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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-04-10
TO INSTALL TEN
STAMP MILL In JUNE

Lester White. came over from his
mines. The American Girl and the
Leroy last Friday to meet by appoint
meut q. W. Hosha W. an experienced
mining man of Los Angeles, who will
join Mr.. White in the operation Of
these properties this year.
The American Girl and Leroy ad.
join each other and the two are in
close proximity to the Goldbug, one
of the famous mines in that vicinity,
from which there has alre ady been
taken 1000. 900 worth of splendid
ore. These properties are on Reuben
Creek, l2 miles below Leland.
: Mr.. White is now planning to put
up 10 stamp mill at his mines this
summer and in fact has already ar.
ranaRed TO begin ON this mill in June.
Lester also owns Some good placer
ground and it may be recalled by
some of the Courier readers that it
was be who brought in nugget
from this ground two years ago. worth
$40. 1t is a peculiar fact that the
mineral resources Of Southern Oregon
have thus far been only slightly de-
veloped aud their. great value is ap.
preciated by bat few. .s..ssssAaa..-.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-04-10
COFFEE

Good coffee is partly in
b uying G and partly in
making; like everything
else.
Your sroes returns your nsasy u ysu dssS
hks Sehilhng's Best; We pay hin
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-04-10

Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup
acts promptly yet gently ON tho
bowels, through which the cold il
forced out Of the system, and at the
same time It allsys inflammation.
Sold by Model Drug Store. 4.S 1855
The Falls City tribune., 1908-11-27
SANTA'S BIOGRAPHY
PLACE OF HIS BIRTH AND HIS
PARENTS ARE UNKNOWN.
Is Best Known and Most Popular In.
dividual on Earth-Gives Presents
Worth Many Millions Yearly
But is Not Classed as Rich.

Santa Claus. the most widely known
and popular individual on earth. was
born so long ago thai il would not be
ladylike for him TO acknowledge it, so
nobody knows his exact age. Neither
is ii known Just where he was born,
nor who his parents we're. but they
must have been eminently respectable
people, for everybody nowadays claims
kin with him. He is the only untitled
person whom nobody calls Mister"
and he is a bachelor of excellent re-
pute. Although he gives away more at
Christmas than Mr.. Carnegie and Mr..
Rockefeller ever thought of giving, he
is not classed with the millionaires.
Still he shows a preference for that
class and he puts more in their stock
ings than he puts in the stockings of
the poor. Perhaps he has a taste for
fine hosiery. Some bachelors do. In
any event, the fact remains that the
rich get more out of him than the poor
do. Maybe he is not altogether to
blame for that. Anyway he doesn't
ride around in an automobile. This
may be because he wants to save
more to give away. At the same time
he doesn't ride in the street cars. So
there you are.
Santa Claus is the only truly re.
ligious person, for he never asks any
body what church he belongs to before
taking up his stocking to fill 1t.
Neither does he care a continental
about politics, and he never votes He is
especially fond of children, and the
children are so dead stuck on him that
they want him to come around every
day in the year. Their parents. how.
ever, don't feel so much that way
about it, and Santa Claus kindly CON
siders their feelings in the matter. He
knows enough not to be anxious to
work a good thing to a fragile.
Nobody knows where Santa Claus
lives in the summer, also the spring
and fall and most of the winter. but
wherever 1t is it must be a healthy
place, because he always shows up at
Christmas looking SO fat and jolly that
really he ought to advertise the loca-
ton and take in boarders. There is
one thing certain, if he did there
wouldn't be n "No-Children-Taken'
signs around the establishment.
Santa Claus confines his attention
almost exclusively to mankind, the
lower animals, except the reindeer,
having no pull with him whatever.
This is a w%ell-known fact in natural
history, which may be proved by pic
lures of Santa Claus and his holiday
turnout coming in over the snowy
roofs.
When Santa Claus dies there will be
the biggest funeral ever heard of, but
there is not much likelihood of that
event ever happening as long as there
are any children alive. When they
are all gone Santa Claus will go too,
for what's the use of his monkeying
with grown-ups?
The Falls City tribune., 1908-11-27
CONCERNING CHRISTMAS.
Facts Regarding LIS Observance In
America and other Countries.

