A Joyous Christmas
at Powell Butte
In accordance with previously
formulated plans, a most joyous
Christmas day wus spent at the
homo of J, l HopH!r and family,
near Powull Iiutte schoolhouso, by
families of the Immediate neighbor
hood. For thin occasion the member
of the Hopper family had taste
fully decorated the living room- of
the home with Christmas bulla and
lengthy paper chain formed of
various colored links. Thia chain
waa festooned from ceilings and
walla and very fittingly represented
the chain of love extending down
through the long and dark ages of
the past for Him whose birthday
waa being celebrated.
Shortly after the arrival of the
last guests and exchanging of
hearty Christmaa greetings by all
dinner waa announced. A aumptoua
turkey dinner had been prepared
by the ladle present, and to those
who have ever had the pleasure of
attending one of these founts pre
pared by the Powell Butte ladies
any description wo mlht attempt
would be superfluous as you well
know what they are. The beauti
ful Hule Christmaa tree, ladened
with gifts for the little folks, stood
in a convenient corner of the dining
room and kept their little eyes
aglow with expectancy as they em
braced every opportunity to pass
by and peer into its burdened
branches.
After all had done ample juBtice
to the dinner and probably injustice
to themselves, a short literary
program was very creditably
rendered by the school children,
after which the question arose,
who shall be Knnta Claua for the
children. A vote was taken on it
and G. W. Wells was declared
unanimously chosen to impersonate
this character. Santa Claus then
Utok the presents from the tree and
and Nellie Moflitt and Charlotte
Hopper distributed them to the
little folks as well aa some of the
older onea who were eagerly await
ing them.
. Thia part of the program being
finished the crowd soon began to
realize that evening waa rapidly
approaching and they must depart
for their several homes which they
reluctantly did hoping to witness
the return of many auch joyous
occasions. Those present were:
J. P. Hopper and family, J F.
Hancock and wife. G. W. Wells,
wife and mother, J. T. Moflitt and
family, J. M. Moflitt and family,
Mrs. Mary F. Troth. Miss Katie
Grant and Charlie Lewis.
A Participant.
Howard Woman Wins
Nine Turkeys
At a turkey shoot held at Howard
early thia week Mrs. Elmer Haw
thorne bagged five turkeys for her
self and four for others. Lee
Iiievlns waa the winner of three
turkeys. These, were the only
turkeys won.
The showing made by Mrs. Haw
thorne is considered remarkable
when we take into consideration the
fact that the best shots of the com
munity pitted their skill against her.
Howard Happenings
The school entertainment held
last Wednesday was well attended
and enjoyed by all present.
The Howard Social Club held its
first dance in the new hall on
Christmas night. They are going
to have another dance New Year's
night. 0
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Crook County Schools
Receive Praise
In an, address made before the
school supervisors of Oregon at the
the 14th Annual Session of the Ore
gon State Teachers' Association,
held a Eugene last week, Super
visor A-1. O'Reilly, of Lane county,
characterized the work being done
by Supt, J. E. Myers and Supervisor
Shawe as the most remarkable in
the state.
"The Outlines, the Phonic CharU,
the Number Combination Cards,
In fact, all the material with which
the Crook county schools have been
supplied la of the most practical
value."
"And another feature deserving
of commendation," Mr. O'Reilly
said, "is the organized effort that
Is being made in Crook county ( to
raise the standard of penmanship
from the present style to the ex
cellent results obtained by the
practice of the Palmer Method."
C. E. Rugh, professor of Educa
tion at the University of California,
In an address, "The Gospel of
Work," said that the problem of
the rural schools of the entire
country is to secure the active co
operation of the district school
boards, and that the problem of
rural school supervision will be
solved when the rural school
teacher is willing to discuss her
class-room problems with her school
board and suKrvisor.
The following officers of the Ore
gon State Supervisors' Association
were elected: President, James H.
Jack, Hillsbnro; Vice-President,
Victor Shawe, Prineville; Secretary
Treasurer, E. R Peterson, Medford.
A Delightful "At Home."
