titi? aionyixG oregoxiax. tuttrsday, jthly 22, 1915.
37 OF 1100 ALIVE
BUT ARE PRISONERS
Crack Canadian Regiment Is
Virtually Wiped Out by
War in Flanders.
CAPTIVITY IS IRKSOME
Harsh Opinion of Germans Revised
but TVencn Soldiers Are Disap
pointment Belgians Finest i
Fighters Of All.
GOETTI.NGEX, Germany, July 3.
(Correspondence of the Associated
Press.) Late In February the Fifth
Koyals. one of the crack Canadian
regiments, 1100 strong, left Montreal,
en route for England and the great
Kurop.ean war. Less than four months
later, after weeks in the trenches at
Ypres. only 37 of those 1100 men were
known to remain alive and they are
prisoners in the great military camp
here.
Overpowered by the gases wafted
toward their positions. deserted by
colored troops supposed to come to
their tupport, all but decimated by the
deadly German fire, the little band of
four non-commissioned officers and 33
privates was easy prey. Before they
regained consciousness they were In
captivity.
The,. 37 at Goettlngen hope that
some of their brave regiment may
have escaped and may still be fighting,
but they do not believe It. They were
on the outskirts of the gas columns
that swept over the trenches and they
escaped with the lives because they
did not have to breathe the noxious
fumes in their full strength.
Opinion of Captors Revised.
The men portray the fight at Ypres
as one of Indescribable horror; they
chafe at confinement and the lack of
assurance that England is winning;
they express in varying degrees sur
prise that the Germans are not the
"barbarians" they had believed them
to be.
Harry Anning. a Montreal boy.
serves as well as any other member
of the little group to describe their
feelings as they now loaf about in cap
tivity. "There isn't any question." he said,
"but that we all have had to revise
our opinion about the Germans, though
not all of us were prepared to believe
all we had heard and read about them.
The worst thing about being in a
prison camp Is the inactivity, and for
thatHhe Germans naturally are not re
sponsible. Food Fair but Monotonous.
"The food is fair, though as a mat
ter of course monotonous. I for one
haven't any complaint, though I man
age to get a good many extra things
from England to piece out with. I
imagine that the man who hasn't any
friends and who doesn't get any extras
does a certain amount of suffering.
"But mail, money and packages
come regularly and reasonably quick
ly. We ail have to admire the
thoroughness of the German system in
vogue here. Those of us who are able
to take matters philosophically appre
ciate that. Though being prisoners of
war is far from being a joke, we are
well treated on the whole."
Another member of the Fifth Royals
gave a brief glimpse into the relations
among the allies. He said:
"Let me tell you that the French as
fighters have proved a big disappoint
ment to us. Whenever the two have
been together French and English
and Canadians It has been the latter
who have had to bear the brunt
of the work.
Belgians .Splendid Flshtera.
"The Belgians, on the other hand,
have proved the finest little fighters in
the world. Jf the French were any
where near as good, with their num
bers, the war would be over."
"What do you people think of the
colored troops?" the Canadian was
asked, as two oddly-clad soldiers,
black as ebony and speaking a horrible
jargon of French, sauntered by the
barracks.
"They're cowards. At Ypres they
sent up a lot of these so-called sol
diers to relieve us and they promptly
turned and ran. We had to shoot a
lot of the beggars ourselves to prevent
demoralization."
Aside from the Fifth Royals, the
Canadian troops now imprisoned at
Goettlngen belong to the Forty-eighth
Highlanders, of Toronto, and the Sec
ond Buffs. There are approximately
125 of the former left out of the origi
nal 1100 and less than that number of
Buffs.
CONDITIONAL PARDON GIVEN
Victim Asks Clemency for Swindler,
AVho Is Released.
SALEM. Or.. July 21. (Special.)
Governor Withycombe today granted
a conditional pardon to Walter
Ahrendt, sentenced to serve from one
to seven years for defrauding Mrs. L.
Bushmann, of Portland. District At
torney Evans and Circuit Judge Davis,
before whom the man was tried, rec
ommended the conditional pardon. In
a letter the judge said in part:
"Because of the fact that his wife
is soon, to become a mother, I desire
to recommend that you extend to him
a conditional pardon."
Mrs. Bushmann also recommended a
pardon for Ahrendt on condition that
he repay her in small monthly install
1 ments.
HARVEST FIRE IS CHECKED
First Blaze ,of Season Reported
Xear Athena; Separator Damaged.
