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4 OlfhKON I I V KN I KII'KISK. I A V. .1AM AKV II. IH. OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE C. C. BftOOie, t filer ant Publithtr. t.aitrc4 el Orrgon City, Oregon, I'otiofrut at eatondrlata rntir. luteriptlt n flat: Oat yar 11.19 hu alunibt , 7J trial HubaerlpiloB, Two Month 21 liutiKnbort kill fod iht datt of tiplralloi tainpe4 on their paper! fol let tag larir nam. K UK payment I not credited, kindly notify aa. and ma matter reralvt our a i lea ( ion. 0 Adrartttlng nl t oo apullratloa. rTKN TIIK Ql'KSTION IS ASKH: "What it iht nutter with Oirm " anJ tlirre i a nrvv anturr, in one form or am.t'irr, lot rvrry limr ilic quotum i trpratrd. Of court tlirtr are iliiwr. i- iloiliiii; tlir Portland Journal and wime nirmbrrt of tlir tt.ttr uuntx who maiou'il (lilt there it nothing the nuttrr with Oregon, ilut (hit ttatr lu a'xiut r-hrd the lu'nhrt pal that any ttatr can attain. Hut thrre i tumrthing wrung, tomruhcre. Oregon it iromparativr!) I!, a fai vtrttrrn ttatr p, anil hat an area at later at New Yrk, lW ranunit, Matvaihuvttt, Rliodr Idjnd, Vermont ami Nrw lljmjxhirr, rt uithin i't lirdrr drll only 275,000 and of tliit nunitrr ovrr one third live in I'tirl'tnd. A. L Mills president of the Portland Kirt National ban,, Attn h.i .i.iJirJ the iiihjru, drvlarrd in a rnrnt addrrvi that the ttatr uat ovrr urban ized. M at thr hrai va too Wi for thr body. Many a , cr with Mr. M.'IU in hit arrtion. Jamr J. II ill an J othrr competent opNcrvcr sty the trouhlr it that c hold our agricultural laiult too hih anJ that thrre it nut lufKcirnt rcrurn to jiiviit'v thr tffanprr Kitting in this ttatr. I-anJ can he dear at ?l an acre or tlirap at $200. Mr. Mill, in idling on this tubject, taiJ: "The only nieaurc of value i whether a farnirr can nuke a mJ living lur himtclf on the land an J a reasonable rate of Interest on hit investment. When we put it within the eras1 of the settler to male a better return ,cn his capital invrstrd in Orrm landt than he gets from hi worn out larnl in New Fnrjand. or even the rich land of the Middle West, then he will Dane to ut in ever increasinc numbers for good newt travel fat. In thr rnrantimc all this highly colorrJ literature of our booster organizations avail it nothing if we cannot deliver the goods when the settier enmrs. "Indeed, a digruntlrd newromrr returning to his eastern home disap pointrd in his expectations, spreading poison wherever he pic, works u incalculable injury. "Now how can we make our land value such that an industrious settler can be reasonably sure of a better return on his investment than he received from his old farm in the eat ? Certainly we cannot regulate the price of privately-owned land by law. How then can we incrra- the productivity i't our grrat domain and render the results of man's labor of greater value? "First Hy encouraging by every means w ithin our power the great irri gation projects that are absolutely necessary if we are to make two blades of gras grow where none grew before. "To do this we must not only help our-clvrs, 'fly with our own wings,' I ut we must leave no stone unturned to get proper assistance from the state ;,nd national governments. "Second We must put the markets of the world within easy reach of e.ery farmer. To that end we must see that he has good roads over which to haul his produce, and vvt must give encouragement to railroad development. "Mr. Strahorn has proposed a system of 400 miles of railroad in central Orrgon that if built will work wonders for the development of our state. This road has been called by Senator Lair Thompson "The People's Road" i.nd it is for unless we of Oregon do our part it cannot be built. "What Oregon nrrds then for its development arc more settlers and more capital." 