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Boys
AT ONE HALF
S?-; ;;;j:::-7.wui b doii out t
r "v' Slaughter Prices. ,
The Best $12.50 and;$15
to
Made of : the cele-
,iu brated Dickey Catsi-
mere, known for its :
- wear-resisting quali
' ties, all siyea 7 to 15
'.N yeara, always excel
lent value at $3.95
SALfc PRICE
IS
kr C?f Town Reduced
"rj, tx Nq better suits at $12.50 and $15 anjwhere-AU. Kcai ' SnJtS'Retoced 7 'rlff".
t k ;No better Overcoats anywhere at Teas than $15-A3 Overcoats KedOCtd - . -
$3.85 OVERCOATS
$3.00 OVERCOATS .T
$10 OVERCOATS ;
$6 95
; 7 1 a7. . -'
: $1.50
$5.00 sailors; "7
: :4 to 14 years
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Mens finel heavy jersey ribbed " Shirts 7ndIawrs. v
-;x fleece lined, steam shrunk, colors' blue; brown and -
. salmon 'elsewhere a bargain at 50c 7 .' ; r . Ca .
SALE' PRICE ; . . ? ? v . i, , . MUv v
New shipment just received
fromthe factory best $2.00
Hat in the city
Men's; fine SanitaTyJaturabWoot Shirts and
VH2TI
:Y0US2ttIT
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No better suits at $12.50 and $15 any where AU A tin't SdtS' Retoced 7
No better Overcoats anywhere at less than $15 A3 Overcoats Kedoced -
r SPECIAL
THIS SALE
Drawers; "elsewhere $1. SALE PRICE., A
;WrightWHeaithvUnderwW
- i -r. v 1 vilua. - SALE PRICE. 4 . . ..
k Men's jGenuine Coopers, derby ribbed, colors 73r
. blue and pink ; $1 values.. SALE PRICE...; I OL
; Men's extra fine fleeced Underwear, covered flQV
fr jteams a great $1.50 value. SALE-PRICE.
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Morrtavilla and Mount Tabor
Struggling Along Minus Po-5"
5 " licemen or Justices;" .
INCORPORATION HAS
BEEN. BEATEN AT POLLS
"Residents May Make Further Ef
; forts to Enjoy Soma of Port- ,
land's Many Blessings.
thouund . popI - lo danaelr
populated district, uat aeroM th ast
rn boundary lln of Portland, ara with
ut local goTarnmant- In all. practical
:relatlona of bualneas ' and, social life
'hjr ara a part of Portand's population,
but neUhsr - official control or- taxlng
; power ostanda from Ihla city to Monta
Tllla and Mount Tabor. - Tha reatdenta
Portland's Createst'Book Store I
AT COST i
5 All lovers of books will
7 : welcome ourannual
;,'l:. book sale. -.7
We offer nearly j all : our I
! " " books at cost during '
: , -;-.rf ;: . Juaryv-
? Spedaf Inducements ' to
Lipranes.
fill ! C(Yi
U r"7
Ct.!ifura '
THE';
Booksellers and
ill
THIRD AND ALDER
of tboa auburba hava , no ; municipal
orcaalsaUon. . " Opinion. a . to . tha" wl-v
dom of thla la dirdeJ. and la .both
ayjMWbauwateohK factions ara continually
na-acod in wraaUinc for solution or
tha questions of Incorporation, or annex
ation, or continued lablatlonTT 7
f Meantime, the ' only rovevnment tLey
bars la what la derived from tha county
ooerU Thla form of government -la the
same that la applied to the farming dis
tricts of Multnomah county, where there
slats no need 6t water works, electric
lights," sidewalks, policemen, sewerage
and-ether pubile utilities -sow- regarded
as naceaaary to the comfort of Inhabi
tant a of a densely populated community.
In M011 ta villa, a. short but sharp -.battle
between Incorporatlonlsts and antl-ln-eorporatlonlata
baa ended In favor of the
lattetv'rf . . v-
Over at Mount Tabor similar strug
gle alao ended with tha defeat .of the
incorporatlonlat Jactlon, by the residents
of a section known ae Center addition,
who almost unanimously favor the free
life of the rural dlatrlcta. untrammeled
by city notions, policemen and vaude
ville. . While Mount Tabor ' men ' who
favor Incorporation propose to renew
the struggle, those of similar faith at
Montavllla ara ready " to cease from
troubling about 'the matter . and ; bear
their condition with atolciam. . ; -
"Although Montavllla voter polled a
majority, aaalnst saloons, wa hava two
saloons running," aatd H. B. Dickinson,
who was chairman of the charter com
mittee, 'and one of them pays a license
to the county, while the other paya no
license. - Under these peculiar ,clreum
atancea we Jiardly. kmw-Jhera-wa-axa
at,' .If - we are to have saloon we
may need peace officers. There is no
Justice court and no peace officer In
Montavllla. The nearest justice la at
Ruaaellvllle. When we approached the
Portland water board with a proposition
that wa would furnish and lay Water
plpea if Portland would aell ua water,
we learned that there is no prospect of
either -Montavllla' or Mount Tabor, to
get any water from the etty of Portland
under any circumstances. It seems that
we could get no water even were we an
nexed lo Portlnnd, for tha secretary of
tha water , board aaya thidemnd al
ready taxes , tha city water aupply to its
capacity." ., . .
