THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1907.
Buy Your Easter Gloves While Stocks Are Complete Every Good Style and Shade ii All Sizes Best Silk or Kid All Grades
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Millinery, Cloaks, Silks, Dress Goods, Laces, Men's Clothing, Gloves and Fancy Goods
500 New Silk Petticoats
See the Grand Displays of "M-
$8.50-$9 Vais. $5.45
illinery, Cloaks Today
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k;Store "Opening Days" Tod
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Portland's Leading Cloak Store's
Annuol Easter offering of high-
grade silk Petticoats 500 of them
All new up-to-date styles and
colorings at a price about one-half
what you are asked to pay at other
stores for Petticoats of equal qual
ityMade of superior heavy taffeta
silk with deep flounce and six rows
of bias bands Very attractive and
serviceable style Full width and
a grand assortment of shades to
select from White, pink, light
bine, navy, royal and medium blue
lavender, purple, tans, browns,
light and dark greens, red, rose,
gray, black and a great variety of
changeable silks Silk Underskirts
that find ready sale at $8.50-$9.00
Choice while they
last at this price, ea.
$5.45
Mail and Phone Orders Filled
Spring " Opening Days" in the Millinery Salons today and tomorrow
Magnificent showing of new Headgear for women, misses and child- -ren
Beautiful creations Paris, New York, London models The best
efforts of the most famous artists Never before have we shown such
an immense array of high-class, attractive Millinery A treat is in
store for women who want the handsomest hats Portland will see this
season Picturesque Hats portraying true Millinery Art Large pic
tare Hats with lace drapes, the new bell or lampshade Hats The
Marie Antoinette Hat, the Coolie Hat, the Mushroom Hat, the "DoUy
Varden" Hat Every new shape and trimming in every new style
shade and combination Exclusive models in wonderful array Tail
ored Hals in great assortment Misses', children's Hats in beautiful
styles Don't miss seeing them
Suits, Dresses, Costumes, Waists, Etc., Etc.
Portland's Leading Cloak store invites inspection of the grandest and
most extensive showing of ready-to-wear apparel for women, misses
and children ever displayed in the West 1907 fashions in fascinating
styles and attractive materials Ready-to-wear apparel for occasions
A wonderfully complete stock to select from Particular attention
is directed to the exquisite new Waists Dreams of daintiness in lace,
silk and sheer wash materials Visit the Cloak store during "Opening"
If
Lace aid Embroidery Bargains
French Cambric Embroidery for women's and children's -wear, 9 to 12 inches wide.
Best designs. Values np to 60c a yard on sale at the very low price of, yard, 29
French Cambric and Eyelet Embroidery, 3 to 5 inches wide. Beautiful designs in
large variety. Values up to 30c a yard on sale at the very low price of, yard, 18
Special lot of Swiss bands, designs in Anglais and blind work, for women's wear;
6 to 10 inches wide. Values to 75o per yard on 6ala, at low price of, yard, 25
Special lot of Swiss Corset Covering in lace and baby Irish effects. Very pretty
styles. Values up to $2.00 a yard on sale at the very low price of yard, $1.29
French Corset Covering in Swiss and nainsook, $1.25 values on sale at, yard, &T$
French and round-thread Val. Lace and Insertion, to 14. inches wide. Handsome
styles. Values to $1.25 dozen yards on sale at the very low price of....59
Great Sale of New Lace Curtains
Special lot of madras weave Lace Curtains, Arabian color, floral patterns, very best
styles, 52 inches wide, 3 yards long. Regular $2.5Q values on sale at, pair, $1.65
8 patterns of white Nottingham Lace Curtains, 50 to 60 inches wide, 3 and 3 yards
long, detached floral and Point d 'Esprit centers with heavy floral borders. Regu
lar $2.00 values are on sale at the remarkably low price of, per pair $1.30
Special lot Irish Point Lace Curtains, white or ecru, plain centers, with floral scroll
