1 THE KOENTNtf 0EEGO3TEA1T, THURSDAY, XAKCH- 9, 1905. FACTS ABOUT PAYING The Globe-Democrat on Re sults in St Louis. ECONOMIC VALUE OF ASPHALT 'How-the Political Gang Drove Out Asphalt and Then Ran Up the Price on Bltu-Jithlc. The street department under the Wells administration has worked wonders. One of them -was to double, the cost of street construction per mile compared with pre vious administrations. Another has been to send up the prices of paving of differ ent kinds on nearly every contract. Still another was to introduce a new, untried paving material on many miles of -the principal streets at a high price, and to put down a lot of antiauated wood blocks at an equally high figure. Still another innovation was that of letting down the bars to a paving monopoly, which charges two prices in St. Jx)uis and one elsewhere. Tho "Wells administration boomers are fond of talking about clean streets. The figures show that they have spent nearly four times as much on the streets as any previous administration. Whether they are clean or not. one has but to look around him to find out. The city has put down a lot of paving in the last four years. All told, it amounts to about 100 miles, or will on the comple tion of contracts next April. It has spent over $5,000,000 In doing this, or about 531, O00 a mile. Under the Zlegenhein admin istration, about 50 miles of paving was laid, which cost $23,000 per mile. This slight difference of $27,000 per mile, or only $3,913,000 total, the street department jjasses over in discussing the merits of the so-called "business methods" of the Wells administration. It tells how the great triple alliance made war on the "as phalt trust." whose paving could be had for $24 a square yard, while the untried bituminous macadam and wooden blocks have cost from $30 to $35 per square yard. Besult: The city has 15 miles of experi mental paving on its boulevards, a part of which is already wearing out, and has to be frequently repaired: 2 miles of wooden blocks, which everybody had supposed had been discarded years ago as a pax'ing ma terial; a number of miles of vitrified brick at an advance in price, and some new granite paving, for part of which as high as $37 per square yard was paid, when the ruling price was $23 per square yard four years ago. The 30 miles of paving 'laid, or to bo completed during the year, have cost the city $59,000 per mile a price for .which there Is no comparison in St. Louis, and which is believed to be un cqualed In any city In the country. Comparison in Figures. The following tables from the records of the street department show what has been done In street construction by the Wells and Zlegonhein administrations, and tho comparative cost. Street construction under Wolls admin istration by fiscal years, from April. 190L to April, 1903: No. miles paved. J301-1P02 10.S.-I JPQU-lBOIt 13.05 1P08-19M 30.17 1004-1005 30.73 Cost of work. $ 604.382 614.528 2.079.180 J.S2S.6K6 Ar. cost per mile. $35,4 S2 47.090 .'.7.455 59.418 Totals '.. 39.80 $5,123,730 $51,340 Street construction under Ziegcnhetn administration by fiscal years from ApriL 1887. to April. 1901: No. mllos. Cost paved. of work. 1897-1898 17.41 $ 411.727 1898-1899 0.38 273,61 4 1890-1000 1900-1901 ...12.91 ...12.25 191.1S8 330,300 Av. cost per mile. $23,648 29,100 14.809 26.963 Totals 51.95 $1,206,829 $23,230 The following table, compiled by the street department, gives the number of miles and the principal kinds of paving laid, or to be laid, for the four years end ing April, 1905. It shows the introduction of bituminous macadam In 1903, the return to the wooden-block pavement in 1902, and the Increase in the amount of vitrified brick over asphalt and granite. The larg est amount of vitrified brick laid during any one year, from April. 