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OREGON CITY COURIER FRIDAY, JULY 31; 1908
IDMODSE
National Civic Federation Report
Is Disappointing.
After Two Years of Labor the Com
mitt oe Brings Forth a Report Which
Proves Little Investigators Allow
Their Prejudices to Blind Them to
the Faots Labor Unions Are Warned
of Danger.
For two years a committee of the
National Civic federation has been
making a study of municipal owner
ship In the United States and Eng
land, the Investigators having been
selected Impartially from the advo
cates and opponents of municipal own
ership. The report embodying the
findings of this committee will be pub
lished this mouth In two parts, one
of which will be devoted to the opln
Ions of the Investigators, the other to
the statistical Information upon which
those opinions are supposed to be based.
- Half Truths.
We use the word "supposed" ad
visedly, for from the advauce sections
that have been given to the papers It
appears that some at least of the mu
nicipal ownership members of the com
mittee have not considered it neces
sary to make their opinions square
with the facts. For Instance, Mr.
Bemls holds up the Wheeling (W. Va.)
gas plant as an example of successful
municipal ownership because Its net
rate Is 75 cents, while $1 Is charged
by the companies In Norfolk, Va., and
Atlanta, Ga. According to the news
paper reports, Mr. Bemls does not In
form the public that the averago price
of coal In Norfolk and Atlanta is at
least 00 per cent higher than In Wheel
ing and thnt the latter city uses natu
ral gas as fuel In Its retorts, nor does
be call attention to the important fact
that the average candlepower In the
two cities named Is 25 per cent higher
than In Wheeling. ,
Charity Begins at Home.
Where Mr. Bemls does use figures
he uses them shrewdly. As superin
tendent of the Cleveland waterworks
he of course knows that In that city
the averago death rate from typhoid
In the thirty-two years preceding 1905
was B2 per 100,000. So he uses
for comparison with cities that have
private waterworks only tlio years
1905-00, when tho typhoid death rato
in Cleveland averaged only 17.0 per
100,000. Two years Is of course far
too short n period upon which to base
such a comparison, since the rates
vary widely In different years, tho rate
In Syracuse In 1900, for example, be
ing only about half what It was In
lOOu, while Cleveland dropped from
114 in 1003 to 15 in 1905.
Hope Versus Experience.
Professor Parsons, another of the M.
O. members of tho committee, seems
to prefer the future to the past as a
basis for determining results. lie ex
presses ills conviction that municipal
ownership would develop a higher
class of municipal administrators, but
when ho Is faced with such conditions
as existed In Philadelphia tinder the
notorious gas ring he promptly side
steps the Issue by declaring that Phila
delphia did not have public owner
ship, but only ownership by political
grafters. Tho humor of this Is ap
parent wheu ono considers that ono of
the principal objections to municipal
ownership Is thut it tends to result In
"ownership by political grafters."
Politics Versus Efficiency.
On this point tho opinions of FVo
fossor Commons are worth quoting.
Although he also has a predilection
for municipal ownership, he evidently
assumed that it was hla duty to give
a verdict In accordance with tho facts.
His sincerity must bo recognized oven
by thoso who do not accept nil of his
conclusions. Ilo and Mr. Sullivan, edi
tor of the Clothing Trades Bulletin,
consider tho labor aspects of the sub
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ject. j'ri!"T'!r i f'-ri'ons aiimirs tnat
some municipal plants are "politically
honeycombi'ii" ;i:iJ i:iMs:
"The appointment, promotion and dis
missal of einp!')' "- and the wuges to
be paid offer peculiar opportunities for
political mid pii'io.ml lnlliieuce Incon
sistent with etlicionc.v."
Professor C;iniiitms li.nl.i Unit It Is
not unusual fur public service i-sni-panlcs
to appoint ' piii:!ii",.'i. nt the
behest of political bos.se :. but he i:tes
that in such (-n.-e-i Ilio ..;i'o."en aas
to make good In order to luU I. '-.a po
sition, while In the case of city pleats
the politician's Inllueuce Is expected to
keep the man in the position even If
bo Is inconipe'ent or nejll'j'ent.
