OUR BOYS WITH THE COLORS
News Letters, and Stories of Onr Soldiers and Sailors in France,
In the Training Camps, On the High Seas,'and Everywhere
Gallant American Fighters Are Found.
week from John P. Graves, in France
with the 467 Aero Squadron; from Carl
Haman, who has been transferred from
Co. I, of the 162nd U. S. Inf., to Co.
H; and from Alvin Miller, of Head
quarters Co., of the same regiment.
All were in fine spirits and form, await
Chas. S. Kerr, now on board the U.
ing their chance at the Kaiser’s hor
S. S. Arkansas, at Fortress Monroe,
Virginia, writes his cousin Miss Louine des.
Letters from Fred Kerr last week, to
Kerr. He asks to be remembered to
all his Aurora (Dutch Town) friends. his mother Mrs, J. F. Kerr, inclosed
He describes a boat race in which 8 clippings from the “ Daily Mail” des
boats took part at Fortress Monroe, cribing the manner in which a German
where there is plenty of both work and attack was forestalled. The French
prevented an attack by the simple ex
play.
pedient of attacking first. A fter de
Fred Kerr writes from France under
scribing many attacks, charges, bom
the date of May 22. He says it is very j
bardments, the article- says, “ But all
warm there now. “ Old. Oregon has I
this is merely sparring for openings in
nothing on France when it starts toj
the big fight tn at must come. ’ ’ This
rain.” He does not plan on any Christ
mas dinner in Oregon, as he expects to was a prediction th at has come true.
A telegraph from the Miller brothers
George and Andrew, Monday night an
nounce their arrival at Camp Merritt,
New Jersey, where they may be lo
cated for some time—or they may leave
soon,
spend next Christmas with his French j Fred Kerr sends a clipping from a
girl! Writing to his sister Helen, he | European newspaper describing an in
tells about the French school near their cident th at amused the American and
quarters, where English as well as | Allied troops. The clipping says, in
French is taught—the pupils learn to part: “ The most interesting incident
read English but cannot speak it!
yesterday was the sudden arrival in our
lines of a German artillery limber
Joaguin Miller, who was at one time
drawn by two panting and exhausted
in the employ of the Southern Pacific mules, with two German gunners on
here but who is now “ with the colors” the seat in a state of mingled anger
at Camp Laurel, Maryland, in the Sig and alarm. The limber contained, noi
nal Corps, has written Mrs, J. F, Kerr ammunition, but a bag of letters from
and daughter Louine th at he expects to Germany which were being taken to
leave soon for France. He thinks the the German battery for distribution
people of the south and east are not among its men. But the bursting of a
near so patriotic as Western people! British shell near the mules so frighten
He says also, “ We have a very nice ed the mules th at they bolted and never
camp here and fine officers. They treat stopped until they got among our sold
us fine, but we have been drilling hard. iers, who jumped up and brought them
Friday we hiked 20 miles, and this fore to a standstill” . The letters found
noon 10 miles.”
prove that great distress prevails in
Letters have been received the past Germany among the civilian population.
êùmm OkpirH
Dr. B. F. Giesy and Guy N. Hickok
motored to Monitor yesterday to attend
a bank meeting. They are directors of
the Monitor State Bank, -
A. C, Thompson and F. D. Popejoy
John Murray was here Friday from
were here Saturday from Needy, where
East Butteville on business,
both are visiting the Wm, Thompson
W. P. Wurster accompanied E. M. home.
Hurst to Portland Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Emery Howe were up
John Snyder and T. M. Snyder were from Portland last week, where Mr.
up from Portland over Sunday.
Howe is working during his leave of
WANTED—Kale plants, Henry L. absence from his work as carrier on
Route 1,
Mills, Route 3i Aurora, Oregon.
