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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (May 31, 1912)
7 etirin Hi mm A Startling Sale Sensational Values in Seasonable Goods! The people of Portland have witnessed many sales, but no sale of the magnitude and importance to the homefurnisher as this "Retiring-From-Business" event shall prove. The factsre all stated in the heading. We are simply going to quit close the doors sell the fixtures and rent the building. "A word to the wise" is not even necessary. TTTE MORNING OREGOXIAN. FRIDAY, MAT 31, 1912. Geviffti Bros. .Business Sale! I i $21 Dressers, Special m $12 .35 iii Dressers in Golden Oak in Wax, White Enamel or White Maple These Divsni havf plain mirrors 24x36 inches in size, 4 drawers, 2 larjre ami 2 small straight fronts, mirror frames nearly square, with plain stanchions. Kesnilar $20 Dressers for... -S12.35 Carpets Are Greatly Reduced in Price At W-t 25 pr rent ran be ave.l hr parrhainsr your Car rots of Gevnrt f5n. We are making price that make the pnttlte sit up au'i take notice these days. f'lhrr Mattin? in all colors. tftue"! frnm T.x to 50c per yard. TLi is the wa.-hable kiriit of mattinc Hood service anil a rlieup f lixr covorinjj. I 1 2..tlf A y ' T P Solid Oak ".ill j i A !il oak TsM wax. i-!Ien. early Knelish finih. roiinl top. 42 inchi- in iliaiueter; extends to six feet urVn 1 1 itn.tl leaves are ai)el; has plain. qtir1 (M-il-tal anil I-srv A reirulnr $15.00 value, Clrwintr tut l-ri.e SS.25 vrt mm fill lUU'l.'ilt.l SScMattingatlTVac Your choice of 20 patterns; cut only in 10, 20 and 30-Yard lengths. $18.00 Brussels 9x12 Rugs, Now $10.50 Several handsome patterns in these 0il2 Tapestry Brussels Bugs, suitable for any room in the house. $25 Axminsters $16-40 These are first-class Rugs, have high pile, closely woven backs, fast colors and patterns that will please vou. Xot discarded, freak stock, but good values at even (25. Size 9 xl2. To close out, at$16.40 I v.- J 11 Curtain Stretchers at 95c These have stationary pins; the regular $2.50 qual ity, for 93 English Breakfast Tables $3 .65 They are finished in early English; when both leaves are dropped they occupy a space 12x 36 inches; are made like the out. Regular $5.50 values for $3.65 Basement Bargains That Save You Money Jelly Glasses, with tin covers, per dozen 15 Brooms, just the rijrht weight for house use...40J Roasters made of heavy sheet iron, with drip plate., wire slides, only C3 Paring Knives, each 5 Lamps, No. 2 burner, plain bowl and stands. each 33 Sauce Fans, 2-qt.f mottled blue enamel ware...25 if ' Teakettle, best white enamel ware, No. 8 size, each 55 Nickel-Plated Tea Kettle, Xo. 8 size, 14-oiinre copper, with best nickel, each 85 "American" Alarm Clocks, each 60 A job lot of enamel ware, all sizes, going at the cost price. Gevuirfcz Brothers 1 Corner EIBurnside, BRfiS. And Union Avenue Lace Curtains 49c Ip pair mm Odd pairs of Lace Curtains, in white and ecru, will be closed out at this re markably low price, yard 49J $20.00 Leather Rocker $8. They are made like the cut; good, strong steel springs in seat and back, well padded, and covered with very dur able imita t i o n leathers. 95 tvmsm Printed Linoleums 35c Printed Linoleum, 5 to 10 square yards in piece, yard 35 . wtfm $4.50 Values -m .95 This Is a Sample of the Values We Offer These are large Arm Rockers, suitable for men or women ; have high square backs, some with three, oth ers with two woven panels; strong and durable; made to sell for $4.50. A season able bargain that will be appreciated by many families. GEHTRALIA HAS FETE Hub City Festival Attended by Big Crowds. AVIATOR MAKES FLIGHT CUade Prrlln AMfnU IOOO Vrrt and f'lrrlr City Midi -Imo Hnltdtnff I- IWMllralrtl His I'mtrimmf Ten la 5. CKNTRAUA. Wh My 39. i Spe nL Hub Cltjr FePtlv&l. th thr tt xy rtrNrtlon pUnnd lor Ontralla. in connection with th mWl-Summer n-tlnc vt th tiontmet Waahtnitton I Ytrlopmf at A9.Klat:ua. bei;a hr toOy. Th profiramm opened witH the prrbttlun f a na( to th new hlh tfyl. Mior Thompson d l:vrrtOK th? prr-ntAiioB addrrva. I liutfp Berlin, Cnirha av.alor. ro.d a T.:on ji nia ht f rm fair run'! to ntrai.a and return, ctr i several t Imea otrr the city. Tfia av.tor ac-nded aNout lt0 feL. Alaioat the entire afT-rnoon wn l4ka up with open-air Memorial day eretpe. under direction of tie Crn iraiia Grand Army poet. The pro aramme in t i tided an address hr W. . emeron. tntrlta attorney, mtivir and re'-!ta:in and eer-te br puhl.c -nivtt children. T'e bII a ante be- 1en Central. a and Ohihtlij, wnuh wa won by 'hehat:.. 