-ATHENA, Or., July 21. (Special.)
The first harvest fire of the sea
son in this section occurred this morn
ing on the Joe Key farm, three miles
northwest of this city, caused by an
explosion in the separator. By quick
work the crew saved the machine and
kept the fire from spreading into the
grain, . but the separator is badly
damaged and will require several days
for repairs. Mr. Key, who is the owner
of the outfit and who was running
the machine at the time, was badly
burned about the face and hands.
There is practically no smut in this
section this year and it is thought per
haps incendiaries are at work again.
Cut in Rates Expected to Aid Mills.
ABERDEEN, Wash., July 21. (Spe
cial.) Shingle-mill men here believe
that the new tariff on shingles to
Iowa points from the Northwest win
be a boon to that industry. When the
new tariff goes into effect on August
15, the rates will fall from 66, 67 and
68 cents to 65 cents to points in that
Htntd th.lu nntinn- . 1 .- - .
7 .... .......... s a. to.j:iB oi irom
to 12 a car. Shingle men say this
j'uj luncsi miiis to compete
with patent roofing men In that territory.
ALLEGED LEADER IN SENSATIONAL AND SPECTACULAR
SERIES OF HOLDUPS IN OREGON AND CALIFORNIA !
. . . NOW HELD IN
V.
II
John Austin Hooper, Photographed
. Photographer as He
ROBBER IS GRADUATE
Captive Scouts Sentiment and
Says He Is Holdup Man.
CAREER IS SPECTACULAR
Long- Train of Daring Robberies Is
Laid at Door of Well-Dressed
Voting Man Who Hints at Bud
ding Romance at The Dalles.
ontinuM From First Page.)
Bank and a general merchandise etore
at Hornbrook, Cal.
He admitted traveling about the
Northwest considerably since leaving
Folsom.
"I left California with several thou
sand dollars," he said. "Since that time
I have traveled ax.ound quite a bit,
working now and then. My trade? I
am a photographer. At least, I know
more about photography than anything
else. I have also written Insurance."
Hooper Unlike Desperado.
With curly brown hair, pleasing gray
eyes, well-molded features and stur
dily knit body of rather over the ordi
nary height. Hooper did not portray a
single characteristic the average per-
on is likely to expect in a bold des
perado. His tace was studious rather
than predatory, and there was an ab-
ence of harsn lines. He Is about 33
years old.
"You would expect that a man who
had done the things that I am accused
of would be a hard character, wouldn't
your' he asked, calling attention to
nimself. I don t look like a. danger
ous man, do I? And I'm really not,
you know. Yet I don't doubt that
many worthy citizens who have heard
of what I am accused would be afraid
to stick their lingers through the bars
for fear I would bite their fingers off."
1 he clothes worn by Hooper were of
late style, perfectly tailored, and his
linen was clean. He appeared to be a
bank clerk, living well up to his salary.
His capture on the streets of The
Dalles was dramatic, he says.
"Dressed only in the lightest man
ner, as befitted the warm day. I was
standing on a street corner," he re
lated, "when suddenly there were five
or six men around me with their rods
pointed at my ribs. I thought the mi
litia had been called out. I had no
weapon."
Hooper did not care to talk about
himself. He was particularly keen to
discuss sociology and kindred sublects
quoting Ingersoll and other authorities.
He said that by nature he was a stu
dent and enjoyed communion- with
books more than anything else. He did
not explain what use he had for two
high-power rifles and automatic pistols
iouno. in nis room at The Dalles.
"He shoots from the hin." is the wnv
the officers sum up Hooper's ability
as a two-gun man. And they knew
wnen tney met Hooper face to face
they would have to be ready to shoot
quickly, more quickly than they ever
shot before in their lives.
Career Brief and Thrilling.
Loot to the extent of 25.000 is be
lieved, to have fallen into Hooper's
hands as a result of his nine months'
career. Brief though this career has
been, it has contained come of the most
daring holdups and robberies in the
history of the West.
Last October Hooper was paroled
from Kolsom penitentiary. California.
where he was serving a life sentence
ior highway robbery. His parole waa
granted through the Insistence of his
mother, who lives at Petaluma.
It is believed that Hooper, soon after
his release, established himself in the
Siskiyou Mountains, in Northern Cali
fornia, and there planned the deeds
which have caused the officers of three
states to "jump sideways" looking for
; Pistol Is Clew. 1
Through all his crimes Hooper wa
traced by a 45-caliebr automatic pistol
which he used. Strapped to his left hip
he carried a Luger gun, which on a
few occasions he flourished and a
flourish was all that was necessary.
