E Going out of Business! 50% o ff 25% Our Closing out Sale shows that our first week is a record breaker and our many new friends will verify the statement that the prices are as advertised. Read This Price List ta 98c Ladies’ House Dresses, $1.25 value, now........................... 75c Children’s Dresses, 90c value, now. M ..................... 59c Ladies’ Gowns,$1.25 value, now................................................ ... 75c Ladies' Gowns, 75c value, now ............................................... 59c White Skirts, $1.00 value, now................................................. 69c Summer Underwear at Cost, combination suits......................... 29c Lace Curtains, $2.50 value, each a t ............................................ $1.59 Lace Curtains, $2.00 value, now , pair..................................... $1.35 I ■ 79c Window Scrim, value 45c, now, yard..................................... 28c Window Scrim, 20c value, now, yarc,..................................... 13c Window Scrim, 15c value, now, yard................................... 8y2c s I Ladies' Hand Bags, all values, now........................................... V* s All Our 15c Hosiery, now.................................................................. 10c All Our 10c Hosiery, now .......................................................... 7c The OLIVER TÿpeiA/ritçr Co- Embroidery Flouncing, 47 inch, value $1.50 per yard, n o w ,.. . 89c Embroidery Flouncing, $1.30 value, now, yard......................... 75c Embroidery Flouncing, 80c value, now.............. fed H ................... w m m ? Combination Suits, Crepe and Muslin, $1.25 value, now...........98c Lace Curtains, $1.20 value, now, pair,..................................... 55c .... These patterns are all different and the line allows you a good M V hi fully, ’’but the view’s worth It." A hoarse titter came from the con- veyance, which gave forth sundry creakings of leather. "Hu.vh! Huyh! Dat's so! ao! Hm-m. Dat’s so, suh. Dat’s Reck'n Ah’ll be glttiu erlong back." He clucked to the mule and proceeded to turn the vehicle around. "Hold oil,” cried John Valiant. *T thought vou were bound In the other direction.” rae suh? Well, suh, Ah jump up lak 1 Ah be’n shot, en Ah says, ’Fo’ de lowd, boss. Ah wa’n't gwineter git off at dls | co’nah. but ef yo’ says so, Ah reck’n Ah SR off en Ah walk Ah got te r !’ erbout f ° iiliU's back t° (it1 (It-epo’ Uncle Jefferson s Inward and vol I canlc amusement shook his passenger fronl hls reverie. "En dat ar wa n t de w'ust. When Ah got ter de deepo, Ah didn't have mah pocketbook. Er burglah had ’scaped off wld it en l e f "No, suh. Ali'm gwine bavk whali me es nickless ez er convlc’.” I come from. Ah jus' druv out hyuh (T o be continued) 'case Miss Shirley done met me, en she say, 'Unc' Jeffe'son, yo’ go ’treck- ly out de Red Road, 'case er gemman K ID N EY DISEASES done got stalle-ed."" AND T H E IR PHYSIOLOGIC "Oh— Miss Shirley. She told you, TREATM ENT did she? What did you say her first I as used by name was?" "Dat's huh fust name. Miss Shirley. DOCTOR TOEL, Yas, suh! Miss Shirley done said f me ter come en git de gemman whut— THE CHICAGO SPECIAL-ST. I NOW AGAIN IN DALLAS wbut kinder dawg Is yo’ got dar?" "It's a bulldog. Can you give me a 1 ________ variety to choose from. II M fci All Our Children’s H ats,now .................................................. ■ ■ All Our 10c Tablets, now............................................................. 5c % off Our 5c Tablets will go a t .............................................................. 3c Ink, to clean it out, while it lasts, a t ......................................... 3c Cotton Gloves, regular 10c value, now per pair.................... 5c A BIG LINE OF SCHOOL SUPPLIES U Cl r Laundry Soap, while it lasts, a t ............................... 