THE »A T E CITY J O U B N il, M ¥**A,
THE GATE CITY JOURNAL
SUNDAY CLOSING BILL
Following is the Lankford
Sunday closing bill which was
introduced in the house on De
cember 6:
Published ev ery F.'iday a t Nysaa, Or.
H. F. B r o w n ______________ Publisher
Mrs J . C. Y o u n g _____ _________ Editor
A B IL L
To occurs Sunday as a day of r e s t in
t b s D istrict of Columbia, and for other
purposes.
THEN AND NOW
Be ir enacted by tb e Sonata and
A study of the Sunday eloiing House of R e p r e s e n 'a tiv e s of the U n it
S t a te s of Am eric a in Congress as
bill published on this page gives ed
sembled, T h a t it shall be unlaw ful in
the proper perspective on what the District of Columbia for any pe r
is known as the Sabbath ques son ' firm or corporation, or any of
tion. ft shows as nothing else their a g en ts, d rectors, or officers to
could the wonderful advance we emplog any person to labor or pursue
have made toward a higher any trad e or se cular business on tbe
L ord’s Day, commonly ca'led Sunday,
spiritual plane and a clearer un works of neci ssity and c h a t i 'y si
derstanding of the better things ways excepte d. I t aball fu rth erm o re
of life. Probably no part of the be unlaw ful in tbe D istrict of Colum
bill shows this remarkable spir bia to r any person under e m ploym ent
itual growth more clearly than or working for hire to e n g a g e in labor
under such c o n tr a c t of em ploym ent r
in regard to those things which biro on the Load’s Day, commonly
the bili denominates works of called Sunday, e xce pt in works of ne
necessity and charity. Compared cessity and c h a r i ty .
with God’s ideas on this subject In works of necessity and c harity it
the modern conception of what included w h a te v e r is needful during
the d a y for the good order, health, or
constitutes works of necessitv c o m fo rt of the community, provided
shows a marked advance. So th e ri g h t to weekly r e s t and worship
much so in fact that even an i- not t h ere b y denied. The labor h e r o
ardent religionist can hardly i 1 forbidden on Sunday i t hired, em
avoid the confession that God p.oyed, o r public work, not such pc-r-
as does not i n te r r u p t or
was rather old-fashioned, not to d a is m. tu I r b work
the repose a nd religious liberty
say old-fogyish, in His ideas on of th s com m unity
T b s fol'owing
this subject.
While he was labor and business shall be legal
personally superintending the Sunday:
(s) In dru g sto re * fo r the sale of
alfairs of the Children of Israel
me Lined, surgic al a rticle s, and sup
he ordered a man stoned to death plies for the sick, f o o d s beverage
for picking up sticks on the and cigars, but not fo r article s of
Sabbath with which to build a rnerchand.se forbidden on Sunday fo r
fire. Our more enlightened age o th e r stores or m erc h an ts.
clearly recognizes this as a work (b) In hotels, r e s t a u r a n ts , and
cafeB, and in t h s p r a p a r a tio n and sale
of necessity.
of meals.
God caused a double portion
(c) F o r the sa le of m otor oil, gaso
of manna to fall on Friday e o line, and accessories necessary to keep
the people would not be com in operatio n care in a c tu a l uae on each
polled to violate the Sabbath Sunday, to g e t h e r with labor Incident
(seventh day) by gathering it on to Bueh repairs.
(d) In connection
w ith
public
that day
The Lankfoad bill lighting, w a t e r and h t a t i n g planta
classifies household duties as (e) For t h e operation of boats,
works of necessity.
ilroad trains, s t r e e t cars, busses.
The Children of Israel were s g h t .s e e in g c ars, taxicabs, elevator»
restricted in their travels on the and privately owned m eans of convey
snee.
Sabbalh to a Sabbath day’s jour (f) For telephones and radio se r
ney, about three-fourths of a vies.
mile. Today the only limit to (g) In dairies and in connection
the number of hundred miles a witn pre p ara tio n and delivery of milk
person may travel on Sunday is and cream
(h) In connection w ith watchi g,
the number of miles an hour his cart-taking, or s a fa-g u a rd in g premises
car will cover and the number and property, and in the m aintenance
of hours he cares to go. f police and Are p r o t e t t i o n .
Probably 300 to 4#i> miles would (i) In connection with the p re p are
be considered a fair Sabbath tion and aale of daily new spapers.
