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OliKf.ON' (MTV KNTKHIMtlH!'. FRIDAY, FKIUtlfAUV 4, IfU... OREGON CITY Publlshse I. I. BRODlE, Ciller a" Publisher. Entered at Oragoe) City. Oregon. Subcnillee) Rat: o year ;...LM iiu Months ' Trial tfubecrlptloB, Two llooihi 8uberrlbr III Sod Ik 41 of expiration lnip4 on their pPr fol lowing their aiiM. If Ust payment It not e red l led. kindly notify ua. and th matter will recl?e our auaation, Advertising Itai TIIK SAN FRANCISCO AR(iONAl'T Jtavv pMuic all unprc juJucJ Orruniani know t. bt ovcrJrawrt when it u: "I'nfor funatcly for tlif cautc of prohibition, tlie imperilling trv-out 01 thf rctrirlive rule cmr at a tin of ptiictal Jrptrvsi.Mt in tlie stair of Orrcun and Wadiinctun. IV timber interest and with the ri or fall of the t'mlvrr irarLct the fortune of Orce?n or Washington en up or down i i a low fbb. due to oNiditiont both domestic and foreii. llien the Urer citic of both nates under the impctut of a long pcrioj of rluh times were ver built. Prohibition will vacate many huiMinc and mIcmoomw and umtribute a new elnnrnt to the embarrassment of fixed property. 1 he 'tr ! lie will tee to it that at least it full hare in the pre.iilint: hard-time stress shall be duly accredited M the prohibition account. I'nlrs there Jiall toon one a definite enhancement of the common pnwperity. there mut develop vidwpread theory that prohibition and hard time Ki together, Thu it ill be een that the experiment of prohibition come at a time when the card, eiwar in I itnled acaitfet it. Already there may be dicovered the premonitory rumbling of a movement to s nHnlil'v the new law at to exempt orderly liquor store a distinct from low alnont Irom tneir tr ie rcr provision. Kxvrt jmlpr of local tentiment believe that the final out owe of the movement will be elimination, not of the liquor traffic in what ...... h, mIUI Ire-iiiiiuire rdiisrv but of it crovser forms leaving ultimate restriction only upon the low saloon now universally aiinowlalged. The firt mistake in the Argonaut remark i that there i a Jrprcvsion in the lumber business It is true that the industry, on which the northwest ern states do depend o much, i not crowded for order, but the market i improving Meadily. Mill in all part of Oregon and Washington are start ing, concern here in the Willamette valley are enlarging their plant and during the last month a number of large block of timber have been old. With half a chance the timber busine i going to show it old-time prosperity. The other principal mistake of the Argonaut i the assertion that pro hibition empties store buildings throws men out of employment and create general industrial havoc. Such, it is true, rs one of the favored argument of the vvtts in campaign times It is a bugaboo which they wave before the eyes of the business man, trying to scare him into voting against prohibition. But some way it doe not work out. There are few empty store in Tortland. caused by the moving of saloons In fact, in most case, other tines of business were ready to move in a soon as the saloon left on the first of the year. In Oregon City we have gone through the experience, although two years before the state at large, and w e have seen grocery- stores, dry goods store and other lines of business take the room left by the saloons The evils of prohibition from a business standpoint are overdrawn. But ren if they were not. even if the worse picture pointed by the wets were true, would it not be better to have a few empty building, an idle brewery or iwo than ten thousand desolate home and cheerless firesides THE NATION just at the present time is witnessing a press agent cam paign for preparedness carried on at a gigantic scale. At the head of the movement is the president of the United States, aided by army and navy officers Republicans and Democrats are uniting to support the movement, and every paper, great or small, has done its share to advertise the alleged flaws in our national defense. Pictures of invasion, carefully drawn by the ablest writers, are flashed before us We are told that half the country could be captured before this country could organize an army, and that our biggest eastern cities would fall as soon as the fleet of a hostile nation hovi in sight The keynote of this preparedness talk