-liiM lyes land' VLen one's eye begia to tire easily, it should be accepted as a ,',r t'maL Two poesibilitles face these : who are in this position, if t'jy rc:ftstiuate, their eyesight, lacking the corrective and re r c-vir - power of properly fitted glasses, may be ao long neglected that la theend even the best optician can do little or nothing for them Uat if glasses of tne proper sort are at pnee sought and obfained, eye comfort will not only be Immediately secured and failing '. eyesight ar reted, but the eyes will often grow so strong in time that glasses win no locger be needed. If your eyes are tired, it is most unwise to neglect the dacgf reign!. ' ' ; WW fiTEDfECS MARKET. ' " Ksrs"-1 cents. Chickens to 10 cents. , . Epring CWckcns 13 cents. THE MARKETS. The local n rket quotiUons yester far were as follows; "Wheat Tc . : . '.-i. .. Oats 33c per bushel. Barley $20 per ton. ilay Cheat, $12.5O01J.5O; clover. $12 frothy. tll-W- Flour 13.65 per bbl. (wholesale). 21111 feed Bran, 122; short. 2X Cutter Country. X5$ZSc. (buying). Fsrgs 1 cents. Chickens to 10 cents. f aring Chickens 1J cents. ' lIo3 Uve weight, 4V to 4c. lin-ffturt, 1050 to 1250 - lbs., 3c; vmter 1K0. $ 2.50$ I 2.75; cows, 2c; helf 'ers. 2'4f?3. , : - - Mutton Sheerc2c on foot. Veal JHrc, dressed. 1 1 lopsChoice, 18c; greenish prime, lt'ic and upward; 1903 cor.tracls, 13c Votaior New, fl per bushel. V. Onion 10 050c ' per bushel. ; Prunes 240 t&c. . ? ; Jlohalr 25 cents. "Wool lie to 17c. BALFOUR, GUTHRIE & CO. Bayers and Shippers of GRAIN Dealers la Hop Bra' Supplies FARM LOANS TTaresoutes at TURNER. MACLEAT. rRATUU. BROOKS. EIIAW. BALBM. SWITZERLAND. HALSET. DERRT. MfORS. 01 "ROTAX." FLOUR. STSSBSBSSSBBSl j; GRAHAM, Agent tW Commercial SL, Salem. FROM THE EXCHANGES ITEMS GATHERED WITH THE AID - OF THE EDITOR'S ' ' SHEARS. Misses Delia and Nona Walker, of Salem, tra, are vlltlng for a couple rf p-k tth their uncle, J. B. Oib- and family, of Mt. Pleasant.. The young l41i are down on a pleaure tnn, having pent some time at San Francisco and other coast cities. Miss Df lia la a linotype operator on the Sa lem Salesman. riucer Herald, . Au I'urm, Cal, , v , Prank Albright and Geonfe Barr of Kkm, came tn Wednesday to do some plumbing: on Ht. Alphonsus Academy. Tills mook Headlight, "-. ' Mm. A ,VT. Patternon and daughter Harriett have rone to Gate. Ore, for atv extended atay during the heated term. Eugene Register, i . .. Grace Elder arrived In (town for a vlaU with friends.' She M.l visit Salem and other points be -tons., returning. to her home at Roae bnc....wui Cooper was up from Sa lem the Hrst of the wek i im ..in Hh the Sim Lumber company, and lira . . . ' - ...o nvi. inayion Mail. DESTROYED BY FIRE. SEATTLE. Wash, July M.The Ken To Inking A - Karl ration Cornian .Company,- acsircyed by flre July 1. Th ,,,unl tol loas but there is enough .-arnce to cover. The company was I ,7 Tt in AlaaVo. with a ca j vi w.wi c&aea a season. It was frrw.Hy wned by the Pacia? Steam '"""S vonipcyt' ; -.v' tr sale at the Capital Drug ... ' t TfelrlEMH- Cor. Stats and - Liberty ts- IS GROWING MORE LIVELY The Christmas Piano Contest Is Arousing Still More Interest NO NEW CANDIDATES SINCE THE LAST REPORT, .BUT A NUMBER OK, INCREASES A ! LATE CON- TESTA NT MAKES A SHOWING. rERT GOOD : (From Saturday's Dally.), There has been som Hrely. noting In The Statesman's Cbristrnas piano contest since the last report. ? Mias Nina- P. Johttson )s at the bead of the list again, -with 3285 votes to her credit.: ; Miss Nina IBushnell hs made gains, so has MissHelen McCoy, and also Mary E. Davidson. Miss Lulu Jones, of Jefferson, Is also in the list of those making gains. ; A new candidate. Mrs. Cal Patton, wrongly art-red I ted ln last issuejias now 0 votes In her favor a very -good show ing for a new one. " ," . : It Is issible thata ne wcount will be made today. "Such will be the case If there are enough votes today to justi fy it. . :.. - : There is every Indication of a, lively contest, and the one -who receives the $425. Cable piano for a Christmas pres ent may be among those already men tioned, and again It is possible that an entirely new candidate" will spring up. and secure the prise. That it will go to a worker is very certain! Miss Nina P. Johnson .......... Miss Margaret Mulkey .......... 