DRAMATIC,
REAL ESTATE
AUTOS, ROADS
SECTION FOUR
Pages 1 to lO
NO. 2.
PORTLAND, OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING. JANUARY 14. 1912.
VOL. XXXI.
CATDOM'S "400" TCfPOSE
, FOR PORTLAND PUBLIC
Annual Exhibition of Feline Beauties 'Will Take Place at Meier & Frank
Store for Three Days, Beginning January 16.
ft Clearance
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Gadsbys
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A Stupendous Merchandising Event A Gigantic Undertaking
Positively the Greatest Furniture Sale in the History of
Portland Don't Delay If You Are Going to Buy Any
Furniture Within the Next Two Months, Buy at Once
EUGS! RUGS! EVERYBODY WANTS RUGS
GADSBY HAS THE LARGEST SHOW
OF RUGS IN THE STATE.
A Clearance Sale
of Room-Size Rugs
625 Patterns to Choose From.
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Five racks like picture, each carrying 125 patterns.
Rugs from 12x15 to 6x9 feet on display. Anglo-Persians,
Indians, Arabians, Royal "NVorcesters, Bagdads
and Tepracs all are here at bottom prices., Some
special bargains :
Bagdad Wiltons, 9x12 feet $29.50
Sanford's Axminsters, 9x12 feet $23.00
Extra Axminsters, 9x12 feet $25.00
Saxony Axminsters, 9x12 feet $18.50
Sussex Velvets, 9x12 feet $17.50
Metropolitan Brussels, 9x12 feet .T... $18.00
Eureka Brussels, 9x12 feet $12.50
Special Brussels, 9x12 feet $9.50
A Great Clearance Sale of
Iron Beds
?3.dj Iron iieds l.uo
kf $1.50 Iron Beds $3.50
$5.00 Iron Beds $3.75
$7.00 Iron Beds $5.75
$20 Brass Beds $14.50
$25 Brass Beds $18.00
All
Three-Piece
Parlor Suits
Reduced
25
At Gadsbys'
Clearance Sale
This is a Parlor Suite we can recommend for beauty,
design and elegant finish. Solid birch frame, ma
hoganv finish, with beautiful velour upholstering, is
worth $33.00. Clearance price only $29.50
We have other three-piece Suites as low as. .$15.00
$10 Mission
Rocker $5.50
Where Can YouBuy Rock
ers Like This for $5.50?
Solwl Oak Rocker, exactly
like cut, made of ,fine se
lected oak, with large up
holstered Boston leather
seat on steel springs, high
back, finished either in
weathered or golden oak.
Regular price is $10.00
Gadsbys' Clearance Price
only $5.50
This Davenport
Has Automatic
Action
Gadsbys' Special Seven-Piece
Dining-Room Suit at $29.50
Has a receptacle for bed
ing. Makes a comfortable
bed. Frame is of oak; seat
and back are upholstered
over oil-tempered steel
springs; covered in Chase
leather. Clearance price is
only $22.50
Sold on Easy Terms.
This seven-piece Dining-Room Outfit is solid oak,
consisting 01 six chairs, solid oak box seat, and solid
oak table, massively constructed and beautifully pol
ished, golden or fumed oak. Gadsbys' Clearance
Price - $29.50
SS5 $29.50
All are guaranteed. Leader
Range, with its high closet
and duplex grate, spring
balance oven doors. This
is a heavy, substantial and
durable range, made of the
best quality cold-rolled
steel; adapted for coal or
wood; oven thoroughly
braced and bolted and as
best os-lined throughout;
nickel - trimmed section
plate top.
Gadsbys' Price $29.50
Extension
Tables at
Clearance Prices
$15 Extens'n
$18 Extens'n
$25 Extens'n
$35 Extens'n
$45 Extens'n
$50 Extens'n
$60 Extens'n
Table S12.50 '
Table $15.00,
Table S20.00
Table 827.50
Table S35.00
Table S40.00
Table S46.50
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A Clearance Sale
of Dressers
$11.50
Princess Dresser, with
oval or shaped French
bevel mirror, finished
golden; regular $15.00
$7.50
Here is a Dresser that
others ask $12.00 for.
