THE MORXIXG OREGOMAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBEI
24, 1908. - g
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tised in our great Xmas advertisements recently are on sale today. Thousands of price placards call
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attention to tne saie values in an departments luuay. nunureus 01 extra salespeople anu a grcauy
augmented delivery service will enable us to give perfect shopping facilities.
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t tS GIFTS AT (
UY YOUR
GIFTS AT
LIPMAN-
WOLFE'S. A gift
in a box or wrapping
paper bearing this
name is doubly ac
ceptable. It is t h e
hall-mark of quality
on dry goods and
K kindred lines, as
notable in its way
as the -word "ster
ling" on si 1 v e r.
C Quality is doubly
valuable when buy-
v, ingf gft s, and the
t; place to find quality
is at "Portland's
most reputable
store." Gifts of sim-
P pie elegance and
r s u r e appeal. Hun
dreds of extra clerks
and widest aisles in
town to make Xmas
shopping a pleasure
at Lipman - Wolf e's.
$4 Long Cape Gloves $1.9?
Another fortunate purchase enables us to offer to the ladies of Portland, without ques
tion, the greatest long glove values ever known in this city. The very best grade of 16
button Kassan Cape Gloves, always sold at $4.00 a pair never less. Also 16 and 12-but-ton
real Kid Gloves, in black, tans, browns and gray, in all sizes, and some whites. Not
the second-grade bargain-counter qualities, but the finest quality Q Q7
gloves l.SJZ
Many Other Xmas-Sale Specials in This Section
Women's Handkerchiefs, Vals. to 35c at 15c
10,000 Women's Swiss Embroidered, Scalloped and Hemstitched Handkerchiefs,
in English eyelet, French and allover designs. Values to 35c, on sale .5C
for.
Many Other Xmas-Sale Specials in This Section -
Regular $3.50 Leather Novelties at $1.98
A big lot of popular Leather Novelties, including Music Rolls, Portfolios, Letter
Racks, Desk Calendars, Clocks, Collar Bags, Cult Holders, uarment . .Hangers,
Sewing Boxes, Flasks, Stickpin Cases, Prescription Pads, Medicine
Cases, etc. Values to $3.50, in one great sale
Many Other Xmas-Sale Specials in This Section
$1.98
Stationary Novelties at One-Third Off Today
All our high-grade Butler's Brass Hammered Copper, Verde and 1 fiff
Polished Brass Desk Sets. Regular $7.50 to $15.00 values at . V3 UJ.1
Many Other Xmas-Sale Specials in This Section
Regular $14.00 Silver Toilet Sets for $8.98
I Sterling Silver Toilet Sets, including brush, comb and mirror. Every piece guar
anteed 925-1000 fine sterling silver. Regular $14.00 ' $8 98
Many Other Xmas-Sale Specials in' This Section
Women's Fancy Hose Supporters Half Price
Al our Women's Fancy Hose Supporters, all styles, in holly boxes, TT-if
regular values 50c to $2.00 for xlctll
Many Other Xmas-Sale Specials in This Section
Sale of Men's Bath Robes and House Coats
Men's $4.95 Bath Robes $3.30
Men's $7.00 Bath Robes $4.65
Men's $7.75 Bath Robes $5.45
Men's $9.00 Bath Robes . . $6.00
Men's $10.00 Bath Robes. .... .$6.65
Men's $11.75 Bath Robes $7.85
Men's $5.50 House Coats. . . . .$2.95
Men's $7.25 House Coats.'. .. .$3.85
Men's $7.75 House Coats $3.95
Men's $9.00 House Coats $4.95
Men's $10.00 House Coats $5.95
Men's $13.75 House Coats.'. . . .$6.95
:if Merry "y
m ..sl. -rr . -' - - w many utner Atnasoaie specials in iniaoection -- ivlany utner Amas-zaie cpeciais in l inspection :.ij-A: , tvi.
Many Other Xmas-Sale Specials in This Section
Regular S5 Framed Pictures $1.95 Each
700 Framed Pictures, variety of subjects, large size, in fine hardwood frames.
Values to $5.00, greatest values ever known to Portland shoppers.
Many Other Xmas-Sale Specials in This Section
Victor Talking Machines at Only $48.20
Splendid Victor Talking Machine, with 12 records your own choice of
subjects 200 needles, needlebox and a superb cabinet for ' j AO rJf
records. A value that cannot be duplicated anywhere for 4Jtk0.v
Many Other Xmas-Sale Specials in This Sectson
Women's Waists, Values to $15, at $5.8?
