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r CITY 29th YEAR.' OREGON CITY, OREGON. FRIDAY, OCT. 6, 1911. OREGON COUR LEFT OUT THE BALANCE WHEEL. The Man Who Nature Spoiled in Making. TURNED OUT ONLY HALF DONE God Gave Him Brains but no instructions to Use Them. Probably every reader of these lines knows of some poor, unlucky fellow who has joggled with the ball of fate and got the worst of it some man to whom nature hart been generous with intellect and ability ou certain lines, bat Fate, the jester, had got in its work with corresponding shortcom ings, and left him an unfinished job an onballanced piece of work. You know snch a man, don'byou? Away back on ho evolution roadj some gmuus of an ancestor iianded down to him a spark of fire, an ember of ambition, and then a litter ancestor tossed in a heritage of weakness aud Rinitlessenss, ana then tins man was tossed into the ring to fight dogs with himself until the game of death-dodging was over aud the grave gave him a recess. Of all the fellows who shoo Id have extenuating circumstances pul in evi dence for him this fellow stands first in line aud if a judge ever showed mercy he should show it to this ha muli mistake These unfinished men invariably get iuwrong. That stress of cowardice streak of yelbw we cull it predomi nates It gets a half Nelson before the talent cells have developed a d it forever keens his shoudets pinned to tiie mat. That weak, incompetent forefather got his heritage in first aud the man grows up without'a wnll under him. Later ou some inoident, souis trifle, some aooidont lifts the ashes off the fire of genius aud then this man is in for as hopeless a future and disap lointiuga life as it is possible to have. I have in mind a man whom acci dent made me acquainted with, iu a squalid ferryman's shanty on the bauks of the Arkansas river, a few years ago, aud with whom I Btayed over night. Nature gave the man a massive head and a quick iiitelleot, but it spoiled the job with a weak main spring. He lacked the foroe to do things, lacked what we call "nerve" to make people rcognize las brains, lacked ability to execute, to plan, lacked tacthcki everything that should go with a big huuch tf brains Tins man had long ago forgotten more than the Courier editor ever hopes to know, but the pity of it was that he had not been born just a hap py mule driver. He was oonsoious of his ability, knew he could make tjpeo ple think and knew he could make people do, if he only could get on his feet, but lie was born a cripple in the WE GIVE SERVICE Portland Railway, Light & Power Company MAIN OFFICE SEVENTH , ALDER. WE GIVE SERVICE WE GIVE SERVICE way of getting on his feet. He was a disappiointed, hopeless man, doomed to pass his life amid uncongenial, un natural surroundings. because the weak part of his head tripped him up because the weak part of his nature developed first and put his brains in a hole. He hod tried and failed, tried re peatedly and failed, not because of lack of merit in his etlorts, but be cause of his surroundings aud the lack of a foundation on which to build success He wap born a failure with a full appreciation of the fact. Ho could see ahead the mark he should make, but whioh he knew he never would make. If ever a man lived in a lit eral Hell this man had found it out there in Arkansas. And the most of us know such a man, who has brains enough under his hat to give you as much as you know aud yet be a smart man, yet who is a dismal failure because of a weak spring somewhere in the bal ance wheel, perhaps. And when the Angel of Death calls time on this failure and separates him from his hopes aud disappoint ments, he has done a work of mercy. STILL MISSING. Indians Still Hunting Lost Man, but Whites Don't Care. The Indians are yet vainly searching for the missing Indian, as related in last week's Courier, but so far no trace of him can be fouud, and the father of the boy wonders why the white authorities do not take as much interest in the death of a red man as in a white man. The general theory is that while drinking with other ludiuns some two weeks ago, he fell or was thrown into the river. The wile and qhild of the missing Indian fire still camped on the river, watching the stream aud moornimi the lost husband, while other Indians have been hunting along the banks for two weeks It would seem that the authorities should tae ou active interest in this matter If the Indian was thrown in to the liver, it is a case of murder, and a case that should not be ignored. If it was a case of accidental drown ing, an Indian is a human beinsr. and his body should be recovered. And in any event the matter of where these four Indians got their liquor, how they got it, and who sold it, should