THE MORNING OREGONIAN. MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 1909. Mrs. A. L. Craig, Expert Fitter of "Nemo" Corsets, Is WithUs for Three Weeks Fitting Engagements Can Be Made by Phone or in Person Tike Meier Frails Storeys Greaf, Clearance Sale 3000Garmentsof Men's 1 200 Tall red Suits II 3000 Women's Veils Winter Underwear Women's. Misses' $2 Values for 48c Each 11 $2VaIues95cGarm,t r.fi r . Af (LP V CI. JJ & Sr.HJ For today's great selling event we're going to announce another one of our celebrated bargains in Men's Winter Underwear 3000 garments in this splendid lot Form-fitting ribbed and flat un derwearAll the well-known makes are included Underwear of style, quality and perfect fitting- All sizes in shirts and drawers, natural gray, sal- mon. blue and pink -The stock cleanup of a dozen important mills in the Mohawk valley Men's un- derwear selling regularly at prices up jff" to $2.00 per garment Supply your jf needs at this exceptionally low price Great clearance sale bargains in all lines of Men's For today in Portland's Leading Cloak and Suit Store a sale extraordinary of high-grade Tailored Suits for women and misses The greatest values ever offered at this low price Every garment of this season's manufacture, up-to-date in style and material Made semi and tight-fitting effect, 2 6 Jo 36-inch coats Strictly tailored or edged with braid and satin, others fancy braid and velvet trimmed Black, navy, brown, green, wine and a large assort- ment of fancy stripes and mixtures Broadcloth, serge, herringbone stripes, fancy tweeds and worsteds Fnrnishing Goods-See Morrison-Street Window Suits worth to $28, choice 1 $12.45 Women's 35c Neckwear 1 2c Women's Handkerchiefs at 5 c TnAv-c innnn nlps women's Neckwear in bows, rabats. jabots, stocks, fancy col lars, "croats and embroidered tailored collars all good, desirable pieces; the lOg best regular 23c and 35c values buy all you want of it at this low price, ea. Todav, 1000 dozen women's Handkerchiefs in crossbar, also plain and colored hemstitched styles; best regular 10c values, on sale af this special low price, ea.. Great clearance bargains in Gloves, Ribbons, Handkerchiefs, eihngs, etc. bee them. SaIe"Perrins"&icl Gloves Great clearance sale reductions on our entire stock of suits, coats, costumes, wraps, skirts, waists, pet- ticoats, kimonos, tea gowns, etc. Greatest assort- ment and the best values always On Second Floor Clearance Sale of Our Entire Stock of Millinery Take advantage 200 Winter Coats, Regular $16.50 Values $7.85 Each Today, a special offering of 200 Women's and Misses' Coats in and long, semi fitting and Empire Coats; plain tailored '6r fancy braid and velvet-trimmed; materials in storm serge, broadcloth, tweed and covert; black, navy blue, wine, ffy Oc tan and assorted mixtures; all new, this season's coats; $16.50 vals., ea P OJ $ 1 .50 Values at89c Pair Sale Women's Fine Shoes $4.00 Values for $2.65 Today we have a Great Clearance Sale of fering of Women's Veils in chiffon, lace and net A special purchase from a large New York importing house enables us to place on sale values up to $2.00 at 48c each -Beautiful patterns in grand assortment styles suitable for veils, scarfs and hat drapes 11-2 and 2 yard lengths Black, white, gray, brown, light blue, pink, red, cream, navy, etc. Just the veils you want for present wear Values up to $2.00 each, your choice for this great surprise sale Mail orders will receive our 'careful attention Clearance Sale of Hosiery Take advantage 50c"Phoenix"Mirfflers at 29c $2.00 Handbags 98c Each For today's great Clearance we offer 500 bf the popular "Phoenix" Mufflers in various colored stripes only; regular 50c values, on sale while they last at, each. .29 Today, 3000 women's leather Handbags in desirable shapes and all sizes; leather lined and fitted with coin purse; black, tan and brown; values up to $2, at, ea. .OS Clearance Sale of Leather Goods Great Values Supply your needs Batiste, Baby Irish Waistings $3.50 Values $1.47 In the Waist department for today's Great Clearance Sale A remarkable spe- Forjoaygitcjeupf20pjirs Perrinsfine kid gloves Two-clasp styles for women Black, white, tan, mode, red, grey, green gloves - Broken 89c and navy All new, perfect size assortment Gloves sold regularly at $ 1 .50 pair Your choice