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29th YEAR.
OREGON CITY. OREGON. FRIDAY, DEC. 8, 1911.
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SCHOOL
FOOLISHNESS
- Teaching Spelling Like
Duck Shooting.
GET, THEM ON THE WING.
"Phonetic" System Plays Loose
Game with Old Webster.
The boy or gitl of twelve to twenty
years who spells grntefnl "greatful"
is more common today than lie or she
who ia able to spell the word cor
rectly. And what is the reason?
Awav back twenty tn forty years
ago in our public schools grater at
tention was given proper pronuncia
tion and spelling, and "readiu',
writin' and 'rithiuetio" were added,
which usually completed the eduoa.
tiun.
Spelling was taught by syllables.
The word "at ten-tion" was divided
into three parts and the student was
taught to spell each syllable with each
added syllable, something like this:
a-t at, t e-n ten, at-ten, t-i-o-n shun,
attention.
Today the children in the lower
grades mast have a lot ot "staff" pat
into their uiiuds, nnd the word " bi
cycle", fjoT instance, is sounded off to
them k '-'I'tluog like this: ba-a ea-ca-sl,
" 'Wi tli t ie "a" sounding about
an flat as a tin touf.
And it's not at all nnreisonable to
expeot the child to be forever spelling
"bioyole" just as taoaht to pro
no u nee, and this is only a rainple
word. ,
Forever? Well, until the child has
grown to manhood or womanhood,
and reaches the half century mile
post.,
How do we know?
WeU, you glance over the communi
cations arriving at tins office daily
from the fonr corners of the state",
from country homes and business
houses, and you'll remark the same.
Three different stenographers, re
ceiving dictation and mailing letters
to this office during the past week
wnre so tacking in spell iug that their
letters were next to a disgrace. Theu
there was one from a school teacher
another from a college student recent
ly ont of Oregon Oity schools, with
seven misspelled words iu hjs lettor'of
less than one hundred words.
We publish herewith a little one
just at hand a fair cample only this
young man was long on his "tens",
, and within the past threo years was
teaching school :
Inolose stamps. Tours truly,
Teaohing Ycung America the ".pho
netio" system nndountedlv.
A business man in Oregon Oity re
cently received a letter from Ins sou,
who is in college (yes IN college,
Now don't laugh) in another state.
In speaking of the son's advancement,
the confused and really saddened par
ent, confessed that he burned a recent
lettur before others had an opportuu
icy to read it, as the spelling was so
bad he was "ashamed to have others
see it."
What a Bliaine!
And 1 think the tronble is in this
kind of elite society, tfceuiieh cen
tury, "smart aleo" way the "latter
dav saints" have of iustruetiiir.
We need a little more horse sense in
our schools.
A TRIBUTE TO DR. CARLL
. i Salem, Ore.
Editor Courier: I have bin reading
with mutch interest your letters from
the people on the "singel tax," and I
would farther be pleased to receive
any free litterature yon may send, I
The Homeless and Orphans have
Lost a Staunch Friend.
In the death or Dr Oaril of Oregon
Oity, the orphaiM and Bist rs of St,
Agnes' Baby Home feel they have last
a raithtul iriena.
For over niue years this able nnd
devoted physician attendfd the cl.il
aren ana many or the little tots n e
their lives under God to the care giv
en them by the friend who has gone.
His deep interest in the institution
was alsa shown on several occasions.
Notable aruoug them was during the
time he was mayor of Oregon City,
he exerted eveiy means within Ins
power ti have the city water brought
to the Home. This was successful
and now the inmates enjoy pure
mountain water and all they wish to
have. '
Let us I ope that aem he is reapiung
the reward of his mauv acts of charity
and kindness and that the Saviout,
who promises to reward all those who
give even a "up of cold water iu
tiii name" will receive into His king
dom the soul of the departed.
