Aurora Observer
Entered as second class matter March
28, 1911, at the postoffice at Aurora,
Oregon, under the A ct of March 3,1879.
Geo. E. Knapp. Editor and Publisher
EDITORIAL
Opinions of the
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Beautiful Willamette
“ The castled crag o f Drachen-
fels frowns o ’er the wide and wind­
ing Rhine whose breast o f waters
broadly swells between the banks
which bear the vine.”
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GOOD
CIGARETTES
G EN U IN E
“B ull "
DURHAM
TOBACCO
Thus wrote Lord Byron in his heaviest tribute ever levied on the
Tale of Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. shipping public— the h i g h e s t
Many other lines tell of the beauty freight and passenger rates ever
of the famous river; Beautiful, in­ charged the American people for
deed, is the Rhine, and -yet, apart transportation service—the Govern­
from the historical romances and ment operated the roads at a loss
the ruins of once renowned fort­ of forty-five million dollars per
resses, we venture to say that it month while yet failing in normal
has nothing on our own beautiful maintenance to a large extent.
What is there in the experience
Willamette. By the courtesy of
Henry G. Kreis, Ye Editor and his of the American people with gov­
family enjoyed a trip up and down ernment operation of the railroads
a portion of the river in Mr. Kreis’ — what is there in the experience
new power boat, The Ethelyn, last of any other people or country
Sunday afternoon. The day was with government ownership and
perfect. A warm sun kept the at­ operation of the railroads— that
mosphere comfortable and brought does not warn against Government
out the beauties of the river to the ownership in the United States?
full extent.
Up a id down the In spite of Government tinkering
river for miles on miles the banks and of all the handicaps thereby
are lined with bushes almost im­ imposed the fact stands out boldly
penetrable except where some resi­ and unchallenged that the Ameri­
dent has cleared a space to make can people enjoy the best trans­
his home place like a veritable portation service at the lowest
park, these bushes made rich in cost of any people in the world.—
color by the approach of fall, while Industrial News.
just behind them in towering maj­
esty rise the native^|forest ever­
Aid the Children’s Home
greens clothed in their garb of
deepest green.
The river winds
Portland, Oregon, Nov. 5, 1923.
with many _turns and ever as you
Who will present, cow No. Three
make the turn there is disclosed a
Have
vista of rare beauty, while here and to the Children’s Home?
there oneJglimpses through a rift you ever stopped to think what an
in the foliage a snow-clad moun­ absolute necessity milk is for the
tain, a picturesque bungalow or a growing child and have you ever
stately residence erected by the realized how much milk it would
beauty lovers along this charming take to properly nourish forty-six
stream. Comparatively few Ore-, children? This is the number how
gonians, though they have lived being cared for at the Children’s
They must have all
here many years, know or realize Farm Home.
what wealth of beauty is to be the milk they need for the mothers
found at their very doors, but the of the W. C, T. U. have entered
time will come when the banks of into a solemn compact with -them­
the Willamette will be lined with selves.that the children placed in
summer homes, and full many a their care shall have the real nec­
swain in years to come will court essities of a simple home life.
Suppose you sit down and con­
his Jane umongst the shadows
sider
the quantity of milk required
which line the banks on a 'starry
for
this
big family. The answer to
summer night.
this is cows, cows and then more
cows for there will be twenty-five
Warned Against
more children in the Home in a
Government Ownership few weeks. Realizing this the Or­
angemen of Oregon City asked 50
It is a matter of public record cents of each member and with
that during the 26 months of gov­ that purchased a fine Jersey with
ernment operation of the railroads, $150.00 and sent a delegation to
from January. 1, 1918, to. March 1, present her ladyship to the Farm
1920,i the Government operated Home. A few days later Mrs. C
them at a loss averaging $45,000,- S. Jackson of the Portland Journal
000 per month.
who was interested in the Home to
This occurred, too, with freight the extent of a big heart and one
and passenger rates the highest thousand dollars invested in the
ever known. It also occurred in Portland cottage now under con­
the face of the fact that during struction, visited the Home and re­
this period deferred maintenance alizing-the barrels of milk needed
aggregated several hundred mil­ told the big Journal family on her
lions of dollars.
return and a second cow found its
What became of the revenue way through their gifts to the Farm
from these high freight and pas­
senger rates and what, exclusive of to the delight o f the boys, who
inefficiency and under maintenance, have each and all a big ambition to
That these cows
caused an average monthly loss of learn to milk.
will
be
groomed
to
a queen’s taste
forty-five million dollars, are also
goes without saying.
matters of public record.
There are little children there
Most of ;it was benevolently as­
similated by railroad employees in who did not know the taste of
the subtle scheme of politicians to milk when they arrived. The com­
anesthetize the public and capture plexions of some vied with strong
the railroad vote. In 1917 labor coffee, which had been their daily
received 43.33 per cent of. the rev­ beverage. These are fading out
enues, while in 1920, following the into attractive blonds under the
N ot: only this, but
close of government operation and use of milk.
largely as a result of it, the amount their tired, hungry eyes are flash­
given to labor was just sixty times ing with vigor and their muscles
more than the amount received by hardening with health with this
child’s necessary food. Who wants
stockholders.,
In other words, before the Gov­ to send another cow? It will be
ernment began tinkering w i t h welcome and receive such care as
wages and working conditions of cows seldom have.
