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Notice 444444444+4444444444444444 The First Christmas T often has been stated that the blrtb of Christ must have occur red four years before the date fixed on for the current chronolo gy and that It is probable the event be fell at Rome other time In the year than a few days after the winter sol- itice. The reason for the confident as sertion is the ascertaining of the fact that Ilerod died about four years B. C. The basis of this suj)position is the re|»ort that nt the time of the birth of Christ “there were shepherds abiding In (be field, watching their flocks by night.'* a circumstance not natural in the latitude of Bethlehem near the shortcut day* That Is the height of the rainy wn*»n in Judea, nnd the date does not appear to have been ob served generally before the fifth cen tury. Many students of Biblical history have argiW'd that the story about the star of Bethlehem points to a date for the Nativity not later than May 8. B. C. 6. Ou that date the planets Venus und Jupiter were so closely in conjunction ns seen from the earth that the apparent distance between them was equal only to the breadth of the full moon. These planets were I THE :: STORY THAT NEVER GROWS OLD. Llko the songs that are Bung In the 4 twilight, Like all tales that are tenderly told. Like the memories of loved ones that hallow our hearts, There's a story that never grows old. Lo! The angels first sing it in chorus, And the watchers with wonder behold. They feel the first thrill of Ahe beautiful truth In tho ytory that never grows old. •• Bound the Christ Child of Bethle hem's cradle Are clusters of apples of gold. And pictures of sliver adorn every page Of the story that never grows old. : It gladdens the hearts of all chil dren. •• And millions of manlier mold Are happier, holler, better by far, For the story that never grows • • old. — Franklin Trusdell. ►•444444444444444444444444 The Christmas Guest. Whoso shall come any way this night, By moor or hill or shore, For him the blessed candles' light. For him the open door. (Oh. Mary, this for thy Son’s sake. Though mine comes In no more!) My hearth 1 b swept, my Yule logs burn. My board is docked and spread; For any who m/»y seem In turn Are warmth and w'ine and bread. Mary, grant my son this night housed and comforted!) banned or begpnred come for guest. My heart «hull share hie woes. And on hie head my hnnd shall rest To bless him ere he go<*s. (Oh. Mary, xrunt my son this night That bleising and repose!) This nlgh'l. for thy one Son’s dear sake, Walt light and warmth and wine. Oh. Mary, we be mothers both! Take these my tears for sign, And thia I do for thy sweet Son. Wilt thou not do for mine? —Theodosia Garrison A Song of Christmas visible In tbe east m couple of hours l>efore hu urine uml »Mt have produced u :«trikiugly btmutltul uppeur- ance Hi id have been spoken of as one object. Tbut wum about fifty days less than two years lieforo tbe death of Herod, a fact which bnnnonlzeH well with other conditions of the narrative, for it 1ft probable tbut the mundato for the slaughter of ull tbe children two year* <dd aud under was issued Home months before bls decease, and the limit of two years would leuve an h tuple murgiu for any iiueertainty as to tbe time of the uppearnuve of the star, us related by tbe uingi, uIso there were uo paschal full luoons on a Fri day between the years B. C. 6 and A. D. U3 und uu other following tbut till A |> 01 F imiu thia It would seem to follow tbut Christ wim thirty eight years old at the time of the crucifixion, und this would vindicate the sagacity of the JeniMi diMfois who uffirtned that he was ih »< yet fifty (forty Yi yeura old. It Is rwuerfced. too. thut lu the spring of liir »Mine year there was m triple con- jnuedon of plunets Saturn. Jupiter and Mars sud thut the r.nmed were tn conjunction from tbe esrth no less than throe times In the year preceding—that Is. B C. 7. A im ,tiler theory fttsuit the star of Brtldehwm whirl) has been advanced is that th« star seen by the magi Is Bpk'H, tbe leading brilliant In the con stellaHuu of Irgo. the Virgin Bony years before and after ChrLstlau era the star was (*hsnging la» place until It wua then literally a “star iu the east." and Its movement lu thut dlrectlou muy hare I)cen the very fact uo U.» m I tiy the else men of gome cvirturl« • prei-iallng who expert ed that the prophe ’ » it the Vlr. In would !><• f' "«I u I’s t> •tnuipui Star rua< G»*d the po. Ilmi uol.