THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, MONDAY "EVENING, - JUNE 8, 1905.
SPIRITS AIDED
BANK WRECKERS
' Prosecutor Says Bartnejt
N Told Brown Ghosts Want
ed Colton Money Used,
(United Press tMM Wlt.i ' iJ
. . Ban Francisco, June . The aotual
trial o( Walter J. Bartnett, former vice
president of the looted California Safe
Deposit & Trust company, on the charge
of felony-embesxlement, began .today
before Judge Conley." when Assistant
District Attorney William Hoff Cook
made his opening statement to the
jury, Bartnett is accused to having
embescied $205,000 worth of bonds and
securities belonging to the esUteT of
the late Ellen M. Colton.
j. Dalzell Brown, former manager
of the bank, who Is now serving a
term In state's prison, after having
.turned state's evidence against Bart
nett. is to be the people's star wit
ness. An effort wiu be maae toeor
TELECONI IS AT
UM HOTEL
James Austin Larson.Originator,
Brings His Qreat Vibration
. Treatment to Portland.
roborate- hLa testimony with letters and
telegrams sent to htm by Bartnett.
Mrs. jjanigren, one oz Airs, motion
r
heirs, was the first witness today. She
'was called to establish the fact that
Bartnett had possession of the .securi
ties as vice-president of the bank; She
had deposited tne securities tnere. -
Bartnett'a attorneys today stated that
ha would take the stand in , his on n
behalf.- It is expected that the tes
timony will be all in by Friday night
and that tne case wiu go to me jury
Saturday night J
In his opening address to the Jury,
Assistant District Attorney Cook de
nounced Bartnett In scathing language.
He said that the vice-president of tne
wrecked Institution had gained the con
fidence of the Colton heirs and Induced
them to transfer the securities to his
bank. ...
Thi inriiM man nuleted the con
science of his manager, J. Dalsell
Brown, said Cook, by telling him tKat
the spirit of Mrs. Colton had directed
him to take the securities for the
bank's use. Cook went at length Into
the anlrlt meetlnas which .will play a
prominent .part in the trial. .
He explained the elpher code ' used
by Bartnett in communicating with
the officers of the bank. At first
ther were- called by such names aa
"cadet" in the code, but after the op
erations or tne anegea wrecsers u j
brought success they were called by
such names as "trimuphant."
BRAVES DEATH IN
HOPE TO RESCUE
Nels Jensen Descends Into
Poisoned Shaft'; Finds But
a Corpse.
(Special Dlipttch to Tbe Journal.)
Seattle, June I. A dispatch from
k Dawson says: Nels Jensen, a roDust
son or ncnnaiuavm, m . v wfc
dorado. When Ralph Smith waa over
come With deadly fas at the bottom of
a 67-foot shaft on No. SO Eldorado, and
men were asked to go down to face the
aame menacing fate, there stepped for
ward out of the little gathering oi, fel
low workmen on the creek a man who
took his life la his bands. It waa Jen
sen. ......
Not hesitating a moment, the brave
fellow allnped a rope about his body
and descended to what, with any slight
indiscretion or perhaps bare increase of
the flow of the poisonous gas, would
have choked him and laid him pale and
limp beside the other man at the bot
tom of the shaft - .........
But it was not positive at that mo
ment that Smith was dead. It was
known by his fellow workers at the
shaft that he had been overcome and
had fallen helpless- Joe Walters had
attempted the descent but the gas was
too severe for him to withstand.
When the boys unwound the long rope
of the windlass nnd let Jensen down he
waa all attention. The gritty fellow
kept ready at any mqment to give the
signal for relief. Once down he began
work, but found the gaa affecting him
and he signaled to draw him up. The
- . 1 - , . V. .. . i U .......
men n i ino wivu u.viug umhb,
wound the windlass. Jensen reached
the top in safet". and after refreshing
himself in the open air determined to
descend again. He gave the word and
the boys let him down, 'men he re
mained at the bottom of the shaft long
enough to put the rope about the body
of smitn ana to maae it raai.
Jensen then was drawn ud oulckly.
T. feeling slightly affected but on the
I whole not Injured. The body of Smith
then was raised.
