Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-12-24
THEIR LETTERS TO SANTA.
Corvallis Children Write st. Nick
for Gifts-W What They Say.

Tonight throughout the length
and breadth of the land, little
stockings will be chung by the
mantle with care'' and as tired
eyes close in sleepthe last thought
will be of Santa Claus and the
gifts (which will be lett by the
jolly old gentleman during the
wee sma' hours of the night.
Sad, indeed, is the. thought that
many a little stocking will be
but scsntily filled, and that many
trusting child, especially in the
cities, will waken On Christmas
mo: ming to find that Santa has
passed by and forgotten to stop.
Corvallis children, as rule, will
receive visit from dear old st.
Nicholas and tonight at the
various churches trees win yield
their burden of gifts and Santa
Claus in person will see. that each
child is remembered. And in
the midst of the good cheer and
merriment let each child share
with some less fortunate little
one, thus adding to the JOY of the
day the happiness of giving ''In
His Name -
Christmas trade in Corvallis
has been good, and while the
buying has been going on the
children have been writing let
tiers to Santa Claus and mailing
them at the busy store of Victor
Moses, where specially-prepared
postofhce had been established for
the accommodation of the little
folks. Many OF the letters are
addressed to Kris Kringle, Toy
land, and the wants of the wri
ters are set forth so plainly that
Santa will have no difficulty in
selecting his gifts. Before start.
ing the letters away to(Toyland,
and in order to help Kris Kring]e
locate these little writer's, Mr..
Moses has very kindly allowed
the GAZETTE to publish the CONF
munications, and they are given
below exactly as they were writ
ten.- They are all dated at Cor
Wallis. The first is from a boy,
as can be told at glance. He
says:
"Dear Santaclaus, I want a
steam engine, and a boat and a
train that is all, Chester Bro
ders."
The next comes in a large,
printed hand and reads:
''Dear Santa, I would like to
have train of cars and a FIRE en-.
CINE, candy and nuts. That's
all l want. Lorrain Gleason. "
Number three is neatly written
and says:
.'Dear Santa Claus, Please
bring me a doll carriage and q
doll and Teddy bear and and
a doll bed and a story book, from
Jennie Balb."
! Then cones another boys re-
quest, and perhaps some one car
tell us what a 'sDutch flyer" is
| 'Dear Santa claus, I want
you to bring me a train of cars
and drum and a Dutch 6yel
and I wish you a Merry Christ
mas too. Your friend, Phillip
Corbett."
While this epistle is signed
with a flourish miss Jean Dur
rell'' it is evident that tine write,
is a very young Miss She
/! is not at all modest in her de.
mands as can be seen from hel
want list. She says:
! "Dear Santa Claus. I want
you to bring me talking and a
walking doll. I want a doll
buggy and a dog and cat. l
want large set of play dishes
1 want little bed Tor my doll
and little swing tor my doll. l
want little broom and a little
doll and,a play watch. Please
bring them dear Santa Claus. y
Number six seems musically
inclined. He writes with much
ink and apparent effort:
Dear Santa Claus, l want
you to bring me bass drum and
big horn and a 22. Your lutte
friend, L. V. Lloyd
The next is in an extremel,
large hand and says: "Dear
Santa Claus. l want you to
bring me a doll, teddy bear, doll