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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1912)
1 IS THE MORXTXG OREGONTAN, SATURDAY. JANUARY 20, 1913. Every Mother Should Read "From the Valley of the Missing," a Beautifiil Story, $1.1 8, Basement Book Store Rental Bureau, 4th Floor Store Open Tonight Until 9:30 Precede the Saturday Night Theater Engagement by Our $1.00 Table d'Hote Dinner, From 5:30 tog Meier (ffit Frank 3d Annual Amateur Aviation Contest Zfoys anti Girls, You Have Until Febr'ry 12 to Prepare Model Aeroplanes First Prize, $30 All Portland will greet with interest this announcement of oar Third Annual Amateur Ariation Contest and Meet, which opens February 17, nnder the auspice of the Y. 1L C A. Many will remember last year's aoeeasfol meet, which brought out hundreds of contestants and in the final tests net several new world's records for flights of model aeroplanes. The eoming event will be open to any boy or girl of 18 and under, the only conditions being that model mast be made by exhibitor. An expert in aeronautics will be on the fifth floor with models and plans of the different types of aircraft, to rive advice and help to those who desire it. Entries close Monday night, February 12. SCHEDULE OP PEIZES. First Prize $30 in Cash I Third Prize $10 in Cash Second Prize $20 in Cash 4th Prize, $7.50 Mdse. Order Fifth Prize $5 Merchandise Order Five prizes of a year's subscription to Air craft, an aeronautic magazine, $1.50 each. Y. M. C. A, MEMBERSHIP PRIZES The T. M. C. A. offers membership prizes to boys whose model aeroplanes eome nearest making a successful flight from top of The Meier &Frank Store to Y. M. C. A. building, Seventh and Taylor. Best Flight Year's Membership ($10) 2nd Best Flight.. 6 Months' Membership ($5) 3rd Best Flight. .3 Months' Membership ($3) tAr tzsyc,. Annua! Clearance xJl Annual Clearance j The Stationery Clearance! 50c Boxes of Linen Paper, 29c Yon'll wait a long time before yon'll find another snch offer as this. Fall poand pacKages of Pineapple and Evan geline Linen Paper, in white and dainty tints Q nf hlni or rfrav. Onr 50c rade. Clearance. oKtf & SI to $2.50 Fountain Pens, special 59 Crane's Highland Linen Paper, with two initial die monogram, spe'l 47? 25c Crane's Linen Paper for only 1S 2 for 5c Scratch Pads, the dozen, 10 100 Calling Cards, from your own plate, special today only at this price 6S 100 Cards and Plate, in plain script, special today at this price $1.40 100 Cards and Plate, in old English or . French, special today only at $1.90 100 Cards and Plate, in shaded old English, special for today at $2.S9 25c Bicycle Playing Cards, special XI t $69 Matchless Grafonola Offer! Machine, Cabinet and Records, All FIFTH FLOOR MTW BtfLDIXK. It's the most extraordinary Talking Machine offer ever made in Portland prove it for yourself today! For a limited time only we have combined this -New Favorite Grafonola, In mahogany or quar tered oak. advertised on back page of Satur day Evening Post this week. Large, handsome Cabinet to match, in either finish; will hold hundreds of records. 14 selections, including Caruso In "BJgoIet to," and Richard Jose in "Silver Threads Among the Gold." We positively have only 23 of these outfits to sell at $9, so don't wait! It's a bona Tide offer not a number or records combined with machine at an odd price. A payment of $15 sends the entire outfit homo to day balance to 6uit your convenience. 11 The Great Clothing Clearance Is Nearing Its End Men, come today, with months of Winter and early Spring weather ahead. One of these fine all-wool Suits or Overcoats at the clearance price Is a splendid investment Oar entire immense stocK, with only the staple bines and blacKs excepted, divided into two lots. Only a few more days of sale. Any $15 to $18 Suit, Overcoat, Rain coat, Today for The identical garments on which we set a new standard of value-giving this season at $15 and $18! Well tailored, all-wool Suits and Overcoats. Also black Craven ettes and English Slipon Raincoats. Third Floor $11.50 Any $20 to $35 Suit, Overcoat, Rain-gH coat, in Clearance O cn JLIJh Clothing-from the finest manufac turing tailors in the country. An un restricted choice of any fancy Suit, Overcoat or Raincoat, whether $20, $25, $28, $30 or $35, for this sweeping January Sale $18.50 Sensational Clearance Men's J eat laold Katf aa. .to $ 2.50 UnderwY 92c Celebrated Cooper, Wright's, NorfoIK and New BrunswicK and other maKes. Fine lambs' wool. cashmere wool, worsted wool. $1.50, $2, $2.50 grades merino, natural wool, various colors; all sizes; our To $1.50 Underw'r 74c This lot, too, made up of the most famous makes of Men's fine wool and cotton Underwear in medium and heavy weights I Shirts and Drawers in all sizes. 