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About Beaver State herald. (Gresham and Montavilla, Multnomah Co., Or.) 190?-1914 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1909)
1 w»vn tUa hind feel until ths door was . opened And then th. little flr tree bent Its heart and went In asd storxt In th. corner of th. room, and the three wild thing» of the forest went ewvftly from room to room, and cam. back with things tu bang on th» tree. And last of alt th. little gray owl fl.w to th. topmoat biwtu’h and hung th.ro th. pink wax angel with golden wings I'h.y ar. good children.' said th. llttl. whit. owl. as h. fleV down Again "When th. winter Is sold, they hang aerapa of meat for or. on the tree» '' "And they pu: carrots In the path,“ said the rabbit. and cabltage so that I may not go hungry " .-Att.l belli nJ the barn they drop armfuls of sweet. Juicy hay.' said th. deer, "that I may come tu the night and feed " And the little flr tree «aid "They ar. good children, amt I would rather be here than In thr big. big city And then It »lUspered. "Hood night,” end th. wild things «ent a«ay And tn the morning «hen the chll dren rams, they cried "Oh. father, father, look at th. beautiful tree'“ And th. lumbarman cam. In and cried In astonishment. "Who brought It her.*" And th. llttl. flr tree whlaper- ed and sang A CHRISTMAS LEGEND made a red ¡«th of light on the snow, '.he children ame again and when A soldier In a a^rlet coat. they saw that tree had been cut do*n On« winter long ago they cried ' Where is our own little Went out and met a pretty maid , tree*" And the little tre* that lay In woodlands white with snow; on the top of th. sled answered loud • he stood beneath an ancient oak; !y: "Here I am here I am " but the Her name was Mistletoe. children did not understand they rub Her cheeks and Bps were glowing rod. bed their eye* »Ith their rough r»d Like poppies In the wheat; lands and sobbed Her locks were twined with milky "What's tne matter?" asked their pearls. father a* he <-ame tramping through Her eyes were blue and sweet: the « ood He looked and loved, and. kneeling I "Oh our little tree, our own little laid -His saber at her feet. Trom lev regions of the Pole The norther blew all night. Ari hung the branches of the pine With tinkling fringes bright. And made beneath the aged oak A frosen mound of white. Hut when the panes are thick with frost And nights are bitter chill. And silence In a crjstal coat. Has eased the silver rill. The pair of faithful lovers haunt The wintry woodland still. When with the burden of Its years The oak is trending low'. The soldier-holly, stiff and straight. Stands bravely In the snow. Its slender saber still unsheathed To guard the mistletoe •—Minna Irving In the Criterion JV/ ¡¡J The Runaway Ji Christmas Tree XI! the little Hr tree« in the for*, ver. ■ ery mu.-h excited "Tomorrow »• »bell be cut down, they cried, "and then «» ahaii be car rl“d to the big city " No* none of the little fl- tree« bn** «hat the city aai ¡ike, but they murmured end ruatlad a rd whispered of the wonderful thing, that they should aee Hut there »u one Hfle tree that naked Do »e all go?' "Ye«.' aaid the other tree« 'to- morro* »e «tart on our travel« Then the little tree aigherl and »aid ~Hut I «a» promised >o the ■ hlldreu of the lumberman ' "The lumberman is poor,' said a Mg oak. "and theao are hard times Thl» year they muat go without a tree The next morning, very early, the ehlldren am» trudging through the •now and stood under the bran. hes of the little flr. "Tbla la our tree," said one of them proudly "On t'hrtv.rnae ft will be lighted with candle», with an angel on the 'opmoet bough " "Such a dear little tree,” said an other; “how we »hall love It" And the little tree trembled as it heard them, but the children thought that It was the wind that »book ft. Then they went away, and latar earn* men with ates and cut down all the young trees and laid them on a freat sled to be carried away And In the evening, when the sun Hight long will the prhe ut farm land« continue to Increase? Just «0 I long as thr price of farm products con tlniie to inctiMse. and these prices will remain him so lung »« labor flndt steady amt profitable enipluynimt In no other country In tlm world H Is bor nu well rewarded a« here Where pricer air low. wages are necessarily low Tim man who receive« liberal I returns fur his work can buy liber I ally, ami can pay a fair price. There seems I m * no probability that In I duntrlal condition« will l»e radically changed