MORXTXG OREGOXIAN. TITUESDAT, DECEMBER 21. 1911.
Never before, and
never again, will you
A'STOUMDIMG
We are proud of this
sale. It is the crown
ing triumph of our
career as progressive
jewelers.
have the opportunity
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Never Duplicated Here or Elsewhere, in-
to buy high-grade
jewelry at 30c on the $1
JEWELRY, WATCHES, CLOCKS, DIAMONDS, ETC.
$53,000 Manufacturers' Jewelry Samples, of Providence, R. I., Purchased
by Us at a Few Cents on the Dollar, and Sold by Us at
Here Are the Bargains
Buy Now or Never
Here Are the Bargains
Buy Now or Never
BARGAMS
Watches
$1.00 "Watches cut to 38
$5 Workinpman' Watch, QQ
jewels, nickel mm, eut to. . .. sO7
O is ladies' Elgin or Walt ham, Hampden
or Boss, Dueber or Crown C I Q
eases, rat to OOsTrO
Warranted 20 years.
20 15-jewel Elgin or Wal- (t J QQ
thani, 20-vear cases, cut to.. ej cOi
$20 Eljrin or Waltham, boys' T QQ
size, ent to eetO
516."0 ladies' guaranteed 20-rear Elpin or
Waltham Watches, with 20- (T Q Q Q
year eases, eat to POV O
$220 gents' 17-jewel Elgin or Waltham,
with twenty-year ease, eut Q Q Q
to OzJ.Ou
$"0.00. ladies' 14-earat solid gold eases. Fit
Elgin or Waltham more- QQ
ments, eat to ij) A X JJ
135.00 high-jrrade 21-jewel Elgin, Waltham,
Hampden or Hamilton C 1 fl Q Q
movements ; eat to J) X T" 5 O
Guaranteed to paas railroad inspection.
New is the time to buy your Christmas
presents. A written fuaxante foes with
porch as e. W are here to stay.
No cheap watches handled at this store; so
don't let the low prices keep yon sway.
Mesh Handbags
$4.00. German silver, kid-lined, cut to
$ 8.00 Handbags cut to 53.75
$10.00 Handbags eat to 85.48
$15.00 Handbags eut to $7.89
CASH DID
THE WORK
Oc ON H 3DOLLA
DON'T FAIL TO GLANCE OVER THIS LIST
Here Are the Bargains
Buy Now or Never
Genuine Diamonds
$ 15.00 Diamond Rings eat to. . . $7.98
$ 25.00 Diamond Rings cot to. 4. $12.79
$ 40.00 Diamond Rings cat to. . . $21.69
$ 60.00 Diamond Rings eat to. . . $32.50
$ 75.00 Diamond Rings cat to. . . $45.29
$100.00 Diamond Rings eat to. . . $64.50
$150.00 Diamond Rings cat to. . . $89.00
$200.00 Diamond Rings eat to... $124.75
$150.00 Diamond Rings eat to... $169.50
$300.00 Diamond Kings cat to. . .SZllS.OO
$500.00 Diamond Rings eut to... 325.00
$1000.00 Diamond Rings cat to. .$746.00
Clocks
All Clocks Guaranteed.
$1.00 Alarm Clocks ent to 38
$5 8-Day Mantel Clocks, Cathedral gong,
strikes the half-hoar and hour. AQQ
beauty in design, eat to J Q C
$12.00 Mantel Clocks cut to $3.98
$15.00 Mantel Clocks cut to S5.78
$18.00 Mantel flocks cut to.. $7.85
$22.60 Mantel Cloeks cut to $9.85
A written guarantee goes with each clock.
W are here to stay.
OCO " onr ctalo"Qe Prices.. Bend
ad J JO for same. The most complete
Jewelry catalogue Issued in Portland.
VIEW OF
HOLSMAN'S
OPENING
DAY
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I'rom The Oregon tn. Vuesday,
Dec II.
ALMOST A PANIC.
Cmrl Difficult Llaadle at Hoi.
maa's Great Jewelry Sale.
Hundreds of men and women
blocked the sidewalk and over
flowed to the car track ail day
Saturday, waiting for an oppor
tunity to (tt into the Jewelry store
of I. Holaman Co, 315 Washing
ton street, near Btxth. The great
sale of the $61,000 stock of manu
facturers' Jewelry samples, of
Providence. 1. I., was the magnet
that drew the throng. Hundreds
left without gaining admittance,
but came back again Monday, and
were waited on promptly as possi
ble. The sale will continue until
Christmas, and Mr. Holsman
assures the public that such bar
gains have never been offered in
Portland, the selling price being
about 30 cents on the dollar, actual
selling value.
