f
POULTRY AND GAME
Can set you fancy prices fat Wild Ducks
tad other gmms in sesson. Writ Ul for
cash offer on all kinds of poultry, pork, etc.
Pearson-Page Co., Portland
TONS
TONS
TONS
We want
TONS of Dressed Chickens
FOR THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS
We nave 8fi markets in rtlsnd and vicinity, and we want to supply them with fresh home
rrown poultry. (No E&atert. storage stock for Smith.) Mark your stuff: FRANK U 8MITH
MEAT CO., Portland, Oreeou. Place your name and address on the package. Ship by express
to arrive here December 21st or 22d. Your stuff will be weighed immediately on arrival. We
guarantee you the Christmas market price. We do not charge commission. We will promptly
mail you our check on the First National Bank of Portland, Oregon. This is surely the best and
aquarest deal that any reliable firm can offer you. We are paying today:
Dressed Fat Veal up to 130 pounds, 13c
Small Block Hogs, 10c.
Larger Hogs. 8c and 9c
Live Chickens, 12c
NO COMMISSION
Wild Ducks and Geese, market price. Ship us
your produce every day in the year.
f RANK L. SMITH
"Fighting the BeeP Trust"
Machinery
Second-Hand Machin
ery bought, sold and
exchanged: engines.
boflerm. mw mills, etc The J. E. Martin Co.. 83 1st
MU. Portland. Bend for Stock Mat and price.
VEAL, HOGS, POULTRY
Veal, fancjr, 75 to WO II. W to 13 l-2o. lb.
Pork, fancy. 1UU to 175 lha. 10 to Ik' lb.
Chickens, hens and springs, live. 12 1-2 to 13o lb.
Ducks, 1'okio. 12 to l&i lb.
GeOHe, live. 11 to 1&- lb.
Turkeys, live, 17 to Mo lb. : drenaoi. 20 to 22o lb.
We uuaranU to wtjt, OU the above prices on nil
shipments tltut arrive on or beiore December S, 1912.
Bbip as soon as you can. Check sent by return mail.
F. H. SCHMAI.Z & CO. Paid-up Capital $10,000.
141-148 Front Street, Portland, Oregon
SAVE MIDDLEMAN'S PROFIT
of $100 or more by buying your
Piano or Player Piano direct
from factory store.
BUSH & LANE PIANO COMPANY
355 Washington St., Portland, Or.
LIME FERTILIZER
Also Land Plaster, Lime, Cement, Wall Plas
ter and Shingles. Write for prices.
NOTTINGHAM & CO.
102 Front Street. PORTLAND, OR.
BANDMEN: 3?
HOLTON and BUESCHER
band instruments. The most complete stock
of Musical Merchandise in the Northwest.
Write for Catalogues.
SEIBERLING-LUCAS MUSIC CO.
1M Second Street. Portland, Orcffon
f SHIP TO Jjfa
TCARSTENS O
49 Front St., Portland, Oregon
We sell your stuff at Top Prices. Dressed Hosts,
Veal, Live and Dressed Poultry. We return your
money every 48 hours.
When In PORTLAND atop at
NEW SCOTT HOTEL
Large, light rooms: steam heat; big lobby;
clean and orderly: close to business section;
beat place for family in city. ROOMS 60c UP.
Seventh and Ankenr Streets
Convenient from AH Depots by Streetcar.
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES
Color more goods brighter and faster colors than any other dye. One 10c package colors silk, wool and cotton equally
well and is guaranteed to give perfect results. Aslt dealer, or we will send postpaid at 10c a package. Write for tie
booklet bow to dye. bleach ana mix colors. MONROE DRUG COMPANY, Quincy, Illinois.
OUT OP TOWN
. PEOPLE
Ofin receive prompt treat
ments of HoB-folionont,
BeAlth-bsUldlof ruwdlM
from
C. GEE WO
the Chines doctor
Try once more if yon hare been doctoring with
this one and that one and have not obtained per
manent relief. Let thin great nature healer dina
Dotte your cane and prescribe tome remedy who
action Is quick. sure and wife. Hia preacriptlona
are compounded from Boor. IHerba, Bads and
Barks that have been gathered from very quar
ter of the globe. The secret of therm medicine
are not known to the outside world, but have been
handed down from father to son in the phrsiciaaa'
laxaUie in China.
