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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-01-27
DAUGHTER OF THE EXPOSITION
Elise FIeischner. Aged One Day, Re
ceives Season Pass to Lewis and
Clark Centennial.

Portland, Jan. 27.-Born, to Mr..
and Mrs. |. n. Fleischner, a daughter.
When Portland people read this
item in a local paper the other day,
they knew an event of unusual inn
portance had been chronicled. For
Mr.. 1. N. Fleischner is first vice-pres-
ident and chairman of the committee
on publicity of the Lewis and Clark
centennial. The daughter of the ex-
position had been born.
Secretary Reed Immediately ad-
dressed a note to the child, who has
been named Elise, wishing her many
happy days, and enclosing a season
pass to the exposition. with the hope
that she might use and enjoy 1t.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-01-27
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
Hotel st. George.

Hotel st. George.
S. X. Watson, Spokane.
L. f. Story. Helix.
Julius Posner, San Francisco.
C. L. Downer, Spokane.
d. B. Richardson, Helix.
George Baker, Portland.
George E. Mosser, Spokane.
M. A. Lynch. Portland.
C. II. Thompson, London.
]. T. Blodgett and wife, Tacoma
o. r. Hagdon, Spokane.
J. c. Hammerfest, Chicago.
Roy C. Crumps, Seattle.
c. NJ. Levelley. Portland.
William Dunn, Portland.
A. d. Chase, Portland.
A. Smythe, Arlington. d,
]. L. Lum, Basin.
Jay Watson, Portland.
F. r. Olds, Portland.
II. L. Moody. Spokane.
]. w. Ruse, Colfax.
Miss Eta Coal, Spokane.
f. S. Talbot and wife, Echo.
F. w. Gates, Republic.
]. j. Burns, Portland.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-01-27
1925 students at Stanford.

When Registrar Elliott closed his
office this evening all Stanford rec
ordS for registration OF students had
been broken with an enrolment OF
1895 students, an increase of 1919 over
the registration at this time last SEM
ester and a gain of 6S over last years
total enrolment, says the san Fran
cisco Examiner of January is. There
are 60 new students, a gain of II over
last year
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-01-27
Notice TO Debtors.

All persons indebted to us will
please call and settle at once. as we
need the money to pay bills.
d. KEMLER & SON.
The grocers.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-01-27
no Cure q cold In One Day.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
lets. All druggists refund the money
IL 1t fails to cure. e. w. Groves sig
nature is on each box. 26c.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-01-27

The Fatal Scar" company, of
which Frank James was the ,princi-
pal, but most inferior attraction, dis
banded lately at Boulder, Col.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-01-27
A HEALTHY OLD AGE
OFTENTHE EBESTPARTOFLIFE
Help for Women Passing Through
Change Of Life

Providence has allotted us each at
least seventy years in which to fulfill
our mission in life, and it is generally
our own fault if we die premsturely.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-01-27
ION HIDDEN VALUES
STRAIN RECOMMENDS
STRINGENT ASSESSMENT

Paper Read Before Portland COnven-
ton Of Assessors Is One OF the Most
Able and Important Heard at the
Meetlng-Permanent Organization
is Effected by Elecdng ID. b. Sigler
OF MultnOmah County, as President.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-01-27
NEWS OF GURDANE
OPEN WINTER AND ALL
LIVESTOCK THRIFTY

Miss DaIr Taught Successful School
Visitor From Condon-Win Sink
a 1OO-FOOt WelI-Eugene COrIey Is
ConvaIescing-Got the Beauty Prize
Ball at John Browns the Night
of the 2Sth-Old Gentleman is Sc
verely nl-A Babe IS Very III.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-01-27

80 E. Court 81. Te'enhone Main Ri
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-22

as a person, but that we shall seek to
do for one another. That Is knowing
Jesus and clearly understanding Him.
And whenever this true conception OF
His life and teaching is reached, there
we find men and women thrilled with
the passion of giving. The little child
wakes on Christmas morning with his
heart filed to oyerlowing with glad
ness, and by every gift in stocking, or
beside cradle or bed, is taught anew the
old, old lesson of love. Husband and
wife, brother and sister. lover and sweet
heart, friend and friend, as they receive
their gifts are reminded once more that
love is not a dream, but a reality-and
a reality which grows more vital. more
precious and more enduring with years.
The sick, in chair or in bed, as they
open their Christmas packages are al
most r~econciled to loneliness and pain.
The ~friendless, the poor, the outcast,
the waits on the street; those who have
sinned and seem shut out from God and
from man, all begin to feel a strange
thrill of nope and renewed aspiration as
they are taken up and embodied in the
| richness and fullness of the Divine love
as it comes to them through human love
or attention on Christmas day. That Is
/ knowing Christmas in its highest and
| nohlest sense; In It's truest conception;
knowing It IN that spirit from which
we derive the surest happiness.-Ed-
| ward Box.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-22
1.-THE CHRISTMAS PRESENCE"
S~easonable Thought for All Who Love
Christmas Season.