1897, to April, 1901, was 3.63 miles, in 1900-1901: 1001-02 1902-03 1908-04 1904-05 'AsDhalt Vitrified brlok 16.10 Granite block .... Bituminous macadam .... Wood blocks .... Novacullte . .96 Telford 1.08 3.97 1.39 ll.SO 6.20 1.47 4.44 New Law Brought More Money. With the entrance of tho Wells admin istration In 1901. the street department was struck by a wave of prosperity in common with the other municipal departments. In creased taxation and collections brought a greatly increased general revenue for street purposes. But what enabled the department to double the amount of street construction .In four years was the charter amendments, passed In 1901, changing the method of assessment for improvements. "Under the old law the city was not per mitted to assess more than 25 per cent of the valuation of adjacent property for a street Improvement, If this was not suf ficient to cover the cost, the balance had to be paid out of the general revenue. The result was that the department had been unable to undertake much-needed Im provements on streets where the valua tion was low. The new law. changed all this, and gave the street department a free hand. When a street is paved now. 25 per cent of the total cost Is assessed against the adjacent property and the remaining 75 per cent is assessed against all property in the dis trict In which the Improvement Is located. The city pays for the improvement now only In cases where city property is lo cated in the district, when it is assessed pro rata. The new law gave the street department and the Board of Public Im provements opportunity to commence ex tensive improvement operations to make ready for the World's Fair. Vitrified brick was largely used from the start, and many miles of residence streets were paved with this material. Members of the Board of Public Improve ments took a trip to Galesburg. 111., to Inspect the plant of a brick company, and lor two years this concern figured largely Jn paving contracts at good prices. Other brick from outside points was also used largely. Then St. Louis brick manufac turers cut their bids down silently, and for the last two years have been getting 'most of the contracts. uricK came into direct competition with asphalt, generally considered a superior oavinc material, and the asphalt firms cut prices down to meet the brick pavers. The amount of asphalt laid, however, did not keep pace with the brick. The wooden-block navement bobbed uo unexpectedly when ordinances naming it for Westminster place and Washington avenue, from Grand to renaieton avenues, wore sent to tho Assembly by the Board. Members of the Board had been to in dtanapolls on an investigation trip, at the exnonso of a contractor, to Inspect the new wooden blocks said to be impervious to water, which quickly rotted the old stvle wooden blocks. Miles of these old blocks were torn up In St. Louis years am. and it was generally thought, this pavement was out of date, until the Board of Public Improvements resurrected it on the grounds that some of the people on the streets named wanted a noiseless paving. .The new method of laying the blocks was to soak them In a creosote composition and cement them down witn tar. The Tarker-Washlngton Company got the con tract. On Washington avenue the city paid $35 per square yard, or a total of $94,035 on the contract. This made the wood blocks the most costly paving of the a-ear. They cost more than granite and 310 ter square yard more tnan as nhnlt or brick, whereas In former years wood block was considered a compara tively cheap paving. Experiments That Failed. Street Commissioner "Varrelmann sprung n idea of his own on Washington avenue. Acainst tho advice of the contractors he ordered the blocks flushed with a heavy eoatlng or tar to give a waicrprooi sur face. The composition was Improperly put on and melted with the first hot .weather. For weeks the street was t -sticky mass ot odorous-tar. Every resl dent kicked, and none louder than tho ladles, who found the stuff was tracked Into their houses and their carpets and rugs ruined. The Commissioner did not interfere with any new notions when Westminster place was laid. Tho blocks here were of Louisiana cypress, while those on Washington avenue were sea soned yellow pine. The difference became forcibly apparent as soon as the job was completed, and a few weeks of damp weather set In. The blocks swelled and buckled In great stretches, rendering the street impassable In places for