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. V, if :v:.. ' Want Anything ? v Send The Journal a - Want "Ad." and You'll Get It ' .' T' Full, of live News and Lively Stories That's The Sunday journal ; PORTLAND. 'OREGON. - SUNDAY" MORNING. JULY' 3, 1904. V - A fvN.,es-A -. . . , . . ... -i . ..' , FIFTH AND WASHINGTON STREETS II WHERE THE WALLS ARC COMING DOWN FIFTH AND WASHINGTON STREETS The Great Dislodgment Sales Continue Sweeping Clearance and Everything in the House (A feocnenIt&oois) IS REDUCED IN, A MARKED DEGREE mmm ' aa K I fr - . a . ? "V x I I 1 i i z I 1904 "The Father Coxriitry;on God's Footstool WASHINGTON : 4First in war, first In peace, 'and first in the hearts of his countrymen.'' V.;:vfe fell 44 Columbia's Favorite Son," a Worthy Heir of a Noble Sire ROOSEVELT : He that holds his life as a debt to his country.. - . . - m mmm TO it AG" A Of v 7 .. . 4TTk JUk birthplace of heroes. A Venus born from ocean s Deo. A secure asylum to the unfortunate and oppressed.- May ihe who" seeks to betray this 'country ever know the want of a country, to shelter him; may those who would root up the tree of Liberty be crushed by Its fall May religious and civil liberty go always hnnA in hand 1 - i - -f "OUR it COUNTRY Columbia If A TOAST-FOR. ALL AMERI CANS TODAY ' .Xo-ber'we drink, for her we pray, ; Our voices silent never; v . For her well fight, come what, come may - The Staff and Stripes forever! "v THIS STORlt WILL CLOSE ALL DAy MONDAY- FOURTH In memory of George Washington, the childless father of eighty y we oa Live In! by all creation, and'wuth by the day , of judgment I ' Get out tomorrow, Neighbors "The Land We millions of people in celebration of the birth of a country, bounded on the east by the rising sun, nor by the north pole, west. Sorrow! boy? andr . yom boys and girls and old boy. and girls, and celebrate our country's birthday! . America forever! w - 1 I (KllyMJIJ) MERMAN ii 1 7T ATCH for our mammoth .page announce VV -ment Of Remarkable Bargains for Tuesday, v.v and Opening of July Qearance Sales fa Mon day's evening and Tuesday's morninjr papers. NEWS WORTH WATCHING AND WAITING FOR. ! ' TUESDAY STARTS AT THIS STORE A RAP FIRE FUSILADE OF, MATCHLESS. , UNPAR ALLELED VALUES! ... ; r : f - The June Results of Balloting in.the Teachers' Contest t TREMENDOUS VOTING ARKS THE CLOSING DAY I EVERY RECORD SMASHED OUR COUNTERS - NEARLY LOST IN A BLI2ZARD OF BALLOTS 1 tT 760,104 THE GRAND TOTAL AT END OF JUNE VOT ING. MISS SUZA JONES. POLLS A PHENOMENAL,,, VOTE OF 24557 VOTES IN ONE DAY, AND -x- v LEADS WITH A TOTAL VOTE -- . bFl06,547., ALL THE LEADERS MAKE REMARKABLE CAINS "'June balloting in the Teachers' Educational Contest is over and the result known.' The leaders, who have looked askance at each other for days and wondered how many votes their fellowr contestants in the long, hard race were holding back, now breathe easy again and start in to win one of the glorious trips to the St. Louis Exposition with renewed vigor. It's only five weeks to the end now; and the prises are well worth striving for. Below wejppend " ' .', ..;-.. .v '' .'. . ,THE RESULT TO 0 P. M. OF FRIDAY JULY 1 . Saturday's vote, with full result, will appear in the evening papers of Monday, and. Tuesday Oregpnian. : , dumber of votes cast alone onTn3plrrfTTr,v WumDer or teacners Dauoieu ioi . - MISS SUZA JONES leads with. .... . . : . .aOG,S47 VOTES MISS WINIFRED MOSHER second with. . $17 Y MISS KATE PADDEN third with. , .,,. 00,007 VOTE t'lIE TEN LEADERS IN ORDER OF STANDING: . Suxa Jones. Highland School. . i . . Ii . .'.r. ......... '.lOjig -Winifred Moaher, Harrison School...... ....... ji....A.81t337 Kate-Padden, Atkinson School 90.907 Mrs. Esther Kane, Williams-Avenue Schoo.... Mrs. Nellie HUubidel, Albifta Central School . , 80.806 Matilda Weiss, Thompson School . . ... . ...-. ..... r 86,884 Mrs. C F. Allen, Failing School" .M.7 Miss L, K. Strolit, ChapmaiJ School '-'HS Ella Lavenson, Atkinson, School ....... r ....... f V. Ruth Rounds, High School , i 21t423 : : Mm Extern $m- - ' 'v "'"",,r-. ,r' "n " ' T r .