THE MORNING OREGONIAN, PJtlDAYi MARCH 2, 1906.
IP
TENSE SESSION
. AT GAS INQUIRY
Exciting Meeting Is Expected
at the Investigation
Tonight.
PROBING INTO METHODS
How the Consumers Arc Forced .to
Way Interest on Dividends on
Bonds and Stock of
the Corporation.
FACTS BROUGHT OUT BEFORE
HAS COMMITTEE OF CITY
COUNCIL.
Cot rl KB to com
pany at burner, pr
LOW feet .-I'i-65
Pric to consumer..
nc1ptis Jn IPOS..... nas.0KS.7
Capital tock l.SOO.000.00
Rendu at .' Pr cent. 7SO.000.00
Value of plant 1.500.000.00
Gaf- o'1 In 1JK.'. cu
bic feet 346.012.000
How consumers of sns in Portland are
compelled to pay interest and dividends
on fcV-SO.OM in bonds and stock ot the
Portland Gas Company, while the actual
value of the gas plmit is but $1.5O0,W9, is
a matter under examination by the Coun
cil cas committee, which will meet again
tonight at 7:30 o'clock, in the City Hall.
The Jl.SOO.f'OO. being the actual value of
the plant, according to the sworn state
ment of C. F. Adams, president of the
company. Is all that the public should be
required to pay Interest or dividends upon.
But the sum which is charged up to con
sumers for dividends and interest-exceeds
that amount by $750,000, and makes a big
graft for the company, swelling the cost
of supplying gas and representing meth
ods of "frenzied finance."
Actual Value for Dividends.
The investigation, headed by Henry E.
McGinn, submitted to the committee last
Wednesday night that the actual value of
the plant was the only legitimate basis
fyr dividend and interest charges on con
sumers, and that this was being observed
by investigations In other cities as well as
in Portland.
"When ihc committee comes to exam
jur," rid Mr. McGinn, "it will take the
value of your entire plant, without regard.
1o yohr stockholders or your bonded In
debtedness. It wJH take what you have
invested, what it can see, what it can esti
mate, "and from that it will allow you a
reasonable return; but It is not to allow
yon a reasonable return on what you have
and make the consumer pay your interest
besides."
Tciie Session Expected.
Exciting as' was the last session of the
('tnvuittcc. when President Adams lost
Ms temper and gave vent to a torrent of
uhusc and profanity on the witness stand,
tonight's session promises to be equally
iiis'-. The company then fought the en
deavor to n'tieovcr its high finance mcth-
lf. and consented to throw open Its
, 0eks only -when put up to the alternative
'submitting or defying the committee's
examination. It used every endeavor to
toad the investigation off into side issues
f .gus quality and meter complaints, thus
trying to kep the searchlight from shin
ing on the real heart of the graft.
Mr. Adams testified that the gas which
rcists consumers 51.15 a thousand cubic
feet costs the company to make and dis
tribute "r7.6S' cents, not Including deprecia
tion of plant, which he said made the
large addition of H.45 cents, raising it to
a total of 72 cents.
Questions Put to Adams.
In the Wednesday night examination,
questions were put by Mr. McGinn and
answered by President Adams from the
wittiest? stand as follows:
Q. Whet 5a you think the value of our
Hlant. Mr. Adams? A. I think the plant I
worth in the neighborhood of $i.500,ft)fl.
Q. How meny feet or gas have you manu-
facturc! cart M Aitiinr the past year? A.
oO'i.OfJ.iKO -vM? feet.
Q. What dl4 jou receive for this ga!? a!
Q. What itc it ert you to manufacture
khr per lM,n feet an jdacc it In the holder?
A. 71.97 cent.
Q. Doe that include distribution? A. Tes.
Ir.
Q. Hate you It separated fo jou can tell
what it costs you In the holder before dU
ti'lltutiou? A. S4.00 cents.
Q. Can you tell us what It cost you to dis
tribute the rs? A. cents.
Q- Doe that Include your administration
cxpense? A. Yes. sir.
Q.T-Cah J'u separate your administration
expense .from your distribution expense po as
to .Viow us exactly what distribution costs?
A. Tes. 'sir.
Q. W1K ou kindly give the figures? A.
6.94 cents.
Q. And your administration expense wilt
you kindly t give us those flRurea? A. It
amounts to 1.2G cents.
Q. What doe It cost for administration ex
penses in the total? A. 6.94 cents.
