, Tiin rend, iiclletin,.rend, om:., Wednesday decemiigii 20, 1015. VAOK T. t -'1 1 1 l' "'. f v' H - , ' ! We thank ypu for your past patronage and hope to be of serv ice to you in the future. Wishing You a Happy and Prosperous New Year we are truly yours 2 Reed and Morion BUND The 3&xdtJL Store OREdON LOCAL NEWS ITEMS Tost ofllco box tent is now duo. ,'r 0. L. Iirnzco, of Powell Dutic, wa3 hero on lmslncsH Monday. .'Paul Scogcln, of Tumnl", vna In town on buUncss Monday. Clin. H. Short went to Portland to spend tho liolldnjB on Friday. Claudo Vandovcrt of Portland Is visiting with relatives this week. Mrs. Joo Rlngo of descent Is v',11 nJtlng wlthf rlcnds In llend this week. E. I,. Clark of I.a Pino wna In llend on Thursday Tnrouto-to Sslt I.ako City., H II. Parsons, of tho Ilcdmond Wrrohouso Company, of Itodmond, wna,n business .visitor In Usml on r nuay. Professor II. 0. Whlto returned on Thursday from a , business trip to Portland. , Tho Methodist Aid, III glvo, a chicked plo cafdterlaJMInneir' At Uiu Commercial Clnb rptmis Saturday evening, January 1, 'Celslnnlng at G o'clock. Miss Kdnn Tracey of Seattle ! vis iting this week wltji Mrs. J. ltynn In Kenwood. O'Doimoll Ilrothors made an at tractive window display of moats over Christmas. I). E. Hunter returned yesterday from Portland whero ho had spent Christmas. ' i:. Drown wna taken to Prlne lllo on Thursday for treatment at tho Home hospital. Jtidso T. i:. J. Duffy nnd Mrs. Dur fy of Prlncvlllo spent Chrlstmoii day with friends In llend. Mm. V. II. Wollnston, of Philadel phia, arrived Thursday night to visit her niece, Mrs. 1.'. M. Lara. Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Decker and Fred 11. Wilson of Tumalo wero In lend on business Thursday, Mr. and Mrs. 8. J.. Stoats and children returned -Monday night otter trending tho holidays In Portland. Reports from tho Tttmnlo ranger ctr.llcn and Horse l.ako district- stato that the jno.wt. I thc deepest It has been In several years. At Uio Tumalo station tho' depth-Is reported to be 12 feet and rt'll()riW l.ako 2b fcot. Mr. and Mrs F J. Glader left wit Monday night for Olympla, Wnsn- Ington, whero they expect to reside. The regular monthly business meeting Of the Library1 CMili svill bo hold sdt the library on Tucsdny af ternoon1 ht 3 o'clbck. What throUenod to bo a rent enow storm passed over Ilond early yester day nfternoon, nearly nn Inch of snow falling In little over an hour. II. M. Stephens, assistant cashier of the Central Oregon Dank returned from Portland Monday whero ho spent Christmas UJt relatives. Mrs. Mlnta Howard of Tumalo ennio up to Dond Monday evening to attend tho Installation coremonlco of the Mnsons nnd Eastern Star lodges. Manager J. F. Pope of tho Pioneer Telegraph nnd Telephono Co., spent last WedneBdny night In Dcnd before leaving for Pocatcllo for a holiday vacation. The Presbyterian Guild will hold their monthly meeting at the Iiguio of Mrs. 0. C. llenklo Wedneodr.y niter noon, January 5. All members and friends are cordially Invited. Mrs. T. W. Trlplett and daughter are visiting friends In Portland last week, returning on Moadny. II. Mor ton, who has been In Portland for several woolen returned with them. Carmody Rrothers hao rented tho vmnll store on Oregon street In tho I.tirn building and will occupy 't soon ns n cigar nnd confectionery shop. Mr. Carmody Is now in Portland pur chasing fixtures. K. D. Mcintosh returned Frldav night from Scnttto. Mr. Mclntoxh has been In Alaska for tho pnst yoir end wan taken 111 en his return to Seattle n short time ago, but cov ered Mifltclontly to mnko tho trip to Dcnd last week. DANCE POSTPONED. Dccnuso tho funeral of T. I.. Shevlln la to tnko plnco on Friday n dancn which was to liavo boon held Friday night at tho Emblem Club, according to Invitations recently sent out, has been postponed to Snturday night. COMMUNITYTfiEE A OIG SUCCESS MANY CHILDREN A1ADE HAPPY Sumptuous Dinners (ilcn To Needy Families