kROM. top to bottom The Big Store teems with unmatchable economies on
bright, new just-bought Spring merchandise! naraiy a aeparimeni inai
doesn't boast of some timely, helpful March event on which buyers have planned
months ahead, with special trips to the market and searching everywhere to
secure for vou the best March bargains in our history.
Read every word of the stirring price-news told below and remember that
back of each and every purchase stands the 54-years-old Meier & Frank
guarantee of perfect, satisfaction or money back.
Removal Sale of Men's Underwear
FIBST FLOOR. BfAIX BllLDIXO. , ORDER BI BAlh
IN POINT of assortment, reliability of make and all-around sat
isfaction, our. great stock of Men's TJnderwear has no equal in
the Northwest!
The daily increasing business has demanded, an enlargement or the de
partment. And to reduce stocks before changes occnr, we're planned this great
Removal Sale, with splendid cut prices on practically every line of Men's new
Summer Underwear. Sale begins promptly at 8 o'clock this morning.
See-big Morrison-6treet window display.
75c Gotham Underwear, 59c
Men's famous Gotham brand athletic
style Shirts and Drawers. Fine, cool
nainsook sleeveless Shirts and knee-
length Drawers. Best 0CCQ
$1.50 Underwear $1.39
grades in the Removal sale, ea.
$1.25 Underwear 98c
Men's famous Norfolk &
Brunswick light weight
Cashmere Shirts and Draw
ers, florin z weaves in nat
ural eray color.
$1.23 grade now for
$1 Underwear at 89c
The well-known Cooper
Spring Needle form-fitting
Shirts and Drawers for men,
in blue, salmon or QQ
white. $1 garments OcC
The f O
$1.50 Underwear $1.19
Men's famous Illma silk-finished Lisle
Shirts and Drawers in blue, white or sal
mon. Summer weight with long or short
sleeve and ankle length. $1.50 C 1 1 Q
garments; all sies. Now at
75c Underwear 38c
Five thousand Men's new Spring and
Summer weicht Balbrijnran and Lisle
Shirts and Drawers in white with hairline
stripe of salmon, pick or bine. The 90.
re (Hilar 75e grades, priced at each'-'
Other Gotham Underwear
$1.60 Gotham Union Suits for SI. 29
$2.00 Gotham Union Suite for S1.89
$3.00 Gotham Union Suits for $2.69
$4.00 Gotham Union Suits for S3. 59
$5.00 Gotham Union Suits for $4.49
$ 1 .25 Underwear 98c
Root's Wool Tivoli Spring
Shirts and Drawers for men.
Fine full-fashion, perfect fit
ting garments. Reg- Q Q
at
$ I. CO Underwear 69c
One hundred dozen Men's fine quality
While Lisle Underwear in new Spring and
Summer weights. Shirts and Drawers in
all sizes. They 're $1 garments in ?Q
WW
every way. Kemoval bale price ea
$2.00 Union Suits $1.39
The famous Lewis Union Suits for men,
in medium weights of ecru Balbriggan.
One of the best makes in the country. A
prnde that sells everywhere at fljl v
$2 suit. Removal Sale price P
Munsing and Vassar Underwear
$1.50 Munsing & Vassar, union, $1.39
$2.00 Munsing & Vassar, union, $1.89
$3.00 Munsing & Vassar, union, $2.69
$3.50 Munsing & Vassar, union, $2.98
Cooper's famous mercer
ized lisle Form-fitting Shirts
and Drawers for men, in
flesh and blue. Finely fin
ished in best
Spring weights DXaO7
$1.50 Underwear $1.29
Fine Koenig Imported
German "Wool light weight
Shirts and Drawers for men,
in lontr or snort sieeves, in
ankle lengths,
low price ,each
$1.29
ular $1.25 grade
Boys Underwear
Boys' and Youths' famous
Munsing brand Union Suits
in all the new Spring
weights. All sizes. Special at
the suit only 89.JQ
69 and as low asJiC
Boys' Underwear $1.39
Famous Globe brand of
Union Suits and separate
Shirts and Drawers for boys
and youths. "Wool worsteds.
