LOCAL AND PERSONAL All chiurli. «rei»«*?, penonal and local uvws noi publtohml for proftt. tre»; m'tlce» ot en* Icrtainmenu. wnduenxt for proti. published at a 3bc minimun, ot fit1 word». A iuiouik '«*- mont» «ml card ot thank», unnr rate. Adv« r- tiaina rat«*» quotvd on n*qu«*at. Mn*. B«*llv Etlwood i» visiting friends thia w«*ek. roocu )M1 the «ottool grounds | Ulugh Crumb, at the atlendame ««dice sp>*te ! on the “Effect ot Cigarette» on Koya.” Mr Crumb la intensely Intervet**! in the welfare of boy» and hi» talk was good Oregon « dairy product!«» in IMO total» $.M,tW0,u0iX. ■■ A true oonaervation measure is one winch allow** ftilleal use of natural re- sourees. such as water power, for light, iieat and power, thus really conserving coal, oil and wood now itsvd tor these purposes and utilizing water running to waste. entertaining A leading engineering ami «■onstnu*- tion company is authority for the state­ Walsh has a slock of good gasoline all ment that there will tie 100 and pro!»- the time at prices aa good aa can be ally 200 grain elevators built in th«* found anywhere tf. Columbia river basin to handle the 1917 crop, thus doing a ««An with th«* old Th«' Misses Train, of 71st Ave, S, sack system. E.. leave for All«any Saturday tor the Christmas holiday«. The Marshfield Chaiulwr of Commerce has initiated a movement to rain* $50,to encourage and aid in th«* lo­ Misa lx-!« Lent. who is teaching in the cation of prospective fwtories. If all High School al R«v*eburg, is spending suitable centers of population would «10 the holiday» at her home here. liltewiso the problem oi Oregon’« need | ot a pay roll would lx* «olved. Thurelay «writing, live. 13th Prof, and Mr« F. A llollingwortll «>iil**rtallieent are to he given by tlie »tmli'lil». subject to g«‘ii«*ral criticism on certain specitl«*d pointe. Only a tentative pro­ gram was «‘ffi'cted, th«* election of i ilij evrs and detailing of work being left till the next meeting, which will be held tin* evening of Jan. 2nd. Those prvwent were Mtwlames Curri«*, Mahan. Slavimky and Wasaatnt; Mintr» Waaeaui, Buel and Carlson; M«*s»rs. Currie, Mahan, Stavow- ky, Freemau, Fro»» and Klock CHtmVIUt HUSAM VALLEÏ r«-at L. J. Hollenbei’k, of Lent», was in this Mr. and Mrs. Sandberg were down from Palmer a few days tbe pa»t week vicinity the paist w«x*k lo'iking after pro­ Tht* meanest »nd most < looking after home interests and visiting perty intere»ta. ought tent Saturday night uid Sunday with J. W. Frost Sr. nasa caller at the | her daughter. Mrs. Elmer Drost, of 57 th j home of Time. Eliingham, of Mt. Tabor, J avenue. j on Mon'lay P. 'kellenger lias n*turn«*«l from a trip Mrs. Maud Connell, formerly of Lents, arrived the dr.-tot the week from | to the Puget Sound cities. her home in eastern Oregon and will Tin* Joy Brot tiers, who have leaned the spend the holidays with old friends. IC. F. Kesterom farm, are taking poe- I session tliis week. The Ladies' Aid of the Methodiet Church an* very much gratitied over the result«« of their bazar which netted them $100. The people of the S. D. A. church sur­ prised Elder and Mrs. D. J. Chitwood recently with a silver shower, the oc­ casion being their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. j If it were not for «e'.flahnees, pride and a consuming desire to grab every­ thing there would be ]»*itce «-very w lu re, at all times. There will be an entertainment at the school house on Sa'unlay evening Quite a num tier from this neighlxtr- of thia week. A fine program will be hood wen- doing business in the city on given. Monday, among them being Mr. and We Io not any of 11s do as well aa we Mrs. H. C. R«*»torff. G. H. Kesterson, Martin Eberhard, Will Richt-y, Mr. might, even in a material way. Mauv and Mrs. W. L. Rhoads, John Forsgren, ranchers have no straw berry l*e«l, when there is no country in the world where Adolph Kasper and Mr. Bishop. this fruit flourishes as in this country, Peter Weiland of Rockwood was a a» well as other berries. The past Valley visitor last .Sunday. season wild blackberries were to tie had Pleasant Valley Grange was well in great abundance, yet