BRIDGE FIGHT
NOT ENDED
BABY'S FIRST CHRISTMAS DOLL
THE BETHLEHEM STAR.
By
The tlefhlehem Otar the guiding atot
Of old Judea a nlrht
llae It tenura a faded tear
Arrow the orient night.
The gurae of ecleni-e n I the mirao
Of . riiie sees and sagef
llaa It the dimmer gi »n or loco
Fur change of clime and agef
b?n¿ra¡ ¥ove of lawyers
Io in! uercî County
Courts
Road lu
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HOW
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ICHOl.Aft. blahop of Mint, In I.)
cln. A»la Minor, mu lx.ru at
Patnrn. In Hyrta, alioiit 3 i » i A. l>
He 1» tbe t hief patron »atnt of Hun a
laitron of nunieroUM «e.i|xirt», iHttron
ealbt of < hlldreti r»|x-. lally acboollioy«
|io«r tnaldena. traveler«, men bant»
nnd «allot-», and la one of the most
popular «alula of the Clirlit'an chur< ti
He l>n :iuir a prie«t and a monk airl
ri.«e to Im ntilxit; made :i pilgrimage to
Pal'-dlne «'id on bi» rvtutli «11» < ho
*rn lil»bop The working of mlracl«-»
t.’. n a itupetiilou» »calc wan uttrlbut
ed to him It wm believed he <|tf«'llti!
»toriii» nt "c.i. foretold thè future, nini
tlplted I' rtir« of bread and et en ral».-1
the dead
lie tiled on Dee il. 320, aud
wit burled nt Myra.
Ill« retnalu» are claimed by both
Dari, loiitlii-nitern Italy, n here they
v ere - ild to have beott taken by mer
chant» In I1«!, and by Venice. Where
they nre »aid to rent In tbe Church of
Ht Ml liol.K on the Udo
In Ruaaln nnd aoiue other European
con iirir« 1 hrtatma« gift» come from
Pt Xlcholn«. who bt »ciere of man
n< r but kind to all good little tx»y» au 1
girl«.
An Explanation.
"J mile» nnd teo-ieuico
t*gan the
vlUr.tr- lntr.dy 1.1:111. adrnn Ing to the
front of I be ainge whereon the Christ
ma» entertainment was about to be
giteti "I uni requeaied to a»k your
k nd liidulgotu r for certuln i ecull.-irl
tt< < tvLi h you will doubtless ob erre
tlut .
tbc vnun e of Ihr |>erforuiun <■
Me rel'-nrwd 111» cantata In thè pur
lor of th.
le Iphcr rr-dden r using
jriwturr» to Indi' ate that Munta Ciana
v ir approtv lilug fr tn the north and
ti >tt tv lieu tie get bere lo tbe op'ry
b ne iti Cuti that Ile only available
winder tor tue patron »nini of tbe
Chi tma«t1de to <oiie in through In
Order to »Up Into the track «Ide of ttie
f tnn.bley r hl-b we li ‘d made for thl«
purpove. and. nfier rattling hl» »icigh
bell« on the Imide for - li appropriate
a, eh emerga fri-ua I lie open flrepla< r
In front. I» on tbe annth Mide of the
Ldltdlng atri the manager of the hai
absolutely re finte» to permit ua to cut
a hole In IM north «Ida
Ao i an
rfrnlt Hint In the rn Itemi nt of t'
I tine »ome of u« are liable to torr
< uniche- nnd get our ge«tnre» mixed
"1 a Lan wish lo «tate t bau rt”'. .