CONSULTATION FREE.
If yon live oot of town and oannot call, write for
symptom blank and circular, encioainx i osnts in
THE C.GEE WO CHINESE MEDICINE CO.
1 62 1 Hrst St., Cor. Morrison
Portland, Oregon.
Possibly the Reason.
"The trouble Is that my boss has fa
vorites. Tou can't deny it" "I won't
deny It. But have you noticed that
his favorites do all the hard work
bout the placer Louisvill Courier
Journal. Bast Ccnra Syraa. Tastei Oood. Tst
in tins. Sold b Oratrrirta.
lgj,IIM!ltrTT7HTr
F. N. U. No. 50 '11
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1 ' tt tkia rapsr.
Evlda.net.
"Do you really believe, doctor, that
your old medicines really keep any
body alive !" asked the skeptic. "Sure
ly," returned the doctor. "My pre
scriptions have kept three druggists
and their families alive In this town
for twenty years." Harper's Weekly.
of Dressed Turkeys
of Dressed Geese
of Dressed Ducks
NO COMMISSION
all kinds of Hides, Pelts and Tallow. Wa want
MEAT COMPANY
Portland, Oregon
Bible Wat Put Into Rhyme.
Versifications, not only of the
Psalms but of the other books of the
Bible, were numerous in the sixteenth
century. One of the most proliflo
versifiers was Wlllam Hunnis, who,
under such fanciful titles as "Seven
Sobs of a Sorrowful Soul for Sin,"
"A Handful of Honeysuckles," "A
Hiveful of Honey," etc., published a
number of rhyming versions of Gene
sis and Job, which .are now worth
their weight in gold to the biblio
maniac. MnthM far-fit JS-JT r . . . .
-"O vy4
Musical Family.
Etiggtns "Are there any musicians
In your famllyf" Wiggins "Rather I
Why, my father Is an adept at blowing
his own horn, and mother Is equally
expert at harping on one string; main-law
has to play second fiddle, and
Aunt Tabltha leads a humdrum ex
istence; grandpa gives a solo on his
nasal organ every night, without the
stops; uncle spends his time wetting
his Whistle: Harrv la fond nt Mm t
and Gerty is forever ringing the
change on her admirers."
Liquid blue Is wenb solution. Aroidlt Bo.
rolrTa?11 Blu"- blue that'. .Ublu'i IS
Obsolete Garment.
A New York firm of petticoat manu
facturers failed with $700,000 of lia
bilities recently, and gives the ex
planation that women's skirts are so
tight they have quit wearing petti
coat. Did you know that? Kansas
City Star.
No thoua-htful person uses liquid blue. It's a
pinch of blue in a lares bottle of water. Ask for
Red Cross Ball Blue, the blue that's all blue.
The Danger.
"It may seem a trifling matter,"
says a writer In the Observer, "but I
think that the man who wears his
gloves seems to be smarter than the
man who carries his gloves In his
hands." Surely it is no trifling mat
ter. One might meet the Observer
writer any day, and then if one were
carrying one's gloves Instead of wear
ing them, what an outsider one would
feel. The Bystander.
If you are afflicted with either Rheumatism or Neuralgia, Bend me your name and
address. I will forward by mail FREE a simple Herbal Recipe that will cure you. I
will also mail you a Trial Treatment All absolutely free. Enclose a two-aent stamp
to pay postage. Address W. H. Sutton, 2600 Orchard Ave., Los Angeles, California.
Philosopher's Tip.
"I was riding in the park with the
great Carlyle one morning when his
wideawake blew oft. A working man
ery civilly ran and picked It up. In
stead of giving the man a pourbolre,
however meager, Carlyle took the re
turned hat with a bow, and said:
"Thank ye, my man; ye can just say
ye've picked up the hat of Thomas
Carlyle." "That Fourth Generation,"
by Janet Ross.
Hard to See Under Water.
There Is no scientific instrument of
the "scope" character which enables
one to see down to 50 or 60 feet under
water. When the sun shines vertical
ly over water, a box or bucket with a
glass bottom is often used to look
Into the water. A cloth covering to
exclude light from the box or bucket
Is sometimes employed. But without
electric or some other light In the wa
ter these device are not very satis
factory. Peaceful Beginning.