nianv people represented at Pomona Grange which failed to gather this delicious fruit, I met Wednesday, Dec. 20th at Orient. which could be ha*l for the picking. Pleasant Valley Grange will meet in Let us all try aod do better in every ' regular session next Saturday, Dec 23d way another year. X-mas Shopping If by chance you have been delayed 0^your Christmas Shopping we are pre pared to give you quick service, no waiting and a large, carefully assorted stock to choose from at a saving on »down town prices on all Dry Goods, Ladies and Gents’Furnishings and Shoes A Few Suggestions for Useful Christmas Presents tor different Members of the Family FOR MOTHER FOR FATHER Dress Pattern House Dress Apron Suit Underwear Hosiery Gloves Shoes or Slippers Kimona Flannelette Gown Umbrella Suit of Clothes Dress Pattern Underwear Kid Gloves Gloves Boudoir Cap Shoes Auto Veil Hose Silk Hose Cap or Hat Hand Bag Shirts Banette Suspenders Doll Pajamas Shoes Flannelette Night- Sweater Shirt Apron Necktie Umbrella Overalls and Trousers FOR BROTHER Suit of Clothes Shoes Neck Tie Nightshirt * Waist or Shirt Belt or suspenders Handkerchiefs Sweater Collars Pans Garters FOR FAMILY Set Dishes Pair Blankets Comfortable Tablecloth Towels Sheets and Pil­ low Cases Pillows Rugs Curtains Soliciting your Patronage and Wishing you all a Merry Xmas and a Prosperous, Happy New Year Harold Rutherford, who has been j working fur several months in Alaska, is . expected home any day now. as the rail- ■ road construction upon which he ha.*- been engaged has suspended operations Thi« will be an all day meeting, for the winter Adolph Kasper has begun assembling with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they» material on tbe ground for a new barn cannot reach the eeat of the dleeaee. Ca­ Rev. Nelson, pastor of the Baptist which he contemplate» erecting on bit* tarrh is a blood or constitutional dlacaae, and In order to cure It you must take In— _ _ church left the last of the week for his pla e, some time during the early temal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is' C W / old home in Kansas City, Mo., business spring. taken internally, and aria directly upon {J 1 " the blood and mucous surface. Hall's interests necessitating bis attentions. Catarrh Cure le not a quack medicine. It) Pleasant Valley school completed the was prescribed by one of the beet phy­ He is expected to return in time to con­ sicians In this country for years snd Is requirements necessary for standardiza­ duct next Sunday’s services. a regular prescription. It Is composed of tion last Friday afternoon. An appropri­ the best tonics known, combined with th» GILBfKl best blood purifiers, acting directly on th» ate program was rendered. Miss mucoue surfaces The perfect combina­ Grandma Drake, who lives on the Roberta Downing ot Portland gave a tion of the two Ingredients Is what pro­ duces such wonderful reeslts In curing) Mis» Lois Mann ia confined to the north side of the car track at Third number of readings that were highly catarrh. Send for testimonials, free. avenue station is confined to her bed appreciated by all wbo beard them.! F. J. CHENEY A CO.. Props.. Toledo, A house with a severe attack ot the Gripjie- Bold by Dmsslsts. price TBe. with a very severe attack. Some of the County School Superintendent, A. P. ’ The Christmas entertainment at the Taka Hall e Family Pills for - ------ neighbors have been helping Grandpa Armstrong waa preeeut and delivered a Bennett Chapel will tie held Saturday Drake take care of tier. evening. short address, in which he commended Stop That ( ouqh > Mias Mayme Johnson is spending the tbe teachers, pupils, board of directors 1 A hacking cough weakens th«* whole | holiday« in Seattle. A jolly party, consisting of Mr. and and the patrons of tbe school toi*’ tbe Mr. and Mr«. E. M. Calkin« and Mr. Mrs. R. W. Reynolds, Wesley and Ruth interest they have taken in bringing ( system, drains your er ergy and gets Reynolds, Carl Wilson and Alf. Nygard, their school up to standard. Professor worse if negl«*ct»*d ; your throat is raw, and Mr«. Donald Furey attended Pomona