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u v;ih:ij.i.y ossaosr -bxitst.tatt. tuesdat,. jult cs. isos. 5 Some Notes About, The' f air Tr Uncle B. You know I prom Ton that as too could not your- attend the Lewis and Clark fair, - T WOUl'I give ywu mc '"J u 'experience. My point of view not interest you very much, but Ven'l give it from anybody's else, know. Well, to begin at the be lianiflj?, b eventful day I ha so :f0? anticipated, my first day. at the J. Western World' Vair" dawned fair . 34 smiling, a day late In the month of June. Our camping place was aix 'iles from the fair grounds, so we r.. ,iit a street ear ride, but as we ill,! bo the whole way for one fare, aiUnce was immaterial. The fair oiin'l9 are indescribably beautiful, mav seem to yon rather extrava rast1 praise, but really I had never damned that it would be so very fair in ool upon as it is. It is such a fbarm'mf? fcite naturally, with its min iature elevations and depressions, all Lt in a frame of living green hills, ami las been so artificially beautified that it BiBf be seen to be appreciated. The TraU is the usual conglomeration of '.hows and booths and yelling foreign- tnt and, judging irom tne crown, is h chief center or attraction. une feature of the Trial which seems to t to the "great majority" is flinr the euutcs." ' The victims fcauJd in a species of glorified ,treet car up a long, steep incline, into a jort of HKy-panor, wnence lucy pres ently descend in a flat-bottomed boat great and ever-increasing rate of g(eJ. When the boat strikes the " water at the foot of the ehute it dips sad earens in a norruying way wnicu mm to give exquisite pleasure to the pertkipants. The enticing calls of the ebote manager are something like this: X'ome, Lovs, come, girls, go up and trr it now." "Come, boys, take yonr retb"art and have her arms around yonr neck." A couple of blue-clad tailors from the Chicago went by, and V wg out: "''"m Bailors, come and take a din in the deep blue sea." Kvfrywhere on the grounds are faucets of 'the lovely city water, free. Tbis, I understand, is quite a departure from eastern world's fairs. The first day I took in the agricultural build iufc. The exhibits here are very good. AH the counti.-s of Oregon are repre--sf-nted ' except kon, which has a sej srate buil-ling of its own. In the Cot eountr exhibit I saw a tideland spruce tree which had sprouted in the tark of- a fallen cedar one hundred ears before Lwi and ('lark came to Oregon. It grew and enveloped the log, and rooted inthe soil on either si.le.of it, and came to be a mighty Xtt-f. We ar- shown planks cut from tbe fallen eclar, which show the wood to t,e bright and well preserved. Ob jects of especial interest to me in the agricultural building were the ornith it.igica exhibit from Harney county, which contains specimens of about two hundred different birds, natives f that -county, and a fine collection of eggs, ranging in size from that', of thet hum ming bird to a goose egg. And in the North ' liakota rxhinit, the log cabin in which Theodore. Koosevelt' spent three years while j'b the cattle indus try in that state. On the end of one of the logs oijfm'de is a Maltese cross, B)3'ie f riSe cartridges, driven" into tfce www. This wa "Todtlv's V cattle hrand, and was put there by . hhn iti m idle moment. Inside are the presi dent's riding boots which he wore on the range, also his "shnpo" and his rocking chair, with the identical grime of cowboy bachelor usage still upon it. And here also on the whitewashed wills are hundreds of names and ad dretses of sight-seers. The next day being Sunday, we went dotifullv to church, and well repaid 1 Mt myself to be. The helpful and in suring sermon was delivered by Ir, Eailer in Taylor street Methodist rtnreh. We spent the rest of the day in thfl beautiful citr Tark. and on Portland Heights, a place where beauti ful and wealthy homes are built on selves cut in "tbe hillside the most farming and picturesque place imag- aable. Up here is an observatory, from the ton of which a fine view of tie citr is obtained. Toe next day I "did" tbe govern awit building.