Beautiful Blouses ■ Dainty creations in crepe «1«» rhino, georgette, taffeta, china »•ilk ami voile. Kouutl or V uock and some with collars. Many have relieving touches o f high color to sot o ff tho somber shade of the suits. Some are in suit shades of navy, taupe and brown. Prices range from $3.50 to $8 f t NECKWEAR FAVORS FOR CHRISTMAS OIVINO For mother, or sister, or wife, aa for all lady-folk friends of every time of life from the school girl to grandmother— a »veil selected piece of neckwear will please mightily. l “riced--------------25c to $1.50 Uncle Sam Asks You to Buy Now and Send Now lion« CI 1UI HTMAH C O N V E N I E N T E « First, because we w ill not be open evenings until Christmas and it w ill be a l most impossible to serve you to your satisfaction if all wait till the crush ot the last week. Second, because everything you send now saves overloading the railroads and mails later on. What is more, only so much w ill be taken and if there should he an overload later, all Christmas deliveries may be held W », Hi llii- »ture, nrc dniug o lir brut In ninke il mure n in i• • n ie lli fu r voti wbu rum e tu buy. N u lic e hnw we b u re iirrun ged Mmig» mi lim i yuu culi «e Ie ri w lm t yuu wndi e veli w iM inut lite hnhih I linee u f tke mrleiipeuple. D iirln g thè nudi liuurn u f C hristinnn shopping our NiileNpeuple iiuty uni ii(, utile tu Berve yuu uh p m n ip tly a« in nurniiil lune« nini nu fu r y u n r u n ii rn n v e n ie n re we nre unly luu pleimed In Im vp yuu serva y u u rs e lf u« yuu w ou lil In ynur nw II liuuie. l'u ln e in Die inu rtlillg lim i pel n eip inin led tv I • li il« Ihen V"U w ill e irn p e Mie rush inni we eitir g it e yuu lie lle r neri ire. I l i V up. NOW FOK CIIR1HTM AM. C H R IS T M A S STOCKS C O M P L E T E - W e are ready to serve you with everything that fashion dictates and which may best satisfy your requirements. The spirit o f Santa Claus is reflected in th e specinl showing of Christmas goods in every part o f the store. Come today. Q J f ^ ■ V New Toys for the Children R N T lfU : I*. AST BALCONY Hiv H*tt«*riii£ I!• it, ftllr; l i vi ng litrcl*, Iti« unti If*«*; • ç ;. 7 m ... ilU L Hi In Seeking Something Acceptable You Will Find Nothing Better Than a Pair of Dress Shoes or Gloves Select from our shoes for dress wear, for all-day wear, for house wear or street wear, for sports or school wear. We show a complete range of styles varying from the daintiest shoes to the most sturdy. Practical Gifts Here for Your Soldier Man Women's Kid Gloves, always acceptable, shown here in black, gray, tan and white. I i n . ,1 Priced a pair---------------------------------- $2.20 to $3 STREET HATS for women and children, ONE-THIRD OFF REGU L A R PRICE including remaining felt, plush and velvet hats, tarns, trench hats and caps. As a bar rage against disappointment, come in and buy early before selections are shot to pieces. > 7 <r j [C V w * : \ / V ni f ■ I æ J ¿V $« 00 to $10 00 OFFICIAL BLACK TIES We are showing the only official mil itary tie which la made uf pure black silk satin four-in-ha ltd style. Priaa 75c i CHRISTMAS SALE OF / firm heavy weight mol just what your soldier man wilt appreciate these cold days. Priced a pair_______________________ __ ____ $3 to $8 £6 K r i'ft iif ai’ln, f I |ti In in t n, !!f*r ; £11 mt**, fw t«» npiv Tm k«*r T u y *, Hr«1 f «• 7ft«*; w h irl m u liilr, &iN'. S p i * our MtiM-k o f i I u I I n , £004, wti£<ni««, «kitt«**, top«», n k iN ttm , to y ttiv*. Illotora, ft «Mini « mi £|||«* n , t»n 11« I«* r block«, bulla, book«, New Felt Hats FELT COMFORT SLIPPERS Shown in all wool felt and with felt sole or leather sole and heel. All sires r I I i n .-. I You have been rushed with getting ynur packages o f f on time for oversea.«, and now you will be occupied with getting the Christmas packages ready for the boys “ over here.“ You will find in our large Christmas storks many practical gifts which will “ help to spread good cheer” and keep your soldier man “ smiling.” Among the many gifts from which you can make selection here are: BATH ROBES Shown in gray and red mid blue and tan combinations complete with neck and belt cords. These buth rubes are all $1 00 Heady for Your «election all Bewest »Impel and uiu«t dr«itable color shade» hats with silk lining or plain, civilian or unlitnrv styles Priced $2 26, $3.00, $3.60. $3.76. $4 00 $4 60 to $ 1 .