TTTE MOHXIXG OREGOXIAX. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8. 190S.
We Have All the New Models in "La Grecque" and Gossard "Lace Front" CorsetsExpert Fitters Corset Department, Second Floor
Special Easter Merchandising News at The Meier (8b Frank Store
Wednesday-Thursday Specials
25c Handkerchiefs 10c
Wednesday-Thursday Specials
$3 Val. Laces 89c Doz.
20c Val. Laces 8c Yd.
1000 3ot. ronnd thread and French Valenciennes laces and in
sertion J, 2 -2 inches -wide. Best patterns. OQm
Values up to $3.00 the dozen yards. Yonr choice. .Uw
Special lot of platt Val laces, point d 'esprit and imitation
Duchess lace, edging and insertion 1 to 4 inches wide; suit
able for trimming sown?, lingerie, etc. Values
up to 20c a vard, on saJe at special price of
New black and colored nets for gowns, waists and veils; all
styles, shades and grades; great assortment at prices rang
ing from, the yard, for this special saJe.1.50 to $3.00
8c
1 2V2C Handkerchiefs 5c
25c Ribbons 17c Yard
3000 all-linen Princess lace edge handkerchiefs for 1
women and children. Best 25e values on sale at. . . KIC
5000 women's and children's initial handkerchiefs; all
letters; regular size. Best val. on sale at JC
Great Easter Sale of 10,000 yards of all-silk taffeta ribbon;
4-inch wide. Complete line of colors. Best 25c 1 f
values on sale at this special low price, yard
Wednesday-Thursday Specials
$ 1 .25 Table Linen 98c
$4.50 Napkins $3.65 dz
2000 yards of bleached satin damask table linen;, fnll 72
inches wide; very best patterns, in splendid QCIm
variety. Regular $1.25 value on sale at, yard 'Ov
2000 yards of Bleached Satin Damask Table Linen ; full 73
incb best patterns. Regnlar $1.50 quality .ff I 'OQ
on sale at the special price the yard only. . .V r
Extra special values in Satin Damask Table Napkins; grand
quality; best patterns: values we know cannot be equaled
in the city. $2.50 vals. 51.88 doz. $4.50 vals. $3.65 doz.
Wednesday-Thursday Specials
Great Easter Sale
In the Basement
Bathroom necessities. Nickel
Tooth Brush Holders at 12c,
B9c and up to 99c each.
Nickel-plated Gas Holders, 60c
vals. 49c. $1.00 vals. 79c.
Nickel-plated Towel Racks. 1S
inch, 24-inch and 36-inch.
90c vals: 71c. $1.00 vals. 79c.
Regular $1.40 values at $1.11
Nickel-plated Soap Dishes for
bath-tub. $1.53 values at $1.19
24-inch Glass Shelves. $5.50
aluefi at the special price $4.39
$1.75 Towel Rolls for $1.39
Special lot of Carvinp Sets; fine
sta handles, sterling silver
ferrules. These sell at low price :
$6.50 sets for special S5.19
$7.50 sets for special S5.99
$8.50 sets for special S6.79
$10.00 sets for special 7.89
The Sternau Percolator. 31--pint
plated.
size; copper or nickel
$13.50 values on sale at the special price of $10.69
5 'clock Tea Kettles: brass or nickel-plated; best $4.00
values on sale at special price of only, each $3.19
$9.00 Chafing Dishes on sale at the special only, each $7.19
Wednesday-Thursday Specials
$2.50 Gloves at $ 1.39
$2.00 Gloves at $1.19
$2.00 Silk Hose at S9c
Easter Sale of "Perrin's" high
grade Gloves for men; hand
sewed, hand-finished. Best
shades of tan and brown; all
sizes; every pair fully guar-
anteed to give satisfactory serv
ice. $2.50 values ff 1 1ft
on sale at, pr S
Greatest values ever offered
in this city in men's gloves.
1000 pairs of "Perrin's" Dress
Gloves for men ;' medium weight
tans. Dique sewn; all sizes. Your
Easter needs can be supplied
at a big saving. t 1 I Q
$2.00 values at S
1000 pairs of men's pure silk
Hosiery, in tans, black and
gray; all sizes. $2.00 OQ.
vals. on sale at. rjair UrV
500 dozen men's pure linen hemstitched Handker
chiefs. Regular 35c values on sale at low price of. . .
