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Some people were nude to be xoldiera
Published every Thursday at Forest Grove, Oregon,
But the Irish were nude tube Cop*.
W. C. Benfer, Editor and Publisher.
Sauerkraut was made for (¡ermana.
And spaghetti was made for Wops.
Entered as second-class matter Jan. 12. 1918, at the poetofflce at Forest Grove,
Fish was made to drink water.
Oregon, under the Act o f March It, 1ST;»
Bums were made to drink Booxe.
Banks were made for money,
Subscription Kates
And money was made for the Jews.
Paid in advance
On Credit
Everything was nude for something
i 1.00
One year
One year
Mivst
everything but a Miser.
Six months
.50
Six months
God made Wilson for President
Three Months
.25
Three months
But who in the h
nude the Kaiser.
T H U R S D A Y , DEC. ti. 1017
Oregon Rooky.
•‘I am sorry that you do not wear a flan every
day and 1 can only ask you if you lose the physical
emblem to t>e sure that you wear it in YOl'K
HK. akt : the heart of America shall interpret the
heart of the world.” President Wilson.
N O T E S A N 1) C O M M E N T S
By doing your Christmas shop-
ping early, >ou get first pick of
the merchandise and save the
nerves of the clerks who will wait
on you.
breaking as the uncertainty of
ocean travel. The hoys have a
fighting chance on land, hut the
submarines of the Huns give them
no chance to fight hack.
Very few “ made in Germany"
toys will be sold this y ta r— here
or elsewhere.
Americans won’t
buy them and few Europeans
can afford to buy toys.
United States engineers home
from France on furlough report
that the Huns have discovered a
new plan of frightfulness, carried
out by covering toy balloons with
Even if the food profiteer, rob d»*eMf
and « « d i n g them
us on cornmeal and graham Hour, ° ' er
a*bed trenches. Sold:ers
we are giving dvspepsia a solar are forbidden to touch these bal-
plexus blow when we eschew white loons
More Cerman kultur-
fiour for a time. Hooverize!
Louise Olivereau; w h o wa-
Unde Sam may
not
be able to|fou,Dd
on
nine counts
reach and punish a!! those who
raL-e prices unreasonable because
of the war, but if old Satan hasn’t
left hell to join the Hun war cab
inet, he may even up with the j
food speculators one of these days
From Beaverton the new road to
Bertha will be followed, and the
letter announces that from that
j>oint a new’ survey has been
made into Portland in which no
grade greater than 5 per cent is
encountered.
The announcement of final de
cision rescinds the former ordi r
of the Commission designing the
Canyon route by way of Orenco
for the highway. The question
was reopened on petition of peo
ple in the south district
As final'y adopted the route is
that designated by the former
State Highway Commission when
state
highways w e r e named
throughout the state.
Military Registrants
Must Keep in Touch
East Through
CALIFORNIA
Costs but Little More
Whyn you go East via California, you may
visit San Francisco, all the resorts along
"th e Road o f a Thousand W onders,"
Los Angeles and
Sunny Southern California,
The Apache Trail o f Arizona.
Liberal stopovers are permitted at various
points enroule.
Four trains a »lay from Portland offer
ample accommodations.
Inquire o f any S. P. agency or address
John M. Scott,
General Passenger Agent,
Portland
Southern Pacific Lines
m et‘era court at Seattle of ob-
The following men were called
s,ruJc,,nK ,he draft’ was a former
Teacher’s Examination
A Monologue
by
the local board to report at
rvsld’?nt of H,,Uboro- wht’r**-
Teacher’s examination will be Did you ever think
the office of the local board for
fc,ur -vears a^’0’ she wa*
in an abs'ra--t office. A ’ the time transportation to American L ik e held m Hillsboro, Dec. 19, 20, 21 As the nice new hearse passed by
That some day or other
the I. W. W marched from Port on I)ecember 5th, 1917 Said and 22, 1917.
Each one of us must die?
Wednesday A. M U. S. History, Writ
land to Salem she joined them at men to report at 10 a. in. of sa d
Then
w e’ll take a ride
ing. Music, Drawing.
|yl:i return for a life annuity.: Hillsboro and made p eches in
In
that
lovely new hack
day, viz:
Wednesday 1’. M. Physiology, Read !
