Aurora observer., January 01, 1920, Image 1

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NO. 43
AURORA, MARION COUNTY, OREGON JANUARY 1, 1919.
VOL. IX.
Slim s Diary
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Porter and Kocher Indicted
HUBBARD WANTS POWER
/
Friday—Got
my
report
card
from
j
Cal
C. Kocher was taken into custody
EXTENSION TO WOODBURN
teecher 2 day. Average was 102. j last week on a warrant issued by the
NEW BRIDGES PROBABLE
AT
NEXT
YEAR
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Teecher got anew dimond and she gives I district attorney of Multnomah county,
Hubbard citizens held an “ Electric
Investigation and computation of the |
m
us good report cards now. Well I dontr j charging complicity in the larceny of
Light” meeting last week at which it
area drained b y the Pudding River
was proposed that the council revoke no whar she got it, or that 102 eather— ! hops from a house at Barlow in Novem-'
shows that the ' river drains over 425
•
Iber. He was taken to Portland but *
the franchise of the Electric Light from Sandy Claws maybe.
square miles and the flood waters from j
Company.
'f-
Saturday—Pa give me a dime when j wa3 released under $1000 bail. A true
i
fhat area all pass through the narrow
B. G, Robinson was present and re­ he seen my card. I bot some candy ¡bill has been returned against him by
counted the problems of the light Com­ and Ime savin sum of it for Jane when ¡the Multnorriah grand jury.
space spanned by the Pudding River
mmm
pany and the efforts made to solve I see her at skool Monday.
A warrant was also issued against A.
b idges.
them. He stated that the engine in - 1 Sunday—A new baby came to o u r!ct Porter of Barlow on the same
This fact is shown in the preliminary
stalled for auxiliary power was a fail- 1 house last night -the furst one sense charge. The hops in
m ■■
question were
report being made by Engineer Garrow
ure
and that the cost of installing other me, but I cant see its anny bargen, taken from a hop house where they
who has been making preliminary sur­
power is out of the question consider- j cause it haint got no teeth, nor hair had been stored by .Porter, who grew
veys and gathering data for the steel
ing the plant’s income.
and diddent even have enny close. But them under contract for Liveslay &
highway department. It is thought
He
said
to
build
a
power
line
from
pa and ma ack satis fide so I shud worry. Co. The hops were taken by truck to
mm
that a new bridge will be built here
Hubbard to Woodburn (to get current j Monday—I shode Jane the candy I Portland, and sold to McKinley Mit­
next year. The type, of course, will
wmmi.
from the Portland company operating i saved for her .and she took it. I ast chell, who resold them to the Wolf Hop
depend upon the condition the engineers
there) will cost $4000 or more, and that | her did she like me any bettern she did Co.
report reveals, but what it will be is
Light Automobile Made Into a -Road-Making Machine: The Change Was it would besjmpossible to finance this j Friday and she said yes she liked me a The indictments are said to be the re­
not known. It may be predicted, how­
Brought About by Converting the Car Into a Truck; Then Attaching a extension under existing conditions, | hole lot bettern mice and rats and pole
sult of an investigation, by the state
ever, that there will be two bridges as
Device With Suspended Scraper and Levers for Adjusting IL
which involve a franchise with but cats
fire marshal, into the burning at Bar­
at present, as a fill in the place of the
Motortrucks can be converted into road-making machines at little expense four years to run, and operating as at
low ©f a hop house belonging to B. P.
small structure is not considered pro­
St. John, sometime last fall. It was
bable as it would force too much Water by a recently patented attachment, designed especially for the lighter types of present without a profit. But he said
Clackamas Budget Voted
gasoline-driven vehicles. A scraper Is suspended underneath a truck, when he could finance extension to Wood­
revealed that 23 bales of hops hau been
beneath the main bridge.
th e device Is used, on a frame which is connected with levers pivoted on a burn, provided his franchise were re­ The Clackamas county budget meet­ stolen from the hop house, before it
standard mounted on the floor above. By moving the levers, the scraper is newed and extended.
ing Saturday passed a resolution ask-'burned.
adjusted to several positions for grading aDd leveling, or raised to clear the
The meeting which had proposed re­
Hickok Goes To Glendale
ground. Two men are required to operate the machine, one for driving and voking the franchise, than gave its ap­ ing the legislature to increase the sal-1 It is also understood that Liveslev 4 t
Co. had made payment on the hops to
Guy N, Hickok, well known here,has ! the other for manipulating the levers.—Popular Mechanics Magazine.
proval to an extension of the franchise, aries of the county judge, the commis­ Porter who grew them. The m atter
sioners
and
(he
county
superintendent,
>
gone to Glendale, Douglass county, to j
with understanding that the construct­
The meeting also approved a motion of the fire is still under investigation.
Army Store Active
The Christmas Edition
assume the management of the Glen­
ion of a power line from Woodburn be
t
>
levy a half-mill tax for engineering
dale State Bank, According to statis-1
A, Fowler, an ex-lieutenant in thg One of the very best Christmas Edi- built—probably within four months.
in.
connection with the county road
Cultivating Sugar Cane.
tics compiled a year ago by the Federal j army, was here from Portland to visit j ^ ons ever published «in Marion county,
The meeting finally adjourned leav­
plans.