Sec 2 T h a t it shall be unlaw ful in
day’s journey at the present the D i s t r 'c t of Colvmbia to keep open
time. The Lankford bill affords
use any d t n e i n g place,
th e a te r
every facility for this means of ( w h e th e r for motion p i c t u i t s plays
travel. Ol course this mileage tpoken or ailent, opera, vaud ville, or
will be greatly increased when n t a r t r i n m e n t ) , bowling alley, or any
of oublic assembly a t which an
airships come into general use. place
admission fee is direct ly or indirectly
God commanded the seventh received, or to e n g a g e in commercial
day to be kept as the Sabbath l d sp o rts or a m u s e m e n ts on the
for reasons clearly stated in the t.ord’a l)sy, commonly - s led Sunday
Scriptures, and hallowed that See A. It shall be un| wful in tbe
particular day
We modern*, D i riet of i olumbia for any person
firm or c o rpora tion, or any of their
however, have discarded this agents, directors, or officers to ra
day as being a back number and quire or p rm t any e m p o y e e or em
now observe the “Christian p oyees engage d in works of nacessity
Sabbath’’ on “the first day of and charity, e x ce p tin g household or
the week, commonly called Sun hotel service, to work oa the o r d ’s
D >y, commonly called Sunday, unless
day’’—a great improvement, as within tbe n e x t six suceaeding days
almost any religionist will admit. during a period of t w e n ty - f o u r con
Probably the clearest evidence, secutive h ura such e tip lo y er shall
however, of our great spiritual n e ith e r require nor p e rm it such cm
growth since the time of Moses pioyee or employees to work in his or
its employ.
is seen in the recognition by the Sec. 4. Any persyn who shall vio
Lankford bill that selling cigars, late any of the provisions of this Act
ice cream, soda pop, etc., on shall, on conviction t h e r e o f , be pun
Sunday is a work of necessity. ished by a fine of not less th a n $6 nor
This is the crowning triumph of more th a n (SO for the first offense, and
for each su b seque nt off. rise by a fire
light over darkness, spirituality of not less than $25 nor m ore tba
O v e r worldly min newness, a n d . $;, o j and by imprisonm ent in the jail
one ¡9 lost i n wonder and admir-jof the District of Columbia for a pe.
atien at the “spiritual discern riorl of not more than six months.
ment” m mifested b> the author Sec. 5. All prose cutions for the
violation o f thia Act shall be in the
of the bill.
police c o u r t of the Dietrict of Colum
With all these evidences before bia.
us of *uth a remarkable growth Sec. 6. This Act «hall become e f .
in grace who can longer doubt fective on tbe six tie th day a f t e r its
the fact of evolution or aucct-sa e n a c tm e n t.
fully deny tin t the world is
growing better?
Russian Proverb
Fishes W ith Lungs
He who Is destined to the gallows
will not be drowned.
T h e bureau of fisheries says that
Home fish have modified lungs In the
form of nn a ir bladder which acts
a s n lung structurally, but not fuse
tlonnll.v.
Most fish breathe through
their gills.
Food for th e M ind
I.et every ninu, If possible, gather
some good books under his roof.—
Changing.
G lacial Period»
T he g re at Ice age occurred a t the
beginning of th e Pleistocene period
D uring this lee age there occurred
several glacial perloda m arked by the
extension of the Ice eheete, se parated
by several Interglacial period* marked
by partial d isappearance of tbe lee.
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wearing qualities and price.
A N IM PRO VEM EN T
"All neon,” said the woman who had
kept a boarding house—“all uien,
dearie, Is brutes."
Her friend nodded her gray head
wisely.
She had been nmrrled
twice.
“ Yes," she agreed. "No one knows
that better than me, a a ’ though me
second ain't no saint. I'll say this
for ’lm—he's better’n me first. He’s
In Jnll so much thut I have practically
all I earn for me own use !”
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Notice Of Sheriff’s Sale
By virtue of an execution in f o r e
closure duly issued by the Clerk of the
Circuit C ourt of the S t a t e of Oregon,
for the County of Malheur, d a te d the
21st day of December, 1927, and d irec te d 1
to ms, upon a decreeand order of sale
rendered in said C ourt on th e 21st day
of December, 1927. in a certain s u it in
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tbe circ uit Court for said County and
S ta te , w .erein H a r r ie t M. D raper,
wes plaintiff tn d A rth u r J . Glover and
Vera L. Glover, his wife; M a r g a r e t
Glaubitz H aw kins and Birchard T.
Hawkins, her husband, w e re defend ,
ants, a j u d g e m e n t was rendered in -
favor of the above named plaintiff,
H a r r ie t t M D ra per, and a g a in st the
above named d e fen d a n ts A r t h u r J . |
Giever and Vera L . Glover, his wife,
in th e sum of Tw enty.five H undred and
no. 100 Dollars ($2,500.00), w ith i n te r ,
eet thereon fro - the 20th day of April,
1926. a t the r a te of eigt t pe r c e n t (8
per cent) per annum, and Two Hundred
f i f t y Dollars ($260.00) a tt o r n e y 's fee,
and the f u r th e r sum of E ig h ty t h r e
and 20 100 Dollars (83 20) with in te r
esc thereon a t the r a te of six pe r c e n t 1
(6 per e nt) per annum, flora th e 6 h
day of March, 1927, and costs an dis
bu rse m en ts in the sum of fifty five and
90-1C0 Dollars ($66.90), which j u d g e
menr and decree was enrolled and due
kete d in the C l e r k ’s officeoi said c o u r t
in said Coun y on tbe 21st day o D e c . -
e m b e r, 1917.
Let us give you
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GEO. F. BRINSON, Mgr.
“Square Deal”
“I gave her as good as she sent."
"You exchanged postal cards,
presume."
Easy to M em orize
A g o o d t h i n g to re m e m l i e r
A b e t t e r t h i n g to do,
Is w o r k w i t h t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n
A nd n o t t h e w r e c k i n g c re w .
