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THE GATE CITY JOURNAL
GATE CITY JOURNAL
Published
evsry F rid a ; a t Nyssa.
Oregon, b ;
Over A ll
Big Rally at M. E.
Church Moiiday Night
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CHRISTMAS
A big and enthusiastic audience as
ssm bled a t the M ethodist church Mon-
d .y eve ing in response to a call for a
big rally and li-te n td to some unusu
H. F. BROWN
f t
ally good talks on various topics.
Before th e program how evsr, a
?
Entered at the Poatoffias ât Nasse.
a delicious and bountiful lap supper
satter
as ■ «rond-eli
was served by the ladies, who are
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V
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(i.ist a s t e r s in the gentle a it of satis
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
tying the w ants of the inner m an (and
’’ '
Ous year. In advance....... .........11.60
women.) A fter all had been filled to
Civ months, in advance...................76
r pletiun and the M arthas present had
A n e w p a ir FREE i f TT y R i p
g ihe ed up the fragm ents th at no h
Officers County P. T. A.
ii g os l o t , the m eeting w as called to
L o o k for th e T w o Horses
Mrs. M. M. G reeting, N yssa, Pres.
order by Rev. Herahey* and a f t . r a
Mrs. Ralph H aw orth, Wade, Vice
I piano d uet by Misses V erna Thompson
P resident.
unfilled. How does this happen? born. The Christian religion a d Mildred Long Dr. H am ilton, dis
hire. F. C. Fry. O regon Trail, See. If “God’s great time pise«1” is built upon the claim of triot sup rintendent, was introduced.
Miss C atherine V. Conway, O ntario,
discourse was of a some
*-V
never fails why wasn’t the rest Christ’s divinity, as shown by w The hat doctor's
Preas Chairm an,
îvfi ir ’
ram
bling
n
atu
re,
but
was
both
his
miraculous
birth,
yet
w
j
find
of the program given according
in
te
rtslin
g
and
instructive,
being
in
3
^
one ol tne principal claims tersperse w ith num erous humorous
OMITTED PART OF THE to the advance notices? The tnat
to
his
miraculous birth is without quips which put the audience In
main
part
of
the
program
was
PROGRAM
omitted.
Possibly
the
angel’s
“«y
foundation
in fact. II the p leasan t fram e of m ind.
We have the w herew ithal! to pleaee the y o u rg ard old. Toys and
We hope alt Journal readers forgot to wind up “Gcd’a great writer af Matthew’s
He was followed by Dr. Hall of
gospel
made
gam es in profusion, includirg
read the article by D. MacLaf* timepiece” and let it run down a false claim in regard to this Payette, who spoke on the au b ject of
R ligiou Education. He em phasised
ferty published in last week’s i before the world had a chance prophecy, what becomes ot his the
need of teaching religion to the
issue regarding the signs that to come to an end.
infallibility?
and many other amusing mechanical toys
child a t the fam ily alta r and expressed
should foretell the end of the However that may be, we are supposed
the belief th at teaching the Bible in
^
would
be
interesting
to
F ir boys of a m echanical bent the
wor d. It was written in reply still seeking information as to hear the expienation of this the public schools would not prove
Gilbert
Tool
Chests, Erector Sets, Beltcze Sets,
very eifective. His address was in
to our question as to why the why the world didn’t end ac matter,
truclive
throughout
and
was
well
re
Metal
pieces for constructing heutes
the world didn’t end on achedule cording to schedule, and will
catved.
time if the darkening of the sun tender anyone interested the use
THIS DE TRUE?
