SECTION FOUR
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DRAMATIC
and SPORTING
VOL. XXVII.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 24, 1908.
NO. 21.
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Bl'Yt WE WIl.li EI
PI. A IX THB REASON
WHY.
IGHTY as has been the achievement of this celebrated event in former years, we have planned to outstrip
all past records, both in immense quantity, superior quality and relentless price cutting. JThose who have
anticipated this sale and waited until now to.supply their furniture needs will find here the grandest col
lection of high-grade Bedroom, Parlor, library. Kitchen and Dining-Room pieces ever gathered under one
roof. An extraordinary opportunity to buy positively the best furniture made and save on every purchase.
W K MDERSEIL
THEM AL.I, STORE
OPES SATURDAY
EVKXIXC9 IKTILI
O'CLOCK.
YOUR CREDIT IS
GOOD AT GADSBYS.
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HOOSIER
KITCHEN
CABINET
A Hoosier Kitchen
Cabinet means a
placfe for everything
and everything in its
place it's a combi
nation pantry, cup
board and kitchen
table no running
about from kitchen
to pantry from
pantry to kitchen
table it contains a
50-lb. sanitary flour
bin with sifter at
tached a 25 -lb.
6ugar bin, insect
proof air - tight
spice tins that pre
serve the flavor of
spices ample draw
er and cupboard
room for all utensils
and supplies.
BIGGEST VALUE EVER OFEERED ""f" M0RRIS CHA,RS
Rocker Bargains Beat These if You Can for the Money.
Three styles of Rockers take your choice oak or mahog- tO OC
any finish. Extra special.. pitiJ
FOR THIS
ELEGANT
$10
DINING TABLE
You will be asked a third more
at other stores. It is made of
selected wood, golden finish.
The 6-foot size is marked
at $10.00
Design is just like the picture.
$35 RANGE $29
LEADER RANGE
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All are guaranteed for ten years. Leader Range,
with high closet and duplex grate, spring-balanced
oven doors. This
is a heavy, sub- -stantial
and dur
able range, made
of the best quality
cold-rolled steel ;
adapted for . coal
or , wood ; oven
thoroughly braced
and bolted -r as
bestos lined'
throughout; nick
el trimmed ; sec
tion plate top.
Gadsbys' price.
$29.00
COLONIAL SUIT OF 4 PIECES
Mffljrh ' IN GENUINE ; J f
I m MAH0GANY VMEERS II f 1
Special This Week
$150
WE OWN THE BUILDING
NO RENT TO PAY
THAT'S WHY WE SELL
FOB LESS
'5 " "l!
ODD ROLLS
OF NEWEST
CARPET
AT GREAT
REDtJCTIONS
All of these Carpets are of standard grade, and dependable quality the patterns and colorings
are new and pleasing and the fact that these are odd rolls does not detract from their value to
you, as we have enough of EACH pattern to carpet one or more rooms. Note the reduced prices;
. GOOD BRUSSELS CARPETS
Odd rolls of Brussels Carpet, with or
without borders as desired; good range
of bright, attractive floral and conven
tional designs, suitable for rooms, for
rugs, for halls and stairs. The quality
that sells Tegularly at $1.25 a yard; on
sale this week at this low price, O O
per yard. .'...OC
BEST VELVET CARPETS
We point to this as one of the most not
able carpet offerings of the season an
opportunity for you to select a good,
durable velvet carpet, of excellent pat
tern and best coloring; the standard
$1.60 grade, at a price that means an ac
tual money saving; on sale fljl OC
at, per yard V
AXMINSTER CARPETS
This unusual offering comprises a num
ber of odd rolls of the very finest Ai min
ster Carpets a carpet that is noted for
its richness of coloring, soft pile and un
equaled wearing qualities the very best
$1.65 and $1.75 grade, which we offer as
long as this special lot lasts, t 1 OC
at, per yard pl.J
Heavy, substantial cabinet, charcoal
paoked and lined with galvanized
iron, removable metal shelves and
other sanitary improvements; has.
most perfect scientific cold-air circu
lation. Cabinet is made in golden oak
finish. White enamel inside. Made
along new lines; a great economizer
of ice. Is thoroughly guaranteed in
everv particular. Ranging in price
from $10.00 to $50.00
This comfortable and elegant Morris
Chair is made from BOlid quarter
sawed oak, highly polished and beauti
fully flaked, also mahogany finish; the
front legs have beautifully carved
claw feet; steel spring- construction;
cushions on seat and back are up
holstered in best quality reversible
velour, ' latest figures and designs, at
the low price of ...89.75
EXTRA SPECIAL SEE THIS
ROCKER $3.50
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This large Arm Rocker, mahogany fin
ish, upholstered in beautiful two-toned
velours; sells regularly for $8.00; extra
special S3.5Q
INTEND BDTING A CHINA
CLOSET?
Has b e n t - g 1 a s s ends; adjustable
shelves, built of selected golden oak; .
-positively the greatest bargain ever of
fered; Gadsbya price S17.00
$19 PRINCESS DRESSER $11.50
11? II
Princess Dresser, with oval or shaped
French bevel mirror; finished golden;
regular $19.-00 values; special this
week S11.50
DEFEAT OF BILL
STEP BACKWARD
Public Men of State Express
Views on University Appropriation.
