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of the sensible practical sort are the headquarters for Novelties,we
shown here in endless variety. are showing unusually strong.
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DRESS PATTERNS HOLLY RIBBONS FJK MUFFS NECKTIES FANCY SOCKS BATHROBES
WAIST SILKS PILLoVCoRDS SILK SCARFS FANCY SVSPEN'RS FANCY VESTS SWEATERS,
GLOVE J POLL PATTERNS SOFA PILLOWS KID GLOVES WHITE VESTS CARD JACKETS
MITTENS DOILIES BATH RoBES GoLF GLOVES HANDKERCHIEFS FANCY NIGHT
SILK HOSIERY TABLE SCARFS DRESSING UMBRELLAS INITIAL SILKS SHIRTS
UMBRELLAS TEA CLOTHS SAQUES SUITCASES POCKET BOOKS PAJAMAS
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The Up-to-Date Store
Special Sale on
Men's and Boys' Overcoats
BRIEF LOCAL MATTERS.
Fresh butter and eggw at Bent's. i
Mr. Bartmess is on a cash basis. !
Uet your chickens for Kunilay dinner
at MeUuire Bros.
Olives in bulk, bottles and cans at
Jackson's. i
Finishing for amateurs at Peitz Stu-!
dio.
New Orleans Molasses in bulk and
cans at Jackson's.
Get a fine roast at Bent's meat mar
ket. Salt mackerel, eaatern white fish and
pickled salmon at Jackson's.
Our work guaranteed. Deltz Studio.
McGnire Bros, make their own leaf
lard under their own brand.
Cniekens for Sund ly dinner at A. 8
Bf lit a.
Kroih sausage made daily at Bent
meat market.
It is to your interest to refer to M.
Bartmess ad under the new system.
The Dielz 8tudio for photos.
Telephone A. 8. Kent Jyour meat or
ders at the City Market.
Maple Syrup and New York State
Buck Wheat at Jackson's.
It you want to buy or sell real estaie
jro to Onthank & Otten. Money to
loan on first mortjragea. Abstracts and
legal papers carefully prepared. Nota
rial work of all kinds.
Just received from the factory sev
eral beautiful pianos for the holiday
trade. Call and see them. Souls'
I'iano House. Next to Culberteon's
real estate otlice.
King of All Cough Medicines.
Mr. K. U.Cuse, a mail carrier of Canton
Center, Conn., who has beeh In the U.
8. Service for about sixteen years, says :
"We have tiied many cough medicines
for croup, but Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy is king of all and one to be re
lied upon every time. We also find it
the best remedy for coughs and colds,
Irving certain results and leaving no
id after effects." For sale by Keir&
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Santa Claus'
will come to town
Friday, Dec. 21st,
and bt ut home in
our window until
Monday evening
The Toys You Want are Here
At Prices You'll Be Pleased With
A magnificent showing, of all the old favorites and scores of new things. Everything-
is new and fresh, and if we do say it ourselves, we have the goods that
the other fellows don't know where to get, You'll find it easy to make a se
lection here at prices you'll be glad to pay. Come and bring the children.
DOLLS
Kid bodies, all sizes
China limb dolls
Bisque Dolls
Celuloid dolls
Large dolls, beautifully
dress d
Hag dolls, all kinds
Fine Cloth dolls
Doll corsets, shoes, stock
ings, gloves, hats, fans,
silppers, rubbers, Pow
der and puff boxes, hot
water bags, fur sets,
doll heads, bodies, arms,
doll nursery sets, toilet
sets, jewelry sets, dressed
dolls of every national
ity. Our doll show is worth
coming to see.
Games
Flinch Sherlock Holmes,
"500," IMnockle, Donkey
Tarty, Tiddledy Winks,
Authors, Chessinda, Wall
Street, U. S. Mail, Checkers,
Crokinole, Jack Straw,
Chess, Cribbage, Water
melon Tarty. Fish Pond,
Dominoes, and a score of
others from 5c, M 4.50
Christmas Post Cards
Our stock of Post Cards
is immense. Beautiful sil
ver and gilt embossed ef
fects, burnt leather and
velvet Applique cards in
great variety.
Holly Ribbons
in all widths, Red and
White Christinas bells and
Wreathes
Christmas Tree Ti im
mings A dazzling display of
most beautiful ornaments
for the tree'. Little prices
Musical Instruments
Violins, Accordions, Gui
tars, Mandolins, Banjos,
Music Uolls, Music Backs,
Auto harps, Zithers, etc.
