THE OREGON SUNDAY JOUKNAU PORTLAND, SUNDAY ,M OR NINO, OCTOBER 3,v 1003.
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HERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A PIANO
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Magnificent Ghickerihg the first Prize in a Novel Adver-
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FIM -BED YORK
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New Tork. Oct H. For year th
suffragettes of thla lty havs , been
' rumoring for toe tight lo vote .at state
and general eject Ion a la thla stats, but
their effort hava not produced any no
ticeable ffct upon tha minds of tha
' "mean creatures' who ar running
thtnss nolltlcal In tha Empire Slat.
. From time time one of tha mom de
termined aurfraaettea appeared at
. au.ii in rail her vote for tha hand
eoptrat rantlldate, but there la no record
that her vote was received in any ui
rtance. Tha fair would-be voter waa re
reived by the election officials with
politeness, but met with na encourase
mai.t 1'hla veer three of New Yoik'a
suffragettes attempted to register for
tha conilna election, probably under the
Impreanlon that the preaent popularity
of tha empire style of gowns might In
due, the election offlrlnli In tli Km-
plre State to grant to the women what
waa denied to them when a different
etyle waa faahlonable. But tha hard-
hearted "naughty men" in tha reglstra
tlon bootha did not conalder tha appro
prlatenr of the fair suffragettes'
" gowna and declined politely, but em-
' Dhatlcally. to receive the names of the
lai'Pilcanta. On of the suffragette
, hn i(i-illn to her statement.
voted at three prealdentlal electlona In
' Colorado an extremely Inrautloua nd
, mlasion. considering tha fact that preal
dentlal election! are beld only every
' four year waa quit- indignant and
..maintained that ehe waa clearly entitled
i to a vot In New York, as one etate had
.not tha right to abridge the elvlo right
'granted by another atat. Bh threat
ened with a, mandamus, but up to the
preaent aha haa not yet appealed to the
court a. ' 1
i Justlc Aeplnall of tha supreme court
baa proved himself an uncommonly n
'slbl. man the other day when n re
! fused to suppreaa th , testimony In
dlvorc caa in which mlniater, for
'merly connected with prominent New
..York church and .now preaching aome
; where In Mlsaourl.Vraa named aa th corespondent-
Heretofore It ha been tb
custom to a-uppress th facts whenever
'they cast a reflection upon tne cnaracier
'of a minister of th gospel, but Justice
in n holds the decidedly rational
(view that acoundrel la not entitled to
ah eld In a becaus h nappan to db
1 . ti,v
hfs'
the gospel. Ha declared.
opinion, mere wa ait in
or giving publicity to me
: mlniater
that In his op
' 'tnnra reason xo
I facts, as th man guilty of Infamous
- 'conduct wor th mask of salntllness.
t ' The public should b warned against
!such men who had exceptional oppor
tunities of entering th .homes of the
member of their flocks and of causing
irreparable injury to' the happiness of
; those whose -homes they defiled. If
.other judges would imitate the example
f JiihUpa Aunt nail the maak of saintit-
v ' nesa would be torn from th face of
manv a minister whose corruptness , la
at present little .suspected by the Ig
' nArint Ttuhllo.
This Is a great country for running.
. Kverythin and everybody is on the run.
The politicians are running for office.
the commuters for their -trains, the city
...funds are running low, the waves of
excitement over the coming election are
runninsr b ih ana even tne siaia army or.
fleers who have accumulated quit an
embonpoint durinr tha long years of
peace have recently begun to run for
exercise In accordance with tlio order of
the president. ? This popularity or run?
'- nlng haa Induced th Democrat of the
- . Second assembly district of Westches
- '- ter county to nominate Charles J. Belts
. of Mount Vernon, the former 100-yard
national champion, for the assembly.
For a man of Mr. Selta ability 1n the
sprinting line It should be easy to out
distance his rivals in the run for of-
' Apropos of running, it may be Inter
esting to hear of the experience of some
of the college boys In this city th
, other day. Half a dor,en of the young
athletes, among them Harvey Cohn, the
Olympio runner, were taking their doily
- constitutional for training the other day,
never dreaming that the hand of fate
was preparing to overtake them. As
usual, the. runners 'were clad in their
running toga, kne trunka and sleeve-
ib iar.Vat Thev had been out run
Ing on Ocean Parkway dally for weeks
' and nobody ever objected until the other
maiden.: who happened to be -out drlv-
, lng along the boulevard, waa almost
shocked into a fit by seeing- the scantily
clad six athletes jogging aiong at a
brisk trot. How shockingl It was too
much for thla modest- young woman.
