THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAU PORTLAND, : SUNDAY MORNING. JANUARY 19, 1003.. V
WEXI- WlWb IT UP M A BLAZE OP TRlUlWPnHliS iNtOMMRABLE CLEARANCE
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Oregon's Largest and Best Furni
ture House '
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Tremendous Values That Go With
out 1 Parallel Bey ohd Approach
MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY .
IT II . A TV f
TOY;
If 1 IM'"
1 ((Combination Bookcases
Must
Go
NOTHING JO; HOLD
THEW BACK i v .
This regular stock now includes many belated shipments that must
now share in the sacrifice. , A selection that surpasses that ever of
fered by a western furniture house. There are cases in every conceiv
able wood from the excellent finishes to the rich and elegant solid
woods.;. Read of .these, Greater Clearance values for the Three Days.
No. 238 Combination Case in best mahogany finish; highly polished T
excellent appointments; priced in ordinary.-"times 'at ii o nr
$35.00; Three-Day Oearance ...,J)l0)D
No. 203 Combination case, in'a most ex
quisite mahogany finish; oval glass door;
No. 246 Solid weathered oak ; early Eng-
Jish Mission style ; , large . square . French
plate mirror; dull, heavy brass hinges and
trim ; leaded glass magazine section ; priced
in ordinary, times at $50.00; 0 Q f.
Three-Da Clearance ....... OL) O J
No. 185-;-Best quartered oak finish ; French
plate mirror, etc.; a combination case most
reasonable at $27.50 ; Three- if ng
Day Clearance .wlt'0
No. 208 And a beauty this is; solid t quar
tered oak; leaded plate glass section; large
oval glass door; every modern equipment;
an exceptional value at $50; Q7 Af
Three-Day Clearance OmI UO
. beautiful carvings; reg. price fOt Aft
v $40 ; Three-Day Clearance . . . p& 1 . U U
No. 230 Combination case, in an excellent
quartered oak finish; priced for. a popular
leader at $25.00; Three-Day J
Clearance ....... ......... ...2)14, f O
No. 225 Combination ' case, In the best
golden oak finish; oval glass front; a
$37.50 case, for ' Three-Day 'A ft
Clearance. !)lftOD
No. 270 Combination case, in the mahog
any finish; regular $25 value; J rjr
Three-Day Clearance ....... 0 1 tO
Come Monday while selections are best Mail orders promptly filled on all combination
cases appearing in this Hd.
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MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY
STRIPPED
; ; Prices are slashed and cut
. away trampled underfoot at
the : merciless ; - commands . . of
clearance. . . There's one thing
better than prices; one thing
that, holds its proud head so "
high , that even the power ,of 4
clearance doesn t turn ' it
Quality" the one essential
that can't be stripped of value;
the one leading feature of "Ge
vurtz furniture the one rea
son that stamps this house
with the choice the prefer
ence, of all Oregon. And it's
this grand quality that now in
cludes itself in every sale.
Prices are stripped to the very
. core ut quality remains unchanged.-
-Monday,
Tuesday and Wed
nesday will make the climax
of this greatest sale event, and
' for these days, values mount
to the highest step on the lad
der of merchandising. Prices
are given no reckoning what
everno footing no voice in
this now necessary, determined
clearance.
150 LADIES WRITING DESKS MUSTSK
Prices Hurled at the Feet of Gearance, the Ruling Monarch
You expect to find, here the best stocks in Portland, you expect
to find a quality far surpassing that offered elsewhere, but you
can't expect to find even here, such values as will be offered you
the coming three days. ' Space don't permit of a full list of
these greater desk sales. . A few prices will serve to convey the
' great meaning the grand scope for your selections. Woods in
the mahogany, quartered oak, birdseye maple, walnut, tuna ma
hogany, weathered oak and early English and what a wonder
ful gathering it is t
. ' .
