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, THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND.' TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER- 21. 1915.
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TEXTILE-BRANDING
IS
GUARD
"
AS A
FOR THE SHEEP MAN
URGED
".Federi! Law Like Pure Food
'.iv'-'Measure Recommended by
"V Qollector of Customs.
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: WOULD STOP USE OF RAGS
Kfttarn Ortffon Would By Plan rind
; , v aro rauit witn rr wooi,
'. v cUri OfflcUL
lower the price.
"Somethliiif np?meA wront, cer-
' If a frdpral law were passed re
quiring the branding of textiles Just
a the pure food laws' require the
branding of fooln, the eastern OreKon
sheep men would have no shadow of
i ccmplalnt about free wool. In the
, . opinion of Thomas Carrlok Burke,
'" ' collector of the port.
. "Kor several years 1 made frequent
J if drives through the country districts
'V of eastern Oregon, and , often passed
iT-' . ; bands of sheep on the nnRe, aggre-
' , Rating- hundreds of thousands," said
'"".'. Collector Burke today. "By contact
..:. X' beoarnfl Interested , In sheep men,
' J ' knd often llMened sympathetically to
1 their tales of woe about taking the
(j, - tariff off wool and letting pauper
- wool, so to Nneak. come In fre-e to
.tajnly. If the sheep men In that cli
mate and on a free range couldn't
lay it over the wool growers any-
, whre. on earth, and I said so. Ail
J could give them, at that time, how
ever, was sympathy: but since then
I liave. discovered the nigger In th.
'woolpile. and I want to point him
' out to my old friends, the sttecp men
tf eastern Oregon.
"It came about by my asking a
ta.llor here In Portland to build me a
suit from cloth made wholly from
eastern Orecon wool.
" 'Thefe Is no such cloth,' said he,
. bo I began to examine Into the rea
son why.
Can't Meet Demand.
"Let me say this as a starter: The
, ' world supply of wool never has been
and never wilt be equal to the de
" mand All the wool produced In the
world Is less than one-third of the
materia that rocs Into the manu
facture of stuff that Is sold as
woolen. . Think tha over.
"What Is the other two-thirds, and
Where does It come from?" he was
" asked.
"That la the question." he replied,
"for that la tb,e stuff that is knock
ing the sheep industry. It bring
i the same price as wool when It Is
'retailed, as woolen goods, because the
manufacturers are not required to
"show what per cent. If any, of fleece
wool enters Into the stuff they sell.
It costs little or nothing for It is
what the rag pickers get by pillaging
Ihe alleys and ash piles and hospital
v. wards, and that Is thrown out of
Closets and basements as old mgs
, and oast off clothing in every city,
village and farm house in the Unlttd
States. And when garments, made
either wholly or In part from this
i stuff, are worn out. as they always
are" In a very short time, they are
gathered again In the same way by
, .rag scavengers nnd ground up again
r irt a- perpetual round of damning the
' teputation of the state for Its shod
- dy woolens, and the sheep men, who
are up against this stuff, .knowing
only fthat something is eating Into
them, are-led off Into conversations
on the - tariff.
Tons Snipped Away. (
-"" "Even the few mills in Oregon enn-
not apparently get enough of this
' pauper wool from the rag pickers in
' tho state, for tons of It are shipped
in- here from 'San Francisco. What
chance has an honest sheep in com
petition j with old socks and petti
coats and other, abandoned articles
of apparel gathered on the Barbary
Coast and sold as a finished product
for Oregon wool?"
"And the volution?" the collector
was asked.
