Room Size Rugs
For one week we will sell large
Smith Manor Rugs for $10.45.
See display in our window.
We have a large assortment of
all kinds of Floor Coverings.
Best E grade Linoleum 60c per yd.
Notice the CLOSE OUT PRICE on
DRESSERS in Window.
Select your Christmas Gifts early.
We hold them for you and deliver at
your order.
Local News.
He who by his biz would rise
Must cither bust or advertise.
Mrs. Nelson from i-nlio has been
visiting at tlio homo of Mrs. Dob all
ham tho past week.
Mr. Thomas Whltnoy left Monday
morning for n week's sojourn In dlf
forcnt parts of tnslungton on spo
clal business.
Mr. N. J. Ilalley has his resilience
on South Hayes street almost com
ploted and will liavo a fine, comfort
ablo homo when finished,
Remember the place
Mnii) store
364-370
K. Morrison
Portland
Opposite
Postoffice
Wc can afford to sell at Reasonable Prices
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Capital
Stockholders' Inability,
$25,000.00
50,000.00
Three per cent paid on savings deposits.
Safe deposit boxes for rent.
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EDMONDSON CO,
Plumbing and Tinning
203 5. Jersey Street
Phone Jersey 91 SI Johns, Oregon
f DO YOU WISH TO MAKE LIFELONG FRIENDS?
If to, buy a pair of SHI.Z ROYAL W.UU or OOOPSMAN BROS.' 2
ROYAI. CHINOOK SHOKS for men. We have a complete line of J
5 School Shoe for boy ami girl nt model price. We also have a
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complete line cf Ammpclle Waterproof Clothing. A trial ol any of
the above goods will be ample proof of our assertion in thi ad, wm
COUCH & CO. I
Union aoGC 206-208 Philadelphia street.
St. Johns Lumber Co.
Has all kinds of lumber, kilu dried and otherwise.
Also slab wood. Timters of all sizes cut to order.
Get your winter's wood now and save trouble.
GET YOUR COAL
From R. WILCOX
Price 97.00 per ton. More HEAT, less SOOT and SMOKE
for your money than any coal ou the Coast.
ST. JOHNS BRICK CO.
Manufacturers of Clay Brick and Pressed Brick.
Sand on bauds at all times. Orders soucueu.
Plastering
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I Real Estate, Loans, Insurance
1 Abstracts of Title Prepared. Accurate Work Guaranteed.
HUNTCRt'&TIIAPPCRraUIDC.Sr
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Mr. J. A. Lobly, formerly opornt'
lug tho Cottngo hotul has moved
his family to Ingalls, Oregon, whore
ho will ongngo In tho uumo business,
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Miss Laura Burkholdor who Is
teaching school at Amcsvillo, Oregon
la visiting her sister, Mrs, Cnro. Will
return to her duties tho first of tho
week.
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Mrs. Will Royce, of.Scdro Wooloy
Wash., haB bought tho homo of F
h. Petty on Richmond street nnd ex
poets to ntovo hero in about two
weeks.
Mrs. Lilly Edmonds of llldgcflold
Washington was visiting tho fnmllj
of O. W. SlmmonB tho later part of
last week returning homo tho first
of this week.
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Mr. NIs Skov, who has been om
ployed in tho Portland nimiufnctur
Ing company's mm for tho last year
has left for his homo in hjcruls
Hoptrup, Slesalg, Germany.
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Mrs, Kd Hurlbort, who has had
performed a second operation and
who has been very III is reported
Kteadlly Improving uud will soon bo
herself again If nothing unforeseen
Intervenes.
K. Vnmlermeor, formerly n resident
of 8t. Johns but now living In Hoi
wood was In tho city Monday looking
around and wo would not bo stir
prlsu-' If Van hooked onto n few cor
nor lots whllo ho was hero.