-who would consider it Bhamciessiy in
decent to speak of the legs of a table.
- She promptly drove to th next police
state and mad complaint against the
young men who had so terribly shocked
her delicate feelings. The situation
was new to ' the captain, but the ruf
fled feelings of the young; lady aroused
his chivalry and be prompted sent out
9 several officers to apprehend the ehame-
' less athletes, who: naa aarea to shook
Miss Prudish,
Now, policemen are supposed to 'be
" able to run fast enough to overtake bur
glars and i pickpockets, but they can
' scarcely be expected to overtake Olym
pic runners, skimming along a smooth
eoulevard, even with an even start As
' It was, the athletes were about one mile
ahead by the time the bluecoats started.
It was a comical sight to see half -a
" dozen well fed' policemen, loaded .down
with heavy uniforms and the various
. heavy parts ,ofs their accoutrement
chasing after six champion runners, a
' ,'mllo or - so ahead of them. Did. they
-h them Well, yes; but not until
the athletes stopped running and gave ;
their 1 pursuers a cnance io cticn up
' with them. The six young men were
-..-.torl .nl lilrm to the Ktatinn. from
' whence they wer afterward led before !
a magistrate. As tne complainant. did
not appear-against mem mey were mc
oultted with a warning to take their ex
ercise runs In the future In some local
ity where they were not likely to meet
with young1 ladies of abnormally devel
oped bumps of modesty or prudlshness.
Th absurdity of the New York game
law wa -clearly demonstrated the
other day when the owner of a big
I game preserve up state, who had re
ceived permission to do so by act of
legislature, thinned his herd of deer by
hnvlng 26 of tbem shot. To get th
venison to th New York market he
wa complled to aend with each deer
narcass a nresumable huntsman. Th
present gam Jaw allows but on head
of deer to each sportsman and each
hunter can ship no more than a single
carcass. To get the 2 deer to New
York the owner of the game preserve
- was compelled to run a free excursion
- from the preserve to Ne- York. The
'. citisens of Millbrook. near which vil-
lags th preserve is situated, fell all
' over themselves to get In the way of an
Invitation for the trip and when the
deer carcasses were shipped' they were
accompanied by a carfull ef villagers,
each of whom waa supposed to bare
been the cause of death of one of the
deer in th express car. It may te
Imagined that the traveling expenses of
' the "hunters'" left but little profit from
the sale of the venison,
Onoe more a foreign architect has ex-:
presoed" hi disapproval of New York's I
errhitecture. XL Auguattn Rev. a
Krench architect 'of national re otatlon, ;
after a visit to New York mid that thai
ritvs architecture was ridiculous,
enlutely unreasonable and most stupid,
lie eerlared the skyscrapers a peril
'and predicted that within f years the
people would demand thai they should
fe rut In half. Euch outrageoua slan
der tty a French clttn should be con
e dered a "casus belli." Hasn't New
Inrit the hla-bert bnildlnra in the world?
M ell. how can they be called rldlcofousT j
Haa rot New York Its municipal art i
commission, wnicn ! tne nigheet au
iLorllv on architecture, past, present
enl future? And yet these foreign r
c !tcta com ew her and dee la re
w York's rehitectBr rrpoatertMia.
T nee farelg-rers n-.ake on tired. It
t ev enjurh for tttn U cosleenn
r recraper. Rl estate t their coma-t-x
ni In larre rlt.es like Paris. Loo
Herlin er Vlenra doe eot Cst a
T-. .!'! dollar a square inch. .
I'oas t 1"4er nf tJi great-t-.iem
rai.rr.ad lrlae MB !.
- hit years ac hi Ar-
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ALSO NUMnROUfl 6thcr valuadld awards
Study the long column showing Instruments sold by .' Eilers
Piano House; then, study the short column showing Instruments
sold by all other dealers combined, during same length of time ,
count the Instruments shown if! whole 6t in part, and the correct 1
or nearest correct reply secures first prize a Chickering! Grand
Piano. See the numerous other splendid prizes' to the value of $18,-.
000 to be awarded In the order named, according to merit, based on' s
correctness of count, neatness and legibility of. answer.
The most far-reaching, most impressive anHnost liberal ad
vertising we have ever undertaken.
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Chlckerinr Quarter-Or tnd,
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WAY WE DO ; IT AND HOW
WE CA1V AFFORD TO DO IT
We bellev that th most effect
Ire method of advertising Is to Im
press thoroughly upon every- man,
woman and child, Jtrst, th im
portance of having rauslo In th
horn, second, the Kilers methods
of musical - instrument selling,
which has made It posslbl for
every horn to be provided with
f 'lano or organ, no
imlted It meana '
We want to impress upon I win
XT M BAaTT TO VTZM.
