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Imperial Valley press., 1913-11-10
NOTICE
VI sale Of Horses by Virtue of AGis-

tors Lien
Notice is hereby given that Whereas
one X: II DALEY did on the 9Th day of
July, 1910. place in possession of the
~ OF imperial State of California, one
black mare and one bay horse the
same to be kept and pastured on the
premises of the said Clark Adair in the
county of Imperial, State of Califor-
whereas, the said r.. H. Daley is in
Adair, has kept, fed cared for and pas
tured said horses from the 9Th day of
July. 1913, and
Wheeras the said r. H. Daley is in
debted to the Undersigned in the sum
of Twenty. Dollars $4,000, as com
pasturing. said horses no part of said
sum has been paid to the undersigned,
ana the sald account having been due
END payable for more than twenty
days, and
Whereas, the undersigned claims a
lien upon. the said horses under and by
virtue OF the proyisions Of Section
California;
Now, therefore. notice is hereby Civ
en- en- thaa the undersigned WI on the thee
premises one mile souIfl and one and
one-half miles nortA of the town Of
Seeley in the County of Imperial, state
Of California at the hour OF ten
auction e the, highest and best bidder
for cash United states Gold coin for the
purpose of satisfying said lien and in
debtedness together with the keeping,
selling advertising and ali other costs
in the sale Of said properly,
1s1 1912. CLARK W. ADAIR.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-11-10

ing it between courts and legislatures
and finally by placing it in the courts
through giving the courts political and
nom judicial power This was one of
the grave evils which he and his fol-
lowers sought to wipe out. Among
| the many reforms written on their
program, he said, We're these:
"We propose to make the process of
constitutional amendment far easier,
speedier and simpler than at present.
"We wish to make the people the
supreme arbiters between their serv-
ants, the court and the legislature,
when the court and the legislatures
differ as to the proper Interpretation
of the Constitution which the people
made,
eve know that it is folly to try to
make the fool the equal of the wise
man, but we intend to control greed
and cunning and brutality in high
places just as we control greed and
cunning and brutality in low places.
eve intend to provide for the moth
er whose husband, the breadwinner,
has died.
eve intend to protect the right of
children to their childhood.
From the men and women who
work hard with clean hands we in
tend to try to lift the burden of
haunting fear of an old age of unde-
served penury and misery.
"We intend that machinery shall
be the handmaiden and not the mis-
tress of humanity.
"We intend to make the govern
ment a most potent instrument in
working for the uplifting of man
kind"
Colonel Roosevelt's speech in part
was as follows:
'The democratic movement is now,
so far as concerns civilized nations, a
well-nigh worldwide movement. I
come from one of the great democra-
cies of the present and the future.
am speaking to another of the great
democracies of the present and the
future. There are many striking SIM
ilarities, oh! my hearers, between my
own country and this great country
of yours of which at the moment ! am
the guest.
"In both there is the same teeming
fertility of the soil and variety of
resources, and therefore of pursuits.
In both there has been the same as
tonishing growth Of virile and en-
ergetic population. In both there has
been the same piling up of material
prosperity. In both side by side with
the material progress we have seen
the ominous development of those
problems with which all of our lat
ter-day industrial civilizations through
out the world are faced.
'In my own country we are grow
ing more and more to believe that
the only safe rule in a democracy is
to give the people themselves the
right after due deliberation to decide
finally on every subject which they
deem of vital Importance. The pub
lie servants - legislators, executives
Imperial Valley press., 1913-11-10
Sisters Pass Examination for Bal

Sisters Pass Examination for Bar
Albany, N. Y, Nov. 10-Misses
Clara and Clarisa Pritchard, twin
sisters of Tivoli, passed the state bar
examinations at recent test. They
were graduated from the Albany Law
school last year, but were not per-
mitted to take the examination be-
cause they were under Fl years of
age.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1913-12-25
. . o . . q . !" , : 9 . . . . .
CHRISTMAS IN
OTHER LANDS.

