TIIE MORNING OREG0NIAX, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1918. IN AND HEAR YOUR FAVORITE ME LB A RECORDS TODAY SIXTH FLOOR!2J $ A6x Established 1857 Sixty-First Anniversary Year The Quality Store '4 IS Help the American Fund For the French Wounded Patriotic emblems and medals on sale in our Jewelry Shop and Army & Navy Shop, Main Floor entire proceeds jro to above fund. Allieft emblem buttons, pins and bar pins SOc tlrdal. In bronxe Sn aterling silver commemorating the entry of the I'. 8. Into the War for Democracy 60c, iic. 11. 11.40. 12.10. Thrift Stamps at 3:o and War Savings Stamp at 34.14 on sale at our Accommodation Bur eau. Basement. Start a book of Thrift Stamps to day. Smileage Books of tickets for soldiers" use in cantonment theaters on sale at our Army and Navy Shop, Main Floor; Book Shop, Fifth Floor. Jl and J5.00. Six Good New Books Zev Dr. William Wallace Youngson Is Chosen to Lead Campaign "The U. P. Trail," by Zane Gray. $1.50. "His Own Home Town." by Larry Evans. $1.40. "West Is West," by Eu- rene Manlove Rhodes, U40. "Long Li-re the Cingr," by Mary Roberts Rlne hart $1.50. "Red Pepper's Patients." by Grace S. Richmond, $135. "The White Ladies of Worcester." by Flor ence L. Barclay, $1.50. Book Shop, Fifth Floor .trie- QuALrnr" Sto to or POICUAXfr to Raise 525,030. SALVATION ARMY DRIVE INDORSED " ' " sasw'.'1 DATES MARCH 17 TO 24 W'nrkins Orsanijalton of Pmiuinrnl Mm and Women of Portland Will Hr rrrfrtlrd at Omt to Help Obtain rtary Cah. Dr. WiliUrn Wallace Younsson wti . ! trd to Wad lha Us drive tor $:J.0"0 to b ue4 by the Salatlon Army in ar work, and arranitcmrnt were computed whereby a working organi sation of prominent men and women of tha city will t perfected Imme diately to execute the plana necessary t.j th ucreful termination of the campalBO at a meeting held In Mayor I.akT's office yesterday. The date are from March 17 to It. riedse of aupport were made by everyone preient. and a motion by . II. Hilton. prelden! of the Pro reiT nuainess Men" Club, that the meetlna- ro on record aa fully indors ee the drive waa carried by unanlmoua ote. L'oon his auKKeetlon. all organi sation In the city are to be asked to ro on record in favor of the campaign and to lend It thrlr hearty support. .Mayer Ktplalaa Ala. After rollcall by T. R Neuhauen, who was chosen secretary. Mayor Baker outlined the purpose of the meeting, which had been called by him to iret the drive under way and In.iure Its uc- crss. He told briefly of the excellent work of the Salvation Army In the war Sores and of how splendidly it had been executed, so as to win the pral-e of all who have cope Into contact with It. In e!uHlp high Army officers. "We are here." said the Mayor, "to arrance for a successful drive for thin worthy purpose, and It mut be put through, for nothing that has the In dorsement of the President of the 1'ntted Mates fei this war Is coins' to f.ll down in this state. It must not faiL We have thus far been 100 per eect efficient and we must so continue In whatever work Is put up to us to d along the lines." After the cheerlna ceased, the Mayor said he had been gripped by this par ticular work in a special manner, after studying- It. and believed that It la on of the most worthy of all calls that have come. He a.ked the eo-operatlon of all present and specifically called xponE. J. Stack, secretary of the Ore son Mate Federation of Labor and the ''antral Lbr Council, and Kred I. ' Rurne. of the Metal Trades Council. for an expression aa to what may be expected from organised labor. Koto pl.dced their support and said they would a.k for a formal Indorsement of the drive at the earliest opportunity at the hands of the various unions. 