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Watch Our Show Windows SANTA CLAUS A Big Assortment of Christmas Gifts Al ready Here and More Coming H Come in and pick out your needs and place them aside until you are ready to send them. You will find in our assortment l Jonteel Sets Thermos Bottles jj Manicure Sets Toiiet Water White Ivory Face Powders Kodaks Toilet Cases Candy Travel Sets Stationery Mirrors Perfumes Razors Cigars Cards And many other items, all in attractive Christmas Bokes, ready to pack and mail. Come in and let us show you. Prices Ranging from 50c to $40.00 STEPTOE DRUG CO. Christmas Greetings Beautifully Expressed With our Engraved, Gold-Embossed Cards You must see them to appreciate their elegance. Leave your orders early. Clark’s Drug Store Shop Early j Make your Christmas selections before the rush and before stocks are depleted. Wi innkt this suggestion becuust ni \t month will be a busy month for you and > ou will no doubt appreciate our suggestion to buy your Jewelry, silver ware and cut glass gifts, now. whip ten lia'a the time and our stock !.« complete. A small deposit will res. it in> article until wantcil Everything in Diamonds Watches Jewelry Silverware Lindskogs Jewelry Store The Place Which Sells - .- - GIFTS THAT LAST -- j Smxl it With nil the in w mt« rests and oppor tunities Dial are coining to you as a modern woman, we zrc the more eager to offer you our (service* in doing the family wash. That’s drudgery which we feel we can carry through for you most successfully Troy Power Laundry WORK OUTLINED FOR ' LAE AMERICAN LEM Tin following Information In i-'gnid in tin uctlvlth * of tin- Ami'i icmi Le gion lias been ree.ivei by m.-ml.. i o' ■ 11n- hi di r in Lly rtepresentutlvi ; ol tin l.igimi imv , informed oHU'IhI* ol tin- war risk in i uur.tlKf iuhiiii. tli - federal luniril for vocational idiieutior and tin public health s* t vie* tlint tin* legion proposes i to urg! tHc-arnri* dwigneil In out i- >1 lap*' in tin bureaus and to compel L *• government in function in its dealings II with discharged and disabled s.rviei rp.on. * Tin* b gion repn si iitutives .who nn-t in Washington with the herds of three bureau* to discuss ip Ian to combine tilt work of the bureaus, declared that (lie legion proposed to press for legis lation consolidating function of in government agencies and doing awa> with ‘long-winded talk about ronp.ru i tlott and coordination.' John Sinr ! bourne*, of Boston. IDimlit r of tin* 1. gi**n I committee, admonished llu government J conferee* that if the proposed consol j .bition firsti .veil tin tr present organi sation "it would simply have to g ' nliead and destroy." I»r. C. W. Lavender, r* pi. se nt in* lie public licallh service ph ailed foi i: continuation of "other work in tin live 11It service outsit* of that done fm the veterans of tlu* world wor," saying liis bureau liad many other functions. Tile consolidation plan as outlined by the legion ropresenlativi • proposes llu creation of an asslttont secretary in one of the * xecutlvi department* to have direct charge of the work of tin thine biirenus. Tin government rep resentatives. U. Ii t’liolm* 1* y Jones, wllrcctor of tlo war risk Insurance bureau; 1'. Lambkin, imiulni of the ! vocation educational board, and t»r ILavcndei approved this feature, but doubted tin* advisability of actually j combining tin* three bureaus. Several member* of tne 1. gion com mittee will remain in Washington t** complete II" draft!IK oi tne hill. Test African Plants for American Use Sixteen hundred lots of wuli un.l plants of African fruits, vegetable*, gains, ,m<1 flowers not common to this country have been sent to the Foiled States fb partment of agriculture for a t'-st as ti their adaptability to Ameri can sail as a r.