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Tim nRlhoM ' DAtLY JOURNAi; PORTLAND, TKlnkSPAY EVENING, FEBRUARY ISlCg, 1 3 'J, .. ! Solo: of Ladies' Had Gloves A special offering for Sur prise Sale of Perrin's real French Kid Gloves g350 VALS. $2.79 The assortment includes 16- button length, with three ra dium fasteners, mousquetaire itvle in black, white, brown, tan, red and navy All sizes. W to 7 The regular val ue $3.50 On sale tomorrow at the special priceof $2.79 $1.35 Block TafffetaSilk At 98c Yd. 2300 YARDS FOR. SURPRISE SALE A specially good value in Black Taffeta Silk, secured by our eastern buyer at a price that enaOlcs us to offer it at a splendid reduction 2,500 yards of the $1.25 qual- ity. On sale tomorrow at the Surprise sale price, per yard..: 98c Stamped Shirt waists 89c Ea. Tomorrow's sale of Wo men's Stamped Shirtwaist Patterns should not be over lookedThis large assort ment of hew, dainty, designs with full three yard length for finishing same, will be placed on sale on third floor, Art Department Excep tional values at Surprise Sale price Take advantage ... . 89c S3Shbe&Q2 Included in this lot for to morrow sale are women's fine Vici Kid button and lace shoes with patent tips, Cuban heels and Welt soles Women's Patent Colt but ton and Blucher styles with black cloth or dull kid tops made with Cuban heels and Welt sewed soles, plain or tipped toes, at the Surprise Sale price of $2.65 a pair Women's Gunmetal Blucher and Button styles with Cu ban heels and heavy exten- sion soles All new fall and winter styles Quality and w o rkmanship guaranteed with every pair shoes. $26.50 Sewing Machiri'o$22.85 The Willamette Sewing Ma chineNone better made for durability and-easy running The kind we place on sale tomorrow is our v usual $22.85 automatic lift head, ball-bearing, crescent shape walnut machine, with a full set of attachments With each machine goes a guaran tee for 10 years Surprise Sale price only $32.85 Machine Section, 2d floor, balcony. 25 33c Neck- ' ' K " " ' . " ' ' '- ' wear at 176 Set Fourteen different patterns of handsome Swiss Cuff and Collar Sets, daintily embroi dered designs ; values 25c and 35c ; '. for the ' Surprise Sale at this spe- , cial price, each.;.. 17c ':'s Emb. Stocks at 17c 'y -J -T Eight different patterns of handsome embroidered Stocks on white Swiss ma- terial; . very dainty values; regular 35c quality; for Sur prise Sale, priced -ff g at, each I C Surprise Sale of Lace Stocks gi-faty23cV ' ' .-i' , ,- . .,- 1 ' "' .' ? ,- " Six choice' patterns, Venice Lace Stocks, white or cream effects; sold regularly at 50c each; ' for Surprise ' Sale, priced at, each ............ 23c Swiss Stocks 33c 12 handsome patterns of em broidered Swiss shaped Stocks ; extra quality ; sell ing regularly at 50c eachj Surprise Sale price, - special ..... sV C 'ft Store's Friday OTMs : ilj Surprise Sale Ties-S,0(X) Tie. at 20f. Men's ilk four-in-hands; great buy, from New York manufacturers; .splendid variety First floor. Sm the Men's 1 othnng This extraordinary value for tomorrow Surprise Sale and bargain events not to be passed up. Department on second floor take elevator. 8.5.00 and V A L u S Men's high-grade Tailored Trousers' all new styles, for this spring, 1908; very fine quality of fancy striped worsteds, in neat grays and dark patterns, suitable for either dress or business wear, nicely tailored with best linings and tailored trimmings, all sizes, from 31 waist td 42 waist, and in all lengths; $5.00 and $5.50 values, special $3.65. See window display. Mail orders promptly filled. S u R P R I S E SALE PRICE TTS Meier Frank Store-See Morning Paper for Farther Detaflsof Great 942d Friday Surprise Sales--T& Meier grankStorg L ; ; : : 'i Officer Hepner Slioots , and V Kills John Wetle, life TjOTif? Friend Policeman Believed He Was, Being h Held Up by Bobber. -l';.Y an attamnt to DltT Ok OB ' young policeman whom be had known since chUdhood, John Wotle, married ... its family of seven children. w a "killed by Officer Hepner near the home I both men in FUiton fa.ru i - .wht WotlA attempted to hold UP Hep a- in a lonely place with a tobacco trv- mr,A -mam -not dead by the officer ixr.ft tmmM. u old oollceman And had erred on the force under Mayor Pen- noyer. Hepner was appointed unaer me civil service regulations Just one montn ton Parle about 7:26 o'clock last night . . a nwn tnwn atul fAnort tfor duty at 11 o'clock. The diaian.ee 1 , 4 . ' lit t .a.. - Willliilpli! 