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20 OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1916 A Christmas Store Service Augmented to Meet Every Demand At This 8th Shopping' Day Before Christmas Our store radiates the Christmas spirit to a degree beyond the average. We have anticipated all the little comforts and conven iences that help so materially to make your shopping satisfactory. With extra sales force, increased cash register service and every arrangement necessary for the quick and efficient handling of the thousands of packages leaving the store the next eight days, we are prepared to make your Christmas shopping a pleasure. A transfer will save you time in shopping. FREE TELEPHONE SERVICE, BOTH PHONES. CHECK YOUR PACKAGES WITH US FREE OF CHARGE. WE WILL FURNISH A PRETTY CHRISTMAS BOX WITHOUT CHARGE UPON REQUEST, SHOULD YOU WISH TO HAVE YOUR GIFT PURCHASES BOXED. . Use Our Free Rest Room A Transfer Will Save You Time In Shopping if Silk Covered Comforts Extra large, light and fluffy Real Leather Hand Bags Silk Lined, New Shapes $1.25 Men's Pure Linen Handk'f 's Embroidered Initials 25c Beautiful Crepe DeChene Waists Latest Effects, all Colors $350 0 Blanket Bath Robes Light and Dark ,for Men and Women Heavy Quality $4.25 4 Bath Robe Blankets With Robe and Tassel Extra Large, Dandy Pattern $2.98 Women's Blanket Bath Robes Made Extra Full A Big Special 98c Coverall and Middy Aprons In Fast Color Percales A Useful Gift 65c Knit Hockey Scarfs IN HIGH COLORS The Latest Fad 50c ,o $ 1 .25 Ladies' Sheep skin Slippers Latest Footwear Nov elty. All Sizes $1.25 0 vs Men's House Slippers All Sizes-Several Styles A BIG SPECIAL AT 85c Crepe de Chene Corset Covers Dainty Flesh Color In Individual Boxes 75c Merite Jewelry FROM. Our Little Paris Shop Every Piece Guaranteed 25c to $5 Wirthmor Waists NEW XMAS STYLES Individual Boxes Phoenix Silk Hosiery In Black and White First Quality 80c pr- Women's Fancy Hand'k'fs Special Value 12c Quality 7c Women's Initial Hand'k'fs Dantily Embroidered Extra Value 1 21 c Men's Flannel Pajamas Well Made-Neatly TrimmedAll Sizes $1.25 suit Turkish Towel Sets In Individual Boxes 1 Bath Towel 1 Face Towel 1 Wash Rag $ 1 .25 Set Boudoir Sets Dainty Lawn Cap and Apron In Holly Box 69c Crepe-De-Chine Windsor Ties All The Latest Colors Big Shapes 25c NEN'S SILK NECKWEAR Handsome Silk Patterns Large flowing ends. Hundreds of the latest patterns to choose from, at - 25c MEN'S HANDSOME TIES Rich and Lustrous Silks In a bewildering array of patterns, made with the con venient slip easy band. Our customers say E ft a "by far the best in town" at - - - uUU MASONIC TEMPLE RLDG. OREGON CITY. ORE. STORE OPENS FORMALLY Burmeister & Andresen Shop Visited by Several Hundred on Saturday A special music program and throngs of people were features of the grand opening of the new Bur meister & Andresen jewelry Btore in Oregon City last Saturdey evening and each one of the seven hundred or more visitors at the store was given a little memento of the occasion. The clerks delegated themselves as guides upon tours of inspection of the large store and Oregon City folk realize now that their city can boast of one of the finest jewelry stores in the state outsideof Portland. The grand opening was a decided success. The feature of the business of Bur meister & Andresen that is to build up the firm to even a greater extent than it has already been built is the respectful accomodation of everyone concerned in the operation of the large store. Though there is a great volume of business in the store at this particular season and all hands are rushed to the limit in attending to the wants of hundreds of Christmas shoppers, there is at all times that courteous manner of helpful accomo dation about the pluce that makes it a pleasure to deal there. From the simplest child with a few coins and a great ambition to satisfy the de sire for Christmas shopping, to the most wealthy person in town, it seems, this open attentive system is evident at the store. Firemen Elect The Bolton company, No. 2, of the West Linn volunteer fire department Tuesday evening elected Dan Hogan president and Jack Draper secretary. The company is arranging a basket social for the evening of January 16 and the Bolton school house will be open for their use at that time. The object of the social is to raise funds for the company's treasury. Other officers elected at the meeting Tues day were K. McLarty, treasurer; C. F. Stutz, sergennt-at-arms; Frank Hammerlo, foreman; George McKay, first assistant and S. C. Saulsbury, second assistant. Stealing from God "Stealing from God," will be the subject of the evening sermon by the Rev. Oliver L. Curtis at the Gladstone Christian church on Sunday. The morning subject will be, "Despise Not the Day of Small Things." The Loyal Bereans will be responsible for the Sunday