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About The evening news. (Roseburg, Douglas County, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1918)
' FOUR when Hlfc M f i " . iiiiiir New York City's Financial District Decorated in Honor of a Foreign War Mission. Only 84 Days in 1918 in Which the World's Busi ness Is Not Interrupted Somewhere by Holidays and Sundays. CURIOUS HOLIDAY FACTS. There Is no national legal hol iday in the United States. Massachusetts does not ob serve New 'Year's Day as a , legal holiday. Five Christian countries do not observe Christmas as a le- ga holiday. New Year's pay Is the only holiday observed throughout the world. Eleven different dates are ob- served as New Year's Day In different parts of the world. International business will be Interfered with by holidays or Sundava on 981 riava in ioiq o. these 261 days being holidays. "I his-leaves only 84 davs in y " ..i w iv. r which universal banking busi- ness is possible. November, with 26 holidays In different parts of the world, leads the months. March, with 19, has the few- , est holidays. Brazil leads the nations of the world with 84 holidays. ,' The United States comes next with 54. By .GARRET SMITH. WHILE man plays or prays the world's business will be In terfered with on 2$t days , during 1918. In other words, there will be only 8 days in this cum lug year that ure not Sun Uuys or special holidays in one or more important commercial regions of the earth. ' Nor is this an unusual condition created by the war. We are accustomed to jump remarkable conditions into the category of war evils those days. On the contrary, some of the lighting nations have for the time being stripped their decks of minor and unusually superfluous holi days. Ever since man vksx condemned to earn his bread by the sweat of his brow be has been putting in a lot of spure tinfc trumping up methods of beating the game. Next to working Into the boss's Job the invention of the hollduy lias been one of his ablest little achievements in this line. Like wise ever since bosses and holidays' evolved, along about history's t..u-, rise, the former have been ci;:s:n., the hitter as troublesome breaks in the year's work. By the Middle Ages holidays had become so numerous that they seriously Interfered with Industrial pursuits. A valuable re sult of the Reformation not generally appreciated was the abolition of a large portion of these holidays. But as time went on political and religious milestones accumulated bgaln. Today, while the year's over load In any one country Is by no means as serious as In the Middle Ages, the growth of , International finance has made the world's aggre gate of closed days a serious factor and an expensive one. Mot until now, however, has any attempt been made to compile an exhaustive list of holi days for the guidance of bankers and mei chants. This task has Just been completed by the Guaranty Trust Company of New Xork city. The re sults hare been published in a book let that should be a valuable addition to the reference library of every bank In the country doing more than a pure ly tocal business. Importance of Bank Holidays. Suppose a bank bas a commercial paper collectable In Peking or Athens or Cape Town on January 5. It Is Banks dre Wdaus that French Citizens Celebrating Important to know whether the bank In that particular city will be open that day. Does any one around the I'lace know whether January 8 Is a bank holiday In Peking or Athens or Cape Town? Usually no. one does. It's hard enough to keep tabs on the 54 holidays rampant In these United States. It therefore becomes neces sary to send an expensive cablegram to get the Information: i This sort of thing happens not once, but many times, 5n every banking house with an extensive, foreign business. Among the holidays established ' by custom the occasion is generally the anniversary of an Important political iwent or the birthday of a national hero. Such holidays are therefore lo cal, while church holidays are for the most part general. The former class prevails in the newer