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By PETER P. CARNEY. ....
Possibly you never before heard
of Clarksdale, f"''. There it nothing
strange about ; there are a lot
of place we t.-.-v have heard of,
and quite a number that we never ex
pect to hear about. But yon and I
and a lot of people are frolntr to hear
a lot about Clarktdafa during the next
few months, and possibly for land
er time.
They are going) to hold a trapshcol
lug tournament in GarkxU'r next
May that will be a FE.Al. shoot. Re
member this for we aro tv'ling you
some inside "dope" several months
in advance. This shoot will take
place on May 1142 and 13. The
1 ournament will be the Mississippi
State championship affair with one
or two embellishments to' (rive ii a
National tone. - . -
Some time ao we turned out a
"story entitled "Who has the best tram
of Professional Shooiers?" This is
something the Mississippi people
would like to know, too. They are
interested in the question to sues a.i
extent that S. L. Doods, one of the
wealthiest men in the Delta, who is
managing the shoot has invited the
Winchester, Ithaca, Remington, du
Pont, Hercules, Western, and other
companies maintaining professional
shooters to send their teams and set'
tie this much mooted question. Dodds
will offer attractive trophies for such
an event
It is hoped that the ammunition
companies will accept the invitation
It the Mississippi shoi-. Such an
e'tnt would be tt rnl headlim-r and
wauld bring tog-i he thi best shoot
ers in the world at" competitors with
something at 'stake. Not one of the
shooters would have a desire to be
on any but the winning team and it
would be a good wager that the ma
jority of the scores would be perfect
Such men as Fred Gilbert, who re
cently made runs of 591 and 614;
Lester German, who has broken 647
out of 650 in succession; Mrs. Top
perwein; Charley Spencer, Mowell
Hawkins, John Taylor, Homer Clark
Ruth Rasce, George Maxwell, Bill
Crosby, and some others that we
cant bring to mind at the writing.
It is the intention of the Clarks
dale Club to give $5,000 in trophies.
Two banks in Clarksdale have each
given 1500. That makes a nice start.
One of these $500 checks has a string
tied to it that is good for the sport.
The note with the check said that the
money should go to the 50 shooters
making the lowest scores. This is a
mighty fine thing because Mr. Doods
informs us that he expects to have at
least 200 people shooting in this tour
nament who never before handled a
gun. The Clarksdale program will be
ready for distribution about the time
I of the Pinrhurst shoot in January.
FIGHTERS
ARE FOUND
Mat Men Plentiful in O. A. C.
Gym; Squad Being
Coached by MJirri.w
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
Vallis, Dec 20 Special Twenty men
are competing for places on th- var
sity mat squad and Coach "Jim" Ar
trathnot looks for a strong team.
"We have a bunch of men and
plenty of good material from which
to pick," he said. "A big' asset for
any winning wrestling team is a large
number of men in competition. Our
men have shown a willingness to learn
the game from -every angle."
Portland Firm
' Makes Largest
Junk Purchase
' PORTLAND, Dec., 19 M. Barde
It Sons, Incorporated Portland whole-
A (Ebrlaltrraa
"Burglary" "
a SAIDU emu aALCOM
lCyrlkL
HM night-watchman at
Fljrtuplon. possessed of
due sense of his Im
portance, was called
"bergeeqt" Uoore. II
had become awsre
that the distinctive
title was on In gen
eral vnine with metnv
polttaa police systems
and be was proud of
the designation,
- The day preceding
CTirlatmaa was always
one looked forward . to by the
doughty sergeant, fur It was anno that
occasion that bis conarlenre al
lowed him to accept Mule marks of
approbation.
"Hey, there, sergeant I" generally
prefaced the bestowal of something la
the shape o a gtfu -
"It's duty I hare to attend to all
night long." be told his wife. "Tbey
sale firm dealing in steel and mach
inery, yesterday purchased at public
auction at Philadelphia the entire sup
ply of steel plates, anchors, bars Chans
inu on1" ntiupmcni icic over I ruin j
steel shipbuilding throughout the Un-
ited States. - . f
" The transaction will aggregate be
tween $11,000,000 and $21,000,000, it
was stated, and is considered to be
the largest surchase of "funked" iron
and steel in the history of the world.'
Geese and Ducks
In Douglas County
The following article appears in
the Roteburg Review of the last it
sue which is of tnlrait to the eltlsents
of th state who favor the protection
of th game; .