A most delightful "At Home"
was given Tuesday afternoon by
Mrs. E. J. Wilson In compliment of
Mrs. P,lack of Baker, Ore. Delic
ious refreshments were served at
daintily appointed tables, after
which the guests departed, thank
ing Mrs. Wilson for a very enjoy
able afternoon. Those present
were: Mesdames Black, Dishman,
Wilson, Howard, C. M. El kins,
Dixon, Wirtz, Frank Foster, Oscar
Hyde, Berrian, Misses Hawley,
Jeffries and Williams.
A Good Santa Claus
Continued from first page.
ranch, on the Atlantic seaboard, are
the finest specimens of livestock to
be obtained, and he is sending the
cream of his Dreamwold stud and
herds and flocks to the ranches
owned by his children in Crook
county.
Stockmen of the United States
are beginning to turn to Oregon
for the finest specimens of livestock
and undoubtedly these latest im
portations will form the basis of the
best strains of livestock in Oregon
in the near future.
Crook County well Represented.
Continued on First Fage.
Portland next week from Prineville:
D. F. Stewart, W. F. King, E. T.
Slayton, G. W. Noble, Tom Sharp,
F. S. Towner, George Brewster, G.
W. Slayton, R. A. Kester and D.
P. Donovan. A united effort will
be made by the delegates from all
the Central Oregon towns to secure
the government appropriation of
$450,000 which will be available
for this state for some Central Ore
gon project.
Call for City Warrants.
All warrants registered up to and
including registered warrant No. 26,
will be paid on presentation at the
ofl'ice of the city treasurer of the
city of Prineville, Crook county,
Oregon. Interest will cease from
the date of this notice.
Dated December 31, 1914.
L. M. Bkchtell,
12-31-3t City Treasurer.
For Sale or Trade,
One two section harrow; one 16
Inch sulkey plow; one 12-Inch walk
liifC plow; one slip scraper; one 2
Inch wagon; one Durham cow; one
heifer calf, one saddle, etc. 11-6
PlilNHVIM.U KlCIOI) & LlVKKV STAItt.IC.
Crook County Journal, f 1.50 per yr
Special Session of City
Council Wed. Evening
At a thirty-minute session of the
city council last night Prineville's
five saloons were each granted a
license to operate until January 1,
1916, or until the state goes dry,
and each of them paid 1400, which
ia one-half the amount of the
annual license, the remaining half
to be paid the first of July. The
payment of one-half the license fee
at a time was passed on a year ago
and was not mentioned at last
night's meeting
Each of the applicants furnished
bonds In the sum of f 1000, three
of them being furnished by surety
companies and the other two were
Prineville business men.
The licenses were granted in the
following names: Champ Smith,
F. E. Bros! us, Walt Snoderly, John
Combs and Chas. King.
Objection had been made to the
granting of a license to one of these
men, the councilmen reported, but
aa there were no objections brought
before the open meeting, the
majority of the council were in
favor of granting the license.
Councilman I. W. Ward was absent,
having gone to Portland the first of
the week.
The outgoing council will hold
its last meeting Monday night, at
which time the new councilmen
will be sworn in.
More Registered Stock
for Crook County
W. H. Post received a bunch of
registered Hereford cattle from
Woodland, Wash., the first of the
week.
The bull is a five-year-old and
weighs 1950. He is a beauty;
square built and looks like a picture, j
The cows are of the same type and
will make a fine addition to Mr.
Post's herd. This herd was founded
five years ago with twenty regis
tered Herefords from the Bonny
view ranch, and there are today
forty-nine head of cows. The male
stuff is readily sold to stockmen of
this county.
Neimann-Rickm&n.
A very pretty wedding was that
of Mrs. Lucie Niemann and Thos.
Rickman at the home of the bride's
parent's, Mr. and Mrs- Sam
Kennedy, of Pringle Flats, on
December 24, at high noon. Friends
and neighbors of the happy couple
witnessed the ceremony, after
which a sumptuous luncheon was
served- Mr. Rickman is a well
known rancher of this vicinity and
the bride ia one of the most popular
young ladies of Pringle Flats.