- To American Push, Pluck, Brains, Energy, Capital and Enterprise GREAT STORE'S : STEADY RISE Evolution of a Portland Titaia of Modern MerchandTsihg--Institutioh of Which All the Country Round Is Proud. ' "Btj oV from liMU acorns jrW-ht la. If tha aearwa ra p4antad in tha goad, fartila aail af aid Oragon, watohad' and aarad far, aa haa baan tha graat buainaaa that atanda today a giant monumant ta anargy, henaaty, pusK and antarpriaa tha Olds, Wartman A King "Congrasa 8tara," whleh now faeaa thraa traata, and whota ataUs will eaon form broad, aonvaniant avanuaa that will ba travaraad not only by tha thauaanda.ef thair patron, but by Portland folk and . viaitor In ganaral In paaairig thraugh from Fifth ta 8ixth bi Waahingtan atraata. Tha itora'a writar af dally delnga haa vary aptly tarmad It a "Tharoughfara 8tora," arid tha appellation will fit battap than avar now that tha naw 8ixth etraat annax la naarly raady for ocoupanoy by tha firm, and ita publia. Tha Olda, Wartman A King etora haa grown ta ba parhapa tha moat powarful mar aantila factor in all tha narthwaat, oartainly a taadar in mora waya than ana among har atoraa. Thia lapuraly an Amariean, homa institution, avary mambar af tha firm baing Oragon born, sona of tha nativa sod af thia grand eld stats. ; It waa away back in 1857, naarly a half eantury age, that John Wilson first started tha business that hai developed Into ruch 'oioantio proportiona einee. Thia waa an Front atroet, I k aril Bat.. lllll. a.u 40uTA between Morn .on ana Tampili- - it was in a uwim iwri feat in-aiia if f loor apasa.a ooa-ltPry-frajna-building, the eteaa -teing conducted on tha usual pioneer plan af barter and trade, carrying a email general line, aa atoraa in those daya did. swapping gooda far tha farmeraTj products. HereitJ'aa that W. P. Olda aoma yeara later first entered BpSIThJa successful mercantile career aa bundle and rrnd bey. From that ta a merchant prince, at the head af aueh great business aa the firm repreeenta today, haa been a hard and tsdiAjs Journey., but Indomitable pluok. aterling honesty and intelligent work along progressiva hnea haa wen eut, aa it'a bound to win In rn1S7SMrl Wilson retired, and the firm af Olda A King waa formed, i The store had meanwhile been moved to Third street, between Alder and Morrison, in the building now occupied by Bums, the grocer. In those daya tha firm employed three helpere . In 181 the firm again moved te First street, between Yam hill and Taylor, which waa then in the center efthe business district In retail linee. Mere they occupied twe floors and a basement for the display and aala af merchandise, several Jinea beiag added. '. " ' ' In 1885 they again moved ta larger store, at First and Taylor streets, te accommodate their rapidly growing business. Thia alere occupied a floor area af 50x100 feet, with basement, giving employment te 45 salespeople. Thia war regarded in thoee timee aa a wonderful achievement, and waa tha envy of the merehanta ef that day. , In 189V tha firm Incorporated and admitted H. C Wartman aa a partner, moving te their preasnt main building at Fifth and Washington streets.- Here they dug deep and laid the foundationa solid for tha support of what promises to become the greatest retail buainese dona by any house west of Chicago. At first the firm occupied but two floors. In '93 eame the panic, when great ventures went down like iackstrawa before- a eyolone, but thia grand "Old Home stead" store waa founded an rook and withstood the awful financial shake-up which affected the whole country, from the Gulf to the Penobscot, and tha Atlantic te the Pacific It eame out of the great eriaia .unscathed and its reputation made. Thoee were the daya that tried men'a mettle it tried these men'a and found It impervious aa Gibraltar'e rock, im pregnable as haa been Port-Arthur. In W another floor waa added ta tha selling space, and in S5 -the firm took in the fourth and laet floor. And yet like Alexander they yearned for more worlda to eonqusr, niore conquest, more expsneion. Their absolute need ef more