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r~) C hristmas “JE ST ‘FORE The WEEKLY OREGONIAN 1 1 (b y r E , W G ’E , J V E , F I E , L J D . Baking Powder Mightv giad I ain't « girl- ruther be a boy Without them sashes, curl» an' things that’« worn by Fauntleroyf Love to chawnk green apple» an go swtmmin in the lake*- Hate to take the castor lie they give (or belly achet Most all the time, the whole veai round, they din t no (he* on me, But |est lore Christina» I in as good as I kin be I Got a yeilei dog named Sport sick him on the cat; First thing she know« she doesn t know where she» at I Goi a cilppet sled an’ when us kids go out to slide Long come» the grocery cart, an we all hook a ridel Bui sometime» when the gtoceryman it worried an' ctos» He teaches at us with his whip an’ larrups up his hoss. An' then I laft an' hollet. "O h . ye never teched mel" But |est lore Christmas I’m as good as I kin be. Absolute ¡y Pure Hi from e onl Royal y Baki n g Powdsrmads OrapetiBamoITartar S i** Qualities Granmai savs she hopes that when I git to be a man I'll be a missionarer like hei eldett brother Dan. As was et up by cannibals that live» on Ceylon'» isle. Where every prospeck pleases an’ only man is vile. But granmai she has nevei been to see a wild west BUOKNK HELD show Nor read the lite ot Daniel Boone or else I guess she'd know That Buff'lo Bill an' cowboys is good enough lor mel But |est 'lore Christmas I'm as good as I kin bel v=2 & Ijood APRO NS P c ru n a a L a x a tiv e ? I am In re ceip t o f a le tte r from a m echanic who Is a t the head o f a pros perous house hold. P eru n a has been used in his fam ily fo r a grood m any years. He w r i t e s a s fo l low s: "A s you know, we have used P eru n a In our home fo r a n u m ber o f years. W e And it a reliable household m edi S. B. HARTMAN. M. D. cin e in ca ta rrh a l conditions, coughs, colds and grip, and m any o th er a ilm en ts to which the fam ily is su b je c t. B u t sin ce the change in th e fo rm u la of P eru n a I do n ot find it q u ite a s useful to m y self. M y bow els a re n a tu ra lly very active. I can n o t ta k e a ca th a rtic o f any sort. I t does m e in ju ry to do so. T h e old P eru n a contained no ca th a rtic Ingredient and w as th erefo re a very useful m edicine to me. B u t I n otice th a t th e new P eru n a h as a sligh t la x a tiv e action , w hich alm o st m akes it prohibitory fo r m e to use. I w as w on dering if th ere w as not som e way in which I could o btain th e old P eru n a a s you used to m ake it." T o th is le tte r I mnde th e follow ing rep ly: "Y e s, th e new P eru n a does co n tain a la x a tiv e elem ent. You should th erefo re tak e th e old P eru n a (K a -ta r -n o ) w hich h a s no la x a tiv e q uality. W h ile p rescrib in g th e old P eru n a I found it quite n ecessary freq u en tly to prescrib e the laxativ e M an alln in connection w ith it. T herefore M analln w as com bined w ith P eru na, in ord er to m eet those ca ses th a t requ ire a laxativ e. B u t in case no la x a tiv e is required th e o b jectio n to th e new P eru n a you speak of arise s. M any of th e people who used to ta k e th e old P eru n a found difficulty in ta k in g th e new P eru na To m eet th o se ca ses I am havin g m an u factured th e old P eru n a under the nam e o f K a ta rn o , and i f you a re anxious to g et the old P eru n a exa ctly a s it used to be m ade you can do so." PERU N A IS FO R SA L E AT A LL D RU G S T O R E S . SP E C IA L N O TICE — M any persons a re m a k in g Inquiries fo r the old- tim e P eru na. To such would say. u la is now put out under the th is form ‘ nam e of KA -TA R-N O , m anufactured by K A -TA R-N O Company, Columbus, Ohio. W rite them and they will be pleased to send von n C h ild ren Cry FOR FLETCHER’S C A S T O R I A WITH THE H E R call? mf William, «»ter call» me