TitK MOllXTSG OREGOXIAN". WEDNESDAY, 3IAY 31, 1911. r Biggest Plume Sale Ever Held in the City of Portland No Such Values in Willow Plumes Ever Offered Before of FTi w Milan We are closing out our entire line of Black Willow Plumes and White Willows at prices which will astonish you. There have been sales on Willows in Portland before, but none to equal this. Each and every plume guaranteed hand-tied, and made only of the richest black and white male stock procurable. All plumes displayed in windows. IpCpSgi y.'j v. -A- See Windows for Displays No. 22, Black and White, 22 inches long, 20 inches wide. Special Clearing Price $9.49 No. 25, White and Black, 24 inches long, 22 inches wide. Sale Price No. 28, Black and White, the Largest Plume in the Lot Size, 23 inches long, 26 inches wide. Special Price No. 99, All Colors, Two Plumes to the Bunch. See them in the Windows. Price this Sale. No. 26, Black and White, 26 inches long, 24 inches wide. Spe cial Price this Sale Come Early and Get the Best Selection apes AT $3.50 and $4.00 Milans in this selection. Colors Black, White, Burnt. Included in this assortment are Fancy Hair Braid Hats, Beautiful Quality Milans, and a fine assortment of White Hemp Hats. Don't miss this opportunity. Sailors Sailors Sailors HE Won M TT TT TT TT sLls J wmfl J Lil1 JUL MORRISON AND FIRST STREETS Largest Exclusive. Millinery House on the Coast LOWER LIGHTING RATE IS DECLARED Reduced Maximum Charge to Be Followed by Other Revisions, Perhaps. RESULT DEPENDS ON TAX Urnrrm! Mnnagrr Declare? Corapanj Frr f era to Glv IVcneflt to Con lumfr, Rather Than Aasume Vnvt srrsntrd llurdon. Aunnnmrnt wai mad julfrdxr of a, reduction by the Portland Rail- ' way. Light A Power Company of the rata for residence) lighting throughout lha city. Thla action, ta la declared, haa beeo under contemplation by tha company fr a lone tlma and cam aa a reault of eetlmatea and data com piled hy tha engineers. Tha propoaed reduction appllea to tha maximum rata and tha reduction of other rates, aura aa for power and lighting not cata logued aa maximum, on nxed charges and operating expensea. plua a reaaon abla return on tba Investment. It la de rlared by officers of tha company. Should aa additional expenaa ba neces sary. aoch aa propoaed by the I per cent lltroaa tax. It la doubtful whether fur- I titer reduction la poaalbla for tha prea- ieot. Iher aaeert. -We altall pat Into effect In Portland oa or about Juna le a reduction of tha maximum rata for resldenca lighting. said F. W. Hild. general manager of tba company. "Thla reduction cata tha prica from II to 1 centa per kllo- wat hour. Tb ta action haa been contemplated for aoma tlma and la Una with our pol- K-y ta ma be such reductlona aa th rttou for tha Investment will war rant. Wa UTt other reductlona u dee ront.mplatloa. providing so addi tional burdens ara placed upon tba company. Tba company prefers ta alee tba consumer tha benefit of re- ' auction rather than pay additional taxation, particularly wbea aucb tax , alio la anfair and Inequitable Wi , are now parlrvs ta tha Belabborbood of : S I see a day taxes. Ta add to thla tha a per coat gross rent and power tax. wMrk la proposed In aa ordinance t whh-h th people will Tote upon next Monday, will make It Impoealbie to viva th aoaaumar further reductlona for tba present. Our engineers hare beea werkixc a a new schedule for the reduction of th power ratea furntahed t maautacrurora and other users of power. Wit tha completion of the jitacada plant w were la bop of a tela consumers a lower rata, but It le going t complicate th situation. , mncit aa I recret It. If th bur. ten la j added ta that which, wa ara already carry In." Woakl-B fruk-ide Hocard. ftiructliag against the effort of bla Ire uera. Albert Wasaer. ST. was dragged from th rrver at the Oak street dock yesterday afternoon, after ha had plunged In with deliberate In tent to drowa blmaelf. Hand on tb teamer Eva aaw tha attempt and threw Wagner a rop but ba Ignored It. Then Enxlneer GlUlland. of tha harbor patrol, auccaeded In catching his cloth Ins; with a boalhook and dragged him forth. Ha waa locked up at