If you want a Piano or rianola
or an urgan or Keglnaphon. It
will pay you to go Into this con
test. It costs nothing except a
little tlm and natlenc. No ele
ment of chanc enters Into this
great opportunity. Merit alone
tella Th correot or nearest rnr.
matter now i rect reply secure th first prise.
proceed careruiiy ana you can
everyone
House li
what Eilers Piano
accomplishing, and
what the Eilers nam in the
musla trad stands for. Fair
dealing, absolute reliability, high
quality and reasonable prices.
W want everyone ' who ought
to buy a piano or a pianola -piano
or a talking machine or an or
gan, to know of Eilers ' Piano
House, it i magnificent line of
Instruments, and Its money-saving
methods.
.Tnrougit tne co-operation or
some of th leading eastern
piano and organ makers, which
we represent exclusively in the
coast states, we are abla to make
a large appropriation to, moat
thoroughly . advertise thla Insti
tution. A fraction- less than S per eent
of our total sales during th en
suing two months will be de
voted to this- most far-reaching
Advertising campaign, one half
being borne by us, the other half
by the respective manufacturers.
Th number and variety
and value of th price make it
wen worm wmi to trr.-
No firm exceot Kilers Piano
House does a large enough busi
ness to warrant giving absolute
ly free so many valuable prises.
If you do not win th first prise,
you may win th second or third.
You will i surely be able to win
on of tha certificates good for a
very substantial amount toward
payment of a fine new instru
ment. - ?
ZKVABTIJaX JTTDOES.
ThV awarding; of prizes will be
left To three disinterested parties.
The correct number of pianos or
organs or part thereof shown in
ils
n
Individual. Thla number will be
drawing; is kept under seal.
only to one trusten
this
and is know;
toot at twb SKAwzsas.
As stated In the drawing;, the
nlanos to be seen In this adver
tisement represent the total
number of instruments sold in a
given -length of time by the e
tire Northwestern Piano trade.
The Pianos ahown In - the long
column represent the propor
tion of the total' sold by SUr
Piano Bona. The Pianos in
the little column represent, the
proportion sold by all ether deal
ers combined.
WHAT BOSS IT KBAWf
Kilers Piano House, therefore,
handles nearly 80 per cent of the
total! What does this indicate?
It means that every one of the
men and women who have bought
the instrument , picturca, mue
careful analysis of the situation,
nnd they favored Eilers Piano
House with their patronage be
cause it was the best concern to
deal with.
LTRACOPIES.
This advertlseirient will not
be published "again.
During the past few days nu
merous communications hav
been received by the 'contest
manager urgently requesting
nn additional copy. We are
pleased to announce that - to
accommodate thos wishing- to
participate in this contest we
have had a number of extra
naees printed which will be
furnished to anyone asking'
for same at . Eilers Piano
House, or by mall.
To cover the cost of print
ing a charge of five cents
(seven cents by mall) 'how
ever, will be made for each
sheet.- One copy will he sup
plied free, however. If you
will send three, names and ad
dresses of families who would
like to participate, and to
whom also copies will be
fromptly- sent free. of charge,
filers Piano House, biggest,
. busiest and best. 353 wash
sington street.- Phone, Ex
change 23. or A-2350. i, ,...'
turned over to the judges of the
contest, when award are being
made. . ,
what totj vmrr so.
To Impress upon every reader
of thla advertisement th magrai
tud of th Eller business and
th advantage of dealing with
Eilers Pla-no' Hons, w bar or
ganized this contest.
Count th piano and organs,
either la whole or In part, that
appear ' in this drawing;) send
yon reply stating- plainly i 1st,
th number of Instrument or
parts thereof shown in th long
column, a sold, by Eilers riano
House, fid, th ' number of In
struments or parts thereof shown
In . th short column as sold by
all other dealers . combined. 3d,
th total number Of Instruments
and parts thereof shown la th
two drawings referred ' to. Sign
nam and address plainly at
tach th oonpon properly filled
out and lffnd to your reply and
end it as soon aa posslbl. Th
iumtMt noaltivaly closes at 8
o'clock. Western Union time, No
vember 4, 1608.
Be careful to observe the' rov
ernlng rules. Tour success de
pends upon a strict observance of
them. , Neatness and legibility of
your reply wUl dealde. as well as
correctness of count. Eilers Piano
House.
RULES GOVERNING
CONTEST
Any on realdlng In th north
west may send In on - Answer.
