HOOD RIVER GLACIER, TflORSDAI, DECEMBER 21, 1916 For Him, for Him, for Him! We've Solved Your Christmas Shopping Problems!! t Uur store is complete with the largest and most assorted line of cigars we have ever carried. Truly, it will just tickle him pink Christmas morning to receive one of our nice Holiday Packages. All sized and priced boxes, ranging from five cent to twenty-five cent cigars. Full line of Tobaccos and fine Pipes. If you want to please "Him" get some item from our line. For Her, for Her, for Her! One of those superb boxes of Christmas candies that we have just received. HAnd remember that all of these gifts are enclosed in handsome holly-wreathed and Christmas decorated boxes, accompanied by beautiful cards. DON'T FORGET THE PLACE ! PAT'S PLACE in Munroe Building, Next to Electric Theatre Shoppers are often disappointed in finding a selection of Christmas Gifts. Our stock is of a size that is not depleted by the first Christ mas rush. If you do not know what to give come in and see our display of useful gifts. This display will suggest just the right gift and in one minute the Xmas worry is over. Just Two More Days to Shop Toys Tools Fancy Brass Furniture Sporting Goods Cutlery Hand Painted China Electrical Goods Best value for your money is our way of saying Merry Xmas E. A. Franz COMPANY We deliver your Christmas purchases either Sat. night or Sun. morning. 5 discount for cash on your purchases. i The New Model Overland As announced in the Satur day Evening Post of Nov ember 18th, has created much favorable comment. We already have had nu merous inquiries for litera ture. Phone us for a cata logue which will be mailed you at once. Gilbert DeWitt CHRISTMAS SPIRIT PREVADES CITY (Continued from First Page.) ILA SMITH-DEAN The Christmas Gift Store Pretty and useful gifts, fancy work, hand painted china, a line of beautiful linen handkerchiefs, flowers, birds of paradise; many other useful and beautiiui nuvemes. dows and shelves display numerous ar ticles of fancy work, dressed dolls and painted china, such as one will find in the high class fine art shop of larger cities. On Oak street between Third and Fourth one approaches first the tobacco and confectionery store of Pat Lindsey. Mr. Lindsey this year is making a spe cial appeal to women who are seeking gifts for men friends who enjoy the aolace of the weed. A good cigar or a fine pipe pleases a tobacco using man perhaps more than anything that can be gives twn, and Mr. Lindsey baa lit eracy loaded bis store with such arti cles. The old joke of Christmas cigars dose not apply in this case. . Mr. Lind sey offers the best smokes. The confectionery aeparimeni 01 fat's place will interest the boys, for be has an excellent assortment of fine box candy. Headed west one next approaches the Star .Grocer of Perigo & Son, where the usual good things of an up to date irrocery store may be found, and Hood Kiver people all agree that no more up to date grocery can be found anywhere than the Star Grocery. Perigo & Son this year have something out of the ordinary to offer Hood River people a batrel of real, farm-made, Indiana sorghum molasses. There is nothing better than good sorghum, and we pre dict that this supply will last but a abort time. The molasses waa shipped to Hood Kiver by J. W. Perigo, senior member of the firm, who is visiting in Indiana. For the most part people eat their Christmas dinners at home, with friends or relatives. L. V. Driscoll, the restauranteur, however, baa offered to help prepare the Christmas dinner. Mr. Driscoll is ready to supply pastries and cakea of all kinds. He baa also quipped a delicatessen department at his restaurant. One of the most important thing of Christmas time is the meat for Christ mas dinner. Some people prefer a goose, others a turkey, some a duck, tut the time honored custom of old England ia to serve roast beef. Whatever your choice, you will find it, and the best of it, at Fill' meat mar ket Toe shopper has finished bia circuit sr ben ha reacbea the atore of the Con solidated Mercantile Co. The windows of this atore have been attracting a great deal of attention. "Brick" Laf- ferty some oi these days is liable to be snapped up by some big city depart ment store and impressed 'as a window decorator. "Brick"' hasj,made from cranberries, rice and. sugar one of the neatest semblances of.a Christmas seen in Hood River. The Consolidated in Hnod.River and atjs Odellstore, offers its customers an unlimited variety of the best groceries. Yasui Bros., whose main place of business is at the corner of Oak and First streets, have opened their Third treet store, and here the Christmas chopper will find scores (of articles inade.by skilled craftsmen of the Flow jry Kingdom. . Yasui'Bros. handle the iurable wooden toys of the land of the Mikado, uniquely painted wares, china aie, silk shirtwaist patterns, brass ware, carved.woodenware. Little Ori ental dollies peep at the visitor from nooka and niches. 