Miss Elizabeth Forstner, Miss Lizzie
Among those recently transacting
business here were Qhris Trost,
Will and Miss Bertha Starke of Aurora
C.. C. Oldfield of Meridian returned and Lester Will of Hubbard motored to
Albany in the latter's car yesterday to
Friday from a visit in Portland.
visit friends there.
Fred Scheurer was among the Butte
Hundreds of people here -, made the
ville people here on business this week.
observation of the eclipse their chief
Mr. and Mrs, Elmer Stauffer of Hub business Saturday afternoon, as they
bard were visitors here Saturday,
I did not care to wait for the next one—
Mrs. Herman Abrams was among I which will arrive about the year 2068,
those shopping in Aurora the past week.
Geo. Scholl and family of Hubbard
Mrs, John Damm is still confined to ! and Miss Elizabeth Forstner of Aurora
the house with an attack of rheuma I motored to Middleton Sunday to visit
Leonard Will and family—not knowing
tism.
when they left here that Mr. Will was
Mrs. A. J. Smith of the White Dis I very ill with pneumonia.
trict, was among those shopping here
I August Will of Hubbard and Miss
Saturday.
Clara Will of this city drove to Sher-
Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Yoder were | wood Monday to see their brother
among the Clackamas county people I Leonard Will who is quite ill of
shopping here Saturday.
| pneumonia. He has been attended by
A. R. Eisner has just purchased a Dr. Starke of Albany.
new Buick automobile from the F. L,
F. 0. Mahan, representing the Salem
Miller auto agency.
Fruit Union, was here Tuesday in the
O. L. Pellatz and family of Marks ! interests of the government and the
Prairie were in town shopping a t the Salem and Marion county loganberry
Aurora stores Saturday.
growers, who want to engage hundreds
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur White were of berry pickers. Anyone willing to
here Saturday from their home on the pick may get work by addressing the
Salem Fruit Union. Picking will be
Willamette near Butteville,
gin in 10 or 12 days. 1 § cents per box
Mrs. C. F. Grover and children spent
is paid for picking.
the week at McMinnville last week
Thé following been appointed mem
while Mr. Grover was in Stayton,
bers of the publicity committee of the
Mr. and Mrs. Asa Callister and child
Polk' and Marion county Bridge Dedica
ren of Hubbard were here Saturday
tion, for the towns outside of Salem;
patronizing the Aurora merchants.
J. M. Poorman of Woodburn, L, C.Mc-
Fred Wagner and W. S. McKey, the Shane of Hubbard, and N. C. Wescott
latter a former „newspaperman, were of Aurora, I t is understood th at the
here from Union District Saturday.
proceeds realized in connection with
L. L. Gribble is taking his annual event will be turned over to the Red
vacation and Elmer Smucker is acting Cross.
as his substitute on Rural Route No. 2.
Mr.' and Mrs, F, D. Popejoy arrived
Mrs. 0. L. Churchill who has been last week from Vallejo California, to
visiting Mrs, Nora Blosser a t the S. visit Mrs, Popejoy’s parents at Needy
A. Miller home returned to Portland and Mr. Popejoy’s people a t St. Helens.
They motored from Vallejo, a distance
Saturdy,
of 750 miles, in 3J days. They will re
J. W. Sadler, A. B. Dentel and N.C. turn in a few days. Mr.. Popejoy is
Wescott were among those in Salem employed in the navy yard there,where
Friday to attend the county war stamp torpedo boat destroyers, submarine
meeting.
chasers, etc., are being built, and al
Irene Riecbel of Hubbard has won most endless other work is going on,
membership m the Fifth Junior Rain
bow Regiment of selling more than $50
MERIDIAN
worth of War Savings Stamps.
Miss Elnora P ratt has been on the
Well known farmers transacting sick list the past week.
business in Aurora recently were G.
Meridian school expects to have an
C. Carothers, Jno Pugh, Orisell Bros.,
all day picnic Wednesday.
0. L, Pellotz and Asa Collister,
Minnie Bachert visited her parents
The Observer is indebted to Fred W.
