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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 5, 1904)
THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1904. Origi nal Hourly Soles The Clearance Sale Prices Continue During August I Origi nal Hourly Soles Last week of the Teach ers Educational Contest! Voting Ends at 1 P. M. Next Saturday. Positively Every Article in the house (contract goods alone excepted) is Tremendously Reduced in Price During This Month 1 This Store Will Close- ' Every Saturday Thi3 " Month at 1 P. M. "Where the walls ore coming down" "THE DIFFERENT STORE" FIFTH AND WASH INGTON STS, Portland's "Quality Shop' . Y ECONOMY 66th GRAND PR DA SA! 33 1 ill GOLDEN "Will strew the path of those who wander through the broad avenues that divide the great stores of seasonable, timely bargains, that will prove wonderful magnets to draw buyers to this store to day to Portland's 66th matchless, incomparable, Weekly Bargain Event! Prices, in Every Department, on Every Floor, re but the Shadows of Their Former Selves! Picture if you please at every step thro' this great store the most extraordinary price inducements that. the average eye ever gazed on since memory was born, and you may form some idea of the tremendous scope and importance of these August Clearance Sales. With every article in this big store radically reduced, with thousands of bargains that go unprinted, with hundreds of matchless values on sale all. week, added to by the unmatchable, unparalleled Friday Extra Specials printed below, and you form some slight idea of the scope and magnitude of the now in progress. The scale Women's $33.00-$45.G0 Suits TheGreat August Linen Sales Continue Throngs Fill the Linen Aisles end Values Sur pass ail Others Offered asPure Gold Surpasses Dross in Worth! Odds and Ends of the Linen Stocks, Unmatched Patterns, Etc. Lucky Opportunity This for the Housekeepers, Hotel-Men and Ees- tanrant Managers First Floor. This Satisfactory Linen Store presents oceans of saving opportu nities for the prudent. It's the sixth day of our Annual Sale of Mussed Linens and ends of lines. The variety includes teacloths, tray cloths, centerpieces, lunchcloths, doilies, scarfs, tablecloths, bed spreads, pillowshams and damasks. Many pieces were made to our 1 resent the world's finest linen I countries France, Ireland, Mo I ravia, Belgium, Germany' and ouesia. xney are trie rroix. or crafts-, people who have not only given their lives to linen making and em broidering and lace making, but who have generations of linenmak ers and lacemakers back of them. Many of the pieces are individual things of which there is only one, these art-pieces have the further charm of having been collected right at the homes of those vfho made them after the designs sug gested by ourselves. SHOWERS GREAT ALTERATION AND on which our Fall business $ 1 4-75 For Today's 66fh Grand Friday : Economy Sale We announce a sale of "Women's Suits for today, which for magnitude, value and style of garments has never before been equaled In the "West We can't im--press upon you too strongly the importance of this of fering, the wonderful bargains, the grandest of all op portunities to secure a high-class dress or walking suit at a price one-third below actual manufacturing cost 150 BUits In the lot, broadcloths, alpacas, cheviots, homespuns, cashmeres, etamlnes, voiles and novelty mixtures In checks, grays, tans, blacks, browns, blues; etons, jackets and blouse effects, fancy braid trimmed, with or without capes, skirts seven and nin gored, or plain flare; all this season's highest grade garments, from America's best tailors, a suit bargain possible only at Portland's .leading cloak tend suit store; all sizes, values, 535.00, $38.00 to $45.00, the majority $38.00 to $45.00 styles, today only at 914.75. See window dis Dresser, Sideboard and Bed Napery at Remarkable Sale Prices DAMASK