and more dem ocratic countries, while the older ones confine themselves largely to the church fasts and festivals. Where Holidays Are Thickest Contrary to the popular notion, the new democracies of the west enjoy a greater number of holidays than their sister nations of the eastern hemi sphere. Of the 87 nations or depend encies listed Brazil leads, with 84 holidays. The United States, with 54, is a close second, although she, unlike Brazil, practically Ignores the church days. Another popular delu sion Is shattered when we find that France has only 18 formally observed days and Italy only 23. We had sup posed the Latins always outdid us in this particular. Among the other bel ligerents Germany, It Is presumed, will observe 20 days next year, Great Britain 16, Japan 15 and Russia 17. In most of these countries numerous local holidays ordinarily observed have been abandoned during the war. The study of holidays Is fascinat ing to the historian. Those of our own country offer a particularly rich field. If one knew the meaning of all the half a hundred days celebrated In the United States, with the collateral events connected with each, he would be well versed In the nation's history. One of the first surprises In store for such a student Is to learn that the United States has no national holi day. The reader will at once think of Fourth of July and of. the Presi dent's Thanksgiving proclamation. But not even these are national. Acts of Congress ana Presidents' pro nouncements In this respect apply only to the District of Columbia and iiiu " territories. The .states usually follow suit, but as a matter of cus tom only and not of law. Here is a chance to win some bets from your friends. America's Red Letter Days. American local holidays are rich In historical significance. Of such are the commemorations of Bunker Hill and Bennington and Mew Orleans and San Jacinto; the all but forgotten Fast Day of New England, still sur viving in New Hampshire; Patriots' Day In Majne and Old Defender's Day in Baltimore, Pioneer Day In Idaho and the various Admission Days pop ular with other Western states. Con federate Memorial Day In the South, together with the birthdays of Lee and other heroes of the Confederacy. Two states havejndependence Days of their own. .Texas observes-her sep aration from Mexico on March 2. North Carolina commemorates the Halifax Independence resolutions on April 12 and the Mecklenburg decla ration on May 20. , It remains for Frederick county, Md.. to celebrate all alone the repu diation of the stamp act, one of the most local celebrations of an Impor tant national event on record. Among the favorite months for hol idays the worm over November leads, THE Closed velay World? the Fall of the BastlU. with 26 out of Its possible 30 days. May comes next, with 25 and an ad ditional Sunday not otherwise cele brated, thus actually tying November In the number- of days closed to busi ness. March, on the other hand, la the longest all around business month, having only 19 holidays. Thus at least two-thirds of every month in terferes with the free play of inter national business. Even such generally observed festi vals as Christmas and New Year's Day can't be depended upon .by the banker without consulting the Inter, national calendar. New Year's Day Is the' only holiday Universally observed. But, alas, it rails on 11 different dates In different parts of the globe, and some countries observe more than one of them. An exhaustive study of thee New Year, celebrations would give one a pretty fair knowledge of the ancient history of the world. Curiously enough, one of our own states, Massachusetts, does not make this a legal holiday, though her citizens generally observe it Where Chistmas Is Not Observed. Christmas Day, due to its religious significance, is not so generally ob served as New Year's Day. It .has, moreover, only three different dates. It was not generally observed on De cember 25 until the fourth century. The early church, lacking any an-; thentlc knowledge as to the date of Christ's birth, celebrated it without