7 A This is our regular $1, $1.25 and $1.50 line of Underwear, specially priced at ' Women's Pure Silk Hose 87 c FIRST FLOOR BfAIJf BOLDIXG. ORDER BT MAIL. Women who delight in SilK Hosiery won't want to miss this extra special today. Pare thread SilK Hose with lisle tops and split soles, every pair guaranteed to give satisfaction. r jy BlacK and colors. An extraordinary quality; for today Q ft C Women's 60c Hose Of fine black cashmere with pray split soles. Full-fashioned and with deep gar ter tops. Specially QQ priced for today at JJ $L25 Outslae Silk Hose For women. Of fine, pure thread silk. Rein forced with lisle tops and split soles. only. T o s. Black OCr day tOwC Women's S5o nose Fa mous B arson "knit to fit" and Black Cat Uose in out sizes. Made with seamless feet and ribbed tops Q 7 Black only. Pair C S5o Silk Lisle Hose Splendid wearing, medium weight quality. Full-fashioned and in black only. Specially priced to- OQ day at, a pair""'C Children's 25o Hose Fa mous for their . wearing qualities, for they're made with linen heels and toes. Black only. Special, three pairs for 35, or the 1 Q pair offered at only fC Infants' 25c Hose Odds and ends of lisle and cash mere stockings. In black and colors. For the Sat urday sale they 1 O U are priced, pair dJC Reg. $1.50 Leather Kodak Albums 73c The biggest reductions in. Kodak Albums we've ever made. An extra sperial on $1-60 genuine Gopher grain leather-covered Albums. Have 50 leaves. 7x 10-inch specially 7 Q priced for Saturday at only - $1.25 Imitation Leather Albums, with 60 leaves, 10xl2-incn. UV?. $2.25 Walrus Leather Albums, with 60 leaves. lOxlZ-incn, Sli 75c Silk Covered Albums, with 60 leaves, 7xl0-in. at 47 $1.00 Silk Covered Albums, with 50 leaves. 10x1 2-inch, at tt3 $2-50 Seal and Gopher grained Leath er Albums, 50 lvs 9X14-UL, 91.59 $3.00 Seal grained Leather Albums, with 60 leaves. Ilxl4-incb S1.S9 $4.00 Seal and Gopher grained Leath er Albums. 100 Ivl, 11x11. 32.38 New Velvet Bows 25c FIRST FLOOR SLAJX Bl'IUDIKO. Velvet hows the fad of the moment in NecKwear. Chic and attractive for the miss or wom an. Made Just as pictured here in large, pretty size of satin bacK velvet. Light and darK col ors to match waist, suit or mil linery. You'd pay 50c ET . in most stores. Special J C 65c and 75c Dutch Collars Xot the ordinary sort, but of fine, dainty Venice lace in the prettiest of designs. JQ Special today at only"C Women's $1 Gloves Kid, mo cha and suede. Odds and ends mostly small sizes and odd shades. A few blacks Off and grays. Today, pairOC Men's $3.00 to $4.00 Stiff and Soft Hats for Today at $ i .89 If these Derbies bore the maKer's name, we couldn't sell them for less than $3.50, $4 and even $51 Bat be cause of trivial irregularities not one man in a hundred couldn't find upon a bet, they're today about half. New and staple shapes. We also include soft hats in all the smartest styles telescopes, al- pines, fedoras. Today at only $1.89 Men's 50c and 75c Neckwear for 25c Women's Mannish Waists Are Here! Another new lot of women's Man nish Waists, shown today in the Men's Shirt Store, first floor. Soisettes. mer cerized cloths and Silks, for $1.95, $2.95, $3.95, $4.95. Balance of the Manhattan Shirts today, $1.05 and $1.55 $ 1 .25 Ideal Hair Brushes, Today at 69c A big main aisle table filled with thousands of beautiful Silk Four-in-Hands of 50c and 75c grades. Every possible color and pattern in the OC lot. Choice Saturday for only"- It was a big stroke of luck that we were able to secure a large quantity of the famous "Ideal" rubber cushioned Hair Brushes