THE MORXIXG OREGOSIAN, MONDAY, MAY 11, 1908.
We Are Sole Portland Agents for the Celebratej1GossardJLace Front," Corsets New Models Expert Fitters Second Floor
Great "May Sale" Bargains, at The Meier Frank Store
Great Sale and Demonstration of "Nemo" -Corsets
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$5.50-$6 Portieres $3.85
$7.50-$8 Curtains $4.95
Great May Sale of 300 pairs new Portieres in
two-tone effects, with heavy fringes; heavy double-faced
rep browns, reds, greens and olives,
also Bagdad stripes in red, green and blue; 50
inches wide, 3 yards long; regular tfTfc ft
$5,50 and $6.00 values, at, the pair.S2J
500 pairs of beautiful Chiny and Corded Arabian
Lace Curtains, both in white and Arabian color;
made on the best quality French Nets, with linen
Cluny edge and insertiou; 50 inches wide,
and 3 yards long; $7.50 and $8.00 Q
values, on sale at, special, the pair.J"
V'J VUUCll high-grade Couch
gt f P Cor ers, Oriental
CrfOVerS S205 designs and Ro-
man stripes; a
heavy double-faced tapestry, with fringe all
around; 50 inches wide, 3 yards long; the best
regular $4.00 and $4.50 vaiues, on
sale at this unusually low price, ea.H"
See the new Shirtwaist Boxes, on Third Floor.
$25.00 Women's Tailored Suits $16.85
$37.50 Women's Tailored Suits $22.45
Three great special lots of women's
high- grade Tailored Suitsjobe placed
on sale todayat remarkably low prices
This season's most attractive gar
ments in tight and semi-fitting coats
The materials are panamaclothsTfancy
worsteds, English serges and wool
rajahs, in navy blue, black, Copenha
gen, leather, rose Also stripes and
checks in grand assortment Skirts
are gored and pleated and trimmed
with bias folds Every garmentinjthe
three lots handsomely tailored and fin
ished "and the best values the season
has offered All sizes Take your
pick at the following prices 2dfloor
$25.00 Tailored Suits for $1685
$37.50 Tailored Suits for $22745
$42.50 Tailored Suits for $27.45
See Big Fifth-Street Window Display
$9.00 Silk Petticoats $5.85
Another one of our famous silk Petticoat
sales is announced for today, Tuesday
and Wednesday Entire new line secured
from the largest and best manufacturer in
the countiy-juperiOTjiuality taffeta silks
made with the full flare 14-inch flounce
tuckedand stitched Color assortment in
cludes light blue, Copenhagen, rose, gray,
Snen. Jrown,nJiwvyndJbJk,i
made full width Every Underskirt jn the
lot regular $8.50 and $9 value -Many
stores don't sell as good a Silk Petticoat
for $ 1 2.5Q Your choice
$5.85
for three days only, each
SetBig Display in Fifth-Street Window
Mail Orders Promptly and Carefully Filled
$4.00 Knit Coats at $2.58
Great special lot of women's Knit Coats in fancy weaves, made with V-neck and
full sleeves; pockets and pearl buttons; white, red and gray, all sizes. (P
The best regular $4.00 values, on sale at this unusually low price, each. xp430
$27.50 Robes $ 1 9.75 $35 Robes $24.75
$12.50 White Lawn Robes Only $6.79 Each
Great May Sale of high-class white Batiste Robes, this season's most magnificent styles,
with t rimming of filet and Val. lace, also combinations of white and colors. Most ex
quisite and exclusive creations, and marvelous values, on sale at the following low prices:
Reg. $27.50 White Batiste Robes $19.75 Reg. $35.00 White Batiste Robes $24.75
Great special sale of 200 white lawn Robes flounce of embroidery, insertion and Val.
lace; new, pretty styles, selling regularly at $12.00 each; your choice at, each.. $6.79
TfAe HnAflc 5000 yards of fay mixed Dress Goods and Alpacas all
JJJm9- the best stvles; a oroat vnrietir in soloxf fmm nnJ'lll
marvelous values on sale at this special price, yard.
5000 yards of plain and fancy Mixed Suitings, all QO
this season's most desirable fabrics; $1.25 values at. OC
Bargains in
10,000 Yards $2.25 Embroideries 79c Strip
3000 Yards $ 1 .25 Flouncings at 49c Yard
10.000 yards of fine Embroideries, Edges and In
sertions, in swiss, nainsook and cambric; 1 to 9
inches wide, 4Va and 5-yard lengths; eyelet work.
