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EASY TERMS ARRANGED
of F
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ollars
nceo.
Our Misfortune Is Your
Opportunity
We Must Unload at Least Half of Our Stock in the Next Few; Weeks, as Part of Our Store Has Been
Ordered Sold Over Our Heads and We Have No Place to Move Our Enormous Stock To.
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THE SUXDiY" OilEGOXIA'N, PORTL.ANT: JANUARY' 4, . 19.20.
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bacirnlr
Worth
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DINING-ROOM
FURNITURE
Round Solid Oak Exten- (hi q Q C
sion Dining Tables at. , . tj) XJ70
$3.45
$29.75
.98c
Solid Oak Dining Chairs
at
Quarter-sawed Oak Buf
fets at.
1000 Kitchen Chairs
at
BEDROOM
FURNITURE
$12.75
$5.75
$9.75
$12.75
2-inch Continuous Post
Beds. .' .'.
Guaranteed Steel Springs
(Angle Iron) ....'
45-pound Combination
Mattresses
40-pound Felt Mat
tresses
LIVING-ROOM
FURNITURE
Morris Chairs and
Davenports
Quarter-sawed Oak Li- Ann r f
brary Tables at. . . 3i.3U
Overstuffed Tapestry
. Rockers at . .
Solid Oak Dressers, t q
Plate-glass Mirrors. D X 7 O
Hundreds of Used Beds,
Some Re-enameled, from . .
'Used Yum-Yum Springs,
From.
$2.75
$1.75
$26.75
. Overstuffed Ge
Leather Rockers
-RUGS
9x12 Wool Fiber Rugs, f
priced at . . . . 1 Q
9x12 Grass Rugs, priced
Overstuffed Tap
estry Davenports. . . . . . .
Willow Rockers, Uphol
stered Seat and Back. ....
Hardwood Rockers in Oak
Finish .......
Hardwood Sewing Rock
ers, Oak Finish
- 9x12 Grass Rugs, priced (ft 4
at . ..04il O 9xl2 Brussels Rugs, tf0"7 -7r-
$59.50
$15.75
$3.95
$1.95
$27.75
$44.75
priced at.
9x12 Axminster Rugs,
priced at. . . .
1000 yards of Congoleum, and various
Felt-Based Pro-Linoleum, tf
yard' from ' . . ... I ... OifC
Also a Few Good Used Rugs at "Very
Low Prices
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SACRIFICE SALE OF
BUCK'S
RANGES V
Every Range Reduced -1.
$85.00
Combination Ranges
from
Buck's Home Pride Coal C 27 tf
and Wood, Ranges Cbv) .Oil
Buck's Gas Ranges
from ;
Buck's Gas Ranges with ,
Side Oven and Broiler. ..
$29.75
$47.50
16-inch Oven White Enameled Sani
tary Base Ranges
priced.. 307.0U
Over 100 Used
Ranges From
$20 up
and Every One Is Guaranteed to Give
Satisfaction
m
Used Goods
We have an enormous stock of used
goods (some' look like new) which we
.simply must unload in the next few
weeks at prices so low they will sur
prise you. ' '
BUCK'S
PIPELESS
. FURNACES
are a great success. They have many
exclusive features not on other furnaces.
For instance: One-piece firepot, auto
matic filling of water tank, ash sprinkler
that eliminates dust in basement, self
cleaning hot-blast combustion chamber,
. and many other little conveniences that
save you vexation. Call and see ours in
operation. It heats our store, 50x100
feet, four floors.
Miscellaneous
Small Size Oil Mops in case, r r
priced . .zjC
Mahogany Parlor Stand r
Lamps, double sockets. . w tj)!. O
Oak Parlor Table Lamps tfp TET
priced. J)J3. O
Real Cedar Chests, big and roomy with
n e a t tray and brass T
trimmings ! X
Silk .Lamp Shades are A4 4 7E?
priced from DJ. 1 O
Standard Sewing Machines, Rotary
Shuttles, regular $65, 50
Duofold Davenports, solid oak frames,
upholstered in fine j yt ff
leatherette.
