THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAXD. JANUARY 5, I90S.
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EVERY ARTICLE IN THE HOUSE FALLS UNDER THE BAN OF THE CLEARANCES-PRICES CUT HALVED QUARTERED
The Same Original Tickets on Every Article
' The Sale Prices Are All Plainly Written
. IN THE
Metropolitan
Jewelry
te! 4 V "V
8-inch Cut Glass Bowls, fine clean cut,
Apollo pattern; a special $7.50 value; the
now clearance price S3.65
$10.00 Ormolu Clocks, warranted perfect
timekeepers; one to a customer at,
each . . . $4.75
33 1-3 clearance reduction on all our highest
grade Silver Table Ware, including the cele
brated 1847 Rogers Bros., Holmes & Ed
wards and Wm. A. Rogers.
TAGS DON'T MAKE VALUES
They are attractive to the mind's eye of a child, but they don't lend color to the quality or sincerity to
the value of a piece of Furniture. ' The worst hindrance to this world's progress is lack of reason. It's
a simple thing the selling of merchandise cheap; it's "a. terrible snag the inspiring reason for such
selling. Our reason is now consigned to necessity. "We must effect a clearance of these massive stocks
and the time is short. "We must sell the goods; we care not what the price. Come Monday to this won
derful store of greater values. Select what you will; pay us half and in many instances even a quarter
the regular " ' '
Out-of-Town Patrons, Mail Us Your Orders Early
CLEARANCE IN THE
Basement .Sections
Save Half and Over on the Every -Day Needs.
$2.50. Parlor Stand Lamps.?1.15
$2.00 Parlor Stand Lamps.$1.05
AIL in neat ana nanasonie deco
rations.) Kitchen Lamp with No. 1 Burn
er . . 15
(Regular 25c value.)
Best $1.50 Tea Kettles . 85
$1.50 Jardinieres . . S5
35c Crockery Cuspidors .... 15
A hundred other striking basement specials.
SPEND HALF THE MONEY YOU INTENDED FOR EVEN GREATER VALUES
SAVE ON THE DININGROOM FIT
INGS, 12 AND OVER
No. 601 Regular $30.00 China Cabinet; clear
ance ....... ?16.50
No. 601 Golden Oak China Closet, regular
$50.00; clearance . . . .. 29.50
No. 502i Weathered Oak China Closet, regu
lar $22.50; clearance. .$10.50
No. 805 Regular $75.00 China Closet; clear
, ance .. $39.50
No. 826 Regular $85.00 China Cabinet; clear
ance .$45.00
No. 608 Regular $90.00 Sideboard; clear
ance ; .$59.00
No. 12 8-foot Extension Dining Table, regu
lar $70.00; clearance : $35.00
Buffets, Sideboards, Tables, Chairs, etc. All at clearance of
one-half and greater.
ilil
Office Desks Must Go Seventy-Five
Separate Styles at About Half
No. 562 Desk with Typewriter
attachments, regular $100.00;
clearance .,.....$55.00
No. 60 Regular $125.00 Desks;
clearance ....$65.00
No. 51 50-inch Desk, regular
$85.00; clearance ...... .$42.50
No. 207 Regular $60.00 Desk;
clearance ......... . $31.00
No. 60 Regular . $42.50 Desk;
clearance .". .$22.50
Flat-top Desks with extra drawers. .UNDER HALF
Regular $30.00 Desks; clearance. . . . . . .. . . . . . .... .$14.50
Regular $15.50 Desks ; clearance. . . . . .... $7.50
MEN Buy Desks Now and Save Over, ONErHALP.
PARLOR GOODS OF EVERY DE
SCRIPTION MUST NOW GO
No. 570 Regular $60 Goldleaf Chair;
clearance $29.50
No. 63-r-ReguIar $17.50 Mahogany Ped
estal; clearance .$9.00
No. 167 Regular $75.00 Settee; clear
ance $25.00
No. 1651B 3-piece Mahogany Parlor
Set, regular $150; clearance . .$65.00
No. 284 Regular $18.00 Mahoganv
Hall Chair; clearance $8.75
No. 1041 Regular $42.50 Mahogany
Parlor Chair; clearance $20.00
No, 1786 Mahogany Conversation Di
i van, regular $27.50; clearance $13.50
No. 47--Parlor Divan, regular $42.50; clearance.'. .
500 equally remarkable Parlor Clearance Specials.