'j'r of iteHtpaprrt, but hit rume Will not I rtxinntrj with an)!''1"1 will if I lev t to hit credit, if he itMilimirt lo follow hit present rour. Il fiiliet, and mm of lot liardm lapitity Jo ulient -..' if wrjll I, will ih t hiing b in happine, nothing but mitery, thauw and mhio. lie it itilling tiijiamplr a million toutt, he tatt, to attain hit rnd. Il iri'lt meant that hr it a mMirr, a Uing that thoutd Ir put brhind l-tlrd d ot or rvilrd foievrr fiom the coutpaniomhip of fellow bring. Mr will kill hit coiiKirme, and in to doing he will kill all f!r Iwiiri and higher thing in hit own life. Ilr will tmA iiiur, at lie houI.I a diww, and he ttill amid etrmhing that it ilran and cd. II :t do iMt frai, (hi man it haiinlrst. He it o nrar a ij,;r of mad nest o Ik- dangrrout. lie ill get Irtt nut of life than ltioti.4ii.li ut l!r ni iir plant to opptc. m rORUM OF THE PEOPLE But liKuib.l Wrilta. T A MAN WHO RECENTLY QUIT EXTENSION WORK of the University of Oregon because a college education will give him a good conscience, which he believes, is a detriment in the race for sne ers, does not deserve success and probably will never attain it. WJat he . 1 . .1 1 t t .1 . 1 - t .1 . wants, nc wrnes to me neaus 01 tne extension urpartment or me university, is "a callous coivsdence and a slumbering pity." The name of the student is withheld by the university,. as all such correspondence is confidential, but it should be published in every newspaper in the state so that honest and upright citizens can avoid him, for their own protection, as far as p'issible. Here Tire some more of the man's sentiments: . ."I realize that with a college education my conscience might interfere with my life's ambitions. These ambitions arc to get riches, no matter by vliat method'; to secure fame, even at the cost of a million souls; to trample upon the faces of the poor and make the rich bow before me. In the realiza tion of these ambitions, I need a callous conscience and a slumbering pity." The student then remarks that he understands the main purpose of high er education to be the instilling of culture, the development of character, and cultivation of social usefulness in young men and women. ( "By so doing it is claimed the university benefits society as1 a. whole, which claim seems founded upon substantial fact," he writes. "College men and women have a broader and deeper view of life, so that social service ap peals to them. , "But it appalls me," he protests. "A higher education might cause some virtue to be inculcated in me that might perhaps cause a guilty conscience to prick me. Therefore, I say, I must avoid such a deterrent." Here Is a man who does not want to be human, to have a kindly spirit for his fellow man. Here is a fellow who has never realized tfiat the greatest joy is caused by a kindness done to one in need, a gift to a friend. Here is a man so ignorant, too absolutely lacking in observation, so shallow in his mental capacity that he believes he can attain satisfaction and happiness through fame and riches. This man will never attain fame. He might reach notoriety, and his name burner into the minds of millions through scare heads on the tront UK HC.IIT FOR VI RMANINT ROADS not a Ual Il hat tprrj.l ihrotij;h rrry tevtion of thr country, rxcrpt in i!m por tion which f4it ago taw thr folly of macadim, gutrl and oilier ihr.tp roa.lt and now hate hard turtle on trunk lughwavt. In r.ri) dilinl thrre it tome particular difficulty in road nuking, )( hard tuiM r otrnouK-t orry one of these dilfiiultir. No ground n. too wilt, no ran !' f'rJt 01 traftic too hravy to kill thr value of hard tiirlace, properly laid. Jutt at the movement fur hard turfare it a nation-wide our. teem to be the frrling aiourd C;aiiM thit hpr of pavrmrnt. Sti.inrU enough, thr tanner t, thr onr ho would If mt hrncritcd by prtnianrnt road are the one who usually iw it. Take tor rxauiplr thr truth of (!i ,iitiiMi, at brought out by thit editorial, taken from an eatrtn cuhaiige : Something jtt done in Yrrmilion county. 111., mar b iiniHutinn and alo direction to those who are trying to get permanent roa.U 111 their home ttate or county. Thr capital of Vermilion county in Dainil'r, ilir home of "UiH'le Joe" Caiuion, although thr oflicial trvurdt do not divlo that our uncle took any conpicuout part in the long fight which hat now troiltrd in a complete victory of thr good riad party. . The public opinion of thr county 011 thr qurttion wat tlwmn in thr voir takrn otnr timr ago on a provval to itsur JI,5iK),(HK) in VrmiilitHt county Kmdt, the monry raird trom thr bond iur to be rxprnded in the nuking ol bard roads. The anticipated litigation followed quickly. The Isimlt were! ofl'rrrd for vile last May, but an injunction by half a doen wealthy farinrri topped procreding at that timr. Last wrrk the tupremc oniit of Illinoit, passing finally upon thr car, validatrd thr bond issue, and in the rarly part of thr present wrrk a prvial session of thr good roadt committer of the Ver milion county Kurd of tuprrvisors, prrparrd, and ordered the printing, of an advertisrmrnt of the Kmd sale. Hard road making in the Illinoit prairie country hat alw;iv presented dilTicult problem, owing to the nature of the alluvial soil. Hut wa and means having been discovered of doing the work, it is plain that the progres sive citizens of that state w ill not long delay doing it. 