STORE TOE C 11! ST M AS m S on past years when Hood River residents and those from the surrounding towns of the Mid- Columbia have purchased with satisfaction friendship tokens of the Yuletide period, so during this closing month of 1917 our store is ready for those annual visits. We are ready to serve you, but we advise that all shop as early as possible to prevent as much as possible that last moment congestion all along the line from the store to the delivery sys tem of our postoffices. A Ring is always a suitable gift. Our assortment of Precious Stones is second to none. Birth Stones are always acceptable. Everything that you will find in the Metropolitan Jewelry Store largest You Must Have Confidence In Your Jeweler ALL joy in the possession of Jewelry comes from the knowledge that its value is real. To get that you must have confidence in the man who sells it to you; for you mut depend . largely upon his. honesty. Your treasures are just as good as his word and that must be as good as gold. , " Diamonds Brooches Rings LaVallieres One of the Best Selections of Sterling Silver Ever Shown Here. NOTHING TODAY IS TOO GOOD FOR OUR SOLDIERS JOIN THE RED CROSS TODAY We are making a specialty here of WRIST WATCHES 1 FOUNTAIN PENS for the Boys in Khaki. Either of these articles will be a gift that your boy will highly appreciate, and both will be very useful throughout every day of his service. Sterling Silver of standard de signs forms one of the most useful of all gifts. Start a collection now. You can always add to it, you know. Coos County Myrtlewood Novelties fflfM Come in and talk with us, or we will be glad to advise you on any pros pective purchase. Our years' of experience may be of service to you. "The Hood River Gift Store" W. F. LARAWAY Our Business Integrity is a Known Quantity YOU can depend upon it Every arti cle you buy from us comes with an unqualified endorsement The same confi dence you repose in our materials you may expect in our workmanship. Cameos Pyralin Ivory Watches Clocks Umbrellas Cut Glass Cell Apples Orchard Run Sound Cull $8.00 Per Ton Delivered to Factory. Having increased our grinding and storage capacity, we will be in a position to. take care of your 1917 tonnage. HOOD RIVER APPLE VINEGAR CO. JlSL GRAVELY S CELEBRATED M Chewing Plug dm ft mad. of Rich, Sappy Tobaee. th. Cravalr Way (hraa mora Soil Comfort with a LKtla Chaw than blfl chaw of ordinary plug. A 10o. POUCH IS PROOF OF IT J'JG. 9r-y Sofiaae Ca Duma. ft. "WW"" fr H THANK HEAVENS THAT MONKEY IS STUFFED! SO ARE SOME MEN WHEN THEY SWALLOW THAT JUST AS GOOD JOKE AND LET SOMEBODY HAND THEM ORDINARY PLUG INSTEAD OF REAL GRAVELY f LOOK FOR THE PROTECTION SEAL-IT IS NOT REAL GRAVELY WITHOUT THIS SEAL Ladies' Embroidered Corner Kerchiefs. --6c to 27c , Ladies' Pure Linen Hemstitched ' ' - - 13c to 39c Men's Soft Finish Cotton Handkerchiefs 8c Men's Soft Finish Cambric Handkerchiefs He" Men's Pure Linen Handkerchiefs. Children's Kerchiefs in Gift Boxes... 25c 13c Bragg Mercantile Co. Parent-Teacher Program Phoned An unusually interesting program has been prepared for the next Parent Teacher Association meeting tonight at 8 o'clock at the high school auditor ium. Readings in dialect by lira. Sif- ton, Miss Kathryn Baker and Kelsey Sloeom. A short talk by Mrs. W. W. Rodwell on the subject. "Colllege Life for Girls." Vocal solo, Mrs. Butler. Piano trios by pupils of Mrs. L. E. Taft, Songs by Kelsey a Leonard Slo com. and violin duets Mr. Woest and C. K. Benton. -. A small silver offering will be re ceived for the benefit of the new wo man's dormitory at Eugene. Do not fail to be present. . Will close early. FINE GROVE Mrs. William Moore returned home last week Tuesday f rom Clackamas, where she spent several days visiting her mother. " H. M. Hosick and wife returned from Portland last week after a visit of two weeks with friends in the city. Miss Isabel Sifton was a week end guest of Misses Mary and Helen Hawkes. