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THURSDAY, JAN. ¡1. HUS
*‘I 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 Yot’K
HEART; the heart o f America shall interpret the
heart of the world.” President Wilson.
N O T E S A N I) C O M M E N T S
THE KAISER Dll) IT
'teres ling at this time because of
what it says of the Red Cro-sJ
My Tuesday’s are meatless.
P ssibly if the two or three slack
My Wednesday’s are wheatless,
1 am getting more eatless each day. ers in thi- town (thank God th y
My home it is heatless,
are scarce, but a ft w is tot) many)
My bed it is sheetless.
who
have refused to help the Red
They’re sent to the Y. M. C. A.
In Palestino laying a telephone cable w ith III** ulti of a chariot iirawtt
2 Huge liermiin
Cross
read that letter, they wi guns of Itrillsli
The barrooms are treatless.
a
new
model
being
hurried
up
to
tin*
western
front,
lllglilnmler
In
a
gas
sentry
post
ready to spretiti
relent, hunt up a membership' the alarm when the Germans let loose the poisonous fumes.
My coffee is sweetless.
solicitor anti pungle up their life
Each day I get poorer and wiser.
My stockings are feetless.
blood in the shape of a silver dol-
My trousers are seat less.
or a crook. One of the first sen- hardship they were not
| lar. Let us hope so, anyway.
My God, but I do hate the Kaiser!
to start the coyote yelp was
The distressing shortage
from an i ,UKS ators
Smoot,
who
is
verv
closely
allied
«nd
Other u. supplies
THE OLD OAKEN ADVERTISER and Convalescing
, ahead
h embarrassed
. with lofty
them, buttb
nut they i went
still too ill to do farm work. I with the Utah-Idaho Sugar com I th«
courage.
They
were
animated
hy love i <>.
.. A.
. C. Experiment
,,
. Station.
,,,
How dear to our hearts is the old ad- Waller Evenden, living near Mc-
, our
. country, affectation for our
pany,
the
Mormon
branch
of
the
«»I
ho
I
,
1
knitted
seven
sweaters
!' ; sugar trust Hoover was and is ilit*r boyi ind a desire to he of actual ( OlXilllL,
1 ruining in
v\ vertiser,
ho
runs
his
stun
fifty-two
weeks in Minnville.
»
,
-
-
,
the year
and seVera‘ Palry sox for the j spoiling the grafi of the Smoots, service in relieving the sufTering caused hulrhing and brooding chicks,
He turns up on Monday with good ^
( toss. \ t)u just can t tel1
hy frightful war; also they were de- feeding and managing the young
et al Hut the editor termine«!
Wafthington county fthoukl do am, the maturu „ 1 ^ .^ an() ¡n
snappy copy
what a man can do until he tries iSpreckles,
of the Express is wagering a big its full share
in the enrollment of mem
And drives out the blues with his
Evangelist Billy Sunday says red apple that Hoover whip- the bers in resfxiiise to the a|>|«*ul of Presi breeding better strains, will be
laughter and cheer.
He never says. “Kill it, ••The people he is going “over there” to con-i trusts blood-hounds to a stand dent Wilson asking every man ami given in the short course at O. A.
(’ .Jan, 7 to Feb. 2.
woman to join th«* Red Cross.
won’t read it,”
vert the -oldiers in th-trenches still. Watch his smoke.
The results in Washington county The biggest appropriations yet
“It don’t do no good” nor " •I 1 can’t
can t Try j, on the f lun Billy, our ,
s(>eak for themselves. To your heroic
stand the pace.”
,
.
WAR SAVINGS
by the Federal Government
But comes to the front (with hi. check) b° VS are Prett-V 800(1 Chris,,ans “War Savings Stamps mark an workers belong the credit. It was in made
to
speed
up meat production is
like a major,
right now, and we don’t want epoch in our national life?' Sec dividual work like this all over our
And sometimes says, “Bill, better them too good until they avenge retary of the Tr asury McAdoo. »tai<* that won again for Oregon the devoted to increasing til*1 hog and
proud distinction of being among the the poultry supply of the Nation,
double that space.”
a few thou-and murders
Many a successful business man foremost slat«*» of the Union in patri- because result* are quicker with
Oh, the old advertiser.
The good advertiser.
Before any of our loyal Ameri- has said that the saving of hi' otir achievement.
these mean*. AboUf $150.000 ha*
No mere letter of thunk* cun convey .
.
. ,
.
.
The safe advertiser
can
citizens
get
the
idea
that
be-
first
dollar
was
the
most
irnpor-
Wefttll love so well! cause certain United Slates sen- tant single act -f bis iife; that it to your workers «nythi*ig like the beef> Hvt a*lde for lbt’ Poultry
that is their due. Their de- work, and agents of I III* Federal
ators are jumping onto Herbert1 marked th« b< ginning of a habit credit
Hello, 1918.
votion demount/utes that they were Government ar*‘ In ing del ailed lo
it is a foregone conclusion i and a course of conduct to which not striving for personal cre.lit. Their conduct extension work in all the
Have you joined the Red Cross? Hoover
that Hoover must be either in- he attributed his succe-s.
