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Definite A rrangements to Establish m.
; Steamship Line to Alaska to Be Made
Inland Emoire Visitors Vie
With Local-Men in Saying
Good Things for the Great
Northwest and Portland.
Tb great Inland Empire was splen
didly represented lust night at a din
ner at the Portland Commercial club
at which were present members of the
fifth annual Inland Empire excursion
to Oreson and California, under the aus
pice of the Harrlman lines, and the La
Grande business men's party which last
night completed . Ha, "Ret acquainted"
. tour of western Oregon Included in
the Inland Empire party were a number
of residents of Calgary and Medicine
'tHaV Alberta..;.;..,;...;.....: .,-b..:
O. F. Johnson, chairman of the Com
. merclal club's promotion . .committee,
' acted as toastmaster. and In opening the
after dinner program called attention
to the peculiarly fortunate situation of
Portland in relation to the great 'In
land Empire as then metropolis throug-n
, which all of these growing cities kep
: In touch with the eorornerce of the"
world. ,..; . :. v vr-.
"Here." he said, "on the shores of the
Columbia and the 'Willamette, is to be
the greatest city In . western America,
because 5 Walla Walla, Spokane, Boise
. and other thriving communities In the
great, -valleys of the , great western
waterways pour their wealth Into this
place ' where wheel meets keel." ' ' i
George M. Hyland extended the hand
. of welcome to the visitors on behalf of
the city of Portland and In glowing and
flowing terms compared " the beauties
and grandeur of the great pacific north
west with other sections, of the world.
V,, 3Praises O. A. O.M,?'jvi.!.;'1 '"''
1 Bruce Dennis, of Pendleton, and vice
' president of the Oregon Development
league, - spoke on behalf of the La
Grande delegation. He referred to the
. Grande Konde valley . as one of the
most wonderful sections, of the wonder
ful. Inland Empire, and thenjdwelt on
the wonders that had met the travelers
on their tour In the - Willamette val
1 ley. - He considered Oregon Agricul
tural,! college at Corvallls . onej.ol.the
most wonderful Institutions In the coun
try, and ;ne that- will prove of tre
mendous value to future generations
because of the knowledge it will Im
part to the men who will devote their
time-and energy to develop the produc
tiveness of .the soil. He attributed the
remarkable growth of southern Oregon
to the progressive, spirit of Portland,
which -has served as central energy
plant for all the state since the cry uf
"the Portland hog" was downed for all
time when La Grande sent to the Lewis
and Clarke exposition an 1100 pound hog
that swept all competitors off the field.
"Portland could very appropriately be
called . "BoosterVille " he' said, "and
Manager Chapman of the promotion
committee of the Commercial club, the
chief booster,"
C. L. Whitney, of Walla Walla, urged
that 11 tactions In all sections of the
Pacific 1 northwest pull -together ' and
boost.
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Chief Forester Would Encoiir-
age 1 Owners to vRefores
Logged-Off Lands; Goes to
San Francisco. , ;
Map showing four great, trade areas at Alaska, and the possible steam
ship Hoes between southeast and southwest Alaska and Alaska prop
er. Thirty-five days Is required for round trip between Portland
and Nome. :
Definite arrangements for establish
ing direct steamship connection be
tween Portland and Alaska are expected
to be? made this week between Portland
merchants and the E. J, Dodge company.
The active' agencies in .making the ar
rangement Qre the transportation com
mittee of the chamber of commerce and
a special committee of the Progressive
Business Men's club. .
Immediately following the definite ar
rangement, puhllcity of the fact that
Portland Is ready for Alaska business
will be given-throughout Alaska, and
the middle west and the east It Is
desired that not only shall Portland
merchant go after Alaska business, but
that Portland be made a transshipping
point for Alaska-consigned shipments
originating in the middle west and east.
Arthur C. Call an, head of. the Pacific
Hardware & Steel Co.. will ' go east to
morrow, prepared to give publicity of
Portland's new place Jn the' world' of
commerce in Chicago, Omaha,- St. Louis,
Kansas City, Washington and , -other
cities.
