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I OREGON CITY COURIER, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1906 5- PRACTICAL POLITICS TfflS IS FOR YOUR BENEFIT Plan to Compile Brands Marks of Stock. and George ' W. Curtis Defined Mugwumpery As Such. .1 Ml I II I 1 - : " ' i re'a inn Se p a ra 4 o.p pUBWffWKn IHMk pB pnV cr o) cr cr J Li JL tmnnn3 li I I I il . GAME OF GIVE AND TAKE Union Party, Composed of Conservative Element of Reformers', Is What Is Needed Now. NORWAY, Or., Feb. 12. (Editor of The Courier) I have just had tiiu since nioviug to visit the postoffice and fiud in The Courier a reply of 0. S. Howard to some of my previous communications auent the Socialist problem. Perhaps I have not suf ficiently studied the Socialistic philos ophy (I was a Populist before the party was founded), but am a Hrm believer in practical politics and do not propose to follow a chimera with out results where results are obtain able. The Abolitiouists. the Know Nothings, the Free Soilers, the Amer ican pirty or any of the parties that favnreu abolition berorethe war could not suooeed under those names because the people as a whole or even as a half were not commit ed to one line of polioy or reform and could not be con verted in any fine or two or half a dozen campaigns. A fiiw level-headed men praotical politicians who v ere re formerssot together and founded the Republican party. I have this on the authority of U.-urge William Curtis, whom I interviewed at his country home in New Kugland some years be fore his death and who with Horace Qeeley, Henry J. Raymond and Thur low Weed were the four journalists who one the most ice in the formation of the G. O. P. Mr. Curtis in formed me that the Republican party was composud of the most conservative element of the old-line Whigs, Free Soil Dumocrats and Kuow-Notmngx, etc When the Republican party be came intolerant, Greeley became a Liberal Republican and twelve years lat;r Curtis renounced his allegiance and was classed as a mugwump. Mr. Curtis defined mugwumpery as prac tical politics, which at that ' time meant civil service rerorin, and prao tical politics is what we still want. Tim Ponulists. Democrats and Free Silver Republicans were united on the Brands. ourreucy question but could not get together on other issues, heuce they lost the game. The, writer proposed a nniou instead of fusion and a state meeting was the result but each fac tion h'xd its own axes to grind and fu sion was agreed upon instead of union, With the result that the People's party ultimately went to pieo 8, the Free Silver Republicans got back into the fold, and the Democrats, who hogged it all, were never able to regaiu their power nationally. Curtis and his allies were disinterested politicians who had no personal axes to griuu and conservative enough to give and take, hence they succeeded and we must give and take today or we will oome lout at the little end of the horu in, the game of pnlitios. It is all right to cry, "Socialism or nothing," "no half-way ground," etc., but it will nnt lHd to results. We had to have the Missouri aud ; other Compromises before the people were ready toabonsli Blaum-v mid we'll have to deal with the Deoole as we And them today. If it i facit as Mr. Howard asserts that the Suoialist must be a thinker, a aoieutist and a scholar, it is a fore crmm none lusiou that his party will nfirer rnle in a reoublio for the com mon people, who don't fly so high to the regions of ecouomio determanism will be stubborn and remain on the 1vhI with humanity. A Union party, nosed of the conservative element of all reform parties is needed today, the oniuion of Mr. Howard, the hoii nrahiH antirntarv of the Socialist party to the oonfrary notwithstanding, and na in nnion there is strength, reform ers can bv that means and that alone, gain what they are fighting for. 1 would not eliminate the needed re forms to whioh the Socialist party now stands committed, such as the initiative and referendum, government ownership, etc, bat we're not just ready to usher in the millenium by whacking un what we've earned with our neighbor who has howled calamity while we have been at work or adopt ing a svstem that does away with prolit. It is present oouditious that wa hftva to deal with and we should seek to reverse it and gain the great est go d for the greatest number, That: la all anv TlartV Can llODB to 80 nnmnlish and it will fall far short of that if it succeeds in the main object, CHARLES A. REESE We propose to compile in book form the name of every stock owner we can secure, together with his marks, brands and postoffice address. Before we can publish such a book, however, we must have the necessary inform ation, and we ask every farmer in Clackamas county to send us as soon as possible his (1) name, (2) postoffice address, (3) marks, (4) brands. Just as rapidly as this information reaches ns, we will make Unneces sary classifications. If roar mark or brand is the same as the man who lives not far away, we will notify you promptly and a slight alteration may be made, which will avoid prob able confusion because of a similarity. Such a work as we propose to pro duce would be of immense benefit to this county and its stockmen. While we cannot put a price on it at this time, we believe we can sell it for 85 or 80 cents, and still realize