7 bars for 25c Handkerchiefs, the 10c kind, now............................................. 5c Handkerchiefs, the 5c kind now................................................... 3c A gooo grade of 5c Card Buttons, n o w ............................. • 2 for 5c I Express Wagons, the $1.25 kind now............................................ 85c Pump Carts for boys, regular $5.50 value............................ $3.25 Rubber Tired Doll Carts. $1.95 value, now,......................... $1.25 Doll Carts, 75c values, now...............................................................49c Brooms, 65c values, now................................................................... 50c Brooms, 40c value, now.................................................................. ,30c My Granite ware and Tin ware Stock is complete, all goes at % off The Lin j of Notions is comruete and everything goes, at .ccot.. Dressing Combs................................................................ 10c and 15c Barrettes, 15c value, now........................................................2 for 15c Don’t Miss This! A Big, Money-saving Opportunity, I Mean Business It Means $ $ To You Come and see that you can afford to buy and lay the goods aside till need them as 25 and 50 per cent is good interest. LANE’S VARIETY STORE Dallas, Oregon you « « * “• » » •« • • * < * « > • « - « « * « • i - * * . * rents when properly applied,will *ence ........................ .............. 2202 bring the blood pressure down whole number of times l a t e . . !!. 418 again below the point of danger, jNllin,)er of pil|>1|s neithei. Ilh. thus in many cases save sent or late.............................. 1018 patients suffeiing from kidney ■Average number of pupils E’ 1 liver diseases. These cur- belonging............................ 2832.74 re, ;t change their direction uj to a million times per second Average daily attendance... .2720.00 and on account ol this property Per cent of at tendance...............OO.O.i th ey can be used in such Number of visits.by parents.......178 stren gth th at th ey w ill ligh t up ] Number of visits by members M. H Cride dozen 1 Whit« u p a ir - tilen law. V Dr. M sician, "i Mrs. itor in I At tori dtteudii: Mrs. I land Sa1 eral da; Mastc been se gested 1 Ben \ Saturda cials of The a Maxwell las.— Bli Leave tuning a All worl Mrs. 1 from Se: relatives Chas boy, is : for sher Miss C is in The Mrs. C. ill Fred R on the couple o of the w< Mrs. I from Po her pari J. M. Gr a lamp through the body of the! of the school board.................84 patient, when the patient i8 in- The following schools have been sulated from the one wire, the Ueed on ,he rol, of honor for hav_ curent going right through the . ma),e 95% in attendance or O PI.: insulation on account ot the „ ,, „ ,, ... „ ,, „ . r, ■ high voltage. As many ma- f (‘na’ I)a,las’.Smithfie d. Red Pta.i.e, chines found in the market are **rl,,gelM'rt- Sa|t * r<‘ek- ' a',e.v ' perfectly useless lor this pur- Monmouth Grade School, Monmouth pose, discharging only at one High School, Airlie, Bethel Polk Sin- pole Dr. Toel designed himself tion. Oak Grove. Parrydale, Butler, IW*J. ve SI',al1 trupk. andK7 Kidney diseases have long the machine which he is using, made no tardies during the month: — Dat s a right line dawg. Miss Shir- , J . . . ,. . p ley she moghty fond of dai^-gs, too." ieen known to the medical pro- Which is a double discharging denee, Antioch, Brush College, West four times the Snleni, Benna Vista, Buell, Sprin - "Fond of dogs, is she?” said Valiant, ession as diseases very little in- liai hine o f “l might have known it. it was nice fluenced bv drug treatment, strength of those found in the Vaiiey, Popcorn. Harmony. Montgom- of her to send you.here Uncle, Jeffer- w h e n (h p k’id n e v 8 had o n (,e b e . market, and which allows him son. l ou cau take me and my traps, . , ' . I suppose?" come enlarged it was next to to bring the blood pressure Stiver, Crowley, Greenwood. I Pnse’ "'P e n s on