PÄLLS eiTY NEWS
N o. 10
FALLS CITY OKEGON. SATIIKDAY. NOVEMBER ß, 1015
VOL. XII
HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK CONVERT CHINESE
j
TO AE3 SUFFRAGE
Told by Exchanges, Reporters and Gleaned From
Other Reliable Sources.
Woman Uses Native Flag In
FALLS CITY UP IN ARMS
60 TO SCHOOL DAY
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Last year Polk County inaugu-
RESENT PORTLAND'S FIGHT ON VAL­ ! rated the unique scheme o f hav-
LEY LUMBER RATES TO CALI­ I ¡rig a "G O TO SCHOOL DA Y ” in
which all of the parents in each
FORNIA POINTS.
j district were urged to attend
I school on this particular day.
Interstate Commerce Commission
| The regular class work was car­
Memorialized Dalogatea Elected
ried out on this day and no spec­
to Attend Meeting at Portland
ial programs were prepared for
their entertainment. The result
f
Pursuent to call of Ira C. Mehr- I o f this was that 1708 parents vis-
ling. president o f the Falls City i ited the schools o f the county on
Business Men's League, the citi­ j that day.
zens o? Falls City met in mass
This year, Friday. Nov. 12th
meeting at Toller s Hall Monday ! has been designated as "G O TO
night to discuss the differential of l SCHOOL D A Y ” and we are
lumber rates to California points again asking that every parent
between Portland and the Willa- in the county, who can possibly
met Valley. An article in the reach school on this day, do so,
Oregonian, written by Spaulding, even if for a few moments only.
giving a clear outline of the situa­ At least long enough to show|your
tion was read. The Portland lum­ children that you are interested
ber men are making a strenuous in their work, and stay longer if
fight against the Valley rate as it l>ossible.
gives the Valley mills an equal
The report o f this "G O TO
break with Portland, a thing that SCHOOL D A Y " will be published
has never happened before, and in all of the papers the {following
enables the Valley mills to com week.
l>ete in the market with Portland
The teachers o f the county are
N. Selig offered a resolution com striving for 2500 on this day.
mending the Southern Pacific Rail
H. C. SEYM OUR.
way Company in giving this dif
County School Superintendent.
ferential rate as just and equit
able in every particular, which
KNOWS GOOD BREAD
was unanimously adopted.
Portland. Ore., Oct. 26, 1915.
A committee comfiosed o f D. L
Wood, W. F. Nichols and N. Selig Miss Luella Ward,
F'alls City High School.
was appointed to draft resolutions
F'alls City. Oregon.
to be presented to the Interstate
Commerce Commission s e t t i n g My dear Young Lady:
forth reasons why such r a t e
Mr. H. B. Miller. Director o f
should be continued. W. F. Nichols School of Commerce. University
and Ira C. Mehrling were elected o f Oregon; D. C. Freeman. In­
to attend the meeting of the Inter­ dustrial Commissioner o f the Hill
state Commerce Commission and lines in Oregon; and myself, than
present the resolutions and urge whom there are no better judges
the continuance of the rate.
in this part o f the country, wish
The citizens of Falls City are to go on record as being o f the
alive to the importance o f this unanimous opinion, that the loaf
question. The shutting down of o f bread which you so kindly ten­
the mills in the Valley is, in a dered to our tender mercies last
measure, due to their inability to Thursday noon, has never been
comjjete with Portland mills. Port­ equalled by any other similiar
land has had the advantage, hav­ loaf before or since.
ing a water rate to California
You may not know what a
ports and the same rate to inland tremendous compliment that is,
towns south and a monopoly in the but when you realize that Mr.
eastern and northern points.