"Establish a mill in Orepon." said
he, . "that will put out nothing but
goods made entirely from the fleec
w,ool of Oregon sheep, and it would
have to run over time from the start,
in two years it would put Oregon on
the map t the world, and It would,
take a large part of the wool clip of
the .state to supply It. More than,
that. It would pay the sheep men of
the state much more for their wool
than came clean from their scouring
plants, and, at that, it could not be
gin to supply the market. Other j
mills of the same kind would follow .
and on the unoccupied lands of Ore
gon 10 sheep would be made to grow,
where only one grew before. "
"The direct way to reach this Is j
to pass a federal law regulating what'
we wear, as the long delayed and
bitterly fought pure food law regu
lates now what we eat; a law requir- ,
ing manufacturers to brand their fab
rlcs so that the ultimate consumer
may know Just what he is buying. j
To Stop Use of Sags.
"This would not stop the use of '.
rags, and those who want rags for ,
what they are worth could etill have I
them; but those who want good, dura-!
ble' clothes made from clean fleece
wool would not have to take shoddy ,
masquerading as the real thing. And ,
remember this: The demand for Jthe ;
real thing always has and always ;
will outrun the world's supply. The .
sheep men of Oregon and the coun- '
try, protected by such a law from
the competition of the rag pictcers I
who are supplying more than two-
thirds of the raw material which
enters Into the manufacture of woolen
goods, can rest assured that they will
never be able to supply fully the mar
ket for honest wool, no matter how
many times they multiply their i
nocks. They can rest assured, too,
that under such a law, clean scoured
fleece wool from the eastern Oregon
range would advance in price to not
less than $1 a pound at the mills and
that It would stay around that fig
ure, where it belongs." .
The Greatest "Dollar Dai" Bargains in Town
College Graduate Is
Stabbed in Quarrel
Joseph Schaffer May Sis From Xnlfe
Wounds Inflictad by James IHiWiOa,
Following Quarrel.
l,os Angeles, Sept. 21. (P. N. S.)
Following a quarrel In front of a la.Ct
hall after, it was alleged, he had ad
dressed remarks to a young married
woman who had refused to dance witn
him, Joseph Schaffer. 20, a graduate of
Stanford university", was stabbed fl'e
times early today ' by James H. Daw
son, and is expected to die. Dawson
was placed under arrest and, accord
ing to the police, admitted the stab
bing. S naffer' s wounds Included a pierced
lung, a deep cut over the heart and ft
severe slash under his left arm. The
hole In his lung, it is stated, probably
will result In death.
I'awson told the police that he ovei-
heard Schaffer curse a young woman
ior reiusing iu aance wun mni anu
that when he interfered Schaffer at'
tacked him. Unable to hold his own,
Dawson said, he drew his knife In self
defense.
Schaffer is the son of Mahlon E.
Schaffer of this city, a retired broker,
formerly of Chicago.
Fire Destroys 50
Cords of Wood
Albany, Or., Sept. 21. Starting from
a spark from brush fire some" dis
tance away, fire broke out on the
farm of P. B. Marshall, near Knox
Butte Sunday afternoon, destroyed 50
cords of wood, considerable timber and
brush on both the Marshall and Copo
land places and threatened a house be
longing to Mrs. Spratt. Neighbors
worked until midnight trying to put
the fire out but only got it under con
trol. Tired and exhausted they stopped
work until yesterday onorning. The
Tire was not put out entirely until
yesterday afternoon. The cord wood
destroyed belonged to Mr. Marshall.
After burning this up the fire went
Into a patch of small timber.
Sears Visits Parents.
Albany, Or.. Sept. 21. Charles A.
Sears, superintendent of the plant of
the Mississippi Power "company, at
Keokuk, Iowa, accompanied by his
wire, is visiting his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. C. W. Sear." of this city. As an
electrician, Mr. Sears began on the
night shift of the local power plant.
He was one of the superintendents In
charge of the installation of the Mis
sissippi plant, and was later made superintendent.
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2 Velvety body NO GRIT
3 -Crumble-proof
4 Sterling purity
5 From a daylight factory
6 Untouched by hands
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PEPPERMINT - RED WRAPPER
T , ( , CINNAMON - BLUE WRAPPER
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' Suitable rrwordi for the discovery of the 7th point will be offered later
SiaDMORE DRUG CO.
