Show 1006 BUSI ARIN IN sometime during the in interial terill between saturday lit night 9 ht and sunday morning thieves broke into the store of 0 C hoist son on south main street and carried off approximately 1200 in high grade merchandise As was the case with former store burglaries in this city the robbers who despoiled the hoist institution saturday night were discriminating and wanted only the very best practically every piece ot of silk goods in ilie hie store was taken the fabric being first removed from the heavy paper oae case just a few small pieces of 0 odd colored ol ored silk was left behind mr air hoist estimates that approximately ROU yards of these goods were taken all of which cost per yard going coing to the shoe department tile the hieves took all the high grade peters inglish cut shoes about forty pairs in D all removing the shoes from tile the boxes and leaving the empty boxes on lit hi shelvis shelves they seemed to know what they wanted in shoes tor for very it ID le ie ot of the ordinary stock was dis but every pair ot of the best shoes in the house was taken X number of boxes ot of gloves were and a number ot of pairs oi ot overalls were taken mr air hoist had a pile of empty sugar bags stored iu in a orner orlier and these were taken and used or carrying the loot away in A big pile of overalls was left on oil the floor ini immediately mediately inside the front door while the robbers were at work they helped them themselves seles to a liberal supply of candy and other eatables as there were candy wrappers lying about the loor floor the robbery was discovered about ten sunday morning when mr hoist crossed over to tile the store from its his home just before going to sunday school the key in fix the tock lock he was non when the plunger refused to move and lie he states thai hat the thought immediately came into his mind that the lock acted just as though it was unlocked so trying he door mr was surprised to ond it opened and then he beheld the olle oile of 0 overalls and the debris scattered about the store sometime luring sunday two pieces rt of factory actori and a box of cheap handkerchiefs were picked up on the oreon gon short line railroad a short distance south houth ot of the depot and the goods wore were identified iden tilled by mr air hoist as having baring come front from its his stock also during saturday night someone broke into the handcar house near the 0 S L depot and got out tile the gasoline speeder which was run south as tar far is as the valentine farm and then ditched these are the only clues found thus tar far to indicate in which biell sy direction tho the robbers went after securing their loot the officers were notified by mr air hoist and the wort word has ba been sent broadcast so that officers everywhere aro are now on the lookout for or the guilty part parties ies |