No. 201 Handsome little desk, in four woods birdseye maple,
; golden and weathered oak, mahogany finish; marked A OF
$J0; worth, $12.50; Three-Day Clearance OU. J J
No. 209 Desk in solid quartered oak; marked $15.00; Qq mt
wortn $i8.uo; lbree-Day Clearance .DOlJ
No. 88 Solid walnut desk; marked $13.50; worth 7 nrj
$15.00; Three-Day Clearance ."&lUO
No. 281 Large and elegant desk, in golden oak; o ftt?
marked $22.50; worth $25; Three-Day Clearance .ibltl "D
No. 28V2 Handsome mahogany desk, French plate mirror.
c; marKea $2a.uu; worm ju.uu; lnree-uay
Clearance
--n" No. 290 Desk in the early English; marked $21;
I VV ;:- v;. -J worth ?25; Ihree-Day Clearance
a
tu in
$14.90
$12.95
No. 736 Early English Mission desk; marked" d0 IE?
$13.50; worth $15; Three-Day Clearance ..; ...JO.Di
AU desks correspondingly reduced for these Three Remarkable'
Days. All desk mail orders will be filled and shipped promptly. '
THOUSANDS Will PAY THESE PRICES E0R DINING TABLES, CHAIRS AND CHINA CABINETS
-No. 312 Solid Weathered oak
Mission style; genuine leather,'
seat; marked $6.50; worth $7.50;
Three-Day Clear- Aj Of
ance xOD
No. 27 Solid quartered oak; gen
uine leather seat; marked $7.50;
worth $9.00; Three- J ft g
Day Clearance v. . . yfrOD
No. 516 Genuine quartered oak;
solid leather seat; exquisite panel
back; marked $9.00; worth $1J;
Ihree-Day Clear
ance ........ i . .
All Dining - Chairs Stripped of
. Price Resemblance
Three-Day Sacrifice of This Most Excellent Stock
Pronounced and decisive are the reductions on fine
leather-upholstered dining chairs ; ' the very finest
productions in modern chair build.
No. 16 Solid quartered oak, genuine leather seat
and back; marked $11.00; worth $12.50; A
Three-Day Clearance 0UOD
No. 26 Golden oak; leather seat;
panel back; marked $6.00; worth
$7.00; Three-Day CQ OC
Clearance OO
No. 662-1 Excellent solid oak
chair; marked $4.00; worth $6.00;
Three-Day Clear- Ao q
ance wmOD
No. 448-1 Solid oak chair; marked
'$2.50; worth $3.25;
Three-Day Clearance
No. A158-2 Solid oak chair;
marked $2.25; w'th $3;
Three-Day Clearance
$5.65
$1.65
ak chair;
$1.55
Cheaper dining chairs, correspondingly reduced.
MAIL ORDERS FOR SALE , CHAIRS FILLED PROMPTLY
Three Days to Accomp
lish a final Clearance of
Oregon's Largest: and
Best Dining Table Stocks
Prices Stripped!
Six and 8-foot Extension Tables, square and round pedestals;
best quartered and weathered oak, highest polish, exquisite
carvings:
No. 517-8 Regular $47.50 Table ; clearance .' . .$27.50
No. 290-8 Regular $70.00 Table; clearance $39.50
No. 380-8 Regular $85.00 Table; clearance ...$49.50
No. 516-6 Regular $35.00 Table; clearance $19.50
No. 534-8-r-Regular $5Q.00 Table; clearance .$29.50
No. 456-8 Regular $40.00 Table; clearance $22.50
No. 531-8 Regular $30.00 Table; clearance $19.50
Cheaper Tables correspondingly reduced during tMs greatest . of
Three-Day Clearances.
SALE TABLE MAIL ORDERS GIVEN QUICK AND CAREFUL
TILLING
A Last Pinal Reduction of These
Rare and Costly China
Cabinets
AT NOW STRIPPED PRICES
No.
No.
No.
lb .
tzzs
615 Regular $65.00 Cabinet ; clear-
ance $33.00
610 Regular $35.00 Cabinet; clear
ance $18.00
618 Regular $40.00 Cabinet; clears
ance $21.00
No. 5024 Regular $22.50 Cabinet; clear
ance , $12.50
No. 350 Regular $50.00 Cabinet; clearance .$27.50
No. 805 Regular $75.00 -Cabinet ; clearance .$39.00
No. 650 Regular $95.00 Cabinet; clearance .........$51.00 '
No. 604 Regular $25.00 Cabinet; clearance ...J.. ....$13.50
No. 3339 Regular $40.00 Cabinet; clearance .......$21.00
No. 663 Regular $70.00 Cabinet; clearance ...... ....I.'.V. $37.50
No. 807 Regular $175.00 Cabinet; clearance 00.00
No. '800 Regular $200.00 Cabinet; clearance ....$105.00 1
MAIL ORDERS SKILLFULLY ATTENDED. !
