«WWW*»***»»»»**************'*'* 33 INDIVIDUALS PAY TAX ON ONE MILLION IT. fallarti WATCHMAKER and JEWELER Total of 7,259.944 Individuals COGESTIONS For Year 1920. “Christmas is coming it soon will be here »? and vou are thinking of gifts for loved ones and friends whose lives will be made happier because you remembered them It anj semble a stock which will help you m solving the ““ we want you to look through our teg roomy store and see the many articles ap propriate for Christmas giving. lot We have received this week and added to our already big stock a i Xisting of Reprint Copyrights. Dainty Gift Book. Leather goods. Fancy Chin... Toya. Vases and a ot o Ivorv Ware, all to be sold at prices you will be glad to pay. we nave not told you of all the new goods but you’ll see them when you ar - Lota of Christinas Candy priced at 15 cents per pound and upwards. The kind of Candy we have always carried - The None Better kind. Special attention is called to our attractive offeeingsin Christmas and New Year Cards-1 cent each and upwards. And the Mawaphil Dolls, a strictly hand made art product, Beauti- ful goods and properly priced. An inspection of our store will prove that we are Headquarters for Holiday goods. COME IN. t , YOU ARE WELCOME whether you buy or not, and Ladies don t forget our Rest Room. R. L. HARRIS FARM LOANS at lowest rate of in­ INFORMATION I terest. Repayment privileges atfer the first year. Wm. Bain, room 10 Five Is the sacred number of the McMinnville Nat. Bk., McMinnville Moors. 39tf. For Sale: Oats and Vetch ready to Oregon. Shark skfn has the toughness of vul­ sow, $3.25 per/ hundred. Gray oats canized rubber. cleaned and ready to sow $2.25 per hundred. Riley L. Clark. Phone Red Fish made good “film performers’ IN AND ABOUT THE CITY 54. 51-tf when properly trained. Exercising a prerogative is what Ladds Funeral Home. McMinnville, In Kurdistan music of any kind Is keeps It In good condition. Oregon. Phone Blue 5. 15tf. looked upon as Immoral. WWW Death loves a shining mark; life la ROMAN MEAL which should be us­ satisfied with an eusy one. ed “every day some wav” is sold bv F. The fellow who isn't satisfied with J. Randall Miller Mercantile Co. and R. L. Cinnamon. Roman Meal Bread himself can easily give himself away. is baked by Log Cabin Baking Co. You never can tell. Even the bald- Portland Oregon. 25-tf. headed fellow may be a man of many WHITE Sewing machines at Dem- parts. aray’s Hardware store. Ihe Oregon Fire Relief is your own home confpany are you keeping your money at home. E. S. Benson, agent 45tf. WHITE Sewing machines at Dem- aray's Hardware store. INVESTMENTS AND LOANS. Don’t be loo easy. Many a man who bows to the inevitable is a victim of mistaken identity. Even the man who makes hay while the sun shines may hesitate to tel) what he does when it rains. The man who is in love with him­ self doesn't necessarily demonstrate that all the world loves a lover. Loans on farm and city property at “Virtue is Its own reward,” quoted lowest rates. Mortgages, notes, bonds the Wise Guy. “Yes, it seldom get» and contracts bought and sold. Keep an encore," agreed the Simple Mug. your money busy day and night. See Lima, Peru, has ordered the estab­ the undersigned for mortgage invest­ lishment of municipal markets. ments. Sixteen years of safe invest­ Madrid In point of geographical ele­ ments for clients is a record of merit. vation is the highest city In Enrope. Attorney B. A. Kliks, McMinnville. Oregon. Buenos Aires has more than 500 For anything in Real Estate see drug stores and more than flOO per­ fume shops and beauty parlors. J. E. PROFFITT. A Summer Clime for your Winter Outing that's— California Like many othrr« at this season of the year you are thinking of a trip to a watmer climate. California is just the place for your winter outing. Here the day’s are fleoded with bright warm sunshine. You may enjoy ail outdoor recreations or simply relax and rest in comfort under sunlit skies. African natives work In pairs pull­ ing passenger carta. Diamond mines in South Africa are restricting their output. Nearly one third of the population of the world are Christians. The world’s record output of coal was 579,386,000 tons tn 1918. Only six ounces of radium has been produced in the last 26 years. Toledo, O., boasts of the largest goldfish hatchery In the world. Always in the mar et for Green and Evaporated Fruita Be aure to ace ua । afore selling any kind of produce. Aak your Grocer for Gold Nugget Evaporated Soup Vegetables Pleaeantdale IN THE FAR EAST The Turke l'uik|ab bath. know Scott Edwards end family were Sun­ nothing of the day guvsls at the W»ra Merger ledge Some trlbea in the Sahara desert have slave farms. home. W. I . Rcwhttein aid f»mllv were county »«at vMom la»t Ihutadey. The Mohammedan Mecca when he prays. W. Wood and wife uf indiana visit* ed Thursday at the Ralph Hadley home. always faces The Turks adopted the etvscent as n national emblem about 1468. Neither Hindus nor Japanese will ever willingly sleep