whah yo’ g w in u .,” an- im p o s s ib le t o p r e v e n t th e f o llo w - down very rapidly. Dr. Toel can be found at his Fir Orove’ «’o'x’ord, Oak, laic. Lone swered Uncle Jefferson sapientiy. i j n g h a r d e n in g a n d s h r in k in g , •’I’m going to Damory Court. th n r o „ „ ss o f iiod R r i t, h t ’s Old Office, 619 Washington St., s,ar’ Gutherie. Kails City, Pioneer, A kind of shocked surprise that was P ro c e s s o r SO C alled H rig n t S almost supefaction spread over the disease. This at that time was Dallas, Ore., one-half block east Cherry Grove, -Oakhurst, Mountain- Hopville, Highland, Rogue other's face, like oil over a pool, known .as an incurable disease. of the S. P. depot, from 9 a. m. view, "Dam’ry Co'ot! Dat’s de ole Valiant Q f [a t e years, however, it has to 12 noon, 2 to 5 p. m., 7 to 8 ‘{iver. Mistletoe. A’ alley Junction. Vallant place. Ain nobordy lives dar. . • , [p. in., Sunday 10 to 1 p. m. 3roa<lmca<i, Fern, Liberty. Ah reck’n aln’ nobody live dar fer mos’ . *Je e n iound out that Bright S Specialties: er hun’erd yeahs!” disease is not a primary disease, The following! schools has been Cancers and Tumors. The old house has a great surprise | blit that it depends in most placed on the roll of honor for liavmji coming to It," said Vallant gravely. cases on a disturbance of the No knife and loss of blood. ■'Henceforth some one is going to oc nervous system, which influ-' N ° plasteis and pain for hours ui,daPl,I ‘sn!’ll3 ‘inpxiip’O 'IIE’>J,i'>!H cupy It. How far Is it away?" ’ aVS. I Smithfleld, Orchards, Airlie. Polk Sin- "Measurin’ by de coonskln en eh'ow- dices the tension of the walls [ or days Polypus. Goitre, Piles. Fistula, I *»»»•' Ward, Gooseneck, Klkins. Ami- ln’ In de tall, et’s erbout two mile. of the arteries, finally bringing Ain’ gwineter live dar yo’se’f, suh. is on a hardening of these walls, Diseases o f Women, skin and och. Brush College. Spring Valley. yoT’ Nervous Diseases, Neuralgia, Popcorn. Harmony. Upper Salt Creek. ” ! am for the present," was the crisp and in consequence of this an increased blood-pressure. This Neurasthenia, Gout, Rheuma- Surer, Crowley, McTimmons Valley, | answ er. Uncle Jefferson stared at him a pressure throws more blood fism. Liver Stomach. Kidneys, Greenwood. Fir Grove, Oakdale. Ixme moment with his mouth open. Then than normal into the kidneys, Bladder, Prostate, Asthma, Star Pioneer, Cherrv Grove, Mistle- ejaculating under hls breath, "F o ’ de Br,..dmead, Liberty. I Lawd! Whut folks gwlnter say ter they swell up, and often the Bronchitis. Catarrh. Dyspepsia. I | d at!” he shambled to the rear of the liver becomes affected in the Constipation. _______________| The following schools have become j motor and began to unship the steam- same way. er trunk. REPORT OP THE SCHOOLS OP s t andar dBeuna Vista, North I)al- Snecial instruments were in ’By the way,"—John Valiant paused, PO LK COU 'T Y FOR THE h i. Zena, Orchard A iew, Lincoln. with the portmanteau In hls hands.— vented and constructed for the accurate measurement of the SCHOOL MONTH E 7DIXG MARCH « >akhnrsl, Antioch, Fir Grove. Mc- "what do you ask for this Job?" I The owner of the hack scratched hls blood pressure. The first ones 20!h 1914 j Coy. Gntherie. Orchards, Airlie, Moun- grizzled head "Ah gen’ly chahgea er [ tainview, Red Prairie. Enterprise, quahtah er trunk f’um de deepa’ les n consists of a glass tube filled Number of schools reporting et’s one ob deni ar rich folks fom up with mercury, like a barometer. Fern. I^wisville. Ward. Broadmead. correctly and on time......... ... . l>8 Later on instruments on the air Norf " ■sliver. West Salem, Popcorn, Spring "1 don’t happen to be rich, so we’ll pressure system, made ami jew Number o f schools not re Valley. Oakdale. Salt Creek. Bridge- make it a dollar What makes you *) porting oil time................. elled like the finest watch, were think I’m from the