- Acknowledgement,
The Sisters of Mercy of St. Agues'
Baby Home, Farkplace, retorn their
sincere thanks to the Orown Colum
bia Pulp & Paper Co., and all other
friends for their generous donations
on Thanksgiving Day. The little tots
at tne Home enjoyed the holiday to
their In arts' content and the beauti
fal wtather made everything donbly
pleasaut, ouicionr extrcise being the
greater part of the day's program.
500 Club Entertains.
The Five Hundred Club was enter
tained Wednesday evening bv Mr.
and Mrs, A, 1) W.eher. The first
prize was won bv Mr. Herbert Martin
and the consolation prize was awarded
to Mr liny lieddicb. Refreshments
were served, and the following were
present: Mr, and Mrs. Herbert Mar
tin, Mr. and Mrs. Gny ' Keddick. Dr.
and Mrs. L, G Ice. Mr. and -Mrs. .T.
B. GarietBJO, aud Mr. and Mrs. A D
Vatcher,
DICK
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MAYOR
Carries Every Ward and
Wins by 112 Majority.
CONTEST GLEAN ALL AROUND.
No Sore Spots Anywhere and
Things Look Good for 1912.
Grant B. Dimick was lianried twelve
mouths of work by the voters, Mon
day, aud h will be oar mayor for
1912 John r . Allbright, William
Beard and F. J Tooze will share it
with him, as new counoilnen. Mr.
Diinick won by a majority of 118
votes in the aitlerent wards
What promised to he a hot . contest
two weeks ago, did not develop. The
oontcst was oleau and each candidate
kept ont and simply left the matter
np to the voters. There was no ex
citement, no mod throwing. Each
oandidate muounoed himself and then
attended to his own business. The
resnlt is there are no sore spots aud
no bitterness.
The full voce of the city laoked con
siderable of being out, no doubt ow
ing to the fact that none of the candi
dates took an active hand in the elec
tion. There were bat- 660 votes cast
for mayor. In the first ward Diniick
received 12(1, Andreseu 9ti; in the sec
ond ward Dimiok received 195, Andre-
sen las, and in the third ward Dimick
R5, Andreseu 63 giving Mr. Dimick a
rnnjo icy in all of 112.
John A 11 right wag elected council
man from the first ward over M. D.
Phillips by a majority of B8.
it. J, Tooze was all by his lonesome
in the second waru. Jtie nan no oppo
sition.
William Beard beat out E. V. El
liott in the third ward by 57 majority
M. D. Latourette for city treasurer
was in Mr. Tooze's class he had no
opposition. -
By the emphatio majority of 273 the
opla voted that the heights section
be given police protection. This mat
ter has been hanging in the counoil
for soma months. Mayor Brownell fa
voring and the council blocking. The
first ward gave 149 for and 54 against;
the second ward 201 for and 80
against and the third ward 85 for and
28 against. -
Mr. Dimick will give Oregon Oity
the test that is in him in the way of
administration. He is not and un
tried quantity. He has already been
mayor four terms and lour years
county judge. He knows every detail
of the oity, has grown up with it, and
With the capable men who will serve
with him as oounoilmen, the city will
have a careful, businesslike administration.
Presbylerian Sunday school will pre
sent a Tom Thumb weridiug, rj'ririiy
evening, in the ohurch parlors Mim
Velma Randall will take die pait of
the bride, and Miss Ruth Schnebel,
the maid of houof The bridesm.iids
will le M sses Violet B auleau,
Franois Bow lend, Fraud Andrews
and Pauline Puce.. Tlie flower girls
ajr e Kathryn Laiidshorongh, aud
Eloi-e Elv. Melville Frost .Vt itl be
Me groom, aud G.rdon Wilson will
be t.e be Ft man. The ushers are
Kenneth Swansoii and Ivah Hauna
ford. The wedding march will be
pKyed by Carol Ely, and Mib. Leon
Des Larzes will slug "O, Promise Me"
during the servioe. Fred Tooze, Jr.,
will take the part of the clergyman.