$20.00
Read of These Marvelous Values Taken From Here
and There About the Store
No. 41 Reerular $15.00 Cellarette; clearance $6.50 No. 412 Regular $40.00 Dressing Table; clearance. 21.00
Keiilar $5.00 Hall Chairs. .: $2.95 No. 216 Regular $45 "Corner Wardrobe; clearance. $22.50
No". 808 Ladies' $12.00 Desk; clearance 6.50 Regular $1.50 Oak Tabourette; clearance 50
No. 22 Regular $2.75 Mahogany Tabourette; clearance......... k ; Sj5i.25
Nothing Reserved, Every Article in the House Tremendously Reduced
Carpets, Draperies, Curtains, Mattings, Etc., Now at a
Saving of Valuable Worth
Kich Imported Oriental Carpets, Drapes, Curtains, etc., for the luxury and beautifying of every
home. The poor man's salary is now a millionaire's income. It is a question of money to you
of clearance to us. Buy while the prices are lowest even to the half and the under half.
Even to absolute and immense loss of money to this house. Whatever you may need, now or
in the future, buy now. Save" one-half and greatly more than half on every purchase.-.
1000 Other and Even
Greater Values
Oregon's Largest and Best Furniture House
&
first . ON YAMHILL second
A Store Full of Sale
Surprises
DISCUSS ROSE SHOW
Festival Association Commit
tees Meet Tuesday.
PLAN A NEW CAMPAIGN
Chamber of Commerce Will Invite
All Large Commercial Organiza
tions of United States to Par
ticipate in the Celebration.
Restoration of normal conditions in
the financial world has led the officials
of the Portland Rose Festival Associa
tion to resume active work to arouse
renewed public Interest In the great
celebration that is to be held in Port
land the first week of next June. Dur
ing the weeks the financial stringency
was depressing the .Pacific Northwest,
the festival promoters were busy work
ing out ' details of plans for luuklng
the festival the most pretentious ever
held in this part of the country, but
little was said about It. for the reason
that the public was directly concerned
in the outcome of the etress in local
aid Eastern money centers. .
But now that the financial skies have
cleared, the men behind the festival
propose to go ahead with redoubled
energy, and in line with this determ
ination, a meeting of the ways and
means, and the publicity and exploit
ation committees will be held at fes
tival headquarters in the Swetland
building, Tuesday evening, for the pur
pose of arousing widespread interest
in the festival.
Perhaps the most significant move In
the way of making the celebration a
National event is the expressed inten
tion of the Portland Chamber of Com
merce to invite every commercial or
ganization In America to attend the"
festival. The invitation, while it will
be formal In tone, will give full details
as to the' wide scope of the celebration,
and the commercial bodies of several
hundred cities will be urged to send
delegates here to be guests of the fes
tival organization.
Most Lavish on Record.
Statistics that have been prepared
at festival headquarters during the past
months show that there is not a city in
America that has ever in the past pre
pared such- a lavluh programme of
amusement, entertainment and instruc
tion as the Portland Rose Festival is
arranging to give the city's guests dur
ing the six days, June 2 to 7, and state
ments will eoon be forthcoming to indi
cate that for this very reason Portland
people should help to make the festival
the most magnificent series of spec
tacles ever attempted on the Pacific
Slope.
The Chamber of Commerce will hold
its annual meeting, election of officers
and banquet at the Hotel Portland next
Wednesday evening, and at this time
one or more of the speakers will Out
line the plans for the rose show and
urge general co-operation with the
association.
Invitations to bring several National
conventions here for the first week of
June have already been sent out, so
that the transcontinental railroads
may be Induced to offer special low
rate from the East for tourists at
that time. T. G. Hailey, president of
the Oregon State Bar Association, has
invited the state bar associations of
every state in the United States to come
here during the festival, and the in
vitation has also been extended to the
American Bar Association.
If the association is able to offer suf
ficient inducements to ' bring other Na
tional, Northwestern, or Coast conven
tions here, reduced rates will be assured
on all lines running into Portland.
Admen Are Interested.
R. M. Hall, president of the Pacific
Coast Admen's League, in an interview,
last night, declared that the Northwest
ern delegates to the coming convention
to be held in Oakland, Cal., will work to
a man in the Interests of the Portland
Rose Festival. This aggregation of "live
wires'' will hold its annual Summer ses
sion in Portland, Festival week, and ex
ploitation literature will be distributed at
Oakland when the admen meet.
