f
PRESIDENT ASKS WAR
ON GERMANY
T illamook
headlight .
A pril
5, 1917.
“The Sheriff.”
“A lady with a lamp shall stand
AGRICULTURAL notes .
Here is the play
;..,t lonK In the great history of the land
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have
long
1
Congress Urged to Call at Least waited for. This is the you
A
noble
type
of
good
best. A careful
By. R. C. Jones, County Agriculturist. j
500,000 Men.
jselcc’ed cast has been “ -* A -_„.„1 Heroic womanhood.”
n chosen
“Nations are gathered out of nur
, play and a good show
may for this
A Self-Supparting County.
' forward to. This play v may
will be looked series, and the leading strings of
Following is printed in full, a a com- .
Washington, April a.—President t sented by the L
pre- children become in the hands of good ' municafion from Secretary Huston,
Wilson tonight urged Congress, as ■ nights, Tuesday Dramatic
two mothers, the reins of moral govern
_ , ■ - — • <.u..y and
sembled in joint session, to declare a i April
| , of
the There
V S. is Department
«rllll\
o
to and 11, at the Star Theatre', ment.”
ture.
mush food of
for A
thought
state of war existing between the i
r«.»
-•
as
thCy wjH ap-
Cast
of
characters
a
in this
How many * people are
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United States and Germany.
I th.
re ;« article.
COST OF MILK.
pear in the play:
there
in ♦»>;-
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community that
depend
In a dispassionate but unmeasured Joe Vernan .......
almost
altogether
on
“
shippeed
in
”
denunciation of the course of the im Col. Bollinger ... ....... N. W. McRae Feed Accounts of One-Half or More
commodities to furnish their food
perial German government, which he Sam Fowler .... ... B. J. McCowell.
of C°st of Production, According
supply? There is unused land enough
Resolutions contained in the Presi
characterized as a challenge to all Mr. Travers ... . ......... James Hiner
I right here in town to supply the town
to Department Specialists.
dent's message acted upon by the U. dried or ovendried, as in earlier years
mankind anil .a warfare _ against all Jim Radburn .... ....... Carl Dawson.
\
detailed
study
of
the
cost
of
pro
with
all
the
needed
vegetables
if
peo- S. Senate declaring war on Germany before systmatic canning of corn was
nations, the President declared that Dave .................. ....... John Aschim. ducing milk on four farms, recently
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-•••
to-day. The U nited States Congress
neutrality was no longer feasible or Bob Kelly .......... . Henry McKinley. conducted by the United Statees De- pie would utilize it.
and, inthis way, be pre
Put
Down
Some
Eggs.
to sit in uninterrupted session until developed,
desirable
where the peace of the Mrs. Vernan .... ....... Dave Homes. ! partirent of Agriculture, leads to the
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served for food use.
Now
while
eggs
are
cheap
is
world was involved;
that arpted neu Elizabeth Vernon .......... Verna Bast. ' conclusions that on these farms feed time to prepare for a scarcity the all matters pertaining to war prepar
i
Certain crops grown annually to a
next ations are made.
trality had become ineffectual enough Kate Mernon .... .... Ruth Warren. accounts for one-half or more of the winter. Drop your surplus eggs every
considerable extent of soil improve
.. Flora McKinley.
al best and was likely to produce
ment or forage posses large food
Act 1.- .—Joe
’
Vernon’s home in Bol- total cost, the remaining charges be day, into a crock containing a solu
what it was meant to prevent, and ling Green,
ing divided about equally between la tion of water glass, one pint to nine , quantities usually are grown than the value if utilized properly. Among
—1, Mo.
Mu.
urged that Congress accept the gage
profitably. such crops are soy beans, cow peas,
bor and other items, such as shelter, pints of water. Use only clean, fresh , producers can market
Act 11.- -The shop.
of battle with all the resources of the
Act 111 —Convention day.
use of equipment, use of bull, interest, eggs and preferably infertilores. They Frequently these losses are du_e indi peanuts, kafir and other grain sor
Nation.
I Act IV. —Jim Radburn’s home. On depriciation, and overhead. The con will keep so they can hardly be de rectly to disease and insect injury ghums, the food and oil producing
War Long Waged by Germany.
clusions are based upon an exhaust tected from fresh eggs next winter. ' which lowers their market value value of which has not been recog
the lawn.