Many American children of foreign
parentage know something of Christ
mas customs in at least one European
country, having been told by their
elders, but for the most part our boys
and girls know little of the day except
in their own land
In Spain it is the custom to let out of
prison many of the short time prison
ers ON Christmas eve. also to permit Il
few of the soldiers to go home on fur
lough Only blood relations eat in the
house on Christmas eve or Christmas
day. 1t is a general belief that ere
midnight on Christmas eve the Virgin
comes, bearing a blessing. There is a
midnight mass in the churches, and
other masses follow.
A few years ago in England it was
the custom after the Christmas dinner
to pull bOnbon crackers and to wear
the grotesque caps and masks that
came with them In other ways the
celebration is very much as with us.
Good cheer is the rule in Ireland. and
holly and ivy are seen on every hand.
A midnight mass is celebrated. and
masses follow through the night and
morning. all Of which are largely at
tended The religious element predom-
mates. Rich and poor alike have goose
for their Christmas dinner. The day
following Christmas is devoted to ath-
letics. fun and frolic
The celebration OF Christmas is not !
general in Japan. yet the Nipponese
have a Santa Claus Of their own He
is the god Hotel. and he is supposed /
10 give good things to the children not /
on one day alone. but the year around /
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1913-12-25
CHRISTMAS IN
BETHLEHEM.

No place in all the world has a
greater interest in the Christmas sea-
son than Bethlehem The normal pop
ulation of the town where Christ was
born in less than 5000. but during
Christmas week it becomes great
cosmopolitan center of $4,000 or G0.00O
souls all eager to pay homage to the
place hallowed by the Saviours birth.
In Bethlehem people are brought face
to face with the wonderful scenes
which are but feebly known to the rest
of the world. Here they may see the
place where the three wise men of the
east halted after their long journey
Here they worship the shrine inclosing
the manger in which Christ was born
They walk along the same road fol
lowed by the Virgin Mary in her jour
ney to the ancient city They see
buildings and ruins which the eyes of
the infant Christ rested upon. The
tiny city. crescent shaped and beauti
full to look upon. teens with the real
tiles which the rest of the world cele-
brates
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1913-12-25
A WONDERFUL TREE.

"HERES a wonderful tree, a Won
derfu tree,
The happy children rejoice to see.
Il Spreading it's branches year by
year
1t comes from the forest to flourish here.
Oh, this wonderful tree, with it's branches
wide.
Is always is always blooming at Christ
mastde!
But not for us children did this tree grow.
With its strange. sweet fruit on each
laden bough
For those we love we have made with
care
Each pretty thing you see hanging there
May this wonderful tree, with it's branches
wide,
Bring Joy to our friends at Christmas
tide.
For a voice is telling it's boughs among
OF the shepherds watch and the angels
song,
OF a holy babe in the manger low
The beautiful story of long ago,
When a radiant star threw it's beams so
wide
To herald the blessed first Christmastide
Then spread thy branches. wonderful tree
And bring the pleasant thought to me
OF him who came from his home above
The richest gift of his Fathers love.
He came to show US how to spread far
and wide
The joys of the holy, sweet Christmas
tide.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1913-12-25
A GIFT.

Christmas. dear?
W What can a penniless rimesteP
But the wish that when skies
are filled with gloom
For you blithe April buds may bloom
And that every throb of the heart Of you
May whisper of days when the skies were
blue?
What shall 1 send you for Christmas.
sweet?
What can a friendless minstrel send
But the prayer that when days drag drear
and long
Your heart viii sing snatches OF sweetest
song
And that every flake of the Yuletides
snow
May speak of the dreams of the long ago?
What shall l send you for Christmas, my
own!
What can a lonely bardling send
But the wish that when life grows dark
and chill
The roses of summer may bloom for you
still
And in moods when the fond old dreams
still cling to you
That the birds may return, my sweet, and
sing to you?
Irving Dillon in Life.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1913-12-25
The Day After Christmas.

