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About Aurora observer. (Aurora, Marion County, Or.) 19??-1940 | View Entire Issue (March 25, 1920)
Aurora m ,2 o, Published Every Thursday VOL. X. SOME $1.25 a Year AURORA, MARION COUNTY, OREGON, MARCH 25; 1920. or HIGH SCHOOL BOND FIRE RELIEF MEMBERS TO VOTE | G E R M A N Y U N D O N E “ Fightin’ j ELECTION FOR APRIL 12 ON OFFICE REMOVAL | BY O W N W EAPON HAZEN’S h i t s David Hazen, o f the Fools, 11 in the Portland Telegram, ' ______ ! NO. TO FIGHT MILLAGE BILLS Oalfy Optimistic Thought. The greatest truths are commonly the simplest. The Marion county taxpayers league met last week at Salem and voted to oppose all the millage tax M ERIDIAN j bills. A committee composed o f j Among the newcomers to Meridian j Alex LaFollctte, S. A. Riggs, Geo. j are Mr. and Mrs, Wm. Welch and their | W. Weeks, E. M. Croisan and _E. children. j llo fo r submitted a resolution con- ■ -fry, j The traveling library at the Meridian ! demutng all these bills’. The resoiu- school is open to everyone on Sunday I tion was adopted. It is said Senator evenings from 7 to 8:30 p. m. j LaFollette voted “ N o,” until Col. Among those in Aurora, last Satur HdtYr pulled Aloe’s coattail to re- day were Grant Plantz, Mrs. Matt Ban, I mind him t hat “ N o’ ’ was out o f Jean Ban, Noami Hagensen, and Mr. j order that time. j Another meeting will be-called to and Mrs. T, Bowles and children. i present a legislative ticket represent- Among those who spent the week I ing the league and its purposes, end in Portland were Carl Potwin.Andy j R. P. Boise was elected president Bachart, Christ and William Trost and j o f the league, Joseph Baker, vice Edward Bisanz. ¡president; I. Greenbaum, secretary; The Misses Loretta Isackson, Grace I and Joseph H. Albert, treasurer. and Marie Hagensen recently vi9ited ! The following board o f 15 dircc-* Mr. and Mrs. Matt Ban and Normi ] tors was named: Hagensen. S_. L. Endicott, Salem; L. J. Ad- Mr, and Mrs.Carl Potwin spent Mon 1 a ms, Silverton; W. A. Jones, Mac- day and Tuesday in Portland. j leafy ; W. H. Hobson, Stayton; S. J. Mr. and Mrs. Bradbury and children I Smith, St. Paul; II. W. Downing, Su- have been visiting at Carl Potwin’s ¡bliimty; George Sweegle, Salem; A. j B. Crosby, W oodburn; ,E. C. Seig- home. muud, Mehama; S. A. Riggs, Salem; Joe Bonn Jr. visited his folks Joe George Kraus, Aurora E. M. Croisan, Bonn Sr. last Sunday. 1 Halls F erry; J. W. Ebner, Mt. Angel; Si Coy visited his brother and Mr. John Aüpperley, Jefferson; P. P. and Mrs. Bowles on Tuesday of last Ilasiner, Turner, V week. Mr. Coy is from Portland. must keep a card index record o f ex- , . , , Upon a petition o f tea tax payers o f The board o f directors of. the service men. Soon or later he catches , , , By G A R R E T S M ITH . ,, ,, the district, the Aurora school board Fanners’ Fire Relief Association o f One of the most romantic passages them all. His “ latest says, Char- ba8 caUed a spertil election for April Buttevilie, Oregon is submitting the les .Hart, sergeant in the quartermast- 12, 1920, at the school house to vote matter o f moving the office o f the In the secret history of the World War er corps at Fort Worden during the upon the question o f issuing bonds to Association from Buttevilie to Don is the story of how the Ordnance De partment of the United States Army recent war, thought he was going to U1© amount $25,500 Tor the con- ald. *•. . _ , . . • . „ struction o f a high school building, A voting eard is being sent to each made ft possible for America, .until get to Europe during the time o f The electJon will be held from 2 then utterly lacking In ammunition o f the 5000 members o f the Associ- and In facilities for making it, to man hostilities. Charlie, who with h » 0.clock to 7 0^ Iock ln the afternoon, tion requesting their consent to move ufacture unlimited quantities of pow- brother Percy, was a prominent Immediately bef ore the polls open, the principal place o f business. The erf *]^ explosives out of air and rock. onion grower near Wilsonville, Ore- 8ome member o f the 3choo, will cards are to be returned by May .1, It was largely the knowledge of this gon, at the outbreak o f the war, is a cajj ¿be meeting t(> order, and three 1920. The letter accompanying the fact; that forced Germany to surrender native o f England and hoped to visit judges and a clerk will be elected to voting card says : wh«’u she did. the old country on his expeeted w a r, conduct the election, canvass the