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wta MACKSBURG. RAILROAD TIME CARD ©mtm utopir0 SOUTHEN PACIFIC No. No. No. No. 10, 28, 18, 14, No. No. No. No. No. 17, 15, 19, 27, 9, North Bound 7.26 a. m. 10:24 a. m. (on flag.) 2:38 p. m. 9:00 p. m. (on flag.) South Bound 2:37 a. m. 9:44 a. m. (on flag.) 3:15 p. m. 5:16 p. m. (on flag.) 7:28 p. m. W inning of the War Should Be O ur M ain Purpose In L ife Mr. and Mrs. \sa Callister o f H ub-1 I bard were recent visitors in Aurora. By JOHN J. MITCHELL, President of the Illinois Trust and Savings Bank A. G. Fry, the Rawleigh man, o f I | Woodburn, Oregon, will call on youj soon. I N the last analysis the issue in the awful war now raging is, “ Shall Highest cash price paid for Chittem! democracy or autocracy rule the I bark at Moore’ s Drugstore, Woodburn, j world?” As the matter stands to 1 Oregon day, with Russia crumbling, with France bled to the white and with Among those here who signed the ! England approximating her maxi I Wm. HEINZ S I food pledge cards but whose name was.; mum resistance, it is plainly up to | omitted by error last week was Mrs. E. j the American people to get into this J AUCTIONEER J i M. Hurst. conflict with every man and every dollar available and put it WHERE 2 T eems R easonable q Mrs. Fay Carpenter and baby a re 1 IT W ILL DO TH E MOST GOOD S Phone Canby 13-15 (Mail— Aurora Route 1) i here from Fresno, California to visit AND TO DO IT QUICKLY. An immediate need is a spiritual her parents Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Lorenz i renaissance, a comprehension of the and other relatives. situation that besets us, a realiza jy R . B. F. GIESY tion that our national life, onr cher Governor Withycombe has written1 ished ideals, the priceless heritage every member o f the war census board, of freedom and opportunity in the who last spring served in taking the garden of the world— aye, that civ war census in Oregon, thanking them ilization itself is at stake in this in the name o f the state for the ser mighty struggle upon which we have vices then rendered. entered. As a people we must have no in Both Phones - Office at Residence A u rora, U r. terest or purpose in life that stands Peter Freeman has recently pur before the winning of this war and chased twelve acres o f land from Mrs. doing it as decisively and as quickly Mary Gilbertson. It is located just as is possible. Physician and Surgeon D R. A. T. MURDY DENTIST ! Phone 53-35 ^Canby Mutual Canby, Ore. DR. de LESPINASSE D E N TIST Trullinger Bldg Phone United 6319 HuBBAftD, O regon LOUIS W EBERT Notary Public Fire Insurance OREGON AURORA E. M. HURST Always in the market for old Copper, L ead, Zinc, Iron, Brass, Old Newspapers and Magazines (neatly folded),second hand sacks, and junk of all kinds. AURORA - OREGON “Pleated Skirts” BY PARCEL POST Accordeon, Side, or Box Pleating, Hemstitching, Scolloping, Braid ing, Embroidery, Buttons cov ered, from your own material. ART EMBROIDERY & BUTTON CO. 6 3 3 Morgan Bldg. PORTLAND, ORE. across the road from Mr. Freeman’s farm, and is a valuable addition to the place.—Donald Record. You can get the Daily Oregonian and the Aurora Observer both one year for $5.25. The Daily and Sunday Oregon ian and the Aurora Observer both one year for $7.25. Send the Observer your subscription NOW—new or renewals at the same rate. The secretary o f state has begun to issue 1918 automobile licenses, and license No. 10, was issued to Rose Wil son o f Aurora. There will be more than 1000 licenses per day issued from now until January l,and owners should put in their applications at once. The annual Thanksgiving appeal for the boys’ and girls’ Aid Society o f Ore- is again at hand. Donations o f canned goods and vegetables are especially welcomed. The appeal is made chiefly to the school children, but to the gen eral public as well. In spite o f the numerous duties,economies and appeals due to the war, it is hoped this appeal will be answered. 