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C apital JlJournal
Balem, Oregon
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Merry Christmas
Christmas and the Christmas spirit which inspires us at
this glatj season, have been the inspiration of the poet since
"the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God
shouted for joy' since
Shepherds at tho grange,
Where the Babe was born
Sang with many a change
Christmas carols until morn.
But the customs of the Yuletide festival, which the early
Christians adopted on conversion of the heathen of northern
Europe and merged with those of the church, far antedated
the latter, for in the ancient celebrations,
England was merry England, when
Old Christmas brought hla sports again.
'Twas Christmas broach 'd the mightiest ale;
'Twas Christmas told the merriest talc;
A Christmas gambol oft couid cheer
.. Tho poor mans heart through half the year.
In those faraway medieval days
J Tho mistletoe hung In tho cnstlo hall
: The holy brunch shown on the old 0:1 It wall
t And tho IJ a ion's retainers were blithe and gay
And keeping the Christmas holiday.
Christmas this year in Oregon is as mild and balmy as a
day in spring, which is not altogether satisfactory, for wc
are preverse enough to desire weather more in keeping with
tradition, for
A-t Christmas, I no more desire a rose
Than wish a biiow In May's now-'tangled mirth.
Nevertheless
Let's dance and sing and make good cheor
For Christinas cornea but once a year.
Hoping that the few fleeting hours when the Christmas
spirit rules the land may influence for the better the coming
year, we wish all of our readers a Merry Christmas, so
Sound over all waters, roach out from all lands,
The chorus of voices, the clnsping of hands;
Sing hymns that were sung by the stars of the morn,
Sing songs or, the angels when Jesus was born.
With glad jubilations
Bring hope to the nations ' s
The dark night Is ending and dawnhos begun.
Itise, hope of tho ages, aviso like the sun.
All speech flow to music, all hearts beat as one.
Love's Greatest Gift
By VIOLET DARE
TAT HAMTIrON'S IlliXP
Pat Hamilton nrrivod at Mary's
rooming hoim, five minutes soon
er than ho said he would. Shu was
roady, however, and watched for
hla car.
"Now, tell , me what'n tho trou
ble," he said as they drove swiftly
up tne street, ,
She told him ; about the threats
, Stanley Blake's, wlto had made,
and her Insistence that Mary leave
town at once. "'
"Well, of course, she's just try
ing to senro you." ho remarked
when she hnd finished. "Sho doos
n't Intend to divorce hhn, probab
ly, but just wants to ,ho sure Unit
ho won't see you nny more."
"But I told hor mother that I
wasn't the girl who'd been going
around with him, but that It waa
my roommate; ho told thorn that,
too, but they don't believe It."
"A woman who's jealous of hor
husban won't believe anything but
what sho want's to; I know that
from experience," ho replied. "Now
tt seems to me thnt the best thing
for yon to do la to leave town, not
because you've got any reason to
fear what they may do, but Just
boenuso you haven't boon very
happy hero and you'd novor be,
after this.
"Why don't you go to Now
York? You'd llko II, I know, nnd in
a new place you'd have moro In
centlve to step out nnd miike some
thing of yourself. Thnt's tho place
for you, and you ought to start
right nwny "
"But I haven't any money,"
Mary answered.
"Vee you have. I'm going to take
care of that. I'll give you nil you
need."
Mary shook her head.
"I couldn't take it," Bho told
him. "I aeked you for help be
cause thero s nobody elso to who
I can turn, but 1 can't let you help
mo that wny. '
"Well, let mo lend you the mon
ey," he urged. "Surely you'll accept
it that way."
"Not unless I have some hope of
being able to pay tt back," she
replied. "If you know anyono for
whom I might go to work In New
York, then"
'I do, of course, ho answered
promptly. "Thero's a friend of
mine there who needs exactly the
kind of necretary you'd be. He n
rather an old man, doesn't go to
nn office any moro but ilocw a good
denl of work at homo. Now, you
could go to him ho'd pay you
well nnd I'm sure you'd get along
bonutlfully together. How about
it?"
, "I think that would be wonder
Mnry replied. "I'd love to do It "
"All right; that's settled, then.