-sult of a trip made to I>r. H. I- Shanes, a* agricultural ix plorer, Hr. Snantx accompanied the Smithsonian-African expedition, vvlilch made a tour ot Interior Africa from Cape town to Fnrlo, pen* trallng the Ornng. Free State, the Transvaal, the Congo. Fast Africa, the Sudan, and Egypt, with sfde trips I.) other parts of the contin ent and adjacent islands. Among the many new crop- ore that is. viewed with interest is a gourd 2 fe«t long which contain* 2 gallon* of succulent seed about the sUe of an almond. The aunt of tin st seeds r» tjemhles that of thr butternut, taste, and in addition to their possibilities a* a nut substitnu they are rich in oil M i i.v ni w k.itlr rerns and sorghums, a* well is grasses, suitable for tin. semi arid west a* w. II ns the pint lands i f tin south, some excellent new mangoes, n number of oil plants, snini dry-land rice, and a large number of grains and grass, s are among tin specimens. The department Inis found lh.it leveral crops which flourish in central Africa are adapted to the southern p. rts of the southwestern I ntted States. Tin Ainerlortii-Egypt inn cotton and Sudan grass an among tin noteworthy cc quialtion* is a n st.lt of previous * \ I>« ditions. Tr>«« Federal Brians la Sltlli Well f»r. W. W. Cook yesterday received a telegram from tin main offices of tin Texas Federal Oil Company at Klectra. Tex., announcing tin' fact that well So. 6 had struck the oil sand- and looked good This is tiie- w. R that u e> spuddi d in when I>r Cook recently visited the Texas olltiel.ls in tin int« rests of sev eral stockholders in this district. It is the sixth producing well brought in by the company, and while tin deep sands of the fields have never been reached tin production from such a number of wells should bring ri turns to tin parties interested and the n.»« of In welcomed by many residents who have shewn their faith In the Texas Federal by tin Inves tincnt of their money Stern Ulna Contest by Two Majority In the Urmsby contested election case f.>r the office of sheriff, after tin conclusion of the count and the ruling of .fudge langan on the objected bal lots St.-rn won by two votes. The count shewed 193 foi Mteirt and 191 for James Our New Stock of Beautiful Pictures Artistically framed Is Here * Sepias, Water Colors and Oil Paintings $2.00 to $45.00 * BISHOP’S Optical and Jewelry Store Course in Mining (it University of Nevada 'la. 1‘nlvi rsil j of Nevada hull* lin of short coursts fm Nevada prospectors is ready for distribution. This bulletin is just off the pr ss ami It outlines the excellent courses wliicii the university off. rs for the mouth !»« ginning January 17. 11*71 Till* short couts^ls op u to any nutn or women interested in pros* pelt I iik. Tin only chfiigi i <■ small enrollment f* ■ of $7. to uivei mlsci I Igneous expen*. . Including supplies iiii.l clniclcitl* tis. I in demonstration in Hie various coursi *. T11. tiulletin gives a d•'11.il> I slat', in. hi of Ihe subjects which are treated. Tin faculty d' Up Mackay School of Mines, assisted by representative) from other university departments. :• of f-line this coursi at tin* time or year which they calculated would he best for prospect .rs to Rattier at Kono for .1 month*** instruction. Hattie Scenes oj New l A tell Piet ii re Tbi ni lIiiinoth buttlt scales in "The 1‘iici of l; ileini'tlon.'' tin n> » Metro production starting fleet l.ytell, which will I e seen at tne Kly theatre to morn w. in n filmed in the mountains of »'allfornia t\ Slit Sot) extra people tak ing part In tin spectacb 'The Price of Itedemption." v hicii is tin screen adaptation by June Mathis from I A K. Wyllt - him i 1 of India. Tip Ti tuple »l I»awn." has a m o 1 it> principal spectacular scenes i native uprising niul storming of an English garrison. Tb. mimic batlli was (limed up In the inouptainous region. wli-.-fi a mountain pnss afford. I ideal location for the story of thi photodrumn. Mo[ plug at id thing. Iiowcvrr. in tl» ipifst for realistic iff. et* Metro '-tab lisl ed a commissary. and every phase p-aJoining to Ihe feeding an I housing of Ihe innke-In lien natives and s. *h 111'. was |im Id'd for. Nutive village* were erected, and life in tip' Jungle of India was portrayed with careful attention to realistic details Keen lions were pro vided—-to the number of three, that no thing might In missing ft mn the pie liirlzi I representation of the i mams Wylie nocil of life in India liccaus. of tip- many largi and club ( rate sets that were spi 11 ally cons* met • ill for "Tin' Price* of 1{« demptinn," this lat* -t pi,dui starring lb rt l.yti II n said to In oi)i of tor biggtst produc tions i'.i released under the Metro bantu r. In addition to the mammoth batth seines, an Indian file was staged 111 Which Si ' I'D build ltd I'tr/'i participated The feti was held in what was supposed to t.pristnt Port Aklmr. India, anil required the build ing of a special set. Many cam'll., goats and clepliants were list d to pro ' Ido atmosphere for the sc. n. * I'll, pric e of It.il nipt ion" w as ili li. cl. d by M t'ltzg. raid, and | photograph, d by K«d Pnlltn. H. ona • mvi n. ('lie Madison and Janderi j Stevi n« arc in the cast supporting lb rt ' l.ytell th< star. | ____ t niJaimed I.client la Ike My PtntlulMer The follow I hr !