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VOLUME 48.
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 25. 1927
NUMBER 47
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OLORD, we lift our hearts to you on this Thanksgiving day
In songs of praise and gratitude, in humble, hallowed way.
We thank You for the year, now spent, with all its smiles and tears,
We bend our knees in grateful prayer for this and other years.
We thank You for the waving fields of ripened, yellow grain;
For orchards full of fragrant fruit; for sunshine and for rain.
We thank You for our happy homes; for ev'ry friendly smile
TW helm ua make the erode we climb and cheers us. mile on mile.
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Ours by Adoptiori
Made a Stated Instead of
Special Day Is Only
Change That Has
Taken Place.
Thanksgiving day, like most of
what we have, ts not our own, being
Enellsh In Its origin and receiving
merely new significance from Its adop
tion. Englishmen have always fol
lowed the custom of setting ,nsmV
days to commemorate public bless
ings, The discovery of the Gunpow
der plot was marked so and. similar
ly, special events have been marked.
"We have made it a stated instead of
a special day and that Is all of the
American character -that It has, and
It was not until New England had
been settled eighty years that It be
came a stated day, and there f was a
stated, annual day for a long, long
time before it obtained national adop
tion In any shape.
The first public thanksgiving ob
served by the Plymouth colony was In
the autumn of 1623. A long drought
was met by a day of fasting and
prayer. The drought ended, abundant
rains came, good crops followed and
the Puritans remembered the event In
a thanksgiving day. ! Oliver Crom
well's victories they similarly marked.
From that time until the union with
the Massachusetts Bay colony In 1C01
seven thanksgiving days were ob-
served.
First Thanksgiving.
; The Massachusetts Bay colony kept
Its first thanksgiving day as soon as
the last of Governor Winthrop's ships
arrived in Boston harbor. "So now."
says the chronicler, "all the whole
fleet being safely come to their port
they kept a public day of thanksgiv
ing. July 8, 1630, to give thanks to
Almighty God for all His goodness
and wonderful works which they bad
seen on the voyage." Here was the
old English custom of thanksgiving
.;for a special thing. Nearly every
year after that a similar public day
'of thanks was observed In this colony
jfor some special thing. - In 1633 it
Iwas for 'bountiful harvests and a
Jgreat arrival of persons of special use
and duality." .
i Since 1700 the annual thanksgiving
has been observed In all New Eng
land, and the, clergy with commend
able zeal have Improved the occasion
to "get In their work" on topics which
the Sunday sermon would not admit
lot it Is said a collection of- New
' England Thanksgiving day sermons
arranged chronologically would ne a
(complete Index and annotation of the
i social and political questions that
have engaged attention for the last
jtwo centuries.
I When Dutch Gave Thanks.
I But New England did not nionopo
ilize the custom. The Dutch In New
lork gave public thanks on extraor
dinary occasions and the Journals of
the Continental congress show eight
appointments by that body" r.t thanksgiving-'
days, recommending to the ex
ecutives of the 'farina colonies the
observance, nnd with one exception
the congress - suspend V on the
thanksgiving days that" It ha1 ap
pointed, j
The ! Protestant Episcopal prayer
book, ratified Jn 1780, appoints the
first Thursday, of .Neveinber as a
thanksgiving day unless another day
shall be appointed by the civil authorities,-and
It was . frequently ob
served In New York before the civil
authorities- fell into the custom of ap
pointing similar days. On several
occasions bishops of the Episcopal
and of the Roman- Catholic church
have issued letters recommending the
observance of such a day 'and pre
scribing forms. The plenary council
of the latter church at Baltimore, In
18S5, recommended that the observ
ance of the day be regarded as a
church feast, but nothing further lias
since been done concerning It and It
stands here simply as a civil observ
ance. Thomas Jefferson's Attitude.