In accordance with our policy of selling all novelties BEFORE the
end-of-the-season clearance sale, we place on sale today a great assort
ment of all this season's newest and bet styles in finest dress waists,
made of silk, net and lingerie, in white and evening shades. Suitable
for all occasions. Hardly two alike description is im- CJ C OT
possible. Regular values up to $15.00 for ipO.Oz
Many Other Xmas-Sale Specials in This Section
Our Great Jewelry and Silverware Sales Today
Extraordinary reduced prices on Gold Rings, Watches, Brooches, Necklaces, Pins.
Charms, etc. Also on Silverware, Toilet Sets, etc.
Many Other Xmas-Sale Specials in This Section
$5.00 and $6.00 Women's Bath Robes, $4.39
Women's Fancy Figured Blanket Bath or Lounging Robes, with satin trim- EA
ming, very pretty styles. Regular $5.50 and $6.00 values 4p3: -
Many Other Xmas-Sale Specials in This Section
A Great Clearance Sale of Toilet Articles
4
Values up to $7.50 Manicure Sets, Military Sets, Shaving Sets,
Smokers' Sets of all kinds, extra values for today only at
Many Other Xmas-Sale Specials in This Section
$2.48
Reg. $1.25-$1.50 Gift Books Only 79c Each
Beautiful gift editions of standard poetry and prose in chaste silk Jtekke
binding, illustrated, with rubricated pages
Many Other Xmas-Sale Specials in This Section ' ,
Reg. $3.00 Axminster Rugs at $1.98 Each
Handsome Axminster Rugs in beautiful Oriental and conventional QO
designs, rich colorings, size 27x60 inches, regular $3.00 value. . J)X.i0
Many Other Xmas-Sale Specials in This Section .
Sale of Men's and Women's Silk Umbrellas
750 Finest Silk Umbrellas for men and women, in black and colors, choicest im
ported handles such as ivory, gold, slver, pearl trimmed with silver, gunmctal
trimmed and plain :
$5.00 Umbrellas....: $3.25 $7.00 Umbrellas $4.35
$8.00 Umbrellas.: .$5.25 $12.00 Umbrellas.............. 8.50
$10 Umbrellas $6.75
All Our Furs Reduced for Todays Great Sale
$1.75 Furs $1.42
$2.50 Furs $1.98
$3.00 Furs $2.38
$3.50 Furs...... $2.75
$4.00 Furs $3.15
$4.50 Furs $3.55
$5.00 Furs $3.98
$6.00 Furs.; $4.78
$7.50 Furs..... . $5.96
$8.50 Furs, .. $6.78
$10.00 Furs $7.98
$12.00 Furs...... $9.65
$12.50 Furs $9.93
$13.50 Furs $10.90
$15.00 Furs .$11.86
$16.50 Furs $13.22
$17.50 Furs. $13.95
$18.50 Furs $14.65
$20.00 Furs $16.43
$21.50 Furs. $17.20
$22.00 Furs $18.15
$25.00 Furs $19.86
$27.50 Furs $21.85
$30.00 Furs $23.95
$32.50 Furs...... $26.00
$35.00 Furs $28.00
$37.50 Furs. .. ...$29.85
$40.00 Furs $32.60
$42.50 Furs . .' . . .$33.90
$45.00 Furs. . . ..$36.25
$47.50. Furs. $38.00
$50.00 Furs...... $39.50
$55.00 Furs ..$43.75
$57.00 Furs... '...$45.40
$60.00 Furs $47.85
$65.00 Furs. ... ..$52.25
Many Other Xmat-5ale Specials in This Section .
Women's $1.00 Knitted Shawls 85c Each
iHOP EARLY
today and
carry s m all
packages with you.
It will enable you to
avoid the afternoon
crowds and help the
over taxed delivery
service.
Hundreds of extra
clerks, wrappers,
cash boys, delivery
wagons, etc., t o
make your shopping
easier at Lipman
Wolfe's. All packages
bought today will be
d e 1 i v e r ed tonight
without fair.
If in doubt, get a
Merchandse Certifi
cate, enabling the re
cipient to choose his '
or her own gift.
Store will be open
tonight as late as
necessary.
We call special at
tention of Gift Giv
ers to our s uperb
stocks of Jewelry
and' Leather
Goods far bet
ter than those of
any other store and
at half exclusive
dealers' prices. ;
and White Newport
Values $1.00,
Shawls,
85c
Women's Black and White Wool Squares,
with and without fringe, best quality wool.
for. ;
Many Other Xmas-Sale Specials in This Section
Our Great Christmas Sale of Good Books,
Largest selections in-town and lowest department-store sale prices new and
standard fiction, poetry, essays, gift editions, standard sets, dictionaries,
juvenile books, etc. SaSKISlSSiSaE
Many Other Xmas-Sale Specials in This Section
$5.00 Silk Stockings at $2.95 Pair
Women's Black Silk Stockings, with hand-embroidered insteps done
by the cleverest silk hosiery needlewomen. The flower designs are
in black, white and fancy colors. Very profusely yet . q ry Qr
tastefully embroidered, $5.00 values tp.tJO
Many Other Xmas-Sale Specials in This Section
!.'; 'i'.V
HUGE EXPRESS BUSINESS
OFFICES REPORT TREMEXDOVS
HOLIDAY RUSH.
