The Sunday Oregonian., July 11, 1909, SECTION TWO, Page 12, Image 24

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PORTION OF FUND
Lane Administration Paid Out
Only $323,000 for New
Portland Parks.
OTHER HOLDINGS FAVORED
Old Hoard IIal Tt worn mended Total
Kxpemliture of $605,000 and
Was Heady to Buy Other Tracts
Valued at $176,000.
STATTS OF I ARK SITCATTOX.
J Purchased by Lane ilmlnli-
uauuu irom Dona ISBU.
crpag at Mount Tabor. f
J Eellwood. Smith tract and j
plot adjoining Columbia I
Park on Peninsula 1323,000 I
I Recommended purchase! at
4 Mount Tabor, Hazel Fern T
Farm and Montgomery tract 282.000 A
Favorably considered by t
Park Board, acreage at t
4 Fellwood. at Overlook, on 1
Sthe East Side, and on the
hill on the western limits f
4 of the city 178.000
Total $781,000
i
Mayor Simon was unable yesterday af
ternoon to continue his official Inspection
of property purchased and under con
templation for purchse as parks because
of the rainfall, and postponed the trip.
As soon as it is convenient, he will pro
ceed with the task, which Is a lame one,
there being many acres In view in var
ious portions of the city. On his first trip,
the Mayor visited the proposed boule
vard site on the West Side. along the
hills that skirt the western border of the
corporate limits; the Hellwood ground al
ready bought and paid for and portions
of Mount Tabor, some of which are now
owned by the city.
Kecause he believes that reckless ex
travagance has characterized the pur
chase of property for parks. Mayor Si
mon has announced that he will not
sanction the purchase of any more land
for parks or playgrounds,, and that he
will not permit the proposed sale of
T.,(yo bonds, if he can prevent it. These
are being offered, and the date of open
ing bids is July 2. The Mayor believes
that the city has enough parka now.
and that the property already acquired
should bo improved, nnd that is one rea
son why ho is unfavorable to further
purchases.
Council Votes Its Approval.
The Park Hoard, under the provisions
of the act creating the bonds, must
recommend the purchase of all property
that is to be used for parks, and the
t Ky Council authorizes the appropria
tion. If satisfied that the prices named
are reasonable and the ground is needed
Any criticism, therefore, that may be
made falls upon both bodies. The method
(pursued under the Lane administration
was to select sites nnd have the proper
ties viewed by appraisers, who would tlx
what they believed to be a resonable
price, and this was usually accepted and
recommendation made to the Council for
purchase. Favorable action was always
taken by the Council, largelv because "of
the recommendations of the Park Hoard.
The first piece of property purchased
In a tract of 13 acres in Sellwood. for
which the city paid JI7.000. In this case,
condemnation proceedings were resorted
to. ns the first .price put upon the land
by the owner was foun.l to be exorbitant
After the experience, the appraising sys-
tem was followed, at the suggestion of
lr. Iane, who was Mayor at the time
A strip of four acres adjoining Columbia
Park was next purchased for V000. and
then the W. K. Smith tract of 20 acres
on the Teninsula was purchased for JG0 -00.
'
Property fo the extent of 125 acres on
Mount Tabor was next considered, and a
, portion of it has been taken over and
I paid for, a total expenditure for this to
date bc-lng 120.000. Additional expendi
' wL" .lhrB of ,2S 0p0 his been ordered.
- wthpr thls wm be consummated, con
not be known until Mayor Simon appoints
a new Park Hoard and takes it up for
consideration, but It Is doubtful if it will
be bought. This makes a total of ?!2 -000
already ex, .ended from the first $500.
issue frm the mllllon-dllar bond
Otlier Purchases Favored.