today at thi s exceptionally low price a pair Great clearance sales of women's hosiery, umbrellas, leather goods Clearance sale table linens, bed linens, towels, wash goods. Clearance sale lace curtains Third Floor Clearance sale carpets, rugs Third Floor p-" Clearance sale silk, dress goods and laces Clearance sale of silverware and cut glass 500 Dozen Pillow Cases 9c Each Great offering of 500 dozen good heavy cotton Pillow Cases, size 45 by 36 inches, Q hemmed ready for use. Buy all you want of them at at this special low price, ea. 2-Pound Squares Butter 74c In the Grocery Department today, a great weekly offering of good Cream- 74f ery Batter, full two-pound squares; buy all you want of it at this low price. No mail or telephone orders will be filled at this price. On sale in the Basement Store. For today a timely of fering of Women's High Grade Footwear a de cisive clean-up of standard styles m the very best makes Black gun metal 1 . . 4 caii, tan ana Russian cai i cial offering of magnificent 27-inch waistings in combinations of Batiste and Baly Irish inser tingExquisite designs and large assortment for your selection An advantageous purchase from a New York lace importing house en ables us to offer values up to $3.50 a yard at this won- $1.47 derfully low price, per yard Come early if you want the best values By far best bargain of its kind you have ever had the opportunity to share in Take advantage alidblackpatentcolt-Dull Clearance Sale Dress Trimmings and Findings tops, swing or straight tips, welt soles, Cuban heels, sizes 2 1-2 to 7 Widths A to E All new high-grade shoes with best models Shoes we guarantee to give thor ough satisfaction in every particular Women's fine shoes that find ready sale "Lindsay"lncandescentLights Complete on Sale at 49c Each the Big Basement Store for today a sensational offering of 2000 of the cele ated "Lindsay" Incandescent Gas Lights, complete with imported globe and AQc st Lindsay burner and mantle. Phone orders filled. On sale today at, ea . . . every day of the year at Best "Lindsay" Mantles on Sale 10c Each $4.00 per pair Antici- pateyour p resent and future needs at this marvelously low price, pair $2.65 In the Basement Store for today, 5000 of the genuine 'Lindsay" Gas Man- 1 Qc ties of the best quality; buy all you want of them at this special low price, ea. Clearance Sale of Kitchen Goods in the Bsement Look to your needs ii . l ... LIBIT Prominent Soloists to Appear at. Tonight's Benefit. PROGRAMME IS COMPLETE Society Is Exiwtd to Turn Out In Large Xnmtx-rs to Attend Per formance IV ho Proceeds Go to Quake Sufferers. Everything: Is In readiness for the benefit concert to be given tonight at the Bungalow Theater, under the au spices of many of Portland's leading: society people. The proceeds will go to the earthquake sufferers of Messina. Sirs. Rose Coursen Reed. Madame Xor elll. Dom Zan and Stuart McGulre will share honors In the musical programme and In addition to the vaudeville stars that will help make up the programme. L number of local amateurs have vol unteered their services. The money that will be raised through the sale of tickets for the con cert will be turned over to Col. David M. Dunne, treasurer of the local relief fund. George L Baker donated the use of his pretty little playhouse for this purpose and in order to give the thea ter for Monday night, he will send the Baker Stock Company to Astoria. The arrangements for the entertainment have been looked after by Frank B. Riley and he has balanced his pro gramme so that nothing short of an unforieen accident can mar its suc cess. The sale of seats for the concert has been surprisingly large in spite of the weather conditions. It is believed by "the society women who are patronesses of the concert that every seat will be sold before the curtain goes up to night. By Saturday night, practically everyone who had purchased a seat for the concert had their tickets exchanged" for better seats, so that almost every reserved seat has been taken. There was also a fine demand for the box seats and the loses, some of them bringing fancy prices. A part of the programme that will be sure to attract a great deal of atten tion is the appearance of Madame Norelli. Madame Norelli has not been heard in Portland since she achieved such wonderful