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THE MOKXIXG OREGO'IAN, TITTTItSDAY, DECEMBER 24. T905. if aula Uans tomes pSf We Can Supply Every Want 6 Tonight jk Here jpf Silver Shaving- Sets At Less Than Half Silver .Shaving Sets, with' mirror, brush, mug and comb, in. faijcy silk-lined boxes excellent quality. RTogtirI.7s Special $3.90 Silver Shaving Sets, with mug, brush and comb, in fine " . ; silk-lined boxes. 'IsSiT Special $3.00 Buy Him a Gillette Razor It is a most usetul and very acceptable gift for "any man. Give ' him" -one and see how happy he will be. -- Price $5.00 Also in pretty cases 7.50, $9.00, $12.00, $15.00, $22.50. f3 Toilet and Manicure Sets The finest collection in Portland all kinds, styles and assortments and the prices are the lowest. At O ne-Half Price i Entire Stock of Handsome HIGH-GRADE POTTERIES, ARTWARE, imported CHINA, HAMMERED BRASSES" (Come Up to the Third Floor) Give "Her" Perfumes to Please Fountain Pens Good Gifts for All Grand Sale of Fine Framed Pictures Beautiful Calendars, 10c to $4.00 Why Not a Camera? We can interest you in this department, and if any of 3'our mends like photos, you cannot give better present Buster Brown Cameras $1.00, $2.00, $3.50. Buster Brown Folding Cameras $6.50. No. 1 Ansco, box style $5.00. Ansco Junior, fits coat pocket $12.00. Uso prices at $20, $60 and up Tripods, $2 to $7. Imported Steel Triplicate Mir rors!4 Less The entire exclusive line of fine triplicate Mirrors now on sale at one-fourth off regular prices. Mark Cross' London Gloves These famous English Gloves are most suit able for gifts to men or women. If you desire you can give a Glove Certificate and let recip ient pick out own style and color of gloves. tft. Mill SUNKEN Oregon City, Beaver Creek & Molalla Railway Starts Well. WILL TAP VIRGIN COUNTRY Karnwr lit Interior of Clackamas County Kntliusiastic Over Pro poser F.Jrctrio Road and Hold Meetings Pledging Aid. OREGON CITr, Or., Dec 23. (Special.) deetings have been held - this week at Mackshnrtc and Molalla by F. M Swift, of Portland, who is promoting an electric railway system into the interior of Clackamas County. While Swift does not plan to finance the project himself, he Is in tonch with men who are ready and williror. It Is said, to advance the necessary capital to construct a railway from gome point near Orenon City to Scotts Mills, passim; through Heaver Creek. Mulino; Liberal, Molalla and Mar Uiiam, - The company will be known as the Ore gon "City, Beaver Creek t Molalla Rail way, and is incorporated for H. 000.000, divided Into lO.OuO shares at 1100 each. Owners of property alone the proposed route will be asked to subscribe for stock to the amount of JIOO.OOO and are respond ing liberally. Five thousand dollars was subscribed at the 'Macksbtn-R meeting... Monday. At the Molalla meetlnK. yesterday afternoon, considerable enthusiasm, was manifested and about JIO.Ojo will be subscribed as a result. Material and labor are accepted In payment of -stork, as well as money; At torney O. D. Eby. of ,thla city, attended the Molalla meeting and among the prom inent residents present were J. R. Cole, George Adams. Oliver Robbins. H. A. Taylor. T. S. fitlpp, Silas Wright and P. I Schamel. The proposed road, whloh will be about 30 miles long, will pass through a region that is practically undeveloped. Swift has filed on water In the Molalla River, where considerable power la stored. RECOVER "STOLEN HORSES Aotorious Cong of - Swindlers Ijose Part of Loot Obtained, r " - - COI-FAX. Wash..' Dec. 23. (Special.) Deputy Sheriff Dajley returned today from Oakesdale. whera.he .has been aid ing J. A. Wood, of Walla Walla. In getting stolen horses, taken a year ago from his Wallowa Valley ranch In Oregon. Wood fays about 20 horses were stolen and Bold In Whitman County. . Wood also lost 73 head" of .pure-bred Hereford cattle to the alleged Camas Prairie-Idaho-stock swindlers, who'bought aoout jjho.wo worth of stock here.. The four men who operated .were Major Ferris. Ireorge Sheldon. George and J. M I-amb. who carried on one of the most extensive swindles ever perpetrated in the Northwest. TWO NEW INDUSTRIES SURE Milnankle to Ilayr .. InIccndcnt Telephone. ajid State Bank.