Aurora observer., June 13, 1918, Image 1

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A u rora
Published Every Thursday
V O L. V III.
Observer
AURORA
A U R O R A , M A R I O N C O U N T Y , O R E G O N , J U N E 13, 1918.
MEN WHO WILL MANAGE
CROP NOTES
BUTTEVILLE GIVES DANCE
THE WAR STAMP DRIVE
It is reported that some grain fields
FOR THE RED CROSS
are being plowed and planted to late
potatoes; the aphis, the cold spring and
The Butteville Auxiliary o f the Red
County Superintendent W. M. Smith the dry weather having completely de-
last Friday called together a large | stroyed any prospect of a grain crop in Cross on Saturday evening gave a most
number o f citizens from many school I some fields.
entertaining and highly patriotic danc-
The cherry seasoh will soon be on j ing party for the benefit o f the Red
districts, the meeting being at the Sal­
em Commercial Club rooms, to perfect ! here. The local strawberries are not | Cross under the inspiring motto o f
plans to carry on the War Stamp drive. | plentiful. Loganberries will be ripe on “ Show Your Colors.”
Gooseberries
This auxiliary, o f which Mrs. Geo. E.
C. N. Wonacott, o f Portland, was I time here this season.
present and gave a detailed account of are reported plentiful. All fruits prom­ I Penrod is President, has done valiant
j work in behalf of the Red Cross during
the work to be done and the best meth­ ise to be a good price.
ods o f procedure. In his , address he
Hop prospects, so far as the vines the past year, raising funds in many
pointed out three aims to keep in mind are concerned, seem good. The most i ways for the benefit of the organiza­
in the coming campaign—to arouse pat­ of the yards look well, the color o f the tion. The members and friends o f the
riotism, to teach thrift, and to en­ | vines indicate perfect health, and many i society are always ready to stand up
courage investments in government yards'present a uniform stand. Some and be counted and never neglect an
securities.
yards have been well cared for, while opportunity to show their loyalty to this
country during these troublesome times.
For thorough canvass o f the county, others have been neglected.
| Though the clouds lower and danger
the campaign is to be taken up through
Gasoline has gone up 2 cents a gal­ threatens, they believe that cheerful­
the school districts and to this end a
lon—probably on account o f the aphis, ness and geniality are the most potent
representative has been appointed in
the cold weather and the drouth, and factors in preserving the morale o f the
each district, who will be responsible
John D’s desire to be ready with his people.
for his particular territory.
income tax, tomorrow being the last
Subjoined are the names o f those
A double set o f cards will be provided
day upon which it may be paid without buying tickets for this occasion and
for the canvassers—one a regular
penalty.
who, with their ladies, attended the
pledge card, providing for monthly pay­
Speaking o f the extraordinary size o f function.
ments on war savings stamps; and a
Butteville—Randolph Woolworth.Ray
yellow card on which the canvassers the green aphis that infest the grain,
will write the names o f those who de­ vegetables and roses this season, it is Woolworth, Geo. E. Penrod, Fred W.
cline to subscribe, together with their reported that Felix Isaacson rushed ac­ Scheurer, W. R, Scheurer, Dewey
reasons for not subscribing. The yel­ ross the street from the Aurora Garage Smith, Ivan Dentel, Russell Dentel, E.
low card will be sent in to the execu­ and tried to crank one o f the big green A. M. Cone, Jas. F. Kinyon, Olie Rag-
L.
tive committee, who will inspect them, aphis that had crawled from the rose er, Elwood Graham, Josie Ryan,
and then arrange for a second canvas bushes in front of the Observer office Sloper, Jas, Leavy, F. L. Matthieu, M.
o f all those whom it is believed are in wheie Miller & Isaacson usually park D. Hawes, Floyd Brower, F.S. Rogers,
John Matthieu, Willie Matthieu and
position to subscribe. In casts where their auto bugs.