The Kaiser has nit.
made , ami . duty done, hut in states. .. . «Legón
. has not yet been
competent or crooked, let these Something very analog* ous to sacrifice
behalf
of
the
Northwestern
Division
Wl,h
H>« se specialists but
If Mayor Hi Gill of Seattle is American citizens remember that this it is believe i, is going to he Campaign Committee, will you kindly notice that, appointments
half as dirty as his enemies paint Mr. Hoover has a big job on his . the effect on the American Nation convey to each ami all of them,through been made are expccle I at have
any
him, he is not fi to be mayor of hand- a very big job. He is try- of the War Savings campaign. any channel that may be available, the time. Oregon farm poultry rais
a prairie dog to A n.
irig to do single-handed what con- Not only are millions of individ- deep sense of appreciation felt at a,e tt rea(Jy to m,,.t the
Division and Matt* Ht*a<i<|uarter* for
...
. .
Oregon’s salmon catch for 1917 gress bas tri’d ^or y‘‘ar> to do — ual citizens going to begin to save, their
devoted service.
n‘‘w condition«, as I* IS from them
is estimated at $6,000.000, with a make the su*ar Iru' t and other but this habit of economy and sav-
Yours gratefully,
t tha’ th e increased supply is
million worth of other fish thrown bjl d trus s let up on their robbery ing is gr/mg to be a collective
HERVEY BINDLEY, largely *xp cted. Surburhan and
in for good measure
°I tbe i£°vernment and its pri movement, a movement not of in Chairman, Northwestern Division back lot growers are also inter-
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va'e citizens. The lower house of dividuals alone but of the Nation, Campaign (,’ommittee.
C. C. CH M’MAN, ested.
.lore than one hundred -ull- COngrcss has the writer believes. The habit of saving formed
HENRY E. REED,
Short Course for harm Folks
blooded Apache Indians b long to mafje many honest attempts to now has a deeper incentive than
Members for Oregon. Training for farmers and home-
the Globe, An., Red Cross chap- curb the rapacious ti usts, but al- ordinary. We are saving now not
wining o. um ('a]| Poultry men
Heeded in Short Course
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II
III!
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I I I I I
*>ays the Senators, subsidized hired alone for selfish reasons we are Remember, fri«*nd*, you must makers to help them meet th**
to year.
get the The
Express
heavy war demands will be given
men of the trusts, have throttl'd saving now from patriotism; sav- at pav one in advance
dollar
per
reg
the lower house. Now that Hoov- ing not alone for ourselves, but ular price is $1 f><). We pay you in the short course at (). A C.
er is told to make the trusts be-, for our country. The combination | 50c to collect tor yourself.' ” " bin 7 to Feh. 2. Use of farm
have, the trusts have set their of patriotism and thrift is, indee d,
»*
.
tractors and other machines, grad-
hired senators on his trail in an going to make the War Savings „ ,,
.
ing ol grains according to new
‘ ............ u* Planing
endeavor to make the people be- campaign an epoch in our nation-! c.,1
„ "i Mill
g Y. . Stale and Federal laws, liberty
lieve that Hoover is either a fool al fife. It is not only going lo he coal and is prepared to supply cookery an d war-time clothes
a thing of tremendous benefit, to eon timers at a reasonable price. economy, farm accounting, larm
management and creamery work
millions of citizens it is going to O ner by telephone No 0232
will
be taught.
be a thing of tremendous advant Joe A. Wiles would lik- to
The Greatest Musical Event in Oregon History
age to the nation as a whole, and write your insurance. Will give For Sal« —Bur«* bred R. C R.
D irect from P henom enal Eastern S u ccesses
fleet our whole national life. It you service that will be to your Red cockerel, a beautiful bird
West side Main St,, of good siz*. W C. Benfer, at
marks the beginning of a new era advantage.
Fortune Gallo presents
north
of
Tucker’s
garage.
j Express offic«*.
tf
in American life, an era of econ s s s
omy, good sense, and patriotism.
ter. No slackers t he r e , my
countrymen.
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Elewhere in this issue is an ex-
tract from a letter written to O.
M. Sanford of this city by Private
Floyd L Tucker, with the Amer-
ican expeditionary f o r c e s in
France. 1 he letter is doubly in-
C^ranti
darlo
Thai the state managers of the
Red Cross membership campaign
understand th e difficulties en
countered and the results obtained
by the workers of Washington
county is evidenced by the follow
ing copy of a letter received by B.
, J. Simpson, manager of the cam
paign for western Washington
county:
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Popular Prices, 55c, 85c, $1.10, $1.65, $2.20
M ail O rder Seat Sale Now O pen. A ddreas and Make
Check« payable to W m. A dam s. A uditorium . Portland
Special Railroad Rates
| Red Cross Workers
Are Complimented
Enquire at Depot
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Portland, Ore.
December 30, 1917.
Mr. B. J. Simpson, Campaign Man
ager, Christmas Red Cross Member
ship Drive, Forest Grove, Oregon.
Dear Mr. Simpson:
Your campaign workers braved the
weather and went from house to house
and from farm to farm, canvassing for
Red Cross memberships. There was no
WE SELL
Lumber
Cement
Shingles
Roofing
1
We Buy
for Cash
and Sell
C-H-E-A-P
Lumber Yard
Copeland & McCready •
The Main street
en m n