era Practical Christmas Gifts are easily selected here. The Christmas Spirit prevails and the endency during these times is to make gifts of no doubtful utility. USEFUL PRESENTS ARE WELL GIVEN Gifts for Men Hosiery, cotton wool or silk Handkerchitls Tits Suspenders Slippers Shoes Shirts Collars ' Hals Neckwear Razors Pocket Knives Cull Buttons Pipes Suits Overcoats Suit Cases Trunks Gifts for Ladies Neckwear House Caps Scarfs Veiling Cloves Ribbons Waists - Dress Goods Silk,Waist Patterns Coats Mackinaws Slippers Shoes Silk and Cotton Hose Suit Cases and Trunks Gifts for Children Toys Teddy Dears Dolls Books Rocars Skates Footwear Hats Caps Suits and Overcoats Pocket Knives Carpenter's Tools Remember : Until Wednesday, December 17th, all Dry Goods, Footwear, Men's and Ladies' Wear, and Bedding Reduced. Sale closes Tuesday Night. For the Home For the Christmas Table Table Linen Nice Warm Blankets Hood River Apples Towels Comforters Bed Spreads Cranberries Nuts Aluminum Ware Glassware Choice Canned Goods DISHES SWEET POTATOES COLLINS W. ELKINS Parent - Teachers Association Meeting The first meetintc of the Prine ville Parent-Teachers' Association held Saturday, December 13th, in the Ladies' Annex parlors was well attended. After a short business meeting an excellent program con sisting of music and papers was rendered by parents and teachers. After the program Mrs. Gray, in behalf of the school board, told of the need of supplementary books and equipment for the public school and suggested having a Tag Day for the purpose of raising funds. When it came to a vote it was unanimously decided to have the Tag Day, and Saturday, December 20th, was chosen. Your co-operation is earnestly desired. The Parent-Teachers' Association will hold meetings in the public school building on the second Friday of each month during the school year at 3 o'clock. All mothers are urged to join this movement and help make it a success. Why not tak the Journal ? Prineville Steam Laundry JOHN BECAAS, Prop. Dry Cleaning and Pressing First-Class Hand Work All Work Guaranteed Second Door North of the Ochoco Bridge Advertisers Take Notice The Journal will be published a day ahead of time next week so that the office force can take time to eat Christmas turkey. Get your changes in early the earlier the better not later than Tuesday. Help with the Singiug Next Sunday afternoon immedi ately after the concert in the Com mercial Club Hall will be held a re hearsal for the singing of carols on the streets of Prineville, Christmas Eve. All the different church choirs are asked to assist and any one else who can sing and who will volunteer for this occasion. Any one desiring further information should confer with Secretary Dan H. Blood. Mrs. Pollard Entertains The pastor and choir of the Pres byterian church were entertained Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. C. 0. Pollard. The evening was spent in music and closed by serving refreshments. Those pres ent were: Rey. and Mrs. Prater, Mesdanes C. M. Elkins, F. A. Rice, J. B. Bell, T. N. Balfour, Misses Elma Noble, Mabel Bixby, Edith and Marion Rice, Dr. H. Gove and Floyd Prater. Beautiful Silverware Large shipment of Community Silver ware on the road. Complete selection. Must be sold by Xmas. Get our prices. They are the lowest possible. Designs in all the famous Georgian Silverware. 12-11 L. Kamhtba, jeweler, Prineville. Odd Fellows Have Jollification Prineville Encampment No. 61, I. 0. O. F., bad the honor of conferring the Encampment deirrees on fifteen candidate! from Bend Kncampii etit 1. O. O. F., Iat Saturday iilijht. Everybody reports a mlorlous time and a in on it the moet enjoyable feature of the evenlnjr was the ban quet given by the llend Encamp ment nerved by the Methodist Ladlea' Aid which came aw a complete surprise to the meinlier of the Prine ville Encampment. TIiIh is the second time that the two Encamp meuts have worked together and these meetings are doing much to ward fostering a feeling tit good fellowship between the two com munities. . County Court Continued from first page GUM A Prmlhomroe, melse for clerk " uieutir... " ' ' " ...herlft an! judge Ordway Transfer co, fixing culvert etc.. Hotel Prineville, care Beetlev Warren Brown, extra clerk hire ., W E Claypool, road work dint 27 . O W Llpplncott, lunch for Jurjr II H Clow, Janitor Geo Hamilton, road work diat 84 Henry Montgomery, road work dlst 0... W W Brown, commlwioner's fcea James Toner, auto fare RH Bayley, commlnloncr'i fee Notice to Stockholders The annual meeting of the Central Ore gon Livestock & Agricultural Asso ciation will be new on tne nrst Monaay in January, the 5th, 1914, for the pur pose of electing officers and transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting. Meeting will be held at Commercial Club at 2 p. m. sharp. 12-ll-4t J. F. Cadlk' sec'y. 203 74 a 40 i 13 00 11 00 lo on Its 26 4 60 90 00 184 75 lf,fl 32 40 00 4 70 81 00 Card of Thank We want to express our deep grati tude to our friends and the citizens of Prineville fur their kindness In our late bereavement. Signed : Mrs. Hk.nky Windom and Ciiii.iiRkn. Stock for Sale Three brood sows with pigs, one male hog, two years old, five milch cows, neailydry. Inquire at the old home place or write Mrs. E. F. McMeen, La monta, Ore., or Clias. McMeen. Mc tohus, Ore. 12 le6t Christmas Cheer Fine fresh line of Christmas goods, including fresh fruits of all kinds; hot drinks, hot tamales. All kinds of Christmas decorations and cards, home made candies, etc. School supplies. Mrs, Wright's Conpectionbrv Store. 