THE A U R O R A O B SE R V E R
A few years ago the Kaiser presented his portrait to
Theodore Roosevelt, as evidence of his friendship for Ted
THURSDAY. AUGUST 8. 1918.
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E ditor and P ublisher dy, After the great war broke out, Teddy gave it to a
N. C. WESCOTT
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E itered as second class matter March 28, 1911, at the postoffice at Aurora charity Fair at Oyster Bay. A German-American admir-
Oregon, Under the Act of March 3. 1879.
ler of the Kaiser named C. H. Pollute bought it for $5. A
MIL'
/ pledge allegiance to mg
flag and the republic tor
which it stands,one Nation,
indivisible, with liberty and
justice to all.
¡few days ago it was siezed by “vigilantes” and cremated in
j the public square. The Oyster Bay band and a thousand
“mourners turned out for a parade which preceded the
“obsequies.” According to reports, there is opportunity
for a similar demonstration not many miles from Aurora!
No one seems able to explain the origin of numerous
reports,
in almost every community, of the death or the
“YELLOW DOGS”
serious wounding of soldiers at the front. Many false
Many eastern towns are organizing what are termed rumors are evidently started with vicious intent. Others
“Yellow Dog Clubbers”—a club to down Hun propaganda. may be the result of misunderstanding or carelessness. But
The only repuirement is to live up to the “Ten Demand- whoever is responsible for the origin and spread of false
ments”, which include the following:
and distressing rumors is capable of almost any Hun-like
“Thou shalt go forth a miltant member of democracy stunt. Jail is too decent a place for these rumor-mongers.
so strangle the yellow dog of German-hatched propaganda
whenever and. wherever it raises its head. ,
Watch your picnic lunches. Do not take more food
“Thou shalt not wag thine own tongue in abuse of
thy government, neither shalt thou sitidly by and hearken along than will be eaten or if you do, don’t throw it away,
but bring it home and see that it is eaten in place of some
to such abuse.
“ Thou shalt not become a party to nor passively per other food. The Food Administration suggests that you
take a loaf of bread along and cut it as you need it, in
mit that arch enemy of victory—calamity howling.
“Eight days a week shalt thou labor to tie a can to stead of making your sandwiches in advance.
the tail of that yellowest o£ yellow dogs, the enemy pro
pagandist. Be unfraid.”
According to the report of the county superintendent
of schools the average monthly salary of women teachers
last year in Marion county was $64.46, and of men teach
TH E FARM ER’S FLOU R
$85.05, It is estimated that the average salaries for
The food administration grain corporation has decreed ers
the coming year will be 15 to ?5 per cent higher.
that when a farmer takes to the mill wheat grown by him
self, the miller may deliver to him on a toll or exchange
Training camp soldiers who had been on their rifle
basis only enough flour without substitutes to provide 8
p >unds per month for each person in his household or es- range practicing twilight shotting at targets in the form
t blishment until October 1, 1919, provided the farmer of German faces have now tiirned the targets round about
signs a certificate (which thè miller has reasonable cause and are boyonetting them inf the most,heavily upholstered
t ) believe to be true) certifying that he grew the wheat parts—sirice the second battìi of the Marne.
delivered, and that the flour received (together with all he
has on hand) will not exceed 8 pounds per month per per
you ever notice that those families who have men
son in his household, and that he will not sell, lend or de in the Did service
accept the food Regulations with cheerful
liver the flour received to anyone else, and that it will be ness. A few pounds
of flour and sugar is no great matter
U3ed only for human comsuption in his own household.
with
them,
compared
with the greater sacrifices they have
The securing of flour in this manner does not relieve made.
the family of the farmer of the requirement to use the
same proportion of substitutes that other citizens do. He
Governor Withycombe is inclined to doubt the effi-
is morally responsible for any failure to perform his full cancy of the “honor system” at the pen, and is much per
duty to his neighbor and his country—even though he is turbed about the recent escapes. Cheer up, James, what
not compelled by law to purchase the substitutes.
are a few escapes among friends?
