THE MOItXTXG OREGONTAN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23. 1914.
Exclusive Agents Warner's, Redfern, Mme. Irene, Successo, American Lady, Frolaset, Mme. Lyra Corsets Principal Agents Butterick Patterns
eier & Frank's Opening Display of Fall Fashions Captivates !
and Every Section of the Store Is Busy These Days Outfitting Women and Children With New Apparel
SIXTH-STREET BUILDING
SIXTH-STREET BUILDING
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Handsome New Fall Suits
FOR WOMEN AND .MISSES
Most Moderately Priced at
$24.50
Women desirous of procuring a smart Suit at a moderate price will
find the solution in this line of Suits that we're pricing at $24.50.
The styles are most favored and authentic mirrors of the season's
models. The materials splendid and fashionable. The tailoring
throughout is unexcelled. . And last, but not least, the price is the
lowest possible for Suits of such worth. Broadcloth, "cheviot, serge
and gabardine are the materials, in black, brown, green, navy and
plum.
Redingote (the newest Coat effect) and Russian Blouse style
Coats. Skirts with plain yoke effect, cluster pleated style or
deep tonics. Velvet and Caracul Collars. All beautifully
lined and of superior finish.
Full line of sizes from 16 years to 44 bust measure will be found in
this splendid assortment of Tailored Suits in seasonable models..
Priced at S24.50. Ganseat Saioaa Kourtk Floor, SLxth-St. Bids.
Modish Tailored Suits
Several Models for Selection
Pricedat$34.50
During these our opening days in women's apparel
we're taking care to cater to the needs. of our patrons who
are seeking Tailored Suits of worth, priced moderately.
' This assortment that we're placing before you at the price
of" .$34.50 will, we feel sure, appeal to women who wish
modish Suits. Handsome models fashioned of broadcloth,
gabardine, serge and cheviot in the modish colors, hunter's
green, nigger brown, navy and black. Made in Redingote,
Russian blouse or loose back style in a variety of lengths.
Skirts show long pleated tunic, deep yoke or girdle
styles. Excellence of tailoring and perfection of line and
style are perquisites of these New Fall Tailored Suits.
Priced at $34.50.
Stnmi SaJoma Forarta Flow, Stxta-St. Bide.
Our New Building
Its Progress in
Construction
Our magnificent new store, now in course of
construction, which, when completed, will cover
approximately 13 acres of floor space, or nearly
11 city blocks, will be of most modern construc
tion known. At present the construction com
pany is busily engaged in water-proof ins the ex
cavation to a great depth to accommodate a low
er floor and subway. To accomplish this is a
huge task and requires five-ply construction in
addition to the cement foundation. Also to re
sist upward water pressure, 100 tons of rein
forced steel are being utilized in the sub-basement
floor.
The Northwest Steel Company of Portland, to
whom the large contract was allotted for sup
plying the structural steel has advised that all
materials to complete the lower floors and the
first four floors above the street level are ready
for delivery. The entire itinerary of construc
tion is being rapidly advanced, and we are as
sured by the construction engineers that this
mammoth new store will be ready to open wide
its doors In the early Fall of 1915. The steel
structural work will soon begin to loom sky
ward, as every effort Is being made to rush to
completion the Greater Meier A Fraalt Store.
TEMPORARY ANNEX
Men! Cashmere Hose
Pair 17c--3 Pairs 50c
One of the largest manufacturers of Men's Hose
has sent ns a line of "seconds," Hose with slight
factory imperfections, selling regularly at 25c and
35c. We're offering these today at the very low
price of 3 pairs 50, the pair 17.
Flrt Floor, Temporary Autx
TEMPORARY ANNEX
Curtain Materials
Reduced Today
50c to'75c Qualities, Yd. 29c
"White Grenadine, Swiss and Madras, of ex
cellent quality and desirable for curtains ' ' all
over the house." Regularly selling 50c to 75c;
today's price, yard 2S.
30c to 45c Qualities, Yd. 19c
Swiss material, with attractive patterns in
blues, yellow and pinks. Visually selling 30c to
45o for today's reduction, yard, 19.
NInta Floor, Temporary Annex
TEMPORARY ANNEX
Warm Wool Blankets
UNDERPRICED
$6.50 Whife Wool Blankets, $4.75
Soft, fleecy white wool, with pink and blue
striped borders. Full bed size.
$7.50 Plaid Wool Blankets, $5.75
Blue, tan and gray checks. Absolutely all
wool and in full bed size.