- At its main entrance e mav s this - inscription carved kign upon the wall: "To the people f the great west. Jefferson gave you tlse country, Lie wis and Clark showed too tbe way. The rest is your own eeunw of em Dire. Honor the brave a who foresaw your west and may tie memory of their, glorious achieve ment vour precious heritage." I spent the whole day in this one Iw'Wing, and so many things interested mat I hardly know where to oegin to tell ton of them. Of course, among very many objects of interest 1 e only mention the ones that most iesprcsse.l mf. First was the postal "nriee department. There I saw a life-sized figure of the "pony rider," k carried the mail of the west in tk long ago, and next in sequence, a ffnuine- old Rocky mountain stage such as Mark Twain describes a lis "Roughing It." This part'icu ar coach was drawn br six horses, in the days of its usefulness, and carried once a week where now it goes i train five times a day. A card on oach. door states that it was once tured by wild Indians. I saw a wive old safe, from the Havana Ptoffice, also old Spanish letter drops oa Cuba. They are in the form of Era'9 beads, into the open mouths which the letters are dropped. We n shown by wax figures and by ex ples of the taxidermist's skill how j ail is carried "denkey back" in g saddlebags in Porto Kico, on foot t,'aba and in Alaska on a mail Bledge by seven dogs. , aw some amusing specimens of wrs from the dead letter office, anii t,:ttw Padlocks that have been used almost since the United States was The oldest bears the date 1S00, quite a contrast in workman- to tne modern ones shown. There Z models of fast mail train and mail mers, which it is interesting to lre with tbe old-time methods ionetL- I next visited the navy J""1 saw models jpf tbe Oregon Z th warships and a model of a 7 dock. Saw ancient " guns of all .ona. There are about a, different i 1B-tae collection, ranging from ..fwf oW ones I shall mention down e almost perfect arm of modern wiare. There ar mn fmm t,i;o Arabia whieh defy my powers of Ption; there is an aneient Chi P,n which reminded me of noth W bnt n old broomstick, and ty-JSt ."'k gnn, bearing date ww which is so heavy that it was nsei inv. tbe fieM with a ernteb. to support tbe barreL - It is wound np with a key like a clock. Saw cannons of all kinds, and watched the- manu- lacture of cartridges from thin sheets of metat on through all 4he proeesses to , Completion. The shells must go lorougo any oinerent operations be fore they are finished.: . I saw an old wagon which is a reic of the eivil war. ; Ihiring that time it traveled a distance of ,160 miles, through all the marches of General Kherman'sjarmy. It Is a 'clumsy look ing affair, compared with our modern vehicles. 4 , I was somewhat disappointed in the exhibit of the Smithsonian Institution, but I think it .was not yet completed. Inere I saw models of pyramidal structures made by Indians of ancient times , in Yucatan, and there are some interesting specimens of Indian her aldry. In f olden times every boy of this tribe '(Kiowa .Indians, whose de scendants now live in Oklahoma), be- . - - - gan training as a warrior at the age of twelve years. , At the age of twenty he received his shield, which he always cameu aiterwaru. inere are on ex hibition many of these shields, painted on buckskin in' many strange designs. There are several different likeneases or the founder of this great institu tion, that noble man without a name, wno nas so demonstrated to what heights of usefulness a man may rise, however he may be handicapped by environments. Beneath one of his pic tures is the motto of the institution as voiced in his last will and testament, "For the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." . ' . - In the treasury department I saw how United States currency is made and printed, also -ITliite'd States gold coin. This is demonstrated by print ing silk handkerchiefs, book-marks, pictures on paper, etc, and by making metal medals by exactly tbe same pro cess and by the same sort of machinery that money, is made. I saw the old mint on which our money was coined in 1793. It seems a ernde affair to people' of today. I saw what Uncle itain does with our worn- out paper money after he redeems it. lie cuts it in half lengthwise and per forates each half in the shape of two little half moons. ' I saw in the department of state a facsimile of the original draft of the declaration : of independence, with all the erasures and changes, just as made by the hand of Jefferson, and just, as' it looks today, with its creases almost worn through and with worn and dis colored margins. And I saw the idea tieal desk on which the "Sage of Monticello" wrote that immortal doc urnent, so dear to I1 loyal American hearts. I. saw Andrew" Jackson's sword and a brick from the great wall of China, and a letter received by the president of the United States from the emperor of China. It is written on a piece of yellow paper, whieb I should judge to be about fifteen feet Jong, and the en velope which'-Is of a eorsponding size, is of y ell or' sat in, -gorgeously era brohfered in 'dragons, etc' Here also is a flag, "woven in one piece, paid for by subscription of ZifA)0 weavers or Lyons, France and ; presented to the United States, ai an expression: of sym pathy nt thtr-Qeath