A graceful finish is one of the most
essential touches of any successful
! venture. The pianist does not drop his
hands abruptly from the keys as SOON
as he has played the last note, but
holds them there a moment longer un-
til the music dies away. Diners out
would be indignant If the table wereI
whisked clean the moment the lastI
mouthful was swallowed They findI
the lingering on little while over theI
coffee and nuts most delightful
Christmas is too beautiful and tool
solemn a festival to drop In this hastyl
fashion the moment the clock strikesl
midnight for any occasion which,
needs especial preparation also needs i
an adequate closing, and particularly
is this true of these things whose val
ue lies in sentiment
There are many things to be done
after Christmas There are letters to
be written, houses to be put in order,
Sito " NC III duStl, anu every Oue VI
the countless details may be done Ell
ther with grace or without it. In the
theater the final curtain falls with fit
ting dignity or appropriate gayety. 1t
has all been a play; but, even so. the
actors do not walk off after the last
word is said and allow the stage hands
to rush on. That would offend the
mood of the audience. How much
truer this is of something which is not
a play, but a very real part of life!
The days after Christmas should be
as mystical in their way as were the
days before Christmas The ornaments
that decked the tree should be put
away with the same care and pleasure
with which they were brought out, the
green's taken down with the same mer-
riment that accompanied their going up.
The afterglow is sometimes the most
beautiful part Of the sunset, and some
times it is even more beautiful than
the sunset itself.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1913-12-25
AN UNoRTHoDox CHRISTMAS.


T WENT to spend the day with Rose,
and then
A Christmas greeting passed between us
two.
But twas not peace on earth, good will
to men,.
We only said: Good morning!" How
dye do?"
A ND then to her | offered smilingly
~ The present she expected me to bring
There were no hanging hose, no Christ
mas tree.
The box was tied in paper with a string
WE didn't sit beside the Yule logs
W blaze
We just turned on the radiators steam.
And dinner, unlike those of storied days,
Gave no plum pudding, but some bisque
ice cream.
WE didn't hear the church bells solemn
W toll,
And when we had our Christmas even
ing lunch
We didn't have a steaming wassail bowl.
But just a jug of simple claret punch.
WE trampled on traditions, I suppose,
W Yet one rite we observed with care
but, no;
Although 1 we'll remember kissing Rose,
1t wasn't under the mistletoe.
Life
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1913-12-25
FIRST CHRISTMAS FEAST.

The first feast to be celebrated on
Dec. % was established by Commodus,
emperor of Rome, who reigned about
1S5 years after the birth of Christ
After that there are many references
in history to meetings of the new sect
called Christians. who gathered on this
day to celebrate the birth of the Cod
man 1t is not until a century after
the time of Commodus that we find a
particular reference to the prosecutions
that the Christians underwent at the
hands Of the pagan emperors. culminat-
ing in n Christmas day massacre
When Rome was no longer a pagan
state the feast began to be celebrated
iu Christian style. and those who OBJ
-served the birth of Christ in those days
did 80 in widely separated countries
and frequently at widely different pc
riods Of time and according to no set
program The ancients agreed on one
thing. however-that the festival com
mem6rHting the birth Of Christ should
b. the most magnificent of the year
IL some cases it was kept up for days.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1913-12-25
THE CHRIST CHILD'S MANGER.
Pretty but obsoIescent Feature of the
Latin Christmas.


Latin Christmas.
All through the Italian and Hunga-
rian quarters in New York city may be
found traces of the manger at Christ
mas time The Italians call it the
'presepio," which means manger; the
Hungarians the Bethlehem"
The manger is an exceedingly old
and interesting devotion in the Catholic
countries of south Europe st. Francis
of Assist, who was born in 1882, in
troduced it into Italy, and it is still the
sign of Christmas in south Italy. as
much as holly in the windows is the
sign of it in New York 1t is not many
years since a carpenter could not be
had for weeks before Christmas in Ma
pies or Rome. They were all busy put
ting up hangers in the houses of the
quality, while the poorer folk were
busy fabricating their own.
This quaint old devotion is fading
out of the cities of the mainland, but
in conservative Sicily it remains in full
force. Every family there still erects its
presepio some time from the lst to the
18th of December 1t is not a manger
alone but whole mountain side, made
Of the rough, flexible bark Of the cork
tree. Peaks and crags and precipices
abound. with winding trails, houses
and castles of colored cardboards, for
ests of evergreen twigs and sometimes
tiny pipes to furnish brooks and lakes.
In the center is the grotto. with the
holy family within, surrounded by the
cattle. A sky of blue paper is stretch
ed above. with the star of Bethlehem
upon it, over the hills come shepherds
bearing gifts to the infant. and, though
they are in Sicilian costume and carry
good Sicilian cheese and wine upon
their donkeys. they are all the more
interesting for that
Sometimes the presepiO fills only a
corner, sometimes the whole side of a
room, according to the means of the
family. 1t is kept year after year un
til worn out. but it needs to be fresh
ened up each year, always a welcome
task TO the mother and daughters Of
the house.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1913-12-25
The Christmas Spirit.