BRING BLUSH OF SHAME
Adverse Vote, Declares E. G. Bailey,
"Would Put Back Ten Tears' Work
Done in Past Three to Adver
tise the State of Oregon.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON", Eugene.
Or., May 23. (Special.) Prominent men.
In- all parts of the state have gone on
record as favorable to the University
appropriation bill. Local alumni who
have been working for the passage of
the bill have asked for expressions of '
opinion from more than 100 of Oregon's
leading citizens and without a single
exception the replies have been favora
ble to the University. Nearly aH of
these gentlemen go so far af to say that
an adverse vote upon the bi'l would be
nothing short. of a public calamity.
Space does not permit the use of. the
entire list of interviews, but the follow
ing are samples of the entire lot:
Stephen A. Lowell, Pendleton I would
regard an adverse vote upon the pending
University appropriation bill as a disas
ter from which the state would require
years to recover. The commonwealth
of this time appears to be upon the eve
of a development -now too long delayed.
It is seeking capital and population from
those sections of the country where en
terprise and education obtain, and once
let the word go forth that the people of
Oregon have deliberately refused to sus
tain her chief educational institution and
at once the tide of immigration begin
ning to move toward us will surely be
diverted elsewhere.
Dr. David H. Moore, Bishop of the Meth
odLst Episcopal Church for Oregon
The great state of Oregon cannot use
Its public funds to better advantage
than enlarging, equipping and endowing
the university at Eugene. The $125,000
asked for practically but a slight ad
vance is a most reasonable sum.
T. B. Wilcox, Portland It is suffi
cient to my own mind that the defeat
of the University of Oregon appropria
tion bill would be detrimental, not
only to many of the individuals who
desire to avail themselves of the ad
vantages of the university, but no
state has any better Indicator of the
quality of its population than the de
gree of excellence shown in iim educa
tional institutions, and theimost desir
able class of Immigration, which efforts
are being made to attract here, cannot
be brought to Oregon without surl; in
stitutions are liberally maintained.
Dr. James Withycombe, director Ore
gon Agricultural College Experiment
Station Oregon has made one colossal
blunder In her educational affairs let
us hope that she may not make an
other. The paucity of our public
school fund is due to poor judgment
in the disposal of our school lands.
To defeat the university appropriation
would be an equally grievous blunder,
equally disastrous to the educational
interests of our state.
Rev. J. Whitcomb Brougher. Portland
I believe that an adverse vote upon
the University of Oregon appropriation
bill would be a real calamity to the
state. There Is no greater work to be
done by the state than to educate
properly Its young -men and young
women. Better neglect some material
things than to neglect the proper de
velopment of the mind and the charac
ter of the future citizens of Oregon.
After a careful personal investigation
of the situation-at Eugene, I am most
heartily In favor of the appropriation.
Personally, I believe everyone that is
thoroughly interested in the future of
Oregon will vote In favor of the ap
propriation. Judge George H. Williams, Portland
We ought to have a good university
or none at all. If we want a good uni
versity, then of course it must have
the means to make it good. A poor,
Bickly, half-starved institution would
be a disgrace to Oregon.
C. A. Johns, Baker City In my opin
ion, an adverse vote on the University
of Oregon appropriation bill would be
far-reaching, and a serious blow to the
manhood and the public welfare of the
state, and I think it is the duty of
every good citizen to vote "yes" on
this bill.
Judge Stephen Jewell, Grants Pass
The University of Oregon deserves
the loyal support of every voter in Or
egon. If the State of Oregon needs a
university. It goes without question
that the people of Oregon should see
that it is one worthy of the position
we occupy In the great sisterhood of
states. I think that we have arrived
at that period in our educational de
velopment when it would be suicidal
to take a backward step.
W. T. Macey, McMlnnvlIle An ad
verse vote upon the appropriation for
the State University will be absolutely
adverse to the development of Oregon
J. S. Van Winkle. Albany In mv
opinion, the defeat of the University of
Oregon appropriation bill would do
more to negative our claim to being a
progressive state than any other step
in public policy now before the people;
that in years to come it would be
looked upon as a backward step and
an act of parsimony absolutely unjus
tifiable. Frank E. Smith, of the Goodnough
Mercantile & Stock Co.. Elgin In my
opinion the defeat of the University of
Oregon appropriation would be a step
backward.
E. C. GHtner, Secretary Portland
Chamber of Commerce Considering
the many Inquiries we have at this of-,
flee as to the educational facilities in
the state, and also considering how far
West we are, and the consequent feel
ing East of the lack of educational fa
cilities here. I beg to say that the fail
ure to uphold the University of Oregon
would be a grave mistake.
Fred Muller, Secretary Portland
noara or iraae it Is my personal
opinion that it would be a calamity if
the appropriation for the University of
Oregon should fail at the coming elec
tion. I can, hardly conceive of the pos
sibility of unfavorable action when we
consider the growing demand for
young men with- such training as will
lit them for the wider dutie involved
in the expansion and development of
commercial, industrial, agricultural
and professional activities throughout
the state.