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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1906. The Meier & Frank Store' ctober' Bargain .Bulletin $1.75 to $2.25 Gloves 98c Pr. Special line of -women's Suede Gloves one, two and three-clasp styles; pearl or metal-black, mode and gTay; nearly all sizes; regular $1.75 to $2.25; pair. .98J "PerrinV 2-clasp Pique Sewn Kid Gloves, in black, white, brown, tan and red, all size?; every pair guaranteed. Regular $1.75 values, on sale for CI a few days only at this special price, per pair take advantage S " Women's 12-button length glace Kid Gloves, "Vallier's" famous make; red. Kile, light blue, Alice blue and tan broken line of sizes. Regular $3.00 pair.. $2.39 Women's85c-$1.25 Hosiery 69c In the Hosiery Department today we place on sale a great lot of odds and ends in women's fine Hosiery, embroidered, lisles, lace lisles; boot and allover novel ties; beautiful styles in large assortment; all high-grade stockings; f values ranging from 85c to $1.25 a pair; yonr choice while they last nUc at this extraordinarily low price, the pair, 69 cents Jr Great special values in boys' and girls' School Hose, all grades. Women's Out size Hosiery entire stock at special prices take advantage. Send for catalogue. 25c and 35c Ribbons at 1 ?c Yd. 20,000 yards of choice satin Taffeta and silk Taffeta Ribbons, in a complete assort ment of colors ; black, white, navy, brown, green, red, cardinal, garnet, 1 yr pink, light blue, lavender, yellow, etc.; best 25c, 35c. quality, on sale at. v 14 Lace, Spangled Robe Specials Magnificent Lace and Spangled Robes at greatly reduced prices Exquisite styles for evening and reception wear Grand variety. Greatest values we ever offered Beautiful white and colored Net ft GfK Robes, up to $10, on sale at, each. . pJirQ White figured Net Robes in exclusive (TQ Av styles, values to $15, on.sale at. . . V White and cream Lierre Robes, hand-CQ QJl some styles, $16 values, at, each.. V' $20.00 Lierre Robes on sale at $13.95 $25.00 Lierre Robes on sale at $19.75 Black and Silver Spangled Robes, magnificent styles and wonderful values, at $12.00 Robes.. $8.95 $15 Robes.. $9.95 $18.50 Robes. .$13.50 $25 Robes. .$19.75 Great special lot of Evening Nets, in pink, blue, red, yellow 45 inches wide; values 75c and S5c a yard ; your choice at, yard. . .HrJv $1.25 COR.SET COVERINGS 59c 2000 yards of new Swiss Corset Coverings, splen did variety of the very best designs; CQ regular $1.25 values, on sale at, yard.. Swiss and Nainsook Embroidery and insertion dainty patterns for children's wear 1 Of 1 to 4 inches wide; 30c values, at, yard. " $4.00 EMBROIDERIES 98c YARD Small lot of 500 yards Batiste Embroidery and insertion, exquisite designs, in French effects for lingerie waists, etc.; values up to QQ $4.00 yard, for this low price -705 Women's New Tailored Suits $30.00 Values ct $22.45 In the Cloak Store for Today and Tues day shoppers we have the best suit bargain of the season 100 of them, all new up-to-date styles secured from a prominent New York manufacturer at a price far below value Garments that will please the most fastidious buyers-Splendid variety to se lect from, including Pony Jacket styles, Prince Chap, blouse or tight fitting styles. medium or long lengths in all of the sea son's popular materials checks and plaids navy, brown, green, gray and black, all sizes suits most stores would ask you $35 for Our $30 values for your choosing Today and Tues- day at the low price New Coats in silk and wool are being received by every express The very latest fashions personally selected by our Cloak Chief, Mr. Ludwig Hirsch now in the Eastern market 500 Pairs of Lace Curtains $9.00 Values at $4.95 a Pair Value extraordinary in light grade Lace Curtains An importer's line of Irish Point at about one-half their real value all the new est and most approved styles ivory and beige colors plain cen ters and detached figures with neat Swiss Renaissance effect bor- X t- t-.i - t j-i. Jt w 4 X"1 Yjfo5-H 1 ders and insertings. made on the best nets 500 pairs in the lot 20 handsome patterns to select from Values up to $9 a pair to be sold at this phenome nally $4.9 per pr. See 5th st. window display Mail orders carefully filled Custom shade and drapery work our specialty, best materials and workmanship Our expert drapers are al ways at your service, esti mates cheerfully given on any work Private Ex. 4 Send for new Fall Catalogue $45.00 "Peninsular" Ranges for $36.50 $42.00 "Peninsular" Ranges for 33.40 Two lots of ''Peninaular" Steel Ranges, made of heavy planished steel, asbestos lined, duplex grate burn wood or coal; handsome nickel trimmings 50 per cent more heatine and cooking capacity than any other make ten years' guarantee. 