MIL. maOCMT THt'R8TV V StHTMRPR . PRfDAT. IKPTEM1M II, HIT
Fall Wool Goods
I Are Here in a Splendid Range
of Colors and Weaves
a
Sclfool Strge
green, cope , navy. red.
School Plaidi, 36 to i iflcfata wide
Red. bias nd brows combiaattoa
J9c
SOc. 85c, $1.15
Bbck and While Check
Frnch Serge. 41 inches wide
Scarlet, green, plum, cop e. njy. brown
Wool Tafleta. J8 inches wide
... . 35c to S7.75
. $1.50
Cardinal, burgundy, green, plum, navy, cope, black
Epinglei. 40 inches wide -
Green, plum, navy, COpe, Iir own. bergundy
Coatinga, 56 and 58 inchea wide
Other Wool gooda in siripea. plaids, and plain colors at wr.cd raofs
ot price
FLOOD'S STORE
334 W. First Street
You
Are
Invited
to come in and hear this
wonderful new machine.
Let us explain to you abou;
the sapphire needle that needs
no changing; the violin wood
sounding box that produces an
unrivalled tone; and the many
other features that are exclusive
In this phonograph.
Fortmiller
Furniture
Company
Albany
Special
Pathephone 7Q OC
Outfit p7.00
Thi. beaafarul PaAephooe ... $75.00
Two 10" record. 1.50
Oae 12' record U5
One M rectrd 1.50
All Pui IU b Mn - . Faaat
One dusto 10
Tots! $79.35
C Down 1 "
Cleanliness is Next to
Godliness
SO THE LEGEND ran in the old-fashioned
pnners But we won.1 r if old-1 ash t net1
folks really knew what perfect cleanliness meant!
In the old days of the straw bioom, or even the
more modern brush carpet-sweeper, perfect clean
liness was impossible. Dust removed from the
floor spread in clouds over the room, settling nn
the hangings and the furniture only to be toil
somely removed from its new location by the
'hand" method.
It Takes The
Modern Vacuum Cleaner
To Clean House Thoroughly
Call today or phone Fifteen and we wii! have
an Electric Vacuum Cleaner delivered to your
home. Or call and see them demonstrated jr
your dealers'.
Oregon Power Co.
Reliable Se rvice
School Books
We Bought For You
Fred Dawson's Rexall Store
'The Store of Quality"
$l.v
$1.65
$2 75 to $3.50
COUNTY NEWS
GATKS. Sept 2. (Special to the
BwaOCfat) Ifitl Stella I'air ami kct
bfOthtf Floyd atc visiting here from
CbbtTft Oregon.
Mr. R Stattori! and children re
turned home from WoodbttTfl last Sa
turday after spend Hig tlree week
isi tin; her nnnhr. Mr. t"d Wolf
The B D, Club me! at the home
J of Mr. LeRo Grade last Frist
; afternoon, a very deaant afternoon
! hfinp spent r.th in tan. work, and
ertcrt tinment
Mtt Scott and Mrs Fd Chars
were elected new niemher- ! fill the
acancies left hy IOm PtofMtt Law
srn and Mrs. Gene ie e late. who
1-ve moved away.
Mi Helen Wolfe ot Wo,dturn i
visiting her iter. Mr. R. Stafford
Mra. L. E. Dike and Mn, Roht.
Mnnro wotr ':op;inK in Albany last
Saturday.
Mis- Gray of Salem who taught
here a year aco. ha taken up her
work again in the Turner schools.
after spending one year in the Wil
i lamette College
I Mr. Geneviee Gates and son re-
i turned to Woodhurn !M Satnrda
: after spending a ery pi ft rant vaca
' tion with their trend.
I Mr. Gate is a teacher in the
j Woodhurn schools.
Grandpa Dike of Xiagar.1 tM ery
pleasantly surprised last Sunday on
, his 72d birthday by all of his children
coming home to help eat Mi cake
He was presented wttll beautiful
I leather rocker, a gift from his sons
' and daughters.
j Mrs. Grant Smith departed for
, Portland last Tuesday to he with her
hu-band during an operation for
throat trouble.
Mr. Booker, section foreman, ha,
moved into the old Gates estate va
c;.ted by Fred GoOCft and family, who
I have moved acros- the strret.
Mr. Barney and family, living near
Minto, have moved into town for the
winter.
Both Phones 18
306 W. 2nd St
! CHINA'S UNIQUE ENTRANCE
INTO THE WORLD WAR
By Ralph Turner, United Press Staff
Correspondent
TOKfO, ugiist 3D (By Mailt
I Ch na smashed precedent of ooMttf
in when she entered the world w.,r
She cast aside the ae-old non-rufaM
Int. isolation policy of her ancestor-
Moreover, although a republic sine
191 1 and hearing all thr trapping and
machinery generally approved for thr
conduct of a republican government.
