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About Aurora observer. (Aurora, Marion County, Or.) 19??-1940 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 13, 1919)
f“ THE A U R O R A O B S E R V E R WHO SAYS IT? Slogging through the mud of France, Camping in the rain; Hiking in a frozen trance Down some German plain; “Fall in !”—hear the sergeant yell, Far from home and clover; Tell me, who the bally hell Said the war “ was over?” Chow for breakfast—slum for noon— _ Who says men are free While the bugler’s foolish tune Pipes the reveille'? “Right dress!”—hear the sergeant buzz From Mainz across to Dover; Tell me who the hell it wuz Said the war “ was over?” FARMERS IN BEST FINANCIAL SHAPE . OF RECENT YEARS Sm ooth Transition o f A gricul ture to Peace Basis Predicted by Federal R eserve Board American farmers are in better financial shape than they have been j for years, according to a recent report ! of the Federal Reserve Board at Wash ington, which also predicts a smooth j transition of agriculture and industry I from a war to a peace basis. The j TH E W H E A T GU ARAN TEE board’s review of economic conditions throughout the country is based on The problem of handling the 1919 wheat crop is yet : detailed reports made to it by the governors-of the twelve federal re Cleaning up a mass of wire. to be solved, but Congress will doubtless find it necessary j serve banks. Stained with clotted blood "The farmer is said to be in the to create a government agency to buy and sell wheat,both! Where the big trucks bog and mire best financial shape for many years,” In the winter mud; the review says. “ In the South he is at home and abroad. At home it will, of course, pay the1 Full of filth and fleas and fuzz— able to hold his cotton for better Cannoneer and drover, guaranteed price of $2.20, but it should be authorized to! Tell me who the fat-head wuz prices and is marketing his output conservatively. sell the wheat where ever there is a demand, at prices I Said the war “ was over?” “ Excellent crop prospects are re —Grantland Rice. based upon the world's market, and to maintain the home ported from the wheat states of the West and from California. On the prices to mills and consumers, on a parity with the world Pacific Coast the prospects for excel market as nearly as possible. This will give home con Cable the Peace C onference lent crops are exceedingly bright.” , “Victory year” crops, according to sumers the benefits of any fall in world wheat prices. America’s prestige is at stake in another government report, added the coming Victory Liberty Loan. The $17,000,000,000 to our wealth. The This plan involves, of course, government control of eyes of the world are fixed upon us. contributions were: wheat and wheat-products prices, as well as the control The nations of the world are going to principal Corn—2,582,814,000 bushels, $3,528,- rate us on this last effort, ft is right | 313.000. and licensing of all mills and selling agencies for at least that they should judge us, not by Wheat—$17,100,000 bushels, $1,874,- another year. It is apparent that some such plan is ab what we do in the heat of the strug- j 623.000. gle, but by our condition after the Oats—1,538,359,000 bushels, $1,092,- solutely necessary to carry out the government guarantee fight. 423.000. to the farmers. The losses involved will thus be borne by ’'One of the best guarantees of world Barley—256,375,000 bushels $235,- peace for years to come would be the the nation collectively,and not by the individual consumers, successful flotation of the Victory Lib 269.000. Rye—89,103,000 bushels, $134,947,- erty Loan for five or six billion dol 000 . lars. Even a combination of powers Potatoes—397,676,000 bushels, $475,- ___ _ _ __ . inclined to start another war would 731.000. T H E D U TIE S O F P E A C E hesitate in the face of such a display Hay—75,459,000 tons, $1,522*473,000. , , ,. „ ., . . , ,. ' of tremendous national strength. Tobacco •— 1,340,019,000 pounds, The sudden ending of the war imposed new duties up- Every man who buys a victory Lib- $374,318,000. Apples—173,632,000 barrels, $229,- on us all. As some failed to realize their war duties, so w ?t" 990.000. some fail to understand the duties imposed by peace. The “'h,'vh America speaks at the peace As a result of the flourishing condi tion of the farmer in general the gov nation owes a debt of gratitude to those who fought in the! going to be many moments during that ernment expects him to take a large * i \ i *1 Conference when every whit of the block of Victory Liberty Loan Bonds first lines and to the soldiers m the camps who backed j power of the United States in will April. be ,, t » i , -, j i -i < t i -i i j ’ needed to shape into actualities those them up. But gratitude alone does not discharge debts.