George Washington Issued thanks
giving proclamations twice and dur
ing John ' Adams' administration two
also were Issued. Jefferson would
have none of them. In a letter to
Rev. Sir. Miller, In 1808. after setting
out that the national government was
civil magistrate to direct Its exer
cises, Its disciplines or its doctrines,
nor of the religious societies that the
general government should be Invest
ed with the power of effecting any
uniformity of time or matter among
them. Fasting and prayer nre reli
gious exercised, the enjoining them
an act of discipline. Every religions
society has a right to determine for
Itself the times for these exercises,
and the objects proper, for them ac
cording , to their particular , tenets,
and the right can never be safer In
their own linnds, where the Constitu
tion has. plated lt.'l. t J -
Colonial Heritage.
But the observance of the day came
as an old New England and New
York custom, a Colonial heritage
Lincoln appointed November 26. 1803.
as a day .of national thanksgiving.
That was at a time when Gettysburg
had been won and Vickshurg had
fallen. Before the. nppolnted day
came the Southern forces had been
flanked on Lookout mountain and Mis
sionary ridge, and Bragg's army was
retreating. So with the North that
year the thanks of the day had the
fervor of praise to the God of battles
ns well as to the Giver of good.
' We have kept pace with the custom
since and It has become a day of
feasting nnd lers of fast; a day of
devotion to pier sure nnd rest, though
withal a day 'of thanksgiving marked
by scant church attendance and more
or less quiet hours.
Exceeding By i More Than
Six Per Cent Not
Favored.
The proposal to levy a special tax
in excess of 6 per cent the special tax
levy of the preceding year by Union
High School District No.' 7 met with
defeat at the election held Wednes
day, the vote standing 31 for the tax,
and 77 against the tax.
Interest was intense, but the elec
tion was devoid of strife of any na
ture iri the casting of a total of 109
ballots, by voters representative of
every walk of life in the "community.
The polls opened in the basement of
the high school build'uig shortly after
two o'clock in the afternoon and vot
ing continued until seven.
The total estimated expenses of
both districts, No. 7 and No. 29, for
the year, as given in the budgets,
amounts to $26,086.14, and the
amount to be raised by district tax,
$20,687.57. :
Last year's estimated total ext endi
tures of District No. 7, totaled $9,-
451.46. The estimated amount for this
year was $12,961.14, or an increase of
$3,509.68 over last year. This, increase
was to cover outstanding warrants,
amounting to $1,091.14, and laise
in teacher's salaries, inclusive with
the establishment of the manual
training and domestic science de
partments in the school this year,
Following is a copy of the ballot as
voted:
Ballot
"Shall' school district No. 7, of
Umatilla County,- Oregon', levy 'a
special tax for the year 1927-28,
which exceeds by more than six per
cent the special tax levied by said
district for the preceding year, by
levying a tax of $.........4fbr the pres
ent year? It is necessary to increase
the tax by more than six per cent
for the following reasons:
To meet Increase in Teacher's
Salaries, and to take care of out
standing warrants. .
Vote Yes or No. -
.. Yes. ;
No. '"','
For peaceful valet that lie between
The hill bathed in unclouded li"ht;
For harvests with their golden ilieen,
The earth' increa that greets the
sight;
We thank Thee, Giver of every true
And perfect gift that fill our days;
Our vow to Thee we now renew,
And lift the voice in tuneful praise
But let not toe much thought of sell
Obscure and hide the ones in need.
In other lands where pride and pelf
Are placed above the kindly deed
We thank Thee tor the -generous
store;
The fruited bough, the golden
grain;
Ncr shall tha stranger at our door
Knock in distret and all v-in'
. Alonza Rice.
