THE
BROWN TAG
OUR opening gun, announcing the Great Brown Tag Sale, waa heard and the retpoiu waa generoua. That day and every day
since, the people haya come and bought liberally and been generously loud In their praiae of our unusually laree assortment of
me Desi quality ana atyies o! merchandise at the amaUest prices of any house In the city. The stock, the store the rvir
the values- 1 are at their best at this writing. Our thorough preparedness is as gratifying to us aa it is satisfactory to our patrona!
rrom me laamon cemen oi me eartn our Duyers nave brought th brightest and beat in Men's and Boys' Wearables. Backed by un
limited capital and vast purchasing power those (the proprietors) who do the buying, making two trips each year to the eastern mar
kets, have obtained price concessions from the manufacturers denied to smaller atorea and those buying from drummera. with the re
sult that our prices are no higher than are charged elsewhere for merchandise of mediocre merit and fully 25 per cent lower than gooda
of QUAL worth am be bought for elaewherc in this, city.
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Your Money
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165-167 First Street, bet. Morrison and Yamhill
All cm tint wtthla
tci steps of por toot
Change in
Business
MAIN CLOTHING
A
January 1,
1905,
cause of
Men's
Clothing
We handle all the famous makes. There are other
makes just aa good as we handle, but none better.
There are makers who Insist upon the retailera mak
ing certain profits. This store, endeavoring to earn a
reputation for underselling, cuts profits and therefore
handles only goods on which there are no restrictions.
MEN'S $7 AND $9 SUITS. Thla for a good wool Suit. De
scription useless. re It and bo convinced of CI QC
IU quality $0,yQ
MEN'S 110 AND $12 SUIT8. A swell line of all-wool can.
atmeres. In all the new staid color. They hay CA
no equal In atyle and quality ;UuU
MEN'S $12 AND 15 SUITS. A lot of elegant garmenta
that cntch the eye of thorn who like the essence of atyle
combined with qunllty. We haw thwe In clay wor
sted, unflnlnhed worsted, in Diue ana uici. 7
perfect filling suit DI1tJ
MEN'S $15 AND $16.50 SUITS. All wool, hand-tailored
throughout, hand-made button-holes, In all the new and
stuld roloni, double und single breasted sacks, CQ A C
In rusalmeres and worated
MEN'8 $17.50 AND $18 8UIT8. Can't beat m. Look
the city of Portland over and you'll find nothing to com
pare: ko to your tailor, aet hla price. ee the atyle and
o,iiftllty you will take oura, the saving la too apparent;
criKHlmerea and worsted, undressed CI? Cfl
worateda l.0J
MEN'S $20 AND $25 8UIT8 J. M. Mertlna A Co.'s awell
Muff the height of taste, the cream of quality, only
equaled by the beat tailor-made garments. All the new
nnd predominating colore and C1 1 en
goods IO.OV
FOR CHOICE OF ANY SUIT In the houae. Including all our
$22.60 nnd 127.50 Sulta the cream of the awcll garment!
made for particular people who know and appreciate
valuea and style. No tailor ran equal the CI f. CA
selection ahown here JIU.uV
LOOK IN OUR 8HOW WINDOW8 AND 8EE.
Overcoats and
Cravenettes
Overcoata and Cravenettea for rain or sunahlne atylea.
In every Instance acaaonable quality and materials the beat;
moat atractlve patterns. In atylea Illustrating the approved
fashions of the leading designers. In workmanship repre
senting In every detail the finest custom work. Our stock
of Overcoats and Cravenettes Includes the Hart, Schaffner
& Marx, David Adler and Fedehelmer & Flshel Co. makes.
GOOD, SERVICEABLE OVERCOAT, In knee
length or longer styles
$3.50
OVERCOATS AND CRAVENETTES In a dependable line
for young men. Many atylea and all the new gooda.
able line
gooda.
$3.95
Ave nave them tor .9 1U.UU, m o.ou,
$5.00 and
CRAVENETTES, all styles of goods, all makes the beat
In the lund, In prices ranging from S15, 812, CC A C
$10.15, $6.05 and QOAd
ALL-WOOL OVERCOAT, In the staple fashions C7 CA
In the prevailing colors, goods and fashions ....'.ViiOU
A PEACH OF AN OVERCOAT here cast you $12.00 or $15.00
elsewhere; all good styles of make and $10 00
WE CAN 8ELL YOU A GOOD OVERCOAT you never
wore a better one. Everything that's good and stylish
must be seen to be appreciated. If you're a CI? CA
Judge, glad to have you come in and look, , Pvv
WELL, YES, IT'S A- CORKER box opera or Cossack
lengths, coverts, tweeds, cheviots, Kerseys, beaver and all
exclusive lines;, best overcoat values in the Jg QQ
BETTER ONES THAN .QUOTED ABOVE
WANT THEM BUT THAT'S 8AYINQ SOME.
