nty Observer v: can of Turkish figs at . W. Sager went to Port registered yet? Uglow f Falls City, was a Dai ly. of Portland, Is visiting uaa. i left for his homo in . .iday. tga Grapes out of that ighary's. ), of the U. of O., is i in Dallas. . of Airlie, was a busi iiallas, Friday. . y went to Portland, i few days' visit n, the Airlie merchant, at visitor, Friday. , v ,dy, nuts, dates, figs, :, etc. at Loughary's. "igerand L. Gerlinger land this morning. , r and little son went to , i iy, for a few days' visit. r, of Jefferson, was a jbill.i1. Thursday and Fri- rii- 1'ii w 8c:ho 2 ia I 1, of Salt Creek, visited Pallas, Thursday and 11 Palmer, who is attending , O. A. C, is home for the Holidays. Albert Kowrtoua, of Falls City, was in Pallas yesterday on his way to Portland. Mias Lillian McVicker went to t Lafayette, Friday, for the Christmas vacation. Mrs. Lottie Hedges-Dorris, of Inde pendence, visited friends in Dallas, Saturday. George Gooeh and daughter, Cordia, went to Portland yesterday for a few days' visit. BaQtoa Yost and family, of Black Rock, are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Cone. Mayor and Mrs. A. B. Muir went to Portland this morning for a Christ mas visit among friends, William Kidgaway, a prominent stock ralser'of Euell, was a business visitor in Dallas, Friday. Miss Elsie Hay is reported to be improving rapidly and her recovery ia now practically assured. T. S. Town send, owner of the Dallas creamery, was elected President of the Board of Trade in Portland last week. Mr. and Mrs. B. Casey and little daughter, Helen, went to Roseburg yesterday for the Chrismas holidays. William Pfelffer, owner of the rfeiffcr block in this city, was down from Albany on a business visit this week. Torn Itowcliffo went to Portland yes terday to spend Christmas at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Rowcliffe of that city. ChauDeey Odder started Saturday for San Jose, California, where he will spend the Christmas holidays at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Crider. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Hubbard went to Stayton today to spend a few days among friends and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Crider returned home Saturday from a visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Rlggs in Monmouth. December 25th is the last day to register for one of those unique and beautiful Art Calendars at Uglow Clothing House. . Mrs. Mattie Martin and daughter, Viola, of McMinnville, are spending the holidays at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Uglow. Barham & Winslow, the real estate dealers, have sold two choice lots In the Ellis addition to a Mr. Hoisington of Eastern Washington. The Dallas Public Library will be closed after 6 o'clock on December 2, and will remain, closed during the whole of the following day. Henry Muscott, who is employed by the Southern Pacific Company as a bridge carpenter, fs visiting his family In Dallas this week. Miss Bessie Young and Miss Lena Bobbitt went to Portland yesterday for a few days' visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Young. Miss Ella Carpenter, a teacher in one of the Portland public schools, came to Dallas, Saturday, for a week's visit at the home of her parents. Mrs. Annie C. Farley and W. D Cline went to Portland yesterday, to spend Christmas at the home of their parents, Dr. and Mrs. 0. E. Cline. Henry Pfandhoeffer and Roy Har rington, of O. A. C, were in Dallas, Saturday, on their way to their homes in Falls City for the Christmas holi day season. Miss Ada Osfleld, who is attending school at Dallas College, went to Portland, Friday, to spend the holi days at the home of her parents, Mr, and Mrs. H. J. Osfleld. On Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Mrs. Ella J. Metzger will sell all millinery at slaughter prices.