Aurora observer., August 28, 1919, Image 1

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Aurora
Observer
AURORA
Published Every Thursday
VOL.
(jULsV^
.25 a Year
AURORA, MARION COUNTY, OREGON, AUGUST 28, 1919.
IX.
HOP PICKING TIME HERE
Majority of Big Animals
Are Extremely Lazy Even
PICKERS ARE PLENTIFUL
NEW CONNECTION CHARGES , Sahara Desert Once Well
Watered and Fertile Says
FIXED FOR TELEPHONES
NO. 25
NEW PLAN TO DISPOSE
OF ARMY’S SURPLUS FOOD
Tunis Parmer Soules, aged 69 years,
died at Woodburn last week.
in Their Native Haunts
Professor of Egyptology
TUNIS PARMER SOULES
He was
born in Michigan, but lived in Oregon
The Public Service Commission has
fixed the following connection charges
and moving charges for telephone com­
panies in this state, for exchanges with
l°ss than 1000 stations:
For the complete establishment of in­
dividual or party line service, $2,50,
For each extension connected with
any telephone, $1.50,
For establishing service by the use
of instrumentalities already in place on
the subscriber’ s premises, and where
no change is made in the type or loca­
tion of these instrumentalities, $1.00,
For moving a telephone from one lo­
cation to another in the same room,
$ 1 . 00 .
For moving a telephone from one lo­
cation to another in the same building
but not in the same room, $2.00.
For moving any other equipment or
wire from one location to another in
the same building, the charge shall be
based upon the cost of labor and mater­
ial.
Changes from wall set to desk set, or
yice versa, at the request o f the sub­
scriber, $1,00.
All charges for new service connec­
tion must be collected before service is
established.
These charges are in addition to mile­
age, installation and construction
charges that may be made because of
unusual cost.
Tne regulations go into effect Sep­
tember 1, 1919.
Art's Inspiration.
A famous artist, who had art classes,
had forbidden smoking in his studio.
One day, after being out for half an
hour, he re-entered the studio sudden­
ly and saw one student with a lighted
cigarette in his fingers, which he tried
to conceal With an air of assumed
playfulness the artist approached the
offender and said: “ A strange crayon
you have there, my friend. May I ask
what you propose to draw with that?”
‘‘Clouds!” replied the student.
SALEM DAILY PAPER HAS
INACCURATE ROAD NEWS
A Salem paper publishes the report
that the Salem-Aurora highway is
being paved at the rate o f 1600 yards
per day— about 1000 yards too high
an estimate. The Salem paper also
says Huber will finish his contract
here by September first. Mr. Huber
will doubtless be surprised and de­
lighted' to learn this.
Another paragraph says that- the
Blake-Compton Company is pushing
work on its mile contract from Salem
north to join the Huber 5 mile con­
tract- from Aurora south.
I f all the other statements o f the
Salem Journal article are as inaccu­
rate as the above samples, its readers
are being dished up considerable mis­
leading road information.
The H ubei contract may- be finish­
ed this fall if weather conditions are
good.
Excellent progress is being
made and a fine piece o f work is be­
ing done— which o f course limits the
speed with which it can be done.
According to reports sent out from
Though not generally known, most
The dry weather bas undoubtedly
The Sahara desert was once well wa­
more than 40 years, the last 22 years
tered and fertile, and hunters from reduced the. hop crop from 5000 to of the big carnivora are extremely Portland, the war department has
in W oodbum, He was married in
lazy, in their native haunts—only ex­
the Sahara plateau, moving gradually
adopted a new plan for the distribu-
down through a rift in North­ 10,000 bales. The latest estimates by erting themselves when in need of
1870 to Isabelle Miller who died in
;ion
o f its surplus food products in 1894, leaving him and the following
food,
and
often
going
without
it
for
eastern Africa, located where Egypt dealers, with state wide sources of
Sheer
indolence.
now lies, according to Dr. James information, place the crop at one-
Oregon and Southern Washington. children, all o f whom survive their
.Animals of the zoological gardens
Henry Breasted, professor of Egyp­
Fifteen cars o f canned goods on the father: Mrs. W. L. White o f Aurora,
tology and oriental history, Uni­ third the normal crop in the days obtaining their food without any ef­
fort on their own part grow stupid and way from San Francisco to Portland. Fred C. Soules o f Woodburn, Mrs.
versity of Chicago.
when the industry was flourishing
According to the latest plan o f the Ive E. Fyrguson o f Aurora, Melvin L.
ill for lack of exercise.