Under contemplation for purchase there
are several tracts, which would require
1,1 ,S..0f the Iast nalf ot the bond is
sue, although these would not, if all
"it PU,rCl',aSed- cons,ln'e the full amount
. in the fund. As already stated, there la
I "cref ? enough on Mount Tabor, still
, V anted for park purposes, to call for an
! TTl I 8 Sf ,12S'- Then there Is the
. Jlazel Fern farm, near Sunnyside. -which
( was recommended by the Park Board
the property Including 2a acres, the es
timated cost being tSO.000.
rSt,eb n0t least the Montgomery
ttlv -J 'JSS?- along the east
h. ..i River, north of
the Steel Bridge, is recommended, and the
urn of JU5.0W has been tendered the
owners who have refused the offer. Con
demnation proceedings have been ordered
' stance, but it is not necessary
for the city to purchase the property af
ter a jury has fixed the value unless It
h to- Thls 's a total of recom
mended expenditures of $323.00O. a grand
total of the amount already paid o.it and
Sr.? lhan 1s cn"'a'ned in the
first half of the bond issue.
Of property tinder consideration and
favorably regarded by the old Park
Board, there are the Connell tract. In
rd;h"',J"lnln the 'rPerty already
bought there, and containing 2V acres
eat mated cost of which is J60.000; Over
ly trt f 18 acrea on th no"h East
Side estimated cost Is J.K..O0O. and the O
t5M traet " tne hiUs on the West
SI? . " estlmated cost being $so.-
2V" n,akp" a total acreage under
favorable consideration for purchase to
the amount of $l76.ooo
SINGLE TAXERS ARE NEXT
They Threaten to Foist Half-Baked
Theories on Vs In 1912.
PORTLAND, July 10.-(To the Editor.)
One of the leaders of the single tax
movement in Oregon stated recently that
funds have been raised to pass the Henry
George chimera In Oregon at the elec
tion of i:12. No attempt will be made.
It was stated, to put the measure before
the people at the next election. As a part
of their campaign, the single taxers will
have 100.000 copies of "Progress and Pov
erty" distributed, free, among the farm
ers and others of Oregon, who have been
opposed to the measure In the past. In
the effort to convert them to the single
tax theory.
In the hurt election I took the Initia
tive In exposing this measure, which went
SIMON
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before the people In the guise of an act
to exempt certain articles from taxation.
in one of my Joint debates with the
champions of the single tax, I secured an
admission that certain large manufactur
ers who would, escape taxation under the
proposed law, were providing the cam
paign funds. This admission was made
before an audience of several hundred
people, and showed clearly that the meas
ure Is nothing more nor less than an
abuse of the Initiative by private inter
ests. By exempting all manufacturing
plants and their appurtenances from tax
ation in Oregon, other Pacific Northwest
manufacturers would be forced out of
business, as they would be unable to com
pete with plants that pay no taxes.
Oregon wishes to encourage the manu
facturing industry, but need not sub
sidize it. The act would be unjust to
other interests quite as desirable.
The single taxers hope to convince a
majority of the people of Oregon fhat
the exemption of personal property from
taxation and the placing of the entire
burden upon land will work an Industrial
.......(,o inut win convert Oregon into an
L'tOPla. .etn. Tlioi' nro-,,A i . ,,,
. . - . . j 0 v. iciua will
be lowered, and hence the tenant should
nuipuii lne single tax. They tell the
farmers that the evtm mno.. v.
have to be raised after their personal
piopeny ana livestock are exempt, will
be wrnnir nt,t nf k ......
" I'v-i.jiiinirs. i nev
would tax the railroads unfil there would
iu money leit ror running expenses,
then confiscate them t ti.. u
- Alio 1(1.11-
roads are the Industrial arteries of our
tne rounaation upon which our
prosperity rests. At the last session of
the Oregon Legislature, a Senator told
me of an Eastern state that Imposed
such restrictions and heavy taxes on one
of the railroads that the latter was com
pelled to suspend operation, and thou
sands of people virtually lost all they
had accumulated because of the fact'.
The financial loss to the state was many
times more than the value of the road.
It is not often fhat such condition Is
brought about by radical legislators men
who in private and business life amount
to nothing a class who, having failed
In their Own business, try to run the
state's business. But it remains for the
business men of any state to curb such
tendencies toward socialistic chaos.
