RIVER FRONT NOTES
Naturally, the wearing o f
whiskers will soon bo in vogue
again, with a continuous ration
Ambrose Barcrott has found a
H. W O O D W A R B
o f barley and oat bread being small island on his island farm,
M lt O fu A Pabluhir
enforced.
where he is busily engaged in
P ib U tk«d«TW T T k ar*d «r B o ra la «
cutting wood.
We are being urged by govern
I Oratine Batidla«, Mo. (00 rtrmt Stract
William Hyde tumbled ofi a
I OR
, Wktto U : Haddens*. Blae V ment officials, in season and out
log at the mill boom Saturday,
at (ho
at Mavbar«, Ora«oa, o f season, to observe meatless
but fortunately escaped w ith a
and wheatless days, and the hint
ié also given that very soon the thorough ducking.
$150 Per Year in Advanpe regulations will become much Captain Clyde Raabe has been
more stringent, and all this time signed as master of the steamer,
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 21. 1918
the government is permitting Grahammona, succeeding Cap
millions o f bushels o f grain to be tain Chris Bluhm.
Capt. Rivers has moved his
The daily news dispatches tell consumed by the distillers and
ing o f conditions in Russia make brewers for the manufacture of house boat down from the mouth
a veritable “ O ff again, on again, that which inebriates. Is this o f the Yamhill and w ill make
Finigan to Flanigan,” serial.
consistent? L et our good friend Newberg his headquarters tor a
Ladies’ Muslin Underwear, Gowns, Combination
Brown o f the GtrvalHs Courier, time.
Within the next fe w days state
Suits, Chemise, Skirts, D rawers and Corset Covers.
A great many hard w ood rafts
whose fancy runs toward mauling
ments will be mailed to subscri
are
being
towed
dow
n
the
river
big business, answer.
Buy now while you cut buy At the old prices
bers who are in arrears and
by small gas boats, destined for
prompt renewal w ill be appre
Naturally, the housewife who New Era, Oregon C ity and P o rt
ciated. ____________•,
is railed at for throwing a few land.
Judging by the number o f hard
W ith a stiff breeze coming over hand fulls o f wheat to her
One Lot P illo w Slips while they last 10 cts. each.
Chehalem Mountain from the chickens in the back yard, don’t w ood rafts going down the river
feel
very
kindly
disposed
toward
the
Oregon
C
ity
locks
will
be
a
north-east during the past two
nr three days it has been the the big fellows back at Washing busy place when they are ready
One Lot M en’s Neckties 25 cts. each.
coldest moderate weather—just ton who turn a deaf ear to all for business Again.
Chase & Linton’s clamshell
down to the freezing point—that the appeals made for stopping
the
waste
o
f
grain
that
is
per
digger
was moved dow n to
F u r M u ffs— what we have left at 1-2 price.
w e have had during the winter.
mitted t o be consumed in the Butteville last week, where she
O N L Y A S A LA S T RESORT
manufacture o f whiskey and wiH dig and put a tew thousand
One L o t Lace Insertions 1 ct. per yard.
beer. But, o f course, women are yards of gravel on the bank.
I f the Germans torture Am eri not supposed to know all the
The saw mill dosed dow n Sat
can prisoners in order to make whys and wherefores o f admin
urday ow in g to the breaking of
Good quality o f W h ite Outing Flannel at 25 cts. yard.
them reveal military secrets the istration affairs in a big country
a crank coupling. The dam age
United States will “ retaliate,” is like ours.
was repaired Suuday and the
th e word that comes from Wash
mill started again
M onday
ington. It is revolting to think M A R IO N C O U N T Y MOSS-
morning.
o f this country torturing prison
BACK ISM
The silo plant is very busy cut
ers even to retaliate upon a fiend
tin g up stock and storing, get
Judge Bushey told the Salem States
ish enemy. The purpose o f the
a
__
man not long ago that he would not ran tin g ready for their spring trade.
retaliation o f course, would be to
W
o
can
save
you
money
on
Just
remember
that
you
con
again for county judge. H e said he They received a car load o f silo
compel the German authorities
shoes. It w ill pey you to oee
would retire to his little farm where he staves from the Spaulding Salem
got the boot quality of grocer
to desist from their inhuman could, without working overtime, make
them before buying. W o hove
mill Tuesday.
ies for lose money at Baird*a.
practices.
But would it accom a comfortable living. But does anyone
The steamer, Gray Eagle,
them
for
men,
women
end
WE DELIVER ALL ORDERS
plish its object? I t is easy to be believe that Judge Bushey can earn
$1,800 a year (the salary paid the coun brought a couple o f strings o f
children.