Municipal Eir.p!cyee3 Pull Togsthir.
In Great Britain Professor Commous
finds thut municipalization has pro
duced "a spurious form of trades union
Ism," which was repudiated by a prac
tically unanimous vole of the trades
nnlon congress in 1900 on the ground
that the Municipal Employees' associa
tion is a class rather than a trade or
ganization. Speaking of the advocacy
by some councilors of the disfran
chisement of municipal employees be
cause of their tendency to support can
didates who will concede their de
mands, Professor Commons says that
this Is not the true remedy, though
"It goes without proof that such a
remedy is needed, for municipal em
ployees sooner or later cast (heir votes
for candidates who promise or have se
cured a betterment of their condition
regardless of Its effect on the enter
prise as a whole."
A Menace to Unionism.
Professor Commons considers that
trades unions will check this tendency,
but such has not proved to be the case
In England, and Mr. Sullivan, who In
evidently a friend of the unions, points
out that It Is more probable that tbt
organization of municipal employees
will undermine unionism than that the
unions will be able to keep the city
employees out of politics. The fact
that municipal departments must be
open shops supports Mr. Sullivan's con
tention and should be given more con
sideration by union men than they have
hitherto accorded It.
The Matter of Wages. '
These two investigators agree that
in Great Britain the wages Ju munici
pal plants are not higher than else
where except in the case of unskilled
labor and In the tramways. In this
connection It Is worth while to recall
the words of James Dnlryniple, man
ager of the municipal tramways of
Glasgow:
"In Glasgow when we took over the
tramways we paid a better wage, but
we did not pay that wage to the same
men. It was paid to other men. We
got superior men."
In general Professor Commons finds
common lubor better paid by cities In
America than by companies, but Mr.
Sullivan points out that in many cases
at least the man Is expected to earn
this extra wage by voting and working
for bis political boss and that his
tenure of office depends on this rather
than on his elHcIeucy and adds:
In America the municipal enter
prises visited by our labor Investigators
have been rich mines for significant
facts relating to politics rather than to
labor."
America Behind Europe?
One section of Professor Commons'
report Is very misleading. He says:
"Nolther municipal owuerehlp nor
prlvato ownership has accomplished
the good results In the United States
that should be expocted of It, and both
are far behind what both have accom
plished in Great Britain. We aro
In precisely tho same position that Brit
ish municipalities occupied forty years
ago In the gas business and fifteen
to thirty years ago In the street car
and electricity business."
The utter absurdity of this stutement
la shown by tho fact thnt in 190-1, the
last year for which statistics are avail
able, thero were In the United States
80,187 miles of street railways against
2,117 In the Uulted Kingdom, although
Lu mmivlnt Inn nf tllB latter COUntrT i
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was then more than hulf that or Uie
United Stated. It Is a well recognized
fact that in the application of electric
ity to lighting and power the United
States not only '.ends the world, but
nearly equals all tho rest of the world.
THE NEEDED SPANKING.
Hughes Administered It In His Two
Cent Fare Velo.
It seems not Improbable that Gov
ernor Hughes' veto of the two cent
rate bill may mark the beginning of
the end of what may lie fairly termed
predatory legislation. The Judicial
words of the governor are In marked
contrast to the altitude of those legis
lators and city politicians who, with
demagogic short sightodness, have as
sumed that the best way to win votes
Is to badger corporations.
The recklessness of these men bas
brought tho country to the verge of a
business depression that Is the natural
result of the sudden check to Industrial
development, for men with brains
enough to make money are not likely
to risk It In new enterprises or exten
sions of old ones when all prospect of
profit may be cut away by un act of a
state legislature or a city council.
It Is great fun for tho baby to poke
sticks Into the works of n watch, and
tho Infantile intelligence of certain
"statesmen" probably derives equal de
light from their attempts to "regulate-"
Industries of whose workings they
know no more than tho baby does
about the watch. Governor Hughes
has administered the needed spanking.
Unfair Comparisons.
