Notice
01 tf Track of the
New Year
And the New
EW YEAK'8 wus a long time
WATCHED the old year fad^
kn aatUuig epos Jaa. 1 as tbe
And with its dying light
paopar «law tor ita celebration.
The gloom, at first a shade»
Brea now. In Greece null Kus-
Turned Into darkest night.
And then I said: “ 'Tie gone
ala. vbare fba Jnllun calendar is In
The old year Is no more.
force. Hew Year’s floes not arrive until
And memoi'len now alone
twelve flays after the year Is well on
Linger along the shore.”
Its way tn tbe rest of the civilized
I
watched
the old yea? die.
world.
And with its fueling day
The ancient Egyptians and Persians
There came the thought that by
began the new .rear at the autumnal
Its death a brighter Way
Opes up. and. all things bright.
equtbex, Kept. 32, and the Greeks of
We’ll have surcease at last
Nolaa'a time at the winter solstice.
From specters dark as night
De«. M. but la tbe time of Pericles the
They’ll live, but in the past.
dale was e I m aged to tbe summer sol-
stloa, June 21. Tbe Romans began the
year te«in tba winter solstice until
Caeanr «banged It to Jan. 1. With the
Jews 11 m uew year began lu September
in etvll affuira. but in their ecclesiasti
cal raekoulug the beginning of the
year Haier from the vernal equinox.
Ma rail 82. And. us this Is astronomi
cally the begiuulug of spring, the date
is a Uigli-ul one. aial that of tbe 25tb of
March (25 being a more fully rounded
.1 num4ier> wus uceepted generally by
Christ tini nutlous lu medieval times as
New Year’s.
In England Dec. 25 was New Year’s
until the time of William the Conquer*
Jfi ia coronation happened to fall
or.
on >«u. 1. and accordingly the year
was ordered tn commence on that day.
But the English gradually fell into
union With the rest of Christendom
and bar«a Die year on March 25. IVben
in 19Bt She Gregorian calendar was
prowaianlsn aud dvltillely located
New Tdar'e on Jeu 1 most Catholic
artucR<4 14 at once. Imt Eng-
a>< avqeiwe until 1752.
■ eteewi Boatw New Year's day
was given ey te te«>flng and frollck-
Ing
IMievtgetal area burned eontinual-
Cr '■ s jj K kj
ly on the a Haw ttf flu# twelve gods. All
Iltlga’lMM a ltd airVv were suspended.
THE OLD YEAR'S FLIGHT.
N
I watched the old year’s flight
And then said, with a smile,
•‘Ah. now the new year bright
Will bide with us awhile!”
Hut ere my hopeful dreams
Have realized one »lay
Is dead and passed; It scorns
It star;« but to decay.
Thus all along the way
Gravestone» must mark the mile«»
An epitaph each day,
A tomb of tears ami smiles.
So we begin the new
C'l'ls <>l I er<» we've begun)
To find It's aging, too,
With the first setting Run.
NEW YEAR’S DAY.
rMIMK
Ott« U»<»k
Y*AR*B
pl nr*,
Year’»
calls wimh » M«<te aitai
Tear’s gifts
be*
alm» originated the
New Ywer'« riwr»hlt1<»n, for every Ilo-
F.’e sewlrefi
.\«»w Toar’a Cny to ho
»
m » «'<*w.lin’t flint »rvrjr word
a idi
ea*»u<< l»e a happy augury for
all
itars «f iti« « mi » ii 11m year
arrauat •(* th«* orxlua which mark-
’/h»
Y<wir*a arri vu I not only
but among the
T» t»«Ur uH'-aa. riw e-irly Christians
to<>ka4
•»•a«4t
fH vor upon the
•
M« the tifiti century,
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Ucraine tbe fixed frs-
-«f N a 4* .SiiUilty. wlierriipon Jan I
■ MttH- hil »acred vtiaraeter ns
Ute Mk'tuve of ('lit'latina* day.
«•<* ulfbi on
Year’s
** T «■»« '»«en aup«»i**<*ded largely In Atl-
S4WMI e«»MwtTi»»a by the giving of
ChrlaCw««
bnt tbe custom still Is
FprneH
fa France
I'tn’U
frk-udj
A new year? Nay; ’tls but the
san.H old vear.
The »amv reniormhss round of
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sun and rain.