6-hole, size 18 Regular $45.00 model, for this special low price 36.50 6-hole, size 16 Regular $42.00 model, on sale at this special low price S33.40 "Peninsular" Hickory wood Heaters, 19-inch size ; one of our best mod- "Jf els. fully guaranteed; great Heater special at this low price P i'J Pacific Oak wood or coal heater, 13-inch size, full nickel-trimmed; 100 fij 1 A. of them to be sold at this special low price, each Basement P 1 'if Stoves and Ranges on sale in the basement 100 models to select from. See them. en's Furnishing Goods Men's pure linen Hemstitched Handkerchiefs, at the low price of 2 for 25J Men's super weight natural wool Underwear, Shirts and Drawers; regu- OQ- lar $1.00 values, at the remarkably low price ot, per garment. Men's corded madras, pleated Shirts; light grounds, with small dots fi? 1 1 C and figures; all sizes; $1.50 values, on sale at the low price of I I U 200 dozen men's fancy Half Hose; all the newest styles; plaids, figures and embroidered effects; all- sizes, great variety; 35c and 25c values, 1 Q on sale atpthis low price, per pair anticipate your "Winter needs i Meier & Frank's celebrated Dress Kid Gloves for men; every pair 1 1 guaranteed; $1.50 values on sale at this low price, pair j 1 J Men's ."Winter Underwear, Hosiery and Sweaters on sale at the lowest prices. 250 New Plaid Silk Waists $8.50 Values 54.45 Each In the Waist Section A great special sale of new, stylish Plaid Silk Waists is announced for today 250 of them, plaids and stripes in handsomest designs and color combinations Trimmed in plain silk with braid and buttons Green, light blue, navy, brown, red, lavender. black and white Very large variety All sizes Waists selling regularly at $8.50 each Your choice while they last at this surprisingly low price, each $4.45 No Mail Orders Will Be Filled Second Floor "FEAST OF SPIRITS" Portland Chinese Will Honor Their Departed Ancestors. EXPLANATION OF CUSTOM Holiday 'Which Begins Tomorrow Not "Harvest Festival," as Most White People Think Par takes of Devil Wort-hip. FortUnd Chinatown will oon be ready frr tilt Feast ct the Spirits" the annu.il thanks-giving that is held in honor of u:e souls ot the departed. This ftast is known among those who cannot eat with chopsticks as Ihe Har vest festival, but men learned in Ce lestial religious lore declare that this name is not a proper one. These 6a.me authoritu-s also state that this year will be the las that the image sacred to Gum Ji, the chief of deviis. will be hurned in Portland at the close of the Feast of the. Spirits. . Witn bamboo and tough paper, re cently imported from the Orient. Chi nSt1 worKmen are busy preparing the image that is to hold the spirit of Gum Ji during the coming feast. Other lm aps arc also being made for the minor spirits th.it are to attend the high .links. The good time begins next Tuesday night, and will continue three ilays and four nights. Three high nriests have arrived from San Fra.11- i iscoto take charge of the. event, and j win receive princely iees lor tneir services. Owing to the fact that the Chinese population is growing less year by year, and tnose who remain are becom ing more and more Americanized, the j-pirit of th-inksiving does not arouse the sutHH ts of tile Flowery Kingdom as in da'ys of old. This season the business managers of the feast could not raise $::'Mi. whereas in former years as hin as $4000 was collected vith ease. During tha thanksgiving the Chinese stores will bt decorated witn lanterns, ca"h liglit representing a $" gift made to the josshouse fund. On the last day of tne event, the names of all who t-ub-nrlbe.l will be written on flaring: red posters, and pasted on the bulletin board at the corner of Second and Alder streets. If you can read Chinese, you may walk down there to see how much your !au:v1rvmn gave. ,Huts for Pear Departed. Alone Second srreet today tne Chines- arc puttir.? up branches of trees, whieh arc to hold lanterns and hats. Tins is done so the spirits that are far off will have lights and head coverings for their long journey to Portland to take part in the celebration. Tuesday nifitlit tne priests and their ,'t-sistants will assemble in the public .los.hous.