eelling space waa gratified in '98 by the addition ef their present Fifth street annex, which waa built for them ay tne late n. w. voroeii. i n im .wva mtmA k th. firm mi the ehsnae cf the style of the firm name to Uias, nonmtn rsing, nanmg in-on " new century flying pennant which has -never been lowered, and which ha led en te a aeriea of mercantile victories never surpassed in thia western country. The addition ef Mr. Wert man'a name-to the etykt ef tha firm at this time waa m just recognition of tha gentleman's service during a ailent part erem eatendine ever-. . ooried ef 10 years, Mr. Wort man having been admitted a partner, aa before stated, in 1891. - Mr. Wartman haa acted aa the financial manager ef the institution since that time up ta the present dayr and hia wide financial experience and unlimited resource haa proven ef vast bsnafit te thia great house, wheee firm name today ie a ho use he Id word throughout every erty and hamlet the length and breadth ef the Pacific slope. From that time en te the present day tha house haa progreeeed by leaps and bounds, tsaring down avary obstacle and hurling away every impediment that Sought to block Ha path. Splendid judgment and iron will have cleared n epen read ta eucoeee in ita most superlative form, Heneet, reliable methods, and tha best merchandise obtsin able in tha known world have been powerful faotor in gstt - -hold ef and holding ante the confidence ef the people. 1 thia, with tha liberal uae af printer's irk, tha firm attriu . . ... . . L f Tl a na ngntiy mucn- or in.ir jjn.nwm.n.i m -. ; move towards expansion haa been the building and adding of . a .. ..kuii will km Mfluaud bv the ins new gixin-r.t ,,wm "... . house the coming sssson, with enlarged departmente ana. added naw ones.- At present there are about 40 departments, Inoluding the leading mail-order section' on the Paoifie alope. Four hundred helpers are en the pey-rolls, and thia number will be increased by an additional 100 upon the opening of the new Sixth street annex. .Thia la the only firm in the eity . that maintaina a permanent New York office, at 438 Broadway, where two competent reeident New York buyera are constantly on" the lookout for the world'e best at the lowest prsvailing market prioe. 'Thie office, ia presidsd ever by UVCL Shipley, who ie well known in thia city. Jan buyera are sent from here twice each year te the New York head-, quarters; where they spend weeka in collecting merchandise and Idaaa te help. Portland people. These are inestimable helpe te the right selection of goods at right prices, and I thia house ie to be eongretulated upon ita progressiveneee In adopt Ing thia eyetsm. It haa ne doubt helped te build up the won dett. raptdlygrawing-buainesav-the one noticeable -joaturo-that haa even aurpa seed the city itself In phenomenal growth. ..... . i h. a I)., .inp. h.. been the I stsnd taken for.. aheHsr-houre-tr-nksJin. ilnighV Saturday in.lusedft -pr-W. TK.s has err..d the perhaps ita beet, moat familiar 'nickname, ie the -Different Store." a term firsj used by the present manager of advertieiig to emphasise the modsmmathods in. use and the high slsss CT morcnanaise earriea, wng ?.r .side ef exclusive epeelaky ahopa In large etyle centere. - - -. . . . . . , . : . mi a Mi W. . A, ' One other T.axure is wenny or iwmTm r , -the firm, in addition te being a native Oregonian. ia an active, praetioal worker, verssd and skilled In the .important d.ta.le ef tha business. Every member of the firm ie on deck at a, m- and tha last te Uave at night. Etsrnst vlg. lance has been the prioe they've paid for the monumental success th.y represent, end the and Is wot yet, for already pU. are dre.n for continuing the present main building up ri. .r.' xt Alda and connecting with the new 8ith str..t v i will maWs the Olds, Wertman eV King store the I. ' eeit. Its prenent area ia over twe and a ha 1 .'..3 t-are feet of floor space. Not a piece i I - s t ie progress 0 his crsnd olf m.rr." . f ic;-l sea, and its flag of -Ceo.n i r I ta the rr.thd. t " ' v i .ain.t by Cu.' i, I