It is not possible for me to enter into
arguments against the single tax fal
lacy at this time, but I deem it expedient
to sound a warning note of the fight
the single taxers are going to wage after
they have completed their propaganda
with "Progress and Poverty."
, OEORffB w. DIXON.
INNES IS NOT A FREAK
GREAT BANDMASTER IS LIKE
OTHER NORMAL MEN.
Musical Organization Is Augmented
by String Bass and Harp and
Music Brings Forth Thrills.
Frederick Innes, the famous bandmaster,
whose splendid organization comes to
the grounds of the Multnomah Athletic
Club for two concerts July 13-14, is neither
a freak nor a crank. He does not wear
his hair long or Indulge in any of the
antics common to many musicians.
"Whether on the etage in front of his
band, or in the hotel lobby, in the club
or the cafe, he Is a man as are other
men. and he never gives any one the idea
of eccentricity.
When he stands with baton n hand di
recting his magnificent band, there is no
mistaking the fact that he is giving his
Kre.lerlok Kell Innea, Rreat Rand
maatrr, A tio W in lie lizard In
Portland July 16 and 17.
mind to his work. But he is not a poseur
in any senee. He looks and acts business
like. He seems never to ,i
tentlon, however, to music except when
"-o.t. rju iio.nu. e is Droad and yet
mSlt,er f fact ln h,s dealings with men.
This man has made remnrirohio nnn...
tlons in musio as played by concert bands.
He has demonstrated that hypercritical
writers, who have asserted the highest
music could not be- Interpreted by a band
""i" imuugn transcriptions, are entire
ly wrong. He plays everything that is
nullum w,e cnange or a note
Innes won fame when he astonished' the
world with his performance on the trom
bone. W hen he laid down the trombone
for the baton, fame at once lent him all
the dazzle of his old achievements In
organizing his band he has displayed all
his former originality of invention. His
band Is instrumentally different from
every other band ln the world. String
basses, harps, and similar features are'
Introduced. The work of the band is
even difficult, the Innes programmes be
ing noted for their novelty, good taste,
rare combinations of the classics, quaint
old melodies and sensational effects.
The mere announcement that this great
attraction has been secured will arouse
widespread Interest throughout this por
tion of the state. Miss Lastemann. a pop
ular oratorio singer who was engaged
for the Seattle Exposition, will take part
in the festival programmes here as will
Williams. Balnbrldge, Hazel, Kuchynka
and Klburg, six eminent soloists. The
dates here are July 13 and H at Multno
mah Field.
A WHIRLWIND.
What we want to tell you this time Is
about a windfall of goods that "blowed
in" on us the other day. Mill and factory
people wire us, "overstocked, sell only
SCO cases at these prices. We need the
money." It's just like handing out the
real coin. Case upon case of the season's
choicest goods. Direct from the mills to
you at a trifle of manufacturer's first cost
and less. At this sale you get more than
you pay for. This is the time when it
pays every woman to lay ln a whole sea
son's supply at our mill remnant and fac
tory sale. All cars pass our door. Con
ductor, let me off at Shanahan's, li4 and
146 Third street, corner Alder.
THE LOUVRE. .
Special Sunday table d'hote dinner, JL
6-9. Royal Hawaiian Orchestra,
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TIlESUXPAr
BIG TRACTS SOUGHT
Heads of Colonization Com
pany Visit Oregon.
PLEASED WITH THIS STATE
Offleers of Kansas City Corporation
That Has Opened Large dis
tricts Are Making Tour
Throughout West.
Officers of what Is reputed to be the
biggest realty company in the Vnited
states, with headquarters in Kansas
were in Portland yesterday, and
while they are reticent as to the pur
poses of their visit to the West, it is
understood they are seeking large
rarmlng- tracts for colonization.
