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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-12-16
"cHRIsT's POOR" AT CHRIST
MAS.

One of the sweetest of all the
Christmas superstitiOns is prev
alent in parts Of Germany.
Long ago a poor little clock
maker who loved above all things
to go to church received a Christ
mas gift of a large red apple.
He was supremely happy be-
cause he had something to give
to the dear Christ Child. Hasten
ing to the altar Of the church, he
placed the precious apple on the
marble hands Of the Babe In
Mary's arms.
Instantly the tiny fingers closed
over 1t and a smile of heavenly
Joy swept over the chubby face.
This happened long, long ago,
but the people in the vicinity still
give to Christ through his poor
at Christmas time, believing that
the gift bestowed upon lone Of
the least Of these" is received
by the Christ Child himself, and
rewarded by the same blessed
smile which brought joy and
comfort to the little clockmaker.
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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-12-16
Christmas In
The Farmhouse

When as a child you read stor,o. :.
Christmas celebrations where n.
houses Were decorated with holly GA
mistletoe and the people had sucb ,ous
times putting them up, didn't Won loos
around your own house and wonao.
how that would look IL trimmed w,tt
those same greens? And didn't Won
long to smell their spicy fragrance ana
to have hand In putting them m
where you thought they would look
the best? And didn't you long to foo,
that peculiar Christmas spirit that q
In the very air in cities and Villages
for more than week before Christmas
day itself? And then did YOU inst
settle back and say to yourself: swell
It's no use.
"As long as live on farm Christ.
mas must be just the same as II al.
ways has been-an exchange of pffn
and afterward an unusually big din.
nerw
1 want to tell you that you are mis-
taken-that you can have Just thoSA
very same things, even to bringing IN
the old time Yule log, IL you are 70
fortunate as to have an open flreplace
In the farmhouse.
City people pay from 80 cents to 81
for q small house Christmas tree, and
every one who can afford It buys q
tree every year for his children. How
often do farmers children have treesi
And why not? Because the parents
say, 1--WE haven't gifts enough to make
pretty tree" Many people never
put gift on-simply make 1t tree Of
beauty for the children. Strings Of
popcorn, wishbones and canes gilded,
gold stars-anything bright and shiny
hung on a tree delights a child-a bag
OF popcorn with few candles II It
tastes five times as good II 1t has only
once hung on tree. Even IL the gift
must be underwear, shoes and things
actually needed to wear, have them
come as surprises and in as Christ
masy' looking packages as possible
1t is well to keep the Christmas spirit
In the home.
1t seems pity for us country people,
by these beautiful things
deemed luxuries by our city friends,
to make no use whatever of them and
to let our lives become so common
place. Christmas is not solely a day
for gift giving and receiving and eat
Ing. 1t is day for doing everything In
your power to add to the Joy OF the
children-a day to remember the feeble
and lonely old people-a day to think
Of the strangers and the poor. II you
haven't money to spend for gifts Tor
them you can give some OF yourself
and Of your own home Christmas
cheer. There are homes that it is an
to enter, because OF the
Christmas spirit they breathe forth.
rust the farm homes will not be lack
ng In Christmas beauty or Christmas
all Of them will truly
keep Christmas" = Bertha G. Mark
lam In Country Gentleman.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-12-16
BACK. MONDAY

