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16 THE MOENINQ OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, rAPKIIi 26, 1905. ENEF1T TIE STSTE That !s the Purpose of the Development League. DELEGATES BEGIN TO COME All of Oregon "Will Bo Represented by the Commercial Bodies of Its Various Cities in. the Convention Today. To get the various organizations in the Oregon Development League together and do two days' work on important busi ness is the purpose of the session which opens today. That business a.? stated by President E. X.. Smith last night is the most momentous which has yet come be fore the league. "With the Fair at hand, hundreds of thousands .of strangers about to como to Oregon, a means of showing them every portion of the state and an assurance that they will fall into the hands of friends, must be provided for. To provide such means and assurance is the business of today and tomorrow. The plan as explained by Mr. Smith is to have each section of the state appoint rommlttees to do active work. They will have to gather accurate Information re garding the resources and needs of their particular localities and stand ready to receive all comers who may be sent to them. An information bureau, where the stranger can come and receive complete information regarding every portion of the state will be established on the Fair Grounds, and there will be listed the names of responsible business men from every town and county, to whom the strangers can go to get further informa tion on the ground. By this means it. is hoped many settlers, by receiving courte ous treatment and fair dealing will be encouraged to remain within, the state. The Importance of the meeting appears to be realized by the commercial organi sations .within the league. Hardly one will go unrepresented, even those In ex treme outlying districts. Most of the delegates will arrive this morning, al though a good number came in last night. The one which came In the strongest numbers was from Independence, which had a decorated car to itself and brought most of the members of the local com mercial organization. The convention will open at the Mar quam Grand Theater this morning at 9:30 o'clock. Governor Chamberlain will de liver the address of welcome. President Smith responding. Secretary Richardson will then read his report and the fol lowing speeches will be made: "The Lewis and Clark Exposition," H. W. Goode; "Horticulture," Charles V. Gal loway, McMinnville: "An Open "Willam ette River," G. A. Westgate, Albany, and addresses by Rev. J. R. N. Bell, Baker City, and W. I. Tawter, Medford. The afternoon will be taken up with meetings by sections, to. report the fol lowing morning to the general body. The good roads section will convene in the main dIning-ro6m of the Commercial Club, presided over by John H. Scott, president of the Oregon Good Roads As sociation, and R. "W.. Richardson, secre tary of the National Good Roads Associa tion. The "Willamette Valley agricultural section will convene In the Marquam, presided over by E. Hofer and Walter Lyons, president and secretary of the "Willamette Valley Development League. The dairying section will meet In the ladies' dining-room of the Commercial Club, with J. W. Bailey presiding, and Wilbur X. Newell will preside over the horticultural section in the auditorium of the Chamber of Commerce Building. A reception will be given the dele gates by the Commercial Club tonight from 8 to 11. Music and dancing will be provided for. The reception com mittee of the Club consists of E. L. Thompson, S. G. Reed, Mrs. P. J, Mann and Mrs. A, H. Breyman. Purpose of Convention. E. L. Smith, of Hood River, presi dent of the Oregon Development League, said of the coming meeting: "We now have an opportunity to do Oregon a great good, and the resultt of these two days' work can result in unlimited benefit to the state. There will be coming here this Summer thous ands of men who are looking for a new place to settle. If these men can be found and sent to such localities as they desire and then be sure of proper treatment, there is no reckoning how much the population may be increased. "We plan to do this work by having all the local organizations appoint committees to do this special wrork to act in connection with a central in formation bureau, to be opened at the Pair grounds. We will advertise our purpose widely and attract the atten tion of as many settlers as possible. The details of this work will have to be arranged at the present conven tion." Secretary Tom Richardson, of the Ore gon Development League, said yesterday: "These 53 commercial bodies are all working for the development of Oregon, though chiefly for the communities in Which they arc situated. Coming