Special Easter bargains in men's Shirts and Neckwear. All
new desirable styles at exceedingly low prices at this sale.
19c
Wednesday-Thursday Specials
French Chemise
Regular $6.00 Values
Reduced to $3.67 Each
In the muslin underwear de
partment, second floor Great
special lot of French hand-embroidered
chemise at a ridicu
lously low price Material of
fine French percale, scalloped
neck and sleeves and hand-embroidered
yoke effects, double
eyelets drawn with ribbons
Beautiful styles and quality
Every chemise in the iotregu
lar $6 values C (L 9
Choice at, each y JDi
FRENCH DRAWERS $1.22
Special lot of French hand-embroidered
Drawers, made of good quality
French percale, with flounce and
scalloped edges and hand embroidery.
The best $3.00 values ff 1
on sale at low price, pr. . ,M
Garden Implements, Lawn Mowers, Rakes, Hoes, Spades, Grass Hooks, Etc., on Sale in the Basement
Wednesday-Thursday Specials
125 Oriental Rugs lz Off
An advantageous pur
chase of 1 2 5 jOriental
Rugs from a New York
rug importer enables
us to offer them at Vi
less than regular prices
All are high-class rugs
in beautiful d esigns and
colorings Every rug
a gem and that will ap
peal to the most crit
ical buyer Included
are Bokharas, Irans,
Cabistans, Shiraz, Sen
nas, Serabads, Kuraks, Yamonds and
others
Small rugs, 9x12 foot rugs and hall runners at all
urices Take vouruick while they last 1 A.
V3 VJ1I
$2.50 Scarfs at $1.39
Shirtwaist Patterns 79c
The Third Floor Art Store offers a large and varied assort
ment of Battenberg Scarfs, with linen centers; ff 1 Ort
size 18x54 inches. Best styles. $2.50 vals. at..H '
Special lot 6f stamped Shirt Waist Patterns; large assort
ment of pretty designs; eyelet, shadow, French and yPQ
Wallachian designs. Great special vals. at, each 3r C
Wednesday-Thursday Specials
Stationary, Toilet Goods
20c Pearl Buttons at 5c
25c Braids, 5c Doz. Yds.
5000 "jzen-deep sea white Pearl Bttons, plain and fancy
styles, in sizes 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 line. Two and four C
holes. Values ranging from 10c to 20c doz. Choice... C
3000 doz. yards Soutache and Midget Braid for trimming
children's dresses, etc. Values ranging from 10c to 25c
dozen yards, on sale at the special price of, only. ......
Great special values are to be found here in Dress Trimmings.
Great special offering in the Stationery Department; 1 lb. 96
sheets of good quality ' linen Writing Paper, embossed with
yonr monogram. The die to remain your prop- ff 1 ffQ
erty Begular $3.25 value on sale at low price. . . V 1 C -7
Engraved Calling Cards; copper plate, with 100 best quality
cards in pretty script. Regular $1.75 values ff 1 O
on sale at this special low price of only P mlrt
100 cards printed from your plate at the special price of 39
5000 Tooth Brushes, best quality bristles; big variety
of sizes and shapes; wonderful val, on sale at, each. ,
1000 boxes of Toilet Soap, 3 cakes in a box, violet
and rose odors; the best reg. 25c vals., on sale, box. ,
Castile Soap in 1-lb. bars, green or mottled; best val.
ever offered at this special low price take advantage,
Celluloid Back Mirrors, fine for shaving, on sale at
Nail Buffers, solid wood backs, in ebony and rose
wood; best quality padding; reg. vals. up to 75e, ea.
12c
12c
12c
...19
33c
Liquid Veneer, makes old furniture new; large and A
small size bottles, on sale at special prices, 21c and. .HOC
Complete stock of Tarine Sheets and Moth Bags in all sizes to
fit all garments. Special prices if you buy ' this week.
