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GADSBYS' 18TH ANNUAL
CLEARANCE . SAL
Every Article Reduced 10 to 50 Per Cent
DRESSER BARGAIN, $9.50
This Pressor, finished In a rich gold
en oak color, with French beveled
flate mirror: regular retail value
12.50; Gadsbys" price S9.50
CHLNA CLOSET SALE
125.00 China Closet, red. to glT.BO
$30.00 China Closet, red. to 12 l.OO
S.t.Vnn China Closet, red. to JB27.50
140.00 China Closet, red. to 833. OO
$25 SIDEBOARD NOW $15.00
This handsome Sideboard, well worth
125.00; Gadsbys' price S15.00
BUFFET BARGAINS
jliil'tafll
Is
00 FtuftVt. now 29.00
$30.00 Fufft. now 24. OO
157.00 Buffet, now f21.00
$21.00 Buffet, now 17.00
$l.oo Buffet, now 12. OO
$14.00 Buffet, now SIO.OO
OUR DISPLAY RACKS OF RUGS
EXHIBIT 250 PATTERNS
No trouble to show them to you. Come in
and look at them. You won't be
solicited to purchase.
ALL RUGS REDUCED
Brussels Rugs, special, 9x12.
.$9.00
Brussels Rugs, Eureka, 9x12.
$15.00
Brussels Burlington, 9x12. . . . ......... .$18.00
Roval Brussels Rugs, 9x12.
$25.00
Wilton Velvet Rugs, 9x12, g'rant'd 20 -rs $37.00
Axminster Rugs, imported, 9x12. ...... . .$30.25
Burmah, Pro-Brussels, 9x12 .... . . . .$10.8Q
Extra qualit Ingrain, 9x12.
$9.75
Larger and smaller sizes in proportion.
DAVENPORT AND COUCH BARGAINS
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3 overstuffed Davenports, -full spring, 5 feet long, cov
ered in green veronas; regular $30 now.... " $10.50
1 solid oak Davenport. 6 feet long, upholstered in verona;
regular $60; sale price 15.00
1 mahogany finished Davenport, small size, upholstered
in silk plush; regular $60 now " $45.00
1 colonial mahogany Danvenport, 5 feet long, silk plush
upholstering.- Special $45.00
6 Davenports, adjustable for bed, with drawer under
neath, oak frame, upholstered in velour regular $33. . .$22.00
12 Couches, full roll upholstered in Boston leather or mo-
roccoline; regular $20, now 315.00.
6 Couches, oak frames, velour; regular $14 now $ 0.50
$40.00 BRASS BED FOR $20.00
"We have a beautiful line of Brass Beds to show
you. This solid Brass Bed . $20.00
$19 PRINCESS DRESSER $11.50
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Princess Dresser; with oval oj
shaped French .bevel mirror; fin
ished golden; regular $19.00 values,
special, this week,' Gadsbys' price,
only 811.50
THIS HEATER FOR $7.75
Get our Prices on. HeatinK Stoves
Before Yoa .Buy It Par.
For wood or coal, steel body, cast
top. bottom, grates, linings and
base: full nickel-trimmed.
10 Inches diameter S T.75
13 inches diameter SIO.OO
15 Inches diameter $12. OO
$35.00 RANGE FOR $27.50
All are guaranteed for 10 years.
I,eader Range, with high closet and
duplex grate, spring-balanced oven
doors. This Is a heavy, substantial
and durable ranee. -made of the best
luallty cold-rolled steel; adapted
for coal or wood; oven thoroughly
braced nnd bolte,d; asbestos-lined
throughout; nickel-trimmed, section
plate top; Gadsbys' price. . .$27.50
This Elegant Dining Table for $10.00
Tou will be asked a third more at
other stores. It is made of selected
wood, golden or weathered finish;
the 6-foot size; marked at SIO.OO
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We Have No
Rent to Pay,
That's Why
We SeU for
Less.
KEEP FINGER OH
PULSE OF STORM
Harriman Officials Watching
for Flood Signs Along
the Line.
HARD BATTLE WITH SNOW
Operating Department of O. It. &
X. Struggles Strenuously to Keep
Main Line Open Ready to
. Renew Fight at Any Time. '
Keeping within sound of the click of
the telegraph key. watching every min
ute for reports of water trouble, ex
pecting a hurry call from any point on
the main line between Portland and
Umatilla this Is the unefsy state of
mind of heads of the operating depart-
Mr. Buckley. "Pick up a handful ad
It rolled off like sugar-coated pills.
DoTvn the thousand-foot slopes of the
Cascades this tapioca poured in an un
ending stream, burying the tracks and
cascading on into the river. Snow
plows could not fight it. Engines could
not buck into it Workmen stationed
with scoop shovels stood on the track
all day long, shoveling off the rails.
As soon as one shovelful was taken out,
more of the frozen stuff took Its place.
The job was an unending one as long as
the storm continued."
The main line of the O. R. & N. was
cleared of the last storm trouble yester
day, add, but for tne fear of floods
to come, everything was normal on the
line. All trains were running almost
on time, and freights were moving.
