with political deuth they Jinrrat (£rmt? itxjimifl enrichment sacrificed the taxpayers for the of the vultures, sad to unless Published every Thursday at Forest Grove, O ngon. W. C. Benfer, Editor ami Ihiblishvr. Entered as second-class m atter Jan. 12, 191rt, at the poatofflce at Forest Grove, Oregon, under the Act of March 3, 1879 THURSDAY, FEB. 8 1917 Blossom Time in the Golden State relate, the economy-pledged law makers showed they lacked the spines to stand erect like men and bid their tempters go hence. The editor of a Forest (¡rove paper was in Salem about the N O T E S A N D CO M M E N T S A friend just back from South time this stalking stunt was pull- ern California say*; "Thu weath That Mountaindale man who ten,” which means “ Hold your e<l off. ('an you nam* him in one er was fine, in fact, too warm kept wine seventeen years must mouth.” This, in regard to the guess? Well, no matter; if your for heavy clothes. Many were break with Germany, might In* a taxes are delinquent, you'll help be an awful stingy chap. bathing at the beaches. Oranges pay for the bamboozling of the good motto for all of us to copy. were ripe in the valleys, while A Portland evangelist recently When German-born citizens show lawmakers the mountains nearby were cov lectured on the subject. “To Hell *o much regark for America, it is ered with snow.” and Back ” No doubt a lot of time for the rest of us to show A TIME FOR COOLNESS old sinners would very much like some regard for the feelings of Tne German ambassador ha With warm, sunny weather, it will not be long before the blossoms on the to hear the last part of his lecture. these same German-born Ameri- been given his passport. Our trees will be everywhere announcing ambassador to Germany has been Governor Withyeombe Monday cans that springtime is here. home R lations between telepraphed President Wilson the Senator Wood has introduced called the United States and Germany, Take a vacation trip now, where life is different; encouraging news t h a t Oregon in the state senate a bill (No 203)| “strained” before Germany re- was with him in his stand against to abolish, after the first Monday mov«d restrictions from hi r sub where climate, surroundings and amusements are slaughter on the high seas. in January. 1919, the office of le- marine warfare, are now frankly out of the ordinary. Spend a different February. is The city of Salem. Oregon corder of conveyances of Wash- “unfriendly.” Three Trains Daily getting a lot of free.advertising ir • ¡ngt,>n county As this bill ap So be it! But sober-minded eastern papers, all because some- p|jes t,n|y to Washington county, Americans must bear in mind that body at Salem wrote the cit> many people m y cot elude that the severing of friendly relations will take you there in comfort authorities of Salem, Mass., sug- ¡t ¡s an effort *o save money to be Ire tween nations doe not neces- Ask the agent gesting that that town change its j,jven (0 new paper p<.ts jn the saiily mean war, altho it is a step John M. Scott, General Passenger Agent name, to prevent confusion of the c.«unty. But the county court is in the direction of war Portland, Oregon two Salems And now somebody authorized by th bill to provide If there ever was a time, since at Portland, Maine, asks that the county clerk with deputies to August, 191-1, when it was the Portland, Oregon, c h a n g e it?« ,jo't he work now done by the re- paramount duty of American-to name, the same grounds, rhe (-order, so it may not be a move look before they leap, that time i k name Portlando is suggested for, $ave money, after all. RIGHT NOW! kind of wolf? Man, «aid the mother, the Oregon metropolis. | .— The re-ponsibility resting upon , is the who kill« that which Another Month of ft It . is quite r generally |, . believed . , ECONOMY PLEDGES the shoulders of Woodrow Wilson he doe* only not In-ast devour and this quality GANG AFT AGLEE Bargain Prices and hi- official family is a tre- makes him so much a benefactor to our that our law-makers are an *du- catrd and refined g a l a x y of Admitting that there was easy I nendous one. If there ever was »¡tecies. If men kill our prey and lay The Express has secured so way, said the young one, what many n^w subscribers and re genthmen but the belief is not money in publishing the delin- a time when it was the paramount it need in our shall we have of tailoring for our newals of old ones at the dollar- well-founded, the writer fears, quent ta x lists, two Portland duty of Americans to hod up the selves? Because will sometimes, Educated they may be, but when papers ( I he Journal and th e hands of the administration, that replied the mother, man remain for a long in-advance rate offered during one member threatens to bite off News) advised the legislature to time is RIGHT NOW ! time quiet in his den. The old vultures January, that the publisher has another’s ear, there is serious pass a law doing away with the Our servants at Washington will tell you when you are to watch his decided to extend the period dur When you see men in great ing February. Present subscribers doubt of his refinement. And publication, on the ground that will act wisely. We must trust motions. number« moving close together, like a should rememlier, however, that besides, he of the appetite for delinquent taxpayers could more them If we cannot escape war, flight of storks, you may conclude that h u m a n e a r s shows cannibal- cheaply be notified by postal card be assured that our -ervants will they are hunting and that you may they must pay at the rate of istic tendencies. This ear-biting or letter. Last Saturday, when proceed with decision and vigor.! soon revel in human blood. But «till, $1 