13 Experienced Help Wanted Salespeople, Floormen, Cashiers, Wrappers-Apply to Stipt. Bell, 8-11 A. M. Introductory Sale of Our Beautiful New Mme. Helene Corsets at Removal Sale Price Second Floor Warner, Royal Worcester, Marquise and Bon Ton Corsets, Howd Lace Front Corsets, Sanlin Waists tot0 THE MORXI5G OKEGOX1AX, SATtTKDAT, MAT 7, 1910. -Olds $1,000,000 Removal Sale In All Depts. Shoes at Removal Prices Pumps at Removal Prices Oxfords at R e m o v a 1 Prices Umbrellas at Removal Prices Linings at Removal Prices Silks at Removal Prices Fine Dress Goods Reduced Wash Goods are Reduced All Towels are Reduced White Quilts are Reduced Linens at Removal Prices Hosiery at R e m o v a 1 Prices Neckwear at Removal Prices Auto Veils at Reduced Prices Wash Veils at Reduced Prices Embroidery at Reduced Prices G loves at Removal Prices Collars at Removal Prices Laces at Removal Prices Ribbons at Removal Prices Belts at Re mo val Prices Handkerchiefs are Reduced Silverware at Reduced Prices Glassware at Reduced Prices Chinaware at Reduced Prices Sale Base Ball Goods Now On The following specials will be on sale on first floor. Don't fail to take ad vantage of these great reductions. 25c Baseball Gloves, on sale at 19 ' 50c Gloves and Mitts on sale at 39 $1.00 Gloves and Mitts at only 68 $1.25 Gloves and Mitts at only 79 $1.50 Gloves and Mitts at only 98 35c Baseballs on sale for only 19 $1.25 Baseballs on sale for only 6o Store Is Open Saturday Evenings Until Nine-Thirty ExtfSL Soeciai! Removal Sale Off $1,000,000 aturday's- Great Throng of Eager Buyers Men's $1.25 Shirts Removal Sale Price 63c Men's $1.50 Shirts Removal Sale Price 96c Men's Bath Robes are Reduced One-Third 65c Dress Goods Removal Sale Price 25c $ 1.75 Spring Suitings Removal Price 59c Yd. $1.50 Black Goods Removal Price 87c Yard $1.25 Shepherd Checks Reduced to 89c Yd. $1.25 Silk Hose Removal Sale Price 69c Pr. Women's $1.25 Union Suits on Sale at 79c $2.50 Underwear Removal Sale Price $1.29 Girls' $3.75 Sweaters Removal Price $1.98 15c Cotton Pongees Removal Price 8c Yard 15c Printed Batiste Removal Price 9c Yard Women's $5 Oxfords Reduced to $1.98 Pr. Sale S $25.00 Tailored Suits Removal Sale $9.95 $40.00 Wool Coats Removal Sale at $16.95 $6.50 Wash Dresses Removal Sale at $3.89 $12.00 Ostrich Plumes Removal Sale $5.95 $16.50 Ostrich Plumes Removal Sale $9.95 $20.00 Ostrich Plumes Removal Sale $12.95 $26.50 Ostrich Plumes Removal Sale $15.95 2700 WortK of Newest Trimmed Hats 1Q.OO Values $3.95 A showing of hats worthy of your immediate inspection. There are many styles in the lot which have been brought out during the past few days. Street hats, dress hats and , tailored hats, all the very newest productions; a big assortment selected from our regular stock, and in picking them we aimed to choose such as would please the most critical customer; values to $10.00; take ad- CjO QC vantage of these greatly reduced prices of this great Removal Sale ()070 $35.00 Ostrich Plumes Removal Sale $19.95 $7.50 Petticoats Removal Sale Price $3.38 $4,50 Silk Waists Removal Sale Price $2.29 $9.00 Silk Kimonos Removal Sale at $3.00 $10.00 Silk Kimonos Removal Sale at $5.00 $ 1 2.00 Le ghorn Shapes Removal Sale $5.45 Heatherbloom Petticoats Priced a Third Less 10,000 Worth Fine Millinery Flowers at Vb the Regular Price Removal Sale Remarkable sale of our entire regular stock of rarest imported flowers, compris- ine about 10,000 bunches. Also 335 dozen new flowers, which just arrived. There are single flowers, clusters, sprays and bunches. This will be .the largest and most complete showing of flowers ever brought out in Portland. Prices range from 35c up to $3.50. Take advantage of these greatly reduced prices. W i Remember this is a money-saver for all who wish flowers. Removal Sale 2 In All Depts. Suits at Removal Sale Prices Coats at Removal Sale Prices Waists at Removal Sale Prices Skirts at Removal Sale Prices Kimonos at Removal Prices Petticoats at Removal Prices All Ladies' Sweaters Reduced All Ladies' Dresses Reduced All Ladies' Gowns Reduced Bath Robes at Reduced Prices Corsets at Removal Prices Aprons at Removal Prices Rugs at Removal Sale Prices Curtains at Removal Prices Draperies at Removal Prices All Bedding at Removal Prices All Millinery Goods ' Reduced Ostrich Plumes also Reduced Hat Shapes at Reduced Prices Uhdermuslins also Reduced Notions at Removal Prices Stationery at Removal Prices Toilet Soap at Removal Prices Cutlery at Removal Prices Perfumes at Removal Prices Croquet Sets at Reduced Price The croquet season is on and we are ready as usual with a splendid as sortment of croquet sets, which we offer at removal prices. See them. 75c Croquet Sets on sale at 60 $1.00 Croquet Sets on sale at S5? $1.60 Croquet Sets on sale at $1.30 $2.10 Croquet Sets on sale at $1.75 $3.00 Croquet Sets on sale at $2.50 $4.00 Croquet Sets on sale at $3.50 $5.00 Croquet Sets on sale at $4.25 DANIEL'S QUEST OF COMET REWARDED Hil! Military Professor, Camp ing on Council Crest, at Last Gets Glimpse. STORM RAGING IN TAIL Changing; Degrees of lirlghtness of Xncleus Are Plainly Visible. People Will Find Specta cle Not Awe-Insplrng. HALLEV'S COMET RISES AT 2:38 A. M. SI XDAV. May 7. HalK?y's comet rises Sun day at 2.3S A. M. : Monday at 2:S5 A. M. Moon rlsrs. 