China went into the war without
;ngle nod of assent from her na
tional congress The reason ;ii that
there is no parliament today
Iff disappearance r;ime bout
tl rough efforts to coerce it in th
troublous days when Ch;ing HttM and
hi pig-tailed soldiers mar ! rd Oi
Pekinir Then rame the "restoration"
lasting just one week, the downfall
Of Chang Hsun and iloBMM r.iey again
Why did China decide on ff 1
because even disorder and cliao.
so frequent in China, have not de
stmypd the Chinaman's astntenes.
hrve all thing. China nerd inon v
She believe avowed deelaration or
her sympathy for the allied cause will
bf-lp her get the finanri;d aid nee -ary
to put her house in order r.
well this hope is being borm- out i
ilbistratrd in reports that Knil.oi !
Japan. Russia and Franre the "Four
Power Syndirat is considering ;,
ioint loan.
Vot only this, but OMfM bop s f,r
r rtMofJ of her eti-toms dutie. pot
I onrrnent of payments on th- Bokt
indemnities, a voice at the peaee
eouneil table wherr srtOernent of
Tsingtao will he made expulsion of
German interests and German intri
gue from hr border and increasing
friendship and aid from America.
Tn- iden tally, if aid in men i de
sired, "1iina has 45K.'inf) soldier un
der arms, four great arsenal, a great
Mpply ot irui. anttmn and ,t h i
nu'tal and inexhaustible man power
Some ol these coolies ate ahead) at
work in France.
1 1 Freuuer Tuau-i ht, w ha la
.ted war nu'e the break with Get
u an. and i eug Kiut ehaiu the RMl
President, h.tw rcall decided to act
Mfjet er and support Ml h otlirr.
i'lniu and war should get aloAfl raf)
well, Tuan, the man v bo amplified
ChaMf HtW and hit tm; t rial dream,
began hoitly attcr hi return to o
BoC to prepare his VM plan- l'hee
'minded the formation of ..t:onal
Cflltrattt. which ill be the only form
of popular representation to have a
band in CWtMl war a.tittie Sonu
officjolt proped to aw an the con
vent ion ol the r.ati nal asembl .
submitting t e w ar proposal to thi
bt.dy. but then Tuan strongly OpptM
cd thi. mtting on the necessity ot
immediate action
The National t'ouned. composed of
minister. ice -minister, councilors
of the various department, and WO
rcprccntati e from each pro im .
ntids it silt endttv. .(J with :he t id low
ing power, tlutie and limitation
1 1 w d! take the pla. e of the pro
is i.nal leitilature OTM; it session
sl all not exceed one year, it will con
firm the cabinet's war declaration,
modi'v the parliamentary election law
and aid rl the organization o 1'arlia
mcnt.
At the cloi of the National t'i tin
c:l. Parliament will imni-diately con
vene. Thus. Prrmier Tuan has pro
vided some torm ot popular ftppforal
ior hi iroltcies.
War against German) tod iy re
eeies the tttMUdMOttl support of tlie
pnoinces. early at August Hth
four-fifth of them had espttttet.
their support Brafl the southern dis
tricts, which have been t'lreatrniu
revonttotl and a new government
have rallied to the cause.
KEEPING GRAFT OUT OF
THE CANTONMENT CAMPS
By George Martin. United Prs,s Staff
Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Sept 21. Major
W. A. Starrett. upon Orhott shoul
ders fell the burden of America's lfi
draft army cantonment anip-. tO
day outlined for the L'nite.l PrCM th
precautions his committer took to
i re vent graft or favoritism creeping
into the work
"On the committer," amid Major
Starrett. "were C W. I.ut doff, of
the Crowell. I.undoff. Little Com
pany Cleveland; M C. Tuttle, gen
eral manatrer of the Mberthaw Con-
true tion company of host on. and
Frederick Law Olmstead.
"When we went into deliberation
on the contracts I.undoff ami Tuttle.
because thy were contractors, with
drew Tuttle has withdrawn hit cor.
1 ern aboluteIy. He won't touch a
; government contract.
"OlmsNad and I called in Leonard
Mot calf of Boston and George W.
Fuller of New York, not to be con-
fused with the George Fuller with
the George A. Fuller 'on -t ruction
company. We were the Committee
that made these decision and re
I k ' tin- lit of contractors,
With regard to his personal part
In the work Mayor Starrett said
'Th' re i. too much misunderstanding
about thr name of Starrett flyintr
around the country I was educate
at the L'niversity of Mi higan and
v- hen I eaine out I was employed by
the George A. Fuller company and
- orked along w ith them for sevrral
years.