Program for Parent-Teachers.
The following program will be
given at the Parent-Teachers' meet
ing Friday, January 8:
Memory drill Victor Shawe.
Solo Mrs. Calbreath.
Folk dances Miss Powers.
Duet Miss Williams and Mrs.
Bechtell.
Discussion "Social Side of
School Life." Leader, Mrs. Shipp.
All members are suoposed to take
part. Committee Miss Powers and
Mrs. Collins Elkins.
Politeness Is like an air cushion.
There may be nothing In it, but it
eases the jolt wonderfully.
Now they have a superstition that if
you meet a green haired girl on the
street you'll see a purple borne.
When a fellow'a conscience accuses
him he ought to be glad tunt It can't
talk loud enough for his wife to bear.
One suggested Improvement for the
canoe U an automatic distress signal
that will go off when the canoe turns
over.
"Men never grew up,'' says Harriot
Stanton Blatcb. And women never
grow old. It's a beautiful old world,
after all.
A man's head has to be turned be
fore he la in a position to pat himself
on the back.
The laws of gravitation decree that
what goes up must come down. This
is a comforting theory to apply to the
high cost of living.
DUTY OF THE CHURCH.
It Is the duty of the church to
make religion supreme. To leave
the word of UoJ and serve fa
ble; to subordinate miration to
social service; to substitute phil
anthropy for piety; Is a weak
ues of the fiend, a compromise
with the world, a concession to
the devIL This is the "passing
of faith;" this is the "decadence
of the ministry;" this la "mate
rialism Id tbe church.' Thia la
to give op, to surrender to the
clamor of those who believe mis
takenly that man can live by
bread alone.
To make a church a religion
lees mixture of civil service re
form, debating societies, gym
nasium contests, oyster sup
pers. Ire cream festivals, ster
eopticon lectures, good advice,
coal saving funds, sight singing
Clssaes, dancing schools, refined
minstrel shows, reading circles
and dramatic entertainments Is
certainly not to seek Drat tbe
kingdom of God sod bis right-eousnes.-Itcv.
David U. Steele,
Philadelphia.
TEARS, IDLE TEARS.
Tears, Idle teurs, 1 know not
what they mean.
Tears from the depth of some
divine despair
Klse In the heart and gather in
the eyes,
In looking on tbe bappy au
tumn fields
And thinking of the days that
are no more.
Fresh as the first beam glittering
on a sail
That brings our friends up from
the underworld. '
Sad as tbe lust which reddens
over one
Tb.it sinks with all we love be
low the verge;
So sad, so freab, the days that
are no more.
Ab, sad and strange as In dark
summer dawns
The earliest pipe of balf awak
ened birds
To dying ears, when unto dying
eyes
Tbe casement slowly grows a
glimmering square;
So sad, so strange, the days that
are no more.
Dear as remembered kisses sft-
ter death
And sweet as those by hopeless
fancy feigned.
On Hps that are for others; deep
as love.
Deep as first love and wild with
all regret
Ob, death In 'life, the days that
are no more!
Alfred Tennyson.
APHORISMS ON RELIGION.
Persecution is a bad and indi
rect way to plant religion. Sir
Thomas Browne.
The body of all true religion
consists, to be sore, In obedi
ence to tbe will of tbe sovereign
of the world. In a confidence In
his declarations and In Imita
tion of his perfections. Burke.
Religion, the pious worship ot
God. Cicero.
Men will wrangle for religion,
write for It, fight for it, die for
It; anything but live for it
a O. Colton,
Piety, like wisdom, consists In
the discovery of the rales under
which we are actually placed
and in faithfully obeying them.
Froude.
TO WOMAN.
Backward, turn backward, dear
ones. In your flight;
Make yourself girl again Just for
tonight;
Drop the sex question, suffra
gette, sport;
Blow us one kiss of the old fash
ioned sort.
-Ufa.
SKY PRAI8ES.
Not golden sky, which was the
doubly blessed symbol of ad
vancing day and of approaching
rest George Eliot
The starry cope of heaven.
Milton.