be thorouhgly investigated. It appears that the result of getting that liquor was the loss of a human life, and it is up to the county and oity authorities to run it down and rind out But will they? Hose 5 will Give Dance. Hose Co. No. 5 will hold its annual danoe in Bosch's hull Saturday night. Oct. 28. aud preparations are being made for a swell time. Phil Sinnott, Roy Baxter, James Straight, Lloyd Bernier. Ben Baxter, John Straight and Tom Myers are the arrangement committee. The Courier will give you matt ers straight as we can see them. WE Before You Move Investigate Be sure your home has that important modern convenienceElectric Light. There are many such and they are in great demand by those who know how to enjoy them.1 The modern electric light is so much better than any other that no one need hesitate about the cost. There has been perfected the MAZDA lamp which gives twice as much light as ordinary electric lamps using an equal amount of electricity. We Have MAZDA Lamps For all those who live in wired houses we offer an opportunity of getting the benefit of the great light giving quality of these lamps. For those who own unwired houses on our ' distributing lines we will give advice of value in wiring houses for electric lights. 0 1 GUFFJDWELLERS Santa Clara's Great City of Silence and Ruins. ONCE TEMING WITH PEOPLE. Courier Editor's Visit to Dead City of the Puyu Cliffs. In the evening of this golden Nov ember day I sit at the foot of the cliffs and watch the sun bid good night to a deserted city sit here and see its last rays fall athwart the oity of the dead, the Home of Great Si lence, and in speeohless awe I wonder what I oan write that will convey to you what I feel. Here is where time forgets aud nods, and where the milk bottles are not put out. Here in the uuknown centuries tefore the lauding of Colum bus a great oity thrived ; here thou sands of people lived and wore out antiquity before a white man's foot ever touched America. Aud I sit here and look up " at the crumbling walls, look up at the de serted bee hives, aud ask, "Whence came you, and whither went you?" But no answer comes back from this city unpeopled aud still. And like a pigmy I look up, wonder, and try to oatoh the time of what 1 see. I try to get baok to days when civilization wore swadling clothes in these cliff cities of the Santa Clara, and I try to see these men as they were before they tarned baok to dust to see these men who lived here countless generations ago and then disappeared from the face of the earth, without having seen a white mau's face. And while I look and wonder, tiie sunset changes from red aud gold to darkness, and this mysterious old country is hid for the night, and I think of the steps of these far dim days of the past to the present time thiuk of the Btone, the spear, the bow, the sword and the gun. And there'eomes into memory these lines ''A Are mist and a planet, A crystal and a cell ; A jolly fish and a saurain Aud caves where the cave a dwell ; Then a sense of law aud duty, Aud a faoe turned from the clod. Some call it Evolution And others call it God." I met a magazine man in Santa Fe who was just btck from the grand oanyon He went there to describe it, but he told me there was no such thing. And I feit as this man did that these Cliff Dwellers of the Santa Clara are nit of this world not for an Eagle lead pencil No. 2. But to get back to it all. I will try to start you at the beginning, lead GIVE SERVICE yon to it and then yon guess. I went to Espanola Monday a little mountain town which now has two stores and two near-hotels, and which lives in the reputation of former greatness, of once having had thirteen saloons a compnnv of forest rangers and a lot of historic trouble. The town was full of people and excitement and I. couldn't make it out. As a part of the treatment I had cut out the morning newspapers since leaviug Las Vegas, and the last I knew of current events was that tjie house was Democratic aud Kooesvult a Jim Jefferies. I went to the livery barn and told them I wanted a team, a guide and a camp outfit-for the Clitt Dwellers. But there was nothing doing along these lines, and no outfit to be had. There was an Iudian uprising a genuine old rebeiliou against the white mau's way of justice. ' You who rrad the press dispatohes on and after November 15 saw the meagre details of the troubles here; you'who did not may call this another of Brown's bromides au forget it. Just what the issu s are it is diffi cult to get the straight of, but I grasp that the government at Washington leases range to the Mexicans, and the few white men who have reasous of their own for living here. But water is as scarce as society and cattle must drink, bo the