uniformity In May, April and Janu- ary. The Armenian Church still ob serves January 6. Why the Decern ber aate was finally selected Is uncer tain. Some see In It a displacemen f of the Roman Saturnalia; others do clare It a survival of the Feast of the Winter Solstice, and still others point to Its coincidence with the old Ger man Ynletlde Feast ' Countries where the old style calendar prevails still celebrate January 7. In the Puritan days Scotch Presby terians and English Non-Conformists rejected Christmas Day altogether as "savoring of papistry," and In New England Thanksgiving Day, was de vised to replace it It seems a curi ous thing that there are today Christ tlan countries where It Is not ob served legally. ; Such are Norway, Panama, Peru, Portugal and the South African Union. The lost named, however, still ob serves the old English Institution of Boxing Day on December 2(5; This was the day when the English gentry, having had their own Christmas cele bration the day before, turned their attention to the poor by presenting; them with Christmas boxes. The day later became the day for general giv ing of Christmas gifts. . Portugal Drops Traditions. The only country on earth a study of whose holidays reveals little of Its political, racial or religious origin Is Portugal. The first attempt to estab lish a republic in Portujml was made on January 31, 1891. This Is reflect ed In Its calendar of holidays, which runs: "January 'l, dedicated to uni versal brotherhood; January 31, ded icated to the memory of all those who fought and died to establish the re-: public In Portugal; May 3, In mem- ory of the discovery of Brazil by the Portuguese; June 19, municipal holi day at Lisbon; June 1 24, municipal' holiday at Oporto;' October 5, the; date of the establishment of the Por-. tuguese republic; December 1, Flag Day, to commemorate the Independ-. ence of the country;' December 25,' Family Day." . These brief notations on holidays' touch only their distribution and dates. Back of these lies a wide Held' filled with quaint and drfious infor mation relating to the manner of oel-J ebrating them . -. . .i-t . i . j EVENING NEWS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1018. Children Cry The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been in. use. for over over 30 years, has borne the signature of Aiiow 411 Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-as-good " are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of infants and Children Experience against Experiment. What is CASTORIA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is .pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine jnor other narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. For more than thirty years it has been in constant use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency, Wind Colic and Diarrhoea ; allaying Feverishness arising therefrom, and by regulating the Stomach and Bowels, aids t' assimilation of Food; giving healthy and natural sleep. 'Xho Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend. E. CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the la Use For Over 30 Years The Kind You Have Always Bought THC CENTAUN fiOMMNV, NfWVOUK CITV. ALL GERMAN ALTKXS MUST NOW REGISTER All German Aliens Are Required to -Reglsler Between February 4th and February 19th, 1018. Bv proclamation or the president of the United States, all German i aliens are hereby notified that all na tives, citizens, denizens, or subjects of the German empire or imperial German' government, being males of the age of fourteen years and .up wards on registration day who are' within the United States and not ac tually naturalized as American citi zens, are required to register as alien enemies. : The dates of registration, within the state of Oregon, have been fixed by the attorney general of the United States to commence at 6 a. m. on February 4 and ;to' continue on each day successively thereafter between the hours of 6 a. m. and 8 p. m. up to and including the 9th day of Feb ruary, 1918, at 8 p. m. All German