Lowel Matthieu.
the person declining to subscribe is sus­
Donald—Earl Carver, E , C, Mays, E.
pected of being out of sympathy with TO RAISE $1,000,000 WAR FUND
T. Cone, M. W. Johnson, C. J. Espy,
the government the cards will be sent |
Louis Webert has been circulating a Ben Quinn, H. E, Marty, and H. B.
to the Federal authorities in Portland. |
On Sunday, June 23, meetings are to petition here to place upon the ballot Cone.
St. Paul—Joe Mullen, Ambrose Con­
be held with a view to injecting the this fall a measure which proposes to
proper amount of “ pep” into the move­ raise a $1,000.000 war fund by a tax o f nor. Frank Ramsey, J. McDonald, J.
ment, and the principal part of the can­ one mill each year until the close o f the C, Kummer, Felix Sequin, J. B, Mana-
vas is to be made on June 24 and 25, war. The rponey is to be used for gre, Ed. Faber, G, Merten, Ed, Ramey,
On June 28, big mass meetings will maintaing the state police, the erection G. Crate, P. J. Kuntz and A. Lambert.
Aurora—Dr. B. F. Giesy, N. C. Wes-
be held in every district. Absence from o f hospitals as needed for returning
these meetings, except for the most ur­ soldiers and any work that may be re­ cott, E. J, Snyder, Jonas Will, W. H.
gent reasons, stamps the absenteases
quired as a direct effect of the war. Ehlen, D. Snyder, J. C. Wurster, Er­
an indifferent citizen.
nest Becke and Eld. Piper.
The chairmen of some o f the Marion The fund is to be administered by the
Fargo—John Scheurer, C. Prink and
county districts are C. J. Espey, Don­ Board o f Control and at the close of
ald; L. C. McShane, Hubbard; J. W. the war all unexpended funds are to go John Kister.
Sadler, Aurora; Henry Zorn, Champoeg; into the irreducable school funds. The
Ladd Hill—Harry Kiser, George StV
A. J. Smith, White.District; Peter Mc­ | measure has the approval of the state Clair, Delmer Kiser, Homer Kiser, Ed.
Donald, St, Paul; J. F. Wachtman,
District 49 (Joint); A.B. Dentel, Butte- I attorney general and other state offi­ Walls, C. C, Loucks and G. McCully.
Union Hill—Oscar Piper.
ville; and Frank Knapp,Dictrict No.92. cials.
The entertainment afforded great
satisfaction to all participating and the
thanks of the Auxiliary are hereby ex­
tended to all persons taking part and
especially to those devoting their time
to selling tickets for the occasion.
DONALD WILL HAVE NEW
A . H. G I E S Y
CIVIL SERVICE POSTMASTER
THE RELIABLE MERCHANDISE STORE
Established
A Civil service examination was held
Monday at the Salem postoffice to fill
1898
the vacancy at Donald caused by the
resignation o f the postmaster at that
place, Mrs, May Johnson, The post-
office is a fourth class one and pays
about $35 a month and whoever be­
comes the next postmaster will hold
indefinitely under the Civil service
rules. Those taking the examination
were Verna M. Lamb, Laura B. Ernst
and Mrs, Retta Evans, all o f Donald.
Athena Underwear
THE CLASS OF 1918
The Measure of Underwear Satisfaction
T h e a m o u n t o f s a t is fa c t io n ,
e n jo y m e n t w h ic h
you
A th en a u n d er g a rm e n ts
fe a t u r e s t h a t m a k e s
c o m fo r t ,
r e c e iv e
are
th e
th e lin e
and
fr o m
th e
e s s e n tia l
d is tin c tiv e . —
T h e v e r y s m a ll d iffe r e n c e in p r ic e is g r e a t ly
o v e r b a la n c e d b y t h e s u p e r io r q u a lit y o f th e
g a r m e n t s .— O th e r m a k e s o f G a u z e S u m m e r
U n io n S u its, V e s t s a n d p a n ts a t p r ic e s r a n g -
in g fr o m lO c
g a r m e n t s u p .— N ic e
ch ild re n s G a u z e U n d e r
G a r m e n ts
lo w p r i c e s .— T in y t o t w r a p p e r s
lin e
at
and
of
Don’t forget that we have a great big stock
of White Shoes, Slippers and Hosiery
for the Summer Season.