.• Of r « .. t a» ,n their order, loy and
pain-
The '»id emotion» playing upon
strings
That n ¡x a little older, drawing
near
The final end of all remembered
things
Earth ages. and tho very moun
tains nod
With years, and we who crawl
upon their breast
Pass at tho sliding sands' benign
beh* st
Hat«» fades, greed falls, lust crum
bles Into clay,
4. And there ate left but love and faith
and God,
To whom a thousand years are a*
a day
— Reginald Wright Kauffman.
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The worJJ wor <>u N’vxv Year's It Is
■ viiMtoui tu drlLk tu tbv bi-iilth of
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ryjl HE dawn n gray and chilly
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with the frost.
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The old year's poise now
Hutters. now is sull
• •
And all our twelvemonth's deed», < •
for good or III,
< •
hiss Into shadow, silent, one by
o
one.
While from the night wherein we • ■
wander, lost,
The n< w your rise» with the rising
sun
A Nov Year Proposal.
' XV bl at n-ooluttons ' v® 1 vowed to keep
t •
.mug
Come *•. 't It..ue me. nmlden fair, and
straightway you shall hear,
I’w pledged tnyseff to choose one rlrl
from out the throng so gay
And love her o Ith an honest love forever
and for aye
••I’ll
brawn.
everything that hon-
Tbs « om U quj of uuiklug New Year
all that’» good till Ufa
sud ’1 ttntlng over s new
Is wat▼ sews I and. like political
our minds and hearts
plurferms. la as much honor«»d In th»»
brear h ar in flip ulmervnnve
Rut the
Now. tr'l me. won't you. maiden fair,
temptation which surrounds frail Uti
wlmi you have vowed to do?
mini l»«»hii?R In this wi<
world li re
F«»r I've laid «»:.»••• my Inmost soul to do
ntnnt intd i »wl<| loti *
one hut tn y<m ”
1 “I’ve hi .' <• im pledges," she replied In •o
Whs» » • entice to our comfort.
d Irin 'ire :l ♦ »«».
V h 11 » .t oof t n hlm I hit boasts.
••Hut If i ou t! ”i t «»bn ct I’ll try to hr’p
TI í ’«• hatdts the I discard* d.
I.Munt our prese- »«•♦* still like ghostsl
> uu keep >«»ur own “
U mbar \ invent
Knnsas City star.
Dicky’s New Year
Cow Ho Case to Attend the
Grow» Folks’ Party.
of
Sheriff's
Sale
By virtue of an execution and order of sale is
sued out of and under the sea! of the Circuit
Court of the State of Oregon for the County of
Josephine, in a certain cause therein pending
wherein L. A. Robertson as plaintiff, recovered
jud-^jnnat against, W. JF. Hagn, F. F. Johnscgi.
and W. 8. Wood flA •defendants for the sum of
Three hundred and no-100 Dollars with interest
thereon at the rate of 10 percent perannum from
April 2?nd. 1912. and Fifty Dollars attorneys fees
wndthe further siipi of Ten afjd rio-100 Dollars,
^osts and disbtjrse^nervts» which said judgment
was enrolled ana docketed in the office of the
Jpsephine County Clerk on the 14|h day o' Oc
tober, 1913. and was later on the 25th day of Nov
ember. 1913. duly assigned t© W. 8. 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 |
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Effective November 13, 1313.
NORTH BOUND TRAINS,
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24 Grants Pass Motor.......... 10:22 A.M.
32 Grants. Pass Motor........... 4:27 P. M
16 Oregon Express..........................6:20 P.M.
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SOUTH BOUND TBA1N91
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Ashland Motor................... 104 P.M
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Extra fare train.
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 sai l day. sell at public auction,
all of the right, title, interest and estate of the
above named defendant in said premises, subject
to redemption as by law provided, to the h’gh -st
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 County, Oregon.
By E. W. WILSON. Deputy.
ICKY «prawled ungracefully on
the floor. and at time« he be-
»towed a sly und naughty kick
upon the unresisting legs of a
chair that stood near him. Ilia first
impulse was to feel sorry for doing
this, his second to look around and se*
If any one had noticed this little out
burst of temper.
It may be that the Christmas festivi
ties of a few days before had been
' too much for him: but, whatever it was.
Dicky was certainly cross and Inclined
SUMMONS
to weep easily.
However, neither hfs mother nor his IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OE OREGON, FOR JACKSON
COUNTY.
