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OREGON NEWS ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST W e hope you ’ll have a real good time, W e hope good cheer has found you; W e hope the things you’ve wanted soon Wili be piled up around y o u Somehow we wouldn’t liKe the day. The spirit would seem m ocKin^ If anyw here on earth a child Should find an em pty stocKing. FOR THE “ KIDDIE’S” PLEASURE ON XMAS DAY Get him or her a knife, some roller skates, a fountain pen, toys or dolls. ALL THESE AND MORE Y O U CAN SURELY FIND A T THE BIG, BUSY STORE Local and Personal SADLER & KRAUS Brief. Resume of Happenings of the Week Collected for Cur Readers The demand for cross-bred lambs : to form the foundation of breeding flocks has grown so keen that the price has been raised to 11 cents a I pound. Your varnish coupon, is redeemable Mr. and airs. J. W. Sadler visited in not later than Dec. 20th. G. A. Ehlen* Woodburn, Friday evening. At the K. of P. dance given last Miss Hattie Kraxberger spent the Saturday evening some eighty odd week in Portland with her sister. numbers were sold. Capt. Wm, Miley has been on the Work has commenced on the con sick list tor the past few days. struction of the new Southern Pacific W. A. Giesy visited his mother. Mrs. bridge over the Pudding iciver at Aurora. Rose Giesy, last week. Your varnish coupon is redeemable Paul Robinson, o f Vernonia, trans not later than Dec. 20th. G. A. Ehlen. acted business in Aurora, Monday. Make yourself and your friends a Mr. Roqinson’s Christmas number of Xmas present of the Observer and the Eagle is a very elaborate affair and McCall’s Magazine, both for the price consists o f 44 pages, requiring an im mense amount of time and labor to o f one. issue, and is worthy of especial men Miss Eva Kraus, of Macksburg, Was tion both as a newspaper production the guest of Miss Hattie Kraxberger, and as evidence of the growth and de Tuesday. velopment of Vernonia. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Becke, of Salem, Parts for all cars, trucks and tract spent Sunday at the home o f Mr. and ors. W. E. Burns—Dan Burns (Not Mrs. Charles Becke. Brothers—the same Man) High St., W. A. Zeek and family, of Portland, at Ferry, Salem. were Sunday guests o f Mr. Zeek’ s sis At a regular meeting o f the Eastern ter, Mrs. Frank Thompson, at the Star Lodge held at Canby last week Aurora Cafe. the following officers were elected'; A number of the high school pupils Zeno Schwab, Patroti; Mrs. Clarence were detained at home for several Ide, Matron; Mrs. J. W. Sadler,, Asso days during the past week by colds or ciate Matron; Mrs. Sam Ammunsen, Conductress; Mrs. Anna Giesy, Associ otherwise. ate Conductress; MrR. Dodd, Treasurer; W. H. Asquith went to Portland, Mrs. Howard Eecles, Secretary. After Tuesday, to meet Mrs. Asquith who is the meeting, Matron Miss Beatty en returning home after some time spent tertained the officers at lunch. in a visit at Seaside. Una Temple No. 26, Pythian Sisters, George Fry made a trip to Portland, elected the following officers Wednes Friday, to visit his aunt. Mary. Fry. day night: M. E. C., Leona Will; E. S., who has been ill at her home there. Blanche Keefover; E. J., Amy Snyder; Mrs. Fry will be remembered here as M., Tillie Webert, M. o f R. & C., the widow o f Mr. John Fry, who died Madge Stoner; M. of F.. Clara Will; here several years ago. P. o f T.. Edith Hirt; G. o f C. T., Cita For various reasons you have not Ottaway; Organist, Tena Gribble; Trustee for three years, Edna Schwab; heard a word about the sinking fund to Captain o f Staff, Jonas Will. Installa be raised for the upkeep o f the Aurora tion will be held the first meeting in Cemetery.. In the next issue o f this January, Clara Wurster installing paper you’ll hear something about it. Officer. Winter came suddenly Monday morn ing with a long Continued fall o f wet The Clackamas County Non-Partisan snow, and all telephone and light wires paid the penalty. Many poles were League will hold a business and social down in all directions and the city was session at Artisans’ Hall, Canby, Sat without power and lights till evening. urday, Dec. 20, beginning at 10:30'" A t Canby light, telephone and water o ’clock. All Progressives are cordially conveniences were out o f commission invited to attend. E. J. B ell , Chairman. and the Canby school was forced to O l a M. O g le . Sec.