Interdicted by the Constitution from
intermeddling with religious Institu
tions not only because of the provi
slon for the Tree exercise of rell -inn
but also because of the power re
served to the states, with which.' if
with any hutnnn authority, must rest
religious discipline, he says:
"But is Is only proposed that I
should recommend, not prescribe, a
day of fasting and prayer. This Is
that I should Indirectly assutne to tin
United States an authority over re
ligious exercises which the t'oiiMitu
tion has directly precluded them
from. It must be meant, too, that
this recommendation is to carry some
authority, and to .be sanctioned by
some penalty on those who disregard
it; not indeed of fines and Imprison
nient, but of some degree of
persecution, perhaps. In public opin
ion. And does the change In
the nature of the - penalty make
the recommendation less a luw of
conduct for. those to whom It Is
directed? I do not believe it Is for
the Interest of religion to Invite tire
Lesson in Observance
of Thanksgiving Day
Thanksgiving day If? an American
Institution. It has come down to us
from the sturdy pioneers who on theii
stern and rock-bound coast found so
much even in their lives of privation
and hardship to be grateful for. that
they set aside this day each year for
the offering up of thanks for the
blessings that Providence had be
stowed. Through these centuries the custom
has been observed, nnd that very fact
reveajs a characteristic of the Amer
ican people Thanksgiving day Is es
sentially and primarily a day of 'wor
ship, for to offer thanks to God for
His goodness Is one of the most noble
forms of worship. ,
The observance of Thanksgiving Is
an acknowledgment that there Is a
higher power playing a part in direct
ing the lives and fortunes of men
here. " -
Our Thanksgiving is therefore a
recognition of dependence upon one
greater than our selves, and the con
templution of such dependence can
but work toward making us more un
selfish, more generous, more chari
table toward our fellow men. Hous
ton Post-Dispatch.
The Thankful Heart
It anyone should give me a dish of
sand, and tell me there were particles
of iron in it, I might look for them
with my eyes and search for them
with my clumsy fingers, and be un
able to detect them; but let me take
a magnet and sweep through It, and
how it would draw to itself the al
most Invisible particles by the mere
iwwer of attraction. The unthankful
heart, like my fingers in the sand, dis
covers no increier; but let the thank
ful heart sweep through the day, aort
as the magwt finds the Iron, so It will
4 find in every hour some heavenly
blessings only the iron In God's sand
f gold. Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Adair's Grocery Robbed
Entrance was made to the Adair
Cash Grocery store Friday night and
the cash register was robbed of
over $10 in change. Cigarettes are al
so missing. The robber overlooked
a $5 bill in the cash drawer of the
register. A pannel was bursted out
of the back door, and the lock turn
ed by the intruder.
TWO KILLED WHEN
i STRIKERS RUSH MINE
Denver. Two striking miners were
killed and at least 10 I. W. W. and
state police wounded in a clash be
tween the two forces at the Columbine
mine, according to reports, to authori
ties here.
The fight followed attempts of 50C
striking miners and their wives, dress
ed In overalls, to ru;jh a force of 1
state guards in order to picket th
property.
Adanu Bell of Laur'o, leader of the
miners, wa3 one cf the men killed
The Columbine m ne has been a con
testinc crourid since, the I! W. W
strike was called s:x weeks ago. 1
has been the only properly which ha
operated virtually without trouble dur
ing the tr!ke. -
When the 500 miners approached
the property Monday morning. Deputy
Sheriff L. J. Beynon mounted a motor
truck and asked them not to go into
the enclosure.
But the miners moved forward. The
clash came after the officers had fired
Into the air, in hopes of stopping the
advance. Swinging clubs and waving
knives, the attackers swept on the of
ficers, who then lowered their revolv
ers and fired into the advancing ranks.
Racial Segregation Law Constitutional
Washington, D. C Race segrega
tion of children in public schools was
sustained by the supreme court. The
ruling was on a case from Mississippi,
where an attempt was made to compel
the state to permit Martha Lum,
daughter of an American citizen of
Chinese descent, to attend the Rose-
daye consolidated high school In Bol
ivar county, provided exclusively for
white children.
THANKS IN 177
In November of That Year
American Cause Was
at Lowest Ebb.
There was no Thanksgiving proc
lamation In November, 1776. Congress
did, Indeed, pass a resolution sum
moning the people of the several colo
hles to assemble.- bnt In prayer for
deliverance, not of thanksgiving. The
American cause seemed at that mo
ment to be all but hopeless. Wash
ington was retreating across New
Jersey. Leaving Newark on the 28th
of November with an army of 5,0(M)
that gradually dwindled, he crossed
the Rarltan with scarcely 3,500 starv
ing nnd half-naked troops. In New
York, then In the hands of the Brit
ish, General Howe was Issuing a proc
lamation which might have been con
sldered a proclamation of thnnksglv
ing for some. It wns one of pardon
to all who would renounce the Decla
ration of Independence. Twenty -sev
en hundred accepted. " But this ouly
augmented the Ills of those who still
Rtood opt for Independence, nn In
creased the jeopardy In which their
lives and possessions were put.
