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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20, 1906.
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(MILDRED 17RITE U0RE LETTERS TO
DAY'S EM Oil
EAST SIDE ;
Contractors Wonder Where They
, Will Get Material, for
: '-' . Big nils.
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SAnTfl CLltiiS.THROUGII JOURHAL
One Comet Frorrt Grants Pass and Number From Children VVria
- ; In the Rose City Santa Gets All ' V
" V.v,'V Letters In Time.'
li Mil
! Than Santa Claue opened Ma bar of
jeiiara ana amid: "I wonder If I - have
, missed any of these, children V ,
y And h road the latter all ovor and
found that ha had something for every-
'Then I am ready to go td Oregon,"
he aald, and climbed into hla alelgh and
gathered up the retna and waa just aat-
ting ready to whistle to tha reindeers
and make them hurry over the now,
when he heard a bussing sonnd Inside
his know-house. - ' '-
"That must be a lata message," ha
aid, and Jumped quickly to the ground
and ran In. There, sura enough, tha
'wireless was going buis-ss. -
f "Just In time." Santa Claus whis
pered, and took down the following:
"From Tha Journal at Portland, Ore
gon, to Santa Claus Wa hope theee
letters that Just arrived are not too
late, for we know the little boy and girl
'want to see you . very, very much.
Georgia didn't send his address, but his
little brother wrote to you a few days
ago and he lives In tha same house.
Here are tha letters: -
"City Dee 1 1(06 dear saoty I would
Ilka to have a muelo to blow and alloe
In wonder land a little wagon and some
candy I am a good little boy years
old George Bornman." . '
IIILl ROAD MAY
DOUBLE TRACK
1 - "
High . Officials Think Such
Should Be Done From Port-:
land to St. PauL '
INCREASED TRAFFIC
fr - 8 DEMANDING IT
Investment of Industrial Capital and
, General Developments in the Pa
' cific Northwest Responsible for Im
provement Agitation in Railroad.
If the ad rice of tha highest officials
of the company Is taken tha Northern
Paclne railroad will be Immediately
double-tracked from Portland to fit
PauL J. M. Hannaford, second vie
president la charge of t raffle, an hla re
turn to New Tork from a recent visit
to this city, aald double-tracking and
Immense Increase of terminal facilities
was Immediately necessary.
enormous Increase of business : Is
solely responsible to Investment of In
dustrial eapltaJ and general develop
menta In the Paclne northwest. . Mr.
Hannaford said:
"Northern Pacific Is doing the hear
lest bualnaee la Its history We tiave
mora ..facilities than aver . before, but
The other la from Blanche, and aha
wanta you to be good to her little broth
er, too, 'because ha can't write to you;
ha la so young." She says:
" "der .fianta CI as plese come here to
8t Alblna Ave an glvme a doll that
open and chut her lae an my Utle
Brother a araal tolchat I am glad I fond
you. . Blanche Brothers.'
One came clear f rom ; southern Ore
gon, and wo hope you will have time
te go there, it says: .. -
Dear Santa.' I will tell you what I
want for- Christmas. I want a' atove
an a dolt An a doll buggy. An a set
of dishes. An anythlne you want to
send me. Com to my houee Christmas,
form Agnes Cheshire, Grant a Pasa Ore
gon." , x; ...
Edna Burns writes to you f o a wash
tun and washboard, we suppose for'tmr
dolls and a doll buggy, but aha does
not tell where she lives. Mary Cun
nlngham of 4T Garfield avenue wrltea
for the whole family and wants gum
boots for all Six In tha family and
everything else you can bring, Includ
ing a kodak, burning outfit, perfume,
toy automobiles and trains, a bicycle.
doll and buggy, doll dishes, stove,' doll
lano, trunk, engine, candy, sled, foot
all and football suit. That's all. .
i r t
there ha - been - arrestee -Investment of
every kind by the people along the line,
with the result' that we cannot handle
all the business offered. ' Our road must
be double-tracked, practically from one
end to the other, and we must have
facilities at terminals la proportion.
