THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, FORTLAND, WEDNESDAY, EVENING. , SEPTEMBER 16. 1908.
BUNKERS AND YARDS FULL
OF CHEAP FUEL THIS YEAR
STOCK FIIOO
-ALL SECTJOriS
These are veritably - the melanehol
,W days the saddest of all the year 1?
with the' chill tans of an early Orgo
autumn presaging yt chillier times thl
winter, the thoughts of thousenda are
turning toward warm flrealdea and glow
ing aretes, and with, these thought
comea the all Important one of buyln
the wlntor'a fuel supply.
An Oregon aummer begins so earl
and anroii. la thai warm (tjvi over auc
Ions rerlod that the tranaltlon from
bathing milt weather to fure and over
roats la almost electrical. There ia very
Utile autumn ana uauallv very llttl
winter. - Moat of the time It'e etihe
aummer or aprlng around Portland, bu
the wary Portlander haa long ago
learned to he we re of the mlarhlevou
pranks of the Oregon weather eplrlte.
'for auch la the remarkable dlffuasness
or our particular brand of climate tha
we may have Ice cream for dssserl oni
day and the next be glad to aea Jiot
mlno pie on tha menu,
... riasty of Tnel to Sigh. '
And ao that'a whv eome 10,000 or
more thrifty houaewlvea and .anxlou
household Providers art developing the
annual aanmona 10 innr wnnm
patohea. For, you know, It'a a might'
lmnorte.nl thine? to know iuat how mucl
fuel to lay In for tha poaatble frigid
wtr that might accidentally taka a, no
v tlon to make a protracted atay In tha
city this year. Whether to ouy or noi
to buy that la tha thing that worrlea.
For tha Information of those who
haven't bad tme to investigate them
aelree, a Journal reporter haa, after a
carefur Inquiry Into the fuel altuatlon
at thla time. Come to tha conclusion
that tha aupply of wood and coal on
hand In Portland, or on tha way here,
will be plenty enough ao that there
will be no danger of a ahortage even If
- the winter aeaaon anouia d longer ana
less mild than usual. -
Prices are a good deal lower now
. than they -were a year ago.- Wood t
rout Ig.fiff a. rerd then la Only tS
"present and Australian coal sells for
110.60 - now. aa against fi last janu
, ary.' ' ' ;' ' :J
For.coaL consumerthlswill ba .... a
welcome fact, aa there la no other coal
in the market thla fair excepting about
J, 000 tone of tha Coos bay product.- ine
reaaon of thla la that the miners In
Wyoming are on atrlka and all the
black heatmaker of tha Roslyn,
Black
Mamoail. Newcaatle and other mlhea In
tha northweat Is already contracted for
ty tha railroads, comparatively lew
'people here,--however, use coal and tha
fact that none can be aecured from Ore
gon mines In the Interllor will not be
much of a disappointment.
Bura Thousands of Cords.
Portland Is peculiarly a wood-burning
community. Estimates made from fig
ures given by 40 dealers of the city
show that the annual consumption of
slab and cordwood Is In the, neighbor
hood of 400,000 cords. Figures from
loading coal Haj lers show that only
about 40,000 tons of coal are burned .
every year for domestic purpoaea. The
quantity of thla fuel sold for home
consumption haa been greatly out down
In the paat few years bv tha Inroads
of the bis oil comrtantee. whose products
are displacing other kinds of fuel for
use In heating na large buslneaa blocks
anil Hotels, Nearly all of these no
burn oil. .
Hut for purely domestic purpoaea
wood Is still the favorite winter fuel.
And Indeed, with the majority of the
small hnuanholilfra it la tha only fuel
winter or umnir. in )he houses of the
wen to no ana wealthy gaa noius away
In the kitchen durlna the hot months,
but the wife, of the laborer still sticks
to the old-time wood of her ancestors,
who never knew jvhat aaa was and
dimly understood that It was tho th)ng
mai maoe oanoons iioai.
The uaera of alabwood and those who
find cordwood more convenient are about
equally divided, Thrre mmi to oe a
plentiful supply of both kinds on hand
among the dealers, although there la no
aurplua. One company which bad J5.000
rda of slabs rlckiui un In Ita varxla at
this aeaaon last year now only has 1.000 1 of the
cords on hand, but this Is offset by the l try.
fact that the country districts nave
large quantltlea of tha Are material
plied up and ready to be shipped when
neeaea, ia me city,
Woods roll of Choppers.
