Are You Up Against the
Christmas Present Problem?
Here are Some Suggestions for Sensible and Useful Presents
For the Men.
Pocket knives, Hunting knives, Shot
guns, Rifles or Revolvers, Razors, Raxor
hones and straps, Safety Razors, Carv
ing Sets, Fish Poles, Fish Baskets, Dux
bak Hunting Clothing.
For Children.
Knives, Ice Skates, Roller Skates, Base
Balls, Base Ball Cloves and Bats, Foot
balls, Dumb Bells, Indian Clubs, Sleds,
Toy Ranges, Express Wagons.
For the Women.
Universal Bread Mixers, Universal Cake
makers, Universal Coffee Percolators,
Mayonnaise Mixers, Fireless Cookers,
Savory Roasters, Scissors, Pocket Knives,
Flat Irons, Carpet Sweepers, Table
Cutlery, Silverware, Nickle-plated ware,
Glass. China and Crockery.
All These and More Too, You Will
Find at Our Store.
Come in and Let Us Help You with Your Christmas
SHOPPING.
Remember, We Stand Behind Everything You Buy.
The W. F. King Company
w. F. KING
(Incorporated)
J.CERARDO IL R. LAKIN CE. SMITH
LOCAL MENTION
Horn ! To tlin wife of J. D. Khlpp,
on Knturday, a iflrl.
Mlaa Wlllti Comb la the new o
rntor at the telephone olllei'.
V. F. CnmpUII, rvprear-nlltiir the
Pacific Count Ilubhcr Company, la In
the city.
J. I. ItFolU'tto li ft Sunday to at
taint tint tiHftiun of the Ktnte As
Miwiira nt Hnlcm.
Ilnrii: To the wife of Mike Hrown,
mi Monday, a girl. Mike tin not
lHn notified but It In unto to any he
will kill hla futU-atcnlf.
Fort Hock nml Silver I.nke freight
era report bnd romU nml poor nr.
romiiioilutlou on tlx oh) Silver Lake
freight roml. lUitti wnU r nml feed
are wiiriu
IU-v. Mr. Iewtna returned to I'rlno
vlllo from Itend, Monday, where he
Ima Wn holding n. very aucoenHful
ivvlvnl meeting, lie Ht Wednesday
for Ihslnioud.
I N. llodtfe, who had hla thmiiti
Jerked of a couple of month no by
a fraction home, la still mifforliijr
from a very painful arm. The cold
weather seems to have a bnd effect
on It.
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BOMB OFFICIO, PORTLAND, Oil.
lA. U HIM Praa. L. SAMUEL- Qui. Hn
CLAXBNCK I. IAMUEI iul Hft. .
F. K. Iluasnrd, a prluU-r from I'ort
limd, la Id 1'iinevllle looking over
thta country with a view of locating.
Ho believe la getting In on the
ground floor, so came lu ahead of the
aprlng ruah.
Mr. riilrman, a cattle buyer for the
Uuton Meal Co., of Portland, woa In
the city Monday. He la looking
after aome rattle tor the Fat Htock
Khlblt which will take place In
rortlnnd ou Dec. It
O.D.Hall of southeastern Crook
county wna In rrluevllle the list of
the week.' Mr. Hall la a contractor
awl builder. He report lota of
atrangera In hla part of the country.
New wttlere are finding good hoine
ateada and the result la the couutry
la rapidly filling up.
Henry H. Clow, Janitor at the
court houae, has made the announce
ment In another column that he la
prepnred to handle all ktnda of fur
and hide. Ho any a that ciuie hide
bring the hlgheat price. Open hidea
are a drug In the market. And an
other thing that Mr. Clewa wlahea
to emphaatxe la thla: Get the bounty
ou your fura flrat, then aell your
hldee. The bounty amount to a
whole lot more than loaa of acnlp.
At the PreabvU-rlan (church,
Sunday, the pastor will preach In
the morulng from the topic
'Snlnta the Temple of the Living
God." At the evening service the
aubject will be "The Value of Old
Men To Society." Thla la a compan
ion sermon to the one preached laat
Sunday evening "Opportunltlea
for Young Men." Men are especially
Invited, the pastor alma to preach to
them, aud not at them. Good
iiiuhIc, the Uopel preached and
hearty welcome for all.
Supervisor Ireland and Forest Hang
era Johnson, Nichols, Dlake, How,
Donnelly, Gilchrist, Morris and Ingram
returned laat week from Mt. Vernon
Warm Springs meeting. This meeting
was sort of school of teres try for men
in the Deschutes, Malheur, Whitman
and Umatilla forest reserve. The
work covered was along practical lines
and will result in more efficient service.
