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1 f fllllf FROM CONTINUED PRAYER A TO VOLUMINOUS DINNERS .' The American Thanksgiving day was j not always devoted to the worship of l turkey and football. That is the present : day evolution of a pious ceremony whxh had it origin on this continent when i; gravefaced Puritans at Plymouth Rock lifted their earnest voices in sincere . prayer of thanks to Jehovah who had : juided the frail Mayflower tnru storm ? nd stress to an asylum where conscience "t was free. In 1621, after their first year in New England, the Puritans, in October, had ? 'their first harvest festival, the rnnual 'T festival of old England, which as the year passed was to become the domin ie ant featura of Thanksgiving day. Eut at thie time, as in England, thanksgiving ujri auuumLeu fur uiiie Ddrucuiar j event, and had no permanent connection with the ancient harvest celebration, in : itself almost as old as the human race, j In 1 623 occurred the second Puritan j Thanksgiving day. The year had been f on of disaster for the struggling colon- ists. Pitiless drought had scorched the unwilling soil, and the crops were perish f under brazen sun and rainless skies. famine and pestilence threatened to wipe out of existence the struggling colony, In this extremity, true to their deep religious instincts, the Puritans, beleiving that their t sufferings were due to the vengeance of an angry God punishing them for their sins, appointed a day of prayer, fasting and humilation to purge themselves of their deductive wickedness in order to placate a vengeful deity. But before the day set for donning sacke'oth and ashes the skies relented and pouring abundant rains on the parched soil and wilted cps, saved the colonists from their im pending fate. The appointed fast day was turned into one of fervent thanks giving, the second to be celebrated in the new land of promise. During the first century after color.iza- rt i- k all dmocintl i nis is io w in r - are authorized to refund your money : ITI t4nr and Tar fails to i a vie- j m j - cure your cough or cold. It stops the cough, heals the lungs and prevents serious results from a cold. Cures la grippe coughs, and pre vents pneumonia and consumption. Codftains no opiates. The genuine Is in a yellow package. Keiuse substitutes. SOLD AND RECOMMENDED BY A. T. Fill. Dri'.tf'i l y v i ill j A CARD. I tiou of New England. thanksgiving day meant two long prosing sermons with a canty cold meal crowded in between the pious exhortations. Gluttonous human nature in the flight of years has glorified that scanty, unpretentious luncn into a feast that for the vast majority of erring mortals has crowded the sermons into a , disappearing background .' ! Thanksgiving day became a political issue in the first national Congress. ! lhanlsgiving day was proposed in observance of the establishment of the Constitution, The proposal led to a long fight in both the House and Senate. The anti-Federalists accused their opponents with designs of sirrply making ths day a celebration of the victory of the Feder alists at the palls. The bitter partisan feeling of the campaign was reflected in vituperation that inflamed the long debate s but opposition was fertile from the lack of votes. The bill was passed and re- ceiveo tne approval of Washington, who appointed Nov. 26, 1790, as the first i national thanksgiving dy. The next national thanksgiving day was February 19, 1792. It was appointed oy r-resiaent Washington with out the authorization of Congress, and his action caused considerable criticism from the anti-Federalists. In Adam's administra tion two national fast days were proclaim ed, but the pugnacious New Englander evidently found little in the trend of events during his occupancy of the Presidency to be thankful for, and consequendly no thanksgiving days were appointed. Twenty years passed before another thanksgiving day was proclaimed. The varying fortunes of. the war of 1812 gave occasion to President Madison to appoint at various times three prepartaory day; of fasting and prayer. When psace v ith Great Britain was declared Madison ap pointed a national thanksgiving for April IS, 1815. This was the last of the national thanksgiving days for many years, although the custom was rapidly becom ing an annual observance in the various states north and south. It became estab lished in 1817 in New York, and by 1858 all but six of the states in the Union ob served the day. During the period of the civil war, two fast days were appointed and proclaimed by congress, one on January 4 and anoth er on September 26, 1861. The