THE MORXnS'G OREGONTA?. TUESDAY, XOTE3IBER 8, 191Q.
Maeiifactariiig .Co.
The Cote Piaeo
of Fall River, Mass.
Have Got to Sacrifice About 90 Very Fine New Upright Pianos Here This Week
V
Through an error in billing, we shipped five carloads of
pianos to a large firm in Portland, which were intended for
New York and Boston houses, and while they are different
brands from those ordered by the Portland house, they are
finer and more expensive styles. Apparently taking advant
age of our predicament, the Portland concern declines to take
the pianos, except at a discount so far below the wholesale
billing price that it would be laughable were it not soridiculous.
We acknowledge the error, are willing to concede a lot,
but we decline to be squeezed.
Therefore, we have rented for a few days the large
double store on the northwest corner of Park and Morrison
streets, and have placed this entire shipment in there, ready
for sale this morning at 8 o'clock, and we are simply going
to paralyze retail prices in this city for the next two days,
and to sell the entire shipment within 48 hours.
We are going to sell these pianos at retail on terms of $25
down, and $10 a month, and for less money than we billed
them wholesale to this Portland concern at our factory at
Fall River, Mass., and will even discount THAT 5 percent
for spot cash. We mean business, and intend to give them
a little competition they haven't been looking for.
We intend to offer our finest piano a piano that retails
East at $550 for $285, on terms of $25 down and $10 a
month, or 5 per cent less ($270.75) spot cash.
And our $525 style for $265 time, or $251.75 cash. Our
$450 style for $2 15 on time, or 5 per cent less ($204.25) all cash.
And we'll offer the finest $400 piano turned out by any
factory for $195 on terms of $25 and $i0, or $185.25 spot
cash; and so on down to our $300 piano for $160 on time,
or $152 cash.
We mean strictly business, and have no time or inclina
tion to mince matters. Gome up against a "square deal"
once. Store open from 8:30 in the morning till 10:30 at night.
COTE PIANO MFG. CO.
A. A. FISHER Manager,
361 Morrison Street.
FAME MOT
FOLLOW MEETING
Dairymen Are Said to Want
Higher Price and Threaten
Portland.
SECRET CONCLAVE CALLED
Pralrri to Pemand More Monty for
Commodity or Jtnd Fluid to
fhren Factories Where In
rprrllan Is Nil.
r.RESHAM. Or.. Nov. 7. (Special.)
Within 4S hour. Portland will know
whether It will be obliged to pay mora
for milk or be In the throes of a milk
famine.
It became known here today that se
cret word had hern sent to aldalry-n-.en
of Multnomah County to convene
next Wednesday afternoon In Portland
to decide whether to charge more for
their rommodlty or drop retailers al
together and Instead send all milk to
cheese factories, where Inspection of
ir.llk Is not demanded by law.
Private circular lottera received yes
terday by local dairymen Intimate that
the milkmen have decided to take a de
termined aland and compel a rise In
prie or subject consumers to the ex
perience of having little milk or no
milk at all. This step. It seems, was
prompted by the success of several
dairies In .ending; mtlk to cheese fac
tories where the milk Inspection law
does not apply. It is known In one
Instance that milk sent to a cheese
factory would not have stood the pre
scribed test If sent to Portland for sale.
John P. Hoffman, Fred Relchen and
S. tf. iSraham. well-known milk-dealers
here. Issued tbe call for the secret meet
Ins; of the dairymen In Portland next
Wednesday. The circular letter which
urges ail dairymen to attend the as
sembly also cautions them that the
convention Is to be held In secret and
that It Is Imperative for the success
of their plsns that outsiders be kept In
Ignorance of the movement.
Iealers are now paying fiO cents for
three gallons of milk. This, say the
producers. Is not enough compared
with tit cost of production and the
price charged by the dealers to their
patrons. Middlemen are in hope that
the dairymen decide on a higher price
for mlik Instead of the cheese-factory
plan, as they would reap benefit under
a new scale of prices, while ruin for
them would be the outcome If the
dairies decide to pot cities under their
ban and select cheese factories Instead.
Leading; dairymen, when questioned
about Wednesday's meeting, were un
communicative, save to say that the
convention is called merely to discuss
disposal, price and quality of milk sup
plied in Portland. The object of the
assembly, they say. Is- to assure pro
ducers a mlik price that Is sufficiently
remunerative to them and at the same
time one that will permit dealers to
supply Portland with a healthy fluid.
BANDON WANTS LINE HERE
City Asks Portland to Establish
Ship Service to Get It Trade.
