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About Wallowa County chieftain. (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1909)
dqoddo o j d nnaannDDDDanafinanDDDnn nnQcnannnDnnnnnnnnnannnnnnannn no II a " ' " y. T" a Swift are Santa. Claus' Reindeer, and Sure Footed: they a a E a a Many Pretty and Handy Pieces In Lisk Ware, (non-rust kind) that would delight Mother DECORATED DISHES in Sets and Separate Pieces, and WHITE WARE for every-day Service, BEAUTIFUL DECORATED STAND LAMPS, MRS. POTTS IRONS, FOOD CHOPPERS. BAKING PANS, SHEARS, SCISSORS g GET SOMETHING USEFUL & D. KELTNER'S cnnnnDnnnnnnonEinLoa jBBC6Pnannnn ana nnannnnannnnpnoi con MRS. SANTA CLAUS. By ELLA E. BARNES. Copyright, 1SUS, by American Press Asso ciation. FOIt several yeurg the proverbial Santa Claus wltb white beurd bad visited our Christinas tree to distribute tbe gifts and dis pense bis mirthful cheer. Last year be could not come, and as the age Is one of womanly achievement he asked permission to send bis wife. Of Mrs. Santa Claus wo bad all heard, but none bad seen ber, and tbe announcement of ber coming provoked great Interest Many were tbe queries regarding her appearance, but none could be answered. A knock at tbe door announced ber arrival, and In came the kind old lady, covered wltb (cottoin snow Makes, rosy and animated after ber loug journey, but radiant with lovlug good cbeer and affection for all. She wore a long cloak of bright red homespun (a real antique, ltorrowed for the occasion! and a won derful poke bonnet, an ancient calasb, trimmed wltb gleaming holly and adorned with flowing strings of red and greeu rlblnjii. Upon ber bands were huge fur mittens, and beneath her clonk, which she threw back from ber shoulders, we saw ber spotless crossed kerchief and a wonderful lawn apron with green sprigged bor der. These she was pleased to exhibit to tbe ladies, for she took a womanly pride iu her dress, although she con fessed that the styles did not change IX CA11S. THK KIND OLD L4DI, very often at tbe uortb pole. and. any way, she was too busy to think of such things. Afer a short rest, through which ne rather gnsN-d her Christ inns saluta tions, she stood I" make a short speech liefore beginning ber gracious labor of distributing the gifts from tbe laden tree. She said In part: -Ever since I mar rii-d Mr. Santa Claus. over I.V years ago. I've tried to be a real helpmeet to him. Hut I've never gone around to entertainments before. I've done ihe work In the background, so to peak, as a good wire should. How ever, this year Santa's been dreadfully ererworked. Wby. Just think of U 3 are shod with Neverslip Shoes S. D. KELTNERS BIG Where There Are Beautiful Gifts j those Thlllpplne children added to tbe American list not so loug ago. uot to ! Bneak of tbe Alaskans and others. Then there's that bothersome crowd at Panama. So Santa said to me. real coaxing: Hanuah." be said. Ibis year I'll have to ask you to help me out by going once before tbe public. There's SIRS. BAM CLACS GAVE TDK PHESEJiTS. a tree I've always attended, but I can't possibly get there this year. I'll send the presents as usual, but you go down for me. won't you, and distribute them for me? A great many Indies stenk In public these days, and you needn't be afraid.' So, though I'm bashful. I'm here, and please excuse any mistakes I may make. Santa sent his love and best wishes, pnd I've brought you each a polar snowball as a kind of curiosity. I picked luetii up Just before I started out. They're In my bag here. This hag was one of my wedding presents, and I carried it on our first journey. Of course It's old. but I think so much of It I'd never give It up. See the let ters on It II. S. C. Tuey stand for Hannah Santa Claus. Twas tbe first monogram I ever had." Tbe old lady proudly exhibited her old fashioned sole leather satchel and from its capacious depths distributed the imlar snowballs. These were form ed of white cotton, and each when un wrapiKHl was found to contain a tiny numbered star. The gifts upon the tree had been previously numbered, and the snowball Indicated to each per soii Ihe gift to be receded. Mrs. Santa Claus herself gave the presents and kept the iniiipauy amused by her com ments iiMui the beauty and usefulness of tbe various articles. The evening was one of great pleas ure and merriment. At Its close Mrs. Santa Clans was invited to conic again: but while she thanked the ladies for their kind thoughts, she said. "I'll bave to see what Mr. Santa Cluus says, for I always do exactly as be wishes." ff Christens flay Saturday be A great winter thai year you II e And full of winds both loud snd shrill. But in summer, truth to tell. Hiith winds shall there be snd strong. Full of tempests lasting Ions". While battles they shall multiply. And great plenty of beasts shall die. They shsll tx strong, each one. and Seen. He shall be found that stealeth aught. Though thou be sick, thou diest not. BOUGHT AT THE MOTHER OF THE TEDDY BEARS. Copyright. 