Will. F A T Mnthei call» me Willie, but the teller» call me BilL AS GIFTS. ! A t t r a c t iv e ly M a d e . T h e y W il l D e lig h t the B u s y W o m a n . T h is faifc.v apron will m ake a delight- | fill gift for th e wom an who is devoted j to her chafing dish or to the one who I is fond o f faue.v work T h e th re e little pockets that can be applied on the points will be convenient fo r sk ein s of i silk or odd spools. F in e lawn w as th e m aterial used in 1 th is c a se If was cu t in a sin gle piece with th e th ree points below, a hand som e beading being run around th e out An* then old Sport he hangs around as solemn-like an’ still; His eyes they seem a-savin'. “ W hat’s the matter, little Bill?“ 1 he old cat sneaks down off her perch an' wonders what’s become Of them two enemies ol hern that use to make things hum I But I’m so polite an' 'ten' so earnestly to biz That mother says to father. “How improved our Willie tsl" But father, havin’ been a boy himself, suspicions me When jest 'lore Christmas I’m as good as I km bel For Christmas, with its lots and lots ol candy, cakes and fovs. W as made, they say, for proper kids and not for naughty boys; So wash yer (ace an’ brush yer hair an’ mind your p’s an’ q's. An' don't bust out yer pantaloons, an’ don’t wear out yet shoes: Say “ yessum” to the ladies an' “yessur” to the men. An' when there's company don’t pass your plate (or pie again. But. thinkin' ol the things yer’d like to see upon that tree. Jest 'fore Christmas be as good as yer kin bel GIFTS FOR THE FAIR MOTORIST. Pretty Peadgear and Bags Are Usete! Gtrristieas Presents. C H A F IN G D IS H A P liO N . side. T h e top was sligh tly gathered to th e waist band T h e low er part o f the apron w as cut out o f heavy net and finished with a heading and a lace frill T h e band th a t goes about th e w aist w as made of a (leading bordered with row s o f narrow lace insertion O rna m en ts shaped out o f th e m aterial and sha|ied bands o f it w ere applied to the net An apron work bag may also be m ade o f plain or flowered m uslin, with pink or blue ribbons, if destined as a g ift fo r a girl or o f silk, satin or bro cad e If fo r an older lady. T h e apron tie s round th e w aist by m eans of a ribbon, w hile th e bottom o f it is doubled up to form a deep bag, w iih ribbon run round th e slot a t the top o f it. so th a t when th e w earer sta n d s up suddenly any needlew ork, scisso rs or co tto n s lying in h er lap slide into th e bug instead o f fa llin g on to th e ground T h is m akes it a sp ecially usefu l gift fo r Hny one who has any nursing, w aitin g on older people or looking a f t e r sm all children to do H ere is a hood easily m ade and (lain ty which will prove a useful gift for th e fem in ine m otorist. W hether she is young or old It in o f cloth in brown and w hite m ixtu re com bined with plain w hite In b asket w eave cloth. T he w hite tv fo r the band along th e fron t of th e hood and for th e flaring an gular piece at th e back. Crosn stitch in co arse silk is used to d eco rate the cloth a t the hack and on th e sides of the | cap R o settes o f ribbon at the sides a re adorned with large sq u are buttons, covered with silk. T h e se, too. are tin lsbed off w ith cro ss s titc h Ribbon ties fa ll from the silk rosettes. A C H R IS T M A S K n itted or crocheted hoods are a I w ays aeeeptable. and each season brin gs its owu p a rticu la r styles. One A BRAUTT HAS. box, e x tra h an d k erch ief, b ottle ot sm elling s a lts o r to ilet acce sso ries like ly to be needed on au outing. Among th ese m ight be cold cream , a sm all c a k e o f soap fo r tb e bauds and tiny com b T h e W o o d s e lle r A f f o r d s P le a s a n t E n t e r ta in m e n t F o r H o lid a y P a rty . A very am usin g C h ristin as gam e is I the w oodseller. and it is cap ab le o f