SADLER i KRAUS
----------------THE BEST FOR THE PRICE---------------
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The number o f registrants in the class
of 1918 fell below the number expected,
due' to the large number of young men
who have enlisted during the past year.
Among the 189 Clackamas county
men who registered June 5, the follow­
ing are from this section:
Lester
Burkholder, Aurora, R. 2.: Earl Col­
lins, Aurora, R. 4; Henry Earl Davids,
Aurora, R. 3; Lloyd H. Ewalts, Aurora,
Rt. 4; Grant Ulysses Erb, Hubbard, R.
2; Benj, T. Hepler, Aurora, R. 4; Carl
E. Kalb, Aurora, R, 1; Herbert Kee-
baugh, Canby; Jno. Kummer, Aurora,
R. 1; Guy Lantz, Aurora, R. 2; W aite/
Ilsen, Hubbard; Theodore F. Pottratz,
Aurora, R. 1; Isaac Rueck, Aurora;
Lucuis I. Simpkins, Hubbard, R. 2;
William Chris Trost. Aurora, R. 2;
Merle Ewart Wright, Aurora R, 1;
William Henry Zook, Hubbard, R. F.
D .; and Hans Zenger, Aurora,
very
bands
f o r th e lit t le o n e s.
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$1.25 a Year
POSTAL RULES
Money to be sent prisoners o f war in
enemy counties by friends in this coun-
! try must be forwarded to the Bureau
j o f Prison Relief, American Red Cross,
Washington, D. C. Your postmaster
will give you complete informatiou. A
recent Postal Bulletin concerning par­
cels for our soldiers in France says,
“ Postmasters should inform persons
presenting soldier’s requests approved
| by officers of lower rank than major,
| that such approvals are not sufficient,
! and that the request may be forwarded
j to the Adjutant General o f the Army,
I Washington, D. C. who will approve
them, if considered proper.
SAVE WASTE MATERIALS
N O . 14
WAR IS DECLARED ON
PROCLAMATION
The Oregon Patriotic Conservation
Make this war a personal matter. Do
CLACKAMAS COUNTY MOLES
League is urging children to collect and
not depend on others to do the fighting
! or to finance the government. Do your
save all possible waste materials. It
The county agriculturist o f Clacka­
share. It is as much your war as your
offers to buy them at the highest mar­
ket price, but wants to deduct 25 per mas county not long ago arranged to neighbors.
Buy no unnecessary article. Practice
cent to establish an entertainment fund ; have all farmers, iarmer’s wives, boys
for Oregon soldiers and selective ser­ j and girls who trapped moles, to bring economy and self-denial. Unnecessary
vice men who are leaving for the front them to the office o f the publicity de­ i buying means a waste of material and
partment o f the Oregon City commer­ | labor; means that you are competing
or for the training camps.
It is proposed to pay for the waste cial club, which markets them in Port­ with the government for labor and
Material in war stamps, It appears to land, and remits the proceeds to those material.
Invest your savings in War Savings
the Observer that such materiais can be who trapped the pests. Among those
collected and sold locally to better ad­ b f this section who caught moles and Stamps.
vantage, allowing those who collect the saved the skins are Mrs, Linnie Will- j The President of the United States
junk to invest the whole amount real­ broad who received $17 for her efforts has called on the people o f the nation
ized in stamps at their local post office. | in trapping 63 moles. Others received to indicate their self denial by pledging
The following are some of the waste | smaller amounts—Fred Gebert, Route I themselves on June 28th to purchase
material that may be collected and sold. 1, Aurora, $7.90; R. O. Jack, $3.00; j War Savings Stamps for the remainder
If Aurora boys and girls cannot find a Vastia Keesling, $4.00; Oswalt Krax- of the year.
local market, the Observer will under­ berger, $6.75; C. M. Spencer $2.35; j In order that the citizens o f this city
take to assist them in disposing of their Louis Lorenz, $6.75; Cicero Grimm, 55 i may not fall behind other communities
collections o f junk, etc,, providing, the cents; Melvin Wells $9.40 Otto Keil, ; in responding to the call, I hereby pro­
$15.25; Lloyd Callister, Hubbard $1.80. | claim Friday, June 28th, as War Sav­
receipts are invested in War stamps.
