SECTION FOUR
Pages 1 to lO '
DRAMATIC
and SPORTING
VOL. XXVIII. : , PORTEAXD, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 21. 1909.
You Can fill four fa
- - y amm"ma m
Is
prove to you m our advertisements and in our store methodthat we deserve it! yWsE SPECI V
BETTER BUY
A .MAJESTIC
Than Wish You Had
We Can Show You 3 75 Differ
ent Patterns of Room-Size Rugs
wiLiiuuL uuy irouoie witn our rug display racks
You Want to See
a Hoosier Cabinet
There is many a woman who buys
some other range because It costs
a little less than a MAJESTIC. It
looks about as good as a MAJESTIC,
and for a time say, a year or two
It gives pretty good satisfaction.
Then the joints expand, the oven
won't hold , heat as It did, it takes
twice the fuel to do the same
amount of cooking-, and you find the
few dollars you saved on the start
were mighty poor economy.
Don't make that mistake; come
in and let us demonstrate the many
points of MAJESTIC construction,
and the exclusive labor-saving fea
tures possessed by this range. When
you consider a MAJESTIC lasts a
lifetime and uses less fuel than any
range made, it will prove much the
cheapest in the long run. Priced
from 5T.50 to 75.00 and worth
double what they cost. :
SOLD OX BASY - TERMS,
Just as Comfort
able as It Looks
$12.50
Brussels Rugs, Dunlap, 9 by 12
Brussels Burlington, 9 by 12. . . "..'.".
Royal Brussels Rugs, 9 by 12 ........... . '. '. '. . . ',
Wilton Velvet Rugs, 9 by 12, guaranteed 20 years'
Bagdad Wiltons, 9 by 12. .........
Axminster Rugs, imported, 9 by 12, . '. '. '. ; i
Burmah Pro-Brussels, 9 by 12... ....... ...
Extra quality Ingrain, 9 by 12. ............ .".".." ."..
Larger and Smaller Sizes in Proportion.
..$9.00
.$18.00
$2o.OO
$27.50
$39.75
.825.25
SIO.80
..$9.75
JfcwW" 1M, to- Mi g, oa,
There" are so many good things about
it that we can only hint at in an ad-
; vertisement. For - instance, there -is
the flour '. bin, the sugar bin, spice
cabinets, aluminum work table, bread -and
cake box, roomy cupboards and
. drawers, and. any number of other
-things needed in a: real work-saving
kitchen- cabinet. Please don't - wait
any longer you really, ought to 'see
' this cabinet. ' .
Buy Your Mission Dining -Room Furniture "Now. 20
Per Cent Discount This Week Only-See Windows
j 1 1
This large Morris Rocker, with
solid quartered oak frame, loose
cushions and adjustable back, sold
by the high rent dealers for S18
Uadsbys price 812.50
This Dresser for
MISSION DINING-ROOM-Early. English oak is the wood used. ( And Gadsbys ' have complete sets con
Ex ension Tables Chairs with rush or Spanish leather. seats, sideboards, Chinrffinets Serv"
ing Tables, Morns Chairs, Library Tables and Bookcases. You will find Gadsbvs' eniirp X iJ , JZZ
, interesting one, and Gadsbys' price on Mission Furniture is eMtit
Beautiful Designs in Matched Bedroom.
SuitesMany New Arrivals
$9.50
JI1PTL IN GENUINE 'WFW-
TMAHOGANY VENEERS ; mWM
J J) Special TRisWeet
This Dresser, finished in a rich f V Y&t Vtv -
golden oak color, with French bev- Mt ' f I " J T Mm
eled plate mirror; tiadsby's price. II B I 1
only ....S9.50 tPlVvP.
HAVE YOU A DAVENPORT
IN YOUR HOME?
If you have a small flat you surely need a Bed Davenport to accommo
date a chance visitor when the (Occasion demands. On our sample floors
we show about 50 of the latest designs in Davenport Sofa Beds, and will
be pleased to show them when you call. Prices from $16 to $60
Parlor Siiit Bargain $ 2 5
Mahogany polished, finished on Eastern .birch frames, beautifully up
holstered in verona, with spring seats, or loose cushions; $35.00 suit,
Gadsbys price $25.00
EXTRA SPECIAL SEE THIS
COUCH $7.85
Couch is Upholstered in tvo-tone velours, beautiful greens, red and
browns; Gadsbys' price ..$7.85
Gadsbys" Morris $35 Sideboard
Chair $25.00
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Made throughout of . solid oak.
beautifully quarter-sawed and
highly - polished: has full spring
seat and can be adjusted to five
different positions: the cushions
are reversible and come in se
lected . patterns of velour. Price -only
. ...59.75
Krench Beveled Mirror, beauti
fully carved top. drawer lined
for silverware; regular price $35.
Gadsby's price '.$25.00
Others as low as..
TRADE HARK
S15.00
FOLDING GO-CARP '
"1909" Pattern Allwin Folding Go
Cart for $7.50 at Gadsbys"1
EARTHQUAKEFUNDS
NEARLYEXHAUSTED
Much Suffering Still Remains
to Be Alleviated in Reggib,
Messina and Elsewhere.