Dr Tuck, th e next speakes, has
In Games—game boards, tenpins, Ur.cle v igley,
and moon in 1780 and the falling of our columns to express his The CAN
Journal ie reliab'y inform ed spent the past six or seven years as
Pit, Rook, compendium of gimes, PolJyrnny
of the stars in 1833 were signs views.
by a citizen of Nyssa th a t there were m is-ionary in Indian and gave a most
checkers, puzzle peg and many others.
interesting
address
regarding
the
of that event.
a t le ast tw o places in this town w here
work in th a t country, pointing out
In cjnsidering this question it Next week we will discuss the booze was sold la ,t S aturday night trom
Toy sets of dishes in tin, alum inum , en sm tlcd and China. Toy teapots,
a wall may tb e various places
w ith apparently little attem p t at con
perculatocs, double boilers, baking glass sets, and a large a sortm ent
is advisable to know, and re
where the w oik is being curried on. His
24th chapter of Matthew from a cealm ent. Ous inform ant states th at rendition
of decorated Lhina and glassw are and a num ber of p attern s ¡¡in dinner
member, that all of the signs reasonable
of
a
religious
song
sung
by
knows thie to be a fact,
ware, all of which are w orthy your inspection.
standpoint. Being ho and actually
foretelling the end of the world, of average intelligence
ailettes th a t one of the places wat the native C hristians w as highly ap
can list b u t a very few of the many seasohsble things f 3 have
and
edu
and the end of the world itself, cation, and not under the ne H house w here he claims a carousal p red ated and places the doctor in the on We display,
and ask your inspection. We think our stock is well se
class as a singer.
were to occur within the limit cessity of distorting the piain was going: on. The other place wa Caruso
lected and can assure you of fair prices
Miss
R
uth
K
eberger
acted
as
pianist
w here the thirsty individual
of one generation. One sign meaning of words in order to outaiae,
to kick arouad in the grass until for the evening and acquitted herself
couldn’t happen at a given protect a preconceived religious had
he located a bottle We would sug with much credit.
period and another sign ICO or
gest th a t the city buy our enforcem ent
ONTARIO, OREGON
1000 years later, and so on in belief, we should be able to give officials
some pow erful m agnifying
Lynch-Blaylock
a
fairly
accurate
interpretation
definitely until the whole pro
vv
’W* %“!**!• *!‘v v
glasses to assist them in seeing these
The m arriage of W allace Lynch avid
gram had been completed. In of the meaning of this famous flagrant yiulations of tbe law.
N O TICE FUR PU BLICA TIO N
Mrs. Ada B lsylock w as soh m nizedin
order that there may be no at chapter.
Mail
Parcels
Early
D o p irtm en t o f th e In terio r,
Caldwell on W ednesday, D ecem ber 2,
tem pt to dispute this fact we
before a tew friends. They returned P ostm aster Lizzie Thompson has U. S. Land Office a t Vale, O regon,
Explains Phenomenon to N yssa Thursday and Friday n ig ht asked the Journal to publish th e fol
D ecem ber 4, 1925,
will prove it beyond the perad-
ANENT
PROPHECY
were tendered a m ost enthusiastic lowing Instructions regarding the N ot:ce is hereby given th a t John
venture of a doubt by quoting We have before us a little E ditor Journal:
M cGIvtrn of O ntario, O regon, who,
W allace "cam e sending of C htistm as mail:
It is w ith some trepidation th at charivari party.
Christ’s own words, beginning pamphlet entitled “Prophecy, venture
on
May 4 1908, m ade d esert land en
th
ro
u
gh
”
w
ith
the
eats
in
a
prodigal
to
e
n
te
r
the
lists
to
tsk
e
s
seal packages
at the 29th verse of the 24th the Bible’s Acid Test,” written sm all p art in the theological battle m anner and everybody w ent home Don’t
try No 0791, for SEJ S E i, Section 15,
Don’t
fo
rg
et
th
at
post
oards
require
chapter of Matthew:
Township 21 South, R ange 46 E ast,
now raging in so many papers and happy, a fte r w ishing the newly weds
I mmkdiatbly u tte r th e tribulation by Earle Albert Rowell. It was m agazines, including the G ate City much joy w hile sailing o’er the sea ot 2 cents.
W illam ette M eridian, has filed notice
All mail for local delivery should be of intention to m a te final proof under
of th o ie days shall the su.i be d ark en handed to us by our old friend Journal Being also averse to most m atrim ony.
mailed
on
or
before
D
ecem
ber
22,
ed. and th e moon ahall not give her D. MacLafferty, with request types of theological controversy,
3rd paragraph of Act M arch 4, 1915,
Both Mr. and Mrs. Lynch are well
light, and the stare eball fall from that we read it Mr. Rowell is will coniine my rem arks to th at phase known and popular in N yssa and their General delivery opens from 8 to to establish claim to the la rd above
heaven, and the powers of the heavens evident y convinced beyond the of the subject in which theological be friends are w ishing them much hap 10:30 on C hristm as day.
described, before the R egister U. S.
