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Sl.JOiS RESIDENTS WILL SOON BUI GAS ; 11 Davidorf Francliise Tosses THE . , . Second Reading and Will i Probably Be Granted. At' meeting of the St. John city council ; last night the Davidorf gas franchise vm glfen lt second reading, nd after dlscgsHlon was passed over Until the notr-moWlng. On the assur ance of Mr. Davldorff that work would be begun lmme-llntely on the granting; of he franchlfe It will be advertised; nd It i prohubie that the franchise will be Kra.it.-d In 30 days. The Port land Gas rompnny alno presented an application for a franchise. The question .if reopening- Columbia 'boulevard was referred to the street committee, and the city attorney with power to act. Mayor Couch Is of the opinion that a wrong has been done in allowing the streets to be closed, and 'ltv Attornev Green expressed It as his belief that ns Columbia boulevard lies within the limits of St. Johns the coun ty has no legal right to close the street The Pacific States Telephone fran chise was put on Its final reading and passed. This lias been pending a long time, and will now become operative after It has been advertised. HIGH PROSPERITY EXJOYED AT TEKOA (Special Dinpttch t Tse 3 enroll. Tekoa, Wash, Aug. II The Increase ' In business and the steady and rapid s-rowth of the town are the wonder or everyone. Dav after day strangers ap pear and on noting the conditions here . ione has anything but words of praise. New additions are being laid out, the older addition being nearly ail sold UAn enormous crop, railroad building ' and the numerous new buildings under construction make Palousers a very happy people. M , ... F J. Mahoney, owner of, Lombards addition, ha purchased the house on the Milwaukee's right of way through Tekoa and ha let the contract for moving It of them to Lombard's addi tion, which mean larg amount of ' additional work for mechanics and la borers which heretofore ha not been .contemplated. ... Building, which la usually slack dur ing July and August, ha continued un interrupted, . MALLORY'SLOATC CASE IS COURT (Sperlil Diapetob to Tb Journal.) t Olympla. Wash., Aug. Jl. The Mal- lory-Sloan family scandal had an Inning In the police court yesterday when both were arraigned on preliminary hear ing. Mallory, who had already been bound over under 12.000 bonda on a charge of criminal assault, was placed under an additional bond of 11.000 as a witne against Sloan, and will prob 'ably be unable to pet bail. Sloan was today placed under $S,000 bonds, which he expects to obtain and secure his re lease. SEA ISLAND COPPER CO. OooA sUport Made by Expert ana As- sayers Tayotfably KocaUO. "There are a number of rich copper and good gold prospect In the nelghbor hood of Karta Bay which Is some dis tance this side of -Skagway, Alaska," aid Dr. W. A. Wise, who returned a few day ago from a trip of exploits-.'- tlon. Dr. Wise Is conservative In his statements, although report of assayers are the most flattering. The Sea la land Copper company In which Dr. Wise is heavily Interested, 1 the owner of 11 claims, which run from $13 to $28 per ton. The property la located at Kasan. four mile from Karta Bay. The principal town and distributing point In that section la Ketchikan. Two ledge belonging to the Sea Island Cop per company, contain gold and make a showing by assaying of $8 and $1 per ton. The well-known Hadley smelter Is situated but 25 miles distant up the bay and four other copper properties In the Immediate neighborhood are ship ping ore to this smelter. Naturally enough Dr. Wise and his associates feel very much encouraged over the showing made, and are con tinuing their development work with a large force of men. CLOSING OUT SALE Mas tin Underwear. Walt Waist and Parasols. - Starting tomorrow morning we place 8n sale our entire stocks of muslin un erwear, white lawn waists and para sols at from a third to a half off reg ular prices. You can't afford to over look these splendid bargain. See to morrow' ad. McAllen &. McDonnell, the store noted for best good a,t lowest prices. New Fish Commissioner. (Special W'patoh to The Journal.) Olympia, Wash., Aug. 11. Superin tendent Clark of the state fish hatchery t 8ultan having resigned. Fish Com missioner Roseland today announced the appointment' of James Neally of Sno homish county as his successor. Thursday