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H NEWS FÄLLS PALLS CITY ¿OREGON S A T U R D A Y , F E B R U A R Y 9, 1918 * --------- VOL. XIV ■■ MISER, THE TRADE RAT. ! It .torm ed io hard on Monday, L‘ ’ U P Hry rt m *tas entirely ________ ¡T u «s d «y and Wodnaaday that t he ! ch, , “ ' ' K l o » . . , t m . a . . . , T.ia. o™ . u ™ . men could not work. «emeater m h « h «h o o l. “ S * ."? * ? • " T m _ ¥ , ____ ____ , M im t the trade rat is alio called i There is going to be a Parent- j . u \ pack rat, wood rat and bushy tailed On the dates, February, I,'2, 3, ! Teachers meeting here on Friday * nday n,Kht ■ n' 1 returned Mon- rat j le ia one of the «marteat and Falla City had the unusual 'oppor day noon. by far the moat interesting of all the night. tunity o f entertaining the annual The grades in school are going | th„ . fme lookmg feUov. (bounty Sunday School Convention A big dance will be given in the to have a «racial program every j j j e ¡g 0f ]arge size, haa big eyea, big and from every point from the East Black Rock Saturday n ight Friday. eara, and in many parte of the coun- delegutes and local people it was Mr. George Gerlinger o f Dallaa Florence McDonald and E lsie1 try where he live* hia tail ia cover- not at aU ordinary. was In our city on Tueeday. Jones w ere absent this week. ' long hair. It u becauae of W hile it was A L L good there .. ... I this that he often la called the buahy Ruth Haven, ed ito r., uilgd fgt Grandma Graves who has been w ere some features that stood out visiting her son's fam ily returned 1 Tliia rat ia a born collector and prominently in all the program. _ . . .'trader. Anything he can carry off ia to her home on Saturday at Inde The splendid work o f Mrs. Dan- F. K- Hubbard has received g prjze Very frequently be trice enhower and Chaplain Matthews pendence. notice from the Department o f to make amend* by replacing with o f the Sixty-fifth A rtillery, Fort Fay Hughes o f Falls City spent Interior o f his appointment as aomething el$e the object carried Stephens with his stirring talk. the weeks end with her parents Licensing A gen t for Explosives. away. F o r instance, he will empty a bag o f seeds and fill it with peb T T » Pageant, "T h e Stainless at Black Rock. Anyone wanting to use explosives bles or bits o f sticks. H e appears F la g " staged by the young people must secure a permit. Lora Hawk is on the sickiist. : to be very fond o f things that shine o f Dallas. This number was thor * r® waite wiH of collect ,helU* bee Hohle Home fo tor r International international Tai- la i , or boneg( bbleg ,nd b|tg tin> buckles, oughly patriotic and all attending luring Co 8. clothing. H ave them pistol cartridges, spoons, forks and spoke o f it in the highest terms o f SCHOOL HOTES made to measure. knives. praise. ... . , . .. , In the western part o f the United Silva Leverage, a form er stu The people o f Falls City will Watch fo r a blue mark on your j j ^ eg> wbere gold and other ores dent o f this school, has been here gladly aw ait their time for enter paper. It means that you are arc mined, a valuable gold mine was taining the Convention again in visiting. behind with your subscription and discovered through Miser’* contri- four years. bution to a miner. Miser made Ethel Sampson started to school are expected to pay up. j Polk County Sunday BARGAINS NOW TO BE HAD AT SEUG’S School Convontion ™ Mia» H am Wilson M Mr F. iey O F FIC E R ! County Pres. F. V . Brown Dallas DiBt. Merle Holman Independence M. S. Pitman Elkins Dist. E. A . Tetherow Perrydale " Carl Morrison W est Salem “ Chas. A. Park" Sec-Treas. Mrs. Merton Ellis Dallas Elementary Supt. Miss Gladys Carson, Monmouth Supt. Boys Work, Rev. MacKenzie “ Girls „ Mrs. L L H ew itt Home Dept. Supt. to be appointed Educational Supt. Mrs.C.A. Parks The Student Body election w as held Thursday morning. The o f ficers elected are as follows: President, Eugene S ta rr Vice-Pres. W alter Bowm an Sec-Treas. Velm a Goodspeed Editor, Marguerite. The gymnasium is now in p ro g ress, Monday and W ednesday nights are given to the girls, Tuesday and Thursday nights to the boys, and Friday and Satur day nights to tht business men o f the town. The hours are from 7:00 to 930. Ten cents taxes are charged each student o f the high school for the necessary expenses. Miss Hammond is the director o f the girls and Mr. L ow e is director o f the boys. Mr. Low e attended the Princi pal’s Club banquet at Dallas last Saturday night. Mr. L ow e was elected president o f the club for the coming year. The commercial subjects in 'th e school are very popular. W e hope to see more and more of this work introduced each year. The Falls City High School now has p standard high school library properly equipped and catalogued. How many o f the o4heu- high schools o f the county cp.n sa y it? Beginning with the prestint sem ester students o f non-standard Miss Sayre has elected several high schools will have to fa ike e x amination