borders. Regular $3.75 values offered at the very low price of, per pair. .$2.85
Ruffled Net Curtains, white or ecru, lace edge and inserting, 3 yards long, 36 inches
wide. Regular $2.50 values on sale at the very low price of, per pair.. $1.65
Special low price on all our Rope Portieres. Best styles; all patterns and colorings;
great values. $2.00 to $6.50 values on sale at low prices of $1.35 to $5.20
Women's Suits $30.00
Easter Sale Extraordinary of women's
Tailored Suits 200 new, handsome
garments in the very latest fashions and
materials to be sold at the popular price
of $3Q each These Suits manufactured
by four of New York's leading Cloak
houses are positively the best value
ever offered for the money Fancy
black and white checks, stripes, mannish
mixtures and plain colorings Navy,
black and , red, prettily trimmed in silk,
lace and fancy braid Eton, blouse,
semi-fitting, tight-fitting and 3-button
cutaway styles The materials are Pan
ama cloths, serges and fancy Tweeds
Perfect fitting, well made and finished
We place these handsome spring Suits
on sale while they last at $30.00 each
They would find ready sale
at $35 to $40 each
$30
We Want Yon to See Them-2d Floor
New Tailored Suits, ranging in price from $15.00 to $ 1 50.00
3.00 Silk Hosiery 98c
Our Annual Easter Sale of wo
men's Silk Hosiery is announced
for today and we promise the
greatest bargain ever known in
women's full silk Hosiery Pure silk
thread All the newest Spring
shades, also black Grand styles,
grand qualities AH sizes This
unusual opportunity was presented
to our Hosiery buyer on a recent
trip to the market Every well
dressed woman in town should take
advantage of this remarkable offer
ingColors are white, black, light
blue, royal blue, maise, cream,
gray, nile, reseda, biscuit, tan, lav
ender, plain styles and embroidered
instep Beautiful designs and con
trasting shades Sizes 8V2, 9, 9V2, 10 Values up to $3 a QO.
pqir, on sale while they last at the very low price per pair
New Fancy Hosiery, New White Hosiery, New Tan Hosiery for
Women, Misses and Children All prices
PATENTS WILL ISSUE
Department of Interior Yields
to Oregon Settlers.
MILLION ACRES AFFECTED
Order Taking Off Ban One of Secre
tary Garfield's First Acts of
Reform Carries Oat Presi
dent's Xew Policy.
Applications for patent to public lands
In Oregon by settlers will be hastened
with the greatest possible expedition.
This Information, eagerly awaited for
months by settlers who have compiled
with the land laws, has been announced
by Secretary Garfield, of the Department
of the Interior, who will forthwith advise
the registers and receivers of the various
land offices of the plans of the depart
ment. By this order. It Is estimated that
the greater part of tWO.OOO acres of the
public lands in this state, that have been
regularly settled upon by home-seekers,
will proceed at one to patent. Of this
large acreage, fully 90,000 acres are lo
cated within the Portland Land Offioe
district.
Many of these applications have been
held up at Washington for as long as
three years on all sorts of pretexts. Prin
cipal among the excuses for delaying the
Issuance of patents to these lands was the
alleged lrresular methods that were be-
lntr resorted to by corporate interest,
through Individual settlers, In acquiring
possession of the public domain. For
this reason and the generally arbitrary
attitude so long assumed by the former
administration of the General Land Of
fice towards Oregon, these applications
have been held up almost at the pleasure
of the Land Office Department at the
National Capitol.
In support of the alleged misappropria
tion of the public lands of the state, the
department sent special agents to this
state to investigate and report upon the
manner In which settlers had filed on
these tracts. The action of the depart
ment In directing that these lands be
oatented is taken to mean one of the pre
liminary steps In carrying into execution
the modified land policy of President
Roosevelt, .which la cons uued aa.ueJftK .de,
cldedly mora liberal than that which has
prevailed for some time.