Ran don wanta steamship connection
with Portland. In a letter to C- C.
Chapman, manager of the Commercial
Club promotion committee, the Bandon
Oomm.rri.l Club sucgosts that action on
the part of Portland Is essential If she
desires to maintain any trade with the
Cons Bay country.
A letter was received yesterday from
E. E. Oft k es, president of the Fandon
Commercial Club. In which he calls at
tention to the lack of transportation be
tween the two points.
-Bandon and the Coqullle Valley want
and have got to have passenger and
freight boats between here and Port
land." saya the letter. "Are the busi
ness men of Portland going to help us to
get It If we are willing to make a prop
osition of buying from Portland Jobbers?
The steamer 'Elisabeth brought up from
Ban Francisco 250 tons of freight on her
last trip. How much of the freight
would have come from Portland If there
had been a boat on the run? At least
BO per cent of It- The bulk of It was
feed stuff. The Flfield. Elizabeth and
Bandon are making regular trips south
besides the various sailing vessels and
they are all bringing more or less freight
on the return trip. There are at least
two cargoes of salmon awaiting ship
ment to the north- There are tons and
tons of coal that can be had at the mine
for from 3 to $3.50 on the river that
would sell from 10 to 31! on the market
In Portland. You want our coal. We
want your foodstuffs. Come after our
coal and we will go after your food
stuff." The letter has been referred to the
Chamber of Commerce for action.
TRIP EXPENSE ALLOWED
CITT ATTORNEY WILI. ARGCE
BE1X1RE SUPREME COURT.
Street Railway Company Flies Re
vived Schednle of Tickets for
School Children.
The Judiciary committee of the City
Council yesterday acted favorably on a
request from City Attorney Grant that
he be allowed 3400 expense money for a
trip to Washington In an effort to have
the case of the city against the South
ern Paclflo Company. Involving the right
of the company to operate engines on
Fourth street, put forward on the calen
dar of the Supreme Court of the United
States. Mr. Grant told the committee
that he thought he would be able to pre
sent an argument sufficiently strong to
gain the desired result.
The city has been successful In the
lower court with the stipulation that the
decision does not become effective until
It has been affirmed by the Supreme
Court of the United States. By reading
the newspapers Mr. Grant has come to
the conclusion that the case would not
come up for a couple of years If allowed
to take Its natural course, as the court
Is "snowed under" with work. The rail
way company, he said at the committee
meeting, has refused to give him assist
ance In seeking to have the case put for
ward on the list.
Councilman Cellars st the meeting of
the committee submitted a revised
schedule recently Issued by the Portland
Railway. Light & Power Company on the
matter of school children's tickets. Tbe
circular divides the young persona eligi
ble to purchase 33 tickets for 31 Into
two classes and advances the age limit
from 16 to 10. Those between tbe ages
of 14 and 10 must hav certificates from
their school principals. For the chil
dren under 14 this will not be necessary.
Hereafter the company proposes to make
ont the certificates and present them to
the principals for signature, thua reliev
ing the heads of the schools of a great
deal of onerous work.
WANT HIGHER TAXES?
Annexation of MS square miles from
Clackamas Counry will mora than
double the road mileage which Port
land will be taxed to improve and
maintain. Vote it down.
(Paid adv.)"
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tableta do not sicken or gripe, and
may be tak.n with perfect eafety by
the most de'icate woman or the young
est child. The old and feeble will also
find them a most suitable remedy for
aiding and strengthening their m-eak-ened
digestion and for regulating the
bowels. For sale by all dealers.
VICTIM NOT HIGH
Man Strangely Killed at Salem
Leaves Only $800.
SUICIDE THEORY STRONGER
Son of Realty Dealer Made Adminis
trator and Three Appraisers Are
Named Secret Trip to
Jefferson Futile.
SALEM. Or, Nor. 7. (Special.)
That J. E. Roberts, ' the aged realty
dealer who was killed here a week ago,
was not the rich man he represented
himself to be was shown today, papers
filed in the Probate Court listing his
wealth at only 1800.
Some contend that the alight estate
left by -the old man strengthens the
theory that he committed suicide.
Now If It can be established that his
outlay the day of death amounted to
3200 It Is hinted that city and pounty
Investigators will follow suicide clews
before resuming work on murder
traces.
F. B. Roberts, eldest son of the mur
dered man. was appointed administra
tor and J. D. Barber, C M. Roberta and
A. A. Underhlll were named appraisers.
The appraisers will begin at once to
check Roberts' finances to ascertain
the amount of monoy the aged man
carried at the time of death.
