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OCTOBER 7,190S.
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Great Woolen Goods Sale Continues
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The response to the initial advertisement of our "Great Woolen Goods Sale" was
quick and enthusiastic. It seemed as though hundreds had simply been awaiting
the word. This is very gratifying to us because it shows plainly that our efforts
in behalf of the public are taken at their true intrinsic worth. It shows that the
"Mill-to-Man" method of selling woolens is the correct way. It is the correct way
because it is the direct way all side trips and stops with middlemen being done
away with. If you are not already familiar with this store's methods, we invite
you to call and become acquainted. Such a trip of investigation will be profit
able to you in more ways than one.
"Mill Seconds" of Blankets at Half Price
"Mill seconds" is a term used in describing articles that fall just short of perfection. The imperfec
tions in "mill seconds" in blankets we offer at half price are of a trivial character a faulty border
weave, uneven color; nothing, however, in any instance that would hurt the cold - repelling power.
Don't miss this opportunity.
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Wool Socks Reduced Men's Overcoats and
Cravenettes, worth
$22.50 and $25.00 at
You can procure "foot comfort" at a trifling outlay during
this sale. Although the prevailing prices are but a faint
shadow of their former self, the quality of the socks them
selves is of the same sterling goodness as all else in this store.
All sorts fine cashmere, medium weights, and extra heavy
ones as thick as a blanket all cost but little.
Men's gray wool mixed Socks, these a real 20c Otf
value, 2 pairs iJU
Men's fine black cashmere Socks, these a real 25c value, CA
3 pairs OWC
Men's fine gray cashmere Socks, these a real 25c value, CjQc
3 pairs
Men's fine knit yarn Socks, these a real 35c value, 25c
per pair
Men's black woolen Socks, these a real 20c value, OC.
2 pairs
Men's extra fine black cashmere Socks, these a real S5c 25c
value, per pair
Men's fine tan cashmere Socks, these a real 25c value, CQC
3 pairs..." Jkj
Best grade heavy knit Socks, these real 50c and 75c OC
values, per pair. -
The line of Overcoats and Cravenettes we are offering at $15 is really a marvel
in bargain giving. They would be considered a remarkable bargain at a closing
out sale at the very end of the season. But the "MiU-to-Man" method of selling
places these splendid "1908" garments in your reach at the very time you want
them in the beginning of cold weather at a price that enables you to save
from $7.50 to $10 on a Coat. If in need of such a garment, don't miss coming
here. 'Twill be your misfortune if you don't come.
Men's and Women's Wool Underwear QE
$1.25 Value, at Per Garment
If we could picture the real value of these garments in type, so that you could see them face to face,
as it were not one garment of the several thousand we have would last the day out.
Absolutely perfect in every way, shape and finish. Those for men in tan and natural gray those for
women in silver gray. '
Blankets Reduced
Nowhere in the store is the advantage of buying woolen
goods more apparent than in our blanket section. It is
. only by going direct to the fountain head the woolen
mill that we are able to give values like these:
Fine gray and mottled Blankets, full double O O C
size, regular $4.50 value SALE PRICE PO0
Fine gray and mottled Blankets, full double (JjO O C
size, regular $5.50 value .SALE PRICE PJ0J
Fine gray and mottled Blankets, full double Cf
size, regular $6.50 value SALE PRICE ptJJ
Pure lambswool white Blankets, full double J?C CO
size, regular $8.00 value SALE PRICE PJJJ
Pure lambswool white Blankets, full doubled 1-iO
size, regular $9.50 value SALE PRICE P VI ,JJ
Pure -lambswool white Blankets, full double d0 Clf.
size, regular $12.50 value. .. .SALE PRICE pOJJ
Third and
Stark Streets
if owns vine wooien
Mill St
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Portland
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LANE ON RATE LI
Commissioner Discusses Loss
of Oriental Trade.
RAILROADS FEAR PUBLICITY
Attorney for Chamber of Commerce
Quotes Letter to Spokane Club
to Show Publication of
Tariffs Is Avoided.
