THE OREGON ; DAILY f JOURNAL, -PORTLAND. THURSDAY-4 EVENING. JANUARY 29. ' 1914. HOMESTEADERS ASKED TO GIVE REASONS FOR MODIFICATION OF LAW Hawley Wants Information to. Help. Secure Change in Law Proposed by Him. Through Th Journal today, Con gressman WllHa C. Ilawlejr request t'omesteaders who think the three year homestead act should b modified to write to him at once, telling their rea Kona why thia action should Uke place. The letter containa a lint of half a dozen questions to be answered. Viewa of ua many homesteaders as possible are deal red. ao that In the pasHage of ! th amended homestead bU, all proper opportunity and relief is furnished to those who make homes on the public domain. Congressman Hawley's let ter follows: "To the Kdltor of The Journal In order to et complete and recent evi dence to ahow that the cultivation re quirements in the three year home stead act should be modified, I need letters from homesteaders who have made entry under it. I have introduced a bill which is an amended form of the bill introduced by Senator Borah, and the changes it is proposed to make are as follow a: - 1 'provided, that the cntryman in lieu of cultivation herein required may make Improvements upon his entry by constructing fences or buildings, by slashing, clearing or in other ways preparing the land for cultivation, for meadow, for pasture or for grazing purposes, or by planting orchard, or by otherwise making the homestead habitable or capable of production, or off enabling the entryman to obtain means of livelihood from the home ntead said improvements to aggregate in value an amount each year of not less than $1.60 per acre, except that In cases of entries under section 6 of the' - enlarged . homestead law the amount of improvements shall not be less In value than 75 cents per acre; provided, that the term "cultivation," shall be held to Include also the grow ing of grasses or other crops for pas turage purposes or for making hay and that the provisions of this section relative to the homestead period shall apply to all unperfected entries an well as entries hereafter made upon which residence la re quested.' J "In lieu of requiring that 10 acres be cultivated at the end of the second year, and 20 acres by the end of the third year in a homestead of 160 acres, as required by the three year home stead act. the bill I propose allows the homesteader to be given credit for necessary Improvements. This bill also.' provides that 'cultivation' shall : Include the growing of native or tame grasses and hay crops, as well as the growing of crops that necessitate the plowing of the soil, and encourages stock raising. "This is a practical and reasonable solution of the difficulties which aet tlera are complaining of in the culti vation requirements ,of the present law, and does not mean that the home steaders, shall not exhibit good faith. Raising stock, for an instance. Is Just as useful work as raising large quan tities of grain or potatoes on home steads far from the market, and is more profitable to the homesteader, and therefore makes his homestead more valuable to him. The growing of cultivated crops will follow in due course of time, and there will natural ly be garden cultivation and growing of some grain from the beginning. "The Information I desire from the homesteader covers these points: "Plrat Can you clear 20 acres of your land In three years and have it ready for the plow, without hiring j extra labor or buying expensive ma chinery or explosives, and if you can lot. please state why? "Second If you raised grain, 0r po , tatoes,' or other cultivated crops on lhe 20 acres, .could you sell them? If you cannot, please state why. "Third What kind of a road is there to your homestead? "Fourth How far would you have to haul grain, or other crops, to mar ket them? "Fifth Will the bill proposed above meet the difficulties you are experienc ing under the present