PROMPTLY.
lieve that an enemy barborous
ty ju dge) on that little farm — or any- logs dow n the river M on day for
enough to torture helpless pris where elee? The history o f his whole
the C. K . Spaulding Co. The
oners would be indifferent to period in office reveals the lack o f con
company is receiving more logs
cruelties visited upon its own structive ideas o f any value to the
lately than at any time since last
caDtured men through resent county. A s an obstructionist a ll- w ill
summer.
ment, or at least not moved suf admit his ability. Ten y e a n o f this
A 30,000-foot log raft was
crawfish progress ought to satisfy even
ficiently to change its tactics for Marion county “ mossbackism. ” — Au
broken np Saturday evening by
their relief. “ Pay ’em back in rora Observer.
hitting one of the piers o f the
kind” would be fair enough if
Judge Bushey has always op bridge while being tow ed dow n
the tortures could be inflicted up posed the employment o f a coun
the river by the gas boat, Hazel
on the Germans who are mis ty agen t '
*
O. The accident w as caused Tty
treating Americans so cruelly,
one o f the lines on the raft part
but thus to punish helpless Ger- Y A M H IL L C O U N T Y O N T H E
ing and winding around the pro
mans locked up in American pris
BACK TRACK
peller wheel o f the b oat. The
ons would be a different matter
On F rid ay morning of last
W hile Uncle Sam is posting up the crew g o t the line clear Sunday
altogether. The suggestion does
ledger fo r 1917 a pleasant smile w ill m orning and started dow n the week J. A. Kersey, a veteran o f
not commend itself to the Am er cross bis face when he turns to the
river picking up the logs. She the C ivil W ar, w as suddenly
ican conscience.—Telephone-Reg page marked “ county agents.” Each
went dow n as far as the mouth stricken w ith valvu lar disease of
one o f them is worth money to Uncle
ister.
of
the M olalla and succeeded in the heart while a t his home out
Sam. Each one is helping hundreds o f
“S O M E W H A T S IN G U L A R
recovering
all but about 3,000 in the Fern w ood neighborhood,
farm ers. And 1917 w as the big year
feet.
•
for
extending
the
work.
Complete
fig
FACT"
and died in a few minutes after
ures are not yet out but frequent re
The daily press reflects a sentiment throughout the nation
the summons came.
ports in the news from different parts
which clearly indicates a new condition.
A Philadelphia newspaper is at
Funeral services were held a t
o f the country make it plain that the
some pains to point out the experim ental leaven is working. Before
Men are wanted everywhere. The work o f this war ia be
“ W hat an unappreciative fath the W . W. H ollingsw orth Co.
ing carried on largely by those who never before have been
“ somewhat singular fa ct” that long the county without an agent is g o er I have.”
chapel on Sunday afternoon a t 2
in public office or in public work.
Men who have been too
"no secretary o f the treasury has ing to be regarded aa distinctly out o f
“ W h at’s the matter, girlie?”
o ’clock, Rev. B. L . Hicks officiat
busy,
too
engrossed
with
their
own
tasks, are leaving their
* ever reached the presidency. date.— Rural W eekly.
“ I sent him 3,000 kisses for ing.
work to others and givin g their time and ability to the cause
A fte r two years o f successful
The post “ has been filled by
which ia ours, yours, everybody’s.
Christmas.”
The deceased was born a t New
work
by a competent county
many able and eminent men; not
“ Well?”
It is a time when politics in the ordinary sense must not be
Trenton, Franklin county, Indi
a fe w have been ampitious to oc agent, Yamhill county is now on
considered. It calls for all the ability that «tn be mustered.
“ And he sends me back a ten ana, in 1844, and w as aged 74
cupy the White House, and some the back track, thanks to a coun dollar check.”
Oregon to be a successful part in this unit plan for the de
years and 13 days at the time o f
* o f them have labored hard to ac- ty court that turned a deaf ear
fense
o f Democracy, must likewise place the thought o f the
his death. On August 13,1862,
times before everything.
’ cemplish that purpose.” There to the request o f more than six
wheo 18 years ot age, he enlisted
W as William H. Crawford, who hundred petitioners.
In another part o f this paper appears the announcement o f
in the arm y as a private in Co.
A bridegroom, who was so re
L. J. Simpson as a candidate for tne nomination for Govern
held office under Monroe. He
C, 104th Regiment, Illinois In
or on the Republican tick et Mr. Simpson was urged to be
cently bridegroom that he forgot
w as a shrewd politician, but hia
fantry. He also made a second
come a candidate by his many friends in every part o f the
to sign for his wife when he reg
nomination, fa r from being a
A topic of conversation in a
enlistment as a private in Co. I,
state, because o f his business record, his understanding and
step to the higher position, gave district near Hillsboro is the big istered at the Chandler Hotel
knowledge o f Oregon's resources, industries and needs; be
4 th Regiment, and later was
the coup de grace to the system heartedness of a gentleman who Tuesday night, is the latest in
cause
o f his public-spiritedness, which o f recent years has
transferred to Co. L , 12th Regi
led him to tasks which have been more important to him than
o f nomination by congressional recently moved to the county w ar weddings in Coos county.
ment, Illinois C avalry, serving
his own affairs.
