A u rora
Observer
AURORA
Published E very Thursday
AURORA, MARION COUNTY, OREGON
VOL. X.
$1.50 a Year
JULY 1, 1920.
MRS. ELIZABETH ZIMMERMAN
HIGH SCHOOL AFFAIRS
PASSES ON TO HER REWARD
SATISFACTORILY ADJUSTED
MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS
VOTE HUGE LEVIES'
NO. 17
Snyder-Keljy
SPECIAL SCHOOL MEETING
Miss F. Belle Kelly and Mr. L, %
ttw «, married yesterday morri-
Notice is hereby given to the legal
Inyder were
big at *the" homeo F* th c bnde*la Oregon !v '%51'8
School District No, 23 and
A t a school board meeting Monday
Mrs. Elizabeth Zimmerman, aged City and left at once for San Francis- j29$'of Marion and Clackamas County.
night a number o f citizens who had , 83 years, died last week Tuesday, at j co and other California cities,
Upon !
Oregon, that a Special School
been opposed to the construction o f a j her home near Needy. She had long their return they will be at homo to j Meeting of said District will be held at
high school building, discussed the been ill. The funeral took place there their friends in this . city, having sen- i the ?, 0, 0. F. Hall on the 24th day of
at her residence,
o clock in the after-
residence, and burial a t ! gaged the turns? formerly oceupidd by g uly! ' ^920 at 7
matter with the board and as the re
! noon, for th
rM
**s.
J.
F.
Kerr
{noon,
the
following
objects:
sult o f their discussion arid deliber the family cemetery on the Zimmer
on a Budget ana
and choosing a
Both bride and groom are well | To
10 vote or.
ation, adopted a resolution that it was man- farm.
known, the former having taught in ;site for proposed new high school buitd-
The funeral services were conducted
the sense o f the meeting that the dis
the Aurora schools the past two years, i ,n£’
trict budget should be adopted as by titev. A. P. Troyer, and were at
Dated this 30th day of June, 1920.
and the latter having lived here all his
tended by a large number of relatives
published.
Zeno Schwab,
life.
Both
have
a
multitude
of
friends
The County7 Superintendent was and friends.
Chairman Board of Directors.
who wish them well.
Grandma Zimmerman, as she wa3
present and helped to untangle the
Alien J, Zimmerman,
situation.
It developed that the called, was born in Pennsylvania,
District Clerk.
funds provided by the bond issue can April 8, 1837, She later removed to
Safe.
be used only for the purpose for j Missouri wiih her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Green—“ So your husband Is
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
which they were voted, and if not so Mrs. Rudolph Wolfer, where she mar In trouble again?” Mrs. Jones—“Oh,
COMMITTEE
used, would remain in the custody o f ried David Zimmerman in 1880, and in n o! He is out of trouble now. -He’s
1863 crossed the plains to Oregon, in jail.”
the County Treasurer.
A new election has been called for where she resided in the Needy com
munity until her death.
Ralph Thompson o f Salem has been
July 24, and it is probable that the
CARD OF THANKS
The
deceased
was
the
widow
of
chosen
chairman o f the Marion Coun
whole school problem will be solved
We wish to express our sincere ap t y Republican Central Committee; L.
to the satisfaction o f all concerned at David Zimmerman who died about
that time.
^
* 15 year’s ago. She had been a resi preciation and gratitude to our many ! S. Rowland o f Salem, Secretary; C.
dent o f Clackamas county over 50 friends for their sympathy and con- j
C. Gear o f W oodbum, treasurer;
years. She leaves; the following child" sidération daring our recent sorrow in
Walter
L. Tooze, Sr. State Committ
the
death
of
our
beloved
mother
and
ren to mourn her passing: Mrs. J. II.
Hop Prospects Bright
.
Giesy, Menloy Washington; Mrs. Ed. grandmother.
eeman; and M. E. Pogue o f Salem,
Mrs. J. D. Ritter and family.
B. Miller, Mrs. J. D. Ritter, and Mrs.
congressional- committeeman.
