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VOL. XXV.
PORTIAXD, OREGOX, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 21, 1906.
NO. 3.
THE OLDS, WORTMflN & KING STORE Fifth, Sixth & Washington Sts. THE OLDS, WORTMAN & KING STORE
PSRT THREE
PAGES 25 TO 36
Advance Styles
I vl I 111 Women's Tailored
suits
For women going south, or those fastidious folk who want the new a
little in advance of the season. Smart Eton and Jacket styles, brightest
and newest thoughts of recognized style creators in leading Eastern
Fashion Centers. Shown first and for the first time in Portland to
morrow. And at Clearance Sale Prices: Range, 15.00 to $42.50,
STORE OPENS AT 5 A. M. AND CLOSES DAILY AT 6 P. M.
MONDAY BARGAINS
Big Special, in Men's Shoes
Up to $6.00 Values for $2.89 A large assortment of men's stylish Footwear, in patent and dull leathers, for
street wear and dress: all newest lasts and smart shapes. Broken lots, values up to $6.00.20 5TO
All siies. Special clearance sale price SJJ
5th
And Next to Last
Week of 25th Annual
Clearance Sales
"CONTRACT GOODS," upon which manufacturers alone dictate
prices, excepted. EVERY ARTICLE IN THE BIG STORE IS FORCE
FULLY REDUCED. The most important underprieed merchandise
movement of the times is drawing to a close. A sale of sales that is mak
ing new history in Portland storekeeping. "Whoever neglects to profit by
its myriad economies is unmindful of their duty to themselves or their
families. These are the days when the lowest prices of the year prevail.
NEWS FROM THE STORE TOR WOMEN AND MEN:
The Great Special Reduction Sale of Opera Costumes
Wraps, Evening Waists, etc., for the "CALVE" Appearance
at the Marquam Grand Tomorrow Night, Continues Monday
A FULL FOUETH OFF on all Evening and Opera Costumes, Opera and Theater Wraps, and Evening Waists, at $20.00 or over. Regular priees
on Evening and Opera Costumes range up from $25.00 to $450.00. ALL ONE FOUETH OFF.
Spec'l Bargains
in Glassware
Housewives will read this news
with interest, then come to third
floor Monday.
Thin blown Table Tumblers our
60c value; special at, doz...48
Thin blown Table Tumblers, band
ed our 70c value; special at, the
dozen 56
Thin blown Table Tumblers, en
graved our $L00 value; special
at, the dozen 75
Fruit saucers, fancy designs; our
35c value; special at, dozen.24
Berry Bowl to match, 8-inch size;
our 25c value; special, each.lo
Berry Sets bowl, with 6 individ
ual saucers; our 43c value; spe
cial at, set or 7 pieces. .. .27?
$1.59 for $2.00
Black Saline
Petticoats
Annex Second Floor.
Women's fine black satine Petti
coats, of good quality, sunburst
flounce with six rows of fancy
stitching, and finished with small
ruffles; our $2.00 value; special
clearance sale price, ea..$1.59
Tiny Tempters!
Spread out Monday along "Bar
gain Row," First Floor Small
Wares Shops. Penny-savers that
serve as bargain wedges to open
the purse:
50c card fancy Metal Dress But
tons, match any color, sp'cl.lO
Black silk luster-finish Thread for
hand or machine, special.... 8
65c set fancy gold-mounted Side
and Back Combs, special. . .39
$1.00 plain white Side and Bade
Combs, special 2s5
10c cabinet box assorted wire Hair
pins, special 6
15c can Violet Talcum Powder,
special . 9
10c bar clear, transparent Glycer
ine Toilet Soap, special..... 6
30c Combination Felt Shoe Brush,
Polisher and can Polish; spe
cial 19
30c pint bottle pure Witch Hazel,
special 20
20c Aluminum Soap Box, with cake
fine toilet soap, special.. lO
30c box odd lines Writing Paper,
speciaf .... 1 10
25c box -linen cloth-finish Writing
Paper, special 15
25c pack best enamel-back Playing
Cards, special 17
Odd line Ink Writing Tablets, note
size, special
5c fancy Crepe Shelf Paper, spe
cial 3
Women's Attire Relentlessly Reduced
Monday's Price-Cuts Double, Treble and More,
the Purchasing Power of a Dollar!