3285 2815 2S00 1420 1190 1025 830 660 600 500 500 500 455 375 375 350 345 .280 250 250 195 195 175 165 150 130 125 125 100 100 100 100 .65 65 3 6S V 63 : 65 60 25 Mias Lulu Jones, of. Jefferson.... Miss Helen McCoy Miss Nina Bushnell ......... .1. Miss Muaa Geer Mary E. Davidson .............. Mrs. Cal Patton Mrs. Benjamin Bowden Miss Eva McAllister ....... Mias Mabel Carter ......... Miss Mabel Jones, of Brooks Miss - Opal .Hatch Miss Orletta Kraus, Aurora. Mias Eva WInslow ............. Mlna Nellie Casebeer . . . Miss Beatrice Shelton Miss Ruth Gabrlelson ........... Miss Nellie Parsons ..1.. ....... Mias Alpha Dimlck, Portland .... Miss Nettie Beckner ............ Miss HeJene Dalrymple "...j...... Miss Kate Perrine ; ............. Miss Remo Holland ............ Mias Willow E. Pugh t Miss Mary Payne .............. Mlsa Blanche Brown i. Miss Venlta Earl Miss Althea Lee . . . . . . . . . t . . . i . Mlsa Mabel Kenady, Woodburn. . Miss Morcom. Woodburn ........ Miss Laura Sharp .............. Miss Grace N. Babcock ...... -.., M Iss' Delphin Conioycr ....... . Mlsa Allena Mellen ............. Miss Mohie A. Pearmine' . M(Ss Mattie A. Southwlck ....... M iss Bessie Tillson ............. Miss Mabel Bean ............... Miss; Laura Bowden r... WAS BOUND OVER GEORGE APPLEYARD WILL HAVE TO ANSWER TO HIGHER , ', COURT. -' (From Sunday's Daily.) , 'George Appleyard waa given a pre liminary .hearing in Recorder Judah's co.urt yesterday morning at 10 o'clock. Appleyard was charged with the crime of assault with a dangerous weapon, committed upon W. H. Burghardt. 6r during an altercation in' the latter'a office on July 8. : : f The defense Was conducted by At torney Holmes, while C. L. McNary looked after the state's Interest. A number. f witnesses were examined. and at the conclusion of the examin ation the court considered the testimo ny introduced on the part of the state wufBclent ot 'warrant the holding of the defendant, until his case could be looked into by the circuit oourt. , His bond was fixed In the sum "of 1 150, .which Appleyard was unable to furnish, consequently he was taken to the Marion county Jait, where he will languish . until the circuit court . con venes., - . Trib Store. for sale . at the Palace 1 drug Certainly Ra Jua the thing tor tired aervca, sleep tearaewand fatigaeef aaind or body. 6VQU8 KODSS: whUky wake the Ideal n!rM p. R smoothes otrt the wriktrs of care, and bnaga a refreshing, peacrfal lomber tbat Urn the night throagh. If .V valae leers yow will ntw the Nobu whiskies tor their beaiih-ginng qualities, v . FmrSMlmmtmn Dmmm, Ctubm mm Csaf, W T5 S9n-"rTnl CV. bUtrftattfs, KSTLAXO. CS2 4-- harry mm iROUBLE Hurled Reck Through Window of the While House ResS " taurant Yesterday IS A NOTORIOUS CHARACTER AND HAS BEEN A CONSTANT SOURCE OF ANNOYANCE FOR A NUMBER ' OF TEARS CRIME IS PENITEN TIART OFFENSE. 