Gadsbys' price for this
sale $7.50
Such Price Cutting
Is Seldom Equaled
The yellow clearance sale tags tell
a wonderful story- of price cutting
that la seldom equaled. No other
ale erer held In this city means ao
much to homeiiulldera at no other
time could you bur iurh goods for
ao little. We are compelled to give
you far greater values than others.
We need the space these goods oc
cupy. Buy now while you hare tho
chun to bay cheap.
We Have No Rent to Pay, That's Why We Sell for Less
ti m n ii ij
No'MatterWhat You Want In Furniture
cSsby ell it "for Less
Our Exchange DepL
If you have furniture that doesn't
suit want something more up to
date and better, phone us and we'll
send a competent man to see It and
. arrange to take It as part payment
on the kind you want the Gadsby
kind. We'll make you a liberal al
lowance for your goods, and we'll
sell you new furniture at low prices.
The new furniture will be promptly
delivered and your pieces will go as
first payment. Easy terms on bal
ance. Have furniture you'll be proud
of. Heating stoves reduced during
Gadsbys' Clearance Sale.
THE Question that has troubled lov
ers of animals, if not scientists.
Is settled. There Is a cat heaven.
It Is In Portland. With its nine lives
and hereafters, who, indeed, is in more
need of an Elysium than the cat? And,
moreover, there Is mercy in this Port
land paradise for the outcast. The
stray cat has at last come Into Its own.
The Oregon Humane Society and the
Oregon Cat Club have proclaimed physi
cal salvation to the common cat. At
the cat show to be given January 16,
17 and IS In the Meier & Frank store,
under the auspices of the Oregon Cat
Club and in accordance with the rules
of the America Cat Association, more
prizes have been offered for stray cats
than for any other class. Mrs. John
E. Howard, secretary of the show, says
the strays are to be the banner cats
of the show. Everyone who is offering
a prize wants it to go to the aban
doned cat of the back alley. This
is only the second annual cat show,
and yet the general interest in stray
cats has astonished even the promoters
of the show and the societies.
Cat la Demand.
A runway is to be constructed at
the showroom, where stray cats that
are to be given away will be on ex
hibition. Among stores, mills and fac
tories there Is a demand for stray cats
and the Humane Society will under
take to fill these requests, but is also
going to undertake to hold persons re
ceiving such cats responsible for their
subsequent care and condition.
A cat is only a cat, but that isn't
the cat's fault. The most forlorn liv
ing animal in this world is the cat
that has been abandoned because no
body wanted it, thrown into the street
to be chased and stoned, kicked and
scalded, tormented by everybody that
sees it. It's only a cat. No wonder
the cat has lost both its prestige and
Its "morals." What comfort has a stray
cat in life or death? According to
tradition, when one miserable life Is
ended there are eight more wretched
existences. As the cat soliloquizes in
"The Rubaiyat of a Persian Kitten:"
Unless the Stern Recorder points to nine,
Though they would drown you still you
will not sink.
Once in a whil a stray drops Into a
pleasant lot literally the backyard of
a kind-hearted woman. Such was the
chance that Fate brought to "Calico."
She was found In the yard one morn
ing two years ago and given a home.
But it was too late for the "soul" of
Calico. She has every comfort that a
cat could wish, but Calico's unhappy
past has' left Its ineffaceable marks
upon her disposition. She hates all of
her kind and refuses to be petted by
man or woman. She is a soured, dis
appointed cat. Kindness won her to
a certain appreciation of her bene
factress, but she's "agin" all the rest
of the world.
Everyone who was at the cat show
last year knows "Mike." When Mike
was a baby Maltese kitten he wandered,
bedraggled, one rainy night into the
engine house of Fire Truck Company
No. 4. Engine Company No. 7, at the
corner of East" Third and East Pine
i streets. He was a sorry-looking lit
tle mite when the firemen took him in.
From that night he has been the pet
of 18 fire-lighters.
Kindness didn't kill this cat. -as a
proverb says It may. he Just thrived
on It. Today he Is a handsome, sleek
coated prize-winner, with 97 of the
100 points of perfection allowed a cat.
And his disposition why, he is "al
most human," If the tales of his spe
cial keeper, J. Denzel, of the fire com
pany, are to be believed. He is credit
ed with a keen sense of humor, was
never cross In his life, shows fine dis
crimination in his partiality for wo
men and children and is especially
fond of blondes, "understands any
thing," ha-s remarkable intelligence
and unusual talents for tricks.
