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Aurora Observer AURORA Published Every Thursday VOL. X. [.50 a Year NO. 27 AURORA, MARION COUNTY, OREGON. SEPTEMBER 9, 1920. Forty Seven Aurora | Mrs. Will Celebrates Susee Sues For Damages Republicans M e e t Bank Joins Reserve ¡County Officials Men M ake Income I 87th Birthday T o Organize — | After Truckmen A suit was brought by J. B. Susee The application of the Aurora State 1 _____ against Frank Pickens for $70 damages ----- T ax Reports i Club Bank to join the federal reserve sys- i A remarkable family re-union toolt incurred in a runaway accident. The place Sunday at the home o f Mrs. Trip- defendan’ t team got frightened and Forty seven men whose post office j bine Will when her children, grand ran away and in its course hit plaintiff’s The Marion County Republican Club address is Aurora, Oregon made income children, great grand children and horse.injuring the annimaland a buggy met at the court house at Salem Tues ¿ax reports for 1920 to the Collector of other relatives to the number of forty on East Cleveland street. The case day evening to elect officers for the Internal Revenue. Those making the assembled to celebrate her 87th birth came up m Judge McCord’s Court Sat ensuing year, Owing to the small at urday, E. ¥ ? Morcom being for the tendance the election was postponed to reports were U. S. Armstrong, Henry day. Becke, Henry L. Bents, N. E. Cole, Mrs. Will is one o f the oldest and plaintiff and Max Gehlhar for defend a later date. Volkmar Doppleb, G. A. Ehlen, Albin most highly respected of the former ant, A decision was rendered by thé Mrs. C. P. Bishop of the state com- F. Fredrickson, J, P. Freeman, B. F. members of the Aurora colony, and is court favorable to the defendant, mittae, Judge D’ Arcy, Walter L.Tooze Giesy, M. Giesy estate, W. A. Griesy, remarkably active fo r a woman of her Poking at the matter that no negli- Sr., Gordon R, Watt and others spoke Fred Ginerich, F. G. B. Green, M. C. ' age, She enjoyed the gathering Sun- gance had been shown on the part of upon political matters. The sentiment Gregory, A. D. Gribble, J, K. Gribble, day fully as much as the younger mem- defendant and with ordinary care the was general that Harding Coolidge- accident could not be prevedted.—Wood- Stanfield Republican Club should be Geo. Herbst* Ida Jones, A. W, Keil, j bers of the family D. A. Keit, Henry J. Keil, Joe King, j The re-union was a surprise to Mrs. burn Independent. organized for Marion county. Henry T. Kister, Otto Knorr, Mark T. i Will and her immediate family. The Jas. G, Heltzel presided and W. I. Lee, Henry Meyer, I. A. Miley, J. H. j visitors brought well filled lunch bask- Needham acted as secretary. The Miley, W. J. Miley, F. L. Miller, Geo, eta which helped to make the day a speakers all noted the absence o f most Miller, Wm. B. Miller, C, R. Muecke, perfect one. of the Republican office holders, es Edward E. Muecke, Hugo H. Muecke, pecially from the State House. The Those present were Mrs. Triphine A. E. Oberg, Alfred W. Oberg, Geo. Will, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Will o f county officials were represented by the Rosich, Sadler & Kraus, A. J. Scholz, Sherwood, Mr, and Mrs. August Will district attorney, the sheriff, the county E. A. Scholz, Zeno Schwab, Geo, W. 'o f Hubbard, Mr, and Mrs J. M. Will clerk'and the assessor. It is quite evi Scramlin, W. W. Sporalsky,T.S. Stipp, | and Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Will ox Aur dent that something is needed to put It is currently reported that a a little pep into Salem and Marion coun A. H. Will, W. P. Wurster, Fred Yer- ora, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Scholl o f Hub- gen, A. J. Zimmerman. I bard, Mr. and Mrs. Roy E. Will of petition has been circulated fo r call ty Republicans. j Amity. Mr, and Mrs. Louis C. Will o f ing an election to vote upon the pro Gordon R. Watt and N. C. Wescott j sy* , rp . j 1 I Sherwood, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Kocher, of this place were the only Republicans posal to redeem the bonds voted last Mrs. C. Rhodes Woman s C lub Hubbard. Mr< M and r . and M outside Salem present at the meeting. t » uiuau a uu u i l o vj H i e d j of of I1)lnoi9> MrSi Julius Snyder May fo r the high school building. In of Sherwood; Misses Elizabeth Forst view o f this, inquiry was made o f E, Babies A nd Mothers ner, Lizzie Will, Clara Will, Bertha Stark, Leona Will, Myra Will, Emma L. Devereaux & Company, the Port E, Snyder; Percy Will, T. M. Snyder, land bond firm which purchased the Ed. B. Miller Loses Foot Mary Will, Lenora Scholl,Irene Scholl, The Pacific Coast Rescue and Pro Elvera Scholl,John Scholl, Sarella Will, bonds, as to their attitude in the By Amputation tective Society of Portland has issued Mildred Will, Leland Kocher, Marion matter. Their reply given below: “ The bond issue o f the school dis Irene Snyder and Dorothy an appeal to people.to aid the Louise j $ nyder> trict at Aurora which we purchased Home and the Albertina Kerr Nursery ' ny er" Ed. B. Miller of Needy is still at the was regularly voted and the terms ©f Home, refuges for abandoned mothers! St. Vincent’s Hospital, Portland,where and babies, by sending canned fruit, [ T * * T A , J payment were as follow s: he had his foot amputated. Dr. Joyce $1,000 due June 1st each year from canned vegetables, or farm products o f j L e S l O I l I l i l l l 0 IS /\ I T 6 S l 0 Q performed the operation cutting off the 1921 to 1933, Inclusive any kind,for the use of'the!48 mothers, leg just below the knee. Mr. Miller is $1,500 due June 1st each year from For Speeding babies and children sheltered. The task j making satisfactory progress toward 1934 to 1940, Inclusive, of feeding these is difficult at any time, j recovery. Dr. Joyce was an army Therefore th« district has no option but a tremendous burden at present. I surgeon with Base Hospital No. 46 and The Protective Society will gladly fu r -! Mr. and Mrs. Cassins R. Peck and o f paying off the issue in any other served in France many months, nish glass jars and prepay freig h t' little daughter, o f Portland passed manner than according to the; above Mr. Miller was first troubled with a charges, ! through here Wednesday enroute to plan. These bonds were resold by us small sore on a toe, which became in The Aurora Woman’s Club has un-' Lebanon Mr.Peck was formerly com- to various clients who purchased fected and gradually grew worse until . . . .. . . . , i mander o f the Portland Post of the dertaken the work of soliciting and col- j American Legion. The Capital Journal them on the understanding that they amputation became necessary. iecting the donations of these most ¡lists “ C. R. Peck” as one o f the vic- woultl be paid off as above. I f an election should be called, that yvorthy institutions! and hopes to make] tims slated to appear in court at Salem generous shipment o f canned goods charged with speeding. He. 'was ar- would not alter the situation in any to them. - ¡rested by speed-cop Bert Smith. way as most o f the holders o f these securities would wish to hold them Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Watt, accom- until maturity, and therefore the Mrs, Richmond, of Hubbard,has been ! t Adjutant General George White and engaged to teach the fifth and sixth ipanied by Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Wescott question as to whether or not this family letumed last week from a two issue could be paid off now would rest erad.es of the Aurora school. School and son Ihomas, motored to Salem entirely upon the wishes o f the per week’s camping trip on the Santiam, will open Monday, September 20. Tuesday evening. above Lebanon. They were accom sons holding these bonds. There is nothing in the law which panied by Henry Snyder. They stopped permits school" districts o f any other over here at the home of Mrs. Diana municipality to redeem or pay off a Snyder for a day, before returning to bond issue other than by the terms Portland. Others of the party were which have been decided upon before Mr. and Mrs. Carl Abrams of Salem, the issue is floated, and what has been Marshall Dana of Portland, and“ Tiga” Reynolds, cartonist of the Tacoma embodied in the bond itself. Cash Buyers of One section o f the Oregon School Ledger. Law states, in substance, that the bonds o f a school district are redeem able at the pleasure o f the district but Superintendent Begins but become due absolutely in- twenty years from date o f issue. O f course Duties O f Office the issue may be made redeemable Aurora, Oregon F. W. WILL after any time, fo r instance, a bond may become due in twenty years and Mrs. Mary L. Fulkerson, recently ap optional or redeemable in whole or in pointed superintendent o f the Marion part any time after the date o f issue, county schools, has filed her bond in the hut this must be decided upon in ad sum of $1000, and has assumed the vance, before the issue is Sold and duties of the office. She will fill the marketed. In this ease the terms o f unexpired term of W. M. Smith who payment were decided upon as above has been appointed assistant state sup and no redeemable or optional feature erintendent. The Marion county re was cited or decided upon. ’ ’ publican central committer has named This stand is in direct opposition Mrs. Fulkerson as the party nominee to the opinion o f the attorney-general in the place of Mr. Smith who was who holds that the district has pow nominated at the primary election, but er to redeem the bonds at any tim e/ who withdrew as a candidate. She Every boy and girl needs plenty of clothes,shoes and But it is quite evident that an at will probably have rio opposition at the tempt to redeem .the bonds at once November election. hosiery for school wear and they must be well made will be resisted by the bond-holders, and the district involved in prolonged of good materials to meet the demands made