first federal thanksgiving of the war followed the battle of Gettysburg and was pro claimed by President Lincoln for Novem ber 26, 1863, in correction with the har vest festival day. Tne following year was begun the series of presidential pro clamations which has continued up to this day. The above ment.cned dates for puol'c thanksgiving were a of a national affair. Previous to 1790 tne various states of the union had declared a day if general thanksgiving and dunrg the years (oilowr irg the war, wnen the government failed to appointa day for jer.erai rejoic.rg. in dividual states d d appo nt such a day and there are few sU'.es that have not annually observed sjch a isy Sir.ce tney became states. MASKED SKATING PARTT On Christmas r.'gnt the management of the elating nr.K w.u hod a masked skat ing party. Tr.ere !s a pr ze for the best lady costume. E-e-y accomodation wiil be extended to v.s tcrs a-d the event will doubtless be an e-vjaile affa.r. When you're Vr;ke. the Jns are shy They turn and r'.y wren you come nigh Brace up old man. shew :orr,e pluck Taxe Rocky Moti'.atr, Tea: t'wii, charge y:ur ijck. Newlin Dhuc Co. OF THROAT AND I LUNG REM" DIES Newlin Drvur CorriDanv FESTIVAL Hf IfT UNION COUNTY JOIN IN THE THANKSGIVING Tomorrow , the day set aside as on of ths year when individuals and families offer thanks for favors wh'eh fortune has dealt then, it would be a good day for Union county citizens, collectively, to be a little thankful. It certainly has reason to be. Below is published a comparative state ment which reveals some astonishing figures. Since 1902 Union county has caused a decrease in its warranted in debtedness that is surprising, and speaks well of the skillful manipulation of the county's finances during that period. Any resident of Union county, who has the interests of his county at heart, will do well to study the table and acquaint himself with the rapid decrease in the county's debt, and tomorrow, when he j has offered up thanks for his personal ortune. let him also offer one ft r the county. The following figures tell the story of the decrease in warranted indebtedness. Outstanding Total warrant warrants indebtedness 1902 $229,445.23 Est. In. acrj. 45,637.38-$275.082.61 1903 210,733.61 Est.In.acru. 59,441.00- 260,174.61 1904 189,021.86 Est.ln.acru. 52.749.09- 221.770.94 1905 160,902.37 Est. In.acru. 23.546.92 184,449.29 1906 123,996.00 Est.ln.acu. 13,464.19- 137,460.19 With the above data to work with, the following fact can readily be calculated: The total decrease in warranted in debtedness since September 30, 1 902, to September 30 1906, is $137,622.42. The decrease since September 30 1905 is $46,989.10. The average decrease each year for the last five years is $27, 524.48. Taking the average decrease for the last year as a basis, and following the expense account for the county in 1906 to be the average expense, for each subsequent year, it will be found that five years hence, to the day, the county will have paid all its outstanding warrants and be perfectly free from any warranted indebtedness. POSTPONED The social whice was advertised by the Commercial Club to have taken place on next Friday evening has been postponed until next Monday evening as the previous date conflicted with an opera house date. CIGAR STUMP DID IT '-'rlprs News Annotation) St. Louis. Mo.. Nov. 28 -A cigar stump thrown into an elevator, which being tempsia'ly used as a clothes hamper, caused a fire in the Salvation Army bar racks, in which four men lost their lives. More deaths may result as eighteen were badly injured. The dead were killed by leaping from the windows. The barracks were crowded to tneir capacity on account of the CDid weather. Two hundred and fifty faced death before the police opened the avenue of escape. Life lines were hooked in each room and oniy one person thought t.) use them. The sixth v.ct.m cf the fire died this forenoon. Six more are unconscious and wiil probably die. DR.-KING'S WEW DISCOVER F0R COUGHS AND GOLDS CURES THROAT LUNG DISEASES SAVCD HCR SON'S LIFE My son Rex was taken down a year sro with lung trouble. We doctored some months without improvement. Then I began giving Dr. King's New Discovery, and I soon noticed a change for the better. I kept this treatment up for a few weeks and now my son is perfectly well and works every day. MRS. SAMP. RIPPEE, Ava, Mo. SOLD AKm ..TEED BY PARRABlt Of LIGHTS I Ad'antrd from thtOocpal of Buddha) , The Hindu slave. Annabhara, having just cut the grass on the meadow, saw a disciple of Buddha coming with bowl begging for fond. He threw down his sickle and ran into tne house for the rice that he pad provided for his own food, which he gave to the medicant The disciple first ate and then gladdened -the slave with words of religious comfort. The master of Annabhara saw it all from the window and imported his slave to share with him the doctrines that he had learned but the new convert, uncertain as to his duties, said; "Master 1 pray thee, first let me ask the venerable man." To the dis ciple he said:. "My master asks me to share with hjm the bliss that you gave me. Is it right that I should divide with him?'