No.1 Galvanized tubs ; reg. 90c ; Clearance 65
No. 2 Galvanized tubs; reg. $1.00; Clearance 75
1 No. i5-Galvariized tubs; reg. $1.10 ; Clearance 85
No. 1011 Galvanized tubs; reg. $1.50; ClVnce $1.10
CLEARANCE SALE OF WASH DAY NEEDS fQR MONDAY ONLY
No. 1012 Galvanized tubs; reg. $2; Clearance $1.35
No. 1013 Galvanized tubs; regv $2.50; ClVnce $1.65
No. 3 Copper bot. boiler; reg. $1.50; ClVnce $1.15
No. 8 Copper rim boiler; reg. $1.75 ; Clearance $1.35
No. 8 Galvanized boiler; reg. $1.35; Clearance 95
All $4.00 copper boilers; Clearance". $2.85
No. 1 Clothes basket; reg. $1.00 Clearance 70
No: 2 Clothes basket; reg. $1.25; Clearance ...85
40-ft. heavy rope clothes line ; reg.- 40c. Cl'r'nce 25 '
5 dozen clothes pins ......... 5
Heaw class wash boards:
Heavy brass wash boards; reg. 50c; Clearance ,.40
Heavy enamel wash boards; reg. 50c; Clearance 40
Extra Special One set to a customer Mrs. Potts'
Sad Irons; 5-piece set; reg. $1.75; Clearance $1.15
EVERY ARTICLE IN
THE STORE TREMENDOUSLY
V REDUCED
PORTIAND'S
FAVORITE TRADING
PLACE
GREATER THAN EVER
THESE CLEARANCE SAVING
OPPORTUNITIES ;
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G.C.BARKER LEFT HALF
" MILLION DOLL AR ESTATE
Widow: arid Three Children
'. of Lumberman Made
Vv ; Sole De?isees.'
c Juifff Webster la th county f court
yestorday toHttd th wUl ot ; Co.
lumbua C. Barker to probata. Barker
vti heavily Interested lit lumbering
companies and Jeaves an esUte valued
at 1500.000. acoordlnar to the i
made by the application for probate,
Barker'a, will waa 'iuade la thla city
n December rt$ and his -death took
place two days later Jn Green Kiver,
wyonjlngr. , The sole devisees of ; the
will are the widow, Boss A. Barker, and
his three children, Ada B. Barker, Alice
B. ..Barker and William C. Barker. . The
widow receives a ' Ufa ; Interest In the
property- owned by the deceased at
the head of Lovejoy street, where Bar
ker Was constructing .a : fine residence
at the time of his death. Upon the
death of the widow this property is
to -go' to the son, William C. -Barker.
Aside from this iract of real estate all
other property Is to be cut Into fourths
ana equally aiviaea Between tne wiaow
and the -children. . -
The mojst of the property consists
of shares of stock in lumber and land
concerns, the most prominent being the
jojiowuigs-; uartn, jumoer. company,
Barker ft Stewart - s Lumber com tun v.
West Coast Timber company,. Peninsula
Lumber company,- Mill Land company,
Twin - Falls company, and City Lumber
company.1 -y-: .... -; . i
Charles PrflrnUr. VA- t. ''ill i-i anil
Charles A. Wood were nan-.." by. the
court to appraise the estate and William-
C Barker, Seva B. Stewart and
k W. Hogue appointed as executors
under the .will.: They will be required
to give a bond for $500,000. . -
"Tomorrow Mondavi will tvosltlvelv
be the. last' dar for discount On east aids
(aa Lilla. FortUnd Uas Coi, , .
