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QUIRES
HO LITTLE TACT
Hunters Have Little Idea of Val-
ues, but They Are Slow, and
to Attempt Haste. Is Disastrous.
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Scissors, socks or mapw syrnp in a I
can, buys an Imperial ermine skin In East I
Siberia. Thera are wearers of the im
perial ermine who today would trade
back their furs for the socks and syrup,
but all the rest of tAe worfcl seems en
gaged In a race for the furs.
A few decades ago when more kings
were in their glory than now, an Ameri
can to Eaat Siberia found he could buy
10 ermine skins for $5. lie was told
that the ermine brought 6 cents per skin
and that the-Siberian hunters only!
trapped thera to pay their light church
taxes and only the priest was poot
enough and humble enough to accept I
them. When the same imperial ermine
-always in his recollection associated
with thrones was pointed out he found I
. It a miserable-looking creature hiding 1
among old logs and In deserted huts.
The disillusionment was enough to make
king superstitious.
Russia had what were called crown
aablea which were almost exclusively re
tained for home consumption. They were
the finest in quality and price, were com
peted for by only the richest families.
' and were supposed to be so much more
prized in Russia than elsewhere that
' they never left that country. They were
. the aristocrats of the fur world. Those
irBdon said as7 er sCnk, Above, fur trader's cabin in Siberia. Below, American craft which crosses
' that It would take years to collect the Pacific to purchase priceless cargo of ermine and other costly furs.
number of first quality required for a
laoya coat, one oi tne last sucn coi- are on tne coagt; and thfe Caaco out with
lections Known to aeaiers came out oi thft trdwna Rn romnanv'ii ninneer Si-
Russia as a gift from the soviet govern- berian party is in the Okhotsk eea. iBui
fltent at that time. Its nominal value oithoueh th new rant is on there is
SUN D AL LIE
LIFE'S EBB OR
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MARCH 0 DOOM
Device Has Ever Been One of the
Greatest Fascinations to Look
Upon, Says Serviss.
By Garrett P. Serrlis
Eminent Astmoomer ud Writer on Problem
of SdenufiQ Interest.
The sun-dial has given to literature
Cut the IBg 6st of Cooldng With the Sterling
mauon ivange
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Waste of fuel adds substantially to the high cost of cooking, and jeareful
housewives are turning to the economical three-fuel STERLING COMBI
NATION Range to solve the problem of better, quicker, easier cooking
at less fael cost.
The 8TERLINQ COMBINATION la two-rangea-la-one. It Is a remark
able fuel saver because it burns gas and coal er wood, singly or together,
and can be Instantly changed from one to the other. This mean tru fuel
economy. "Waste la - aaaeeesaary with the perfect heat control of th
STERLING COMBINATION. You use exactly the amoaat and Ma of
fuel needed;, no more no-less! And the substantial saving shows in
reduced gas and coal bills.
the year "round with
piacea ny experts at au,uuv, dui it ftmpthinlr nhi- h fur trad that is
was considered priceless. rot new ls in the way the lurs
YAIXE WAS FABULOUS j are bought
At the other extreme of the trade are I Buying Siberia's oldest and most; ex
it bat may be called the "lizzie" orlalted commercial staple consists of a
"flivver" furs those whose social posl- happy translation of the fur-bearer's best
tlon comes from their association with I company suit, into the everyday cora-
the automobile. Extension of the mo- modules of any small North American
torlng habit In America caused Increased town. Working along the Kamchatkan
demand for furs. The valfie of the furs coast In 1921 in a trading ship, the latest
required to satisfy the fashion for fur up-to-the-minute method of winning the
motor coats', is many millions of dollars 1 hunter from the product of - his manly
annually. chase, and bringing it home, is entirety
Eight years ago I came out of the I comprised In measuring the value of the
North Pacific with an officer of the old (fox or sable skin in terms of phono-
Runs! an coast patrol ship Yakut. He rraphs, rifles, and other articles of extra
had been to the mouth of the Kollma I value ; and of other skis in terms of
river in tne Arctic, wnere ne iouna tne i r.unting knives, tents, boots, razors, arm.
