Centralia News-Examiner, The (Newspaper) - May 8, 1908, Centralia, Washington VOL XXII NO 81 Our New Location is Tower Ave and Magnolia St Our New Location is Tower Ave and Magnolia St What we are doing in our new store Every department tells the story of our New summer goods livery clerk in charge of the different departments is bubbling over with about the new store and their splendid stocks The is contagious is in the air The store is dressed in its brightest spring garb is daylight inside New Goods New Styles and New Low Prices What we've done We have gone to a great deal of expense in fitting out our new store and we expect to spend a great many more dollars in completing the furnishings that we need so as to make the Rosenthal Up-to-date Store the finest store in our city so instead of going to the expense of giving a grand opening we will give our customers the benefits of extraordinary low prices in the newest Dress Goods Fashionable Veilings Ladies Outer Garments Hosiery Beautiful Silks Fine Wash Goods White Goods Parasols Shoes New goods now come in daily by express and this store should be your first consideration on your shopping tour So try the new store and see how vou like it We trust to merit your patronage and in return we will give you Centralia's Best Store with its Largest Stock the New Styles and Modem Prices The Store CENTRALIA'S BEST STORE The Store Spring White Goods Sale My Store and windows blossom with Spring and Summer Wears 3 Unusual Offerings 3 White wash suitings Shirt Waists and Muslin Under- wear specially reduced in price or the occasion Not always do the lowest prices indicate the best bargains ue mult represent something more than usually can be obtained at the price offered Each of these three specials is of ex- you will readily see The average woman now looking forward to at least one all white dress for mer ear Here is an exceptional opportunity to chose from ml of white goods at a specially reduced K during sale Material in Persian Lawns Linens Nainsook Batiste Dimities Pique Indian Head Dotted Etc Etc A surpassing spring festival The first complete revelation of the fashions for spring and summer An exhibit that's correct A fashion garden in quality style and Where will you meet spring in the charming blush of her maiden beauty Where the standard of quality is a living principle and while we try to furnish our tomers with all consistent conveniences for we strive to eliminate the we respectfully request the honor of your commercial and artistic judgement upon the merits our beautiful new spring White Waists 100 dozen beautiful White Lawn on sale values up to tl These come in about a dozen different styles long or short sleeves open front or bark laco or embroidered trimmed regular values up to Choice Our Window display beckon the observer to a nearer and closer acquaintance with the showing within Special assortment of twelve White Wash Waists BB these were never offered for less than to Beautiful waists of fine Lawn front of imported em- broideries In effective designs is tucked to give fullness short or long open front or hack Special 00 Special The new Mikado Waist with Kimona sleeves made of alternate rows of cluny bands and clusters shirred fine ity Net in that very desirable surplice effect White aud Ecru Muslin Underwear Specials At the very prices ever quoted An to choose from Petticoats Drawers Chemise 1 Gowns and Corset Covers up to on Bale at thia low prica Special In Cambric Nainsook and Muslin materials trimmed in embroidered laces tucks Insertions bending and ribbon high full length and wide Gingham Wash Petticoats colored up to 86 Choice to close o M 1 E o W I LU H Sidewalks io be B and Streets to be ed and Curbed MS MILLS BEST feet will Cost som of and Work will Com- mence lent Council Holds Interesting Session Main and Every member of the city council was resent at the regular meeting of that ody on Tuesday evening and ble business was transacted Another Damage Suit George A Ballard of Seattle pre inted a written claim to the council r the sum for personal in- ries he claims to have received by lling into an sewer trench allard ia a tile layer and worked on le Union Loan Trust company's He claims that on ig of April 4th he fell into an d trench on Tower Avenue one block of the hall He claims that he muscles oi his back were sorely reached and that he received internal It is possible that lade a mistake in bia location of tho itch as tlie sewer does not cross the venue south of the city hall but does bout the same distance north one present at the council meeting seemed 0 know anything about a man falling nto the sewer BO the matter was re- to the sewer committee and city attorney The bond filed by the con- tractors before they commenced work on the construction of the sewer will hold the city harmless in case of a damage suit To Observe Decoration Day A communication from the local post of the j A R was presented to tlie council asking that body to take some for the observance of Decoration day The communication stated that he old soldiers were becoming too old and feeble to take the initiative iu the of the day The council as 1 body did not feel able to undertake he matter but Mayor Miller appointed Councilman who himself is an old and Councilmen lilley and Kent aa a committee to endeavor to get some other organization to take the matter in hand It ia auid that the Eagles might be induced to aid iu the observance ol the day Odd fellows Want Use of Street The Odd Fellows asked for permission use a part of Main street aud the between Tower Avenue aud Pearl for the purpose of piling