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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, MAT 22, 1910.
25 Per Cent Reduction on
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!rassBed$12.50
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Dining Tables
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This $50 54-inch, 8-foot, Full Quartered Oak
Cluster Pedestal Table $37.50
So many women long for a big, fine, 54-inch, 8-foot, full quartersawed oak
Extension Table, and yet feel that they cannot afford to put from $50 to $100
into one, that we have decided to give some extra special bargains this week
on the best tables in our line, thereby enabling our customers to secure what
they want at the same price they would have to pay for a 48-inch table. We
have nearly two dozen varieties of these big, handsome tables and will place
six styles on sale, the one pictured above being the best bargain, the leader. It
presents no split pedestal or broken effect when open, looking tf O 7 C C
well on all occasions ; under all circumstances ; specials net cash pO 0 3
We have one large room filled with samples of brass beds, the finest display
on the Pacific Coast. No one should miss seeing them if a brass bed is to h
bought soon. We sell brass beds as cheaply as others sell iron
beds. The bed illustrated above Is a sample. Price net cash
$12.50
Acorn
Gas
Ranges
Are Best
. Lighting an Acorn Gas Range
The Acorn Gas Range is made by the oldest stove and range makers in
America. There are millions in use. For nearly 80 years the Acorn has been
a household word throughout the East, and no finer goods can be manufac
tured. Every gas range is perfect before it leaves the factory. Why experi
ment with an unknown or an untried gas range ? Can you afford to purchase
a cheap gas range, one that will soon eat itself up with big gas bills 1 Summer
is at hand now and you surely will not want to endure the heat of a wqod
range during the hot weather. The Acorn is so economical in the use of gas
that you will find it cheaper than burning wood. Also it is the safest gas range
ever manufactured. No pilot lighting at the end. It lights at the oven door,
making explosions impossible. Prices from $14.00 to $60.00.. E-Z Payments.
iff you Suy a niee iezSox- you
wiy dw. &aoe enough otv the food
fchu,h you froud othemi&e thkow
ai&ay to ntoz than pay fo it.
&ide& the food you hav-e- nti afrtiayb
Se foebh and foec foont- taint and
danger o making the -amCy &iek.
We sell the Sanitary, 'National, Jewel, Century and
other makes, all sold on reasonable payments if credit is
desired. Prices range from $8.75 to $50.
Each Customer Shares the $25,000
Our annual savings in interest and taxes because we built
on the East Side where business property is so much cheaper
Our Credit Prices are lower than net cash Prices elsewhere
69-75
Grand
Ave.
Cor. K
Stark
Street
FURNITURE
9x12 Body Brussels Rugs. $24.75
9x12 Velvet Rugs at ...$18.00
9x12 Kurdistan Rugs $12.00
9x12 Bokanya Rugs .; :. . ... $9.75
9x12 Wool Ingrains ... ... . . .?S.50
9x12 Sanitary Rugs ....... .$7.50
Carpet Specials
Velvet Carpet, special, the yard '. . .$1.10
Tapestry Brussels Carpet, the yard .... .65
These prices include sewing, lining and laying.
54-inch Extension Rods, special at. , . . . 7
All prices quoted herein are net cash.
Remnants Below Cost
512 yards Velvet -..$4.95
10 yards Tapestry 10-wire . .$7.00
6 yards Bigelow Axminster. .$7.25
10 yards Tan Axrmnster. .... .$9.50
11 yards Velvet ..$10.00
11 yards Bigelow Axmlnster $12.00
Rare bargains if you can make use
of same for runners or rugs.
Lace Curtains
Nottingham Lace Curtains, 3 yards long, 48 inches wide ; No. 203, at 89
No. 103, Arabian Lace Curtain, 3 yards long, 48 inches wide ; per pair $1.30
No. 60, $2.00 Arabian Lace Curtains; special at this low price only $1.50
No. 106, two-tone Lace Curtains, very beautiful; regular price $3; at $2.25
$5.25 Cluny Lace ; ask for No. 99 ; on special sale at this very low price $3.95
$5.50 Battenberg Curtains; a wonderful bargain at this special price $415
Our Credit Prices are lower than net cash Prices elsewhere
MAYOR GILL, OF SEATTLE, KEEPS
ENGINEER THOMSON IN HOT WATER
Friction Between Officials Indicated by Frequent "Call-Downs" From Executive Fifty' Autos, Carrying Two
Hundred People, Will Come to Robo Festival From Fuget Sound City.
SEATTLE. Wash., May 21. (Special.)
Seattle is beginning to speculate
on just how long City Englnner
Thomson -will stand the "gaff" tn the
hands of Mayor GUI. Prior to the
municipal election it was known that
Gill was not wasting any cordiality on
Thomson, and since then It has become
apparent that their relations have not
improved. '
When Gill took office a few citizens
expected him to throw the city engi
neer figuratively into the street. No
such spectacular performance result
ed. But events are now moving so rap
idly that if the city engineer is immune
from a "call down" for 24 hours, every
body wonders what has happened to
"Hi."
