The World to Oregon— 1925
1925—Oregon World’s Fair
Observer
Aurora
AURORA
Published Every Thursday
VOL.
AURORA, MARION COUNTY, OREGON. Dec. 8,
X I.
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Short Stories of the Town Picked up Here and There
Some Serious, Others Humerous
Miss Helen Kert of Seaside, was vis­
iting her sister, Mrs, Albert Ehlen on
Sunday.
Best in the World
Give and Take! Being a hold-back
wihs contempt, and discontent in the
one possessing the disposition. Each
one’s opinion cannot be followed to the
very hair's bredth, qut the general re­
sult can be obtained if we all pull to­
gether for the main point, and what
difference how the words are framed,
or who says ¡|this 0r that, if the com­
munity can secure the big Union High
School, the Pythian Home, a Cannery.
They Visited and Accomplish­
Christmas adv. copy for our next issue must reach us
ed Good Results
before the 12th. Important.
Get Xmas suggestions in
About fifteen members of the here.
Aurora K. P. lodge visited a K. P.
lodge gn Portland Tuesday night.
While there they boosted Aurora as
the only site for the proposed K..P.
Home to be established next spring
for the states of Washington and
Oregon.
The delegation was re­
ceive! with open arms, so to speak,
and the trip did much good. Like,
excursions should be be frequently
made over the state. The Pythian
Home for Aurora is now being
talked in Portland, and the lodge
there promised their full support,
and extended many congratulations
to the Aurora people for their ‘pep’
and for their visit. As Portland
said: “It showed that Aurora ment
business, and got them to thinking
and talking.”
The 67th Congress convened at the
Miss Noma Yergen went to Portland Aurora Hops Proven the Cream
at
the U. S. Capital Monday noon for
Saturday.
its regular session. Adjournment is
of America
Mrs. Diana Snyder returned from
not expected until mid-summer. Here’s
Portland last Thursday evening. She
Henry L. Bents, .of Aurora, the hoping for the best.
has resumed her work at the postoffice “ Hop King,” had among hop con­
The Arduckle jury was dismissed—
again.
tracts, one with Dave Keil of Au­ failed to reach a verdict, The trial
Mr«. G. A. Ehlen, Rose, George and rora for 12,000 bales at 25 cents a will drag along; come up some time,
Harry, were Portland visitors Satur­ pound. This week word arrived perhaps, and *‘F atty ” is just visiting
day.
from Strauss & Co. London, Eng. around, eating regular and drinking
as regular as possible.
An auto salesman from Portland had buyers, to Mr. Bents, that five
We can remember whyn it use to be
the misfortune of having his car burn bales of the- best hops obtainable
about two miles north of Aurora, Fri­ were wanted as samples to send to a disgrace to be sent to jail.
James Abraham, 17, of Woodburn,
day. The car was a large Chalmers
New Zealand. W. H. Nelson and was ariested in Oregon City this week
and was practically a total loss.
R. H. Woods searched the hop charged with writing an anonymous
Mr. and Mrs. G. P. H. S. White, Mr. i fields of Oregon, but upon seeing letter, threatening the life of Roy Yo­
and Mrs. Davis and Mr. Wintchess of g the Dave Keil hops, the best was der, cousin of Simon J. Yoder, whose
Salem were Sunday visitors a t the 1 discovered. " The five choicest bales murder murder neas Woodburn Iasi
home of Mr. and Mrs. D, A. Keil, near 9
, , , , ,,
, , , March has not yet been solved.
Let Aurora unite for more things,
1 were rc-baled at the car m double
Aurora,
University of Oregon— Educatinn, better' things, bigger things. Cut
canvas with heavy paper between
to keep out the dampness and star­
ted
on their New Zealand trip.
At the Meredian School House, Dec,
Mr.
Bents has good reason to be
17th. There will bo refreshments and
proud
of Aurora hops; they are pro­
Christmas presents a t bargains. Be
there about 7:30
ven the choicest to be found.