building guttered material during the construction of their two-story brick or stone building Main street The request was granted The Union Loan Trust company was also granted permission to use three feet off Magnolia and feet off the alley in the rear of the building for light area purposes Many Allowed The regular monthly bills for April had been previously audited Dy tlie finance committee and were ordered paid by the council them wuu one for iu favor of the Electric Power company for power City Report Marshal Clark presented his leport or the month of April During that me he made seventeen arrests and fines to the amount ol City alao presented his report tating what he had done during tlie month Special Election to be Called An ordinance calling lor a special lection to be held on June 2nd for the of issuing bonds to be used for an electric light plant utroduced and passed its firm reading ordinance provides that bonda be in the sum of A special and to be called The Electric Light it to be created The bonds are o be paid only from the revenue of the after the running are Tho bonds are not to constitute n against the city as a bul against the Electric Light only Bicyclists Beware Complaint has been made on sovera occasions by citizens of on the sidewalks contrary to ordinance The council seemed to think that tb printed notices were not heeded as the Iht will In la arrest the offenders in the future Big Contract Let Tuesday evening was the time set for opening the bids or tho grading of the and building sidewalks in Local Improvement District No 8 Only two bids were filed Davis i Mills offered to do the work for and Allred A lames bid Tho city engineers estimate was The first named company bid cents Por lineal foot for the construction of the sidewalks and the other company bid 28 cents for this part of tho work There will he in all about feet of walk to he built Councilman Kent moved that tlie contract ho awarded to Davis Mills and Tilley seconded him The clerk called the roll and all the except voted yea Scara thought that the bid was too and paid that a man had offered to build a walk for him for 14 cents per lineal foot Williams who in a man said thd planks could not bo pur chased for that amount then said that perhaps the matter had been decided too hastily and moved the bn reconsidered Sears seconded this motion and it was carried The proposition was then discussed at lenuth Seam maintained that the price was too and wanted to for bids The rest finally decided that the bid was fair and the question was called for again The vote resulted the Fame as nn the first ballot and at the close Sears eaid that the contract price was high Carr was almost that the contract wab rather expensive hut when it came to a down he too voted yes Mr Mill said that he would build concrete walka for any who desired them for cents per lineal foot Property owners who have already had this work done paid 75 nenta for cement walks The contractors will commence work on this improvement about May 6th The following are the streets which will be Street from Tower Avenue to Elect Delegates lo Slate Con- ation and Transact Other DEMOCRATS it Avenue to Ron ton Avenue Second from Tower Avenue to west llm of mill First street from Tower Avenue to went Railroad Addition Center street from Tower Avenue to Washing ton Avenue street from Tower Avenue to Washing ton Avenue Magnolia street fro street Pine street from Tower Avenue to Avenue Rock street to west line o block 01 Washington's add Avenue from to Par Wav mid from line uf to Third street Oak street from to south of Addition Hoek street from Main street to street Iron street from Main street to Haneo Silver street from Mai Additi to south line o Pearl street from Main to Center street II street from south line ol Railroad AdJI to Third street G street from line of Railroad to street street from HanRon street to Fourth E from street street to Fourth street from street to Fifth street Tower Avenue from Second to Fourth street reels shall he It roadway SI feet in width a and space on each 13 feel in width except on hi r F wlie i- the he 40 feet ill width and on Tower shall the nil streets Tower nue and Street have n roadway In and feet In Streets t ho 20 feet in width nn Tower A Instructed to Work for William Jennings Up Flid Last and ill tlie are Chosen The democratic convention vas called to order at Chehalis last by Chairman A Schooley who stated the object of the came and called lor nominations for temporary Col C P Twine of Granite was the unanimous choice of the convention for temporary chairman and on assuming his duties he warmly thanked the con- vention for the honor Mr M B of Centralia was named as secretary Upon motion the chairman appointed T H McCleary John Dover and J F Unhurt aa a committee on credentials While the committee was out J M Ponder and W W Langhorne were called on and their remarks on the present conditions of brought frequent and hearty applause from the convention The committee on credentials as We your committee beg to report that we find the following egates entitled to seats in this tion from the various fort Thomas Long Centralia No 1 G R Kinports 3 Sonneveld Martin M B Jaqnes Centralia No 2 T H McCleary J W Downing James Lynch Richard Kress Walter Breen and Theodore HOBS Centralia No 3 W W Canon Daniel Willie McNIel D T Mossman and W W Chehalis East W W Langhorne C 0 Gingrich J B van J M Ponder J H T C Rush and George Chehalis South Thomas Moffatt Richard Dolph Ed Deggeller and J C Matson halis West F Donahoe W C Green J H Forney John Seigworth and John i Forest Charles Gessell Granite C