IF YOU
Extra Special
STILL A FEW LEFT ;
A few odd Frock Coats and Vests, wortL $12.50, in English
and French clay worsted, cheviots and unfinished
worsted. While they last a great bargain
each. .
.$2.50
Sale X
WEIN
STEIN
STORE I O I CHICAGO
Boys' Clothing
' Suits
This Is a branch of onr business receiving our special ef
forts. We are going to make this the juvenile store of
Portland during this sale; going to make parents bring their
boys here because- It will pay them to do so.' We whole
aale considerable in thla line and are in the inside on prices.
Mothers who want suits for the little fellows that make men
of them' In appearance yet .wear like buckskin, rome here
during this sale. Look at these prices:
$2.60 Suits f 1.00 $5.00 Suite 82.50
tt.00 Bulla $1.25 $1.00 Sulta 83.00
$4.00 Sulta 82.00 II $7.00 Sulta 83.50
All SOe and 6c Knee Panta 20
All $1.00 and $1.26 Knee Pants 55
Overcoats
AdES FROM
4 TO 9
Mere Is where we shiner. We can fit the oys out In Just
the coat you want style and Quality all combined.
An Overcoat worth $J.S0 .' 81.50
An Overcoat worth 14.50 82.00
.,..... jn tk. cu, w..., ,.,,.84.50
Overcoat, ages from 8 to 16, 91.95 and up to 92.45,
93.50 and 94.95 all the latest styles and makes.
Suits for the
Young Men
The youth who wants to dress In the height of fashion
and at the aame time lay out only a moderate sum, can do
so here, having a choice from a large aaaortment of the
lateat cute, latest materials as well as the very best
HIGH GRADE, ALL-WOOL checks, stripes and mixtures;
Nght and dark colors; nobby styles; 'cut from 0
A BEAUTIFUL LOT of 12 styles, in all-wool or worsted,
in very desirable colors and patterns. Every one CC 7C
of them sold at and arer worth $8.50 . . O.I D
8INGLE AND DOUBLE BREASTED ! STYLES, serges
clays, cheviots, tweeds and casslmeres, tailor-made,
shape-retaining shoulders. They were our cr?e.t C7 CA
$10 and $12.60 suits 4fdU
OTHER GRADES IF YOU DESIRE THEM FOR A LITTLE
MORE MONEY.
Our Great $2.50 and $3.00
Hats
We're stlli "harping" on the merits of these famous $2.60
and $8.00 Hats. Nothing to compare with them elsewhere In
this city for less than $4.00 and that's no idle boast. The
new Fall blocks in both soft and stiff shapes are all here.
All the popular shades, too, made from the best select fur
and superhly trimmed. Don't buy a hat 'till you're seen
our stock.
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For a $1.25 and $1.75 Hat a good quality In all
the staple shapes and colors
75c
A Hat good enough to wear anywhere, in all the late shapes
and shades; you pay $2.00 and $2.60 for this Hat CI ? C
elsewhere 4lu
The beat $8.00 Hat on earth; quality and styles
are sure to suit you
.$1.75
A Hat that fits and looks well on any head. Wear it any
time and place; quality A No. 1, and the styles C QC
and colors the lateat ?lOu
Women's Fine
Footwear
The woman who wants good, serviceable Shoes or dressy,
fashionable Shoes at money-saving prices should visit this
sale.
Ladles' heavy soled vicl kid, worth $2.25; you take i n
your pick, at . Sl.OU
A still better grade; worth $2.60.'
Only
.$1.75
All our $3.50 Goodyear welts and hand-turned Shoes you'd
pay $8.25 and $8.60 tor this shoes elsewhere 5Q
TtAMFEW TO ALL
FAKTS OP TIE CITY
SHOE STORE
Footwear
for Men
The good money kind, the serviceable kind, the dressy kind,
at yery email prices much less than you have been paying.