This will mean a big can on capital. . I
would not be surprised to see capital
hesitate on account of adverse legisla
tion. ',, - v, , '
"The railroad commissioners are stir
ring up rate questions all the while.
They would do better to devote atten
tion to the matter of facilities. I be
lieve the railroad a are doing all they
can to move freight and that nothing
la the way of legislation could make
them do more, but the railroad com
missioners could do a lot of good by
educating tha ahlpplag public Bhlp
pera are not objecting to tha rata .they
pay rates lower than In any other
country, and steadily declining., They
are worried about Inadequate facilities.
And they themselves could eliminate a
lot of waste , In transportation. One
excellent feature of the railroad situ
ation Is the elimination or reduction of
mpty haul, which la tha smallest aver
wen. Our country la very prosperous.
and our railroad la In good shape phys
ically. I think, however, that we should
spend more money nest year than we
did thta year, If wa oaa,"
: Bhowlng how phenomenal tha Immi
gration to tha Paclflo northwest has
been In tha last year. A. M. Cleland.
general passenger agent of tha North
ern paclne, ta quoted aa saying that
they have scattered 60,000 people along
tna ids - muea Between Olendlve and
Man dan, supposed to be a seml-arld
country lit only for cattle.
LENTS IS VISITED BY ...
DESTRUCTIVE FLAMES
.aat aioo Business aaen g wun De
cides to Hold Smoker on ' Fjrtt
; Thursday in January and Begin
New Year With Enthusiasm. -T"
Beaorattom fo Open Blve.
(Special Dispatch te The JocrB.il
Buttevllle, Or., Deo. 10. At a regular
meeting of Buttevllle grange. No. 74.
resolution jwarcunantmouiilr adopted meeting quarters and have
favoring an open Willamette river and
rree lock at Oregon City.
BA STOUT OVTrXTTZsTO) OOMVAaTT I BABTOUr O U 11 i I'TU 8) OOntrAJTT
Perhaps gift buying has made cruel inroads on
' : your purse, and there may be other, things yet
to buy. You will find our credit service a sat-
isfactory way out of such a difficulty. , It en
' ables you to buy what you want now and pay
later in small weekly or monthly payments as
, suits your convenience best. There is abso-
lutely no 5 extra charge or interest for this
; , privilege. ) The following articles are but a
few of the Christmas suggestions we offer at
50c
A
WEEK
atoktac Jacket r
Shaving Seta
Military Brashes ,
nltoasea - ' ,
Caalna '-
grpoons
Xnlvea .. s" ,
Porte
and-Pautod China
Oarvlng Seta
Kaaloare Seta .
imbrellaa
Olooka
Bogs
Ploaures '
Side pepartmeat.
. The amount of dirt that la required to
raise tha thoroughfares of tha central
east aide up to the level of the sur
rounding surfaces and many, of tha
blocks to the basement level Is appall-tngr-Thoee
who have studied tha prob
lem .are at a loos to' figure out where
the material la going to some from.
Property owners are gradually forming
a sentiment against tha present prac
tice of 'the ; Paclflo Bridge - company
which has for a number of yeara taken
dirt for filling from plots within tha
city limits which will soma day be In
the middle of tha resilience dlsmo or
the east aide. -Numerous
answers have been worked
out for tha problem but none have been
applied. Many ' have stated that tha
necessary material could be had I where
Its removal would be an Improvement
Instead of ruining tha location. Other
have brought up tha ' proposition of
utilising tha ashea from the garbage
slant.
Soma of tha figures are here given In
order to give an Idea of the problem be
fore the eaat side and almoat everyone
tntereated In the' possibilities of tha
t side realise, that these fills are
necessary. W. U. Bolas has given con
siderable attention to the matter of late
and tha Eas Bide Improvement associa
tion will be ready to announce some
thing definite within the next two or
three weeks. - A $400,000 contract la
awaiting a competent company, that oaa
give, a guarantee of completing the
work within a reasonable time. Nearly
all tha property owners south of Bel
mont are waiting. for thla company and
many below as far aa Bast Pine.
