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OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FI.MIUV. SKPTKMHKU 10, 191.1. OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE Published Evsry Friday. E. BROOIE, Editor and Publisher. Kntered at Oregon City, Oregon. I'ostoffice as second-class matter. Subscription Rates: N One year Six Montha ) Trial Subscription. Two Month " Subscribers will find the date of expiration stamped on tholr papers fol lowing their nam. It last payment Is not credited, kindly notify us, and the matter will receive our attention. Advertising Kates on application. COURTS DEC1SIOS ' WipcJ '' c,fa, wfcP OS SULZER'S SL'SPESSIOS ruling of court is the inalienable right of a citizen of the state of New York to the presumption of innocence until the offence with which is charged is proved against him after a fair and im pirtial trial by a jury of his peer. The court reviews that section of the constitution of New York state that provides for the suspension of the chief executive in cases where the lower house brings in impeachment charges and observes that the provision takes from Gwernor Sulzer the right that is guaranteed to every other citt tcn of the state the presumption of his innocence until his crime is proved in a court of law. The jurist who handed down that decision did not believe that its pro visions were just or that the governor was given the same consideration be fore the court that every other man expects and receives when he is brought in to face a charge filed against him by the properly constituted authorities. It is strange that the provisions of the constitution of the state should deny to the man who happens to be its governor the protection that is ac corded to even the murderer and gangster of the slums or that the courts should have to decide in that state that the chief executive of seyral million lop!e is not entitled under the laws to that consideration given in the in structions of every judge at the conclusion of a case that the defendant musr be proved guilty bevond even the peradventure of a doubt before lie can be reckoned guilty of the crime with which he is charged. Strange it is, also, that the constitution of that state should contain provisions relative to the conduct of the office of rhe governor that are not to be found in the national compact and that it should require the suspen sion of its chief when the federal agreement removes the executive only after the sentence has been duly passed by the chief justice of the supreme court following the majority decision of the members of the national senate. A president of the United States can be removed only after he has been CON VICTED of the crime with which he has been charged by the lower house and at no time is he suspended from the duties of his office or the powers and prerogatives of his position taken from him. Months often elapse between the time that the lower house brings in its charge and that at which the senate considers them. During that inter val, the governor of the state stands in the light of a criminal who has al ready been convicted at the bar and who but awaits the sentence that the court is to pass upon him. Useless then, is the. later trial of the impeachment charges and fruitless is the investigation and consideration that the senate may later give to the action that has been brought. After he has been evicted from his office until the senate has the time and inclination to pass upon his case, of what use is it that the charges may be later worthless and the complaint under which they are brought unsustained? He has already lost the functions and preorgatives of the position that he has received from the people of his state. He has already been driven from his post by those who have trumped up charges against him for political effect. Futile then is the later investi gation of the senate and worthless is its decision, whatever it may be. To what extent might not such a ruling of a court be used by schem ing politicians who, planning to foster their own plans and ambitions, would like to rid themeselves of a political opponent in the executive chair. In a trice, the lower house would, at the command of the master voice, trump up charges against the chief executive of the state and he would be evicted from that post of honor and confidence until after the machine had worked it will and the end that t had sought had been accomplished. It might well be willing then to give back to that executive, shorn of his power, the positon that he had formerly held and leave to him to undo, as best he might, the mischief that had been accomplished by the tool of the machine during his brief but profitable tenure of office. It is interesting to speculate just how far unscrupulous politicians could carry such a ruling of the court in their maneuvering through the mazes of legislative workings in the Albany capitol. Contracts that were particularly desirable to the bosses of the party in power