by The KlrM National llnnk on ChrlstnuiM Dii) Mcr- clmntH Report lltiy Holiday. NOTICE. To whom It may concern- Notice Is given that I hnve sold out my Interest In the Sanitary Bak ery to R. N. Hopkins nnd will not bo responsible for any debts of the busi ness contracted after this date. '' Dcnd, December 29, 191B. CARL 1I0L8CI1EK. ndr. JHyo nnd Grnhnm flour mnnufactur In an old fashioned French Ruhr mill. Its purity Is unexcelled. Adv. . t We Move into our NEW BUILDING .January 1,-1 91 6. Our New Years'Res'oliitidh: TO '. jft Jk. 1 H k f A SERVE YOU BETTER Warner's ciiunni notict:h, Cliurcli of the llrcthren. Services will bo held next Sunday si lidfetoforb, near tho high school) after which ditto It Is very probable that (ho building will be required for school purposes. Bee announcement next week, Sunday school 10 n, m. Preaching 11 a. m. Ira II. Fox, min ister. I'rtMli) tcriari. Services next Sunday as follows: Sunday school at 10 a. m. Preaching at 11 n. m. Thome, "A Now Yeor'B, Message." Preaching at 7 30 v. ni. At this Borvlio the series of sermons of "Thn Legality of tho Trial and Death of Jesus" will bo continued. Good music end n cordial welcomo awaits all who will attend. II. C Hartranft, Pastor. 4 lluptlxt. Rlble school 10 a. in. Preaching service, 11 o'clock. Subject, "Tho New Testament Church." Young people's meeting 0:30 p. in. Preach ing servlco 7:30. Subject, "Present Day Fallacies and Facts." Prayer meeting Wednesday evening 7:30. E. Q. Judd, pastor. MRS. MYRTLE J. SCIIMPPI. Will glvo instruction In elocution, oratory, physical culture and drntnnt Ic art, private or class lessdns. Orad uatn of tho Western Academy of Portland and has had 12 jrurs teach ing experience. Resldcnco cecond l'lval house north side east end. adv See Ildwards for good house paint ing. Adv, 1 It '- THE VARIETY STORE REWARD. Threo strrs, two red yoarllngd, one 2 )ear uoliloin steer, long norns branded NI. cr N2 connected on left side. Range on the Tumalo. 0. I.. Iiraxee, Powell Rutte 43-JSp m WE HOPE that the New Year will be a the Happiest and ' Most Prosperous Year vou have ever ,had. F A t! - W r A A' E M. THOMPSON l s T if EM.THOMPS( 'iBau. Tlisftjrnitury man . jgTO BOWJJH FRIDAY Prlneilllo KxncrtM to Meet Ilraa Tram In Two MaicIkx. One of tho leading sporting events of the year will lake place on Fri day at the Carmody Hrothero bowl ing alleys when a team of Prluevllle experts will meet Rend bowlers In two matches. The Prlnevlllc team will consist of Robert Osborne, coun ty treasurer Ralph L. Jordan, E J Wilson, Albert Noble and O. C Clay pool. The Rend team will bo select ed from the following. Duneruore. Welder, Carmody, Sproat, Stover, Springer, Palmerlpn, Stcldl, Bastes, Meredith and Ostlund. The Prlnevllle contingent Is expect ed to arrive early In: that afternoon n'ndjtbey have signified their desire to bowl on ineir arrival hu BKein in tb-tLvenlflg. Admlssloa to ths It was n Merry Christmas. In fact It was the merriest Christ mas that Dcnd ban ever seen. The 600 children who received gifts last Friday eenlng and the several hun dred more grown ups who watched them and listened to tho program at tho Community Chrlstmnti Treo thought so. In every Instnnce the Community Tree Idea Justllkul Its ox Istcnco as n permanent custom In llend for jenrs to como. Wcnthtr could not havo been more Ideal. It was Just chilly enough to glvo tho out doers a Christmas nlr. Thero was Just enough snow on tho ground to call tho day a whlto Chrlnt mas. Early on Friday evening Binnll bands of children began to collect about the large nnd beautifully Il luminated Clirlstmns treo nenr tho Dcnd Company's cltlcc, tind within a short tlmo scu-rnl hundred were crowded about tho baud stand whero stacks of candles nnd tojB wero pUed high. Tho churches held their Christmas Ee programs early and all were through on tlmo for the Community Treo procram to begin at 8:30. Christmas enrols wero sung on tho streets