wondering what was tho cause o f that
strange light, a beautiful shining angel
came neur to them nnd said:
“ Fear not. I bring you good tidings
which slmll be to nil people. This day
Is born u Savior, and ye shall And the
buhe lying In a manger."
And suddenly Die angel was Joined
hy n multitude o f the heavenly host
singing praises to Ood. This wus their
song:
outside of the walls of our own bom*
wo still observe our Yuletlde In a more
or less conventional manner. W e may
escape our relatives, save ourselves the
bother of home preparations, pretend
that we have cut adrift from the old
fashioned methods, hut It all amounts
In reality to the same thing. We are
animated, after all, by the same spirit,
whether we are In a country bouse, a
flat, a restaurant or hotel.
'
i
SHEEP TO MOW LAWN
Have Labor, Make Ideal Play matee for
j
!
Children and Are Profitable Aid
Against High Coet o f Food.
Olympia— According to E. F. Ben­
son, state commissioner o f agreuliture
sheep make the beat lawn mowers in
<!lory to Ood In the hl*h»st, nnd on earth
I'ra r«, good will toward men.
the market'and he urges every home to
When the angels had gone hack to
have at least one ewe and a little lamb
heaven tin- shepherds said they would
next
year. He declares that at a mod­
go to Ilelhlehem and see this Savior
erate price they can be secured and
o f whom the angels sang. They went
and found him, a little baby, In n sta­
By H ARRIE T PRESCO TT8PO FFO RD will result in much saving o f labor, the
ble, with no cradle to lie In. only a
U K tree grew green in the forest, j furnishing o f an ideal playmate for the
manger for his bed. That little baby
Grew green In the «un and the children and a profitable investment.
wus Jesus, who when he grew up suld :
dew;
His statement follows:
“ Ijct the little children come unto me
Ills branches reached for the shadows.
“ An old, grade merino ewe, with
and forbid them not, for of such Is the
He feathered his tops In the blue,
kingdom of heaven.”
ills birthday
her lamb probably can be bought
And happy the air about him
was the first Christmas day, and ever
next spring for about $12 to $15, de­
Wherever his balsams flew.
since that time we kept that day as a
pending upon the age and quality o f
Joyful and happy one.— New York
Drenched with the rains of the sum­
the ewe. The lamb at five months
Presa.
mer.
Fine from his stems spun the show­ should weigh 80 pounds and sell for
ers.
$10. The ewe should become fa t be­
Raft dropped the snow on his mantle, fore fall and bring $10 fo r mutton
Dream work of silver and flowers.
from the local butcher. I f the ewe is
And over Atm white light trailing
By J. C. OLIVER.
The stars swam through darkling good enough to carry over another
MONTH far famed! For /««five
hours.
year, she should be bred in November.
day« and nights renowned,
The
following April she should have
Groping where great rock pillars
Joy fraught, with hallowed bene­
one
or
two lambs.
Her fleece should
Stand
shouldering
rank
on
rank,
dictiont crowned
His
roots
at
the
cold
sweet
sources
weigh
nine
to
12
pounds
and be worth
Life's annual clearing houte for ret­
The ancient juices drank,
rospective thought,
$5 to $6.
And he swept with the earth compan­
Where pensive memory recalls the
“ One or two ewes, with their lambs,
ion
smiles, the tears.
could
be pastured >n a ctiy lawn and
As the vast skies rose and sank.
The hopes and fops of youth, the loves
parking
strip in a movable pen about
of vanished years,
His boughs brushed low on your fore­
And sighs to see the havoc, sad, that
four
feet
high built o f woven w ire
head
Time has wrought.
fencing,
with
a board trip on the top
As a passing wing m ight brush,
j When night winds made shrill music and on the bottom, the size varying
0 hoary m onth! In regions
the
In the heavens, and hush, oh, hush I from four to 14 feet in width and 10
north and cast
F or deep In At« depest covert
to 16 feet in length, according to the
The song of bird and rippling of the
He hid the herm it thrush.
brook have reased,
tract to be pastured. The cost o f con­
d
And Nature's thousand charms of
OME thirty years ago there lived Low have they laid the giant,
struction would be trifling. The chil­
summer days have fled.