is that a large army and navy will insure peace. Better spend a hundred million now than a billion to repell actual invasion a few years hence, is the cry It was only two years ago that the entire world considered extreme pr; parcdness as insurance against war. The European conflict, which had so long been predicted, was declared to be an impossibility, because Great Brit ian, Germany and France were tod well prepared. But the war came, just the same, and the armies and navies that were to insure peace are now busily engaged in wTecking the progress of the last two centuries. Just how the American public can take some of this preparedness talk without smiling is a puzzle. One dignified official declared in an interview the other day that we should have an army second to none, and that only Eng land of all nations should have a larger fleet. He did not explain why Eng land was excepted, however. This man would have the United States enter a race such as engaged between Germany and Britain before the war, a con test in which heavy tax burdens, conscription and that much-denounced mili Mricm arp rhe nrinnnal features. The trouble with much of the preparedness talk is that it comes from high officers of the army and navy, who are naturally radical exponent of an extreme military policy. They, probably, would like to see the German mili tary system transplanted on American soil, judging from their statesments in the press. That the United States should adopt some sane and reasonable prepared ness program cannot be denied. But any legislation which would tend to put the United States in the class of the war-crazy nations should be shunned as war itself. THE BIENNIAL APPEARANCE of the politician who attracts wick attention by his attack on corporations and successful men in business, no matter how honest, is due. Within a few weeks we shall see him in every town in the state, and speaking at every crossroads hamlet. His ap- ASK YOURSELF THIS QUESTION Can you coruUtently say that you will come day be independent? Are you providing now for the time when you will be unable to earn? Isn't this a matter that should be given some thought? Step in now while you are thinking about it and begin your Savings account This is the best assurance of future independence. The Bank of THC OLDEST BANK IN ENTERPRISE Every Friday. Poatofflc as second! matfr. os application. who tocially-dcmoralizirg influence i Oregon City CLACKAMAS COUNTY .ivaiame during a few werkt pmrding of Mint in t!e winter or the automobile Mumt in tummer. The mm who have the miripii. the (oirtighi to euMih a iuwpany whether it it to run a lailioaJ, operate a neameiy ur build a InnMing. auto mataally nuke thrtiisrlve ait iljvt of attaik IriMit the pulitulsn. Wlnlr without ctirpoutiom. whkh lead in piaitkally all development wmk, the m tlhunt would ttilt be inluhited by nothing but Indian and a frw vnlriv many office serin alwatt begin their campaign by lamhavling he men who have formed these organization. The ttagedy of the propotitittfi it that the man who can veil the lotuleit about the corporation! and the tuccrWul men uually grt elected and the quiet man, who r rally deserve the pt and can fill it to the Mtitftu of all, i defeated. The American public, at leat the Oregon, hat not yet clearly learned to the nie he nukev The louder the the guiding principle. Following out thi truth, the people of thit ttate have rlttrd the het ptandttander of Oregon to the legislature, and true to one of their pledget, they have been plaving havoc with pawd creating commiiont and department to regulate corpoi.iiioiu and m duttry. Now we ae told that Oregon the favored election promise t candidate to the legislature that tlu w4. aSdidi "ueles commissions" The all of one commiviion abolished. And it goes Our politician nd promise, are elected to the ttate lawmaking body. L'tually we find that the!r promise are to mtah wind. And i their Mitburttt ag.n the cor poration and the tucceful busine man. Mere wind, and a pr grade of wind at that. May the time come when we will elect a man becau he has I roven himself capable by pat performance, not by the amount of dint he san raise. MOLLIK FANCHFR. i whoe t-8 year SO have been spent in an invalid' bed. i truer to the spirit of the poet' line, "I thank what- ever godt there