: The Montavllla -school ' dlatrict " aoma
yea re ago built a good achoolhouee and
assumed' debt of about llJ.eoo, none
of whloh haa yet been- paid. The taxea
there are 41 mllla. aa compared with
S mills -for 'Portland and 18 mill at
(Mount Tabor. The resident do hbre-
sret the expenditure for school purposes,-
but are-wary of any change in
their system until they get tha school
debt paid. Judge Webstar of tha county
court aaya: .- . : ..j
. "Montavllla la under tha county gov
ernment, just the same aa any other part
of Multnomah county. They are entitled
to Justice of the peace at Montavllla.
but ha haa resigned. Wa hava appointed
Le. number of Justices of the peace there.
f ... ..-.w---.r tt. I i 1 .
ber, but be had. too much ehavlng to
do. - We then appointed butcher, but
he had too much butchering. I think we
have also appointed a baker and candle
stick maker. But every man who has
been elevated to the bench I Mont a
villa, haa resigned -The remedy for any
trouble In connection with tha aaloon
business would lie with the grand jury,
or the sheriff. I presume). .The residents
there are masters of the sltuatloa if
they take up the matter." .-
t ?
"Do you not sometimes have soulful
yearnings which, yon long to convey
in words, but cannot T" asked the senti
mental girl.
"Tea, indeed." renl led tha Vouna- snan.'
'1 wsa once dreadfully anxloua to send
howte for money, but I didn't have the
price of a telegram." London Tit-Btta.
BURGLARS TRY TO
BLOW ;0PEH SAFE
Wreck ;;Door With Nitro
glycerin. But Fail to Get v
"'." .1 - at Contents. . ' -:"
!NHURROF FLIGHT.
; THEY LEAVE THEIR TOOLS
Many Places Entered Last Night,
I and Variety of Articles 7
Stolen. -' i7v
' Drilling a hole In the safe of the
American Laundry company.- Twelfth
end -Flanders atreeta. last night, burr
glara poured the orifice full of nitro
glycerin and attempted to blow the door
oft Though the safe was badly dam
aged, the -door did not yield and the
cracksmen were evidently afraid to con
tinue their work.
. The affair waa reported at police head
quarters thla morning by Sergeant Car
penter. His Investigation ahowed that
small bole had been drilled In the door
of the safe over the lock. A glass waa
found containing few drop of nitro
glycerin and ahowed the nature of the
explosive used.
On felling to break open the aafe, tha
burglars departed so hurriedly that they
left aledgehammer and two - chisel
Several short piece of fuse war also
scattered around, - -
Entrance to the structure was ob
tained through window on th Twelfth
street Fide. On a table under th win
dow waa ' th - mark of muddy heel
Track war also found leading to and
from the window. - - --- - -T- -
. Only mall amount of money was
In the aafe, several hundred dollar av
lng been deposited in th bank yeater
d . The thieve would have had a dif
ficult task securing what money waa in
the aafe, aa It bad been placed In an
Inner compartment, the door of which
was case-hardened and Impervious to air
ordinary drill; 1 '
- -Several burglar! ee were reported to
tha nolle laat -night and thla morning.
EL J. Clayaqa of (4 Grand avenue loat
a number of tool from Martin's dock.
and B. i. Vermeher of Sll North Twen
tieth-street, misses an overcoat and
aack coai.l0 or It overeoata have been
atolen In th last three weeks.
GOT DESERTER. BUT
CANTUETREWARD
Policeman O. Roberta la having diffi
culty aecuring the ISO reward offered
for th capture of 'W.- Bowman, a desert
ing soldier from Fort Lawler, -yvsn.
laat February. Th money was paid to
the chief of polio who turned it Into
the cltr treasury.
Roberta petitioned the executive board
and 4h city council for th reward. The
matter waa referred to th ways and
mean committee of the council and
yesterday It waa placed In the handa of
LCiTaO
Get laeaaat Safle UVB
Painkiller sr.
City Attorney L. A. Mctfary. Apparent
ly an attempt la being made to override
t)i charter, which aaya la section 17:
"All fine and forfeitures from police
men or firemen, all rewards, feea, pro
ceeds of sifts and amounts of compen
sation for any extraordinary servlo of
any member of the police or lire loroe,
hall be paid into the city treasury to
the credit of the police and . Or relief
fund."
