THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY EVENING. AUGUST 10, 1004.
WHILE THE SHOT AND SHELL IS SCREAMING AT PORT ARTHUR
THE CHICAGO
Boys, You Can Get
a Gold Watch Free
Read the Plan.
Boys, Read the
Watch Plan and
Qet a Watch
The Big Store in the Middle of the Block
69-7lr-and Now Adding 73-Third Street, Between Oak and Pine
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IS UNDER SIEGE OF THE WORKMEN
Tearing down and building up is the program, adding more store room, putting in new fixtures and beautifying
the big store. While we are in the very midst of all the confusion, a mighty sale of fine Suits, Outing Suits, Pants,
Hats, Shoes and Furnishings is in full blast a sale that for high quality, low prices and big variety of stylish
goods has NEVER BEEN EQUALED SINCE THE GREAT NATIONAL PANIC OF 1892 AND 1893. x
For
Ail-Wool
$12, $15,
$18 and $20
Suits
We have taken about 600 fine Suite, all colors and styles,
that sold early in the season at $12.00 to $20.00 and put one
price for choice of the entire lot. Black, clay worsted, blue
serges, gray clays, Scotch tweeds, fancy Scotch cassimeres,
light and dark cheviots, pure all-wool worsteds, vicunas, etc.,
in the very newest and best styles. Not a suit in the lot
but is band-tailored, with shape-retaining fronts and broad
shoulders. They come in double breasted sack, single
breasted sack, square or military corners, also one or three
button frock styles; all sizes, from 34 to 42, but not all
sizes in every lot They are unquestionably the greatest
bargains we have ever offered. See them; they are wonders.
For Choice of the
Best
SUMMER
OUTING
Suits
IN THE STORE 1
None hidden, held or reserved. All our $20.00, $18.00,
$15.00, $12.00 and $10.00 Outing Suite are on our counters,
and in this sale at $5.00 for choice of the best.
OVER .200 TO CHOOSE FROM
Single and double breasted homespuns, serges, cheviots,
tweeds, flannels, cassimeres and hand-loom tweeds, all
sewed throughout with pure silk, hand-worked shoulders
and collars, some half lined, others full skeleton made! Not
a minute to spare. Now is the time to get a Summer Suit.
For $3.50, $4
and $5
EXTRA QUALITY
ALL-WOOL
TAILOR-MADE
Pants
Over 1,000 pairs of the very latest and best styles, in wor
steds or all-wool cassimeres, clays, cheviots, tweeds, in
cluding choke of all our finest quality Outing Pants. There
never has been such a grand opportunity to secure so large
an assortment of really fine Pants at so low a price. We
can fit any person from 30 to 48 waist or 28 to 37 inseam.
Don't think of buying Pants until you see them.
Shoes
We Simply Beat Them All on High Quality and Low
Prices.
We have rung the bell on Shoes good shoes, no old
timers, but the very best styles that's the kind The Chicago
sells.
CI kuy choice of 20 styles of box and velour
J) 1 uOO calf, in foot form last ; shoes that are sold usually
at $2.00 and $2.50.
O 1Z Vki' Velour Box Cal and Cordovan. $3.00,
PCOd $3.50 and $4.00 Shoes, the styles and shapes of
last are the very best; they come in all widths, and sizes.
Any time you buy a pair of shoes at The Chicago and
they don't wear right you get a new pair FREE. We don't
sell anything that we cannot guarantee.
THE AWARD OF
$50 CASH
Offered by The Chicago for a plan that was superior to its own to distribute 50 gold and 50
silver-plated watches to boys under 18 years of age on the opening day of the new Boys' and
Children's Department, which will be in September, has been decided as follows:
Portland, Or., Aug. 18, 1804 We, the undersigned, after an examination of plans sub
mitted to The Chicago for the distribution of' the above watches, lottery schemes and giving
them with purchases omitted, find the plan proposed by N. L. Shafer, 335 Sherman street, Port
land, to be the best adapted and most suitable for the boys, most beneficial and impartial for
The Chicago Clothing Company. The plan accepted was delivered to us under United States
government seal, unbroken, bearing date of July 15, 1804, 1:30 p.m.
W. J. Hofmann, The Journal,
J. W. Spriggs, Telegram.
THE PLAN
To furnish boys with printed lists or petitions. The boys securing the 60 largest
lists of adult signatures to be given the 50 gold-plated watches. The boys getting the
next 50 largest lists of signatures to be given the silver-plated watches, until all the
watches are distributed.
RULES.
No. 1 The same list not to be signed by the same person more than once, but the
same person may sign as many different lists as they may want.
No. 2 Sign your own name. Do not sign for others, as the same hand-writing in
more than one place on the same list makes the list void.
The $50 Will Be Given to Charitable Institu
tions, to Be Decided on by the Boys
Receiving the Watches.
