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M a n y a d ou btin g T h om a s be
com es a b ooster fo r public im*
provem ents when he finds out
they are n o t g o in g t o c o s t him
an yth in g in taxes.
w ork . Y ear after year the fair
has g r o w n until n o w it is w ith
o u t d o u b t the largest o f its kind
held in the state.
As usual, o n the first d a y o f
the fair a free au tom obile ride
w ill be given t o every sch ool
officer, teacher and pupil w h o
m arches iq the parade. A m ong
the oth er new features w ill be a
B aby S h ow , A u tom obile Parade,
Indian P o n y Parade, W ar Dance,
H igh Dive A ct, H igh W ire Act,
B alloon Ascension, Slide for Life,
Band C on certs and Athletic
S ports o f all kinds. N o adm is
sion w ill be charged.
M ost an y old election by
w hich a little t w o b y fou r office
W .C .T .U . ANNUAL
is contested betw een t w o men
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
brings o u t a tull vote. I t ’ s dif
ferent w hen an im personal p rop
The annual election o f officers
osition is up, in w hich b o th the
present and future v ita l welfare o f the W. C. T. U. w a s held in the
o f the w hole com m u n ity is a t M. E. church, August 9. The
attendance w a s g o o d although
stake.
m any o f the members are ou t o f
President T a ft has rendered the city. The officers brou gh t in
the cou n try a great benefit in the yea r’ s rep ort o f the w ork
his decisive v e to o f the Arizona- d one in the different branches, o f
N ew M exico sta teh ood bill be the Union sh ow in g a decided
cause o f the p rov ision fo r the advance. The follow in g officers
p op u la r recall o f ju d g es found in were elected:
M rs. L. Welter, president; M rs.
the A rizon a con stitu tion .
By
Li*.» interposing a check upon J. C. H odson , vice president;
D em ocracy run m ad he is d oin g M rs. T. E. W right, secretary;
the cause o f real D em ocracy a M rs. M a ria B ow erm an, treas
urer.
distinguished service.
sincere
The E vening Telegram has regret tne m em oers accepted the
never m ade such loud p rotesta resignation o f the form er pres
tion s o f h oly zeal for the welfare ident, M rs. L o ttie H annon, w h o
of the public as has one o f its has given up the presidency be
flam ing neighbor con tem p ora cause she has entered a larger
ries. B u t the Telegram , n o w as field o f service for w om en . She
ever, is dealing sledge ham m er w as a lw a y s an earnest and
b lo w s in the cause o f decency enthusiastic w ork er and the
and g o o d citizenship in P o r t Union has g r o w n
b o th in
land, while aforesaid contem m em bership and interest under
p ora ry w hich verily “ d o th p r o her efficient m anagem ent.
The
test t o o m uch,” is asleep a t the best wishes o f her m any friends
sw itch, w ith one eye, w hile slyly g o w ith her in her new w ork .
w in k in g the other.
W hile w e k n o w w e have lost a
faithful member, the Union has
W hether o r n o t the United been fortu n ate in securing the
States Senate is p layin g fo o l service o f M rs. Welter, a very
p olitics in h old in g up the arbi able w ork er, for president, and
tra tio n treaties fo r the purpose she h as the kindliest su p p ort o f
o f ven tin g a little sch ool b o y every m em ber o f the Union. The
spite on A m bassador Bryce, it next m eeting w ill be held a t the
could n ot m ore strikingly dem hom e o f M rs. H annon, corner o f
on stra te the truth o f his criti Sch ool and 5th S t., A u gust 23.
cism s o f it m ade m any years a g o
The Rev. E dith H ill B ook er
in his “ Am erican C om m on will be present and preside a t an
w ealth .” In its fatu ou s ob d u r E vangelistic m eeting.
A free
acy it seems determ ined t o ape w ill offering w ill be taken. E very
as far as possible the upper m em ber is requested t o be present,
house o f the British Parliam ent and all friends are m ost cord ia lly
—w hich has lately been dehorned invited.
Press C orrespondent.
am id such noisom e bu t helpless
bellow in g and p a w in g up o f the PRESIDENT JORDAN ON
dust.
ALCOHOL AS A STIMULANT
The Southern Pacific schedule
makers have com e th rou gh w ith
another o f their periodical dem
onstration s o f h o w they can ball
up things on this division, w ith
n o result other than the d iscom
fiture o f their patron s.