weeks. Kven the curbing was forced out of line and had to be reset. Westminster place, from one end to the other, set up a com plaint, but it was too late, the Board of Public Improvements said, to correct tho mistake, and the best that could be done was patch the paving up and trust to lurk. It was another case of "What could we doT' Bituminous macadam arrived in SL Louis about the same time. Its promoters were Warren Brothers, a Boston firm, who control the patents on the cements and binding composition used In laying the granite macadam. This was a new paving. A little of it had been laid around Boston, but it was still In the experimental stage. St. Louis was the first large city to be extensively exploited by the promo ters. Warren Brothers organized a local company, known as the Granite Bitumin ous Paving Company, which holds the rights In this territory. Tim Board of Public Improvement was extremely and suspiciously friendly toward bituminous macadam from tho start, and the company was soon awarded large contracts. The ordinances put through by the Board and approved by the Mayor specifically named Warren Brothers' cements to be used in all cases. This put up the bars and prac tically eliminated all competition. A 6how of competition was kept up. but it amounted to nothing. Bids against the St. Louis branch of Warren Brothers were entered by similar companies, called "Blt ulithic paving companies." In Detroit. Omaha, Ohio and Nashville, on some of tho contracts. These bids were always high enough to give tho contract to the St. Louis firm. In at least one case the competing bids were drawn up In the same handwriting. Thore was a continu ous protest from tho start by property owners against the bituminous macadam. The Mayor and the Board of Public Im provements persisted In disregarding them. But not until the ordinances tearing up the telford roadway on Lindell boulevard and substituting bituminous macadam came up, did the wrath of the taxpayers reach Its height. The first contract was on West Pine boulevard for tho block be tween Urand and Spring avenues. This re quired a new concrete foundation; and the price was $30.93 a square yard. Including curbing, making the single block cost $12. 500. Next. West Pine, from Spring to King's highway, was turned over to the contractor at $31.50 per square yard, which made the contract price $34,994. On top of this the paving company put in a claim fdr $13,000 extra. The Board allowed a part of this. Legal Proceedings. Property-owners on West Pine rebelled. They objected to the cost, but chiefly to the paving Itself as being untried and ex perimental. They secured an injunction and fought the case through the courts until they were finally beaten In tho Su premo Court, which decided that the acts of the Board of Public Improvements were legal. The first bids had meanwhile been withdrawn, and the Board proceeded to relet at the advance given above. Lindell boulevard residents rose up In indignant protest when their turn came next. They appealed to the Mayor and the Board without avail and got up peti tions against removing the telford drive way. Tho Board did not hesitate to vio late its rule, which had been to give the majority of petitioning property-owners the right to say what paving should be ut on the street. Not 1 per cent of the ilndcll boulevard petitioners favored the bituminous macadam, but the Board went over the heads of the others. Property owners went before the Assembly in pro test, called on the Mayor and the Board and cajoled and threatened by turns. This opposition seemed to anger the Mayor, and ne retaliated ay pusning me orainance through nost-hastc. declaring that If any of his neighbors on Lindell boulevard were too poor to pay for paving the street, they should move elsewhere. The navlne comDany. upheld In Its con tracts bv the Supreme Court, felt secure. and the price went up another notch. The cost this time was $34.35 per square, and the contract called for no new foundation. All the contractor did was to remove the telford and surface with bituminous on the old foundation, and put down new curbing, yet