THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND,' THURSDAY EVENING. CErTLMSEU . C3. lCCJ.
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The Meier (& Frank Store's 869th Friday Surprise Salo
The Meier & Frank Store's 869th Friday Surpriss Sale
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For. tomorrow's 869th Friday Surprise Sale we announce one of our..
famous sales, of High-Grade Silk Petticoats at half their real value
200 in this lot, and they come from New York's foremost manufac-v
turers of fine silk underskirts, made of the best quality taffeta silk,
with deep accordion-pleated flounce graduated and with wide ruffle
and two rows niching, made extra full Handsomely finished and a
splendid assortment of desirable colors to choose fromtans, greens,'
blues, red, brown, lavender, purple, navy
and black Every skirt in the lot regular
$12.50 value Your choice while they last
tomorrow at this phenomenally low price
No Mail or Phone drders Filled See Bis; Fifth-St Window display
Only 200 of them, remember." Better plan to be here bright and
early if you want one. .. , . ' J - . y ' , '
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Tho r.Iei:r G Frank Store's 069th Friday Surprise Sale
-20.0 EQ2gri;of Metfs Fine Necliivear
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In Ih'e Men's Furnishing Goods Section for tomorrow's 869th Friday Surprise Sale, 2400 Men's
Four-in-I lands and Tecks on sale. at one half their regular price; new patterns, new silks,
light and dark colorings; immense assortment; four-in-hands are made French fold? or rever
sible, also fancy lined, dots, figures, stripes, plaids and moire silk effects; same lines 0r
in teck; all are regular 50c values. .-.....'..v., ..V... ;:.v.j.;;..;..;.l.;...'c
Buy all you want of them at 25c each. -See big window display, v-
Tho r.Icicr (D Frank Stores 869th Friday Surprise Sale
4000 1,1
Corbet
Covers
A great Surprise Sale of dainty Corset Covers Is sure to attract
scores of women bright and early tomorrow morning A Friday
- bargain offering every woman in town wants to share in 3,000
of the prettiest Corset Covers you ever saw are to be sold at an
: exceptionally low price A special lot secured by the underwear "
; buyer on a recent trip to the market Nainsooks and Cambrics
Hand-embroidered,' lace and embroidery-trimmed effects, blouse
ft00- headings, ribbons and . insertions, tucked and trimmed
'' backs Fitted waist-bands AH sizes, great vari-aA gv
ety Values up to $2.00 each, your choice tbmpr- y
row only extraordinary low price, each. .
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The Meier G Frank Store's 869th Friday Surprise Sale
15,0 0 0 Women's Linen Handkerchiefs
35c Vfllnes 17c Each-Box of 6 for 95c
For. tomorrow's 869th Friday Surprise Sale, 15,000 Women's Pure Linen Checked Handker
chiefs, with hemstitched borders;. three different size checks to choose from ; very stylish and i
' Jn great demand at the presenf time; regular fr5c values ; your. ; choice tomorrow p
' only at this extremely low price, each..... U ; U. ji; I C
Box of;6 for ,95 -.cents.-,-No mail or phone orders filled. 1 -.,;-'-,;,: vi'Vr'-''-'"
4X"Yard Strips, Values to S6, at S1.34 Strip
6 - Yard Strips, Values to S?, at $L79 Strip
i6YArd Strips Values to Q9, at 51.90 Strip
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Another marvelous offering of Fine Embroideries will attract the usual throng
of early buyers to the store tomorrow 6,000 yards of magnificent Embroidery
Flouncings at wonderfully low prices Three great lots for your choosing A
Surprise Sale bargain no woman cart afford to miss Fine quality Swiss and
Cambrics, 10 to 22 inches wide, in very handsome floral, scroll and openwork
designs All clean, new, fresh merchandise for waists, skirts, undermuslihs and
children's wear Only 6,000 yards all told It probably won't last more than
an hour or two, so if you want to share in this bargain you had better plan to
; be here at 8 o'clock sharp. r - ; .. t .. ." ' : - f' -
4ariStrips; V
6 - Yard Strips Valugs to $7, at $1.79 Strip
;6Yarcl Strips; Values to $9 at $1.98 Strip
GreaijSale ofpO
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-$1.00 iies.3c 1 5Gc-?5cIiies!23c
For tomorrowV 869th Friday Surprise Sale, 6000 Linen Scarfs and Squares to be sold at phenomenally low prices; an article
- every housewife can always find use for; two immense lots; wonderful values.' as follows Take advantaefe: ' ,
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ox x unen caris anq .oquarcs nemsuicnea,- assoriea siyieSi-yattracHve-oesignsT'Sizes 'oUX3u-incn-rand;T18x54-incn.,i5
pieces," selline reeularly at 75c and $1.00 each; your choicV tomorrow only at this exceptionally low brice. each. -.... .. St&Q
Lot 2 Hemstitched Linen Center Pieces and Tray Cloths, assorted styles, large variety; sizes 18x8-mch and 24x2i-,f'