The men here were J. A. Wells, vice
president, and A. X. Baker, field man
ager, of the Jackson Realty Company,
incorporated, and it Is known that
while these men are visiting the Xorth
west Jay M. Jackson, president, and
other officers are scouring the Far
Southwest and Middle Far West
The Jackson Realty Company Is the
successor of the Associated Realty
Companies. wTilch purchased and was
first to open a portion of the great Far
well tract, in the Texas Panhandle.
The Farwells years ago advanced the
money to build the Texas capitol. and
ln return received a grant of 3,000.000
acres of land, which was developed
tnto the greatest stock ranch in the
Southwest. The Kansas City Realty
Corporation subsequently acquired a
large tract in the heart of this 3,000,000
acres, which was subdivided and sold to
homeseekers. The Jackson Realty Com
pany has disposed of 1,100.000 acres of
Texas lands, and now holds 1,000.000
acres near Vera Cruz and other large
tracts in Texas and Mexico. Homeseek
ers excursions are run twice each
month regularly from Kansas City to
the company's lands, and it has S00
agents throughout the West drumming
up business.
"Our main objective point on this trip
was Alberta." said Mr. Baker, at the
Imperial Hotel yesterday. "However
we are seeing the entire Pacific Coast,'
and will go from here through Oregon
and California as far south as Los
Angeles. Mr. Wells and I will return
to Kansas City by different routes.
"The Canadian wheat lands did not
strike me favorably. Manitoba, and
Alberta are swampy, and are so level
that the drainage is not good. Then
they are too cold for a Southern man.
Saskatchewan has the best land, but is
dependent upon irrigation, and has not
sOfficient water. As for British Colum
bia, if a man were looking for rock
Quarries he might be suited.
"We are here to sua tv i q .. .
but as to our intentions I am not at
libertv to - nnonv . i
. . ' ' i-ii.a lime. i am
delighted with Portland. It Is a beau-
f..r, auu apparently very prosper
ous. It is m v first vialr tn fv,i
of the West, and everything is new to
uu. uuamess nas Deen done large
ly in Texas and MotI j t
- x V il 1 1 LUllt
with better knowledge of that country.
iiuiucsefuws excursions, on the
first and third UVHno.tn... v.
- . j nsanzil
month, are now looked for ln Kansas
i-ny as something to be counted on
each month.
"The biggest train we ever sent into
Texas was composed of 19 cars, averag
ing 30 nassenp-em mi , V. . i . -1 .
- ' w.i mat trip
we sold 42,000 acres of land in the one
day on the ground, which has been the
record for our company.
"About six weeks ago I was at the
most southern point in the United
States, at thA Iowat at.H a m j
. . . . wi iciaa, it
stepped across the line into Mexico.
Priim t V. T v. n I , , . . .
' -" ' " Biruiea tne .Middle
West to Canada, crossed Western Can
ada to Vancouver, visited Vancouver
Island and Victoria, Seattle and Ta
coma." Mr. "RaltPr an AT t- Txrll -3
- - - - . . ma ucjiai veu
for the South last night.
UNITE FOR GOOD ROADS
Call on Farming, Railroad and Auto
Interests to Work.
PORTLAND. July 10. (To the Edi
tor.) Please permit an old civil engi
neer, who has been engaged during
the past 58 years in the construction
and maintenance of railways and public
roads, to plead with the public for a
new way of finding the money needed
for the construction and maintenance
of good roads good throughout the
year. My own experience in Great
Britain, India and North America, dur
nig this long period, shows me that it
is utterly Impossible to secure the ex
tensive system of good roads this coun
try demands under the existing system
of local taxation of the food industrv
of the Nation.
The road financial system must be
come a truly National one, the same
as the railroad system; for the road
service is fully as National as is the
railroad service throughout the coun
try. What is a service to all should be
paia ror iy all, is the only equitable
policy for a civilized nation, whose
proud boast is liberty and equality.