be for my himself. Her 68th birthday fall on February 3. So far from moaning at the approach of the date, or cursing it. even a patient Job did in hit misery, she sent out 600 invitation to friend and acquaintances to ctxne to her home in Brooklyn and celebrate it with her at a red letter day in her liie, according to ttorie which appeared in exvtern newspapers One of the letter wa ent to the president of the United States and hi sympathetic reply will I saved a a precious souvenir of the comjng occasion. To a reporter who interv iewed her on the approaching event she referred to it a the "golden jubilee" of the accident which, at 18 years of age, made iier a hopeless cripple and invalid. A golden jubilee celebration of that tort is something new under the sun, but Mollie Fancher i elaborating the idea to the extent of making the 68-candlcd birthday cake a gulden color. "My friend will fill the place, I haven't a doubt," the said. There i no need of a doubt. Such a courageous, undaunted spirit as that of Mollie Fancher must provoke the affection a well as admiration of all who know her. Such indomitable optimism would be wonderful anywhere in the world, but in Brooklyn think of that 1. The story of Mollie Fancher will be an inspiration to many other af flicted, to find the brighter side of thing, recalling, as it does, the fable of the two water buckets one of which, in passing the other at the middle of the route, complained, "Every time I go up full I come down empty." The other said, "Every time I go down empty I come up full." There it always a point of view. o . AN ASSOCIATED PRESS dispatch of recent date tells of the. big plan of the International Harvester company, to sell stock on the monthly payment plan to any of its 350,000 employes who may wish to take advantage of the offer. The plan U a most liberal one in that the payments made draw interest at the rate of 5 per cent, pending the issue of stock on the certificates, provision is made for suspension of payments ta case of illness or unavoidable layoffs, the stock is to be sold to the employes at less than the mar. ket price, the certificates are redeemable any time in cash, and hence the em ploye who starts on the plan is simply being urged to save his money, exactly as he would do with a savings deposit or a life insurance policy. The plan is another move by a big corporation to bring it closer to the people. The Pennsylvania road, we believe, originated this plan. It has been followed by the American Telegraph & Telephone company, by the Northern States Power company and by a number of public service and other corporations And now comes the news that the. United States Steel corporation has announced an increase in the wages of its employes of fO per cent, meaning .-bout $10,000,000 a year increase in pay. Pendleton, Oregon, Tribune. County Clerk Max Gehlhar, of Marion county, this week issued a state nient showing that the county to the south of Clackamas spent $261,000 for loads in 1915. This sum includes the money turned over to the incorporated towns and cities of the county, the district and special funds as well as the gen eral county road fund. Marion county has an assessed valuation of $42,500.- 000, compared with an assessed valuation of $30,000,000 of Clackamas county. Despite the fact that Clackamas has $12,500,000 less taxable prop erty than Marion county, we raised about $300,000 for road work in 1915. Clackamas county wants good roads, and certainly needs them. The only trouble is that the county has not yet adopted the right method. PORTLAND 15 IN GRIP OF WORSE STORM IN YEARS; TRAFFIC HELD WIRES DOWN PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 2. With the worst storm lu the memory of railroad men raging through the Columbia rlv-l er gorge, train service wan absolutely annulled today by the O.-W. R. & N., and the North Hank, for lack of wire communication oad lost track of all its trains. General Superintendent M. J. Buck-; ley, of the O.