The
m orning train ou t o f P ortla n d ,
by leaving a t 7.15 instead o f
7.40, ju st misses connection
w ith the eastern mail trains. As
a result all eastern mail for New-
berg reaches here in the evening
instead o f in the m orning, in
v olv in g a delay of eight hours.
F o r the rural delivery p a tron s it
means a delay of tw en ty-fou r
hours, o r an hour for every g o ld
en m om ent the S. P. seeks t o
coin, and all because—because,
well, w hy?
YAMHILL COUNTY SCHOOL FAIR
The Yamhill C ou nty School
F air w ill be held in M cM innville
fou r d ays beginning, Sept. 19th.
As there has been over t w o th ou
sand dollars in cash pledged t o
su p port the fair this year, there
is every indication th a t it will
be larger and better than ever.
G reat interest th rou gh ou t the
co u n ty is being taken b y the
va riou s sch ools and no d ou b t the
first floor o f the large pavilion
w ill be entirely filled w ith ex
hibits. As m ost people in the
co u n ty k n o w , this fair w a s begun
b y ou r present State School
Superintendent, L. R. Alderman
w ith the belief th a t these in
d ustrial exhibits w ould tend t o
rouse a grea t interest in the
public sch ool in th at kind of
One o f the m ost interesting a d
dresses delivered a t the recent
N ational E d u cation A ssocia tion
in San F ran cisco, w a s b y D avid
S tarr J ord on , o f Leland Stanford
U niversity. Dr. J ord on said in
part: I am here to d a y t o repre
sent the w o rk o f the W om a n ’s
C hristian Tem perance Union.
There is n o t a single th in g t o
b rin g y o u on the subject o f
alcoh ol, b u t w e m ust train the
children in order th a t the men
and w om en o f the next genera
tion m a y k n o w and feel w h a t
w e k n ow and feel. We are here
t o discuss tem perance, w hich is
m oderation ; b u t
th e
only
m od era tion in a lcoh ol is t o cut
it all ou t, as scientific men have
clearly p roved . A lcoh ol, in the
first place, in large o r small
quantities, is ord in arily termed
a stim ulant.
This is false.
A lcohol is,n ot a stim ulant, it is
a lw a y s depresent; it a lw a y s cuts
d o w n w h a t ou r nerves are d oin g.
Nerves should a ct as restraints.
C haracter building is stiffening.
The effect o f a lcoh ol is best
described b y a Germ an w o rd
w hich m eans loosening up. This
effect is described as stim ulating,
bu t it is stim ulating in the same
w a y th a t a hen’s head is when
it is cut off—flops around v ig
orou sly, and one should n ot
desire t o be stim ulated in this
w a y . The clearest effect o f
alcoh ol is th a t it disturbs ac
curacy. N o one can see o r feel or
reason a s
accurately w i t h
alcoh ol as w ith ou t it. Freedom
o f action is limited through this
lack of accuracy.
Under the
Auf. l7. >9»
influence o f alcoh ol, the pitcher
in baseball ca n n ot pitch his
curved ball neither can the fo o t
ball player p la y the gam e w ith
his accustom ed skill.
Come In and Look Over This Week’s
Specialties
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH ¡
Next S abb ath a t 11 a.m . the
p a stor o f this church w ill preach
a peculiar serm on.
He w ill
im agine him self living on a lone
ly island and through all his life
he has been in a state o f uncon
sciousness.
Next Sunday he
w akes up w ith his mind developed
to the extent th a t it is. He haa
never seen a bible o r a church,
never heard a w o rd a b o u t G od
o r Christ. As be aw akens from
this state o f unconsciousnea
nature makes certain im pressions
on him. He begins t o thigik; he
passes th rou gh a m ental process,
a spiritual struggle urftil
he
emerges ou t o f darkness in to the
sunlight o f aC h ristian experience.
People w h o w ou ld like t o k n o w
h o w a m an becom es a Christian,
should n o t fail t o hear this
sermon. E v erybod y invited.
There w ill be n o preaching a t
night because of the union meet
ing a t the Friends church.
The fourth and last Q uarterly
Conference next M on d a y, A ug.
21, 7:3 0 p.m .
CHEHALEM CENTER
Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Smith were
business callers in Portland
Saturday.
G. C. Palmer and family and
Mrs. Ridgway and Miss Ina Ridg-
way returned Saturday from
their travels to the coast, having
been gone almost a month.