December % is a legal holiday in all
the states and territories and the Dis
trict of Columbia. General recognition
of Christmas in America is of com
paratively modern origin. A genera
ton or two age the Roman Catholic
and The Protestant Episcopal churches
observed the day by religious services,
but the great body of Protestants. in
New England especially, ignored ii as
they ignored Easter, says Youths
Companion.
The Dutch settlers in New York and
Pennsylvania observed the day, as did
also the English settlers in Virginia,
and the French and Spanish colonies
farther south. AS a more tolerant
spirit prevailed among the descend
ants of the Pilgrims. the Puritan OBJ
lection to Christmas celebrations dis
appeared.
Christmas was not observed wen In
the Roman Catholic church till the
second century after Christ. when. ac-
eording to tradition. Pope Telesphorus
lIlSllllltu me CtICHi dNlpil " INT ann
versary of the birth of Jesus. The an
niversary vas celebrated in January,
March. April, May and September. at
different periods and in different parts
of Europe and Asia, and it was not un-
til the fourth century hat the east
ern and western churches agreed upon
December 25 as the proper day.
The Christmas tree is of German
origin and Santa Claus is supposed to
be akin to the Knecht Rupert of north
ern Germany, to whom parents gave
their presents to be distributed to the
children on Christmas night. Rupert
high buskins, went about from house
to house, awarding the presents to the
young children, who supposed him to
be a supernatural messenger.
Kriss Kringle, another name for the
distributor of gifts, is a corruption of
the German Christ K~indlein. or Christ
child. from whom the Christmas gifts
are supposed 10 come. The Christmas
land until after the marriage of Queen
Victoria to a German prince, who in
troduced German customs.
Many of the ceremonies of the day
adapted by the Christian fathers to
make it easy for the worshipers of the
old gods to accept Christianity.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-11-27
THE HOUSE OF MYSTERY.
Strange Actions by Father, Mother
and Children at Christmas Time.

The mystery began with the hus-
band coming home half an hour later
than usual, so as TO have the cover
of darkness when leaving a package
behind the vestibule doors, while he
entered the house with a very innocent
look on his, face and told of his street
car being blocked.
At midnight of that night, while his
innocent-hearted wife was sleeping
by his side, he sneaked out of bed
and down stairs and secured the pack
age and hid it in a closet.
The next step was taken by his
wife. She took down from the pantry
a pitcher in which she had been stor-
ing up dimes and nickels and pennies
for months and months, and, after
counting them over, she sneaked down
stairs in the forenoon and bought and
lugged a parcel home and hid it away
on the top shelf of a clothespress.
Then one OF the children came in
one day and looked and acted very
mysterious, and shortly afterward
might nave been found hiding some
thing among the rafters of the garnet.
Then. as the mother suddenly and
Unexpectedly entered the parlor one
afternoon, She almost stumbled over a
daughter who was down on her knees
and reaching under the sofa. The
mother cried out in her surprise, but
asked for no explanations.
Then desk and bureau drawers that
had not been locked for a year were
found closed tighter than a drum.
Closet doors that had stood wide open
were made fast. There was lingering
behind when others went to bed.
There was getting up before The 9TH
ers in the morning. Each member OF
the family went around trying to look
as innocent as a sheep, but at the time
bearing a load of guilt on his con-
science.
The strain was intense. The mys-
terry could not last. The day came
when the murder was solved. 1t was
the day before Christmas. That fam
lily had simply been preparing to
Santa Claus each other. II always
acts that way, and it always turns out
happily.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-11-27
SoDto Claus Tree
BY Wallace Irwin

