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PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, DECEMBER 24, 1908.
NO. 2
GOOD OLD SANTA GLAUS COMES TONIGHT
Many Entertainments for the Children and
Their Elders to Celebrate Christmas
WEEK CROWDED
Christmas Trees at Three Churches,
School, Two Grand Balls, The
and Christmas Trees In
Christmas la bore at lastt How
(ltd the children are to have it to,
tor Christmas it distinctively a
children1! day, while Kaatsr he
longi more to the older folk in
significance.
For tour or five weeks past the
time ot everybody hae been
crammed full of pleaaant dutiee
aaociated with Christmas and the
Christmas reason. The little
folk i have been drilling hard fur
theetbool and church entertain
tnentf, nearly all of which took
place today or will be held tonight.
In each of the three local church
ea, the Methodist, Preihyterian and
Baptist-Union, the Sunday echool
children, aided by aome children
who do not belong to either de
nomination, are giving fine juvenile
exerciaee thia Thursday night,
while during the day aimilar pro.
grama have been held at the
publio school. Christmas trera
were in evidence at each place, all
laden with gifta for Young America.
The eighth grade in the public
echool, under Principal Aahby,
held ita exercises beginning at 10
o'clock today, the program being
a followa: Bong, achool; recitation,
Leo a Estes; oration, Robert
Ovborn; quartet, Anna O'N'eil,
Klhel McDaniel, Bessie Elliott and
Vivian Ilinkle; reading, Merle
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10-inch doll 20c
12-inch doll 35c
16-inch doll ... 75c
19-inch doll . $1 25
Remember theae are kid bodiea, with
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BIG LINE OF DOLL BUGGIES
BUY A NET WAIST-We must close them out
We must close out all our Net Waists by Christmas. This
means SACRIFICE and price-cutting that will bring the
buyers. We are therefore making thejn into:
Lot 1, all waists $3.50 to $4.00
WITH EVENTS
Appropriate Exercises in Public
Pinion Plajr, Turkey Dinners
Hundreds of Homes
Ireland; debate "Retolved, that
the United Btatea ehould maintain
a large navy" affirmative, Warren
Yancey and Ray Wilson; negative,
Lawrence Lister and Arthur
O'Neil. Dialogue.
The third, fourth and fifth grades
have combined forcer, and these
classes, together with the invited
tota of the firat grade met thia
morning in the fifth grade room
(or their Christmas tree and then
went into the third grade room,
where a "city potttoffice" waa held,
each pupil having a box, the same
aa at tho big pontoflice and each
child aending and receiving a
letter or other package ot Christ
maa mail.
The seventh grade arranged thia
program: Dialogue, AnnaThronpon,
8ndie Porter, Grace Ream, Kolwrt
Lifter, Carey Stearns, Millard
Elkina and Dona Wright; recita
tion, Leland Relknap; oration,
Fayne Bell; reading, Evelyn
Milliorn. Christmas trie.
In theatrical, "Valley Form,"
described elsewhere in thin issue,
opened the Christmas reason cf
fealivitiee at the club hall Inst Fri
day night.
In terpsichore, the numerous
dances afforded plenty of amuse
ment to lover of the festive waltz
or the heavier quadrillo or the
WHAT SANTA
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Lot 2,
Lot 3,
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inoro blithesome two step, and
some dunce are yet to come.
Those in town began with the
annual ball of the P. A. A. C.
Wednesday evening, and will cloae
with the grand New Yeai'a ball at
the Poindexter rink the night ot
Deo. 31.
Christmaa day will be signalized
in sporting circlet by a gun club
meet tomorrow (Friday) afternoon,
and turkey shoots have been held
at the shooting gallery in thia city
and elsewhere.
First in general interest, from a
combined amusement and instruc
tive standpoint, probably, is The
i'aioi) Play, Riven the nighta of
Deo. 21, Dec. 'lb and Dec. 20 at the
moving picture show, where the
whole life of Chrirt ia depicted on
canvas in a aeriea of auperb mov
ing pictures. The play, aa stated
last week, waa taken from life at
Oherammergau, Germany.
The churches, alwaya foremost
in matters of Christian import will
hold services Friday, the announce
ments appearing in thia week'a
local columns.
New Year'a day the ladies of the
Annex expect to keep open house.
The lit-t of committees and the
hours each would terve were pub
lished in the Journal last week.
Many private individuals will alao
give and receive New Year'a calls.
The real spirit of western hospital
ity will be shown that another
year of grace, 190J, may be
ushered in aright.
C. M. Elkins Buys
Registered Percherons
J. II. Gray returned Monday from
a trip below, which included be
sides Portland a journey into
Washington as far aa Tacoma.
While in the latter city Mr. Gray
bought for C. M. Elkina of thia city
a registered Percheron mare and
colt, the price paid being what is
termed a long one.
Mr. Gray says that Per
cherons are very ecaroa for selling
purposes toJay and those seeking
to acquire them must pay a stiff
price. The two fine animiU were
left on the Haystack ranch owned
by Mr. Elkins.
To C. W. Elkins,
O "ST
Almoat acrea of them, beginning at the 5c
and 1 Oc countera and through to the finest
valuea ever ahown here at any price.
Automobiles Jumping-Jacka
Clown i Pop Guns Doll Dlahea
Doll Buggies Children's Books
Presenting a wonderful variety of the moat
popular gifta for children at the lowest
prices ever shown here.
4.50 to 6.00
6.50 to 10.00
PRESENTS FOR THE HOME
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VALLEY FARM
BIG SUCCESS
Home Talent Drama
Fine Entertainment
NO BAD ACTORS IN THE CAST
Crowded Honte Greets Players
and See Good Show Annex
dears About $75.
