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AGRICULTURE HORTICULTURE LIVESTOCK -------------------------------------------1 Established in 1912. Vol. 16. Oksheda’s-f uutisxut îzttivrprtst' No. 33 C S h e d d Halsey, Oregon, Thursday December 22, 1927. P e r s o n a ls 3 Í ' Devoted to the Interests of Halsey and Linn County ---------------------- * ? P in e G r o v e I t e m s I W v * V W lA V A S A W A W A » » Our Greetings (By an Enterpiise Reporter) . The W illa m e tte chapter o f the Eastern S ta r and tha Masons had a jo in t in s ta lla tio n of officers W ed nesday n ig h t at the W oodmen h a ll. DAIRYING WOOL, MOHAIR POULTRY (E n terp rise C orrespondence) HOMEMADE «C H R IS T M A S 1 CANDIES M r. and Mrs. Ray Hover spent M onday in A lb a n y . F lo yd N ich o ls was an A lb a n y busine s v is ito r W ednesday, E a rl A lb e rtso n is home from M o n m o u th fo r the holidays. Rues 1 k n ig h te n o f A lb a n y spent Sunday at A L. K u ig h te n 's. Miss Grace Pcbrrsou was among the A lb a n y shoppers S a tu rd a y. M is. A . L. K n ig lite ii was a v is i tor a t the county seat M onday. M r. ai d Mrs. F a irfie ld attended church nt Peoria S unday m orning. M r. H igbee visite d hie daughter, Mrs. A lb e rrso u the firs t of thu week. A R T o f tke wisdom o f Providence, no doubt, is ’H O S E ok-lieda washda Those home fro m the d iffe re n t expressed in the calendar position o f Christmas. It would (law?" was the semi-Sioux schoule and colleges fo r the holi-* NOTIIEIt of the ceremoni be bard to imagine a holiday o f its peculiarly sweet and greeting of the plump als that make home such a days are A re ita H a ve rla u d , Anna tender significance coming at any other season o f the year. little Scotch Canadian likeable place at Christmas mother as the sunny- M cC onnel, M e rth a l Sherer, V er- time Is the making of the -\To other time is so appropriate. T h e sparkling cold of the haired young laddie came running netta C la rk , C la ric e and M a ry M c pretty, colorful candles to oir hut increases the warmth within. Into the kitchen, where already the (’«Cerate the table, or till small boxes porridge was cooked and the tea brew Connel, fro m M o n m o u th ; R alph : ad lee-kcls for neighbors and friends Spring and summer have their more intense activities and ing for breakfast on this, his sec Malson, M y rle T hom pson, Leland j to whom one wishes to give a little ond Christinas. She caught him in Pennell, E d ith Pugh, from C o rv a l autumn its garnering. N ear the end o f the year comes the something more than a card. her arms and tossed him high above balancing o f tke books, tke checking over o f affairs to see ili A cold wintry evening is Just the lis ; Cecil E ld e r fro m A lb a n y ; and her head. time to Indulge In this festivity, and if they have been well or ill. T his is also a good time for Î! “Whose very good boy?” was what Roberta A rc h ib a ld fro m Salem. If a neighbor or two should be Invited spiritual stock-taking, a proceeding happily promoted by she had said, partly in the language In to help, so much the Jollier. Tie T he young people of the M etho Christmas. she had learned from her husband. bright checkered aprons on the men Ilia nurse had been one of those d is t church enjoyed a c h ild re n ’s and make them do tho preparatory If our affairs have been good, the more reason for a feel squaws of the picturesque type still to p a ity , each one a tte n d in g being work, such us cracking the nuts and M r. and Mrs. Jahn M c N e il were getting the meats out whole, chopping be seen in Manitoba. In summer they dressed as a c h ild . A good tim e ft ing o f charity and good w ill. I f the twelve-month has ¡Í come, selling wild red raspberries or business visito rs to H u iris b u rg F r i citron, squeezing lemons, cutting nn- boine trials and anxieties in unusual measure, the more choke-cherries; in winter, trudging on was had by a ll. gelleu Into strips, and halving red I day. reason for a sympathetic feeling toward