Special! . This has been a season of marked display in the pro duction of fancy waistcoat patterns. Here are about 85 of them 'this season's make vary ing in price from $1.00 to $2.50, Which will be displayed ",'in bur big show case on p Thursday at 65. "t Simply to clear out our , sumrner; stock. OlbthinQGp yn'i Ml Boys Omtllttsrg ,166and U68 Third SU . ' Mohawk Bldg. ; Of" This. Semi-Aiiiiiial Clearance Sale Are drawing near. Never in the history of our store has such a volume of high grade merchandise been disposed of in so short a time at such profitless"prices. tyow for the final and complete clearance. Everyjtepartment in this vast store responds with renewed vim to the inexorable demands of this noteworthy occasion. We urge upon you the neceTo'rrnaking your, selections early as we are justified in expecting a large throng of purchasers this last wgek of this great sale. COOKS WRANGLE OVER CHOP SUEY DINNER AND BOARDERS GO HUNGRY Because Wun Lung Ling wanted to serve chicken chop suey when the waitresses wanted him to cook an Irish stew, a strike was precipitated at the fashionable Elton Court apartments, which resulted in 122 guests being forced to go to bed hungry or go out for their dinner Monday night. That was not all, for Wun Lung Ling was tilted on the head with a rolling pin In the hands of one of the Amazon waitresses, whose action earned the approval of her less daring confeder ates. Wung Lung Ling wanted to re sent the rebuff he received from the young women who pans the dishes In the dining room, but dlncrectly with drew because of superior forces. Btew Versus Chop Busy. The trouble all came about Monday afternoon when Wun Lung Ling with a happy Idea of the fitness of things an nounced he would serve a fine chicken chop suey dinner In honor of the forty seventh birthday of the forty-seventh cousin of the empress dowaper. Of the 20 maids who serve In the dining room. 17 are of Irish descent, and the remain ing three are not Chinese. When the dinner question was put to a vote the canvas showed that 17 wanted Irish stew, one chop suey and three scatter ing. The guest were not allowed a vote. , When the vote was announced rebel lion occurred. Wun Lung Ling is cook, and said chop suey had won In a canter drawn up. A storm began to brew, and Wun Lung Ling was forced to barri cade himself behind cloned doors, where be was held in siege for an hour SNEAK THIEF PASSES UP TAFFY AND GUM FOR DAY'S RECEIPTS J. J. Aschwander, a confectioner at 753 Washington St.. had between $25 and $30, yesterday's receipts, stolen from his place of business at an early hour this morning. Ashchwander put the money in a showcase last night, as had been his custom. Just after the MTNT0SH INTK0DUCED TO HIS COMMISSION n . -. lfATnt. .nit ttlA P.lvtl SerV- Ice commission oecame m;j""'t each other this morning. Mr. Mcintosh Is the man wno succeeuou y- the meeting this morning was the first since Mr. Mciniosn assumeu The matter of vacancies in the de partment was laid Deiore iuo wmm . i immAitA cfaml na me lit;' co" i ivi ...... tions explained. No definite tlms was announced for these examinations, dui they will probably be held early next month. WALLA WALjLA MAY CUT OUT SINECURES (Special Dltpatcb to Tb Journal.) Walla Walla. Wash., Auk. llrK plan is on foot to unite the office of build ing inspector, sanitary InspMtor and sidewalk Inspector and give the com blned position to Building Inspector Glasford at a monthly salary of $100. flnsnrfi. VhA. im an ATllinil1mall I draws 160 a month now. The other two office cost the city $115 per month. A' combination would sIf.oct ft savins; of i( i month, . ,'.. ... -......-r.... The Last Season's SUITS- Single or Double Style $1.35 For men's $2.00 Work Pants. The Greatest or more by the Irate voters. Finally he emerged singing, "Chop suey flor dlinner tonight, .chop suey flor dllnnor tonight." Just for that he was hit In the head with a rolling pin and went down for the count of 10. Although down and out for the regulred time, he later arose as full of fight as If the Marquis of Queensberry rules had never been heard of. and went into his baliwlck where ft Is said he started to prepare chop suey for 123personB nimseir ana the 122 guests. The waitresses would have to go to bed hungry for all of Wun Lung Ling. Ho Dinner Bell for TJusm. Whether he made the chop suey or not will