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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 25, 1920)
4 ' TIIE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM. OREGON; SATURDAY' MORNING. DECEMBER 25. 1920 m , ijued Dally Except Monday by TIIR STATtSMAN PCBLISHIXO COMPANY 115 8. Commercial St.. Salem, Oregon (Portland Of Hce. 704 Spalding Building. Phone Main 1116) MKMBEK OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Ajsoclated'' Press la exclusively entitled to the use for repub lication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited la this ppr nd the local news published herein. R. J. uendricks Manager Btephn A. Stone . . Managing Editor Raid Glover. Cashier Fraak Jaskosal, .Manager Job Dept. DAILY STATESMAN, served by carrier In Salem and suburbs, IB - cents a week, 65 centa a month. DAILY STATESMAN, by mall, in advance, 1 6 a year, $3 for six months, $1.50 for three months. In Marion and Polk counties; It a year, $3.50 for six months, $1.75 for three months, out side of these counties. When not paid in advance, 50 centa a year additional. THE PACIFIC HOMESTEAD, the great western weekly farm paper, wPl be sent a year to any one paying a year In advance to the Daily Statesman. - SUNDAY STATESMAN. $1.50 a year; 75 cents for six months; 40 cents for three months. WEEKLY STATESMAN, Jssued In two six-page sections, Tuesdays and Fridays, $1 a year (if not paid In advance, $1.25); 60 cents for six months; 25 cents for three months. TELEPHONES: Business Office, 23. Circulation Department, 583. Job Department, 683. Society Editor 10C. Entered at the Postof flee In Salem, Oregon, as second class matter. THE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS ianity is .impractical, and as a guide in the life of man a failure. These things are only evidence that men professed Christians generally have not approached as yet the standard which He set for His followers. Indeed, it is doubtful if iuot of them have as yet arisen to a full appreciation of them. Our ideas of greatness even have generally not yet come up to His standard, which would hold htm who is the brst man and who serves most as the greatest man. In fact the spirit of Christ is alien to most of us. It is not the guide for our lives. We profess to love it and like t think we have it; hut in truth we have not His spirit, and as Paul says, we arc, there fore, none of His. We are still largely pagan, for it is our life and conduct that shows forth our spirit, not our professions or beliefs. To most of humanity Christ is as much in prophecy as He was to the Psalmist and the old prophets. lie has not yet come into their world, that world in which they really live and move and have their being. If He had this old planet would now be a very different place. 'May. it not be that one reason why we have fallen so far short of realizing in its fullness the religion of Jesus Christ is that it has long been preached thai Jesus was a special creation and so different from the rest of the race that men could not live His life! Indeed, to suggest that His followers are ex pected to follow Him in the sense of living his life and doing His works has heretofore been regarded as Utile less than sacrilege. The New Testament, of course, has not a word n which to base any such idea. On the contrary he specifically promises that those who become His disciples shall do His works and greater ones, while Paul says that 'He is the first born of many brethren." James does not resitate to call those who walk in the spirit of Christ sons of (Jod, and every book of the New Testament makes it plain that Christians are to be counted such only when they manifest His spirit, imitate his life and arc able to show some of His spiritual power. their former advantages with an implied knock a?alnt th Orro:i prune. Anions the Jews of NVw York's EaFt Side, the of the HiPapnes by comparison of tho Oregon prune will nut Lf long In lettinn itself known. unl from that source it will sprt-ad. Tbe Oregon irune is going to be th treat prun of the, future in the markets of t li world, and every u.an in this Faction who has a pruhe orchard will do well to at tend to it carefully and well. I success have Wn attributed larre- the membership has almost doab- new work the r.rt of the jrxr lyio hi eltorts. He became pas-J led. j - tor in 111. anil lino that timej Mr. Pentbertoi will bepin hl. Ktan-Mssji l,nM ' t-' j 1.', r ' v! t .' .-. RECOMMENDED TO SCHOOL . CHILDREN This Is the season when chil dren are subject to cronp. colds and coughs. Rena C Marchard. 