The rural mail carrier will be on Land Office, a t Vale, Oregon, on tbe
shall be shaken.
lief imping« a on known facts, in this piness They will continue to m ake duty
perad
venture
of
a
doubt
of
the
also
a
t
th
a
t
lim
e.
And thbn shall appear the sign of
ll tb day of Jan uary . 1926,
case an astronom ical fact. My refen their home in N yssa.
th e Son of man In heaven: and then absolute infallibility of all Bible ence ia to the “ falling s ta rs ” from
C laim ant nam es as w itnesses:
shall all the tribes o f tbe esrtb prophecy and in effect challenges heaven, taken by your correspondent
R obert B arrett, of Parm a, Idaho.
Odd Fellows VLit
mourn, and they shall sea th e Son of apyonetooite a prophecy that in last w eek’s issue to portend Bonn
John Holly, Dolly M cCreary, both
Notice
to
Advertisers
man com ing in the cloud* of heaven failed. We welcome this oppor dire calam ity, or blessing, I am not
Four auto loads of local Odd Fellows of Adrian, Oregon, W alter Pinkaton,
w ith power and g rea t glory.
Beginning w ith the first issue in drove to W eiser Saturday night and of Owyhee, Oregon
quite
sure
which,
to
this
old
terestrisl
tunity
to
get
a
little
authorita
Aad ha shall sand hie angles with a
January we are going to tak e all ad visited the lodge a t th a t place. They
Geo. W. M cKnight, R egister.
ball.
a g reat aound of a tru m p et, and they tive information regarding one To be very short l will m erely state vertising off the fro n t page. T hat is w itnessed tom e skillfully executed
ahall g ath er his elect from Uie four of Isaiah’s prophecies. We th at these “ falling s ta rs ” are not the page reseived by all u p -to d a te degree w erk and helped dispose of a
Eat Fish for Iodine
winds, from one end of heaven to the commented on this prophecy at stars at all,as every school boy knows nsw spapers fo r pure reading m atte r, sum ptuous banquet and returned home
other.
and as th e Journal is a conspicuous rejoicing Those composing the party ; Lack of Iodine In the system of
some
length
a
few
months
ago.
They
are
but
m
eteors,
sm
all
particles
Now learn a parable of the flg tree;
of m atte r which abi und in space arid m em ber of th a t class we m ust g e t in w ere: Jack H unter, Frank Leucfc, those living in Inland sections of the
when hie branch la y et tender, and expressing the opinion that it which, coming within the sphere of line. The advertising will still be on John and Don Forbes, Bill Beam, country makes them more subject *o
p u tte th fo rth leaves, ; a know th at was a false prophecy— but no the e a rth ’s attra ctiv e uowers, art- the pages w ith local news m atter, thus F rank Newbil1, Cliff Tillm an, C. W. goiter tlmn those who live near the
As seafood contains Iodine doc
sum m er ia nigh
body said anything. (Our local n earthw ard. Upon ccming in insuring good positions. This will R eherger. Bob M artin, Tom Jo h n so n sen.
tors are advising people In the moun
So likew ise ye, when ye ehall see all religionists don’t liks to talk draw
enable
us
to
pur
o
ut
a
much
m
ore
and
Brady
Fowler.
with the e a rth ’s com parative
tainous and inland sections to eat
these things, know th a t it is nssr, about religion) Now that there contact
more fi.sh with the result that the de
ly dense atm osphere, friction is set creditable paper and we hope will
even a t th e doors.
mand for canned fish and oysters Is
the inetoor, traveling at incon m eet w ith the approval and coopera
Verity I say unto you, this genera is a prophecy specialist on the up,
Will
Go
to
Convention
growing rapidly throughout the mid
tion of our ad v ertisers
vei
table
speed,
becomes
heated
to
in
job,
however,
we
may
hope
to
tion shall not pais till all these
candescence and in the vast m ajority
Jack H unter, the M utual Life In dle state»
get some action.