The way and mean! committee Au
dited tha bill of Engineer R. B. Oreen
leaf and J. H. Cunningham for inspect
ing -the Tanner creek sewen' Th bill
of the former waa for fltT.SO and the
Utter tlS. .w.v. .'..., ij . , .
M0NTAVILLA IS NOT-
SO DRY AS THOUGHT
Capt. Herman Schneider, holding a I
lioans from th county court to sell
liquor at Montavllla until July 1;
Is not disturbed for th present by the
local option law, which, went Into effect
on -January L II0S, and prohibited the
sale of liquor in-the dlatrlcL-
It Is claimed that Captain Schneider's
Hoe nss Is not Invalidated by, the prohibi
tion election that made Montavill""gO
dry," a th Uoense for which he paid
constitutes a contract with tha county,
through their agents,' th county court.
and until it ha expired, and so long as
hs keeps his part of tha contract, he
cannot be molested by th subsequent
action : or : the people in adopting- tha
local option prohibition for that pre
cinct, '. ,..''...,. il'.i-. ....,.., .
Another aaloon haa been ran there by
William Grimes, who had no license,
and who muat close now that th pre
cinct haa gon dry. Some of th neigh
bor of Mr. Grimes have bean bringing
allegation before th county grand Jury
tnat n nas- neen selling liquor there
for many ysar without a license. He
was fined th last of December by Judge
Fraaer for that of f enae, receiving a light
sentence on account of having deposited
with the - county court money . for', a li
cense, which waa refused. .
CURTAINS OFFENDED ri-i
7 DOG'S AESTHETIC TASTE
Beesnis of th alleged destruction ' of
four pair of lae curtains by a dog
belonging to Robert Hughes, . Mrs. A.
Maxwell sued to recover their value,
ISt, and waa defeated In JuatlceSeton
court.' tha coats being, assessed against
her. But Mr Maxwell la detei mined"
to obtain th tit aha claim to be due.
and haa appealed tha case to tha circuit
court through T, B. McDevltt and M. J.
MacMahon her attorney ...
Th complaint recites that th canine
belonging to Robert Hughe I very fe
rocious and destructive, and entered tha
apartments of Mrs. Maxwell last May
WITNESSES PULL GUNS
TO SHOOT EACH OTHER
fBpeelal Dtapatrli ts Tse XoaraaL) '
" Helena, Montr Jan. 4. The county
courthoua came near being the Been
of another ahootlng scrap laat night
Pending the coroner1 Inquest Into the
death of Theodore Orlmeaud. two wit
nesses had finished their -testimony and
repaired 'Into the hall, where they got
Into an altercation over their evidence.
Th 11 waa passed and both- men tried
to pull their runs, but were -prevented
by officers. Tha jury later returned
verdict attributing Orimeaud's death to
gunahot wounds inflicted by Jesse Liner,
who was , bound ovw to th dlatrict
court . -; . .;. i ;
COUNTY CLERK MAKES
, 7- PROFIT IN, OFFICE
A Balanca of Nearly Fifteen hun
dred Dollars to Credit of
Mr.. FleldsT
. - .' .. . -
Tha county clerk' a . office "was oper-.
a ted at a profit during December. l0t
a balaiiaa.of IMtt.ll of receipt over
expenses. Since-1901, when the first
profit of 17. Pi waa ahown, the office
haa been paylnga profit" la lt9--tha
prom waa tm.lt. Prior to 10I the
office waa a heavy expenae. In -1(01
coating fl.S7t.Sl.-i.' .-. .i-. .-
In th report submitted yesterday by
County dark Field he -showed that tb
receipt for December - were, in - all
departments, tt.tlt.lt; . expendlturea,
tl.tlt.lt. f --
Soma interesting figure are contained
in the report It la ahown that.' th
county clerk's office formerly paid out
In salaries Mt.StO. whll ths present
administration paya $20,100. The semi-
-j annual receipts previously were on an
average of t,81 leaa than they now
are, and tha expense were more than
they now aretMn- Field takes to 'him
self no credit for the lessened salary
list, however, stating In hi report that
the reduction la due to. the notion of tha
legislature. On item Indicate a -marked
change In methods, by showing that up
to May IS, 1(01, registration for 10.10
voters cost for clerk hire t.tl8.J0, whll
for ragiatertng 14,104 voter In 1004 up
to May It cost for clerk hire tl.7tt.lt.
Mr. Fields pays to hi deputies a
compliment couched In thla language:
"It would be unjust In mi not to men
tion th very efficient corps of deputies
I have.. They are sober, honest. and in
dustrious, and take great , interest - in
their 'work. They deeerv their share
of praia for th showing made."