success as her recent tour of Europe proved. She has an ex ceptionally fine dramatic soprano and will sing an aria and It it can be ar ranged she will be accompanied by an orchestra under the leadership of Slg nor De Caprlo. Mrs. Reed has not an nounced what she will sing, but those who have heard Mrs. Reed, and there are not many music lovers In the city who have not, know that whatever she will sing will be very good. Mr. Zan and Mr. McGuire are also well known. Every florist In the city will donate flowers for the concert. These flowers will be sold through the audience by a number of prominent young society women as will also the programmes. It Is the hope of those who have labor ed hard and anxiously for the success of the concert, that the amount raised will bring Portland's subscription up to $10,00U. NEEDS MORE ROOM UNITARIANSJMLL MEET. The annual meeting of the First Uni tarian Society will be held tomorrow (Tuesday) evening at 8 o'clock at the chapel. Seventh and Yamhill streets. Re ports of the ministers, the trustees and the different organisations of the church will be presented and at the close of the business meeting refreshments will be served. Members of the society end all others interested in the Unitarian faith are most cordially invited to be present. AT HALFPRICE. Half regular price on all coats, suits, skirts, etcr also great reductions on household supplies. Come today. McAUen & McDonnell. Third and Morrison. Astoria Promises Relief. ASTORIA. Or., Jan. 4. (Special.) Mayor Wise has issued an anpeal to the citizens of Astoria, asking for contribu tions to the fund for aiding the stricken districts of Italy and Sicily. It is ex pected that quite V sum will be raised here, and Manager Lamar of the local Western Union office has notified the Mayor that he will transmit the money free of charge. Beall & Co. have moved to their new brick warehouse at 309-316 East Yamhill, opposite the John Deere Plow Co. Shoes at factory cost Rosenthal'. Portland' Postoffice Is Badly Cramped for Space. MAY USE DEPOT OFFICES Postmaster Minto Plans to Install Mailing Department at Tnlon Station, Leaving More Room for Distribution at Main Office. Portland needs a larger Postoffice. This fact was never more emphasized than during the recent Christmas rush. In order to handle the regular mails that are distributed from the office, every foot of available space Is in use, and so close together do the clerks have to work that even the efficiency of the department Is hampered. Just how to make the present quar ters of the Postoffice serve has been a source of worry to Postmaster Minto. In order to meet the growth of the office business and keep up the high standard which the local office has maintained since Mr. Minto became Postmaster has been a very perplexing question. When the office was moved into the present building' several years ago. it was thought there would be more than room enough for many years to come, but the volume of business has Increased so rapidly that Postmaster Minto Is at his wits end trying to solve the problem of making mora room. Portland has asked of Congress an appropriation of $2,500,000 for a new building and grounds,, but even If this appropriation was passed at this ses sion of Congress, it would be all the way from Ave to ten years before the building would be ready for use. It is the history of all Government build ings that contractors take their own time in constructing them. Knowing this. Postmaster Minto has taken up the question of more space with the Postoffice Department at Washington, especially with the department of sal aries and allowances. At first Postmaster Minto thought of adding to the much-r.eeded space by putting the mailing department In the basement of the present building, but the basement Idea has practically been abandoned because of the wretched ventilation and lights. It would cost a great deal to make the basement fit for habitation. He also thought of double-decking the present mailing room, but this plan he has found to be practically impossible. On occasions when officials of the salaries and al lowances department have visited the local office. Postmaster Minto has called their attention to the growing needs of Portland, and has .been promised re lief. He has also taken the matter up directly