-W. R. & N., who went out ', last night on an engine to investigate i the degree of the storm, telegraphed in from some unknown place up the line this morning stating that It was impossible to fight the snow except with a rotary plow ahead of every train. Inasmuch as pafety requires that trains keep at least the distance be tween telegraph stations apart, It was found that the snow would be drifting In ahead of the rear trains, making progress with the limited number of rotaries Impossible. Mr. Buckley ordered all operations to stop until the storm Is over. Indi cations were, when he wrote the tele gram, that the wind was Increasing in fury, and no immediate break was tn sight Snow was lying 4 feet deep onTTie level at Bonneville, with drifts almost mountain high. Both ends of tunnel No. 1, near Corbett, were completely snowed In, and great drifts were en countered between Falrvlew and Trout dale. Trains are tied tip at Hood River and The Dalles, where the passengers an election it at irttain at the nuning; few hundred thousand in the ttate ol divtinguish clearly between a man and roie, the bigger the man. teem to 1 Oregon indutry. At fint. U were hat too many commiioii, and it i 1915 legislature went into hitory w ith friend, radiating tmilrs. handshake unconquerable oul,M than the poet vva DAMAGE HEAVY are being cared for at the railroad's expense. Slml'ar conditions prevailed between Umatilla and Pendleton. Yesterday's fast mull train arrived at 4 o'clock yes terday afternoon, but other trains have been almoKt hopelessly stalled. Train No. 11 from Spokane reached The Dulles last nlcht. but there it stayed, unable to got Into Portland Train No. 12, In the opposite direction was annulled. 8treot railway officials announced this afternoon that unless weather con dltlons change for the better Immedi ately, cur service must be discontinued Telephone wires are falling In all parts of the city, dropping upon trolley wires and burning them out faster than linemen can renew them. The Morrison street bridge became stuck at noon and service on all lines operating over It came to an abrupt standstill. The street car company sent word to the department stores and other large employers that It would be well to dismiss their employes early that they may reach their homes. A warning was also Issued for the public to beware of live wires from which there is grave danger as tele phone wires have fallen over trolley wires In many sections. The street railway company has about 4500 men out fighting the snow and sleet. Several blocks of trolley wire fell on Williams avenue between Killings worth and Alberta. 1916 WILL BE YEAR OREGON CITY, A )r of unrqiiiitlrit pintprrlir anl iltfiv'ninminl fur t'l'kin count r In (viiial and HK" CUy tn particular It i'hrrlly li dli Ird, ho fum aai I lug hawil on the IIH at pru)Hi an iimimr.l ur a-luslly under r. Tb ti1al of linironirnt work In thla rounty thla year tulala ll ovrr a Bill linn linllara, riluinn all minor i Jit la. A luminary of tha projii-u an nnunrril for lh yrar ur under ar a l llto ralluialotl owl llirrmf follows: llaalcy Itilp k l'aT com pany, tww mill 7t0.0o (lovernment link romlnn tlon lixiono County road work ::.'.,U"0 Hniilhf rn 1'ai'lflo, Bear ralla on main line Cu.ooo Tolal ll.Ul.0iK) Thia are only tha Ma Items. Itval aatalo men and builder hcra ara ri porting a year of unrivaled activity aa a rraull of Ihvaa big projm ta. The ron FORUM OF THE PEOPLE Bob ftchuab! en Road Law. Kl.lK)lt AIKI, Or., Yb. I. (Editor of lh Knterprl) In a recent lu of your paper you rail attention lo lh fact that our road laws are badly nilved and hard lo understand. Thla Is true of all aur laws, and atiui lluieg I think It wa Intended lo b so. by the law-maker. It make bualne for lh lawyer, you know. I want lo rail attention to one In stance. Ihe method preaeiibed by our road law for laying out road. To local a nw road w ar railed upon lo hav at leaat 1! algnatures on a petition; pot aotlre In four plarea then prevent lha petition to lha county court together with affidavit of posting notices and bond for toil of survey. .etc Tha court then turns It over to tha surveyor, who together wltb lb road r lea era proceed to view and survey Ihe proposed road. This means that soma times aevral hundred dollars ar spent, hardly ever lea than $10. The next step is for th court lo rfer the paper to Ihe district attorney for advice aa to legality of the papers, etc. Thla means w have gone to all thla trouble and expense, Ihe attorney may find Just one little technical Haw In the wording or proceeding and the whol busine thrown out and then w go over the same road