Easter Apparel
Headquarters
On Second Floor
Easter apparel for women, misses and children
Magnificent styles and assortments New and
fashionable ready-to-wear garments in grand
profusion Exquisite gowns and wraps for eve
ning and street wear Strikingly attractive tailored
suits in every new and desirable mode and ma
terialSilk suits in handsome styles and color
ingsNew dress skirts and walking skirts All
the latest novelties in Spring coats Silk, lace,
net, linen and cotton waists Fancy lingerie and
tailored effects Thousands and thousands of
them at prices to fit every purse Silk petticoats
in the newest styles, all shades and prices Misses
and children's suits, coats, dresses, white dresses,
school dresses, etc. Come to Portland's leading
cloak and suit store if you want the world's best
at the most reasonable prices Second Floor
BUTTERICK PATTERNS and PUBLICATIONS
CITIES URGED TO ENTER
FFFOHTS TO KXLIST ALL IX FES
TIVAL PARADE.
Altliouph Favoring Arch of Wel
come, Council Will Probably
Sustain th Veto.
Work of enlisting the support of as
many "Willamette cfties and towns as pos
sible in the mapntfk-ent pa?eanC "The
SHnt of the Golden West,'' one of the
main feature of the June Festival, has
hren aliened ti" George B. Thomas, who
is spfndins ti.P present week visiting the
various communities up the river. He
w U outline to the commercial organiza
tions of all towns visited the daily and
nightly features of the June celebration
and will ask each to enter a float in this
particular parade, which is to be given
over especially to Oregon cities outside
of Fortland.
Vp to the present time about a score of
Oregon citii-s have arranged to enter
floats in the competition, and some of
th--ni have raised as much as $M) for their
individual floats. Others range from t'fi
upward.
The time is now short, and unless the
"boosters" of these different communi
ties take steps to enter the race within
the next two weeks, the lists will be
los'-d. for the reason that the float
builders, who are now at work on the set
I'i-crs for the many different street pa
rades, are so busy that they will not be
utile to undertake new work much later
th;ui April 20 or 25.
Mr. Thomas will cover as much of the
Willamette VaHey as he can the present
week and upon his report to the Rose
Festival executive committee will depend
the magnitude of the All-Oregon demon
stration. Contrary to the hopes of the Festival
officials. It is reasonably certain that the
City Council, this afternoon, will sustain
the veto of the "Arch of Welcome' ordi
nance, by Mayor Iane. This ordinance
called for an appropriation of 15v0, to be
expended in the erection of an arch at
the Union Depot, where the opening cere
monies of the Festival week were to take
place. The veto of Mayor Lane was en
tirely unexpected, for the reason that he
had previously promised the Festival
management that he would turn the keys
of the city over to King Rex Oregonus at
the. "Arch of Welcome" at noon, Monday,
June 1, and agreed that it was the best
place In the city to hold the inauguration
exercises.
Mayor Lane's veto, together with the
probability that the Council will sustain
Jt, will mean that the entire programme
of th first day of the Festival will have
to be changed. A member of the City
Council who is not of Mayor Lane's
party said yesterday affernoon:
"The Mayor has decided that the city
cannot afford to spend this amount of
money for this purpose. Looking at the
matter in that light. I think the majority
of the Council will let him have his own
way. I certainly am in favor of fixing
the responsibility upon his shoulders. I
worked for the passage of the ordinance
originally and I believe "that it would oe
a splendid advertisement for Portland,
but we will stand pat on the veto and ne
may take the blame.
VOTES IN NEW MEMBERS
Chamber of Commerce Board Holds
Monthly Meeting.
At the regular monthly meeting of
the board of trustees of the Chamber
of Commerce, held yesterday, the fol
lowing new members were elected:
Boston Packing Company, Portland
Realty & Trust Company, Portland
Wire & Iron Works, Bert T. White
Brokerage Company. A. S. Thompson
& Company. Pacific Coast Silica & Clay
Company, Brong-Steele Company. Ho
tel Lenox. J. E. Cameron. Multnomah
Land Company. Columbia Contract
Company, Portland Cutlery Company,
Peninsula Lumber Company. Pioneer
Soda Works. J. W. Off il bee. the
Churchill-Matthews Company, Inc., Co
lumbia Casket Company, Western Con
tracting Engineering Company,
Elnathan Sweet. Northwest Blow Pipe
Companv. Oregon Sheet Metal Works.
Pacific Coast Sales Promoters, Oregon
Map & Blue Print Company, Mount
Hood Brewing" Company, Portland Lin
seed Oil Works. Inc., Pacific Cooper
age Company, Comet Electric Com
pany, Jordan & G&rbade.
