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THE MOENING OBEGOXIAK, 3IONDAT, 3IAH0H 12, 1906.
Advance Showing of New Spring and Slimmer Millinery AH This Week Second Floor
The Meier Frank Store's Great Monday Bargain News
125 New Covert Coats
Marvelous Values $7.45Ea.
Another great special offering of the
jaunty tan and black Covert Jackets for
women 125 of them, bought from a
well-known manufacturer at a price far
below regular value All are made in
neat, tight-fitting effects same as cut
English fly-front Ton Coverts and black
broadcloth, coat collar, small revers,
strap trimmed, leg o'mutton sleeves, satin-lined
throughout, splendidly tailored,
sizes 32 to 44, a coat other stores ask
$15.00 to $18.00 for
Sale price today
$7.45
Walking Skirts $3 to $30
We aro showing- an immense variety of new Walking
Skirts in all the latest modes materials and colors
By far the most extensive display ever attempted
by any Portland store. Prices range all the way
t from , 3.eo to 39.00
New three-quarter length and box Coats In light col
ored plaids and mixtures; all prices, grand assortment. Second floor.
Great Sale of Towels and Bed Linens
All linen hemstitched Huck Towels, 35c values 24c
Hemstitched satin damask Towels, each - 10c
Entire new stock of John S. Brown & Sons fine Table Linen for Easter
Beautiful designs and qualities.
100 dozen bleached Turkish Bath Towels; big sizes; fine quality; O?
great special value at the low price of. each ..'
Fringed Turkish Bath Towels; full bleached, bis size; best value ever OQr
offered at this low price of. each - owv'
Hemmed Marseilles pattern Bedspreads: great values at 81.10
Hemmed Marseilles pattern Bedspreads; 51."&. value at ' 81.40
100 New Tailored Suits at $27.00
The best suit for the money we
N ever offered AH new, up-to-'
date garments and the equal of
' most $35 and $40 values being
sold around town Exactly 100
suits all told Two days' selling
should clean them up Tight-fitting,
box, Eton and jacket styles.
All the newest materials in light
mixtures, grays, navy blue, fan
cy checks, etc. Long or short
sleeves, circular skirts, every
suit handsomely made and fin
ished, all sizes An exceptional
value at this popular
price
"Women's Spring Suits in nil the newest
and best fashions and materials.
Double the assortment to be found
in anv other store in town. Prices
from $18.00 io $100
$27
50,000 Yards New Embroideries
Values to $8.00 at $1.19 per Strip
Values to $4.50 at 89c per Strip
$5 All-Over Embroideries $ 1 .19 yd.
3 sensational bargains m Embrojdcrits for today Great special purchases enable us to
offer the grandest values we have ever hid the pleasure of inviting
you to share in Plan to come early if you want the best patterns
20,000 yards of beautiful Swiss and cambric Embroidery and In
serting in the newest and prettiest designs for shirtwaists, skirts,
infants' wear, etc. 6 3-4 yard strips, 5 to 18 inches wide; values
up to $8.00 a strip. Your choice at this phenom- tfj 1 Q
enally low price f6r a strip of 6 3-4 yards r
30,000 yards of Swiss and cambric Embroidery and Inserting 5 to:
16 inches wide. Handsome patterns in great assortment, 4 1-2
yards in a strip. Values up to $4.50 a strip. Your OQr
choice at this low price for strip of 4 1-2 yards O -If C
3,000 yards of magnificent all-over Swiss Embroideries in French,
English and Irish point designs for waists and yokes tf 1 1 Q
in very large variety. Values up to $5 a yard, at
See Fifth-Street Window Display Today
$3.50 Lace Curtains $2.79 a Pair
Great three days' sale of Clunv and Renaissance Lace Curtains In white and Arabian, all new. desirable style?.
Cluny Curtains with eJges. Renaissance Curtains witn Inserting1 and edge or corners and edges. y
Every pair the best $3.50 value: your choice at this low price, pair w.i7
One and two-pair lots of figured Rep Portieres with velour borders, also mercerized Portieres a: A flK
fringed top and bottom. 0 In. wide by 2 yds. long; grcon. red. blue, Nile: J6.60 to $7.75 values pr.OJ
Scotch Lappet, 3C Inches wide, for Sash Curtains, stripes and checks. "Washes and wears better than a
Swiss: great special value for three days at this low price '. 0
Brass Extension Rods, 54 Inches long, silver ends; 15c values at the low price of. each 7c
Muslin Underwear Spc'ls
Bare values in high-class Muslin Underwear
Chance to supply your Easter wants at a "big
saving Second Floor.