to sell about half standard price. They've genuine bristles, set in vacuum rubber cushion. Every brush 2Qf bears the stamp, "Ideal." Sell the world around for $1.25; today onlyt-'V' All Other Brushes at One-Fourth Off Our entire line of Hair, Military, Cloth and Hat Brushes, bargain- j CCC ized for the big Clearance. Today you may have your choice at V-raa $5.00 Natural Hair Switches at $2.98 Balcoar . Flrat Floor New Balldlmc. Switches in every shade to help you arrange a becoming hair dress 1 Of good quality German hair, full 26 inches long. Keg. $o Switches today at only $2 German Hair Switches, 22 inches, $1.19 Keg. $7.50 Natnral Hair Switches, SO-in $4.48 $10 to $12 Switches, fine French Hair. $6.98 $3.50 and $4 Cluster Puffs of German hair, $1.19 $10 and $15 Cluster Puffs of Trench hair, $6.9S if. -0 $2.98 mtim Boys' $5"Sampson"and Two-Pant Suits $3.85 Guaranteed all wool, guaranteed for service, guaranteed not to rip other wise you receive a new Suit FREE. We also include for today's clearance $3.85 for $6.50 to $10 Suits, Overcoats Famous "Sampeck" and other sterling makes of Boys' Suits and full-length School Overroats! All sires, 6 to 17. Today, 4.S.". our famous $5 all-wool Suits with two pairs of KnicKerbocKers. All sizes, 6 to 17 years. Special at only $4.85 Men? A Shoe Clearance $3.50 to $5 Grades, $ 1.98 THIRD FLOOR NEW BUILDING. Fully 250 pairs of dependable, wearable Shoes N the accumulation of broKen sizes from our best $3.50, $4 and $5 grades, though any man can be fitted in one style or another. Patent colt, vici Kid, gunmetal and boxcalf leathers. There are blncher and plain lace styles in all leathers button shoes only in patent colt. Such famous maKes as J. E. French among them. A decisive clearance men's $3.50, $4, $5 shoes ilSh H .tt $5 Voile Waists $1.98 Neatly made in a good variety of colors with embroidery and cluny lace trimming's of liKe shade. High and Dutch necK styles with Kimono sleeves. Come early for your choice of these $5 Waists; $1.98 special for today $3.50 to $6 Sweaters, $2.98 Smart, jaunty and comfortable for women and misses. Plain and fancy -weaves. "V" or high rolling collars. In red, gray and white. Splen did $3.50 to $6 grades specially priced flJO QO for Clearance today at only, each P0 F 1 Reg. $1.50 Wool Union Suits at 63c FIRST FLOOR .HAI.X BUILDING. Think of purchasing splendidly proportioned, neatly finished "Women's Union Suits at such a low price as this I "Wool and cotton mixed, in all styles, high neck, long sleeved and ankle length, high neck, short sleeve and knee length and low neck; sleeveless and knee length. Fine-fitting $1.50 Union Suits today, in all sizes for low price Women's 50c Underwear Odd lines reduced for clearance. All sizes in ' Vests and odd sizes in Pants. OP. 63c Saturday Delicatessen Specials Pork Sanaatro, homemade, the pound at 18. PI Ik led Pork Mhooldrrm, aarar-eared. ponad 10". Marlaeted Herring at (Iv. for oaly 25. Imparted Rnllmoaa at fir. for only 25. Cheee, ponad, 35. "tea nam, pouao, -IOC Bntternut Batter one of the best grades made. Special to- 7fir day, 2 pounds for Boiled Ham, ponad, 33. Imported Mackerel, special, each 15, 25 ud 40 Bulk Peanut Butter, pound 24. mil PiekJra. doaea 15. rblrkea Salad, lb 38. Ihrimp Salad, lb, at 35. K.I.J Ik a - . 4 Pickled Vigsfeet 7 for 25.? 25c Fancy Eastern Sagar-Cared Bacon, today, the pound 17Vfo Girls' $ 1 2.50 and $ 1 5 Wool Dresses at $9.85 Pretty or for better wear, to finish out the Winter school season. Plain serges, challies and plaids. High and collarless styles. Kimono and regulation sleeves, ages 8-14; $12.50, $15 dresses at $9.85 TELEPHONES PACIFIC, FEIVATE EXCHANGE 4; HOME, A 6101 Girls' $3 to $4.50 Wash Dresses, neat ly finished styles of ginghams, percales, lawns and chamhray. Plain colors, checks and plaids. Ages 6 to 14. Today at $1.85 "Highland Bloom er Dresses," so prac tical for girl of 2 to 8 years. Of ginghams, percales and e ham brays, with bloom ers under pleated skirts. At 98a to $1.85 $22 Peter Thomp son D r e s s es, ever popular style for the miss of 14 to 18 years. Of rich navy serge, with black or white braid trim mings. Clearance at $ 1 4.85 ill i