Dy WalldCe TWIN
II looked rather bare. standing starkly on, there,
And jimmy poor mother, the picture oil care.
And Jimmys poor grandfather. lean as a Turk.
And Jmmy's poor father. who hated 10 work.
Set eyes
On the prize
With unquenohable signs.
1t isn't so pleasant to be a poor peasant.
To have to nde steeraee
And bow 10 the peerage
And go through a Christmas with never a
present.
And Jimmy remarked as he looked on his Tree:
Il wish were wealthy as-well, let me see
So nch could rig
Every branch. every lwig
With candy and peanuts and popcorn and gum
Enough Tor each person who lives in a slum.
With shoes that have soles
And socks without holes.
With alpaca dresses Tor mother. and some
Small purses OF gold. so that poor folks could
come
And take on their backs
Sacks and packs.
Stacks and stacks.
And always walk up to the Tree for a store
And never know hunger and want any more"
And (.uch was the speed of those magical days..
No sooner the words than the rec was ablaze
With bright hanging diamonds dropping like dew,
With iairyland candles that t,sinkled anew,
With toys so unstinted
You'd think they we're minted
For all the worlds children as fast as they grew.
And big boys and small boys.
And short boys and tall boys.
Meek girls and sleek girls and slow girls and
spry.
Young folks and old folks.
Modest and bold folks
Game nocking each stocking OF Christmas to try.
And Jimmy he stood by his rec in his pride
And handed out presents to all who applied
Till each grizzled g~randsire. each babe, youth or
maiden
Departed with Joys Of the season so laden
That some were AFRAID that their shoulders would
crack
And saved themselves trouble by hiring a hack.
Here's the s,rangcst Of ALL When the winter
was past,
The SAINT Tree took root in the soil and grew
fast,
And every Christmas it blossomed once more
With gifts to the poor who applied at the door.
And Jim grew so famous that when the King
died
They gave him the crown which he wore with
out pride,
The Kingdom improved
And he had the throne moved
To the porch Of his house where he sat all tho
day
A-talkins with neighbors in quite the old way;
But he always kept watch. as if kindly to guard
The magical Tree which still grew in the yard.
But just once a year. as the gossips still tell.
A genial old fellow drove by in a sleigh
And winked at King Jim saying: Trees doing
WE'LL.
Then snapped up his reindeer and cspered
away. Success.
LINK re
The Falls City tribune., 1908-11-27
A Christmas Discovery.

Do you remember the story of the
portrait of Dante which is painted
upon the walls of the Bargello, at
Florence? For many years il was sup
posed that the picture had utterly per-
ished. Men had heard of it, but no
one living had eve seen it. But pres
emily came an artist who was deter
mined to find 1t again. He went into
the place where tradition said that it
had been painted. The room was used
as a storehouse for lumber and straw.
The walls were covered with dirty
whitewash. He had the heaps of rub
bish carried away. Patiently and care
fully he removed the w%hitewash
from the wall. Lines and colors long
hidden began to appear; and at last
the grave, lofty, noble face Of the
great poet looked out again upon the
world of light. That was wonderful"
you say, that was beautiful Not
half so wonderful, declares DR.. Henry
Van Dyke, as the work which Christ
came to do in the heart of man-to
restore the forgotten image Of God
and bring the Divine image to the
light. He comes to US with the knowl
edge that Gods image is there, though
concealed; he touches us with the
faith that the likeness a be restored.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-11-27
BROUGHT OBEDIENCE AT ONCE
Mr.. Drayton's Diplomatic Way Of Deal
ing with Tommy.

In the Drayton household 1t is said
that the father of the family has a way
of presenting alternatives to his chill
dren that never fails to bring them
into line.
Il wish you would speak to Bobby"
said Mrs. Drayton N night. I've told
him to take his medicine and then jump
into bed, and he won't do II. He just
hops round, and says he doesn't want
to take the medicine and he doesn't
want to go to bed"
Mr.. Drayton stepped to the door of
Bobby's room and stood there, tall,
grave and impressive.
Bobby" he said, firmly, "f you
don't take your medicine at once, and
Zen jump into bed. you will be put to
bed, do you hear me, put to bed, with
out having your medicine at ALL"
Upon which Bobby, alarmed and con-
fused, swallowed his allotted portion
and meekly retired for the night
Youths Companion.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-11-27
THE PERFECTLY POISED MINE
To Attain II, One Must Rise to Higher
Realm Of Thought and Feeling.

People who would attain exquisite
mental poise must dive between the
whitecaps and the waves on the sur
face of thought, down into the depths
of their beings, where there is eternal
calm which no mental tempest can
disturb.
A perfectly poised mind must be in
frequent communication with the di-
vine. Dwelling upon human qualities
will never bring that perfect mental
balance, that divine serenity, which
makes mere physical beauty unattrac-
tive In comparison.
There is a sweetness, a %ripeness, a
divine something about a serene mind
which eludes analysis. but which we
all feel. No wealth can compare with
the benign, satisfying influence which
radiates from an exquisitely poised
personality.
Smoe of our best obseryatories are
built upon mountain tops, SO that the
great lens which sweeps the heavens
may not be obscured by the dust, the
dirt, the mists floating in the atmos-
phere.
In order to shut out the din, the ter
rible noises which distract the mind;
in order to shut out the thousand and
one disturbing influences in IL siren
uous life, the things which var aud
twist and distort us, 1t Is necessary
to rise into the higher realm OF
thought and feeling, where we a
breathe a purer air, get in closer
touch with the divine.-Success.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-11-27
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Christmas Givino.

