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About Sandy post. (Sandy, Oregon) 1938-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1939)
SANDY POST TH E C R O W D ED ö tj H E L E N C L A R K W EDNESDAY, DEC. 13, 1939 Tax Agents Play ‘Hobo’; Secure 14 Indictments IN N Jlsk Me Jlnother 0 W ENTW ORTH A G en era l Q u iz A LL day long they had been go- becca will seek to make you com- j T h e Q uestion» ing by the inn, camels and don fortable there." 1. What and where are the Pil keys stirring up dust, weary men Even after she had done every-I lars of Hercules? and women resting by the stream thing she could, and had crept into 2. The cross is to Christianity outside the inn yard. The little coun her own dark corner for the night. as what is to Mohammedanism? try maid had never seen so much Rebecca found she could not forget* 3. In what direction does the travel. the couple in the stable. Mary, the earth revolve? Just outside the city of Jerusalem, man had called his wife. There was 4. How m any words does the near by the village of Bethlehem, such a radiance about her. "I won Bible .contain? there were plenty of people who der what makes her so different,” 5. Who said, “The future of the stopped for refreshment. And Jere Rebecca thought. And she opened race m arches forward on the feet miah kept a good inn. He was a her eyes. of little children” ? good man, too. But 6. Are many wills broken through In amazement she saw light In he was hard, spar i litigation? the courtyard, so much that it ing neither man nor 7. What is the largest single in beast. And his niece seemed the dawn must have come. surance risk in the world? But the light came from a sjar that Rebecca was hard 8. What is a muckna? shone just about the stable. Out into put to do the tasks the yard the girl crept, and sudden 9. What is the oldest known toy? that were set before ly she heard a child’s cry, a cooing, T h e A n sw er» her. happy sound. 1. The opposite rocks at the en •'Why are there so trance to the M editerranean sea Rebecca looked about. No one many travelers to at Gibraltar, known as the Gibral was stirring. Far off, on the hill day?” she asked the ta r roefc and Mount Hacho. side she saw what looked like a little slave girl who 2. The crescent. helped her prepare group of men, shadowy, indistinct, 3. The earth revolves from west seemingly moving toward Bethle the evening meal. to east. “The tribesmen,” replied Fatima, hem. It must be her imagination. 4. The Bible contains 773,690 "are going to Jerusalem to be num Possibly it was Ephraim’s vineyard words. bered, so that they may pay their she saw. Soon she stood in the stable When drunken hoboes continued to clutter up the rural districts near Philadelphia, Penn., they attracted 5. Phillips Brooks. doorway. taxes. And this will continue for the attention of Uncle Sam’s alcohol tax department. Department Agents J. B. Seemiller, inset left, and B. o. Fewer r ew er than lnan ten len wills Wllts in a 6. There, lighted by a lantern, was days. These are not times of re J. Johnson, right, were assigned to play hobo roles and ferret out the reason for the prolonged sprees. They thousand are broken through liti- Joseph, bending over the young joicing and feasting for us!” ate mulligan stew in the "jungles,” and to secure evidence, bought rubbing alcohol, which, they were ad- gation. gation. Rebecca looked up as a bearded woman and holding in his arms a vised by the sellers, tasted better with flavoring. The federal grand jury returned 14 indictments. The 7. The San Francisco-Oakland man. leading an ass on which a tiny baby—her firstborn. At Rebec suggestions to flavor the rubbing alcohol constituted a violation of the law. bridge. Two of its policies, cov young woman rode, entered the ca’s exclamation he turned, and in ering property damage and use courtyard. "Is the inn keeper to her outstretched arms he handed and occupancy, amount to $44,- the little figure and showed her the here?” he asked gently. "My wife 000,000. snowy lengths of swaddling cloth. and I seek shelter." 