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FHE PLOWING SEASOf
Ancient Superstitions of the Till
ers of the Soil
SACRIFICES TO THE GODS.
Customs That Wer In Vogue Among
th Roman of Old Caramoniaa
That Art Observed In India and
China Ritas of tha Siamese Farmer.
The formal inauguration of the plow
big aea8on Is very ancient and still Is
observed In some parts of the world.
Anions the Romans by the Institution
of various religious festivals connect
ed with agriculture the seasons cam
to be regarded with a sort of sacred
rererenc. Before the old Roman put
the plow Into the ground he went to
the temple of the goddess of earth.
Tell us, one of whose priests performed
certain propitiatory rites. Virgil In his
"Georgtcs" advises the Roman hus-
bandman to observe the signs on heav
en according to the crop he desires to
' produce. The time to plow for flax,
barley and the sacred poppy waa when
"balance has equalized the hours of j
day and sleep and halves the world
exactly between light and shade. When
Taurus ushers In the year with his
glided horns and Sirlus sits facing the
threatening bull Is time for beans. For
wheat and spelt the Tlelndes should
rhlde themselves from your eyes with
the dawn. Many have begun before
Maria sets, but the desired crop has
baffled them with empty ears." But
first of all the poet admonishes the
farmer to "honor the gods and offer
sacrifices to Ceres."
In India there are certain days when
ft Is unlawful to plow. Mother Earth
is supposed to sleep six days In every
.month, and on such days she refuses
to be disturbed in her slumber.
In northwest India the cultivator
employs a pundit to select an auspi
cious time for the commencement of
plowing. Great secrecy Is observed. In
some places the time selected is In the
night; In others daybreak Is the cus
tomary time.
The pundit goes to a field, taking a
brass drinking vessel and a branch of
the sacred mango tree, which Is effica
cious In frightening away evil spirits
that may haunt the field. Prltblvi. the
broad world, and Sesha Naga, the
great snakes which support the world,
re supposed to be propitiated and
reconciled by this ceremony. The pun
dit satisfies himself as to the direction
In which the great snake is lying, for
It occasionally moves about a little to
ease itself of the great burden of the
broad world which it carries. The
pundit then marks off an Imaginary
line. Five (a lucky number) clods of
earth are thrown up, and water Is
sprinkled In the trench five times with
the sacred mango bush to Insure pro
ductiveness. Caution must be exercised
lest the charm be broken and prospec
tive fortune Imperiled. The farmer
must remain secluded during the fol
lowing day; no salt "must be eaten, no
money, grain or fire given away.
Among the Karnas before plowing
the farmer makes a burnt offering of
butter and molasses in bis own field
and again at the village shrine.
The Chinese begin plowing on the
first day of their solar year. Anciently
the rites which were celebrated by the
Chinese at plowing time were elabo
rate, but rationalistic sovereigns elim
inated one expensive religious rite aft
er another until nothing was left ex
cept the Imperial act of homage to
heaven and earth and agriculture in
the ceremonial plowing.
- The Siamese observe a rite called
Raakua about the middle of May.
which Is preliminary to the plowing
season, and it Is not proper for any
one to plow until the ceremony is
over. The court astrologers determine
the time for It On the day fixed by
tbem the minister of agriculture, who
is always a prince or nobleman of
high rank, goes with a procession to a
piece of ground some distance from
the capital Where the festivities are
to take place a new plow, to which a
pair of buffaloes are yoked, Is In readi
ness, decorated with flowers and leaves.
The minister guides the plow over
the field, closely watched by the spec
tators, who are especially Interested
in the length and folds of the silk of
his lower garments, because the pros
perity of the season and Its character
istics, wet or dry, are to be predicted
from these as he follows the plov. If
the robe rises from his knee there will
be disastrous rains. If it falls below
his ankles there will be a drought If
the folds reach midway between knee
and ankle the season will be prosper
ous. After a proper number of furrows
have been turned old women strew
grain of different kinds In tbem and
bulls are released from the yoke and
allowed to feast upon the seeds. The
grain which the animals eat most free
ly will be scarce next harvest and that
which they refuse to take will be abun
dant In Yorkshire it was considered un
wise to disturb the earth with plow or
spade on Good Friday. Exchange.
