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About The Forest Grove express. (Forest Grove, Or.) 1916-1918 | View Entire Issue (May 24, 1917)
WAR PRICES SHOT TO PIECES AT KING & COMPANY’S MIGHTY UNLOADING SALE A Bargain Event Without Parallel in the History of Forest Grove You ran buy the brut E told you we were going to give you the greatest sale ever advertised a t Forest Cotton Crepe at this sale, Grove. Now you know we made good! Ever since we opened this mighty Un per vard, loading Sale our store has been packed and jammed with eager buyers, every one ex pressing appreciation of the wonderful Bargains offered during these war times, when prices are going higher and higher every day. Hundreds of customers were turned Women’s newest s t y l e away opening day, as it was not humanely possible for our large force of salespeople to Dress Shoes (just arrived) wait on everyone. Never in the history of Forest Grove have there been such crowds patent and gun metal, lace as attended our sale on opening day. If you are one of those who could not get waited and button, values to $4.00. upon, we urge you, by all means, to visit this sale now, as we will have many more Choice, surprises for you each and every day and want you to know it is to be a real sale all the time and that the good things were not just for the first day only. W One lot of beautiful Em broideries and Insertions up to 25c. On sale per yard, 13c 13c New summer Wash Goods Flaxons, Voiles, etc., worth 15c. On sale per yard, lie $2.98 $1.25 large 31b white flutfy Cotton Bats. On sale per roll, 89c Your choice of any men’s $3.00 Hat in this store at With any Purchase of $2.50 or More FOR SATURDAY ONLY Our Choice 30c bulk cof fee. On sale per lb, One lot of Bungalow Ap rons, light and dark Percale values to $1.00. On sale, ! T h i s S a l e C o n t in u e s EXTRA 25c choice Red Salmon. On sale, We are selling small white Beans at this sale, per lb. 14c lie Have You Ever THOUGHT First National Bank ö mm ■■ All RTTTTF1R “ ■■■■“ D U L iL ilV Phone 061 ZZ “ YOUR BREAD Z $1.25 Long Silk Gloves, black and white. On sale per pair, Arsenate of Lead for the next spraying at Littler's Pharmacy. D V. Buell left Sunday for a business trip to North Dakota. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Mocroft were Portland visitors Saturday Mrs. A. G. Hoffman and daugh ter, Aileen, visited in Portland Saturday. Mr and Mrs. Harry Giltner and daughters visited at the Bert Doane home, west of this city, Sunday. Mrs. H. A. Harden and daugh ter, Beatrice, of Portland, visited in the John Beahen home Satur day and Sunday. Clayton Giltner and Harry Williams have enlisted in Com pany F, third Oregon infantry and are stationed at Vancouver. Mrs. R a l e i g h Walker and daughter, Helen, spent last week in Hillsboro at the home of her father, Mr. Harrington. You are going to need auto tires soon. We h a v e a good stock. Prices are going to ad vance from 20 to 25 per cent soon. Enough said. Goff Bros. We have just received a car load of John Deere wagons, bought at a fair price. If you need one soon, buy at oqce, as prices are going higher. Goff Bros. Harland Emmerson came Mon day from College Place, Wash to v i s i t h i s grandmother, Mrs. Charles Hall. Mrs. R. F. Em merson is spending several weeks here. Mr. and Mrs J. W. Gooden and Mr. and Mrs. James Bachelor and three children of North Plains visited Mrs. Blanche Moore at the home of Mrs. Dan Parsons last Sunday. Word has been received of the birth of an 8 pound son on May 14 to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Tay lor at Washougal, Wash. Both arents are graduates of Pacific iniversity and h a v e hosts of friends here. 69c EXTRA EXTRA You can buy white Figs at this sale, per lb, We are selling Bluiry* at this sale. Per bottle. 