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V. THE OREGON . DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 31, 1008. i Salesmen Wanted! APPLY AT ONCE PJ3R FIRE q ait p? Begins Tomorrow 9 a. m., one block south of the big fire of Tuesday night, on the corner of Sixth and Everett streets. Look for signs. Entrance Only on Everett St. TIE HI $12, OOO worth of the linest and newest Men's Suits, Pants, Hats and Shoes, Underwear, Shirts, Sox, Suspenders, Etc., on Forced Sacrifice Sale at lO to of Volu The Most Desperate Sacrifice of FI&E WEARING APPAREL Ever Held Under American Skies Located One Block South of the Big Fire of Tuesday night, in the Pullman Auto Company's big build ing. Look for the signs. Entrance Only on Everett St. These goods on sale were saved from Tuesday night's big and disastrous conflagration. The goods must be sold in ten days, and I have paid no attention to original cost. The loss falls on the insurance companies. Owing to the fact that no one merchant saved enough goods from his store to justify him holding a sale, they were turned over to me by the insurance companies, and I must dispose of five combined stocks, and I have only ft. few days in which to do it. Read the list below. No other fire sale can compete with my prices. (Signed) LEE A. BERTILLION, Manager for the United Merchants and Insurance Co. (formerly manager Chicago Clo. Co.) 600 Men's Suits Consisting of the best known and highest standards. Hart, Schafner & Marx, Fleisher Bros.' and Rosenthal's, Rochester Special Makes, saved from Tuesday night's big fire. All in perfect condition. They must be sold and the prices quoted below are what will make you buy them. it 1 Q C For choice of about P 1 00 50 Suits worth $10.00 and $12.00. Splendid styles and all sizes from 34 to 38. D0U hundred Suits, all col ors and styles, worth to $15.(X); a few blue and black suits in this lot. (1 OF For choice of Suits Pt)00 worth up to $20; dou ble and single breasted styles, dark and medium colors; all sizes 34 to 42. flJT A A For big lot of high PO.UU grade Suits, about 200 in the lot ; finest imported goods, full hand tailored, worth and sell today at regular clothing stores up to $25.00. (IJiC O r The best in the land vUOu finest silk, satin or double warp serge and Italian cloth linings; the latest and most fashionable goods that the world offers ; worth to $35.00. ( i t- , r - f ? - ? - - 1 Note! Men of Taste and Good Dressers You can save fully or more than three fourths on the very choicest of suits without sacrificing style or quality. Sizes from 33 to 48 bust; stout, tall and regular designs. LEE BERTELLTON, Manager for the United Merchants. Formerly Manager The Chicagp Qothing Co. 800 Pairs Odd Pants 800 pairs odd Pants the highest grade lot of pants ever sold on bona fide fire sale in America. Sizes to fit every body. 85 for All-Wool $2.50 Pants. $1.45 All styles, tailor-made, worth up to $6? $2.50 for choice of best in the land, worth up to $10, 5 for Men's and Boys' 50c Caps. 10 for genuine President Suspend ers, sold the world over for 50c a pair. Boston Garters will go at 5 a pair you know what they are. Socks-8 Cases of Them 1 a pair for regular 10c Socks. 3 for best 15c Black and Tan Socks. 10 a pair for regular 25c to 50c black and fancy silk-mixed kinds. $1.00 for Men's $3 $4 and $5 Hats, all styles. 25 for $1 Black Sateen Shirts. 1 for regular 10c White Linen Hand kerchiefs. 10 for regular 60c Summer Under wear, fancy striped 6r plain balbrig- gan, all sizes. 5 for 50c Silk Arm Bands. goods on approval. IVJtfTIt"!- ? This most wonderful fire sale wil1 cause a jam at this sale from opening time, 9 a. m., until closing time, 10 p. m.; and to avoid danger li I I VtJ Qf crushing, the entrance will only be on Everett street; the exit on Sixth street. Merchants tendering checks must be identified. No LEE BERTILLION, Manager and Contract Agent. This sale will start tomorrow and continue until all goods are sold Don't g'et my advertisement con fused with other fire salesIt will more than pay you to come a little out of the way to attend this sale SIXTH AND EVERETT STREETS LEE ILLION Manager the United Merchants Fire Sale SIXTH AND EVERETT STREETS p ; . ,. ... ......I i .. i. . .., . ,.,... a t LJ LJ- ." , "' ' iM ; . ' "'ill', 1 1 1 . I .1 1 !.