Oregon City courier. (Oregon City, Or.) 1902-1919, May 26, 1911, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextOREGON CITY COURIER, FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1911 - 4 riflM, i BAKING POWDER Absolutely Puro Makes Home Baking Easy SAVES FLOUR BUTTER EGGS And makes the cake lighter, finer flavored, more sightly, and insures its freedom from alum. Royal Cool Book-800 Receipts-Free. Send Name mi Aiireu. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK. Oregon City Courier First Independent Paper in Oregon. W. A. SHEWMAN, Publisher. Published every Friday from the Courier Building, Eighth and Main Streets, by the Oregon City Courier Pub. Co. Incorporated Telephones, Main SI; Home, A-SI. Subscription Price 1.S0 pear Year. Entered in the Postoffice in Oregon City,Ore. for transmission through the malls as second class matter. M. J. BROWN, - Editor. SOME SWEET DAY. Whether someone sent a marked copy of last week's Courier to the de partment of justice, or wheiher they just naturally came alive, doesn't matter, but the point is, they have oomtnenced action against one of the biggest and most obnoxious trusts in this country the lumbar trust Like the Standard Oil combine, it has taken juBtioe a Dickens of a long time to get wise to this lumber com bination. Any boy ofjjeighteen konws that there is a combine that chokeB competition out of lumber and fixes the retail price on it to the house builder that is as unchangeable as the prioe of Packer's tar soup, yet for years this cinch has beon allowed to hold up the millions of American people without a question. I note that the attack is against the Atlantio coast dealers, so perhaps the department did not read last week's press dipsatches from Uentralia, and the news story of how the Paoiflo coast lumber dealers proposed to tighten things up another notch by curtailment of output, and put lumber prioes into the balloon business. A man came into tne Courier office the other night to commend the paper on the position it has taken against trusts and graft, but he spoiled the boqnet by stating that the trnBts could not be broken up; that the laws of our countrycould not stop oue'man from combining his dollars and his brains with another man's coin and shrewdness, and that we would have to take trust methods and trust prioes. I don't believe any such oroakings. The Amerioan people can run this country, and the past five years' un rest should teaoh an observer that they are juBt going to. There is no law nor constitution but what can be changed, and when the people get the gat. deep enough they are going to change a whole lot of things in this uneasy young coun try. The time is ooming and it isn't so very far ahead when national laws will regulate and oversee every concern that produces necessities when our government will go into a company's business, de'.'jrmiue the Cost of production and fix the price that the output MUST be sold at. Every tick of the clock brings this government supervision nearer. Tin big interests are simply forcing tri bute on the people, and when the peo ple are fully aroused they can do anything. TR.Y IT ON PORTLAND. ( Woodburn Independent. ) An attempt is now being made to adopt the single tax in Oregon, pure and unadulterated, and no man know eth what the future may bring forth. The single tax in Canada is said to be satisfactory to the property ownors there, who would not change back to the general property tax polioy, yet it remain b to be seen whether it is a complete suocbhs there awl is not an added hardship on the farmers. It seems foolish to rush headlong into the adoption of this method of taxa tion, but there will be many, prob ably a majority, who will vote for it, especially if there is an income tax. A little longer wait would not be detrimental to the interests of Oregon and might prove profitable. Probably Mr. U'Keu really does not expoot vic tory at the next election and only de sires to start the ball rolling for the sake of intluoing pcoplo to become but ter educated on the subject. Why not have a tryout first in the municipality of Portland? Oongross Is after the snagr and steel trusts now. As soon as it finishes we will tip them off on abont nine or fourteen others that will bear look ing into. Wouldn't it be funny if New ork voted for equal suffrage bo fore Oregon did? Woodburn In dependent. Decidedly. .At last reports there was one louesomo legislator who had sand enough to acknowledge his mother was his equal. A joint resolution has been present ed to congress authorizing and re questing the president to issue an In vitation to the Kepublio of Mexico and the Republics of Ceutral aud South Amorioa to participate in an exposition to be held in San Diego, California, throughout the entire year of 11)15, and there is every reason to beliove that the resolution will be passed at the extra session. PASS IT, OR. LOOK OUT. That "farmers' free list " bill has caused a heap of Republican uneasi ness and it's going to cause a heap more. The senate doesn't want to nor doesn't propose to pass it, and there is where the trouble is going to crop out. There are three ways of killing this bill: The finance committee can em balm it in a pigeonhole; the senate can defeat it by a