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Newspaper Page Text4- OREGON CITY COURIER FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1907. OREGON CITY COURIER Published Every Friday by Oregon City Courier Publishing Co, Entered in Oregon City Postofflce as Second-Class Mail. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. , PhIu In advance, per year......$l B( Six months 7' U GIVE HARRIMAN A , REST. The Portland press Is very persis tent in its demands on Edward H. Harrlman .and these papers seem wholly unable to understand why this constant hammering dooBu't cause the building of railroads in Oregon. Possibly we lose sight of the fact that moneyed interests build railroads as Investments and -not for the pur Dose of accommodating the public, Thousands of men- have acquired wealth in the East and have Invested it in Oregon. This seems to be entire ly in keeping with the Portland pap ers' Ideas of financial ethics, but for capitalists to Invest their Oregon earn ings elsewhere is, according to the argument of these publications, fun damentally wrong. These unceasing attacks on a certain group of finan ciers may be pleasing to the readers of the metropolitan papers they probably arebut they are neverthe less unreasonably unjust, and the out growth of a shortsighted policy. Capital will seek investment where it can find an ample return and also security from attacks of vicious leg islation. This latter is the first req uisite and if these publications voice the sentiment of the people of Ore gon we will have to return to saner ideas before much more money will be spent in Oregon railroad building. Railroad properties, more than any other form-of wealth, are at the mercy of the people. A little fanatical legis lation may easily destroy the finan cial structures that have taken a life time in their building. : , Railroad construction now under way will, for the most part be com pleted,1 but new enterprises will not be planned or undertaken until the attitude, of the people on this question is fairly well determined. The metro politan dallies may win momentary applause by taking a demagogical part, but they will serve the State best in the end by rising to tbe digni ty of reason and common justice. A worthy work might even be sug gested for this metropolitan press. Oregon is truly in great need of rail road development and possibly con stant newspaper importuning might incite Portland's mossback million aires to action along this line. It may not have occurred to some of us that Oregon has plenty of money to build her own railroads money Bap ped from her own rich resources and now stored away In the city of Port land. Let us ask that some of this money be used In railroad develop ment andnot weary ourselves with importuning and belaboring New York capitalists who claim the right of ex ercising tholr own judgment as to the best place for investing tholr earn ings. ' jack pines; then howl about the 'poor farmers' when they find little or no fruit on the limbs and that of so poor a, quality that. It brings only bottom figures. ' . i "Most of the cattle I saw were com posed mostly of horns, legs and tail, They were not bred. Like Topsy, they 'just growed.' - They don t give milk enough to, bother with. Still they eat the feed that under normal conditions would make the Clackamas farmers rich in ten years. , "For Instance, one of the five dairy cows I mentioned seeing was a regis tered Jersey, ten years old, that Mr. Harry West, of Scappoose, had just sold for $1500. The man who bought her paid $175 express charges and $150 personal expenses for a keeper from Pennsylvania and back, in addi tion to the $1500, making a total cost of $1825 for the cow. But she was worth It.. In fact, in butter and milk production over a long term of years she alone was worth to any farmer more than a whole herd of those wild eyed, long-horned 'critters' I saw up there on every hand. . 'With milk so scarce and so high in Portland, with Canby shipping no milk whatever and only 15 cans of butter creap a day, with New Era worse off with only five cans, and other points shipping nothing, the farmers of that section have no one but themselves to blame for being poor. They have as fine fruit land for apples, peaches and prunes on their ridges as can be found anywhere In their valleys, a high and steady market here in Portland, easy to get to, but thoy are mostly too shiftless to do anything but unit along witn poor cattle, poor trees, poor manage ment, poor everything hence they are poor. ' They have no one to blame but themselves. In contrast there is the fruit farm of J. W. Byers, near Clackamas. He has 100 acres In fine shape, he keeps a set of books, reads, studies his soils, uses commonsense, and has no kick coming about hard times and the poor farmer.1 He has