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Jrroph In Kgypt a long tlmo ago
inr.de tho first corner In wheat. Ilo
was worse than oven tho prciiont
wall street operators, for ho not only
took nil tholr money nnd Innds but
olio took themselves for Hlnvcs to
tl o IMiaronh,
Tho many friend of Mr. nnd Mrs
IJrnoHt Monnlch will bo pleased to
learn of tholr trading tholr ton aero
farm for n housu nnd lot nt Ports.
mouth. They will bo pleased to
moot any of tholr friends In nbout
two weeks at their homo, 1S72, Mc
Kenna nvonuo.
Tho Swifts havo plans nil ready
for six laro buildings at their plant
011 tho Oregon alough. Tito founda
tlonn aro In and no soon as tho brick
nnd othor material can bo ussumblcd
tho work will bo pushod to complo
tlon. Tho contracts amount to some
thliiK over 300,uu0.
Tho Gormnii Ilaptlsta aro rapidly
Kottlng tholr llttlo church building up
In shapo. It Is 5ix30 with 12 foot
posts, nnd will inako thoin n flno llttlo
church homo. It moans that thoro
wll' bo a number of now homos built
In tho near futuro on Nortu Hayes
nnd North Ivnuhoo noar tho church.
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Tho husky flro lnddlos treated tholr
wives, sweethearts, officers and mom
bors to a most delightful social In tin
council chnmbor 0110 night last week
nnd ono of tho best of thorn promise
us a nlco little story nbout the event.
Wo depended on him nnd overlooked
tho vent In last week's paper. Thlu
young man wont to Vuncouvor for im
Thanksgiving nnd forgot his promise
and mlssod his dinner, Moral Keep
your promlso to tho nowspaper and
you will always havo a dinner.
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Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Pottor aro
spending the weok among their old
St. Johns friends aftor almost a
year in Medford. They both speak
very highly of Medford and think it
Is as good a placo to llvo bb St.
Johns. Mr. Pottor, who was qulto 111
when bo left here, has recovered
and Is as rugged as he ever was In
his life and ablo to do as hard a
day's work as tho next one. Ilo says
that ho and Mr, Gould cut 100 ricks
of wood and hauled it in four miles
during the hottest weather last sum'
mer. lie says that tho exercise gave
him on appetite like a sawmill and
that bo can thon go to bed at eight
o'clock and sleep until day light next
morning like he used to do when a
boy on tho farm.
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Mrs. O. Ward, who has been ill
more or less for the past two years
and growing continually worse was
prevailed upon by her friends Mon
day of last week to go to the Good
Samaritan hospital for an operation
for what was supposed to be a tumor
The operation was mado and it was
found that ono of her kidneys was
ulcerated and bad to bo removed and
that she was suffering from a gall
stone which was removed of a size
as large as a quail's egg.
Since the operation Mrs. Ward has
been doing nicely and her many
friends in St. Johns will congratulate
her on her bravery in tho undertak
ing and sincerely hope for final re
covery. It is remarkable that tho
lady could enduro what sho has and
recover.
Agcncyfor llllss Native
tho St. Johns Pharmacy.
Herbs at
Mrs. L. E. York has moved Into th
Cottago hotel and will keep board era.
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Mrs. B, S. Hoover went to Wlescr
Idaho, Friday of Inst week, called
thero by tho serious Illness of her
sister, Mrs, A. C. Monday.
J. L, Stoclo representing tho ad
vertising department of tho Oregon
Journal was In tho city yesterday
looking after tho interests of his
publication.
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Tho smiling faco of Mrs. Penning
ton Is again mot In tho cnudy storo
on Jorsoy strcot. .Mrs. Pennlncton
lias mnny friends In St. Johns who
woro very glad of her return to the
storo,
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Hon S. Hoover is visiting his
mother nnd other relatives and
friends nt Bridgeport, Wash. Ho Is
also playing tho HoosovcU that Is, Is
ou' after big gnmo and fish nnd
says that there Is lots of both up
thero.
Tho subject at tho United Evniii
gellcal church Sunday, Dec. 0, will bt
11 n. in., How God Answers Prayer,
mid at 7:30 p. m. ,Tho Modern Tower
of Uabol. Proludo Balaam's Ass nnd
tho City Council. All nro Invited
Chester Paul Gates, pastor.
