FALLS CITY NEWS
FALLS CITY. OREGON. SATURDAY, JANUARY 5. 1918
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Praises Red Cross Work
December 30, 1917.
Dr. Starbuck, Chrmn.
Christmas Red Croas
Thu liw»l «how at III« Gem tonight
Membership Drive,
Clothe* cleaned and pressed.
Lallan, Oregon.
Wm. Bohle.
Dear Do;tor:
B. 1 Carey and w iie of Salem
Your iT —irstgn workers braved
wo;*? «.4own Friday.
tne weather and*Went from house
Mias Uaninmnd was in Black to house and farm to farm, can­
vassing for Red Cross member­
Rock Thur»'luy.
ships. There was no hardship
C. L Starr o f Portland was in
they were not willing to undergo.
town Monday -
The distressing shortage o f buttons
MI m Velma Goodspoed spent the and other supplies embarrassed
holidays with friends in Amity.
them, hut they went ahead with
Start the year right by paying lofty courage. They were anima­
ted by love o f our country, affec­
up your back subscription.
tion fur our soldier boys and a
James Bohle who has been very desire to he of actual service in
o f pneumonia is improving.
relieving the suffering caused by
pie G. Braden visited this frightful war; also they were
determined Polk County should do
opkins last week.
its full share in the enrollment o f
Mis.1 Altna Hoppe of Fir Grove members in response to the ap|>eal
holidays with her pa­ o f President Wilson asking every
in.
man and woman to join the Red
h Brown came home Cross.
The results in Polk County speak
e holidays with her
for themselves. To your heroic
H p rs. Mary Miller.
workers belong the credit. It was
j . Lucas o f Irish Bend is
individual work like this all over
Kfrthia month with his daugh-
the state that won again for Ore­
f j p * A. H. Dodd.
gon the proud distinction o f being
Bread, Cakes,Cookes.Pies among the formoet states in the
other
bakery goods, every Union in patriotic achievement
and
-Falls City Bakery.
No letter o f thanks can convey
n Byreley and children to your workers anything like the
t New Y e a r’s with credit that is due them. Their
devotion demonstrates that they
town.
were not striving for personal
ed Wells suffered an cred it Their rich reward is in
rsday breaking his the consciousness o f sacrifice made
places. A truck-load and duty done, but in behalf of
fell on him.
the Northwestern Division Cam­
rl. Dodd is home from paign Committee, will you kindly
i. a h Bend' he will remain with convey to each and all of them,
through any channel that may be
J lyrtle Ellis returned last available, the deep sense of appre­
from a visit with her ciation felt at Division and Head-
'Frank McConnell,
near Headquarters for their devoted
service.
illis.
Yours gratefully,,
Falls City Public Library
Hervey Lindley
w a s open Saturday and New
Chairman N. W. Div.
Years, and will be open Saturday
Campaign Committee.
from 2:30 to 4:30 p. m.
C. C. Chapman,
Henry E. Reed,
- The minstrel show given Mon-
Members for Oregon.
y night turned over $100 to the
ffed Cross Fund. .
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W anted—To exchange Salem
^¿*and Portland property for Falls
• 'C i t y property. Phone 77.
Soldier’s letter
New Jersey, Dec. 25, 1917,
Dear Pa and all:
frokard, Mr. Harry Pack-
I received your welcome letter
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a rd anfl Miss Lena Morse all of and also the tobacco vou sent me
F o r tu m «, and Mr. and Mrs. P. J. and was sure glad to get it. I
JL Shepherd o f Oregon City spent the am going to keep it until we go
‘ holidays With Mr. and Mrs. W. T. across, for they say it is very
G rie r.
! scarce over there.
The rhembers of the Epworth * We are kinder up against a
¿fgtfp jf'O f the M. E. Church, held stump. We are under quaran­
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tneir regular monthly meeting in tine for mumps, measles and
Les true rooms Monday night
scarlet fever, and have been for
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A fter a lively business meetinr
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enjoj^d an evening o f jollity. a week. There are several cases
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A t twelve o’ clock a short devo- in the regiment and it takes
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tional meeting was held, and those about half o f us to guard the
present left with a determination other half and keep them inside.
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f9r better work for the year be-
I don’ t know how much longer
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we will be quarantined, but for
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a long time I think. We are get­
B U C K ROCK ITEMS
ting fat laying around.
They
Nlrs W. T. Wallace was taken
give me a book to study on field
DaUas hospital Wednesday, Artillery and I have one o j my
Jicos» nber 26.
own that I paid a dollar for so I
Nlr. and Mrs. A. F. Donmayer
study quite a bit,
Cochran, were visiting with
I t M r a i n i n f f h e r « t o d my a n d
panent« during Christmas the snow is going very fast.
vacation.