1 At Yasui Bros.' store one finds those bamboo baskets of quaint pattern, and the shopper will be aole to obtain at the most reasonable figure many curios of the far East, gifts that are very J attractive and pleasing to the western world recipient. Down on Third street, between Oak and Cascade will be found the tailor shop ofLJ. C.'Meyer, formerly Dale & Meyer. ";Mr. Meyer tailors clothes for both men and women, and no gift, be the donee a man or'woman, ia more ac ceptable than a finely tailored suit. Mr. Meyer ia a master of bis trade. The man or woman who wanta clothes of distinction should give Mr. Meyer a call. Mr. Meyer makes suits, over coats and cloaks. And even though you do not need a new suit for the begin ning of the new year, you will want your old suits cleaned. This work is done at Mr. Meyer's establishment. To add to the attractiveness of your home on Christmas day, of course you will want a pretty, brightening bou quet. You can obtain the same here in Hood River. Just as shoppers in met ropolitan centers are able, whn they have made their purchases, to step into a florist's, provided with tempting dis plays, so can be or she do bere in Hood Kiver. for Geo. Haslinger, the Heights Greenhouse man, has opened a Christ mas flower store in the First Natiorul Bank building. Mr. Haslinger will offer all species of potted plants, and he will have as well cut (lowers, vio lets, carnations, etc., all ready for the hurried shopper. TROUT LAKE. James Mooney left last Saturday morning for the east where he will make his borne. B. C. Hamilton haa returned from a bUBinesB trip outside. A. S. Page, who has conducted a restaurant here for some time, expects to leave the first of the year and go to the coast, where he will go into a business of a similar character. IE. C. Duncan, who sold his place ately to C. H. Pearson, haa moved his family into the Filloon house. A baby girl arrived at the John schrairi home IbbI week lbursday. Very little sleighing in the valley at the present time. Josua Aerni, the first man in the valley to put up a silo, reports that results are very satisfactory. Several farmers expect to follow his example in the near future. The committee, from the grange ap pointed to look after the question of farm loans report that about $40,000 has been subscribed for. It has been the intention of this committee to give everybody an opportunity to come into the association, it any nave been omit ted they are invited to come in and help give strength to a local organisa tion. All interested are invited to bi present at Pearson's store at 12 o'clock Saturday. Mrs. Depue, of Husum, spent the week end with ber daughter, Mrs Stalder. Men and teams are busy felling trees and huling logs to the saw mill. While last year a business waa exceptionally good, it is anticipated that next year's will oe even better. 0. J. Smith and family have moved into their new house on what ia known as the Powers place. J. R. Hunter and family have moved into the bouse va cated by them. S. H. Thomas brought in a fine team of horses from Portland last week. Do not forget grange Saturday. ACTION OF COURT MEETS DISAPPROVAL The eounty court ia in a quandary. To offset a recent action on the Dart of the residents of the city, who by voting on a charter amendment, ex cluded from the municipal bounds the steel bridge across Hood River and a stretch of road expensive of mainten ance. the eounty eourt provided in year's budget that money to be used in the maintenance and eonstruction of roads the coming year ahoold be raised under the general fund. Thus the city would be taxed but could not call for an ap portionment of the funda unless the court were willing. When the monies destined for road appropriationa are raiaed under a road fund, the law pro vides tbat 70 per cent of the aame must be expended in respective road districts providing it, while the court can ex pend the remainder on any highways in the eounty. ibe members of the court anticipat ed an approval of their action in the general fund levy from county constitu ents, but rural reeidenta are expressing a sentiment in opposition, since tbe court, if tbe road money ia raised through the general fund, may expend the money at whatever point is chosen. despite protests of respective districts. At a recent special meeting of tbe county court, held to consider the prop osition mat tne county be divided Into two road districts, instead of the 12 existing, opposing sentiment was so strong that the matter waa dropped. Those opposing the move declare tbat such action would give the members of the court too great a power in the ap portionment of road funds. The rural element that fought the former plan will be present at tbe approaching budget meeting of tbe court, to be held Dec. 28. and will oppose tbe county court's move to get even with tbe city. WEDDINGS Cutler-Hyndman News has just been received bere of the wedding at