the price was $4 higher per square than on West Pine, where a new foundation had to bo put in. The contract for the curb and gutter was $Li per linear foot, and. It Is stated, was sublet for $L20 per foot, and then left a good profit. The work complete cost $149,000. Chestnut street, from Broadway to Twentieth street, furnished another ex ample. Tho bid hero was lower, but at that it ran $eo over tne estimates ana the street cost $51,340. In this contract tho paving company bought the old gran ite blocks at $10 per square frci the city, and. It is stated, resold thorn for $12. Subsequently the city had to buy some of these very blocks back at an increased price for Its own use. After a few more contracts had been parceled out the Board woke up to the tact that bituminous macadam In St. Louis was coming high. The asphalt pavers who had been shut out, although they offered much lower prices for what Is generally regarded by experts as a much superior paving, set up the claim that tho bituminous paving was being done In other cities for $1S to 519 per square yard- bt. Louis was paying $85 to the monopoly. The deal was practically a repetition of the Butler garbage contracts, as rar as shutting out competition was concerned. Without entering Into tho merits of the two materials. It can bo stated that as phalt Is a tested paving, while bituminous macaaem is suit on ltjui. me uspujul pavers give a 10-year guarantee, while the bituminous and brick pavers are only re quired to make a seven-year guarantee. The Chestnut-street paving has been re surfaced once since laid, and when the snow and ice was removed last week It was found to be broken and cracked with the surface crumbling off in patches. The asphalt on Twcixtn street snowea no Daa effects. In view of these facts, no further ex planation Is needed of why St. Louis has been navlntr $31,000 a mile for new streets as against $23,000 four years ago. Cleaning the Streets. The street department has contracted the habit of patting Itself on the back lor what It calls Its remarkable accom plishments in cleaning the streets. It is true that It has cleaned more miles of streets than formerly, because It had more paved streets to clean, it win ne ad mitted, too. that some of tho streets are better cleaned than they were four years ago. Why? Simply because tne street de partment has been flush with money and has spent it. The expenditures for street cleaning in the last four years have been npnrlv four times greater than the four years preceding, or 5S50.000. compared with 5296,00a In 19W-1WL me oepanmem naa uie meager appropriation of $13,000 for the block system, as compared with $330,000 this year. For other systems the depart ment has tbi3 year the munificent fund of $270,000, as against 5S3.000. the largest for one year under Ziegenheln. The for mer administration was tied down contin ually for lack of funds In street cleaning, as well as street construction. Here are tho figures: Comnaratlvo statement showing the amounts expended for street cleaning for the last three years ot tho ziegennein administration and the last three years of the Wells administration. The figures given are for the block system separate and for all other systems, and emergency expenditures, such as the removal ot snow and extra work together: tinder 'Under Wells. Ziegenheln. Block system $298,470 , $ 71.900 Other systems 560,570 223.635 THE MEIER. &. FRANK STORX'S 795TH FBJDAY SUKP1USE SALE 2290 Pr. Lace Curtains, 20 Patterns $2.25, $2.50, $2.75, $3.00 Values $ 1 .27 Pair The best Lce Curtain feargain news yog ever read 2290 pairs of clean, je sir&hle Scotch net Curtains worth $2.25 to $3.00 a pair on sale for tomor row's 795th Friday Surprise Sale at the phenomenally low price of $1.27 a pair The Meier &. Frank Store, in connection with well-known Chicago and Denver stores, pnrchased the entire sprains stock of a leading manufacturer at prices averaging less than half real value Oar share of 2290 pairs offers to parties furnishing up rooming-houses, hotels and spare rooms opportunity to supply they needs at a great saving Here are the details: Scotch net and Ma dras weave curtains. 