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THE BANNER-COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON. THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1922.
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THE BANNER COURIER
ThP Clackamas County Banner and the Oregon City Courier, Consolidated
July 8th, 1919, and Published by the Clackamas County Banner Publishing
Company, Incorporated.
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"Flag of the free heatrs' hope and
home!
By Angels' hands to valor given;
Thy stars have lit the welkin dome,
And all thy hues were born In
Heaven.
Forever float that standard sheet!
Where breathes the foe but falls be
fore us.
With Freedom's soil beneath our feet,
And Freedom's banner streaming
o'er us."
JOSEPH DRAKE
pan and China is made far less probable; the size of na
vies is limited; the use of the submarine regulated, and
poisoned gasses outlawed from war. The English-Jap
alliance has been scrapped and the Four-Power-Pact ar
ranged to preserve peace in the Pacific. Its chief objec
tion to those opposing it seems to be that it resembles
article X in the League covenant. Republicans who op
pose it repudiate their leadership.
Democrats who oppose this pact will do so to the
shame of their party. Now is the time for them to rise
above partisanship. It's an opportunity for them to
"heap coals of fire" on the heads of -their opponents, by
doing exactly what they condemned the opposition for not
doing. To the man worthy of a place in the congress of
the United States an idea which stands for peace and pro
gress is sacred and takes precedence over political expe
diences or punishments.
That any considerable number of Democrats or Re
publicans will finally vote against this treaty or even tack
on weakening amendments, is unbelievable. Such action
will be a direct slap at popular government: disgrace this
country before the world; and demonstrate the depths
to wmcn rotten politics can penetrate.
WHO VOTES THE TAXES?
RECALL OF COMMISSIONERS.
The telephone rate decision has stirred up a hornets'
nest. The voice of the recall against the Public Utilities
Commission is heard over the state.
The Banner-Courier believed that the recall of these
public officials was warranted several months ago, when
there was a similar movement on foot.
It believed and still believes that the members of this
commission do not measure up to the qualifications needed
in this position. Their official perspective appears in
capable of covering the individual and the organization
properly.
In the recent order the commission slopped over and
ran around outside the realm of its official duties to con
demn methods of procedure instead of confining itself to
justice alone, to justify its decision. It "roasted" those
who had sought relief at its hands.
In its decision it emphasized the fact that there has
been shown an increase in patronage since the rates were
raised. And this . as a criterion for the
discharge of duty or for the equitable adjustment of rates,
is absurd. People use a public utility primarily because
of the necessity and at the same time resent more and
more strenuously the power that forces the exhorbitant
rate upon them, be it telephone or other utility.
Again, the commission is wrong in its attitude that
the charge should be regulated by the maximum which the
public will bear. This theory is not in keeping with mod
ern ideas and is the source of regulatory measures taken
in hand by the public itself as in the case of the interstate
commerce commission,
Nor is it clear why the telephone company or any
other utilitv should not find a way to reduce expenses
m - hi . it, i iu. ; w - -- w -"-' -vj.ij.j uuu ui uuo amuuilL viic 1CU-
and at tflo twt- I give trig, patrojis a.poruwi l- jm authorized $21.500 000 nH th rwml nnuT
benefit which would make of the public an ally.
But if the commission were justified in its most re
cent decision, it would still be without the conf dence of the
public so essential to efficient service.
The recall is the people's only, remedy and with it
they should proceed.
POLITICS VS. IDEAS.
"Monkeying" with the Four-Power-Pact is a terse
wav to nut activities of those socalled "irreconcilables"
who are blocking attemnts at ratification. None of thehi
are offering anything better. They just can't stand any
thing they themselves haven't made body, soul and breech
es. They are so shrivelled up in their partisanship that
they will tolerate nothing which has a semblance of the
League of Nations.
It seems impossible that legislators would oppose any
step not positively dangerous to the nation and which is
a step toward peace. Ana tnis is tne iirst aeiinite step tu
ward this goal.
Here are some great worth-while things agreed upon
bv the best, most conscientious diplomats in the world to
day, and include the initial stamp of our own President
Harding and Secretary of State Hughes. The integrity
of China is guaranteed and further warfare between Ja
You Don't
Invite Them,
But !
The Burglar and that worst of thieves, fire,
come to you when you least expect them. And,
the-thief has a way of knowing where you keep
your valuables. They are not safe in a bureau
drawer or the ordinary so-called 'office safe',
but when they are in a Safe Deposit Box in our
vault they are fully protected.
No one but you or your authorized agent can
touch them. This protection costs as little as
$2.50 each year. Come in and let us show you
our vault.
One of the' handy "gags" employed by manv of those
whom the taxpayers are prodding just now is to attempt
to tnrow tne responsibmty lor tne present burdens ot
taxes upon tne people tnemselves. it is tor the taxpayer
a douoie-dose pay the taxes and then go kick himself.