All "EMMERICH" Bed Pillows
. at 10 Off
For Three Days Only
Mit Floor, Temporary
THfc QjjALnnr Stofb or Portland:
SIXTH STREET BUILDING.
$5.00
EYE GLASSES
Today $2.50
Gold - filled finger'-piece Eye
Glasses, fitted with lenses to suit
the eyes, will be on sale today
at exactly ONE-HALF" PRICK.
The regular price is 5 the re
duced price, S2.50.
First Floor,-Slxth-St. Bid.
SIXTH-STREET BUILDING
New Arrivals
IN
Millinery
Untritnmed
Soft Crown
Sailors
'$2.25 to $5.00
Black velvet, soft-crowned Sail
ors are extremely fashionable. "We
have just received a very large
shipment of these popular Hats
and several other equally as desir
able shapes, that we've marked at
very moderate prices. This is a
splendid opportunity to secure a
modish Hat at a price that insures
economy. - A smart sticknp, a flow
er or a knot of velvet and you have
a fashionable Hat at a very slight
' cost. .
New Sailors and Other Shapes
Priced at $2.25 to $5.0O.
Second Floor, Slxtk-St. Bid-.
SIXTH-STREET BUILDING
REDUCTIONS AT THE
Notion Counter
WEDNESDAY
Infants' and Children's Velvet Grip Hose Sup
porters, 2 pairs 2?S pair 15
15c boxes Horn Hair Pins, Y doz. and dozen
boxes, each 10
Ironing Board Cover Stretchers, the Set 10V
Art Gum Dry Glove Cleaners, each J
"Holdfast" Belt Pin Hooks, assorted sizes, each
5c Paper Cabinet Wire Hairpins, each 3
Hair Nets, all colors, 2 in envelope for 5?
5c American Lady Pins, three packages for. . . .10
50c Voltite for electro plating, can 25
5c cards Hooks and Eyes, Franco or Windsor. .3
10c 2Vz-inch White Cotton Belting, yard 5
Tango, Flare and Medici Collar Supports, each 10
Fancy Pearl Head Hat Pins, each 10
Beauty Pins, 1 dozen on card, card 10
New Wide Girdle Foundations, each 3o
Special Demonstration of OMO Shields
NOW IN PROGRESS.
Shields for the Newest Dress Models on Display.
First Floor, Sixth-St. Bids.
SIXTH-STREET BUILDING
TODAY'S
Grocery Specials
SUGAR-CUBED SHOULDER HAMS Freshly
cured and correctly smoked. English style
- shoulder- Hams, weighing about f f 1 X
10 pounds each. Pound. . ; . 1 ft 2 C
Butternut Butter Popular brand, roll 67
Ghirardelli's Chocolate -3-lb can, 75S 1-lb. 25
Iowa Corn Small, tender kernels. Dz. 95, 3 25 -Rolled
Oats Freshly milled. No. 9 sacks 35
Gold Medal Flour Best East, hard wheat, 2.15
Cream Wheat Fite breakfast cereal, pkg....l5
Graham Flour Freshly milled. No. 10 sacks 35d
Holly Milk-HCase $3.59, dozen 90, can 7V
Pea Beans Small Michigan, 5-Ib. cloth sack 35
Red Salmon Fine rich fish. No. 1 tall cans 15
Baking Chocolate Baker's Premium, pound.. 38
Ceylon Tea Victor 50c grade. Pound 39
Cider Vinegar Absolutely pure. Gallon jugs 35
Pare Food Grocery, Bueant Slxt-St. Balldinx.
SIXTH-STREET BUILDING
'No Bobbins
to Wind
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is but one of the special features of the
Eldredge 2-spool Rotary Sewing Machine. This
feature, however, in itself assures women who
sew a saving of nearly one hour's time each
full day of sewing. An invention that has
taken years to perfect has brought to us this
machine which uses a spool of thread in place
of the old-style bobbin. Ask to see this feature
of the 2-spool Eldredge, and "also have the
operator demonstrate to you these auxiliary
features : .
A The rotary mechanism of the 2-spool El
dredge eliminates the zigzag motion com
monly encountered in the shuttle machine.
B The two rows of feed for sewing material
are the same length, a feature seldom
found in other machines. This enables
the operator to keep the material straight
without holding.
C The 2-spool Rotary is speeded two-fifths
.faster than the old-style Sewing Machine,
resulting in a great saving of time in the
completion of the work.