Aunt Gertrude noticed how be kicked
the chair nor the way he scowled upon
Lura Bilderback. Plaintiff.
vs.
the world In general from under bls
W. H. Bilderback. Defendant.
tawuy curls. They were absorbed In
To
W.
H.
Bilderback.
the above named de-
tlielr preparations for entertaining the
guests of that evening, and for once 1 fendant:
j In the Name of thè Statò oi Oregon:—You are
Dicky was forgotten.
j hereby notified ànd required tó appear in the
•'If 1 was going to have a party nnd àbove
above entitled court and cause and answer the
invite all the people in the world I'd UdniiJlàint óf thè plaintiff. . now on file therein
invite my own little boy. Dicky, tbd. ófi òr before six weeks from the date of the first
I wouldn't leave him out»** tytioth blcky publication of this summons, which is the 20 h
out of the Bllettcb.
day of December, 1913, and if you fail to appear
"What's that?*’ asked his mother I and answer within the time required, for want
carelessly,
absorbed
In
her own thereof, the plaintiff will apply to the court for
thoughts. "No, no. Dicky; this is a par the relief prayed for and demanded in her cam
ty for mother's and father's friends. plaint, to-wit. fora decree of divorce dissolving
th« bonis of matrimony existing between
You wouldn’t enjoy It."
plaintiff and defendant, for the care and custody
“Oh, but I do want to come." persist ; of rhe minor child of plaintiff and defendant,
ed Dicky. "I’ve heard you all talking an i for such other and further relief as to the
about It. nnd I want to see the new | court may seem just and equitable in the
year come In the window."
premises.
“What is the child talking about?” | This summons is served upon you by publica
tion in the Jacksonville Post once a vfeek for
asked his aunt
"The new year,
It’s coming In the *ix consecutive weeks, the first publication
window, and 1 heard mother tell how thereof bein ? December 20th. 1913. l y oHter of
you were all going to open It to wel- Hon. F. M Calkins. Jddgedf the above er Lt’è I
come It In.” replled Dicky, ftomewbat Court, said order having been made on the 11th
I day of December, 1913.
impatient nt his aunt for not under-
GUS NEWBURY.
standing so obvious a meaning.
Attorney for Plaintiff.
"Nothing will come in at the win
dow. dear." said his mother gently.
"It's Just a pretty custom. There will
Notice to Creditors
hot t>e au.vthtng for you to see. nnd
IN THE COUNTY COURT OF TilE STAT"
you will be much happier upstairs in
OREGON, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY
your nice warm bed.”
OF JACKSON.
Dicky wept a little nt the time, and
In the Matter of the Estate of David Mt.-hamj
when the hour rutnv for bed under tho
comm >nly known and called Dav.-i M m . a d- •
stern eye of hl < hither he rebellious!/ Ceased person.
consented to be tucked hi by hiw unrse*
Notice i i Hereby Givent that the undersigned,
although not without further retnon- bv an order of the County Court of Jackson
st rance*, Klndins them of no avail. he County» State of Or- gon. herelofote duly made
soblwd his woes Into his pillow, while an i en.erel has been aopdinted and n >w is thé
Ills father and mottior went below to duly qu ilifi si and acting a lministrator of the
estate <ff above ria"-u*d delo iertt.
receive their giivetx.
All creditors and persons bavin r claims
By tusking a brave restutnnce to the
drowsiness that was stealing upon hinl aga’nst said decedent or his estate are hereby
notified and required to present the same duly
Dicky managed to keep awake until
verified with proper vouchers, to the undersigned
the party bad assembled In the parlor at bis h >me at R igid roifit, in Jackson County,
below. Then he crept out of bed nnd Statf b.' Or« gori. or t > H. K. Hanna, attorney for
hung over the banisters, eagerly trying said est-.te, at his oifice in Jacksonville, in said
to catch sight of the hrtlllatli pimple in coun y and state, within six months from the
the gathering
A limn passed along date hereof.
Tho date hereof ai d of the first publication
the hall
Dicky thought It might tie
Lis father aud si-ampered back to bed hereof is Dece ibor 29th , A. D. 1913.
JOSEPH MAYHAM.
again Ils fast ns his little bare lee«
H. K HANNA,
Administrator.
would carry him.
Ami thru without
Resi ’ii g at Jacksonville, Oregon, attorney
more mlo he soon fell «sleep, "the
for o.-tate.
