15 THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. rORTLAXP. JANUARY 15, 1911. Grand Clearing Out to OOOl ew N Stock Make R for Thevaluosandreg Lowest Prices, Best Values and Easiest Terms of Any Portland House SS"' ",C f0r ss than others do for cash. Investigate, that's all that is necessary. Big Clearing Out of Iron Beds Price slashing has been very effective among our Enamel Iron Bed 6toek. "We give a sample of 'how deep prices have been cut. 7 .50 IRON BEDS FOR S4.75 No. 614 A brass top rail ornaments this bed; also gilded corner posts; col ors left are green, cream and blue; in full or s,i size. $13.50 IRON BED FOR S7.75 Perfect enamel in two colors green and pink, made just like the cut. Worth $13.50, but Dump Sale price is but . 87.75 LIBRARY TABLE. T.50 Thl Library Table In made of THIS BIFFET S18.7K fine selected Eastern oak In No. 645 Solid quarter- the earlv Engllxb finish: site a a w d oak Buffets in 27x40 In'chee; fitted with tn- early English, fumed, visible dravir: mail like the waxed and golden polish rot to seM for $12.0u. We are flnlah: lixSS lnrh. :tuz,;..,r..m,r.t. $7.50 .$18.75 THIS ROCKER S1.60 J 11 t like the cut. made of hardwood, brace arm. $12 Velour Couches for $6.75 jf0. 51 ianry figured velour Couches, in all colors, roll edge, hardwood frames, strone special springs; a well-made couch that usually sells for .fl'; a special shipment sold this week at $6.75 11 JJ 1 PRINCESS DRESSER 822 Has larg-e French plate mirror 18x40 Inches, two drawers with awell front; worth $30, made of olid quartered oak. This Large Dresser for $31.50 No.' 263 This massive Dresser has a French plate mirror 28x36 inches, four swell front drawers; all made of finest quartered oak; regular $42.50 for $31.50 Finest quarter-sawed Eastern oak aet In wax finish: In very latest model; buffet has heavy French plate mirror 15x38 Inches; large cupboards, linen drawer and drawers for silverware, etc.. fitted with wood pulls: china cabinet is of large sire and matches perfectly the table and buffet: table has 64- Clin Inch top and extends to 8 feet. Set is reg. $155 val., for w a A v is BOOKCASE (19 No. 203H Combina tion caee made like cut: worth $28. Made of solid quartered oak. I Solid 6-foot. Oak Dining Table and Six Oak Chairs, $33 Val. $24.25 The Table is made of solid oak, in waxed and polish finish; 48 inch top and extra leaves en able its extension to six feet; legs are 3 inehes square; six chairs are of solid oak; set of seven pieces at only . . . $24.25 ALLOW US TO FURNISH YOUR HOME AT OUR VERY LOW PRICES AND EASY TERMS $27.00 TABLE AT $18.00 This handsome solid quarter sawed oak Table, 28x48-inch top, with drawer, like the cut, suitable for den, parlor or living-room; worth $27; spe cial at only $18.00 Regular $7.50 Cribs $4.75 No. 116. Clear ance Sale in child's Cribs, 28x52 inch es in size; steel spring mattress, drop side, in blue, white and cream enamel; regular $7.50. Sale price at $4.75 No. 913 Made of fin est oak quarter sawed, ?olished; larg-e bevel 'reneh plate 12x22-ln. In elze: hat box and five drawers. Regu lar $26. for $19.75 Six Plates and Six Cups and Saucers for 75c All these for only 75. They are plain white semi-porcelain, and you get six cups, six saucers and six 7-inch plates for this small sum. No deliveries at this price. Take 'em with you. GEVU Corner E.Burnsi And Union Avenue $6 Plain Couches Only $4.25 Just the thing for your cozy corner, at a great sav ing in cost. Made just like the cut. Strong spiral tiaal cnfinirc onvuro with hpr. nimlitv preen denim. - i i-. . 't'1 1 1 H ' 1 ' ' ' ' ...... " -i . Answers for a couch bv dav or a bed b" night. Full si.t b" OA OC feet by 30 inches. Regular $6.00 values, special at &-T4J COOD ROADS IS CRY Association Members to Ask Solons to Pass Five Bills. 