THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 14. 1907.
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Just 24 Red Broaclcloth Coats
Values to $30,00 for $13.65
XKiaaJly Suitable
for Evening- and
. Street Wear. .-
For Friday' Bargain
Day, . just 24 red $
Broadcloth Coats; in
a variety of styles equally suitable for
street or evening wear, in medium
'" . ' r ,, y-,-
weight, good all the year around, and i.ft
of fashion. Made like
never go out
illustration of finest all wool imported v
broadcloth, all satin lined. . The color
is the fashionable and exclusive Bor
deaux shade of red, trimmed" with vcV
vet and silk braid in simple yet elegant
"" 1 T A.,
less with turned cuffs, cut and trimmed
in unique effects. , Suitable for street,
theatre and evening wear. Regular
$23.00 and $30.00; reduced to, only
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See Third street window display.- None on
ale until 9 o'clock -Friday morning. No
telephone orders, none reserved, none sent
C O. D. at this extraordinary price. .
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;- Nra I'"4 1
Popular $1.18 New Fiction 50c
"Rose of Old 8t Louis," Dillon.
L"Men. otLlha-Houri Tbanet
Tht Puppet Crown," McGrath.
"When I W Csar," Uarchmont.
'"Cape Cod Folks, MacLean.
Hr Mountain Lover," Garland.
"Merit e of Unreat," Overton. j
Tha Bpendera." Wilson.
And. many other titles. Subscriptions taken for all 'marastnea.
plat stock newest fiction, serious work and standard works in
low and high-priced editions. ' :-? a,..
"Man on the Box." Mcaratb.
"Pt, JElrao,',Evans-WUson, .
"The Vlrainlan.'' Wlster.
"The Ses, Wolf." London." "
"Call of the Wild,' London.
"Oranatark."' McCutcheon.
"Westerners," White.
"Heart's Hlfhwsy," Wllklna.
Com
both
Momcn's Sample Hosiery
S5c to $1.35
Values
at 29c
Portland probably" has "neVer wit-
nessed an offer which stands out in
the limelight of selling events more
prominently 'for unusual value-giv-ing
than this great t sale of high
grade imported hosiery. The as
sortment is too great to describe in
detailuthere hundreds of
styles of plain and fancy weaves in
silk lisle, lisle thread and cotton, in
cluding black, tan, champagne, bis-,
cuit, sage, Alice blue, gray, navy,
brown, Dresden, green, bronze,
fancy stripes, plaids, lace boots, lace
allovers, dropstitch, polka dots, embroidered figures, solid colors, etc., in
greatest variety. You never saw or heard of such a tremendous hosiery bar
gain as this 60c, 65c, 75c, 85c, $1.00 and $1.35 Hosiery t v
for . ... ...................... . . . ; .
' ' P- ' jri ' "i-.-
Extra salespeople to wait on you. No phone orders filled. None
sent on memorandum. Early comers ' get the best selection.
29c
Men's 35c, 50c TI
75c Half HoselH
A great special sale of the swellest styles in
Men's Half Hose, in maco and lisle, in all
solid colors," black, plaids,' stripes, novelty
designs, embroidered figures, etc. Greatest
genuine Hosiery bargain ever of-.. . Or
tered in Portland at, only ..V.,...XVC
Children's School Hose
Jleg.20c-Valttesrl2 1 cPr7
700 pairs of Children's fast black, ribbed,
cotton School Stockings, double heels and
toes and seamless; the kinffor "which you
always pay 20c a pair. Guaranteed abso
lutely fast black, .strong and y r
serviceable ............ ... . Xsw C
35c Printed Organdie, 18c Yd.
