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I f ships are going to win this war, It
1917-1918
stands to reason that we must have
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 21, ’.918.
plenty o f men to man these vessels—a
formidable undertaking for a country
E ditor and P ublisher that has neglected its merchant marine
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so long. It is estimated that 20,000 gift for
Entered as second class matter March 28, 1911, at the postoffice at Aurora officers will be required for the great son, or daughter than one o f the
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fleet which Uncle Sam Is now building follow ing magazines?
Oregon, under the A ct o f March 3, 1879.
and the first vessels of which will soon suitable for every member o f the
be ready for service. This offers a family may be found in this list— at
great opening for thousands o f capable the very lowest price at which they
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perience at sea, says Philadelphia Rec
1 pledge allegiance to my
ord. Just as the government is taking will notify the. person to whom the
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enlisted men from the army and navy magazine is sent, of the gift and
which it stands,one Nation,
and making officers o f them, so it de the giver.
indivisible, with liberty and
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{ firemen, who in a few weeks will be | Good Housekeeping (one y r.).$ 1 .5 0
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sistant engineers. After that their Outing Magazine (1 yr.)J....... $3.00
promotion will depend upon the capac Successful Farming (1 y r . ) ...........25
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Barnett H. Goldstein, assistant United States attorney la no reason why many young men Every W eek (one year) ........ $1.00
at Portland, has marked out the limits which the so-called new serving before the mast—if such Every Week (tw o years) ........ $1.50 I
rights of free speech must be confined by those inclined to an expression may be used regarding Ladies Home Journal (ly r.)....$ 1 .5 0 i
oppose the war or criticize the government,the Red Cross, th • present sailor—should not become W orld’s W ork (2 y rs .)...... .—. $5.00
mates, or even captains, before the
the draft laws and other war legislation or activities. The cessation o f hostilities. This is one Little Folks (2 years).............. $2.50 1
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United States attorney says that some persons are under way In which a large number of men Cosmopolitan (2years) ........... $2.50
the delusion that they can say anything they please and at not eligible for the army or navy may Modern Priscilla (2 yrs.).........$2.00
any time. But any speech condemning the government do their bit most effectively. Schools Review of Review (2 y rs .)...... $4.50 j
for entering into the war, or criticisms of the draft act, for their training have been opened in Sunset (2 years) ......................$2.00
the Bourse and the University of Penn
the Liberty Loan and the Red Cross drives, all of which sylvania, and the course of instruction Adventure (semi-monthly........ $2.85
are absolutely essential to the success of our arms, com* lasts only six weeks. The Delaware American Boy ........................... $1.50
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within the limitations of the espionage law. There must river shipyards are turning out the
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be no misunderstanding of liberty of speech by either alien boats, and the communities along its Christian Herald and Etude (1 yr. )
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enemies or American citizens. While the constitution banks should supply the officers and
engineers for them.
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guarantees free .speech, it must be remembered that free
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speech does not mean seditious talk. Much that is per-
One o f the popular fallacies about Review of Reviews, Everybodys, and
missable in time of peace, becomes in this time of nation the Russian revolution is that the
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al emergency and peril clearly seditious and even treason overthrow of czarism was merely a Womans Home Companion
able, and subject to review, investigation, repression am radical measure taken by the people
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punishment. The nation is organizing great military for against a pro-German government, Review of Reviews and Youth’s
the purpose of a more vigorous
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prosecution of the war on the side of
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ally and performance of duty, and it cannot tolerate for a Its allies. In reality, the March events
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moment any less from the civil population. The time has were not only a revolt against autoc
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come when it is the duty of every loyal citizen to fake racy, but. also a protest against this
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word or act, every refusal of a citizen to do his full duty, sage of peace and brotherhood to a
world writhing in the agonies of a
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remembering always that no constitutional guarantees fratricide war. In an historical utter
Boy’s Magazine
and
McCalls,
free anyone from responsibility for what is said or done. ance, which reminded mankind of the
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Every disloyal word should cease, or be reported instantly cry of the great French revolution, the
Subscription prices have risen on
new democracy appealed, over the all magazines and most newspapers,
to the proper authorities.
heads of diplomats and rulers, to the still we can save you money
on
belligerent nations, to stop this war, many of them, ask for or price on
thus crystallizing the idea of peace as any publication.
