OREGON CITY COURIER, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1908
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SCHOLARS
in numbers that would surprise you ',
from the Little Tot, in the First grade to the
older ones in the highest grades.
And They are All Satisfied !
They have been coming one after another for
the various necessities. There's the necessary
Stationery and school essentials, Copy and Ex
ercise Books, Readers and Text Books, Arith
metics, Geographys, Slates Pencils, Companion
boxes, and a dozen and one articles the student
must have to grow strong in" mind and prepare
for future years. v
OUR. STATIONERY LINE IS VERY COMPLETE
HAVE YOU LOOKED IT OVER?
I Jones Dm? Co.
P Drags and
Near Suspension Bridge
Just Opened
Modern Meat Market
Main Street between Fifth and Sixth
Opposite Postoffice
All Kinds Fresh Meats .
CLEANEST SHOP IN CITY
HENRY STREIBIG
C. W. FRIEDRICIi
Full line of
Heating and Cook Stoves and
General Hardware
PAINTS, OILS AND SEEDS
216 Seventh St., , Oregon City
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Town and Village In ' Oregon and
Washington, giving- a Descriptive
Hketcn ui each place, oration,
Shipping Facilities and a Classi
fied Directory of each Business
and Profession.
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Brattle, Wsh.
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OREGON CITY jg
A City Free From Debt.
On May l.r, 1U08, the city of Kokomo,
Intl., paid the last dollar of Its indebt
edness. Its mayor, Hon. Will H. Ar
nett, contributes an article on the sub
ject to the June issue of the City Hall,
from which the following quotation is
taken:
"Whatever may be said of the merits
of municipal ownership elsewhere, the
city of Kokomo is a signal example of
what may be done with private corpo
rations when dealt with by men of Judg'
ment and integrity. Her contracts are
fair and reasonable, and her rates are
not burdensome. Perhaps no stronger
argument against municipal ownership
could be offered than the present con
dition of the city of Kokomo in rela
tion to its public service corporations."
A Sure-Eooufh Knocker.
J. O. Godwin, of Reidsville, N. O ,
says: "Buoklon's Arnica Salve ig a
scire enough knocker for ulcers. A
bad one came on my leg last summer,
but that wonderful salve knocked it
ont in a tow rounds. Not even a scar
remained. " Guaranteed for piles,
snres, barns, etc, nt Jones Drug Co. 's
drug store.
New Hampshire Leoturtr.
The New Hampshire state grange
pays the expenses of all subordinate
and Pomona lecturers who attend the
lecturers' confrrence at the state
grange meeting. Tbe New York Btate
grange paid the expenses of all county
deputies who attended the deputies'
meeting at Syracuse, and It cost over
$300 to do it
The Esiay Exchange.
The "essay exchange" which some
of the state granges are conducting is
a good thing. Prepared essays on va
rious topics may be had from these
bureaus on application.
They Take the Kinks Out.
'Tve osed Dr. King's New Life
Pills for m mi v years, with increasing
satisfaction. They take the kinks ont
of stomach, liver and bowels, without
fuss or friction.," says N. H. Brown,
of Piltsfleld, Vt.,. Guaranteed sat
isafctory at Jones, Drug Co. 's drug
store. 85c ' . . .-
814 Second Ave.
Spokane, Wash.
THE. EOARD'S PLAIN DUTY,
Kansas City Editor Outlines Plan Far
Redeeming Waterworks.
The board of public works has an
urgent duty to perform In regard to
yie city water department, and at the
same time an opportunity Is afforded to
distinguished Itself from all its prede
cessors by adopting a systematic bus!
nessllke policy In the management of
the plant
Although it seems useless to expect
the same degree of efficiency under
municipal ownership as obtains in pri
vate corporation ownership, the mem
bers of the board owe It alike to them
selves and to the city to approximate
the methods of a business corporation
as closely aa possible In tbe manage
ment of the waterworks.
If the members And it incompatible
with the exigencies of their private
business affairs to give their .personal
attention .to the work thoy should at
least see to It that the heads of the de
partment are competent business men
who will give their whole Jlme to their
duties and, above all, that politics shall
be entirely eliminated from the water
department.
The Insubordination, Incompetency,
jealousies and recriminations which
have been shown to exist among the
employees, from highest to lowest, pre
sent a situation hardly less danger
ous and disgraceful than the recent
disclosures in regard to the unsafe
and Inefficient condition of the plant
The plain duty of the board is first
to weed out the Incompetents and those
who are playing politics and next to
reorganize at least the mechanical
branches of the department on a strict,
nonpartisan, business basis.