' Many Applications Held Up.
In the Portland Land District alone ap
plications for patent to 100 homesteads
and probably 425 tlmberland filings or
commuted homesteads have been held up
for various periods, ranging from six
months to two and three years. In a large
majority of these cases there were pend
ing no contests nor was there any evi
dence of irregular procedure on the part
of the claimants. The new order, how
ever, it Is explained by men conversant
with the Land Office business, does not
Imply or contemplate that patents to
these lands will be issued on a wholesale
basis. On the contrary, It Is understood
that lands will proceed to patent only
where there exists no question of irregu
larity in the application and proof.
In cases where contests are pending, or
where unfavorable reports have been re
turned by the special agents, the' usual
procedure will have to be gone through
with, and the claimant will be required
to show good faith In his actions, which
must be entirely regular, before patent
can issue.
Oi the 30,000 entrymen, whose applications
have accumulated in the General Land
Office, probably oue-third are Oregon
settlers. The effect of the order Is to
transfer ..Lie from the Government to the
Individual claimant and make available
for permanent homes as well as for pur
poses of taxation, approximately 1,000.000
acres within this state. It is evidently
the plan of Mr. Garfield, who only re
cently succeeded to the Secretaryship of
the Interior Department, to facilitate the
passing to patent of all applications for
homesteads and timber lands that have
been legally made in all states wherein
are located public lands.
Policy of President.
Thts plan is merely carrying out such
a policy that has been determined upon
by the President, who, at the same time,
has devised plans for throwing about the
public land business all necessary safe
guards to successfully defeat monopo
lies. Registers and receivers of land offi
ces will be Instructed to facilitate the
Issuance of final certificates In all cases
to bona fide settlers. These officials will
also be acquainted with the fact that
they will be held strictly to account for
the exercise of sound discretion and good
judgment in the porformance of this duty,
that the Interests of the public and the
Government In preventing illegal, entries
may be properly guarded.
"Through its revised policy for handling
the public land business." said a land
office attorney yesterday, 'It appears that
the Government desires to not only en
courage the legal acquisition of these
lands, but to expedite the issuance of the
same to patent where all proceedings are
entirely regular. Mineral lands, within
the public domain, under the new order
of the administration, are to be more
carefully segregated and disposed of as
such. The new order provides that loca
tions, selections and entries for land in
the mineral area shall continue to be
tinaila under, xialicg. miss, but ULev.&li4ll.
not be allowed to pass to final certificate
or approval except upon the report of a
field officer.
At the same time the powers of the offi
cers of the different land offices are en
larged, respecting the entries of land in
the nominal areas. Such entries are to
be considered by the resident land office
officials with a view, to final action by
them and the Issuance of final certificate
In the regular order."
OITPICE SHORT OF CLERKS
Over Five Hundred Land Proofs Are
Held TJp at Roseburg.
ROSEBURG, Or., March 17. (Bpedal.)
The local Land Office says that there are
from BOO to 600 final proofs awaiting ac
tion. Delay has been due to lack of
clerical assistance, rathar than to the
President's former order, though action
on some proofs was delayed to some ex
tent by that order. Many of these cases
have been pending since 1904, but most of
them have aooumulated since reopening
of this office, January 8. 1906, after a sus
pension of one year.
The suspension resulted in a great ac
cumulation of business and the local of
ficers have never been furnished suffi
cient help to clear up the work. Besides
there has been a great rush of applica
tions here ever since the offioe reopened.
The expectation that the timber and
stone act would be repealed caused a
scramble to make filings. During the
month of February, 1907, there were filed
here 154 timber and stone applications,
to say nothing of homestead and scrip
applications. The officers here are doing
their best to clear up the work, but are
heavily handicapped. All clerks must be
furnished by the authorities at Washing
ton from the Civil Service list, and the
supply Kerns scarce.
