«UBSCR fine place of observation. All rooms are so well provided with numerous exits as to reduce the None of the Rooms Entirely Com- __I danger in case of fire to the min- i pitted, but Getting there Rapidly, ¡mum; in fact we believe that the I fe- — building can be emptied in short- j fe The other day we took a stroll err order than any other we know: fe through the new high school,of- on account of the easy stairs, fe building in order to be able to ®° P|aced aa to tend to prevent a fe- Things th at W iirPlease Your Friends answer the many inquires com­ : jam. fe ing to us as to when the struc­ The view from the windows is fe and Be Useful ture wijl be ready for occupancy. an exhilarating one, it being pos- We found that as yet none of j sible to see five snowclad peaks fe the rooms are ready to be used, on a summer day, and a goodly fe - Ladies’ Handbags (Special for Xmas) $ .50 to $4.50 but that a large force of plumb­ portion of the Willamette valley. fe 1.00 ers, cement men, carpenters and Taken all in all our new high fe Ladies’ and Gents’ Umbrellas painters are doing their best to school building is a credit to any .05 fe Handkerchiefs for everybody get it in proper shape as soon as and all who had anything to do fe Ladies’ Neckwear.............................. .25 possible. with its construction, and will be fe .35 After a careful survey of the a,s2}lr,?e ° | Pr'de to inhabitants fe Table and Scarfs of all kinds............ entire building, both in and out, IJadas for many a year. The fe Bureau Scarfs............................................35 with Merchant A. S. Campbell, basement windows are protected fe .50 the only criticism the both of us by gratings. ^ ^ ^ __ fe Holiday Su-penders in fancy boxes could find to offer on the whole M • i .* "w 7 T . D fe Silk Scarfs ................................................. 75 structure was just as we entered. Earned at - -lst Parsonage. fe Big Line of Neckwear especially select­ The building seemed somewhat ] Tuesday, December 20th, at fe .50 ed for Xmas............................... .23 squatty for its size, and to our , the Methodist parsonage, the fe minds would have looked better pastor, Rev. Geo. F. Hopkins, fe our line of We wish to call your attention to fe had it been set a few more feet sa>d the fateful words that united to the rear. Architect Morrison for life the fortunes of Mr. Bez. fe Table Linens and Napkins to match. fe was over at Newport so we could i E. Johnson and Miss Nettie L. See our Bedspreads. What makes a nicer Xmas not get all the information we Hoffman, in the presence of a fe fe- present than a nice Bedspread? We have some very wanted first hand, and it is prob- few relatives and friends. After able that had he been there to the receipt of congratulations fe fine ones at $2 to $3.50. Plain or cut corners. show us the why, our only objec- the happy couple returned on the fe tion would have melted into thin : Salem train to their home near fe I your friend or relative back in air. We first looked around in 1 Eola. fe | the east than a year’s subscrip- the basement, which is nearly on : ,, .. zr j tion to the Itemizer, telling him a level with the ground, and has ‘*ow Many Saloons a Question, fe every week of the fine climate three principal entrance ways, | As yet none of the applicants fe D A LLA S, ORE. ' here, with its freedom from the with one in the rear of the large J for saloon licenses in Dallad know fe fe j cold and heat found there, and | furnace room for the getting in exactly where they are at, the fe {thereby induce him to be one of of wood, etc. There are fo u r! matter being held back from final ! us in the near future? large rooms here, which may be ! settlement by the fact that the used as exercise room3, but will council does not know definitely eventually be called upon for the just how many licenses can be Bachelors to be Licensed. manual training departments. | issued under the present ordin- ! A friend tells us that a joker There are several large cloak ance governing the matter. If B y a p p ly in g tw o c o a ts o f W R I G H T ’S C O N D E N S E D S M O K E has been inserted in the dog tax rooms, and two toilets, with the the town ha? over 2539 popula­ d ir e c tl y to t h e m e a t w ith a b r u s h a f t e r th e m e a t h a s g o n e ordinance that is going to work th r o u g h t h e s a lt , it w ill b e th o r o u g h ly sm o k e d , w ill h a v e a room in which is located the ex­ tion we can have three saloons, d e lic io u s fla v o r a n d w ill k e e p s o lid a n d s w e e t a n d f r e e ’ f r o m a hardship on our bachelor tra fine furnace that provides if not, only two. We suppose the in s e c ts th r o u g h t h e e n t i r e s u m m e r . friends who are too bashful to ask some good looking girl to heat for the entire building and councilmen have decided by this W right’s Condensed Smoke 's. suPP°sed t0 he the best of its time who the two or three licens- marry them. We really think 1 kind ____ I Is a liq u id » m o k e a n d c o n ta in » n o th in g e x c e p t w h a t 1» o b ta in e d on the market, being as es are to go to, and to end the b y b u r n in g h ic k o ry w ood, i t Is p u t u p In s q u a r e q u a r t b o ttle s o n ly , e a c h w ith a j that he has been misinformed on m e ta l c a p . N E V E R S O L D IN B U L K . A b o ttle w ill s m o k e a b a r r e l o f m e a