Here Are the Bargains
Buy Now or Never
Opera Glasses
$4.00 Opera Glasses cut to $1.69
$6.00 Opera Glasses cut to $2.98
$8.50 genuine Pearl Glasses cut to $4.85
$7.50 Field Glasses cut to ..$3.98
$10.00'Field Glasses cut to $5.49
$15.00 Field Glasses cut to $7.98
$20.00 Field Glasses cut to $11.85
Toilet Sets
Guaranteed kind.
$3.50 Silver Toilet Set cut to 98
Three piecea brush, comb and mirror.
$ 7.50 Silver Toilet Set cut to $3.98
$10.00 Silver Toilet Set cut to $5.98
$12.00 Silver Toilet Set cut to.. $7.89
Cut Glass
Special sale on all high-grade Cut Glass and
Rogers Silverware. Lark of space prevents
our listing same here. See bargain counter
and windows.
Umbrellas at 30c on Dollar
See our large stock of umbrellas, just re
ceived ; all fancy handles for engraving and
mounted in pearl, silver and gold, at thirty
cents on the dollar.
Jewelry
$1.00 solid gold Baby Rings cut to. . 38
$3.00 solid Gold Rings cut to $1.29
S'5.00 solid Gold Rings cut to $2.48
$7.50 solid Gold Rings cut to. . . .. .$3.69
$4.00 20-year Lockets cut to $1.78
$5.00 Bracelets cut to $2.78
$4.00 gold-filled Chains, single or double,
cut to $1.98
$3.50 Ladies' Ribbon Fobs, cut to.. $1.48
$2.50 Child's Bracelet, cut to 98
$6.00 La Yalliere or Neck Chains. .$1.78
$10.00 Bracelets, cut to $4.89
$1.00 Scarf Pins, cut to 29
$2.00 Scarf Pins, cut to 79
$3.00 Scarf Pins, cut to $1.25
$1.00 Cuff Buttons, cut to 29
$2.00 Cuff Buttons, cut to 58
$3.00 Cuff Buttons, cut to..: ..$1.29
$7.50 solid Gold Buttons, cut to $2.48
$10.00 diamond-set Cuff Buttons, solid gold,
cut to $3.48
See these.
$1 Brooches and Belt Pins, cut to. . 29
$2 Brooches and Belt Pins, cut to. . 58
$3.50 Belt Pins, cut to... $1.29
$1.00 Baby Lockets, eut to. 48
$7.00 Belt Pins, cut to $2.89
Thousands of other bargains too numerous
to mention in this space. See our windows.
Silverware
50c Sterling Silver Thimbles cut to.. 8J
$1.50 Rogers Teaspoons, set of 6 69fc
50c Butter Knives, cut to 29
75c Rogers Sugar Shell, cut to 29
1000 bargains in Silverware, too numerous
to mention, at thirty cents on the dollar.
1000 Odd Pieces of
Jewelry, just the thing
for Christmas gifts;
usually sold at from
50c to $1.50; 0(V
cut to - - - - ajyC
See Our Windows for the Best
Jewelry Bargains
on the Pacific Coast
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CHRISTMAS JEWELRY . HERE
COAST IS RAPPED
Tariff Especially for Pacific
Slope Wrong, Says Report.
INTERIOR POINTS UPHELD
Jntantate Ooramrrc Commission
Asserts System Intended to De
velop Onlj Ports la Trans
portation Yate.
WASHINGTON. Ir. to. Tli Inter
state Commerce fomm lesion declares la'
Us innsxl report, made public todar.
fiat "It Is a waste of transportation and
therefore an economic wrona to main
tain a system of tariffs wr.lch Is ex
press;? Intended to develop the Paclfle
l'ot cities and to arrest the derelop
ment of the Interior." This le In con
r.ectlon with Its discussion of the trans
continental rate cases. In wl.lch It takes
sharp !sue with the Commerce Court.
In discussing the effect of water com
petition upon ratea. the Commission
says It 'cannot tx a rale from New
Tork to ?mn Francisco below which the
rail line shall not to, for It has no au
thority to Da a minimum rate. There
Is. therefore, no way in which It can
prevent discrimination by the fixing- of
an absolute rate at San Francisco and
another absolute rate at Reno. It can
only accomplish this purpose by pre
ecrlblnc tue difference which mar
properly exist osier to the effect of
this competition and a How In a" the car
rier to make whatever rata It sees fit
to the more distant point, so Ions; as It
cbeerrea this differential.
Rum Ratea Wanted.
The report Indicates the desire of
shippers from points In the Interior of
the country to obtain the same rates to
the Pacific CoaM that are accorded by
tho railroads to their competitors on
the Atlaatto seaboard. The ratea are
riia.de the same by tho transcontinental
lines on tbs (round of market compe
tition. While tho Commission re comixes the
full effect of water competition upon
the rail ratea. It says: "We hare tho
frank admission of tho railroad man
asers that they have subsidised or
bous;ht some of the steamship Unas and
terrorised others until they can make
the boast that the effect of the sea has
been neutralised.