North?" |H>rt, Perrydile. Highland, Buell, Again the anguish mirth agitated constructed, which allow the Number of pupils remaining the other, as he put aboard a hamper high pressure when the heart is| at time o f last report......... ..2825 Riekieail, Brush College. Pioneer, Cockran. Elkins, Montgomery. Mon and one of the motor's lamps, which contracted, also the low pres Number of pupils registered Valiant added as an afterthought "All mouth 'Public School, polk Station, snows et," he said Ingeniously, "but sure when the heart is dilated new duiimr the year.......... ___ 2!) Valley Junction, Butler, Fairview, Vh don’ know why. Ah’ll Jes' twls' and by these two the pulse pres Number of pupils registered er rope eroun' yo’ trunk. Whut yo’ sure. to be measured accurately Pedee. secondary during month.. . . ___ 50* gwineter do wld dnt-ar?" he asked, Dr. Toel uses the best make of School rallies have been held as pointing to the car. "Ah kin come Number of pupil« re-admit follows:— West Salem. Greenwood, wld ole Snkey -dat’s mah mule en the latter kind of instrument,! ...243 ted during month................ fotch it In In de mawnln’. Aln' gwine which of course, is very expen- j Brush College, Polk Station. Fairview, m ter rain ter-night nohow."— slve. But he is sure then to | Total number •»£ pupil** on Mr. Gi the railn Dallas, c and othe with the 1 commissi ed with necessity sons mar city are a able outc E The cii Judge J. it This matter having been arranged, Tet r e n te r dunnir month......... they stnrtde jogging down the green- ! ' ' ' " Number uf pupils dropped bordered road, the bulldog prospecting i w hich Orchard Vies Mistletoe. Upper Salt alongside A meadow lark soarded with thff Cheaper instruments during month....................... Creek. somewhere In the overarching blue, 1 In this way the extent of the Total number of pupils on dropping golden notes, dusty bumble disease can often be discovered H. C. SEYMOUR register at time o f this report 2827 bees boomed hither and thlthar. gen ial crickets tnned their Addles In the “ mm t0 * ‘ OP Ule dlU,* e r * , Number of day. taught dur- I . * "ttekle-gress" and a hawking dragon otifl process Patronize the Itemlzer adver fly pauaed for an Impudent siesta be Medicines of course are u*e-i _ J n* mon h .............. tween the mule's gyrating ears tising cclurai/ if you want to But p? ! ''h ole number of days atten- les for that purpose. S pose n de Co'ot done ben sold en jv t gwineter flz It ap to' de new late it has been discovered that I Announcing The New Typewriter OLIVER No. Wm Biggest Bargains You ever saw Ladies’ House Dresses, $1.50 value, now............................... owqah," hazarded Uncle Jefferson presently. * Valiant did not answer directly. • ‘‘ You aay the place hasn’t been occu pled for many years,” he observed. ‘ “ Did you ever hear why. Uncle Jeffer- sou ?” I 1 1 "A ll done heerd." said the other [vaguely, "but Ah dlsreinembaha. BV H A L L IK ERMINE RIVES. ___, . , r,,. „ ... ,,, I Sumpln dat happened belo’ Ah come Copyright. l » l ï . The Bobbs-Merrill Co. rom ol- Poat.oak Plantation. (Continued from last week.) Keck’n Majaii Bristow he know erbout CHAPTER IXa__ It, er Mis’ Judith—dat’s Miss Shirley's E ANNOUNCE AN AMAZING MODEL— I motliah He fathah was Qon'l Tawm Uncle Jefferson. The O LIV LK No. / — a t_ ,,aw. nor u i superexcelletico, With ; Oandridge, eu he died fo' she was A red rone, while ever a thing ol bawn auiomanc d e v ic e » and reniieineiu» in * i mark cue zenith beauty, Is not invariably a joy forever. Shirley Dandrldge! A high-sound The white buldog, as he plodded a ing name, with something of long- of typewriter progress. A marvei oi oeauiy, spueu ano easy ac long the sunny highway was sunk in linked culture, of arrogant heritage. tion. Ijpew riting efficiency taiseu to me nut pov«ei. depression. Being trammeled by the In some subtle way it seemed to clothe The O LIV LK No. / emoouies all