little American - schooner Eagle from I thread, enameled ware, teacups and
Nome doing a fur. ivory and blubber saucers, underwear, cube sugar, candies,
trade which he thought would net the dried fruit, cakes, brick tea, pocket-
ownors 110.000 to $16,000. It was the knives, needles, , cartridges, etc. It is
tegtnnlng of the present fur trade le- the early and primitive method. iThe
vl vat here. In fact the expedition did skins come from not less than twenty
make about six thousand dollars for the species of fur-bearing animals. Sable,
trip. Lat year an American trader fox, squirrel, bear, sea otter, seal and
brought about 3500 sable skins away polar bear are the leading ones. The
from the Chukotsk peninsula; at sum- Inhabitants generally turn their catch
mers-end from a village there a ship- over to local fur collectors who know
ment of furs valued at more than one something of the values, and In this
million dollars was taken to the United I way trading ls somewhat simplified,
fetates. It was a more valuable cargo But the barter for the furs goes on
than ever was taken away in the hey- according to the ancient custom of the
.day of the trading ship era.
JAZZ 119 FATOBITE
v The world's fur trade, transferred to
8L Louts during the World war, has
been liquidated and there, is a fresh new
race by fur traders to East Siberia com-
wllds.
Before I started to Kamchatka, the
governor of Alaska a office sent, me
word that the ' most friendly relations
existed between the two peoples on
either side of Bering Sea and that the
East Siberians came from the Interior
peting for the winter's catch. In this hundr.d9 of mlle. to trade with our
race the sable ls the prize fur. Its last -phooners. or which about half a don
regular and dependable supply comes
from Kamchatka. Its birthplace there is
the objective annually of at least 3000
hunters, fur collectors and fur traders.
annually cross to the Siberian shore.
Indiscriminate trading was forbidden by
the former Russian "government, but on
the plea of running into rivers for
This Is the season of the collectors and "water" the traders got Into touch with
traders. -Jt is well on. Pur trading ships the local authorities and opened barter
are working In and out along the coast by private arrangement The whole
of Siberia from the Amur mouth to coast is open at present and a small
Bering straits and Into the Arctic. The schooner cargo of furs obtained here
Nome schooners are out ; the Seattle might run from $30,000 to $50,000 in
men have come up from Hakodate ana value.' And they have footed up into the
hundreds of thousands. ' -
One of the irrefutable evidences of
East Siberian appreciation of American
civilization is the permanent demand for
jazz phonograph records with other mu
sical articles, and candy. This makes
It a simple matter to Interest the na
tive. The trader can start'a phonograph
playing, open a box of confectionery,
hand a string of bright colored beads to
the housewife, and have everybody in
the household interested and involved
at once. But he must speak the patois
of the country-:-omethlng made up of
words from half a dozen languages. And
along this particular coast the foreign
words are mostly English that is,
whale-ehlp American.
It is more and more important for
the trader to bring new and original
goods along 'with the staple necessities
for which the native looks. The hu
manness of social intercourse In Siberia
Is impressive. A visitor who assumes
any degree of superiority in manners
will be detected Instantly and his goose
will be cooked from that moment.
Siberia has few tanners and no skill
ful ones. And all of them feel the lack
of good chemicals. Siberian furs, there
fore, almost wholly seek an outside mar
ket. Hunting has been hampered by the
difficulty of obtaining powder and lead.
Nevertheless the fur trade has increased
In East Siberia.