-! . ' . ' - 1 . -11- 1 ' ' 1 1 ... i . . . . . I 1, " , ' I i, i , i iliUAL MEET OF BARRISTERS Program Outlined for Gath ering of American Bar Association. (Bptdal Dlapateb to The Journal.) Olympla. Wash., July SI. The follow ing outline prorram of th meeting of the American Bar association at Seattl has been prepared by Secretary C. Will Shaffer of the Washington State Bar association and the funeral committee on arrangements: The thirty-first annual meeting of the association will be held at Seattle, Wash., on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs day and Friday, August 25, 26, 27 and 28, 1908. The sessions of the association will be held at 10 o'clock a. m. and 8 o'clock p. m. on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs day, and at 10 o clock a. m. on Friday. The sessions of the section of legal education will be on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons, August 26 and 27, at 8 o'clock. The sessions of the section of patent, trademark and copyright law will be on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 26 and 26, at 3 o'clock p. m. In the list of those who will address or read papers before the association or some branch thereof are: J. M. Dick inson, Chicago; Alton B. Tarker, New York; Chauncay Depew, New York; George Turner, Spokane; C. H. Hanford, Seattle; Fredrick Bauseman, Seattle: Edgar H. Farrar, New Orleans; Samuel Willlston, Harvard Law school; William Schofield. Boston; Karl von Lewlnski, Berlin; Andrew A. Bruce, University of North Dakota; Robert S. Taylor. Fort Wayne, Ind. ; Wallace R. Lane. Des Moines, Iowa; J. Nola McQill. Washing ton, V. C. ; Douglas Dyrenforth. Chicago. 111.; Simeon E-Baldwln, New Haven. Conn.; George W. Kerch wey, Columbia Law school; David Starr Jordan, Leland Stanford Jr. university. Population of earth Is 1,479,729.400. Oil OCTOPUS. S SHUT OUT John D.'s Agents Foiled in Attempt to Secure On tario Fields. (BpecUi Dispatch to Tb Journal. ) Ontario, Or.. July 81. In securing the final leases to practically 16,000 acres of oil and gas lands In the imme diate vicinity of Ontario, and com pletely checking the efforts of repre sentatives of the Standard Oil to break up the company by leasing in advance, the Cooperative Gas Oil company of this place lays claim to the credit of A "Sunny Jim" Doll FREE. We have had our famous character "Sunny Jim" made in the form of a delightfully funny cloth doll, and we will send this to anyone mailing us 2 trade-marks from our regular size "FORCE" packages, and enclosing 4c in stamps to cover postage. These dolls are made of tough linen, 15 inches high, and printed in five colors (with full directions for cutting and sewing). They will last for years. Every little boy and girl should have one. Fill out the blank below and mail today to' H-0 Company, 54 Fulton Street, Buffalo, New York, and the doll will be forwarded promptly. H-0 COMPANY, 54 Fulton St, Buffalo, N. Y. Enclosed find two trade marks from rezular size "FORCE" packages and 4c in stamps, for which please send your "Sunny Jim" cloth doll to Name Street and Number. , City f . , , . . . being the only concern In the country which has successfully combated the Rockefeller octopus. The local company has virtually "sewed up" the country and September 1 will begin active drilling for both oil and gas, the latter already being found here In large quantities. The company has been organized by local business men who will bear the burden of drilling tour shafts. Machinery Is arriving from the east and the derrick." will be In place and ready for operation within 30 days. By forestalling the efforts of repre sentatives of the Associated Oil com panies, a subsidiary