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THE PITTSBURGH DISPATCH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1891-
THE PACIFIC COAST,
Too Many Town Site Makers
and Too Few Producers
Out There.
SOME SLOPE SPECIALTIES..
How the Guarantee Method of Frnit
Farming Pans Out,
of the "Slope" specialties
out beinc overdone there Js J
WOBKERS WHO SHOULD GO THERE.
JCo riace for the Hewer of Wood and
Drawer of Water.
THE SHIFTLESS BETTER REMAIN EAST
nvBITTEN FOB THE EISPATCtl.
In a previous chapter the enterprising
"Town Boomer" ot the Xorthwest was per
mitted to show by a glittering srray of
figures not only the great growth ot that
section in the pa;t a growth which is not
disputable but he also assumes that an
equal or greater ratio of increase is assured
in the futnrc, and on this airy capital,
brains and brawn are invited to enter into
the "Promised Land." I submit that the
proposition is untenable, delusive and mis
leading. Kearly everybody believes that
there is a greater probability of increase in
value of cheap available land than of dear
land or land that has already been
"boomed" beyond its normal value. As
the cheap "Western land gives place to the
higher priced land it becomes less inviting
to both labor and capital, and then the
corner stone of new "raagio cities" disap
pears. There are very many reasons why
the mushroom growth of the past cannot be
continued. Growing scarcity of tillable
land, restriction of foreign emigration,
scarcity of manufactories, poor prospects
for remunerative labor, the growth of small
towns which operate as "suckers" of the
growth and vitality of the larger cities all
these contribute to show the fallacy of the'
"Boomer's" proposition. In a circular is
sued by the Board of Trade of Helena this
suggestive paragraph occurs: "St Paul
and Minneapolis have their Chicago and
Duluth, Portland its San Francisco and
Tacoma, cities that not only share their
trade, but destroy the circle of their com
mercial empire."
Artificial Growth or Cities.
Between Ifairhaven and Portland some
240 "town sites" have been laid out. As
suming ttiat many ot tnese, at present
merely "blue print" towns, will become
"magic cities," will they not draw away
just so much population and trade from
larger and older cities, like Portland and
Seattle, and impair, if not destroy, the cir
cle of that commercial empire? If you ac
cept the business theory that a large city is
a more desirable factor of growth than a
number of smaller ones, would it not have
been better for every interest in the State
of Washington, except "terminal" specula
tion, if the energy and capital
aid railroad backing which were
put into Tacoma. had been added to
Seattle, and thus made one city of say 100
000 population, instead of two rivals, and
business "cut-throats" of say 50,000 each?
The question answers itself. The growth of
Sound and Coast cities out here is in many
instances purely artificial Portland and
Seattle are commercial rivals. When the
census of these cities showed a population
verging on 50,000 each, it is related that
Portland got on a "high horse" and said:
'This must not be. We will annex East
Portland and Albina and add 20,000 or so to
our population, and Seattle must take
second place." Accordinglv an annexation
was effected, and Portland now proudly
points o a population of 75,000. They
forget in this comedy of "The Rivals" that
mere annexation is notgrowthandthepopu
lation of Oregon had not increased a single
soul by this census fiction.
But' to the outer world the census had
shown indeed a "magic" increase of 15,000
to 20,000 souls in a single day I Very many,
if not most of the "magic" cities out here
ore laid oat more with an eye to quickly en
rich the "Town Siter" than withany view to
future grow th or greatness. I apprehend
that great cities are not made in that way.
It has been tried with variations since the
birth of time, and its projectors have not
been pleased with the outcome. This kind
of booming makes an artificial and fungus
growth that is unreal and is sure to be dis
appointing. Mere growth of itself in a
country like the United States i the natur
al condition. When Oregon or Washington
point to their growth we need only remark
that Pennsylvania, without a boom, has
gionn23 percent in the last decade; that
the other Washington, D. C, has grown 29
per cent, and that the United States has
grown in lo years 48 per cent.
Xatural Laws Must Govern Growth.
Growth, except under healthy and natural
condition";, is not a thing to which we may
point with pride. It depends on how you
look at it. Emerson says the true test of
growth is not the census or the crops, but
the kind of men you turn out. But that is
too philosophical a view for our purpose.
Pltholc and Boomtown may grow up in a
dav and disappear in a day, but thegranite
fact icmains that the "tonn sites" which are
merely "sites" to sell, never made a city.
