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ate F.lad2 at Pendleton,
Ringing DenunciationFree
Tolls, Income Tax, Etc.
Pendleton. Oiv March 21. With 250
Democrats in attendance and with two
of the candidates for -the Democratic
i omlnatlon for senator present, the
f rst meeting of the minority party In
i'matilla county was held list night
The feature of the meeting was an
iloquent address by Walter M, Pierce
cf Hot Lake, one of the candidates
for the senatorial- nomination. This
speech constituted the commencement
of a vigorous campaign which he an
nounced he would make. In his address
Pierce found a hearty response when he
advocated lower rates on grain through
water competition, with the railroads
and through the inauguration of a
free toll policy tn connection with the
opening; of the Panama1 canal. He also
advocated an income tax on fortunes of
$10,000 or over, regulation of trusts
and monopolistic corporations, repealing
of the law which forbids any but home
built ships to ply between domestic
ports, and he Indorsed in strong terms
the Oregon system of popular govern-
:. mt.nt; r- ir- r
Oliver P. Coshow, Rosebiirg's aspirant
for Bourne's toga, also made an address
but it was short and lid not bear so
much on his own candidacy as did that
jf Pierce,
' Scorn the Trusts.
Pierce began his speech with a re
view of the methods by which the great
trusts have grained monopoly, exacted
extortionate - profits - and controlled
prices. Then he turned his attention to
tlie money trust, saying: '."
"Now' comes the greatest trust of.
them all, the money trust, controlling
too credits of all our large cities, allow
ing no man or firm to have a credit
unless he is subservient to the interest
.The money trust today ; says to the
man who wants a large credit: 'If this
money Is to be used to promote an en
terprise that may compete with any one
of the established trusts, then you can
not have It' No Independent railway
building, , no independent factories, no
independent electric plants. Activity la
gone. New enterprises forbidden.
"Money In quantities- is only loaned
SALE OF TREMENDOUS IM
P0RTANCE TO ALL WOMEN
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Materials ..arethis-season'favored -weaves, styles are
copies of imported models,- workmanship and fitStand-1
ard's standard. -
The BeSt $35 SPRING
SUIT in town here
$22.50'
REMEMBER
We sell for cash only
and therefore sell for
less. .
111:
Free
STANDARD
GLOAItandSUIX-CO.
415 WASHINGTON STREET, CORNER ELEVENTH
nnMe-n-s of the fw men who control,
F -im,s 1 iv.'.'H he rer l from tie
nsry Ivifftr.fsg man' is d. rrac, s1, tno
chi i L Is in the heart. 1
feels tiie Rr'.p
and lndt'poml-
that f rccz s enterprise
enco. . -
"Now the money trust seeks to fasten
Itself permanently upon the country by
moans of the Aldrirh currency bllL
The present trust busting policy of this
administration as well as the past Is
farciral In the extreme. Has it (riven
the tobacco grower any more money?
Has It reduced the trust dividends?
Has It reduced the .price to tlie con
sumer? More drastic measures must be
applied If we maintain independent in
dustrial life In America.
" Public pays tit Pries. "
'.The sunken rock that wttl wreck the
ship of industrial life unless it be re
moved Is fixed and regulated price. The
produpts of nature, God's gifts to man,
coal, oil, forests, tumbling' water, have
all been capitalized beyond reason, and
the public today pays enormous prices
for the privilege of using gifts Intended
for the use of all mankind.
"It is true, the price of some articles
have been reduced by some of the trusts.
The Standard OH one sold Its refined
product for 30cents a gallon. It cost
them then 25 cents a gallon to refine oil.
Their net profit was t cents, a gallon.
The same oil sells today for II cents a
gallon, but the cost of refining Is now
3 cents.. Their net .profit, today Is I
cents. The amount we pay lor noming
is what hurts."
Dealing with some of the remedies for
present conditions, Mr. Fierce said:-
"I do not expect this wonderful civ
ilization to pass away, this marvelous
life of the printing press, steam engine,
electricity; but I do say that there
must come out of legislative halls and
executive chambers wisdom- enacted
into laws that will make it possible' for
the ordinary man to earn 5 sufficient
compel 8.aU0n.tQca.ref or Jilmself and
his loved ones, so that he may have
the necessities of life and a share In
a Christian distribution of nature's lux
uries which were intended for all man
kind, and not the privileged few.