y Nothing Ever Happened in Portland Retailing to Equal in M.oney-Saving Importance This Great Sale
An absolute dispersal of all garments remaining in the great Second Floor Salons of Dress, by means of the most drastic, quick-action prices ever made. We quote lower prices this
week tnan ever before. Think of that. Picture the enormous volume of business that will surge through the Salons Monday. The efforts of other houses, necessarily limited wnen
comparison of size and stocks carried is made, become dwarfed and practically futile. We shall open Monday's sale with a vigor and enthusiasm nothing short of marvelous. Do
you wonder? Bead:
$6.50 to $5.50 Women's Capes $ 1 .00
Loup; black Kersey Capes, especially adapted for wear by elderly women, for riding,
i raveling or shopping. You'll have to hurry for these only 32 in the lot; dealers
needn't come for them they're for 12 lucky women. Regular $6.50 to Jh ff
$R.50 .values, special at, each "vf
Only one to a customer.
$5.00 and $6.50 Silk Petticoats $3.95
Handsome, rich and dressy Petticoats, splendid rustling taffetas, in accordion-plaited
styles, all wanted colorings and changeable effects. As -above, $5.00 and X ft
$6.50 values, Monday 3xJJJ
$6.50 and $5.50 Walking Skirts $3.95
About a hundred to close. Popular round lengths; trim, jaunty styles, best-wearing ma
terials, embracing cheviots, mohairs figured and plain and mannish mixed, twecdish
stuffs; plain colors and mixtures; made up in best workmanship $0.50 J 'K QX
and $S.50 values, Monday cp.W
$ 1 2.50, $ 1 6.50, $20.00 Raincoats $7.95
Stylish, well-made "Raincoats, the product of America's best makers of rainproof garments
" popular models, including the loose, half-fitted and Empire effects, in cravenetted
materials; tans, gravs and attractive mixtures. Only 4S in the lot; to close Monday,
regular $12.50, $16.50 and $20.00 Coats will all hang on one big rack, 7 Q
marked choice for - J
First
Floor
5th-St.
Annex
A Group of Strong Leaders
For This Week's Selling!
Proof positive of our absolute and masterful supremacy in the selling of all .fabrics.
Such bargains are impossible outside this store, with its unrivaled prestige in the silk
and dress-goods markets, stronger todaj' than at any time in its quarter-century and more
o$ business life. No other Portland store has reached such an amount in January sales as
this house has achieved no other house can approach our values. This week we surpass
all former efforts in the bargains offered to our patrons. Ecad:
IN SILKS
6500 Yards f Swagger Novelty Silks Suitable for Waists, Skirts, trimmings aud
Shirtwaist Suits; also plain taffetas, in colors and black, divided in two mon- ft Of
ster lots (regular values $1.50, $1.25 and $1.00) at, the yard 57 and
These Silks are all down-to-date weaves, colors and patterns
years, but all new, desirable Silks.
-not an accumulation of
Dress Goods
Colored
A Three-Day Sale.
Monday, Tuesday and "Wednesday we of
fer our entire assortment of colored French
silk and wool Crepe de Paris, the prettiest
fabric made for dressy wear, at HALF
PRICE!
$1.50 grade for, yard 75 p
$1.75 grade for, yard 87 YzC
$2.00 grade for, vard S1.00
$2.25 grade for, yard $1,1216
$2.50 grade for, yard 1.25
All street and evening shades are included
in these different grades.
Novelty Suitings In all new colors and
weaves; regular values 50c to $2.25 the
yard; reduced to, yard, 23c, 49c, 59c, 89c
and $1.26
Dress Goods
Black
6000.00 Worth of Swell Black Dress
Fabrics, in three big lots, at prices never
heard of heretofore on equal qualities in
the history of dress goods selling in Port
land: LOT 1 54-inch Black Novelty Panamas,
Herringbone Cheviots, etc.; regular $1.75
value; special, the yard 1.26
LOT 2 -11-inch imported silk and wool and
mohair and wool novelties; all new
weaves. Regular values $2.25 and $2J30;
special at, the yard $1.53
LOT 3 44 and 46-inch silk and wool novel
ties, such as Pointello, Poplin de Chine,
Crepe de Paris, Caritas, etc Regular
$3.00 and $350 values; special at, the
yard $2.09
Unequaled Values in
Table Linens and Domestics
First Floor.
The frugal housewives who are careful in selection of these needs for the home will
surely appreciate values like these. Bear in mind, too, that but two weeks remain of
the exceptional saving opportunities offered by the Annual Clearance Sales. Be sure to
fill every need.