-d ir (Lils wore m .» the visit of Lin nu. i i”< i.. Bv<tila, iu the fur cast, u easily ex plained. sud the uUlwf UBlk'iilCy attend ing tbe explauallon Iles In the fact that iavto aa Important svureh ux they undertook is sotlred by only one out •f the four evaaxoHsts. The uncertainty of the renfuriea In regard to the date of the Nativity In year and nu.nth may never be cleared up Its rxlfttefi'-e has been unfairly rite»! ns reason for disbelieving the whole iinrri»H»»n The people of years ago utt»ir|ie«l little Importance to d t» s, ri' ei t euri eiit ulits*, and It ma v be rrnietnltvred Hint the ilo-trnetlon of Jerusalem »M-«-o-fod latween the tbue of ttie Nnlivltv Slid the writing of th toft|»elm at ieii"t In the shapi in Which it bu* come down to us. WINE the bittersweet und holly Arched above the hearthstone’s g!(IW Joy. not melancholy, Come, indrlftlng with the snow. In each face the frost's a-tlngle. And afar on flying wing Comes the Hluighbell’ii rhythmic Jingle Through December journeying T Bet the board and ask the blessing For the bounty amply spread. In the slinpH st vonls expressing What a loving Father sani •‘I’« tee on rm th' tor this is nearest When the snow* with us abide And the winter air is eHrest in the hush of ( ’hrisirnastale. «¿'fes *<X h.H <;• ’T in Kl»H AUK PîtANi’IRO. I . ii the '"<t 'i nan's fldil)», I I k vl !!'• i > gone days lb. tiv tuirest down the tnlddla \\ hllv the IPtlng ruuslc sways. Light of foot and quick of laughter, Swing th* dancers, toe and heek As they i ars or follow after In the quaint Virginia reel Make h welcome for the stronger Should his foot si« p cross the door. Bj the memory of the manger And the Christ thnt whs of yore Gather children s faces round you. As hr gathered them long syne. If It br .he years have crowned you With their radiance divine. Deck the tree and light the candles, l.et the stockings all be hung. For a saint with furry sandals O’er th» hcn.*etops high has swung. And his retn leer kt» ’ ds are prancing Through the star bespangled rime. Slid the me h ••«ms pale are glancing In ths merry Christmas time -Ernest JJcGaffey of Sheriff’s Sale By virtue of an execution and order of sale is sued out of and under the seal of the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for the County of Josephine, in'acertain cause therein pen Ung wherein L. A. Robertson as plai i tiff. recovered jid ment against W. F. Horn, F. F. Johnson and W. S. Wood as defendants for the sum of Thre? hundred and no-100 Dollars with interest thereon at the rate of 10percent perannumfrom April 22nd. 1912, and Fifty Dollars attorneys fee» and the further sum of Ten and no-100 Dollars, costs and disbursements, which said judgment was enrolled and docketed in the office of the Josephine County Clerk on the 14th day of Oc tober. 1913. and was later on the 25th davof Nov ember, 1913. duly assigned to W. S. Wood and which execution was directed and delivered to me as sheriff of Jackson County. Oregon, com manding me to sell the real and personal property of said defendant and to satisfy said judgment, costs and attorney’s fees. I have levied upon the following described real property, to-wit The Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quart er of Section 15 in Township 38 south of Range 2, West of the Willamette Meridian in Jackson County, Oregon. Public Notice is Hereby Given, that I will on MONDAY, JANUARY, 5th, 1914. at the front door of the Court House in Jackson ville. Jackson County. Oregon, at the hour of 9:30 o’clock A.M. of said day, sell at public auction, all of the right, title, interest and estatfe of the above named defendant in said premises, subject to redemption as by law provided, to the highest bidder for cash, to satisfy the said judgment and judgment for costs.disbursements and attorney’s fees. Dated this 1st day of December, 1913. W. H. SINGLER. Sheriff of Jackson Count/, Oregon. By E. W. WILSON. Deputy. HAT I s Simla Claus' age) The Jolly, roistering, pot bellied. ever young old fel low that we know has made bls appearance on earth in so many guises that the secret of his first com ing threatens to remain forever veiled In the midst of antiquity. No one can say with any certainty Just when he first made bls appearance among pre historic men. for merry old Santa In one form or another delighted c'hil- dren’s hearts In many a pagan house hold centuries before the commence ment of the Christian era and prior to any recorded history. Summons. The name of Santa Claus, by which IN THE OIRCUIT COURT OF T.tE STATE OF he Is known in America, Is the Dutch OREGON FOR JACKSON COUNTY pet name for St. Nicholas. The name Rertha S. Barnum, Plaintiff. Krlss Krlngle. by which he Is known vs. in England. Is a corruption of Christ Joseph Dame and AnnieE. Dame, Defendant' Kindlein or the Christ Child. But the Suit in Equity to Quiet Title. festivities