REMNANTS $2.00 Damask 91.00 $2.50 Damask ?1.00 $00 Damask $2.25 $4.50 Damask $35 DRESSER SCARFS $1.00 Scarfs 75c $1.25 Scarfs OOc $1.50 Scarfs $1.00 $2.00 Scarfs $10 FRINGED, HEMMED, TABLE CLOTHS In 2 to 3-yd. lengths. $2.25 Cloths 31.75 $3.00 Cloths $2.25 $3.50 Cloths $2.75 $5.00 Cloths $3.75 58.00 Cloths $0.00 $8.25 Cloths $0.10 NAPKINS $1.25 values, now OOc $1.50 values, now $1.00 $2.50 values, now $1.85 $4.25 values, now $3.00 $5.00 values, now $3.75 $5.50 values, now $4.10 TEA CLOTHS $1.00 Tea Cloths 75c $1.25 Tea Cloths OOc $2.25 Tea Cloths $1.75 $2.50 Tea Cloths .... $1.05 $3.50 Tea Cloths $250 100 FINE MARSEILLES BCD- SPREADS, In full size, some slightly soiled from showing and window display, most o them, however, are hut slightly mussed. Best $3.50 values.. $2.35 TOWELS A nig sample line, slightly mussed only. 20c Towels 12&c 25c Towels ISc 35c Towels 25c 40c Towels 30c 65c Towels 50c $1.00 Towels 75c $1,25 Towels OOc $1.50 Towels $1.00 ShorMengths Table Damask, 1 to 3 yards long, mercilessly reduced! FEIDAY ECONOMY SALE. $4 Lace Curtains $2.32 Fourth Floor. 100 pairs handsome Lace Curtains, Brussels effect regular $4.00 value special, pair $2.38 FEIDAY ECONOMY SALE. Men's $ I Bathing Suits 59c First Floor. A line of Men's Two-Pleco Jersey Bathing Suits, in plain navy Our best $1.00 Suit special. Suit 58 of M will be opened will mean the HAT! W WOMEN'S Actual $35 Values AH Day Today for FEIDAY ECONOMY SALE. $ I Novelty Waistings 35c First Floor. All our fine Novelty Waistings, silk finish effects, silk-embroidered pat terns and fine Jacquard weaves' beautiful goods, comprising the cream of the stock regular 5L00 values special, a yard 35f FEIDAY ECONOMY SALE. Women's $3.50 Shoes First Floor. -Women's Empress Shoes, hand-turned soles, patent tips, military heols, matt tops, finest vlcl kid uppers regular $3.50 special, pair $2.38 Men's $3.50 Oxfords $2.79 Men's Tan 6r Black Oxfords or Patent Colt, Blucher cut, welt soles very stylish regular $3.50 special, pair... 2.79 muslin A FRIDAY ECONOMY WORTH . NOTING. Women's $!.50 Drawers 95c Annex Second Floor. Ladies' fine Muslin Drawers, wide um . brella flounce, with cluster of 3 fine tucks, 3 rows wide torchon lace In sertion and edging regular price, $L50 special at 98 Children's Bonnets For Less Better Buy These Friday. Phenomenal Bargains. Broken Hues of Children's Bonnets, Children's Hats and Bonnets, In white and dainty colors, of mull, chif fon, silk and combinations of mull and straw. Bonnets in French and full-front styles, ombroidered and ribbon trimmed regular values to $2.00 special at FEIDAY ECONOMY SALE. Women's r 35C Lisle Hose 22c First Floor. Women's fine Black Gauze Lisle Hose, double sole, spliced heel3, French toe regular 35c jjuallty speolal, pair.. 2 TODAY arvelously EXPANSION SALES AND BIG AUGUST PAIR obliteration of every previous DO I READ ARIGHT, OR HAVE THE TYPES GONE MAD?" NEW SILK SHIRTWAIST $6.95 Yes. Reader, you read aright no wonder you think the types got mixed or some one's gone awry. But no the types are telling you the truth. "We've got to tear out here in this, PORTLAND'S GREATEST LEADING SUIT STORE, perhaps in a week now. The final call has come to sell the stocks. The chief will brook no further delay. Contractors stand ready with hammers, saws and lumber to transform this big department into one twice as large, for Fall occu pancy, and we must rid ourselves of the garments hanging here on the racks. Orders are imperative for Immediate, drastic CLEARANCE. THE PRETTY, NEW. SILK SHIRT WAIST SUITS GET IT FIRST TODAY. EVERY SILK - SHIRTWAIST SUIT IN THE HOUSE IS INCLUDED IN THE SALE. None reserved. Every one goes to the slaughter. The Iceen-edeed sword of price carnnsc cuts both ways. The suits start at $13.50 in price, none lower, and run up to $35. Most of them are in the higher price grades, but there s but one price today all day Friday that price $6.98 