Jensen is most highly commended by
Captain Douglas, the coroner, for his
bravery, in effecting the recovery of
the body in such short -time.
DRIVEN FROM BEDS
. BY FIRE AT FRISCO
(United Press Lessed Wire.)
San Francisco, June 8. A score ' of
persons were roused from their slum
. tiers early this morning and driven into
the street in their night clothes by a
fire in a home in the Mission district
The fire had gained such headway
when discovered that the tenanta had no
time to wrap themselves in warmer
garments ana fled into the drlxxllng
rain barefooted and without even sheets
for covering. II L. Franklin, one of the
tenants, was aroused by smoke and
aounded the warning to the sleeping
occupants of . the house. Franklin, who
runa a furnishing stoao on the ground
floor, saved his own family with diffi
culty and some of the others had to be
routed out by the police, choking from
the dense smoke. - The damage to the
house will be about 16.000.
HARRDIAN OFFICIALS v
INSPECT NEW ROAD
James 'Austin Larson, the originator
of Teleconl, the .science of vibration,
the' man whA h,i prAntnil aurh a sen
sation' in Tacoma, (Seattle, Spokane and
various other cities in tne united eiaies,
is registered at the Oresron hotel for s
few cays and says he will demonstrate
the efficacy of Teleconl by performing
cures on Monday,; Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday,
, What Mr. Xiarson Aooomulishss.
While there are many ailments from
which humanity - suffers that James
Austin Larson does not attempt to cure,
or even relieve, such asNjancer, organic
heart trouble, chronic deafness ana com
nialnts that are known ta be incurable,
yet the majority of human ills are said
to-yieia 10 ieieconi, am science wj. v
SURPRISE ROSE SHOW PREPARED
BY EMPLOYES OF MASON-EHRMAN
t
James
Austin Tarson. Originator
TeleoonL
of
bratlon. which waa originated bv Mr
Larson some IS years since, and which
ne nas practiced evor since in me vari
ous cities of the country. Rheumatism
the majority of cases of paralysis, con
ach troubles of all kinds, nervousness,
especially in women, and a host of other
ins it La said yield leaduy to tne treat.
mems or James Austin xarson.
tret Unlike Iiorena. '
The feats accomplished by James
Austin Larson, the originator of Tele'
conl. are not unlike those of the fa.
mous Lorens. Like Lorens. Mr. juarson
does not believe In the use of druas,
He haa been a student of anatomy and
of the human ' structure for , more than
13 years, and nas finally evolved nis
science, his theory being that with all
the orcans. nerves and circulating me
diums of the human body in perfect
tune, health is certain to follow.
Loreni, - the bloodless surgeon, has the
same theory, and his success in prao
tlclng haa been no greater nor no more
marvelous man mat oi James Austin
Larson.
The Hen Compared.
The most notable achievement of
Lorens was in causing: little Lollta Ar
mour, daughter of the multi-millionaire
packer of Chicago, to walk after. years
of absolute helplessness. The little
Armour girl was a vteHm of congenital
hip disease. . With money at their com
mand and the most scientific men in the
country seeking -to relieve the crippled
condition of this little girl, the parents
were doomed to disappointment until
the father heard of the famous Lorens,
brought him to the United States, pay
ing all of his expenses and giving him
a fee e IIOO.OOO for causing his little
i girl to walk. Lorens succeeded, and to-
aay time ixnua Armour la line omer
children. She dances and is fond of
amusement skips rope in fact her lit
tle limbs are now as good as though
tney naa seen so given to ner at Dirtn.
Borne Xisrsoa Achievements.
There Is a little girl in Tenlni Wash
ington, u. 8. A., by tne name or Lillian
Olover. She is five and a half years of
age. Like the daughter of 'the wealthy
packer, she had 'been a helpless cripple.
infantile paralysis was ner ailment,
Her riant -limb was withered and cold
as Ice, owing to lack of circulation. She
wore a leg ankle brace extending rroai
above the knee to the foot She could
not walk without this brace. Her tar
enta had tried everything to restore- the
little girls limb to normal sttengt
but they sought in vain until th
at iennth
heard of James Austin Larson, then in
ley
mwdl TMmatfk te The Journal.
