TnE SUNDAY. OREGONIAX. rORTLAXD. FEBRUARY 12, 1011.
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All owing to the superior advantages enjoyed in large quantity buying for the large hoteU and apartment house business transacted by this house. GEVURTZ BUYS
FOUR CARLOADS OF FURNITURE where any other Portland house buys ONE. The success of this great business is made possible through -
Buying More and Buying for Less and Shipping at Lowest Possible Rates
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SSO Brussels Rugs on Special Sale
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No Establishment in the city whether
Department Store or otherwise has aa
larye an output; no institution can buy
for less than GevurU. There is the rea
son for our low prices.
$1.60 Axminster, the Yard
A liaiKUoni' f!rnl pattern, with tan color
pmlominatins;: worth nrnl sold repularly at
Sl.iiO ht yard: will i- tlosetl out at this
remarkably low fipnitv. rut off the roll only
not lined.
Brand arrivals in our ru? section 850 handsome Tapestry
Brussels Rups purchased at a jrreat saving over usual wholesale
prices po on special sale this week. Our Mr. Fhil Gevurtz, now in
the Kast to purchase our Sprin? stock and the complete furnishings
of five big hotels and apartment houses now in course of construc
tion, was able to command these sensational bargains owing to the
great size of his order. Note the values and our selling price:
$17.50 Tapestry Brussels
Rugs, 9x12 Feet, Special at
This lot is shown only in the Oriental design; full 9x12 feet in
size; pood colors and pood wear.
$20 Tapestry Brussels Cj 1J Q..75
Rugs, 9x12 Ft, Special P J
This o is shown in floral design only; full 9x12 fect in size;
better grade than th first lot; very handsome colors.
$24 Tapestry Brussels -fl 075
Rugs, 9x12 Ft., Special P & 0
This lot is of a higher grade Tapestry Brussels, and is shown both
in Oriental, floral and popular conventional designs. Some of the
Orientals and florals have strong borders with a light tan field and
medallion center. These nigs are SEAMLESS woven in one piece
and have ends strongly bound with leather. Reg
ular $24, going at 13.75. They arc SNAPS.
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FINE HALL TREE
Very attractive Hall
Tree, just like cut, in se
lected Eastern oak, with
French bevel-plate mirror
9x39 Inches; also fitted
with oxidized hat hooks,
rubber box in seat, etc.
Special at $22
$50WalnutDresser$35
That's the Character of February
Bargains We Are Now Offering.
No. 521 These beautiful Circassian walnut
Dressers are of the newest models, many of them
shaped like the cut. Large French bevel-plate
mirrors, 24x30 inches, case 20x42 inches, perfectly
fitting drawers with pulls made of the same
wood. The walnut is of the natural finish but
perfectly hand rubbed and polished. "We are
closing out four different patterns at the uni
form price of $35.00
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$7.50 Brass Rail Bed, All Colors
5 : -4
Enamel, Special
$4
This is the most popular brass rail
iron bed on the market. It is made in all colors
of enamel, including. Vernis Martin. Posts are
1 1-16 inches, filling rods 3-8 inch, brass rails
head and foot are inch, and posts are capped
with iy2 brass vases. Full and 3-4 size. Regular
.$7.50 value, special $4.25
Mill f - fAi'" ii m m in In n Jliii!UTH!rii - Up
Yard
$1.40 Velvet Carpet,
I'.-autiful Velvet Carets in Oriental pat
terns only, ami mM regularly at $1.40 per
yard, will l closed out cut off the roll at
ptr yard. Sot
All other carpets Brussels, Ingrains, etc.
greatly reduced in price this month.
25c China Matting at 12V2C
This is the bent quality of China Matting, sells repularly at
2-"k yard; all pular colors. Over .MKK) yartls to be closed out
at this low price. Brine jour measures with you. This mat
tins sold only in 10. 20. 30 and 40 yard lengths. Another SNAP,
and no mistake.
$2.75 Smyrna Rugs,
Special Price, Each
Smyrna Rugs, 36x54 inches in size, with fringed ends,
ELEVEN' handsome patterns from which to make your
choice. Just arrived Saturday. Worth $2.75; on special
sale at $1.35
Wardrobes for Only $8.00 fjfei
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Why Geviif tz' Sells the Cheapest:'
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FIRST AND YAMHILL
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SECOND AND YAMHILL
EVERY BEDROOM SHOULD HAVE
ONE. KEEP YOUR CLOTHING DUST
PROOF.