again. I know one rase where thla waa carried on for five years. Sometimes auch proceeding lead lo neighborhood rows that some time bring on III feelings between neighbors for life and sometimes even leads to murder being committed. Common senne would say reverse the proceeding and add a simple rem edy, towlt: The atate supreme court to write out a form that la proper, leave blanks for datea and description; the prosecuting attorney to Inspect paper before expense of survey. In stead of after, and we have eliminated the principal grounds for trouble. Apparently every change made in the law Increases the chances for trouble and usually Increases the ex pense. To Illustrate: Some years ago the court, according to law would ap point special views for each proposod road; they were usually appointed within reasonable distance from the road to be viewed. They were paid. If I remember right two dollar per day and mlleago at 10 cents per mil They said they would Improve the program, so they gave ua permanent roud viewers at a salary of four dol lars per day and mileage at 10 cenla per mile. Very often the viewers live twice as fur as would have been tho raso under the old law and so Increased the mile age cost as well aa the salary, On top of this the law prescribes the surveyor must confine his routo so as to touch all points mentioned In tho petition, so It is simply as caso of a surveyor finding the best grado or routo between points called for, ond wo have no more use for the vlowers thun a dog has for two tails, except whero damages are claimed. In such cases a dumago board should bo appointed to vlow only such purts of roud where dumago 1b clulmod which they could always do In one day I could go on und point out Just such humbug all along tho the lino. I think I will try to bo a candidate on the legislative ticket and should I bo elected wou'd spend my time and I'fforts to romedy such dnfecta men tioned instead of trying to add many more new laws. I rather think we have too much law now to permit Jus tice to prevail. I was fortunate In being present at the Commercial club and heard Judge Cleoton, Fire Marshal Stevens and an other man whose namo I have forgot ten, and the speeches made by those men Indicate that we are moving In tho right direction. But if I had used those identical words beforo the Com mercial club 10 years ago tho crowd would have called me crazy, and now 1 doubt if there was one slnglo person present but what accepted every word as good gospel. In answer to W. E. Cauftold, will sny the Oregon law will allow the same proceedure In road work as he speaks of In Skagit county, Washington. Mult nomah county Is doing so. I lived in Washington three years In Licwls coun ty. They had no engineers. Done Just the same as we do, except state work. Spent $30,000 on one mile of road adjoining Chchalls, then had 24 miles principally mud; some gravel; some plank, and quite a lot of corduroy on the same road a main road to Mossy Rock, a well settled territory along ihe road. Also, Mr. Editor, you have got that Pomona grange resolution wrong. I was the author of the resolution and lead the fight In Its support, and if we follow along the line advocated we will get hard-surface roads In due time without being imposed on as much as some other people have been; and It will be men like W. E. CauDcld who will naturally advocate a p'an that will furnish work for road engineers. It Is up to us to look out for the plan that will give us best results for the money. As to engineering expense, will say OF UNEQUALED PROSPERITY FOR JUDGING FROM PRESENT INDICATIONS trui tlun of Ilia llaalof mill, llwr d" ilara, will atlinuliiU building 11 llr and lulng mora inmiry Into Oregon Clly than any uiher una thing iomM A w of building sra bring turn clua n to liiaka rimiii for lb llaali'f plant. The pmipl I tint orvupliM llinM Iruilurr muni ani'k nw loratlmis Tha (rvgon I'll )r laundry, (ur llialam, has born forrml to a-k a fi-a liH-a lion and will build a modi'in Ivrn atnry laundry building, of lirti k ronlru'llnii, a step thai probably would Hot liav riuiHi lor many mouths. If not )raia, II II had tiul Us n for Ilia vipaiinloii vf (h milt. Thrr hundrml and fifty men will be glan rmpluyniint a hen III omit ruc tion begins al full blaal and Via men III m gliin Heady