'Hie Vermilion county plan contemplate the building of seventy-two miles of concrete, or brick paved, highways, according to thr amount of travrl ovrr vaiiou routes. States is yet without laws for going at thr work as Vermilion county has, can pet them through thr prrssure of an rducatrd public opinion. That public i pinion i awakening everywhere to a recognition of thr extent of the lrs it, time, money and opportunity caused by dirt roads, i undrui.iMr. l.lHlll mhi, iir. J.n II -il lllor u( lli t:nUlrtl Ilia lima It com a Clai kaiiia rouulf hrn It ttlll xr at null a being Ida rlfhl Itilug lo Jo 10 bull J hard auifao roada on tlir frilirl brat? iarlr. fv-a la, and o II la Hoi out (( I ! lo iH-riiurli III tmall mar al Una IIiiip, to lirn lu Unit niinr thai good dral ut am b road niutl bt (mill, t II I know Ju.t bal bind ut bard turla lo loil'd, at rll aa bating toltrd Ilia (irotdnrii of r!tln iht nionr) u Inidd Ihi-iu llul lo go liilo llila biulnraa Mlndlr nh out knitting vttiat anl and liol hating niuiirr aurru Irnl. II tould It tiKilutj o allrini miMh lur at tould And iwiwlvn at a rnunlr. In (ho aiiii w'l IHtjiib flijr la A Well Known Woman Speak. U Cvtry T U Ofto Ntlhbr M Iht Imhiw, lankrui. At rounty, t art allll In thr I'loiirrr alagr, too mil' h of o'i Irrrilorr undtvrloiml. Tht liurdrii i( ulwlilng Iht land It a aa-rliiua lnird n on llm trtilort. bo havn no nionev-. and no of gridng anjr rx-rpl l.y iHUnitlug and alng a rait of Inirr ml thai nirana 1 unfix allna of lb-lr hoinea ( niu h It altvinplrd. Tht only kind "f roada lliejf ran afford lo hull. I, at a mli. I Iht Iht kind Ihrr ran i!o Iht tturk on Ihruiavlvta. and on rortlarol, (htgon. "I bait oa4 rt. I Viral J a i ir lit l'lr'ilitloU for my ntrttt ami a aa natal J turak iloti ami ,''' a'irr lumg onlr inrta iwtiirt 1 a a tsiiiiplrlclr ruml. 1 alto utrj Vorl..f I'lrrra't i...l.n JlrOlraJ 'niirry lor Hit I l'H andil protisl trrrv Itrmlirial. ! ran lirartlly rr-oiiiinriiJ iKx-lor IVrra'a linslu-iiu-a." lk. J, II. lltroll, Ml rariili A. Tlit liiiiililr frloiallta poaar of Pr, !Vfi-fa vatotila l'ti-M-riiilion aiM-.liltf IN. lim tlir . .. 1 . 1 . . ' . , (antra an vtoinaniy inniMit lo tlitap 1 m si ,j m in ? 1 .Ma'1' 1 L OF COIIY IS PUBLIC TOTAL OUTITANDINQ WANIIANTI PLUt IN11RIIT II fWI.MO, TATIMINT IMOWI. Iwar coiotirU Hit iirgam lo proiirily Tifiirni llirlr haliiml fiiiiilL na, ror Ire la (li'la-aliiriiU, nvan'onirt lllr(U lanlirt, irinoirt pain and mlarry al CrMaill liuirt and tirliiKt liark lirallli and tlraiik'tli l iii rvoiia, Irnlahla bjhI iliaiilsl ttoinrii. Il It I tinlrrfiil irrrrlpllon( pra- 1ans inily Irnni daiino'i rU and iriU, with no ali-"ln'l ti falx-ly tlim Ulalt ao.l 110 iiaiisHn to rrk iht rwrvrt. It liamtlirt pain, l.railai I -, lartnlia, low aplriU, llaai.ra, vtorrv ami II 1 1011 1 ta Iht vtork on Ihruiwlvra. and on Ihta a.nu., o. pun ran ai.nd ,.. a. ,u,b l.x ,or ftnria road purmr than on a plan .h. n- fti ' contrai tnrt and i.nl.lilrra rarrjr olt lht M,y ,,ould any unman coiillnut It limni-y that aa a rule Ihry do Hot ram worry, lo b-al a nuarrablt riiatclice, tthal llirjr grl, aa la tUliiird ly aoinv la j hrn certain lii-lii la tl I ami 1 not right. I It hat iKrUir Ilrrvt'a Karoriu Pra- I ould nol hraiuu 10 ilgn up an f1:,!'u.'"' ,''M d"l '"r '""'"d l aKrm-nt ihi.i II- ...rk .1,.,,- .0' y' lol a arrrrl IH.-I 11 m nnr .1 n... I- ntu '", lu 'Kf"!"'"'! t l-ni'Usi , : --i...-.