These Wardrobes are made like the cut
of royal oak, very handsome finish, 36
inches wide by 6Vi feet high. Has two
drawers in base, shelf and clothes hooks.
Regular $12. Special $9.50
We have other wardrobes in selected
and handsomely finished fir for only $8
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Specials in French Mirrors
Made with heavy oak frames, perfect
plate. -Special reduction in all sizes.
8x10 inches.. ...65?
9x12 inches; 85
10x17 inches $1.25
14x24 inches $2.45
20x30 inches $7.85
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SPEECH IS NOVEL
Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw
Not Yaquina Dialects.
WOMAN PRESERVES SECRET
Krlrntl! Sladir Tribal Tongue
Thai ixflop I'rt-nllar Indlldn
allt S-r Have Separate
Word fr A-lloii.
What i laveU to hr an unuual
and rrnurkaMt anthropolnglral 51
covry t.a Just l--n mail known bjr
lTor--or lo J. Krachtenbtirir. of tlie
Fmlthmnlan Institution at Vahlnit
ton. who Is in Portland, havln jut
arrlvrd from Stl-t. Or., where for
omrttm he bu b-n nuklni a study
of the Alaen and W-lalla In.iian lan
fUiKf In behalf of the (Jnvprnm'nt
and for tlie Information of the an
thropuloatcal o.-letl- of Kastrrn unl
rersltla. Heretofore, according to the
chart whb-h hai been reaarned aa cor
rect, the fnlted St.tr h be-n divided
Into ST different Indian families. po
sesslnc distinct and aeparate bin-.
B-uaces. I"rof.or Frachtenbura's als
rnrfrjr Is that the Uiw.r I'mpnun and
the Pluslam- Indians of trcton possess,
ed lanauatces different fr'm Ihose of
any otiirr of th trllxs. and were not
nslna dialecta taken from the Alsra or
Mola'.l lanauases as recorded by for
mer anthropoliat.ts employed by the
fjivernment to study the I'rlflc Coast
Indian.
Scic Ilavr 0n Six'rt-li.
The most peculiar feature of the dis
covery Is the fart the s-'luslaw and the
Lower I'mp-iua have forms of speech
which are radl-'aMy different from those
of any other Indian family, and there
are only 1 2 known lancuaaes on the
ar'obe which have a similar form of ex
pression. In speaklna; of the same ac
tion, the male and female use different
words, thus rreatlno; almost aeparate
languages. The division made la based
t;P"n animate and nan!m4te objects.
W ith th animate the male a Indian
classes himself, and he places the fe
male of his tribe among the Inanimate,
no doubt because he considered her an
Inferior being.
"I have been In Silets since June I,
studying the Alsea and Molalla lan
guages.' said lrofcsor Vraohtenbiirg
last night. "l-at year I stud'ed the
'oe language and this )car I hate
been taking lessons from AYIMIant
Jimlth. an Indian."
"It was supposed until now that the
litsrr I'mpqui and Piuslaw forms of
speech were mere dialects of the
aiutna. This supposition has proved
not to be la accord witu tba fatta aa
I discovered them. I find that these
two languages Ixiwer I'mpqua and
Siuslaw form a new ll,ngultlc family
group, which bears no relation to the
Alra. I'pon learning the certainty of
this fact I telegraphed to Washington
and wa directed to proceed Imme
diately with the work of these two lan
Kuagra. Aged Woman Hold key.
There Is only one woman who ca
still talk the language. . she la almost
SO years old and la rapidly passing. Into
a stage of second childhood. If there
la anyone In Oregon who know of
any more Fluslawa or Lower t'mpiuas
they will confer a great favor upon me
by communicating with me at t-llcti.
Oregon.
"The vocabularies of Lower I'mpquus
and Hluelaws, are entirely different and
the de-lcea used In the grammatical
formation of the language are so dif
ferent that they are distinctly charac
teristic." "This Indian woman is Mrs. William
Smith. living at flletl. and she la of
the Lower I'mpquaa. Her husband I
an Alsea. and they speak different lan
guage, both understanding each other.