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Louis Gevurtz, Sec'y
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LVCORPOBATIOX IX JVEW YORK
AXXOUXCED AS PLAX.
linormous Tannage or Iron and
Steel Bought From U. S. Is
to Be Bandied.
Organization of a firm in New York,
to be known as the Barde Steel cor
poration, to handle, a large quantity
of the enormous tonnage of govern
ment iron and steel junk 'and ma
chinery which the local firm of
M. Barde & Sons , recently purchased
at public auction in Philadelphia, was
announced yesterday by M. Barde.
who returned early in the week from
New York, after a short visit in con
nection with business matters arising
out of the sale. The new concern,
. which will be ah auxiliary to the
Portland house, will file articles of
incorporation in New York shortly,
he stated.
J. N. Barde left Tuesday for New
York. He and L. B. Barde, who was
already in the east and personally bid
in the iron and steel at Philadelphia
several weeks ago, will remain in
New York to have charge of the new
firm there .and manage the sales of
the iron and steel . from that poirt.
wniie M. Barde will remain in Port
land and handle Pacific coast sales.
The purchase represented all the
government iron and steel equipment
and machinery left over from war
time steel shipbuilding in this country
and was said to be one of the largest
purchases of the kind in the history
of the world. The bid of the local
tjoncern was given as approximately
t40 a ton, and already more than
600,000 tons of the junk has been
turned over to the firm, Mr. Barde
mated. The' purchase will run even
higher than they had anticipated, he
said, and it is now estimated that the
total tonnage represented in the pur
chase will be between 750,000 and
1,000,000 tons, making a purchase
price of nearly $40,000,000.
Several offers have already been
received by the company for purchase
of small quantities or the junk by
Portland concerns, Mr. Barde stated,
but for the present no deals are being
closed pending the establishment of
the New ,York branch and the ship
"ment of a considerable quantity of
the purchase to the. Pacific coast.
Several offers had been received of
from 100 to 500 tons each, he said.
Between 40,000 and 50,000 tons will
be shipped to Portland for sale
throughout the. Pacific northwest, Mr.
Barde stated, and about 1000 tons will
be shipped as quickly as can be ar
ranged to take care of contracts now
in sight but not closed. The remain
der of the holdings will be sold in the
east and in foreign countries.
Roseburg Veteran, 72, Weds
Pastor's Widow, 71.
Inmate of Soldlera' Home'lVho Has
L,onjc and .Brilliant Record In
' Clvlf War Decides He Wanta
Wife.
ROSEBURG, Or., Jan. 3. (Special.)
Samuel Montgomery, aged 72
years, a resident of the state soldiers'
home, and Mrs. Ruth Vernon, aged 71
years, were married here on New
Year's eve. Mr. Montgomery has been
a resident of the home for many, years
and in spite of his 72 years is in the
best of health and is a familiar fla-
ure about the streets. He beara a
long military record and Is the last
n r a J K S nll..
He enlisted In September, 181,
when but a mere boy, in Company F,
188th Pennsylvania infantry. He was
- ' vr. .UA.AO iJ lull, yiue Ul
the early engagements' of the- war,
and is said to be the only man living
in Oregon who witnessed the death of
Oregon'sc senator, Edward D. Baker,
who was killed in the battle. Gen
eral Baker was commanding the out
fit of which Mr. Montgomery was a
member and was only a short distance
from the latter when he was struck
by the fatal bullet.
Mr. Montgomery was wounded - at
Gettysburg and was discharged, but
re-enlisted after his recovery in the
2d United States cavalry, attaining
the rank of bugler. He was present
at Appomatox and., witnessed Lee's
surrender and after the close of the
war remained in ther service c ..until
1877, having been transferred to troop
F, 4th "United States cavalry. His
father. Colonel Montgomery, was
killed in battle during May, 1863.
-Mr. Montgomery's bride was for
merly the wife of Rev. .A. C. Vernon,
an aged minister; who died .several
years ago. tThey have a home oh
Harvard avenue, in this city r. where
they 'Wjill make their home.- .
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DAILY METEOROLOGICAL, REPORT. .
