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About Aurora observer. (Aurora, Marion County, Or.) 19??-1940 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 7, 1920)
THE AURORA O ^ E R TH U R SD A Y N. C. WESCOTT OCTOBER 7 1920. The attorney-general has notified the state highway (commission that it is unlawful for any person to place advertising signs (printed, painted or written), bills, emtor and publisher nQtices. signs, pictures, cards, or posters on any building, Entered as second-class m atter M a r c h t h e jpostoffiee at Aurora I f e n ç e , g a t e , b r i d g e , t r e e , TOCk, b o a r d , O r S t r u c t u r e Oregon, under the A c t o f March 3, 1879. w it h in the limits of any state highway. He also states that it is The Portland Journal.describes the Pacific Highway I lawful.for any person to remove such signs etc. It is from Aurora to Canby as the worst four miles of road in probable that the Highway commission will order this practice of posting advertisements and other notices on America—and the description is about right! the state highways stopped, and, perhaps, order those al ready there removed. At all events all signs except road There has been no unseemly scramble as yet among notices should be forbidden at corner roads where signs candidates for Aurora city offices to announce themselves are posted. for the various^ positions o f honor and emoluments within the gift of the city electorate. If the railroad employes, in the United States could invest the recent advance in wages granted them, in rail The automobile manufacturers who reduced prices of road stocks, they could, in a little over five years, buy a their cars early received millions of dollars worth of pub controlling interest in all the railroads in the United licity in the newspapers without costing a cent. For once States. The total par value of outstanding -railroad stock advertising was news and got into the news columns is about $6,500,000,000. The recent wage advance grarit- without effort. ed railroad employes amounts to $625,000,000 annually. In six years, if this advance were.all saved and invested, The Lone Oak that gives its name to the state fair the railroad employes could acquire $3,750,000,000 in grounds race track needs the care o f a modern tree doctor. stock, even if they bought at par value. B u t. railroad Its branches create less shade every year. If there is riot stocks, on the average, rare way below par. The average some state agency whose duty it is to look after this.,- the market value is less than $60 per. share.’ Thus a sub legislature will doubtless create a Lone Oak Commission— stantial majority of the stock cquld be bought for less than $2,000,000,000. Thus the recent advance m wages if some one will mention it to them. ($625,000,000 per year), if saved and invested, would ac quire control in a little over 3 years. If the railrord* em Any day last week between the hours~of 8 a. m. and ployes want to control the roads, why don’t they ;buy 11 a. m. a drive from Aurora to Salem would show from them? It looks easy; 15 to 25 automobiles out of commission at the roadside- in all stages of disability from punctured tires to complete Will ’tirade «peed piece o f town pro perty toi automobile—Price $1650. In'-' ly wrecked cars. On an almost perfect road like the quire atjthe O bseiver Office . Aurora-Salem portion of the Pacific Highway, one is at a j M AR RY IP LO N ELY ; for : results- loss to account for this condition. Only unskilled of care try-Hje;best and most successful‘ ‘ Home M ater” hundreds rich, wish marriage less drivers will even partially explain so many accidents, soon;strictlv confidential; most re- liable;years o f experience; descriptions; near-accidents, and wrecks. free. The ‘ ‘Successful d u b ” , Mr|i^ Ball, Box 556. Oakland, Calif. 31-2t Most Republicans are satisfied with Senator Harding as their Candidate for president, but H. S. Daly, a Silver- ton man, is the champion ‘ ‘hero-worshiper” . He ascribes to Senator Harding the sagacity of Washington, the fore sight o f Jefferson, the courage of Jackson, the love o f | freedom of Lincoln, the unerring statemanship of Me-! Kinley, and the firmness and progressivenesS of Roose velt—a somewhat overwhelming enumeration o f human qualities. Daly may be able to fool himself that way, but he can’t fool Harding! If you have not already paid the second half of your 1919 tax, you should do so before October 5th. Call at the Aur ora State Bank and we will re mit for you. Or call us by phone and authorize us to charge your account, and we will take care of your payment. Aurora State Bank Time Checking Accounts Savings A% compounded quarterly on Savings Deposits A % paia on Time Deposits (Under Exacting State Supervision) 0, C. G1ESY WAREHOUSE WE BUY Wheat, Oats, Potatoes, Hay, Clover Seed at the Highest Market Price WE SELL Burlap, Sulphur, Kilncloth, Hop Sacks, Grain Sacks New Calcutta No. ] Seconds New Calcutta No. 1 Mill Bags Potota Sacks--.Also Excelsior Twine