Through them I hope to tabulate the
vocabulary and It will be months be
fore 1 shall be able to muke the. results
of my labors known. These people
worshiped the same God as the rest
of the 1'actflc Coast Indiana. Strange
aa It may seem, they supposed the coy
ote was the God. They reason It out
tills way. Once there was an original
family and owing to the wraths wnlch
befell this family In same form or man
ner, speech was taken from them. The
coyote .was picked- out as their God
because he waa the 'foxiest' of the ani
mal kingdom. Believing that all ani
mals once were human, of course they
believed that the coyote.-when he was
human, was the sharpest and the wiliest
of all. It was the coyote who punished
the grlzaly once In human form and
told him to be a grlaxy all the time.
.Mountains Once Unman.
"The great objects of Oregon, such as
the mountains, the Taqutnas believed
were human at one time. And because
there came a great quarrel among these
monarch of the race, the coyote went
to then) and said, after they had fought
for a long time: 'You shall become
mountains and possess the same scars
a you have now.' So Mount Hood had
a squared-off ton. the Three Sisters
deep gullies resembling gashes, and
M"'int Adams Is marked distinctively.
"My chief Interest rests In finding
other members of the tribe and if 1
can only-find them I shall have added
a very considerable portion to the an
thropological history of the Indian.
"I shall return to Slleta on Febru
ary IS and begin my work, in which,
by the way. I am taking a great inter
est. It Is a beautiful study and aa
that old woman tells me of the early
history of her people I can see irT my
mind eye the wonder of that primi
tive age. They lived a very simple life
and rarely moved away from their i
hunting grounds. In the Mwlalla Ian-
guage there are words containing IJ i
sylisnles.
Amerl.an eiports to Arcnrlna en.t
chiefly of I'imNer. msln. luitenllne. peiro-l-ura.
t'ltricstlna oils, arrtfulturmt msrhin-
fr. lnttmlli. aewlng- . Iflsrhlnes. tp-rrlt-r.
If le.hcco. Mnder twine, erflee furni
ture and steel producla. coatrolllog la some '
CROWDS VISIT CAR
Oregon Exhibit Arouses Deep
Interest in Illinois.
MANY ARE COMING WEST
Farmers Make Gala Day When Tro-cliH-t
of Puclflc Coast State? Arc
Shown People Can Help
by Writing KrlcntN.
So great was the Interest of resi
dents of Decatur. III.. In the exhibit
of Oregon agricultural product pre
sented to them on the Great Northern
advertising car on Friday that police
were required to regulate the move
ments of the crowd that sought en
Trance. In a telegram received yesterday
morning by II. A. Jackson, assistant
general freight and passeacer agent,
of the Great Northern in this city. W. E.
French, the car manager, say that
many Decatur families will start for
Oregon In the Spring.
Th!a car 1 responsible for the move
ment." he telegraphs. "Same interest
exists at Terre Haute. Ind."
iMnce the first of the present month
the car has been touring Indiana and
Illinois, the following Indiana towns
having been visited: Rockville, Rose
dale and Terre Haute. In Illinois the
car stopped at the following places:
Paris. Oakland. Areola. Arthur, Lov
Ington. Pecatur and Marca. No public
stand la made On Sundays. It will open
tomorrow at Kenney and continue un
til February 22 through these Illinois
cities: Atlanta. Miner. Mackinaw, Mor
ton. Peoria. London Mill. Little York
and Klethsburg. On the morning of
February 23 the exhibit will open at
Morning Sun. la., going to Win field.
Klrhland. Hedrlck and Fremont on the
remaining days of the month.
Oregon People Can Help.
F. W". Graham. Western Industrial
and Immigration agent for the Great
Northern, suggests that Oregon people
write friends In the places where the
car Is scheduled to stop, advising them
to visit the exhibit and Inform them
selves of the wonderful agricultural ad
iihki's of Oregon..
"The Interest and attendant at all
places continues unabated," he de
clares. "At Frankfort. Ind.. looo peo
ple visited the car and the lecture
hall In the evening was packed to suf
focation. At Salem. Ind.. over 3000
visited the car. It was a gala day for
the farmers, the town being thronged
with them. Standing room only could
be obtained at the evening lecture.
"Farmers' wagons lined the curbing,
as well as surrounded our car all day.
The sidewalks were lined with people
going and coming to the car, while dur
ing the entire afternoon the car and
platform were crowded with visitor.