Mr,
and Mrs, J. C. Brewer Sunday,
Scheurer for the account (on another
Foresh Mills and family accompanied
page) of the Red Cross benefit dance
by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mills, motored
at Butteville last Saturday evening,
to Silverton Sunday to visit their uncle
Mrs. Scheer and little daughter of Oscar Phelps.
Macksburg, who have been visiting
Mr, and Mrs. Hay lard, Mr. and Mrs.
Mrs. Scheer’s siste^ Mrs. Fred Miller Cornett and son Ed wood of “The Prince
a t Gladstone, have returned to their Walnut Orchard,” visited at Forrest
Mill’s place Saturday.
homo,
Handsome Service
Flag W ill Be
Dedicated
HUBBARD BOY IS DROWNED
L. M, Dimick, the 16-year
old son of Mr. and Mrs.
George Dimick, of Hubbard,
was drowned in the Pudding
River two miles east of that
town Tuesday afternoon
about 3 o’clock while in bath
ing with some other boys.
He stepped into a hole made
by a gravel dredge. He
could not swim, and Ralph
Simms, who tried to rescue
him, was pulled down by the
drowning boy three or four
times, and was forced by ex
haustion to give up his at
tempt to rescue his friend,
whose body was recovered
two hours later.
The drowned lad is sur
vived by his parents, two
brothers, Wiley Dimick at
Sherwood and Harley Dim
ick at Mare Island with the
U. S. Marines; and a sister
Miss Merle Dimick of Hub
bard.
The beautiful service flag
made by the Third Oregon
Auxiliary for presentation to
the Aurora community will
be unfurled and dedicated
Friday night at the Aurora
Band Hall, in honor of the
78 gallant boys of Aurora
and its five mail routes, who
are now in the service of
their country on land and
sea. Grant B. Dimick will
make the address of the
evening, and the Oregon
City quartet who made such
a hit here last spring will be
here, and there will be other
pleasing features. The fam
ilies of those in the service
are specially invited and the
general public are extended
a cordial invitation.
Those whom the service
flag is designed to honor are: LOCAL PEOPLE ORGANIZE
L. D. Marsh
FOR BIG W. S. S. CAMPAIGN
Wm. Marsh
Victor White
Ira White
Alvin W. Miller
Carl Haman
Fred Ehlen
Fred Kerr
Wm. Keiling
Louis Keiling
Ruspor Giesy
Homer A. Armstrong
Alvin H, Lorenz
Gordy Erederickson
John P, Graves
Samuel Gribble
A. W. Gribble
Henry Colvin
L. H, S. Paige
Frank Ritter
Charles Harnack
Henry Hondrick
Edwin Deetz
Jonas Deetz
Albert Ehlen
Charles Kerr
Waldo E, Rotbenberg
Fred Norton
Wm. Reynolds
Lewis Mitts
George Luebben
James McClinsey
James A. Miller
Uylsses Giesy
Andrew G. Miller
George W, Miller
Edgar M. White
Chester Giesy
Walter Keesling
Benj, Stoner
Leslie Grazer
Wm. Flick
Wm. Gibson
Pat. Gibson
Wm. Etzell
Ray Stevens
Raleigh Bowers
Wm. Devorschak
Wm. F. Kiel
Elmer M. Clemens
Gordon Westberg
Floyd Eberman
Clarence Bents
Jos. Graham, Jr,
Verne Sandberg
Edmund Victor Sweet
Glenn Kunkle
Albert Smith
Robert A. Burnys
Ervin Miller
Allen Gribble
Elmer Shultz
Chas. Radcliffe
Paul H. Stewart
Glenn Richardson
Harry Stonehouse
Walter Bellah
Fred Bellah
Elijah Kinyon
Lee Slyter
Chas, H art
Clarence Stevens
Wm, Robt. Mullican
Percy H art
Kenneth Grim
John J. Rose
J. E, Haines
Clarence Hickok
36 Farmers w rote this Advertisement for
PLYMOUTH TWINE
C O R over twenty years I have been a user of Plymouth Twine. W hen
* I ran out of Plymouth I used other twine. This gave more or less
trouble, but I have always found Plymouth Twine of uniform thickness.