Women's fancy Drawers, trimmed in dainty em
broider, val. laces, beading and ribbons, inser
tions and tucks; very pretty style; $250, $2.75
values for $1.97
"Women's fancy Gowns of fine cambric and nain
soolc, trimmed in dainty embroideries, val. lace
edgings, insertion, medallions and tucks; low,
round, square and V necks, short, fancv sleeves;
$3.50, $4.00 values 1.92.98
"Women's fine, white Underskirts, trim
med in the best quality embroideries
and laces, open work and imitation
hand embroidered effects, separate
dust ruffles; $4.00 values at $3.12
Women's fancy skirt Chemise, trimmed
in dainty laces, embroideries, tucks,
insertion, beading- and 1 OQ
ribbons; $1.75 values.... P
Sp-clal lot Cambric Gowns, lace and OO-
.www
embroidery trimmed; $1.25 val., at.
Easter Gloves
KnMrr Clove Herds can be best
supplied here. Lobk and short
Glove, all irradew aad shades, com
plete Mock for yoar chooUag.
Glove of Kuarnateed quality at the
very lowest prices.
"Pcrrin's" celebrated real French
Kid Gloves in 1. 2 and 3-clasp
styles; glace and suedes in all the
leading- shades. Perrin'? "Adrl
ana.". "Charmctte." "La Mure."
"Manhattan" and Ntra. quality
Gloves, all sizes. Every pair
guaranteed. si. 75, 2.oo.
Very largo variety of 6-button
Biarritz Glace Gloves in black,
white, gray and col- ?
ors. all sizes, pair tpi.J
LONG GLOVES $3, $3.50
$4.00 A PAIR.
Valuer's 12 and 16-button length
Gloves in black, white, colors and
delicate opera shades, all sizes:
best values in town at. $3, XS0
"Perrin's" 16-button black glace
Kid Gloves, pair 9-i.OO
"Porrin's" 16-button Glace Gloves.
In colors, pair sco
French Hand-Made Waists
Values to $30 at $9.95
Here's a special sola announce
ment that must be of interest to
thejest buyers mjnty.Thro'
onr very intimate acquaint
ance with a prominent French
underwear manufacturer we
were given a "tip" as to where
we could secure French hand
made waists at unusually low
prices Here they are, 50 of
them, exquisite styles Every
stitch made by hand Fine
French batistes and linens
Hand embroidered, lace trim-
and
$30
med and tucked long
short styles Values to"
each, on sale
$9.95
while they last at
See Fifth-St. Window Display
You better come early
SILK WAISTS AT $5.45 EACH
Great special lot of 200 beautiful Silk "Waists made of radium and peau de
cygne silks of superior quality. Fancy lace trimmed yoke, front and back,
short sleeves, white, pink, blue and black, all sizes; exeep- ffC y4C
tlonal value at this low price J.4
Women's Hosiery at Special Prices
Women's black cotton Hose in three weights heavy, medium and gauze
Imported Hose of standard quality, Hermsdorf dye, all sizes. The
best uOc values on sale at this low price OOC
Women's imported cotton ingrain Hose, white heel and toe and sole.
Double white stripe at the top: all sizes. Best 33c values on sale at... 27c
Women's tine black lisle Hose In all sizes. The best 35c values on 1 Q
sale at this low price .lOV
"Women's 25c black cotton Hose on sale at. pair 18c
Black Cat Hose for boys and girls, 6 to 11. pair 25e
Buster Brown Hose for boys and girls. 6 to 11. pair 32c
15,000 Yards Ribbons 4 Bargains
5-inch all-silk Taffeta and
Satin Taffeta Ribbons in
all the leading shades
red, navy, black, white,
cream, light blue, pink,
Nile, mais, brown, reseda,
greens, helios, etc., etc.
The best 35c val. 1 Op
on sale at, yard...