vote, and Presiden t Taft can veto it if he lias the sand. This bill is mote popular and more desired by the people generally than the reciprocity bill, and it is indeed a strange parity of reasoning that Pres ident Taft should father the Canadian bill and disown the free list bill. The Canadian bill is an exchange measure between this country and Canada. It is largely oontiued to agricultural product-, and while it olips the farmers' corners in some particulars, yet it gives him a cheaper market to buy in. But on the reason ing that there are a hundred eaters to one raiser, the bill ia unquestionably for the best good of the most people, aud it should be a law. But the free list bill would give back to the farmer what he would lose on the reciprocity law; it would abolish the duties on many of the trust-cornered tilings they have to buy, aud it would again benefit all the people except the pet trusts. Now it is up to the Republican senate to pass this Democratic bill, which is a twin to the Republican bill our president reared, or it is up to the Republican party to take the consequences next year. The farmers want the stuff they buy put on the free list if the stud they sell is let in free, and the maBS ot the people want both. Thounands of voters are waiting to see whether the Republican party darei to clip the farmers' wings and jet have the nerve to favor the trusts with continued protection. The Republicans are very much in a big hole. WHAT SCARE HAS DONE, Last fall there was a revolution in this oountry. The uprising was not with Winchesters, but with ballots. It was a political uprising and the ballots of the people killed more office holders than the bullets of the revolu tionists have killed greasers in Mex ico. And the result of that uprising was to put big fear in the hearts of many big men. And other results by a frightoned oongress are Reciprocity with Canada. Farmors' free list bill. Publicity of campaign expenses be fore election. Direct election of United States sen ators. Aud there is hope of the income tax law, and the parcels post. Republicans and Demoorats alike voted for and passed those bills in the house. Congressmen are elected directly by the people, and last fall's election returns had scare in them. But the senate iB a different propo sition. These men are political-made representatives. In its chairs are the Loriniers. Clark s, Roots, Dopews. and the like men who are there because the boodlo of the big interests put them there, and who have little fear of the votes of the common people. These men are holding up these lawB the people demand. They are the "stand pat" hope of the combina tions, and so long as thoy get their elections through these combinations they are going to represent them and the "dear peoplo" can whistle '.and wait. And the dear people are a lot of boneheads that thoy did not make an issue of the kind of senators the Btnte logiBlatureB were to elect, and elect only representatives who canio out be fore election aud declared who thoy stood for. If Oregon wishes to try something new aud generally beneficial lot it go into the Are insurance business. This would prove such a paying business for the commonwealth and a saving to the insured that such a polioy would immediately become popular. Every newspaper in the state should take up this subject and favorably oouuuout upon it. Oregon could also go into the hfo insurance business and make enough money to materially reduce the state tax levy. Kvery tax payer in the state not identified with insurauoe oompauios would be found supporting such a measure. Wood burn Independent. Kogardless of the docision of an un fit judge which Btopped the Lorimor bribery investigation in Illinois, the matter won't stay stopped. The state senate at Springfield passed a resolu tion last week asking the United States senate to re-open the case, aud now Lafc'ollotte is after a special com mittee to investigate tho affair. The senate will smell a lot sweeter and carry a lot moro respect when Lori mor is outside of it. Hero are eight of the big follows none of whom, as Governor Wilson says, aro big enough to refuse a pres idential nomination. There are Re publicans, Democrats aud Insurgents, aud you may stick a pin in your piok of a winner: Taft, Roosevelt, Wil son, Hughes, Harmon, LaFollette, Foulke, liryau. NOW WATCH MEXICO. When the Mexican rebellion broke out last November the writer waB along tne border and over the river in Mexico. President Diaz made light of the uprising and said his army would put down the "disturbance" in less than a month. I vinited some of the inland towns and saw what a cart of Diaz's army was like; saw the soldiers in their gloomy dobie barracks: saw them march out to target practice barefoot ed; saw the luck of discipline, sanita tion aud comfort, and I wondered how far these black men could be trusted to tight against theirbrothers. The "disturbance" was not quiet ed; the rebellion spread like fire over the nation; the soldiers were not loyal and now the government has been practically overthrown aud the rebels rule. To use a rough but decidedly ex pressive term, Diaz has been a cuss. He took hold of Mexico when it was a nest of criminals and lawlessness aud brought out of it a staple govern