t the subject, as we failed to no­ (280 lb » .). F o r s a le b y all d r u g g is ts a t 75c. E v e r y b o tt le g u a r a n t e e d . A sk d r u g g is t f o r F R E E B O O K , " T h e N e w W a y .” B o a u r a to g e t th e g e n u i n e tice anything of the kind when ! W R IG H T 'S C O N D E N S E D S M O K E . M a d e o n ly b y said ordinance passed the coun­ »A. T H E E. H . W R IC H T C O ., Ltd ., Kansas City, M o. cil, but that does not detract m aoub A i n w i n w a m w from the fact that such a pro­ viso would be a good thing, CONRAD STAFRIN, DALLAS. ! especially when such good look­ ing men as Tom Notson, Bill PROGRAM OF SERVICES Dallas Population Over 3700. I White, Ralph Williams, Nate Stow, Deacon Gaynor, and a School Clerk H. G. Campbell l has lately concluded taking the Of Methodist Episcopal church, number of others we might name, continue to be so selfish as f census of his school district, Sunday, December 25. 1910: to spend all their good money on which comprises a considerable 9:45 a. m., Sunday School. 11 a. m., Pastor preaches a themselves, when some fairdam­ portion of the town of Dallas. sel could spend the same to much He finds this year 740 children of Christmas sermon. 2:30 p. m., Junior League. better advantage. The friend i school age, as against 690 last 6:30 p. m., Epworth League. says that the dog ordinance also year. According to the figures I 7:30 p. m., Pastor preaches on applies to said bachelors, and « generally '" '" " 'J conceded wMvw™ « as about v cor ,y. “ r Ppnpp Universal ” that if they do not assume the r e c t i n approximating population e a r e u n iv e rs a l. from a school census, this would . Christmas music during the yoke hymeneal by the first of the give the town of Dallas in excess day- Come and worship on this year they will have to pay into D A L L A S H IG H S C H O O L ! the city treasury annually the of 3700, and all are anxiously, festal C^ , mas I)a^ HOPKINS. regular tax of $3, and to wear a waiting to see how these figures Pastor. collar showing that they have fireproof as possible, and design­ suspense suggest that the three and the United States census done so and are still waiting for ed to give entire satisfaction in names be placed in a hat and the will jibe. CHRISTIAN CHURCH NEWS. some fair maid to do the propos- the matter of heat and ventila­ first two drawn out be given tion. their licenses, holding the third I ing act. Admitted to the Bar. Four additions last Sunday. Ascending low, easy and wide one in abeyance until the census 236 in the Bible School last stairways, which can be done in department is heard from, which “Judge” Lester Butler was a Makes Us Work for Dead Horse. three places, we come to the may or may not be in the near caller yesterday morning, having Lord’s Day. come up from Portland after his Don’t miss next Sunday’s ser- During the piano contest held main or first story, where most future. Falls City, we see, was law books. In some way it seems vice. We have something for by the Itemizer some years ago of the classrooms are located. not deterred by any doubt of her & Hon. A. M. Holmes paid up his They have good high ceilings, population. to have escaped the notice of his you when you come. subscription to the paper to July and are well lighted, the best of home papers that he was admit-1 10 a. m., Bible School. ted to the bar last October, and I 11 a. m., Sermon on “Two 1, 1911, and now he meets us on any building in town, and on New Basketball League. is now a full fledged attorney.! Views of Christmas.” the street, hands us a $5 piece, which account we would certain­ A high school basketball league and tells us to give him credit ly like to have the use of one of has been organized by the prin­ In conjunction with his father he 6:30 p. m., Senior C. E. will open a law office in the Lew- i 7:30 p. m., Sermon on “ Dallas for that, which will pay him up them for a print shop. The cipals of the Polk and Benton is building, corner of Sixth and People Mentioned in the Bible. to November 1, 1914. walls are being tinted-with colors countv schools. The schools en- Saturday evening a Christmas Oak, in the metropolis on the that will a3 far as possible relieve i tering the league are those at r , , , first of the year. They already program will be given by thei all eye strain, and with the other I Dallas, Independence, Falls City, All. | Calendars for have enough work guaranteed Sunday school. provisions in that respect, our Monmouth, Philomath and Cor- evening prayer | The Itemizer has on hand a children should have no trouble | va)iis. A regular schedule of the firm to assure them a good Thursday meeting, 7 p. m. limited number of calendars, monthly income.