The dramatization of Beating
Back" written by Al Jennings and
Will Irwin in the Saturday Evening
Post, being the life story of the most
unique character in American his
tory, is endorsed by press, pulpit and
prison reform societies as being of in
finite good in teaching the great fun
damental principle of American life
equality of every man.
In this perturbation Of Al Jennings
career we see a mana human like
the rest of us,-fallen to the lowest
depths, an outlaw, train robber, and
ultimately a convict-then pardoned
by broad-minded President Mckinley
and given another chance to make
good.
We see him return to his native
state, where the fellowship of his
former friends is denied him-the cold
shoulder of disrespect turned on him,
but Mr.. Jennings, whom New York
critic declared "human dynamo" was
not to be daunted, for during the dis
NAL nights between prison walls and
during the hard days of labor and OPP
preston under prison masters, this
little man, erstwhile outlaw and ter
ror of the Oklahoma hills, made re-
solve to travel the straight and mar
row way and upon his release from
prison to point out to the coming gen.
erations the fallacy of wrong-doing.
We see him working his way back
into the good graces of his old friends
and neighbors; we see him with the
one suit that was given him upon
leaving prison worn to tatters, plead
ing with Judge Gillett of Lawton, to
permit him to practice in his court.
(He had been prior to his outlawry
an attorney at law. We see him
winning the case in the court of Judge
Gillett, which startetd him on his feet
in a financial way; we see him gra-
ciously ignoring the rebuffs OF his
old, and may we say hypocritical COM
rades, until throu persistent hammer
ing at the gates Of society, having
been recognized, we see him running
for the highest Office in his state
governor of Oklahoma. Why should
MT it be if there is anything in Christ
ianity, if there is anything in lending
a hand to the fallen brother, why
then is it not hypocricy for any man
or woman to condemn AL Jennings,
who has beaten back, buried his cor
rupt past and come forth with full
repentance in quest of the public's
recognition, which his tremendous
vote for governor proves he has re-
ceived to a large extent, If not alto
gether.
Beating Back" comes to the Prin-
cess theatre Monday, December %,
and whenever it has been shown the
people have been turned away by the
hundreds.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-12-16
A Happy Tree.
"Oh, look at mel"

"Oh, look at met"
Sang the Christmas tree
A jolly young evergreen
I'm dressed up here
For a show, that's clear,
And I'm anxious to be seen.
To grow in a wood
Is very good
or air you've a trifie more
But declare
1t cannot compare
To a block on the parlor floor!
You may stand in the cold
Till a century old,
Not a blossom to speak OF como''
But here In an hour
I'm all in flower
With mittens and dolls and drumA
/ know so we'll
And daren't to tell
So much that I'm like to burst
There's a mystery hung
Or a secret swung
On each branch from last to nrsI
How I'd love to shout
All my feelings out!
But I daren't even cough;
And just the half
OF a great big laugh
Would shake all my candles on.
So / have to hide
An the fun inside
Till I'm full as can be.
Whatever folks say,
I'm king of the day.!
Sang the Jolly Christmas tree.
YOUTHS Companion
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-12-16
n. charm Of Christmas.

There is something in the very sea-
son of the year that gives a charm to
the festivity Of Christmas. In the depth
of winter, when Nature lies despoiled
of her charms, wrapped In her shroud
of sheeted snow, we turn for our graft
fications to moral sources. Heart
calleth to heart, and we draw our
measures from the deep wells Of living
kindness which lie in the quiet recesses
Of our bOsoms.-Washingto Irving.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-12-16
CHRISTMAS
CANES y
AND SPORTS
Doing the Watch Trick

-HE watch trick here described Is
interesting to while away odd
minutes at Yuletide. Request
some one to think of one Of the num-
bers from one to twelve on the dial OF
your watch and ask him to add one to
It every time you tap the crystal over
the dial with pencil (see illustra-
tion) until he reaches twenty, and then
to notify you. Tell him that by the
twentieth tap you will have read his
mind SO accurately that you will then
strike the number he first thought OF
without asking any questions.
The method Of doing this trick is
very simple. For the first seven taps
YOU may strike at random any of the
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-12-16
Santa In the City.

Santa Claus touched the button
which summoned his foreman.
Eyes, sir" said the foreman, coming
In from the shop.
'What are you working On?"
doll fats, sir"
Santa Claus turned In his chair and
regarded his foreman doubtfully.
doll nats!' he exclaimed. "You
mean doll houses"
"NO, SIR" the foreman answered.
these are for city distribution, where
the children don't know anything about
houses. st. Louis Dispatch.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-12-16

When the dawn creeps up
from the darkly slumbering
ocean Christmas morn and
speeds brightly around the
world, circling it with a gold
en- girdle of light, myriads OF
bells in many lands awake
and from steeple to steepie
ring out the glad tidings that
''the Messiah is king
Eloise Boorback in Crafts
man.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-12-16
Ready to Promise

Ready to Promise
"Do you promise to love, honor and
cherish this woman?"
eyes," said the politician. "What-
ever the platform is, subscribe to it. "
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-12-16

On Christmas eve in Spain
the poor man has his relations
. around him. over his humble
"puchero" Stew; the rich
man likewise. In Spain only
blood relations eat and drink
in the house as invited guests
on Christmas eve or Christ
mas day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-11
A TERRIBLE PLUNGE!
Man Dives Into a Tank and Is Sucked
into Ocean.