50 for subscriptions already threat was made on the floor of the commissioners of Multnomah But we must hope and pray | said the young one, I would gladly earned. The dollar rate is for know the reason of this mutual slaught paid - in - advance subscriptions. the state house at Salem, Oregon, county offered the tax list to the that, even now, war is not inevit- er. could never kill what 1 could not Tell your neighl>or what a bar the Express is informed, and not Oregonian, Telegram, Journal and able—that America—calm when eat. 1 My said the mother, this is News for publication, the News the rest of the world has gone a question child, which at Salem, Mass. I cannot answer, gain you are getting, please. and Journal refused to partici- mad —may yet point the way to though I am reckoned most subtle Mr. and Mrs. Ed Rivettof Oak It is claimed that the farmers pate in the carrion feast, saying, permanent and universal peace! bird of the mountain. the When 1 was a re ruling in North D kota. in effect, that the taxpayers had —Portland News, young, 1 used frequently to visit the Hill have been entertaining Mes Forming a non pariisan body, g ief enough, without being a.-ked aerie of an old vulture, who dwelt upon srs Ardis and Orrin White of the Carpathian rocks; he had made Shepherd, Michigan. The White they drove out the politicians and to fatten the coffers of four news observations, he knew the places brothers came to Oregon on busi are in possession of every depart papers. Here are certainly two War and the Vultures many that afforded prey round his habitation, ness. Ardis White is one of the ment of the state government cases of un-elfishness to be com as far in every direction as the strong By Samuel John-on Now they propose to do some m*nded. Too many e d i t o r s est wing ran fly between the rising ami state managers for the Michigan legislating in the interest of them would perpetuate a graft. SO long My children. said the old vulture, you setting of the summer sun; he hail fed Sugar Beet company, of which after year on the entrails of men. they own five out of the fifteen selves and the people in general. as there was a chance for them to wiU the le!*8 want my instruction», be year His opinion that men hail only the sugar beet factories in the state Their work will be watched with get a part of it. Hooray for the caus* you have ha,i my Practic* *»*< *•' ap|>earance of was animal life, being really of Michigan. The Whites were your eye»; you have seen me «natch interest and if their efforts bear Journa, and th(, News, vegetables with the [lower motion; old friends of the Rivetts in Mich th p people neonlp oi of o otner th p r states ita fp s g u t w ■ b a t c a „ ■ ^ gaid , , 0f , , from the farm the household fowl, you and th at as the boughs of an of oak m fru m it , tne have seen are me seize the leveret in the will be brave enough to follow ____ who went to Salem and bush, and the kid in the pasture; you dashed together by the storm, that igan and are very favorably im may fatten upon the fallen pressed with Oregon and the town their example and do considerable successfully plead with the law know how to fix your talons, and how swine acorns, so men are by some unaccount of Forest (¡rove. balance your flight when you are cleaning up on their own premi- makers to allow this plundering of to laden able power driven one against another, with your prey. But you remem se». Something of the same spi it ^be people to continue? Are such ber the taste of a more delicious food. till they lose their motion, th at vultures Abraham Baldwin has woke up prevails in Yamhill county, and men fit lo be ca|)ed community I have often regaled you with the flesh may lie fed. Others think they have to the real estate business, after they have been doing a little work boosters”? They are not. The of man. Tell us, said the young vul- observed something of contrivance and taking a rest, and last week sold policy among these mischievous beings; to Will Prickett the 20-acre onion on their own account, even if they majority of the representatives tures, where man may be found, and and that hover more closely farm of John Rice, between this did have to go down in their and senators are, no doubt, in- how may ** known; his flesh in round those them th at there is in pockets to accomplish i t —Mc dined to redeem th e ir pledges to surely the natural food of a vulture. every herd one pretend that gives directions to city an d Hillsboro. The con Why have you never brought a man in Minnville Telephone Register. reduce the burdens of the tax- your talons to the nest? He is too the rest and seems to lie more em inent sideration w as $10,000, Mr. with a wide carnage. Prickett turning in his Forest Germon-speaking Societies in payers, but when the editorial bulky, said the mother; when we find a ly W hat delighted it is that entitles him to such pre Grove residence property for a session a t Portland Saturday, vultures began stalking around man we can on|y tear away his flesh, eminence we know not; he is seldom part*of the pa< ment. leave his bones upon the ground. adopted the slogan, “Maul Haul- Salem, threatening the lawmakers and Since man is so big, said the young the biggest or the sw iftest, but he ones, how do you kill him ? You are shows by his eagerness and diligence Attorney L. M. Graham last afraid of the wolf anil the beur; by that he is, more than any of the others, Saturday purchased from M. S. what power are vultures superior to a friend to the vultures. Allen a new Saxon six and the m an? Is man more defenseless than a For Rent—Five room* in house members of the Graham family sheep? 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