will spend Sunday In the A. H. Rey­ Armstrong complimented tbe district | your chest aches and you feel sore all (Grange at Orient Wednesday. nolds new twelve room house at Liberal, on having the moat attractive play «bed I ©ver. Relieve that cold at once with Mrs. Frank Ol*h*nla*rg has been con- up the Molalla, remaining over for now in the county. The funds for Dr. King’s New Discovery. Tin* sooth- Christmas. The party will lie augment­ building the play «bed have been raised ! ing pine balsams heal the irritateil m«-ni- ed by the addition of several friends, by entertainment« given by pupil« and . bran«*», and the antiaeptic and laxative Churches Keep Christ's Birthday. making a party of at least fifteen. patrons of the school. Much of the qualitie« kill the germa and break up ___ , • (Continued from Page 1 ) labor was donated. Tbe paraphernalia your cold. Don't let a cold linger. Get I Dr. King’s New Diacnvery today at your German Evangelical chur I. will la* held and equipment for tbe shed and grounds Rev. Dr. Youngeon, Superintendent Druggist. 50c. on Sunday evening. There will lie a tree of the Portland District, occapied the pal- naa been paid for in tbe same manner, i and fifty children and adults will take pit of the Methodist Church on Sunday part in the »ong**. ©-citation», dialogue», morning, delivering a most interesting etc. On Monday, Christmas morning, Worms Make Children Fretful and profitable sermon. It was his first there will be a prewiring serviee at ' visit to the Lents Church since his ap­ If your child criee out in »l«q*p, is ner- eleven o’clock. pointment to the district. His future , vous, puny and listle«», he may be a visits will be anticipated with pleasure. victim of worms. Begin treatment at i once with Kickapex* Worm Kill«*r. This ESTIMATES FURNISHED Saturday evening at the Laurel wood candy laxative in tablet form kills tlie The officers of the 8. D. A. church met on Friday night for the purpose of Congregational Churcb at 8 o’clock will worm anil removes it quickly and easily revising the church membership and to occur the Christmui entertainment of Don’t permit your child’s development look up absent members who have not that church and Sunday school. Among to lie retarded by the continued drain­ Get reported recently, The church school varied numbers will be dialogue« by the ing of his vitality by worms. room has been given a coat of varnish rlaaee» of Gladys Jam«-» and Mr. F. I jh - Kickapoo Worm Killer at your Druggist, We carry a Complete Line of Plumb­ ing Fixtures and Supplies and tinting, being fresh and bright for roy; a pantomime by W. A. Pratten’» ! 25c. class ; a xong by Mi»» Maude Snider’s > the holiday«. Phone Tabor .5542 class and a piano solo by France» j VALUE OF BORIC ACID. Carn«?». The primary department will M. N. SADLER W. 8. Richardson, of 5817 88th St, is intersperse songs and recitations, Its Uss aa a Disinfactant and aa a Lenta Station still suflering from the effects of the treat will be given the children. Healing Ramady. shaking up received recently in an auto­ Portland, Oregon At 5 o’clock next Sunday evening at ( A physician writes to Earm and mobile collision. Mr. Richardson had the Vesper service the Intermediate ■ Firesale saying “that tbc very best gone to an East side laundry to repair Endeavor will have charge of the service, disinfectant known to science doe« not an engine. Not being provided with the presenting a programed song»and drills, seem to be known to some people at necessary tools he was taken in a car to a pantomime by Katherine Snider and a all. procure them. A tourist car collided "I allude to boric ackl or, as some peo­ Christmas reading by the well known with their machine, throwing both occu­ and popular Mrs. Netta Snider. Mrs. ple call it, boracic acid. It hi exceed­ pants out of the car. Mr. Richardson Dana Morgan, general superintendent, ingly efficient, safe and economical. was badly bruised and one leg wounded' It la a white powder and makes the will have supervision. beet dressing for wounds that modern although he continued to work until the At the Hoffman school last