Newberg graphic., July 18, 1918, Image 2

to Newberg who will want kiy than any other member of the
Newberg Graphic to ter adjacent
uke advantage of this opportunity Baptist church In this country, ta do­
six days of wholesome entertain­ ing foor business. It is a wonder he
ment brought to Newberg. A Port­
land business man was in Newberg
Wednesday who said his wife was
^tending the Gladstone Chautauqua
and that she said the program given
was by far the best she had ever
heard given there. Other similar re­
ports are coming from Gladstone and
the same talent that le to appear here
have been giving much of the pro­
gram there. If you have not already
secured tickets think the matter over
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,th of Lieuten seriously.
ant Quentin Roosevelt, youngest son A VEUT LIVE QUESTO* JUST
of ex-President Roosevelt, who was
HOW
fcqus tn an air fight Inside the Ger­
man lines, will cause universal sor­ From time to time in the past few
row throughout the United States. months the Graphic has discussed the
Filled with the Impetuous and daring question of the suppression of the
spirit of his father, he was doing his drink traffic, purely as a war meas­
duty as he saw it. when, in a battle ure, taking the position that con­
above the clouds, he lost his life at gress and President Wilson should
hands of the enemy.
stop the manufacture of beer with­
out delay. A few of our exchangee
Walter Pierce. Democratic candi­ have taken the same view, some ap­
date for governor, who was in New- pear to have no Ideas on the ques­
y»Tg uat Saturday, said he had 27.- tion; while ’others say the prohibi­
0(0 bushels of wheat on his Union tion question can wait. Probably
county farm. To the ordinary coun­ the readers of the Graphic are also
try newspaper man 27,000 bushels divided in sentiment regarding the
o f golden grain would look better matter.
have warmly com­
than n chance run tor the office of mended the Some
editor
for the course he
governor against the present encum- has taken, while others
have offered
crltidsn). All this goes to show that
is a very live question and one
Last week a party advertised in this
that
to be brushed aside by a
the Graphic the loes of a (SO bill and wave is of not
the
hand, It Is before con-
the day following the issue of the gress and it looks
it would be
paper the bUl was brought In. but put up to President like
Wilson
at no dis­
it looks like the owner would now tant day.
have to be advertised for as he has What the big men, such as Lloyd
not been in to claim the money. Two
and General Pershing, are
|k i» p are evident. One is that there George
saying
about
drink question is
Is at least one honest man in New­ worth reading the
and
those who have
berg and the other is that money is taken the ground that,
“the prohibi­
cheap theee days.
tion question can wait” are asked to
the following, taken from an
As soon as we can get around to kote
Eastern
it we expect to arrange our mailing “It was publication:
stated on the floor of the
list so that along with each subscrib­ United States
Senate a few days ago
er’s name as it appears on the paper that the brewers
of the United States
each week, will be the date to which used 70 million bushels
of grain dur­
the subscription is paid. This will ing If 17. Therein is food
for a .good
be a convenience to subscribers but sixed army. That furnishes
reason
-we will say that It may be embar­ enough for closing all the breweries
rassing to some if they do not come till the war is over. This would
in at once and have the date opposite thoroughly
remove the food diffl-
their names set ahead. Some names
with accompanying dates won’t look
well in print as they now stand on
our books.
In conversation with Zlmri Ellis 120,000 loaves of bread. But, dur­
a few days ago the statement was of
the same period, the brewers of
made that it was remarkable how ing
Great
destroyed the equiva­
corn kept green and growing with lent of Britain
750,000
loaves of bread each
the ground so dry, when he stated day.’ ”
that he knew by actual test that corn Dr. Sheldon further states: ‘The
would send down roots to a depth of British government allows the brew­
«even feet. This sounded like a big ers
the millers by one
story, but a few days later when the pound to six outbid
shillings
three pence
writer was pulling suckers from corn, per ton for grain. and
As
a
the
a stalk not more than fifteen inches farmers sell the best of the result,
grain
in height was pulled up and a root the brewers, and the poorest of to it
with it that was more than thirty- goes for bread.’ ”
seven inches long.
‘’Lloyd George, Prime Minister,
said
in an address, ‘We are fighting
. A short time ago a very good
friend of the editor sent in a note
saying she.thought that in the dis­
cussion of the food problem the
Graphic was biased by its views on
the prohibition question, adding that
winning the war was the one Impor­
tant question at this time. Possibly
oQera may think the Graphic is rad­
ical on this subject but if so what
may they say for General Pershing,
who says: "Banish the entire liquor
industry from the United States for
the duration of the war; close every
saloon, ,every brewery; suppress
drinking by severe punishment to the
drinker, and If necessary, death to
the seller or maker, or both, as trai­
tors, and the nation will suddenly
find itself amazed at its efficiency,
and startled at the Increase of its |a-
bor. I shall not go slow on prohibi­
EDITOR TELIA THE TRUTH
tion, for I know what is the greatest
Voe to my men, greater, even, than A Want Texas editor got tired of
the bullets of the enemy.*’
being called a "liar” because of an
occasional typographical error or a
The sale of season thickets for the slight disarrangement of the facts in
Chautauqua Is not going as well ae publishing a commonplace news Item.