school and will have charge of the opening exercises. Festival at Willamette Hall. The ladies' society of the Swedish Methodist church will give a festival at Willamette hall on Friday even ing. A delightful program has been arranged and refreshments will be served. Admission is free and the public is invited. IUPPEU arose Christinas morn ing prepared for the inevitable, lie smiled to himself cynically as he inserted himself into bis "other" trousers and thought of how he would go In to unwrap tho things done up. in tissue pa per and labeled "For George." Ho know that he would find a good many old friends among the packages. There would be the usual wild. ly cmbroldc"d slippers, an im possible ue..Atie or so, two or three pairs suspenders, be cause ho a) -"ays wears a belt; a box of ceap cigars with a nifty Spanl senorita sitting on the lid, tho same as a reform mayor; another matchbox to add to his collection, a full dress shirt shield to remind him of tho old days when he used to wear Ills dress suit occasionally. "Why can't the women folks around a house forget a few of these things a man gets each year and lot him take the money and get himself some thing that he really wonts?" he thought to. himself. "A fur lined overcoat, for Instance; but, ah, no! They wouldn't stand for anything like that." Ho had mentioned wanting a new overcoat early in the fall, hut the uilssus had ridiculed tho Idea. And when he brought home that set of hooks he'd been wanting the whole family Jumped on him and abused him. Ho started in to untie his packages. In a few minutes he found himself unwrapping an extreme ly large bundle. This was some thing out of tho ordinary. Oh, it must be a silk dressing gowu. How he hated such things! Hut it wasn't. It was his fur lined ovetvoatl Maybe ho didn't feel cheap or auything then! What a cad what a crnh he had been! He'd oven thought of overlooking that Jewelry tho wife wanted Just because she bad made such a fuss when he spoke of buying a new overcoat. And here it was, uil because she wanted to surprlsB :ilm. Wasn't wlfey the all right girl, though? She'd probably saved up the money out of her allowance, probably had done without a whole lot of things she wanted. Well, he was glad he hadn't been a cheap skate and cut down her Christ mas list anyhow Meanwhile Mrs. 'flipper was standing olT enjoying 'flipper's delight over his new coat. "Were you surprised?" she asked him. "You know I was so afraid the tailor might let the eat out of the bag by send ing In a hill, bei n use I ordered It fully a month ago. Hut he wus real nice about it said be wouldn't send the bill to you until after Christmas. Wasu't thf.t accommodating of him'" New York Times WILBUR TRIALS NEXT. Courier and Daily Journal $4.75. J Courier Mid Daily Journal $4.75. State Has Case Prepared and Waiting for Trials Next Week, The state yesterday called a score of witnesses in its case against Julius Wilbur and his aides in the conduct of the notorious Friars' club which was successfully raided by Sheriff Wilson and his deputies some time ago. Twice the state has had its case ready, only to have the trials post poned. The first postponement was on motion of Charles W. Fulton, coun sel for Wilbur, with the consent of District Attorney Gilbert L. Hedges. At that time the trials were set for December 8 and' 9. Fulton again gained a postponement on the pre. sentation of an affidavit swearing to the. illness of Wilbur. Should noth ing happen to Wilbur in the meantime to cause another postponement the trials will be held on December 18 and 19. Wilbur will be tried separately on December 18 on a charge of violation of the prohibition laws. On the fol lowing day Wilbur will be tried joint ly with Tommy Nishioka, Japanese servant at the club and Louis Rosen feld, waiter, on the same charge. The state retains about 70 bottles of liquor confiscated in the raid, and this will be offered as evidence at the trials. ABOUT EXTRAVAGANCE. Nature Seta an Example, and Many Poor Mortala Follow It. Extravagance Is a relative term usually misapplied. If a man is worth a hundred million it would not be con sidered extravagant for him to spend a hundred thousand dollars on goldfish if he wanted to. If a family bf ten people living on S1.000 a veiir should get their pictures taken that would bo extravagance. Extravagance hnwnvpr. in not ptni-f. ly buying something you cannot afford. w nat you cannot atlord now you may later, and the very fact that you have bought it mav have been tho muse nf your future prosperity. Extravagance is an exceeding of the speed limit. But who shall say what this is? One of the chief dlllleultles in denn- bug extravagance is the general as sumption that it Is something wicked. Yet 'extravagauco is often necessary. The sun Is extravagant tho greatest heat prodigal. 