The one feature of Christmastide
that cannot be overdone Is the giving
of comfort to the needy. Sometimes
it appears that the custom of ex-
changing gifts has its questionable
side, In the increasing demands upon
slender purses and the cultivation Of a
These matters, however, regulate
themselves, and probably little harm
is done by the swelling Of the spirit
Of generosity at this holy time. But
the relief Of the poor and unfortunate
is q blessed work that can never work
injury 10 hin whs gives.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-11-27
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WHY HE SPANKED THE CHILDREN
How the Settler Prepared the Young
Ones for Christmas.

On the morning of the day before
Christmas | dismounted at the door of
a North Dakota cabin to inquire the
whereabouts of a man living in that
neighborhood, and the sounds from
within told me that one of the child,
rem was being spanked. When the
spanking had been concluded the set
tier opened the door and invited me
in. | saw nine children standing up in
a row. and the tenth one sitting down
on the other side of the room. The
man thought some explanation should
be made, and he said:
It's the way | do every Christmas
rode up. Can you wait till have
spanked the other nine?"
"Of course, but may | ask why you
do it? They look to me to I've nice,
well behaved children"
They are as good children as you
will find in the state, sir; but the
spanking must go on"
Yes, the spanking must go on"
added the wife.
I couldn't say any more, Of course,
and | went out to the gate and waited.
The nine were called up one after an
other and put through the machine,
and Their the man, who was breathing
hard from his ~exertions, joined me at
the gate and said:
There, the last one of EN- has
been licked, and now I'll show you
where Brown lives"
Thanks, but would you take it
amiss if | asked what your ten child
ren had done to deserve punishment"
You may ask, sir. and | will ex-
plain he replied. They hadn't lone
nothing. | was licking EN- so they
wouldn't expect any Christmas pres
ents in their stockings tonight"
The Falls City tribune., 1908-11-27
Notice of Referees Sale Of Raj
Estate

Notice isihereby given that by virtue OF A
Judgment In partition entered ON the 9th day
of November l@s, ia an action pending In the
district court of Richardson County, Nebraska
II which Myrtle Scbaiblc Mulliaan is plaintiff
and GarrietSchaible, widow of John Sclfaible,
Jr., deceased. sLanra Schaible. Roy Schaibles
Edward Schaible, Etna Schaible and William
Mulligan are defendants. and in pursuance of
an order directing the sale of the premises
entered in said cause November u, 1908. and il
pursuance To an order OF sale issued out of said
court in said cause. we. the Undersigned refer
ces in partition in said action, will offer for sale
Il. public auction aud sell 10 the highest bidder
for cash on the 1ith day of December. 1903. sale
commencing at one III O'Clock p. M, at the West
front door of the court house in Falls City in
said county, the following described real estate
to-wit: The south half III of the north east
quarter "a of section thirty l3Ol IN township %
one north range sixteenll6lin Richardson Coun-
ty. Nebraska. The purchaser takes the real
estate free of widows dover.
DatedlNovember 10Th, 190s.
REAvI &.RrAvIs, A. X. Scorr.
Attorneys for Plaintiff J. X. WHITE
kkssa u. l. REAvrs.
saw Refereed
First publication November ID. 3 times.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-11-27
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CHRISTMAS IN THE ARCTIC.
Theatrical Performance by Crew of an
lcebound Ship Sixty Years Ago.

Christmas eve was the opening night
in those regions, writes Capt. b. S. Os-
bon, in Recreation. 1t opened to a full
house and yet not an advertisement
had appeared in any paper on the face
of the globe. No flaring posters had
adorned the walls of the village on
as first nighters.' Promptly at eight
o'clock the orchestra-the minstrel
band-in lieu of IN opening overture,
gave us a selection from their roper
toire, which was generally applauded,
and to the tinkling of a bell up went
the curtain. The play was BLACK
Eyed Susan" adapted from a famous
old song of that name, well known to
all sailors in those times. 1t was a
play in three acts, i~nterspersed with
some familiar sea ditties of the day.
Susan was the star of the evening and
the young fellow who took her part
played and looked it to perfection. His
makeup was very clever, considering
the material at his command. The
wig had been made of fine combed
yarns braided as deftly as any girl
could have done 1t. Susan's cheeks
and lips were very red-from the
paint poland large pendant earrings
dangled from her ears. Her dress vas
faultless in fashion and fit, her car
riage graceful and she acted the girl
to the unbounded satisfaction of the
vast assemblage." The Esquimau
portion of the audience was amazed
at the performance, but Susan was an
even greater puzzle to them. None of
them had ever seen a white woman.
1t was good as a play to watch those
poor, untutored natives as they fol.
lowed the piece with intense wonder
ment.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-11-27
FEW QUIT AT XMAS
DESERTioNS RARE IN ARMY DUR.
ING THE HOLIDAYS.
Old Sergeant Says Home That's Fit to
Go to Wouldn't Welcome a Run
away Soldier-A New Years
Burial of CaVairymen.

