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OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, NOVEMBER 14, 1918 OREGON CITY COURIER C. W. ROBEY, Editor and Business Manager Published Thursdays from the Courier Building, Eighth Street, and entered in the Postoflice at Oregon City, Ore., as 2nd class mail matter. Subscription Price $1.60. Telephones: Pacific 61; Home A-51. MEMBER OP WILLAMETTE VALLEY EDITORIAL . ASSOCIATION MEMBER OF OREGON STATE EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION THIS PAPER REPRESENTED FOR FOREIGN . ADVERTISING BV THE GENERAL OFFICES NEW YORK AND CHICAGO BRANCHES III Alt THE PRINCIPAL CITIES TRAINING LITTLE CHILDREN Everv Child Instinctively Desires to Use His Hands. This Is One of the Ways in Which He Educates Himself Country Homes Abound in Material for Beginning Handiwork. Suggestion by mothers who have been kindergartners. Issued by the United States Bureau of Education, Washington, D. C, and the Nation al Kindergarten Association, 8 West Fortieth Street, New York. (By Dorothy Canfield Fisher) So many of our American farm houses are situated in very rigorous climates that a good many mothers will not think the out-of-doors a pos sible playground in winter time. This is less true than they are apt to think. On almost any sunny day in winter, little children, if warmly dressed, will benefit far more by a brisk, romping, active half-hour's running and jumping than city babies do in their swathed, motionless out ing in a baby carriage. And when really bad weather drives them in, as . it should do very seldom, the country mother has a great advantage in space over the city one. For there is about a farm nearly always some corner, a woodshed, a corner of the barn, an attic, or an unused room where the little folks may romp and play actively. If necessary the sac red spare room is better used for this purpose than kept in idle emptiness. And all the varieties of handwork are resources for rainy days. For, as the children advance be- yound real babyhood and the mere need for constant romping and climb mg and runing like little animals their instinctive desire to use their hands increases, and this is an in stinct which should be encouraged in every possible way. Just as the wise mother sees to it that they are pro vided when babies with ample chance to roll and kick and tumble, so when they are older she is never more pleased than when they are doing something with their hands; and she has all around her ample material for beginning this handwork. A pan of beans or shelled corn, with a wide- mouthed bottle and a spoon, will keep a two or three-year-old happy and absorbed for a long time. A pack of cards to be shuffled or used to build houses is another "play thing" which does not need to be specially bought. A pan of bran and a handful of clothespins occupy even a baby of fourteen months as he pushes them into the closely packed bran and pulls them out. A big rag doll the size of a small child, is easy to make and stuff with cotton. The most rudi- Get the Genuine tfA-ofC and Avoid JktslyJ TZi?&n Every Cake mentary scratches serve to indicate the eyes, nose and mouth, and the lips and cheeks can be "colored real istically with any red jelly. All chil dren love a big doll of this sort, and delight to dress it and undress it in their own clothes. They learn in this way to handle buttons and button holes, and to master the difficulties of shoes and belts and sleeves. A new corn-cob pipe and a small bowl of soapsuds means harmless fun for the five-year-old, which is alway; watched with rapture by the littler ones. And then there are blocks, peren nial blocks, which need not at all be bought from a store. A father with a plane and a saw can plane a couple of two-by-four stocks and in about half an hour mke as many square or oblong blocks (2x4x6 inches is a good sue) as any child needs to play with These large blocks not only cost practically nothing, but are much better for the little children to use than the smaller expensive kind that are sold; and the set will outlast family of most strenuous children, A collection of empty spools of dif ferent sizes is a treasure for the child of three who will rejoice in stringing them on a cord passed through a bodkin. When he is a lit tle older and has learned skill in this exercise he may graduate to string ing buttons with a real needle anl thread. On baking day a small lump of dough (made less sticky by work ing more flour into it) which can be rolled and played with on a bit of smooth board is great fun for little folks; and let the mother constantly remember