* He will return in that regard. Nice slate black- Kames has been made. A some- LEON MYERS, which will be given away to boards surround all these room3, what similar league was organ- to Portland about the first of Pastor. those applying for them. and when furnished it will surely ized la3t year and proved to be a next week. ! be a delight to study in them, great success. i There are also on this floor plen­ ty of capacious cloak rooms, ante The Story of Progress. rooms and the requisite number The story of progress for the of lavatory and toilet rooms, with year 1910 is not more a record of the best drinking water in the the past than it is a forecast of world so supplied as to eliminate the future. An epitome of its all danger of contagion. brilliant achievements, marvel­ Ascending the stairways once ous discoveries and innumerable more we come to the second inventions is given in the January story with its four class rooms, number of Popular Mechanics^ library and large auditorium. Magazine, and every word pro­ This last takes up the center of phesies of wonders yet to be; for, the building clear through from crowding upon the^ record of 1 east to west, and will seat 700 1910, right and left, are fresh people, 300 of them being pro­ marvels in picture and story. vided for in the gallery. A neat e circular stage is the first thing you encounter upon entrance, and Just One Tongue Between Them. 5 A couple were quarreling o n ! it is nicely fixed up for anything for which it may be needed, en­ the ferry between Vancouver • J trance to it being provided for. and Hayden Island recently, and A from each side hall, the library the trip had been anything but room being immediately in the pleasant They were somewhat rear. This room, and for that quieted when they walked up the matter the balance of the build-' incline on the Oregon shore, and H IN G E J O IN T S W E IG H T ing, is a triumph of architectural the wife was much interested in art, and will show up fine to the watching a heavy work team la­ beholder when completed, it only boring up the grade, pulling a being possible at this stage of heavy truck. the work to get an inkling of The woman, after watching what it is going to look like. An- j the tired team pulling evenly for other stairway on each side leads' a time, said: ‘ Why can’t we get up to the gallery, which is a rais-1 along like that, John7” ed one. and those in the rear can j John thought a moment and obtain an unobstructed view of i gave the reason: “ Ati, but there the stage as well as those on the is but one tongue between them. ” | And they both walked on in front row. It extends clear > m w i ' m l) w w w n i * “ * * * .............« ................ h . . . « . i h >> w « h w w w . v w w w w w w h w w w i around the room, and makes a silence to the car. Wishes a Merry Christmas. Christmas Suggestions The Itemizer wishes a merry Christmas to all its many read­ ers, and that each and every one of them will have a surfeit of good things to eat on that day, and be able to give and receive many useful and commemorative presents. By the way, what ® i would be a nicer present to send fe ! fe - & * ❖ C A M P B E L L ’S STO R E THE NEW WAY OF SMOKING MEAT 1 D LLAS. a. m. p. m. a. m . a . n i. a . ni. a . m. p. m . p. m . p. m . GENUINE AMERICAN FENCE n 55 «C M 1» 47 INCH 10 BARS 98 INCH 9 SANS 8 7 99 INCH 9 BARS INCH 7 BARS SO INCH 8 BARS Indications are that Xmas shopping will commence earlier than usual. A great many buyers are plan­ ning ahead, so as to avoid the great rush that usually takes place close onto the holidays. This is a sensible idea. The selection at the present is much better, and you get better attention from the salespeople. Superior Assortment for Your Holiday Selection Every section of this store splendidly ready for Christmas. The most complete and interesting stock we’ve ever assembled. Select your goods now. We will hold any selection you might make for Christmas delivery as you desire. Great Activity Looked for in Every Department Special showing of Suit Cases and Hand Bags from $2 to $18. New Silk and Velvet Waists for holiday gifts $5 and up. New line of Cluett Shirts in all the latest patterns $1.50 and $2. New Kimona Silk in Floral designs. Will make a splendid Christmas g ift $1 a yard; Mens Suspenders in Holiday boxes at from 50 cents to $1. Silk Petticoats, Silk Hosiery, Silk Gloves, all very appropriate gifts. Mens Dress Gloves, in Mocha and Dressed Kid at $1.50 to $2.25. Fancy neckwear and Novelty Collars put up in holiday boxes 50 cts and 75 cts each. Hair Ornaments, Sash pins, Cuff links,scarf pins, etc., etc. Special Showing l New stock of House Slippers, also the new Mens Smoking Jackets and House Coats at “ Comfy Slippers” in fancy colors. All prices from $4.50 to $10. Mens Fancy Neckwear in holiday boxes at 50 cents and 75 cents. R e g is t e r F o r O n e o f O u r B e a u t i f u l 1 9 1 1 C a le n d a r s The OREGON DALLAS, The Sterling Furniture Co. Meets A ll Competition Why buy elsewhere when we place the largest and best stock of Furniture, Rugs, Carpets, W all Paper and Paints 8 S t a t your disposal a t prices th at are right. f a n REAI not, but because we can deliver the goods in your furniture buying. ■ J H Moi 2 3/ CRAVEN BROS. DALLAS, ORE. ac M LTfco !i*aac I 58 Best W ire Fence on the Market V V We are selling more goods this year than ever before and can offer you a better line of new and up to date goods at better prices although goods have advanced. We buy in large quantities and discount every bill. That’s the reason our goods cost us less and that you have always found us a little cheaper than others. We don’t ask your business because you like us or 9 4 V THE REASON WHY WE ARE SELLING MORE GOODS Have your Carpets and Rugs cleaned by our Vacuum Cleaner. than taking them up. 1 Agents BEE h iv e s t o r e A R e lia b le P la c e t o T r a d e MRS me- r 26 Do Your Xmas Shopping Early It does the work is clbeaper A good six-horsepower Gasoline Engine for sale cheap. THE STERLING FURNITURE DALLAS, OREGON L 'iP-Vi