Q. How much does It cost in the burner?
A.-" Well. J you put it up to the burner, It
coetH ST.tJS cents.
Q. That Includes all of your office expenses,
does It? A. Includes everything except de
preciation. Q. What do you figure in for depreciation?
A. Two anJl one-half per cent on the capi
tal amounting to 14.45 per 1000.
Q. So without figuring the depreciation,
Mr. Adams, of 14.45. you put the 'em In th
burner for the consumer for 67.C8 cents? A.
That is right.
Q. What dot that Include? A. The de
preciation? Q. Xo. the 57.CS? A. It includes manu
facturing cost, what you call our distribution
cost, stove and fixture cost, general expense
cost and bad debts.
Q. Do you figure in there anywhere your
bonded debt? A. No, nlr.
Q. Do you figure bad debts? A. Te. sir.
Q. How much bad debts? A. It amounted
last year to about $1700.
Q. What do you figure distribution? It is
not distribution in the ordinary acceptation
of the term J A. t figure In that soliciting
rxperaw, salaries amounting to about 2900,
accident and benefit and taxes.
Q. What is your accident and benefit? A.
That was IL'Ol.OS.
Q. What clact A. Taxes amounting to
72.30.
Q. And what else? A. General petty ex
prnts amounting to $5672.15. Th'ere are a
thousand one hlngs that I could not tell
ou offhand, but one Item I remember was a
subscription to the, Iewls and Clark Fair ' Of
92500. to the American Inn.
Q. Tou figure that all as distribution ex
pense? A. Tes, sir.
Q. Have jou anything etae there beside
that fref erring to a book in Mr. Adams hands,
containing the figures)? A. Demonstration.
We have a lady who demonstrates the use of
gas stoves, S8S3.&5. 8ho oes around and
phows people how to cook on a gas stove, fry
eggs and- bake ham.
Q. Anything else? A. That Is all I see.
Q. That la all .figured in, as I understand
It. In the 57.68 cents you. bae spoken of as
distribution? A. Ye, sir.
Q. And it all cotaea under the head ot dis
tribute? A. Yes.
Adams Tells, of Receipts.
Here Mr. Adams was asked for his
receipts for' put years and responded as
follows:
3PR,0P2.7
291.725.R?
237.SS2.55
.4 IS8.251.91
160.232..W
.'. 144.959.94
132.181"..-.
121.7-47.25
108.227.28
1905
1904
1903
1902
1901
1900
1S99
1S9R
1S97
Disposition of Receipts.
Q. Will you kindly Inform the committee
what disposition was made of the receipts
last year, fS98.0S2.67? A. We paid X117.
SC0.S5 for manufacturing cost that is. for
coal. oil. manufacturing, labor, purification
supplies and some heavy expenses like re
pairs and tar.
Q. What became of the balance? A.
We paid out X50.949.19 under the distribu
tion, S6.510.20 for running the stove "and
fixture department, $2,405.60 for adminis
tration, and there arc sundry charges
amounting to $2,266.94. and that make a
total of $208,600.7-4, leaving a balance ot
$180,481.93.
Q. What was done with that? A. We
charged $50,000 for depreciation. We saved
fixed charges of $37,500.
Q. "What do you mean by that? A.
That is a charge of 5 per cent Interest
on $750,000 of bonds.
LEAVES STREETS TORX "UP
Gas Company Lays Its Mains, but
Docs Not Repair Damage.
The Gas Company is laying mains on
streets in Brooklyn, on the East Side.
SAYS NOT DRUNK
Alice Davenport Deciares She
Was Slightly Intoxicated.
FOUND GUILTY BY JUDGE
Record or a Day's Proceedings With
Petty Offenders in the Municipal
CourU, and the Punish
ments Meted Out-
"This wlll-jundoubtcdly prove to be a
big; case." said Clc,rk Frank Hennes
sey, when Alice Davenport, weighing;
3C0 poun.ls, came forward In the Mu
nicipal Court yesterday morning and
stood before Judge Cameron to be ar
raigned on a charge of drunkenness.
She entered an Indignant denial, and
NAMED AS TRUANT OFFICER
ft- '-I!2Wi??S
S. IJ. WHITE. OF Till! MOUNTED PATROI IS GIVEN TUB POSITION.
Chief of Tollce Grltzmacher yesterday asMrncd Mounted Patrolman S.
I). White to duty as truant efflcer. This is In accordance with plans of Juve
nile Judge A. 1.. Frazer. under wJse direct stpervlen Ike aew apnwlmce
will work.
