The Gate city journal., October 19, 1917, Image 4

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Mr. Grover was in Owyhee purchas­
ing hogs the first of the week.
E. F. Pratt made a business trip to
Boise the early part of the week.
The Owyhee l.adies Aid met Thurs­
day afternron with Mrs. A. D. Morey.
H. C. DeBord returned Tuesday from
the Kolony, where he had been helping
put up hay.
Messrs. Fred Klingback and F. De­
Bord visited Ontario on business Sat­
urday. •
Messrs. E. Morris, William Peutz
and J. A. Gregory returned Sunday
from a motor trip into Idaho.
K. F.'J’ratt had .the misfortune to
lose a couple of good milch cows hy
/ alfalfa bloat during the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. F. L. DeBord got a
load of apples from Big Bend Thurs­
day, as also did E. F. Pratt and sons.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Bradley were
Nyssa visitors Tuesday evening, hav-
taken Mrs. W. G. Thompson Gown to
the train.
Mrs. I.ue Grimes motored down from
Boise Sunday with a party of friends
for a short visit with her sister, Mrs.
S..D. Bigelow.
Mrs. W. Guy Thompson left Tuesday
evening for Mackey, Idaho, to attend
the funeral of her nephew, Paul Ver-
beck, the son of Mrs. Thompson's sis­
ter. Mrs. Kirie Verbeck, who has been
teaching in the Maekey school.
The water was turned out of the
Owyhee ditch on Monday, October 15.
The ditch company is contemplating
deepening the ditch so that it will ca.-
ry a larger voli m-- of water and wish
to get work started on it at the earliest
possible date, according to Mr. King,
who has been patrolling the diich for
the past six weeks or so.
Mrs. Eastman, J’isses Scott and
Langley and Mr. Patterson motortd ,
over from New Plymouth Sunday and
were guests at the Maxwell home. In |
the afternoon Mrs. Eastman, who has
a beautiful soprano voice, give an im­
promptu concept which was a real treat
to some of the Kolony music lovers who
• were present.
CLASS OF SERVICE DESIRED
Fast Day Messepe
Cay Lexer
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Mr. Merritt Greeting of Kansas City '
was a guest of C. E. Peck several days
last week.
Mr. .lohn Ennis of Sioux City, Iowa,
spent the week-end visiting the Over-
street and Scott families.
Neprlv everyone will finish stacking
the last crop of hay this week and, be­
ing ranchers, will of course have noth­
ing to do from now until spring but en­
joy life.
The Red fro?» auxiliary completed a
consignment of bandages last week and
sent them in to Ontario, and this week
reetivi d h big box of yarn and outing
flannel to be made into various gar­
ments.
School Notes
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NEWCOMB CARLTON.
PRt
C . OCTOBER 1 ,
1917,
TO THE AMERICAN FARMER, E \
ICAN FARMER HAD
ARMERS" OF 1 7 7 5
WORLD" WHICH
NEVER IN THE HISTORY OF 01
t h e ' o p p o r t u n i t y ro r e p e a t
D ID WHEN THEY nF IR E D ' THE i
STARTED THE REVOLUTIONARY"
S" - A CALL FOR
TODAY THE "C A L I." I S NOT "T
OUR GOVERNMENT
YOU TO BUY THE NEW LIBERTÀ
_ _ _ _
-ME - YOUR HONOR
MONEY WITH WHICH T AV
0 " ‘RR0TÉC
AND L IB E R T Y , FOP. WHICH YOl m iA , fcS f h L U i n nc. i JRN 4 ^ IN TER EST ON
YOUR INVESTMENT. NO TRUE AMERICAN FARMER W ILL F A IL TO RESPOND TO
T H IS CALL AND THEREBY AGAIN SHOW TO THE WORLD THAT THE AMERICAN
" T IL L E R OF THE S O IL " I S S T IL L - TODAY - THE BACKBONE OF THE U . S . A ,
UNCLE’ SAM.
C T t B M c a g r d g w i T u r e n sia
Will Be yoU R Reply?
Will you be a U. S. back er, or
Will you be a U. S. slacker?
To win this w ar it requires a vast amount
of money, and if we don’t win it, your home, your farm,
your life, your rights, your liberty become subject to
ruthless destruction.
To raise this money, your Government calls
upon y ou for a loan. It does not ask you to give money
—■ simply to lend it and in return gives you a U. S.
Government Bond, the best security on earth, on which
you draw interest, greater than bank interest, free
from taxation, except inheritance and income surtax.
