0" "y" ' " ' ...... wrssLY oseoon sTATTiAy.-TurrDAY psmasa a 1801. -. - - - " U , SHoo flA: Shop -in iKe N" Mornings ir the Mornings s :V J r. GreLid Prize for Girls We have placed in our windows three ears of corn. The girl u der H years of nge, guessing the nearest t the eiaH numtwrof kernels on all three ears of corn will receive FREE tbm BEAUTIFUL DOLL Valued at Ten Dollars J The onljj requirement laeI on com alitor.- f.r this glf - is that they must come In person and register their name and gut si. Contest Closes Saturday. December 24th at Noon. Given Away Christmas Eve at 8:30 p. m. In eient of two or more.tieif gTrfi the itar. ' tat guess we have a plan to decide the tie. Tree Orna ments Never hefore have the people ct this vicinity had such a' variety uid com pleteness of ktoctc to select from as we are showing at the present time. Newest noveltie in decorations in a grt at arrav of beauty. Prices are low- er than ever and u&sortmenU larger. ! ON Chicago, Oct. 23, IDOL My Daret Sistrr:- I lmvo lifen .jromiing myself tliat I -would write to yon, and give you a long It-tter. of or trip in Kuroje thii su:nmer. I ara- going to iiregaril the ortT of our jiiurncy and take it ly the er ftiiil irag it befero yn as I winh. I urio to tell' jou in this letter of our Tay in the i'.Iack Forest or "Hi-hwarzwaUl" as th Oernians say. Per HU wars'. wall translatel ratnn "The Blark Foreit." 1 suspect that yon, and probably most American, know of the Ulack 'Forest from bav iaj; neon some dnrk and frightful pic ture in your "childhood representing some ol.l German legend of how some Iovr'.was lu'red.'to his death by some sprite of tfe forest. Th legends of the Sehwarzwald are almost as.numer- as it trees.. I "suppose that I ani within tho bon.l of .troth when J nay that thin region has more myths than any other one part of Germany uulens perhaps the so-ealled "Khine t:ountry. lf-oue wen to count all the legions of places on the Khine from its source to its mouth, the'might exceed th number of those about tht Black Forest. Hut it is. hardly fair to call thU a district ai the lihine runs through many districts. But the ichwarswald or Black Forest is a re gion peculiar .to itself. It is the south western part of Germany and lies im mediately north of Switzerland. The Rhine llowing out of Lake Constance takes a very direct weternly eoHrne tilt it reaches Bawl where it turns aud. run north, la this elbow of the Rhine lies thd Sehwarr.wald. (A map of southern Germany should be exam ined). In coming from Switzerland 'we etonped first at Schaffhauseu famous as having theh "Fall of the Rhine." Here the Rhine comvs 'tumbling over three rather distinct strata of . rock making a total fall from the top of the rapids to the bottom of the fall of bout seven feet. On the left hank stands "Ichloss Laufi,"'or the Cas tle of laufen. It i a very old eastlo dating from about 976 A. D. .' It stantls en a very high and steep rock point. From it one gets a very good view of the falls. One can wind down a path and eome to the : very edge . of the water. There : are four distinct land-. igs at different heights so that yon e the fall from the top and then a quarter of the way down, half way down, three-fourths and finally yoa tand at the very foot of the fall 'bere the roar is simply deafening and the spray simply grand. Rainbow are numerous but I was unable to find an end of one and so earried away no : hag Of gold. ; " I ; " ' ' v f -A few yards below the fall we took boat "somewhat like unto a gondoH and crosted to the opposite. side ofthe : river. RekalThftiiseM is tJie last phice of ilprtane in Switzerland, gain g sorta to Germany. From ftehafThausen went to Singxr where we took the warzwaldljahn. That looks' to he a w 5 Handkerchiefs For all a gr :it profusion of t lirhtinas liaudker chiefs, henuHtitched, scal loped, all linen, wnvent embroidered, all pure Irih linen liuii;st itched all width hem; tine French emlsroid ered handkerchiefs, iu fact all designs and sizes. You may feel reasonably sure that you can find just ex actly what you want at the lowest prices. 