Truant Officer White will assume hU new duties this mrnlng. pumiaia
to an order Issued yesterday by Chief Gritzmadier. White knw nothing
or his selection fr the Important pttsttiea uatM be reported eft duly at head
quarters with the day patrol.
Truant Officer White will werk from V A. M t - I. M.. his special dtily
being to look after yeunsster who "play bonkcy." and t tec that the law
relative to children attending t-choel arc enforced. He Is the first truant
officer in Portland's history. The perltlon i regarded as one t the mt
Important having to do with the youth of the city.
During White's service Jn tbc Police Department, he ha Vne an ex
cellent reputation, and has never been In trouble, lie has hern attached
practically all the time to the mounted squad.
and connecting with houses, but falls in
every' case to restore the streets torn up
for these mains. Trenches arc dug. pipe
put down and covered lightly with dirt
and gravel, leaving the streets damaged.
Kast Ninth streetl between Ellsworth and
Beacon, and also East Eighth street south
from Ellsworth, are examples of this way
of laying pipe.
On East Ninth street a line new Im
provement was put down at very heavy
expense to the property-owner. because
of the cuts that were made, but it was
an excellent pavement. Now cornea the
gas company and digs a trench on the
west side for its pipe. The dirt was
thrown back and the grave! piled on top.
A man went over the ridge and tamped
it lightly, but the ridge, two and three
inches high. Is left between Beacon and
Ellsworth.
On East Eighth slrect these ridges are
left, and also when a trench is dug across
the street to lay pipe to the houses
those trenches arc left and become chuck
holes. Property-owner?:, who pay for the
improvement of these streets, think that
the Gas Company should toe required to
restore the streets to as good condition
as they were In before they were torn
up. This can only be done by using a
heavy street-roller, instead of sending
around a man to tamp down the. ridges
gently by hand. It would cost more to
do this.
PERSONALMENTION.
George W. Hazen. attorney, returned
"home yesterday from a week's stay In
San Francisco on legal business. He
says he had many Inquiries while In San
Francisco about Portland real estate deals
which had ben reported and that he
believed that more Callfornlans will come
here to Invest.
NEW TORlv, March 1. (Special.)-
Northwestern people registered today
as follows:
From Salem, Or. R. T. Bishop, at the
Grand.
From Spokane J. E. White; at the
Prince George; C. M. Youle, at the Fifth
Avenue.
From Seattle L. T. Hoffman, at the
Cumberland; D. K Weaver and -wife,
at the Vcndomc; E. E. Harvey, at the
Park Avenue; F. M. Gordon, at the
Breslln; D. H. Jnrvls and -wife, F. S.
StlniBon, at the Wolcott.
CHICAGO. March 3. SpecIal.)-Orego-nlans
registered today aa follows:
Morrison H. L. Allen, E. B. Jones,
Portland.
Kalserhof J. A. Foster, Jr.. Salem.
Grace J. H. Bicker, Jr., Portland.
8herman H. G. Williams and wife, Sa
lem. Palmer A. H. Boyland, Portland.
Wlndsor-Cllfton J. Freeman, Salem,
Portland Merchants Get Terms.
To enable Portland merchant to
ship supplies to logging camps at Ray
mond, Wash- on more favorable terms
than San Francisco merchants, who
"nave been controlling the business by
shipments by steamer to South Bend
and thence by rail, the Northern Pa
cific will allow the 30-cent scale to be
come operative as for aB Raymond, In
stead of the S5-cent scale as formerly.
The rates on news and print paper In
rolls, bundles or crates and wrapping
and building paper In mixed carload
lots, having a minimum of 20,90)
pounds, to Sound ports from Portland,
will be made the same from Vancou
ver, Wash. This change will be pub
lished In a few days.
Marine Bre Kemedy Cures S-e: Make Weak
Xyuetreer. - Beetae Eye Pais: DoenttSaaart.
Deputy City Attorney Fitzgerald
called Patrolman Kioulcn to the stand
"Was this woman drunk? asked Mr.
Fitzgerald.
"She was," replied the patrolman,
very promptly.
"I wk not drunk," swore Alice Dav
enport when she mounted th stand
and attempted to eal hcr.clf in the
democratic chair that has so long and
faithfully served the purpose in this
Historic court. )
"Not drunk!" exclaimed Mr. Fitzgcr
aid. "were you sober?"
