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A Colossal Movement of Newest Fall Millinery for Saturday
Profiting by our successful sales of last Fall we formulated a plan of merchandising events in our Milli
nery Department for this season unprecedented in the annals of retail business in this section.
It is the usual custom with most houses in purchasing millinery to send their trimmers and buyers to the
market and purchase an entire seasons supply. We have departed from this plan and left orders with our
New York buyers to send us each week the best examples of European and American milliners.
By so doing there is an ever changing panorama of the latest fashions in millinery. Among the
shipments this week we were fortunate in receiving sample lines at such great reductions from the regular
price that in offering these to the public Saturday we can do so with the knowledge that these trenchant
reductions will render great benefit to economical women.
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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1909.
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An Unmatched Offering of Trimmed Hats at $9.95
100 trimmed hats in great variety of 'the latest beaver strip and fur felt turbans, cavalier and
velvet hats, also a beautiful collection of broad brimmed felts trimmed with the latest of imported
materials and novelties.
In this lot of hats there are many novelty, and individual styles worth up to $18.00 and $20.00
each. Many of the hats are exact copies of imported hats ranging in price from $25.00 to $40.00,
the sole difference being that they were made and trimmed in New York and not in Paris.
These hats will be profusely displayed in our Third Street Windows. A glance will show at
once the great value we offer at this price for our Saturday's sale.
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200 New Trimmed Hats
At $4.95
Yesterday we received 200 trimmed hats to sell
special at $4.95, reflecting the very best styles of the
more high priced millinery.
These hats are a decided advancement over the early
hats in style and trimming the range being so broad
that no matter how particular a woman might be there
is bound to be some hat here that will meet her re
quirements. There are no duplicates and no two hats
(rimmed alike.
In this great showing We urge upon our customers
the advisability of a morning call, for we feel certain
that we have never had the opportunity of offering
such real values in hats at this price.
Many hats in the lot Would sell readily from
$7.50 to $10.00 each.
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Exquisite Trimmed Hats $28.50
Values Ranging From $38 to $50 and $60
40 hats in this the greatest offering we have ever made
in our Millinery Department. There is scarcely a hat in the
lot that the Ostrich Plumes and aigrettes would not sell for
more than we ask for the hat.
In this collection are shown beautiful imported models
worth up to $60.00 each, in the new cockade hat, military
toque and Henry VIII turbans. Also many exquisite ex
amples in large velvet and corded silk shapes. We don't
believe that at this time of the year any store has ever given
its customers such an opportunity at the very beginning of
the season,' to purchase hats at such a great sacrifice.
These hats come in both black and color for street call
ing and evening wear.
Keen, Cutting Reductions
In Untrimmed Hats
200 shapes in bengaline, moire and silk in a
great variety of the most popular and permanent
styles demanded this season. These hats are be
ing shown in every store in Portland at prices
ranging from $ 1 .48 to $2.95.
SA TURD A Y SPECIAL 48c
1000 extra fine quality soft felt shapes, the
shapes, the styles and colorings of which are all
in harmony with this season's most favored style
tendencies.
This diversity is especially prominent in brimmed
hats, large picturesque shapes and the conserva
tive yet none the less effective small shapes.
These hats have never been sold for less than
$2.50 each.
SA TURD A Y SPECIAL 98c
RIVALS INT BODY
Women Claim Remains of
Dead Lamar Harris.
BETSY STUART IS LATEST
Mother. Widow and Several Sweet'
hearts Assert Claims Body to
Be Cremated Identified by
Minnie Harrington.
CHICAGO. Oct. 15. (Special.) Another
woman. Betty Stuart, of Philadelphia,
laid claim today to the body of Lamar
A. Harris, of Los Angeles, Cal.. who
killed himself In order to avoid capture
after ha had robbed the Ersklne Bank In
Highland Park. Who Betty Stuart Is and
by what right sha demanded possession
of the body Is not known here. The only
information In the possession of tha Chi
cago police Is a telegram received today
by the Chief of Police of.Hlghland Park,
reading:
"Hold body of Lamar Harris until I
arrive. I will take first train."
A dash among four other women for
possession of the body of Harris Is ex
pected as a result of claims of sentiment
and relationship made by the women. All
the women loved the dead robber devoted
ly. One Is h' mother, another his young
widow, both residing In Los Angeles,
Cal. The third Is a mysterious woman
In New Tork. who has telephoned to
Highland Park and Chicago authorities
that the dead man Is her brother and she
Is rushing on to claim the body: the
fourth Is Miss dlen Christie, who says
she was to have married him today.
Miss Minnie Harrington, an actreea ap
pearing in a local theater, was also In
terested. She positively Identified the
body today, but showed no emotion.
Los Angeles relatives have ordered the
body cremated and the ashfa sent West.
