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PAGAN SOURCES '
' OF CHRISTIAN
" HOLIDAYS TOLD
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, ifThe Methodist Brotherhood
'",held its regular meeting Monday
night. It was. tighten tertained
by a lecture deUyaftd'by Profes-
Bor rreuencK jsuunn 01 me u,
early Christians should win over
these pagan worshipers to the
celebration of the Easter day in
honor of Him who really rose
from the dead.
Sun worship was the most
natural thing in the world for
prehistoric man, for the sun in
the heavens was the common
benefactor and stood for light
and heat and life. The people
watched as the sun gradually re
ceded each year to a certain
point in the Southern heavens,
when he turned and came back,
and how natural that the date
of the beginning of his return
should he that orceneral rplnfc-
of 0., on the subject "Our.w. This the time of the winter
Patched Christian Calendar." solstice, corresponds with our
,v He treated the subject in a ; Christmas tide which was cele
very scholarly way and in his brated in Egypt to commemor-i
remarks brought out the follow- atethe rehabilitation of Osiris,
ing: The church of today is which corresponded to Jehovah
sdmewhat different in its cus-! of the Jews. This was also the
toms and modes of worship ! time "of the Saturnalia of the
fipm fche original church estab-1 Romans which was in reality
lfshed in Christ's time, for in another type of sun worship; the
common with all civilization the ! time of year also of the Yule
church has progressed although .' tide celebrations of the Scandi
the essence of its worship is the i navians.
s?m?? - . I The Christmas tree which is
,S;.Some of our principal holi- - held so dear to us did not origin
days as Christmas, Easter and j ate with our Christmas but had
others, originated way back jbeen used by the Scandinavians
among the prehistoric people of ; in their Yuletide as well as by
the old world and m process of the Druids in their worship,
X : C, " It, .1 .i I rm i-i jt t if .11.1
West Sprngficltl school won
the first prlzo at tho rocoht In
dustrial fair held in Eugene for
having tho best porcontaKo of
attendance at tho fair and rally,
the decision as to this prlzo: hav
ing boon made by E. J. Moore,
county school superintendent.
yesterday. Norkonzlo won tho
second prlzo and tho River Road
school won third.
The only means of ascertain
ing the precentago of atten
dance at the rally and fair was
by comparing tho number of
names in a book at tho school
booths with the number in the
district. It took time to'do this,
and after tho count was finished
tho superintendent found that
tho West Sprlngflold school had
an attendance of 99 per cent.
It was awarded tho graphonola,
given by tho Eugene Commer
cial club. Norkonzlo had 95 per
cent in attendance and :waa
I given one of tho book cases and
a framed picture while tho River
Road school had 90 per centand
was given a piece of statuary
and a framed picture.
Throughout tho year there
has been an exceptionally' fine
spirit of co-operation between
tho patrons and the school In
West Springfield, and this, ex
pensive award is the direct out
come of the splendid Interest of
the people of the district.
Natlca U Credit rt.
Notice Is huraby given that tho utn
(IcralRned hs been appointed, by tho
county court, executrix of tho ostnto
or William m. Mooto, tlocoaAdd. All
pontann ImVinR clfttnm analiiHt aald
oainio aro noroity notinod to nronant
tho anmo, duly voriflod and with tho
proper vouchors, to tho admtnl8tra
trlx nt tho olhco ot Woodcock, Smith
& llryaon, In KiiRono, OroRon, within
six months from tho dato ot the first
imnucauon or tins notlco.
Pa to ot first publication of this no
tico is April so, loio.
MAUGAllKT MOOH19.
Kxocutrlx of tho ostnto of William M
Mooro, doccusod. m M34
church Monday evening, giving
excerpts from Vis semi annual
report to the trustees made on
Tuesday May 18.
In part he said:
CONTRACTOR'S NOTICE
Court House. Lo.no County. Uunono.
Oregon.
Notlco Is hereby kWoii Unit soatnd
was will bo received by tho County
i-ouri or i.nno county, Oregon, nt Ku
eOno. OroRon. m to 11 o'clock n. m.