It is the law and the prophets. Cities
grow and prosper greatly only in localities
nhere trade and population "naturally cen
ter. There is a good deal of Darwinianism
in nature's apparent waywardness, and
natural selection is not altogether a myth.
The energetic speculator may push his
'Jhutton" and cry out Eureka on his favor
ite "site," but natural laws assert theni
relvcs. B.nn j our eye over the map of the
world and observe how Cart base and Con
stantinople, London and Liverpool, Venice
and Paris, Chicago and 3few York, Pitts
burg and Xew Orleans are located. Water
ways and natural advantages determined
the future of tlice and all great cities.
I intended pointing out more in detail the
absurd claims of many of these Pacific slope
boomers and "town site" proprietors, but,
when we consider that even the surveyors
pins in scores of these "blue print" towns
arc no longer visible or traceable, I think I
may permit the case to go to the jury with
out turtherargument and proceed to consider
other features of "Slope" life.
Fiction Easier toTlnd Than Fact.
It is not an easy matter to get the exact
facts as to the situation, is most people in
the icinage are more or less interested in
the boom, either as land holders looking for
a "jump," or bankers or syndicates only too
willing td promote a "jnmp" on "land
values. Exaggeration is bad enough. Con
cealment, the supprcssio veri, is worse. I
was informed that last year when the hospi
tals of Tacoma were crowded with typhoid
fever patients 900 patients lingering in the
wardi the tact was carefully concealed by
the newspapers and the "boomers" gen
erally all on the theory that such
news would hurt the town and keep away
investors. You can get all varieties of mis
information here in quantities to suit. You
can get in fact anything you ask for from
champion apricots or "pumpkins to the
champion liar. It is odd enough, but the
cities in this latitude seem to be built that
way.
Having outlined in possibly somber
colors some ot the drawbacks incidental to
hustling, and quick money making in the
consider some
in which without beine-
big money from sunrise to sunset, and
among them are fruit raising, wheat rais
ing, sheep raising, hop raising and banking.
Pacific Coast Fruit Culture
Peaches, apples plums, apricots, pears,
cherries, quiuco, almonds, grapes and
prunes grow to great perfection almost any
where on the plateaus, in which thiscountrv
abounds. But in fruit raising, as in most
other lines of effort, the biggest profits are
made by those who devote their energies to
specialties, and the money-making special
ties on the coast and hundreds of miles in
land at present lie in the direction of prune
cultivation. Prime lands can be purchased
in Washington and Oregon (the latter State
seems best adapted to their perfect cultiva
tion) at from $2,0 to $200 per acre, according
to the character of the land and distance
from cities and railroads. I visited the
Portland Exposition while in that
city, and I must say that
I w-ns more than surprised at the" fruit ex
hibits of Oregon. I thought I had seen
some perfect fruit specimens in portions of
Jersey, Maryland and Delaware, but noth
ing I had ever seen in these States, and I
was somewhat of a painstaking obsener in
this connection, approached the Oregon
iruit in richness of color, size ana uavor.
The Oregon and California apples, I think,
were an exception, for, while large, they
lacked in some varieties the sweetness
and flavor of Eastern fruit. But the peaches,
pears and prunes were superbly luscious
and fine looking. Land best adapted for
fruit is found mostlv around Portland, in
the Bogue River Valley, which is called the
Italv of Oregon, for 50 "miles cither side of
Mdford, near Oregon City, and around
Salem,almost everywhere inthe Willamette
Valley; in the vicinity of Vancouver,
Clarke county, and in most parts of Benton
county.
ITow Fmlt Land Are Sold.
Some of this land is sold on the Eastern
installment plan of monthly payments.
Here is a plan of one of the Oregon fruit
companiesf
Ton pay us $250 for an acre, planted with
any fruit trees you miv name terms, $20
cash and $10 a month until paid no interest,
no taxes, no other charges for two years.
We pav all costs of planting and caring for
it. With 100 trees to the acre, this means 10
cents a mouth for two ears for a fruit tree,
or $2 50 for a matured, bearing frnit tree. It
will be worth and will pay interest on $7J0
ai sue enu or tne two years.
Another company offers fruit land on
these slightly different terms:
The Oregon Land Company Is en
paged in planting and cultivating fiult
trees, having now growing 35,000 fiuit trees
of their own planting, 'lhese trees aro
planted for parties for the sake of a flrst
class investment, and in other cases for pvo-
icsaionni peopio wno nave noc tne time to
look after the wort themselves and yet aro
desirous of having their money invested in
something that will brine them a good in
come ana also raoidly Increase In value.
