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, Rifle or Revolver, Razor, Razor
hone and straps, Safety Razor, Carv
ing Set, Fish Pole, Fish Basket, Dux
bak Hunting Qothing.
For Children.
Knives, Ice Skates, Roller Skate, Base
Balls, Base Ball Cloves and BaU, 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 Roaster, 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. GERARDO . 11 R. LAKIN CE. SMITH
LOCAL JENTION
A lux Dnrne started tor Camp
Creek, Sunday.
K. B. Wade ol Paulina was In to wo
the. first of the week.
Carey Steam hit lieen nick the
Inst few day but 1m some better.
Charle Houstou o( Camp Creek
ha been In town on business the
last few day.
Frank Lafollott Mt for Portland
Sunday where ho ha gone t ) spend
the Christina vacatlou.
Mr. 11. T. Johusou ft ml Mr. F. K.
Duffy of Powell Rutte, were In Hatur
1h,t doing their Christum nbopptuir.
Mr. and Mr. John lIoiiMton rami
down from Camp Ciwk Sunday to
spend the holiday with their daugh
ter, Mr. Ilariey Saunders.
TImm will be asocial dance ut the
Club Hull tomorrow evening. Mor
gan' orchestra will furnish the
music. Everybody Invited.
The Prlnevllle Fire Department
Announce that the nnuuiij Ureal
Spludge" will be given nt 'lU'ikiinpV
Hull on Friday, January II, 11)10
The boy are royal entertainers
and nre.nl ways tun of it big crowd
Christum service nt the Motho
dlt church will bt-ijlii nt 7 o'clock
Friday evening. Attheclom? of the
programme for the children, there
will he ii L. A. P., N. A. P., 11. A. 1.
social. Till Is for the older persons
nnd nil nienitieni of the church and
congregation nre requested to be
present. The social event will begin
nt eight
Welcome Camp No. 303.1. It. N. of
A., elected the following ofllcer nt
their meeting, Tuesday evening.
Decemlier 21: Oracle. Julia McDanlel;
vice oracle, Extclln Powell;
ehancellor, Lela Zell; recorder, Kffa
Calhralth; receiver, Vlra Cyrus; mar.
It'll, Berth lluffiuau; Inner scntlnnl,
Mollle MlU-hell; outer scutlnal, C. C.
Drlx; manager for three yearn,
Amanda Cohrs; physicians, J. H.
Roscnls'rg mid Charles 8. Edwards.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
Table d'hote Dinner will be
Served at t!he
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HOTEL PRINEVILLE
-on-
CHRISTMAS DAY
From 5:30 to 7:30 p. m.
MIm Viola Reynolds, who In teach
lng on the I'pjier Ochoco, peut San
day In l'rliievllle.
Word has been received that Mr.
Ferry Helms, an old resident of
Crook couuty, had suffered a stroke
of paralysis. Her entire left aide I
altlicted. Mr. Helm moved from
l'rliievllle to Vancouver, Wash.,
three year ago.
Miss Franklo Helms of Vancouver,
WhmIi., wo operated on for appen
dlcltl nt Portland lout week. Hbe
In reported a' doing nicely. Mint
Helm wan formerly A l'rliievllle girl
and ha many friend here who wImIi
her n speedy recovery.
"God's Foollshuess" will lie the
subject of aChrlstina sermon, at the
t'ulon church, next Sunday morning
by C. T. Hod ford,, pastor of the
t'hrUtliin church. Bible tndy at
3 o'clock p. m. ServWea In the even
ing nt 7:30. All are welcome.
Rev. Radford, of the Cbrlstlau
church him made arrangement to
preach nt Poet a few days before the
end of the year, returning from there
lauunry 3, and two days later goes
to Laldlaw for a ten day' meeting,
a id Is making arrangements for
short meeting at other point dur
ing January and February.
Married: -At the home of the
bride's parent, Mr. and Mr. Wallace
Poet, ut Post, Oregon, on Doc. 23, at
noon, Mr. Kdwln K. Ulllenwater and
Nellie K. Pout. Only the family and
n few neighbor were present at the
ceremony. , Itev. C. T. Radford of
till city, olllclatlng. The newly wed
tart married life with bright pros
lvtH, and with the bent wishes of
all who know them. After the cere
mony a magnificent wedding dluner
wo served, and enjoyed.
Word reached Prlnevllle Wednes
day morning that J OMeph II. Brea
nan, eldest on of Thoma II. Breu
nun, hnd passed away at an early
hour. The young man wan a victim
of typhoid pneuiuouta. For two
month he truggled manfully with
the Grim Destroyer but at last wo
laid low. Joseph Brcnnnn would
have lieen IS year of ngo had lie
lived until next July. He leave a
father and mother, two sinter and a
brother who live at Paulina.