-
d, There are few assertions from the
army just before Christmas, and the
company commander is almost as sure
of holding his men through the holi-
days as the Sunday school teacher is
of having an overlooking class until
the b%espangled, candle-lit tree has
been pruned of its gifts.
A recruiting sergeant is responsible
for the statement concerning Christ
mas and assertions.
Aren't men apt to desert their gar
risons at this time to get to their
homes for the h%olidays?' he was
asked.
NO" replied the sergeant, whose
many service stripes, several of which
had the white edging TO indicate actual
field service in the islands, indicated
hat he might be relied upon as an au-
thority. Then he reasoned it out this
way:
You see the man who has got a
home that's fit TO go to on Christmas
or any other time wouldn't have the
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cause his folks would be respectable
and they wouldn't have any use for a
man who had run away from the army.
Then again the man who has a sort
of laundering to get to his own home
must have a streak of decency in him
that wouldn't let him desert.
"And the fellows who just take the
holidays as a time for a lot to eat
wouldn't desert now, for you can't beat
a company cook on roasting turkey
and baking mince pies. We're great
eaters in the army on Christmas. 1t
doesn't make much difference whether
we're round New York or on the
plains, or in the islands, hat is, the
Philippines. every company has its
holiday feast. | happened to
don't let December 25 go by just like
an ordinary day.
1--WE did miss n Christmas dinner
in the Seventh cavalry, though. That
was about 1890, when we had a fight
with the Sioux on Wounded Knee
creek. The fight wasn't on Christmas,
but two or three days later, although
for a week we had been expecting 1t.
That was in the Bad Lands, and our
New Years day we spent in digging
enough graves in the frozen ground
for 90 of the cavalry who had been
killed.
THAT wasn't a fair fight. 1t was
treachery after surrender. We had
captured about $50 bucks, and were
disarming them. There were nearly
as many more squaws hanging around
with rifles hidden under their blankets.
The medicine nan was mumbling
something all the time, which didn't
sound well, but nobody really expect
ed a scrimmage then.
But, finally, that medicine man
stopped down, scraped up a handful of
sand, and threw it in the air. That
was the signal. In an instant bucks
and squaws fell on us with knives and
guns. For 20 minutes it was hand-to-
hand, and with muskets dubbed.
That's when we lost our 20 men.
$50 that holiday season on Wounded
Knee creek wasn't much of a Merry
Christmas and Happy New Year sort
of a time, but take it year in and year
out, the soldier hasn't any fuss to
make about his Christmas"
The Falls City tribune., 1908-11-27
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Sure Sign Of Love.

Sure Sign Of owe.
81 think Charlie really loves me
now" said Miss Dinsmore to her
mamma.
What makes you think 80, dear?"
"He hasn't tried to break of our
acquaintanceship as usual just before
the Christmas holidays"
The Falls City tribune., 1908-11-27

Extent of Their Friendship.
Dimpleton-Do you still keep up
your friendship with the Caterbys?
Hatterson-We see them very little,
but we annoy each other with Christ
mas presents every year.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-11-27
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The Sweetest Bells.

The Sweetest Bells.
The bells ring clear at Christmastide
From steeple and from tower;
All hearts with love are beating high
Love is their Christmas bower.
There Is no time in all the year
When hearts are more atune-
The Christmas bells to winter are
What roses are to June.
But steeple bells and tower bells
Ring not for saint or sinner,
A sweeter note than bells of home
That calls to Christmas dinner.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-11-27

First publication November ID. 3 times.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-11-27
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No Cause for Joy.

No Cause for Joy.
Photographer 0aking family group
Now, then, Mr.. Housefull, the o..
pressions are all right but yours. Try
and look happy-remember that
Christmas Is coming.
Mr.. HousefulI (despondsptlyl-
Confound It, man. that's Just wAAS !
IN thinking AbSvtt