-.. rn raprxr. iri it una hr toniraii for Iht monay a-ut and (r,im ny madid na JeaJcr III prrrtnl a.lJVd I vtoulj agi- in par liquid or tablet form. me roal or Invrallgatlon If a rallnti'a I lia in' I liidi'hti'diiraa of Clai kaniaa louiiir U l.v,:.tii, Bntrdiiig lo Iht arnil alilnial rrpo'l. vthhh tt lliado liiilillr kliilidur. Th report aliool Iht loinlllloii of Him louiily for lltt parliMl amlliig January I. Tim tounir bat on hand, In Iht g"n aral and Ilia Mad fundi), .'i.!l IJ, lilla Ida total lUlilMlIrt l 1 1 ill.O 01 I ht tlulniii'til folio; l.lahllltlat To gi'iii'iitl fund arrant tl at 11 on lomily irvut ui.t. and oiiUltndlng and ' iinimld I li.010.lt l ouiiir road arrnlt, out- tumlliig and unpaid IH IIUti Kalllliali'il Inli-rcal accrued Ihereon I.IMIO 00 Ttry ilajr lu cillwr E 18811916 JThe growth of a solid, steady reputation cannot be pushed or hurried. The commercial trademarks which have become household expressions were not thrust upon the nation by a "whirlwind campaign" of advertising, but by the constant repetition year by year of claims which were made good to the letter. To win permanent, inseparable friends takes time and testing; it is so with a bank just as with any - other business. J0ur friends have made us what we are; we be lieve we have had a hand in making them, too. To retain the old by continued fidelity and devotion, and thus attract the new, is our constant aim. The Bank of Oregon City THE OLDEST BANK IN CLACKAMAS COUNTY VKRY ROAD LAW in thr state of Oregon ilwuld be swept off the statute books and a new, modern, practical, efficient and economical vstcm substiuted. Oregon will not have roads that compare with the oads of progressive state as long a we stick to a code so tangled, to inrfli- cicnt and wastrful as thr present onr. Thr Orrgon road l.ov, instead ol rin an aid to road construction, actually rrtard thr good work. The first thing the matter with Oregon road laws is thr wonderfully tangled condition they are in. Every since the first legislature met, road law ive been passed. They conflict, many of them ire out of date, and apply to pioneer Oregon stead of the Oregon of today Recently a Portland law yer attempted to find out just what the road laws of the state were and he gave up his job. He said it was impossible to collect and compile these stat- tes because of the conflict, repetition and the general over supply of law. Then, too, the Oregon road laws are nursing alung a system of road con. T I I man omier its provisions, we in wacKamas county nave spenr over a ipiai- r of a million of dollars a year for the last five years and today ninr-trritn of the roads of the county are in such shape as to lie almost impassable. We see the county court this month trying to pick out the 60 road super visors. All the petty community differences, prejudice, personalities arc dragged into the road affairs. All this is fostrrrd by the state road laws. A comparison of Oregon roads with California highways is certain to indict the statutes of this state. From Washington, where less money is spent, the roads under a somewhat different system, are better and there are more miles of permanent highways than in Oregon. Oregon needs a legislature that will wipe out of existence its antiquated road laws and pass in their stead an entirely new system that will encourage permanent highway work; a system that will, for instance, not prevent a levy or permanent road work when it is voted by the taxpayers, or will bar such other progressive highway legislation. Even the laws enacted by the 1915 legislature have added to the tangle. The courts are kept busy for months trying to figure out just what effect the new statutes will have on the old. Suits arc filed against counties by cities attempting to collect 100 per cent of the road fund, because of questions raised by the tangled road laws. Other towns declare that the county has no right to levy road taxes on property within their boundaries, because of other tan gles. As time goes on the problems increase and more hairsplitting decisions are required, and they will continue until the slate is wiped clean. rontrai'ting firm vtotild duii'leatt th- work rn Ibt larnn mentioned he lleva (hit la true aa a rula throughout Iht rounly. To nirraad In gelling hard lurfai a roada In Ihit county. lh flrtt narntlal thing It lo prove by hon tat flgiim that II lll pay lo do It. an J And tht ttay to rl tht money. Th't III never bt aeeoinptlahail aa long at apeakera and our aera glva on I raita report