with their head« to the north. For centuries In China a woman has had the choice of keeping her maiden nnme after marriage. The poorest Arab woman paints her eyes with kohl to make them appear larger nnd more brilliant. The Turks were th* first peopls to bury their dead In cemeteries and make use of ornamental headstone*. The Improvemtnt elub held their regular munthlv meeting at the school houte Friday night. A «mali attendane» but a good time and good prugram re­ ported. II. J. Vine and family viaited rela­ tives in Portland a eouple of days last week. Mr*. Scott Edwards and Mrs. Arthur Bratnlet wete shopping in McMInnvtU* Monday. Mis* Mae Sheldon is on the sick list. f ESIIVAL AND BAZAAR BIG SUCCESS financial success and they certainly suc­ Natives of the Punjab still spear ceeded in their effort*. their fish In email streams with a tri­ The Lsdios Aid Society of the Meth- dent not uullke that depicted oa Eng­ odita church with Mr*. Kanie J. Nichol* lish coins. a* president and Mr«. F. M. RusetWSrt The Chinese, It Is estimated, eet aa secretary and Mr*. C, O. Baxter, 5,000,000 dogs annually. The dogs are <>f special breed. raised wholly for treasurer were sponsor* for the Har­ vest Festival »nd Bazaar and it i* duo food purpose* to their untiring efforts that Ibis affair was the success that it was. It was ■ TOLD BY THE FINGERS benefit to the entire community of Det- The ambitious person has long tn- ton. gers. The amiable, easy-going person has short fingers. Large finger* meun slow Intellec­ tuality and common tastes. Thumbs that curve downward show shrewdness and miserliness. If bls fingers are fat. he’s lazy. The seme applies to bis fiancee. Markedly pointed fingers indicate re­ ligious fervor and Imagination. READ AND HEED Increase« of railway dividends will shortly b* in order. Any time la a good time to «tert carrying out a good Idea. Maybe the trouble Is with you, not with your job or your boas. A warning: Many radio atocka new being promoted are as thin ns air. High Treasury Offlclsl Says Better Prices Are Coming. Yellow corn la superior to white com for the feeding of hogs not on pasture. WISDOM’S WHISPERS WHEAT RISE TS PREDICTED undeveloped belong to rude and Igno­ rant persons. JOTTINGS If your fiance has square fingers I Washington, D. C.—Better prices for you may count on his being firm In No good building without a good Most of the greet people began wheat in the near future were fore Ills opinions, reasonable, and quite an foundation. by having to work for a living. seen by high treasury officials The orderly person. A poor man served by thee shall present low level, officials declared, Our faults are as hlg to the is bound to be bettered with improve German Reichstag Approves Cabinet make thee rich. other fellow as his appear to us. Berlin —By an almost unanimous ment in transportation facilities and Honor is the noble mind’s distin­ the demand for wheat abroad which vote, the relchstag approved the new Patience is a virtue, but very guishing perfection. ; often doing something to help cabinet headed by Chancellor Wilhelm will come later. matters bents sitting down and Cuno and accepted hla declaration of Inability of the railroads to trans The height of honor Is rather to suf­ waiting. port wheat to seaboard has been part policy. fer than do a wrong. ly responsible for low prices, it is There are times when It taken Half truths often make whole trou­ Your character can not be injured believed at the treasury, but there also more courage to let your end has been a lack of demand in Europe bles. except by your own acts. drop altogether than to keep on While no world wheat shortage la fore trying to hold It up. A sunny thought drives away the From the lowest depth there Is a seen. It is declared there will be need •<»»»**********»*»♦**<»»»*»»»»♦»♦» shadows. path to the loftiest height. for all the surplus wheat of this conn Slamming the door donee no argu- try and Canada, particularly since The man who labors forgets that be inenta. Never ask your friends to do for you little Russian export wheat is expect waits. what you can do for yourself. ed. I hate a Bar, but at times a gentle­ To be content with less Is to have man must. Many delight more in giving pres­ less discontent. ents than in paying their debts. Rear-Admiral Clark Dies. The more honesty a man has the less he affects the air of a saint. IN OTHER CITIES JOHN M SCOTT General Paaaenger Arent Portland. Orason Olympia. Wash. — The Yakima Southern Railway company is the name of a new corporation for which papers were filed here with the sec­ retary of state. The firm Is capital ized for $1,000,000 and its purpose Is to build a railway line fsom the north innk of the Columbia river at or near Underwood to Yakima. The Incorporation papers wr-> filed by John H Hall of Portland, and the incorporators named are E. E. Lytle, Henry E. Reed and J. B Atkinson The principal place of business for the new company Is Vancouver. Wash Xvaporalora nt Kroll» ami Variate»« Paekara of and t»vaiar» in Fruì.» Vv«»labl»» and all binda of erodile». If you wrong another you wrong yourself. Astrakhan fur Is made from the skin of new-born Persian lambs. go now and take advantage of Excel­ lent Train Service and Through Sleep­ ing Cars to San Francisco and Los An­ geles. For fares, train schedules, sleeping car reservations or descriptive folders, ask local railroad ticket agents, or write NEW COMPANY PLANS RAILWAY TO YAKIMA Dayton Evaporating & Packing Co Act well your part—there all the honor lies. Wigs made of white silk are the latest freak of fashion in Paris. Talents are nurtured best In soli­ tude, but character on life’s tempestu­ ous sea. Now on Sale Washington, D. C.