a small profit on our work. How many farmers have fed an other's cow or horse for days because he had no means of ascertaining the owner. Some of you have purchased stolen cattle, and hundreds have jour neyed miles in cold and rainy weather in search of stock. A stray animal comes to your place; you lack at his marks or brands, refer to your book and get the name and postoffice' address of the owner, then telephone or write hint at once and lie will oome after his property. You can readily see the 'benefit ot this work. You are under no obliga tions to buy. First of all we need the information. Fill out the following form and mail 'to us, and ask your lioighuors to do the same. i Name Address Marks One-Tenth of Standing Timber of United States Said to Be There. School Report. fnllowinii is the BChool of REESE IN COOS COUNTY. the report Highland school for the mouth ending February s. JNumDer ui iiuywa en rolled, 81; days taught, 20. Total days' attendance, 54i; average daily attendance, 28. Those who were pres ent every day are: Harold Vohs, Herbert VoUs, Eddie Vohs, Sadie Fellows, Eva Schram, Roy Schram, Edna Vohs, ' Stella Helm, Dwight Fairfowl. isitors present. Mrs. Ada Stevens, Misses Mary Adams, Uertio Shockley, and D. Miller, director. Visitors always welcome. KUer-tti w.wu"i Teacher. Desideratum. If we could read this life aright, The shadows chased by gleams ot liglit, That come and go; The darkened days, the mouths, the years, So given o'er to doubts and.tears, We need not snow. We wish for grace, we wish for joy, For earthly love without alloy, Which cannot bef Ah I we should read, and read aright We walk by faith and not by sight, Thus faith and love agree. OLIVE E. M'COBD, NORWAY, Coos County, Oregon, Feb. 12. (Editor of The Courier) As several of my friends in Mt. Pleas ant wanted nie to write a description of Coos county and my trip down here to The Courier, I will submit a hasc- ly-written account, for I am ' bach ug it" on the farm, my wife having been called as soon as we arrived to the bedside of Grandma Russell, who suffered a stroke of paralysis at her home near Myrtle Point last week, and is reported to be dying. Ihe people of Oregon City aud Mt Pleas ant will lemetuber good old Grandma Russell, who never had an enemy, and who was a consistent member or trie Congregational church at Oregon City. She was a visitor at the home of her daughter, Mrs. O. A. Reese, during the summer or iuud, ana saia men tnai it was her last trip over the mountain. She had made fourteen trips in all since the family removed to Coos county. We left Oregon City a week ago Monday afternoon by boat and finding out at the wharves that we could not leave for a week took rooms at the Rhineolatz hotel and bided our time. It was a profitable week in more ways than one, as tne children Had tne op portunity to visit the city hall and the zoo, than which there is none better west of the Mississippi, and tne writer paid his way by woik at a printing office and a warehouse. Saturday night the Alliance pulled oat but en countered a fog and only made HO miles. In crossing the Astoria bar Sunday evening, nearly all the piss augers experienced seasickness. Aside from these luoonvenienoes, it was a delightful trip, but everybody longed for that projected railroad. Captain Kelly is the most careful of .skippers and proposos to be slow Dut sure. Half of the passengers got off at Northbend. Marshfield was reached Mondav evening about 5 o'clook. We found the little traffio of one coach, one baeeaee car and several freights crowded and business lively all along the line to Norway. Tnere were sev eral flag stations along the route, principally lumbar and coal camps. It is said that the Coos Bay country has one-tenth of the standing timber of the United States. It is not in evi dence near the railroads, as it nasbeeu mt, off. and onlv sucoud growth is in sieht. but back further we are told that it is great. From Schroeder sta tion to Myrtle Point, which we have since visited, the farm laud is similar to that around Oregon City forty acre patches and oldtimers hav been here about as long, altnougn tne riae of emigration didn't .set in until a later period. Mr. Schoeder, who met me at ti-e depot and informed as Of the condition of Grandma Kusseu, is a '59-or and came via the Isthmus to Empire City the oldest settlement of the county. Farm land here is held at a lower figure than in the Willamette valley, 40 per acre being the average for improved tracts. Homesteads are plentiful in the backwoods. Will write at greater length after I get settled if The Courier desires it. CHARLES A. REESE. Good looks bring happiness. Friends care more for as when we meet them with a clean, smiling face, bright eyes sparkling with health, which comes by taking Hollister's Rocky KMain Tea. So cents. Huntley Bros. Co. HUSTLE! YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN The Oregon. Gty Couttzt will give to the petson receiving the nighest mmibef of Votes tip to Saturday, April 7, 1906, at 5 P. M., a Daisy No. 3 Reid Separator, Capacity 350 potinds per hotir, Worth $85. HOW TO GET VOTES One vote will be given for each Scents paid on Subscription until 5 P. M., Saturday April 7, 906 This is Election year and of course you want to keep in touch with conditions. 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