Klamath Falls, Or., June 8. Chief
Engineer William Hood, Vice-President
E. B. Calvin of the Southern Pacific,
and Colonel W. H. Holabird, arrived
at tbe end of the California A North
eastern railway track Thursday after
noon. They were met at the straits,
where the railroad grade crosses the
swamp, by two launches and came Into
this city,- This is the first visit of
" any Southern Paclflo officials to thla
city and the first time Chief Engineer
Hood has gone over the -California &
Northeastern. It is presumed their vis
it is one of Inspection. They will spend
several days on the' upper Klamath
lake. The new Harriman launch ar-
, rived at the same time with the party,
and will be launched Immediately on
: the upper Klamath. .
ALASKA MINE AT
v , MILLION AND HALF
.- ' ' (United Press tesd Wlre.l
- "Juneau. Alaska, June 8. F. L. Underwood,-
who promoted tthe overheard
trolley system at Chicago, has closed a
deal In New Tork for the Ebner mine
at 11,500,000.. The deal was handled by
- tieorge Bent a noted mining engineer.
The new company announced that 100
stamps will be Immediately Installed to
be followed by J00 more early next
spring. The property was owned by B. ,
. M. Befirends. William Ebner. C. W.
Young and eastern associates, ana vitas
been a steady producer for 17 years. It
Is situated in Silver basin, on mile
from Juneau. ' A electric power sta
tion will be situated on Oastlneau chan-
til to transmit power.,, ,'. ,; ', ;... v.';..
Tscoma. Mr. Larson said he could
help the child, and after 14 treatments
little Lillian Olover, like .Lollta Ar
mour, could romp' about ana play as do
other children. It will require time for
the withered limb to become aa strong
as the other, but eventually this child
will be Just like other children.
Case of Joseph Boehm.
Joseph Boehm is a man past middle
age, living at West Seattle. While in
Honolulu in the government service Mr.
Boehm waa stricken with the deadly
rheumatlo fever. It settled in one . of
his limbs. The suraeons wanted to am
putate the member, but Mr. Boehm
said "No," and took a shin and returned
to his home in West Seattle. After
spending a little more than $6,000, all
the money and property he had In the
world. Mr. Boehm heard of James Aut
tin Larson at the Savoy hotel m Se
attle, came to him on crutches, and to
day he walks with the assistance only
or a ngnt cane.
Case of ms. Oar da sr. . .
These are but sample Instances of
the achievements of James Austin Lar
son In the practice of Teleconl. The
case - of - Mra Gardner of Puyallup, a
woman given up to die who had been
bedridden for months, and who after
three weeks' treatment under Mr. Lar-
?on s Teleconl walked eight blocks to
he office of Mr. Larson for a treatment
Fred Anderson. ' a victim of . constipa
tion, who had been forced to resort to
drugs for seven years, threw away his
miniature drug store after taking a
course of Teleconl treatments at the
hands of James Austin Larson.
. Mr. Larson's work in Portland will be
Watched with much interest and there la
every indication that Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday, the days -he
will receive here, will be .busy days at
the Oregon hotel.' ir
WOMAN SHOOTS MAN
' WHO BETRAYED HER
(TTBltea Press Leased Wlie.l 41
New .Tork, June . New York today
has another sensational -. murder ' case
with a good looking woman as the Chief
figure and the story is one of the most
dramatic and thrilling the. courts have
ever seen. ,
: Sarah Koten, a Russian" nurse, .21
years, old, arose 1n police court when
ahe was presented on the chsrge of hav
ing killed Dr. Martin W. Auspltz. and
exclaimed:
."I did not murder Dr. Ausptts. He
brought his death upon himself. :
was responsible for his death. ' He
wronged me and I killed hlar ;
"My mother and father are dead. I
have no brothers; no protector. It was
left for me to avenge my honor with
my own hand. '
.- Flrst I tried to get my revenge rn
the courts but there was nothing for me
there. Then I shot to kill. What elne
could I dor
' The surprise of the king who had four
and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie
nd "when the pie was opened the birds
began to sfng, was nothing compared to
that experienced by1 E. Eh nnan of the
Mason-Ehrman company " thla morning
when he stepped Into the building of his
company at Fifth and Everett streets.