Allenhurst, N. J., Sept 11.-Sam-
uel Lash of New York, physicians said
today, probably will recover in spite
of one of the most terrible ordeals ever
experienced by a bather in the Allan
tic ocean.
Mr.. Lash plunged into the bathing
pool here, not knowing that it had
been closed for cleaning. and was
sucked through a twelve inch outlet
pipe $50 feet long, into the ocean
Lash was drawn into the pipe in
the position of a diver, with his hands
above his head, and was cast out
quarter of a minute later with both
arms broken at the shoulders and lac
Grated from head to foot
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-11
PROGRAM OF FREE FAIR
CONTINUED from Preceding Page.l
Thursday Afternoon.

CONTINUED from Preceding Page]
Thursday Afternoon.
1 100 D. m.-Marshall's Military Band con-
cert in front of the grandstand
200 D.. m.-Racing: 2:22 trot, S4OO; 30
pace 500; 1t trot $500; two year.old
trot 5000; two year-old pace, 5000; fur
longs, for horses that have started at TINS
meeting, but have never won race, S!Oo
furlongs, for horses that have started at
this meeting, but have not been f1rst or
second 500; furlongs, all ages Horses
that have at this meeting, to carry
lbs penalty. Horses that have been second
to carry 3 lbs. penalty, 500.
1: 100 D. m.-Concert on the Plaza by the
Famous Frontier Cowboy band from
Sharon Springs
30 %. m.-Concert in Motor Hall by the
knights and Ladies of Security band.
100 q. m.-Monoplane flights by William
Kopsecker.
Thursday Evening.
$50 D. m.-The grounds and all buildings
and exhibits brilliantly Illuminated by
electricity open free to all.
100 D. m.-Carnival on the Sunflower
Trail.
7:45 D. m.-Concert in the Horse Show
Arena by Marshall's Military band.
100 p. m.-Grand parade of dairy cattle
in the Horse Show Arena.
Is D. m.-The Horse Show Judging OF
classes in the brilliantly illuminated Arena
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-11
in front of the grandstand.

Friday, September IL.
700 A. m.-Gates open, free to all.
900 a. m.-Special demonstration in the
dairy department.
$50 a. m.-Tractor blowing demonstra-
ton.
80 a. m.-Match Polo game between
the U. S. Army Officers team from Fort
Riley and the junction City team In the
quarter stretch.
IL 100 a. m.-Concert on the Plaza by the
knights and Ladies of Security band.
IL 80 a. m-Concert at Poultry Hall by
the Famous Frontier Cowboy band from
Sharon Springs.
Friday Afternoon.
1 100 p. m.-Marshall's Military Band
concert in front of the grandstand.
200 p. m.-Automobile races. Profess
sional drivers and their famous racing
cars in a full program of exciting con-
tests.
/ 100 p. m.-Concert on the Plaza by the
Knights and Ladies of Security band.
5 100 p. m.-Monoplane flight by William
Kopsecker.
Friday Evening.
6 80 p. m.-The grounds and buildings
brilliantly illuminated by electricity, open
free to all.
700 p. m.-Carnival the Sunflower
Trail.
7:45 D. m-Concert in the Horse Show
Arena by Marshall's Military band
s 100 p. m.-Grand parade of all the prize
winners in the horse and cattle depart
ments.
S:15 p. m.-The Horse Show. Judging
of classes in the brilliantly illuminated
IL 100 p. m.-The close of the First Big
Free Fair
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-02-19
Araued Indian Tax Liability

Judge Clay Carpenter OF Mobridgc
passed through Aberdeen this morn
ing on his way home from Sioux
Falls, where he was acting with
United States District Attorney
Phillip in the case against Dewey
county for the assessment of the
property of Indians, which it is
contcnded is exempt on account OF
having been issued by the govern
ment. Judge Carpenter contends
that under the federal law the prop
crty OF the Indians is exempt and
the action OF the county is illegal
Judge James ID. Elliott Of the Tn
tied States district court, who heard
the case, said it was one of great inn
portance and asked that briefs bt
prepared and the case investigated
more ly.---Aberdcen News.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-02-19
Selection of Seed Corn