Just so the other fellow is not held accountable morally,
j.jjuauuiaiiy or politically is tne aim.
True it is that tne people in their eagerness for pro
gress nave voted liberally especially ior roads and
scnools. This is commendable but no excuse why the leg
islature should authorize expenditures wnich burden tne
taxpayers so heavily they cannot pay.
.tiere's a small corner ot the legislative record. The
people voted a miHage tax for the support of her three
purely educational institutions with me understanding
mat tne sum would be suiiicient. The legislature author
ized additional thousands without the public's vote or con
sent The legislature gave SSSS.OUO to the Pacilic Inter
national Livestock exposition and the State i air in lSfi51f
when taxes were already becoming a terrific burden. The
people did JNUl vote this nearly iour hundred thousand'
doiiar tax on themselves. In tact these institutions
should be made to pay their own costs,
In 19iy, the legislature voted $1,200,000 for roads.
This was just a "starter." It referred to the people an
other $t,uuu,000 appropriation and brought its imiuence
to bear on putting tnis over at a special election. On the
principle that "nothing succeeds like success," especially
in putting over taxation schemes, the lawmakers went to
bat again with an authorization of another bond issue of
$10,000,000 tor the same purpose. In 1921, they put over
anotner oond issue ot $3,bUU,000 and in 1921, still another
,uuu,uuu issue, and the voters added $2,50
Over $30,000,000 in bonds for roads alone with
of -two years isefWG SOME and of this amduir
Between You
and Me oely
The Boaze Plant.
Did yo uhappen to notice a recent
article in a local paper concerning
the discovery of a booze plantation in
Clackamas county? I do not remem
ber of ver hearing about such a plant
before and I am wondering if its cul
tivation is in the way of becoming
common! also, in case it does, what
wm be the resulting legal status of
our outlawed alcoholic enemy, com
monly called "booze."
Men have always found a fearful
fascination in disregarding the dang
er signals of nature and consequent
iy dashing thei rfrail lives against
the ragged walls of defeat Alcohol
has many legitimate uses, but civi
lization discovered centuries ago that
groggy beverages and brains are dead
ly enemies; of the two. brains is the
more indispensible. One of the most
absurd spectacles of any age is to
see a man pit his feeble physique in
hopes and opportunities bis family
and friends in short, his very all
against alcohol and lose. Fermen
tation is a process of decay; booze
has fairly earned its reputation, "rotten."
When the booze plant becomes a
common garden vegetables, then it is
time to cease agriculture and starve.
o-re.
500,000 or less than one-third of the total.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been author
ized also for things not mentioned in this resume, which
may be charged up to extravagance and lack of efficiency
and upon which the great mass of taxpayers did not vote.
It is high time that these same taxDavers call a halt:
fix the responsibility so there will be no further passing of
the "buck" and cut down expenses to meet actual needs
and conditions. And believe you, They are Going to Do
j. ins very lning.
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Bridge Accomplishments.
At last the stage has been reached
where a week brings about very no
ticeable progress in bridge construc
tion. With the present speed of op
eration3, regon City people must ob
serve carefully and often if they would
know just how the job is being done.
Many remarkable engineering achieve
ments are now being worked out right
here under our very eyes..
The structural steel has all been
lifted into the air, some going im
mediately into place, while the center
sections were deposited o nfalsework
resting on the old suspension cables.
Thus it can be seen that the old an
chors and towers are responsible for
the burden of the new steel (as the
lower sections are all held in posi
tion by separate cables spliced to the
main calbes at the anchors). By the
time this paper reaches its readers
the center sections will probably be
in place and the whole new structure
will be self-supporting. Then the old
equipment will have performed its
last service and be ready to come
down.
Finally there will appear a magnifi
cent arch span of 350 feet with a rise
of 100 feet above the drive way, which
will be nineteen feet wide, or four
feet wider than the old one with
sidewalks outside of that.
The new bridge is goinb to be a
splendid addition to our natural and
industrial scenery, and we can justly
be proud of its graceful appearance
and genuine practical usefulness.
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The Oregon City Ferry, which is now carrvino' ma
terials across the river for construction jwork will be
ready for passenger services on Monday, next, or possibly
on -Saturday this week. Everything is now in readiness
except the roadway on the west side of the Willamette
and it is expected that this will require only a couple of
days for completion. Here is a big undertaking started
oniy a iew days ago.
The rapidity with which this nroiect has been initi
ated, funds raised and the thins: completed is but an indi-
cauon oi what the business men of anv community mav
i i . ,i . . .. . " : "
accompnsn ii tney get together, pull together and stay to-
getner until they put things worth-while, over.