Friday doctor« have ever discovered. job was completed the following day “In using peroxide or hydrogen It la He waa able to walk to the doctor’s at evening a program of character songs, STOVEPIPE first, but is now confined to the house. music, readings and performances from ■Iwaya necessary to remember that various rooms waa given in the interests while ft la a disinfectant It la not a ELBOWS of the school, pa rent-teacher and graph- healing remedy at all, as It la acM in STOVE and FUR­ The regular devotional meetings of the anola fund. The reanlta were very, graV reaction and stimulating rather than NACE REPAIRING healing to wounds. Epworth I/* ague are held in the Ep­ ifying, the amount apportioned to the “Boric acM la mild and safe In Its We make all kinds of chicken worth League rooms of the Methodist graptianola being sufficient to finish pay­ action, promotes rapid healing of supplies, champion Sanitary Church each Sunday evening from 6:30 ing for it. wounda. can be ns«*d as a dressing Fountains, Grit and Shell to 7:30. The topic to be considered powder or dissolved In water as a A Sunday school Christmas entertain­ Boxes, Dry and Wet* Mash next Sunday will be “Crowding Around ment will be given at the Kern Park cleansing solution. Boric add In aolu Hoppers and Troughs. the Cradle.” Lead««r, Edwin Noiene. Christian Church next Sunday evening tlon makes an excellent gargle for sore mouths or a lotion for sore eyes, and A lively content in the form of an We will Make Anything You at 7:30 o’clock. Superintendent Ward as It Is not at all expensive a pound “Automobile Race” is being conducted Want out of Sheet Metal Swope will be Master of ceremonies. This box of it should form part of the do by this chapter. Attendance, prompt­ will be a ‘'giving" Christmas service, mestlc supplies of every family GUTTERING and ROOFING ness, new members, missionary due« and all who wish to contribute are invit­ Bring in Your Repairing, No Job “ Always remember that boric arid 1« and general activity in the work of the too Small ed to share this pleasure. nonpotsonons In any ordinary quantity L«*ague are among the thing« considered usually used, while bichloride of mer The Arleta W. CL T. U. met Tuesday, A. PEARCE in the race. Come and see who wins cury and carbolic arid are exceedingly Dec. 12th, at the Parent-Teacher club nolsono’i» ’’ Hie Ford or Chalmers. Catarrh Cannot Be Cured FOR SISTER ife^The Stevens Cash Department Store^p^ Near Foster Road fln«*d to the house the past week. Th«* friend« of Mr». R. Hen*ler«>n will lx* glad to know that she ha» been able to return to h«*r home near Bell- rose station. A banket ball game played Mon- Pity tba poor «h*>|>per a« «he come« homes exhausted from Portland and ■ how her how fooliah «be*« been. Phone Tabor IÌM Ktaidencc 211 N. Main St. Lanta, Ort. Edward Mills TREMONT, KERN PARK, ARLETA DB. A. KLAPTOCZ I'hynklnn mti>>««•> 1 ulwir 321» Dr. P. J. O’DONNELL Mt. Scett, Lent« and Porllaod DENTIST EXPRESS Wild St. and Punter Road, over the LENTS PHARMACY Phone Tabor 321-1 Baggage and General Hauling, Trunks 50c Lach Expert Piano Tuning DAILY SERVICE Plumbing and Heating COME TO the new wa * day evening, tlw* Gilla-rl Athletic Club ami tlx* W. O. W. news boy» furnish« it « fiirniflh« mg the contesting team«. When time Ulne waa called at tlw end of the game the •core board re wale« I a tie. An ad­ ditional five minutes »o allow««d, the Gilbert boy» winning by a ac«»re of IM to 20. Is*ave Baggage Check and Address at Plummer Drug Store. Thin! and Madison St. R. L. CONE All Work Guaranteed. Price» Reasonable Tabor 366 -7dl2 S5 Ave S E. NewMethodLa undry I Washed Graded Gravel 82nd St. and 45th Ave Phone Tabor 2063 ng Tin Shop in Lents Tabor 3614 QUICK SERVICE FIRST CLASS WORK Coffman & Spring* GROCERIES Groceries, Provision«, Household Hardware, Farm Produce, Canned ______ Good«. Confectionery 92 Street and Foster Road ■■ I — LAMllS 91 and Foster Wood and Coal We Have Both Them And BRIQUETTES Get Our Prices When Buying Feed Hay, Alfalfa, Wheat, Oats, Barley Chicken Feed, Grits, Meat Scrap Tabor »5» Wi6 Foster Road M c K inley & company