Mrs Anna Farley of Dallas has their behalf
Miss Olivereau is
ing, Manual Training, Composition. Out to the cemetery
Edward Henry Kaufman, Hills
donated to the M . E church said to be unusually intelligent
Domestic S c i e n c e . Ma-thisls in And never w-ill come hack.
boro, Ore. It. 1.
board a ranch in Polk county- but she has allowed ht’r intel
Reading, Course of
Study for Did you ever think.
Lawrence Judson Bacon, Cor
As you strive so hard for gold
valued at $20,000; Other wealthy- ligence to run rior at a time when
Drawing, Method* in Arithmetic.
nelius, Ore.
Thursday
A.
M.
Arithmetic.
History
,
peroon’s hand
from tnis
this i UrK.Ie Sam needs brains as well as
people are not barred
Darrea irom
James S. Brandaw, Hill-boro,
o f Education. Psychology, Methods * an * " dollar hold '
method of helping their favorite brawn. Her bail is
is tix-d
fixed at $7.- Ore.
So you might as well be buried.
in Geography, Mechanical D raw
churches.
For don’t you know, on earth.
500, in default of which she is in
These men will take the place
ing. iJomeatir Art, Course of Study
If you huven't g<it a dollar
for Domestic Art.
A Salem editor thinks it would custody of a l . S. marshal.
of the following men who w**re
; You’re not of very much worth?
Thursday I’. M. Grammar, Geography.
be a good thing for some of the
sent to American L ik e by the
Did you ever think that
Resolutions o f Condolence
Stenography, American Literature,
girls of that town to knit them
You're
estimated larger in these times
local
board
and
who
were
phy-
Physics, Typewriting, Methods in
Whereas, The All-wise Creator
By your fifties or your tens
selves stockings. Yes, and when
Language, Thesis for Primary Cer-
and Preserver of the univ< rse, who !> pa
rejected by examining of-
Yes, your dollars or your dimes?
they get them done, if they have
tifleate.
doeth all things well, has removed
, r> at Uamp Lewis, \iz.
But, listen! we ought to be so thankful
a little time they might knit that
Friduy A. M, Theory and Practice,
from our midst our belov»d broth-
Ernest
franklin
I hompson,
That w e ’er left here yet,
()rthographyl
Physical
Geography,
editor some blinds to cover his
In this troublesome time
er, Henry D. Ott, who passed Timber, Or-*,
English
Lipiruture,
Chemistry,
eyes.
That we^iever shall forget.
A!be t F. Nackers, Cornelius,
away Dec. 2d, 1917, and
; Albe
Physical Culture.
‘ ‘ Mary, where in h----- is that
Whereas, Our
broth’-r has f >r
fire shovel?” asked a Hillsboro many years been a faithful and
man to his wife recently. “ I ’ ll b>e consistent Odd Fellow, willing to
d
if I know, dear,’ she re- bear at all times a portion of the
plied sweetly, and Bill hasn’ t |oad 0f his brothers and neigh-
been heard to use a naughty word 'hors; therefore, be it
since. The lesson evidently went
Resolved, T h a t Washington
home.
lodge No. 48, I. O O. F., extend
The police of Portland have
started a crusade against the
punchboards, used to promote the
sale of candy, cigars and other
luxuries. It is contended that
they are a form of gambling and
tend to cause people to increa-e
the consumption of sugar, which
is needed for other purposes.
On Saturday, Dec 22, at 10 a.
m., the taxpayers of Washington
county are invited by the county
court to meet at Hillsboro and
consider the budget of expenses
for 1918. The budget calls for
an expenditure of $429,705.67 and
if you think it too much, go
and show how this amount can be
cut down.
The editor of
the Express
doesn’t mind eating corn bread
and hoe cake in order that the
soldiers fighting the Huns may
have the white bread, but he hates
like sin to pay more for cornmeal
and graham flour than is charged
for wheat flour, just so some hog
of a miller may wear diamonds.
M r. Hoover should muzzle some
more of the profiteers.
