20 THE MORNING OREGOXIAX, TUESDAY, FEBRUAR T 8, 1910. xyvga .igonouiaer Braces tor Men. Women, Children See Demonstration. Men's Dept.. 3d Floor The Greater Meier ? Prank. Stored "Digging Out" Sale and Fifth s Greatest Attractions This Annual Food Fair. Portia I1Q Week View Spring Goods Today The first preliminary showing of the choicest sort of Spring and Summer lines is being held on our second floor The entire north section of the Suit Department. main building, is devoted to this exposition of bright. new merchandise Early buyers and discriminating style seekers will find much to interest them The display is a most comprehensive one in all ways Tastefully arranged exhibits of Wash Goods, new models in ready made Wearing Apparel, new Spring styles in Fisk hats. beautiful Embroideries. Laces, Undermuslins, Neckwear, Cloves. Hosiery, and Dress Accessories that will delight the fastidious woman You are most cordially invited Razors, Strops Bothfor$1.19 An extra special combination bargain on Razors and Strops complete. A regular $2.00 guaranteed Razor and a toe btrop. both at this 1A price r Digging Out Sale $ 1 .50 Scissors 49c Steel Scissors, only j. few dozen in the lot ; a special for the last -week of the Digging Out Sale; regular val- A Q ues to $1.50, on special sale at C 50c Combs at 19c Dressing Combs and Hotel Combs, the latter style attached to a 10 3-foot chain; 50c values for The Food Fair Our Great Fifth Annual Food Fair is thronged daily with the best housekeepers in the city women who are interested in Pure Food and in buying the best things to eat at the lowest prices Thousands of Free Samples Good Music Fifty At tractive Exhibits Original Curtis Airship Valentines on 4th floor Choose yours now If you want to send them East, they should be sent at once Price 1 c to $5 Six Striking "Digging Out" Bargains Tall Vd Suits, $8.88 to' $19.45 Over a thousand TailoredSuits in one huge lot and offered at six different prices for thisweek in Portland's largest and best Suit Store The materials are serge, broadcloth, tweed and fancy worsteds-The season's best styles and all r.olnr-T),0 regular values run from S 15.00 up to $45.00-For anfck choosing they have been divided into SIX .LOTS as followT; Women's and Misses' Suits regularly $20 to j f f or $25, this sale at p 1 1 .03 Women's and Misses' $30.00 to $35.00 Suits, at A the low price of p f3.$33 Regular $40.00 to $45.00 Suits, this week at the (hi m very low price tj) 1 5 .0 Women's and Misses' regularly $15.00 to Suits. $20.00, now at only 2)0.00 Women's and Misses' Suits, regularly $25 to ft "I A A C? $30, now at only J X CjL. Regular $35.00 to $40.00 Suits, special price for (hi q j J this week only X 0.43 Women's New Spring Suits, in tans, light grays, navy blue and black, fancy worsteds, semi and tight-fitting effects, with 28 to 34-inch coats and new style skirts. Strictly hand-taildred, made from mate rials imported and controlled exclusively by the Meier & Frank Co. Prices run from $35.00 to $48.00.. Domestic materials in large as sortment, $25.00 to $35.00. We invite every lady to inspecT these! Women's Fur-Lined Coats, in astrachan, squirrel, nearseal, caracul and black pon.y, 30 to 54-inch lengths, all this season's 1 r. -models, regularly $40.00 to $250.00. 'Digging Out Sale V2 PriCC Women's Fur-Lined Coats, in broadcloth, kersey and tweed, gray or blended squirrel lined, assorted fur storm collars, regularlv 'w " i A U .ft A $28.00 to $100.00. During the Digging Out Sale the price is Our .colossal sale of Edition de Luxe Books is one of the greatest events Portland has ever known. As sam ples of the remarkable values offered we call attention to the following: DeLuxe Classics Subscription price, $6.00 the volume, Sale Price $1.50 Including the best of pres. Eliot's recommendations for his "Five-foot bopk-Khelf" admittedly the most read able classics, deserving of a place in ihtn p-r,,vft5 ",hrar'- E"h volume of these eight de luxe classics is printed rrom large, clear type, upon extra white wove paper, with the exclusive water- ThI .f,Aldus de Lue" each page. The title pages are printed on Japan vellum and the photogravure frontis pieces are printed by hand, also upon Japan vellum. The binding is three quarter Levant grain leather, of a rich old rose shade, cloth sides, silk head Ri d Dack ,stamP'ng, gold tops, "tV.1 ted,s5"; each volume is boxed Published by the Chesterfield Society! Addison' Ewayii, limited edition de I.nxe Edited by John Richard Green, The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Anreliux AMoninmi Translated ryl,t"e,orFeLongr- M- A - w"h