A young barber was telling on of
his regular customer of hi recent
wedding. "Tou bet we had a good
time at my wedding," he said. "Lots
of young pecple there, a big crowd,
and we had dancing and singing and
lota of fun, and there wasn't on
tight"
Just So.
Curiosity Is finding out something
about somebody els that don't cor
cent you and which would mak yov
mighty mad If somebody else found
it out about you when U didn't on.
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Equirrtli' Instinctive Gift.
Squirrels, It is said, know bow to
Judge distances accurately, for they
seldom Jump two distances alike, yet
never fail to land safely when an Inch
too far or too short would mean dis
aster. And dogs run along beside
horses' heels, Judging accurately the
safe distance, and are seldom. If ever.
Injured.
Willing to Do Anything.
A little girl, now a famous artist,
long ago was caught using her crayons
on Sunday. As the forbidden joys
were taken from her she sobbed out:
"Mamma, do let ma have them. I'll
draw a church an' a a graveyard
If vou will!"
Not Saying Much.
A celebrated woman lawyer says
women are Just as honest as some
men, but perhaps that Isn't saying
'ery much. Grand Rapids Press.
What Would Newspapers DoT
If It were not for our. mistakes,
life would be- pretty monotonous.
Judge.
You want
"your rights"
That always means a
KEEN APPETITE
PERFECT DIGESTION
ACTIVE LIVER
BOWEL REGULARITY
There's one way to get them take
Hostetter's
STOMACH BITTERS
at mealtime for a few days. It
does the work. All Druggists.
He Knew.
"Daughter," called the conventional,
comlo-paper father from his regular
position at the top of the stairs, at
the well-known hour of 11:55 p. m.,
"doesn't that young man know how
to say good night?" "Does he?" echoed
the young lady in the darkened hall,
"well, I should say he does."
DEAD SHOT
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DR. PEERY'S
VERMIFUGE
FOR WORMS
ROMAN EYE BALSAM
For Inflamed Eyelids
Prepared by
Wright's Indian Vegetable
PILL CO.
NEW YORK '
House Plans Important.
The care In the home and all other
forms of household work are greatly
facilitated by right planning and the
use of suitable materials for the
construction and furnishing of the
home. An adequate and convenient
water supply and other conveniences
are essential, cot only for comfort
and for saving labor, but also from
the standpoint of home hygiene.
The Coughs
of Children
They may not cough today,
but what about tomorrow?
Better be prepared for it
when it comes. Ask your
doctor about keeping AVer's
Cherry Pectoral in the house.
Then when the hard cold or
cough first appears you have
a doctor's medicine at hand.
This cough medicine is
especially good for children.
No anodynes. No alcohol.
Many child is called dull and stupid '
when the whole trouble Is due t s lazy
liver. Te flrmljr believe your own doc-'
tor will tell von that an occasional dote
of AVer's Pills, sugar-coited. will ds sucb
children great deal of good. Ask him. I
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Santa Claus' correspondents live in practically all the countries of
the world. The letters he receives hundreds of thousands of them are
written In all languages. But Santa Claus is an International character,
and whether the children who write to him express their wishes in Eng
lish, in German, in French, in Scandinavian, or even in Chinese or any
of the other languages of the world, he can read and understand each
letter. The photographer has caught him on a busy morning Just before
Christmas, and In the corner of bis workshlp he uses for an office.
CHRISTMAS IN
COLONIAL DAYS
Interesting Account of an Old
Time Celebration.
Men Wore Their Hair In Curls and
Such Games as "Green Grow the
Rushes, O," Furnished
Amusement.
GLIMPSE of an
old-fashioned cel
ebration of the
Christmas season
Is preserved in a
diary of a guest
of MaJ. Gen. Wil
liam Lloyd, one of
the signers of the
Declaration of In
dependence, who
recounts the good
cheer of his house
hold In the old
homestead
at Westernvillfi,
N. Y. The house
is standing, and is
still occupied dur
ing a part of the
Bummer by some
of his descend
ants. In those
early days of the
republic the Journey from New York
by sleigh took ten days.
In preparation for the coming fes
tivities, the diarist notes that the
keeping room (as the main room was
then called), which today would be
called the parlor, or drawing room,
was trimmed elaborately with spruce
nd cedar branches, there being no
holly growing in that region. Roses
made of tissue paper, in red, pink and
white, were plentifully distributed
through the evergreen decorations.