before being given monitors in the school. credit for work done. Miss Hammond is givin g stars W e are enrolling In du strial Club to those having good music lessons members in the school this w eek. Nan Smith made a busines trip Only those boys and girls a re join to Portland on Thursday o f last ing who are willing to o implete w eek en d returned on Monday., tjhe project started. % * Edwin Horn, Chaa. Hav< n and Mrs. W . C. Bullis was on the Jack Crocker have been given sickiist this week. ’ efficiency buttons and enri > lied in Leon Fisher made a business the Rainbow Division for having trip to Falls City on Monday. sold $50 worth o f th rift stamps. Joe and G ifford W allace were These boys are Scouts. Gingham Dust Caps 10c. 1 L ot Ladies’ 35c Hose 22c L adies’ Fancy Dust Caps 19c Ladies’ Corset Covers 19c Law n W hite Tea Aprons 25c Children’s Mitts 19c 3 Bars Toilet Soap in Boxes 15c on account o f sickness. Many other Bargains naw to ho had at SELIG’S. Cash Price Store, 'Meeting and Beating Competition*'. <q aidara Didn't Butt In. Money is mentioned as a medium In the American Magazine Sld sajs: o f exchange in Genesis, chapter “ A man tackled me for a Job the oth xxiii, and is supposed to refer to a er day. A fter enumerating hia various time as fa r back as 1800 B. C. accomplishments be wound up with a The coinage o f money is ascribed Bnal claim that was Intended to lm press T e ^ it h huTm’p o r t r ^ n ; : .Td for aU. He said that he was a direct descendant of Bishop Ump-te-ump, the most learned man of bla time In Eng land. I asked what time that was, and he said that it was abont 400 years ago. I told him that, allowing twenty Ove years for each generation, be must be the sixteenth descendant. 'No; not the sixteenth.' he aald, ‘but the df- teenth.’ ‘AU right.' I said, ‘call It the Afteenth. Now, let’s take a sheet of what your credentials pivfier aud really are L e f t see. You had one fa- tlier and one mother, two grandfather* and two grandmother*, four great- grandfathers aud four great-grand- £££* to the Lydian, a people o f Asia Minor. I t is, o f course, quite lm- ' possible to fix any definite date fo r the first coinage. Long before any one thought to coin money it was made out of any durable substance that came to hand, such as leather, iron, tin, bronze and even the hard bark of the trees and stones o f the fields. j The Hollander, so late as the mid- 1 die o f the sixteenth century, made money o f pasteboard. In fact, pretty nearly everything in the shape o f lasting material has at one time or anotfier been used as the medium of trade known as money. Things You Want I t isn’ t any trouble at all to think o f the things you want* I t ’ s how to g et them that causes most o f the worry. T h ere’s the com fortable home, money fo r old age, means to educate your children, that vacation trip and a thousand and one other things that come crow ding up the minute you think o f the things you w a n t A little saving account at our bank is the best start you can make. I t w ill grow . Th e funds are safe. Some day some o f the things you w ant w ill be yours i f you work, save and bank w ith us. ! | ' j I i j BANK OF FALLS CITY. and eight great-great-grandmothere. * and ao on.’ R*ugh Going. "Carrying the multiplication back to A youth who had accomplished the flftsenth preceding generation, 1 allowed that at the time the bishop considerable glory in football, but [ Ifred my friend, the applicant, bad ex- little in his studies, was dropped , ac.My 32,708 ancestors. In other words, from one preparatory school and j the bishop was only one o f the 82,708 immediately invited to another. He human being* who were bis forbears had been there about a week when at tbaC time. he was approached by a member o f : “ ‘You have mentioned the bishop. j the faculty. But w in.« about the other 82,767?' 1 asked. '1A seems to me that I ought to 1 “ W ell,” said the professor, “ how hear aomething about them If I am to do you find it here?” “ Pretty fair,” answered the boy. Judge you b/ the good blood which you say ta tu you. The bishop was all “ Th at’a good. Find it smooth go- right. You arw lucky to have as much ins- eh?” of him in you aa you have. But the Th e youth meditated a moment. bishop's stock haa beeu considerably “ Well, I shouldn’ t like to say that watered. I don't believe he would rec. exactly," he replied. “ Th e field’■ ognlxe you. What about the rest ?' sort of rough yet in places, sir.” "That Is the tremble with this tiered tty game—If you carry It back very far. Old Laws of Scotland. Old Mother Nature fa a wonderful lev- On the old statute book o f Scot eler. She won't let geniuses or bone- beads breed In a straight line. T o the land is still an act passed in 1821 ■ weak she frequently give* a child of ordering that “ na man play fute- j Incredible tu lent-to keep the neighbors ball,” because it is “ esteemed to be from getting abusive. T o the brilliant unprofitable sport for the