Hop prospects, both as to this sea
D. B. Yoder, o f Needy; and R. W.
The executive committee consists
son’ s crop, and as to future prices con Zimmerman o f Marks Prairie; to
o
f
- Chairman Thompson, Secretary
Feed Grinding Notice
tinue bright according to Henry L. gether with several grandchildren and
Bents, the largest individual hop grow great grandchildren, also four brothers,
Saturday July 3, will be the last day Roayland, and H. C. Porter o f Aums
er in the state. He has contracts for George and William Wolfer o f Hub for feed-grinding at the Ziegler ware ville, Louis Webcrt o f Aurora, Joseph
1923 at 31 cents and for 1924 at 28 ba-rd; Benjamin Wolfer of Needy, and house, which will be closed during the Rubens o f Gervais, J. H. Roland of
cents. He represents Straus & Co. of David Wolfer of Macksburg; and two haying and harvesting season—for Jefferson, August Kehrbergcr o f Sa
lem, and G> W» F an is o f Turner.
London. While little can be learned of sisters. Mrs. Christina Stauffer of Hub about two months.
Other members will be chosen later.
the English situation, the above figures bard and Mrk. Judith Miller of Port
-H E N R Y ZIEGLER.
indicate that England is depending on land.
America for a big portion of her sup
Mrs. Zimmerman was a pioneer
ply for several years to come.
woman o f sterling character—typical
o f the fine women whose life and ef
Prospects for a heavy Oregon crop fects made the Oregon country what
are excellent at present. T. A, Lives- it is today.
ley is quoted as anticipating a 50,000
bale crop. On the basis o f an acreage
Getting It Straight.
of 7000 this yield is possible—but not
“Does Cliolly live on the avenue?*1
Why go to Portland and pay $16.00 for
probable. It is estimated that 2000 No. Cholly lives on his father, who
acres of new hops were put out this ives on file avenue.”
ladies’ shoes that can be purchased* at
season.
I
Practically all the districts o f the!
valley voted strongly to support their
schools to the limit the\eoming year.
A few of the districts showing this
progressive spirit are listed below :
Silverton’s school budget carrying
$52,000 for- the coming school year,
was passed at the annual meeting by
a large majority.
Hubbard’s $18,000 budget carried
by a vote o f 3 to 1.
Canby’s district budget o f more
than $20,000 was carried unanimous
ly.
A big special tax was levied at
Stayton by a vote o f 42 yes, to 7 no.
Turner approved-a $7,000 budget
for the coming year unanimously,
and also provided $1,500- to pay off
current indebtedness.
c CORINNE GRIFFITH
Donald elected officers and decided
ft
was particularly appropriate that
to take up the matter o f establish
Albert E. Smith, president of Vita-
ment o f a high school.
graph, should have selected Cotinne
Griffith for the leading role of Clyde
Fitch’s “The Climbers,” for she has
GOSPEL ROUTE MARCH
been steadily climbing ever since she
Rev. Walter Duff, whoever he may left her home in the south to become
be, o f Gladstone, has notified the Ob a film player. Now she has reached,
server that several clergymen and the top rung of film success. In addi
laymen, headed by himself, will begin tion to her Imposing personal appear
the Gospel Route March from Port ance and histrionic talent, Miss Griffith
land to Eugene, Saturday July 3, a has the happy faculty of wearing beau
tiful and unusual gowns with grace
ten day march, during which the or
and has had'a splendid athletic train
thodox gospel will be preached in ing. Some o f her most recent fea
churches and in the open air. The tures have been “A Girl at Bay,” “The
marchers will be in Canby Sunday Tower of Jewels,” “ Human Collateral”
and “ Deadline at Eleven.”
morning, Aurora in the afternoon.
Rev. Duff says: “ Interest is great
in all sections and prophets chambers, BANKS GUARANTEE SALE
Christian
hospitality,
and
open
OF COUNTY ROAD BONDS
church doors will have thé gospel and
open air preaching açd evangelism.”