A Shipwreck.
Muggins, gazing Intently at a dead
dog. In a resigned tone at last said:
"Here Is another shipwreck."
"Shipwreck! Where?" blurted out
Juggins.
"Where, my dear friend?" quoted M.
"There Is a bark lost forever."
Jugt-'lns growled and passed on.
Londi Fun.
It is Impossible for a man attempt
ing many things to do all things well.
pCenophon. t
THREE ARTISTS.
The. Wonderful Sueoee ef Christy,
Fisher and Hutt.
Howard Chandler Christy Is said to
have "cleaned up" $30,000 In one year,
which sum Is something more than the
combined salaries of all the members
of President Roosevelt's cabinet This
may be an exaggeration. It probably
Is. and It should be. Yet that It la pos
sible for Christy to make such a sum
and that It Is probable his Income for
a twelvemonth has climbed well up
toward that figure are proved by the
fact that his royaItie4cn an edition of
one portfolio of drawiugs, the execu
tion of which probably occupied less
than month, was $13,000 the first
year it was out The advertising value
of Christy's name Is so great that
he has been offered handsome studio
apartments rent free tf be will only
move Into tbem and establish the rep
utation of the building. Harrison
Fisher la another popular artist who
has found the public very practically
appreciative. His career In many re
spects has been similar to that of
Christy, also his income, though it Is
doubtful If the latter has ever reached
the high water mark set by Christy's
st a ivy ear. Record has It that Fisher's
brush brought him $20,000 In seven
months at one time.
Henry Hutt is also a member of this
class. In ten years he sprinted from a
four dollar a week artist's "devil" In a
Chicago engraving bouse alt the way to
a seat of honor In the real artists' club.
While the first years of Mr. Ilutfs
"career" were somewhat stormy, at
least they were proportionately short.
He early found himself and fixed a
rising scale of prices on his work. This
proved an excellent plan, the only
change necessary in the programme be
ing a readjustment of the scale in or
der to frighten off the buyer with a
limited pnrse. The real flnanclul suc
cess of these three men Christy. Fish
er and Hutt lies in tbelr ability to
produce. Except when selling stuff on
a royalty basis, the prices paid them.
while seemingly enormous, are actual
ly not record breaking. Bookman.
A Story About 'Fighting Bob."
The other day at Lake Mohonk a
friend of Admiral Evans asked him:
"Admiral, Is there any truth that
after the battle of Santiago yon called
out from the bridge of the Iowa to a
captain of another battleship, Those
Spaniards cant fight a thing except
water? "
Admiral Evans laughed and replied:
T will tell you what I really said and
what the Incident really was. One
drizzly day during the blockade we
stood in toward the harbor and shelled
the shore batteries. It wasn't as ex
citing as it might have been, for.
whether we hit anything or not 1
know the Spaniards did not quite come
near us. After the shelling was over
a press boat lay alongside my ship.
and a newspaper man asked if we had
been hit I shouted back: They didn't
touch us. The Spaniards didn't hit
anything except water, and they
couldn't have hit that If there wasn't
so much of It' "
Wolseley Is Hard Up.
Lord Wolseley, who used to be
known in England as "our greatest
general," Is in straitened circumstances
and has given up his residence, the
Farmhouse, Glynde, Sussex, owing to
the expiration of his lease, and the
furniture and contents of the modest
little mansion have been disposed of
by auction. The distinguished soldier
has received in his time several liberal
grants from a grateful country for
services rendered to It but It is under
stood that his lot has now fallen on
rather evil times, the nap re so as his
state of health has prevented him from
completing his "Life of Marlborough."
Still, the suit of apartments that was
granted him and Lady Wolseley at
Hampton Court palace remains at theli
disposal.
Routed by Beggars.
Miss Anna Morgan, heiress to $300,
000,000, says a Vienna paper, was driv
en out of Berlin, where she hoped to
study politico-social conditions, by the
beggars, high and low, of nobility and
otherwise, who no sooner beard of the
arrival of the rich American girl than
they set siege to her dollars. Individ
uals, societies, churches, charitable in
stitutions and promoters of business
schemes wrote, telegraphed and sent
messengers. It all looked funny to the
young woman at first but It became
a nuisance, from which she escaped
by means of her automobile, In which
she hastened to a nearby summer re
sort '
Sheep Fattening 8heds.
