Morning Oregonian., December 11, 1908, Page 7, Image 7

THE 3I0RXIXG OKEGOXIAX, FRIDAY,
DECEMBER 11, 1908.
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LUMBERMEN WANT
LOW-GRADE TARIFF
High-Grade Lumber, They
Agree, Would Not Be Af
fected by Revision.
WEYERHAEUSER IS GRILLED
Some Witnesses I.oave Bad Impres
sion of Hi in With Committee.
w Schedule to Be Adopt
ed Is in Doubt.
ORfXJOVIAN NEW 8 BUREAU. Wash
imeton, Nov. 2D. American lumbermen
who recently appeared before the House
committee on ways and mean, askimr
that there be no reduction In the tariff
on lumber, were concerned chiefly over
their low-grade output. There was no
alarm felt over hlph-grade lumber, for
the testimony of most witnesses agreed
that this market would not be materially
Rffected. even if the present duty should
be removed. American manufacturers
have always been able to meet competi
tion on this grade of lumber; but on low
xrade stoclc they have sustained losses,
and It Is contended, would sustain still
tieavler losses should thie class of lum
ber be brought Into competition with the
same class Imported from Canada. In
other words, what the American lum
bermen most desire Is protection aieainet
low-rrade lumber from other countries.
Going over the testimony of various wit
nesses, the question of conservation is
frequently encountered. Advocates of free
1 lmner. as well as friend of the present
tariff, and believers in a hifilier tariff, all
talk of conservation, and the necessity of
prolonging the life of the American for
ests was given as a chief argument on
both sides of the controversy. But two
distinct methods of conservation were
proposed. The advocates of free trade
would let in lumber from abroad, thereby
diminishing the drain upon our own for
ests, and In that way extending their life.
That Is the Plnchot Idea, and probably
will be the plan urg-d by the National
Conservation Commission, in Its report to
the President next month.
Keep Out Ijow-Grnde Lumber.
The American lumbermen, however.
Tiave another plan of conservation, and
one which they believe more practical
and certainly more beneficial to the lum
bermen. They would keep out all low
(rades of foreign lumber, particularly
that from Canada, build up a market for
his lumber at home, and thereby enable
lumber mills fully to utilise the forests
under their control. It is admitted that,
because of the limited market for low
grade lumber, and the high freight rates
to distant markets, lumbermen ara now
obliged to leave a large percentage of
their low-grade timber In the woods, fre
quently burning It rather than losesmoney
by hauling it to the mill, where It could
only swell the surplus of such lumber
now on hand, and for which there is a
very limited market.
In some parts of the country a mull
percentage of the lumber is high-grade,
as in Kastern Oregon, where, according
to the testimony of C. W. Nibley. of La
tirande. 9") per cent of their trees Is com
mon stock. In Western Oregon and
Washington the percentage of high-grade
timber is considerably higher, but even
in that section a majority of the lumber
Is under clear. But the country over, it
would seem from the testimony, the low
jrrade lumber Is much more abundant
than high-grade, and therefore the great
bulk of the lumber output Is in danger of
competition If the tariff Is removed.
Touching on the subject of conservation.
T. B. Walker, of Minneapolis, one of the
lanvest lumber manufacturers in the
Vntted States, had this to say to the com
mittee: Timber Left in Forests.
Most of the years that I have been In the
i tituinrn vs lifcl no tax on lumber. In order
rn work against such odds we had to do
Just as they are doing In the South, and
as they are doing on the Pacific Coast tp
lay, leave more than one-half of the tim
ber in the forests. The lumbermen will
h.v to continue to do this unless there Is
a change in the methods and manner of
dealing with them and with the lumber
business, so as to ptive it protection suf
ficient to make It worth whlls to conserve
the timber, and to take out not half or two
thirds, but to take out all of It. and in
that way to make the forests extend over
a multiple of years, as it cannot do under
the present conditions.
As has been previously explained, the
committee on ways and means seems
overwhelmingly inclined to reduce. If not
to repeal the duty on lumber. There are
several causes leading up to this, aside
from predisposition on the part of sev
eral members. One is the prejudice
again st Weyerheuser and other big tim
,ber land owners: another is the fact that
present holders of stumpage. who bought
for a song, are selling their standing tim
ber at prices many, many times greater
than the original cost, and still further
prejudice seems to be due to the fact that
large quantities of American lumber are
now shipped to foreign markets, and
.there Is a freneral disposition to reduce
duty on products that are already going
abroad In great bulk.