300 LOBBYISTS TO UNITE Hood RUrr Delegate lo Join Port land In March Vpon Legislature. $0,000 Fnnd Songht to Be SO Cent rer Capita. -Oood roade boosters on the war to Film We. the undersigned, agree to go before the Legislature on call of tha president of the Oregon Good Roads Association and help boo.t for the pas sace of the five highway bills." That Is the heading of blank forma rlrcnlated ry the committee of seven appointed by the Oregon Good Roads Association. The booatera expect to enllat more than 300 in the Portland delegation, and these will be Joined by committees from Hood River and other parte of the state when the rail to move forward Is t Jun.led. It was announced yesterday by the Good Roads Association that the high way bills will be Introduced tn the leg islature probably Tuesday, and that the rail aummontng the -booatera" before the Legislature will be Issued soon. Answering arguments against the state-aid hla-hway bill, which proposes an appropriation of Ssso.000 In two years to help counties build roads. It was announced yesterday hy the man agement of the Oregon Good Roads Association that the entire cost per capita for one year would be but SO rents. The general assessment would be but .00043 mills. Py this arrange ment only eight cnunttea of the state would have to pay mdre than 10.000 Into the general fund. The remaining 2i counties would pay less than S10.000. while receiving the entire amount. Nearly half of the countlea will pay less than 15000. although receiving SI0.00O. This." said Pr. Smith, president of the Good Roads Association, 'j because good roads are expected to connect the farm with the market place, and not only the farmer but the people to whom he sells his products will have to pay the cost of construction. Hitherto the ritles have not paid for the building of roads. Under the good roads meas ures they will have to bear their share of the burden. Weaker Districts Helped. "The smaller and weaker counties will receive help which will be returned to the counties that give help, particu larly Multnomah County, which will pay one.thlrd of the entire amount. I believe, however, that the people of Portland and Multnomah County are willing to meet this assessment because Portland Is the market place for all the atate. and la besides the probable center of the good roatis movement. The appropriations for one year for state aid would be. according to the bill. 1340. 00. Based upon an assess ment of .00042 mill on the total val uation of SX14.SS7.707. the amount de sired will be procured. This divided proportionately among the counties shows that they will pay aa follows: "Baker 1908. Benton $4693. Clacka. mas 112.00. Clatsop IS577. Columbia SKI 1 2. Coos U052. Crook $4280. Curry I1J9S. nouglas Slt.Tl. Gilliam fSssl. Grant S297. Lincoln $1775. Linn S13.02S. Marlon. $1.S3. Multnomah S12.t70. Sherman I322S. Umatilla 116.405. Union 11553. Wallowa I42J7. Jackson $12.13. Josephine $4410. Tillamook $5702. Washington $74. Tamhlll $S2S4. Mal heur $3K;. Morrow $400. Polk $;47. Klamath $r.s;. Lake. $3sS. Lane $14. 47. Harney $3058. Mood River $307. Wasco $5737. Wheeler $1S8." Owners Tax Wanted. A. I. Mason, one of the members of the general good roads committee, was In Portland yesterday conferring with Lionel R. Webster, chairman of the Good Roads Association's executive committee, concerning the highway measures. Hood River residents have formally approved all the hlghwsy bills with the exception that they approve the Inclusion of a clause in the county bonding act providing that the abut ting property-owners shall pay a por tion of the cost of the road to be built, that they may thus take the lo cating of roads away from the possible Influence of county authorltles. A meeting of the Oregon Good Roads Association has been called for Tues day evening on the sixth floor ofhe Beck building. Then plana for carry ing the good roads campaign to a auc cessful finish will be considered. It Is believed by many members of the Ore. gon Good Rosds Association that ' the fight for the adoption of the five high way bills .! not hy any means won, and that o'nly the closest organlxatlon and co-operation between believera In better-built highways will win. At the meeting of the Stat- Board of Road commissioners to be held tomor row, the problem of securing good, roads will be discussed and an Indorse ment of the' highway bills Is expected. KsperaniJsta Organize Here. "Rose City Esperanto Club" l the name of a new organization for which consti tution and bylaw have been adopted. The officers are: -President. H. Der Unger; vice-president, G. K- Rogers: sec retary. Mrs. E. H. Loom is. and librarian. K. P. Merchant. A circulating library has been