3c to $5.00 $18 5C Tailored Suite. $22,60 Tailored Suits-.. $25.00 lo hard word.' But, as many another Ger man word, if yon will strike it a blow it will fall I i-cf?s. Hence the above i three words tacked together: Kchwarz nifanx blick or dark. Wald ncrii foro'it; or wood and Babu N rail--r.ih'f. hen- ' Khwarsiwaldbaha means Black I-'orost Hajilritail. From Singer we went mirth on the Hcbwarzwaldhahn some three or four hours when we rcach el Tribrg where we were to stop. Im Schwarzwald. Or translated, "In the Blaek For est." Kurope has many attractions to which American tourists flock Count it po exaggeration when I ue the word flock, for it. is true tha 14 Lucerne oae can't run fat enough to get away from Americans and EngliHlimen, while I ai told that in parts. of Berlin one scarce ly bears, Orrman. "I bnve known of parties ' having -to threaten to do n more Nlutijini in the daee unless the cferks erased speaking Knglish. In Cologne Knelish in ,x)kn readily in every second shop. In fact, no one need be surprised todav if after stumbling through oine broken German or French question he receives a reply in English, as it is an everyday occurrence in al most every EurOein city. However, this is not true in the Black Forest. It is a very well known spot to most tour ists, but vory few American or Knglish travelers ftay there. As a rule sueh are hastening to the larger citie and well known resorts, or cures or kuhr." Uenee once in Schwarzwald one is out of the so-called "beaten path" of tour ist. This we knew, and hence here we stopped. AVe left the train at Triberg, although we were not eertain whether we world stay here or go into some oi the neighboring villages. ; :,..' ; Triberg. This is pronounced as if spelled Tree berg. It is generally confused with tbo larger city of Freiburg, which is to the west and on the very rdge of the Black Forest. Triberg is in the heart of the forest. It is not so wild as many ther villages and does not en jov tire distinction of being "off the railroad. 7 It is doubtless the best known resort in the forest. This is doubtless due to the water falL Der Wasserfall. The glory of Triberg is its waterfall. A smalt mountain stream called the Outaeh winds its course through the forest and courses: tumbling down .the mountain in seven distinct lesps or falls. The .entire distance covered by the seven falls is about 500 feet. Rustic bridges span the falls in four places, giving thus a near view. The volume of water is not great, so that the falls are-Ret -wrmderfeWw he sense of being great or; powerf nL ' They are neither, hut are wonderful only ia that they are beautiful. ',- It i no sueh a sight as one has when he step from the train t the f ..n....... .K -PfitU nd sees a line of sil- ver. andisprav spatter;, at his feet,-for it is little orner xran b"-11 JT i Canada;:where a veritahJe-flver comes r.lnnging out. or the monmam .immjr.i(! 9nd roars a moon' tain tj-rtrras passes your. train ; or ILL, be the toys. Toys for. everyone! Dolls! Dolls! Goodness gracious, you never saw so many dolls! Big dolls, little dolls, t pretty ones and homely; negro dolls, paper dolls, rubber dolls; doll heads, bodies, shoes; furniture and )ewelry. Wagons, horses, carts, guns, carriages, books, gimes, blocks, animals, mechanical toys, dishes, musical toys, etc, etc. Why! we could fill the paper with a list of the different toys here for the little ones. Nothing this year than ever before. Great Oppor tun-' ities For money saving ia our ladies' ready-to-wear dep artment. All garments are of this, season's show ings and are right in every p a r 1 1 o ular. The season's brl'ht esv and best styles madeup of the pop ular materials. ...$12.35 ...$15.00 - $19 5 $35 00 Tailored Suits WaJsts A line of b!a k and colored Taffeta and Peau-de-Boie Kilk WaUts at a great sacrifice. Prices range from $5 00 to $15 00. HaJf Price is it sueh a sight as Raskin could see any hour of the day from his beautiful Br&ntwood onConniaton waters, where he could watch the silver line ofn mountain stream thread its way over the rugged Knglish mountains-and pitch it-elf over a cliff into the pfucid lake. But the GutaehWaseerfall is won derfnlly picturesque as it ereeps noise lessly through the high plateau some 7f0 feet above Triberg. and, without warning, begins; to pitch and whirl as ifc-' 'suddenly strike; the down slope of ihe Sstorenberg' range. The eonrw is very steep and rocky. The falls are merely a series of great rocky strps over which the little stream 'wounds its way; Yet one doe not et the idea of irresistibleness here as one does while standing at the Rheinfall. Here one run clamber down - on the stones and with enre pick his way over parts of it. One gets rather the feeling of eom paniondip. I have noted that there are two very distinct impressions given by so-ealled "mountains." Take one who is acenstomed to the Rocky moun tains, the Canadian Bel kirks, one who has always been impressed with awe be cause of the p-ratness and grandeur of the scenes. Here the precipices are measured by the hundreds of fret, while the tops, of many of the inomtaios are simply beyond human efforts. It is awe awfnlness which impresses one. Take that same person and let him travel in the English lake region, where he can tra.