Dislike for Weyerhaeuser.
Iu the course of the day's. hearing de
voted to lumbtr. Mr. Weyerhaeuser waa
alluded to frequently by members of the
committee, and various witnesses were
called upon to eta to what they knew of
his operations. The committee was given
.n unfavorable impression of the lumber
kiT.g bv T. M. Knappen. of Minneapolis,
the conservation theorist, who flatly de
clared that Weyerhaeuser, together with
O. A. Smith and T. B. Walker, owned
.ne-thlrd the timber lands In the United
States, and had arbitrarily boosted the
price of stumpage out of all reason.
Later in the day, when Mr. Walker
was plared on the stand, he was ques
tioned by Representative Fordney as to
the correctness of Mr. Knappen's decla
ration. He replied that the Government
oTtis 1S..i0t acres of timber land; he
understood that Weyerhaeuser owns 1.500.-
W acres; he himself confessed to owning
W.O00 acres, and Pmlth owned a like
amr.unt, making I.SOO.OJO acres In the
hands of the three men, alleged by the
theorist to hold one-third of the timber
land in the United States. Two and a
half million acres, against lSS.r,000 owned
bv the Government, and L'iO.000.000 acres
owred by individuals, usually in quarter
section tracts. Mr. Wa'ker denounced the
statement made by Mr. Knappen as
having been made to prejudice the peo
ple against the lumber interests. The
statement certainly had the effect of prej
udicing some members of the committee.
Stumpago Is Considered.
The question of stumpage was gone into
t considerable length, and while it waa
shown that timber land bought years
ago for a nominal price, is today held
at ten times the original cost in many
Instances, yet the lumbermen contend
that those who acquired timber when It
was cheap are not to be condemned for
exhibiting sound business- judgment. It
who shewn that Weyerhaeuser had
botirht from the Northern Pacific for JS
' to IT an acre, and Is today holding that
rame land at S0 per acre and higher;
and that stumpage he acquired at 15 cents
a 1000 is selling for 11.50 to 12. but It was
denied that Weyerhaeuser had rtgulated
the price of stumpage; the small owner
was getting the same price as the great
lumber king on the same grade of tim
ber. In fact It was flatly denied that
there is any trust or combination among
the owneis of timber land. The rise in
value it was contended, has been nat
ural, yet th fact remains that some
members of the committee attribute the
groat ri&e in the price of lumber in the
past ten years aim. st entirely to the ad
vrnced cost of stumrage. -and for this
lattor rise they seem to blame Weyer
haeuser more than any one else.
New Schedule In Doubt.
There are members of the ways and
means committee who evidently proceed
on the theory that protection is not neces
sary on commodities which are exported
in larger quantles than they are imported-
that if the United States is able
not only to tupply the home market, but
ha.i a surplus to market abroad, no ma
terial harm can result from taking down
the tariff tars. Such members apply
this reasoning to the iumber tariff. Tho
exportation of lumber far exceeds the im
portation in a given year, particularly on
graue3 of lumber produced in large quan
tities tu this country. Therefore it Is
argued that the American industry,
ha-ving established Itself, is not In danger
of competition from Canada or elsewhere.
Members holding this view are consider
ing the tariff question largely 'from a
theoretical viewpoint, and it is manifest
from their cu slions that they are little
convinced by arguments m-.de by repre
sentatives of special Industries.
Ji .t what 1s going to happen to the
lumber schedule when the ways and
means committee gets ready to decide, is
a question that must be left to the imagi
nation for the present, but with a Pro
position to cut the tariff, and with i a
strong prejudice against the
manufacturers and timber land owners
coupled with a husky demand for free
lumber coming trom the states of .he
East and Middle West, there is a yen
fat? prospect that there will be revision
of the lumber schedule-and revslon
downward rather than upward.
LITTLeIStTdFfELY
CHILDREN'S DRILTi THRILLS
APPLACDIXG SPECTATORS.
