Th^Aurora Observer
Entered as second class matter March
28, 1911, at the postofflce at Aurora,
Oregon, under the A ct of March 3,1879.
Geo. E. Knapp. Editor and Publisher
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Opinions of the
Farm-house lighting and
special farm work . . .20
300
The actual cost can be arrived
at only by taking the individual
farm requirements up with the
local light and power company, but
the above is a good working basis
which will enable the farmer to de
termine his budget for such service.
—The Open Window.
’^gPY'XObserver
The St. Paul Conference
The Public Pays
Railroad valuation work up to
the present time has cost the rail
roads and the public approximately
$100,000,000 and it is estimated
that it will take $5,000,000 more
to complete the job. After that it
will require $400,000 annually to
keep the valuations up to date.
Congress has spent $25,000,000 and
the railroads $70,000,000 in doing
this work.
It would be really hard to say
wherein the public has actually
benefitted from this large expendi
ture of money which has not built
any new track, terminal facilities
or provided equipment for the con
venience of the public.
One hundred million dollars has,
however, been taken out of the
pockets of the taxpayers, the
traveler and the freight shipper.
The railroads have had to add the
cost of this proceeding to their
rates.
This is merely one of many nu
merous overhead charges which it
is impossible for the carriers tt>
escape under a multiple 'system of
regulation by states, nation and
labor organizations; It is a marvel
that any business can Survive and
give decent service with so many
bosses.— The Manufacturer.
Tax-Exempt Offerings Increase
The output of tax-free securities
during the first half of 1924 ex
ceeds all previous records, being
nearly $750,000,000. This is sub
stantially three times the output
for the entire year 1918, when only
.$262,818,844 were issued.
The urgent demand of wealth
for an avenue of escape from taxa
tion has created a ready market
for these securities, encouraging
taxing authorities to plunge com
munities recklessly into debt.
The Bond Buyer of June 28, re
viewing the situation, says:
“ Just about one hundred im
portant offerings of state, muni
cipal and Federal Land Bank bonds
whieh have been offered in the
New York market since January
1st aggregate slightly more than
$500,000*000, or an average of five
million dollars per issue.
“ Total of all state and municipal
financing , for six months ending
June 30th is estimated at not less
than $666,000,000. If to this we
add $95,000,000 Federal Land
Bank and numerous Joint Stock
Land Bank issues, the aggregate
of tax-exempt securities flotations
for the six months will come very
close to three-quarters of a billion.”
With the income from this vast
wealth escaping taxation, the load
on taxable property is just that
much heavier.— Industrial News.
This Shows How Much Electricity
the Average Farmer W ill Need
The National Agricultural Council,
recently held at St. Paul, was held for
the purpose o f furthering national
legislation and e mbodying the prin
ciples o f the McNary-Haugen bill.
Representatives from national organi
zations from all parts of the country
attended. C. E. Spence, state market
agent, represented Oregon.
The resolution committee stated the
condition of agriculture favored a
policy of protective tariff; showed the
unfairness in its operation as applied
to farm products when there is an ex
port surplus, the world price and
world-wide competition forcing the
price to a level o t . foreign markets,
and that agriculture should have the
same measure of protection’ as given
to the industries and labor. A resolu
tion was adopted favoring the election
of congressmen who will stand by legis
lation along the line of the McNary-
Haugen bill, and defeat those opposed.
The council will meet again at Wash
ington, D. C., on the second Tuesday
in February.
^-State Market Master Spence.
Heroic Struggle for
Education He Coveted
The story is told of Kamba, a full-
blooded African of the Ndau tribe,
who has progressed from absolute il
literacy to a Columbia university de
gree. The first printing that he ever
saw was on a pack of playing cards
that came from the coast, and by
studying these he taught himself the
figures from one to ten. Later he
went South to work, and an American
missionary there who taught native
boys in spite of the opposition of the
Portuguese, whose policy is to keep
the people ignorant, took him into his
home as a house boy.
There the idea of that cultivated
missionary, and. especially his wife,
going to live in that fever-stricken
area for the sake of the black boys,,
gave him a new vision. He knew they
must have some secret that made
them different from all other white
people he had ever seen.