In this country noon The 1 people generally are too well «aliened 1 with them G*xxl markets may. there i for«. be eipected to continue Ihdefl | nltelv "I ran away from th. for*at I ran Farm lands which may t»e relied on away " to product satisfactory crops of grain Hut they could not understand, and and grass 1 are not »elllng too high ao th.y stared and wondered, and at I And which with pro{»rr managomsnl. last the lumberman said. "It ta too will produce from t»0 to IPO bushel« of 1st. to carry It noi» to th. city so It MV cent corn |»er acre la well worth can stay " And at that th. ohlldr.n SI So an acre or more There I» a large cried. "A Merry Christmas to all'" amount of such land In Kansas and And the flr tre* whispered happily. "A adjoining states M.rry Christmas'" And out In th. The sure way to Increase ’he value forewt th. owl and rh. rabbit and the of land la to Increase Its productive w hit» tailed deer wish»! each other n«*»« Pnder existing conditions price« A M.rry Chrialmaa" as th.y bur will take care of thetnselvre rled away through th. ano» E.enlng days of large surpluses are i»ast Wisconsin mand crowds rloee upon the heels of supply Mouths are multiplying-faster Feier «<•> «•*•««<*• tear's. than food for them Kano*« Farmer The custom of celebrating New Year • Day In our own country la lnSi«ISMal ll<»s l|nw«e«. largely du. to the Dutch Old Pater "Noticing article« from lime to time Stuyveaant made much of th. day. and nn the u»ti utlon of individual h-»g cheery assemblages were h.ld at the houses I wl«h to submit the plan of governor's home In New Amsterdam hou«es that we use write« a rorre The Dutch method of kissing th» won spondent of the Breeder a Gniette *| . »ti for a happy new year" was ob make them six feet n<|uare on <erved and toll taken of all who wer. ground loth doom to tn* hinged •<» i young and handsome In fact, during thev will open and clo*e readily 1 I he *relgn of Peter Stuyveaant New Twelve foot board« make side and «oof Amsterdam was the mo*t thoroughly I use good «oft pine flouring as It t« beklssod country In all Christendom lighter and much easier to move when and formed a marked contrast to the ue.ev.sarv than heavier lumber Four ! staid Puritan«, who thought th. ob pieces 2 by 1 inches and all fret long i svrvauce of this day savored strongly , of reverence for the god Janus and r / X on the great »led and presently the i who made no note of th.lr first New Animals of the forest began to creep, , I ear « Day in the new world save to record. ‘We went to work betlme. * — creep among the new whit, «tumps So you are going to the city," said ' New York Evening Post the »hlte tailed deer, nibbling the H.lpl ng Santa. mows beneath the anow "Tee." wblapered all the little trees excitedly Rut the little flr cried "I don't want to go" IXtHVIlM *1 HIX. Iltil hl "Why not?" asked th. whitetaiied are for sills Two piece« 2 by < Inches Jeer and the llttl» Hr told of tbs chil and »> feel long are for ridge «nd dren plate And the deer came c|o»er and for a If thia plan 1« used It will he found tong time the two whispered together, much mor« satisfactory than a plain and presently a big gray rabbit Joined A shajied house The door In th« roof them and a »bit. owl lie« down and can be opened when the /in shines added wise ounsel and after a »bile Sunshine Is the best tonic known for the deer and the rabbit and th. owl little pigs, and the door la essential went away, and the little tree lay very, when the now need* attention at pig very »•111 until midnight. ging time a« a means of entrant* and Then when all the other tree, slept ah Is s<kmrtlmes the case, a very hast* It rolled from the sled Into the snow. •Ilf and the wind «ditch blew through the r \ / a 4 I I torMt asked "What are you trying to do. little tree-" And the little tree »aid. "Help me to stand " So the wind I blew under it until It was upright on - Its stem. an<l then the little tree went hoplty hop hoptr. hop. until came to a sheltered valley and there It lay down and went to sleep It lay there sleeping and waking in the sunshine until the men <ame and carrl-d off the sled full of young trews, but no one noth rd that the little fir «as gone And th* night before ''brlwmas th» wind blew and blew again until the "atm a Man LirrLE lar.r." little flr tree stood upright on Its »tern tree, walled the hildren "It 1« cut and the little flr went hoplty hop. hop- down and piled «1th the o’her tree* ity-bop until It <«me to tb» house where the children lived that are to be aent to the