and that might be lost to the grafters now entrenched at Albany might be won were the chief executive but out. of the way and this gives the lever by which he could be influenced at almost any stage of his career. What governor would not think twice before he refused to obey the dic tates of the Tammany bosses were the threat of such a machine but made? It might not, in nine cases out of ten, be necessary for that machinery to be I ut into operation for the mere threat that it would be used and the know ledge that it could be made instrumental, would accomplish the result that the bosses desired in a quicker way than they could hope to gain it other1 wise. It is a new tool that the court has placed in the hands of an unscrupu lous adversery of Sulzer, a new instrument given by the judiciary to a Tam many leader to remove from power that man whose record has always been that of a fighter for the interests of the masses and against the combined forces of the graft loving politicians now cenetered at the capital of the state. expense that is involved, the ultimate wiving both to the city and to tlx tvuntry having been lost sight of in face of the original cost. Hut, today, conditions have materially changed. Everywhere over the state, the people are awakening to a realization that only by the const ruction of better roads and by the improvement of those that they have can they reduce the cost of transportation to the city markets ami cut down the ex pense to the farmer with a resulting increase in the size of his bank account. Jackson county has been one of the leaden of the state in the matter of good roads. A 'pavement highway that will later form one of the links in the great Pacific Highway stretching up and down th coast will 1 con structed under the direction of Major Howlby, state highway engineer, at a cst of 500,(XH. Last Tuesday, the people of that county voted the bonds that would make that unit in the state government one long line of highway creditable not only to the county that builds it hut to the state in which it lies. For good roads do not only reflect credit upon the builder of them hut they spread the contagion through neighboring and adjoining counties and dis tricts and inspire in other governmental units the ambition to show them selves as energetic and progressive as those that have them. Good roads are more contagious than smallpox. They spread the fevet rapidly through communities and counties and increase in virilence as they spread. There is nothing better than a good toad to enforce the logic of road improvement and there is no more wholesome force for the betterment of the public highways than the existence, either in this county or adjoining ones, of thoroughfares that are completely up to date in the matter of scien tific construction and engineering. For the improvement of the highways of the state, Jackson county has taken a step in the right direction. Irs heavy vote for the construction if the new highway indicates the progressivencs of the voting strength of that unit in the state government. It shows that the farmers there re alize the importance of a good road in the question of transportation of products to the markets and that this importance has been impressed upon the people of .the cities in the county until they have supported heavily an I enthusiastically the demand of those farmers for better road work and more road work through the districts. Su.h a step on the part of Jackson county will have a wholesome effect iipon the other units of the state in the matter of road improvement. It will show other counties how a good permanent highway can be built at a cost that is in nowise prohibitive. It will prove, beyond the possibility of ques tion, that a good highway cuts the transnortaton cost, that it adds money to the farmer's bank deposit, that it means an annual saving in that county alone of nearly enough in one single year to pay for the construction work. There is nothing succeeds like success and there is nothing that gives a greater impetus to the most up to date road building than the actual con struction of a road by capable engineers and the results that are gained the f'rst year after its completion. Clackamas county has also taken an important step forward in the matter of better roads when the commissioners let a contract the other day for one mile of macadam on the River road running near Milwaukie. The court has also planned the construction of several bridges through the county that shorten the haul and add materially to the reduction in the transporta tion cost. Shorter hauls and easier hauls are the results that are to be gained from road improvement everywhere and they can be as easily gained in Clackamas County as they have been in thousands of other places through the state and nation. The first step has been taken. The county court has let its first bid for a permanent road one good long mile of it. There is no reason why more miles should not be added to