The company takes pleasure in showing
these orchards to peopio desiring a safe and
very profitable investment, and will con
tinue to set out and cultivate in trees at $150
per acre, which Includes the land, (flrst
class fruit land) the trees, sotting ont, culti
vation, prjnlng and resetting, for threo
years, terms made to snlt tle purchaser.
As space will not permit giving all the
various forms of fruit landselling I append
here a few specimens which go more or less
into details and explain the modus operan
di so clearlv as to leave little to be added:
DiAtt Sib In reply to your favor just re
ceived I beg to say that " land" com
prises about 400 acres, and is situated about
miles (as the crow flies) south of city;
20 miles by rlvor and 22 by rail. The South
ern Faclfic Railroad runs within hair a mile
of this tract, which lies between that road
and tho Willamette river, also close at
hand, so that cheap transportation can
always be had both to this citv and farther
up tne lernie ivinamecto vauey. ne nave
already set over 100 acres to Italian pruno
trees (placed 20 feet apart, which allows
over 100 trees per acre), and propose to set
an eqnal amount this fall. We have sur
veyed and platted the tract into five acre
lots which w care selling for two hundreJ
($200) per acre, or one thousand ($1,000) per
lot. Terms ono hundred dollni s ($100) cah,
(on delivery of bond) and $100 everv four
months. This allows the purchaser
three years' time in which to pay for his lot,
while there will be no interest or taxes for
him to nay. This price not only pays for the
land, but also the care of It for three years:
the clause covering this pirt of the con traot
reads as follows, viz.: ''And the said first
party agrees to set said tract of land at the
earliest suitable season to prune trees, 20
feet apart each way, and carefully cultivate
the samo for a terra of three years, from five
to eight times annually, according to the
need of wet or dry seasons; andprane (trim)
all trees once each year in a practical wav,
so as to produce symmetrical trees, and will
reasonably reset all trees that for any cause
may not live." This Jnsnres an orchard
where every tree will be living, and a ma
jority of them will begin bearing at the end
of three years. The following is an estimate
of the annual yield per acre, compiled from
Information given by some of the principal
prune growers In the vicinity:
Fourth rear S SO
Fifth year. 2001
and in flavor exquisite. Fruit pests are
rarely seen, and most fruit trees bear the
second or third summer alter setting out.
The yield as a rule is quite large.
Peaches yield an average of 100 pounds
to the tree each year, which sell
nt tho low average of 2 cents per pound.
Trees cost f8 to "got them to that fruit
bearing stage, when they pay 10 pe cent,
or $1,000 per acre, or on cost say 50 per
cent The cost of picking, boxing and
loading is about 10 cents per package, and
the product is sold all the way from Indi
anapolis to London. The climate is laden
with moisture and the soil best suited for
fruit culture is denudations from the sur
rounding mountains, Basaltic in character,
and similar to the fruit producing districts
of Prance and Italy. Land can be bought
outside of these companies by parties who
will do their own cultivating at $20 to $40
per acre, which will yield as much fruit of
superior qualitv as the California land at
?H)u per acre. It is claimed as Dosea on
experience (not my experience), that
ten acres of fruit land in Oregon
wilt yield a larger income and a more
certain one than 160 acres of grain or stock
farm in the Mississippi Val'ey. The aver
age profits of prune culture for instance are
two-thirds of the gross receipts. It is a
hardv crop, a prolifio bearer, a staple
article, not troubled with pests, allows
time to pick, and can be dried by the sun
independent of capital or canneries.
What the Pacific Coast Wants.
What this country wants is producers.
One thousand dollars a year is not a large
income, but it requires 630,000 worth of
Government bonds to produce that amount.
Such land as this is even better than Gov
ernment bonds when vou come to make a
family comparison. The ordinary living
expenses of a family of five.livlng as Amer
icans ordinarily li"c, is not less than 1,500
per annum. It would require $40,000 in
Government bonds to produce this income.
Yet it has been demonstrated time and again
that this family of five on ten acres of
frnit land in scores of places in Oregon
with prunes, and an ordinary crop at or
dinary prices will yield $2,500 to $3,500, or
about" as much as" $80,000 on Government
bonds will yield, besides keeping the fam
ily and paying for some incidental labor on
the farm.
