La Grande evening observer., December 21, 1917, Image 5

jMl)AY;: -DECEMBER 21,' 1D17 ! KM
LA OllANDJi EVENING OBSERVER
PAGE FIVE
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iThe
Last Days Before
V,HK IS T.MAS
are apt to bo. day's of hurry and indiscriminate
buying. Don't buy carelessly. Come here and
you'll find plenty of gifts mostly articles of
every day utility. Such goods make' the best gifts.
Fancy Perfumes
Cut Glass Perfume Bottles
Lowney's Box Candies
Fine Cigars, Christmas Boxes
Parisian Ivory Sets
Crane's Christmas Stationery
Parker Fountain Pens
Eversharp Pencils
Guaranteed Hot Water Bottles
Kodaks, Albums and Everything
for Picture Making
These goods are all staple with us, We would
advise that you select before the last, minute.
There's excellent choice now. '
RED CROSS DRUG STORE
Historic Paving Otoncs.
There lire several, remarkable his
torie paving stones in Edinburgh upon
which Ihe -visitors make u point of
standing. One Is Ihe Heart of Mid
lothian, u heart formed lu stones mark
ing the spot where the old Tolhoolh
stood. Another Is the paving stono
In thy Oras.'jinarket which marks the
Knot where the old gallows stood on
which, In the words of the old rec
ords, "hundreds of Covenanters glori
fied Clod," and the third Is a little
suuiire tliigstono hearing the inscrip
tion, "J. K., 1372." It marks the spot
where John Knox wits burled, ouce
the churchyard of the cathedral,, now
In tho middle of the thoroughfare.
Read The Observer classified ads.
West Virginia Coll. .
Nearly two-thirds of the land urea
of West Virginia is In farms. All
soils are from disintegration of lime
stone, sandslnne or mixtures of shales
and clays The soil Is generally fer
tile and does not wash Into gullies,
Ihe land being productive to the tops
of the mountains. Clay soil Is found
In some of the higher portions, alluvial
soil in tile uplands, and unproductive
sandy soli in the northeast. In the
extreme northeastern counties the soil
Is of rich limestone. West of the
mountains the broad, flat hills furnish
grazing for cattle, while the. valleys
produce good crops.
Society news for the Obsorvcr
should bo sent in Friday.
FIRST JOIN THE RED CROSS
FOR CHRISTMAS THEN
Turn your attention to 'the following necessities for
your Christmas dinner. ,. , .,"
Hei'iiz's Hum and Fig Puddings Sauce Recipe
with each.
Very Large Queen Olives Stuffed and Ripe Olives.
Heine's Mince Meat, 25 a pound.
Darrington Hall Coffee has no equal, 45c a pound.
Layer Raisins in. 1-pound boxes. California's best.
Dromedary Dates and Package Figs.
Imported Salted Almonds. Budded Walnuts.
Shelled Pecans and Pine Nuts.
Brazil, Filberts and Pecan Nuts.
Cream Brick, Camemlier.t," '1'inienfo and
New York Cheese.
Monday morning we will have mi displav a fresh lot
of VKOKTA.IJLKS and FRUITS. Your early orders
for these we shall appreciate very much.
PHONE NUMBER MAIN 80
Christmas Gifts.
rrUE joy thai't born of Chrlstmat
gifts is not within themsclvct
, Or ou or I could pick our joyt
pom anil merchant's tliclvct.
And you could buy mora costly things
. than ever 1 could give.
And though no friend should coma your
wag contented you could live.
Yet some poor trinket rich liccomci and
1 treasure to the aid
Because it is the symbol of a true and
logul friend.
The thing is nothing as it lies upon a
merchant's shelf,
And scarce a thought you'd give to it
for Achat it is itself.
Thcro mag be thousands like it round
about you everywhere.
But let a friend bring it to you and
straightway it is rare.
For something of that friend into his
simple gift is wrought
And it becomes a precious thing a
token of a thought.
We are a sentimental clan, tee fight
and strivo for gold.
Yet treasures which 100 closest guard
arc never bought or sold;
The things wo value most are not the
gems our money bugs,
But all those street and lovely things
thut memory bids us prize' -,
The faded slippers of a babe not in
themselves arc dear.
But in the thoughts they bring to u
of one no longer here.
And so it is with Christmas gifts, 'tis
friends who make them rare,
The trifle that with love is rich has
worth beyond compare;
The moment that it pusses from some
friendly hand to you
It has assumed a value that before it
never knew.
And what was common in itself is now
.' beyond all price
Because it represents to you somo good
friend's sacrifice.
Christmas the Same as Ever.
