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lAght Extends a Christmas Greeting
Medford Chamber of Commerce Sponsors Outdoor Lighting Contest- aluable Prizes to Be Qiven
TALENT GIRL SCOUTS
IN RENEWED ACTIVITY
dlun, Mrs, l-ester Nubry, Ii.ih soma'
vory iiitfii-HtliiK new work litlri i
nut Uv the iruop und each meet-'
lnt; will huM new Intercut. !
O. S. C. and Mr. Kowler, county
n Kent of Jueknun county eoiuluctej
a dairy meeting injho hive Oak
CnniKf hall Monday evening. The
TS WILL
TALKNT, Ore., Dec. 10. (Spl)
The- Hose llud troop of (iirl
Si-outs met at the. home 'of Fay j
KutPH Saturday. Tho Rirln are very j
anxious to make up for ulnie lust j
(lnrlnfr tho vacation. Their uuar-
i meeting' ;bnd only a mnall attend
j unco, but-, UU grout ly appreciated
j by t,ho$e nroaent.
DAIRY MEETING' HELD ,
IN ROGUE RIVER HALL
VIE FOR PRIZES
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I liisfttlhttion of uir mull beacon
KOIIUK 1UVEU, Olf., Pec
10. , lights', between Delta, Cnl., mid
(Spc-inl) Mr. Jamison of the t Drain.' Ore., nearing completion.
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TUKPFOTtTV M AIL TRmtTXE, M PIP FORD. OK'Kd'OX. MONDAY. I K ''KM I'.KW Hi, 1!'J!.
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ON YULE LIGHTS
All Christmas Day,
! Lights Burned Inside . . .
"There'll lie no luck in the coining
Christmas Day ..."
year if wc give ouj. lijil.it on.
I'nluckv the villager .'who knocked ill his neighbor's door on
Christmas Day to "Inn-row alight" in the tinder hoxr (lays of
OKI England. All Christinas Day and Christmas night, lights
buriicd inside but it was hold that to rivo out light on Christmas
I)ny was to eourl sure misfortune. Welcome he was 16 share ''all
within but if he took out light he took out the spirit of Christmas
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Light is slill lhe truest symbol of Christmas sentiment . . in-:
doors and orityns never before, it is ''being used to carry the nics. .
Kiljjc oi' Christmas cheer. In city and town, on village street aii'l';
city boulevard, the Christmas spirit, nightly spreads its gleaming"''
panoply of light . . . lights that glow in' holly-wreathed windows
. . . lights tha'l sparkle on fairy trees . . . lights that shine with
soft ly colored hrilliauee from every doorway. - i
Is your home a part of the great Christmas pageant of light?
Outdoor lighting is simple, inexpensive, immensely effective .
Light up for Christmas!
Peoples Electric Store
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212-214 WEST Main Street
Fhcne 12
i Second Annual Christmas
Contest Starts December
22 Attractive Displays
Planned By Householders
Many Prizes Listed.
Medford's second auauai outdoor
lighting contest, which starts De
cember 22, promises to prove a big
success In every way. Many en
terprising citizens throughout the
city are planning attactive outdoor
displays and competition tor tho
various prizes promises to bo Koen.
This year's contest lias been
greatly enlarged in scope and will
take in a greater number ot dis
plays than formerly. The classifi
cations in which prizes will be
awarded will be as follows:
1. Hest decorated residence dis
play. 2 llest decorated residence en
trance. 3. Best decorated entrance win
dow. 4 Host decorated outdoor tree.
5 B est decorated apartment
house, court or group display.
The list ot prizes is not yet com
plete but will be announced defi
nitely nt nil early date. AmnllK the
attractive prizes which have I al
ready been donated to tile Chamber
of Commerce committee are the
following: Premium Junior vacu
um cleaner, floor lamp, eight-cup
llotpoint percolator,. Ha.ven8wood
llammond electric clock, eloctric
toaster, pralln toilet set of military
brushes vlth comb to match, and
one of Khihrer's tiermnn Icbkiichcn
Christinas cakes.
The above list will be augmcntod
by other prizes, all of which will
be on display shortly at the Cham
ber of Commerce.
Judging will be conducted during
the period from December 22 to
January 2 and will bo based on the;
following points: Originality,1
beauty and best expression of the
Christmas spirit. Any local ' resi
dent is eligiblo to enter the contest
except employes ot tho power com
pany or electrlo stores. lCntrics
should be made at. the' local Cham
ber of Commerce on or boforo De
cember 21 and should specify which
class display Is to he entered.
Further information can bo bo
curod from tho Chamber of Com
merce or any member of the adver
tising committee.
1 Every local citizen Is urged to
participate In this year's Christmas
program and make Medford the
outstanding example of real Christ
mas Bpirlt in southern Oregon.
Itlvrr Straightened
CHICAGO, Dec. !. (P) Un
klnkcd at a cost of $9,000,000, the
straightened south blanch of the
Chicago l iver was opened to traf
fic today.
It Started With
The Little House on the Corner
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Not ii pretentious house at all.
lint, a very cheerful-looking little
house that, Christmas week, with
its light lit door and window and
the sparkling little Christinas tree
in the front yard.
An important little house it was,
loo. For it changed the whole ap
pearance of our street. First the
house next door eiime alive one
night with a Midden Nofl liril-
i liain'e. Then all the way. along
the street Christinas lights began
' to sparkle . . . until at last our
street was u radiant bine of light
and color.
- Light curries the messau'e of Christmas cheer with macie beauty., Let your home be the first
link in the great golden chain of Christmas light. Light up for (Tirjstinas . . there's an
Outdoor Lighting Display that will make your home a glowing embodiment of (he Christinas 1 ;
spirit . You can find it nt our shop.
Come in today and let lis show you. ',
Southern Oregon Electric
Morris B. Leonard ,
407 E. Main Phone 889
H. 0. Frobach
LIGHT
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Carry Your
Message of Cheer
This Christmas
L 1(11 IT, with all its ningie beauty, says
"Merry Christinas" to nil who, pass :,
your door. . ,
Your homo and front yard, fan easily
sparkle with' Christmas lights this year . .' .
pii-'ture it! Lights gleaming in the win
dows, lights shining with subdued radiance
among the evergreens on the porch . . .
vari-colored' lights' sparkling on every,
branch of a Christmas tree in the front
yard ... a picture long to he 'remembered.
Many Med ford homes will express their
Christmas message of cbecHbis year with
too, will lie awarded to
those most successful. Spread the Christ
mas spirit with outdoor lighting!
See Your Electric Dealer Today
THE CALIFORNIA OREGON
POWER COMPANY
Christmas Comes to the House Next Door
Christmas week. . . . And suddenly one night the house
next door is aglow with Christmas-lights. Lights gleam
in every window . . . lights shine with subdued radinnea
mining the artfully arninged evergreens on the porch . . .
vari-colored lights sparkle on every branch of the Christ
mas tree in the front yard. The while snow . . . the
sparkling colors . ... the dark background of the house
... it all makes a picture' long In be remembered.
' Mirny's the "housif next dmu'1 throughout the lnml (lint
is being made if radiant embodiment of the Christmas
spirit with outdoor lighting. Is your home among themt
Come in. mid look over our Outdoor Ueeorativo Lighting
display ; we'll be glad to help you realize the full possi
bilities of "letting light carry your Christinas greetings."
22 South Grape Street
ELECTRIC WIRING CO.
I H. 0. PURUCKER u .
Phone 338
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