For there were 2,000 roses, put Into ma
man imrm inatesil of nln but all nodding
j their heads graciously and' loading the
air in inn ounaing wua irinuic. - -Mr.
Ehrman is v lover of roses and
Saturday J T. Brumfleld of the Mason
Ehrman company called a meeting of
about 20 of the office employes of the
company and arranged to -surprise the
head o the firm with a rose show all
of his own. This morning every one
brought roses from his or her own yard
for every stenographer and salesman
in the company seems to be a rosarian
and when all were, brought In It was
found that there were more than S.000
of the beautiful flowers to : arrange
around the main office.
A requisition 'for 100 mason jars was
sent in to the crockery department and
the Jars, filled with various kinds of
roses, were arranged around the room.
The desks were ail loaded down with
them until there was scarcely room for
the clerks to work, the rose Jars were
arranged in a row on top Of tne parti'
tions and big baskets of - them were
claced In each of the private offices, un
til the lower floor of the office building
looked more like the annual exhibit of
the rose society in a good year than It
did like a wholesale grocery nouse.
.A.rreat many nrlae winning roses
weYe - displayed and many handsome
specimens that hadn't bloomed in time
for tne annual snow last weea were on
exhibition. The reaular business of the
office was practically suspended for
half a day while Mr. Ehrman received
callers and displayed nis rosea.
SAILOR SAVED
BY POLICEMAN
San Francisco Off icer Jumps
Into Bay and Rescues
:'. Drowning Man.
1XICAII
I IS
ROB
PAY T
American Mineowners Held
'Up While Shipping Pay
roll to Les Grander.
(United Press teased Wire.) (
Mexico City, June g.-Advtces re
ceived here today from Balsas state that
a gang of bandits attacked a pay train
en route to les uranaes minn iwu
nlrht. The mine- is owned by Americans
and the money had been shipped from
the United Btates to pay on me men.
Three of the four men with the train
were killed by the fusillade of bullets
showered on the train and the other
man, a guard, was wounaea wiuie ngnt
lng to save the money.
The bandits escaped witn it.vuu.
HERMAN BILLEK
MUST BE HAKGED
Governor and Pardoning
L Boarp! Refuse to Commute
Death Sentence.
Rurales are pursuing the robbers.
nave' taken to tne nms.
ho
Notes From the
Labor World
The Iron Molders Union of North
America will ceebrate its semi-centennial
next year.
Two hundred thousand men are em
ployed by the National Metal Trades'
association.
The New Tork legislature or iu en
acted 10 of the bills proposed by the
Workingmen's Federation of tbe state
of New York. .
The Tackmakers' Protective Union of
the United States and Canada is the
second oldest labor organization in
America . .
Th Illinois sunreme court naa ae-
cided that a labor union's "unfair list"
a in effect a boycott ana can do en
joined.
The city of Winona Is making great
preparations for the entertainment of
tbe Minnesota State Federation of La
bor, which meets there next weeek in
annual convention.
Machinists' lodges of New jsngiana
have bearun an agitation to have labor
men nominated for the various eleo
tive offices in every city and town.
Kansas ntv labor unions are getting
out a union label bulletin every month
in order to keep members wen in
fnrmart in rra.rd to all union labels.
The membership of the Provincial
Workmen's Aasoclation of Nova Sootta
will decide by referendum on June z
vhsilmr nr not the order shall amal
gamate with the United Mlneworkers of
America. .
The United Brotherhood of Carptea
tp nnt Jniners of America has com'
leted Its plans, bought its location ana
mm hKo-un h nrellminarv work for the
erection or Its own international noau
nnartara hnlldlna- In Indianapolis.
- "- . , - . ,
urranisauons oi m ruumu iib
and building mechanics or the Boston
& Maine system are forming a system
of adjustment and arbitration board
similar to that of other big railroad
hrnfhArhnnilR
Tha American Federation or .Liaoor.
through a recent meeting of the exec
utiva committee, decided to further the
union labor movement by more exien-
ive advertising in tne iocbj paper,
streetcars and dally press.
Th. Rav. nr. Charles Stelsle, super-
inUnilant nf tha deDartmeot of church
and labor of the board of home mis
sions of the Presbyterian church, has
been appointed superintendent of the
immigration aepanmem ui mo uuaiu,
hM la tn ha tnauarurated soon.