Miller is one o f the most dyspep­
The maintaining of these rates tic men in Oregon, and that Free­
depends the future prosperity of man was never allowed by his
not only Falls City, but all of the physician to eat hot bread. I
lumber towns of the Valley. Are alone being the only healthy one
we willing that Portland should on the bunch; when I tell you all
dictate to the State o f Oregon and this and then say that we three
particularly to the|Willamette Val­ men ate every Wiorsel o f your
ley.
bread for our noonday luncheon
POLK COUNTY REPRESENTED
v
v
University of Oregon. Eugene,
Nov. 4th. — Polk county has six­
teen students enrolled in the
State University this year, they
are; Lucien P. Arant and Ercel
Hedrick, o f Monmouth; Joseph
Bell, Willard Hays and Delilah
McDaniel, o f Rickreall; Elmer
Boyer, o f McCoy; Frank Camp­
bell, Estley F'arlay, Hazel Knight,
Leone Williams. Frank Wilson
and Laird Woods, o f Dalla». Dor­
othy Childs, Gladys Childs, and
Genevieve Gillspin, o f Independ­
ence and Elmer Barnhart o f
Falls City.
and quarreled with each other as
to who should h avM h e heel, you
will realize indeed what a suc­
cessful teacher i » your Miss
Shields.
Even with all o f her good teach­
ing. you must have had a splen­
did mother’s training to back you.
1 am very glad indeed that your
school directors are such farsight­
ed men that they go to our best
institutions o f learning for their
teachers. O. A. C. and Reed
College are recognized all over
the country for their hig h stand­
ard
Long may you live and prosper.
Yours sincerely
0. M. Plummer.
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SHIRTS
I
UNDERW EAR
New York Campaign.
BANNER WARMLY GREETED.
G o«. From Hone« to Houto Tolling
Alien Inhabitant« of Equality For
Men and Women— Ono Chine»« Voter
Declare* He Would Like W ifo to Bo
an American Cituen.
New York. — Mis* I.avlula t*ock of
thi- Henry street nurse«' settleineut
hn* undertaken to «-oiivcrt Chinatown
t»i suffrage with Cblneae flag*. The
psychology o f the flag Is an Interesting
etndy. It Is hard at times to pierce
the apathy. the stolidity o f the alien
Inhabitants o f a great otty like New
York and to arouse among them an
Interest tn a cause not primarily and
originally their own. But there la one
universal, never falling method—and
that Is to display the Hags of those for­
eign lands whence they came. So Mlaa
Dock unfurls a beajtlful white silk
Chinese banner bearing the votes for
women message on both aides.
A
kindly missionary man and a cultured
Chinese doctor helped make the ban­
ner. which Is attached to Us standard
by gsy ribbons o f old rose, light blue |
m
7 »' v Tvr
M EASURE
rO U FOR YOUR sun
[AND OVERCOAT. THEN
YOU’LL BE
■ ■ ■ ■ ■ DRESSED W ELL
COME IN AND LET US TAKE VOUR MEASURE
FOR TH AT SUIT OF CLOTHES OR OUERCOAT-
AND VOU WILL BE SURE OF A GOOD “ FRONT.”
VOU CAN PICK OUT THE PATTERN YOU WANT
FROM OUR SAMPLE BOOK AND KNOW TH A T VOU
WILL GET NEW CLOTHES TH A T WILL FIT YOU
PROPERLY. WE WILL SELL YOU A MADE-TO-
ORDER SUIT OR OUERCOAT FOR WHAT YOU
CAN AFFORD TO PAY.
N. S E LIG ’S
FALLS CITY D E P A R T M E N T STO R E
titan and women. Here was"* Chinese
BETTER DEFENSE OPPOSED
woman o f high degree. Heiress to all
| the traditions o f old China, neverthe
: less she has her face set toward the Single Tax Association Make Protest
! promise o f the years to come, and she
to President Wilson.
believes in equal suffrage. To be sure,
Resolutions opposing the pro­
as Miss Dock explains, there are not so
1 very many registered roters in China posed bill in Congress for heavy
; town, but even though they be but few appropriations for military pur­
they are going to receive the message.
Association.
v-hoto b y A m . Ticen P r
They are Interested In It too. One full poses were adopted at the regular
HIM* L A VIM IA COOK.
blooded Chinese voter born In this coun meeting of the Single Tax Assoc­
try expressed the new ideal for women
iation at the Library Saturday
and bright yellow, these with black
ns he sees It: “ I would like my w ife to
and white being the colors o f the new
night. The resolution declared
be a citizen "
Chine«« flag.
that such appropriations were
Flag In hand, the suffragists go out
Bee Sting Got In Her Tonsil.