The pac­
Doctor Breasted said that this all
happened about the time of the stone j Growers report the supply o f pick­ ing up and down, just before meal war department the commodities will Soules and Elgin D. Soules, twins, o f
age. Egypt was then one huge lake, ! ers sufficient. Thè large yards have time is not sufficient. Besides, ani­ be stored in a warehouse and orders Seattle; Elmo M. Soules' o f Battle
but it gradually drained out into the j booked all they need, and the smaller j mals are like people; they need ehange received in the first, second and third Creek, Michigan; Mrs. Mrfu.de M.
Mediterranean, leaving the Nile valley. yards are certain . to have all they i of scene and air. For this reason the class postoffices will be filled in Port­
Silver o f Vancouver; Chester R.
Here the hunters were afforded every need. Some o f the fuggle yards are] animals in a circus or show are really land for shipment at the special par­
Soules and Earl G. Soules o f Seattle.
more
fortunate
than
their
brothers
in
natural resource and founded a civ- i beginning to pick this week. Some o f
cel post raté o f five cents for the He also leaves 16 grand-children and
the zoological gardens.
ilization which outstripped Europe. It
the early cluster yards will begin the
The trick animals get plenty of ex­ first pound and 1 cent for each ad­ one great-grand-son.
was about 4,000 or 3,000 B. C. that
Egypt had a stable government con­ first, and others about the eight of j ercise during performance, and the ditional pound. Portland will be the
In 1898 Mr. Soules married Mrs.
September. Most o f the growers are j constant change of scene keeps them distributing center for this district, Ella Smith o f Salem, who survives
trolling millions of souls.
interested.
Even
such
fierce
animals
The grain of Egypt was 1,000 years paying $1.20 per 100 pounds. Fewj
it is announced.
him. He was a member o f the Meth­
older than that found in Asia, says j o f the yards, pick “ by the b ox ” any I as leopards, tigers and lions enjoy
odist church, an active Woodman o f
Doctor Breasted, and cattle undoubt­ longer, but ‘ ‘ by weight ’ *— the fairest i going through their tricks from sheer
the World, a hospitable neighbor, and
relief of the monotony of their cages,
edly had their origin in Africa. The
J, E. Moorback and son George a loyal citizen o f sterling character.
method for both picker and grower, j and often the big cats are quite play­
stone age founders of Egypt early de­
veloped from hunters to farmers and j It is estimated that nearly 10,000 ful during the time of their training, Moorback, proprietors of the Sherwood
used the oldest metal instruments I pickers will share in the $400,000 to not from any love of man, but from a Electric Light and water Company,
S. A. Milter and family and guests
were here Monday, looking over the
made by human agency. They evi- $500,000 that will be paid out for love of motion.
water system here and the electric motored up the Columbia Highway yes­
dently discovered the metal there; and j picking the Oregon crop this year.
a system o f writing was evolved in ! This will go mostly to women and
terday.
light plant on the Molalla river.
Egypt thousands o f years before j children, as comparatively few men SMALL PROSPECTS OF ENOUGH
Christ.
.
AUTOS OR LOWER PRICES
will go into the hop yards this season
as pickers. ■
CANBY PIONEER WOMAN
With few or no actual transactions,
Speaking of prospects for increased
PASSES TO FINAL REST hops are still quoted at 50 to 53 cents, production and a reduction in the price
for the season’s product. A large
of automobiles, Robert Shimmin of the
part— probably 75 to 80 per cent— of
Miss Sophia Kocher. one o f the the crop is contracted.
Shimmin Bros, garage says:
The automobile shortage that has be­
pioneer residents o f Canby, died at
Henry L, Bents, who visited the Sil-
her home in that place at 1 2 :30 verton-Mt. Angel hop section, states come so critical dur|ng the summer
still continues and it is safe to say that
Thursday afternoon after an lltlncss that the crop has been greatly reduced
there by the ravages of the red spider. it will be another year before the manu­
o f ten days.