Tha work. before tha Paclflo Bridge
company la piling up ana will Keep
them occupied for a whole, yea. In ad
vance with the ' present equipment.
Manager George Simons eatlmatea that
his company has contracts In band, and
prospective east ald fills at present for
600,000 eublo vards of earth. These
fills are those of East Oak on whloh the
company Is now at work of about 46,000
eublo yards; East Sixth between Wash
ington and Oak. 76.000; East Ninth
serosa Stephens slough, T6.000; Bast
Morrison between Seventh and Ninth.
76,000; East Stark, 160,000; Montgomery
slough. Lower Alblna, which la now
being filled by another company to
Which tha contract was sublet. T6.000.
And Just where the material will some
from Mr. Simons cannot aay. ,;
Ctaa atolda SKeetln;.
'. Tha Eaat Side - Business Men's club
held a ahort meeting last ; night and
transacted aoma Important measure a.
,The club will negotiate for permanent
i In view the
bunps
Chocolate Seta
Taney China ware
SUk Waists
Silk Petttooasa
Puissa . 5
Handbags ' ' :' , . ...
Bilk na.wls - . ,
X.oangtaf Bobea. -.
Purs
Children's Preeeea
sT&Udrea'e Coats 4
Children's For eta
Boys' Clothing ' .
EasternOutfittingCo
JAhingtomM
VatSl IffOSS WI1
lower hail of orient lodge, X. O. O. F
Q rand avenue and Beat Pine street.
It was .decided to hold a emoker the
first Thursday of January and start the
new year off with a few "pyrotechnics."
Secretary Blgelow was Instructed to
send out lnvltatlona and every mem
ber will be asked to be present and
bring all hla friends. The club laid
plana to recruit members from all parts
of tha east side. H. Celef presided In
tha absence of President W. B. HalL
The business section of . Lenta sus
tained a sever loaa last night In a
17.600 fire.' Tha general merchandise
store of John Brangh on Second avenue
and located about two blocks from the
Mount Scott car Una was burned to the
ground and several other buildings lo
cated near tha store were endangered.
, Mr. Brangh had quit a stock of dry
goods and groceries and with the build
ing It ta estimated to be worth from
f 0.000 to $10,000 with an Insurance on i
ths whole of only $1,000. The Lenta ,
volunteer fire department waa called out ,
but waa nnabl to do anything toward l
saving the store, but did get In some
good work keeping the adjoining houses !
from burning. One house within 60 feet
of the blase caught fire several times.
The cause of the fir 1 Unknown, but
It Is the opinion of some of thos living
near the store that It waa caused by a
gaaoltns store ta the building. The
building caught fire - about o'clock
while Mr. Braugh waa absent.
Bast Sid Votes
Rev. H. BL Hornschueh of Balllng
ham, Washington, and Rev. R. T. Jame
son of Albany. Oregon, will hold
evangelical services at -Lents In the
Grace Evangelical church every night
beginning with Wednesday evening.
January I. Revivals are now being
held at Lenta by the mends' enureh.
The Mothers' and Teachers' club ef
Brooklyn will hold lta regular monthly
meeting In the asaembly room of the
Brooklyn achool tomorrow afternoon at
1:80 o'clock. Dr. BL A. Pierce of the
Open-Alr sanitarium at Mllwaukle will
deliver an addreaa on Tuberculosis and
Its - Treatment." - The treatment of
tuberculosis will be the toplo of the
evening, which the mothers and 'teach
ers will discuss. Preceding the address
the second grade pupils under oharge
of Miss Bettlnger will provide a brief
entertainment. The kindergarten class
under Mr. Mattlson of St. Helen's hall
will also give an exhibition. It will
bo provided with materials and will
show how articles suitable for Christ
mas preaente can be quickly and ar
tistically made. AU mother are In
vited to attend and bring their little
one.
Frank ragu ha Just moved Into his
new home at. Woodmere.