-Treas. close Tuesday because o f lack of water. Santa was Here And left lots o f beautiful things for everyone. Toys for the little folks, Handkerchiefs for everybody, Silverware* Dishes in beautiful hand paintings, Vases of all descriptions, Glassware, Pottery, Stationery in beautiful boxes, Table Linens, Bed Spreads, Baby Blankets, Comforters, Blankets—wool and cotton, Men’s Shirts, Garters, Armbands, Gloves, Neckties, Suspenders. All Around the Country The work of issuing 1925 motor ve hicle licenses has started in the sec retary o£ state’s office at Salem. Un der the law these licenses cannot be used legally until January 1. In is suing and sending out 1925 motor ve hicle licenses earlier than usual this year the secretary of state is òf the opinion that an eleventh-hour conges tion will be avoided. ‘ Noel Eby, 18-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. N. K. Eby, who reside'in West Sutherlin, was kicked to death by a horse when placing feed in the ani- mal’s stall. Frozen fog which descended over Klamath Falls did considerable dam age to telephone and power lines, and Blanketed the city with a fascinating white frosting. — The Southern Pacific company has awarded a contract to the Utah Con struction company for building ap proximately 22 miles of railroad from Grass Lake to Dietz. A special school election called at Rosoburg to consider the issuance of school bonds in the sum of $165,000 resulted in the approval of the bonds -by a vote of 416 to 210. Fire, which for a time threatened the entire business district of Malin, was checked by the volunteer fire de partment after the Malin hotel had Sustained damage of approximately $ 1000 . ;j Benton county is to have an “ eco nomic conference” January 13 and 14. The government has just completed an exhaustive survey of the county, the first to be finished in the Pacific northwest. Fire losses in. Oregon, exclusive of Pèrtland, in November aggregated $168,450, according to a report pre pared by W ill Moore, state fire marshal. There were a total of 25 Cirés reported. Organization of the Willamette val ley growers and levying a duty of six cents a pound on cherries imported into the United States are necessary in évent the cherry industry of the northwest is to prosper, according to D. L. Beard of The Dalles; who has A bill to limit the powers of county returned from points in California, judges in their capacity as juvenile where he conferred with a number o f judges will be introduced at the next cherry growers’ organizations. kéSsion of the state legislature, ac In a report to thé board of direc cording to J. G. Tate, chairman of the tors of the Linn county chapter of the state child welfare commission. Construction of a new hatchery for American Red Gross society, A. C. Heyman, chairman of the roll-call the state fish commission at Beaver drive this year in the county, set forth creek, which is about two miles from that à total of $2078 had been raised Hebo on the Tillamook highway, has been started. The hatchery will be in the county for next year’s work. One of the largest in the state. Eric W, Allen, dean of thè school of journalism at the University of Ore gon, will be in Chicago December 29, 80 and 31, attending the annual con ference of the association of Schools and Departments of Journalism, and the Association of Teachers of Jour nalism. , Prices for practically all foodstuffs to be used at the state institutions during the s ix . months starting Janu ary 1, 1925, have increased from 5 to 35 per cent over-those quoted on June 10, 1924, according to bids received at the office of the state board of control. An amendment to the interior de partment bill as passed by the house; continuing the appropriation for the Owyhee irrigation project in Malheur county until July 1, 1926, wàs adopted by the senate appropriations commit-' tee. The amendment was offered by Senator McNary. SALE AND WANT ADS. NOTICE: The sale season is at hand and I am prepared to handle all kinds o f sales to your satisfaction. When ready, calh Will Heinz, Auctioneer; Aurora Route 1, or Canby 13-16. 