One of the commonest arguments ad
vanced by thoso favoring municipal
ownership as proof of the excellent
worklug of that system Is to compare
the cost of lighting under municipal
ownership with the contract price paid
private companies at the time when the
plant was taken over.
They are specially prone to do this in
cases where tho municipal plant was
started at an early period, when elec
tric lighting was In Its Infancy and
when the cost was necessarily very
much higher than It Is now.
They entirely ignore the fact that
there bas been n steady fall In price of
lights furnished by private companies
since that period and that If they had
had no municipal plant they would
probably he getting l gM at a lower
cost today than the municipal plant is
capable of securing.
Government's True Functions.
The true and only function of gov
ernment Is to see to It that the citizens
are protected in their rights nud in tu
free enjoyment of their means of live
lihood from foreign Invasion, from the
jttacks of criminals and from Indi
viduals or organizations that would
take advantage of the power derived
from wealth or privileges to oppress
their fellows and extort from them ex
cessive compensation for services. This
involves the right of reasonable regu
lation of public utilities, but It does
not warrant any city or state In un
dertaking work that can bo performed
by a private enterprise. The moment
a government, either monarchical or
republican, oversteps this limit It
starts upon a road that has no turning
and that logically ends In ubsolute pa
ternallsin or lu state socialism.
To Shut Down M. O. Plant
The mayor of Lebanon, Tenu., Is an
tfcorlty for tho statement that the gen
erating plant of the municipal electric
'Ighting system will be shut down, as &
routraet for current has been made
rtrh a private company. Tho system
cost $15,000, most of which will nv
have to be written off the books.
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By JOHN KENDRICK BANGS.
The municipally owned electric light
plant of Crawfordsville, Iud., having
shown a so called profit last year of
$0,727, the trustees have Just made a
10 per cent advance in the charge for
street lighting. The probable reason
for this Is a desire on the trustees'
part to lncreuse this year's profits to
an even $G,800, round figures being so
much more satisfactory than angular
ones.
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One of the pleasing features of mu
nicipal ownership, as shown In New
Zealand and Australia, Is the luscious,
Juicy fatness It gives to the public
debt. That of the United sometimes
called the Benighted States is less
than $12 per capita, but In New Zea
land It Is $335, In New South Wales
$207, and In Australia's six states It
averages $291 per capita. It takes
genuine prosperity to Increase a na
tion's credit or debit all the way
from 2,200 to 2,800 per cent.
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In the bright lexicon of municipal
ownership there Is no such word as
deterioration. Ail city owned plants
are regarded as hardy perennials which
wax stronger with the passoge of the
years a beautiful floral dream If only
waking were Impossible!
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The following advertisement was re
ceived too late to be printed In our reg
ular advertising columns:
FOR SALE.
A fine line of publto utility plants, as
follows:
1 Electrlo Light Plant, Valley City, N. D.
Thoroughly Broken. Can Be Driven By
a Lady. Terms Reasonable.
1 Electrlo Power Plant, Souderton, Pa. A
Great Bargain. A Child Can Run It.
No Reasonable Offer Refused.
1 City Lighting Plant, Peru, Indiana. $16.-
000 Will Make As Good As New. Easy
Terms.
1 Municipal Light and Water Works, Mil
ford Center, Ohio. Owner Is Going Out
of Business. Quick Sale Desired. Ma
genta Trading Stamps Accepted In Pay.
ment.
For Further Information Apply Direct
to Above Mentioned Owners.
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The reports of the electric lighting
plant of Lincoln, Neb., are Illuminating,
whether the product Is or not. They
show the cost per lamp to be $73.08,
$50.00, $98.84. This indicates that the
city authorities are kind enough to give
the taxpayers a choice of figures. Usu
ally we find cost figures arbitrarily
reduced to one Invincible sum, but In
Lincoln you "pays your money and
takes your choice."
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The citizens of Fottervllle, Mich., hav
ing voted against the establishment of
a municipal bakery, the downtrodden
people of that burg will continue to He
prostrate beneath the Iron shod dough
nuts of the privileged classes. It real
ly looks as though some of our deceas
ed forefathers who fought against des
potic power had died In vain.