Christmas time I Thut man must be
a misanthrope indeed In whose breast
something like a jovial feeling is not
roused in whose mind some pleasant
associations are not awakened by the
recurrence of Christmas. There are
people who will toll you that Christmas
Is not to them what It used to bo.
Never heed such dismal remi
niscences. Ketlect upon your
present blessings, of which every uinu
bus many; not on your past misfor
tunes, of. which all men have some.
Our life on it, but your Christ
mas shall be merry ami your new year
a happy one. Charles Dickens.
Christmas of Long Ago
.V the mlrjnt'.'ht a Icy a wonder;
A star in tho cunt qkIuw.
And mollmvest voicu tiinroundor,
Christmua of long ago.
With pazo upraised Hie siuroa,
Poor Khuiiherihj bending low;
A rnpliire to liijht the uges, V
Christmas of long ugo.
O Child-God laid in the manger.
Who boro no U Indent;
To tlio lords of earth a stranger
Outcast of Uethlelicni!
Thy meFsape canto to the lowly;
Thy Bktr wan Rent to the wire,
And "l-'eueu" and "J.ovo" wore the holy
Words from the midnight skies.
They filled the heart of one other,
To i:n own swet't overllmv; '
Fe:no and love to tlio mother,
Chrit'.tniMs of Ion;; nfjo.
'lias Tlnio's dust ui;lUd its Klory?
liavo ttir niitits blurred iht rays?
' Is" It now too old n atory
For hurrying, i?han:.;ing days?
Oh, ever our hearts shall hearken
To (hp a;ir"('l's cluint ubovo,
And never shall d'siunep darken
The star that shines in lovo.
And v.vor shall smile the mother,
Mother whoso child wan God;
God, who tool; mnn for brother;
Urothcr our ways who trvd.
Forever in Joy completer
'Khali the ch ar, I:m". mi'ssae nhow,
And it pm-e) voi'-o f-muiid cweet :r
Chriuinuss of l-swt w.ui.
Joseph I. C. Clarke,
ERY
With 1, COO, 000 h. p. developed and
; 5,000,000 it. p. undeveloped, thu wat
!or noweis of the South otter a !t:lon-
jidid field for the erection of electro-
jciiemical and clectromctalhirgical
plants.
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"0oh! Look, Jimmy - Ho w9d They
Guess What We Wanted?"
What squeals olr (lel!,t;lit, what shouts of .joy will gwvt ytm on ( 'liristinas day
when your kiddies sjy the wonderful gift you have ready for them
A BICYCLE!
It's the jL;il't supreme iii'a-ti-al, health-Kivin, jnore an investment than a
purchase, hecause it broadens their world brings the distance to your chil
dren's doorstep and saves far more than its cost in doctor's bills.
JJeiitemher your own youth how your world really began with your
first wheel.
XOWS TIIK'TLMK TO BUY A BICYCLE. We have all the good
makes. Step in and look thcni over.
Ruby's Cycle Shop
404 Fir Street
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The Christmas Fire 1
By HARRIET PRESCOTT 8P0FF0R0
rUE trco grew green in the forest,
Crew green in tho tun and the
dew;
His branches reached for tho shadows,
lT'yffy.,thM'f,1 h4a timn In ihn Mull.
And hitpptl tho air about him
Wherever hit balsams flew.
Drenched with the rains of the summer,
Fine from his stems spun tho show-
CIS,
Soft dropped tho snow on his mantle,
. Dream work of silver and flowers,
And over him whito light trailing
i'ha start swam through darkling
hours.
Oroping where great rock pillars
Stand shouldering rank on rank,
His roots at tho cold sweet source
Tho ancient juices drank.
And ho swept with the earth companion
As the vast skies rose and sank.
Bis loughs brushed low on your foro
head
As a passing wing might brush,
Whin night wind made shrill musio
In tho hcavcnSi and hush, oh, husht
For deep in his.dcciest covert
Ho hid the hermit thrush.
tow have they laid the giant.
And they halo him home with mlrtft,
And they fan tho fires tliat twinkle,
And sing round his 7nossy girth,
And make with a mighty magia
Tho life of tho Christmas hearth.
For his flames give the spicy fragranct
Of tho summer atmosphere,
While tho breath of tho woody tiollows.
The luster and light of tho year,
Tho blossom, tho bird song, the breezes
lie sheds through tho Christmas cheer
And tho message of peace and blesslni
In the great fire's glow they mark,
With tho lad from .tho war and thi
sailor
Ilomo from his tossing bark
Ere tho Christmas bells come chiming
LUC tho touch of tho frost on tlu
dark.