Last Winter Hooper, if the stories
are true, bougRt $400 worth of revolvers
from the Jacobs store at Hornbrook,
Cal. These, it is said, he distributed
among the Indians and halfbreeds in
the mountains where he had his re
treat. His first appearance before the
public eye was when he held up this
same Jacobs on the streets of Horn
brook,. and at the point of one of his
own revolvers, forced him to slva tip
PORTLAND.
Jf
A-
Yesterday by The Oregonlan Staff
Stepped Front the Train.
600 worth of gold dust which he had
In the store.
After that Hooper Is believed to have
come to Portland. Always immaculate
and well dressed, he was a prepossess
ing figure wherever he went. But when
he "worked" he bought a pair of over
alls, removed his eyeglasses, put on
an old shirt, and pulled a handkerchief
over his face.
Canemah Robbery Typical. ,
March 3 the Oregon City electric train
was held up at Canamah, Just south of
Oregon City. This was a typical
Hooper Job, according to Lou "Wagner,
who made the investigations there and
determined that a desperate criminal
was "working" this vicinity.
A practically new pair of overalls waa
found near the scene of the crime.
Wagner learned where the overalls had
been bought, and got a description of
the man who had purchased them.
Then he went to the Southern Pacific
Station at Oregon City and learned that
a man answering this description had
bought a ticket for Grants Pass shortly
after the hour the holdup occurred.
Then Wagner got a "tip." It was
one of these "tips" that on rare oc
casions come from the underworld
when a "good" criminal "spills him
self." The man who held up the Ore
gon City cars was really a "good" one.
Wagner was told. He then received the
"tip" that the same man would hold
up the bank at Hogue River, Or., on
or about a certain date.
Holdup Is Koreeast.
Wagner was told Just how the bank
would be held up. A well-dressed man
would enter, carrying a suitcase. The
cashier would be alone. The stranger
would approach the window, dash a
bottle of ammonia In the cashier's face
scoop all the money In his suitcase and
disappear.
Wagner believed this "tip." Also he
acted on it. He went to Grants Pass
and hung around for dava; he told the
bankers at Rogue River that they
might expect a holdup, and a guard
was stationed by the bank. But noth
ing happened, and Wagner came back
to Portland.
A few days after he returned, and
a day or so after the Rogue River
ita nk had concluded that his "tip" was
1800 carried away In a suitcase of the
well-dressed stranger, who blinded
the cashier with a bottle of ammonia.
About the same time two banks In
Grants I ass were entered, evidently
by someone who knew his business.
Then the Southern Pacific depot at
robberPl?3o"oWa8 hCld UP' ne"in th
All Officers on Trail.
Early In June another Oregon Citv
!Y"d UP.thls t,mo r Glen
Echo station. The robber carried a
4o-caliber automatic pistol. He forced
the conductor to pass his hat among
iilS .KS8t"f er' collectei about S0
and then left the train. Although two
suspects were arrested later. Detective
Thl,ntheve.Le.H they Wer the
This, they said, was a typical Hooper
r,fter h?1 ,,olduP- the officers
and special agents in the Northwest
Wfre. P.UJ on "over's trail. It was
about this time that he was said to
have visited his mother in Petaluma!
le her $2500 in cash Nobody
lh"l le' P.,ac thir finger on a hold
up or similar crime in which such an
amount was lost. At that time Is
was sa d, he bore several scars and
one bullet wound which he did not
rnoctooe" h? ,e" FISOm Penitentiary
He is said to have visited Yreka. Cal
Special Agent McShane. of the 6.-W
R. & N. went there. He said he learned
that Hooper actually had accosted an
officer on the street In Yreka.
Officer "Covered'' With Gnn.
"I'm John Austin Hooper I know
you're looking for me. But listen, you
didn't see me, see!"
All the time he was "coverinir" th
pocke! BU" hC,d h'
Somewhere in Northern California
the authorities lost track of Hooper.
Now they don't know here he was
when an attempt was made to hold-up
a train near Sedro-Woolley. Wash
They also think he may have gone
over to Yellowstone Park and held uo
a party of 2 there.
Since his arrest they believe that
from California he went to Klamath
Fa s. Or, and from there to The
iSHe wa" PParlng to hold up
";W- t K- train whei "rested,
they think. 'He had bought a horse, a
high-power rifle, and other necessary
equipment. The weapons were found
."J,"'8 room- Th officers say he had
$1700 in cash in his pockets, besides
some strong evidence connecting him
with the Oregon City electric train
robbery.