PORTLAND. Oct. . (To the Edi
tor.) In this morning's Issue of The
Oreftonian. there was an editorial
headed "Killlnic Trans-Paclflc Trade."
The substance of the editorial is to the
effect that the refusal on the part of
the Interstate Commerce Commission
to permit transcontinental railroads to
make a lower rail rate on through
freight to the Orient than is made on
freight distributed In this country, la
demoralising the trans-Pacific freight
out of Oregon, Washington and Cali
fornia ports. The editorial Is based on
a misconception of the facts and of the
law. The transportation committee of
the Chamber of Commerce, which had
taken up this matter with the Inter
state Commerce Commission, feel that
it Is but right that the public should
understand the fact, and Justice be
don the commission. No better an
swer or explanation could be made
than that contained In a letter written
by Mr. Franklin K. Lane, one of the
commissioners, to the Tacoma Chamber
of Commerce and Board of Trade on
this subject, a copy ef which is here
with enclosed, and which wu sent to
the transportation committee by Com
missioner Lane.
As a matter of fact, the sole question,
un)er tha law. Is whether or not the
railroads shall publish their tariffs,
not that the commission shall control
the rates. The railroads are reluctant
to puhltith these tariffs because their
proportion thereof is so much lower
than Is charged on domestic, traffic
that they fear the effect of this on ship
pers In this country. The criticism,
therefore, should not be directed at the
commission for following the law, but
at tne law which requires the pubilca
tion of rates. The proper method, -
therefore, of correcting the evil. If it
exists, is not to condemn the commis
sion for making a ruling It never
made, or one under the law they were
compelled to make, but to have the
law amended If It is in the Interest f
the public to do so.
Yours truly.
J. N. TEAL,
Attorney for Transportation Committee
of Chamber of Commerce.
Sptmlwr Ml.
T corn a Chamber of mmM and Hnnl
t-f Tra.:. Taooma. Vah. int;emii: Vur
favor of Auut 1, rriuet!r tn ortntlHi
mith rp,t t th Ommk-on' ruilr t
qu'r're the raUr.Td t puh igft the inland
p-,pc rt!r of their expert and import rate.
Such a ftneral Sfttsunflerwaodicc exmts aa
l-i rtur of th decision In the Coemc-
pMi-an Mrrlr? ca that tt seems" worth
')l!llt cur ruling- wu.
T Ceemopolttaa Chirping Co. operata a
line of steamships plying between Philadel
phia and different ports of Northern Europe.
In Its complaint preferred before the Com
mfcwion It alleged that the Hamburg-American
Packet Co.. North German Lloyd Steam
Ship Co.. the Wilson Lines and the S-andl-navian-American
line tad ortsanlzed a so
ralled "pool" whereby all traffic originating
in th r-Tiitrf states, whether on the sea
board or In tha interior, and destined to the
north of Europe, was divided among them
selves In certain designated proportions. The
complainant asked that tnts uauic pooi
ba declared lllecal because In contraTentlon
of the antl-poollng provision of the interstate
commerce act.
Problem Before Commission.
Tha Commission was thus confronted with
the question of its Jurisdiction over ocean
steamship lines plying between the American
ea.board and a foreign country non-adjacent.
This question had been raised frequently
before thl tlm. but had never been finally
determined. After careful consideration the
Commission ruled that the Jurisdictional
clause -of the Interstate commerce act gave
the Commission no authority over these for
eign steamship lines. The complaint was
therefore dismisses.
But this does not mean that the Commis
sion Is altogether without authority over the
foreign commerce of the United tftaiee. The
Interstate commerce act Is by its terms ap
plicable to the transportation of "property
chipped from any pace in the Lnlted States
to a roreign country nu mi i um
place to a port of transshipment, or shipped
from a foreign country to any place in the
t-xit.t firaiM nrl carried to auch Dlace from
a port of entry either In the I'nlted States
or an adjacent foreign country.' It thus
appears that the Commission has ample
Jurisdiction over the foreign commerce of the
I nlted mates wnue moving irru mc wen
board and Interior points. It logically and
necessarily follows that the rate for the
Inland movement to or from the seaboard
must be filed and published In order to com
ply with the express provWons of the law.