law? "Sixth Have you any suggestions for further amendment? "Any additional information will be gladly received. "The purpose of thia letter Is to let the Views of as many homestead ers as -possible, so that in the passage ef this homestead bill all proper op portunity and relief is furnished to those who make homes on the public domain and if you will give it space in the columns or your vaiuaoie paper you will render them and the state of Oregon i an important and valuable service, end for which I express to you my grateful thanks. "J have discussed the bill with a cumber of representatives from public land states, all of whom have approved It, and I think all others from the state will support it. , In that event, we will have a very material backing tor the bill. W. C. HAWLKY." POLICE SQUABBLE ON AT SOUTH BEND, WASH. 'y , South iBend. Wash., Jan. 2$. Mayor Coulter's fourth appointment for chief . of police made in as many weeks as he has been In ornce was turned down Dy the council at Its last meeting, and the .former chief,' G. O. Hicks, still contin ues In office. Five councilmen, under the leadership or councilman Kay Net tleton, are determined not to have Hicks reappointed, and they have 'Murned down the last two men named, for' fear that they would deputize Hicks and then refuse to serve. The men named for the place, besides Hicks, were: W. S. Tomlin, former ' street commissioner; D. I Olds, pio- t neer grocer, and John I. Myers, owner ' of a drug establishment. INFECTED TREES TAKEN AT COTTAGE GROVE Cottage Grove, Or., Jan. 29. Two consignments containing about 3000 trees were seised here yesterday by Inspector Stewart, who found them Infected t-wlth hairy root crown gall and San Jose scale. One consignment was front Washington and one from Oregon, t The first may be returned. but the diseased trees of the latter will probably I be burned. Mr. Stewart is jiaklng strenuous efforts to keen dis ease out iof the orchards of this vJc- . mityi; ; f '. i . j" ) Fir Damages Cruiser. Philadelphia, Jan. i 29.- The scout cruiser Birmingham was badly dam- Pacific Phone ALL MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY AND CAREFULLY FILLED SAME DAY AS RECEIVED PRINCIPAL PORTLAND AGENTS LADIES' HOME JOURNAL Home Phone Marshzdl 5080 1 PA I TERNS ALL, THE LATEST AND UES I 51 YLES A I 10c AND 15c EACH NEW HOME JOURNAL STYLE BOOK IS NOW 2c A COPY3UTERION 5c I A-2112 3 EXTRA! Special for Friday! In the Drug Sundry Section TOILET SOAP Three Bars, Regularly 1 Sold at 25c, Per Box IOC One of the leaders tomorrow, in the Drug Sundry Section consists of this underpriced offering of 200 boxes of fine Toilet Soap 3 full Bize bars of Fancy Toilet Soap shown in assorted odors the kind regularly sold at 10c a bar, or 25c a box priced for 1 Qrt BARGAIN FRIDAY AT Box -LOC EXTRA! SPECIAL for FRIDAY! WOMEN'S GOWNS 65c Grade 35o Tomorrow, in our Muslin Underwear Sec tion, we place on sale a fine lot of wom en's Gowns. They are made of fine qual ity nainsook. They come in ! the popular slipover style, with short sleeves, and all are neatly trimmed with dainty embroid ery of different design, and with scalloped embroidery edge around neck land sleeves. Shown in' good length and fullness. The kind sold regularly at 65c. Priced for this sale at ! 35c THE BUSINESS HOURS OF THIS STORE ARE f 8:30 A. M. TO 530 P. M; SAT., 9 A. M. TO 6 P. M. THE MOST IN VALUE THE BEST IN QUALITY EXTRA! A Special Sale Friday of Veilinc Remnants at 13 Reg. Remnant Prices 12 l-2c to 25c a Yard for Reg. 25c to 50c Qualities A great clean-up tomorrow in the Fancy Goods Section of all remnants of Veiling at just one-half real worth. Included art Shadow, plain meshes and doient of other pretty patterns in black, white and all sta ple colors one to one and a half yard lengths, in regular 2Sc to SOc qualities, FRIDAY ONE-HALF THESE FIGURES 9c EXTRA! Special for Friday! PILLOW SLIPS Regular 12 l-2c Quality Priced