cattle were driven onto the reservation for water and the Pu eblos had it figured out that they wouldn't longer make a Coney Island of the $anta Clara river, and as fust as the cattle were driven ou, they rounded them up. The ooosequenoe was the cowboy and the gun. The Indiana were armed with Winchesters and civilizalion and this with posses sion made a had game to go up against. Well, there was a few days of nervousness and dispatohes to Washington and then the driver and I thought we would take a chance. Wednesday morning we started. One of the men in the mercantile company in Espanola. who I had struck up a taltc friendship with, stopped our rig, and warned us net to tote a gun or carry booze There were three of us in the rig myself, the driver, and an old mau who chimed to be manager of a graut, whioh Pennsylvania politicians had claim to. We assurred him there was nothing in our outnt but what a mothers' meeting woul I sanction, and we "dragged it " a hair dozen miles out we were held up held up by a lone mountain Indian police but he had a Winohes ter, and he looked game. He went through our baggage and searohed our clothes. I don't know where he got his authority to do cus torn duty, but I didn't Question, and I hare been unable to learn since. I had a suit cans. He took it nut of the rig, opened it, shook out the trousers and the underwear, and went through the corners of the grip. Then he turned up the boggy seats and Bhook our robes. After which, he evidently thought we wre eligible to visit au Indian reservation that has 80,000 acres and about thirty people. But Lo lost out in the discard as he always loses when he goes up against the white man s game. When we stupped foi lunch at noon the ranohman untied the bag of oats and brought out a quart bottle of "Cedar Brook bourbon. brewed in Eentuokv, by gosh" at least I took his word for it. I learned afterward that the smug gle was riangerouv, and that had a bottle or gun been found we .would have been waiters until a next federal court and they come about onoe a year. There's as much tape connected with getting through the Puye Cliff Ruins as there is seeing your home congressman at Washington durirg the session Next came the station oi the Indian farmer, tlm manj who pisse? something that sounds like a civil servioe, Bud who lives out in this desolation aud a tent. He gets fHO per,, a horse and a tout aud is sup posed to teach the untutored red man to make bricks without Btraw teach him to farm a mesa where frijole beans wither up and d'e like geran iums would in the Sahara desert. And there are no Indians to teach. Hundreds of years ago the Indians learned what the powers at Washing ton have not yet learned, that crops can't be raised without moiFture. aud these thousands of acres of reservation are no more to them than hunting erounds, and when they farm they go back to their pueblo grants along the streams, and leave the reservation mesas for white men to make politi cal jobs of, I started this letter with the cliff dwellers, but I have not written a word But I will. Uf all the won derful and interesting spots I ever vis ited this dead and forgotten city of the past, these honey-combed ruins of the Puye are the most wonderful, and I can hardly wait until morning shall come, that I may climb the cliffs into these hundreds of rooms, and see the ruins of a people and a past that we know nothiug of of a great city that simply has passed away and left no history of its passing. The driver savs the supper is ready, and then we will roll up and wait for morning and if I sleep at all with these great white cliffs staring down at me in the beautiful moonlight I will probably dream of some midget of a man who, probably thousands of years ago, stood where I am, looked up at the hanging lights on the cliffs, and then squirrel-footed it up to his own little home hole. M. J. Brown. A Correction. Last week's Courier had a news mention ot the Willamette incorpora tion niiiup which stated that James Downey had brought action through Dimick & Dimick to have the . incor poration set aside, as illegal. We are informed by a resident of that place that the item was inco'rect in this statement; that Mr. Downey is not fighting big own town, but that the aotion is brought through Kecord er Stipp, by residents of Willamette, to compel Downey to give a franchise of the streets and alloys to the corpor ation, and that Dimick & Dimick are Mr. Downey's attorneys to defend, Mr. Downey is owner of the water works at Willamette. V. A. Buntzell and wife of Lents were in town Thursday vititing friends and transacting boslnese, COUNTY I Rancher Strangled, Bound and Robbed. MURDERER IS YET AT LARGE. Hired Man, Supposed Murderer, Cannot be