that important highway in the county or why miles of road elsewhere shoyld not be built where they will form main trunk lines for a permanent system of road construction adding to the bank roll of the farmer and faciliating the ease of haul into the markets of the citv. has to take a hand and exile him and his hand of free hooters (mm Mexican soil, THE GOSPEL OF By bond issues and by appropriations through the GOOD ROADS various county courts, the gospel of good roads is leing spread over the length and breadth of the state and the logic of road improvement has taken a firmer hold on the minds of the 'people than ever before in the history of the movement. For more than 20 years, the gospel of road improvement has been taught in all of the commercial clubs and public spirited organizations every where but the question has been neglected from time to time because of the WHAT IS CERTIFICATE A DEPOSIT? A certificate of deposit is a receipt for money deposited in bank, and is given -when the depositor does not desire to open a checking account. If you desire to draw part of the amount, we will issue a new certificate for the balance remain ing. If you desire to transfer the money to some one else, all that is. necessary is to write your name across the back of the certificate and turn it over to such person. The Bank of Oregon City OLDEST BANK IN CLACKAMAS COUNTY IHERTA'S When Huerta assumes, as he did in his message to the MISTAKE Mexican congress, that Wood row Wilson, as president, docs nor represent the sentiment of the people of the United States on matters relative to the situation in that sister republic, he exhibits a painful innor- ance of the true conditions as they exist and either has been terribly misin formed by his lieutenants or is willfully blinding his eyes to what he know is true. If there is one thing in the Wilson administration that appeals more to the rank and file of the body politic than another it is the stand that he has taken on the Mexican troubles. Always willing to go to extremes in his negotiations rather than to make demands and enforce them with the national military forces, Wilson's patience has about become exhausted and he has told the provisional president just how close to the line he may hew before the American government shall call a halt. Huerta attempts to make himself and his people believe that Wilson does not .represent the people tf the United States and that, though he is chief executive and the governing power, he has not behind him that public sentiment that would enable him to carry out the threats that he has made nor support with the military forces of the nation the demand that he has issued for instant resignation and a different adjustment of conditions in that trouble-ridden state. rsotning farther from the truth could have been conceived even by the mind of a Mexican pirate. While Wilson is president, he is loyally sup. ported by every political faction in the land. The scars of battle have healed and Wilson is president. That fact alone units behind him the solid senti ment of 100,000,000 persons and gives to his demands the support of public opinion that enables him to issue ultimatums and see that they are obeyed More than his official position and the loyalty that lines behind that place of authority the power of the people of the Unfed States is a whole some respect and an unmixed admiration for the president himself and a general approval of the policies that he has advocated and undertaken. The democratic leader has shown himself, especially in this Mexican situation, as a man of rare ability and remarkable foresight and has already- succeeded in untangling the knotty skein of Mexican affairs in a way that v.ould give many pointers to other diplomats more experienced in the school of national chess. No man ever had, as president, since the days of Washington and Lincoln a more complete endorsement of his policies from the members of all parties and political factions than is today given to Woodrow Wilson. His Mexican decisions have met with the approval of the -people of the land and his determination along the lines of non interference in the gov- ernment of Mexico but a positive insistence on the rights of Americans in that land has merited and received approval from all of the sections of the I country. For Huerta to assume that Wilson does not represent the people of this nation, that he is a mere figure head and his policies are not the policies jof the nation at large is for the Mexican leader to blindfold himself to the true conditions as they now are. It cannot be possible that Heurta really (believes the message that he read before his congress yesterday. Surely, a man in his position would be the first to realize that a chief executive of ; another land either had the support or did not have it of his people in the i foreign diplomatic policy that he had assumed. So far from real conditions are the MexicJh's statements, that hit 'source of information is