There was a showing of hands not
long ago when North Vancouver, B.
C, Invited Thomson to take charge of
ome public Work. Gill said pointedly
that Thomson was needed at home
but that he could be excused just once
provided he donated his services. Next
came an invitation tor Thomson to at
tend an International Good Roads con
ference in Brussels in July. Gill re
peated that the City Engineer could
not go.
Threat to TJse Ax Made.
Next was a disclosure that the Board
of Public Works, of which Thomson is
chairman, had authorized -a. $25,000 im
provement under a $10,000 appropria
tion at which Gill exploded with a
declaration that "if It happens again,
there will be six vacancies on the
board." Inasmuch as there are only
six members of that body the Mayor's
meannlng Is clear. Another slap at the
City Engineer was taken day before
yesterday when the auditing committee,
composed of Mayor Gill, Controller
and Chairman Sawyer of the finance
committee, rejected warrants for the
purchase of three pieces of property
in connection with the Cedar River
water system an expenditure under
taken by Thomson without authority,
it is said.
Thomson dies hard with respect to
the International Convention of Road
Builders in Brussels. He has already
been abroad on similar missions. In
order to help him this time. Governor
Hay had requested Mayor Gill to ex
cuse the City Engineer, at the same
time -paying a high tribute to Thom
son's abilities, and the advantages to
be gained by city and state in sending
him. Gill has written a characteristic
letter to the Governor, saying in part:
"Seattle has now a great deal of lo
cal Improvement work that requires
Mr.. Thomson's personal attention. It
also has the matter of the reconstruc
tion of the Cedar River light and wa
ter plant, which" is of utmost impor
tance, and which already has- been too
long delayed due. In part in my opin
ion, to the fact that Mr. Thomson's as
"JMon.. with. movements which, while
beneficial to the state at large, have
detracted from his efficiency as City
Engineer."
The Mayor closes by saying that if
Thomson should ask for leave of ab
sence, "which he has not done," he
would feel compelled to refuse.
The present strained situation comes
on the heels of a declaration by Thom
son that Seattle has reached its limit
in regrade operations, and that It is
nowhigh time to call a halt. The city
engineer is thus placed In the position
of negativing proposed work which he
himself has already recommended.
Festival to Draw Many.
Portland's Rose Festival is coming
in for a share of public attention In
Seattle. The Automobile Club, through
its entertainment committee, is asking
all members to take part in an over
land trip into Oregon, and It Is prob
able from present indications that 50
machines carrying 200 passengers will
go. At a meeting of six members of
the committee in the offioe of M. Rob
ert Guggenheim, chairman. It was said
that no effort would be made to es
tablish a speed record. It is planned
to spend two days en route. James H.
DeVeuve is arranging the details. An
other meeting will be held next Wed
nesday, when a complete outline of- the
plan will be submitted, and an effort
made to learn the exact number of
those who wish to go.
The old Seattle National Bank -and
the Puget Sound National are now one
institution, under the name of the for
mer, and the consolidation has ope
rated to reduce Seattle's clearings by
nearly a million dollars a week. "It
is difficult." says President E. W. An
drews, "to figure exactly how much
the reduction is, but off-hand I should
say that It is about one-sixteenth. In
asmuch as the Puget Sound National
stood -second and the Seattle National
third in the volume of local clearings,
the business between the two institu
tions was relatively large." The in
crease of the stock of the consolidated
banks to $1,000,000 has just been ap
proved by the Controller of the Cur
rency. One effect of the consolidation
has been to cause a second special divi
dend on old Seattle . National stock.
The first special dividend, already paid,
was for $50 a share, and the second,
which will be paid soon, will be fot
$20 a share.
Safely From Snow Songlit.
Within a week Great Jorthern offi
cials' will begin Improvements at Well
ington which, it- is believed, will make
Impossible a repetition of the disaster
caused by the avalanche. It Is planned
to move the tracks closer into the
mountains and cover them with snow
sheds which will carry future slides
into ravines ' below. Engineers are
now at work on the line both, east and
west of the tunnel.
With, the Inauguration of the Great
Northern passenger and freight serv
ice from Seattle to Portland June 19
will arise a problem for the operating
department, emphasizing the necessity
for double-tracking the Northern Pa
cific llnet Under the new plan there
would be at least nine trains in each
direction daily. A few days ago the
dispatcher's sheet showed 68 trains be
tween Portland and Tacoma, an average
of one train every two miles; and with
the Great-Northern service added next
month it is said the total will rise to
an almost Impossible number for a, single-track
line. Ninety days would be
necessary to complete double-tracking
between Portland and Tacoma.