8o is nature. So is a river. lialn clouds are horrible exam ples of extravagance. They pour out all their possessions without regard to what thev get In return mid then fnd away. How like some people that is, aud what a glorious time .they have doing it! Think of spending a million raindrops a mluute, knowing it will oreag you, ana not caring The chief fault of extravagance, whatever it may be, Is not so much In the results It brings about, which mav be good or bnd. ns in tho Hum It wastes. It is immoral lipcnns,. u tnkns away from our capacity for indulging in tue real joys or lire. It isn't the monev von snpnd' u Is the time you take to spend it that causes the damage. Life. Christmas Dinner In Abyssinia Plenty of Good Food Greeted Traveler In African Country TA TRAVELER in A"byssinla thus describes the Christinas din ner of 1000 given by King Meuelik at Adis Abeba: On Sunday, Jan. 7, being their . Christ mas day, the emperor most kindly ask ed us all to dine in the huge hall called Abderash, a building about 190 feet long, UO feet wide and 35 feet blgh. All the ministers, . ras and principal generals were present on the raised dais round the throne, while lu the body of the ball about 30,000 sol diers were fed lu two detachments. Our menu was as follows: Milk and Rice Soup. Kabobs of Meat and Potatoes. Omelet and Herbs. Mince and Artichokes. Fillols of Beef und Radishes. Kabobs of Mutton and Cabbages. Fried Bruins. Fried Mince and Macaroni. Smoked Beef and Lettuce. Brown Rolls and Flat Bread. Coffee. . Honey Beer. French Claret. Arrack. Twelve-year-old Teg and Champagne. After dinner we shook hands and, through an Interpreter, thanked his majesty for so much kindness. He re plied: "May the Lord keep you well and may you return safely U your own country. May you have good shooting and a pleasant journey through my country." The Yuletide Cynic. AJ Thank heaven, It isn't only the aristocrat who can have J f. a family tree at Christmas! !Be Christmas white or Christ- ftj mas green, . It's all the same to you jvj 1 If Clirlstinus finds you all serene tfK X And doesn't make you blue. Vj It doesn't take a magician PS X to transform a small boy Into Hjjk t a turkey gobbler. ' When SunUi Clans comes W I down the chimney he chases I' many a man up the spout. I It's the vanity of the sex i5j I' that prompts the female tur-- $9 I key to wonder how she Is go J' lug to be dressed for the I Christmas dinner. ( "''Si ?, & sCx xTsf SSJa V? Derthick Club Meets. The ladies of the Derthick club will be entertained tomorrow at the home of Mrs. R. C. Ganong of Canemah with Mrs. Ganong and Mrs. Hiram Straight as hostesses. ODD RUMORS DENIED " The Wind River Forest nursery, on the Columbia national forest, has an annual output of two million young trees, which are used in reforestation work on the national forests of Ore gon and Washington. A little rumor one of those funny little fellows is going the rounds in Oregon City. It has as its object the sending of H. D. Olson, the genial Espee agent,, to the European battle fields, now that peace proposals have been made. Mr. Olson, the rumor says, has ambitions to interview the Pope and to see the last of the war on the spot rather than through the moving pictures. Of course, Mr. Ol son is strong in his denial of the rumor. Cheer lip For Christmas! Be cheerful. Christmas, true to its custom, is again with us. Another year has ranged itself with those taat have gone before, as happens annually. Cheer up! The laws of nature are still In working order. Christmas is generally con sidered an occasion for cheer. "Merry Christmas" is the slogan of the day, usually with the appendage "Happy New Year." It Is also the time you receive a large num ber of things you don't want, in exchange for the same number that you would rath er hare kept. It is also the time father carries the box of cigars mother gave him out to the woodshed, removes the bands, places them on' cigars of his own and gives what they originally contain ed to the ash man. Be careful just the same. Think of the excellent chance you had to pass on the white elephants kind friends pre sented you with the year be fore. You probably tl-ink you bad to buy a lot of presents. Well, the more you gave away the more you received. Cheer up! You don't live In that western town of 400 In hlbltants who are all related and where every family has to play Santa Claus with a moving van to remember all the others. There are any number of things to be cheerful about If you are rich, be cheerful! Think of all the things you can buy. If you are poor, re member all the things you can't and won't have to both er selecting. If you have a good appetite, you are lucky to be healthy; If you haven't, remember all you are saving In butcher and grocery bills. You can be cheerful about everything If you only look at It right end to. Louis B. Capron In Albany Knicker bocker Press. 