The Stayton mail., December 20, 1907, Image 3

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CHRISTMAS LOHO AQO.
Come sing a hale helgh-o
For the Christinas long ago,
Vheu the old log cabin homed us
From the night of blinding snow,
And the rarest Joy held reign,
And the chimney roared amain,
IV.th the firelight like a beacon
Through the frosty window pans.
Ah ! the revel and the din
From without and from within.
The blend of distant sleigh bells
With the plink.ng violin;
The muffled shriek* and cries—
Then the glowing cheek* *nd eyi
The driving storm* of greetings.
Gust* of kisses and surprise.
J ohn K aynçr ’ s C hristmas
ou
H E N John Raynor began to *••*
tbs holiday advertisement* In
the papara and to feel the
Christmas flurry in the air. he
announced to hie family with an air of
finality, tinged with defiance, "you needn’t
eipert anything in the way of Christmas
preeenta from me thla year."
“ Why, Joh n !" hla wife eielalmed, "we
are not going to do very much. Juat a
few g ift« In the family to mark the day,
and then the children think eo much of
It."
“ The children!" John returned with
fine acorn, "they’ re grown now and It’a
time for them to get over euch nonaenae.
I poaltively refuae to have anything to
do with Chriatmaa."
John Kaynor peraiated in making him-
aelf miaerable and In bringing to bear
all the argumenta he could
think
of
agalnat the prevailing manner of ohaerv-
Ing Chriatmaa. Figuratively apeaking, he
pounded the table and grew purple in the
face In hie endeavora to hammer In bia
remonatrancea againat holiday cuatoma.
In aplte of himaelf he could not help
enjoying the aiglita and aounda, heralding
the approach of the holiday aeaaon. The
gala dreaa o f the ahop windows appealed
to hie colgr-lovlng eye, and when the
tlhristmss greens began to eoften the
grim, winter atreete with their verdure,
they took him back to the days when as a
boy he roamed the woods In search of
ground pine for holiday decoration* and
the cedar or evergreen tree on which hia
mother would hnng their Chriatmaa pres­
enta. He felt a little of the old thrill of
delightful expectation when these thing*
came back to hia mind, but hia reverse
mood wa* the stronger and he persisted
in keeping to his decision.
He was firm until the night before
Christmas. Then hi* wife and children
broke bondage and discussed openly the
coining holiday.
In an unguarded mo­
ment hia son inquired if a set of books
they had purchased had been delivered.
Without being told, his father knew
those book* were designed for him. They
were something he had secretly long'd
for, but had denied himself, because the
needs, real or imaginary, o f his family
were hia paramount consideration. And
now they were to be his in spite of his
declaration there was nothing he wanted.
He began to wish that he had some­
thing with which to give his family a
bappy surprise.
“ They will give me
things, and they will give things to one
another and there will be nothing from
me,” he thought.
Bitting alone with his paper, he heard
surreptitious rustlings ns of packages be
Ing handled, and the low murmur of
voice* from his wife and daughter, inter
rupted with little bursts of gay laughter
that showed something Joyous was going
on. He had nothing for anyone, and to
morrow when they gave him tokens of
their thought and attention, he should
feel like an exile from home. A audden
resolve took him in possession.
"A lice,” he called to his wife, “ I ’m
going out for awhile. Is there anything I
can do for you?”
"Nothing, thank you,” she returned,
"unless you want to bring home some
candy for to-morrow. Oh,' I forgot,” she
«aid In the next breath, "you won’t want
to trouble about i t
Never mind, we ll
tnannge some way.”
It is astonishing how quickly one's
mind can be changed. John Itaynor’s un­
derwent a lightning transformation. He
boarded a car and rods to the shopping
district with his mind filled with nothing
but Christmas presents. He felt like a
boy turned loose with money to spend and
sons to restrict hia fancy, ilo pushed
W
E lizabeth
ayres
and Jostled and wrestled with the crowd,
exhilarated by the contact with people
bent on holiday shopping. His past mood
slipped away like a ra*t-o!T garment. He
had caught the Christmas spirit and his
revulsion of feeling amounted almost to
intoxication.