“1 advise that the Congress declare
Here is a play you will enjoy. It is ive analysis of the business of the Stop Food Cr°p Wastes by Improv | I without reducing their food value ma nized adequately until recently. ln-
terially if they can be utilized prompt- crased utilization of these for human
the recent course of the imperial Ger just one of those simple country pic four farms, each of which is represen
ing Methods.
ly by drying, canning, or other pre food and oil production doubtless will
man government to be in fact nothing tures where you find the noble nature tative of a type of dairying. While the
Both for economic and patriotic ! servation
Under existing be available.
<w the f farms,
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Jess than war against the Government of man. See this. Usual prices, and a actual costs on
farms,
as else- reasons the American farmer should 1 conditions, methods.
every practicable step
Under the condition in which the
where, vary from year to year, the strive this year for the highest stand
and people of the United States,” said great comedy.
ratio between each item and the total ( ard of efficiency in the production should be taken to protect these crops country now finds itself, it is impor
the President, “that it formally ac
---------- I throughout the season and to utilize tant, as has been pointed out, that
remained nearly uniform when the and conservation of food,
cept the statute of belligerent which
But pro- J and preserve them as fully as possi- everything practicable be done to in
The Associated Charities.
same system of management was
fol- duction accomplished L,
has thus been thrust upon it, and it
was
lol*
by wasteful 1 ble when they have matured.
1r.......l 1-
■ - believed,
•
’
crease the efficiency of agricultural
lowed.
It is
therefore
, that methods does not make for
take steps not only to put the country
efficiency 1 To the extent that competent labor activities
:zr efficiency
during the coining season. I
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... therefore,
in a more thorough state of defense
At the regular monthly meeting of milk producers through the country .,„a
and careful -• thought,
should | is available, either hired or in the have called attention to a few of the
but also to exert all its power and the Associated Charities on Tuesday will find valuable suggestions in the be given to the steps that need to be family, fruits and vegetables which
employ all its resources to bring the night at the City Hall there were report of this study, just published as taken.-------------------------------------------- | ordinarily it is in advisable to attempt steps that may be taken to this end.
It is desirable that throughout the
government of the German empire to present representatives of nearly Bulletin 501 of the Department of
At this, the approach of the grow- to conserve should be systematically
farmers confer among them
every organization affiliated in this Agriculture, and entitled “The Cost of ing season, it is pertinent to consider saved for use by canning, drying or counry
terms and end the war."
selves on these and other matters af
, - which
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When the President had finished work. The investigating committee producing .Milk on Four Dairy Farms steps
should be
during
; preserving. These operations should fecting the production of needed
Rowing
of cr
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speaking resolutions to declare a state reported that further aid had been Located in Wisconsin, Michigan. the startin«»
to | not be delayed until late summer and crops and then consult freely with the
of war existing were introduced in given one especially needy family. Pennsylvania, and North Carolina,” prevent or eliminate wastes. I..
,i.^
In thelautumn;
and family gardens should county agents, state agricultural
both houses of Congress, referred to Some supplies furnished by the com by Morton O. Cooper and C. M. Ben case of the great staple cerials, which be planned to supply ample quantities agencies, and the Department of
appropriate committees and will be mittee and clothing contributed by in nett.
constitute a large proportion of our of early maturing small fruits and Agriculture.”
The fact that the cost of feed ia
pt
- production vegetables for canning, drying, or
debated tomorrow. There is no doubt dividuals had relieved this family for
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food wuapicuous
supply, conspicuous
Any aid which I can give along
the present. One aged woman, who shown to be at least one-half of the wastes result from failure to give preserving, as well as fresh products these lines, will gladly be given. Let
of their passage.
U. S. Must Make World Safe.
was without sufficient clothing, has total cost of producing milk on the prop" attention to the selection and for the table. Because of the scarcity us make this country as nearly self
The object of the United States in been helped by the organization with farms is cited as evidence that the safeguarding of seed for planting, the of tinplate and the high price of tin supporting this next year as possible.
feed item is of
great importance to preparation o£ the land, and the care cans, it may be necessary in house
entering the war, the President said, some inexpensive clothing, while sev 11...
