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THE OREGON' SUNDAY ' JOURNALS PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER ' 20, 190$. 10 ! Good Leather ''Counters" in Selz Royal Blue Shoe You know what the -"counter" of a shoe is; the stiff, hard piece that is up around your heel; a vital part; helps keep the shoe in shape. ' Selz Royal Blue have one piece sole-leather counters; we mention it because so many shoes have pieced counters; some have paste board ; some worse. It's a small way of skimp ling on quality, at yyour ex pense; you get honest leather in Selz shoes. ; The maker, guarantees not merely the shoe, but your satisfaction with it. Selz Royal Blue Shoes, $3.50, $4, $5 Cor. 7th and Washington Sts. Beaver - Keedville ton-l ACREAGE . - THE PASADENA OF OREGON Comprising ' THE BEAYERTON-REEDVILLE ACREAGE THE ALDRICH ACREAGE THE ALTON ACREAGE , THE ANDREWS ACREAGE THE KINNESSWOOD ACREAGE ' All in Washington County, Oregon, and all within the ten mile circle. of the city.bf Portland. Soil of the very best; no rock or gravel, side hills or white land to battle against. Good graded roads to each and eyery tract. ' Most of the above tracts all cleared and in a very high state of cultiva- : tion. All suitable', for raising grains, grasses, fruits and vegetables, and if intending purchasers will only call at our office and secure a round-trip ticket to the tracts we will show you what the soil will raise. We will also show you 2j4-year-old Winter apple trees" that will compare fa vorably with 5-year-old trees in other parts that have been advertised as the great apple lands. We are selling this property at the remarkable price of $75 to $125 per Acre For Stump and Timber LandN $150 to $250 per Acre For Cleared Land 1 Small Cash Payment, Balance to Suit the Purchaser. We also have a, large Nist of fine farms at prices that will interest inquirers. The Shaw-fear Company 245 1-2 Stark Street ' v Open After , noon and : Evening 2 p. xn. 7 p. m. F r Open After-' noon and Evening 2 p. m. 7 p. m. What Mr. Wittenberg THINKS s of This Exhibition I TO "THE PARENTS OF THE CHILDREN OF PORTLAND There is at the present time in this city at the Exposition Building, X on Washington and Nineteenth streets, an Eskimo village, consisting of 35 Eskimos -men. women and children with their entire equip- T menf and mode of living, including Alaska dogs,' sleds and all their equipment. I visited the exhibition and feel it of sufficient importance X to say to you, Let your children do likewise.", 2 It is something -that theyjnay never see again. It will teach them more geography, more natural history, and give-them mere experience J in a half hour's visit than they can get in a year of reading history of , the far north. , ' Yours truly, : ' :: ; : ; H. WITTENBERG. . Let the children attend. They will be taken care of and every detail fv f the expedition will be explained to them by our Capt Barbee, lecturer. EXPOSITION BUILI)IiVG lClli andWashlnotonSts. CARS RUN PAST THE DOOR . 7 2 ( YAKIMA FIIIIIT GROWERS ACT Organization Is Formed to Combat the Shippers' . Association. . ' "(Special SUpatch to Tb JounuLl North Yakima, Waah.,: Dac 18. Over 100 fruit growers, representing thejbuiK of tha wealth in Yakima valley,"' mt todav to exDress their dissatisfaction at tna manner In which the Yakima Val ley jrrult Shippers association nas con ducted its business in th past; and for the purpose of org-anirlng a hor tlcultural union in the interest of pro ducers, and on a cooperation basis. The idea is to raise the standard of the fruit and secure the best prices. There are 6,000.000 trees in the val v. a net rent bearinar.' which Droduced 1200 cars this year. Frultmen say this shows the enormous cosslbllltiea of the valley. They say Yakima fruit now does not ko east or tne Missouri river, al though as good a any is raised. A constitution ' wsa drafted and re ferred to a committee to report at the final organisation meeting in two weeks. It is planned to send representatives to every part of the east during the season to advertise and sell fruit for the high est prices. JESS CASOII IS DEAD III WRECK News was received -In Portland last night that Jess Cason. a son of Mrs. Delilah Cason. of Mount Tabor, had been killed In a railroad wreck near Stockton, Cal. Caaon was born in Portland 40 years ago and for many years worked for the 0. R. & N. and later for the Northern Pacific About 10 years go