When the American missionary left
for home, he told his boys of a mis
sion in Rhodesia, and Kamba walked
260 miles to reach there. His capac
ity and ambition for more education
led the missionary to secure work for
the boy by which he earned enough
to go to Hampton institute, Virginia.
Earning his living all the time, he
took a course of carpentry and then
went to Columbia, where he secured
the coveted education.
His whole
ideal in seeking this education has
been to go back and develop his own
people, but not necessarily on western
lines.
Turf Natural Filter
France’s experiments with natural
turf have shown that it is an excel
lent material from which to form beds
for the filtering of sewage. A volume
of between three and four cubic
meters of sewage can be purified
every day for every square meter of
the surface of the turf. An experi
mental turf filter that has been in use
for more than seven months shows
diminution of efficiency. If a larger
proportion of sewage than that men
tioned is employed the filter proves
less effective, but it recovers its pow
er when the amount of sewage is re
duced to the proper proportion. Chem
ical analysis and the effects upon fish
put into the filtered water unite in tes
tifying to the efficiency of the process.
French Butter Market»
During the months' of June, July
and August the butter markets of Nor
mandy are an interesting sight to the
visitors. The peasants assemble in
the market squares of the various
towns, almost in military formation,
with their baskets filled with large
pats of butter, each done up in the
whitest of cloths. The buyers walk
along the lines and bargain for the
wares, tasting samples before deciding.
If the prospective buyer is satisfied
with the flavor of one morsel he
knows he may rely on the rest of it
being equally good, for the French
law regarding the adulteration of food
is very strict, and a fraudulent seller
is severely dealt with.
Women Surely Have Keen
Sense of Money Values
If the average woman were without
a sense of money values, as charged
by a budget expert, the average Amer
ican family would have less money in
the bank than it has. Eliminating the
girl who lives at home and can spend
her earnings for pretty things, and
whose extravagance is one of the
manifestations of her youth, it would
have been fairer to say the average
housewife of America has a very keen
appreciation of the Value of money
and how hard it is for the husband to
earn it. It Is probably quite true that
women do not budget their expenses;
neitfier did the great United States
government until a few years ago. If
the budget expert would go Into the
stores patronized by the wives of wage
earhers and note with what care and
anxiety the customers spend their
money and how anxious they are to
get full value, she might revise her
judgment a bit. With due respect to
the paragraphers, the women are
shrewd buyers. The hardly saved dol
lars which bulk so large in savings
fund reports and bank deposits are
where they are because the women of
the country have put them there, often
against the will of their husbands.
The average man is a much swifter
spender than a woman, and despite
the jokes of the paragraphers and
comic artists, all women do not throw
away money on innumerable hats and
gowns. The budget expert did less
than justice to her own sex when she
criticized their financial acumen.—
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Javanese Houses by No
Means Things of Beauty
The clay walls which surround a
Balinese farm in Java are usually two
or three meters high. Very often they
rest upon a foundation of stones and
are covered with a heavy layer of
rushes which are to protect them from
destructive tropical rains. A door in
the wall isi closed at night with wood
en or bamboo planks, the Detroit
News states.
The walls around farms of “poeng-
gavas” or district mayors, are usually
built of more substantial material.
The same is true of the homes of
Balinese princes.
Yet while these
latter-houses may be elaborately dec
orated they resemble the more humble
dwellings in that they are exceedingly
filthy. The numerous members of the
family — parents, brothers, sisters,
nieces, nephews, married or unmar
ried—live in a single house.
The pigs, dogs and goats found on
every Balinese farm are kept in a
separate hut. The loan huts are usu
ally built upon wooden elevations apd
are exceedingly ugly and ungainly.
On each farm one will also find
bamboo baskets to house the fowls.