aliens residing or be ing within the city of Roseburg or vicinity are hereby required to pre sent themselves for regstration at the . postoffice In said city to the postmaster who has 'been designated by the attorney' general as assistant registrar of said city, and to complete their registration on or before the 9th day of February,, 1918, at 8 p. m'. i Any German alien, required to register, who fails to complete his registration within the time fixed therefor, or who violates, or attempts to violate, or of whom there is reas onable grounds to believe that he is about to violate any regulation duly promulgated by the president of the United States, or these regulations. In addition to all other1 penalties prescribed by law, is liable to re straint, imprisonment and detention for the duration of the war, or to give security, ; or to remove and depart from the United. States in the manner prescribed' by law. , . i ' ' NOTICE. D. J. Jarvis has retired from busi ness, and kindly asks all those who are owing hini for menchandise to please come and settle their accounts at once, a3 I am going to leave town Just as soon as I can collect my out standing bills. So pleaBe come and settle.. i ; v. ; ::' . ' tt; : : h' -i D. J. JARVIS. LOOKING GLASS NEWS. "The'local ladles aid 'met in their hall Wednesday and spent the after noon in sewing and knitting for the unfortunate Belgian children, a most worthy cause. The Red Cross unit entertainment Thursday was: a most delightful af fair. Every member on the program was encored and each one cheerfully responded. The receipts of the even ing amounted to $23. ' ' Miss Ruth Morris and Miss Geer, or Salem, are visiting at the home of Gi M. Geer. Mrs. Effie Morgan and little son, Willard, are visiting friends in the valley. Mr. Fortner, of O. A. C, address ed the school one day last week on Industrial club work. Cecil Jackson, , of. the Roseburg hiph school is spending the week at home. . - -. . . . ; Grandpa Allen is quite poorly, but tp are all hoping for a speedy recov ery. - -r.- ; , . i'he little babe of Mr. and Mrs. Miller died and was buried In the lo cal cemetery Wednesday. ' Tho sym pathy of the entire community goes out to the parents In their deep sor row. George Ward, bf Roseburg, Is In the valley buying feattle. . Mr. and Mrs. George Russell en tertained a number of their young friends Saturday evening at the Grange hall. Games and social con verse were Indulged In after which a for Fletcher's and has been made under his per sonal supervision since its infancy. no one to deceive vou in this. Signature of , most delicious lunch was served by the hostess. -The boys of the Rose school, of Roseburg, played basket ball here at the Grange hall on Monday night with our primary department. The game w.as hotly contested and result ed In a score of 15' to 2 In favor of the 'Roseburg team. There were many amusing incidents during the game, one of our boys threw the pig skin on the circle and it ran around the rim seven times and finally jump ed to the flodB outside, but the Roseburg center certainly starred in making every basket. The Roseburg girl Sophs' will play here on Friday with our 9 th grade team. This is going to be some game. Come out and pull for your own country. X HELP OUR HEALTH OFFICIALS, Cleiinlijiess is next to Godliness, and it is for this reason we have Installed a Hoffman Sanitary Steam Clothes Pressiuir Machine. This way of pressing clothes Is acknowledged to be the only positive guard against carrying and spreading garment germs. The only Sanitary Steam Clothes Pressing Machine in Douglas County. IMPERIAL OLEANEKS. (Try our way.) We call and deliver. Phone 277 CLASSIFIED COLUMN FOR SALE Heavy work team and harness. W. E. Roberts, Box 162, City. - f22p FOR SALE A fine toneu dicker ing piano, very reasonable. Phone 129-R. - WOOD, WOOD, WOOD Dry oak or fir. Phone 11F25. R. Stubbs, Melrose. OAT HA" FOR SALE At Eden bower Orchard Tracts. Fred Fish er, phone 25F4. tf TIRE FILLERS FOR SALE Com plete eet for Ford car. Inquire at News office. Does away with nunctures. tf FOR- SALE Cook stove, .heating stove, bedstead, rag carpets, sani tni'v ont. chairs, table, two rifles: many useful articles. Jos. Steln ' metz, West Roseburg. f25p FOR SALE Duroc Jersey (Red) ' pigs.