-e. with his eye, aa he drives along, path leading to the very summit of the mountains and at once he has a very different impression. ; A mountain is no longer a thing simply Insurmountable sad beyond man, but it is a conquorable thing, a thing over5 which man has dominion. You know yon ean climb it at your will, and at onee it is a com panion. This is the; feeling one has in the Black Forest and in its waterfall. It is a thing with a heart to which yonr heart goes ont and tou are friends. It is not the roar of destruction, but the cheerful call of water at play. And so one sits on a bench or stands on a rustic bridge and watches as with human in terest the waters of the Gntach as they come tumbling over the seven falls, cov ering about 500 feet. The ravine is so situated that one ean stand at its foot and see the entire course -of the fails. Every night, a large eleetrie search light plays on the water and gives a wonderfuly beautiful effect. I have but to shut my eyes to see it on either side the blackness of the forest, while in the great streak of light which- verit- ihlv floods noon the : ravine eomes tumbling and. '.whirling', the silvery waters, now red, now, green, as the lenses are changed on the searchlight. " I . Enrcomite. . .. ; - - Too most nqjjbe surprised to hear of an electric searchlight , even- in -the Blaek Forest.; I found the Germans the most advanced of any of the Euroaa nations T visited. Throughout Ger many one eonstantly meets the "kur- eomite." with its "knrtax."- ?ow, tne "knreomite' is nothing other than a enre-eommittee and the "kurtax" is a nfA.ft. When a Germaa wants to tell yon that he is "doing the resorts," as WE but new toys In the store, and our prices ore lower V V V V V V V .4 V V Wonderftil Toys The hoys will want to see the trains of cars and tracks, with the wonderful switches, the new novelty Looping the Loop wondetful and no end of fun for ambitious boys. Here are all sorts of mechanical toys such as Steam Engines Magic Lanterns Automobiles ; Walking Dogs, Rabbits. Monkeys, Etc. Besid s such -a variety of other mechanical toys. The girl w otion is well represented by a giand display of the newtfst and best Dells, Big, Small and Medium, Dressed and Undressed, Doll Furniture, Shoes, Jewelry, Headsi Bodies, Wigs ' Carts, BooksrGames, . -"Etc., Etc. - 11 ring' the children and let them enjoy the sights. Their suggestions are always to be remembered. . I wewHild say, ho tells you that he is "laking the cures." It.eame about in way that many of the present resorts were once famous ' for some peculiar spring or some other healing feature. The sick of the various ailments went to the various places reputed to be "cures' for different diseases. In this way certain of thes place Wame fam ous. Baden-Baden today is one of the greatest cures in Germany; everywhere are seen the halt and maimed who bavo come to dip in and drink the famous hot waters of Baden. A very large and m ensive building now covers the springs which supply the bath-houses in differ ent parts of the city. Thus by people Koing from one eity to another, boast ing of certain curative springs, the Germans came to say they were "tak ing the cures" when they go from city to eity which have now eom to be recognized resorts. Hence the knv eomite or committee which fixes a tax for your cure, no donbt originally this was a tax imposed by the eity on those who came to bathe in the springs of that city.