Reeidenta of th CoUt valley and
Calapooia districts today were enjoy
ing bountiful hunting opportunities
offered by the great immigration of
wild geese and ducks there. Driven
out by the cold of the Willamette
valley where the birds have usually
made their temporary quarters while
traveling from the north to the south
th northern districts of th country
are said to have been selected in
stead by hundreds of birds! The farm
era have been abl to kill as many
as they needed along both the limp
qua and the Calapooia. Old residents
state that many years ago Ihe same
streams were the landing placet of
thousands of that birds but that they
were killed off so rapidly that they
toon disappeared. The present Im
migration la said to be th first sine
that time. .
OPD FELLOWS ATTENTION
Special colled meeting of Albany
Lodge No. 4, for the purpose of con
furring Third degree on a elasa of
Candida tea, Saturday evening at 7:30
at the lodge hall.
I. R. WILCOX, N. 0.
E. A. HUDSON, Secy.
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Ml Daisy Crocker Hsre
Miii Daisy Crocker, former high
stuent of Albany and now a promliieijt .
teacher lii the school of th state.
It in the oily this week visiting at
ihe home of Miss Maude llenredton.
Visiting Relative s
Uf mnA UM D4 flnn.. WM
little children left this morning for
Portland and .from there to various
points in Washington to visit rela
tives during the Christmas season. .
On Business Trip. '
T. M. Barr, of Salem and M. C.
Hamilton of Woodburn were Albany
business Callers last night and today.
Left For Canlifornia
Judge and Mrs. J. N. -Duncan left
on the 4 o'clock overland this morn
ing for Los Angeles where they will
visit for a few months and from there
go to Ohio to visit relatives before re
turning to Albany where they expect
to reside. -
Christmas Bargains
AtROGOWAY'S
We can save you money on furniture and household
goods. Come here while shopping for Christmas and
look over the many splendid values we have in new
and used furniture.
Chairs .
We offer a splendid line of
chairs, including fine over
stuffed rockers, old fashioned
rockers, dining room chairs, etc
All reasonably priced. '
Kitchen Floor Covering; '
Brighten up the kitchen floor ;
with new covering this Christ
mas. We offer a special in
ducement in this line.
Pabcolin, a fine Linoleum-like
covering, regular 90. cent value,
Special, per yard 75c '
Cohgoleum rugs, highest qual
ity, regular $19.50 rugs
Special $17.50
"Articles You Need
We have an unusually fine line
of Dressers, Library tables, Din
ing tables, Buffets, etc., that
you will be interested in when
you know the price. Come and
see.
Bargains in Mattresses
Sleep warm on a new mattress.
Special inducements offered in
this line. "'";.".'
Cotton Filled Mattresses
Regular $14 value, $11.75
Silk Floss Mattresses, Regular
- $20 and $24 values .
Special at $16.75
say there's a regular band of burglar
on the move."
Now two problems of fate were to
work out a strange series of circum
stance. In the Christmas eve events
appertaining to the redoubtable ser
geant. Th first was that the little
town Jail bad burned dowo the week
previous. The second was that a new
family had moved to town early In De
cember, comprising the Waynee fath
er, mother, a charming daughter of
seventeen and three young children.
As Moore passed their place be noted
that It was all dark, the family prob
ably absent at some local entertain
ment, and be caught the echo of a
sound resembling the tipping over of
a piece of furniture. Then from an
open window a form protruded. -
"Burglars!" muttered the sergeant,
and made a dash for the presumable
despot ler.
"Hold on r spoke the latter excited
ly. "If all right."
"On, I ItT" purred Moore derisively.
'"What's thslT" and he made a grab
at the protruding pocket of the young
man.
"If you'll allow me in explain." be
gan the latter. "I kn w the people
who live here." .
"Oh. yea. very particular friends I
Cordially Invited you to break Into the
bouse at any hour of the nlcht I And
this a new muffler and a pair of 1
gloves. Say. you come with me." and j
the sergeant marched, bis captive from
the spot. . :. ' s . I
"If youtl only let me explain."
pleaded the young man, but Moore wa I
deaf, blind to all but duty. Fifteen !
ten
BAKE PITE
Bread
Cake
Pie ,
Cookies, Rolls, '
Doughnuts, Etc,
are Making
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Merry Xmas
AGAIN we approach the holiday sea
son. It will soon be time for us to say
to one another "Merry Christmas and
a Happy New Year." Now Is the time
for you to put into your home those
things which bring comfort, content
ment and lasting chcef for every mem
ber of the family.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS in every room of
the house and all parts of the barn,
electric power for operating light ma
chinery, a complete bath room, vacu
um sweeper, electric iron, in fact all
' city conveniences are made possibJe by
Dclco-Llght, even though you are
many miles from town. .