ment of whioh he was the Big Squeeze. He has ruled for years, ruled with an iron hand and brought Mexico into civilization aud Ameri can money into Mexico. Now the iuBurroctos are in power, and we shall see. They have won, forced the aged despot out, 'and will take a turu at running things. Aud what headway they will make is a wild guess. It is a question now, having won, whether they can govern themselves, or whether history in that much pillaged country will be again repeated. THE LITTLE CLOUD IN ALASKA Tired of waiting for a government to act, which will not aot in the Alaska coal lands, an organization of 100 men formed at Cordova Monday aud started for the coal fields of Katalla, in defiance of the govern ment, and with the purpose of acquir ing coal lands. These men have backing, plenty of it, for the rash venture, and thev openly state that it will be necessary for the government to foroibly stop them working these mines; that they have a right to, and they expect a large army of recruits to their cause It's a little bit of a rebellion a Ittle cloud in the sky no bigger than a man's hand but this is the way the Mexican rebellion started. There are rich miues of coal, cop per, gold and other metals in Alaska, and it seems mighty strange that we oan't find some meanB to dig them out It would seem that the government is staking the Guggenheim bunch in this rich end of our country and play ing a freeze-out game with any men who have not the Morgan tag. Such conditions breed uprisings. The coal of Alaska should be mined, and the people have readied that point where they are going to mine it or make the government show down. And we shall see. THIS MIGHT DO IT. "How shall we stop grafting" is the Heading of an article in Norman E. Mack's Magazine. How do we stop ohioken stealing, house burglary, petit larceny and ex oise violations? We jail these fellows they are the common thieves and it stops it, and I had thought we might try it on the political thieves before we ask of the world wiiat to do. If Illinois had shut the penitentiary door on its boodlers, that Lorimer affair might soon be settled. If Ohio would enlarge its peniten tiaries aud drive the bunch of bood lers in, grafting would be discour Bgod as a business in that state. Men who debanoh our state and our country need just what a common thief gets, mid until they get it there is no use trying to stop political plunder. WHO WANTS THE PHILIPPINES? And now they want to give away the Philippines that troublesome bunch of islands we licked Spain for and then paid her for. Two resolutions are beforo congress to drop those islands, or give someone a quit olaiui deed of them, oue in troduced by a Democrat and another by a Republican. If an upheaval had followed Dewey and swallowed up this bunch ot trou ble our country would have been much bettor off. No country wants them but Japan and nobody cares if Japan has them, but fiobson. The Philippines are und ever will bo a bad risk. Looks like Taft and Wilson for 1912. This man Wilson must have studied tactics under Roosevelt. The tight is on in Portland oaoj niayor, aud here is a tip that if you cau got evon money on Simon that it will be easv money. Mr. U'Keu has all the politicians backed into a siding when it oomes to newspaper notoriety, aud he doesn't run any pross bureau, either. It's spreading the investigation fever and every nook and corner of the country is catching it. It's a good disinfectant and we need it if not carried too far or too Hue When a man taokles a project that looks big aa a mountain, stays with it until it looks like an ant hill, then lie has a full right to be satisfied and happy. See Judge Dimick's Clacka mas Southern smile. It's a true old saying that politics makes strange bedfellows. Jnst think of the situation of a Republican pres ident's own bill being supported by uearly all the Democrats aod opposed by nearly all the Republicans. It appears from the snpreme oourt Standard Oil decision that there are good aud had trusts, reasonable and unreasonable combinations, and that a oomhiuation in restraiut of trade may be either and the court may be the judge. The Oregonian's Washington letter, in speculating on tho chances of a Democratic senate, has this to say of Senator Bourne : Senator Bourne will not be re tuned, lor, although he represents a rock-ribbed Republican state, be himself has built up a political system which may bring abont his own defeat by a Democrat, and that Democrat, like his present colleague, may be eleoted by a legislature that ia Republican on joiut ballot. , FIFTY YEARS AGO. Arlington Heights, opposite Wash ington was occupied by a detachment of Virginia state trooi s, and for the first time since 1814 the federal capital was exposed to the fire of an enemy's guns. Arlington was the home of Gen. Lee, whose wife had inherited the home site from her father, George Washington Parke Cuatis, the grand son of ,. Washington aud the adopted son of George Washington. The Custis estate composed 700 acres and in the eld mansion were stored many revolutionary relies. From the south windows of the White House the confederate flag could readily be seen and it was at one of these widows that President Lincoln was often standing, with gloomy