Dress fashions exercise the greatest
influence over the fur trade. The cus
tom of the Chinese,, the most ancient
of all in dress, of trimming jackets,
skirts, maittles, footwear and headwear
with bands of fur has been adopted by
Western countries. Kublai Khan, the
fur dressed emperor at one time of al
most the whole of Asia, exists today as
a revitalized king of fashion in all the
capitals of civilization. Fur has con
quered the world's dress fashions, and
Its use now ls more varied and exten
sive than at any time in the history of
the hunt. Russia and America are . the
caterers to this fashion which has
brought back the days when American
merchant venturers first raced-'their
ships to the Siberian coast. Petropav
lovsk is like it was In the 50's and "50'e,
but larger. And along the Bast Siberian
coast new trading posts have grown up
to take the place of the old whale depots.
Sale!
The Best Phonograph
Is Always the One Where You Can Buy the
Best Phonograph for the Least Money
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The Steger $85
$5 Cash, $4 Monthly
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$10 Cash, $5 Monthly
You know everybody knows
that the prices for New Phono
graphs are standard and cannot be
changed; but the $75 Grafonola
was reduced to $60 and the $120
one to $85 the $275 to $150
and the $275 types which repre
sent the finest of all models for
$175 an actual
Saving of $100
And. then you may buy on easy
monthly payments of but $3, $5,
$8 and $10 monthly.
New Records
October Releases
All by Myself Fox Trot
Ted Lewis Band
One Kiss Fox Trot '
The Happy Six
So. 84S4 le-lseh 8ie
Ain't We Got Fun Fox Trot
The Happy Six
Not So Long Ago Fox Trot
Yerkes Orchestra
No, m lt-isea Sic
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Wang Wang Blues Fox Trot
Van & Schenk Orchestra
Ain't You Comtn Out, Malinda? .
Fox Trot
Van A Schenk Orchestra
Jto. 4!7 lt-lseh 8ie
Happiness One Step . '
Art Hickman's Orchestra
Sunshine Fox Trot i
Art Hickman's Orchestra '
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Wyoming Walts
Metropolitan Dance Players
Where the Lazy Mississippi Flows
Waltz
Metropolitan Dance Flayers
So. ei8-U-iBeh UJ
Peggy O'Neil Walts
Prince's Dance Orchestra
The Last Waltz Waltz
Prince's Dance 'Orchestra
So. 1S8 13-lsch Ui
Columbia $60
$5 Cash
$3.75 Monthly
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one of its finest allegorical phrases, "The
shadow on the dial." What metaphor
or rhetorical figures excels that in con
templative power?
The slow on-creeping of the dark
gray, delicate-edged shade of the gnomon,
gradually reaching and covering the
successive figures of the hours is a
curiously fascinating sight. It ls like
the march of doom.
With a magnifying glass you can see
the movement of time's shadowy finger.
To the imagination it is an uncanny
sight; it is mere motion made visible.
for what seems to move is nothing, be
cause a shadow has no substance.
PICTTJKES LIFE'S FIEETKESS
There is no invention that man has
ever made which puts under his eyes
so startling an image of the fleetingness
of life as is furnished by the sun-dial.
The movement of clock hands has no
such effect, for that is manifestly a
purely mechanical phenomenon. Here,
perhaps, lies the occult reason why these
instruments have never been popular,
why they were often attached to
churches and cemeteries, why moral
maxima appeared in the mottoes that
they bore, and why, in these days.
whenever you find a man who has taken
pains to furnish his garden with a sun
dial you are sure to discover that he
is of a meditative or contemplative dis
position.
DIAL TELLS TBTJTH
The sun-dial tells the true sun time
at the place or on the meridian whereat
is situated. Clocks are prevaricators
and compromisers. If you want to know
the moment when It is truly-noon, you
must go to the sun-dial for that Infor
mation.
Tour clock will, ordinarily, give you
what is actually somebody else's noon.
situated a considerable distance east or
west of you, while somebody else's clock
wUl give him your noon, and neither
will have the real noon.
mis is an rignt ler general, prac
tical purposes in this ? all-grasping age,
when we have -made the world our oys
ter, and are concerned with an sides of
it at once, but it is not right for certain
innumerous persons who, for one reason
or anbther, want to know the exact time
shown by the real sun at the point on
the earth where they happen to live, and
not the conventional time shown by
what astronomers call the "fictitious
sun," which they have created to make
easy work for clocks nobody being able
to make a clock that could accurately
through the sky varies in accord 'withJ p
around it. Four times in a year, about
April is, June 14, September 1 and De
cember 24, the clock and the sun agree.
