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About Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 12, 1911)
TUESDAY, DECEJIBej FOLK COUNTY OBSERVER " v i"1 rfl . - w' - i i iiw imnmmmui I A. Mill w 'HHM ' r-..miH -. HIM" 1 -UliunnunilWll-. . iimlinnwlWUMWH MM , in nit n MttiiMm I til I Iri irTW iTininfiin Til Tin i "i in rn 'ffl'mi in ntniiirtiii The Largest Display of Holiday Goods Ever Made, in Pall; TOYLAMB GIRL and BOY LAN JOYLABl The Mecca of of Christmas Shoppers Santa Clare9 Headqrartars Everything ia Christmas Tree Ornamei HUNDREDS of Toys for the Children-Hundreds of useful articles for the grown-ups. Be sure and take a trip through our Immense display room before j make your gift selections; you'll be sorry if you don't. Christmas Tree Ornaments, Candles, Candle Holders, Artificial Snow-anytnlng needed. A whole i lage of Dolls; Little Dolls, Big Dolls, Pretty Dolls, Dolls with raven locks and Dolls with golden hair. Doll Heads m every size. Doll Beds and Doll Furniture every kind and description, sure to please the children Mechanical Toys Hobby Horses Coasters Teddy Bears Christmas Books Express Wagons Wheelbarrows "Roily-Pollys" "Billiken" Dolls Masks Automobiles China Sets "Camel Kids" Sleds Tool Chests Play-house Sets Games, Games, Everything in Games. Our Store is a veritable wonderland of Holiday Beauty and Big Bargains Official Proclamation KNOW ALL PEOPLE, LITTLE AND BIG, By these Presents : That I, Santa Claus, the patron saint of the Christmas Holidays, hereby publicly proclaim that I have established my headquarters for Polk County at CRIDEB'S GENERAL STORE in Dallas, and that I accordingly extend to every boy and to every girl a most cordial invitation to call and inspect the myriads of toys which are on exhibition there Be sure to bring your parents, your uncles and your aunts with you. You will see me in the front window. Witness my hand and seal, this Twelfth Day of December, 1911. (Seal) Santa Claus. . .See the funny "Bumps," the queer dolls with the indestructible heads you can't break 'em. Electric Lamps Chafing Dishes Clocks Framed Pictures Percolators Collapsible Baby Carts Rogers' Silverware Fancy Dishes Nothing nicer for a Christma j ent than a "LAUREL" RANGE, i Five dollars worth of Almc Ware given with each one H ..Elegant line of Brassware ta-;' here from New York City, "Wear-Ever" Aluminum U guaranteed for 25 years. j Call and make your selections earl Goods will be laid aside for you Display n On r Chinaware Departoeii' See the exquisite genuine Haviland China imported by us direct from France Bring the Children to see the bid double Christmas Trees and thp Mmrind San' Claus, Everything to please young and old. Gifts of all kinds to fit all pocketbooi : : : - i : ; Just Received: Another 500 pound shipment of "Rex" Hams iq We are Selling them at AOC Codecs mm 1 Stoit ' ' ? fSfn. . Ac PLANS C0STLiUNTRY H0ME DALLAS ODD FELLOWS GO IS PROMISED DALLAS Lawson8 Son.in.Law t0 UTa in TO LODGE DEDICATION f j Oi-tam. Bare Musical Treat to Be Given By "Virginia Warblers" in Lyceum Course of College. Nolan T. Washington, from whose unique work "The Virginia Warb lers" take their name, will make his first appearance to a Dallas audience Wednesday, January 3. Ernest J. Sias, who delivered a lecture on "The Lost Chord" last Wednesday evening, who knows the great enter tainers, says that lie is easily one of the greatest tenors on the American platform, and as a warbler and imi tator of birds has yet to find his per. Surely Dallas and the surround ing community are to be congratulat ed on having in prosed so rare a treat from such an artist and sk-c-ialist. Don't foruet the date. Wed nesday, January 3, at Woodman Hall. ADVANCE IN ROAD BUILDING Forty Thousand Miles of Highways in State. Great fiances in roa 1 building thromihou: this state are shown by figures oi county jud-s. la 1M Oregon had :C.IMM) miles f rads mid svi:i .fSoo.Oitil in repairs and enistntiiiii. In 1'MO, wit'i Ju.Ofu miles of roads, fJ.lHiu.O'Kl was pent. S0UTHKF.X OREGON ELEt'TRlCS Internum Lines to Ealivaa Tfcit Section. South Til Oregon eiti are looking forwaid K: a network t.f intenii bin electric lines that will greatly facil itate travel and inler-eoiwunit life in that section of the state. Flan are announced of a tnlly line from Grants Pass to Ashland." Unk ing all the intermediate