The roses were made by two young
women guests. Miss Catherine Floyd
and Miss Mary Floyd, who were en
gaged to be married to James Madison
and Thomas Jefferson, afterwards
presidents of the United States. They
were assisted in entertaining guests
during the day by the Misses Wiggins,
neighbors of the general. Among
other guests. Bishop Whipple and a
fellow clergyman were present, as
well as the fiance of the diarist.
The festivities began Christmas Eve,
and all the family bung up their stock
ings In front of the huge kitchen fire
place. The Illumination was that of
tallow candles in silver and brass can
dlesticks. Miss Catherine Floyd bad
expected her fiance, James Madison
(as was Jotted down in the diary),
and was greatly disappointed at his
not coming. He sent, by way of a
Christmas gift, a full-length likeness
of Gen. George Washington, framed,
which was brought by a neighbor re
turning home from New York.
The merrymaking was at Its height
Christmas Eve, all sorts of then fash
ionable and popular games, such as
"Hunt the Slipper." "Blind Man's
Buff," and "Green Grow the Rushes,
O," being Indulged in by the young
people until 10 o'clock, at which hour
sharply General Floyd closed the
bouse.
That In keeping early hour he was
not altogether arbitrary appears when
we learn that the breakfast Christmas
morning was at early candle light The
diary says: "It was so early, and I
lis
CHRISTMAS MAIL
'JtsvTSA
had to take my curl-papers out, so I
am sure my hair will not curl at all."
The gay young people gathered in
the immense kitchen after breakfast
was served, to examine the stockings
that Santa Claus was expected to
have left In prosperous condition. Of
her gifts the diarist remarks: "Such
beautiful gifts I have never received
away from my home. Some beautiful
mink skins, sufficient to make my win
ter fur and muff, from dear General
Floyd, taken from animals caught In
a trap near the milk house, Baxter's
'Saints' Rest,' and a nice volume of
Watts' hymns from Mrs. Floyd, a
white velvet pincushion, painted with
roses and leaves, from Catherine, and
a pretty collar of lace footing from
Mary. My dearly beloved gave me a
ruby ring, the emblem of eternal fidel
ity and love." The "dearly beloved"
became her husband a few months
later.
"Christmas Day was Indeed a Joyful
one; after we had seen all our gifts,
all the young people went to the hill
back of the bouse and coasted for two
hours on the hard crust of ice and
snow; the difitnnce from the top of the
hill to the gulf ravine was nearly a
mile."
WHEN THE YULE LOG BURNED
Pretty Customs of Former Times
That Surrounded That Necessary
Feature of Christmas.
The Yulo log on the fireplace roared,
The whole hall was aglow,
The great hounds lay before the blaze,
Dreaming of stag and boar.
One of the prettiest sights of the
old time Christmas must have been
that of the Yulo log being drawn
homeward, surrounded with Joyous
laughing children, shouting merry
greeting to each wayfarer as he
doffed his hat In reverence to the log
so full of good promises whose flames
had the power to burn out old wrongs
and heartburnings. On the arrival of
the log at the "baronial hall" It was
customary for each member of the
family to greet It In fitting mannci
either In verse or song.
In some parts of France there wae
also the custom of the Christmas log,
although there has been a different
significance. There the log had sus
pended from each end the toys, cukes
and fruits for the children of the
house. . These were the gifts Petit
Maulet or Christmas child was said
to have brought.
In the mountain districts of Ger
many the Christmas 16g was supposed
to have the power of warding off dan
gers from lightning and was kept be
neath the bed of the master of the
house from one Christmas till the
next, when it was used to light the
new log. On Christmas eve all lights
and fires were extinguished In the
house and a piece of the last year's
wood was taken to the neighboring
church, where it was lighted at the
flames of the sanctuary light, signify
ing the new light that had come Into
the world on this night
Beaulieu on National Debts.
M. Beaulieu declares that the world
at the present time Is badly governed;
that It is In the handB of Incurable
prodigals and Improvident experi
menters. As proof of this position he
points to the public debts of all coun
tries, which show a decided tendency
to multiply, not by reason of stress
of extraordinary circumstances, such
as war or national disaster, but be
cause the credit of nations Is extend-!
ed to enterprises which should remain
within the field of private endeavor. J
DEALERS ALLEGE
THREATS TO RUIN
National Cash Register Concern
Insisted on Monopoly.