- All thoroughbred. Papers free with each. Charles A. Brand, ; Roseburg, Ore. M9CALES MAGAZINE X Fashion L0 Authority Xrtg: For Nearly 50 Years! Join the 1,300,000 women who turn to McCALLS every month for correct fash Ions, for patterns, for economical buylrf, for fancy needlework, for good stories igr pleasure, for help, for style. McCALL Patterns fit. ma SEND A POSTAL CAED AND ASK FOB BAHPT.S COPY ef HcCATX-S: or tlOM pnt IIO.IEY Offer W Wftmen: or Lt.t of OlfTH irirra without Coat: Or RICYCLK OITr to Boy And Girls: or UMt PATTBRS PATALOOT7E; or tig Cub Oirrr to AQK3I8; or (1M.W frit OEtr la WOtCttOECU. .kMmt mfcCAlLCO, 2JMS0 Wt J74 Std.HrTi H.T. 10c Js 75e Copy S YccT FOR SALENS. C. White Leghorn eggs for hatching from proven winter layers. $1 per fifteen; $6 per hundred. L: J. Houser, Rote , burg, Ore. Phone 25F3. FOR SALE OR TRADE 17-icre farm in Tehama county, Calif., near Corning. Address C. C. Weavor, Route 1, .Roseburg, Ore gon. m2p OLD PAPERS "Housecleanlng" Is . on at The News office, and we have a lot of old papers for sale at 10 cents the bundle. They will not ' last long, so get a supply early. FOR SALE OR TRADE General mdse. store at Melrose, Ore., 8 miles from Roseburg; corner roads; doing good business. Own er will explain reason for selling same. Address R. Stubbs, Mel rose, Ore." '14 WANTED. WANTED To buy sheep and goats. Fred Fisher. Phone 25F4. tf FOR RENT G room modern house in good location. JPhone 15F12 evenings. WANTED Men for saw mills and logging camps. Mills and camps will operate throughout tho win ter. Steady work. Good condi tions, i'or full particulars write Weed Lumber Company, Weed, Calif. FOH RENT. FOR RENT Good five room hoiiBe. Ask Kezartee, 114 Flint, St. FOR RENT 4 room furnished house. Inquire 547 S. Stephens or phone 454-R.' FOR RENT Five room house at 240 E. 1st avenue north. " Phone 184-R. FOR RENT Flat, furnished or un. furnished. Also housekeeping rooms, furnished. Close in and desirable. Inquire 124 Went Doug las Btreet, 1 to 5 p. m. MISCELLANEOUS. HAIR WEAVING Switches made from combings. Mrs. C. B. Board man.- Phone S02JR. BEANS See us before selling your beans. Will pay highest cash price for fancy small whlte. Roseburg Fruit Co. . FOR CARPENTER WORK See W, S. Wright, 206 E. Oak street, fur j nlture repnired: alterations at tended promptly. ' FOR TRADE Seven passenger tour ing car in fine condition for real estate. Will give or take differ ence. No. 109 Rose street. ORDER yo,ur rose bushes and shrub , bery now of Mrs. ' F. D. ' Owen florist, city, phone 340. Green House 9F 12. tf MORTGAGE 1.0ANS Plenty funds on hand for good farm loans RURAL CREDIT plan. Low rate of Interest. Reliable Service. See M. F. Rice of Rice & Rice. PRUNING Have your trees, shrubs and vines rruned'by a man with practical experience and scientific knowledge. It, costs no more Write Louis H. Bergold, Roseburg, Oregon. STOLEN From pasture at Buzzell place 2 miles northeast of city, ' dark Iron grriy 4-year-old blocky built mare; has heavy mane and tall, white stripe in face, weight about 1150. Mare haa on a halter and is in foal. $10 reward for in formation leading to recovery. R M. Wood, Roseburg, Ore. LOST OR STOLEN 1 sorrel horse colt, 4 years old, white stripe In face, silver mane and tall, white legs; 1. brown mare colt, 3 years old, black mane and tail, star in forehead; 1 bay mare, 3 years old wire cut on right front foot; nat ural pacer; 2 black mare colts, 2 years old; 1 sorrel mare 12 years old, weight about 900, one ear clipped. Write John C. Slgnor, Farmers Feed Sheds, Roseburg, Oregon, if animals are located. SEVENTH YEAR. Elizabeth Eldririge Ileinllne SCHOOL OF PIANO Subjects: Piano, Harmony and Theory, Normal Training for ' Teachers. Also Helnllne Musical Kindergarten. Booklet upon application. 