4 Dr. leaasa Areepla. The Mayor then announced that he bad requested Pr. Youngnon. who Is superintendent of Portland Il strict. Methodist episcopal Church, to take charts of the d'tse "and put it over. He asked Dr. Youngson If he would accept. "I will accept." said Pr. Toung.on. "for several reasons. In 'the first place. It Is the call of my city and country. Furthermore. I have always bad the greatest Interest In and respect for the work of the Salvation Army. which has been dome; a great human itarian work. The largest funeral ever held in t.caiand was not that of a Kin or a Vlueen. neither of political leaders, but of William Booth, founder cf this wonderful organisation. And this also Is the call of the Mayor of our city, who has taken a deep personal Interest In this drive. I wt.ih you all- could have been at the ministerial sneetlna- Monday and heard him and ' how be has put himself into this thin. Those present yesterday were: S. C. Kratton. Ellaha. A. Baker. O. Rorlx- meyer. Ueorca It. Funk. T. T. Davis. J. C. KnsTllsh. Mrs. Julius Loulssohn, J. V. eilan. Charles A. Klce. Western Shell. nbarx-er. Harley If. Tounsr. B. Clarke. If. Gerard Kfflnger. C. K. Cochran. Kev. J. J. Staub, Tier. A. U. Hutchison. C. B. Waters. T. R Neu haasen. mux If. Hilton. Robert l- WKhroir. Klchard W. Childs. C. F Berg. Mrs. W. C Alvord. O. L Plum mtr. I. M. Walker. Grorge W. StaDle- l Williams. Typical Meier & Frank Values for Men & Women ton and Mrs. EMPLOYES QUITTING JOB County Workmen Attracted by High Wages Paid Elsewhere. County employes are leaving public service to Ret work where the pay Is more attractive. This was brought out yesterday at the meetlna; of the County . Board. Foreman Forbes, of the Burn- side bridge, told the commissioners that his two best men are leaving because! or insufficient pay. The board author ised him to increase the waves of one engineer from $si.i to $100 and the otner from n:.5 to $90 a month. . The County Hospital officials noti fied the board that it is absolutely Im possible to secur night nurses at the! present low salary of tZ a month. Au thority was iclven to encage nurses at I salaries not exceeding $o a month. Kelso t'.lcvts Tli roe? Dlrecolrs. K K I -SO. Wash.. March t. Special) At the schaol election Saturday aft ernoon C R. Abbott was elected to the three-year term on the Kelso hool Board. J. I. tsparllns; was elect ed to the two-year term, and Gcorire A. Poiend to the one-year term. The! three-year terra waa the only on con-I tested. Abbott receiving 134 votes and! F. S. Janes I. Hparltnc and Poland I are members of the board at present. The new board 'will be organised on March EVERY BOTTLE GUARANTEED It's a distinct aid toany housekeeper who desires to economize, and at the ame time have appetiz ing, nourishing and satis factory cooking at every mcaL That's r4 5 For Three Days Only, While Quantities Remain, You Can Profit by the Savings in This Great S aue 1 Mem s Umdeirwear Equally good offerings for the man who wears a union suit and for the man who prefers the two-piece garments and for the woman buying for either. The qualities in this sale are standard. The workmanship and finish all that you associate with highest standard makes. The fit guaranteed satisfactory. Different weights to suit different tastes, mostly the medium weight kind preferred by the average man. The savings let the prices speak for themselves. Augusta Union Suits $1.15 A good reliable brand at an extraordinarily low price. Medium weight cotton union suits made on the famous Cooper- Spring Needle Machines. Long sleeves, ankle length style. Closed crotch. All sizes 34 to 46. Chalmers Union Suits $1.75 You know the Chalmers reputation and you know the Chalmers price, wherefore you know how good an of fering this is. Fine heavy Egyptian cotton fleeced union suits made on Cooper Spring Needle Machines. Long sleeves, ankle length style. Closed crotch. Per fect fitting garments. All sizes 34 to 46. Chalmers Shirts, Drawers 75c Fine combed, fine ribbed, heavy cotton fleeced shirts and drawers made on Cooper Spring Needle Machines. Could not be bought at the mills for less than 75c gar ment. Shirts 34 to 46; drawers 32 to 44. Gray and ecru. Stuttgarter Union Suits $1.96 Broken lines of celebrated Stuttgarter and Richmond Closed Crotch worsted mixed union suits. Mostly me dium and heavy weights. Finely serviceable garments. Long sleeves, ankle length style. Closed crotch. Sizes 34 to 50 included in this sale, at the very special price of $1.96. Limited number. Heavy Sanitary Fleeced Shirts and Drawers $1 Comfortable flat weave, extra warm garments in silver gray. Well mafle and finished. About present