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DAYTON, OREGON.
V olume 1 No. 19
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'I BSCRIPTION 1.50, PER YEAR
JANUARY 1, 1925.
began spin king "Margie, dear." ah«
said, "it was all very wonderful »ad
very beautiful, but when It come« te
comparing It with the places you man
tlon I can't see It that way. To me
the only piece In this world that < an
compare with heaven or fairyland la
this little home of ours here In the
valley, and I’m the gladdest, happiest
girl on earth to be back here with you
ell sgnlB I had a lovely visit In the
city, but—Its not like home" Stella
looked shyly, but lovingly, at b
mother as she ended her little talk
Mrs. Mayfield smiled back at her In
return, then, going to the window, she
looked out at the lovely moonlit land
scape. Yeo. It was like fairyland, he
thought, for everything was covered
with a beautiful, glistening mnntle »f
white; a master artist's hand had
touched all within view. But Mrs
Mayfield knew that all this would not
make Stalls think their home the I. .t
place on earth If it lacked love und
[«■Hr«1 and happineaa. And there
a deep content and tbankfulnc « in
her heart that the duwnlng of the New
Year was bright and rosy and promts
Ing foe them all, and that she had fid
filled the mother-mission that she fell
here—to make home the best
piare on earth for all of her family.
0
0
Need Determination
Among the best of New Year reso
lutions 1» to save money. It may be
easier In 1925 than In any recent year,
but the Job needs determination and
perseverance.
3
1
¿«¡Ki.
una to make you mad. J-Q
Heuer d pain to hurt or kill,
Rever the need of a dollar bill
Marth;
Hunnin»
Thomas
Rever a u?orry or never a fear
came into the store and exclaimed:
No one could love a man aw • love
"A Happy New Year, Ike!" "Ike- you," she said. "Other girla, I know.
scrambled up and looked amazedly could never feel the love I feel n i<
•paper Union j
about him.
a new feeling—to feel so much, such ■Jr) EN SAWYER always came down
and many more." Both persons stood great, great quantities of love for an
4g tha back stairs the same way.
ugbast! "Ike" Simmons was a trans other."
KATHEWE EDELmAU
O
New fear’s morning was no ex
formed being. He had learned. In a
"No one will be as happy as we ception. There was a rush, a clatter Q
brief dream, the lesson of the cost »t will be." he said.
Uncle Ben did think about It, and
and a general tumbling neis - nnd
being unkindly, when the real cost of
mused to himself “Well, if I hod r*-
Ben
emerged
Into
fhe
kitchen.
being kind was nothing, nnd he kept
ano:
"I don't think any one ever loved
- Iv. d long ago to get married. I’d be
Hie mother was Just petting the
the New Year happy, and other New as I do you." he said.
methlm
married, Other folks keep their res-
last
things
on
the
table
for
breakfast.
Yean following, with an Increased
By Jolly ! I m going to re
■
called
!
olutlons.
“
Um
sure
to
one
ever
loved
as
I
“
Happy
New
Year,
mother!'
business to bless his efforts.
best time, for
marry before a year and I
dining
do
y°u,"
ahe
said.
Ben.
disappearing
into
the
'Alec
>n't break my resolution. either."
Fnr to both of them love was new. room.
“Yes, mother.'
New Year's day Uncle Ben put on
His mother, strange to say. did not
THE NEW LEAF
"It Is the
best bib and tucker and start’d to
What mattered It to them that oth- reply.
;n h. As he tnrr.ed tha corner he
Polly Sawyer, the youngest of the make new
ers
had
said
the
same
—
that
'7(T WAS New Year's Day ami the
By MARTHA B. THOMAS
s* linking
t Widow Bender.
one to whom love came It came as family, and Harry
JJ ■MW
t" fad 1» blustery
TALK about turning o something fresh and new and beauN around the dining room waiting for
■Well. Uncle Ben. Happy New
fashion about the street corners
V v Oi
m:
breakfast to be served.
sr.” said she.
ful and unusual?
of Milltown. At the Simmons Comer
Years. How about turning over
"Mother's
sort
of
queer
this
m<
m-
Th ink you. Mrs. Bender, and Hop-
romance In
For
the
continuing
of
Grocery the morning business wns
Moat
of
ua
work
our brains?
