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I, MONDAY, HM'KMJIKU 8S, 1018. DAILY ROuUE BIVEIt COURIER PAGE THREE Gassff ied Advertising CHRISTMAS EPIGRAMS FOR SALK TO BX CHANGS 'v . i mm am am mm ",:r- -7- sir v '''..'' I Hill J 'j ... it t W. 'A' wm 1 V f ' Jcr Uvza. Aj- t V V.' 'OS 72K l.l.v'j's,. It U a wise Santa who keeps bis whiskers tway from the candles. Better broken toys than broken hearts. Never look gift la the price tag. Many' a man puts on icng white whiskers and thinks he looks like Santa Claus when he looks more like a goat and perhaps he Is. I One thing they missed dur. ing the Spanish Inquisition Christmas cigars I H Shopping done In time is the noblest work of woman I f A Christmas gift by any other name doesn't cost hall as much. U A gift in the hand is worth two in the postomce. U Many a man gets a girl under the mistletoe only to find himself, a little later, under her thumb. V A pound of steak to a poor man is worth a ton of holi day greetings. In the Christmas Handicap Mere Man Describes How Friend Wile Wins by an Eyelash 1 , ,K 1 ' B ' I home tonight," observed the m I tall, sad man as he pushed B I the dice box from him and accepiea me coosoimuou ci gar which the tobacconist vouchsafed him. "There will be nothing do ing the way of eata. My 12 wife hasn't time to cook. She's enter ed in the Christmas handicap. Ton talk about the six-day races where fellows ride around and around until they drop dead or go nuts) Why. the Christmas handicap has that kind of an endurance race skun a mile t "My wife gives one hundred and eleven presents on December 24 and 25. The race la between her and ChrtHtmaa, andbelleve me, Christmas is coming along pretty fast when It comes to the last lap of the race dur ing, December. But my wife Is coming along pretty rapidly, too. Tate it from me, those needles of hers click so fast that they sound like fifty rev olutlons to the minute, and she hits on all six, too, and she leaves a string of pink and blue double bowknots, kn- telets, plcos and fourets In the wake of those needles that would astonish you! Tick, tick,' says the clock, and Hlckerty, tlckerty. tick, tick,' says the needle and there's a pair of embroia ered socks, an embroidered handker chief or a foot towel, a sweater, a cap. a dolly, a lamp shade, a photo holder or most any old thing. "Bingo 1 It's December 221 Bingo, bingo, blngo-o-o, go the knitting needles and crochet hooks and the tat ting shuttles, leaving a string of gar ments In their wake. "December 23 Jumps up on the cal endar, and whlzsl bangl ilpp! go the needles, the paint brushes, the brand ing Irons and the stencils. And swish. swish 1 on comes the scenery, the me nagerie, or whatever she has to evolve. "December 24 swings Into the stretch. Now Christmas Is here, They approach the wire. "Now, I don't know whether my wife bus wafted all night or not, bnt she has brought her string pretty well up abreast of the times. But some of these presents have to be delivered. My wife grabs a handful of them and starts out to deliver them. None of them Is finished yet, but she finishes them on the way. Clans, clang ! goes the street car. Buz-z-it goes the current 'and away we go I But bib, bib, bob go the fin ishing touches on the presents. My wife arrives at a place where a pres ent is to be delivered and rings the hell. Blp, blp, blp, btp go the needles. Vive yards to make and the maid is u the way to the door. "Creak-It! The servant opens the door. Swlsh-h 1 the present Is complet ed. Thud I My wife drops It Into the liox. Swish, In goes my wife's card, and rattle, on goes some, hollyfled ' nipping paper, and my wife wins by in eyelash J" Greece end Serbia reeelTed I" M ' f Ill Cm I , 51 tS n 5 000,600 pounds ot food In 80 daysUnfl i0 boycott those who Indulge in treat fee Red Oses. ' profiteering: " FOR SALE Good, partly improved ranch tor aala. Will accept good, modern residence at part pay ment What have 70a. Bos 142, Riddle, Ore. 47 TO KB.TT FOR RENT Partly furnished cot tage at 821 Rogue River Avenue three rooms and sleeping porch, good well and one-halt acre ot land, barn; $5.00 per month. Key at 402 Rogue River Ave. 07tf FOR RENT OR &AL& Our reel dencea at 801 and 811, North 6th St., eight and ten dollars a month, Will sell either or both. Hake me an offer. John Summers, Leba non, Oregon. 40tf WAlfTBD WORK WANTED By competent woman a cook In camp, or gener al housework. May L. Brown, Set- ma. Ore. 47 HOUSEKEEPER wanted by widower. Write or call for particulars. 707 South 6th St. 47 MISCELLANEOUS JITNET SERVICE Any where, any time. Phone Mocha Cafe 181-R Otto J. Knlps. Residence 149-T 22 MEDFORD buslnees College, now 1 open. Stenography and related subjects; classes under personal supervision of F. Roy Davis, offi cial court reporter. 60 WE REAPAIR cars, mag's, coils, generators, starters, batteries, ig nition systems.' Satisfaction guar anteed. Steiger Garage, 211 North Sixth street. 