"Morgue List" of Twenty-Six Deal
ers Exhibited -National Agent
Tried to Knock Sale.
Cincinnati In the trial of President
Patterson and 29 other officials or
former officials of the National Cash
Register company, A. E. Edwards, of
Spokane; owner of a wholesale store
fixture concern, proved to be the gov
ernment's principal witness.
He testified that he purchased sev
eral Michigan cash registers to sell
and that shortly afterward C. G.
Pruitt, National sales agent for that
territory, called on him and tried to
induce him to stop selling any machine
other than the National. Edwards
said that Pruitt said he was too good a
man to stand the "bumping" that
necessarily would come his way if he
continued to "buck" the National.
Edwards testified that after Pruitt
saw there was no chance for him to
throw out Michigan machines he
threatened to have manufacturers of
scnles withdraw their agencies from
Edwards and also threatened to dis
credit him by having suits brought
against him.
Finally, according to the witness,
Pruitt showed him a "morgue list,"
containing 26 names of firms that
Pruitt said had been forced out of bus
iness because they refused to quit sell
ing machines that were not made by
the National company.
Edwards Baid that Pruitt told him
he would bo- the 27th, and the next
day three Michigan registers which
had been sold were returned and oth
ers were being returned to him ever
since.
John F. Shupc, one of Edwards'
salesmen, testified he heard Pruitt say
that if Edwards did not keep to the
scale business the National would
spend $10,000 to put him out of busi
ness entirely.
J. A. Sunwald, of Seattle, said Na
tional agents had followed him every
where he went and tried to stop his
sales. He said Pruitt was known as
the "knocker chaplain" and that he
always followed him.
L. L. l)es Boillons, former Ameri
can agent at Savannah, Ga., said he
drove a National agent out of his
office with a gun when the agent re
fused to leave while a prospective pur
chaser was in his office.
FOUR PAY DEATH PENALTY
Verdict of Oregon Citizens Enforced
According to Law.
Salem, Or. Four murderers from
four different counties of Oregon were
executed at the 'state prison Friday.
Governor West remained firm in his
announced determination not to inter
fere. Protests were made to him by
various persons up to the very hour
for the executions.
The men executed were:
Noble Fauldner, slayer of Louis
Gebhart, in Klamath county.
Frank Garison, slayer of Roy Per
kins, in Coos county.
Miles Morgan, slayer of John E.
York, in Josephine county.
H. E. Roberts, slayer of Donald
Stewart and George Hastings, in
MjjRnomah county.
Three of the quartet confessed, but
the fourth protested to the end his in
nocence. One attributed his fate to
liquor; a second asserted he killed in
self-defense, and a third declared he
was crazed.
The men had been reprieved for per
iods running down from 14 months to
four months, that the voters of the
state might say whether they desired
that capital punishment be' perpetuat
ed as the penalty for murder or wheth
er life imprisonment should be substi
tuted.
On November 5 the voters decided
that capital punishment should con
tinue. Pebble Cuts Mining Cost.
Clifton, Colo. By the discovery of
a certain kind of hard pebble in Colo
rado, under the Orchard mesa, near
here, thousands of dollars will be
saved mine operators annually, accord
ing to the experiments of M. li. Han
son, superintendent of the Smuggler
Union mine, at Tellunde. The pebble
is of granite and of the kind which is
used in milling process to grind gold
from the ore. Prior to the present
time pebbles for this purpose have
been imported from Denmark at great
cost.
Bay Holds Flowing Well.
San Francisco San Francisco bay
appears to be underlaid with a basin
of fresh water. A pile 110 feet long,
driven in the bay bottom at the foot
of Mission street, tapped a pressure
vein that is still gushing. The first
spurt rose four feet above the surface
of the salt water. The jet was about
ten inches in diameter and continued
undiminished at last reports. A
chemical analysis of the water has
been ordered.
Prize Hen Sold for $800.
Springfield, Mo. "Lady Show
You," a hen that won the national
egg-laying contest at the State Poul
try show this year, was sold here for
$K00 by J. A. Bickerdite, of Millers
ville, III. The hen has a record of
laying 281 full-weight eggs this year.