G entle Father
The hour was late. All was hushed
and dark. Suddenly the stillness was
broken by a crash from upstairs.
"G-g-g good heavens, what was that,
d-d-d-darling?” exclaimed the timid
young man.
"Merely fath er dropping a hint,” re
plied the girl, quite unalarmetL
Those Crowd*
“Don’t you hate crowds?”
"I should think I do. At the last
football match I fainted aad had to
walk three miles before I could fall
down.”
W a ite rt
He—I thought the doctor told you
not to cat any rich food before going
to bed.
She—Then I won’t go to bed. Or
der me some lobster salad, pleas*»
A Logical H int
The Wife (wearily)—I've talked te
you until I am worn out.
Her Husband—Well, why not shot
up for repairs?
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Divorce Publicity
Th« p i c t u r e s t a r w a s h e a r d
In t o n e s e x c e e d i n g s ad ,
'T h e a l i m o n y t h a t I pay
Is s c a r c s l y w o r t h t h e ad.*'
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“Those Jokers get tiresome,” com
plained the umpire.
“ What now?”
"Some humorist wants me to enter
popularity contest."
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Gents’ & Ladies’ WRIST WATCHES
T H E R E F O R E . NO TICE 18 H E R E
BY G IV E N , T h a t I will on Monday the
23rd dsy of J a n u a ry . 1928, a t the hour
<1 o ’clock in the forenoon of said day,
at th e north main e n tr a n c e door of the
County C ourt House in Vale, Malheur
County, Oregon, sell a t public auction
su b je c t to redem ption to the h ig h e s t
bidder lor c ssh in hand, all t h e r ig h t,
title and i n te r e s t of the above n a m e d
d e fenda nts In and to t b s following des
cribed real P r o p e r ty , situate d in Mal
he ur County, Oregon, t o .w i t :
The e a s t one h a lf of the S. E J of
th eS . W .J o f S e c tio n s, in Township
18 South, Range 41 E a s t of Will
a m e t t e Meridian in Malheur Co n-
ty Oregon containin g tw enty (£0)
acres, more r less, « c o r d i n g to
G overnm ent su vey. save and ex
c ept a nesessary r i g h t of way for
i r r ig a t io n ditc hes a r d pips lines,
tn g eih r wiih a full w a t e r rig h t
in th e ditch of th e Ontario Ad.
v a n c e m e n t Com pany, a p p u r t e n .
ant to said premise s anduse d t h e r e
with.
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T aken and levied upon as tba proper,
ty of th e above na med d e fen d a n ts or
so much t h e r e o f as may be ne cessary to
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H a r r i e t t M D raper, and a g a in st the
above named d e fen d a n ts , A r t h u r J
Notice For Publication
Glover, and V ara L Glover, his wife,
D E P A R T M E N T OF T H E I N T E R IO R ,
t o g e t h e r with all costs and d isb u r se
U. S. LAND O F F I C E
mentg t h a t have or may acc rue
T h r Dalles, Oragon. Dee 12. 1927.
Dated a t Vale, Oregon, this 21st day
Nalica is hereby given t h a t John I,
of Decem ber, 1927.
Chunain g. of Nyssa, Oregon, who, on
Good
c'.can
beds
at
reason
C W .G L E N N
11 Oct. 9, 1910, m ade D e se rt Land E ntry.
able rate*.
Sheriff, M alheur County, Oregon.
No. 026466 for NW1, S ta tio n 20. Town
Date of first publication December
ship 2* South, R a nge 46 E a s t. Willa-
23rd, 1927
Rates by day, week or
m e t t e Meridian, baa filed notice e f in
D ate of laat publication, J a n u a r y 20th
month
tention to m ake flnslproof by purchase
1928.
D ate of Sals J a n u a r y 23rd, 1928 a t
F ir st a t . , 3 blocks north of Main ] under Act Mar 4, 1316, proof, to e s
tablish claim to the 'a n d a b o v e describ
11 A. M,
ed. before B W. Molkey. Notary P u b
lic, a t Vale, O regon,, on the 1st day of
F e b r u a ry , 1928
Nyssa, Oregon
DR. E. D NORCOTT
C laim ant names au w itnesses:
4 4 4 4 4 H 4 4 4 4 4 H * * * » * * «)» ♦ » »
Chas. Bradley, of N yssa Oregon,
C. M. Beaum ont, of Nyssa, Oregon,
W, L Glenn, of Nyssa, O regon. Mrs.
DRNTIST
Cb s. Bradley, o f Nyssa. Uregoe
J . W D onnblly
Dra. R. P. and Pearl M. Bradford,
Registe r.
la Oragon and Idaho. Carver
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Baiting the Umpire
Joe Meyers
Happy
New
Year
Sam e Substance
“Molly," said some one to the little
daughter of the clergyman, "does your
father preach the same sermon
twice?”
“ I think perhaps be does,” returned
Molly cautiously, “but he talks loud
and soft In different places the second
time, so It doesn't sound the same.”
Satisfaction Guaranteed
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We wish you all a
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O regon, as second class m a tte r .
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