26tt HAVE TOUR tires repaired at the Maxwell garage. Get work that holds any kind ot an injury on any sized tire taken care ot. 70 E. L. OALBRAITH, insurance, rent als, acreage, building and loans; snaps in city property. 609 G St, Launer'a old location. 68 REWARD REWARD -Paid for Information leading to the recovery ot iron gate taken from my place at 716 D Street during Hallowe'en festiv ities. M. L. Opdycke. 47 SL Wimiifred and the Tree One story of the origin of the green tree as the Christmas tree among the teople of northern Europe is given In legend of St Winnlfred. It Is one of the many thousands of those sim ple and beautiful beliefs that have at tached themselves to the midwinter festival and which generally pass now under the name of "Christmas myths." It Is related that St Winnlfred, a great Christian missionary, began cutting down a "sacred" oak which had been the object of worship by the northern pagans whom he was seeking to lead aright While he was hewing down the huge tree it was bleated by a sudden whirlwind. Close beside It was s young fir tree, which was not harmed either by the whirlwind or by the fall of the giant oak. Then St Winnlfred la reported to have spoken as follows to the pagans: "This little tree, a young child ot the forest, shall be your holy tree to night It is the wood Of peace, for your homes are built of it It la the sigh ot an endless life, for Its leaves are always green. See how It points toward heaven I . Let this be called the tree of the Christ Child. Gather about It ; not In the wild woods, but In yoer homes; there It will shelter no deeds of blood, but loving gifts and acta of kindness." N - ' The fir tree, the com moo evergreen of the northern regions, became the holy tree of the converted pagans, and In Its honor or in memory .of the thoughts It stood for they decorated It with lights and gifts at Christmas. ADVISE CONSUMERS TO BOY COTT Ataj PROFITEERS " Helena, Mont., Dec. 22. The sol ution of the profiteering problem lies, after all, in the hands of the consumers, William Ruth and James Anderson, membara of the Lewis and Clark county fair price, commit tee, declare In an open. letter to the public. They confess that the com mittee, which sat during most ot the war period, has effected practlcaly nothing la reduction of prices on the nwMnltlnii'i' Thev' advise the Dublie . - ,tudv dealers "hnd their -method WILL, TRADE Five or 10 acres la peari, 9 years old, adjoining city ot Grants Paas, tor property In or near Portland, Ore. Inquire of F. M. Gelger, Boise. Idaho. 74 PHOTO 8Tl'kIO THB PICTURE MUX, tor fine photo graphs. Open dally except Sun day from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. Sun day alttlnga by appointment only. , Phone Mill, 283-R, or residence MM. ITtf PHTSIC1AR8 L. O. CLEMENT. M. D., PracUc limited to diseases of the eye, ear. nose and threat. Glaasea fitted. Offloe hoars 1-12, 2-6, or on ap pointment. Office phone 12, real dance phone 859-J. & LOUGHRIDOE. M. D., Phyatoiaai and surgeon. City or eoantry calls attended day or night. Resident , phone office phone - 181 Sixth and H, Tuffs Bldg. DR. J. O. NIbLeT, Physician and urgeox Lnndburg Bldg. Health offteer. Office hours, t to It a. m. and 1 to S p. m. Phone 810-J. A. A. WITHAM. M. D. Internal medicine and nervous diseases; 102 Corbett Bldg.. Portland, Or. Hours a. m. to 1 p. m. A. BURS ELL M. D. D. C In block north of poetoffice, corner Sixth ' and D street', surgical, electrical. chlropratic and osteopathlo treat ments. Office phone 197-R; resi dence phone S23-R. VETERINARY SURG BOM DR. R. J. BESTUL. Veterinarian. Office, residence.' Phone 806-R. ATTORNEYS H. D. NORTON. . Attorney-at-law. Practices In all Stat and Federal Courts. First National Bank Bids. COLVIQ , ft WILLIAMS, Attorney at-Law, Grants Paas Banking Co. Bldg., Grants Paaa, Oregoa. C. 8. VAN DYKE, tloa In all court. Bank Bldg. " . Attorney. Pra First National 1. 8. BLANCHARD, ttornsy at Law. Golden Rule Bulldlna Phone 270. Grants Pass, Oregon. BLANCHARD It BLANCHARD. At toraeys. Albert Bldg. Phos 2SI-J. PraeUos la all courts; la board attorneys. C. A. BIDLER, Attorney-at-Law, ref eree In bankruptcy. Maaoaie temple, Grants Pass, Ore. DBNTMTB E. a MACT. D. M. D. Flrst-flass dentistry. 10Vk South Sixth street. Grants Pass. Oregoa. DKATAGB AND TRANS bH COMMERCIAL TRANSFER CO. Ai klaas of arayage and tuanafei werk earefnlly sad promptly done Phese 1S1-J. Stand at freight depot A. Shade, Proy. THB WORLD MOVES; Trasafar so do we. Co. Phone Bases Bros. 197-R. F. G. IS HAM, drayaa and transfer, gates, please aad farmltoxe moved, peeked, shipped aad stor ed. Office phone 124-T. ftest deaos phone, 124-CR. - The Calif ormia and Oregon Ooast Bailrocvd Company TlWi CARD Effective Nor. 19. 1912. Trains will ran Tuesday, Tharsday and Saturday Leave Grants Pass. 1 P. X. Arrive Watera Greek ... 2 P. M. Leave Watera Creek . S P. M. Arrive Grants Pasa ; 4 P. 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