Germans Taken From Steamer.
NEW YORK. July 21,Two Germans,
who were cabin passengers aboard the
Dutch steamship Nickerie. were taken
off that ship by a boarding party from
the British cruiser Isls, which stopped
It today off Barnegat, Captain Van
Bordan reported upon his arrival here
from South America and West Indian
ports tonight.
UNIONS IN GERMANY
DECLARED LOYAL
Cologne Zeitung Says Working
Classes Are Unit in Support
of Present War.
WHOLE STRENGTH UNITED
No Hindrance Put In Way of Longer
Hours Where Interests of State
Rave Demanded It Solid
arity Is Manifest.
BERLIN, July 2. (Correspondence
of the Associated Press.) Prom the
beginning of the war the German trades
unions have proved a strong help,
rather than a hindrance, to the govern
ment In Us efforts to secure the high
est efficiency in output of the various
necessities of warfare. The Cologne
Zeitung devotes a long article to a
tribute to the work of the unions. It
says. In part: '
"Among the many surprises and dis
appointments which the present war
has brought our enemies, a leading
place is taken by the unanimity with
which the German nation. Irrespective
of party and of ck.ss, picked up the
gauntlet that was thrown down be
fore it. Our foes reckoned with cer
tainty that the dislike of war among
the great masses of the people, and the
consequent opposition to militarism by
the Socialists in the Reichstag, would
gravely hamper the mobilization of the
army and navy and lead to a weaken
ing of the German forces. All these
calculations proved erroneous.
All Inlted Against Enemies.
"Even among the working classes
complete recognition prevails that our
enemies were bent on the destruction
of Germany the same Germany that
has done more than any other civilized
statue for the weliare of the working
classes, especially by means of Its
magnificent system of national insur
ance. "The trade unions, the vast majority
of which are normally In direct oppo
sition to the government and the par
liamentary majority, have frankly de
clared that the widely-ramified social
institutions in Germany bind the Ger
man workmen more closely to national
life as a whole than Is the case with
the Kngllsh or French workers. And.
Indeed, the enemy states are so behind
hand in this respect that the German
workman does not find It hard to re
main a German In body or soul.
"The feeling of community with the
German empire thus strengthened by
social legislation has caused the repre
sentatives of organized labor the
trades unions to set aside since the
outbreak of war all trade union inter
ests and to throw into the scale their
whole strength for the purpose of
bringing to a victorious Issue a war
forced upon the German nation.
Strikes and Lockout Suspended.
"In regard to industries which have
taken over the preparation of war
munitions, the trades unions made ar
rangements to mobilize all the labor
required, partly by establishing courses
of instruction In the new work, and
thus insuring the highest efficiency in
output. Whenever interests of state
have demanded a special Increase In
labor, I. e., longer working hours, the
trades unions have put no hindrance In
the way. All Btrlkes and wage agita
tions were Instantly cancelled, while
the employers, on their part, suspended
all lockouts. To avoid fresh disputes
between the masters and the men. the
unions have specially supported the
arbitration committees.
"The unions have, of course, suf
fered severely from the war In that
their subscriptions have fallen off
owing to the calling up of members for
military service. On April 30 this year
the number of trade union members
who represent 77 per cent of all or
ganized labor serving with the colors
' 958.247, or 41.7 per cent. .
"Difficulties that seemed Insuper
able have been overcome with case.
This unity of effort guarantees the
economic victory, and at the same
time strengthens the conviction of the
German nation in a happy Issue of the
MOUNTAIN CLIMB PLANNED
Hood Hlver Party Will Ascend
Mount Hood on July 429.
HOOD RrVER. Or., j'uly 21. (Spe
cial.) Plans are being made by a very
large party of Hood River people to
climb to the summit of Mount Howl.
Between 50 and 100 local people will
make the ascent on Thursday. July 29.
A special train will leave Hood River
with the prospective Mazamas at 5
o'clock Wednesday morning. Ve
hicles will meet the train at Parkdale
and transport the visitors to Cloud Cap
Inn.
The mountain party Is the beginning
of a series of such excursions that
have been planned by Ashley Wilson
and Ray B. Karly. respectively super
intendent and general ticket agent of
the Mount Hood line.
OREGON CHERRIES LARGEST
Lamberts and Bings Win Admira
tion at San Francisco Pair.
