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T H U R S D A Y , JU N E 21
1017
” 1 am sorry that you do not wear a flag every
day and I can only ask you if you lose the physical
emblem to be sure that you wear it in YOUR
HKART ; the heart of America shall interpret the
heart of the world.” President Wilson.
N OTES
AND
When you are asked to contrib-
ute e for the Rpd Crass, remember
that if you don’ t “ come across,’
the kaiser may do so.
The owner.-» of seveji of the
leading barber shops of Portland
have announced that the total
proceeds of their shops tomorrow-
will be given to the Red Cross
fund. It’s about time for some
of the old timers in the “ Spinster
city to take their annual hair-cuts.
anyway.
One of the hardest workers for
Red Cross funds in this part of
the state is B. J. Simp-on, ag**nt
in this city for the Southern Pa-
cific, who, in addition to looking
after his job at the depot, has
been nursing a sick wife and de-
voting from two to six hours per
day to the Red Cross campaign,
And there are several dozen men
and nearly as many women who
have backed Mr. Simpson up
loyally in his work.
When President Wilson asked
Oregon to take $8.500,000 of Lib
erty Load bonds the web-feet re
sponded by giving him one-third
more than asked. This week we
are asked to raise $600,000 in the
state for the Red Cross and the
Express predicts the amount will
come to close to a million. Ore
gon people are patriotic and will
in many instances deprive them
selves of necessities to finance the
war and the Red Cross.
Forest Grove is naturally a
beautiful city, barring a few weed-
grown vacant lots, but it needs
decorating in the national colors
next week. The old soldiers and
their ladies represent strong and
patriotic military organizations
C O M M E N T S
that it tiny fall, the Red Cross
will carry t h e m b a c k of the
trenches
and do all that skill and
Grove,
love and devotion can do to save
their lives. Knowing too, thai if
a little cross in a foreign land
II jo must mark their last resting place,
.75 the Red Cross at home will I h *
• keeping want from mother, wife'
or children.
Wherever war makes need, the!
^
Rid Cross serves. The service of
the Red Cro s demonstrates above
all that we do not brutally tight
to beat down and break a foe, but
for liberty, not so swayed.by lust
of battle that we cast from the
and, while they no doubt admire
flowers and shrubl>ery, they have
a strong liking for flags and bunt
ing Let this adornment in the
national colors extend to the resi
dences, so that when the visitors
go into the residence section for
their meals or beds, they need not
pass a house that does not carry
the stars and stripes. Show your
colors, good people.
Talk to McCready
We have everything with which to build.
We bought last fall and we are selling
cheap. You will be building a house, barn,
silo, auto house or an up-to-date chicken
house, and the first comers are going to get
the best prices, because we can’ t- buy now
for the prices at which we are selling.
Our lumber is all dry and we have the best-
kept stock in Washington county.
for $1.25 a roll. W ater-proof
I v O O l i n g paper, $1.75 for 500 feet. Doth
just what you want for chicken houses.
^and
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8^ ln*)0* ° ‘ m* r,'*v
the Red Cross.
Thus, even as America fights,
America’s heart thrills in response
RED PAIN T at $1 .25 in ones, $1.20 in fives.
to the Red Cross appeal and
American pocket books open wide.
Thus, even as Oregon gives her
The Main Street Lumber Yard
young merv to the army and navy,
she gives her money to the Red
Cross that our defenders may be
Qefended.
Throughout the state the emer
IF THERE WERE
gency appeal of the Red Cross 1 « .
NO REI) CROSS
has set in motion an army of vol of our Catholic association not avail» Catholics less loyal to their country be-
America’s part in the world con- unteer workers that are getting ble for service, viz: 780 Sisters of Char- cause they refuse to uphold the bigotry
flict would on y be ruthless war enthusiastic, patriotic, generous ity and 117 Sisters of Mercy, making in such an organization? Is it just to
nearly 1000 hospital nurses. What an ask for their money under the cirrum-
re-ponse everywhere.
fare.
amazing exclusion in time of war! stances?
Oregon’s dollars are not slacker . During the four years of our Civil war,
We would be Js.-nding forth our
If ever there was a time when big-
forces solely to lay waste, destroy
before the Red Cross came into ex- «try should be atam|*«*d out it is Now.
People who h ive watched the
¡stance, the Crtholic religious orders The intelligent man and wonum will
and kill.
unwarrant* d upward t e n d o f were the main dejs-ndence of the Sani- agree with ine. We ahould acorn to
For our soldiers and sailors, we prices on foodstuffs are predicting
tary Commission. The regulations of countenance anyone who will not rec-
would give no evidence of the
that, unless congress does some the Medical Hoard of the Red Cross, ognize the good in others, lie his creed,
concern felt at home for their wel-
thing or allows the president 'o which monopolizes all service for army color or race what it may. Fa|>ecially
should this intolerance be stam|>ed out
fare.
do something to -top the price and navy hospital attendance, make it
In our selfish clinging to con boosting, there i- liable to l»e a impossible for any religious orders to if it interferes with the welfare o f our
country. The Stars and Stri|»es stand
become Red Cross nurses.”
venience, comfort and luxury, we
revolution among t h e working
They are debarred because of the for Liberty and Union. I,et each of
would give no sign of the “ Spi it people of this country. It look-
habit or costume worn. No difference us realize what that means, ami strive
of ’76’’ or the splendid quality of in the writer that, whether th in g s 1 how sanitary, how convenient, how d e for the lilmrty of others as well as our
sacrifice that threngthened the are M *erjOU3 a> intimated or not, cent it may tie, it must be abandoned own, and the Union which makes us
Copeland & McCready
because the soldiers would know the
nurses were Catholic. Why not ask the
physicians and medical attendants to
Karm.nts into an ages.