A contrary holding would deprive the Com
mission of all Jurisdiction over foreign com
merce. If Joint rates only were required to
be pubMshed. the proportion of each carrier
being unknown, the law couM easily be set
at naught through collusion between the
railroads and ocean carriers. Rebates and
preferences could be granted at will. Xo
punishment could be imposed for making a
concession from a Joint rate of this char
acter as it would be impopMble to connect
the offense with the carrier over which
alone the Commlsalson has control.
That this ruling Is in accord with the law
is not questioned. The railroads have not
gone Into court to have the Commission en
Joined, because they know its position is le
gally unassailable. The whole difficulty
arises from their reluctmnce to make puMio
the inland proportions of these joint rates.
Their earning on this traffic are so small
that ther fear the diswttlsfrtctlon of domes
tic shippers and the complaint that would
follow.
Hill and Harrlmasi Quoted.
The Commission is urged to reverse Its
ruling upon the ground that It is doing
serious Injury to the Pacific trade. It this
were so. it would not reflect upon the Com
mission's ruling, but would argue against
the advisability of the law which the Com
mission is charged to enforce. However,
there Is good authority fr toe position that
the rulirg in question 1 not the cause of
the depression In the Pacific trade. Messrs.
Hiil and Hamman are somewhat widely
known as well-Informed railroad men.
Neither is suspected of undue regar.i for the
Interstate Commerce Com m lesion. Yet when
In t erv le wed with respect t o the unsat isf ac
tery condition of the Pacific trade, it does
not occur to thera to place the responsibility
with the Interstate Commerce Commission,
sir. Hanimaa says: "There Is Just as much
of that business as ever before. The on!y
dlfferenos Is tere s more competition on the
water." To Mr. Hill the question appar
ently sras a very belaud one. "Why, our
pi-ifli trade has been cone f"r a year. As
lorg as IS months ago I told them what
was coming."
Aked If the action of the American trans
continental roads In withdrawing from tha
Pacific carrying trade was due to resent
ment at the action of the Interstate Com
merce Commies! Mr. Hill replied: "Re
sentment? No. The Commjselson cannot be
b.amed for enforcing the law. The Pacific
trade was given up because It did not pay."
Here we have the frank tdmlwtou that
the unsatisfactory condition of the Paclfio
trade is due entirety to the operation of
natural causes tn no respect to the action
cf the Interstate Commerce Commission,
tepaaewe After Carrying Trade.
For some time the Pacific trade has been
tn difficulty. Ever-increasing comjetitkn
on the part of the Japane; steamship lines,
heavily subsidized and economically oper
ated, has crowdM our American vessels
hard. Reports that the Pacific trade was
becoming unprofitable have been by no means
rare In recent years. It is a matter of gen
eral knowledge on the Pacific Coast that
when the immigration of Chinese coolies was
ended some years ago. the thn existing
steamship lines out of Fabric ports to China
penly declared that they would be com
pelled to withdraw from all Oriental trade, as
their chief source of revenue came from this
class of immigrant travel. They found
before long, however, that Japanese coolies
could be substituted for Chinese, and I was
told by the manager of one of these line,
over a year ago that If the immigration of
Japanese was checked by the action of our
Government, it would lead to the withdrawal
of the most Important of the Pacific lines
from Japanese-Chinese business, unless a
Government subsidy were granted as an off
set. So that whatever the distress of the
American steamship lines on the Pacific,
their embarrassment was long since charged
to ot her causes than the act to regu late
commerce or any decision of this Commis
sion. It is not the function of this Commission
to make law. but to declare law and to en
force It. The power has not been given to
us to abrogate the statute, but such dis
cretionary power as is vested In us has al
ready been exercised in favor of the Pa
cific steamship lines, the Commiesion now
permitting a reduction of Pacific Coast im
port and export rail rates upon three days
notice and an increase upon 10 days notice.