Kntirc Northwest to Be Well
v Represented in Live
. stock Exhibit.
11000: Ttl.-ImM Anderson, erect dwell
Irig, East Tt.lrllrth between Helmont
and Kast TaniMII. Il.soo: . Ji. rinan
hrker, erert dwelling, Going between
Williams and Vancouver, 11.100; A. W.
I'tiruh, erect dwelling. First between
Hamilton and rliiinn-r. ia,ooo; i
Willi. Pie. erect dwelling. Annkane t
tween Kast Hevetneenth and Kast Nine
teenth. II. (00: I. K. Tuerck. erect
dwelling. Ilarrfann between Fourteenth
and Fifteenth, f 4 R00; F. L. Rla. erect
dwelling, Kaet Fifty-third, corner Kaat
Washington. 11.000.
Grocers Attention.
Tha V. K. Fairbanks, manufacturers
Of Gold Dust Wishing Powder and Cot-
rampalgn or ad-
September
If.
General and favorable response Is be
ing received from the' local, county and
district fairs and stock shows of tha
entlra northwest to tha Invitations sent
out by tht Country Club and Llveatock
association requesting that ' theaa or-
gantsatlona be officially represented at
wn inuino national atiow ami hirn.ai
races here next week. Tha Intaraatlnn.
at or intra go, the greatest Block expo
altlon In America, will be represented
aa will tha National of Denver, by V
t.. manner, who Is tha founder ot tha
jormer ana a director of the latter. II
haa already visited Portland and ha
worked out with M. I. Wladnm trr
acheme for a comprehensive northweat
ern circuit. Skinner la evrw.cte4 1:
Portland tomorrow or the next day.
Th
tolene. -commenced
vertlalnc in The Journal
In order to heln make thla publicity
campaign a, notable one. and also to ad
vise your customers and the general
public that' you handle both Gold Dust
and Cot tolene, the N. K. Falrbanka eom-
rany requeat that you make an attrao
Ive window display of their goods.
In Memory of General Banks.
Boston,' Sept.' 19. Tha memory of
r j if
General Nathaniel P. Ranks, a son of
Massachusetts, who rose from "bobbln
tHy to a position of national nroiul
nenre aa a soldier and statesman, was
honored today In euloaletlo addresaea de
llvertMl at the unveiling of hie statue
which has been placed In the atatehouee
grounds. The exercises were held In
l. - - 1 - 11 . i
tha chamber of the house of representa
tives and were participated In r many
persona. Former. Attorney-General Her
bert I'arker delivered the principal oration.
Walt for the big aala at f 30 Washing
ton Friday morning.
During the financial flurry and slnee
men laoor naa Deen cheap ana inou
sands of woodchoprtera have been cut
ting for montha. Tha result of thla la
that the dealera are aatlafled to depend
upon the out of town supply and are
not holding any reserve.
The reason that there haa been no
surplus of alabwood laid by la that thi
tills
have been only ru
1 by U
nning
one shift!
where formerly they used to run con-
umiouaiy. . .
Abnut the only domestic coal that will
he iiaerf In Portland thla vear will be the
Coos Bay output, the railroads having
bought up all the coal mined in the
ftelda of Interior Oregon and Washing
ton. The coal tmm the coast mines la
not qulta so popular as that from Ros
vn and' Auatraua. - pur ic nnaa. reaay
aala at- the prlcea quoted, which are 12
cheaper than those rhsrged by dealera
In the Australian product Coos Say
coal is retailed ai s.ou a ion.
Tha coal bunkers or tha two largest
companies In Portland are full of the
foreign fuel and other companlea nave
supplies on nana mat Brings ine lotai
up to about 25,000 tone. Beside this
mount there are rour snips on me way
from Australia with some 12,000 tons
more of the heat, sroducer and ' this
brings the aggregate up to the neighbor
hood of 40.000. tons. , t
tfo ramlae xaksly. ,
From these figures It Is apparently
safe to say that there will be no famine
fuel this winter snd It is hardly to
be expected that prices will Increase to
anv alarming extent. In view of the
outlook the majority of the consumers
will wait until tne actual coin weather
ia upon them, preferring to take a small
nance rainer man lay in a Dig supply
winter wooa wnicn iney may noi
need. .r .-
gate here. While of eon r a tha Ira
ana race meets or the coast and the
j-acino nortnwest generally are arrang.
