 P. M o clock service Father Parrish on "Confession." Kill preach Negro Is Lynched COLTOMBrA. S. C. Nov. h A report has reached here that .TamN Nelson, a negro charged with attempted assault on a white girl, has been lynched son, S. C. he; ar Jeffer- ' ' ahy fcCOllLAR i