This is no mere theory. People are do
ing it every day. While en route to the
Slope I mc't quite a number of well-to-do
families from Pickaway, O., who were go
ing to Oregon to operate ten-acre prune
farms. They left thriving homes in Ohio to
go to a country where lond was ten times
cheaper and nature was ten times more pro
lific. They were ,a laborious, managing
kind of people, had sent scouts ahead to
test everything in the fruit and
farming line and on their re
port were proceeding to squat
and grow up with the country, and
the probabilities of making in a few years
more money than the average Ohio Con
gressman. o Flaee for Common laborers.
While Oregon is a great fruit growing
Slate it is by no means behind lh other
products. Here is a specimen of a Marion
county "Wegetable," as Sam Weller would
say:
FJghth year. fs
Ninth yemr too
Tenth year M0
Northwest, I may, with equal candor, now sonally-inspected were in size marvelous.
rear 800
Seventh year. 500
The above is considered by old orchardists
as a fair estimate, when trees are well cared
for and located on the right kind of soil,
such as we aro now planting. By the side of
these figures our own estimate seems very
conservative when we claim that "A five
acre prune orchard, when in full bearing,
will yield a net Income of $3 000 yearly.1' The
quality of Oregon prunes Is such astoal.
ways command the highest price in the
market, and, being sold In a dry state, the
grower Is not so depemdent upon the "mid
dlemen" as is the case with the majority of
fruit, which is sold In a green state.
Theie has not been a failure of this crop
since Its introduction into this valley, some
15 yeais ago. The location of "Prune Land"
is one of natural beauty, and will be desira
ble as a permanent or summer home to those
even who aie doing business in this city.
We aro also selling unimproved land (which
is part of this traot) for $60 per acre, to those
who wish to make their own orchards and
at the same time take advantage of the
location; we are selling this in five acre lota
for $300 per lot. Terms $25 cash, and $25
every three months. Will be pleased to hear
further from von in this matter. THnre fol-
lows a list of prominent banks, bankers,
editors, as lnuorscrs of the plan and
guarantors oi tne raots, etcj
I remain, your truly.
I-ots or Non-Resident Purchaser.
Some of these companies will enter Into
a contract with the" purchaser, agreeing to
purchase the fruit for a trrm of years at
such price as will guarantee 25 per cent
profit per annum on the investment.
Whether they can do this, profiatbly I can
not say of my personal knowledge, but vast
quantities of this land is sold yearly to
non-residents, and if there was any fraud
about it it would probably come to the sur
face. Another company offers land in this way:
10 acres at $50 per acre $500
Clearing 750
Trees and planting 200
Fencing 200
Total $1,650
Those ten acres will keep a family by
cultivating corn, potatoes, etc., until the
fourth year, when the fruit will yield
$500 per acre, and the first year's crop will
make them pay for the entire outfit.
Still another proposition is in this shape:
One, two, three, five or ten acres at $200 per
acre, in prunes or peaches cared for till
three years old, payable $10 cashand $5 per
acie per month, with interest at 8 per cent
on deferred payments. The land sold is all
under fence and trees, with 100 trees to the
acre. Each tree Is assumed by experts to
grow In value $1 per year, which makes the
land on which you are paying $61 per year
grow at the rate of $100 per year, in addition
to the general growth In land values. A
bond for double the amount of the purchase
money is given on tho first payment which
covers the contract to cultivate the land
and care for the trees: and the principal
bank In the placo will agree to cause an ex
amination of the title and see that the deed
covers the land and the contract for its lm
grovements, and is put on recoidin the
ounty Clerk's office, and the bank will re
ceipt for future payments.
These are offered not only as an invest
ment to people of means, but arrangements
are being constantly made with parties
without a dollar, who will be sold land, the
price to be paid in work for the company
on adjoining frnit farms at fair prices.
Practical orchardists are employed in the
selection and planting of the trees by most
of the companies, and in many cases the
owners agree to take all the risks and guar
antee good results. I would suppose that,
in every instance the fulfillment might not
run even with the prospectus, bat I do not
know of any such.
The Product large and I.tuclona.
The fruit in many instances that I per-
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Specimen Potato and Hen Pruit.
From what I saw I should judge that the
kind of people who should go there are:
1 Toung and vigorous people with helping'
families and not afraid to work to get a
start.
