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THE OREGON DAILY JOORNAL, PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 7, 1904. 16 T ALASKA'S MARKETS OPEN TO PORTLAND PORTLAND GIRL SUNG HERSELF INTO FAME OREGON HAS AN Dress the Boys Up You'll Feel Better THE CHICAGO THE BIO &TOBC IN THE MIDDLE Of THE BLOC 09-f I f 3 TIHttD T, BETWEEN OAK AND PINE Grand Half Price Xmas Sale Of 700 Boys' and Children's Suits and Overcoats, the wholesale reserve stock of D. M. Pfelxer A Co., bought by us at our prices, for spot cash, enables The Chicago to offer the greatest bargains ever shown in Portland on the choicest of goods and styles. This One Half Price Sale should bring every prudent and judicious mother to this store. The store that does the largest popular price . children's trade of the city, although the boys' department is less than three months old. Why is it, mothers? Because we sell you what we advertise. We do not show you old styles, but give you the largest variety of good clothes in the city to choose from Half Price, No More But Some at Even Less ANTI-TOBACCO LAW Passed Years Ago, and Pre scribes PenartiM for Selling, Cigarettes to Minors. Growth of Trade Must Result in Line of Steamers to Nor thern Ports. MORE HONORED IN BREACH THAN IN OBSERVANCE WEST COAST BUSINESS SHOULD COME HITHER Effort Will Be Made to Havs ths Legislature Pass Mors Drastic Measurs. Views of Wideawake Man Who Has Studied Industrial Con ditions in the North. A gradual strengthening process is taking place In the Dullness relations fro t ween Portland and Alaska territory. More local bouses are sending represen tatives to that country, and there wlil be a larger volume of business done during th oomlng year. This growth of trade can have but one result the establishing and maintaining of a Una of steamer between Portland and Alas kan ports. Fred Melius, representing the Mar hall-Wells Hardware company and the firm of Closset at Devers, la the latest commercial recruit from Portland In the Alaskan trade. Mr. Melius depsrted Sunday night for the north. He is an Alaska man. formerly a commercial traveler In the hardware line, and well known all -through Pacific coast terri tory. A few years ago he went to Alaska, and became connected with the purchasing department of the Alaska Central railroad, which Is being built from Seward to the Interior, and head ing toward Fairbanks, the metropolis of the Tanana river district. Tiring of this work, he came out a month ago, and now resumes his old line of work. Mr. Melius spoke Interestingly of ths itrade situation In Alaska. Thoroughly l familiar with conditions, and a business man of experience, his opinions havs value. Portland's Opportunity. "In say Judgment, right now is the best time Portland ever had to get into the Alaska trade." he said. "No other wholesale and manufacturing point has advantage over Portland, either In dis tance or In the favor of Alaskan mer chants, for the trad of th west coast. By that I mean the vast country lying between Sitka and Dutch Harbor. Thl la th best part of Alaska, and has th greatest prospects for th lmmedtate future. It 1 being developed with amazing rapidity. "There is a great deal of eastern capi tal going in then. If Portland man are not willing to Invest money In actual development operations, they should, st least, arouse themselves and take ad . vantage of th trad possibilities in that country. Chicago capital Is build ing ths Alaska Central railroad. Coal, copper, tin and gold exist In vast quan tities In that country. Heretofore th nines could not be developed by Indi viduals, owing to the fsct that every pound of food had to be packed Into the diggings, wherever It might be, end by th time s man got there he was out of grub again and must go back for mora. "But all this is changing. With th building of th Alaska Central railroad the heart of Alaska will be opened up, and development will proceed rapidly. There are anthracite coal veins 10 feet thick along th rout of thl road, and th greatest copper deposits In th world are there. Other minerals are found In abundance." Terminus fez BaUroaas. During Hie nest season th Alaska Central will have t.tOO men at work, and between $2,000,000 and IS. 000. 000 will be spent pushing the road to com pletion as far as the Matlnuska river, 1W miles, where the first lsrge cosl deposits will be tapped. The road when finally computed will extend from Be ward, on the coast, to Fairbanks, on th Tanana river, 42 miles In the In terior. Its manager Is Q. W. Dixon, for merly a superintendent on the Northern Pacific. Sliedd and their friends of Chicago are furnishing the capital, and John Bellalne of Seattle Is secretary of the company, with headquarters at Seward. Mr. Dixon has said that within 10 years there will be 10,000,000 people n Alsska. "There are many thousands of people already In the country between Seward and the Tanana," continued Mr. Melius. "Seward today has about 1.400, and this number will be