D For frilling, tucking, in fact for all sewing
where the . attachments are used, the
2-spool machine is preferable to any other,
owing to the evenness of the two rows of
feed.
E The continuous rotary action prevents the
catching of thread when the machine hap
pens to be" running without sewing ma
terial thereon.
F No springs are used in the feed mechanism
of the 2-spool Rotary, thus making it im
possible for this part to get out of order.
G Every bearing in the, 2-spool Rotary is of
high-tempered steel, which relieves fric
tion to the greatest degree, making the
2-spool smooth and noiseless running.
The - Eldredge 2-spool Rotary Sewing Ma
chine sold on our Club plan $2.00 down,
then $1.00 each week until paid for no in
terestno -extras.
Seventh Floor, Sixth-St. Bid.
HOP FEARS CRIED DOWN
CONRAD . KKEBS DECLARES OUT
LOOK IS ROSEATE.
simitiim I Predicted mi Gi
Axe Advised to Hold for
Gainful Prices.
"Some of the hopgrrowers of Oregon
are becoming alarmed without reason,"
said Conrad Krebs at the Imperial
Hotel yesterday. "Because the buyers
are not operating now means nothing,
as the real demand does not begin be
fore October or November.
"There is going to be a shortage of
hops anyway you figure it. and when
the market adjusts Itself to the new
conditions prices will be higher. Grow
ers would be foolish to sell their hops
now at the 17 or 18-cent prices being
talked about. In a year like this they
will run no risk in holding.
"Oregon has produced only 110,000
bales, California the same quantity,
Washington 40,000 bales and New York
not over 20.000 bales, a total of 280,000
bales for the United States. The brew
ery consumption in this country Is 245,
000 bales annually. Because of the war
brewers are not able to Import Ger
man or Austrian hops. On the other
hand, we will have to supply the non
producing countries that formerly
bought their hops in Europe, such as
Canada, South America, Japan and
Australia. These countries require
about 50.000 bales. England is always
a great market for American hops and
should she take only 50.000 bales this
year the English buyers already have
30,000 under contract we will be face
to face with a great hop shortage of
not less than 65,000 bales.
MT. Krebs declares that the shorts,
who sold the Eastern brewers and deal
ers a large part of the Oregon farmers'
hops before they were grown, are now
trying hard to break the market so
they can buy in cheaply. ' Speculators,
he says, are working the same game.
"When the crop is out of the grow
ers' hands," said Mr. Krebs, "you can
look for the price to shoot upward. If
the grower is wise, he will himself
take this profit, which is surely com
ing. If he is determined to give away
his hops now, he had better go out of
the business."
DELINQUENCIES CUT DOWN
Total of Taxes Dae and Tjnpaid in
Connty $368,890.
Delinquent taxes in Multnomah
Connty for the year 1913 make a
smaller total than was estimated by
the tax department when the period
for payment of second-half taxes with
out penalty expired. September 1. At
that tlmelt was thought delinquencies
would amount to $500,000. Complete
figures have now been compiled and
the amount unpaid September 1 was
$368,890.75. Since that date there have
been numerous payments that reduce
this figure considerably.
The total tax roll for the year in
Multnomah County is $8,948,348. The
total amount paid to September 1 was
$8,579,457.25. Yesterday was the final
day that the 1914 assessment rolls
were open for public inspection and
tomorrow the Board of Equalization
will start grinding to adjust the com
plaints filed by property owners dur
ing the past week.
PARKING PLANS OFFERED
Superintendent Mische Suggests Im
provement of Parkway.
If plans suggested by Park Superin
tendent Mische are carried out. South
Parkway will become an attractive
park of flower gardens, artistic lighting-effects
and comforts and conveni
ences for lovers of nature. Mr. Mische
says the plaza blocks might become
one of the most attractive park centers
of the city.
His plan to have gardens of flowers
and shrubbery interspersed 'With pretty
walks extend south along the West
Side nearly to the foothills in South
Portland. At little expense, Mr. Mische
says, the parkway can be connected
up with Terwilliger boulevard, forming
a continuous parking four miles long
from the center of the city to Terwll
liger boulevard and iilavin road.
TWO NOT WED DIVORCED
JUDGE M'GHTN RECORDS DECREE
FOR CHILD'S SAKE.
Comnw-Law Marriage Hmt Reeoa
nlxed la Oregon Reported by
Husband Others Sue.