wholesale cost. Shirts 34 to 46; drawers 36 to 46. Jersey Ribbed Worsted Shirts and Drawers $1.50 Medium heavy weight shirts and drawers made on Cooper Spring Needle Machines. Natural gray. All sizes. Wonderful values at $1.50. Wright's Health Underwear Shirts and Drawers $1.50 Shirts and drawers famous for their sanitary qualities, recommended especially for men subject to colds. Fleecing woven in and guaranteed not to wear off. v Boys' Egyptian Cotton Union Suits 85c Medium heavy weight fleeced union suits, good, comfortable, durable union suits for boys 3 to 16 years. Long sleeves, ankle length. Men's Furnishings Shop, Main Floor. You Must Hurry if You Wish to Enroll for Our Free Course in Gardening The first talk will be given Friday, March 8, at 3:30. A talk will be given every succeeding Friday at 3 :30 until Fri day, July 19, inclusive. The course is complete in 20 Lessons 20 Weeks Jn All This series of instructions on gardening will be given in our Sixth Floor Auditorium. The course will be of great interest and benefit to men and women who contemplate the cultivation of War Gardens. It is under the direct auspices of the Extension Service of the Oregon Agricultural College. Some of the lectures will be illustrated. Enroll in our Army and Navy Shop, Main Floor. You 11 Enjoy Seeing Our Displays of New Spring Skirts We present for your inspec tion and selection today an authoritative exhibition of new Spring skirts for street, sports and dressy wear. Materials include all the staple fabrics, the latest novelty weaves and a great assortment of fash ionable colorings. Moonglo Crepe, Baronet Satin, Crepe de Chine, Silk Tricotine, Taffeta, Silk Poplin, Wool Ga bardine, . P o i r e t Twill, Men's Wear Serge and Shepherd Checks are leading materials. All the wanted styles, narrow-at-the-hem and full shirred mod els are greatly to the fore. Nov elty girdles and fancy pockets are conspicuous on the new sep arate skirts. White, solid colors and nov elty hues in great variety. Moderately priced, $5 to 535. Apparel Shop, Fourth Floor. Spring Sale Women's Underwear It is now high time that you look to all your underwear needs for Spring. And Meier & Frank's is the proper place to supply these needs. Here you will find complete new assortments of light-weight knit underwear, at prices, in some instances, LESS THAN PRESENT WHOLESALE COST, in almost every in stance less than replacement costs would warrant. The qualities for which our Underwear Shop is famous are maintained. Take advantage of the savings offered by this timely sale. UNION SUITS 79 Women's medium weight cotton union suits in high nock, short sleeve, ankle length style. Extra sizes only. Good values at 79f . UNION SUITS 59 Women's light weight bodice union suits in lowuieck, sleeveless, lace knee style. Regular sizes priced at 59c Ex tra sizes priced at 69 f. UNION SUITS 75 . Women's fine quality light weight union suits, with band top yokes. Knee length style. Reinforced crotch. Regu lar sizes 75c. Extra sizes 90f , UNION SUITS 75c Women's tuck-stitch lisle union suits in low neck, sleeveless, knee length style. Perfect fitting garments. Regu lar sizes 75c Extra sizes Sof . UNION SUITS ?1 Women's Richelieu union suits of fine lisle fabric. With fancy crochet fin ished yokes. Knee length style. Regu lar sizes 1. Extra sizes $1.25. CHEMISE AT 65 Women's Richelieu envelope chemise finished with dainty 6hell edges all around in pink and white. With band top yokes. Good values at 65. VESTS 20 Women's extra fine light weight vests in V neck, sleeveless style. Some of these vests are subject to slight imper fections. Regular sizes 20c. Extrfe sizes '2'Z(. ' VESTS 25 Women's ribbed cot ton vests, with fancy lace yokes. A special pur chase of slightly imper fect vests. Regular sizes priced at 25c. Extra sizes priced at 3of . VESTS 35 Women's extra fine quality Swiss ribbed vests with dainty finished edge yoke. Regular sizes only. 3 of these gar ments for $1. Main Floor ON CENTER AISLE BARGAIN SQUARE A Great Sale of a Special Purchase Women's Silk Petticoats $3.49 NEARLY ALL ARE GOOD $5.00 VALUES A fortunate special purchase at a great price concession ac counts for this extremely