together this way they have an opportunity to ex change ideas and become better able to help themselves. "The hope of the present meeting Is to devise a plan by which Oregon can re ceive the most permanent good from the Fair, eo that of all the people who come here, those who wish to take up any special class of industry will have plainly presented to them the possibilities in Ore gon for men of all occupations, so that In the end the state will receive a great many settlers of all kinds." TEfo EXPELLED WITH HIM Baptist Minister Does Not Succeed Well as a Seceder. ASOTIN, Wash.. April 23. (Special.) Swinging his "Bible over his head. Rev. C R. Chase, whose conduct was under discussion in the Baptist Church at this place, arose and. said: "I am a Baptist by principle and not by parliamentary rules." Calling on those who supported him to follow he left the building with ten brethren. The members remaining, at once by unanimous vote expelled the clergymen and his ten followers. Trouble has been brewing for some time between Chase and his flock. About a month ago a vote of censure was passed against him. unchristian conduct being alleged. Sunday a supporter of Chase moved that the resolution of censure be expunged, which brought about a par liamentary squabble. Later in the day the expelled members took preliminary steps toward the formation of a new church. Chase is not the regular pastor of the church. He is a self-ordained preacher and it is alleged the trouble began through the refusal of the church to call him. NEW BUILDING AT POST. Eight Structures Will Be Added to Vancouver Barracks. VANCOUVER BARRACKS; Wash.. April 25. CSpecial.) Instructions have been received at the office of the Con structing Quartermaster that the Quarter master Department, U. S. X, has given authority to erect eight new buildings at this post. Bids will 'be advertised for as soon as specifications and plans can be prepared, which is expected to be about May 5. Bids will be received untlt May 27. Following are the buildings that will be erected: Administration building, band quarters, granery, hay barn, wagon shed. Quarter master shop and storehouse, and bakery. This new work will give employment to many men during the coming Summer and Autumn. CALL STDBBS AS A WITNESS California Ticket-Brokers Fighting Railroads to Finish. LOS ANGELES, April 26. Traffic Di rector J. C. Stubbs, of the Harriman lines, was subpenaed as a witness in the hearing of the Southern Pacific Railroad versus the ticket-brokers at the Arcade Station today, just rs he was"r stepping aboard his private car Sunset, bound for San Francisco. The hearing Is set for Thursday afternoon In the United States Court before Judge Wellborn and will necessitate the return of Mr. Stubbs from San Francisco. This action of the ticket brokers marks the beginning of the fight between the railroad and the ticket-brokers of Cali fornia for a final settlement of the ques tion as to whether the latter have the right to sell certain forms of tickets. In a number of instances In other states tho latter have won out in the courts. The American Ticket-Brokers' Associa tion is behind the local brokers, who say it will be a fight to a Unlsh. They say that, if it is possible, they will make Stubbs divulge compacts and contracts which they allege are now in force be tween certain competing lines, which have stifled the competition for passenger traffic and which are In violation the Interstate commerce laws. LOTTERY TICKETS ARE SEIZED Secret Service Men Slake a Haul at Tacoma. SEATTLE, Wish., April 25. Armed with a search warrant Issued by Federal Judge Hanford, Captain B. W. Bell, chief of the Northwestern district of the United States Secret Service, seized in Tacoma this morning a package of lottery tickets on the Mexican State Lottery Company, of San Luis Potosi. Mexico. The package was consigned to T. L. Edwards, of Ta coma, and is thought to have been shipped by A. S. Elkins, of San Francisco, al though the name of the shipper on the package is A. Lilly. Arrests may follow the seizure, as un der the provisions of the Interstate com merce law the man shipping tickets, the one causing them to be shipped and the carrier. If conversant with the contents of the package, may bo prosecuted. This is the first seizure of its kind ever made In the Washington district SOFT DRINKS 3IAY BE HARD District Attorney is Making Investi gation at Lebanon. ALBANY, Or., April 23. (SpeciaL)-The first indications of a prosecution under the local option liquor law occurred in Linn county to-day. District Attorney McNary and his deputy, Gale S. Hill, were occupied to-day examining witnesses from Lebanon, the precincts of which town went "dry" at the recent election. The erstwhile