French embroidery and filet effects. Beautiful
styles in immense variety; values up to 7Qf
$2.25, on sale at this low price, the strip. -7 C
Come early of you want to secure best values.
3000 yards of Swiss and Batiste Flouncing, 9 to
18 inches wide, for lingerie waists and gowns;
beautiful styles; regular values up to A.Qs
$1.25 a yard, on sale at, special, the yard.''C
5000 dozen French and Round-Thread Val. Lace
and Insertion -inch to. 2 inches wide; dainty
patterns in endless variety; regular val- C
ues up-to $3.00 dozen yards, on sale at. v
1500 yards of white, cream and ecru Embroidered
Nets, for waists and yokes; all new merchan
dise; the very latest designs, full 18 ins. Qft
wide; regular values up to $3.50 yd., for. OC
2500 yards of Corset Cover Embroidery, Swiss
and Nainsook ; eyelet," filet and French designs ;
the best regular values up to $1.50 yard, (LQf
on sale at this unusually low price, yard.OC
Clean-up of Insertion, Irish Crochet, Venise and
Filet Bands, Galloons and Net Top Edges, at
these special low prices, yard, 19c, 50c and 98
Great Corset Event y: v.
X OF THE SEASON Joftl
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"Nemo Week" Sale
Beginning Today May Ijti,
We have made great preparations for
this important fashion event, which
deserves the attention of every 'woman.
Fashion's supreme command: "Be
Slender!" The Corset is the most im
portant garment this season, and the new ,
X?emos perfectly meet the demand for
slender and medium forms, as well as for
stout figures.
Nemo Self-Reducing Corsets, of course,
for stout women; more shapely and stylish
than ever with the new Flatning -Back,
which makes Prmcesse effects possible.
Nemo Willow-Shape Corsets make the
Blender figure even more graceful and
willowy; just as comfortable when you're seat
ed as when you stand don t bind or "ride up."
Nemo Back-Resting Corsets, for medium and slender figures;
an entirely new construction, patented and exclusive. Cure your
backache, and give yon the slender "new figure" to perfection ;
and the back steels simply cannot turn and dig into your flesh.
Sclf-Reducino
To Make Stout Women Slenders
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SELF-REDUCING CORSETS Nos. 312 and 314, )
and Nos. 330 and 318, with Flatning-Back. . . . )
' SELF-REDUCINO Nos. 518, 517 (Flatning-Back) ) $ c 00
18 (short), and 515 (bust supporters) Oe
For Medium and Sender Figures s
Back-Resting Corsets, latest novelty . ..' $4.00
Swan-Shape Corsets .... $2.00 to $4.00
Military Belt Corsets, comfort and grace $3.50
5000 Pairs of Silk Gloves 47c Pair
$1 Hdkfs. 39c 35c Neckwear 23c
$1.75 to $3.50 Ribbons $1.19 Yd.
Sale extraordinary of 5000 pairs of women's 2-clasp short Silk Gloves; double linger tips
all sizes; colors are black, white, tans, browns, grays, modes, pongee and navy A f '
blue. Best make and sensational value. Mail orders promptly filled. At, pair.T C
Special lot 3000 women's high-grade all-linen Handkerchiefs, hemstitched, Scal-"Q
loped borders and allover patterns; a manufacturers' sample ine; 75c to $1 vals.-C
Great sale of women's Ascot and Fluffy Ruffle Croats, solid' white, plain and''l
figured; also colored stripes, check and dots; all new goods; regular '35c values. 5C
Great special sale of magnificent Novelty Ribbons, 9 to 12 ins. wide; warp prints, Dres
dens, jacquards, Japanese figures, embossed velvet, gold and silver; beauti- ! 1 1 Q
ful ribbons for sashes, etc.; the best regular $1.75 to $3.50 values, at, yard.V
1 000 Axminster Rugs $ 1 .87 and $3.45 Each
5000 Yards Inlaid Linoleum $ i . 1 7 Sq. Yd.
In the big Carpet Store, 1000 Axminster Rugs in Oriental and floral designs and the most
desirable colorings. Two immense lots, and best values ever offered. Mail orders fillorl
27x60-inch Axminster Rugs, each, $1.87 36x72-inch Axminster Rugs, each, $3.45
5000 yards of fine Inlaid Linoleum, in all the best block designs. Greatest ff 1 1 "9
e lay it at this unusually low price, the square yard.M 8.1
value ever offered.
