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Y o u r Dealer Carries Lilly's Seeds.
Mrs. J. P. Hoffman Dead
Mrs. J. P. Hoffman died last Monday
Notice is hereby given that the regu­
at her borne in this city following a la r annual stockholders’ meeting of the
I paralytic stroke. Funeral took place | Aurora State Batik will be held at its
¡at the residence Wednesday and burial banking house in the City of ^Aurora, |
j at the Aurora cemetery. Rev. Long Oregon, at 2:30 P, M. Thursday, Jan-j
o f Hubbard conducting the services.
u ary 13, 1921.
She is survived by her husband and
The purpose for which this meeting j
j four children, Mr. Nora Marsh of Au­ is called is to elect a Board of Direc­
rora; Mrs. Ellen Butts, of Arlie, Ore­ tor for the ensuing year and for the i
gon; Mrs. Pearl Martin of Yamhill, transaction o f any other business which
Oregon; Alma Anderson, of Portland; may properly come before it.
a sister Mrs. Mary Harrison of Baker;
B, F. Giesy, President.
nine; grand children and five great
(Attest:)
grand children.
Zeno Schwab, Secretary. 11
Mrs. Hoffman whese maiden name
was Margaret Virginia Shoemaker,was
born in Ohio, July 4, 1851. In 1868 she
crossed the plains to Gaston, Wash.,
where she was married to Allen C.
Davis,after which they moved to Rose-
burg and lived about 7 years and then
moved to Alsea, where Mr, Davis died
ir. 1915,
She moved to Aurora in 1918 where
she married J. P. Hoffman September
7, 1920.
CA R D OF T H A N K S
let’s pack up and go to
California
“ Winter’s Summer Garden”
Sooner or later everyone goes to California where the*
bright warm sunshine greets you; where the delightful
climate, the sweet scented flowers and the lure o f the
sea welcomes you to this land of beauty and charm.
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NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS
MEETING
Milk For Sale.—Chas. Becke.
Mr. and Mrs, Fred Dente) entertained | |
at a very pleasant “ Watch Party” Newj
Year’s Eve.
“ Five Hundred” and
parlor games was the feature of th e! |
evening.
The following guests sat'
down to a lovely midnight supper: M rs.1
G. Dentel, Mrs. John Murray, Mr. and
Mrs. Will Thamer, Mr. and Mrs. J, J.
Mills. Mr. and Mrs. Will Gooding, Mr. i
and Mrs. Fred Dentel, Mrs. Chas. Rad-j
c'lff, Miss Leitha Goble, Paul Gooding, 11
Will Dentel, George Rosich, Charles
and Lewis Radcliff, Dorothy Dentel, j
Theora Thamer, Relda and Helen!!
Gooding.
We wish to express our heartfelt ap-
| preciation to our kind friends and
j neighbors for their many kind acts
j during the illness and after the death
j of our beloved wife and mother. We
Alcohol From Molasses.
I also wish to thank the choir and for
Alcohol Is now made from “black
I the floral offerings,
strap,” a very cheap and common
J. P. Hoffman.
grade of molasses which comes from
Mr, and Mrs. J. R. Marsh.
the West Indies.
Mr. and Mrs. Anderson.
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FLA V O FLOUR
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Question,
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FLavo FLour is made at home from home wheat.
The money spent for it stays at home to help prosperity.
FLavo Is
A Quality Flour Too .
There is none better ancLfew so good. Above all
it has that individual nut-like flavor imparted by
the wonderful MARVEL process. That’s a big
point in its favor—just the flavor.
A Home Mill For Home People
Notan empty phrase but one fall oT meaning to
those who wish to see their community prosper
and help build up its industries.
A sk For FLavo
Next
T im e .
It’s made at home.
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On Aurora-D onald Road 1 Mile East o f Donald
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The Observer, Aurora, Oregon
“ Perhaps You'Don’t Know”
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FRED FISHER TELLS HOW HE DOES IT
Once the house had been a pri­ me the following letters, which
vate brown-stone dwelling. Little sp^ak for themselves:
the family that had lived there
dreamed it would be one day a “ Mr. Fred Fisher
Dear Sir: At a performance this after­
center of song publishing, which noon
I heard a song called ‘Daddy, You’ve
means hustle, bustle and tussle Been a Mother to Me,’ which I have been
informed
you fire the composer of. In all
set to music. There I found Fred
life I have never heard a number
Fisher, on the top floor, going my
which I appreciated more. It struck home
over a new song with a powerful- with me and made me feel very proud to
looking lady who reminded me of think that I am one o f those Daddies that
referred to in your wonderful song, for
the immortal Maggie Cline in her are
I have been both mother and father to my
cest days. After she left, at the boy for the past twelve years, his mother
having passed away
peak of enthu­
the year of 190s.
siasm for the
The sentiment you
humorous num­
e x p re ss i n your
song is just the
ber Mr. Fisher
way my boy feels
v.r a s d e m o n ­
towards me.
s t r a t i n g for
I am not only
her, he locked
proud of him, but
proud Jo think that
me over.
at last some credit
“ You are the
is being giver, to
those Daddies who
d is c o v e r e r of
do
the right thing
‘Dardanella,’ ” I
for their mofetr-
began, when he
less children.
h e l d up h i s
Your song has
given me a keen
hand like a
sense
of • satisfac­
traffic cop.
tion to know that
“ I did more
I have done the
right thing.
than d is c o v e r
Good . luck and
it,” he said, a
success to you.”
tw in k le in his
eye, “ but what
“ Mr. Brown.