- But today it stands as a. tax which every visitor must pay before he leaves the erTy. At Triberg if a person remains over night the tax is 30 pfeniage, or about 74 eents; if one remains a week or longer it is at the rate of 1 mark or about 23 eents a week per person. This tax in Triberg is collected by the hotel keeper, who merely adds the amount to your bill. Jlo is responsible to the eity for it, be cause the very first thing yon do after deciding to remain at a hotel is to sign your name, occupation and borne ad dress on a slip of paper and give it to the maid, who takes it to the office, where it is sent to th chief of police. In this way a record is kept of every visitor and the hotel keeper is held re sponsible for the tax of his guests. The nionev collected in this way is used in making the eity more attractive to guests. At Triberg the money is used for taring ont and building new trails or walks through the forest, repairing the old ones, providing benches and seats along these walks, holding "wald fests," or wood feast, whieh is an en tertaining gathering of the country folk for the amusement of the guests of the eity.' At " Baden-Baden this kureomite keeps social tennis courts and provides a eoneert each afternoon and evening. These are very- fine, only- the beet of musicians are employed, and the music is always high class. Thus throughout Germany one is everywhere meeting this committee and its works. On the backs of benches, seals and chair you will find its name, while all over the country are signs indicating directions to various nhiees near "you . and the length of time it will take an average walker to go the. distance.. ail pnt up by the various committees of the neigh boring towns. ' Every path is marked fa the Schwarz wald. At every cross path will be found signs with rrrow pointing the direction to the various places, of in terest or indicating different beautiful walks. Thus one never goes far in any direction wttneut com in g-to a sirn in- ! d'eating the path which leads to. the ' . . . . i l : tv... aeares. town. .a a grnrri tuiu irre m-i.. ' - y- iar- mony in Clothes " Krhaffacr 'Tailor' One of the chief char acteristics of oar clothing is the artis tic way in which the colors of ; f a b r 1 e s, trimmings, etc., are combined. You 1 .- . i'k' t I - should see the real art in our clothing. Come in any try on a suit or overcoat, 'twont cost you anything, -but if you wish to buy it won't cost much. $10.00 to $25.00 .. NeckweLr There's nothing about a man's drees tbat catches the eye of the observing woman as quickly las the tie. Our holiday neckwear is the swellest line we have ever shown. AVe can please any taste. " , 50c to $2;50 signs also indicate the length of lime it will require to walk to the place designated It is a noticeable thing that people seldom direct you in terms of distance, but rather in terms of time. For "example, a man would never say that a place is six meters (they never say miles, of course) distant, but rather would say it is an boar histant, meaning yon could walk It In an hour. Such , directions are raost useful, since one generally asks the distance in order to estimate! how long it would take him to walk it.! No doubt the cuHtom of ho directing one has grown np ltecauc of the fact that people are constantly walking from place to plane and always wanting to know how long it would take to walk the distance. One- err encouraginp feature about it it that the time given is alwys long enough for almost anyone. Many times I found I could cover the distance in nbout one half the time-indicated, l'robablv the reason for this lies in the fact that the country is: very hilly and a liberal al lowance is made on account of this. Customs and Costumes. There are few places In Europe, per haps, where the old customs and cos tumes are to be found more plentifully. Any Sunday one can see numberless women with a big bow of 'broad ribbon for a hat. I have seen these bows ful'y eighteen inches from tip to lip mide of ribbon about four inches vf hie. The bow is made on a Wire franre and st on the bead so that the ends project 1 OJt over 1 he ears. Then on the- r.re often fringe of some variety., Another headgear often seen is a round straw hat, with large red balls of sot ma terial resembling yarn. One often sera sevfsral of these orr one hat. ; But of H the headwear I saw "Die Krone' Was the most interesting. Tt is "the crown," and is a mark of engagement. "The crown" stands about . twelve inches high and is about six 'inches across. It is made of tinsel. Xaney twisted wire and a great . nnmbe of variously colored balls, such