"Tho Commerce Court Intimates that
the mistake of the Commission la In
h&vlns; attempted to flx a relation of
rates Instead of establishing reasonable
rates: but. as ws have already pointed
out. there Is no way In whlcb tho dis
crimination found to exlet In theae tar
iffs can be prevented except by flxlna
a differential, since we have no power
to establish an absolute rata or flx a
minimum eharae below which the car
rier Is not free to "0.
Hlaher Rate Net JmstiAed.
"We feel stronrly that water compe
tition, even when tho widest reasonable
latitude Is riven to tho effect of mar
ket competition, cannot by any possi
bility Justify a cls;her rata from Omaha
to Reno than from Omaha to San Fran
cisco: from Ft. Paul to Spokane than
from 8t. Paul to Seattle.
"I'pon the other hand. It ahould bo
noted that tho opening; of the Panama,
Canal may eo add to the Intensity of
this water competition as to call for
some modification of tho oonclusloa new
reached.-
Many InvesMratlons were made that
disclosed practices not of sufficient
gravity to warrant prosecution, but of
sued doubtful propriety that the Com
mission ordered their discontinuance.
In this connection the Commission says
slrnincantly:
"It becomesMnereaslns-ly evident that
entire freedom from discrimination
can be secured only by a complete sepa
ration of the business of transporta
tion from every. form of commercial or
Industrial enterprises."
In conclusion ttie Commission recom
mends that the law be amended so as to
require telephone, telegraph and cable
companies to publish, file and post their
Interstate tariffs: to make tho Eiklna
act applicable to such companies: that
transportation companies be required to
adopt a. system of uniform classifica
tion of freight; to provide additional
safeguards In railroad transportation
for employes and the public: to relievo
tho Commission or tne jurisdiction or
the street railways of the District of
Columbia: to provide for the regulation
and control of capitalisation and suit
able provisions for the valuation of
railway property: and that a suitable
building- bo provided for tbo use of tho
Commission.
GASH NOT ALLURING
South African Millionaire's
Wife Gets Divorce.
SEAMSTRESS NOT HOPEFUL
Wotruut Asserts Cecil Rhodes' Guide
Who Deserted Her and Babes la
San Francisco, Will Never
Pay Her $100,000.
SAN FRANCIaCO. Dec 20. (Spe
cial.) Tho sum of 1100.000 and
Interlocutory decree of divorce from
John M. Mergenthal. the dlscoveror
of Rhodeela. South Africa. Cecil Rhodes'
right-hand man. and one of tho richest
and most powerful men In that British
poesesslon. awarded to Minnie Merg-en-
thal. found sowing- for tl a day In a,
dismal two-room basement flat here
this morning, failed to Impress the
woman
When tho word of Judgment In the
Superior Court was Imparted to Mrs.
Mergenthal. aho smiled faintly.
"I will never get a cent of his
money." she said. "He Is in Rhodesia,
whore ho Is so powerful that ha can
and has defied tho courts and the au
thoring. "But on tho other hand, ho cannot
get our two children. Ills agents
tried to kidnap thorn since ho loft us
hers penniless four years ago, and law
yers told mo that not until I secured a
divorce could I be sure of retaining
possession of them. It was because
of this that I began suit. Tho money
I can never get."
Mrs. Mergeothal says her husband
dissipated a great part of his fortune
In riotous living because of bis keen
disappointment that Cecil Rhodes,
whom he had grulded Into the new ter
ritory after taking possession of It. for
tho British crown, failed to remember
him in his wilL
Mrs. Mergenthal does not think there ,
la any hope of getting any of her hus
band's money while ha remains in
South Africa, but aha la content, she
says, to continue In her present humble
way If she is assured that she will not
lose her children.
$3 Per Month Kent.
A piano. Checkering. Kimball, Kohler,
Fisher and many other makes. Kohler
Chase. 87S Washington street. "
'pIIERE Is a peculiar
dignity in the gift
of a book for the holi
days, which is in no
way. affected b y Its
price. Can you say the
same of. anything elsef
Why Not
Books for
Christmas?
ill's
. The Place for
Gift Books
Tho J. K. GUI Co., Third aad AMer:
"Colonial Pumps With Big
Buckles Are the Latest"
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An Ideal
Christmas Present
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Ladies' Black Satin Colonial Pump, With Buckle
THE
KNIGHT SLIPPER
$ 6
Made by Wi chert & Gardiner
This being our last announcement before Christmas, we wish all the
COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON
KNIGHT'S TsTh
lull & Gibbs' Building