-. .. MILWACKIrt Or.. Dec 23. (Special.) Mllwaukle will soon be supplied with telephones and also with a state bank. Both these propositions were settled fa vorably by nubile meetings held last night In the City JlaJI. The telephone proposition was first brought up at a meeting of subscribers, presided over by Councilman John R. Kelso. It was re ported that the full amount of the stock required. I250O. to Incorporate and erect the plant, had been subscribed, and 100 telephone had been signed for. A com mittee of seven was then appointed to Incorporate. The company will be formed and controlled by the people of Mllwau kle and tb system will connect with Ave trunk tinea of the Home Telephone Com pany. A representative of the Pacific Taiepbona V Telerraeb. Company was present with a proposition, but the people had already signed up for the other sys tem. Oak Grove also had a representa tive present. A switch will be maintained in MUwaukie and the cost per telephone will range between 11.60 to J2 a month. Construction will start at once. - At the bank meetlng'it was announced that J7500 of the $10,000 capital stock had been subscribed by the people of Mil waukle, which Is more than ' had been asked. This insures establishment of a state hank In MUwaukie.- The Incorpora tion of the company, to be controlled by the people of Mllwaukle. was authorized. Directors wfll then be elected and Im mediate steps will be taken to establish the bank. A temporary building will probably be rented until a fire-proof structure can be erected on Main street. CHRISTMAS MASS PLANNED Midnight Services to Be Held In Vancouver Catholic Church. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Dec. .23. (Spe cial.) Midnight mass will be celebrated Christmas Eve at St. James Cathedral. Father Lawrence, of the Church of the Holy Rosary, of Portland, will preach the sermon. There will be special music and the benediction of the blessed sacrament. Father Xerwllghen officiating. The cathedral has recently been fres coed and several new oil paintings added. the work being Just completed In time for the special Christmas services. FERRY UPON SOUND Milwaukee Road May Buy Co lumbia River Boat. PICK UP CARS FROM MILLS Greek Drowned Shooting Ducks. ARLINGTON. Or., Dec. 23. (Special.) Nick Miller, a Greek section hand, was drowned In the Columbia River about eight miles below this place yesterday while shooting ducks. He attempted to reach down into the water to pull out a duck and fell In. A lone Indian was on the hill near Miller and saw him fall Into the water and attempted -to rescue him, but could not do so. The body was found by other Greeks and brought here for burial. Priest Rapids Road Is Begun. PASCO, Wash., Dec. : 23. (Special.) Authentic reports from up-river are to the-effect that the Priest Rapids Traction Company has begun actual operations. Men and teams are being hired daily and yesterday a large supply of provisions left Pasco. The steam equipment will be replaced by an electric line during the Summer. The grade Is an easy one. The road will extend from Kennewlck to Priest Rapids, tapping the richest fruit belt In the Columbia River -Valley. Vessel Can Carry 25 Cars "and Plan Will Be to. Make .Trips to Various Mills Situated Away From . Builroad Centers,. PEATTLK, Wash., Dec. 23. (Special.) The Northern Paclllc ferryboat Ta coma, which has been carrying train across the Columbia for years, may be brought around to Puget Sound and used by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul as a car ferry between Puget Sound - ports picking up loaded freight cars at various mills and Isolated communities and delivering them to one of the C. M. & St. P. Sound terminals. Several weeks ago railroad men were given an inkling of the road's plan The ferry' can handle from 21 to 2 cars and can make a trip about tli Sound covering all mill points within four or five days. The St. Paul will thus be able to be come an active . competitor with all other lines at all Sound ports and save a large amount of construction. Scores of mills are located off the rail lines, and these can be. kept tin. touch with the railroads by means of tlie ferry. land.-- All the present business portion of the city as far east on iMain as the new Northern Pacillc depot and Federal build ing site is included In the. area. to be paved, 54,000 square yards all told, at the approximate cost of 4150,000. Bitulithlc composition will be the material used. This question has been up before the Council for about 18 months. After a fight had been made for securing signa tures to pave and passing the required bond issue, a great fight was made over the selection of material. The Barber Asphalt Company bid about 120,000 lower on bituminous cement pavement. Active work will begin as soon as the contract Is signed and four monrhs is estimated for the completion of the work. LEWISTON READY TO PAVE Lets Contract l Warren Construe tion Company for $190,000 Job. LEWISTON; Idaho. Dec. 23. (Special.) The Lewi.ston City Council lata this aft ernoon let its contract for paving to the Warren Construction Company,, of Port- MTHINNVILLE MAYOR MARRIES. C7 " u I y it. 3 DR. CHARLES L. WILLIAMS AND HIS BRIDE. WHO WAS MISS CLARA AGNES HOCCK. M'NINNVILLE. Or.. Dec. 23. Special. ) Mayor Charles Leroy Williams, of this city, and Miss Clara Agnes liouck. were married at the home of the bride's par ents. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Hcuck. yesterday. . Mayor Williams located In McMlnn vllle. September 1. 1ROT. to practice medicine. He has served a year as city physl 'an. and was elected Mayor but November. His bride was born In McMlnnvllle. She received the deirrea of Barhalor of Musis from the McMlnnvllle College Conserva tory of Muslo In 1BOT. Dr. Will Jams Is a member at Ai Kader Temple- of the Myrtle E&rlu and Uoottlah. Bit Cooslator 1 Ppryant - .' . . . CALL PEOPLE BY CORNET Ancient Custom to Be Observed at Christmas Service. "VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec. 23. (Spe clal.) An old-fashioned Christmas cu torn will be observed at St. Paul's Luther an Church In this city on Christmas. An early matin service will be held in the church at 6 o'clock, the audience-room being lit with candles suspended from the celling. But the particularly unique feature will be the call to worship by several cornets from the church steeple 10 minutes before the service begins. This cornet call to a Christmas service is a custom that obtains In European countries. Damages Xot Allowed. CHEHALIS, Wash., Deo. 28. (Special.) The Jury in the Superior Court refused to allow any damages to C. A. Ballard, of Centralla, for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by falling Into sewer ditch. Today the personal injury damage case of John Novak against the Walville Manufacturing Company began, There are three other civil suits to be tried before the term of court closes. TO CURE A COLD IN ONB DAT Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tableta Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. K. W. GHOVE'S signature Is on each boa. 23e, Xmas . cutlery.'' Byssell's- Pharmacy 2S9 Morrison, between 4th and 6th streets. Breath Odors Removed by Charcoal Onions, Tobacco, Decaying Food, Al cohol,' Stomach Gases and Im purities Foul the Breath, . Charcoal, Purifies It. Trial Pnekiike of Stuart's Charcoal lioxeiia;en ent Free By Mall. The stomach and digestive canal of man fills .with gases from fermenting and decaying food. Such gases impreg nate the breath,- filter through the system, spread disease and in large quantities extend the stomach so that it shuts off heart action and death sometimes results. Pure, simple willow charcoal absorbs gas at once and stops impure food fer mentation. It sweetens the stomach. kills the effect of all odors such as liquor, tobacco, onions, etc.. or at least prevents them from causing impurities to arise. ' The willow Is renowned for its cura tive properties and ancient legendary lore is filled with. Its use, by barbarians and clyillzed men. Aa early as 500 B. C. the. ancient Chaldeans were sagely curing disease by charcoal and every monastery of the old world healed the sick and cured the drunkard by using powdered willow, charcoal. Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges are pure willow charcoal, compressed with honey nto a delicious lozenge. . They con tain nothing but sweet willow charcoal and honey. One may eat a box of them and feel only benefit from so doing. Two or three after a meal will be a ufflcient guard against bad breath and he same -amount eaten Just before bed ime wili Insure a pure breath upon arising the next. morning. 'btuarts Charcoal Lozenges tone up the blood, the liver and the stomach. They are great laxatives also, but eat- ng large numbers of them does not increase their effect In a painful mail er upon the bowels. They are gentle, powerful and pure and their popularity and tremendous sale give them the stamp of public ap- rovaL lio to your druggist today and buy a box, price 25 cents, or send us your name and address and we will send you a trial package by mail free. Address F. A. Stuart Co.. 200 Stuart BlcU, Marshall, Mich. El FERRY NEARLY DOfJE VANCOUVER CRAFT , MAY BE CALLED "F. I. FILLER." Expectation Is It Will Leave Waya In About Month, "When Elaborate Launching 19 Planned. VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec. 23. (Spe cial.) The new Vancouver ferry-boat, which is being built at the shipyards of the St. John Shipbuilding Company, in St. John, Or., and which,, it is expected, will be launched in about a. month, is pronounced by everyone connected with its construction and by the boatmen gen erally along the river, as the best ferry boat ever built on either the Willamette or the Columbia. It is a beauty In out ward appearance, is up-to-date in Its every appointment and equipped with everything that is modern. It will be christened when launched