- at ''4 Second street and there invite the spirit ot Gum Ji. the Vi mce of '"i! one--, :uid other snades to come wild t;ike possession of the images n.;'io fr tiiem. When Gum Ji end lliR hots arrive and take posses sion, they will find spread before tiiem great tables loaded .with fowl, pork, rice cakes and wine, and they will be invited to help themselves. About the room will be burning joss sticks, candles and joss paper. By the burning of the joss paper, the Chinese believe .the spirits are able to secure clothing from the smoke. The priests wili stand in front of the images and chant the ritual of the olden days. Thursday night burning candles and punk will be set along Second street. These burning lines will extend down to the water front. This is done for the purpose of inviting the spirits of drowned Celestials to come to the feast. The Chinese believe that tnese spirits are kept cold by the continual stav in the water, and so on Friday night bon fires will be built so the wet ones may warm themselves. So of the spirits of those from cold countries. Images Burned Friday. It is on Friday night that the images are burned. Great bonfires of the old fasuioned sort are not to be allowed this year, it is said, but some sort of a blaze will be had. in order that the abiding places of the spirits during the local feast-tide may be consumed. "It has long been the opinion of most Portland people that this burning of Gum Ji's image was the Chinese method of roasting the devil," said Seid Back. Jr.. yesterday, "but such is not the case. It is simply a public way of getting rid of something no one has any more use for. You see, the image is built, then the priests Invite the spirit to come and occupy it during the thanks giving. When this is over, the. image is no good, so it is burned. The Chinese do not burn devils, but, on the con trary, they worship them, and the very best of treatment is accorded the prince of the evil spirits." The public is at liberty to visit the josshouse during the festival, and the Chinese may help themselves to any of the good things before them, the feast being for the living as well as the dead. GLAIMED BT W DOW Mrs Robert Ledingham Will Try to Secure Estate. HUSBAND LED DOUBLE LIFE He Reminds His Friends of Teddy "So Different," Explain Intl. mate Acquaintances of J. J. Reed, the.Xtmrod Hotel Clerk. PRIENDS of J. J. Reed, clerk at the tT-V In c J-Tlt .l art lanchin. m-ar an experience he recently had when he was bear hunting In Tillamook County. They dcclare that he is the champion sprinter in Oregon. - provided a bear is furnished to assist him in breaking records. As the story goes, Mr. Reed last week went to Tillamook County to hunt bear. All his life he had had an ambition to play big game, and when his vacation came he hit the trail for the wilds. - He bought himself a rifle and hunting out lit, it is said, and secured the services of a guide. The first day he went out the first thing he saw was a tremendously large bar. He forgot that he had a gun in his hand It was a plain case of 'bear ague." His excitement centered in his legs, and it is said that the path he opened through the brush looked like the trail of a cyclone. Reed did not go out for bears a second time and spent the remaining days of his vacation near the cabin. The guide came to Portland and told the story about Mr. Reed and the bear. Mr. Reed declares that the tale is false and that it is nothing more than a joke, but his friends are rather inclined to accept the statement of the guide. Burn, chapa. pores, chattnsr, tender Ekin healed by Satin ckio cream. Try it. 2Sc. Deserted Her in Kansas. Married Again In Portland and Returned to Her After Second AVife Died in Portland. The more Frank S. Fields. Multnomah County Clerk, tries to solve the domestic tangles of the late Robert Ledingham. the more muddled they become, and the official is now. to use a time-worn phrase, "up against ft." A recent letter from Ledingham s widow, who resides at Atch ison, Kan., has caused the case to be re viewed, and will also bring about another long investigation of the heirs of the estate.