PORTLAND. Or.. Jan. 3. Maximum
temperature, 42 deffrees: 'minimum 'tem
perature. 32 degrees. River reading, 8
A. M.. 3.7 feet: change In last 24 hours.
0.3-foot fall. Total rainfall 5- P. M. to
5P. M.);. none;- total rainfall since Sep
tember 1, 1919, 16.S3 Inches; normal rain
fall since September 1, 20.08 Inches; defi
ciency of rainfall since September 1, 1819,
3.25 Inches. . Sunrise. 7:53 A. M. ; sunset.
4:3S P. M. ; total sunshine, 8 hours 45 min
utes; possible sunshine. 8 hours 45 minutes.
Moonrlse. 2:54 P. M. ; mooniet, 5:17 A. M.
Barometer (reduced- sea level). 6 P. M.,
S0.14 Inches. Relative humidity: 5 A. M.,
73 per cent; noon, 55 per cent; S P. M.,
61 per cent.
THE WEATHER.
INDIAN WAR MAJOR DIES
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CAREER OF JAMES . BRTTCE IX
OREGON IS NOTED. '
STATIONS.
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Calgary, . . .(
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Denver '
Des Moines
Eureka
Ualveston . .
Helena
t Juneau . . .
Kansas City.
JL,os Angeles
MarKhfleld '
Medford
Minneapolis.
New Orleans;
New York
North Head.
No. Yakima.
Phoenix- . . .
Pocatello . .
Portland ..
Roseburg ..
Sacramento.
St. Louis . .
Salt Lake ..
San Diego .
S. Francisco.
Seattle
Sitka
Spokane
Tacoma
Tatoosh Isld
tValdez
Walla Walla.
Washington.
Winnipeg
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.Cloudy
Clear
Clear
Cloudy.
Cloudy
Snow
Qear '.
Cloudy
Clear -
Cloudy
Clear
Pt. .cloudy
Clear..
Clear
Clear .
Clear
Pt. cloudy
' 1 ear ..
Pt. cloudy
cloudy"
Clear - .
Foggy
Pt. cloudv
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uiouay
Cloudy
Ulear
Cloudy
Cloudy
Pt. cloudy
Cloudy
Clear
Rain
Cloudv -
Cloudy -
r-t. ciouqy
tA. M. today. P. M. report of preced
Itig day. '.
FORECASTS.' '
. Portland and vicinity Fair; moderate
easterly winds.
Oregon and Washington Cloudy and
warmer: moderate easterly ' wlnda.
- Phone your want ads to the Orego
nian. Main 7070, A 6095.
Service in State Legislature From
Both Washington and Benton
Counties Recalled.
- Zn the death of Major. James Bruce,
aged 92, at his home in McMinnvllle,
December 22, Oregon lost another of
her prominent state builders.
His grandparents were early settlers
of Kentucky, his grandmother being
a sister of Daniel Boone. His parents,
John and Ellen Bruce, we're pioneers
of Harrison county, Indiana,1 where
James Bruce was born.
In 1850 he came across the plains
;to California and the next fyear to
southern Oregon-where he 'took an
active part in helping to defend the
homes of the settlers against the at
tacks of the Indians in . the war of
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T Major James Brace, Indlasi war I
I veteran, who died at MeMlitn- I
I vllle. I
1853 and the . Rogue River war of
1855-56. In the last war he was com
missioned captain and afterwards
major. '
After the close of this war he came
to Benton county where, in 1857, he
was married to Miss Margaret Kinney,
daughter " of . Colonel Kinney. She
passed away at their home in Wash
ington county in 1884.
'Major Bruce was a member of the
Oregon legislature, both from Benton
and Washington counties.
In 1876 Governor Thayer appointed
him one of the commissioners to rep
resent Oregon-at the centennial at
Philadelphia. He spent six 'months
there and acted as one of the judges
of agricultural implements. .
During Governor Pennoyer's term.
Major Bruce was appointed delegate
to. the National Farmers' congress in
Iowa. In 1890 he was the candidate
of the people's party ' as representa
tive for congress.-. j -
The Bruce farm homes, both in Ben
ton and Washington counties, were
examples of thrift and prosperity.