ueroru tuo program began. Early Christmas morning, more than 30 sumptuous Christmas din ners, tho annual gift of tho First Nntlonal nank of llend were deliver ed at ..the doors of needy famlllos about town. In addition a largo nmount or tos, tho gift of 11. B. Young of tho Emporium nnd Mnnn helmer Drothcrs, were distributed nmong the children In homes whero funds, were not sufflclent for them to be obtained. Tho llend merchants Bay that this holiday season was tho best Hint they nave ever experienced, nnd tho bus iness was unusually good. The committee which had charge of the' Continuity Trpe wishes to ox press Its thanks to tho merchants and those who contributed liberally to support the tree. TOWNS CONSIDER FINANCES Redmond PIhim Cigarette Helling; I.I icimo Prlnctllle Cut Hillary. Ways of raising revenue to tnko enro of the losses caused by tho pro hlbltlon law are under consideration at Redmond nnd Prlnevllle. At tho former town nn ordinance Is before tho council by tho terms of which a I'cense fen of 1100 a enr, paynblo quarterly, will bo charged for those who wish to sell cigarettes. To In crease revenues the city water rotes bnvo liocii raised, the rate now being 12.00 for 300 cublo feet. At tho county seat nn occupation tax tins been talked of but whether or not It will be put Into effect re mains to bo seen. Expenses havu been cut by a reduction In the salary of tho city treasurer. r3jb(SbdBbc8:t5iSj9itSiiSttSbtSbi Co HU flDg pntroiw 1 XQlob to itcnD tbc Orectlnfio oltbc Season. JLk G032 UJcstnurant fhxe. Uettle Stevenson Drop. w warara w hp " tffttf&&c&c&(p Ap6r An " eciation 1M t nrHEfirm of Mannheimer Brothers desire to express their sincere appreciation of the patronage accorded them during the year 1915. Our appreciation will be best shown through our in creased efforts to give the people of Bend the best in service and reliable mer chandise, We wish you all a Hap py and Most Prosperous New Year WKKSPEi ' t I'M I' WANT WELLSORILLED Kiher Luko People Petition HI Kt Money Miiy Iks Put Up. (Oregon Journnl.) WASlIINdTON, Dec. 211. George Otis Smith, director of tho United States geological survey, has ussured CongrcBsmau Slnnott that If congress makes an appropriation fqf experi mental artesian wells, Oregon will bo apportioned a shnro of tho funds, Thu survey has Included $ 100,00? for imrposo U Its estimates. mt. oinnoii nns received n pennon from resldonts of Silver Lake, Lake-' view nnd surrounding country In I.ako county, urging tho Iniportanco of nrteslan uxplorntlon.' It Is believ ed that nhundanl water for Irriga tion may bo daveloped from this source In each of four vullejs In that section JBkBxSW) rilll.DREN MADE HAPPY. Tho O.-W. It, ft N. Incoming pas scnger train pn Friday was turned In, to n Santn Cnus train for all chlU dren who wore nlKiard nn Hint day, A. O. Egnn, local O.-W. R, ft N, freight and passenger agent, and Mrs, Egnn, went to Sherman on Friday morning with a largo amount of tojs. nnd confections. They gavo (hem to thu children who had full charge, of tho train on Its way to llqpd. 1 llim.HIMi THREE HOUHEH. t S. E. Lochrlo' nnd P. (I. Coffey rtru bulldliiK threo houses In Ken- wood on adjoining lots, one being;, nearly finished, n second bring roof ed In and thu third lelng frnniod. They nro of bungalow stylo and tiao four rooms each. Mr. Coffey has n storo at Ilrothors an tho lleud-llurnn road. l Eat At The i s Hsist-A LTAMONT LUNCH RRAOY FOR SRKVICIJ AT IIMS DINNUR AT 5UO TRY IT MHHMMMMUMMMWWUWWHUUtmWMUMMWUUMtlMtW FOR YOl'll NEXT 8UJT See DICK TSe Tailor All Kinds of t'LHANIMi AND PHI'-SHINO Ilione RlacH )ft t , LOS T FUR NECK-PIECE, of Martin. Lib: eral reward for its return to ' J. H. Stanley. Owl Pharmacy Wishes that The New Year may, be a Happy and Prosperous , The Skuse Hardware Company wishes you a Very Prosperous and Happy New Year t - I t I u f r. BJsteh will be, 'r8.vr x .V.Jrri" "- r- 1 V9fi i ' ( ttiit - '. M. -i'i5V5iHVt ' ij, ...Mi,