] couldn't seem to contemplate a con-
tinuous Christmas of peace, nowadays,
when suddrn'y | seemed to see the words
befo' me. d. e:e4tly spelled. lnstid or
CENTS" ~ "e-n-c-e," an right befo'
my speritull vision l saw, like sky
writin', "The Christmas Presence
thess so.
Maybe it won't strike you, but 1t was
a great thought to me, doctor, an
"Christmas ell the year. had a new
sound to nv ears. g
Think OF that, doctor-of Twin along
in the azurine blue, beholdin' the face
of the Little One of the manager by the
near light of the Bethlehem star! Or
maybe seem the Beloved leanin' on a
pillar of clouds, illuminatin' our listenin'
faces with the CLEAN of His countenance
while He'd maybe repeat the Sermon on
the Mount from the book of His Eter-
nal memory. Think Of what an authors
readin' that would beam what an audi
ence!
An it's this Christmas Presence tibet
inspires all our lovin' thoughts here be-
low, whether we discern it or not.
An what we'll get Oh the other sideIl
be realization-a clair vision with all the
mists of doubt dissolved.
This is the thought tibet come to me
yesterday, doctor, out O. the cyclone or
playful good will tibet got me so ratified.
An it's come to stay.
An with it, how sweet it will be to
set an wait, with a smile to welcome the
endurin' Christmas thet'1l last "all the
year" an Overwhelming.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-22
CHRISTMAS TREE FIRES.
How the Danger of Parlor ConflaGra.
tions May BE Minimized.

Several accidents on Christmas eve
and day each year recall the fact, appar-
ent only on that day. that the Christ
mas tree Is quite as dangerous as it Is
pretty, and that the proud father per-
sonating Santa Claus should take the
precaution to equip himself with asbes-
tos whiskers. About the usual number
of fires are recorded in the country each
year as a result of the inflammable ma
ture of the Christmas tree and its dec
orations and their careless handling.
This warning always follows Christ
mas just as the cutlery against toy pis-
tolls is raised after the Fourth of July.
Of course no rose is free from thorns,
and apparently no holiday can be OBJ
served in the conventional fashion with
out risk of accident to the merrymakers.
Suffering candles OIL n Christmas tree
are a very real danger, and the same may
be said of the trees themselves, the
wreaths of evergreen and the mistletoe.
After a day or two they become dry and
infiammable to a high degree, and In the
joy oe the celebration risks are run and
precautions neglected. A tree thus load
ed down with presents and decorations
may become in an instant a torch capa-
BILE Of starting a disastrous fire, as many
cities discovered the other day, to their
great cost and to the serious discomfort
of their fire departments.
BY taking preventive measures thou
sands of dollars will be saved every rear.
Trees should be bought late and kept
out doors until used. In the case OF
fresh, green trees the risk will be min
imized. Candles should not be too close
together and should be constantly watch
ed. Above all, a wet blanket should
be at hand, also a sponge on a pole long
enough to reach any point Of the trees
or ceiling. So, at least. say the fire
fighters, who every year have their own
Christmas spoiled by the neglect OF these
very obvious precautions.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-22

