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VOL. XXVUI
NEWBERG, YAMHILL COUNTY,
A LIVE QUESTION
OFTHE PAY
other nations, that some o f ns
spend in fearful anticipations o f
what will never come, we will be
immune from w ar for a genera­
tion ahead. These considera­
Why It b Unwia. to
tions might induce us at least to
postpone our great expenditures
till the lessons and the results o f
F o r the wealth o f
Polio wing it an article written the present w ar are more clearly
W here no
by Isaac Sharpless, president of seen.
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Fbr the winds
Haverford College, which is well
Again if we, as we hope, shall
The young
worth reading:
some time in the neat; future be
F or the rod lea
There are various reasons why able to act as a mediator and
Upon the dark
the United States should not peacemaker among the warring
F or the waving o f
contract the disease o f large nations,'’ we must approach the
I thank Thee,
armaments. It is a contagious issue with clean hands and free,
disease and one with which the from the suspicion o f ulterior
F or die sound o f
news of the present day infects motives. We must say to them,
In babbling
certain classes of our citisens.
in a voice which tbev w ill re­
F or the fleets o f
These classes are composed o f spect, that we have nothiog to
Firm anchored
(1 ) those who are connected gain from them in the w ay of
eddies .
F or the seeds am ong
with the army or navy, who territory or national privileges.
The crystal on the dad?
give their time and scientific We have only a little army tor
F or the flow ing o f the rivers,
knowledge to the study of the police purposes and a navy not
I thank th e e , O my G od!
past and future of war; (2 ) those strong enough for aggression.
F or the rosebad's break o f beauty
who directly, or at second-hand, We have made no preparations
A lon g the toiler^
expect to profit commercially by to grasp anything for ourselves.
Fbr die violet's eye that
a w ar or an armed peace, and We should, if they wish, willing­
T o bless the
(3 ) those honest patriots who ly act as arbiter or simply
F
or
the bare twigs that in
really believe the various stories provide the machinery for their
B loom Uke the prophet's rod;
of expected attacks upon our own negotiations.
We want,
F or the blossom ing o f Mausers,
national integrity or prosperity for the good o f all, peace restored
1 thank Thee,
induced by the hate or avarice of on a satisfactory, permanent
basis, and we hope to gain for
other nations.
F o r die liftin g up o f i
The first class is happilv small, ourselves nothing but our share
In brightness and in dread;
u
due to our peareful traditions. of the blessings which will follow
F or the peaks where snore and sunshine
Its members are, however, this consummation. Only in
A lon e haoe dared to tread;
active, and, in proportion to this w ay can we do our duty.
F or die dark o f silent gorges,
their numbers, influential. They
I f we begin to arm because we
W hence m ighty cedars nod;
have developed their subject into are behind in the race for arma­
F or die m ajesty o f m ountains
one of considerable interest and ments, there is no end to the
1 thank Thee, O my God!
scientific expansion. They are process except a great war.
F o r tbe splendor o f the sunsets,
intelligent and mostly sincere With every increase abroad,
Vast m irrored on the sea;
and patriotic. The second class there w ill be a new cry for new
F or the gold-fringed (J o a ^ p a f curtain,
need have little consideration. appropriations here. The burden
H eaven's inner
They are, as many Americans, o f taxation, now. already being
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the m olten bare o f i
after business profits, and if the severely felt in certain quarters,
W here thought i
preaching o f the doctrines of will grow l y leaps. N ow tw o-
F o r the glory o f I
w a r pays, they will use their thirds of our national expendi­
1 thank Thee, O i
great influence upon public tures go to warlike purposes,
opinion, through the press, to including pensions. This vast
F or the earth and a ll its beauty;
fill their private coffers. There sum will be increased much more
The sky and a ll its ligh t;
are more o f them in the ag­ rapidly than our resources, and
F o r die dim and soothing shadows,
gregate than one generally either added taxes or the with­
That rest the dassled sight;
recognises.
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drawal o f aid from internal
F or unfading'fields and prairies,
The third class is made up o f developments will follow. H ow
W here sense in vain has trod ;
men who are open to conviction much wiser to make our poten­
F or the w orld's exhaustless beauty,
and will ultimately determine tial resources of use to our people
I thank Thee, O my G od!
the question. . The following and the world, food and clothing
F or die hidden scroll, o 'e r w ritten
considerations may appeal to cheaper, wages better and more
W ith one dear name adored;
homes happy, than to go into
some of them:
F or the heavenly in the hum an—
It is not likely that any o f the this u n p r o d u c t i v e venture,
The Spfrit in the W ord;
nations now a t w ar in Europe which, as present conditions
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or
the tokens o f thy presence
w ill be ready to attack theUnited show, always ends in war!
