¡-JACKSONVILLE POST
Official Paper of the City of Jacksonville, Oregon
A weekly newspaper published every Saturday at the county seat of Jackson
County, Oregon.
D. W. B agshaw , Editor and Publisher
New Year Greetings:
Entered as second-class matter June 22, 1907, at the post office at Jacksonville
Oregon, under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879.
SATURDAY. DECEMBER 23. 191 fi
SUBSCRIPTION: One year by mail $1.50. Advertising rates furnished on
application.
Again the Great Clock of Years has gone slowly
round the Dial Piate of Time and the gilded hands
W e
WISH all the readers of the Post a Happy
and Prosperous New Year.
May 1917 be the best
year in your life, and may we all be able to cope with
every adverse incident or condition which may confront
us during the coming year.
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Good Resolutions
Not Alone on New Year.
Of course It Is customary to make
New Ycnr's day the day of new reso
lutions. but there Is no particular -ea
son why we should confine this work
to this one day In the year. In fact,
the very best resolution we can make
on New Year's day Is to resolve that
during the coming year we will use
every endeavor to make each day a
day of self Improvement: that not a
single day shall pass upon which we
have not attempted to speak a good
word or do a kind deed for somebody;
that not a day shall pass upon which
we will not try to weed out some of
the tares and brambles of character
tbut now offend others or some of the
bad habits that offend even ourselves
I will try to be a lifter, not
a leaner; an encourager, never
a discourager; lighten and
share other people’s sorrows;
start songs and rejoicings, not
complainings; make the world I
a little sweeter place to live
in; keep in mind the will of
God; make sunshine in life's
shady places; see the bright
f side of everything; be clean in
4 mind and body, working pa-
Pay Up Day In China.
< > tiently, industriously and hon- ;••
At
the
Chinese New Year the houses
<►
I estly for a living; earning a j and other buildings are decked with
flowers, and the streets are thronged
< > spotless character, so that I
< >
with people, who come out to buy pro
can look up, not down, and i visions, new clothes and gifts. One
< >
< > meet death’s coming with a <
good New Year custom in China is
fearless smile; endeavor not to £ that of settling up all debts before the
old year has died out. A Chinaman
run away from my weaknesses,
who allows the New Year to dawn be
but
bravely
fight
them
out
;
be
< >
fore he has settled with his creditors
■ > glad of life; have hope and
feels himself disgraced.
faith in everybody; try to live
without hate, jealousy, temper ...
The Now Year Dawn*.
and envy; avoid speaking crit •• The new year dawns, the sun shines
strong and clear,
< >
< > ically and bitterly, repeating <♦/
And all the world rejoices and Is gay.
The
city loving birds from spray to
only the good I hear; love be
■pray
cause I must, give because I
Flit busily and tw itter In my car
Their little frozen note of wintry cheer.
cannot keep; doing for the joy
From ruddy children with the snow at
of it; cheerful in disappoint-
play
Ring peals of laughter gladder than In
I • meats, charitable toward the
May,
erring and fallen; protect
While friend greets friend with "Happy
be thy year!”
helpless animals; do as I would
—I.oulse Chandler Moulton.
be done by; smile more and
How a Beaver Can Work,
frown less.
I
point to the figures 1917.
LTHOUGH many of tho old cus
toms lun e been dropped nnd al
most forgotten. New Year's
ixirtles are not out of date. A
nice one ts a pantomime of an enchant
ed girl.
A damp sheet must be fastened up
across the room or between the folding
doors of the parlor. First fasten the
corners of the sheet, next the center of
each of the four sides in order that the
cloth may be perfectly smooth; then
place a lighted candle on the floor
about four or five feet from (lie cen-
ter of the curtain, When tile lights II
the room occupied by the company
turned out shadows of the actors
b’ ' Hie curtain may be seen on
. some one, standing outside
■ ii and facing the audience, should
relate the story of the play—of how a
young girl ivldle walking out on the
last day of October meets Halloween
who presents her with three gifts to
try her fortune, and how, when she Is
about to do so, a witch enchants her,
etc. After the story Is finished and a
lively overture has been performed on
some musical instrument the panto-
mime Is played ns follows:
Halloween Appear*.
The young girl personating the en
chanted one comes gayly forward from
the side. When almost across the cur-
tain she meets Halloween, who ap
proaches from the opposite side, ar
rayed In a short dress, with wings
made of newspaper folded fan fash-
ton and fastened on .the shoulders.
In her hand she carries a cane with a
silhouette of a cut or two or three
stars and a crescent cut of stiff brown
naper and pasted on the end.
Halloween shows the maiden three
gifts—an apple, a hand mirror aud an
unlighted candle. Instead of tlie mir
ror a cryst.il Lail may be used.
A
A young beaver in Regent’« park
gardens, London, was once placed nt
work upon a tree twelve feet long and
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two feet six Inches thick just as the
Cold Wave At San Francisco town clocks sounded the hour of noon.