Three capsules of strychnine having
been found near the death scene by
Reform School boys. It is thought
probable that the poison was placed to
kill the penitentiary bloodhounds If
they were placed on the tralL This
would indicate that the criminals. If
murder was committed, are novices,
red pepper being the only known set
back to hounds once they are put on
the scent of fugitives.
However, the strychnine may prove
to be a clew. The three capsules con
tained enough poison to kill a hundred
or more persons, and It Is not believed
any druggist In Salem would sell such
a quantity of the poison without mak
ing a record of the transaction. Then,
the Investigators argue, the poison may
hare been loot. All local druggists will
be questioned to ascertain If strych
nine was stolen from them recently or
If they discharged employes a week
or more ago. Steps will also be taken
to ascertain If Roberts bought strych
nine or If he was accustomed to carry
the poison.
This deduction makes six clews
which, as far as known, have not been
traced with any degree of success.
Sheriff Mlnto and Frank and Clar
ence Roberts visited Jefferson today
and Interviewed Cashier Robinson of
the Jefferson Bank, relative to details
In connection with Roberts' transac
tions with that bank. Inquiries of
those .who rlsited Jefferson elicit no
other response than that nothing new
was discovered.
There seems to be some Indication
that a new clew has been added to the
list of suggestions, but an air of deep
est secrecy Is being maintained. One
of the sons of Roberts says he will
make no assertions which would tend
In any way to Interfere with the in
vestigation. There Is reason to believe that the
move today has some Important bear
ing on the case, bnt what it is. Is like
a sealed book, as far as the Sheriff
and the Roberta boys are concerned.
The police say they have no new In
formation and apparently are more
than ever at sea as to the identity of
the murderers.
Gleason Funeral Held.
FOREST GROVE. Or., Nov. T.
Fpecial. The funeral of the late Leo
nard Gleason, who died In Seattle re
cently, was held here Saturday.
He was the son of John E. Gleason, a
former resident, who removed to Gol
dendale. Wash. He Is survived by his
father and two sisters, Mrs. Harvey H.
Hartley and Mrs. N. R. Norris, both of
Goldendale, Wash.
DUCK HUNTERS ARRESTED
Washington Nlmrod Canght Shoot
ing In State of Oregon.
Chief Deputy Game Warden Green re
turned from his Sunday excursion to the
duck preserves along the Columbia and
"Willamette livers yesterday, and as a
result of his visit he reports two arrests
and convictions for violations of the
game laws.
C. Huekamp. a duck hunter, who re
sides in tbe State of Washington, was
caught Sunday morning shooting ducks
In Oregon, and was unable to produce an
Oregon license. Chief Deputy Green and
Deputy Nooning made the arrest, and
Huskamp was convicted and fined 326
and costs at St. Helens yesterday.
Deputy Wardens Thompson and Hunt
ington arrested Frank Kelt for shoot
ing ducks from a rowboat and he was
tried before Justice of the Peace Bell
yesterday and fined 325. Game Warden
Stevenson and his assistants have been
conducting a vigorous and effective cam.
Hay be permanent overcome
bv proper personal efforts
wrrrt the assistance of the one
TRULY BENEFICIAL LAXATIVE-SYRUP
OF RGS AND ELIXIR o'SENNA.
WHICH ENABLES ONE TO FORM REGULAR
HASfTS DAILY, SO THAT ASSISTANCE TO
NATURE HAY BE GRADUALLY DISPENSED
WITH WHEN HO LONGER HEEDED. AS THE
BEST Or REMEDIES. WHEN REQUIRED.
ARE TO ASSIST KATURE AND EOT TO SUP
PLANT THE NATURAL FUNCTIONS. WHICH
MUST DEPEND CLTIMATEIY CPOM PROPER
KOURISKMENT. PROPER EFFORTS AND
RIGHT LIVING 6ENERALLY.
TO 6ET ITS BENEFICIAL EFFECTS. ALWAYS BUY THE
6EMUINE.SYRW-FI6S AND ELIXIR v SENNA
HMurocruRco ev the
California Fig Syrup (p.
FUR SALE BY ALL LEADING DRUGGISTS
one- i---"- - ti c
STEINWAY
Pianola Piano
at
Kohler & Chase
Washington and West Part
Concert today at 2 o'clock.
C Baking Powder 1
CoawpUesi wsftk all F
&. rswFood
Lsws
paign against tame law violations this
season and have accomplished splendid
results.
PENALTY WILL BE HEAVY
Jndge Tazwell to Hit Overdrawers
of Checking Accounts.