2 People with some means, not rloh or even
well-to-do, but with some surplus which
wonld bo found convonient for a start even
in a country so bountifully dowoted by na
ture. Poverty Is no disgrace, but Robert
Snnshlne Lyttle, of the City Treasurer's
office, Pittsburg, once upon a time made a
remark which fits things ont there 'like
the paper on dot wall." Kofurrlng to the
average laborer going out there without
money, Robert sagely remarked that a
mere laborer might as well carry the hod
In Pittsburg as In Seattle.
3 Dissipated people or those who rely
on walking delegates to get them work or
big wages might stay East, as every tub
stands on Its own bottom and there the
W. D. is not at a high premium.
4 Bankers should go there. There is big
velvet in it for them. When wo consider
that in this country there are no cyclones,
no malaria, no sunstroke, no irrigation, no
fertilizing, no potato or chintz buzs.no
grasshoppers, no hailstorms, no thunder,
no lightning, no blizzards, no hot summers
or cold winters, and rich lands protected
from the severity of winter and tho
ravages of storms by the everlasting
mountains piled heavenward against the
bine of an Italian sky, you have almost, if
not altogether, the ideal home of man.
In my next, according to space and' leis
ure, I shall refer perhaps to other details
of fruit farming, to wheat raising, banking,
healthfulness of the climate, "moisture" in
the btate, curiosities of legislation, big trees
and Plttsburgers with bulging bank ac
counts. James W. Beebit.
FOB SLEEPLESSNESS
Fse Horsford's Acid Phosphate.
Dr. C.K. Dake, Belleville, III., says: "I
have found it, and italone, to be capable of
producing a sweet and natural sleep in
cases of insomnia from overwork of tho
brain, which so often occurs In active pro
fessional and business men."
PLATES,
Cups,
Sauoera.
Each are decorated according to our own
ideas. We guarantee no duplicates. These
goods are our own importation, and all who
have seen our collection unite in saying we
have the handsomest in Pittsburg. Your
inspection solicited by
Hakdy & Hates,
Jewelers,
629 Smithfield street.
Three doors from City Hall.
The latest
monds."
Invention, "Chemical Dia-
Kesf looking young and save your hair,
its color and beauty with Parker's Hair
Balsam. Parker's Ginger Tonic the best
cough cure.
The People's Store Fifth Avenue.
Pine overshoes at 15a
Pine gums at 15c.
Pine rubbers at 15c.
In our shoe department, to-day and Satur
day only. Campbell & Dick.
"We pack, haul, store, ship, alter, repair,
refinish and renpholster furniture.
Haugh & Keen an, 33 "Water street,
WF8U
Watch for the "Chemical Diamonds."
The Farmers' Deposit National Bank
Invite the public to call and examine their
new safe deposit vaults. Information con
cerning the renting of boxes and deposit of
valuables cheerfully given. itwy
Eitheb butter or lard baked in bread
makes it difficult of digestion. Many house
keepers use one or the other to make their
bread look nice or taste "good." If Minne
haha flour is used it will make bread that
cannot be improved by doctoring.
Imported dresses greatly reduced a
rare chance for ladies who want a handsome
gown. Pabcels & JoSes,
wf 29 Fifth avenue.
"Chemical
them?
Diamonds." "Who has
CRUSOE UP 70 DATE.
How an Englishman Was Deserted
and Forgotten for Fonr Years.
ODD STORY OF CHARLES IRONS.
He Adopts the Habits of the Savages, Even
Taking Eeven Wires.
ALL ACCOUNT OP TIME LOST BY HIM
rSFECIAI, TBHr.RAJI TO THE DISPATCH.!
Eandolph, Mass., Dec. 3. A private
letter from Captain William Gooding, of
the bark which was lost on the island of
Pozcat, one of the Caroline Islands, a short
time ago, contains a thrilling narrative of
shipwreck, capture by savages, and ulti
mate rescue by a modern Bobinson Crusoe.
The ship's crew barely escaped, taking to
the boat with only the ship's chronometer.
The island is Inhabited by fierce savages,
who had killed many shipwrecked mariners
before, and wonld probably have taken the
lives of Captain Gooding's crew if they had
had any valuables. The men were finally
taken from a neighboring island by the
missionary vessel Morning Star, to Hono
lulu, whence they sailed for San Francisco.
Captain Gooding's story of his experience
at Pozeat is substantially as follows:
As the boat approached the island a fleet
of canoes pnt off from the shore. There
were about 30 canoes, with eight or ten
men in each, and all were armed with
knives and spears. Some of the savages in
their eagerness jumped overboard and
swam to the boat, each with a long, wicked
looking knife held between his teeth.