.; Despite complete destruction of our stock by fire, we have
;rePeni witf a w tock of Drugs and Sundries at
7 1 Alder St.
Raf. 5Wf nnrl zlf-K C-
find Invito our patron who' will be given courteous attention
Every department manager's instructions were to bring forth the most wonderful land has known.
offering he or she ever made at a dollar! When you see the details in our advertisement tomorrow evening and Thursday
Samples of the merchandise were assembled on a certain day. A committer care- morning, you will agree with us!
fully scrutinized them many were rejected. And those that were accepted well, "Dollar Day" will be a bargain day long remembered, and Meier & Frank's will
you may think it is exaggeration to say they are the greatest dollar bargains Port- be the center of "Dollar Day""crowds. ' ' '
New October Patterns in the Butterick
Pattern . Store Fall. Style Book 25c,
10c or 15c Pattern FreeSecond Floor
Tw Quality' Storb Of Popvlano
This Is Baby Week at Meier & Frank's
Everything for Infants at a Reduced
Price, Excepting Only Contract Lines
Tne QuALrr r StoTb oe Pomlawb
Children With Eye Trouble Should Be
Examined for Glasses Now No Charge
Is Made Unless Glasses Are Needed
1200 New Room - Size Rugs at Usual Mill Prices!
Mme. De la Vie
famous beauty expert, in her
interesting lecture,
"Fifty Minute in Beautyland,"
gives much practical advice on
true beauty.
This will be repeated tomor
row at 2:30 in our Music Hall
on the Sixth Floor.
Preceding the lecture is a de
lightful musical programme.
Admission free. Tickets at
the Toilet Goods Department, 1st
Floor.
We feel safe in saying that such extraordinary rug savings have not been known in
Portland for a long time !
Our rug chief bought them on his trip to the Eastern mill centers last May, before
raw wool started soaring and the scarcity of dyestuffs was really known!
Today we own these new Rugs far under pres
ent factory prices. In fact, the prices at which we
offer you these new Rugs tomorrow are about what
we would have to pay the mills now.
Extra Heavy Seamless
Velvet Rugs $19.35
-rlncluding handsome new two
tone effects in plain browns and
greens, as well as dainty allovers.
Comparison will prove what a won
der value they are $19.35.
18 Patterns in Tapestry
Brussels $9.75
A tull-size 9x12 Rug from a
most reliable mill. You'll rec
ognize it as a really wonderful
saving. Tomorrow at $9.75.
Seamless Tapestry
Brussels $11.50
And in the choicest allovers,
medallion and small-figure de
signs 23 patterns to choose
from. Present wholesale mill
price is about $11.50.
35 Patterns in Durable
Axmjnsters $ 1 6. 75
We might call it a $35 or a $25
Rug as some do. But you'll see
the saving quick enough. The
Meier & Frank price is $16.75.
Extra Heavy Tapestry
Brussels $13.50
Dependable Rugs at a price
you can hardly appreciate until
you see theml Full 9x12 size
28 different patterns $13.50
Seamless Velvet Rugs at
$14.95
And'every one means a big
saving. 20 most desirable new
patterns full 9x12 room-size.
We can offer them at $14.95.
1000 Yards of Print
Linoleums at 39c
Staple 50c to 75c grades, 6, 9
and 12 feet wide. Eight attractive
patterns. Meier & Frank buying
brings the price down to, square
yard, 39c.
raath CTor. Vaw BaiMing
"Tha world is ao full of a.
. - number of thing-,
I'm aura wa ahoald all be aa
happy a kings."
and Stevenson knew, didn't he?
He knew that the world was made
expressly for the children and
people know that this is surely the
Children's Era.
You would agree with that if you
could have seen all the happy chil
dren in the playroom that I saw
yesterday.