P Twiss Little Falls William dall John Becker and Gus Kludt avine Henry McDonald and J F All f feet in width ex- hich he 10 lo he properly and Carl Motter wan over irom Chehalis hist Saturday on hart Toledo Henry Spanger and W W Veness J H West Winlock G P Wall R L Miller and J P Caeter R A Champ and Charles Estea And we further recommend that the delegates present cast the full vote of their respective precincts Re- submitted T H McCleary John Dever and J Fv Linhart The convention then proceeded to fect permanent organization by the election nf T H McCleary as nent chairman and M B Jaques as permanent secretary Upon motion by McDonald the chair appointed 8 Sonneveld J M Ponder G P Wall Henry McDonald 0 P as a committee on After a short recew the presented the following which were unanimously adopted by We the democrats of Lewis county Washington in convention declare our faith in the dt the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence We believe in a plain and economical government with little interference with the right of people as IB consistent with an administration We deny right the purely personal whereby a few impose upon others a standard of having no foundation in the of the government or the of organized r We believe in all local ae nearly in the hands of the pie as may be done consistently with efficient administration of the law We have implicit faith in him hno risen above defeat in two great National contests Therefore be It resolved that we thi democrats of Lewis county ton desiring to pledge anew our iance to the principles he has ly advocated in the past will support for delegates to the State Convention only democrats who will pledge to vote and work for an instruct delegation from the State of to the Democratic National COIK vention will vote Brat last and all the time for the nomination Bryan aa the Democratic candidate ifi President of tue United States Beit further resolved that we the election of onr National committeemen by the delegates to this State Convention instead of thia power to delegates to the Convention We also recommend that of holding the State changed from Spokane to Seattle ask that the date of such changed to some date during the Atlantic fleet Dpon motion of W W the chair appointed Thomas odore Hoes and J P as tf to prepare a be submitted to election aa delegates to Convention the report of the August Kludt and B B Little Falls G P Wall and J tf of Winlock 0 P of Frank McNuIty of Toledo Henry Donald J A Wright and J F of Napavine A Schooley J A Frank Donahue and Kuehner of Qal Carson Pe EH Chaa Long of D Eaton W W Canon T H Cleary Alex McNeil John Galvin Theodore HOBB of Centralia ed ae delegates to the State Convention Upon the delegates to State Convention were instructed to that Lewis county be given a to the National Convention 1 The following named their J A Rt Centralia No 1 M No 2 T H McCleary Centralia Little Falls William Kendall Frank Ipe Toledo McNulty Winlock 6 P Wall Mr Miles Upon motion it waa agreed to the selection of chairman and of the New Central Committee to the several of the aame New Service to k Established in Centralia dent edict Getting to be Observed Postmaster Benedict is making final arrangements for the establishment of tho free delivery here on the 15th of this Win M Grafton Chas F Jones and Arthur W Seney lave been appointed mail carriers subject to the approval of the department W A has been appointed substitute Vs stated in The last week there wul be two deliveries a rlay in tho residence district and three in the business district All deliveries will bo made at the front doors and here will be no side door deliveries No deliveries will be made above the ground in any building where there is no elevator Patrons occupying the upper floors in buildings where there are no elevators may place letter boxes on the ground floor entrance The department will encourage the use of private mail boxes at residence and business houses as it will be a great convenience to both carriers and patrons These boxes can be secured at small cost They will also lesson the liability of mail lost and will save the carriers much time Registration of letters by carries will be put in operation on the same date as tho free delivery service This feature will be con- fined at first to tho residence district but will be extended to the business houses as soon as possible The registration of letters and packages by carriers is a new system It will provo a great convenience to tho public Beginning on Sunday May 17 the general delivery window at the will be open from 9 to 10 iv m on Sundays instead of- from 4 to 5 p m as formerly The carriers window will also be opened at this time and persons the free service may gut their mall that FOREIGNERS SEEK TO BECOME June is the next day set apart Judge Rice of the Superior Court for the hearing of petitions for jS Nine foreigners have Sled their if they are able to answer the satisfactorily they will come full-fledged on that Following are the names of the cants with their foreign and present Harold Norway na Jacob Bonner Russia Centralia John Zukowski Eussia Pe EH aa Fox Kugland Forest Both tan Jackson Canada Centralia Frodel Germany Winlock jS ward Sutton Canada Finland Winlock Kuata la Finland Winlock FILES AMENDED COMPLAINT Last week Judge Hice Alexander to file an complaint in the case of J the Northern Pacific Railway changing the amount of damage ed from to The may come up during the present of court McNeil fell down the steps at t depot a few months ago and which he believed temporary Ho npw claims tbi injuries are of a hence he ia mil t