"There you are, sonny,” he told a news­
boy, liestowing a dime In exchange for a
paper he did not want.
lie helped to "keep the kettles boiling"
for the Salvation Army Christmas dinner,
and he thought he had never heard a gay­
er sound than the jangling of the bells
the Salvation soldier* kept in motion to
call attention to their needs.
He carried his merry mood home with
him and the moment he entered the door
hi* family felt the difference.
He could not k**ep hi* secret until morn
Ing, though he told it only to his wife.
"H ere are some little things for you
and the children, Alice,” he said when
they were alone, dropping the packages
carelessly on the table. She looked up
with eye* alight, and with an expression
which told him he had done well, but she.
being a woman of wisdom, made no com­
ment to remind him o f past event*.
When John Raynor fell asleep that
Christmas eve. through his mind wa* jig ­
ging and jingling the merry old refrain :
"Christmas come* but once a year,
Let ns all lie of good cheer.”
— Toledo Riade.
Christmas
Cards.
The Christmas card as we know it has
an origin easily traceable, and It is doubt­
less at least sixty years since the first
was designed.
The artist who claimed
to be its originator and who was, at any
rate, the first to see its possibilities was
W. C. T.’ Dobson, R. A., who, when quite
a young man, In 1S44, was prompted at
Christmas to make a little sketch sym­
bolic of the season’s Joys and festivities
and to send it to a friend.
It seemed
to give great pleasure, and the next year
Mr. Dobson determined to follow up the
idea on a larger scale, and by haring his
card photographed was enabled to send
copies to twenty-five or thirty friends.
The delight with which they were received
wa* so grent that Mr. Dobson was quick
to perceive that he had found out a new
pleasure for Christmas.— New York Mail
and Express.
D A IR Y M
N M EET.
S uccessful T w o -D a y C o n vsn tlo n H e ld
in P o rtla n d .
Portland— T h e moat Im portant meet­
ing of dairym en ever held in the state
of Oregon was that which convened last
Thursday and Friday In W oodm en of
the W o rld h a ll, on E leventh street,
when the Oregon Htate Ito iry associa­
tion held its deliberation s. Th e con­
vention hail was crowded at both d a y »’
King In again the mirth
fessions w ith delegate« and others in ­
O f the c.rcle ’ round the hearth.
terested in the developm en t o f the
With the rustic Hinbad telling us
d
airy industry. Th e hall in the base­
The strangest tales on earth !
m ent o f the W oodm en bu ildin g, in
And the minstrel bard we knew.
which dairy products and the moat ap­
W ith his *T»ve-ll-er ao true,”
Likewise bia "Young House k'yarpentsr," proved d airy m achinery were displayed,
attracted large crowds.
And “ lo v e d H enry," too!
Th e convention was called to order
at 10 o ’clock Thursday by President E.
And forgetting ne'er a thing.
T . Judd, o f the arsociaion. Tom R ich ­
L ift a gladder voice and sing
O f the dancers in the kitchen—
ardson, o f the Com m ercial clu b, w el­
Clean from start to "pigeon w in g!” comed the delegatee to Portland on be­
King the glory and the glee
half of that organ ization. In respond­
And the joy and Jubilee—
ing to the address of welcom e President
The
twirling
form— the
quickened Judd thanked the Com m ercial club for
breath—•
its reception and its efforts in m aking
The sigh o f ecstasy.
thla m eeting of the association a suc­
cessful one. The speaker referred to
Rut eyea that smile alone
the im portant position d a iry in g in this
Rack Into our happy own—
state has reached in the last few years,
The leap.ng pulae— the laughing blood—
and said that this was the first tim e in
Tlie trembling undertone!
the history o f the state that the dairy
H o ! paid u* off once more,
industry had received the recognition
W ith our feet upon the floor,
its im portance should comm and and
Rut our heads and heart* in heaven,
would fu lly pay the coet of prom otion.