The first step toward success in
growing corn is the selection Of the
seed. Evidence is plentiful that
large losses have resulted from in
icrior seed, and practical North
Dakota Corn growers at the recent
North Dakota Corn and Clover Con-
vention at Grand Forks all agrc-
ed on this point. Tie who uses such
seed uses poor business judgment.
For example, a good grade Of seed
corn may be obtained at s4.M per
bushcl and inferior seed for IS
cents per bushcl. Assuming that
one bushcl will plant six acres, the
cost per acre will be 6GA cents for
the good seed. One bushcl increase
in the yield will considerably more
than pay for the extra cost OF tho
pood seed
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-02-19
Reviews Heart.in.the-Lodge

The Mondays issue OF the Fargo
Forum contains the following re-
view of DR.. Bcc,lc's now drama:
Rev. a. McG. Bccdc, the noted
Indian missionary, author and In
dian authority Of CamnonbalI, who
preached yesterday morning at
Gcthscmanc cathedral in this city,
has just received from the press
several copies OF his new Indian
drama, lIeart-in-thc-I I.ndgs, tale
OF unusual interest.
While in the city Saturday Percy
Mackayc read this drama and pro-
nounccd it an unusually clever and
interesting one and expressed him
self as much pleased with the motive
and style, verdict that cannot but
DE most pleasing to Rcv. Brrdc and
his many friends all over tho state.
Rev. Bccde is author of Sitting
Bu]l-Custcr, the drama presented
by the graduating class OF the agri-
cultural college last spring and which
proved to be the drawing card of
the graduating class.
The new production Of Rev.
Bccdc's pen is of the Whitcstonc
battle. In the preface OF the VOL
umc, the author SAYS: Several
men now living heard Sully say,
The battle was all a mistake.
Sibley was a rcsolutc fronticrsman,
inclined to he over prompt. He
saw the necessity for order and
government, though he knew justice
for Indians was impossible. | un-
dcrstand he said, Bad faith on the
part OF some white people has caus-
ed this uprising, and now am sent
out to kill Indians Indians knew
him personally, and they say he
was not a man with murder in his
heart General Siblcy had no
part i'm the attack on these Hunk
patti Indians and the Whitcstonc
battle" +"
The new drama tells Of these mat
tors from an Indian standpoint and
are of a highly interesting nature,
not only from an artistic point OF
view, but from historical one as
well.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-02-19
Additional Local
News Happenings

Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Covey and
John keclcr made an auto trip to
the Farm school yesterday
Ii is reported that the youngest
daughter ni MIR. and Mrs. Frank
ChcSrown, died Monday at Linton.
Jerry Hart, one of the well known
old time ranchers OF the Winona
locality, was transacting business
here Wednesday.
! Geo. Tenant of Winona, was
delivering oats here to Carignan 4
Stiles the first of the week.
(, Adam Paul. one OF the progress
sive German farmers of the Winona
district, was trading at the local
stores yesterday.
| J. M. Reinhart was in town this
week after some repairs for his
drill. He is getting ready for spring
|'work and expects to put about 100
acres OF crop on his farm south OF
town.
Word was received this week
from Major Belden who is now at
Ratoon, New Mexico, enjoying the
balny weather Of that country. He
will leave there in few days for
points in California. .---Shields En-
terprisc.
/ G.. w. Hokanson is in receipt OF
a letter from James Merrill who was
with the Wickhan Mercantile Com.
pany here for many years. Mr.. Me.
rill is spending the winter at Ellis
worth, Wisconsin, but expects te
make trip here later as soon as he
his eyesight improves which has beer
badly impaired the past winter.
J.J. Husc, the Winona merchant
has been awarded the contract fo1
furnishing groceries and provisio,
for the Agency hospital for the tern
which ends the last of June, ant
Superintendent Covey was ovel
there the first of the week maxim.
arrangements for the delivery Q
lsan,e.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-02-19
GAO Acre Homestead.

According to the Lennon Signal
the register and receiver OF the
United States land office at Lem
mon recently received telegram
from Congressman Martin to the
effect that his enlarged homestead
bill, providing entries on GAO acres
Of government land for grazing
purpose had passed the house OF
representative the day before and
would soon be taken up for consid-
Grafton by the senate While Con-
gressman Martin, in his telegram,
gave no indication Of what the at
tjtude Of the upper house OF con-
gress would be, it is understood that
the bill is in a very fair way TO be-
come a law. The act, however.
will not apply to the Standing
Rock reservation.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-02-19
First National Will
Becomes State Bank
First National Bank of Yates Will
Become State Bank as Soon as
the Change Can be Made