sev- ! ?ral v ariatio n s, includ ing th e ev er pop- | a lar fo rfeits. Any n um ber o f persons I may Join in th e gam e. i T b e person who s ta r ts th e gam e w rites th e nuuie o f som e kind o f wood on a paper and fold s th e paper so th at no oue can see th e word w ritten upon it. H e then goes around, all th e rest of th e p lay ers b ein g seated, and sa y s: I " I h av e a load o f wood to se ll.” E a ch person In tu rn a sk s: "W h a t kin d ?” | T h e an sw er is: "F in d o u t.” T h e n th e person m entions one kind, and if it happens to b e th e w rong one, \ rhe w oodseller goes to th e n ext, and <o on. until it Is finally guessed right. When th e righ t one is nam ed, th e oue ju m in g It be» omen w oodseller. All w ho m ake m ista k e s m ust pay a forfeit, to be redeem ed a t th e end o f I the gam e. T h o se who n am e a wood I iw ice pay. T h e list o f woods is a long m e. but th e b est know n ones a re the very on es th a t th e p lay ers a re m ost apt to overlook In n am in g th em . A ;!e v e r person can m ake m uch fun by the m ann er o f c a llin g out his w ares in d a n o th er by w itty rejoin d ers. H andm ade Vails. A handsom e handm ade veil with tb e ow n er's in itia ls em broidered on it is a n ice gift fo r th e woman who m otors One gift of th e so rt th a t cann ot but t»e useful is a set of h an d kerch iefs rut hei larger th an th e ord inary ones • •m»*n and w ith th e ow n er's ml •uiered on a tiny m otorcar CLO TH M O T O R IH Q H O O D . requ irem en t o f au tom ob ilin g headgear Is th at it should be co m fo rtab le and stable. H ats, b on nets or hoods that can be displaced by tb e wind a re worst* | th an useless. F o r th e outdoor girl th ere Is nothing i In th e way o f outfit or acce sso ries th at has m ade such a hit as the knitted wool se ts, co n sistin g of cap. m uff anil ■ett r f . A utom obiling is so popular th at most o f us have umong our friend s som e body who m otors, and any tritie wbl<h adds to th e con v en ien ce or com fort ot th e m otorist will be g reatly ap p red at ed. fo r such things a re uot alw ay s to be bad in th e shops F ir s t A id F o r M o to ris t s. EVE GAME. j P re t ty H e a d g e a r. Shop Early and Relieve the One Who Bears the Burden — Sy ke» lo P b lia d .lp tiia fo o t le Lodger. is used for the sm art bag illu strated . T h e flowered purt is cu t out o f a sin gle round piece o f silk . T h e ed ges a re in deep points. T h e bag is lined w ith pale g reen silk. A casin g fo r a n arrow ribbon o f pale green to m atch th e lining is run in sid e th e bag. A s ta r shaped section o f green silk is switched to th e bottom o f th e bag. th e ends o f th e ta b s beinfc cau g h t to th e sides of th e bag and finished w ith tin y bow s of ribbon T h is bag w as fitted w itb tin y pockets. Into w hicb could be slipped th e powder POLK COUNTY ITEMIZER A Y E you ev er played “te le gram s V” It is a gam e for a _— crowd o f young or old. or both. Not a very deep or In trica te gam e, nor yet a p articu larly ele- vatiug one. but. n everth eless, full of Jolly, m irth provoking q u alities and Just the filing for your holiday party. , To curry out the idea properly slips of yellow paper should be handed to each participant and pencils provided for them . E ach one Is to w rite th irteen different letters at th e top o f th eir slip -that Is. any th irteen from th e alph a betical tw enty-six. but w ithou t repeti tion # F or Instance, one m ight w rite B , G, K. L. M. T . E . W . C. S. I I . O. R. Another A. B. C. D. E. F , O . H. I. J . K . L. M. and so on. T h e slips are then to b e passed along to right hand neighbors, who m ust m ake an u n d erstand able telegram of thirteen words, using th e ch a ra cte rs at th e top o f the slips handed them fo r the first letter o f each word. T o thoroughly illu strate, ta k e