city " Then out from the foreet cam» the "We are too poor to have a tree this rear." »aid the tired man. sadly, and white tailed deer and the big rabbit, and th» Ikttla white owl. and th. deer the children «ent away mourning And the sun »ent down and the pushed softly agalnirt the door of the moon came up. and showed the dark cottage and the owl pecked at the forest and all the little flr trees lying lock and the rabMt hun'died and hit NEARING THIN ICE i • I i < hrlsitiiRi th« 1 Tbroagb. (’hrlstmis <ati(il«s burn out. decora rlonn must be thrown aside ear hang»* of gift« comes to an end But the«« thing* play only a secondary part In Christmas The love which Is it* es Hence, the ovei flowing good will, the outspoken kindliness, the unselfishness and i heerlnesM. n»ed not be limited to one day tn the year There Is no rea son why we should not have them ev pry day Why should love not nils through the circle of the year? A year full of Christ Is a year which carries Into every day the best of Christmas HI« Hear. McGorry < carping! v > Th Im maker*, av almanacs hov got us bs dhs frosts. • Mrs McGorry How d’yes make thot out* McGorrv Make ut nut? Here, now We hov row Id weather New Years phwln we don’t nade ut; an’ do dhey give us aven a brlth av front on dhr Fourt av July, phwln our tongues are hangln* out wld dhe heat* Not so*« yet cud notice ut. bedad* Judge. »ear'i A VA l«h. God keep the«, dear, through all the years. Through sll th« joys, the sorrows, tear« Of life Its commonplace«, too, God keep thee sweet, and. bra vs. and true Amid the doubt« and fears that r1ae In every life— the mysteries. Things that are hard to »»nderatand. The movlnga of a mystic hand. God keep thy reason sound and sure, Thy mind alert, thy heart still pure. God keep thee always this I pray For thee, upon this New Year's lay — B McM Bell la tb« Barlt "Wall, hava you bought your wife’s Christmas present yet?" "I dunno She has all our Christ mas stuff locked up In one of the clos ets. where I can’t get at It." If Meaey Broaiht Happlae««. If money only brought hepplnese, there would bo little Christmas cheer In a majority of homes. war I’her l>«a’< l«ar. Many'who keep hens are asking thminolvao Just about now why their pullets don’t lay. when ths fact in that a lot of their young atm k waa hutch e«| too late, or wan not given proper fm»«1 and rare during growth The sine and general appearance of «1 pul let dues not always denote the time when she should commence prtMlu* Ing eggs I have seen flocks of pretty big nice pullets and they would Isv hardly nn egg all winter The fl rut eaaentlal for winter eggs Is the right kind of stock tn ¡Wodure them Food will nut supply that want; It may help some nn<l In nume in«tan*e« it’s pretty dlfllciilt tu help the mutter very much b) giving ealta rn»r I ho «train bps got to be of thr tight sort It limy prove themselves rtllehle an«( pruflt able laverà After hslng hi thè p <ul» try boniness so long and «cela 16 *<» many |*r«>plr fUM« and et|»erhnenl and work In the rffort IO get egga frum stock that hnd no eggs to lay. no In vllnatlon to innka rggn or ability to rommeme lo grt ready to lay, It In impreased ftll, Ih« stronger upon mv mlnd that (bere Is a whole lot la thin ben business Uealde* fard and care - Island Formar Neeblsa «f t «arr«<«. Among ths <x<*upatlana which offe» profit and amusement, and at the •ame time entirely suited to womeu. la that of t>ee rala advent- Ing Ila ages are that little spars In required there la no great and the •Bponao work Is llshl. re quiring only a Hm Ited amoupt of tim* and cam Mu* b °f the apparatus re ijulred may lie mads at home and where for fn< Hille« are not pre«- < «»>( s* 1» n* r iir « ent. the thing« tuay l»e pui*ha«ed with out any prest outiay of money Thr re ha ve been man' Improve- nmnt« lately In the inanner of con structlng the beehlvea. an<l proha hl v the moat Interesting I« one which In made of concrete A patent ha« beeil rrcently tNsiied covering the ■*n«inufi< ture of couerrte berhlvea. but anv otm with a little ingenuity ma* easily make thr m and a *rt of mold« on e having lem made «atisfactorlly, m»v »•« used indrflnltrly lndr*flnlteh and sny i»um'»er of hives made ina.ir from frotn It Anyone ¡»t- tcmptlng to make a bive of tble ma terial should a«<|ualnt thetuselvea wlth the chsractcr <»f <he cement and «houtd siso be familiar wltb the habite of bees UarNlrtK (« l)MirF«M0N. We have re|>eatedly warued the dairymen that tire oleomargarine law Is likely «0 I m * amended next winter, and that the