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VOL. XXVHI
SOLDER BOY WRITES
FROM ENGLAND
N E W B ERG, YAM fttLL COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1917
land is a beautiful
cd it. Enfila
>ut f l l take the U. S. ev-
place, but
ery time.
With lots oi love to both of
you and the rest,
Joe.
3
No. SO
BACKTOEARTH
day. In spite of the lack of defi
nite advertising concerning the
matter
fifty Dundee womeu
showed their patriotism by re
‘T h e Boys at The Big H ard w are
sponding to the call, a much
Store.”
higher percentage than many
Joe Nelson Tolls of His Impres
Oregop to w n s have shown. As
this is a rural community and
sions of Britain and pi
Since the date ot June 7th,
every wom an doing her best to '
the Trip Across
when onr store w as visited b y
i
add to the w o rld ’s supply ofl
The milk condensery is now
fire we have been so busy keeping
food the majority of those regis
receiving 200 or more cans o:
things out of the w a y o f paint
On Active Service with the Amer milk a day from points down
tering were home makers with a
ers and carpenters so they could
ican Expeditionary Force.
desire to spend spare time con
the river. The steamer “ A rgo
work, that we have hardly given
Somewhere in England. sy ” is doing the collecting and
tinuing Red Cross work, especi
our friends and customers a
August 26, 1917. goes as tar dow n as New Era.
ally knitting. However, some
pleasant smile. Our capacity
indicated their willingness to be
9 M y dear Folks— W ill try and
for service has been seriously im
F. C. Stannard will g o to
write you a few lines. The pens
sent anywhere that their services
paired on account of a depleted
Portland Friday to conduct
are pretty rotten so I don’t
might be required.*
stock and poor arrangement ot
funeral of one Mrs. Philipps w ho
kn ow whether you can read this
In response to the country’s same, and the loyalty and p a t
w as an invalid in Newberg for a
or not.
call
tor wheatless meals some of ronage of onr friends and cus
long time and w ho has since
We finally got across the ocean
our homes are enjoying delicious tomers during tbis period ot “ re
been in a hospital in Portland.
after a tw o weeks’ trip. Believe
gems made without wheat, ex verses” has been very much a p
Austin B ow m an recently con
me, that is some time to spend
cept bran, which is not exported. preciated.
on a boat, especially a trans- tracted with County Commis
Perhaps others would like to try
But—that is all history an d
)ort. Everybody w as ready to sioner S. E. Cummins for 100
them: Conservation gems— 1 cup
now
we are ready for business
tons of prunes to come from his
and.
bran, 1 cup corn meal, 1 cup rye
St
the
same old stand w ith the
Carlton
orchards.
He
says
this
England is sure one beautiful
flour; 2 cups sour milk, 2 table
black spots made by the fire a ll
place, ju st like one large park. is the biggest buy ot prunes he
spoons sugar, 2 tablespoons
covered over w ith some g o o d
The houses are all o f brick and has ever made from one grower.
shortening, 1 teaspoon salt, 1
“ Acme Quality P ain t” an a w e
they look very funny at first but
teaspoon soda, 1 teaspoon bak
Miss Lena Bashaw, sister of
solicit
the patronage o f the peo
gradually you can see h o w they Arthur Bashaw , went to San
ing powder; if sweet milk is nsed
ple o f N ew berg and vicinity w h o
fit in with the landscape. Farm Francisco recently where she
omit soda and add more Baking
are in the market for H a rd w a re
houses and all are the same. v\ as married to R. B. Jacks w ho
powder.
and Implements.
The farms all have hedges tor is in business in that city. M r.
Have you tried using vetch
W e still have some odds a n d
fences and that makes it that Jacks w as in the confectionery
seed in place o f lentils or split
ends
that show the efleets ol the
much prettier.
The men are business in N ew berg a few years
peas? ft is only one-fourth the
M P^ Elliott family w a s
On last Sunday evemn
fire which are priced considera
making use ot every bit o f ground ¿go and Miss B ashaw w as one
price and is regarded by some as
made to rejoice when a ca
sage came from Meade an.
bly under today’s market prices
over here. The grain and hay is of his helpers.
having a nicer flavor.
