1 LOCAL BITS l?oV diicktn feed sec Mul.lfr'& Jk'CKCt.. , 3 "lMinnOh Iinlinn prunes Tor 25c at Ilcnd Mercantile Co. , John AtHinon. of IMk Meadowi, was n llcnd visitor yesterday. , You can jc Oregon drupe Cream lit Mem! MiTinutilcUo. til 10c a can v . Tlircc iir)oini(l Mii'kiiKcs of cncoii-nut for 50c at the City Bakery. i Hvcry tiling in tlie wnll paper .line nt rensonnhle prices. Merrill Drujc Co. 1 (loud ranch for mile, wi'tli nr trnnKciucut for irrigation. ). M. Lawrence. Mrs. W K. WilkiiiMiii took Che KXilion us oerator at tile telephone ofllec IhiN week. We can supply you with Catnlpn 'Cooking tanlnisc at joe a (;nliou, at the City Bakery. ' If you want VjmetliiiiK nobby in hats and caps you can get it at Heud McmiutiU' Co. J II. Cook, of ,Hidlaw, was in liend MonHuy and .SH;nt the tiii'hl at the Katewetl Bend hotel. We arc in the wall pajer Imni ucss and won't '! undersold by anyone. Men III Drug Co. Santa Clans hair arrived, and welcomes big and little folks at the New York Cat.li Store, Deschutes. If vou are going to pcr your house, consult iih. We cuit xive you money Merrill Drug Company A nice variety of toys and Xmas card, and calendars, now on display athcNcw York Store. DrichuicH. Mr and Mrs IS A. Onion mndc a visit last Sunday to the homestead of Miss Whittcd over on the Tutu nlo river ISIuier J Merrill, sou of t)r. Merrill arrived from 'I'.au Claire, Wis . Tuesday night and will take chaige of the ((ik store. There were ten nqvciiKuri on the north-liound stne Tuesday morn iii, among them lndu B- H. Uor rnitcc. Kolxjrt and Dan Uartruff and ISlmcr Meston. You don't haw to semi away to Ket your holiday nndi. lleml .Mercantile Co has than in- stock, in toys, games and "things to suit the little folks. The dnurc vUivcri lost Friday night t the II " M hull, by Creed ' Triplett was well tittvuded and a plOiiHiuit tune is reported by those who jwrtu'ijwtod. Mrs W IS Guerin. jr.. and little dan luY Mary have returned, from Kutotv rtn.l are exacted in Betid in ti frw d.tvs to.spciid the remain tier of the Winter here. . livery lady in Bend, and gentle ' man to may Consider themselves elh'iH to vontrtlAU'e, articles to the exhibition of Cufislmax gifts given by tlie Ladies Aid Society of the church . .!., This week Ora Huntcr'hioved in to Jus new ,c,8tal'c"wliich was" com pleted the latter dart of last week. The cottage ii sittiatclt'on IWrivcr lank just south of the Kowlee cottage 11 While driving a load out 1ft the Wilson r'aneh last Satunlay Kd. Millqr was thrown from the Wagon and r,un over" He was not .scYiously injured although he was laid up for .several-days. 1 . , , I..' I). Wicst pill leall Hie Chris tian JSudeavor next , Sunday even Oig. The subject tvjll V" ' ' How t0 ' get rid of bad habits and httW to cultivate good' habits." The meet ing will beghint 7:30: . vV . Sec hercl'tlicre will vtyc ' a special display of holiday, golds' in a win .dowoftlie ,Bend Mercantile Com pany's store, exhibited ' by" the Ladies' A'il 'Socfety 'of "the church. Comctand iiiHpt;ct. the, same... . . A football learn "MMing jirgau' IticcI' in' llfiiii. "The necessary funds for1' equipment JfaVi: 'rilrenVVy been secured and t)jc boys expect' (p lock horns .wih thc'W1n!vWe'tcam on the gridiron iu,tltc nea&futun. MisUct'oc Cain) Np'.v Si7 '.Roynl NelghbbrH of 'Aiiiorica tvill five n ' grnnOMlatthc-MM. hhlPDec. 