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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN. PORTLAND, AUGUST 25, 1907.
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HELD OUT III
ELEVENTH INNING
Beavers and Angels Play
Evenly Throughout, Game
Being Pitchers' Battle.
BIGGEST CROWD OF SEASON
Cagey Makes Lone Run for Portland
and So Other Man on Either
Side Gets Beyond Third
for Eight Innings.
LOS AXGELES, Cal., Aug. 24.-lSpeclal.)
Tightwad pitching: by Hartman and
Hosp and a close and exciting perform
ance all the way, were the features of
the game tor.ay. and l-lop finally won his
own game In th'o iabi of the Uth by start
ing things wita a iwo-bagger over third,
advancing on a sacrifice and scoring on
a single,
There wad nesting anew a'a; pe cast
test, for the pitching was too good and
any runner was lucky to get to third
base. The iuimper Saturday crowd of
the season Baw me Bperl and also some
bad umpiring by Kelly, who was heartily
roasted,
As Bhowins how 6'mhI the game was,
there weie eight innings In which not a
man got lo ciecond liasc, and aside from
the firm and last innings, in which the
scoring wa tlnni. only one runner
reached third haar,
In the first for Portland Casey Walked,
was sacrificed to second, wunt to tlitrd
on Bassey's lilt '.0 center and ncored when
Slogan threw Ilia hull wild to second base
to catch liatwy going down on the
throw-In, In llm same inning Bernard
doubled 'to left and scored on sacrifice
ty Carlisle and ntllon, The final run
was due to Honp's rtojule over third,
Bernard's arrltic-e and the slnglo to
tenter by litiger, who batted for Car
lisle. The score: v
ft.M.K.
!Los Angeles ,,2 a Portland
. H.H.K.
....1 6 1
Hartman
Batteries Hotp and Hogan;
and Donahue,
8a n Francisco 3, Ouklund 2.
BAN FRANCISCO, Aug, U. The home
team won today's game from Oakland
4n one of the, best exhibitions of the
season. With tho score 2 to 0 against
Jhem, the home team took a brace and
try pounding out four safeties and Bcoring
three runs, naAehnJ victory from almost
certain defeat. The core:
ll.H.li R.H.E.
Oakland a i 0; Ban Francisco 3 7 0
TWO TK1-C1TY LKAGLK GAMES
J"rakes Meet Cubs and Trunktnukcrs
Piny the Winners.
Two Trl-Clty liisuf samcs will be
played this afternoon on the grounds
at Twenty-fourth and Vaughn streets.
In tho first the Frakes will cross bats
with the Bral'nard Cubs, and the
Trunkmakera will play the winner of
this contest.
The Flukes will have tho best line
up of any this season, as they have
eeeured White for catcher and Martin,
a clever lnflelder. The Trunkmakers
will present Kunn-11, the twlrler from
Kastern Oregon. anc. Jameson, the
hard-hitting catcher, will do the re
ceiving. The Cubs will have the usual
team, with the assistance of "Big Bill
Kottermun" on the firing; line, ably
assisted by Johnnie Shea.
The outcome of these games will be
a factor in determining the champion
ship of the lctiguo. If the Frakes
are suc-eessful they will lead the per
centage column. Next Sunday- they
meet the Kelso Tigers.
The line-ups for the games today
are as follows:
Frakes. Position. Cubs
Antnine. U'Mte c Rhea
render Myers p .' .' ' Kott'orman
s nevoe
Farr'.tt 1b Kennedy
'r"," -h Barren
Houston :ih Krueer
Parrot t ... r . . . ' " MagneU
I.oett or Mangold.. .cf Tausrher
John!,on rf. ..l.erch or Thomas
The line-up of the Portland Trunk
makers will be as follows: Jameson,
catcher; Runnell. pitcher; Fleming,
shortstop; Shultz, first base; McKlnley
lor Day. third base; Van Nortwick left
(field; Brlgg-s, center field; Price, right
tfleld.
NORTHWEST LEAGUE.