others who have snowshoes into the village to visit candled cherries. M r. and M rs. K en n e th A rn o ld Miss E unice S ylvester came from their customers. been similarly burdened, and for summoning peace to cur Meanwhile nt one side-table sits tho to o k Mrs. A rth u r L a y to n to A l ii ber school near H a rris b u rg for the lady with the fondant—that buseofall Hugging the little lad to her breast, hearts and renewing our faith. & bany where th e y visited the la tte r’ s the rosy mother half sobbed as she the cream candles—stirring the confec week end, tried to say it cheerfully, "Whose husband, who is in the General i tioner's sugar, moistening It to tho It is the season o f quickening pulse and regenerated hope M r. and Mrs. Laurence Z im m e r ÍÍ oksheda washda daw?" Even as she h o sp ita l in th a t c ity . right consistency so thnt it will make — the season when heart ca lle th u nto heart. Let us man were guests at the N . E. round soft halls, and then either dip repeated the greeting, the door swung ii blend cur voices in fu ll jubilee. M r. and Mrs. 0 M. Thom pson open and a sudden gust of wind swept ping It In boiling chocolate or stuff C h a n dle r home Sunday. the fine, dry snow, like biting dust, took Mrs. S ophia Thompson to , ing It with nuts, cherries, citron, or M r. and M rs R»y H o ve r n s ite d M E R R Y C H R IS T M A S Into her face. Before her stood one bits of fig paste. It ean be used to Halsey Tuesday afteruoon to see j c at the E ve re tt Hover home io H a r stuff dates, taking the place of the of these old In stone, the dates then being rolled in dian women, ap Dr. T. I. M arks. THE PUBLISHERS ris b u rg Sunday. it parently exhaust ii The Woodmen and C irc le com M r. and Mrs. Cook fro m C a li granulated sugar. Oh. there Is no end to the decorative, luscious goodies ed from a long -af . V V 'i V i v V i - .í .-J - - — fo rn ia are v is itin g a l the borne ot that enn bo wade from this cream journey through mittees m et last T h u rs d a y n ig h t ' foundation. the storm. and decided to hold a jo n t it s ah , the le tte r ’ s bro th e r, Jay S u yla r. “ O k s h e d a le tio u of officers January 2 C h r s .¡an h o sp ita l m Euga ie, was To make these candies look like There w ill be no p ra ye r meeting w a s h d a daw ?” Christmas, the liberal use of green a S unday v is ito r at the home of Halsey and V icinity at Pine G rove for tw o weeks so Brevities Daie M 'K in le y , who i i ta k in g a she gasped, then and red la advised, either Ih the for 1- I hose who wish can u lle u d the re unt Itself cr In the trimming. A hex continued in her nnree's tra in in g course at tin her p are n ts, Mr. and M rs T. n a t i v e tongue, M c K in le y . o." coloring matter can be obtained nt l Mrs. C. P. M o ily spent T u ;sd y v iv a l meetings a l L ike Creek. "Wichyepna, you him. The Indians were afraid to. nny groeer.v, the colors being green, Business in Shedd In s assumed j a fte rn o o n in E u g u ie on a business M r, and Mrs .C harles N ichole s p e a k the lan Their white brothers would ask them plnlt, violet and orange. You can M r. and M 's . L E E a g y .M '. and put a hunch of holly on a white guage of my peo to explain and often their white t to ho lid a y rush and is u n u s u a lly tr io . brothers did not believe. His foster ple. You speak heavy. Mrs. C. II. Ko mtz and sou Her- Mrs. E E- H over, M is . W illia m cream by cutting wee leaves of green the cry of my mother loved him; but she. too. wan angelica and tiny bits of candled chcr- M r. and Mrs. R .bert A rn o 'd man spent the litte r p ir to f list Potupuff und M r. D o b rin in wore heart. Last night afraid. So—she hugged the bit of A lb a n y visito rs F rid a y . I read it in the paper to her heart and kept silent were ¡ n A lb a n y Tuesday afternoon week in Portland rainbow - h u e d vigil. on a business tr ip . H ill & Co. placed a B ridge At The M. P. took the lad home and streamers of light II. F Lake and daughter Muriel, : Ä ? H 'g h F arw ell of P o rtla