TWENTY THOUSAND
. A YEAR FOR GIRL
Tha Allowance Paiidena Heiress
f : Asked for and Waa Given
v'., by the Court. . v ,
. (Jsaraal npeeial Serrlee.)
' Lo Angeles, ' Jan. -i. Twenty thou
sand dollars a ysar I th allowance a
young . Pasadena heiress. Miss - Kate
Fowler, and her" stepmother, Mr. Mar
garet B. Fowler, have to aubetet upon
during the next two year. That la all
they asked for, and the petition wa
promptly granted by Jadg Wilbur, who
for th Um being haa Jurisdiction over
the young. lady Inheritance.
Mia Fowler will ultimately inherit a
large part of the fJMOt.tOt estate of
her father, th late Eldridg M.Fowler,
of Pasadena. Her atepmother,- before
her marriage to' th multi-millionaire,
waa ' th daughter's governesa . Both
war In th probate court. -
WOULD GIVE ENGINEERS ";-
CONTROL OF CANAL WORtyH
(learaal Special .Sarvtes.)
WasBlngton, Jan. t. Although there
now appear to be" alight prospect of
oanal loglalatlon -thla session,- there Is
an earnest effort being mad to secure
In this session of congress some ar
rangement la th way of legislation that
ROSENTHAL'S
MThirt Streets
GREAT
INyENTORY
';i;$ALEl7p
Now Going: On
7 Xv
, - The .New Year will 1e uahered in with a sensational
mark-down sale of Boys' Shoes. If you care t6 bur tie best
at prices far.bclow.theostjoLflrdiiiui to our.
. store tnia week will amply repay you.. ; :
Brennan ft White's celebrated, steel-shod lace Shoes.
sues from 2 to 5. Sale pnce.-rvr . ..... .S2.15
Same In. youth's sie, from 11 to 2. Sale price. .... .$1.80
1,800 Pairs Boys' Box Calf "double sole Bluchers, riscolized -:
soles, as, near waterproof as can be made; aizes ;
2 to iya . ; .v;:cT7r. ; ..fisr
7 Same, sizes 11 to 2 ........ '. .,.;. . ; ; . f 1.70
1,500 Pairs Boys' Calf Lace Shoes, heavy soles, exten- -: v
sionj sixes from to 554. e.'.TeTiT-.f 1.60'
7 Same, sizes from 11 to 2.'... . ......... iV..r..;.r.?1.45 !
' r qreXt reductions : :
IN ALL DEPARTMENTS, TOO NUMEROUS TO
, . : - , . MENTION ::' : :
will' abol)sh. ths -isthmian canal eommls
ston and o arrange it that a board- of
engineers will bay direct ; anpervlslon
of th construction of th canal. - -'
While Prealdent Roosevelt Is known
ta itrontTy-f avor soma kind of leglsta-
tlon that will cauae a more satisfactory
progrees In th work, it is .also- well
known that any attempt at the abolish
ment of th commission will meet with
strenuous opposition. . . --;
a an b spend. -.,7
f -Front the Houston ChronleleS ,
Tw," asked .llttl Johnny, "whaf '
a ' eomproralr - . s'
' That. my son." replied the - wis
father;; "depends on whoiH1t'i mdtT
with. For Inataaoa, it I mad a com- -promla
with-a bualnea man f go about
half way. But If X make a compromise ' '1
with your mother, -why I er I go all
th way.! ... ., t ..: -j..
DRY-SOLE
A LIQUID WATHtntOOFlHO AJTD PR.
munM wrm tmm iai mm m mm..
v. " V ' reiusANrirrLT WATExraoort
' r-OVU, AND ABUWOK TO
I I THtia DvkABIUTT. MO OIL .
' y I V I OR ORIAtl.. IAI1LT
AmiBO, PRIX OUICKLt.
a f-m to o m who
In.LIKa WtARIs RUaaaHK .
Samti Utl ctuMrm m toks too.
3. at Drsge
i. rislliisestalOesa.
2
y?"rd. Clarke Co.
Vanduvn v. WaltoOij
- itmuiiwioh sireei.
W. J. Fullam, tit lorrlaon.
- Bent gen Fearey, ll Mor
rison street.
. Ooddard - Kelly Shoe Ca.
Sixth and -Washington.
Knight Shoe Co.. Fifth and
'Waahlngton sts.
B. B. Rich, Hotel Perkins.
And by np-t-date eho
dealera, drugglaU and gen
eral merchants throughout
th northweeC
Doe sJl claimed for It; If
not, your money back.
v , i, Steep Feet arry -r"
" Bend for folder contain- ;
lng endorsements from per
sons in this olty who use It. .
Trade Supplied by , , .
RALSTON COX
. ' Manufacturer's Agent
ef
SMttJaa. OTCCOaU.
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