eight acres of apples, peaches and prunes, and told me that he got more returns from these eight acres of trees with less effort and expense than from all the rest of the farm combined. What Clackamas County needs is brains and energy. Nature has given it every thing else. With intelligent labor In stead of a lazy drifting along, Clacka mas County can be made a garden. AH It needs Is brains and work." HAVE WE NO BRAINS? J. H. Reld, of Mllwaukle, fruit commissioner for the first district and formerly fruljt Inspector for Clacka mas and Multnomah Counties, has ev idently wandered down Into some of the First street markets and partak en of some decayed fruit condemnod by Sarah Evans, for he exhibited a stormy case of Htomach achn in The Oregonian of Inst Sunday. In a 259 mile drive through Clackamas he Baw only one orchard and five dairy cows and the rest of the time he was blind or drove at night In the cool ness of the moon and stars. Or, per haps, the boiling sun turned his head and affected his mind. Mr. Reld lives In Clackamas County and has a farm at Mllwauklo. Ho is rather closer to Mulnomah than to Clackamas. For years he has beon conspicuous at farmers' institutes and has done much along the line of ed ucating farmers to use sprays and improve tholr orchards In other ways. His efforts along these linos are cer tainly commendable, and have boon productive of some benefit, ns The Courier can testify. ' " The fruit commissioner has had advantages that many other men, In fact the average farmer, lias not had, and ho will gain nothing by his caustic criticism of tho agricultural class of ClnelinmuB County. Ills ref erence to tho poverty of the farmers of the New Era and Canby sections Is renlly amusing, for if there Is a class of well-to-do farmers anywhere, It Is right in that section. It is true that dairying is not carried on there to any extent, but this Is only because the country Is better adapted to oilier linos, nnd fortunes have been made at New Era In potato growing. Mr. Reld is quoted In Tho Oregonian as fol lows: "Tho farmers of Clackamas County i are losing the chanco of their lives," said Fruit Inspector James H. Hold, last night. "I have Just returned from a 259-mile drive through that section, and all the time I was gone saw but one real orchard and only live dairy cows, The rest reminded me of the backwoods of Kontucky , and Tennes see where the people run to coon dogs and moonshine stills rather than ralso hogs and nutko butter. "The peoplo up there do not know how to farm, In fact, I doubt If many of them ever Baw a real well run farm, dulry or orchard. They plant trees of any old quality and variety, then go hunting or picking wild ber ries and let the trees grow up like THE OREGON CITY LOCKS. One of the most Interesting and im portant matters for Oregon that will be brought before the present con gress, says the Oregon Journal which convenes next December 18 months after its representatives from Ore gon were elected will be the pro ject for freeing the Willamette river at Oregon City. The subject will be presented In an entirely new aspct, in R hich the conditional appropriation by the state of $300,000, providing con gress will appropriate the necessary balance, is expected to be an Influen- i tlal factor. Without this aproprla. I tlon on the part of the state, it Is Improbable that congress would con sider the subject, and it is not at all certain that this action on Oregon's part will Induce congress to depart from its policy of not improving riv ers under Bimllar conditions. Yet since Oregon has shown its willing ness to assume so large a share of the expense, it is not Improbable that congress may be induced to Hake the desired action. Representative Hawley may of course be depended on to do every thing In his power to win congress over to this action; in fact, this, next possibly to the Southern Pacific land grant forfeiture question, will he his principal task; and be believe he will prove to be a strong man for this work. Of course he will be ably sec onded by Senators Fulton and Bourne, but he and they should have all the asssitance that can possibly be rend- i ered them by the commercial organi zations and Influential citizens of Portland. Though so near together, tho Oregon City locks are in one con gressional district and Portland in another, but Portland, as well as all the Willamette Valley above the locks, has a deep and vital Interest In this matter. Let everybody who enn help got ready to pull for free locks at Oregon City. RAILROAD LABOR 8CARCE. Mount Hood Line Expected to Run Cars to Government Camp by Xmas. - E. Melnlg, of Sandy, reports that the Mount Hood Railway Company has several camps located between Falrvlew and the mouth of Bull Run, where it is constructing a power plant. These camps, said Mr. Melnlng, are" for