I THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1911. A 19 MILWAUKEE HELD MILL PURCHASER Inman-Poulsen Site Thought to Be Taken for Railroad Seeking Terminals. . RUMORS SEEM AUTHENTIC Portland Railway, Light A Tower Company Said to Be Haying for Railway Company Itoute to j City Is Thought Secured. Sato of th Inraan-PouUm mill !! on th. east river front la about to be made to th. Cblcaa-o. Mllauk A Puicet Sound Railway, according to th. rumors that have been floating for the past Ave or six months and which were current from a Tarlety of new angina yeerday. la some of the recent reports th Port land Railway. Light power Oompany Is named as the sg-nt or go-between In tha transaction, the latest unauthorised plan being the segregation of the affairs if the Oregon Water i'ower Company so that Its property and ehat of the Inman Poulsen concern could be disposal of to the Milwaukee rood eimultaneously. "I know nothing of either scheme that has been mentioned." said B. St Jotwlyn. president of the Portland Railway. LJght c Power Company, laat night. We have had no negotiations with anyone repre senting the Milwaukee lUllway. that I know of and we don't contemplate tl. segregation of the business of the Oregou Water Power Company. I hare heard of the reported sale of the Inman-Poulsen property, but our com pany does not contemplate the purchase. I believe that those reports are started by ambitious real estate men who want to boom the prices of adjoining; ast 1. property." Mtc I lclroblc. The Inman-Poulsen mill site Is a most desirable one for railroad terminals snd It Is considered a matter of only a few year until one of the Initial lines In this city secure It as a terminal or depot site. It is known that a number of roads (have endeavored to secure control of It within the past si months. In every transaction the desire sf the Milwaukee to enter Portland seemed to be the Im pelling factor. It Is believed that the Milwaukee really is tne only roaa u-.i can use the property to advantage. If any other system tried to get possession of It the action was taken merely- to prevent the Milwaukee from taking a similar step, thus keeping that line out of the city. Affairs have developed so far of late, however, that the transfer of the ground to the Milwaukee is expected at any time. The purchase, it Is announced, will be made simultaneous with the ac quisition of trackage from Portland to Troutdale. Milwaukee) Surveyors at Work. The fact that surveyors, known to be In the employ of the Milwaukee system, have been engaged In work along the banks of the Columbia near the point where tbe rails of the local line will connect with the proposed high level bridge, lends additional reliability to the report that the Puget Bound road la connected with the movements of offi cials of the local electric line. With the acquisition of the Inman Poulsen site and the trackage between Portland and the Columbia the Milwau kee people would have their connection between Portland and the main line of the system that recently entered the Puget Bound country complete. Tbe only additional step would be the extension of the Tacoma A Kaistera Railroad around Mount Ht. Helens to the north bank of the river. Round ing the mountain. It Is asserted, would not be snch a difficult feat as would be the construction of the north ap proach to the Columbia. While some engineer hare declared the building of a road over the ground immediately bark of the river opposite the Colum bia Impracticable on account of the high hills, the Milwaukee is said to have prepared estimates showing that It can be done at no greater cost than attended the construction of much other work of the kind In the North west. Bridge Task Is lingo. The building of the bridge Itself will be a task of some msgnltude. Yet the river Is cot so wide at this point as where the new Columbia River double track bridge was built. It Is the re ported Intention to build but a single track structure. Agents of the Milwaukee system have been in Portland on numerous secret errands In the psst few months. They have concluded to erect their freight and passenger depot on the East Side, they say. The acquisition of the mill property will gtv them ample room for their business. With the completion of the Hawthorne-avenue bridge the car service to that portion of the city and ita availability as a railroad terminal became practicable. Inasmuch as the Tacoma Kastem route has been considered so undesir able It la pointed nut that other ways are left for the Milwaukee to enter Portland by making use of the trackage of the Oregon Water Power Company and the Inman-Poulsen site. In this concoction joint