vote “ The mail service, transportation The secret was secured from Ger trip to the continent. i and certify the results to the school facilities, and accommodations at many herself. It was an open busi However, as he did not get across board. The voting will be by ballot Buttevilie are quite inadequate for ness transaction between business during the war on account o f some upon which shall appear the words the needs o f the company. Donald is men, whereby we apparently acquired on e’s orders, he will leave New York “ Bonds----- Yes” and “ Bonds— -N o .” within three miles o f Buttevilie,' and ncubing more tnilitary than a process on April 20 on the Cuhard liner The voter must mark a cross (X) be for making a high grade fertilizer Mauretania. He has arranged fo r a tween the word “ Bonds” and the has mail sendee twice each day; a known as cyanamid. post office, railroad sendee and am ticket through Lidell & Clarke, local word “ Y es” , or between the word Frank Sherman Washburn, bead of steamship agents. Charley will ride “ Bonds” and the word “ N o” , which ple hotel accommodations. It is not the group of business men who bought the desire to move the office to a large second class which is “ some class” ever may indicate his choice. - this process, Conceived the germ of Legal voters in districts o f the third city so as to cause the company to on the big English liner as compared the idea in the early nineties while In lose its identity as a farmers’ asso with Deck E, f o r ’ard, where a large class are citizens o f this state, male or Sou*.h America as consulting engineer part o f the 2d Battalion, 65th artill female, 21 years o f age, who have re ciation, but owing to the large in In connection with the production and crease o f membership, it is necessary ery, C. A. C., rode in the stormy days sided in the district 30 days immediate shipping of Chilean nitrate of soda. ly preceding the election, and who have that the office be located at a place Nitrogen compounds are an essential o f M arch two years ago. Having read about how his brother property in the district as shown by/ where it can )jave the advantage o f parr nf all commercial fertilizers. The proper mail service and ready access only available natural nitrate deposits Alvin has been carrying on up here, the last county assessment. Also any elector who is the head of ibility by the members.. It is also in large quantities are Jn Chile. This Lieutenant J. A. Miller came up from a family and has children o f school age quite necessary that protection be a f supply was diminishing. Germany, San Fr&iicisco to investigate. Miller (6 to 21 years) may vote at such elec forded the valuable records o f the which had been taking about one- is a Frisco lawyer who has taken a tion without property qualifications. association, and the board does not third of the Chilean nitrates, was al Victory Belongs to the Able. flier in politics. He is an old pal o f Also any elector who proves to the feel justified in incurring the expense ready; experimenting with processes The winds and waves are always Especially tjfe Goat. H i Johnson’s and while in Oregon for % h’ftjr artificial production. In 1907 judges o f election that he or she has o f improvements upon their present “What Is your pet pêeve?” V'My on the side of the ablest navigator».— Mr. Washburn secured in Germany will glimpse H i’s Beaver fences. stock, shares, or ownership in any cor Gibbon. the ' American rights of the cyanamid wife’s pets.”’ Miller,- who belongs to the famous poration, firm or co-partnership which home. process which had been invented in The moving o f the office o f the Miller Brothers’ quartet o f Aurora, has property in the district (as shown that country. had just gotten started on the legal by the last county assessment) upon association is approved and recom Turning A ir Into a Weapon. mended by the board o f directors.” game in the Golden Gate city when which the corporation, firm or co-part- ?R’y this process air, which is a mix- the war blew along. He up and vol-j nership pays a tax, may vote even hirti of about four-fifths nifrogen gas unteered. lie picked the airplane, though his or her name does not appear and one-fifth oxygen, is placed in con tainers and subjected to "pressure and route to glory. By dint o f hard work j upon the tax roll, cold until it turns to a liquid. Then he managed to land a commission. tiie 'nitrogen is distilled in much the James A. Miller has* lived in Cali sainp- manner as