This action was taken with the express pur
pose of meeting the requirements of the
Pacific trade. Very truly yours.
Signed) FRANKUN K. LANE.
Com m i ssr.o ne r.
SUE TO DEFEND COPYRIGHT
Receiver Howard Alleges Duplica
tion of Defunct Bank's Map.
R. S. Howard, Jr., receiver for the
Title Guarantee & Trust Company, yes
terday through Attorneys W. C. Bristol
and S. B. Llthlcum appeared before
Judge Wolverton and applied for a re
straining order to be Issued against
Theodore Rowland and Walter S. Fortl
ner, two civil engineers, to prevent them
from putting on the market a map of
Portland upon which the Title Guarantee
& Trust Company had the protection cf
a copyright. Judge Wolverton heard
the application for the injunction and
has set the case for hearing for this
afternoon.
The papers filed in the case by Attor
neys Bristol and Llnthicura charge that
Rowland was employed by J. Thorburn
Ross, who was at that time at the head
of the Title company, as draftsman. The
copyright title was In Mr. Ross' name,
but when the company failed the copy
right title, like the other assets of the
concern, were turned over to Receiver
Mears and subsequently to Receiver
Howard. It seems that in order to get
out the map it was necessary for Row
land to employ several other draftsmen,
but all were paid for their services by
the Title company. Now. according to
the application for an iniunctlon, Row
land and Fortiner are getting out a map
of Portland of their own, and it is al
leged that it is in the hands of Bush
ong & Co. for publication.
The charge is made that the Row Ian d
Fortlner map Is Identical with that which
Rowland made for the Title company,
the only changes being tn the scale ana
color. It Is also alleged that Rowland
obtained the material for his map while
engaged In preparing the map for tne
Title company and that the action is
brought to protect the creditors of the
receivership.
PROBE FOR PRISON
County Court Will Investigate
Kelly Butte.
TAKES GRAND JURY'S HINT
Suburb Wants Fire Engine.
At the meeting of the Kenllworth Im
provement Club Monday night. 1 F. iloi-
denhauer announced that a lot for a fire
engine-bouse, suitable in every way, could
be secured for a reasonable sum. This'
site has received the sanction of Chief
Campbell for the reason It Is on elevated
ground, and an engine stationed there
would be able to cover a wide territory.
It was decided by the push club to urge
the city to purchase this site. In order
to secure the co-operation ot the citisena
of the community in securing fire protec
tion and other Improvements, tt is de
sired that all Interested in the growth of
that suburb join the club and member
ship cards are now being circulated la
the community.
Judge Webster Scouts Possibility of
Finding Anything - Wrong and
Thinks Talesmen Prejudiced
Against Superintendent.
"The County Commissioners will in a
few .days make a thorough investiga
tion of Kelly Butte affairs," said Judge
Webster yesterday, "and if there is any
ground for the Grand Jury's charges that
Mr. Briggs Is not competent to act as
superintendent of the Butte quarry, he
will be discharged. Heretofore when
charges have been made against him wa
have found upon a thorough investiga
tion that there was no ground for them.
They have usually been made either by
dope fiends or by guards who were dis
charged from the Butte for their In
competency, and who therefore com
plain. "Of course, I do not know what testi
mony was secured by the grand Jury,"
continued the judge, "but as far as I
can leam this Is just the character of
the testimony placed before the tales
men. Their leaning In the report can
be seen when it is- observed that they
THE SLEEPING SICKKESS
WHICH MEANS DEATH
How many readers have heard of this
terrible disease? It prevails in that
Tar-away country Africa especially
the Congo district. It is caused by
the bite of the tsetse fly. When it
bites a person, the sleeping symptoms
begin and finally the sufferer sleeps
until death occurs.