desired by the committee whose In bis wratb, be announced in bold
names are back of the guarantee, and face type as follows:
the question is. are they being given “A lot of folks In this town fall
n square deal. Last year on the «los­ out with the editor and brand him
ing night of the Chautauqua tbs as a liar when the ordinary human
question was put up to the audience mistakes of life show up In a news­
as to the wishes of those in attend­ paper. You have a little charity and
ance regarding a Chautauqua for this fellow feelin’ for every man In town
year, and practically everyone stood but your editor. You claim that you
up when the affirmative vote was want the facta and see if I don’t give
called for. On this basis twenty-two ’em to you. Read the next few lines
people signed a guarantee and thus and you’ll see seme facts with the
became financially responsible for bark off. I’ll admit that I have been
(he undertaking Now ticket sellers a liar, an editorial liar, ever since I
are being met by the statement that printed a lie In theee columns except
conditions have changed and that to save sombody’s feelings being
there are so many calls for jsoney hurt. I’m not afraid of any of
that I must déclins to patronise tbe you and I’ll be blamed if I don’t print
Chautauqua this year.” Tbe mem­ the truth from now on, or until you
bers of the committee realise fully get out of tbe habit of calling me a
the conditions existing now.* which liar every time I make some little
could not be foreseen a jvar ago. but unavoidable typographical e r r o r .
they feel that tbe people bave a Watch my smoke.’’
moral obligation In tbe matter that Here are some paragraphs, culled
they should consider. A sale of 400 from the next Issue: .
aeaaon tickets must be mads in order John Coyle, our grocery man, who
to meet tbe obligation, and certainly voted with the republicans in ltld ,
there are 400 people in the territory and consumes mors mall order whis-
has any business at all.
Rev. Sty preached last Sunday
night at the (Christian church. His
sermon was punk and uninteresting,
except some stuff he quoted from
Bob Ingersoll, for which he failed to
give Bob credit. He also recited a
few passages from one of William
Elbert Munaey'n sermons and had the
gall to palm it off as his own.
Dave Carter died at his home two
miles north of this place last Thurs­
day night. Dock Holdernees, who Is
an old friend of the family, attended
him a few gilautes before he expired.
He gave It out that Dave died of
hart failure, That la a lie. Dave
died from drinking too much of a
very poor grade of mall order liquor.
This paper prints the truth.
Tom Spardin married Miss Cordis
Meador last trade’s day at the county
seat. It ain’t generally known, but
the marriage was brought about
mainly by a Remington shotgunt
manipulated by the bride’s father;
Tom concludin' that marryin' was
the healthiest thing he could do un­
til other arrangements were made.
Roger Lloyd, cashier of the State
Bunk at Willow Grove, died Wednes­
day evening and was burled Friday
by the Odd Fellows at Pleasant
Mound cemetery. He has been taking
this paper, seven years and so far he
hasn’t paid us a cent; we thinking
that he being a banker, would pay
some time. We will sell the account
tor two bits’ worth of fresh greens.
Married: Miss Susie Scruggs and
Dutchess Trousers Are Guaranteed
When you put your time and money into plant­
ing a crop, yóit take a chance.
When you put your money into clothes at this
store, the returns áre guaranteed.
We buy only goods of known quality, goods of
standard makes. When you buy DUTCHESS
TROUSERS, or HART SCHAFFNER &
MARX Suits you buy clothes that are sure to
satisfy, or your money back. If you’ll figure
the cost 6f these clothes by the service you
' get, you’ll find them the lowest priced clothes
ercantile Co
JUHIOB CHAUTAQUA WOKE
with the Story Hour Lady who su­ visible, but the invisible results
GIYEH MUCH FKOXIHEHCE pervisee them in their play, tells reaching deep into the children’s
them new stories, teaches them new hearts and firing the young minds
Mrs. Mary E. Foratiteli Receives In­
playground
stunts and prepares them with Initiative in work as well as
formation of Last Acts of Her
Ellison-White Chautauqua» are
Hephew, J. E. Johnston.
giving greater prominence than ever for the elaborate Mother Goose Fes­ in play, are the results that leave the
this year to the Junior Cbautauquas,
as the hearty co-operation of the par­
ents as well as the children is needed
to assure the success which this
“Juvenile University" deserves. Our
boys and girls are otjr men and
women of tomorrow and are even
now weaving the social fabric for
the future. At this time, during the
formative period of their young Uvea,
no greater service can be rendered
them than to give them every pos­
sible help in making the most of the
opportunities provided for them in
the Junior Chautauqua.
•
This year in addition to the Story
Lddy who has supervision of the
children’s games during the week,
the Ellison-White Management have
added a traveling director bf this de­
partment to the field forces. The
traveling director, who is an expert
in this branch of Chautauqua work,
hai general charge of all the Story
La les who in turn have been spe­
cie ty trained for the work at thy Co­
lon bia School of Expression, Cbl-
ca| >. In fact, the Junior Chautau-
qui has been so highly specialised
tha: it is certain tQ equal, and may
eve t surpass any event of the week.
J a heretofore, during the week the
chi Iren each morning will meet
tival which will be staged on the last
evening of Chautauqua under the
personal supervision of the traveling
director.
The results, above mentioned, are
Tour kitchen is always cool and
comfortable even in the hottest
weather tf you use a New Perfeo*
tion Oil Cook Store.
There if no smoke or odor, no
duet or dirt, and none of the both*
er of coal or wood. AH the conve­
nience of gas.
Better and more economical cook­
ing all the year round.
f
1 1 the fact that if you neg-
V ct your eyes you will later
0 i hate yourself a thousand
t nee for your neglect
tememberjwe use no drops
it finding your correction.
1 *ops often are very danger-
o b and leave the eyes weak.
(. A MORRIS
Jeweler-Optometrist
Pi ae Whist 32. 604 Fee St-.Ntwbtq
indelible impression upon the spirit
of the community life among the
very young, and are the results
which more than Justify hearty sup­
port of the Junior Chautauqua.
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(Califeraia)
NEW PERFECTION
OIL COOK STOVE,
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Theee Stoves For sole by
Larlrin-Prince Hardware Co,
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