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St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-12-08
SEEMED TO BE SUPERNATURAL
First Sight Of Alrplsnes Caused
CONSERVATION Among the Natives
OF Philippine Islands.

when. In order 10 carry out n sur.
vcy, 0lrmen visited Joho, Sulu archi.
pclago, Philippine islands, Il was the
first time the natives had seen an air.
plane, and they were greatly terrified.
according 10 n story I'm the wcstmln.
stpr Gazette.
Some of them we're convinced that
the machines were sent ns cmlsurlcs
from Allah and others believed the
occupants ~ the craft themselves
the pilots and the observers--were
'both all seeing and all powerful
II was impossible TO convince them
otherwise. and the alrplHncs were
Viewed with dread and as supcrnat.
urnl things, Some OF the natives even
went so far M TO declare tho planes
were dragons, flown out of the South
seas. and destined 90 wreck yrng, snce
on oil bad Moros, according 10 an old
Arabic legend.
There were thousands OF Moros In
the wllds Of Mndanao who had neya
set eyes ON white man, aud 70 whom
the pilots, able 20 soar aloft like the
birds, were altogether outside the
sphere OF ordinary mortals. Tho air.
men were regarded as objects OF great
wonderment and 10 bo held Ia the
greatest awe.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-12-08
DATE OF BIRTH OF CHRIST
Nothing Certain 10 Known ss TO Actual
Time Of Arrival Of Child
Of the Manager.

ATT is "A remarkable fact 49,
HX nothing certain is known a.
VIy-J 10 the actual dnto ~ IN,
" birth of Christ Zee. s5 be.
Ing oOly tp>dltiop, Adopted
by the church about tho rvI,ldle OF the
Fourth century, kspi, Learned Jesuit
" the Eighteath ctanry. says:
There n not n single Month m the
Yea! 10 which, tho Nativity has
s& been assisRed by some writer or
oisIaF."
The earliest celebration OF Christ.
mas hn Dec, q appears q, Rave been
hSa IN Rome In the Pcnth century.
plng hrst mentioned la . Romah doe
1Doni, the RhllocallsJs Sslk,ndar. dating
from the year 85A hat containing an
Older record rstening 10 the year
Sdo' Christmas WIS brought 20 Eng
mnd by St. augustine. aud kept IN
Cos bur f.. wou1 appear that It was
NOT eslehyshed In Germany until sl3,
aHd "a, Norway about the middle OF
the rents century, by King Hakon the
G1od,.
Il~ Romans, OF the empire used Ga
celebrate the birth OF the Unconquered
%in ON. Dec %. according 10 the
Julian calendar. the winter solstice.
when the sun BEGAN to rise In new
vigor after hIs antumnal decline.
Therefore, the reason for the choice
OF D<sc. 20 for Christmas wouH seem
TO have heea symbOllcal
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-12-08
ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN PERlL7
"creepine Paralysis" According TO
Henry Van Dyke. IL Threatening
the Speech OF the Nation.

The real perils OF tho Epgiish lao
guage today, In my judgment, lie not
In expansion or IN contraction OF
vocabulary but much more Ia a GER
tain noisy carelessness or sloppy In.
difference; failure 20 recognize that
thought Il desirgble not only before
speech but also Ia speech; an appar.
ent numbness 10 the finer sense OF
words, writes Henry van Dyke In the
Yale Review. The effects OF this creep
Ing paralysis may be observed con
stantly In streets and shops and hall,
rooms, and frequently IN books and
newspapers, For example, a distin.
guished historian writes thea ne pro
poses 20 ASSESS" certais CHARACTER
when he has no intent,On OF taxing
H. but simply means to estimate its
worth A popular rayellst makes his
hero leave II roosn 'preclpItously." yeT
without throw.ng him down the stairs
or letting hla leap from a window.
An ardent advertiser proclalms the
slogan bf his ready-made clothing.
although his purposes are all pacific
LSsn philosopher, a platonlst, writes
that certain plays "intrigue" him,
when evidently he means not tha.
they perpleN him but merely tbst
they interest him. /.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-12-08

CHRISTMAS AND GHOST TALES
Festival Is Naturally Assoeiated With
Stories Of Haunted Halle sand
rainas Supernatural.