Contrast this with the peaceful,
balmy sleep of health. Is there any
thing more wearing than to lie awake
at night, tossing about, nervous, with
cold feet, hot head and mercy knows
what else? Short of letting the tsetse
fly bite ns we would do almost any
thing for relief. How can we pre
vent it? Mr. George Hayes, of
Union City. Pa., writes: "I had lost
my appetite, was all rum-down, could
not sleep nights. I had tried every
thing without relief. Vinol was rec
ommended, and to my surprise, it
helped me at once; gave me a splendid
appetite, and now I sleep soundly.
What Vinol did for Mr. Hayes, it will
do for every run-down, nervous and
overworked person who cainot sleen.
Woods rd, Clarke A Co., Druggists,
Portland.
recommended thab pots and kettles be
provided for Sheriff Stevens' use in feed
ing the prisoners.
"Now, we do not propose to pay any
of the county's money tor- the Sherirf
for the feeding of the prisoners. The
law passed by the voters last June gives
him 12 cents a meal for every meal
furnished to prisoners. It Is his duty
to furnish his own utensils as well as
raw materials. Further than this, ho
has sent us a bill for $390 for the board
of the jailer and matron. We do not
expect to pay that any more than we
Intend to pay the rent of the District
Attorney's offices. In the first place
Mr. Cameron Is a district foficer and
should not look to the county for the
rent. I would not object to giving him
and his deputies a room in the county
building if there were one vacant. But
all available space is filled now.
"Regarding the use of opium at the
Butte, I do not think any has ever been
admitted, unless It was smuggled In.
and relative to the implied accusation of
the grand jury that Mr. Briggs has, for
a consideration, permitted certain pris
oners to have opium and liquor, I nave
never been able to And any evidence to
hat effect. In case such evidence of a
reliable character were found any man
countenancing such a thing would be
summarily discharged."
Superintendent Briggs was asked yes
terday in regard to the -charges made
against him in conducting Kelly Butte.
He admitted that two trusties escaped
from custody, but said in the case of
the other three men. one Melntyre was
pardoned by the Governor, while Brown
and Johnson are at the County Hospital.
Relative to the statement which has
been made to the effect that when tne
men escaped he did not notify the Sher
iff's office at once, that he might cap
ture the fleeing men before they were
beyond reach, Briggs said yesterday he
phoned to the County Court at once, and
then drove to town and talked the mat
ter over with Judge Webster. He said
he was told to Inform Sheriff Stevens
what had happened, which he dla.
"Ferrell and McPherson were acting
as trusties at the Butte," said Mr. Briggs
yesterday. "One of them sawed off two
broom handles and lashed them together
so as to make a heavy club, while the
other had a couple of sticks fixed In a
similar manner. When the cook opened
the door one day the two knocked him
down and escaped."
Declares Wife Is Scold.
That his wife is a common scold,
with an ugly temper which she makes
no attempt to govern, is the allegation
made by James Peterson, a contractor
and builder, in his answer to the di
vorce suit of Kate E. Peterson. The
husband says that their troubles began
tn 1892. In the Summer of 1905, he
says, she loudly scolded him In the
presence of the workmen on a house
he' was building. In the Fall of the
next year his wife refused to get his
breakfast, telling him that she had no
more love for him. Last May accusa
tions of infidelity were made, Mrs.
Kate Olney being named as corespondent.
China is very particular that the quality
of tho foreign Roods it buys hall b fully
up to sample, but pays very promptly for
what It does buy. A Chinese merchant's
word le ae frood as hie bond.
Golf All Winter at
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CALIFORNIA
The Paradise of the Pacific.
125 miles south of San Francisco.
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tennis, riding, driving, motoring,
and all other sports, under ideal
conditions. Superb climate; beau
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convenience of the be6t city ho
tels. Stopover privileges on all
through railroad tickets.
Illustrated literature on request.
Chester W. Kelley, special
Northwestern representative, Sa
voy Hotel, Seattle, until October
20. Rates and reservations made.
H. R. WARNER, Manager.
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