IOWA'S GOOD EXAMPLE.
Has Made a Law Providing For Uni
formity In Municipal Accounts.
Iowa Is setting an example to her
sister stutes which they would be wise
to follow as expeditiously as possible.
She has recently put into effect a law
providing for a uniform system of mu
nicipal accounting which, If properly
executed, will make It easy to see
whether municipal plants are paying
their way. If such a law had been In
general operation fifteen years ago, It
Is probable thnt by this time the agi
tation for municipal ownership would
have entirely ceased, In view of the
damaging facts thnt such reports
would Inevitably have brought out.
Under the provisions of this Iowa
law the state auditor Is required to
formulate and prescribe a system of
munlclpnl accounts, in preparing which
he shall be assisted by an advisory
committee of municipal accountants.
So far as practicable the latest and
most improved methods of accounting
are to be adopted, and all cities and
towns are required to report annually
to the state auditor on the forms pre
scribed by him.
The auditor shall appoint one or
more examiners of municipal accounts
who shall at least once In two years
report upon the financial conditions
and transactions of all cities of 5,000
population or more and of smaller
cities or towns upon request.
Run at Loss, Not a Profit.
On March 31, 100G, there were In
Great Britain 17 municipal electric
light plants which had been In opera
tion more than a year. Their reports
show an aggregate profit, without any
allowance for depreciation, of 390,514.
As the capital cost of these plants was
33,577,734 the extremely moderate
charge of C per cent for depreciation
would amount to f 1,C"8,SS7, thus show
ing a net loss of 1,282,373 on the
year's busluess.
It Sounds Well, But
Municipal ownership Is one of those
things which sound well in print. But,
like trying to raise oneself by the boot
straps, It appears Impracticable. It
ought to be better and cheaper, but It
Isn't. If It Is such a benefit and such
a valuable thing, why are communities
breaking away from the system and
returning to private companies under
rigid municipal control? Leadvtlle
Colo.) Herald-Democrat.
Ward Heelers on the Payrolls.
The greatest evil lu municipal own
ership Is tho crowding of the payrolls
with ward heelers who will not work,
but who will persistently agitate for a
raise of pay and put up their political
Influence as a reason why they sh'luM
get It -Buffalo Times.
George C. Brownell
ATT'Y AT LAW
ORECON CITY, OREGON
C. D. , D..C. Latourette
ATTY'S AT LAW
Commercial, Real Estate and Probate oui
Specialties. Office In Commercial Bank
Building, Oregon City, Oregon.
"SOMETHING MUST BE DONE"
The Municipal Plants of Knightutowiv
Ind., Are In a Bad Way.
The Star of Muncle, Ind., recently de
scribed the condition of the municipal
olants of Knlghtstown, Ind., In tha
following way:
"The municipal electric light and
waterworks plant Is threatened with
financial disaster unless relief meas
ures are tuken at once. In order to
settle the question satisfactorily the
city council has decided to adopt tho
referendum In the matter and let tho
taxpayers vote on the proposition of
Issuing bonds to enlarge and perfect
the plant.
"The report of the superintendent
shows that the electric light plant has
been running behind during the fiscal
year and that something must be done
to keep It in operation. The business
has Increased so that there Is not now
adequate power for the dynamos, and
a new engluo will have to be put In.
The city council also claims that the
rates are entirely too low and that
prices must be Increased to keep the
plant on a self sustaining basis.
"An ordinance Is now pending pro
viding for the enlargement and im
provement of the plant and providing
for a special election to determine If
the city shall issue bonds calling for
$10,000. Tho present council has had
much trouble in keeping the plant go
ing, and loans from the general fund
to the electric lighting fund have been
frequent for several months."
In response to a request for con
firmation of the report the city clerk
of Knlghtstowu writes:
"I would say that there has been no
Issue of bonds nor change In the elec
tric or water rates, but there Is ap
parent need of something to decrease
the cost or Increase the income from
those sources."
NOT UP TO EXPECTATIONS.
Mason, Mich., by No Means
Satis-
fied with M. O.