DONALD ITEMS
Ernest Feller, Leon Rice and party
o f Donald motored up Milk Greek
Friday on a fishing trip in the Colton
section. r
J. P. Feller is moving his building
formerly used fo r a garage, to a lot
near the Oregon Electric railroad and
will convert the building into a seed
mill where he will be prepared to
clean all kindsvo f seed and grain.
Tlie confectionery store formerly
owned and conducted by A. H. Smith
is a thing o f the past, the stock hav
ing been sold Saturday to B. S;
Quinn, who has opened a confection
cry and ice cream store on the comer
opposite the Oregon Electric depot
Mr. Quinn will also conduct a pool
hall in the back room.
LONG DISTANCE CALL
Mr. Tarzan Jones, a former Kansas
man, was astonished one monTing to
see the newspaper announcement o f
-his death.
He rang up his friend Iveefover at
once. “ Hello, Iveefover, did you see
the account o f my death In the
paper ? ’ ’
“ Y es,” replied Keefover, “ where
you speaking fro m ?”
Where the Sexes Differ.
A woman can do a thing .she doesn’t
want to do without making unprint
able remarks, but few men can.
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Representatives o f sixteen o f Mar
ion county’s twenty banking institu
tions conferred in Salem Saturday
with the county court arid agreed to
guarantee the sale o f $170,000 county
road bonds when bids are ■ opened
July 15. I f other bidders offer par or
above the banks will not be obligated
to purchase. The court requires that
par at least be paid. The interest is
;>V 2 Per cent. This action o f the
banks has met a road building crisis
in Marion county, and if the guaran
tee had not been made it would have
been necessary 16 drop all highway7
construction work. Now, the county
will bo able to proced without inter
ruption. The $170,000 issue is part
o f the $850,000 issue voted by the
county last year.
Among the bankers present were:
Keith Powell, Bank o f Woodburri; S.
J. Smith, State Bank o f St. Paul; C.
J. Espy, First State Bank o f Donald;
E. T. Priece, Aumsville State Bank;
and C. W . Coyne, Monitor State
Bank.
Cashier Espy, o f the Donald Bank,
as president o f the Marion county
Federation o f Community Clubs, has
been very active in promoting this act
ion by the banks o f the county, all o f
which have agreed to take their share
o f the bonds.
Save Money On Shoes
Honeydew has shown up in some hop
yards, but very fe w verm in are pres
ent.
R eports o f da m a ge by cu t w orm s
in new yards continue to coriie in—
more especially yards planted in old
grain fields.
*PAL” GOOD WORD, BUT SLANG
Term In Good Society Accepted a*
Jiiear.ing "Chum;" In,Vocabulary of
C rim e S tan ds fo r A ccom plice.
The dictionary recognizes the right
of “pal” to inclusion in our language,
Chris Smucker was a Hubbard visit- though designating it as slahg. Like
many words thus classed, it is a terse
or yesterday.
way of expressing ‘ a relationship
readily understood but not so easily
defined. In good society It Is accepted
as meaning a chum, a congenial com
panion; in the vocabulary of crime
it stands for a confederate or accom
plice.
The most natural and instinctive
thing In life Is a desire for eongenia
companionship'; only the abnormal
developed mentality can live on a J
sufficiently exalted—or shall we say
self-centered—plane as to other per
sonalities.
A pal is an intimate friend of. either
sex, to whom one may “ talk as the
heart beats,” may confide hopes, fears,
happiness and disappointments, cer
tain the trust will not be betrayed.
Between opposite sexes is excludes
lovemaking or “ spooning,” but means
a broad, intelligent, faithful, yet subtle
friendship, since all friends are not
HIGH SCHOOL BIDS RECEIVED
pals; not necessarily a unanimity of
A number o f bids have been re
opinion, but a disposition to “agrge
to disagree” in case of differences.
ceived fo r the construction o f 4 high
There is a tacit respect for each
school building fo r the Aurora dis
other’s individuality.
trict. Grover & McNeil o f Tillamook
Perhaps one o f the best tests of a
brick $23,400; concrete $22,175; tile
pal Is Unit the two enjoy silence to
$22,130; frame $18,700.
gether; there Is a sense of companion
L. Lombard o f Eugene, brick
ship in being together without the
$22,900; concrete $22,449; tile------ ;
constant trickle of words which most
frame $18,956.