Cha istmas is IL good institution, be it
examined from any angle. The Christ
mas spirit is one to foster and encour-
age 1t means unselishness, charity,
peace. liberality, good cheer, all desir-
able traits in themselves and all tend
ing to make the world better place
While the Christmas holiday is a
Christian Institution in name, no one
religion holds Il monopoly of the Christ
mas spirit. 1t is common to all reli-
gions. 1t means Il striving to make
others happier, an effort to better con
ditions for mankind. 1t means sharing
your good fortune, no matter how
small the portions may be. 1t is the
essence of the Golden Rule.
While one can do much good to 9th
ers by the radiation of the Christmas
spirit. the greatest good is done to one
self. No man can bestow a gift, either
material or spiritual, on another with
out benefiting himself. He must ele-
yate himself by the exercise of the
that Christmas calls forth,
and this elevation must be more or less
permanent No man can be much diff
ferent one day in the year from what
he is the other 364 days
So blessed be the spirit of Christ
mas. Exercise it during the closinN
days of December and you can't help
but be the better for it, and you can't
help but continue its benevolent influ-
ences during the months that follow.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1913-12-25
AN OLD TIME CHRISTMAS.

TTNHE damsel donned her kirtle sheen
The hall was dressed with holly
green.
Il Forth to the wood did merry men
To gather in the mistletoe.
Then opened wide the baron's hall
To vassal tenant, serf and all
Power laid his rod of rule aside,
And ceremony doffed his pride.
The heir, with roses in his shoes,
That night might village partner chuse;
The lord underogatng share
The vulgar game of post and pair.
All hailed with uncontrolled delight
And general voice the happy night
That to the cottage as the crown
Brought tidings of salvation down.
The fire with well dried logs supplied
Went roaring up the chimney wide.
The huge hall tables oaken face,
Scrubbed till ii shone. the day to grace,
Bore then upon its massive board
NO mark to part the squire and lord.
Then was brought in the lusty Drawn
BY old blue coated serving man;
Then the grim boars head frowned on
high,
Crested with bay and rosemary.
Well can the green garbed ranger tell
How when and where the monster fell;
What dogs before his death ne tore
And all the batting of the boar.
The wassail round in good brown bowls,
Garnished with ribbons, blithely trowls.
There the huge sirloin reeked: hard by
Plum porridge stood and Christmas pie
Nor failed old Scotland to produce
At such high tide her savory goose
Then came the merry maskers in
And carols roared with blithesome din.
If unmeodious was the song
1t was hearty note and strong.
Who lists may in their mumming see
Traces of ancient mystery
White shirts supplied the masquerade,
And smutted cheeks the visors made.
But, oh, what maskers richly digit
Can boast of bosoms half so light?
England was merry England when
Old Christmas brought his sports again.
Twas Christmas broached the mightiest
ale;
Twas Christmas told the merriest tale.
Christmas gambol oft would cheer
The poor mans heart through half the
year.
Sir Walter Scott.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1913-12-25
The Universally of Christmas.