Robbed by a Lot of Savages.
The first savages to reach the boat clam
bered in, until the boat was nearly swamped.
Then they began to strip the sailors of their
coats and outer garments, throwing them
aboard their own canoes. The men were
soon despoiled of everything but their
undershirts. Then the whole fleet drew in
toward land.
The savages all this time had kept up a
tremendous din of shouting and singing, and
the crowd of women and children on the
shore was dancing about with shouts and
cries. The sailors expected no better treat
ment than to be killed and eaten, but, as
they learned afterward, the natives of the
island, were not cannibals.
"While the shipwrecked crew was stand
ing surrounded bv the noisy crowd, a man,
dressed as were ail the others, with only a
cloth about his hips, came forward and
spoke to them in English. He gave his
name as Charles Irons, an Englishman by
birth, and offered to render any assistance
possible.
Left on an island Like Crusoe.
It seems that he was left at Pozeat by a
trading vessel about four years ago, his
business being to reprcset traders in
Cocoanut Island, but the vessel had never
called for Irons since leavinir him, and he
had gradually assumed the habits of the
natives. He had taken to himself seven
wives, and was regarded by the natives as a
man of importance, second only to the chief
of the tribe. Irons had even forgotten
many of the common customs of civiliza
tion, but he was of a good service to the
castaways, no doubt saving the lives of all.
A day or two after landing at Pozeat,
Captain. Gooding, who had become un
certain about his reckoning time, not know
ing whether it was Thursday or Friday,
asked Irons if he knew what day of the
week it was. Irons answered that he did
not, and more than that he didn't know
what year it was. He interested himself in
behalf of the shipwrecked men, and hired
a canoe from the natives, with which they
reached a neighboring island, from whence
they were eventually rescued.
FOR THE POOR PEOPLE.
This Friday, as Always, We Have Special .
Prices to mention.
As regular as the calendar announces the
approach of Friday, so do we look through
our mammoth stock of overcoats and suits,
and make known through the medium of
the pres? our special values to poor people.
Friday is the only day to get them.
Men's' flannel-lined pea Jackets, made
of heavy chinchilla, sizes 34 to 44. .?2 60
Men's black and blue chinchilla over
coats and also a big assortment of
melton overcoats, at 3 60
Men's long ulsters with big collars,
cloth-lined, all sizes, at 3 75
Men's sack and cutaway suits, plenty
of styles to choose from, nt 3 60
Boys' cane overcoats, stylish and neat.
sizes4to 14 2 55
Men's cassimere pants, only 1 15
P. C C. C, Pittsburg Combination Cloth
ing Company, corner Grant and Diamond
streets.
RETT ADVERTISEMENTS.
NIB
A Christmas Gift Special From Onr Cloak
Room.
A black wool diagonal cloth coat, well
made, with shawl collar of black. Astra
khan fur with four fur frog fastenings,
faced with Astrakhan fur and halt satin
lined. Kemember all these items. "We
offer it at ?8. There won't be as nice a
Christmas gift at the money in any cloak
department East or "West.
JOS. HOBNE & CO.,
607-621 Penn avenue.
B.&R.
To-day, Bedford cord reefers, light tan,
with French seal shawl collar. Same in
black. Sizes 30, 58, S25, from 530.
Boggs & Buhl.
Give a Pair of Blankets.
Nothing handsomer or more appropriate
for a housekeeper than a pair of fine Cali
fornia Mission or North Star blankets.
Then, who doesn't know where a good,
tnrdv, all-wool country blanket at 53, 54 or
55 will bring real enmtort? "We have all
kinds. Jos. Hobne & Co.'s
Penn Avenue Stores.
THE PEOPLE'S STORE FIFTH AVENUE.
SCRAP BASKETS, WORK BASKETS,
INFANTS' BASKETS, INFANTS' STANDS,
OFFICE BASKETS, KNITTING BASKETS,
ALL OF LATEST PATTERNS,
WORK BOXES,
WORK STANDS,
FANCY BASKETS,
ARE NOW
OS
SALE IN
i5
1.50
70
15c 15c 15 c
Some more of those elegant opera rubbers
at 15c, for tc-day and Saturday only.
Campbell & Dice
The eighth wonder, "Chemical Diamonds."
There is no reason why the poorest
family cannot have the best bread. A sack
of M'nnehaha flour makes 13 pounds more
bread than any v inter wheat flour, so it is
economical as well as fine.