The First State Bank will bc the
name of Il new bank for Fort Yates
which will take over the assets and
continue the business of the First
National Bank of Yates, the oldest
financial institution in Sioux coun-
ty. The change will be made as
soon as Il charter for state bank is
issued.
Cashier j. l.. Haas who has been
in charge OF the First National Bank
since last September has taken the
preliminary steps to liquidatc the
affairs OF the First National Bank.
and will continue as cashier of the
new st'tc bank,
I The reason for the change is that
there are many advantages in favor
o[ operating state bank over Il
national bank i'm country COM
munity where agricultural interests
prrdolninatc. The chief advantage
is that Il state bank may make long
time farm loans. which u national
bank is not permitted to do under
existing national banking LAWS.
When IL farmer borrows he USUALLY
needs the money for a period on
tending over the crop season.
The stockholders of the First
State Bank will he practically tho
same as OF the First National, and
the change will be merely i'm name
tand method of operating. The in
corporators are: i. b. Lynch, 81.
Paul; r. IL. Treacy, Bismarck; /;
J. NJ. Carignan. j. A. Stiles and
J. l.. Haas, Fort Yates.
The affairs OF the First National
Bank are in Il prosperous condition.
and with Il revival of business con.
ditions on tho reservation with tho
coming of new settlers in the spring
the bank under the reorganization
l.Yil be in shape To meet any uh
ditional requirements caused there
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-02-19
Additional Local

w. NJ. Bowdcn of Winona, was
in the city the first of the week
and made arrangements To open a
shoe and harness repair shop in the
log building OH the townsite owned
by Carignan d Stiles, and has a
card in this issue. Mr.. Bowdcn
will have an addition built on the
building and will he ready for busi-
ness i'm few days.
The Sioux Lumber Company last
week closed a deal whereby they
sold their yards on the N. p. Rail-
road at Thinner and SoIcn to the
Bingcnhciner Mercantile Company,
which concern owns a line of yards
tributary. to Manaan. This move
leaves the Sioux Lumber Company
with wards al, Mclaughlin, Sell
fridge and Shields.
Frank McconvilIr of Dale, one
of the commissioners ni Emmons
county, was TT. Yates visitor
Thursday. coming over with Sheriff
kycs, who brought back to the
reservation Alex Kennedy, a we'll
known Indian character who had
been county charge across the
river since ordered off the rcscr-
vation early this winter by Super
intendcnt Covcy Kennedy W; S
driven off during the severe cold
weather and found destitute and
nearly dead in strawstack by Il
farmer near Linton.
As shown by the number Of hogs
shipped out of this locality this
winter number OF the farmers are
going in for hog raising. w. w.
Butolph and w. w. Price have
purchased four cars of hogs paying
the farmers around $35OO.O0. This
is u pretty good showing when it is
taken into consideration that two
years ago there was very few hogs
to he found in the locality. VIM.
Payne has purchased about car
which in all makes five car load that
has been sold from this vicinity
Morristown World.
One bill that the people from
the western section of the state are
greatly interested in, is the open
ing Of the season on beaver. Whcr-
ever there is water in the western
slope counties there are beaver in
numbers, great enough to be de-
stroying what little tree growth VIC
have The present law provides
that where beaver are doing dam
age, they shall be removed by tho
game wardens. Removed is taken
to mean transferred. Chief Game
Warden Reko, AYERS that he dom,
know how it could be done, and is
heartily in favor Of declaring a,
open season on the tree dcstroyrrs.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-02-19
James Shea Comes
Out For Governor
James Shea, Former U. S. Marshal,
Announces Candidacy for Cover
nor on Republican Ticket

Bismarck, Feb. 13.---Jamcs Shea
OF Wahprton, oft-timc office holder.
is candidate for governor Shea,
in an interview today said: 'Thc
boys have urged me to run, be-
licvc that immigration should be
encouraged, and on this for plat
form | will start CARLY -
Shea $ announcement created
much interest. lie has spent the
session here in interest of safe and
sane legislation.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-02-19
Another Indian Ho,pital

Bismarck, n. ID. Feb 12---A
message was sent the legislature by
Governor Hanna calling attention
to the fact that the government is
about to establish u hospital for
tubercular Indians in the state and
requesting that the legislature take
action to have it located as near as
is convenient to the North Dakota
tuberculosis sanitarium at Dunseth.