organisation con trolled by the Standard, who were sent here several weeks ago to lease lands In this section, the home company Is assured of continuous work and imme diate profit to the home people. Natural gas flows from more than 40 water wells In the vicinity of Ontario, und whether oil is struck or not. the natural gas will be conserved for light ing and heating purposes Little doubt Is entertained that oil In paying quantities will be found as soon as the shale formation is pierced. This Is the opinion expressed bv tfox ens of oil experts who have recently visited Ontario, and Is further evi denced by the diligent efforts made by the Standard people to lease a large acreage and freeze out the home com pany. Mine Inspector Bell of Idaho and Harvey Hlgglns, a noted oU expert of Heaumont, have both been impressed by the prospects here. Mr. Htggina, after a recent visit here, said: "I have ben In all the prominent oil fields of the fnited States and have seen bnly two flplils In which Indications were as ravoraole as here. i nelleve that von will have one of the biggest :1 fields around Ontario that has ever been struck.'' HERE'S WHERE THE HORSE YET REIGNS (Special Dispatch to Th Journal.) Walla Walla, Wash.. July SI. Ac cording to figures made publlo by the county assessor yesterday, the total property valuation of Walla Wa.Ua county, as assessed, is $19,198,945. Of this, 116,061,965 Is real estate and J3, 136,980 is personal property. There are 707,060 acres in the county, of which 486.805 acres are improved and valued at 18,702.756. There are, according to the report, 10.532 horses In the county, valued at $470,620. There are 8.039 head of cat tle, whose worth Is assessed at $113,750. Sheep are numbered at 17,787 and val ued at $37,215- hogs number 4.687 and are worth $14,000; poultry totals $1,868 In value. Only 36 autos are shown on the books, valued at $18,170. Twenty million feathers are sent from Germany to England every year for millinery purposes. A LITTLE DOWN mm l65i-07 FIRST 51 rmtvn t A WEEK JUST 50UTTI Of MORraSON WALLA WALLA CLUB OrEXS NEW HOME I'hp Hundred In Attendance at Initial Evening's Program Iu New Citj Hall. emfnt rd rrw ior in the life of State r''!l PHritcti to Tfet Jooraal) Wal.a Walla. Wash. July 31 To open lh-!r new qusrt.n in the city hall. Juat completed, the Walla Walla Commercial club laat night gave a rr.oker. at which were present more than Soa r.f . tho buinna men of the city The feature of the evening was thr p--h of Krark Oarrcht He dmeit on th work of the club In the ; .a! v-r It ad ancmf nt ard .us; !mr"rtne an a fa -tor in th- .untry T rofim. which arp to be hence forth II horn. ar Fjtui'ed ti the find fl .-w cf new .Mr hail building. Th quarter r i-on'pted of a secre tary's nfftc. kttchn. bartqael hall, lounging ronm. curd rotn. pol room, Wkr.'cloali and r irmitte rooms The "a!! are w a 1 r tk-i J in oak At the inspect Itn rrr, t la.t right rnth a-vl rlrars wer trved. Frl1ent F. W. Ker artirg chairman of the ing The hjh i tn tcgln aa actir -aa.paiga tr roTnterfaip. 7 . r EXTRAORDINARY SAVINGS In All Departments One-Third to One-Half Reductions on all our Men's and Ladies' Summer Suits THIS IS OUR WAY OF DOING BUSINESS: Rather than to carry stock over until next season, we are willing to take, our loss right now. Men's Suits $22.50, the latest creation, now $14.85 $20.00, the latest creation, now $1.3.85 $17.50. the latest creation, now $11.50 $15.00, the latest creation, now $9.75 Rare Bargains in Furnishings and Shoes Ladies' Suits $10 to $12 Linen Suits, in all colors. .$5.85 $7.50 Washable Suits $2.85 Skirts $5.00 Linen Skirts ..$2.35 $4.00 Linen Skirts $1.75 Waists $3.50 and $4.00 Lawn $1.75 $2.50 and $3.01 Lawn .....$ 1.25 THESE REDUCTIONS WILL PREVAIL UNTIL ALL SUMMER QOODS ARC CLOSED OUT. i Don't Miss This Opportunity for It Means a Lot to You There is a long hot spell of weather ahead of you yet. We can clothe you from head t- f t for very Utile money, and your credit always good nere. , . A