I have just received a present
Bulah Bly was a Dallas vwitor from a girl in New York, con­
on Monday.
sisting o f a nice little red bag to
Mr. Wallace is staying in Dal- keep toilet articles in: a writing
biH while his w ife is in the hospital tablet, pack o f envelops, pencil,
Marie Tlflott8on. after a serious bar o f toilet soap, pack o f figs,
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pneumonia, returned to candy, caramels and a can of
»1 this week.
tobacco. 1 thing it was pretty
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^ * * IB y r e and brother 1‘aul nice.
We are going to have some big
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- 1 Christmas with their pa-
feed
today— turkeys, pies and
in Monmouth.
* « r f c B. R. Bly was a Dallas everything a person could think
t week.
of.
They have got us two pair o f
E. J. Hunter will visit her
boxing
gloves and we will have
m other. Mrs. W. T. Wallace, at
Dallas, Jan, a
three rounds each day. There
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are some good men in this Bat-
Our Student Body will have an
tery.
, election o f officers,
They had a big Indian war
dance last night around the bar-1 Florence McDowell was absent
racks- Battery C and the South Wednesday.
Dakota bunch «»m e over, they
The Proceeds from the Honor
a r e half Indians, and we had
Guard play was about forty-five
some time. I believe that if the dollars.
boys could have got out and got
Hal Thompson, Maurice Selig,
a little “ shot” there would have
Claude
Graham and Geo. Wagner
been no barracks here this morn­
visited
school
this week.
ing.
We have ot our rifles, the 30-
Look forward to the high school
Springfield. they are a good gun. play, “ The Juniors.”
We have to keep them shining,
We will now look twenty years
but I guess I can do ’that. They
hence
at the freshmen class:
inspect them once a week and if
they find Jone dirty they would
Clyde Bancroft is a man weigh­
give us a week extra duty.
ing about four hundred pounds.
Yes, 1 guess the boys are en­ He is a vocal teacher.
listing by the hundreds in O re­
Ensign Courier is a great ad-
gon. Well, the more the better.
mirer
o f the ladies, He is often
I don’ t think Germany will last
asked
to be a judge in a beauty
long when Uncle Sam gets turn­
contest.
ed loose over there. They have
a strong force over there now,
Mabel Murphy is Principal of
much atrongor than we have any the Black Rock college a maiden
idea o f and when we strike we lady.
will strike hard.
Yes we had a pretty tough
Hallott Me Murphy, is a fatherly
camt at Long Island. It dro«>- ^ gentleman. The Supenntend-
ped to ten below zero with a bit- ent o f a kindergarten o f an orph-
ter wind. 1 got one ear nipped ans bom®-
a little, hut most everybody got
Jeannett Brown, is a wonder-
that.
Some have pretty sore f uj orator, following in the foot-
ears. I guess they are putting steps 0f her father,
up a big howl up there about it.
This camp is a paradise, every-
^ ancel Busch is somebody. The
thing here a fellow would want, town sport.
Well as it is time to go and get
W alter ^
man> we
the big feed 1 will close. Good look at him in sympathy. He is a
bye and write soon
man with a wife.
From Chas. Stoddard,
Harold Wagner, the children all
gather around him in his home
and he tells them stories o f his
66 Bgd 41 Division, Camp Merrit
childhood days.
N ew Jersey.
Geneva Treat, an old lady called
aunty smiles by the children who
live in Fails City.
POWELL'S CAMP
Battery B. 147 F. A
No. 19.
January
Clearance S a le
Broken
Lines,
Odds
and
Ends,
Ladies’
Hats,
Cloaks,
Shoes,
Remnants,
Etc.
With the constantly in-
creasing prices ot nearly
all lines of merchandise,
reductions now are doubly
important to savings.
You will do well to
visit our store often, espe-
d a lly d u rin g this month.
SELIG’S. Cash Price Store,
“ Meeting and Beating Competition’
YOU S T A R T A T ZER O
Camp resumed work again on
Coral Howell, after twenty
Wednesday after a vacation d u r - ' Years o f hard labor trying to mak­
ing the holidays.
j ter the Latin verb ‘aneo’ she has
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become a great teacher o f the
W e all start out in life from Zero mark. It is uphill all
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Cox returrn subjecL
the way. The higher we go the more we are looked
ed to camp Tuesday, after spend­
up to. The man who attains success must take him­
ing Christmas week in Portland«, We are informed by the
self seriously, look to his own interests and conserve
and Falls City.
^gra^e that Miss Cunning IS
his strength, wealth and ability. Many people are
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, . the only cne who is receiving love
depositing their money with this bank, paying by
A storm almost equaling a cloud letters.
check, and furthering their own interests, thereby
burst held forth here for four
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raising their marks high above zero on the gauge o f life
days commencing last Tuesday,') Thursday afternoon the high
Christmas Day.
school assembly listened attentive­
ly to an interesting account of
Mrs. J. M. Cleveland and Mrs.