Fine Table Covers at 63, 98c and $1.95
Lot 1 1000 handsome Table Covers, iy3 yards square, two patterns; double-face fL0!
material, 5 colors, red, green, blue, tan and green, red and green; $1-$1.25 values. 05C
Lot 2 1000 double-faced Mercerized Table Covers, 54 inches square; knotted fringe all
around; five colors, rose and green, red and green, red and tan, plain red or green. AO
The best regular $1.75 values, on sale at this low price, each take advantage. -'OC
Lot 3 500 heavy double-faced Tapestry Table Covers in rich Oriental colorings and heavy
knotted fringe all around; the colors are red and blue, red and green, green (I 1 f tt
and terra cotta; 4 patterns, 54 inches square. Best regular $3 values, each.f.J
Rlnlrotc 500 pairs of full size white Wool Blankets, pink
and blue borders; best regular $7.00 values, pair.
$5.75
000 pairs Oregon Mottled Gray Blankets, just what fff OCT
9 you want for camping; full 11-4 size, $6.50 val., pr..
500 Comforters, fine silkohne-covered, filled with best downaline; the C5 1 t
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best regular $4.00 and $4.50 values, on sale at this special price, pair...
CIRCUS TENTS RISE
First Performances by Norris
- & Rowe Today. ;
STREET PARADE AT 10 A. M.
fcbow That Visited Portland as Dog
and. Pony Exhibition Is Xow
One of the World's Great
Circuses.
The greater Norris & Rowe circus
arrived in Portland early yesterday
morning: on two special trains of 21
cars each, and at 10 o'clock the im
mense amount of show property was
transferred to the exhibition grounds
at Twenty-fifth and Raleigh streets.
In an incredibly short time a good
sized city had gathered on the vacant
property and everything was appar
ently In a chaotic state, but in reality
tho vast machinery of the big show
was running as smoothly as a clock.
What at first seemed to be disorder,
developed Into a very fine system, for
the big tents were erected before noon
and everything put in readiness for
the opening performance this after
noon. Besides the main tent where the per
formance is given, there is the menag
erie tent, a side-show tent, dressing
room tents, horse tents, where all of
the stock of the show Is housed; dining-room
tents, blacksmith shop tent,
barber shop tent, harness shop tent,
and many other tents where skilled
mechanics of the show perform their
various tasks. When it is understood
that the main tent Is 450 feet in length
by 175 feet In width, exclusive of the
other departments, it will be seen that
a large tract Is required to exhibit the
Norris & Rowe circus.
The 450 circus employes were paid
off at the ticket wagon In the after
noon. The salaries range from $4.65
a week for some of the men to $730 a
week for .the artists that take part
in the programme. It required about
S6500 to meet the weekly pay roll of
the show.
Thousands of citizens spent much
time at the show grounds during the
day, watching the work of the men
placing the tents, caressing the beau
tiful horses and ponies, feeding the
elephants, teasing the monkeys and
admiring at a respectful distance, the
magnificent specimens of Hons, tigers,
leopards and other animals. The cir
cus has a peculiar fascination for
young and old. It is doubtful If a man
ever gets so old that he does not re
ceive a thrill at the appearance of the
etrcus. This, at least, was expressed by
the thousands of interested spectators
that visited the show grounds yester
day. The parade will leave the grounds
this morning at 10 o'clock sharp and
will traverse the principal streets of
the city. 6n return of the parade the
outside free attractions will be exhib
ited on the show grounds: the side
shows will be thrown open to the pub
lic and something of Interest will be
"doing" from this time on. At 1:15
the doors to the zoological gardens
and main show will be opened to the
public. Promenade concerts will be
given In the menagerie and In the
main tent. At 2:15 the main perform
ance will be opened with the grand
garland entree in which all the actors,
actresses, acrobats, gymnasts, aerial
lsts, riders and clowns will participate.
The herds of elephants and camels will
also take part In this demonstration,
as will all of tho ring stock.
After the main performance Is over
the concert will take place, and after
this the feeding of the wild animals
will be in order in the menagerie, to
which the public is invited.
The doors will again be opened to
the big show at 7:13 P. M.. and the
performance will begin one hour later.
This is done that all may have an op
portunity to see the strange animals.
The engagement is for two days. Mon-.
day and Tuesday. Four performances
will be given, two each day.
Norris & Rowe have been coming to
this city for a number of years, first
coming with a small dog and pony
show. The show kept increasing In
size each year until now it is one
of the big circuses of the world.
The circus was invited to enter the
big combine which was effected the
past Winter. Norris & Rowe have al
ways given a good, clean, moral show,
and It is reasonable to suppose that
this year's offerings will eclipse any
thing that they have attempted in the
past.