biograph ical sketch and a view of the philoso phy of Antoninus by the translator. Baron's KaT, Counsels, Civil and Moral including also his Apothegms. Llegrant Sentences and Wisdom of the Ancients with a biographical intro duction by Henry Mprley. t'nesterfleld's Letters Including his Sentences and Maxims, with a prefatory note by Charles Sayle and a critical essay by C. A. Sainte-Beuve, de laca damie Francais. The Ill.TOiinw. of Epltrtetns With the n.ncnelridion and Fragments, translated with notes, a life and a view of his philosophy by George Long, M. A. Autobiography of Benjamin PranUli Including Poor Richard s Almanac. A lan for Saving One Hundred Thousand Pounds. Advice to a Young Tradesman, Dialogue between . Franklin and the Gout. The Art of Procuring Pleasant Dreams. Familiar Letters and other pa pers. Webster's Speeches Embracing Web. sters acknowledged -masterpieces in each department of oratory, including The Dartmouth College Case, The Ply mouth Oration. The Bunker Hill Mon ument, The Character of Washington, Reply to Hayne, Reply to Calhoun. The Consrlt lltlnn an Vlo ITnlnn ... A Reg. $6.00 Lace Curtains at $3.95 Linen Clnny Lace Curtains, made of good French net, with linen edge or edge and insertion, 4o inches -wide and ? 1-2 yards long, regularly worth $6.00 the pair. Digging CQ QEZ -Out Sale price, pair pOJ3 Strathmore ' Printed Scrim Curtains, new designs, 40 inches wide and 2 1-2 yards long, regularly fcO QC $3.75 the pair. Special Yard Goods, to match cur- OC. tains, Special, the yard s&OC Velour Prayer Mats, suitable for table covers, chair covers, pillow tops, etc., 24 by 54 inches, in blue, red or cream ; exact copies of silk fj Q rugs; $2.75 values, at J X .Oi Stoves, Ranges at $ 1 Week From the large number of inquiries made yesterday, both in person and by phone, this is the most welcome announcement ever made by this Store- Sales were numerous that we must reqnestjnejingpurchasers to come in at ieast two days beforetheJjjovejsjto be de livered, as this unparalleled rush has all but swamped our delivery and wareroom forces ClubPlan Terms on the best Stoves and Ranges made, and paylsjtban what the same grades would usually cost yon for Cash That's the gist of this offer in a nutshell Cfna in anH see the Special Range we offer for $35j)0 andThe Heating Stove we offer at SlS.OO-ejtnerontheEasy Payment Plan The Range for only $5.00 down and the Heater only $2.00 down, then $.700eachlweek 1 00,000 Yds. Spring Embroideries Advance Sale 19c to $3.49 Delightfully dainty and attractive are the new patterns in em broideries which have just arrived and which are now on sale at special prices. Swiss, nainsook and cambric materials in endless selection of patterns Edges, insertions, flounces, allovers, etc. A lot of 100,000 yards just received and while it's gloriously, fresh and new, placed on sale at these phenomenally low crices Matched sets, in Swiss, cambric and nainsook materials, edges and insertions to match, widths from 1 to 18 inches, for under muslins, children's garments, etc. At "Digging Out" Sale prices The finest products of St. Gall manufacturers, in imitation baby Irish blind effects, Madeira, Appenzell, English eyelet and convent embroideries. See them. Flounces and Allovers, exquisitely beautiful creations; also galloons and medallions Dainty Baby Sets, edges, insertions and allovers, and 18-inch flounces. See big double window display. Two of the large Fifth-street -windows filled with these beautiful goods. Take advantage of this great advance sale. NEW EMBROIDERIES ARE UNDERPRICED THIS WEEK AS FOLLOWS: Embroideries regularly -worth 1Q. 25c the yard. Special, yard X UC Embroideries regularly worth Embroideries worth $1.25 the "TO Embroideries worth up to 3Q yard, special price, per yard A O II Embroideries worth im to 60c the yard, special, yard "r-ii $2.00 the yard, special, vd Embroideries that are regularly worth $4.00 the yard, special, the .yard at $3.49 New Spring Neckwear Arrivals f ii Just received an immense shipment of the newest ideas and styles in women's Spring neckwear. Dainty rabats, pretty jabots and the latest novelties in one sided effects or cascades, to b worn outside the coat. New net tf O f f bows, new ruchings and cords, new embroidered collars. 25 to j)0.vfU SEE NECKWEAR DISPLAY IN MORRISON-STREET WINDOW l i ii . -- m m 650 SEEK m JOBS Would-Be Census Enumerat ors Exceed Places." WOMEN BEAT MEN IN TEST -Mil II noma U County Has 411 Too -Many Applicants Otlicr Dis tricts Xot Having Enough, Transfers May He Made. Upturns from the examination of ap plicants for appointment as census enumerators in the Second Conpres Fional Ilistrict show that approximatelv S'iO candidates took the test for the 325 rlaces that are available. Of that number. 