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OREGON CITY COURIER, FRIDAY, AUGUST 14 1903 OREGON CITY COURIER Published Every Friday by OREGON CITY COURIER PUBLISHING CO J. H. Wsstover, Editor and Builuesa Mauager E.Lee Wetover, Local Editor. tutored in Or(on City Poatofttoo as 2nd-clas natter SUBSCRIPTION BATES. Paid in advance, peryea IJj moa ht "5 Clubbing Jla'es Oregon CI il.ounerand Weekly Oregon:an -S2.M Wetfon tity Courier aud weea, umrier- Journiil - 'V2 Oregon City Courier and Woekly Examiner., i.ou Oregun Oily Courier and the Cosmopolitan... 2.2o Oregon City Courier and the Commoner 2.00 flF'The date opposite your address on the (rper donoteslhe timetowhichyouhavepaid. l.thUnoticeiB marked yonr subsoi iption is due. OREGON CITY. AUGUST 14, 1903 PROTECTION THAT DOESN'T PROTECT American millers call attention to one phase of our tariff laws that work a direct injury to American farmers. Ow ing to certain conditions the duty on wheat not only affords our farmers no protection, but actually does them barm. Canada lacks faciliti'S for storing her cropB, and.consequently when her wheat is harvested it is thrown on the market, whether there is a demand for it or not. This results ia depressing the price and American shippers suffer for it. Now were our duty on wheat removed Cana dian wheat would be sent here for stor age, and bo our warehouse industry would profit. It would be held to meet demand, aud hence our wheat sellers would not be "crowded" in the English markets at the wrong time and suffer loss. In othet words, the price would be kept up inste-d of being depressed, and our wheat sellers would profit. More over, much of tht Canadian wheat that would thus be sent to our elevators would not merely be held till the proper time, but would be ground into flour by our mills, and bo our milling industry would profit. A BIRD AND A BUG. The chinch bug is the greatest enemy of wheat, and the quail is the greatest enbinj of the chinch bug. Couple these two ideas, the quail and the bug, and only one conclusion can follow; the quail must be multiplied In order that bugs may diminish. With this end in view farmers in many localities are or ganizing clabs for the protection of all kind of birds, especially quail, which are invaluable as Insect destroy era. The chinch but pest is especially destructive in southern Illinois. 80 great indeed have become its depre' dations in that section that farmers there are seriously contemplating the abandon merit of wheat growing for a while at the oniy way of getting rid of It. In a con certed effort to Btarve out this pest, therefore, there may be no wheat sown in this territory next fall. They have become so numerous that they not only destroy a goodly share of the wheat crop but when it is harvested they attack the corn with very cerious results Meantime the wise thing to do is to pro1 tect and encourage birds of all kinds. Several flocks of quails on every farm will go far towards solving the chinch Dug problem, iu tact, there ia no salvation against insect pests except by the aid of our bird, friends. They should be valued as more precious than gold THE CITY BOY AND THE COUNTRY BOY. Many years ago an Knglidh writer ob' tained celebrity by a poem entitled 'The City and Country Mouse." Like all fables it taught a lesson fr the guid ance of men. The country mouse in vited its city cousin for a visit, and en tertained him on arrival with the best he liad.in the house. He took him through the fine barn where he lived, showed him all the treasures of the grain bins, the many cczy hid;ng places and all the delights of the farm from a mouse's standpoint. There were plenty of things good for m;ce to est, delicious water to drink as pumped from the nearby well, aoft beds to sleep in made of the new-mown hay and stray fsath era from downy breasts. Altogstber, the little 0 ty mouse had a mighty good time while visiting his rural friend. Of course, common ' hospitality requ'red him to return the the favor, aud he in vited his country cousin to visit him in the urea city, promising to show niin all ti e g its iriieseqne' was not a happy one. Tim country Mouse found on in spection that the boasted joys of city life were largely delusion. Food was scarce, and it was with ditticulty that they obtained a 'ew crumbs of cheese. 7 hty were chafed by rat-terriurs from one dingy abode to another, found treacherous traps lying in wait for them at mi point, aim altogether leu out a precarious existeuce. Finally, in dis-gu-it, the country mouse said to his ro dent brother: "I depart, preferring comfort in the country to luxury iu the ciiv." There is much in this fitble to parallel the experiences of city and and country b iy. W hen the littler invite the form er to the country they not only have a gOkl time, but all the pleasures are w holesome, wading in the creeks, bath ing in the "old swiuimin' hole," gallop ing over the ueitihboihood on hoise bick, d iyirg tlecowsfiom p?stu e, feeding the poultry these things barm no boy, but give him health as well as pleasure. The farm boy 19 familiar from birth with the music of nature. He hears the chirp of the cricket, the whis tle of the quail, the tapping of the rood pecker and the crowing of the chanti cleer. He ib soothed by the cowbells as the "lowing herds wind slowly o'er the lea, ' and enjoys the frog concerts that give a tender melancholy to the waning day. On the highway "the bee tle wheels his droning flight," and in the grassy meadows '.drowsy tinkliags lull the distant fold." Amid such scenes as these the country boy acquires Btout round muscles, red corpuscles accumu late in his blood, and bis eye grows bright with the vivifying streams of health. From such boys are recruited the brawi.y men who make the world go round: The strong men of action, the great captains of . industry all come from the farms. MoBt of the illustrious statesmen, the great poets and oratorp, acquired their first