15c Doilies, 5c A lot of all-linen, tied,
fringed Doilies; regular value 15c, clear
ance special, each... 5
Sheets, 7Sc Best quality hemstitched
Sheets, siie 81x90; clearance special,
cacb 73
Sheets, 49c Large double-bed Sheets, good
heavy quality; clearance special, ea.49
Sheets, 42c Single-bed Sheets, good qual
ity; clearance special, each.-.42
Scotch Madras, l&c Imported Scotch Ma
dras, light ground with neat figures and
stripes; clearance special, the yard. -1S
Bathrobe Plans sis, 33c Pretty, new Bath
robe Flannels; clearance special, yd. 33
Kimono and Wrxppac Flannels, lSc New
fleece-down Kimono and "Wrapper Flan
nels; clearance speeiaj, the yard.. 12
White Embroidered lianmeU A line 'of
White Embroidered Flannels, hemstitched ,
and scalloped edges; clearance special,
the yard. .50c, 63c, 85c, Sl.05 aad f 1.48
SATIN DAMASK TABLECLOTHS.
A lot of about 50 fine Satin Damask Ta
blecloths, slightly soiled, no napkins to
match:
Size 2x2 yards; regular value $4.25: clear
ance special 3.45
Size 2s2l6 yards; regular value $5.50 ; clear
ance special $4.80
Size 2x2 yards; Tegular value $7.50, clear
ance 'special $6.40
Size 2x2 yards; regular value $8.50, clear
ance special $7.25
Size 2x3 yards; regular value $9.00, clear
ance special $7.00
Size 2x3 yards; regular value $12.50, clear
ance special $925
Size 2x3 yards; regular value $10.50,
clearance special $8.00
15c and 18c Toweling for 11c Linen Check
Toweling, assorted size checks; regular
values 15c and 18c; clearance special, the
yard il
Things Men Want
First Floor.
It 's difficult enough for the average man to dress well, even when he has the means
to follow his own taste, for he has to learn what to avoid as well as what to wear. The
man is safe in buying here. Our buyer of men's goods avoids eccentricities in men 'swear
and sticks to lines that embrace only good taste. The men are safe who trade at the
Annex "Haberdasherie" First Floor and bargains are as plentiful for the man as they
are for his mother, wife, sister or sweetheart. Proof:
TREMENDOUS PEICE-CTJTS MARK THE
Clearance Sale of Laces
First Floor.
65c Cluny Laces for 18c Lovely black Cluny Edges
and insertions, from 3 to 6 inches wide. Values
up to 65c; special clearance sale price, yard. -18
85c Venise Bands and Galloons Sweeping reduc
tions in the much-used Veuise Lace Bands and
Galloons, in white, cream and ecru; some of them
have sold as high as 85c. Special clearance sale
price, yard 18$
FIBRE FAGGOTING FOR 10c.
Fibre Faggoting, from one to two and one-half
inches m width, suitable trimming for waists and
dresses; in white, oyster and the new onion
shades; special clearance sale price, yard. lOp
BLACK CHANTILLY EDGES
AND INSERTIONS.
Some of the edges wide enough
for flouncings effective far trim
ming evening dresses. Edges are
from 2 to 12 inches in width, with
insertions to match.
Our $1.50 value; special clearance
sale price, the yard 75
Our $1.25 value; special clearance
sale price, the yard. . ... 63
Our $1.00 value; special clearance
sale price, the yard : 50
Our 7oc value: special clearance
sale price, the yard. ........ .38
Our 50c value; special clearance
sale price, the j'ard 25 p
Our 25c value; special clearance
sale price, the yard 121o6
Our ISc value; special clearance
sale price, the yard 9
A few choice patterns in Lace
Applique are now selling at half
price. These are much nsed for
trimming the ever-fashionable' net
waists and dresses. Not much of
any one pattern and won't last
long. Better be early.
Men's 50c Ties 35c A line of men's silk.
Four-in-Hands, 2 inches wide; best 50c
value; clearance special, 35c each or 3
for $1.00
Men's 10c Elastic Bands 26c Round, easy
Elastic Arm Bands; regular value 10c:
clearance special, 2 pairs 5
Men's $L50 Underwear $1.15 Four num
bers in Cooper's Spring weight. Derby
ribbed, worsted, high-grade Underwear;
French neck, finished Drawers; fawn col
or. Regular value $1.50; clearance spe
cial, the garment $1.15
Men's 10c Hose 6c A line of heavy gray
mixed Cotton Hose, seamless; regular
value 10c; clearance special, the pair. 6.