started and a fund Is provided for Its maintenance. It is expected to make Portland the Esperanto center for the district. The National Esperanto convention will meet here next Summer. The next meeting will be held next Wed nesday, at IWi Board of Trade building, at a P. Miss B. R. MnDnell Is Bride. Blanche B- Munsell and Leo W. Mar tin were married by the Rev. E. N. Al len at the bride's home Tuesday. Janu ary 10. They will be at home after February t at M East Main street. GILL INVITES IR Seattle Mayor to Fight Out Recall With Foes. VOTE NO LONGER. OPPOSED Dismissal of Litigation Against Election to Be Asked Official ' Scores Welfare League for Advantages Taken. SEATTLE! Wash.. Jan. 14. (Special.) Mayor GUI haa thrown the gage of battle down to the managers of the Welfare League, which has been con ducting a hard fig lit against the GUI ad ministration, and will fight his opponent at the polls February 7. the date as signed by the city Council for an elec tion to decide whether the present ex ecutive is to be recalled. Monday morning, attorneys for Frank H. Scobey. will appear before Judge Han ford. In the Federal Court and move for the dismissal of the .litigation directed against the City Controller. W. J. Both well. and members of the City Council by which It was nought to prevent the holding of a special election. Such action will clear the field for the battle, and Mayor Gill Is confident that he will be cleared of the charges of mis conduct In ofTU-e. An amendment to the recall election law will bo rushed through the Leglslsture this week which will enable the Welfare League to place the nam of Its candidate. George W. Din ing, on the ballot Instead of using stick ers. In a statement Issued to the public tonight. Mayor GUI arraigns the Welfare Leaguo managers for their tactics In re gard to a recall election, declaring that bv calling one on such short notice and at a time when his forces are unorgan ised, while on the other hand the Wel fare League was well equipped finan cially and otherwise, he was placed at a great disadvantage. GILL RECALL FIGHT WARM Campaign to Oust Mayor of Seattle Carried Into Churches. SEATTLE. Jan. 14. The campaign for the recall of Mayor Gill Is In full swing, with churches and clubs busy In all sections of the city. Many clergy men will speak upon the antt-vice cru sade at tomorrow's services. A lead ing pastor has arranged to go at the head of the women of bis church to the registration office. A feature of the anti-vice meetings Is the addresses of physicians, who give appalling statistics concerning the ravages of aoclal vice. Under the law in force at present the candidates op posed to Mayor Gill cannot have their names printed on the ticket, but must use stickers. A bill providing for the nomination of candidates by petition has been made a special order in the State Senate for Monday, and Its speedy passage and signature is expected. The effect of the bill would be to cause the printing of the names of all nomi nees on the ballot. LUMBER BATE CUi TREE BUILDING DESCRIBED Hood River Applegrower Tells His ' Methods of Pruning. Advice on "Building an Apple Tree" was dispensed by A. I. Mason, a well known Hood River fruitgrower, to sev eral hundred enthusiastic orchardlets In the lecture hall of the Y. M. C. A. last night. By means of lantern slides the lec turer illustrated to his hearers the methods employed in developing his 2s acre tract of fruit trees that the past year yielded 8000 boxes of marketable apples, showing how, by means of a system of wire supports, he has literal ly built his trees as an architect builds a house. By thta method all center branches are eliminated. "The building of an apple tree should begin when the tree s first set in the orchard." he said. "The roots should be pruned before setting. After the tree Is set and the dirt firmly pressed around it. you should make your first pruning." He strongly advocated careful prun ing at stated Intervals. Opposition to the open center idea is overcome, he declared, by his system of wire sup ports jointed at a central point by an iron ring. Pteel screw-eyes set into the limbs of the trees never' have been known to harm them. Following his lecture, Mr. Mason de voted nearly an hour to