instruction amid the rural scenes of their childhood. When the picture is reversed and the country boy goes for return visit to see his folks in the city there is a marked contrast in the surroundings. There are pleasures', of course, plenty of them, but they are not fill harmless or healthful. There .are all sorts of traps and pitfalls leading to dissipation. The slot machine tempts, the poolroom invites to feverish waste of time, there are ensnaring dens of all kinds and the saloons, with their wick ed glitter and lascivious surroundings, point the way that leads down to hell. It will be well if before tasting of these dangerous joys the country boy says like the mouse in the fable, "I will re turn home and be content with the peaceful pleasures of nature, which ex hilarate but do not intoxicate," where mother earth constantly holds forth in exhaustless abundance those innocent delights which are things of beauty and a joy forever." PLENTY OF WORK TO DO When the reaper and the threshing machine aucceeded the scythe and the flail, when the self-binder and the pneu matic stacker came in to do the work of many men, there was much ahaking of wise heads and gloomy forebodings of what was to become of the laborer with the bread takeu out of his mouth by these tireless machines. They actually used to get up a mob to burn labor-saving machinery from mistaken notions of this .kind. But experience has shown that work begets work, and the labor er's bread is more plentiful than ever as tbe result o the thousand 'and one in ventions of devices to save labor. livery advance in machinery baa eventually brought to the workers a greater share of the world's wealth in return for a given amount of toil. " It should be Quoted that despite the countless farm machinery scattered over the country a demand has been going up from the farms of every wheat-growing state in the Union for men to help gath er the crops. Never was farm labor more in demand than during this sea son, and few sections were able togit all the men they wanted. Men are also wanted in many other lines of work, for railroad extensions, for building trolley lines, for erecting telephone aud tele graph systems throughout the country. Truth ia that in many lines of work the demand for men exceeds the supply. While the statistics show that there are more farm laborers in Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Kansas and other states than at any time during our history, yet tha offer of wages almost double those of thirty years ago failed to get the needed supply of harvest hands. So it still re- mains true and never more ao than now, that there is plenty of work for willinB GOVERNMENT BY INJUNCTION. Justice Brewer, of the United States supreme court, has recently befo-e the Iowa Bar Association uttered sentiments on the subject of "government by in junction" that will rather tend to in crease thsn allay popular fear of that particular instrument of the courts. The learned jurist calls this a "full and vlgorojs power" and says it was never more uecesBary and useful for the best purpose of the nation than now. It 11 His belief to abolish it would be step backward to ard barbarism." These are quaint phrases to fall from the ips of a supreme court judge aud appear like ttie haunting of a red Hug In the face of the people who have in such remark ablrt numbers protested against the mis uses aud abuses of linjtmctlons by the courts. Hie Keueral understanding of the right of a judge in equity to issue and in unction is that he may use such "full and vigorous power" to prevent actions that are about to be done to the injury jf persons, property to their rights, be fore the interposition of the processes or statute law can' be applied. In such cases a temporary injunction might be properly issued, but only for the actual time necessary to apply for and procure the legal writs proper to the case. To make such an injunction returnable at an unreasonably remote date from its issuauce, or to make it permanent in casta where re uedies at law are the pro. per remedies, Is to usurp power aud es tablish tyranny. Om complex civilization has, as l.e says, produced new situations that often come ahead of statute laws for their governance. In such emergencies the use of the injunction may be temporari ly necessary. But in a democracy like ours, with annual sessions ot congress and in most cases annual sessions of legislatures, permanent and perpetual injunctions constitute dangerous pre cedents and bench-made laws that hard ly any king of Europe would dare to set up for fear of his crown and head. Tbe main objection to government by injunction is that it is now the recogniz ed new and arbitrary process employed for the protection of those who asBail human rights and defy statute laws. Great corporations secure the appoint ment to the bench of many United States courts of their former hired attorneys. They do this through politicians whom the corporations hava put in congress and their senators confirm these men in their offices. Thereafter the interests of the corporations are the case of the courts and the writ of injunction the sovereign instrument by which natural and legal rights of the common people are negatived and aboiished. HARVESTING BY MOONLIGHT. A strange and unusual spectacle was wifneseed on Sunday, July 5, over a wide area of the great Wett. The enormous wheat crop of Kansas, exceed ing 100,000,000 bushels, had become dead ripe, and not an hour could be lost if it was to be saved. So it was found necessary to work not only all day on the Fourth of July, but on Sunday also and at night. Church services were abandoned in many ruial districts, and the congregations betook themselves to the fields. Labor being scarce, the women joined the men, and in many a field the farmers' wives and daughters might be seen working by the Bide of fatheis and brothers. Sunday night double shifts were put on, and the work