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About Albany daily democrat. (Albany, Or.) 1888-192? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1917)
I WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 19. 1917 4 : V t 5 1 t Uiil) Christmas for (he Automobilist A new Gould Storage Battery will be a most accept able present. We have a Gould Mattery to fit every car. We do repair work. A Gordon 'lire Cover will protect your tires from the weather and will prolong their life. All sizes, J2.0U and $2.50 A Spotlight on your car will make driving safer. Stewart $:..()0 Sand M $7.00 Silverbeam $9.00 An I-vcrcady Daylos in your car may prevent a fire. Fresh batteries in stock. Davlos 75c to $3.00 RALSTON Electric Supply Company 310 West Second St. 0n T- IS i- Novelties Beautiful Tabic f China Painting. Davenports Couches Chairs Dining Tables Buffers China Closets Library Tables Children's Furnishings Children's Toys Carpet Sweepers O'Ccdar Mops Serving Trays 1 Scrivng Tables Serving Baskets Wicker Chairs Wicker Novelties TI1ESK ARE ONLY SUGGESTIONS COME IN AND INSPECT OUR STORE Rugi A Specialty Picture Framinjj A Specialty Fisher- Bradcn Furniture Co. Third and Brondalbin Sts. REV. DIVEN DEDICALES CHURCH IN NENANA Central Alaska Is Now in Grip of King Winter; Very Interesting Letter (Continued from Tuesday) 1 .very fellow who touM kpit mi u jtiiinrr uttf) drive naiN couM com- ttuinl it dolliir ;ui liour, kii real lar prntrrt Kt from $1 5 to $l.5o p r hour. Hut living firrir jre curie- On the iiiht of lrf nation l!tr home wan full to capacity, ami an old koiirdotiKti fritri'i who came a ft-w iiiinutr lair h nl to take a front chair. In sitting flown hr cruslir! a x of mate hr in Jut jo Let am! tin imtei) tlirir liral( aii't the vol unit- of imokr anl intrntity of mull , hich roc from hiv clothing v.rrr thin to marvel at. I or an instant I thought wt might have to throw him out into thr inuw, hut at won a hr got Uie inrasurc of the a tion he uiikly stnotheret! the awful tiiuIge. N'fil many people aw what w a transpiring, ami I w it glal of !liat; for thr oll nun haJ not hrrn in a church in 3 yean, to he later toM mi', and he wa much emharra H. He aurrl me lie would henr forth carry a fire extinguisher in hi f krt when he comet to my t liur-n I knew I hid sometime mad'- it warm for my parishioners, hut this is the firvt time I ever aw one of them ac tually on fire in a service. The lirt social function held in the new ImiMing a "An K veiling With the Souwlought .' 1 ult that as they were first in .the country they -lionl'T lr first to be entertained in my .notise. I had expected I"" men, !mt 1"' came to my great delight. We had heans, anwiches and coffee in abundance. We hid good canned rmt iic. also freit vi'din and guitar solos some recitations, and stories of oh! time galor. There were no "skirts' in the home, even Mrs. Piven w a sent away for the evening as we expected to use the entire manse. There were no hardhoiUd collars and shirts allowed, either. It was a meeting of men long to he remem bered, and the first meeting of the kind for many of them. M never knew how nice winter could be till 1 saw it this year. There was no floppy weather, but a steady low ering of temperature from the first of October till now. Wc are now having our f:rst storm. My thermom eter tells me that it is 35 below zero, which, of course, is not cold for this region. It will be fV) and 70 about the first of the year. When it gets so cold as that, the air is very calm: it seems to be frozen, too, like every thing else. I am glad the wind does not blod when it is 60 below zero. When I went tip town a few minutes ago, thi gentle 55-mile bree7c at 35 below pierced my lower garments so easily, that I was tempted to think I had lost some of them. I observed that everybody wa walking just like the jerky men and women you see walking in the movies. ("Surely you can find SOMKUOPY around the of fice who can explain, and pcrhap demonstrate, what I mean. Of course I know an editor never goes to the movies.) r.vervbodv was walking like something important had been for gotten and they were afraid it would be forgotten again. We have over 200 sled dogs in this town, and they usually make a great otitcrv in