And widely on pane and celling
Sparklet a fiery foam, -And
the children dance with their shad
oics
Like tho forest sprite with the gnomo
While- tho great log roars and blazes,
The heart of tho joy of home.
And the check that has long been with
crcd
With an old rose blooms once more
As memories gloiv like tho embers
Whose flashes sink cud soar
Willi the Christina:! fire's warm glory
Where the log hums red at the core.
M'oinaii's Homo Companion.
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Test Your Gifts.
CIIllISTMAS (lifts should he free
from frippery, mere temporal?
.worth, tile solely worldly or ma
terial v'amo. ' This Is tlio' llt'st tcst-
IjenuinenesK.
'j'ho second, a Christmas (sift should
be in hccpln;; with one's purse mios
teulatioa. A Clirlstnias (lift should di;-pla.v good
lust e carefulness.
A ChrisiMiis should confer a real
ocnollt thought f ulness.
A Christmas Kill tilimilil produce uu
fLvgncd pleasure- Interest.
A Christmas Rift should he some
thing yon wculd wish nsso:-inted with
Ihoiiuhls of ,vo,n-si'ir-fiiendsli!p.
A Christmas Kin should, if possible,
he fiiiin't li in that eau bo shared with
others kindliness.
A Christmas Bin. should, ns Ioiik as
It lasts, f-ive r.s much delUU't as on
Christmas lum-uluK -"junlity.
A Christinas f.i ft should lie some
Ihlnj; you yours; If would lie lad to
pi ssess sincerity.
' A Christians (lift, should be some
thins; you have selected, not something
picked up by chance heartiness.
A Christmas ftift should be sonic
thins ye" Pleasure in thinking ot
ul'tersvard as having been yivenbyyou
to your frleud fc-utisl'aclion. Chrlatiuu
llorald.
Preparedness
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I.KAKN THE TRUTH ABOUT
CORSETS As We Are learning the
Truth About War.
Get Acquainted With
ft
T.i4 .Ilt. II. U. Pat. ODra
Ihe Front I. ace Corset with the
fF.NTJI.O Hack and Front Shield
There's a I .a Camillc Style That's
Best I or l ou.
All the Latest Models Now on Hand
Priced at $2.00 up.
MK3. HOHT. PATTISON
Corset lere.
Res. 1702 Oak I'honc Rfd 3221
.' -v Special values from every department that will make .
-your Christinas money buy more .gifts.
These Prices for
Saturday and Monday Only
TOYLAND
CHRISTMAS SPECIALS
$4.00 Combination Auto and Shoo
fly Uoeker. Special at. . . .$3.25
9,i(; All-wood liaeiiifr Autos. Spe-
' eial ...'.' 75c
$2.50 Octagon ' arrx.x:u dame
Hoard Crokinole, Checkers and
Chess Games pair-be played on
this combination. Special $1.98
$3.50 Doll Dining Furniture Set
Table and 2 Dining Chairs $2.98
Keg. $2.25 Post Card .Reflectors.
Special .... ............ .$1.25
HARDWARE DEPARTMENT
, CHRISTMAS SPECIALS
$15.50 Genuine Limoges China
Dinner Set, 61 pieces; Derby pat-
tern with gold band and dainty
floral design. Special . . .$29.85
$2.25 Imported Fruit Sets, 7 pieces,
floral patterns. Special, per
set ;. .' $1.83
Imperial Lustre Imported Glass
ware. Special . . . . . $1.00 to $1.45
SHOE DEPARTMENT
CHRISTMAS SPECIALS
Men's Leather House Slippers,
values to $2.75. Special nt $1.6S
Men's All-felt House Slippers in
gray and black, with heavy felt
soles. ' Special '. .89c
DRYGOODS DEPARTMENT
CHRISTMAS SPECIALS
Silk Flounce Petticoats with silk
, finish', top.- Special. . . . . . .$2.3J
All Toilet and Manieurq Sets at
Christmas Special Reductions.
See the Wiudow
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T"1 GOLDEN WIEO-
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f La Grande'$s!!StoTe
MEN'S DEPARTMENT
CHRISTMAS SPECIALS
Eoys Indian Suits, Special $1.45
Eoys' Leather Chaps. Special $1.78
Boys' Military Suits. Special $1.45
Boys' Cowboy Outfits. Special. .
, , . $1.63
Art. A. Wenzel Sends
Christmas Greetings
Congratulates Wint;, I'ln and Fleet
foot Club on Theii' (ioud Work for
the Community.