The sky domed above us, with
Its heavenly frescoes, painted
by the thought of the Great
Artist Allan Throckmorton.
Sometimes gentle, sometimes
capricious, sometimes awful;
never tbe same for two mo
ments together; almost human
in its passions, almost spiritual
In Its tenderness, almost divine
In its inanity, its appeal to what
is immortal In us Is as distinct
as Its ministry of chastisement
or of blessing to what is mortal
Is essential.-Itusklu.
STATION DESPAIR.
We mum trust the conductor,
most surely.
Why, millions of millions be
fore Have made this same Journey
securely
And come to that ultimate
shore.
And we, we will reach It In
season.
And, ah, wbat a welcome Is
there!
Reflect, then, bow oat of all rea
son To stop at the Station Despair.
Ay, midnights and many a po
tion Of bitter black water have we
As we journey from ocean to
ocean.
From sea onto ultimate sea.
To tbe deep sea of seas and all
silence
Of passion, concern snd of
care;
That vast sea of Eden set Is
lands Don't stop at the Station De
spalrl Go forward, whatever may fol
low. Go forward, friend led or
alone.
Ah, me, to leap off in some hol
low Or fen. In tbe night and un
known. Leap off like a thief; try to bide
you
From angels all waiting yoa
tbere!
Go forward, whatever betide
you
Don't stop st tbe Station De
spair! Joaquin Miller.
8INCERITY.
Loss of sincerity ia loss of vi
tal power. Bovea
Tbere Is love of being sincere
without tbe love of learning;
the beclouding here leads to an
Injurious disregard of conse
quences. Confucius.
The measure of life is not
length but honesty. Lyly.
Sincerity Is the way to heav
en. To think bow to be sincere
Is the way of man. Mendus.
He hath a heart as sound as a
bell, and bis tongue is the clap
per, for wbat bis heart thinks
bis tongue speaks. Shakespeare.
But many a slip occurs soon after
the cup has been to the Up.
The man. who uses only honeyed
words never has to eat them.
A man cannot ad4 to his stature by
treading on other people's toes.
Some customs are universal. Every
man put his best apples on top.
Automobile Men Attention
Don't throw away your old tires. Bring
them to F. P. Luce at the Ford Garage.
I make the heaviest and cheapest reliner
on the market. Prices $1.50 to $3.00.
CALIFORNIA
The Land of Sunshine, Fruit and Flowers
CALLS YOU
With Summertime in Winter, Outdoors and Indoors Sports,
Boating, Surf-Bathing, Driving, Golf, Polo, Tennis. For
Rest and Recreation, California is Delightful For Safety
and Comfort, go via the
Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co.
Through Portland, Return the Same Way.
California is Staging Two Big Shows, Celebrating Comple
tion of the Panama Canal.
Panama-Pacific International Exposition
San Francisco, February 20 to December 4, 1915.
Panama-California Exposition
Sandiego, January 1 st to December
31. 1915
Tbey represer. t the highest and best of
human endeavor in the world of art,
Bcience and industry.
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THE 8IMPLE LIFE.
1 have grown to believe that
the one tiling worth aiming at is
simplicity of lienrt snd life; that
one's reunion with others shonld
be direct and not diplomatic;
that power leaves a bitter taste
In tbe mouth; that meanness
and barrinene and coldness are
the unforgivable sins; that pleas
ure exist not to virtue of ma
terial conditions, but In tbe joy
ous heart; that tbe world Is a
very interesting and beautiful
place, and that congenial labor
is tbe secret of happluess. A.
B. Benson.
MODES OF TRAVEL.'
"1 will not run!" exclaimed the
man
Of eminence one day.
Though I suspect no other can
Conduct you to tbe fray.
"1 will not run, though 1 confess
The men sll brave and true.
Wbom yon might name are
growing less.
Tbey always were quite few.
"1 will not run. although I feel
, A duty tbat extends
Quite plainly to the public weal
As well as to my friends.
"1 will not run. With grief pro
found Tour wish I have denied.
But bring tbe old band wagon
round
' And maybe I will ride.
Washington star.
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