One small fuggle yard of five acres in facturers have fully caught up with
Miss Kocher was bom in Alleghanie which picking is already finished, had their orders.
The best car in the world needs adjusting now
The last two weeks has seen the
county, Pennsylvania, and was 79 only 106 boxes.
and then. Parts will wear and break.
placing of more and larger orders than
years, 9 months and 9 days old at
We are in position to do repair work at
afiy time since the signing of \ he
the time o f her death. She crossed
Armistice. General Motors have con­
the lowest possible figure, and if your
the plains with her parents in 1S67,
tracted for 200,000 tons of steel, the
TH
E
SWANS
OF
YPRES
break occurs during the busy season, phone
Ford Motor Co. has let their contract
settling in Marks’ Prairie, Clackamas
and most of the other big automobile
us and we will come out. No extra
county, where she resided contin­
o^veerns in the Detroit district are pro­
uously.' until fifteen years ago, when y pri’.f. w&s on'70 a weaving top n n j.tr PH
charge for the trip.
she moved to Canby, where she has Where merchants jostled up and'? down. * tecting their source of supply by- con­
And merry shuttles used to ply;- .
tract. The Willy-Overland Go. con­
resided continuously until Tier death. On the looms the fleeces were
She was the daughter o f the late Brought from the mart at Winchester, tracts has been held up owing to the
Lighting, starting and ignition are important
_ And silver fo x from Burgundy.
labor trouble at the Toledo plant but it
Conrad and Kathenns Kocher.
parts of your car. Do not experiment.
is thought that they have placed their
The funeral was held at the Kocher .Who is weaving there tonight?
Only the moon, whose shuttle white
orders by now.
Have the work done by an expert. We
residence at Canby, Saturday after­
Makes silver warp on dyke and pond;
While the big concerns are letting
noon at 1:30 o ’clock, and burial took Her hands fling veils of lily-woof
have a graduate electrician who knows.
On riven spire and open roof
their contracts, the smaller automobile
place at the Aurora Cemetery, Rev.
And on haggard marsh beyond.
companies continue to buy as they need
No charge for inspecting your car.
Spees o f Canby, preached the funeral
in hoping for a decline in the price of
No happy ghosts or fairies haunt
sermon.
The ancient city, huddling gaunt.
steel.
Where wagons crawl with anxious
Miss Kocher is survived by one
There is considerable speculation as
wheel,
Our stock of Chevrolet parts have arrived, We
sister, Christina, and Jtvvo brothers, And o’er the marsh land desolate
to whether or not prices will drop
are now carrying as large a stock as can
Henry and Andrew; two other sis­ Wind slowly to the battered gate
further. There may be a Blight price
T h a t Flemings call the gate' o f Lille.
ters have preceded her to the Great
be found in most cities. Delay while
shaving on the part of steel companies
Beyond, Mary 2 years ago and Kate, Yet i y some wonder It befalls
but
this
reduction
will
be
so
small
as
to
waiting on parts is unnecessary.
That^, where the lonely outer walls
five years ago.
have no noticeable effect on the indus­
Brood In the silent pool below,
Among the sedges of the moat,
try, it is said,
Like lilies furled, the two swans float;
The shortage of labor in the Detroit
The Swans o f Ypres, men call them now.
BUYING SMALL THRESHERS
district has become serious, An em­
Many farmers are reported to be They have heard guns and many men
ployer’s association for three weeks
Come and depart and come again;
buying small threshing outfits all
They have sosti strange, disastrous brought approximately 200Q men into
things,
over the Valley. One purchased here
Detroit each week. Two weeks ago,
Diamond and Brunswick Tires
When fire and fume rolled o’er their nest;
by Muecke Bros., a few days ago, is But changeless and aloof they rest,
however, the housing situation became
The Swans of Ypres, with folded wings.. so critical that the importion of work­
run by their tractor and will thresh
—Anonymous, from Punch.