The Aurora Observer
Twenty-seven Oregon counties maintain county agri a pact between free peoples. Ever
since then universal peace has been
Aurora, Oregon
cultural agents this year, yet the Marion county court
one of the main concerns of the best
R E F U SE D to co-operate with the Federal government minds of Russia.
M O H IO t
Monroe, Banker
A nd Diplomat
Besides fathering the famous doctrine
that bears his name. President James
Monroe always preached conservation by
banking. His keenness made the Louisiana
purchase possible.
Every great man says that banking is
the bulwark of this country.
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which desires to place a county agent in every agricultura
county in the United States as a war measure to assist ir
organizing and directing all agricultural forces for increas
ing food production, and to aid in the disti fixation of food,
labor, seed, seed grains, etc. Better production and bet
ter marketing have characterized the work where ever the
county agricultural agent policy has been established, yet
an arrogant and self-sufficient county judge, assuming
that only farmers are interested in the matter, with om
hand slaps the Feberal government in the face and with
the other flngs mud at every liberal minded man in the
who disagrees with him,by turning down this ph
which 27 counties of Oregon have adopted.
Ash Wednesday, February 13, ushered in the Lenter
season of 1918 last week with scarcely a comment to de
note the beginning of, that period of fasting. Easter this
year falls upon March 31. The 40 days (exchiding Sun
days) from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday constitute
the great religious fast of the year. The six Sundays -? ol
this period are excluded from Lent for the reason that
every Sunday is a feast day while every day in Lent is a
fast day. The spirit of Lent should be more rigidly ob
served this year than ever before in America from a m a
terial as well as a material view point. Make it a time of
patriotic sacrifice as well as a period of religious devotion
and spiritual offering.
Mrs. E. Jennie Peterson, teacher at N ew Era, has
been allowed to resign. She refused to assist in the
Thrift Stamp and W ar Stamp campaign because she does
not believe in war and will have nothing to do with any
movement connected with it. She went so far as to say
she would not defend her children if they should be at
tacked, if such defense involved bloodshed. Instead of
allowing her to resign, the school board should have fired
her bodily. American schools are! no place for teachers
harboring such sentiments, and the sooner they are out
the better.
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Unde Sam is now making further
demands of the farmers,'' with a view
to next year’s returns. He Is urging
that they Incregsefthelr production of
live stock, especially o f cattle and
hogs. The reason Is that several of
our principal alfieq have almost ceased
;to produce on these lines. In Great
Britain, France, Italy and Belgium
there are now 83,000,000 fewer head
o f cattle, sheep and hogs than at the
beginning of the war. Meanwhile the
decrease in all other countries has
amounted to more than 92,000,000 head
— a total shrinkage in meat animals
alone of 115,000,000 head.
So the
farmer must not weary in well-doing,
but must continue in 1918 the place
.he set for himself in 1917, says St.
Joseph (Mo.) News-Press. And mean
while the housekeeper can greatly help
by so planning her meals as to serve
.more of the foods not suited to export,
;and less o f the foods that could be
jsent abroad.
Teutonic militarism would doubtless
look With contemptuous amazement at
the American idea of discipline, which,
as in! a case in South Carolina, would
hold an officer to account for giving a
privajte a blow. In the former system
that sort o f discipline is not only al
lowed, but is also commended. To beat
up the inferior class Is part of the di-
' vine right o f autocratic authority.
M arks of a G reat Man.