Broken lines of 8-lnch black
satin brocaded TUbbons.
also satin merveilleux in
good shades; regular ?0c
values, being cleaned Of
up at. yard a
20,000 yards of handsome
tab Ribbons In Bulgarian,
Human. Persian. Dresden
and polka dot effects:
large assortment of colors
in No. 9 and No. 12, suit
able for tab and stock
collars. Values up to OQf
oOc, on sale at. yard..r"
Broken line of double-faced
cord-edge cream Ribbons, 3
to 5 Inches wide: best qual
ity 33c to 85c values, 1 Qr
on salo at. yard
M
STUM.
2
Unprecedented March Weather
for Portland.
EFFECT ON FRUIT SLIGHT
Iay Thin, but Not Greatly Injure
the Earlier Varieties Rose
Bushes Set Back by the
Cold Snap.
Portland received a touch of Winter
weather yesterday. But for the absence
of enow and sleet the cold snap would
have boen a real blizzard, the visitation
of which would give Portland people an
opportunity to sympathize with their cou
sins of -.the stormswcpt East. Tt was
cold enough, however.- to make Oregon
Inns more thankful than ever that they
lived in a country where such Inclement
weather is rarely experienced.
The cold of yesterday was intense, and
those who ventured out-of-doors suffered
greatly. TI13 high and piercing winds
added to the Intensity of the chilly at
mosphere, and made many people be
lieve It was colder than "it really was.
District Forecaster Edward A. Bcals re
ported that the thermometer was lowest
at G o'clock yesterday morning, when It
registered 27 degrees above zero. Ice has
formed upon many of the small ponds In
tho vicinity of Portland, and if the cold
snap continues for a few more days roller
skates will be supplanted by ice skates;
Predicts Milder Weather.
The indications are, though, that within
two or tnrec uays .foruana wni once
again have mild weather and that the
thermometer will gradually ripe. The
wind of yesterday came from the North
and Bast.
"The present cold weather will probably
stay with us for several days, but I look
for a gradually rising temperature." said
"Forecaster Beals last night. "We may
have cold weather Tuesday, but I think
that it will be much milder. When
cold wave strikes the valleys it generally
stays two or tnrce cays.
"With but ope exception, 1 1 was colder
this morning at 6 o'clock than at any
time tnis year, un jjecemoer 34 tna- ther
mometer registered 27 degrees above zero.
the same as we had this morning. Last
winter it got as cold as 16 degrees above
sero, but the year before the weather was
very mild.
Occasional light rain or snow Is fore
casted for Portland and vicinity for to
day, with easterly winds and rising tem
perature. Continued cold weather is fore
casted for Eastern Washington and East
. cr Oregon, but milder weather for both
states thlfi side of the Cascades, Travel
ing men reported yesterdas that the
storm was much moro violent in Seattle
tnd Tacoma than in Portland.
Ijittlc Damage to Fruit.
Horticulturists are of the opinion that
but little damage will bo suffered by the
fruit from the freeze. Some of the early
fruit, such as cherries, plums, almonds.
may be damaged slightly, but not to any
great extent. They say that apples and
pears arc safe, as the trees have not
budded sufllclcntly to be Injured.
"I do not think that the fruit is far
enough advanced to be materially af
fected by the cold wave." said Colonel
Henry E. Dosch, who has a large orchard
at Hillsdale, last night. "The plum and
almond trees have been In full bloom, but
If the storm Is followed by cloudy or
rainy weather the damage will be very
slight. If It should turn warm suddenly
the buds might be turned considerably.
Early fruit has a tendency to overbear,
so that the damage. If any, will be very
slight. Apple and pear trees are still
dormant. The rose bushes, which lnivo
taken on an early growth, have wilted,
but this Injury Is only temporary.
"I 00 not anticipate any disastrous ef
fects from the storm as far as the fruit
is concerned," said George II. Lamber-
son. secretary of the State Board of Hor
ticulture, last night. "The oarly fruit
may be damaged, but it will probably be
very slight. The late fruit is safe"
Wind Breaks Plate-Glass Window.
The high wind of yesterday broke a
largo plato-glass window In the store of
Ilpman. Wolfe &. Company. Third and
Washington streets. About 20 o'clock,
when tho wind was blowing almost a
gale, the large glass suddenly collapsed,
showering the sidewalk with broken
glass. Fortunately noono was standing
near at tho time.