Urges free Iilst,
"It is easy to tear down, difficult In
deed to construct First of all I would
place the necessities of life upon the
free list Free sugar. Why notT
Ninety millions of people should be al
lowed to buy it in the cheapest -markets
of the world. It would make a
saving In every home, of ;a cent'and a
half to two cents on every pound of
sugar. Free Iron In all its forms. Why
should wa longer, continue tariff on
iron? The steel trust admits that It Is
selling Iron In foreign countries cheaper
than it sells to us. Recent investiga
tion shows that it Is paying labor star
vation prices, not nearly as much as
you are paying your farm hands.
"I advocate a physical valuation of
all railroads and all trusts that con
trol their lines, as & basis of fixing
rates, then laws forever taking water
out of every railroad and every trust
33
Friday and
Saturday
' Will l?e a wonderful day, in"
. this exclusive store. This sale
is a signal to buy new spring
and Easter Suits. We are de
termined to have your atten
tion and interest and presence
tomorrow and . Saturday. By
this astonishingly low price we'
- make ' it a " certainty that
women who do not buy here
' will actually lose money. The
new spring lines are now com
pleted and the spring sale be
gins tomorrow with ,, this
matchless value
Tailor-Made
SUITS
$25, $27.50, $30, $32.50 Vals.
SILK KIMONOS
$4.95
Values Up to $10.00
Alterations
Free
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f jj'I'JjY N J j I J ! 1 J V
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IIIII'IILLHY
STATE OF MQNTAUA
"Some. Clark Strength," Says
Governor, "But Delegates
Will Be Instructed to Cast
Ballots for" Jerseyman."
. U'ulted Fren UiHd Win.)
San Francisco, March 21. "There Is
a' strong preponderance 'of Woodrow
Wilson sentiment In- my state, and I
believe Montana will select Wilson as
Its choice for president" declared Gov
ernor E. LNorris of Montana here to
day In commenting on. the political out
look. Governor Norris ,1s himself a
Wilson Democrat, elected by a majority
of 1SUQ In a normally Republican state.
"While there is some Clarke strength,
I think there Is no doubt that the Demo,
crata of Montana Will Instruct their del
egates to the national convention for
Wilson. In the Republican camp, Roose
velt seems to be the choice over Taft
Of course the campaign has aa yet not
really opened In Montana. By next
month the situation will have been clar
ified and the various presidential cam
paigns launched In earnest", .
Governor James H. Hawley of Idaho,
also elected by a substantial Democratic
majority in a Republican state, pre
dicted that Wilson would - sweep the
state against any Republican candidate
thus far proposed. ' - )
"I believe Wilson will get the Idaho
delegation," Hawley said. 'Of course
the state is normally strongly Republi
can, but there is a big split between the
standpatters and the progressives of that
party this year. - The people of Idaho
have always thought well of Roosevelt
but there are at present a great many
Republicans who feel that ha has not
played fair, and sentiment is unques
tionably turnfng against him."
Governor M.i E Hay of Washington,
who, with Governor Norris and Haw
ley ,1s here to confer with the Panama
Pacifio exposition officials, was ex
tremely reticent on the political outlook
tn the north. ' He declined to make any
predictions., ' .
and combination, making It a crime to
water stock, of any kind.. Then a law
limiting: dividends of trusts- that con
trol, and the dividends permitted to be
approximately the amount of the an
nual Increase in wealth, If controlled
lines are allowed to continue their pres
ent course of extracting an unjust pro
portion of profits' from the' competing
world. It is a mathematical certainty
that they "will in a few years draw to
themselves the entire national wealth.' ,
' Vuoli Xaad Abandoned..
"Our cities are growing rapidly larger,
our country Is being deserted. One of
the problems demanding Immediate so
lution Is bow to place the landless men
upon the manless land. Two thirds of
all the tracts on the Irrigation projects
ara abandoned by the ; original locator
for the reason that he has , not suffi
cient money to pay the amount demand
ed by the government and make the
necessary improvements.
