THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 26. 1920. 12 Charge Purchases Tomorrow and Balance of Month Will Go on January Bills Rendered February 1 Store Wffl Not Open Imp ortant WING TO THE GREAT AMOUNT OF WORK REQUIRED TO HAVE A SALE OF THIS MAGNITUDE PRE PARED; QUICK ONTHE HEELS OF A MIGHTY CHRISTMAS BUSINESS, AND FOR WHICH WE HAVE RETAINED PRACTICALLY OUR ENTIRE EFFICIENT CHRISTMAS SALES FORCE TO MARK DOWN AND TO SELL GOODS, PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT FOR THE FIRST DAY OF THE SALE ONLY JL Note 1 X - VI Tojnorrow (Monday) j Till or r Beginning at 11 A.M. Tomorrow, Monday, December 27, Throughout the Eighty-Odd Departments of the Store, We Launch a Mighty Series of Value-Giving Events! '' Wio Mate THZS JANUARY CLEARANCE t( Put Forward One Week, Following a Custom Ob served in Like Cases, for the Greater Benefit of Our Patrons ) the Most Remarkable, the Most Helpful and A ll-Embracing Down-Price Movement of Its Kind Also Effective Tomorrow at 11 A. M. for a Limited Time (Until FurtherlNo- tice) a NEW LOWER PRICE Freshly Established on EVERY ARTICLE in the Great Meier & Frank Stocks (With the Few Exceptions ) Expressed in This .Unequivocal Phrase of Tremendous Importance A Surprise i i line with the other amazing features of this event will be seen in our 32 show windows, which will be "dark" from Saturday night over Sunday until the moment that the sale opens at 11 A.M., Monday, when their contents . will be revealed. I I We Announce Further ' I ' J' ' v ' . -" - irim vS ffl CO' y CLxj ' - f. . Employes . ' N?lf p-V r : -v rrxt 1 sT 0 A ( without : exception :'wiH: : x " ' ill J A L -0A ';A''!vl ft x VS C P report at the store at reg- A - i fX A 1 f ( f I ' Vf ' & GROCERIES EXCEPTED) Here Are the Facts: (CONTRACT LINES AND 1. Beginning at 11 A.M. tomorrow we goffer, for a limited time4until fur ther notice the entire merchandise stocks of the Meier & Frank Store (con tract lines and groceries excepted) atnew lower prices. ' :' ' ' ": ' f , - - - , . - r 2. "Every, article reduced" .means an . actual reduction from the prices marked on' the. goods up to the time that . our store closed last Friday eve-? nirig, even though the price of the article was already reduced. Customers know that our prices were lowest for the qualities: ut?' e are omS tm to make the January Clearance at Meier & Frank's a 'CLEARANCE" in the full sense of. the word and to carry forward the movement first launched by this store in Portland to bring about a general lowering of prices as exnressed in nur errant "RaL- tn Nn. malcy," , "Giving Portland Lower : Prices" and "Bringing Down the Cost of Living" campaigns. 'r 4. Therefore we offer, beginning at 11 A. M. tomorrow (the lateness of opening the first day being necessitated by the closeness of this sale to the busy Christmas selling and the necessity of marking down and rearranging such vast stocks in such a short time) , the full merchandise stocks of the Meier & Frank Store from end to end and from top to bottom (with the few exceptions noted) , the most staple goods, the newest goods, the finest goods to be had, and the largest and most complete assortments in the west, AT NEW LOWER PRICES until further notice. Z W have never been so stron&lv equipped from every point of view as - . m . .1 r: ..1.1? 't;. we are today to conduct such an enterprise as mis ror me pud ic benefit. We Reserve the Right to Limit Quantities to any one person this for the protection of our customers. ' . " . - . If You've Been Waiting for Lower Prices, You Don 't Have ;tQ-WaiiAnyi Remem ber EVERYTHING in Our Vast Stocks of Wanted Mer chandise Is Reduced Except Contract Lines and Groceries. Now Is the Time to Take Advantage of This Great Sale