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Snow "Santy"
Complete Assortment
By ALLISON LEB
The Dome ol Qoalily
Groceries
A Merry Xmas
TO ALL
If we are to have the
pleasure of assisting you
in getting up that
Christmas Spread
You would be justified
in inviting Santa Claus himself! He is a great
champion of quality 1
Try These -They'll Please:
Bananas; Oranges
Nuts, Candy
Celery, Lettuce
Cranberries
Orange Peel
Lemon Peel
Citron Peel
Shelled Peanuts
and Walnuts
Libby's Moist Mince
Meat
Libby'-e Hawaiian Sliced
Pineapple in 20, 25,
30 and 35c tins.
Seedless & seeded raisins
Coffin's Boneless Cod
fish Middles.
Loomis & Nelson
Telephone
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A Message for Santa
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CHRISTMAS THOUGHTS
By Ellzalxnh Yockey
One Bethlehem Morn
A Christ was born,
In a manger low.
Of parents poor,
Closed was each door
He'd no other place to go.
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He was the gift
Life to uplift
And lighten pain and woe.
Hay we not choose
His plan to use
Shed love where'er we go?
This Bethlehem Morn
A Christ is born
Each soul he'd dwell within.
He may not stay
If we should say:
"There's no room in the Inn."
Then persevere
There's naught to fear
His love on us descends.
Work with your might
"What Is, is right."
: Give love to foes and friends.
Ashland, Oregon, Dec. 4th, 1918.
, A TWICE-TOLD TALK
One of Interest to Our Readers
Good news bears repeating, and
when it Is confirmed after a long
lapse of time, even if we hesitated to
believe it at first hearing, we feel se
cure In accepting its truth now. The
following experience of an Ashland
man Is confirmed after two years.
S. P. Long, 364 Helman St., Ash
land, says: I have used Doan's Kid
ney Fills and can say they are good
They gave me relief from backache
and kidney and bladder trouble and
I recommend them with pleasure."
OVER TWO YEARS LATER Mr.
Long said: "My former recommen
dation for Doan's Kidney Pills still
holds good. I know they are a medi
cine of merit and can't be equaled
for backache and kidney trouble.
Whenever I have occasion to take a
kidney remedy Doan's never fails to
give satisfaction."
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills the same
that Mr. Long had. Foster-Mllburn
Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
adv.
ASH UNI) IROX FOUN DRY
HAS INDUSTRIAL FUTURE
The Ashland Iron Works have
been doing their bit towards helping
on the great war machinery to crush
the Hun, and during the past three
months this industry has been busy
at emergency fleet work. Thirteen
men have been engaged constructing
anchor windlasses, during which time
several of these machines have been
turned out, with more yet under
course of construction. Manager G
W. Dodson states that he has placed
bids for several large contracts for
the building of capstans which he
hopes to obtain in a few days. On
account of the cancellation of, large
numbers of wooden ships since the
signing ef the armistice much of the
emergency fleet work has fallen off,
but It is expected that many contracts
will be reinstated, and that the Ash
land Foundry will get its share.
The name of the Ashland Iron
Works has also been placed on the
mailing list of the United States Ship
ping Board Emergency Fleet corpo-
ration, and they will receive copies
of all future Inquiries for the con
struction of steam anchor windlasses,
steam steerers, steam winches and
steam capstans. This foundry Is in
the position to manufacture all or
ders for these materials, and will be
In line for bids on contracts. .
Shortage of labor has been the
greatest drawback for the foundry
in its contract work during the past
summer. According to Manager
Dodson it has been practically im
possible to secure the required help
for the work already secured and the
foundry would be badly hampered If
the more extensive contracts had ar
rived earlier. The closing of the
war and the withdrawing of troops
from the- various cantonments will
undoubtedly Improve the labor situ
ation here as elsewhere, and the Ash
land Iron Works bid fair to become
an Industrial factor In the city's future.
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Make use of the dampers In regu
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ET her got"
"That will wake him
up!"
"Run fellows! Old
Tightwad Is coming
out of bis hut."
It was the day be
fore Christmas. "Her"
was a giant snowball,
the hut In question
was a dilapidated
hovel at the bottom of
4 a long steep hill. "Old
Tightwad" was the familiar epithet be
stowed upon Elius Greene.