HARRIS DRIFTED TO HIS DOOM
Mother Tells of Son's Dissipations at
l.os Angeles.
LOS ANGELES. Cal., Oct. 15. Lamar
A. Harris, tha would-be Highland Park,
Chics go. bank robber, who committed
suicide at the end of his pursuit, was son
of William A. Harris, an eloquent and
wealthy Southern California lawyer. His
last Inamorata In Chlcaro was May Har
rington, an actress, whom he entertained
lavishly in Chicago before he tried to
raise mora money by holding up a
cashier.
Mrs. Harris last night made this state
ment: "In the face of all the evidence and
what are apparently positive proofs, the
family Is forced to relinquish all hope
that It Is other than my unfortunate son
who committed suicide In Chicago. I con
sider that Lamar died in reality long be
fore he ran away from this city, and that
what Is dead In Chicago Is the mere shell
of my boy and of what was once a bril
liant, noble, manly man.
"Of the terrible victories that alcohol
has won over mankind, this Is perhaps
the most pitiful and awful of them all.
Harris was 30 years of age.
FREIGHT TRAFFIC GROWS
Hruttsclmltt Says Railroad Are
Showing Prosperity.
NEW TOIUC. Oct. 15. According to
Julius Kruttschnitt, director of operation
and maintenance of the Union Pacta o
Southern Pacific lines and the allied Har-
rtman Interests, the freight movement of
the country is greater than ever before.
"Our reports," said Mr. Kruttschnitt.
"show that the traff.c of the railroads for
October this year will considerably i
ceed that rt October. 1907. when It had
reached Its high-water mark. We have
not yet reduced it to terms of percentage,
but sufficient data are now In hand to
substantiate my statement.
'This is an Indisputable sign that the
country has fully recovered from the In
dustrial and financial depression that fol
lowed the disastrous period of two years
sgo.
"Moreover, this shows beyond doubt
that everybody Is at work and that our
marvelous productive capacity has re
sumed Its normal efficiency."
TWO HELD FOR MURDER
Men With Families Accused of Caus
ing Girl's Death.
FALL RIVER. Mass., Oct. 15. Wil
frid Thlebault and "Professor" Frank
Hill, who were examined here yester
day in connection with the Tiverton,
R. I., tragedy, were formally charged
with the murder of Amelia St. Jean,
of Woonsocket. R. I., in the Police
Court here today. Both pleaded not
aruilty. The case was continued lor
ten days.
The men we;e committed to the Fall
River jeM without bail. Thiebault is
8 years old and has a wife and two
children. For the last 18 months ha
has worked as chauffeur for a local at
torney. Previous to that time he was
employed for about two years in the
ffice of a physician here. Hill Is 44
vears old and has a wife and one child.
He has maintained offices as an "herb
doctor" here for some time.
DRY TOWNS
I
sn rrmncicf The l"nlll Stat Army
tramport Buford arrived Friday from tha
Philippine!, hrinfflng: a larire number of en
llsted men of tha Fifty-ieventh Coast Ar-
tilla"
M.
C. Dickinson Thinks Pro
hibition Kills Business.
MAINE AS FAIR EXAMPLE
Hotel Proprietor Says Oregon Tem
perance Counties Slipping Back
wardCompares Portlands of
Pacific and Atlantic.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 15. The sec
ond day's session of the first annual
convention of the Western Hotel Men's
Association was devoted to a selection
of means of protecting hotels from
swindlers and deadbeats.
M. C. Dickinson, manager of the Ore
gon Hotel. Portland, read a paper at
the convention today on the mutual re
lationship of hotels and prohibition. He
began by quoting instances of the use
of wine In biblical days, then elaborated
on the value of the hotel to a commu
nity. "I believe that prohibition Is a men
ace to every business interest in every
community. Further, that It docs not
prohibit the use or abuse of liquor; It
is only a farce In Its present form.
Portland. Or., was settled In 1S43 by
people from Portland, Me., and Bos
ton, Mass. Mr. Pettygrove, the head
of the Portland, Me., contingent, de
sired to name the city of Portland after
his native town in Maine, while Mr.
Lovejoy, of Boston. Mass.. wanted a
similar privilege for his city of Boston.
They accordingly tossed a coin; Mr.
Pettygrove won, and Portland, Or., was
born. Now. at this time, mark you,
Portlsnd, Or., was a wilderness, and
tiie first log cabin was built In 164.:.
At this very date Portland, Me., had
population of about 20,000 people.
Bad Effect in Maine.
Fifty-seven years ago the stat? ofi
Maine adopted prohibition, and from
1S43 to 1908 Portland, Me.'s population
Increased about 42.000 people, as she Is
credited with a population of 62,000 In
1908, whereas Portland. Or., born In
1S43, population nothing. In 1908 had a
population of 250.000 to 260,000 people.
