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OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1917.
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HURRIED ACROSS TUB
SNOWY YARD.
IT was Christmas eve at the Bayville
Home For Orphans, and three little
boys sat In the chilly dining room
looking out at the flying flakes of snow.
It was after supper, and there was a
clatter of dishes in the kitchen.
"They say," said Jimmy, "there's
going to be a big Christmas tree In
the parlor tomor
row, with candy
and presents and
everything, but
I'd rather hang
up my stocking
than have all the
old Christmas
trees. Vou betcha
I would!"
"So would I!"
echoed Bobby and
George.
"That trustee
who was here to
day would make
a dandy man for
a father or an
uncle," said Bob
by. "He's awful
rich."
"And he ain't
got any children
or any folks at
all."
"I wish he'd
'dopt me," re
flected George.
"He patted my head."
"He must be lonesome without any
folks," began Bobby. Then he leaned
over and whispered to bis companions.
Fifteen minutes later three little boys,
the oldest ten and the youngest six, let
themselves out through a basement door
and hurried across the snowy yard to
the opening in the hedge which led
through a patch of woods to the village.
Mr. Bartley, the trustee, who often
visited the home, lived in a big bouse
with a wonderful garden. Everything
was blanketed In snow now, and the big
house was dark save for a few lighted
windows on the lower floor.
Soon they stood on the porch peer
ing In at a cozy library, where Mr. Bart
ley sat in a big
chair before the
fire, looking very
lonesome. A big
dog, a collie, sat
beside him with
his head on his
master's knee.
Suddenly the
dog lifted his head
and barked. Mr.
Bartley looked to
ward the window
and saw the three
little frightened
boy faces peering
in. In a jiffy he
had jumped up,
opened the win
dow and lifted
them in one at a
time. ,
"Good gracious
met What are you
doing out there?"
he demanded,
"Please, sir, we're from the home,"
said Bobby. "We' knew you lived
all alone and we thought maybe
you'd like to hire us three kids to spend
Christmas with you. We don't want
any tree," explained Bobby. "We just
want to hang up our stockings and
wake up something like home- before
we came to the sylum." Te n were
in the boys' eyes now.
Mr. Bartley flourished a handkerchief
and tried to laugh, but his voice crack
ed so queerly.
"Now, that's a funny thing," he de
clared. "I was just wishing I had
three nice boys to spend Christmas
with me and maybe Uvo with me all
the time."
By and by Mr. Bartley called a man
servant, and together they took the
three little boys up to bed.
Then they hung their stockings on
the corners of the big four post bed
stead, and In two
minutes they
were sound
asleep, while the
servant, Martin,
nodded In a chair
outside in the
hall and Mr.
Bnrtlcy, button
ed into a fur
lined overcoat,
went striding
down the snowy
street to the
brightly lighted
shops.
I don't know
who was the hap
pier that Christ
inas morning, the
three little boys
with stockings
full of treasures
or big Mr, Bart
ley, whom they
called "Uuelo
Dick." And the
best of it all was
that Mr. Bartley adopted all three of
the little lads who enme to him that
Christmas eve, and thoy are growing
np Into such line, litg boys.
Albany, Ore. Personal commen
dation from Herbert Hoover him
self of a plan he proposed for the
utilization of small potatoes was
received last week by D. C. McCIure
of Albany in a letter from the Unit
ed States food administrator. Mr.
McLure experimented with scrub
bing them clean and then dropping
them in boiling fat. He made pub
lie his plan in the local press. "It's
a very good scheme and is well
worth passing on," wrote Mr. Hoover.
TUB DOG LIFTED HIS
HEAD AND BARKED.
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IN TWO MINUTES
THEY WKHS ASLEEP.
Obituaries
Mrs. Ella Reed
Mrs. Ella Reed, wife of Charles
Reed of Oregon City, well known
here, died Friday at a Portland hos
pital following an operation. Mrs.
Reed was afflicted with blindness in
connection with her other ailments,
and was hastened to the hospital.
A daughter was born at the hospi
tal on Thursday and has been tak
en into the home of Mrs. Esther
Kruger, Mrs. Reed's sister, at Port
land. Mrs. Reed was 21 years old
and was born in Dayton, Or. She
had been married to Mr. Reed about
a year. Funeral services were held
from the Holman chapel Saturday
afternoon and interment was in the
Mountain View cemetery. Rev. E.