W. I. Price of Lents Is getting hla
new store Into shape and receiving
stock in readiness for his opening.
which will occur about the first of the
CAR SHORTAGE AS AN T
ALL-ROUND FREEZE0UT
(Speelal Mepatek e The Jearaal.)
. Taooma. Wash-. Dec. 30. I. B. Win-
sor, local agent of the Carbon Hill Coal
company, says If tha Northern Pacific
railroad- wanted to force tha sale of all
the coal mine In the state It could have
no better opportunity than the present
car ahortage off era. Tha mines of Pierce
county alone will turn out over $.000
tone of coal a day, yet coal la Taooma
la doled out a few sacks at a time, and
It requires notice of 10 day to' secure
even thla quantity. , .
tTh condition Ketf Tiav been stead
ily growing worse-for weeks, and many
larnuies ntn dstb wwn ' rvaucrc uj
burning almost whatever they oould lay
nana an. . - . .... ,
Prices Drop Again "
Christmas 'Goods have got their marching orders and out they go.
Not a single piece of holiday goods held back or reserved. Every
thing goes. Only 3 more days to clear the stock," and prices have
been cut to the desperation point. - It's now or never forbargains.
Be. with the crowds. ;T:..-.. :V-.:.-' '.
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mi
CANDY IN THE ARCADE
50,000 lbs. too much, and prices hava been cut in half and less to clear ft
with a ruin.
I2c
Mixed
Creams.
and lSc
fancy
7c
25c and 30c - finest
Shocolat ; ttm
reams, lb..... IOC
35c larf Jtrfcy Naval
:35c fancy Seedless Lemons, 'Jn Oregon Almonda, lb... 10
per doten IC Fancy Mixed Nats, lb,;.. ....16 ;
Open
Tonight
and f;
Every
Niflhtl
Till
Xmas
Not a Olnglo Dollar's WortH of Holiday Goods to be Carried Over
Filial Reductions on
?ow for bargains that are bargains bar gains so great so sensational as to dear out what's left In double-quick order.'
housatlds of pieces to go all the finest and best, for included in this stock is ths entire sample line of the American'
Import Toy Co., makers of the world's finest Toys, and though prices all along hare been about half what others
ask, they're cut sgain now many reduced another third, just to clear them out, and at once. Come and see. Every-
thine arne 1ilr this; , , . :.... .
thing goes like this
Toys worth fj - I Toy worth "
!S;.;,J5cbx,...33c
Magic Lanterns
1-3
Toys worth
to $1.50
go t
Boilers and Engines and finest
Mechanical Toys. Absolutely
nothing reserved. This includes
tha finest; worth up to $15
OFF
The Final Clearing of All Our
XMAS SLIPPERS
'" ,...:...Pfras'no object they must go.. , , . s-.
Men's tan and black alHgator and velvet Hons Slip- CO
pers.-patant leather trimmed; all $1 values i.,0
Women's fancy Boudoir House Slippers, m vicl and un
dressed kid; tans, rads and black all ,$175 ; C1 9?
values, for.......... .....QX.LL
Women's finest patent oolt and gunmatal . kid Walking
Shoes; mad to sell at S3.90 and $4.00
pair........
......-
$2.39
57clE75clE?,C'$1.19.
All Dolls One-Third Off
And one third off here brings them down to less than half regular prices.'
All beauties; bisque heads, sleeping and waking eyes, richly 'dressed.
Dolls worth up to $10 in the lot You take one third oft ' 1 1
th former price and pay the saleslady the balance. Choice. m V1I
Big Reductions on All Our' -
FANCY CHINA
This you will find in China Hall, midway iq the Arcade
1,300 sample pieces of finest Hsviland, French and .German
china; all 1, 2 and 3 pieces of a kind beautiful Cups and
Saucers, Vases, Cracker Jars,' Chocolate and Tea Pots, Cake
T1-a DawI. a... ,. l.t. L..J . n ' ,
and all very appropriate Xmas gifts. Low as 'j"
prices already are, every piece is marked tomor
" row at exactly one third off OFF
I Ul our Women's SOo fancy Neck- Cy I
OOWi is rr --? eeswr I
TEiousantis ; of Prgtty Christmas ; TThiiigS;
Now 'Reduced to ! WMffia: ran
$1 Handkerchief AQn
and Stocking Bags?Tly
$1 Ink Stands,
with metal trays.