The young girls who sold the forget-me-not souvenirs
Go easy with that sugar shell—3,000,000 soldiers must
here Thursday for the benefit of the “Belgian Babies” have sugar first!
were kindly received by everyone except one family that
declared “the just give their money for missionary pur
On your honor as a loyal American woman, now how
poses and the unjust to the Red Cross, etc.,” and refused much sugar do you really need? Honest now how much?
to buy a 10-cefit bouquet for the relief of the little Bel
gian babies, rendered fatherless, motherless and home Italian unity, the dominant preoccu Wants, For Sale, Etc
less by the Beast of Berlin. What compassionate souls pation of all patriotic Italians the last
LOCAL AD BATE.
years, owes its actnal accomplish
are these! How their hearts must over flow with the milk 800
ment to the strong hand and daring A uniform and invariable charge
of human kindness! Funds for the heathen but a stone initiative of the royal house of Savoy, 1 of 5 cents per line is made for all ad
Kay Wallace writes In Scrib vertising notices of every description j
for the starving children of a country desolated by Hun William
It was the head 1 Oils ruling in the news, columns of this news-
brutalism! It must be astonishing to the people of this ner's.
house, guided by the . wise counsel of
community to know that such people are domiciled among his
able minister, Count Cavour, who | paper. This rate applies to for sale,
presented
the question of Italian unity for rent, lost, found, card of thanks,
them.
to the attention of Europe, thus secur I “want ads,” and to all kinds of sim- j
cJolm day
Knox / /
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Money he earned
»«d «Me a va-
lage youth he spent on
an education. As a bank
clerk, later, he was studious and thrifty. At middle age
a great financier, Knox lectured and wrote about bank
ing topics and as Comptroller of die Currency he helped
refinance die government after die Civil war.
Are you preparing for future prosperity and
comfort by saving regularly a part of your earnings ?
W ill you be able to take advantage of opportunity
for profitable investment when it comes? Could you
weather a sick spell without going heavily in debt?
Be able to say YES to these questions a few
months hence by starting a savings account with us with
a part of your pay this week. W atching that account
grow will stimulate your energies.
Multiply your money in our care.
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AURORA STATE BANK
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for your 10c—ordi
nary plug or lasting
tobacco satisfaction.
Peyton Brand
f 'p \ Real Gravely
Chewing
Plug
10c a pouch—and worth it
Gravelylatte so much longer it costs
no more to chew than ordinary plug
f , B. Gravely Tobacco Company
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T he yearly Bargain Days for the O regonian are
over until next N ovem ber (1918.)
T he regular price of the Daily O regon
ian is $6,00 per year;the Daily an d Sun
ing the active assistance of Napoleon liar notices as well as to all notices of j
day com bined is $8.00 per year, and of
IH and the co-operation of the«French, ) entertainments, fairs, socials, shows, !
It is strange how much more liberally the little coun without which the task of driving-out etc. No reductions or discounts.
the O bserver $1.25 per year, but until
Austrians would have been impos
try towns respond to appeals for charity than do the large the
further
notice these papers will be
This is the debt that Italy, owes MARRY IF LONLEY ¡best and most 1
cities on such occasions as the “Belgian Babies” forget- sible.
clubbed a t the following prices:
its present ruling dynasty. And. though I |successful
"Home
Maker”
;
hundreds
me-not tag day. In Aurora almost $30.00 was contribut republican sentiment is still strong | rich wish marriage soon; strictly con
the peninsula, and the im fidential; reliable; years of experience;
ed in 10c driblets. Sàlem raised $300. If it had con throughout
pelling force in the creation of united descriptions free. “The Successful
The Daily Oregonian
tributed as liberally as Aurora (according to its popula Italy,
“love of liberty,” still remains, [Club”, Mrs. Purdie, Box 556, Oakland,
and The Observer
-kings of the house of Savoy have Calif.
tion) it would have raised $1400. Portland raised $3000. the1
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7-7 9-15
reconciled
themselves
so
well
with
this
Boh One Year
Had it done as well per capita as Aurora, it would have modern spirit that today they are not j FOR SALE!—Black horse 8 years old,
raised $30,000. There is no doubt that most of the small ; to he considered constitutional mon- i weight 1400, work single or double,
archs in the much diluted form as in | Hong Kee, Route 3, (near Boone’s
towns contributed in much the same ratio as Aurora.
