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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND, MARCH 28, 19C.
HIQH RENT PRICED SONS
WEST SIDE FURNITURE DEALERS
OH QUIT YQ - RKC KING-, THE
PEOPLE. HAVE. TO PAY Thfe '
fT-S THEIR, MISFORTUNE, NOT
THIR FAULT, THAT WEST
SIDE DEALERS MUST ASK SUCH
ENORMOUS PRICES FOR FURNITURE.
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OTHERS PA5T PENT
WE COLLECT RENT
ON HALF OUR Own ELD &
WHO CAN
SELL THE
CHEAPEST
Those who condemn West Side furniture dealers for the exorbitant prices charged for furniture, and those who censure them for having in the past organized a furniture trust to maintain
these prices, seem to forget that NECESSITY, not greed, was and is the foundation of these big prices, and the former organization to maintain them. . .
Others Pay Rent,
W
e Collect Rent 0 lunSng Who Gan Sell the Cheapest?
Suppose you owned a big furniture store, and had to pay $1000, $1500 6r $2000 a month rent, could you avoid adding this enormous cost of doing business to the selling price of your furniture?
Certainly not; then don't blame the Big Price Boys. Likewise, you should be tolerant, should be considerate, if they rave and snort at the mention of our name. While we do DESERVE CREDIT
FOR FIGHTING THE PEOPLE'S BATTLES, FOR GIVING THEM FURNITURE 25 PER CENT CHEAPER, at the same time it is not as philanthropists, but rather as far-seeing business men
who evolved an entirely new scheme, who so arranged matters that the income from our building entirely independent of the space occupied by the furniture store would pay interest and taxes.
Leather Couches
$36 to $60
Kitchen Furniture Specials
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Tables,
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Drawer, $1.20
"With Drawer,
$1.35
Kitchen Treasures, $2.75, $3, $3.25
Kitchen Safes at
$3.75 and $4.00
This handsome Weathefed Oak Alarm
Clock: won't let ud till you ttet up
very ornamental; only ,$X.SO
T h o s e desiring a neat. Inexpensive,
round ui.l.o 1ABLE will find it 1
this one: table just like cut. 44-inc
top. extends to 6 feet; finish resembles
quartered oak. SJ.oO
Showing Two From Our Big Dresser Sale
Jardiniere Stand
This beautiful quartered oak Jar
diniere Stand, special 50
Oak Dresser $10
Genuine Oak Dress
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STRRUS IS INDICTED
Postoffice Cashier Charged
With $4090.78 Theft.
GUILT IS STRONGLY DENIED
Official Contends Funds Were In
Good Shape AVhen He Relin
quished Control C. K. Von
Xelda Must Also Face Trial.
Kmbezzlement of postal funds to the
amount of $4090.78 is charged agrainst
Charles A. Straus, former finance clerk
and cashier in the Portland Postoffice'
in an Indictment returned by the Fed
eral grand jury yesterday. The mis
appropriation of funds is alleged to
have been committed by Straus be
tween January. 1902. and June 1, 190S,
when he severed his connection with
the Government service. Mr. Straus is
under bonds to appear for trial when
the case is called in the United States
Court, probably the latter part of next
month.
The Government is protected against
loss by reason of the alleged defalca
tlon by a bond furnished by Mr. Straus
through the United States Fidelity &
Guaranty Company, for whom Hart-
man A Thompson, of this city, are lo
cat agents. The misappropriation o
postal funds is alleged y the Gov
ernment to have been made by Straus
between April 1. 190. and April IT
1908. &lr. Straua Insists that the ap
parent shortage in funds handled by
himself as an employe of the Govern
ment is due to mistakes in his reports
to the Postoffice Department. He con
tends that the affairs of the office were
in unquestionable shape when he for
mally relinquished the position May 31,
last.
The Indictment recites that Straus, as
finance clerk and later as cashier, had
possession and- custody of all stamps,
stamped envelopes and stamped papers
and their sale and 'also the receipts
from all fourth-class mail and the rent
al of mall boxes in the Portland Post
office. He was obliged, according to
the Indictment,. . to remit the receipts
from these various sources semi-month
ly to the Assistant Treasurer of the
United States through the sub-treasury
at San Francisco.