Mrs. Patience Woolworth, o f
Portland, is visiting her sister,
Mrs. H. D. Harford at present.
Mr. T..E . Boles and family left
Wednesday for their home in
Kansas. O f course we expect
them to return to old Oregon
the near future.
Miss Foster, o f Salem, has
been visiting the Misses Maude
and Mildred Wills.
Rev. J. Frederick Hanson will
conduct the services at the church
Sunday morning and evening.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Steward
and young sons, o f McMinnville,
were visitors this week with Jno.
Crater and family. Mrs. Steward
was formerally Edna Graham o f
this place.
A young son recently arrived
at the home o f Orville W estfall
Quite a few o f the Chehalem
Center crowd attended the medal
contest at Dundee last Friday
night, our class contesting there
at that time. The contestants did
w ell Miss Elsie Tangen receiv
ing the medal.
Chas. Shires-and family and
Alfred Smith and w ife are out
on a trip to the coast
The ladies o f the W. C. T. U
quite a few in number, gathered
at the home o f Mrs. H. D. Har
ford last Wednesday. Mrs. S.
W. Newhouse resigned as pres
ident and Miss Maude Wills was
elected in her place. A fter the
adjournment a very social hour
was spent while the hostess
served ice cream and cake. Next
the meeting will be at home o f
Mrs. S. W. Newhouse-
Don Peterson and mother, o f
Portland, were out Sunday, visit
ing at A. Hendrickson’s.
SPROUT & GEORGE
Successors to
BEAN
Staple and
Fancy
Groceriea
and
Queenaware
7)4 First Street
Phone Blue 82
Kitchen Clothes Dryers
Fruit Ladders
Sewing Machines
Tripple Plate Granlteware
(
We have on hand a fine line of Hop Supplies
S e e o u r l i n e o f K e e n K u t t e r H a r d w a r e a n d T o o ls , d ir e c t
s h ip m e n t f r o m t h e E a s t .
•
<?. S i. TTferchant ¿hardware Co
SAW THE SIGHTS.
■van Though Ho Mi Mod the Muoouma,
Big Building« and Perks.
“ Well, U nde Timrod,” says the
nephev after breakfast, “ I wish I
could take you around to see the
lights of the city today, hut Fve got
B lo t of important business on hand,
ao I’ll have to let yon ran around by
yourself. Here’s a list of the mu
seums, city hall, public buildings,
parks and things like that, with di
rections how to get to each one.”
That evening Uncle Timrod comes
heme weary, but satisfied.
“ Well,” asked the nephew, “ did
yon have any trouble finding your
•around?5’
way-ai
“ No o ; I got on fine,” says Uncle
Timrod contentedly.
“ And did yon think the public
buildings and museums and parks
were as fine as yon expected ?”
“ Well, Jimmy, I tell you. I got
so interested seein’ sight that I
never got to one'o’ them places. I
seen a machine in a window that
taffy, an’ a whole lot o’ fancy
•i in another, an’ one place I
segn a.clock that tells th’ time any
where on earth, an’ I seen a whole
window full o’ canary birds an’
pupa, an’ I looked into a barber
shop that had wimmen barbers, an’
I seen the fire engines run an’ the
patrol wagon comes and takes a fel
ler to jail, an’ a street car ran into
a automobile, an’ a ’lectric train
whizrin’ round an’ round in another
window, an’ nigh on to fifty barrels
q’ apples in front of a store, an’ a
compass in a window, an’ a place
whur they cut oysters open fer ye—
an’ I et a dozen right there— an’ a
feller paintin’ picters in a window
an’ sell in’ em frames an’ all fer a
dollar an’ two bits apiece, an’— oh
laws! I can’t begin to tell ye all th’
sights I seen. I’ m clean tuckered
out, an’ my neck hurts because I
watched two fellers washin’ win
dows ’way up nineteen floors f ’om
th’ ground. I counted it three times.
Twicet I made it nineteen an’ oncet
twenty, so I guess I’m on th’ safe
side. Yep, I certainly have been
seein’ th’ sights, Jimmy.” —Judge.
Livery.
Stories of Success
■OU T M. LafOLLCTTE
3 and 4 per cen t paid on Certificates o f Deposit and
Savings Accounts.
The First National Bank
O F NEWBERG
them as worn in Provence, witn a
hundred seams, lined with silver
and curiously worked. Tuscany,
with Leghorn as the center, took
up the work early in the fifteenth
century and has maintained it with
considerable skill ever since.
oaa m ue ooys, you Know.