At Aurora, 111., there are frequently to
be seen as many as 60,000 sheep at one
time boused in fattening sheds, where
they are put In prime condition for tho
market Herds numbering 75,000 are
to be encountered on the ranches of
the far west but at Aurora so manv
sueep in one bunch right In the midst
of a popular farming district Is a novel
sight The sheds at this point have
accommodations for 75,000 animals,
but there has yet been no occasion to
tax the establishment to its full capac
ity. Baltimore American.
Auitrslia's Wild Oysters.
Oysters are sometimes regarded as
dangerous, but they are not usually
considered savage. A Queensland
Judge, however, has decided that they
are wild beasts. Before a royal com
mission on the pearling industry, which
has been sitting at Brisbane, a wit
ness stated that eight years ago he
had laid 100.000 shells In the neighbor
hood of Friday Island. The Japanese
stole the shells, and the district court
Judge held that as Dearl shell ovRtera
were wild animals there was no penal
ty for stealing them. London Globe.
High School News.
Editorial Staff
Social A it nee Kllintt
Athletic Clark Morse
Alpha Societv l-ouise Sn turners
Ocnocouian Society. ....Wilford Belknap
Freshmen and Senior J r-..:- v
fcmenen Young
Sophomore and
Junior Clause
.Ethel Moore
A detailed account of the Oregon
High School Debating League will
take the place of the regular school
news this week.
Thirty-seven Oregon High
Schools have already entered to
contest for the championship of
the Oregon High School Debating
League this year.
Prof. A. M. Sanders, Superin
tendent of the Albany schools and
president of the State League, has
received reports from several other
schools that will probably enter
the race for rostrum honors during
the next few days. The outlook is
more favorable than ever before
for a splendid series of debates.
The schools of the state are di
vided into five districts for the
purpose of debate, as follows:
Eastern Oregon, Columbia River,
Central Oregon, Southern Oregon,
and Coos County. Each school
will contest for the championship
of the district in which it is en
titled, and the district champions
will compete in the inter-district
debate and the champions there
will compete for state honors.
The school winning state honors,
the debate to be held at the Uni
versity of Oregon, receives the Re
gent cup, presented by the Regents
of the University of Oregon to
stimulate debating among the
high schools of the state. This cup
is to become the permanent
property of the school winning it
twice. It was offered in 1903 and
was won that year by Lebanon,
with a team consisting of three
young ladies; in 1909, it went to
Grants Pass; 1910 remains to be
decided but we hope to see it grace
the halls of the Crook County High
School.
The question selected for debate
at the inter-district conteets and
the final debate for the state
championship is: "Resolved,
That the voters of Oregon should
give their endorsement to the pro
posed law for state guarantee of
bank deposits."
As before stated, each school will
have two teams, an affirmative and
a negative. On the same evening,
each school will meet a team from
each of the other schools in the
same triangle. Victory will be de
termined upon points. The de
cision will count one point and
the vote of each judge one point,
making it possible for the two
teama from one school to score
eight points. The school scoring
the most points wins the triangle
championship and as there are
eleven schools in the eastern Ore
gon section, there will be a second
triauguiar debate to determine the
inter-district championship; the
victors here will compete with the
other sections of the state and then,
lastly, for state honors.
The schools making up the east
ern Oregon section are: Athena,
Baker City, Crook County, Enter
prise, J-igin, Lauranci, untario,
Pendleton, Sherman County, Union
and Wheeler county.
Crook County High School, as
before announced, is in the tri
angle with Sherman and Wheeler
counties. The question proposed
for the debate to be held, accord
ing to the constitution, sometime
between the 1st of November and
the 1st of February is: "Resolved,
that the "commission plan" for
city government insures increase of
efficiency and decrease of cor
ruption in city o luces."
A Chance For
High School Students.
Here is a chance for some of the
bright young students at the Crook
County High School to win some
prize money.