Christmas Bazaar
Aurora Luthern Church
The service next Sunday morning at
11 o’clock will be in the English lang­
uage. Please note th at the time of
service has been changed from 10:30 to
11. The Sunday School meets at 10.
On Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock the
children meet in the church to practice
for the Christmas programs to be given
on the evening of Dec, 24 in german
and Dec. 27 in English. We invite you
most heartily to our Sunday service. •;
W, F. Schmidt,, pastor.^
TRANSFERS
As Reported frsm the Comity Seat
by Salem Abstract Co., 212 Salem
Bank of Commerce Bids'.
Felier, Francis to Rigdon, James F.
48.31 Ac. in O Whitney CJ. T. 4 S R 1
W $5000. Feller, RVancis to Chapman,
W. A. 132.13 Ac. in W Whitney Cl. T
4 S R 1 W W M (un divided \ interest)
$10.00. Feller, Francis to Beckman/
L A 132.13 Ac. in W Whitney C l T 4
5 R 1 W W M (undivided J interest)
$10,00, Geeland, C E to Ross, J M
1.074 Ac. m G C Aplin Cl, 38- 4-2-W
$150.00. Nibler, Jos. to Susee J «(ag­
reement) 38.86 Ac. in 5-2-W $------ —
Road Work Completed
List of cash subscriptions to a fund
for the purpose of finishing the gravel-
img of the Meridian Road during the
1921 season. This money to be expend­
ed on that streich of road running from
near the three-quarter section line of
Section 24, to Rock Creek.
A. J. Zimmerman $10.00, John Castr
$2.50, L. J. Sharp $3.00, J, S. FisheJ
$36.00, Joe Bonn $10.00, Melvin Kauf­
fman $20,00, J. F. Campeau $10.00,
Mrs. M-, C. Brewer $2.00. H.'SR. War­
den Bros. $5.00, Carl Potwin $5.00,
M"at Ban $10.00, Christ Trost $10.00
William Dibble $10.00, Forest E. Mills
$20,00, Milton Coy $3.00, William
Welch $5.00. Ed Bisand $5.00 Thos.
Paige $10.00, Carl Oldfield $10.00. Frank
Albee $2.00, M. Bisanz $10.00 D. E:
P ratt $2.00, Olga N etter $5.00, First
Ntl Bank of Aurora $20.00, Sadler &
Kraus $15.00, Molalla Electric Co. $10,
00, Will-Snyder Co. $15.00, Wurster
Bros. $10, G. R. W att $5, Walter Let-
tenmaier $5. Joe King$5^A. JV. Allen
$5. Stoner Bros, $10, A. W. Ehlen $10,
A. H. Will $5, G. A. Ehlen $10, Auro­
ra State Bank $50. Henry Zeigler $5.
The work is done and the Road finish­
ed. The Cocnty also gave $400 for
this work. Forest E, Mills, Road Sup­
ervisor.
pre-engineering and rhetoric are the
subjects specially studied by the three
students from Aurora registered this
year at the Uuiversity. Hazel R, Mills
is a freshman in education. Herwig R.
Netter is a freshman in pre-engineer­
ing and Bertha M, Koch is a sophomore
in rhetoric.
Meredian
Ih e road meeting at Elliot on 'the
3oth of Nov. was the most wrang dane-
led aifrir we have been to in fifty win­
ters. The meeting was called to order
by Lou Rahl at 10 a. ifl. and three
nominees were made for Chairman,
White, Exon and Cherrick. White re­
ceived the highest vote, was declared
ele^ed by Rah), when the Ex Che^i'ick
men o b jected and som eone m ade a tn o -
tion to adjourn, but the motion was
voted down and finally a second vote
was saken on Chairmanship and Exon
was elected, and another man made a
motion to adjourn, so the Chair took
another vote and it carried; while Mr.
Rahl was in the Chair he publically an
nounced that a certain element had
framed a combine to “railroad” a sch­
eme. The scheme was to re-elect the
parties in power, but the opposition
was too strong. One consolation is
that we have no Special Road Tax this
year anyway.