The door swung inward. talbot knew
that he vas not dreaming when she
came toward him with outstretched
hands and a ripple Of explanation Of
which he heard not one word. Indeed,
to him one isolated fact filled the world
that she was smiling up at him with o
great promise In her eyes.
"A little friend of mine wanted to
give her friends a Christmas dinner, and
4 persuaded her to let me share it," ne
explained jauntily. at has been a great
treat to me-"
Miss Wakefield read the whole truth
for herself as she looked into the good,
homely faces that reflected their hosts
praises In every glance. She said moth"
ing, but her eyes told what Talbot would
nave given all he possessed to hear from
her lips. Then Mr.. Wakefield and his
wife ventured in. and Talbot bethought
himself to ask IL they had dined, which
they had not.
Lou and Talbot made room for three
plates here and there. and as there was
10 plenty of crullers and turkey and icet
cream, all went well to the very end Of
the function, when the eleven originally
invited guests rose and made their
adieus with glad hearts and beaming
Z faces.
Miss Wakefield stood before the crate
while her brother and his wife examined
n row of pictures half hidden behind the
\ holly wreaths.
81 was so sorry to disappoint you yes
terday," she said, but poor Ted's tele-
gram was so urgent that we were afraid
he was worse. and hadn't the heart to
refuse him. When l discovered that We
could take an early train home l made
up my mind to run in and wish you a
Merry Christmas, anyway, and so we
came, you see"
Talbot thought of the ring. He had
taken it from its hiding place. For a
long while l have wanted to ask you to
accept this-and what goes with it," he
said simply, holding the glittering bauble
toward her.
A red glow crept into her face. She
made no audible answer, but when the
young couple at the other end of the
room sauntered toward them they were
smiling.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-22
THE BETHLEHEM STAR.

The Bethlehem Star! The Guiding stss
OF Old Judeah's night.
Has It become a faded scar
Across the Orient night
The guess Of Science, and the guess
OF critic, seer, and sageI
Has 1t the DINNER grown, or less
For change Of CLINE and age!
Star Of the East!-it Is not set;
Though Science scout the SKY,
lis burning in the heaven yet. ,.
As bright and sure and high
As VIXEN the Shepherds saw 1t hams
Over Old Bethlehem,
And followed 1t until 1t came
And showed a Christ to them.
The Bethlehem Star-each mother sees
Its holy promise-light.
Believing each Its destinles
Her darling's, In the night:
Believing each the little star
Is set above her son
To light her mother-hopes that are,
And shine when hers are done.
The Bethlehem Star! The Guiding Star
That hovers full and clear
Wherever babe and cradle are,
And parents watching near;
Wherever cherub lips Of love Il
Bring tidings of great Joy,
Where'er a mother bends above
Her darling first born boy!
-Aloysius Coll, In Designer.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-22
Tha Chria,mas Traveller.

When Christmas day dawns many Q
traveller will be unfortunate enough to
find himself far from home with no
prospect Of getting there for the celebra-
ton Of the greatest holiday of all the
year. To many of these this necessary
absence is a bitter misfortune, but there
are others who have not the good fortune
to deem it such a misfortune. They
have perhaps no settled home or no rela-
tives or no especial friends with whom
they yearn to be on the festal day. But
these people are comparatively few In
numbers. Most of the people who are
travelling on Christmas day nre- doing 20
because circumstances make it necessary.
They are longing every minute OF the
day to be where they could join In he
merriment and festivities with those who
ore dearest to them.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-22

and breadth of the world. He must be
a busy old man, indeed, to make so
many things that delight the young OF
every cline. What is known as Santa
Claus ~workship is situated in the very
heart of the Black forest of Germany,
that region about which SO many tales
of peril and adventure nave been writ
ten. For two centuries or more Some
berg, a picturesque little village sur
rounded by mountains and dense forests,
has been known to the world as the
workshop of the good saint of childhood.
Here 1t Is that most of the finest play
things Of the Christmas season are pro
duced-dolls, soldiers, houses, animals
and all sorts of gaudily colored trinkets.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-22
cHRisTMAs At THE FARM.

~ only were a poet and could write In
&zs tuneful rhyme
With the graceful words the poets use
would be prepared to tell you Of the
happy. happy time
When. !. boy, ) roamed abont my faith
! could tell you Of the old, familiar scenes
vvh, q long ago. a,.nao oan c.n.. mo
to forget,
The barn-yard and the meadow. and the
c9rn,stalks in q row. ,,,oo, haunt
me yet.
! could tell you Of my brothers. and my
little sisters, too.
Companions OF the joyous days Of yore;
OF things we used to tax about and things
In tne days days that will return again no
more.
OF all the happy seasons we children held
The one whose coming brought us great
est Joys,
Was the merry. merry Christmas time, the
best of all the year,
With IT. jolly games. and stockings full
OF toys.
Ana o. the Christmas dinner. Belteshnz-
EARS sur1ptuous feast
Ne'er tempted mortal appetite so sore:
II seemed the more we ate OF 1t our mp
Petite increased,
Ontfl there was no room for any more.
o, ! wish that 1t were possible to turn old
Time around,
BY some enchantment. or some magic
charm,
And l. a little boy again, might hear the
welcome sound
That us to dinner at the farm.
] have toasted at great bnnqucts and ate
whate'er I would
OF the rarest dishes skiliful cooks dis
play,
20 good
A. the dinner In the farmhouse Christ
mas day.
Frank Beard, In Rams Horn.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-22
THE MYSTIC MIsTLeToL
Once a Feature OF Pagan Rites, 1t Now
Belongs to over.