Dear S ir: I saw
else would you
y o u r performance
like to know ?”
this afternoon and
“ W h a t do
heard you sing a
song about Father
you think of the
or Dad. Will you
m u s ic a l appe­
kindly let me know
tite of the
what the name of
American pub­
' s O '/ '
the song is?
I lost my wife
lic?” I ventured
to ask.
FRED FISH ER
and ^ o m e t fm e ^ f
A g a i n th e
feel blue and lone­
twinkle, this time accompanied by some, but your song has taught me some­
thing different.
a rare smile. “ That is a large or­
Hoping to hear from you just the name
der,” he said. “ But I do want to of the song, as I know you are always
say that I think the American peo­ busy.”
“ Fine tributes,” I said, handing
ple prefer s h o r t s o n g s— and
shorter songs. As in everything back the letters, but asking for
copies
of them. “ And, by the way,
else, brevity is the first word and
the last. Our ancestors would Mr. Fisher, do you like to work
relish the three-volume novel and in the sentimental vein or the
an interminable song-lyric, or bal­ com ic?” . I recalled he had done
lad, but today we want to finish both types of song.
“ Either— it does not matter,”
our novel at a sitting, or, better
still, see it on the screen; the he answered. “ It is the idea that
same principle is active in popular counts, not its class; but the
songs— we want them short and funny stuff, the comedy, is hard
simple, with a new twist or trick in get.”
‘ T-Iow do you write?” I asked
In ’em."
“ The twist is the difficult part, the time-worn question.
“ At any time, anywhere,” he
isn’t it? ” I said.
Fred Fisher gave me a quizzi­ replied.. “ Ideas come most unex­
cal look.
“ You said something pectedly. You never can tell what
then,” he replied. “ It is easy to is going to suggest a song. For
write a ballad. I can do one instancet last night my children
almost at a moment's notice, but were playing around, fooling, and
to get one right— a ‘n a t u r a l a3 they asked their mother what she
we call it— is an altogether differ­ was going to leave them when she
died! I pricked up my ears. In
ent job .”
“ W ould you rather pick a song a little while an idea came for a
song. I had been hunting for a
or write one?”
“ It's better picking them than ‘mother’ song, to follow up my
writing them,”
answered Mr. ‘Daddy’ number, and I had writ­
Fisher.
“ I have been a song ten several, but here was the
writer since I wrote ‘If the Map in ‘natural.’ ”
Mr. Fisher went over to the
the Moon Were a Coon,’ ‘Peg o’
My Heart’ and ‘I’m On My Way piano and played,- the new one,
to Mandalay'— remember them?— singing it sotto voce.
“ That is going to make a hit, or
but I naturally had no say in
picking songs until I became my I’m a gooseberry!” he ejaculated.
own publisher.”
, The song sounded good to me,
“ Can you give me a sample of too. I asked him if he always
your ‘picking,’ Mr. Fisher?” I in­ knew his “ hits” beforehand.
quired.
“ You bet,” he answered.
“I
“ W ell,” he said, “ you know must. A man can’t spend a lot of
that present hit, ‘Daddy, You’ve money boosting bubbles. And get­
Been a Mother to Me,’ don’t you? ting a song landed costs consider­
I picked that out of fifty lyrics, able cash.”
conceived the title— which is in
We talked a lot more, and I
the nature o f a ‘twist,’ you see— learned that Mr. Fisher has seen
and wrote the music. It is bring­ most of the world, from Australia
ing home the financial bacon, all to China, he had tried out a num­
r ig h t . F i r s t, a ll m y fr ie n d s ber of businesses before settling
láughed when they heard this into song-writing and publishing.
title, and thought it ridiculous, I He is battle-scarred, but the best
imagine, for a sentimental song. thing he has developed, he thinks,
One o f them sent me a picture o f ( isf~his critical faculty, which ex-
a bearded lady, jokingly, and tends to his own work in particu­
•aid: ‘It’s Impossible!’ But I was lar.
not affected by their josh. And I
“ I write many, many things,”
guess the laugh Is now on them.” he said, “ but I reject most of
I agreed with him, for I had them. It is hard not to fall for
heard his ‘Daddy’ song sung twice your own stuff, and I guard
on the stage, each time bringing against that weakness continu­
•n outburst of applause. This I ally.”
mentioned.
Mr. Fisner was re-
His success proves this unusual
a ia d ed o f something. He handed creative-critical ability.
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