either grossly wrong or he is purposely attempting to lead his nation with him in an effort to ignore the demands of the United I Stares. Wilson's Mexican policy, is have also most of his other ideas al ! ready suggested, has met with endorsement from all over the country and his attitude toward that revolutionary land has been one that has found a note of support in every quarter of the nation. The Mexican government's threat not to allow the foreign vessels in the waters of that state even in the protection of the American and other foreign interests may precipitate the trouble that the president so ostentatious ly declares he is straining every nerve to avert. Wilson has, in this as in his other plans covering the Mexican difficul ties, the loyal support of the American people and it might pay the piratical president to learn that fact before he so complicates matters that the govern ment of the United States, supported by the people of the United States, I ICOSOMY IS Portland's postmaster has hit I he key note -I H'HUC SERVICE economy in public service when he has demanded that the $1,000,000 appropriation made for two story federal building in that citv be used to erect a modern office structure and that the government save its annual ollice rent of $.10,000 by providing home for the various officer who are now quartered in private building for which a high rent is paid. ' ' One million dollars could hardly be spent wisely in the construction of a two story building in that city and certainly the money would not l used to the best advantage were it all expendrd in a federal home that wa not large enough to house the many ollice of other employe of the govern ment w ho are now outside of the postofficr and whose annual rent amount to a small fortune in the regular expense. While a modern ollice structure might not meet the fancie of some of those who would like a federal building w ith maible hull and bra fixture, it would, at the same time, be mure practical and usrful and would nave the government an annual rent that would, in time, more than pay for several buildings of the kind that i now proposed. When the postmaster made the suggestion that the city should erect such a home for it officers, he placed before the public an idea in official economy in the government service that i creditable, both to himself and in the city that he serve. Certainly, an eight story building with ample quart ers for each of the officer in the service of the United State would In- much more practicable and sensible than a two story structure, costing the aitte amount of money but providing much less the accommodation and entailing the annual rental expense without hope of ever being able to eliminate it. This bring u again to the question of a new poMoffice for Oregon City. The time ha come when the government should take a hand and place on the next appropriation bill an item that will provide the city w ith postal facilities that it needs and that w ill give the postmaster hete the quart ers that are requisite to the prompt and efficient dispatch of the public busi ness. There is no economy in the government attempt to get along with the present quarters nor does it produce that efficiency in the wmce of the department that a city of this i should have. The prompt delivery and the handling of the mail with di'smtch is i requisite in the successful management of the affair of the postuffice de partment. When a postmaster is so crowded for room that he cannot handle the work that is piled upon him as readily a he should, the government skould make provision for that postmaster in some other quarter and should give him those things that he need to better the service and produce for the people whom it is presumed to serve a more efficient branch of the federal department. There is no solution to the problem in Oregon City but a new federal holding and the soontr that it is erected, the Ix-tter will be the mail service here and the more easily and readily will the Imat officials be able to hand! that mail that passes through their hands before it reaches the patrons of the office." The effort of the commercial club to impress tins (act upon the minds of the' department heads at Washington is commendable n is als every effort that is made along the lines of impiotcmrnt in the federal srrvie I ere. OSTEOPATH GETS POSITION (Continued from 'iiKn j hoforv vni'loiis sordid,, linns on that snhjoct and nru...... ooUty to Flflh The Chicknmaa County m,,....., oMy will on...,.st th a,,,,,,,,,,;1,1, h. inn .me i,nr.i of .u,h 7 mailer will prol.al.iy m n,,.,,.' J V to the al supr.mii, roiirt f',r ,i , J 1 m nation. r HOME STUDY IS Individual studv is the key note of a teacher'' SCHOOL TEACIIISG success ami upon the extent to which he applir that investigation of the peculiar characteristics of each child before him in his classes, together with the home life that surrounds that child out of school depends that teacher's result in the class room and