work when II I roiupleled. Kven now ltu-r ai fern vacant houM. and hn ronatrudlon of tha mill begin rvery mm of the a111 be id cuplt'd. Moro home muni be built to hiiiiM) ih acorva of n turn. 1 took tha alat engineer's report (or my figure. Ctimpaie them If yon pleaae. with Mr. Y eon's report for last year In Multnomah county, Hlatn en gineer apent 11 per relit for offic e and engineering. Multnomah county leo than 1 per rent. If lh slat of Well ington ha spent a larger per rent lhn th lat of Oregon on engineering. Ihen (lod pity Ihe laipgvere of Wash ington. Our Stat Highway vommlaslon, or engineer, I diverting from Ihl county about $11,000 a year, which I paid by Ihe Clarkama rounty taxpayers b) pending II somewhere out of lh coun ty. I.t us get buny and stop Ihli aome way. It. HCIII KUKU WILSON BACK TO 0.-0. ATHLCTI IAYS HC INTINOS TO STUDY ON RKTURN. After being away from tho achool Inc th cloning of th spring ma iler laat year. Kent WlUon, lh son of Sheriff and Mr. W. J. Wltaon. will leave next Friday fur the I'nlveralty of Oregon. He will begin second year work. Wllaon made lha university track learn a year ago, although only a freak man then and showed up remarkably well In several ments. "Are you going o turn out for Ihe track learn!" he was asked. "No, I'm going back lo study," was the reply. However. WlUon did finally admit that he might lake up thn work again The Chines at Maker, the Herald says, will hold no celebration on the Chinese New Year's day, on account of their continued adherence lo Ihe cauao of a Chinese republic. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. The following real estate transfers were filed In tho office of County Re corder Dcdman: Mary l.uobben to Bernard l.iicbhen, 40 acres of section 21, township 4 south, rango 1 east; $10. tlornard Iuebben to Mary I.uubben, 40 acres of section 21. township 4 south, range 7 east; $10. George A. Hurding and Charles II Caiifleld, executors of estate of N. O. Walden, lo Antoinette Htolt, part of lot 7 of block 28, Oregon City; $710. The following real estate transfers wero filed by County Recorder Ded man Friday: Warren C. Kondnll and Laura Ken dall to l.odelln N. Wallace, 2 acres of section 4. township 4 south, range 1 cast; $10, J. E. and Kettle Cameron to Cam eron Taylor Lumber company, land In section .10, township 1 south, range 5 cast: $10. Wllllu'm J. Wilson lo Matthoy PolaJ liar, lot 7 of block 97, Oregon City; $842.00. II. L. U Clark to Huwloy Julp & Pa per company, part of block 28, Oregon City; $10. Tho following rnul estuto transfers were filed Sutiirdiiy by County Record er Hodman: Tho Northern Counter Investment Trust Limited to I. O. Davidson, 12 acres of Ixom Crtinflold I). L. C; $1. Pearl M. Hoyt, (loorgo M. Dhuvor, Mary A. Wittenberg and Delninr Sha ver,, trustees of tho estato of Suruh Shaver, to J. P. Jensoii, lot 9, of block 10, Slitivor subdivision of "Tho Sha ver Place;" $125. Murlotto U. Van Meter to Tho Ore gon Iron & Steel company, lund In Clackumus county; $.100. Occidental Property company to Mary E. Robinson, land in D. L. C. of Annoii oCuo, township 3 south, range 1 west; $1. Charles T. and Emma I. AiiBtln, 16.7 acres of section 7 and 18, township C south, range 2 east; $1. The following real estato transfers were filed Monday by County Rocordnr Dcdman: S. C. Alexander and M. V. Alexander to C. W. and Lizzie Jcnkln, lot & of block 87, First subdivision of a portion of Ouk Grove; $10. T. A. and Huttlo Snook to J. X. Aus tin, land In section 5, township 4 south, range 3 cast; $10. T. A. and Huttlo Snook to Sophia Schuobel, 20 acres of section 28, town ship 1 south, range 3 east; $10. Thomas R. A. Sollwood nnd Joseph A. Sollwood to Anothnny Llndo, lot 2 of tract 60, First subdivision of Oak Grove; $1. C. W. and Lizzie Jlnklns to S. C. Alexander and M. V. Alexander, 40 acres of Matthew Richardson D. L. C, No. 67, township 3 south, range 3 east; $1600. The following real estate transfers were filed Tuesday by County Record er Dedmnn: James P. Sbaw and Emllie C. Shaw to John Vlnney, 7 acres of Falls View addition to Oregon City; $1. Charles W. Illgham and Jennie Big ham to Fred M. Vlglos, land In Clack amas county; $10A. Ill Ihal III i oino. The county court ha levied an rluhl mill general road ly, l'Mi lll ralo IMJ.nuo With lb c Ul dla Irbl