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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