df"Fresident, Abra ham Lincoln. , , - - :.'' . I saw a .resent copy o$ a Chinese newspaper, which "has been published continuously since the eighth century, A. D, (This beats our own. Saturday Kvening Post by a goo deal, don't it f ) 1 saw the proclamation through which God and one of bis noblemen made the black men free. In the department ox justice 1 saw thte "orders'' agreed on by transcript of record printed for use in the su preme court of the United States. Next I visited the Alaska division, and saw, t among numberless other things, Indian curios and weapons too numerous to mention, and, too curious to describe,' minerals and ore, a beauti ful collection of pressed wild flowers from that northern land, also snens and birds innumerable. From the Philippines there is a hut built Of bamboo anu palm leaves. This kind of dwelling is the habitation of Negritos, the , lowest type of peopl who live on the islands. They are pagans and of a nomadic natnre, and live in dense forests, never associating with people of higher order of intelli gence. They are remnants of the ab original tribes of the islands. We can statuary, paintings, exquisite filagree work, cameos," Roman pottery, Mosaic work and other beautiful things too numerous to mention. The Mosaic work Interested me most. A black-eyed Italian saleswoman, with a delightful accent, explained the .process to me. x ne article to t . ornamented im first covered with a sort of cement, then tne little many-hued Italian stones (tbe size of phi heads) are stuck on one at a time, by hand, to form the pattern. The ground work is usually of a color they call Italian blue. Tbe saleswoman sad (as we all have heard) that the blue of Italian skies is a dif ferent blue from the skies of any other country, and this Italian - blue is their O.kv.l.U. t$ ... ; . ', In tbe German exhibit are bronzes, such as tankards. Ttunea bowls., etc.. and the many little German novelties that we buy in our own stores, which bear on them , the legend, "Made in Germany." And here,nd in the Aus trian exhibit, are the loveliest vases about her neck. Missouri has quite an art exhibit in the shape of paintings, pottery and statuary. . In tbe mineral bunding, Oregon, Cai ifornia, Wyoming, Colorado and Mon tana are richly represented. ' - In the Montana exhibit I saw a pen composed of copper bars laid trans versely Each bar weighs 155 pounds, and the whole column weighs 18,000 1 - m-aa .The manufactures building necessar ily contains such an endless variety that I. will only attempt to mention a few features. - There are canned goods and prepare foods of all kinds imag inable. . There are stoves, sewing ma chines, Cutlery, and all sorts of iron and metal utensils. There are feathers and pillows and woolen products with out end, and oil garments (eves unto the immortal "fish branu slicker.") What interested mejnost in this build ing was the rubber. ; They have it in hose, belting, etc., and also the raw material from Africa, the Philippines, Mexico and Bolivia. The " ruboer man" very kindly ex plained to me something -of the manu xacture of this produce. They tap the rubber trees, as maple sugar farmers ami ,1,1 V.S. " V.-:. 1 T I , uxmVm uSM - 1 -ITLT. "I I P the maples, and the juice is then boiled -much as maple 1 iniee is. In easily see from gtber .exhioits that not all Filipinos are of this caliber. One of the most beautiful things I have seen at the fair is the intricately carved furniture from Manila. I saw ancient Filipino guns and other weap ons, and a window such as is nsed in their homes, the lights of which are made, not of glass, but of a thin, trans parent seasbell. There is quite a col lection of shells, among them a kind bo larire that it is said Filipino women ntntimM use them aa. cradles to rock their babies in. Hut most interesting of all, to country folks, I saw the raw manila from which, onr binding twine is made. -'' . . In the fisheries I saw an interesting example of I evolution. First, we see the salmon eggs (just the kind we go fishing. with), in a little tank of water. There is a succession of these little tTik nil standing in a long line, each succeeding one a few inches lower than the one before, mere is nemug be tween each two,: and water running all the time from one to another. In tbe second tank, the eggs have a changed appearance, t and in tne tutxu the baby fishes, their heads protruding from one 'side of the remains of the rrrr na tLeir, tails from - the - other. They seem almost as weak and help- less aa human DaDies, anu unm become hxrga enough to get their liv intr from insects found in the water they draw nourishment enough to sus tain life from the egg which they carry about with j them. , . in