upon and costly litigation. -■* Bond Owners Say Bonds Cannot Be Paid O ff ictp General White Here HAZELWOOD CREAM STATION B U T T E R F A T , EGGS A N D POULTRY olidays Are Over Now For School them. You will find here good wearing apparel for for the boys and girls. School Room Supplies Large stock to select from —In which we have tab lets, drawing pads, composition books, pens, pencils, fountain pen ink and writing fluids. colors. All desirable Erasers, mucilage, crayons. We make a specialty of these school supplies, and now when the assortments are complete, is the logi cal time to secure your requirements. SADLER I K R A U S -T H E B E S T F O R T H E P R IC E - ! “ Pure Food Groceries” Bank Said T o Have Been Granted Suit Begun To Clear Tide It is rumored that the Comptroller o f the Currency has granted the applica tion for a charter for the Liberty National Bank of Aurora. This cannot be positively confirmed, but it is re ported that the official announcement of the granting of the charter will be made shortly. Some weeks ago the comptroller announced that the charter had been “ with held.” A suit filed last week in the circuit court at Salem by,WiIliam A. Fearnley and Fred E. Garrett against Joseph B. Miller, asks that title be cleared to Marion county real estate which, they state has been legally possessed by them for some time. The complaint asserts that Joseph Miller claims an in terest in the property and estate and asks that an order be issued requiring Services A t Fargo Sunday the defendant to set up such claims for review by the court, and that William H, Fearnley ank Fred E. Garrett be In the Richardson Memorial church declared the rightful owner o f the pro at Fargo 011 Sunday morning (12th perty, inst.) at 11 av m. an address will be given by Mr. H. N. Good of Donald on Everett Shimmin, who has just re Christian Education. This subject is turned from the east was ; here this vital as it concerns the individual, the week visiting his mother Mrs. Sarah community, and the nation. You are Shimmin. He is in the government invited to attend. civil service and is stationed at Van ALEXANDER HAWTHORNE, couver, Wash, Pastor, tem has been granted, according to aj The Marion county court has taken a notice from Washington. This subjects stand against overloading trucks run- j the bank to the supervision of both the — on the roads of the county> and ¡state banking officials. A minute: . .... examination of ¡the affairs of the bank especially on the paved hlghways- was made not long ago, by the Federal j lod ge Bushey declares that 5-ton examiners and everything found satis- [trucks have no business to carry 11-ton factory for admission into the federal I loads and that roads build to stand the reserve system. | wear and bear c f 5 .ton loads cannot I possibly stand the 11-ton loads for any C l o c k Is Weather Igreat length of time- I Road master Culver says that little or no attention is paid to laws enacted Forecaster by the legislatures of 1919 and 1920 which attempted to curtail abuses due F. W. Will has a clock which ex- to extreme loads. Although small pen- ____ ; . ... . _ [ alities are provided, the county officials mbits some o f the features of a me- 1 , ’ . j state that no means of systmatizmg the chamcal weather prophet. Whenever j l o a d i n i f of irucks hag been provideda cloudy or rainy weather impends, the | “ Very few scales will register these pendulum of this remarkable"clock be- extreme loads and officials apparently gins to “ wobble” like a drunken sailor, t^ nd vested authority for the de- 4 -u. j- . . .. , , tection and arrest of violators,” is Mr. and thus predict without fail cloudy _ . . . . . Culver s summary of the situation, weather or rain. Mr. Will, who is man- The county officials state that newly a g e ro fth e Hazelwood cream station, constructed highway sections, soon vouches for the accuracy-of this weath j break down under the abuse>and assert er indicator. It has been suggested .1 that an overloaded truck, traveling on that with a little training this canny | one side o f the route caugea the QUter time piece n^ght be able to foretell the! edges of the surfacing to gradually outcome o f the fall election-espeeially j c r u m b l e a n d c r a c k whether it will be followed fay a long I _______ dry spell or whether it will be wet. In Complete line of Drugs, etc., at fact, such a clock is a most invaluable Moore’s.~Woodburn. Mail your orders. piece of furniture. Shimmin Garage ' Economy and efficiency demand that your car be kept in perfect condition. Automobile own ers cannot afford to spend their time ami. energy to keep their cars ready for instant use. Such work is the business o f men skilled in it. Bring you car ta us, and thus have it ready for use, without spoiling your spare time, your good clothes—and your temper—in repair work. The garage man was made to work— and repairing is our business. Shimmin . 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