PRACTICAL TOYS
Telegra h instruments,
Scroll saw outfits, Print
ing press, Moving pic
tures, Magic lanterns,
Typewriters, Steam en
gines, Electric engines,
Jeweler's outfits, Clay
modeler's outfits, Mathe
matical instruments,
Painting outfits, Combi
nation game boards, Air
rifles, Fishing tackle out
fits, Boxing gloves, Strik
ing bags, Boys' violins,
Express wagons, Steel
frame sleds, Hand cars,
Boys' watches,
Books
Family Bibles, Testaments
Teachers' Bibles, etc., in all
styles, Elsie books for girls,
Alger and Hente books for
boys, Alcott books for girls
Historical books for boys,
Books of travel and ad
venture, Peck's Bad Boy,
Bill Nye and other comic
books, Speakers and Re
citers, Popular books of
the hour, Family doctor
books, Cattle doctor books
Dictionaries, Sunday
school books, Beautifully
bound presentation books,
Little tots's books, Linen
A. B. C. and story books,
Buster Brown, Buddy
Tucker and Roosevelt
Bears and hundreds of
others.
Christmas China
Owr Crockery Department
is a blaze of beauty. Sal
ad sets, Tea sets, Cups and
Saucers, Cake ' plates,
Spoon trays, Celery trays,
Bread and Butter plates,
Susrar bowls, Cream pitch
ers, Syrup pitchers, Table
sets, Lemonade sets, Wa
ter glasses, Vases, Choco
late sets, Mustard pots.
Salt and pepper shakers,
100-piece dinner sets.
SILVERWARE
Table knives and forks,
Tea and tablespoons, Or
ang spot nes,Coffee spoons
Souvenir spoones, Pie
knives, G ravey ladler, Cold
meat forks, Napkin rings,
Carving sets, Toothpick
holder, Silver mugs, Pickle
forks, Childs' table sets,
Silver thimbles, Salt and
peper shakers. Table cas
ters, Butter dishes, Sugar
shells, Butter knives, In
fants' toilet sets, Desk sets
Bon-bon dishes, Cracker
jars,Fruit dishes,Pin trays
etc.
FRAMED PICTURES
Don't miss the showing in
our Art Gallery, Beauti
ful subjects in all kinds of
framing at remarkably lit
tle Prices.
FANCY GOODS
Comb and brush sets, Man
icure sets, Collar and caff
boxes, Triplicate mirrors,
Toilet cases, Photograph
albums, Handkerchief
boxes, Necktie boxes,Glove
boxes, Photograph Cases,
Cigar cases and jars, Gold
mounted pipes, Men's toi
let cases, Military brush
sets, Ebony and silver hat
coat and hair brushes,
Leather covered flasks,
Children's toilet sets, etc.
HANDKERCHIEFS
We always sell the great
est number of Handker
chiefs because we have the
variety and little prices.
Men's and Ladies' initial,
Fancy Swiss, embroidered,
Japanese silk and Linen
drawn ork handkerchiefs.
Plain and Hemstitched
borders, Christmas Motto
handkerchie.s, Silk Muf
flers, etc.
Santa Claus Headquarters Jhe Big Store with Little Prices--0PWE1S
Frank A. Cram spent Monday io
Portland.
J. II. Heilbrouner spent Sunday in
Portland.
Miss Hartley returned frini Port
land Friday.
Chrii Oriesen returned from Port
land Monday.
Sheriff Cbrisman bad busuess iu
the city Satuiday.
J. F. Helme made business trip
to The Dalles Thursday.
C. J. Hayes made business trip to
xne uaues and retarniuesday .
Mt. and Mrs. P. S. Davidson, jr..
spent several days in Portland last
week.
F. S. Stanley, of the Stanley-Smith
Lumber oouipmy, was at Hood River
Tuesday.
W. 11. Moore, of Portland, was a
passenger for Eastern Oregon on the
local luesday.
Ueorge W. Krum aud Willam Fraz
ier have gone to Palto Alto, Cal., to
spend the winter.
Dug Laugille, now a successful real
estate man in Portland, spent a day
or two here reoently.
Arthur P. Tifft, of Portland, who
U interested U- Hood Klver property,
was in town Monday.
Win. idt has severed his connec
tion with the Hood Kver Milling Co.
and moved to Lincoln, Neb.
E. II. Hartwig reoently sold two
lots in Foitland lor twice what he
paid for them a short time ago.
H. S. Richmond has been confined
to the bouse with the giip for nearly
a wek, but is able to be out again.
Capt. Cook, who has the largest ap
ple orchard on the White Salmon side
of the river, was a visitor her Tues
day. Rev. H. D. Chambers, of Portland,
will bold servioes at St. Marks church
next Sunday morning at the usual
hour.
