Help Win the War!
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Published every Thursday at Forest Grove, Oregon.
W . C. Benfer. Editor hih I Publisher.
Entered as second-class matter Jan. 12, 1918, at the postofflce at Forest Grove.
Oregon, under the Act of March 3, 1879
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T H U R S D A Y . M A Y 31
1917
$1.50
.75
.40
Buy a Liberty Loan Bond!
BUT, FIRST OF ALL,
•‘1 am sorry that you do not wear a flan every
day and 1 can only ask vou if you lose the physical
emblem to be sure that you wear it in YOUR
h e a r t ; the heart of America shall interpret the
heart of the world.” President Wilson.
NOTES
AND
Liberty Ix>an Bonds
are the safest investment in
the world today. They are
issued by the United States Government and are a mortgage
on the United States o f America -our country the richest
country in the world,
t hey are Uncle Sam’s promise to pay,
and he is worth $225,000,000,000.
Liberty l» a n Ronds pay 3 V, p«>r cent interest and may
be had in denominations o f $50. $100, $500, $l,ooo, $5,000,
$10,000, $50,000 and $100,000. You can make a first payment
as low as one dollar and have until Aug. 30 to pay the balance.
Most big business houses will accept Liberty Loan Bonds same
as cash in payment for merchandise.
CO M M E N T S
W AKE U P !
The most important work in
the United States today is pre­
paredness for war and one of the
most important steps toward pre
paredness is the organizing and
equipping of Red Cross chapters
Men between 21 and 30 years Hillsboro has an auxiliary of more
A Message from Secretary YV. (I. McAdoo
of age who fail to register next than 500 members; the Forest
“ W ars cannot he conducted without money. It is the first thin# to he pro­
Tuesday are going to get into Grove auxiliary has but 154. Why
vided. In this war it ia the most immediate help—the most effective help that
trouble with Uncle Sam.
this contrast? Are the people of
we can give. W e must not be content with a subscription of two billion dollars
Forest
Grove
less
thoughtful
of
—we must oversubscribe this loan as an indication that America is stirred to the
Next Monday is the date for
depths and aroused to the summit o f her greatness in the cause of freedom.
the
comfort
of
the
boys
who
have
the bond election and whether the
Let us not endanger success by complacent optimism. Let us not satisfy our­
bonds carry or not, Oregon should enlisted, or are they too busy
selves with the reflection that some one else will subscribe the required amount.
go ahead and build more and bet­ dancing and playing cards to care
Let every man and woman in the land make it his or her business to subscribe
for aught else? Go to the public
to the Liberty Loan immediately, and if they cannot subscribe themselves, let
ter roads.
meeting at Verts' hall next Wed­
them induce somebody else to subscribe. Provide the Government with the
The patriotic gentleman down
funds indispensihly needed for the conduct of the war ami give notice to the en­
nesday night and learn how every­
the street, who is so loyal to home
emies
of the United States that we have billions to sacrifice in the cause of
body can help in this noble work.
Liberty.
institutions that he was pained in
„
Let us abandon the frivilous and,
“ Buy a Liberty Bond today; do not put it off until tomorrow. Every dollar
his corporosity because the Lx-
during the war, pay more atten­
provided quickly and exfiended wisely will shorten the war and save human life.”
press ran advertising for Portland
tion to worth-while things. Even
W. G McAdoo, Secretary o f the Treasury.
merchants, must have forgotten
“ Frivolous France” has bet-n so­
his loyalty to home institutions,
bered and it behooves America to
for his paper is now carrying an
mend her ways. Before many
advertisement for a Hillsboro hos­
months Oregon boys may die on
pital, in competition with th e
fo eign soil for lack of nursing or
Forest Grove hospital. Some of haspital supplies. Wake up! Be their parents respect the rights ents dishonored, tht ceremonies in driving a stake for each plant.
the ladies who have organized a real men and women!
of others and honor and defend coining to a close with the Scouts
jof
The lateral growth between the
society to foster and promote the
their country. If a Scout lived saluting the flag and joining with axis of the leaves and the main
local hospital should have a nice
] up to the teachings of his law , their fathers and mothers in sing- stem should be removed as soon
little heart-to-heart talk w i t h
1 he would become a respected and ing "T h e Star-Spangled Banner.” as they appear.
If more than
Brother Hurley.
• one main stem is desired the
Jnued from page One)
. Judge Hollis, one of the adopt-
strongest of the laterals should be
Elsewhere on this page is a dis- ___
1 j>ermiited to develop a n d be
play advertisement, wherein the
So far as t h e fathers lasted,I^L[at^ersoi
‘ ^C0UtH> , 0 l' le,i
trained on the Uellis. The main
Secretary of the Treasury appeals they were seated beside their sons
fathers and regretted that
Splendid results may be ob­ stems may be allowed to reach a
to public-spirited citizens to as- during the meal and where a he was not the father of a Scout,
sist in financing the war by pur- Scout’s father was absent, he was but consoled himself with the fact tained in tomato raising, where heighth of six or six and one-half
that he had been selected as one the garden space is limited, by feet before topping them to in­
chasing Liberty Loan Bonds. The seated beside some other Scout
of their advisers. He thought a setting the plants closer than us- crease the size of the fruit on the
Express donates this advertising and his father, if possible,
A
f
ter
the”
meal"
had"
'been
dis-
great
deal of the teachings of the ual in the row and training them upper clusters and induce ripen-
and the thousands of banks thru-
order
and admitted that watching to one, two or three stems, with ing.