amendments pro|»oee I will destroy the value of the law * q far as concerns the protection of dairy products Again, we ««k you have you writtrui your congressman about It? I>o you know his views? Does h« know what you want him to do In the matter* I*»*« he know what you are going to do to him In the cam palgn next rear If he doesn't give you a square deni* This 1« no joke It la a serious piu|>o«it.un. and no time Is to be lost If the oleomargarine law la to b* preserved in It* present form. Missouri Dairyman V alne ef »hr Home MarUet. < l.lsbt f«»r the Narn Farmers should encourage their Many nr»» may b* A>olil»<1 whan horn* town, to build up a k « mh I home market for their dairy ami i»oultr> rh» abort «Inter <1 DA r»q»ilr» th* u»* nt a lai>t»rn In th* products, fruit, vegetables and many turn by having things that mc II far more profitably at I wont* wurh rlevlr* home than they could In shipping ( »■ h»r* »hoxvn to them away Here 1« where the French keep lb* lantarn In fanners gain their prosperity; they plac* Thl« »ff.'.lr have good home market«, where they raqulr*« only two market everything nt high prices di ■tnall pull»/« an-1 rect to their «ustomem In their n i op» Th» ropa thrifty home town» and villages 1« run through th* Town* can be revived b\ the farm pull»/«, tb* lantora era and merchants working together Attached to one end to get new Industries, and the home market soon develops for nil the farm and then pulled up to a convenient height, the loo** »nd of th* top. >>». products that make a prosperous com mnnlty. and as the town grows th* Ina f»*l*n»<1 to a cleat on th* wall. farms Increase In value Inland If thl« d*vl<e 1« arrange.! In about rh* center of th* barn much bolter Farmer light »III I* given than If th* Ian- *««aabei ■«<! rsmpkl««, lorn wei* carrier! around from plac* With care In storing, there is very to place Cor of Earm and Horn* little difficulty In keeping these, es l**l*e* for psclally the former In good condition Th* hllb t*rrllory of Trl**t*. It la until spring, and I have kepi some varieties of the genuine pie pumpkin« ■taie.1. In a coneulur r*port on Hint until well Into March In just as nice dlatrl.t. 1« covered by pointed atone« which prevent any cultivation, ami condition as thev went Into storage Helect those that are well matured, Mint’ year« ago the Society Agrarla and make sure that thev are gathered offereil prix** for tho-e who would chHiig* th* liefor« being touched In the least with remove them an.l thu» Thr work frost. Store In a cool, dry place as waat* ground to meadow« ha« now been going on tor «om* years 1st« aa safety from freezing will per mlt, then remove to a garret where nnd everv autumn a comml*«lon aac*r- they will keep cool and dry. hut al tain« the area of the pro|M»«ed redemp ways safe from frost. I)o not pile tion and th* rltfllcultle« to be encoun tered and flxe« III* prlxe to he given. them, but set them on the floor and In aprlng It again vl«lt* the Improved I letter still, separate them «0 that they do not touch In this wav. w«|| grourd« and pay« the prlxe« If de- matured specimens ran be kept almost «erved Thl« rear In the different par iah*« alxty «lx p.-naanl« Improve* t will.—Exchange forty-four acre» and received »1.010 AlfalfM Soil«. Alfalfa do*« b*«t on well drained aolla, where the water level I» eeveral feet below the «urine* It 1« a very deep-roote.1 plant, «ending It* root* down Into «tilmoil which 1« largely un available to other farm crop» The«* rnota will not thrive In a water «oak ed «oil, and In attempting to grow al falfa on a wet »oil, or a »oil with th» water level only a few feet from the nurfaro. the alfalfa 1« placed In un natural condition* »nd little can be ai- pocted nt It. If p<M>Rlble. a field with a i.ifflclent »lope to effect thorough ■orfare drainage and *ufll< lently oi>»n to porou* to provide good under drain age ahn.ild he »elected for alfalfa — Maryland Experiment Station aww.hlee I m «he l.atey, Siinahlne 1« the dairyman'» boa, frlen I. When the aun heat* down hot Ip the «ummer V* are apt to thfnk It an enemy, but a week of cloud», even In July, caata a gloom over everything and make« lurth man and beaat at-.-ro»» pnrpoeea with the world Hunahlne 1» required to kill germa and mler.die« and keep both animal and human dlepoeltlon« aweet The Ver monter* cow barn that muat he hull» «0 warm and tight lack* aunahlno to keep the Inmate» tn the l>e«t of health. All along our country'» northern bor der, tuhorciiloala la on the Incraogg la dairy herd« Earmer«' Mall and Brogio.