550 took the examination in Multnomah County, where only 139 enumerators will be required. In some of the outlying; counties, however, a sufficient number of appli cants did not report for the test to supply . those sec tions of the district with the required number of enumera tors. To make up this deficiency and insure a complete census of the entire district. Census Supervisor Peach will be obliRed to request authority of the Census Bureau to either assipn to these counties enumerators who have quali fied in this county or to appoint addi tional enumerators in those counties. Sufficient time does not intervene be fore April IS. when the enumeration will beirin. for the necessary supplies to be ordered from Washinsrton for a further examination of applicants. .Monument Supplies Tardy. l-'ailure of supplies to reach Monu ment. Grant. County, one of the 42 points at which examinations were scheduled In tills district for Saturday, makes it necessary for another exam ination to be held at that point next Saturday, authority for this action hav lnK been received from Washington yesterday. This condition resulted from the fact that the necessary supplies were not dispatched from Washington in time to reah Monument Saturday morning, when the examination began. The same condition may have existed at other of the remote sections of the Second Congressional District. Mr. Beach yesterday had not received re ports from a number of those places and if no examination was held at the appointed time Saturday, it will be nec essary, as in the cae of Monument, to provide for another examina,tion at those points next Saturday. Some of the supplies for use in the examination Saturday were delayed In transit and did not arrive in time. The blanks for use In this city did not arrive until Sat urday morning, only a short time be fore the first class of applicants was assembled. In those counties where the number of applicants taking the examination did not equal the number of enumera tors required. Mr. Beach will ask per mission of the department to assign some of the surplus of successful ap plicants in this county. It is expected this plan will operate successfully, so far as supplying with enumerators some of the counties contiguous to Multnomah. Beach May Appoint Some. In the outlying counties, however, such as Harney, Malheur. Grant and Wallowa, it may be necessary for Mr. Beach to appoint men directly to do the work. Few Multnomah County men passing the test would be willing to accept the work In such distant fields without being guaranteed their expenses, in addition to their per diem. The director of the census at Wash ington, who must meet this condition, undoubtedly will conclude it Is cheaper to appoint men in those counties to do the work than to undertake to send men from this county at the. Increased expense such a course would entail. In Multnomah County Mr. Beach--re ceived the applications of 160 women who announced their intention of tak ing the examination. At the appointed time on Saturday, however, only 88 of that number reported and took the test. Mr. Beach is authority for the state ment that, on the average, the women applicants excelled the men in the quality of their work. Many of the prospective women enumerators, he said, completed the test and submitted their, papers in 30 minutes, while the majority of the male candidates ex hausted the maximum time limit of three hours allowed by the Govern ment rules for taking tiie examination. Mr. Beach Is allowed two weeks in which to grade the papers of the ap plicants throughout the district. At the expiration of that time he is re quired to forward to Washington a list of the 325 successful candidates he will recommend for appointment. A SIMPLE HOME REMEDY, The w Renidy, Salgrtie, for Rheu matism and Kidney Trouble, Dally (iroivlns; More Popular. "live oil is an old and tested remedy for almost all kinds and all classes of diseases. Salgrene mixed with four ounces of olive oil makes an invalu able remedy for lumbago, kidnev trou ble and rheumatism. It Is especially reeomftiended in cases of kidney trou ble, as It contains absolutely no alcohol, alcohol being irritant to the kidneys. Full directions will bo found on bottle. ro you know that croup can be pre vented? Give Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as soon as the child becomes hoarse or even after the croupy cough appears and It will prevent the attack. It is also a certain