out the country are acting with- posed of, Scoutmaster Paul Gilmer
The training of the plants brings
out compensation as agents for made a bri-f statement of the
° couts at wor*<
taug,lt , the lateral growth pruned off at
‘
the
axis
of
the
leaves
and
the
the
clusters of blox.-oms within
the government. People who can aims and objects of the Scout . m a i' ”a regarding the
re­
spect due the flag; for instance, main stem. This method keeps convenient reach and makes hand
spare the money, should “ do their movement, saying the organizers
bit” via the bond route. It will realized the de ires on the part he did not know, until a Scout ihe plants a n d fruit off the pollenation much easier.— A. G.
bring a more satisfactory feeling of most boys to get into gangs, told him. that it was consideied ground, gives the fruit more sun, B. Roquet, Head of Vegetable
than paying indemnity to the
There were just two kinds of disrespectful to (he flag to allow makes it easier to work around Gardening at O. A. C.
it to come in contact with the the vines and allows longer culti-
, ,.
.
,
. .
Prussian butchers in case they gangs— good and bad— and the
i
.
..
-
,
Indies, do you know that John
ground when lowered. M a n y vat ton. Keeping t h e
laterals
Anderson
can
sell
you
just
as
should drive the American fleet Scout movement was designed to
things
like
this
were
taught
the
pruned
off
induces
more
vigorous
stylish
waists,
skirts
and
coats
as
off the seas. I t ’s an easy choice place boys in good gangs, where
now.
they would be taught to obey boys and he was glad so many growth in the remaining stems you can get anywhere? Come
Forest Grove boys were coming and results in the production of and see them before you send for
into the movement. Congratu- larger, smoother tomatoes.
something you can t see until af-
lating the mothers for the excel-
One of the easiest and most * r U )U ,tV* l>al( or 1("
lent dinner served, Judge Hollis succès, fui methods of holding the
Notice to C re d ito »
gave way to Joe Loomis, who plants up from the ground is ,n th< County Court of the State of
toasted “ The Boys in Khaki’ and the loganberry system of trellising.; In X 'm itu -^ o f'^the^ estate of V;e<»rge
told a comical story of a boy’s ex- This is arranged by setting two C. MeKibbin. deceased,
. .
, .
,
Notice ia hereby given hv the under-
periences on a farm.
or three posts in a rot
row of tw elve!-«—
-* administratrix o f the
* estate
unu of .
I signed,
We have everything with which to build.
M s. Van Walters, president, plants, and nailing on small cross George K- McKibbin, deceased, to the
|ieraons having
We bought last fall and we are selling
and Mrs. W. C. Benfer, patriotic pieces extending to one sid of the X ! ™ "g a ii^ T te n a id deceased, to
cheap. You will be building a house, barn,
instructor of the l o c a l Relief
nieces should
should! fll* 8ai?i.
»«¡«1 claims,
with necessary
vouch -
-- r posts
----- The
---- cross pieces
.
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o .
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,
.
. ,
i era, with the said administratrix at the
Corps,
then
presented
Troop
silo, auto house or an up-to-date chicken
2 be about twelve or fourteen inches „fflee of Hollis &
Graham, attorney.!
w ith a flag-staff and belt,
a
pr< s- apart, beginning about that dis
in the city o f Forest Grove, Washing-
house, and the first comers are going to get
ent from the W. R. C.. M » . tanc-e from the «round.
Hori-
n “ M l X i S
the best prices, because we can’t buy now
Walters making a neat and feel- zonlul w i r e s tightly stretched this notice.
for the prices at which we are selling.
ing presentation speech. Francis from the end posts and attached 3othd!!y of April!^ lan!*’ ° reBwn’ th,H
Taylor, assistant Scoutmaster, re- to the intervening cross pieces
M A G G IE M cK lB B IN ,
Our lumber is all dry and we have the best-
ceived the tokens and thanked ! will afford convenient and ample
G ^ r g e ^ ^ K ib L id e c e M ^ of
kept stock in Washington county.
the donors, promising that the support for the vines and fruit. HoLLW « G r a h a m ,
D n A f i n i v for $1-25 a roll. Water-proof
Scouts would never see the pres-
Another simple method consists n n t '^ ^ a y 's V b w t 'S iy 31
A laugh is just like sunshine.
It freshens all the day;
It tips the peaks of life with light.
And drives the clouds away;
The soul grows glad that hears it
And feels its courage strong—
A laugh is just like sunshine
For cheering folks along.
Ask any Banker, Postmaster or Express Company for Application blank
Banquet for Scouts
and Their Fathers uwful m.in,
Some Pointers on
Tomato Crowing
Talk to McCready
1
r v O O I l l l g paper, $1.75 for 500 feet. Both
just what you want for chicken houses.
RED FAINT at $1.25 in ones, $1.20 in fives.
The Main Street Lumber Yard
Copeland & McCready
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