GNOMON POINTS FLSGEB
There you have the whole philosophy
of the sun-dial; it holds up its motion
less finger (the gnomon), exacUy In the
meridian on sunny days, and the sun,
traveling from east to west through the
sky, throws the shadow of the gnomon
onto a graduated dial, and causes that
shadow to move eastward across the
dial, keeping perfect step with Its own
I progress In the opposite direction. It
shows the true local sun-time at all sea
sons.
The simplest of all forma of sun-dial.
and the easiest to make, is a flat plane
of metal or stone, placed horizontally,
and having the line of the true meridian
of the piece, or the true north and south
line, at right angles to this, is the 6
o clock, or east and west line.
Upon the meridian line is set up the
gnomon, a thin triangular. piece of metal,
one of whose angles is a rieht angle.
while one of its two other angles is equal
to the latitude of the place where the
instrument is to be used. The gnpmon
is iixea upngnt on tne dial in such a
way that its right angled corner Is at
the northern end of the base, or side on
which it stands, while the side opposite
to the right angle points directly toward
the pole of the heavens, whose elevation
above the horizon always equals the lat
itude of the place where the observer
stands.
SHADOW MOVES ACKOSS
The shadow of the gnomon will move
across the plate on the side opposite to
that on which lie sun shines, and'wiU
reach, in succession, a series of hour
lines, which must be drawn at such dis
tances apart as to correspond with the
relaUve positions of the principal merid
lans pf the globe.
The edge of the shadow approaches
the gnomon before noon and recedes
from it after noon. At noon the sun
will shine direcUy down upon the top of
the upright triangle, or exactly in Its
plane, and there will be no shadow, the
moon line on the dial corresponding, as
we have already seen, with the direction
of the gnomon itself. Standing on the
south side of the dial, the forenoon hours
will be on the left, and the afternoon
Lours on the right.
"She proper position for the hour lines
on the dial can be ascertained by a sim
ple geometrical method, which is too
leng to be described here.
It is very important to have the nte
ridian on the dial placed in exact accord
ance with the real meridian, and the as
certainment of the latter is a problem in
elementary pracUcal astronomy. Many
complicated and extremely beautiful
forms of sun-dial were made in the days
before clocks and watches became com
mon. They are precious curios for those
who can appreciate them.
Tou can cook in comfort and take things easy the year 'round with a
STERLING COMBINATION. Tour kitchen will be as comfortable as any
room In the house. In summer, to keep cool, cook with gas. In winter,
for warmth, use coal or wood. Also heats water for bath and kitchen
while cooking.
Blse or Gray Poreelala Cemblaatiosi
The STERLING has our NEW patented BUILT-IN oven burner. No
baffle plate to remove. No hole In oven bottom to interfere with good
baking with coal. Fully guaranteed.
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iNOtlCei one of these Sterling CombinaUoa Basget and allow yos all
it is worth.
Wood and Coal
Combination
' Heater
This is the best style combination
wood and coal neater you can buy.
Larga fire door for big pieces of
wood ; also grates that can be
turned for coal ; cheerful fireplace
door in front. We also have this
same heater for wood only for less
money. All heaters sola on easy
terms, $1 a week.' So charge for
iSja setting ap.
Trade vour old stove for one of our
Up-to-Date Heaters. We will al
low you all It ls worth In exchange.
Ask to see our slightly used heaters
in our Exchange Department. They
are cheap and all guaranteed.
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Three Big Rocker Values Your Choice $19.85
... .1-.. ttrm larM ki.k ki nui.r.. All itn. mrm Miiniu mini. T larrs mromm ubi
aad seats are the comfertable spring-padded kind yom are looking for. TSens large orertffe rockers are covered, la geamlae krewa
Spanish leatherette. The irames and conttrseUoa are guaranteed. Come early as a get first choice.