People who have relatives in
T, . , n
„ . ,
the J bird Oregon must be relieved
to learn that the regiment is in
France. Whatever the danger of
trench warfare, it is not so heart-
t0
r‘- atlve o f our deceased
brotb,‘r our deepest sympathy
and tbaf we ma'r:e known to their.
our sorrow in the loss of one of
our mo^t worthy brothers. Be it
further
Resolved. That a copy of these
resolutions be sent to the family
of our deceased brother and a
copy be spread upon the minutes
I of this lodge.
W . C B E N FE R ,
JA M E S F M C G ILL,
S. A. W A L K E R ,
Committee.
Highway Commission
Has Changed Front
Ore.
Friday P. M. School Law, Geology,
Algebra, Civil Government.
Otto Hamel, Portland, Ore.
Saturday
A. M. Geometry, Botany.
Out of a total of .‘18 men sent
Saturday P. M
G e n e r a l History,
by Washington coun'y only J
Book Keeping.
were rejected physically
N. A. FROST.
The district board ha affirmed
Washington County Transfers
the decision of the local board on
Olive V Hawke et virto Joseph Keif-
the following cas**s, which were enrath, lots 7, 8 and 9, block 1, Hawke's
add to Gaston.
appealed by th • government:
G W Bordurnnt et ux to M B. Bump,
Charles E A darns
‘ S 1-3 of lots 7, 8 and 9, block 2, Sim-
Arthur R. Hundley
' moris’ add, $I0<)0.
. .
...
Frank J. Hansen
Anton Gnoa to Margaret Gnos, W 1-2
The d a r e of mailing of the N E 1-2 S 27, T 1 It 3, 80 ac, $10.
James McEarlane et al to Lloyd G
Questionnaire to 5 per cent of the
Self
ridge et al, 20 ac in S 2. T 2 R 4.
registrants within
Washington
A M Buggies et ux to Earl I) Good
county begins on December 15th.
man et ux, 13.78 ac, lot 5, S 1, T 2, It
The Questionnaire is to be mailed 4.
to every regi-trant whose registra-
Fred Davis et ux to I, I Davis etu x,
tion card is within the juri diction 85 ac, s 24, T l, It 3, $ 7000 .
F. H. Maul-ling et ux to Carrie Jack,
of this board, regardless of wheth
! 10 ac, being part of R. S. Tupp’d I) L
er or not the registrant ha- been I C 42, T I, It 4, *10.
inducted into the service by draft
or voluntary enlistment. All reg
istrants who have changed their
places of abode must communi
cate immediately with their local
board and furnish their present
address so that the Questionnaire
will reach such registrants with
out delay. Failure to do so may
lose them their right to claim ex-
In a letter to the Washington
County Court dated November
27, but only made public Mon
day, Chairman Ben-on, of the
State Highway Commission, an- ,imi>t,on or dischar* e ’
nounces the unanimous decision
Ijast Thur day evening Miss
of the Commission to locate the Dee Darling enteitaimd thirty-
state highway through Washing- five of her music pupils from
ton county by way of the so-called Hillsboro. They were chaperoned
Reedville- Beaverton route. This by Mesdames Nelson and Cave.
route parallels the north side of The jolly crowd came down on
the Southern Pacific tracks be the 6:-‘10 car and returned on the]
tween Hillsboro a n d Beaverton ten-o’clock. T h e evening was
and while utilizing existing roads spent in games and later a gypsy
als0 ¡ncludes new road for which ma{]e ht.r appearance and delight-
ri{?ht of way has been donated ed the young
people by reading
aruj eliminates all railroad cross- their palms,
Ice cream and cake
¡ngs between
the two towns, were served.
Did you ever think
We should be us careful us we could
Economical in all things.
Especially with our food?
Ami always remember the old saying.
“ Life is what you make it,”
Then put the sorrows and cares away,
Ami the happiness I k * ready to take it.
Contributor,
Mesdames II A. Hatfield, W.
A. R ohm ami W. C . Ilenfer and
Miss Amy Pechin attended a
m< el ing of the G. L. R. club at
,
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, . ,
\
the home of Mrs. Martha Sutford,
Dilley, last Saturday night and
brought home three of the prizes
awarded
They report a very en
joyable evening.
O. C. Jackson came down from
his farm in Yamhill county and
visited with his family in this city
last week.
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