Tbe Oregon Society of the Sons of
the American lie volution offers prizes
totaling f 100 to the pupils of the
public schools of the State of Oregon,
for essays on subjects connected
with our war for Independence,
One prize of $10.00, and three of
f5.00 each will be awarded for the
Unit, second, third, ami fourth Unit
essays, r nvtlvely, written by llljth
School pupils on one of the following
subjects:
1. The Influence of Alexander
Aaiutlton upon the ltepubllJ.
3. The tnrulug point of the Revo
lutionary War.
The committee has divided up the
state, exclusive of the High Schools,
tuto three districts comprised of the
following counties:
District Xo. 1 Multaiiomah county
District No. 2 All the counties ly
ing east of the Cascade mountains.
District No. 8 All the counties ly
lug west t the Cascade mountains
except Multnomah,
One prise of f 10.00 and thcee of
tO.OO each will be awarded In each
district for the llrst, second, third,
and fourth best essays, rvsneetlvely-,
written by grade pupils on any one
of the following subjects:
1. Tbe capture and trial of Major
Andre.
2. The winter at Valley Forge.
3. The women aud children of '70
Their trials and privations.
The essays are limited to three
thousand words each, must lie writ
ten In the student's own, handwrit
ing on one side only of the paper and
accompanied by a certilU-ate from
the writer's teacher, stating that the
writer Is a pupil In a designated class
and that the teacher Itelieves the
essay to be the pupil's own unaided
work.
The essays must be signed by the
writer, giving also his or her post
olllce address (including county).
They should be forwarded to Mr.
B. A. Thaxter, Chairman of Commit
tee, 44.1 Eleventh street, Tortlaud,
Oregon, nnd should reach their desti
nation not later than February 10,
l'.UO. Fjwny not complying with
these requirements will lie rejected.
In awarding these prizes the com
mittee will be governed by consider
ations of:
1. Originality.
2. Accuracy of statement.
3. Manner of treatment.
4. Orthography, syntax and
punctuation.
5. Neatness and legibility.
These prizes are offered to encour
age love of our country and the
study of Its history.
Any additional Information which
may be desired will lie cheerfully
furnished ou application to the chair
man of the committee.
H. A. Thaxter.
W. I). Wheelwright,
BenJ. 1. Cohen,
' Committee.
Gentleman Gray's Thanksgiving.
Said old Gentleman Gray, " On a
Thanksgiving Day,
If you want a good time, then give
something away;"
So be sent a fat turkey to Shoemaker
Price,
And the shoemaker said, "What a big
bird ; How nice !
And since such a good dinner's before
me, I ought
To give Widow 1m the small chicken
I bought."
"This fine chicken, oh, see!" said the
pleased Widow Lee,
"And the kindness that sent it, how
precious to me ;
I would like to make some one as happy
as I k
I'll give Washwoman Biddy my big
pumpkin pie.
"And oh sure," Biddy said, " 'tis the
qneen of all pies,
Just-to look at its yellow face gladdens
my eyes.
Now it's jpy turn, I think ; and a sweet
ginger cuke
For the motherless Finigan children
I'll bake."
Said the Finnigan children Rose, Denny
and Hugh
"It smells sweet of spices, and we'll carry
a slice
To poor little lame Jack, who has noth
ing that's nice."
"Oh, I thank you, and thank you" said
little lame Jack ;
"Oh, what a bootiful, bootiful, booti
ful cake I
And oh, such a big slice 1 1 will save all
the crumbs
And give them to each little spairow
that comes."
And the sparrows, they twittered, as If
they would say,
Like old Gentleman Gray, "On a
Thanksgiving Day,
If you want a good time, then give
something away."
Do You Like Sausage? ,
Fred Schneider, a professional saiiB
age maker, has been employed by Hori
ean & Still to make all kindH of saiimge.
He is turning out the finest kind ef
headcheese, liver sauBago, pork sausage,
link sausage, summer sausage, etc. Try
some of his make. You will want more
Heifer Estrayed.
Light roan heifer about 15 monthn old
came to my place about the middle of
Feb.
1!)0. No brand notioalile,
Knr
mark, crop olF right, under slope left.
Owner calf and pay panture bill anil costs,
anil recover.