the standing of that child in his daily work. Superintendent L. K. Alderman of the Portland school in an address delivered before 1000 of his teacher drove home the force of that logic at a meeting the other day in his high school auditorium anil impressed upon ..... . . . i t -i . , i uic lacuny minu or mat garnering tne imortance mat each individual case bears to the general average of success in school work. No truth is so strong in educational work as that which the new uer intendent emphasized at the meeting that the teacher's work it not done when the gong has sounded for the end of the session nor is all of the work to be done in the class room when the child is in school. Outside of tli school room, there are influences at work that may counteract all of the efforts that teachrr has put forth during that day and that art enough to discourage the best professional man or woman on the faculty of any public institution. Years ago, children failed to past their examinations, droped behind in their classes, showed no interest in their work in spite of all that the teacher eould do or say that would stimulate in'thnn the interest that was laikin T . t s . . .... investigations revcaie.i the tact that some of these children were suffering from maladies of various kinds, that they were not physically fit be in a school room, and 'hat thrir diseases were such that they could not concentrate their mind upon the work in hand. These discoveries resulted in the campaign that has now spread over the whole country for free examinations for every child who attends the city schools and tor medical investigations into the cause of every delinquency that exists in class work. 1 he results of these campaigns have been astonishing. They have shown an improvement in the work of 90 per cent of the children who were, be tore, unahlc to handle their class work or who showed that they could not hold their minds to their studies. A thorough study of home life surrounding each child in the citv sclu. will reveal things to the teacher of which he had not dreamed and will give nun pointers on the methods that should be used in the developing of an interest in the work of tlie school and in the average of success in the rla of which he is a part. EXTRAVACAXC.r . iuviiiiv nullum ICll nv n.P 1 Jrett.tl:ilflr 4 1M tAblllUNS clmVof Chicago indicate the extent to which so women have allowed themselves to go in the matter of personal adornment. in the estimates that the report o the committee contains there rr feu, in that city who annually spend a fortune of $75,000 on clothes while fl,,r. are leaders of society in the exclusive sets whose bills run close to $50,000 (luring tne year. rrom these enormous ligurcs down to the $200 mark that rim (,rtr girl spends on her clothing, there is a wide range of prices for the women vho occupy different stations in the social life of that citv Such an expenditure on personal adornment is nothing short of wanton xrravagance, regardless of the financial standing of the person wlm in,l,.l,. in it or tne size ot the bank roll of that woman's husband or father In rim effort to outdistance other women of her set, in the wild scramble to set a pace ahead of her friends and neighbors, in the mad rush to be considered something more than a spendthrift than any of her fellows, some of these women squander sums of money annualy that would make even old lohn D squirm at the reckless abandon with which they drop money right and left when they enter their dressmaker's to be fitted for a new frown To this wanton extravagance in the social life of the manv larce rinV of the land may be traced, in a large measure, the civic difficulties that have attracted the attention of investigators who are studying the problems of He in the large centers of population. From the figures at hand, it is evi dent that a woman, though she may live and move in the exclusive circles and may attain a prominent and commanding position in the social affair of .er realm, may yet dress comfortable and consistent with her oositii.n in life upon much less than the amount she is now credited with under the estimates of the club. The fact, as shown by the records, that the dressmakers' bills far ex ceed the necessities in the case indicates the general extravagance to which this nation is addicted in a degree far more noticeable than in the other countries of the world. Excessive expenditures for dress are no less forms of extravagance than excessive expenditures for any other luxury and tend to bring evils ot no less importance than reckless abandon in any other form. Ir. Van (Irak In com,.,(, ,.. .. una who can pan through th. J. nations of Urn .int. ,mr 'Jj ' urn ini..iiniiu 0 tnttl , .''- (or th offlc. uiid'.r i!. ,,r,,v I lh law. II.. wl,-oin..s tl, and MkvM that h 1 ..? ' tlm tralulim ho !, hml, g,' T count jr th. i s,rv(. ,, innii wilt nnsnn otrtivr ' , Th", ' Ileal men. howi.v..r. Lai.,. Hint I hi (...union or ..th houM ! fllM by on. , "h I ..I th. sul.jm i r i,u-i.,H ' h,,lu- qunlirind t Immll., ron.,,,"; s, 1 hiy eoriiKiid ii,i ,i, ., wlfc.'M- not .tudM th suhl,. ,. ,,n, J Hon r.