111 wire him tomorrow, snd make
nil the Arrangements for you to
leave shall we say Saturday?
Thnt would give yon a chance to
look n round a bit Humlny and get
used to the city. Then you could
go to work Monday."
"I don't know what I'd have
done without you." Mnry told him.
gratefully. "You've been awfully
kind. I didn't date go to my aunt
and uncle; I knew they'd Just scold
me, terribly; probably they would
n't have believed that It was Celta,
and not 1, who made trouble In
Editor and Publisher
matter at Salem, Oregon
Mr. Blakc family. You've been
wonderful."
Ho emitod and patted her arm
lightly.
"I haven't done much; not any
more than any good friend would
have done," be answered. "And
you can't know how pi canoe! I vu
to have you turn to me. I felt that
you trusted me again. In spite of
the things you thought about me
not so very long ago."
Mary flushed and turned to look
oat of the window of the cab.
"You've forgiven mo, haven't
you 7". he went on. "I waa dread
fully rry for what happened,
nnd If I'm doing anything for you
now well, plcaso Jtwt accept It a
atonement for my hurting your
feelings then, won't you?"
Mary turned back to him and
laid her hand In the one he held
out to her, smiling up at him.
"Shako ban da and forget It," he
lnughod "And now let's go some
where for supper, and then you
can hurry homo and pnek. Satur
day's only two days awny, you
know."
Mary went tho next day to tell
her aunt and undo good-bye. She
uiu not ten tnem all tho clrcuiu
Hlnnces; merely that sho had been
offered a very good position In
New York, and that hor employer
had lent her the money. Hamilton
had advised her to tell thorn that
rather than the truth, which would
merely make a disturbance and
would not do any good.
"You'll have to lenrn to doctor
tho truth n bit," he told her. "Sonic
time n Ho is tho only thing that
Haves the situation."
Her aunt was frankly disapprov
ing. . "Chicago's plenty big enough for
you. It seems to me; I gurus there
aro lots of better jobs here thnn
you've over had," sho nnnounccd.
"Now you come back hero and live
with us again, and see If you aren't
huppler than you would be gad
ding off to New York."
Mary shook her head. Even If It
hadn't been for the trouble with
the It in ken, she told herself, she
wouldn't want to stay In Chicago.
The time had come for her to
travel new paths. And probobty
.'die'd never have another opportun
Ity as good as this one wns.
When sho got home thnt night
sho tried on her ono evening dress.
wondering If sho'd over have a
ehauce to wear It In New York.
Maybe who could tell?
Sho waa still wearing It when
hor landlady came u Ma Ira with
11 nolo from Colia containing a
cheek Even before she glanced nt
the note Mary paused to. wonder
where Colin had got enough money
to have her own chocking account
it a bank.
"Donr Mary." Celta had writ
ten. "Please give this lo tho land
lady, so that when I send for my
furniture tomorrow she will let It
go. sorry not to see you again; I'm
leaving town very nhortly."
So Ccli.1 wan going nwny, too.
"Not to New York, I hone,"
Mury remarked to herself. And no
premonition told her thnt Cella
xvnm on her way to New York nt
that very moment, nnd that they
were to meet again, under etrange
circumstance.
Bight teams have been signed
to en tor the older boys tourna
ment to be held at the V. M. C. A,
gym as part of the Ohriutmaa holi
days program. The tournament
will open Saturday attornoon and
will continue throughout the
week.
The eight teams entered In the
tourney aro tho Crocus, ?ft-Y,
Demons, Night Juniors. Leslie M
10,, Athenians, Oregon Journals
and Wobfootors. All of the boys
who aro under 19 years of ago aro
eligible to play in the tournament
Drawing for the games have not
been, made, however.
Winners of tho tournament will
he decided through the elimination
process. Tho loot re will have a
chance to show their prowess by
playing in the coneolation tourna
ment. The following Is the schedule
for the games to be played during
tho tourney:
Creeks vs. Hi-Y, Saturday at
Ii;3G; Athenians vs. Oregon Jour
nals, Monday evening at 7:15;
Night Juniors vs. Webtooters,
Monday evening after the first
game; Demons vs. Leslie M. E..