The people of this community are
tired of the everlasting squabbles and
alarms in regard to the water supply
that have come to light with each new
administration as well as of the con
stant demands for money to do things
wh'oh should have been done and were
represented falsely to have been done
years ago. Kansas City (Mo.) Journal
CITIES QUIT BUSINESS.
Municipal Lighting Plants Provf Ex
pensiva Luxuries.
' The city electric plant of Laurens,
S. C, was Installed in 1807 at a cost
of $30,000. The generating plant baa
now been shut' down, a contract for
current having been made with a pri
vate company.
In 1905 Pontotoc, .Miss., purchased
the local electric plant for $8,000. Two
years later it sold it for $5,000 because,
as the mayor writes, "it didn't pay ex
penses." Another citizen writes that
the sale was due to "dissatisfaction
with municipal management."
Portland, Ind., Installed an electric
plant in 1802 at a cost of $42,000. Six
years later tbe generating plant was
shut down, and a contract for current
was made with a private company.
The village electric plant of Lock
port, III., Installed at a cost of $20,000,
was leased about a year ago to the
sanitary district of Chicago for a nom
inal consideration, as the plant was a
failure.
The electric light and water plant of
Hickman, Ky., installed by the city at
a cost of $30,000, was leased In 1000
to the Hickman Ice and Coal company
for a term of twenty years. The
mayor assigns as the reason that "the
plant was not self sustaining."
Private Companies Better.
All this talk of municipal owner
ship which has been going the rounds
here of late Is 111 advised, in- my opin
ion. It Isn't practical, and every city
has found to its cost that poorer serv
ice has been derived from municipally
owned plants than from the corpora
tions owned and run on business prin
ciples by private capitalists.
Statistics bear me out in this. You
can take 100 towns that have munici
pally owned lighting plants and you
will find all sorts of schedules prevail
ing moonlight schedules, dark night
schedules .and, in fact, everything but
a clear schedule for light every night
at a stated price, no matter what
weather conditions prevail. You can't
tell anything about the cost of these
plants, and you get poorer service.
The temptation to inject politics Into
the management of these municipal
plants Is too strong for the average
man to resist, and In most every mu
nicipally owned plant you will find It
run to the benefit of the ruling party
and not to the benefit of the citizens.
The tendency is to employ friends of
the management, and all this talk of
divorcing business of the city from
politics Is bosh. As long as human
nature remains the same it will not be
done, no matter who gets the office.
Hon. W. R. Burnett, Mayor of Spring
field, O.
Careless Management.
The auditing department of Elyrla,
O., has Just made a full report of its
Investigation of the municipal water
works. Among the points of Interest
in this report are the following: Def
icit for 1907, $8,005.79; at least 25 per
cent of the water pumped not account
ed for; Important meters allowed to re
main out of order for periods varying
from one month to two years. The de
partment recommends a 33 per cent
Increase in the rates and adds the fol
lowing suggeStlve paragraph:
"We believe that the board of public
service should keep In closer touch
with he affairs and financial condition
of the water department from . month
to month and require monthly reporta
from the waterworks superintendent
as to amount of water pumped, sup
plies which probably .will be needed
during the coming month and state
ment of supplies on hand, etc." .
Listowel, Ont, has voted down a
proposition to Install a munlplcal elec
tric plant
Amrth.r Plant Per Sale.
A recent newspaper Item dated at
Festus, Mo., reads thns:
"The city council of Festus hag of
fered to sell the city electric light plant
to a St. Louis syndicate for $10,000,
and. it Is believed the proposition will
be accepted by the syndicate."
At a mass meeting recently held In
Fort Branch, Ind., to consider the pur
chase by the town of the local electric
plant the proposition waa rejected al
most unanimously.
THE GRANGE
h ' Conducted by
J. W. HARROW, Outturn, N. Y.,
Pre Cnrresptmdcnt New Yor.h State
tiraitoe
GRANGE. CO-OPERATION.
The Foundation Needed for Success
and a Few Illustrations.
The grange will do well to give con
siderable time to the discussion of co
operation In one form or another. This
Is practical work and something that
is needed to be developed in nearly
every section of the state. It is one
of the most Important duties of the
state to teach how to buy and sell
farm products. A writer in the Amer
ican Agriculturist of a recent date sug
gested that the grange In starting in co
operative buying and selling must ex
pect to meet with difficulties.
