The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-12-16
XMAS SHOPPERS
BUY PRESENTS
BUSTLE PREVAILS AT ALL STORES
Merchants Display Great Assortment Of
Wares in Windows Handsomely Dec
Grated Christmas Greens Used

There is a noted hustle now around
all Hood Rivers stores. While Christ
mas is yet more than a week off, shop
pers are visiting gift emporlums and
securing articles for the Yuletide sea-
son. Merchants are displaying a great
assortment of wares. Holiday touches
are seen everywhere. In places the
use of the valleys evergreens, Oregon
grape and fir bOughs, have been used
for decorative purposes.
Many new Christmas articles have
been received by the Bragg Mercantile
Co. In one of their show windowssis a
great pyramid of aluminium utensils.
While these will be sold this week,
good seven days before the day of st.
Nicholas visit, they are appealing to
the women shoppers. The Bragg Co.
will make no profit on the aluminium
ware. every piece of which, although
the usual price is from 81 .25 up to S4,
will be sold for SO cents. 1t is handled
as a kind of Christmas present for
their patrons. A of the other win
dows of the mems and women's depart
ments hold for display an unusually
enticing line of goods. The Bragg
store gives s. & H. green trading
stamps. On Wednesdays the company
gives double stamps. The portion of
their basement given over to prem
ium parlor for the stamps is enlivened
by the appearance of many new Christ
mas premiums.
At the Paris Fair both floors of the
big department store are loaded with
gifts. Here may be found, on the Sec
Ond floor, great assortment Of toys
ranging from inexpensive articles all
the way up to the most up to date me-
chanical toy. A new line of black
boards, the board made of real slate,
has proven a winner, and many little
girl and boy, after visit of Santa
Claus, will pass the days learning to
write and draw on these reasonably
priced blackboards.
This column might be used to name
the useful and handsome articles one
may find at the Paris Fair, and then
the list would not be complete. 1t may
be found that is on sale at modernly
equipped department store. The lower
floor of the store is given the appear
ance of gigantic bower. for huge
arches of handkerchiefs, the keystone
of each arch large red Christmas bell,
have been erected.
And, too, many things are found at
the Fair that give gratifying sur
prise to the shopper. The children
have not been forgotten by the buyer.
M. E. McCarty, in single department.
In the glove case may be seen tiny
Dents gloves for the youngest member
of the family.
Passing out to their customers
handsome new art panel issued by the
Walk Over Shoe Co. in celebration of
winning the highest award at the Pan
ANA exposition, Joe G. Vogt and Mer-
rill Gessling at the formers exclusive
toggery for men are in an environment
that permeates the Yuletide spirit. In
one of the aisles of the store has been
erected Christmas booth, loaded with
neckties, handkerchiefs, all prepared in
handled gift knives, smoking jackets,
slippers. Kuppenheimer's suits and
overcoats, suspenders and umbrellas
greet the eye. They are handsome, and
no ''spug" can find fault with them.
Frank A. Cram may now be said to
be in the pioneer class in Hood River.
For long term of years goods from
his two big departments, one for the
men and the other for the women, have
met with the approval of the purchas-
ing public of Hood River. Mr.. Cram
is prepared for the holiday shopping of
1915. Throughout the year his show
windows show the touches of an artist.
For Christmas time, as an evidence of
the work of men and women who know
how to display goods attractively, the
entire store is gone over, and here,
there and everywhere in the huge space
are articles awaiting choice. Men like
to visit Grams to find article of con-
servative, useful wear or to buy for
their families. The women like to visit
the store to see the displays of dress
materials, assortments that appeal to
the feminine sense.
The Frank A. Cram spirit is found
throuhgout the store, the spirit of Hood
River boosting.
C. N. Clarke is offering to holiday
shoppers line of new and classy can
dies. His show window is filed with
handsomely decorated boxes of the high
class sweets. An inspection of his
show cases reveals new articles of
leather goods, pipes, hair brushes, play
ing cards and pocket books.
"By changing our system from the
old charge method to a cash basis, "
says Harry Wood, of the j. Nj. Wood
store, 1--WE are able to sell Christmas
goodies at better prices than offered
before. We have everything, from nuts
to molasses, a full line of fruit and
special sale on Christmas candies. 4"
Perigo & Son will make the Star
Grocery a popular place by making
free Christmas present of nice stone
teapot to every purchaser of pound of
Chase & Sanborn's tea, whether pack
age or bulk. The Star Grocery is offer
ing the usual fine line of high-class
fruits. speciality is made of Christ
mas packages of the better grades of
candies, and small boxes of Christina
cigars are being carried.
With windows handsomely decorated
the Cash Grocery Of E. e Kaesser HIS
assumed a YuietiGe appearance. This
store will make an appeal to the hid
dies who like good sweets. A special
offer of IL cents per pound is made by
Mr.. Kaesser on his mixed candies.
While the youngest grocery store in
town, the Arnold Grocery Co. is by no
means lacking in progress. This store
is making special prices on Christmas
candies. Every ingredient. too, may
be found for the making of Christmas
dainties. And an accustomed courtesy
that makes the Christmas season all
the brighter prevails.