It waa surprising to note how extreme
ly Interested they were.
Interest Keen Kverywhere. '
"At Bloomtugton, Ind., the car was
Jiunmed from the time it was opened In
the morning until closed for the lecture.
Immediately after the lecture It was
necessary to reopen the car and admit
(0 visitors between 9 and 10:30 V. M.
The attendance for the entire day was
5500. The opera-house seats only 1500.
Every seat was occupied and about 100
were standing. Among the visitors
were a large number of farmers, farm
ers' aons and students at the college
located In that city.
"Reports from other cities are equal
ly encouraging. Crowds of similar size
and with the same degree of Interest
visit the car at virtually every town In
which It Is scheduled to stop."
While the Great Northern's demon
stration car Is making Its triumphal
tour through the Middle West, the Ore
gon exhibit of the same railroad at the
National Corn Show in Columbus, O.,
continues to attract Its thousands of
admiring visitors dally. In a report
from that city yesterday Mr. Jackson
learned that 3000 people visited the
Oregon display rooms on Friday.
On account of the great Interest of
Ohio people In this state the Great
Northern officials have decided to con
tinue the exhibit at Columbus until
March 1.
BAILEY 10 BE TRIED
Demurrer to Indictment Over
ruled by Court.
MEANING DECLARED PLAIN
COLLEGIANS' JOBS GOOD
Corvallis Graduates in Demand for
Hlgh-Salarlod Positions.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
Corvallis. Or., Feb. 11. (Special.) Two
graduates from the department of horti
culture of the Oregon Agricultural Col
lege have been appointed to Important
superintendencies of large fruit land de
velopment companies within the past few
days. Professor Lewis, the head of the
department of horticulture at the col
lege, said this morning that he was un
able to meet the demand for recom
mendations of graduates for Important
positions In . agricultural work. Several
positions offering salaries of upwards
of ti'000 have gone begging owing to the
lack of available men.
The two graduates to receive appoint
ments as the result of the recommenda
tions of the department this week 3 re
Cleve John Currin. '08, of lone, who en
ters the employment of F. Mortens &
Son. of Cumberland, Md., at a salary of
JJOoO. the first year and $3000 the sec
ond, and Claude Schrack. "09, of Tan
gent, who will 1ecome superintendent
of the holdings of the Sutherlln' Ijnd .
Water Company at Sutherlin. at a salary
of 11500.
Hccause Food Comnilstloner Is Offi
cial of Oregon Only, Offense Is
Clearly Within This State,
Is Judge's Ruling.
Food Commissioner Bailey must stand
trial on the indictment of having failed
to publish monthly bulletins, as re
quired by law, concerning the analytical
tests of food and drink products placed
for sale In the Oregon markets. Judge
Gantcnbeln yesterday overruled the de
murrer of John Manning. Bailey's at
torney, In which the validity of the in
dictment was attacked.
The law governing the work of the
Food Commissioner requires that ho
must publish bulletins concerning the
tests of foods sold within the bound
aries of Oregon, but the indictment
simply charged him with having failed
to publish analytical reports, without
limiting them to food sold in this state.
It was on the grounds that the indict
ment did not specify foods sold in Ore
gon that Mr. Manning asked that the
Indictment be set aside.
In giving his decision Judge Ganten
beln cited a similar case in South Caro
lina, where It was contended that the
Indictment did not specify that the
crime was within the state. In that
case the court decided that as the ac
cused official had Judlsdictlon only
within the state, the charge could only
mean that the crime was within Its
borders. Therefore, it was held by the
court yesterday that as the law makes
Mr. Bailey Food Commissioner for Ore
gon only. It Is certain that he could
commit the crime only within the state.
A minor attack was contained in the
demurrer to the effect that the indict
ment did not charge Mr. Bailey with
having willfully committed the crime,
but the court ruled that Inasmuch as a
preeedlng paragraph Implied a wilful
misconduct In office, the objection was
not valid.
Scotland Yard has more than loo.ooo fin-s-er
prints of convicted criminals, snd so
perfect Is the system that the rincer print
of any convict who Is psssed through lbs
department can b Identified within three
jnlautcs.
GKOWERS TO' MEET SHIPPERS
Railroad Men and Fruit Handlers
(olng to Sacramento.