for This Sale, Ea, Careful buying housekeepers will do well to profit by this underpriced salt of Pillow Shp. There's about 100 doa en in the lot. all made of excellent Qual ity, soft finished rnuaiia end in (od generous sue, 2 by 16 inchee hey are neatly hemmed and ready to ue best l2Mc grade priced for BAR GAIN FRIDAY at JL Only 8. Bays Remaining of Our January Clearance Sale EXTRA! Special for Friday! BLEACHED SHEETS A Worthy Underpricing of 50 Dozen Regular 50c Values on 3Q Special Sale at, Each OVC While they last, tomorrow, we place on sale at a worthy price reduction, about 50, dozen Bleached Sheets they are made of good quality muslin in full size for double beds, 72 by 90 inches, and they come neatly hemmed, ready to use the kind always sold at 50c each priced for BARGAIN FRIDAY gQg For Tomorrow, Bargain Friday, and Saturday, We Offer a Host of Bargains for Thrifty Shoppers! Only two short days before stock-taking and all lines must be reduced to the lowest possible limit. Be sure that you take advantage of these and the hun dreds of other underpriced offerings. The determination to start the new busi ness year on February 1 with fresh, clean stocks in every department has urged us to make a vigorous slaughter in prices no mercy to the original and pres ent worth of the goods ha been shown. EVERYTHING AT A REDUCED PRICE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CONTRACT GOODS. Buy now! EXTRA! Special for Friday! FINE SCRIM CURTAINS A Great Sale of 200 Pairs Regular $1.25 Values Hl)n Now on Sale, Per Pair I VL In the Main Floor Drapery Setboo. to morrow, we place on special sale about 700 pairs of fine knm Curiam at coo siderably lest than real worth. They come in both white and en apd in a variety of hemstitched and lace ede styles- hey come in good width and length, and arc re tula fly sold st 11.2$ a pair. On sale BARGAIN T FRIDAY at 1 - 7?c Showing and Sale 45-In. Embroidery Flouncings Beautiful Patterns in Blind and Openwork Designs Made on the Finest of Batiste and Swiss-- Fresh, Clean Embroideries That Have Sold Regularly Up to $1.98 a Yard Priced for This Sale at Yd. In order to make room in our Fancy Goods section for incoming spring stocks, we are offering hundreds of yards of beautiful Embroideries at ridiculously low prices. You may well judge the values by this offering of 45-inch Em broidery Flouncings they are made of the finest of Ba tistes and Swisses and are shown in numerous patterns in both open-work and blind designs. NOW is the time to purchase for both present and future needs, for you Q have choice of values to $1.98 a yard, Bargain Friday UOC Allover Embroideries in Values to 48c a Yard, Only 15c A vefy attractive showing of 18-inch Allover Embroideries, dozens of very pretty patterns, with firm, well finished edges, embroideries that have sold regularly to r 48c a yard, priced Bargain Friday at IDC Glean-Up Popular Styles in Women's Neckwear 1 ftp RaCH for choice of val JLvrl ues to 35c An unusually large and varied assortment of styles to select from wonderful values in Stocks, Jabots, Bows, Plauen Lace Collars, Embroid ered Collars, and a great many other neat and attractive Neck Pieces that have sold regularly up to 35c. Clearance Sale Price 10c -I Op EACH for choice of val-AIL- ues to 50c You will be surprised at the values offered in this assortment of fine Guimpes They are made of dainty lawn, with yoke of fine Net or Shadow Laces they come in white and ecru and in values up to 50c Our Friday Clearance Sale 1 Qf Prie is AIL A Final Clearance Tomorrow of Women's Modish Winter Coats Three- Quarter and Full-Length Models in the Most Fashionable Materials values to $18.50 for Your last opportunity tomorrow for securing a handsome, well fin ished, well tailored Coat at about one half actual worth. Included are our leading lines in three quarter and full-length styles, made with set-in or kimono sleeves. They come in