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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 15, 1907)
11 NOW COMMENCES THE THIRD WEEK OF THE SEPTEMBER RECORD SALES, OFFERING EVEN GREATER INDUCEMENTS If all advertised and so-called sales were com pelled to live up to a certain authentic gen- uineness, there would be' fewer sale attempts in Portland. Some stores are absolutely un conscious to all else save their own imagina tions. They forget that if they are really of . importance to the r community they must in turn owe something to that conimunitj'. In recognition of that duty, and in justice to honest methods, we offer this Record Furni ture Sale a sale of genuine merit and of material saving opportunities. The Character and Meaning of the Record Sales There is nothing misleading no deceptive name applied to this sale. It is an honest sale, with an honest name, and an honest meaning." The Record Sale is a simple-meaning statement, and we depend upon values alone to make of this truly a record event. By the co-operation of determination and value-giving, we intend to do double the amount of business ever recorded during the month of September by any one furniture house in the Northwest which is to say double the record made by this house during September one year ago. This, then, is the significant meaning of the "Record" Sales. "Quality" is a term of deeply-hidden mean ing. It is one that is often abused. There is surely no acquaintance so valued as that occa sioned by quality. The furniture that goes out from this house ranks first in point of quality. It is the sort that carries into the best-furnished homes an air of personality a supreme amount of distinct "quality" an assurance of lasting satisfaction, and" the inherent right of aristocratic bearing. "Gevurtz" the stamp of universal approval. Department Covering the Western H a 1 f Block; second floor. Grand Sale of Rugs Department Covering the Western Half Elock; second floor. THE SUNDAY OREQOXIAN, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 15, 1907. Including Extra Sizes in Extra Heavy Axminsters Size 12x15, in exquisite floral de sign. A beautiful covering for a floor of elaborate furnishings. ' Our regular price $75.00. Rec ord Sale price Monday, $49.50 Size 10 ft. 6 in. by 13 ft. 6 in.; Rugs in same material and pat terned along the order of same rich design. Reg. price $62.50, Record Sale price Monday, $41.00 Wilton Velvets, Axminsters, Royal Wiltons in 9x12 Size Presenting patterns designed by artists of most original taste and skill. Oriental and floral effects that are elegant and delicate in their blending nature. The Record prices we quote should create a record in Rug-selling, for never before did rug prices control so much in rug value. These are the Record prices: AXMINSTERS II WILTON VELVETS $30.00 $31.50 $30.00 $31.50 $33.75 $38.25 $33.75 $38.25 EOYAL WILTONS $44.00 $47.25 $51.75 $58.50 THEBEST STOCK OF CARPETS ANYWHERE FOUND IN THE NORTHWEST AWAITS YOUR INSPECTION RUG CREDIT TERMS .00 DOWN $ .00 A WEEK Drap ery Department Record Makers A Sale of Oriental Draperies Pretty Portieres in the attractive Oriental Stripes; 3 yards long and 40 inches wide; with good, heavy fringe. All regular flt rA $2.75 values, Monday, pair pl.DU Oriental Striped Portieres; made from extra heavy materials ; rich contrasting colors; 3 yards long and 48 inches wide. All regular $3.50 values. For Mon- 00 day's Record selling, pair. ph0 Cut ends Curtain Draperies; all hemmed and ready for use; 1Vx2- yard size; made from very choic e materials that sold in the bolt at from 7oc to $1.2o yard. Monday we offer a grand choice of all these pieces at, each , i$1.00 Drapery Department, Second Floor, Offering Record Curtain Vals. High-Grade Furniture at Record Price Reductions To mention every piece of furniture that falls in the way of this tremendous Record slash ing would be to give a complete list of every article in this great establishment. . We are after the Record, and nothing in the. line of prices shall stand in our way. - Parlor, dining and bedroom suits and single pieces must offer every bit of price-reduction they can stand. We guarantee the best values and the best furniture, in the Northwest. 1 . jaws? " .AJ The Range That Gave the Cook Her Royal Title The race for range supremacy is a one-range affair. There's not another range within forty miles of the "Eclipse." If the "Eclipse" were torn to pieces and sold to the metal-buyer, it would' bring more money than any other range. It wouldn't weigh any more, nor would it be of larger bulk. -It's the quality better steel, better castiron, finer temper; so much for the vitality. The cooking arrangements are perfect. What satisfaction is so pleasing as satisfied taste? It's the well-cooked food. The "Eclipse" has a world of refined cooking education. Compared to other ranges it is as the sun compared to the stars. "Eclipse' the brightest glory on the cooking horizon. Guaranteed for fifteen years, with 15 distinct superior reasons, and every qualification of the perfect range. The choice of all who advo cate a modern cookery. Prices even less than those asked for many in ferior makes. $35.00 to $55.00 $1 down, $1 a week ' Department on Main Floor The "Little Giant" in Heating Circles "Eclipse" the Heater Selected as the official heater by all who have investigated the various makes. It doesn't take an eternity to heat up the house if occupied by the "Eclipse." There's no deception every part is open to your inspection. And those who are acquainted with slove builds are the people who most favor the "Eclipse." The lining (the everlasting life) is of three-piece sectional cast-iron (fluted), and will outwear any stove lining ever built. The sheet steel body and cast-iron top and bottom are of the best mould. When ordering your heater, let it be an "Eclipse" the econom ical store bouse for Winter -fuel the long-lived, universal, satisfy ing stove. . f HEATERS FOR WOOD AND COAL $10.00 and Up wards -$1.00 Down and $1.00 a Week THESE RECORD SALES ARE WORTHY OF EVERY ATTENTION YOU CAN GIVE Good "Pals" The "Eclipse" Range and Heater GE VU R T Z & ON ON YAMHILL Basem'nt Special $1.75 Copper Tea Kettles $1.10 WILL 11 OREGON MAN BISHOP TO FILIj VACANCY AT TAYLOR-STREET CHURCH. Ministers of State Conference in Re volt Against Importation of Tal ent H1U Goes to Spokane. Rev. Everett