that distinguish Christmas To Joseph Fame and Annie E. Dame his wife existed long before Christianity, and a the above named defendants: Jolly god of good cheer appears as the You and each of you are hereby requiredto ap personification of the period from the pear in the above entitled Court and cause and earlier pagan times Now the Santa there answer the complaint of the plaintiff on Claus of today Is simply that old Jolly file therein against you within ten days from the date of the service of this summons upon you. god sobered up. washed and purified. The Dionysla of the Greeks. the Sat if served within Jackson County. Oregon, or if urnalia of the Romans, the Twelve served within any other County of Oregon, then within twenty days from the date of the service Nights of the old Norsemen and of the of this .* ummons upon you, or if served by pub Teutons all celebrated ttie coming of lication or out of the state after an order of pub the winter solstice. People then gave lication th<’n on or berore the last day prescribed themselves up to all sorts of revelry in the order for the publication of the said sum and excess In the Dion.vsln the repre mon-’. which last day is the 20th day- of Decem sentative figure was not the young ber, 1913. and vou will take notice that if you Dionysus or Bacchus, but the aged, fail to appear and answer said complaint plaintiff cheery and disreputable Silenus. the will apply tn the Court above named for a decree chief of the Satyrs and the god of in favor of plaintiff decreeing that she I the drunkards. In the Saturnalia it was owner of lots seventeen and eighteen in block twenty-three in the City of Medford. Jackso1 Saturn: lu the Gbrtnanic feasts it was County. Oregon, and that said defendants and Thor, both long bearded and white each of them be forever enjoined and debarre* haired gods like Silenus. from asserting any claim whatsoever in or to an Now. although the central figure of of the said property so own* I by plaintiff or an I the Christian festival is the child God. part thereof adverse to plaintiff and for sucl the Christ Kindlein. the Influence of other and further relief as to the,Court h II long pagan custom wag too strong seem just and equitable. within the breasts of the early Chris- i This summons is published in the Jacksonville thins to be easily superseded. The tra Post, a weekly newspaper published and of gen- dition of hoary age as the true repre 1 eral c'rculation in Jackson County. Oregon, by • order of the Hon. F. M. Calkins. Judge of th< sentative of the dying year and Its at above entitled Court, dated November 3rd, 1913. tendaut Jollification. still remained which order directs this summons to be served smoldering under the ashes of the upon you by publication thereof in said news past. It burst into uew tlume when paper once a week for six consecutive weeks the past was too far back to be looked from and after the date of the first publication, upon with the fear and antagonism of which first date of publication is the 8th day of the elnircli mid there seemed no longer November. 1913, said last date of publ.. tion be any danger of a relapse Into pnganlsui. ing the 20th day of December. 1913. And said I At first, however, the more dlgnifie<i order requires you and each of you to answer on representative was chosen as more In or before i he last day prescribed in the order for Saturn the publication of said summons and that in de keeping with the occasion. fault thereof a decree will be entered as prayed 1 was unconsciously rebaptized as St i for. Nicholas. the name of the saint whose CHARLES PRIM. festival occurs In December and who Attorney for I’ a ntiff. as the patron of young people U espe cially fittest for the patronage of the festival which has come to be looked Summons for Publication in . ore- closure of Tax Lien. nism as especially that of the young At first St. Nli hohis did not supersede IN TBE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF tlm Christ t'lilld. hut ueeompunled him OREGON. FOR JACKSON COUNTY. Geo. W. St« vens, Plaintiff. In III« Christmas travels, as. Indeed, lie vs, still docs in certain rurul neighbor- D R Hunt, Defen lant. llowds ot Europe where the modem To I). R. Hunt, the above named defendant. spirit has been least felt In the Name of the State of Oregon: You are St Nicholas, according to the hagl- hereby notified that G o. W. Stevens, the holder ologlst. was n bishop of M.vra. who of Certificate of Delinquency numbered 14. is nourished early In the fourth century sued on the second day of November. 