The Daily and Sunday Ore
•
(8-tf)
England, but rather what may be Just Ferry.)
gonian and The Observer,
ly called representatives of “royal re FOR SALE—A seventy-fiye dollar
publicanism.”
Both one Year
Rotary Edison Mimeograph, practical
If the California hop growers decide to pick their crop
ly new, for sale or trade for anything
8accharine.
of hops, the work will begin in a few days usually about As none of it is absorbed fjy the from War Stamps to junk. What have
diabetics are allowed to use you? Write the Observer Office, Aur
August 3 0 or 12. Oregon growers are more uncertain blood,
instead of sugar. Eut sac ora, Oregon.
than ever as to what they will do. Now that the crop saccharine
charine has been accused of causing FOR SALE!—New double barrel |
grave
tronbles
the digestion add it
has beeh grown, they are still faced with an expenditure has even been to indicted
as a cause of Steven’s shot gun, 12 guage, weight
of 7 or'8 cents a pound to pick and bale. Whether they cancer. The best medical
opinion, 7 | pounds, top-lever. Cost $27,50, will
however,
acquits
it
of
these
charges, sell for $26, War stamps same as
will be justified in making this expenditure is the problem for there are many diabetics who
have cash, Inquire at Observer Office, Aur
that is now puzzling every grower, who must decide the used it regularly for many years with
ora, Oregon.
out
any
ill
effects.
In
France
sacchar
matter upon his own responsibility.
AURORA, OREGON
ine may not be given to infants, the TEAM FOR SALE—One light span
aged and the sick without a doctor’s mares, light wagon, set of harness, one
nrescription.
single buggy-and harness. On the old
Prahl Place. S. H. Southard, Aurora,
Marion county has received from the state school fund
--------------- T*%$
' ] R. 3.______________________ (19-4t).
I FOR SALE—Ice made from pure
FOR SALE
His Opinion.
$23,716.80, at the rate of $3.83 per capita of school popu: Doctor Eaton,
Hubbard Creamery Co., Hub
a
former
president
of
Holstein
Friesian
bulls
ready
for
ser
Gummed
fruit
labels
(with
blanks
for
lation. Clackamas county received $20,717.23 upon the Madison university, was beloved, by the kind of fruit and the year canned) at vice. Also a few calveB from good water.
bard. Oregon.
to8-15
One day a student who had the Observer Office, in little tablets producing dams. Buy them while they Marry, if lonely. For speedy mar
same basis. The Aurora district’s share of these state students.
spoken
In
debate
asked
him
what
he
young and have them - grow into riage, try my club, very successful,
funds is about $250.
thought of the effort The doctor look (perforated booklets) at 10 cents per are
money.—Ernest Werner. Kt. 2.
best, largest in the country, established
ed at him ahd then said slowly, “Eld- tablet,
11 years; thousand wealthy wishing to
ward, If you would pluck a few feath
WANTED—About
a
ton
of
hop
wire,
marry at once. Confidential descrip
horn the wings of yonr imagina FOR SALE!—Black mare, about 8
The best time to buy war savings stamps—when ers
tion and stick them In the tail of yonr years old, weight about 1000 lbs. Fine sizes 6,8,or 9, in good condition. Write tions free. Reliable Club.—Mrs:
I
the
Aurora
Observer,
or
call
at
Office,
yon would make better roadster.—H. W. Watkins, Route 3.
Wrubel, 732 Madison St. Oakland, Cali
ever you can get the money. The Aurora postoffice still Judgment,
(17) fornia.
speeches.”—Christian Register.
12-7-1917
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