For Friday Sale jauly we offer 1500 yards of new spring,
1907, Painted Organdie in daintiest and newest floral de
signs on white grounds; sold regularly at 25c and- q
35c a yard. Most sensational value at only..., XOC
' 375 Long Flannelette Kimonos
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$3.00 Values for $1.35 :
For special Friday sale, Liprnan-Wolfe's -oi f era 37S
Long Kimonds, made of soft fleecy flannelettes, in
a wide assortment of charming Japanese and floral
' designs. Colors gray, pink, blue, tan and green in
nimyB hades: Thpy include 1 yariong disiiiiuiTe
styles, including (1) box-pleated back, scalloped
edge and belt; (2) pleated back and front, fancy
trimming; (3) full shirred yoke back and front.
, " pleated fancy border; (4) yoke back and front, satin
trimmed, etc. Here ta a bargain event in Long
Kimonos without an equal in Portland this year.
Regular yalues to $3.00 for
only
$1.35
vlnf ants Bonnets'
Value to $2.50 at 25c
Absolute? clearance of Infants' colored
and white Silk and Velvet Caps and
Bonnets, in new jand pretty styles, in
cluding French, Revere and Dutch
Caps and Poke- Bonnets j- allvalnes- ta--$2.50,
for clearance, ,;-
Butterick Patterns
ill
3
Advance Spring Styles Ready, 10c, 15c None Higher
March Number of "The Delineator" Now on Sale.
HOW 'RAILWAYS' VALUES
WERE BOOSTED TO SKIES
Huntington Cleaned Up Two
r Millions on the Old Nar-; V
v row Gauge.
OREGON PEOPLE NOW
PAYING HIGH INTEREST
Irent Hrrlma System Made l'p
( Roads Bought st High Prices
Senate Committer Ileara laside
History of Old Deal. ;.'
C a violent rattling of the railroad
. bones In ths closet vt past history oo
' curred In a senate oommtttee meeting
t Salem when agents of ths Hsrrtman
: Jlnrt locked horns with William Reld
1 In a context for control of a bridge
T' charter at Oswego. But the sound was
lost In the noise of buttling forces In
- the passage of a railway commission
bill.
Need for a bridge over the. Willam
ette' rlrer at some point between Port
land and Oswogo is paramount, . If the
Heuthem Paeifle Is ever to abandon the
I'ourth-atreet grade ln this city, con?
' root the Jefferson street terminal wits
'. the North Porland terminal grounds,
. bring In the Pacific Railway ft Navlga
'. tlon company's line, and organise an
economical system of railroad terminals
in this city. The company's engineers
elected Elk Rock site for such s bridge,
but the Oregon Bescoast Railway com
pany had selected the same site.,. .
j i anspsets Kin's Hand. . . '
The Southern Paclfle challenged the
, genuineness of the Oregon Beacoaat
' Railway company's plana ss promul
icated ty Its secretary, William Rei.
..ana ids oppovins .iu.. -mc whm .
JW.',"nate committee to tnresh out the
I miter.' The Southern . Paeifle people
demanded an exclusive nn ior mrm
itclves, and Mr. Reld , asked that the
charter be made a common user charter.
, It. became . apparent that the Harrl
man men suspected the existence of a
Hill card up the sleeve of their -ancient
enemy. Reld, who Is known to have held
several friendly conferences with J. i.
Kill end his lieutenants during the last
year. - - - .
"Why doean't Mr. Reld come nut and
ahow his hand as we have? We have
stated frankly to this committee that
the bridge charter we sak for ths Bea
verton & Wlllsburg Railroad company
la for the use of the Southern Psdfi"
company," declared Artnur C. Spencer
an sttomey for the Harrlman roads..
Sons Inside Xistory. ' '
"Wa followod thatlpln once end It
was once too often," Mr. Reld retorted.
"W'hst was the result? Against my
protest, and before our railroad had been
finally complete-d, our stockholders
leased the road for f years to the O.
a N. Co. Your company guaranteed
to pay our stockholders I per cent on
their stock, in addition to paying per
Interest on the bonds, and your
comranv required an ironciaa provi
that the road should never enter
the city of Portland. Tou paid the rent
for 11 montns, ana men repuaiaiea mi
lft our road stranded, and threw
it Into the court for seven years." .
