THE ''MOUSING OBEGOKIAX, TTJESDAT. OCTOBER 17. 1911.
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Cut Prices on
Underwear
Flannel Shirts
Sweaters
Sweatercoats
Cashmere Sox
Knit Yarn Sox
Colored Blankets
White Blankets
Indian Robes
Carded Wool
Represents Great Big Sale With Very Little Prices
In the Spring of the year a man's thoughts may run to poetry and the beauties of nature, but just
now the average man is thinking of warm underwear to keep his body warm, and a few good pairs
of sox to keep his feet dry. These are practical things and in thinking of them let the mind dwell
for a moment on the store where these things are carried in large quantities and are now being sold
at a great saving in prices.
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Blanket Seconds
There's nothing wrong with Blan
ket "seconds" as far as durability
goes. During tha season's "run"
at the T"ttl, every pair that is not
entirely perfect is laid aside as a
"second." The reason may be only
a slight defect in color, or perhaps
the border woven in wrong or a few
stitches dropped in the weaving.
A great saving oportunity during
this sale, for all of these Blankets
go at HALF PRICE.
Blankets Washed
Customers of this store who have purchased Browns
ville Blankets may bring' them in up until October
15th, at which time we will send them all together to
the mill to be WASHED. We only do this once each
year for the accommodation of our customers. The mill
makes a charge of 50 cents per pair, which about covers
the actual cost. Remember, this is the only time during
the year that our mill will bother with the washing1 of
Blankets.
Buy White Wool
Blankets at Once
These Blankets are made of the very finest grade of Oregon
lambs-wool, are pure white, with neat blue, pink or lemon
colored borders. There are absolutely none better to.be had.
Note the startling reductions:
S 3.50 White Wool Blankets $2.65
5.50 White Wool Blanket $4.00
$ 6.50 White Wool Blanket $5.00
S 8.00 White Wool Blanket $6.50
810.00 White Wool Blanket . .$7.50
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Underwear Worth
Up to $2 for 95c
Big reduction possible by the
fact that the mills have ceased
trm-tang a number of lines that we
cannot fill in on ; a speedy sale of
these lines now desired. Help'
yourself. While they last, at, per
garment 95
Savings on Men's
Sox
20c Wool Sox 12 126
25c Cashmere Sox 20c
25c Yarn Sox 206
35c Cashmere Sox 256
35c Yarn Sox 256
50o Cashmere Sox 356
50o Yarn Sox 406
75c Yarn Sox . . . 506
Brownsville
Woolen Mill Store
Two Stores
Third and Morrison Third and Stark
Carded Wool for Comforts
Special Price 85c Pound
Our Colored Wool
Blankets Are Cut
Included in this lot are dark mottled grays, light silver grays,
sanitary browns and dark golden browns, all on sale at the
following price cuts:
$ 3.50 Colored Wool Blankets $2.65
$ 4.00 Colored Wool Blankets $3.00
$ 4.60 Colored Wool Blankets $3.60
$ 6.50 Colored Wool Blankets $4-50
$ 6.60 Colored Wool Blankets J.uu
$ 8.00 Colored Wool Blankets $3.00
$10.00 Colored Wool Blankets $8.00
All Wool Sweater
Coats Are Reduced
Nothing is quite so comfortable during the cold weather
as a "Brownsville" Wool Sweater Coat. Prices run down
hill for this sale as below:
$1.50 Wool Sweater Coats S1.25
$1.75 Wool Sweater Coats Sl-50
$2.50 Wool Sweater Coats S2.00
$3.00 Wool Sweater Coats S2.50
$4.00 Wool Sweater Coats $3.00
People who know the joy of sleep
ing on a thin mattress made of fine
carded wool or the comforts filled
with soft fleecy wool, will hurry to
this sale to secure a few rolls at this
special price. The mill has recently
sent us a large quantity of this wool
nicely carded and put up in three
pound rolls, just the right size for
a bed.
Men's Wool Under-
wear Is Now Less
Every garment on our shelves is of sterling quality, for which
the "Old Brownsville" is so deservedly famous. Prices are
clipped like this:
Men's $1.00 Wool Underwear now ? .75
Men's $1.25 Wool Underwear now...... ..-$ .&5
Men's $1.60 Wool Underwear now $1.25 s -
Men's $1.75 Wool Underwear now $1.35
Men's $2.00 Wool Underwear now $1.50
Men's $2.50 Wool Underwear now. .......... $1.75
Men's $3.00 Wool Underwear now $2.00
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CHANCE SEEN FOR
WEST UMATILLA
Readjustment of $20,000,000
Allotment Gives Hope of
Project's Completion.
LAND OWNERS BIG FACTORS
Tlsrjr Cm Do Mm-h to Bring About
rropwd KxlcnMon Fqnltr
l"rcr Flntfhlnj of Irrlja
tlon Work at Once.
R V HARRT J. BROWN.
