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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (May 31, 1908)
SECTION FOUR Pages 'i to 12 DRAMATIC ' and SPORTING VOL. XJkVH. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, 31 AY 31, 1908. - NO. 22. VANDERBILT FflD WM. GADSBY 8 SONS' IS FROWNED SM- if i m mi Tnv A ARMY W- in a! TO PR CREDIT IS GOOD AT GAD SB YS', A MOMENT'S considera tion will show you why these prices are so low. "We .have, in addition to our regular stock, six carloads of new goods delayed in transit, increasing our stock to pro portions unduly large and un wieldy. "We do not wish to hold them upon our floors a day longer than is. necessary, hence we make these prices to clear them out. They are not old style, but new designs, bright and fresh from the fac tory's a glance will show you. Come in Monday,' or as early as you can this week, and make your choice. Span the list of money-saving chances INTEND BOXING A CHINA CLOSET! RUGS! RUGS! RUGS! EVERYBODY WANTS RUGS Brussels Ruga, Eureka, 9x12 ..$15.00 Brussels Burlington, 9x12 ......$18.00 Royal Brussels Rugs, 9x12 $25.00 Wilton Brussels Rugs, 9x12 ....$27.00 Guaranteed for twenty years. Axminster Rugs, 9x12, imported, at. $24.00 Burmah Pro-Brussels, 9x12 $10.80 Extra quality Ingrain, 9x12... $9.75 Larger and smaller sizes in proportion. We have a lot of odd-size Made Rugs from remnants which you can buy at a discount of 25 per cent less than cost. Be sure and bring the size of your room if you are in search of a bargain. ..... BIGGEST VALUE, EVER OFFERED $35.00 LEADER RANGE FOR $29.00 -i! -g Si n v-rjC. '. ' 1 1 m It WE UNDERSELL THEM ALL STORE OPEN SATURDAY EVENINGS UNTIL NINE O'CLOCK LOOK AT THIS $19 DRESSER FOR $11.50 GADSBTS' MORRIS CHAIR 1 " 1 4- . 1 j All are guarantee! for 10 years. Leader Rp.nge, with high closet and duplex prate, spring: balanced oven doors. This Is a heavy, substantial and dur able range, made of the best quality cold-rolled steel; adapted for coal or wood: oven thoroughly braced and bolted; asbestos-lined throughout; nickel-trimmed: section COQ fifl plate top; Gadsbya' price Ji57.W Has bent-glass enjds; adjustable shelves, built of selected golden oak; positively the greatest bar gain ever offered ; C 1 7 ff Gadsbys' price j...P-- mJJ SIDEBOARD French beveled mirror; beautifully carved top; drawer ' r silverware; regular ' price $2u;tfS fC Gadsbys price w.VJV faude throughout of solid oak, and can be adjusted to five different positions; the cush ions are reversible and come in selected pattern XZ7 l7c of velour; price... P Princess Dresser, with over or shaped French bevel mirror: fin ished golden: regular $19.00 values: special mis week. . . . $ ll.5b WE ARE HEADQUARTERS FOR PORCH AND LAWN FURNITURE GET OUR PRICES ON DINING-ROOM FURNITURE IT PAYS! $50.00 PARLOR SUIT $27.00 Don't do yourself the injustice of buying- with out gettipg our prices. We offer you the advantage of better values and an assort ment that is not excelled on th& Coast. We mention two i of the many tempting bargains you will find on our floors $10 for This Elegant Dining Tatle Tou wlll.be asked a third more at other stores; It Js made of selected wood, golden finish: the 6-foot size is marked at $10; design is Just like the picture. $2.50 FOR THIS GIOLDEN OAK DINING . CHAIR. " Tou will find it else ' where marked at $3.50 or higher: it is made of selected oak, ' golden fin ish, with loxed cane seat; the picture shows the exact dVesign; there . are scores , of dining: chair bargnins in - all grades and finishes. RUGS FOR TUB DINING-ROOM. "We have a. mighty interesting stock of Rugs that are ; particularly suited for the dining room. Thje prices are temptingly low. . J- Parlor Suit, five pieces, beautifully finished, rich, dark mahogany, upholstered ia verona) regular price $50.00; sale price. . . . Mail orders for the above must include $2.00 packing charges. $27.00 WE OWN THE BUILDING THAT'S WHY WE SELL TOR LESS WE COLLECT BENT BUT YOUR REFRIGERATOR NOW 1 i IRON BED SALE REGULAR $3.50 BEDS RE- dJO f? DUCED TO f-.VJJ REGUEAR ?4.50 BEDS RE- JO Cf DUCED TO PJW REGULAR $5.00 BEDS RE- (( DUCED TO p.W REGULAR $7.00 BEDS RE- CJC DUCED TO pJ. I J REGULAR $9.00 BEDS - RE- T tSfl DUCED TO. . . P 'vf $40.00 BRASS BEDS RE- tOQ CA DUCED TO Pdi7.iJV 537.00 BRASS BEDS RE- $OC ff DUCED TO npiiJ.Jy GIVE YOUR WIFE A VACATION If you cannot send her to the country . or to the lakes, you can relieve: her ' of kitchen DRUDGERY give her several hours extra each day to enjoy life at home. It doesn't cost much cither. Just Install a simple sys tem so the work can all be done In one place. That reduces it by f half. The only equipment needed to put. in this labor-saving system Is a H00SIER KITCHEN CABINET and it doesn't cost much to get it. Remember it isn't the actual work that requires the most time. It Is gettir.fr ready for It and putting things away. Everything; ia at the Flnrer' Ends In a Hoosler Kitchen Cabinet, and It Only Takes a Minute to Pat Things Away After Preparing a Meal. Don't put off" buyinpr until Fall.. Tou need a Hoosler Cabinet now. Any thing that will reduce the hours :pent in the kitchen during the hot Summer months and help the. busy housekeeper keep her energy and health from flagging and wilting in the heat of the kitchen is worth while. OopTilfliiaa, UM, ty Baxter Xfe Oa, Come Into Our Store and See Our Exhibit of These Cabinets. Wc will Show Yon a Short Cut In Kitchen Work. Heavy, substantial cabinet, charcoal packed and