Woman's Section
Special Features
SECTION FIVE
Pages 1 to 12
PORTLAND, OEEGOJf, SUNDAY MOESISG, MARCH 21, 1&I5.
NO. 12.
VOL. XXXIT.
"You Can Do
Better
on Third JH
Street"
The Greatest Rug Offering of the Year-
New Arrivals in Wool and Fiber Rugs Marked
at Special Prices for a One Week's Sale!
Oriental. Medallion and Small Effects
These are designs that will not be found in other stores; in fact, they are exclusive designs selected by us
and represent patterns that will harmonize with the furnishings of most any room. They are shown in
five different sizes, in a variety of color combinations and patterns. Long-wearing rugs of splendid
design unusually priced. '
Coverings to Harmonize With Every Decoration
So varied are the designs and color combinations that no matter what particular room you wish to use
them in, you can select a rug that will harmonize perfectly with other decorations. The assortment is
so large that almost any color or pattern may be selected. This advance showing at these special, pncea
is worthy of your consideration.
WOOL AND FIBER RUGS, 7:6x9 Some of the
WOOL AND FIBER RUGS, 4:6x6:6 A most com-
nrehensive assortment in this size to
choose from. Special .
WOOL AND FIBER RUGS, 6:0x9:0 For the small
chamber or alcove. Good line of colors
and designs. Special .'.
WOOL AND FIBER RUGS, 9x12 These room-size
wool and fiber in a splendid variety of colors and
$3.95
or the small
$7.65
newest designs that are pleasing and ef- dQ QC
fective. Color combinations that will suit pO.J
WOOL AND FIBER RUGS, 8:3x10:6 A varied as
sortment of choice patterns, never be- A fifl
fore shown. Extra special this weekviOU
Rugs of d1 O I e
patterns plaSi.i
80c Printed
Linoleums
New patterns, just sam
pled, suitable for bath or
kitchen use. Extra spe
cial price, laid on2f
your floor at " vC
$1.50 Heavy Quality Inlaid
Extra fine Linoleum that will give years of service. A long line
of colors and patterns. . Extra special price, laid on your d "1 T
floor, at only, the yard P
Ask For
S. & H. STAMPS
Drapery Materials, Curtains and Couch
Covers at Substantial Reductions
16c White Swiss. 36 inches -wide. $1.25 Oriental Striped Couch
small, medium and large dots, 11 Covers In red, green and brown, QQ
the yard HC each VO.
25c White Swiss, with colored 75c Hemstitched Curtains in ecrira,
dots and figures, red, blue and 1 Q . guaranteed to wash perfectly, AQg,
gold, the yard IOC the yard -XVJ.
45c and 48c Plain Scrim, with $5.50 Scrim and Marquisette Curtains,
double drawn-work border, 36 OQ with C 1 u n y and lace - edge 4tJO CQ
inches, the yard ..aSiJC insertion, the pair if
Custom Drapery Work Foreign Cretonnes
We are equipped to execute any kind A most exclusive showing of foreign
of made-to-order draperies. Let us cretonnes in shadowed warps and
estimate on your work. printed linens, per yd. from 75c to S7.60.
COLONIAL BRASS BEDS
$7.95
A remarkable brass bed value, in
deed. A bed that is quoted in most
stores at il4.5(i. Has large two-inch
Colonial posts, fitted with door
knob mounts and ten filler rods, fin
ished in royal satin and very rigid
in construction.
$ 50 Worth of Furniture $ 5.00 Cash $1.00 Week
$ 75 Worth of Furniture $ 7.50 Cash $1.50 Week
$100 Worth of Furniture $10.00 Cash $2.00 Week
$125 Worth of Furniture $12.50 Cash $2.25 Week
$150 Worth of Furniture $15.00 Cash $2.50 Week
$200 Worth of Furniture $20.00 Cash $3.00 Week
$3.75 Silkoline Comforts
$2.45
A big special from our Bedding
Department. Silkoline-Covered, Pure
White, Cotton-Filled Comforts, in
full size, light grounds, in floral de
signs, some with plain borders, to
sell at this extra special price.
We
Charge
No
H Interest
This Napoleon Bed, Dresser and
Chiffonier, Selected Quartrd Uak
Here is a remarkable value in a quartered oak Colonial
Chamber Suite, coupled with credit terms that are truly
unusual. The entire three pieces are exact copies of the
old Colonial. All three are made in the same factory and
: u : r. .1 1 , Tl, d,acDai nnA hif f nrtipr si rp
narmunizts ueauuiunji, lire ucwv,
PVAt-tlv as vou see in illustration. The cabinet work is above the average and
the drawers slide smoothly and noiselessly.