. The disciple of Buddha then made answer in parable: In a village of one hundred houses a single light was burning and the night was dark. Then a neighbor came to the house of light with his lamp and lit it; and in the same way came another and an other; and the light was thus communi cated from house to house until, lo! every one was lighted, and the brightness of the village was very great. Yet was the lamp of the one in no wise dimmed. Thus the light i f knowledge may be diffused without stinting him who communicates it. Let the bliss of thy knowledge be diffused. Divide it treely with all thy neighbors." This parable, which is 2.50C years old, has a meaning for those who have understanding regarding the virtues of Osteopathy as a means of cur ing the sick and relieving deformity. There are hu idreds of persons who suffer need lessly for want of this light. If you have the light and knew such invalids, you will bless them and yet not stint yourself of the benefits of Ostepathy as you may need it to communicate your knowledge to them. You may be the means of help ing someone regain health if you make it a point to convince him that he ought to put his case in the hands rf an Ostepath. SHORT COURSE IN AGRICULTURE The announcement of the short course in the Oregon Agricultural college is out and several have been received in this city. The bulletin outlines the course of study, explains the lecture work, and ex plains the special course in dairying that the college teaches. Expenses and condi tions for admission are also dwelt upon. Those who contemplate availing them selves of the opportunity of bettering their present knowledge of scientific farming can secure one of these instruc tive bulletins by writing the college at Corvallis. SOCIETY ROUNDLY CONDEMNED (Hcrlpps News Aaeoelatlon) London, Nov. 28. -As a result of the recent assembly of the Baptist Union of Great Britain and Ireland at Huddersfield, the committee appointed to report on the best means of extinguishing the idle classes today issued a pamphlet, of considerable length, m which social unity was pointed out as the only means to remedy the ex isting state or affairs, society was roundly condemned and was described as a crowd of silly people drivelling their lives away in self indulgence and extrav agance. Concluding, the report stated that what was needed today was a church that would bear swift witness against the paimi sis or Kegenl street and the ex travagance and folly of Mavfall; against the midnight orgils of Piccadilly and the perpetual sacrifice of young girls. KILLED HIS Wlft tSi-rli'K News AHKoclatlon) Jacksonville. HI.. Nov. 28. Alonzo Pitts pleaded guilty today to killing his wife in a fit of jealousy last May. 60c AND $1.00 C m D. H. STEWARD' ONE NIGHT ONLY FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30 THE ORIGINAL NEW YORK, CHICAGO AND BOSTON SUCCESS QUINGY ADAMS THE BEST NEW ENGLAND PLAY THAT EVER WAS WRITTEN PRICES : Orchestra $1.00, Dress Circle 50 cts.. Gallery 25 cts. and 50 cts. Seats on Sale Wedenesday i CARVING SETS FOR THANKSGIVING and Christmas. An Important part of our new holiday purchases consists of Silver plated flatware of standard grade also hollowware for table use CARVING SETS, KNIVES AND FORKS, SPOONS, SUGAR BOWLS. CREAM JUGS, WATER BOTTLES ETC. We guarantee these goods to be the best quadruple plate and the designs: are equal to the finest Sterling Silver ware. O. M. HEACOCK THE NEW JEWLER AND OPTICIAN Heidenreich Building, Opposite Bohnenkamp's Store La Grande, Ore. NEW COLLARS BEAUTIFUL NEW BELTS HANDSOME HAND BAGS REDUCTION ON MILLINERY ! E. M. Wellman & Company ADAMS LUMBER RETAILED AT 7 WHOLESALE PRICES Better Lumber and Cheaper than is sold in La Grande, We deliver it to your building Crande Ro;uk Lumber Co PEKRY, OREGON J t CITY BREWERY JULIUS ROESCH, Proprietor. Largest Brewing Plant in Easiern Oicgon f Ask for La Grande Beer and get the Best LA GRANDE BEER IS MADE IN LA GRANDE AND SHOULD HAVE THE PREFERENCE Proprietor and Mgr SAWYER Orchestra Circle 75 cts., t AVENUE - eme i i.nrr i v "