The Oregon daily journal., March 29, 1907, Page 11, Image 11

THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 9, 1807.
OLD COIOS (1011
CODE TO LIGHT
Half Dollars Hundred Years Old,
; 1 and One Still More
,.' ' Aged. r . K ,
, FOREIGN MONEY STILL
s . :;more venerable
Bin. HabershamHas Fins Collection
- Of Rare Brazilian Pieces and "A
-Reader" . Claims Honor of Oldest
" Coin Yet. ::y,-r:.:.'
, Old eolns for the uklnf. Rtnei Ths
Journal aaked the question U to whd
.';. poaaeesed th oldest piece of money In
Portland, family heirlooms in ths ahapa
- of old coins hava baen taken from tbalr
hiding places, and lntaraat Is again cen---
tarad In the money place which tha
:; g randfsthera . and great grandfathers
oooa earrlad in thalr pockets. From
tha numbaof -gray' hatred old -olrte
appearing it Is apparent that Portland
. has many of which to boast
: - Kiss Nettle Lone of HI East Twenty
seventh street north owns a half dollar
which Is lust 100 years old. It
. . coined In Philadelphia In HOT and with
the exception of a small circular hole
at tha base of tha head, where someone
, years ago evidently attached a waton
i chain, later plugging the hole with lead.
. . the eoln is well preserved and carries
j - - Ita advanced1 age as wall as Oregorrtans
) ', who reach those years..: The half dollar
i ' has baen in tha possaaalon of tha family
j a long-time and Is part of a collection of
' old oolna among which are advertising
, pennies coined years ago by tha govern'
ment, and (-cent pieces which were elr
i ," culated In the Ohio Old Soldiers home.
: They were made eapaclally for that pur-
j . pose and so stats on their face.
y;: - r- -. jhbih poxelg-a ' Cotna. . t-
-:' Emmet Bryant, a waiter at tha Oregon
' "hotel. Is another Portland resident who
; ' has an old half dollar. His is of the
; earns mintage as that owned by Miss
Long, but has one year tha beat Of it tn
; age. It having been oolned In 110. It
j is also well preserved.
I ' ' But tTnole Sam's coins of tha vary
i ' oldest dates) are mere Infant" compared
to soma of tha foreign money pieces of
. ancient mintage , owned by . Portland
residents.
; R. r. ' Blckerson," lit T East '.'Twenty
, - sixth street. Is ths possessor of an Kng-
1 llatj sovereign 1I4,J61 which bears the
date of 177. .
I " , f Mrs. R. A." Habersham,: 17 Vermont
, ' street, owns a collection of coins among
! .which Is. a l-cent place of Brazilian
.mintage. . It waa- coined In ITI and Is
I therefore 14S yaara of age. .This Is only
one out of over IPO other H Braalllan
. coins which Mrs. Habersham collected
, while, a resident' of Brastl, , :
.', ; lron Oharlaa ZI's Time. -'
' v Probably , the oldest foreign coin la
i Portland "TS owned by Mrs. A. I Max.
'well of .14 Twenty-first street north.
- 4t la a Spanish p4eoe which-came from
the mint during the reign of Charles II,
In 1SI7, 210 years ago, and shows but
little wear : considering ths length of
'time It baa been In existence. - ... . .
. ; Not to be outdone , by . the aaaertlon
' t C. h. Parrlah that ha poaseasea kt a
Continental dollar of dTJS' the oldest
icoln In Portland, A Beader"; writes to
The Journal that ha can go Mr. Parrtah
'MtO.-years better.-J The Journal -would
be glad If ths correspondent wonld make
. felmeelr Known and give some evidence
of Ala statement. f ,'yrlo,
COMPANIES, NOT' MEN, ?.
): TO BLAME FOR WRECKS
(Joaraal fiwelat servke.)
' Washington. : . March 19. Samuel
.. .Gompers. In a algned article In the
rederatlonlsU resents tha alleged at
- ; tempt by the railroad managers by In
nuendo to shift tha blame to tha Ball-
. way Men's union for ths many train
'wreoka. Oompers says that defective
equipment Is Ignored by ths railroad
presidents la accounting for wrecks, and
t. declares that overworking men In
' charge of tralna Is a condition for
, which, ths oompantea are responsible. '
' ...... ' - Piefarred Baoak Oannad aooda,
t Allan 4t Lswis Beat Brand.