with the authorities at Wash ington. , Postmaster Minto believes the best way to solve the problem Is to place the mailing department at the Union Depot.; His Idea, and one which he has recommended to . the department at Washington, Is to either rent space In the Depot proper, or secure rooms In a nearby building. ' If this is done, the entire mailing division will be moved out of the present building and estab lished at the Depot. This move would not only solve the problem of mor space at the present building, but would greatly simplify the matter of distributing the outgoing and incoming mails. The question has been thor oughly investigated by Mr. Minto, and he believes by having the mailing di vision at the Depot, or so near the railroad that It would not be necessary to load the sacks in wagons and bring them uptown for distribution, two hours would be saved In the de livery time. By having the mailing department at the Depot, all of the mails, going both ways, would be sorted and sacked there. WE ABB PATIXO 10c for good dressed, fat veal up to 130 pounds. Large veal from 7c to 9c 8c for good dressed pork, any size. 15c for good dressed chicRens. 22c for good dressed turkeys. 15c for good dressed geese. 20c for 'good dressed ducks. SHIP AT ONCE BY EXPRESS. We Do Not Charge Commission Oa Anything. We want all kinds of livestock. Can use any quantity or cattle, calves, sheep, lambs, and hogs. FRANK L. SMITH MEAT CO., "Ficbttn the Beef Trust," PORTLAND, OREGON. All of the deliveries, both city and sub urban, would also bo started from that place. The Postoffice would have the advantage of the streetcar service, also. As It is now, all of the incoming mail, after it has been taken from the car. Is placed In wagons ' and brought to the main office before It Is sorted and de livered. Then when it is sorted the suburban mail Is again loaded Into wagons and placed on the streetcars. With the mailing department at or near the Depot, the sacks could be loaded onto trucks and carted into the distributing-rooms. With the mailing department out of the way In the local office, the present building would serve until the new building Is completed. It would also give Postmaster Minto a chance to In stall two additional general delivery windows. At present there are only four, and the volume of business done at these windows shows the absolute need of at least two more windows, making In all six. The general delivery windows are kept open 16 hours, and even with these long hours the crowds esDeclallv during the day time, are large in the corridor. Had there been plenty of space, especially for handling the flood of registered mall that reached the city during the Christmas holidays, It would not have taken a week before all of the mail was deliv ered. With Mr. Minto it was not a question of help It was a question of space in which to open the sacks. These are the cuts of meat to buy nowadays something that will stick to your ribs meats that will put grit into you and place you In condition to enjoy to the utmost these sleigh-riding, snow-balling, ice-skating days. Smith has -tons and tons of his own matchless, sweet-pickled lean cuts of Pork for boiling, 12V2 per lb. They are from the shoulders and breasts of Oregon grain-fed Pig Pork. Smith's famous Pig Pork Sausage, pure, fresh, unadulterated 12V 10 and 12 Shoulder Roasts of Pork Solid, lean Roasts of Pork, off the leg IS1 and 15 . Pork Chops I2V2 and 15 Smith's Sugar-Cured Hams or Half Hams 15 Smith's Sugar-Cured Breakfast Bacon 16 and 172 Smith's Picnic and Cottage Hams 10 and 122 To get Smith's meats at Smith's prices at the Alder-street market, you must be careful to avoid the markets which our opponents have started on both sides of us. Come to 226 Alder Street, and see .that Smith's name and "Pighting the Beef Trust" are over the door. FRANK L. SMITH MEAT CO. "FIGHTING THE BEEF TRUST 228 ALDER STREET, BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND STREETS ois w I iiiiirt ivio aviinuii 791 MISSISSIPPI AVENUE TWELFTH STREET, BETWEEN BOND AND COMMERCIAL, ASTORIA 253 TAYLOR STREET (UNIONTOWN), ASTORIA 231 WASHINGTON ST. PORTLAND OREGON. MAKER OF MENS CLOTHES lr. Lyon's PERFECT Tooth Powder Cleanses, preserves and beautifies the teeth, and . 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