Juno 15, lOlIi. nt which time said bids
Biinll bo opened, for tho Improvoniont
by cradliiR ot 1100 linear taut or road
on County ltond No. 300 In Tp. 17
ti i rc., w. ni in nccorunnco wltn
plans and specifications on IHo with
tlio County Clerk of bono County.
Copies ot tho plans and sneclflca
tlons may ho obtained from tho County
siurvoyor ny u tioposii or si.oo which
iiopasit wm uo roturnoa upon tho re
turn ot tho pinna and specifications
in Rood condition In ten days.
Each hid must bo accompanied by
n certlllod chock for 5 per cent of tho
amount oui.
Tho rlcht Is reserved to roJoct any
or all bids.
Dono by order of tho County Court
of Lnno County. Oregon, thltt 24th day
or .May, iuiu.
STACY M. ItUSSELL.
33-6-7 . County Clerk
Summons,
In tho Justice Court for Euceno Jus
tlco District, Lnno County. OroKo.i.
w. 11. lijncn. piaintirr. vs. .M. E. Ed
wards, uoronunnt.
To M. E. Edwards, tho nbovo-nnmod
uerentiant:
In tho uamo ot tho Stato of OroRon:
You are horoby Riiinmonod and squlr-'
eu 10 appear ami answer tuo com
plaint In tuo above entitled causo
within six wooks from tho date of
Hint publication ot tho summons hero
In, and you nro hcroby notified that If
you rail so to appear and answer suld
complaint nr horoby required tho
i plaintiff will tako judgment against
Tho nast 12 months have sur
passed the preceding 100 years ! c?n,,p,,?inl .?,f ,,',oro,'y
in temperance advancement. In
4 j V "V VUMI1M1I It V
America nine states have gone ; now on flio In tho snld court, to wlt:
dry, making lb m an. 5U per
cent of . American people are
dry. A year ago Oregon had
five dry counties. Now every
county has given a dry majority
save two, and in each of these
the majority ot less than 100
has the moral effect of a dry
victory. Portland becomes the
first great city and the only sea
port to prove that great cities
are not necessarily wet. Best of
all, Portland has a dry Commis
sion, with a very dry Mayor at
its head.
Now -comes the rub Law
Enforcement. We have hunted
to death the big game; we must
now match wits with the coy
otes and vultures of the business
-hard, inglorious work, but the
climax of the whole state cam
paign. Unless we succeed here
we shall lose all.
judgment In tho sum ot J77.G5 with
interest thereon from July 1, 1014, and
tlio further sum of FIftoon (115.00)
Dollars attorney's fees, and for tho
costs and disbursements in tho above
entitled action,
This summons is published by order
or uto iionornuio tJosso u. wells.
juugo or tlio aoovo entitled court, duly
mado on tho 24th day ot March, 1915,
requiring publication thereof onco
each week for six succcssivo weeks
and requiring that you appear and
answer said complaint on or boforo
six weeks from tbe16th day of April,
tho dato of tho first publication hereof.
JESSE G. WELLS,
E. O. IMMEL, Justice ot tho Peace.
Attorney for Plaintiff. thM27
PLAN DEFINITE
AGRICULTURAL
IMPROVEMENTS
time these sacred days were
taken over' as it were by the
(Christians of later times.
r,This being so, need not inter
fere with our respect for these
days, and dpes not interfere
with their sanctity.
j Christmas, as we celebrate it i head
was established about 700 A. D. ; down
but previous to this ami perhaps
for millenia, days corresponding
to Christmas had been cele
brated in various parts of the
world.