n d has Beach c irc u la to r in the George from the north— hired an Indian nurse from the settle an d Bessie R eynolds spetti Satur* Satut* ment to care for him. Every summer been spending a f»w d ay s a t the L iu b n e r home th is week. the night wind sang it—oksheda!” old squaw came with her pall of , . . . day ttt A lb a n y where they visited The wrinkled old face twisted into the red raspberries, only to grunt her h orae of h .s b ro th e r Ed. Rev, and Mrs. A tria n Sias a e re la tive s and friends. a pained smile ns she sank In a heap •frSI M rs Dora D avis w ito ja a patieot sp e n d in g the h o lid a ys at D allas at by the kitchen fire. A bit of paper thanks and look furtively about her M ost of the students who are a t fluttered to the floor from her hand. to assure herself that all was well at the A lb a n y General h o sp ita l, i - the homo o f M s . Stas’ p. rents, te n d in g O .S .C . fro m H alsey aim rles, pressing thorn Into the cream be “The Great Spirit calls—it is the end with the boy, then chuckle to herself fore It hardens. A tiny green plno M r. and M r*. K enneth Greta o f of the trail," she whispered as tho as she patted her breast where the reported to be g e tiirg along line. v ic in ity are home for the holidays. tree cun be cut and pressed Into tho L- R. W ilso n a i J Ed F a rw e ll i A lb a n y spent S unday at the E. A. little mother bent over her, anxiously jjrecious paper lay. In winter she A m ong them are F ra n k K ooulz, top of a cream. chafing her hands. She saw the faded would sometimes look through the have th e ir e le c tric lig h ts h u n tin g 1 P. L a F o Ile tte home in Halsey, When these pretty Christmas can George Cross, T rum an R o b n elt, old eyes suddenly brighten, then close open spaces in the frost-covered win dles are packed Into little gay baskets C. I* M oody, a ^e u l at the S o u th , suddenly—It r;as the end of the trail. dows to see the candles on the Christ now. T h -y receive th e ir power M e lfo rd M u lle r, P earl Pheisson, “See, see," said the little lad. hold mas tree and see her oksheda dancing fro m the lin e ru n n in g to Saddle ern f’ acilie depot, announced today Fred H e in ric h and Helen W il hr painted tin boxes, they make tho most attractive sort of gift to send ing up the scrap of paper which had with Joy. B u tte . Ed F a rw e ll has also had th a t the depot offices w ould be around the neighborhood to nearbv liam s fallen from the squaw’s hand. Open Then came the wedding, and for friends, or to give the Christmas ing It reverently, the Canadian wom three years she liad not known where an electr.c stove in s ta lle d at bio closed to a ll business December 25 A t the last n ie e lia g of P u rity caller. In addition, the fun of making b °m e . and 20 and alan J a n u a ry 1 and 2. an exclaimed. “M.v certe! It's an ill to find the “oksheda wechasta." Rebekah lodge the fo llo w in g officers them In the company of a kitchen- The pafter—ah, yes. It told who wind that blaws nobody guid, sure were elected; M ary P a tto n , noble full of family or neighbors makes n Robert was. His father had been a enough. Her oksheda!” preliminary Christmas party that Is She rushed Into the living room, second son from Devonshire, who had g ra n d ; Sadie Gaosle; vice g ra n d ; .early us delightful as the duy itself. where her "oksheda wechasta” (mar sough' als fortune in the great North E sther B ond, secretary; E stle H o lt, ried boy) was lighting the candles on west. It told how the young wife t r usurer. The o ther officers are had intended to re tu rn to C a lifo rn ia could not stand the hardships; how the scantily decorated Christmas tree. “Look, Robert, on Christmas Day the father, too. had surrendered to a p p o in tive . The new officers w ill w ith a nother daughter but decided it has come. The mystery and all— the storm-king’s fury one Christmas to w a it u n til a fte r C hristm as. he in s ta lle d in Ja n u a ry, see I It is the oksheda’s Christmas!” Eve; how he had cached his rich