usage agree ments with the Northern Pacific for tbe double track between Vancouver and Puget Sound and crossing the Colum bia River bridge, thence operating into the city over the Kast Bide tracks, has been mentioned. Mrs. M. Baruh has charge will consist of instrumental selections by Miss Kda Trotter, recently returned from Berlin, and vocal numbers by Miss Delta w at son.. A farce entitled "Maid to Order, under the direction of Mrs. Lucy Ed wards Bruce will also be given with the following cast: Miss Belmont, prlnoi pal: Miss Miriam Jacobs. Mlas Poor, Mlsa Atkinson. Miss Henrietta Lauer snd Miss Olva Friendly, teachers: Miss Oglethorpe, president of the gtrlr col lege: Miss Gertrude Ash. Jenny Bangs. Betty Gray. Miss Helen Coblents and Miss Mildred Meyer, pupils. EAST LURES LITTLE GIRLS Sisters, Aged IS and 6, Leave Eata cad a Home; Found Here. Bound for Chicago, "to see Llllle.' two Polish girls, one IS and the other si years old.- were picked up at the Union Station yesterday and are now In the custody of the T. W. C. A. They were found by the matron at the sta OHKGOV IMOXEKR OP 1 DIES AT IIO.MK OF DAIGI1 TtH IX IDRTLA.VD. eMsHsassBBaBBTswawawa I WJ 1 w-lj 'Wr" jc-x - f -. 5 ;. J W. P. II a ram. V. P. Burt?., one of the early pioneers of Oregon, died at the home of his daughter. Mrs. Laura M. Fuller. SOS East Sal mon street, yesterday afternoon at the age of 89. Pneumonia was the cause of desth. He was born in Mslne. Febru ary 11. 1823. In 1852 he crossed the pla'ns to Oregon from Quln cy. Ill- arriving a Oregon City In September o? that year. Other members of the party were his brother. Edward P Burns, and ' his brother-in-law. E. W. Con yers. of Clatskanle. Mr. Burns was for many years engaged In wsKonmaklng st Oregon City. In 1KS3 he was elected Sheriff of CInckamas County. In which ca pacity he served for three terms. For a number of years he and his wife have made their home with their daughter, where the death occurred. Besides his widow. Mr. Burns Is survived by two children. Charles' E. Burns, of Oregon City, and Mrs. Laura M.. Fuller of Portland. Funeral arrange ments have not been made. CAROLINANS WANT APPLES New York Prod art Inferior Orcjjon Fruit Desired. tod tlon. loitering about at midnight, and when questioned, confessed that they had run away from their home near Estacada and were going esst on a visit. They were the daughters of John Povlak. a farmer. Stealing Vway from home in the night, they took il from the family purse, which was all the preparation for their Journey Into the unknown east. This provision was squandered upon dolls; cajidg and moving picture shows. Then they went to the station, where their aimless wanderings Invited the atten tion of the matron. The father was notified, and he arrived yesterday and took the younger girl. The elder one refused to return home, and her father left her with Miss Chandler, who will find a home for her In the city. FALLS CITY HAS BAD FIRE Conflagration of Probable Incen diary Origin Damages. FALLS C1TT. Or., Jan. 3a Special. A fire, believed to be of Incendiary origin, broke out here at 3 o'clock this morn ing and destroyed a rooming-house, a restaurant and a pool hall, on Main street, and for a time menaced a large portion of the city. One man. Ira Mar ling, was Injured by falling walls dur ing the fire, but bis Injuries will not prove fatal. The fire atarted back of the Edgar res taurant and had gained great headway before It was. discovered. Mr. Edgar carried only S3000 Insurance and the property was worth HX The property of Mrs. Jennie Grsnt adjoining the saloon was also destroyed and It is thought there was no insurance on the dwelling or contents. The drug store of M. L. Thompson was badly damaged by the fire, as well as the glass store fronts across the street. To tal damage of fire about SooOO. partially Insured. This is the second hesry fire In Falls City In one year. February 2L 1910. the department store of Walter L. Tooxe was burned, entailing a loss of about 110.000 abore the Insurance. Pasco Women Register. PASCO. Wash.. Jan. 39. (Special.) There Is a heavy registration of women for the coming special election to he held Februsry 37 on the question of the city purchasing water rights for lrrtjf.i tlon of streets through the residence section. . Complaining of the quality of the New Tork apples received in the North Caro lina market and desirous of securing some from the Pacific Northwest, the Durham Commission Company, of Dur ham. N. C. has written to the Portland Chamber of Commerce seeking Informa tion as to reasons why North Carolina ia not considered a market for Oregon apples. The writer says thst the apples re ceived