The prices paid to some o f these ings Day for the City o f Aurora, upon
Some o f the waste materials that have
averaged as high as 28 cents per skin. which day all persons shall give their
awnarketable value are :
pledges for the War Savings Stamps at
Capper wire, heavy, per lb............. 12c
such time and places and in such man­
Light copper and bottoms, per lb, 12c FOUR MORE AURORA MEN
ner as may be appointed by C. S. Jack-
Heavy red brass, per lb .________ 12c
CALLED TO THE COLORS son, the War Savings Director for Ore­
Heavy yellow brass, per lb .______
7c
gon, acting under authority o f the
Sdft lead, per lb_________________
3c
Tèa and hard lead, per lb._______
3c
Of 2000 Oregon men called to the Secretary of the Treasury, and pur­
suant to the Proclamation of the^Presi-
Zihc, per lb .__________ ,__________
2c
colors during the period June 24-29, 37 dent o f the United States.
Battery lead, per lb._____ - _____
2c
J. W. SADLER, Mayor.
Battery zinc, per lb .____________
2c will go from the Woodburn District
Aurora, Oregon, June 13, 1918.
No. 1 Pewter, per lb,_________ _
22c which includes this part o f Marion
county. They will go to Camp Lewis.
Aluminum, per lb,_____________
15c
Tihfoil, per lb.___ _______________ 28c Those known here are Paul M,
A GOOD RECORD
Biaschke of Aurora, N. Troudt o f Hub­
No, 1 ruhber boots and shoes, per
The
Red
Cross Auxiliary o f Donald
lb ,______ ______________
4c bard, Earl D, Carver o f Donald, John
elected officers at their meeting on
Kister
o
f
Aurora,
G.
N.
J,
Merten
of
No. 2 rubber boots and shoes, per
Wednesday afternoon as follows: Mrs.
I lb,................ ................ .
2c St, Paul, L. R. Nichols o f Donald, F.
Ben Quinn, president; Mrs, Gribble,
Yoder
of
Hubbard,
A.Schieuve
of
Aur­
Em. 1 auto tires, per lb____ . . . . .
3c
vice-president;
Mrs. Fred Sexsmith,
No. 1 inner tubes, per lb ._______
7c ora, Fred J, White o f Aurora, F. C.
secretary; Mrs. O. Freeman, treasurer;
Berhorsts
of
Hubbard.
It
is
reported,
B|cycles tires, per l b . ______________ 2c
Mrs, A, Aufranc, supervisor o f work.
Solid tires, per l b , ____________
2c however, that Earl Carver has enlisted
While the attendance is not large as a
Black scrap rubber, per lb,____ _
3c in the navy, and has been sent to San
general
thing, still the ladies have
Mixed rags, per lb......... ................... l j c Diego, hence some alternate will
turned out a quantity of work for the
Paper, per 100 lbs.____ ______ . . . . 20c answer in his stead.
Red Cross. Among the lot are 38 pa­
Iron, common, wrougnt or steel,
jamas, 35 pairs o f socks, 26 bed shirts,
per 100 lb s ._________________
40c
BOY SCOUTS HIKE
3 fracture pillows, 213 handkerchiefs,
Iron stove plated, per 100 lbs.. ... 60c
68 bandages, 2 sweaters, 45 towels, 46
Scout
Master
Nibler
and
a
group
-
of..