A communication was received from
the National Council of Commerce re
questing the Portland Chamber to be
come a member of the organization.
The meeting: this year is to be held at
Lake Mohonfc, New York, its work
has been approved by Secretary Straus
of the Department of Commerce and
Labor. There is a membership fee of
$100 a year. The Chamber is requested
to sftnd a delegate to the meeting May
20 and 22. and it may be that some
member of the Chamber will be in the
Ea.it to attend the conference as a
delegate. The chief purpose of the
National Council is to further foreign
trade through advertising- and such
other methods as may be found effi
cient. The trustees appointed W. D.
Walnwrigrht. J. N. Teal and George
Cornwall a committee to examine in
to the matter and report at the next
meeting.
A motion was passed which permits
real estate firms that are members of
the Chamber of Commerce to place on
the literature tables, cards, pamphlets
and similar advertising: matter for the
benefit of visitors.
BRANCH GETS LOWER FARES
EASTER TABLE LINENS.
"We import more genuine Irish linens
than any store on the Coast. Just now
we are offering soma splendid bargains
In table damasks, napkins, tray and
lunch cloU-.s. doilies and towels. Make
It a point to buy your Easter linens here.
McAIlen & McDonnell, Third and Morri
Gladys MaTries, Squlers Angry.
PANAMA, April , 7. Miss Gladys
Squlers, daughter of the American
Minister to Panama. Herbert 8. Squlers,
was secretly married to Lieutenant
Harry B. Rousseau, a member of the
Panama Commission, last Saturday
night. The marriage of the couple has
created a sensation in social circles
here, as It was known that Mr.
Squlers repeatedly had refused to per
mit the marriage.
COLLMBIA-XORTHE3RN ORDERS
A S-CENT RATE.
Redaction on 1 Cent" a Mile Made
When North Bank Took Over
Road Time Changes.
Reductions in th passenger fares on
the Columbia River & Northern Rail
road have just been put into effect by
the Spokane, Portland & Seattle, which
took the property over recently and now
operates it as a part of the new North
Bank system. Passenger rates were
formerly charged on a basis of 4 cents
a mile, but the rate has been changed
to 3 cents a mile. This reduces the fare
between Lyle and Goldendale, the ter
mini of the road, from 11.75 to $1.9. Cor
responding reductions are made all along
the line.
Changes in the time of the two daily
passenger trains operated on the North
Bank road will be effective next Sunday.
On and after that date train No. 2 will
leave Vancouver daily at 8:30 A. M., In
stead of 9, as at present, arriving at
Cliffs at l.-OT instead of 1:35. and reaching
Pasco at E P. M., as at present. Return
ing to Vancouver, train No. 1 will leave
Pasco at 11 A. M., as at present. Cliffs
at S.OS, instead of 2:45 P. M., and arrive
at Vancouver at 7:40 P. M-, Instead of
7 P. M. This change In schedules will
make it - necessary for Portland people
wishing to catch tho morning train out
of Vancouver to leave Portland on the
7:25 A. M. car instead of 8. as at present.
Atlantic Monthly's X'ew Owners.
BOSTON, April 7. Announcement was
made today that Houghton. Mifflin A
Co. will on July 1 transfer the Atlantic
Monthly, which has been published by
them since 1671. to a new company com
posed of Ellory Sedgwick, of D. Applcton
& Co., the New York publishers! Mc
Grejor Jenkins, the present business
manager of the magazine, and Waldo E.
Forbes and Rogers Pierce, of Milton.
Bliss Perry will continue as editor.
PERS0NALMENTI0N.
Tomorrow and Friday will positively be
the last days for discount- on West Side
gas bills. Portland Gas Company.
C. D. Brymner, a prominent banker of
New Westminster. B. C accompanied
by his wife, is a guest at the Portland.
Mrs. Thomas E. Lewis of Russell
ville has gone to Chicago, her old
home, where she will remain for soma
time.
E. Lang, the wholesale grocer, left
Portland last night for a trip of sev
eral month through the Eastern
states.
Pat Powers, a well-known Democratic
politician, has been confined to his home
for several days with a severe cold. He
was reported as much improved yesterday
and hopes to be out In a tew days.