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Notice is hereby given. to the public that this store is to be closed out tomorrow, Saturday, March 30th. Starting
at 9 a. m. all remaining UNCLAIMED FREIGHT, consisting of Ladies and Men's Wearing Apparel, Groceries,
Furniture, Crockery, Millinery, Hard yare, eta These goods are open for inspection a
and the sale will start at 9 tomorrow, Saturday morning. All goods will be sold either at retail or in case lots,
"VllKV 'f. : :ijust as m
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rrnnIVn ITryn rFriT) the sale starts tomorrow, Saturday, at 9 o'clock,
and ; will continue till 1 1 P. M., and everything goe to: realize the freight
3 and
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An idea of-some of the cases we: haVjOpeneUTui irom
SALE will
take place at
North
Third
COR. DAVID
STREET
For Instance, you can buy
ladies Fal and . JnflerWear ; ThousandsandThousandsof . ..SMALL 1TO
Spring suits tt Men's Suits Sjj-?i5
All kindso time to sort them ra business; some may be $2 GTjH Most any kind, color or style you want J?Cn S Jr?.1? C
"e- workup toj)2D values for all we know, TfV'T -We're not clothing men, and don't know Cap$, CU IlindS . . V. . V5C
$25. Your choice ........... so take your pick at.:.. what these are worth, and you get the Suspenders, ptT pair. 5c
r;rw ?, ' . "" :." ;"7r- benefit--tr---i:'4:. Towels gO at w , . ; . 4c
Cases and Cases of nn? ": AJjr; a;: :-S';;c' Wshes, choice ...... 5c
hosiery Men)ddGoats ' s?mm
Too rny kmi IPick'emVSx .U" raTNr-'-rr' 'y SWrtS, chO.CO . . V . . . 25c
them out-aU bunched in ; ( jT out atrfrrttTtrrnTnl JflV ArfJA A W&'Q&riZ)k- UndcmeOT, 1 lot . . . 15c
one lot ;ouchoice;. A-H choice. . . .... .......... W VU JUU t O . - 4J .DJ DrCSS ShlltS . . . . . 35c
w.Odd n's Panjs g .Ladies' Hats 7 Just Opened a Case of . Pjece:QQos ;
:Lf95b $1.10 ilS Choice 32.45 Ladies' SkirtS By the thousands oi bolts
wrv tii Tb qu" Thcs. are Pattern Hat, and worth $20? what e Worih. akd and yOU get them for COSt
emanufacn-rer. charged. onhe: Blanlcets 25(. ach ....1.30 . frejght. Charges: A j
AND FULirS WU,A1U1NU AVFAIULL, Al TUV1V. UVV1M flUU,!
V 1 m... M.lf. tk....l... . . kA. nniklnW .knni kaaa rfnnfla inl vnil rfa Ka fSsa-keflt- -
i ) 1 J.. - . f . UU . BllUUSk. lUBUd u7 iiiss wui sv.i w w iiHwvr uwuiu() aawe aaw fw r w tw vwMm ;
fflCttMH): a
Sale
Takes
Place
att53
and
55
Cor.
Davis
We positively close this store tomorrow night, and everything goes before then One day only, tomorrow, for Sunday we move out as the store is rented to other parties
W?HX'yA::A;';l'- ' " DOORS OPEN AT 9 A. Mi NO MAIL' ORDERS FILLEDa" ' .-'"
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Nortli Third street
Yours truly, 0. B. BARBACK, Supt. In Charge.
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THE BEST $3 HAT
IN THE WORLb
i 7 ' V.
' ! ft
I 80,000 SOLD, NOT ONE" RETURNED
BEN
SELLING
LEADING HATTER
RAKCHER IS FATALLY
INJURED BY MAD BULL
H.ld Animal at Bay With Pitch
fork Until It Broke Was
' Crushed Against Tree.
(7oanal fpecta! BrrW.l ' '
- Fresno, Cat, Maroh !. O. W. Oaar
hart. a rancher residing In Knterprlae
eelonr. waa fatally Injured by a ia4
k..n ! nht Oaarhart went to a
nelrhborlns ranch, and while passing
through a pasture a lerg nmora
K..11 h.m4 at htm. Oaarhart ran for
a nearby tree and for a moment warded
off tha enraged animal with a pltoh-
fork. whleb as arovs into nm omim
head. - : . ''"'-''' '
mi., .tt ..MM and handle oroks
and tha bull thrust Its head Into Oear.
hart's stomach, pinning .mm 10 xne
tree. Ths animal had been dehorned,
w... i. .Mt.h ttm vlfltltn t.rrlblv. leav
ing him unconacloua on ths ground.