saloons of this place have, been conducting "soft drink" joints since the election, but prohibitionists of that locality maintain that liquor has been retailed clandestinely. As a result to-day's investigation was held, and an early charge of violation of 'the local option law is expected, although the district at torney's office is silent on tho subject. Mrs. Jane Brown. OREGON CITY, Or., April 25. (Special.) Mrs. Jane Brown, widow of the late , J. N. Brown, who died in this city in Feoruary last, at the age of 88 years, died today at the home of her daugh ter, Mrs. E. J. Simmons, in this city. The deceased, who had lived at Oregon City for 15 years, was aged 83 years. She is survived by four sons and two daughters. AVorked for It Thirty Years, VANCOUVER, Wash, April 23. (Spe cial.) After about 30 years of effort on the part of the citizens in the vicinity of Lockwood they have succeeded in get ting an allowance for about 52500 worth of road work. This work will be put in principally on the bridge across Lockwood Creek and the approaching fills. The bridge will be a substantial structure with concrete abutments. RESENTS INDIGNITYT0 FLAG Writer Says National Emblem AVas Insulted at Baseball Game. SALEM, Or., April 24. (To the Edi tor.) While visiting the Lewis and Clark Fair grounds at Portland yesterday, I was very much surprised to see a large red advertising banner flying above the American flag on the flagstaff at the grounds of the Portland Baseball Club. Such a sight as this Is not very inspiring, and is something that should not be tol erated by the patriotic citizens of Port land. To use the flag in such a way is, to my mind, nothing less than an insult to all true Americans, and I trust steps will be taken at once to have tho grand old flag run to the top of the flagstaff where it rightly belongs, and not be low ered for the sake of earning a few dol lars by allowing an advertising banner put over it. Should it be allowed to fly during the Fair our Eastorn visitors would not doubt wonder what sort of Americans reside In Portland. J. G. GRAHAM. HARVEST FOR SHIPOWNERS Both Russia and Japan Buying Ves sels in England. LONDON, April 26. It Is said in ship ping circles In London that Japan has purchased a large number of steam ships in England for her largely in creasing trade with Formosa, China and Port Arthur. Russian agents in London are mak ing determined efforts to secure col liers for Vice-Admlral Rojestvcnsky's fleet, it is reported, in the same quar ters, but the reluctance of owners to accept charters, owing to the enor mous risk, compels the Russian agents to purchase vessels outright. The urg ent need for these colliers is said to be due to tho fact that Rojestvensky has not sufficient coal to carry .him to Vladivostok. Very Bad Cough Cored by Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. For three months Mr. Gail Wood worth of Stevens Point, Wis., was trou bled with a very bad cough. He doc tored continually, but got no perma nent relief until he used Chamber lain's Cough Remedy, which effected a cure. A great many others have had a like experience. Most cough medi cines are merely palliative that is they give only temporary relief while Chamberlain's Cough Remedy cures the 'disease that causes the coughing and effects a permanent cure. No one can afford to neglect a cough, for a per sistent cough is the first symptom of consumption, tho most fatal of all dis eases. Tiris remedy is for sale by all druggists. The Meier & Frank Store TSe Meier & Frank Store "Ee Meier & Frank Store Cnstom Shade and Drapery Work Our Specialty Best Materials Used Headquarters for the Official Lewis and Clark Flags All Sizes 3d Floor Sole Portland Agents for the Famous "Ostermoor" Patent Felt Mattresses c Principal Agents for Butterick Patterns May Delineator 15c a Copy The Largest Trunk and Bag Store on the Pacific Coast Third Floor Artktlc Picture Framkig to Your Order at the Very Lowest Prices "Graduation Days" Are Not Far Distant Great Reductions on Merchandise Every Graduate Will Need Scores of mothers are planning and preparing the graduation outfit for the young ladies who just about this time are beginning to realize that their schooldays are numbered Graduation is the happiest event of the young life and it's our aim to help supply all the necessary articles ct a minimum of cost, so that the young lady of moderate means .can make equally as good appearance as her more fortunate sister It's not a day too early to commence preparations, particularly if the graduating dress is to be made at home Taking advantage of today?s offerings will mean a saving every mother cannot help but appreciate 1 1 ; J Graduation Laces at Reduced Prices White Point d'Esprit dotted Nets