50 to 54 inches wide, 3 1-2 yards long, note they are all good full size, plaa and figured centers in a variety of 20 patterns, including Kenaissance border and insertion effects, Brussels designs, bow-knots, Batten burg effects, Cluny effects, etc. The great majority of the lot are curtains that find ready sole every day of the year at $2.50, $2.75 and $3.00 a pair-Rooming-house and hotel proprietors in particular who are furnishing up new will find this the grandest money-saving chance of the year Quan tities in the different styles are large enough to fill any reasonable de mand Fifth-street window display gives you some idea of the really splendid bargains included in this wonderful J 1 f DS 795th Friday Surprise Sale Your choice at P 91F Take Elevators to Third Floor $3.98 Spring Hats $1.98 Millinery Dept., Second Floor Sold more than half the 300 Springs Hats we placed on sale yes terday at $1.98 each. A grand season opening bargain in ready-to-wear and ready-to-trim Hats, in fancy braids, shirred silk chiffon, lace Hats, and fancy braids in. '"Charlotte Cordays," turbans and the new "Polo"" shape, all the new shades, every Hat -worth $3.98, your choice of those that remain qo today at the low price, of ? I e"0 Drug Sundry Specials Today 2000 Tooth Brushes, 4 rows pure bristles, with large bone q handle, assorted sizes, great value at, each irC Polished wood-back Hajr Brushes, 9 rows .pure gray .1 q bristles, very stiff, extraordinary value at, each ZfC French Perfumes, quadrupled extracts, assorted odors, jq regular 75c to $L25 value, on sale for, ounce OC Superior Bay Bum, for the hair and after shaving. 19 Newbro's Herpicide, a sure cure for dandruff, falling of L'S the hair and baldness, extra special value at '. 03C All lines of Drug Sundries sold here at the lowest prices. The Meier &. Frank Store NEW MOHAIRS A magnificent showing of new Mohairs at the Dress Goods counters. Mohairs are to enjoy immense popularity this Spring and Summer. It will be the favorite material for skirts-and shirtwaist suits, trayeling coats, etc. In our complete stock will be found all of Fashion's, latest whims. Handsome Mohairs, in checks, polka dots and fancy jacquard designs, at the low CfV price of, yard .JVrC Fancy Mohairs, in plaids and flaked effects; also two-toned novelties, yard.75. 85& $1 High-grade Mohairs, in hair-line stripes, checks and invisible plaids, at, yard.l and $2.50 Plain-colored Mohairs, the full line of shades in all grades. White Mohairs, yard.50 to $2 NEW DRESS FABRICS Our Spring Dress Goods display is the most extensive in the city. Every new material and weave that Fashion demands, fabrics for gowns, skirts, shirtwaist suits, all the new shades, all grades. STATIONERY Eutland cream-wove Writing Pa per, plain or ruled, y great value, per lb Cream-wove Envelopes to match the above, special 1T value, package . Large boxes of fancy Stationery, best grade of linen papers in different colors, valued from 75c to $1.25, on sale Souvenir Postal Cards at low prices. Lewis and Clark Souvenirs in great variety. Men's Clothing We are ready to outfit particular men and youne men with the smartest Spring styles Suits and Topcoats, Stein-Blochs famous make, L. Adler Bros. & Co.'s high-grade garments, Hart, Shaffner & Marx's poular clothing. Materials are of fine quality and attractive designs, styles for business or dress wear. Prices range from . .$18.00 up to 27.50 You understand, of course, that Men's Clothing bought here represents a saving of fully 25 per cent on what equal grades cost you at the exclusive clothing store. All we want is the opportunity of showing you. Headquarters for Tan Covert Remarkable selling of Tan Covert Jackets at Portland's leading cloak and suit store Never have we experienced such a demand for a single article of women's wearing apparel We anticipated as much when the season first opened and wired our Mr. Hirsch in New York City daily reports on the stock and the result has been the largest and only satisfactory everyday showing of Tan Covert Coats in the city Every Overland express brings us from 50 to 100 short covert garments The style, size and price assortment is complete at all times and in face of wonderfully enthusiastic buying Prices Range from $10.00 Up to $38.50 New lot of high-class Dress Suits just received New high-class Costumes and Wraps Coats Razor Strops We carry a complete line of "Torrey s" celebrated Razor Strops, in Russia, shell horse and porpoise hides Genuine horse hide Strop. 