for full, free, unrestricted choice. Every suit new this season none in the store more than two months most of them came In last month, In all the rich, shimmering beauty of the 1904 Summer silks, all favored patterns, such as dot ted, pin dots and polkas, hair-line stripes, neat checks, changeable and plain colors, in the handsome srolden browns and navies, greens and grays. Beautiful silks. Yancy. piquant oijico, mo juuoi tuuwuiuK amia enown mis year ror sum mer. Fall or even indoor winter wear, and shirt-waist suits are almost sure to be good another year, too. But we've merged the lot a short story every one In the house all day at one price choice for $0.08. A kindly tip for -ou interested reader "you'd better be early. FEIDAY ECONOMY SALE. BIG ECONOMIES IN LITTLE THINGS First Floor. 25c Bar Castile Soap 1 3c 2-pound bar White Castile Soap, value 25c special, bar 13 50c English Perfumes 25c Imported English Perfumes, In Vio let, Heliotrope, Pink Carnation, Rose and Bed Clover value 50c oz. spe cial, os. 25 Wax Paper 4c Wax Paper, In white, pink and yellow, size 12x1824 sheets special, roll.. 4 10c Paper Napkins 6c Paper Napkins, white, with colored de signvalue 10c per hundred special, per hundred G I Oc Box Ironing Wax 6c Chinese Ironing Wax, 3 sticks in box; makes Ironing easy and gives a good luster value 10c box special, box.6 Darning Cotton 2c .Darning Cotton In black, white, brown, tan, navy and other colors special, spool '. 2 25c Violet Jewelry 5c Violet Jewelry, in Dace Pins, Brooch Pins, Stick Pins, Hat Pins, de value 25c special, each 5 35c Pearl Jewelry 1 5c Pearl Jewelry, In Gold-Plated Pins, In Lace, Brooch. Cuff and SUck Pins and Waist Sets value to 35c special, set 15 FEIDAY ECONOMY SALE. $2.50 Sun Umbrellas $1.75 First Floor. Dainty Sun Umbrellas, in blue, brown, red and black, with borders regular $2.5G-6peclal 91.78 FEIDAY ECONOMY SALE. Black Chiffon Applique at Half Price First Floor. Handsome Black Chiffon Applique our entire line ranging In price from 30c yard to $5.00 for Friday Economy Sale special at ONE-HALF PRICE. TEMPTING OPPORTU selling record! This means SUITS 75c Union Suits 49c Women's Merode Union Suits, sleeve less, knee length also long sleeves, ankle length regular 73c goods spe cial. Suit 49 Special Friday Sale of Doilies Second Floor Art Shop. Bound Doilies of natural color linen, fringed and embroidered around edge, stamped in finest designs 8 in., rcg. 2ac values, special at.. 10 11 In., reg. 35c values, special at..23e 17 In., reg. 63c values, special at.. 390 22 In., reg. $1 values, special at..G4J FEIDAY ECONOMY SALE. Third Floor. 9c Darning Bulbs 5c Glass Darning Bulbs, with screen cap; holds needles, and has convenient handle to hold darner In place value 9c special, each 5( I5c Salts and Peppers 5c Plated Tops, fancy egg-shape, neat decoration value 15c special, each.. SO Turkey Feather Dusters 10-Inch value 20c special, each ....12c 12-lnch value 25c special, each ....15? Just received, new lines of fine Dec orated Havlland China and Decorated English Semiporcelain sold In sets or separate pieces. Sve are closing out Kayser Zinn at HALF PRICE, $20 Dinner Sets $14.75 A few odd lines in Dinner Sets, Aus trian China regular $20 special $14.75 Decorated Porcelain Dinner Sets Value $9.56 special $5.75 Value $14.2S special $8.57 Value $17.63 special $10.58 FEIDAY ECONOMY SALE. 75c Embroidery Collars 35c First Floor. Very pretty Embroidery Collars reg ular price 75c special, each 35 A drastic clearing of stocks now. See how we are doing it! 2 Big Friday Events in Millinery Salons Second Floor. OUR WIDE-AWAKE BUYER ATTENDS A BIG CLEARANCE SALE OF A MANUFAC TURER'S STOCK YOU BENEFIT. Women's $ 1 .50 Untrimmed Stra Hat Shapes One of the largest makers of straw hat shapes in all the East dropped into our Now York millinery workrooms about three weeks ago and expressed a desire to close out to some firm