. Mr. Bruce is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Elizabeth Bruce, and onedaugh
ter. Miss Sadie Bruce, who is a teacher
In the McMinnvllle high school. -
AUTO RUNS .OVER MAN
J. R. Clark, 5 7, Is Injured Whil
at -Workon Car.
J.', R. Clark, 576 Salmon street. 57
years of ' age and ' retired, , received
serious injuries ' as the result of a
fall beneath' his automobile when the
car started while-he was doing some
work on it at his : home ; yesterday!
afternoon. - . r '
He; was- taken to SL Vincent's hos
pital. ' He was reported to have suf
fered injury' to the spine and possible
Internal injuries.
' When .the machine' started, Mr.
Clark was said - to - have attempted
to get Into it,' in order to. control it,
but. his foot slipped and he fell under
neath. -. - -.-
- .Prune Orchard Is Soldi' '"; ",
ROSEBURG, Or., - Jan. 8. (Special.)
The Norman Agee ranch, one of the
best -pieces of farm property In Doug
las county,- situated, five miles from
Roseburg on'the -Pacific highway and
next to the South TJmpqua river, was
sold yesterday bf Attorney Elbert
Hermann to Dr. . George J. Bacher, -a
local - dentist. . The place contains
about 20 acres of prunes.
Read The Oregonlan classified ads.
Nasty Colds
Ease atiOrice
First dose of "Papc'tCold CompQund,---.relieves'dis-tress
Three doses break up colds No quininel
Don't stay stuffed-up! Quit blow
ing and snuffing! A. dose. of "Pape's
Cold Compound" taken every' two
hours until three doses are taken
usually breaks up cold and ends
all grippe misery- ',.
. The first dose' opens clogged-up
nostrils and air passages . of head;
stops . nose running; relieves Lead-
ache, - dullness... feverlshness. sneez
ing,, soreness, stiffness. ' - ,
"Pape's : Cold, Compound" -Is the
quickest, J surest relief .known and
costs only a few' cents at cug stores.
It acts without assistance. Tastes
nice. Contains no- quinine. Insist on
Pape'sl , - - - . - -
BOYS, MAKE BIG PROFIT
EX-SERVICE MES NET TOTAE
-OF $17,008 IX 6 MOXTHS.
Hard Work on Farm and Shrewd
'Trading Prove Profitable for
ex-Service Men. '
COLTON, Cal., Jan. 3. This' is a
story of how ' two young ex-service
men, one from vthe navy and the
other from the army, made 417,008.42
through six months of "hard work and
shrewd trading since they left "off
their uniforms and put on . overalls
The young men are Chester . Hart
ley, 25,' formerly In the. navy, and
his brother, Charles, 21, formerly a
soldier. ThSy are sons of Mr. and
Mrs. Seth. Hartley of this city.- .
They were discharged' from i. -the,
service early last March. They took'
charge April 1 of the Troplco Ranch o,
south of Colton, on a purchase con
tract. Chester had been employed by
an oil company before he entered the
service and he returned to work for
it so he and his brother could have
money to meet the expenses of the
ranch. Charles became manager of
the ranch about 160 acres.
They planted the land to sweet
corn. At the end of the season they
had harvested and sold more than
300,000 ears of corn, having supplied
10,000 ears daily for a time to a rail
road eating house system, to dining
cars of the Santa Fe railroad and to
63 stores In Colton,' San Bernardino
and Riverside. -
All deliveries had to be made before
9 o'clock n the morning and .so
Charles Hartley, the ranch manager,
worked from 12 to 16 hours every
day.
Their corn harvest. Called much at
tention to the Troplco Rancbo, which
they sold at a profit, taking as part
payment a tract "of 55 acres planted
to alfalfa, near Devore, Cal. This
land they also soldfor $10,000.
When they began operations they
had only their discharge allowance
from -the army and navy and 'what
Chester earned with the oil company.'
Their - profit on crops and realty
speculations have netted them
117,008.42, they said. '
Chester Is still working for the
oil company. Charles has bought an
interest in a business.
Their father, a veteran trader.
thinks they have "done mighty.
well."-
HOLIDAY TRAINS PUT ON
Railroads Provide Extra Service to
Handle Student Travel'.