continued without cessation nutil the early hours of the following morn ing It was a beautiful and inspiring spec tacle. As the harvest moon rose in the east, its soft rays shone down on such a scene as no other country than America can produce. ' Fully 25,000 men and women had abandoned their accustomed places of worship, and the solemn tones of the organs were substituted by the lively rattle of the great agricultural machinery. Harvesting machines, by the thousands made music in as many wheat fields of this busy and prosperous commonwealth, The faimer's lovely daughter abandoned her accustomed trysting place on tbe porch for a seat be hind the binder or among the men in the rear. The youthful swains did their courting between rests instead of as usual on Sunday evenings under the beeches by tbe spring. It was a scene for a painter and a theme for the poet. Nor was any religious principal violated by this devotion of the Sabbath to labor, It was a work of necessity, and as such strictly authorized by Scripture . Christ tught that the Sabbath was made for man, not man for tbe Sabbath and none can be better employed on the usual day of rest than in' saving the grain that could not brook delay. Come to think of it, must any man would be willing to work all Ight by moonlight with a prftty girl on either side, amid the gold en wheat waving under the influence of the gentle summer breeze. CANNOT KEEP IT DOWN. They say that the money question is settled, and yet the president is confer- finaDcial , tion ,nd the m88. nBte8 are , t0 e the pub. ,nt0 8ubmiMion to tneir demand8. Speaker Cannon was called to Oyster Bay and urged to assist in carrying out the schemes of Wall Street, but he could not be enthused. He was willing to al low congress to pass such a bill, but he would not promise to help. His as sistance, however, will hardly be need ed, for tbe financier will bring the necessary influence to bear on republi can member and Speaker Cannon would find it quite difficult to prevent the pas sage of any bill that Rothschild and Morgan agreed upon. It might be well, though for the republicans to pause long enough to consider what Mr. Cannon says about the increase in the currency. He boasts that the volume of money has increased $12(5,000,000 in the last year aud he doeB not favor tinkering with the currency. The quantitative theory of m ney has been vindicated and still the republicans refuse to make permanent provision for an adeq late suppiy of real money. The fight that is coming up in congress over tbe currency measure will give the democrats a chance to call public at tention to the manner in which the uiouied element controls tbe republican party. Keen Companion. There will be keen competition between the different counties in this state, mak ing county exhibits at the suite fair this full. There will be no less than eight counties competing for the different prizes, which will make the greatest alio of agricultural and horticultural products ever seen in this state. Most of these exhibits illbe taken to fct. Louis in HUM to advertise Oregon s re- s itirces, and we predict the t Orgon will h ive the nuest display the has ever made at any exposition. THOUSANDS OF FAIR WOMEN HERALD PRAISES FOR PERUNA: Catarrhal Dyspepsia and Nervous Prostration Makes Invalids of More Women Than All Other Diseases Combined. Systemic catarrh causes nervousness, j poor appetite, tired feelings. Peruna cures catarrh wherever located. lETTERS FROM WOMEN. MIs Anna Preoott' letter. Miss Anna Prescott, in a letter from S16 South Seventh street, Minneapolis, Minn., writes: "i was completely used up last fait, my appetite had failed and I felt weak and tired all the time. My drug gist advised me to try Peruna and the relief 1 experienced after taking one bottle was truly wonderful. " I continued Its use tor five weeks, und am slad to say that my complete restoration to health was a happy surprise to myself as well as to my Blends." Anna frescott. Largest Clothiers in Panama We get at the value A by what other stores are asking . for equal grade. You can make the comparison just as we did. When you compare keep these two . pointers in mind Don't get a two-piece Panama hatthey are "cheap," and look it A split straw isn't a Panama. The Panama straw is rounded whole straw. It's just good luck to pay so little as $10 for such good values in Panama Hats All our Sennit split braids, Milans, etc., at half Price Boys $5 Norfolks, Sailors and two-piece (gj Suits this week only ----- Pe-ru-na a True Friend to Women, Miss Florence Allan, a beautiful Chi cago girl, writes the following from 75 Walton Place: "As a tonio for a worn out system, Peruna stands at the head in my esti mation. Its effects are truly wonderful in rejuvenating the entire eystem, I keep it on hand all the time, and never have that tired feeling,' as a few doses always makes me feel like a different woman." Florence Allan. Peruna will be found to effect an im mediate and lasting cure in all cases of systemio catarrh. It acts quickly and beneficially on the diseased mucous mem branes, bnd with healthy mucous mem branes the catarrh can. no longer exist. rf&ULAR ONE PRICE HATTERS a CWTH&r the Northwest $10 Value $20 Peruna Makes You Feel like a New Person. Miss Marie Coats, a popular young wo man of Appleton, Wis., and President ot the Appleton Young Ladies'Club, writes : "When that languid, tired feeling comes over yon, and your food no longer tastes good, and small annoyances irri tate you, Peruna will make you feel like another person inside of a week. "I have now used it for three seasons, and find it very valuable and efficaci ous." Miss Marie Coats. If you do not derive prompt and satis factory results from the use of Peruna write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case, and he will be pleased to give you his valuable ad vice gratis. . , Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, 0. Portland, Oregon Hats