'A : Patrolman JTed Hepner. ' from Hepner' fcome to the. Fulton car line i about three quarter of mile and 1i through dark patches of under- brush on the hllleide. On thia trail last unHT rrhartes Duffy was held up. aud two eki ag-o hU brother,. Al Duffy, as hld up in the earne place. A a Hepner waa-passing a clump of small firs he saw a tnanjEomin out of - the trees directly across his path- Hep ha naturally looked for him to be a hlKh jyman,- and when the map m.i.ionlT brouRht Up ms nana ana saia. To with your hands I want your tr,0nfv" IIpner doubted no longer. .ti$a.er had on lung OTercoaV. In one of the pockete of which was his gun. His hand was on the gun. Seallsea What He as Dona. Quickly the officer whipped out his cried the man, and Hepner knew at once by the voice that he had shot his '""o. John.Wetle. The shot was fatal. The bullet passed through Wetle's heart ana he expired within a few minutes. Hepner men nurnea to m Officer Emson, near the scene of the shooting, but Emson was not it home. He then went farther down the hill to .k. ritia n VrftAland. suiierintena- ent of the Oregon Furniture Manufac turing company, lives, and telephoned to the station. Detective Price was de tailed to Investigate the case and Coro ner Flnley was notified. ' It Is the opinion of the police and those who live in the vicinity and know both men that Wetle sought. to try the mettle of the young officer by trying to hold him up. In Wetle's hand was found a common tobacco pipe, which 'in the, darknesE Hepner took for a gun. Wetle's hat was pulled down over his eyes and his coat collar turned up, and when he gave the order to Hepner to hold up his hands Wetle had endeav ored to dlsgUse his voice. Wetle was coming horn j from his work at the time, and Hepner was going to his. Hearinr the familiar whistle of Hepner along the path. Wetle laid In ambush for him. IeavM Z,arge remily. Wetle lived next door to Hepner In Fulton Park. They had been friends for years. Wetle was about 40 years old and had a family or seven cnuaren, the youngest two being twins not yet i years old. The oldest is now nearly 17.- Hepner la unmarried and lives with his rather ana motner ana two orotn era. He is zS veara old, Wetle leaves to his large family I 12.000 nolicv in the order of the Wood men of the World. He has three broth ers in Portland, one of whom, James J. Wetle. lives next door to him and is employed in the city street contracting and supply department. John Wetle was a city emp'oye in the engineering department Jacob Wetle, another brother, who -lives at 1668 Macadam road, is poundmaster, and Jacob W. Wetle. a third brother, lives at 1708 East Nineteenth street, Sell wood, and la a puuer lor JBissmger & o.. lannera. SPECIAL ROGUE RIVER E TELLS OIERS Horticultural Number of the Medford Tribune Great Advertisement. In a special "horticultural number" of the Medford Tribune Editor .George Put nam has made a remarkable showing of the Immense resources of the Rogue river valley as a fruit region. The toast striking feature of the edition is the cover.' which Is engraved from margin to margin, the front cover page show ing a Medford- orchard, and the back page dl splaying aa- Oregon forest pic ture. xneiaea IS nignty huiuo una effective, an advertisement ..of . the Rogue river valley. . The Inside paga are filled with Ar tistic advertisements and well written stories of successful JacKson county fruit ranches. Some of the figures given show marvelous-prof its to be de rived from pear and apple culture in the the Rogue river valley, As an instance of the profits derived from. Southern Oregon pear - orchards, , the Tribune tells of a carload or Com Ice pears shipped to New York by Hunt! Lewis, from his famous Bear Creek or J cnara. wnicn orougnt at auction -4.