A * they were in daya of yore.
Papers w ere read
by
prom inent
James Whitcomb Riley, in the Interior.
dairym en and others from a ll part« of
A t th e Sp an is h Court.
the state.
Christmas In Spain begins with the
midnight man*. when the king and queen
W A N T BRAND O N ALL S H O D D Y
mother, accompanied by the grandee* of
rhe court, msgnificently attired, go In
state proceteion to the chapel royal of W o o lg ro w e rs W o rk in g fo r P ro te c tio n
o f the In d u stry.
the palace in Madrid.
On Christmas
morning the king and court again attend
Pendleton— In accordance w ith one
mass In state, after which the day la o f the resolutions pas-ed at the recent
spent In merrymaking. In the afternoon
convention o f the Oregon W oolgrow ers’
the adoration o f the manger takes place,
association, the secretary has sent to
when a representation of the scene in
the Oregon congressional delegation a
Rethlehem is unveiled In the great hall of
the palace. There is also a Christmas request for an act co m p ellin g the brand­
tree, from which Alfonso distributes gifts. ing of manufactured goods and clothing,
Throughout the ensuing twelve day* the the object being to protect the public
court la all benevolence and gayety. and from ehoddy and cotton cou nterfeits of
every great Institution in Madrid shares woolen goods. The pure food law is
in the royal almsgiving.
The festival cited as an exam ple that it is righ t for
the governm ent to protect the people
closes Jan. 0.
from frauds, counterfeits and adultera­
Christmas and M otherhood,
tions of a ll kinds.
On that Christmas night God honored
Another resolution parsed at the same
motherhood. The angel* on their wings ! tim e calls for the retention o f the im port
might have brought an infant Saviour to duty on w ool, woolen fabrics, hides,
Rethlehem without Mary’s being there at
meat and meat anim als, w ith the ob ­
ail.
Hut, no; motherhood for ail time
ject of continuing the present prosper-
wa* to be consecrated, and one of the
tenderest relations was to be the maternal oua condition o f the wcol and livestock
relation, and one o f the sweetest words, industry.
"mother.”
In all ages God has honored
good motherhood. In a great audience,
most o f whom were Christians, I asked
that all those who had been blessed with
ChristiaiT mothers arise, and almost the
entire assembly stood up. Don't you see
how important it is that all motherhood
be consecrated?— Talmage.
Christmas
Every
Day-
Christianity should make every day in
the year a sort of Christmas day. Thia
time o f love and gladness and good will
wa* never meant to be confined to one
brief festival.
This
burying of old
grudges and reconciling
of estranged
friends, this comforting o f the sad and
gladdening the heart* of the poor, and
sharing our plenty with those in need, are
some of Christianity’ s every-day duties.
Do not lower the standard when the
twenty-fifth of December is over. Do not
go back to the old selfish, narrow, unsat­
isfactory way of living. Let this Christ­
mas be a prophecy of what the New \ ear
is to be, a time of gladnesa and good will.
T h e Spirit o f G iv in g .
Don’t give only where you expect a
return or wonder whether you will be
supposed to buy something for A., B. or
C. The spirit of Christmas lies in the
loving and the giving— never in the re­
ceiving.
T h e O r ig in o f C hristm as Greens.
A t the Saturnalia, the heathen proto­
type of Christmas, it wa* the Roman
custom to decorate the house with ever­
greens. This was done to give the wood­
land spirits a refuge from the cold.
G E T T IN O R E A D Y FO R S A N T A .
W ANT H ANO THER H U sD .
S o u th ern O re g o n H opes fo r Lessened
R atea in C o m p e titio n .
Grants Pats — The
announcement
through the press that M offatt A W h ite
are about to extend the Oregon E lec­
tric lin e througli Rogue R iv e r v a lley
lias been received here w ith the great­
est *a tiffa ctio n . It has I.eeD the dream
of the citizens that some day another
transportation company would find its
way Into the valley.