all sizes from 16 to 46 and are shown in the most fash ionable materials, black Caracul, black Astrachan and Plush ; Peat's Cloth, that popular plaid back fab ric; Zibelines in the best shades, as well as lovely Novelty Mixtures. All are strictly high-grade gar ments, tailored and finished in a perfect manner. Our regular lines m values from $15 to 18.50, your choice at Women's Tailored, Lingerie and Lawn Dresses in the Best Styles and ' Materials, in values to r $1.98. Clearance Price UuC Attractive and Pleating Styles in Women's House Dresses, in values up to $1.50. Choice while tr they last at J)C $8.25 EXTRA! Friday Special Sale of Brown Linen CRASH PILLOW TOPS AND SCARFS Regular SOc Values on Special OQ Sale at This Low Figure, Each 'w Tomorrow, in the Art Goods Section, we place on pedal sale a fine line of Brown Linen Crash Scarfs and Pillow Tops at about ball price. They come in many pleasing styles in floral, conven tional and cross-stitch designs. They are well made and finished with knotted fringe. Yon may secure Scarfs and Pillow Tops to match. OQp Regular 50c values, on sale Friday at only EXTRA! Friday Special 1200 Pain Women's Kid Gloves of aHigh-Grado Regular $1.50 Values Now Spe- HQ- daily PriceSJor This Sale, a Pair VOL Women who are in need of Kid Cloves will find this a very opportune time for buying. It U a spe cial purchase and sale of 1200 pairs of high-rrsde Kid Cloves st one-third below real worth. Tbey come in both one snd two-clsrp style and In all sites, in black, tan. gray, white and brown. You may choose from those with pique or overaeams, alto silk lined Mocha Cloves in gray and tan. Gloves that were made to sell regularly st QQp ll.SO a pair, on sale tomorrow st vOL Still Deeper "Price-Cuts" Top-Notch Styles in Women's Shoes All Sizes and Widths in Box Calf, Gunmetal and Dongola Kid Our Regular T 1 A O $2.50 and $3.00 Grades Are Now Specially Priced at a Low Figure, the Pair D 1 VO -Don't fail to visit our Basement Shoe Section tomorrow, or the next day, and profit by the deep -price cuts that now prevail on the most staple and worthy lines of women's Shoes. Choose from this fine lot of styles, box calf, gunmetal and Dongola kid shoes, made with solid leather counters and outersoles. They come in short vamp, round toe styles with either patent leather or plain tip all sizes and widths in regular $2.50 and $3.00 grades. qq Clearance price u)l0 New Styles Women's Best Vici Kid Shoes Hand-Turned or Goody ear-Welted Soles All Sizes and Widths in Our Regu- O fiC 'V lar $3.50 and $4.00 Grades Are Specially Priced for Tomorrow's Sale, a Pair Button, Blucher and Straight Lace Styles in shoes of merit makes that we have sold for years and which we guarantee in every respect. They are A-l quality shoes with the finest of vtct kid uppers and hand-turrted ojy uoodyear welted soles. All sizes and widths in $3.50 and $4.00 grades. Clearance Price BOYS SHOES of dependable quality shown in bluch er style, with heavy velour uppers and double top cap, hoes of double strength, made with screwed and sewed soles of rockoak leather $2.98 On sale at. $1.59 5J4. Sale V $1.98 GIRLS' JOCKEY BOOTS with patent cuff and silk tassel just the thing to keep out the rain, and stylish as well. They come in button styles in dull calf and patent leather Sizes SVi to 11; fl1 QQ Sires lltf to 2; fl0 1Q $2.50 grade ,at PX $2.25 grade, at Only Two Days Remaining! Friday and Saturday! Yon Mail Act Promptly If Yon "Would ProMt by This Out-of-the-Ordinary Sale of Knit underwear :n The hundreds of pleased purchasers that have crowded our Knit Underwear sections the past few days are proof poat- tire of the, wonderful values offered. If you hare not al ready supplied your needs for, both the present and future, see to it that you are here tomorrow or Saturday, for it will be many a day before you again have such a splendid oppor tunity to purchase the most reliable and well