Men who carelessly draw checks
against exhausted bank accounts and are
haled Into court In the future cannot es
cane all nenaltv by making good the
emount of the shortage, announced Judge i
Tazwell yesterday In dismissing the case
against Robert Wllber, arrested for
drawing a worthless check for $68 .and
cashing It with Simon. & Bro. Wilbur
was exonerated, but costs of $5 were as
sessed against him.
Almost every day there is a case
brought before the court wherein some
business man of more or less standing
Is charged with issuing worthless
checks. In a great majority of the
cases, when they come to trial, the
showing is made that the overdraft was
an innocent mistake, and that it has
been righted. The complaining witness,
having his money. Invariably consents to
a dismissal.
Judge Tazwell takes the view that the
courts are not for the purpose of
straightening out the tangles of bad
business methods and that the accused
should be penalized as a lesson to be
more careful in the future. According
ly, when these cases are brought into
court hereafter, if no penalty is Imposed
upon a finding of guilty, costs will be
assessed m amounts commensurate with
the quantity of work involved.
A TROUBLE MAKER.
Clackamas annexation will confuse
real estate titles, breed litigation and
create turmoil In taxation. Vote It
down! (Paid adv.)"
BRILLIANT CUT GLASS-A SALE THAT WILL
ESTABLISH A NEW LOW PRICE RECORD
ORIGINAL CUT DATE DRUGGISTS
Tttv and WASHINGTON STS. PORTJANI, ORE-
This is an introductory sale at introductory prices. It announces a new department with us. Cut glass, from
now on, will be conspicuous in our advertising. We will, at all times, follow our usual custom of naming:
low prices on this line, believing that cut glass does not have to be priced high to sell quickly, gee our line.
PRETTY BERRY
BOWLS -
We have Just received a large
shipment of these bowls. There
are several different beautiful
patterns. All are deeply cut. and
are equally as ornamental and
rich looking as though you had
paid double the price we ask.
we have priced them very low.
These bowls are 8 Inches in
diameter and are wonderful val
ues. Owl Cat Price, J 2 89
Nifty
Almond
Dishes
For individual service. Each is
carefully cut and add attractively to
the table setting of white linen and
silverware. These dishes are of a
pretty design, heavy and deeply cut.
You may purchase them singly or
In half-dozen lots. In less quantity
the single price prevails. Owl Cut
price, Each, 65el in 0 ty(
half-dozens. JJ
CUT GLASS WATER
TUMBLERS
These are large glasses, cut in
the buzz-saw and several other
patterns. Each one la a beauty.
Seldom, if ever, has a first-class
cut-glass water tumbler been of
fered at the prices which we
have made upon this line. We
have a very large stock, with
new arrivals almost every day.
We hope to sell them as fast as
they get here. Note the prices:
Owl Cut Price, Each j Cf
436i in half-dozens. . WaS.OVF
TALL CUT WATER
PITCHERS
There are Larse Pitchers, run
ning more to the tall than squat
ty designs. They have a large
capacity and match the cutting
In the tumblers. We can offer
this pitcher in a dainty design,
deeply cut and heavy, substantial
effect. Impossible to tell this
flass from the very high-priced
lnd. See the shapes and pat
terns, you'll like them. 7C
Owl Cut Price, Each.. J
Sugar and Cream
Sets
Offered in a variety of attractive
patterns. The shapes are right np
to style and they are very large
size. The cutting in the sets is
very brilliant and they flash and
glisten with wonderful effect. Call
and look these sets over. Take
your choice of any that you like.
They are all priced at the same
figure.
OWL CUT PRICE, SET, $2.89
CUT WATER PITCHERS '
LATE PATTERN
This Is a Large, Oieefslly.
Shaped Pitcher that will please
you. It has a rich, massive ap
pearance, and is suitable for any
table or buffet. Comes In the
buzzsaw and star patterns, and
is, without doubt, one of the most
attractive pieces of cut glass of
the new style. With tumblers to
match, this makes an Ideal
gift. Owl Cut Price,
COMBINATION OF PITCHER AND TUMBLERS
The patterns In the two pitchers are exactly matched In our stock of tumblers. To enable you to complete
the set at a saving in cost, we offer the combinations, as follows: .v as Kn
The $3.76 pitcher, with a half dozen tumblers to match, priced above at 3.76 and .2.50 ' towther for 5.50
The 4.25 pitcher, with half dozen tumblers to match, priced above at $4.2o and S2.50, together or.....,t.Ot
WHE.N DOWJf TOWN. DO HOT MISS OCR SHOWING OP CVT GLASS WARE.