THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL,' PORTLAND. ' SUNDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 17. 1805.
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Not enough Sohmer pianos for all who must have one by Christmas. ,
... -.But some are available today. No Portland piano store has, we believe,
enjoyed' such a holiday business. - - ;';rr""-: 7 --v-- :-
. Just one Sohmer-Cecilian is here today -for instant delivery. More prom
ised; a few on the way but the freights are uncertain;
.Three Farrand Cecilians here; two or three more are hoped for not half '
enough. .J''.". . '
Do you know who said "Aim high 'and believe yourself capable of great
things"? Think of a manufacturing firm, already making the best piano-player
on the market THE CECILIAN deliberately spending fifty thousand dollars
to equip itself for making the Cecilian-eo much better that the next best cannot
soon overtake it. t Just that thing was done.
' ' Nor was that all., Having at last the one piano-player with metallic con- .
struction, that prevented swelling, sticking and other needs fpr j-epalra, the ,
Farrand company (its builders) joined forces with the makers of the really great '
Sohmer piano to bring out the Sohmer-Cecilian a piano, usual in- all its parts
.and functions, and that is played as any other piano, yet which,, by the. mere
putting In of a music roll, becomes self-playing. ' i
We are proud -to be the sole representatives in a large territory fpr these
wonderfully perfect instruments, ,
Perforated music for self-players and piano-players has been needlessly dear.
We have changed that, too, by cooperation with Connor the maker of the best
and most satisfactory rolls. -.' '
' ' Rolls that otherwise sell at $3 are $1.50. Rolls usually under $3 are $1. -
You can join the library for $20 per year for which you receive 24 rolls a
month or 12 every two weeks. Twenty-five hundred compositions to choose
from. We are adding 50 new ones a month. s r ' " .
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J, Fred Kessler, President
W. T. Shan ah an, Vice-Pres.
CO.
350 Alder St.
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QUITE READY FOR
HIGHWAYMEN
French Captains Practice Shoot
Ing and Show Themselves to
Be Good Shots. -
ROBBERS GETTING BOLD
;, AROUND SHIPS IN HARBOR
; Captain of David d' Angers Thinks
the Two Men Who Held Up Cen-
tennial Hotel Were on His Ship
the Night of the Robbery.
' Highwaymen are getting mo bold
around the ships In port that the French
captain hav taken to target practice.
, Three of the klppera spent the greater
part of yesterday afternoon shooting at
' mark wltn revolvers, ana lor xne
most part their aim was good. After
1 lowering his smoking gun when he had
taken his last shot, one of the mariners
remarked:
Hug- ssj ysws highways
v Captain J. I Ollshen. master of the
'David d'Angers. one of the marksmen,
says he believes that the men who held
tip the Centennial hotel were on his
hip the night of he robbery. Two
rt rangers went aboard late at night.
They declined to answer questions
asked by the mate. After they returned
to the dock they pelted the door of the
hlp'a cabin with stones and disappeared
In the darkness before the sailors could
; overtake them.
! I " : SMALL TAX THIS YEAR.
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."tort of Portland Commission levies
' Z XlghVTenths Mm Tax for Sxpsmsea.
Z Eight-tenths of a mill tax levy has
aeen fixed by tha Port of Portland com
:jnUalon to meet the current expenses
tf continuing river and harbor improve
ments next year. Last year the tax was
1S.T mills. The valuation of the taxable
property In the confine of the harbor
this year is piaoea at approximately
rim.000.000, while II months ago it
j mounted to only about 164.000,000.
JT The finances of the Port Of Portland
'are In good shape as compared" With .the
period when the first high levy was
,inade. In the neighborhood of $40,000
Is In the treasury, while a year ago It
'-was practically empty. The main reason
- Cured Paralysis.
? W. F. Bally, P. O. True, Texas, writes:
wife had been suffering five years
'with paralysis in her arm, when I waa
'persuaded to uae Ballard's Snow Linl
'tnent, which cured her all right. I have
also used It for old -sores, frostbites
and skin eruptions. It does the work."
.Woods rd. Clarke Co.
for this excellent showing Is that when
the dredges were not employed In the
Interest of the port they were kept at
work' for private corporations at gooo
profits. Enough money waa realized In
thla way to make neeaea improvement
to .the vessels and to help materially to
pay the current expenea."'-The drydock
haa also been a aource of some revenue
thla year for the first time since It was
built . .
MANY FRENCH VESSELS."
Twenty-Tour Xava Beea Is Portland
1 Xarbor or Are on Za Xonte &lst.
- Twenty-four French : vessel with an
aggregate carrying capacity of 72,000
tons hsve been here or are on the way
this season. Only 14 flying the colors
of France visited the port last year.