From time i~mmemorial the white Der.
ried mistletoe has played a leading part
in Yuletide festivities, though 1t has not
always conveyed the osculatory privi.
leges which give it its value In the eyes
of the romantic youth of to-day. Like
so many other fea lures of the Christmas
celebration, mistletoe has been borrowed
from the pagans Of antiquity and Chris
tianiZed by the lapse of centuries. The
Persians before the birth of Christ used
the mistletoe in their sacred rites, and
in parts Of India pagan priests still In
corporate it in their ritual. 1t figures
largely in Scandinavian mythology. Bal
dur, the son Of Odin, though a demigod,
was slain by a spear of mistletoe, a
proof of Its ma gic powers.
1t Is from the Druids Of old England.
however, that mistletoe has come to us.
The Druidlcal priests, sprung, it is said,
from the magi Of the east, tho wise men
who worshiped at the cradle Of the infant
Savior, held the mistletoe as their most
sacred possession, and the cutting Of the
pretty parasite from the oak, the tree
which the Druids claimed God loved
more tina any other, was attended with
the greatest solemnity. On the Druids'
festival day a grand procession, leading
two white oxen, moved to the mystic
grove. There the oxen were fastened
to the oak by their horns, and a white
robed priest climbed into the leafiess
branches and cut the punches of mistle-
toe with a golden knife. The oxen were
then sacrificed and religious services per-
formed, after which the procession re-
turned to the temple in the forest and
the mistletoe was deposited in the Druid
ical rcanum
Besides taking it's place in the relis-
ious observances Of the Druids, the mis-
tletoe, which the priests gave a name
meaning "all healing" was made into
many curious decoctions by processes in
which times and seasons and incanta-
lions were supposed to add to it's mystic
rious overs. These medicines were re-
garded as cures for human ills generally.
With the advance Of civilization and
the death of superstition mistletoe has
lost its religious character, but not its
popularity, and the forests of England
and Of our own Southern States are as
eagerly frequented by mistletoe gather
ers as ever were the dark woods Of the
ancient Druids.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-22
CHRISTMAS IN SWEDEN.
One Day When There Are Neither Rich
Nor Poor.

One Jay Wnen L mere AIC 4~CASAASE NASAA
Nor Poor.
If you were in Sweden on Christmas
eve you would hear the church bells be-
gin to ring at 5 o'clock, for everybody
stops work then and the festivities begin
in great earnest everywhere in the king
dom. Glass distinctions are forgotten
and servants are allowed to sit at table
with the family. After supper comes
the universal Christmas tree, for Sweden
is one of the early homes of this beauti-
full custom.
On Christmas morning at 6 o'clock,
while it is still dark, you would so to
church, for everybody goes, unless you
stayed at home to mind the lights in
the house, for every home in the king
dom is illuminated. There is almost sure
to be a deep snow, and 0 would go
to church in n sleigh. Behind every
sleigh you would see two boys standing
on the runners and holding pine torches
"a beautiful spectacle as a long pro-
cession of sleighs glides over the snow
on a forest road. These torches are
stuck up in a circle around the church.
A whole week is given to good cheer
hospitality.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-22

A knock at a friends door on Christ
mas morning and the clasp of a hand do
this. A growing plant does it. Yes, the
loaf of bread, the jug Of wine-but, most
of all, thou beside me, singing In the
wilderness-the personal revelation does
it. Suppose a letter came on Christmas
morning, to say-not you are perfectly
dear to have sent me a spool box" but
81 want you to know that your patience,
or courage, or tenderness, during this
last year, will help me to live more
brayely and ~courageously and lovingly
this next year!" What a Christmas pres
emit the receipt of such a letter would
be to any one of us. how we would take
heart to live ourselyes! what a Christ
mas present for any one of us to send
to the human heart that has given us
courage for the burden and heat of the
day!-Harper's Bazaar.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-22