Into the highways and byway* with
‘ ‘dangerous to the welfare o f the
Kingman. Jnd.—Mrs. Edward Reath
their message o f equal political rights
country” and would “ compel an
was
the
victim
o
f
an
unusual
accident
and responsibilities for men and wo­
men
“ First class,” said a smiling when she was stung by n bee which ! increase in taxation with an add­
faced, prosperous looking Chinaman In *he swallowed when eating grapes. ed burden upon the poor. ’
well cut American clothes as he greet­ The Insect In Its eagerness to suck out
A copy o f the resolutions will be
ed the suffrage banner "F irst class, 1 the pulp of the grapes ha I i raw led In
sent
to Senator Chamberlain and
believe In that.” he repeated, and other side the s’.-.tn and was not discovered
by Mrs. Reath until It objected to be­ j one to President Wilson.
Chinamen smilingly nodded assent.
As the banner moves on plensed nods ing made a Jonah and Inserted its
Frank E. Coulter spoke against
and bows greet Its progress. Into a stinger In one of the tonsils tn her
¡the
proposed appropriation. He
dark doorway nod up the stairs marches throat. The tonsil rwelled badly, and
Miss Dock, holding her suffrage ban­ the services o f a physician were re­ ¡characterized it as a move to
ner before her. “ Our nurses come here quired to remove the stinger.
strengthen the “ military aristo-
often to look after the children." she
!cracy.”
explains
Through a crowded kltcbeu and into
a room In the front of the house she
Takes Into Himself a Helpmeet
marched
"M ay we come In?" asked
Miss Dock. A guttural sound signified Grocer Forget* to Take Cash Home,
Tiring o f single-blessedness.
and Thieve* Are Foiled.
assent. A young woman with a much
embroidered and solemn faced baby
Marlon. Ind.—When Jack lin es of Claud Ellison, o f the F'alls City
looking like an Infant mandarin sat at Lines & Grosse. grocers, went home
one end o f a table between the win­ after closing the store he forgot to Electric Light company hied him­
dows. At the other window sat an take with him the cash receipts for the
self to Portland and took unto
older woman sewing. Both women day. about $400
wore native costumes. Neither could
Just after he retired some one knock­ himself a wife.
speak English. The younger woman ed and shouted that his barn was burn­
The young lady who succomb-
went out of the room and soon return­ ing. While Lines was away thieves
ed. bringing her sister, a gtrbof fifteen, searched his house from top to bottom. ed to his winning ways was Miss
who goes to high school. She listened They made away with all the change Emily M. Austin. The ceremony
to Miss Dock a moment and then a in Lines’ clothing, and It Is the belief
smile broke out all over her face. Yes. of the police the barn was first set on took place at the home o f the
Indeed, she knew ubout the suffrage fire by persons who knew Lines was bride’ s parents in Portland, Ore­
campaign, and sbe believed In votes for In the habit o f taking the money from gon, Friday night. October 29;
rvomen Then she turned and spoke the store to his home each Saturday
Rev. Henry Marcotte. pastor o f
rapidly to her mother and sister-in-law. night
the Westminister Presbyterian
Intmediately their faces changed, the
glumness vanished and they beamed
church officiated.
Separated Fifty-eix Year*.
upoir the callers. They, too. believed In
Toledo. O. — A fte r a aeparatlon of
Mrs. Ellison formerly lived at
votes fo r women: yes. indeed, and so
flfty-alx years Mrs. Helen McCullough,
did thglr husbands.
Dallas
where she has many
a widow, o f this city, has located her
Out on the street again and up Into
They will make their
brother. J. D. Bingham, at Kalamazoo. friends.
another house marched the Chinese
Mich., and haa gone there to see him.
home in this city.
banner, with its message o f equality for
OVERSIGHT SAVES HIS MONEY.