$592
$6.00 CASH-1.50 A WEEK
Finished Golden
All Oak
Where Can You Duplicate an
Eight-Piece Suite Like This for
It is unusual value, of good design and at
a price within your reach. Suite consists of
six dining chairs, one buffet and one ped
estal dining table, all of solid oak and just
the right size for the average home. In
f;icV, otuI rnnatnirtion it is eaual to that of
the price. We claim that complete outfits can
and this is a convincing example
$552
suites costing double
be bought best here,
TERMS, $5.50 CASH-$1.25 A WEEK
'BP125
ygj?fj " i Over
IBItSllli 5000
1 Prtland
The Luxury Cart for Baby
Sturgis One-Motion Collapsible
The most luxurious, most comfortable, easiest-operated fold
.ing Go-Cart it will be your pleasure to see. The Sturgis col
lapses with one motion, has mohair cloth hoods which will
not crack, adjustable backs that give the position you want
and detachable wheels which can be removed in air" instant.
The Sturgis is a cart for baby's health and comfort.
Priced From $8.75 to $25
A-B SANITARY
GAS RANGES
The most satisfactory, most conve
nient and most economical gas range
produced today. The white tile fea
tures alone merit its installation in
your kitchen. Compare it-with- other
gas ranges you have seen examine .the
rust-proof ovens, the automatic, lighter
and the sanitary features, then bear in
mind that it costs no more than the
ordinary gas range.
n
$5.95
THIS LIBRARY TABLE
SPECIAL ONE WEEK
The Library Table pictured here
measures 42 - inches, in length; has
large lower . shelf , heavy three-inch
legs and slat ends. Built of selected,
seasoned stock, with wide drawer and
finished golden. The greatest Library
Table value that we have offered
in years.
INDIAN WAR VETERANS
RECALL DAYS OF 1855-56
Of 200 Men Who Enlisted From Polk County, Seven Survive
Was Not Uncommon on Bill of Fare.
-Horseflesh
MONMOUTH. Or., Mar. 20. (Spe
cial.) Of the 200 Polk County
men who enlisted in the North
Yakima Indian War of 1S55-56 now
only seven survive.
The Indian War veterans are among
the county's oldest residents. Samuel
Tetherow. of Kalis City, aged "9 years,
came to Polk County in 1S45. He set
tled near Monmouth and afterwards
moved to Dallas.
"In 1SS5 we went to Walla Walla
where we were engaged in a four days"
tight." Mr. Tetherow said. 'The soldiers
lay there a month on guard and then
ran the Indians across the Snake River
into the Palouse country. At Yakima.
In the light. Captain Hembree and
many of his men were killed, and the
horses were stolen."
David L. Hedges, of Independence,
ravs he remembers clearly the time
when the Polk County men were
camped at Palouse and lived on horse
meat for a number of days. He was
sent to The Dalles as an escort with
provision wagons, and was there dis
charged. ..For 63 years Mr. Hedges has
lived in and near Independence, coming
to Polk County when IB years old.
James M. Campbell, of Dallas, served
u private in the first regiment of Ore
gon Mounted Volunteers from October
6. 1865. under Captain A. N. Armstrong
and Captain Benjamin Birch, until May
8, 1856. He recalls: "I lost one horse
and one mule while on duty, lived on
half rations most of the time, chased
Indians and was in a number of skir
mishes. My health was good, and I am
still active and in the best of health."
Mr. Campbell passed his 81st birthday
on October 9. His brother, T. J., cele
brated his 81st anniversary on the
same day. The two have lived 61 years
in Polk-County.
Coming from Missouri in the Spring
of 1846. James Layton Collins settled
near Dallas, where he has lived 68
years. His 82d birthday will be ob
served on May 9.
Sixty-one year a resident of Polk.
Lafayette W. Loughary, of Monmouth,
says: "We were mustered in at Salem,
January 25. 1856, went from there to
The Dalles, via Portland, thence to
Wild Horse Creek. We remained here
a few days.'then proceeded to the fort
at Walla Walla, where the commander
hanged an Indian spy. After we crossed
the Snake River we saw the first wild
Indians. From there we moved to the
Columbia River below Priest Rapids,
crossed the river to the west side.
Horse meat formed our chief diet, it'ext
we went down stream to the mouth of
the Yakima and received provisions.