at to lha mount of money apent and bow ipenl In our county. You ran not Intuit peopla by making fa I to atatement about Ihetii and create harmony at the aiu time. Thla l a rune aherw e nuial get lo gather and b able lo prove br Hie prove, ami get (he K'nterprlae tried to Itibktt out I aa a rotiler. Hurelr. nian'a n ne of rlKhl and wrong I llnill to he the author of that artli-lo. Now Ilia aooiu r our pu It ta 1 1 1 tell lha truth and pull for bard aurfacv roada along honorable line, the quicker e l'l get together and find the way lo get ihein. I have In mind almpta and effective way. hli'h could be bad by the time we are ready, aa hard aurfnre road are ttlll and eiperlineiil. At Kllenaburg, Waah , they built two mile of hard mirfarn roada; bud to re pair It thrre timet in .10 mouth", and Toial IliiVllltlet 1170. t,H0 0.1 Iti Miurcea - lly fuiuU In hmnla of rounlr Ireamirer applli able to payment of general fund warrtnla I ?! I'niiiU In Imiiila of county treasurer applli able lo i4iiient of nullity road warrnul S 1.7X7 13 Total reaoiine Net Imlebledlieaa ....$ j:.,:i 41 , ...iio,i!.ei T0I11I gi uerat fund warrant United Total reKiilar road warrant liMied Total npevlal road warrant laaued .1 10.K0 77 I3S.k:V7J SI. 311 M merit of the rate the rlKht thing to! M'nl all told. tfit.OQO on the two nillr. do by the rourae o far taken "y while we are finding a way to get the M ANY ARE THE SMILES at the latest Democratic joke, and it's sprung right here in Oregon City. Decorating the broad chest of one of our leading Democrats, is a button bearing the picture of Woodrow Wilson, president of the United States, and the slogan, "Safety First." The reason for the slogan, according to the best information obtain able, is not evident unless it indicates that the only safe thing to do is to elect a Republican president and congress at the next national election. One thing is certain and that is there is nothing unusually safe about the Democratic scheme of things, which includes a low tariff, the seaman's bill, ioolish cur rency legislation", and such. Clackamas county voters are going to vote "safety first" next November and it's a ten to one bet that this county will qo solidly Republican from one end to the other. 1 JOHN STARK WONDERS MAPLE LAN'E, Jan. 11. (Editor of the Enterprise) I wonder: If Unk. Andy will now come across with that pension for indigent profes sors? Why the Democrats lowered the tar iff and are now raising it again? If the Democrats were right when they promised lower tariff? If they understood the tariff question? If they have eaten all the tariff on band and are now Just passing the plate for a second he'ping? If they think it would make sledding easier next November? Whi n the Panama canal will be open for traffic again? Why the Democrats did not keep their pre-election promises on canal tolls? When the Phllllplnos will get the Independence promised by tht present administration? When poli ticians will get the babit of keeping a promise? What has become of W. Jennings Bryan? I If Wl'son succeeded In knocking him into a three-cocked hut? If that was what ho got Bryan Into the cabinet for? If Bryan intends to put up tho Teddy stunt of four years ago to split the party? If the tragic ending of the tragedy near the county line was not a dls apointment to a hunch of lawyers? If some reformer will not make It unlawful for any one qullty of such crimes to commit suicide thereby de feating Just eats? Why some of our reformer legisla tors, lawyers or wbat-not don't pro pose a license for the committing of such crimes? Why not have a good old fashioned recall about the fair ground racket? If that would not be easier for some of our reformers out of a job than real work? I wonder much about the foregoing and then wonder some more. JOHN P. STARK. Commerrli)l club and the Orv'ji ("liy paper you have geen driving 11 apart Intteail of together. Aliout all the rltlea In Claikamaa county have ahown la the dlnpoaltlon 10 Iry lo get all the road money mlaed In their town limit returned to the (own by the court, which would leave the country district 10 build the bridge a well at build their roud. Now inch attempt do not apeak well for the men who back inch move. It ahowa they have Very lltt1 eiie of right and wrong. There