George -E. and Clara L. Bnrke, who
were freed from imaginary matrimonial
bonds with all . due process of law by
Judge M'Ginn in Circuit Court yesterday,
in reality were not regarded as a mar
ried couple by Oregon. A decree was
given George E. Burke, who alleged In
his divorce suit that Clara X. Burke
deserted him last April, going to Call
fornia with a man. '
A common-law marriage, said the
complaint, was contracted in Portland
in February, 1910, since .which time the
two lived together here as man and
wife. A common-law marriage has no
standing in the Oregon courts, it is
contended by the District Attorney, al
though It is recognized in other states.
Judge McGinn, with an eye to the status
of. a child, whose care was given to the
plaintiff, held that the best interests
of all would be Berved by a divorce de
cree, and forthwith granted it-
Mabel Condon sued for a divorce from
Thomas C. Condon, whom she married
in The Dalles in 1887, desertion because
of a woman being charged. The' de
f endant is proprietor of the Hawthorne'
avenue Stables. Permanent alimony at
$150 a month is asked, with $15,000
cash and one-third of the real estate
owned by the defendant. .
That her husband beat her was the
charge of Hazel M. Paulsen against
Mies Paulsen.
Florence Mowre asks $25 a month
alimony and the custody of a minor
child In her suit against Albert I
Mowre. That he called her names, flew
Into violent fits of rage and failed to
support her are alleged, . i
Antoinette Page sued Henry Page for
divorce, alleging desertion for six
years
Harry. F. Mitchell was granted
divorce from Eva M. Mitchell by Judge
Davis.
'Josephine Mack sued Richard C.
Mack, whom she married in Hunting
ton, Or., in 1908, charging refusal to
support and cruel treatment.
CHILEAN CONSUL ADVANCED
Portland Office, by Increased Trade,
, Becomes Second Class.
Prompted by the enormous increase
of trade between Chili and the territory
tributary to Portland, as a direct result
of the European war, the Chilean con
sular office In Portland will be advanced
in rank from a consulate of a third to
one of second degree on January 1. ac
cording to a notice received yesterday
by Ramon E. Escobar. Portland Consul.
"Products that Were formerly im
ported by my countrymen from Ger
many, France and Great Britain now
are being purchased In the United
States," said Ramon Escobar. . "Before
October 10 I shall leave for Chile to
confer with the ministers relative to
the conduct of the new office."
Under the present ranking the Port
land - Consul receives a salary which
varies between $250 and $600 a month,
according to the amount of business
transacted. The new ranking will
probably more than double the salary,
says Consul Escobar.
116 ACRES BRING $50,000
Realty on New Oregon City Line
Purchased by Herbert Gordon.
One of the largest recent suburban
realty transactions has just been closed
whereby Herbert Gordon, president of
the Lawyerr Title & Trust Company,
becomes owner of 116 acres located on
the new Oregon City carllne between
Clackamas Station and Jennings Lodge.
The property includes what is known
as "Elrod Acres" and "Webster Acres,"
formerly owned by J. 5. Elrod. The
pon;Qua price was auuuL f ou.duu.
Mr. Gordon expects to re-plat his
new holding and place it on the market
in the near future in one-acre tracts.
"Elrod Station" will be located on the
premises. . . s .
MEIER & FRANK'S
1914
TEMPORARY ANNEX
The New Home of
"We have secured for our patrons the products of the Cowan Shops of Chicago,
the recognized makers of fine furniture and dependable reproducers of desins
in period furniture.
An entire assortment of desks, Sewing tables, tea wagons, muffin stands and
tabourettes, made by the W. K. Cowan Company, is shown in our Gift Room, 10th
Floor, Temporary Annex. '
"We take this opportunity of introducing one of the mosfpopular products of
the Cowan Shops, by offering this "Martha Washington" sewing table, made of
Cuban mahogany, with the Cowan adherence to
fine workmanship and design, for S18.50
A visit to our Gift Room will reveal a
wonderful, assortment of fine pieces of
furniture piano lamps, table lamps, desk
table spinets, book stands, fern boxes, tea
wagons, sewing tables, smokers ' stands,
telephone stands, stools, tabourettes. chick
ets. music and phonograph cabinets,
ladies' desks, gate . leg tables, pedestals,
humidors, grandfathers' clocks, hall
chairs, reception-room chairs, tables, dav
enport tables, magazine racks, book
troughs, candlesticks, screens and waste
paper baskets.
Tenth Floor Temporary Asoex,
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