the night. Tonight I am impressed with the silence. They have curled up for a quiet nap and will surely be con tent to stay that way for the night, excepting those who have wolf blood in them: it seems they just must wake up and howl occasionally and I like to hear it. For the past three weeks our streets have been alive with dogtcams. Some teams are getting ready to .haul the prospectors outfits into the hills; some are haulim; in moose, caribou and wild sheep for the people of Xe- nana to eat this winter: and some otfter teams are being driven by child ren and older folks just Mr pleasure. Some teams are very nice in both appearance and behavior, while oth er teams are the exact opposite. Two of Alaska's finest teams live here now. My wife and T are to have ? ride behind one of those teams one of these fine davs, as soon as T can convince ,her that the man's II big dogs will not eat the pair of us. "Re in?? much leaner than my wife, my arguments do not seem to be con vincing: for she knows that these dogs of the fro7en Northland do not often make a mistake in choosing their piece of meat, whenever they get an opportunity to make a choice. T have gone once, without injury, but my wife insists that that is no guar antee that the same dogs will not fry to eat her. Venana will celebrate her first Thanksgiving in our church this week. Our little Sunday school is preparing for Nrnana't C'hrishnis celebration! You mt, thii is a brand new imn, one of thr g"vi rninrnt'i model lowm and jutt a year old. Hut little else than first class mail it now reachinte our office. AH other mail, our Christ mas packages with the reit, will ar rive sometime between now and nexi June, when the river oprnt for the larr vrsrt. At present tiie mail onus the .VJ miles over the trail by auto, by horse tae and by dog tram. Wishing everybody the j.,ys of the season, and bespeaking your interest in Alatka behalf, I am. Cordially, ROIJKRT JOSM'H OIVKW READ OUR WANT ADS LEGAL ADVISORY BOARDS NAMED FOR REGISTRANTS The attornews ami noUrirt on the If'KI ailvi.ory bean! to aiit ilraftru iiu-n in fining out the mit-tliuiinires ire-: W. S. Ki.lt y. J. K. yU, J. K. Weathrrfonl. I.. I.. Svkan. V. V.. Van T.dl. Galr S. Hill. if. H Hewitt, C. C. Bryant. Ian Johnston, Victor Oliver, I.. Ij. I.eoelliiu. I. M. Curl and Grorne W. V ri.;ht, all of All.any; S. M. Garland. V. M. Newport, H. I(. C'he and Harvey 'i.:ht, all of l.e!anon; Amor A. Tm lir.tf, l.yn A. Hrown, W. I. Klmore and tieore C Hume, all of iirowu--ville; J. I.. Norwood. Geo. J. W.i IiHiu and kx V. Davis, of Harri- bur ,-: R. SJielton and T. L. DuKucr, of Scin; I). Taylor and 0. S. Mr William., of HaUey. C. J. Shedd, of Shedd; Homer Soeer, of Tangent; Kay J. l'o of I.yom: M. J. Knerr, of Mill City: C. 11. Gainet, of Gatet; If. C. Kolod, of Waterloo; Ira I'.. Soule. of Lacomb. and II. C. Moran, of Crawfordsv ille. The member and associate mem bers of the board can be found at fhrir UMial dares of bn.inest at any reasonable business hours. They have ntablished no set hours upon which the members of the board may be consulted by reuistrants, but would stW't that probably from 9 to 12 ni the forenoon and 2 to 4 In the afternoon would he the most con venient .hours. I o Your Christmas Shopping Early. The Motorist's Christmas There are scores of articles that will please the car owner for Christmas. In fact, nothing could be more acceptable than some automobile accessory. We suggest: MOTOR WEAVE ROBES SPOTLIGHTS MIRRORS BUMPERS TIRE COVERS ROBE RAILS CIGAR LIGHTERS TIRES (Royal Cord, Silvertown, Republic, United States, Goodrich.) VALVOLINE and HAVOLINE OILS & GREASES Ralston Motor Co. E 7th if Only 6 More Shop ping Days Before Christmas A FEW SUGGESTIONS Box Stationery 50c to $2.25 Serving Travs $2.50 to $3.00 Flower Bowls with frogs $1 JM) to $4.00 Cut Glass Bon Bon dishes $1.15 to $1.75 Brass Jardinieres $2.00, $2.25 Fancy China in Large Assortments Books for every kiddy in the Bungalow Blocks 50c to $1 home, from 25c to $1.00 each Wheelbarrows 40c and 65c Toys Rubbel Balls . . 20c to 60c Kiddy Kars $1.75 Stuffed Animals Meccanos $2 to $5 A Nice Line of Tree Orna- Crockenole Boards 2.25, 4.50 ments Express Wagons from . . . 85c to $3.25 Essex & Essex Store Open Evenings