This fine sunshine weaher ought to justify the ground
hog's shadow theory and to make boosters for Oregon.
FARMS THE FARMER.
The bisrsrest insult to the intelligence of the farmer is
the agitator whose only occupation is to eo about through
the country proclaiming himself a farmer and with great
sympathy tells him that he (the farmer) is the most abus
ed man in the country and then farms him for from eight
een to twenty-five dollars of his hard-earned cash' with
which to build up a political machine.
'Tatty's" trial is over and so will be his "career" if ,
th movies play safe for the public's future endorsement.
Catamaran.
Down on the river there's a Cata
maran; ever see it? Well, it's simple
enough but the idea is well worth im
itating. The device consists of only
a pair of barges lashed firmly to
gether and used as a foundation from
which and upon which to hoist the
huge steel sections of the new bridge.
The main significance is that they are
fastened securely together not loose
ly tied or hinged onointed. The
hulls are inseparably and rigidly join
ed so that they act as one unit The
tripod legs of the great derrick span
both decks; the operator of the 114-
foot boom may swing it around at
any angle and pull up an immense
section of steel bridge without fear
of capsizing.
There are many human relations.
which could be improved by the in
traduction of this common mechan
ical arrangement. I have in mind
several marriages which happen to
come under my observation; doubt
less you know of many others. The
city council might profitably adjourn
to the ricer bank some day and watch
how this thing works. It is really
not so much a matter of who could
as it is of who could not find inspir
ation therein. All of which goes to
show how far a practical engineer
excels the average run of humans.
The Great Silent Places.
A week or so ago the mortail re
mains of Sir Ernest Shackleton, the
renowned Antarctic explorer were laid
in the cold earth on the frozen shores
of Virginia Island in the south polar
seas. The burial was only typical
of the triumphant life which sought
and found the real inspirations and
the rich, broad-minded satisfactions
far from the traveled highways of
civilization.
In varying degrees, it can be noted
that the truly great of all ages have
found their soul substance in the vast
open spaces of the earth. Business
and industrial environments alone, in
side the confines of structural walls
and narrow streets never yield whole
some visions that glimmer on the hor
izon of a wide and wonderful world
out-of-doors.
Call the "roll of modern men of
achievements and watch them troop in
from the soil, the forest, the lonely
leafy retreats. First, call Roosevelt,
a mighty champion of unadulterated
open-air manhood; then interview
Henry Ford out on his big Michigan
ranch; linger with the memories of
John Burroughs, a man too great to
love luxury. Continue the list in
your own way, but be sure they are
all genuine he-men.
A generation ago America was the
whole glorious territory between oce
an and ocean; men of that generation
had real visions. Today America is
New York and Chicago and Los Ange
les; now people see money and ma
chinery and amusements. Then we'
wonder why we have no statemen
who. are big enough to pull our coun
try out of its wild rvl of wasta and
xtravataaea.
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Opportunities
to economize and save wherever
you can and you will have more
money to deposit to your sur
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now start an account with the
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in Oregon City to pay 4 per cent
Interest on Savings Accounts.
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Influenza or La Grippe is quite busy
in this vicinity. The three Vallen
families and Mrs. Eva Hodgkiss are
suftering from the malady.
Mr. S. W. Jones had the misfortune
to -lose one of his work horses.
F. N. Cadonan and family of Esta
cada were Sunday visitors at the John
Park home.
W. T. Henderson is not getting
along very well, bo was taken to the
home of his son. Will Henderson, in
Oregon City. Mrs. Henderson accom
panied him.
CARUS
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Henriei of Port
land were guests at Shockley home
Monday.
Wayne Stewart helped Fred Spang
ler haul cord wood last week.
Miss Anna Josi accompanied by
Miss Minnie Edwards went to Oregon
City Thursday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Bliss and family were
dinner guests at Hargreaveg last Sun
day.
John Evans underwent an operation
for appendicitis last week. Floyd
Trafton is doing the work while he
is gone.
Mr. C. Kilgore has Durchased a
new Chevrolet.
Forest Irish is planning on build
ing another new chicken house.
The laides aid met at the Guilliam
home last Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. Herman Smidt was on the sick
list last week.
Mr. Herman Smidt transacted busi
nes in Oregon City Thursday.
Mrs. Lunce Shockley and daugh
ters, Elizabeth and Lucille, and Miss
Minnie Edwards spent Sunday after
noon with Mrs. Tom Lewis.
Mrs. Jack Griffith spent fw day
in Portland last week.
Mr. and Mrs. John Kline, and Mr.
Ed attended church at Clackamas
last Sunday.
Warner Spooner of Ti
gard, Oregon, insured
his Stallion "Black Bea
ver" for 1000.00. The
animal died New Year's
day. The Hartford Live
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17, 1922.
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