cure for croup and has never been known to fail. Sold by all dealers. DRAWS STAY OPEN! Request for Relief in Rush Hours Is Refused. MAYOR TO KEEP UP FIGHT Xew Plan Devised to Compel by City Ordinance Kiver Craft to -Kquip Smokestacks With low ering Devices to Aid' Traffic. Although Chief Engineer Marshall, at Washington, has agreed with Major lie Indoe, of Portland, that the War Depart ment shbuld not allow the Portland bridge draws, to be closed during tbe rush hours, as was asked by Mayor Simon, the latter has not given up the fight for re-, lief to the traffic that is each day held up by river craft passing through the bridges at the rush hours. The Washing ton dispatch follows: Washington. Feb. T. The Chief of Engi neers has approved the report of Major Mc Indoe. in which the recommendation is made that the application of Mayor Simon to permit drawbridges across the Willam ette River to be closed during morning and evening rush hours, be refused. Major Mclndoe in his report puts the reputation of Portland harbor ahead of the convenience of the streetcar patrons and recommends that the petition sent be refused. If the new bridges cannot take care of the congestion, he . recommends that tunnels be constructed under the river. Major Mclndoe sid: It is my opinion that the rlosinp- of the draws during the "hours specified in -the re- quest of local authorities would invite re sults more serious to the community and to the position of the city as a port than the inconveniences it is sought), to rejnedy. The dally record of the boats passing through the draw of the Steel bridge shows that, on some days, the draw is not opened at all during these hours and on others it has been opened as often as five times within one hour. It is believed that, when the re construction of the Madison-street bridge is completed and when the two new bridges proposed are built, the congestion of street-' car traffic and the annoying delays and in conveniences to the thousands who cross the bridges will be greatly relieved. Should the growth of the oity demand greater facili ties for crossing the river. the citi7n fhould provide them by the construction of luiiw uuuer tile river. It is therefore recommended that th in quest of the local authorities, that regula- Liv.iB i- aui-jifu to cause the crawbridges to remain closed during the mnmin or..i afternoon rush hours be not granted. Mayor Simon is greatly disanoointe.i at the action of the Chief Engineer, but he has already devised another plan by which he thinks relief from the present conamons may be, Had. He would have the City Council pass an ordinance com pelling steamer smokestacks to be low ered when passing through the draws. By the terms of this ordinance he would have all steamers pe.ssing through the harbor ertuirt thoU ... . r ; . i- i : devices for the smokestacks) when this Is i'u"u' e saia regarding the sltua tion : Well thPV tlimivl I1B 1 rtwr nmtdr 1. 1 bub we must have relief some way. and I onan recommend to the Council the par age of an ordinance compelling river uoais, to lower their smokestacks when passing tnc draws, where It is possible, so as to minimize the difficulty. I am greatly surprised at the action taken. We made a good allowing before Major Mclndoe, but the river men were against us ana won. GAR B AGE WAR WAX ES BUNCO FAILS TO WORK Portland Man Gets Letter From Spain Asking to Aid Relative. Judging from a letter received yesterday by L. c. Fisher, of the Fisher Millinery Company, of this city, the attempted ex tortion by scheming Spainlards from credulous Americans has not been ef fectually stamped out. The letter to Mr. Fisher is purported to have been writ ten from Madrid by Don Alvaro Arau Jues, chaplain of a Spanish prison, in behalf of Bdwardo Blanco Fisher, who is represented to be a distant relative of Mr. Fisher, recipient of the letter. The letter tells of the death of the writer's parents and his wife, leaving as his only comfort the young daughter and a share of an estate valued at SX - 00. The writer asks Mr. Fisher in ad vance funds adequate to provide for the care ana education of the daughter. "About ten years ago," said Mr. Fisher, "I received a similar letter from Spain. I paid no attention to the original com munication, casting it into the waste paper basket without referring it to the press or the authorities. It is plainly a bunco game. I have no relatives, distant or otherwise. In Spain, and consider it advisable to give this matter publicity for the warning it may prove to others who may receive appeals of the same sort." It wan only a few months ago that a prominent