A crowd of energetic urchins hnd
been busy with a giant snow Santa
Claus. The great rotund trunk had
been duly rolled Into shape. The fol
lowing morning there had come a soft
rain, then a sharp freeze. The
snow would pock no longer so the dis
appointed lads went buck to their
siedtt, coasting down the long Incline
that ended at the edge of Ellas
Greene's domain. ,
A coasting sled had broken two pick
ets In the rickety fence and Old Tight-
wan c a in e uui ,.,,,.,1
furious, wheeled 111 $ - I
a barrow full of 1 11 s4$l
anjim iu luo none
of the hill, scat
tering It about
and spoiling the
end of the slide.
His tormentors
booted him and
drove him Into the
bouse amid a
fusillade of snow
balls," be roaring
up at them that he
would have the
law on them. The
boys hid behind
the mammoth
snowball. One of their number uttered
a quick chuckle.
"I sny, fellows," he grinned, "let's
send Old Tightwad a Christmas pres
entthe big snowball."
And then the climax. The great
body of Ice and snow went thundering
down the hill w4th terrific momentum,
It cleared the open gateway, ran 20
feet and, Just as the denizen of the
hut hnlf-opened the door, It was torn
from Its hinges by the Impact of the
great projectile which broke Into frag
ments and the old man was thrown
back amid its ruins, the shattered door
striking him with stunning force.
Ellas Greene hnd once been a mag
nate of the village. He had never
married and that was why his numer
ous relatives coddled and plundered
and finally ruined him.
He retired to the old hut to lead a
hermitlike existence. His despoilers
never went nenr him. Of all his kin
Alice Wayne, an orphan hnlf-nlece, of
fered to keep house for him, but was
rudely repelled. She hnd found work
In the village and faithfully visited the
old hut, ben ring some dainty and ten
derly Inquiring as to his health.
That very afternoon Alice had
wrapped np a warm sweater she had
knitted and bent her steps toward
the wretched habitation. Her Christ
mas present fell from her bands as
she discovered the plight of Its In
jured Inmate.
Alice summoned a physician and sat
up all night nursing her patient. He
was Improved by
morning. She pre
pared his break
fast and went to
report to her em
ployers. When
Alice returned she
was not alone.
She Introduced
Hark Seaton.
Ellas eyed him
closely, for ho
knew that this
was her fiance
working to reach
an earning point
where he could
afford to marry.
Mark was at once
Interested In the welfare of the old
mon. He suggested that they move
the stove Into the sickroom, and re
moved from the stovepipe hole a mass
of paper. As he pulled It out his eyes
discovered that It comprised a lot of
documents bearing Impressive seals
and signatures. His eye caught an
engraved name: "Acme Smelter Company."
"Mr. Greene," he spoke, "do yon
mow whot these are?"
"Do ir returned old Ellas, with a
lerJslve laugh. "Yes; worthless pa
jerl There's a trunk full of them up
n the attic."
"Alice," whispered Mark, "I have
nade an Important discovery. I will
return soon," and was away for the ho
tel to find a newspaper he had left
there.
He returned and folded It at an
item stating thnt a leading brokerage
Douse In the city would redeem all
bonds of the Acme Smelter company
at fifty cents., on the dollar. Ellas
Sreene became Intensely excited as he
read the brief paragraph. He direct
ed Mark to bring down the trunk from
the attic.
"Alice," he spoke, "make two even
piles of those documents," which she
did, wonderfully. He kept one and
handed the other to Alice.
"The only rue soul among all the
wretched brood who devoured my for
tune," he sild. "I give yon these as
your Christmas present and your
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Tools for Men and Boys
Pyrex Cooking Utensils
Carving Sets
Roasters
Wagons
A suitable present for the boy
We carry only the best jjrados tKorj
& Electrically Heated Cooking Utensils
Ball Bearing Skates
Percolators
Casseroles
Sleds
Numerous Other Xmas Items
T.H.SIMPSON
Hardware of Every Description
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FEDERAL
TIRE
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Both Fabric and Cord
These tires must make good
or we make them good.
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Full Stock at
Ashland Garage
Ashland
C. E. Gates Auto Co.
Medford
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