AIT HRISTMAS being celebrated
MHCI In the depth OF winter.
when "lang's the meet frae
" e'sn TO morn" the festival
l. naturally ass0tlatet With
tales u haunted halls AMI sthings'
that ars supernatural, hus Dickens
in his "cArLsunss tNrel" gave. us'
the Spr1ts of the PaS. M Pre~ent.
and the Futura but Christmas I'm
mind, clothed eSCh o. diem In fas-
cinating mantle Of. slDdness, and sent
them out on message Of mercy that
made Itself fsls over all the earth.
over many a stony Sdooge have they
cast their ntsllowing shades, teach
ing them 10 say;
81 VIII honor Christmas IN my heart.
and try 10 Resp II all the year. ] Win
live In tho Fstst. fine Present and tle
FuturS. Pie Tpirits Of all thrSs shsn
strive within ms l win not shut out
the lessons that they teach
scrOOge, concluded Dickens. mad no
further intacplrs~ with Spirits, but II
was always sasd Of him that he knew
how to keep ChrisimsR wen, ~ any
man alive plsssssed me knowledge.
May that be trhiy ssid OF us. and all
OF Us And 80. a. Tiny Tim observed,
God bless Us, every ore"
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-12-08
Powder 10 Lay Road psst.

Calcium chloride, a chemical powder,
Is being used to lay the dust on the
stretches OF the Prince OF Wales high.
way between Brockyille and Ottawa.
The experiment is being carried out
by the department Of highways with
view OF determining the relative
values Of the chemical and OF oil for
this purpose, and two stretches Of
roadway. at Spencerville and Mano-
tick respectively, are being treated.
The chemical absorbs and retains
moisture and forms a coating over the
surface Of the road. It's cheapness az
opposed 10 an oil treatment is said TO
be considerable and as both treat.
ments have TO be repeated frequently
the department hopes 10 effect a ma
terial saving.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-12-08
"sootlznd Yard"

scotland Nard is the headquarters
OF the Metropolitan police Of London
and Is situated within a stones throw
ol toe houses OF parliament IN south
western London. Formerly the de-
par'ment was housed In a group OF
buildings surrounding a courtyard
near Charang Cross. IL derived It's
name, ScVtland Yard from a palace
assigned from the time Of Edgar 20
Henry III, as the residence Of tho
Scottish kings when they visited In
London. The present head IS Sir Ed
ward Henry commissioner. The chief
Is appointed by the crown upoa rec
SnmendatiGm Of tho home secretary.
The yearly cost Of Scotland Yard, ac-
cording t@ the latest published sta
tistlcs, Is S15OO0OOO Sir Henry Is
the originator OF the system Of finger
print as Identification, which is rap
Idly superseding the Bertlllon system
In all countries.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-12-08
-sl(DE9O@g3M
ASK FOR CHRISTMAS PEACE
Let Al Pray to God for Perfect Rest
and Perfect Power and Perfect
Love.

Ad HRlsTMAS peace n Gods
Y and he must give II himself.
with his own hand. or We
~ shall never get Il. Go then
10 God himself. Thou art
his child, ms Christmas Day declares. (.
Re not afraid 10 go unto the Father
Pray 10 Him; toll Him what thou
wantest; say. "Father. am not mod.
crate. reasonable. forbearing. fear
I cannot keep Christmas Alright for l
have not u peaceful Christmas spirit
In me and know that | shall never
get II by thinking. and reading. aud
understanding, for IL passes all that,
and lies far away beyond H. does
peace, IN the very essence OF thine un,
divided, unmoyed. absolute. eternal
Godhead, which no change nor decay
OF this created world. nor sin or folly
OF men or devils. can ever alter; but
which abideth forever what II Is In
perfect rest, and perfect power and
perfect love. o. Father, give me Thy
Christmas peace."-From Town and
Country Sermons.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-12-08

Christmas Trees and Stockings
Two Christmas practices, both old
and very pretty, that have come down
10 us are the Christmas tree and the
hanging up OF children's stockings ON
Christmas eve, Each provides a way
Of making gifts, and the way provided
by the stockings Is especially pleasing
10 children. Perhaps Il Is going out.
sut In homes where II Is still followed
shers are delighted children on Christ
mas morning when the mysterlously.
nllsd stockings are examined Ia some
thing like awe blended with great
pleasure. The Christmas tree sur.
Wives, and no Christmas school festi-
val Is complete without one, brilliant
with lights and loaded with presents.
presided over by a merry yet vener-
able Santa Claus
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-12-08
the FEATURE or CHRISTMAS
epfft q Generosity and Happiness
ana Arrival Of Old Kris K1ngle
Completes Program.