Ing to have representatives here..
' ' Bxklblt to Ba Oeaeral,
The extensive farrltnrv alre.dv am.
uracea in ma eniriaa in tna iivearncir
show has surpassed the most optimis
tic hopea of the management of the
exposition. It was thought that the
norinwest would be nrettv a-enerallv
repreaented In the four chief divisions,
horses, cattle, aheep and awlne, but 11
was not expected mat there would tie
very many exhibits from more dlatant
points. Rut breeders and stockmen of
Oregon
middle 'west during the cast few
regon woo have been In the eaat and
diddle 'west during the cast few
months for the purpose of replenishing
ineir neras nave Drought Dae
ran and northwestern points
to Ore-
some of
ie finest quality of show stuff In the
country am while moat of this stock
wu he entered by western exhibitors,
the animals will be representative of
the ble-hest class of stock bred In tha
east.-. Montana-. Wyoming, Dakota. Col
orado, Idaho- and - Calif ornla are listed
in several or the most Important classes
In the horse and cattle dlvlslona. herda
and stables In thoae states having been
offered here -on account of the aelect
combination sale, ss well as the Pacific
national lives toe ic snow.
took Xs Arriving.
PreDaratlons are being Ynrfda tn re.
celve the early arrlvala of stock at
the Country club grounds not later than
Friday, when It is ex Dec ted thst soma
of the exhibits now at the state fair
will be shipped here. Other exhibitors,
particularly In western Washington,
are planning to have their stock here
not later than Saturday. The large
show barns are being put In spick and
span order and the work on the O.
K. & N. spur to the grounds Is being
ruanea wun au speea, so mat tne ex
hibits may be laid down right at the
doors of the show barns.
FALL FASHION NUMBER TO SHOW
LATEST AND BEST PARISIAN MODELS
MIXING IN THE C0EUB
D'ALEXE
The long iines of the dlrectoire period.
now ao popular, have brought Joy to
the heart of the slender woman; with
the stout woman this style nas hot been
0- welv IlWd, yet-it properly made the
inbroe.n lines from ; shoulder to hem,
. the absence 'of frippery trimming, and
'.'"the aupplo materials may be made most
f becoming to me stout ngure. nnnner
slender or "stout,1 the gown of the period
, -may be-adapted to the figure,
but to
see .lust how -this adaptation ma v. oe
best made, it will be necessary to sltidv
numoer wnicn
with the
regular - Sunday; Issue of September 20,
i vJn this mammoth fashion number the
- ' latest and best thought or me Parisian
designers- and the leading American
makers of street suits, reoeptlon gowns,
evening wraps, hats, fur garments and
-lingerie will appear.
; !' Nothing to surpass this fashion Issue,
,,,'Dest mailt!, it win m umnnr
S The journal-fall fashion num
-. ,1s to ' appear In conjunction
; .regular -Sunday; Issue of Sept
has ever been attempted In the west
Women who remember pleasantly the
spring" fashion .humher. of . The Journal
will he! prepared to ; receive thla fall
number whloh- la In tnany 'respects su
perior to - us preaecessor.
A JO oe well nreseed meana- to be suit
ably, dreased; but to secure this suit
ability .a woman needs to be Informed
on the styles of the day, needs to study
snd -select with- care those - features
which may be adapted to her figure,
carriage ann - neignt. -as wen aa those
piderinauie details wnicn mak up what
we call style. .! Air of these thlngi may
be decided by a perusal of The journal
fall i fashion ; number which Is issued
Reports of Kew Blob Strikes Constant
ly Being Xtade.
The new rich strikes . In the Coeur
d'Alene mining region have created
quite a movement In development work.
rntaln M ll Williams M IT ,hn
has been engaged by tho Pottcle Ahnlng
company, win leave Portland on Tuea-
aay or mis weeK to tajce cnarge or the
company's properties.? - increase . the
working force ana pusn development
work.
In speaking or his connection with
the Poticle Mining company. Captain
Williams says: "It is my opinion that
tnis company nas property which win
develop Into a - great dividend payer.
