CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY
EXCURSIONS
East
and
West
Via
Very low round trip fares
from Oregon Short Line
points to Denver, Kansas
City, St. Louis, Memphis,
Omaha, Chicago, St Paul,
San Fransisco, Los Angeles
0. S. L. & U. P. and many other points.
Remember-
The
Union Pacific
System
is the
Direct Route East
THROUGH CARS
AUTOMATIC
Electric
Block
SAFETY SIGNALS
Tickets on Sale
November 22, 24 and
December 20, 22, 1913
Long Limits;
Diverse Routes.
See any 0. S. L. Agent for
rates and further particulars
or write
D. E. BURLEY,
General Passenger Agent,
Salt Lake City, Utah.
For Good Rigs and Prompt Service
The Eagle Livery
G. L SMITI!, Proprietor
Horses Boarded By the Day or Week
The Ontario National Bank
United States Depository
State of Oregon Depository
S Our Hunk Your Hank ? If not, we eorliull-
invito you to rank our bank your hunk Wt
liuvtt tlio umiuI tefngttrdi f Kin- Hroof Vuult,
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Capital and Surplus. $80,000
Per Ont Net on Time ChKl'IFICATtiS OK DKPOSIT
If You Value
Your Child's Eyesight
You will provide him with a good oil lamp.
Scientists agree that an oil light is best for study
ing and reading.
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HMmm
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gives a soft mellow Iiuht. An idea) light (or the
home circle. Si tcntirictlly cohm meted. No
glllt I no hVker. Kay to In: In an J care for.
Ask to sec it .u ui dealers.
Standard Oil Company
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PORTLAND
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BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON
Son
Fright, presumably from being held
up or accosted, caused the death of
Mr. R. J. Prince, of F'ortland.
Thp assessed valuation of the pub
lic service corporations doing busl-nt-HH
In Hood Hlver county amounts
to nearly $2,072,000.
Governor Went has named Floyd
Bllyeu, of Portland, and H. H. Clfford
of linker, as members of the state
fish and game commission to fill va
cancies caused by resignations.
Indians are said to be killing off the
deer that cross the Klamath reserva
tion and are taking all wild fowl eggs.
Senator Lane Is asked to report the
matter to the Indian bureau.
Frank Simmons Is suspected of hav
ing killed his mother, cousin and him
elf, In a cottage In Portland. The
bodies were found by a 12-year-old
girl of the family.
Oovernor West is considering the
plan of providing unemployed men
with work clearing logged off land.
Housing accommodation! would be in
the form of tent cities.
Fruit growers of Oregon, meeting
at Portland, declare that limiting of
working hours may prove a menace
to the pickers and packers of the
state.
As an attrncton which Bakerltcs be
lieve will b a rival to Portland's fa
mous Christmas swim, the Maker coun
try club plans for nn open golf tour
nnment, medal play, to be staged on
linker links Christmas day.
Marvel Lowrey, aged IS, of Alsea,
committed suicide by drinking car
bolic acid while in a fit of despond
ency over the fact that she could not
have pleasures the same as other
girls.
Mrs. J. II Koherg, who resides on
a farm oast of Hood River, held up
two suspects with a revolver as they
were trying to enter the house of a
Japanese near her home, and detain
ed them until the arrival of the sher
iff. State dairy and food commissioner
Mlekle has started n war on all deal
ers who are said to he selling import
ed New Zealand butter, branded as
the home product. Kldencn of nl
leged violations has been laid before
the grand Jury.
The annual meeting of the Polk
County School Officers' Assoclntlo i
will be held at Monmouth Saturday.
December I'll. The first school offl
'! association in the state was
formed in Polk county about eight
years ago, and meetings have been
held each year since.
State Rnglneer Lewis announces
that :i?('i..'l would Le ;ue the state
January I for power development un
der permits Issued by his department.
The fees represent a chsrge of 26
cents for each theoretical horsepower
a year, assuming f0 per cnt 1 1 int t f
fleencj .
It Is claimed that I rgttf power de
velopment Is being retard I i :Vi
state through the uncertal' I w'a.t
the annual fee charged by the state
will be and the revocable permit Is
sued by the government for power
sites on government laud, according
to State Knglueer Lewis.
Corporation Commissioner Watson
has Instituted in the supreme court
mandHiuus proceedings against Statu
Treasurer Kay to compel blin to pay
a warrant for legal strvUcs Issued to
Claude McCulloch, state senator and
assistant of the corporation commu
nion The Pacific Coast Rescue mission of
Portland has filed a reiiuest with the
Pendleton Commercial club for (lie I
carcasses of loon of the Jnckrabblts
to he killed during the rabbit drhes
in Umatilla county, and these will he
used for food in the mission stations
in the ei'les of the coast The Pemlle
too club has promised to bhip the rah
bits after each drive.
The Com county liood Koad asso
ciation has decided to petition the
county court to call a special election
to vote on a $400,000 bond issue for
road huildlug Of the amount It Is
agreed that $100,000 shall be used
from Handon to the Curry county line,
$70,000 for the road to Ten Mile lakes,
and $L' To.uoo on the road through Myr
tle I'oiut to Douglas county It is the
plan to make hard surface roads.
At Salem Judge Uallow;-. I . grant
ed permanent injunctions PgnlMt the
authorities, in which he upholds the
contentious of the "wets" that the
elections, that in November and the
city election in December, were In
valid, so far as the local option issue
as concerned If the supreme court
upholds Judge Calloway it will mean
that all cities where the "drys" won
at the November election will remain
'wet until another election.
I'niess the existing statutes relating
to the registration of oters for the
primary and general elections in No
vemher next year ca i be harmonised,
the count' clerks and other officials!
will encounter difficulties, according
to Sim Koxer, deputy secretury of I
st.de. who has made an extensive
Mildy of elcettou laws "r Koer
say - the altUAtlOM is the n
renin derision of ihe supr ..u- court
dn hiring invalid i hapter M of the!
' 1911 laws, providing (or pcruiaueut ,
registration ol toiur.
DOLLS! TOYS!
A General Line of Christmas Goods
We Have the Variety.
Don't buy the first thing you see. Come
to us. We have the variety to choose
from, a store full of toys.
Dolls from 1 cent to $6.00 each; Elegant
pieces in handpainted and other decorated
china, glassware in variety, etc.
Our Windows are only intended as an in
vitation to you, the real show is on the
inside. Come and Bring the Kids.
Open in the Evening.
Cash Variety Store
Wigwam Flour
Is Satisfaction.
Absolutely Guaranteed
Don't miss seeing the BIG BAG of High Patent Wig
wam Flour now on display in the window next door to
the Light & Power Co. There is a winter's supply in
that bag and it's yours if you beat the other fellow
guessing its weight.
A guessing ticket goes with every 48-lb
sack. Fill it out and leave it in the
sealed Wigwam box at your grocers
Be sure and ask your Grocer for "Wigwam" and
Don't Forget Your "TICKET."
REMEMBER! If perfectly satisfactory results are
not obtained after a fair baking test with 'Wigwam "
the full purchase price will be refunded upon return
of the partially used flour.
Caldwell Milling & Elevator Co.
Caldwell, Idaho.