low price on women's desirable silk petticoats. Mostly sample lines, hardly any two in the entire as sortment are quite alike. Women's all-silk petticoats of fine soft taffeta and messaline silk, in plain colors and fancy striped effects. Finely made garments with deep flounces and dust ruffles. Hardly a petticoat in this sale is worth less than $5. Center Aisle, Main Floor. MEM 0 Here's a Great I Sale for Yon! And for Women Who Like Mannish Headwear The Popular Sewed Cloth T. .85 THIS PRICE IS CLOSE TO THE PRESENT WHOLESALE Materials- contracted for a year ago, the hats were recently made up to our special order and have just been received. They'll out quickly at this price. Sewed cloth hats in tweeds and zibelines, excellent wearing materials. For everyday street wear, for outdoor workers, motor wear, etc. Some satin lined. ' Many have leather sweat-bands, others leather and silk. Several different styles (one illustrated) and a good selection of color- in gray and brown checks and mixtures and solid green. With self contrasting colored bands. All sizes,' including extra sizes for women. Unequalled values in new cloth hats at $1.85Mcn's Hat Shop, Main Floor. SO LEA&PERRIfJS SAUCE TMC CftOWAk WOflCliTMSHIftl Your Health Is Your Country's Asset You Should Conserve It Nothing can do moreLto impair your health which means your usefulness than the wrong corset, or the right one worn improperly. For a limited time we will have Mrs. A. L. Craig authorized instructor of the Nemo Hygienic Fashion Institute, New York, in our Corset Shop. She is a recognized corset authority and has helped many women whose corset problems were just as difficult as yours. Mrs. Craig is here to fit that most scientifically designed corset the NEMO and to show you how to adjust and wear YOUR model. We invite you to consult her. She win be interested in helping you. Nemo Corsets famous for hygienic service, ultra-style and long"! wear will be found in a great variety of styles at Meier Frank's. Priced $330 Upward Corset Shop, Third Floor. V4 s S Excellent V alues in This Sale of Women's Silk Waists $3.45 Be sure that you are one of the fortunate women who share in this sale of silk waists today at $3.45. Georgette Crepe and Crepe de Chine waists in fashionable shades of taupe, blue, brown, gold, flesh and white. Tucked and hemstitched models, embroidery and lace trimmed styles. Two pretty models have 6oft frills, one edged with Val lace, the other has collar and inset of Filet lace. Some in high neck style, with roll and flat collars. All sizes in the lot. In many instances only one of a kind. Come as early as possible. Waist Shop, Fourth Floor. New Spring Filet Nets 39c These splendid Filet nets that we are selling today at S9c yard will make extremely pretty win dow curtains. Neat patterns. Yard only 89c. Curtain Shop, Seventh Floor. Proper Glasses Can be had by consulting our Optometrist If you have anything at all the matter with your eyes, you should consult at once with our graduate optometrist. He will carefully examine your eyes, thoroughly prescribe to your in dividual requirements and see that you are fitted with the proper glasses. Lenses duplicated from the pieces. Meixanlne, Blxtn street. A Three -Day Sale of Par Plate Silverware For Thursday, Friday and Saturday only there will be very special prices in effect on Oneida Community Par Plate Silver ware in the popular "Primrose" Design one piece of which is illustrated. Community Par Plate Silverware is heavily plated on a hard nickel-silver base. Guaranteed to give 10 years of ordinary family service. By all means profit by the following good savings: IN SETS OF SIX Teaspoons, 83. Tablespoons, $1.6o. Soup Spoons, $1.89. Medium Forks, $1.65. Medium Knives, $2.25. Individual Salad Forks, spe cial at $2.13. Individual Butter Spreaders, special, $1.89. Oyster Forks, $1.58. Fruit Knives, $1.75. FANCY PIECES (EACH) Sugar Shells, 35. Butter Knives, 85. Cream Ladles, 55. Gravy Ladles, 690. 3-piece Child's Set, 950. Baby Spoons, 350. Berry Spoons, 950. Cold Meat Forks, 550. Portland Agents Community Plate Rogers Bros. 1847 All Standard Silverware. Silverware Shop, Main Floor. ! ! i 4 .. , L ; r .