Tim nRlhoM ' DAtLY JOURNAi; PORTLAND, TKlnkSPAY EVENING, FEBRUARY ISlCg,
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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 $3.65. See window display. Mail orders promptly filled.
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TTS Meier Frank Store-See Morning Paper for Farther Detaflsof Great 942d Friday Surprise Sales--T& Meier grankStorg
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Officer Hepner Slioots , and
V Kills John Wetle, life
TjOTif? Friend Policeman
Believed He Was, Being
h Held Up by Bobber.
-l';.Y an attamnt to DltT Ok OB
' young policeman whom be had known
since chUdhood, John Wotle, married
... its family of seven children.
w a "killed by Officer Hepner near the
home I both men in FUiton fa.ru i
- .wht WotlA attempted to hold UP Hep
a- in a lonely place with a tobacco
trv- mr,A -mam -not dead by the officer
ixr.ft tmmM. u old oollceman And had
erred on the force under Mayor Pen-
noyer. Hepner was appointed unaer me
civil service regulations Just one montn
ton Parle about 7:26 o'clock last night
. . a nwn tnwn atul fAnort
tfor duty at 11 o'clock. The diaian.ee
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: Patrolman JTed Hepner.
' from Hepner' fcome to the. Fulton car
line i about three quarter of mile
and 1i through dark patches of under-
brush on the hllleide. On thia trail last
unHT rrhartes Duffy was held up. aud
two eki ag-o hU brother,. Al Duffy,
as hld up in the earne place.
A a Hepner waa-passing a clump of
small firs he saw a tnanjEomin out of
- the trees directly across his path- Hep
ha naturally looked for him
to be a hlKh jyman,- and when the map
m.i.ionlT brouRht Up ms nana ana saia.
To with your hands I want your
tr,0nfv" IIpner doubted no longer.
.ti$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
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ALL CARS
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