he left Portland for. the south. He was employed us a brakeman on the South ern Pacific, his run being between Fresno and Stockton. Mrs. Paul Lee. with whom Mrs. Cason Uvea in Mount Tabor, is a sister of Jess Cason. ' - Another sister, Mrs. W. X. Hurlbut. lives at 187 Chapman street, Portland, and William W. Ceaon of 705 East Stark street, ia a brother. Wil liam Weat, cashier at the Hotel Port land. Is a cousin. The wife and daughter of the dead railroad man live at Fresno, Cal. The daughter is 1C years of age and waa born in Portland. Arrangements .for the funeral have not as yet been com pleted. The body will be brought' to Portland or burial. Details of the accident had not been received bv the Portland relatives of Mr. Cason last night. During the even in a messace came statins that he had been seriously lniured in a wreck, uater a telegranr was received,, by Mrs. Cason saying that her aon aiea. STAMP SALES , BREAK RECORDS All records in atamo - sales were broken at the Portland postoffice yes- teraav. Two years ago. a few da vs before Christmas, the sales amounted to 14400. The sales of yesterday ran to something like I470U. malting it tne red letter oav of stamp receipts in the history of the Portland oince. Three clerks were occupied most or the day passing out stamps to the peo ple who stood in long lines along the federal building corridor. Some bought one and two cent stamps while others purchased amounts oi sticaers rang ing to dollars. And then there waa the Wholesale department and the win dow which supplied the branch post- K ill: JML; M THE MOTEOM JPICTTCE BUSINESS - ' MORE PEOPLE HAVE MADE A 'FORTUNE IN THEv MOVING PICTURE BUSINESS IN RECENT YEARS THAN IN ANY OTHER LINE A .SMALL ' - INVESTMENT WILL MAKE YOU RICH J , " . . " Moving Picture Theatres Make $500 to $5000 Monthly Others Do It! Why Can't You? We Furnish Location and Equip the Theatre' Complete.. For Further Information- ' . .-. . - i 'Call or Write WE START YOU IN BUSINESS ON VERY EASY TERMS ONLY A SMALL' AMOUNT OF CASH REQUIRED . - Newman Motion - - i' -. Ik Fine, and Complete Stock. of Motion Picture Machines,' Films and Slides, Phonographs, Stereopricons and Other Supplies, 'We aell and rent 20 per cent cheaper than any house in the United States, .j 293 Burnside Street. Bet. Fourth and Fifth Phone Main 8458 offices, all of which went to help make Saturday, ueceraner is. ortiana a great est day in the stamp business since Uncle Sam began hla operations here. una sump winaow aia a rusning business laat -night until midnight, when it waa closed. After . 1 1 o'clock there was not a great deal doing, but the atragglers kept coming in one after the other, each little sale of which as sisted in swelling the days receipts. The registry and money order di visions also did ao - unusually large amount of business yesterday. It was the last Saturday before Christmas and all who have relatives or friends in the east to whom they are going to send presents were .going and coming all day long and far into the night, even after tne stores lutu ueen cioseo. FAME OF WRIGHTS , MOUNTS HIGHER Washington, Dec 19. In vew of tha fact that the war department has Just made an urgent request in the annual report to congress for more funds in the aerial experiment work, army offi cers here are enthusiastic in their praise of the work of Wilbur Wright in France, who yeaterday broke two more records ror an aerial nignt. The particular JntereBt attaches to Wright, not only because of his won derful work with a heavier, than air machine, but because, being an Ameri can 'and brother of Orville Wright, un der contract to furnish a similar ma chine to the United States government, the achievement is one that redounds to the credit of the American people. FREEZING DEAL FOR DITCH MAI1 (Special Dlipateh to Tt JoarutLt , Weaverville, Cal.,. Dec I. Robert Howard, a ditch tender for the L Grande Mining company, was f rosea to aeatn last nignt on Stuarts orK. in Trinity .county. . Howard and Joseph Brown were directed early in .the mornv ing to go from the head of the ditch to the lakes, seven miles distant through three feet c-f snow and turn on more water. : ' A ' ' - :' Tha superintendent instructed them to remain in the quarters at the lake over night and come back today.j They undertook to make the homeward trip the same day. Howard gave out com pletely within three miles. Brown threw up a shelter with scrap lumber and built a