tin, half full Of grain, and began to call
In his big, deep voice, "Pe-ep, peep, peep,
peep!" And all the turkeys stopped
their strutting and ran after him into
the pen. Then Jackie ran and shut the
door, and in a very little while the
Squire came out with a big gobbler
hanging head downwards in his hand.
II guess I'd better leave 1t here just
now" said Jackie. "I1l come over for
1t In the evening. I've just 'membered
l promised mother I'd be back soon. Or.
perhaps, you might bring 1t over your
self. You would see mother then. Ia
like you to see mother
"All right" said the Squire again.
looking down at the brave little figure
with a curious feeling at his heart.
well, good morning. them said
Jackie, turning to go. Il think you are
the incest man | ever saw-'cept father
and he ran down the lane to the big
gate.
AS he mounted it, he looked back
ana waved his hand, and the grim cid
man standing on the steps felt n strange
little thrill, half pride and half some
thing else lie did not understand, as he
returned the pretty salute. He passed
the back Of his rough, old hand across
his fierce. old eyes and muttered, Poor
Margaret! She was u good little girl.
If IL hadn't been for that scamp Darcy!
The boy looks like him, too-more like
lin than Margaret"
Meanwhile, mother and Jackie were
having their dinner. Mother sat Mt one
side nf the little, round, white table,
and Jackie at the other. Mother wore
her pretty pink wooden house dress, and
looked just like n sweet pea, Jackie said.
Jackie had just finished his story about
the Squire and the turkcS. and mothers
face was all pink and her brown eyes
looked big and bright, likes IL there were
tears IN them.
20, jackie" she said, lyon dear little
son. What would mother do without
her little man to manage things"
hiorher was laying the cloth for sup
per. Jackie was looking out OF the win
dow. 1t had begun to snow-big, heavy
flakes that fell softly, silently, In the
gathering twilight. Suddenly Jackie gave
a glad little cry.
"Here he comes, mother, turkey and
NIL! can just see him through the
snow"
Jackie ran to the door and threw 1t
omen. The Squire came slowly up the
path. like n great snow man, with a bun
die under his arm.
Come In" called Jackie. cheerily, and
the Squire stepped into the narrow door
way, all covered with snow from head to
foot.
"You look Just like Santa Claus" said
Jackie, smiling up at him. Hadn't you
better come in and shake yourself? Moth
er, this Is the Squire"
!. Mother came forward with her hand
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-22

out; her face white and smiling In a
queer, nervous way.
Il mn very glad to see you-Squire,"
she said, "and thank you."
Jackie looked anxiously at the Squire.
Something must be wrong. Mother
seemed III. Then the queerest thing
happened. The Squire opened his arms
with a little choking cry. Margaret"
And mother ran to him and put both her
arms about his neck. and cried in her
sweet, tremulous voice, 20, father, faith
er. can you ever forgive meY" And all
the while Jackie stood holding the han
die Of tho door, and staring with big.
round eyes at the mother, the Squire.
and the bundle Of turkey that had fallen
to the floor.
Then mother took down her arms and
turned to Jackie with such a happy look
on her face that he was almost afraid.
This ID your grandfather. Jackie"
she said. my father. darling. Come
and kiss him. dear"
Jackie went up and put both his arms
round tue SSquire's neck, just as mother
had done, and kissed him gravely on
the cheek.
Il am glad We found yon, %srandfath-
err" he said. "You must stay for sup
per-
Jackie thought that was the incest
supper he had ever eaten. He and
mother and the Squire all sat round the
little white table In the pretty, cozy
kitchen, and everybody laughed. Jackie
most OF all, and then he found out how
the Sauire came to be his grandfather.
ri seemed that long ago, most likely
before he wal born, mother had run
away from grandfather to marry father.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-22
Boobies CHRISTMAS PRAYER.

bod b'ess all the family dear;
bod b'ess mamma, para, too;
bod b'ess little sister Fan
An bring me a sled, nice an new.
'Dod bless all the chil'ren poor,
An make all the sick folks well;
An dear bod, Please don't forget
To send a pony, big an swell.
"Dod be gracious to your lambs,
An keep sin ont Of my life:
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-22
On Christmas Giving.

Where any uncertainty exists let us
give as a token Of love, or friendship, or
human kindness, something that, whlle
expressing these things, will, at least,
he harmless. Let it be something that
does not last-that brings the meaning
and Notwithstanding that never will
know the indignity of the top shelf of
the spare room closet!
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-22
Real lessons OF Christmas.

There can be no real love for God
which is unattended with owe for man.
The ina test of a Christian love is not
the worship of God, but always the love
Of man for man. If the message of him
whose birth we celebrate at Christmas
teaches us one thing above all others, it
is not that we shall try to do for Him