Second Lieutenant James B.
caucus. John Sherman and Sal and bought the stock on a rent
altogther three and a half years,
L. J. Simpson is dearly the man who can give Oregon
mon P. Chase never got as far ed farm. Just as the deal was Bedingfield from Camp Lew is is
participating in some o f the
the administration necessary to this plan of National
as nomination, but the chances c o m p le t e d tw o unfortunate the man, and the bride was Miss
heavy battles of the w a r and be
Efficiency.
o f at least the former for the things happened—the wife o f the Elsie Kinlev, of Bandon, nntil
ing laid up for a time by wounds
g re a t prize were brighter than seller died and the farm was sold. yesterday, when she became Mrs.
His carmxaign will be directed straight to you as voters, as
received.
individuals who do your own thinking.
C raw ford’s. Sherman’ s nomina The residents agree that as a Bedingfield at the home o f her
March 20, 1875, he was m ar
W e are firmly convinced that you will not allow politics to
tion at any one o f three conven strict business proposition the parents, M r. and Mrs. E. H.
ried
to
Julia
A.
Baxter
a
t
Cedar
influence
your decision, and that you will vote for the man
tions to which his name waa pre- new comer would have had Kinley, of Bandon.
Falls,
Io
w
a
.
T
o
this
union
tw
o
who
ia
best
fit to help the people o f Oregon, develop the
Wednesday morning the young
. sen ted would have meant a real grounds tor w ithdraw ing from
state’s vast resources, and to prepare for, and participate in,
sons
were
born,
Joseph
and
contest, but in the first one the the bargain, but it is said that couple went north to Camp
the great reconstruction that ia to follow.
James Andrew, the former now
struggle between
Grant and he indignantly repudiated such Lewis.
We believe you will weigh issues more closely than ever
The wedding is the culmina deceased. The latter and the
Blaine had for the Ohioan the an idea and said the seller had
before, and that L. J. Simpson will be your choice.
w id o w remain, both being pres
tragic termination o f the naming enough trouble in the loss o f his tion o f a romance which began
ent
a t the time o f his death.
o f his own campaign manager; wife w ithou t having business when both were teaching in the
The fam ily came from Io w a to
in the second, Blaine won on the complications added and he took Parkersburg school on the Co-
Fint —Talk over hia candidacy
fourth ballot, only to be defeated the stock and paid the agreed quille River. La st year the Oregon in April, 1888, and were
residents
of
Newberg
for
several
with
your friends.
groom
,
who
is
a
Willam
ette
Un
in November, and in the third, price. N o w he has the outfit and
years.
L
a
ter
they
purchased
in which Sherman started with no place to put it and the com iversity man, was principal, and
Second —I f you believe that L.
«sore than twice the votes o f munity has resolved itself into assistant to him was Miss Kin- land out in the Fern w ood neigh
J. Simpson is worthy o f your sup
Gresham, his nearest rival, Har real estate agents and all are aid ley, who is known as one o f the borhood where they built a home
port write a letter to this com
mittee.
rison, virtually a “ dark horse,” ing him in search o f a location.— most accomplished young w o which they have occupied all
there years.
men of the Bandon country.
w as nominated
and elected. H illsboro Independent.
Suggest how his cause may be
Last night a hen the young
Andrew, the son, returned here
Chase remained s receptive can
advanced. We, in turn, will tell
couple arrived here from the from Oregon C ity a few months
didate after his elevation to the
y6u how you can help.
south, Lieut. Bedingfield, falling ago w ith his family to take
supreme bench. But our Phila
Knicker—“ The kaiser says Ger into his bachelor habits, wrote charge o f the farm as his father
Paid Advertisement
delphia contemporary would net
mans mast have the w ill to en his name boldly on the register, w as gettin g to o feeble to look
Issued by
be so cruel as to imply that these
dure.”
“Simpton for Governor” League
precedents have any bearing up
“ Knicker—“ Well, they certain and, remembering his bride, re-1 after it. He w ill remain and
turned
and
added
“
and
wife.”
—
|
look
after
the
interests
o
f
bis
Pittock Block, Portland
on the campaign o f 1920, we ly have the William to endure.”
Loos Bay Times.
‘ mother.
—New York Sun.
hope.—The Nation.
Newberg Graphic
BAIRD
Special Sale in Full Swing
%
Shoes
.
Groceries
j..' -
.
Cash Paid for Eggs E. Ç . B A I R D
J. A. KERSEY, am
VAR VETERAN, DIES
In Keeping With the B ig
Thought of the D ay
POOR RETURNS
FORGOT TO REGISTER HIS WIFE
BELIEVES IN THE GOLDEN RULE
What You Can Do
SOME ENDURANCE