Vancouver 3, Tucomn 2. '
.SEATTLH, Wash., Aug. .-(SpeclaU-tRig
Warren Hall pitched rings around
3-ke Butler, the Canucks winning by a
Score of three to two. Tacoina opened
Wp on Hall navagely, bunching two sin
gles and a double for two runs In the
Sfirst inning. After that they were help
Uess. Vancouver hit' Butler hard and
often, and only fast fielding kept the
Jeoore down. Twice they made three hits
An a single Inning, but could not score.
TThe fielding features were furnished by
fftochon .Martinke, Hurley and Danny
Shea.
The games today and tomorrow were
transferred here from Vancouver, be
fcaune of a eonfllot with a lacrosse
kpame today and a Sunday law In Van
couver. Score:
Vancouver 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 12 3
aco,,,i 2 0000000 02 2
Batteries Hall and Reniker; Butler and
Ghea.
AMERICAN' LEAGUE.
Yesterday's Scores.
At St. Douls St. Louis. 4-6; Philadel
phia, $-4.
At Chicago Chicago. 6: New York, 2.
At Cleveland Cleveland. 7.; Boston 3
At Detroit Detroit. S: Washington. 5.'
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Yesterday's Scores.
At New York New York, 7; Pitts
burg, 1.
At Philadelphia Philadelphia. 5-6; (. m
cinnati. !-.
At Brooklyn Brooklyn. 1-7; St. Louis.
5-5. '
At Boston Boston-Chicago game post
poned, rain.
CROKER IS COMING HOME
Planning to Visit America After
November Elections.
NEW YORK. Aug. 24. (Special.)
Kichard Croker, former leader of Tam
many, is coming to this country from his
borne In Ireland Immediately after the
November election. He Is coming on
private business, and will remain but a
short time.
Business matters in winch Mr. Croker
Is Inttrested seemed to require his pres
ence in this country a short time ago.
One of his friends and business associates
wrote to him urging him to come over
at once. In his reply Mr. Croker wrote:
"If I should go to New York at this
time the public and the newspapers
might say that I was trying to get back
Into politics. I am done with politics,
and I shall not go over until after the
election. Let matters- stand until then
and I will come over for a short time."
During the last two or three years ru
mors have been started again and again
to the effect that Croker was coming
back not only to resume the leadership
of Tammany, but to take an active part
in National politics. In personal and con
fidential letters to friends he has repeat
edly said that he would never again en
ter politics- and he has remained abroad
to emphasize that decision. Mr. Croker
has large property and business interests
in this city, and in that line it wu. be
necessary for him to come over this year.
According to his present plans, he will
sail for this country immediately auer
the November elections, for what will In
all probability be his last visit. He does
not Intend to stay here more than a
month.
FIGHT CLOSING TD FIN
SEATTLE NOT WILLING TO LOSE
THE MEADOWS.
Strong Lobby at Next Legislature.
Excuse Given That Other States
Have Racing Track News.
Seattle is now getting a touch of
Portland's racing experience. After
several years of hard work in the en
deavor to make the game profitable
in this city, and after success had
perched itself on the banners of the
Multnomah Fair Association, internal
troubles caused disruption and the au
thorities stepped in and closed the
meet. Now comes the report from
Seattle that Internal troubles have
caused the Inauguration of the usual
hue and cry against the race track at
The Meadows.
While the crusade against the game
will not be able to close up the present
meet in the middle of the season, as
it did in this city, it has started a
petition to the Legislature asking that
horse-racing be placed under the ban
of the law. Meantime the race promo
ters are keeping quiet and resting on
their oars, but it is safe to say that
when the lawmakers convene at Olym
pia, a delegation of horsemen will be
on hand prepared to fight all adverse
legislation todth and nail.
From an authoritative source., it Is
learned that the battle against the" so
called reformers will be conducted on
the principle that the patrons of the
game and lovers of horse flesh are
desirous of having horse-racing con
tinue, and are determined to fight the
question to the bitter end. The
horsemen state that California enjoys
the sport without hindrance, and also
that the gigantic meets held In New
York State for" both trotters and run
ners, those at Washington, D. C, Chi
cago, Indianapolis. Cleveland, St.