Wliat Will Be Your Reply?
Here is an opportunity to show your pat­
Don’t you think then, that the American
farmers ought to “respond” liberally to their Govern­
ment’s call, especially whan they get 4% interest on
their investment?
What Will Be Your Reply?
a subscription for as many bonds as you have money
to'spare.
You owe it to your country to “buy Liberty
Bonds” as evidence of your patriotism.
You expect your country to “ protect” your
life, your home and your liberty.
Your country expects you to do your share
toward that end by helping to maintain its credit by
lending it your money in this critical hour.
Here is an opportunity for you to “ do your
What Will Be Your Reply?
bit” and show to the world that the American farmers
The children use looking forward
arc still the “backbone” of their country.
with eagerness to the appearance of
tho magician on the Lyceum course
next week. He will be in town all day
H ere is an o p p o rtu n ity to say to your
and w ill give .a talk on the personal
nation’s enemies, in language none can fail to under­
application of psychology to the high
stand, that “money talks“— that America knows no
chool in tin- morning In the after­
defeat and that we intend to wipe militarism and
noon I e will give a public demonstra- ;
despotism off the face of the earth and finally insure a
tion of his mind reading abilities. He ’
lasting peace.
will allow some reliable citizens to write
a letter, get in a reliable Ford and
drive around town to a place where!
they will bide the letter. He will then (
he securely blindfolded and will drive
Do you know that the total value of the 1917
the car over the same course, find the
crops is estimated by Government officials at $17,000,-
letter urd read it, without removing'
000,000—nearly six times the amount of “The Second
the bandage.
Liberty Loan of 1917”?
Next week is Fair week. Studies
will be susnended over Thursday after 1
Do you know that the increase in the value
noon and Friday and everyone will
of the 1917 crops over 1916 is $2,000,000,000—almost
show what they have been doing this
equalling this Second Liberty Bond issue?
year.
Each grade now has some kind of I
ball to (day with, and the grounds are
more lively than common.
Part of the third grade was given to
Miss Clam Canham this week to re - 1
hove the congestion in Miss Fikan's
room. “ Mis» Clam'' is now a Tull-
Democracy is on trial,
ledged teacher with two grades under
her care.
home in America is asked
Tests were made In the Urd. 4th, 5th choice. Shall it win or lose?
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and tfth grades last week and a chart
The pledge card campaign will
was arrangt d showing exactly where
each pupil stood in each subject. A register the answer of every hon»,
diagram was also put on the board Malheur county, as to whether it wai
showing how the classes were over­ Democracy to live in the world.
lapped in their work. The rooms are
By special request of President Wi(
being regraded now.
son the campaign is continued fror
The high school, with a few gradu­
ates to help out, promise to have a the week of October 21st to Octobe
strong football team this fall. Some 28; to October 28th to November 4t
home games will be scheduled if any inclusive, so as not to conflict with th
teams dare to play us.
Liberty Loan, another great arm o
The student officers elected for the patriotic service.
first Semester are: J. Teutsch. Pres.:
The schools
and
schoolheuse
Ruby Morehead. vice Pres.; Marion
i*we, Sec.; Cody Butler, critic. As throughout the county are being or
the sergeants-at-arms both resigned ganized centers for the distribution o
the office seems to be vacant.
war information and conservation.
We expect to enlist every boV art
itenolutions of Condolence aud girl a soldier to carry this t’ampa
Sympathy
into the homes. Wien peace has aga
Be it resolved hereby that inasmuch spread its white wings over the wur
as it has pleased our Heavenly Father, and these boys and iris are nearin
in Ilia Divine Wisdom, to take unto the sunset of their lives they may sa
Himself little Jule Harrison Rust, son “ I helped feed the armies that wo-
of our esteemed member, Mrs. Ruby the world’s freedom.”
We hope no one of these little patr
Rust, wc, the Owyhee Ladies’ Aid
Society, extend to Mr. and Mrs. Rust ots will have to report that any hoi
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our sincere sympathy and condolence refused to sign the pledge card.
GEO. W. Mt KNIGHT,
in their bereavement.
Chairman.
M bs . E lla M orey , Brea.
M rs . L. C. S kinner , Vice I’ras.
M rs . G ertru de B igelow , Treas.
For Srle -66 acres of good pastur
M rs . AL4 ada M. D e B ord , Sec.
John Molcnaar, Kingman Kolony-j
Democracy on
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The New Liberty Bonds will be issued in
denominations of $50 and up. The total amount is
$3,000,000,000 or more.