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N, A. Geo, tho veteran liouso mov
er, Informs us that ho has tho con
tract of opening up Oregon street
through tho now tract of laud M. L
llolbroolc Is pu.tlng on tho market
between St. Johns nnd Mungley June
'tlon.
Doric lodge No. 13:', A. I & A. M
held lis annual election Wednesday
evening nnd the following officers
were elcco'.cd for tho ensuing year:
Joseph McChcsney, W. M. , Allan
lobes, S. W. ,S. Chns. Davis, J.
F. Hendricks, Tresis., Kmest H
Harrington, Secy., W. II. Jobes, 8. D
Chns 13. llnlloy, J. I).; a Snckott.T.
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J. li. Williams and Charles Ilalley
traded some St, Johns property for
u fine llttlo farm In the Tunlltan
valley, last week, fho.iulloB from the
ferry. They do not Intend to go to
farming, Join the grunge nml cut
llvnto tho rural mumi; but they hnve
.SO ncres of good farming land, good
orchard nnd Is In good shape. It Is
for snle to any good farmer with tho
price. It will pay any ono to see
them if they want n farm.
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Tho Woodmen of tho World held
very Intereattlng session Woducs
lay evening of Inst week In tholr
hnll hero. Tho Webfoot camp from
Portland cniuo over, and tho mooting
was placed In their hands, tholr team
putting on tho work. Aftor tho reg
mar uusincns or mo evening was
ovor.nll hnuds were cnlled Into thu
bnuquot room where n bounteous
food wns spread to which thoy nil
did simple justice. Addresses were
ido by n number of prominent
ponkcrs among whom was Judge
Morrow of Poitliiiid. Adjournment
was not miido until n Into hour, and
most earnest Imitation was given
the camp horo to visit mid purtnko
of a banquet with Webfoot lodgo
Dei vm tier 11th, All members of tho
amp are requested to bo on hands
to go over and give tho boys n good
Islt.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
Seo Clark for Christmas candles.
Turnnco healed offlco or living
rooms to rent In First National Bank
building.
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You net full weight nnd first
quality at the Central market. Just
try it awhile.
FOIt SALE Good cow 824 Dawson
strcot across from St. Johns Hlghts
station. in
Have your property insured in
the St. Paul or Northern fire insur
ance companies. They are the
best. S. L. Dobic, nircut.
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FOIt SALE lot G0x200, eight room
liouso mid barn, Prico $2000 half
dili balance tlmo 7 por cont. Call
at this office. 4tf-o
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WINDOW
Correct styles and shapes in Millinery at I
practically YOUR OWN PRICE
1 Phone Jersey an O. P. WOLCOTT 401 S. Jersey St.
If you want to buy,ront, sell or
oxchango property soo Wolcott, (Tho
Kent Man.) 401 South Jorsey. Sldo
cntranco.
Arc you tired of punching
your toes through
your stockings?
Are you tired of darning? If you arc, try the
A Fountain Pen for n Xmos Gift.
Parkers guaranteed pons at St. Johut
Pharmacy.
DONALD MACLACHLAN.
Itov, Donald McLachlan dlod Nov.
Sth, at tho Good Samaritan Hospital
Portland, following a serious oper
atlou which was undertaken as a
last resort.
Ho was burn In Strath Lachlan,
Argyloshlro, Scotland, In 1839, and
enmo with his parents at an early
ago to Amorlca; when thoy settled
in Nova Scotia, Lator ho enmo to
tho United States, was educated at
Oborlln Collego and wont South
horo ho onterod tho ministry. Ho
was ongaged In active work for 31
yours, having retired from tho min
istry about fivo yonrs ago. Ho was
over noted for unflagging zoal, un
tiring energy In his work and a flno
sonso of Justlco and honor.