All sizes. Spe- d 1 QQ
cial at 89 and nff 1
Men's 50c Underwear
at 39c
Men's Derby ribbed and
flat Balbriggan Shirts and
Drawers in light and medium
weights, ecru or UQQl
Best 50c garments JjC
:M fi
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50 Models in
Spring Suits
Between $15 and $25
MADAM, save delay
and useless trouble
by first inspecting the Big
Store's splendid assortments
of stylish, moderate-priced
Tailored Suits!
. . In easy price-steps be
tween $15 and $25 are fully
50 chic new models of serges,
worsteds, tweeds and man
v nish mixtures in a charming
array of Spring -colors. Many
are shown with distinctive
style-features.
-$15. $18. $20. $22.50. $25
The New Spring Skirts
Are ready in splendidly complete assort
ments. Serges, Panamas, Toiles, "Worst
eds and smart mannish mixtures in black,
white, navy, pray, etc., also the modish
line-striped materials. J q fljl C
The prices range front J5 O 1 Dlu
The New Spring Dresses
For outing and afternoon wear, parties
and other amusements, a lovely selection
of one-piece Dresses is ready. Percales,
Chambrays, Ginghams, Voiles, Marqui
settes in most wanted co 7 C?f
colorings. Priced at P- J-PU
Semi-Annual Bed and Bedding Sale
$20 Brass Beds as
' Illustrated $13.50
Famous "American Beauty"
Brass Beds, with 2-inch posts and
five filling rods, as shown in
drawing above." Satin finish, with
guaranteed lacquer. Worth $20,
special for the d O Cft
Semi-Annual Sale u) A OaOV
$3.75 Metal Beds $2.29
"Well-built, durable I ron Beds,
with angle iron head and foot, in
three feet six inches and four feet
six-inch size. Best regular $3.75
Beds, special for the Great Semi
Annual Sale at the rt ty OA
low price of only DMMt
$5.75 Beds Exactly as
Pictured $4.19
Splendid Iron Beds, finished in
high - grade white and green
enamel.- "Well made, exactly like
picture above. Excellently fin
ished, sturdy and durable. "Worth
$5.75. For the great df 1 Q
Semi-Annual Sale at X
$6.50 Sanitary Couches$4.98
Strong Sanitary Steel Couches
the kind which most stores sell
for $6.50. Made of strong chill
less steel, with two rows of sup
ported steel springs. For the
great Semi - Annual dy QQ
sale at only, each OntavO
ft II 8 yft .
$17.50 Steel Beds
as Pictured $1 1.98
Made with a 2-inch continuous
post and -inch fillers, exactly as
shown in picture above. Made of
chill-less steel, in Vernis Martin
finish. Heavy malleable . jaws;
$17.50 Beds, spe- Ail AO
cially priced, only D J. A IO
$3 Yum Yum Springs, $ 1.79
Just think of it the price in
this great Semi-Annual Sale on
$3.00 famous Yum Turn Springs
is $1.79! Strong, elastic springs,
made of sturdy wire fabrics, with
3 rows of coil sup-,
porters. Priced at
$1.79
The Famous Ostermoor Mattresses Greatly Reduced
Sole
Ostermoor Mattr
Oregon Agts
Thrnup-Ti smecial arrangements with the Oster
moor Company, the following compelling reduc
tions will be in force all week on-these world
famous Mattresses: .
$30.00 Ostermoor Mattresses, extra thick $18.50
$18.00 Ostermoor Mattresses, two pieces $13.25
$17.00 Ostermoor Mattresses, two pieces $12.TM
$16.50 Ostermoor Mattresses, one piece, at $12.50
$11.70 Ostermoor Mattresses, 3 ft. 6 in., at $10.00
Removal Sale of Books Continued!