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Tou Should buy one of these Davenports, or chair and rocker. We bought
them cheap and can sell them for less than other dealers. Good Davenports
with loose auto cushions, spring seats, genuine tapestry covering, all colors.
Priced as low as $74.50. Chair and Rockers as cheap as $36.75. These sample
suites are only one each. Come early and pick the best ones.
Gadsbys' Bed Davenports Are Different
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These fts consist of an Extension Table with 45-Inch top extending to six
feet, and six half-box Diners, very similar to picture above.
SET 0. 1 la of solid oak. in max or fumed ftnlah. and sells regM- JIQ Cfl
larly for $60. This week s price wtWtWU
SET SO. S has Solid Oak Table and Hardwood Chairs. In golden or JfJf 7C
fumed finish, sells regularly at $45.75. This week s price wUUil l
Pretty BEDROOM SUITE Reduced to $64 4
Columbia $85
$10 Cash
$5 Monthly
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Scliwan Piano Co.
, Portland's
Largest Plane
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Mountain Slipping;
Villagers Fleeing
(By Uni venal Service)
Geneva, Sept. 17. Valmaggia mountain
is breaking up. Villagers in the Campo
Cimalmotto district have fled in panic
Great landslides are taking place and
huge crevasses have swallowed forests.
Cattle, stables and farms have been
swept into gorges.
Diamonds Decline in
Cast, Says Importer
San Francisco, Sept. 17. Since the war
the karat pri6e of diamonds has dropped
from $550 to $400, It was announced today
by Dr. Albert Selden. diamond importer
of Detroit. ' The platinum prices are
down, also, - said Dr. Selden, present
prices being 25 to 4a, per cent below war
We have the largest rnd most complete line of fine Davenports in the city,
long or short sizes. Upholstered in genuine leather or best grade imitation
leather. These Bed Davenports are becoming more popular every day and
there are hundreds being used by night and day. Why be without one when
they're so reasonably priced?
Imitation Spanish Leather, $55. OO Genuine Spanish Leather, S75.0O
HAST TERMS AT GADSBYS
Steel Bed, Steel Spring and Felt Mattress
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Two-Inch Poet Steel Bed, high riser link
This special outfit consists of
fabric Steel Spring and a 40-r
pretty art tick, worth a lot more than Gadsbys special price of
fabric Steel Spring and a 40-pound Cotton Felt Mattress in a OT 7C
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Bedroom Suite, similar to the one above. l oorne. value, we promlao yoa.
This suite is finished a pretty Ivory. Ask to see it. On ssJe GCi f(
this week at Gadsbys .vOteVlU
500 Rugs to Select From
We are showing a larger line of room-ais ruira in Axmlnater Velvet !"
Tapestry Brussels than at any time this year, and at prices that will afford
a marked saving. It wjll pay you to look them over.
9x12 Axmlnsters. excellent quality, at
xlt Axmineters, good quality at 9$-2$
SxlJ Axmineters. good quality at 37-50
xl2 Velvets, best quality, at 6.7f;
9x12 Velvets, good quality, at ; (2.50
9x12 Tapestry, best quality, at P 35.50
9x12 Tapestry, good quality, at 29.h5
rE OrB EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT If yes have fsrallsr that daren't
sit want something more p-tedate and better paoee and well send a
competent man to see It aad arraase te take U at sart payment en the kind
yos want the Gadsby kind. VTe'll make yea a liberal allvwaaee for year
goods aad well ell yoa new fa rait are at low prlre. The new fsraltare will
be promptly delivered. Exekaage goods eaa he neagkt at oar First aad
Washington Store.
anninw There's No Interest Charged Here and every article in our entire building is Guaranteed as to quality.
that's the First. Rule of this long-established house. :
We buy Only the Best-
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