th e first ex am ple given above. H ere la a speci men “te leg ram " from it: "B e tte r go K ingston la te Monday. T ry exp ress W illie cand y soldier. Hope orders ru sh in g." Note th e frag m en tary sen ten ces, such as are generally em ployed in co rre spondence o f th is s o r t T h e possibili ties for good hum ored fun in th e com piling o f "teleg ra m s’* am ong a crow d of friend s a re endless. B u t, o f course, they can n o t be sa tisfa cto rily illu strated In public print. As in an y sim ilar game, c a re should be exercised in not becom ing dangerously personal. At first glan ce th e second exam ple of letters as given ab ove (the first th ir teen In our alphabet) m ight seem to be rlltflcult o f extension. B u t such is not the c a se in th e w ide la titu d e o f sense land nonsense) allow ab le in th e gam e. F or in stan ce, here is only one way out of the thousands in w hich it cun be quickly w ritten: "A ny b righ t colored d ress ex c e lle n t for G ran v ille's hop. Ik ey jo in s kisses. Loving m other.” Upon com pletion th e "te le g ra m s” are gathered up in u b a sk e t and read aloud, either by a d isin terested p arty o r som e body selected from am ong th e players them selves. T h e only way to ap p reciate th e gam e of "te le g ra m ” is to try it. Real Christmas Weather T H E g r e a te st snow storm in the ■ exp erien ce o f E n glan d began fo ilin g Dec. 24. 1830. and con tinued during C h ristm as day. T h e snow in som e [»laces reached a depth o f fo rty fe et. All travel w as blocked. T h e re w as no co m m unication. houses, and not even av alan ch es betw een burled m any people in th eir dw ellings, w here th ey w ere frozen. T h e Evertfreen B o o b M abel— T h a t n e a r s ig h t e d Mr. Boob An em ergen cy case, fitted out with a c t u a lly asked in e o n C h r is t i n a s n ig h t ad h esiv e and court plaster, strip s o' If th e w r e a t h o f gauze, absorbent cotton , u sm all bottlo e v e rg re e n in the o f peroxide and a few oth er sim ple p a r lo r w e re mis d rugs useful in c a se o f Illness or acci tletoe. d ent may be put up in com pact form A lice—W h a t did to be stow ed a w a y ,in ooe o f th e pock« you tell him ? e ts o f the «-nr fo r accid en ts sometime-» M abel - W b y. ha [»fieri when it Is not possible to g»*i w hat could I? If m**dtcni nelp T heu the em ergency ( told h im It was c a se has Its lisps be m l',lit try to A B e a u t y B a g. kiss me. and i f I T h e pretty t»ug show n here may be told him It was ca rrie d on th e arm It may l»e design not he la such a ed In colors to m atch th e m otoring Door sn ort be wouldn't garb. Old rose silk faced with gr*»»*»i GRAB BAG IS L O T S OF FUN ................... . T h e re a re m any Jo lly g am es th a t can be played ou C h ristm a s n ight, and one of th e Jo llie st Is th e g ra b bag. which has afforded m uch fun in tim es p a s t T h e re should be a big m uslin b ag — i pillow case will a n sw e r—tied from the ch an d elier. In th is bag put doz ens and dozens o f little g ifts , not one if them ex p en siv e: Ju s t all so rts o f f in k ets th a t you can pick up for a few pen n ies each , ev ery one neatly Med In paper, so no on e know s w hut’s Inside T h en a boy or a girl is b lin d fo ld e d , g iv e n a c a n e in o n e b a D d . t u r n e d ro u n d three tim e s a n d told to s t r ik e a t tbe bag. It Is g rea t sp ort fo r th e w atch ers to *ee tlie fr a n tic effo rts m ade to hit th at l»ig. and eq u ally e x c itin g when, having ■ueceeded. th e blindfolded player dips Into th e g ra b b ag and pulls our a g ift Su ch fuu It Is to open th e p ack ag es! F or th ere a re enough g ifts In the bag in give ev ery b ro th e r o r sis te r or cousin lots o f hits CHICHESTER SPILLS DIA G o ld m e ta l gibbon. -- -- — ------------- a D I A M O N D f i l l A 1*1» P I I , L A , f o r t w e n t r -fla o ye a r« r e g a r d e d aa B e « t.S a fe s t, A ! w a y « R e lia b le . SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS T IM * w k °. k tt k S TfclftD EVERYWHERE t FOR $1.50 During the Bargain Period Ending December 31, 1912 To New and Present Subscribers Who Hand Us Their $1.50 Now. M a il o r b r in g y o u r s u b s c r i p t i o n t o d a y t o t h e o f f i c e o f T H E ITEM IZER a n d g e t B o th P a p e r s f o r t h e P r i c e o f O n e . 