who could handle a quantity, his entire stock of this season's straw shapes untrimmed. How much? asked our Mr. Hamberber a short story dicker made, money paid and hats expresesd to us. Pretty near a carload. Guess our buyer thought every woman In Portland would want one at the price and no wonder. Ever hear of NEW $1.50 hat shapes for 15c before? Wo never did honest. Now these hats or untrimmed shapes are in all the wanted colors of the stylish rough 3traTt braids, white, navys, black, browns, red3 and tans. Splendid for present wear every one positively a new Summer 1904 shape. You can better afford one than to go with out at the give-away price. Regular $1.50 values. Choose all day there's plenty. Take two if you like at, each 15c Sec the shapes In corner window. FEIDAY ECONOMY SALE. 25c Fancy Ribbons 9c First Floor. Miles of bright, new Fancy Ribbons, 3 inches wide all colors regular 25c special, yard 0 FEIDAY ECONOMY SALE. Children's 5c Handker chiefs 2$C First Floor. Children's Handkerchiefs, embroidered corners excellent quality regular Gc each special, each 2 1-2 FEIDAY ECONOMY SALE. 50c and $1 Chiffon 25c First Floor. Beautiful Chiffons, in white, old"ro3e, yellow, red, violet and green, slightly mussed from handling regular 50c and $1.00 a yard special, yard.. ..25 Swell Black Dress Goods at HALF-PRICE for Friday All Day Selling 45-inch All-Silk Grenadines, in rich, handsome stripes and figured' ef fects, without question the swellest fabric shown for dressy cool gowns Regular $1.00, $1.25, $1.50, $1.75, $2.00, $2.25, $2.50, $3.00 Special at 50c, 02, 750, 87e, $1.00, $1.12, $1.25, $1.50. We advise you to como early if you want a gown of these dressy fabrics, as they will doubtless be all sold long . before the store closes. Regular $1.50 quality, 54-inch Black All-Wool Melton and Kerseys, just the cloth for walking skirts and tailored suits, Oregon manufacture. Special, for Friday only 790 Colpred Dress Goods for Friday Selling Regular $1.50 Mixed Tweed Suitings, new Fall mixtures and effects, very serviceable for street wear. All day Friday Special-. 980 Thi3 Is a splendid chance to buy your Fall suit at only a fraction of tho regular value. , 3000 yards All-Wool French Challle, in light and dark colors; all come In neat patterns. Regular 60c value Special, for Friday only.42o In addition to above we are. offer ing our entire stock , of novelty Voiles, Etamlnes and French Salting:,, at EXACTLY HALF PRICE! Full Bloom Flower Sale In the Millinery Gardens Beautiful Flowers lor Millinery Garni tore i Values in Bunches Choose today from a .table loaded down with dainty, exquisite flowers, for tho trimming of those hat shapes soia toaay at sucn wonderful bargain prices, all in the beautiful colorings and tint3 favored by Fashion for Summer Wear; flowers of every wanted sort, every flower in millin ery's garden Is here. Regardless of cost or former prices choose as vou will on Friday all day at. tho bunch 120 Surprising Summer Values in Rich Shimmering Silks and Splendid Dress Stuffs Friday Silk Specials Annex First Floor. Regular $1.50, 36-inch, all pure Silk, Black Taffeta Special, all day, Friday $1.19 Regular $1.65, 36-inch all pure Silk, Black Taffeta Special, all day, Friday $1.31 Regular $1.00 Novelty All-Silk Scotch Tartan Plaids, the proper caper for shirtwaist and swell petticoats Special, all day, Friday OSc OilQ! Brisk votlntr characterizes the last days of the contest. The relative standing; of the leaders has not changed, but no one can tell yet Just what the finish will be. The contest ends nt 1 P. 31. on Saturday, -when the store closes for the week. W append the list of lenders with stand ing nt 4 P. 31. yesterday also total vote: Winifred Moshcr, Harrison. . .10S,124 none jL-nuaen, jxtKlnson 183,374 Mrs. N. HUtabldel, Alblna Cca .174,972 Snza Jones, Highland 108,317 Mrs. Esther Kane, Will. Ave.. 120,145 Total Votes 1,173,400