W ith in , above, abroad;
States for several decades. In
"W hatsoever a man soweth
F or thine own great gift o f being,
the meantime any guns or gyn- that shall be reap,” and begin­
l thank Thee, O my G od!
boats we choose to make w ill be ning on a course o f warlike pre­
antiquated and a dead loss. paration,
with
the general
These nations, let the war even­ awakening o f the military spirit
tuate as it will, will be burdened and the contagious enthusiasm
with fearful taxes, with crippled which will follow, tanned by our and our neighbors the Christian sence her home had been entered
industries, with abundant mem­ increasing army and navy fol­ spirit, so that as far as in us lies and her household arrangements
ories o f the horrors o f the battle­ lowers, and the commercial in­ there can be no war; to do our considerably mixed up, but her
field and suffering o f the non- terests, w ill put us in a condi­ full duty by moral methods and fears were somewhat allayed
combatant part o f the popula­ tion that on the least provoca­ then trust to the care and provi­ when she discovered that the in­
tion.
Nothing but the most tion we w ill place our equipment dence tif God.
truders were a party of friends.
flagrant attack by us, or a com­ in action.
Armaments mfen
Members o f the G. A. R. and W.
bination o f conditions which no war. Dependence upon justice
R. C. and others who had as­
one can forsee, could induce one means peace and we shall reap
sembled to pay honor to her
or a group o f them to enter up­ as we sow.
seventieth birthday. After the
on the tremenously expensive
What, then, are the duties of
nervousness of Comrade Mills
and probably uncertain and un­ American citizens in this crisis?
Considerable excitment was had to some extent worn off,
profitable task of an expedition
T o develop a universal feeling, created in the vicinity o f 609 and light refreshments had been
against the United States. F or to allay race and national pre­ River street last Thursday after­ served a very pleasant hour was
a hundred years, except for the judices and suspicious which noon, when Mrs. Frank C. Mills spent in social converse and
farcical Spanish naval journey often ripen into war.
on returning from an afternoon song, when the party dispersed
to the West Indies, there has
T o cultivate a judicial attitude call found that during her ab­ wishing Mrs. Mills many more
been no attack, and during the wltich w ill take the viewpoint of
most of this time our prepara­ an alien nation and appreciate
tions have been far less adequate its reasonable demands.
T o limit commercial ambitions
than now.
Nor is there any more danger and methods, both individual
from Japan. Everyone who has and national, to such an extent
felt the temper of the Japanese as to recognise the just rights
THE APOLLO CONCERT COMPANY
government and people is sure and proper desires of others.
for a number o f years one o f the leading plat­
that neither interest nor desire
T o discourage the military
form
companies o f America. Solo W ork,
exists for an American war, a spirit in our men and boys, the
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Guitar, Saxophone, Xylophone,
w ar which would be without grow th of a military class, the
Clarinet, Apotophon*—n o n e b e t t e r .
prospect of final success and development o fk military and
would break them down with naval equipment in our nation.
Seats on sale at the Kienle Music Store at
financial burdens they are in no
50 cents, general admission 35c. children 25c
T o base our moral ideals upon
condition to stand. If we would the New Testament and have
bring half the thought and faith that they will carry us
influence to bear on our govern­ through even when we can not
ment to make it absolutely just clearly see the future way.
and generous in our treatment of
T o nourish within ourselves
MRS. F. C. S H U REMEM­
BERED BY RIENOS
Coming Friday Night
Wood-Mar Hall
birthdays equally enjoyable.
Those present were Rev. Chas
0. Whitely, Mr. and Mrs. G. W.
Byers, Mr. and Mrs. John W.
Moore, Mrs. Mary Douglas, Mr.
and Mrs. A. Bartholomew, Mr.
and Mrs. R. B. Linville, Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. Woodruff, Mr. and
Mrs. B. F. Pike, Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Hopkins, Miss Grace Hop­
kins, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Mar­
shall, Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Way,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Mills,
Mrs. Winifred Mills, Mrs. Lyle
Snider, Miss Bulah Mills, Mrs
Walter Mills, Iris and Severn
Mills.
CELEBRATiwTOF
PAR R
A social was held at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Feagins
Tuesday evening, in honor of
*their second wedding anniver­
sary.
The rooms were beautifully
decorated with pink and white
paper roses and foliage.
A dainty luncheon was served
in handsome paper baskets.
Tbe amusements for the even­
ing consisted of pinning the tail
on a paper cat, Mrs. Emmet
Coville winning the prize, a
paper hand organ.
A flour and ring trick also
caused much amusement.
Several fine selections were
played on tbe victrola.
The guests were Mr. and Mrs.
S. L. Parrett, Mr. and Mrs. J. T.
Everest, Mr. and Mrs. N. S.
|ones, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Fair­
banks, Mr. and Mrs. Emmet
Coville, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
McKern, and Mr* and Mrs. W.