AlTlH HE happlest feature OF
M Chrlstmastlde is the spirit
- Of generosity It engenders.
v The embodiment Of this
spirit is Father Christ
mas, Knight Rupert, or some other
mysterious parsonage, who ubiquitous.
" glides from house to house shower.
Ing down his gifts for the "weans,"
and leaving behind him everywhere
an atmosphere Of cheerlness and
genial happiness.
The beneficent belief In this Old.
World spirit has, happily, spread to
almost every corner Of the civilized
world. In America the German Christ
Kfndlein or Infant Christ, becomes the
Kris Kringle, who like Santa Claus In
England, pursues his unlmpeded way
through keyholes and down sooty
chlmneys to bestow his gifts upon
children that are good" while Pels-
nichol or Nicholas With the Fur" fol.
lows closely upon his heels with
blrchen rod for the naughty"
Long may this belief In Kris Krlngle
maintain its virile existence, and may
the "weans" see little OF that chasten.
Ing rod Of Pelsnlchol.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-12-08
-~l1E3N6AaA-
Wonderful, surosry.

Remarkable sHrTery was perforae
on the third mate OF the liner Ruth
Alexander just before els arrived In
Seattle, Wash. The HnhH became III
when the ship was 30 hours from
Seattle. Two physicians diagnosed
lthe Illness as xcute appendicitis a
cabin door was used for an operating
table, and the doctors performed the
operation with sewing scissors. two
psirs OF forceps and a darnlng needle.
The lnclslOn wa sewed up with EN-
broidery silk and cat gut The opera
ton required only IA minutes. The
mate was taken 10 Seattle hospital
when the ship iiOeked there. and Is
recovering.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-12-08
SANTA BANNED BY PURlTANS
Christmas Was Utterly Denounced as
Evil and Uneodly In Early
Days.

ATTN THE early days Of Amer
lca's history Christmas fes.
tlvltles were not generally
q observed.
In one state the observn.
tlon Of Christmas was utterly de-.
nounced as an eyll. ungodly and per.
nicious custom, and any child daring
20 think Of us much as plum pud.
ding on that day would make himself
liable 10 reproof by tho authorities.
All along the stern and rock.bound
coast. Geraldine Ames writes IN the
Churchman, the only Christmas trees
In the days OF the Puritan domination
were those Tint nature had planted
there aud had adorned with neecy
snow. The fires burned brightly on
the open hcarths. but as far as the
children knew, Christmas was Just
like any other day In the calendar
Even after the Puritan renctlon
against the forms and customs Of the
Old church had spent itself to somp
extent the children OF the Seventeenth
century stlll expected no gifts IN hon.
or Of the birth Of Christ,
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-12-08

Christmas Nsektles.

Some individual with leisure and
curious mind has figured out that 50
out Of every 100 men receive a necktie
as 4 Christmas gift. The estimate Is
conservative, but how many of the
nsekttes - bestowed are worn by their
rseipientsi The giving OF neckties is a
psrilsus proceeding always, for a neck
TN Il essentially a matter Of lndi-
vidsai taste. Many a man gets neck
WAR al Christmas that he could read.
fly enough admire as part Of a curtain
or 4 drspe. but that he would wear
sag under the compulsion Of a gun
lsyelAd az his head.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-12-08

GOOD scHEME.

GOOD SCHEME
Doing your
Christmas shop
ping early. amt
you Jones3
Well, you see I
want 10 git my
wifss Christmas
present before my
creditors Q Git
around 10 buy
Ing their wife's
prssentA
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-12-08

/. n u
49," for man ulune. Among the
~ folklore oe other countries
are several quaint stories
In whbch animals aud binls give cyi.
donco OF their alteration. A we'll.
known Bosnian legend offers Il version
OF world'ador1tlon. They claim that
on the holy day "thc sun IN the east
bowed down, the stars stood SIN; the
mountains and forests shook nnd
touched the earth with their summ.ts,
and the green pine Tree bent; the
grRss wns be-hoWerrd with the open,
Ing OF blossoms; iircuse sweet ns
myrrh perNW,lcd upland ana forest (;
birds sang on the mountain tops aud
all give thanks Ia the great God"
In Bosnia on Christmas Day sheaf
OF rye Is put near birds nests ana
bird houses for the birds Christmas.
An old Indian legend says thar on
Christmas night all the deer In tho
forest kneel Ia alteration before the
Great Spirit, Woe 10 him, however,
who tries 10 spy upon them. lie Is
punished with perpetual stIfrening Of
thn kneeB
Macy people Of the Ola World
claim THAT on Christmas night animals
are gifted with speech, but none must
trespass or eayesdrop.
Many and many have been the tales
which account Tor thS robins red
breast, In great many psrts of Europe
he Is called the SavlOf's bird, and IA
story Is told thar when thc Christ was
cruclhed the robin, rHable Ia stand
His suffering yenturrd 90 pluck the
th0rns from ills head Ia doing so, the
blood stained the rs,in's breast, which
sign he wears tOdsy.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-12-08
E.s Laurel Lodge, |, 0, Of,