- Every thing sold regardless of cost. See the ready-to-wear hats at 25 and 50 cents. Mr. and Mrs! W. R. Ellis and Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Tennis returned from Portland, Friday, after a short visit in that city on business concerning the contests on their claims in the Siietz country. John aud Prescott Simonton, of Salem, have secured employment with the Willamette Valley Lumber Com pany and will stay in Dallas during the coming winter. In addition to designing and wiring the big electric sign for Guy Brothers & Dalton, Fred West has applied his skill in electrical work to devising several clever lighting schemes which give the store and its show windows a truly metropolitan appearance. TheO. A. 0. defeated the Salem Y. M. C. A. in baaketball Friday night by a score of 45 to 19. All teams in the south division of the Oregon League have now suffered at least one defeat, with the exception of Dallas College, which has thus far proven itself invincible. Mrs. J. B. Thompson entertained Manager Ewing and Captain Swann of the Alaska basketball team, Mana ger Kersey and Captain Craven of the Dallas basketball team, G. N. Cherrington and Alvie Morton with a dinner at the Gail Hotel, Friday after noon. R. A. Hastings, of Pedee, was a Dal las visitor yesterday. Miss Lenore Elsie, of Dayton, Is visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Launer. Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Hadley, of Day ton, are visiting at the home of Mrs. Hadley's parents, the Rev. and Mrs. M. J. Ballantyne. Rev. and Mrs. A. C. Corbin, have gone to Grants Pass and will spend the holidays among relatives In that city. - E. L. Collins and family, of Arleta, Mrs. E. E. Watts and children, of Reedville, and Miss Nellie Collins, of Falls City, are spending Christmas week at the home of their parents, Judge and Mrs. J. L. Collins. Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Bollman have gone to Halsey to spend Christmas at the home of Mrs. Bollman's parents. Returning Thursday, they will stop in Salem, and will attend the wedding of Dr. Osmar K. Wolf, formerly of Falls City, and Miss Viola Fisher. F. R. Brown, of Vancouver, sophomore in the Oregon Agricultural college, visited friends in Dallas, Saturday and Sunday. Mr. Brown Is deeply interested in horticulture, and visited several of the large orchards in this vicinity during his short stay in our city. The program prepared for the horti cultural convention to be held in Mon mouth, Friday and Saturday, Decern ber 27 and 28, la intended to be of strictly practical value to the farmers, fruit raisers and dairymen of Polk County, and all who are able would do well to attend. . Alvie Morton fell against one of the posts in the gymnasium while playing in the preliminary game Saturday night, bruising his face and cutting a deep gash in his forehead above the right eye. The cut Is healing nicely, however and will leave no noticeable scar on his face. Fred Levin, who has conducted shoemaking business in Dallas for several years, left this week for Boise, Idaho, where he will engage in busi ness. Mrs. Levin and son went to Idaho early in the Fall. The departure of Mr. and Mrs. Levin is regretted by many friends. Professor W. I. Reynolds, principal of the State Reform School, visited his family in Dallas over Sunday. A pleasant holiday reunion was held on Saturday. Mrs. Bert Dennis and Mrs, Walter Nichols, of Falls City, and Miss Hallie Reynolds, of Portland. were present on this happy occasion Dallas visitors are Invited to patron ize the new bowling alley that I have just installed in the building one door east of Simonton & Scott's grocery store. All equipments are strictly up- to-date and my patrons are promised prompt service and courteous treat ment at all times. Eugene Byerley, During the past three days, the annual increase of holiday travel has made it necessary to add an extra coach to the Portland-Dallas train Both outgoing and incoming trains are crowded with people going some where to spend the holidays. Espec ially prominent in the throng is the college student, and one observing the trains may see almost any college or high school In Oregon represented in the ribbons or sleeve-bands of the travelers. " yhat I Want When I. 