This Is by far the greatest number of
French vessels ever sent to the Colum
bia river. The folowlng eight are now
In the harbor: Europe, Alice Marie,
Edmond Rostand, Bretagne, Emma
Laurana, David d'Angera, La Roch
arueltn and Hoche. Those which have
been here and sailed with grain cargoea
are the Vauban, Touralne, Brlceau and
L'Hermlte. The Cambronne and
Mlchelet have reached Astoria on the
way here, while the fleet headed In this
direction Is made up of the Cornll Bart,
Crtllon, General Neumayer, Jean Bap
tists, Jules Oommes, McMahon. Grands
Duchess Olga, VUle de Mulhouae,
Duchease de Berry, Pierre Lotl, Max and
Jaquea. The Asle, which waa chartered
aome time ago to load at Portland, was
sighted yesterday, but word was re
ceived later thai she had borne north
ward, and It Is now believed that she la
going to the sound.
have decided to maintain the 14 rate for
carrying grain and flour to Japan, In
stead of advancing it to 14.60, as had
been planned.
, Sailors on th French bark Bretagne
went In a body to the of flee of Consul
Lab be yesterday afternoon to demand
that they be discharged from the ves
sel. The consul was not In, and they
will appear before him tomorrow on a
similar mission. They -aay that they
are dissatisfied with life on the ship and
want to be paid off. . ' '" '."
MARINE NOTES.
ALONG THE WATERFRONT.
Beginning tomorrow, the river read'
Inge taken at Eugene will appear on the
weather map for the first time. EdgaY
Brlggs has been recommended for the
position of observer at that-: point In
place of Herbert C Eastland, who re
signed.
The work of Vulldlng a floating dry-
dock will be started at Rainier tomor
row by a Portland concern which re
cently was Incorporated, when com
pleted the dock will be brought to Port
land and will be used for handling all
th smaller craft In the harbor needing
repairs. It will be St feet wide, by 0
feet long. From time to time other
pontoons win be added.
Late last night the steamer Alliance
arrived from Eureka and way ports
with a full carge of general freight .'
Tonight th steamer Senator Is sched
uled to sail for Ban Francisco.
With 61.141 barrels of flour valued at
t21.:, the British steamship Croydon
cleared yesterday afternoon for Mojl,
Japan.
The steamer South Bay sailed for
San Diego yesterday afternoon with
476,000' feet of lumber, and the Daisy
Mitchell for San Francisco with 600.000
feet.
R. P. Bchwerln, vice-president and
general manager Of the Harrlman
steamship lines, will arrive In th city
tomorrow from Ban 'ranclsca
' With the view to throwing all of ths
traffic to the regular liners, and thus
preventing the exporters from bringing
tramp steamers here, the several navi
gation - companies ' of the Paclf lo coast
- Astoria, -Dec. "H. Condition of -the
bar at t p. m.. obacured; wind south
east; weather rainy. Arrived at mid
night British steamer Blackheath. Ar
rived down at 7 a. m., steamer Cascade.
Arrived down at 8:80 a. m., British ships
Dunboyn and Kynanoe. Arrived at
10:20 a. m., British bark Vanduara, from
Antofogaata. Arrived at 10:40 a. m. and
left up at 1 p. m., ateamer Alliance, from
Coos Bay and Eureka,. Left up at 11:10
a. m.t United State revenue cutter
Perry. Left up at 11:40 a. m., barken
tlne Aurora and schooner Admiral. Left'
up at 11:40 a. m., British bark Milton
burn; anchored at Brookfleld. French
bark Asle, from Ilobart, reported out
side at noon, proceeded northward. Ar
rived down at 4:S0 p. m., steamer Jeanle.
Left up at 4:10 p. m British ship Bt
Mungo. -
San Francisco,' Dee. 11. Steamer
Whlttler sailed for Portland this vn
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Predicts Big Future.
Tllfflmlg Mueugfcm' t)f th Qulser-IIs
dryx Investment company gives It as
his opinion that the next two years will
show the greatest development of Port
land and the state at large that ha ever
taken place. "W are having Inquiries
from all part of th east regarding
opportunities In Oregon." said ha, "and
we are making arrangementa .to bring
out many . thouaanda of homeaeekera,
as well ss to place Investments In Port
land and other cities of the state.
"Our Horaebuilders club will be the
special feature of our local work, and It
Is becoming 'quite popular already, a
w have numerous applicant to loin
same. Our Intention 1 to build and
furnish when necessary some very de
sirable house on such terms as will
obviate the necessity of any one pay
ing rent as they can own their horn
cheaper, and in addition w have a
qheme whereby soms one In th club
can get a house free of cost
"W are going to cater to th great
army of wage earners who receive less
than 21,000 per year, and we will fur
nish them a lot and build a house that
will be the equal of one that would
cost 2t per cent more should, they build
It themselves. This we can demon
strate to the satisfaction of any one.
By the first of February .we hop to
have at least 20 house under con
struction." .
Holiday Goods.
Have your picture framing don now
and avoid the ruah. E. H. Moorehouas
a Company, 212 Alder street
That is right; the farmers and ship,
pers should get together and act In con
cert for their murual .benefit
Give Her BlMfiOMDS
Something modest or ornate, just as your fancy and mean dictate. We
are showing some handsome Rings, Brooches and Pins with Diamond Set
tings that are not expensive when you consider their real intrinsic value
. never, decreases. - Who wouldn't appreciate a gift of diamonds, large or
small? Let us show you what you can do with a small amount of money.