Everest.
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COUNTY SUNDAY
SCHOOL CONVENTION
A FuB Progrsm and Much In­
terest Manifeste«! h»
Work.
The Thirty-Third Annual of
Yamhill County Sunday School
Association was held in McMinn­
ville, November 17-18, in the
Presbyterian church. County
Pres., L. S. Hopfidd, met the
delegates at the ‘ train with his
auto and conveyed them to the
church. As it was very stormy,
Dr. Thompson, chairman o f the
e n terta in m en t com m ittee,
located the delegates in near by
homes. They had many more
places of entertainment than per­
sons to fill them.
The program was carried out
just as printed except Supt., R.
P. Hutton, who was unabloto
attend and fill his place on pro­
gram—"H o w to Keep Oregon
Dry” was most ably filled by
Rev. E. E. Taylor.
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Those taking part on pro­
gram: Rev. C. A. Phipps, Miss
Olive Clark, Rev. Joseph Hoberg,
Judge J. B. Dodson, Mrs. C.
Burleston, Rev. Chester P. Gates,
Rev. James Elvin, Rev. Wm. F.
Pottsmith, Rev. A. J. Mont­
gomery, Ben L. Herdetnan, Mrs.
C. C. Jacobs, Mrs. James Clarke,
Mrs. L. S. Hopfield, Miss Laura
Sherwood, Dr. Thompson, W.
K . H ill, State Pres., Rev. J. L.
Whirry, Miss Grace Henderson,
and Prof. J. Sherman Wallace.
They all gave most excellent
addresses and instructions in all
the recipients o f
of beautiful stationery and other organized, near ^Dundee, under
some trees by a few women. The
appropriate gifts.
first Sunday School in McMinn­
ville was organized in a church
on the ground where the conven­
T o those who heard the Apollo tion was held. The tw o main
Concert Co. here a few years ago themes o f the convention was
nothing need be said in their be­ the bigness of the Sunday
half as musical entertainers, for School and the men of big things
it is generally conceded that the who are devoting their time to
Apollo Co. is one o f the best that this great work and what it is
has even appeared before a New- doing to evangelize the world.
On Wednesday afternoon a
berg audience. Others who have
not beard them, may be assured reception was given the delegates
that a rare treat is in store for in the basement of the M. E.
all who attend the concert to be church by the welcome class o f
given in Wood-Mar Hall on Fri­ young married women and a
chance given to inspect the
day night o f this week.
This is a regular Ivceum num­ primary and junior work which
ber and all who hold season was most excellent and instruc­
tickets, will be in attendance— tive. It was much enjoyed by all.
Special music was given dur­
this goes as a matter of course,
ing
the convention by Miss
for none will want to miss it,
but there are a number o f others Helen Anderson, Junior High
who will doubtless want to bear School Glee Club of /iris and
Men’s Club o f McMinnville Col­
this number.
Seats may be secured at the lege, was much enjoyed. Much
Kienle Music Store at 50 cents.* thought and instruction was
General admission 35 cents, chil cradle roll, primary and junior
departments.
dren 25 cents.
This was not the largest but
the best convention.
Bellevue
furnished the largest delegation.
Robert L. Simkin, M. A. D. D., The old officers were retained,
with the exception o f some of
missionary to China, with his
wife, and a native Chinese Chris­ the presidents of the depart­
ments.
tian, will be a t Friends church
Those attending from New­
Thursday night, at 7:30 o'clock.
berg were: P r e s b y te r ia n
These missionaries are return­
Church—Rev. Geo. Lee and wife,
ing to China after their furlough
and have arranged to visit New- E. E. Goff and wife; M. E.
berg en route to Seattle, from Church—Rev. Hiram Gould, C.
H. Nichols; Friends Church—
which place-they are to sail.
Mrs. J. L. VanBlaircom, Mrs.
Chas. 0. Whitely heard Rev.
Roy Hanville and daughter
Simkin while at the men’s con­
Della, Mrs. J. F. Taylor, Robert
ference held at Richmond, In­
Dann, Mead G. Elliott.
diana, recently and has spoken
in highest terms o f hts ability as
a speaker. It was at this confer­
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ence that arrangements were
Paralie DeEtt Johnson, age
made for the visit to Newberg.
legal, to Joseph Henry CorneTi-
GREAT MUSICAL TREAT OFFERED
NOTED MISSIONARY COMING
MARRIAGE LICENSES
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son, age legal.
Holiday Sale—The Ladies Aid
Regina M. Gruber, age legal,
o f the Friends church will bold a to Gustav Schaefer, age legal.
Christmas sale at theCrede Mar­
Esther M. Johnson, age legal,
to Ralph D. Dunn, age legal.
ket on Saturday, Dec. 11.
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