, Kanon ampioyea wnw wiumw
encounter drove ths bull off with a
stub. Oearhart now lies at tha horns
of his son. A. VT. 0ahart, at ths
point of death. ' Bis physicians say he
cannot recover.
WILL COMPLETE CANAL V
WITHIN SEVEN YEARS
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" (Joanwl gnwlnl SrW.
. Kansas City, March Is. That ths
Panama canal will be completed within
.--- ! th anlnlon aznreesed
here laat night by Representative C. T.
Bcott in an aaarajia o ivuai
B..kiiA.it AinK R.nraantatlva Scott
has Just returned lrora a vlalt to the
lathmua, where he mspeciea im wm
being done a the canal. He expreeaed
. .imoit aonfldenca In tha ultimata
suooess Of ths great project ... ,
UNKNOWN MURDERED
; NOTHING ELSE KNOWN
: (Hrwclil pteMtea t. The snnraal.)
' Aberdeen,- Waah., March J. Coroner
Olrard and a Jury have Inveatlgatad the
eauae of the death of an unknown man
whoae"body was found IB the Chehalls
river rtstsrdat uondnf wlta Ui iaroat
LADIES'NIGHT
TONIGHT
OAKS RINK
More Musics
in Couples
Special Saturday llatlaee
A SUNDAY
' Plan to VUtt Ihm Oaki
'Twill 8 at Clmaa as a Pin
eut almost from ear to ear. Thalr ver
dict waa that ha earns to his death at
the hands of a person or persons un
known. Ths body had apparsntly been
In the water three montha and waa that
of a large man, about 40 yaara old, who
had been over ill feet In height and
had weighed iOO pounda. The" body
wss In a bad stats of decomposition.
In ths colthlng, which pointed to his
being a sailor, there was absolutely no
clus to his identification. Ths man's
name and tha oauss of the murder will
probably remain an unsolved mystery.
JAIL LIFE JUST SUITS
THIS YOUNG BURGLAR
- AA' '"
(SpecUl pupates to The Jon real.
Uoqulam, Waah., March Ed El
Ungson and Joseph Nuns, undsr arrest
on a charge of burglary, wars given a
hearing today before Judge Ofden and
bound . over to ths superior court In
bonds of 1500. Ths boys are alleged to
have entered Thurbers store and to have
stolen rifles, revolvers, ammunition and
also soros clothing. At Winters' store
they are said to havs stolen f worth
of clothing. Klllngson Is It yaara of
age and during ths trial continually
giggled as If ths matter were a great
Joke. He had lately been released from
tha county Jail, and ns said. "I got three
good meets a day. there and don't-mlnd
going back." , , - i
The
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lOOKa-107 FIRST ST.
Dons Their Desl Apparel at
Easterlide
It matte ras not how much or bow little ttra can or want to
spend for your Easter outfit. It matter not whether TouVe
the money to spend. You 11 gave money on your Easter
apparel by trading-. at 163. and 187 FIRST. STREET.
New York OuUilling Co.
TVCESE Y0C2 CCIDIT
' IS CCG3 .
This is the store which presents the greatest number of attractions to the greatest nam bar of seaksr ,
after correct styles, individnality and best possible money's worth. Here is the widest variety of the nswv
spring models hundreds of different styles. The good taste and unerring judgment with which they have
been selected are apparent fo every man or woman conversant with prevail- AM AA lrlJ7T?7F
ing fashions. Get your Easter outfit here tomorrow. Pay us a little J I li 1 L J 11
mnn ' . j.... . . , . .......a.
w Tf as) aas
Charmino
Easier
Rliflinery
Exquisite crestions. A
little down, then
Poir emart ityleg in Men'g Spring Suit, Topcoat or Trousers,
Women' Suit and Jacket, Dainty Lace Waists, Silk Petticoat
EASTER rilftUTJERY
The opinion seems unanimous that this store stands in class
by itself, and at the head of the list. Don't wait till you gtt
the money; come tomorrow; fill your needs; fill 'em all; pay ua
a little down and take the goods. Then pay us a little on ac
count now and then, ssy - s
1S5I, AND 1S7 FirCT C"
Chicago was sever so' frae from
atrlkee and lockouts as at the rr- v i
UatSk la neither ths fsUerstWa vl U