Where Dull Season Was Expected
All Former Records Are Broken
by Heavy Shipments.
CHICAOO. Per. 23. (Special.) rnpre
c"ienttl prosperity Is the Taee at which
the pulse of the Nation la beating, gauged
hv the business of the express com
panies. There is an unbroken stream of
people flowing Into offices loaded down
wftii packages of all sizes and shapes,
and everybody from the officials of the
companies down to the office boys, must
be up and doing every minute of the day
to ke,-p up with the rush.
"The business of this year will not
only exceed last year's but will far out
distance that of two years ago. which
up to now has been our banner year,"
said one of tne officials of the United
States Kxpdress f'ompany today.
"The greatest feature of this year."
snid an official of the American Ex
press Company. "Is the unexpected rush
of holiday business. Firms have let their
stH-ks run low in anticipation of a 'dull
season Now they find an unprecedented
demand which they cannot supply, and
the consequence Is that they must have
In a stock with the shortest delay possible.
sold this week to J. B. Welmer, of Salt
Lake City. The selling price Is said to
run Into six figures, the biggest sale
rever made In the district outside of the
Buster mine, which was bonght two years
ago bv F. W. Bradley, of San Francisco,
and his associates.
J. B.' Welmer Is rated as one of the
leading mining men In Utah.- He owns
lead-copper properties In the southern
part of this state. The Snow Storm
mining property consists of five quartx
claims and SfiO acres of placer ground,
all lying along and adjacent to Red
River.
INVESTIGATE BOISE MEN
BIG MINING DEAL - MADE
Snow Storm Group Sold by Pittock
Brothers of Portland.
ELK CITV. Idaho. Dec. Zi. (Special.)
The Snow Storm group on Red River,
three miles east of Elk City, owned by
J. A. Coverly. of Elk City, and Ralph
and Walter Pittock, of Portland, was
Grand Jury Expected to Furnish
Many Sensations.
BOI3K. Idaho, Dec. 23. In Instructing
the grand jury, called In special session
today. Judge Fremont Wood stated that
evidence Indicated that city officials of
Boise and persons conducting Immoral
house in the redlight district were In
collusion for the protection of such ille
gal resorts, and directed the Jury to
make Investigation.
The Capital State Bank failure and
alleged violations of law In the conduct
cf the State Treasurer's office were other
matters ordered Investigated. In his in
structions concerning the redlight dis
trict. Judge Wood made it plain that the
real offenders were those owning the
property. This Includes some wealthy
residents of Boise, and some sensational
developments are expected.
CHRISTMAS GLOVES.
11.50 French Kid Gloves, 95c: 11.75 grades
at tl.SR. Men's Mocha Gloves. $1 pair.
K Silk Umbrellas. $2.47. $1 and $1.50 Fancy
Hose Supporters (In box), oOc. Boys' J1.25
Sweaters. 6Jc. All Toys. Dolls. Games,
etc.. at cost. McAllen & McDonnell, Third
and Morrison. .
RED TAPE TANGLE IN, BILL
PACIFIC COAST WOULD IXD
POSTAL BANKS SLIGHT AID.
Little Rock. Ark. Fire here early Wednes
day destroyed the building of the Board, of
Trade, causing a total loss of approximately
lloo.ooo. of which tha Board of Trada sus
tained about 150,000. .
Delay oi Month at Least Might Re
sult on Attempt to IVith
. draw Funds.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. Dec. 23. If the postal savings
bank bill should be enacted Into law In Its
present form, the man depositing money
with his postmaster would experience
some difficulty, or rather delay, in with
drawing his account, or checking upon It.
. Funds once deposited with the" post
master, can, under the bill, only be with
drawn In even amounts; that Is, $1 or
some multiple thereof. But this money
cannot be withdrawn directly by the de
positor. He must present an application
for refund of part or all of his money, as
he desires, and that application will be
transmitted by the postmaster to the
Postoffice ' Department In Washington,
where a record of all accounts Is to be
kept. If the department finds that the
amount In the application does not exj
ceed the amount credited to the depos
itor, a check is made out In favor of the
depositor, and drawn upon the local bank
In which the postmaster makes his de
posits, and that check is returned to the
postmaster for transmission to the de
positor. The depositor can then take his
check to the bank and have It cashed.