In Great Britain for many centuries
and in the United States for nearly a
century the burden of road construc
tion and maintenance has been borne
by the agricultural industry. The an
nual cost of this National service
amounts to the same figures in both
countries $80,000,000. This represents
$1.90 per unit of the population of
Great Britain and $1 per unit of the
United States. The gross wealth of
the United States is estimated at about
$116,000,000,000; $28,000,000,000, or 24
per cent, of this wealth represents
the invested capital of the agricultural
industry. There are over 6,000,000
farms, and an agricultural population
of about 10.500,000, or 13 per cent of the
entire population, which are now yearly
taxed to the extent of $80,000,000 for
roads. This represents about $7.50 per
head of the agricultural population.
The railroads form the arterial sys
tem and the public roads the vein sys
tem of the main internal communica
tions of the country. The present mile
age ratio of ioads to railroads is about
ten to one in both Great Britain and
the United States.
The present railroad system of the
United States has cost about $75,000
per mile to establish: good and dustiess
roads cost about $6000 per mile. When
the population of the Pacific Coast
States becomes on a par with that of
the New England States, the ratio of
roads to railroads will probably be 12
to 1. The present capital Invested in
railroad shares and bonds amounts to
about $12,000,000,000. The establish
ment of good roads throughout the
country will require an equal If not
a larger amount of capital.
The cost of road construction on the
Pacific Coast will surely Increase more
rapidly than the population. The farm
ers of the United States now suffer an
annual loss of over $6,000,000 ln haul
ing over bad roads their products
amounting to over 250,000,000 tons to
the railroad points and other markets.
This represents an average cost of 25
cents per ton per mile over an average
OREGOMAN. TORTXAXD,
s it : :
The Following Letters
Were Received By
Thompson Last Week:
Hundred of Mlmllar ones are open
to tbone who are Interested.
THOMPSflX, MKbt Expert,
Corbett Hldg., City.
Dear Sir I believe you to be the
most practical and reliable eyesight
specialist in this city. When I first
went to you, my eyes were anvthing
but comfortable. You scientifically
tested my eyes and prescribed
proper glasses for me, which I am
now wearing, and as a result I am
now enjoying perfect vision and com
fort. I cheerfully recommend you
to any one needing the services of an
expert. I have found you very rea
sonable In price. Very respectfully
yours, Mrs. S .
THOMPSON", Sll,t KTpert.
feecond floor Corbett Bldg., City,
pear Sir From the time my daugh
ter started going to school (now four
years) she has been suffering from
heaaaches and stomach trouble. We
consulted the four best doctors with
out results. The last doctor sug
gested it might be her eyes that were
causing the trouble and recommend
ed us to you. We went at once to
your- office and had you fit her to
g-lasses. Her trouble has now en
tirely disappeared. She studies with
pleasure and sleeps well, which she
could not do before. Has no more
headaches or stomach trouble. We
are pleased to recommend you for
the interest of others likewise trou
bled, particularly school children
that are often handicapped through
defective sight. Thankfully yours.
Mrs. M . '
THOMPSON, Slarht Expert,
Corbett Bldg., City.
Dear Sir I have been troubled
with my eyes since my school days.
My eyeiids drooped and my eyes
were badly Inflamed and sensitive to
tne light, causing a great drawback
In all my work. I was recommended
to you by one who told me If any
one could help me you could. Since
you fitted me with glasses my eye
trouble has disappeared. It gives
me great pleasure to recommend you
to all persons who have trouble with
their eyes. Yours truly, H. F. T.
Commendations such mn these are
moit gratifying, particularly so be
ranse Ihey come unsolicited.
hor obvious reasons names have
been omitted, but original letters are
on file at Thompson's offices.
ONE (HAltOE COVERS ENTIRE
COST OF EXAMINATION",
SH it,-lsti;s, r ft AM ES.
THOMPSnN
SIGHT EXPERT
SECON'n FLOOR CORBETT BLDG.
FIFTH ANO MORRISON.
distance hauled of nine miles. The
railroads suffer an annual loss of many
millions of dollars through the bad con
dition of the roads during fully one
half of the year. A large number of
extraTfrelghtcars are now provided to
meet periods of congestion; .these ex
tra cars have to remain idle during por
tions of the year.