These remittances, it is intimated " in
the indictment, were not made as re
quired. It was this delinquency on the
part of Straus that originally led to an
Investigation of his books last spring
with the result that a discrepancy was
discovered. Following this discovery
Straus surrendered the position and an
Investigation by the Federal grand jury,
attended by an expert examination by
the postal authorities of Straus' books.
has resulted in his indictment on
charge of embezzlement.
CT. E. Von N'eida. manager of the Pa
cific Apron Company, was also caught
in the dragnet of Federal inquiry. He
is charged with using the United States
mails, for purposes of defrauding. Von
Neida's victims, charges the grand jury.
were women who were fleeced out of
payments of ' money on the representa
tion that, there were good returns for
them for making and submitting aprons.
Another true, bill was returned against
Kenji Sakama, a Japanese, who Is
charged with, harboring alien Japanese
women In this city for immoral purposes.
A not true bill was reported against
Ed and Harry Newton, of Baker City,
who had been arrested by the Govern
ment authorities on a charge of making
and circulating counterfeit fW gold coins.
Not having completed its work, the
Federal grand jury will resume Its ses
sions tomorrow morning. United States
Attorney McTourt declines to intimate
what remains for this Inquisitorial body
, to consider, but he admitted that there
were several important matters to-be
brought before the jury before it finally
was discharged. -
NEW ELDER IS ORDAINED
Seventh Day Adventists Confer High
Office on G. W. Pettit.'.
The beautiful and touching service
of ordination was held yesterday after
noon by the "Westei-n Oregon Confer
ence of the Seventh Day Adventist
Church. . G. W. Pettlt. a well-known
young man in the denomination, .was
ordained an elder with full authority.
With this denomination, such a cere
mony is considered the most important
a conference can perform.
The East Portland church was filled
with a large congregation. All or
dained elders occupied places on the
platform, and other workers occupied
the front seats. President C. W. Flats
was in charge. Elder W. F. Martin
opened the services " with - scripture
reading, followed by prayer by Elder
Daniel Nettleton. Elder A. J. Breed,
religious liberty . secretary, of the
Union Conference, delivered a brief ad
dress setting forth the solemn Impor
tance of the step the candidate for or
dination was about to take, and the
great responsibility rua would assume.
He said, Mr. Pettit was to give up all
prospects of a worldly nature. Presi
dent Flaiz also made a short talk.
Then followed the ordination , state
ment by Mr. Pettiti Elder Breed de
livered the consecration prayer, when
the new elder was received into the
fellowship of the church.
Elder Pettit has been connected off!
daily with the Seventh Day Adventist
Church for eight years, five years hav
ing been spent in the business office of
the conference in Portland. Conference
will hold a session this forenoon and
complete its work, ,
. ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Dr. Horn, the optician. Sd floor Swel
land blag., guarantees satisfaction or
money reiunaeo. luvr ji-cvb. ,
KING EATS OREGOM FPU1T
APPLES SENT TO EDWARD DID
NOT GO ASTRAY.
R. M. Brereton Receives Letter That
Shows Gift of Commercial Club
Was Appreciated.
That the boxes of Hood River apples
which were sent to the King of Eng
land by the Portland Commercial Club
have been received at Buckingham pal
ace, and were appreciated by King Ed
ward and his guests, is shown by a
letter received on February 17 by R. M.
Brereton, of Portland, from General Sir
Dighton Probyn, Keeper of His Maj
esty's Privy Purse, who is a friend oil-
Mr. Brereton.
Mr. Brereton was an engineer in . In
dia' In 1864, and was connected with
the building of the great Indian Penin
sular Railroad. At this time he be
came acquainted with General "probyn,
who was then Colonel Probyn, com
mander of the famous cavalry known
as the Probyn Horse.