previous Oliver innovations limitations of a canine horizon, he the personality of which Valiant had could not utter the whims of Ador had that fleeting roadside gllmps«. and new seif-acuiig devices never beiore seen on any typewriter. able ones met by the way, who seem tn cie Jefferson stared meditatively & |eap m advance which places I he Oliver ten yeais aiicad of its ed so glad to see him that they threw lg "Dat-ar buhd kin sing!" he t im e - bo smooth in action, so light to the touch, so easy to run, both arms about him, and then tied to his neck irksome colored weeds sai,j - y Ueeh dat jlkses cyan’ do that experts are amazed.. A mouel that means to the typist de- that prickled and scratched and would ; dat, nobody could, dough, cep’ii on’y ; I jo-1-.11 uI e a s e o f o u e ra tio n not be dislodged. Lacking a basis of i Miss Mtaa Shirley. Shirley. Tain’ Tain’ er er buhd build nowhah uowhab g e a s e O ’ operation. A model that means a high standard of typewriting, longer painful comparison,since he bad never in de flel's dat she cyan’ mock." had a tin can tied to his tail, he accep “ You mean she knows their calls?” and better service. ted It as condign punishment and was “ Yas. suh, ev’y soun’. Done fool me The No. 7 is now on exhibit and sale at all Oliver Branches purzledly wretched. So R was a chas heap er times. Dali's de cook’s lt'l tened and shamed Chum who at length boy et Rosewood dat wuz sick las’ and Agencies throughout the United States. wriggled stealthily into the seat of the sunimab, en he listen ev'y day to de stranded automobile beside his master mockin'-buhd dat nes’ in one ob de and thrust a dirty pink nose into his tulip-trees. He jes' love dat buhd nex’ palm. ter he mammy, en when et come fall John Valiant lifted his hand to en et don’ come no me’, he ha'at mas’ stroke the shapely head, then drew it broke. He jes' lay en cry en git right back with an exclamation. A thorn smaht wusser. Et las’ seems lak de had pricked his thumb. He looked ll’l boy gwine die. When Mis’ Shirley down aud saw the draggled flower heali dat, she try en try till she jes’ git thrust through the twist of grass. dat build's ¿ong ez pat ez de (.anil’s KJ ZAñ f "Oh, pup of wonders! ‘ he exclaimed. prayah, en one ebenin' she gwine en say ter he mammy ter tell him he h iill "W here did you get that rose?’’ j Chum sat up and wagged his tall, for mockin'-buhd done come back, en he mammy she bundle him all up in de his master's tone, instead of ridicule, held a dawning delight. Perhaps the quilt en open de winder, en sho’ miff, f ' thing had not been intended as a dis dah's Mistah Mockin'-buhd bellin’ de grace after all! As the careful hand bushes, es’ bus'in' hisse’f. Well, suh, drew the misused blossom tenderly seems luk dat chile hang on ter living frem Its tether, he barked joyously jes’ ter heah dat buhd, en ev’y ebenin', way till when de snow on de grouu’, with recovered spirits. Mis’ Shirley she hide out in de trees With the first sight of the decora- en sing en sing till de po’ ll’l feller tidn Valiant had had a sudden memory gwine ter sleep.’’ of a splotch of vivid red against the Valiant leaned forward, for Uncle belted gray-blue of a gown. He grin Jefferson had paused. “ Did the child ned appreciatively. “ And I warned gel well?” he asked eagerly. her,’’ he chuckled. “ Told her not to be The old man clucked to the leisure- afraid!" He dusted the blossom painstakingly with his handkerchief | muI®; ,,8’ “ e 8aid- “ He and held it to his face—a live brilliant (*one we k°ut do on’rist thing, breathing musk-odors of the , ’J" roun heali now. mid-noon of paradise. i 0 "? !, c,orue ^om New . , .. , . .. . lYawk? inquired Uncle Jefferson, after A long time he «at. while the dog „ uttle 8ilence ..So! n ga,’ . ¡|i¡ dozed and yawned on the shiny flush- er .ful b| pla„ e But Ah reck’n ‘ ■ Ion beside him. Gradually uie clover- r Rlchmon-8 b'|K Rrnuf fo- me He | shadows diuoed