'Such supplies will be carried free By the railroads until December 31. A rt Artu$ has a spud show on at his place o f business. Among the exhibi tors being G, A. Ehlen, Otis Nelson, Carl Bremer, H. H, Hurst and Field Marshal Von Hindenberg, Bremer and N ilson have real potatoes on exhibition while Ehlen’s exhibits are all in the Bantam class, Hindenberg’s specimens all show they were grown on French soil, and still bear the evidence o f heavy artillery fire, x x x. Since the above was written G. A. Ehlen has withdrawn his exhibits, refusing to ex hibit with Hindenberg, while Bill Asquith has tried to work in an En glish gas bomb along side Paul Siebert’ s exhibit. Save Two Dollars For a short time only dur ing the month o f November we are able to offer the fol lowing remarkable reduc tion in the price o f news papers and magazines. The Portland Telegram The Aurora Observer And your choice of any ONE o f these Magazines m ccalls , peoples hom e jo u r THREE PAPERS ONE YEAR for $5 nal , TO D A Y ’ S HOUSEWIFE, O l f A N G E JUDD FARMER, BOYS MAGAZINE, F A R M AND FIRESIDE, Send Us Your Order By Letter, Phone, or Otherwise The A u rora O bserver AURORA, OREGON The little Girl’ s Sewing Circle w ill! hold its regular session on Saturday,! Oct. 17th, at the home o f Mrs. G. M. Baldwins. ^ lis s Rachel Miller came home for a j flying visit on Friday, returning the | same evening to Woodburn for an in-1 definite stay. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Bowers are still in Montana, whither they have been called to the bedside of their youngest ¡ daughter, Marie who is very seriously ill. There home and their little grand son meanwhile are in care of Mr, and Mrs. Lloyd Bowers. The funeral of Mr. W. C. Mathews! took place on Thursday. Mr. Mathews | had been very ill for a long time be fore his death, and though seriously j missed by his neighbors and other i friends besides his own family, there is ! comfort in the thought that his suffer ings are ended. The Red Cross though meeting with j but few welcomers in our community j at first, is gradually gaining ground. 1 The Red Cross workers finding that in- ducing people to join in the work for its own attraction, a far better per-1 saasive than the most earnest argu ment could be. J The wedding o f Miss Anna Hepler and Mr. Will Damm mentioned in last week’ s Observer was one o f special in terest in our neighborhood. Both of- the young people were well known and WE MUST NOT 8TOP TO COUNT highly esteemed in our community, where Miss Hepler has lived since early THE COST IN MEN OR MONEY childhood. We are glad to know that NOR IN SACRIFICE OR SERVICE. Mr. and Mrs. Damm are to settle in our vicinity and that they intend to oc cupy the ancestrial home o f the brides F. M. Keil was among those in the mother. city on business Saturday. The Mother's Ciub had a very busy and interesting session on Thursday Mrs, Albert J. Smith was in the city last, at the home of Mrs.Simon Miller. from the White school neighborhood Our President, Mrs. John Hepler was Monday, shopping at the town stores. present for the first time since August having just ^returned from an extended J.E.Loveall who has been confined to visit with her relatives in the middle his bed several days with an attack o f west. The club had the pleasure o f lumbago, is now able to be around with welcoming two new visitors, the Mes- dames Ewate and Neff. Mrs. Ewate the aid o f a cane. and hts’sons are in charge o f the Whalley Hop contracts, deeds, mortgages, estate and Mrs. Neff is the hew occui pant of the home formerly owned by bills o f sale, satisfaction of mort Mr. and Mrs. Milo Lantz. gages and similar legal blanks for With the grass and all other vegeta sale at the Observer Office. tion as green as it can ever be with an Phil Miller drove, into town from atmosphere that permits us to sit with Needy Monday with Hunka Tinn, and open windows and doors and \yith the had two blowouts inside o f two miles gay song o f our only little Winter war and 40 seconds—his first day out as ble in our ear every morning, it would guardian o f Hunka?' be hard to beliye that Thanksgiving is The name o f Mrs. C. D. F. Wilson only little more than a fort-night away, was ommitted by error last week from were it not for the many indisputable the list o f those who signed the pledge proofs that the summer and early fall cards of the Food Administration. Mrs. of 1917 are reckoned with the past. Wilson signed in the Aurora District The crops have all disappeared from though she lives in the Union Hill dis the fields, and the ground is being pre pared for those o f the succeeding year. trict. Roses and chrysanthumns are about Many people were here trading Sat the only flowers left. That blithe little urday. Among them being D. B. Yo flower-lover the humming bird is gone der, J. Colman Mark, Mr. and Mrs, and the last o f all the Summer birds to Hugo Keil, Mrs. H. L. Colvin and Mrs, leave us, the brightly-coloTed blue-bird, Robert Colvin, Gus Keil, D. A. Keil, has