answering questions. Some pertained to the cul ture of the trees themselves. Others touched on the marketing of the fruit. One man asked whether It was hon est to buy land at $16 an acre, develop It and sell it for S2ffl an acre. Mr. Mason answered by saying that he bought his orchard tract for $9.26 an acre, and that he would not sell It for $2500 an acre. "Do you consider me honct?" he Inquired in turn. The speaker declared that his favor ite varieties of apples for development In the Hood River district are New towns. Bpitierfburgs, Ortleys and Ar kansas Blacks. Pioneer Idaho Woman Dead. NAMPA. Idaho, Jan. 14. (Special.) The funeral of Mra. John Scales, one of the best known pioneer women of Idaho, was held at. the Episcopal Church In this city today. Mrs. Scales died in a Boise hospital January 11, of pneu monia. She leaves two sons, William and Henrv. who reside here. A native of Maine. Mrs. Scales came to Idaho 32 years ago. She married at Silver City, John Scales, a prominent mining man, who died only a few years ago. She was 59 years of age. The remains will be sent to Hollywood, Cal.. for burial. Steamer Line Opens New Markets for Oregon. CUT MEANS REJUVENATION Multiplied Activity and Broadening of Scope Will Mark Industry's Effort to Supply In creased Demand. Steamship rates on lumber from Port land to Atlantic Coast ports via the Pan ama rail route have been cut nearly 50 per cent as a result of the establishment of the new service out of this city by Batea & Chese bo rough. A vast new market has been opened to the mllla of the Northwest. Portland mills particularly will benent from the cut in rates announced yester day morning, as some of them had been running at a low ebb on account of dif ficulty In handling their product with a rail rate of $22.50 per thousand prevailing between this city and New York. The price to Philadelphia by rail Is $21.90. The new steamship rate of 40 cents a hundred pound, allowing 3000 pounds a thousand feet, gives this port a freight tariff of $12 to the Atlantic Coast ports. The same price applies to New Orleans. Under this schedule, it Is figured, the business will permit the local rate from the Eastern coart ports to inland points as far west as Buffalo and Pittsburg. Announcement of the rate reduction was received by members of the Oregon and Washington Lumber Manufacturers Association In a letter sent by J- . Chapman, traffic manager of the Bates & Cheeseborough line, yesterday morn ing He stated that the steamer Stan ley Dollar will arrive In Portland for loading for New York. Philadelphia anl New Orleans about February 15 and that a shipment of lumber at 40 cenW per hundred weight on this vessel will be gladly received. Inasmuch as It Is necessary to transship the cargo several times, a number o. conditions are laid down, which, how ever the local shippers do not think wi.l restrict them in taking advantage of the reduction Material under one and one-hair mcnes thick or over 35 reef In length will not be accepted. Option to carry part of the load on deck also is asked. It is pointed out that the Stanley Dollar as well as a number of other vessels in this serv ice have a large deck capacity. While no regular eervtee Is promised. It Is stated In the communication that at least three or four steamers will call at Portland during the year, possibly at Intervals of three months. It is understood here that the atti tude of the company in this respect is one of experimentation with the lo cal situation, to determine to what ex tent their service will be patronized. Should the announcement of the new rate meet with a ready response on the part of shippers a regular and prob ably a more frequent service may be established, It Is believed. That the new schedule Is far reach ing In Its possibilities can be deter mined when it is understood that the Eastern ports to which the rate applies use more lumber than the mills of Portland produce and that It would keep a line of steamers busy con stantly . supplying them with material were they to draw entirely upon this lo cality for their resources. While the new rate applies princi pally On rough sawed material It is believed that celling, flooring and sid ing will be similarly treated under a supplemental