Louis, Kansas City, the Southern
States, and other communities through
out the country, 'are unmolested, and
will base their fight on the grounds
that. Seattle and the State of Wash
ington should also be permitted to en
joy the "sport of kings."
The struggle to maintain the racing
game in Washington will be an inter
esting one and will be eagerly watched
by the horsemen of Oregon and Cali
fornia. Followers of harness events are
evincing considerable Interest In the
performances of the California 3-year-old,
Hymettus, which horse recently
established a new Coast record for
green pacers of 2:08 in the first heat
of the Breeder's Futurity at Santa
Rosa, Cal. The previous Coast record
was 2:09, made at . the Woodland.
Cal.. track by Agitato. The world's
recocd is held by the California pacer
Klatawah. and is 2:05.
Hymettus stepped to the quarter In
0:32. the half in 1:05. the three
quarters In 1:37. Hymettus negotiated
the last half-mile in 1:03. which is
going some for a young 3-year-old.
Hymettus took the second and third
heats without being compelled to show
his best speed. The winner of the 3-year-old
pace Is a bay colt by Zombro,
son of McKinney, and is owned by L.
R. Todhunter.
It was reported at Saratoga recently
that the horses of the Newcastle stable
will be sold at auction this Fall at the
meeting of the Coney Island Jockey
Club, and the partnership which now
exists between Andrew Miller, Blair
Painter and Tom Welch will be dis-"i-ed.
Although the report could not
be verified tonight a man who is In a
position to know declared that the dis
solution of this famous stable would
certainly take place in the Fall. The
reasons given for this move are merely
guesses, but It is probable that the
recent nanclal depression is respon
sible. Once before the state of the
stock market changed the personnel of
the owners of this stable.
The Gentlemen's Driving Club, of
Baltimore, has issued its list of entries
for stake races, and a programme of
the open races it Is to give at the
Fall meeting, October 21 to 25, inclu
sive. The club claims to be the king
of half-mile track organizations and
worthily bases the claim on the fact
that it is to give J10.500 in purses In
Its five days- meetings
The stakes did exceptionally well.
Fourteen paid-up entrants is the
smallest in any of the four stake races.
The fourth stake payments will be due
September 1 and the final payment Oc
tober 1.
GREEK BOYS MUST GO BACK
Ht.DHKI)S ARK BROUGHT TO THIS
COUNTRY BY PADRONES.
BontMueka nnd Priil tarllrr Held In
Virtual Bondage and Govern
ment Investigate.
CHICAGO, Aug. 24. (Special.)
Hundreds of Greek boys brought to
Chicago and other cities by padrones
and held in virtual slavery, -working
in bootblacking establishments and
fruit stores, are to be deported by the
Government as fast as evidence can
be collected showing that they were
brought here by padrones.
The steamship lines bringing them
over will be required to return them to
the towns from which they came. The
peonage system has reached enormous
proportions and Investigations in this
city have uncovered enough evidence
to warrant the Government In an ac
tive crusade.
Six or seven millions Is estimated to be
the number of rubber trees in the Malay
states.
Metzger'B eye glasses, tl. 342 Wash, at.
CLIP LORDS' CLAWS
Liberal Leaders' United At
tack on Peers.
j FORCE ISSUE WITH PEOPLE
rour Cabinet Members Speak on
Same Topic in England Deny
Right to Equal Legislative
Power With Commons.
LONDON. Aug. 24. That it is the In
tention of the government to force the
curtailing of the power of the House of
Lords to an Issue was disclosed by
speeches made tonight in various cities.
Herbert -Asqulth, ex-Home Secretary:
R. B. Haldane. Secretary for War: Chief
Eecretary for Ireland Birrell and Winston
Churchill all emphasized that the claim
of the Lords to equal legislative rights
was the most serious political question of
the day. .
Mr. Churchill said bills rejected by the
Lords would be repassed by the Com
mons until the time came to appeal to
the country.
WAS IT PLOT OF SOCIALISTS?
Evidence Shows Revolutionary Party
Aimed at Czar's Life.
ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. 24. At today s
session of the court-martial trying per
sons charged with complicity In the plot
against tho Czar discovered in May, Lieutenant-Colonel
Spiradovlch, chief of the
Tsarkoe-Selo gendarmes, raised the ques
tion whether the Social Revolutionary
party was responsible for the plot or It wag
the work of Irresponsible Individuals. He
said that after the dissolution of the
Douma the Social Revolutionists met in
Finland and denounced the party dele
gates who declared that the party had no
connection with the conspiracy. He gave
the chief of the Finnish railway police as
authority and that officer was summoned.
FOUND AFTER SEVEN YEARS
FORGETFULXESS COSTS MAS
USE OF $96,000 CASH.
Old Letter in Pittsburg Hotel Proves
to Contain $48,000 In Certi
fied Checks.
PITTSBURG, Aug. 24. ( Special.)
Two certified checks, aggregating $48,
000, drawn by a Pittsburg brokerage
house on a Pittsburg bank to the order
of a Cleveland merchant, have been
knocking about In the letter box on the
counter of a downtown hotel for nearly
seven years. The envelope had be
come thumb-marked by the handling
of thousands of guests, but the checks
were as fresh and crisp as though is
sued but yesterday.
November 20, 1900, A. E. Masten &
Company, bankers and brokers, closed
two transactions In stocks for a cus
tomer in Cleveland who was In Pitts
burg that week. In settlement they
gave two checks, one for 140,000 and
the other for $8,000. These were duly
certified by the proper officer of a
Fourth avenue bank and were handed
to the cutsomer who put them loosely
in the Inside pocket of his coat.
Four days later the customer wrote
from Cleveland that he had lost the
checks and asked that payment be
stopped and duplicates Issued. If the
checks had not been certified, this re
uest might have been compled with,
but, having certified, the $48,000 could
not, under the law, be paid to anyone
but the payee on the presentation of
the checks properly indorsed.
For several weeks the Cleveland man
made fruitless search, and all the time
the $48,000 lay Idle In the bank waiting
for the recovery of the only means for
securing payment to the owner In the
regular way.
The only other method for recover
ing the money was through the deposit
of a bond In double the face of the
checks, and the holding of this bond
good for seven years, when liability
would cease by limitation.
Last Saturday the clerk of a down
town hotel Informed the brokers that
an old, unstamped, but sealed, en
velope had been knocking around in
the hotel box for years, and, as It bore
the name of the broker's customer. It
had occurred to him that it might
throw some light on the loss of seven
years ago. The name on the envelope
was recognized as the long-mlsslng
checks were found.
The explanation for the checks be
ing in the hotel box is this: The Cleve
land man placed them In the envelope
himself, addressed It to himself and
dropped It in the letter box for safe
keeping over night. His forgetfulness
caused him to be out the use of $96,
000 securities which he was required
to pledge under the law for seven
years, and cost 'him $2200. which he
paid as a fee to the surety company
which accepted his bond.
AUTO EXPORTS GROWING
More Than $10,000,000 Worth In
Year's Foreign Trade.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. August 24. Automobiles valued
at more than $10,000,000 passed through
the ports of the United States in its for
eign trade in the fiscal year Just ended.
Five and a half million dollars' worth of
these were exports and" $4,500,000 worth
Imports. In addition to the $5,500,000 worth
of automobiles exported to foreign coun
tries, about $100,000 worth went to Porto
Rioo. $16,000 worth to Hawaii and about
$0000 worth to the Philippines.
The foreign trade In automobiles shows
a rapid growth, especially on the export
side. The value of exports of automo
biles and parts thereof was. in 1902. a
little less than $1,000,000; in 1903. $1,250,000;
in 1904. $1,700,000; In 1905. $2,500,000; in 1906,
$3.tOO,000; "and In 1907. $5,500,000. On the
Import side the value of automobiles
brought into the United States has only
within the last two years been sufficient
to Justify the bureau' of statistics of the
Department of Commerce and Labor in
stating their imports separately, the
value of automobiles Imported In the fis
cal year 1906 being $3,844,000, and of parts
thereof $400,000; while in l&i the value of
these vehicles imported was $4,041,000. and
of parts thereof $801,000. Thus ine growth
In exports of automobiles Is much more
rapid than that in Imports, and the value
of automobiles exported seems likely In
the near future to exceed by far the
value of those imported.