34tf DANGER—Lurks in all wires Yoù never can tell when they are hot, telephone or Elect ric. Warn your children. Molalla Electric Co. tf. So rapidly are demands for fiction Volumes increasing at the Umatilla County library that the board has found it impossible to buy books in sufficient quantities with the money available to satisfy the demand. Following a check’ of its own figures with estimates furnished by the coun ty assessors’ office, the Multnomah county tax supervision and conserva, lion commission placed the local 1925 tax levy at 33.2 mills, as against 32.3 mills last year. The value of all taxable property in the state of Oregon for 1924, includ ing that equalized by the county boards of equalization and that equal ized and apportioned by the state tax commission is $1,058,880.736.61, as igaiust $1,042,410,618.66 for the year 1923. These figures are set out in a' statement prepared by Earl Fisher, ■state tax commissioner. \The total in crease in valuations for the year ¿924, as compared with those for 1923 is $16,470 117.95. Organization of a state constabulary to supercede all special state com missions and agencies now charged with thé enforcement of particular penal statutes, is contemplated in a resoluticn unanimously adopted by the District Attorneys’ association of the state in annual session in Portland. Chsrles G. Dawes, vice-president elect, will be on the program at the annual convention of the Oregon Wool Growers’ association in Pendleton January 14-15, if a report from Boise We have plenty of money to loan on that he would be there for the Idaho farms at 6 per cent. No commission. meeting is correct, Mac Hoke, secre Reliable Abstracts. Oregon City Ab tary of the Oregon association says. stract, Coro pan v. 44-tfe In accordance with a contract let by orchardists of the Rogue River Dr. Osmar K, W olf, Woodburn, Ore. valley last fall to the American Can is fully equipped to fit your eyes- with company for shipment from Toledo, proper glasses. tf 0.,.between November 20 and Decem ber 14, 110,000 orchard heaters, or Registered Holstein bull calf for sale smudge pots, in five cars, arrived at cheap; from a high producing cow. Medford to be used in heating John R. Kraus. Aurora, Ore. 46tf orchards next spring. A total of $111,965.63 has been ap WANTED: A position as practical portioned to the schools throughout nurse., Inquire at Observer office. 47-2p Tillamook county since January, 1924, For Sale: O. I. C. weaned pigs. Wm according to a report of the county Jeskey. 49-2tp school superintendent’s office. The “ TH E STORE OF M E R IT ” funds from which this was derived For Sale: Nice big apples, free from include $44,128 from county, $5430.22 AURORA, ORE. worms, 65c and 75c per box. Cgll from the state, $42,962.50 from the Herman Kuhnke, Needy Phone. 1 mile elementary fund and $19,435.91 high 23482323232353234848485323010202015353485353232348235353534823482323534848 east o f Needy. 50-ltp school.. W ill-Snyder Co. W ith ou t the door let sorrow lie; A n d i f for cold it hap to die, W e ’ll b u r y ’t in a Christmas pie A n d ever more be merry. Thousands of boxes of prunes were j mailed and shipped by Portland citi- ! zens last week to friends and rela- ! tives in pruneless states. Two large male cougars, traveling together, were treed and shot by W. I O. Allison not far from Ukiah. The j larger weighed more than 200 pounds. Miss Orletta Kraus was home over Sunday. The heavy snowfall Monday morning Ernest Becke called on his uncle. caused a tree to break and fall on Wm. Miiey, Tuesday. Andy Miller’s house, in the south end, Mr, Ralph Leabo, of Hubbard Route smashing in the roof, and tearing out 1. was in Aurora, Tuesday. the light wires m the interior and E, L. Knapp, of Eugene, was a Sun breaking down the outside wires For tunately no one was injured. day guest in Aurora. (Tk'isâïïês —George Wither JU ST O N E PU RPO SE To supply the Men and Young Men of the Willamette Valley with the best o f Clothes and Furnishings at Reasonable Prices. B I S H O P ’S 136 N. Commercial Street CLOTHING & WOOLEN MILLS STORE Salem, Oregon Big Holiday Movie Balloon Dance WITH A KICK HECTOR CLOVERIO PRESENTS 1924 Pendleton Round-Up Together with “His nibs ” 5 R eel Comedy Riot I New Era Saturday, Dec. 20th j Novelty Orchestra and AN D Two Aesop’s Fables Bert Rhodes, Singer Aurora Band Hall Sat., Dec. 2 0 ,8 p.m. Ât Popular Prices— 35c and 15c CHARLES GLAZE, DEALER « *[ in Marble and Granite Cleaning and Re-setting Mon uments, and Inscriptions Cut on Monuments at the Grave. Christmas Dance I 20 per cent Discount on ; Marble and Granite Purchases Work Guaranteed Prices Reasonable jjj AURORA* -- OREGON J P L ATE S Guaranteed to fit, and in many cases better than the natural teeth M olalla Band Auditorium W ednesday Evening $10 .00 beautiful all pink plate $15.00 Plate with solid gold pin teeth and the very best of rubber. Why pay more? 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