that any fun whjch is se cured by using the hands does not only make the child happy, but is of educational value. On washing day a basin of soapy water and some bits of cloth to be washed out will fill many happy min utes. The oilcloth apron is as in dispensable for this play as for the outdoor water play and for clay modeling. This last is perhaps the most eternally interesting of the in door occupations for little children. If the clay is kept on a bit of oil cloth on a low table, it is not an un tidy element in a kitchen. If dried peas are soaked for a few hours they are soft enough to be pierced by a needle and can be strung by four and five-year-olds into neck laces and bracelets, or they can be put together with wooden toothpicks The Man in the Tobacco Store Says into many fascinating shapes. Dried watermelon and sunflower seeds can be used in the same way. A box of dried corn cobs can convert a free corner of the floor into a farm with log cabin house, rail fences and barns. Trees can be simulated by twigs stuck into bits of clay to hold them upright, and farm animals 'can be rudely fashioned out of clay, dust ed over with domestic coloring ma terial to make them realistic flour for sheep, cocoa for brown hrses and cows, charcoal for black animals and then baked in the kitchen oven to make them firm. A rag bag into which the children may dive ahd delve is a resource for rainy hours, and if the mother is at hand to keep an eye on the process and tell what colors and materials are, to suggest matching those colors and stuffs which are identical and to make agreeable combinations with others, rag bag hour is as educational as anv exercise in a carefully run modern school. The country mother has here again a great advantage over many city mothers in that her work is always at home, and of a nature which allows her to supervise the children's play without giving up all her time to them. Provision should be made in the case of little children for their desire to handle all sorts of objects; the desire which makes them enjoy so greatly a tumbling over of mother's workbasket. There is no need to let them upset that when here are in every country ' house such a vast number of other articles which are not hurt by baby hands spoons, tin pans, boxes, tongs, clothes baskets and darning eggs. Furthermore, in stead of being told "Don't touch!." they should be encouraged to learn how neatly and competently to "per form such ordinary operations as opening and shutting drawers and doors and boxes and gates, screwing the tops on cans, hanging up clothes and taking off rubbers. Please pass this article on to a friend and thus help Uncle Sam reach all the mothers of the country. SOMEBODY'S DOLLARS WILL DO IT I WONDER IF THEY'LL BE YOURS? (By BruceBarton) I will tell you what will happen some night this, winter in France. Some night when it s cold and dark. There will be a rustling through the front lina trench, where our boys stand guard. And a heaven ladened secretary will make his way along. In his hands will be great steam ing pots; in his pocket chocolate and cigarettes. From one man to another he will go, passing a cup full of hot coffee to hands that tremble with the cold; bringing the comfort of a bit of sweet and a smoke. Men will hail him cheerily, slap ping him on the back; and when he has gone things will be a little eas ier in that trench because he has passed that way. How much will it cost to make that trip do you suppose? Counting the pittance that the secretary is paid, and the cost of the chocolate and the cigarettes and all? Five dollars? Twenty-five dol lars? I do not know. But whether it is 'five dollars or twenty-five, I'd like to think that it MY five or twenty-five wouldn t you ? That some night when it s cold and lonesome, my money ahd yours might send a secretary out along that front line trench. Let's make up our minds that WE are going to pay for a score of those trips. A score of the nights this winter shall be OUR nights. nights when the boya greet joy ously the chocolate and cigarettes that our money provided; and are happier because OUR representative has" passed. and Mrs. R. J. Moore. Marvin Eby was just recently released from the Oregon City hospital, where he un derwent a surgical operation. Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Smith, of St, Helens, spent Friday and Saturday in Oregon City, having come from their home to attend the funeral of Mr.. Smith's son, Alfred H. Smith, which was held Friday at Clackamas. Mr. Smith died from influenza at a training camp in California. Mrs. Angus Matheson has recover ed from an attack of influenza, and has resumed her position as book keeper for Miller and Parker com pany. Mrs. Snyder, of Redland, was hi Oregon City Friday visiting her son G. Snyder, who is ill at the Oregon City hospital. Lloyd Harding, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Georee A. Harding, of this city, has been promoted from second lieutenant to first lieutenant, He is in France with a motor trans port division. Born, October 31. to the wife of J. E. Warren, of 511 15th street, a son, who has been named Dean Ell dridge. Mrs. Warren was formerly Miss Nell Richardson. Charles Barrv is improving after a critical attack of influenza. Mr. and Mrs. E. Northrup, of Mc- Minnville, were in Oregon City Mon day visiting their daughter, Mrs. James B. Johnson, of Eleventh and Washington streets. Mrs. August Rakel was called to Sellwood Monday by the death of her brother-in-law, Henry Fromong, who was killed in the terminal yards in Portland. Miss Irene Hanny, who is taking a course in nursing at the St. Vincent's hospital in Portland, has been ill the last two weeks at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John R. Jrlanny, with influenza. Full of Cold; Had the Grip This has been such a trying year for sickness that many will be pleas ed to read how Lewis Newman, 50G Northrand St., Charleston, W. Va., was restored to health. He writes: "I was down sick and nothing would do me any good. I was full of cold. Had the grip until I got two 50c bottles of Foley's Honey and Tar. It is the best remedy for grip and colds I ever used." 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Mrs. Charles Bollinger and son, John, former residents of this city, but now living in Astoria, are visit ing at tne nome ot Mrs. .Bollinger's parents, Mr, and Mrs, William All- dredge. ' Bert Harvey, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Harvey, of Twilight, has left Seattle on the U. S. S. Willimantic bound for Chili, South America. Mr. Harvey was book-keeper for the Ore gon City Woolen mills for a number of years. He has been stationed at Seattle, since his enlistment in the spring. Mrs. O. D. Eby and sons, Marvin and Roland, went to Molalla on Fri day, visiting Mrs. Eby's parents, Mr. We Buy Liberty Bonds for Spot Cash Any Issue $50 $500 $100 $1000 Send us your Bonds by registered letter and receive highest market price by re turn mail. WESTERN STOCK & BOND CO. 200 Central Building Seattle, Wash. I I jg Fcr Timbermen Ttiii it rhc erl!rul mithint til. Dtt. tl, 1916. 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"Organie matter can be increased by application of lime or fertilizer where increased growth results, by accumulation in pastures, by green manures, by catch or cover crops, and by plowing under manure and clover sod every three or four years." Struck by Auto The ten-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Larson, of this city, was struck by an automobile Monday afternoon during the parade here, and severely cut on the back of his head, lhe machine came down Main street at a rapid rate of speed, and the lad was struck by the side of the auto and thrown heavily to the ground. The driver of the machine did not stop. The' lad was given medical attention by Dr. M. C. Strickland. SOME GOOD ADVICE Ex- Strengthened by Oregon City periences Kidney disease is too dangerous to neglect. At the first sign of back ache, headache, dizziness or urinary disorders, you should give the weak ened kidneys prompt attention. Eat little meat, take things easier and use a reliable kidney tonic. 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Lieutenant Taylor is a graduate of the Oregon Agricultural college and enlisted in the service in Montana, and after enrolling for the officers' training camp in California, he was sent to Virginia as an istructor, and at that time was made second lieutenant. I Owe My Life to PERUNA Mr. McKinley's letter brings cheer to all who may be sufferers as he was. Read it: "I can honestly any that I owe my life to Perunn. After some of the best doctors In the country gave me up and told me I could not live another month. Perunn aavrd ine. Travelling from town to town, throughout the country and having to go Into all kinds of badly heated stores and build ings, sometimes standing up for hours at a time while plying my trade as auctioneer, it Is only natural that I had colds fre quentlri so when this would occur I paid little attention to it, until last December when I con tracted a severe case, which, through neglect on my part settled on my lungs. 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