There's a Satisfied User Near You.
Hoflich Electric Shp
1 18 W 2nd St. Albany, Ore.
Bargains in Dishes .
We offer a special line of cups and saucers, regular 25c
values, Special at 19c
Regular 25c tea pots, attractive for gifts, Special 19c.
v Brooms, good qualiy, regular $1 values, 75c.
Hundreds of bargains all over the house in stoves,
' ranges and other items of household necessity.
ROGOWAY'S
FURNITURE STORE
J; ' - Second & Baker Sts. ' V
minutes later the captive found him
self, locked Into a stone cellar, and th
sergeant beaded It key to his wife,
saying:
"Yoo might pass In a Jug. of water
and a plate of breed to my catch
through the window; It's got no sash
to It. I'll drop around again soon."
The young man In retirement was
paring about. In the dark and anathe
matizing his oRldoos captor when Mrs.
Moore timidly approached th window.
"Here's some water and a little
food," sho said, "so you won't suffer."
sod Just as she passed the things In
she uttered a shriek and crouched
down trembling. Two men had sud
denly appeared, real burglars this
time.
"Ob, sir P. whispered the woman
through the cellar window. "(Trey may
kill the children I .And then there's all
Tim's half yearly pay In the bureau I
Please help me. Here's the key to the
cellar door," and something tinkled on
the floor. Something else theu tran
spired. The released captive located
and knocked down and tied hand and
foot the prowler within the bona.
Then coming unawares upon the armed
bandit outside he toppled him over,
rendered him helpless, and seemed to
enjoy the excitement of It s II."
"I am floscoe Walden and I am en
gaged to Ethel Wayne." he explained
an hour later to th bewildered ser
geant, after the latter had transferred
the two criminals to' limbo. "This I
the first time I have visited their new
home, and I got In surreptitiously to
plsce a present on the Christmas tree
ss a surprise to my lady lore. I don't
want the Wayne to know I am In
PJymptoo until after h finds It.":.'
There was a rare spire of adventur
ous excitement for pretty Kthel In her
devoted lover's unique experience when
he Recited the same the next morn
ing. And meantime 8ergeonl Moore
was gaining popularity snd the com
munity's good will by detailing his
heroic act which hnd signalised Christ
mas eve In the apprehension of two
desperate criminals who,' but for him.
might have bad the entire town at
their mercy.
T5he Ideal iff- S0nk
for thcomc ?ffeff
T f t as." Vt .saW I I -- .'
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When you buy a phonograph" yo uare buying an article that the
entire family will enjoy the whole year through. ' :
You can make no better choice than to select one of our two
superb lines. ' , f ' ,
THF LOIS THE RAMONA
The Phonograph Wlthr "The Soul of
the Perfect Tone - Symphony"
Either one is a perfect instrument and each contain special fea
tures and improvements not found on other machines.
Prices from $115 to $250.
DISHES
For Christmas
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We can sell you a beautiful set of Chinaware, fine
'white ware with dainty gold stripe, at money-saving
prices. A.42 set that sells elsewhere for $13.50 we "
will sell for $9,75. ; , . ' '
, - Gift Suggestions V '
Over-stuffed Chairs, large and comfortable. RUGS. DRESS
ERS, BUFFETS, ROCKING CHAIRS , DINING ' TABLES
and CHAIRS. ' 1 ' ,
ALUMINUM WARE We can save you money on it. -Pretty
Earthenware Teapots. Jardiniers. Kiddie Kara, Etc.
' -rC , -vy STOVES AND RANGES V -V ..
The Orbon de Luze Range is the best range on the market. Awarded Tirst
prize for the last three years at the Oregon State Fair, its superiority has been
established. - . ....... .. . . . -;, - .
: .We have a fine,' six cover rangepolished top, all mrjdcrnlm- . '
provements, which we sell regularly at $65.00.
Other ranges In the Orbon de Luxe line at $50 .to $80.'
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