13.' Fust qifeh nnihic hah.be'en ftcciircd Xor tlit, occaiiolinnd 'good ,WfldN:HWW' Sifiittw- Re freshments served iu the hill. ' ' ' 1 C. M. Weytltoijth and family ar rived from l'()ulii'uil Jas,t week and have taken up pct,miucfit residence here. Mr Wcymoutfi is auditor for the Oesehutes Tek'plione Com pftliy mid the Dcschiileft Improve meut Company. ,)ohn Hloss has relumed from Ills hutftiiiK trip iiImjiu the forks of the Deschutes The weather has been so fair that came Iiiih not come on the river very numerously and the succstful hunter gets plenty of exercise this year W. H 5,iUcrin,jr , has a force of cnrcnteri. minlc,lt and decorators tcariiiK up, the tntcifbr of his resi dence and settltiK things into a con ditiou of permanent finish, both ii side and out The cxterii) of the house is to lw a brcw.stcr gretrt Thu Deschutes Improvement Company has established an oflicc n' the ditrlrcamp No 2. near the llutiitt. ,11. K. Kamb is in charge This is-Ar the convenience of the workmen, a considerable number of whom are taking segregated land, ltd HalvcrtOU lias returned from his three months trip to North Da kota. where he .disposed of his property and adjusted bis affairs to make hi.s permanent home hi Heud. J. T Undscth will al.6cOhie from the same locality to make his home here. Thomas Jones, who kcep-i th6 stajK.' Million lietwecn Uosland and Sliver I.ake, -was in Hen 1 Inst Satur day on his annual visit to the outer world The old man is 84 years of aKC iitrd 11 .veteran of three wars, and be kecje sober when he comes to town. Mrs. Hnlteli. Mrs Jones and Mrs. Tompkins tramped up the canal to ramp No 2 Wednesday Koreman Ord cave them a pleasant reception. They found much interest and pleas ure in inspecting the camp and par taking of the fare Set for the workers. ' If you have land to level or sage brush to KMib. why nofbtty onoof Charles 15 Reed's patent levelers oV Sage grublcr We arc iisuu; one of the levelers at the I) I & P Co. Kx'punmctit farm and 'it is KivW first class satisfaction, Charles it. Ktcd, Heud, Oregon. A M. Drake returned to Bend last iiIkIi' He left Mrs Drake at a hospital in St Paul, slowly but apparently .surely, 'on the road to recovery After a' brief time here to look after sonic "business matters Mr. Drake will return I;ast and take Mrs. Drake South for the winter. Dr W S. Nicliol is transform ing the Siscmore plarc into a fruit rtVnch He bos prepared the ground tuid planted 4qpo strawlwrry plants and' has several hundred fruit tres and thousands of berry bushes. The trees ar$ buried for the winter. The soil tljcrc is old and rich and promises great results in fruit. SJ A the last meeting of tle Heud cornet ;brf!i(l four new members were enrolled, due baritone, one clarinet and one corner player and 1. snare drummer, tuakMng in all a band of fifteen pieces.' It is well organized nnd the lulegrity of the members may le relied upon to bring tills baud up to1 a hich standard -of mu'sichl excellence. New Uniforms will Je ordered nt once. , II. W. Holden returned Sunday fr6m n trip to Paisley, take county to buy horses for the D' I. & P. Cq., He brought back Me' fine animals ' purchased near Paisley. He also, brought in a ton'a'nd a half of most' cxcellcntnpples, produced in the' Paisley section ehiclly on the ranch of Dr. Withahf. 'This he found no difficulty iii disposing of, the de-j niiuiu uisiinciiy yniruiuiiii); 111c supply."' 'Mr. Holden- Says he Ibft scarcely 700 pounds more of fruit in the Qhcwaucau valley, , Tuchdhy night Cfted Triplet noticAV if man lingering Hbout the back,'door'of his barber;; shofr with out ann apparent business' there.' Buthe man finally parsed in and got,shavi and depart. Lttter wh'eji it'Valjic to locking urt'fOr the nigiiV'Triplett found tlIock.bf the bacVuW'fitfd been tampehld'with sd tllH boltould nottltcltiind Hit; doprlcou'd be easily niimw, open. One uastily locking Up would not hdt'uqticeittthis. !