E. H. Dodge, vice president of the
E. J. Dodge company, who has offered
to make three trips a- year out of Port
land to the Bering sea ports of Alaska,
provided he were given a 200 ton per
trip guarantee, will supply the commit
tee with the, mi freight tariffs of the
company, tre guaranteeing that the rate
on ito commodity shall be greater than
that charged on similar commodities
out of Seattle, J .
- . fecials Will Hot etnrn Empty.
With the opening of coal mines In
miles from Fairbanks, uses 3000 tons a
year. Here is a total of nearly 50,000
tons of merchandise ordered out of the
two districts, or approximately 25,000
tons annually ordered by the ports on
tiering sea, without regard to the busi
ness of the Yukon. Fairbanks, Fort Gib
bon, Chena, Circle City and so forth are
to be regarded as In the second district.
which is also reached by trail between
Valdes and Fairbanks, by railroad
through White Horse pass.
Threa Yearly Trips Possible.
Transportation between Portland and
Nome Is open four months out of the
year, from June 8 until about November
16, via Unamik pass, It requires about
86 to 40 days for the Jound trip by the
tit. Helens of the Dodge line, making
possible three trips a year.
Boat transportation between Portland
and Valdtiz and other ports of south
western Alaska Is open practically the
year around, and requires 80 days for a
Hound trip. It requires but 16 days for
the . round " trip between Portland and
Juneau, and other ports of southeastern
Alaska, and transportation Is open the
year around. Moat of the 1912 buslneas
of southwestern and southeastern Alas
ka Is said . to be contracted for. The
freight ordered out of the two districts
K. T. Coman. president of the Spokane ' u?k8; d the drilling of oil wells, it
- chamber of commerce, expressed on be
half of the excursionists the hearty ap
preciation of Portland's hospitality that
had been shown during' the day. ' He
said Portland's commercial bodies had
assisted Spokane In many ways, and
that in return Spokane had pulled for
"Portland -foa , conventions to be held in
this city the-coming summer.
- Ho' xoss a Boofs How.
. "Portland," he said, "draws the big
. trade of the Columbia liver valley be
cause of the preeminence of her loca-
tion. - There are i times when we cannot
agree on all -points,' but there Is no use
. of SDeaklna of .those tbinas at such a
pleasant affair as this, . . . , .
"It is true that some years ago moss
' grew on the roofs In' Portland. I know,
because-1 lived here, and I used to sit
In my office and look out on the beauti
ful green moss on the roof of the build
ing, .across the street But now the
; buildings are' so tall that you can't see
the roofs, and I don't know if there s
any moss growing there or not"
Walter M. Pierce of La Grande, who
la a candidate for the United States sen-
ate, spoke for larger government appro
priations for the opening up of the wa
terways. Irrigation projects and the edu
cation rof children along agricultural
lmes. 'iLij'.'.Wi :;'-'. .-v.. ,''.
"Portland should have a 40 foot chan
nel to the sea, and without longer delay
than - necessary. In one' fell swoop,
Oregon,- Washington and .Idaho will be
moved 0000 miles nearer the Atlantic
coast and Europe by the opening of the
Panama canal within 18 months, and we
, should get ready - for this . wonderful
achievement. We want free shipping
through the canal, an open Colombia
river and good docks and harbors. The
upper Columbla.Tlver should have been
opened long ago. Many years ago when
I first came here they were working on
tha canal at Celllo. They are still work
ins there. In the meantime the govern
ment Itas almost completed the Panama
canal, a project so far greater that there
is no comparison. With the opening of
the Panama canal, the upper Columbia
river and the harbor, Portland will come
Into its own and be one of the greatest
commercial cities in the world.
Too Hot la Albert.
"Irrigation projects should be de
veloped, the government should give
Oregon - the share of appropriations to
which the state la entitled. On our trip
through western Oregon we saw many
valleys that - Indicated that ' they had
barely--been touched by the hand of
. man- And yet we speak of crowds of
unemployed.