Eugene Palmer, of the Linn. County
Grange Council, who has been speaking,
against the University of Oregon appro
priation, is in the city awaiting the out
come of the critical sickness of his grand
son. T. T. Geer, ex-Qovernor and at present
Republican candidate for the nomination
for Representative from the Second Con
gressional District, Is In Portland and will
speak before one of the Republican clubs
on Friday night. Mr. Geer will devote a
week of his campaign to Multnomah
County, returning to his home in Pendle
ton in time to register. He is confident of
his nomination over Judge Ellis, the in
cumbent, and Gorge S. Shepherd, who
Is also a candidate.
H. W. Behnke, of the Behnke-Walker
Business College, has taken a prolonged
leave of absence after nine years of con
fining Indoor work. Mr. Behnke an
nounces his marriage during the coming
Summer to Mrs. Alice M. Russell, of
Portland. The wedding will probably
take place at the home of Mrs. Russell's
sister at Fort Wayne. Ind. During Mr.
Behnke's absence I. M. Walker, princi
pal of the college, will have the man
agement, of the institution.
G. E. Kellogg, editor of the Kelso
(Wash.) Journal, and of tha Booster
Magazine, was In Portland yesterday
In conference with the commercial or
ganizations with reference to extend
ing the scope of the Commercial Club
of Kelso. The quarters of the club
were burned about a month ago an'd
new rooms have been secured and are
being fitted np. Mr. Kellogg said that
preparations were being made for an
edition of 20,000 copies of his maga
xine, which is to be devoted to exploit
ing the resources of Washington and
especially Cowlitz county.
NEW YORK, April 7. (Special.) 1. H.
Moore, of Portland and C. L. Wayland.
of Seattle, are registered at the Hotel
Astor.
Atlanta Senator Tillman arrived in tills
city today and went Immediately to a toal
sanitarium where he will remain under
treatment for several week.
SMITH'S DAILY ROUND-UP
Edited fcy the Fraafc L. Smith Meat Co., 226 Alder St., Bet. 1st and 3d Srrreta.
"FIGHTING THE BEEF TRUST"
VOL. 1. No. 33. PORTLAND, OR, APRIL 7, 1908 PRICE. YOUR PATRONAGE.
The Capture of Smitdfield.
Up to about four years ago the Beef
Trust was supplying the retail meat
markets of England with 80 per cent
of their Imported meats. One would
have thought that the Chicago packers
would have been well contented with
this gigantic monopoly, but they were
not. They hit upon the idea cf con
trolling the retail meat trade of Lon
don and set their eyes on old Smith
field. Travelers will tell yon that
Smlthfield market has a tremendous
advantage In location. It Is the very
heart of London, only five minutes
from St. Paul's Cathedral, and occu
pies 10 acres.
The Beef Trust began its game by
buying one of the principal stalls and
retaining the proprietor as manager
under the agreement that he run the
business In his own name. "Our Iden
tity must be kept secret" was the or
ders. The Trust now giggles with glee
when It tells how, although it was
supplying all the butchers, this one
stall undersold all the other stalls and
coralled the hotel trade, the ship trade
and the province trade It explains
that this one stall (owners identity
kept secret) was used to batter to de
struction the other stalls so that the
owners were obliged to turn them
over to the Trust at a loss and the
Trust kept on buying- until London
awoke to find old Smlthfield In com
plete control of the Chicago packers.
An average of 250,000 pounds of meat
is sold each day in Smlthfield. Fanny
what it means to the Trust to raise tho
price of meat a penny a pound S25'fi
a day you will say. Yes. but the Trust
never raises the price a penny! It
usually doubles the price of meat. TIih
English people are wildly indignant
over the hold-up and have applied to
Parliament for relief.
l'ou've got the same Beef Trust In
Portland using every corruptible
means to place the meat trade in the
hands of Its own markets (owners
Identity kept secret). The Beef Trust,
may have captured Smlthfield but It
will never get Smith. He has pledged
himself to stand by the people of
Portland and keep the price of meat
down. He will not sell out to the
Trust, nor will he be driven out, be
cause we are sure the Portland public
will stand by
SMITH
All our meats are the same price
as usual. The markets that have
been put up alongside of us are not
ours. When you come to Smith's
see that Smith's name Is over the
door, then come In.