4:45. Comet's sped Sunday, about 1705 zntlea a minute. Comet at greatest elonga tion 'west, or greatest angular dis tance west of the sun. Halley's comet is groingr to be a great disappointment to those who are look ing for ar awe-inspiring celestial dis play, says Professor J. V. Daniels, of the Hill Military Academy, who suc ceeded In fretting his first view of the wanderer yesterday morning. He says that he was a little disappointed him self in the aspect of the comet, and that it will never reach the vividness which people generally are loo.ving for. Not only will it lose the reflected rays of the sun as it travels away from that body, but its tail will spread out to such wide proportions that its in' herent luminosity will be greatly scattered. Professor Daniels camped on Coun cil Crest Thursday night and began looking for the comet at 2:52 A. M., at which time it was due- to appear over the horizon. Clouds and fog in tervened, however, until 3:15, when it appeared 30 minutes ahead of the planet Venus. In brilliancy, it was inferior to the plant, not even the head showing as bright as that planet. The comet, now sweeping between the earth and the sun, 19 constantly coming more Into the vicinity of the latter body as seen from this planet. and It will be more and more difficult to discover until the time of its tran pit, after which it will become visible in the evening and can be seen any time after sunset. A violent Btorm within the gases of the comet's tail seemed to be going on mt the time or froiessor Daniels os servation, as the nucleus constantly changed Its degree of brightness, which was visible to the unaided eye. This action Is ascribed by him to the heat of the sun, wnicn is assumed to have caused a flow of superheated gas Jrom the nucleus, which is nearest the sun, to the tall, the latter in turn sending colder gases to replace those ejected from the head. S. B. Perree, an engineer on the Southern Pacific, also believes that he saw the comet yesterday morning while running his train between Junc tion City and Albany. He says that It was the size of a large star, with a tail that appeared to be 150 feet long. MEASURE TAKEN IX ALBANY Observers Figure Nucleus Eight Inches Across; Tail 4 0 Feet Long. ALBANY, Or., May 6. (Special.) Miss Leila Mitchell, Miss Clara Perry and Mr. and Mrs. Beebe saw the comet this morning for an hour. It Is the first time a good view has been se cured from this city without a telescope. It was a little south of east and the Halley's Comet, as Seen by Pro fessor J. W. Daniels Krtdav Morning From Council Crest. head was about 15 degrees above the horizon. They could not place It with reference to Venus, for clouds hid the planet. The tall of the comet showed plainly In fact, the watchers found the comet by seeing the tail before the nucleus. The tail seemed to encircle the nucleus, which was not quite at the head of the comet. The comet was pointed toward the horizon, with the tail running upward in a slanting di rection. Miss Mitchell said that the nucleus appeared to be about the size of a third magnitude star, and was not nearly so bright as many other stars which were visible. From the view point of the watchers the nucleus ap peared to be about 8 Inches across, while the tail appeared to be about 40 feet long, and 2 feet wide at the point where it faded into Indistinct ness. Occasionally the nucleus ap peared to flash brighter than usual, and at the same time there would be a slight reddish glow in the tail. acute angle with the horizon. It will undoubtedly brighten rapidly from day to day during the next two weeks, when it may become the magnificent object that the astronomers have been anticipating. There is no doubt that the comet's appearance thus far has been a disappointment to them. For some unexplained reason it has not yet shown the brilliancy that was looked for, and even at this time, nearly three weeks after It has passed its perihelion, where its intrinsic brightness should be the greatest, they are apparently not certain that It will ultimately pre sent the magnificent appearance which its previous history has led them to expect. The comet's apparent motion is still away from the sun, though very slowly, but in a day or two it will begin to approach the sun, which it will pass on the 18th Inst. This transit across the sun's face has been widely advertised and much discussed because, in connec tion with It, the earth will pass through the comet's tall. Fear of any direful consequences resulting from this occurrence will be seen to be en tirely groundless when we consider the fact that the density of the earth's at mosphere is many hundreds of times greater than that of the