A recent Issue of the Electrical
World contained the following Item In
regard to Mason, Mich.:
"The common council Is considering
the abandonment and disposal of the
municipal lighting plant now In use
and securing electricity for lighting
and power from the Commonwerflth
Power company of Jackson. The mu
nicipal plant Is fast deteriorating In
value and utility and becoming a con
stant bill of expense to the city for re
pairs and new equipment. The pumps
at the waterworks will also be operat
ed by electricity If the proposed plan
Is carried out."
A letter to the mayor for confirma
tion of these facts elicited the follow
ing response:
"In answer to your letter of recent
date would say that there has been no
vote on the question of granting a
franchise as yet. Mason owns and op
erates Its electric light and water
works systems. We are contemplating
purchasing power from the Common
wealth Tower company. Municipal
lighting has not been the success an
ticipated. When depreciation of plant
Is considered, we are not obtaining our
street lighting at any less sum than
we formerly paid a private corpora
tion." AFTER TWELVE YEARS.
Milford Center, O., Sells Its Light and
Water Plant to Bs Rid of a White
Elephant.
In a recent issue the Municipal Jour
nal and Engineer announced that the
municipal light and water plant of Mil
ford Confer, O., was to be sold at
auction. V The following was received
in response to a request for further In
formation from the president of the
village:
"I beg to say that the reason for the
sale of the municipal light and water
plant Is the failure of municipal own
ership to operate the plant as econom
ically as private Interests could."
J. L. Boylan of the board of trustees
of public affairs writes more fully:
"On account of a fast Increasing de
ficiency it is deemed best to dispose of
the plant. We have had twelve years
of municipal ownership and have been
fortunate In getting good business mea
at the head, yet the plant has never !
been on a self supporting basis and Is
now in need of a great amount of re
pair, without any better outlook for
sufficient Income to warrant expense.
We therefore wish to get rid of a
'white elephant.' "
A Sampie-'of Public 'Ownership.
The Russian newspaper Sviet Is re
sponsible for the following story:
"When a baud of terrorists recently
rushed a somewhat remote postal tele
graph suhoffice with the command,
'Hands up!' a cool headed female oper
ator managed to rattle off to the cen
tral office: 'Robbers are here. Help!
The message was sent before the rob
bers bad noticed the presence of the
woman. The terrorists calmly proceed
ed to loot the office safe, and after they
had departed the following reply to
the operator's message was leisurely
ticked off, 'Send a proper service mes
sage, and assistance will be dis
patched.' "
Another Cass of "Estimate."
Fairfield, la., Is a city of about (5,000
population, which owns Its own light
and water plants. A recent report of
he period from April 1, 1903, to Dec.
31, 1900, shows that the cost of opera
tion exceeded the appropriation by
J2.049 for the lighting plant and $4,314
for the waterworks. In other words,
tho plants are costing nearly $2,000 a
year more than was'cxpected, with no
allowance for the depreciation, which
is adding another $1,000 annually to
the cost
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THE DULUTH GAS FRAUD.
The Results of the Economics and En
terprise of a Privets Company Claim
ed by the Municipal Management of
the Gas Plant of Duluth, Minn.
I'o tho:;c unfamiliar with the facts
tho reporls assiduously circulated
about the ;as department of Duluth
would give the impression that the
profits ivpnrted :i:v the result of mu
nicipal operntlii-i. Thin Is, however,
far from the truth, for lu 19U1 the city
shut down the generating plant which
It had purchase d only six years before,
and since thut date It has been merely
a distributer of the g:is made by a
private company.
Durlug the live complete years (1899
1903) that the city made lis own gas
the average cost per ihousa.id feet was
$1.20 and the receipts SI. 17. Iu these
cost figures there Is no allowance for
depreciation, lost taxes, accidents, le
gal services, etc. A very moderate al
lowance for these"" would greatly In
crease the loss per thousuud, uud If
private enterprise had not come to Its
relief the gas plant would have ulti
mately proved a grievous burden, al
though so far as possible it hud been
removed from political Influences.