Some time when
you are feeling par
ticularly "out of it
IK" come down ana
vEo see the youngsters
v . m j) u?h a w a v and
make you feel father
like the little tyke
wrifVi hie rxif rwrar nno
I "LA ear and necktie awr
J ' shooting the chute
for the dozenth time
shoating "Gee, ain't it great!"
"Dear me, pigtail and pinafore
days can't last forever, Mary Ann
but that slide well, perhaps some,
morning before anybody's looking."
But, really, it's more fun to be
doing things for the
youngsters than be
ing one yourselfl
1 think it was a
fine thing for M. &
F.'s to do putting
in all those jolly
things for the kid-"
dies, don't you? The
big merry-go-round '
and the chute,
and the swing and
the fairy tale house
and the fishes and the birds and
the chipmunks and the soft white
sand for the wee sma' kiddies to
build houses inl -" m. i
And, best of all, mothers can leave
the children there with perfect con
fidence, because there's a trained at
tendant in charge-who.helps the kid
dies play and looks after them.
You must Zo- up to the fifth floor
and walk on till you come to the
red brick wall and the .red-tiled roof,
and then but, then, you'll see tt all
for yourself quiteas much as ever
was seen by
JJxactly 526 N Patternsin Pretonnes
Surely this is the most comprehensive selection in Portland!
And such beautiful cretonnes as we have never Showed before copies of printed linens antique hand
blocks French shadow effects patterns to harmonize with every color scheme.
Cretonnes never enjoyed such favor for every sort of overhanging as today. To help you choose, we have
a number of new hangings meTde up in the latest designs.
Cretonnes at 15c, 20c, 25c, 30c, 35c, 40c, 45c, 50c. 65c. 75c.
$1.50 for real Cluny Scrim Net Curtains.
Hand-made Arabian Lace Curtains, in a pattern that we cannot re-order because of war 17.50 grade. $5 fi5
110.50 grade, $7.95.
Our 98c Scrim Curtains will be hard to duplicate anywhere. Fresh new patterns.
2500 yards of printed Scrims 20c and 25c grades. Some 35c Marquisettes also included 15c
1000 pairs of new 52.50, $2.,75 and 53.00 Marquisette, Voile and Scrim CurtainstOmorrow $1.95.
$1.49 for plain Scrim curtains with hemstitched edge 11.75 and 52 gradesl
Full-size Tapestry couch covers $3.49 instead of 57 $2.99 instead of 56. -
STath no or. eta-St. Bldr.
Tablecloths
Unusual offerings in breakfast
and lunch Cloths and two good
Towel specials from the new linen
section. A strong inducement for
you to make its closer acquaintance
tomorrow.
Breakfast Cloths $1.98
All linen breakfast Cloths in tan
or "natural color of the flax,"
white designs, all hemmed ready
for use. 63x63-inch. Regularly
52.50.
Each $1.98.
Lunch Cloths 75c
Hemstitched linen Lunch Cloth,
pretty clover leaf and pansy de
sign, 36x36-inch. Useful, inex
pensive cloths. Usually 51-
Each 75c.
Bath Towels 25c
Turkish Bath
soft terry cloth,
very absorbent,
ularly 3 5 c.
Each -25c.
Towels of heavy
fully bleached and
2lx45-inch. Reg-
T7T
Hand Towels 25c
Extra heavy grade huckaback
Towels. Plain hem with damask
border. Grecian Key, Vine and De
Lis design. Very serviceable. Reg-,
ularly 3 5 c.
Each 25c
Second Floor. Pifth-St. Bldr
Rlankets, lomforters, gtc.
- Have you had occasion to vjsit bur new bedding store? Do you
realize what splendid grades of merchandise are to be had there
at prices always the lowest possible? Some of these special of
ferings you probably need anyhow. Come tomorrow and get
them for less.
Woolnap Blankets, full bed size,
. with colored borders in light
' gray and tan. Regularly 53.00.