JJotor than on answer -will
b received from same party or
family,, and no contestant or fam '
lly.wlll b entitled to mor than
on prli. : Where mor than on
answer is found as sent in by th
am party or family all will b
rejected. No mploy of this firm
or any one engaged in' th piano
business may enter this contest.
Winners of pianos in former eon
tests held by dlers Piano House
are also debarred from participa
tion in the present contest -
Th names of tb six highest
prise-winners will b published as
soon after the close of th contest
as possible. In th event of a tie,
and only In this event, the re
plies which ar tied will' be
judged according; to neatness and
general appearance. If a tie still
remains, th value of the prise
offered , will be equally divided
between those tying or a prlre
identical ' in character and value
of that offered will, at our op
tion, be awarded to each of th
persons.
All answers must be written
plainly, giving results In words
and figures, also name and ad
dress; write on one side of the
paper only. Each contestant must
cut out and properly fill out the
coupon from the lower part of
this announcement and pin same
to the paper containing reply,
again signing; full name, and home
address. All replies must be de
livered at on of our stores not
later than 8 o'clock. Western
Union time, on November 4, 1908,
or if sent by mail, must bear
ostmark of date not later tnan
lovember 4. 1908.
This contest ' shall be deter
mined solely by the conditions
named in this announcement.
We reserve the right to re
ject any list wher evidence of
fraud or duplication Is shown. It
Is conditional upon entering the
contest that contestant agrees to
abide by th decision of the
judges, who are disinterested
parties and whose decision will
be final. Address envelop plaln-
ly to Contest Department, Eilers
Piano House, Jj&a wasnington
street, Portland. Or.
Kimball Piano, Sic
ond Prize,
Genuine Pianola,
Fourth Prize. -
Eli. Piano,' Third.
Prize.
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Kimball Parlor Organ,
riftn raze.
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Cut this out and send with your reply to Eilers Piano House,
Counting Contest
My favorite piano is
Because ...... ,
My favorite organ is... ,
Because ............. v.
I . ..own a. '. ..Talking Machine.
(Please insert "do" or. "do not," as the case may be.)
I am not engaged in the music business and am eligible as a
contestant according to your rules.
Name, . .
Address
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Sixth Prize, the Eeglnaphone, the
Latest Talking Machine and -MuSlc-Box
Combined.
LOO KIIN a BACKWARD
AND POBWAHD
Less than ten year ago, at 10T
PI rat street. In Portland, th first
Eilers piano store was established
on the Paclfio coast ' Prom this ob
scure beginning- has grown th great
chain of Kilers stores now located In
forty cities of the states' of Cali
fornia. Oregon, Washington, Idaho
and Nevada
Ten years haa witnessed an as
tounding evolution In tha musical
development of our people. Then a
piano was looked upon -as a luxury
only within th ' means of th
wealthy. Today no horn is counted
complete in . which the piano has not
been provided for. In th lowliest
cottage, as in tb most magnificent
mansion th piano ha com to be
th greatest sourc of that cheerful
ness and pleasure that go to make
th ideal horn environment and
with It has com-the keen apprecla.
tlon of the real value of good mualo
In making our lives better and mor
wholesome and more happy:
It has een a period of wonderful
progress but thr Is still 'much to
b dona Ther ar still thousands
scarcely an idea of
muslo really Is, where
of homes with
what rood
th growing generation is entirely
deprived or tnis innuenc tnat goe
so far towards making better men
and better women. - Until these
home hav been provided for with
the best of all musical Instruments
th piano th work er th Eller
store will not hav been completed.
ien years ago pianos wer han
dled in comparatively limited nurne
bar. Price were high, even for In
ferior Instruments. Through mod
ern methods. Introduced - and fos
tered by th Kilers store, a good
tano no longer represent a little
ortune. but Is within th means of
alL The Chlckering, th Haslton,
th now famous Kimball, th beau-
tlful Hcbart M. Cable, th Latr,
th Trkr, and even the most fas-
tldloualy eitraravant ef ' them all.
th w eber pianos owne4 only by
in wem.nr. t in id riy r
niT. now nerorna mrosenoia
anwrwr th people.
Tne Pianola Plana, rnr inmate
levere who cannot devot th requi
site tlm ta mastering - aa tastru.
mer L Is now mor easily obtained
ibsrr an ordinary, piano was taa
year gv
ratr dealing, actually rlrtBg mer
fnrt th money than could be b-talne-1
e)awhre, rood eerrVr and
a definitely blndlrg fJaranle to
pretext, every T-iron. f.., hen h
f-UT"ttlo of th growtti of EXier
1nre. end IMS Wl.l entttlKB to ba
lis policy la th years to coma ,
names