, Nation's Early Sufferings.
The Infant republic, surrounded by
foes, for the Indians were rising, was
also suffering from the condition
which has lately been epidemic In
Europe a depreciated currency. The
news that American representatives
had succeeded In getting aid from
France In the ; way of uniforms and
equipment foi soldiers nnd other sup
plies had not yet become known to
the Washington troops, whose route
ns .they approached the Delaware
"was easily traced, as there was a
little snow on the ground, which wns
tinged here and there with blood from
the feet of the men who wore broken
shoes." It wns In these desperate
days that Washington wrote to his
brother saying that if every nerve
was not strained to recruit a new
army to take the place of the troops
whose term of enlistment was explr
Ing, he thought the game was "pretty
near up." The flame of the camp
fires about which those who remained
faithful to the desperate cause were
gathered furnished, however, a hope
ful ray for Pnlne's "times that try
men's souls."
Now Blessed Above Others.
it Is with such a background of
extremity, approaching defeat, tlmt
the country which these patriot souls
suffered to make Independent comes
to Its nntlonnl Thanksgiving today.
With a third of the wealth of the
world In Its hands, as has been est I
mnted-and with most of the gold
with abounding crops and "much
goods laid up for many years," we
have collective material reason 'for
gratitude beyond any other people on
the face of the e;;rtli. But in con
gratulating ourselves -as a nation and
Individuals that we have passed an
other year In "the favor of the Al
mighty" and lli ii "lie litis smiled on
our fields." are ve doing more than
Soslcles, (lie Greek tiller of the soil,
over 2,0111) jei:is iiu. wlin dedicated
tn "Demeter. lovu ot wheat." a few
liatmtUIS ot coin rinin me mutm ...
his tiny Held." having reaped an
abundant 'virvest and desiring anoth
er yenr, by the same favor, to carry
back his sickle blunted from his har
vest? Gratitude for these things?
Yes, but with a consciousness of the
obligation which that sullielency
brings and with no thought of taking
our ease in the earth or letting It go
Us own way while we enjoy our goods
In self-indulgent Isolntlon.
One hundred fifty years ago our an
cestors prayed for delfverance from
restrictions upon their rightful lib
erty. Today our prayer should also
be for deliverance as well as In
thanksgiving deliverance from the
arrogance of self-sufficiency, from the
pride of " ma teriat- power, from swag
gering claims of superiority. We have
learned to endure hardship, we have
proved to the world our 'active and
helpful sympathy for suffering wher
ever it has come to mankind, we have
demonstrated also our resourcefulness
and ingenuity in difficulty and our
fearlessness In danger. We have
known how to face adversity, . Our
prayer In the prosperity that has
come upon us is that we also should
"know how to abound." .' '
Better Form of Prayer. ,
It were better that ' we should Join
all humanity In the simple tannics
giving p'-ayer which Kplctetus sug
gested: "Ought wo not when we are digging
nnd plowing and eating to sing this
hymp to God : 'Great Is God, Who has
given us such Implements with which
we shall cultivate the earth; great Is
God, Who has given us hands, the
power of swallowing, a stomach, Im
perceptible growth, nnd the power of
breathing while we sleep.'" '
But the real things to be thankful
for lie still deeper in the friendships
of the spirit of men and of nations.
CQQLIDG
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REPORTS
NATIONAL AFFAIRS
Grandpa Gives Thanks
When all it aid and done,
The simple things are beitj
Cool rain and goodly tun,
Hard work and easeful rest.
When one ttai reached the end
And these have been bestowed :
Warm love , . , earned bread .
friend
How fair has been the road I
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To lit while and dream
Before my open door)
To watch the sunlight gleam
What tane man aike for more?
To tee my garden grow,
What dearer thing there it?