comet's tail. Instead of the tail penetrating the at mosphere, the fact Is that it will be broken In two by the impact. The earth with Its atmosphere will simply penetrate the tall and cut off a portion of it, which will be left loose in space on that side of the earth away from the comet. This interesting phenome non will occur, probably, after the sun has set here, so that whatever there may be to be seen about the sun, in connection with the transit, will not be visible to us. The people living on the islands in the Pacific and the coast of Asia will be more favorably situ ated to observe whatever is to be seen. But during the night of the 18th it is possible that the portion of the tall which is detached by the earth in cut ting through It may appear as a phos phorescence, with possibly showers of meteors, showing first in the Eastern sky in the early evening, and later on during the night extending through the skv towards the West. The comet will continue to appear In the Eastern sky In the morning until after the transit on the 18th, after which date it will be seen in the West ern skv in the evening. On the morn ing of the 18tk It will be seen in the east with the tall extending toward the west. In the evening of the 19th, 36 hours later. It will be In the West, with the tall extending toward the east. During this; interval the tall, whatever there may be of It, will have almost eomnletelv reversed its direction. If it shall be 30 or 40 degrees In length, as we are. led to expect It may be, judging from its appearance on the previous visits of the comet, then we may see the outer extremities of the tail sween slowly across the Northern slty, as it changes Its direction from westward to eastward. W. N. FERRIN. COMET NOWr PLAIN TO EYE Meeting of Tall With Earth May Bring Meteor Showers. FOREST GROVE. Or, May 6. (Spe cial.) (To the Editor): Halley's comet is now visible to the eye and can be seen any morning when the sky is clear Just above the eastern horizon from 3 o'clock for nearly an hour, till it fades away in the dawn. The tall this morn ing seemed to be about five degrees in length, sloping towards the soutii at an Comet Plain at Moro. MOKO, Or., May 6. (Special.) Mayor O- J. Goffin and Mr. and Mrs. John Strahl, of Moro, report having plainly seen Halley's comet with un aided eyea from their residences this morning. The tail of the comet seemed to sweep the sky parallel to the hori inn and a perpendicular line drawn from the Eenith to Venus would have intercepted the tall, forming a right angle. Prompt relief in all cases of throat and lung trouble if you use Chamber lain's Cough Remedy. Pleasant to take, soothing and healing in effect. Sold by all dealers. FUEL TRUST FEELS STAGGERING BLOW School Board Revolts When Imposition Is Tried and Buys From Outside. TAXPAYERS WILL SAVE Contract Given for $4.1 5 Per Cord. When Trust Asks $6 to $7 Bids Opened for Woodstock and Lents Schoolhouses. Striking a hard blow at the Port land fuel "trust," the Board of Educa tion of School District No. 1 yester day afternoon ordered 2500 cords of fir wood from various places in the heart of the forests surrounding the city. Chairman Fleischner, . from the chair, explained that the "board re fuses to be held up any longer." He said: "We won't be robbed by the trust." Bids received from "trust" firms in Portland for the same grade of wood which the board has purchased for $4.15 delivered in the city, ranged from $6 to $7 per cord and were re Jected. This represents a large sav ing to the taxpayers. Imposition Long Endured. For years the Portland fuel dealers have had an annual chance to pluck the taxpayers, as the Board of Educa tion has heretofore submitted to the outrageous charges made by "trust dealers, but this time the prices were so high that It was decided not to stand for them. Fir wood will be de livered into the city for $4.15, as against the price of from $6 to $7 quoted by the trust" firms. The public schools of this district consume vast amounts of wood, and It is probable that Ip future all of It will be purchased direct from the forests, unless better rates are quoted here. When bids for the new additions to Woodstock and Lents schools were opened It developed that tie bids were submitted by W. B. Steele, Jr.. and J. H. Sprague. Steele's bids were $24,384 for the Lents building and $23,450 for the Woodstock building; Sprague's bids were $23,450 for the Woodstock building and $23,650 for the Lents building. There were a good many other bids, but these were the lowest and from them the building commit' tee will select the contractor. One Bids on Concrete Building. The board had asked for bids on concrete. fire-proof buildings, but Contractor Litcherly was the sole one to bid on this class of work. His bid was on the Woodstock building. It was for $41,000, $17,000 above the low bid for the same building constructed of wood. A committee of three principals. Messrs. Curtis, of the Sunnyslde School; Ball, of the