P. S. The above plan is not new. It was originated and used 10 years ago in Chicago
at the corner of Clark and Lake streets by the originator, N. L. Shafer. An impartial and
competent committee of Portland's most practical advertising men from the Telegram and Jour
nal has decided that as there has been no plan offered that improves on it, they recommend
its adoption and use by The Chicago Clothing company for the distribution of 100 watches to
boys under 18 years of age. Opening day of their new Boys' and Children's Department Sep
tember 17, 1804.
BOYS GET A WATCH FREE
The lists will be ready by 10 a. m. tomorrow, Saturday. All the boys calling at the store
for the next two weeks will be furnished with lists free. Start out boys, secure one of the gold
plated watches. Every watch is guaranteed by the maker to keep good time they are beau
ties. Hustle and get a watch free. The contest is open to all boys under 18 years of age
within 100 miles of Portland. Boys living outside of the city can send or write for lists.
HATS DON'T WAIT A MINUTE
We are going to make a clean sweep of every Hat in the house. Prices on all kinds of soft or
stiff Hats will be cut to the core. Cost or loss cute no figure they must go.
68o for choice of a big lot, light, medium or dark colors, soft or stiff Hats, worth up to $2.00.
$1.30 for choice of over 1000 soft or stiff Hats, in black, brown, nutria, drab, pearl or smoke
shade, the very latest shapes, worth up to $3.00.
We have jumped into the Hat stock with both feet you need not wear a shabby one now.
Young Men's Suits
We are going to give the young men a
surprise in Nobby Suits.
d PA We have taken about 200 elegant
Q.OU All-Woo! Suits, in both single
and double breasted styles, dark and medium
colors, also plaids, checks and stripes suits
that sell ordinarily up to $13.50, and put
them in this lot at $ 6.50 for choice.
Children's Suits
We have about 50 All-Wool Knee Pants
Suits, reefer, vestee, junior and double
breasted styles, we will sell before we open
the big new .boys' and Children's department.
Just pick out the one you want, take it for
half what it is marked and then take off an
other 10 per cent, v
EX AMPLE: $5.00 Suit One-half price,
$2.60; 10 per cent off, now $2.25.
Men's Furnishings
We show the largest and best line of good, up-to-date
Furnishings in this state. The prices, during this Great
Sale, while store improvements are going on, are a revela
tion of the power of this store as a bargain-giver.
Shirts
lCr For choice of Negligee and Golf Style Shirts, cuffs
OOC detached, very choice; worth up to 78c, including
black sateen, madras, etc
PA. For choice of an elegant assortment of Golf or
OUC Negligee Shirts, consisting of the very choicest
styles; worth tip to $1.00.
Underwear
We are selling Underwear at an average of less than
ONE-HALF PRICK Twenty styles to choose from
23t For elegant 50c qualities.
33 For extra good, up to 75c qualities.
43 For select quality, up to $1.00 values.
We have about 600 dozen Good Sox that sell regularly
from 10c to 60c a pair. We are going to sell them. Here
are the prices :
5c For the best 10c Sox on the market.
2 Pairs for 25 for the 20c Sox.
3 Pairs for 50 the best of qualities, lisle, balbriggan
and mercerized, plain and fancy ; imported 26c, 35c, 40c and
50c Sox.
Suspenders
We sell wholesale and retail, and will sell you a pair
or two of Suspenders at a cheaper rate than we would sell
you by the box.
10 For the very best 20c and 25c values.
20t For elegant Suspenders ; value up to 50c.
30? For French and English web, glove-button cast
off, best of trappings and ends, handsome colors or white;
value up to 75c. t
Fine NecKwear
We show more fine All-Silk Neckwear than any house
in Oregon. We make a leader out of Neckwear, and retail
it at about wholesale prices, but during store alterations
we'll sell it at manufacturer's cost
19f For choice of 200 dozen Pure Silk Bows, Tecks,
Clubs and Four-in-Hands ; good 35c value.
39 For choice of 200 dozen very newest styles of
imported silk, in all styles; worth up to 75c.
Summer Vests
We are going to clear up every Wash Vest in the house
about 400 of them, including all sizes from 34 to 42.
ap Will take choice of the lot, white, marseilles, pe
VtjC nang, crash, Bedfords, in stripes, dote, figures and
solid colors. This elegant assortment includes all Wash
Vests that sold at $2.50. $3.00, $3.50 and $4.00. FULL
DRESS VESTS ARE NOT INCLUDED.
Odd Vests
by the thousand. Seems a good many, but we have them,
or we would not say so.
Just take your pick of 300, all colors and sizes, up
to 46, all-wool or worsted; worth $1.50.
For choice of 500 all-wool and worsteds, black, blue,
fancy colors artd mixtures, sizes to 46; worth $2.50.
45c
95c