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, Daily -arrival sl,' are making
our.woiiien's section, on the
second Hoof, more and more
attractive.,. .The styles are so
varied and there are so many
new materials and effects
that the'flnding of a style to
suit each individual taste is
surprisingly simple. Fash
ion s newest creations can be
found here in a great variety.
EXPANSION SALE PRICES
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Children's Dresses
y The new Fal 1 Dresses for
the little ladies possess all
the newest styles and fancies
in -"'up-to-date' $rear. Styles
include the Buster Browns,
Russian Bloiwe Kilts,'French
and Fancy Dresses, etc. Alllto tbe grown matron.
sizes.
PROTECTION SALE PRICES
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What May be Done in;the Cultivation of New
Products in Various Parts.
Walnuts and Chestnuts Offer Peculiar Opportunities.
There is no 'question that Oregon is
only at the thn-shoM of iN T.veloiinent
an 1 what the futurt may bring to th.j
eoplo who are inhabiting- this great
region, is -a.' question full of wonderful
poHAililitieM.
On! a, fow years ;igj rune culture
was in its infuney, yet on Friday a
, sal Vas made here in. Halem of 400t
0O0 pounds of this ; succulent fruit in
. one lot y ,, .
llut a short time ho as a raer
chantaldo prtwlnet were unknown to
i ()rgnn, yet' thin year, there: will tin
. 80M at lea!t"T,WM. bale wliit'U wilt
bring $3,500,000 to Oregon.
Other exiienmcnt are lteing ma.io in
fruit, vino and arbor cultue, and in
many things are. being developed iofwi
bilities for the future that are -wonder--ful.
!
One of the most promisinfr of all
theno is tile- eulture of nut bearing
trees, nucE aa English walnut and thu
chestnut of the East.. "While very
little effort has been niaJe to develop
tho client ni t industry in this district
yet there are a few trees bearing fruit.
The growth of the English walnut how
ever is no longer nn experiment but a
well established fact. A good, many
walnut groves in this valley are pajring
ig returns to their ownem. A man
by the name of Price, has ixty acres
of walnuts near Dundee, planted in his
prune orchard, in many cases alternat
ing with hia prune trees, and ho claims
planted farther apart, and that the wal
v nut makes nn excellent .vide -crop. f
that his prunes do better by being
A gentleman who came here from
Kansas a few days ag bought twenty
acres in the Rosedale district on which
he intends planting English walnuts,
an 1 there are a number f othars
growing them here now, Mr. S. 3'.
Kimball of this city has a g.o.l many
on bis cherry orchard'on the folk coun
ty hllrs across theriver. A Air. Dini
. Yiear Brooks .ha Wen supplying a num
. ber of private families with walnnts
for some years, and. everybody pro
nounces them of most delicate - flavor
an! of excellent quality. j J
Moa who hare investigated the mat
ter aay there is a great deal mora profit
, in walnul eultare tbun in prune cultare
under ordinary conditions. Th quality
' ia evidenced Ty tho -fact that Oregon
took the premium at Chicago on Eng
' Jish walnuts over the California , pro
ducts. . A -a. gool deal of interest t is
being taken in this matter now, th
following by Dr. J. B. Pilkingtoa f
Portland is taifea from the Teport Iff
the Northwest- fruitgrower's associa
tion and the same will do doubt be of
err great interest. t
The walnut today occupies a similar
- position in horticulturo ia Western Ore
goa that it' did ia California twenty or
thirty vmm ago, and a a distinctive
aad very -imuortaBt branch of horti
. 'eulture, ia entitled to as much consider
ation as was given it there. In prepar
ing tliis paper I have carefully; digested
than; the ..'thin;--shirt waists,
and every particular woman's
wardrobe will include at least
one waist made from the new
heavy waistings. There art'
a variety of weaves; entirely
new. Many different varie
ties and colorings! to select
from, and, remember when
making ' your pnrcLase that
the GOODS AKE 4 ATX
NEW. v
EXPANSION SALE
PILICES PREVAIL..
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fall
and i
Winter
We'll all
soon b e
buying
new lots
of heavier
WEAR. UNDERWEAR
If it's buying a fresti lot,
that's where we figure prom
inently. When it comes to
materials and weights we
have no end of vaiiety.
Women's or children's, no
matter what you . want, we
have it at a price to suit.'
PROTECTION SALE.
46c to $2.25
Hosiery
Our stm-k is all carefully
selected tor superior quality
and serviceableness. Ilose
for tbe entire family for all
purposes, from the wee laby
EXPANSION SALE.