Arleta School, and Read, of Woodlawn School, called to ask the board for permission to drill school children for the Rose Festival East Side parade at 3 o'clock. Instead of 8:30. Permission was refused. Chairman Fleischner reported that the building committee, after consid ering a report by George Otten, land scape artist, had decided to ask him for plans and specifications for im proving certain school grounds. The board has a fund of $20,000 for this purpose, and will try to beautify some of the sites this Summer. School children will again this year contribute flowers for Decoration Day, to assist the G. A. R. in appropriately decorating the graves of veterans. The board gladly gave its consent. CEMENT PIPE FAVORED CITIZENS WANT OPEN BIDDING ON SEWER WORK. . Trust's Hold Will Be Broken, Pre dicts Mayor ast Council Com mittee Adjourns. "I think we shall break up the terra, cotta sewer pipe trust," declared Mayor Simon yesterday, after the sewer com mittee of the City Council had held a meeting to listen to taxpayers of the Rlvers-ide district. Around tnis particular territory the battle for "open" specifications is being waged, as Councilman Ellis chose this, his own ward, in which to introduce an ordinance to allow the use of glazed cement a product 25 per cent cheaper than terra cotta. The sewer committee heard some of the taxpayers of the district, all of whom favor the competitive bids be cause the City Engineer has declared cement to be Just as good as the terra cotta. Adjournment was taken until 10 o'clock this morning, when the ses sion will be resumed. This is proving to be one of the greatest battles between competitors known in Portland for years. Owing to the fact that the city specifications at present permit only terra cotta, all other kinds of pipe are barred, giv ing the terra cotta "trust" the field to its exclusive use. Councilman Dris coll has an ordinance before the com mittee, prohibiting other than terra cotta. Both measures are being con sidered. j BIG REDUCTION In Eastern Rates. On Monday, May 9. we will sell round trip tickets to all points East at greatly reduced rates. Call or write C. & N. W. By., 103 Third street, Portland, Oregon. B. V. HOLDER, General Agent. LAST MAN IS COUNTED WORKER'S BOAST HE EVADED CENSUS ILL-TIMED. Friends Send Hurry Call for One-of Beach's Name-Gatherers. Work Nearly-Over. The last Fortlander to be enumerated by the officers of the Census Bureau, was an officer of the United States Govern ment, a weigher of mails on the trains running out of the Union Depot. The man arrived off his run last night and boasted of his ability to evade thus far being counted. His remarks attracted the attention of a fellow-worker, and the lat ter celled Supervisor Beach, over the phone. Mr. (Beach sent an inspector to take the name. With the completion of the enumera tion of the Indians of Oregon, the gather ing of the "population of the Second Con gressional District was practically closed last night. From now until May 31, Su pervisor Beach will only collect and tabu late &uch data as may be necessary to ' the final report. Captain Applegate, In charge of the Indian work, succeeded in pacifying all the unruly members of the Umatillas, the -Klamaths and the Siletz bands and after the bucks- understood that they were not to be taxed as a result of allowing them selves to be counted, they scoured the hills for their scattered squaws and children, end proudly paraded them past the agencies so that they might be "branded," as the Indians termed the count. The splendid work of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets Is dally coming to light. No such grand remedy for liver and bowel troubles was ever known before. Thousands bless them for curing constipation, sick headache, biliousness. Jaundice and Indigestion. : Sold by all dealers. Children Crowd School Train. Four hundred and seventy-two chil dren piled on to one special school train from Castle Rock to Woodland, yester day afternoon. The occasion was a school picnic and oratorical contest. No special arrangement was made for such a large number of travelers, but they were all satisfactorily stowed away. m i-r m m m an m w rrirm, r V fm Strong Took for Hard WJorEs Hard work doesn't hart good tools and tools to be good must do hard work. It's poor economy to buy tools that go to pieces at the first tough job. Lasting tools are the cheapest in the end. Keen Kutter Pruning Shears, for instance, will cut the toughest twigs and branches without effecting edges, joints or adjustments, and will give good service for years. Tools and Cutlery are always ready for work, seldom need sharpening, and with proper use never need readjustment. They are fully guaranteed and if not satisfactory the price will be returned. We sell them. TODAY'S SPECIALS Standard Steel Squares, 16-inch . 50c Yankee Screw Drivers . . . . $1.00 Hall's Utica End-Cutting Pliers ..... 50c OREGON HARDWARE CO. 107 Sixth Street, between Stark and Washington