the next com partment we see them after they have reached the age of discretion, and may observe them oa through all the suc cessive stages , until . tney are several inches long. r . . . sw-5 nUo i in the fisheries nets and seines of all descriptions, models of fish ladders, fish wheels, fishing boats. mil a irreat collection IT hi B sponges irom ainereni pans vm. world. Also queer sea anitaais wiin their shells, and a great many big glass tanks ; containing -dicerent varie ties ot living nsnes. - Next, I visited the Oregon .building, which contains no exhibits, but is sim ply a place of rest for tired sight seers, and a most delightful place it is. JThen I went through the foreign ex hibits. ' From Italy is inlaid, furniture, The Russian exhibit was not nearlv completed when I saw it, but there was metal statuary of the equestrian stvle odd belts, whieh make one think of belligerent Cossacks, I and, queer Bus BAAU CUlUik' ; - '4.-' ' Hungary and Austria have a prof a sion of silver ornaments, beautiful pot tery, bronze things, Bohemian roek crystal ware and fans made.of all kinds of beautiful feathers imaginable. ' Switzerland is notieeable chiefly for its carved woods, which are in the form of clocks, statuettes, boxes, ani nials, paper knives, pipes, canes and little ornaments of all kinds. Holland's display is quite a museum or antiquities. There are worn an battered lanterns, tankards, punch uowis and tea urns of copper, which we see irom tne dates on them are hundreds of years old. Here I saw, too, tbe blue delft decorated with wind mills, and girls in white caps and ker cmeiH, wnien we always associate' in our minds with the name of Holland. Saw also the wooden shoes, and I saw an old- carved chest which looks as though it might conceal within its mysterious depths the phantoms of the ancestors ot Wonter Van Twiller bim self. None of the foreign exhibits were, completed when I visited the building, so I have not been able to do them justice, Next I visited the Washington build inc. It contains a fine display of iruits, grains and minerals, and its timber display is something wonderful I saw a. miniature parlor, the floor of which is a circle cut from a big fir, and the chairs with which it is fur nished are made from; stumps of small er trees, cut in tbe desired shapes. saw, also, a single board or spruce measuring nine feet ten inches in width, and a section of a fir tree thir teen feet six inches '-in diameter at base,' forty-two feet three inches in circumference, and feet high. A unique feature of the Washington building is the official emblem of Lewis anil Clark and Columbia made of "dif ferent kinds of gtains and grasses. And another is a milkmaid, a cow, a eat, an old lien and a manger of straw all combined in one "picture" and made of Jlazelwood butter. 'The forestry, building,? built as it is entirely; of logs of Oregon native trees in the rough, is a curiosity of itself, aside from the exhibits it contains. The collection of different woods is very fine. There are inside the building ninety-two different species of work able woods, from which timber is made, aside from shrubs. All these are na tives of Oregon. There is a beautiful inlaid table of myrtle wood, and an other inlaid table, containing 2o,000 pieces of Oregon oak and walnut. This was made by a Woodburn man. I saw in this building a petrified log from Arizona measuring lft. by 2Vj ft., which weighs 512 pounds. There is also, from Arizona, a fragment of meteorite found in that state. The entire meteorite weighed 50,000. tons There is a fine collection of stuffed birds and animals and preserved fishes. I. gleaned these facts in the forestry building: Oregon has 300,000,000,000 feet of standing timber; Oregon ships the largest and longest square timber in the world; Oregon has more stand ing merchantable timber than any oth er state; Oregon contains one-sixth of all the standing timber in the United States; Portland ships more large lum ber cargoes than any other port in the world. The California building is decorated with palms and . semi-tropical plants, It has a lavish display of grapes, rais ins, oranges, lemons, grape I run, lovely lried fruits of all kinds native to Cal ifornia, almonds and the largest wal nuts I ever saw anywhere. One wall spaee is decorted with the seal of tbe state of California done in different colored' beans. There are immense fishes one black sea bass weighing 400 pounds, and there is a stuffed ostrich whieh taught me a fact in natural his tory that I never knew before- that this sort of biped has but two toes on each foot. There are also displayed ostrich eggs and the loveliest plumes, three feet in length. Norelties of the California ' exhibit are m walnut ele phant and a dried prune bear, who an nounces, by -. means of a red banner, that he is from Sacramento county. I saw raw silk and the finished produet from San Diego. While I. was in the buildincr. tbe chimes, loaned by tne Mission hotel. Riverside, CaLi played America, and it called to my mind the wonderful voices of the bells in the old - church tower - made famous by Charles Dickens in 'The Chimes." , The Massachusetts exhibit is almost entirely -literary and educational, ; as one would naturally expect of Boston 's state. Pictures of "Faneinl Hall, of the Historical Library and of Amherst col lege smile approvingly, down upon the books, books, and more books, which are everywhere in evidence, and which. py the way, were tne nrsi tnings to meet my eye on entering the door. A nniaue feature ? of the' -Missouri building is a frieze illustrating farming and rural scenes. The , pictures are made of corn husks, woof, seeds and other agricultural products. There are also two wax - ladies, dressed in this same manner... One, a dusky maiden, whose native costume is made of corn husks, and whose moccasins and bead ornaments are of grains: of colored corn, lier cora-su nair i icu Indian with the same. ' The other lady is a "white squaw" dressed in mod ern fashion. Her really beautiful cos tume is made of corn husks in the form of a very decolette waist, ornamented with corn-silk fringe and "bugle trim ming' in the. shape of . little colored seeds. .A necklace of "pearls" i PRIZE WINNERS. SOME EXCELLENT SAMPLES OF FALL WHEAT SECURED FOB -MARION COUNTY EXHIBIT Taken from the Farm of H. W. Savage East of This City-r-Tne Wheat Stalks Measure Six Feet Tall; Heads Seven Inches Long Yield CO Bushels. Bolivia, which is the country from which our best rubber comes, a stick Lis, dipped in the liquid, and when, it nas hardened on the sticic it is dipped again (as old-fashioned, tallow, eandles were dipped). This is continued until the eake is sufficiently large, when the .stick is drawn out. I saw one of these cake with the heie through the center, I fear vou mav be disappointed in my description of machinery hail, for the machinery ; bump was somehow left off my bead. I Bnt I think that this building contains most 'every article that comes under that head of manu facture, from a chisel to a locomotive. Many of the machines are in motion, and the place has quite a business at mosphere There I saw Oregon's first locomo tivethe "Oregon Pony. It was brought from San -Francisco for the occasion, and bears this sign, "I am on my wav to the Lewis and Clark exposition at Portland, Oregon, to visit my grandchild,; the compound Mogul." Just across tbehway, the massive Mogul towers high above her little old grand mother. The art building is a low, flat struc ture, artifically lighted. Its outside appearance is -not. very imposing, but once inside the building I, even 1, lost ail count of time, though I am no "art expert," and like Will Carleton's hero ine of the new-church organ, I "never went to be." I know positively that my artistic instinct must be sadly minus, because the pictures that ap pealed most to me had won no medafs at previous expositions, had not even a card to state that they deserved hon orable mention, while the ones that had graduated with honors struck me as The two pictures that gave me the most pleasure were "The Silence Broken," an Indian warrior drifting in his canoe down the river, in the night and silence, with the pale disc of the moon just glimmering above the tree- tops. The picture conveys the impres sion (at least to me) that tbe hour and the darkness nave filled him with a sense of solemnity. Just at this junc ture -a wild white goose flies "nonk ing ' ' far above his badK and he looks up- startled, tbe paddle -almost drop ping from his hand. Tfie other picture that impressed me is the most heart breakingly beautiful thing I ever saw on envas. I almost feel that I am committing sacrilege in trying to describe it. The subject is the martyrdom of Joan of Arc. The vivid tongues of flame have already performed their awful mission, and we see them in the picture, clinging hun grily to the last remaining fagots. A cathedral , spire, showing ghostly through the night, seems to point an appealing finger up to Gog. Filling the foreground are those wicked old priests and bishops in their ecclesiastical robes, watching with pious approval. Far up above a white-robed angel holds a spray of laurel and a shining crown over the head of the glorified spirit which is rising from the tortured, mor tal body in the fire. And just beyond that, two nail-pierced hands are out stretched over the scene and above them the divine face of the pitying