OREGONIA.V NEWS BfRKAl, Wash
lnrton. Oct. 1. There soon will be a
readjustment of rrealdrnt Taffa orlit
Inal allotment of the 120.000.009 fund
provided oy Consrress for hastenlns;
completion of Government Irrigation
project. Investta-atlona made in tha
field by the Secretary of tha Interior
and by the director and chief engineer
of the Reclamation fcervlc enow thla
to be Decenary. n the Interest of ood
administration.
Will any portion of thla $;0.000.000
be a'.'.otfd to the weat aide extension
of the I'matllla project In Oregon ?
The answer la briefly this: Much de.
pends upon the attitude of private
owners of land on the I'matllla proje.-t
the old project as well u the pro
posed extension. They can do much to
brins: about the adoption of the west
side project, or they can render It Im
possible for the Government to en
ter upon this I. 000.000 enterprise. And
the attitude of these land-owners will
more than likely prove the determining;
factor, so far as the West Vmatilla
project ! concerned.
Oresss I)iadalMe4 Asjalaat.
From the stentfVolnt of equity, tha
West I'matllla project should be con
s' ructed at once. The President has
admitted that and so has Secretary
Fisher and the official of the Re
clamation Service. Oregon haa been
badly discriminated against In the dis
tribution of funds available for irri
gation construction work. But equity
Is not the only ground on which money
Is allotted. If It were, the West I'ma
tllla project would have been adopted
lonar ago.
Another Important factor la engineer
ing faslblHty. On thla count also Ore
gon Is favored, for enginers who have
surveved the West I'matllla project,
wno have measured the available water
,upp!v. who have roughly outlined the
storage and distributing system, and
who have made estimates of cost, have
all agreed that the project Is feaa
Ible. Even the board of Army En
gineers, which recommended the orig
inal al'otment of the S30.000.000 fund.
agreed that the project waa feasible
from an engineering; standpoint, though
they did not recommend any allotment
for Its construction, -because they re
garded it as separate and distinct from
the original project on the east side of
the river. So the element of engineer
ing feasibility Is favorable.
But a third consideration, and a vary
Important consideration from the view
point of the Secretary of the Interior,
on whose recommendations the read
justment will be based. Is feasibility
from a business standpoint.
"rrvea la Qoeatloaw
That Is to say. will the project. If
built, prove a financial success? Will
all the Irrigable lands pass Into the
hands of actual settlers who will build
homes T Will lands now In private
ownership be sold In small tracta to
prospective settlers within a reason
able time after water is available? In
brief, will the project be thoroughly
aettled. and will the settlers promptly
comply with the law In the matter of
making paymenta to the Government,
reimbursing it for all the money spent
In construction?
These are the perplexing question
that confront Secretary Fisher, and.
while the Secretary has given no Inti
mation whatever of Ma purposes. It is
considered a safe statement that If
these various questions all of them
can be answered favorably, some way
will be found to divert sufficient
money from the IIu.OOO.OOO fund to
get the West I'matllla project under
way. If satisfactory answer cannot
be made, there Is little hope for the
adoption of the project at this time,
or for some year to come.
aadawaers Fsetsrs.
Let It be repeated that the fate of
the West I'matllla project rests very
largely In the hands of private land
owners They can render the project
Immediately feasible, from the busi
ness standpoint, and thus virtually In
sure Its adoption, or they can maintain
a selfish attitude and destroy all
chance of Its adoption. This Is true of
land owners on tha original project, as
well as those on the west side.
The West I'matllla project will re
claim betwefn 40.000 and 0.OO0 acres
of land, at an estimated cost of 10 per
acre. Of this tolsl. only 17.000 acres
are public land, the remainder being
held hv the Northern Pacific, by other
land-grant companies. desert land
entrymen. or others who have acquired J
It In various ways by ptin-nase.
Roughly, about 33.0OO acre of the
proposed project are In-private owner
ship, assuming the aggregate area will
be 60.000 acres. What are the owners
of that land willing- to do? How far
will they go to meet the Government,
and how much will they do to make the
project a success? To what extent will
they pledge themselves and their lands?
Attltade Set Favorable.
If the land owner on the west lde
have any thought of handling- their
land as the private lands under the
original project have been handled,
there is no chance whatever that Sec
retary Fisher will recommend the
adoption of tha west side project.
The attitude of the land ownera on
the old project has not been such as to
win favor. And the reason Is not bard
to find. During; the past season water
has been available for over 15.000
acres; not over 4000 acres have been
actually Irrigated and cultivated, al
though water right applications have
been made for 13.200 acres. The reason
Is that land owners are holding- their
land at a price which does not com
mand ready sale, and the bulk of the
land which might be Irrigated lies
Idle, because of the high prices that
prevail.
That the land would all have been
taken by homesteaders had It been
available for entry Is shown by the
fact that every acre of Government
land on the project has been home
steaded, and the demand far exceeded
the supply. Moreover, it Is found that
the most prosperous and thrifty farms
on the Vmatilla project are the little
farms of homesteaders, who acquired
their land direct from the Government,
or by assignment from original set
tlers. '
TRUST ASKS FOB TIME
AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY
PROMISES TO OBEY IAW.
Reorganization Plan Is Submittal
With Pie for Protection FYom
Any Interference.