common and favored o f the earth she often pre glide of the realme und defense sents a choice piece o f ivory In the shape o f a dull ton. Apparently the thereof." There is also a statute ■ Idea is to aarry the race forward to against alien immigration, passed i in 1426, and authorizing “ all hie gether and not to play favorites. “ Another feature o f the scheme ts majesty’s subjects” to “ take, appre- 1 that It keeps us all tntereated. Sur hend, imprison and execute to death ( prises abound on all sides. There la the said Egiptians (gypsies), either no telling where the next giant ia com men or women-." ing from.” COMING Terror” AT THE GEM 5-REEL FEATURE COMEDY SATURDAY NIGHT T H E L A S T SH O W U N T IL NEW ' B U IL D IN G IS C O M P L E T E D Flag Raising Post Office Tuesday, Feb., 12, 1:15 P. M. Humanity. Th e two essential instincts of hu- manty are love o f order end love of kindness. By the love o f order i!ie moral energy is to deal with the earth and dress it and keep it and to deal with all rebellious or disso in Falls City on Monday. lute forces. B y the love of kindness the moral-energy is to deal rightly Clifford W allace and George Ju n io r S tu d e n t B o d y N o w * with all surrounding life. So shsll Graves returned to their homes Dorthy Guthridge h'as been ab every passion have full strength and at Black Rock from Silverton on sent from school n e u rlj a week vet be absolutely under control— i Ladies Dress Hats $3.40 to $5, now $2.15 | W ftnted—To « c h o n * , Solon, S T V S lt- Thursday and Friday o f last and Portland property for Fall* ever he fancied. H e brought back fragment* o f quartz, and when theae week w ere examination days. City property. Phone 77. were assayed they were found to be Everybody enjoyed those days L G. Bulgin o f Salem, repre heavy with gold. Miaer wa* tracked very much. senting the Northwest Produce to his nest and near it was found Company will address the fruit the gold bearing vein from which Sometime last week, Miss Gra grow ers o f this section at the ham, the first grad e teacher lost City Hall, Tuesday, Feb. 12. The the samples had been taken. H e is a most industrious fellow. a small diamond from her ring, I object o f the meeting is to sign up In a single night he will carry away but fortune was hers, and she for all the fru it in this vicinity. from a camp he may visit a large found i t This company has leased Pugh's j part o f the food le ft unprotected, Loganberry Juice plant with op leaving in ita place an equal quanti The boys say the sandwiches tion o f buying and expect to ty o f seed*, atones, pine cones or the science girls make and serve other things which he can easily in the soup kitchen, "h a v e n ’t handle all the fru it grown in this find. A ltogether he ia an amusing vicinity. Everyone interested is though often troublesome neighbor. enough goody in ’em .” urged to come out. Hia little junk shop is usually worth A t the Carnival the Honor investigating.— Thornton W . B u r Guard girls took in about t wenty- HAVING A GR EAT ANCESTOR. gess in People’s Home Journal. five dollars from their side .show, World’s First Money. the fortune telling and ice cream . It Weuld Be All BigM if So Many Out- BUCK ROCK ITEMS Saturday. Ladies’ Patent Button Dress Shoes form er price $4 to 15, now $2.98 and $3.15 the new semester. R e s o lu tio n s Whereas the committee on Res olutions has been called to submit eir report for the splendid co- r r tiv e spirit to make this con- o f February 1, 2, 3, 1918, il in every respect, -refore Resolved, That, gr thanks to: pie o f the M. E. hUMt! f< their building. \l7 For, kindly co-operative spirit for the furtherence o f this convention. II I. To the printer for the pn-grams and distribution o f them. IV . W e wish to extend our .a<.ks to Chaplain Matthews for i-is war talks and the splendid vork o f Mrs. Danenhower. V. For the untiring co-opera tion o f our County officers. VI. For all those who have taken part in the program, includ- tig the Honor Guard girls, Boy .Scouts o f Falls City and the Dallas young people, presenting the pa triotic pageant V II. For the splendid hospi tality o f JFalls City homes shown toward the visiting delegates. V I I I. For the big feeds given each evening in the Christian church to aU delegates and friends, S ign ed C o r - ^ “ No. 24. Buskin. Jay Wreaking Yeuth. The schoolmaster was trying to make conversation with the new pn- il to put him at his ease and asked im what was his favorite poem. “ ‘Excelsior,’ ” was the response. “ I recite it every time we have coiu- gany.” “ Does your father ask you to do E It?” “ Yes, sir,” said the boy. "H e says he thinks it keeps us from hav ing much company.” — Exchange. Invocation, Rev. Stephens Patriotic Speeches Am erica Presentation o f Public Service Flag, W. H. Beard F la g Day Songs by 1st to 5th Grades Speech, C a p t Davis o f Salem Captain, Oh, M y Captain,|by Student F lag Raising Cerem ony Star Spangled Banner, M issJDingm an