Jesus. Tbe whole upper wart of the canvas is filled in with "legions of angels," dimming away into indis tinctiveness at the margins. I have never seen any sort of picture to me so exquisitely beautnuL It is charac teristic of my absent-mindedness, that never even thought to notice who was the artist of either picture. i ,The Oriental building certainly con tains the most beautiful things on tbe fair grounds., China, Japan, Egypt, turkey and other countries of tbe far east are represented, and the scene is surely Oriental. : I don't know any other word that describes it half so well. There is such a lavish display of embroidered tapestries, pearl and sandalwood boxes, exquisite Japanese vases and brie-a-brae, ' . curios from Jerusalem, etc., etc., that I can't find language to do the Bubject justice. I think that almost, if not all. tbe ex hibits in this building are for sale, and O my, didn't it make me "Wish't I'se richt" The Oregon educational exhibits are in the gallery of the Oriental building, and an examination of them gives an Oregonian quite- a sense of satisfaction. The publie school work is decidedly good from all parts of the state, and besides the publie schools there are represented Mt. Angel' Catholie school, Pacific college, Newberg; University of Oregon, : O. A. C, blind school, Mon mouth State Normal, Eugene Divinity school,, Pacific university, the different high schools of Oregon, and,-1 am sure, many others that I failed to take note of. And there are also here education al exhibits from many other states and very excellent work from the govern ment Indian schools.' And I could not but be astonished at the loeational exhibits - from ' Alaska aad the Philip pines. , The work compares very favor ably with that dona in our own public schools. ' - . , In this building I saw also the fol lowing curiosities: A- "book, "The Catholie Canon Law " (in the Mt. Angel exhibit), which was written (not printed) in 1433. Three paper cards which are 1 years old; an embroid ered napkin 149 yen old; a quilt under which George Washington slept during revolutionary times; and a tatted dress containing 75,000 yards of thread. ' This was tbe last building I. visited. The space of time' I allowed myself at the fair did not permit of my visit ing quite all the buildings, but I hope to go again, later on,-when ail the ex hibits are complete. - - - . . ; ciiar tarce, salem. 11 (From Saturday 's Daily.) - Fall wheat that stands from fiv.j feet to five feet ten inches tall, fourteen stalks to tbe stool, with fully matured head upon each stalk, and running from fourteen grains to tbe mesh, upon heads from four to seven inches long, is a brief v and concise description of three samples of grain collected by William Taylor this week and forwarded to Portland to be installed with the bal ance of Marion county's exhibit at the Lowis and Clark Exposition.' This marvelous production of prize grain was grown Aipon the home farm of II. W. Savage, located upon the gar den road," just east of Salem, and he has a large acreage of it. The three samplas gathered up by Mr. Taylor are not picked : from choice spots in tne ' fields, but are gathered at random and represent the average of the three fields of grain. Tb?re is one sample of Foisy wheat, one of club and one of chilly wheat. The height and size of . the stalks, just one single stool of whieh numbered forty stalks, which I was not taken by Mr. Taylor, and th?y are regarded as little short of wonder ful, and all who saw tbe samples) pre dict the yield of these three fields will V. a nliiMnm.nnl ' I Mr. Taylor says these fields of wheat will not produce less than sixty bushels to the acre, as against an average of betwen thirty and forty and he also has one sample ' of winter oats, from ' tne same farm, which will run in the i neighborhood of sixty bushels to. the aere. Tho average length of wneat beads in the valley rangc-s from three to five inches, and thn grains usually average from tnree to five to the. mesh, or row around the head. Mr. Taylor went to Portland yesterday with a fresh supply of samples ot grains and grass es with which to replenish the Marion county exhibit and he expresses him self as being well pleased with what he has procured t'nus far to make up the entire county display of agricul tural products. v CAPTAIN1 BUNS BOAT AGROUND. In an Effort to Avert' Repititlon of the Slocnm Disaster of One 1 Year Ago. NEW YORK, July 21. The excur sion steamer Sirius was deliberately run aground off North Brother island today to avoid a panic among her 1000 passengers and, a possibl repetition of the Slocum disaster. The Sirius, which was' carrying a Sunday school picnic party, stove in her side on a rock