TTnleaa the contractors ef Reno, Ne
vada, employ none but union laoor xne
$100,000 Catholic church, which la be
ing constructed in that city, may be de
layed indefinitely. Father Thomas M.
Tubman, head of the parish, refuaea to
allow nonunion men to work on the edi
fice. . .
The Hebrew Bakera- union oi uosion
recently secured an agreement provid
ing for nnv for all legal holidays, the
closed shoD and a rule preventing the
owners from doing work in the shops.
A bond waa also required from each
employer for the carrying out of the
terms of the agreement. ,
Statistics preparea ior tne uernm
u.n.Mrt' .unaUt on show that ap
proximately J4B.O00 fewer employes are
working ior raiiroaus u
States now than were working October
1. 1907. The figures show that the lead
ing roads, having a total mileage or 71,
782, have discharged since laat June a
total of 104,764 employes.
RUSH TRIAL OPENS
AT TACOMA TODAY
T.nZZY wY.fT. June . The trial of
Giles C. Rush, an attorney, for the mur
der Of Robert Ijneney. a li-ymrwo vuy ,
began today. The shooting of Cheney
took place three months ago in the of
fice of Judge William P. Reynolds,
counsel for the Union Pscifle railroad,
where Cheney worked as office clerk.
Rush went to the off Ice to make a set
tlement with Attorney Simons over a
fee in a damage suit. They could not
agree and Rush attacked Simons. As
they atruggled Rush drew a revolver
an tfca twn fouaht for its possession.
Then Cheney, who was in another room,
rushed In and Simons shouted to him to
call the police. As he started to do so
the revolver waa discharged while in
Rush's hands, the bullet striking Cheney
In . the back of the head. He died an
hour later. - - . . , ,
Rush claims the snot was aceiaenxai
nd that he did not Intend to Injure the
boy. . . '
TOWN ON RAILROAD
IN ADVANCE OF RAILS
Klamath Falls. Or.. June 8. Klamath
Falls now has a Southern Pacific ticket
agent and in a few days tickets for
all points In the United States will be
on sale in this city. T. A. K. Faasett.
iormerly traveling paesepger apent. lo
cated at Ban Jose, California, has been
sent here as ticket agent, and he will
have eharge of all passenger traffic
Ss well as baggage, the office being
conducted exactly as If Klamath Falls
was a rauroaa poini. um . uunarea
fifty pounds of baggage will re
(United PrM Leaned Wire.)
Springfield. III., June 8. The gov
ernor and the pardon board today re
fused to commute the sentence of death
passed upon Herman Blllek, who was
convicted of having murdered the entire
Vrsal family In Chicago.
Blllek was convicted after a hard
fought legal battle which lasted two
weeks. The poisoning of the Vrzal
family was a mystery for months be
fore .the crime was fastened on Blllek.
The murderer will be hanged Friday.
- - To Reclaim Klamath Marshes.
(Special Dlapatcb to The Journal.)
Klamath Falls, Or., June 8. J. Frank
Adams la preparing to begin his dredg
ing contract on the marshland experi
mental farm, to be established by the
government. After the completion of
tnia contract, Mr. Adams win Degm
ear as
his large contract In the Wood River MgKlnley of Sale
(United Fraas Leased Wire.)
San Francisco, June 8. Without wait
ing to doof either coat ,or helmet. Po
liceman Hanrahan, who patrols the wa
ter front, plunged Into the water of the
bay early today and rescued George
Day, a sailor. v .-
uay. was standing on the end of a
wharf when he lost -his balance and
struck the water in auch a way that
It took his breath and he waa unable
to save himself. Policeman Hanrahan
happened to be near the spot, at the
time and went to the rescue of the
drowning man. Together they were
named out of the bay by Policemen
McPartland and Wren, who had come
In response to cries ofonlookers. After
donning another uniform Hanrahan im
mediately resumed, his beat.
Tomorrow and Wedrieaday will be
positively the last days for discount on
west side gas bills. PortlandGas Co.
BACCALAUREATEAT
WHITMAN COLLEGE
(Bpedal Dlapatch to Tbe Journal.)