Words W e Have Clipped
A few years ago a music-hall come
dian made a great hit by clipping fa
miliar words, and we still hear him
imitated in colloquial conversation,
London Tit-Bits says. People say “ im
poss” for impossible, “ biz” for busi
ness and “ pash” for passion-
But such clipped words are not des
tined to appear In any dictionary, and
we must go back much farther in the
history of words to find that when we
say: “ He led the van," we mean the
“ vanguard” ; when we speak of a pair
of • van horses, we mean “ cervan” ;
when we retire to the “ drawing room,”
we ought to say the with-drawing
room; when we talk of a -“ hobby” we
refer to riding a “hobby-horse” ; when
we talk of sport we mean '‘disport,”
of “ tending” we mean “ attending,” or
a “ cute” lawyer we mean acute, and
of a “ still” 'we mean a distillery.
Refuge in Silence
Mrs. Scrubbs, whose highly colored
imagination was well known in her
neighborhood, was called as a witnees
in a damage suit.
“The evidence which you will give to
the court shall be the truth, the whole
truth and nothing but the trutlj,” said
the clerk.
“ Yes,” quavered Mrs. Scrubbs, now
thoroughly frightened and unable to
think of one word of the story sl\e had
resolved to tell—a story in which she
was the heroine.
“Well,” asked the judge, “ what have
you got to say about the case?” ^
“ Well, judge,” she replied, "with the
limitations I’ve just had put on me, I
don’t think I’ve anything at all to
say!”
How much electricity does the
average farmer need? How can he
Fair Enough
Rents were exceedingly high in that
find out about how much it would
part of the city in which the young
cost him to operate the various
couple felt they had to live. After
parts of his establishment?
looking at apartment after apartment
This question has been taken up
they began to get discouraged.
At length, after looking at one that
by experts of the National Electric
just suited them, they expjfssed in
Light Association and the follow
dignation when the agent told them the
ing estimates have been calculated
rent would be $160 a month.
“I can’t ask less, because of the
as being about right for the various
view,” the agent said.
Poor Henry l
services that enter into modern
“ Well, I’ll tell you what we’ll do,”
A Baltimore man, who was former
farm life.
*
ly a resident of a town on the eastern the young husband replied, “You knock
off $50 a month and we’ll sign a con
3 S shore, recently revisited his old home tract never to look at the view.”
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Farm-house lighting . . . 1 1-3
Farm - house lighting
and minor farm work 4
Farm-house lighting and
medium farm work .. 6 2-3
Farm-house lighting and
heavy farm w ork.'.. :12
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“ What became of the Hall family T”
by moisture in the atmosphere. If
he inquired.
frequently happens that the sunlight
“Oh,” said the latter, “Tom Hall did
reflected from the moon to the earth
very well. Got to be an actor out on
is so refracted by the atmospheric
the Pacific coast. Bill, the other broth
moisture that a ring or circle is
er, is something of an artist In New
formed.’ The more moisture there
York, and Lucy, the sister, is doing
in the atmosphere the smaller the
literary work. But Henry never
circle will appear. The form and Size
amounted to much. It took all he could
of the ring will depend entirely upon
lay his hands on to support the oth- ,
the particular condition and quantity
ers.”—Philadelphia Ledger.
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o f moisture in the air.
AUCTION
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I, W. W. Irvin, will sell at my place
}/2 mile east of Aurora,
Thursday, Aug. 1 4 , 1924i
at 10:30 a. m.
the following described property:!
ALL REGISTERED
an oputp
acute nHftolr
attack n
o f f "Wasal
Nasal Catarrh.
Catarrh.
Those subject to frequent “ colds” are
generally in a “ run down” condition.
HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE is a
Treatment consisting o f an Ointment, to
be used locally, and a Tonic, which acts
Quickly through the Blood on the Mu
cous Surfaces, building up the System,
and making you less liable to “ colds.”
Sold by druggists for over 40 Years.
F. J. Cheney £= Co.. Toledo, O.
j Notice
PURE BRED SH O RTH O R N C A TTLE
BULLS
Golden Sultan Sultan 2nd, ly r . old
Shasta Boy, 3 yrs. old
COWS
Juniper Cow, 10 years old
Western Rose-, 6 years old
Lady White, 5 years old
Rosalba, 4 years old
Cora Belle, 3 years old
Merle Girl, 2 years old
5 CALVES, under 1 yr. old
3 Bulls, 2 Heifers, eligible for
registry.