things be fulfilled.
of cases ia entirety burnt up, finally
surance man. is m aking preparations
From the above nothing could The prophecy in question is reaching the surface of the earth in
to attend a big convention of the com *•> + + + + + + + + m m p M
Disappeared
be more certain tr.an that the found in the 7th chapter of the form of ashes. Com plete com The local
in P crtiand early in January,
Odd Fellows lodge has J pany
does not always take
a c k ’s trip as a delegate frem Nyssa
entire program outlined should Isaiah. In this chapter Isaiah bustion
been
requested
to
locate
if
possible
place. In th at case tbe m eteor cools
will be a rew ard for selling a certain
take place during the lifetime of assuiesKing Ahaz that Kings utf
George (Bud) Crowe, age 15; 6 feet am
arid
appears
very
much
like
an
or
of insurance w ithin a given
one generation, not to exceed 36 Kezin and Remaliah would not dinary stone. Ev. ry m useum has 8 inches tall ; w eight 116: fair com- tim ount
e. He made the grade w ith fiying
plection, dark brown hair, sm all round aolors
years. Mr. MacLafferty’s trouble be able to prevail against him in sam ples of them .
and g e.s the trip as his rew ard.
personality, small bunch
was in ignoring this obvious an impending battle. To con M eteoric show ers occur w ith un or face; scar pleasing
SHAVING, HAIR CUTTING
left jaw near ear; very
HOT AND COLD BATHS
fact.
vince Ahaz that he was telling failing regu larity every spring and faint scar under
across neck in front.
fall,
for
the
reason
th
a
t
the
e
a
rth
’s
School
Notes
PAUL HOWE, Prop.
According to Christ’s state the truth Isaiah gave him a sign it lies through a portion of space He disappeared from his hom e in
Tha Hi Jink s on F riday, D ecem ber
ment quoted above, all of these from God, which was a virgin o at rb those
Gooding.
Idaho,
on
A
ugust
18
and
is
N yssa
Oregon
a in which m eteors are
believed to be in this vicinity, Mrs. 4, was a com plete success. Tbe net
events were to immediately fol giving birth to a child, and abundant. tim Their
presence in unusual Crowe
proceeds
am
ounted
to
t
47.
The
pro
is p ro strated and any inform a
low a certain period of great he actually produced the ohild, num bers ia probably due to the com tion would
be appreciated. If Bud gram was excellent, th e various stu n ts * *
paratively
le
ce
n
t
explosion
of
a
star
tribulation. Mr, MacLafferty who was named Immanuel to
sees
this
he
should
e im m e furniihing much am usem ent
heavenly body in th at neighborhood. diately and relieve w his rite m o hom
says in his article that this trib show that God was with Ahaz or The
Tha h’gh school play “ The L ottery
th
er's
anx
of these m eteoric
ulation was a period of 1260 in the war between the kings. show ers visibility
M an,” is well u n d e r; way. The cast
varies g reatly, due to several iety.
has bean w orking on it fo r the past
years of papal supremacy during Isaiah neglets to state the result causes, atm ospheric generally.
two weeks.
C, K LIN K EN BERG
which fifty to one hundred mil of the battle hut we find by T hat there was an unusual m eteoric
Bridge Club
lion heretics were alain. To reading 2 Chronicles, 28th chap display in N ovem ber, 1833, is un The Tuesday
PROM.r LtLIVERY
night Bridge Club was
doubted. T hat any “ s ta rs ” fell we
quote: “Thin period of 1260 ter, that Ahaz was disastrously doubt
Christmas Vacation
R.’asorabls Rates
held a t the McCoy home this week,
extrem
ely.