and Chiffons, our L3Lf regular 75c-85c values, for, yard .5C $1.00 and $1.35 Values Sale Price 89c Yard $1.50 and $1.75 Values-Sale Price $1.32 Yard French Valenciennes Laces and Insertions, values $1.25 dozen yards: sale price, dozen yards Valenciennes Laces and Insertions, values up to $1.00 y f a dozen yards; sale price, dozen &C Point de Paris and Valenciennes Allovers, 85c values, for, yard , OJC 12 and 16-button White Silk Gloves, plain and fancy backs, double tips, 85c to $4.00 pair. White Silk and Lisle-Mesh Gloves, $1.00-$1.25 pair. f-fHVfHrAPfHief "Very sheer and dainty, hand-made nUllURCt UAAAgA Armenian Handkerchiefs, new pat terns, $1.25 values $1.09 $1.50 values $1.33 $1.75 values $1.59 $2.00 values $1.73 Dainty, sheer Linen Embroidery and Lace-trimmed Q 5 hemstitched Handkerchiefs, $1.00 values UJw Handsome line of Graduating Fans, in pure white, fancy floral designs and spangled; ivory, carved and tf AX spangled sticks; values up to $3.00 each, for crO 1-1 ftei fit 17 White Lisle Hose, lace boot and allover lace, nWlCI y 50c, 75c, $1.00 pair. White Gauze Silk Hose, pair $3.00 Silk Lace Hose, pair, $5.00 and $6.00 Parasols, English club sticks, $3.00 to $7.50 each. Specials Materials for Graduating Gowns Beautiful Quality White Organdy 68 inch 40c grade, yard 35(? 45c grade, yard....,...39; 50c grade, yard 44 85c grade, yard 75 60c grade, yard 53 $1.00 grade, yard. ..... .89d 75c grade, yard 65p $1.25 grade, yard $1.10 32-inch Persian Lawns Greatly Reduced 25c grade for, yard 22 50c grade for, yard 43 30c grade for, yard 26 60c grade for, yard 52? 35c grade for, yard 30c 75c jrade for, yard 65 36-inch India Linons Best Qualities 25c grade for, yard 22d 30c grade for, yard 26? 35c grade for, yard 30 40c grade for, yard.". . . .35p 50c quality, for this sale, yard. .43. 50-inch French Lawns or Wash Chiffons 40c grade for, yard. .....35 75c grade for, yard 65 p 50c grade for, yard 44 8oc grade for, yard 75 60c grade for, yard 53 $1.00 grade for, yard...89 Batiste Mulls, 25c to 60c values, 22c to 53c yard. Silk and Wool Materials '24-inch White Silk Cr.epe de Chine, 73c and 85c yard for the regular 85c and $1.00 qualities. Cream Crepe de Paris, $1.25 value, for, yard.... 98p 46-inch Crepe Albatross, sale price, yard...1. 79 44-inch White Granite Cloth for, yard 76 Eeady-nfade Gowns of sheer materials. Grand display. Women's Knit Underwear Women's low-neck, no-sleeve Vests, with Val. lace trim- A ming, all sizes, 50c values C Imported Swiss ribbed Silk Vests, low-neck, no-sleeves, aq cream or pure white; $1.25 values fOC Women's fine ribbed, high-neck, long-sleeve Gauze Lisle A$kf Vests, best 65c values, for Ht&Q Imported Swiss ribbed Vests, high-neck, long-sleeves, 7fkf pure white, best $1.00 values 3C Men's Furnishing Goods Specials s In the Men's Wear Department A few mid-week specials worth buying If you cannot come your self, you can certainly find some one who will shop for you Men's black fancy embroidered Half Hose, all sizes, great spe- y 8f cial value at 2 pairs for wJC Men's Summer-weight ribbed Under wear, in blue and brown, all sizes, shirts and drawers, 50c XQe values 2 C Men's light-weight Madras Overshirts, with soft collar, all sizes, variety of patterns. $1.00 values .fiTV Men's pure linen hemstitched Handkerchiefs, great spe- cial value for this sale at 1 I C New Foulard Silk Four-in-Hands and String Ties, blues, browns, light polka-dots and figure's, great value at 1 0,000 Lbs. Mocha-Java Coffee 24c Great special sale of 10,000 lbs. of Meier & Frank Vfamous Mocha and Java Coffee, the quality grocery stores ask 40c a lb. for; buy alLyou want this week at low price of, lb. . .rC 1-lb. cans of Country Club Coffee, can ; 326 2- lb cans of Country Club Coffee, can 62 All' Groceries and Provisions sold here at the very lowest prices. Basement. Phone Private Exchange 4. Around the Store Great Special Sale of New Wash Materials Great Bargains in Laces and Embroideries Great Special Sale of Infants' Wear Special Sales of Women's Ready-to-wear Apparel Special Sale of Toilet Sets in Basement Great Reductions in Full Size Go-Carts on Third Floor Dress and Walking Skirts Made to Your Measure Free Special Sale of Framed Pictures Second Floor Baseball Specials 3d Floor 50c Baseballs, each 39 50c Gloves for, each 39d 25c Bats for 18$ Sheet.Music "In the Shade of the Apple Tree," "Teasing," "Love land Waltzes," copy IOC All popular Music, vocal and instrumental, sold 'at the 'low est prices. All the latest hits' from the opera, "Fantana." i if $3 Shoes $2.12 Women s dark tan Oxfords, In laco or ribbon tics, medium soles and Cuban heels, all sizes r . -and -widths 2.12 Women's lltrht tan Oxfords, medium soles, Cuban heels: women's vlcl kid lace or,J31ucher