• 11< ra remain un claimed In the Ely poatofttcc for the I week ending December 3. Richard W. Broil) rick. Walter Itlutli rch. Ralph Iluttore. Ml** Mamie Resalt I Indian). Sir*. H M Barton Mr. John <1. lilnhi Mr*. George Braler. Mivs Jes sie Brow n. Mr Bill Delta*. Walt W . Ban r (2). Mr John Crowley, Mr. .1. A I'urh-t, Mr John S. Carroll. Mart J Carroll. Mr l». I,. •Carroll, Mr J Cava naugh, Mr. l»uni>l A. Carr, Mr. Harry Caaey, Charles K ConkllnR. Harry Culp. Mr. Michatl !•'. Desmond. Mi*s Mildred Dryadal*. I*. T. l>olnn, Mr. Pat Fitzgerald, Mr. Thoma* Oilheany, Brvnn Oaven, Teazle Holloway. Mr. Georg) A. Hauser. Mr. Thoma* Hogan, Anna Hogan, Mrs. A M. Ha ye*, Mr. I.. M llnrlmott. Vlnrlo Jerey, F. O. Kohler. Mr. A O. Kelly. Mr Jam)* Killy, Mr*. Ellen M Kelly. Mrs. Nora Lewis, Mr Vito Leconte. Anna Murphy, Mr John Meagher, Rhea Meagher, Mr \V. A. Mahoney. Mr. Patrick MeOIII, Mr, W. A McCarthy. Mr*. W. M. McCarthy, Mr*. P, O'Hanlan. Mr. Ed O'Brien. Mr. Nor man O'Brien. Mr. T. E. O’Brien, Mr. Georg t O'Neil. Fom.ar Ojeda. Mr*. Kate Perry. .1 W. Painter. Mr. F. J. Reilly. Mr*. Mary Hood house Mr. llr-nry Reed, Mr* Amy Reed. F. M. Itlpley. I„ Helen Sullivan. Mr. Art Shambo, Mr. CS. C. Spear. Mr Harry Shell. Mr. Frank It Smith. Mr A T Tully. Mr. Ernest Tay lie. Mr. anil Mra. Thomas Timonw*.1 Mr. Tlioinas Thurgood, I II Wuleon <2Z. Mr W. I*. Wallace. Adrian N Wat zon. Mr. Kd Wood*. A. t» Whit. Mi 1 G. Wheeler. Subscribe for the Whit- Pin. N-tts Delivered hv carrier or mailed to any addre*s for $:: P*T year I >o It toilay. Largest Stock We Have Ever Had Is Now Here «» Pictures, $2.00 to $45.00 HAWKES Cut and Engraved Glass Plain and Decorated IVORY Chime and Eight-Day Seth Thomas Clocks $4.00 to $75.00 Finest Line of Platinum Bar Pins Made Plain and Diamond Set $10.00 to $300.00 Bracelet Watches $25 up mm BISHOP’S Optical and Jewelry Store ROD MID DDR CLUB MS ON HEW LIFE Hi the ( ltd Ion ul m " officer# lust Tliursila.v night the White I’lnt Uod am. Hun Club has been reorganized and the clean sort "111 he revived In this district. The new officers all all of tin- energetic type of clean portt miin who will put vim in whatevei they nui) undertaki They are V J Proctor, president, Harry Wilcox, see returj : Herman Win treasurer. I>au Itascorn, Held captain, and It I. ti'iayh , publicity manager. A few years ago the Whiti Pun Hod anil (Sun Club was one of the live or ganizations of this county. Through its energy an International con test was arranged and attracted the best possible shots In the pro fessional as well as tin- amntuer class from every section of the country. Ml the district was in gala attlri for about a week and tin event I* one that will i ver In remembered P tiK• wise arranged contests between local men and turkey shoots, nil ol which vv • r< most successful. DIAMONDS We still have some Diamonds bought before the war, and we are offering them at BEFORE-the-WAR PRICES BISHOP’S Optical and Jewelry Store ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ELI THEATRE TONIGHT Double-feature Program Tom Moore In the Great Cohan & Harris Stage Comedy, “Stop Thief” and Buster Keaton ...IN... “Convict 13” An All-Comedy Program TOMORROW BERT LYTELL ..IN “The Price of Redemption” TUESDAY • WECTSDAY Rex Beach’s Great Story “The North Wind’s Malice’’ The Queen of All Dolls Is Here! Lady Dolls and Baby Dolls from America and Europe hold court in Toyland. Toys for the Little Tots, Toys for Larger Tots PRESENTS FOR EVERYONE from Baby to the Grandparents There is but one childhood and Christmas is the mile-stone in this journey of happiness. A cordial invitation is extended to visit our new department—TOYLAND. WILSON-BATES COMPANY ___A A Sweeping Reduction --IN Men’s Furnishings SUITS AND OVERCOATS REDUCED FROM 10% TO 25%, Big Reductions in Manhattan Shirts and McDonald Flannel Shirts Reductions in All Standard Underwear Now Is the Time to Buy Outing Goods CHAMOIS LINED VESTS CORDUROY RIDING BREECHES Gtuham Qualiiu Shop fa c.