Ing.” whispered Polly to Ben
N v Year to you. Mine will be a
life
la
like
the
continuing
of
the
years
rather dull and It was now ten o'clock,
these fnctorles in our heads <>
looks Just the same, but there's n kind
itar. for I’m g-dng to be
w hen Isaac, or “Ike” as he was famili
about half time and half-capac- “
of difference about her She
arly called, aut In his dingy, dusty of
But n-
ity. When a new Idea walks In <> cause they carry wiwi them new hopes sald ‘Happy New Year' to one of ii
aid the widow, with a
flee, shut off by himself, looking over
and new Joya.
not n
we hustle him out before he dla-
Ben frowned and looked
appointment.
"My Now
his past year's accounts. The young
turba the quiet of the place. <>
boots. "Ob, well, I guess she's ri liti
. a is to get married. If I
ulerk. "Bill" Wilkins, was a little more
mold'll
Why not let him ramble about ¡J
tired after the party last
Idle than usual and he sat quietly on
mid stir up the old machinery? <>
Shouldn't blame her.”
a cracker box, Interested In the story
' said Un. I" Ten. “that Is a
if lie mnkes n racket and starts ,,
Ben really began to feel uncomfort in. E
of "Huck Finn," having n brand grin
tuadeb
in my r
U»I 'n If I cnn.
a fight with nil the old Ideas, let
able and he attempted a timid qnes
upon his round, mischievous face.
looked nt each other, kltt n-
him » rap it out. You can clear <>
tlon.
.ifterwards, and jj
"Ike” Simmons, It was true, had a
. d a short time and went on
"Mother, don't you feel well this our on
•
». I ••
aour disposition, even to u sense of
will pn.bubly feel amazingly re-
morning?" he asked.
meanneaa, ami sometime« If Ids friends
fc. sh.-d The trouble with moat
Mrs. Sawyer looked up, surpris -I. I
one was surprised to witne-s
obstinate
greeted him kindly.
of ua Is a deep-rooted aversion
"Why, yes. Beu. n hu pi
ig that morning.
you
aud
and hateful he Would think of some
to enlitrglng the works!
What made you i
they were congratulating I n
friends,
act of meanness to counteract good
Let's put tn a new window
ask?”
clo Ben he said: “Well a resolution 1«
not
mind
that.
If
it
ness and generosity, if it were not
now and then, oil up the cogs,
“You seem so—
a fine thing If you make a good on«
for bargains "Ike's" trade would go on
find h place for new thoughts
so sort of, well" You say you Imd a
and stick to it.”
. > nnd have a grand lime with our-
—he floundered— morning is the first
XL BUI Ì ' ! aelvea!
it."
"sort of quiet.”
By KATHERINE EDELMAN
7
"Oh, mother!"
— n —
,
n— y
Luther not only turned his ..
“Quiet?" asked
New Year Eve
(T »S3*. WMt«rn N»wap«p«r U b I oh )
science-stricken.
brain over when he nailed that J [
Mrs. Sawyer.
■y begins to shtne.
' ' famous letter on the church
Harry
and
Pol
APPY New Year, everybody!
“You take too
business outlooks bright.
: door, but about the whole world.
ly looked at each children. And It
Ifl Stella Mayfield cried, as she
y boost the price ton-ght.
other uneasily. think a little about
' ’ ua well.
entered the room, glowing
i >
Nowton only needed an apple
What was the what they are
and rosy from the long drive from the
matter with break will grow up h:
J ’ as n self-starter towards the
station. "My, but It seems good to be
fast, anyhow?
.
>
Idea
of
gravitation.
home
again!"
faces. 1 want
the decline, but he possessed a keen
“Yes," said Ben, ‘new faces' this
It was New Year's eve and Stella
Insight for business and often marked ' ’ Shakeapeure looked about him
of "high
“and you haven't see nice thing
had been away four whole weeks vis
Ida goods some pennies below the < > at the everyday doings
and tee
wished one of us your mouths s
'
I
folks
and
plain
folks,"
So,
iting Aunt Sarah In the city. But If
telling price of his competitors,
a Happy New ever you can.
1
’
what
he
accomplished.
ahe had been away four years, Instead
on New Year’s morning. "Ike" Sím
Year.”