In the thousands of pounds I have used I have never found a poor ball.
It works equally well in a com or wheat binder. Plymouth Twine is
free from knots and snarls. It stands up in the twine ball until all used
up. It never gets tangled. It will bind more straw per pound than other
twine. It is the best in the long run. T h e most economical twine the
farmer can use.
36 TWINE USERS.
VERY statement in this advertisement was taken from let
E
ters written by actual users of Plymouth Tw ine — by
men who are up against the same difficulties that you meet.
They find that Plymouth helps them. It will help you.
G. A. EHLEN, Aurora, Oregon
MACKSBURG.
About a dozen people re
sponded to the Mayor’s call Arthur Lantz and Miss Inez Christine
were married last week and are to
for a meeting Tuesday night make their home in Portland.
to organize for the big war The Little Girl's Sewing Circle is to
meet with Mrs. G. M, Baldwin on the
stamp campaign which be afternoon of Saturday, June 15th.
gins next week to last until Henry Nofziger who was taken ill
June 28. Mrs. Diana Sny with smallpox several days ago is very
der, Guy N. Hickok, and N. sick now and causing grave apprehens
ion 9 s to the results.
C. Wescott were named to Mrs. Rex Russell of Portland visited
act with Chairman Sadler as j her father and mother Mr. and Mrs.
| Carl Boeche of this place last week
an executive committee.
| taking her mother with her on her re-
While no figures had been I turn, Mrs. Boeche returned to her
then received f r o m the \ home at the end of the week.
state and county chairmen to The Mother’s Club had a very pleas
show the Aurora school dis ant session on Thursday last at the
home of Mrs. Henry Walch. Mrs,
tricts quota, it is probable Roberts, a sister of Mrs, Walch, was
.that upon the basis of $20 present with her children. The Misses.
Louisa and Minnie Heinz were also
per capita, the district will visitors.
be required to buy war A wandering pigeon having on its
stamps to the amount of leg a tag inscribed E. B —16—4747 flew
into John Hepier’s yard about two
$8,000 to $10,000.
weeks ago. The wanderer is well cared
As soon as full information for and will be cheerfully given up to
and details are received the one who should prove himself the
executive committee will rightful owner.
The hot weather is welcomed by all
meet to complete the organ
the ranchers as being favorable to the
ization.
extermination of that arch enemy of
the grain—the green aphis—this Insect
DAIRY MEETING AT NEEDY is now formidable in number than ever
before in the memory of the earliest
There will be a dairymen’s settler. We know not whether this
meeting at Needy, Saturday may be why we have so many more
birds than usual nor can we tell how
afternoon, June 15, at which much more seriously the wheat might
a program of much interest 1 be damaged were it not for these little
feathered friends who are consuming
to dairymen and farmers will | j destructive
pests, while delighting our
be carried out.
eyes with their splendid plumage and
Some of the timely sub I our ears with their tuneful songs.
These little benefactors, however, seem
jects for discussion are hay to claim reward for their service and
making, and the judging of are taking the few strawberries left to
by the late frosts and the early
dairy cattle. There will also us
drouth, but so many years have passed
be good speaking by compe without any failure of this crop we are
tent dairy authorities, Ice content in the hope of a plentiful yield
in 1919. Meanwhile the corn is grow
cream will be served free of ing magically in the early heat and po
charge.
All farmers and tatoes give every promise of a fine crop.
Our last strawberries seem likely to be
dairymen are cordially in replaced
by our extra supply of the
vited.
wild blackberry, whose graceful white
A. F. Will of Dallas was a
business visitor here the first
of the week.