In order to reach the newspapers of the
state, the Festival Association will send
lay delegates to the session of the Oregon
State Editorial Association, which meets
here January 17 aild 1. and the editors
and publishers of Oregon will be urged
to assist in the broad advertising cam
paign that will be necessary if the affair
Is to be the big success hoped for.
Confe'derate veterans of the Northwest,
representing all Coast and Inter-Mountain
states, have already voted through
their "executive committee, In a meeting
held at Bozeinan, Mont., last week, to
meet here while the Festival is on, and
an endeavor will be made to have these
veterans of the South entertained by the
Grand Army organisations of this sec
tion while they are in the city. L. C.
Garrigus, of this city, who is on the staff
of General Fusz, commander of the
Northwestern Department of the. Con
federate Veterans, has agreed to, take
charge of all arrangements for the enter
tainment of the. convention.
ANCIENT CASE IS DECIDED
Ferry Will Case, Hanging Fire Since
186 7, Is Disposed Of.
GRAND HAVEN, Mich.. Jan. 4. The
Ferry will case, which has been In liti
gation since the death In 1867 of William
Montague Ferry, one of the first mis
sionaries to the Indians in the. Mackinac
Island district, has been decided by the
Probate Court of Ottawa County. Ed
ward P. Ferry, of Salt Lake City, as ex
ecutor, is ordered to pay to the Michi
gan Trust Company, of Grand Rapids,
on behalf ot tne other heirs, mostly resi
dents of Ottawa County, $915,355, or three
fourths of the original estate.
The court finds that Edward P. Ferry's
accountings were not true, that the ex
ecutor had not accounted for money and
property, that he had misappropriated
large sums, that he had become mentally
incompetent and had mismanaged the es
tate. One of the principal heirs was the
late Thomas W. Ferry, ex-United States
Senator, who presided as president pro
tern in the Senate during the .famed
Hayes-TUden recount.
EARLY DECISION EMCTtD
SXKIDEI4 LAXD-GKAXT SLIT IS
KEAR ISSUE.
MUSIC LESSONS FREE. ;
Take advantage of Eilers special offer
J. u.n.. o - -- ,j .j . 'J i j-n, aim 0,9 "
styles for $248 and a four-months' course ,
of instruction free. As the close of sale i
draws near the buying quickens. These
instruments are going fast, only twenty
left now. Investigate at once. Eilers
Piano House, ' Washington, corner of
Park. v ,
Metzger, jeweler, optician, 342 Wash.
Federal' Court Probably "Hill Rule
on Exceptions to Bill of Com
plaint Tomorrow.
It is expected that an important de
cision will be rendered tomorrow, by
Judge Wolverton, in the Federal Court,
in the case of John L- Snelderf who
seeks, as an actual settler, to secure
possession of land included in the grant
of May 4, 1870, made by Congress to
the Oregon & California Railway. The
decision will be on the bill of excep
tions filed by the counsel of the (rail
road to the plaintiff's bills of com
plaint, by which he seeks to compel
the company to sell the land for $2.50
an acre, as provided in- the grants
under which the present fight for the
possession of the railroad lands in Ore
gon is being 'made.
This is the first case in the land fight
to come to an issue In the court. The
decision will be an- important step in
the procedure, as the railroad must file
either an answer or a demurrer if the
exceptions are overruled. It is ex
pected that an answer will be filed,
which would indicate that the case
may come to actual trial within the
next three months. '
Mr. Sneider, who "Is represented by
A. W. Lafferty, as counsel, was the
first to begin proceedings to force the
Oregon & California to sell land in the
Congressional grant for $2.50 an acre.
His suit was filed September 16, and
was followed in the same manner
by seven others. The suits are
not alone . against the Oregon &
California, but also include as de
fendants the 'Union Trust Com
pany, of New York, and S. T. Gage, of
San Francisco, each of whom is inter
ested in the land grants. The Sneider
case is regarded as a test of the set
tlers' rights, and each step will be anx
iously watched by hundreds of citizens
throughout the state, who hope to en
force - the (conditions under whidh the
land grants were made.
The suits of Sneider and other set
tlers are entirely independent of the in
vestigation of the land grants that the
Government is making, and of the suit
against the railroad, which the Federal
authorities are expected to file. Work of
the Government toward this end Is now
in the hands of -Judge Percy Becker, of
Buffalo, who was recently appointed
counsel by the Attornoy-General.