100 acre farm well improved, House and 8 lots in McMinn close to school and railroad, 57 ville trade for timber land. acres under cultivation, hill land, some timber on same, some good j Good 5-room house and 4 acres 3-4 miles from Court house, Dal 5 acres close to Dallas, all chicken houses and other out las, splendid out buildings, fine A snap at $75 per cleared except building lot. Has buildings. garden spot, excellent chicken a spring. No improvements. acre. house and yards. An ideal little Price $1000. Good terms. 48 acres near town for $4000. home, and price right. We have for sale one mile west All cleared and under fence, but A good 5 room house 1 1-2 acres of Falls City, 80 acres of timber no improvements. of land good well, plenty of good that cruises one and one half mil For $4000 we have a well im fruit be good chicken ranch close lion feet down to 16 inches,has a proved 6-acre tract within the to sawmill on Main street. Price down hill shoot all the way to city limits. Over 3 acres of larga $1750. Falls City lumber Co’s mill; has a fruit and considerable small good house, barn and out build ones. Five-room house and barn. 40 acres fruit land 3 miles from ings; has bearing orchard, will sell A bargain at the price. Perrydale, on county road, and or trade. R. F. D. and near school, price House and lot in Dallas $3000 j We have five acres of well im $75 per acre. proved hill land close to town for 60 acres of oak timber two| sale at a reasonable price. 60 acres on Monmouth and miles from Dallas; will makei 40 acres of Siletz Basin timber Dallas Co. road; 1 mile from Rail 1200 cords 4-foot oak wood, also to sell or trade for other proper-1 road Station, school, Post Office many hundred oak fence posts; i ty, city lots, improved city prop and town; all under cultivation; 16 head of goats go with place. erty or acreage. Cruises 2 1-2 well drained and the price right. All good fruit land. Wood and million feet. Price $1500 trade 201 acres, 2 miles from Perry- posts more than pay for place. or cash. dhle on county road; 175 acres in Price $70 per acre. 110 acres well improved 2 1-2 cultivation; 8 acreorchard; creek Blacksmith shop on Main miles from Dallas, 3-4 mile from crosses place; some improvments, street at a bargain. school and R ,R. station. 18 acres will sell all or in small tracts or in (tearing 8 year old apple trees, will trade for small place near 160 acres, 40 in cultivation. 12 acres walnuts 7 years old, 25 Dallas or Falls City. | good land, fair improvements, 2 acres of young pears and apples, tine springs, several acres can be 3 years old, 30 acres grain land, 30 acres on city limit line of irrigated, 100 acres in fine fir all farm implements and stock go Dallas, on Co. and R. R. no im and oak timber, bringing 200 with the place, bargain price and provments, all under cultivation, j cords to the acre, 1-4 mile to rail good terms. fenced, fine logan berry land. road.—$75 an acre. Some good, close in very val 183 acres well improved; good 50 acres 1-2 mile from city limit uable lots to trade for timber laud; 2 miles from Dallas, all un der cultivation, on main county line; 7 acres bearing prunes; 7 land. acres of prunes 2 years old; 5 ac 10 acres, 3-4 mile from court road, and on railroad. $150 per res of bearing strawberries; 2 ac house, 3 acres cleared, rest tim acre. Good terms. res apples, 2 years old; 7 acres of ber, near reservoir, rest can be 50 acres hill land half under timber; some pasture; has 7 room 1 rrigated. Trice $250 per acre. cultivation, all good fruit land, house with well on porch; has I Very easy terms. 