Professor KrohiTs Classes Give Ex
cellent Exhibition of Calisthenics
and Gymnastic Work.
tm. n-mnastiim of the Multnomah
Amateur Athletic Club proved altogether
too small to accommodate the largo
. i. WKi.h rht Rdmiseion to see
the drills, marches and athletic exercises
of the ladies' night" programme ren
weii hv the diffrent classes under Pro
fessor Krohn Wednesday night. and
many persons were turned away through
there being no more space available.
While the athletic ana ssra"
stunts elicited the most profound atten
tion, the different dri'.ie or me natw-s
proved attractive, as was testified by the
liberal applause. First the girls and then
the boys would go through their drill
formations with the precision of veteran
soldiers, and had the crowd not been so
murh mnrp intricate movements
couldihave been given, but lack of space
caused the reduction of the number of
evolutions.
One bright feature, and one that dis-vi.-..
thd maatxr hand of Professor
Krohn. was the figure dance given by IS
girls of the advanced girle" class. These
pretty misses.' dressed in pure white with
.v.. unitntmnh rftlnm worn tastefully.
first executed a srliottische in a graceful
and pleasing manner, and then, at a eig
..i OT.m th nmfMnr. switched suddenly
and most cleverly into various formations.
Then came me apparatus wwr 1 1
Junior girls, which Included the startling
Innovation of the little misses cumDing
a ladder, thence by means of the hand
Vint. nn thA rafter across snace to a
oole. down .which they slid to a mat.
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rne apparatus wuik. mo ju,...,.
ir,invr inA- nrnverf as Interesting as the
acrobatic feats of a circus or as seen
in the vaudeville shows. The boys per
formed on the apparatus like veterans,
and went through the different exercises
without a slip. The eallsthenlc drill of
..... iwtu tiininr rlrla class, ouened
i lit ...- . j ...... .
the programme and was executed with
precision and nearness.
t wnrhMinn Wrestling Instructor
Eddie O'Connell and Edgar EX Frank
gave a wrestling exhibition of con
siderable merit. They went at it as
though It were a real match; and many
who had never before
witnessed a match of this kind, were fur
nished with a treat.
Parsons Orchestra rendered the accom
paniment to the drills; and marches.
VERDICT IS FORECASTED
Judge Root Expected to Bo Found
Guilty of "Great Impropriety."
TACOMA, Wash., Dec. 10. (Special.) A
member of the bar committee investigat
ing Judge Root, who won", allow the use
of his name, says:
"Great impropriety." will be I he verdict.
He says nothing has been found indi
cating that Judge Root received money
from the Great Northern, or from Judge
Gordon.
The Bar Association Investigating com
mittee was in Tacoma a few hours to
night and held two secret meetings, one
at the Union Club and one at the Ta
coma Hotel. The members of the com
mittee declined to say if any one was
before them, but would admit that Judge
Gordon was not present. President L. W.
Hill, of the Great Northern, was a guest
at the Union Club during the evening
but it could not be learned whether or
not he appeared before the committee.
FAVORS UNITED CHURCHES
Committee Recommends Union of
Three Churches.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec 10. As a direct
result of the movement to secure unity
in the Christian churches by the estab
lishment of the Federal Council of the
Churches of Christ in America, which
closed its sessions here Tuesday, a
Joint committee representing the Pres
byterian Church in the United States,
the Reformed Chrch and the Welch
Presbyterian Church has recommended
a consolidation of the three churches.
Charged With Assault,
Following a saloon brawl which oc
curred a few nights ago in the resort con
ducted by Franquilla Gianoli at First and
Taylor streets. Frank Jordan, an Italian
laborer, who lives at Willamette Station
on the St. John carline. was arrested last
night at his home by Patrolman Well
brook on a warrant charging him with
assault with a dangerous weapon. He
was locked up In the City Jail In default
of bail. According to the saloon man,
Jordan attacked him with a razor and
was prevented from killing him by three
other men who were in the place at the
time and whom he will summon as wit
nesses. Gianoli was not even wounded.
flj- plai-lng small cylinders containing
compressed carbon dioxide, with fuse plucs.
Itifltinr at Jo rig-i-ei. In coal b'ltikers.
spontaneous combustion, It is said, will be
prevented.