8. A m ale elephant without “There are no rooms left,” Fa Tenderly the maid clothed the in tusks. fant and laid it beside the mother. tima told him, going on with her 9. The doll. “Thank you," Mary whispered. work. But Rebecca looked up at the woman, whose face was weary and "For the child’s sake and in His name, I thank you for what you touched with pain. "I will see what provision can be have done. We thank made,” the little maid exclaimed. h er, d o n ’ t w e, Sensational Relief from Indigestion and One Dose Proves It Her eyes never left the young wom Jesus?" If the first dose of this pleasant-tasting little The baby opened an's sweet face. The woman smiled black tablet doesn't bring you the fastest and most complete relief you have experienced send bottle at Rebecca, and her husband smiled his eyes and smiled. back to us and get DOUBLE MONEY BACK. This B ell-am tablet helps the stomach digest food, too. Rebecca’s face lightened ea "He s m i l e d a t makes the excess stomach fluids harmless and lete you eat the nourishing foods you need. For heart gerly and even Fatima found her me," Rebecca ex burn. sick headache and upsets so often caused by excess stomach fluids making you feel sour and self softening. claimed. “I shall sick all ever—JPST ONE DOSE of Bell-ana prove« Rebecca had some difficulty find never forget, a new speedy relief. 25c everywhere. lng her uncle, busy as he was with burn babe smiled In many things. Then it was hard to to my face to say Object of Government make him listen. thank you.” The care of human life and hap- "There must be some place, un Mary drew the ! piness, and not their destruction, cle. That new stable, with the clean child into the shelter is the first and only legitimate ob straw, would be warm and comfort of her arms. Her eyes closed, Joseph j e c t of good government.—Jeffer able. She cannot go farther, I walked to the doorway and watched son. know." Rebecca as she returned to her “So be It," he answered. Then, room. He, too, saw the clump of as they neured the group, he too trees or vines, or was it a group of was impressed by the young wom men on the hillside? Then he re an’s beauty and the lovely warmth turned to the manger and settled of her smile "There Is naught but down beside Mary and the sleeping the stable," he told them, "but Re Jesus. Finland’s Troops Battle for Country’s Preservation INDIGESTION Typical of the men who are fighting for Finland’s preservation is this Finnish volunteer, left, one of the thousands concentrated against Soviet forces. Bight: A Finnish soldier mans a machine gun directed against the numerically overpowering Russian invaders. The gun is part of the equipment of his camouflaged tank. Chinese Junk Begins 19,000 Mile Voyage Sun’s ‘Virginia Still Has Faith In Santa Claus Don't Marry the Cirl Day After Christmas I f you b elieve the e a rly m onks, don’t select the day a fte r C h rist m as to get m a r rie d , s ta r t a new job or put on that new suit. It's ('h ild e rm a s s day, c o m m e m o ra t ing the slaug hter of the llo ly In nocents hy lle ro d , and In the e a r ly days was considered an o cca sion of the greatest Ill-o m e n . C h ild re n , according to legend, w ere soundly whipped C h ild e r mas» day to im p ress on th e ir m inds the sto ry of the baby m a r tyrs. Ho Intense was the fe a r of this u n fo rtu n ate fe s tiv a l th a t the coro nation of I n g la n d ’s King E d w a rd IV was postponed in o rd er to avoid the fa ta l d ale . It lute H ouse Maintains T n u lition s 1 3 9 ) ears O ld V irg in ia , l/ie re is a Santa f.'Zau,. H u e t i , l , as c e rfa in /y us f o ie und gen erosity unit ife i'o tio n e lis i, a n il son Anoie (fiat they a lin u n il a n il g ilè Io Zi/e its ZngZiesf Zseaofv a n il jo y .“ Forty-two years ago un editorial writer for the New York Sun penned ! these now-famous lines in answer to a scrawled letter from a little girl named Virginia, whose faith in San ta had bvwwhaktAi Todn.iLV il item Uf grown up, mar ried, and.aarw» as assistant prin cipal in an east side New York school Her name is Dr Laura Vlr- j ginia Douglas and this Christmas she’s plating ! anta Claus not only j to her pupils b il her own daughter McanwMW‘*lii I 2 years she's evolved some id<isj®of her own on wti.it to tell children ut Santa Claus Pink che vivacious, yet shy and h c -it.iilH peaking of personal ■natters, uglus is not in favor of bre.ikfliig j news boldly to a child tty it is no Santa Claus He w illIJ [turully, she says, as I lie tu suk.1 |>e free, imaginative ' stag e hildhood to an in- Irre s t | n ' rid around him. Whei became old enough to rei, J ¡ull meaning of the KtpYg t i t she felt badly be i a n te p.,«r ren were not able to have O lirli s gifts as tangible evuleneg I f j a s existence Lat- grew to realize that ' er^alii^says,, materia) gift»-. Irere not to tmpor- lant as the faith which even the very pour child could have in something spiritual WASHINGTON - Santa Claus makes his 139th visit to the White House tills Christmas, carrying on a tradition started December 25. 