1910. by He is the patron of children and the Tax Collector of the County of Juck-<on. schoolboys. State of Oregon, for the '«mount of Four and It Is strange that everywhere St 13-100 Dollars, the same being the amount then Nicholas Is r st honored and his feast tlue and delinquent for taxes fjr the year 1909. day most observed the most pious and together with penalty, interest and costs thereon Instructed among the common people upon the real property assessed >o you, of which know little of the* legend of the saint you are the owner as appears of record, situated He Is treated with that mixture of ae- in said County and State, and particularly rlousness and frlrollt.v which becomes bounded and described as follows, to-wit: 33’4 acres in north-west quarter of north-east quarter a dying myth. of Section 7 in Township 36 south of Range 1 In southern east of the Willamette Meridian, in ■Jackson youth garbed County. Oregon. colli pa filed by You are further notified that sai 1 Geo. troop of devil» In hldiHius masquerade, Stevens has paid taxes on said premises with blackened face« and clnnklng prior or subsequent years with the iate of chains, on Dec. IS (St Nlcholus' festal terest on said amounts as follows. ’s Date Tax Receipt Rate of dltyi make« a round of certain houses Year No. Tax Paid Amount Interest where the little ones of the village 168 1910 Nov. 1. 1911 S3.57 15 per ct. have been collected. To the good chil 6010 1911 Oct. 14. 1912 14.28 15 per et. dren he brings gift« of nuts and ap 13659 S4.5I 15 per ct. 1912 Oct. 18. 1913 pies, while the naughty ones are left Said D. R. Hunt as the owner of the legal to the devices of the Mtnnlc followers title of the above described property as the same appears of record, and each of the other In his train In many place* the bugbear over persons above named are hereby notified that shadows In Importance both the Christ Geo. W. Stevens will apply to the Circuit Court Child nnd St. Nlrholn«. Ile appear* of the County and State aforesaid for a decree foreclosing the lien against the property above under different names Hnd In different described, and mentioned in said certificate. And Kilises. tn Lower Austria he Is the you are hereby summoned to appear within frightful Krampus. with his clanking sixty days after the first publication of this sum chains and horrible devil's mnsk. who. mons exclusive of the day of said first publica notwithstanding his gilded nut» and tion. and defend this action or pay the amount »[Riles, gingerbread atid toys, which due as above shown together with coats and ac he carries In bls basket, is the terror crued interest anti in case of your failure to do of tile nursery In Hanover. Holstein so. a decree will be rendered foreclosing the and Mecklenburg he Is known as Cla» of said taxes and costs against the land premises above named. In Silesia hla name la Joseph This summons is published by order of Sometimes the bugbear «as a female Honorable F. M. Calkins. Judge of the Circuit In I«>wer Austria «he vj-as called the Court of the State of Oregon for the County of Budelfrau. In Suable It waa the Jackson, and said order was made nnd dated Berchtel who chastised children, that this 20th day of October. 1913. and the date of did not spin diligently, with rods, but the first publication of this summons is the 25th rewarded the Industrious with dried day of October. 1911. All process and papers in this proceeding rnay pears, apples and nuts The female bogy survives especially be serve! upon the undersigned residing within In Russia nnd tn Italy. In the former the State of Oregon, at the address hereafter place she Is known ns tbs Raboushka. mentioned. M. PURDIN. tn the latter as tbe Befann Befana Is Address Medfo-d. Ore. Attorney for Plaintiff a corruption of Eplpbania or Epfpha --------------- --------------------- ny. for It Is on Epiphany. Jan (I, that If you want to buy. or sell anything, the Italians make presents to tbelr children in commemoration of the glfta advertise in the Pest given by tbe thrue «Is« uieu to Christ FOR SALE at a Bargain -House and on that date lot on Oregon strtet, near City Hall. Must be sold soon Call on Rogue Realty River <3o. Adv. I IF you are in need of Good Printing Change in Southern Pacific Time Table. NORTH BOUND TRAINS Portland Passenger......... 8:27 A.M^. Grants Pass Motor..10:22 A.M. Grants Pass Motor.......... 4:27 P.M Oregon Express............. 5:20 P.M. Shasta Limited (Mail only)2:44A.M Extra fare train. . f, I □ SOUTH BOUND TRAINS. Ashland Motor.,....’ .).,8:35 A.M. California Express ........ 10:52 A.M. Ashland Motor............... 2:24 P.M San Fr ncisco Express.. .4:0# P.M. Shasta J irnited(Mai) only 15.22 A. M. Extra are train. Try the OVLH 06 i 1/ ... 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