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About Aurora observer. (Aurora, Marion County, Or.) 19??-1940 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 26, 1918)
THE A U R O R A O B S E R V E R WAITING FOR THE TIME THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1918. C. WESCOTT - « - . . - fi E d it o r a n d P u b l is h e r •Eatered as second class m atter March 28, 1911, a t the postoffice a t Aurora Oregon, under the Act of March 3. 1879. N. I pledge allegiance to my Rag and the republic for which it stands,one Nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice to all. ih je SOLDIERS AND FARMING jLo jC y s s / tvcltvnj xvYw&a, The proposal to sell farms to returning soldiers or to D ti. m a k j& 'x V o r\.H iT \a s clear new lands for them on easy terms has its disadvant Gkle, ages as well as its advantages. All soldiers are not farm ©eTv^aLk.bk.e. CKstteLoe,. ers nor do all of them wish to be farmers, and if they all If We Give Ourselves. (or a large part of them) become farmers, it might prove Christmas Is not a day or a sea son, but a 'condition of heart and most disastrous, especially to the new soldier farmer him- mind. If we love our neighbors aS . self. It must be remembered that our population increas ourselves; if in our riches we are poor in spirit and in our poverty we es normally but 2 per cent a year, If the farming area are rich in grace; if our charity vaunteth not itself, but suffereth and and farm production increases more rapidly than popula is kind? if when our brother asks a loaf we give ourselves instead; it tion, agricultural depression is bound to follow shortly. It each day dawns in opportunity and is a doubtful favor to a returned soldier with little or no sets-in achievement however small; then every day is Christ’S day and capital to place him on a farm only partially cleared, witl Christmas is always near. soil of questionable quality, or in a locality where, land is . Day of All Days. M erry C hristm as! m ay It find you already so high that it will not return 2 per cent on the G ay w ith all th e b est of cheer; Joy cotne your vjay to rem ind you investment. Only the most skilled can exist under suet Of th e tim e of all th e year. ¡L O C A L A D R A T E . conditions and no one can rnake a 'decent livelihood, not Local notices and classified column to mention paying for a farm. It appears to us far more idvertisements of every description ar< wise to furnish capital to buy farms already developed, tc • cents, per line, but no “ad" will bi for less than 25c. This rate such returned soldiers- as are already farmers, and tc >f nserted 5 cents per line applies to ^oi stake such as are not farmers but who wish to try farm ;ale, for rent, lost, found, want ad, ing, for a few seasons £S renters on good farms, and ij :ard of thanks and all similar notices. well as, to all notices of entertain they develope ability as farmers, to loan them capital to is nents, fairs, socials, shows, etc,,which purchase land. Soldiers without farm experience should 4iarge an admission fee or are given money for any purpose. Copy have the assistance of‘the government’s most practica o or raise local reading notices must be in county agents, and every , returned soldier who wants to lot later than Wednesday noon. try farming should be given every possible assistance— MARRY IF LONELY; for results? -not on a charity basis, but on business terms of the most ry me;best and ipost successful“ Home fa k e r” hundreds rich wish marriage liberal nature until they have either become skilled farm ;oon;strictlv confi iential;most reliable; ers or decide that farming is not their forte. Our soldiers /ears of experience; descriptions frpe. ‘The Successful Club” , Mrs. Purdie, are not looking for charity but a chance to do their share i ■ Box 556, Oakland, Calif. of the world's work in the future, just as they have showr The Observer will send the home themselves willing to fight the world’s battles. iaper to any soldier or sailor from tfiis ection at $1.00 per year. We wii change the address as. often as notified. The increase of $59,000,000 in the assessed valuation of Oregon property this year means a material increase ii the funds of those state institutions which are operated or. a millage basis. The state university gets $296,000, raised by a 3/10 mill tax, an increase of about $3 8,000 over las' year. The Oregon agricultural college will receive $395,: 000, raised by a 4/10“ mill tax; an increase of $23,000 ovei last year. The state normal school will get nearly $40, 000, from a 1/25 mill tax, an increase of about $2500 over last year. County fairs' will gët $50,000, from a 1/2 mill tax, a $3000 increase over last year. The state high way fund will receive from a 1/4 mill tax $248,000, an in urease of $15,000. All these increases arise solely iron the increased valuation, no change having been