Thoa. Hill has beon obliged to sever
his connection with the Hood River
band as leader, on aoouut of iu creas
ing business.
S. C. Zeigler. the welliknown White
Salmon merohant, passed through
Hood River luesday on his way borne
from Portland.
Lou Morgan was up from Portland
last week taking bis brother's place
in S. E. Bartmess' store on aoount of
sickne-sof his brother Will.
J. J. Jordan and family returned
Sunday from Miobigau, where tbey
nave spent a con pie or montns visit
ing relatives and friends.
C. F. Waldo leturned Saturday
fiom Portland aud points in the
Willamette valley, where be has been
spending a week on business and
pleasure.
A.J.Derby bas severed' bis con
nection with A. A. Jayne in the law
business aud Is now located in the
building occupied by the Lost Lake
Lumber Co.
j Maj. Booth bas been visiting sever
al of the towns along the Columbia
on both sides of toe river, on busi
ness connected with the Big Stoie
witn Liicie rrioes.
The Ladies Aid society of the Con
gregational church will hold a busi-
nets meeting on Friday afternoon at
the boiue of Mrs. W. C. Uilmore. A
full attendance is desired.
Pearl Coulter, of Uiand Forks. N.
D., who has been visiting her broth
er, w. is. Coulter, foi a couple ot
weeks, left for Mountain Home, Ida
bo, Ihursday, to visi a sister.
J. L. Johnson, his daughter. Mrs.
George Jobnaon and family, and a
son-in-law, J as. Hutson, arrived Sat
urday irom mngvlile, Ky., to visit
relatives and with the intention of
making Hood River tbeir future
borne.
J. E. Ilanna baatopened bis new aro-
oery store for business aad talis at-
teation to the fact in another column.
Mr. Hanna was in .the grocery busi
ness at Jiood River before and again
asks the pubilo for a sbare of its pa
irouage.
"Jams, tha Fnlflllor" .111 K. tk.
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subject of discourse at the Unitarian
ohiuch next Sundav mnrnlnfr? i
tvefllng, at 7:30 "Irue Understand
ing. au persons oi (He liberal faith
1 I 1 1 ! A.
re ooraiauj laviiea.
K A. Mm nh nt A lhon t.um.
in-law of Will MerriL Supt. kof the
raciuo Diaies xeiepnone company in
h(. Attn tUUA U i I .2 .
On leavino linn A RIsaf Mr Mnk
started for the East where he will
maae an extended visit.
The man friends nf Mrs II I
Frede-ick will be sorry to learn ot
hep BAPlona IllnAaa Ma L't-(AL.
went to Portland about four weeks
ago ana was taken ill snortly after ar
riving. Aftnr a I met alra -lll...
becoming a little better, she managed
to come home on Sunday, a week
BSO. when aha araa almnjfc immi.u
ly taken worse, since which time she
bas suSered Intensely with wbat was
4A 1 . . . . .
una tnougni to oe acute lnnamiua-
torv iheumatiam lint ahil ! Am..
cided to be that disease combined
A. Sanderson, of White Siilmon,
was a visitor at Hood Rivor Monday
on business.
J. H. Hurlhurt, of Portland, and
Dr Strickland, of Oregon City, woro
in this city Tuesday looking ori'i' the
lan i situation. They callinl m Ciuis.
Hall in quest of information ami it i
possible that they may make a pur
chase. McKee Bros,, will give a concert iu
aid of the Baptist church, luesday,
Deoebmer 21, at the opera bouse. The
program includes tuns, duetts, solos,
and college songs and the eutertan
raent is said to be a verv eood one.
The admirison is 50 cents including
reserved seat.
One of the finest souvenir pot-tal
cards that r have snen is that junl
put on sali I ( lias. Hull, the drug
lllnt. On i noise side is a pictun
of Hood Fiwr, and on a slide which
polls out ie a sei if a of twelve email
viewB of the vhlley. It is inexpensive
and very ueat.
SPECIAL AXSiOUJiOEMENT.
It's the same old story In the ame
old way we are back in the grooery
business where we left off in IDO.'t auil
would like to meet all our old custo
mers in a business way again to enjoy
a portion of your patronge. Wo have
a new stock of goods just opened up
in the building formerly occupied by
the Alcorn Meat Market, just across
tne street Horn tne first National
bank. As a slight iuoentive to nave
you call and see our atook of goods
we are going to have wbat tbey usual
ly call an opening day, Saturday, De
cember 15, at which time we have ar
ranged to give each ot our customeis
a smaU Christmas present. Each cus
tomer who buys one dollai's worth or
more of goods on that day we are go
ing to give them a half pound box of
Haradon's famous chocolate cieams,
sold every when for 25 cents per box.