^ BLANKETS ARE WELCOME I ’ ncle Sam provides good blanket« for our boys but during the cold nights of mid-winter one more pnir is always ap preciated —ami the blankets sent now can be brought home when the boys are mustered out. We are showing a spleu- did range of blankets in cotton, wool- nap. part wool or pure wool in weight front nue to five pounds. priced $3 26 to $ 20.00 WOOL OR KID OLOVES Here nre all sizes in gray and tan wool or kid gloves a pair of which your boy would appreciate. Priced 60 c to $3 00 COME TO THE STORE AN D M AKE YOUR SELECTION OF THESE Handkerchiefs, travel bags and suit cases, underwear, mirrors, combs, brush es, shaving soup und cream toilet soap, tooth brushes, khaki shirts, sweaters, «ELECT ONE OF These New Shirts etc. » m Clear Away All C O A T S j ? w FOR CHRISTMAS What man would not be pleased with one of these crisp new skirtsf No man can |Missess too many. I.ct us show them to you today— they are here in pure silk, silk mi ted, or cotton. Priced $l 60 to M M M E N 1« NEW T IE « FOK CHRIHTMAH Just on display- beautiful new putterns. Priced 50r to $ 2.00 Is the Order of the Day ■af Tho clang of the bell is sounded for the last call on coats— that means that every coat must go quickly. Never before have we had so complete an assortment of fashionable favorites, so complete a listing of sizes, so complete a range of values to suit all purses— placed on sale at the very height of the season’s demands at prices that w ill make every coat purchase a well paying investment. HOLIDAY G RO CERIES HERE IN ABUND ANCE Choose from our large fresh stocks—order here early— candied fruit, fresh fruit, canned pineapple, peaches, pears in sweet syrup; al rnonds, walnuts, candies, plum pudding, figs, dates, sure-pop pop corn, apples of best quality and variety. Phone your order or come in person. 4«.50 to $7.50 Coats go at__ ______________ _______ ..$4.95 $12.00 to $14.00 Coats go \w $18.00 $23.00 $27.50 $35.00 to to to to $19.00 $25.00 $30.00 $40.00 FROM THOSE OVER THERE. (Continued from preceding page; back to the land where God made life worth living. It is necessary to sit in the firelight only because the issue uf candles has been quite small lately and they are all needed in the kitchen, and the stock in the shops the returning Belgian refugees have set up was soon exhausted. Luck ily we are not doiug a great deal these dayB so we have time to write a few letters then. Otherwise I fear tfiejr wouldn't get written. Of course we never know when we are going to move and maybe spend a day biking across country with our packs. We have built up a nice little home one day only to leave it behind the next morning, hav ing enjoyed it but one short evening. You probably know by this time that our division has seen active service at the front and the west should be proud o f the way those “ doughboys” went over the top. O f course the censor might allow me to tell you about that drive but it would be of no more inter est than the description? of moving to the front by truck and motor and the passing of guns, ammunition, etc., and their operation on the front, that you have already heard time and again. But Coats Coats Coats O a ts at............................ $9.95 go at............ $13.95 go at"............................. $19.50 go at.................. „ ............$23.00 go at.................................. $29.00 one thing I can say is that when those Boche shells begin playing “ Yankee Doodle” over one’s head and a German plane begins dropping bad eggs around you, it is time to move. Homo of the boys prefer shell holes and simo- dive under a truck, just as a matter o f pre caution. They say that two shells never light in the same place bat 1 have seen them come pretty close to each other. But the Yankee artillery can send ’en over made to order. As you can see we are all gettin; along fine aside from a few hardship now and then which we are quite n■ customed to by now. 1 don’t know how long we will be here or where we wil go from here. The Hoche are on the rut toward home pretty fast now and it they keep on going we may be 'back with you before long. We hope this letter finds Mot tug Grove still at the top and from The Hen tinel, that w-p have the very great plea sure o f reading, the old home town i doing her bit. T H E QUALI T Y store - coodservice Mothers! A tte n tio n ! We want you to see our big line of OREOON CASHMERE SUITS FOR BOYS. You have not seen better vulues for the money this season. Trousers full lined, every auit all wool; some suits have two pairs trousers. Colors are blue, brown and gray mixed. Price $ 10.00 to $ 14.00 New Shipment of Hoys’ Wool Cloth Huts and Caps; nil sizes; all colors 111 the styles you like. Priced «Or to $2.50 1 woilld givi- consideratile if yon could modern to the Inst