-qulr. and Hint , MI ZZ al.l,, to di-hnra his ,!.., ZiS lawi of th itai. q r Plsnntd Campsijn llpforn th niiiiiHiinm.ni ...j lb m.Mlcnl no-n of th ,.,, h,, V eov.r,Ml that ju.lKn All(..r.,,B j", not appoint lr. Norn. o. ti.fr iiit.itdMon. ttu-y i.lnnn.yl ... m"' a lM.ilU.ui amona tlm lM,vt, V1.1' counly and to pri....,t ,,,. utva na im,..!!,!,, m , ,-,, H support of Hmlr nuit.....!,,,, ,h, f,.rm,r o fljcrl. th.. , ,.," Thwy hrll..v. (hut I ir N.irrls h . siH'M Hi Krair nan i.r i... ... . arid that ho Ims nlv,, K' V' of his prlvato prn. il. i ur,w .' iKiid to Hi county i,ui .. . of Ihla, lh..y havo I.-II ,, h", h! .I.. .i.i . .iu. ... 1 ' '"O inn lil.iin an,j .l,, ha would lf rh on.. l... ... ... dm-tora of th city. , , ,),,,. r ilm ana mifiitliin to t. , iirnlilwni i Hi IlKht of tsMM.rl.-n.-c. ' " Thought It Dlclation (in tin. other hand. Hu I'llltlil fc -.... fit that Iho dix-iors tern trying dictate to Iho Jtnlici. Hi., limn (,, w, hou 1.1 appoint rr th . m4 t!ul lliey had cnlprr.l nil at:r.-. ii..-iit in ur. vent any .r th.-lr ntimk.r Iho xM((i vt.-.-pl ir N,,rr, T. ihIIhI. Iho court Hi.i.iK'it, (hat Ihff -"114 .".it, uti nni in nirri. his fund mid uinkx hi in aiMHiliil the mun of lh.-ir choice- whether lit. 0 do so or not. Tim doctor Indlxiwiiuly ,.ny ibu i haritP. however, and lrt r.. that Un-r Iiad alinply H.tltl..n-. th,, rUPt u, nrnkrt Hi., appointment of Ur. Nnrrii bwailKB thoy l.r!l..-, ,., Uib ,,.,.. snt.Hiii axulnal hi in ..rr untrue and unjust and that thry had mi fouiidallai In fart. They a Iho li. lii V, , ht b would li alii to mf itm iKialtlun ta t.-r than any of th oilmr ni.-mlrta( till" MH-Isly .rIIBO Of hit riprrlrncs nnd thoy ir-siit"d th- to tin court In tholr iM.tlHi.li lait.-r dlcuvirliiK that the court would not listen to their return, the; il.'tormliiod upon tho rircnlailua of (w tltlotia throiiitli (ho county fur the pop ular alminturo and liit.-iul.-d to pr 'lit thorn lo tha Jmliti. iM-fore th -. Htm was tak.'ti. T OHKOON I.KHK. Or., AOItlcri.TTKAI. COU H.-pt. II. Mo'h of th root and crown hocr. ilionibnlt utnrKliinta.1, are very acilvo now fly Inr among loitniihorry, tilm kiH-rry and rnapl.orry rau.-a and deposit Iik ku on (ho undor surface of i!i Uy nnd should cnunht and di-KroM. ai'cordlns: to lruf..ssor A. U Ixivolt. assistant ontlmi.loKlHt of I In. OrrKoa Aicrleultural CoIIckii Kxiwrlnicnial sta tion. Tho moths sro rl.-i.r wlnicsl In sects, (ai-slldncl, not unlike robust wasps In appearance. They ha risr row, rtonr, hniwnlsh wltix. a blarl and yellow head and a r..lml M men with alternate rlnas of yellow ana lilnck. Tholr kk aro brown, appnulms's ly nnnalxtenth of an Inch In lomtth. and aompwhnt rosomlilo a larce radish aooil. Tha ok should bo destroyed whorovor found, he snys. l i.on hatchlns. tho youiiK Inrvsc crawl down tha rnno to Hie surraf of tho soil wlfore thoy enter ths hsrl' and Incyat until sprlna. Then Ibi-n prooood to food and work, tunneling down and around tho ciino. rsuiinj It to wt-nken and din. tirnwora urn .lvlal til to OVef IH field, tnnklnK careful observations of ths canes and croons of the plsat Just at tha stirfnea of tl.o (tr"a- Whorevor canes are blluhted or wrier llttlo heaps of worm wood and frass are found, tha Infoatod canes saouia he removed. This will disclose in tiiiinol of the borer, and by euttlnl sway tho bark for a short distance Into the crypt, the oloimat.Ml white boror la revealed. All borers should be cut out and destroyed. NEW PLANS TO KILL GROWTH OF DODDER OrtEOON AfilWlTl.TIHtAl. COl- l.KaK, CORVAM.IH, Ore., Kept. I6T "In small patches dodder limy be erso- ' Icated by mnwlnii with a scytho In-fore It TlM.nB Its aod and when the niow Inns are dry covering tho Infest snots with straw and burnllil? tn?ra off," saya Professor Scuddor. srono- mlat at the OreRon Agricultural co. Iuk. . "Tho spots may then l ho-d an.i roaendod lo alfnlfn. In case the O""' der has already slartod to seed It mr he slngod off with a torch mime placing aotno rags snturat.-d wltn kerosene In a can to which a handle s attached. "When tha entire field has become so badly Infested that It Is not pra tlcalile to burn the Infested spots. tn best thing- to do Is to clip the iilfal' before the dodder seeds begin to ripen. The land should then he plowed and put Into a cultivated crop such corn, potatoes, or roots. This enn followed with grain. At tha end or throe years, If the ground has been kept free of dodder, It may be put hack Into alfalfa. "Dodder la a leafless, Blender vine, whitish yellow In color, bearing clus ters nf white lilnaanma which ripen In to abundant seed, sometime as many aa three or four crops In season. Al though of parasitic hablta the sew germinate In the soil sending up ! tie ten.lrlla which attach themselves to the alfalfa or clover stalks, wlndlnf about the atem and living upon sap until the alfalfa turna allow ana dies."