7c 5c Forest Grove, Ore. E 59c N ext W eek ! King & Company James Devlin of Portland visit NOTES AND PERSONALS ed Sunday at the Chas. Hines Miss Ivy Smith of Salem is vis home. iting friends in this city. Ralph Baldwin of Portland vis ited Mrs. Harve Baldwin Sunday. Francine Miller of Portland visited Miss Gertrude Allen Tues day. George G. Hancock, real es tate, farm loans and fire insur ance, new Anderson block. 50 Rev. Patton and H. L Bates The money you could easily attended the state Sunday school save, together with that you convention at Newberg Sunday. Highest price paid for wool and are holding idle, would buy mohair and new and second-hand your clothes if you were to de wool sacks for sale at A. G. Huff posit it with us at interest, and man & Co.’s. Miss Joan Pierce of Bend, Ore., you wou'd still have the money who is staying with Mrs. Chris you had saved. Why not earn Peterson near Hillsboro, was vis a little and let that earn some iting friends in this city Friday. thing too ? Why do all the The new curve-cut, form-fitting collars for men just received by earning yourself ? John Anderson, the here-to-stay A strong, conservative bank, merchant. The latest thing out. Glenn Morgan has accepted a willing to serve you. position as milk tester at the Con denser and went to work this morning, having been excused from his studies at P. U. To get the most salable fruit Forest Grove, Ore. it is necessary that the trees be kept w el 1 s p r a y e d . Get your " A S tro n g B ank in a Good T o w n ” Ar-enate of Lead for the next spraying at Littler’s Pharmacy. srn iu iE 12k No wonder people are buying as they never did before. If there ever was a time when one needed to economize on the price of Dry Goods, Shoes, Groceries, etc,, that time is NOW Footwear has doubled in price within just a few months and is still going higher. Groceries and other necessities of life nave advanced higher and higher and no tellipg what you will have to pay later on. We bought our stock before the big ad vance in prices and we are giving you the advantage right now of buying merchandise in many instances for less than any merchant can buy the same goods at wholesale to day. EXTRA jx i $3.65 19c $1.98 B 2 6 th Regular 15c new stock Amoskeag Ginghams. On sale per yard, PEOPLE ARE BUYING AS NEVER BEFORE 98c 89c Saturday, May 23c One lot of Women’s Low Shoes and Pumps, value to $3.50. On sale per pair, One lot of Men’s newest style Dress Shirts, value to $1.50. On sale, 14 lbs. Sugar, $1 Men’s wide brim Straw Hate. On sale, Men’s $5.00 double sole tan Work Shoes. On sale, per pair, Mrs. Baer was a Portland visit or Saturday. Dr. Ruel Baker motored to Portland Monday. Mrs. C W. McNamer of lone and Mrs. T. A Munkers of Port land are visiting Mrs. Blanche Moore in this city. Mrs W. H. Vollmer and child ren departed Tuesday for Cali fornia, where they will visit a short time before going to their new home at Moline. III. Mrs. R. F. Clarke attended the monthly meeting of a Mission ary Society in Portland Friday. John Lee, Barnett Roe and Miss Farnum and Mrs Kate Roe were entertained at dinner Thurs day by Dean and Mrs Clarke. Raleigh Walker returned Fri day from Bend, where he spent several days looking at timber claims. He found some prizes belonging to Uncle Sam He and his family expect to move there sometime before winter Oil Stove Safety T h e F lo ren ce 1* th e clean, sa le, sim ple, reliable, econom ical «»11 «tove— ready to g iv e as m uch co o k in g h e a t as you w ish , w hen you w ish It. Yon can keep on«;— o r fo u r— b u rn ers a t an Intensely h o t flame, o r m erely alm m eiing. T o ch an g e th e h e a t you tu rn a sim ple, little (p a te n te d ) lever device. B u rn ers clo se u p u nder th e c«M»king; no h e a t w asted. T h ere are no w ick s to trim n o r valves to leak . A g la s s “ h u ll's e y e " sh o w s you alw ay s bow m uch oil Is In th e ta n k . U pper re se rv o ir holds a full g allon. FLORENCE Oil Cook Stoves She Lo Lever" ok ,or FULLY GUARANTEED (D ealer’» N a m ) FOREST GROVE and CORNELIUS GOFF BROS. The Pacific Market for GOOD MEATS, ." ¡M S Fresh Fruits and Vegetables TRY OUR Florida Grape Fruit, 2 for 25c Phone 0301 C. H. GIGUKRK, Prop.