th City Jail oa a chars of belnc drunk. MOP SOON READY DEVELOPMENT IS TOPIC Commercial Club to Aid Eastern Orejon Settlement. A. trio of Eastern Oregon counties. L Sherman. Moro and Gilliam, will re- day at tha Commercial Club. Tha pos slbllltles of that section and means by which the Portland onranlxatlon can best aid In Ita development will ba dlacaaaed. J. N. Teal, who haa lately made a trip throuch tha three counties, will peak on his Impressions of that region and Ita future. It la expected ha will touch upon tha need of diversified farming, rather than exclusive wheat arowlna;. J. J. SayTe. (laid secretary of tba Commercial Club, haa Just visited th three counties and has made exten Ive re-porta of oondltlona found there. Thla Information will be used by tba club In any work that will be under taken for tha benefit of that section of tha state. It Is probable that a tri-county de velopment league will be formed aa tha result of today'a meeting. A trl-coun ty fair haa beea suggested to aid In tha exploitation of that region. Man ager Chapman of tha Commercial Club la desirous -of aiding In the upbuilding of thla row of counties, which he points out. are ' aa much Portland's direct territory aa Eastern Multnomah. WOMAN STABS OFFICER Charred With Picking rocket, Alice Bennett Resists Arrest. A severe kntf wound waa suffered b Special Officer Merrick when he at t-tiipted to arrvat Allca Bennett at Twenty-first and Pettygrove streets. early yesterday morning, tfter aha bad picked his pocket of tie. Merrick waa accosted by the woman with a request for a centa and while they wer dis cussing tba auhject aha edged closer to him and began aearchlng bis pock ets- Merrick allowed her to proceed until sha bad gained tha purse, and then ba tried to place her under ar- reet. The woman drew a pocket knifa and Inflicted a painful stab before she was overpowered. At the City Jail It waa found that sba had lottery tlcketa In br poaeeaeloa and she was held oa three chargea. CHAUFFEUR IS EXONERATED Vktor YVoodfleld Not Blamed for Heath of James Robinson. A Coroners Jury which Monday held aa Inquest over the body of Jamaa Hoblnson at tha undertaking parlors of Punning dt Mcntee, re turned a verdict declaring that th running down of Robtneoa at tha cor ner of Second and Jefferson streeta on May 4 by Victor H. vVoodfleld. who vss driving the - automobile of Dr. r'lyd Irvine, waa unavoidable. The verdict completely exonerates the chauffeur. Hoblnson died at ft. Vincent's Hospital Sunday morning as th result of th Injuries be received la tha accident. Oregon Electric Plans Opening of New Route. COMPLETE CIRCLE WAITS Cars to Operate Over Tenth and Salmon Streets for Present, as Vehicle Traffics on Front Street Is Obstacle. Oregon Electrlc cars will operate soon over tha "down town" loop which now la being completed and which will re lleve passengers of tha neceaslty of go ing to tba Jefferson-street depot to be gin their Journeys. Workmen have completed the cross ing over the Southern Pacific tracks at Fourth and Salmon streets. The cross ing at Tenth and Washington streets will ba In good condition soon and will permit tha operation of the big subur ban cars over it- Officials of the Ore gon Electric hope to have tha big cars run over Tenth and Salmon streets In tlma for tha Rosa Festival next week A complete loop will not be described by the Oregon Electric cars for some tlma. They will run over Salmon and Tenth streets In entering the city and will return over tha saroa tracks on leaving. Tha complete loop via Flan ders and Front streets may be provided later, but on account of tha heavy vehi cl traffic on Front street it la not likely that such an arrangement will be found possible under present condi tion a At present there Is no Intention on the part of the Oregon Electric to com plete Ita looping scheme, aa the service over Salmon and Tenth streets will be regarded aa adequate. Passengers from up tha Wlllamett Valley will be carried to polnta convenient to the shopping centers, and aa the new ser vice becomes mora thoroughly estab lished It la believed that It will aid la building up tba rapidly growing busi ness districts along its route. This loop Is only for th convenience of passenger service. Tha Oregon Elec tric freight cars ara already handled at the North Bank depot and carried be tween that point and tha main Una over tha Front-street belt Una. Line Advertises Oregon Petes. Oregon's leading events of the 111 seaaon ara heralded prominently In the new O.