"Chemical Diamonds" defy experts.
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Blind, ii
They are blind who will
not try a box of '
BEECHAM'S
PILLS :
Iforthedisorderswhichgrow)
out 01 .unpaired JJIcc- '
Itlon. Fop & TPVnlr ! i
'stomach.CoMttDotlon '
Til mtr flijn! I.Ivm. fil.l? 1T.nilM1i. .
J 1 or any Billon and Nervosa aliments, ,
;;uiey wee ine piace 01 an entire meaicmo1;
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" WORTH i
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17 VW
XLV 15 MIILNTJTES.
I suffered severely with face neu
ralgia, but in 15 minutes after appli
cation of St. Jacobs Oil was asleep;
p have not been troubled with it since.
No return since 1882. F. B. ADAMS, Perry, Mo.
k "ALLMQHT! ST. JACOBS OIL DID IT." .
7
38
98
25
18
4
10
35
10
10
3
6
3
3
23
9
28
48
7
7
15
9
35
15
Sink Brooms.......
85
........ 1,50
75
40
2
70
58
53
78
55
70
15
35
3
5
40
15
5
3
5
8
25
2
4
$1.50
18
25
2
$1.40
Above Prices Are for Friday and Saturday Only.
Wall Splashers, large
size, worth $
Footbath Tubs, good
size, nicely japan
ned, worth 75
Patent Skirt Boards,
worth
Market Baskets, with
cover, all sizes....
Coal Hods, japanned
good size
Indestructible Coal
Shovel
Asbestos Fiber for
grates, per pkge...
Self-Wringing Mop
and Holder, worth
1,000 Jap anese
Lunch Baskets,
worth 50
Ready Mixed Gold,
Paint and Brush,
for Fancy Work
Scrubbing Brushes,
extra large
Wax Gas Lighting
Tapers, 30 in box,
per box
Adjustable Coat
Hangers, worth.... 6
Steel Canopener,
worth- 10
Curtain Extension
Brackets
All - Steel Mincing
Knives, worth 20
Slaw Cutters, 2 steel
knives, worth 40
X Strong Clothes
Horses, 3 wings...
Whisk Brooms, good
corn
Birdcage Hooks,
nicely bronzed....
Cuspidores, in great
variety of patterns
and styles
Crystal Oil or Vine
gar Cruets
Thin Blown Water
Bottles, worth 75
Paper Lamp Shade
and Holder, in all
colors, worth. ..... 30
Plain White Toilet
Set,i2pieces,com- CO Ti
plete with jar, w'rth 5.00 30i 3
Stepladders, extra
strong, with pail
rest, worth J5i.oo
Water or Tea Kettles,
in and outside
enameled, worth..
Cloth Basket, X
strong, good size..
Large Round Ham
pers, extra strong,
worth.
Sheetiron Fenders,
all sizes, worth....
Asbestos Boards, all
J a p anese Work
stands, worth...
Willow Skirt Forms,
for dress draping,
worth. 75
Best Stove Black
ing..... ....
Hat and Coat Racks,.
5 or 7 h'ks, worth
Gaslighter & Turner,
combined, worth
House Hammers,
worth...... ......M.
Sponge Racks,
worth. ... ...
Tidy Catchers.
Salt Boxes.
10
75
25
.- 15
Chair Seats, all
sizes......
Extra large Turkey
Feather Duster,
slightly damaged.
ShelfPaper,red,blue,
yellow, per doz. sh' ts
Twin Match Safes...
Parlor Lamps, hand
painted bowl and
shade to match,
large burner, worth.
Molasses Jugs, with
nickel top, worth..
Crystal Glass Cheese
Dishes, with cover,
worth
50 Barrels Water
Tumblers.........
Hanging Lamps,
solid bronze frame,
14-inch shade and
large burner, worth.
2.50-35
... 5
2.50
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GRAND WINTER OPENING
TMfiiw !AS ': NOVELTIES
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3 AND 4
AMERICAS GRANDEST DISPLAY
FURNITURE, SILVERWARE, CHINAWARE
CARPETS, PICTURES, DOLLS, TOYS, etc.
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A MILESTONE!
Our Store Established
1832.
America's Largest
Homefurnishlng House,
1891. '' ,
EXCELSIOR!
15,000 People Visited Us
On Our Last
OPENING DAY,
Which was something pre
viously unknown to the
traae. oumc
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