NEW YORK. Oct. 1. The American
Tobacco Company's plan of reorganiza
tion waa filed today In the United
States Circuit Court. In addition to
outlining the previously published plan
of disintegration, the corporation and
Its subsidiaries pray for an extension
until March 1, 1911. for perfecting the
reorganisation, for modification of the
plan or other relief, "should unforeseen
difficulties arise In the execution of
said plan," and petitions for an order
enjoining all persona from Interfering
In any way with the carrying out of
the plan.
The American Tobacco Company and
all other defendant to the suit Join
In tte petition with the exception of
the Imperial Tobacco Company of Great
Britain and Ireland, limited, the T'nited
Cigar Store Company, and R. P. Rich
ardson. Jr.. a Co.
CANADA DELEGATION BUSY
Alberta Makes Strong- Bid for 1912
Dry I'srm Congress.
COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo, Oct. 1.
Lethbrldge, Alberta. Canada, la mak
ing a determined effort to get the
112 aesston of the International Dry
Farming Congress. Today 200 boost
ers from that district arrived and at
once launched a vigorous campaign.
The Canadians have the largest ex
hibit at the congress.
A message of greeting from Presi
dent Taft was read at the afternoon
session. In responding to the address
of welcome. President W. H. Olln. of
Boise. Idaho. Agricultural College, dis
cussed scientific agriculture.
10 STATES GREET
California and Oregon Road
Men Meet in Siskiyous.
NORTHERN ROUTE VIEWED
Highway Across Mountain Through
Rogue River Valley to Bo Begun
Soon by Jackson County.
Enthusiasts Are Happy.
ASHLAND, Or. Oct- IS. (Special.)
Oregonlans and Californians to the
number of E0 extended greetings across
the state boundary line at the historic
old Cole's Station, In the heart of the
Siskiyous. this afternoon, the oo
caalon being an official visit
of tha members of the Cali
fornia State Highway Commission on
an automobile tour of Inspection view
ing the route of the proposed Califor
nia north and south highway to- be
built under authority of a recent act
providing for the expenditure of $18.
000.000 for the establishment of a sys
tem of Improved highways for Cali
fornia. On Invitation of Siskiyou County
good roads advocates a party of rep
resentative cltisens of Ashland and
Medford. Including the Mayors of each
city and members of the County Court,
left Ashland at noon today In
six automobiles and crossed the Sis
kiyous to the state line In an hour and
a half time, where they met a like
party of Siskiyou County citizens and
the members of the California State
Commission.
A banquet was spread under the tree
in the lawn at Cole' Hotel and abort
speeches were made by cltisens from
both states, the tenor of each being
to attract the Interest of the commis
sion to the old pioneer Siskiyou high
way, which haa linked the two states
since the days when Pathfinder
Fremont crossed It In his travels up
and down the Coast In 1843.
The Jackson County officials prom
ised the Californians to begin the build
ing of a permanent nignway acrosa i"
Siskiyous from the California line
through Rogue River Valley to the
county boundary on me norm ni
than June of next year. This announce-
- mmIvaiI with cheers by the
ITICIIl . - .j
The visit of the California Commis
sion to view the route is believed to
be a long step toward the location of
the proposed north to south highway
., w . k - .t.ta via the Siskiyous.
and to Join with the main thoroughfare
DEATH OUTRACES PARDON
Auburn Prisoner Freed Out of Pity
for Bon 'Who Dies.
UTICA. N. Y, Oct. 16. Though Gov
ernor Dlr wrote and signed Ms pardon
while riding westward on a New York
Central Limited train. Bernard L.
Wrench, ent to Auburn prison for
using some of the 'money of his home
town of Whlteatown. reacnea nomo w
lata to see hia son alive.
The cries of the lad last week
caused friends to Intercede with Gover
nor Dlx. and he drew up a pardon
after hearing the story. Wrench was
released from Auburn as soon aa the
necessary formalities could be complied
with, and was hurried home in an auto
mobile, but the boy died a few moments
before his arrival.
21,000,000
Cigars Saved
The Result of Our Buying
Before th Failure of This'
Year Cubsn Tobacco Crop
9o You who moke Van Dyck
"Quality " cigar need'ot srorry.
For -bcttdesthe new material tor
$1,000,000$'" Van Dyck'a." oar
Cuban warehouses bulge with to
bacco for assay millions mora.
Kings command no finer than
Van. Uyci "Quality" Ogars. And
they're sokl at -a sane American
price because we tare 100 per
cent, ciirer-dilty by Importing the
leaf and roakjojt' our cigar here
employing expert Cuban work
men for the task
Nor wflf th Increased-6Kt of nana,
fsnture doe te today's -cnndltlnn
.lessen on decree the famous Vsa Oyck
. standard of workmanship. Neither will
It add a sincte penny tn the ya Dyck
price. S Its plain to see that you're only
cbsntiac yoarself if jroa smoke ether thaa
Vian Dyck
"Quality" Cigars
fa 27 0 Tiwsat Ska 6a far Every Tasta
3-for25o. to 25c Each
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