FOOD AND SHELTER NEEDED
While Relief Work Has Been All
That Could Be Kxpected, Mascnl-'
tude of Disaster Drains Char
itable Societies' Resources.
ROIIE March SO.-tSpeciaD-T.amentabitf
conditions still prevail in the devastated
districts of Messina and Reggio. Xearly
three months have passed since the earth
quake laid low these towns and innum
erable villages In Sicily and Calabria,
leaving behind it a death roll which can
not yet be computed, and a desolation un
equaled In modern times. The appalling
magnitude and suddenness of the catas
trophe might well have stunned any coun
try and excused many " shortomings - in
the work of relief, even though they also
stirred the pity of the whole world and
inspired eager offers of assistance from
every quarter of the globe. But three
months have now gone by, a period long
enough to have relieved all immediate
distress and to have made good start in
the work of reparation, and still but lit
tle has actually been effected In compare
ison with what might have been done.
The principal relief committee in Rome
composed of men of the highest char
acter and integrity, has simply failed to
rise to the emergency with which it has '
been called upon to deal. The truth is
that the members of this committee ap
pear to be overwhelmed by the magni
tude of their task. .
The immediate necessity is for the con
veyance of food and clothing to the lo
allties. many of them comparatively in
accessible, in which they are urgently
required, and for the erection of tem
porary shelters where buildings have been
destroyed. The inaction of the Central
Committee is the less excusable, as the
various local and foraign relief commit
tees appear to have shown them excel
lent examples, but so large a portion
of the total sum contributed was sent
to the central fund, and Is still awaiting
the decisions of those by whom t is con
trolled, tha. many of these local com
mittees are at the end of their resources
and are compelled to remain helpless spec
tators of misery which they are no long
er able to alleviate.
Civil Rule Falls.
The militar-v ml in j
-. - '-in. anu v. -
glo has given place to civil government
not altogether with advantage. The erec
tion of-wooden houses proceeds onlv slow
ly, with indefinite Haisvc. . .i i .
- .j - auu uiilii ade
quate shelter can "be provided in the
stricken regions there is no way of bring-
uun. uio scattered refugees to their
own provinces. Until these fugitives re
turn there In l!l v. i -
porting them elsewhere, and little pros-
ct... ui permanent alleviation of their
u,. uio otner nana, it must be
acknowledged that. thr Jt.
cultles, not fully appreciated, perhaps.
niucii neip to explain, though
they do not altogether excuse, the short
comings of the work of relief.
Of the total of the sums collected in
Italy, and all over the world, for imme
diate and unofficial relief, no exact
amount can be given. The Vatican fund
has reached over JSOO',000; the Lombard
and Piedmontese funds have possibly
reached some J700.000; the American and
English funds were for the most part
paid Into that of the Central Committee
or National fund over and above the
monev thus niH tViOV ,-,,- 1 . -
, , - .'- i. icuiueu some
2.000.000, chiefly American, and expended
arnica b-iiu portaDie nouses: the National-
fund, at the disposal of the Cen
tral Committee, stands at S4.30O.O0O. of
which the American ontributlon must
have amounted to about J2,500,000.
Funds Well Expended.
In addition, there is the society for
the protection of the orphans, which has
received from various sources J2OO.O0O. and
Other less Imnnrtant rharttahla
es. The Vatican fund has been spent
wiruugii me agency or the Church with
great discretion and very impartial lib
erality, some proportion of it being re
served for the restoration of ruined
churches in poor parishes. The Pied
montese and Lombard! committees have
administered their own funds admirably,
with much practical common sense. Of
the British and Amerian organizations
a full account has been given. The ad
ministration of these funds deserve noth
ing but praise.
The same, however, cannot be said for
the administration of the Central fund,
which represents the great bulk of the
money subscribed, both in Italy and
abroad. An excellent committee was se
lected for its distribution, but from the
first this committee seems to have en
tirely misconceived the part they were
asked to play. The money was for Im
mediate relief and to prevent unnecessary
suffering; they have chosen to regard
it as a sacred trust for the future as
well as the present needs of the victims.
Two months after the disaster they had
spent only a tenth of the sum in their
keeping, and permanent benefit In the
way of Immediate relief they doled put
totally Insufficient sums.
Behind Reggio and Messina, stretching
far away on either coast, lies a once pop
ulous region, now a waste surrounding
some 50 ruined towns and countless vil
lages, whose wretched inhabitants are,
many of them, still naked and starving.
TAX BILL LEADS TO RIOT
Spaniards End Discussion of Mea
sure With Stabbing Affray.
LISBON. March 20. (Special.) The
proposed tax on agriculture has led
to a conflict in the Spanish town of
Montegicar. A public meeting was
convened, and angry words soon led
to blows. The fight became general,
and all kinds of firearms and knives
were brought out and used with dead
ly effect.
A strong force of the Civil Guard
was called out, and with great diffi
culty restored order. The casualties
totaled three killed. four seriously
wounded and a considerable number
with slight Injuries. ;