'! was sllghly Intoxicated, but not
drunk: I Knew all the time what I
was doing." she replied haughtily, as
hc snot a piercing glance at the In
quisitor.
"I see, madamc." replied Mr. Fltz
gcrald. as he glanced up at the ceil
Ing, "you were only 'slightly intoxi
cated. Now. what I want to know Is.
were you sober when you turned the
water on upstairs in the women's ward
and let it run until it soaked througn
the lloor and dripped down into this
courtroom; how about tnat were you
drunk then, or sober?"
"I never turned ot the water," was
the reply. "It Is false, sir; I'm Inno
cent; all I did upstairs was to knock
off a little plaster."
But all of her assurance was insufll-
clxtit t$ cause Judge Cameron to alter
his opinion, and he found her guilty.
She was fined JfrO.
Alice Davenport Is the largest wom
an ever appearing In the courtroom.
Robert Haywood, aged IS years, as
tonished Judge Cameron by entering
a. plea of guilty to a charge of robbing
telephone boxes, when he was ar
raigned by the Deputy District Attor
ney. Sentence was not passed, how
ever, as the court expressed a desire
to hat'c.thc prisoner's parents In the
room when this was done, and said he
desired to ask them aomo. questions.
Young Haywood was captured after
a spectacular chase from a rooming
house at I22i Union avenue, which Is
in East Portland, across the Burnsldc
street bridge and down Second
street, TVcst Portland, by Philip How
ard. The latter was but half-dressed,
but knew he had an opportunity to
capture a thief, and declined to give
up the race. Special Policeman Wag
non, of the Chinatown district, stopped
the fugitive, and placed him under nr
resr. Philip Howard, who put up the hot
race for the young man, saw Haywood
break into the telephone box in the
hotel, take from it the contents and
put them In his pocket.
Mrs. K. A. Fox. keeper of the Ap
pleton House. North Sixth street,
caused the arrest of Sam Dashara,
charging him with "defrauding an In
keeper," but when the case came to
trial yesterday morning, the,defendant.
nlthpugh fined 10. "got back" at his
accuser by proving that he gave her
a skirt, worth $4. The woman was
very indignant over the defendant's
tale ot the skirt, but she admitted she
had one at the house, which, she said,
he left there without her consent.
"Do you not think you had best ac
cept that sklrtr asked Judge Cam
eron of Mrs. Fox. "Tou see. the de
fendant has no money to pay the bill
with, and if he is fined, he will have
to go to Jail, and It won't do you any
good."
Indeed, I will not accept the old
skirt; It's no use to me," Indignantly
replied Mrs. Fox. "He can get that
skirt any time he calls for It. for I
would not have It as a gift. I never
accepted It, and he left It without my
consent."
An investigation was begun by
IT'S LADIES' DAY EVERY DAY AT THE
Sale of Brigham's Fine Stock
AT SEVENTH AND WASHINGTON STS.
Under the direction of SHANAHAN, the man that gives real bargains.
It behoves every' lady in Portland to be one of the crowd to attend this
great sale of the finest stock of Laces, Underwear, Corsets, Waists,
Notions and Men's Furnishings as ever was placed on a sacrifice sale
in the United States. Brigham's store is the home of the finest grades
of merchandise, and the prices they are being sold at by SHANAHAN
puts them within the reach of all.
65 Per Cent on the Dollar
OF BRIGHAM'S LOW PRICES
YPSILANTI UNION SUITS
Regular $4.25 Lisle Thread. ..52.49
Regular $10.00 Silk Summer. .56.98
"Regular $11.00 Silk "Winter. . .57.48
Keinilar $12.30 Silk "Winter. . .S5.00
Regular $5.50 Cashmere 53.88
Regular 4.50 Congo Merino. .S2.9S
Regular $5.25 Health Wool. ..52.48
Regular $11.00 Silk and Wool. $6.98
Regular $2.25 Health Wool SSp
YPSILANTI TIGHTS
Rcguar $3.00 Worsted 51.98
Regular $4.25 Silk Summer. . .2.50
Regular $7.50 Silk Winter $4.9S
AUSTRALIAN WOOL
CHILDREN'S
Regular $1.00 Vests 69 Q
Regular $1.30 Vests 79c
Rcgujar $1.35 Vests S9p
Drawers, same prices.