good fire. Then leaving Howard alone Brown hurried on to camp for neipi The snow was so deep that Brown made alow progress . and when he re turned this morning with men - and horses Howard waa found dying. ' The Are had gone down. He expired within Ave aainutea after the -relief party arrived.. Journalist Gets ?lum. (Special DUpsh-h to The Journal.) North Yakima. Wash.. Dec 19 IT. T. 6am t of Grand View has been appoint ed register In the land office here, to succeed Z. T. Coleman, resigned, according- to a special Washington dispatch re ceived here today. Saint was a former newspaper man of Seattle and Tacoma. . FlfiCH JURY When two more iurors are chosen to morrow morning, the testimony stage of the trial of James A. Finch will be reached in the circuit court, and tha state will begin the presentation of leBiimonjr tra wnicn ii wm claim mo Ufa of Finch as forfeit for the murder of Ralph B. Fisher the state bar as sociation prosecutor, whom he shot and killed on the afternoon of November is. Men Quickly Cured Modern electric treatment for diseases of the prostate and nervous debility. Diseases of the blood and skin a specialty. Consultation Free W.I. HOWARD, M.D. . 304-6 Roth child Bldg., Fourth and Washington Sts. i , ... , ' ,x ; gIZIIICIIBSIKIISIlZSIISXSraKISZSXKSSSEXBXZnSSXICB r T TT" iililiij mm. mm Is Heightened When the Gift is a Delicate Attention Appropriate, Seasonable and Practical H IJENNSiVGL,OVE .ORDERS Good at Any Time at Any Lennon's Store in San Francisco, Portland, Seattle ; COMBINE ALL THESE VIRTUES ESTASXJ8HXD 189 DR. L M. DALLAS OPTICIAN Has returned from Europe and will use the new WIESBADEN METHOD of testing eyes, which caused' so ; much talk in France and Germany. This science is QUICK,! ACCURATE and ABSOLUTELY j CORRECT, and gives splendid re sults in the fitting of lenses to the j eye, especially in cases of eye strain! and headaches, for close or distance use. Wo extra charge will be made for the use of this system.' You will find the prices very , reasonable and the workmanship the best Dallas Optical Parlors 218-19 Failing Bldg. Corner Third ana Washington. Second Floor. ; Take Elevator. . nr r i j, , J'JA, '.for Goat Sale . AT Le Palais Royal 300 Ladies' and Misses' Coats On sale at prices that will save VOU rlnllaru We" hivr a in' assortment of colors and styles" to select trom. Come m and see. them, they are worth $25.00, your choice -., , j 150 Tailor Made Suits Wcjrth up to $35; 'brown, blue, black, , green, . gray, mixtures, etc, your ' choice1 .-Monday 4 at S5 17.50 "0 ,;f Evening Coats, . " Capes V and Dresses, all reduced in price- A SPECIAL XMAS-OFFEKING C. Commcnplng Tomorrow, Monday Women's J Women's high grade genuine Cape, in new tan shades; genuine Vefvet "Mocha, and women's pique ' Kid Gloves, in all colors; regular $1.50 value, specially, , priced at pair i . ..fa.ir Men's Pique Kid Outseam Cape and genuine Mocha Gloves; reg Women's . Lennon's pique and overseam real Kid Gloves, the world's standard of excellence: equal in value to the ordinary $2.00 glove. All col ors, special 1 PA at, pair .....) lt)U Gloves V Women's . 16-button length, ' fine French Kid Gloves, in black, white and all colors; all sizes; '$4.00 values. this sale, pair Gloves . Men's Kid. Cane and Mocha Gloves, in new shades, equal to $2.65 tilar $1.50 values, spe- 1 If' the ordinary $2 quality, , PA M.V J specially priced, pair....vXuV cially priced, pair. Children's j. j Gloves S H M a. M B M -M J n n M M ' !! M - M M 11 Boys' and Girls' One and Two-Clasp Kid Gloves, in all -colors," $1.35 values, specially priced (f f this sale, pair . . Children's and ' Infants' Genuine Dent Glovrt, in the latest English shades; complete assortment of sizes from 0000 to 2; specially priced pair. $1.25 Umbrellas , engraved ; free ' of chargv Umbrellas crated and shipped in stylish umbrella boxes. - Hosiery : and Gloves done up in very fancy hosiery and glove boxes. 1 ML:W.: . u- -- -': ' Umbrella Special Complete . assortment of Um brellas for little tots; all sizes, for youngsters from three years up; black and col- fQ fi( red, ... . .. .50c to . MU To saaaaMSaaBaaBB. 300 Morrison Street "Bat. ruth ana Slxta, Opp. Voatofflo Umbrella Special Men's and -Women's Union Silk Umbrellas;, handles of pearl, gold, silver, gun metal, horn; etc. Reg. $5.00 values, &) nr specially priced, at. ., . .PauO n R H II H M H M S3 ft A sggE.at:gmKgxgggBgggaaaiBiBiCTag;r;rgg;;rssgggszzgs2g x