The rapidly increasing motor-car sys
tem of travel representing an Invested
capital of $240,000,000 suffers unneces
sary delays and costs in repairs from
the badness of the roads. These three
interests should now combine and form
a trinity in unity to force the solving
of the problem of good roads upon the
Congress. The combined invested capi
tal of these three interests now
amounts to $40,240,000,000, or S4.7 per
cent of the entire National wealth. This
invested capital repreesnts many mil
lions of citizens of the United States
and foreign investors.
Congress has full power under section
8 of the United States Constitution to
construct good roads ln connection
with the establishment of postoffices
throughout the country. The National
Postal Department now uses one-fourth
of the total mileage of the public roads
of the country and pays not one cent
for that use.
Education by the newspapers in this
vital matter is greatly needed by all
classes of National industry. It Is
amazing that the present system of
road construction. maintenance and
management continues to endu-o in
Great Britain and ln the United States,
through the inertia of the Government!
the stolid apathy of the farming com
munity who bear the onerous financial
fiurden, and the passiveness of the rail
road and motor-car interests, which
suffer Immense annual loss from the
badness of the roads, due entirely to
local taxation and management.
R. M. BRERETON, C. E.
SAYS SHE DIDN'T SAY IT
But Charlotte Perkins Gllman Re
fuses to Tell What She Did Say.
Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Gllman declares
she did not say women have no modesty,
but when asked to say exactly what Bhe
did say at a lecture she delivered before
the Portland Woman's Club at the Wom
en of Woodcraft Hall, Friday afternoon,
she begged to be excused. In fact she
absolutely decllneu to make any further
statement whatever.
"Newspaper publicity Jeopardizes my
work." said Mrs. Oilman over the tele-
COULDN'T FOOL HIM
Doctor Was Firm and Was Right.
Many doctors forbid their patients to
drink coffee but the patients still drink
it on the sly and thus spoil all the
doctor's efforts, and keep themselves
sick.
Sometimes the doctor makes sure that
the patient is not drinking coffee and
there was a case of that kind in St.
Paul, where a business man said:
"After a very severe Illness last Win
ter which almost caused my death, the
doctor said Postum was the only thing
that I could drink and he Just made me
quit coffee and drink Postum. My ill
ness was caused by indigestion from
the use of tea and coffee..
"The state of my stomach was so bad
that It became terribly inflamed and
finally resulted ln a rupture. I had not
drunk Postum very long before my lost
blood was restored and my stomach was
well, and strong and I have now been
using Postum for almost a year. When
I got up from bed after my Illness I
weighed 98 pounds and now my weight
is 120.
"There is no doubt that Postum was
the cause of this wonderful Improve
ment. I shall never go pack to tea or
coffee but shall always stick to the
food drink that brought me back to
health and strength."
Look for the little book, 'The Road
to Wellvllle," ln pkgs. "There's a Rea
son." Ever read the above letter! A aew
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of kuma
Interest.
JUIA 11, 1909.
fOOicv A nnircci
iSr V
MO YE
phone, "and I make It a point never to
consent to an interview with a newspaper
man. As a matter of fact I have no
manuscript of my lecture, but even If I
had, I would decline to give It."
To further nilPRtlnnfl TWra ruimnn
mated ln a very pointed manner that she
wouia neitner atiirm nor deny statements
attributed to bar Viv ths .ivam t . 11.-
don't care what is said about me," she
saia,. 'so it does not make any differ
ence one way or the other."
Chicago-Great Western Sale.
9T. PAUL, July 10 Federal Judge San-
SYNOPSIS
Iff
1 X
John Gerts, born near Hamburg.
Germany, entered the piano busings,
in 18B2. w. L. Bosh, born ln Chl
. enured the piano busineu ln
18.7. Firm ot W. H. Bush 4 Co.
formed in 1885. consisting' of W H
Bush. John Gerts and W. L. Bush. '
Bush & Gorts Piano Company in
corporated $400,000 capital stock ln
1891, also the flrt piano manufaca-turing-
company to incorporate under
the laws of Texas, where it has large
Interests.