The time has been
When moneyed men
With $ $ dimes and cents
Could corral Votes
Like sheep and shoats
But eow they’re on the fence
fhey’re settin on the fence
And the man upon the stump
Can see and feel
That human weal
Depends on how they jump,
How they hold the funeral of a
Town
out the childish disposition that
any one is trying to “put some­
thing over.”
It is silly jealously.
Work. Do some town publicity
yourself; help the other fellow, not
condemn him. If your neighbor is
inclined to boost, boost some your­
self, Speak well of a good project.
If anything isn’t started right, or
just to suit you, start something
yourself, No one thing Can just
suit each person, but the gereral
result is the object. Nothing was
ever 6ained for any town if they had
to wait for any- one man’s opinion.
No two minds are exactly alike, but
the results can be accomplished *by'
all rushing, whether every little
ju st 'our opinion yir not.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our sincere
thanks and appreeiation“to the neigh­
bors and friends who were so kind and
sympathetic during our recent bereve-
ment, and to thank those sending toe
floral offerings.
Mrs. Chris. Trost and family
to go near any wire that was down,
unless he was positive that the wire
was dead, and as to why he did i t in
this instance, after I had told him that
1 1 was going to pull the fuse, I can only
L. L, Rice Meets Death From jsay that on finding the trouble and
knowing that it had to be repaired, he
Live Wire.
seemed disappointed of the delay as he
wanted te get back to Donald early for
the dance to be given that night, and
L. L. Rice, a young man employed made the remark, “ she looks like she
by the Molalla Electric Co., a t Aurora, was dead,” as we looked the line over;
was instantly killed, at 5:30 Saturday and after I had gone he apparently de­
night, when he picked up a live wire cided to take the wire off of the post
carrying 220(* volts of electricity. The and get it ready to splice as soon as I
accident happened near Bu'tteville Sta­ got back, saving that much time.
tion. With H. D. Evans, line foreman,
L. L. Rice was at the time of his
Rice was looking for trouble along the death living with his uncle, Mr. ‘Cone,
line and making repairs, Mr. Evans of Donald, He was a member of the
in ajreport of the accident says: “ cal. Knights of Pythias in Aurora, and that
ling to Rice that I would go and pull Order had charge of the funeral and
the fuses at the station« 1 walked burial ceremony Tuesday. It was one
around the car, got in and drove to the of the largest funerals ever held at
station leaving Rise, who had walked Donald, The remaing were laid to rest
away in the .opposite direction as I left. at the Butteville cemetery. The lodge
Seeing nothing of him when I came work was very impressive and pretty;
back, I called his name several times, the floral designs were numerous and
then turned the car around, so th at the beautiful. The young man’s mother,
lights from the car would furnish light whose home is in Seaside, arrived the
for us to work by. I walked to the day before the funeral. This paper
place where he had seen the wire wtap- joins with all the friends and acquain-
ped around the post and found him fay­ tenances in extending sympathy to the
ing on his back with the wire loosely relatives at this» seemingly untimely
grasped in his right hand, the first two demise.
fingers burned to the bone. Hoping
that life was not entirely gone l used
artificial means of respiration, until
convinced by the condition of the body
that it was useless, and then notified
his uncle, John Murray, and the County
Attorney at Law
Coroner, who itstructed me to notify
Offices with
The First National Bank of Aurora
his relatives to take charge of the body-
and
Prior to this, I have never known Rice
508 Platt Bldg., Portland, Ore. it
Fatal Accident
Robert R. Rankin
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M o r r is
O p iitfy Co,
Eyesight Specialises
204-11 Salem Bank of Commerce
Bldg.
SALEM, OREGON
Oregon’s Largest, Most Modern,
Best-Equipped Exclusve Optical
Establishment.
Ip is Tested
GLASSES FITTED
Lenses accurately duplicated
Optical repairs carefully and promptly
piade
HARTMAN BROS.
Dr. W. C. Gehman, Optometrist
SALEM.