Son— Oh, he ain’t a had little
boy, mamma. He’s a good little
^ y. He’s been to the reform school
o times, and they’ ve let him out
each time on account of good be-
1 havior.
it Seems So.
New Qame.
“ What waa that tiresome old ex-
The little son of the family hap-
ned to be idling his time in the plorer talking about?” inquired tha
tchen when the colored porter languid lady.
“ Progressive
jgressive Patagonia.”
Pi
came np out o f the cellar, where he
d how do yi
“ And
von m
play it?” —
had been shoveling coal into the
heater, grasped the white towel Louisville Courier-Journal.
hanging on the door and passed
Spelled Her Day.
into the hall. For an instant the
In the days when executions were
yonth gazed awestruck at the coal
dust impressions left on the towel, still carried ont in public a servant
then yelled after the retreating ne girl upon one occasion begged her
mistress to allow her a day out for
gro:
epurpoee
which eha did not divulge^
“ Oh, Sam, yonr color’s coming
The
lady
of
tha house gave the re
off!” — Judge’s Library.
quired permission, and ths girl ac
cordingly went off for the day, but
Vieter Huge's Rival.
Once while traveling some die-* returnea in the evening weeping
ytnee by rail Victor Hugo fell into copiously.
“ Why, Mary,” asked her kindly
conversation with a stranger who
entertained the great author with mistress, greatly perturbed at the
much egotistic talk. The author of poor girl’s evident distress, “ what
"Lea Miserablcs,” having arrived at on earth is yonr trouble ? Tell me.
his destination, waa about to leave and perhaps I can help yon.
“ Oh, ma’am,” blabbered Mary, “ I
the train when the stranger said:
went
to eee the man hanged at Balia-
"You may, perhaps, like to know
bury,
b-b-but he's been reprieved! If»
who I am. I am Victor Hugo.”
rHpw odd!” remarked the real — London Tit-Bits.
Hugo. “ So am I.”
Our word “livery” is derived,
through the French, from the Latin
“ liberare,” to deliver; hence a livery
I t meant something deliv-
or freely given and came to be
applied to an allowance o f food or
clothes.
From Norman times an English
nobleman allotted a fixed “ livery”
of bread, wine and candles to his
servants for their private use. An
allowance of provender for a horse
was also called a livery, and a horse
fed and groomed for its owner at a
fixed charge was said to be “ at liv
ery”
In the middle ages “ livery” was
worn by any one who was in any
sense in the service o f another of
superior rank or station.
The trading companies of the
city o f London used to provide a
special attire for their freemen,
Merinee and Bailers.
who became known as liverymen, a
Marines are really soldiers serv
title which they still retain.
ing on shipboard, and not sailors.
They are a part of tbs armament of
Straw Hats
the ship, not a part o f its crew.
The earliest makers of straw hats The marine system began in the
were unquestionably the Chinese. British navv about the yeer 1665,
Their work was by no means rough srhen an order in council authorised
tn character, but plaited and sewed the raising o f 1,200 soldiers for sea
together with considerable skill, aa service. The system, however, of
seen today in the neighbor- having soldiers exclusively for eerv-
Jof Canton. In Europe hats ioe at eee waa not carried into ef
were first made in Paris fey a Swiss fect until 1698, when two marine
so eafty as 1404, and ws find men- regiments were formed.
ioned among the entries of an
T: Well Behaved.
invepfipy of th* effects of Sir
John Fastolfe, 1459, “ four strswen
Mother— I don’t like the looks of
hattes,” showing them to have been that boy I aaw you (flaying with on
great- rarities. Ooryatt mentions ths street. You must not play with
The Wily Quaker.
A Quaker had his house broken
into by a burglar and several val
uables stolen. He did not inform
the police, however, bet kept the
affair to himself.
The following evening a neigh -
bor remarked
to him:
................
dr : “ T am sorry
to hear of your house being rob
bed, Mr. Fry. I hope yeur lose is
not heevy?”
“ Friend," said tha Quaker, “ thou
must know ths extent e l my leae as
wall aa I can do since thou art the
burglar. I spoke not to a soul of
what had happened, and thou art
tho first to mentían it to me; henoe
I know thou art the burglar and
S f g o t T ? '* thee fee 0 9 property.”