- After the apples had been sent to the
royal potentates of Europe, and con
siderable amusement was caused by the
reports of their ultimate fate, Mr.
Brereton wrote to his friend, the gen
eral, and asked him as to their recep
tion. He received an answer from the
palace, but was too modest to have the
letter published at the time. Friends
of his. however, who wished the public
to know that the apples had not met
the fate of being sold for a song at
auction in the markets of Europe, per
suaded him to give out the letter for
publication. It reads as follows:
BUCKINGHAM PALACE Feb. 17. 1909.
From General Sir Dighton Probyn,
Keeper of His Majesty"s Privy Purse.
To R. M. Brereton. Esq.. Portland. Or.
Dear Mr. Brereton: I have many apolo
gies to make you for my apparent rude
ness In not having before answered your
letter to me of the 14th of last December.
It arrived at a time when I was laid uo.
and I was afraid that my correspondence !
during those unhappy days got somewhat
into arrears, and your letter got mistaia.
A few days ago I came across this letter
df yours, and was quite horror-stricken
to find It had been overlooked. I at once
made inquiries about the apples, whether
they had amvea sareiy, ana, n so, wnat
was thought of them. I have now ascer
tained that the five boxes which were dis
patched to his -majesty, arrived quite
safely, and were'thought highly of by the
King and others who tasted them.
I now therefore write, although rather
late in the date. I am afraid, to convey
to you his majesty's' thanks for the fjuit.
Should we all be alive for another Christ
mas, and you will kindly again send,
directed to me at Sandringham, for the
King, another small supply of the apples,
writing me a few lines of warning of
their dispatch, I promise to bring them
to the notice of the- King, and of his
majesty's guests assembler at Sandring
ham at that season of the year, and to
give you a fuller report on them.
What a nrndisious amount of work you
seem to be doing! Anything compared to
it in England would, of course, to you be
mere child's play. With apologies for my
apparent neglect, believe be. very truly,
D. M. PROBYN.
GOOD WORD FROM SEATTLE
Puget Sound Architect Has Warm
Praise-for Portland.
Evidently Seattle, "architects are not
in sympathy with ' the hostile spirit
manifested by certain other residents
of the Sound City , towards Portland.
Daniel J. Myers, of the firm of Graham
& Myers., which designed some of the
buildings of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
Exposition, was -in. Portland during the
past week in attendance upon the first
meeting of the -Pacific Coast Architec
tural League, and was a visitor at the
exhibition of the Architecural Club at
the Museum of Art. -
In a letter to E.' F. Lawrence, chair
man of the exhibition -committee, Mr,
Myers says: .
"I desire to express my appreciation
for the delightful time you and the
other members of your club gave me
during my stay . In your fair city. I
was simply charmed with your city
and Its environments.
"Permit me again to ' congratulate
you and your associates on the splen
did success of your exhibition. You
certainly - have set a fine standard for
us to emulate. Your catalogue Is one
of the best. I have ever seen. In my
opinion, the formation of the Pacific
Coast Architectural League will do
more to advance the standard of good
architecture than anything- that ;has
been so far. devised on the Coast.,' - '
Motor-Cycle Run Today.. .
The Portland Motor-Cycle Club will give!
a run this morning, starting from Sixth
and .Stark streets. The course selected
will be out Vancouver avenue, thence to
the Slough road, and continuing to Sandy.
All ' outside riders who are owners of
motor-cycles are cordially invited to at
tend the run. A very pleasant time Is
-3 an V. d li,H nlflna to. man nut-
a series of runs this Summer to different
points adjacent to i-oriiana.
"Webfoot oil blacking (a shoe crease),
softens leather, weatherproofs shoes.
1
Fifteen Millions
"AO tide over poor
.vintages Messrs.
G. H. Mumm &
Co. keet) in re
serve over fifteen mil
lion bottles of their L.x
tra Dry and Selected
"Rnit in their caves.
which are over 10 miles
in extent. Oualitv is
always of first impor
tance with the house of
Mumm.
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class, $10; second-class, $7. Including- berth
and meals. Inquire city ticket office. Third
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