1 . From Saturday's Daily J The notorious, worthless, troublesome Harry ;Dunn is once more behind the bars, t He was taken Into custody by Chief of Police Gibson yesterday upon a warrant, sworn out in .Recorder N. J. Judah'a court by W. P.' .George. Dunn proceeded to make himself, disagreeable la - the JVbite House Restaurant during the noon hour yesterday, and was ask ed to leave the building by Ir. George, the proprietor. . Dunn finally took - his departure, not. however, until he had applied the lengthy string of vile epi thets, always at his cxmnianL- to Mr. George. In a few moments he return ed 'with a rock In his hand and hurled the missile through one of the large windows In front of the building. A complaint, was sworn oujU charging the notorious Harry with 'the ' crifne of breaking a glass In a building not his own arid he will be given a hearing be fore Recorder Judah this morning. ' ' The crime Is punishable by confine ment either In the county Jail or peni tentiary, for -a,-term not to exceed one year. It will not be surprising if. Dunn gets the limit for his latest deed, as this Is "not his first offense, he haTlng been before the . court to answer to a similar charge on several "different oc casions. . ' : ; : f ,s '-r'.': ' This worthless individual has been a notorious character In and around Sa lem for many years, .and has been a constant source of I annoyance to the people as well as the police officials, r i ' Some time ago he j burled a rock through one of the large windows In the Ladd it Bush bank building and for this offense served six months In the Marion county Jail, t The punishment, however, had but Jittle effect on Harry as lie has . been behind the bars many times. since. - . ? ' . . . a4i DROPPED FROM LIST TWO SCHOOL" DISTlitCT.IN TIL- ' IiAMOOK COUNTY. ARE ; r SHUT OUT.; ; (From Saturday Dally.) Superintendent Ackerman yesterday received annual reports from the coun ty superintendents of schools ief Kla- math and. Tillamook counties. .. The Klamath county . report . shows 1168 residents of school age f n the coun ty against 1072 last year, and a falling off in 'days attendance of 7773 days, O he new district was organized afid one school house built but the .number of teachers employed was the same as last year. ' :The report also shows that the salaries of tie female teachers had been increased on the average of 34.33 per month "and that of the 'male teach ers $2.65. ' i - - ; ' ' . - The -Tillamook report shows an r in crease of residents of. school age In the district of 44, while only. 87, teachers we're e'mplo'yed against' 106 last: year. This shows a shortage" of 19 teachers over last year, notwithstanding the fact ' that the. salaries 6f the female teachers averaged 33.35 per' month more than last year and that 'Of the male 82 cents," and two new schoothouses were built. Superintendent G. '.B. ; Lamb, however, reports that two school dls- trictsfalled to comply with 'the school laws of 1903, In that there was not the required number of, children of school age, and that, he had left them off the Hat, being- no longer organized school districts. He also reports that a teach ers club was organised last fall for the study of, pedagogy, and various educa tional topics. This club, met twice a month and - Included many county teachers. This constituted the ."local institute work of the county and prov ed very profitable to the teachers. : PASSED TOJffiR REST MRS. JOHN F. STEELHAMMER 5 , DIED AT HOiftl OP MOTHER i . YESTERDAY ' - (From" Saturday's Dally.) Mrs. John F. 8teelhammer, a resident of this city, - died at the home of her mother, Mrs. Robert. Scott, in- Wood-born,- at 12:30 o'clockyesterday after noon, of a complication of throat trou bles, aged 31 years. -; Mrs. Steelbammer has been suffering from her afflictions for several months, but they did not assume a serious as pect until quite recently, and her death comes as a sudden and sad shock and surprise to her relatives and legion of friends. , The. deceased was possessed of a kind, affectionate and charitable disposition, ; which won for her . the friendship of all with whom she came In contact. i; ..;. --V;' jThe remains will be, taken to Scotts Mills' today where the funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock. Sunday morn ing, and interment will be had la the Tillage cemetery.. BROKE BOTH BONES ' RAYMOND STEEVENS SUFFERS DISASTROUS FALL FROM A ; ; t