Th e annulling o f trains 11 and 12 by
the Southern Pacific com pany
has
aroused the people to greater a c tiv ity
and to stand ready to offer an induce­
m ent to a com peting line. T h e re­
sources from the m ills and mines and
the products o f the field have been car­
ried for years by one railroad com pany,
w ith charges running up in to thou­
sand* of dollars.
W a n t G rad u ates fo r T e a c h e rs .
U n iv e rs ity o f O rego n , E u gen e—
T h e U n iv e rs ity o f O rego n ia e x p e r­
ien cin g the la rg est dem and In its
h istory fo r gradu ates, both men and
w om en, to ta k e principalshipa and
position s as teach ers in th e h igh
schools o f th e state.
O f the fif t y -
th ree m em bers o f last y e a r ’ s class,
tw e n ty a re tea ch in g in the h ig h
schools and co lleg e s o f O rego n and
th e N o rth w est, and th e dem and w as
much larger than the supply. A t th e
present tim e th e re a re a n um ber o f
position s vacan t because th e re Is no
one a v a ila b le w ho is a d eq u a te ly p re ­
pared to ta k e them . 'T h e U n iv e rs ity
w ou ld be a b le next ye a r to p la ce as
tea ch ers som e fo r ty o r fift y m en and
w om en, i f Its g ra d u a tin g class fu r ­
nished th a t num ber.
T h e class o f
1908 now num bers abou t six ty m em ­
bers.
N e w R oad Is U n d e r W ay
G rant* Pass— Th e governm ent
ia
m aking good progress under the direct
superpvision o f the local forestry serv­
ice, in extending a road down Rogue
riv e r into Cnrry connty. Thia particu ­
lar stretch o f road w ill open up a w ide
latitude o f country ric> in m ineral and
p rolific o f the best m arketable pine.
W hen th is work has been com pleted,
10 per cent of the proceeds w ill be d i­
verted to the school fund, thus increas­
ing the perm anent means of keeping up
school*. About $5,000 has been appro­
priated to be used in develop in g the
h igh w ay, and it is expected that con­
gress w ill set aside $5,000 m ore to be
used on this project.
E le c tric L in e G re e t B oo n .
Freew ater— Th e month of N ovem ber
was a record breaker on the W a lla
W a lla V a lle y Traction com pan y’ s lin e.
T h ey hauled out o f this c ity o ver 90
care loaded w ith hay, apples and can­
ned fru it.
These cars were a ll for
point* on the Northern Pacific ra ilw a y.
Th e apple crop ha* been excellen t this
year and every apple of any account haa
been m arketed. The second-class a p ­
ples were divpoeed o f to the Freew ater
can nery. Th e total valne o f the fru it
crop in this v ic in ity ia estim ated at
$500,000.
M an D o M o re W o r k .
K lam ath F a lls,— J . D. Chnrch, as­
sistant engineer o f the Southern Pa­
cific, hsa just returned from the end of
the C a lifo rn ia Northeastern ra ilw a y
and etatee that the H50 men now at
work for Ericson A Peterson, the con­
tractors, are doing more work than the
1,100 men th ey were w orkin g last sum­
mer. T h e grade between Bray and the
first tow naite. Mount H ebron , is about
com pleted, and Mount Hebron m ay re­
main the term inns o f the road for this
w inter. H ow ever, as Dorris is only 13
PORTLAND M ARKETS.
m iles distan t from M ount Hebron and
the grade very easy, that town may be
W h ea t — Club, 82@ 83c; hlnestem,
the term inus.
84@ 85c; v a lley , 82@ 83c; red, SO'ASlc.
Oats— N o. 1 w h ite, $29: gray, $29.
E m b ’-yo F a r m e r * In te re s te d .
B arley— Feed, $27.50; brew ing, $31;
A lb a n y— Linn county school children rolled, $30.