No. lee, ct. Johns. Orsror
Meets each Monday evening in Odd Fei.
lows hall at f:30. A cordial welcome to
all visiting brothers.
Ed. V, Guile, n. c. c. W. Mason. v q,
S. J. Burroughs, Rec. Sec; {. W. .Norene Fin sec
II. Y. Clark, Treas
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-12-08

Get in cahoots with ROGERS
-SUITS-saye money.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-12-08
CHRISTMAS FEAST FoR BIRDS
Featbsrs' Tribe IN eosnle Not Forget.
ten-Feod Placed henr Nesu
q and Shelters.

iuRISTMAS II mos merely n
festival cclchTatrd by and
for man alone. Among the
folklore or other countries
ara apVaF-tI nuuluf sfprina
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-02-15
BLOC PREPARES TO
 FIGHT FOR REDUCED
 ARMY OF BUT 75,OOO
Associated Press Night wire)

WASHINGTON. D. C., Feb. l3- Demand for q reduction in the size of the army to 100000 enlisted men or even to a maximum of 75,000, will be made in the house when the an nual army appropriation bill comes mp for consideration, members of the sub committee which is drafting the measure, predicted today.
 A formidable bloc of representa- lives. the .sub-committee members de- clared, was preparing to wage a de termined fight to limit the army's size to 75,G00 men. while others who favor reduction had indicated they would be satisfied if the maximum was fixed at 100000. Other factions among the house membership were said to favor a 125,000 maximum or to oppose any reduction in the pres ent size which, under limitation for pay of enlisted men approximates 37,000.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-02-15
T|E-
 UP OF TEXTILE WORK BY STRIKE
Associated Press Night ,Wirel

Associated Press Night Wire)
 BOSTON. Feb 13 - Cotton mill operatives in New Hampshire and Rhode Island with few exceptions were on strike today i'll protest against wage reductions averaging 20 per cent and restoration of the 54- hour week. There were no disturb ances in either state
 Many of4the New Hampshire mills suspended operations before noon when il was seen that the plants could not be run with the workers who reported. The number thrown out of work by the almost general strike in New Hampshire was esti- mated at between 2S,00O and 30,O0O. while in Rhode Island the number of persons affected by the strike was brought to more than 10000
 State guardsmen of Rhode Island were in readiness for possible duty.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-02-15
KID F|NANC|ER RUINS SCORES
 By SPECULAT| |ON; SAYS HE |S
 BROKE, BUT OWNS FARMS, CARS
Associated Press Night wifel

CHICAGO. Feb. 13.-"I owe, $4,- 500,000 and l have less than $l0G0 ill cash" Raymond l. Bischoff told Federal Judge K NJ. Landis today at an inquiry into his financial opera tions which are alleged to have ruin ed thousands of poor investors who trusted him with their ife's savings
 Bischof1 declared he was only 25 years old and that he had accunu- lated liabilities estimated by re- ceiver appointed Saturday as totaling about $5,000,000 i'll less than , years. He describtd the business he had been conducting as general financial business, brokerage and oil" and said he started ii in the spring of 1919 with $l0,0CO.
 Asked where he obtained this money Bischoif said he had earned part of 1t working in the stockyards and that the rest was the result of stock speculations He declared he had no previous business experience. that he lived at home at tha6 time, and the only other work he had done was in connection with obtaining members for the Boy Scouts
 Under ! rapid fire of questions by Judge Landis he said he felt he could have recouped all his losses if the receiverShip proceedings had not halted his career.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-02-15
PAVING COSTS CITIES MORE ON
 ACCOUNT IF BOND D|SCOUNTS 5

city or state bonds bearing the same amount of interest were sold at or above par.
 The great disparity between the cost of city and state paving is
 illustrated in one or two comparisons from the table presented in the high way magazine It shows that for a 5-inch paving recently laid ill Phoe- nix the cost per square yard was .$270 as compared to SIPS for c. inch paving of the same type under a contract let by the state on the Tempe road. Both of these jobs were asphalt
 A bid of $202 was made by Twohy Bros. for concrete paving on anz other Phoenix street, the paving to be inches thick At the same time the state secured bid Of $2.2o for concrete paving six and one-sixth inches thick on the Phoenix-Glendsle highway.
 Another startling feature of the table is the comparison of figures to show that the Maricopa county high way commission in its l30-mile pro gram has not received as good prices as other counties and the state have been able to obtain on much smaller lprojeets.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-02-15
TWO PLANS. WILL BE: PUT. UP ID VIGIL.
1Azsoelated Press Night Wire,

WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. l3.- The position of the administration as to how the funds for the soldier bonus should be raised may be made known 10 congress tomorrow. Presi- dent Harding and Secretary Mellon had a conference today and were understood to have discussed the question.
 Two plans have been suggested by members of congress charged with the reporting of bonus legislation. One by republican members of the house ways and means committee contemplates special taxes while under the other, put forward by Chairman McCumber and Senator Shoot of Utah, ranking republicans of the finance committeS short time treasury notes or bonds would De is sued during the time that the cash payments were made to the former service men.
 
 Al the White House conference to- day it was indicated in some admin istration quarters that the treasury secretary held the same views with regard to the issue of notes or bonds that he expressed in his recent letter 10 Chairman Fordney of the ways and means committee.
 On the other hand, congressional leaders said opposition to the levy ing Of additional taxes at this time was increasing.
 It was understood that the tax program drawn by the house sub committee met with instant opposi- ton when it was presented to ma jority members of the senate findhce committee. Subcommittee were named to thresh the matter out and after a conierepce with Secretary Weeks they were understood to have presented the two proposals to the president.
 While the president was consider ing the matter the subcommittee marked time today. Senator McCum- Der said he expected to get the presi-
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-02-15
CJournal-Miner capital Bureau,


 PHOENIX, Feb. lJ. - The crying need of some change in the present city improvement act, that will re- lieve the taxpayers of the big burden they are bearing in the form of dis counts on improvement bonds, is illustrated in table of comparative paving costs, contained in the current number of "Arizoha Highways" is- sued by the state highway depart neut
 The table shows that the unit cost of city paving is much higher than that oi paving by the state and ooun- ties. Why should ii be? The answer is that under the present improve ment act the contractor is dealing with thc individual property owners, and in order to obtain his payments for the improvement might be re- quired to bring a multiplicity of suits. A a result such bonds are subject to a heavy discount, which is re- flccted in the high prices which the contractors must necessarily charge.
 During tffe last two years, with more city paving being laid than ever before such bonds have been subject to discount of about IS per cent. while during the same period
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-02-15
INSPECT PECK MINE

George Hilderbrandt of Chicago. one of the large stockholders in the Peck mine, has just returned from a trip of inspection to the property and expressed himself well pleased with the development. Mir. Hilderbrandt returned to Chicago yesterday.
 dents views tomorrow, but added that he was not advised as to how they would be communicated.
 Borah Against Bonus
 The bonus question was discussed today, both in the senate and house. Senator Borah. republican, of Idaho. brought up the subject in the senate, declaring that the demands for q bonus for former service men who were not impaired physically cor mentally as a result of their war service might embarrass the govern .ment in taking care of wounded and disabled.
 The Idaho senator declared that $75, ,OO0,00O,0G0 was conservative es- innate of what it would cost the gov ernment to care for all disabled men before the governments obligation to them would be discharged. He said in his judgment it would be mat ter of only 10 years before congress would be appropriating q billion and a half dollars annually for the neces- sites of disabled men.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-02-15
Direct Taxes ad Short Bonds Urged Raise Soldier Bonus
THINKS CANYON FINE PLACE TO DIE, so HE
 MISSES 2 OF 3 SHOTS
Associated Press Night wlrel

GRAND CANYON, Ariz., Feb. l3.-John Finley, 20, lies in a hos pital here suffering from a bullet wound in the abdomen, said to have been self-inflicted yesterday.
 4 revolver showed three cartridges had been exploded but only one bull let took effect
 According to his statement to the officers Finley had been contemplat- ing such move for over . year; he had seen. motion pictures of the Grand Canyon and thought the edge of the greatest prccipice on earth was the place to carry out his inten- ten. After shooting himself at Mo have point he walked back to local hotel distance of four miles.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-02-15
COLD STEEL IN HANDS OF DOUGHBOY STILL
 CONSIDERED ARNY'S ONE BEST LITTLE BET

onct or the tear thereof" the official conclusion Of the army made public today asserts. It is based on answers to a widespread queStionnaire sent. recently through the war department bureaus and out through corps and divisional areas, even down to the commanders Of regiments, to lay the groundwork for the doctrine. ol tac- tics and of training" on which post war building el the army shall pre- ceed. The answers were unmistak able There has been no chauge- soldiers who fought in France be- lieved the aee-old gospel of cold Steel'' in war.