never be known unless Wun Lung Ling can be induced to talk, which he has refused to do Blnce Monday. The guests, however, did not eat at Elton Court Monday evening, but were forced to go elsewhere for their nocturnal feast. Wun Lung Ling presided over the culinary department with a sore head. the waitresses perambulated about the deserted dining room Just to draw tneir pay and a deep, dark, cool, apaque gloom penetrated through the entire boarding house. Tuesday morning peace and quiet reigned supreme where but a few hours previous dissent and discort held sway. Wun Lung Ling had forgotten all about Dowager Ann's forty-seventh cousin's birthdav. the waitresses were busily en gaged In reading the latest speech on the home rule bill and the guests well, the guests sat down to breakfast In a matter of fact way as If nothing had been done to disturb the quiet umanuy of the fashionable house. girl opened the place this morning and while she was engaged in the morning cleaning out, some one sneaked In and made off with the coin. The supposition Is that the thief Is some one who was familiar with the place and who knew that the day's re ceipts were always cached in a show case. Hermiston Men to Sacramento. (Special Dlapatcb to Th Journal.) Hermiston, Or., Aug. 21. Mayor Carr has appointed S. R. Oldaker, Attorney Fl H. Bartlett. C. L. Morgan, J. H. Rled and C. E .Baker as delegates from this place to the National Irrigation con gress at Sacramento In September. As Hermiston is in the heart of the big Umatilla irrigation project there will be a good representation from this place. Hard to Quit COFFEE? Not If you um POSTUM FOOD COFFEE "Tbare's Rtuon" T CallBroken Lines of This Best Patterns, $ 18 $20 $1.85 For men's $3.00 and $3.50 Dress Pants See windows. Pants Sale in -MfCXffOtoO 6wj wmnyMMMfjrs. Value is a ternMhat contain more necessary ingredients than does the most complex patent medicine. A value is either good or not at all, which means bad, and no value. If you were to take a mortar, throw in it a piece of money, a measure of qual ity. a certain amount of good looks, skill and style, then beat them up for a while, you will have what is known as value, the essence of successful merchandising, the blue ribbon of approval, the stamp of "Gcvurt." The Eclipse ed Divorce Problem It doesn't take a cardinal to decide that divorces are too numerous. Did you ever atop tcx think that it is not only possible, but actual that more divorces than one have started in the kitchen ? An inferior range is a terrible affliction to the young housewife ; it has been known to sting and kill the affections of man. What so pleases the young wife as to have the husband compliment her cooking? The "Eclipse" cooks better, quicker, tastier than any other range. It has fifteen decided improvements over its nearest competitor, and is guaranteed for fifteen years. Tiie "Eclipse" the willing worker, is the staunchest advocate of home cooking, home economy and home comfort. Lessen the number of divorces by mentioning the "Eclipse." $35.00 to $55.00 $1.00 DOWN $1.00 A WEEK Special 3-Day Sale ol Skirts New fall styles, black and col ors, made up in the popular chiffon Panama; taffeta silk trimmed ; cut extra full. These striking cuts on skirt prices for three days only. $7.50 Skirts $3.95 $9.50 Skirts $5.95 $12.00 Skirts $6.95 $13.50 Skirts $8.95 GOOD FURNITURE DXALXR3 $2.35 For men's $2.50 and $3.00 Dress Trouser. $2.85 For men's finest Dress Pants, worth $4.00 and $5.00. Our History The True Meaning of "Value" AM LGEVUTRZ&SONS FIRST ON YAMHILL Regular $12.50, $15 and $16.50 Suits Complete Lines $7.50 $3.85 For men's $6.00 and $7.00 Dress Pants Best made. Sec Windows Not in the High Price Clique Start the Boy Right Dress him with a little more care when you start' him off to school, and he will study a whole lot harder when he gets there. Don't burden Mm down with poor appearing togs and expect him to climb above the criticism of his fellows. March him off to school with his head high, and it will be just as high when he gets home at night. Full New Line Boys' School Togs From 6 years up. Fancy worsteds and tweed suitings, as well as staple serges. Prices less than you commonly pay for like quality in the suit, ranging as they do from $2.50 up. A LITTLE DOWN $1.00 A WEEK. SECONP H I ' MAIL ORDERS GIVBN PROMPT ATTENTION ': ' S '(S '