"But a manager who Is honest, shrewd
and Impartial, who can manage the
business In a practical, conservative
manner, can pilot the venture over
many obstacles that may mean suc
cess instead of failure. And then he
must have the united support of the
members, who ' must have confidence
in each other as well as In the man
ager. "As an illustration of co-operation we
will take Washlngtonville grange of
Orange county, N. Y. The village is
situated In the heart of the county and
is one of the largest milk producing
sections of the state. The farms are
large and very fertile and occupied by
owners who take great pride In their
occupation, This grange has a mem
bership of 154. It was Incorporated In
1000, with a board of directors of
seven members. The present officers
are Charles Tuthill, president; George
M. Hallock, secretary and treasurer;
Roswell Shons, Charles Nicoll, Jesse
Mabee, William J. Hudson and J. T.
Gerow; capital stock $5,000, divided
Into shares of $25 each. Goods han
dled are groceries, hardware, dry
goods, feeds, flour, harness, all kinds
of farm machinery, rubber goods of all
kinds, horse blankets, lap robes, shoes,
boots, fertilizers everything and any
thing that" a farmer wants. Payments
are cash and thirty days. Goods are
sold to anybody and everybody who
has the money, stockholders a certain
percentage off, 2 per centvoff regular
price.
"About 08 per cent of the grange
members patronize the store. Five
per cent paid for all capital stock and
$8,700 worth of goods accumulated
from $5,000. The business pays about
20 per cent as well as a reduced cost
of goods to the consumer. Three or
tow men are required to run the store,
The manager receives a good salary.
Last year's business amounted to $87,-
C50. This year they started a black
smith shop. So far It is very success
ful, a saving in first cost of shoeing,
and It looks as If it would be a good
dividend earning plant.
."The Patrons of the town have
learned to co-operate In a $25,000 na
tional bank. They walked right up
and subscribed in ninety days and
now t have $70,000 on deposit and
everybody is pleased. -The town has
800 Inhabitants. If farmers only could
realize how much they could do by
co-operation they would lose no time
in joining together, thereby creating a
financial incentive that would make
their occupation more desirable and
enhance the value of their homes; also
aid them in the disposition of their
products."
Another writer in the same paper
says: "Until a start is made we shall
not know what we have got In our
midst, how many hundreds of men
the grange has developed Into leaders
and speakers of marked ability and
how many business enterprises there
are today that are paying good re
turns which perhaps for years never
paid a dollar in dividends. We cannot
hope to jump into a big business at
once, nor would It be advisable if we
could, but if the farmers of one grange
or of one Poinono grange will get down
from generalities to specific action, ap
point a ways and means committee
that shall thoroughly work out a work
able plan and follow it through, learn
ing from actual experience the dangers
and pitfalls to be avoided and with a
united body buck of them, throwing
out encouragement rather than slurs
and sarcasm, then we shall have taken
a long step toward the solution of the
greiitest problem (lie farmer has to
face."
HORSES FOR SALE
One strong horse, and steady old
mare. Also De Laval cream sep
arator, in good shape; a lot of
hens and Cyphers incubator. Easy
prices. ' N. F. Des Larzes
Mile East of Oregon City
There 11 Be No Kick-
nft about the quality or durability
"a of the work if you bring your
horses here to be shod. We are very
careful with our work and do it to please
both the animal and hi owner. Don't
delay the shoeing your horse might
go lame. Bring him to us without de
lay and we'll see to his foot comfort at
a small expense to you. Open at all
reasonable hours.
Storey & Thomas
4tb and Main Sts. Oregon City
W. L. BLOCK'S FURNITURE
' . STORE
To enumerate here would require1
and that Expense we prefer giving
So by calling at our store Before
will be Convinced.
Ball Mason Fruit
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CLACKAMAS HEALTH RESORT
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Baths Fridays, Saturdays and
From Oregon City 4 miles ) From Gladstone 2 miles
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THIS IS A
GENUINE SACRIFICE
Eveything TO MAKE
in Stock ROOM for
Reduced! Our HOLI
DAY Stock
which is arriving daily. !
Special Mention
Jars
- 60c per doz
70c per doz
95c per doz
Pints
Quarts
Half Galloni
AS LONG AS THEY LAST
BLOCK'S
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too much space
to Our Patrons
Purchasing you
Economy Fruit Jars
90c per doz ' I
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1.40 per doz
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FULL CREW
BATHS
by Request
j From PortUnd 2 miles