And they hale him home with mirth.
In the city o f Washington a young
dren could move this pen around so
There Uoreas reigns, fierce Ood of
% girl, the daughter of Itichard T. And they fan the fires that twinkle.
the sheep would graze where desired,
And sing round his mossy girth,
wind and storms
Merrick, a distinguished lawyer, says
be kept at home and out o f the gar-
And
make
with
a
m
ighty
magic
And
winter
all
of
verdure,
into
the
8urvey.
A
serious
Injury,
due
to
HE Dutch K'lrU slug u pretty little
dera.
The life of the Christmas hearth.
brown and white transforms
nn accident, had left her an Invalid,
song od the feast o f Ht. Nicholas
And leaves no trace of life and beau­ I confined to her couch. The Christmas F or his dames give the spicy fragrance
Instead o f w riting a letter to
Of the summer atmosphere.
ty sped.
1 season wus fast approaching nnd amid
Funtn Claus:
tho preparations for the holidays, While the breath of the woody hol­
Kant» Claus. you gno<1 nattired man.
O happy m onth1 When keen anticipa­ i which the happy fnrplly were busily
lows,
dive nm sortio nute and awretmeat»—
Not too much, not too little.
The luster and light of the year.
tion, sweet.
making, this young Invalid, reared In
Throw thnrn Into my apron
Flies swift on uHngs of ardent love to luxury, conceived the desire o f clothing The blossom, the bird song, the
Wheat— Bulk basis for No. 1 grade:
For n Christmas without gifts would
breezes,
greet
In tho name of the Christ Child some
Hard white— Bluestem, Early Bart,
lie no Christmas nt nil.
Ho ulwnyH
He sheds through the Christmas
Wtra gifts the friend, the I over or poor babe who was to come Into the
Allen, Galgaius, Martin Amber, $2.05.
there I n u gift bringer, nkln In uiiture,
cheer.
the kindred near.
world In poverty. She made a simple
If different In name, to the good gt.
Soft white — Palouse Bluestem, forty­
As W inter closer draws his icy fet­ but complete layette, sent for a friend
fold, W hite valley, Gold Coin, W hite
NlehohiH. one« bishop of Myra, who
And
the
message
of
peace
and
bless­
tered chain«
who she knew could find the very
Russian, $2.03.
W hite Club— L ittle
loved children and whose memory liven
ing
m
The heart expands and love unselfish mother who needed such assistance,
club, Jenkins club, white hybrids, So­
vitally today through Its association
In
the
great
fire's
glow
they
mark,
reigns
and one small child wus clothed In the W ith the lad from the war and the nora, $2.01. Red Walla Walla — Red
with the great Christmas festival. Krlss
And speeds Its largess to the ones nutne of the Christ Child.
i Russian, red hybrids, Jones fife, Cop-
Krlngle,
Father Christmas.
Hantn
sailor
most dear.
Tho Christ Child, society, founded
Chius. HunderklooN, are Identical. The
1 pei, $1.98. No. 2 grades, 3c less. No.
Home from At* tossing bark
holy Christ child comes to tlermany. Illustrious month of most illustrious 27 years ago, distributed 139 layettes E re the Christmas bells come chiming 3 grade, 6c less. Other grades handled
Inst year. Not one request has ever
In mystical Ilrlttany the Christ him­
Like the touch of the frost on the by sample.
birth !
self |s thought to come to bless the Good tidings, peace and joy to all the been refused to nn applicant Indorsed
Flour— Patents, $10.
dark.
i by Its visitors. And from this has
M
illfeed — Spot prices: Bran, $33
households of the pious, especially the
earth
developed the material relief depart­ And widely on pane and ceiling
homes of simple shepherds.
per ton; shorts, $36; middlings, $44;
A heavenly choir announced when
Sparkles a fiery foam.
ment, which clothes and shoes chil­
rolled barley, $57(359; rolled oats, $59.
In Spain on “ Twelfth Night" all the
Christ was bom.