Being
on similar goods.
nouncing his sate arrival iff
nee on the mornings of that
planted in every fence corner.
rich in protein it is a good meat
Only
about
150
women
regis
All the women and old men
day.
substitute, served either stewed ■ Purchasing of the stock o f the
are w orking in the factories and tered in Newberg last Saturday,
and
flavored with s a lt ,’pepper Oregon H ard w are Co. has filled
He, with a hundred othCifyoung men w ho had been in
on the farms. They sure looked the small number not being oc
and fat of some kind, or made up the vacant spots in our stock
casioned by ft lack ot loyalty,
training at Haverford, Pennsylvania, tor several weeks, are
and a little more and we n o w
w orn ont.
like lentil loaf or vegetarian Aan-
now in the w a r stricken district in Northern France assist
have a complete stock a t your
All the hauling is done with but rather from the fact that so
sage.
disposal, and we shall give your
single horses or else tandem. nearly all are already loaded up
ing the unfortunate people whose homes have been destroyed,
Kenneth Thompson, of Port w ants in onr line the very best
Yon never see a team unless it is with Red Cross and various
in getting temporary fiousef built and doing w hat they can
other
branches
o
f
patriotic
ser
land,
grandson o f W. A. Thomp attention.
on the bidder or m ower. You
to relieve suffering anrl w an t.
They are sent out by the
vice
that
they
are
loath
to
take
son,
w
ho has been visiting in
sec them plow ing with three
W e will not attempt to r e p « » -,
on
any
more
Work.
Dundee,
left M onday on a m otor
Friends
church,
but
give
their
full
time
without
any
salary
horses strung out and one man
sent all the implement houses i s
trip to Pasco, where he will visit
and are obliged to meet a part of their ow n expenses. They
to each horse. They were haul
In response to a telegram from
Portland whose goods have for
his father.
ing hay the same w a y and it the San Francisco once of the
get their traveling expenses, board and Red Cross suits, but
merly been sold in this territory
Ernest Leland returned the by our competitors, but should
looked like they were wasting W a r Department, Dr. John S.
some o f the necessary incid
s they are obliged to pay for
first o f the week from Eastern yon need, repairs for any such
an aw ful lot of time but maybe Rankin left on the 1:17 train
They are a unit of the Red
work and this kind of re-
Oregon where'be“h a s b ^ n " ”wörk
they weren’t.—----- 1.— —
Wednesday afternoon for Cam p
goods w e are in a position t o
.construction Work, which
sh Friends have been en-
ing in the harvest fields.
serve you as we are fam iliar
at , A m e r i c a n L ake,]
gaged In fo r t w o y ear! and
, il so appreciated by the
MrS. CbAries Rcfbertsofl re- 9ritTl BIT t n f9f fnlVFIfUt N M it A M I
ngton, to report for ser
vice. Dr. Rankin has a host of
Red Cross officials that American Friends are being urged
ceived a letter M on day from her know where to get repairs fo r
bombs, or a t least th at’s
son, Dw ight Alderman, a mem you on short notice.
very w arm friends here, a num
we thought.
to send a second unit'of 100 more young men for that field*
ber of the U. S. A. Engineering
ber
of
whom
were
at
the
train
Remember we are all “ up in
The cars were the queerest
Corps,
stationed
tor
the
present
the
air” these days and when
to
shake
his
hand
and
wish
him
things that happened although
on
L
on
g
Island,
N.
Y.
Dw
ight
well
in
his
new
field
ot
endeavor
yon
make purchases o f ns th a t
it is a good w a y to travel and
hopes to have a furlough before cost yon a little more than sim
Mrs.
saves lots of time. They have tor suffering humanity.
being sent to France and if so ilar goods are priced by some
little dioky engines and their Rankin and the children went
will spend the time visiting rela catalogue house, just turn over
with
him
as
far
as
Portland.
freight cars hold ten tons and
tives
in Lew is county, Pennsyl a page and you’ll find something
are open. There is about room
C. F. Jensen has sold his 80-
Keep your eye on the silo. Mr.
vania.
quoted at more money than w e
in a box car for tw o horses. acre well-improved farm close to
Farmer. That does not mean
_
The billboard at the back of are asking for the same piece o f
rger here Prune Center school house, east that you are to become frighten- . B -r.mca" 8 o f . ^ s famished
The horses are kits larger
the post office w as sold to Mr. goods. It works both w ay s and
than there and are well taken of town, to E. L. Campbell, who
ed and fill your silo before the
ti e ^ lo m ans. Auxill£ry to
care of.
has been renting near there. corn is sufficiently ripe, rather pac! ^ Col,cKe- «te n s iv e changes Morecrott on Tuesday and has it is a condition which is una
been removed by him to his home voidable and will be the cause of
We are camped in a very nice Mr. Campbell buys stock, imple the opposite. It means for you !