Their* finK ere*In toh f , " cked to tl,e nmle and added. ''A ll The new model has more improve f vanced one penny. W e shall even VI!! bin ter Kichmon onct. Yas, suh! Ah 1 mentc, retirements and new uses than continue in force our popular 17-Cents- the^Bl^'^thlge^ea^ed 'mYlky* breasted I neva'1 »«< * houses-m os’ all big- wc .an enumerate here. a-Day purchase p.an, the same a. on clouds throuair wMch the sun sifted in Ker n dp ''oun,y co'ot house.” The -’cushioned keyboard ’ with “ an- previous Oliver models. wide bars A blackbird began to flute ' John Vallant expressed a somewhat eho • keyc” and the new automatic fee- The OLIVER No. 7, equipped with 1 absent interest. He was looking tures moan less work for the hands, the »amou3 Printype, if desired, with- from some nearby tree and across the thoughtfully at the blossom in his less strain tor the eyes, less manual out extra charge, low stone wall he heard a feathery hand, in an absorbtlon through which and mental effort. You owe it yourself to see the new whir. O f a sudden Chum sat up and Uncle Jefferson’s reminiscences oozed wjtl| aM 0) thei;e masttr|y mechan. machine before you buy any type- j harked in earnest. on; , ica! improvements we have made the wnter at any pnce- Note its beauty, Turning his head, his master saw "Mos’ curousest th ug was how ma~hine more beautifu, and , ytT)met- spced and ea3> act,on’ lta w ° ad« ^ ' automatic devices. Try it on any work From every standpoint The approaching a delapldated hack with e vybody dar seem ter know c vybodv rica, that is ever done on typewriters. Try u side lanterns like great goggles and de else. Dey got street-kvnhs dar, no q L'V E R No. 7 attains superlative ex- it on many kinds of work that no other crepit and palsied curtains. It was hos en no mule, jes shoot up de hill cc||ence< typewriter will do. drawn by a lean mustard tinted mule, en doyn ergen. lak de debble sklnnln* l it is a significant fact that the type and on Its front seat sat a colored man tan-bahk. Well, suh, Ah got on er I Nothing you could wish for has been of uncertain age. whose hunched ver kyah en gib de man what stan' on de ' omitted, i he new devices, refine- writer that introduced such epoch- * ’ ‘ ¡ mente, improvementc and conven- making innovations as visible writing, tebrae and outward-crooked arms gave flatfowm er nickle, en Ah set dar ble reading. Printype, etc., should a curious expression of replete an ¡lookin’ outen de win’ow, till de man * iencej found on the No. 7 represent an i,« h fy breast of the car j he rail out Adams,’ en er gemnmn enormous outlay and vastly increase be the first to introduce automatic he removed a moth-eaten cap. whut waa siltin’ ercross fo m me, he its va lu e-th e price has not been ad- method of operation. “ “ Wmatic "Evenin', suh,” he said,— "evenin’, | git up en git off. De kyah start ergen ' en de nex’ co’nah dat ar man on the evenin'.' "Howdy do, returned the other am- | flatfawm he yell out ‘ Monroe.’ En Mistah Monroe, he was sittin’ up at de iably. “ Ah reck 1 yo’-all done had er breck- end, en he jump up en git off. Den de 418 Union St.. P. O. Box 1834, Seattle, Washington down wld dat machine-tiling dar. Spec' kyah took annuddah staht, en bress — graveyalid ------ ------ ------- er rabbit ---------------- done cross __ yo' mall soul, dat ar man on de flatfawm pahf. Y o’ been hyuh 'bout er hour, 1 he hollah ’Jeffe’son!’ Ah clah' ter “THE VALIANTS OF VIRGINIA” dance................................53603, get result». W. J. ( candidat seeking i tion for Mrs. E from Lc with he Black, wl Mrs. J J. Metzg delegates lodge, to May. Anion) over-Sun were M r Miss Ber Morrison Mrs. H a bunch plucked been flo? winter, equabilit; John smokers with sev leaf. A ceived bj pounds c friend in Peter who had Dallas h lowing ai wood, di was burl) cemetery nothing < his relati the city ceedings paid Abe be used I posed sej flection ft we fail tc sarv to ei City for t