i 4 i 7j ' f- :.. . . . '. v. cut .cv. LEXINGTON GROWS Wl I HOUT WATCHING ! VOL. II LEXINGTON, OREGON, THURSDAY OCTOBER 11, 1606 NO. 3 LEX NOT CHAFF KOfl THE STlAf STACK Weapons that fly off the handle have little effect on the walls of Jin, Homes are often closest knit about some grave of separation, it's not the man vlth the putty back bone who Is most truly resigned to the will of God. Put your hand on the window nd see If you can feel thi pane. Days are beginning to shorten and will continue, until December 21st. Adam ihould have been a very hap py man. He never had to pay a dressmaker's bill or build a fire. There' nothing in this world thats as ready to come when you Invite It as trouble. The time has passed for peek-a-boo hosiery and waists but peek-a-boo cranberry pies are much In favor. The saddest people in this world are those who are always fighting against sorrow. Don't be too hard on the girl who is always putting on airs; maybe she has't much else to put on. What others think of you does not matter. It is what you know of your self that makes you happy or unhappy. "Love is honey mixed with gall, ' says a magazine writer. The girls furnish the honey and the boys the rest. Every time a nervous woman has a pain she wonders if her children will have a step mother who will be kind to them. The child that grovs up in a pro gressive, happy home Is very apt to raise children in a progressive, happy home. An old lady of Lynn, Mass , who has just passed htr hundredth and third birthday attributes her longevity to total abstainance from gossip. i A Cleveland woman is suing for divorce because her 18-year old hus band smokes cigarettes. She ought to have made him show his fingers before she married him. A Southern preacher says he ex pects to mr.et more editors and report ers in hell than members of any other profession, He doesn't explain what he is going to do there. An Irishman was sitting In a depot smoking, the other day, vhen a woman came and sitting down remarked:"Slr, If you were a gentleman you wouldn't smoke here." "Mum," he said, "if A LUCKY FOSTKISTRHS Is Mrs. Alexander, of Carey, Me., who has found Dr. King's New Life Pills to be the best remedy she ever tried for keeping the Stomach, Liver and Bow els in peifect order. You'll agree with her if you try these painless purifiers that infuse new life. Guaranteed by W. P. McMillan, druggist. Price 25c, yez was a leddy, ye'd sit father away" Pretty soon the woman burst out: "If you was my husband I'd give poison." "Well mum," returned the Irishman puffing away at his pipe, "if yez was me woife I'd lakt it". The woman who sent her little boy to the drug store to exchange a second hand porous plaster for .a toothbrush is no worse than the one who pays back a cup of borrowed sugar with a cup of salt. I In a neighboring town where excus es were required from absentees, the teacher received the following note: . ajt AwrtL cocu cvtiru "Two years ago our little girl had a touch of pneumonia, which left her with an awful caugh. . She had spells' of caughing. just like' one with the whooping cough and some thought she would not get well at all. We got a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy which acted like a charm. She stop ped caughing and got stout and fat," writes Mrs. Ora Bussard, Brubaker, 111. This remedy Is for sale by W. P. McMillan's Drug Store. Get Your Name on "Please ma'am, Johnnie was kept home today. I have had twins. It shant occur again. Yours truly, Mrs. Smith.,, The people who are praying to be nothing are answered before they begin. It's a wise old world that waits for the indorsement of every day honesty on the checks of extraordinary holi ness. It doesn't take long to choose be tween a sinner who swears once in a while and a saint who makes everyone swear all the while. It's no use spending Sunday pray ing the Lord to enter your heart when you are spending the week barricading It with bad business. OREGgH SttOgrltlNE The Wheatfield List IS THE MOOS INHABITED Science has proven that the moon has an atmosphere, which makes life In some form possible on that satellite; but not for human being, who have a hard enough time on this earth of ours; especially those who don't know that Electric Bitters cure Headache, Bil iousness, Malaria, Chills and Fever, Jaundice, Dyspepsia, Dizziness, Tor pid Liver, Kidney complaints, General Debility and Female weaknesses. Un- equaled as a general tonic and appetiz er for weak persons and especially the aged. It induces sound sleep. Fully guaranteed by W. P. McMillan, Drug gist. Price only 50c. -TO Salt Lake, Denver, Kansas City, Chicago, St- Louis, New York. Uunaii Steamers for HnuFrnitcifico litve Portland at 8 V. M. every fifth day. TickU to and from all point of the Unit ed States and Europe, Trains Leave Lexington, Daily, ex cept Sunday, - 9:25 A. M. Trains Arrive at Lexington, Daily, ex cept Sunday - 5:10 P. M. Trains Connect at Heppner Junction with Main Line trains for all points East and West. A.-L. CRAIG, G. P. A. READ THE WHEATFIELD LEACH BROTHERS GREAT OCTOBER BARGAIN SALES BETTER TAKE ADVANTAGE Special sale on Cotton Blankets. We offer you a fine double Cotton Blanket for 75 cents. A little wider and heavier Blanket for 85 cents. 4 and 5 pound Blankets from $1.25 to $1.75. Special fine lot of Ladies Rain Coats just arrived. Value from $12.50 to $20.00. We are offering on account of short crops at prices that will simply astonish you, from $5. to $12.50. Special on Ladies 15 cent black cotton hose, per pair, 10 cents Wall Paper stock is complete and prices are correct. We can save you money on your fall order for groceries. Call and see and take advantage. Hardware? Ye?, we sell a little hardware too. In Paints and Oils we can furnish you anything you want at close figures. Don't averlook us who you want Implements and Vehicles, remembering that we sell everything you use, eat and wear. CLOTHING PRICE TO MOVE THEM $ 5.00 Suits for - - ' ' 6.00 " " - 7.00 9.00 10.00 12.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 20.00 I 3.75 4.50 5.25 6.75 8.50 9.00 10.50 11.25 12.00 12.75 13.50 15.00 All Boys and Childrens clothing 1-4 off. 0 "For cash of course" The Chinese Sacred Lillies have, arrived. The ladies are requsted to call,' register and get one of the bulbs. Bulbs to others will be aold at 15c or 2 for 25c. We have 50 dozen school handkerchiefs at 1 cent each. SPECIAL . SALE ON OUTINGS C 1-4 cent grades at 8 1-3 " " " -10 " " " 12 1-2 " - 16 2-3 , it 61-4 9c 11c 12 All wool dress goods at 1-4 off Large Line Men's dress and work shirts $1.00 to $1.50 . Special at - " - - , 75c All Lace Curtains at 1-4 less Above Prices are for "Cash Only." Jeaci ijBrotti ers J Ae 3$ia Store