Special . trains and extra cars On
regular trains will be run by the rail
roads today for the accommodation
of students returning to the. various
schools and colleges of Oregon.
,.' The Southern Pacific will run a
special steam train to Corvallis,- con
sisting of five coaches and baggage
car, which will depart from the Union
station at 4:25 P. M. Another special
train for Monmouth will leave the
Union station at 3 P. M., consisting
of three coaches and baggage car.
Special equipment will be carried on
regular trains to accommodate the
hundreds of students returning to
take up their work at the University
of Oregon at Eugene.
Oregon Electric train No. 13, sched
uled to leave the North Bank Btation
at 4:60 P. M., will be run in three sec
tions. The first section will leave the
North Bank station at 4:45 P. M., and
carry passengers for Corvallis only;
the second section will leave at 4:47
P. M.. and carry Eugene passengers
only, and the third section, leaving ail
4:50 P. M-, Will be the regular train,
making the usual scheduled stops, at
Tualatin and points south.
Travel to California is heavy, with
all available space on the regular
trains taken well in advance. There
is a large movement of Canadians
who are going to the warmer climate
of the southland for the season, with
a considerable number of business
men who are taking the holiday out
ing after the rush of the shopping
period is. over.
UMPQUA PARTY IS HOME
Advocates for - Harbor Work Are
Hopeful -After Trip to Capital.
After paying a visit to Washington,
D. C, in company with W. P. Reed
and J. R. Brown of Reedsport, C. E.
Rlcker, president of the Port of
TJmpqua, and a resident of Gardiner,
Or., passed through this city yester
day for his home.
The delegation went to the capital
Stop and Think Kidney Diseases
Killed 100, 000 Last Year
Increasing Death Rate Each Year
; " From Kidney Disease
In our pursuit of the. mighty dollar,
we too often are absorbed In thetop
lcs of the day, pleasure,- etc;- to, stop
and consider pur health. Stop now
think kidney diseases caused 100,000
deaths last year. Are you going- to" be
included in this year's tolIT.Why. you
will exclaim, do so' many die; why are
the health authorities so - concerned?
The answer is, we bolt down our food,
take no exercise, neglect our sleep and
otherwise subject our. system to all
sorts of abuse. Is it any wonder than
the kidneys become diseased and fall
In their duties -of poison'eliminatton?
Poisons are constantly being cheat
ed in our bodies' and if the kidneys
fall, to carry them off they are ab
sorbed by the bld-causing HI health
and misery In the form of headaches,
backaches, tired feeling, indigestion,
etc.- - , .-.-,..'
Tou may avoid considerable suffer
ing if you heed nature's warning and
assist the kidneys. Warner's Safe Kid
ney and Liver Remedy is a reliable
preparation made from herbs and oth
er beneficial ingredients that has been
used with, excellent results for 40
years. It assists the kidneys in their
Important dutles strengthens and
helps repair the wasted tissues. It is
very effective and is used in thou
sands of homes. Read what this grate
ful woman says: ' . .
- "I wish to say that your remedies
have been'' used in our family for
about fifteen years. We are never
without a bottle of Warner's Safe
Kidney - and Liver Remedy In' our
home, and it has saved many a doc
tor's bill. It is a wonderful medicine
for all diseases of the kidneys and
liver." Florence E. Schmidt, R. F. D.
No. I.' Dunkirk. O. "
Sold by leading druggists every
where. Sample sent on receipt of ten
cents. Warner's Safe Remedies Co.,
Dept. 266, Rochester, N. Y. Adv.
to ask the .committee on rivers and the committee received . them gra
harbors to appropriate 3300,000 to ciously, heara their story, and prbm
help on the Jetty work- at the mouth Ised Vto see what could be done." The
of the Umpqua, where the port has results will be known when the rivers
already constructed 4300 feet of Jetty 'and harbors bill is reported this
at local expense. Mr. Rlcker said month, he says. .v
How About the High
Cost of Living in
Your Own Home?
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mony that will determine at first hand how rapidly and how far
the several items of family expense have aviated.
Write a Letter Today on This ,
Subject:
"Higher Living
Costs in the Home
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