"We should have 5 a new homestead
law allowing 20 acres ot Irrigated land
to be taken by qualified hometeekers
and after payment of the filing fees,
the government to furnish to that home
steader water for Irrigation free. After
the homesteader-has lived on and cul
tivated thai land for 10 years allow
him to make proof and receive his pat
ent from the government ' Five thou
sand homesteads on. unirrigated land
could be created In Oregon ' alone for
5, 000, 000. This is practically the amount
due Oregon from the reclamation fund
that should have been spent in Oregon
before this. .. . i
; "I. do belleva in reasonable appropria
tions for our navy, for we are going to
reed It om ffay when orlentar civili
sation, meets occidental .civilization on
the waters of the peaceful Paclflo to
settle the final conflict, between Anglo-Saxon
and Mongolian,, and appro
priations for increasing the efficiency
of our schools will make possible the
successful manning of. that navy in the
time of final conflict, ; ' : ,ti
Open Eiver Demanded.
"All Interests of Oregon demand that
tha Columbia - river bo opened free to
tho navigation of the world. A 40 foot
channel from Portland to the sea would
lncreass the wealth of all
"We should have proper limitations
placed upon railroad rates taking grain
and products to tha river bunka. Sev
eral cents a bushel ought to be added
to tha price of. our wheat kt eastern
Oregon by an open river, proper : rate?
and a cltar .channel to the sea. Sev
eral cents more ought to be added If
we are given free tolls at Panama and
a law allowing America , to. purchase
ships built In any country on eartfc, re
moving the prohibition which now says
only American built ships ; can ply be
tween American ports. ' 1 ,
"I believe In an, Income tax: graduatil
so as to make It impossible for an Indi
vidual to amass a fortune sufficient to
produce an annual Income of a million
dollars or more. . Forc.the return to the
people of these unjustly swollen for
tunes by the means of an Income tax. I
would tax no income less than J 10,000,
and then I would make the tax light . It
should not be made possible for men to
accumulate untold millions of bonds,
mortgages and stocks placing the rest
! of tha world in slavery to pay Interest
and dividend. theron. ..
"The Oregon system has made Oregon
famous the world around. As a people
we have epoken.. The system Is here to
stay. You cannot unring the bell. The
people have tasted authority They have
seen' the 'bosses wince bene&th their
sledge hammer blows. .....'.
; "There is nothing, so dear to man as
power. Nothing so prized as self gov'
ernment - Mankind has never voluntar
lly relinquished power once exercised
except to a man on horse back. God for
bids that the military dictator should
ever come here."
COMMUNITY PROPERTY
ENTITLES IDAHO WOMEN
TO VOTE IN BOND CASES
4 ' (Special to Tha Juiirnal.l
4 Boise, Idaho, March 21. Wo-
man suffrgRe in Idaho waa (riven
- a wider field today when Attor-
' ney General X). C, McDougall
ruled that women who are inter-
f ested in community property
' which is listed for taxation In
4 their husband's names are. en-
titled to the ballot at bond elee-
; tions where the voting Is limited
4 to taxpayers. The question
: 4 arose at . Idaho Falls, . where
; women-; of this class were not al-
J?w!lt00ieJJ)ejlUorMy.jn
, eral. was appealed' to and holds
! 41 they were unlawfully deprived $
of the franchise..',; i . t
ADVISES IIEAD Br
HCBBMHOBlia
Farmer Has Every Advantage
cf His City Brethren. Ex
plains James J. Rcgan'ill
Be Real Aristocrat. ' ..
"Get back to the soil." Is the advice
that "James 3. Regan, president of the
Ancient Order of Hibernians, who will
be In Portland until early tomorrow
morning In the course of an official
trip of inspection of the Paclflo coast
provinces of the order, has for the
young1 man of this country who -would
be Independent. Ever since his elec
tion as president of the Hibernians at
the Portland convention in 1910, Mr.
Regan has been preaching this doctrine
not i only to the younger generation of
thV Ilibernlans, - but to the youth cf
the land In ireneraL
Between SO and 60 prominent Port
land Hibernians, Including state, coun
ty and- division officers had Mr. Regan
as their guest at an Informal dinner at
the Portland hotel last night This af
ternoon with Archbishop Christie, E. It
Deery, C G. Murphy and others as Ms
escorts he visited the Christian Broth
ers' Business college and Columbia uni
versity, addressing the students, and
lunmni ne win d guest or nonor at a
Tmbllo- receptlorrln Ma sonltr halt,-West
rant ana ramtim streets.