There are, between the ages of thir
ty-five and fifty-five years, a vast num
ber o f people in America who 1 are
hoarding and accumulating fat enough
to supply energy equivalent to that of
690,355,533 loaves of bread, enough to
shpply an army of 3,000,000 men for
60 days. This is according to statis
tics gathered by the life insurance com
panies. A man who is 40 pounds over
weight is carrying on his body the
equivalent in fuel value of 135 one-
pound loaves of bread. If the guilty
ones would cease this accumulation
(which they are willing enough to do)
it would release much-needed fuel
foods, such as wheat, corn, oats, barley
and rye. There are two ways of sur
rendering the fat. One is by judicious
exercise and the other is by substitut
ing other foods for the fat-building
kinds.
A really great man is known by
three signs—generosity in the design,
humanity in the execution and modera
tion in success.-Bismarck.
DR. de LESPINASSE
Some London diplomats, still cheered
by the obsession that Germany can be
starved, are chortling over the reduc
tion <Jf the flour allowance to seven
pounds a week. Plenty— if the seven
pounds are put into certain dumplings
or. doughnuts we have met. It is a
psychological fact that many folk think
they are being fed when chewing on
any old thing.
The merciful man is merciful to his
beast. Extra care should be taken of
the working horses this weather, par
ticularly in the matter of securing
them as far as possible from falling
on the Icy streets. Humanity in this
cáse is economy as well, as this care
will save many dollars In the shape of
horseflesh and animal labor.
Every business man, every man, every
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A uniform and invariable charge
of 5 cents per line is made for all ad
vertising notices of every description
in the news columns of this news
paper. This rate applies to for sale,
for rent, lost, found, card o f thanks,
A Berlin dispatch to Amsterdam de
plores the destruction of Italian art
works by Italians in the course of their
recent retreat. Considering the manner
in which the Germans treated French
and Belgian art, it may be concluded
that if there is any sincerity in their
present expressions of regret it Is. re
ferable to the circumstance that they
expected to carry off as plunder the
Italian pictures and sculptures which
they claim to have been ruined, but
many of which, probably, have been
merely hidden awaiting the end of the
war.
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The yearly Bargain Days for the Oregonian are
over until next November (1918.)
The regular price of the Daily Oregon
ian is $6,00 per year;the Daily and Sun
day combined is $8.00 per year, and of
the Observer $4.25 per year, but until
further notice these papers will be
clubbed at the following prices:
The Daily Oregonian
and The Observer
Boh One Year
The Daily and Sunday Ore
gonian and The Observer,
Both one Year
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$ 8.00
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The Aurora Observer
The registration books are now open
! and voters not already registered should
apply for registration morder that they
AURORA, OREGON
may be qualified to vote at the primary
election, May 17, 1918.
Voters who
have not voted during the past two
I years, or who have changed their resi
If you use gummed labels for any ;
dence to a new precinct must register
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again.
Butchers buy pork at . 20 cents and
Voters living outside incorporated and price list. We can save yau j
Always in the market for old
Never was there a war with so many sell it out at prices ranging up to 60
Copper, Lead, Zinc, Iron, Brass,
: cities and towns, are required to give unney
Aurora Observer.
“ fronts” and “ theaters.” No wonder cents. They utilize the hoofs, bristles the range, township and section where
Old Newspapers and Magazines
(neatly folded),second hand sacks,
the civilian, unversed in tactics or war and everything else but tne squeal— they live. Naturalized citizens must
and junk of all kinds.
and
when
the
food
investigator
comes
: exhibit their papers. Registrar's office
knowledge, finds himself confused tc
The Observer and the weekly Ore
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around they use the squeal.
see and follow it alL
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Mrs. C. S. Wescott,
gonian both one year for $2.00.
I n j time of peace music "speaks a
universal language.”
Under present
circumstances the wise performer
abandons the universal idea and lim
its himself to English, French or Ital
ian, with some Russian from time to
time.
The kind of pacifist who uses lan
guage which implies that he would not
kill a mad dog if it were advancing to
bite him is not regarded with as much
patience as might be possible in
piping time of peace.
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