Portland hotelman invested a few thousand dollars In a similar ad venture only to learn, after an expensive silence, that his alleged European rela tives were more ingenious than he. ANNOUNCEMENTS. . For Shur-On Eye Glasses. Krwptok In visible Bifocals and Deep Curve Lenses, see Thompson, eye specialist, second floor Corbett bldg.. 5th and Morrison. While It is often Impossible to pre vent an accident, it is never impossible to be prepared it is not beyond any one's purse. Invest 2 cents In a bottle of Chamberlain's Liniment and you are prepared for sprains, bruises and like Injuries. Sold by all dealers. - Lombard to Oppose Ordinance Again Today. MAYOR MAY OUTWIT HIM has asked the Council and the Mayor to inspect the place. Mayor Simon and members of the Board of Health have asked the Council to make the appropriation, that the Board may then select a type of in cinerator and build It immediately. Councilman Lombard, who favors a cer tain style of incinerator, demands that the Board make the award of contract "strictly in compliance" with specifica tions drawn by him. This the Board refused to do, as the, charter gives that power ' to the Board. The Council has authority to appropriate the funds. Councilman Iximbard at the, last meet ing of the Council defeated thx ! appropriating the funds. At that time.- mere was great confusion over a number of bids before the Board of Health, the Board having agreed upon one plant. The Council majority voted against th appropriation. Since then, things have so shifted that there is a majority favor able to passage, the Board having re jected all bids. Mr. Lombard, however, holds firm. He will also object to the. location on Guilds Lake. The period of deepest sleep varies from 8 to 5 o'clock. Special Meeting of Council May Be Called if Final . Passage Is Blocked Old Plant to Be Inspected. Councilman Lombard has announced that he will do everything In his power to prevent the passage of a proposed ordi nance, appropriating 120,000 for the con struction of a garbage crematory. The measure will be introduced before the Council tomorrow morning, and it Is un derstood Mr. Lombard will make use of nis prerogative to object to final passage upon first introduction. If this step is taken it is said Mayor Simon will Issue a call for a special session of the Coun cil, at which he will ask passage of the ordinance. "Is It true that you intend calling a spe cial Council meeting if Mr. Lombard objects to the passage of the proposed ordinance? was asked of the Mayor yes terday. I have the power to do so," replied the Mayor, "but as such a contingency has not yet arisen, I could not state what I would do." The City Council, this afternoon will visit the present garbage plant and the great dump, where hundreds of tons of re-fuso lw piled. Superintendent Xapier Country Merchants Farmers Stockmen frhlp your good, fat produce to Smith. He never charges commis sion. Ship by express. He will pay as follows: Live Hens. 16c. Dressed Hens, 17 He "Dressed Hogs, 11c. . Dressed veal, under 130 lb., 1214c Large veal less. Eggs, market price. Address FH.41VK Vj. SMITH MEAT CO., "fr'lgbttns; the Beef Trust,' PORTLAKD, OREGOA. AT ALL OF SMITH'S MARKETS TODAY GET ALL OF THESE GOOD THINGS 5c per poundColumbia River Smelt 5c per pound When you come to Smith's Alder-street market, he sure yon get in the right place. See that Smith's name is over the door. Don't go into the Beef Trust's markets down there. The Beef Trust and its hirelings will go to extinction soon enough but give them a shove, anyhow. Fresh Norway Creamery Butter at any Smith market, per square 80 ' This butter is not cut from tub butter it is absolutely fresh creamery stock fresh daily. Smith Fresh Oregon Ranch Eggs they are real ranch eggs, per doz 35 e Good Eggs, per doz 1 25c Fancy Sugar-Cured Hams, from Smith's own brand of Oregon pork, per lb .1S Smith's Sugar-Cured Breakfast Bacon, per lb. 22Uc Smith's Sugar-Cured Breakfast Bacon, sliced 2V Smith's Pure Pig Pork Sausage, in the bulk. .... ;12i.,& In the Link 15d- For Lent you need Smith's Pure Lard the purest Lard in Oregon 5-lb. pail 80 3-lb. pail 50 10-lb. pail $1.60 Sirloin Beefsteak 12V2 Shoulder Beefsteak 10 Small Porterhouse Steak -.15 Better cuts of Boiling Beef 7 Pot Boasts Beef ..8 Shoulder Roast Pork, end cut 12i Shoulder Pork Chops 15 Best Veal Cutlets. . . 15 Whole Shoulder Mutton in Best Round Steak lUUc Small 'T"-Bone Steak ...i 15 Boiling Beef 6 Short Ribs of Beef 8 Better cut of Pot Roast Beef. ..10 Shoulder Roast Pork, center cut 15 Best Roast of Veal 15 Breast of Veal 12l2 Loin Mutton Chops lSci1