Claude Graham’s experience as
Vassall are doing the culinary
teacher at Guthrie.
work at the cook house now. Mrs.
Miller and Miss Wilson will return
Helen Treat can’t be beat
later as the full crew have not as When it comes to speaking
yet returned.
on her feet:
community, is interested in the an appeal from any decision o f a
action o f the Local Boards on Local Board at any time, so that
Mr. and Mrs. N. F. Newhouse
Geo. Wagner, former student of
each particular case. There will if you are aw*are the Local Board
and small sons returned Tuesda
F. C. H. S. gave us an hours talk
be many cases in which Local has been deceived with reference
after spending an enjoyable
on door mats without saying a
Boards have been imposed upon to the answers o f any registrant,
at Forest Grove with relatives.
word
but in which persons affected do it is your duty as a citizen to
not desire to inform such boards notify the Government Appeal
It requires $140,000 to- equip a o f facts within their knowledge. Agent, that the proper action
BRIDGEPORT
base hospital overseas.
It shall be the duty o f the Gov­ may be taken.
Mrs. Chester Gardner is sick
I have been designated aa
ernment Appeal Agen to receive
with la grippe. .
Government
Appeal Agent for
such
information
and
to
prepare
There are 2,600 meat inspectors
Polk
County,
and
as such I desire
such
appeals
in
cases
where
he
Mrs. Chas. Ryan has pneumonia to inspect the meat used by the
not
only
to
protect
the interests
considers
appe*,a
to
be
to
the
soldiers.
and Mrs. Hunter is nursing her.
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interest o f the Government.
It o f the Government but also each
I {s likewise the duty o f every registrant under Selective Ser­
Miss Ona Brown is visiting with
Making the country safe foi person who knows that someone vice Regulations, this however is
Miss Loleta Dennis at Salem.
the Democratic Party is going to ¡g taking advantage o f the Selec- a physical impossibility unless
cause
much activity in political ^jve g erv jce Regulations, to re­ each citizen who knows o f a vio­
Miss Osa Brown is spending her
circles.
port the facts to the Government lation o f the regulations will do
week’s vacation with relatives
and frien d « in Portland.
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Appeal Agent, that he may pro- his duty and report the same to
Dancing is to be provided for tect the other registrants in their me. I request your sincere co­
the Arm y and Navy. Most peo- rights as well as protecting the operation in this important work.
SCHOOL NOTES
pie were under the impression interests o f the Government.
E. K. Piasecki,
One new pupil enrolled in the that amusement was reserved for
Section 116, provides as fo ’ -
Govt. Appeol Agt- for Polk Co.
8th grade Wednesday morning, the Kaiser.
lows, to w it:
State o f Ohio, city o f Toledo, I
Bob Kirkpatrick o f Washington is
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“ Every registrant shall, with­
I.ucas County,
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Frank J. Cheney make* oath that ha la
the new comer.
The Food Administrator has in five days o f the happening aenlor partner of the Arm o f F. J Cheney
Co., doing business In the City of T o ­
thereof, report to his Ix>cal Board A
ledo. County and State aforeaald. and
Even though our Christmas tree undertaken to regulate price of
that sold Arm will pay the eum of ONE
any fact which might affect or H U N D R ED D O LLAR S for each and ev­
was prepared at the last minute, feed and sugests that dealers that
caae of Catarrh that cannot be cured
change his classification. Fail­ ery
are
charging
exhorbitant
prices
by the use o f H A L L ’ S C A T A R R H CURB.
it was very pretty and proved to
A N K J. C H EN ET.
ure to report change o f status Sworn to before F R mo
be reported to the Commission.
and subscribed In
furnish a jolly time.
my
presence,
this
«th
day o f Decembar,
as herein required, or making a A. D. 1831
A. W . OLEASON,
false report thereof, is a misde­ (Seal)
Everyone was glad to fcet back
N otary Public.
GOVRRNMENT APPEAL AGENT
Hall's
Catarrh
Cur*
la taken Internally
meanor punishable by one’s im­
to school Wednesdar. The teach­
and acta directly upon tha blood and mu­
APPEALS FOR ASSISTANCE prisonment.”
cous surfaces o f tha system. Send fo r
ers said they could tell from our
testimonials, free.
It
is
within
the
power
o
f
the
F. J. C H E N E T A CO.. Toledo, a
sleepy appearance that we had a
E very registrant, and to a cer-
8old by all Druggists, 7fc-
tain extent every person in each Government Appeal A gen t to file Take Ball's Family Pille for constipation.
vacation.
B A N K O F F A L L S C IT Y .
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