1909. by American Press Asso ciation.) ONCE upon a time-not so many years ago eltber-tbere sat In the doorway of a small cot tage In Germany a young wo man with smiling eyes, a child loving heart and an Invalid body. The chil dren or tbe little village all knew her and sat In groups around her doorway listening to stories, telling her of their childish adventures, and then, greatest joy of all. receiving In turn some de lightful toy that her deft fingers had been rashloning while they talked to gether. Day by day the children gathered about this doorway. They told of tht latest flower that bad blossomed on the mountain side, of the wonderful span of horses that Hans, the best carver or the village, had cut rrom a single block or wood, of the dear little blossoms thnt baby Oretchen had painted upon tbe set of wooden dishes that were to go to the Christmas mar ket. And to them all the young wo man listened, smlllni. while she plied ber needle or cut snip, snip with ber scissors. And while they talked or while they listened the eyes of the children rest ed eagerly upon Ihe busy fingers, for they firmly believed that In those fin gers lay a magic which none others possessed. And why should they not believe It. for when the sun began set tling down toward the mountain crests 1 and It was time for them to run away home to their supers or bread and milk tbe fingers were always stretched out toward some new member or tbe group, and upon Ibcm rested a won derful animal a kitten, or n rabbit, or a duck, or a tiny bear and the like ness was so wonderful that tbe chil dren always breathed forth deep "Ob's" and "Ah's" and knew for a cer tainty that there was magic In the maker's fingers. No one else In nil tbe country could make such n til inn Is as! thtMUt tint pvpn fTsns the inirt'lnna I carver. .-j Always tbe busy worker sat In her doorway, where she coul.'l see the rug ged mountains, the gree'i griss. the nodding flowers, perhaps It wns the strength, the erace ami the bonify of these that wrought themselves Into her pimple work. Then It came a (suit -and no one was more surprised than this child loving young woman herseir thnt she found herself making hundreds and hundreds of toy animals, for toy buyers from England and Amerl "n Jiml beard of her wonderful duck ttrd rabbits and bears and they wanted them for the children of IhWr countries too. And who. do you ask. was this young woman In faraway Germany? 1 can only tell you this: She h known now far and wide as the "mother of tbe Teddy bears." JCLIA DAKHOW COWLES. Comfortable is Good Old Santa, in His Furs, His Feet Resting on a Clark's Footwarmer HARDWARE STORE for Every Member of the Family FOR YOUR GIFTS AT Enterprise, Oregon A SIROW FORTUNE The Bit of Good Luck That Over took Barney O'Connor. WEALTH THRUST UPON HIM. Ths Visitor That Called to 6es the Man Who Had Been Injurtd Ths 8ight That Greeted Him and ths Hasty Proposition Hs Handed Out. Several years ago two brothers named McDonald were In business In Ilalsted street. Among the habitues of their establishment was n man named O'Connor. A man named An derson then was claim agent for tlio street railway company that connected Ilalsted with Chicago. Barney O'Connor was a happy-go-lucky chap who didn't worry much about anything. He was partial to bis beer, bud no kith or kin to be re sponsible for, cared little for clothes and worked only when It wus abso lutely essential, which wasn't often. McDonald Bros, liked to have Bar ney around on account of the wit he bad brought with him from the ould sod, utid so they found Utile tusks fur blui to do. One day Barney was loaf ing around McDonald's uhout half il luminated and In an extremely rosy frame of mind when they decided they wanted some goods over In the city. Barney was delegated to go after tbem. He stopiied at the comer buffet, hoisted another one and took n car for tbe loop. The car was crowded fore and aft, and Barney got on the aft. He didn't get much more than halfway on Ihe step wbeu there came a jolt. The crowd surged back on Barney, and he, with several others, was dumped Into tbe street. Barney suffered worse than tbe rest, as be was underneath. But be wasn't hurt badly. He wns knock ed unconscious, but after I hey carried him Into a store und threw cold water on blni be came out of It In Jjood shape. All that remained were a few cuts. The conductor, however, was ex cited. He was new tit the business, end whea be took the names and ad dresses of the victims of the crash ho got considerably bulled up. I'erhaps be made Harney's Injuries a little more grave than they really were. After O'Connor got over bis dizzi ness be went on uptown und bought bis stuff for the McDonalds. He also visited a drinking place on Itaudolph street. It was there that be learned of a clini bake that was to be held that iiight at u saloon u lower llul sted. Celebrations of Ibis sort ap pealed to Barney, and be resolved to be on baud. He was. They bad a lovely time. Along about 12 o'clock the festivities became 8uperjoyous, and arguments POCKET KNIVES, RAZORS. GUNS, TOOLS of all Kinds. SLEDS and SKATES, CUTLERY and SILVER. WARE, CARVING SETS and don't forget this is where you