36 Lawrence St.. Salem. Mass.. writes: "I used Foley's Honey and Tar with good results.. I bad a very bad cold and it gave me re lief at once, so I recommend it to every child that goes to school." This standard, low priced medi cine loosens and clears mucus and phlegm, checks strangling cough ing, makes easy breathing, soothes and heals - raw, inflamed mem branes, and stops tickling in throat. Sold everywhere. . (Copyrighted by the San Jose Mercury) Scarcely an intelligent person could be found who would liot agree that the coming of Christianity to the world is the greatest event in the history of mankind. There would very likely be some diversity of opinion as to why this must be re garded as the greatest world event. But most will admit that this is so because the greatest results have come from it. Because even civilization Lstelf is the product of it. , Although bv no means universally accepted in the world, and still less triumphant ts a rule of life and practice in most lives, its j influence has still been sufficient to largely revolutionize the ideals and somewhat the conduct, of the people of the western world. Although there is yet much rank injustice, hatred and gross selfishness in the part of the world which has generally accepted the New Testament, still much of the brutality, cruelty and .injustice which formerly dominated the whole world has there been Superseded by more humane, just and merciful systems of government and society. The life and teaching of Jesus, as outlined in the New Testa ment, especially emphasize two things, love and unselfish ser vice. He himself ' went about doing good," ministering to the tielr mnA needv nnd in word and deed Dointine the way to the idealr? the divine life which He insists all must live if they are to escape the sacrifices and sufferings resulting from a brutal, carnal and sinful life. "Love," He says, "is the fulfilling of the law." "Thou shalt love the .-Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind' " and thy neighbor as thy self. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets." and again: "He that would be greatest among you, let. him be your servant." Could anything be more opposed to the natural, carnal, selfish, brutal if e of physical force which the whole world was living when these exalted ideals were given to it, and which, alas, most of human ity still live! And yet they are the expression of His spirit and the very soul of the religion which He preached and lived. The injustice, immorality, brutality; cruel wars and strife that still dominate many if not a majority of the professed followers of Jesus are not to be taken as evidence that Christ- Although it is the day set aptrt to commemorate the birth of Christ, to most men Christmas as yet has little meaning, for Christ is not a reality to them; only a name, a tradition, a character of history, perhaps one who shed His blood for them on the- cross of Calvary nineteen hundred years ago. To few is He a spirit, ever present, and all-pervading as He himself has taught us that! God is. Still fewer men have come to under stand that this spirit may enter into our hearts, may come to quicken our spirits and finally be born in our lives. Indeed, until He is so born, for us He has had no birth; we have no Christ. Let Christ be born in your life. Then you will have the real Christmas. . "Not where the wondrous infant lay Upon that Christinas morn, But in the manger of thy heart Feel thou the Christ-child born. Not. Where the wondering shepherds heard The song of peace on earth, But in the chamber of thy soul Sing thou thy Savior's birth. Guard well the child; bid every thought Before the Christ bow down ; ' : , The Son of Cod, immaculate Within thy being crown. Rev. H. . Pemberlon Accepts Pest in Iowa Rev. H. Elmer Pemb'erton. who for several years has held the pastorate of the South Salem Friends church, closed his work there yesterday and w'.ll take up evanelistic work in Iowa, his na tive state. . For nianv rears before the rhnrch was. built. Rev. Mr. Pem- I berton was Interested In estabiisn- At Ih in v a Friends couKresauon South Salem, and since us esian- lishment in 1912 Us growtn ana Christmas Greetings and What Will $10,000 Insurance Do? -Depends on how you leave it. Live insurance. left in a lump sum is usually dissipated in a few years. , . ; .' . . ' Bnt suppose you made a simple Insurance Trust Agreement directing that this Bank invest your 110,000 insurance money and pay an annuity to your wife. t "She would receive an annuity approximately as follows: $100 monthly for 10 years- remainder to her credit, $600 or - ; $50 monthly tor 20 years remainder to her :v : credit $5,480. . Our officers invite conferences on Insurance Trusts regardless of the amount of your insurance. Salem, Oregon . Capital National Bank Trust Department, Salem, Oregon Then will God's angels sing the song That ne'er will pass away; O earth be still! O soul rejoice! This is thy Christmas1 day." The Russian soviet, has abol ished money. There is now but one other thing to do', aud that is to wipe out hunger. President Wilson and Joe Tu multy) ought to collaborate on that new history. What Wood row forgets Joe can supply. It is a good thing for Presi dent Wilson that his acceptance of the Nobel peace prize does not have to be confirmed by the senate. We presume that when Mrs. Harding called on Mrs. Wilson the other day to look over the White House the .latter told her ell about some of the rooms that 1. is impossible to heat and be moaned the lack of closet room in the historic edifice. Rested itself in record figures But we will soon touch our feet on the ground again. This U of ficial. , ..... u... - .: . Best Wishes Over $300,000,000 contributed by the government to the rail roads from March to November, according to the official figures. Charge it up to the guarantee act that went into effect, when the roads were turned back by the government to their owners. A costly experiment was the govern ment operation of the railroads. 