FIRST FLOOR, MAIJf BUILDING. . ORDER BT MAIL.
NEXT Monday morning we shall move our Book Section to larger quarters
" on the 5th floor. To facilitate the change a great cut-price sale on Novels,
Children's Books, Encyclopedias, etc., has been arranged. Take advantage of savings today.
Sale Edition de Luxe
$22.50 Set of Robert Burns for only $6.38
$9.00 Set of Dante, 4 volumes, for $2.44
$18.00 Set De Maupassat, 5 volumes, $5.07
$67.50 Set Dickens, 20 volumes for $18.00,
$30.00 set of George Eliot at only $8.07
$20.00 Set of Emerson, 6 volumes, $5.63
Bibles at One-Fourth Less
85c Crystal Text Bibles now selling at 65
$2.00 Text Brevier Bibles for only. $1.50
$2.25 Standard Bibles, now selling at $1.69
$2.50 Teacher's Bibles for this sale at $1.85
15o Cloth Testaments now selling at only 9
35c Leather Testaments, 2x3 inches, for 25
Great Opening Sale of Gloves
. wwv t'ti nivr- ORDER BY MAIL.
CLOSE to a hundred thousand pairs of new Spring
Gloves for men, women and children at compell
ing reductions for this great Opening Sale! Note a
few of the economies:
3.50 "Madame Sherry" Puffs $1.98
MKZIAMMC FLOOR, EW BLD&.
ESSENTIAL to the present mode of Uair
dreswine are the very pretty "Madame
Sherry" Puffs, with their countless rinfrlet and
toft curls. Made of nanitarv, human hair in alt
hade. Sell rrcularly at $3.50. CI QQ
On Meeial sate for today at only
- r - -
$15 Transformations
of first quality, hu
man hair, in all the
wanted shade. Speeial
for tnday CQ ylQ
only, each vO'J
$6.50 Switches, of
exceptional quality hu
man hair, in all wanted
shades. Full 20 inch
lenirth. To- flJO QQ
day special
$2.00 PUFFS AND SWITCHES, SPECIAL 98c
A splendid social purchase of Puffs and Switches which enables you to
save more than half price!
Made of sanitary, human hair, in all shades. Recnlar $2 Puffs QQ.
and Switches, marked at the special low price for today only
Women's $1.25 and $1.50 Per
rin's Gloves, French kid, 1
and 2-clasp style. Pr. 9SS
Women's $1 Gloves of Ger
man lambskin, 2-clasp style.
Tair 67c.
Women's $3.50 and $4 Kid
Gloves, 8, 12 and 16-button
lengths. Pair $1.03.
Women's $1.50 Perrin's Pique
and Overseam Gloves, spe
cial, pair, $1.33.
Women's 50c and 75c' Silk
Gloves, with double finger
tips. Pair, 33
Men's $2 Perrin's French Kid
Gloves, in all weights. The
pair. $1:35. . i'S
Men's $2 Gloves, in the new
lierht and medium tan
shades. The pair, $1.29.
Men's Kayser Chamoisskin
Gloves, in smoke, gray, etc.
Special, pair, 45S
(Shi
Our Great Semi-Annual
Sale of Bedding, Etc.
THIRD FLOOR, MA IX BUILDING.
SHEETS, Pillow Cases, Blan
kets, Comforts, every want
ed article of dependable Bedding now
wears a reduced-price tag for the great
Semi-Annual Sale !
COMFORT SPECIALS
$1.35 Silkoline Comforts, sp'l $1.15
$1.50 Silkoline Comforts, spl $1.35
$2.00 Silkoline Comforts, sp'l $1.59
$3.00 Silkoline Comfort3, sp'l $2.65
$2.25 Silkoline Comforts, sp'l $1.81
ORDER BY MAIL.