art among the mot anient advocates of hard sur face romln. whi)o motive are aurli (hat their argument hould not be conaldered. I prefer to I hone who ei- pect to iperuliita on property, on ac count of aui h road. ThoHo who want lo find a wife, long time loun for their money, and to advocate bond etc. Thime who houtiht automobile and want a smooth road to ride on. uiid tho contracting firm that ex--t fat cuntrui't; all lbeo mentioned illicit bu willing to push hurd aurfnre road before the proncr tlmo to do so regardless of tho effect on the com mon ieoplo and their ability to stand the cost. Let me Illustrate how ome of you have beeu misrepresenting mutters iiliuut our road money: Tho article puli'lslicd in tile pn per and statement made by speaker would lead 111 lo be lieve that the GO road supervisor hud sK'nt enough money to buvo built hard surface roads of our main roads that wo have been spending 1 quarter of a million dollar a your, etc. Thn farts are, In 1007 wa spent 1101. OSS. 11 op roads and bridges In tho county and gradually Increased as the vuluatlon In creased, until tills year, 1911!, we w't'l raise about $210,000 county rond money. Now I will tuko this sum and distribute It Just about how It will go and has gone before It will take 0111 tenth, or $21,000, for bridge fund. This is rather a low estimate Ono-slxlh, In fact a little moro than $11,000, will go to the cities. This will still leave about $15,000 in a general fund with tho county court for other expenses, such as laying out new roads, etc. I am now figuring on a basis that the money will bo distributed according to tho new law 70 per ront going to the districts whero collected. This would leave $127,000 for the county rond ills trlcts, which is Just about 0110 half what Is cliilmod, and I took a high fig ure year for examplo. District 19 has averaged $-14.00 per mile of road for Boven vcars. Now when a man oltjccts to fulling in lino when such rotten methods are used for educating tho pcoplo In favor of their schemes, what la tho result? The papers pick up any thing a man might say and twist It in such a way to make a man look ridiculous and a crook. I want to give two examples: When I tried to roglster and failed at the time on account of not having my father's papers, what was said at the time was twisted and published to Irv to make mo out a fool. Still worn?, 0 few yoars ago, when I had been mixed up In a public matter that did not auit the Enterprise's taBte, they published a report that a man, prominent In this matter, had so'd his f'irm on time and foreclosed on the poor man; hinted at robbery wound up asking If this looked like a reformer. No names were men tinned, but the conditions and the writ er's previous statements, would Indi cate he meant R. Schuebcl. Now I want to give you the facts of what took place, and leave you to Judgo what kind of a man he must be to write such an article without knowing the facts, which are: I had sold my form on time; received iiuuu aown. 'ine man let his own time for future pay ments; failed to make good, even to pay taxes on time. I gave him all the time he wanted to sell then, although I had made a small payment on v p'ace In Washington. I dropped that and paid him for what wire fence he put on the farm; paid him for what fruit trees he planted and bought al' he had It his own figure That is something I would have no trouble to1 money let other experiment that ran afford It and we only eiperiment In mull way until we have aolved the problem of the money and we will rome out ahead In the end. We now have a law under which a banker ran. deposit roiinty bond with the government and get money at two per rent Why not push for a luw glv lug the county in equal chance on the tame ix-tirlty? With aucb law your bond limw would rarry by large rote In (lackamua county and hard surface mad asatiml without a aerluiii bur den on anyone. Cut out Insult, fnle report! get down to good teiino an fair treatment to your nelghbnri and wo will all fare better. I'ntll you change your method, you will fail, R. HCTirEIU'X. Total warrant lamed. JilO.WfJ .11 SUNDAY CLOSING LOW IS (Continued from page I) and football ground, art rondui tod 1111. der li-atei or other agreementa on lha uKumptlon that tin y ran transact