AGRICULTURE
HORTICULTURE
LIVESTOCK
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Established in 1912.
Vol. 16.
Oksheda’s-f
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No. 33
C S h e d d
Halsey, Oregon, Thursday December 22, 1927.
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Devoted to the Interests of Halsey and Linn County
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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
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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.
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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
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m
e
r
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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
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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,
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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.
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No white man was found to claim
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