"In 1900 with my brother and a
j rr.an named Tbompon we founded
j thr Thompson Starrett company. In
; IMJ I miit the I ompany. a had my
I brother, sold all my iMtCfCftl in it
and reified my brother in the prac
I tire of architecture That i my bus
ines.
A hith government official sat't
today that irresponsible and di-
' gruntb'd persons seem to have been
r-ponihle for rumors of ijraft and
crookednes in the building of thr
camps "I will discuss that in a very
i familiar way." said the official, "us
mg as an instance the work of the
'lumber conn nit tee. w hich deter v es
J the highest praise
I omc othciaU thought the com
luitlec "as pOJTMU too mm u lot linn
l ei 1 lit talk got to thi point when
one ol out national comiiu tcial oi
(MintkMU tOOh ftlltfftlrfj m it.
1 he Fusidcnt wiotc a letter to
the goViinuicut in Which he mention
id a certain man who puii'otlcd to
bora Hgaroa lower thoo thoM tM thi
v omiiiittee.
H was to and tiiat the man
tor w ct e Jtoin blowers ! odd ill g oil
ot thin ait w ho had no more OM
ceptton ot this thing than " here
hi Officlol threw up hi hands
Thfe man with the uiihelievahh
bw prt e said he would set the prut
tor the whole territory involved at
$-
""Poti't do that.' sai l the reptccu
tative of the territory, 'vou will rum
ur people
In that otif disctition thr low
priced man h -wrd how fooBih hi
was When it catm to QOMthj pro
duction he blew up He was dealing
with brokers who t 'ought thrv ntld
maie a trike with tbr goAcrnmni.
"The average price of the (our btl
lion iVet ot lumber ued m the can
tonment was DO W l our bdlioti
irel represents the country 'i output
for a hole vrar "
Toroloi " the matter of U.nnsr.
and penalties or the contractor. Ma
jor Starrett said
"Thi i one of thi great boneg
ot contention in the contracting bfool
FtOOM We drtldei) IgtUaMI it
"Suppop we had given one man
a contract and agrred that if he
his work done at a certain time we
would pa htm tc much extra, m if
he did not finih at a certain nine
we Mould deduct so niu. . dav
from his earned percentage
"If wr had had such $ )stem bi
these cantonments see what would
have happened Wr would have bod
oi appeal to the man money maV
log imtiiut. nt to hia patn..tiiu
VOOakJ have hern working (or a bonus
on an arbitrary contract to which
we could not ha.r added building
Of subtracted them
"We ha'-e had to ,-hangc contra ts
and plan all the way long It we
had had the bonus system thr coii
tia. tor would have said, thai it i,nl
the worl, I contrartrd to d, o ou
must extend my time ' We could
not shorten the time under any cir
cuitiMancrt. Vou see how the gov
eminent s hand would have been
th d under that svstrm
SWEET CIDER
Will make nrril cider fr)r the pub
In on my place every Tue.dtv. r .m
nencing September 1R, untd further
notice. C R Widmer. Mbany Routr
4 Home phone, ? tg Q W . S (WO tf
AMERICAN
ARE
'IOHTERS
GOOD SPENDERS
(Continued from Page I)
w thotit fir- asking the prii i im lud
ing light and service. nd don't thin'
that your hot bath is gratis
"Don't order a meal in a retauran
without fits consulting thi MiOfl au
see that the prirrs are plainly writ
ten otherwise y,m ntj he surprise,
when yon get your hill
"Don't ntnit to count your bange
"Don't give all your spare hang
to the waiter He dOiift'l rxprct
more than ten percent of the bill p
to 90 'rani anl then five per rent
after that
" on't aeeepyt Mtlhfi rate in rx
- hangr for pounds and dollars. G
to a bank where vou will gfj the riihf
and law ful chantrr .
'TMn't ak advif e from tranger
Go to people in authority or rr og
vpi assoriatirms of your own roun
try.
"Wbenrver vou tro info a ihOQ 0
buy anything always ask thr price
first.