3 to 3. maa at tnHed by 10 fana and ttattora (rotn lrtrAl!a. Ccotrai:a'a n w llii.i?'l Mc ohool w if dedicated tonu : t. Tie build in aa triroan open i- tt puhl'c durr.i the day and t Kound of vi:tora in arreted It. Merry B Ivm ey, ttata tlerlntendrnt nf Public Instruction. e!jrered the dedicatory addrepa to ne r 1 AdJrrir a lao ere made by It Tnorr.ae V. Kane, president of tf. t atTeraity f ahtn:ton; Ir. Knocb A. Bryan, preaidrnt of Waahtnaton State Cli;e. A. f. Btirrowa. prratdent of tie aMrton Kducat oral Aaao elation, and V. K. W"iln. N. I, tiow elter and Z. T. Mathea, prlndjU re iec:!velr of the ata: normal achoula at fell. enaurar. Cheney and Be!ltna;ham. eWveral thousand vtsltora to the cele bration arrted today. The pro cram me tomorrow Include tS dedication of lte new poatoftii e and t e U !nf of the corr.eratone for t.e r-w Oarnecie library. The Ta- rrra Ad 'Iub. ptror.s. will arrive tn irstra!ta tomorrow afternoon to at tend t.-.a featlval and LeTelopment A latlon mvettnc Tije club will en tertain the officers ol the Centraiia ComrnrcUl Club. hrhall CiTixrn" Club. Ievrlopment Asoclatlon, Mayor Thorn paon. of Ontralla. and Mayor Coleman, of rhehal'.a. at a Ma banquet at the i'entralia Motel tomorrow night. A telephone meeeaare from Olympla re ceived here today aatd that the I'lym pla Commerrtal Club would send a dele Ktin of o in automobilea tomorrow. The Perelopment Ao-iat lon'a meet intfs HI bes:r. tomorrow morntnic. Kverv Commercial Club In the associa tion Ka guaranteed lo send a biff del egation and tn view of the festival vis itor. Centraiia probably will entertain th birfHt crowd In Iff history. FLYER DROPS ROSES buahrls of roues were rant upon the water, la honor of the dead sailors. Itutpman ;oc to Crntralla. C C Chepman. of the Portland Com mercial Club. Ift last nlsht f.r C-n-tralia to atten& th ronrrntlon thrrr nf ti. Atutharpit Waahlnston IrTrlop. J nient Ao l't"n. NOMADS HITH00D RIVER Wandprlnr Laborer Itidr I-rlj:liU Into Brrry Iblrietj. MXD RIVER. Or.. May 3. Spe clal The wandertnc class of laborers that pass the Summers In the Middle Western a rain fields, the Springs m the Oregon berry fields and the Falls tn the California orange grove a. Is belna lured to the Hood Ktver and White Salmon berry fields. Every freicht train brings In Its load of men looking for Job. However, the city authorities allow but few of them to dismount. "We have had more tramps to contend with durtntr the past thn or four days than during all the reat of the year." a Marshal Kobert T. 1-ewta. The oTIcer declares that the record load of passengers on a freight train was brought Into the city on a weal bound freight train Saturday night. Night Officer Jo;in Castner and I counted them, he said, "and we had a merry t.me retting them rounded up and out on the tratn. They dldn I look good to os- The streets of the city are full of Idle men. the ra:n during the past few d iva having made berry picking slow. The high water of the Columbia has ri vn the vac-rants from the lowlands. 1 where they live under tha cover of the willow and fish for the carp and mud cats. Aeroplane Girl Pays Tribute to Dead Aviators. VANCOUVER DECKS GRAVES GRESHAM LINE REPAIRED lrr IVnioralixrrf by Sllrrr Thaw Brine Permanently Kfnovated. GRK-HAJt Or. MiT J. 8recral.) I The Pacine Telephone Telegraph Company has a crew or men at work repairing- m'.l line. In s:em Aluit noruah. TJ:e "eilxer thaw" of January le;t the llr.es badly demoralised and only temporary repairs were made at t!.e time. Te work now betna' done is permanent, and the lines will be la bet ter condition to stand t.-e storrus of next Wintrr than they have been for several years. Mas and Flower Arc Plnrrd on Plol.t in Ociitclerir and Vonion Si re ur nionms on Water of Columbia Children Help. VANCOUVER. Wash.. May 30. (Spe rll A pretty girl passenger In an aeroplane today tossed roses from the nmclitne as It was cutting a figure eisht. J.00 feet above the (round. The flowers were In memory of aviators who l;ave lost their lives In promoting: the sclenoe of flight. This service was at Vancouver Barracks. where Silas Chrlstofferson. an aviator, was flying. Miss Alma Tedersen. who Is learning to oprste an airship, was taken up as a passenger. Her arms full of roses, which she tossed to the winds as the machine sped through space at 50 miles an hour. Part fell In the Colum bia River and part on land, and cheer after cheer went up from the hun dreds gathered In the field below. Klowers were eft upon the waters of the Columbia Itlver by mcmbera of the