KIEBAN'S - AGENTS
ASSUME
DISGUISE
Try to Compromise Suits, but
Can't Head Off Pros- ,
ecution.
ONE DRESSED AS BISHOP
Victimized Catholic Societies Refuse
to Interfere AVIth Law's Course
Against Head of Broken
- Funding Company.
PITTSBURG. Dec. 10. Several men,
saying they were representatives of P.
J. Kleran. head of the defunct Fidel
ity Funding Company, of New York
and Chicago were here yesterday attempt
ing to compromise with the several
Catholic societies of this diocese which
have been made defendants in suits to
collect money growing out of loans
placed through Kieran and the fund
ing company.
One of the men was clothed In the
garb of a bishop, but it is said he ad
mitted that Bishop Canevin had not
recognized him. It is said to be the
policy of Bishop Canevin not to con
sider compromise proceedings, a.nd to
Insist upon prosecutions. Attorneys
for the organizations informed their
callers that the matter was now In the
hands of the police and would take its
course.
Charles A. O'Brien, attorney for one
of the societies, informed alleged
agents of Kleran, who said that a so
ciety to care for all claims was being
organized, that no offer of compro
mise would be considered.
CAKXEGIE TRUST HAS NOTES
Will Sue Catholics for $410,000 and
Holds Collateral.
NEW YORK. Dec. 10. The Carnegie
Trust Company, of this city, says It
holds $410.0(10 of the notes of various
Catholic societies which were discounted
by the Fidelity Funding Company.
These notes, the statement says, are se
cured by 1000.000 worth of collateral and
the trust company is awaiting the ac
tion of the receiverTiefore attempting to
recover.
Thomas' F. Gilroy. the receiver, has
requested the Carnegie Company to sur
render some of Its collateral, but the
company declined.
Kieran left Washington- yesterday and
was folloewd by a detective, who lost
trace of him at North Philadelphia,
where Kieran Is said to have left-the
train.
SUITS BY TRUST COMPANY
Catholic Societies Called On to Pay
Double Amount Received.
NEWCASTLE, Pa., Dec. 10. Suits to
recover money alleged to be due upon
notes which were discounted by the Fi
delity Funding Company of New York
bave been entered by the Carnegie Trust
Company of New York against the So
ciety of the Holy Family, St.' Vitus Ital
ian Catholic Church and St. Mary's Po
lish Catholic Church, all of this place.
The notes against the Society of "the
Holy Family are for nearly 160.000, for
which it received about fc.D.000. The St.
Vitus Church has notes amounting to
$60,000 outstanding, for which $30,000 was
received, and St. Mary's Church has
notes aggregating $18,000, upon which
about $$000 waa secured.
MARS FOR PROHIBITION
Harvard Scientists Discover Water
Tapor on War God's Planet.
BOSTON, Dec. 10. Professor Perclval
Lowell announced yesterday that his as
sistants at his observatory at Flagstaff,
Ariz., have determined that there Is
water vapor on Mars and that it
rr.easureable. It betrays itself in lines
of the spectrum.
There has been much controversy with
reference to the atmosphere of Mars and
its qualities. Those scientists who dis
believe the claim that there Is life on
the planet have known their point could
be' proved if the 'absence of an at
mosphere could be shown, while Profes
sor Lowell and his staff have been at
work seeking what evidence there might
be in favor of, an atmosphere.
Photographs taken about a year ago
by Dr. V. N. Slipher at Flagstaff con
tained certain spectrum lines which Pro
fessor Lowell states clearly indicate
water vapor on Mars.
PROHIBITION IS RECEDING
Reports of National Liquor League
Allege Change in Sentiment.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 10. That the wave
of opposition throughout the country to
the liquor traffic seems to be receding
was the keynote of the report of the
various state organizatalons at the clos
ing of the National Liquor League. The
consensus of opinion was that the best
Interests of the liquor trade would be
conserved by having the number of sa
loons limited aceording-to population.
It was resolved that "the Anti-Saloon
League Is a menace to good government,
the quietude of communities and vested
property rights and exists for no other
purpoee than to provide occupation and
revenue for a close corporation by the
processes of perpetual agitation; and that
local option Is but another name for pro
hibition and Is equally confiscatory in its
assaults upon property rights."