buy the Famous Universal Stoves and Ranges anunnnnn arose, Bnriipy was iu the midst of these. Fisticuffs followed forensic froth, ami O'Connor was numbered among the, slain. How he got to bis room be couldn't explain coherently. He sure was some beat up. What they didn't do to him wouldn't take long to tell. It was the completest walloping bo ever bad exKrlciiccd. He slept bite. When be woke up be wished be could bave slept later. He found moving undesirable ufter an at tempt or two at It, so he stayed In bed. About 2 o'clock In the ufternoou the landlord of the rooming bouse came up and told Barney a man wanted to see him. Seldom bad Barney bud visitors, and bis curiosity was aroused. But It wasn't strong enough to Induce him to get up. He told tho lundlord to have the muu sent up to the room. Anderson, out to settle early and avoid the rush, cume In and took a look nt Barney. He nearly fainted. "If I get out of this ou less than $1, 000 I'll be lucky." be told himself. Thou be proceeded to business. "It kind o' bunged you up, didn't It?" be began as a feeler. He couldn't say less, fur be had a conscience. "Well, some,'' acknowledged Baruey, uot grasping the pertinence of tbe question, but realizing Its trutb. "You know, a suit always Involves a lot of delay and trouble, and the company has better facilities, and It'a better for the plaint Iff to settle" "Wot are yex talkln' about?" Barney broke in. "Why. I'm from tbe street railway, a Lid we want lo see If we can't Ox this up for you for getting hurt. We want to do what's right; but, of course, you understand" Barney saw n great light. It made hliu forget bis woes. "Do yez mean ye want to pay me fer fulllu' off the car ybttlddy V" be asked. "That's the Idea," answered Ander son. "Well, here I am." said Barney. "How much urn I offered?" Audersou hesitated. "Ub er-l think erbow'd two fifty strike you?" "1 think It's worth at least five,'' be replied. "Now, look here,'' explained Auder sou, "if you flgbt this case it'll cost ynij st least Ioo for a luwyer. You might get $.KHi In a trial, and still again you might get nothing. It'a al ways a good Men" "D' yex mean ye'll give me $230?" Interrupted O'Connor, silling up quick ly despite bis aches. "That's II." replied Anderson, so fas cinated by Ihe picture of war's horrors portrayed by Harney's face that be fulled to notice tbe surprise in bis tones. "I ll take it," said O'Connor la hurry. "Bring It to me all la (juar-ters."-Chlcaro Tribune. Tbe period of deepest aleep varies from 3 u'clock to 5. D a D nnnaaDnnnanaa INSTINCT AND REASON. An Interesting Illustration of the Two Traits of Monkeys. An Illustration showing tho differ ence betweeu Instinct and reason Iu monkeys came under Ihe observation of David Starr Jordan, the famous naturalist. At one time he had two lively Miicucus monkeys called Bob and JiK.-ko. These were nut mid fr.ut eating monkeys and Instinctively knew just bow lo crack mils mid peel fruits. At the same time be bad it baby won key. Mono, of a kind thnt hud the egg eating Instinct. Bill Mono had never yet seen an egg. To each of the three monkeys Dr. Jordau gave nil egg, the first that any of them bad ever seen. Baby Mono, descended from egg eating ancestors, handled bis egg Wltb nil Ihe Inherited exertuess of a long developed In atluct. He cracked It with his upper teeth, making a hole Iu It, and sucked out all Its substance. Then, holding the eggshell. up to the light and see ing there wus no longer anything In It, be threw It away. All this be did mechanically, automatically and Just as well with tho first egg as with any other be afterward bad. And all eggs since given hi in he has treated Iu the same way. The monkey Bob took bis egg fur some kind of nut. He broke It wltb his teeth and tried to pull off the shell. When Ihe luslilu ran out and fell on the ground he looked at It for a mo ment In bewilderment, then with both bands scooped up Ihe yolk and I bo sand mixed with It and swullowed It. Then be stuffed the shell Into his mouth. This act was not Instinct; It was reason. He was not familiar by Inherited Instinct with eggs. He would handle one Iwtter next time, however. Keasou very often makes mistakes at first, but when It Is trained it becomes a means far more valuable and power ful than Instinct. The third monkey. Jocko, tried In eat bis egg In much the sume way that Bob did; hut, uot liking the taste, be threw U sway. Ut. Nicholas. A Lively Dancer. There was a grand bull progressing, and Mary and June were watching be hind tbe door. "Lock ut the colonel danciu tbe polku," exclaimed the cook In aduiiru tloD. "An' Is (hot danciu' tbe polka?" cried Jane In astonishment. "titire, Ol thought be had a hole In but iockel in' was trylu' to shake a shilling dowu bl leg!" Loudon Telegraph. Well Heeled. One day au Irlshmau went Into a shoemaker's shop and asked the prlcw of shoes soled and bet-led. "Two and sixpence," replied the shoemaker. "But bow much for heeling?" said Pat. "One shilling," said tbe man. "Sure, tbeu, heel tbeui up to tbe toes." Loudou Pun. n u a p a i a v D U a a a a a H