MAYOR LANE IS IMPROVING
Convalescent Now From Attack of
Inflammatory Rheumatism.
.Mayor Lane was so much Improved yes
terday that he was removed to the Oregon
Hotel from the Turkish baths in the
Chamber of Commerce building, whither
he had been taken after suffering an
attack of inflammatory rheumatism while
attending a banquet at, the Commercial
Club Friday night.
The Mayor evinced the most profound
regret concerning the death of Colonel L.
L. Hawkins, the two having been intimate
friends of many years' standing. He also
expressed deep sympathy for the people
of St. Johns when Informed that the
town was on Are, and said it was an
unfortunate circumstance that the Sreboat
was out of commission, indicating that she
would be sent to tho relief of the town
expects to bo confined to his room
for a week or ten days, although last
night His Honor was able to use a pair
of crutches to good advantage.
No Time to Write Letter.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 11. The au
thenticity of the note picked up oh the
coast at Half-Moon Bib, purporting to
have come from a saUor on the British
ship Drumcraig, and which stated that
that vessel was sinking. Is doubted by
underwriters. They .said that if the
Drumcraig were lost as Is now the gen
eral supposition she had in all probabil
ity "turned turtle." and in that case there
would have been no time for letter-
writing.
SNOW DRIFTS IN UMATILLA
Much Grain in Light Lands Is Be
lieved to Have Been Destroyed.
PENDLETON, Or., March 1L Snow
has been flying throughout Umatilla
County since late Saturday night, and
tonight a severe wind storm Is raging.
accompanied by fine, driving snow. The
ground Is freezing and every indication
points to a severe cold spclL
Trains running into Portland are being
delayed, the line from the cast being
partially blocked by snow in tho Blue
Mountains, while the O. R. & N. track
between Umatilla and The Dalles is
blocked with sand, which Alls the cuts
faster than the large gang of workmen
can shovel It out. The train from Port
land, which should have reached Pen
dleton this morning at G o'clock, did not
pass through until 10:40, and It was fol
lowed closely by the one due at S in tho
evening.
In the vicinity of Tmatllla. In the Irri
gated belt, a good deal of damage has
been dono to late-sown grain, according
to reports, much of the seed having been
blown out of the ground by the high wind
or clso covered to tho depth of sox'eral
inches by drifting sand. In the opinion
of prominent farmers, this same thing
will in all probability happen to many
of the light land Acids throughout the
country, especially where the fields have
been reseeded within the past few weeks,
but little damage is expected outsldo of
this, as tho grain is not far enough ad
vanced in growth to be harmed by snow
or the slight cold that prevails.
Outside of a few crossed wires, no dam
age has been reported as a result of the
high wind.
Blizzard Sweeping Montana.
HELENA. March 1L Reports from all
over the state indicate that one of the
fiercest storms of the Winter is raging.
Sundown at Marysvllle, a few miles west
of here. It was 13 below with the wind
blowing a gale and a foot of snow on tho
ground. In the eastern part of the state
It Is below zero, registering IS below at
Livingston. At Havre, usually the cold
est place in the state, it Is six above.
The snow is general. Livestock men do
not look for any losses of stock unless
the storm is of unusual duration.
DRESS GOODS SALE.
Special sale of new Spring dress goods.
Including exclusive weaves from the lead
ing American. German. English and
French manufacturers begins today at
the popular drygoods house of McAlIea &.
McDonnell. Drees makers invited to In
spect the new styles.
M. Araeaad Fall! ere, the nw Preddest
of France, baa a peasant bUekrmlUi for a
graadfa-thrr. a coart cleric far a father aaa
In a commomjila.ee and rra lary yeata kt
betrayea so f atr rrt&UeM.
WIND BITTER GOLD
Freezing Weather Is Reported
From All Over Northwest.
HEAVY SNOW IN PLACES
Sand Drifts on Track of the O. It. &
X. in Eastern Washington, and
Trains Arc Delayed for
Several Hours.
WALLA WALLA. Wash.. March 11.