HORSES
Standard Bred Mare, weight 1100
lbs., 14 years old
1 Mare, weight 1100, 8 years old
1 Sbrrel Horse, wt. 1500,15 yrs. old
1 Bay Horse, wt. 1700, 12 yrs. old
SHEEP
12 Hampshire Sheep, Grade
SWINE
1 Chester White Sow, 1 yr. old
1 Chester White Boar, V /2 years
old; registered
17Shoats, about 70 lbs. each
2 Duroc-Jersey Sows, farrow about
October 1st.
MISCELLANEOUS
1 set double wofk harness, heavy
1 set logging stretchers
1 heavy logging chain.
T E R M S : On all sums of $10 and
under, Cash. Over that amount a
credit of three months will be given
on bankable notes at 6%, interest
from date of sale; 5% discount for
cash on all sums over $10.00. All
articles to be:settled for before be
ing removed from the premises.
Physician
and Surgeon
Both Phones
Office at Residence
of Sale of Real Property by
RUPTURE
Oregon City
. i from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m.
TW O D A Y S O N L Y
Notice to Creditors.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned was, by order of the
County Court of the State of Ore
gon for the County of Marion,
made and entered on the 7th day
of July, 1924, duly appointed execu
tor of the last will and testament
and estate of Samuel Stauffer, de
ceased. All persons having claims
against said estate are hereby re
quired to present them to me,
properly verified, at First State
Bank of, Donald, in Donald, Ore
gon, within six months from the
date of first publication of this
notice. And you are further noti
fied that the date of the first pub
lication of this notice is July 17,
1924, and the- datebf the last pub
lication of this notice 'is August 14, -
1924.
JOHN EDW ARD MILLS,
Executor.
C. J. Espy,
Attorney for Executor.
Let us print you some statements.
People appreciate monthly statements
of their account. Any business. Any
one selling anything should have
statements. We print and furnish
the right kind. They do the work,
too.—Observer.
A Test Every Man
Past 40 Should
Make
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distributing this book for the author, it
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without obligation. Simply send name
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Aurora, Ore.
Dr. C. Ammeter
Guardian.
No. 6011. In the County Court
of the State of Oregon for Marion
County. In Probate. In the ma
ter of the guardianship of Ruth
Belle Naftzger, Ernest F . Naftzger
and William C. Naftzger-, Minors.
To whom it may concern: Notice
is hereby given that pursuant to an
order of the County Court of
Marion County, State of Oregon,
made and entered in the above en
titled cause on July 26, 1924, the
undersigned, Chas. V. Naftzger,
guardian of the persons and estates
of Ruth Belle l Naftzger, Ernest F,
Naftzger and William C. Naftzger,
minors, will, on and after Septem
ber 1, 1924, at the hour of 10
o’clock A. M . of said day, receive
bids for and £ell at private sale, to
the highest and best bidder there
for, for cash m hand, all of the
hereinafter described real premises
belonging to said minors.
All bids for the purchase of said
premises shall be submitted in
writing and addressed to Carey ,F.
Martin, 413 Masonic Temple
Building, Salem, Oregon.
The real premises to be sold
pursuant to said order are described
as follows: All the right, title and
interest of the above named minors
in and to the south half (SJ^) of
the southwest quarter (SWJ4) of
Block thirty-nine (39) in North
Salem, in Marion County, Oregon,
as shown by the recorded plat
thereof, said premises being also
known as Lot Five (5) in said
LUNCH ON THE GROUND
Block, and the particular interest
W . W . IR V IN , O w n er of said minors therein being des
M. H. Hostetler, Auctioneer
cribed as and undivided 33-384
Henry R. Zimmerman, Clerk interest therein.
Dated at Salem, Oregon, this
26th day of July, 1924.
CHAS. V. NAFTZGER,
Guardian of the persons and estates
E X P E R T C O M IN G T O
of Ruth Belle Naftzger, Ernest
F. Naftzger and William C.
Naftzger, minors.