- Eighteen years ago. Mrs. Agnes Leding ham. who was then a resident of the Kansas town where she. still makes her home, awoke one morning and discovered that her husband had disappeared. After a time she mourned him as dead, until at last one day she received a small sum of money from him. but he sent no word explaining his absence. She saw by the postmark that Ledingham was in Port land. During the years following that he was away from her. he sent his wife small sums of money every few weeks. Leaving Kansas, Ledingham came to Portland and worked in various tin and copper shops about the city, finally se curing a position with the Southern Pa cific. For years he worked in the local shops of the railroad. He took unto him self another wife after coming here, but never a word of this did the Atchison w-oman know. And it is said that wife No. 2 never knew that her husband had another family living in the East. In February. 1905. the Portland Mrs. Ledingham died and the old shopman be came lonesome. He was Hearing the 70th milestone on life's journey, and during his quiet hours thought of the bonnie Scotch lassie, whom he married in Edinburgh many years before, brought across the seas and then deserted in a strange land. To fellow-workmen he told the story of his double life, and one morning declared he was going back to his old sweetheart. He returned to Kansas, was received with open arms by the woman he had left, but died soon after meeting her. He was taken ill on the journey home, and in spite of the careful nursing received from his wife, died December -6, 1905. a few days after his arrival. Some time after his death, a will was found among his papers. This instrument had been made out August 29. 1908. while his Portland wife was still alive. To her he willed the real estate held by them and all his personal property: to Robert Ledingham. of Edinburgh. Scotland, was left 54'T: other small gifts were to be made to a sister living in Australia and two brothers residing in Salt Iake City. Having learned that her husband left a little property in Oregon, Mrs. Agnes Ledingham wrote to the County Clerk and asked what means she should take to secure it. Mr. Fields replied and told her the terms of the will. A reply to this letter was recently received by- the County Clerk. The epistle tells its own sad storv. It follows: ATCHISON. Oct. 15, 1906. Mr. Fields: Kind Sir I received your note of September. Now, you ask if I am the widow of Robert. T. Ledinsham, of Edinburgh, Scotland Well, in G-od's name. J am, for I was married to him on the 5th of November. 1?5S. and I came to this country in the year 1370. I am the mother of seven children by him. but they are all dead. I buried the last one. a young woman, here, and her father I laid alongside of her. Now. kind sir. I am l-ff without friend to help me since it pleased God to take my husband away. He always sent me a little something-, but now rve sot no one In this world. My health has not been very good since my husband's death. - I try to do a little work, but can hardly keep up. What little money I saved I put into a small house 'some time ao, but I still have $100 to pay on It. I will say a few words about that eon you 6ay Is In his will. Well, I say he is no more a son of his than you are. for he was only named after my husband. I know all about it, and if my husband put that Into the will, he must have been drunk or crazy. Now again. I see you have another widow into that will by the name of Bertha P. Ledingham: T would like to know how she is. These two have no right to my dear husband's little estate. I have letters on hand to show that- my husband said I was never to be left poor, and that I was to have that $400 he left. I gave him a good funeral, and I thank God I heard his last words. I know what I have suffered. Now. dear sir, I hope you will look into it, for 1 stand in need of some help. Truly. MRS.. AGNES LEDINGHAM. BANKING I Committee Will Finish Draft of Bill Next Week. PROVISIONS OF MEASURE BLAMES HIS COMPANION Eighteen-Year-Old Touth . Meets With Mishap While Drunk. While drunk and out driving Thaddeus Green, a boy 18 years old. collided with a heavy wagon at Twenty-fifth and Savler streets last night and upset the buggy in which he and his companion, H. Cas per, were returning from a hunting ex pedition in the woods near Portland. Both occupants of the buggy were thrown out and the rig badly smashed. Casper immediately staggered to his feet, but Green lay on the ground unable to move. . Patrolman Peterson came to the scene and at first thought the boy was hurt, but soon noticed that he was only stunned by the fall. He was taken to the police headquarters.