made in the millage rate. With B-urleson advocating government ownership of telegraph and telephone system and McAdoo 5 year-con trol of railroads, it will not be long before street railways, electric light and water systems will all be gobbled up bj municipalities. Even the insurance business may be tak en over by the people within a few years. If the govern ment is “going into business”, there is no valid argument for limiting government ownership to railroads and tele graph and telephone systems. ' ■ v_____ ,__ _ Fall sown wheat in Oregon amounts to 393,000 acres — as near as the; department of agriculture is able to esti mate—the largest acreage on record. The acreage'of fall wheat for the United States is placed at 49,027,000 acres. Marion has 12,000 acres and Clackamas county 9,000. Umatilla has the largest acreage, or 183,000 acres, while Cpos county has only 400 acres. MARRY—Thousands lonely, congen al members, worth $59.000 up, will narry. Descriptions FREE, Ralph lyde.'San Francisco, Cal, 40-6tp. FOR SALE—Four room bungalow •çasonable price, modern plumbing, ¡mall payment down, bal on time a t 6 >er cent. Inquire at th& Observer jffice; - - 4l-4t, “ Buy your flouy, feed and poultrv applies of the Hubbard Creamery Co., lubbard, Orégon.” Application blanks for the 1919 régis /ration of your automobile or motor •ycle may be secured at the Observei »ffice by calling for them. Cbauffeu: egistration application blanks may al- : ,o be obtained. No charge for thes; banks. No credence should be given the Woodbum Indepen dent’s statement that Seymour Jones, the next Speaker, is; opposed to the paving of of East side Highway. It is rperely a part of the campaign which has been promoted in Woodburn against Jones and in favor of any one to de feat him for, -.rnn in r - * ^ As a small boy he ran aw ay to sea and at nineteen was cap* tain and part ow ner of a trading vessel. Invested savings w ere profitable and he sup' ported the government with a five'million^ dollar loan in the 1812 war. Girard college for poor boys is his monument. Stephen Girarci ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the u n -; dersigned has been duly appointed as | administrator of the estate of William Nibler, deceased, by the County Court' of Marion County, Oregon, and all per sons having claims against said estate must present them to the undersigned, ; duly verified as by law inquired at my 1 office in Aurora, Oregon, within six ! months from the date of this notice. Dated December 12th, 1918. B. F. Giesy, Administrator of the Estate of William Nibler, Deceased. Dimick & Dimick and W. L. Mulvey. Attorneys for Administrator. First publication December 19, 1918. ■jakt publication January 16, 1919. STOCKHOLDER’S MEETING The regular annual meeting of the j stockholders of the Aurora State Bank : will be he’ld in the Bank Building a t ; Aurora, Oregon, on Thursday, January i 9, 1919, at the hour of 1 P. M, At this j meeting there will be chosen from thej stockholders seven (7) directors, who i will serve for the ensuing year. Such other business will be trans- i acted as may properly come before the : annual stockholder’s meeting. Zeno Schwab, Secretary, i _ Aurora, Oregon, December 17, 1918. j rirst Publication, December 19, 1918. Last Publication, January 9, 1919. Get the Genuine enti Avoid Waste There is not much variation in these stories o f m en's achievements. T h e poor boy w ho w orks earnestly and saves as much as possible for future investment generally is the person w ho commands men and directs great enterprises in after years. N ow is the time for you to build for the future. Begin by depositing a part o f your salary w ith us this W eek. Get the saving habit It will help you later. Multiply your money in our care. AURORA STATE BANK THE Hot Lunches and Sandwiches L. J. REEVES HUNGER D RA W S THE M AP Famine Conditions' l&ftH Food Shortage approching famine Point %%£( Serious Food Shortage rtoss Sufficient Present Food Supply But M u re Serious1 Peoples1 already receiv in g “ “ A m erica n aw l Unclassified D E CEM BE R, 1 . 1918 FOR SALE—A young cow, jue resh, Also a few sheep. Fred An- lerson, Aurora. Ore. ... ......