Consumptive are barred from
public ec.hool of the elate, according
to a ruling Issued by the state board
of health. This Include teacher,
pupils and employe. At the meet'
lug of the board, Dr. C. J. Smith of
Pendleton stated that a number of
the text book on physiology were
1 Incorrect and whould lie replaced
' with texts approved for their
accuracy by a competent' comnils
emit, . .i.ti.i., . iviw niiu
other members of the board deecrllied
the rapid spread of tuberculoeU be
cause of the preeent system, which
Allowed Individual suffering from
pulmonary tutierculosls to mingle
freely with other, nnd wa followed
by notion forbidding any "person
Affected with tuberculosis to be In the
schools.
LOCAL MENTION
Floyd Howell 1 bock from Port
land. Mr. W. II. Porter 1 reported on
the sick Hat.
F. M. Post of Post was a bulnea
visitor Tuesday.
Ed Parker was down from Itoar
Creek, Tuesday.
Charles Christian! was la town on
buMine yesterday.
J. 8. Rogue of ItoHlnnd wo a
count seat visitor this week.
Dr. (Jail Newsom Is horns to spend
the holiday with hi parent.
Died: On December 21, Seth A.
Moore of Hay creek, aged 79 years.
John Elliott am! wife of Lower
Crooked river were In town, Wednes
day. Clifford C. Power of Christmas
Lake was In town till week after a
load of supplies.
M. A. Tripp, who own a ranch
near Redmond, write the Journal
that he I located at Hettinger, N. D.
D. F. Jones, who boa been deliver
ing beef to different railroad camps
along the Deschutes, came home
Baturday.
Oreen Beard came In from Christmas
Lake the first of the week after sup
pile. He said there ha lieen only
two Inches of snow there so far this
winter.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. King, and
Edith King and brother came in
from Portland the first of the week
to spend the Christina vacation at
home.
The Ice harvest has been In full
blast for a week or more. The
quality a well a the quantity I
better than usual. That cut at the
dam on Crooked river measures
from six to eight Inches.
W. E. Claypool of Cllne Falls Is In
town looking after mall contract
matter. Mr. Claypool bought the
sub-contract forth Prlnevllle-8leters
Une some time ago and the purpose
of his visit Is to arrange for bonds
nnm o that ha can bid In the con
tract tor the line himself. It will be
let the first ol the year and will run
for a term of four year.
Don Stetfs Is back to his old haunts
once more, lis came In from Bend
Monday with Judge Ellis. Don has
gone Into the real estate busluess
and will, throw hi tract of eighty
acres at Bend on the market The
advent of the railroad Into Central
Oregon will no doubt make him a
rich man. Success to him. .
JBehold What Results From That
Lowly Birth" will be the subject at
the Methodist church for Sunday
morning. The one for the evening
will be "The Word Among Us."
The choir will sing special music in
keeping with this most happy time
of all the year. Come, let us Join In
the chorus of this Christmas song
with glad hearts; praising Him for
his goodness and mercy.
County Clerk Brown will It nve to
morrow for Haystack to spend
Christmas at home:
8. A. Lyle of Paulina made final
proof on his homestead la-fore War
reu Brown this week.
Titers will be A Christmas tree at
the Presbyterian church Friday
evening at 7:00 sharp.
Art Wunweller left the first of the
week for Portland to spend the holi
day with his parents.
The Infant daughter of J. P. Hop
per, who lives on the Cram place,
died Tuesday evening.
Miss Carolyn Christian! has been
laid up on account of over exertion
In playing basket ball.
Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Rey nobis from
Powell Butte are In the city doing
their Christina shopping.
IU E. Jones, the Howard sawmill
man, wo In town Saturday. He
has shut down for the winter.
The Odd Fellows, Reln kahs and
Encampment will hold Joint Instal
lation service on Saturday evening,
January 8.
Word reached Prlnevllle Tuesday
that Roy Gray had sustained a
compound fracture of the leg. Dr.
Edwards was called to attend the
injured man.
Mr. and Mrs. Wlltse of Eugene,
passed through town Sunday on
their way to Bear Creek, where they
will spend the winter with their
daughter, Mrs. Dunham.
In a letter from Mrs. R. O. Smith It
was stated that Percey had returned
from Chicago. Bob and family are
living' In Seattle but are homcsjek
for Prlnevllle. j
Dr. Belknap was called to Madras j
Saturday to see Dave Barnett. He j
made the trip In bis auto and bad
quite a time with bad - road. Mr.
Barnett Is reported much Improved.
E. II. Overman, editor of the Shnui
ko Stor, has lieen arrested on n
charge of forgery. He is also wanted
at Spokane for Issuing checks on a
bank In which he had no deposit.
Overman has had a varied news
paper career. He started tjio Star
about a month ago.