OLDEST OF APPLE ORCHARD.
It Is in the Mountains of New Mexico,
arid Probably 'Was Planted
in 1635.
America’s oldest apple orchard, st
far as known, is a group of trees in s
remote hamlet" of the Manzano mourn j
tains of central New Mexico. The
origin of this or chant is lost in an
tiqpity. How it came there, whence
the seed, who the planter, are ques­
tions that go unanswered.
The word “manzano” is Spanish foi
apple tree, and “ manzano” means
apple. It is believed that the New
Mexico orchard was started by on«
Fra Geronimo de la Liana, a mission­
ary from Mexico who in 1035 came tc
Quari, five miles below the present
hamlet of Manzana. There was at
Manzana, it is said,' a wonderful
spring, says the American Forestry
Magazine, and it is believed that the
Spanish priest planted the orchard
near the spring.
Although this early settlement was
abandoned for more than a century be­
cause of Apache raids, the orchard
grew on. As it stands today it is in
two groups, one of fifty trees, the
other of sixteen trees. The trees art
of “ sprout” growth, many of them in
groups of two or three starting from
a common center. They still bear
fruit, although the apples are small
The guardian of the orchard today
is the Rev. Jose Gauthier, a French
padre who has served the Manzana
townpeople for the last twenty-five
years. The orchard is the property
of the local church.
BEETLE EATS MOSQUITO GRUB
Insect Found on the African Gold
Coast Helps Reduce the Num­
ber of Pests.
A beetle on the African Gold Coast
has the useful habit of eating the
“grubs” of mosquitos. The bug, a
tiger beetle with the imposing name of
Oicindela octoguttata, goes to the
edges of ponds where the grubs are
swimming, and fishes them out of the
water. It helps very materially to re­
duce the number of mosquitoes In any
area which It inhabits.
One of the great problems of mod­
ern tropical medicine is the killing of
mosquito larvae, consequently it is
probable that an effort will be made to
cultivate the new beetle extensively.
At present one method of the same
sort is in use in most malaria coun­
tries. This consists in putting shoals
of a tiny fish known as “ millions” into
mosquito ponds. The “ millions” feed
on the grubs.
Science is beginning to take a very
deep interest in these “ balances of na­
ture,” for it is probable that, by mak­
ing a judicious use of them, both
health and crops can be Improved. The
ravages of the “ green fly,” for in­
stance; are controlled by the “ lady:
bird.” In a poor ladybird year the
green fly becomes a serious pest.
Raising the Dead.
He kicked off his wet shoes, slid his
tired feet into a pair of carpet slip­
pers, lit his’ pipe, sat down with an
air of relief and declared that wild
horses couldn’t get him out of the
house before morning. “ Henry,” said
his wife, “you posted that letter I gave
you this morning, I suppose?"
“I did, my love,” he replied unblush-
ingly.
“I asked mother to postpone hei
visit for a while,” his wife continued.
“You see—”
Henry did see, his wife saw, too.
What she saw was a tired man jump
from his chair, kick off his slippers,
put on his shoes and get out Into the
mud as though he liked nothing better.
And when, a few minutes later, he
came back with the remark that he-
had been to see how the thermometer
stood down at the post office, his wife
smiled.
A Modest Hope.
Sometimes the hopeful natives ex­
pect miracles. The American school
at Sholapur, in India, got a letter from
a native whose son had been sent to
study.
“If you will kindly try....to read hit-
phrenology,” the doting father wrote,
“ his physiognomy and graphology, you
must discover as the most prom­
ising boy to turn him out to be presi­
dent of America as James Garfield.
Lincoln and others.”
Even in mission life many a comedy
is staged. In early Honolulu-days, a
chief, quite naked, called on a mis­
sionary. Being reproved for this, he
went back to his hut, and-, returned
wearing a pair of women’s Stockings
and a tile h at!—Frederick Simpich, ip
the Saturday Evening Post.
Ancient Japanese Tombs.
Tombs of six imperial ancestors
have just been discovered in obscure
spots in the suburbs of Kyoto. They
have been identified as those of the
sons and daughters of Emperor Go-
daigo, who was banished to Oki island
by Ashlkaga, the usurper, 584 years
ago. The Emperor Godaigo dispatches
his sons to nearby provinces to raise
recruits for his campaign against Ashi-
kaga and their tombs are scattered
around the country. The imperial
mausoleum board is making a search
railroad employes, the bill of the
for ancient graves, with the hope that
railroads in 1916 was $1,468,576,-
Annual Marion and Polk County discoveries will be made which will
394, while in 1920, after twenty- Corn Show, Thursday, Friday and help in the Study of the history of the
country.
six months of Government opera­
tion, it was $3,698,216,351, an in­
crease of $2,229,639,957 or about
152 per cent.
That is where most of the money
went, and it explains why with the
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Notice is hereby given that by
an order duly issuing out of the
County Court for Marion County,
Oregon, on the 18th day.of August,
1923, the undersigned were duly
appointed" executors of the last
Will and Testament of Charles
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