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are to vindicate the • principles of eral individuals have also been inter the dairyman who seeks to reduce | of the crop. For instance, only veri- hold preservation of food more ex
Improvement Bond Sale.
the cost of production. It
I. is
._ pointed
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auupica
ties .----
known
to be cc well adopted to the tensively to pack fruit and vegetables
peace and justice against “selfish and ested in helping her.
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se-
out.
however,
that
the
great
economy
region
where
planted
should
be
autocratic power.” Without selfish
The finance committee stated that
in other containers. The situation may
Tillamook City offers for sale up to
of
production
is
not
always
attained
lected,
so
that
in
case
of
such
ends, for conquest, or dominion, seek there was still a small fund in the
___ a crop call for new methods of preserving or April 16th, 1917, at 8 o’clock p.m.,
_
will not fail to the improvement and extended use of $1066.62 Improvement Bonds issued
ing no indemnities or material com treasury and they would have no by cutting down the feed cost, and as corn the grain
j
that
sometimes
it
is
necessary
to
in-
mature
properly
in a normal season, old processes, such as drying.
pensations for the sacrifices it shall trouble in securing sufficient contri
for the improvement of a portion of
crease the feed bill in order to in- The planting of seed that will not
In Southern states, approximately Fifth Street. Bids must be accompan
make, the United States must enter butions to relieve actual suffering. I I crease
profits.
germinate
often
results in great loss 50,000,000 bushels of sweet potatoes ied with a certified check to the ex
the war, lie said, to make the world Expenditures are made only after an
question of feed supply is held of time, labor, __
, which are produced annually and it is esti
and ____
money
safe for democracy, as only one of the investigation has shown there is real to The
tent of five per cent of the amount of
be
one
for
individual
solution.
champions of the rights of mankind, need of help. With such an organiza ‘Just how near the specialized dairy could have been avoided by testing mated that at least 10,000,000 bushels the bond issue.
and would be satisfied when those tion, business men and other citizens man should come to growing all the the seed for germinability before of these are lost annually by decay.
Dated this 3rd, day of April, 1917.
Frequently wholesale waste occurs at
rights were as secure as the faith and will cheerfully contribute funds to as feed required for his dairy herd is a planting.
Ira C. Smith,
In some sections the damage to harvest time, not only of sweet pota
freedom of nations could make them. sist unfortunate families.
City Recorder of Tilla
question of individual business man
The President’s address was sent in 1 Anyone having clothing they will agement. One man may find it more crops by destructive diseases and in toes, but of white potatoes and other
mook City, Oregon.
full to Germany by a German official not use, but which needy might use, profitable to grow all the feed requir sects is the most conspicuous crop underground food crops, through
news agency for publication in that should place it at the disposal of the ed, while another may increase his waste. Economically sound atm effi lack of proper storage facilities to
Ornamental Fire Places Built
country. The text also went to Eng investigation committee or leave it profits by supplementing the income cient production necessitates protec safeguard the crop from destructive I
of Brick and Stone. All Fire
land, and a summary of its contents at the City Hall with the City Re from cows with crop sales and pur tion of crops against these pest.-. Dis freezes at digging time, Early this
Places absolutely guaranteed
was sent around the world to other corder. Contributions
of money chase part of the feed. In a few local infecting dips for seed and sprays and season plans should be made and ex
not to smoke or money re
I should be given to a member of the ities in the United States crops may spraying for growing crops now have ecuted in the building of suitable farm
nations.
have
been
developed
to
a
point
where
storage
houses
or
cellers.
This
usual
funded.
Germany "F°e to L.aerty.”
, finance committee.
be selected that will not only yield a they afford for certain crops a form ly can be done at relatively low cost
The Associated Charities is doing a product for which there is a ready of
To carry on an effective warfare
Brick work of all kinds done
insurance
that
if
undertaken
in
time.
In
view
of
ex
'
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'
farmers
can
not
at-
against the German
government, helpful work in the community and sale at good prices but which also ford to neglect.
on short notice.