The Northern Pacific, Southern Pa
cific and Spokane. Portland & Seattle
lines were open and all trains were
running. During the storm the North
Bank line, too. had to buck snowdrifts,
and it adopted a novel plan. Ballast
spreaders were piossed into service in
stead of snowplows to push the
-beautiful" off the tracks. The idea
was unique, but it worked well and
special engiues pushing the spreaders
were not an unusual sight while the
storm continued.
Because of the freezeup of the Van
couver ferry in the ice. the lare quan
tity of express usually handled by the
Merchants Express Company between
Portland and Vancouver has been rout
ed by the Northern Pacific Express
Company over the bridges across the
Columbia and Willamette, thus trebling
th3 business of the express company
between the two points.
AVork Stopped on Tillamook Line.
The storm of the past week has put a i
FINCH
DISCOVERS
HE IS 'DEMENTED
Astonished to Learn He Has
Had Awful "Brain Storm"
for Many Years.
STORY OF ROARING DRUNK
Head Wound Tenderly Patted by
Jury I)ne to High Dive Through
Glass Door on Ancient
Spree at Salem.
James A. Finch, sentenced to bo
hanged for the murder of Ralph Fisher,
has suddenly discovered that he is
crazy, in fact, that lie has been a little
bit off for years. It is learned that
in his efforts to escape the gallows
LOS ANGELES MAN WILL COMPETE FOR $20,000 AEROPLANE PRIZE
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LOS ANGELES. Jan. 16. (Special.)
for th Michelin prize of 120,000 with
ZICRHK'S AEROPLAM5.
-Professor J. S. Zerbe. of Los Angeles,
has entered the competition
in his preparations
that he was unable to" compete with the Wright brothers before January 1. and they won the prize last
unit nw , J..,JiJ v, ion-( itrrit in thA nnm n o" var if It doubles t ho flifrht ot
vpar Rut the awara wiii oe auuiiuai.eu iui .iit iwf,toi b'" - -c 7- , -
the year past Mr. Zerbe has been experimenting in aeronautics for six years. He cla.ms that preliminary
experiment warrant him in believing that he can travel as he pleases in his machine, restricted only by
the amount of gasoline he can carry for power.
novel form of aeroplane. He was so delayed
ment of the O. R. & N. For there Is a
Chinook in the Falouse, tne snow is
melting all along the line and danger
threatens the twin ribbons of steel
stretching away to the east that must
be coddled and guarded from harm as
carefully ad a baby In a cradle.
enrtCT t-1 n v 1 1 1 that drove S 1 ( P D
from the eyes of the department chiefs
for a weeK is over. ine wmu i
roared down the Columbia gorge for
inc-lv. tilling drift after
drift on the track, has died down. The
snowplows that have been whirling the
fleecy, frozen flakes off the right of
.v fnr wrplt and R half have at last
a chanct to rest. But the fear was
felt yesterday that the worst is yet to
L'l.nyi. nnnraHnr man under
General Superintendent Buckley Is on
the qui vlve. xney are sleeping mm
one eye open, ready to Jump out and
fight the floods that are following the
snowfall.
Vetch for Slore Trouble.
If serious water tmuble comes It will
be within the next 24 hours. The
streams of the Cascade Mountains, al
ways swift and treacherous, are run
ning with their banks full ana are oe-
ing swollen every minute to larger tor
rents. Eust of the mountains the creeks
have become rivers.
Should the Chinook continue, the
taming of the floods is an impossibility.
Tracks will be washed away ana
bridges toppled over. Railroad officials
are watching tne -weather reports close
ly and hoping that the thaw win db
gradual. But they are taking every
precaution to Tight the freshets if they
come. Piledrlver crews are oeing Kept
in readiness so that temporary bridges
can be built if the present ones go out.
Wrecking outfits aro on hand to help
in the work of laying new rails if em
bankments are washed away. All along
the line the army of men in the operat
ing department are watching the
streams and calculating how -long it
will be before danger threatens.
Buckley Discusses Situation.
"I told the Portland packing-houses
today," said General Superintendent
Buckley yesterday, speaking colloquial
ly, "to move what stock they have to
come In at once. They ought to get a
few cows tails in here so if we are tied
up there will be some meat in the city.
The packers made an eyelash finish at
the end or tne snow storm, anu w o win
:ry to avoid any likelihood ot a. meat.
famine this time.
"If the snow all goes off, there will
no doubt be serious trouble along our
line. But the Chinook may not con
tinue for long and the streams in that
case may behave. Anyway, by Monday
e will Know an aoout . muu, h
Is the calm after one storm, and we
are afraid just before another."
Mr. Buckley returned to roriiana
r.ua.r vwM-n Anf ltv fixrhtlncr the snow
and ice along the Columbia canyon for
almost two weeks. Two snowplows
were kept at work steadily eating up the
drifts, but as soon as cleared away they
were sifted back on the rails by trie
persistent wind. Ice ana sieet was a
constant source of trouble.
Fought Strenuous Battle.