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Novelty Settings in Rings,
Brooches, Pins, Etc.
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THE IOWA JEWELER
293 Washington Street
LITTLE PROPERTY
TO BEQUEATH
Though Search la Not Ended, It
Is Believed Senator Mitchell
" Left No Will. "
TWO THOUSAND DOLLAR
EQUITY ALL' HE OWNED
Investigation of Affairs by John H.
Mitchell, Jr., Shows That Senator
Attended a Great Mass of Work,
Much of It Self-Impose d. - - -
' Although not an of th papers of th
late United State Senator John H.
MltcheU have been examined In the
search for it. It Is believed that no
will was left by htna, and that there- la
no property of -consequence which could
have bqen bequeathed to hi family. So
far a known, th 22,000 equity In some
lota on Holladay averiue a 12,600 In-
sd fns tl.gftlL-H lll.Ihfl
realty that was owned by th senator
at the time of his death.
John H. Mitchell,' Jr., who ha spent
several day going through his father
paper and record In hi office In th
Columbia building, said yesterday:
"From boyhood I have not been ac
quainted with th bualneaa and political
affair of my father. When I waa a
mall boy, with the hearty consent and
advice of my father, I took a solemn,
binding oath that I would never dabble
In polltlca. When I came her to look
Into father's affairs, I was Ignorant of
his records, but I have been much In
structed as to the Immens amount of
work entailed on a United States sen
ator. - Judging from' what my father
was expected to do, I' do not envy a
senator, for how on man could attend
to such an Infinitude of details Is more
than I can understand. The wonder Is
the greater when on consider that
father used method common 20 year
ago, yet kept everything in regular or
der and apparently never forgot any
thing that pertained to th business of
others entrusted to him.
"Many year ago my father bought
the old home farm In Pennaylvanla, pay
ing his father several times what it waa
worth, thus enabling his parents to move
into town near by and live comfortably
for th rest of their live. I believe
that hi father never did anything with
the place, not even employing a care
taker, and presume that long ago It
passed Into the hand of others. .
"My' father had an extensive law
library, filling shelves that line three
rooms. Such property, however, 1 not
regarded as a valuable aaaet. One part
of hta library consists of congressional
reports, reports of departments and
commissions of congress, messages and
documents gathered during an' experi
ence of 42 years in polltlca These books
and re porta, of course, would not bring
anything If offered for aale. although
they might be of use to some public
library." -
In .going through the office records
and files of, Senator MltcheU the dis
covery was made that" the correspond
ence carried on by him with constitu
ents was enormous. . . .
Santa, at Eastern Outfitting Co.
Santa Claus arrived on schedule time
Friday afternoon, at the Eastern Out
fitting company's store and war greeted
by some 2,000 children. The rush of
little one was mora than was antici
pated and proves conclusively that ad
vertisements are read by the people.
It waa originally intended that Santa
Claus should have a chance for a little
confidential chat with each caller but
the line of children awaiting his recog
nition made It Impossible to do more
than greet the little onea apd his loads
of gifts were rapidly diminished, neces
sitating hurried mesaagea to his ' co
workers, the Eastern Outfitting com
pany, in order ta, replenish the stock of
dolls and toys so eagerly received by th
children. '
: Although th demands upon Santa
Claus' stores were so unprecedented
and the crowds and crowds of children
who attended the reception so unex
pected, yet th company already make
It announcement of th visit of Santa
Claus for next year, at which time he
will be prepared to meet demands of no
matter what magnitude.
Th invitation ha already been Issued
to th little one to visit Santa Claus
next year al thr"Bw"tor wntch"WlH
be one of the largest and handsomest
In the city and the management has al
ready planned In Just what part of th
tore Santa Claus shall greet his nu-;
merous proteges, , - ,
Men's Holiday
Slippers at
Special Prices
Until Xmas
SOLE AGENTS FOR
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. $3.00 ainidl $350. :
TILT-KINNE Y. Bench-Made. U.OOl
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Goodyear Shoe
Repair Factory
CorAthandYamhill
Y. M. C. A. Building
? 3.50
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DR. B. E. WRIGHT
Ten Years' Active
Practice in Portland
THIS - QUESTION is of much"
. greater importance than -"Who's
N your tailor or dressmaker?"
though some people don't seem to see it
in that light, and, arrayed in purple and
fine linen, they are seen on the streets or
at some social function seemingly oblivi
ous of the fact that their teeth are suffer
ing from the want of even ordinary care,
and that their otherwise natty appearance
Is spoiled by neglecting one of the most
important duties. Who your dentist is
means a great deal. : There are all kinds
of dentists and it is important that you
secure the best possible service. It is at
your disposal at this office at r'easofiable
prices, consistent with the highest grade
of skill.
DR. B. E. WRIGHT 'SS
343 1-2 WASHINGTON STREET, CORNER SEVENTH
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