Women's Relief Corps; grlxsled vet erans of the Civil War. assisted by the gray haired wives and children, deco rated the graves of the departed com rades In the cemeteries of Vsncouver: and the Spanish-American War Veter ans, and sons of Veterans, joined In tha ceremonies of honoring the dead. tarty this morning comnrfttees from the Women's Relief Corps, and from Rllsworth Post. No. S. a. A. In ws icons gathered a wealth of roses and other beautiful flowers, which had been left at designated places, and going to the cemeteries, these were placed upon the graves of veterans. The Spanish American War Veterans. In addition to strewing flowers, placed a small flag on each grave. In the afternoon veterans formed In line and marched from the library to the City Park, where exercises were held. Several musical selection were rendered, and school girls, dressed In white and with a sash of the stars and stripes, decorated a cenotaph In the grandstand. In honor of the unknown drad. H W. Arnold delivered an elo quent address. After this ceremony iota persons marched to the Northern Pacific dock at th foot of Columbia street, where Barracks Observes Day. VANCOUVER BARRACKS. Wash., May ao. (Special.) With muffled drums, the bands nlavlna a solemn ' dirge, the soldiers of this post today marched tn the military cemetery and there held short services In honor of the soldier dead. Taps was sounded by the buglers and three volleys were fired over the graves. TRACKLAYING IS HURRIED Oregon Uectrlc to Ran Cars Into Albany by July 4. ALBANY. Or.. May 80. (Special.) With the work KOlng forward rapid ly. It Is expected that the track of the Oregon Electric will be laid to this city by the end of this week. The track laying crew Is now about four miles north of this city. Work on the sub station to be built at Plrtle, the first station south of Albany, will be begun next week, and cars will be operated at least by July 1. Oregon Electric officials say that without doubt cars will be running Into Albany by July 4. AlbaTly has planned to celebrate the advent of the Oregon Electric. GOOD CAR SERVICE SOUGHT Clackamas Improvement Club Takes Ip Matter at Meeting. CLACKAMAS. Or.. May 30. (Spe cial.) At the meeting tonight of the new Clackamas Improvement club av constitution and by-laws were adopted and 11. Trabue was elected vice-president; W. T. Reynolds, treasurer, and a publicity committee appointed. Eighty members joined the club tonight. Plans were discussed and outlined for a move looking toward the installa tion of a motor car service from. Mll waukle or Kendall station. A com mittee, which was named, will plan to co-operate with other Push Clubs for better transportation facilities for Clackamas. HUNTED AND HUNTERS OFF Deputy Sheriff Starts to Find Miss ing Persons. LA GRANDE. Or.. May 30. (Special:) Deputy Sheriff Warnlck left for El gin today to take up the hunt for Miss Clara N orris and T. IL Hopson. who eloped from Elgin last, week, and also the deputies who are pursuing the couple. Neither pursued nor pursuers have been heard from since last Thurs day. The girl, who Is but 17 and unusued to trying tssks of braving mountain rains for days. Is suffering hardships. It Is feared. Dressed as a man, she eloped with Hopson several days ago and though deputies have been on the hunt for it hours and more there Is no traee of them. Salem Packing Firm Starts. ASTORIA. Or.. May 30. (Special.) Articles of Incorporation for the Klamath River Packing Company were tiled In the County Clerk's office today. The Incorporators are W. E. Tallant. E. W. Tallant and K. 8. Home, and the capital stock is 15.000 divided into 750 shares of $100 each. Tbeemaln of fice of the company is to be at As toria and Its object is to engage in canning and pickling salmon at Klam ath River. Berry Shipments Begin. HOOD RIVER. Or.. May SO. (Spe cial.) The first carload of Hood River strawberries for the year, were shipped out last night to be distributed in points in Idaho and Montana. The car was made up by allotments from both the Davidson Fruit Company and the Apple-Growers' Union. From now on carloads will be shipped out daily. Ontario Schools Closed. ONTARIO. Or.. May 30. (Special.) The public schools were closed this week with the usual commencement ex ercises. The address was delivered by Professor Ressler, of the Corvallis Why Squint andFrown under artificial or sun light, when yon can have absolute comfort by wearing a pair of XEUTRO RAYO LEXSES with our special made finger mounting. 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