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A PERFECT LANDSLIDE OF GIGANTIC BARGAINS, v m
000 WORTH OF HIGH CLASS UP-TO-DATE MERCHANDISE
THROWN ON THE MARKET TO BE SOLD UTTERLY RE
GARDLESS OF COST OR VALUE. SORRY WE ARE INDEED
.TO SEE THIS BEAUTIFUL STOCK RUTHLESSLY SLAUGH
TERED BY FORCE OF CIRCUMSTANCES. HOWEVER WE
HAVE NEITHER TIME NOR S PACE TO DWELL ON THAT
SUBJECT, WHAT WE MUST DO IS GET DOWN TO BUSINESS
AND ALLOW THE BLUDGEON TO FALL VON THE PRICES,
WHICH WERE ALWAYS REASONABLE CONSIDERING
THE HIGH GRADE OF MERCHANDISE CARRIED.
YOUR MOST yiyip CONCEPTION OF VALUE GREATNESS
COULD NOT DO JUSTICE TO THE RIDICULOUSLY LOW
PRICES WHICH WILL BE MADE DURING THIS SALE. ; THE
SHREWDEST BUYERS: AND MOST PRUDENT; SHOPPERS
ARE ESPECIALLY INVITED TO INSPECT THE GIGANTIC
BARGAINS OFFERED. TO SAY THAT YOUR DOLLAR WILL
DO DOUBLE DUTY IS PUTTING IT lLIfLY COME' EX
PECTING MUCH, YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED. NEV
ER BEFORE DURING THE HISTORY OF THE BUSINESS OF
LA GRANDE WAS MERCHANDISE OFFERED AT SUCH LOW
CUT SLASH PRICES.
LEWIS BROS. 'ft CO. ARE ADJUSTERS WHO TAKE CARE OF
THE - MERCHANTS AND WHOLESALERS WHEN FINANC
IAL DIFFICULTIES ARISEl
THE FINGER OF SCORN WAS NEVER P.OINTED AT IIR
BERRY WHCTHAS BEEN A RESIDENT OF YOUR TOWN
FOR TSE-PAST SIXTEEN YE ARS. HE NOW OWES THOUS
ANDS 0? DOLLARS WHICH THE GREEDY MILLIONAIRE
WHOLESALERS DEMAND OF HIM AT ONCE. MERCY WAS
"NEVER 3H0WN BY THOSE WHO ROLL IN WEALTH. LEW
IS BROS & CO. WILL TRY TO SEE THAT MR BERRY GETS
A S QUA IE DEAL AND IF POSSIBLE WILL PUT HIM BACH
ON HIS 3T2ET.
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RIDICULOUSLY LOW CUT SLASH PRICES NEVER BEFORE
ATTEMPTED BY MAN, WILL BE MADE DURING THIS SALE.
THE WHOLE STORE WILL BE ABLAZE WITH BARGAINS'
AND THE RED SIGN OF DISTRESS SHALL BE S E E If
THROUGHOUT THE PLACE. THIS SALE MIGHT WELL BE
CALLED LA GRANDE'S GREATEST, OF ALL BARGAIN
FEASTS: NOW DROP EVERYTHING, LET NOTHING KEEP
YOU AWAY. BRING A WELIr-FILLED PURSE AND HITCH
YOUR DOLLARS TO THE LAB GEST LOAD THEY EVER
pulled; HUSBANDS BRUIG YOUR - WIVES,: mothers
BRING YOUR CHILDREN. WE INVITE THE WHOLE FAM
ILYTO PARTAKE OF THIS GREAT MONEY SAVING OPPOR
TUNITY. ' . v ' "
SWORN TO BY W BERRY
BEFORE X F. BAKER, NOTARY PUBLIC FOR OREGON
STATE OF OREGON ss BOUNTY OF UNION. I, W. W. BERRY
BEING FIRST DULY SWORN, SAY: THAT I AM HEAVILY
INDEBTED, AND OWE THE WHOLESALE HOUSES MANY
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. I HAVE PLACED MY ENTIRE
STOCK IN THE HANDS OF LEWIS BROS- & CO. OF CHICAGO,
WHICH FIRM. WILL ENDEAVOR TO CLOSE OUT THE EN
TIRE STOCK AND STORE FIXTURES, TO REALIZE CASH
WITH WHICH TO PAY MY CREDITORS. " I HAVE MUCH
MORE MERCHANDISE THAN I SHOULD HAVE PURCHASED :
AS MY CAPITAL WAS LIMITED; THIS IS THE WHOLE
CAUSE OF MY FINANCIAL TR OUBLES.
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SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME THIS 18TH
DAY OF JANUARY, 1911. J. F. BAKER,
NOTARY PUBLIC FOR OREGON.
-WE ARE ADVERTISING FAR AND WIDE AND EXPECT TO
SEE THE LARGEST GATHERING OF PEOPLE WHO EVER
ASSEMBLED IN THE CITY OF LA GRANDE PRICES TALK
. 'AND ARE NOW ON SPEAKING TERMS WITH YOU. HERE IS
A CHANClsid -WEAR THE BEST FOR HAI WHAT INFER
IOR GOOD S SELL ELSEWHERE 7 ALL FORMER PRICE CON
CESSIONS WILL FADE INTO INSIGNIFICANCE WHEN THIS
SALE IS 0PENED. ,WE WILL INAUGURATE A SALE WHICH
WILL BE I '.EI.IEI IBERED BY THE PEOPLE OF LA GRANDE
FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS. BARGAINS MOST WANTED
. BY YOU ARE MOST WANTED BY ALL, SO COME EARLY
WHILE WIIHAVE A GOOD SELECTION: OF SIZES, PAT
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A FULL LINE OF LADIES' HATS, FEATHERS,
' PLUMES, FLOWERS, C ETC.; NOT AT HALF
PBICE BUT MUCH LESS. HALF PRICE IS
NOT IN IT WITH THE MILLINERY BAR.
GAINS WE ARE OFFERING. :7':7i 7:r.
CLOAKS & SUITS
SKIRTS and PETTICOATS
OUR FULL UNE OF CLOAKS, SUITS, SKIRTS
AND PETTICOATS AT PRICES WHICH WERE
NEVER BEFORE THOUGHT OF IN THIS SEC
TION OF THE COUNTRY. IF YOU ARE OPEN
FOR ANYTHING IN THIS LINE THE. PRICE
WILL NOT STAND IN YOUR WAY.'
UNDERWEAR, SHIRT WAISTii,
Laces, Ribbons. Embroideries, Etd
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OUR FULL LINE OF KNIT AND MUSLHT UN
DERWEAR, SHIRT WAISTS, RIBBONS, EMf
BROIDERIES, CORSETS, ETC., ALMOST A'
YOUR OWN PRICE. COME LET .YOUR MONf
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OUR FULL LUTE OF NOTIONS WILL EE
THROWN IN BINS AND SOLD AT PRICES
WHICH WILL TEMPT ALL TO BUY; DON'T
GO ELSEWHERE FOR ANY ARTICLES WE
CARRY, IT ONLY MEANS A LOSS OF MONEY
TO YOU.
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