and there will be an appropriate ceremony connected therewith. The name Is not yet definitely decided upon, but it is alto gether likely It will be called the F. L Fuller. ' The ferry is 142 feet in length, with a S-t-foot beam, a depth of 9 feet and a beam over the guard of 55 feet 2 inches. On either aide of the apron at each end of the new ferry there will be passageways for passengers separately railed off, and the teams will go in the center, so that the teams and passengers . will be kept apart and not crowded together as is the case on the old ferry. There will be well-lighted cabins the full length of the boat on each side. These the passengers may enter direct from the passageways and leave them at the other end of the boat, stepping direct ly from the cabin to the railed passage way. The upper deck will accommodate between 400-and 500 and the entire ferry will easily carry 1000 people. It is a side-wheeler, steam-heated and lighted by its own electric plant of about SO amperes. The engine-room is in the center and the teams will pass this room on either side In going from one end to the other. The new ferry is nearly 40 feet longer than the old ferry It will draw 30 Inches of water. The total cost will be about 130,000. MAN QUEERLY DISAPPEARS Schwartz Files on Timber Claim and Is Then Lost Sight Or. ROSEBURG, Or.. Dec. 23. After mak ing final proof on a timber claim before the United States Land Commissioner at Medford, Or., on November 9 last, Ed Schwartz, who owns a 'fruit farm near Protser, Wash., mysteriously disap peared. A search for Schwartz Is now being made by his half-brother, Thomas Henderson, of Aberdeen, S. D., who- ar rived in Roseburg from Medford yester day. After proving up on his claim, Schwartz was to have gone to Prosper Immediately and thenco to Aberdeen. He failed to put In appearance at either place, neither has he been seen In the vicinity of his claim, and his relatives are utterly unable to form any Idea as to his whereabouts. Schwartz is 30 years of age, 6 feet 2 inches tall, and weighs about 200 pounds. ROYAL DULCET DAINTIES Sweetmeats that never cloy; typicall German, for Christmas. Royal Baker & Confectionery. ' "LEST YE FORGET" LEMON'S GLOVE ORDERS AS A REMINDER To those who have yet to complete their Christmas purchases we sug gest LENNON'S GLOVE ORDERS TWO GREAT SPECIALS Today at Lennon's S MEN'S KID CAPE AND MOCHA di i r? iAJ GLOVES, $1.50 values, special today. ,P 1 1 5 WOM shades day at 1 WOMEN'S PUEE SILK frnnv. ; n u. , , . . , J" "i me latest shades; regular $1.7o values, special to- QQ Ut 309 Morrison, Opp. Postoffice OPEN THIS EVENING TILL 10 P. M. j9 Warn (EtbHhl 1879) An Inhalation for Whooping-Cough, Croup, Coughs, Colds, Catarrh, Bronchitis, Diphtheria. Cresolono Is Boon to Asthmatics. Does it not teem mora effei-live to breathe In a remedy for diseae of the breathing ortfan. than to late the remeay into me iuui;u tf'A-lnA ,nN K-an.o the air. rendered strongly ant'iaeptic, i carried over the diseased . ;. kwaih. sivincr nrolonut'd ana constant treatment. It t Invaluable to mothere with small children. f or imraiea inroai there is notluni; better than Ctesoltne Antiseptic Throat Tablets. 8end So In postage for sample bottle. ALL DRUGGISTS. Bend nnntMl for dew soriptive Booklet. Vapo-Crenolene Co lbO Fulton Street ' Now Ynrt 1 1 YiWnTSsJsis Rent a Piano for Christmas You will want a p'ann in your homo this Winter. It wili afford you much pleasure. Perhaps you feel thut you are not roady to purchase the piano you desire to own. Most musician look forward to the time when they will own a Melnway I'tuim. Rent a piano from us and all the money paid as rent will be applieil to ward the purchase of a ISteiimuy. We have the 1 arses t sunk of pianos in the city and the finest line of old standard, reliable, well-known makes. Read the nanK-s names as familiar an the names of old friends Stein way, A. B. Chase. Bverett, Ludwlp. Paekard. Oonover, Kingsbury, Wellington, iCstey, Emerson, Kurizmann and others. Our main salesrooms, second floor, Sixth and Morrison. Kntrano to atore, opposite f'ostof lice. ShcrmanIiTy'&Co., "The Home of Dependable Pia.noa." HARTMAJNT& TH03IPSON BANKERS CHAMBER OP COMMERCE issue travellers' checks, payable everywhere. For eign exchange bought and sold at attractive rates at all times. Unlimited Ptrumdl Liability Xmas Insuranco You can insure comfort and good health for all your family against over eating and drinking by seeing to it that they all take a CASCARET at bed time during the holidays. C ASCARETS best medicine on earth for the little folks-r-Dad and Mother, 889 CASCARETS loc box week's rrct. tnent. All druggists. Biggest seller in the world. Million boxes a month. sir