, "Portland should be one of the great
est manufacturing centers in the world.
for the tremendous amount of electric t
power available here la worth more than
ell the oal mines In Pennsylvania The
white coal will run on forever, coming
i as it does from the crystal snows of
the everlasting mountains.,"
- R. few a. Van Water of Calgary, Alta.,
in speaking for the Canadians,- said It
was a mistake to believe that they were
Is believed that there will no - longer
be a question as to whether, vessels will
come back empty.
Mr. Dodge, who has extensive experi
ence in Alaska trade, divided the Alaska
territory Into four great districts. No.
1 Includes tha district known as southeast-Alaska,
reached by the inner pas
sage. No. 2 includes Interior Alaska;
No. 3 includes southwest' Alaska to
Chlcknlk, and No. 4 the Bering sea coast
of Alaska -- -i-
The lower, long dotted line in the cut
shows the route to be traversed In
reaching district No.' 4. This IS the
route proposed by Mr. Dodge. Its ports
are Nome, St 'Michaels. Soloman and
Kotsebue sound porta to Icy Cape, and
connections with river steamers for
Yukon river points. Mr. . Dodge says
that St- Michaels, the islands and gov
ernment contracts would call for 2000
tons annually of general merchandise,
tioloman takes 2600 tons, Golovin 2000
tons, Nome 6000 tons, lork 400 tons,
Port Clarenco 1200 tons, Kotsebue sound
and northern 3000 tons, other govern
ment contracts and missionaries and
trading posts will take together 3000
tons. Fairbanks on the Tanana river,
300 miles from Fort Gibbon, uses 8000
to 10,000 tons 'c merchandise in inde
pendent stores. Fort Gibbon, on , the
Yukon, has two stores and requires mer
chandise and military supplies amount
ing to? 8000 tons a year. Ohnena, 10'
urging that taxes , on land bearing
young timber be made low anourh so
me owners win be encouraged to refer
est their logged-off lands and protect
mem against nre, Henry 8. Graves,
united States forester,' yesterday In an
Interview with The Journal. "gave his
views on . the vexing timber i taxation
pro Diem.
Mr. Graves said that In rnnnMnrinr
the taxation of standing timber, he was
forced to apeak from e-eneral observa
tion pather than from the standpoint Of
ciose rammarity with tho question In
the Pacific northwest. But he said he
believed the general principle that young
mi growing limner Should be Ilahtlv
taxed was applicable universally.
"There are two kinds of taxable tlm.
oer, said Mr. Graves, "one the mature,
ripe timber which 'Is read v for market;
Ing and which represents the maximum
growth. I do not care to go into the
taxation or such timber at all. It real
ly Is not a question for the department
to consider, but must be. left for the
various states and counties to settle as
they see fit But there Is another bind
of timber that is being taxed the young
growin on tanas tnat have been cut
over, and I want particularly to suggest
mat it is tor the benefit of everyone
that this timber be taxed carefully, so
mai owners or large areas or land will
oe encouraged' to undertake reforest
tion and to- cooperate with the state In
protectlojKagainst fire.
V Is Urge Question.
x ne loggea-oir iana question is a
Very large one and is especially import-
am 10 mose siates wnlch. like Oregon,
are beginning to face it and still have
time and opportunity to make the best
possible use of this land. Oregon has
what is probably the fastest B-rnwtn er
coniferous tree in the United States
tne uouglas nr. It la possible to secure
marketable timber from fresh planting
of Douglas fir in 20 years. Now if the
immense areas of lands that are be
ing denuded of ripe timber are-left idle,
the state and the public suffer. In the
first place, only a small part of the
land, comparatively, can be occupied by
farms. There is much of It that vfiii
the. unable to get settlers upon it Is
the case everywhere after lare fnro.t.
are cut down. If this land lies mia it.
value to the owner is slight and Is rep
resented only by what he can sell It for.
while. In turn. It is also nt mi
to the state, because it is producing
nothing and is not adding tn tha
of the commonwealth. In addition.
amounts to many thousands of tons idle land of little value, its taxabi vi
-uo.wj.. uu. lumuiu, j UB ,B equally small. ,i
Ing modern steamship connection with "Supposing this land is sown to firs
these ports, could compete successfully again. It must be cared for,, it Is true
for the business Is assured. but it will be growing a ero'n that ,ni
In dividing Alaska Into the four dis-I eventually prove valuable nnrt
tricts, Mr. Dodge has suggested that able that will keep the industries of
Portland send . representatives to each the state well supplied with raw ma
district, learning the business possl- terlal. and that will add to the wealth
bllltles and ascertaining what the mer- of the country and to the taxabio vain-
chants there will be willing to do in
establishing trade relations with. Port
land.
arrest right for Kali Contracts.