The methods of eultivàting sugar
Reserve Bank of San Francisco, the I. .
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_
H
ing
the
whole
m
atter
in
the
.
hands
of
his cousin Mrs* Percy Ottawa
Ottaway.
y He is ! was that is8ed la9t weeK by the Aur
Among other numerous increases ap- : cone in Trinidad are beginning to un­
Glendale Bank then had resources of
I ora Observer. It certainly was some the city council—and Mr. Robinson.
now manager of the army store ati achievement and» fits ads and news
proved was one for $1000 more for boy’s! dergo' radical changes through thè in
$101,500.
and girls’ club work, $1000 more fpr : trodnetion of Àlberi can plows and cul­
Glendale is a town of about 500 or Portland. His home is in the south.
matters were up to the standard.—
Her Musical Choice,
Mr. Fowler has received notice from ! ; Turner Tribune.
the home demonstration agent, $400 ! tivators, hay rakes, mowing machines
600 population. It Is a hustling little
and crushers and pulverizers of feed
your
daughter
is
musical?”
“So
the
quartermaster
general
that
parcel
more
for the county agricultural agent | for mules and cuttle.
town, with £t good chance for growth,
“Is
she
going
iu
for
classical
“Yes.”
a id $400 more for county fairs.
|
and its bank along with it. The Port­ post sales (which were discontinued)
works?” No. Jazzioal.”
land Telegram has the following to say during the Christmas season) will be j The Aurora Observer greeted us
resumed January 1. He says that the I this week with a 24-page Christmas
about Mr. Hickok’s ’new venture:
Anderson Repeats Charges
“ Running a country bank appeals following goods*are in stock at the I number. It is very attractive, well
more to Guy N. Hickok,formerly cash­ Portland store and that they may be gotten up, full of interesting reading
J. A. Anderson, former gardner at
| matter, and carries several pages of the Institute for the Feeble minded,
ier of the Aurora State Bank, than to ordered by mail:
association with prosperous bond deal-j Articles, barrack bags, corned beef j attractive ads, Wheeler Reporter.
will appear before the Marion county
erg in the metropolis. Accordingly he i *n larl?3 cans, roast beef in -large cans,
grand jury this week and given a chance
has severed his connection with th e ! wo<d anc^ cotton blankets, both new ana
“ A more attractive, appropriate and to tell his story of sensational accusa­
Ralph Schheeloch company and gone j reclaimed, rubber boots,staple-brooms,
beautiful
frontis piece I have never tions against the management of the
to Glendale to take charge of the Glen- garbage cans, tallow candles, dehydr-
seen
in
any
newspaper, large or small,, institution,in connection with the down-
dale State bank. He demonstrated his! ated carrots, watch and box compasses,
a girl inmate, for which. Amjer--
and I have been a reader of maflfy news­
fitness to engage in the bond in v e s t-P * '^ * and summeF drawers both new
sdh .declares, another employe of the
papers,
for
30
years.
May
the
people
ment business with Clark, Kendall & and reclaimed; flagstaffs.corn flour,pick of your city . and country appreciate Institution is responsible. The super­
Is the quality flour that every housewife de­
Co., before he went over to the iband*es’ harness> leggina,dried prunes, your efforts as much as others,—Dr. intendent fired Anderson last spring,
stocks
and
dies,
heavy
wool
socks,
sad
and ever since he has been bombarding
Schnee loch company.”
sires and which every household should use.
dlers’ thimbles, cahned tomatoes, both A. I. Lucas, Portland.
Governor Olcott, Attorney-Genera!
large and small cans; toques,
WILD ONION IS WORST WEED Nearly half a million pounds of issue? “ Your holiday edition was the best Brown, and District Attorney Gehlhar
All flour has recently advanced in price and
with letters re-itgrating his charges.
¡bacon, slab, is on the way to Portland j country newspaper I have ever seen
will probably advance still farther.
Anderson is a well posted man past
Pest Is Difficult to Remove From j and its sale will soon be resumed at 201 issued in Oregon—or anywhere else. It
middle age. He lived here for several
Thrashed Grain and to Remove
j was a surprise and a revelation of the weeks being employed at the Aurora
j cents per pound.
From the Fields.
But we have a supply of Crown Flour that will
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! possibilities of country journalism.” Drug Store as a general factotum,
(Prepared by the United S tates D epart­
be sold at the old price —if your order is put
Success to you,—A Hubbard subscri­
m ent of A griculture.)
Good Christmas Program
ber.
in at once, this week.
Wild onion, or garlic, is the worst
The entertainment Christmas Eve at
weed pes( in many southern wheat
fields. It is very difficult to remove the Band Hall was well prepared and | The idea of a holiday number is to PORRIDGE FEED FOR POULTRY
We recommend Crown Flour because we know
from the thrashed grain and to eraui- j greatly enjoyed by the audience which j give local business houses opportunity
cate from farms. Wheat containing j filled every seat in the hall,
Scraps
and
Waste
Are
Best
Prepared
you
%
will be satisfied, and that is our aim —
i to spread in space showing the advant-
onions is usually docked heavily. | Both the teachers in charge and the ! ages in buying at hame. Aurora peo-
by Running Through an Ordi­
satisfied custom ers..