President Regan is an enthusiast
over the "back to the soil" movement
and Its possibilities. Being an enthu
siast, he loses no opportunity to set
forth the advantages of farm life.- '
land Getting- Scarce. ;
"Some time ago, in an address be
fore, the Land show at St. Paul," he
said this morning, "I pointed out the
advanUge of Irving on the land, and I
cannot too strongly emphasise the fact
that the farmer has every advantage.
He Is no longer Isolated. .Improved and
excellent schools, roads, rural delivery,
telephone, and so forth,; bring civilisa
tion to his door. : .
"Let him not forget that good land
is getting scarce and that in a few
years the farming class will be the
most Important in this country. The
owners of the soil will be the true aris
tocrats I use ihe word In Its orig
inal and best sense of this fair land.
"Get on a farm that Is the gist of
my advice to young men. Leave the
city and get out In the country and go
to fanning, even If you have- to start
in on . a small acale. Work hard, in
telligently and scientifically and the
high cost of living will never bother
you - ' ,:.' J . . ,. .' 1 ; :
A parallel to tha ''get back to the
soil" movement, in a sense, Is what
President Regan ' declares to be the
greatest need of the Hibernians In the
northwest .-.. : ! :
areed Mora Members.
"1 am very much gratified at tha
splendid showing of the order ' here.
hs said, "and the only criticism I have
to offer is that the membership should
spread out mora into the country. There
are fine divisions In the big northwest
towns like Portland and Seattle, but
the smaller towns and the tountry re
neglected. ' - -; C
"Wherever 28 or -mort Hibernians
could be "got together once a month
from a radius of flva or even 10 or 15
miles, is fine ground for establishing
a division. Get out of the cities and
Into the towns and country districts.
we could easily make 10 times as good
a showing."
President Regan la much Interested
in tha plans for tha auditorium In Port
land. St Paul, his home city, has one
of the finest publlo auditoriums In the
countrx, and he says experience there
has shown that the auditorium must be
built near the large hotels of the olty
to achieve the best success.
P. KiSulliyanedflSt jt tha Cathollo
Sentinel, was .toastmaater at the din
ner last night, and President Regan
was the principal - speaker. In his ad
dress Mr. Regan praised tha Portland
Hibernians and dwelt particularly on
tho importance of education for keep
ing up the principles and ideals of tha
great ' order to which . 260,000 " Irish-
Americans of North America belong. -
"Wo must live up to tha high prin
ciples of our order," he said In part, and
education is the great factor In bring
ing this about ' .But the study of th
Irish language and of Irish literature
which througlv our activities we have
succeeded In introducing Into many of
our schools, will do us no mora good
than - the -study of geometry and - alge
bra if wa do not draw out of that study
tha lessons that It teaches.
Kany Prominent Speakers, t
Other speakers-: Included . Archbishop
Christie, C. G, Murphy, president of Di
vision No, i; Mrs. T. Hogan, president
ef tha Ladles auxiliary; Rev.i?iather
Gallagher, , president of : Columbia uni
versity; Miss Marie Chambers, ' national
director of the Ladles'-auxiliary, and
Judge V. N. Gatens. 1 r '
Tha program at the - reception to
night' which will be free and open to
the public, will -ibe as follows: - '
"God Save Ireland,", chorus by audi
ence. . - i : ... -:'' -
Address, E. H. Detry, state .president
A. O. H. ,:-'.v--;.-.;.. ';
"O'Donnell Aboo," Let Erin Remem
ber," Cathedral Ladles' chorus. . ;
Address, Rev. J. M, "FarrelL State
Chaplain -A. 0.'H. . .
"KUlarney," "Wearing of the Green,"
Miss Rose Frlelle.
Addreas, Honorable James J. Regan,
National Presldenr A." O. ICT " - .
"Where the River Shannon Flows,"
Frederick E. Osborne. .
Address Most Rev. A. Christie, D. D.,
Archbishop of Oregon.
"Star Spangled Banner, Chorus by
audience,' , ' "" : . ,
BAY CITY. COTTAGES t
.' DESTROYED, BY FIRE
. .t'rittoj Press Leaned Wlre.i
Ban Francisco, March' 21. -Fanned by
a heavv wind. fire, which started tn the
western section of the city today do -
stroyea Hair a dozen cottages, Causing
estimated damage of $25,000. .Occu
pants of the dwellings barely had time
to get to the street, loping all their
household effects.