Three days more we traveled and
struck some Indians. Captain Embry
was killed. We killed one Indian. We
went on to Klickitat Valley and lost
our horses. Again we moved. This
time it was to Salem and we were
mustered out on May 8, 1856."
Thomas J. Hayter. of Dallas, and
Thomas H. Montgomery, of Rock
Creek, are the others who survive.
Their story runs close to the recollec
tions of Mr. Loughary.
Not until the Spring of 1913 did the
Indian War veterans of Polk County
receive pay from the state for the
horses and mules which they lost while
on duty.
MOTHER DECOYS SON HOME
Woman Who Put Cp All Money for
Ball Saves It by Boy's Arrest.
PHILADELPHIA, March 14. In an
swer to a decoy letter Frank Keeler
23 years old, a few days ago. returned
to Philadelphia from Riverside, N. J
and was arrested on a charge of jump
ing bail. His mother wrote the decoy
letter.
She wrote it because she had put
up every dollar of her savings. $500,
for the ball, which the authorities
would declare forfeited unless the son
returned to stand trial on a charge of
larceny. She is 60 years old. She can
no longer go out and wash and sweep
and sew as she did in the years when
Frank and his three brothers were
schoolboys. She cannot earn another
$500.
So when She heard that Frank had
left town just the day before his trial
was scheduled, she borrowed a letter
head from the printing Arm where
Frank had . last worked and wrote:
"There is some money waiting for you
at this office, and if you will come back
they will give it to you." Probably she
would not have been able to write it if
Special Officers Bender and Daufman,
of the Front and Master-Streets Sta
tion, had not stood by and told her
that she owed as much to the law, and
she owed as much to herself.
These were the officers who arrested
Frank. After a hearing on the charge
of bail-jumping he will probably be
tried on the charge of stealing money
from a coal office at Ninth and Jeffer
son streets.
Mrs. Keeler looks her age, and in the
neighborhood they are beginning to call
her "old Mrs. Keeler." Last week
Frank's oldest brother Thomas, who
was the main support of the family,
died of tuberculosis.-
12 KATIES IN ONE SCHOOL
Lancaster County Haa Only ' Six
Family Names on One Roll.
LANCASTER, Pa, March 14. Fairview
School, in eastern Lancaster County,
is one of the most unique in ' this
region. Until this year there were
only five family names on the roll,
and now the- Kauffman name has been
added.
There are 17 pupils named Fisher
and 12 named King. . They are all
children of Amui'i parents. It is' one
of the few schools- in the county In
which . the children ': sing German
hymns. In another school In the same
region there are 13 girla named Katie,
TESTING MACHINES PUT PURCHASES
BY CITY ON BIG SCIENTIFIC BASIS
..
System at City HaJ! Now Installed and Ready to Try Out All Materials Used in Various Departments of
J City Work With Elimination of Supplies Below Standard as One .tim.
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COMPLETION . yesterday of the task h s 3si -: ' ' . , I
of installing a series of testing ma- :,;,- . I
chines at the City Hall, Is to be o k . E : ifsio -. : y . I
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COMPLETION . yesterday of the task
of installing a series of testing ma
chines at the City Hall, Is to be
followed by the. changing of the city's
purchasing system to a scientific basis.
All supplies will receive accurate and
official tests to see that they measure
up - to the specifications under which
they are purchased. The machinery as
installed cost several thousand dollars
and has fitted, the city for testing op
erations of a scope that probably can
not be handled by any other city In the
Northwest.
Machines were installed for the test
ing ' of . paper, -. steel, paving materials,
cement, oils of all kinds, coal, fire hose,
alloys, brass bronze, wire, cables, rope,
belting, .'building stone,- brick, tile,
sewer pipe, reinforced concrete and
wooden beams. Heretofore these com
modities have been purchased either
on the statement of ' the dealer that
they measured up to specifications or
by tests' in private laboratories. It is
expected the new system will save the
city a great deal of money and will
result in all supplies being up to the
standard. '
Heavy Apparatus In Basement.
The testing apparatus was selected
and installed by City Chemist Dulin.
Some of the machines are in the chem
ical laboratory on the top floor of the
City Hall, while the heavy machinery
has been given a place in a room in the
basement. Everything' will be in work
ing shape tomorrow.
The largest machine of the number
is a Riehle' Tester, with a capacity of
150,000 pounds - for , either tension or
compression ' tests."' This machine is
equipped' with' a ' combination extenso
meter and compressometer. the. inven
tion of Professor S. H. Graf, of the
Oregon "Agricultural College.