The reductions lu price of gas made
by the city while It was operating the
plant were due largely to the great
Increase in demand resulting from the
rapid Increase lu the use of gas for
fuel purposes as well as to Improve
ments In the art of manufacture, but
In no case were they warranted, for
the real cost was always lu excess of
the net price.
The reduction In price since the city
abandoned the manufacture of gas Is
due to the private enterprise of the
coking plant which supplies gas as a
byproduct to the city and which has
spent many thousands of dollars in
exploiting the gas to Increase Its sales.
As A gas expert who has no interest In
this company writes:
"Of course this is very flue for the
citizens of Duluth, but It Is not munici
pal ownership, as the city Is freed from
the two factors which ordinarily are
the worst features of municipal plants
to wit, lack of proper handling of the
manufacturing end of the business and
lack of push iu exploiting the commer
cial side. In short, the city of Duluth
simply distributes the gas and collects
the bills."
CITIZENS AS STOCKHOLDERS.
A Point of View That Ought to Bs
More General if Our Cities Are to Bs
Properly Managed.
The Saginaw (Mich.) Courier-Herald
bas this to say of the municipal water
works:
"Will any one deny that If the plant
had been owned by private capital It
would not have been bankrupt long
ago? And what would have resulted
to a franchise owning corporation run
ning the system? It would years ago
have been driven out of the town or
have been compelled to furnish a wa
ter service the best that could be ob
tained. A live, progressive water commis
sion two years ago tried to Induce the
taxpayers the stockholders to vote,
money to Improve the operating plant,
to put It Into good condition and equip
ment, to make possible a service to
consumers of a water supply for all
purposes adequate to modern uses and
needs. Their efforts went for naught;
the attempt was an utter failure. The
ownprs fh tnvnnvors nhsnlntolv rp.
fused to Improve the plant, although
It was clearly shown that the Improve
ments would actually pay for them
selves In Increased business lu a rea
sonable time.
'Hod the system been owned by a
private corporation It would have been
ompelled by the very voters who re
fused aid to their own rundown con-
em to get the money somehow, some
where, put the entire plant Into mod
ern condition or get out of the busi
ness altogether, no matter what finan
cial loss might fall upon It."
Strange Bedfellows.
Except In the case of a Minnesota
city, which refused licenses to saloons
unless they would become patrons of
the municipal light plant, there has
never seemed to be a direct connection
between municipal ownership and the
grog shop. That such a connection ex
ists has suddenly been made apparent
hv the iidnntion nf nrnlilhlttnn In vnri.
0Us states mi sectons, In geveral Io.
callttes well developed movements for
municipal ownership have been aban
doned because the loss of Income from
licenses made the city fathers look
askance on an investment that was
likely to reduce rather than to Increase
the city's Income. In one southern
city as soon as the prohibitory law
had gone into effect the council adver
tised the lighting plant for sale, frank
ly admitting that its very existence
had depended upon the receipts from
the saloons. A league for mutual sup
port between the advocates of munici
pal ownership and the liquor Interests
Is now In order.
The Usual Way.
First County Councilor Here's a fine
looking street.
Second Ditto You're right there.
What's best to be done with It?
"Let's have It dug up for a sewer."
"But wouldn't It be proper to pave It
first?"
"Of course. I supposed you under
stood that. Then, after It Is paved and
a sewer put In, we'll have It repaved."
"All in readiness to be dug up again
for the gas pipe? I see you understand
the principles of municipal economy.
And after we have had It repaved for
the second time, then what?"
"Well, then it will be in order for
wldeulng. There's nothing I admire
so much as systeui In the care and
Improvement of our roadways." Loo
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doctored with six doctors and they all
said it was soldom, if ever, a cuse like
mine was ouied. I think I used only
fuur bottles ot D. D. D. and I am
permanently cured. It I ever needed
L. D. D. again, I would be willing
to pay $5.00 a bottle."
This remedy and also D. 13. D. Soap
are sold by us and recommended be
cause wo know their merits. We cer
tainly would not recoommed them to
our neighbors and patrons if wo did
not positively know of the wondertal
results thut D. D. IX brings in all
kinds of eczematouB diseases, Jones
Drug Co. Call at our store for a free
pain, hlet on the cure and nutrition of
the skin.