Huntington Sued by Stockholder.
, . t United tres lanc-d Wlre.t ,
New York,, March 21.Facing a charge
that ha intentionally misrepresented the
financial standing of the National Steel
& Wire company Henry E'. Huntington.
chairman of the executive committee of
that -organization, la defendant today in
a suit Drougiu oy jttooert John Frank,
holder of 15 shares, of Stock In the cor
poration. Frank, who says he represents
a nuthber of English stockholders, seeks
to recover the value of his stock, and
to set ssiae voting agreement whereby
Ij&a.jafttiUijaaU
cunpuny was converted into stock of the
National Consolidated , Wire , & Cable
company.'' .i;';.
Journal Want Ads bring results.
nnn.;n n-v?
UnLUUhli!! iiCAO
1 5 ceit eaai fiBE
Ten Cent Rate to Meidrum and
Jennings Ledge, Low Com
mutation Tickets Sought.
Oregon is to have a fire marshal law,
If the credit men of Portland can put
such a measure i-.pon the statute books.
That law, it is figured; will be calcu
lated to save 'to the slate tens of thou
sands, of dollars a year In preventable
fire losses, perhap half million or
more. - The work - of the fire marshal
will be largely educational. In teaching
the masses of the people the rudiments
In fire ' safeguards, and prohably Inflicting-
penalties for grois . negligence
In handling fire.
At the meeting of' the credit men in
the Crnmerclal club last evening, Chair
man Underwood of the fire Insurance
committee posted on the walls of the
dining- room a card showing some strik
ing figures In fire prevrntlon after
adoption of a fire marshal law tn two
eastern states. Massachusetts has no
such law. That state's loss per capita
has been 1.96 for 1901, $2.01 for 1902.
12.34 for 1903, $2.30 for 1904 and J2.49
for 1905. i Ohio has a fire marshal law,
and Us. losses per capita have been for
the sama period 2.69 In 1901 . (when
the law was not operative), ll.JS In
1903, $1.88 In 1903. $1.64 In 1904 and
$1.47 In 1905. ' While the relative losses
might not entirely be due to. the work
ings of the' fire marshal law. Chairman
Underwood ' submitted- that the coinci
dence was ; so pronounced: and positive
that Oregon should try the-experiment
. To frame Measure, ',
When the credit men go, before the
legislature for a law, they will have a
measure framed .which will not be ex
pensive In administration, but which
will start the good work of teaching
the people and enforcing penalties for
gross negligence In handling fire.
Judge C. V,h. Gantenbeln made the
main address of the evening. . He was
Introduced by President Henderson'' to
why be without a piano when good instruments,
similar to the one shown here, can be had at
half price and for five dollars a montW go to
eilers music house today and
III "ffl&mf-
;W$ feu S'iJ Kr i y oV
we want the Head of every family in whose home there is no piano to note. ;
this carefully, we want the brother of every little girl who is yearning
for a piano to read this carefully. , we want every young lady in whose,
home there is no piano and who can saye $5 each month out of her own
earnings to read this carefully. 4 "
' Piano manufacturers make miscalcu
lations r; sometimes. frequently they
are better' piano ' makers, than piano
merchants. This the head t of , our
house," while "east recently, found 1 to
be the case particularly with two
manufacturers. , They had a Very large
stock . of finished , pianos . on hand.
Trade, particularly in many eastern
sections- Is not brisk. These 1 piano
manufacturers -were almost, desperate
to geHi-"a"'MW''"ii'''""
Never heretofore have we bought fine
pianos so advantageously. Eilers Music
House always shares with its patrons
any advantages which frequently om
Its way. No other house in the west,
that we know of, ever does so. When a
short -time ago one of the great New
York factories offered Stelnway pianos
for more than $100 less than the retail
price, no retail buyer on the coast ever
was pnmiitted to , hear : about It, In
Chicago Tight toAhls day people are
. . -. . t . ... i. . 1. II "rt ... a
enaDleU XO uu hub iuukc aw iov nuu
more below what a local Portland
branch house is endeavoring to charge
'for tho same.
who woula ever hear of
pianos at reduced prices If Eilers Music
Houre were not estaniisnpa ncrer
We have been in position several
tlniPB in the past to offer, very much
below prl'-e numerous standard makes
of ''pianofortes, "but"' never heretofore
have we been able to present so great
a money-making opportunity, as in this
infitanco.' ' -:'" ' ''
Eilers Jrf uslc House, the home Insti
tution of Oregon, would consider Itself
remiss in Us duty were 'It not to be
j found at' all times of greatetst possible
! service to the music-loving community.