Tomorrow $2.45.
White Wool BUmkeU, pink and
blue borders. Regularly 54.00.
Tomorrow $3.15. "
Comforter, silkoline covered,
filled with white cotton in one
sheet. Full size. Regularly 52.25.
Tomorrow $1.89.
Emmerich Feather Bed Pillow,
goose feather filling. Regulation
size. Regularly 53.
Tomorrow $2.45.
Second Floor. Flfta-St. Bldr.
promised You
he giggest Furniture gale
Qn Record!
We kept our promise. All past per
formancesand we have some mighty
big ones to our credit have been
eclipsed by this latest and greatest "bar-gain-fest."
And each new day outdis
tances the previous day's sales record.
What Is the Reason?
SIMPLY THIS: Our Furniture Store is going to move. You can ap
preciate the magnitude of this undertaking when you realize that three
floors in the Temporary Annex have been given over to this great de
partment. To reduce stocks to a minimum and lessen the task of re
moval, we launched this sale.
We Are Closing Out
hundreds of desirable pieces taken from here and there, but
all good representative values at prices so low as to be almost
unbelievable.
All of these specials have been assembled on the
First Floor of Our Temporary Annex, Fifth and
Alder. Take a few minutes tomorrow and see t
them, for they'll go like wild fire at these prices!
The Lowest in Our History
Eat&Ulshea 1607
The- Qjjal it Y Sto r& op Portland
TiftK. 3ixv "Morrisorv Alder St a.
Jhe National
Dahlia
how
Qpens
Thursday
State;
tlx
DrvknVf.. AU- I A. 1 .1 ..
. ii.L.jr ic largest exnimi ot dahlia Moonis ever made It
mis cuumry win re ready tor the opening ot the N
Dahlia Show at Meier & Frank's Thursday.
Entries are being made from many parts of the United
even irom lar-away New Jersey a dahlia lover has sent
choicest blossoms to compete in this contest.
Over 400 prizes are offered in the various di
visions, including all species of flowers. Seventy-five
.prizes have been set aside for all children who com
pete. Premium list may be secured at magazine
counter.
Every Portlander should see this magnificent Dahlia Show
at Meier & Frank's, Sixth Floor, Thursday, Friday and Satur
day. The Dahlia Show will be open Thursday night
until 9:30 o'clock.
Entrance on Fifth street elevators direct to
Sixth Floor.
US
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When a ff ome Should
Re at Jts gest
Full enjoyment of the home in Fall and Winter depends on keeping
It bright and cheery.
Our Interior Decorating staff is at your command in the "helpful sug
gestion of beauty and harmony throughout your home.
It is the twentieth-century way of furnishing a home or a room In
stead of buying without regard to harmony in furniture, hangings or
floor coverings.
STnth noor. eth-Bt. Bldr.
Qas and glectric jamps
A Fna Oearaway
Just 60 gas and electric portable lamps to be disposed of we are
about to move our homefurnishlng department Into new and permanent
quarters, and they must go at once. The prices, which are below actual
ost, make a speedy outclearlng assured.
Electric Desk or Students Lamps $2.98 ;
Solid brast electric desk or students' Lamps. Shades are adjustable
to my angle, throwing thj light as desired. Complete with bulb; cord
and plug. Regularly $6 and 7.
Gas Reading Lamps Special at $3.98
Solid brass gas portables' In an assortment of artistic designs. Sold
complete with tubing, mantle, chimney, etc. Regularly S6.50-f9.oo.
Electric Portable Lamps as Follows;
15.00 Lamp for $7.00 128.00 Lamp for.
117.50 Lamp for
$7.50
$20.00 Lamps for $8.00
125.00 Limps for $9.00
132.50 Limp for. . .
3 5.00 Limps for. .
I3S.00 Lamp for.
$ 9.50
.$10.00
$10.00
$11.00
Tmnponurr Aux. Tklra floor
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