In considering possibilities of trade
from the mouth of the Yukon up, Mr.
Dodge says that it will be possible to
run 1600 miles inland to Fort Gibbon
after this year if proper arrangements
are made for transshipments. The
boats now in trade are the Minneapolis
and Julia B. Dawson gets freight large
ly Via Juneau, and the Idltarod and
Fairbanks via Valder. Dawson independ
cnt stores order annually 7000 to 8000
thousand tons of merchandise: the Idlta
rod, which is on the Idltarod river 250
miles south of the Yukon, used 10,000
tons last year.
Whenever it is possible, says Mr.
Dodge, It Is found most satisfactory to
ship goods to points on the Yukon river
via Nome, than via Juneau and the rail
road, y.
Mr. Dodge also says that after becom
ing established In the southeastern
Alaska trade, Portland should maintain
a . modern freight and excursion
boat of 600 tons with capacity for 300
to 600 passengers, and the mall con
tract, the year around.
It is urged that a fight be made for
the mall contracts. As long as the mail
for Portland has to come via Seattle,
efforts to establish trade relations will.
It is said, be handicapped,
Of the land.
But If too heavily assessed, the own
Short -Weight Butter; Tin Fo
- on Scales, Detected by ?
, ."'Deputy -at Astoria.
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Astoria, Or.s , Jan.. jo. Retail merch
Snts and local creamery men ars stirred
by the finding of Deputy State Food and
uairy commissioner W. B. Duncan, yes
icruay, Wuo uiscoverea - tnat not ; one
pouna or butter issued by three cream.
erles was up to standard weight, and
several merchants have admitted that
tney sold butter to-oustomers knowing
inai ii was averaging nearly one ounce
short to a pound, roll. The ttnnr
claim tliey are powerless to act h.
cause If a protest Is made to the au
thorities the creameries will shut' down
OH - mem. - ---;'--i'-v--J--;-7r;t7r?-?,-'.-.--;'- ;
Mr. Duncan swooDed down - on : tha
city two daya ago and Inspected every
store In the city, securing samples of
au rooa ana meat ror analytical pur
poses at the office of the commission
In Portland. He says he has "never
seen so muca short weight butter in
his experience. . In one large store he
aiscoverea a piece of tin t foil placed
upon the credit side of the scales, each
customer' paying for two ounces of
goods , that he never received.. - ;
Prosecutions of these cases will nro-
bably follow when the results of the
testa are, round. -f ; -8 ... 'A
era. will' not' reforest their land they
would prefer to let It He Idle, covered
wHfh stumps. The lumberman's chief
Interest is in the timber he cuts off and
I able to tufn into ready money not
in tne possible future growth of timber
on his land. If, by light taxation of
growing timber he can be encouraged to
reforest his land it will be a benefit to
everyone. If he does not, vast quan
tities, of out over land present nothing
but an aspect of economlo waste.
There is another side to the matter
that private owners of timber should
remember. In such states as Oregon,
for instance, where the state la doing
so much to cooperate with the govern
ment In the protection of timber against
fire, the state Is entitled to expect
something In return from "the' private
interests whose property it Is thus pro
tecting. It Is apt to expectlthat, such
timber owners having been benefited by
public money, should in turn, show a de
sire to make a- return to the public by
reforesting the logged off lands that
will not be suitable for agricultural pur
poses. -, v
It is a step towards utilization of
our resources that the state has a right
to look towards our large timber holders
to take. , I trust that both timber own
ers and state will - work together in
these ways in the lightening, cf taxes
on growing timber and the reforesta
tion of logged off lands by the timber
owners so that in the end every one
will be benefited by the part that for
estry can. play in the development of
this western country."