Oxfords, pat ent tips; women's vlcl kid ribbon tie Oxfords, Cuban t ocels. all sizes, pair Women's vlci kid patent tip lac - Shoes, Cuban heels; women's patent colt lace and Blucher style Shoes; women's vlcl kid- laco or Blucher style Shoes, patent tips, heavy sole. Cuban heels, all sizes; women's box calf and yclour calf lace Shoes; heavy solos, pair.33.ia Boys' Wash Suits Our great semi-annual . sale of Boys' Wash Suits and Kilts now in progress on the second floor Ten great values in this season's very best styles and materials; "a great variety to select from plain colors, fancy striped and figured, all ages. Prepare the hoy for hot weather Drug Dept. "4711" Perfumes, quadruple extract, all popular odors; great value, ounce JC "Satin Skin." Cream, a skin, food and heautifier; special 1 value at Free Samples. "Krect' Toilet Paper, 1000 sheets, pure tissue, onlv T r, roll C "La Premira" pure white c Castile Soap; great value Peterman's Discovery, permanent destroyer of hed-hugs and 1 r their eggs, can Tarine Bags, for storing your Winter garments in, two sizes; special, each 49 Fairy Soap, dozen cakes 35p "Saponaceous" Tooth Powder 16 Gloquasis genuine nickel-plated alco hol Gas Stove, consumes small amount of alcohol; spe- f cial value Third Floor -Bargains Shopping Baskets Best Styles. 15c values for, each 11 35c values for, each 28 40c values for, each 30 Garden Sets, 10c, 25c, 35c, 60c set. Trowels, each 5 Tin Buckets and Shovels, 10c, 15c, 20c Croquet Sets at low prices. Hammocks in great variety. Misses Undermuslins Reduced Misses White Cambric Petticoats trimmed in dainty Val. laces, edgings and insertions and wide embroidery flounces, with clus- fl? 1 tars of tucks; best .$2.50 values on sale for 1 Misses' .$3.00 White Petticoats on sale for, each ?2.29 Misses' and. Children's Pine Cambric Drawers, trimmed in Val. lace edging, insertion and tucks; $1.00 values 72 pair; .$1.25 values 93 Misses' Corset Covers and Gowns, newest and prettiest styles in great variety- and at low prices. Greast Towel Sale Continues Have yon secured your share of the Towel bargains? Better hurry if yon haven't; at the present rate of selling we will have to call the sale off before the week's end Hemmed union Huck Towels, sold regularly at 9c and 10c t each; all you want at , . . ,yC Hemmed unioa Huck Towels, best I2V2C value, on sale at the low price of, each OC Hemmed Linen Crash' Dish Towels, 300 dozen of them; rcgu- Rf Iar 12Vc values, each... OC Hemstitched Linen Huck Towels, 3S inches long; our best 25c values, for this semi-annual sale, Qf your choice, each 'v Hemstitched Linen Huck Towels, size 22x40 inches; our best 35c grades, on sale at the low price O of. each OC jKnotted fringed Damask Towels, size 20x41 inches; best 30c values, for the very low price of, ea. 21 Bleached Turkish Bath Towels, 500 dozen, size zvxw mcnes: value ex traordinary at this low 1 I Drice. each wC I Hemmed Bleached Turkish Bath Towels, 200 dozen, big sizes; 'JQ regular 60c value, wonderful bargain at, each JC Knotted fringed Damask Towels, 22x45 ; regular 40c value, on sale today for. Webb's grass-bleached hemstitched Huck Towels, 20x38; 40e value, for h. wear 29c 1000 SCREEN DOORS 87c EACH 1000 screon doors complete, with hinges, knob, hook, etc; size 2xS feet; great special value for a few a?. days at this low price OtC 18x34 window screens; great value at, each IztC 24x34-lnch window screens; great value at, each tiC 24x42-Inch window screens; groat a. value at, each 7C 3- quart Ice cream freezers; Ci Qn each 107 4- quart ice cream freezers; o each 93 1-burner oil stove; great spe- a cial value . C Befrigerators. best make,, all sizes, lowest price. Great Sale Men's Outing Suits Every man having use for an Outing Suit should take advantage of the splendid bargains now on sale The best product of the leading manu facturersMost desirable styles and materials in great variety Antici pate your warm weather needs Second Floor Outing Suits at $9.35 Suit Four lots Men's Outing Suits, in single or double-breasted stylcsy fancy Tweeds, fancy Flannels and Homespun s, skeleton Mohair lining; belt loops and turn-up bottoms, great variety to select from. Suits the exclu sive clothiers ask $15.00 for; our regular $12.50 garments, at p"5C Outing Suits at $12.65 Suit Three lines of fine-grade Outing Suits single or double-breasted sack styles- fancy Cheviots fancy Homespuns,, fancy Tweeds; splendidly made, all the lat est patterns and colorings. The exclusive clothier's $18.00 tf garments, can be bought here for, suit p 1 4?0 Young Men's Outing Suits at $6.35 Suit Young Men's Outing Suits in fancy Homespuns and Cheviots; ages 14 to 20 years; 1905 styles and materials. Values extraordinary at this VC low price j , 3D5D '