W. S. CAHROI-L.
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Prineville, Or.
Prineville Art Gallery.
we make nil kinds 01 rnotos anil istamn
Picture. Prices reasonaWe: satisfaction 1
uranteed. o28-lm h. L. ioiiLli , Prop
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Notice is jjiven that subscriptions
will he received at the office of the
undersigned Company, or through
the Security Saving & Trut Com
pany, Trustee, Portland, Oregon,
for $800,000.00 First Mortgage 6
per cent bonds of the Portland Ce
ment Company, of Portland, Ore
gon. These bond are $500.00
each; will be sold at par or face
vaJjie, plus accrued interest. A
bonus of 100 per cent common
stock of the Companv will be given
with the bonds. b-wit: $5oo.u of
stock with each $500.00 of bonds.
Subscriptions may also be ten
dered through either of the follow
ing named bank of the City of
Portland, to-wit:
IU.nk ok California
Canadian Bank ok Commkkce
First National Hank
IliiiKRNiA Savings Hank
IIartman & Thompson, Hankers
I-add & Tilton Hank
Merchants National Hank
Unitkd States National Hank
or may be tendered through
CROOK COUNTY HANK,
Prineville, Oregon.
FIRST NATIONAL HANK,
Prineville, Oregon.
The following well known men
are the officers and directors nnd
more prominent stockholders of the
Portland Cement Company:
Amax Moons, President, ex-Gen. Mgr.,
Colorado Portland Cement Co., Denver,
Cal. Ex-Gen. Mgr., Union Portland
Cement Co., Qgden.
Tliro. B. Wltcox, I' it President, Pres.,
Portland flouring Mills Co., Portland.
Al.l. Ni8t.lv, Secretary, ex-Trens. Grande
Konde Lumber Co., Perry ,rrgn.
L. A. Lewis, Alltm It lsv.11, Portland.
C. W. NlBUT, Prti., Chios Portland
Cement Co., Pgden.Utdh.
A. L. Mills, President, first National
Bank, Portland.
Jos. N. Tl.U, Attorney, Portland.
VV. F. rllxeiL, President, Burrelt Invest
ment Co., Portland.
. C. Ainswobth, Prti., United Stales Na
tional Bank, Portland.
W. W. Cotton, Attorney, Portland.
Gio. Lamicnce, Ja., Manager Linvrente
Harness Co., Portland.
PAUL C Batm, Manager Aetna Life In
iuranet Co., Portland,
WutT Minos, Attorney, Portland.
Chaj. E. Ladd, Pres., LaJd Estate Co.,
Portland.
Andrew C. Smith, Prti., llibernia Sav
ings Bank, Portland.
W. A. Gordon, Pres., If. A. Cordon Co..
Portland.
E. L. Thompson, 'Uartman h Thorn f ton.
Bankers, Portland.
Tom Richardson, Manager, Portland
Commercial Club, Portland.
T. V. Sullivan, Chie) lng Portland
R. R., L. It P. Co., Oregon Ctlt.
John C. Cutur, ex-Governor Slate 0
Utah. Salt Lake City.
John Pincrm, Cashier, First National
Bank, Of Jen.
GfORCi Romnry, Vie Pres., Deseref Sav
ings Bank, Salt Lake Cit).
C. Leonardt, Pres., Southwestern Portland
Cement Co., Los Angeles.
O. C. Bebi, Cashier, Zions Savings
Bank It Trust Co., Salt Lake City.
Tuns. R. Cutler, Pres., Utah-Idaho Sugrn
Co., Salt Lake City.
A document giving full particu
lars concerning the Portland Cc
ment Company and its bonds will bt
mailed or may bchad upon applica
tion to the
PORTLAND CEMENT CO.,
607-009 Lumbermcns Building
Portland, Oregon.
OR
CROOK CCUNTY BANK,
Prineville, Oregon.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
Prineville. Oregon.
Lost Watch nnd chain between
Jus. Fnuirht's and Prineville. Gold
hunting case, lilrd on one side.
Double lapped gold link chain, silver
half moon slide, with stars on. ' No
bar on chain. Howard for return to
this olllce. 3t 028
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