f Now, the date of the birth of
Christ has been lost but evidence
is very strong that it did not
)ccur on December 25, or on any
ither date near that, for the
Shepherds kept their flocks by
night and .this they never do in
yie winter months in Palestine,
a)so that His birth did not occur
.at the beginning of our present
Calendar or the beginning of the
Xear 1 A. D. Archbishop Ussher,
a celebrated chronologist of
some centuries past, fixed the
The idea of baptism did not
originate with John the Baptist,
neither with Christ, for there
had been baptisms of blood for
ages past. The candidate for
initiation passed underneath a
slain bullock arranged over his
and the blood dripping
on the candidate s head
sealed him for further honors
St. Patrick found the pagan
Irish, believing in a Trinity
when he went on his mission of
evangelization to the Emerald
Isle about 450 to 500 A. D. but
the idea3 of the people were
vague. They did not worship
the true God and so St. Patrick
to impress the christian ideal
selected the Shamrock as the
happy emblem to implant the
christian idea of Father, Son and
Holy Spirit, the three in one.
St. Patrick, on one occasion
lit a bonfire, this being a sacred
prerogative of the king, was a
crime in the minds of the people
and St Patrick was tried before
date at 4 B. C, but it might more I a court but during the trial he
properly be fixed at 7 B. C.j preached a sermon which con
Rather, paradoxical to say the verted the crowd and St. Pat
least but all Christendom under- rick was released.
i mm uie cnurcn oi touay nas
not been the outcome only of
tho ideas and customs of tho
people since Christ's time, but
enriched by the ideas and cus
toms of the various peonies of
the earth for ages past, fxndj
manus as a monument to tne
loyalty and piety of the whole,
R. P. Hutton, State Supt. of
the Anti Saloon League spoke,
to tho Methodist Brotherhood1
banquet,' at the Methodist
stando.
However , this may be, the
(Jhristiau fyorld Qf thq early days
, thought i,t proper that a day
should be iet aside to commem-
tor&te the pfrth of Christ and so
fopX overV a holiday then in
yogde among, the various people
of tb world. v i
Eastijo'r.ostre, was ,.cele-
.hmteljiiMhospringtlmq, and
heiajacredvto the Goddess of
'fwvsabpjoprlato that the
(Continued fromage 1.1
matter will be thoroughly dis
cussed at the meeting Saturday
and it Is probable that some de
finite action will be taken at that
time. The granges of tho
county are planning to send
large delegations to the meet
ing. The members realize that
great good can be done by work
ing along a definite system with
the assistance of experts who
have been trained In these lines
Another thing that will pro
bably be discussed at the meet
ing of the Pomona grange is
that of a farmers exchange. A
list from each subordinate
grange of the county will be
printed of all the things that
each member wishes to sell or
buy and these lists wll be sub
mltteu .to the Pomona grange
and copies sent to all members
in the county. This will be noiir
commercial in the sense of buy?
ing and selling but will simply
be a question of convenience to
the farmers.
The plan is said to have work
ed out very successfully in other
counties. Register.
Call for Warrant3.
Notice Is hereby given that? 'Ij
win pay an outstanding uenerai
Fund warrants against the
Town of Springfield up to and
including number G324. Inter
est will cease after May 31st,
1915. By order oE the Town
Council. ' J?.
LILLIAN GORRIE&
2t Treasurer.
-Persons having odd jobsvof
work to be done may get fjtu?
dents help on short notice and
at tho same time render a s.oni
vice to students woritintr tnoir
way through college by calllifg!
up tho University. Y. M. C. AR
Eugene 004. Work of afternoons'
and Saturdays is especially de
sired. ' .
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of tho Interior,
U, & Land Ofllco at lloseburg, Oro
gon. May 5, 1915.
Notlco is hereby given that Iko P.
Whlteley, of Loaburg, Oregon, who,
on Juno 7, 1012, mado Homestead
Entry, Sorlal No. 08103, for tho SV
of Section 21, Township 10 S, Itnngo
1 E, Wlllamotto Merldlnn, has fllod
notice of Intention to mako Pinal
throe-year proof to establish claim
to tho land above described, beforo I.
P. Hewitt, U. S. Commissioner, at his
office, at Eugene. Oregon, on tho 18th
day of June 1915.
Claimant names as witnosscs:
William Shonlng, of Leaburg, Oregon.
Albert Gnivos, of Vldn, Oregon.