b'l Clai kamaa rounty a III ral by rtad laie alNiiit lluO.OOO, whli h I aa much If not mora than lh him rained by any other count r In lha lai. I'art of Ihla money alll go lo lha loan and cllle of lh county, but al Irani ?:VHK) will b mmiI under lh auM'rvlalon of lha county court and lh road suprrvlaor. Tha Hotilhrm Pacirie will repVa II preaeiil 71 pound rail through tha north WUiimctt valley with rail of lb 0 ixiund variety. Th nwl of Ihla aork ha hen roughly aallmatcd at I'lo ooO for Claekama rounty alon. Th government Is preparing lu rnh aork al lh h k aa oon a lb river heglna lo go down. Mac hinery and iiiille ha leen gathered and lh (cine of men will b greatly Inrrvnted within lb neit few month BROWNELL f UYS LEGISLATURE AT ESTACADA RALLY (CeUnua4 from 1) tinned the nvceaally of lh appoint mrnt of a deputy In lh office of th district attorney. In cloning, Mr. Ilmwnell said Ihal If h waa elected a member of lh legislature ha would work for lh reduction of appropria tions and lh abolishment of many of the boards and commlaalons now on th atalut hooka. K. D. Olds, a candidal for lh legla Islur on lh Republican tic ket. talked briefly and favored a two-mill tax for Ihe const ruction of permanent roam trunk highways, tha money to be ap portioned In relation to th mileag In lh several counties of lb stale. II promised. If elected, to us bis rf funs lo secure th elimination of su perfluous offices. John r. Albright, a candidal lor sheriff, made a ahort speech. K. W. lUrtlett, on of th Kstacada product committeemen prtwlded. SILVER THAW IS IN OREGON CITY; TRAFFIC BLOCKED (Continued from rage, I ) er company, which waa able lo main Iain aerrle all day Tueaday although nol on schedule all the time, wa al moat forced to give give up laat night. Ths 3:30 o'clock car arrived here at 4:30 and left at 1. The next train cam In from Portland at (:30. waa stalled on Main street between Sixth and Fifth for half an hour because of lack of power, and left on Ita return trip for Poftland about 30. Can later In th night ran van with lea regard for achedule. TAXPAYI IS El TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS COL LECTED ON FIRST DAY TAX BOOKS ARE OPENED. Tax col'ectlng began at the court home Tuosday, and $2000 was taken In. Sheriff W. J. Wilson and Tax Col lector Georgo Harrington are In charge of the tax collecting. The first person to pay taxes this year was John Morris, owner of Ore gon City property. Tho greater part of tha $2000 consisted of small Items. Miss Jess Paddock was put to work as a clerk In tho office. Tuesduy. For all purposes, tho county prop erty owners this year will ralso $819, 318.99, which Is an Incrcaso over tho total of the 1915 taxes. ICE COATEO BIRDS CHINA PHEASANTS 80 HEAVILY LADEN THEY CAN HARDLY FLY HUNTERS OUT. Six China pheasunls so heavily coat cd with Ice that they could not fly and would bo easy victims of a cat, dog or hunter wero found on a road noar Ore gon City during tho .recent Btorm by Frank Whltumnn, mull carrier on routo No. 2. Mr. Whiteman said that throo of tha birds had Icicles hanging from tholr feathers and estimates tho length of the Ico, which actually drnggod on tho ground as they powed down tho road, at five Inches. Mr. Whltoman saw birds roosting on tho backs of hogs on the ranch of N. It. Smith. Reports have been received bore that hunters aro out In many sections of tho rounty, taking advantage of the conditions of the gumo birds. For the Family Medicine Chest Craaa B.t. Wli, Mr.. Win. F. BuMi tmyn "I 1wjrl UN l olar'a licnar and Tu-for our ckildra a it qulckljr brctluuplhaircoUIiwii a bad after i(lu, ami ihr like lo Ulia it." In thla season of couulm, rul.li an I croup, evory tnmlly medicine client should be auppllnl Willi a Knoil cuuitli mi-illrlnn that can La rulied upon rv hen uuedtd. fiurh a fnmlly couph syrup InTolny's Honey and Tur Compound. TI1I3 standard medicine hna liocn on tha market for ycara and In many soc. lions waa found In every home H Die day when dni-tnra were not ai bandy and when money waa acarcer. Foley'a Honey and Tar Compound la an excellent medicine for coughs, colda, raw or Inflamed throat, hoarso neaa, tightness and sornneaa of ,he cheat, croup and whooping; coUBh t Is an absolutely aafe remedy, euntmn Ing only healing Innredlonl. and free (rum any harmful tlruga.