Men's 3.75 and $4.50 Sweaters $1.89 A
small line of men's Sweaters, fancy weave
and color; regular values $3.75 and $4.50 ;
clearance special, each $1.89
Men's $1.50 "Underwear $1.15 Medium
weight worsted Underwear, in silver
gray; regular value $1.50; clearance spe
cial, the garment $1.15
Men's $1.50 Underwear $1.15 Cooper's
Spriug weight, fine mercerized Shirts and
Drawers; regular value $1.50; clearance
special, the garment $1.15
Men's $1.50 Underwear $1.15 Spring
weight, fine silver gray cashmere Under
wear; regular value $1.50; clearance spe
cial, the garment $1.15
$5.00 to $ 1 0.00 Hats $2.49
SPECIAL MONDAY !lN MILLINERY Annex, Second Floor.
Bound., to close all remaining stock in the Millinery Rooms ere February 1. One hundred
pretty, stylish Hats, all favored colors, neatly trimmed, as above; $5.00 J-O ift
and $10.00 values, at q A
Special showing Opera Hats for the Calve appearance, at Clearance Sale prices.
Rare Bargains in Leather Handbags
Sixth Street Annex First Floor.
SPECIAL CLEARANCE SALE OF LADIES' FINE LEATHER HANDBAGS $8 TO
$25 HANDBAGS FOR $6.79. ' ' '
Tomorrow we place on sale a lot of the very finest leather Handbags about seventy
five in all including alligator, seal, walrus, lizard, morocco, granite calf, sea lion, pig
skin, mountain goat, black and white patent leather and crushed calf leather Handbags.
All have the best-made frames and the finest of fittings and linings.
The regular prices of these bags are from $S.OO to $25.00, but to close them out of stock
lvemory, we piace tne entire ioi on sale tomorrow at me special iA
sale price of, each..- J M J
See display in Fifth Street Show Window.
before ini
clearance
Sharp Reductions in a Big Sole of
Women's Dainty Undermuslins
Second Floor Annex.
65c and 75c Chemises for 39c -Women's fine cambric Chemises, trimmed
with fine embroidery and tucks and with or without flounce. Our 65c
and 75c values; special clearance sale price, each... 39
$1.00 Corset Covers for 69c Women's Corset Covers of good quality
cambric, neatly trimmed with fine hemstitched rucks and embroidery;
either tight or loose-fitting styles. Our $1.00 value; special clearance
sale price, each. 69
$1.25 Drawers fer 73c Women's fine nainsook and cambric Drawers,
trimmed with 'clusters of fine tucks and wide flounce of fine embroidery.
Our $L25 value; special clearance sale price, the pair ...73
$1.36 NifitfowM for 93c Women's muslin and cambrie Nightgowns, of
excellent quality; made with. V-shape or round neck, Ioag or siort
sleeves, and trimmed with fine tucks, embroidery, lace, beading asd
ribbon. Our $1.25 value; special clearance sale price, each 03
Lamps
A Sale Aglow With Big
Values
Third Floor.
HANGING LAMPS,
With decorated globe and vase to
match ; Rochester u'0-candle bumer,
spring extension.
Our $5.00 value; speeial clearance
sale price, caeh -.$3.50
HALL LAMPS,
With Colored Globes.
Our $1.75 value: speeial clearance
sale price, each $1.25
Our $2.25 value; special clearance
sale price, each $1.50
Our $2.65 value; special clearance
sale price, each ,.'..$1.90
Our $3.75 value; special clearance
sale price, each $2.50
Big bargains in Decorated Stand
Lamps, with globes to match. A
reduction of one-third off regular
prices.
China Drops!
and PricesGoto Smash:
Third Floor.
Special Monday in Decorated
China Dinner Sets.
Austrian China Dinner Sets,
1CF0 Pieces in Set.
Our $20.00 value; special clearance
sale price $15.00
Our $22.00 value; special clearance
sale price $16.00
Haviland Decorated China Dinner
Sets.
100-piece,sets, $29.50 value; special
clearance sale price. ...$24.00
100-piece sets, $52.00 value ; special
clearance sale price.... $37.00
Handsomely Decorated China
Dinner Sets,
With rich -green and gold border
pattern, solid gold handles aud
knobs.
64-piece sets, our $78.00 ralue;
special at $58.50
U7-piece sets, our $144.00 value;
special at $108.00
Decorated China Dinner Sets,
With heavy gold lace border pat
tern, solid gold handles and knobs.
112-piece sets, our $110.00 value;
speeial at, the set $8350
117-piece sets, our $115.00' value;
special at, the set...... $86.0,
wit