Whitman College, Walla Walla. Wash..
June 8. Pfesldent Penrose of Whitman
college preached the annual baccalau
reate sermon yesterday to the 20 mem
bers of the graduating class. In the
afternoon there was an open air prayer
meeting on the campus. The bacca
laureate services closed with an ad
dress to the Christian association of the
college in the evening by Rev. Edward
A. Paddock, president of the Idaho In
dustrial Institute at Welser, Idaho.
inree young ladies received their di
plomas Saturday evening as graduates
of the severe regular course In the
Whitman Conservatory of Music. ' Those
receiving diplomas were: Edna Melcher,
Sprague. department of voice; Amy Mc
Cown, Waltsburg, department of pipe
organ: Joyce Craltr. Enterprise. Oreeon.
departments of piano and voice.
Will Teach at La Grande.
(Social Dlapatch to The Journal.)
La Orande. Or.. June 8. The La
Grande school board has elected the
remainder of the high school corps for
follows: Miss Alice
the coming y
r Halem.
valley, that will reclaim hundreds of Hard, a graduate of Cornell university.
Miss Pauline Hll-
acres belonging to Abner Weed.
land Miss Ella Blake of Nebraska.
anrl fifty pounds of baacaae
allowed each Dassenger. while hereto-
Tho young woman enlled at the apart-J. fore but 40 pounds was 'carried.
ment of jr. Aunplts met night and rang ; A Birlai effort will - be made, to
the-bell. When the doctor stepped into: have published tourist rates from the
the hall ahe fired and he fell tlead - I eat direct to Klamath Falls,- and Mr.
The prisoner apparently- Is -ohvlncod I Fassett is In a poult Ion to do nu.li
that It was her duty to shoot the man. la matters of this kind. '
Your stomach can
digest
when it can't di"
gest any other
food. That's be
cause the crisp
flakes of whole
wheat are thor
oughly mixed
with the saliva
and other di
gestive fluids,
and because the
starch in the wheat is convert
ed into dextrine by barley-malt,
therebyrelievingyourintestiries
of the hardest part of their work.
" FORCE " is made of the best whits wheat, steam-cooked,
rolled into thin flakes, combined with the purest barley-malt
end baked. Always "crisp" it before' serving it by pouring into
pan and warming it in oven. Then serve in large dish with
cream, piling the flakes in one side of the dish and pouring
the cream in the other side, dipping the flakes as eaten.
Your grocer sells it. No other Flaked Food is "just as good. "
WE SOLICIT YOUR TRADE on
Bay State Paints
We know when you have once ex-
Fierlenced the convenience of using
heee beautiful and high grade paints
that you will never be without them.
For painting inside or outside they
are unequal ed in color, durability and
economy.
THE BIG PAINT STORE
Fisher, Thorsen & Co.
FRONT AND MORRISON STS.
TIT) OvTnOT (COAL CREEK COAL
1, (PORTLAND Si ROSES
THEY HAVE NO EQUAL
Coal $6.00 Per Ton Delivered
B1771 PHONE USEAST 7 - ' .
F. B. JONES & CO.
Warning,
Piano (Buyers!
"At a great pennyworth, pause, a while." , "Be
sure you're right, then go ahead." ; These arepretty
safe maxims to follow even in the piano trade. .
We pan realize how on rare occasions necessity
may arise in "the career of any mercantile institu
tion that compels the sale of even standard goods
at cost, or even below cost. This may happen also
in the piano trade, and at such times the wise" buyer
will promptly participate in the advantage to be
gained. ,.(..- 1',
But when a dealer frantically advertises that
"the entire lot (pianos) will be sold at absolutely
wholesale cost, saving each buyer the exact retail
profit," let us be sure that this is done. '. '
Let a buyer fortify himself in a transaction of
this kind I
Here's the way to do it:
Do not pay all cash, even if you have the money
idle. Make merely a deposit of, say, $5 or $10.
Sin a conditional contract for payment of balance '
as may be convenient, provided matters are right.