-W. R. A N. folder that has just come from the press. The first of these la tha Portland Rose Festival. to which la devoted a half page. The Astoria Centennial celebration is given similar spec. Th folder contains all tha recent changes la time tables and Includes tha schedule of trains operated oa tha new Deschutes Una. vr Train on O.-W. R X. A new night train operating between North Yakima and Spokane over the O.-W. R. Jt X. line will give Portland people doing business In Eastern Wash ington greatly Improved service. A train will leave Spokane each evening. arriving at North Tsklma tha following morning and similar service will be operated la l!)e opposite direction with connection of through cars for both tralna from Walla Walla. Portland passengers will be bandied from Walla Walla. John M. Scott, assistant gen eral passenger agent of the O.-W. R. 4 , N. lines, haa worked out a schedule and expects to have the service open before the and of the present week. place on Tuesday, May 9, since that tlma they have been touring the coun try. Brief stops were made at Wash ington, New York, Boston, Chicago and other Eastern cities. They are travel ing this week over the Canadian Pa cific toward the Northwest. They will leave Portland over the Southern Pa cific at 7 P. M. Monday. 44 ESSAYS IN CONTEST Auditorium Committee to Announce Winners of Prises Today. The committee In charge of the prlxa essay contest of tba auditorium cam paign will announce today the winners of the 125 given for the best produc tions on the subject, . "Why Portland Needs an Auditorium." Forty - four have entered the contest. All those qualified must be In the eighth grade or lower. Some of the essays contain well worded arguments in favor of the measure. It waa decided at the meet ing held Monday to run a tally-ho coach with a flfe-and-drum band to at tract attention. There will be a dis tribution of arguments for the proposed bond issue printed on cards and at night there will be speeches in favor of the cause by W. C Bristol and others. One more civic association was added yesterday to the list of clubs and im provements associations which have Indorsed the measure, now numbering 12. It waa the Socialist party. A let ter was received by Chairman Merrick to the effect that the party members bad Indorsed the project and would vote to a man "for the measure. This support was unexpected. CONDUCTORS ARE COMING Returning Excursionists to See Rose i . Festival Opening. A special train bearing members of the Order of Railway Conductors and their families from the annual conven tion of their organisation at Jackson ville, Fla.. to their homes at San Fran cisco will arrive In Portland next Sun day night and will take part in the Rose Festival celebration the follow ing day. Members of the order In Portland will provide them with enter tainment. The party has been on the road nearly a month. They left San Fran cisco In their special train on May 1 and - visited several polnta of interest and importance between there and Jacksonville. The convention took Proper Food Will Alone Correct Many His. Try Grape-Nuts 10 days and watch results. "There's a Reason" ROUND-TRIP PASSAGE ' Via the Passenger t YACHT RAY0CEAN FROM PORTLAND TO OREGON'S NEW SUMMER RESORT BAYOCEAN ANY TIME YOU CHOOSE DURING THE SUMMER We will give one round-trip passage on our $50,000 passenger yacht Bayocean for the best photograph, showing the actual christening of the yacht Bayocean, SaturdayMay 27, with the understanding that we are to have free use of the negative upon demand. All entries must be in this office by 5 P. M., Saturday, June 3, 1911. This company will be sole judge of the contest. otter Realty Co. 720 CORBETT BUILDING, PORTLAND, OREGON B. P