LOAD. OF-HAY. , (From Saturday. Dally.) Raymond Steevens, the young son of Geo. S., SteeVena of this city; while riding upon a load of hay WithBudd Davis, on Fourteenth street. Yew Park, about 4 o'clock yesterday , afternoon jumped or fell from the top of the load In uch a manner as to break, both bones of his left leg just above the ankle. T;-,- . . . The team became frightened by some of the , hay. sliding oft the load 'upon thei backs and ran ahaay. Davis, who was. upon he gjouad adjusting some- thing about - the "wagoni't couldnot se cure t the lines in 4 time te avert the runaway. . Young" Steeverw -; sUyed upon the load for a long time- before he Jumped , or was bounced otL , :- He was taken to the Salem Hospital. where Dr. C H. Robertson, who- was summoned in the case, -soon adjusted the i double and complicated j fracture and no serious complications are likely to arise from It. ' :f- FITZ WEDDING- DAY. ' I SAN : FRANCISCO, L Cal., July? 24. Robert Fltzsimmons, the pugilist, was today granted " a license- -to wed Julia May Giffonk . The ceremony. wUl take place tomorrow. Fitzslmmons gave his age as 41. ' L-; "BIT-EN-RIG" :; Buncli Grass Hcrse j(ot Sus- ceptible to HewaHglea : Devices - -GHOST- FRIGHTENS- LADY PICK ERS OUT OF THE t BRUSH AND FEASTS UPON THEm BERRD3S ' OTHER INTERESTING NEWS OF STAYTON. ' . STAYTON, Ore, j July 24. G. B. Trask put a bit-en-rig: on a bunch- grass- horse, recently purchased, to try and break the animal to work; when turned ' loose " he began backing, and threw himself, striking a. post with, his head as he fell, knocking an eye ut, causing a kink in the neck and frac tured the skull. The animal had to be shot. - " . : AVhile gathering wild blackberries In the woods near town, Mrs. Queener and Mrs. Richardson were quite' badly frightened one, day this week by; a large white object . - - risfrig" up In 'the midst of the undergrowth and making for them; the ladles dropped their buckets of berries and ran,' thinking it a, ghost, but upon ; returning a short time after found- the; buckets empty, the berries having ;, disappeared with the ghost. r y '.:'.'''" '.' '""..' Miss IVeva Gardner has "been quite sick for several days, as "a result of over-study. She is noW'rustlcating at the; farm home of Mr.' and Mni.h mah; ' several miles, soutu of this city. The' moving picture " show at the Christian, church Monday evening was quite Well attended. . Some of the scenes and Illustrations were very good. There is' talk of a bbr -department store being established herein the near future, 'whether by citizens or outside parties has not yet' been revealed. , Hon.-W. It. HobSon returned home from Sumpter Wednesday .for a brief visit -with his family. - ' Mr; and ' Mrs. 'Turneagef of Gates, were recent guests at the borne of Mrs. WV H. -Queener. - - , Dr. Brewer, et Salem, was a Stay ton visitor -Sunday.. I v . Mrs. H. E. Smith, of Portland.-is vis iting her parents, Mt and -Mrs. "Hen ry -Keene." -f , J Grace Elder,( of Roseburg, is visit ing with friends ih tliis -city. (W; O. Cooper came- out from Salem Monday to visit his mother who has been ill several rnonths. - ' - Chaa. Streff and S. ,SHvernangle, two of Stayton's prosperous business men, were in Albany Sunday and, witnessed the . eighty-foot lesp f.ro'rn the , . big bridge, into six feet of water. i J, Sestek, the butcher, had a lively runaway one iay4 last. week, j His new butfh.er iwagon was ; demolished, but no. Injury to driver or team. . . TO CHANGE SCHEDULE PORTLAND TO SAN FRANCISCO IN ! TWENTY-SEVEN' HOURS- : , CHANGING TABLES. ; SAN FRANCISCO. July 24. A con ference of the passenger traffic officials of. toe. Harriman lines .was held In the Southern' Pacific building today. The meeting is for the; purpose of revising passenger time schedule as'a result of shortening time on "some of the Harrl man lines, on the completion