'Want I Ilia object of this store is to eliminate all chance when you buy. si ' . J Chicago sje v 1 t s If K ' - f ; TRAGOODT) From our policy of ordering only of makers of the first rank we place before you none but reliable and fully Guaranteed goods. It is made better than other clothing; it wears longer, looks neater, never is disappointing in any way and prices are are low as the ordinary kind. New arrivals in Boys Suits Plain and Norfolk Coats with bloomer pants, ages 9 to 15. Tne most desirable Boys' Suits ever sold at m im $62 12D o thes x TRAGOOD 99 J D :e bee P. Building H IVE STORE Dallas, Oregon R. L. Chapman returned Sunday from a five weeks' visit in Michigan and Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Quick, of St Helens, are spending the holidays at the home of her parents, Judge and Mrs. D. P. Stouffer. Mrs. M. J. Peary, William Peary and W. L. Jackson and family, of Albany, and Claud Peary, of Spring field, are Christmas visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred West. Ray Brooks, the 3-year-old grand son of G. S. Brooks, proprietor of the Dallas Shooting gallery, broke his right arm Friday morning by falling down a flight of three steps. The frac ture Is at the elbow joint, and it Is feared that the child's arm will be per manently stiffened when the broken bones have knit. . H. G. Campbell, clerk of the school board of District 2, has called a special school meeting for Monday, December 30, at 2 o'clock p. m. The purposes of this meeting are to levy a tax for the payment of the Interest on school bonds, and payment of the general expenses of the school, and to provide for the securing of additional school room and suitable equipment for it. t In addition to the regular cash prizes to be given at the skating carnival in Colosseum Rink on New Year's Eve, Messrs. Kerslake & White are offering $10 worth of skate tickets to be divided in four equal amounts and awarded as follows: Two prizes of $2.50 for the best couple on the floor and a prize of $2.50 each for the best gentleman and the best lady skater on the floor. J. E. Beezley, secretary of the Polk County Poultry Raisers' Association, says that the interest taken in the Poultry Show, which will be held in Dallas on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week, is far greater than was at first anticipated by the executive committee of the organi zation. It was thought that the 200 catalogues Issued a short time ago, would be sufficient to supply the demand, but Mr. Beezley reports that that these were exhausted within a week after the time they were issued, and that he is still receiving inquiries from poultrymen in all parts of Ore gon, requesting catalogues and information concerning the show. GET A CALENDAR Register Your Name at Uglow Clothing House and Receive a Work ot Art. This dainty calender Is worthy of a place in every home in the community, and as it will cost you nothing, there is no reason why you should not have one. Theyaretoo valuable and beau tiful to be given out indiscriminately, but if you will call at our store any time before December 25 and register your name, we will reserve a copy for you when they are ready for distri bution, which will be right after the first of the year. This offer is limited to grown-ups only. We cordially invite you to call and register, and incidentlv Invite vou to insrject our line of Holiday goods. UULiUW ULiUTHlflU HUUSK. Girl Wanted. Wanted, atonce, girl for lighthouse- keeping; good wages. - Mutual phone 1237. R. L. Fox. Dallas. 12-24-2t For Sale. Rock Island 12-inch steel plow, good as new, $10. At the A. Siefarth farm. 12-24-lt L. A. Dickinson. Best job Drintinar at the Observer office in Dallas and the News office in Falls City. Money of private Darties to loan at 6 per cent on well-improved farms. Sibley & Eakin. Men's and women's clothing cleaned and pressed, at Bartlett's near depot. Mutual phone 441. Patronize the new barber shot) on Main street. T. W. Reel, the proprietor, guarantees first-class work. A full line of White Haviland China at Loughary's. L. D. Brown, for Abstracts. Notary Public; typewriting. For the best Hsrara and frHhnst candies, call on Horace Webster. Another car of extra Star A. Star shingles, the celebrated Moore brand. tust received by the Soehren Ware louse Co., Dallas. W. R. Ellis, agent for Daily Ore- gonian and Evening Telegram. Have a daily paper delivered