taken flight to a summer climate. Implements Hardware Store Wurster Bros. Conduct The Most Modern and Sanitary Meat Market in The Willamette Valley. Try Their Home Products— Pure Lard, Weinerwurst, Pork Sausage, Bologna, Etc. Aurora, Oregon , T U DR. DENTIST Room 414 Bank of Commerce Building Salem, Oregon. C. C. Oldfield and C. E. Watts were] among the Meridianites in Aurora on 1 business Saturday. Meridian^ias been a busy place the I past week. Carl Hilton has been cu t-: ting ensilage for Fred Yohann. Tom Paige has been digging spuds for Carl | Potwin and T. A. Campau. Ezra Hurst Fred H. Wheeler last week brought was here gathering junk, Carl Potwin suit against M. J. Lee, o f Canby, for has been sawing a large lot o f wood for mer publisher o f the Canby News, to Mat Bann. collect on a promissory note for $295.55 The social side o f life has not been due the Pacific Paper company, o f neglected the pa3t week, either. C, E. Portland, The note was signed at Port Watts was a visitor Sunday at the home land on January 16, 1917; and bears 6 of his friend the mayor o f Paradise per cent interest. City. Mr, and Mrs. A, B, Donald and son o f Barlow were guests at the Albee The Fargo Red Cross Auxiliary re farm and Clarence Stuart was here on cently sent in to the Salem headquar business and pleasure combined—from ters 45 towels and other articles ;Butte- Portland Saturday. ville sent in 4 wristlets,8 suits pajamas, The reported sale to Chris Trost of 7 pairs bed socks, gray; 51 pairs bed socks, white; 3 pairs operating leg the 42 acres of land adjoining his place, gings; 14 wash cloths; and *15 covers which was formerly the property of George Watts, but now owned by Mrs. for hot water bags. McLennon o f Seattle, was an error, as the negotiating parties did not close Promotions are coming thick and fast the deal. for the Aurora boys in the Third Ore gon Regiment,now at Camp Mills,N.Y. PARCEL POST SALE Victor White has been made a Ser geant, and Alvin Miller and Jonas M. The Ladies Aid of the Presbyterian Deetz Corporals, This is a time when church will hold their annual bazaar on promotions will be r apid to men o f am Nov, 24, at the church from 2 to 5 P. bition and energy. M. A parcel post sale will be held in stead o f the usual sale. All are invit- j L The Woman’s club met last week at ed to attend. j the home of Mrs, Ernest Piper, with j fourteen members and one guest pres- ! ent. A paper on “ Boston” was read If you use gummed labels for any | by Mrs. W. H. Nibler and one on “ New purpose, ask for our new catalogue ! York” by Mrs. James Ogle. Refresh - and price list. W e can save yau ] ments were served by the hostess.- money. Aurora Observer. Speaking o f the good crowds that have turned out to every meeting when Salem speakers and entertainers came to Aurora, one young married man at tributed the big audience to the music and personality o f the young lady vio linist with the beautiful auburn hair. The young bachelors attribute these successful meetings to the same cause, but their rpapsodies are too enthsiastic to repeat. G. A . EHLEN The Wide Awake MERIDIAN Among the Company I, Third Ore gon men who have been made Corpor als is Jonas Li Deetz o f Needy, i a son o f H. H. Deetz. Others who have been promoted in the regiment are Victor White from Corporal^ to Ser- geat, P. R. Hendricks from Corporal to Sergeant, and Alvin W, Miller pro moted to Corporal, All these promo tions were based purely upon merit. W e have them all pric es. Come in and get yours while we have a g o o d assortment to choose from, and you will need one these cool evenings. Hardware Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Keil, and Sidney Graham and Joe Graham, Jr. Charles Crittenden, M, B. Kromling and Peter Whitney were among those who took the civil service examination last week at Salem for oppointment as postmaster at Hubbard. The job pays $1200 per year with $120 for clerk hire and $160 for rent, fuel and lights. HEATERS Come to Salem, for your Dental W ork—All Class es o f Dentistry A T M ODERATE PRICES. CROW N AND BRIDGE W ORK A Specialty. p h o n e m a i n 606 DR. ERICH R. STARKE | DENTIST j All „Dental W ork Conscientiously Done and A t | Moderate Prices. PLATE WORK A SPECIALTY Bank Building P h o n e , M a in 20 I : A u rora , O regon Blacksmithing ALL KINDS OF FORGEWORK, WOOD WORK, PLOWSHARE GRINDING. Horseshoeing a Specialty A FIRST CLASS JOB GUARANTEED F. V. EPPERSON Aurora, Oregon Âsk Us About Our Magazine Prices