Mr. Graves will leave tonight for San
Francisco the last of his meetings with
the district foresters here having beenf
completed yesterday. He expressed
himself as more than pleased with the
results of this visit and with the fact
that he had become, acquainted person-
lly with the men he had not previous
ly met. " "- -
PACKERS litCOIIDS
'Kfff!
Book's Being Piled So High
That Little Space Is Left
? for Attorneys and Jurors-
Dissecting to .Start.'
Thirty True Bills Prepared in
3; Anticipation of Indianapolis
Grand Jury's Report; Many
Expected to; Be Returned.,
' (By the lateraatKMial News Rwvlct.J
(jnicago, , Jan,- 20.--Cartloada of the
records, of the National Packing com
pany wore toted Into Judee Car
penters' courtroom today and -the gov.
eminent experts and attorneys began
to. - dissect r this corporation part - and
parcel the corporation which is labeled
by the r government the Instrument , af
tne OAmblnl hv. whtnh ttia tah ma.l
Industry ; of the country Is controlled
by tha beef trust vv--r -;;,'! y::,if t
The packers displayed such a will
tngness to surrender great - bales of
records , that the eourt was 4 forced to
check the procession of messenger boys
in .order to have Sufficient room for
the trial to proceed.,- These records are
the accounts of IB of the subsidiary
companies of the National Packing com
pany covering a period of three years.
W.'E. Weber, head accountant of the
National ' Packing, oomnanv. took the
witness stand and.: is expected to' be
subjected to at least a week of grill
ing at the hands of the prosecuting at
torneys. Weber told of giving orders
as to tha figuring -of the "tent cost" of
beef' so - that a uniform ' price" basis
would be established as between tha IS
companies dominated by the Armour,
Morris and Swift groups.
xue government brought Its examina
tion down to the. time and place where
charges that the : threa groups of
packers met weekly as directors of the
National Packing company, and made
trade agreements as to shipping and
prices. :'':'V'.."; ; i-,,i;1;','''sW:-'i'....; .'
"Who gives the orders as to how
test cost shall be figured in the differ
ent plants?" Weber was asked.
I do," was the answer. ' "T. B. Pat
terson, vice president of the company.
gives me the changes totbe made- from
time to time, and -I-send them to the
different places." . - .-..
"Do you receive -the -Information -by
memorandumT' -, -
No. Mr. Patterson always telephones
to me." - .- - -
"No record is ever made of the trans
action?" v . -
"No." he replied. - , v- : .,' ' , ' v
Weber was unable., to remember any
change that had been made in the al
lowance for hides in the figuring of tha
cost of beef. The government charges
that these changes were made by all the
companies simultaneously and that, by
discontinuing the hide' allowance In
1907 the ' price of beef was automati
cally raised. As the sheets were reeled
Into the official record that document
passed the 1,000,000 word mark and
only 15 of the 600 or 600 witness to be
called have been examined. v
4 (United Press Leutd Wlr. ' '
, Indianapolis, Jan. 20. The trailing -of
the .dynamiters by. tho United States
government la nearlng its close. ' Ten
more days at the outside is expected to
sea the adjournment of the federal grand
jury, which has been investigating the
reputed connection of "higher ups".w!th
the nation-wide destruction of property
directed by John J. McNamara. ' -Thirty
Indictments have been ore-
pared by - Federal . District Attorney
Charles W. Miller and his assistants in
anticipation of the jury's report Re
turn or indictments by the grand Jury
will mean the immediate arrest of any -
of these Individuals named in the documents-
If the Jury falls to return true
bills against those on this list, the in
dictments naming them will be de-,
Stn)yed.-.jX'.;. . -':':7S ' I
A recess was taken In tbe investiga
tion today. The ; Jury will reconvene
Monday, when It Is expected Ortle K
McManigal will again go on the witness
stand. '
E. W. ROSS IS EXPECTED
TO RUN FOR CONGRESS
SeattleWash..
able State Land
Jan. 20. It is prob
Commissioner B. W.