ORIGINATED
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VI \ <T.\l H Is t.o r.- nt ou to Hl
X:
t!i Ugh I ‘ l ai. e Is of
ten coufouiidtHl wttb that of tbr
boly patron of children.
tiaufn Cimi» H « «<>rt of tndm
and »omexvhnt pagan «n'nt fir !» Jolly.
as If he llv.-d w. 11, an I alway» «mile»
I! e 11 <•
in- orlct
from the
Dutch, who limi «otre <1 rl.cutty In »ny
In-; F: N. !i a» or St M. hol.iu«. a*
they apt
I' nini SO SbortCMd It to
>
,t or
tn <
•'«.th lar t word be
It;- in pnrt the la t ay'.lable of tbe
«nini » mime
Ra Uta Cinti» 1« better known In
America perhaf« tb.-iu In any other
country, lie h«« no placa tn any Hat
of »aiuta, though bls sole bua.ue.ia la
dot tig good
lie is believed to II’ r at tho north
I.... -, th .. b Peary •«« noth ng of him
there He travel» with relnd.-er«.
Kri » Eringi» or Krfo» Klnkie I» a
ni me «onietlinga given Suuti Claus
This come» from careless »[« ctc U ou
tlx- pnrt of the Germans. Ju«t ns the
name of Santa Claus cornea from tbe
carelean Dutch.
In German Cnrl«t Klndleln mean»
Christ Child, the giver of all gifts.
cj
are iiftering u prize ui ei to uw <«>y
or girl ubi correctly gue»«ea the Idea
tlty <f the gentleman lm|icnonattng
Manta Chiu», tee tnrnn « l.Le b'.» featal
makeup I» »till on hltn. »tiould be
ket< h tire nnd burn til« wbUkera eC
Ihr prtre offer «111 tic wltbdruwu. u
die« nnd gentlemen. I thank you."
TOM P MURGA».
Juat B»fora Chriitm»».
All I I I. 1» wbo attend Sunday
acbool »re Ju»t «« go-al a» they can be
Ju«t before Cbrlitniax bet »U m ut tia-1
Bunday t bool ClirUtm»» tree.
Th» Little Boy Who Movod.
The falrl-
.xl
» »n tl • y . amo
To pl»y ttwlr oven n« g»mo
They
ir
1 tho
<1 rei farmhoUM
through.
They called nlou.1 hla name.
They eve., n-wiked Inet.ta tha born.
But vain their queatlnc proved.
Ro they
up their rlfli» minds
Tb» hula t^oy had move«!
Kr ■
1
. -I », -4 »* ‘ rn he ame
t’pon his r«-ind<*f Fide.
|{ r hnn'^-I for him l»l«h and low,
Hut r.ot « tra**» ho •{»>«!
Rut Hill li» I r« ts s lookout >harp
To ft rd Fin if bo mo—
t
*n •
’ < whx> v mt <»«• day
To II\O UtBidw s man
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—ài .MA4.'!’ irgb Wilson In Jud<<
Notice in hereby given by the und r-
signed, taxpayer» and rem.ten!» o| Rox.l
District. No 25 of I.inn county, <>r./. r .
that a meeting of the taxpayer» of
»aid road district will lie held at J. r
dan »tore tn »aid road district on l ii.in>
the 29th day of Decemlier, 1911, at the
hour of two o'clock in the afternoon of
»aid day for the purpom- of levying an
additional tax on all the taxable prop
erty In »aid road diatnet for road pur
puaes.
The underaigned Compriae more than
ten per cent of the taxpayer» of »aid
district.
This notica ia posted this 2d day of
December, 1911.
Name»: IV. R Ray, Joe Schwm.lt.
R. C. Peppellng. P. R. Bilyeu, F. T.
Thayer. William Gorger, John Bender,
M. Bilyeu, Hamman 'helton, J. W.
FrosL
Rud hi
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed, taxpayers anti resident» of Rond
District No. 15 of Linn county, Or-
gon. that a meeting of the taxpayer«
of said road diftrict will be held at the
Scio city hall in said mail district on
Saturday, the doth day of ite end» r
1911, at the hour of two o’clock in th«-
afternoon of «aid «lay for the piirpoae
of levying an additional tax on all the
taxable property In said road district
for road purposes.
The undersigned compose more than
ten |>er cent of the taxpayers
road diatrict.