1211 3t Taken Up At the Turner ranch,25 miles south west ol Prineville, one gray mare, weight 1000 pounds, brand not readable. One bav mare. 900 pounds, brand not readable. Both broken to work. Gray mare is wearing a bell. A, C. Barhkk, Alfalfa, Oregon. 12-18 Call for Warrants Notice is hereby given that all regis tered County warrants up to ana in' eluding No, 1620, will be paid on pre' sentation to the county treasurer. Also all registered Scalp bounty warrants No interest paid after this date De cember 18, 1913. K. L. Jordan, County treasurer of Crook county. Subscribe fur the Journal, 11.50 yr Hotica to Creditor Notice is hereby given, by the under, signed, the administrator of the estate of E. C. Person, deceased, to all cred itors of said deceased and to all persons having claims against his estate to prestnt the tame with the proper vouchers, to the undersigned at ths of fice ol M. K. Elliott In Prineville,, Ore gon, within six months from the first publication ol this notice. Iated and published first time Pec. 18, 1913. C. C. ItcciiANaN. Administrator of the estate of E. C. Person, deceased. Hotii s U Creditor! Notice is hereby given by the under signed, the executor of the estate of J nines Lawsnn, deceased, to all creditors ol said deceased and to all persons hav lng claims against saul estate to prenent the same, with the proper vouchers, to the undersigned at the olllce of M. K. Elliott within six months fiotu the first publication of this notice. Dated and published first time Pec. 18, 1913. VV. J. Johnson, Executor ol Last Wilt ol Jamus Law son, deceased. Notice lor Publication Department ol the Interior U. 8. Land Olllce at The Dalles, Ore. November lilth, 1913. Notice is hereby given that Oliver G. Adams one ol the heirs ol Bilas E. Adams, of Prineville, Oregon, who, on May lftth, 1908, made homestead entry No. 1601ft, serial No. 0441:6, for swj nej, w)$ set, and sej swj, section 14. township lf south, range 17 east, Willamette Merid ian, has tiled notice of intention to make final three-year proof to establish claim to the land above described, be fore Timothy K. J. Duffy, U. 8. Com missioner, at Prineville, Oregon, on the 20th day of December, 1913. Claimant names as witnesses: Wil liam Marks, Hugh Gee, James C. Gil christ, John It. Hreese, all of Prino ville, Oregon. II. Fiia.nk Woodcock, 11-20 Register. Notice for Publication Isolated Tract Public Land Rale Department ol the Interior, V. 8. Land Office at The Dalles, Oregon December 9th, 1913. Notice is hereby given that, as di rected by the Commissioner of the Gen eral Land Office, under provisions of Act of Congress approved June it, 1900 (34 Htats., f17), pursuant to the appli cation of William I. Dishman, Herial No. 011687, we will offer at public sals, to the highest bidder, but at not less than $2 per acre, at 9:30 o'clock a. m., on the 28th day of January, 1914, at this office, the following tract of land : Lots 3 and 4 and set nwi, swj nej sec tion 2, tp. 15 south, range 17 east, W. M. "This tract is ordered into market on a showing that the greater portion thereof is mountainous or too rough fur cultivation." Any persons claiming adversely the above-described land are advised to file their claims or objections, on or before the time designated for sale. , H. Frank Woodcock, 1218p Uegibler. A box of Walker's Cigars lor Christ mas would make any smoker happy. Free Free A $40.00 Libby Cut Glass Bowl Save your tickets of ev ery 50c purchase. For further particulars see The French Drug Co The dispensers of Pure Drugs PRICES RIGHT Notice of MicrlfTs Suits By virtue of an execution duly issued by the clerk of the circuit court of the county of Multnomah, state of Oregon, dated the ltlth day of OctoW, 1013, in a certain action In the circuit court lor said county and Hate, wherein Gibson J. Burns as p'aintifl recovered judg ment against Odin Falls Irrigation and Power Company, s corporation, lur the sum of One Thousand dollars, and oouls and dlsbursrmeiiU taxed at Eighteen and 40 hundredth dollars, on the Hth day of October, 1913. Notice Is hereby given that I will on Ike lOtk ear ef Jaaaary, 1914, st the front door ol the courthouse in Vrlneville In Crook county, at 10 o'clock In the forenoon of said day, sell at pub lic auction to the highest bidder, for cash, the following described property, to-wit: E st'l section 'l swj, w nw(, n nwi, ' si'), section 2l n'u sej, net sej, nwj section 27; iie mi, section 33; J ni, se' nwi, section 34, all in township 14 south, range 12 east of Willamette Meridian. Also all of those rights of way (or ditches, canals or H nines lor Irrigation or recla mation purposes conveyed to the Odin Falls Irrigation and Power Company, a corporation and now of record in the Record ol Peeils of Crook county, ure gon, in Hook 18, page 370; lkxik 18, pngo 100; Hook 18. page 28. Taken and levied tixn as the proper ty of said Odin Falls Irrigation and Power Company or as much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy the said judgment in favor of Gibson J. Burns against said Odin Falls Irrigation and Power Company with Interest thoreon, together with all costs and disburse meats that have or may accrue. Frank Ei.kins, Sheriff. Dated at Prineville, Oregon, this 8th dav ol December. 1913. Hy D. II. Peoples, deputy. 12 11 Don't Miss THE GRAND BALL Xmas Night, Dec. 25th At Club Hall, Prineville Supper will be served in the hall. A special invitation to all country folks. Come in and have a good time. Tickets $ 1 . Supper 50c couple.