9c to $1.85
nil available writing on the subject and
have made, deductions from personal ob
servations. The very interesting writ
ing of Mr. l)e biong, of the California
Stati . Board of Horticulture, which is
published in the report of our htate
Board of Horticulture, goes. into detail.
Origin, longevity, pollination, varieties,
including European, -Oriental and of
home origin, planting, soil, propagation,
pruning, and lastly, harvesting, are ex
tensively treated. While this work is
familiar to many, a review of soma of
its subjects may bo interesting.
Mr. DeLong commences: "Holding a
prominent place among the fruit prod
ucts of California, stands tho walnut.
Tho position has been attained in the
past few years, and is the Tesult of ex
perience and many'- failures which
have'shown the proper conditions under
which this fruit will thrive, its require
ments in soil, climate and location, and
tho production of varieties adapted to
the peculiarities of our state. The old
time saying that the area of walnut
culture in the state is 'very limited,
and confined to any particular section,
has by happy chance, proved a fallacy,
and" is disproved by the numerous pro
ductive orchards that lear witness to
its successful culture. While the early
plantings were made in the southern
counties, where the culture of the wal
nut is pursued with great magnitude,
the industry is gradually spreading and
broadening. While the walnut will
withstand a very low temperature, it is
very susceptible to sudden changes, and
a hot day suddenly followed by a frosty
night will chill the young wood and
often proves fatal to-a young orchard,
setting it back a season's growth. The
same is true-ia. the springtime on the
openings of the flowers or catkins a
chill will frequently cause, them all to
drop and reader the crop a failure. For
this reason a location free from prevail:
ing frosts, or one where -the sun will
not strike the trees until the effects of
the cold have been overcome,', is very
desirable. The latter trouble can be
largely overcome by planting some of
the .late blooming varieties, which do
not send forth their catkins until dan
ger from frosts is largely past. Cali
fornia walnuts are fast supplanting
those from foreign countries. Only a
few years ago the growers of these nnts
here bad a very hard "struggle to in
troduee them, being obliged to accept
the humiliating price of from three to
sir cents a pound less than that paid
for imported walnuts. Gradually, how
ever, a reduction. came io favor of the
California product, and now' Eastern
dealers will take our best walnuts at
prices, equal to, and, in many eases ex
ceeding those obtained for those coming
from abroad. Our state affords a splen
did field for the walnut industry and
although thousands of trees have' been
planted and the; acreage 1st ' being ex
tended every year, it 'id believed that
over-prodnction need not be feared.' Onr
producers bave all America for a mar
ket." , : .... V-v,; s: ..
This article, ia the main, is. equally
applicable to Oregon, and we stand :to
day wLere California stood twenty years
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Increase every day, because our customers find OUR STATEMENTS
AHE CORRECT. It's l case of EXPANSION. . The style and ap
pearance of our merchandise bring business. R.est assured that you
will be shown the latest and newest styles and; not an accumulation
of old shop-worn merchandise. Every article in this Bi Store (except
contract QOOdS) radically reduced in price. Trade at the safe store.
New
I for the little
; babies including
the finest
; Crushed
; Velvet.
Chinchilla,
vs- ; - ' : Dear oKin
and Cloth Coats made up in
the, latest and best styles.
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PRICES PREVAIL
Furs from fur headquarters,
representing the. largest fmTier
in America, from the small
neck boa to the
large,long furs.
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Threshold
Her Possible Development
ago. We have demonstrated that we
can. grow walnuts and of a quality equal
or superior to thoso grown elsewhere,
but this success has been achieved by
the experimenter, the amateur-and tho
enthusiast. We-are reaping the reward
of their experience and we also can
profit by the Californian's success and
can,, avoid many of their failures. We
have many of the same congenial con
ditions of soil and climate that they
have, and today it is not a question of
planting a trwi or two for the kitchen
garden, but sr commercial proposition.
The large acreage which is being
planted to walnuts in tho Willamette
valley, and I understand that Southern
Oregon and the favorable sections of
Eastern Oregon, Washington and Idaho,
are taking advantage of their possibili
ties; these facts go to show that the
walnut is coming to the front, and its
importance as a commercial article.
from a grower's standpoint, is recog
nized, and in a few, years will be rated,
not by a few trees, but by hundreds of
acres;
In 3901 California exported 6,000
tons, worth over one million dollars.
Our people, too, are eating more nnts
and consumption will keep iace with
production.
In 1889, Prof. E. J. Wiekson, of the
University of California,, wrote:
"There is not, however, at present any
disosition to largo plantings of the
walnutj though the trees are being con
tinually put in in. small groups, or as
porder trees around fruit orchards; still
for home, use, suitable vraieties should
be given place on most valley and foot
hill farms."