42. Ella St. Phone 83-R MRS. P. D. OWEN Out- Flowers, Potted Plants, Funeral Designs, Wedding Bon ' quets, etc. FOR SALE AT "THE FERN" 111 Cass St. Roseourg, Ore. PHONE 240 Monday, Bargain Day at the Roseburg Cleaning -AND- Pressing Works! Men's Suits French Dry .Cleaned and Pressed for $1.00. All work given prompt attention. Bargain day prices do not Include calling for or delivering clothes. ' C.W. SLOPER 308 N. Jackson. Drs. Seely, Sether and Stewart : Physicians and Sturgeons. Suite of offices rear of Douglas National Bank, ground floor. Phono 867 . Roseburg Oregon DR. K. L. MILLER , Physician and Surgeon. ' Ground Floor Masonic Building, corner Cass and Main Sts. Phone 132. ; 1 ' House G3 ' ' ; DR. S. L. D&LAPP Osteopathic Phyitclun & Surgeon) Phones: 217-218 Perkins Itldg Office 110 Res. 232-L Roseburg, Ore, DRS. PLVLEll & PLYLEli Licensed Chiropractic Pliyslolnus 222 W. Lane St., Roseburg, Ore. Consultation, examination free. Office Hours 0 to S Phono 188 Chiropractic and Electrical Treatments. LODGE DIRECTORY, : KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS, Alpha Lvuge xno. .4.7, meets every Wed- ' nesday evening, cor. Jackson and Cass Sts. Visitors always welcome. C. A. CHAMBERLAIN, C. C. , ROY F. DURBIN, M. F. B. E. WIMBERT.V Tf n a . II. A. Y. Mt. Nebo Homestead No.' 1828 meets at Maccabee hall every 2nd and 4th Wednesday. Visitors welcome. B. B. PERRINE, F. M. C. W. CLOAKE. Cor. WOMEN OF WOODCRAFT, Lllao Circle No. 49. Meets on the 1st .and 3rd Monday evening of each month at Odd Fellows' hall, Visit ing members In good standing aril invited to attend. DORA GILBERT, G. N. CLAKA CAWLFIELD. Clork. I. O. O. F., Philntarlan Lodge No. 8. Meets in Odd Fellows' Temple, corner Jackson and Cass Sts., on Saturday evening of eaoh week, Members of the order In good standing are invited to attend. GEO. D. HINSDALE, N. G. A. J. CIEDDES,, Reo. See. J, B. bAILBY. Fin. Sec, 0. E. S Roseburg Chapter No. 8 Holds their regular meeting ort the 1st and 3rd Thursdays in eaoh month. VislMng members In good . standing are respectfully invited" to attendi . MISS MARGARET PAGE, W. M. FREE JOHNSON. Sec'y. LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE, Rose burg LodgoNo. 1037 Meets Mon day evening of each week, at 8 o' clock In Macacbee hall. All visit ing brothers are invited to attend. W. J. MOON, Dictator, H. O. PARQETER. Sec'y. REBEKAHS, RoBeburg Rebekah Lodge, No. 41, I. O. O. F. Meets in Odd Fellows' Temple every Tuesday evening. Vlslttng sisters and hrelhren Invited to attend. AILENE HUFFMAN, N. O. BELLE STEPHENSON, Sec. DELLA LEWIS, Fin. Sec. 1. O. O. F., Rising Star Lodge No. 174 meets in the Odd Fellows' Temple every Friday evening. Visiting brethren always welcome. A. C. REXROAD, N. G. PERCY WElUB, V. G. CARL W. OHMAN, Rec. Sec. M. FICKLE, F. S. It. O. T. M.- oseburg Hive No. II, holds regular reviews on second and fourui Thursday evenings In Maccabee hall. Sisters of other hives visiting in the city are cor dially Invited to attend our re ' views. Maccabee hall on . Cass street. BERYL B. OGDEN. L, C. ' JESSIE RAPP. R. K. A. F. & A. M., Laurel Lodge No. 13. Regular communications 2nd and fourth. Wednesdays eaoh month at Masonic Temple, Roseburg, Ore. Visitors welcome. . O. P. C09HOW, W. M. W. F. HARRIS. Secy. B. P. O. EIKS, Roseburg Lodge, No. 820 HoldB regular communica tions at the Elks' Temple on the 2nd anl 4th Thursdays of each month. All members requested to attend regularly, and all visiting : brothers are cordially Invited to attend. ' ' . CARL E. WIMBERLY, E. R. IRA B. RIDDLE, Seo'y. WOODMEN OF THE WORLD, Oak Camp No. 125. Meets in the Odd Fellows' hall in Roseburg every , 1st and 3rd Monday evenings. Vis- ltlng neighbors always welcome. J. M. THRONE, C. C. M. M. MILLER. Clerk. I. O. O. F., Union Encampment No. 9. Meets In Odd Fellows' Temple every Thursday evening. Visiting brethren always welcome. K. H. PICKENS, CP. O. H. PICKENS, H. P. OLIVER JOHNSON, R. S, JAMES EWART, F. 8. EAGLES, Roseburg - Arte meets In their hall on Jackson St., on 2nd and 4th Monday evenings of each month, at 8 o'clock. Visiting breth ren In good standing always wel come. FRED P. CLARK, W. P. B. F. GOODMAN. W. See.