CLAIMS ROGERS AS UNCLE
Guilty Man Says He Is Related to
Oil Magnate.
RBNO, Nev., Dec, 10. C. A. Rogers,
who claims to ba a nephew of H. H.
Rogers, vice-president of the Standard
Oil Company, was sentenced to serve a
year in the State Penitentiary yester
day. He was Indicted on two counts for
passing fictitious checks on a hotel and
gambling parlor, pleaded not guilty when
arraigned, but later changed his plea to
one of guilty.
ADMINISTERHUME ESTATE
Kxecutors to Take Charge of Prop
erty in California.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 10. (Special.)
Mary M. Hume and Charles H. Warner
were today granted special letters of ad
ministration in the Superior Court over
the estate In California of R. D. Hume,
who died In Oregon on November 26.'
The petition stated that there would be
some delay in probating the will and
that it was desirable that the petitioners,
who are named as the executors in the
will, should have the legal right to taka
charge of the property.
The" estate here, according to the peti
tion, consists of real and personal prop
erty, including stocks and bonds and
horses. The horses are thoroughbreds
that are now quartered at the Emeryville
track. Judge Coffey granted the special
letters as requested and placed the ad
ministrators under $10,000 bonds each.
Amy Creed, one of the petitioners'
attorneys, stated tonight that he had
no Idea as to the value of the estate
in California. He also stated that the
win. when It is filed, will be probated
In Oregon, and that a copy will be filed
in the San Francisco court.
BADLY SLASHED III SOON
BARKEEPER NARROWLY ES
CAPES DEATH.
Fight in Second-Street Barroom
Brings Police and Ambulance
on the Jump.
A stabbing affray in the saloon of
William Fishbeck. 162 Second street, at
11 o'clock Wednesday night brought the
police to that resort in baste, on an ur
gent call sent in from the saloon for
assistance. Patrolmen Burke and De
tective Graves found Fishbeck serious
ly wounded. He had been slashed
across the face, head and shoulder
with a sharp knife, which left long,
gaping wounds, and from which quan
tities of blood flowed. One slash ex
tended on one side of his head from
his forehead to his neck, laying bare
the bone for its full length. Fishbeck
was hurried to St. Vincent's Hospital,
In the Red Cross ambulance, where his
wounds were dressed by Dr. Zlegler, the
City Physician. He will survive his in
juries. The police started search for a young
man named Frank Lloyd, a lather by
occupation, who Is accused of having
done the cutting. According to Fish
beck. Lloyd, accompanied by Henry
Trowbridge and William Holmes, also
lathers, entered his place together.
Lloyd became engaged in some alter
cation with the saloon man. who tried
to eject him from the resort. Lloyd
then drew a long-bladed, sharp knife
and slashed Fishbeck repeatedly. He
was cut several times on the face In
such a manner that he will probably
be scarred for the remainder of hts life.
Lloyd' made his escape before the
police arrived. Trowbridge and Holmes,
who were with him. were arrested and
taken to the police station. A few
minutes later a trouble call from a sa
loon at Second and Alde streets led
Policeman Epps to this resort, and
there Lloyd, covered with blood, was
arrested.
NEW PRESIDENT IS CHOSEN
MRS. HARRIET M' ARTHUR SUC
CEEDS RALPH B. FISHER.
Juvenile Improvement Association
Meets and Takes Important Leg
islative Steps.
Mrs. Harriet N. McArthur was elected
vice-president of the Juvenile Improve
ment Association Tuesday night to suc
ceed the late Ralph B. Fisher, who was
shot and killed by Attorney J. A. Finch.
At the meeting of the association last
night various committees were appointed
to organize clubs in Albina, South Port
land and other sections of the city. A
committee was also appointed to prepare
resolutions with reference to the un
timely death of Mr. Fisher.
This committee consisted of Mrs. Fannie
Camm, Miss Elizabeth Norcross and H.
M. EstMy.
It was decided to meet hereafter on the
second Tuesday of each month, Instead
of on the third Saturday, as formerly.