Found. Clackamas county is down for an other murder, keeping up the average with the rest cf the state for hideous crimes, and this orime gives it a lead over other couuties it being the sec ond cold-blooded murder within four months. Bound hand and foot with a rone and stone tead, the body of John Thomas was found at his handsome ranch home Sunday night, three miles south ot Ureauam, and about a mile east of Sycamore station. Neighbors found the corpse. The old mau's bauds had been first tied se curely together, then the rope was passed twice around his knees, draw ing his haudB nearly to them. T en it was tied in a hard knot. When found Thomas was lying with his body on the conch aud his feet on the floor. His lips were bitten, as if lie had made a great struggle to free himself. Charles Swain, a hired man on the Thomas ranch, is thought to be the murderer, aud that the deed was com mitted to secure about $70 which Thomas had, aud which he had shown in the presence of Swain. Sheriff Mass' theory is that Swain. tempted by the gold, bound the old man as he was asleep during the night, and, taking the watch and money, made a hasty get-away, prob ably catching a car at the station for Portland. It has been Thomas' habit to sleep on a sofa in the dining room. He wore most of his outer garments, sleeping witn but a few covers. It was iu this mauner that his body was found. Tlicmas' wife died some months ago, and the rancher had been living alone with Swain. Monday, the body was brought here, when tJoroner Wilson ot this city held au inquest over the hody, and the jury found that the man had bien srangled to death, and that he had been struck on the face wta a blunt instrument. So far Sheriff Mass has been unable to get any traik of ' Swain, and ie seems to have diraopeared as thor oughly as did the Hill murderer. Sheriff Mass gave out this state ment, as per a morning paper : "If the man's real name is Swain I believe he will be captured, but if that was a fictitious name the man has a chance to escape. However, we shall leave nothing undone that might lead to his capture Several persons have told us that this man made threats against the life of the aged rancher, aud it is possible when he saw the puise filled with money he could not withstand the temptation to kill his employer. 1 am certain, if we fiud Swam, or the man who called himself Swain, the mystery will soon be solved." TEACH HIM THE GAITS Don't Rear an Ice Cream Boy to Go Lame Later On. If you have a kid growing up, don't try to make a Lizzie boy of him, or a "mamma's darling. " Let him mix it and come up with the bunch. The other day a dozen or so young sters were doing tbeir stunts and hav ing their fun ou Seventh rtreet, next to the Courier office, and having seven kiuds of a jolly aud dirty tuna. One 12-year-old stood hack and watched the sport. 'and because he would not get in the game he was the butt ot the jokes aud the contempt of almost every youngster in the bunnh. But this boy s mother didn't ap prove of these rude games the ob server didn t have to be told that. Johuuio was too delicate a ohild for this rough sport. He had been taught to read and play honse games in plaoe of this street rabble. He had been brought up not to get dirt on his knees nor soil big collar, taught to keep a safe distance from the street gamins aud if they attempted to mo lest him, not to fight, but run home. A spectator could only feel sorry lor the poor kid. Down in his heart there was a little bit of that boy rouhgness left that mother had not quite cultivated out of him, aud there was just a little boy pride lett that made him want to get in and rough it and hit the kid on the noBe who was calling him "baby." But environment and advice had got in its work, the fear of mamma'i scolding had sapped the ginger, and he was a cowardly, wise, little old bov. Teach your youngster to play his own game, lor ir you Haven't a buHiiei of money to leave him lie 11 have to one of these days. Let him hit the sharp carnersnow, for someday he'll have to aud they'll be all the sharper then If he can't take care of himself among the boys of his own age when he is twelve years old, don t you be looking for him to write his name on any rolls or lame when tie passes twenty-nve tor there won t be any laying around that the weakliug can reach. Let him rough it a little, scrap a little, dirty his clothes considerable, and some day both you and he will be glad of it. All Ta riir rnnn ALL IQ IntuUUU. Hard Work and Entertainment Made Fair a Big Card. Clackamas county's fair was a great big success this year and everybody is praising the entertainment and the! managws for making It such. In every department but ona, pool- MURDER try, the exhibits