- 22.80, said to be the highest price ever paid for a carload- of fruit . Twelve, acres of. Newtown ,plppla from the I same orchard, were sold In New Tork last fall, netting 11,170 an acre. A picture of a strawberry bed. 80 by 100 feet, is shown, -which netted the owner $760 from last spring's crop of beThe8'merchantable aaw timber In the Rogue river valley Is given at 22.000. OOOTOOO feet, while that immediately tributary to Medford is put down as nearly 4.000,000,000 feet A full page of the issue is given over to half-tone cuts bf game, showing that in no part of the state is there, a greater variety of wild game than in Jackson county. i no mining niuuoii j . - both placer and quarts, is exhaustively The pictorial work In the Issue Is es pecally good and reflects JTt credit On WIS urpm uncut vi iuv MILLIONAIRE'S WIFE STUDYING FARMING Madison. Wis.. Feb. 13. Mrs. Grace DuranJ, wife of Scott Durand, a mil lionaire, who lives at Lake Forest, Il linois, was today enrolled as a student in the 10-day farmers' course in the college of agriculture of the University of Wisconsin. . ... Her husband presented her with a 00 acre dairy farm near Chicago last cnriBimas, iiu ---- something of the science of running sucn a wnn. . , . i. The course opened today, and i; in tended for adult farmers. Most of the etudepts are gray-haired agriculturists. No Cocaine, No Gas No Students Our success Is due to uniform high-grade worK at reasonaDi prices. NERVOUS PEOPLE aiiu hiub. ...... ness can now have their teeth ex tracted filled and brldgework ap plied without the least pain or dan ger. PAINLESS EXTRACTION .. .SO J2-KARAT CROWNS 5- BRIDGE WORK B.OO OUR BEST PLAIN PLATE.. 8.O0 ALL LINED PLATE 15.00 TEETH . " Examination and Consultation Tree. Re-Ename!ing Teeth Is the greatest Invention In modern dentistry and has boon most success" ful of all methods. , .,...' nr. a tl a 4maMa1 fnirlta- tion to call at our offkso and. havo their teetn xammea rree w cnmr We own and control tho largest mentJn the worldV having 1 office ail toio. ' - ... W give a written guarantee with all work for 19 year. Lady attend ant Open evenings JI T. Sunday to L Union Painless Dentists Xorxlsoa St. Conn Tint, CROWDED CLEAR TO THE VERY WALLS ANOTHER MONSTER RUSH TODAY DONT LET ANYTHING KEEP YOU AWAY MAKE YOUR PRECIOUS PENNIES, DIMES AND DOLLARS BUY MORE THAN THEY EVER DID BEFORE IN ALL YOUR LIFE AND GET YOUR SHARE OF THE BARGAINS AT THIS MIGHTY, MERCILESS MASSACRE Entire mOOO:mAlAclASil Going at 20c Salvage Sale A1VAI Bargains Without Paral!el--Savin 30c,40conthe$ SALE gs Beyond Comp are Nothing ghort of giving goods away can equal thia mightiest salvage sacrifice and no prudent man or woman will spend a dollar elsewhere for goods that may be bought here. From top to bottom thi entire store is ablaze with bareains so great, so sensational, as to make competition out of the question.. The' sacrifice is merciless. The entire wholesale stock goes for what it will bring $1 buys $2, $3, $4 and even $5 worth. It's the most sacrilegious butchering of prices the world has ever known and it's all splendid new merchandise, too the very kinds and styles you want and the finest of fine grades all now -going at nearer to nothing than ever before. , The Thousands of Bargains Already Advertised Still on Sale And hundreds of new ones as well. The reserve stocks are being brought forward. But at the time of writing the counters are so crowded and overwhelmed with customers that it's impossible to get near them and secure a list of new items. But come, and come every day; it's the only way to keep fully posted on the many saving oppor. tunities this sale offers. It's a once-io-a-lifetime sacrifice and you want to profit by it. - DOORS OPEN AT 8:30 TOMORROW MORNING o ALL CARS TRANSFER DIRECT TO THE DOORS wm rx .2). mm HOKTMWtST: COTWIR FMUfT AMD SKUWl 5t. "V THE SALE THAT'S CAPTURED - . THE TOWN ilk IT