IjA GKAXDE SETTLERS REJOICE
Glad to Know Patents to Lands Will
Be Expedited;
LA GRANGE, Or., March 17. (Special.)
Two thousand entrymen In this district,
who have been waiting from a month to
two years for patents from the Govern
ment, will be affected by the President's
recent instructions to the General Land
Office to expedite the Issuance of patents.
The local Land Office is six months be
hind in the work here, a great majority
of papers being held up in Washington.
Logger Cuts Artery In Arm.
Albert Timmins, a workman at Taylor's
logging camp, near Kelso, Wash., was
brought to St. Vincent's Hospital yester
day for treatment for a severed artery in
the arm. While carrying a crosscut saw.
Timmins fell upon it. the saw inflicting a
dangerous wound. Timmins will recover.
KISER FOR SCENIC PHOTOS,
LiM'y J,myrJ jjj Jig tel.
PIONEER RIVER Mi DEAD
CAPTAIN JAMES WILSON SAILS
OX LAST VOYAGE.
Was Engaged In Steamboatlng on
Columbia and Willamette for
Nearly Forty Tears.
In the death of Captain James Wilson,
yesterday at his home, 47 East Third
street north, a well known pioneer of
river navigation in Oregon passed away.
At Cherbourg, a fortified seaport town
and naval station of France, Captain Wil
son was born August 16, 1S27. His father,
James A. Wilson, was a sailor and was
connected with the French navy-yard at
Cherbourg. All the education Captain
Wilson received in France was prior to
his ninth year, for at that age he went to
sea, following the taste he inherited from
his father. Aboard a merchant ship he
shipped as a cabin boy, and came to
America In 1836, his first . trip being to
Martlnque. In 1843 he entered the Ameri
can merchant marine as mate.
Captain Wilson came to Portland in
1852. As a deck hand on the Multnomah,
one of the first steamers on the Colum
bia, he sailed from Portland to the Cas
cades during the floodtide of emigration
to Oregon, In 1854 he became captain of
the steamer Portland, in which capacity
he served for some time. Later he was
a deckhand on the steamer Marie Haslow
operated between the Cascades and The
Dalles. In 1865 he became captain or trie
Willamette and Reliance, remaining with
the company operating those boats until
it sold out when he went into the em
ploy of the company that bought the
fleet. A few years later he became con
nected with the Oregon Railway & Navi
gation Company, with which he remained
many years.
In 18S9 Captain Wilson went into the
wilderness of Clackamas County, having
decided to quit the water and become a
farmer. In the wilderness Captain Wil
son bought 39 acres which he cleared and
nut under cultivation. He prospered and
acquired valuable , property in Oregon City
and in Portland.
-.ntin Wilson was a Democrat in poli
tics- and a member of the Christian
fhur-h Ha leaves a wife and the fol
lowing children: August Wilson, living
near Portland; Mrs. Celia Peters, living
near Portland; Erwin Wilson, Clackamas
County; Walter Wilson, Gobel, Or.; Mrs.
A. B. Holoomb. Portland; Mrs. Perry
Rancher. Portland: Mrs. Fannie Geil,
Pnrt land-
Captain Wilson had been in falling
hcoiih fnr the oast ten months. He
mnvori tn Portland from his farm about
seven months ago. Arrangements for
the funeral will be made today.
Delay in Tillamook Mall Service.
. . jmjLjQG.. ,arn. TnrMl lTSryrJal.
There is a good deal of eomolaint In
Tillamook City on account of the mail,
which previously came in via North Yam
hill, over the Trask Road, being sent to
Sheridan, and thence coming in by way
of the Grand Ronde. This makes a delay
or six Hours In tne mail arriving in this
city, and holds over the mail one day
for. points north of here. Mayor Botts
and the business men will protest against
the change, whloh - was made without
giving the citizens any notice.
HE LIKES KELLY'S BUTTE
Vagrant Confesses to Weakness for
Prison and Would Return.