GUARD AT RANGE PRACTICE
RIFLEMEN" TRY OUT IW THE
OREGON CITIES.
Ietails From Local Companies
Spend Day Shooting at 200 Yards
With Good "Averages.
Range practice for the season of 190S
opened yesterday on the various rifle
ranges of the Oregon National Guard
throughout the state. Portland, Cottage
Grove, Salem, Roseburg, Albany, McMinn
ville, and other points having ranges had
men on the firing line all day.
At the Portland range, south and west
of the City Park, the first range details
of the Portland companies spent a busy
day. The rifle shooting commenced there
at 9 o'clock, and continued until 5 o'clock.
Details from the companies commanded
by Captains Smith, Bowman and O'Dale,
together with the field and staff of the
Third Infantry, were assigned to the
range, and the average score was satis
factory, considering that many new men
were being broken in.
It was the initial tryout in Oregon of
the new Springfield rifle, this weapon
having replaced the Krag rifle only a few
weeks ago. The change of weapons did
not interfere with the work of experi
enced men, several of these making larg
er scores, in fact, than they were ac
customed to making with the Krag.
The Springfield plainly has advantages
over -the Krag, as well as some disadvan
tages. It is put out by the Government
as the best military rifle ever issued to
troops in the United States, and one of
the best In the world. It has a far great
er muzzle velocity than the discarded
weapon, and by use of the pyrocellulose
powder, erosion is reduced to a minimum,
thus Increasing the life of a rifle.
Rifle and ammunition were found to
shoot with more accuracy than the Krag,
and less "dope" had to be used, the gun
having a tendency to shoot directly where
it was held, once proper elevation was
secured, and it appeared less susceptible
to the minor changes of weather. Breezes
that required a point of windage On the
Krag had no perceptible effect on the
Springfield and its ammunition.
In Portland, only the 200-yard range
was available. Negotiations for an area
where long-distance ranges might be in
stalled have been pending for several
months, but a suitable area has not been
secured. Rather than let the riflemen get
behind in their season, Adjutant-General
Finzer directed that the old range be
fixed up for temporary use. Hopes are
still held of securing an adequate range,
but in the meantime it is planned to put
the local organization through the 200-
yara course. By that time, if a new range
is not provided, the 300, -500 and 600-yard'
targets will ' be repaired and put into
service..
BUTTER ADVANCES TODAY
City Creameries Put Vp Price to 2 4
' ' Cents Wholesale.
The chances of Portland seeing very
cheap butter this Spring are not good.'
In fact the prices that were current in
the past week were probably the lowest
of the season, for the city creameries this
morning will advance their wholesale
quotation 14 cents a pound, to 24 cents.
The production of butter at this-time
of year naturally shows an Increase, and
the output of the Portland and valley
creameries last week, was considerably
greater than in the previous week. t
the tame time the demand has growS
faster than the increase in production,
and this has made the readjustment of
prices necessary. The greatest increase
in orders came from points outside of
Portland, and the creameries of the city
have been unable to satisfy the Inquiry
from the Sound and other sections of
the Northwest.
For a week or more Portland has been
the cheapest butter market on the Pa
cific Coast and the result was that a
flood of orders came in from all sec
tions that swamped the creamery men
and wholesalers. With the new price
established. Portland will be up to the
level of Seattle. Tacoma, San Francisco
and the other Coast cities, where butter
on Saturday was quoted at 24 cents,
wholesale.
The lowest Portland jobbing price of
butter this year has been 22V4 cents per
pound. This was also the lowest price
last year, throughout the greater part
of May. Two years ago butter sold
all through May at 20 cents wholesale,
and there was a 20-cent market In the
same period in 1905 and 1904. The rea
son why this item In the cost of living
shows an increase, while many other
commodities are getting cheaper, is easy
to find. The farmers of Oregon pay too
much attention to the growing of po
tatoes, hops and other low-priced crops
and ignore the products, such as butter,
eggs and poultry, which are always
wanted.
Tiny Frog Makes Brave
Men Quake
Harmless I.lttle Creature Disturb
Meeting of Grange, but a Woman
In Equal to Emergency and Expels
Intruder.
"TV T THE3 meeting of Lents Grange last
r Saturday, there happened one of
those little incidents, which often cause a
stampede, when every one present wants
to make a break for the. open country
where there -Is room to get away from
some fearsome beast of prey. All this
was caused by the unexplained presence
of a tiny frog, not larger than a Kansas
grasshopper. How the monster got Into
the Grange hall without even giving the
annual, semiannual, the inner and outer
door passwords, can never be explained.