Bread made from garlicky flour, es- j ladies of the Presbyterian church, who j pie did that in the Observer, yet many
nary Meat Cutter.
pecially if eaten warm, has a pro- \ distributed the Christmas packages to I merchants of Salerrt, Oregon City, Dal­
nounced odor and flavor. Avoid sow- j the children deserve much credit for.
Table scraps and kitchen waste are
ing wheat containing onion bulblets, ; their successful efforts. The patrons las and other places appear on its pag- best prepared for feeding by running
|
es
and
bear
testimony
to
the
circula-
and use every means to rid the farm : tVl„ „„hnnl were pleased with the
them through an ordinary meat grind­
of wild onions if they are already I program as much as pupils who ren- j tion of the Observer in the places where er. After the material .has been* put
THE STORE OF MERIT
j.people have money to spend. » Editor through the grinder It is usually a
established.
dered it so well.
j Wescott, with unbecoming modesty, rather moist mass, and it is well to
I omits his name at'the head of the col­ mix with it commeai, bran or other
umn, therefore is it mentioned here, ground grain nntil the whole mass as­
! that all may know who did such a good sumes a crumbly condition. The usual
method is to feed tjie table scraps at
¡‘job.—The Oregonian.
noon or at night, or at both times, as
may be desired, ijs a trough or on a
j More than a score of subscribers board. All should he fed that the
¡have taken the trouble to write a line hens will eat up clean, and if any of
I: of appreciation of the excellence of the the material is left after one-half or
; Observer’s Christmas Edition, *jnd three quarters of an -hour it should
I many, many more have personally ex- be removed. If allowed to lie it may
Several hundred thousand Chevrolets
spoil and would be very bad for the
I pressed their approval of it.
are in use. This is the best proof that
hens.
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CROWN
FLOUR
W ILLrSN Y D ER CO,
Built
For Service
they do what is required of them, They
are built to give every day service at
low expense—and they do it.
The Chevrolet is equally efficient for
business or professional purposes, coun­
try or recreative uses. Whatever yoitr
automobile needs and wants may be,
there is a Chevrolet model to meet all
your requirements as to design, quality
and p 4 c e ..
The Chevrolets are fully equipped—
Every-
there are no “extras” to
thing that comfort and convenience
demand comes with the car.
Shimmin
’■ Chevrolet Sales and Servies
AURORA, OREGON
BUY
HANDLE APRICOT LIKE PEACH
NOW
Pythians Choose Officers
Hermes Lodge, Knights of Pythias,
Seedlings Are More Hardy and Pro­
of this place last week elected the fol­
ductive Than Those Budded, but
lowing officers for the next term.
Fruit Is Poorer.
A. J. Zimmerman, C. C.
Apricots are nearly always budded
L. I. Snyder, V. C.
on plum stocks. Sometimes they are
Zeno Schwab, Prelate.
budded on the peach. It is said that
George W. Fry, M. W,
the apricot stocks are not as good as
A. M. Fry, K. of R. & S.
either the peach or plum, especially
Louis Wcbert; M. of F.
on land that is apt to be wet in the
W. O. Fry, M. of Ex.
spring. Seedling apricots are usually
Paul Blaschke, M. a t A,
more hardy and productive than those
R, H, Whitworth, I. G.
that have been budded but the fruit is
Robt. Colvin, O. G.
not of as good quality. Seedlings
would not likely produce as good fruit
J. M. Will, Trustee.
as that from which the seed was ob­
The holdover trustees are A. C, Sny­
tained, the same condition prevailing der and G. W, Fry.
here as with the peach. In practically
every way the apricot is handled the
same as the peach, which it resem­
Masts Made by Machine.
bles.
A machine lias been built which will
shape masts up to 100 feet in length
and three- feet In diameter. The tim­
Census Work Starts
The work of taking the 1920 census ber is set up in the machine and re­
starts tomorrow, January 2. The enu­ volved at a speed of 50 revolutions
a minute, and. it is shaped by a cutter
m erators for this part pf Marion coun­ head which is electrically driven at
ty are the following;
the rate of 700 revolutions a minute.
Aurora—Bahne Paulsen.
This cutter head is mounted on a
Butteville—Gus C. Eeksman,
carriage, which is moved along the
Champoeg, Fairfield and St. Paul—- timber against a rail set to give the
I Granville F. Ilurd.
proper profile to the mast. Heretofore
this work has been done by hand and
Donald—Frederick G. B. Green.
required skilled workmen. At best it
Hubbard—M. B. Kromling.
has been a slow and laborious task.
I Woodbury-George D. Keyes.
\Ve can at this time sell sugar, one
hundred pound sacks to a family.
How long this condition will last we
cannot say. At any rate oyr pre­
sent stock justifies us in making this
announcement. Buy now while we
have the supply on hand.
Ask for Olympic Kitchen Reminders
SADLER * KRAUS
—THE BEST FOR THE PRICE-
Gct*One Of Our 1920 Calenders