There were present at the school thirty
forest rangers, four forest supervisors,
four men from- the district office at
Portland, and four from the national
foroMt service at Washington, D. C.
Supervisor Ireland wishes to call at
the tent ion of the stockmen, of Crook
county to the tact that the forestry de
partment had made arrangements with
tho Pendleton otllce of the bureau of
animal industry to supply blackleg
vaccine from that point to cattlemen in
Oregon and Washington. This ar
rangement will save lots of time, as it
takes from a week to ten days to gut the
vaccine from Washington, D. C. You
must get requisition blanks from Super
visor Ireland and when these are for
warded to Dr. S. W. McClure, 844 Main
Street, Pendleton, Oregon, blackleg
vaccine will be fumtahed you free of
charge. .
LOCAL MENTION
David Darnard left the flrat of the
week for Seattle.
Mrs. Maude lilxby 1ms a severe
attack of the la grippe.
Joe Howard Jr. has been In town
thla week, spending a few days with
relatives and friend.
Mrs. M. It. Dlgga la expected home
thla week from a month's vlult to
her sister, Mrs. Ktta II ay a of Vale,
Oregon.
O. M. Cornett returned the flrat of
the week from Portland where he
has been on buaineita connected with
the mall contract.
A party of elz from Seattle arrived
In Piinevllle Monday on their way
to the ChrlMtmn Lake country In
search of homesteads.
Mlaa Effa Dobba baa resigned her
pool tlon a central operator and la
taking a much necked rent at the
Dobba home on the Ochoco.
C. A. Itlddleof the Journal force,
left Monday for a week' hunt In the
Paulina country. Orders for " 'bar"
meat can be left at this olllce.
Frank Remington, who Is going to
open a etore at Chriatmas Iike, ar
rived on last Thursday's stage from
Portland, where he has been pur
chasing his goods.
A. B. Buck of Bend made the trip
from Shaulko to Prlnevllle Tuesday
on almost schedule time with the
Pierce machine and Ave paaxangers.
Part of the distance was run through
18 Inches of snow. '
There are a number of petitions
out asking that there be a mall line
established from Shanlko to Bend
by way of Madras, Redmond and
Laldlaw. It Is receiving hearty sup
port by everyone and there Is no
doubt but that the line will be estab
lished soon.
Arthur Hlghtowur of Gist poised
through Prlnevllle Tuesday on hla
way to Portland.
W. D. Barnes of Laldlaw was a
business visitor the first of the week.
Mr. Unrm-s says that Laldlaw Is on
a boom and that all the residents
there are prospering,
Mrs. Collins Elklns received the sad
news, Monday, that her sister, Mrs.
T. R. Irabree of Hllls!Hro, bad died
of pneumonia, after a few days Illness
As there was not time for Mrs. KlUns
to reach Hlllsboro before the funeral,
the trip was not undertaken.
At the First Methodist church for
Sunday, Dec. 12; "The Joy of Service"
will be the subject for the morning
service. "The Love that Kills" will
be the one for the evening. Sunday
School at 10 A. M. Junior League
at 3 P. M. and Senior Ieagne nt
6.30. Welcome. , ..,,.-.
Geo. L. Simmons of Laldlaw was
u business visitor the first of the
week. Mr. Simmons states that the
Columbia Southern segregation will
no doubt Imj supplied with sufllclent
water soon and that the land
holders nre well pleased with the
prospect of ample croi for the" com
ing year.
J. "W. Collins left the first of the
week for a vacation at Portland and
other outside points. Mr. Collins
has driven an auto In Central Oregon
almost every day since the middle of
June. He was out on a run of nine
teen days with Matt Clark of the
Oregon Trunk Line, completing the
trip Saturday night.
J. W. Howard and Z. M. Brown
are In the city on business In connec
tion with the Isx'f supply contract for
the Oregon Trunk Railway. Mr.
Hownrd says that the supply of teef
keeps up well and he anticipates no
trouble In getting plenty of suitable
stock to supply the demand during
the winter.
LOCAL MENTION
BAKING POWDER
Absolutely Purs
Makes the finest, most deli
cious biscuit, cake and
pastry; conveys to food
the most healtluui 01
fruit properties
Duncan Macleod Is In the city from
Portland and Madras.
. E. T. Bateman, of Lamonta, was a
county seat visitor to-day.
G. B. Ray of Post was In the city
on business the first of the week.
Brides serosa the McKenzie at Bel
knap Springs washed out laat week.
Do not forget the Knights of Pythias
dance tomorrow night. Everybody is
going.