France, Ialy. the United Kingdom and
Germany supplied the $4,000,000 worth of
o n t d.ny iVill.a ImTuwtcH purine W va
nearly $3,000,000 worth of this being from
France, a little less than $500,000 worth
from Italy, and the remainder about
equally divided between the united King
dom and Germany. Of the $5,500,000 worth
of automobiles exported during the past
jear, $1,500,000 worth went to the United
Kingdom, a little over il.000,000 worth to
Canada, a little less than $1,000,000 worth
to Mexico, $500,000 worth to France and
$2.)fl.O0O worth to Italy.
To nearly all countries the exports of
automobiles during the year 1D07 showed
a marked Increase o-er those of 1906.
Exports of vehicles of this c.ass to the
tropical sections of the world were in
1907 more than ten times as much as in
1902. while those to other sections of the
world were in. 1907 but about five times
as much as in 1902. About one-fourth of
the automobiles exported from the United
States are sent to the horseless areas of
the world, including in this term China,
Japan and the tropics, while from the
United Kingdom nearly one half of the
$2,250,000 worth of automobiles exported in
1906 were sent to the tropics or the
orient. '
The United States occupies second rank
among the commerical nations as an ex
porter of automobiles, being exceeded
only by France.
The value of automobiles entering in
ternational commerce Is now about $35.
000,0130 per annum, and rapidly increasing.
BEGGAR GIVES .BANQUET
FEASTS BROTHER MEXDICAXTS
IX RUSSIAN CEMETERY.
He Lives In Mansion With Many
Servants Wife Wears Furs and
Diamonds Galore.
ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. 23. tSpe
eial.) Resolved to surpass on the 35th
anniversary of his election as king of
the beggars the recent Chicago feast
by Dr. Reltman. Ivan Stepanoff, ac
knowledged monarch of the degraded
medlcanta, sent Invitations broadcast
for a great feast In the largest and
most fashionable cemetery of St.
Petersburg.
The police, strange to say. raised no
objections to the Jubilee In the- grave
yard. They allowed the caterer's
wagons to unload huge plies of eat
ables and great baskets filled to the
brim with bottles of strong vodka.
They allowed the guests, the queerest
assemblage In the city, to gather to
the number of a round 1000. and fur
thermore they raised no objections to
teh graves and gravestones being used
as tables. On each gravestone was
laid a sumptous repast with its proper
complement of liquid refreshment. A
dozen or more of the strange guests
gathered round each grave,, depending
on its size, and there feasted. 'Ivan
himself presided at one of the central
graves, a great mausoleum, the family
vault of a prince. During the feast he
also visited and drank his toast at
others of the tombs.
This strange scene continued from
noon throughout the evening until the
time came for the cemtery to be closed
for the night. There was no unseemly
noise. Each party of Junketers had
its own merriment, but although the
vodka was plentiful there were no
drunkards and no rowdies In the crowd.
Ivan Stepanoff announced early In
the day with much eclat that, in view
of the festivities, he would abstain
from importuning strangers for alms
for that day, the firs day in 35 years
In which he had not attended to his
business.
Toward closing time Stepanoff mar
shaled his guests in small parties and
conducted them to the gates. From
there they, vanished to tnelr various
holes.
. It is estimated that the celebration
cost the king of beggars fully $500.
But he is plying his trade more vig
orously than ever and may soon make
up this.
Ivan Stepanoff is a man of 60 and
tall, well built, with white hair and
beard, having more the appearance of
a well-to-do artlsanorminorof SHU
a well-to-do artisan or minor official
than a beggar. Yet he has plied his
"trade" for a good 35 years and always
at the same stand the cemetery where
the feast was held. Here he is one
of the most noted figures, dressed in
picturesque rags. He has a soft voice,
an engaging manner and with visitors
and sight-seers as well as mourners,
he Is a success in soliciting alms for
himself, his "poor" wife and "starving"
children.