THE BLANKET SPECIALS
$3.50 Wool Blankets at $2.65
$8.00 Wool Blankets at $6.50
$4.50 Wool Blankets at $3.65
$5.50 Wool Blankets at $4.45
$7.00 Wool Blankets at $5.15
$8.00 Wool Blankets at $6.95
$9.00 Wool Blankets at $7.15
specials in sheets,etc.
75c Sheets, bleached, seamless,
torn and hemmed. Spl 65
$1.50 Spreads, honeycomb or
crocheted patterns. Special
$1.29.
Pillow Cases, 45x36 inches.. Ex
cellent quality. Special 13.
Sheeting, heavy bleached qual
ity. Special, yard 25.
Sheeting splendid quality, eight
quarter size. Yard 23.
Cretonnes Keynote Summer Draperies
EACH year the demand for Cretonnes to be used as cheery, bright Summer
hangings and upholsterings has increased. Each year more attention has
been given to designs but never before has there been such beauty and va
rietv of pattern and colorings as in the 1911 assortments! .
Both imported and domestic Creto nnes are ready in hundreds of beautiful
floral, bird and conventional patterns. Prices, yard, 20, 25, 35 and 50
New Drapery Fabrics
New Satines, Silkolincs,
Denims, Zephyrs, Tissues,
Romanian Cloth, Taffetas,
and other Drapery Fabrics
now ready. Trices range
from VSyzt to 50
New Sundour" Curtain
Fabrics
Both plain and figured
poplin weaves in absolutely
fast colorings. Rich lustrous
qualities with black or white
warp. Yd, 75 to $1.50
Vudor Porch Shades
Yudor Porch Shades now
ready in all sizes and styles ;
4-foot size $2.75; 6-foot
size, $3.75; 8-foot size,
$4.50; 10-ft. djP -A
size for only d)UuU
Curtain Samples 29c
AIJj THE Curtain Corners two big mills had on
hand something like 2CXX) of them for today's
celling on the Basement Bargain Square at 29c !
Madras, Nottingham and other weaves in scores of pretty pat-,
tern. Come li to lVs yards long and from 2 to 4 Curtains of a
pattern. White, ecru and Arabjn curtains made to sell in
pairs at $2 to $4. Special today-ou the Basement Bar- nn
gain Square your choice of these Curtain samples atC
Japan Style Rice 5 Pounds for 21c
BASEMENT, MAIN BUILDING. ORDER BY MArL.
ONE OF the best suggestions for the housewife with
a typical lenten meal to prepare is Rice, and the
hundreds of tempting dishes in which it may be uti
lized. Here's a rousing special today on Japan style Eice
large head, selected grade! Fine C-IIc O 1 r
mialitv. Sr)ecial todav at onlv iUo 1C
j - x w v .
Beans, small, white kind. Special
today, o pounds jZ&c
Bntter, famous Butternut brand,
from pure pasteurized cream.
Special, 2 pounds 67
Batter, local product, made ex
pressly for us. Guaranteed pure.
2 pounds 57
Lard, "ye olde fashioned," kettle
rendered. Special 5 pounds 73
60c Frou Frou Wafers, special to
day, pound 47
Grape Fruit, California Seedless
grade, 15e quality -10; 10c
quality 7t
Hams, little California Picnic
grades, pound 13
Granulated Sugar, fine grained.
' Pure white. Special, 100 pounds
$5.40
Dry Granulated Sugar, specisi 100
pounds Jo.Zo; 1 pounds $1
Victor - Flour, special, barrel
$5.25; bag, 51.37
Oregon Italian Prunes, - large size
box, special 93?
Evaporated Apples, regularly 15c;
today, pound 11
Evaporated Peaches, special, the
pound S -Evaporated
Apricots, special, the
pound 17
Oranges, "El Cajon" brand. Reg
ular 50c grade, dozen 37h 35e
grade 25J
Dr. Johnson's Educator Crackers,
special package 23
Anker's Bouillon Capsules, special,
box 28
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