of cut-offs and other Improvements. It is also de sired" " to make J satisfactory arrange ments with connecting' roads when' the new schedules are in operation, so local passenger representatives' of the Rock Island and Chicago & Northwestern are In consultation with 'the Harriman passenger traffic men. Among the out-of-town Officials present at the meeting are: .Passenger Agent. Craig of the O. R. A N .in. Portland, and Passenger Agent W. E. Cenum of , the. Southern Pacific la Pprtland.i It is expected the" time, between this ,cj ty. and - Portland Will be shortened to twenty-seven hours when the several cut-offs and. Improve ments on the nit i a Qregpn are com pleted. Th.!s- will t necessitate radical thanges in schedules, and the O. R. & N, connecting wltij the Sou then Paci fic at Portland wiU make changes to accommodate the new rder. ,, V O. A. Parkyhs of Lot Angeles, is also attending the conference, as-the chang es lu bperaUsg the Southern Pacific, to be made on the completion of the Santa Susana tunnel. In August, will effect this division. ' The conference wIlFteon tlniie several dayav -" " ! : General Freight Agent R. B. Miller; of the O. R. N. has' been summoned to ' this city from Portland' to confer with Southern pacific freight officials reliiflve to future plans of the freight traffic departments, of the two roads. AndtBervfami!y" conference vof Harri man officials has just-been concluded In Chicago.'.. It was attended, by repre sentatives of " the engineering depart ments of the various .Harriman. lines, and .was-held in the general office, of the. Chlca&o. & Alton.. . Standards for engineering and maintenance of way work f were mn 1 jjpon,, af ter several Bay,a diaculza- 43d. -EgasUatiUgfl i. GHMIGEPITII; GRAVE Gecrge ; Appleyard- Arrested ftr. Assault Witn a Dan " gerous Weapon CRIME ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN COMMITTED DURINO AN ALTER CATION WHICH T- TOOK v PLACE " IN" THE OFFICE. OF W. H. BURG HARDT SR., ON JULY 8. . I - i . (From Saturday's Dally.) VT. Hi Burghardt Sr., yesterday swore out a complaint in Recorder N. J. Ju dah's : court, charging " George Apple- yard with the crime of assault with a dangerous weapon. - A warrant was placed. In the hands of Chief of Police D. Gibson, who rounded up the or fender and locked him up in the city 1 ,The charge against Appleyard orig inated during an altercation which took place in the office of the complaining witness on July 8. It is alleged that on that -day he entered Mr. Burghardt's office and raised a disturbance, during which he "attempted to bring a knife Into play. Ah officer was called In who placed Appleyard under arrest, and later a . charge, of disorderly conduct was lodged against him. - When the case came up for bearing In the record er's "court Mr. Burghardt failed to ap pear :. to prosecute the case; -and as a result Appleyard was discharged from custody and the case dismissed. It ap pears, however, that, more trouble has beett "brewing .which finally terminated In " a new charge . being , preferred against the offender. Appleyard Is an old miner and has made Salem his headquarters for a number of years. He is addicted to the liquor habit and when under the Influ ence is Inclined to be quarrelsome. His case "will come up for ' hearing at 10 o'clock' this morning. V ' SAVED PLAYMATE'S LIFE LITTLE MARGUERITE TUCKER ; ACTS PROMPTLY IN MOMENT OF DANGER. y OLYMPIA, Wash, JulX . 