13 Genuine shell horse Strop. 49 Porpoise hide Strop 39 Full line of imported and do mestic Razors at low prices. Agents for the famous "Gil ette" Safety Razors, best made, fully guaranteed. Great Sale of Screens 3-fold Draft Screens, in mahogany, oak and white enamel, qo silkoline filled; great special values for three days at Oak-framed Screens, with separate rod for filling, silkoline filled, handsome styles; best $2.50 values for $1.98 3-fold oak Screens, filled with plain-colored denim, CO besTmake; regular $4.25 values O.wJO Weathered oak Screens, filled with red or blue bur- L llf Jap; regular $7.50 values for Weathered oak and natural oak India Stools, new Qf models; great special value -7C Printed Panels, 3 colors, for cozy corner or wall dec- l 9 orations, 30x42 inches; great special value 1 ft C Coffee, Tea, Cocoa, Choc'late Three Days' More of These Splendid Values Baker's Cocoa. 1-lb. cans 42c Ghlradelira Cocoa, -lb. cans 20c Ghiradelli's Cocoa. 1-lb. cans.... 40c Huyler's Cocoa, -lb. cans 2Sc lb. Huyler ready-to-serve Choc olate 30c Epps Cocoa. 3-lb cans... 23c Ghiradelli's Eagle Sweet Choc. ..33c Ghiradelli's Unsweetened Choc.. 32c Baker's Eagle Sweet Choc, lb. 25c Baker's Unsweetened Chocolate.. 30c Meier &. FraaU's famous Mocha and Java Coffe Eqnnl to the t- best 40c grades lb Or JO Best English Tea. lb 4c Fancy English Tea, lb 37c Best Gunpowder Tea, lb....... 48c Fancy Gunpowder Tea, lb....37c Uncolored or Spider "Lag Tea, lb. 42c M. & F. Co. Green Jap. Tea, lb.. 40c Country Club Mocha .and Java Col fee, i-lb. cans, lb 33c Country Club Mocha arid Java Cof fee, 2 -lb. cans for... 82c Green Costa Blca, lb 12c Green Java Coffee, lb. ....... ...18c Green Mocha Coffee, lb.. ........ 23o Imperial Cocoa, 14 -lb. cans ISc Baker's Cocoa, -lb. cans Sic Women's Patent Kid Velour Shoes $2.12 Totals $S59.00 $233,535 For the fiscal year 3901-1902 there was no appropriation for the block system, and this was discontinued. The expendi tures for other systems were J9P.939. LOWER BATE OH SOX STOCK Steamship Lines Agree Upon Joint Rate of Benefit to Fruit Men. The Ban Francisco & Portland Steam ship Company, with the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, hare agreed upon a Joint rate on box stock of $S per hundred in carload lots of 80,000 minimum. The rate is to be effective from March 1 and appltes from Portland and Astoria to Santa Barbara, Ventura, Ixs Angeles, Re dondo. San Pedro and San Diego. The previous rate was The rate is made for the benefit of the California frultralscrs. who have been for some time asking for - a lower rate on their box materials, which they buy In, larte.part from tws flumn. Women's Fine Patent Kid Tan Oxfords at $2.12 a Pair For today and tomorrow a great douhle attraction in our Shoe Store. Women's new Spring Footwear, Shoes and Oxfords in the hest leathers and styles, at a price right down to what it costs to land them in Portland. Every woman having footwear needs to supply is interested in the following 1000 pairs of Women's Lace Shoes, in patent leather, vici kid, patent tip, and velour calf, all the very hest models, in all sizes and widths; Shoes of equal quality bring $3.50 a pair in every shoe store in town, pair & Mail orders will he promptly filled. 