17IVIAN MARTIN V5BANDS AND WIVES . STARTING SUNDAY . GRAN D THEATRE U "1 nl r i . v., ,1 , I,,., i- in mi m t i 1 t-i-fmrm -rrr for the Coming Year 1allev Motor Co. mo CD a k '- 5 -- Connecticut leads the union in the number of women chosen as members of the state legislatures, with five. California has but two, and Oregon one. And the Nutmeg state Is one of the com monwealths that balked on giv ing the women the right to vote. What made Salem the prune center and the loganberry cen ter? The fact that we happened to get the start in acreage is what. And what is the matter with getting a larger bulge In the filbert industry? It can be done, and is being done in a very fair way now. But why not get a still larger acreage than has so far been planned, in the Salem district? This is worth consider ing. We Wish Everyone a MERRY CHRISTMAS $ s s If there be those among us who think ' that with the advent of the Harding administration there will be a vanishing of taxes, forget it. Nothing of that kind will happen. The war debts must be paid and the psychological conditions following the war man- - FUTURE UATES. - January 4. Towitaj Coronation of Kmc Bine, trmorr. January 14, Friday Baabetball, ?WU lam'lte va. O. A. C. at Salem. January 19 and 20, Wednesdar nd Tlrarsday Annual inatitnte Y. W. P. A JaDuary SO and 21. Thundar and PH- day Basketball. Willamette i. U. of O. at Salem. January 23. Friday Trianrular tntrr aeholastM debate. - Salem, Stayton aoid Orecon City high arhoola eompetinjr. Jannanr 24 to SO Interstate conwo Uon of T. II. C. A. in Salem. I'ebmary a, Thuradav Dnroe day, snow and aale. state fair zrouads. Kehmary 12. Saturday Lineobi'a Dirtnaay. Kebroary 14, Monday BaaVetbolL Willamette a Univeraity of Idaho. Momrow. Febmary IS and' IS. Tneadar and Wedneaday - Baabetball, Willamette . WlMtman. at Walla Walla. February 17. Tbunday Batketbel!, WUIametto Walla WalU T. JX. C. A, at rwaila alla. - Februarr 18 and 19. Friday and Sat rday Basketball, Willamette ts. Gon ura. at Sponade. February 22, Tuesday Basketball, illamette Te. Idaho, at Salem. February 22. Tnesday Washington's birthday... February 24 and 2. ThuradaT aad FVi day Basketball, WUIametto e. Whitman at Jaiera. liarrh 4 and 5. Friday and Saturday Basketball, Willamette ts. U. of at Eafene, April IS. Friday Baseball, Willamette rs. V. of O., at Salem. April 16, Saturday Baseball, Willam ette y. V. of O.. at Eneeno. May 2fi. 27 and 28 Baseball. WUIam etto vs. Whitman, at Walla Walla. October I. Saturday (tentative) -Football. WUIametto ti. O. A. C at Coryallia. - - November 1 1. Friday (tentative) ' Football. WUIametto va. " Whilman.- at Walla Walla. - . , November 24, Thursday tentative) ThanVrivin day football. Willamette va. ilaitaoatah, at Salemt 2. Oforistmas Gfaeer for All the Year The California prune growers I have for some time had the edge I on the Oregon prune men, or most of them, because they have been abl to say that their prunes took very little sugar. Now that sugar is cheaper than prunes, the fboe is on the other foot and the Oregon prune is not only cheaper, but it' has the tart-sweet taste that makes it and has always made It the premier prune of the world. And! this advantage is likely to persist. That idea will not need much exploitation, either, and will likely not be given any; for the Californians might consider It a knock though they them selves have not hesitated to boost .at - M lit if'i 11 til.,'' Jirttl'n, HWn . i. TUf MM.: .'U &.mK - - 1 Si m I4J mi a. nnrt t " T oia7 A solid year of Christmas cheer! Smiling face and happy hearts! '. No time for worrying and cross ing bridges! . Who does not long for a way to make that true? Well, there is such a way and many are finding it. - , ' Give Christmas presents that are useful and will be appreciated - the year 'round. They'll recall to mind daily the happy occasion when they were given and received. Thu.- will the Spirit of Christmas be kept green. People who put thought into their giving are raying "Merry Christmas" electrically, this year especially.-. Such presents 'invariably impress with their lasting elegance and good taste, yet they are not expensive. And their great service commands the instant appreciation of the user. There's something electrical for all on your list, something they'll be the happier for. having and u ing. Come and see. PORTLAND RAILWAY, LK.1IT & POWER CO. . OT i- r 63 M WELCH ELECTRIC CO. 379 State St. bo.. VV. . p. -1 ! ! t I i! i i t w-.Mor Oik-.t.Var-JL"1 i A