as nst to decorate our Christmas trees with. Then often one sees small - round mir rors about one iaeh in "diameter rt in in various places; often there is a row of these at the top. It mienis o nu that the best deeription I eld g?c of this material is to sav that-it is just sueh as we use for Christ urns decora tions. Fancy colored bails, tinsel, twisted wire and mirrors seem' to be the materials of which' these crowns are made. There seems to bo sitv uncer tainty about the custom of wearing these hats, if they may be ao Vsilled. As nearlyas we could learn a young wom an han to wear it foarteea dart before she is married. If she is a bride for the first time she wears it on 3er head when married. If not, i the Jiangs it about her neck. We have son friends who saw a marriage in the BLeek For est where the bride was a mother, and so was married with the "krone" hang ing about her ,nrek. I attended a :4waldfest" or' forest festival, where I saw a half dozen young wo wen 'Wear ing these head decorations. Tlsetr danced about with them and were vei free and Grend Prize for Boys We h a ve pi acod i ri on r w I ndn w t h ree es,r. of mrji. T he boy u n dr 14 y- ars of see, gussi-ing the nearest "to the exact number of ketnels on all three ears of corn will receive fR.EE this Ldcornotive-Axitomobile " Valued .t Fifteen Pol lev r. The ruly miuirrnieut plaeel on competitors for Uds git is that they mxist come in person and register their name and guess. Contest Closes S&iturday, December 24th at Noon. Given Away Christmas Eve at 8:30 p.m. I:t event of two or Mt guess we bare Dress Goods The prettiest good from' whk'U to make your new opera party cape or wrap i t h v I a s t e 1 Cloih. . Yu will find it here in jiwt the shade you want. Greater -soitments than' ever fr.m which to select. Pictures When in doubt give a picture.. Here you will liud a complete assort ment in the new style frames including wo-k of such famous artists as Glbs-n. Christy. Underwood. &mi th. and others and at prices much les than you'd expect to pay. Pictures intended jor holiday gifts will be held and delivered when desired, without extra charge. Fhop whil th assort ments are at their best. .... . . - Instructive Letter from Traveled Extensively in easy; the poor fellow who was the partner had to not only discard his own hat, but also submit to a continuous jabbing and punching in the face with! almost every step. a iouni u is a splendid test to put to a young aspir ant. They generally stick to the girl, however. Fishing and Forest. There is no doubt In my mind but that Germany has adopted a veYy wise course in regard to her forests and streams. Their laws touching In it h aro very strict. One is wry interested to not the success of their operations. At once on going info the Black Forest one is' impressed with the care which ia in such evidenre. There is not a dead or fallen tree to be seen. All such are at once cut for wood and a young tree planted in its ptace. Whole tracts are as perfectly kept us a park not a fal len limb to be seen, white in many plaeea the fallen Jieedles make a per fectly clean covering all over the ground. There is little nnderbrushlo be fonnd anywhere. There are forest ers, whose duty it is to go into the for est nnd designate tlt tres which may be cut. Tbn in othrr places whole tracts are cut clear. But for every tree whieh is rnt oh im:t be planted not planted and left to die, but planted and made to grow. r Where whole tracts are cut, other whole tracts are started in place of those cut. One cannot walk very far in any direction without eom injf'to open nurseries in the clearings. These clearings are worked and seeds planted. Here one will see trees of every stage from the first temier sj.rout to the three f r four-year old tree. These are thinned out and transplanted till - they are strong ranngn to ne set out jerinanently. Tw- lessons are very noticeable; first, the trees aro started in the very soil in which they are to tow, so that they nre acenstomed and adapted to the region. fWond, the trees are tended from the eel and kept sturdy and slot-Ay, "so that when it is set out to be permsuent it Is a hardy tree and not so'ne shade crown sapling tfrom another soil grown.under vrry dif ferent conditions. I have seen acres of such set f OKKt where one would not see for yards in anv direction a tree which was dead. The system is "un doubtedly tb trae one. . The government is"epa!Iy earefid of its streams. Onv ejtn seircly find a mountain strc-m 1 rt thst it i Veil stocked with fish. It is ninsged in this way: All the stresms are nnder the control of the government. 