The Manhattan-Amason, two milea eaat.
and the Clear Grit, two miles west of
us, have j both made big strikes, and
our present showing indicates that K is
simply a 'matter of development work,
in order to reach our ore bodies.
we will continue our- development
; c """""-i driven to cut ine dik propnry niKe shown
on the surface.- This will give us about
BAR WILL
HOLD UP .TBII
Methods of Eobbers Shown
in
Buffalo i
Show.'
Bars
Colonel William F. Cody, known best
to fame as "Buffalo Bill" with his
congress ot rough riders and historical
Wild West' exhibition, will present as
one of tha western scenes with his or
- ganlsatlon, a reproduction of a ' train
j maViKaww Vvm k nffft tha ri llmi A neat
. -iwwj - -
.'traversed the nralries. theaa scenes of
hrfe-andaa-a have been one of tha serious
-ImnutlmMili r, a imnlfl . davelnrment nf
' the west Finally the Union Pacific
organized a special ponse of bandit hun
ters, provided- them with a special car
equipped ror the purpose, and began a
- systematic effort to exterminate train
so successfully emDloved by the handl
' . . . . . d , - V... 1 . W..J J 1 1 1 . ...
i Humeri ox ina uniun rHciuu, win m i n-
' produced tn the great train holdup
buffalo Rlll'a Wild West.
A practical engine, drawing a DraotI
caj train, with Its load of passengers,
will be, Introduced In a typical western
scene. There win be a correct demon
stration of a train holdup, the robbery
or tne express car ana tne searcn or me
passengers, and as 'a climax to the scene
will come the attack of the bandit hun
ters and the ront and capture of the
.outlaws. The scene Is described, as
; belna- most realistic :
But thla will not be the only picture
drawn from life on the plains. There
will be three other open sir melodramas.
based upon Incidents associated with the
AwlAnmAnt A h M -1 Th.ra will K.
"The Battle of fiummlt Springe. a con
flict In which Buffalo Bill originally
participated: .mere wm be an attacK on
an emigrant train, and there will be a
scene of domestic pioneer life In "A
Holiday at T-B Ranch." In all these
, scenes the charscters will be Im person
. a ted true to Ufa and the scenic envi
ronment will be aa correct In detail as
- It la theatrically possible to deolct them.
Coincident with these scenes of west
ern life win oe exhibitions or aorse?
miiiih r m nA aviiieaf eian darlnar ,v
rmirh rldera or all nations; thi Amer
; Icaa cowboy rlelng with the t oa nark,
the Arab and the Mexican In exhibitions
the, world there Is n entertainment
use Burraio mil s w un eat. sna it
mAM Th lartnn anfl atlr-rtna? Aim it
could not be Imagined.
3IILK COXDEXSARY
. IS ASSURED EUGEXE
to select her gowns and yet who wishes
to oe aoreast pi tne limes. As the de
mand will be great It Is well to order
The Journal of September 20 in advance
and secure mis special number.
and will be completed within ' six
months, The plant win cost about 35.
000 and will handle 20,000 pounds of
mux each day. The names-or the pro
moters or tne enterprise nave not Deen
given out. but it is known that they
have plenty of capital with which to
build Snd operate the plant and that
they are exDprienced in the milk eon-'l
densing Dusiness. -
A complete portable blacksmith shop.
filling two boxcars, i Is . in use by the
Missouri facinc ranroaa.
850 feet depth with the same amount
nf .Hokln" and put us Into almost un.
limited ore, -
Y.iu also put men to work on
the surface, to open up -the contact-at
various places, ana win more than like
ly put a number or leasers on our
ground and increase our development
irom time to tune, consistent with con
servative management. - - i
"I look forward to seeing the Poticle
second to none in mia district in it
'ore shipments."
Building Pcrmltg.
O. H. Blair, erect dwelling. Rnencer
between Carson, and Hunter, $1,000; j O.
F. Berger. erect dwelling, Missouri be
tween Ktlllngsworth and Emerson.
fSpeetsl Weeatefc ta Tba lesnwll
Eugene, Or , fiept. 1 Aemranr bss
been given that Fugene will hare a
mi;k coTtdenalag fact ott Inalde of 'x
raotiths. A week or ! Jrs sg- C, E.