$ is mppbsed the Orangey bdd plaiftujd a'buriJlary ailU lihdvtnifif arrmc Hot itv by t'ciJdiiig rcrewa out of the Wit catch. tf l(h Central Oregon "Capital Stock, $25,000 Conducts a General Banking and Trust Business r Foreign hxcliatiKC Bought and Sold. SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES drafts made on nil parte of Hie World. D I R 15 C T ORS: , W. B. iftUi'lllS. it,. 'y A. I O0;VMLM, U.r Vur.it. J. M. IJVWHKN'CK, Hec'y . V 0. MINOK. t 'Aiuiir.it BEND - Fresh Fruit taaftd Vegetables : . . BUTTER 'AND EQGS . . . he CITY MARKET C. II. KKICkSON, I'KOl'KIVTOK Fresfi and Cured Meats arid Fish liven thllic I'crtalnlnz to a Hrst-Class Market Wf-ST millJUjbM, Wnll St., BEND, ORGGON mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm FAREWELL BEND HOTEL. A. L. STIJI'HIINS, I'roprlctSr. Htwly I'urnltlinl and 1'iltnl nd I'mlcr New Jim-jtmtin . . . . 'Special flttcntlon to Crnnelcnt Crnvclcro.. Hate: 51.25 a EnB. C-3 a TOcch for JJoaro anO Toom. , trMirt v cent (day rich, M grain atiJ hay. "'"" ' '" ' '' ' ' ",,.!.!"" . .... -. -,- fWHMmMBMa Pme Tree Store & a. sathm, r Wall St. near Minnesota GENERAL MERCHANDISE ct Boots dnd Shoos - - tlents' Furrilnhing Goods SHELf HARDWARE DRY GOODS and n COftCral Line of GROCERIES 'Remember to Cnll on Us dt The Pine Tree Store " GOOD CLOTHING If you need Clothing It will be toyour , t advantage to buy them of R.. E. SIMPSON, PILOT BUTTE INN , ,. A. C LUCAS, Proprietor AV'-I! v , . .. . , ... .' Tablet supplied with nil 'the delicacies ofthe'scaso'n V irht-claKulphjent 1?lne Rooms and Beds Only LlVxry Born on the Deschutes, "run in connection with the hotel. All stages Stop at the hotel door JLU The OFFICE HUGH O'KANE, I .,. f SS,( Proprietor. SfflJ,? tones nn& ot 36nr Service in JJSSif0 ctonro crook COUIUV). onb nn& mpotUiutoiiititlc 1 niiaro, U tlriportc ftowllno- Allev Crtw.tjcthtltnoc TOblflhlco 01, Vl.1 k , ' , Crabrcbhtb 11- : Billiards and Pool Ml Z. F. MOO'DY IV. iu-tf " General Commission HIKO, 1 IwVRGK Jji fMMODIJS ' VARI6USK t . xiywi''" !lfomJl httentio'ti pitid to thoe ai9iOTmKte2WaA!WtfMI rA Banking frust Co. Now prepared to furnish complete fucil ities to customers. OREGON blt'lll . Prinevillc, Oregon SALOON - .rttri;i .. . Mi Fo warding MefriaVit j i v OgEGON j i. vhp( favor me vl yvrti Ik Ask Oreoon Shoi line ahd Onion Pacific TO .; Salt Lake Denver Kansas Gity Chicago St. Louis Ne'fr Y6rk Ocean Steamers between PoVtlan'd and San Francisco every five 'Uay. Tickets to and from all parts of the United States, Canada and Europe. For particulars, '-call rm or address JAS. IRELAND, Agt., 'thc'balles.'Vreon. C. E. RANOUS t . ' .- Contractor Builder t -Estimates, Plan's.and Spec 'ficalious furnished. ....-,'v,.,. FREE 0JF C M A R Q E Leave orders at Pilot Butte Inn BIDS WANTED. Sealed bids will b re ceived until December 20, 1904, by 36hn B. Wimer dfTnmaIb,.Or., for the clearing 'of 50 acres or more of sage brush land; brush to be cleared and piled. Right reserved to reject any and all bids. jewsiv,..i lOn the-coimter you will also nnd catalog ijlus- tntlni thousands of useful and practical Gems i 11 you wirt the vVey bstval(ues fcryouirmcHley . BUY HERTS tHAT'raUL r7T , s .- &MTlirAlHtr WnW mm ww -EI,ORlSQgN T." I y3 ' MHUaPLaaaTBa-aTaaTa .SjaGiTBKWRSaH U BaaaaHaUaWaHHalBalDalaKS;k''lViak. 3 41 fi iarMffTaWamvHByiL,'. wSimm ' ' l-BggRbaiiiiM tmiUUlViltmtmi VF JaSfflWR And vi B!HKaWi?OI'csry ' vlJ nlvfjr teed. 'IS Kytr i u a Come itvr-tnke a look at a M beautiful dlanlav of WM 9 P& iilipy m cr"1a JBjK"mMaT 'WMrW la4Hair v- i n