Uo you not suppose that prohibition
had something to do with the slow
growth of Portland. Me.? Do you not
suppose It heid down her values, ruined
the opportunities for investment and
moneymaking? Certainly it did; and
the same is true of the entire state
of Maine. The whole state of Maine
In the last 60 years has. increased In
population less than 200,000 souls, while
the population of New Tork has treb
led, and Massachusetts has nearly
quadrupled; even New Hampshire prac
tically doubled Its population.
"Under the provisions of the local-option
law in Oregon, the City of Pendle
ton, which Is located In Umatilla Coun
ty, and was a nice, thriving little city
of 6000 people until It was voted dry In
1908, is now feeling the weight of this
fallacy. Its city tax levy in 1907 was
2-4 mills; In 190S, after the city lost
the revenue from Its liquor business,
the tax levy was 11.21 mills, and the
levy for the year 1909 will be the same.
They might make It higher If they
could, but they cannot, as that is the
legal limit.
Building Industry Dies.
"Mr. Darveau, proprietor of the St.
George Hotel In Pendleton states that
his receipts under prohibition have
shrunk considerably. He estimates
there are 200 empty dwellings In the
city, while o.nly two or three dwellings
have been built, and no brick business
houses since prohibition went into ef
fect July 1, 1908.
"Mr. Brown, of the Pendleton Hotel,
states that he has two vacant store
rooms in his hotel building, which
were never vacant before prohibition
took effect.
"Mr. Haden, salesman for the Boston
Shoe Store, says that even the sale of
shoes has fallen off. Mr. Thompson,
president of the American National
Bank, says the chief influence prohibi
tion has had on the banks has been the
withdrawal of large sums of money by
people who are Investing elsewhere.
Mr. Dickson, the real estate man, says
that property has depreciated 33 1-3
per cent, and rentals have shrunk.
Town Has Lost 1500 People.
"Joe Ell, Insurance agent, says the
town has decreased In population as
much as 1500. Before prohibition there
were three newspapers two daily and
one weekly now the weekly has sus
pended and one of the dallies has be
come a weekly.
"Bordering on the Pacific Ocean, on
the western shore of Oregon, Is located
the thriving City of Tillamook. This
county, to Its sorrow, accepted the pro
hibition medicine. I am advised by
one of the most prominent citizens of
Tillamook that the conditions existing
there today as regards drunkenness are
worse than ever before the adoption of
prohibition. My friend tells me that
young men of tender age are sending
mail orders out of the country and re
ceiving quantities of liquor, which they
drink and give to their boyish friends.
Bootlegging and blind pigs are as com
mon as flies."
ACCUSED OF BANK LOOTING
Dying Man Arrested for Causing
Mineral Point Failure.
MINERAL POINT. Wis.. Oct. 15.
Philip Allen, Jr.. vice-president of the
First National Bank of Mineral Point,
was arrested today, charged with the
embezzlement of $16S.O0O of the bank's
funds.
Allen Is ill at his home,' and physicians
say h may die.
POLICY 15 NEEDED
Congress Needs Hints as to
Laws on Conservation.
STATES TO KEEP POWER
Suggestion Offered That Legislation
Similar to Carey Act Be Enacted
to Solve Problem of Water
Power Site Control.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Oct. 14. Now that Is is practically
assured Congress will take up the ques
tion of conservation, and by law define
a Government policy and provide a means
for Its enforcement, those who have been
loudest In their clamor for conservation
are beginning to awaken to the fact that
It Is "up to them" to put their views Into
tangible shape, and indicate to Congress
just what sort of laws are necessarj1, to
make conservation something more than
a theory..
Heretofore there has been a great
clamor for "conservation." and many
theoretical ideas have been advanced, but
not even the most enthusiastic conserva
tionists have as yet prepared what tan
be considered as an Intelligent, compre
hensive and practical means of legally
perpetuating this one of the Roosevelt
policies.
For Instance, while there haft been
some talk of retaining under Govern
ment control all water powers now re
maining on the public domain, the con
servationists have never worked out a
system for utilizing those water powers
If perpetually held by the Government.
As Secretary Ballingrer lias set forth
in more than one of his speeches, true
conservation does not consist in sewing
up all natural resources and storing
them away for eternity; conservation
In Its practical sense means the exer
cise of intelligent control over re
sources, so they will be used to best
advantage. 1
States to. Keep Water Powers.
One of the practical thinkers among
the Government officials in Washing
ton a man who is not forever rushing
Into print, and wno has never been will
ing to believe that all land entrymen
are thieves or tools of corporations
has been giving some attention to
this problem, and advances a theory
that may receive consideration by Con
gress. He does not believe It practical
for the Federal Government to retain
permanent control of water powers, for
Instance, and permit their development
under 50-year leases, as has been sug
gested by some. He believes water
powers should not be held In this man
ner and made to yield revenue to the
Federal Government. Whatever reve
nue Is to be derived, in his opinion,
should go to the states in wnch the
water powers are located.
