SECTION FOUR
Pages 'i to 12
DRAMATIC '
and SPORTING
VOL. XJkVH.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, 31 AY 31, 1908.
- NO. 22.
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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
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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-
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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
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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.