FREDERICKS' RETURN
EXPECTED TO BRING
N : CRISIS; IN INQUIRY
' (Oatteg' Frees 'tssses Wlre.t
Los Angeles, Jan. 20. The return
from New ' York of ; District Attorney
John D. Fredericks. It is believed today,
will precipitate tha crtais of tha grand
jury investigation growing out of tha
McNamara trials. .
For the last three days tha session of
the county Investigators have been per-
f unctory; It-Js asserted upon excellent
authority that the jury has virtually
concluded its work and is awaiting the
district - attorney's bidding to report. '
Fredericks -left New : York for Los An
geles Friday. v. .
After a brief session today, at which
officials of the bank used as a depos
itory for tha McNamara defense funds
appeared, the Jury adjourned until Mon
day afternoon. -. - .. .
Deuty District Attorney- Ford hinted
that - Monday would usher In Imortant
develoments, but refused to commit him
self when asked to state that. If true
bills had been prepared, 'they will be
held up until Fredericks'. arrival.
A new federal grand Jury, the third
to be summoned since the Inception of
the dynamite inquiries, will be erapan- -eled
Tuesday; .- - ;.'
Roes will shortly announce himself a
candidate for congressman at large. He
will make a campaign on the question
of administration of public lands in the
west, urging the federal government to
release about 600,000 acres . of school
lands belonging to this state, tied up fit.
forest reserves, title to which -is dis
puted by -the forestry': bureau. '
P.R. L.& P. Trying New Plan of Taking
Fares on the Pay-as-You-Enler Cars
Every little movement means the con
sumption of a moment of time and time
Is beginning to be regarded as the es
sence of successful streetcar traffic as
the city Increases in alxe and popula
tion. I a view of this, the Portland Rail
way, Light & Power company Is won
dering if quicker service could not be
brought about by the elimination of the
box into which the passenger drops the
necessary nlckle when entering the pay-as-you-enter
car. Anyway experiments
are under way.
The ; cash boxes - have been "removed
from cars on the Twenty-third street
line, and the nickel is handed over to
the canductor as are transfers on cars
having the boxi Thus the pay-as-you-enter
system is retained. The conduct
or keeps tab on himself by ringing
up rares or transfers, as before, and
at the end of each trip enters his ac
count Into a book as in the good days
of old before- the pay-as-you-enter car
was introduced.
Officials of the company are not cer
tain as. to which system Is really the
best.-but the test now belna madn on
the Twenty-third street line will solve
the puszle. If time can be saved by
elimination of the box, then the con
trivance will In all probability be re
moved rrom all of the cars In the ser
vice. - On the other hand, if found that
the passenger can drop the nickel as
quickly into the box ss the conductor
can convoy it into his pocket, then the
box will hold Its own and things will
su vn ueiure. -:"-
going- to California for any other pur
pose than to get the cool 'breezes that
sweep in from the broad Pacific during
the month of February,, when it gets
rather sultry up Alberta way. '
William McMurray, general passenger
stent of the U.-W. R. sc N. Co., spoke
for his company and the Southern Pa
cific, under whose : auspices the trip
through Oregon and California will be
completed, and wished them Godspeed
on tbelr Journey. ..-'-;.
The La Grande delegation disbanded
here last night and will return to their
home as they: desire. They were shown
the city yesterday afternoon with the
Inland .Empire excursionists from trol
ley, cars and were much Impressed with
The Inland Empire cxrarsfon pulled
out mi v:au last niffht.
EL CljlDAIE Fr
exclirsloi
Slot machines were used bv the an
dent Kgyptlane 'in their temples to en
able worshipers to sprinkle themselves
UU holy Water. . .
County Clerk Frank S. Fields yester
day evening prepared bis declaration of
intention to become a candidate Jn the
primary election for nomination of sec
retary of state. This declaration will
be filed Monday with ; Secretary of
State Olcott Ills name will be found
In the Republican column.
The platform .'announced by Mrf
Fields reads as follows: "If ; I am
nominated and elected, I will, during
my term of office, endeavor to conduct
the affairs of the Office in a manner
satisfactory to - the rnasses, real ialng
the impossibility of - pleasing all. I
will promise a fair, 'honest and busi
nesslike administration, respectfully
referring voters to my five terms as
county clerk of Multnomah county,
asking those who are not familiar with
my record to inquire of those wiio-are.