24. Little Marguerite Tucker, the - 12-year-old daughter ; of Mrs. Herbert Tucker of this " city, saved her 11 ttle 2-year-old companion and cousin, Dorothy Gresn, frohl burning, to death ih this city this week. " The. children were. alone to gether, ; and the younger one, playing with a match, set fire to'a couch., The flames had caught, the baby's clothes and were burning, them when the old-ir girl 'discovered the accident. She wrapped the child in a bfanket, sfnoth- ering' the fire, but not, "however, . until the" "baby waa severely burned. The child is expected to recover. " KILLED BY A HORSE TEAMSTER NAMED POLLOCK WAS - BADLY ' BRUISED--WHILE ' HITCHHs'G ,TEAM. GRAFTS PASS, Ore July 24. J. J. Pollock, a' teamster'who .has been haul ing lumber Into the central yards here from the ; Powell Creek - -mills, - was brought into town a badly bruised and injured man, as a result -of- being se verely kicked by a vicious -horse. Pol lock was hitching his team, and -was In the act of fastening a. tug behind one, when , the animal . began, la .kick, pin ning the unfortunate man up against the end of the lumber wagon. . For tunately . the horse's , hoofs did ; npt reach Pollock's head. WRECK ON THE N. P. BROKEN FLANGE tlAUSES TWEN- TY-FIVE FREIGHT CARS TO PILE UP. . SPOKANE, -Wash., July 24. A broken-flange caused about twenty-five freight cars to be piled up "on the Northern Pacific tracks near Noxon, Mont. The wreck occurred about 6 o'clock last evening. Northern Pacific officials here deny . any. one was kill ed., and state they have no reports of serious injuries. Part , of the wreck has been cleared away, trains being delayed about twelve hours. . SHE WILL GEflt .WALLA WALLA ONLY TOWN EX TENDING INVITATION FOR BANKER'S CONVENTION. WHATCOM. July 24. The banker's convention was entirely given over to amusements today, - Tomorrow wlll wind up the business of the convention. Walla-Walla Is the only place that his so far. extended an invitation for next year's 'assembly ; , ': BAILEY IS HONORED - ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE NA . TIONAL. FOOD AND DAIRY -COMMISSIONERS.!. j ' 'ST. PAUU July, 2LTbe National Convention of, Dairy and. Food .Com missioners closed today with the elec tion of officers. James Bailey, of Ore-i gon. was elected president. : SENTENCE IS DISMISSAL : ::'f.- "? .. ... S t. COURT MARTIAL., CASE OF PAY I - VASTER DELANO GONETQ ' " PRESIDENT ? "WASinXCTON, July . 21. The case of Assistant Paymaster : Delano, court rnartialsd for irregularities, base gone to the FiesidenC It Is understood the sentence is dismissal. X V". t - Arranging for Conclave, - Rome, July 2L The work of arrang- ls. ts :ap.artmsU? "tzs --t5 twiclais hasfhwn benn. The? court yaros are choked with building material for wall ing. un. the doors. This afternoon car dinal Oreglla escorted by . the ; Swiss guard ..inspected the work. . The, Car dinal is Increasing In favor, dally even in the great circles. Mrs.. J. A. McCorkie went to baiera Tuesday for a Visit with her daughter. Mrs. John Brophy...-Mrs. Clarence Sirneral. of Salem. w as a vlsktor at the A Fi Slmeral home in this city Tues day. Silverton Appeal. - 'For i South American revolution, the Venezuelan affair has presented a very startling novelty in the shape of a cas ualty list. - ; ' MANY GROWERS IN SESSION Prune Men of Northwest Well : Represented at Yester - day's Meeting ; Jl M. GILBERT : PRESIDED OVER .MEETING - AND A COMPREHEN SIVE DISCUSSION OF PRUNE SITUATION WAS ENTERED INTO '.' PRICE FIXED AT 2 3-4c BASIS. (From Sunday's Daily.) . J sYesterday was a big day at the office of -ihe Willamette Valley Prune As sociation. In the morning a meeting of the directors was held, at which was present visiting members from the boards of the Umpqua Valley Prune As sociation, and the Clark County Prune Association and the Waldo. Hills' Fruit Association. The directors dis cussed the best method of disposing of fruit" for the season, and disposed of a large amount of routine business. The new directors of the association which were recently elected, were duly sworn In, and are now ready for the season's business. The directors also appoint ed a committee to arrange a program in order that the afternoon meeting might be conducted expeditiously. . ' The important meeting . tt the day took place in the afternoon at 1 P- m when the growers' general meeting as sembled to discuss condition, crop prospects,- etc., according to a. eall which was Issued some t'ttie since by", the Salem association at the- instance ' of growers in Clark county. Wash. Jt was seen at once when the meet ing waS called to order that It was go ing to be the most representative gath ering of prune growers ever assembled in the Northwest, a roll call of persons present and the acreage showed that there" Was more than 4000 acres repre sented." """".': J -' ' ' ' ' ..