Sheriff Hodge Wants Trial.
A conference has been held in cham
bers In Judge J. T. Ronald's court, be
tween Prosecuting Attorney Vandeveer
and Special Prosecutor White on one
side and a representati-3 of Sheriff
Hodge on the other, with a view to
dropping the charge of misdemeanor
against the Sheriff. The state Is will
ing to compromise if Hodge will pay
$1200 into the county treasury, rep
resenting the board of prisoners.
Hodge demands a jury trial.
"I am satisfied." he declares,' "that I
have done no wrong. They can go as
far as they like with their suits. I
am prepared to defend myself. I want
an acquittal that I can show the peo-
ple when I take the stump for re-election
next Fall."
Will.H. Morris, of counsel for Hodge,
Insists on going to trial next Monday.
He says tiat if the state has 150 wit
nesses the defense will have an equal
number, and that the cost to the tax
payers will not be far from $50,000.
If Hodge is convicted his maximum sen
tence would be $250 fine and 90 days
In jail, without forfeiture of office.
James Wickersham, Alaska's Con
gressional delegate, has telegraphed
as follows to the Juneau IDispatch:
"In answer to the insistent demands
of my friends in every 'section of Alas
ka, and in unalterable opposition to the
Beveridge bill and Guggenheims domi
nation in Alaska, I deem it my duty to
be again a candidate for delegate from
Alaska."
RICHTER TO GIVE CONCERT
Famous Portland Pianist Will Ap
pear Here May 31.
The many people who have watched
with keen Interest the rise of Francis
Rlohter to what. If we are to believe
the laudatory criticisms that have ap
peared in the European press, is a po
sition ranking with the foremost in
strumentalists of the day, are soon to
judge this young artist for themselves.
On the night of Tuesday, May 31, this
pianistlc genius is to be heard in re
cital at Masonic Temple.
At this concert Rlchter will make
his first appearance in America since
hia long stay in Europe. It will be
the first recital of a tour which will
Include the larger cities of the Pacific
Coast. After three years of study and
conertlzlng in the old world Rlchter
THE STEVENSON
HOT SPRINGS HOTEL
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ALL KINDS OF MINERAL BATHS
STEVENSON, WASH.
Take the North Bank Railroad or Upper River Boats
has just returned for a visit with his
people here. He will return to Europe
in the early Fall and will enter upon
a tour of the principal countries of the
continent. His European managers
have aready booked him for more than
30 appearances.
The programme which Rlchter will
give here on the night of May 31 will
be the same which won for him the
plaudits of the press, critics and pub
lic in Paris and London last Winter. It
includes the Chopin "Polonaise 1h A
flat," which he is said to play with
wonderful understanding; the seldom
heard "Raphsodie Espagnole" of Liszt;
a group of compositions by his teacher,
Leschetizky, which he was the first to
introduoe to & London audience, and
other splendid offerings. The entire
programme will be given In a few days.
A recital by this pianist who claims
Portland as his home is considered a
fitting close to an unusually brilliant
musical season. .
Russia neipg nearly ttfie-1xth f the r!b.
lore Dimmer
For a Day's Outing
rips
Up the Columbia
Delightful Jaunts Easy to Get There O. R. & N. Train Service Just Right Rates
Cheap All Kinds of Amusement and Recreation Scenery Can't Be Beat
READ THESE! ROl'XD-TRlP EXCURSION RATES.
BETWEEN Going Saturday Going by Ball Onod
PORT1 A MT .. or Sunday, Returning for
V-f. l.-VlX- Sunday Returning Sunday by Boat One
AXD Only. or Monday. Same Day. Month.
featourelle i.s5 $1.25 1.40
Bridal Veil 1.25 1.35 .... i so
Multnomah Falls 1.25 l.co .... ' ISO
Bonneville 1.25 l.so .. MM
Cascade Locks 1.25 1.75 K2.00 ' aiso
Collins 2.50 2.5
Hood River 2.00 3.0O .... 325
Mosier. 2.25 S.30 . 3 50
The Dalles 3.00 3.75 .. .l oo
Seuferts . .... .... .... 400
Celll .... .... .... 4.00
Down the Columbia
The O. R. & N. sells round-trip excursion tickets from Portland to all points on North Beach, near
the mouth of the Columbia River on the Washington shore, for jt4.oO. One can leave Portland
8 o clock at night on the steamer Hassalo, and be bathing in the surf by 9:30 next morning Tickets
good for return any time within six months. Magnificent daylight trip returning. The only trip
known that compares with a trip "up the Columbia is a trip DOWX THE COLUMBIA.
Purchase tickets and Inquire carefully about boat and train sched
ule at the City Ticket Office, Third and Washington Streets.
WM. McMURRAY
GENERAL PASSEiVGER AGENT, PORTLAND, OREGON