-} ideais for which we entered the world _ _ i . G eorg e P e a b o d y / JBanker and Philanthropisty W h e n e le v e n years old he was a store boy, at middle age a m erchant prin ce, friend o f royalty and active American patriot Peabody gave millions fo r free education in Am erica and Eng land. "E con om y and thrift" w as his motto. If you aim to get ahead in life you could adopt no better motto. T h e man w h o works steadily and honestly, lives sensibly and saves a portion o f what he earns is certain to enjoy some "lu ck ." Deposit a part o f your pay this w eek in this bank, w here it w ill be absolutely safe and always sub ject to your ca ll A dd something every w eek. Get ready thus to meet opportunity half w ay. Be prepared to endure die rainy day cheerfully. Multiply your money in our care. AURORA STATE BANK THE U & I Restaurant BORN OF W A R To justly meet our obligations to our soldiers and sail-! s' S s,tehe cables carry Qllal ors united effort is needed now as much as during the j d’Orsay this message: It is difficult yet to value accurately or in some instances to perceive all war. We must not put our selfish interests above the in-1 Fifth “Am Liberty er,ca has her by more than a Loan the war has brought to our national terests of the nation. That is the sure way to lose the j billion dollars:” life or pruned from it. The things we think -little now may appear to fruits of victory. We cannat fake things easy because the posterity the greatest. The Thrift T H IN K S T R A IG H T war is over; but must continue to give our best efforts to} This is a time for straight thinking. Stamp idea seems to be one of these. as a war emergency meas ■58b - That is the only way to create prosperity.! Make sure the other fellow is not talk Originated ure,' it has taken hold; has appealed drivel. Analyze his thought, don’t to,the common sense of America, and Keep pushing. We can't lay down on the job now! Keep! ing follow it. He may be suffering with may yet shape the destiny of the things going. Co-operate as we never have before!: phraseologie hemorrhage. It is epi- nation. -p j demie now a days like influenza and It is patent, now that the war is 1 America is the best land on earth, the best home in j-T > much more serious. that the Thrift Stamp has come world. If we would preserve and perpetuate this for our! For instance in regard to the Vic-1 over, these fellows | to. stay. If we get nothing else out of O versubscriptions o f January •children and our children’s children, class consciousness tory Llberty their l30an vests, and frown wisely, I the war but the habit of saving, which and February Savings Cam who thumb the corollary simple living, we must cease, co-operation must prevail, and every thinking j and say “Let the banks do it. They j begets will have reaped the full fruit of the paign A llotm ents to R e man must study the problems that now confront us. The! Siking d r iv e r ’ u f J i T u t T t I wrar. For a thrifty democracy is a duce L oan Task firm democracy, a potent democracy, past is behind us; we cannot afford to let the Suture take isn,t s°od sense- Nor is il good! a democracy strong enough to pre a .. i. t ". . a i i • i a • economics, which amounts to the same serve itself. Victory Liberty Loan quotas of the care or itself, Every man must feel himself responsible! thing. QUOTAS OF LOAN WILL DEPEND ON WARSTAMPSALES L. J. REEVES The Hurry Call! The Aurora Observerhas due it from two good nurseries four or five hundred , trees and some other nursery stock, which it promised to order by Decem ber 15. But the nurseries have agreed to extend the time into January, the date depending on how long their stock holds out. To dispose o f this stock we will sell it at the following low prices, if ordered at once: Apple, trees__________________ T-"- 15c Plums and Prunes_____ _________ 15c P eaches..__ ____________ 15c Pears_______ 20c 25c A man who saves is a better citizen Twelfth Federal Reserve District are Cherries ________ f o r W h a t t h e f u t u r e W ill b r i n g f o r t h . ! If the government thought it was 30c ° _ wise to “ let the banks do it,” th§ gov- than the man who does not save. He to be determined in: some measure by Walnuts (seedlings)_______ ____________ I eminent would let them do it. There becomes a stockholder in his govern the amounts loaned the government Walnuts (grafted) T_____ $1.00 fo $1.50 40c would be no Victory Liberty Loan in ment and he is jealous for the wel by each district in War Savings | Quince______________ the popular sense. But the govern fare of that government in war and Stamps during January and February. I A pricots__ _____________ 25e T W O K IN D S ment knows better than to let the jn peace. In war he will fight for it If a district oversubscribes its War Currants.__________________ 10c Savings Stamp quotas for the first j with his life. In jleace he will protect do it. 10c Aliens who come to America to live here and die here, banks two months of the year, its Victory j j Gooseberries___ ____ This is the period of reconstruction it from those who would tear down. I Ornamentals______ ____ _____ 25c to 50c Liberty Loan quota will be decreased As America saves from this day on now. It is a period of many to raise a family, to create a home, and to acquire citizen right Roses___ __________ ________ 25c to 50c possibilities economically. One possi so shall she grow in benign power and to the extent of„ the oversubscription. ..........