EQUIPOSE WAISTS
$1.75 to $2.50. now .49c
Thompson's Ventilating Corsets. .29p
LADIES' AUSTRALIAN WOOL
Regular $2.50 garments $1.39
LADIES' SWISS RD3BED VESTS
Regular $1.25, wool 79p
COLUMBIA WOOLS
Columbia Floss, reg. lSe skein... 14c
Columbia Shetland Wool, regular lSe
skein k.JlA
Columbia Spanish, reg. 20c skein. 15p
Columbia Zephyr, reg. 20c pkg.l2l2p
Columbia Saxony, reg. 12Vre skein. 9c
Columbia Eiderdown, reg. 35c ball,
now .-. 25(?
Columbia Golf Yarn. reg. 45c sk. .25.
Columbia 'Flour de Lis. reg. 25c sk 18
Columbia Gcrmantown, reg. 20c.. 16
Columbia Fairy Zephyr, reg. lSc.l5i
German Knitting Yarn. reg. 35c. .25p
Tec Wool, regular 35c box, now..35p
Ice Wool, regular 75c box, now..50c
Ice Wool, regular 15c ball, now..lOp
Broken lines o.f Zephyr, package. 5p
LADIES' SWISS RIBBED
DRAWERS
Regular $1.50, wool 98
NUNN'S
7
LAMBSW00L
SOLES
SLIPPER
Children's .
Ladies'
Gents' ....
...lOp and 12!'-c
15p
25?
P. D. CORSETS
Regular $3.75, now 49c
CHILDREN'S VESTS AND
DRAWERS
Regular 30c, noAy, per garment. .15d
Regular 65c Drawers 19c
Regular 50c Tape Girdles 19p
Regular $1.00 Tape Girdles 39c
Regular 50c and 75c Corsets 15c
FURNISHING DEPARTMENT
Men's Silk Tics, four-in-hands ami
tecks 19c
Men's Silk Bow Tics, 2 for 5c
Silk Windsor Tics , 19
Men's avooI derby ribbed Underwear,
in brown, gray, blue and flesh
color 85c
Men's Handkerchiefs in plain white
and fancy borders 7,.-:C
Men's Silk Web Suspenders 39c
Men's 25c Suspenders 15c
Men "s fancy stripe Dress Shirts. .48c
Men's Percale Dress Shirts 29p
Children's $1.25 wool Sweaters, button
shoulder 85c
Children's fancy stripe avooI Sweaters
now 69c
Merchants and
Families Buying
in Quantities
Please apply to manager's
office for salesmen convers
ant with full details of the
entire floor stock; also con
sult list of reserve stock for
specials and exclusive num
bers of Laces, Underwear,
Hosiery, etc.
Art Department
All Stamped Linens 50 per cent below cost
Embroidery Cottons all 50 per cent below cost.
Peri Lusta, D. M. C. Cotton, Electron, Helios.
Point Lace and Battenberg Materials all 50 per
cent below co3t
Stamped Cushion Covers 50 per cent below cost.
Braincrd & Armstrong Embroidery Silks, regular
50c dozen, now 38c.
Hosiery
Children's Fancy Hose, values to 50c, now. .10c
Ladies' and Children's Silk Hose Greatly
Reduced.
Ladies' and Children's Underwear will be
Sacrificed.
P. Centemeri Co. Kid Gloves at a Great
Reduction.
Real Laces and Fine Handkerchiefs at Half Price.
Special Request
Ladies!
During this sale we ask
that those who can to attend
this sale in the forenoon. The
store, while spacious and
well lighted, will not more
than accommodate one-half
of crowds that will endeavor
to attend during the usual
popular hours of the after
noon. Early patrons will
find it to their advantage to
be here before
10:30 A. M. DAILY.
We open at 9 o'clock; close from 12 to 1 for lunch and arranging of stock,
and close at 5 P. M. On Saturday we close from 5 to 6 P. M. for lunch
and arranging of stock, and keep open in the evening until 10 o'clock
Judge Cameron into the financial af
fairs of Charles Wright, alleged vag
rant. For the fortieth time, more or
less, "Wright ha been before 3Hb
Honor on various charges, and this
time may expect to receive a heavy
sentence, especially should it develop
that he told some untruths to the
court about debts.
"I went Into '3. Baric alley to lean
against a building. Mid Wright, ex
plaining how he came to be arrested.
Tou see. I knew I "was golnjf to be
seized with a fit. and wanted to pro
tect myself from falling from the pave
ment. I had the fit all right, and the
policeman caught me, I knew very
well that when I opened my eyes and
saw the blue uniform bending over mc
that the game was up. and that it
would be me to the Jail, and here I
am."