Twelve years later he writes: ,'Wal
nnt growing is quite rapidly 'extending
in both the coast and the interior valley
regions of Central California, and is
also successfully accomplished in favor
able situations in the foot-hills up to
an elevation of 2,000 feet. There are
also many instances of thriftv and pro
lific tree in Northern California and
JSuthern Oregon. Tbe northward ex
tension of successful walnut growing is
conditioned upon the use of the best
French 'varieties and the. rejection of
the .varieties popular to the chief com
mercial districts in Houthern California.
These varieties are hardier ia resist
ance to frost and leaf burn from sum
mer beat." - -'
The French varieties referred to" are
rraepartnriens, Franquette, Mayette,
Chaberte and Parisienne, all of which
are success ful here, and I find that all
writers concur in this, that the French!
varieties are late bloomers and often ,
bear fall crops, while the tender, soft
shell varieties are destroyed by frost.
As an example;. 1. On the2d of March,
1S96, portions of California were visit
ed by a severe frost and snowstorm. On
March -15 tho pistillates of the home:
varieties made their appearance 1 but
the male okwer had dropped off." On
March 22, the European arieties began
te put forth and produced a good erop,
while the earlr varieties had bo erop.:
Nnts of the French- varieties ars of
god size and excellent bavor, and
while aot as large as the paper-shell and
w . w ssr as i . - m . mm m m m s
WEDNESDAY
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Wednesday Special Bale No. 19;.
ton Comforts, t&lkaline covered.
WEDNESDAY ONLY.
88c -
Cot-
f soft-shell varieties, they are equally as
good. "?
Speaking of the quality of the nuts:
Last October I collected a quantity of
nuts grown in the vicinity of Portland,
which, for my own curiosity, I distrib
uted among people who were interested
in them, but did not know of their
source; the concensus of opinion was
that they were fine, sweet, have the true
nutty flavor,. lact the hardness, oiliness,
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and someiimes nmerness, uaw is
common in t lie. Calif on ia nuts anil sur
prise that they were home grown. Fur
thermore, the trees are freo from bac
teriosis, which is the great enemy of
the California soft-shell nuits. The Jap
anese walnut makes a very handsome
ornamental tree. It produces a small,
elongated, hard nut with a sweet ker
nal, but will have no . commercial im
portance - The walnut does' best on a moist,
warm, sandy lo;im, well drained; and
perfect drainage is absolntely neces
sary. It is a very vigorous grower and
requires ample root room, vertically and
horizontally, and shows its apprecia
tion of good things of the earth, as do
other fruit trees, and yet it attains sat
isfactory size aid bearing in less favor
able situations. Hoils which have a
hardpan near the surface, r soils which
hold t(H much moisture, si are to be
avoided, A fairly lightdurable loam,
of good depth and easily worked, offers
perfect conditions in the matter of soil
for the walnut. j
In regard to the best tree t plant
there is considerable difference of
opinion. Many contend that large trees
are best, while others prefer small ones,
as in planting them it is ntn necessary to
cut any of. the roots, especially the tap
root, and the cutting of the tap root is
the basis of much controversy.
I would say that if you have to cut it,
do so, and the tree will form another or
several of themr as the ease may be. If
the trees are planted in i (food soil the
cutting of a tap root will not mater
ially affect it, or if.it does,,for the bet
ter. A planter' living near Portland,
when I asked his. views on this subject,
told me to ent them or net, just as con
venient. When he planted his walnut
trees he found several deapl spots in
the tap root as a result of poor dig
ging, and be gave them a vigorous prun
ing. The trees flourished, and three
years later, when he had occasion to
transplant one of the trees, he found
three tap roots. i
Pollination is a'very important con
sideration, in the planting of walnuts,
and its stndy is a vast oe, even more
so than ia fruit culture, and it is inenm
know tho varieties, so that they assist
in the pollination of one another. In
this way, too, will be the means of im
proving our varieties. ; ' .
Pruning is largely governed by local
conditions; here the tendency is to have
the tree headed high, say six feet, while
ia California low heading is-practiced,
but after the bead is formed little or
no pruning is necessary. - -
Tue time 'of bearing varies, ix to
eight years afttf plantisg being an av
erage time, aad impatient planters
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Men's i
Hats
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Wear 5
The ereat store
bas ehown its su
periority by ofler
i ne special induce-
menta in this sec- '
tion. Men's $2.50 and $3.00 haU.
PR.OTECTION SALE.