1 mile from station $60 per acre. 1 several barns on place; board walk Fifteen and a half acres; 13 to town and the price is right. 2 1-2 acres in Dallas, best of acres in prunes, 7 acres of which creek bottom land, good 7-room 120 acres 3 miles from Dallas, | are 18 year old trees. 6 acres of house, plenty of fruit, an excel all under cultivation on R. R. 13 year old trees; orchard on lent chicken and berry place, track and county road. Price $125 , high land, small dryer, 300 trays convenient and suitable. Only and 100 packing boxes; some ap $2500 and terms to suit. j per acre. ple trees in full bearing; two 107 acres 1 1-2 miles from Dal wells, house 18xl8,chickenhouse, 50x156 feet, close to Main street las; all under cultivation; on Co. small barn, good storage house. road and rail road; well improved Good team and all implements go Dallas. Fine location for a gar and 7 miles of tiling on place. $150 with place. All ready to com age. Price for quick sale, $1800. | per acre. Good terms. mence making money from start. House and 1-2 acre in Dallas, Possession given at once. —$2000 good location, ideal garden spot, 205 acres, 8 1-2 south of Dal cash on place this year. Price $ 1000 . las. There are 70 acres of bot reasonable. tom land, 50 acres slashed, 40 Tracts of any size, some can be acres of good second growth tim Within 6 miles of Dallas we irrigated, all in city limits, planted ber, and 45 acres of small fir and have a tract of 98 acres, all un in fruit trees, for $250 per acre. oak timber. There are two acres der cultivation, without other 54 acres, 4 miles from Dallas, of young bearing orchard, three improvements, that can be good barns, a new house of five bought for $90 an acre. All 1-4 mile from school. 3-4 mile to rooms and large woodshed and good black soil, and is rolling R. R. station, some fruit; good milk house. The price is $60 an land, close to school and postof improvments; 30 acres under cul tivation ; in a fast developing com acre in trade or $50 in cash, and j fice. munity, price $125 per acre. the buyer can assume a mortgage | of $3,200, which can run almost | 297 acres, all under cultivation, 5 1-2 acre bearing fruit tract, three years at 6 per cent, p aya-! between Monmouth and Dallas four varieties of 12 year old trees, one mile from Rickreall 1-4 mile hie on or before or can pay $100 from station, on county road well 1-2 mile from Perrydale.on coun or more on any interest day. improved low land tiled, price ty road; g<x>d 3 room house, barn and a sawdust, lined apple house, One of the best business lot a - 1 will make you buy. also some smallfruit. price -$2000. tions in town, 50 foot frontage Have 5 1-4 acres, 4 1-2 acres Good orchard tracts, 5 and 10 on Main street. $5000. set to apples, 14-year-old trees, Baldwin, Rome Beauty, Nesv- acres each, on R. R. and Co. road $2000 7-room house on Washi tons and Ben Davis varities. from Dallas to Monmouth. 1 mile ngton street. Corner lot, 1 7 0x, Place has good comfortable, 3- from Dallas, bearing next year; 800, and all modern improve room and good barn, well saw great opportunity to get orchard ments, witll street and sewer a s - ! dust lined apple house, and other tracts for a little cash. Is 1 1-2 miles segm ents settled. —I t e m i z e r ; improvements. from good town, school and Realty Concern. church. Good 6'isines ; lot for sale. 1 est | We have calls every hour for location in Dallas. houses for rent. Why not list house with the House and lot in Dallus to vour vacant trade for an out of town tract 4 Itemizer Realty Concern —we can i D a lla s , O re g o n »A lik rent it. R EA L E S T A T E SNAPS Itemizer Realty C oncern