And
the children dance with their
dren,
furnishes
u
fortnight's
outing,
Corn— Whole, $84 ton; cracked, $85.
people, young and old. put their shoes No other birth such mighty portent
shadows
|
a
brace
for
a
crippled
leg
or
a
book
Hay— Buying prices, f. o. b. Port­
and slippers out on the bnlcony out­
bore,
Like the forest sprite with the land: Eastern Oregon timothy, $27
side the window In order that the three This Prince of Peace whom heaven from the library. There are no religious
gnome.
qualifications. Active members con-
per ton; valley timothy, $25@26; al­
kings journeying hy may see nnd fill
and earth adore.
W
hile
the great log roars and blazes, falfa, $24; valley grain hay, $24;
:
tribute
n
definite
number
of
hours’
them. There are nlso grotesque Christ­
How thrills the heart at thought of
The heart of the foy of home.
j work each week, nnd anyone may be-
clover, $22; straw, $8.
mas visitors. Knnve Itnprecht, terror
Christmas m ornI
i
come
n
member
by
promising
to
nn-
Butter— Cubes, extras, 44(8.45|c per
o f Teutonic hnhyhood, has a load of
— Los Angeles Times.
And the cheek that has long been with­
I swer the Christmas letter of a poor
pound; prime firsts, 42Jc.
Jobbing
nuts and apples nnd other goodies with
ered
child. Washington numbers 1,000 mem­
prices: Prints extras, 46(348c; car­
him. as well as his traditional bunch of
W ith an old rose blooms once more
bers, and there are more thnn 4,500 In
tons, lc ex tra ; butterfat, No. 1, 52@
switches.
As memories glow like the embers
53c delivered.
j all. Including the branches In 22 eit-
The "Julbok" or “ klnpperhok,” a tall,
Whose flashes sink and soar
Eggs— Fresh ranch, current receipts,
I les.
thin beast, with goatskin covered head, i
j WitA the Christmas fire’s warm glory
47c per dozen; candled, 50c.
From her eou v h, where she has lnln
Is after naughty Punish children. Just !
•TVAere the log bums red at the core.
Poultry — Hens, large, 18(320c per
for more thnn 25 years. Miss Mer-
as the "hahersack" Is after those In the j
— Woman's Home Companion.
pound; small, 17c; springs, 17(318c;
| rick directs and leads all the soci­ i
_________________
lla rtz mountains. Hundorklooa sends
ducks, 17(320c; geese, 12(814c; tur­
ety's work.
sometimes a goat laden with presents.
keys, live, 20(3 22c; dressed, choice,
The nnlmals which the saint of
27(3 28c.
Christmas uses for his carriers arc
S t Nicholas Day and Christmas.
Veal— Fancy, 15i(316c per pound.
quite as various, ponner nnd Rlltr.en
A
w
rltçr
lb
the
Pull
Mall
Gazette
Pork— Fancy, 18J@19c per pound.
and the other fleet reindeer come first.
thus speculated concerning the amalga­
Vegetables— Tomatoes, $1(3 2.10 per
Santa drives a span o f reindeer In Swe­
mation of Christmas eve and St. Nicho­
crate; cabbage, 2(32Jc per pound; let­
den. In Alaska lie comes hy dog team.
las eve : "Perhaps the amalgamation
tuce, $1.75(32.50 per crate; cucum­
Camels, so the story goes, bring the
bers, $1.35(3.1.75 per dozen; peppers,
of
the
two
festivals
was
brought
about
three kings Into Spain on their gift
by motives of economy, the giving of
15(3 1 Tic per pound; cauliflower, $2.25
bringing errand, though sacred art
(32.50
per crate; sprouts, 10(3 11c per
j
presents
on
December
5
nnd
again
on
would show us that horses might be
pound; artichokes, $1(31.10; garlic, 7
I December 25 constituting too heavy a
used as well historically.