inch and 18x27-inch pieces selling regularly at 60c and 75c each ; your choice tomorrow at this unusually, tow. priced eacht.wC
g-glTliQ Meier D Franlt Store's 869th Friday Surprise Sale"
$8.V liace Curtains $4.95 Pair
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A great Surprise-Sale bargain for the housewife 600 pairs of high class Lace Curtains ;
at half their value All newdesir able styles in Real Arabian, Cluny and Renaissance
styles, all made on superior quality French nets, newest and best designs in erand variety
Insertings and edgesull size, 60 inches wide by three yards long, curtains that will f
please the most particular housekeeper and of a quality good fa ' Vl VT
enougn to grace tne nanasomest nome Keguiar u ana VX yrll )
$8.00 values Your choice tomorrow only at this phenomen- fjjj J q
ally low price, pair (Third Floor) ........ . . ; ; . . . .-. . . . . V ' . :'-
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Custom Shade and Drapery Work Cur Specialty Best Materials and Workmanship" and
Lowest Prices Guaranteed Expert Drapers Ready to Serve You New Ideas for Fur-'
nishing Estimates Cheerfully, Given Don't Buy Shades, Curtains or Draperies till you
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The Meier (Pi Frank Storo 869th Friday Surprise Sale
arid $530 utomobflrVeiIs?aivd
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Hat Drapes ri
For tomorrow's 869th Friday Surprise Sale ourgreatesf offering of high grade Veils and Hat Drapes, .760 of themsecured from
, - a leading importing house at an unusually low price; high class 'merchandise suitable for automobiling veils, hat drapes, neck
..scarfs, etc., etc.- They are 21-3 and 2 3-4-yard lengths, jnade of fie quality silk voile fa serviceable material,' pretty striped and
hemstitched borders' and a complete assortment of desirable colorings, white, light blue, brown, navy; black, lavendercham-
pagne, tan, garnet, cardinal, green, old rose.'plom, grays etc.1; regular $5.00 and ;$5.60,; values, -on sale at this f 1 J r
,' phenomenal low price, each. ..' . ,s-. ii v . ,.f, ...... .. i .". . ...'.". .' CS? J
See'lFifth street window displiy. No mail or phone orders filled,', Come early tomomml'y;'; '.' uX'? -'vf V -V
CHURCH TO CELEBRATE HALF
GEHTURY OF EXISTENCE
Name of Condit Has Never Been
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wvuoi eivw f VI B V W4 .'
; . Welfare.
' Tha Prab7triaa church at PlMsant
Oror ! to cdabrtt its fiftieth anni
versary September tt with fitting cr-fnonlaL-
Ai oim of tha oldest ehurcbM
of tha atata. It la of a-raat Interact to
Preabytarlana and aevaral mlnlaters and
laymen from various parts of tha state
will ro to tha Jlttle country town to
bo present at tho exercises.
At 10 o'clock la tha momlnf there
will be a Sunday school rally with &
address by Rer. t O. Knotts of Albodir.
At 11 o'clock Rev. W. S. Holt, D. 0.
superintendent of PreebjrterUa mlenloni
la l'ortlnd, will srlve the sermon at tbs
anniversary service. A basket luncheon
In the rrnve will be followed at 1 o'clock
by remtnlxnenoea, letters from pastors
and a atrnrt address by tbs present pas
tor. Ir. K. 3. Thompson Of Albany, and
communion service will be conducted by
Rev. William M. -Robinson of Salem. '
rr. Thompeon Is one of the older mfo
leters of the Orecon Presbytery and has
t.rlrl pastorates St Albany, Corvallls and
lndrtendence. let year ha resigned
from srilva work, -but is supplying tha
Fleanant Orova pulpit till a new minis
ter Is railed. He Is well acquainted
with the work of tha .denomination la
the state and on the coast and will have
am Interesting stories of tha plonser
days.' Tha Pleasant Orov church was
organised In lit by Rev. Mr. Condit
Hs died In that placa and tbs family
homo has remained there. His son, and
after htea his grandson, have held tho
position of principal alder of tha church.
and bli Brand eon, Lawrence Condit, Is
clerk -of the present session.. Tho name
has never been separated from . the
growth and welfare of the church. An
other grandson, A. Condit, Is a promi
nent attorney of Balem and was promi
nent, In tha home church till be left, tha
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The Pleaeent Grove church' was the
fourth Presbyterian church organised In
tha slate. The first was at Clatsop
Plains, west of Astoria, In 1846. The
Others, at Corvallls (then UarysvUle),
Diamond 'Hill (now Brownavllls), and
Pleasant Grove, f oUowed closely opon
esoh other. Pleasant Grove Is a little
village fonr miles east of Turner, which
is eight miles south of Salem.'' . . y ,
TUR NVEREIN GYM ' U
OPENS FOR SEASON
Announcements of tha" opening of tha
Turn Vereln gymnasium for the season
are out. - Tha "gym" was thrown open
on Monday and is already well patron
ised. The Portland Social Turn Vereln
for many years has advocated A thor
ough physical . education for boys and
girls aa well as for men and women.
