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$ 3 5 .0 0Brau Bed—Very

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GIVEN AW AY O N DECEMBER SALES

Beginning December ist, we will issue coupons with every dollar pui- chase at our store during the month. . Every purchase entitles the holder to one chances on each of the premiums. MAIL ORDERS ENTITLE YOU TO COUPONS. In addition we have planned

O N E W E E K S A L E O N A L L H O L I D A Y G O O D S

Will announce the date latter. A message from Sandy Klaws is en route with a train load of toys for us

crossing on the bridge and the horse turned onto the bridge without a mishap and was neatly penned and returned without a scratch.

General Joseph Perrault, the well known republican leader and politician, and close friend of Senator George L. Shoup, has been appointed manager for Idaho of the Equitable Life Insurance society of the United States, one of the largest institutions of its kind in Ameri­ca Pew men are better known in the state than General Perrault, and his suc­cessful management of the company is a forgone conclusion. He is an aggressive citisen and if he puts his shoulder to the wheel with the same spirit he has dis­played in politics, his company will never regret its selection.—Evening Capital News.

Mail Orders solicited Wholesale and Retail M c G il v e r y & B o s t o n

New Designs in...

SILVERWARELatest styles and finish, of the most beautiful pat­terns. Our stock is fast filling up with goods that

will please die most fastidious. Cut Glass, Jewelry, Clocks, Watches a n d .

Diamonds

,Main Street Lewiston, Idaho J.H . BETHEL

Good Clothing For Men..

That is the kind you are interested in and that la what we offer you in

MîHcr's Perfect Fitting Clothing

Well tailored, stylish, reason a b l y priced. What more can you aak? We also have a line of

Boys' ClothingThat is good, as good as the market affords, and the extreme reasonable­ness of the pr ces will agreeably sur­prise you.

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Paragrapbically ColdRead Teller ads. for bargrins.Ed. While of White Bros, made a busi­

ness trip to Orfino yesterday.Next season will see a great rush and a

revival in tbe Imnaha copper district of Snake river.

H. B.Smith has gone to Spokane to at­tend tbe district convention of the Knights of Pythas lodges.

The law firm of Poe & Anderson bas dissolved ami Judge Jno. B. Anderson has offices now in tne Beach block.

A little touch of winter briugs promise of a skating bee to tbe small boy who is now enjoying bis Christmas vacation.

Judge J. B. Slater and family arrived in the city yesterday from Calville to visit with Mrs. Slater’s sister Mrs. R. N. Wright.

E- A. Cox, Charles Sampson, Hhettnan Warren and Charles Whitcomb returned today from a trip into the Clearwater timber belt.

Tbe city library has 1400 patrons en­rolled ami averages 100 callers a day. Misa Guyer, librarian reports 151 visitors last Saturday.

The Pring Candy Company opened its retail department in tbe Thiessen build­ing this week and are doing a firm busi­ness in the holiday trade.

A. Semper!, of the O. R. & N. saloon, has purchased two carload- of liquors and will engage in tbe wholesale liquor bus­iness Tbe first car is being unloaded today.

C. T. Strauahan was in tbe city yester­day engaged at tbe land office in e lend contest against Alexander H. Charles The contest invalues i6-> acres of limber land near Troy.

City Clerk McDonald has posted notices calling a special election to vote an issu- 0/ bonds for improvement of whet is called the Lewiston water system. The election occurs January 16.

There is s merry time every evening on the Holbrook slough. Skating by moon­light is one of the things that comes so seldom in this section that lovers of the sport greet it with joy immaculate.

Word received this week from Tom Boise is very encouraging. Last week he went to the Sacred Heart hospital in Spokane to undergo an operation for an abscess. He is improving very rapidlv.

The state board of dental examiners closed their session at Boise, Thursday. Three applications were presented ss fol­lows: William Thompson, of Burke; G. F Baker, of Oakley and R. Glazer, of Weiser,

Officiai correspondence to Idaho county is now addressed to GraitgevBIe instead of Mt. Idaho. County Auditor A. W. Talkington has notified tbe secretary of state that Grange ville is now officially recognized as the county seat of Idaho c-iunty.

The articles of iucorporation of “The Sisters of St. Joseph of Lewiston, Idaho’’ has been filed with the secretary of state. The directors are Mother Aurelia, and Sisters Mary, Catherine, Angelica, Do­minica, and Annetla. The capital stock is $100,000, consis.ing of 1000 shares of $100 each.

Unless some emergency shall arise there will be no further meeting of the Jndictm! bench of tbe supreme court nntil Monday January 5, when tbe members of tbe legislature and the new supreme court member will be sworn. J. P. Ailshie, the new member, took tbe oath of office Tuesday.

K. H. Libby’s spirited driving horse got loose from in front of the company's

! office last evening and made a sharp run i for home. Luckily several taama were

Got the Franchis«.The state board has granted n franchise

to tbe Cameron Lumber Co. to improve tbe Coeur d’Alene river. The company is given two years to complete the work Erank Moore of Moscow, has asked for a similar petition for the Palonse Lum her Co. to improve the Palouse river. No action was taken, as yet.

Favors 4 Blind School.In the bienniol report of Stete Auditor

Jones, to be issued in a few days the offi­cial will recommend the establishment of a school for the deaf, dumb and blind. The auditor will contend that there is an outlay of state funds that go for tpe care of the wards in other states, nearly sufficient to maintain an institution in Idaho.

Fiaaado of Parnassus.This is the title of a copy of poems and

prom by Clarence Eddy, well known in this city. Tbe book is readable and shows careful thought. But the title page ia a terror, with Eddy on the “pinnacle” and such lesser lights as Longfellow, Shakespeare, Riley, Homer and Kipling looking up from a great distance below. The bopk was printed for profit, not pleasure.