Corn— W h o le , $32: cracked, $33.
are takin g gie a t interest in the new
H a y— V a lley tim oth y, No. 1, $ 6 per
subject of agriculture, the teaching o f
j which was begun this fa ll.
No ex p eri­ ton ; Eastern Oregon tim o th y , $20@
ment work has yet been begun in this 23; clover, $15; cheat, $15; grain hay,
county, but in the seventh and eighth $ lf@ 1 6 ; a lfalfa, $15; vetch. $14.
Fru it* — A pples, 75c@$2 per b o x ;
giades in a ll the schools o f the corn ty
one recitation each day is required in peaches, 75c@ $l p e rc ra te ; pears $1.25
an agricultural tex t book. Reports re­ @ 1.75 per b o x; cranberries, $9.50@12
ceived by C o 'n t y School Superintend per barrel.
V egetable*— T n m ip e, 75c per sack;
ent Jackson state that probably greater
interest is m anifested in this study carrots, 65c per sack; beets, $1. per
sack; beans, 7@9c per pound; cabbage,
than in a n y other branch.
lc per pound; cauliflower, 75c<a$l do*;
celery, $4 p e r c r a te ; onions, 15@20o
N o v e m b e r Id eal M o n th .
per do*; parsley, 20c per dox; peas, lc
Burns— Novem ber was a month of
per pound; peppers, 8 ® 17c per pound;
ideal fa ll w eather in H arney.
There
pumpkins,
per ponnd: rad­
were tw o flurries of snow, on Novem ber
ishes, 20c per doz; spinach, 6c per
16 and 23, but they w ere follow ed by
p m n d ; sprouts, 8c per ponn d; squash,
pleasant sunshine and the enow di«ap-
l @ l > i c ; per ponnd; tomatoes, $1.50
peared in a few days. Th ere has been
per box.
a great deal o f fall p low in g done and
Onions— $1.75@2 per cw t.
the amount of w inter wheat sown this
Potatoes— 40@60c per hundred, de­
vear is double that of any year in the
livered P ortla n d ; sweet potatoes, $2.25
history c f the country.
@ 2 50 per cwt.
Butter— Fancy cream ery, 321%@35c
* B F M u ikey H as R esigned.
per ponnd.
A sh lan d— Announcement has been
V eal— 75 to 125 pounds, 8rtfc8t$c;
made at the state normal school here 125 to 150 pounds, 7c; 150 to 200
that President B. F M uikey w ould re­ pounds, 5@ 6 t$ c.
tire from the institution on January 1
Pork— Block, 75 to 150 poonds, 6 @
and w ill engage in the la w and abstract 6 t * c ; packers, 6(S'6l^c.
business at Jacksonville as a partner in
Pou ltry— A verage old hens, 1 1 % ®
the Jackson County Abstract com pany, 1?C per ponnd; m ixed chickens. 11®
which m aintains offices at Ashland and l l l ^ c ;
spring chickens,
10>4i&11c;
M edford and w ill open one at Jackson­ roosters, 8c; dressed chickens, 12@ 13c;
v ille .
turkeys, live, 14@ 15c; dressed, choice,
17@18c: geese, live, 9 ® 1 0 c; ducks, 12
T im b e r M a d e to Pay T a x .
l4f«H 3>4c; pigeons, $ 1@ 1 .50; squabs,
Oregon C ity — The assessed valuation $2® 3.
o f Clackam as connty property is very
Eggs— Fresh ranch, candled, 37>^c
close to $13.000,000. T h e figure* were per dox.
made publics t y Connty Assessor N e l­
Hops— 1907, 5 ® 7 c per ponnd; olds,
son, w ho haa made an increase o f about nom inal.''
$2,500.000 over the valuation of la»t
W o o l— Fiastern Oregon average best,
year. T h is increase is a ll on the prop­ 13@20c per pound, according to shrink­
erty of the big corporations and on t im ­ age; va lley , 18@20c, according to fine­
ber lands.
ness; m ohair, choice, 29@30o pound.