This gigantic-tester, is to be used by
the city in testing nearly all the ma
terials of. engineering and building
construction, - such as steel, brass,
bronze, wire, cables, ropes, belting, con
crete, building stone, brick, tile, sewer
pipe, . reinforced concrete beams and
wooden beams. The tests will deter
mine the strength in tension, compres
sion . 'or. cross-bending of these ma
terials. In addition to the materials
mentioned it can be used to determine
the ultimate breaking strength of many
other things. This is the only machine
of its kind in Portland and the third
ever installed in Oregon, the other two
belonging- to the Oregon Agricultural
College. ; , ,
The apparatus ' includes a Riehle
transverse testing machine for cast iron
or other materials of - like nature and
a crusher -ana a pulverizer tor crush
ing and pulverizing, samples for tests
and analyses. It includes also a centri
fuge machine for the determination of
water and sediment in fuel oils and
the separation of the pigment and ve
hicle in paints.
Heat Value to Be Determined.
Heat value of fuels will be deter
mined by an Emerson, fuel calorimeter
of the same type as used by the United
States bureau of standards. This In
strument : consists . of a double-walled
copper tank filled with water in which
a steel bomb or globe, containing the
sample of coal or oil is immersed. The
coal or oil is: ignited and virtually in
stantaneously burned by an electrical
charge and the heat generated by the
combusion is taken up by the water in
the calorimeter. A proper reading of
a finely graduated thermometer cali
brated to read to one one-hundredth of
a degree Centigrade makes it possible
to determine the heat received by the
water and hence the heating value of
the sample of coal or oil.
Samples of asphalt and bituminous
cements, are taken by the city from
every cargo-destined to be used dn city
work. Proper tests will be made at
the laboratory to determine whether,
1) Powerful Machinery for Teetins Every Kind of Kmclurerln mm Ha
lug Material. Oscar Beck, Physleal Tester la Machine 111, aad B. "'"
; City Chemist, la Bockurouad. (3) laboratory Fitted for lllaK .Wsalt
aad All Otaer Paving Materials. 3) Machines for Testing; Coal, uel OH,
Paper aad Alloys.
these samples reach the standard de
manded by the city s specmcauuns inu
all found faulty are rejected. Inspec
tors maintained at the various paving
plants are to secure the proper mixing
of the bituminous materials used in
paving work. Samples also are ob
tained directly from the mixtures when
delivered on the streets.
The instruments include a "standard"
brick rattler for making abrasion tests
on paving brick and blocks. Devel
abrasion cylinder is used for determin
ing thea, coefficient of wear of rock
such as is used for macadam or pave
ments with a rock base.
With the new machines the city
probably will make tests and analyses
of materials for the Commission of
Public Docks, County Commissioners
and School Board whenever requested.
FLOOD FROM THAW FEARED
Minneapolis Has Crews Digging
Trenches In Snow and Ice.
MINNEAPOLIS, Mar. 16. City crews
are shoveling drains and catch basins
to make gutter lines in the snow and
ice, all to prevent flooded walks and
streets in a thaw that threatened to
grow steadily worse. Walter Walsh,
superintendent of the city street de
partment, said that more than 600 men
and 200 teams were at work on street
cleaning and that more would be added
if emergency bonds proposed to relievo
the unemployment situation were is
sued. The Civil Service Commission has
posted notices to Job seekers to apply
direct to the ward street commissioners.
MANY THINGS IN RAISINS
Hair, Dirt and TarU of Insects
Found and Seller Arrested.
Philadelphia!"" March ii. one
timind of raisins purchased by a spe
cial agent of the Dairy and Food Com
mission was analyzed by Btato t.ncin
ist Charles H. LaWall. Ho found:
Prunes, rice, beans and fuzzy dirt.
Human and animal hairs, straight
and curly, and fibers of cotton and
wool dyed green, yellow, brown, pink
and gray:
Straw and a little bit or bran.
; Sand, cornstarch, broken wheat and
yeast spores.
Pine wood and fragmonts of uniden
tified other timber.
Tobacco loaf, cigarette paper and ci
garette tobacco.
Also, the winjrs and les oi a iuvr
unfortunate insects.
Otherwise the raisins er! nil riglit.
As the outcome, William ollason. i;l
South Fourth street, in front of whose
store the collection was bought, was
held by Magistrate Rooney la MOO ball
for court.