Water Running ia Big Ditch.The Glenn's Ferry Land & Irrigation

company ia making good progress with its big undertaking to build a canal which will irrigate 25,000 acres of arid land.

The canal from the Mammoth Springs, the source of the water supply, near the month of tbe Malad river, to the Snake river, a distance of a little less than two miles, has been completed. The com­pleted canal is 20 feet wide on the bot­tom and will carry six leet of water. The work was much of it through rock and was both laltorius and expensive.

Will Improve Yanth’Tract.Tbe property owners in Yantis tract

held a meeting the first o tbe week and decided, in view of the fact that that sec tion of' the hill was soon to be take« it the city and put under the water system that they should at once begin improve meats. They will fence then sep­arate properties and plant trees early in the spring. Farther inquiry into the nature of tbe proposed improve mente in the Yantia tract, brought to light the fact that Architect Galbraith hâa now under contemplation plans for three residences in that portion;of the city to be constructed as soon as present im­provements as to water service are avail able. “ The range of vaines run from $1500 to $5000,” said Mr. Galbraith, “ and the Yantia tract gives promise of being one of tbe best residence portions of the city.”

- River TrafficCapt. Ralph Baughman, who has been

in charge of tbe Norma for tbe past month, arrived in tbe city today in charge of the Lewiston, having changed with his tether for the trip. Tbe three steamers plying between here and Ri- paria are now principally engaged in taking out the wheat. In the last month Captain Baughman has taken down 75,- ooo sack* from the warehouses below Almote. All the wheat below Almota is now shipped oat. The other boats have been hauling from the warehouses above Almote, and there still remains for shipment some 360,000 sacks distributed as fo'lows: 100,000 at Almote, i I o .ood at Judkins, 100,000 at May view and 40,000 at Kuhn’s warebonae. The sacks average about two and one-fourth buahels end the total yet to transfer to market is over-800,000 bushels.

A girl baby was born to Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Oylear tbe 13th inst.

Mr. J. W. Denton is again able to he ont after a severe attack of la grippe.

Mr. H. G. Phillips left last Monday morning for bis ranch on tbe reservation.

The last few days have been uncom­monly cold and now what we look for iaMOW.

Messrs. Welker, Oylear, and Cook went to the conntv seat on business the first of the week.

Mr. Melvin Oylear returned last Wed­nesday from Pierce City where be haa spent the summer end tell.

A goodly nnmber of Odd Fellows at­tended a session at Juliaette last Satur­day evening and report a good time.

Mr. W. E- Daggett, South wick's pros­perous merchant, passed through here last Tuesday morning on his way to Lew­iston.

Representative Black and Mr. George Welker left last Wednesday morning, the former for Boise te d the latter for South­ern Idaho, with the intention of locating there permanently.

the next legislature creating a new county and taking in a portion of Nezperce prairie it is therefore the unanimous sen­timent of this, meeting that our represen­tatives be instructed to either defeat such a bill or labor for its amendment so as to take in all the prairie and all contiguous territory possible.

Resolved, further, That a committee of five be appointed by the chair to imme­diately take such action as will fortify our representative in accomplishing the sense of this resolution and that such committee report its progress at each Nez Ferce Commercial Club meeting, so as to receive such further instructions relative to this work as may be deemed ne essary by such body Seconded carried agaiitet 23 in tavor moved that chair take time to select committee.

At the Kamiah meeting of Tuesday night a committee consisting of M. J. Carlisle, H. T. Disney and George Greeg were appointed on conference aod the following resolution was adopted:

"Resolved that it is the judgment of this meeting that the interests of Kamiah precinct and that portion of Idaho Co. adjoining said precinct on tbe north, eayt, and south, wilt be beat sub- •evied by tbe citizens of said territory working in hormony with tbe citizens of Nezperce and surrounding community, in order to secure a just and equitable ap­portionment of territory in the construc­tion of a new county.”

Look at the Grand Display of

B i s s e l E sCarpet Sweepers

At—L. G N E A L 'S —Store

CHRISTMASis coming

And you are thinking of mak­ing a nice present. How would a

Pantasote Couch or A Morris Chair, or A Reed Rocker, or A Combination Book Case, orA Bed Lounge, or An Easy Chair, or A Parlor Lamp, or Anything in Crockery

»O r any erf the various articles we have for sale. Closing them out cheap.

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If You Have

Money to

Spend

Prepare to Spend it now. You can't resist the temptation after a view of our holiday se­lections.

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Fleetif LinedCall and see our....

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Meuli & LomaxClothiers and Furnishers.

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D E F O R E CHRISTM AS. Do your shopping this week and avoid the

rush of the last three days. We want you to look over our many attractive lines, out of which you can select either a useful or an ornamental pres ent for any member erf the family, your friend or sweetheart. For that

Christmas DinnerYou need a fine, pure Linen Damask Table Goth. W e have just opened 25 pieces, with napkins to match. Choice patterns and low prices.

One case of hemstitched, fringed drawn linen towels and dresser covers for the holidays.

f l t^ T h rc e hundred pieces of new neck Ribbon, all widths, all colors placed on sale today.

J O S . A L E X A N D E R

PIONEER M ERCHANT

J. O. VASSAR, Manager.

F. B. WILLIS, Sec’y and Treasure!

LEWISTON

Furniture and Undertaking Co.Wholesale and Retail

Coffins, Caskets, Robes, Embalming

M0UUMNO, FRAMING and MATTING arc aadc a spec­ialty ..............................

Phone I Si Odd Fellows* Building.

TREMENDOUSSTOCK

FORCHRISTMAS

At Departures! Store Prices