The bearer began by barking the tree
a foot above the ground. That done,
San Francisco, Dec. 28. The coldest ho attneked the wood. Be worked
hard, alternating hfs labor with dips
day of the winter was t-xpetienced here In Ills bathing pond. He bathed and
today. Forecaster G. H. Wilson an Inbored alternately until 4 o’clock In
nounced that the thermometer regist the afternoon, when he ate his supper
ered 38 degrees at 5 a. m.
of bread and cssrots and paddled about
in his pond until half past 5 o'clock.
Ten minutes later, when only one Inch
HOP GROWER 18 DEAD
of tho tree’s diameter remained Intact,
Independence. Dec. 26.—W. W. Per he bore upon his work, and the tree
cival, wellknown citizen of Polk county fell. Before It fell the beaver ran as
died at his home here of cancer of the men run when they have fired a blast
stomach. He was a hop grower, prom Then as the trvo lay on the ground ho
portioned It out mentally and again be
inent in politics as a republican and
gan to gnaw. He worked at Intervals
loader of the anti prohibition forces.
all night, cut tho log Into three ports,
rolled two of the portions Into the wa Seeking the Future In the Crystal Ball.
ter And reserved the other third for his
Wear Overcoats To
Before presenting them she Ulus
permanent shelter. Tho work done, he
(rates by gestures the use to be made
took a bath.
Keep Beds Warm
of each. Holding the mirror or globe
111 front of her face, she bites the ap
Waterton’* Climb.
ple. then looks quickly around, as If
The steeplejack's ability to keep bls expecting to see some one, and, again
Dillon, Mont., Dec. 28.-Te be forced
bead and feet while working on a holding up the mirror or globe In oue
to go to bed with all clothes on, includ "lop" which Is a ledge three feet wide
ing an overcoat, at 3 o’clock in the af between abysses MHi feet deep Is a hand and the candle In the other, she
ternoon in order to keep warm was the gift. I.tke tho poet, the steeplejack is takes a few step* backward. When a
boy or young man enters by Jumping
experience of many Dillon people yes born, not made. <'havies W nterton. over the light, which gives the ap
terday as a result of the shortage of tho naturalist, had the gift and would pearauce of Ills having fallen from
coai. Dealers here promise no remedy, have adorned the profession the only i the sky, Halloween looks nround, and
but believe that the coal famine will one Into which men do not drift.
the boy or man quickly disappears.
When on a t islt to Home, Waterton
grow more acute.
All this time the girl stands trans
determined to rimi the feats of the fixed with her hands raised aud all the
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Italian climbers who yearly sealed the fingers spread out In astonishment.
Once in n while you meet a man of dome of St. Peter'» and the pinnacles She receives the presents, which are
of the castle of St. Angelo, to illumi given with many nods aud gestures.
original thoughts.
nate their summits on tile feast of St.
Th* Old Witch Enters.
Peter. Eighty men n-cd to climb the
As
the
maiden then takes up the
dome on two successive nights, ani
tho boldest complete 1 the spe taele by apple and mirror or globe her hand is
Notice To Creditors
crowning the cross with a waving stayed by a witch with flowing hair,
torch of flic. Each night's show w is who has sppronched unpercelved, car
said,
on the average, to cost a man's rying under one arm a broom and
IN THE COUNTY COURT OF 1 HE STATE Ob
life.
Waterton sealed the dome by wearing on her head an ordinary hat
OREGON. FOR JACKSON COUNTY.
daylight and left Ills glove upon the with a piece of newspaper rolled up
and pinned on to form a peaked crown
In the matter of the Administra
vane.—I.os Angeles Times.
The poor girl looks anxiously around
tion of the estate of Henry
and discovers she has been enchanted,
Wendt, Sr., a deceased person.
Helping the Clock.
for there are three girls Instead of one
"Aha.”’ said tho head clerk, “I’m This effect Is produced by two more
Notice is hereby given that the un-
i
dcrsignid, by an order of the County glad to notice that you're arriving lighted candles being placed on the
Court of Jackson County, State of Or punctually now. Mr. Slocontlie.”
floor on either side of tile first candle
"Yes. sir. I've bought n imrrot.”
The candles are removed, and the Old
egon, heretofore duly made and entered
“A parrot? What on earth for? 1 Year, an old man. Instantly appears.
in the above entitled court and matter, told you to get an alarm dock.”
Discovering film quickly, the girl runs
has been appointed and now is the duly
"Yes; I did. But after a day or two
appointed, qualified and acting Admin I got used to It, nnd It didn't wake me forward to tell her sorrows ami finds
that It Is only when alone that she is
istratrix of the estate of the above- So I got the parrot. And now when I enchanted, for when she attempts to
go to bed 1 fix the alarm clock and point out her other selves they have
named decedent.
All creditors and persons having put the parrot's cage on top of it. disappeared. Making many guesses,
claims against said decedent or his es When the alarm goes off It startles she looks here and there for them, but
tat* are hereby required and notified the parrot, stid what that bird says In vatu Thou ns the ('Id Year leaves
would wake up nuylxxly."—London she blds him a sorrowful adieu.
to present the same, with proper vou Fun.