All 50c Perfumery
... .25c
50c Carrvd
Knives
at :
Paper
..25c
50cl Just Half
Price
25a A. D. China Q
Cupi and Saucers...
$1 Jewel Set ; AO
Back Combs. .....40C
25c Japanese
Plates.. .12ic
$2.50 Leather
Glove CI -7C
Books'.... vDleaVU
All our $10 Toilet
5!?... $4.49
75c and $1 large oval gilt and
fancy framed Picture, cut (Jg
Child's 25c and SSe Xraaa IQ
and Story Books, all la Hot.. Iw
500 children's linen A B C 7
Books; worth to 15c; choke.. I w
Fancy Jewel Boxes, vefvet lined;
ssmplcs of $150 ones;
1,000 fancy Desk Blotters) samples
snd odd lots; worth to Oln
$1, for -VOC
1 lot sample Vases: worth IQr
up to 50c; choice of the lot...iyW
Real French China Cups and Sau
cers; values to 73c; 10 n
choice ;...OyC
Sample China . Chocolate and Tea
Pots; all $2.50 and $3 ff l
values; choice ePl.Uz
$1.50 and $2 sample Rogers' Silver
ware Meat Forks, Gravy Qtn
Ladles, etc OyC
Boys' 50c steel blade Pocket T
Knives. Pick 'em out V)t
Samples of 75c
J.nwJry..:.29C
Manufacturer's odd lots of Wom
en's fancy Lace Collars; n
worth up to 35c ......IaV Qiy
Metaf frame and burnished gold
Medallion Pictures; 50c Oif'
values....;.... avOls
75c Jap. metal Crumb Trays, all
fancy styles; choice of tne
lot
Women's 50c Silk Elastic ; Ofl
Belts, with fancy buckle.... LjfL
Just 6 Carving Sets; d2 AH
Vcrth up to $6; choic... syOaO
25c Bsskets with bottle of lf
Perfume. While they last.... lyC
40c Japanese fancy box and Art
bottle of Perfume; special.. L
Men's 50c and 65e Xmas
Suspenders in fancy boxes.. OJC
I lot sample Doll Hats; worth up
to 50c VVhile they . i o
lsst.. .IOC
500 satin covered Pin Cushions;
ffi?r.r?.?fr:t..;;..:..: ;i5c
21 Honrs
2 Only
FROM 7 TO 9:30 TONIGHT
Every item a bargain big; and great enough to crowd the at ore to suffocation. Come with tha crowds. Remember, these specials
- m . t , . I 1 m m . f .IA . I t . ...
v . , tor two ana one naix nouri oniy, irora xo :ov torugnt. -
21 Hoars
2 0nry
5rBoir
For regular 10c box
Xmas Tree Candles.
6c Lb.
For regular : 12-cent
Choica Fancy Dates.
2c Each
For Christmas Cards
worth 5c and 10c.
9c Set
For Child's 25c Set of
Knife, Fork and Spoon
7c Each
For 20c and 25c Jewel
Set and Fancy Hatpins
lie Dos.
For reg. 25c kind good
sisa Juicy Lemons. '
1 000 yards Veiling, black and colored, plain, dotted I io Bxs AUvaI (rnndt9 -f 1 1000 W. Rogers Cold Meat Forks, quadruple plate,'
and fancy bordered, 40 styles, worth up to, Qa Fine lldVtl UrallgO I fancy patterns, all $1.50 value, CQ
25c yard "H Re. 35c yaluej tonight,dofen 1 I tonight.. ....OyC
" ' All Magic Lantern and Boilers and Engines Tonight at Half Regular Price
a
II
KRUSE BUYS LEASE ON THE
HOTEL BELVEDERE
Well Known Restaurant Man As
sumes Charge of Hotel and -'
Louvre Cafe.