Albert J. Ward, of Loaburg, Oregon.
C. W. Southwick, of Leaburg, Oregon.
J. M. UPTON.
MGJE10 Ileglstor.
The 1915 Studebakef
A Superior Car
P fm i
Studebaker Service Station at the
Springfield Garage
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Methodist Church.
Comer Second and B streets
James T. Moore, pastor, phone
117-W. For next Sunday: -10
A. M. Sunday school.
11 a. m. Memorial Sermon for
the G. A. R. All affiliated organi
zations are especially invited.
Special music will be rendered
by the choir. All aro invited to
join us in this memorial.
2:00 p. m. Junior League.
6:30 Epworth League. An
especially profitable " meeting is
expected.
)the tired workman asks for the good judges help t!.
WHEN you get your first pouch o
"Right-Gut7' don't take too big a
chew.
Take a small chew "Right-Gut" gives
you all the pure, rich tobacco taste sea
soned and sweetened just, enough.
More real comfort and tobacco satis
faction for a dime in "Right-Gut" than
twice the money will buy in the old kind.
Take a very small chew lets than one-quarter tho
old, tlze. ft will be more tatiifyn than a mouthful
of ordinary tobacco. Juitaibblo on it until you find
the itrenijth eluvr tlmf tults you. Tuck It away.
Then let It rett. See how eaiily and evenly the real
tobacco tatte comet, how it latUfiei without grinding, how
much lett you have to tnlt. how few chewt vou take to
be tobacco otUfied. That't why it It 7'fi Rtet Tchta
CAtw. That's why It cotlt leu in the end.
It U a mir chtw, eat fin. and ahoit thrcd to that you won't hire
to triad on It with your teeth. Crindiat oa ardln.ry cudicd lob.cco
mtkt. you toil loo much.
Tbt (! of pure, rich tobacco don not need to b covered up nilh moLitc uxl
licorice. Node, ban the lilt briota out Iba rich tobacco tail in "lllht-Cul."
One small chew takes the place of two big
chews of the old kind.
WEYMAN-BRUTON COMPANY
SO Union Square, Now York
(BUY FROM DEALER ORSEND 1075TAMP5TOUS3
Wednesday June 2. 2 :30 Lad
ies' Aid Society.
7:30 Choir rehersal.
8:00 3rd Quarterly Confer
ence. 8:00 Thursday ovening prayer
meeting.
Froo Mothodlot Church.
Sabbath School at 10 a." m.
Preachintr services at 11 a.m.
Evening Services 7 :3Q p.m. .
unnuren-fl meeting nt 3 p, m.
Midweek prayer inceting on
Thursday at 7:30 p. m.
A cordial invitation Is extend
ed to all.
P. W. OLIVER.
Pastor.
Church of Chrret.
Bible School, 9:450. m com
munion and sermon at 11 a. m.,
Christian Endeavor at G:30.p.
m., song sorvlco and sermon at
7:30 p. m prayer meeting every
Wednesday, 7:30 p. m.
E. C. WIG MORE,
Pastor.
Baptist Church.
Sunday Sabbath school at
10 a. m.; preaching sorvlco at
11 a. m.;B. Y. P. U. at 0:30 p. m.
Preaching service at 7:30 pP m..
Wednesday, Prayer 'meeting at
7:30 p. jn. Thursday, Choir re
hearsal at 8 p. m. ?
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Rep
air
Bills
GAS ROOM HEATERS are inoxpon3ivo to buy cheap to operate. They are
their cost over and over again in .the colds, core throats, find othor allinerTts
they prevent. ' "' . ' ;p
For Fall and Spring Heating they aro ideal. Ireful during tho coldor 'mbntfi?
for auxiliary purposes to holp out tho regular stoves or furnaces towa',m
rootm quickly 'In tho morning. ' 1
Soo them at the Ga3 office, 957 Willamotto Stroet, or Follman-Nowland Co.,
625-49 Willamette Street, Eugene. v x
PREGON POWER COMPANY
J SPRINGFIELD, OREGON
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