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock
The semi-finals will be staged
Wednesday or Thursdny, and the
finals on Friday or Saturday, it Is
thought.
XMAS PRO GUAM OIVJON
Brooks, Dec. 24. Tho Methodist
Sunday school Christmas exercises
wore given at tho church Tuesday
evening. A pretty troe, well dec
orated, hold gifts for the children
and a program of mu.slc and speech
o.i-'mado a very enjoyable- evening.
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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
Salem Linen
Described
A comprehensive account of thu
linen industry, "its origin and de
velopment, with particular refer
ence to the vicinity of Salem, is
contained in the Kiwania club
contest essay submitted by Loree
liiirlwiin of Purrltsh junior httih
school. His essay took first placo
among the productions submitted
by seventh grade pupils iu tho
city. It is entitled "Salem Indus
tries,' 'and reads as follows:
Salem has many industries
among which aro planing mills,
packing plants, a paper mill, lum
ber mills, canneries, tile and brick
yards, a cheese factory, crcauerlee,
woolen mills, bottling works, a
flour mill, and bakeries, also one
of tho newest, but it probably will
be oue of the moat important, the
linen mill. Last year Salem erect
ed one linen mill and during tho
next year a $GO0,000 one is to be
erected. Several retting plant)
are also to be erected.
The linen industry is an old in
dustry. Linen has been known as
far back as the Kgyi tlan 1'haraohb.
In the time of these Pharaohs of
Egypt they didn't even have shut
tles. Now the mills have meet all
machinery to do the work.
Here in Salem the fl:ix eeed may
be planted and the plants puMed In
70 days. After pulling. It is retted
in tanks of water and spread to
dry. Freeing the fiber requires
two processes. First the break-'
ing is done by means of a wooden
hnndlo and grooved board. Then
the- fiber is entirely eeparafed by
a machine in which a number of
kit Wee attached to the arms of a
vertical wheel, strike the flax
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lengthwise. The flax is next
heckled with an iron comb. The
fiuer fiber is produced by repeat
ed necking each time with a finer
comb.
As far back as 1876 tho Salem
flax took the prize against all o:t-
or countries. Thero will always
bo a demand for flux or linen so
long as the people use napkins,
haudkerch left', clothing, tapestry,
laces or aeroplanes.
Flax is also used for linseed mi,
for upholsteilng, thread, twino
and cloth of various Kinds.
Then the water of the rotting
tanks is used for fertilizer. The
oil meal, after being pressed for
linseed oil, makes dairy feed, the
woody part is used for fuel. So
there is no waste to flax.
Tho linen industry has made
Belfast a rich city of 5a0,u00 in-
habitants; also that part of Ire
laud very rich with its water, soil
and climate. There is no reason
why Salem may not be a "Belfast
of the world in the near future.
SILVERTON GIRL BURIED
Sllverton, Ore., Dec. 21. (Spec
ial) Nettie McAdams, the 21 year
old granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs.
K. Halvorson, was burled from
Trinity church this morning at ten
o'clock. Miss McAdams died Tues
day at tho school for the feeble
minded at Salem.
For years she has made her
home with her grandparents at
Sllverton, being confined to tho
feeble minded home about a year
ago.
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CHRISTMAS TO
BREAK RECORD
FOR MILDNESS
(Continued from Page One)
There is no question that Salem's
population has grown decidedly
sluce last holiday season, and we
have learned that Salem Is mure
and more becoming the center for
a considerable portion of the
Christmas shopping from valley
points which before has gone to
Portland. The paved roads ,and
automobiles of course ure playing
their part in this.''
Toy Business Good
It also has been demonstrated
that the Santa Claus, without
. falao faco and with real whiskers
sticking tt his chin, has played a
part In this, as kiddles In other
towns have heard of Salem's San
ta Claus and have lnvlegled or
coerced their parents Into a trip
to Salem for no other purpose
than to see him. More shopping
has been an Indirect result.