This notice is p««ted thi.« 5th day of
December. 1911.
Names; J A Bilyeu, E B Luken-
back. A G Prill M D, H G h bel ton,
Chas Wc»ely, R Shelton, E I) Myer,
W A Ewing. L L Gotding, P II Mac
Donald, It Wt-aely, C Carson, W F
Gill. M C Gill. R M Cain, O B Cyru«,
J It '»ill, J F < hijior, J F W ■
W M Carpenter, R 1. Devaney, C
A Warner, L E Heyne, II M Myers,
C C Wade, I>ean Morri», Rollie .Mor
ri», Roy McDonald, F G Cary, J P
Quigley, H H Quigley.
OH YOU BENZINE WAGON'
man. if you fellow» think a girl can't
I k - a Inly because she work» a switch-
' 1 ird, you're mistaken that's all. That
I i 1 uf tulk don’t go with me for one.
I don't care if you arc »orry. Get
your number out uf your system or
hang up. I’ve had about enough of
you. What?
I don’t care who you
are. If you don’t know enough to act
like a gentleman, I don’t care if you're
John D Rockefeller.
What.’ You got a machine?
Oh,
hav. you? What kind? Well, i'll tell
you. I'm bu»y now and Itcaiiic«. the
chief operator is lialtle to be II« toning
about this time. Cail me up in about
fifteen minute«.
SEWING CIRCLE
XMAS NIGHT
or
Star of the eaot ft la not oet
Though
fence »«-nut the sky.
Tie burning In the heaven >vl
a • bright and eure and Ig h
Ae wh.-n < r a- ej.■ .la ■ , . it c >ne
Over old llethlehem
And fol. ., . d II I. ' 'I It . n e
Aida' a> da>
-I I I : r ■>
It 1« not •« ! the It*- thlehrti» Mur,
><ut hotrrt full Al »j clear
Al tht recent meeting of the Linn
Whrfo rr I Fir
hi 4 « i4l® art
ion county court» at Salem, the
And purenta witching near.
Vitro rr I •• < ”K«4 Ji| •» f |,.\ <»
cr« •» the North "antiam scemi
Kring thllnga of gv
l«»y.
to l a.e I..- n “ nt down on." The tax-
V i.rro < r ft inotbwf |e- , t ab \#
Iler darling llnilxirn buy
• er» of eaitcrn I inn and southern
V >
k xa are tot lilvposcxl to let
i‘e matter .r p in ties fashion. They
ik that they, as taxpayers, merit
•
..I* ration by the said court«.
d . t .
■ i-i. r'' taxpayer in the
«• I
' n '«ti) interested, 1» urgwl to
express his « .liment» and deairv» by
letter to the- • court» reapectiveiy, con
certiing the matt >r.
It is also 1 x we ted that a taxpayer»'
ng will be held at Shelburn dur
week at which both court»
vser it, for the purpose of
ng ti t ■ matter with the tax
I 1 the meantime, let every
■ ’ ii ten t«d,
t-d, write a letter t<
• it. r< irt concerning the matter.
WW u
d breaa the i 1 p‘.rtai.ee of the ini
jveoent in the strongest |M«t1lbl> »■rit'in Till nini * i. «tiant.i a ; u
asm e*uuxn wart mu Nam
l term«.
The llelhlehem alar .<-«cli mother aeeo
It ia nee lie»« to diecuie the valu« of
Ila telly prmnlao Hobt
1 this bridge to th- . i tein section of
Believing radi Ito dr «lini«»
t
V. I u n .tie valoy. not considering
Iler darling a In the night.
relieving radi tbe llllle alar
'
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‘ .1' ■ . ;' ' • r ■ i <| It
la art aboye her eon
in, . . u.r at a development of nort* •
To light her mother topea that nro
And shine when here are do r
i' i I o n to I aouthern .Marion couritie»,
t. h . h cap l>< brought about in uo other
«ter» In llrthlrhem outrast
lo Molher Mary etili
manner.