largely augmented as , -r- -TT-- .. ! ' T-" " "' " ' rn ' " i '', :i s '' i I I . I Esm-ita : .' Mist Diamond Donner. A Portland a-lrl who began at the very foot of the ladder of theatrical fame Is coming horn next week as prima donna soprano of one of the largest or ganisations on the road Klaw & Erlanger "Th BtUlonsirs." Hr namo Is Diamond Donner. And thl Is no stag name, either. Her father was in business In Portland for many years. He bad three daugh ters and aach, was named after a Jewel; the other two were christened Pearl and Ruby. Diamond was known to nearly every resident of Portland from bar daily appearance in a Shetland pony trap This was when she wss a pretty, curlr- helred tot Eventually she became a high school girl, and after that went to Boston to complete her education. Mr. Donner, soon after the girl had begun her college education, met with severe financial reverses and was unable to keep her at school. She then made up her mind to earn enough money to go through the Institution, and accord ingly secured work as a chorus girl In an opera company. She first came to managerial attention as the Dixie girl in "Ths Prince of Pllsen," doing a captivating dance In "The Bong of the cities." An agent Of Klaw AKrlanger. recognising the possibilities of her future, engaged her. and within the past two years she has developed Into a wall known prima donna. soon ss spring opens. Fairbanks, at th other end of the rout, ha about (.000 people. At wood has a few hun dreds, and other points have many in habitants. The days of wlld-catting and rush In Alaska are over. The country ha settfed down to a solid basis, and business from this time will b steady and safe Merchants In Alsska. do not ask for credit, but if they did the aver age for good credit would be high. Th country is healthful and the climate salubrious. The hsrbor at Seward is the finest on ths west coast. It Is deep snd sheltered, and the town lies right saalnnt the harbor. "Bewsrd is only one of a number of harbors that are opening good territory along the west coaat. Th development that Is going on tn the oil and coal fields st Kyak and Kskutat is attracting larger population every season, and during the next year shipment of oil and coal will begin, offering return cargoes for ships that carry merchan dlse to Alaska." LANE SEEKS FAVOR FROM ROOSEVELT Frsnklln K. Lane of Ban Francisco, who spoke In Portland during the recent national campaign In support of Parker, Is receiving th Indorsement of many commercial bodies for appoint ment to a place On the Interstate com- Christmas Shoes Make plad the hearts of the little ones as well as the older ones. We have the LARGEST CHILDREN'S SHOE DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY, and there are three essential features to our Children's Shoes STYLE, QUALITY, UTILE PRICES Then, too, in our Men's and Women's Department we carry the WALK-OVER $3.50-$4-00 No equal from any point. SOROSIS $3.5044.00 Where can you find th equal THE KNIGHT SHOE CO. Opp. Perkins Hotel ' Cor. Fifth and Washington merce commission to succeed James D, Voumans of Iowa, whose term expires December SI. The North Pacific Coast Manufacturers' and Jobbers' . assocla tion nas inaurseo Mr. lam, ana is rr-j nna.Mn. th. r a rtmi Kn. m nt trad, t nW do so. At a meeting of the executive committee of the Portland board of trade last evening favorable action was! taken In response to tnis request, and th result was telegraphed today to Pre Id out Woovalt. : 1 The committee elected J. D. Les to succeed him ss secretary of th board. Th list of standing committees for the ensuing year will be prepared by President Allen and Secretary Lee, and presented to th next meeting of the board, short reports were heard from J. W. Bailey, who has returned from attendance at the St Louts meeting of th national dairying and pure food de partments, and T. 8. Townsend, a dele gat from th board to th Trans Mlssisslppl congress. It was decided to petition congress for Immediate passage of the Interstate commerce law. Sena tor John II. Mitchell and J. N. William -son were appointed to attend the annual convention of th American Forestry association, which meets at Washing ton January 2. PORTLAND MAN SEEN IN DIFFICULT FEATS A well known Portland man has been seen during th past two weeks on th local vaudeville stags with more than usual Interest. Edward Marshall, who performed the difficult trapese act and balancing feats at the Bijou, was promi nent In th old Portland Athletic! club as boxing and fencing Instructor for several years and bad many friends. As a member of the Fourteenth In fsntry, which was stationed at Van couver for so long, Mr. Marshall went to the Philippines during the early dsys of the war there. A relic of those days Is Introduced in his performance, which. however, the public does not appreciate- The bandurla played while the athiete sits In a chair, which Is poised on two leg on the slender trapese bar, was captured during soldier dsys