Th* Little N*w Year.
chers, to the undersigned, at her resi
Immediately
little Xew Year enters,
dence at Jacksonville in Jackson Coun
Inconsistent.
ty, State of Oregon, within six months
"I hear you were arrested for speed crowned with a paper star and wear
Ing wings of paper. The young girl
from the date hereof.
Inf.”
“Yes. The Judge was a friend of rushes to meet the Xew Year with a
Date hereof and of the first publica
hearty greeting. Slie then tells bltn
mine.”
tion hereof is December 23. 1916.
of her em hnutment and kneels down,
"You were in luck.”
M ary W enpt
"Not at a'l. It's true he inquired po and the little Xew Year raises both
Administratrix of the
hands above her head then, kissing
litely about my ' -a
V
estate of Henry Wcialt. Sr
bls hand Io the
l<- »art» Nel
I
was
feeling
well
lie
u-s
■
a
Uuc lie F. Morris in i*ittsi>m^U ln*pat,X
H. K. Hanna
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that made tne sick."—Exchange.
Attorney for estate.
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We take this opportunity to extend to our friends
and patrons our best wishes for a Happy [and prosperous
New Year.
May 1917 be the best year of all: may its blessings
enter into your vocations and extend to your family and
may health and good cheer be your lot during its every
day, and may we realize before its close that "The
World is Growing Better."
Sincerely yours,
Taylor-Williams Co.
The People's Store
Phone 142
Jacksonville,
Oregon
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New Year Chimes
By MINNA IRVING
Stop thief I
The old year goes
O'er tho drifted snows.
And tho gray old year hath brought
me grief
He hath stolen the Lud and the danc
ing leaf.
And the dear little robin that used to
sing
At my window sill tn the balmy
spring.
And the rapturous kisses my lover
gave.
Ho hath hidden him, too, in a narrow
grave.
Deep down irom the light of the
broad, blue sky.
And so through the rush of my tears
I cry:
••Stop thief!”
As the old year goes
O'er the drifted snows,
For the gray old year hath brought
me grief
It advertises home bargains, which are
the best bargains.
It has all the home news and works for
the home town all the time.
THE DOW HOSPITAL
Conducted by Doctors D jw
Surgical and Obstetrical
cases only, received.
Graduate Nurses only, employed.
I atients received at any time.
Day and night telephone service.
Phone 341.
Central Point
Oregon
OFFICES
Dr. McM. M. Dow,
Physician and Surgeon
Dr. Lydia S. Dow,
Osteopathic Physician.
306-7 M. F. & H. Building
Medford Telephone 139,
Medford, O”egon,
Heme Rule For All Of
lieland is Proposed
Weather Report.
Following is the report of U. S. Vol
unteer Cooperative Observer, E. Britt;
Jacksonville, for month of Nov.
Latitude 42 deg. 18. min. north; longi
tude 123 deg. 5 min. west.
Date
! Maximum
58
64
66
58
48
45
49
47
60
49
41
41
50
56
54
57
48
43
40
47
50
50
45
38
46
46
48
43
46
48
Minimum Precipita
tion
41
41
45
38
•fil
31
08
37
72
34
30
29
33
28
20
23
24
24
24
24
33
17
27
24
28
35
3<l
54
32
1.06
35
46
38
42
30
28
28
London, Dec. 27.—Informal discus
sions and consultations are proceeding
for settlement of the Irish question,
says the Manchester Guardian.
New proposals which are being con
sidered provide for something in the
All hail!
The new year comes
nature of equal representation for Un
With the beat of drums
ionists and Nationalists in an Irish par
And clangor of bells in the windy liament. Home rule for all of Ireland
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vale.
is the basis of the suggestions, which
Ho bringeth the song of the nightin
do not contemplate the exclusion of Temperature—mean max. 48.93; mean
gale.
mir. 30.60; mean 39.76. Max 66. on 3,
And, what if his robe is fringed with Ulster.
Minimum, 20. on 12. Greatest daily
♦
snow.
.
range,
32. Total precipitation 3.52
The April buds on his bosom blow.
inches. Greatest in 24 hours. l.OSin.,
Water Rates Are Cut
He sendeth a new love unto me
| on
25. Number of days with 01.
From an ancient country across the
One Third At Albany inch or more precipitation, 7. clear,
sea.
And far to the south we will sail
Albany, Dec. 27.—The Oregon Power 14; partly cloudy, 6; cloudy, 19.
away
Precipitation for season,
company
inaugurated a 33 1-3 pe- cent
Through the purple dusk of a rer-
Precipitation for last season 3.73
reductiyn
in
water
rates
for
Albany
fumed May.
E. B ritt ,
consumers yesterday. The minimum
AU hail I
Cooperative Observer
rate was fo-merlv $1 50 a month and
The new year comes
With t.io beat of drums
th n-w rate will be *1 a mo th, hu-
And music of beds in the wintry rala applies to consumers who are on a me
Many a man who pre ten is tn be look*
ter basis only.
ing far work look» the wrong way.