from New York are of a very Inferior quality and the price paid Is 14.j0 to a barrel. Most of the apples are of the Red Baldwin variety. He asserts that the Oregon apple should be Disced in the Carolina market, and the price could not be much out of the way of the New Tork apple. He believes thAf the Caroltnana would readily con sume several thousand carloads a year. If the light sort of Inducements were made. Jewish, Women' Council to Meet. The Portland Council of Jewish Women will hold the rrgular monthly meeting Wednesday afternoon at o'clock at the Concordia Club, corner Sixteenth and Morrison streets. A programme of which subhy. i All other laundry soaps contain from 20 to 40 rosin. Rosin is unkind to clothes. There is no rosin in Sunny Monday Soap that's why it's white. It will wash wool ens and flannels without shrinking, and colored good's without fading. It works ia any kind of water hot, cold, hard or soft and contains a marvelous dirt -8 tarter, which saves fully half the time consumed by rubbing. The use of Sunny Monday means economy. THE N. K. FAIRBANKS COMPANY CHICAGO AH CreditXPurchases Made Today Go on Your February Account, Payable March the Fi Boys, Final Entries in Our Annual Aviation Contest Close Tonight First Prize $50.00 Framed Pictures 1'2 Price RE-Inventory Cleanup of a special lot Sample Framed Pictures some slightly marred from handling including wide range of pop ular subjects. u np:rQ Special at V3 rrlCe P I w . 1 l L i l jl ni I . assess 555Ffein m E 21 r M wM zzstf&x ,iw- .-v " . -ar-,. JB. ...... " ' vi,: All Pyrography l2 Price FIFTH FLOOR, MAIN BUILDING. CHAIRS, Plaques, Ta bourettes, Boxes, Steins everything desir able for burning; also all burnt pieces reduced for the Pre Inventory J Dri Cleanup to 2 rTfCC MAIL ORDERS FILLED it 31 jKi ' 1 yMk&m Qti t iX a 5 eia iuuu onus m w oiiruays The Chief Wired, and We Will if These f Extraordinary Prices Can Bo It) Second Floor, Main Building. , Order by Mail. fVTEARLY three weeks ago our Ready-to-"Wear Store chief left for the East on his Spriud buying trip. A day or so ago he wired to find out how many Women's teuits we nad lert We answered him and the message came back, "Sell 1UUU Suits bet ore inventory, no matte how low you make the prices." And so we've cut nearly every Tailored Suit in stock to ; about half regular price! Styles which differ little if any from the new Suits shown for Spring. Scores of beauti- ful styles and models in every wanted color and fabric. Fine Serges Broadcloths, Cheviots, Tweeds, Homespuns, Barathea Cloths, Men's "WearV "Weaves and among the finer Suits handsome Silk Velvets and Silk Corduroys. Black, bluesl grays, browns, greens, lavender and every other wanted shade. All sizes in each lot from the lc misses' to 42 women's. Just glance at the five phenomenally low prices below come today J All $15 to $25 All $28 to $40 All $35 to $38 All $40 to $50 All $55 to $60 Tailored Tailored Tailored Tailored Tailored Suits Suits Suits Suits Suits at at at at at $ 8.9P $15 $19.45 $23.85 $32.45 Big-Inventory Cleanup of Books FIRST FLOOR. MAIN BULBING. Jl'ST INSIDE ALDER ST. ENTRANCE. FOUR big bargain tables filled with Books of every kind for Pre-In-ventory selling today! Popular fiction, poetry and prose by all the popular Old "World and American Authors. Divided into 4 lots, prices 1, 15, 33 and 50. All odds and ends of calendars are reduced. The De Luxe Book Sale We' are still soiling these dopant de luxe subscription books at about one-third the intended prices. It's the book-lover's chance of a lifetime. If desired. our credit office will arrange easy payments. First Showing of Valentines Our first show ing of new Valentines are now ready on the fifth floor. Hundreds of dainty, new conceits of every imaginable sort, ranging in price from fc to $o. You should not fail to see them. Women's $3 to $4 Shoes at $1.69 THIRD FLOOR, SEW Bl II.DIXti ORDER BY MAIL. IT'S been a long time since we've offered a more extraordinary Shoe value! Around 1200 pairs of Women's $3, $3.50 and $4 Shoes in complete lines, of course but in the lot nearly every wanted 1 style, leather and size. For the big Pre-Inventory Cleanup P Men' to $5.00 Shoes at $2.79 Men's high grade $3.50 to $5.00 Shoes in patent, gunmetal, velour ealf and vici kid leathers. Button and blucher lace styles for dress and street wear. I're-inventory sale $2.79 Women's to $400 Slippers, $2.35 Hurrying out of all broken lines in women's $3.50 and $4 Evening and House Slippers. Patent leather and gunmetal in ankle-strap, three- CO "itZ strap and pump styles; special, pr. ffJ Look Men! $20 to $30 Top Coats Reduced to THIRD FLOOR, NEW Bl ILDING ORDER BY