The toy buslnes, one of the big
ends of the Christmas shopping
as usual, has been good, and most
of the toy shops figure they will
clenn up well. The expensive toys
si.'h as nearly real automobiles
nil similar things are not prov
ing such big drawing cards this
year. But real high-class Ameri
can toys seein to be holding the
boards and the cheaper stuff
from Germany is not attracting
the attention it did once. All told
more expensive toys are being
purchased in the aggregate, al
though the real high priced ones
aro not so much In demand. Toy
buyers are seeking toys that will
last for moro than one or two days
after Christmas and indications
are that they will go pretty well
by the time the shops close to
night. Manv Useful Gifts
The clothing md men's furnish
ings end of the Christmas shop
ping game has fared well, accord
the Proof
Following the Prescription
ing to reports from tho big stores.
However, as another indication of
increased population, tho returns
Indicates the moving of large quan
titles of lower priced merchan
dise: For an instance, in one of
the big stores 100 dozen neckties
of a certain kind wcro put on at
45 cents apiece. Within a week
they were all cleaned out and
moro asked for. This Is a sample
of wht happened In that grade of
merchandise which is sought as
useful Christmas gifts.
On the other hand expensive
presents In tho merchandising
lines also have moved. As an In
stance high priced blankets have
been In heavy demnnd. The med
ium priced pieces of merchandise
have not moved so well. The hulk
of the business in the furnishings
line has been either the low-priced
or high priced stuff.
Business generally has been hot
tor both in cash and credit lines.
Local Fruits Shinned
A leading grocery store reports
tho finest business In its history.
This class of business does not get
tho reaction from tho outside
trade to any great extent, but it
confirms the fact of a great many
moro people being In town on the
local shopping list.
One thing featured in the
Christinas line in grocery stores
sales was the vast number of
Christmas packages sold for ship
ping away, particularly to tho
east. Fancy prune boxes, combin
atlou boxes of nuts, and fancy
packed fruits from the valley, all
were in enormous demand in pack
ages suitable for Christmas ship
ping and enormous quantities of
them were sold.
The cigar stores are doing their
beat Christmas business today, as
tho box of cigars known to joke
papers, comes into its strongest
entrenchment as the last resort
gift, when she hn,s oxhaustcd all
other efforts at finding something
suitable for him. But, the busi
ness has been heavy, novertholosa.
It has run strong to cigars and
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1925
pipes. Pipea have been In particu
larly strong demand. One dealer
had six dozens ot one type of fall
ly good priced pipes which went
in less than two days. All klnd
of pipes have been sought for.
In tho cigar bus in cos the good
cigar has been tho one strong
drawing card. Boxes bought have
uveraged the two for a quarter
typo, showing that the long 11 110
of humorists who hnvo practiced
on tho Christmas cigar boxes,
have had a good effect in their
work.
All told Christmas has been
pretty good to the merchants here
this year. And by the same token
will bo pretty good to the thous
ands of recipients.
L0WA PEOPLE ON VISIT
Sidney, Or., Dec. 24. Mr. und
Mrs. Oscar Tlugleetad of Deco-raii,
Iowa, arrived Monday evening to
spend the holidays with relatives
hero und at Sllverton. Mr. Tingcl-.
tad hi a member of the faculty of
Luther college in Do-jorah and
tho son of Mr. and Mrs. B. Tlngel
itud of Sllverton and the brother
of Martin Tingellsad of Sidney.
Mr. and Mrs. Tingelstnd are now
nt the Martin Tingelstnd homo but
expect to spend Christmas day at
the family homo in Sllverton.
After tho holidays they will visit
in Seattle before returning to
Iowa.
Woman Afraid to
Eat
Anything
"I was afraid to eat becnuse X
always had stomach trouble af
terwards. Since taking Adlerika I
can e.it and feel fine." (Signed)
.Mrs.' A. Howard. One speenfui Ad
lerika removes GAS and .often
brings surprising relief to the
Htoniftch. Stops that full, bloated
fueling. Removes old waste matter
from intestines and miikes you
feel happy and cheerful. Kxcellont
for obstinate constipation. J. C,
Perry, druggist, 115 S. Commer
cial Ht. Adv.
By Chick Young
By Billy do Beck
By Bud Fisher