raad£ ,n * he ° ld C° U' * C
more or less dissatisfaction jn st
place but it has rained or else ments, etc., and the price is re to keep your eve on the silo at building, which will add to the where the lumber will be trans
so long as this period of unset
Seen cloudy ever since we arriv ported to be $12,000. Since M r. filling time and see that it is fill- convenience of the commercial formed into a garage. Dundee’s
tled market conditions exists—
M
ain
street
is
improved
wfith
ed so I can’t form a very good Jensen's spell of pneumonia last ed right» The silo will prove to
ad,d J ? eat]7 to
which we trust will not be long.
the
razing
of
the
board.
opinion ot it yet. Our tents are spring he has been advised to be a gold mine next winter when 1 effectiveness o f the science de-
However, there is no relief in
partment
and
double
the
accom
Miss
Mamie
Pier,
a
nnrse
in
old ones and leak but I guess we try a higher altitude for a while, butter fat climbs to a dollar a
sight
at the present.
modations for students in the the Lon g Beach Sanitarium, C al
will get nsed to such things be and this led to his selling out. pound or nearly that.
Also
bear in mind that “ prices
ifornia, is home on a six weeks’
He has not yet decided where he
fore we come back.
Because of the extremely dry bovs’ dormitory.
are
changing
daily and all quo
The upper floor o f the north vacation.
There are British infantry and will go.— Carlton Sentinel. Mr. weather at filling time this sum
tations
made
are subject to m ar
half
of
the
building
is
to
be
v
a
Clark Noble, who has been on
cavalry and engineers here. Al enson w as a resident of New- mer many had trouble with
ket changes, and largely effected
cated
by
the
science
department,
a
four
months’
business
trip
in
>erg
for
a
number
of
years
and
so Scots, Australians and C ana
spoilage and are now likely to
by the amount of stock on hand
dians, so we are pretty well mix is well known here.
fo to the opposite extreme. Re- and the rooms heretofore occu Southern Oregon, is at home in
by parties making quotations.’*
pied
by
this
department
will
be
the
Red
Hills
and
expects
to
re
ed up. The Scots men are a pic
Prof. David L. Cook, w ho w as nember that last fall when the
made
available
for
dormitory
main until after his prunes apd
All we expect of our trade is
ture in their kilts. The Austra principal ot the high school last 'rost killed all the com we en-
an opportunity to quote prices
lians are the finest bunch of men year and w ho w as elected to the silled the dryest com ever put in purposes. The stairw ay will be apples have been harvested.
Prune harvest has begun in and show our goods in compe
ot the outfit. They are all men position for this year, w as in to a silo and in only tw o cases turned so as to land in front of
the
door
o
f
the
old
science
d*--
some
of the orchards with the tition with the world markets—
and that is more than you can Newberg M onday looking after w as there any real injury done
artment,
and
the
building
will
Petites.
The Italian prunes will if we can’t compete ha price,
say tor some.
some business matters. He re )y the frost. M any fanners re-
e walled up between the north probably be ready by the first of quality and service we don’t ex
jorted
having
better
silage
than
We have quite a bit ot fun cently tendered his resignation
and south halves of the building. next week.
pect your business.
trading with the English money. to the school board and is pre they ever had had before. Have
The
science
department
w
ill
be
Little
Dorothy
Baker
has
re
Give us a chance on goods
It tooled us at first but we soon paring to leave Vancouver, B. no rear o f frost.
installed
in
the
lower
fldor
of
the
covered
from
a
threatened
at
now
in season—on heaters w e
Let the ears get ripe and the
got used to it. They will give C., on Thursday of next week on
south halt of the building. This tack ot pneumonia.
are
fixed
right on early pur
ower
leaves
yellow.
See
that
more tor U. S. paper bills than the “ Empress of Russia,” bound
will make a much more satisfac
Isabella Allan is convalescing chases and can serve yon right,
for Canton, China, where he has the knives on the cutter are
gold.
tory arrangement for the science from diphtheria and the Allan show ing a nice clean stock ran g
It is now' about seven-tbirty contracted to teach English in sharp and set up close to cutting work, and will furnish addition
family hopes to be out of quar ing in price from $2.25 to $27.50
and they are holding church. an interdenominational college »lock. Keep the silage well mix al room.
antine the last ot the week.
—featuring the famous C ole’s
ed
in
the
silo.