announcement as oon as this ijlan has been worked out suc cessfully. This class of material can be han dled with the other and the capacity of the steamers not taxed, as all the lumber that at present Is shipped out of Portland by rail eaoh year will not fill three or four steamers, the num ber that Bates & Cheeseborough promise to handle In and out of this port an nually. Explanation of the liberal rate is given In the fact that the steamship company entered the local field for the purpose of handling slow and heavy cargo from the East and that rather than return their vessels empty they will have them carry lumber at a price that might preclude the possibility of profit if handled alone but that, when taken in connection with the westbound business, will permit a neat margin of earnings. While Portland will benefit from the rate most all cities in the Northwest will share in the profits, as it will pay to haul by rail to this city and ship out of here on the new line. COAL LANDS SOLONS' TOPIC Legislation Is Discussed to Open Up Alaska. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Jan. 14. The Senate public lands committee today considered various plans of legislation intended to open the coal lands of Alaska to exploration and development. It appeared to be the concensus of opinion that some form of a leasing bill would have to be reported if anything is to be accomplished this session. The Nelson bill will probably be the meas ure ultimately submitted to the Sen ate. The committee agreed that it was primarily essential to get the Alaska lands opened up and to provide some means whereby the coal from Alaska could be placed on market along the Pacific Coast at a reasonable price to the consumer. It was admitted that the leasing plan as proposed is purely experimental but as it Is a step in the right direc tion the committee feels it should be given a trial. If this plan fails to work out future legislation is planned. BUTTER CREEK, DAM SITE SURVEYORS INDICATE WEST UMATILLA PROJECT BASE. Reservoir to Cover 3000 Acres and Irrigate Land 20 Times Larger. Crew at Work. PENDLETON, Or., Jan. 14. (Spe cial.) Definitely locating the site fox the dam and settling once and for all the question as to the extension of the West-Umatllla project by the Reclama tion Service, a crew of Government engineers and surveyors went to work this morning on the nnal stages of the work of preparation for actual con struction. Today's work on the part of the engi neers shows that the dam site at the mouth of Butter Creek is the one chosen. This means that the structure will be a little more than a mile long, 75 feet high and that it will form a reservoir covering 3000 acres of land in the Umatilla River bottom. Much of this consists of valuable alfalfa fields and the whole will have to be purchased by the Government at a cost of half a million dollars. The cOBt of the dam Itself will be more than $100,000. By the construction of the dam and the creation of the reservoir between 60,000 and 70,000 acres of exceptionally good irrigable land will be reclaimed. The great dam will be built of earth, with a concrete base and core. It li, expected that construction work will be started In the early Spring. GAS KILLS CONTRACTOR Byron J. Sharp Is Said to Have Met Death Through Accident. The body of Byron J. Sharp, a bullde.i and contractor, was found last night at his home, 386 Larrabee street. Death, had been caused by asphyxiation and life had been extinct for more than Mix hours. After an Investigation, Deputy Coroner Dunning expressed the opinion that death had been acci dental. Gas was escaping from the Jet when the room was entered by the maid and the body found. Sharp was 30 years of age and single. He Is survived by a brother and sister. Earl C. Sharp, and Josephine Sharp, who live at 1045 East Twenty-first street. North. The body was removed to the morgue. Funeral arrangements have not been made. Deaf Mutes Defeat Indians. CHEMAWA, Or., Jan. 14. -( Special.) In a fast game here tonight the Mute School basketball team defeated the Chemawa Indian School second team by a score of 19 to 17. At the end of the second half the teams were tied and It required three minutes of play before the Mutes throw the wnlning basket.