Christmas shopping was never bet
ter In Prlnevllle. Our merchants
have had their hands full for weeks
in 'trying to keep up with the trade"
Another noticeable feature this year
Is that most of the shoppers are pay
ing cosh for goods. Nearly every
body seems to have a bank account .
Good thing.
W. A. Booth and wife left Monday
day for Mexico where they will spend
the wluter. They will spend a wwk
with their daughter, Mrs. Price of
Salem, before continuing their
Journey. G. M. Cornett will Join Mr.
And Mrs. Booth at Salem and to
gether they will tour Mexico. The
trip will lie one of business as well as
pleasure, as It is the Intention of
these gentlemen to acquire some
property In our southern neighbor's
territory.
LOCAL MENTION
Elder C. P. Bayley will preach at
Mill Creek Sunday. i
W. If. Porter has gone to Shanlko
after his wood saw.
Tom Summers, the Mitchell stage
line man, left for home yesterday.
Emile Blanehet of Paulina filed
a petition for naturalization paper
today.
Mm. Alice Bayne and niece, Gladys,
of Powel Butte were In town Wed
nesday. Wat Jones and Glen Hendrickson
of Powell Butte were In" town Wed
nesday. Mis. Mike May field, who has been
sick for a long time, Is Improving
slowly.
Mrs. Maude Blxby, who has peen
quite 111 with typhoid fever, is im
proving slowly.
Miss Verna Howard, who Is teach
ing at Madras, Is expected home to
morrow to spend the holidays.
Louis Dooner, manager of the
Pioneer Telegraph & Telephone line.
Is in Bums arranging for a direct
line between that place and Prine
vllle. William Bogull brought in his last
lond of apples yesterday. He mar
keted something like 3000 bushels
this season and received an average
rlee of ? 2 a bushel. Ills apples are
as good as any raised In Oregon.
Miss Wllda Nve leave tomorrow
for her home on Hear creek to spend
the holidays.
Charles Shntfuck ha gone to
Portland. He will bring bock with
bira a touring ear. Mr. Shattuck 1
the resident agent for the Ford car
and also the White steamer and gaa
car.
J. J. Walton of Eugene, secretary
of the Board of Regents, U. of O., and
one of the founder of that Institu
tion, died Sunday morning of heart
disease. Judge Walton Is an old pio
neer and 1 well known In Crook
county.
Cupid ha lieen working over time
this week according to the records
kept at the County Clerk's office and
other record kept by Dame Rumor.
Edward E. Ulllenwater and Nellie B.
Tost of Post were granted a license
the first of the week and so also
were Ralph B. Smith and Estella
Newbill of Grizzly.
Charles Congleton, who Is em
ployed in the forest service, and Miss
Glee Laughlln of Paulino, were mar
ried in Vancouver, Wash., on the
afternoon of Decemlier 14. They
arrived in Prlnevllle last evening and
will stay until after the holidays
when they will go on to Paulina.
An uncle of the Caswell children
who lost their parents by typhoid
fever recently, write to the county
authorities here that he is ready and
willing to adopt the children a his
own. He Is a railroad man and
states that If the children are taken
to the railroad he wilt come and get
them. An effort Is now being made
to get the children together to be
sent to him.
Christmas Services
Presbyterian Church.
The First Prespyterlan Church In
votes yon to worship with them
next Sunday (Christmas Sunday) at
11a.m. A short sermon, to be fol
lowed by the reception of members
and the ordinances of the Lords
Supper and baptism. In the evening
a special Christmas service ha been
arranged with the following pro
gram: Prelude...... "Yule Tide"
Orchestra.
Vocal Solo "Jeeu Our Lord"
Miss Cella Nelms.
Prayer.. Pastor
Anthem "The Lord Will Comfort
Zlon," Bass solo and Chorus.
By the Choir.
Scripture Reading
Offertory "Christmas Joy"
Orchestra.
Duet "I Am Happy In Him"
Mrs. Urns. Elklns and Prof. Ashby.
Christmas Sermon..."The Sage, The
Star, and the Savior."
By the Pastor, Rev. C. C. Babbldge.
Vocal Solo ..."The Holy City"
Prof. Ashby.
Poetlude ...... ."Star of the Orient"
Orchestra.
Maker A Cratk birn
School Btcks
Ctaera Sipplici
Jewelry
Well feper
D. P. Adamson & Co
DRUGGISTS
Mieka!
Mafeit
Levaey'e
Stetieaery
Cifar
GOOD people remember, Christmas is near at hand.
We have a new line of Holiday Presents in our store
sting 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.
DRUGGISTS
Groceries
Hardware
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Dry Goods
Shoes
A Safe Place to Trade.
We Are Closing Out Our Entire Lot Xmas Goods. ,
Dolls, Toys and Fancy Dished
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