Ai I l.vre it.<- M. ii
f thè pxst
I>n • n< tire by pooler wilt be given of
<>n S. oliando ba.liberi.I ' di;
Ai»
Meri
s
ut
thè
lime
ut < i I
t' •• date of meeting, and if you want
And i:«xi>l. t: > in and :,.ln.
th.* bn.1)*, you »hould attend, It may
A - - 111 > - t I '
. I
And watcb thè alar a<ain
tie consul« rid ai a fact that utile»»
pre ire i» brought to tirar upon the
Th« IlcChlebsm afar th* guiding «tar
That h vrti full an.I «-|rar
courte, we gel no bridge.
V hero <• r 1.1i>r and cratti» ra
And |*urrnla watching near,
XVherrvar <hrrub lipa uf I a
Kring tidings of great joy
AV liete er a mother l>**n<l» ab<>v<
37UÜ
Number pl« aae?
3700 what?
Her darling tirsi burn bu)
dear?
Say, whu do you think you arc a<l
Results Ar« the Snmo.
dressing? Any more of that and 1*11
"But If vou dout believe In Snnta
di«.-onn> t you. You may be able to Claua how do you exp. t him to brini:
tulk like thut to the other girls but you Cbrlitm»» preients
asked Tom
"strictly business" is my middle name, my'» unci«
and the quicker you realise it the bet
"Hull!" refilled Tommy. "Bellevln
tiusu'l nnytblug to do with It
I don I
ter.
Ilon’t you "little girl" me. Get off believe In ghosts, but I'm afruld of
the wire if you can't act like a gentle them Just tbe »am»."
Through an oversight un the part of
our correspondent we were unable to
give an account in laat week's i»»ue of
th«- sewing circle
which met the
week I- fur«- at the home of Mrs. P. II.
McDtx nl<l.
Excellent music was ren
der- I. a dainty lunch served and a real
g" «1 time enjoyed by all present.
.Mrs It. M. Cain entertain«-»! the sew
Ing circle last week.
A nice little
h wa
•-r.i-'l, with muaie galore,
every laxly having a gtxx! time. Thl»
wax the last meeting of the old /ear.
Mrs
h rank Gill will entertain the
A foil line of Dr. David Robert«
stock ahd poultry rem cd mg on hard circle at her home at the first meeting
All remediea guaranteed to do the work of the new year.
they are recommended fur. Aak for
free book» at Weaely'e Grocery.
Ladies
Calling Card» printed
blank for tale at thia office.
COLL.
ALOYSIUS
A little midnight Ball
At the Wcaely-Cain Hall!
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A
PLEA FOR
THE
POOR
AT
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CHRISTMAS
The follow 1 g are rush pricea quoted
on 1 fiur-duy of each week by uur
dealers:
Wheat, p. r bushel
I Ml
Oats, per bushel ................
15
Flour, ja r sack ..................
I 30
Ilran, |>er ton......................
2N Off
Short«, per ton ..................
31 00
Chop, per ton
.
31 OU
Butter, (Country) per roll
’M
Egg», per dosen..................
45
Chicken», per pound...,.,
12
I luck. : ., ; . | t
I, V . Hl ng brolli'ITl
n
Geese, per |>ound ........ ........ .
no
Turk««)», per pound .......... ............
IM
*
12
Beef, per pound, live weight
04
Pork, dresned
. ....................... .
OH
Veal, |ier |»mnd. for shipbmg
II
Now is Tour Chance
The Evening Telegram until January
I, 1913 and the Newa at f l 50 Regular
price |ti.60.
You «ave
by acting
NOW.
How'« Thi»?
We otfi-r one hundred dollar» reward
for any cgite of catarrh that cannot be
cured by flalPr. Cattarh Cure.
1- . J cm sly a Co,, Toledo, <1
Ur, the un.lvrtiigtied, haw known F.
J. Cheney for the luit 15year«, nnd lie
Here him |irrfectly honorable in all
budnt»« tranaaction«, and dnacially
able to carry out any obligation» made
by hi» firm.