lined with galvanized iron. removable metal shelves and other sani tary improvements; has most perfect scientific cold air circulation. Cabinet .is made in-golden oai finish; white enamel .inside ; . made along new lines; a great economizer of ice; is thoroughly guaran teed in every particular; ranging in price From $10 to $40 Sensible Newspapers of Lon don Condemn Millionaire's Waste of Energy. - COACH LINE NOT' NEEDED Say Plutocrat Would Give Vp Hobby IT Morbid Press Would Cease Ad vertising Him Caustic '.Com ment on Extravagance. LONDON'. May 30. (Special.)' Tha people of London 'do not seem to ba quite as enthusiastic about Alfred Van derbllt's coaching' enterprise as they were a few weeks ago, and several of the less sensational newspapers are se verely criticising the young American millionaire because he can find nothing better to dq. than to drive a team o horses between two places already con nected by more modern means of com munication. A prominent London paper writes: Master Va'nderbilt would undoubt edly soon give up his latest hobby if he were not encouraged by a inorbid press. After the first day we began to get tired of his Brighton coaching enter prise. The people of London do not wish to pay fifteen shillings even for the privilege of being driven to Brigh ton in a' millionaire's coach with the added glory of a guard in gold braid tooting a tin horn. The people of Lon don do not care to know that Mr. Van- derbllt was wearing a light coat with red flower in his buttonhole and it pains the great majority of us to think of the British citizens who crowded the streets to see this American traveling show and afterwards tumble all over one another at the ticket office. "Knocks" His Skill. "The average bus driver who has to negotiate daily the Bank crossing could give the millionaire whip les sons on handling the ribbons. Surely It passes all understanding that the desire for a little newspaper notoriety should induce a man who can command the latent energy of millions to spend his time driving horses between Lon don and Brighton, and still more that It should induce many human beings. , especially Englishmen, to spend liv shillings to sit behind him and seel him do It. v "What does a million sterling mean? It is a strange battery, charged with the most tremendous energy in the world. It is capital; it gives to its owner the power of concentrating hon or, thought and will and effort on any point. It can build railroads, harbors and found universities. Thousands of men may depend upon its wise use and their right to earn a living. Yet mil lions may be squandered on useless extravagances and vain frivolity. It may be dissipated like water poured on the ground. Haps the Rich. "The idle rich, especially when they hall from America, seem to vie with one another in devising idiotic means of getting rid of their surplus wealth. Perhaps U is well for the liberties of ' democracy that those who inherit wealth seldom show the same capacity to control It as those who amassed it. The dynasties of plutocracy degener ate entirely in the same manner as the dynasties of political power. A man who by self-denial and thrift or by his inventory and organizing genius accumulates capital deserves his re ward, but those who Inherit his wealth and squander It contribute nothing to the national stock." QUEER BLACKMAIL GAME Humble Clerk Forces Bank of France to Pension Him. PARIS. May 30. (Special.) A Paris newspaper tells an extraordinary story of a transaction between a French clerk and the Bank of Prance. By French law the Bank of France is obliged to replace a damaged bank note, the number of which is leclble. by another. Some years ago the clerk Inherited $4000. which he turned into 20 bank notes or ixn eacn. e proceeded to make these as disreputable as possible, and then took them to the bank, where he obtained new ones for them. The next day he went back with the new bank notes in the same dirty condition, and again had thenr renewed. He did this every day except Sunday for three weeks. The matter was then re ported to the governor, who sent" for the clerk and asked him why he behaved in such an extraordinary manner. "That is my business," was the answer. "The law gives me a perfect right to ex change dirty bank notes for clean ones half a dozen times a day, if I like." "But every new bank note we give you costs us 16 cents. You are costing us J3.33 a day." "Exactly," said the man. " have a proposition to make to you. I wilt promise to stop soiling bank notes if you will agree to pay me $3.12 a day." The bank agreed to do so, and the. man has been living on the proceeds ' ever since. STILL VIGOROUS AT . 128 Russian Soldier Joined Army in 1797, Serving Eight Years. ST. PETERSBURG, May 30. (Special.) A veteran soldier, with the record of 80 years' military service, and whose age is declared to be 12S, has been visiting St. Petersburg from the Tver District. This wonderful old man, Michael Budnikov, traveled to the capital to draw a prize of $2300 in the lottery, and the L'zar had him at Czarskoe Selo as a feature of the festivities for the Swedish royal wedding. Budnikov, whose breast is adorned with many medals for bravery and dis tinguished service. Joined the Russian army in 1797. His army service covers the period of the Napoleonic Wars, the Crimean War, and he retired on a pension on the eve of the Russo-Turkish War of 1878. He now lives on his own farm and is still active, retaining good sight and hearing.