ORE
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Exchange ForSale
and W ant Ads.
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ervice Is Our Slogan
afety Is Our Watchword
Auction block Make your wants known
here. One cent a word each week.
Send money with ad. They pay you,
Will do painting in trade for chick­
ens, cows, or pigs.- First class work
guaranteed. Write C. A. White, Au
rora, Route 5.
1 Registered Jersey Bull, 18 mos. old
Papers to go with same, whose sire on
(Warsaw (Ky.) Independent.)
both sides have good records. Price
A town that has never anything to reasontble. 2 miles east of Aurora,
do in a public way is on the way to the Route 5. A. Hamel.
cemetery. Any citizen who willj do
FOR SALE—Good sound buggy
nothing for his town is helping to djg
horse
and harness and buggy, also U.
its grave. A man that “ cusses” the
S. cream separator. Good Jersey cow,
town furnishes the coffin, The man
Mrs. G, Nordbausen, Aurora, Oregon,
who is so selfish as to have no time
R. F. D. No. 1.
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from his business to give affairs is
WANT TO RENT FARM
making the shroud.
man who will
I want to rent a farm of 30 to 50
not advertise is driving the hearse.
Write
The man who is always pulling back acres. Equipped preferred.
from any public enterprsse throws bou­ me. B. E, Wilcox. Route 3, Aurora.
12-8
quets on'the grave. The man who is
so stingy as to be howling hard times,
preaches the funeral, sings the doxo-
For Sale Lots—Two choice resi­
logy. And thus the town lie s1 buried
dence lots and one Business lot in
from all the sorrow of the world,
Main part of Aurora. W. A. Giesy,
Aurora, Oregon, P. O. Box 112.
Resolution of Sympathy
Whereas, the Angel of Death has
eutered the home of brother George-
Gray and taken his beloved wife Jessie
to her heavenly home, be it.
Resolyed. that Western Hope Rebe-
kah Lodge Number 125 extends sympa­
thy to the sorrowing husband and fam­
ily. She was a kind and loving wife
and devoted mother. The lodge has
lost a good and faithftl member, The
Community a good friend and neighbor.
Resolved that a copy of this resolu­
tion be spread upon the minutes and a
copy be sent the family and a copy be
sent the Aurora Observer for fublica-
tion and also Pacific Odd Fellow, the
charter be draped for|a pericd.of 60 days
Committee—
Ida Grèves.
Florence Crisell
Phil Wiegand
NO. 41
1921
For Sale—20 acres level farm land;
fifteen in cultivation, and 5 stump
pasture. V /2 miles from Aurora. R.
Tucker.
4t.
Items that make for safety in a Bank
Federal Reserve Bank Membership
The recent examination of our bank by
Mr. Mason of the Federal Reserve Bank re­
calls the benefits and advantages of mem­
bership in the Federal Reserve System.
We are subject to these examinations
at uncertain periods, just as with our State
Bank examinations. - Membership m the
Federal reserve Bank System gives us the
privilege of rediscounting our notes, thus
enabling us to meet local demands for mon­
ey.
The Federal Reserve Bank law permits
us to carry less Cash on hand in our safe,
and all transportation charges on currency
both to and from the Reserve Bank are paid
by the Reserve Bank.
j
We are^able, through I the Federal Res­
erve Bank to collect at par, checks on prac­
tically all banks.
These are only a few of the items that
strengthen our position, both as to safety
and service.
MONUMENTS
If your monumental work is solicited,
kindly ask the solicitor for our busi­
ness card.
Capital Monumental Works,
2210 S. Com. St,
Phone 689, Salem
Dr. Osmar K. Wolf, Woodburn, Ore.
is fully equipped to fit your eyes with
proper glasses.
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Preaching morning and- evening, in
the Aurora Presbyterian Church every
2nd and 4th Sunday. A!1 welcome; and
yrged to come,
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Aurora State Bank
Capital and Surplus, $40,000
Time
Savings
unis j
Checking Accounts
(Under Exacting State Supervision)
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