HOOD RIVER. Or.. July 21. (Spe
cial.) According to letters from C. N.
Ravlln. Oregon's chief of horticulture
at the Panama-Pacifio International
Exposition, a box of Lamberts grown
by James R. Nunamaer were the
largest cherries exhibited at the ex
position. Mr. . Ravlln says that some of the
cherries were painted In oils by the
Government for permanent exhibits.
Commenting further on the fruit, he
Bays: "Without any prejudice I can
say that the best cherries that have
come to my department for award were
from the Rogue River Valley and Hood
River sections."
SOCIETY SEES OLD DANCES
Classic Steps Are Illustrated by
Miss Kpplnjr on Lawn.
HOOD RIVER. Or, July 21. (Spe
cial.) The members of the Hood River
Woman's Club were hostesses at a
classic dancing party given on the
lawn of Mrs. Charles N. Clarke today.
City and Valley society was present
to witness the programme rendered by
Miss Dorothy Epptng. daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. Adrian Epplng, whose
dancing at the University of California,
where she has been a student Tor the
past two years, brought her marked
recognition.
Preceding Miss Epplng's dancing,
six little girls participated.
Among the Portland guests were Mrs
Asa Benson and ilrz. J. B. Yeon.
I'm Glad to
elieve
One of My Highest Priced Player Pianos and
a Number of Others Were Taken.
I tried to tell it in a stnfightforward, definite
way in yesterday's paper. And I guess I did.
At 8 o'clock this morning a wealthy East Side
Timberman came in, and, after seeing my highest-priced
player piano, he gave me a check.
And he saved a bunch of money. So did the
other folks who bought yesterday. Take my
word for it, these pianos must be sold. And
they're going to be sold. The banks are full of
money and there are thousands of homes that
actually and urgently need just what I have to
offer now.
I can't take space to state all details and rea
sons for this genuine sacrifice of pianos. It's
a peculiar situation. All you're realiy inter
ested in, anyway, is the saving. These are
good pianos, mind you, and the best kind of
player pianos.
What would you think of beautiful new
pianos that you and j-our music teacher and all
your musical friends recognize as genuine and
actually worth $625, artist pianos, the standard
of comparison the world over, now offered at
an actual discount of 270 priced at only
$335? You don't believe it? Come and see
that's all I ask. I'll take $10 a month, if I
have to.
Then, again, player pianos actually for $230;
new ones positively less than factory cost.
And I'll sell the best player piano in the world
for only $163. Nothing better to be had, even
if it were priced $1150 to $1250. It can't be
done? Yes, it can. You'll find it so if you see
me now. I'll give the first "caller tonight (after
6 o'clock) $30 worth of music rolls free! So
come this evening or first thing tomorrow
morning.
I might write here all day, but that would
not have half the influence as one glance at this
stock and these prices. See the brand new
upright pianos at only $143. It's no use to try
to tell about them, and if you are not interested
enough to come and see, what's the use?
Never an institution needed to sell stock on
hand so badly. An agreement to pay so much
a month or so much every three months for a
bit more than mere additional simple interest
will secure any piano at the sale cost price.
Don't ask for terms any smaller than neces
sary; it's better for both sides to get the piano
paid for as soon as possible. Here's a fine, big
stock, no doubt the finest in town; but it can't
last forever at these low prices. So come today.
I'll send pianos anywhere to be tried and
tested and paid for when found just exactly as
we advertise and say.
C. W. HOUSEMAN.
In Charge of the Player Piano House, in the
Interests of the Holders of Preferred Stock,
333 Morrison St., in the Northwestern Bank
Building, Just Below (East of) Broadway.
TAX DELEGATES NAMED
PORTLAND MK A DTATR COM
HSSIOKK SKI.KCTKn.
Itody thtiiri by 4;veor to Attend
Ananal (oaftrrarr, to ll llt-14
at Saa Kraarlaro.
SALKM. Or.. July 21. (Special.)
Governor Wtthycombo has appointed
Henry H. Hoed, Assessor of Multno
mah County; F. A. Kuss, of loriland.
and Charles V. ( Jailor ay. member of
the State Tax Commission, delegates
to th ninth annual conference on
taxation, to be held under the auaplces
of the National Tax Association In ban
Francisco. August 10-H. Much Impor
tance attaches to the conference be
cause of Increased Interest In National,
state and local taxation. An Impor
tant feature will lie the report of the
committee on the Federal Income tax,
of which Kdwin K. A. eliginan. pro
fessor of political economy at Colum
bia University, is chairman. Co-operation
of the Treasury Department is
expected in the discussion of the re
port, suggesting- amendments to laws
which will trive better administrative
results.