find A t a meeting o f the (Sun C lu b S unday M r. and Mrs. F. B u fo rd she exclaimed, as she gave him the under the rock that resembled the owl near the source of the riv er; how he crumpled paper to read. M o iria drove to Salem S u n d a y, M onday evening the business re. Robert had been found when a baby had wrapped his greatcoat about wee ta k in g w ith them the la t le i’ e sis. latmg to the to u rn a m e n t last S u n by a band of Indians. Only the old Robert and prayed the Great Spirit ter, M rs. E lm e r L ik e , who had day was settled up and a neat sum squaw who bad come to the end of to save him. “A great Christmas for us all, Rob the trail this Christmas morning knew been v is itin g here. M r. M o rris rested in the tre a su ry. I t was do. the paper existed. All night long In ert; but it is the oksheda I'm think also m a il“ a tr ip to S>lem Monday eided to purchase another tra p for the blinding snow storm she had trav ing of most. With the war come and eyening to take his e xa m in a tio n as the clu b and the members selected eled on her snowshoes—traveled that the business gone, títere wasn’t to be the best money can buy, the k in d she might And some one to whom she much Christmas—bnt now! See, lad firs t lie u te n a n t in the O N G . die, the storm Is breaking: the sun could tell the story. F rid a y evening a num ber of H a l' used in in te rn a tio n a l tournam ents All these years she had guarded the Is beginning to shine. My certe! My s y people were guests of the A l W ith th is and the tra p now in u*e paper, which she could not read, feel certe1” "There, there, lassie, here comes bany S portsm en's c lu b nt a b a n . the club w ill have equipm ent sec. ing th at In some the little shaver. Mind you don't let w-ay it w o u l d quet al-tbe Ht. F ra n cis hotel. A ond to none. him in here till I go to the store again. bring good for varied pro g ra m of m usic, sih lreeeis .Saturday n ig h t B everly Isom en. There are toys and things to be put tune to the ok and stories was given. A m - n ^ te rta ned a g roup of her g irl on the tree. The way it's come to us sheda who had on Christmas, I know we’ll And the seemed her very those present fro m H alsey were friends at a slum ber p a rty honoring gold." own little white James M c W il ism s, C a rl H ill, M r her th irte e n th b irth d a y Games When the snows melted they made baby She had and M rs. K ld e n Cross am i Miss were played u n til 10.30 when a the Journey together. This year, as loved h im so. usual, the oksheda with the golden She was afraid to Cleona S m ith lunch was served. The ta b le dec- eurls and the oksheda wechasta with show the paper M r. and M rs E. E G o rm le y w ill orations were ca rrie d nut in a color the black mustache are trimming the to her people— have as the ir guests over C h ris' mu* s heme of p in k i l l - w hite and the gorgeous tree that stands in tae hay the paper she had window of the beautiful farmhouse M r arid Mr«. C. L. G o rm le y of table was centered w ith an angel found hidden in near the river's source. The sleigh his clothing. She o f C o q u ille , M r. end M r* G e o r g e f o<l cake decorated in p in k and bells Jingle merrily as the cutter was afraid she AHord of Eugene, end Mr. and w h ile and th irte e n lig h te d can Ilea stops outside with a load of little In might lose him if dian boys from the settlement, who j Mrs L. E. Gorrn ey and two c h ild d'hote bidden were R tt i A r m they knew. Then are brought each year to share the one day he wan ren of Hprinzfie'd, M'S. Gormley's strong L ila Phelps, E lla B ra m . festival of the “Oksheda's Christmas." J dered out of her ta ih e r, F. M G ra y , is also staving w e ll, D o ro th y C orcoran, June L a y . And down by the brink of the river Is sight and the M. w.th them a l pre se si. M r. G r a y ’ ton, Alice Sturtevant, R um T u ttle the rock that resembles an owl. P. had found him by the lake alone. ( £ . I W , W -iicrn N ew sH ps* Voto«-) | No white man was found to claim P - &