0 The Courier and the Daily Jour nal $4.75. F the American countries, none perhaps has more picturesque Yuletide rites than little New foundland. Even lu summer Newfoundland Is seldom a tour ist land the men who come to tlsh or hunt aren't apt to over throw Native customs and In the winter strangers to the "out post" towus are few and far be between, wherefore a Newfound land Christ mas remains today much as It was when the first settlers to England's oldest col ony came. There were the old time chim ney and the great open fireplace the fishermen are largely of English descent, and so there is the burning of the Yule log. During Christinas week, for example, such fishermen as were not busied doing their "fishing for the church" that's to say,, dropping their nets aud bringing their catch to be sold for the benefit of the village curate were wont to dress up as mummers. Bands of these strollers would meet at the homes of the different employ ers of fishermen, and there were festivities, ending in dancing. It took one back in fancy to the old feudal times In England, for the employers are to these fishermen as so many lords, whose slightest request Is their law. Once a year at Cbrlstmas tlde the discipline Is relaxed, and the lowly fisherman might even enter the homes of their masters and make merry. There on a settle, beside the fire, sits the fiddler dispensing music for the occasion. Host and hostess stand before the table and provide the good things. There are Scotch whisky, port Wine, rum drinks first, always; then cake and bread, a whole ration of bacon other dainties galore. Every home lu New foundland holds open bouse this day. After the feasting the older folk withdraw to one side to tell tales of their lives on the seas. Now and then the parish priest drops In to wish all the compliments of the day. The young folk proceed to dance or to plan aud devise costumes for the dances to follow. Every evening there Is some frolic or entertainment "ou" lu the towus, and as the days go by each of the mummers appears garbed In a fantastic costume. But It is not all indoor fun that they hold lu Newfoundland through Christmas week, bitter cold though it be. There are outdoor parties and singing con tests, etc. Along with the fishing for the church, as already described, It Is quite the custom in the "out port" towns for ail the villagers to "chip in" and present the parish priest with a giant load of wood.-Fellx J. Koch In Cin cinnati Commercial Tribune. Trarde at home and save money. JOHN DUNGAN DIES Popular Molalla Youth Passes Away at Portland Hospital John S. Dungan, aged 30, and a native of Clackamas county, died at noon today at St. Vincent's hospital, Portland. Bright's disease was the direct cause of death. Mr. Dungan had been confined at the hospital for. six weeks and toward the last suf fered intensely. His nearest rela tive is Mrs. Martin Baty of Bend, formerly a resident of Molalla, who was here to be near her brother. John Dungan was born and raised at Molalla and for many years was employed at the Robbins Bros, store at that place. He had. been visiting at Bend with his sister when he was stricken with Bright's disease and was hurried to Portland. Funeral arrangements are being made today. Artisans Elect. The semi-annual election of offi cers for the United Artisan lodge of Oregon City resulted Thursday night in the re-election of William A. Rnwes as master artisan. Other officers elected are: Hv Brandt, superintend ent; Dollis Hamilton, inspector; Mrs. Margaret Brandt, secretary; M. E. Dunn, treasurer; Mrs. Pauline Swartz senior conductor; W. E. Kerr, junior conductor; Mrs. Armstrong, master of ceremonies, and Hazel Montoom- fery, musician. The First Special Edition One of the first and probably one of the most attractive Christmas newspaper editions of the year is that of the Benton County Courier, pub lished at Corvallis by M. J. Brown and A. E. Frost, which arrived in tio moil today. Mr. Brown and Mr. Frost nave certainly displayed their jour nalistic talents in their rdn'mo. publication. It contains" 14 pages and has an attractive cover in sev eral colors. Thfi nnlilisWo ,.,,. formerly of Oregon City, Juniors Have Charge The l'unior InHcfi nf ArMconp ova - ... . -u o L W have charge of the program at the ' next social evening of the adult or der and have planned extensively for a dance and an interesting entertain ment. Ely's orchestra has been en gaged to furnish the dance music. The meeting will be held in the Wood man of the World hall. Notice I, C. C. Wade, have purchased the interest of Sam Oldstein in the pool and "billiard parlor at 504 Main street, and hereby announce that I will not be responsible for any of his obli gations whatsoever. 3t C. C. WADE. FOUND I have in my possession one young Jersey bul. Anyone losing one call and see J. B. Ed wards, Mt. Pleasant. 2t