Cincinnati, O., of Asa B. Cutler and Miss Ruth Hyndman. The wedding ia the culmination of a romance of college days, when Mr. and Mrs. Cutler were students at the Uni versity of Illinois. Mr. Cutler was a member of tbe Phi Delta Iheta frater nity. Mr. and Mrs. Cutler will spend two months on a honeymoon trip, visiting relatives of the groom at Rockford, III., hia old home, and traveling through southern California. Tbey will visit Mr. Cutler's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Cutler, at Pasadena. Mr. and Mrs. Cutler will be at home on their East Side ranch about Febru ary 1. Orewery Now With Jackson Co. D. H. Drewery, formerly superin tendent of the Oregon-Washington Tel- phone Co., who recently sold out his interest in the Columbia Auto & Ma chine Co. and the Gilbert & DeWitt Co., has purchased an interest in the D. b. Jackson Co., of Underwood, Wash. Mr. Drewery has become sec retary of the Skamania eounty mercan tile company. Royal Arch Masons Elect At the annual election Friday night the local chapter of Royal Arch Masons named the following officers for 1917: Dr. H. L. Dumble, H. P.; A. D. Moe, K. ; J. K. Carson, S. ; E. 0. Blancbar, treaa. : Frank Chandler, see. The Royal Arch officers and those of the A. F. & A. M. will be installed at a joint ceremony to be held here on the evening of December 27, St. John s night. Old Man Works Fraud During the past week an old man. whose name has not been learned, ap peared in the city and posing as tbe father of A. I. Mason, has secured ac commodations at hotels and restaurants and has endeavored to borrow money from Mr. Mason's friends. As soon as he learned that hia frauds had been revealed the old man disappeared. Mr. Mason's father, a Civil war vet eran, passed away several years ago. A Few Hoosiers Left Our allotment for this Bale ia vanish' ing under the impetus of the remarka ble terms we offer. ONE DOLLAR will nut one of these labor-savers in your dome and a DOL LAR A WEEK for a few months will paytlie rest. E. A. FRANZ CO. Nervous Women When the nervousness is caused by constipation, as is often tbe case, you will get quick relief by taking Cham berlain's Tablets. These tables also im prove the digestion. Obtainable everywhere. AT THE GEM TODAY ' "Behind the Lines," a great military melodrama, truthfully reflecting pres ent eonditiona in atrife ridden Mexico. Reflects the Mexican situation, shows methods of modern warfare, bringa the border to close view, faithfully picturea modern battles. Friday One day only. Cbarlea Chaplin in the latest Mutual release, "Ibe Rink." Released Dec. 1). The only new Chap lin on tbe market. Charley's fet, aa usual, play a big part in Ibe picture. Few of bia admirera have been aware tbat he ia an expert roller akater; al most as much at home on ball bearings as in the big floppy aboes tbat have side stepped him to fame on the film. Hia feet are what enablea him to draw $670,000 a year. Saturday One day only. "A Woman's Fight. Geraldine O'Brien, tbe Broadway fa vorite who atara in "A Woman's Fight" baa stamina, nerve and a punch t Tbe picture proves it. Except in the piise fight film tbat the law forbida nowadaya, there ia nowhere on the screen such an exhibition of fistic prowess aa Miss O'Brien displaya in a certain scene in "A Woman'a Fight." Admirera who know Miss O'Brien as a gentle stage favorite, cannot have sus pected that she was ao "bandy with ber mita." Beyond a doubt this usu ally passive young woman went into special training for tbe picture. Miss O'Brien plsys a factory worker who decidea to take the part of another factory girl, very young and very slight, who is much picked upon by a third factory girl. Ibe latter ia brawny and a friend of tbe boss. That makes no difference to Mias O'Brien, who won't have ber little friend eternally abused. She lands on the boss' friend. The friend launches a counter offensive. Miss O'Brien meets it. You'll get so interested you'll hold your breath. Sunday "Blue Blood and Red." Dismissed from college and disowned by his mil lionaire father, Alge Dupont light heartedly seta forth in bis bighpowered racing car to "see America.'- He kid naps Petekins, the family butler. Af ter many days of arduous going the auto pioneera find themselves stranded in Red Gulcb, Mont Algy wina $100 and a reputation by knocking out a lo cal White Hope. Algy meets Mildred Demarest and through her accepts a ob on the ranch of ber father, Big Bill leraareBt. Buck, the foreman, ia in love with Mildred. He becomes jeal ous of Algy with good reason and de termines to finish him by fair means or foul. Hia opportunity soon arrives. He and Algy are sent with $25,000 on a horse buying expedition and Buck con nives with a "stick up" man to steal the gold. Petekins, the butler, who haa followed his young master with an extra blanket, overhears the plan, but before he can warn Algy he is forced to take refuge in an old ice-house, where a treacherous door swings shut