In one of the long campaigns of the valiant Fourteenth. The quaint instrument Is played sweetly, snd recalls to soldiers some of the old Spanish airs. Mr. Marshall cam to Portland from th east, where he put his trapeze per formance on in a vaudeville circuit. His success brought him cordial congratu lations from air. and especially the nu merous friends of athletic and soldier days. Oregon has a law against the use of tobacco in any form by minors and the terms of that lsw are unequivocal. Not only the dealer, but the minor himself. Is liable to fine and Imprisonment for Its violation. It Is unnecessary to state that the statute has not been rigidly enforced; the campaign conducted by Dr. W. K. Struble in ttuT lntrat of th young manhood of Portland has had mora af fect than the legislation Itself, and it has not yet bean completed. The intention now Is to circulate copies of the anti-tobacco law among th pupils of all t tie schools and In all of th stores which handle tobacco. Th first law against cigarettes was passed in lSNit. but It was mild too mild, in th opinion of th W. C. T. v.. which organisation went to work at one to strengthen it. Under the lead ership of Sarah M. Kern, an amendment was passed, snd If this new law could be enforced strictly the ends of th Anti-Clgartt league would be assisted materially. Last year the W. G. T. U. secured over 100,000 signatures to an anti-cigar ette pledge, and two states, through th Influence of th union, passed an anti tobacco law. hWj. Superintendent Looney . suggests strsngthenlng even the present law. It is desired that the "coffln nails" be out lawed entirely by the raising of th li cense to a prohibitive figure. The law which now exists reada as follows: The z.a w as it Stand. "An act to prohibit the sal of to bacco, cigars or cigarettes to minors under the age of It years, add th use of tobacco, cigars and cigarettes by such minors in any publio place, and to repeal th act entitled. An act to pro hibit the sal of tobacco, cigars or cigar ettes to minors under th age of It years, approved February It, lttt. En acted by the legislative asaemply of the state of Oregon: section 1. it shall be unlawful to sell, barter, trade, give or In any man ner furnish to any minor under the age of it years any tobacco,, cigar or cigar ette in any form, or any compound in which tobacco forms a component part, without the written consent or order of such minor's parent or guardian, and when auch minor has no parent or guardian, then ha that case consent may be given by the county court, sitting for the transaction of county business, upon th proper application In th county in which said minor may have his residence. Small rise Tn)jnss "Sec 2. Any person violating the provisions of this act shall, upon con viction, be fined In any sum not less than 12 nor more than 15. "Sea I. It shall be unlawful for any minor under the age of It years, to smoke, or In any way us any olgar, cigarette or tobacco in any form what soever in any public highway, street, place, square or resort. "Sec. 4. Any minor violating the pro visions of this act shall, upon- convic tion, be fined in any sum not less than one nor mora than ten dollars, or by Im prisonment at the option of the court, two days for each offense. "Sec. 6. Justices of the peace shall have concurrent' Jurisdiction with the circuit court for all offenses arising un der this act. He.- t. Th act entitled. 'An aot to prohibit the sale of tobacco, cigars, or cigarettes to minors under the age of It years,' approved February It, 1889. and all othsr acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are here by repealed. Inasmuch as the present law upon the subject Is Incomplete, and an emergency exists, this act shall be In force from and after Its approval by the governor." JENNINGS' DIVORCE HAS ITS SAD CLIMAX Mrs. Helen C. Jennings Is a patient at Mount Tabor sanatorium. This Is the climax of ths sensational divorce case of a few weeks ago, the strain of which was too great for her mentality. Mrs. Jennings wss sued for divorce by Orvllle Jennings, on the grounds of Infidelity, and he secured the separation. He likewise waa awarded 16.000 damages against John 8. Heed for alienating his wife's sffectlons. Jennings waa an engineer on the Southern Pacific and his frugality has resulted In a fortune of something like 820.000. He was given th custody of their child. ALTAI SOCISTT'S St. Michael's Altsr society will hold Its regulsr monthly entertainment on Wednesday' evening. Progressive whist, with prises, refreshments and music will be the order of the evening. "OATCM (HpeeWi lUpteb to Tk Jaerasl.) Tekoa. Wash., Dec. 7. Archie Doyle, convicted of robbing "Cayuse Pete," was sentenced to eight years in the peniten tiary. This Is the longest sentence given any convict this term of court. THE BILLIONAIRE WILL GO TO COLUMBIA At th conclusion of a conference of managers Interested, it was definitely announced yesterday that "Th Billion aire," which has already been widely heralded In Portland, will be played at th Columbia theatre on Friday. Decem ber It, matinee and night The night prices will be S2 snd down. Those who participated in the con ference were John Cort. the theatrical magnate of the northwest; Calvin 8. He dig of the Marquam: Bam Tha.ll. representing the Klaw A Erlangor at traction, and Arthur Ward, business manager for Florence Roberts. Every Inducement waa offered Mr. Warde to Suit Prices Norfolk, Cossack, Buster Brown, Reefer and Double Breasteds styles : 11.25 For all sizes of $2.50 Suits. 