,
perience
of
the
past
year,
it
would
which he characterized as a "natural doing it in a business like way.
much
leave on the ? farm
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' ' fecdable
1 " ma Secure Maximum Returns from Seed appear that surplus of such vegetable
We make a specialty of re-
'■
foe to liberty,” the President recom
terial. Sweet corn is an example of
pairing smoking Fire Places.
Under existing conditions, every crops as are capable of preservation
mended:
this type.”
Funeral of Mrs. A. S. Burton.
precaution should be taken (i) to re by drying for soup stock, such as car
Utmost practical co-operation in
It is pointed out that when this duce production wastes by testing rots, potatoes, celery, etc., could be
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counsel and action with the govern
T he remains of Mrs. A. S. Burton practice of supplementing the dairy
in advance to insure preserved profitably for food use in
ments already at war with Germany. were nrougnt ironi Portland to Tilla business with the production of cash seed sufficiently
the planting of ddad seed; (2) regions where fruit evaporators which
, Extension of liberal financial cred mook on rnursday, and the tuneral crops is feasible, it is often good busi against
to treat with disinfecting dips all seed could be utilized for this purpose al
its to those governments so that the took place on Saturday at the 1. <J. <J. ness for the dairymen to sell crops subject to diseases that can be pre ready exist. Surplus sweet corn, if
TILL A MOOKiORE
resources of America may be added, F. cemetery. Fairview Grange having and buy concentrates, and that “if Sy vented, such as the smuts of wheat,
so far as possible, to theirs.
ot me funeral services, whicn the growing of a cash crop, it is pos- barley, oats, and rye; the losses from
Organization and mobilization of all charge
sible from the net receipts of i acre which are estimated conservatively at
were
attended
a large number ot j . to
buy a quantity of concentrates $50,000,000 to $60,000,000 in the Unit
the material resources of the country. triends. The by
deseased
lady
was
equivalent to that which could be ed States in the average year; (3) ro
Army of 500.000 Advised.
Reared in Crimq
Love—Money-Politics
well
known
and
greatly
respected
in
Full equipment of the Navy, par Tillamook County, tor she was one of raised on I % or 2 acres, it would be prepare especially thoroughly for
Among the filthy sur
folly to grow the concentrates.”
ticularly for means of dealing with the
planting these vitally important cer
Are the Great Themes
pioneer school teachers ot the
In a discussion of the dairy labor eal crops and to care for them as may
submarine warfare.
roundings of the East
county.
problem, special attention is directed be necessary during the season.
An army of at least 500,000 based
in Marie Van Vorst’s
Side, a beautiful girl is
Anne
Squires
Burton,
daughter
of
on the principal of universal liberty William and Elizabeth Squires, was to a system of winter dairying prac
If seed is of high quality but short
sent to prison unjustly.
Mighty Story
to service and the authorization of ad born in Du L’aige County 111., uri ticed on one of the four farms, where in quantity, some reduction in the
Her vow of vengeance,
ditional increments of 500,000 each as November 23rd, 1851. She was mar profitable employment for labor was quantity used per acre sometimes can
offered at a season when otherwise be made with profit if the soil is es
breathed in a moment of
they are needed or can be handled in
Dec.
Oil
ried to Charles W. Burton
there would be little to do and yet pecially W’ell prepared and the seed
training.
fiery passion against the
summer work on crops was not in ing done carefully. Under favorable
Raising necessary money for the 17, 1871, at Hillsboro, Ore.
man who had sentenced
She was the mother of four children terrupted.
United States Government, so far as
conditions as good a stand of oats
her, is renounced when
Harry
Heber
Burton,
who
died
June
Of
particular
interest
to
the
dairy
possible without borrowing and on
6th, 1892, Charles Fred Burton and man who is considering the question can be obtained, the specialists of the
she realizes that she
the basis of equitable taxation.
Department have found, by drilling
loves the man.
All preparation, the President urged Nellie £.. Burton, both of Tillamook, of building up his herd is the fact that 2% bushels per acre as by sowing 3
should be made in such way as not to and Belle Burton Brown, of Grass though it was found to cost more to bushels broadcast, with resultant in
check the flow of war supplies to the Valley, Orc. She also leaves to sur keep the cow that gives a high yield crease of yield per acre as well as in
nations already in the field against vive her an aged father, three grand than one that gives a low yield, the crease of acreage planted.
unite cost of the milk produced fell
sons and a brother and sister.