and he is imprisoned. The plan works out. Charlie, tbe bandit, holds up Algy in Buck's absence and makes him leave a note confessing the crime, after which be breaks for the Mexican bor der, taking Algy and the money. Buck follows them, quarrels with Charlie over the loot and tbe two thievea kill each other. Algy takea the money and starts back for the ranch. Hia confes sion haa meanwhile been found and a posse is after him. They cacth him as he is returning to the ranch. Hia story ia laughed to scorn and it is only through the combined efforts of Mil dred, the distressed Petekins and the faithful racing car that young Dupont is rescued from the attentions of a necktie party. Monday and Tuesday "The Pretenders." A Metro five reel special featuring Emmy Wehlen. Also a good comedy. BIG CHRISTMAS TREE HAS BEEN RAISED The community Cbristmss trea of tba Hood River valley, cut Sunday by Kay W. Sinclair, Harold Hershner and Frank and Emory Davenport in Poat canyon, waa raised Mondsy at one of tbe city's most prominent street inter sections, at tbe corner of Oak and Third afreets. The show windows of mercantile establishments have taken on a xuletide appearance, and wben electriciana have completed their work, the tree and street waa be illuminated by numerous vari-colored electric bulba. The big tree will be prepared and decked with gifts by the Associated Aids of Hood Kiver. All children in the county have been invited to partici pate in the festivity, and silts of can dies will be distributed to all Saturday evening at five o'clock. Tbe Associat ed Aids bss canvassed tbe valley and toys and food will be distributed to every poor family in tbe community. Butter War is On Because of a breach between tbe Hood River creamery and the grocers of the city, tbe latter having ceased handling the local product, the cream ery offering its butter at wholesale prices at ita plant Tbe creamery repj resentatives declare that large butter manufacturers of Portland are waging a war on country creameries and be cause of their efforts to kill off the lat ter institutions are creating an unnat ural market. It is stated that local dealers, when asked to cut their profit to meet tbe outside demands, have re fused. Tbe grocers declare that the demand for the local product bad become neg ligible because of an alleged poor quality. Creamery men declare that experts have pronounced the quality of tbe local product second to none, and argue that the local grocer would be just as consistent in handling Wenat chee apples as be ia in selling exclu sively butter manufactured out of town. Tbe butter fight bida fair to be taken up by orchardists and ranchers, who declare that the action of grocera in not handling the home made butter will tend to aeriously hurt the cream ery. Orchardists declare that local grocery stores will be boycotted ia case the boycott of local butter is con tinued. Officials Attend Portland Meetings The following Hood River officials attended the annual convention in Port land last week of the county clerka and county commissionera of the atate: Judge Stanton, Commissioners Hawkei and Hannum and Clerk Shoemaker. The visiting officials were tendered a banquet and were taken on a visit to the county poor farm and the new in terstate bridge. A resolution recommending tbat the legislature pass a bill providing that automobiles be not taxed by county assessors, but tbat they be taxed by a heavy license fee, the funds to be used exclusively for highway construe tion, was voted down. The assembled commissioners opposed this movement arguing that no property should be ex empted from assessment. But the county officials went even further and voiced a protest against raising funds for exclusive road construction by the levy of a heavy fee on automobiles. Leslie Butler was also present at the meetings of the officials. Club Endorses Auto Tax Members of the Commercial club unanimously endorse a proposed tax of $1 per horsepower on autombiles. The club further recommends that tbe fund so raised be used toward matching fed eral appropriations for state road work under the Shakleford road bill. Rubber Stamp Ink at Glacier office. A Merry Christmas to One and All From Kaesser's Cash Grocery Hyacinth, Tulip, Daffodil and all kinds of bulbs for sale at the E. A Frana store. Fletcher A Fletcher. n2-tf Walter Shay wishes to announce that he has removed hi Buick auto livery staud to the Hotel Oregon Barber Shop. Phone 8311. dl4-tf GIFTS 45 acres all tillable, 20 acres cleared 2 houses and large barn, 4 acres or chard, balance bay. Price $2,600.00. Good terms. 40 acres all tillable, 13 acres in bay balance slashed and burned, large barn, free water for irrigation. Price $2,000.00. Good terms. J. M. Culbertson & Co. E DESIRE to thank you for the business given us the past year and to wish you the compliments of the season and hearty good wishes for a HAPPY NEW YEAR Consolidated Mercantile Co. Hood River Odell 1