face, looking through a glass acroBs'the'rivei. Gen. Lee considered Arlington' Heights essential to the confederates if they hoped to capture Washington or to the federals if they hoped to hold it. The possession of the Heights by the confederates creat ed great exoitement in .Washington, but in reality there was no danger, as their force was small and poorly armed, and besides they had so can non. Tennesee and Virgiuia passed ordi nances of secession, making ten states now members of the confederacy. The confederate government re solved to change the saat of govern ment from Montgomery, Ala., to Richmond, Va. Gen. Lee was in command of the defense of Richmond and Generals Joseph E. Johnston and Beauregard wre in command of the forces op erating against Wshington. In Kentucky union and rebel senti ment was abont equally divided. Gov. Magoffin sympathized with the south but dare not opeoly declare himself. The legislature by one ma jority voted against secession. Federal forces under Gen. Lyon captured Camp Jackson at St. Louis aud the SrarB and Stripes were hoist ed over all publio buildings in the city. The blookade of southern ports by the U. S. navy commenced with the appearance of tne Niagara in Charles ton harbor. The South Carolinians laughed at the attempt to blockade the port, but they soon found that it was with much difficulty that they were enabled to pass boats by the frigate's guns. At the bracking out of the war the U. S. navy consisted of ninety vessels, and of these twenty-one were un serviceable and twenty-seven out of commisssion. Of thelforty-two in commission only twelve sailiug hips and seven Bttamers were in home waters. The rest had been dispatched to foreign ports bo that they coo Id not be used by the Lincoln administra tion. The southern papers called the blockade of southorn ports a paper blookade. When Virginia seceded the oitizens of the we'tern part of the state de oided that they would not follow the fortunes of the-eastern part ofjthe state, but they would form a separate state of the counties west ofrthe AUeghanies,. to be called West Vir ginia, and that they would swear al legiance to the Stars aud Stripes. In eastern Virginia there- were nearly 500,000 slaves, while in West Virginia there were less than twenty thousand. Queen Victoria issued a proclama tioudeclaring neutrality between tho United States and the confederates, at the same time recognizing the south as belligerents. This act pro duced considerable consternation in the north, as it was considered that it was an unnfriondly attitude on the part of the English government, At the time the leading statesmen of Eu rope considered that the life of the re public was neariug its end, and the recognition of the confederacy by England was only a matter of weeks. Napoleon III, who was then preparing to invade Mexico, was particularly anxious to see the soutli succeed. The queen's proclamation euoouragd the south, but subsequent events proved that it was of no particular assistance to their cause. Gen. Butler was made commander of the Department of Annapolis aud with 1,000 men took possession of the oity of Baltimore and for Iiib activity was reprimanded by Qon Scott. Gen. Scott had reported to President Lincoln that it would take 10,000 men to capture Baltimore and hold it, and when Gen Butler took possession of the oity with 1,000 men, without or ders, and held it, Gen. Scott severely oensured him. Notwithstanding Gen. Scott's censure, Gen. Butlor was highly commeudeded by all the north ern people. A STATE INSECT REMEDY. The Oregon Agricultural College gives out this advioe as to the best means of killing garden inscetB aud pests : One of the best remedies is arsenate of lead, which, when properly made and adulterated, is efficient and does not burn the foliage, as Paris green sometimes does. For ordinary use, two pounds of arsenate of lead to fifty gallous of wator is effective. At times it is necessary to use fivo pounds of arsenal e of lead to fifty gal lons ot wator, as some insects do not readily suocumb to a small amount of , poison. The dry sprays are applied in a powdered form, and thore are a num bor of these on the market, including several brauds of powdered arsenate of lead. Paris green and arsenate of lead, when pure, are as efficient as any, although at the present time Paris green is more in use than the other. Paris green applied to plants In an unadulterated condition may seriously hum the foliage. To obvi ate this difficulty it should be mixed with 20 or 25 pounds of air-slaked lime, fine road dnBt or wheat flour for every pound of the Paris green. This may be applied with a dust gun or sifted on the plants by means of a gunny Back. Hellebore in powdered form and fresh is valuable for poison iug such imeots is injure small fruits or vegetables which are nearly ready tor market and thus are too far ad vanced tor poison to be desirable. It should be dusted over them when they are wet with dew. Owing to the hitherto iuclemen weather, the first picnio of the season by the Deutscher Verein, which was to bave been held at Schnorr's grove Sunday, was cancelled, and the Ver ein met at Knapp'i hall instead. Addresses were made by "President Gus Schnorr, Vice President D. M. Elnmsen, and Fred Doeltz