several hundreds bushels o f grain a
ers had ,to be brough to a halt, De­
day, and requires only a small crew NO SCHOOL BOOK SHORTAGE troit needs men, thousands of them but
she has no place to put them. Every gmMHiTffWMfiliw w .ii'i 1 iiiwhhmii m
o f men to operate ic. The Valley
«sssggas
- The impression has become current
available dwelling has been sold or
newspapers all mention the purchase
that there is a shortage o f school
i rented. Hotels, apartments and room­
o f these light machines by progress­
books, but the J. K. Gill Company,
ing houses are filled up and in most
ive farmers which many believe will
State representatives o f the school cases there is a Waiting list.
supercedè the use o f the large and
book publishers, declares there is no
The Paige Go. during the month of
costly threshers. The small ones can
danger o f a shortage. There may be ! May produced only 1500 cars and they
be' purchased at a cost o f consider­
a little delay but no actual short­ ¡are about 10,000 cars behind orders at
able less than $1000.
age. H is said the dealers throughout present. The Dodge Co. is more than
the Willamette Valley are demanding ¡25,000 orders behind,-
a 20 per cent comission for handling
During the war all the large corpor-
the books. The price o f the books I auons built new units and installed new
are fixed by contract and any ad­ I equipment for war work which is now
ditional commission to the dealer will transformed mto automobile producing
come out o f the publishers—not from equiptment and will assist in the in­
creased production schedule.”
the buyers o f the books. _
J
R E P A IR S
Shimmin Bros.
'win
THE DREW SHOE
FOR LADIES
Fits, Looks and W ears Satisfactory
La Rose Corsets
Give the figure that trim stylish outline that
insures a perfect fitting gown. We have them
in medium and low busts. Women who dislike
the discomfort of ordinary corsets will find both
comfort and smart lines in the La Rose corsets.
The Ingersoll Watches
Wrist watches, the Midget Radiolite, with un­
breakable crystal only $5.50.
The Two-in-One
watch—a watch and a dresser clock—-only $4.75.
The Ingersollite Locator—a little device to
locate your electric lights, key chains, etc., in
dark, only 25c.
W IL L -S N Y D E R C O .
THE STORE OF MERIT
Dreaming of Cats.
To dream of cats is said not to be
lucky. If you dreamt of a black cat,
your enemies are active; to be bitten
>y one indicates misfortune; burglars
ire about when a cat follows you in
l dream; while to dream you are
broking one means, beware o f false
riends.
MARKS NOT DISCHARGED
Chauff, S. G. Marks will not get out
j ox the army until his time of service is
| up which will be next March, owing to
| the fact that he enlisted two days too
j early to be classed in the war emer-
! gency enlistments. His folks have re-
I j ceived his certificate showing he suc-
| cessfully completed his Business course
Mat the A. E, F. University at Beame,
France,
He is now stationed at Camp Merritt
N. J,, where he is getting ^instruction
at the Y. M C. A. in book keeping and
busienss law, He had hoped to receive
I his discharge at once and to come home
j j and take advantage o f Oregon’s educa­
tio n aid law for soldiers.
Has Two Meanings.
Troops is used in the plural to mean
the samè as soldiers, and not including
in its meaning the number or whether
[infantry, cavalry or artillery. The word
as generally used in the papers has
this meaning. Therefore 2,000’ troops
means 2,000 soldiers. In the strict
cavalry use of the word, however, a
troop is the unit of formation, con­
sisting usually of 60 troopers, com­
manded by a captain and correspond­
ing to a company of infantry.
What better combination could be expected. You
can’t help but like the Drew shoe. Drew shoes are
made to fit the feet—is soft,flexible, looks well and
wear better. Have a took at the new Fall Models
just in.
Silk, Silk plait, Silk lisle hosiery, all the desirable
shades as well as black.
AN EARLY CANDIDATE
It was whispered to us Wednesday,
that in all probability E. M. Page,
the bright young lawyer associated
with the McNary-Keyes law firm in
Salem, would be a candidate for Re­
presentative at the primaries next
year. It is to be hoped that he will,
as many in this section admire this
young man for his ability and quali­
fications, and ever ready to assist
and honor him to the office o f Repre­
sentative i f he so desires.
R. & G. Corset Agency
Butterick Patterns
The Delineator
SADLER t KRAUS
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We buy evergreen blackberries
Crates supplied for your convenience.