As a matter of fact, which the police
but not the public is aware of, his
wife wears valuable furs and diamonds;
one of his daughters Is married to a
merchant who with her received a
large "dot," and his two sons are stu
dents at the Lycee and may shortly
gain well paid positions In the official
Bervice.
The police put not the public also
know that the handsor e villa in
closed by a large aid well-kept garden
situated In the Koloma , suburb. Is
Stepanoff's home, and thta he built It
himself. The menage is a luxurious
one, and the beggar has his servants
and his trotters Just as if he were a
noble or a. wealthy merchant..
THROWS AWAY DIAMONDS
Schroeder Steals More Than He Can
Dispose of Safely.
CHICAGO. Aug. 24. (Special.) William
Schroeder. for many years prominent in
church and social life in aristocratic Lake
view, was arrested today and confessed
to robbing 40 or more residences within
the last few weeks.
Diamonds, watches and other valuables,
to the value of thousands of dollars, were
found in his home and he admits having
thrown away many diamonds and other
valuables because he feared to dispose of
them.
Metzj-rer's spectacles. $1. 342 Wash, st
BAD DREAMS
Frequently Due to Coffee "Drinking.
- v-ne of the common symptoms ot coffee
poisoning is the bad dreams that spoil
what should be restful sleep. A man who
found the reason says:
'; "Formerly I was a slave to coffee. I
.was like a morphine fiend, could not sleep
at night, would roll ana toss in my Ded
and when I did get to sleep was disturbed
by dreams and hobgoblins, wouiu wake
up with headaches and fee- bad all day,
so nervous I could not attend to business.
My writing looked like bird tracks, I had
sour belchings from the stomach. Indi
gestion, heartburn and palpitation of the
heart, constipation, Irregu.arity of the
kidneys, etc.
"Indeed. I began to feel I had all the
troubles that human flesh could suffer,
hut when a friend advised me to leave
oil coffee I felt as If he hau-insulted me.
I could not bear the idea. It had such a
hold on me and I refused to believe it
the. -use.
But it turned out that no advice was
e-vejr given- at a more needed time, for I
finally consented to try Poetum, and with
the going of coffee and the coming of
Postum all my troubles have gone and
health has returned. I eat and sleep well
now, nerves steadied down, and I write a
fair hand (as you can see), can attenu to
business again and rejoice that I am free
from the monster coffee'.
Ten days' trial of Portum in place of
coffee will bring sound, restful, refresh
ing sleep. "There's a Reason.'f Read
"The Road to WeUvtlle," in pkgs. Some
jijiy slclaqs caU it "a little healUi classic.'.-
FALL STYLES
YOU'LL find a handsome array of
Fall and Winter fabrics await
ing you here; an aggregation
representing all thatyis new and dis
tinctive in tailor's cloths for this sea
son. Selected by expert buyers from the
principal cloth marts of this and for
eign countries and many of the -designs
confined to Nlcoll alone.
. Over 1500 styles. We want you to
inspect thejj. We want you to form a
comparison between Nlcoll's showing
and the average assortment about
town.
Trousers $6 to $12
Suits $25 to $50
WIUIAMJERREMS S0N3.
jro.
lftiTHIRD ST.
BODY IN DRAINAGE CANAL
Find Horribly Mutilated Remains of
Man Evidently Murdered.
LOCKPORT. 111.. Aug. 24. (Special.)
The nude body of a man. terribly backed
with an ax, was taken from the canal
here this afternoon. The body was shock
ingly mutilated and the victim is believed
to have fallen under the vengence of a
Bohemian murder society of Chicago.
The body had only been In the water a
few hours when discovered. There is no
railroad within a mile of the place. It
Is thought the murderers removed the
clothing to prevent Identification.
APPOINTS LABOR LEADER
Mayor Taylor Gets Control of Board
of Public Works.
BAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 24. Presi
dent George W. Duffy, of the Board of
Public Works, today tendered his res
ignation to Mayor Taylor. It was ac
cepted, and Michael Casey, president of
the Teamsters' Union, was appointed
aa his successor.
Committee to Greet Small.
NEW YORK. Aug. 24. The striking
telegraphers today appointed a committee
of 50 to meet President Small on his
arrival here tomorrow.