Carey
F. Martin.
Will Give Free Demonstration
Attorney for Guardian.
on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 22 and 23
413 Masonic Temple Building,
Salem, Oregon.
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1st pub. July 31, last pub. Aug. 28.
C row n W illam ette H otel
On above date the nôted rupture ap
pliance expert, C. F. Redlicb, will give
a free demonstration.
You will at once realize the differ
ence between his highly efficient, abso
lutely sanitary appliances and the inef
ficient uncomfortable, smelly and thor
oughly unsanitary elastic web trusses
with their bulky, plainly visible pads
and their abominable chafing legstraps
or the various mail order steel or wire
trusses which never fit right, All of
these unscientific devices make your
rupture steadily worse instead ot bet
ter, as you well know. Mr. Redlich’s
appliances, scientifically fitted by an
expert in person, will give security and
comfort for years to come, riot only to
those with recent and small ruptures,
but also to old, neglected casés. They
are by far the cheapest in the long run,
Many ruptures are now healed by
these improved mechanical methods
which formerly necessitated opera
tions; but do not delay.
Children should never carry a rup
ture into manhood or womanhood, as
they can be easily restored to a normal
condition by a proper mechanical
method. These clean and sanitary de
vices will here be most appreciated.
It Will not cost you anything to be
shown and a visit may mean a great
deal fo you and those dependent on you.
Home Office: 335 Boston Block
Minneapolis, Minri.
32-2t
r \ R . B. F. GIESY
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D E N T IST
Has established his Dental office in
the Aurora Bank Building, where
he will be present each Tuesday,
Friday and Saturday, from 9 a, m.
to 6 p. m.
PLATES A SPECIALTY
;■ AURORA, OREGON
Phone 5-51 Office hours 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Evenings and Sunday by appointment
D R . S. J. L E V IT T
DENTIST
I. O; O. F. Building
Room 1 and 2 -
Molalla, Oregon
DR. H. O. HELM ER
(VETERINARIAN)
Graduate of the Kansas City Veterin
ary College, 1913; Post-graduate of
the Indianapolis Veterinary College,
1923; Examined and Licensed by the
State o f Oregon.
Call, Phone or Write, Canby, Oregon
M . G . M cC O R K L E , M . D.
Rectal Specialist
Piles Treated and Cured Without
Operation
804-6-7-8 Selling Bldg.
9
PORTLAND.
CH ARLES GLAZE,
DEALER IN
Marble and Granite
Cleaning and Re-setting Mon
uments, and Inscriptions Cut
on Monuments at the Grave'
20 per cent Discount on
Marble and Granite Purchases
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Work Guáran teed
J J
Prices Reasonable
C
| AURORA*
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OREGON J*
“ No Collection, No Charge”
Delinquent accounts collected on a
contingent basis.
We do the work,
shoulder the expense and make no
charge unless collection is made.
$100,000.00 Bad Accounts Turned In
to Cash Since W e Started. Jot down
a trial list of bad ones and let us
turn them into actual money.
Business Men’ s Adjustment Co.
315-16 Masonic Bldg.,
Phone 911
SALEM, OREGON
R A IL R O A D TIME C A R D
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC
NORTH BOUND
22 (on F lag)___ _______ 5:44 a. m.
16 (on F lag)
___ 7:38 a. m.
62 (Stop)____________ ..10:19 a. m.
18 (S top )______________ 2:16 p. m,
24 (on F lag)___________ 7:00 p. m
SOUTH BOUNjD
17 (Stop)
___ .....9 :4 3 a. m.
61 (on flag)________ x___2:08 p. m.
28 (Stop)-------. . . . . _____4:53 p. m.
21 (on F la g ).-._ ......_ '.9 .0 9 p. m.
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We have funds to supply your needs for
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ditional equipment.
Or perhaps you have a
mortgage maturing in the near future.
We loan on first mortgage security ex
clusively and will be glad to consider your
application.
We loan for three or five years at cur
rent rates.
Office at A urora State Bank