Believing that the law passed at the
last session of the Oregon Legislature
naming a board to acquire public play
grounds and gymnasiums In Portland, Is
unconstitutional, because it is class legis
lation, the Juvenile Improvement Asso
ciation at its meeting last night appointed
a committee to draft an amendment for
presentation at the next session. The
law in question Is on page 308, Session
LaVs of 1907. It provides that the Mayor,
Judge of the Juvenile Court. Superintend
ent of Schools, president of the Multno
mah Club and of the public library shall
constitute the board.
John Teuscher and Mrs. Millie R. Trum
bull were appointed a committee of two to
confer with Mayor Lane upon the possi
bility of locating a playground for chil
dren In South Portland.
Demand for Hair Ropes.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
"There Iu one thing which we export
from this country that few people. In
fact no one outside those In the trade,
ever know anything about." .said S. C.
Rrown. "That is hair ropes. They are
shipped mainly to India, though they
go any place where poisonous snakes
are plentiful. Every cowboy and
plainsman learned years ago that if he
did not wish to wake up in the morn
ing and find a rattler for a bed mate
when he had to sleep out on the
prairie, he had to be careful before he
laid down to see that his horsehair
lariat was colled carefully about him,
so that there was no opening through
which a snake might crawl.
"No snake will tackle a hair rope. It
is the only sure protection against
them. Somehow this Idea has permeat
ed the minds of the East Indians, and
now they buy these ropes for protec
tion against the poisonous snakes with
which that country abounds. Large
numbers of these ropes are shipped to
India and adjoining countries each
year.
"Over there they are colled on the
floor around the bed at night, and the
occupant can lie down in comfort, cer
tain that no snake will ever attempt
to pass over that hair rope. It is
about the only way one can be sure of a
night's sleep undisturbed by visits from
snakes in that country."
Fire in Boise Home.
A. chimney fire occurred "Wednesday
night et the residence of Whitney L.
Boise, 5S1 Hawthorne avenue. The dam
ages were very slight. The blaze was dis
covered by Patrolman Gould, who saw
flames rushing from the chimney as he
passed and ran to box 262 and turned
in an alarm. The flames were Niulckly
put out. Showers of sparks were
dropped over the shingle roof and a
blaze of perhaps serious effects would
have resulted had it been discovered
many minutes later.
Straw hats and braids are extensively
manufactured In the commune of For
mlrlne Modna. Italy, where The avers
annual production Is about 3.00n,ooo pteos
of braid, measuring- from 40 to 50 yards
each, besides 80,000 straw hats.
U "V II
HALL FURNITURE
JrN ill? -
aivgnjo Blaoket Rugs
A collection direct from' the trading posts in Arizona
and New Mexico a careful selection of the best
designs and weavings of the clever Navajo Indians
a variety of sizes to select from suitable for
floor rugs, couch coverings, lounging rugs and wall
decorations for the den and the various rooms
where quaint furniture is used. The most reason
ably, priced Navajo Rugs ever exhibited in this
city. Very appropriate gifts for your Eastern friends.
Some are priced as low as $3.50.
TULL
Morris Chairs
Desk Chairs
IS
Incomplete Returns In From
Astoria Election.
AMENDMENTS ARE BEATEN
City Does Not "Want "Port or As
toria," Will Xot Build Seawall
and Will Give Xo Money for
Advertising Purposes.
ASTORIA. Or., Dec. 10. (Special.) Com
plete returns from six and incomplete
returns from one precinct show that tho
following city officers were elected here
Wednesday.
Mayor, A. M. Smith: Auditor. Olof An
derson; Treasurer, Thomas Dealey; At
torney, Charles Abercrombie; Btreet Su
perintendent, J. P. Kearney; Surveyor.
A. S. Tee; Police Commissioner, Vf. C.
Logan; Councilmen. First ward. Charles
Wilson and F. J. Carney; Third ward,
Chris Leinweber and A. L. Fox; Fourth
ward, L. O. Bell and R. A. Stangeland;
Councllman-et-Large, H. F. Prael.
The result for Councilmen in the Sec
ond ward la very close and still in doubt.
Water Commissioners First ward, As
mus Brix and Frans Kankkonen: Second
ward, F. A. Fisher and Isaac Bergman;
Third ward. Gust Holmes and James W.
