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©T* A urora Observer AURORA Published Every Thursday VOL. VII. $1.25 a Year AURORA, MARION COUNTY, OREGON, JULY 19, 1917. GRADE CROSSINGS TO jNEW OREGON SENATOR * HAVE WARNING SIGNS! ASKS VIEWS OF PEOPLE The public service commission has In a recent letter to the editor o f the notified all Oregon mayors that the [Observer, Senator McNary says, “ I new law regulating warning signs near want you to know that I appreciate grade railroad crossing is now in effect your kindly reference to m y appoint- and that the signs, must be placed | ment, and I hope no act o f mine either within six months from May 21, 1917. ! o f omission or commission will ever cause regret for the friendliness ex- The signs must be placed beside the I pressed, highway or the street, 300 feet from “ You are aware that much important the crossing. It shall consist o f a metal i legislation is pending before congress disk 24 inches in diameter, with a white1 [ which demands full and careful con field, and a black border line one incljt: sideration on ^account of its far reach wide with a black perpendiculaV and ing, consequences, and for that reason horizontal cross tine two and one-half I shall appreciate a frank statement o f inches wide; the reverse side o f such the .views o f my constituents at any disk colored black. In each o f theoip- time upon questions before congress. per quarterings shall appear the black To err is human, but to reduce those letter “ R ” five inches high, three and errors to a minimum will be my" am three-quarter inches Wide, lines one bition, “ I enjoy the work except the delays inch stroke. Any city failing to place such signs in enacting emergency^|tegislationl is liable to penalty, unless released caused by the long discussions .which from the requirements o f the law by are too aften apart from the subject This condition is the public s e m e e commission, accord- under discussion. to a letter received by mayor Sadler difficult to remedy, yet, it appears a wanton sacrifice o f the rights o f the from the commission, people who are demanding and are in need o f remedial legislation.” . MIDNIGHT FIRE ALARM S CITY 0 Mt : ~ A urora Harness Shop Destroyed Tuesday Night By ¿Blaze o f Unknown Ori gin. Only Partially Insured. Building a Total Loss. Fire broke out Tuesday night about 12 o’clock in the Aurora Harness Shop owned % P.H. Miller and destroyed the building owned by Mrs. Rose Giesy, and the household goods o f A. W. Elliott, in the rooms above. By hard and skillful work by thè firemen, the Uss was confined almost wholly to the Harness Shop budding. The Will building adjoining being only somewhatfbadly scorched and a few windows broken, How the fire originated is unknown. It was first discovered by Miss Katie Giesy, who aroused her brother A. H. Giesy. He gave the alarm,and the fireman INDUSTRIAL CLUB NOTES responded quickly, and did the rapid and efficient work PUPILS GET DIPLOMAS that undoubtedly saved thousands of dollars worth of prop Any club desiring aid in their ( work erty, as the spread of the flames to the Will building should apply to Jay- V. Fike, local club County Superintendent Smith has leader for Marion county, at Woodbum. would have meant certain desiti fiction of several other announced the awarding o f Eighth Local Industrial School fairs will be j grade diplomas to the following pupils buildings and residences. Confining the fire to the Giesy held Sept. 19 and 20 at these places.: in this part o f Marion county, as a. re building certainly gives the to-^n confidence in its fire Stay ton, Aumsville, Donald, St. Paul, sult o f the last 8th grade examination: Aurora, Wöadburn, Gervais, Mt. Augel, Two Lyeil B. Yergen, Donald; Virgie Zah- fighting appartus, its firemen and its water system. Scotts Mills, and Silverton. ner, Lois Marjorie Melvin, Ralph E, streams playing on the fire brought it under control with Miss Holen Cowgill, o f O. A. C.eame Simms, Kathleen Hall, Wayne Mack, in 15 or 29 minutes in spite of the imflammable nature of to Marion County for a week, beginning! Thelma France,Eldon Lankins,Rudolph July 16, to demonstrate home canning! Paulson, Olin Weltz, Ivan Fish, Melvin the building and contents. to various industrial clubs.- Yesterday Newton, and John Latier, all o f flub- The Woodburn automobile fire truck arrived within she was at thq home o f Mrs. Eugenia bard;-Gladys Keil, Aurora. half an hour after a telephone, call for assistance, making Davidson at St. Paul.’ Today she is at the home o f Mrs. Stevens at Gervais, the run in a little more than 15 minutes. Several people and o f Mrs. Bittick at Woodbum. To Mrs. Al. Newman was a visitor here came from both Canby and Hubbard to offer their aid, all morrow she will be at the Mt, Angel Monday from the Butteville neighbor of yv’hich.Aurp^a people gr.eafe/Abpreciateu The presence home o f Mrs. J. J„ Keber. , . -I hood. .. 1 i of Mr. Williams, a former firéfnan, of Oregon City was *1 also a very fortunate circumstance, as his knowledge of fire fighting.greatly contributed to the checking o f the fire’s spread. Mrs. Giesy’s loss on the building is about $500, with THE RELIABLE MERCHANDISE STORE no insurance. Mr. Miller’s loss was about $2000 and was 1898 Established only partially covered by insurance, and Mr. Elliott’s loss *] on his household goods was complete. When the control of the fire appeared doubtful most of the household goods wei’e removed from the living rooms next to and over the printing office, as well as the books and some of the equipmept from the printing office of the Men’s and Boy's Straw, Silk and Cloth Hats. Observer. Preparations were made for the removal of Just what you want when you want it, and now goods from the Gèo. Kraus home and the Chas. Snyder is the time you ¿0 want them. Ladies’ and home, but it was found not necessary. N The automobiles Misses Sleeveless Vests, Muslin Underwear, were run out o f the Miller garage as a precaution. Union Suits, Men’s and Women’s White Hosiery. ' NO. 19 FORMER BUTTEVILLE jDOG LAW STILL UNDER FIRE MAN DEAD AT PORTLAND District Attorney Max Gehlhar has W, E. Iler, who formerly lived at j rendered an opinion that constables are East Butteville on the place now owned subject to a penalty if they fail to col by A. D. Yergen, was found dead Fri lect dog licenses or neglect to kill dogs day at his home in Portland. Death on which licenses have not been paid. -was due to a asphyxiation by gas. He is also o f the opinion th a t. the law Captain Delano, o f the Portland fire provides no method o f enforcing the department was investigating the cause o f a fire at a neighboring house, and his payment o f the license tax other" than investigation led him to the Iler home the seizure and destruction o f the dog. to make inquiries. Finding the door Also the only compensation a constable locked and the odor o f escaping gas is entitled to is 10 per cent o f the about the house, he broke into the licenses collected-, and if the dog is dwelling. He found the body fully siezed and killed there is no compen dressed in the kitchen, and the room sation provided for the catching or kill ing. Neither are burial expenses pro filled with the suffacoting gas. Mrs. Her was visiting in §alem at vided for the deceased canines. All o f which makes it quite interest the time. Mr. Her was about 70 years old. The body was brought to Butte ing for the constable. Apparently he ville Sunday,> where interment took (and the dog) are the only ones who can possibly violate the law. Never place at the Butteville cemetery. theless dog owners refusing to pay the license will have to ' take their own risks, as the law has not yet been tested BRIDGE CONTRACT LET out in court. The county hasuwarded the contract to build the new inter-county bridge at Salem, *to the Coast Bridge company and Robert Wakefield, The price is $237,901. The old bridge, now condemned, will be moved 40 fe e t up stream and planed on piling for temporary use. The new bridge is to be completed by August 1, 1917 and Marion county will be fortun ate if the old bridge shall serve an other year without mishap. CALL FOR BIDS Bids will be received by the under signed, for the ceiling and repairing and painting o f one room o f the Butte ville school house. Bids wil^ be opened July 28, 1917 at two o ’clock p. m. The Board o f Directors reserve the right to reject any or all bids submitted. By order o f the Board o f Directors o f Joint District No. 57 Marion and 308 Clacka mas county, Oregon. ELM A DEfITEL, District Clerk. Chairman. THRIFT THOUGHTS Jars worth as much as ever in win ter; vegetables worth more than ever. Home canning pays, Don’ t allow those fruits, peas and beans to rot. Can or dry them. You may need them next winter worse than you imagine today. Don’t throw away the stale bread, dry it in a slow oven urttil crisp, crush with a rolling pin, and serve the fra g ments with milk or cream and sugar, as a breakfast food. It much resembles some o f the commercially prepared breakfast foods, and is certainly less expensive. Save all kinds o f seeds that you can this season, and “ beat the seedsmen to it” next spring. There is no reason why you should buy beans, peas, sweet corn, cucumber, melon, squash, tomato, p e p p e i radish, lettuce seeds for gard en next spring. Save them from this year’s garden. A. H. G IE S Y Hot Weather Suggestions 1-4 O ff O n