WJtii all bis accomplishments, he
knows he is a cat, "stays In his own
class. Mr. Denzel says, and is as good
a mouser as any cat ever lived claimed
to being. The fact that he can wear a
hat, use a cane, shake hands, feign
sleep, perform jumping tricks and sit
up has not spoiled him for being a
perfectly, good cat. He will be at
the show this year.
"Bill" is another common cat pet of
this fire company. He is a psycholog
ical study. He looks like a Sunday
school superintendent, a Billy Sunday
evangelist, or something like that, but
he Is the gamest fighter In Portland.
He Is credited with holding the pug
ilistic championship of the city. Not
withstanding this seeming contradic
tion of his pious face, he has a gentle
Will Show Pet Cat.
A ragged old negro shambled into
the office of the cat show, with tho
entry fee tied up in a corner of his
handkerchief. He picked up a stray
in the freight yards and that cat has
something to eat if the old man has
to go without food. His cat was listed
and will be one of the features of the
show. Even Uncle Sam has caught
the spirit of kindness that is getting
contagious in Portland. At the city
postofflce is a black and white stray,
picked up by office employes. His name
la "Jack Johnsin," and the Government
of the United States pays $2 a month
for his rations.
The stray tabby that makes Its home
in the Portland Commercial Club will
be at the show to see that Oregon gets
proper publicity. Ten years ago a little
black kitten picked the Sunset Cream
ery as a good place for a stray cat. This
cat will be at the show to tell folks
what ten years of milk and cream will
do for a stray.
Last year little Howard Hutchinson.
11 years old, exhibited a stray that had
grown so beautiful from good care that
he was offered a big price for it, but
refused it because he loved the cat. It
was a prize-winner, but somebody
poisoned It and nearly broke the little
fellow's heart. A Maltese stray that
he has since picked up will be at the
show this year. He is one of the little
boys in town who make a specialty of
being kind to stray cats.
Notwithstanding the unusual interest
In strays, they will not be the "whole
show." There will be some "cham
peens" just to show how really swell
a cat can be. "Kee Kee Vita," chap
pion, a silver Persian female, famous
in Eastern state, will be exhibited by
Mrs. B. E. Weaver, of San Francisco.
"Sir Ko Ko." a blue Persian, has been
listed by Mrs. F. G. Hiller. of Seattle.
"Jerry," a Manx cat, has been entered
by Max Wiedman. New features this
year will be two "screw tail" cats,
white and short haired, exhibited by
D. L. Dimmitt. The talis of these cats
are twisted like corkscrews.
Among the unusual cats will be
"Jinks," an Alaskan cat, exhibited by
Mrs. Frank W. Swanton. Consistent
with his Alaskan nativity, "Jinks"
wears an ermine coat. Maybe it is
only cat fur, but it looks like ermine,
just the same. Although he comes fron
the region of the bear and wolf, "Jinks"
has never been known to kill a living
thing. Foreign countries will be rep
resented by an imported cat of the
Amazonian breed. This is a large black
and white cat, weighing 20 pounds, ex
hibited by R. E. Hussey. Another for
eign cat will be exhibited by the Ivy
Press. It is a big gray and white fel
low, brought by sailors from distant
shores.
No exhibition of cats would be com
plete without "grandma's cat," and it
will be there. A typical old-fashioned
gray and white tabby, 17 years old, has
been listed by "Grandma" McVey, 80
years old. She is very proud of this
cat, which she calls the "Old Pioneer."
The show will be more elaborate in
its appointments this year. The cages
for the cats are to be decorated, and
65 silver cups have been offered, be
sides medals and other prizes. Souve
nir catalogues have been prepared,
which will be sold. The number of cats
exhibited will be about 175. The show
will open Tuesday noon and will con
tinue throughout Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday. No admission will be
charged.
Holsteln Cow Bringrs $230.
CHEHALIS. Wash., Jan. 13. (Spe
cial.) At an auction sale of dairy cows
held by E. S. Nash yesterday, a grade
Holstein sold for $230, and other cattle
at proportionate prices. There is a
strong demand for good dairy Btock,
and bidding is also accentuated by the
presence ol tiiaide bidders from tho
Sound country in search of good atoclt.