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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.
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THE MOKmG OREGONIAX. 3IONI3AT, MAT 2, 1910.
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fiili-Cla.ss Merdnsirsidlise sit W"oinLderfa.lly How Prices
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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
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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."
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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
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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.