Take no one's word. Have a clause plainly written
into the contract which you sign, reading as follows: "
Whereas, The additional consideration in the consum
mation of this conditional sale is the representation of the
said (here insert the name of the firm wishing to sell) that
the Instrument is being sold at actual wholesale cost, it Is
understood and mutually agreed that If proof can be fur- :
nlshed that such style and make of instrument has been
or can be purchased by the regular trade for less than the
amount to he pali then and In that event the instrument
above mentioned is to become the property of the signer of '
this contract without any further payment than the deposit
first above mentioned.
Before finally completing the purchase. It will b well
for the intending purchaser to consult the wholesale de
partment of Ellers Piano House which will be authorised to
furnish accurate and competent information on the subject.
If the dealer demurs to putting this clause Into the
agreement to purchase it would seem to be absolute proof
that his claims will bear further careful Investigation.
Anyone wishing to sell at cost should certainly have no
reasonable objection to Inserting such a conditional clause
in the agreement to buy.
There might also be an additional agreement to
the effect that the instrument so to be sold is as
advertised, "one of the world's greatest pianos,"
regularly handled and sold by the firm for, say, at
least three preceding years, and not of the mul
titudinous more or less questionable makes shipped
into Portland for the purpose of making a "splurge
sale," not to mention the undertaking by any
harsher term.
But this condition Is not at all essential the first men-tloned-one
is sufficient, we are confident. The entire an
nouncement to whioh this warning refers Is so surprisingly
similar to one appearing in the Sacramento papers some
three years ago, that it is startling, to say the least At
that time a responsible dealer Immediately offered to buy
the entire stock, if obtainable, at the advertised "wholesale
cost, " which offer was ignored except te be met with vi
tuperation and abuse unprecedented.
As a matter of fact, we are very sure that a party who
receives his pianos on consignment, even though permitted
to use the name pf a house erstwhile quite prominent In
the trade though gone sadly Into decline of late years
anyone, we say, who haa to pay a big Intermediate profit to
San Francisco middlemen, cannot possibly in any manner
compete with evert the smallest of Oregon's regularly estab
lished dealers. Those days have passed, never to come again.
It has been generously conceded by custom that a cer
tain amount of over-statement in the usual run of adver
tisements is permissible, yet when a firm so far forgets
Itself as to make claims to being "the largest piano dealer."
when the railroad records do not even accord them the dis
tinction of holding second, nor even third nor fourth place.
ppears
to
m.v h. .
pardoned for appearing to transgress beyond the lines of
uruinarj cummereiw usage 13 saieguaraing - piano buyers
aa above. , . . ....
It may. b well to state that the Ellers Rouse of San
Francisco has for months made the undisputed' claim' that
the next largeat establishment of its kind in San Francisco
can be snugly stowed away beneath the second floor Of '
their new Market street building. .,
"And in the meantime." as announced ' yearn and years
'?w.and "5. na" ,been ProYn by the ever-increasing growth
of Ellers Piano House, "the house of highest nualfty," "the
biggest, busiest, best," It is safe to smy that no matter what
lndncement may be offered elsewhere, you can o far batter
at Ellers main office and retail salesrooms, S61 . Washing
ton street, wholesale, corner of 13th and Korthrup street.
iincnon oi noiaing econa, nor even third nor fourth plai
and when a cut of a building is boldly published that appea
to be at least 260 per cent larger than It really. Is going
be built for them by the Dow estate, we hope we may
LIBRARY VOTING CONTEST
A $500 llbrar
volumes and ban
rv given away absolutely free. An elegant library' ef 10
dsoma colden oak cases will ha a-ivm ,v. w ""7
church, club or society In Portland .securing the largest number of vote.
vows win in issuca who puo-iiiHiuTiaci suDscnpuons ta The Journal aa fnl.
lows: One year, J7.50. 750 votes, six months, J.75, ,I08 Votes- thwil
months, tl.SS. 121 votes; one month. tS cents. 40 - otei. Ji?S
every merchant listed below will give with each 10-eent purchase one vote.