Railroad men and fruit shippers will
attend the first meeting of the North
ern California Citrus Association and
the fruit fair to be held in connection
therewith at Sacramento next week. R.
V. Holder, general agent of the North
western line In this city, will leave
Portland today for the California city.
Fruit handlers at Hood River and
Rogue River also will attend. This
will be the first organized effort to
bring the grower and the packer in
touch with the handler, buyer and ship
per of the great fruit crops of Cali
fornia. As much Oregon fruit passes In
to California and since considerable
that is grown In that state la handled
by way of Portland, Portland people
are taking an Interest In next week's
event.
The programme Is unique, inasmuch
as it provides for attention to citrus
and delicious fruits on alternate days.
CITY LIGHT PLANT DESIRED
The Dalles Dissatisfied With Condi
tions Imposed on Consumers.
THE DALLES. Or.. Feb. 11. (Spe
cial.) The Dalles Aldermen brought up
the matter of erecting an electric light
plant for the supply of the city lights
at their meet'ng Friday night. The mu
nicipal ownership of the city water has
proved more' than satisfactory both to
users and the Water Commission and
enough power can be developed In
bringing the city water down from the
mountains to furnish plenty of elec
tricity. The Pacific Power & Light Company,
which purchased the White River plant
In July from local people has no fran
chise and is not giving satisfaction.
While no notice has been given of a
raise in rates, it Is the general com
plaint that patrons have to pay two
or three times as much for lights per
month than they did under the old re
gime, and the company requires a de
posit of IS before turning on elec
tricity for new patrons. Complaint
has been made to the Council and the
matter was brought up in last even
ing's meeting, being referred to the
finance committee.
UMATILLA SURVEY STARTS
Reclamation Service Testing Dam
Site for West Extension.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. Feb. 1L A report from the
project engineer on the Umatilla pro
ject in Oregon states that surveys have
now started on the reservoir site and
the Irrigable lands in the proposed
west extension of this project. A camp
has been set up at the site of the pro
posed dam, and testpits are now being
dug. Ever' effort is being made to
push forward as rapidly as possible
the necessary preliminary work of investigation.
During January about 5000 cubic
yards of material were excavated for
laterals in the proposed fourth unit and
additional work was done In deep
ening the drainage canals. The
operation of the feed canal con
tinued during the month and car
ried a maximum of 224 cubic feet per
second. The available storage In the
reservoir at the present time Is 29,
300 acre-feet.
MY
IS
SIMPLIFIED
Western Bridge Approach May
Be Settled Out of Court.
EVEN EXCHANGE PROPOSED
Northern Pacific Terminal Desirous
or Co-operating Willi City.
O.-W. It. & N. Will Help to
Facilitate Action.
After signing the contract for the
substructure of the Broadway bridge
i yesterday morning. Mayor Simon an
nounced that there are excellent
chances that the city can avoid taking
condemnation proceedings to secure
the necessary right of way for the
western terminus. The Northern Pa
cific Terminal Company, he said,
strongly desired to meet the munic
ipality In an exchange of grants to
avoid tedious legal proceedings.
"I am in hope v,e will not have to
resort to condemnation proceedings to
secure the right of way for the west
approach to the bridge," said the
M;fyor. "Negotiations aro pending
which I believe will be carried through
successfully, whereby tlie city will get
all that it requires and the company
will receive an even exchange."
If this is accomplished, it will leave
only the condemnation of the right of
way for the east approach, over prop
erty owned by the O.-W. R. & N. Go.
This would greatly simplify the Issue,
and as General Manager O'Brien has
assured the Mayor that he desires to
assist in rushing the proceedings
through the courts, it is believed that
it will not be long before the rights of
way on both sides of the Willamette
River are secured.
Coincident with the signing of the
contract by Mayor Simon and Presi
dent Stewart, of the contracting com
pany, W. E. Angier, chief assistant to
Consulting Engineer Modjeski, reached
the city yesterday morning and will
direct the preliminary work on the big
span. He called at the City Hall and
assured the Mayor that he would rush
the work with all possible speed, and
the great project has assumed definite
form.
No attention is being given to the at
tempts of Frank Kiernan and his law
yer, R. R. Duniway, to obstruct the
project by technical legal proceedings.
All that the city officials are doing in
that regard is to meet the attacks
which Just now are being made by let
ter to the purchasers of the blocks of
bonds for the building of the bridge.