The snnate committee sat up and took
notice, and it became evident that the
parley was to uncover soem interesting
fnnlrte history; The- Harrtmen -aaents
did not dny the truth of Mr. Heil
Statement, but dluclalmrd renionnlbimy,
simply snylng tliat all Hint Inir-p-t,.!
before ths present Harrlman adminis
tration came upon the'weene. The road
referred to by Mr. ReldT was the old
narrow gauge system, now operating
between Jefferson street and Alrlle, and
from Woodburn to Natron, constructed
In thearly nineties by Mr. Reld and
Engllshbackers, and now operated aa a
part of the' Southern Pacific system.'
' W reeked fey XtmUiigtoa.
The ' Natron-'Woodburn ' line as orig
inally planned and built included tracks
from Woodburn straight to the Willam
ette river, - a bridge over that stream
and a connection - at Dundee Junction
with the same company's west side line
terminating at Jefferson street. The
roads were completed . excepting the
bridge and the Jefferson street line
from Newberc to Portland. .
Huntington and the existing rail Mad
powers succeeded in wrecking the road,
tore up the track between Woodburn
and the river to prevent the trafflo over
it from reaching navigation, and aban
doned the construction of the proposed
bridge. ,
The road was thus practically de
capitated, but William Reld did not give
tip bis schema of bringing a competitive
line from the valley into Portland. He
went to the legislature and secured a
second charter to build a Una from
Portland to Newberg, and built the
present road terminating at Jefferson
streeUtv- .
eid Offered a Frioe. t
Meantime, the O. R. A N. having re
pudiated the lease of the remaining
mileage. It was left a menace to the
Southern Paciflo, which had been ac
quired by C. P. Huntington. Although
the bonds of the road were selling at SI
cents in the open market, it was appar
ent that nothing could be done with that
portion of It so long ss the Portland
Newberg. section remained In possession
of Reld. .
Huntington caKed Reld to New Tork
and offered to buy his part of ths road.
Bejd promptly declined to sell unless
the purchaser .would tske care of his
English-friends who-had furnished the
money to build the road.' He eventually
compelled Huntington, it is Said, to pay
par value for the bonds of the narrow-
gauge system, and pay Reld I1T.S00 for
his section of the road.
The entire system had been built at
a cost of 112.000 per mile, and consist
ed of fit miles.--In addition to its-cost
there were outstanding receivers' cer
tificates for $600,000; making the to
tal liabilities about IH.857 per mile.
Huntington paid that amount for the
mileage, and took It over aa his per
sonal property,- sfter hie Southern Pa
ciflo directors had -turned down the
proposition to buy it. Within a year
he spread the rails, expended about
12.000 per mile in ballasting the track,
and offered the road to the Southern
Paciflo for 130,000 per mile. They ut
tered loud howls, but he pressed the
proposition, and they had to yield.
; Xaatmg-toa roroes rnrohase.
Huntington told them if they did not
buy it he would complete the system
as Reld had planned it and operate an
independent line into Portland. They
took the road off his hands at SSO.000
per mile, and Huntington cleaned up
about $1,100,000 profit..
This deal was, it is said, but one of
various manipulations by -which present
owners -of ths existing trunk lines and
branches In Oregon came into the hands
of present owners. The question the
people are asking themselves today Is:
Who Is paying the Interest on all the
Inflated values that are represented by
the capitalisation of Oregon railroads!
Ths west side lines originally built by
Reld in the Willamette valley .were
constructed honestly, at an actual cost
of 11.000 per mile. ' In making them
standard gauge, Huntington nsed the
same rails, and simply spread them
further apart.- It ts said the only addi
tional money he spent on the lines was
In the ballasting. Subsequently, the
company has laid heavier rails, to carry
the increased weight of traffic demand
ing heavier rolling stock, but these Im
provements have been made out of the
earnings of the lines. - -.
FORMER STATE PRINTER
BUYS QUARTER BLOCK
X- Rr Whitney of - Salem, ax-state
printer, purchased yesterday the quar
ter block at the northeast corner of
Twentieth and Washington streets from
John MoCraken for $60,000. i The sals
was made through the agsncy of R..M.