At the close of the contest the lodge, school church, elus or soetetv mmiJ
lng the largeat number of vote will be awarded the library complitarlt K
casen. Current accounts when promptly paid are enUtled to votes. Th. iifn2
is on exhibition In the window of the east side office. 160 East " Morrison mtl
BaUot boxes are located at Holsman'a jewelry store, 14S Third street Whft
Front drug store. 13J Grand a venue; Watts-Matthleu drug store. ITS
street, where all votes should be deposited.
chants and get Dusy witn me votes;
Trade with the following mer"
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NeifEf FURNISHERS
r.-5n? .fcoCTrmb,n
decoAofif 7PIe 5nte4rla
f-5wJxffi?!,7sr--
JOl
Wa.hla.toThrar.":.
avi rt,r Williams
opT& ?& r"th .
WSTTSIIB
urand ave. 1Sjl,
W. K. Mixnu CO, dry goods,
clothing and shoes. ISO to SI East Mor
rison street.
X. HOMWA1T. Jeweler. Ut Third
street. Main slt.
O. St KOFSTBATEm. photographer.
116 Third street. Paclflo 1710.
KAJDSBXX.T numm &9z
AM CO, offloe and warehouse 111-"
North 81xth street. Mala lilt. A-1I8S.
VMM X. BBAXVAJU CO. sporting
goods. Ill Grand avenue. East tla
LIBEXTT COAX ZCJi TO- oriioe
111 Pine street. Home A-11S. Mala
1IU v. :
VTOOAJT COAX. CO- offloe 111 Bum-
side street. Main 177. A-177.
SVICX Si OSTEbV. merchant tailors.
tti Stark street. Peclf ie 100.
OUDOX BIWI CO. clears and news.
UT Sixth street.
W. M. H.ITT. nramblna? and gaa fit
ting, let WiUiams avenue. East 411s.
sv a. wTT.no'srT wsm rmOaTT
DBVCI sTZOaVB, J.11 aran4 ave. E. lil
L. M. WTXZ.XTT, grocer. U Grand
avenue. B-1H1. it IU. v
rTOB 1COSZX. BUBXS 8B0P. finest
shop In the city. 01 SUUi street, -
MASO1TX0 TBKPXJI OBOCBBT. ISO
Tamhia corner Park. . Main
CXZOAOO MABXXT. meat. 117 Third
street. Main J. :
- KOBBXaev BUOxnuoAJa - w sat
East MorrleoB street. .Esst 1118. B-18IS.
at-TS-KATTB-IBW ou, aruggiBis,
7, Russell street East S6X.
. waiOKT. dentist. 142 Vi
Washington, eornor Seventh. Main 111.
ilici ' BZBeB, one miuuiery. '-
Washington str-et. . , "
. -mtrm at VAWX. wood dealers.
rardtast Eighth and Mala streeta East
TJTTEB-irO T BBEAD CO, corner
Second and Columbia streeU; retail Ui
Third street. . '
KOOBB BBOS, east side newe deal
ra and confectionery. WlUlama avenue
and Russell street. East 4701.
U A. KcATJASIts, bicycles and sport
lna aoods. Williams avenue and Knott
streeU .East lti ' . - ..
wrijjAiir ate. mrsB$:z.x.A no-
TOBT. umbrellaa and leatner goods. 44 1 m'r.ta lvuui ill twi,u ( x.
iWUllims its 'C-1004. I ' tltiu.
4SS
rim
short wood. H.uii r....:""" or
a.
avenue. , F-.at C0
OKASOK, Vlnmlt l tir.
a. .. ;
". optician. Dr. B 3 ikiii. .
slstant. Mafn UT4. IU 'th,t
XOBTHWEHT QVV CO- sport In
gooda ill i4 .t. iialn jooft! P
COIEH1 KASDW4M CO- hard.
7i7i "iTaWitt001 cuu"': &
and repairers of carries and asaui'a.
Ill Burnside. Paclflo tu7.
WOODUIW5 ZULVircsT CO. Ffoij.H
Dry and Finished Work. Woou.a
123S. 417 Dekum av. "
an 1
tOXM BCSMXTDUk Clfinlcs
dyeing; quick work. tii nu ,1.
COX.TTMBZA HSR CO-rish. nvsfar.
poultry, butter, ergs, eta. mu.j t'
A-6664. Third ana Anker.y su.
. jr. tcwyxitit co, m .(. ,, 1.
lawn S; C-la. 7i L1.101 v. 1, ., ...
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tents and iwnlnks h)tw si, .
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