Few men who have "done time? at
Kelly's Butte ever wish to return, but
Henry Dahm Is an exception to this rule.
Dfthm was picked up by Patrolman J. F.
Anderson last night, and when taken be
fore Captain Slover said he would rather
go back to the Butte than leave town.
He was released from the rockpile last
Friday and came to the city with no visible
means of support. He has been wander
ing around Anderson's beat for the past
two days, and was twice told to leave.
When taken to the station last night he
was asked if ne wished to get out of
town or go back to Kelly's Butte.
"I'd rather go back to the Butte," he
said. "You see, the cooking Is good and
I like the place." The police made no ob
jection, and it is probable that Judge
Cameron will make his next vlBit a more
extended one.
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MISS EMMA NICHOLSON DIES IX
ROAD.
Body of Garden Home Girl Lies on
Ground Near Beaverton All
Night Undiscovered.
HIIiLiSBORO, March 17.-(Speclal.)-M;ss
Emma Nicholson, whose parents reside
near Garden Home, Multnomah County,
was found dead on the road between
Beaverton and Cedar Mil, early this
morning. The young woman, who was
about 30 years of age, came - out from
Portland last night, and left the train
at Beaverton, starting for the home of a
friend, a Miss Johnson. It was her in
tention to attend a dance at the Wood
man hall, near Cedar Mill.
This morning the body of Miss Nichol
son was found and identified by -Robert
Johnson, to whose farmhouse the young
woman was going. Coroner Brown, of
this city, held an Inquest and the jury
found that she came to her death from
causes unknown, probably from heart
failure. There was a slight scratch on
her face, but this was attributed to thai
fall. There was no mark of violence,
and it is supposed that the young wom
an was hurrying along and that her ex
ertions brought on an attack of heart
weakness, causing death.
The remains were taken to Garden
Home by her father, this afternoon.
La Grande Denied City Delivery.
LA GRANGE!, Or., March 37. (Special.
The Postal Inspector, who was recent
ly here investigating the application for
free mall delivery for this city, has sent
to the department an adverse report. Tha
sole ground of objection was that under
the present train service the mail cornea
during the night, and the carriers would!
be practically limited to one delivery each:
day, whereas the mails call for two de
liveries during the day.
In all other respects La Grande is en
titled to consideration. The postoffice re
ceipts exceed by several . hundred dollars,
exclusive of box rentals, the required sum,
and the conditions of the walks and the
house numbering are up to -the required
standard.
Palpitation of the heart, nervousness,
tremblings, nervous headache, cold
hands and feet, pain In the back, re
lieved byCartersLittleLlverPills.
FRANK L. SMITH MEAT CO.
226-228 ALDER ST., Bet. First and Second
"FIGHTING THE BEEF TRUST"
These Prices for All This Week.
Smith's Hams 17i0
Smith's Bkft. Bacon.l7io
Smith's Pure Lard. . .. 12
Smith's Bologna Sau
sage (pure), 3 lbs.. 25
Smith's Frankfurt
Sausage (pure) ... 10
As the octopus of the sea dashes itself helpless upon
the rocks amidst the derision of the smaller fish, on whom
it has been accustomed to feed, so let the unwieldy octopus
of America's food supply, the Beef Trust, find itself high
and dry upon the rocks of failure at Portland, the f urther
est Western point it seeks to covet. It aims to catch in its
maw every meat dealer. It tries to drag into its net the
public who eat the meat, and the farmer and the livestock
man who raise it. If we all co-operate and stand together,
the Beef Trust, in its desperation to get us, will dash itself
upon the shore of defeat, a fate which every honorable
citizen wishes ite -
Fancy Prime Rib
Roast Beef . . .. 10
Tenderloin Steak 12i2
Soup Meat . . . . .... . ., 3
Plate Cuts of Beef. . ., 5
Brisket of Beef 5
Lean Cuts of Beef, boil 5