@ 8 ic ; squash, l j c ; pumpkins, l j c ;
toll on parental purses. That this was
In Holland, on the Zuydor Zee, St.
celery, $4.25 per crate; carrots, $1.25
the case appears to be proved by the
Nicholas comes on skates over the fro­
per sack; beets, $1.50(5:1.75; turnips,
custom prevailing in Catholic Germany,
zen wastes of wnter. In England thero
$1.50; parsnips, $1.75.
where St. Nicholas duly appears In
are In use for Christmas several Imita­
Potatoes — Oregon, $1.25(31.60 per
each home on December 5, nnd. Inquir­
tion horses, the hobby horses o f the
hundred; Yakima, $1.75@1.85; sweets,
ing into the conduct o f the children,
Morris dancers, which caper still In
3J(33|c.
rewards the worthy with fruits nnd
Staffordshire, according to their an­ © >
I t o
t
Green Fruits— Apples, $1(32.25 per
cakes and lectures the unworthy on the
cient habit.— Chicago Tribune.
box; pears, $1.50(5:2.25; grapes, 6@7c
duty o f obedience. He then asks the
per pound; casabas, 2Jc; cranberries,
Christ Child to bring them nt Christ­
$14.50(515.50 per barrel.
mas, nnd on the morning o f that day
Wool— Extra fine, 50(360c pound;
they usually find the desired nrticles In
coarse, 55(5,60c; valley, 55<360c; mo­
the shoes which they plnced overnight
hair, long staple, 55c.
on the hearth. This variation of the
Told For tho Littlest Children
December 17, 1917.
original Nicholas eve custom, for so
Cattle—
long obsolete In England, probubly nc-
Med. to choice steers.. . .$ 9.35(310.00
<*>uuts ¿oç ÿuj posjtesÿçn of Santa
ISTE N dear little children, and
Good to med. steers........ 8.50(5) 9.40
Claus In his présent rortp.
lie Is
you shall hear about the very first
Com. to good steers........ 7.00(3) 8.15
supposed to have been rin ipiportntlon
Christmas day.
Choice cows and heifers. 6.75(g) 7.60
from
America
about
40
years
njfo
It was In n country across the sen,
Com. to good cows and h f 5.50(3) 7.00
(ns
a
little
earlier
we
had
derived
the
far away from here, that some shep­
Canners..........................
3.00@ 5.50
Christmas tree from Germany on the
herds were watching their flocks ohe
Bulls................................
4.50(3 6*75
Initiation
of
the
prince
consort,
hus­
night. The sheep wero resting on the
C a lv e s ............................
7.00(8) 9.50
band of Queen Victoria.)”
grass, the little lambs were fast asleep
Stockers
and
fe
e
d
e
r
s
....
6.00(g) 7.85
Big Contract
beside their mothers, but tho kind shep­
Hogs—
“
Now,
daddy,
I
want
a
rifle
ant
herds were not asleep.
They were
Christmas S p irit
Crime light h o g s ............$15.65(315.80
wntohlng that no harm should happen drum for Christina*.”
Prime heavy h o g s .......... 15.70(5:16.00
However It may be, when Christmas ,
“ Üm."
to tne sheep.
P>K9................................ 13.75(315.00
“ "And
And t a nmchlne gun and a swe
comes it finds us all to a greater or
Perhaps they were looking up at the
Bulk .............................. 15.75
you
know."
less
degree
ready
to
cry
“
A
merry
stars nnd tho beautiful moon above
Sheep—
“ Eh."
Christmas to nil" nnd to the best of
thero when suddenly thero appeared a
Western lambs................ $13.00(313.50
“ And n soldier suit nnd two |
our ability keep It with good cheer. ]
wonderful light In the sky, brighter
Valley lambs................... 12.50(313.00
Deep down In our hearts every one of i
thnn tho moon, or stars, as If the sky tol«— '"
Yearlings........................
12.00(312.50
“
Doth,
kid,
you
want
as
many
mi
us
cherishes
what
may
bo
called
the
!
had opened and they saw the glory
Wethers............................ 11.75@12.25
tlona as a foreign power."— Loulsv
Christmas sentiment. Even if we go,
within.
E w e a ..............................
8.00@ 10.00
as so many have done o f past years, t
While the shepherds were looking up, Courler-Journul.
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r
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of
Gift Bringer I
Various Countries
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