Another Important report will be
that of the committee on increase ot
public expenditures, of which Dr. T.
Adams, of the Wisconsin Tax Com
mission, is chairman. A plan for
checking waste and introducing econ
omics in fiscal affairs will be dis
cussed. Professor Scligman is presi
dent of the association, and other of
ficers are: S. T. Howe, chairman
Kansas Tux Commission, vice-president,
and T. S. Adams, secretar.
Mr. Cialloway will deliver an address
at the conference on "Meaning of the
1914 Election as to Constitutional
Amondents."
Water l'ower Relegates Named.
BOISE. Idaho, July 21. (Special.)
Governor Alexander today appointed
seven delegates to attend the water
power conference of representatives
from Northwestern states. In compli
ance with resolutions adopted by the
last Oregon Legislature, to be held at
Portland September 21 to 2i. They
are: rr. J. H. Morris. Lewlston: James
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy.
This is a medicine thai ev
ery family should be provided
with. Colic and diarrhoea
often come on suddenly and
it is of the greatest import
ance that they be treated
promptly. Consider the suf
fering: that must be endured
until a physician arrives or
medicine can be obtained.
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy has a
reputation second to none
for the quick relief which it
affords.
F
ind
That
Me; I
fm in Deadly Earnest
H. Hawley. Boise: J. M. Hull an. I Har
old M. Sims. Hollister; T. J. Wilson
Kden: F. W. Renter. Herner. and Stef
fen Bos. Amsterdam. The call for the
conference waa issued bv Governor
Ithyconibe. of Orenon.
Iurnr Man Ilnrt as Aulo SIIN.
I'L FfH. Or.. July (Special
Georire .Mack, proprietor of the iMifur
UarsKe. was injured serlou.-lv to.bv,
w hen n avtomor.il he -;is drivini: n
giHnimiiiiininiiiHimijiHiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiniiHiiiiiniiiniiniiiiiiiiiinijraniiiiiig
j '. Hundreds
of well-dressed and particular men and young 5
r f men are replenishing their clothes and hat 3
needs at this store. Our
July Clearance I
Benjamin Clothes
Straw and Panama Hats
is one of the reasons. Prices have been made
irresistibly attractive. You had best get yours
now.
$20 Benjamin Suits Now $15.0 0
$25 Benjamin Suits Noiu $ 1 8. 75
$30 Benjamin Suits Now $22.50
$35 Benjamin Suits Now $26.25
Straw and
$3 Straws now t.l!.";
$3 Straws now JU5.7."
$5 Panamas now .Sl.l."
$7.50 Pa n a m as
now $0.-1. "5
$10.00 Panamas
now .5S.1.1
aiiinnniiinuiiiiiniin.
Some
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"Mr. Houseman, it's up to you." the holders of the
preferred sleek said. ".Mr. Holt has quit. Now, can
you quickly turn enouph of this prcat stork over
there in the Northwestern Bank I5uildinff into cash
or customers contracts so foreclosure can be avoided?
Ye"ll Kive you a free hand. Io just as you like;
try not to lose any more money than absolutely
necessary, but net the results. Can vou do it? Will
you do it?" I?
Given unlimited liberty with prices, believe me. I'll
pet the results all riht. I know the conditions, and
that's hy I candidly Mate that never such low prices
as I'm making now. Positively, it's the limit.
C. W. HOUSEMAN.
Five-Mile Hill, near The Palles. ran
over Ilic yrade at Five-Mile Creek.
t';iiiHil:t r;els Cash in Now York.
NK- York. July -.'l .1. r. Morcsn
Co. nnd Prown l'.ros. A: Co. announced
tMl:iv that in nsKticiatitin with the Hunk
of Montreal and the First Natlonxl
and Nntioi.il City Hank-., of this cii.
they have houcht 1 4 .i.ono.ono of n.tes
of the government of the L'oniinion of
C: .imi.i.
OF
AND
Panama Hats
Si Straws now Js2.9,"
S6 Straws now jj?-1.4."
$6 Panamas now jj-I.n,"
$S Panamas now .S0.5K
$12.00 Panamas
now $9.0,"
Morrison Street S
Opposite Postoff ice ailllllllllllllllllllllUE
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