bul ne on Monday. Many (miple would practically have to give up their bul ne, and rnough people are out of cm ployment at present, without uunec etanrily adding In their number. "I re'y on Die auranca of the de femlant that tho appeal from the fed eral lieiirh to tho iiiprema court of the t nlted State I taken lu good faith. A derision will probably not he ren dered by that court before November. I shall, therefore, ronlliiue the final dlHpoiiltlon of the demurrer to thli complaint until next November, until the 1 pletJJ vole aa to whethor tbey wish lo abjat'by this anhulc law pasted 72 year ago. BILVERTON BOY SENTENCED. SAI.KM. Ore., Jan. 11. Noah Wol fan I of Sllvertnn pleaded guilty to lit talking a girl about 1.1 years old and will sentenced today by Circuit Judge Kelly to serve from three to 20 yrura In the penitentiary. Ills plea for a pn ruin waa denied by the court. Wol fiird, who la nbout 20 years o'd, lied nfted committing the rrtmn and wit located uft or several months' search. ASTORIA CAN RUN BOATS. SAI.EM. Ore.. Jan. II. A, the Port of. Astoria can go aheii.i and ac quire and operate bout for the trans portation of passengers and freight on the authority grunted by the legisla ture of 1!H5 was tho decision of the su premo court today in tho raso brought by District Attorney Mulling or Clat sop county. E IS DECLARED OFF YOl'Na.STOW.V, O., Jan. li.-Krod Crouton, statu niitdlutor, uunounied to night that the atrlko of the lube work er at the plant of the YouiiKiitown Sheet t Tube company bad been del-lured off. The men ut a iiiasit meet ing tonight voted to accept (hn com pany's offer of an Incrcami in wages amounting to approximately 10 per cent, and wl'l return to work tomor row. The plant employs fr.OO men, not nil of whom, however, buvo been 011 a strike, although they wero compelled to quit work. Mediator Croxton Is en deavoring to settlo tho strike at tho plant of tho Republic Iron t Htvl company, and conferences of represen tatives of tho company and tho men will be resumed tomorrow. No. 85D8 REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF OREGON CITY At Oregon City, In the State of Oregon, at the cloae of bualnei on December 31st. 1915. RESOURCES I.nans and discounts $ 8:1,0X4. K8 Overdrafts, unsecured 47U.H6 V. H. Bonds deposited to secure circulation (par vii'uo) 12,000.00 Bonds other than U, H. bonds pledged to securo poKtiil savings deposits 40,000.00 Securities other than II. 8. bonds (not Including stocks) owned unpledged U:i,974.8!) Total bonds, securities, etc W:l,l74.S Subscription to stock of Fcdorol ftosorvo Bank 3,500.00 Less amount linpuld 1,700.00 l.VdO.OO Valuo of banking house 15,000.00 Net amount duo from Kodornl Rcsorve Bunk 7,81(l.:i0 Net amount duo from approvod reserve agents In Now York, Chicago, and St. I.ouls 2,189.13 Not amount duo from approved reserve agents In other reservo cltlos 14,243.03 1(1,4:12.10 Net amount duo from banks and bankors 7,412.80 Other checks on bunks in tho sumo city or town as reporting bunk 1,1111.25 Fractional currency, nlckols, nnd conts 818.52 Notes of other national bunks 3,2:ir!oo Eedornl Reservo notes 375.00 Coin anil certificates 16,879.15 I.egal-tendor notes 075.00 Redemption fund wllh U.-S. Treasurer and duo from U. 8. Treasurer 025.00 TtuI $272,124.81 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in ; 60,000.00 $ C0.000.00 Burp'tiB fund 8,931.98 Undivided profits 4,273.33 Ijvbh current expenses, Interest, and taxes paid.. 2,872!o8 1,40125 Circulating notes outstanding j 500 00 Individual deposits subject to chock lUllsKStf Certificates of deposit due in less than 30 days OOUMb Certified checks ' oy pQ Postal savings deposits 24 72950 Total demand deposits 192,097.71 ' Time Certificates of deposit ' 7,440.87 Other time deposits 153.00 Total of time deposits 153.00 Total $272 124 81 State of Oregon, County of Clackamas, is: ' I, P. J. Meyer, cashier of tho ahovo-nambed bank, do solemnly swear that the above statoment is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. F. J. MEYER, Cashier, CORRECT Attest: D. C. LATOURETTK, C. D. LATOURETTK, M. I. LATOUHETTE, , , Directors. Subscribed and sworn to before me thli 6th day of January. 1916 (SEAL) E. C. LATOURETTK, Notary Public. My commission expires July 17, 1919.