_________ Jemand For Telegraph Operators Young men and women tiained ir ,‘ew months under the supervision of t successful Dispatcher. Indorsed bj Railroads. Opportunity to earn ex senses. Write for Bulletin, Telegraph Jept, 218 Railway Exchange Bldg. Portland, Oreg. SEND THE HOME PAPER Among those who have sent the local paper to boys in the service are the fol lowing: , W. J, Flick, 5 subscriptions. John Pugh, Jr. 2 ‘do. Geo. Miller, 3 do. A. H, Giesy, 2 do. Mrs. L. A. Kinyon, 1 do. Mrs, A, J . Deetz, 1 do. D. A, Keil. 1 do. Jno Damm. 2 do. A. M, McConnell, 1 do. Mrs. N, C, Wescott, 1 do. Mrs. J, F. Kerr, 1 do. _ Miss Lodine Kerr, 1 do, Wm. Bruns, 2 do. R. H. Whitworth, 5 do, ' Sam Miller 1 do. Mrs. C. H. Lorenz, 1 do. Alsace and Lorraine celebrated the defeat of their Hun rulers by pulling down the «tatué of William I, the | grand father of the ex-Kaiser,, at Metz. .For fifty years, | they have been a subjugated people, and that statue, ff which even the children- disposed, - personified the hated j» ¡a Hun rule, and the still more hated Hun ruler. i ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE Notice is hereby given th at the un dersigned has been duly appointed as administrator of the estate of Alice A. fjibler, deceased, by the County Court of Mhrion.County, Ore., and all persons having claims against said estate must present/ them to the undersigned, duly verified as by law required, at my office in Aurora, Oregon, within six months from the date of this notice. Dated December 12th, 1918. B. F. Giesy, Administrator of the Eestate of Alice A. Nibler, Deceased. Dimick & Dimick and W. L. Mulvey. Attorneys for administrator. First publication December 19, 1918. Last publication January 16, 1919. Wm. HEINZ AUCTIONEER Live Stockand Farm Sales a Specialty T erm s R easonable Phone Canby 13-15 (Mail— Aurora Route 1) E M. HURST Alway* in the; market for old Copper, Lead, Zinc, Iron, Braes, Old Newspapers and Magazines (neatly folded),second hand sacks, and junk of all kinds. AURORA • OREGON A food map of Europe today shows not a single country In which the fu ture does not hold threat of serious difficulties and only a small part which is not rapidly approaching the famine point. With the exception of the Ukraine only those countries which have maintained marine commerce have sufficient food supplies to meet actual needs until next harvest, and evqn In the Ukraine, with stores accu mulated on the farms, there Is famine in the large centers of population. Belgium and northern • France, as well as Serbia, appear on the hunger map distinct from the rest of Europe because they stand in adifferent rela tion from the other nations to the peo ple of the United States. Aroerlea has for four years maintained the small war rations of Belgium and northern France and Is already making special efforts to care for their Increased after-the-war needs, which, with those of Serbia, must be Included Itfthis plan, are urgent In the extreme and must have Immediate relief. The gratitude o f the Belgian ^nation for the help America has extended to her during the war constitutes the strongest appeal for us to continue our work there. The moment the German armies withdrew from her soil and she was established once more In her own seat of government the little nation's first thought was to express her grati tude to the Commission for Relief in Belgium for preserving the lives of millions of her citizens. Germany, on the other hand, need not figure In such a map for Ameri cans because there Is no present indi cation that we shall be called on at all to take thought- for the food needs of Germany. Gennady probably can care for her own food problem if she is given access to shipping and is enabled to distribute food to the cities with dense populations, which are the trou ble centers, England, France, the Netherlands and Portugal, all of which have been maintained from American supplies, have sufficient food to meet Immediate needs, but their fututre presents seri ous difficulties. The same is true of Spain and the northern neutral coun tries—«Norway, Sweden and Denmark —whose ports have been open and who have been able to draw to some degree upon foreign supplies. Most of Russia is already in the throes of famine, and 40,000,000 people there are beyond the possibility of help. Before another spring thou sands of them inevitably must die. This applies as well to Poland and practically throughout the Baltic re- glons, with conditions most serious In Finland. Bohemia, Serbia, Rouraanla and Montenegro hitfe already reached the famine point and are suffering a heavy toll of death. The Armenian popula tion is falling each week as hunger takes Its toll, and in Greece, Albania and Roumanla so serious are the food shortages that famine Is near. Al though starvation Is not yet Imminent, Italy, Switzerland, Bulgaria and Tur key are in the throes of serious strin gencies. In order to fulfill America’s pledge In world relief we will have to export every ton of food which can be han dled through our ports. This means at the very least a minimum of 20,000,000 toDS compared with 6,000,000 tons pre-v wur, exports and 11,820,000 tons ex ported last year, when we were bound by the ties of war to the European allies. If we fall to lighten the black spots on the hunger map or if we allow any portions to become darker the very peace for which we fought and bled will be threatened. Revolt and anaYchy inevitably follow famine. Should tills happen we will see in other parts of Europe a repetition of the Russian de bacle and our fight for world peace will have'been In vain. — j