E. Gilbert of the Methodist Episco
pal church, presided. Those who
survive Mrs. Reed are the husband,
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Turner of this city, three sisiters and
five brothers.
Pallbearers at the funeral were
Mrs. Francis Eckerson, Misses Eve
lyn and Catherine Robinson, Misses
Mary Gerber, Hazel Montgomery
and Lena Costley. Mrs. W. C. Green
and Miss Naomi Armstrong sang
"Rock of Ages" and "Lead Kindly
Light." Floral tributes were beau
tiful and in profusion.
A Christmas Birfar
ANOTHER SCRAP OF PAPER '
AND TIMELY SUPPOSITION
BAt A burglar in the room!
I hear his stealthy tread;
He's slinking somewhere through
the gloom
By yonder trundle bed.
Across the creaking chamber floor
Bis fearful footsteps fall.
What form was that stole through the
door
And out along the hallt
What form was that, clad all in white
And scarcely three feet hight
A burglart Or some Christmas sprite
With mischief in his eyet
What I You! Abroad before the day
Bas Ut his round, red lampt
What takes you from your slumbers,
pray.
You little, owlish scampt .
You came away down here because
You really felt that you
Must wait for Mr. Banta Claus
And see if he was true!
You braved the darkness, unafraid
And all its terrors grim,
And this long, dreadful journey made
Wo prove your faith in himt
Well, lack to bed, for he 18 true;
Your precious faith hold fast.
Old Banta Claus will live for you
While dreams and childhood last.
And when at length you take your place
Among the world of men,
In every little Christmas face
Be'll live for you again.
James J. Montague in New York
American.
Suppose several years ago we
had borrowed $10,000 from you, giv
ing our not. Suppose the note had
become due in 1914. You tried to
collect but we refused to pay, simp
ly saying our note was a "mere
scrap of paper!" That was in 1914.
Suppose we should try to borrow
another $10,000 from you now, giv
ing our note. Would you loan us
the money on that basis?
Several years ago the German
government signed a treaty guaran
teeing the neutrality of Belgium in
case of war. In 1914 the German
government violated that treaty,
publicly declaring it a "mere scrap
of paper." 'Now that government
wants to make a treaty of peace.
What guarantee has the world that
such a treaty would be respeced?
Either the German people them
selves must get control of their ir
responsibile government or the ar
mies of that government must be
decisively beaten on the battlefield;
The German people can take their
choice. Peace with the Hohenzol
lern pirates would be merely an
armed truce. Better a fight to a
finish now than another slaughter
fest later.
C. A. King Co. Market Report.
Don't Say These Old
Things at Christmas
DEAR me! It's a lucky thing Christ
mas comes only once a year. I
don't know what we'd do if it
came oftener.
It isn't so much the value of a pres
ent as the spirit in which it is given.
v I Atn1rtti nn 4naf in nlonaa
Ihe children. I dread telling them
there's no Santa Claus. Let some one
else do that.
It never seems like Christmas to. me
unless it snows.
I always try to give sensible gifts
something useful, that. will be a re
minder all the year.
Money is always such an acceptable
present. There isn't one of us who has
so much that he can't take a little
more.
Don't yoo pity the poor at this time
of the year? I do.
Christmas and New Year's come so
close together. It's too bad they could
not be separated a little. Two holi
days coming right on top of each other
that way make it so hard, but then
the children enjoy it.
I never know what to give father.
It's so hard to think' of anything for a
man. And my rich friends they have
everything already. Puck.
Christmas Chimea. '
Ring out, ring out, oh Christmas bells,
Across the starlit, frosty nlfeht!
Proclaim thn message of good will, .
The story of the Prince of Light.
The centuries roll on and on,
And yet, returning Christmas time
Awakes in each responsive heart
Remembrance of the love sublime.
Then keep the feast with hearty cheer,
The feast of merry. Chrlstmastlde,
While. faith and hope and love, these
Within the heart of each abide.
W. G. Park In Good Housekeeping.
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HECKING, Savings and Time Deposit
accounts are. only part ol the complete
facilities and services of The Bank of Ore
gon City. We also afford
Telegraphic Transfers
Letters of Credit
Collections
Foreign Exchange
Travelers Cheques
REASONABLE INTEREST ON SAVINGS
THE BANK Of OREGON CITY
Holiday Fares
Reduced round-trip fares to California, Oregon, Washington and
Idaho points will enable you to go home for Christmas and New
Years.
