9 Portlaiid Agents for Warner Corsets, Complete StocK, Best Models Sahlin Waists Reng'o Belt Corsets Royal Worcester and Bon Ton Corsets Marctxiise Corsets Ferris Waists Howd Front-Lace Corsets Removal Sale Bargains in All Pep ts. ins S torts TTlhii Moriniiinig fett 1 THE MOKmG OREGONIAX. 3IONI3AT, MAT 2, 1910. o O fiili-Cla.ss Merdnsirsidlise sit W"oinLderfa.lly How Prices . . . i ; J : , For the first time in Portland's history a million dollars- worth of high-class Dry Goods, Cloaks, Millinery, Shoes, Carpets, Cur tains, China, Kitchen Goods, etc, is to be distributed at prices that will appeal with great force to every economical buyer in the community Standard Merchandise, Wearing Apparel and Household Effects of every description to be sold out at ridicu lously low figuresThousands and thousands of bargains at prices you are bound to appreciate Shrewd buyers will anticipate their wants for many months to come and profit by the remarkable saving opportunities offered Every department is represented Everything man, woman and child wears as well as household effects of all kinds Plan to visit the store this week Mail orders will receive full benefit of the REMOVAL SALE PRICES. 500 Extra Sales-People 5Q Extra Cashiers IOO Extra Wrappers IP Extra. Delivery Wagons One OMsW Of ma Moire STRIKE MAY COME Hodcarriers Plan to Demand Wage Increase. BUILDING TIE-UP FEARED keeps wages down and the "open shop" in existence. Carpenters get $3 and $3.50 a day here, while in other cities -of the Northwest J4 and 4.50 is paid. If a de mand is made it will be for the scale that prevails In the other cities of the Northwest. The -union will meet Tuesday night, at which time the matter will be thoroughly dlscussad. Strong intimation from an authoritative source of probable important action at this meeting was made last night. Carpenters May Also Decide They Are Sufficiently Well Organized to Demand Better Terms From Their Employers. Building operations in Portland are threatened with a serious suspension, if rumors of a walk-out of the hod-carriers, which were in circulation yesterday, prove to be well founded. If the strike occurs. It will be on the- question of "closed shops" and an increase of wages from J3 to W a day. Discontent among the building laborers is largely caused by the fact that a large proportion of the men in the trade are outside of the union. The bricklayers, with whom they are most closely asso ciated, are rigidly organized, and the "closed shop" is almost absolute. The laborers, on the other hand, are organized over only a small proportion of the build ing trade, and they are anxious to make their union as efficient as that of the bricklayers. i AVould Affect Many Men. A serious tie-up in the building ln flustry would result from a walkout of the laborers at this time, as their juris diction covers practically all of the out ride men engaged on brick and concrete uildings. The number of men directly nd Indirectly affected will be very large. Flumbers are also among those on the uncertain list at the present time, but the margin of difference separating the Journeymen and the masters is not wide, and a strike will probably be averted. The Journeymen have demanded an in crease from to to $6 a day. and the master plumbers- have met the demand with an offer of an increase to 55.50. This is being considered by the union. Electrical workers have made a demand upon their employers for an increase from $3.50 a day to $4. and no action has yet been taken. It ts not probable that strike in that industry will ensue. Carpenters Gain Ground. The most dubious situation at the pres ent time Is that of the carpenters, al though the matter has not as yet reached the point of a formal demand upon the tmployers. Some time ago the carpenters considered making a demand for an in crease as a preliminary to a genenal strike, in case the demand were not granted, but. on account of the compar ative weakness of the organization at that time, it was decided to withhold action. Since then the organization has been greatly strengthened, its leaders say, and a proposal to demand an increase in wages is again being considered. The union leaders say that, while they have within their organization a. large majority of the first-class carpenters and lolners. there Is a very large floating UNHAPPY WIFE IS SUICIDE Woman and Husband Agree to Sep arate; Former Takes Life. LOS ANGELES. May 1. Within a few hours after entering into an agree ment with her husband to separate, Mrs. L. H. Durant. who came here a few months ago from Jackson, Mich., com mitted suicide today. Dr. c. G. Par- nell, Mrs. Duranfs brother-in-law, who was present at the interview between husband and wife, and who found the woman's body in her apartments at the hotel, said she used cyanide of potas sium. Mrs. Durant, however, had re moved the labels from the bottle. Ac cording to Parnell, the final interview between Mr. and Mrs. Durant was friendly. "The temperaments of the two were incompatible," said Parnell. "Mrs. Du rant had spoken of suicide once or twice, but she seemed so. self-possessed during the interview that neither Du rant nor myself had any idea she would kill herself." , CARPENTERS VOTE STRIKE Fifty Cents an Hour Demanded; Compromise Offer Refused. CINCINNATI. May 1. Refusing- to accept a compromise of 47 cents an hour, 5000 Journeymen carpenters of this city today voted to go on strike tomorrow morning. These men demanded 50 cents an hour. The present scale is 45 cents an hour. , x About half the "contractors gave notice today that they would sign the scale- at 50 cents and their employes will not go out. WORK IS SUPPLIED Portland Police Conduct