To hear the great windt blow1, .
Child-laughter . . . memoriet . .
A hand cloteclatped In mine,
My own green bit of tod,
And in my tout, divine,
The living Grace of God.
Faith Baldwin In
Everybody's Magazine.
Columbia Project Mention
ed in the President's
Address.
Philadelphia. Pa. A national pro
gram calling, for internal 'Improve
ments,. development, ot the country's
defenses and the promotion of peace, '
was outlined by President Coolidge in
cautioning against the "test of pros
perity" facing America.
1 Speaking before a distinguished au
dience of business leaders at the Union
League of Philadelphia, Mr. Coolidge
gave a comprehensive report of the
nation's affairs and then detailed his
hope's for the future in the most com
plete way he has ever, attempted out
side of a message to congress. ,
The president spoke- after he had
been given the gold medal for distin
guished , public, service and honorary
membership in the Union league, the
oniy president io receive ootn awaras
from this organization founded In Civil
war days,, "... -
Flood control, development of water
way systems, ' construction of . more
cruisers and submarines for the navy,
encouragement ot commercial aviation
and attention to the Colorado river
and Columbia basin projects were
mentioned by the president, as he em
phasized that "we can begin to con
sider internal developments."
While a moderate tax reduction is
in sight, he warned again that this
depended on strict economy, and again
he urged rapid retirement of the pub
lic debt, "the greatest weakness in our
line of national defense."
Coffined in Coconut
In Honolulu limy be seen two coco
nut fire caskets', woven to represent
In ei'ilgy King Lllon, who reigned over
Hawaii In 1500 A. D., nnd his great-
grandson, Lenol-knmn kohlkl. Inside
the caskets are the bones of the kings.
Such coconut fiber caskets, shaped
somewhat like an Egyptian mummy
case, are extremely rare. These were
found In one of the ancient burial
caves of Hawaii. The llawallans
often secreted the bones of dead kings
In Inaccessible caves to prevent defile
ment bv an enemy.
Within the Shadow of the FairJ Ax
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MEXICAN DECISION
'" FAVORS AMERICANS
Washington, D. C Hope that the
action of the Mexican supreme court
In the Mexican Petroleum company
drilling permit case has opened the
way for adjustment ot the entire oil
controversy with Mexico was express
ed in a formal statement made public
by the state department.
Officials were not Inclined to go
beyond this statement in discussing
significance of the Mexican court de
cision. The complexities ot Mexican
law, which differs widely from Ameri
can practice, make It difficult to de
termine the full purport of the deci
sion without detailed study of tha
written document which ultimately
will stand as the legal record tor guid
ance of Mexican courts and executive
officials.
Mexico City. The Mexican supreme
court has ruled in favor of the Mexl- '
can Petroleum company, an American
concern, in the first decision involving
the new petroleum law. The court,
by unanimous decision, granted the
appeal restraining the department of
industry, commerce and labor from
cancelling certain of the company's
drilling permits. '
DOOMED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE THANKSGIVING tr'EAbl
$300,000,000 ARMY BUDGET
Largest Military Expenditure Since
Close of War In Prospect.
Washington, D. C. Congressional
approval of the largest military hud
get since the end of the war-time ex
pansion period in 1922 is In prospect as
members of the house and senate drift
back to Washington for the coming
session.
Budget requirements of the army
have risen steadily during tie last five
years and it would not be surprising
If congress votes favorably ou a $300,
000,000 budget for the military activi
ties of the war department during the
fiscal year beginning next July. Addi
tions of funds for non-military activi
ties will raise this sum to a much
higher figure.
Ruth Elder Signs Contract for $100,000
New York. Ruth Klder, the avlatrix,
has signed a contract to appear In
vaudeville over the country for 100
days for a total payment of $100,000.
George Halderman, her pilot, will ap
pear with her and will introduce Miss
Elder to the audiences.
Tabor Re-elected U. 8. Grange Head.
Cleveland, O. Louis J. Tabor of
Columbus, O., was re-elected master ,
Of ti e National Grange hero. It will
be Tabor's third successive term.