the grading contractors, who are evidently awaiting orders to start the work of grading along the route. Archie Mason, of the Mason Construc tion Company, has established his headquarters at Fairview, preparatory to starting active operations at sev eral points. The company has been strengthening the bridge across the Sandy River preparttory to sending over some heavy machinery, Includ ing a steam shovel. Mr. Meining said he was informed that the road would be so far advanc ed by the first of the year that cars can run . to Government Camp by Christmas, but he questions whether this can be done In that time, owing tothe scarcity of laborers. The agents of the company are quoted as saying that they could give employ ment to 500 or 600 men, but are un able to find them, although they are offering good wages. However, as soon as harvest is over they hope to get all, the men they may need. Mr. Meinig calls attention to the fact that the Mount Hood Railroad will pass through the Shenna Creek mining district, where flevelopment work has gone forward for the past ten years with encouraging results. "This road will enable us to ship out ore from these mines," he said, which will be a good thing for Portland. The route will be within two miles of the Northern Light Mine, which has never sent out any ore ow ing to the long distance by wagon. With a spur we can send out the ore. There is a big lot of ore in this dis trict and I look for it to be developed and worked on completion of the Mount Hood Railroad to Portland. The travel over this road will be im mense. It will be one of the best paying lines out of Portland." ilJiik ' - I P. -I Mrs C Krmeik.JL. SAVINGS BANK FAILS. Clackamas County People Had Money in it. The failure of the Oregon Trust & Savings Bank caused . consternation among several people of this city who had deposits in the institution. son of J. Levitt, clothier, had $100 In the savings department. An Auro ra man had $1500 in the bank and his two brothers had $1000 each. The suspension recalls, an incident of last year, shortly after the commencement of the term of County Treasurer J. C. Paddock, when he was approached by representative of the bank and of fered 4 per cent, interest on any of the county's money that he might de posit there for a stipulated time. This looked like a good chance for the county treasurer to pull down a good rttJi!ir0". but ne fought shy. Falls Into Basin. William McDonald received a show er bath early Sunday morning in the basin at Willamette Falls. Ho was returning to his home in Canomah, in company with Osar Miner and two young ladies, and while attempting to waiK along the hand rail on the Ca neniah walk, fell in the water. He was promptly hauled out by his com. puniuns. The members of the party were returning home, having spent the evening at the house of a friend. The screams of the feminine mem bers aroused the immediate nelehbor- hood and some of them rushed tu tho I scene, in haste. Wants All To Know- Rodlnj, Qa,, Ssptambar 1 8, 1 909. MESSRS. B. O. DB WIT? A 00.. Chloaio, III Otntleonn: Youn of ths 6th to hind, in reply will say, most assuredly uu my lettar In any n&jr you tea lit for tht bsniflt ol ths (uttering. I will answer all correipond nce ai to my own eats. I recommend KODOL to all I hear grumbling about then stomaohi, and hart bought many their first bottle. All that la required Is a trial ol KODOL It talks for Itself. Yours ttry truly, 0. N, OORNILL. liodol for Dyspepsia digests what you sat, takes the train Off of the heart, and contrib utss nourishment, strength and health to every organ of the body. For Indigestion, Dyspepsia, 8our Stomach, Inflammation of the mu cous membranes lining the Stomach and Digestive Tract, Nervous Dys pepsia and Catarrh of the Stomach. CONFORMS TO NATIONAL PURE FOOD AND DRUG LAW Digests What You Eat THE RIGHT MEDICINE FOR PELVIC TROUBLES FOUND IN PE-RU-NA. KJTRS. CAROLINE KRAMER. Tort I A Collins, Col., writes : "The majority of women who are suf fering from disordered periods and other pelvlo troubles, have such strong faith in doctors that they allow them to experiment on them for kidney, liver or stomach troubles until they become completely discouraged and their money is gone. "This was my unfortunate expe rlence for nearly two yean when my attention was called to Peruna. "I hardly dared believe that at last I had found the right medicine, but as I kept on using it and was finally cored, I could only thank God and take cour age. "I have had most satisfying results hom the use of your medicine and have advised dozens of women who were suf fering with woman's ills to use Peruna and let the doctors alone. "Those who followed my advice are better today and many are fully restored to health." Mrs. Wllda Mooers, R. F. D., No. 1, Lents, Ore., writes : ' "For the