(Special.) A freezing north wind has
prevailed in Walla Walla for tho past
2i hours. While it Is yet too soon to
predict the damage that has been dono
to the fruit, it was announced this even
ing that the apricot crop will be serious
ly curtailed. The sap has started In
nearly all of the fruit trees, but in those
other than the apricot it Is not believed
to bo sufficient to permit damage from
tho cold weather.
Reports received last evening from tho
Snake River country above Rlparia aro
to the effect that the peach and apricot
trees were In full bloom, and probably
greatly damaged by the cold wave.
The Spokane-Portland train was stalled
Saturday night near Page, between Wal
lula and Rlparia, by drifting sand, and
returned to Grange City, where the pas
sengers were transferred to the Spokane
Pendleton train. Those bound for Port
land stopped on! at Walla Walla and will
start again for Portland at 12:30 tonight
on the Spokane-Portland train, which
was sent down by- way of Walla Walla
from Rlparia. Passengers who left
Walla Walla Saturday night for Port
land were able to go no farther than
Wallula, on account of the train from
Spokane falling to get through the sand
drifts at Page.
Reports from along tha O. R. St "S.
main line are to the effect that the west
bound trains out of Portland were also
blockaded by drifting sand near The
Dalles. No Portland mall arrived in
Walla Walla today.
The Washington &: Columbia River re
ports that trains were delayed for sev
eral hours between Hunt's Junction and
Pasco, but all have so far been able to
get through.
A report from below Wallula today
stated that the wind thero attained a ve
locity of 7S allies an hour.
BIG AYLND IN YAKIMA VALLEY
Trees Blown Down and Hoascs Dan
aged la North Xaklma.
NORTH TAKIMA, Wash., March 11.
(Special.) The worst windstorm In the
history of Yakima has prevailed in the
Valley since Saturday morning. During
Saturday night a veritable gale blew
down from the north and much damage
to property was done. A singular feature
of tho storm was that the sky was clear
and the air was of a zero coldness.
Between 25 and SO line shade trees of
the city were leveled to the ground and
many fences were lorn down. I 'art or
the top of the Yakima Milling Company's
mill blew off. the barn of the Golden
Rule Dairy blew down, killing one cow
and injuring several others.
At the residence of Mr?. u B. Sharkey.
on North Sixth street, a chimney blew
over and the bricks fell through the roof,
doing considerable damage. A water
tank and wind wnccl at the home of
Thomas McCnusland blew down and
crashed through one side of the house.
Mr. and Mrs. McCausland narrowly es
caping serious Injury.
It Is thought the damage to property
will run Into the thousands of dollars al
though at present the amount cannot be
estimated.
STORM CENTERS ON WEISER
Other Sections on All Sides Experi
ence but Light Fall.
WEISER. Idaho. March 1L (Special.)
Weiscr and the immediate sections sur
rounding was visited by a remarkable
snow storm last night about S o'clock.
Last evening a light snowfall set In, and
at midnight It was snowing heavily. At 9
o'clock this morning 15 Inches had fallen,
and it has been snowing almost contin
uously all day.
At Ontario, 39 miles south, tho roads
were dusty; at Payette, 13 miles south,
about threo Inches fell; at Huntington, 20
miles north, ten Inches of snow had fallen
at 12 o'clock; at Council. W miles north of
hero and 15CO feet higher, one Inch had
fallen; at Meadows, 2000 feet higher.
Inches had fallen; .at Landore. in the
Seven Devils Mountains, two inches had
fallen.
In every direction the snowfall was very
light. It appearing as if all the snow in
tho heavens was dumped down on Weiser.
The roads are blockaded in every direc
tion. The weather Is warm and tho snow
Is melting rapidly. It was by far the
heaviest snowfall of the Winter. The
storm appears to have been heavier west
than east, as western-bound trains are
several hours late.
WORST STORM OP THE SEASON
Snow and Sleet Make a Dlggrceable
Day at Albany.
ALBANY, Or., March 1L (Special.
Albany Is today experiencing the worst
storm of the season. Beginning with a
snowfall last evening, the storm gradu
ally Increased in fury until today one
roust be In shelter to bo comfortable. A
cold wind Is blowing from the northest,
bringing with It the chill of the north,
and intermittently snow and sleet falls,
adding to tho dlsagreeableneH ef the
day.