The "gym Is located at. Fourth and
Yamhill streets. - . ..,
' Richard Bykea of Santa Barbara, Cali
fornia, Is at tba Portland. Mr. Sykea
recently purchased the Oregon Central
military road, a tract of land containing
lOO.OOt acres. Mr. Sykes owns tha land
In common with' tha Hunter Land com
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WINTER'S WORK BEGUN AT
- PORTLAND LIBRARY
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Employee Return From Vaca-
; tione and Examinations .
",.:v-"-Are Held. . '
" The vacations are all over at tha pub
lic library and the winter's - work has
begun In earnest. s Tssterday examina
tions were given to applicants for ap
prenticeship and Miss Mary Johnson.
Miss Elisabeth Campbell and Miss Grace
Guile 'passed and will soon be added to
the force. Miss Derrlckson, head of the
circulating department, returned yes
terday, from her vacation east - Miss
Rockwood of the reference department
and Miss Millard of the children's de
partment have returned from a tour of
several weeks visiting ' libraries ' and
studying advanced library methods In
the east. Miss Ruth Whitney of San
Diego, a recent graduate of the Pratt
Institute Library school, has joined the
staff and will be first assistant In tha
S. A. Reed, Cisco. Tel., writes, March
1L ItOl: "My wtiat was sprained so
badly by a fail that It was useless, and
after using several remedies that failed
to give roller, uaea Ballard s snow Lini
ment. I earnestly recommend it to any
one suffering from epraioa." Sold by
Woodard. Clarke a Co. '
There are assay Want Ada to aedaVs
'emraal taat will Uteres jrea
MORNING; FOR FREAK CASES-
IN THE MUNICIPAL COURT
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It was a morning ef "freak" eases In
tha municipal court and the proceedings
were considerably enlivened by nature
of tba testimony of several defendants.
R. Twing, a Oermait, was arrested at
an early hour "this morning by Patrol
man Burrt at Second ' and u, Burnslde
streets , on a charge 'Of drunkenness.
During tha testimony of the -policeman
aa to his Inebriated condition. Twing
caused some excitement by declaring
that the patrolman was a liar. Jailer
Wendorf took the stand to corroborate
Patrolman Burrt aa to Twings condi
tion and then tha Irate German had his
Inning. '. "
"I nefer haf Into a saloon been, fur
putty nearly nlns - years, und nef er von
drink of de vUe stuff. Gestern hab Ich
to Portland cum fur ds furst time in
twenty-Are yars. ' I vas Iuklng fur sum
relatlvss und met Mr. Coral, a real es
tate man, who vas an oldt front of mine.
Ve were togeder for .ofer two hours and
den I started oudt for mine hotel. Die
police! an-eeted me und I vas not drunk.
No, mela herr, I nefer drink fur nlns
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In response to a question from City
Attorney FItsgerald as to what ha was
doing "out so lata Twing replied, "It tss
nun of yur bltsneas. I am ofer twendy
von." . Twing waa miowed to go upon
his promise to produoe Mr. Coral, tha
real estate dealer, to testify In his be
half. . ; .
W. B. Lockhart and John Hollaman
were before the .court .on" a charge of
fighting In the publlo street. HoUamam
teatined that Lockhart was the aggree
sor and without provocation struck him
In the face , and knocked htm -te iho
pavement.. Jbdge Cameron decided the
matter by laconically 'ststlng, "Mr.
Bailiff, lockhart up for tsn days.".Hol
lamaa waa allowed to return to his work
alongshors. .
All sorts of men with all imaglnabls
pursuits havs appeared In tho municipal
court, but Ralph Kills, arrested for vag
rancy sprung a surprise when he bland
ly announced that be was a balloonlat
The young aeronaut "could give s satis
factory explanation as to. bow he was
gaining his livelihood In Portland and
admitted that ha had been peddling fake
diamonds at the Salem fair. Ellis wis
held for further investigation snd was
led away by Bailiff Thomas Jefferson
Casey, who abstractly was bumming
snatches from that former ' popular
ditty, "Up la a Balloon, Boys."
cataloguing department .
The reports at ths lsst monthly board
meeting for August showed progress In
all lines of -work and Miss Xeosv head
librarian,, feels strongly encouraged
with tha work. With ths evening the
obools tha numbers in tha statistical
reports will Increase largely, but at all
times, even during the dullest of the
summer season, there has bean a pro
portionate Increase In' circulation over
last year. The quarterly bulletin will
be published this week and win contain,
besides the general report of the guar-
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- Wa don't exaggerate a nlckel'e worth, ''
when we aay we can cava you a hundred V
dollars on tha purchase of a piano 1290
' Is tbs prioe of our best piano a. , Can't ' ' , ''
be made batter. . :' ,, . :Ai,
The M-hencli Piano
mxxxm a smuraxDS.
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Front and Gibbs,' good for branch bakery and
'confectionery 'store; living rooms -with: the store
1; Apply Gevurtt & Sons, 173-5 First St
ter and the' Hat of books added In that Ism books on home building and home
time, a practical uat or the most mod- i furnishing.
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