It
was
the
right
days or 1260 literal years of defeated two years later and his season of the year for m eteors and three tab lrs being in play. F irst prize Tha Nyasa schools will be dismissed
PH O N E 16
papal supremacy, are those days army destroyed. This in spite there m ight easily have been ideal was won by Mrs. B arney Wilson, sec W ednesday afternoon, December. 23,
ond b f Mrs Varaxin. A fter ti e garnet for the C hristm as holidays. T h e;
of great tribulation mentioned of Isaiah’s solemn assurance conditions for th eir observation.
refreshed them selves from will be opened Monday m orning, J a n
by Jeaus in his great prophecy that Ahaz would be victorious. It is im possible to believe th a t there th the eir ladies
arduous
by partak in g of uary 4, 1926.
was
anything
p
articularly
significant
of Matthew 24, verse 21.’’
There is another phase of this about thia heavenly display because delicious refresh labors
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
m en ts solved b ; the
If Mr. MacLafferty’* state question of even more import we know th at such things have been hostess.
Traveling Libraries
ment be true, all of the events ance from a theological stand* occurring every fall since th at time
E. M. B L O r3^.T T
Ths traveling library we know today
A ttorney and Con-. « ior at Law
was begun In 1898 in the state of New
enumerated in Christ’s prephecy point than the fact that Isaiah and will doubtless continue for many
York under the leadership of the great
Practice in alt courts
Chiropractors
should hava occurred within a made a bad guess as to the out yeara to come We know th at the
librarian. Melvtl Dewey. New York
“ falling s ta rs ” of 1833 w ere unusual y Drs. R. P. and Pearl M. Bradford, sent
N yssa, On gon
generation of the end of this oome of this hattle. The claim bright,
hooka largely to supplement or
we are unable to quite licensed in Oregon and Idaho. C arver strengthen
period of tribulation, which Mr. is made, among others by the believe th but at this
llhrnrles
already
In
exist
brilliance p.<- graduates C onsultation and exam in ence.
CHIROPRACTORS
free. Twelve yeara successful
MacLafferty says was in 1798, writer of Matthew’s gospel, that ter.ded anything added
Drs. R. p, and p e a r| M. Bradford,
in particular to the ation
practice
In
the
state.
F
irst
door
w
est
this chapter (Isaiah 7) foretells iahabitanta of th e earth , because this
Did they!
licensed in O regon and Idaho.
Inducing Sleep
C arver G raduates
Ths sun and moon were dark the coming of Christ. We ask p articular display was adm ittedly con of bank, N ysj», Oregon.
Sleep can be brought on by com Consul-ation and Examination ¡Tree
to a small section ot New Eng
ened in 1780,18 years hffore the what ground is there for such a fined
pletely relaxing the muscles, says a
For Sale
land, a circum stance which precludes
Nyssa, Cregon
end of the period of tribulation. claim? There is in fact absolutely any
professor after a prolonged
idea th a t the A lm ighty C reator Five thoroughbred m ale airdale Chicago
the univeree was speaking by signs pups, $5 rach, J. A. Coir, Nyssa, Or. test tn keeping awake.
The atara fell in 1833, 68 years none. There was only one child of to his
W. B. HOXIE
res on ra -th . The num
•ftar the darkening of the sun, mentioned, the one that was to her who creatu
saw the "sig n ” and the tern -
INSURANCE
For
Naie
LF.AKING
VALVES,
tbo
cause
of
over which <1 was visible are
aad although threa generations assure Ahaz of Victory, and he t«ry
Office at Residence, Third and
graduai d .d atio n of tire t. An abso
too
inrign-flrant
to
m
ake
such
a
theory
On*
second
hand
cook
stove.
A
tlas,
hava paaaed since the laat sign was produced on the spot, not
lutely airtig h t cap sa ie s Work of in *8. 20 R. I, pullets, some laying,
Ehrgood Avenue.
IN TER ESTED ONLOOKER. flation, la ie s tbe tire and tsh*
the real of the program remains 796 years later when Christ vast a t all probable
**>. Pbooe a t once, 72F6.
•
Njaaa, Oltana
LEVI STRAUSS
for Men and lot;' -
A Merry Day
for the
Kiddies
- -p. f
Mechanical Trains and Autos
CASH VARIETY STORE
NYSSA BARBER SHOP 1
AND CIGAR STORE
City Dray Line ;