Every member of the sales depart
ment is elmpiy excitell over our pres
ent offering. We've never been able to
give so much for ta little money. The
hie sale started Monday. - And iS hours
later every one of. theM00 styles are
already .BolJ-lt'S-Atiaif,
by any of the big records we ve been
utile to show, in the pant. . We'do not
know of even one caller at the big store
so far during this sale who left the
big, building without having purchased
i- :r f. a v :' ' ' t
rill-t.-y,- y -h;vi .'' !
ri' nt a''t" of t! o, :,ati-n hi ! 1
tiit-s, ho jr.iue a twr.c a; ri-;,l t ) f
iTfi'.lt I'i.'Ti to Man. I tORctiser In ellmlcnj
tion of frau-l. 'J'':e orc:iiiiz.it:on w.. s
.srcci.iSly urjred to cooperate with tie
chamber of commerce an 1 otl'.pr bodies
now endeavoring to pet a'-li'l'ted in Ure
pon a measure pimiinr to the Kansas
"blue sky law," wlilch regulates corpo
rations In the matter 'Of Issuing and
sellinj? stock and bonds. The Judse
al appealed to his hearers to work
with whatever power might take the
initiative to have the section of the
Oregon code repealed which requires a
written token to be produced as evi
dence before any person can be con
victed of obtaining money by false pre
tense. tThls work he deemed of the
greatest moment, because under existing
statutes and procedure It is impossible
to reach a large number of frauds
which are perpetrated In the state.
To Increase Membership.
J. W. Spanglfr of the Seattle National
bank and member of the board of di
rectors of the National Credit Men, In
spired the Portland men to eager .ef
fort the coming' year In -the. matter of
Increasing membership, and participating-
in all ' important work of a busi
ness nature. - He declared that the na
tional association must busily support
the national. bankruptcy act, and meet
all the numerous attacks which . are
being directed against It ' He also ap
pealed to his hearers - to work to see
that a commercial failure Is handled
by the law In the same vigorous man
ner that a bank- failure - is treated,
which would go far to prevent fraud
and dead beat practices.
Secretary J. R. Miller, who has been
chosen to the office, asked that an en
ergetlo campaign for membership be In
stituted at once, and he secured prom
ises of applicants at the next meeting.
Credit men are determined to double
their membership during; the year, If
possible., j.. .j ; . ;: v';l' ., :
. Ralston Is Endorsed.
"," tfnltd rre Leneed Wlre.1
Indianapolis, Ind., March 31. With ft
platform endorsing the child labor law
and the employers' liability act, the
Democratic state convention here today
nominated by acclamation Samuel Ral
ston of Lebanon as candidate for gov
ernor of Indiana. The platform also en
dorsed the-administration of Governor
Thomaa IU Marshal,' '.
one of the pianos, '
We want every reader of this, adver
tisement to see new pianos for which
$375 and even ) 409 is asked by other
dealers. We positively assert that In
struments of equal 'grade and value will
be found In this sale at J185. , Payment
of $6 a month will secure one..
' It Is not necessary for a muslo stu
dent or musician to have a piano with
a high-sounding name and an elaborately-carved
-ease.-- The - plain cased 1 250
piano ' which we are offering In. this
sale for $139 will serve the purpose of
the most fastidious musician In so far
aa standing In tune, durability, light
ness of touch, pedal action, etc.,-goes.
Not one of the great masters of music
at any time during his career ever pos
sessed or used a piano nearly as good
as any of the pianos offered in this
sale for $139. .. Read "this statement
Again I It "Is a ; factcand, v more than
this! No piano made prior to twenty
years ago, no matter what its name,
was . as desirable, musically 'speaking,
as is one of tho pianos we now offer
for $185.
Here's the way It goes: Yesterday a
gentleman came from Oswego to look
at these pianos. He was skeptical; he
bad read every announcement of piano
sales and Investigated all of them for
many months. He - looked Caref ully.
He brought a muslo teacher with him.