A Stupendous Metro
Germany.
Where spring- wheat is planted, and
When she was four years old, the in all cases as the production per cow to some extent barley and the grain '
Presents
Departments Well Prepared,
Wonderplay with
rose.
Of
perhaps
greater
interest
to
family
moved
from
lllinios,
to
Kansas
sorghums, varieties should be sown I
Measures to accomplish all these
the
average
dairyman,
however,
is
ends, the President told
Congress, and later to Missouri, where, when the further fact that “the decrease in that do not shatter, especially in the
would be presented with the
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best still a child, she lost her mother, and the cost of milk per pound was much drier districts. No grain should be
allowed to become dead ripe before ;
thought of the executive departments being the oldest of the three children, greater
Iti this story of a x
in the step from the poor cow cutting, because of the tendency to I
and
which will be charged with the con it fell to her lot to be the little mother to the cow
of
fair
quality
than
in
the
woman's revenue
to
the
two
younger
children.
shatter
when
in
that
condition.
Most
duct of the war, and he besought con
A the close ot the civil war, the step from the fairly efficient cow to farmers probably will find it possible I
sideration of them in that light.
the good cow or the excen’iona’ cow.’
Referring only briefly to the long father and his three children crossed i ms fact is cited as evidence that to locate and prevent important I
As Co-Stars.
diplomatic correspondence with Ger the plains, coming to Oregon in 1865, “ti e first step in building up a poor wastes, if at the beginning of the ,
many in his efforts to bring her back coming to Tillamook the following dairy herd (that is, replacing scrubs season they will give the matter ser- ,
to the bounds of the laws of humanity year, she making this her home nearly with grades) is not merely the eas ious thought and undertake to correct |
and nations, the President launched continuously thereafter, having made iest step, but also the one which such wasteful practices.
Guard Against Potato Diseases
Saturday and Sunday,
Thursday Night,
into his denunciation of the course of an extended visit to Illinois after an promises the most for a given expen
In the case of the northern staple
the German government, which, he absence of fifty-four years.
April 78
diture of money and labor.”
She
was
one
of
the
pioneer
school
vegetables
such
as
potatoes,
cabbage,
,
April 12th.
declared, had forced the United teachers of Tillamook county, and
and onions, of which the supply is ,
States to become a belligerent.
Adults,
Children,
5c.
Adults,
15c. Children,
Artillery
ComPany
Fund.
short
as
the
result
of
unfavorable!
later of Umatilla County. She receiv
Wrongs Not Common Wrongs.
climatic
conditions
in
1916
in
the
ed
her
education
in
the
public
schools
Tillamook
County
Bank
.........
$10.00
"The wrongs against which we now
commercially important producing
arm ourselves,” he said, "are no com of Yamhill County, finishing at St. First National Bank................. 10.00 I districts, it is considered especially
5.00
B. D. Lamar .............................
mon wrongs. They cut to the very Helens Hall, in Portland.
She was a public spirited woman C. I. Clough .............................
5-00 important to reduce the risk of waste
roots of human life.”
and one who always was a friend of
5.00 due to the action of insects and dis
Disclaiming any quarrel with the the cause of education. She had been I.amb-Schrader Co....................
500 eases during the growing period.
E. T. Haltom ...................... .
German people and anything but a
500 With the potato, the seed stocks of
feeling of friendship and sympathy a very active member of the Fairview King Crenshaw Co....................
5.00 which are low, every precaution nec
tor them, the President declared their Grange to the close of her life and was Coast Power Co.........................
found ready to assume her F. C. Baker .............................
5.00 essary to reduce the risk of disease
government had not acted upon their always
5.00 damage including the treatment of
impulses in entering the war nor with share of the responsibility and bur- O. R. Dale .................................
C. E. Trombley ........... ............
5.00 the seed potatoes for scab before
their previous knowledge or approv
She has been in poor health for the P. W. Todd .............................. 10.00 spraying while the crop is growing,
al.
5.00 sproying while the crop is growing,
“It was a war,” he said, "determin past two and a half years, recently I C. C. Jensen .............................
should be taken.