It had never taken the degrees, but in
the midst of the discussion the frog made
its appearance on the floor, being dis
covered first by a little Granger miss
about 1 year old.
At the sudden appearance of the ter
rible beast, stalwart Grangers turned
pale and curled their feet up under the
benches. The frog hopped toward a group
of Grangers and Grangeresses in one
corner of the hall. If a ferocious tiger
from the jungle had made a dash at the
bunch they could hardly have been more
alarmed.
One brave man, J. C. McGrew tthere is
always some man equal to any emergency
undertook to stop the progress of the
frog, but alas! As he was about to
seize the hopper. It hopped directly at
him and he fell back out of danger. For
tunately the frog now hopped into the
center of the hall, and then there was
a moment of uncertainty, of terrible sus
pense, and the arguments on the single
tax amendment by Judge Seneca Smith,
County Commissioner W. L. Ligtitner,
Professor H. A. Darnall, A. F. Miller and
T. Krueger was suspended at this mo
ment of peril. Nobody In the hall could
tell which direction the fearful beast
would now take.
Just at the Instant when a stampede
through the door and out of the windows
was Imminent, a woman, very pale but
with a determined, look on her face,
marched Into the center of the hall and
seized .the frog in her hand and heaved
it into the street below, thereby saving
the brave men and women from a ter- i
rible fate, by her heroic action. The
single-tax argument was then resumed.
LUMBER-YARD IS BURNED
Xearby Residence Destroyed In an
Early-Morning Fire.
The two-story frame dwelling owned
and occupied by W. D. Woodman, East
Forty-ninth and Caruthers, streets, was
completely destroyed by fire shortly
after 2 o'clock yesterday morning, and
the adjoining lumber yard, owned by
the Suburban Lumber Company, lost
half Its stock of cut lumber. The fire
started In the lumber yard.
The exact origin of the blaze -could
not be learned, for, as far as known,
there were no fires left burning either
at the lumber yard or In the Woodman
home, and at 1:50. o'clock, when the
stableman employed by the lumber
company returned from the city, every
thing appeared to be in good order
and no evidence of a smoldering fire
was seen.
Shortly after 2 o'clock Mr. Woodman,
who had been asleep on the second
floor of his home, was awakened by
the crackling flames in the lumber
yard. , He hastily aroused his wife and
their nine children, and sought safety
In the street. Seeing that their home
was about to take fire from the heat
of the burning lumber, Mr. Woodman
and his family succeeded in rescuing
some of their furniture, which was
carried to a new house they are erect
ing two blocks away, which Is not
yet completed. The old Woodman
home, whicH was the first house erect
ed in Gilham's addition, was complete
ly destroyed, and all that remains
standing Is the brick chimney.
The dry lumber stored In the. yards
burned like tinder and. owing to the
distance' traversed, the fire apparatus
from Montavilla Station was on the
scene too late to be of any aslstance
In ' saving the residence, and. after
stretciiing a line of hose from a drain
age creek 1000 feet from the scene, the
firemen managed to save the offices
of the lumber company and several ad
joining houses and stores.
The total extent of the damage will
be in the neighborhood of J500J, and
Is partially insured. W. G. Boone Is
one of the owners of the lumber company.
Hall. A musical and literary programme
will be rendered. All friends are invited
to attend.
SILK SALE TODAY.
36-inch Black Taffeta Silk, splendid
weight and best J1.25 grade, on sale to
day, at S3c a yard. Don's miss this.
McAllen & McDonnell.
A HEW D3PART0RE,
The cost of Interments has been greatly
reduced by the Holman Undertaking
Company.
Heretofore it has been the custom of
funeral directors to make charges for all
Incidentals connected with a funeral. Tho
Kdward Holman Undertaking Company
the leading funeral directors of Portland
have departed from that custom. When
casket is furnished by us we make no
extra charges for embalming, hearse to
cemetery, outside box or any services that
may be required of us, except clothing
cemetery and carriages, thus effecting i
laving of $25 to $76 on each .funeral.
THE EDWARD HOLMAN lSKDEHTAK-
ING CO.. 220 Third at., cor. Salmon. .-
231
WASHINGTON ST.
PORTLAND
OREGON.
MAKER
OF
MENS
CLOTHES
Milwaukie Circle Entertains.
Milwaukie Home. Training Circle will
give an entertainment tonight in Grange
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