This official suggests that it would
be wise to conserve the water powers
along similar lines to that In which lands
are Irrigated under the Carey act. The
Federal Government should retain control
over all water power sites now under Its
Jurisdiction until the various states come
forward with practical laws under which
they themselves can regulate water pow
ers within their borders. WHienever a
state enacts suitable laws of this char
acter, he would turn over to that state
all water power sites on public lauds
within its borders, and from that time
forward keep hands off.
States Must Be Recognized.
Under the Carey act the Government
holds arid lands until the states come
forward with adequate laws providing for
their reclamation; then, upon application,
the lands are segregated; the state con
tracts for their reclamation, and the Gov
ernment passes title. That law has oper
ated to prevent monopoly, and has been
in the interest of the individual. The
states availing themselves of Its provis
ions have been the gainers. So It would
be. he contends. If the Government turned
over to the states all their water powers
Just as soon as they themselves demon
strated their ability to handle them In
telligently, and In a way that would pre
vent monopoly.
This is only one of many schemes that
will be proposed, but the discussion has
progressed sufficiently to show that Con
gress will be slow to enact any conserva
tion law that makes water powers on the
public domain permanent possessions of
the Federal Government, and so controlled
as to yield revenue exclusively to the
Federal Government. The states will
certainly have to be recognized in some
way, both as to control and as to finan
cial benefits.
NETHERS0LE IN NEW PLAY
Presents "Ixicke of Wall Street" Be
fore Appreciative Audience.
BALTIMORE. Oct. IS. (Special.) Olga
Nethersole presented at the Academy of
Music here tonight her new American
play. "Locke of Wall Street," by Asa
Steele, before a large and representative
audience, who evidenced their approval
by numerous curtain calls.
Miss Nethersole gave a splendid rendi
tion of a most exacting role that differs
from anything she has heretofore es
sayed, and disclosed many great moments
of emotional acting that have not been
surpassed upon the local stage.
Excellent support was given ' her by
Harrison Hunter and a well-balanced
company. The play is beautifully mount
ed and will occupy a prominent place in
her repertoire for the balance of the season.
Nw ynrk Since Howard F. Confer, eon
of Colonel J. W. longer, one of the wealth
iest residents of Cleveland, boarded a Met
ropolitan Line steamer at Roston last Mon
day night, nothing has been seen of him.
Fl HAS BIG CROWD
EAST SIDE BUSINESS MEN SEE
CJRKSHAM EXHIBITS.
Sweepstakes Prize for Best Displny
Is Captured by J. W. Townsend.
Gill Bros. Second.
GRIiSHAM, Or., Oct. 15. (Special.)
Today's attendance broke all records at
the fair, the crest being reached with
the arrival of trie East Side delegation
early in the afternoon. The East Side
business men and tnelr families came
In special cars, Vieaded by C. A. Blgelow,
president of the aseoclation, and G. T.
Atchley, secretary. Two others, W. B.
Hall and George Dilworth, shared the
honors of being sponsors for the visitors,
all of whom wer enthusiastic over their
reception and with the exhibitions pro
vided. A football team from the Multnomah
Club met the Gresham boya In a hard
fought tussle the first game of the kind
ever played In Eastern Multnomah. The
game was thoroughly enjoyed by fully
WjO people, who saw the Gresham boys
go down to defeat by a score of 28 to 0
.in six touchdowns.
Judging of exhibits began during the
afternoon. The floral department was
judged by Frank Miller, potatoes by Dr.
E. Meikle. general agricultural exhibits
by George Hyslop. horticultural display
by W. H. Glafke. The sweepstakes award
for b?st farm display went to J. W.
Townsend. who secured first premium;
second prize went to Gill Bros.
The cattle and other livestock will be
Judied tomorrow.
The leading amusement feature tomor
row afternoon will be another baseball
game between Gresham and Russellville.
Professor Shaffer, of the State Univer
sity. Is scheduled for an address tomor
row at 3 o'clock.
The fair will continue over Sundny.
with all amusement features eliminated.
There will be sacred concerts at 2 o'clock
and 8 P. M. and a lecture at 3 o'clock
by Dr. J. Whitcomb BrquRlier. of the
White Temple. Hi3 subject will be.
"Hens, or Scratching for a Living."
Little Soldiers
In your blood are the millions
of corpuscles that defend you
agal.ist disease.
To make and keep these little soldiers
healthy and strong, is simply to maks
and keep the blood of the right quality
and quantity.
This is just what Hood's Sarsaparilla
does it helps the little soldiers in your
blood to fipht disease for you.
It cures scrofula, eczema, eruptions,
catarrh, rheumatism, anemia, nervous
ness, dyspepsia, general debility, and
builds up the whole system.