SL50
Skirts
The newest mannish effects in lad'es'
tailor made skirts for street wear. Tills
season's styles. Prices range from
$2.90
must find consolation in the fact that
precocity in bearing is not desirable,
for walrut trees do not produce profit
able crops until they attain a sufficient
siz to sustain them, but having reached
that stage, they? become a heritage onto
the third and fourth generations.
The Value of Chestnut Trees.
Throughout the Northeastern States,
from Massachusetts to Maryland, and
as far west as Indiana, chestnut holds
an important place as a timber tree.
Commercially, it is chiefly in demand for
es, telegraph and telephone poles and
posts, for all of which purposes as well
as for some constructional uses, it is
especially adapted by its peculiar power
to resist decay in contact withtbe soil.
It is also largely used for fuel and
general farm purposes. ; In Maryland
alone, according to the Twelfth census,
its annual market yield of lumber, rail
road ties and telegraph and telephone
poles amounts to over $100,000, be
sides largo supplies of material for home
consumption, if happens that chestnut
is especially fitted for management in
farmers' wood lots. Before scientific
forestry began to be beard of in the
United States, and when forest preser
vation was not uncommonly 'talked
about as a sentimental fad, the thrifty
owners of the small tracts of woodland
which cover so ranch' of Southern New
England, New York, Pennsylvania and
neighboring states, had long been cut
ting successive crops of the hardWoods,
which sprout rapidly from the stump,
thua practicing more or less rudely
what the forester calls the "pure eop-
perior market for chestnut - combined
with its rapid growth, gave it, on the
whole, the leading plaee in tbe 'esteem
of these wood lot owners, who by win
ter cutting, were able to turn to good
account time for which farm occupa
tions gavd no employment.
Tbe results of a stndy recently eon
ducted and soon to be published by the
bureau of forestry, show strikingly the
advantages of chestnut for this kind of
management, and at the same lime sug
gest some very practical conclusion
concerning how" the methods now in
vogue may be improved. Like other
trees which ; reproduce ; by sproating,
ehestnnt loses its vigor when tbe root
system becomes too old. Trees grown
from seeds increase, botli in height and
bulk, much more slowly for many years
than those grown as sprouts from tbe
stump. But by the time the trees are
from wighty to one hundred years old,
the seedling trees will catch np and
eventually reach a larger size than the
others. For ordinary - use; however,
chestnut Is ent lonjr before this age is
reached, and coppicing is therefore tbe
best way to raise it. But unless new
along with the sprout growth tae de
clining vigor of the obi root systems
will result in smaller production until
only a sickly stand of inferior timber is
left to draw on. , r
: Chestnut tends to produce seed abun
dantly, and if tbe nnts were left to sow
themselves the forest would take care
of itself very well. But cows and
squirrels and other r animals ' letj a!
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The new changeable taflelUs, for
shirt waiHts, tettIcoaU, etc Fositively
the latent designs and colorings.
EXPANSION SALE.
78c vard
Men's Shirts v
The best shirts to be found in the
city at pris not to be equalled else
where. Keal $1.50 valuta.
PROTECTION SALE.
Men's Neckwear
Men's Suspenders
Dent's Gloves'
Men's Hosiery
The essence of quality prevails in
entire department. Prices to suit
occasion. -
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Going to St. Louis?
One customer j'esterday bought an ex
pansion sale trunk at $11.40. which
was letter than a $6M offered -elsewhere,
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to
New YQork, Oct. l.The Herald to
morrow will say: "Three times 5in a
half year the hand of treachery has
been foiled in attempts t wreck the
battleship Connecticut launched at the
New, York Navy Yard x Thursday.
Only today the last drop of wafer-was
pumpe.l from a compartment which
had filled from a hole bored'-through
the half-inch steel keel plates of tha
ship's Ixtttom.'.; The etory says that
six months ago W ere found holes bored
Heavy toll. Far more formidable, how
ever, in well settled regions, are the
gatherers of nuts for the market. With
chestnuts selling at an average of $2.50
a bushel, there is a premium-on the seed
crop which makes propagation of the
tree through this means a matter of du
bious chance. When in addition the
hogs are permitted to range the woods
for mast, and cattle to browse the len
der shoots as they rise from the ground,
the prospect of seedling growth is small
in deed.