Judge Cameron then began taking
down the figures relative to "Wright's
financial standing since last released
on a vagrancy charge, and some dis
crepancies are believed to be forth
coming. The case was continued until
this morning.
Warrants for the arrest of Louie
T rummer and John Furey were Is
sued out of the Municipal Court yes
terday morning, charging Trummer
with maintaining a saloon. -IS North
Fourth street, where a stairs connects
with the upper floor, in which disor
derly women resort, and Furey with
being a party to the business.
Hoqulam Plans for Chautauqua.
HOQUIAM. Wash.. March 1. -(Special.)
Work on the new tabernacle
was commenced today and when com
pleted Hoqulam will have' one of the
la'rgeft halls of this nature In the
county. The old HeaulRta Iron works
building Is being renovated and the
new one Is being annexed to it. It is
the intention ot business men in this
clfy to organize a Chautauqua to be
held each year similar to one held an
nually at Gladstone Park.
ALL MEN WILL BE BLIND
Specialist's Opinion on Ultimate Ef
fect or Electricity.
CHICAGO, March 1. Universal blind
ness Is to be humanity's tribute to
electricity. Is the theory expressed by
Dr. H. Preston Pratt, X-ray and ther
apeutic expert. In the trial of a per
sonal Injurs suit In Judge WIndo's
court yesterday. The Union Traction
Company is being sued for J50.000
damages In behalf of Kuth Bostrom,
who Is declared to bo partially blind
and paralyzed from an electrical cur
rent which passed from the atmos
phere through her body April 10, 19(2.
Eye specialists have been the first
to discover jhe corroding effects of the
electrical currents being generated by
milllons of dynamos In every corner
of the civilized globe, explained the
witness. Day or night we are never
free from Its Influence, he said. The
eyes, the mpst delicate portion of the
human body, will suffer first. Dr.
Pratt cited the Increasing prevalence
of failing eyesight. Later will come
a gradual sensitizing and burning of
the hands.
The wavering of the incandescent
globe, the sputtering brightness of the
arc light, the glaring white of the
vacuum tube, were specified as the
agencies which have already made the
Americans a "spectacled and blink
ing nation." The shock from a tele
phone battery, the spark of a "jumped"
trolley pole, the snap and crackle of
the power station dynamo and motor
were cited as stronger but less ever
present contributors to the same ef
fect. The Bostrom girl was standing at a
street corner four years ago, when a
wire fell across the trolley wire, its
loose end dropping within four feet of
her. She was then 11 years old. Al
most Immediately she became nearly
blind and was paralyzed on her right
side, the one nearest to the swinging
wire.
The traction company asserts that
the girl's condition could not have re
sulted from the current carried by the
wire unless It came In contact with
her.
Good Hotel for Hoqulam.
HOQUIAM, Wash., March 1. (Spe
cial.) There is a movement on foot
to give Hoqulam a first-class hotel.
Business men are to form a stock com
pany and erect a three-story brick
building near the Northern Pacific
depot. Hoqulam has been retarded a
great deal owing to its lack of hotel
accommodations, the majority of traffic
stopping at Aberdeen. It Is the in
tention of these men to construct and
operate the best hotel on Gray's Har
bor, thus securing them the best of this
trade.
Clackamas Democratic Candidates.
OREGON" CITY, Or., March L (Special.)
Howard F. Latourette will become a
candidate for the Democratic nomination
for County Clerk. Mr. Latourette Is the
son of C. D. Latourette, a prominent
Democrat of this city.
R. B. Bcatle, of Beaver Creek, and H.
G. Starkweather, of Mllwauklc, will be
the Democratic candidates for Sheriff and
County Judge, respectively.
Philadelphia. Fire Thursday destroyed th
Ftorago and distributing plant of Armour &
Co.. at the corner of American and Norris
treets. The loss Is estimated at $150,000.
In the olden days of art, workmen
wrought with special care each minute and
hidden part. "For the Gods ec everywhere."
That Is why the sweet-toned
HAZELTON PIANOS
are made, the connoisseurs ' preference
over all others. The Hazelton and "the
forty-five other worthy American
makes, sold only by
Eilers Piano House
Portland. Spokane. Boise. San Frxncisco
Stockton. Oakland, and all other
important points.
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trade better. To make trade
better, make goods better.
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