of lords to either work in harmony abandon the pins indicative of their
Our dollars would be slackers j w j t | ) | h e p i w i U e n t i n his dwire t„ lodges, etc.?
and the sold,er boy you told good- smash the food , rust or r, si
Long, long before the Red Cross was
bye to, probably would not come ( r o m
,,
a
r e v o |u ljon born our Catholic orders, ls>th men and
women, went to the assistance of the
ac again.
should come because of the in* sufferers during the terrible flays of the
But there i- a Red Cross
,
action of the senate, th** writer Yellow Fever in the South. And dur-
fingers of our women of the civil it is about time for l he cold blood-
wares they tore their d e lic a te ^ merabtr,
Amer,ca-S hou„.
truly brothers.
(R E V .) J. It. BUCK.
Notice to Creditors
In the County Court of the State of
Oregon, for Washington county.
In 1st matter of tin- Last will md
intent of Herb* rt <;. Reelitt,
deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the untier?
signed, executrix o f
the Inst Will
ami
Testament
of
Herbert
G.
Hazlitt, deceased, to the creditors and
all persons having claims against said
estate, to present them, with the net-
essary vouchers,
within six months
from the list** of the first publication
o f this notice, viz: the 7th day of June,
i917-
the undersigned s t the law of
America has un-heathed the hopes ihe heads of the senators ing the Civil War, the marvel o f all
sword and e!evat* d the Red Cros> ¡will be the first to
fall into the our soldiers was the devotion -regard-
U n every battlefield, our soldiers „ . > ■
i ,
t
, less of country or creed — o f the “ An-
Will not go further
than the , ,
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gels of the Battlefield,
as the Sisters
stretcher bearers of the R. d Cross. ula.ol/s , w m ‘ made to ,et lonse of Mercy were called. Even the poor.
their holds on the pocketbooks of despised negro found a friend in those
will not risk their lives more
th e p e o p le , possibly III re o f th em noble Sisters.
Avenue. Forest Grove. Oregon,
splendidly for o^r liberty than could b u y Liberty bonds a n d con-
And now, uhen our country needs ait)
tinted at Forest (»rove, Oregon, this
the stretcher bearers do fo mercy . , ,„¡1 „ , _
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,r, I so sorely, when the efforts of everyone 7th day of June. 1!*17.
trihu e more liberally to the Red
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BERTHA AGNES HAZI ITT
is required, the bigotry of a few seem
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Our ally will not love us better r Cross
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Executrix o f the Last Will and rest-
to hamper the good work that might be ament of Herbert 0 . Ha/.litt, deceased.
for the strength we give his fight-
The Walker Orchestra will be done It debar» the most efficient aid
Hollis St Graham.
ing arm than the healing we lay
from the ranks of the helpers. Are
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Attorneys for Executrix
pretty badly scattered Saturday,
as Mr and Mrs. C . L. Walker
are at Brownsville, playing for the
annual reunion of the Linn county
Pioneers, Sam Walker will be
playing for a fiance at Yocault,
to
Wash., and Raleigh goes to Yarn-
him to play for a dance.
L a d ie s ’
Low Round Trip Fares
Sample Line of New Fall
Sweaters
Just received a line o f Sample Sweaters, for
Ladies and Misses—the very newest models,
with the big square collar, belt and pockets.
Beautiful colorings, no two alike.
Just the thing for autoing, camping, the
beach, street wear and the cool summer even
ings. They are marked to sell at wholesale
prices—
A Saving of $1.50 to $5.00
( Men’s Sweaters Included )
Come in and try them on.
No trouble to Show Goods.
C. E. Roy & Co.,
Gents’ Furnishings
One Door East o f
Capíes & Co.
FOREST GROVE
To get the most salable fruit
it is necessary that the trees be
kept we l l s p r a y e d . Get your
Ar-enate of Lead for the next
-praying at Littler’s Pharmacy.
THE PUBLIC PULSE
EASTERN DESTINATIONS
On Salt* via California
Many dates’ in June, July, August and September.
Liberal Stopovers - Limit Three Months.
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An Explanation
Forest Grove, Ore., June 19, 1917.
To the Editor of
The Forest Grove Express:
Many people have
wondered and '
some have asked why the movement in
favor o f the Red Cross funds in not re
ceiving the co-operation o f Catholics. |
In order, therefore, that we may not be
misjudge*!, I would appreciate it very
much if you would print this letter.
Catholics generally, feel that they
cannot give their sup|s>rt to any move
ment which so flagrantly ignores them,
as the following will show:
Mrs. Bellamy Storer, president of
the Catholic Women’s Association, (a
niece o f ax-president Roosevelt,) in a
letter to "A m e rica ,” tells how the as
sociation is affiliated with the National
League for Woman’s Service, with its !
object “ to work for our country in its
hour o f need.*’ The League co-operates
with the Red Cross and Mrs. Storer, |
; telling of the great work done, con
tinues:
. “ In all this work there is one branch
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Enjoy a Beach Outing Trip
at
Newport or Tillamook
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Also Week-end on Sale Saturday and Sunday,
Return Monday.
For information ask our local agent.
John M. Scott, General Passenger Agent
Portland, Ore
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