Primarily. OF course. Christmas is
religious festival. In the Christian,
with a sincere belief in the Christ. who
is the foundation rock of his religion.
the words Of priest and pastor exhort-
ing his flock to observe the day with
ceremonial observances. find a fervent
response. From every pulpit is told
anew each year the story of him with
out whom Christmas had never been.
But Christmas appeals also to the
nonbeliever in Christ, to the men and
women who cannot subscribe consci-
entiOusly to the doctrine of his divin-
ity. 1t is trite, perhaps, to say that as
Christmas approaches the Christmas
spirit is lin the air" but it is true
none the less. Peace and good viii
pervade the air that is breathed alike
by churchgoer and nonattendant
In the big cities Christmas is cele-
brated by Christian and jew and Mo
hammedan as well as by those with no
religion. In the outermost corners Of
the earth. wherever men of Christian
faith have borne the standard Of civili-
zation. the native heather in intimate
contact with them feel the coming of
the spirit and rejoice.
1t is well that this shonld be so. for
the spirit of Christmas is the spirit of
belief not only in Christ. but in ones
fellow men. Every one may share in
# If he will Every one may end in
the story OF the life that was lived in
Palestine nineteen centuries ago. of the
death that was met on the cross and
u the resurrection that followed. some
thing Of personal application, some
thing Of uplift.
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Copyright, 1873 by American Press Asso-
ciation.l
TT OW sweetly rests this winter night
Upon waiting earth!
n n Until the lift of Christmas light
Shall spread the Christmas birth,
The curtain Of the dusk he drawn,
And sleeping hosts afar
Shah wake to read in radiant dawn
The message of the star!
The dawn goes marching from the east
Across a Joyous world
To usher in the Christmas feast
Meath Christmas fronds unfurled.
Now swiftly on the glory spreads,
The miracle fulfilled,
To bless a myriad bended heads
And souls by Christmas thrilled.
Behold it sweep a mighty land
Long leagues of list'ning snow:
From whitened frs TO where midst sand
The poinsettias glow
On English thatch and tile it lies,
Chateau and hut forlorn,
And frozen steppes and tropic skies
Acclaim the Christmas morn.
No region too remote for this,
Too difficult no tongue,
The Christmas wreath. the Christmas
kiss,
The Christmas music sung.
No heart with grace so incomplete.
No head with age so gray,
No hearth SO poor it does not greet
The dawn of Christmas day
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1913-12-25
IN FRENCH CHURCHES.
Christmas Mass Always Well Attend
ed-Servioes Are Unique.

In Paris Christmas day is kept as a
religious festival. and many who never
dream Of going to church on any other
day in the year make it point of at
tending mass on le Jour de Noel and
the blaze Of the taperS fails on crowd
ed congregations. men. women and
children. kneeling. sitting and stand
ing in the wide area Of the Madeleine
and Notre Dame
Midnight mass is held on Christmas
eve a waxen image Of the infant
Saviour lies upon little hutch Of real
straw in a cave built Of miniature
stones The Virgin mother kneels over
the child. and to quote verse from
one OF the quaintest old carols:
ST. Joseph. too. is near t. guard the child.
To watch him and protect his mother
mild
Often the three wise men are added,
bearing offerings in their hands.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1913-12-25
christmas Fortune TeIIina.

Bachelors and spinsters in Bohemia
dcsirous Of seeing the features of their
future matrimonial mate cut a hole in
the ice OF a river or pond at midnight
Of Christmas eve and peer into the
black water beneath II is the belief
that the face of the one the expert
menter is to marry will then become
visible as in a mirror. A combination
Of faith and imagination is necessary
to make the spell work successfully.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1913-12-25
EPRESENTING the Virgin, not
as a mother, but as the all
powerful queen Of the heay-

NilSs ltnS CIlNlIllS lIOln sOlOuuS
which are themselves composed of
thousands of cherubs, Raphae's Ma
donna di San Sisto, more commonly
known as the Sistine Madonna, ranks,
by universal consent, as the greatest
painting in the world.
In the Virgins arms there is the
Christ Child, whose thoughtful eyes
make it appear that he is fully con
scious of his destiny as Saviour of the
world. On either side st. Slxtus- IL.
and St Catherine kneel in adora-
tion Of the queen of the heavens and
the Christ Child. st. Catherine is
looking down at the two cherubs. which
form the base of the picture and which
are familiar in popular reproductions.
SiXtus III. was bishop Of Rome from
257 to 25S A. D. and was martyred I'M
der Valerian.
Raphael Sanzio or Santi was born
in 1888. and this picture. his master
piece, was completed two years before
his death in 1920 Thus the artist was
thirty-five years old when the greatest
picture Of all times was completed. 1t