- where he re vived and told the officers that his com panion, Casper, gave him whisky and got him drunk. Casper was also taken to the station, but as he did not seem to be under the influence of liquor Captain Slover released him. A few minutes later Green came to and told the officers that Casper was the man who supplied him with whisky. Green was locked up on a charge of drunkenness. Captain Slover made a re port of the case and it is possible that a warrant will be sworn out against Casper for "contributing to the delin quency of a minor." Both Green and Casper work in a butcher shop at Nine teenth and Pettygrove streets. How to Cure s Cold. The question of bow to cure a cold with out unnecessary loss of time is on in which we are all more or less interested, for the quicker a cold is gotten rid of the less the danger of pneumonia and other serious diseases. Mr. B. W. L. Hall, of Waverly, Va., has used Chamberlain's CouKh Remedy for years and says: "I firmly believe Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy to be absolutely the best preparation cn the market for colds. 1 have recom mended it- to my friends and they all agree with me." For sale by all drug- giSLS State Banks Will Be Compelled to File Three Statements of Condi tion Yearly and Submit to Annual Examination. - Banks other than National that are do ing business in Oregon will be compelled to prepare and submit three statements of their condition each year and will be ex amined annually by a State Bank Com missioner, when the new law now being prepared by a committee from the, Oregon State Bankers' Association is enacted. No opposition to the bill Is expected, and it is thought that if any changes are made In the act now being framed, they will be of a minor nature. ' Under the proposed law a State Bank Commissioner will be appointed, and to him will be submitted statements show ing in detail the standing and condition of all state banks and banking houses In Oregon. He will examine each and every one of these banks annually. The provis ion requiring three reports by the banks each year 4s considered the most impor tant feature of the bill and it is believed that it will prove a great protection and safeguard to depositors. The committee from the Oregon State Bankers' Association will meet in Port land next week to complete the draft of the new law. When it has been approved by the executive committee of the asso ciation It will be printed and copies of it will be sent to every banker in the state. The committee is composed of State Sen ator B. W. Haines, of Forest Grove; H. Hirschberg, of Independence, and E. V. Carter, of Ashland. The State Bank Commissioner will be appointed by the State Board or by the Governor, by and with the consent of the Senate. His salary will be $2400 per year. Another important provision is that no bank shall have more than half its paid in stock and surplus invested in real es tate, in which is included bank buildings and furnishings. No more than 50 per cent of the paid-in stock and surplus shall be loaned on real estate. Provision Is made that banks affected by the new law must keep at least 15 per cent of their de posits in cash. The stockholders shall be liable for twice the amount of the stock subscribed, the same as stockholders in National banks. Banks, before opening, must secure char ters and must have a capital of not less than $10,000. which will be graded accord ing to the population of the cities in which- ihe institutions are located. At least 50 per cent of the capital stock must be paid in when a bank begins business and the balance not later than six months thereafter. There are about 100 banking Institutions in the state that will be affected by the Dew law. At present state Institutions are not governed by any state law. and banks can be opened as easily as grocery stores. "We are framing a bill that we hope will satisfy the bankers and which will afford ample protection to the depositors," said Senator Haines last night. "If there is any well-founded objections to It, changes will be made. We do not expect any opposition in the Legislature. We have tried to meet all the requirements and make it what a state banking law should be." Senator Haines is a guest at the Im perial Hotel. WORK ON MILWAUKIE ROAD County Building Model Highway South to Clackamaa Line. The county is demonstrating on the MIL waukie road south from Holgate street