We want every body to get a box of
Christmas oandy and hope we have
enough to go around. We don't ex
pect to cut your purohase short one
cent's orth to lesson the cost of the
present, but expect to give you as
much for youi dollar as you can get
anywhere In the oity or valley.
We want your butter, eggs aud pi o
duoe in exohange for our goods. We
oan use large quautites of your apples
and other products. We also deal in
cordwood. Don't forget tne day and
don't forget the place.
Uanna's Star Hi ci ery.
Phone 1001. Free Delivery.
KEITH'S KONQUEROR SHOES
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Everywhere you go you'll
find Keith's Konquerors are'
shoes to depend on. ,. Made to
give foot health and foot comfort all the time,
and sold at $5.00, $4.00, $3.50 per pair.
PRESTON B. KEITH SHCE CO., Makers, Brockton, Ma89.
Sold by FRANK A. CRAM, HOOD RIVER, ORE.
May Not Come, But Liked Apples.
Geo. D. Culbertson received anoth
er letter from Wm. J. Bryan Monday
in which he Btates that it may uot be
possible tor him to visit Hood River
on his trip to the coast in January as
it has been arranged for blm to oome
out by way of th Noitern Pacific.
Mr. Bryan states, however, that it
may be possible for him to take a tun
up beie before returning home and it
so be will oome. A postscript ou the
letter says that be ha finished eating
the superb box of apples sent bim by
the Mood River Demooratio olub and
ends hv aaviuu that be bas never en
joyed a Uuer treat in Lis life.
MaNuuerade Ball.
A grand masquerade ball will be
given at the Mount Hood hall Decem
ber 25. A prize to be glveu to the
lady and geutleman aotiug out theii
costume best. Good music aud order
with supper. Joe Peltier.
John P. Cooper.
It is a mistake to use a violent cathar
tic to open the bowels. A gentle move
ment will accomplish the same results
without causing distress or serious con
sequences later. DeWltt's Little Early
Risers are recommended. Hold by Wil
liams Pharmacy.
Christmas Bazaar.
The Ladiea of the Episcopal Goil 1
will hold their annual sale of useful
and fancy articles, suitable for Christ
ma presents at the opera bouse Fri
day, December 14, afternoon and
evening, the sale oommenoiug at 2
o'clock. There will be a great varie
ty of sofa pillows which are useful as
well as ornamental. Beautiful em
broidery work oonalstlng of center
pieces, dollies scarfs, etc, aud all
kinds of bags consisting of rlegant
Carty bags, shopping bags and work
ags.
One Interesting fontore will be the
dell booth conduoted by the little
girls of tba Sunday school. 1'boro
will be all kinda of home made can
dies for sale and also light refresh
ments. During the evening the' following
program will be rendered and all are
cordially Invited: Vooal solo, Miss
Gladys Hartley; violin oo, Mrs.
Chas. Hall; voca dcet, Mrs. Jayne
and Miss Hartley.
Parties knowing themselves to be in
debted to me are requested to, call at
my olllce and settle by January 1st as I
am very much in need of money.
dl3-3t Da. H. L. 1)iimbi.k,
Slocom's Book Store
OFFER A LARGER SELECTION THAN EVER
New Books
We have a largo stock
Coniston, The Spoilers, The Doctor
Silas Strong, McDonald of Oregon,
Sir Nigel, I5ob Hampton, False
God, Jungle, Fighting Chance, Fet
, tison Twins, Jane Cable, Whispering
Smith, Long Arm and many others
$1.50
Popular Books
Crisis, Graustark, Wings of the
Morning, Castle Craneycrow, Sher
rods, Virginian, Gentleman from In
diana, Castaway, Sky. Pilot, Sea
Wolf, David Harum, The Pit, Calu
met K, Brewster's Millions, Little
Minister, Man on the Box.
A Good Gift.
$1.00
For the Boys
Henty Series, Merriwell Series,
Alger Series Boy's Own Library
For the Girls
Louis Alcott Series, Dod Mead Series
Martha Finley Series, Abott Sei ies
For the Children
A Complete line Toy Books, Linen Books, Paint Books, Picture Books,
Cloth Bound Story Books and Handsome Gift Books
Bible
Large Reference Bibles
Teachers' Bibles
Scholars' Bibles
Children's Bibles
Testaments
Testament and Psalms
Bed Letter Testaments
Pocket Testaments
Fancy Bound Testaments
PICTURES
A handsome line of Etchings, Photos, Colored Priats, Water Colors, Little Gift
Pictures, Unframed Subjects. Remember we do picture framing in an up-to-date
manner
CALL AND LOOK THE STOCK OVER
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