Theodore Kruae ha bousht
Strobel It Barentecher 'the lease of the
S0Z0D0NT
TOOTH
POWDER
It will net tarnish gold work
perfect , dentifrice the one
. ) A .. .......
Ask-your dentist
for you'.
Hotel Belvedere and Louvre cafe, at
Fourth and Alder atreets.. The leas
waa orlalnally made for a period of
elfrht years and has five and one half
year yet to run. Mr. Krnae aseumed
control of tha hotel and cafe today.
The bulldlnc is the property of the
Wllsoa estate, js five stories la halsM
and has a. f rontaae of 100 feet on Alder
and 71 feet on Fourth street.
Frits Btrobel haa been tn th restau
rant and cafe business la Portland for
tba past to years and Is ode of the best
known men tn that line on the Paclflo
coast For several years he waa the
proprietor of a cafe and rrataurant on
Fourth street. Just north of the Belve
dere hotel.
Mr. JCruse Is the proprietor of a res
taurant at Fourth and Stark street, in
a portion of the half block belonging
to Riifus Mallory that waa recently
leased for a tsrm of 10 years to 1L O.
Stlckney and others. Mr. Ettckney and
associates are preparing to erect an
elaht-story bulldlnc on the entire half
block.
Barbara B. Dalton ha bought from
Louis Oerllnaer a. 26-foot lot on the
west side of Becond street, between Oak
and Pine. The lot la between the po
lice station and an engine-house of the
Are department. Mr. Qerllnger received
1 17.000 for tne lot, for whloh ha paid
111,500 about stk fnonths ago.
El 3, Daly was offered and refused
tlK.ono for a BO-foot lot on Plrth etrt.
. ' eaaeewearUrat.
For twenty years W. I Raw Is, of
Bells, Tenn., fousht naaal catarrh. He
wr1ee ' "f h wll 1 e o a"f.neM tn
side my nosn was fearful, till I begun
applying Bucklea's arnica Halvs to the
core aurf.ee; this caused the sorenesa
and swelling to disappear, never to re
turn.'' Beet ealve In existence, lie at
le4 Cross Pharmacy.
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B The Finest Leather Goods
, In tha city is shown by TUB 1. K. OTVtt CO. UEATBTH BAGS. MUSIC
ROLLS, TRAVEUNO CON VKNIBNCKSL FVTKBKM, WALUTS, CARD
CASBS, ETC, KTO. AT MODBRAT8 PBiCBS. . . , .. ,
The J. Gill Company
Lergeet and Oldest Book SeUara and
Station re
la Oregon.
niiaiuinnnxssxrsssssar:
between Irvtna and Johneon street.
This offer 1 at the rata ef aboullSO
per front, foot more than has ever been
paid for property In that locality. . ,
L J. Goldsmith report th eat ef
two lota on North rup, between Twenty
fifth and Twenty-slath streets, to J.
Hanebut, for, 14.800; alao a single lot
niX.Overton, between Twenty-fourth aad
Twenty-nrtn streets, to rraaK Hett-kempets-
consideration t,i0t. i It 1a un
derstood that Mr-Heltkemper will bultd
a home oh the lot ri the early spring.
Realty tranafer fllea fer record ye
tenlay amonnted to tltt.Olt. roor than
$100,000 of which represented minor
tranaactloas. rbere the. aura invel-red
wa under, the .SS.SO0 olaa. '
Bfaaonle Offloer at .rslaMaw
(fiwrtai tii.pairh e Ta Jxanal.)
Pendlnton, Or pen. 10. At the ream
Isr election of Pendleton lndga, No. tl,
A. F. A. M., ths following officers
were e1-!'! for th anattlnv y-:
Loula 1,'umtker, worshipful mat . , .
MLYDEWTALCO.S
T'. teiara nr saS -toMb andtmkM art
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