EAfiLLR WILLIAMS
of us feel necessary unless one would
Stebinger Bros, o f Portland: brick
Earle Williams, Vitagraph star, be thought unsocial.—Detroit Free
$26,421; concrete $25,390; tile $24,871 has devoted most of his time to that Press.
company’s West Coast studio in re
frame $22,604. *
Thos. M inor: brick $29,084; con cent years, but cauie east to make WOMAN, 80, WORKED IN MINES
“The Fortune Hunter” and “ Captain
crete $28,093; tile $27,677 ;• frame
Swift,” two plays that had a long run
$24,687.
on Broadway a few years ago. They Grandmother, Yet Able to Be on
the Job Ten Hours a Day,
Several heating and plumbing bids were made famous by the Barrymores.
Toiling Like a Man.
were all around $5,Q00.
Mr. Williams is now at. work making
A reduction ranging from $350 to features at Vitagraph's West Coast
Mrs. Bridget McHugh, the oldest
$5,000 was offered for leaving two studio.
"pit-brow” woman in the Pemberton,
rooms unfinished.
No action lias
Eng., coal field, Is dead at the age of
b’een taken on the bids by the board.
80 years. For more than half a cen
Three-Rail Switches.
Australian engineers have Invented tury she had worked at the
three-rail switches for use by railroads
“Old Bridget,” as Mrs. McHugh was
where three rails are laid in each track familiarly called, was a hale and
Mgnth of Battles.
More great battles have been fought to accommodate rolling stock of differ hearty, strongly built woman who
could use a shovel in filling mine cars
in August than in any other month. ent gauges.
as well as any man, and was always
The list includes Blenheim, Plevna,
looked upon as an expert pit-brow
Gravelotte, Charleroi, Mons, Anzay
nurnc,
worker, few being her equal. The
Cove, Helgoland Bight, Chevy Chase,
Home
cannot
be
given
us.
We
ma
faku and Kandahar.
shorter working day was unknown
be given a house, a place to cat ari
to her. and summer and winter, rain
3ieep. This is not a home. A hem
or shine, she was accustomed to leave
Elmer Crisell, the little two-year old Is a place of love and rest and peac.f
home at five o'clock every morning,
Love
and
rest
and
peace
must
be
tk
son o f Mr, and Mrs. Robert Crisell of
and was in her place at the real bank
;erved,
must
be
earned.
Nobody
ca
Union, scored 100 per cent perfect in
before
the whistle sounded at six. Her
band them to you as so many pack
the tests prescribed by the congress of
day continued until five or six at
iges. They are matters of reciprocity
aight. Mrs. McHugh was a grand
mothers at Portland recently, and will If you have none to give, there wii
mother, and two of her sons are-em
have the distinction o f being one of be but little for you to receive.—West
ployed in the colliery where she work
the few babies to. measure up as per >rn Methodist.
ed so long.
fect,
this store for $11.50. We give 'you the
‘ same style, the same quality at a far
less price.
Customers are invited to compare the
shoes we sell with those sold anywhere.
Our goods will benefit by the comparison
and our customers in the prices.
We carry shoes for everyon e-for men,
women and children, for old and young—
and at prices suited to all. Patronize
your home store and save money.
W IU L -S N Y D E R C O .
THE STORE OF MERIT
A TIMELY OFFERING and
A MIGHTY SALE OF
WHITE CAN VAS
FOOTW EAR
Right at the beginning o f the season, a mighty op
portunity is now off ered to you for this fresh, spic
and span this seasons stock of Men, Womens and
Childrens White Canvas footwear.
Every Pair a Good Style
Every Pair of Good Quality
No odds and ends. Just good desirable, seasonable
merchandise, at a mighty saving for you.
----- The reductions are------
20 Per Cent Off
FOR
Saturday, July 3rd, Only
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THE BEST FOR THE PRICE“