Warehouse Phone 9 AURORA, OREGON Residence Phone 26 FOR THE INDIVIDUAL AND FOR THE STATE *A Person with No Education has but One Chance in 150,000 to Render Distinguished Service to the Public With Common School Education_____ 4 Chances With High School Education.......... .. .8 7 Chances With College E d u c a tio n ......................800 Chances Are You Giving Your Child His Chance? THOSE STATES A R E W EALTH IES1 TH A T H A V E INVESTED MOST IN EDUCATION Oregon Agricultural College Through a “ Liberal and Practical Education” pre pares the Young Man and. Young Woman for Use ful Citizenship and Successful Careers in (Dub J fUurùiiàùn, (Dub (Budget (Stem capitalizes thrift and systematic expendi ture. L e t us show how it stretches your j -income to cover y&wv TUwr&UòOtì. W e can prove to you that it’ s better busi ness. Krueger Bros. Canby, Oregon Agriculture Commerce Notary Public Fire Insurance AU R Q R A OREGON Engineering Pharmacy Mining Forestry Home Economic* Vocational Education The Training Includes PH YSICAL’ EDUCATION, MUSIC, ENGLISH, MODERN LANGU AGE, A R T and Other Essentials o f a * Standard Technical College Course Fall Term Opens September 20, 1920. Registered large typed Polapd China bear for sale cheap. John Krausr, Aur? j ora; Oregoft, J Sherman Clay Pianos Drug Store, Wodburn. at Moore’ s • FOR S A L E -T e a m o f - work horses, 7 and 8 years old, weight 1350 each. Price $300. E. E, L ee, Aurora, Oze- gon. Phone Canby. 30-4t. MONITOR FLOURING MILLS % We have a large supply. ..of Old Wheat Flour on hand well aged. Try it. See Hewett, Hubbard,' | 30-4t _ DIM fCK & CONYNEi. PropV FOR SALE ’’ One David Bradley, No. 8 Feed Grinder, with three 'sets o f .burrs, one double sacking elevator. One five- horse economy gas engine. These are practically new. No reasonable offer will be refused.— Buttevilte Garage & Trucking Company, R. F. D. N o, 3, ‘ Aurora, Oregon. Phone 3119. Tuition Is Free FOR INFORM ATION W RIT E TO THE REGISTRAR, Oregon Agricultural College,Corvallis, Ore. ^Here’s Real T obacco” says the G ood Judge That gives a man m ore genuine chewing satis faction than he ever got out o f the ordinary kind. Smaller chew,lastslonger — so it costs less to chew this class of tobacco. A n d the good, rich to bacco taste gives a w orld of satisfaction. A n y man who uses the R ea l T o b a cco C h ew w ill tell you that. P ut up in two styles FOR SA LE —Registered Guernsey j Bull, Clarence pf.. Cedar Brook, No.. 145511. Mrs'. Joseph Graham. R. R.No. 13, Aurora, Oregon. 30-2t i t: FO R SA LE —Glean s e e d ' wheat, Whitetons, Also Registered Guernsey bull. Chas. Eilers, Aurora, Oregon. Aurora Mutual Phone. 30 2t. v Choice Strawberry Plants, Excellent canning variety, $1.00 per hundred m lots o f 500. or less. Larger orders dis counted. Chas. F. Sly ter, Aurora!, R. F.D.3. l l • : 30-3%. LOUIS W EBERTI International. Senator Warren G. Harding, Republican nominee for President, is thor oughly fam iliar with the tmposing stone and can “m'ake-up” rapidly and skill fully. Hero he is shown “making-up” forms in the composing room pf his newspaper, the Marion (O.) Star. Tax paying time is again here. E D U C A T I O N PAYS When even the attorney general of the state can scarcely tell by personal examination whether the con cessions* at the state fair are gambling schemes—or not, what is the average citizen, Unlearned in law, going to think about it? Whatever the . gambling aspect of the ! (Budget (Bùm matter may be, Mr. Average Citizen, who bucked any of! the numerous, so-called games of chance concessions, helps you get your - N ew Edison. Stop knows very well that even when he won, he, lost. F or1 in and tell us the every dollar’s worth o f kewpies and other junk the con particulars o f your cessionaire gave out he took in twenty dollars (of which a case. It brings few went to the State Fair Association.) It is the "honest opinion of thousands of good citizens that the.great state! of Oregon and its State Fair can exist and prosper with out this “ blood money.” Any candid observer must ad mit, also, that many o f the amusements along the Fair! for immediate en White Way were anything but elevating—some being very, jo y m e n t ; B u t it objectionable and not even amusing.- They were not only j, ' doesn’t require im - ", mediate payment. grafts but were degrading and unclean. H A R D IN G — T H E E D IT O R s ervice Is Our Slogan afety Is Our Watchword NOTICE The Molalla Electric Co. has pur chased the entire stock o f lighting fix tures and shades o f the Western Elec tric W orks o f Portland;, They are now on sale at most reasonable prices,. M OLALLA ELECTRIC GO. Canby, Oregon W e do home wiring, hfindle motors and everything electrical. W -B _C U T is a long fine-cut tobacco R IG H T C U T is a short-cut tobacco AURORA MEAT MARKET In order to render complete service to our customers, our shop will be open this summer, after regular hours as follows: Open Evenings, 7:30 to 9 :3 0 Open Sundays, 8:3 0 to 10 a.m. WURSTER BROS. Aurora, Oregon