$2.50 Conversely, if a district fails to reach ; . ship are always welcome, for such -men obey the laws, bility is Industrial depression. One ,in the eyes of mankind. “ A bank ac its January and February Stamp quo- Grapes,dozen..— Blackberries, dozen.___ „_______ $1.00 . . .. . t . 1 - 1 1 - i preventative of industrial depression count for every American citizen” make an honest living, take a man s part in the upbuilding t iS plan ty of money at favorable rates should be one of our national slogans. tas, its Liberty Loan quota will be Red Raspberries, dozen. . . . _____ $1.00 * Black Raspberries, d o ze n ...___ _ $1.00 The Thrift and War Savings Stamp ¡ increased. o f the country, and are alwavs ready to work or to fight! °V nt6r™ 1° stimulate pr,i^{ec idea is freighted with a mighty change ! When Lewis B. Franklin, director Loganberries, dozen__ _______ _ $1.00 I of the War Loan Organization, was in for it, if need be, not be clogged with government se- for the better in our national life. The Thrift Stamp is hacked by the San Francisco recently, he revealed V a rie tie s But he who comes to reap without sowing and'to claim 'o .-let ’S H J S ? aT itT’ mf. United States government. Without that on the day the armistice was signed there was in progress in Wash Apple trees—Nearly all varieties. doubt it is the greatest investment rights without duties is unwelcome and undesirable. He people must do it—do it from their Pears—Bartlett,Anjou, Winter Nel ever offered and it is in such a form ington a meeting to formulate plans is a parasite that should be expelled. Not even the right | ^iw ni’sfriSt and future' that every American, big and little, for the continuous sale of Liberty lies, Bose, Fall Butter, Flemish Beauty, Bonds—such a plan as governs the Idaho, and Comice. can take advantage o ' it. Support the Victory Liberty Loan. of asylum belongs to such, for he does nothing for the sale of Thrift and War Savings Plums—Peach Plum, Reine Claude, Stamps. Moreover, the Liberty Bond country which has offered him everything. In peace selfish) SEND M E T H E BILL Satsuma, Petite Prune, Silver Prune, and War Stamps work was to be and a few others. No Italian Prunes,/ and clannish; in war disloyal or yellow. Throw him out. closely coordinated. Peaches—Early Crawford, Elberta, These plans were immediately dis- 1 carded when the Germans signed the I Hales, Fitzgerald, Charlotte, Sal way-. I armistice and when Secretary of the ¡ Lovell. , The Clackamas county court has promised the people | Treasuiy Glass took office he an- | Cherries—Gov. Wood,Kentish, Black j nounced that the Victory Liberty Loan j Republican, Lambert, Bine: Royal A n n , of Macksburg and Needy that no particular route for the | would be the last. In the face of sug- } May Duke, Etc. proposed Molalla-Canby paved highway will be chosen un gestions that the Victory Loan be put English Walnut—Franquette a n d on a cold commercial basis, he added Mayette Seedlings 4 to 6 feet. till the commissioners, the roadmaster and engineers have| that" the men making these sugges Gooseberries—O r e g o n Champion, made a complete investigation of the routes proposed b y 1 tions were discounting the patriotism Poorman, Victoria, Chautauqua. of the American people and he would several localities. It is believed that Clackamas county is Currants—Perfection, White Grape, depend upon the patriotism of the American people rather than place se Prolific, Cherry, Red Cross, Black so thoroughly aroused over road matters that 1919 will be curities of the United States govern Naples. a banner year in that county. All this stock is guaranteed good ment upon a plane with the paper of private corporations. matured stock, true to name, and free from disease. Send us your order, or come in aud talk it over. We can save R . B . F. G IE S Y The National Council of Defense has found it neces-j you money. sary to continue the state council of depense system i because of the multiplicity of problems that still perflexj the nation. These are the problems of Americanization, the problem of unemployment, the tranference of $37,- j 000,000,000 of war risk insurance from a war to peace j basis, and others equally acute. There is also the prob lem of disloyalty, again becoming bold when peace draws 'm ar. An Oregonian headline refers to Representative Weeks of Marion county as *‘Mrv Wicks.” Weeks is somewhat radical, a worker and a fighter—but no Bol shevist! The Oregonian owes him an apology. D THE AURORA OBSERVER P h y s ic ia n a n d S u rg eon Both Phones Office at Residence SOUTHERN PACIFIC W m . H E IN Z f AUCTIONEER Live Stockand Farm Sales a Specialty > R A IL R O A D TIM E C A R D Aurora, Or. t % N. C. WESCOTT, Pub. 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