Wilbur.- The rentals from the Improve
ments on this property are said to pro
duce a satisfactory Interest on the pur
chase price.
Important ore strikes In ths. Granite
district, are reported.
NO EXPERIMENTS
WITH WOOD PIPE
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Water Board Declines to Accept
' R. B. Lsumon'e Suggestion
; for a Tryout.
As "local bidders had been unable to
communicate with the eastern factories
In regard to the price and the date of
delivery of the material, proposals ror
the high-service pump andUhe service
main for Portland Heights were or
dered readvertlsed . by the wster board
yesterday afternoon. .- The pump will
cost about' $(.000 and the main about
$20,000. Two or ' three bids were re
ceived, but . the bidders present said
that owing to ths railway oiocxaae- aur-
tng- the freese-up - they , had not. been
able to get letters from the fsctorles.
The bide were therefore rejected.
- Commissioner Lamson moved that ths
board experiment with wood pipe. He
moved that a 11-Inch main be laid on
East Thirteenth street and on Durham
avenue.
"Anybody bold enough or " brave
enough to second that motion T" in
quired Mayor Lane.
-"I will." aald Commissioner Hart.
Commissioners Raffety and Allen ob-
S0Z0D0NT
TOOTH
POWDER
free from grit and acid. Pre
vents accumulation of tartar.
Will: not injure the enamel
of the teeth: Ask your den
tist. ' - " " " " . ' r
Rosenthal's Removal Sale
Crowds of people are availing themselves of this rare opportunity of buying
Standard Footwear at removal prices. m We arW fully determined not to move a pair of
Shoes contained In our present quarters to our new store, and we have- reduced
every article contained In our premises. - This Is
a harvest for the Portland people. ; Read on:
LAlrd, Schoeber Co.'s finest patent calf hand
sewed Oxfords; also French calf and kid; value
$8.60 now .......... . ... ....S3. 63
1.500 pairs fins kid and pox calf Misses' Lace
Phoea, welted soles; sises from ILto Stt! value
to $1.00; now ...... .....,.. 1.85
400 pairs Boys and Youths' box calf Bluchers,
oak-tanned soles; sixes from 11 to 1; value to
$1.00; now ".. fl.6S
Men's box calf and Vlcf kid, Lace and Bluchers,
welted soles; Union made; value $1.(0;
now . ......... $2.45
Hunan's. Boyden'g Patent and Enamel La re and
Bluchers; regular pries $8.00; now ...... f 4.15
Hanan s Men's finest Patent Colt Bluchers and
Lace; value $8.00; now $5.85
ROSENTHAL'S
149 THIRD STREET
Portland's Best Shoe Store
Jected to the experiment, and the mo
tion was wtthdrawn.
. A petition for an increaae of salary,
amounting to it per .cent, was received
from a number of employes of the
water board. The petition was referred
to a committee, consisting o Commis
sioners Hart, Lamson and Allen, with
instructions to compare the present
salaries of the employes with those of
other cltV employes who" have 'been
granted Increases by the council.
Come to the Fountain '
Of fashion, Le Palais Royal, 175 Wash
ington street, when requiring the most
stylish In ladles' appareL No matter
where that "best" first originates, it Is
next found here, at a moderate price.
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, Clubs. , It it the simplest' thing imaginable. ' The main
question is, "Do you intend to purchase a piano? Would
you like to get it at a price lower than the factory sells to
the small dealer?" It you answer these questions in the
affirmative you are eligible to membership. Drop in at
Eilers Piano House today. It will cost you nothing to
investigate. ; ';r" t---,--;
JUST THIINK OF IT
$225 Pianos Cluh- Price. . $137
$275, Pianos Club Price.. S178
$325 Pianos Club Price. .$218
$400 Pianos Club Price.. $258
$475 Pianos Club Price.. $312
$550 Pianos Club Price. .$308
Terms : ' First payment $7.50 and
up. Weekly Payments: $1.25 to .
"$3.00. . .
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