- A" ' discussion 1 of -crop - conditions showed that the crop In prospect is not generally considered 4o4e as larger as twV years ago. Reports were given by growers from Albany, Roseburg, Dal las". 'Shaw, Silverton, Dilly, Clark coun ty,. Wash, and the eastern side of the mountains, as -well as' for all the dis tricts surrounding Salem, and it. was the unanimous decision. .of the growers present after' discussing and hearing concerning the crop conditions . that Oregon prunes ought not to. sell for less than 2 3-4 basis (4 1-2 for 40-50s), In -bags f. o..b. Oregon shipping, points. Among the representative prune men from distant points attending, the meet ing-were Augustus High,. J. -C. Fletcher,- -and Mr. Hoover, from . Vancouver, Wash, representing the-Clark County Prune -Association, with over 100 car loads of prunes;-W. K. Newell, of DIN ley; H. F. Allen, of Portland. Mr. Butts, of Dallas; J. C. Long, of Silverton; K. H. Rhodes, of Albany; Ray C. Brown and Maurice Weber, of Roseburg, the former,, secretary of the Umpqua Val ley. Prune Association, the largest ex cept the one at Salem, In the Norths west; G. J. H. Fryer and S. Anienson, of Shaw, representing the Waldo Hills 1 0HHrrWrdHWK ..Gtatesman's Christmas Piano Contest.. Eaelossd fflaia ........-...-or sbsrlptlo to the. rfc ' "W. I Hereby Tofe For. y hl the Oragea tat.a gnntii "w . . . . . u all Coupon la aood ior.. Ch la adranes aim umpra ui !".": : la adranca lot any ot Ilia pabircauoa' pons void aitor ous uiontn. Gjapero arid 12c Sunbonnet 12c, bloves special values Hosiery, last l)laclc, 3 pairs 25c, 50c wash dress skirts, neatly trimmed, only 50c Dock dtess Skirts, tan color, Woe, good arid serviceable, 75c, Ladies straw liats irood quality with extra wide brims 35c Ladies' straw hats, good quality with ex tra wide brims 20c, Shirt waists at le3 . than wholesale cost, Towels, extra large -Turkish towels only 19c, Lace curtain special at 75c a pair ' GREEriDAlfS DRY OOODS STORE 302 Commercial St., Salem, Oregoni "i, Every Sales Slip a Personal Guarantee ; Never Too Late to Unmake a Wrong Sale See Us Before Going on Your Vacation "You'll And, a fine line of traveling necessities here, priced with consid erate regards to the purse. , Wc arc also giving yoa spec latprkcs on many ot the : - things you'll need '.- Look over the following list care ful, perhaps you lind some article you've overlooked. ' . Ladies Dusters, Liuon $6.50 now S3 15.00 now S4 ' Ladies' Sweaters ..... L3 tff White Waists 1-3 off Colored Waists. ...... .25c Worth op to $l.i Ladies' Fancy Hose .... 23c Worth 50c Linon Skirts 25c Worth 40c Muslin Underwear . . t . . 39C Worth 75c Summer Corsets . . . .... 43c Parasols . . . ... . . . ... 1 3 o il Fancy Rib oons ........ 19c Worth 30c . Men's Underwear -all mluced Negligee Shirts . . . ..... T5c Real value $1.00" " Fast IHack Sox . .8 1-3C Boys' Wash Suits, Blouses, : Waists, Shirts, Etc, 20 per cent reduction Boys' Knee Kaats ...... 49C Heal worm voc L i. Fruit " Assocla tl' ; , J. R. Shepard and W. J. Crawford, f Zenaj John tariff, Tof Aumsvllle.alid beaidea- over imr , . .. J --.m -hoareni-m- lllini lain. nuin : bers of the Willamette Valley Association. l'runa Use Trib forliquor habit. EACH CENT C0UNT8 A VOTP. - - 7 - w: L,0J.ri." iir . u- .nrfin. laiuwo uvm