Tho folowinK leiter wishing tiio
Wins. Fin and Fleetfout Club a Mer
ry .ChrlfttmnB was recoiveil . by the
president, L. M. Hoyt, from ' Art
VVenzel, formerly of Lu Grande, one
of tlio founders and livo wires of tlio
club: '
Merrill, Wis., Dee. 17, 1917.
Mr. L. M. Hoyt, '
La Orando, Ore.
Dear Friend Lou: ,
I presume you will be vory much
surprised to learn that I am today
sendini; you via parcel post, tile min
ute hook of tlio Club, but bollevo mo
I have never foreott.cn about it. 1
thought of it more often timn 1 really
found time to work on it. This has
been a very bimy seawin for us and
it has kept me Jumping all thu time.
I lnivo not found timo to wn-.e
you and a Kreat many of my other
Kood friends out there as often as I
really would have liked to, but never
theless I think and tulle about all
of you vorj; often. I certainly de
inlsii tho fine iiuntliiK and tishini; wo
had out thero and whenever I notice
by tlio La Orando paper that tho club
is pullinc orf , somo or itn annual
stuntB or that tlio huntint! season is
about to open on tho various ItindB of
game It certainly makes niyWheart
yearn for .a few days of tlio (?ood
sport which I used lo have out those.
1 1 havo also noticed that you have
had your hands pretty full tlila'tium
iner with the city water department,
but you certainly can feel proud of
tho oxcellont system you havo charge
of and of the fine water to tnko tlio
placo of beer.
Just a few lines about tho minute
book: I believo you will find every
thing pretty well recorded with tlio
exception or the last meeting or two
at which time it was rather hard to
get some body to take up the duties
dft secretary and treasurer. No doubt
you have some record uf this and it
can easily ho supplied. 1 have often
felt that It war, hardly necessary
to kenn accurate minutes or a ro
port of the various meetings, becauso
they are bo very seldom referred to.
I certainly wish the club all kinds
of good success and I know thoy are
doing nioro good for tho community
especially from a hunting and fish
lug standpoint than what most peo
ple realize. ThlB country back here
Is practically cloaned out, but I foul
certain thai It wo;;ld not bo too Into
to Impfovp CTiese conditions pi'ovldetr
wo had the Oregon Ryalom of Biippiy
Ing fisli and game and each commun
ity had a "Livo Wire" club such as
you have In La Grando. - v
Please remember mo to all of the
boys and you can tell thorn that I
think of them often oven though I do
not write- to them personally. I cor
talnly will never fi-rget you or r.ny
of them. With kind regardB and host
wishes and a very Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year to you ull,
I remain, ,
Youra vory truly,
ART A. WKNZEL.
Give Something
Electrical
This Christmas
Everybody wants this
year something practical
and useful.
J Icrc is a sun'ralinu which
Jits .the circumstances ex
actly and vnu can't make
a mistake, no matter -for
whom the gilt may he in
tended Tabic Lamp
Vacuum 'leaner
Tree Litfhtnin;; Outfit
Two-way Socket
Flat iron
Disc Stove
( 'haling Dish
Percolator
Portable Floor Lump
Sewing .Machine Motor
Curling Iron .Heater
drills
Heating Pads
Nash Electric Co.
Foley Pmilding
War War
War
ON USED CARS
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rv, will sell .at Public Auction all of our use I
cars, December 122, 1917, at Hilton's Oarage,
1- 1 1-1 Adams Avenue, La Ornttde, Oregon.
Sale Starts at 2 o 'Clock Sharp
The following list shows some excellent buys.
2- 1 KO (i, 1917, 7-passcnger.
1 STUDKISAKKIJ (, 10.1,1, truck.
( 'Old' 8, 1917- 7-passenger. .
.1--STI;)KI:AK!:U I, lDJ-;, 5-passenger.
1 P.UK'K 4, 191 1, 5-passenger.
1 .MiT('ll!:LL I, 191.-. o-passenger.
1 OAKLAND 4, .1!)1.", Ti-iiassengcr.
1 OVKULAND I, 1910, 5-passenger.
1 DODOK I, 1910, roadster.
J niflSCOK -I, 1917, o-pMssenger.
1 (.'AUTKK'CAR. I, 1910, 5-passenger.
1 DOKT I, 1910, 5-iiasseiiger.
1 MAXWKLL 1, 191(1, ."i-iiassenger.
1 FOJD, 191.1, o-iiasseiiger.
1 FOIM), 19b!, o-iiassenger.
I! KOI IDS. 191 I, o-passenger.
.1 INDIAN MOTOIICVCLK.
KUAN K HILTON,
AL DAN IK L,
Owners.
TOM .IOI1NSON,
Auctioneer.
TKIIMS Cash or bankable note at 8 per cent
interest on one vear's time.' -
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