at your house by the week, month or year. No extra charge for delivery. ' Dallas Truck & Dray Company Hubbard I Brown, Proprietors Phone and stand at Belt & Cher- rington's drug store. Bell and Mutual Phones. It is not Economy To do the family washing at home. When you figure up the cost of water, soap, starch, extra fire and time, and most of all the mess and trouble that it makes, and compare it with our price of cents a pound, wrashed, starched and dried and 25 cents a dozen for flat pieces, you will see that you can't afford to wash at home. Send your washing to the DallasSteam Laundry Phone Mutual, 197, Belt, 203 THE NEW: RE ST0 pip FURNITU has some exquisite articles for Christmas gifts which are being offered at very attractive prices. It may pay you well to investigate before purchasing. Selec tions should be made at an early date, so as to assure you a good assortment to pick from. All goods so selected will be stored if requested and delivered at any date you may wish. We willgive you a partial list of such items as we think might interest you so as to enable you to make your selection with greatest ease Ladies' Secretarys in mahdgany or quarter-sawed oak. Ladies' Music Cabinets in mahogany or' polished oak. Ladies' Dressers in Bird's-eye maple or golden oak. Chiffoniers in mahogany, oak or Bird's-eye maple. Sideboards in golden, weathered or finished oak. Couches, covered in leather or velour. Bookcases, combination in polished oak. China Closets with full glass front. Chairs, Morris, rockers and easy, trimmed in velvet, velour or leather. Tables, Dining and Library. Stands, Parlor or Flower. Stoves and Ranges Art Squares, Rugs, Drapings, Couch Covers, etc. Remember nothing is more enjoyed or remembered longer by father,, mother, or entire family than a nice or comfortable piece of furniture. Dallas Furniture Co. Dallas Oregon Where and What to Buy for Christmas vmi will noTpfi with us that a more carefully selected line of strictly Hierh Grade J v r O" " " V tf -f holiday goods has never been shown in Dallas. Come in early and make your selections while the stock is complete. Below are just a few suggestions for suitable Christmas gifts: Brass Vases, 75c to $1 Brass Candlesticks, COc to $3. Brass Hanging Baskets, $1.75 to $5 Fountain Pens, $1 to $0 Ten Knives, 25c to $3.50 Coin Purses, 15c to $1 Leather Cigar Cases, $1 to $3 Bill Books, $1 to $2.75 Card Cases, 50c to $2.50 Whiting's Stationery, 40c to $4 Cigar Jars, $1 to $3 Perrumes, 10c to $10 Puff Jars, 50c to $5 Card Trays, 25c to $2 Mirrors, $1 to $5 Silver-mounted Whiskey Flasks, $4 Shaving Sets, $1.50 to $4 Collar Boxos, $1.50 to $3 Traveling Case, $1.50 to $7.50 Roll-u pa, $1.50 to $5 Silver Toilet Sots, $3.50 to $12 Ebony Toilet Sets, $1.50 to $8.50 Cocoa Bola Toilet Sets, $1.60 to $5 Bonnet Brushes, 50o to $3 Brushes, 25o to $4 Cloth Brushes, $1 to $3.50 Candelabra, 50c to $3 Rozano Ware Vases, 75c to $3 See our beautiful display of CUT GLASS before purchasing elsewhere. ELT CHERRINGTON Dallas, Oregon The Best Meats Are found in our tender and Juicy beef, mutton and pork. We do our own killing, and can guarantee all meats to be wholesome and fresh. Give us a trial. Barnhart Grant Dallas, Oregon jLveryDoay is interested 4 7 '1 WHEN IN DALLAS GO TO THE DALLAS HOTEL Under New Management Strictly White Help. Big Sample Room and Special Accommodations for Commercial Men. RATES: $1.00, $1.25, $2.00 per Day Chipman & Farmer, Props. i2 IN FINDING GOOD SHOES, and a great many $ people are unuiiij uuiu uur siure ia uie SHOE HEADQUARTERS For the city of Dallas and the surrounding country. Our stock is complete and up-to-date and manv new customers arecominsrourwaveverv day. If you want the best at prices which tell fj come and see us. All we ask is a chance to make good. Yours for trade, V 6, H sun 4V. .V &V W J feV W VtV. t.VM V AAfi .Vi4 Th8 Dallas Shoe Store, Mrs- FJ;LSivnor' TEA We couldn't moneyback tea, if our tea weren't bet ter than tea as you know it Tear vrocer return your bob.t if joa 4oat like Schilling'! But; w. p.; hiia. rhii signature It on every box of Um (ennlo Laxative Brorno-Quinine Tbie. 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