!
world forgetting, by tile world forgot "
Downstairs tbe hours passed merrily,
Notice of Sheriff’s Sale
and the old year drew to a happy
By Virtu« of ah execution and order of sale
close,
b'lrst there were only fifteen
minutes of It left; then there were only issued uiit and under the seal of the Circuit
ten
Piuully the old year had but flv0 Cou.tof the State of Oregon for the County of
short periods, couutlug sixty seconds Jackson, in a certain cause therein pending
wherein George F. Hall, as plaintiff, recoveretl
ench. to live. The mon nnd women
judgment against William A. Aitkin for the sum
gathered together showed nothing of of One Hundred Fifty ($150.00) Dollars with in
the solemnity that underlies the mer terest thereon from said 1st day of April. 19'3.
riment of all such gatherings
Pour at the rate of 8 per cent per annum, and Fifty
mb.utes. thr<-e minutes, two minutes- ($50.00) Dollars attorney’s fees anti the further
all! They turned from the windows sum of Ten ($10.00) Dollars costs an i accruing
In surprise to se«» Dicky standing in costs. Which judgment was enrolled und dock
eted in th-3office of the County Clerk of Jackson
the doom a v
lie was not dress,«1 for the party, County. Oregon, on the 24th day of November.
ami bls little nightgown afforded scant 1913. which execution was directed and delivered
to n.e as Sheriff of Jackson County, Oregon, com
protection agulnat the drafts of tho
manding me to sell the real property levied upon
lower room
Ho was not expected at
in a certificate of attachment fiie«l with the
the party, either, nnd the expression County Clerk on the 14th day of June. 1913. and
on Ills father's face anggexted that he wh'ch is described as follow», to-wit:
was not even welcome there
These
Southeast quarter (Vi) of the Southeast quart
considerations m'ght hare disturbed er (’4) of Section One (1), Township Thirty-
all adult guest, but they mattered little three (33) South of Range Two (2) East of the
WHamelte Meridian. Jackson County. Oregon.
to Dicky
Public notice fa hereby given that 1 will on
lie did not look or speak to any one.
Drdimirllv Ids father's sternness would MONDAY. THE lHh DAY OF JANUARY. 19x4
have sold him with a headlong rush to at the hour of 9:30 o’clock A. M.. at the front
the protis-tloH of bls mother's arms. door of the Court House in Jacksonville. Oregon,
Turning neither to the right nor to the sell all the right, title, interest and claim, of the
left, he went to the window, nnd. al above named defendant In said premises, subiec
though his eyes were closed, his little to redemption as by law provi«ied. to the highest
bidder for cash, to satisfy the judgment, interest,
hands unlocked the catch that fastened
costs, attorney’s fees and accruing costs.
It ami opened the great easements
Dated at Jacksonville. Oregon, this 15th lay of
without a mistake or hesitation
December, 1913.
His mother, choking back a cry. took
W. H. SINGLER.
a furred wrap and went to cover blm.
Sheriff of Jackson County. Oregon.
uis father looked, half In fright, at bls
By E. W. WILSON. Deputy.
brother. Who was standing near.
"Be careful not to wake him sudden
If you want to btiv, or sell anything
ly.' said Dr. Tom. "He’s walking In
advertise in the Post
his sleep!"
He raised the child gently lu bls arms
FOR SALE at a Rargain House and
and held him lu the full blnie of the
lot on Oregon street, near City Hall.
great chandelier, but IMcky'a closed
Must be told scon
Call on Rogue
eyelids never quivered no the light
Realty River Co.
Adv.
struck against them
When he opened Ids ere» he was
How to Hat krill
«••' Doctors.
amaaed to find himself ■it the party
A prominent New York phv-iri.a ,n
after nil. surrounded Io men hii <1 wo -
men. who all said cheerfully, - a hap * If it were not for tho lldn icskiugs » 1
tbiu soled île es worn by soman tbs doctor
py New Year to you. In ky dearP
would probably be bai kruyt." AVL.-u ye.
He was too drowsy to
frightened contrari a cola do n t wait for it Io d< v. ;O|
but as his father earrb- I him back to into pneumonia but treat it at o.a « « ham
bwl th- child heard 11» great bells of l-nlain'c Conati Remedy is ini. 11.led «>q«ti
tbe city ailing out to him
' alir lor coughs and «olds, and has * n i
"A hippy New Year. Dicky, dear, wide reputation by its cures of these disease«
It is most effectual and is pleasant and safe
and many of tbemf
to take. For sala by all dealers.—Ad ver
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