Will trade 22-inch collar
for 24-inch. Inquire at Ob
server Office.
blossomed vines are covering the black-
ined stumps and logs, trailing oyer
fences, climbing the highest posts and
even creeping over the sides of the
ditches along the roadside.
The Red Cross Auxiliary held its us
ual meeting in the Sutherland Building
on Wednesday, June 5th. Work was
continued on hospital clothing which is
to be finished and delivered at head
quarters before June 15th. The sum
of $25.93 was received from the Eby
District Social Committee as the por
tion kindly allotted to us from the pro
ceeds of a social held in the Eby school
house on May 25th, A vote of thanks
for this favor was promptly taken. At
this meeting a letter from the Secre
tary of the Oregon City branch of the
organization was read. This letter ad
vised as that henceforth all work would
come to us from Seattle, cut and pre
pared for sewing. This is to secure
perfect imformity in the size and shape
of garments and is also to be a saving
of money by purchasing all material in
large quantities at wholesale price, The
Junior Red Cross of Macksburg in
charge of Mrs. Wells and Mrs. Ferdin
and Kraxberger met also at the Auxi
liary rooms on Wednesday, June 5th.
Mrs. Steinbach Dead
Mrs. Catherine Steinbach,
aged 85 years, died Tuesday
at the home of her son Wm.
Steinbach.
T h e funeral
takes place this afternoon at
one o’clock at the family
residence, with interment at
the Aurora cemetery. Mrs.
Steinbach was one of the
early members of the Aurora
Colony and came to Oregon
about 1863.
She is survived by two
sons Wm. Steinbach of Aur
ora and Adam Steinbach of
Portland; and by three
daughters, Mrs. Kate Beck,
Mrs. Sofia Keil, and Mary
Steinbach all of Aurora; and
by two brothers W. M. Miley
of Aurora and Henry Miley
of Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Ehlen
and children and Mr, and
Mrs. J. G. Wurster motored
to Portland Wednesday even
ing.
Mrs. F, L. Miller attended
the annual session of the
Order of the Eastern Star of
Oregon, at Portland Tuesday.
Mrs. Mabel Settlemeier of
Woodburn, has been elected
Worthy Grand Matron of
order for the ensuing year.
H. L. Colvin of Union Dis
If the Hubbard Mennonite leader who intimated that
trict, was a business visitor his people may leave the state if they are not let alone in
the matter of Liberty Bonds, War Stamps, etc., wants a
in Portland Tuesday.
Shall W e Believe It?
straight tip on a good place to re-settle, let us suggest
It is announced this morn Mrs. Daws, mother of Mrs. Texas, where 45 Mennonites who refused to work in any
ing from Salem that bids for W. F. Prahl, has been very capacity connected with the army were sentenced to 25
ill from an attack of erysipe years imprisonment. Sentences of life imprisonment were
the improvement of the Sal-
imposed originally, but were commuted to 25 years.
las.
em-Aurora portion of the
Miss Etta MaGuire of
Pacific Highway have been
It is reported that many of the Mennonite | people
^ lo f
. . . do not approve the
- attitude
s - H
called for and that the con West Woodburn was a guest the ..................
Hubbard section
of their
at the home of Mrs. J. F. local leaders in refusing to contribute to the Red Cross war
tract will be let June 22.
Kerr recently,
funds. There is no reason why any government is obliga-
A number of families in Leslie Grazer is another I ted to protect any class of people who refuse to support it
in its hour of peril. Upon the nation’s political, social and
cluding that of Geo.X. Good Aurora boy who has volun industrial liberty, and its power to maintain such liberty,
ing, A.D, Yergen, Wm. Den teered for military service, depends the religious liberty of the Mennonites and all
tel and Fred Dentel made a though considerably under other religious sects in this country. What is not worth
(fighting for is not worth having—not even one’s religion!
trip to Estacada Sunday.
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