You never cun tell whether
Ing I’d like to
of four weeks, the family could not
mons was In no pleasant mood. il ml ' '
m e, Year,' and me
"U ear.
you're a genius or not until you — ’ have made a bigger fuss over her.
who would dure to wish him u "Happy
scrabble around In your own $ |
wnR jU8t nR eaclted as smiled Mrs. Sawyer. “I'm sorry, I for- happy faces in
New Year." and especially in u snow
now.
head and produce something!
good time, In
♦ I could be, all talking at once and want- got all about It. Well. I'll do It
storm and business dull?
(I®. l»84. W««wrn Nswspapvr Union.)
Happy New Year, Ben and Harry and helped to ‘shi
J
Ing
to
know
all
about
what
she
had
All was quiet within the little
Polly!"
others.”
’* been doing while away.
grocery office and n grent stack of
But this wm not at nil what they
"Yes, mother.” r*
-
And Stella hnd Iota to tell them—
papers was eagerly examined, when
_ about the wonderful shops she had wanted. Sb»' did not say It that way dren. nnd then te v i
•ikt," with his specs laid up high on
when she meant It. She shouted it up accord and ran uro i
visited, the buildings that were taller
his brow, leaned over quietly onto bls
the stairs the first thing in the morn kjssed her.
than
the
old
meadow
field
was
long,
desk In a thinking way. In h few min
ing, to get ahead of everybody else.
utes he saw the trapdoor open unil tin
Year's Pny. nhd even now i> I
The children felt strange and out
Then
arm with a revolver nppenrad.
Greece and Russia It does'no
of
tune.
Mother
was
always
so
Jolly.
n face, with a handkerchief covering
e until twelve days after the nev
It
took
all
the
fun
out
of
things
to
It, showed to the horror-stricken "Ike"
fill MARU QRAHAM fiONNER
I y ear has started.
have her this way.
Simmons. A reni burglar sprung out!
it took longer to acres upon a c m
Vq Emilq
Adam«
“
We
had
a
fine
party
Inst
nlr.ht.
He took u heavy rope mid bound "Ike"
I
-non dny to celebrate New Year's than
didn't
we?"
asked
Polly.
"Every
one
HEY had known each other for
to the stool. "Now, old Sourhend," 1
j It did to select a common Christmas
only a little while. But both of
said they never had a better ti ne."
the burglur said, ‘‘I’m not here only
wa« lute in the Sixteenth centurv
Ben
looked
hard
nt
his
mo'her.
He
them
knew
that
through
the
lops
for your money, but to flog you you, |
everybody
• '
5
who cures not for the pleasant things gtretch of years ahead they would the hundred and one things she had was the oldest and. though careless mu
Ben—aald he <
v Hv The ni>ro ar- ent n '
noisy, loved her very much. “It w is make n resolution,
of life. You are ugly to your friends. grow happier npd hnpplpr A" they seen and heard during her absence.
had always had a preference for tii t
because mother worked so hard to give none to break.
Now I njii going to bent yqu." Apd he kpew each other better and better.
"The
city
must
be
something
like
date, and I typt. China and Rome reb--
It
to
ns.
”
he
smiled.
“
Those,
little
It «us <m New Year's day that they
thrashed "Ike" with a licuvy rope, and
dth. his neigh
with public rejoic.ug
“Well." said >' -.
brated
the
places
in
the
fairy
stories
mother
the pain wns awful. Ue knocked announced their engagement. It was reads to us and the heaven our Sun cakes were just the ticket, and the Ice her. who bad !>■ >":
wns made sat rd
him a loaf of
T
”
Russia
the
cream—oh, boy!”
such a beautiful day upon which to
"Ike" from his stool,
'
<
1
make
u
res
a
time of spe ia!
brend,
"If
I
wire
y
-
to
Janns
and
was
day school teacher tells us shout,"
The other children nodded. "Sure olntion to nmrrv I .
sacrifice and prayer at his shrine. He
I There wns a dull thud. The clerk announce such a glorious, roqinntlc little Margie cried, her eyes opening
thing," mumbled Harry, looking as I'm going to quit -
n- .» our buttons,
Is pictured as a god with two faces,
ran Into the office nnd found “Ike" fact.
solemn as an owl.
"My deer one," he whispered, "no to their widest.
abdt it.''
Simmons struggling on the floor, sur
use looking backward and
(I’l""1“
For
answer
Stella
took
her
little
sis
man could care about a girl as I cave
rounded by his I....
mid papers.
tiM en her lap, an^ very sojgmplj eba
About the sums time Lemuel Haskin» about you."
All throuah the days a happy year.
WK
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