M. Hill, acting pastor of Taylor-street Methodist Episcopal Church, will be transferred to the Jefferson-street Methodist Episcopal Church at Spokane after the session of the Oregon Conference, which con venes here September 24. His place at the Taylor-street church will be filled by appointment to be made by Bishop David H. Moore, who will preside at the conference. That Bishop Moore will select a mem ber of the Oregon Conference to fill the pulpit of Taylor-street church is pretty generally believed, as there is a strong conviction that the time has come when the ability and faithful service of the ministers in this con ference should be recognized and the high-salaried pulpits filled by them in stead of by men transferred from other conferences. Since the aommittee selected to de cide upon a pastor has given the mat ter entirely into the hands of Bishop Moore, a strong belief seems to pre vail that Rev. W. H. Heppe, for "three years pastor of Centenary Church, is likely to receive recognition and be appointed to the Taylor-street church pulpit. This, it is crgued, would be a promotion richly deserved and would serve to encourage faithful service in the ministry of the Oregon Conference. That there has been altogether too much transfer work in the Oregon Conference seems to be the prevailing opinion among many Methodists, and as for the ministers themselves, they are said to feel greatly disheartened because of the fact that all of the so called "good" charges are given to out siders. This was the case when Dr. F. Burgette Short was brought to Taylor street church;, it was the case with Dr. Clarence True Wilson at Grace Church, and it is said to have been the custom for many years to give the best appointments in thp conference to out siders. This is said to have greatly discour aged the ministers of the conference, who have come to think that in this conference little regard for their rights or respect for their- ability has been given heretofore. Therefore when the pulpit of Tayor street is open for an appointment the cry is going up for the appointment of a member of the Oregon Conference to that important charge. It is said that the ministers in the Oregon Conference have grown weary of seeing the best appointments turned over to men from various other places, and that in many instances competent ministers have asked to be transferred from this to other conferences where there is reward and promotion in store for hard-working, faithful pas tors. It Is argued that the time has come In this conference when the pro motion system should be put into ef fect, and by leaving the appointment of a pastor entirely in the hands of Bishop Moore the members of Taylor street church are said to have shown their feeling that the position should be given to a minister of the Oregon Conference. Jefferson-street Methodist Episcopal Church, to which Mr. Hill Is to be transferred, is a very desirable appoint ment. It has a large membership and Is prosperous, being one of the oldest congregations in Eastern Washington. Official announcement of the transfer will be made at the coming session of the Oregon Conference by Bishop Moore. Mr. Hill will remain here as a member of this conference In order that he may cast his vote on the many Important matters that are coming up for discussion, after which he will move to Spokane to assume the duties of his new charge. He has been filling the pastorate of Taylor-street Church temporarily in the absence of Dr. Short, who has been ill for many months. He has won many friends and has made a good impres sion on the members of the congregation. A POSTAt WILL, IX). Write It today for copy of Illustrated booklet telling all about 150,000 acres of Irrigated land In Snake River Valley of Southern Idaho, to be open to entry Oc tober 1, 1907. Twin Falls North Side Land & Water Company, Milner, Idaho. Gains Three Years in Age in Few Weeks Remarkable Feat of Young Han AVbo Is Having Trouble In Marrying- the Lady of Ufa Choice. . SOME weeks ago, M. Grohs, aged IS, and Tracy Fox, aged about 16, ap plied for a license to wed, the girl's mother accompanying them and signing the necessary consent blank. The young man's mother also had written her con sent to the marriage, but the state law was in the way of further proceedings, for the girl lacked about a month of reaching marriageable age, according to the statutes. The young couple went their way resolved to wait until the weeks passed by that would remove the bar on the girl's age. Yesterday they appeared again at the County Clerk's office, and to the deputy's surprise the boy had gained three years of maturity in the 1 few weeks since he had called be fore. It is to be said In his behalf, however, that he misunderstood the usual question asked him, for as he had on the previous visit presented his mother's certificate of consent, he supposed when the deputy asked him if he was of legal age that an affirm ative answer would be correct. It was recalled by one of the deputies that the young man had given his age as 18 on the previous occasion, and as he had failed to bring the paper signed by his mother the wedding had to be postponed again until he could communicate with his parent and get the necessary consent. ENTITLED TO FRONT SEAT Fairbanks Eulogizes Methodist Min isters at Michigan Conference. ALBION, Mich., Sept. 14. Vice-President Fairbanks and Governor Warner were today guests of honor of the Mich igan conference of the Methodist Episco pal Church. Mr Fairbanks, in an ad dress, eulogized the devotion of the Meth odist clergymen, spying in conclusion- As I walked up the street this morn ing from the depot with this great band of Methodist soldiers, marching arm in arm, I thought that if i the new Jerusa! Jem there is any one who is entitled to be nearest the throne, it is the Methodist minister. WE RENT GOOD PIANOS Pianos of excellent quality and fine tone at moderate monthly rentals. Ellers Piano House, Cor. Washington and Park streets. Automobile Garage Sold. Messrs. I E. Crowe and A. A. Graham have purchased the stock of automobiles, repair shop tools, garage equipment sup plies and entire business heretofore -conducted by Floyd J. Cook and known as the Cook Motor-Car Company, situated at Fifteenth and Washington streets. The new firm has secured the same premises and will conduct a general sales garage and repair business.