near the very pot where the Slocum was burned last year. Although Captain Pearee did not believe the ship" would sink, he ran her aground with all pos sible dispatch and landed the passen gers with the aid' of small boats. An other boat took the excursionists to the pienic ground. . MERRILY GRINDS THE MILL. ' ffe IVIerchandlse Undies' Suits I : You will find many new cre ations in our store. .We would suggest a visit even though you do not intend to purchase. Muslin, Wear ; New line i of dainty white muslin petticoats, lace and em broidered trimmed. Prices range from 85c to $5.00.1 Shoes Advance fall styles for la dies; there is not another boot in the ciy that is so pretty and faithfully good as Pmgree Made. Price $3.50, any style. New dainty sHpper, the Lydia, all patent, turn sole, chic style price $2.50. Soft soles for tender feet, handmade, I the leading line in America, four styles to choose from. . Stock Collars New washable embroidered linen and pique collars with long tabs. Prices, 25c, 50c and 75c. Belts :Ve have just received a nice line of new shaped, well fitting belts in white, llue, brown and black; also patent leather. Prices 75c to $1.25 New white kid belts with gilt "buckles, 75c. Fancy Vests for Men New London cut, four but ton, washable vest. A stylish garment that will be worn much this iall. Traveling Helps Why not give these your at tention. We can" safely say that we carry the most com plete line in the city. Among our trunks is the" famous Drucker line, noted for its. beauty and strength. Men's Straw Hats at HALF PRICE Not an undesirable style and all perfectly fresh and clean all sizes in nearly every style; early buyers will find it just like choosing frm a complete f irst-of-the-seasn assortment $1.00 value now. . . . . . . .$ .50 $1.50 value now. .......$ .75 $2.00 value now. $1.00 $2.50 value now. ... $1.25 $3.00 value now. . .... ...$1.50 We have a few Panamas that we are closing out at a reduc tion. See Court street window. Two-Piece Suits and Single Pants Our outing suits and pants. j will add to your vacation plea sures, one of the joys of out-, ing is to be dressed for outing. Note our Mid-Summer Sale prices. $ 8.50 value now. .....$ 5.75 $10.00 value now. . : . . .$ C.50 $12.50 value now. .....$ 8.50 $15.00 value now. . . . . .$10.00 $1C50 value now. $12.50 Pants . $3.50 value now. . . . . . . .$2.50 $4.00 value now. ...... .$2.75 $4.50 value now: . . . . . . .$3.50 Grand Jury Continues ItH Work and Turns Out Another Batch ot Indictments. MILWAUKEE, July 21. The grand jury of Milwaukee county investigat ing alleged graft, returned, a Datcn or indictments this evening. It is said that fifteen true bills were found. The sheriff will act immediatelv. THE STANDARD TIME yoil WjU Have It If you canx a 20-year guaran-: teed gold filled case with tbe El gin movement In It. We sell these watches from $0.50 to $50. i - Also gold filled spectacles guar anteed for 10 years, formerly $5t dropped to f 3.50. . . C. T. POMEROY atfsiS?; MI W AOONS Represent Nearly of Experience in Seventy Wefeon Building It is an Absolute Impossibility to Build a Wagon Better than the METCHIE1UL W MY? Because money cannot buy better timber than is bought for the Mitchell. Mitchell & Lewis Co., the manufacturers, positively, pay. 25 to 35 per cent above the market price of first grades for the privilege of culling over and "skimming off the cream" of the wagon stock. This is carried from three to five years in open sheds under cover until thoroughly seasoned, being culled three to five times in the process of handling. Wood stock for three to five years ahead means wood stock aggregating in value nearly one million of dollars. It is not every factory that can carry this kind of a stock, conse quently it is not every factory that can build wagons as theMitchell is builttoo many of them build from hand to. mouth buy stock today and make it up tomorrow;' Do -: you want a wagon made in that way, or do you want one of our kind ? One that carries with it an absolute guarantee that it is the best possible to build always has been and always will be. If you want our kind make up your mind before you start out to buy that it will cost you more money than Vthe other kind," because it costs more money, to build it. ' - v?;-- -; -.-... - . . Jf ' The best is always the cheapest all that you want to know is that you are getting the best. You, can.be absolutely sure of it when you buy a Mitchell Wagon. ''- - ; - : ' ' - : - i - ' "-.-'. - '-'.:' - - v j - . ' ' MITC AND HELL . .ST AVER LEWIS . - CO oo Salem. Branch, F. F. Careys Mahager, 219-229-237 State St. mm - ' i .t ltlil Ilia i ii ti i!l W :1V i A ,-. 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