TAGYOU'RE IT. GO AND GET
TAGGED AGAIN NEXT MONDAY
Peddlers, hawkers, owners of vehicles,
lunch wagon and garbage wagons, and
other persons who have to pay a tax
to the city and are compelled to display
a tag to carry on their business with
out Interference front the city authori
ties will be able to secure their 1901
tags tomorrow, -.i-.-.- -r ,:...,-..-.-
The tags should hare been on hand
for distribution before the first of the
year, the time of paying the license,
out Owing to a delay In their manufac
ture were not delivered until this morn
ing. Inasmuch as the tags were not
expected to be here before February all
licensed persons were told to get theii
tan cn that dat The arrival- of th
tags makes it possible for their distri
bution Monday - and a scramble is ex
pected . about the office of the tax de
pertment for low numbers.
-WMtMC .. vaua , wuu w i
secure as low a number as possible.
Expressmen and hawkers who have
been in business for years always try
to retain Ahelr same number because
many of tnem have built up a clientele
to which thev are known bv their num.
bar only. Some of these men have
many patrons wno- know them by the
number and other less fortunate indi
viduals in the same line of trade will
doubtless - try and secure the coveted
number In the hope of capturing part
Of the trade. .
CflMISSIOX IJEAES -;
FIVE-CEXT FARE CASE
Svldenoe and arguments of onDOSlna
Ides, la the petition of Milwaukie and
Oak Grov foe a, 6-cent reductioa . of
fare have been completed before the
Oregon state railway commission. The
evidence presented snowed tnat the pas
senger schedule on the Oregon City
line was higher than on the Springwater
division. It would cause no surprise If
me commission manes an order equal
izlna: the fare.
In arguments submitted before the
commission , the railroad company was
represented by Seabrook & Malarkey,
and the towns of Afllwaukie and Oak
urove - were represented ny uutner &
Wright The fare to Oak Grove Is IS
cents and the Milwaukle fare Is 20
cents. Commutation tickets are sold re
ducing these rates .to some extent but
deprive the commuter of the transfer
privilege to other lines down town.'
SAYS HE IS BROTHER
OF MAXINE ELLIOTT
Samuel Hall. Arrested last niaht on a
charge of vaprancy. stated in the police
court - yesterday that he Is the broth
er of Mrs. Nat Goodwin, ' otherwise
known as Maxlne lIiottt.hali to be one
of the ; most beautiful ; and popular
women on the American stake. It was
not zor .ua purpose, of gaining iympa
thv for himself that Hall disclosed his
relationship to the talented actress, but
rather to establish his identity and
make good his claim that he Is not a
vagrant under the law. He says he
was stopped by a policeman and told
to give an account of himself, and be
cause this account was not wholly satis
factory, the officer placed him -under
arrest. Judge Cameron continued - the
case until next Monday for . further
hearing. - .-fiic-;
SOCIETY BESTOWS ; : ;
HOJfOR OK FOUNDER
Astoria. Or. Jan. ; 18. Tb rBcaudi-
navian Benevolent society baa bestowed
a life membershin card : noon . VTartin
Olsen In recognition of valuable service
rendered the order. Mr. Olsen Is the
founder of the organisation, which is
considered one of tha largest .and
strongest of Its kind In the west A-
The followinar officers Viavn hann' tn.
stalled: Edward Halseth. president;
Ludwl Larsen, vice-president; August
Kaiiieinon, irvBtiurer; ' donn Kordstrom,
recordings secreUry; ' S. L. Nanthrup,
financial secretary: Olof Anderson and
C Siverson, trustees. , .
STOCKKAREWARDS
r ' GIRL'S HONESTY
: A wealthy stockman who had
i, Just made a sale left hi, . waa
itxaonty under the pillow In his
as tne imperial hotel yesttr
day. v He went to breakfast and
on about town attending to hta
business, v Suddenly, during ths
day.- he reached for bis wallet
H was not In Its accustomed
place. Ha rushed to tha hotel,
The chambermaid fe had foun t
the money several ; thouand
dollara. The . stock dealer re
warded " the young ; woman f .r
her. honesty by handing lnr I3
in gold. - ; -
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Tomorrow1 (Jlund if) n : ; 1 p -.
be the last day fur d.ncimnt i n -- !
gas bills, i J'orUand (isxa C. ,
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