Chestnut is not exacting in its soil re
quirements. Its roots spread compara
tively deep, so that it is ntjt so sensi.
tive to fire or humus destruction from
any cause as most species. Its sprouts
grow so fast that a height of seven or
eight feet at the end of the first sea
son, is not uncommon, and its stumps are
so vigorous that one will often produce
forty; to fifty sprouts. Not more than
one in eight or ten of these will ma
ture, but by selecting the most prom
ising, the full vigor of the parent stump
may do concentrated on-them to the
great improvement , of their rate of
growth. - The observations of the bu
reau have showed that low stumps pro
duce more vigorous sprouts than high
ones, and that winter or spring cutting
is followed by better results than that
done in the summer or f alb Telephone
Coles are grown in. Maryland from
ealthy stumps in from 33 to 3 8years,
and ties may profitably be cut in about
2 years. Too early cutting of ties
should be discouraged as wasteful In
the long run. Tbe practiceof permit
ting contractors to' cut "unrestrictedly
for a given sum is one which works
much injury, to the permanent produc
tiveness of the woods.
Although the study of the bureau of
forestry already referred to was con
fined to Southern Maryland, many of
its conclusions are ' applicable with
proper local modifications, to chestnut
throughout its range. It is an' illus
tration of the practical .work which the
bureau is doing for the benefit of the
mass of owners of small tracts of tim
ber land, for whom the employment of
the services of a forester is out of the
question, but for whom tbe application
of the knowledge furnished . by- scien
tific forestry s essential, if they are to
reap the full value of their holdings.
Broke Into HJs House. '
S. LeOuinn. of Cavendsh. Vrl -was
robbed of bis customary health by an
invasion or nronie Constipation. When
Dr. Kinz's New Lifa Pills broko into
his bouse, his trouble was arrested and
now n i entirely enrej.. Theyr'e
Aarante! to cure. 2oC at D. J. Frv'a
Drug Store. .
Wreck
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Copyright i 904 by
Hart Schaffncr & Marx
Men's Clothes
Dozens of fine looking
young men were here every
day last week buying their j
Fall Suits and more will come?
this week, lor tbe word seems
to have gone round that iliiW
IS THE STORE for youne
men's clothing. It is. All
the newest effects in fine Fal
Clothing is here in the larg
est variety to le found in tli
city and at prices that mean
savings for you. i
PROTECTION SALE j
PRICES PREVAIL. j
Boys Clothing j
Is the boy all fixed for school?
Did you find you had forgotten'any
thing in the boy's outfit. If there's
anything missing, anything that a
boy wears, you ran buy it here at
a lower nrice than vou can buv
same quality for anywhere else.
PRJCES PREVAIL
v
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Battleship Connecticut
through thcenter rivets in the hull,
-it : 1 1. ' rri. - . 1 .. ... ...
hiii iwi hit uiKiiirr'- i II if MtM-imti h i.Lf-niirL
was made when the ways wer ob
structed and ln-fore launching. jTlhir
effort was discovered ton aftcj the
vessel touched, water. In on jf tbs
compartments water was discovered.
It entered thro)(h a lnle bored through)
the keel j.'ate. The compartment
quickly filled. Nn clew to the perp"
trators of Hie outrages is yet fa tbs
hands of the oTLeers. ,
INTO TREASURY.
State Land Agent Turns Over Money
to tbo State Treas
urer. .The following statement is maids out
by Clerk of the State Eatid Board O. 0.
Brown: '. .- -
Memoranda of moneys paid ffvr to
the state Treasury for the mosia
of
September:
Common school fund princi
pal, payments on certifi
cates and cash sales of i
school land ............ vb$,923.69
Common school fund- princi
pal, payments on sales of .
lands acquired by -Iced or
foreclosure ..............
Common school fnnfprinci
palr sales of tide land....
Common school fund interest,
payments on certificates . .
Common school fund interest,
rents and payments on sales
of lands acquired by deed
or foreclosure ............
s 712.32
2,686.87
3,753.68
1 "05.79
University fund principal,
payments
on certificates
sales of school
and cash
land ....
University
144.69
fund principal,
on sales of land
payments
acquired by deed or fore
closure
University fund interest, pay
ments on certificates ......
University Fund Interest,
rents and payments on
sales of lands acquired by
deed or foreclosure ......
Agricultural College . fund ,
principal, payments on cer-
. tificates and cash sales of
school lands ............. J
Agricultural College fundi
principal, payments on 1
sales of binds acquired by '
deed or foreclosure -
Agricultural College fund
interest payments orr cer- .
tificates ... n .. . . ...
Agricultural College fund
113.00
133.00
318.83
83.00
67.10
interest, rents and pay j
ments on sales of lands ac
quired by deed or foreclos
ure.... ...... .. . .
Bwamp land fund .......
513:93
' Total.......... .......W22.7
OADTOIlX ...
i ihii I.T.a YOI 'w--
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