Ho was a momber of one of tho old
ost families in Scotland, Ho loaves
widow und two daughters, Miss
Margaret nnd Dr. Mary MacLach
Ian, who havo the most earnest
sympathy of all their many friends
in this ho.ir of sorrow, Mr. Mac
Lachlan was most highly esteemed
by all who know him.
BUILDINQ PERMITS.
No, 97, to C. B. Woodloy to erect
residence on lot 5, block 8, South
.. Johns for Dr. I). F, Hambo, front
ing on Stafford between Wall and
Buchanan streets. $1200.
No. 98, to A, M, Kutzkey, to erect
church building for tho German
Baptist congregation on lot 13, block
St. Johns Park addition fronting
on lvanhoo between St. Johns avenue
and Catlln streets. $1000.
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.
Two acres Insldo city limits of
Vamhlll, Yamhill county, Oregon,
Will sell or exchange for St. Johns
roperty, D, C. Tollman, Jobes Mill.
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The ladles of tho M. E. church will
hold a bazar the first Wednesday In
December.
I hnvo a dandy240-acro farm In
eluding stock nnd grain. Will trndo
and tako St. JoIiiib houno In ox
change McKlnney 4-tf
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Clark for tho finest Christmas can
dies in tho city.
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Lcavo Telegram "Tho Alnskn
Tour"' coupon votes for Mrs, Vnlon
tmo nt tho Post Office, Itevlow office
or with your carrier.
CEI.EItY Two bunches for 10 conti
fresh from tho garden; also chick
ens. 205 No, Edison street, nbovo
woolen milts , 7u
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Chrlstmnn Candy Clark.
If you havu n snnp to offer In lots
nnd want ensh see McKlnney. Itf.
Jns. W. II. Ueid of Devil's Lake.
N. I), will sell you at n bnri;niu.
Lots 1, 2, 1 nnd .1 in mock o, or
3 32. 33 nml 34 in block 4, Point
View. Write him. 0c
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People suffering from rheumatism
should try A. D. H. Ilhuiimntlsm
Itemody, nt tho A. 1). S. Store. St
.'oh no Pharmacy.
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1'or your Christmas presents
place your orders with I.ash, he
can supply you with unytliiiitr in
the line of silverware or jewelry
that you may need, ns low ns the
lowest.
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I hnvo n $1300 morgngo duo In two
years will trndo nnd pny difference
for n $2000 or $2500 houso. Whnt
hnve you7 McKlnney. 4tf.
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Chrlstmiis Cards of all kinds from
ro to COu each. St, Johns Pharmacy
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All our meats nre government
inspected and the best that money
can buy. Tliey nre neatly nun
carefully handled. Come in nml
leave your order for free delivery.
Ward's Central Market.
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WANTED To list your property
for salo. McKlnney. St. Johns
Heights. 4lf.
LOST Lady's purse, containing
fcmnll pin and coin on Charleston or
Itliluiiond street near crossing. Find-
or idcaso return to this offlco or to
rcshJouco of D I, Pago nnd rocolve
rownril. Hp
If you want a nlco llttlo homo and
havo but a few dollars to start with,
you had better see McKlnney, 4tt
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Tho St. Johns Pharmacy Is to tho
foro, ns usual, this winter with thirty
sovon varieties of Cough Syrups. Don'
let that cough go longor. It may de
velop in to an undertaker's bill.
All kinds of laundry work done
promptly. Hough dry washing C
conts per pound, Calls mado for
laundry at any placo, Ring us up
Phono Jersey 331. St, Johns Laun
dry. Churchill Uros.,proprIytors.
FOR SALE Lots 0 and 0, block
27, PolntVlow addition. Now six
room house $900 cueh, Address J,
Llndley, 010 Lehigh. Sp
I have soveral cash and install-
mont buyers If your prices nre right.
What havo you to offer for sale?
McKlnney, St. Johns Heights. 4tf.
LO&T Cocker spunlel, S months
old, black curly hulr, short tail. Fin
der loavo at 17C3 Haven street Uni
versity Park and rocolve reward.