Keep
surface
level
They are pretty strict about for a term of three years. He
The old library room on the
Grandm a Wilson and tw o sons Air Tight line with other nobby
and
do
most
ot
the
tramping
said
be
w
as
reluctant
to
give
up
that here, I guess.
second floor will be available for o f Portland, were recent visitors patterns that will please you.
his work in the Newberg high next to the w all. If feeding is
M ost all of our company went
On plow s we have some burnt
not to begin at once about tw o the girls’ gymnasium classes, and at the William Wilson home.
to London today. I w as on school, as he enjoyed it ' more
a new stairw ay will be built
Miss
Frances
Rocchi
has
re
stock (good as new for service)
‘oads
o
f
wet
straw
should
be
put
than he had ever enjoyed any
guard
ird so I couldn’t go, but may-
from the north hall of the south turned from her Eastern trip and at very attractive prices com
other similar position, but he on top and packed d ow n tight.
be I ’ll get to go tom orrow. We
Tram p it well around the walls half o f the building to the main will resume her w ork in music pared with today’s markets.
can only get off for one day. had been anticipating taking up
ball above, communicating with and folk dancing in Portland.
Onr 5-10-15 cent counters con
twice a day for a week after fill
Doesn’t it seem tnnny for me to work in a foreign field for some
the commercial department on
tain
goods that can’t be bought
ing.
be running dow n to London? I time and as this opening came
the second floor, and with the
on today’s markets at similar
I expect to spend all my time
to him he thought best to ac
could never have imagined it a
rices— good
values for the
during the filling season answer old library room.
year ago. I sure wish that you cept the offer. He said the voy
itchen.
ing* calls for advice regarding
age
across
would
occupy
about
The
annual
Business
Meeting
could g o with me. It would be
If the w a r is on we are not
filling. I am at your service
and Roll Call ot members will be
fine tor you but I would rather tw enty-tw o days. Tne school
“dead
ones” vet and vou w ont
without
cost
to
yon.
Let
me
held next Wednesday evening,
be going under other conditions. board has accepted his resigna
go w rong to talk to us if you
tion and Prof. M cNair w ho had know a day or tw o before you
Sept.
26th.
Sdpper
will
be
served
Dr. and Mrs. E. P. Dixon Wish
The picnic is all over now and
are contemplating the purchase
begin filling.
M . S. Shrock.
to announce the engagement of at 7 o ’clock followed by Roll
things are beginning to look a charge of the manual training
of goods in our line— talk is still
work last year, has been ad
their daughter, Miss Florence Call and business. All members
little more serious. Believe me,
cheap—
and if we can’t sell yon
vanced to the principalship.
Lucile, to Rev. Koert Hawley are urged to be present.
the people at home don’t realize
what you need perhaps we can
ackson, ot Portland, recently of
w h at tne U. S. is up against now
give you a little information
Dressmaking Parlors
but they will wake up with a
There has been such a division ndiana. The wedding will take
that will assist you in making
First class dressmaking. T ail of sentiment in the upper part ol place some time in December.
start some of these days. If the
satisfactory purchases. Servicr
kids at home realized they would ored suits and coats; satisfac county over routes for the West Both of the young pedple are
Friday noon and evening a to the public is our first consid
all join and help out. None of tion guaranteed. M rs. E. B. L* Side H igh w ay that it is reported prominent in religious circles.
Red Cross chicken tamale teed eration and your inquires are
the boys in our company thought Terrell, 911 East Third, comer that the Commission is consid
will be given in the Odd Fellows much appreciated by the boys
28tf
much about it until we landed of Center.
dining room. Do your bit by at the Larkin-Prince H a rd w are
ering cutting it out altogether.
and found ont all that had hap
joining in and eating a bit.
Consequently a meeting has been
Co.
-
pd a d v
pened on the trip across.
In Market for Prunes
called by the good roads com
The cards for the registration
•
Well, I guess I have written
1. L. H aw orth, ofSpringbrook, mittee of the county tor next ot Dundee women were delayed
Primus W anted
The long delayed w ork o f
enough for this time. W ould will buy your dried prunes, p ay - Tuesday at McMinnville for the
and did not reach Dundee in time
Highest market price paid for opening up H o w ard street lead
like to be home with you again, ing highest market price; pi )honc purpose o f getting favorablje ac
tor notice on Saturday so the green and dried prunes at H. S. ing to the city park is now under
although I wouldn't nave miss- 10a4.
50tf tion.
registration w as held on Tues- Gile & C o.’s Packing Honse. 47tt way.
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