far exceeded last year, and iu attendance this year was cousiueraoiy ahead or. last. Everything oonsinered. it was great show. The exhibits were all that one could see anywhere, the races were extra good, the special at tractions were aood aud the thon oi poepie were happy and good nat ureo. u ouiy mose wno nave seen on tne dead iuside of ruakiuir such a hi? snuw kuow wnat tne wortt and anxi 1 . ,, " a eiy is. we see it aud enjoy it, but give little credit to those who assem bled it. iheie are a number of men who have put a lot of time aud hard work into this oouuty fair, who have stayed witn it, boosted it, aud brought it in iu wnmu n can stana aione and grow eaoli year, but wheu you come right uown io tne real worK or success, the detail work, being on the iob everv minute and answering every call from a raoe protest to colleotins the rent from a popoorn stand; seeing that everything is ready to start and at the same time being a bureau of informa tion well, this work falls on the sec retary, aud on lnin largely dopends wneiner a iair swims or sinks. Beoretary M. J. Lazalle has worked is head off to make this fair what it was the first vear. and he has marie good. The entertaiumeut was a howling big success, and his hard work of looking carefully after the mauy loose ends was a big part in making it such. On page three there will be found the list ot premiums uud prize win ners. TEACHERS' WORK. Outline of the Institute Held at the High School This Week. The Olackamsa county teachers' in stitute has been in session at the high school this week The institute has been largely attended and niuoh interest and benefit has resulted. Many of the Btate's prominent edu oators have beeii in attendance and have had parts on the program. Superintendent of Publio Instruction L. K. Alderman delivered the address Monday, his subject being "Oregon's School Laws, " and he explained the laws in detail, showing the changes made by the last legislature. All cer tificates issued in June. 1911. and thereafter are state certificates; that is, they, are issued by the state board of eleotion and are in foroe through out the state. Certificates are of different kindB, as follows: One year, state, five years Btate, state life di ploma, high sohool certificate, speuial certificates and temporary county cer tificates. The new method nlaces teaohers at a greater advantage' than formerly, for the present certificates are valid iu mauy other Btatea. Grades of over nluety secured at any teachers' exarnnation may be carried for three years in progressive certifi cation provided the holder is engaged iu teaching. Miss Maud Laughead, primary de partment, Albany sohools, delivered an interesting talk on art master pieces. She exhibited a oolleution of copies of various pictures and sketch es, explained their meaning and gave sketches of the artists. Dr. Calvin 8. White, state health officer, delivered an interesting lec ture, illustrated with stereopticon views, to the teaohers at the Meth odist ohnrch, Monday night. Prof. E. S. Kveuden of the state normal sohool delivered an able ad dress Tuesday, on the advanoe of ed ucational methods in this state, aud he held that modern educational facil ities would do more than any one thing to attract people to Oregon. Addressos were also given by E D. Ressler, of the Oregon Agricultural College; E. O. Oarleton, deputy Btate superinteudeut of public instruction ; Miss Campbell of Prang Educational Company; Miss Maud Laughead, pri mary department Albany sohools, and Thurmau Ohaner, superintendent ot the Douglass oouuty schools. In the evening the gentlemen teach ers gave a reception to the ladies at the Commercial Club, where more than 200 attended. Mayor Brownell delivered an address and refreshments were served, Wednesday afternoon there was a large attendance at the high school to hear Pres. W. T. Poster, of Reed Institute, Portland, speak on the sub ject "Tho Professional Spirit." Mr. Foster is an able speaker. V. G. Buohuau, president ot the Clackamas County School League, spoke on "Spelling and Arithmetic Contests." 11. M. James of Estacada, head of the debating department of the School League, gave an address on "Debat ing," and A. O. Freel, principal of the Harchy school, Oregon City, on " Athletics. " County Superintendent Gary and the three county supervisors made brief talks to the teachers. Mrs. Neita Barlow Lawrence rendered vocal numbers before the lecture by Dr. (foster. A Sight for Dogs. There was a disgusting exhibition of beastly drunkenness at the depot Thursday noon a mau rolling on the sidewalk aud vainly eudeavoring to I'ull himself onto his feet and climb up tho stairs onto the railroad It was a spectacle to disgust, uud it should be someone's duty to find out whioh saloon would sell a man liquor until he became iu this state, and sou that the saloon didn't sell to anyouu hereafter. We want you to know us as The Nyal Store Because we are sole agents for the famous Nyal's Family Remedies MT- 1 t J XT 1 r 1 1 i . i vv c uve iuuuu every iNyai .' liable and efficient. That's sell these remedies on the We will cheerfully refund the with which you are I fl B AJ IT Tfc IlllliHIl I'ai f VI Lv a' J XJP Vr iMrnoMtinn , , , . lfeo3 YVere in DUS1U6BS tor your Health T Citizens Petition Him to Head the Ticket. 