past four years I was a wretched woman, suffering with severe backaches and other pains, leaving me so weak and weary that it was only with difficulty that I was able to attend to my household duties. " used different remedies, but found no relie f until I had tried Peruna. "Within two weeks there was achango for the better and in less than throe mouths I was a well and happy wom:i- "AU the praise is due to P-;rui : " CHAUTAUQUA FOR BOISE. Coast Associations May Be Increased by Idaho Assembly. Boise, Idaho, is to have a Chautau qua Assembly, and Fred W. Wltham, general secretary of the Young Men's Christian Association, is working dil igently towards the organization of an association. elri a letter to Secre tary H. B. Cross, of the Willamette Valley Assembly, Mr. Witham says the promoters are meeting with much encouragement and the new interur ban line, the Caldwell & Boise Com oany, is much interested in having the Chautauqua located along its line and will probably donate a tract of land. The Y. M. C. A. has appointed a committee to arrange preliminary details. The organization of a Chau tauqua Assembly at Boise will aid the other four Chautauquas of the Pacific Coast, at Gladstone Park and Bhland, Or., and Long Beach and Pacific Grove, Cal., as these associa tions are already working in harmony and secure the same leading talent, resulting In a saving of considerable expense. STANDARD MACIHNE COMPANY LOGGING TOOLS AND BOX FACTORY SUPPLIES STANDARD BLOCKS OF ALL KINDS AND SIZES "SPLASH!" SHE SAID. For Sale.by C A. Harding Scientific Investigation Results In a Bath at Canemah. The efficacy of a foot bath of raw eggs has long been a mooted question among scientists. Imbued with the spirit of scientific investigation, one of Oregon City's popular young ladies who lives at Canemah, attempted to lettle this question the other night. It all happened with the mishap of a young man who took a vory early morning bath in the basin while re turning from a party. The screams of the young lady whom he accom panied woke up the population of Ca nemah, among them the girl with the scientific tendencies.' Hastily don ning an apron and not much else she hurried to die Bcene where the screams were making the night hideous. A male member of Canemah's pop ulation who also had hurried to ren der assistance, started with some eggs In his hand. These dropped on .the sidewalk, and, according to the peculiar nature of eggs, had broken. The young lady making a noise like a rescuer promptly splashed through these nnd said things not taught in young Indies' seminaries. "Why, I had to take a bath," said the young lady In telling about it. Bull Block or Tomy Moore 14x0 $45 and $35 Head and Side Block 12 Inch Head.. $13.00 9 Inch Sidp 9.50 Cheap Trip 7.50 Yarding Block 12 inch .$24.00 10 inch... 22.00 9 inch 20.00 7 inch 15.00 6inch.... 13.00 Lead Block 12 inch :$ 16.00 10 inch 15.00 9 inch 13.00 Head Trip Block for road engine 16 inch $22.00 4 Undercut... ' $3-50 Special Blocks Built to Otdct Main Line or Belt Hooks 2 inch X inch.. Yarding and Trip Hooks W Inch $J-S inch - . ' I'A inch " Choker Hooks Flat For 1 Inch lines with link - .50 For ( inch lines with link 2uu Grab Hooks l'Ax2A.. $10.00 U24 9.50 1x2 8.00 M"x2 7.00 o- I'M Sledges, Per lb 40c Wedges Per lb 30c Warranted goods, nothing else Falling Wedge, per lb .... .'. 30c Bucking Wedge Per lb. .. 30c oj Logging Dogs 12 12 1x2...,. x2 M2 ,$1.5o xl. $2.5o 3.25 2.oo 1.75 l.oo 10 Per Cent Off On All These Prices HATCHERIES TO OPERATE. United States Fish Stations For Fall Work. Ready Operations of the United States Bureau of Fisheries in Oregon and Washington are about to be resumed i actively under the direction of Super intendent Henry O'Malley who left ; yesterday for the upper Columbia on ; an inspection trip of the hatcheries : on Little White Salmon, Big White Salmon, Tanner Creek and Eagle Creek. Racks have been placed in all of these streams preparatory for the Fall run and a rack has just been Installed in the Clackamas River at the head of the Cranfield drift, about one-half mile below the hatchery. Good bottom is found here and it is not believed that the possibility of ; high water will be as great farther down the stream. The rack was for merly placed at the bridge of the Ore gon Water Power Railway Company, two miles below the station. The hatchery crew expects to commence taking eggs by the middle of Septem-, ber. ! Mr. O'Malley -is arranging to dis tribute 150,000 black spotted trout i that he received from Delta, Col., and most of these trout fry will be planted In Clackamas County in many streams by local sportsmen. Four thousand i lake trout will soon be liberated in , Vancouver Lake, being the last or a shipment of 50,000 that came from Northvllle, Mich. 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