1800, when Kris Krin gle called on little Suzannuh, granddaughter of Presi dent John Adams from Massachu setts. The White House In those days was In an unfinished state and the great barnltke rooms were only scantily furnished, providing a great contrast to the beautifully appointed mansion of today Yet the same joyous spirit prevailed on that Christmas morning, more than a century and a quarter ago. as that found tn the White House this Yule tide. From early years of our country. Presidents have set aside the heavy burden of state and made merry Christmas day with their families j Christman Tree liaefnl During Real of \\ inter AMHERST, MASS - t n northern states where Christmas heralds the coming of cold winter weather, the tree that warms the living room De cember 25 Is being put to work the balance of the winter outdoors Ac cording to Arnold M Davis, exten sion horticulturist at Massachusetts state college, fir trees can make eg celled "fretting stations" for birds and offer them rosy shelter on frosty winter nights Suet is often tied to the branches The tree Is also used to protect climbing plants, or the branches can be ripped off and laid as a mulch over low grow ing plants or bulbs Northern beekeepers find the trees handy as windbreaks. Candle Maker Don’t let winter catch you unprepared tln the first lap of their year-and-a-half voyage from Los Angeles to New York are Wendell Parks, left, and Dr. E. Allen Petersen, right, to gether with his Japanese wife, Tanl. The trio, sailing a Chinese junk, will route themselves via the Straits of Magellan. When they arrive in New York they will have traveled 19.000 miles. Dr. Petersen and his wife were members of a erew that sailed the Hummel Hummel, a 36-foot boat, from Shanghai to Los Angeles. The erew of the diminutive vessel expects to arrive io New York some time in 1941. Tweet, Tw eet— And the Angels Sing Grandmother used to make her bayberry candles in a copper pot, one at a time. Now. in a Phila delphia. Pa., plant, great bunches of wicks are dipped simultaneously until they are the desired thickness. The candles, made from berry wax, give off a distinctive aroma—the in cense of Christmas. Stock Show Veteran Change now to A cid-F ree Quaker State W inter Oil nle Flower Named A fter 1’ . S. D iplom at T hank an e a rly A m e ric a n dlplo m a t for the p oinsettia plant you re c e iv e lor don't re c e iv e ) t ’h rla l- i i i » , m o rn ing . The flam ing flower whose V e rm illio n red le a re a are m is ta k en at a d istance for the petals of Ila flow er, was brought la Ibe V n lte d M lales about 182« by Joel R oberts P o insett, m inis- le r to M exico , who d iscovered II grow ing there. P o insett, who had »ladled both law and m ed icine abroad and served m an v y e a rs In the d ip lo m a tic service, ended hl» c a re e r la (he A m erican house of re p re s e n ta tiv e s fro m IS2I to IK25 Itu t w e re It net for the plan t be brought bach fro m M ex ic o , b it n am e would now be unknow n. Last call! If your car won’t start. If you wear out your bat tery in a hopeless tussle with congealed summer oil. If you burn out bearings because cold- stiffened oil couldn’t get to them. If you are troubled all winter with sludge, carbon and corrosion due to impurities in the oil . . . don’t say we didn’t warn you to s QUAKER The cares ef the dav arc erased fur Chester Ricasl, municipal play ground heavyweight tighter, who repeaea tn sweet slumber on the canvas after colliding with one e( Edward Hrtniinger'a rights 1» the diamond hell touraamnal tn New lark. For the fourth time In five years Luella Padgett of Krllerville, 111., was given the highest award at the National City. III., stork show. She is pictured with her l.lISponad Aberdeen Angus calf, grand cl of the baby benf show. MAKES CABS RUN BETTER...LAST LONfiEI Stets OU J tz /s ia / Csrfsretin, Oil City, Pa.