1 These are-divided I into parts or sectioTts, and sold at see ! tion.ffOne person ma buv as msnv see- lions or parts as he pleases. Often th ; various clnbs of 1he netirbborin cities! f will buy irf an entire stream. This al- fways carries with it the tight to fih I ill' 1 en euner nbi. iuen.ine povernmem; atr.nrin:CTit with both hands in the eives the privilege of unlimited fishing air and lw.Vs1 at ns. Had we dropped to the pnrehseT, which right be may rout of tbe. heavens she would not have as toy himself or sell to others. jJut,fes wore surprised. vYotir lovin the government also rco'iires the pur-l brother, BUET " chaser to tnt into his utresm rat see t inn) ' - "' 1 n eertain nnmlier of mlnnowa each vear.l - ,Th government oreseribes the nnml?ri ;and variety, and these must be' supplied more tieing on the near. a plan to decide the tie. V 7 " Wednesday ONLY Our Vednesday Bpecial No. 205. For this day's selling we are offering an ex ceptlonal bargain in the newest Cushion Cases In Oriental shadings and stripes. They are finished with tassels and are ready for. the cushions. , : 25c LIMIT TWO TO A CUSTOMER Come early in order to secure - your supplf as the amount is none too large. A Similar lot was offered not long go and were sold out before noon. t ... . . One Who Has Germany. V from the government hatcheries. In this way good and strong varieties are always provided, and so one can -go almost anywhere and enjoy good sport. Bat the stranger is just a bit surprised when, he first begins to inquire for hi stream. If he is a Westerner be thinks his only duty is to himself and he wants .u KAKUVl III. MflllO UUiUL H II U V Lift T I. Itut he .very soon learns this will not do. He must first find who purchased and controls the stream where he would fish and go to such owner and get his permit. He finis he ean fish all dsy for one marx or j rents, jmsgtne nis Joy to think be can have all he ean catch in a day for 2"cent. But no! Again bo is fated to disappointment.. On return- ing in tbr evening with a well filled string he is qnietly told that he may buy his fish which he has caught and if ha will allow them to bo weighed he may ray for them at the regnlar mar ket price a ad go on his w rejoicing. Then it is be learns for thn first time that he paid his mark' or 23 eents for the "privilege" -of fishing, and not for the fish he might catch. His sport is one thing Jii ganre-another. He may have either or both, but he must pay for what he gets; if he; Wan Is the sport he pays for it at the rate of a mark a lay; if he wants the fish he pays for thvm at the market prie. -In many instances the streams are j)urcua-ei iy ine cixy or vne "jtur eouiite," so that you must go to the mayor orvebairman for the privilege and then tS him your fish and he will sell them to you. - . - However we mav appreciate the cus- ja ef ': - . sw'-sis viniim a la t If J II naji UUI7 U il certain and thnt is tbat the system streams with fine Csh. There sav li ii i" i fir sti m Kin tw w rttm is no- couie to some tteh system in the United Htate, boSh for our ffirests and fishing and other game if we are ever to pre- serve them. We are taking steps to pre serve our oam and fore4s, but there, is a good chance . for some canablo; yoiirisr mnir tr devise ami advocate sorac such system for protecting the fish of our streams. It would be-a pleasure to me if Oregon might take the Jrad in this, matter. 1 am tired, and no doubt you are. I -wanted to - tell you at out tbo' elok in-lustry of the forest and how I" grt yonr clock in a most queer and" ruriuus rdd bouse wLich wr stumbled' on to in one of our rambles. Rtraoga to say, I found a paper publishe-i in Oregon ia this little old house-in the evrt of t be BlacV Forest in Germans .. 1 f Von r'Jni.l hav -v tl.n l.w cnie.e over Ire faces of the man and his! wir w!?ot;' thev learnfwt- w-e im tr.n AieM-a, an-l I from Oreson ' - ' " JL A 'ill Gort :tl.l liirrtnAH V.n Abierieaf .f:n r.n .: , ..; was the" ex lametion wki. h parsed the lips of the old Udv ns she. stood in mute- x . CTASSIFIED ADS IN STATIi3irAr EBIKO EESULTS