11.50 For all styles of $3 Suits. $2.00 For all styles of $4 Suits. 12.50 For all styles of $5 Suits. .00 For all styles of $6 Suits. 1.50 For all styled of $7 Suits. 1.00 For all styles of $8 Suits. Boys' Furnishings y2 Price iyi4 For 15c Double Knee Black Stockings. 10 For 20c Double Knee Black Stockings. . 33f For extra good quality and make 65c Black Sateen Shirts. 10f For a big lot of 20c and 25c Caps. 19d For fine quality 40c Fleece Un derwear. 19 For Boys' Negligee 40c and 60c Shirts. 5 For 10c Suspenders; 7yiS for 15c, and 124 for 26c Suspenders. 374$ For assorted colors 75c Sweaters. S7yf For basket weave, all wor sted $1.75 Sweaters. 19 For Boys' 40c Waists ; detacha ble band, percale or flannelette. 38j4d) For Boys' extra quality 76c laundered Waists. Children's Overcoat 12.25 For $4.50 Overcoats. 1.00 For $6.00 Overcoats. 53.50 For $7.00 Overcoats. 1.00 For $8.00 Overcoats. ' aBBWBBM SB VOU1NO M BIN'S SUITS Sizes 14 to 20 We have put on sale 860 Single and Double Breasted Suits at JUST ONE-HALF PRICE. $3.75 For All-Wool Dark Color $7.60 Suits. $5.00 For All-Wool Very Nobby $10 Suits. $0.25 For All-Wool Single and Double Breasted $12.60 Suits. 1 7.50 For All-Wool and Worsted $15 Suits. $9.00 For imported materials, very fine, $18 Suits. $11 For choice of the finest and best Suit in the store. This offer in cludes all our finest grade, that we have sold at $20, $22 and even $25. This sale of the choicest and fin est grade of Young Men's Suits at One Half Value is the greatest slaughter of fine goods ever made in the heart of the season besides we show the largest variety on the en tire coast. Young Men's Overcoats A Merciless Slaughter of Fine Goods ' $4.50 For fine and nobby $7.50 plain or belt Overcoats. $0.00 For very handsome $10 Overcoats; 10 styles. $8.50 For choice of 100 $12.50 Overcoats ancf Cravenettes. $9.50 For choice of $100 $15 Over coats and Cravenettes. $12.50 For choice of the best in the house all our finest $18, $20 and $22 Overcoats and Cravenettes SPECIAL NOTICE! Select Your Xmas Clothing, Hats, Shoes, Slippers and Furnishings Now while the lines are complete in size and the variety choicest. You can arrange to have them kept until you want them sent or taken home. We have arranged, for the convenience of early customers, a hold order department, which enables the public to select Xmas goods at leisure before the great rush of the last few days. The Grand Nearly One Half Price Sale of Men's Suits, Overcoats, Cravenettes and Pants of the Cahn, Warn po Id ft Co.'s fine wholesale stock is at the very height of all its glory. The largest and "best stock of all new high class merchandise ever sacrificed at so ridiculously low prices. Portland's Greatest Clothing Store a place where diligent people can save money and get the best. The CHICAGO take his star to the Columbia solely, for th reason that th Marquam'a Heating; capacity la much ths greater of the two but he respectfully declined to break into his week vn for th on artghTL "Th Billionaire'' carries exastly st performers, with Thomas Q. Seabrooke In the tlUe role. a It is one of the larg est combinations that will be seen In Portland this season, and calls for the removal of every l I ten and silver from the stage of the Columbia, although that house Is fully equal to the accom modation of the production. Preferred Stock Canned Ooods. Alien A T.ewtv Best Brand. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS of FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR On account of the great merit and popularity of FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR for Coughs, Colds, and Lung Trouble, several manufacturers are advertising imitations with similar sounding names with the view of profiting by the favorably known reputation of FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR. DO NOT BE IMPOSED UPON We originated Honey and Tar as a Throat and Lung Remedy and unless you get FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR you do not get the original and genuine. Remember the name and insist upon having Foley's-Honey and Tar. Do not risk your life or health by taking imitations, which cost you the same as the genuine. Foley's Honby and Tar is put up in three sizes 25c, 50c and $1.00. Pripand only by FOLEY I 00., 02-14-90 Ohio Stmt, Chicago, Illinois, Mmmmmmmmm solo and recomemed by ammmmmmmmmm LAUE-DAVIS ORUO COMPANY, THIRD AND YAMHILL STREETS.