The four-act comedy drama
"Valley Farm" was presented to a
crowded house last Friday evening
by local talent, under the auspicea
of the Ladies' Annex at P. A. A. C.
Hall, and the production of this
excellent piece was in every way
a great success. The participants
and the Annex aa well are to be
congratulated on the genuine
merits of the entertainment.
Each character in the piece was
well sustained, while several were
rendered with the mark ot ability
seldom seen in amateur theatricals.
The play opens with a scene at a
country borne, where the unsophis
ticated country maid is being
wooed by a wealthy city lover.
After their wedding they reside at
the city home of the groom's
mother, who refuses to accept the
wife of her son on equal terms and
together with a scheming young
woman friend endeavors to make
life miserable for her and to es
trange her husband, succeeding
so far that the young wife returns
to her old home, where, of course,
a reconciliation is effected with her
husband and everything ends
happily as it should.
Mrs. J. II. Rosenberg was lead
Prineville, Oregon.
$2.25
3.10
4.95
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a
ing lady and M. R. Biggs the hus
band. Harry Lanius was the old
farmer father of the girl, and each
rendered the respective parts in
a highly creditable manner. A.
B. Roller was the rejected rustic
lover and did the part admirably,
and while the girl in the play
wouldn't love him except aa a
friend it is safe to say that there
were lota of girls in the audience
who would if be wasn't married.
Miss Rose B. Parrott very ably did
the part as the proud mother while
Mrs. C. A. Lytle appeared in the
role of the scheming friend en
deavoring to win the husband's
affection. Mra. Wigle was right at
home in the part of the jolly, good
hearted aunt, mistress of the farm
home, while Miss Katy Dunsmore
as the slow country girl with a
taste for novels could not have
been improve'd upon. Stub Quak
enbush made a bit as his part of
the eccentric tinker and the ardent
manner in which he made love to
the good natured aunt will long
stand as an example for would-be
lovers. Mr. Oliver Adams did
splendidly in bis part of the true
friend, and when the old father
said "I like that man" the audi
ence was in accord. Miss Birdie
Morris surprised her many friends 1
by her abilities displayed in the
part of the neighborhood gossip, as
well as in her monologue of the
Irish woman's experiences with
roller skates, presented between
acts, which was a pleasing feature
of the entertainment. And then
there was Horace Belknap, the
butler in the city home. If the
really truly butlers are as nice as
Horace waa in the play, it's no
wonder that the lady of the house
sometimes elopes with her butler.
All in all the play was a fine
production and resulted in a ma
terial gain to the Annex treasury,
in the neighborhood of $75 having
been netted from the receipts.
Morgan's orchestra furnished mu
sic between acts.
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PRINEVILLE CITY ELECTION
WAS HELD LAST MONDAY
Property Owners and
Elected Entire
D. F. Stewart was elected mayor I
of the city of Prineville Monday '
without opposition, the Citizens'
party having indorsed him after
he had been made the nominee of
the Property Owners and Business
Men's ticket. Mayor-elect Stew
art received 180 votes. Four votes
were cast for Will Wnrzweiler and
one for J. D. Lewellen for mayor,
though as these names did not
appear on either ballot they were
merely individual offerings.
The councilmen elected are
Wardwell Cram, 189 votes; Jesse
Yancey, 98; and John B. Shipp, 95.
All of these men were nominees on
the Property Owners and Business
Men's ticket. Mr. Cram was in
dorsed by the Citizens' party.
The race was particularly close,
for councilman, between Mr. Shipp
and Dr. Rosenberg, the latter re
ceiving 94 votes and the former
95 votes. Had one ot the men
who voted for Mr. Shipp cast his
ballot for Dr. Rosenberg it would
have meant the election of the
latter instead of the former. Med
Vanderpool, the third nominee on
the Citizens' ticket, received 92
voter, only six less thar Jesse
Yancy( his opponent. I Chase
got one vote for marshal.
For recorder, C. L. Shattuck, re
ceiving 103 votes, defeated D. O.
Vandervert, the Citizens' nomineej
SAYS
Business Men's Ticket
191 Ballots Cast
by a majority of
17, the latter
having 86 votes,
For treasurer, J. VV. Boone got
101 and J. L. McCulloch 87.
For marshal, Wade Huston re
ceive I 97 votes and William Draper
89.
One hundred ninety-one votes
were cast in the election, the largest
poll ever made in the city election.
There were lees than ten qualified
voters in the town who did not
vote.
As there was one vacancy in the
board of judges and one in the
clerkship, the voters present at the
opening of the polls named M. II.
Bell aa judge, and the judges then
appointed Dr. Dunsmore as clerk.
The board waa comprised as
follows: C. D. Calbreath, chairman,
W.H. Kinder and M. H. Bell,
judges; Dr. Dunsmore and C. A.
Riddle, clerks. The polls opened
at nine and closed at five, with one
hour for noon. The canvass of
the votes was made from 6 to 8 p.
m. and a large crowd of the in
terested townspeople were present
to hear the count. '
While it was a complete victory
for the successful ticket the contest
was a close one and in several of
the offices the last half dozen
ballots were necessary to decide
who were the winners.
w Boga Taken Lp. '
Foar hogs, three without marks and one
with left ear cropped with slit, were taken
up bv city marshal and turned oyer to
J uck bummers. Owner can hare same by
paying all coats. JACK 81'MMEKS.
Prineville. Or., Dec. 9, 1908.
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