Through Special Agent Townsend, who
spent several months In Oregon, the
Attorney-General is in close touch with
the conditions of land-grant litigation.
It is understood that Judge Becker is
soon to come to this state, and tt is
believed that the Government will then
file suit to recover the land Included in
the grants or to compel the railroads
to sell to actual settlers for $2.50 an
acre. . '
The case of the Government would
not necessarily be affected by the - de
cision in the suits filed by actual set
tlers. The Oregon & California is real
ly being attacked from two sources,
and victory of either would have the
effect of compelling the sale of the land
for $2.50 an acre or, at least, restoring
it to the Government and ultimately to
entry and settlement.
$400 . PIANOST NOW $264
High-grade instruments, made toy one
of America's most reliable manufac
turers. The remainder of eight carloads
only twenty Instruments now .left, and
the closing bargains of one of the most
meritorious special offerings we have
made in many months. . Free four
months' course of music lessons Included.
Two dollars a week will pay the cost.
Do not delay. Eilers Piano House, Park
and Washington streets.
More Transcontinental Trains.
Three trans-continental trains over the
Canadian Pacific Railway daily over the
main line and an additional train into
Spokane from St. Paul over, the Boo and
Canadian Pacific lines will be put on late
In May or early in June and will con
tinue until next Winter. The roadbed Is
now being put - in first-class shape to
carry the traffic. The Spokane train will
handle through cars from Portland to
the Twin Cities, via Spokane on a fast
schedule. It is expected that cars out of
Portland will be handled by the Canadian
line by , March 1.
Hurt in Runaway.
EUGENE,' Or., Jan. 4. (Special.)
J. W. Hobbs, Deputy Internal Revenue
Inspector, was painfully, though not
seriously hurt by his team running
away while on his way hunting yes
terday evening. He was thrown from
hi rig and a bad gash cut in the top
of his head and several ribs bruised
and wrenched.
BORROW " WHOLE THEATER
STAGEHANDS IX SEATTLE GIVE
EARLY MATINEE.
pay his way in and seeing the size of
(the house rushed for the box office, but
he was too late. Tie was angry at
first, but now regards the affair a
huge joke.
The receipts were spent in a ban -
quet for the promoters of the scheme.
Hold Tp the Owner for Price of Ad
mission and Spend Proceeds '
in Big Banquet.
SEATTLE, Waj!h., Jan. 4. (Special.)
It happened New Tear's eve, but the
story has just leaked out and the joke
is on Alex Pantages, proprietor of two
theaters in Seattle and numerous other
playhouses in the Northwest.
Filled .with enthusiasm and other
things, a dozen or more stage hands,
actors and .musicians, working in the
Pantages theaters, conceived the Idea
early in the morning of January 1, of
giving a matinee. They opened the
playhouse, turned on the lights, and
after placing a man at the door and
one in the ticket office, the rest lined
up in the guise of patrons. In a few
minutes a hundred or more rolsteiers
were in line and a few minutes later
a very . barnstormy show was being
produced to. a house worth more than
$100. -.-'
Pantages was notified by telephone.
He came in an automobile and had to
DIVORCE OX THE DECLINE
Cupid More Successful With His '
Work in Lewis County.'
CENTRALIA, Wash.. Jan. 4. (Special.)
Divorce In Lewis County Is on the. de
cline if the records of the County Court
can be depended upon. During the year
1906, 13 couples applied for a dissolution
of the marriage Ues. Of tills number 37
decrees were granted,- six cases are still
before the court, never having been com
pleted, and two cases were dismissed. '
During the year 1907 . there were 42
divorce cases filed. Twenty-five decrees
were granted. 14 are still unfinished and
three cases were dismissed. Although the
number of divorce cases filed in 1906 was
greater than the number filed in 1907, .
there were 20 more marriage licenses :
issued in the latter year than in tho
former. In 1906 there were 239 licenses
issued and during the year just closed
licenses were granted to 259 couples. The
proportion f marriages to divorces -in
1906 was a trifle more than one in five. .'
In 1907 was a- little more than one in six.
Attend Rosenthal's great clearance
sale for fine shoe bargains.
THE NEW POLICIES of the
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LOW NON-PARTICIPATING RATES HIGH CASH VALUES
Superior inducements offered to reliable active Agents'
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Lumber Exchange Bldg.
W. VL LADD, President THEO. B. WILCOX, Vice-Prea
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