This is the worst storm of the year, and
the change from a balmy Spring day ta a
raw Winter temperature took place in a
single night.
PEACH CROP IS ENDANGERED
Some I'cars Are Felt Also for Fears
In Marlon County.
SALBM, Of.. March 11. (Special.) The
temperature has been around the freezing
point all day today and tonight Is four
degrees below freezing. No snow has
fallen, with the exception of a light flurry
yesterday afternoon which melted as fast
as It felL
Opinions differ as to whether damage
win he- done bv . the cold snap. Pear
and peach buds are out enough to be
Injured and the peacn crop may De very
seriously damaged. Pears are only partly
out. and It Is thought that even though
some buds are killed mere wui 00 enougn
remaining to make a crop. Otner iruu
trees will be uninjured, so far a3 present
conditions indicate.
Much will depend upon the next lew
dnys. Successive freezing and thawing
will undoubtedly do great damage, not
only to peach and pear trees In tho
orchard, but to nursery stock as well.
Manager McDonald, of the Oregon Whole
sale Nursery Company, says It is yet
too soon to say wnat aamago win db
suffered, but probably injury will be sus
tained. It is generally thought that the grain
will not bo damaged unless freezing and
thawing weather should follow. No garden
vegetables are up enough to be injured.
WIND CUTS TO THE BONE
Severest Northeaster of Winter In
Idaho and Eastern Washington.
SPOKANE. Wash.. March 11. (Special.)
Northern Idaho and Central Washing
ton towns report the most severe north
easter of the Winter. In the region di
rectly contiguous to Spokane the sky Is
cloudless, but tho wind seems to pierce
to tho marrow of one's bones. Pipes are
frozen and early vegetation is beginning
to suffer, house plants being nipped,
some fruit blighted and a set-back given
some fields of Winter wheat.
Railroad men at Spraguc say the wind
in that vicinity at times reached a ve
locity of 50 miles an hour. At Harring
ton awnings were blown down, sheds ami
outbuildings Unroofed and dwelling
house shaken like reeds. The ground Is
frozen tal Almlra. Pretty much the
same conditions prevail In the Big Bend.
Moscow, Idaho, reports clear weather.
but much . suffering from cold. Director
French of the Agricultural Station fears
the cold wave has reached the apricots
and peaches In the Snake River Valley
and other .localities.
The Palouse country reports unprece-
dentedly cold weather for this time of
year. House plants are frozen, water
pipes are bursting and Ice has formed
to the thickness of an Inch. The ground
Is also frozen hard.
In the Coeur d Alenes the coldest
weather of the Winter Is experienced
At Burke the mercury fell to three be
low zero. Trees were blow across the
stage road between Murray and Wallace.
A-howilng gale Is blowing up and down
the canyon.
If tho cold weather continues and the
snow storm continues to rage, the slush
In the ditches may compel the mills to
close and mining
hampered.
operations will be
Cold East Wind at Astoria.
ASTORIA. Or.. March, 11. (Special.)
Last night wa3 with one exception
the coldest of the present Winter.
Tho air was clear, but a strong
East wind blowing making the cold
especially disagreeable. At an early hour
this morning the thermometer registered
31 degrees above zero, the lowest It has
been since December 26, when it dropped
to 20 degrees.
Vessels arriving down the river report
that there was quite a heavy fall of snow
last evening along the river between Stella
and Westport and the hills In the vicinity
are covered.
Ice Forms on Gray's Harbor.
ABERDEEN. Wash.. March 11. (Spe
cial.) Today and last night the weather
has been about the coldest ever recorded
on Gray's Harbor for March. Following
a season of sunshine and balmy air, th
cold was the more a surprise.
Ice a quarter of an inch formed in pools
and pails wherever exposed and early
buds and plant life is believed to have
received a serious setback. Tho Indica
tions are that It will be still colder be
fore Monday.
Heavy Snow at Eugene.
EUGENE. Or.. March 11. (Special.)
The heaviest snow storm of the Winter
visited this vicinity last night and this
morning. At least three inches fell, re
maining on all day. a very unusual oc
currence. -
Marine Bye Remedy Cures Byes; Makes TVeafc
Eyes Strong, goothto Eye Pain. Doeaa't 8mart
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