5.00
having
entered
the
Portland
Sanitar-
j
E.
G.
Anderson
........................
ed upon as wars used to be determ-
A widespread outbreak of late
5.00
ium
for
treatment.
It
w
-
as
there
she
Alex
.McNair
...............................
med upon in the old unhappy days
blight throughout the important po
5.00
W.
A.
Williams
......................
departed
this
life
on
March
28th
19*«•
when peoples were nowhere consult
5.00 tato producing districts (which for
ed by their rulers and wars were pro Her death was the result of heart Frank A. Rowe ........................
tunately, rarely occurs in restricted
5.00
F.
R.
Beals
...............................
. , „
voked and waged in the interest of trouble.
areas) might diminish potato produc
W.
J.
Peterson
........................
She
was
buried
in
T
illamook
L
500
dynasties or of little groups of ambi
tion at the rate of 3,000,000 bushels a
cemetery, beside ----
her son, Har
J. F.
F. cemetery,
hous men who were accustomed to O.
day during August and September if
ry
Heber
Burton,
Saturday
March
31,
■ttWEJtj
use their fellow men as pawns and ry
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prolonged warm and rainy weather
¡917.
The .~ funeral services were under
¿7 7'*
tools.”
should occur. This disease can be pre
ly.,. - - -
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Fairview
Grange,
a
direction of the r her former co
vented by spraying and early prepar
German Plots Bared.
ation should be made to combat it
In scathing terms the President re- large number of
in this last
vigorously. Potato disease of a pre
'rred to German plots against the workers participating
ventable character frequently reduces
United States.
right.
airs.
had never become
the crop from 50,000,000 to 100,000,000
Mrs. Burton
“One of the things that has served identified
with any church, but has
bushels. While not entirely prevent
to convince us that the Prussian au ever been interested and active in
7
iviss
able, they should be guarded against
tocracy was not and never could be
every good cause for the betterment
Continous Post I roti
to the fullest extent possible
onr friend is that from the very ovt- of
'
arovnd
half
conditions in the communities
Sweet potato losses from black rot,
*et of the present war it has filled our where she has lived, a friend of pub
Betin.
foot rot, and other diseases in the 1
droitched when
Un‘uspecting communities and even lic enterprise and education and has
field result mainly from failure to
our offices of government with spies always been honored and loved by
-tkeflSH BRAND
White and Bronze
select and disinfect seed and to prac
. set criminal intrigues everywhere
tice sanitation in the beds. Bean loses
large circle of acquaintances.
iloot against our National unity of her
That she ever looked upon mother
from
from anthrancnose and othor diseases ,
council, our peace within and without, hood as a sacred responsibility never
¡can be prevented to a large extent by
r industries and our commerce ’
shrinking from any duty therein in
I the use of disease-free seed. The cb- 1
., ’ wa' evident, the President added, volved. has been manifested in many
• taining of such seed should receive
will keep yov dry and
.,at the spies were here even before ways by the untiring devotion which
I special attention this season.
ne war began. That the German gov- she bestowed upon her loved ones.
contfortable
Disposal of Surplus—Prevention of
cnmtnt means to stir up enemies at When her children were yet small
DEALERS EVERYWHERE
Waste.
T«ry doors of the United States and helpless she was left their so’e
Some of the most conspicious crop
, OUR 80U YEAR
•L, T’l’ientlv proved, he said, hv the support, and ever proved most true
wastes occur with fruits and vegeta
<A.J TOWt* CO
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'Nations of the plot to embroil Ta to the sacred trust through many and I
bles, of which, in normal years, larger
td”s’n’’ '*ex‘co *n war w’th 'he Vnit
severe visissitudes.
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SENATE DECLARES WAR
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William Fox
Harold Lockwood Virginia Pearson
May Allison
BITTER TRUTH
Gem Theatre,
Gem Theatre,
Harris-Ammer Furniture Co
SPECIAL FOR SATURDAY
Matting, Regular 35 to 50cts.
Special, SATURDAY, 30cts.
LACE CURTAINS,
All Lace Curtains 1-3 off
Regular Price.
IR0NBEDS
REFLEX SLICKERS3.
$3.50 to $13 00
Harris-Ammer Furniture Co