California Sale dates to California points De
cember 21st to 23rd and 25th to
28th, inclusive. Return lim itJanu
ary 15th.
Oregon
Sule dates between all stations in
Orptrnn nrwl from nil ntnfinns In On-
Washington g0n t0 stations on other lines in
Idaho Oregon, Washington and Idaho De
cember 22nd to 25th, inclusive. Re
turn limit January 3rd.
Ask nearest S. P. agent for particulars
JOHN M. SCOTT
General Possenger Agent
Portland, Oregon
SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES
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CLACKAMAS COUNTY'S
GRADING BID LOWEST
Clackamas county was a success
ful bidder Monday for grading of a
four and one-half mile section of
the Pacific highway between Oregon
City and Canemah, according to fig
ures given out by the state highway
department.
The bid of the county was $34,
765, which is approximately the
same as the estimate of the state
highway department.
Other bids opened by the state
highway commission for the work
were as follows: : Warren Construc
tion company, $48,577; Oregon Hos
sam Paving company, $49,463; Unit
ed Contracting company, $49,732.
To the cost of the grading Clacka
mas county is to contribute $25,000.
The state will appropriate $10,000.
BIRD IS INSANE
Scotts Mills Boy Sent to Salem
for Vicious Actions
Earl Bird, 24 years old, son of a
prominent Scotts Mills farmer, and
whose mother is an inmate of the.
state hospital, was committed to
the asylum on Saurday on complaint
of J. W. Paquette. Bird is said to
have developed vicious and destruc
tive tendencies and showed signs of
violence when he was- arrested. He
thinks he ' is being very generally
imposed upon and refused Saturday
to lend any aid in the examination
that was made of him. The boy,
who is a native of this county, was
arrested by Deputy . Sheriff Lou
Hubbard, who was notified that he
was acting peculiarly while visit
ing at Silverton on Friday.
SALARIES INCREASED
Two Members of High School Staff
to Get More Pay
Salary increases of $5 a month in
each case were granted by the city
school board Thursday night to W.
L. Arant, high school principal, and
Burr E. Tatro, head of the commer
cial department, whose names were
not on the list of those who received
increases several weeks ago. The
board also decided to commence the
Christmas holiday season for all
school children on Friday, December
22, and resume class work on Wed
nesday, January 2. This will give
the school children 10 full days of
vacation.
TWO YOUTHS FAIL
Physical Defects Cause Downfall of
Prominent County Boys
Two more Clackamas county boys
have been sent back from Camp
Lewis, American Lake, because of
physical unfitness for army duty.
They ore Russell C. Scramlin, of
Macksburg, and Robert Rosenau, of
Sunnyside. The local exemption
board will probably have to certify
one man in order to fill the vacancy
caused by the failure of these two,
as only one man is now certified.
He is George Bertrand Smith, now
of Portland, but formerly of Molalla.
The Courier and The Oregon
Farmer both for $1.00.
FR0M0NG, STRIKER, IS
BOUND TO GRAND JURY
The case of Andrew Fromong, of
Willamette, hailed into justice
court last Thursday on a charge of
assault and battery said to have
been committed upon the person of
Mahlon Snidow, was heard by Just
ice of the Peace John N. Sievers
and Fromong was bound over to the
grand jury upon motion of District
Attorney Gilbert L. Hedges. Fro
mong is at liberty under $100 bonds,
furnished by B. T. McBain, local
manager of the Crown-Willamette
mills, and M. D. Phillips. Fromong
is a strikebreaker employed at the
Crown-Willamette plant and Snidow,
whom he is said to have assaulted,
is a member of a striking union.
Albany, Ore. Because the voters
of the Scio school district have re
fused to vote a special levy to pay
off the indebtedness of the district
the entire school board has resigned.
The resignations of F. T. Thayer,
Dr. A. G. Prill and J. L. Calavan, di
rectors, and J. F. Wesley, Clerk,
were received by County School Su
perintendent Cummings.
EREY CHRISTMAS
Lr And May Your New Year '
Also Be a Happ-y - y
Remember us when buying
your Holiday Groceries
LARSEN
COMPANY
Grocers
6th 8b Main
Oregon City