They went over the entire lot of pianos.
They, had also-looked elsewhere. : They
probably called 'at-every .other store
in i. town. AIJef seeing the pianos in
this sale they "not only almost Imme
diately secured one of the Instruments
for $185, but the teacher herself bought
one for-$162, and then they called up
a relative of theirs by long distance
phone to-Immediately come in and ar
range to pay for a third piano, which
they had selected, v Here were three
pianos purchased Inside of ,an hour. No
wonder ...ail Jt.iha,.MlHl Jitylaa, ware
taken so. quickly. An additional car
load containing mostly the $400 styles
la due to arrive In a few days; place
your order for one off. them today if
you want the moat elaborate, hlghest-
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Nearly Lifeless Body Found in
Kitchen of -Milwaukee
Home.
(United Preg tnti V,'n.
Milwaukee, March 21. Chopped into
an unrecognizable mass. Miss Anna Mil--ler,
S2r was found dying In the kitchen
of her home here today. A hatchet was
fbund nearby. The police believe Miss
Miller was murdered by a maniac. The
woman's body was covered with gashes .
and the skull was split open, exposing
the brain. She is In the Emergency hos
pital and cannot live.
The kitchen of the Miller home was
spattered with blood, showing that
a desperate struggle had occurred.
Albert Koehler, coueln of Miss Miller,
Is being sought by the police. Neigh
bors declare that Koehler called npon the ,
woman this morning and that after a
quarrel Miss Miller ordered him out of
the house. It is alleged that Koehler
attacked her with a hatchet
PENDLETON WELCOMES
LEWISTON EXCURSION
(BpecUl te The JonmaLl
Pendleton, Or March Il.--Two hun-
dred and thirty-seven excursionists of
Idaho and eastern Washington yester
day evening, took Pendleton by storm.
Although the special train was an hour
late Joarrivlng.,hcre. and.th air wa.i
chilly, hundreds of men and women
gathered at the depot to welcome the .
visitors and escort them through the
city. A street meeting was held at ,
which the leading bosters of the ex
cursionists explained the purposes of
the Junket trip. They announced while
here that the exoursion Is to be an
annual - affair and that next year it
would require several trains to haul
them.- They left Pendleton for Walla .
Walla at 6:30 o'clock.
get one.
priced piano In this sale at half price.
But the plainer ; cases , will probably
suit you equally as - well They are.
largo-slze Instruments, splendidly fin
ished and of latest design. Bee them .,
before It Is too late. We Intended to
sell, but 107 of these pianos . In Port
land. With the additional carload to
come there will be 132. ' But this will '
be all. They will be gone quickly. Act
Immediately.; See tlm pianos and test 1
them, for then yeti will realise what
these low prices mean, and you'll not '
go away without securing one.-
Bring $5.00 today or rtonight and
agreo to pay $5.00 a month thereafter -and
secure one of these splendid, per
fectly new, sweet-toned, durable;-' war
ranted, high-grade pianos. $275, $325.
and $400 is - the usual retail value,
though plain cases have been sold for
$250. ' Sale price now $155, $172 end
$185, plain cases $139. ;....:..,:,' , .
The exceedingly low prices will make
It hard for, many . readers to believe
that the Instruments, are really good.
It must be borne lnf mind, however, that
a low price offered by a reliable house
does not mean low value. The repu
tation of Eilrs' Music House for re
liability and fair dealing In its greatest 4
asset We would, not Jeopardize it
even for the sale of a thousand pianos.
When we say these aro good
pianos we say so authoritatively? ' and
assume every responsibility involved lrt :
this statement, " Ours la the only house
that agrees to refund money, in case j,
instrument after delivery is not found'
to be exactly,; ds represented atid in
every way satisfactory. ' 1 - - , - ,
The nation's greatest piano house,
with stores in everr western city, guar"
anteesi. these pianos in every way, a
sale is no sale here that does not mean
satisfaction to the purchaser and we
assure every buyer in thls-sale cf ut
most satisfaction. ., ' . , ,;V- ' .' .
-.JiaibeEUit-Mlia - Ei Ure--M ttxie
HOuse, "Uie Nation's Greatest Piano
House, Eilers .Building, Seventh and
Alder streets," or if more convenient,
call at .-Wholesale Department, Six.
teenth and Pettygrovo streets.
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