of Port land. A vocal selection was rendered by the quartette, and some Uerman airs were rendered on the piauo and violin, after which all sat down to a bountiful spread, of which German dishes wre a prominent feature. Af ter the feast the evening was pleas antly passed in games and songs. The Verein will meet at Schuorr's grove the second Sunday of Jane. NEWS OF OREGON. Portland's campaign for a big audi torium is now under, wav and there seem little doubt that it will be suc cessful. Various business and im provement clubs are giving the move ment their hearty support. Postmaster General Hitchcock gives it ont that depositors in postal sav ings hanks may convert their deposits into United States bonds, bearing two and a half per cent interest, on July 1. The bonds are being prepared in denominations of 20, flOO and $500. Milwaukie has the largest graduat ing class in Clackamas county. Tweuty girls aud two boys will com plete the eighth grade. This -is the second time in the past three years that Milwaukie has had the largest graduating class. Union will hold its annual horse show June 1, 2 and 3. Union county is the home of many fine horses and the exhibition will include high class draft stock, harness and fancy driv ers. Some animals will be shown that will equal the best seen at na tional stock shows. Heurv Heitkempsr, of Courtney, has a vevgetable curiosity in the form of a narple- meated potato, which he has raised FU"ces8fully on his plaoe south of Milwaukie. He obtained some seed from Germany and planted the potato iu the sandy loam on his place and scoured an excellent crop as a result. Portland people are making their plans for the annual Rose Fesitval, June 5-10, und the whole city is look ing forward eagerly to the event. It will be bigger and better than ever this year and the latch string to the whole city will be ont. Residents of other Oregon cities will be given a warm welcome. Another reclamation project is about to be undertaken In Umatilla county and 20,000 acres more of arid and semi-arid land are to be brought under profitable cultivation. The un dertaking is known aa the Camas Creek project though the lands to be reclaimed are in the Butter Creek vailey. Oregon pioneers will hold their an nual reunion ana banauet at the Ma son io Temple in Portland on June 21. Arrangements are now being made for this gathering by the Oregon Pioneer Association. Secretary George H Himes is arranging a program of un usual intesrest and a large number of thejSturdy pioneers who laid the foun dations of our state will meet and re call the inoidents of the past. Indian War veterans will meet in Portland on June 20. Oregon jewelors will meet in Port land on June 6 and 6, these being the dates fixed for the fourth annual con vention. Trade matters will be dis cussed aud entertainment features will not be overlooked. One of the attractive features (o close the horse show aud raoe meet at Canby June 3 will be a fox bunt in the evening. The start will be made at Milk Creek and the oourse will extend to the , Willamette river. Many foxes have been located and 50 residents of Canby aud out-of-town recruits will participate in the hunt. The 1m outers will be assisted by a pack of 12 famous fox hounds belong ing to the Vauhgns. It will be the first fox hunt ever held in this part of the Willamette valley and is at tracting great interest. A booster meeting ot the Clackamas Southern Railway Co. was held at Muliuo Friday afternoon. The meet ing was called at 3:60 A large crowd attended, and a great deal of interest was manifested. Interesting talks on the advantages of the new railroad through that part of the country were made by Grant Dimick, W. A. Shewman, Geo. Harding, O. D. Eby, W. A. Huntley, S. M. Swift, and some of the citizens of Mulino, who are interested in the new project. Friday evening a meeting was held at Boaver Creek, in the Grange hall. The Beaver Ornek people ar) greatly interested aud a ronsing and enthusi asts meeting took plaoe. The work on the new road is being pushed right along, and will be completed as soon as possible. JT Banking service is not an expensive luxury. " Some of the greatest semces we perform cost our clients absolutely nothing. . The individual needs this bank to DdnKlI1) help him make his income go far- ScrVIC ier' an urn some f t "l0 a permanent asset. (J The small business man needs this bank's help to make his business grow. (J This bank is here to serve the people, and its ofllcers will be glad to talk to any having need of banking Bervice. The Bank of Oregon City The Oldest Bank i n the County argain Prices At W. A. HOLMES' Our Stock is still too larg'e and it must be reduced at once. While we have received a lot 'of NEW Goods during May. we will include these too, during oar CONTINUED SALE. I will cot set a closing day for this continuance as I cannot tell how quickly I may be able to convert the surplus into cash. However I will give notice in my advertisement a few days be fore I finally close the sale. WE ARE SELLING $350 Shoes and Pumps $2-85 to $3-15 $4. Men's and Women Shoes fom $3.35 to $3.65 Odds and ends in Men's, Boys, Misses and Women's Shoes at About Half Price Now is Yocr time to boy while the assortment is good W. A. HOLMES, "LS.S?.