Children Interested.in Fair.
Prizes of $3, $2, and $1 are to be
offered to tho school children of tliis
county for best letters to any friends
iu UiackamaB, Marion, uud VVasliiug
ton counties showing why these
friends should be interested in the
coming Clackamas county fair. The
letters are to be written to County
Supt. (jary, on or before Aug. 15,
who will grade them and lorward
them to the parties lor whom they are
intended. Age of pupils will be con
sidered, wliicti will give pupils iu
various grades an equal chance.
Boy's Life Saved.
My little boy, four years old iiad a
severe attuck of dysentery. We hau
two physicians; both of theui gnvo
liim up. We then gave him Ohnnitier
lain'B Colio, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Koruedy which cured him aud believe
that saved his life. William H. Strob
ing, Carbon Hill, Ala. There is no
doubt but this remedy saves the lives
of many ohilnreu every year. Give it
with castor oil according to the plain
printed directions and a cure is cer
tain. For sale by Huntley Bros., Or
egon City and Molalla.
New Bridge Completed.
Portland was formally connected
with the vast resources of the Co
lumbia Kiver Basin and the lultind
Empire couutries and the markets ot
the .hast by the swinging into place of
the lougesc steel draw in tne world,
completing the biidge which crosses
tne Willamette, which will alioiv the
human and commercial freight of the
Hill road to enter Portland, the term
mal oity ot the Northwest. TrauiB
will be coming in across this bridge
in a few weok-. 1'ha Willamette riv
er bridge at St. Johns is the bist
structure under theovvnerslup of any
corporation or town wes -ot the
Mississippi river.
Help for Those Who liar Stomach Trouble.
After doctoring for about twevo
years for a bad Btouiach trouble, and
spending nearly five hundred dollars
for medioiue and doctor's fees, I pur
chased my wife oue box of Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets,
.which did her so much good that the
WUllUUCU LU UDO LUUIU UUU IHVJ II It V D
done her more good than all of the
medioiue I bought before. Samuel
Boyer, i'olsoiu, Iowa. This medicine"
is for sale by Huutloy Bros., Oiegon
City and Molalla. Samples free.
New Attraction.
Report comes from Belliugbam,
Wash., that Mount Baker ia now a
seething volcano, aud three craters
are belching foith vapors and sulhur
ous fumes, according to five members
of an exploring party. The main cra
ter is now at least 40 feet in diame
ter, and the intense heat caused by
the interior fires lias melted the suow
trom around its mouth, causing num
erous landslides. The smaller cra
ters, which are estimated to be about
800 feet from the main oue, are more
active and increasing rapidly in size.
DO YOTJ GET UP
WITH A IvAME BACK?
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.
Almost everybody who reads the news
papers is sure to know of the wonderful
cures made by Dr.
Kilmer's Swamp
Root, the great kid-
L ney, liver and blad
der remedy.
It is the great med
ical triumph of the
nineteenth century ;
discovered after veara
of scientific research
oy Dr. Kilmer, the
eminent kidney aud
bladder specialist, aud is wonderfully
successful iu promptly curing lame back,
uric acid, catarrh or tne Madder ana
Bright's Disease, which is the worst
form of kidney trouble.
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is not rec
ommended for everythiug but if you have
kidney, liver or bladder trouble it will be
found just the remedy you need. It has
been tested in so many ways, iu hospital
work aud in private practice, and has
proved so successful in every case that a
special arrangement has been made by
which all readers of this paper, who have
not already tried it, may have a sample
bottle sent free by mail, also a book tell
ing more about Swamp-Root, and how to
find out if you have kidney or bladder trou
ble. When writing mention reading this
generous offer in this paper and send your
address to Dr. Kilmer
& Co.. Binghamton,
N. Y. The regular
fifty-cent and one-
dollar size bottles are Home or smmp-RMt.
sold by all good druggists. Don't make
any mistake, but remember the name,
Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Rnot,
and the address, P.inhamton, N. "V., on
every bottle. J
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