W alp I nu , R innan A M arvin ,
W hol< »air DruggiiU, Toledo, I).
Hall'« Catarrh Cure ia taken inter
nally, n< ting directly u|>on the blood
and nvi'-ou» »urfac.
of the ayatem.
Tratlmoniala aent free. Price 75c | ht
bottle. Sold by nil Druggixt«.
Take Hall'» Fatnil) Pule for conatl-
pat 1011
At the Churches
Services at tin ( hriatian church uti
second and fourth Sunday» of each
month.
Christian Endeavor mc«>ting Sunday
evening.
H-rvic« » at th«- Baptist church on the
tirat uini third Sundays of each month.
Union Sunday school at tu a. m.
For Sale
Thoroughbretl cm Ambi. Single Comb
White I . ghorn» and Barred Plymouth
Rocks, l has < hr«. Scio, Or.
p2U-3
Frei
With S25.00 trade in cash you will lie
entitled to » 925.00 ph mograph free.
Call and find out about it at N. I. Mor
rison’s South Side store.
2ltf
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O you know o< any ham»» in A
your neighborhood where
Sente Cleuo never romeef
le there o eiek (other, o fothoe
out of work, e widowed mother, ♦
on eld end Indigent pereonf
Cherity. It het been eeid, be
4
gin» et home, but it shouldn't
•toy there
It ehould go out into
the highwoys end byway»
Ee
pecielly le thie true of Chriatmea
cherity, which ehould bo the
h.gheet kind e< Chrictien charity.
Your children will hove toy»
end eweetmeete in ebundanee.
Perhepe they will have more
than ie good for them
It will
make you happy te look into
their jeyeu» tec»« en Chrietmae
morning when they inepeet the
treaeure» left t»r them by Santa
Claue
But there is a »ort of
happmese even more to bo do
»■red than thi». It ia that which
cemee (rem remembering the
poor at Chnilme».
Think ot the little once and the
< >
eicta and aged who will have no
Santa Claue thie year unleee you
become their Santa Claue
A
very little gift to one who other-
wteo would receive none loom»
large m the oyeo »< the recipient. X
Surely you ten make eomebody T
eutaida your own family and cir
T
cle happy thie Christmas
X
Ona of the wieeet of the eld
ea lnga ts thie:
"It 1» better to I
give than to receive."
Thi» t
preverb embodies and exempli.
Y
Bee th« Chrietmae »pint, whi .h
X
te the Chriet an ipmt reduced to
the concrete.
T
Remember the BSOr thie Chriet- ♦
mas.
D
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Notice For Publication
Department of the Interior
C. 8. Land Office nt Portland, Ore.
October 14. 1911,
Notice ia hereby given that Fred A.
Str.slv, who«.- |»istoffic. atillrcXH 1« VlHfi
Rodney Ave.. Portland. Oregon, did, on
the 3!»t <iay >>f May. 1911. (lie in thia
office Sworn Statement ami Application
Nd " ;<x»7. to purchase the X j of NEL
Section 24. Township 10 South, Range
2 East, Willamette Meridian, and the
timber thereon, under the provisions of
the act of June 3, 1H7M, anti acta
amendatory, known as the "Timlier
ami Stone Law," at such value as
might lw fixed by appraiaement, ami
that, pursuant to such abdication, the
land ami timber thereon have been
appraised, the timlier estimated 4(50,000
board feet nt 60 rente per M, and the
land nothing, that said applicant will
offer final proof in support of hi«
app cation and sworn statement on the
n th day of De«, mher. 1911, before the
Rcgisti r and Receiver of the
H.
Land Office at Portland, Oregon.
Any pcraon is at lilicrty to protest
thi« purehaar befort entry, or initiate
a coni' t nt any time before patent
¡««tl« «, by filing a corroborated affidavit
in this office, alleging facta which would
defeat the entry.
H. F. H igry
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