—Complete *tatl* tics of income for ths calendar year 1 »20, made public by the commissioner of internal revenue, show that 7,25». 944 individuals filed Income tax re­ turns, psylng a total tax of $1,076,063.- 688, and that 203,233 corporations re­ ported net incomes taxed at $1,625,- 624 643. Thirty-three Individuals in the Uni ted States paid taxes on net incomes in excess of $1,000.000, 1» paying on $1,000,000 to $1,500.000. Three paid taxes on iucomes In excess of $1.600,- 000; four on Incomes from $2.000,000 to $3,000,000 and four paid taxes on Incomes in excess of $5,000,000. two of these being listed from New York ami two from Michigan. Oregon taxpayers paid $16.162.541 taxes on net personal and corporation incomes for that year, totaling $233,- 174,097, of which 9193,652,281 was per­ sonal and $49.621,816 was corpofation income. Washington paid $24.414.671 on ag­ gregate net personal and corporation income of $456,174,610, of which $376.- 979.893 was personal and $7»,1»4,723 was corporation income. Idaho paid $2,464.636 on personal and corporation Incomes amounting to $77,175,644. of which $67,391.639 was personal and $9,783,905 was corpora tion income. In Oregon 8.63 per cent of the popu­ lation filed tax returns, in Washing ton 10.91 per cent and in Idaho 5.9» per cent. The per «a pita income tux paid for Oregon was $8.49. Washing- ton $6 4! and Idaho $2 62. Personal returns were filed by 67,640 Individ­ uals in Oregon. 148,067 in Washing ton and 26.755 In Idaho. If you're aahamed of your position Portland, Or.—Construction of a net you should be ashamed of yourself. Small, thin fingers bespeak a clever. । work of rail lines through Yakima and acute mind, somewhat given to do- । Klickitat counties, in Southern Wash The leaders of tomorrow will hsvo Ington, aggregating 164 miles and esti­ celt to be likeable. Are you trying t» mated to cost $7,500,000, was announc qualify? A coarse, brutal nature is disclosed ed here by E. E. Lytle, railroad build by fingers as large at the tipa as at Congress, always eager to “reform“ er, following incorporation of the Ya the roots. business, badly needs businesslike re­ kima Southern Railway company at Olympia. Wash. Lean fingers Indicate simple testes, forming. Plans for the newly incorporated perhaps leaning too much toward pe­ The two plllnra of every wholesome company are the construction of a nuriousness. I nation must be the Hekrt and the rail line 86 miles in length connecting The strength of your win power is Hearth. Yakima with Underwood on the Co measured by the length of tlie upper lumbia river. My favorite motto: “Everything joint of the thumb. comes to him who hustles while ho Thumbs that are coarse, heavy, and welt*.“—Thomus Edison. Granite paving blocks are manotao tured In a great variety of sizes. There are noted golf courses, polo fields tennis courts, miles of splendid high­ ways and countless places of scenic and romantic charm. LOW ROUND TRIP TICKETS All Work Guaranteed to Give Satisfaction. Call and look over my line of Silverware. Phone Red 70 Day ton, Oregon Filed Income Tax Returns Para, Brazil, Is known as the “gate­ way of the Amazon." Chicago has a law firm composed of mother, son and daughter. Mexico City has two baseball leagues and ten first-class diamonds. Havana, Cuba, has a new hotel that will accommodate 1,000 guests. Long Beach, Cal — Rear-Admiral Charles E Clark, who, then a cap tain, commanded the battleship Ore­ gon on Its famous voyage from San Francisco to Key West and later in i the battle of Santiago, July 3, 1898. in the Spanish-American war, died at the home of his daughter here late Sunday. He was 79 years old. —. — Idaho Indian Lands Taxable. Boise, Idaho. — Frank 9 Dietrick. fnloral judge, holds in an opinion made of record here that Indian land* in Idaho are subject to taxation. The a re originated in Kootenai and Bene­ wah counties, and revolved about the Coeur d'Alene Indian lands. CONFECTIONERY AND ICE CREAM / You will always find at our store the purest Christmas Candies and the l>est grades of Ice Cream. HIGH GRADE CIGARS, TOBACCO AND PIPES LOG CABIN BREAD RESTAURANT IN REAR OF STORE R. L CINNAMON Remember the Free Matinee Saturday afternoons Dec. 16 23 Community Christmas Tree Saturday eve Dec. 23, 7:15 ------------------------------------------- ----------- —'