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. McCully and baby daughter leave this week for Corvallis, where they will spend Christmas with Mrs. McCully's parents. The Red Cross auxiliary will meet every week with Mrs. S. R. McDonald. on Fridays, in all day sessions. Each member is asked to bring sandwiches. A Christmas and patriotic program will be given at the church Christmas eve. Several from the vicinity attended the Congregational church in Hood River Sunday and listened to and inter esting talk by a missionary from Tur key. There will be regular services at the church next Sunday morning. A spe cial request was made by the pastor last Sunday for the young people and children to attend the 11 o clock ser vices. Stories will be given from the pulpit from time to time that they will understand. ! Several grangers attended Pomona grange at rark grange nail last weeK Wednesday. EARRET1'. The Christmas drive for Red Cross membership was a complete success. The weather was foul all day, but the work was done well. The people gave willingly. Arthur E. Sykei and Miss Minnie Spranger were married at the parson age last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Rich ardson, friends of the couple, were present. They will make their home near Cascade Locks. Mr. and Mrs. Kibbey sold their prop erty on Rocky Ridge and have moved to Portland. The ladies of the church will hold their annual bazaar Friday night at the church. The Sunday school is preparing a cantata for Christmas eve. The public school is preparing for Christmas festivities Friday evening. 0. L. Craton killed a hog last week which dressed 334 pounds. E.W. Birge fitted a July pig for market a few days ago. It weighed 247 pounds, valued at $49.50. Chas. H. Clymer was a visitor to Portland last week. Mr. and Mrs. Richardson were re cent visitors to Portland. Their son, Fred, is learning the automobile busi ness there. Everyone who declines personal or ffaancial help to our government now helps the central powers of Europe that jnoch. The Red Cross is one branch of our government service. PARED ALE Next Sunday morning Rev. Boddy will preach the Christmas sermon. Special music will be given. In the evening a Christmas program will be given by the chilldren at which time a collection will be taken for the relief of the Armenians. Word has been received from Alva Hardman by relatives here stating that he was out of the hospital and feeling fine again. This word, was sent by him November 14. so we are sure that the report of his death is a falsehood. There will be a lecture and a social time at Mclsaac's hall Friday night. Mr. Davies is out in the rain this week after Red Cross members. He says everyone is responding fine so far. Gladys and Blanche Aubert enter tained Miss Nelson Thursday evening. Miss Florence Craven was ill a few days last week. We were without lights and telephone a couplle of days last week as a num ber of trees had blown down, cutting the wire. To the readers: to all. A merry Christmas MOUNT HOOD. The Sunday school will hold their Christmas exercises at the church Sat urday evening. There will be no treat this year. The money will be sent to the Armenian relief fnud. The regular church services were held Sunday. Rov Blaesr is nrunincr for A. J. Brun- quist on the D. E. Miller place at Park-dale. Will Edwards has bought a new team. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Wyat and Mrs. H. C. Wyatt were Hood River visitors Saturday. There was a Red Cross meetinar Sun day afternoon at Paul Aubert's. James Steele, W. H. Edick, J.B. Doggett and Paul Aubert were named to help G. M. Uptegrove to solicit members for the Red Cross. The Primary room is enjoying a va cation the last three days of this week, as their teacher, Miss Dorcas DeWitt, is taking the teachers examination at Hood River. Mr. and Mrs. C H. Shaw have been having th grip. Douglas Leasure has returned to high school at Parkdale. E. F. Monroe has sold his team of mules. J. B. Doggett has been busy the past week fixing the roads. BARRETT SCHOOL The following pupils of the second grade have been neither absent nor tardy for the month of November : El mer Easterly, Richaad Colvin, Lester Van Blaracon, Lloyd Wallace, Robert Barker, J. D. Cotten, Harold Hoag land, Edward