Borers, rer-reeer ting rtrcit rspltallsta.
arrived Here to lavestfrate cwrxi'ttora aa
t mi'k tirrlT ard 1 hmm )irt Kee
learned that t '-e ,f -rmera rf the tee.
f-r e have received Us report snd sre
aa'efe with t.
It !a bh tet erk on the
f-lanl hi beg'.a within very few weeks
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means a square deal for every-' 3
body. It means health and
strength that means the joy
that , comes from success that
means
Shredded Wheat!
the food that lifts you out 'of
the dumps and gives you life
and energy for the0 day s work.
S Try it a few mornings with hot n
miiK or cream ana nonce ine
difference. Your grocer sells it y
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Never Falls fo Restore
Gray Hair to its Natural
color and Deacty. :
No matter how lunar it haa bora rrar
or faded. Promotes a luxuriant growth
or neaitny nair. stop ita lalllDg out,
and positively removes Dan
druff Keeps hair soft and flossy. Ke-
fnae all substitutes. 2)4 times aa much
lofLOOaa 50c size. Is Not a Dye.
fl and 80e. bottles, at drnafltsts
ocaa jc tor ires naoa " 1 He cars ot the UtJx.
Philo Hay Spec. Ca, Newark, N. J.
Hay's narflna Soap cares Puapiee.
d, reus-h and chapped bands, and all akin dis
eases, sweeps aaia nne ana eat. 4x, aragglata
fiend 3c lor Ire. book "The Care oithe bkia.71
WOODAKD. CLARKB & CO. ' j
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$10.00 SET OF
TEETH FOR
' written Oaaraatee tot 10 Tears.
CBOWHS -Any tooth In'the mo ith
- we .erown with solid gold. :::(.
guaranteed to be the C a p'
Eaat for only S'.
Any Porcelain Crown made no mat
ter wnai iney are eauea or imw
they are made. Our price J.QQ
BajxToiS-oVld' ' Gold Top, Snll-l
Gold Backs, . Porcelain J A 4
fronts, per tnoth ifijiJ
Solid Gold Teeth,. 13k. tj ("j
bridge, per tooth sp9M
All other . work same prtr. propor
tionately. FaitrusBS ixTaAirnoit
Free When - Plates or Hrlilses are
Ordered. Absolnte Guarantees,
LILY DENTAL PARLORS
Txxms XWD corcs stbxxts.
Hours I a. m. to I n. m.
Phone A-1010. . , Open Sundaya
Of til esrlstlai sersMaaady nni Is din vltlioat
4 tnrial eparaaoa ot dttcntion from butmrw. No par
111 a accepts antll lbs eirlenl Is completely nulabcd.
X Fidelity Rupture Cuhe
S14 SWwtlftvnd Bldffa, PortUnd, Oregon.
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o morrow
It's the new customer who hasn't worn Columbia
Tailored Clothes that we urge to come at once
tomorrow, and investigate this wonderful opportunity.
Wearers of Columbia-Tailored Clothes do hot heed to be
told a second time; to get in early for one of these suits.
$30 and $35 Suits
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Every suit in the sale -500 in all-is a bargain at the
regular price.
We defy anybody to show any suit in the lot that can
be duplicated for less than $30 and $35.
, When we say "these $30 and $35 suits for;$17.50," we
mean the same workmanship, linings and trimmings, fit and
style that would be included if sold at regular prices.
Not a single feature of our high-grade workmanship is
neglected.
. We have been in Portland 16 years; have enrolled an
army of customers in that time. . - , ..
We have the confidence and good will of every man who
has worn a Columbia-Tailored Suit. - -
We own and operate our own workshop the only tai
loring house in the city that "does.
We guarantee that every suit we sell will be as well made
as goocTworkmen can make it will be cut from the identical
pattern you select, and will be 4
MADE IN
The "Reason Vhyn contest closed Monday at noon, the number of purchasers having reached one
hundred. The contest was limited to' one hundred purchasers of suits. AH
who purchased before noon on Monday are entitled to submit their "Reason
Why, and we must have it here by noon Saturday. The fortunate ones will
be announced as soon as the judges pass upon the "Reasons Why? submitted.
Watch for the announcement for "Next Week." It will be something that will interest you.
$100
CONTEST
Grant
Phegley,
Manager
COLB1
CP
Seventh
and Star!:
Streets