1000 jiairs Women's Low Shoes, in tan, kid, with patent tip and patent leather styles, Oxford or Blucher cut; all new models in a complete range of sizes and widths; value extraordinary tf f for today and tomorrow at, pair Spring Footwear for Misses, Boys and Children; Mack and tan leathers, all the new models, all grades. The new harefoot Sandals for Misses and Children ready. Spring Weight Underwear Winter weight Underclothing is get ting more uncomfortable every day. There's no telling how long the present unseasonable weather is going to stay with us. For those looking for comfort our Spring and Summer Underwear stock is in better shape than ever before this early in the season. Women's imported Swiss ribbed Vests, low neck, no sleeves, lace trimmed, all sizes 50 Women's silk and lisle Vests, low neck, no sleeves, hand- CJPbfs some styles, all sizes. .... ."vt Women's gauze lisle Vests, with VaL lace, drop shoulder, low Off- TionL- Tin olpovPR JtiJfJ Women's low-neck, no-sleeve Vests, hand-crocheted trimming, square or V yoke, all sizes, exceptional value at Children's Spring weight Underwear ready. yoke, lace $1.00 Another Lot of 2000 Dozen Cal ifornia Oranges 1 8 c Dozen For Thursday, Friday ana Saturday another great lot of 2300 dozen large Calif ornla navel Oranges, the same size and grade that we sold last week. Fruit stands ask 30c a dozen for them, dozen....... ISc Household Paints And Varnishes at the lowest prices. We pall particular attention to our Sapollo Varnish Stains stain and varnish at one stroke of the brush. One coat gives the handsome col ors and brilliancy of polished hard woods. Just the thing for furniture tioors. stairs, etc.; ctterry rose wood, mahogany, oak. wal- Palm brushes grades. In all sizes and Neckwear New crepe de chine "Windsor Ties, in all the light and dark shades: i regular 35c values, today at. .24c E.que Stocks, with black and light blue crepe Four-ln-Hand Ties; regular 75c values, today at. 49c White embroidery Tab Collars, many new designs; 35c IQ values for "C Deep lawn Turnovers, hemstitched edges; 25c value, today 17c New, fancy Arabian Braid Cape Col lars, handsome styles, srt 3J to -pD.KJJ Stock of same material, fy In assorted colors .VAJ Garden Necessities Long-handle Shovels, each 63e Short-nandle Shovels, each 83c Short-handle Spades, each 3c Bakes, each 25c, 43c 54c Hoes, each 21c sad 33c Trowels, each ........... .4c and 8c Weeding Hcoks, each 8c Spading Forks, each 4c Pruning Shears 20c, -3e -Grass Hooks, .each 21c, 2$c Sheets, Pillow Slips, Sheetings, Etc. 42x36-inch bleached Pillow Cases, good cotton, great value, each 45x36-inch . bleached Pillow Cases, great special t lnc valna at. each vw 13c 45x36-inch hemstitched Pillow Cases, matchless val ue at, each Hemmed -Marseilles pattern Bedspreads, large size, great value 4. $1.12 Hemmed Marseilles Bedspreads, large size, great, ft special value at. 72x90 bleached Sheets, good quality, great value, Af each .....C 81x90 hemstitched Sheets, hest quality cotton, great o value OOC 81x99 hemstitched Sheets best quality cotton, great f2 bargain 2C 81x90 bleached Sheets, great special value at, each. .48 90x99 hemstitched Sheets, best quality cotton, great Qrt bargain Wvl Brown Sheeting, 2 yards wide, great value, yard. Brown Sheeting, 2 yards wide, great value, yd..l8 Brown Sheeting, 2 yards wide, great value, yd..20 45-inch Bleached Sheeting, great, value, yard ll Bleached Sheeting, 2 yards wide, great valuer yd. .18 Bleached Sheeting, 24 yards wide, great value, yd..20 Bleached Sheeting, 2 yards wide, great value, yd..22 TABLE OILCLOTH White and fancy colored, best 20c quality, being solu all this week at, yard 14 Curtain Dept. 5000 yards of dotted and figured Curtain Swiss, 36 inches wide, great variety of patterns, , , great value, yard , 1 J C Ruffled Swiss Bed Sets, for full size beds, flounced sides and foot, including bolster-cover, great bargain, 55.50 values, on sale for three days at, set ...f24S Duck and goose feather Pillows, fancy tick covering, big size, 7 lbs to pair; great special aci value for 3 days, each VoC Great special purchase of 100 Orl ' ental Tapestry Couch Covers, 50 Inches wide, three yards long, three patterns, heavy knotted fringe all around, $3.50 - . values for v. Undermuslins White cambric Petticoats, trimmed in cluster of tucks, embroidery, insertion and edging, separata tfust ruffles, the very best 51.50 values, on sale for three "days at low price of OOC Women's cambric Gowns, round and square necks, trimmed In em broidery, beading, ribbons, tucks ftnd hemstitching, all sizes, very lest 51.25 values, on sale for..e