Manufactured 156 pianos In 1886,
and In 1iH7 manufactured ever 40O0
high-frrade pianos.
Bush & Gerts Piano Company made
its first Grand in 1887 Its flrat Con
cert Grand, a perfect evolution in ar
tistic scientific piano-building, ln 1904.
and established a complete, distinct
and separate Grand piano department,
manufacturing four different and dis
tinct scales.
Bush & Gerts Piano Company pub
lish, the most complete and largest
list of purchasers ever presented to
the public, consisting of over 38,000
names and addr-eses. . This list has
been kept since 1892.
Six hundred - educational institu
tions, colleges. conservatories and
schools are using Bush & Gerts
Pianos, either exclusively or in part.
The Chicago Bush Temple, a me
morial to W. H. . Bush, founder of
Bush & Gerts Piano Co.. was .erected
ln 1901 at a cost of $500,000. It is
a most Imposing monumental struc
ture and the Chicago headquarters
and general offices of Bush & Gerta
Piano Co.
The first factory of the Bush &
Gerts Piano Co. had less than 15.00O
square feet of working space; the
present factory occupies with lumber
yards an entire square and has over
200.000 square feet of manufacturing
space ln its buildings, not including
the new dry kilns Just added to the
plant.
The Ellers Houses along the Paciflo
Coast, and no other concern, sell
the genuine Bush & Gerts pianos.
large number of educational institutions, East and West, indicates
its admirable appreciation and its vast sphere of influence.
nn
OF THEM
OUR MEN'S
SPECIAL SUITS
at
If you will look into the
windows of uptown stores,
you will find the
IDENTICAL fabrics and
patterns marked $20
and even $25.
WHAT'S THE USE
of paying this extra $5
or $10? Come to any of our
stores and SAVE
THE DIFFERENCE.
born today issued a final decree authoriz
ing the special Master in Chancery to
sell at public auction the properties of the
Chicago-Great Western Railway Company
wmcn nas Deen ln the hands of receivers
since January, 1904. The lowest bid ac
cepted will be J12.000.000.
Rocky Mountain Scenes Shown.
A very attractive scenlo publication
has Just been Issued by the passenger
department of the Denver & Rio Grande
Railroad. This is styled the "Panor
amic Folder," and contains a series of
pictures ln colors of scenes on the
Bush & Gerts
Pianos
Word of Caution
Buyers Should Avoid
Confusion Owing to
Similarity of
Names
a
Bush & Gerts
Pianos
Careful comparison of Bush & Gerts
pianos with instruments of highest cost
is invited. The Bush & Gerts pianos,
however, should not be confused with in
struments of somewhat similar name, but
of very much inferior quality.
The Eilers Houses along the Pacific
Coast, and no other concern, sell the gen
uine Bush & Gerts pianos.
The prestige of age and the high-born
honor of a good name are precious things
in the esteem of the people ; but the credit
for keeping the name good, "making
good" with a high-art product, is quite
as potential and essential in this pre-eminently
practical age. The Bush & Gerts
piano has been before the public twenty
one years, has consequently attained its
majority, and nas never been found want
ing in possessing all the essentials of a
high-grade instrument. The fact that over
forty thousand Bush & Gerts pianos have
been placed in American homes, and in a
ALL
Third and Oak
First and Yamhill
First and Morrison
route from Denver to Salt Lake City
arranged in proper order. The reverse
side of the folder contains a compre
hensive description of these and other
scenic attractions, thus forming an ex
cellent guide for the tourist in the
Rocky Mountain region.
Loon Xot on Pacific Liner.
SAN FRANTISCO, July 10. Before the
Pacific Mail liner Asia put to sea today
the police explored everv nook and cor
ner of the vessel in a fruitless search for
Leon Ling, the Chinese wanted in New
lork ln connection with the murder of
Kisie Sigel.
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