alcohol is separated fornia 15 years. He went to Stan PS0M SALTS FOR CHICKENS Allen Ehlen, the nine year old son of from water. But before this nitrogen With the advent o f spring, our thoughts turn to ford un i versity, receiving his B. A. can be used ns a fertilizer it must be degree in 1915, and the. J. IX degree v.’any Digestive Troubles May Bt Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ehlen,of this city, combined with a ch'emica! combination housecleaning. In this connection, we can assist two year’s later. The firsf man Miller Overcome by Purging or Cleans* died Sunday evening at Portland, The of lime arid .carbon known as calcium you with some of the finest selections o f wall papers Ing the Intestines. looked itp TitTfi'in regard to matters body was brought to Aurora where cnrhide, produced by burning ordinary "fime$W)iie iribig rotary kilns and Com and linoleums that ever co/ne to Aurora. political was young Phil Metschan. A great many chickens suffer from funeral and interment took place Tues bining it in the electric furnace with James is going to resume the practice Thorough housecleaning in the spring can be indigestion or digestive troubles, day afternoon, Rev. Long of Hubbard carbon -supplied in the form of ordi o f law in San Francisco as soon as which may be dne to improper feeding nary coke. conducting the services. made an investment that will yield- dividends all Cyanamid thus produced contains he has time. or some method o f management. It Hundreds o f relatives and friends fite elements of ammonium nitrate, one has been found tbat many o f these summer, by the use of high quality and appropriately conditions may be overcome by purg attended the last sad rites over the re • ' ? the most powerful of modern explo chosen wall papers for kitchen, dining room and bed ing or cleansing the intestines through mains o f the lad all loved so well. sives. By one process ammonia is- ox- ¡rafted from the cyanamid. By an some means o f a laxative. One o f the rooms. Philadelphia has an “ odor patrol” — School was closed and his school mates other process nitric acid is extracted police who trace out bad smells and cheapest and easiest handled laxa attended in a body; Great quantities from another batch «*f this same sya- tives is epsom salts, which can be pur Linoleums ajlso are the best kitchen investment take measures to squelch them! namid. Then the ammonia and nitric chased at any drug store. For ma o f flowers,the loving tribute of friends, acid are combined and there you have you can make. They add Brightness, they save ture fowls the dosage is one-half tea- covered his final earthly resting place. ammonium nitrate ready for packing spoonful per bird though If the case work,and dispense with floor paints and mussy floors. The municipal hitching shed have Allen was a loveable boy, whose pass Into shells with TNT. There are three kinds of explosives been built several years—but never ts minor, one-third teaspoonful may ing was a shock to every one who be sufficient. An easy and effective We invite you to look over our stock o f both used for bursting shetis In modem cleaned. The old one is about ready to way o f administering this is to mix it knew him. He had been operated upon fall down. Damage suits come hign. with a dry mash o f bran and shorts, the week before his death for appen warfare—TNT, picric acid and ammo wall paper and linoleums. nium nitrate. The Ulifted States was using the above proportions and aft dicitis, and was apparently making ex equally deficient in raw materials and erwards moistening it with water. cellent progress toward recovery, when, plants for manufacturing all three of The fellow who suggested new street last Saturday night, he suddenly be these explosives. Under the best of curbing along main street should be come worse. The highest medical tal conditions the cost of either TN T or Daily Thought. classed as a public benefactor. If the THE STORE OF MERIT He holds much who holds his tongue. ent of Portland was summoned to his nitric acid is about two and one-half city is “ short” , ask the property ow n —Sancho Panza. But bed side but to no avail. He passed the cost of,ammonium nitrate ers to renew the curbing. the United States was wholly depend on, Sunday evening about 6 o ’clock, ent upon Chilean nitrate of soda as a leaving his parents heart broken and raw material for ammonium nitrate, many relatives and friends and school with the exception of a small produc mates grief stricken. His