cities. Musical Section Meeting. A meeting of the members of the musical section of the Women's club of Dallas mill b held at th home of Mrs. 0. r. MaeGrcgor, No. COO Shelton fctreet, tomorrow, Wednes day afternoon, to which all members ar requested to attend. Walter L. Took, Jr, lawjer, Wil liams blig. A fine eouutiv place on Ilia ban!; of Crooked Rier, Crook county, costing $'0,UW, is promised by Henry McCall, the son-in-law of Thomas W. I.nws-,i, of Pio-stou. Mr. McCall has bought 400 acres and will make beautiful home rf it This is one vesu't of the visit of Mr. Lawson to Oregon last Summer. Do Not Put Other Than Postage Stamps On Mail Matter. No adhesive stamps, or imitations of stamps, of anv foi m or desiim whatever other than the lawful post age stamps, shall be affixed to the address side of domestic mail matter but such adhesive stamps, provided they do not in form or design re semble lawful jxistage stamps, and do not bear numerals, mav be affix ed to the reverse side of domestic mail matter. All domestic mail matter bearing on the address side, adhesive stamps, or imitation of stamps, other than lawful Hstage stamps, will Ik? re turned to the sender, if known, oth erwise they will le forwarded to the Division of Dead Letters. Valley Lodge at Independence Holds Reunion in Honor of New Build ing Thursday Night Independence, Or., Dec. 9. Valley Lrfidge JNo. 4L' I. O. O. .. held a reunion Thursday niirht and deput ed their new building. Every lodge in the county was represented, and also several members from Salem. Grand Master Bowersoek and Past Grand Master Mills, of Salem, were among the visitors. Addresses were made by the visiting grand officers. Dr. H. Charles Dunsmore. of Cal vary Presbyterian church of Inde pendence, and others representing oiner lodges. A banquet was served in the new dining room. A delegation of 3(i members of Friendship Lodge No. 6, of Dallas, attended in a special car. LOCALS SWAMP McMINNVILLE Visitors No Match For Militiamen in Basket Ball. HOLD CHRYSANTHEMUM FAIR Annual Independence Church Event Attracts. Independence. Or., Dee. 12. The annual chrysanthemum fair Jtaar. under the auspices of the La dies' Aid Soeietv nf t), r.,l,.o;.. church. began Fridav f!m. These fairs have been held annually for seven or eight years and have greatly stimulated the growing of the im.tsaiiincnium and hue specimens are to be seen on exhibition. Frizes are awarded for the bet and there is quite a rivalry among lociu growers. A program was rendered in tb evening consisting of readinr bv Profesor F. F. Diddle, of Willam ette University, assisted by local mu sical talent. The women har. W working for months getting in read iness articles to be placed on sale in the several booths in the basement of the church. With a score of 51 to 14. ul,!nl. might just as well have been twice as large on the winnimr side, the basket ball team of company II, O. N. 0., of Dallas, literally swamped their opponents at the new armory in this city last Fridav mVl.t A crowd which filled nearly every seat provided for spectators "in the big building, chered the players and rooted for the home team until their lead grew so large that interest in the battle lagged somewhat. While all the members of the local team played a good game, the par ticular star of the content was "Febo" Shaw who mali "(I all by his lonesome, some of the bas kets he threw being exceedingly dif ficult. Much of the locals' suoeess was due to the fouling of the visitors RaHentyne being called upon to throw the baskets on fouls and he made but one bobble during the en tire contest. The line up of the local were as follows: F- K. Shaw, center: V.V and Boydston. forwards; Gates ind U G. Shaw, guards. tyfou ad me uiat want fir resmas. et me a t&amont rtnp or a watci, tit Je lure and f pet it rem 3 1 J7trrt tL retate Jetner, wto taS een m aimeu ire years. , Order Christmas tnrlox-s ducks and chicken c.w'ii Meat Market. Orejon Noraal Wins. Monmouth. Or, Dec. 11 A game of basketball was played her Satar dT evening between the Oregon Normal school teaa aid the Iligh s-hod. The score was 29 to 27 in ( " favor of the Normal team. T BonaSde reduction sale in MJ-- Iinery. Mrs. R Toner's. 1 44 Christian Church photos jast out at Eaton's. SMOIffi "ZU ZD. The best 5 cent cigar on any market. Your dealer should have it. H. S. GUe Grocery Co. r