Tour credit is good at Metzger's. jewel
ers. 342 Washington st. -
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(J It's best because it's fairest. Because it gives you highest
quality at least cost. The Eilers methods are based upon
principles that are proven most successful. These methods
have built for the House of Eilers the greatest piano business
in America. And now, to demonstrate to you, let us illus
trate a fact or two.
Out of every 100 pianos sold in this territory, railway sta
tistics show that the Eilers Houses sell over 72 per cent.
All other firms combined sell the remaining 27 per cent.
j For simple comparative purposes, let us suppose the other
dealers make a profit of $1 on every piano they sell. Out
of every 100 pianos sold, then, these other dealers would
make a total profit of $28. s
(J Cutting the other dealers' profit square in half, the Eilers
Houses, selling at a profit of only 50 cent3 a piano, would
show a total for the 72 pianos sold by the Houses of Eilers
cf $36. It is thus plain that, while we would sell at one
half the profit of the other dealers, we would still show a
decisively larger profit for the total business handled. Small
profits, large sales and business supremacy!
(J Not only this, but we save materially on every piano we
buy, on account of the very fact that we can handle and sell
three times as many as all the other dealers combined. We
save in wholesale cost as much as the entire profit of the
smaller dealers. .
(J It is readily apparent, then, to anyone that our claim to
save every buyer from $50 to $150 is based on absolute fact.
J The cost of handling this greater business is but little more
than required to handle a smaller amount. Modern facili
ties, a perfect shipping and distributing system all com
bine to decrease the marketing expense below that neces
sary for the smaller dealer.
(J Sharp tactics are unknown in Eilers Houses they're not
allowed. Strictly one price, plain statements as to the
merits of each individual make, a definite guarantee all
contribute to satisfaction to the buyer at Eilers. "Money
back" is our promise, that leaves no chance for dissatis
faction. .
Highest Possible Quality, at Least
Possible Cost Let Us Prove It to You
The
House of
Highest
Quality.
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353 WASHINGTON STREET
CORNER OF PARK
SAN FRANCISCO - SEATTLE - TACOMA- . SPOKANE
Card of Thanks
PORTLAND, Or.. August 24, 1907.
The management of this store would be calloused to appreciation
and bereft of every sense of gratitude did it fail to esteem and ac
knowledge the overwhelming response accorded its announcements
of the past week by the buying public.
We are especially grateful for the tremendous patronage bestowed
on Friday in answer to our printed proclamation of our now famous
"HALF-PRICE SALE." We are happy in the knowledge that every
promise made was fulfilled; that everyone, without exception, who
came got unprecedented bargains. The sacrifice was indeed preat.
the loss heavy and the sale expensive to us ; but we feel amply repaid
by the results; and the numerous expressions of approval heard on
every side for the honest methods and conduct whioh guided the sale
convince us that present loss is bread cast upon the waters, to return
as future gain. The result desired was attained twice over. Our
success attested the confidence the public reposes in this store, a suc
cess we trust and believe we have fairly earned by keeping faith
with our public in every way.
To be sure, the "knockers" were out in force, but every "knorik"
was a boost. To these folks we would say and to those pood people
who have come in contact with them and their tongues of falsehood
THE GOLDEN EAGLE is here to stay. Here to battle the trusts and
combinations which seek to raise the prices on the necessaries of life
and reduce the wages of their helpers to a starvation" scale. .
The Golden Eagle is as solid today and stands as firmly in its
place as any mercantile institution in Portland. The Golden Eagle
neither asks nor expects any favor from its competitors. This is a
People's Store a store of the people and for the people standing
as a safeguard against monopoly and combines "Fighting the
Trusts." We pledge our personal and business honor on our written
and spoken promises. There shall be no disappointments.
Thanking the "public heartily and cordially for their past support,
and especially for their open-handed and overflowing response of the
past week, we beg to assure you all it will be ever remembered as one
cf the brightest spots in the history of
Your most obedient servants,
The Golden Eagle Dry Goods Company
Portland's Newest Department Store. .
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Biggest,
Busiest
and Best
of AIL