Ladies Trim m ed Hats A usual supply o f fruits and vegetables. * All these commodities can be found in my store. August “ New Idea Patterns” and Pattern Sheets Already Arrived TRY A POUND of our Will-Snyder Special Coffee—as good a§ the usual run of 3b to 35 cent coffees—which we offer at 2 7 CENTS PER POUND BEAT-EM -ALL is another Coffee, remakable as the BEST-FOR-THE- PRICE Coffee. This is a Rio blend, prefered above much higher priced coffees, by those who like the Rio flavor. Try it— ONLY 2 0 C A POUND Don't forget that our store is full of good things in Groceries— Quality Groceries— at attractive prices. A void waste by buying quality goods. WILL-SNYDER CO. TH E STORE OF MERIT RAVAGES OF RATS. Why and How Man Should Strive to Exterminate the Rodents. The only wild animal that lives under the same roof With man is the fat, says the Literary Digest. We pay' for its keep, although we are not off friendly terms with it. In return it plagues us in many ways. It gnaws our walls ahd fur niture, steals our food and, above all, is active in the spread o f dis eas'd. The annual rat bill o f the United States for fpod alone is es timated .by Mary Dudderidge, writ ing in the Forecast, at $ 160,000,000. The rat hot only disseminates bu bonic plague, but carries tape worms, trichinae, flukes, round- worms and other parasites, besides being suspected as an aqfive agent in communicating leprosy and. in fantile paralysis. It- can gnaw through any common building ma terial except stone, hard brick, ce ment, glass and iron. It destroys whole fields o f grain, climbs ’trees to gteal fruit,. Cats both fowls and their eggs and destroys game. 'I t steals costly furs and laces for its nests when it can get them. Much o f our annual loss.by fire is due to the rat, and it also starts floods by burrowing in dams and levees. The modern way o f attacking the rat, this writer says, “ is to build it o u t ” The ratproofing o f buildings is described as “ a«cheap form o f in surance against fire and pestilence.” Miss Dudderidge continues: “ When., rats get into ratproof buildings we have to resort to traps and poison to get them out, the for mer being the least objectionable. In the use o f traps it must be borne in mind that thej*at is extremelyjcau- tious and wifi n ot enter strange looking contrivances in search of food* if plenty o f other nourishment that is not open to suspicion is available. . The trap should be strong enough so that the rat can not force its head between» the wire and escape and should be dipped in boiling water or smoked before be ing set, to kill the human smell or that o f rats previously caught. It should not be placed in an open space, but along the wall or in a narrow runway, for the rat’s vision is somewhat defective in the day time, and, depending bn its whiskers as a guide, it has to keep close to some wall or other boundary. Fish makes an excellent bait, but any odorous edible different from the animal’s customary diet is likely to Attract it. Poisoning should, not be resorted to in dwellings, and some of the most efficient poisons axe so dangerous that they should be used only by experts.” William Murdock, the inventor o f the gas jet, first burned the gas simply as a flame from the end o f a pipe. One day in an emergency he wished tQ stop the illumination. Hurriedly looking around for something, Murdock seized hig w ife’s thimble and thrust it over the light, which was immediately e x tinguished. There was a strong odor o f gas, how ever, says the Popular Science Month ly, and the expérimenter applied a light to the thimble, discovering that it was full o f holes, through which tiny jets o f flame appeared. The impor tance o f the resnlt was that the illumi nation from those two or three tiny jets was much brighter than had been given by the great flare from the end of the pipe. Acting on the principle which this chance discovery revealed, he constructed what was known as the Cockspur burner. Keep Flies v y V a T T o K eep Flies O ff Stock call on us for the BEST FO RM U LA AURORA DRUG STORE AU RO RA, OREGON Yes Gentlemen W e Have Them You will find them in our men’s furnishings de partment. The seasons latest in sport shirts for men and boys—soft front shirts, french cuffs—styles that are correct in golf and Negliges ,soft colars. Sox in . black, white and tan, porus kint and Balbrigan union a n d two-piece suits. Fourinhand Windsor and Club ties. A wide variety o f summer hats—Straws, Pana mas, Silk sport hats and stout cloth h a t s for knock-about use. Don’t forget the SH O E S for S U M M E R are H ERE too. Also Tennis shoes for E V E R Y B O D Y . SADLERS K RAU S -------------------T H E BEST FO R T H E PRICE-------------------