Phelps, Henry Abbott, Ethel Dickson, Zoa Easterly, Marian Palmiter, Margrit Phelps. Those in the second grade who re ceived 100 per cent for spelling for the month of November were: Ethel Dickson, J. D. Cotten, Elmer Easterly, Lloyd Wallace, Bradford Arnold, Les ter Van Blaracon. Three pupils have been dropped from the primary room. Edvth McKee. Ken neth McKee and J. D. Cotten having emereu acnooi ai nooa mver. . Eleanor Wbitely, of Dee, has entered the second grade. Those on the honor roll in Miss Brock's room for the month of Novem ber are: John Colvin, Elmer Van Blaracon, Joe Moore, Wesley Hoag- lana, Miiion uraoer, uyrie xoung, Irene Smith. Edna PhelDS Idell Hut- son, Irettta Downing, Myrtle Jacob son, Jessie Palmiter, Ethel Pyles, Nel lie Nesbit, Mildred Crow, Velroa Cot ten, Pauline Tiepitz. Those neither ahsent. nnr tnrdv in the fifth and sixth grades: Jefferson Pvles.Dorothv Palmiter. Nnmfa Inliiii Robert Nesbit, Louis Michaelfelder, Florence Hoagland, Ida Dixon, Noble Cays, Emery Cotten. HEIGHTS NEWS O. B. Evinger accompanied his son, Calvin, to a Portland hospital last week, where he was to undergo an op eration for apendicitis. The operation was to have been peformed Monday. The infant dau enter of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Evinger has been dangerously in, dui is now Deuer. Mr. and Mrs. Mace Baldwin have moved into the May street house re cently vacated by Mr. and Mrs. Hunt and daughter, Miss Bertha. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Tucker have moved to the Baldwin-Stranahan cot tage vacated by Mr. and Mrs. Mace Baldwin. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Gill have re ceived a letter from their son, Charles, who is in the navy aboard the U. S. S. Rochester. At the time he wrote the ship was in the New York city harbor. He stated that it was very cold, with a regular blizzard raging. The decks were covered with ice. He said the people of the city treated them very nicely. Crowds of 50 at one time were invited to the clubs and theatres free. He had been to the Hippodrome. Judce Buck and J. H. Gill have re. ported for duty with the 12th street home guards. All were srlad to see Judge Buck again after his Bevere ill ness. Mrs. Sallie Carson and Mrs. Lenora True were out Monday solciting mem bers for the Red Cross Chapter. W. H. Taft expects to start today for Anaheim, Calif., to spend the winter. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Ward were in Portland last week. Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Taft accompan ied Mrs. Taft's sister, Mrs. Folts, to Portland -where she will go to the hos pital for an operation. It begins to look like Christmas. Several trees have been brought to town already. Miss Edyth Gill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Gill, was a government nurse five and a half years. Last March she was granted an honorable discharge for a year to take a rest and change of work. She has since been in the employ of the Y. W. C. A. of Hon olulu, H. I. In her last letter to her parents she said she had had a letter from Washington, D. C. asking her to go back into the service again. She told them she was ready to do her bit and is now awaiting results. Ray Evinger fell Saturday and was slightly injured. Your correspondent wishes to Glaci er force and all its readers a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. School Vacation The city schools will close Friday evening, December 21, for the holiday vacation. The high school will resume Wednesday, January 2, and their grade schools Monday, January 7. The dif ference in length of vacation periods is due to the high school having had a two weeks' vacation during the apple harvest. J. O. McLaughlin, City Supt. Two Dollar Wheat Talks Loud Out in the Inland Empire of the Pacific Northwest the five and ten thousand acre ranches are getting ready- for world-feeding crops in 1918. Plunders by Randall Howard, tells of this hundred-mile wheatfield-run by tractors and managed by business menwhere a thousand acres is a small farm. 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