parents and tion of nitrogen from the coking of other relatives have the sincere and coal. The Chilean supply was 4,300 abounding sympathy of all who know miles away from New Tork City by way of the Panama Canal, and the them. route by way of the Straits o f Magel lan is nearly twice as long. A Record Building-Operation. C ARD O F T H A N K S T h e P r o d u c t o f E x p e r ie n c e Shortly after the war began in Eu rope the German government entered Words fail to express the gratitude into the fixation of air nitrogen for and appreciation we feel toward all military explosives on a vast scale. It friends and neighbors whose unfailing was not, however, until the fall of 1917 Shoe comfort depends mainly on two things. The that the United States government s SELESS weight and size cumber most kindness and sympathy were our aid took It up. workmanship put into a shoe ana the care ivith and comfort in our hours o f bereave modern cars. The Chevrolet is a "The Ordnance Deportment asked Mr. during and after the illness,death Washburn's company to organize a which you have your shoes fitted. quality car as well as a utility car, of just ment, and burial o f our dearly beloved little suifkidiary corporation, fehown as the the right weight and size. son, grandson and nephew, Allen Ehlen. Aif Nitrates Corporation, with Mr. Neverthless, wb extend our sincerest Washburn a$ president, to act as thanks to all, for their comforting agent of the government for the con words and kindly acts, for the pro striction and operation of the air ni are made over lasts designed for comfort, Ofcir HE endurance, the dependability, and fusion of beautiful flowers, and to the trates plant at Muscle Shoals, Ala bama. This corporation provided the choir for their services. From our surperior performance o f the Chevro stock is so varied that we can meet your individual designs, erected the equipment in the hearts we thank you. diemical plants and supervised all the let make it the premier low-priced car of the needs. : £ ; • ■/ Mr. and Mrs. W. H, Ehlen other work. It also operated the day. Add to these qualities, its fuel, oil and the Will Family. camp, .the town and the plant. Other work is sublet to several of the best and tire economy, and the Chevrolet be known organizations in the United has eliminated even such petty enemies to comfort' comes the only logical car to buy. CURE FOR POULTRY DISEASES States. Westinghouse Church Kerr Company built the plant buildings, the as heavy seams, knotty threads or * up comfortable linings. The high grade leather from which our Use of Vacefne Has Considerable camp, the permanent city and utilities. The J. G. White Engineering Corpora Value In Correcting Ailments, Crossett shoes are made will stay in prigne condition tions desigued and built the nitrate Says Professor Lewis. OU can rely upon the Chevrolet to meet acid plant. The M. W. Kellogg Com with very little attention. pany furnished the piping and built any demand that you may make upon Prof. Harry R. Lewis o f New Jersey the chimneys. -On February 16, 1918, college before a recent meeting at the ground was broken, and eight months it. Place your order now with Connecticut station said the use of and eight days later the $60,000,000 lasting shoe comfort buy our recognized quality vaccine in the cure o f poultry dis Muscle Shoals plant began producing eases has considerable value. Profes ammonium nitrate. In that brief pe shoes. They are cheaper in the end. "Let us show sor Lewis told o f trying out a vaccine riod 23,000 men bad completed the you our spring line of Crossett Shoes. on hens afflicted with chicken pox and plant and around it, where not a roup and the successful results. He house stood before, had arisen a eity believes that other diseases may he of 25,000 inhabitants. >. treated by the vaccine plan. The next This plant when In full operation Chevrolet Sales and Serviee step at the New Jersey station will was ready to provide 13 per ceut of all be an effort to immunize pullets explosives to be used by all the allies AURORA, OREGON -T H E B E S T F O R T H E P R 9 C E - against chicken pox or roup by vac on all the allied fronts during the ex cinating while young and before they pected spring drive of 1919. have been exposed to the disease. j : j LOVABLE AURORA BOY DIES AGED NINE YEARS Housecleaning Hints To The City Council W IU L-SN YD E R CO. The Chevrolet U T Comfort Is Built Into Them CR0SSETT SHOES CAREFUL WORKMANSHIP Y Shimmin Bros. TO ENJOY SADLER S KRAUS J