The stuff that poured down the
mountainside and covered our tracks
was like buckshot, made of Ice," said
stop to operations on the east end of
the Lytle road to Tillamook, although
it is probable work will be resumed
as soon as the snow Is off the ground.
The severe cold and snow storms put
an end even to the Winter work out
lined by contractors. They were forced
to call off their forces and suspend
all activity while the storm continued.
The principal work to be done on the
east end of the road through the Win
ter Is some tunnej-Donng, ciearm
right-of-way and rock work. But lit
tle grading can be accomplished during
the Winter months. On the Tillamook
end of the road, however, the snow has
not fallen sufficiently deep to inter
fere with work, nor has the cold been
' ' ...1 fnri.BB havA nnt
been Interrupted to any extent by the
storm.
INJUNCTION UP TOMORROW
Court to Decide About Sale of Liquor
in Restaurants.
In , the Circuit Court tomorrow the
matter of an injunction restraining the
Chief of Police from enforcing the law
regarding the sale of liquor in res
taurants will come up for a hearing.
A number of the proprietors of down
town restaurants and cafes recently ap
plied for a temporary Injunction, which
was granted, and it Is to be decided
by the court this week whether the
injunction shall be made permanent.
The contention of the plaintiffs is that
the city must issue to an applicant a
restaurant liquor license upon demand,
and that the city cannot refuse to do
so, under the law.
City Attorney Kavanaugh and Dep
uty City Attorney Tomlinson were en
gaged yesterday in preparing the case
to meet the issue. They will contend
that the city can refuse to Issue
licenses; In fact, that the City Auditor
has no authority to issue such a license
until the Council has passed upon the
applications and ordered them granted.
The main point In controversy is highly
important, as. If the court upholds the
city, the police may then enforce the
law, which will make It necessary for
the hotels, grills and restaurants to
cease the sale of liquor at once. This
will include every such place, as no
1909 restaurant liquor licenses have
been granted by the Council.
TO STAND TRIAL IN IDAHO
Judge Landis Decides Barber and
Moon Must Plead In West.
MADISON. Wis.. Jan. 16. Judge K. M.
Landis, in deciding the case of Charles
Barber and Sumner G. Moon, charged
with conspiracy in land fraud in Idaho,
as to whether they would tie compelled to
go to Idaho for trial, held today that they
must.
He says that the Indictment is suf
ficient to warrant his taking this position.
Both of the defendants furnished bail
for $10:000 and will appear for trial In
March. - .
he will plead Insanity. Many witnesses,
it is said, will testify as to Kinch'a
queerness In past years.
In support of the insanity Idea, Finch
Is going to lay bare that horrible fabri
cation of an assault upon him by Kalph
Fisher. It will be recalled that during
the trial he exhibited a small fractured
place on the frontal bone of his skull,
saying the injury was caused by a no
tarial seal hurled by Fisher. Now the
real source of that Injury Is revealed.
He recruited it five years ago at Salem
while craay drunk. It seems that on
returning to his office thore he stag
gered through a glass door of his of
fice and left a great pool of blood on
the floor. Disappearing in his drunken
revel, he could not be found for several
days and discovery of the blood on his
office floor, coupled with his absence,
gave rise to much commotion at the
time, a belief prevailing that he had
been murdered.
When he did finally appear it was
with a fracture of the frontal bone, a
minor fracture. But it is also recalled
that there was a small fragment of
bone detached.
That Mrs. Finch is going to stand by
her husband was indicated yesterday
when she applied for cancellation of
the collateral put up by her on the
bond of C. H. and C. H. T. Atwood, two
physicians who stand convicted under
the public nuisance law of having oper
ated a notorious sanitarium at Mount
Tabor. Mrs. Finch was at one time a
nurse at this headquarters of criminal
malpractice and when the two doctors
got Into trouble she put up her prop
erty, worth JS000. as collateral to the
Union Guarantee Association, which
went on the Atwoods' bond. Shortly
after that, she married Finch, the mar
riage being followed in a week by the
murder of Fisher.
Now she is going to withdraw her
property as collateral on the Atwood
bond, averring that she needs all her
money and property for use In defense
of her husband. Legal proceedings in I
this direction were commenced yester- ;
day In the Circuit Court. The convicted j
nuisance doctors will either have to put '
up fresh bond or go to Jail, it is un- '
derstood.
Wants $20,000 From Corporation.
Damages in the sum of 30,000 were
asked of the Portland Railway, Light &.
Power Company by II. M. Plttimrer, a.
ship carpenter, in a suit iiled with the
Circuit Court yesterday. Pittlnger al
leges in liis complaint that he was about
to step off one of the company's cars re
cently and that the crew started it sud
denly, so as to precipitate him violently to
the ground. The accident rendered him a
cripple for life, he says, and he asks J10.-
000 damages nnd $10,000 special damages
as compensation for his Impaired earning
capacity.
Joseplil Is Administrator.
An order was is-sued by the County
Court yesterday, naming S. B. Josephl
administrator of the estate of Mary 8.
West, who died January 7. She left no
will. The estate Is worth 0 and there 1
are two heirs, Wharton L. West aitd '
Francis J. West.
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