Welch; Fourth ward, Peter Gimre and
Sofus Jensen. Commissioner-at-Large,
J. E. Ferguson.
India's . Language Jungle.
Tit Bits.
One hundred and fifty different lan-
Gifts
for
the Man
at the Desk-
THE few articles men
tioned below are only
a forerunner, so to
speak, of the hundred and one
spleudid Gift Things in our
Commercial Stationery De
partment for "The Man at the
Desk." -
"He" will appreciate receiving
a Xmas present of utility, . and
doubly so because jt will be 'used
from day to day a constant re
minder of the donor.
Just a glimpse at the many ap
propriate articles for 'him"
now being shown, reveals
LVKSTANPS
From 25? to S6.00
POSTAL SCALES
From 75C to S3.50
DESK SHEARS
From 35c to S2.00
DIARIES -From
25 to S2.50
PAPER WEIGHTS 25f up
PEN RACKS 15c UP
PAPER CUTTERS 25c UP
MEMO. BOOKS 65c up
Let us help you make a selection
for "him" something that will
be appreciated.
THE J. K. GILL GO.
"The Ideal
Gift Store."
Third and Alder Streets
SMITH
MRYOR
Hall racKs, hall seats and hall
mirrors splendid pieces that
maKe practical and appre
ciative gifts. Our line offers va
riety of designs and finishes
from which pleasing selection
can be made in the golden
oaK, mahogany and the fumed
oaK. The hall racKs combine
every convenience boxseats
and umbrella receptacles with
mirrors in several shapes and
heavy ornamental hat and coat
hooKs. The hall mirrors are
shown in a variety of patterns,
and in sizes to meet the de
mands of any hall.
COMPLETE
HOUSEFURNISHER
guages are spoken in India, most of
them unwritten, and this fact fre-
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Our entire stock must be sold without reserve
or limit, consisting of fine Japanese and Chinese
Cnrios, Cloisonne, Satsuma, Canton and Eirakee
Ware, Bronzes, Brass and Ivory Goods, Hand-Carved
Furniture, Silk-Embroidered Screens, Ladies' Ki
monos, Gentlemen's Smoking Jackets, Silk-Embroidered
Mandarin Coats, Ladies' Silk-Embroidered
Shirtwaists, Table Covers, Centerpieces, Doilies,
Leather Shopping Bags, Purses, etc.
A rare opportunity to select your
Christmas gifts at your own price.
SALE DAILY, COMMENCING SATURDAY,
DECEMBER 12, 1908, at 2 and 7:30 P. M.
Furniture and fixtures for sale.
Western Importing Company
CHAS. B. YOUNG, President.
No. 462 Washington St., Between 13th and 14th Sts.
Spokane Service
Two Trains Daily
Portland to Spokane
Via the
O. R. & N.
The "Spokane Flyer"
Leaves Portland at 5 P. M., arrives Spokane at
7 A. M. next morning.
This is a through fast train, Portland to Spokane,
via Oakesdale. carrying Buffet Smoking and Library
Car, Standard Sleeping Car, Tourist Sleeping Car,
Coach and Smoking Car.
The "Spokane Passenger"
Portland and Spokane via Colfax.
Leaves Portland at 6 P. M., arrives Walla Walla
at 5 A. M., arrives Spokane at 11:15 A. M.
This train has Standard Sleeping Car, Portland to
Spokane, Portland to Walla Walla, besides equip
ment of coaches.
Tickets and berth reservations at City Ticket Office, Third and
Washington Streets.
WM. McMDRRAY, Gen. Pass. Agent, PORTLAND
BEST "FRIDAY BARGAINS"
Hovenden-Soule
Piano Co.
Cor. Morrison and West Park Sts.
OPEN EVENINGS
any
Small
Pieces
such as stools, ta
bourettes, etc., maKe
very appropriate
and inexpensive
holiday gifts. Stools
in the quaint designs,
in the fumed oaK,
with leather uphol
stered tops. Tabour
ettes in pedestal and
other styles, in the
mahogany and gold
en oaK, With round
and square tops.
Attractively priced.
Ladies' DesKs
Music Cabinets
quently leads to trouble in the courts
of that Oriental country.
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