1 NO POLITICS OR PARTY DEAL Business Men and Citizens of All Parties Join in Request, For several weeks the several candi. dates for mayor of Oregon Oity have been flirting with the public, and their respective backers have been urging them to get :n the game, This week the people took the initi ative and did the asking in the form of a petition to .William Andresen, asking him to be a candidate for mayor.' The petition is not a Dartv naoar. It is a oitizens' request, signed by all parties alike, and it embraces the rep. res'entative oitizens and business men of the city, irrespective of party or pontics. 'Hits request to Mr. Andresen is a high compliment, a notice that he staads ace high with the people gen erally, and a request that he cannot well refuse. Mr. Andresen 'ha. served six years ou the board, and he wants to step down and out The petition asks him to star on the job and step np higher. it is true that the oilice of mayor is weight on any man who has a busi ness to steer, and a hindrance rather than a help to any man who is' hon est find who would do his level best for his city. But if all men took this view of the matter, a city's govern ment would go to the dogs and poli ticians. A man who rings true, who would be dead honest and tilve his city the best that was in him, is the man who must respond to the call of volunteers He isn't hunting the job thej people are hunting him. The voters of Oregon City are not asking Mr. Andresen what his poli tics are they are asking him to be come a oandidate for mayor. Half of them don't know whether he's a Re publican, Demoorat or What Not, and the other halt doesn't care. Our city is coming to the front. If " half of the prospects materialize, the next three or four years will see some big ohanges, aud bigger business here. And with it must ooine oity improve ments. To meet this, the people want an honest level-headed mayor to head theory's governmentand they are asking Mr. Andresen to be their mayor. it he will consent to run and he oan hardly refuse after this aotion of the people there is on doubt of his election, aud the probabilities are there will be no candidates against him. Party politics has no plaoe in a city election.. It's the right man for the plaoe, and when you hud suoh a man, never mind who he voted for for president in 11)03. It Is but a question of time, proba bly a question of another year, when Oregon City will be governed oommisBion, when men will be by a hired and paid for their work. Bat this can be brought about we until must have a mayor and the people have asitou air. Andresen to give one more year's efforts to the oity. With his acceptance, his election will be but a matter of form. COUNCIL MATTERS. Street Improvement Work is of Most Importance. Street improvement work was the main business before the oity council Wednesday night. Bids for the im provement of Mouroe street, from the south side of Third to the south side of Fourteenth .were opened. The bid of the Oregon' Engineering Co. was 124,208 and that of Harry Jones"$37, 573. , An ordiuancewat passed to improve Fonrteeuth street from the east line of Main street to the west line of Washington. An ordinauoe was read for the first time providiug for an assessment for the improvement of Sixth street, from High to Jackson. Contractors Moffatt & Parker were ordered to cover exposed water pipes at Monroe and Eleventh streets. A lioense was refused to A. Klebe to soli liquors at his beer saloon on Main street. An ordinance providing for a sewer at Greenpoiut was passed. Policeman Green was given a two weeks' vacation on full pay. A resolution providing that bids be asked for the publio comfort houses in McLoughlin Park and at the east ap proach ot the suspension bridire was adopted. lhe Oregon Engineering Oo. hid 11088.81 for improving Water street aud Harry Jones f'J21. The reports of the chief of polioe, treasurer and recorder were read. That of tho former showed that 106 tramps were srrestod in Sentenibar and the oity had collected 1127.60 in tines. ivemeay aDsomteiy re- why we can afford to Money Back Plan price of any NYAL Remedv not entirely satisfied . ANDRESEN FOR MAYOR Ml