"Whenever you order a drink no
tire that the price marked on the
saucer upon which it is served
When you stop am! think that we arc operating 175
Ibiiv Stoics under our head that we pay cash and aril for cash
lio dchv. no high tents, lb.it wr tin n ONI entite stock iVff) U
io 70 davs a i dthat out ham will sell lint ar ovri lQOOy0QUj00
"thu s tt itol seem reasonable that we tM ave you money
Curtain MriMl U 1 fci tit, l'- Mitl wool uuderweai Wlc. $1.25
1 ifi ui tains 69c, He, $1 ' $1
BttOtio cuitams $1 AI
HOOV) dtOtiaj plaid erV
I leav v coating plain $2 MS
Dt. fOOdl Iti, MO, 4c 6c, t
M-la silks, all ihoora $1.4$
,1rt in wide stripe $1.A9
Ne vollt wi 1 1 0$c, $i $1 'JH
New tub silk waists $1.90
New .upede chlllAi WaJitl
I'ine slnpr toJtotti waists
Men s ll.unicl shuts $1 hJ Sl 'iS
double I
Mm wotk shut
alt leee
Men s (vrialts. bib
Men's ovrialls wais
Bora' ov 1 1 .ill
BoVl' blotiae
Boj i1 kfi 3 i" $ v inaw s $j 4')
llov . mi I, $J.H. $.1 VH. AMH
it,., s panti 4$c rWe. No, $i M
$0) s' i rsev sweater $1 ntt
I
9Hc
$1 19
'JHi
49c. ft9i
25..
R wry l ti i 1 1 it
. V I i : ' s
for I t's
a 1 J I i I 1 1 i i al
I'.vurylliint
A I
for l.raa
It AN THRESHER
At our Warehouse. FOOT OF JACKSON STREET
e arc now instilling .i new md modem bean
thresher in addition t our other equipment f clay
crushinfl rolls, graders and polishei and arc now
prepared to handle betna From vlnt to sack NX j 1 1
be ready ruesdsy morning, Septemfc ir 25th.
Load your BetUt on a hsjmcV and liritiK them in.
I'hcv will he threshed while you wait.
CHARGES T.v to $1.00 per hundred
MURPHY'S SEED STORE
The Sample Store's
TKI WEEKLY REMINDER
SsplfiriMf 71, 1017
inns SUITS
Ninlulk., V in, (.rrbui'kn i'jntv
W HS. t W up S6 )
BOYS' KNKK PANTS
In n'ry., Mripas .nil inai:v
prrtiy mitturra . . .
Sc. 7c, bSv. up f 1 70
HOYS' UNION SUITS
CotOfl liWMhl rn 4a. $')(, AS.
BOYS' SIIOKS
Qm asstaL buttoa
atta, $7 4s. u n up ii7s
Gm bMb1 Haiaai S2.as. :
MKNS SUITS
Bht airgi $us. $u.o3
0i vorMtoa liooo. 4 so
Bvoara atiatars aofstsdi
VI Jl l V). $V00
M.ikI lailofcl in pUin anil flt
cy wor.li-tlt
J i $14 H V $17 SI). $IH SO
DRESS PANTS
Hi ,wn., gftyt .nil Um Mf
aa $.'iis. J4S. jo
MEN'S MAIKINAWS
$s r,s i. h $: so ttf $ so
BOYS' MACK1NAWS
ti')S $S'. up $oo
36
STOKf J
C. J. Breier ( ompnoy
You DO BETTER HERB POR LESS
n1
This Jatitzen
sweater is de
signed espec
ially forroung
tellotv's dt school
or college.
vl-..:( Sffi r.rft. .tl, iwt'tm
n trlr fulur i iirava
yuut ilsaler - li.rs o . . .
hhiin Clothint! Co.
PERSONAL
y i j ,
liiltliatirl .i. 'ti 1 s iimI i!i
I'.sjirtisrs sr m to hi ,h; '
We'll liae tn be Mori Can inl
On tVCrylhlltl wr liny.
Me ifoo aid: "I'm ffoitlfl to CU1
Mv linoluM tiilt in two!
m yon must sIkiw t1f liter
Whrrr ynu hav ft I e l a few,"
She said tn him: M'II do RI well.
nA I will save mHfti more
Po? Ill bay my ifat from MRS i.i I
T WORTH'S DftPAH r t I i
STORI,"
Reserve your tents now for Kolh
A Dill.
Fall Fashions
id
Feminine
Footweiir
I'rrtty Poolwaaf i. llic
nota in Woimn'. ,s)i,.,-- ihli
Pad, sad ihtrs ia aonr prciti
lian tlii. Ii.in,l.nmr
Bool ihown lini' Bombinalloi
ill MOHN Bri. is ii Kill ';inii 111)1
Khakl-rolortd Broadcloth Top,
wiih im h Loali LaMici hsat,
afrvlaaaMc Itrcal .i.lr
Wiitlh. AAA to C.
Pries 18.09
'ur entire I ill line is mcitt
rinnj.lete in handsome Modtfl
an. I alterns and yu will he
will repaid to ay a visit o oiir
MOff lirfiire teleriiiiK voitr
h'onlwrar fnr street r party
wear.
S'p'are rhrt.at palti rn, arr nhl
McDowell
Shoe Co.