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Five-room liouso close In, graded
streets, sldo walks, COxIOO feet
$1200. Only $100 cash. Come quick
if you want this, McKlnney. 4tf
Music Studio Room 13, McChcs-
i.oy Ulock. misb iaura J, Liosanu,
vocal toacher, will bo In tho studio
Tuesday and Thursday from 1 to C
M., and Miss Rachel Paulson,
teacher of piano and harmony, 1 to
S P. M. Monday, Friday and Satur
day. C2c
Seo McKlnney for Kenton townslto
proporty, Get In on tho ground floor
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Tho St. Johns Pharmacy will havo
Its usual lino of high grade Xmas
goods, which Includes Perfume, Sta
tionary, Leather goods, etc.
We have sold mnny kinds of hose, but these give
the best satisfaction of any. When n customer
tells us if we have a pair of sjioes that will wear
ns well ns our Witnder hose he will take n pair,
we think we have the right thing.
Do you do embroidery work ? We have the
Cnrlsou-Cttrrier line of real linen pieces, nnd pit
lows nnd pillow tops, and the silks for work
ing them. Do you wear overalls? We hnve n
big line of Headlights. Our store is the St.
Johns agency for nil of these.
BON HAM . CURRIER
Keep Bright and You
WILL KEFP BUSY
Ktcctric Light is the mngiiel thnt draws tnidc. The
bright store is the "hypnotic eye" of buslnes. People can
no more resist the attraction of 11 brilliant, Klvctricutly lihted
store than they can resist the clarion call of n hrusx Imud.
Is your couiK.'titor with the Klcctrlcnlly illuminated show
windows, bright interior nml sparkling Hlccttic Sign gutting
nu advantage over you? The moth never flutters around tint
uiilighted candle! Up-to-date stores nowadays conaidcr
shop-window lighting n uecesti'v. whwth.-r iIk-v remain open
after dark or not. Competition fonts :noU-ri) methods.
A show window brilliantly illuminated with Hlectilc
light will mnke mnny n sale "the night bcfoie." Klectric
light comH.ls attention, makes easy the examination of your
display, shows goods in detail and fabrics in their true color.
And don't neglect the Klcctric Sign. It is soliciting
"tomorrow's" business every moment it is lighted burning
your name in the public mind. It is a solicitor that never
becomes weary never stops work cont little.
Cnll Telephones: Alain 0688, A 1675 for Information.
Portland Railway Light and Power Co,
FIRST AND ALDER STREETS PORTLAND OREGON
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LOOK! LOOK!
Wc arc overstocked on heating stoves and for
the next ten days wc arc going to m 11 llieni at cost,
If you arc in need of a heater, now is the time to buy,
Conic in early and sec the complete assortment and
get prices.
I ST. JOHNS HARDWARE CO.
How Is Your Title?
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Have your abstracts made, con
tinued or examined by Puiiusuhi
Title, Abstract and Kealty Co., II. 1
Henderson, manager. Accurate
work. Reasonable fees. Ceinct
Ulock building, Jersey street.
Wanted.
To exchange Hood River laud
for St. Johns projerty. Impure nt
this office. 3 tf
Note the label on your paper.
My Needs
Your Opportunity
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incut prepared ?
Twelve Hundred Dollars
Cash and quick action takes my
comfortable 2-room cottage and
ere choice rich laud, fenced and
very desirable. Corner Thompson
and Gii.iusut streets. A Genuine
Bargain. J. J. KDGRI'N,
Uwner.
The Plew & Motter
I Safety, Sub-Series, Sell
Indexing Loose Leal
Ledger
Overcomes ull pu&.ibihly of
such lots. It in iuitUutiiiicoiM.
Saves time, saves labor and
saves money. Applicable to
every line of biuine,. t
Special ledgers for Doctors,
Lawyers and Dentists. I.earu
more of these practical devices.
E, L, MERRITT, Agt.
Review Oflke, St. Johns.
Geo. F. A. Walker, O. D.
Optician and Optometrist
North Hank Pharmacy Wednesday Forenoons. (llais Properly Pitted