degree and I believe se e thè progress and development that that ID years from now it will be the is going on, it would interest you migli» smile here. Home of the French people ily I know. The engineering pnrt of thls I have talked to about it seem to be game over bere is one that will be o f glad that such will take place. Then benefit to thè world. The pcople over there are others who feel the other way here, including many of thè Fagliali au more sorrowful because they will lose tbnr^iea, did nnt think that certain their old picturesque wny of doing. things could be done, luit they have been As a general rule the people enjoy their rione ami ilone nell. issue and old style. They have many The Hpnnish influenza scema to have holidays and where we over there take ;akcn some hold over there and I ani one day, over here they take two or •orry to bear of it. Mere, we are not three days. Wine shops nre every other : > b: di" toiiched liut ■ I bclieve flint door amj are >■ part of their daily liv inong thè French civili si n s if lina been ing. A wedding menus a celebration of •riputar ( T ) . I have heard that all thè all the neighbors and near relatives for hiirehea, schemi» and theaters (inclini- at least three days. But they are n hos 0 thè mov'. <) were closcd. pitable and likeable people. I have not 1 have a acconti Service stripe Corning yet been to Faria but I have heard that n Jnnnary, making 10 inonths in Eli- it is like our big cities with all these ipe Ma', e hnd consideratile sigbtsepie ; pleasures thrown in. 1 in thè line of iluty. [A later letter from Sergcnnt Wood Hppnaing o f ‘ ‘ seeing” — I feci un 7 rote inother some rime ago. Ilerenfter is dated from St. Nnzierre and he says t lielieve in boosting “ See Americit. his brother Robert is at Ht. Main.] • » • First.” The wonderful things over i * * • •bere are far superbir to what we see.' W A N T S TO COME HOME. BOOSTS SEE AMERICA FIRST Following are excerpts from a letter over here. Of course, thè historical pnrt j Follwoing are excerpts from a letter of this country is wonderful bnf t h è 1 written his mother, Mrs. Jasper Fatten, received by A. B. Wood from hi Germana hnve destroyed mnny of thè) by Wm. Fatten, who is in the navy: nephew, Sergeant Joseph W. Wood, who must historical things und, ns ì say, fori We nre in Brooklyn and I guess we is in the motor transportation corpa in reni scene,ry and country our old u. H. | will be here for some time as repairs Fraaee: i - L I I A. is a wonderful place. America is must be made that will take nbout a u month. By the end of the next trip mj time will be up and I'll be homeward bound, and I ’ll sure be glad. Guess I 'll try for a job on the Columbia river. I don't like land any more. pounds per person per month and dealers should endeavor to sc,, that this is done without further use of consumers ’ card. " I t should lie dearly understood that the removal o f the above restrictions does not in any wny affect the price charged by the refinery to the jobber, S U G AR R E S T R IC T IO N S or by tho jobber to the dealer, or by the H A V E BEEN R EM O VED dealer to the eonsumer. ” W. H. Ayer, federal food administrn tor for Oregon, bus issued the following statement, announcing the abandonment of the certificate plan of sugar distrihu tion which has been in effect for four months: " O w in g to the Congestion of nine sugar in Lnuiaiana, and beet sugar in the producing districts, the food admin istrntion has found it necessary to rc lievc the situation immediately by al lowing for the unrestricted distribution of sugar. "Therefore, effective December I, the certificate plan of distribution will be abandoned, and manufacturers and deal- era can procure their requirements with out the use of certificates. This also np plies to public eating places, but the regulation whereby th(. quantity used is limited to four pounds for 90 meals will remain in full force and effect. "Consumers are restricted to four City’s First Flu Victim. Cottage Grove’s first death from in flilenzii occurred Wednesday, when Frank David Caswell succumbed to the disease. He hnd been dllngerously ill for several days, lie was 30 years of age and hnd but recently conic here from California, lie leaves a wife and ehild. The funeral will be held this a f ternoon from the chnpel, Rev. Joseph Knotts offieiating. Clnssy job printing. Tho Hentinel. •• SOUTHERN PACIFIC TIME TABLE (Correrteli September 22, 1918) North Bound South Bound No. 18— 9:17 a. m. No. 13— 12.43 a. m. No. 14— 4:07 p. m. No. 63— 7:14 a. m. No. 10— 3:29 a. m. No. 15— 2:47 p. m. No, 17— 7:40 p. m.