Em ployment Agency. OLD SYSTEM GIVEN UP CANOE UPSETS; 2 DROWN rPassinir Launch Swell Overturns Craft and Occupants Perish. SEATLB. Wash., May 1. Miss Louise Herdman. aged 24. and E. E. Saunders, a young man of the same age, were drowned in Green Lake this afternoon when a canoe in which they were rid ing was turned over by the swell from a passing launch. The young man's father, David Saunders, Is a resident of Bluefleld. W. V. Miss Herdman's parents live in Seattle. Fugitive Admits Old Theft. TACOMA. Wash, May 1. Tired of be ing a hunted man. Harry Weidner walked into the police station tonight and asked to be locked up. saying he had absconded with $100 belonging to the A. Moll Grocery Company, of St. Louis, in 1908. He was a delivery clerk and ran away with a day's collections. Laborers Arriving Penniless Are Xo Longer Taken to Jail and Then Sent Out of City Many Cases Ha.idled Daily. Laborers out of work. Instead of being placed in the City Jail for a night and then ordered to leave town by the Police Court Judge, are being directed to a place where they can secure work. Sergeant Keller is responsible for the excellent Police Department "employment bureau," which has been established. With Jwo policemen to assist him, he meets freight trains in the early morn ings, when they arrive from Southern Oregon and rounds up the men who are "beating" their way to the metropolis. According to Keller, the freights . are fairly black with the men who have be come disgruntled with the treatment re ceived in the construction camps in Med ford and EHigene, where, the men say, hospital fees are compulsory and board prices excessive. Last week there were over 50 men sent to a place In this city where they can secure work through the efforts of Sergeant Keller and his assist ants, and there were many on the trains whom the officers could not round up, "This morning." says Sergeant Keller, "I sent a bunch of men to the Hawthorne avenue car. They were told to ask for work at the Mount Tabor reservoir and the Brooklyn sewer job. I have since learned that the greater part of them did so, and are working at the present time." Smelter Gets More Ore. BAKER CITY, Or.. May 1. (Special.) Arrangements have just been com pleted whereby the Sumpter smelter will secure copper and iron ores for fluxing from the Iron Dyke mine near Home stead. ' on the Snake River. This will enable the smelter to handle all the ores from the mines in this section. It is now preparing for a run and will con tinue operations as long as there is ore on hand. Excursion to Brownsville Deferred. ALB ANT. Or.. May 1. (Special.) The excursion of the Albany Commercial Club to Brownsville has been postponed a week and will take place Friday, May 13. Track Cave-In Delays Traflfc. NAPA VINE. Wash.. May l.;-(SpecIal. By the caving in of a section of new track on the Northern Pacific road, a half mile from her today, a work engine was de railed and several hundred feet of track torn up. delaying through passenger trains from four to six hurs. A wrecking crew from Chehalis was engaged all day in removingthe engine and building a new track. The engineer and fireman of the derailed engine escaped by. jumping. , PLANT YOUR DOLLARS MVk TfcA IT MAW N . ... If You Wish to Reap the Golden Harvest History repeats itself. A few years back you could have purchased land in the vicinity of Portland for just a few dollars per acre. Now what is it worth? Makes you stop and think, doesn't it? Whether or not you let that opportunity go by, don't miss this one. You have no doubt heard of the millions of dol lars that are being spent in. Central BRITISH COLUMBIA for development purpose. "l7"J"Vrr Because the Grand Trunk Pacific Transcontinental Railway is destined to open up V XT. 1 vast areas of the most fertile and productive agricultural land in British Columbia. That is the reason so many thousands of American people are migrating to this great undeveloped country. , 1 James J. Hill says : "Back to the land. Be a land owner in a new country. Be a pioneer." ' ' Look at Portland's pioneers. .They are today the wealthiest men and thebackbone of this city of won derful growth. - . We own absolutely some of the best land in the Fort George District. Level, good soiL cleared, and ready for the plough. There is no better, land theworld over than that which surrounds Fort George. BIG STAMPED UY FORT GEORGE LANDS One man who has justgone up to that country, and who has been up there for the last twenty-two years, writes us that he has not seen anything like it since the rush to the Klondike in the Spring of 1898. Twelve carloads of farm implements are on their way to Fort George. Three banks are starting up; also hotels and stores. Steamboats are now running on the Fraser River. The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway is building from Edmonton west to Fort George,, and from Prince Rupert east to Fort George, and the line will soon be completed, and other railroads propose to buildup there. ' ' " - .. . Think What This Means tcT the Man Who Buys Land Today Call and look at our maps, pictures of the land, and samples of the grain grown in that country: Come in and read the Canadian Government Reports. - George Washington was the father of this glorious country. British Columbia is a mother to every: settler. The-mother is the one who takes care of new arrivals. SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS to anvone buying land on Monday and Tuesday. ; Sale opens May 2, 1910, 9A.M. s NORTH COAST LAND CO., Ltd. Paid-Up Capital $625,000. General Offices: Vancouver, B. C. Selling Agents: Rutan & Adams, 200 Chamber of Commerce Building, Portland, Oregon.