I will be secretary of the whole state
with no apeclal favors to any particu
lar part thereof." , 1
Following the candidate's name on
the ballot, he wishes the following slo
gan printed; "Same businesslike polloy
. ' . ' V ' ... v ,.
I pursued as clerk of Multnomah coun
ty iq years. ; - . . - -
. Mr. Fields is now serving his fifth
consecutive term as clerk of Multnomah
county, having teen elected each time
on tne Kepumican . ticket
Can't Raise Bail.
Baker, Or., Jan, 20. Charles H. Gage,
promoter or many. schemes In various
parts of Oregon and arrested Thurs
day for passing alleged worthless
cheoks, Is still In Jail, unable to get
ball among the mining , men he was
trying to Interest . Ill his smelter pro
ject His wife, who worked with him.
attempted to promote a woolen mill
here. Gage told his 'creditors Who visit
ed him in jail today, that he expected
to receive $100,000 in a few days.
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Warrants for Arree Thursday night
the special patrolmen who have been on
duty at the Southern Pacific, car shops
were relieved from further duty for the
reason that the striking pickets have
been so orderly that no trouble was an
ticipated. But Friday noon six men are
said to have engaged in a quarrel with
some ;of tha workmen employed in the
shops. .-As a result warrants were is
sued for their arrest.; Tha men under
arrest" are CvH. Jones, Minor Juhrs,
F. C, Poehler. F. A. Blank Louis Mn.
rer and Carl Wolf ord. Tha comma in.
ant if IX. 3. McCrookeo, ,
iinie
announce-
Two weeks ago we announced and inausruratecJ our Twentv-fourth Semi.Annual Clearance Sale- All
ments of Eilers Music House heretofore have been eaeerlv regDonderl to hv niano buven. and thi wn no rrcn.
tion. Prices on high-grade Pianos and Player Pianos wercLmade lower than ever before. "VThe consequence has
been that never before in the history of this big music house have so many instruments been disposed of in so
short a time, and the many excellent bargains still remaining will be positively sold tomorrow, the-last day bf this
n1oorfty.ale..iTOi' announcement is fair warning that after Monday the opportunity now beforejpiano buyers
will be gone. Space will not permit or is it necessary to describe the remaining instruments sufficient to say
that at the low prices and easy terms on standard pianos both new and used; the remaining stock will be oon
picked up by shrewd buyers. So come tomorrow, and come as early as possible, as the opportunity may not
come soon again that makes it possible for even the humblest home in Portland to possess an excellent piano.
Remember, all pianos are in good condition, no matter how low the price. Also, $25 wprth of Music Rolls free
with all second-hand Autopianos, Pianola Pianos and Mother Player Pianos. Remember, ' also, that most of these
pianos can be had on payments of ONE DOLLAR A WEEK, and the best kinds at $6 and $8 a month, if you are
not prepared to pay all cash. The following are a few of the remaining Clearance Sale bargains:
$700 Autopiano, old style . . . .$285
$350 Bachman & Son now ...$160
$350 Behr Bros., oak, now . . . $165
$975 Chickering Grand now . .$550
$400 Decker now ........ . .$175
$400 Hallet & Davis now . . . .$200
$800 Hallet & Davis Grand ..$250 , $425 Marshall & WendaU ....$210
$350 Fischer now . . . . ..... .$125 $500 Mason & Hamlin now ..$155
$4.50 Hardman now . . Y . . . . $240 $225 Newman Bros, now .... $120
$250 Harrington now . . $95 $500 Weber now .j. . ; . . . . . $285
$560 Kimball now ... $265 Pianola Pianos, second-hand,
$300 Ludwig now .$198 . at . . . . . :$265, $385, $415, $445
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Our free .t exchange privilege goes with 'every one of the instruments in this sale."
use one of these instruments free for two years, then exchange for a new one -if
desired. ' v "''-''": i ' . 1 . f
i k -I SSI miT . " '
The Nation Largest
Dealers
Eilers Building. Alder
at Seventh