MAIL. TIIESTK of buying a good, stylish Top Coat at half yes, a third regular price! That's what you can do here today. All our Men's 36-inch Top Coats, including fine all-wool Tan Coverts, fancy gray and black unfinished "Worsteds and black Thibets. Every coat is hand-tailored and lined with silk and serge. Just the Coats you'll want for early Spring wear. Positive $20 to $30 Coats for our great Pre-Inventory Sale price SEE OUR GREAT WINDOW DISPLAY ON SIXTH ST $9.98 Jl $5 Suits and Reefers $2.65 THIRD FLOOR, SEW Bl ILDING ORDER BY MAIL, SURELY not a. thrifty parent will miss this phenomenal Pre-Inventory Sale bargain today in Boys' Clothing! Ab solute' best $5 Suits and Reefers 2.65 The Boys' Suits Include all our celebrated Indestructible and Two-Pant Knickerbocker Suits which sold at $5. Strictly wool fabrics in darkv.f 4. and fancv mixtures, irravs. tans, browns. Snappy mannish styles, iiif0 '&xiA all sizes, 7 to 16 years. iDZ.OD 'cm The Boys' Reefers Incomplete lines of Boys' Reefers in ages 2 to 10 years. Reds, blues, fancy mixed materials, nicely made with plain or velvet col- O ? C lars and chevrons on sleeves. Reg. $5 iJmUJ iHf" Attend the Pure Food Fair COME and visit this great, world-wide Exhibit of Pure Poods, whether you were here last week or not! It's a veritable Carnival of good things of every kind. See the novel, gaily decorated booths stop and sip a cup of coffee, taste this and that deliflacy which the white-frocked custodians have prepared for you. Grocery Specials m Connection M. & F. Special Blend Coffee, freshly roasted, the pound, 22 Royal Banquet or Butternut Butter, special at 2 lbs. for 63 Guaranteed Eastern Eggs, on special sale for only, dozen 23 Eastern Sugar-Cured Hams, mild and sweet, special, lb., 16 Royal Banquet Coffee genuine Mocha and Java, lb. can, 47b Holly Milk (it whips), special at can 10c, dozen cans $1.10 Mount Hood Washing' Powder, special low price, 3 boxes 20 Yeloban Milk, special the dozen cans, $1.10; case $4.25 Join the Free Classes in Needlework and Knitting THIRD FLOOR, MAIN BUILDING. WE only ask that you buy the mate rials here to join these free classes in Art Needlework and Knitting. Classes are held daily 2:30 to 5 o'clock. Our stock of all neces sary materials is complete. TO $7.50 FANCY GOODS FOR . $2.93 Pre-Inventory Clean-Up on pretty hand-embroidered Linen Center Pieces and Sofa Pillows. The latter are in oval and oblong shapes many handsome designs. Regular $5.00 tf O AO to $7.50 grades. Special, this sale Omi0 New Royal Society Packages, 25c to $1.50 Bright Red 8-fold Germantown Yarn, skein, 20 50c and 65c Stamped and hemstitched Austrian Linen Scarfs, assorted designs, selling for 39 Women's $1.50 and 2 Real Kid Gloves for 95c FIRST FLOOR, MAIN BUILDING. ORDER BV MAIL. WOMEN'S $1.50 to $2 Real French TC"id Siiprlp. Cane. Mocha and Doeskin Gloves at 95c a splendid ex' ample of what the great Pre-inventory Clean-Up offers. One, two, three clasp style; also Long Gloves in bro- QCp ken line of colors and sizes. Pair CHILDREN'S 35c UNDERWEAR 21c Vests and Pants in comfortably-warm weights. Broken line of sizes in white, cream and gray. Best 35c and 40c grades. Spe cial for the great Pre-Inventory Q" Clean-Up, the garment, at only 1C Infants' 35c Fleece-lined Underw'r 21 Children's 50c Union Suits, Special 35 Children's $2.00 to $2.50 White Dresses for S1.39 SECOND FLOOR, NEW BUILDING. ORDER BY MAIL. PEE-INVEXTORY Clean-Up price on the daintiest of Children's White Dresses little frocks of the finest sheer lawn, nainsook and madras, charmingly trimmed in tiny tucks and dainty lace edges and insertions. Made long-waisted or Mother-Hubbard styles, in sizes from 6 months to 3 years. (t 't on Best $2 to $2.50 grades. Pre-Inven. COLO'S Children's Sleeping Garments, warm, close-knit and comfortable. Fitted with feet, white e only. Ages 1 to 8 years. Reg. 75c grades OC Children's Drawers, made of good quality mus lin, cambric, nainsook, neatly trimmed. A Q Best 60c, 65c and 75c grades. Special rC Women's Petticoats, made of cambric and lawn, with wide flounce, prettily trimmed. All have separate underlays. Sell regularly .Q for $2.50. Special Pre-Inventory at tD X S Clean-Up of Corsets GOOD, staple models and sizes, in cluding many of the best known Corsets. Medium and low bust models, with long hips. Made of good quality ba tiste and coutil, with 'hose: supporters attached: Sizesl 25 to 36 in first lot, 18 j to 50 in the second lot. $3.50 Corsets today $1.29 $5 to $6 Corsets for $2.29 Women's Out'gj Outing Flannel Gownsi nlain white and striij All $1.75 Outing Flannel Gowns only $1 'All $2.00 Outing Flannel Gowns only $1; All $2.50 Outing Flannel Gowns only $J