what it proposes doing on all county roads that are repaired or improved hereafter, an entirely new method being introduced with the coming of crushed rock. Mil waukie road is occupied by double car tracks, which are not in the center of the space allotted to the road, and hence the county is improving the side of the road not occupied by the rails. Crushed rock brought in from Estacada is being used, as the crusher operated hry prisoners at' Kelly Butte is not yet turning out ma terial. The rock is delivered direct along the road- from the cars. The work is under the immediate direction of Road Supervisor Christensen. First a founds tion of stone is laid, then crushed rock of medium grade and then finer stuff on the top. All is being rolled by a heavy steam roller into a compact mass. About half , a mile of this road construction has been completed, and it looks as If It might stand a great deal of travel. It is understood that Milwaukie road will be Improved In this way through to the Clackamas County line, although perhaps it will not be finished this year. While the work on this road is not exactly what will be done on other roads, it shows mainly the kind of work that is to be done hereafter on the roads of Multnomah County. Crushed rock, ready for the surfacing of roads, can be de livered from the bunkers at Kelly Butte, where the county prisoners have begun their work, at 35 cents per cubic yard, whereas it has been costing the county $1 and $1.25. Milwaukie Grange Meets. At the monthly meeting of Milwaukie Grange. Patrons of Husbandry. Saturday, under the charge of Mrs. Mary Getcheil, lecturer, the members discussed the methods of the Hood River fruitgrowers. References were made to the magnificent display at the recent fruit fair in Hood River. Emphasis was put on the methods Of the growers of apples displayed, and it was shown in the discussion that it was the result of untiring, intelligent and up-to-date effort. . There was constant attention and spraying and personal ex amination of each tree. It was the con sensus of opinion of the grange that the same care and methods would soon re suit in placing the Willamette Valley on a much higher grade than at present and give it a reputation for high-grade fruit of all kinds. In connection with the dis cussion the poet Lowell was considered. The 'Milwaukie Grange decided to give a bazar the first part of December. Welcome to Dr. Thompson. Rev. A. Thompson, sent back to the Gresham M. E. Church by the recent conference, and his wife were given a public reception Friday evening at. the home of Mrs. Fmery. a member. A hearty expression of appreciation was displayed toward Dr. and Mrs. Thompson. Rev. C. A. Nutley, of the Baptist Church, spoke the words of welcome, and Dr. Thompson responded. Dr and Mrs. Thompson were stationed at Trinity Methodist Church, Portland, two years. At Gresham a new church building is under way. Weak. Weary, Watery Eye Welcome Murine Eye Remedy. It soothes. It cures. 231 WASHINGTON STi PORTLAND.' OREGON-'" MAKER OF MENS CLOTHES FRANK L. SMITH MEAT CO. 238 Alder St., between l"t and 3d S. "FIGHTING THE BEEF TRUST." Leg Roast Veal, per pound 12Vj Rump Roast Veal, per pound ... 12 V.-C Shoulder Roast Veal, per pound... IOC Rib Veal Cutlets, per pound 12Vi Loin Veal Cutlets, per pound 12ViC Shoulder Veal Cutlets, per pound.. lOt Breast Veal, per pound.! St: Stew Veal, per pound 6C Veal Shanks, per pound 4C Prime Rib Roast Beef, per pound.. IOC Rolled Roast Beef, per pound IOC Pot Roast, per pound TJ to SO Short Ribs Beef, per pound 5C Beef Tongues, fresh, each 50V Beef Tongues, salted, each 50C Prime Rib Steak, short cut, lb.,.12 Sirloin Steak, per pound ..12V4( Round Steak, per pound IOC Chuck Steak, per pound 8 Shoulder Steak, per pound St Stew Beef, ner pound 5C Boiling Boef, per pound 4 and 50 Beef for mincemeat, per pound St Shoulder Roast Pork, per pound. 120 Leg Pork, per pounJ X2VtC Shoulder Pork Chops, per pound. 12C Loin Pork Chops, per pound. 15C Shoulder Roast Mutton, per pound. 8 Leg Mutton, per pound 12 Loin Roast Mutton, per pound. .. 12H5 Mutton Stew, per pound 5i Shoulder Mutton Chops, per lb 10i Loin Mutton Chops, per pound. .. 12 Sausage, per pound 10 Hamburg, per pound IOC Corned Beef, per pound f(! Livfr. per pound 6tf Best grade Hams, per pound 1T Our own brand Breakfast Bacon. per pound 17H Our own brand pure Lard. 5 lbs. for 60f PATROM7.E HOMK 1NDLSTRV. THROW DOWX TUB TRUST.