known makes of men's, women's and children's Knit Underwear at such ex- traordinary savings. We suggest that you attend as early as possible, to insure your securing the style, weight and size varments desired. See window display. A Few of the Many Offerings for Women and Children fCk GARMENT for Women's Fine p Fleeced Cotton Vests and Pants lUvin cream color, also fine lisle thread garments, in all sizes. Our regu lar 50c and 65c lines. Clearance Price only 33c C SUIT for Women's Heavy U Fleeced, Fine Ribbed Cotton Jtv Union Suits, in cream color. Perfect-fitting garments in all sizes, regu lar 75c values. Clearance Price 39c a vm twatMM f m m f f UAKJYifcJNi tor women s rine Up Ribbed Woolen Vests and 0 tV Pants, all sizes, in white. Gar ments that sell reirularlv at Sl.2." and $1.50. Clearance price 79c SUIT for Women's Fine Silk Fleeced Cotton Union Suits, in elastic rib. Perfect-fitting gar ments, shown in all sizes, in cream color, $1.50 grade. Clearance price 69c 69c $1.39 g r SUIT for Women's Fine Ribvd aJ4uray Wool union Suits of sea- J V sonable weicht. all sizs. Form fitting garments in Winter styles, $1.75 grade, ucarance price 95c SUIT for Women's Extra Fine Wool Union Suits. Shown in all sizes in rrav and in white. Elastic ribbed, perfect-fitting garments, best $2.5 crade. Clear ance price $1.39 Ck GARMENT (or BoV Fine p Fleeced Cotton Shirts and y vv Drawers, all sizes, in ecru cnlor. (Garments of durability and warmth, best 50c grade. Clearance price 33c GARMENT for Misses' Fine Combed Peeler Fleeced Cotton Vests and Pants in all -sizs. Standard quality garments, regularly sold at 40c. Clearance Pnce 25c 25c These and a Great Many Other Offerings for the Men TO-MORROW EXTRA! Choice of Our Entire Stock Lace Remnants l2 Off Flouncings Edges Bands Allovers Insertions Beadings, Etc, in Shadow Orien tal Venise and dozens of other style Laces Hundreds and hundreds of women of this city and Vicinity have learned to look for out-of-the-ordinary values at this store on a sale of this character and tomorrow they'll not be disappointed, for you have choice from a wonderful assortment of Lace Remnants at one half our usual low remnant prices. In cluded are laces of every sort, suitable for most , every purpose Allovers, Edges, Bands, Flouncings, Insertions, Beadings, etc., in various widths and lengths.. Shadow, Oriental, Venise and dozens of other style laces in white, ecru, cream or in novelty colorings. Rem nants that have accumulated from this season's selling m all qualities and at all prices, on sale, while they last, Friday at ONE HALF REMNANT PRICES. Extra! Large Cap Hair Nets at 3c Each Regular 5c Values 1200 dozen fine mesh, large cap Hair Nets, with good quality elastic, shown in the best shades of brown, gray, blonde; also in black .the kind regu larly sold at 5c. Priced Friday c. o at OC fk UAKiYikNi tor Men's jliC Seasonable Weight Heavy Standard Fleeced Shirts and Drawers, in all sizes. Garments of excellent fit and fin ish. Reularlv 50c Clearance 39e If Pjfk viAKMrJN 1 tor Men's Vg9 winter weigni sniris " and Drawers in all sizes. All our regular $1.00 lines, includ ing cooper s ana wngnt s wool fleeced garments. For Clearance at 79c GARMENT for Men's Fine Winter-Weight Shirts and Drawers, in all sizes. All our regular Si. 25 lines, including garments from the North Star Mills. Clearance price 99c V Ml I win i $1.15: GARMENT for Men's High -Grade Shirts and Drawers in all sizes. All regular 51.50 lines Cooper's, Glastenbury, Wjnsted and Four Star Mills. For Clearance at $1.15 (t1 piSUlT for Men's W I S Heavy Fleece-Lined tylL .A tcotton Unjon Suit$f Neatly finished, form -fitting gar ments in all sizes, best $l.5o grade. Clearance price $1.15 t SUIT for Men's Fine. Heavy Wool Union Suits in all sizes and the best a m m A m . siyies. oarments mat are coin yarm and durable, best $2.50 grade. Clearance price $1.93 $1.98 by Tire yesterday. ,; r -i