This system, fraught with red tape,
will prove very annoying to people on the
Pacific Coast, for the time consumed in
transmitting applications to Washington,
having them examined and checks drawn
will, in the nature of things, cause a de
lay of a month or more on each with
drawal. The effect of this feature of the
bill would be to make the postal banks
purely savings institutions, and would
tend to almost entirely prevent with
drawal of funds.
ENGINEER OFFICER COMING
Lieutenant Williams Transferred
From Colorado to Portland.
OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Dec. 23. First Lieutenant Ar
thur Williams, Corps of Engineers, Is
relieved from duty as chief engineer of
ficer, Department of the Colorado, and
will proceed- to Portland, Or., for duty.
Major Mclndoe. Chief of U. S. Engi
neers In charge of the Northwest, when
informed last night that Lieutenant
Williams had been relieved from duty
In Colorado and assigned to Portland,
stated that he. had not been notified by
the Department at Washington that
Lieutenant Williams had been assigned
for duty here and did not know why he
was coming. Major Mclndoe said that
he had not applied to the War Depart
ment for assistance. He was of the
opinion that perhaps Lieutenant Will
lams had been assigned to duty at Van
couver1 Barracks.
SENT TD PRISON FOR LIFE
PETER CLAUDIAXES CONVICTED
IX EIGHT MINUTES.
Jury Takes Only One Ballot on
Greek Who Tried to Blow
, Up Gallagher.
Electric Road lo Priest Lake.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Dec. 23. Senator Heyburn has
Introduced a bill granting the right of
way through the Priest River forest re
serve to the Panhandle Electric Rail
way & Power Company. The bill au
thorizes this company to construct and
operate a railroad, steam or electric,
through the reserve from Its southern
boundary up the valley of Westbranch
Creek for 1 miles, thence northerly to
the lower end of Priest, Lake, and then,
by either water or rail, or both, to the
northern end of that lake. The bill
stipulates that the railroad company
shall cut-no timber for any purpose
outside of the right of way.
London Lloyds mdal for saving life at
sea goes to Miss Kate Gllmour. - stewardess
of the Sardinia, destroyed by Are at Malta
last month. Miss Gllmour refused to leave
the ship until all the women and children
were rescued.
OAKLAND, Cal.. Dec. 23. Peter
Claudianes, the Greek charged with
dynamiting the home. In this city, of
ex-Supervisor James L. Gallagher.
Disease Germs
Cannot harm healthy human
bodies. We cannot have healthy
bodies unless we have pure blood,
the kind of blood that Hood's
Sarsaparilla makes.
This great medicine has an un
equalled, unapproached record for puri
fying and enriching. the blood.
It cures scrofula, eczema, eruptions,
catarrh, rheumatism, anemia, nervous
ness, that tired feeling, dyspepsia, loss
of appetite, general debility, and builds
up the whole system.
Get it today in the nxnal lloniil form nr In
chocolated tablet form called Sanatabs.
COFFEE
The best name for cof-.
fee is one that tells where
the money's to come from,
if you don't like it.
Your rrorer returas roar money if.roa don't
. like Scbilliac's Best: we par aim.
witness In the prosecution of Ruef,
was found guilty by a jury today and
sentenced to a life imprisonment. The
Jury was out only eight minutes, and
a verdict was reached upon the first
ballot.
Claudianes has served time and
Judge Waste Immediately sentenced
him for life to San Quentln.
Gallagher's home was blown up last
Spring. The ex-Supervisor, his wife
and several friends In the house at the
time, narrowly escaped with their
lives. It was the theory of the prose
cution' in the bribery-graft cases that
the attempt was made to put Gallagher
out of the way. in order that he could
not testify against Ruef and other de
fendants, v
Buys Building Site at Walla Walla.
ORBGOXIAX NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. Dec. 23. The Secretary of the
Treasury today authorized the purchase
nf th public building site at Walla Walla
offered by Allen H. Reynolds at a price
of Jia.tCO.
Chaffee. Mo. A local passenger train on
the Chicago & Kaslern Illinois Railroad col
lided with a frelKht train hro Tuesday night,
and f!ve persons v.-ere !n!uiV'd:
G. P. Rummelin fk Sons
126 Second St., Between Wash
ington and Alder
CHRISTMAS SUGGESTIONS
Black Lynx Stoles
and Muffs
Royal Ermine Neckwear and "Muffs.
Sable and Mink Xeekwcar and Muffs,
Beaver and Otter Stoles and Muffs.
FUR GOATS
In Alaska Sealskin, Persian. Lamb, Mink,
Astrachan, Otter and Beaver.
. Fur Rugs and Robes.
Store Open Evenings. -
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Established 1670.