Gardner Perry got back the first of
the week from a business trip to
Portland.
(i. N. Clifton was In Madras yester
day on his return from a business
trip to Portland. "
W. R. New and J. E. York, two
Fort Rock freighters, passed through
Prlnevllle the first of the week on
their way to Shanlko for freight.
A. B. Chapman of Troy, Idaho, to
gether with his two sons, has come
to Crook county to live. They are
located at Lower Bridge.
Charles Paxton of Lamonta was
in town today. He is preparing for
a trip to his old borne at Wheatland,
Mo., to spend the winter.
Union Church Services. 10 a. m.,
Bible School. 11 a. m., Preaching. A
cordial invitation to all. Covenant
meeting of the church, Saturday 2 p. m.
Music - Lovers'
Club .Organized
Pursuant to Invitations sent out
by Mrs. Edwards, Misses Conway
and Elklns, the music lovers of the
city met at the Commercial Club
Rooms, Tuesday evening, and per
fected an organization for the pur
pose of Btuylng the lives and produc
tions of both the classical and
popular composers.
The officers selected are: Mrs. Chas.
Elklns, president; Mrs. Edwards, vice
president; Miss Parrott, secretary. .
The members are divided Into act
Ire and associate, and each section
Is to be responsible for the program
for alternate meetings, which are to
be held every two weeks, beginning
the first Tuesday of the New Year.
The president appointed Prof. E. L.
Ashby, Mesdames Edwards and Rice
and Misses Conway and Elklns as a
general committee to decide upon
what work should be taken up by
the club and to attend to any other
matters necessary for the completion
of arrangements. The club then ad
journed to meet at the call of the
president, to hear the report of this
committee.
Eight below zero and eight inches
of snow is the Prlnevllle weather
record for the past week. . Various
reports come from different parts of
the county. Some report plenty of
snow with zero weather and other
localities report light snowfall with
cold weather. -
Prof. A. L Ashby
Resigns PrindpalsL
IUof. A. L. Ashby, who for the past
year or more has been principal of the
rnneville Public Schoo's, has handed
in his resignation to take effect next
month. This action on the part of Mr.
Ashby is very much regretted, both by
school trustees and the public generally.
He is a yonng college man who has
been instrumental in builJing op and
placing oar public schools upon a high
plane of eflkiency. Under no other ad
ministration has such strides been made
for school betterment. Mr. Ashby is
quitting school work to take op life In
insarance. He has received flattering
inducements from the Oregon Life in
surance Com nan Whila
lose a good man we wish him all kinds
oi gooa met m his new fluid of endeavor.
Gtj Election Notice.
Notice is hereby given that the Aus
tralian Ballot will be the official ballot
used in the city election to be held in
Prineville, Oregon, on the 20th day of
December, 1909, and that all parties be
notified through the Crook County Jour
nal to place the names of all candidates
to be voted opon at said election in the
hands of the City Recorder at a data
not later than the 15th day of Decem
ber, 1909. By order of the Council.
Earl McLaughlin, City Recorder.
Notice to Property Owners.
Notice is hereby given that all rubbish
and other obstructions must be removed
from all alleys within the limits of the
City of Prineville and kept clean, in
compliance with the city ordinance.
By order of the City Conned.
3t Wade Huston, Marshal.
Maker a: Grail Kaives
ScIimI Baaks
Caaera Sapplies , -
Jewelry
Wall Paaer
D. P. Adamson & Co
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GOOD people remember, Christmas is near at hand.
We have a new line of Holiday Presents in our store
consisting of Fancy Boxes of all kinds, Post Card Albums,
Pyrography Outfits, Leather Goods, Watches, Chains, Rings,
Broaches, Clocks, Columbia Phonographs and Industructable
Records. . -
A fresh line of Lowney's Candies just arrived.
D. P. Adamson & Co.
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COM
PA N Y
We Stand Back of Everything You Purchase of Us
Groceries
Our Fall Stock of Royal Club Can
ned goods have now arrived. You
will find our Grocery Department r:
the most Complete in the Town. ,
Dry Goods
Just Received, a new lot of Cotton
Blankets. Good grade gray blank-
ets $1.50; Full 1 1-4 Heavy in gray
or tan, $2.00; Full 1 1-4 Heavy in
white, $2.25. You will find these
to be exceptional values.
Shoes
We have on our shelves a well se
lected stock of School Shoes for
Boy's and Girls. Ask to see our
No. 554 Seamless Calfskin School
Shoe for Boy's, all sizes from No. 8
in childs to No. 3 in Boys. They are
hummers.