Shoes that you pay $2.60 for other places; many stytes to
elect from; every pair of them guaranteed to be perfectly
satisfactory; a regular shoe-store $2.60 and $8.00 ci in
hoe, at 51.0U
A dandy pair of shoes; extra quality the- kind that fits,
weara and holds their ehape; all styles and makes. You'd
pay $2.50 and $3.00 at a shoe store for this 1 nc
grade, now l.y
Now we are talking shoes. Tou get no better style or
quality anywhere for double the money, and 15
we will back our reputation on them $dO
Our best Patent Calf. Vid Kid. Box Calf. In all the new
shapes and lasts; the kind you go and pay $4 and $5 for,
and yet get no better quality, no better fit and no better
style. We gamble on these and guarantee every c i en
pair to give satisfaction OOtOU
Pants
For worklngmen and for the man who wants stylish appear'
nee and tne beat euamy.
Wool or worsted Pants; the kind you pay $2.50
and $3.00 for any place else :
Regular $3.50 and $4.00 pair of Pants; well-made cf fie
high quality pair of trousers, in all the new goods O I .0
$5.00 and $8.00 pair of Pants the goods are here and will
speak for themselves, and we are only too glad m
to haver tou Dass ludement on them at VOtOXJ
Vests
Tour pick of a handsome lot of odd Vests; worth
up to $1.60 good values .'
Tour choice of another lot worth as high as $2.60,
and worth the money, at
Fancy Vests
In all the choice, stylish and desirable goods, par
tlcularly the new shade of brown, for
Men's
Large variety, best quality and the prices lower J.
than our competitors ask.
Shirts
Good stiff-bosom Shirt a shirt of quality 301
Soft-bosom $1 and $1.25 style a shirt good enough to wear
any placer by any man ; 504
All kinds of soft and stiff-bosom $1 shirts, including Crown
brand ................654
Choice of soft and golf $1.50 Shirts 854
Extra quality cassimere and flannel $1.50 Shirts ......851
Seleot French flannel and silk-mixed $2.50 shirts ... 9145
Good Working Shirts you'd pay 60c anywhere else for this
Shirt . 364
Boys' soft or stiff -bosom Shirts, all our 65c kinds 304
Underwear
60c grade lightweight odds and ends in Shirts and Drawers
; 20
Several styles 60c and 76e Underwear at, a garment 35
Regular quality 75o Underwear you'll pay. $1.00 for this
quality at other places at 50e
Natural, all-gray $1.25 Silkene Underwear, a sensible gar
ment that is unequalled, for 75e
The $1.75 celebrated all-wool Underwear 'we defy competi
tors to equal this at 85et
The very finest Australian In- the well-known Roots make,'
in all colore; worth $2.60 .' 9150
$1.00 and $1.25 Natura) Gray Underwear at 75t
Special Inducements given to merchants
outside the city who call during this
sale and want to buy goods at wholesale.
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...95c M V
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l A I Atten-
$1.65 (V V 1 i I flnn
ky i GivenAU
I Wi Orders
f- Reqelved
Goods
Big Stock of Trunks, ;h
Valises and Suit Cases V'7 S V Sent on
at 60c on the dollar J Approval
Neckwear, Collars, Suspenders
Bows, worth 15c .....54
Bows, worth 25c 10
. Pure Silk Tecks, Strings, Bows, etc., worth 25c ...............154
The 2 for 25c G. & M. Collar you can't equal 'em .....J.8e
A regular 25c and 35o Suspender 154
The famous G. & M. Belt Suspender the equal of the President, and
sells everywhere for EOo 25t
Sox Good Ones
Our best grade of 10c Sox 54
Dropstltched, 2-shade 20c Sox ....104
Regular 25c and 35c Sox, In cashmeres and lisle thread 204
8 pairs for 504
All 25c Sox ......i. 154 pair, or 2 pairs for 254
AH-Wool Sox, worth anywhere 15c and 20o .....104
Boys' 20c fast black stockings 104
flfTtC 0REAT VARIEl
VJlOVeS SMALL PRICES
QREAT VARIETY
Good Cotton Gloves 54
Horse Hide, extra quality ....304
Genuine Calf Glove, worth 75c, for 454
Genuine Oil Tan . Glove, worth $1.25, for .......... 654
The best Glove in the house or city for that matter only. ..91.00
We carry a complete . assortment of gentlemen's Working and
Dress Gloves at easy prices. .
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