Buy Your Bonds Today!
To do yc
Don’t put it off a moment. You have nothing to risk
Fill out the application below at once.
have answered your country’« call loyally, patriotically andala#
answered YOUR NATION’S ENKMIES in a way that Will bnnf
peace the quickest and most lasting.
If you want to buy, say one $50 bond and wish to pay
for it on the installment plan, you send with your Application
Blank 2‘Jb or $1.00; then on Nov. 15th you remit the lM>.#r
$9.00; on Dec. 15th you send $20.00 and on Jan. 15th. $20.00 making
a total of $50. If you buy two or more bonda your payment«
increase two or more times.
sit back—slacking—wishing for peace.
on Nov. 15th and May 15th. They can be paid for in
installments: 2% on application; 18% on Nov. 15th;
40% on Dec. 15th; 40% on Jan. 15th. 1918. They
are 25-year bonds, redeemable in ten years.
They carry a conversion privilege and can
be changed for any higher interest bearing bonds
issued at any succeeding time during the war.
They are exempt from taxation except in­
heritance and income surtax. The practical effect of
this is to exempt holdings up to $5000.
The subscriptions will start Monday. Octo­
We stand by
Open a chec
your expend
bones are mighty poor back-bones. YOU, the farmers, if worthy
of being
“backbone of Otar nation."
na credited as the
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the backing.
Do jt How!
. G. KINGMAN. Pres.
application Blank fo r
New Liberty Bonds
The interest rate is 4% paid semi-annually
ber 1st, and close October 27th.
IT IS GO!
Send it in to the publisher of this paper and you will
You owe it to your country to “ reply” with
riotism and at the same time get on the Government’s
pay-roll.
What Will Be Your Reply?
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second number of the Lyi
gill be given on Monday t
November 5lh, in the Math
ih. Seats may be reserve
ir’s drug store. Saturday and
The Bingle admission is 75
, 50c for children above the
and 25c for all school chi
the seventh. Season ticket
maining two numbers are $1
[S5c, and they will be on sale a
store.
is is a musical number givt
Means-Anderson Trio. The
decided to use the church r
the opera house because
itic properties are berter an
irmance will be much more e
At this performance it wou
ir to have the children’s sea
with the parents, as the e
lent is one that is to be lis<
nd it is hard for the chi'dren
when a large number ai
ir on the front seats,
h of these performers is an
ility. One is a violinist, <
r and soprano singer, and
list. The program ia fuil of mi
itv, patriotic singing and hum
ibers.
last number of the couri
ary ia the Rob Roy Male '
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Send the following telegram, subject to the terms
on back hereof, which are hereby agreed to
Kingman Kolony
(BY OURREGULAR c o r r e s p o n d e n t )
WES-!.
Eight Message
Night Letter
Pat-ons should mark an X oppo­
site the c'sss of service desired;
OTHERWISE THE TFLECRAM
WILL RE TRANSMUTED AS A
FAST DAT MESSAGE.
NS-ANDERSON
RIO, SECOND NC
LYCEUM COUR
I hereby subscribe for.................... New Liberty 4H Bonds.
in*, « n**a»
Enclosed find $................ (You can send amount in full or
first payment of 2% of total amount of bonds subscribed for.)
Please have bonds sent to following name and addreas:
Ten good r
should buy
& Marx dc
Name of purchaser
Town
County............................................... ..State.
NOTtf : The publisher will s rk n o w M g * r«*M at of this an te**
which is done «ratis.and as *n seeemmOdsti** tooer seaw r
s n d s n s id to th * Government in fe ri M ating ten n i e of this il
Hogs for Sale—Twenty-five pigs, 4
sows, 1 boar, all Duroc R eds.-A . E.
Rust. R. F. D., Nyssa.—Adv.
Light housekeeping rooms for rent
Inquire Curncr Lunch rooms.—Adv.
Get that new Mackinaw cod 1
Spier’a.
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THE NYSSA FLOURMILL
Now open for business.
FLOUR EXCHANGED FOR WHEAT on a basis of *3 a huudrs*
tor good milling wheat
.
Straight grade Flour
....$2-75 »«J
Whole wheat Flour................. " ........................"
WE SOLICIT YOUR PATRONAGE
P. M. Warren,
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eat more fish
»We have a supply of
FRESH FISH
Copyright ll* r t Schaffnrr k Mi
Good Warm MACKIN4
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