Iron, heavy cast, per 100 lbs.____ 75c
triangulars, 2 Xmas packages, besides
11
boy
scouts
hiked
to
the
railroad
cks, burlap, each___________ 7 to 15c
many knitted wash clothes, cloths and
bridge
across
the
Molalla
River
Satur­
Battles, soda or beer, per doz__15 to 20c
day evening, where they spent the dish cloths too numerous to mentionT"
night and the next forenoon, return­ They have donated $25 to the general
F U G ETIQUTTE
ing to Aurora in the afternoon. They j fund, bought two sewing machines,
With the almost universal display of carried their blankets and the regula-! have on hand 247 yards o f outing cloth
the American Flag, the manner in tion Scout outfit. Those who made th e; paid for, besides a number o f pajamas
which it should be displayed should be march were W. H, Nibler, scout mas- cut out and about completed, and $56.-
ter, and the following boy scouts: Her- 69 in the treasury. —Woodburn Inde­
more widely known and observed.
One o f the most Strict government wig Netter, Henry Bents, Kenneth j pendent.
Bents. Henry Snyder, Allen Keil, Les-
rules, and one followed throughout the ter Cole, Harry Ehlen, Carl Eh len,
land, is the order that the flag should Robert Uppendahl, Walter Uppendahl,! Zeno Schwab made a trip to Salem
'
j Sunday.
not be exposed on the staff at night. and Carl Berg.
The flag should be lowered at sun-set.
In raising or lowering, the flag should
not be allowed to touch the ground.
No words, figures, or pictures should
ever be placed on the flag. Indoors, it
NYAL AGENCY
WEATHERLY ICE CREAM
should never be used to cover a bench
or table, where anything can be placed
upon the flag. It may be used indoors
as a drapery only.
When our national flag and state or
other flags fly together, or used in
decoration, our national flag should be
on the right. Whenever possible the
flag should always be allowed to fly in
KODAKS, CAMERAS
the breeze from the staff or mast, but
and SUPPLIES
if it should be necessary to fasten it to
the side o f a building or platform, it
should hang with the blue field at the
upper left hand corner. If hung where
it can be seen from both sides, the blue
field should be turned east or north.
Aurora, Oregon
When the colors are passing on par­
ade or in review, the spectator should,
if a man or boy, stand at attention and
uncover. When the “ Star Spangled
Banner” is played, all present should
rise and stand at attention until the
ending.
When the flag is displayed at half
mast for mourning, it is lowered to that
position from the top o f the staff. It
is afterwards hoisted to the top before
it is finally lowered.
T h e t im e is h e r e w h e n w e c a n n o l o n g ­
When placed on a bier or casket at a
funeral, the stars' should be placed at
e r p o s tp o n e d o n n in g s u m m e r u n d e r w e a r .
the head.
W e h a v e a n tic ip a te d y o u r w a n ts in th is
Holidays on which the flag should be
displaced at full stag are Lincoln's
v e r y im p o r t a n t n e c e s s ity , a n d h a v e p r o ­
birthday. February 12; Washington’s
birthday, February 22; Flag Day, June
v id e d s u m m e r u n d e r g a r m e n ts f o r m e n ,
14; Independence Day, July 4. On
w o m e n a n d c h ild re n , t o s u it t h e n e e d s
Memorial Day flags on government
buildings are disDlayed at half-mast un­
o f a ll.
H e a lth , c o m f o r t a n d e c o n o m y
til noon, when they are raised to full
a ll d e m a n d a t t e n t io n in th e p u r c h a s in g
mast. Custom has allowed non-offirial
flags to be displayed full mast all day.
Aurora Pennants
AURORA DRUG STORE
o f su m m er u n derw ear.
SOCIAL POSTPONED
T h e la w n s o c ia l a t th e F a r ­
go
ch u rch has
been
poned to S a tu rd a y
J u n e 22.
p o st­
e v e n in g ,
O u r sto ck w a s
s e le c t e d w it h th e s e e n d s in v ie w .
Our
a s s u r a n c e o f th is is a
th a t
g u a ra n tee
o u r g o o d s w ill p le a s e y o u in Q U A L I T Y ,
P R IC E , and S E R V IC E .
E v e r y o n e is in v it­
ed t o a tte n d o n th a t d a te .
Wm. Heinz is reported to have joined
the Ford battation—and is nowdriving-
mg a brand new Japanese Lozier—the
universal car,
y
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THE STORE OF MERIT