After the wedding, a musical piogiain
will be givon. Among the other num
bers will be a recitation by Sammie
McLarty.
A Tom Thumb Wedding.
The primary department of the
WE C1VE SERVICE
WE GIVE SERVICE
Electric Christmas
Gifts Are Popular
They still possess that element of novelty dear to
the American heart and thus solve the problem of
giving Christmas gifts that are "different".
Imagine how pleased most men would be to re
cieve anelectric shaving cup or electric cigar lighter,
instead of necktie3, socks and handkerchiefs 'as usual'.
A tea kettle for grandmother, a samovar for Mad
ame's five o'clock teas, a chafing dish for the college
girl or batchelor maid, a disk stove for the batchelor, a
flat-iron or sewing machine motor for the practical
housewife-all these novel and useful gifts will be ap
preciated by whoever receives them.
. It should not be forgotten that these electric
Christmas gifts are all useful gifts. Each of these de
vices is designed to do some one thing better than it
can be done any other way, whether it is to percolate
coffee, toast bread or furnish the power for running a
sewing machine.
The line of electric Christmas gifts is so compLte
that in it will be found a suitable gift for every mem-
ber of the family.
Portland Railway, Light &
Power Company
ELECTRIC STORE .'SEVENTH ALDER.
PORTLAND
WE GIVE SERVICE
WE GIVE SERVICE
Maple Lane Grange.
Maple Lane Grange met in regular
session, Saturday in their hall at
Maple Lane. A dinner was served at
noon by the ladies of the Grange,
The regular business was transactor!.
aud an election of otlicers took place,
which resulted as follows : Master,
J. Lewellyn; overset r, Mrs O. A.
Swallow; lecturer, A. j. Lweis;
steward, Mrs. Win. Beard; assistant
steward, L, C. Adcock ; chaplain,
K. Mautz; irausunr, J. J. Hobble;
seorttary, Mrs. s. A. Gillotte; gate
beeper, v m. Beard ; Ueres, Miss
Emma , Derrick ; Pomona, Mrs. J,
Lewellyu ; Flora, Miss Emma Kowan ;
lady assistant stew aid, Mrs, Belle
Togetikops.
LD5T III THE .
. TAOSJOUNTHY.
Courier Editor's Experi
ence in New Mexico.
MISSIONARY WORK.
Men of Clackamas Count Get
Together for Good Roads.
About fifty roal supervisors i n
Clackamas county accepted au invita
tion tiom tlieClrtgou City Commercial
Olub of this city to a banquet and
social time in ihe Olub parlors, Wed
nesday, and there weie also present
about twenty members of the club,
together with the county couit.
home short talks, wore given prior to
the luncheon hour, aud some time
was consumed stowing away the good
stuff, after which, with J. E. Hedges
as toastmaster, a good hour was spent
in talks from citizens of this oily and
supervisors. Those sneaking were
Hun. Grant 13. Uitniok, Gilbert L.
Hedges, E. E. Brodie, T. J. Gary.
Frank McUugin, aud H. E. Oross.
Mr. Dimick talked at some length,
giving many excellent pointers on road
building and road supervisors, aud
impressed upon them the- fallacy of
electing a load builder who does not
know his business, simply beoausa he
might lie a good til low or a friend
Mr. Dimick's admonition was to vote
for your worst enemy it lie be a ninn
who is oapable of handling men aud
building good roads. What the tax
payers want is soJiuone who oan pro
duce the goods
In the ttlks that followed, numerous
ideas were brought out, one by Mr.
Gary suggesting that "kickers"
against road lnipovemeut in any dis
trict be face to laoa with the tigureB
showing gust how mucli their propor
tion of any proposed txation would be,
as is often observed iu county school
work, with the result that the fellow
who is doing the kickiug usually pays
the very smallest tax, with the result
that he orawlu oil to his O-rner. This
was ooinment upou the faot that pro
posed improvements tocasiouaily meet
with resistance.
Mr, McUugin gave a very square
taik and endeavored to' impress his
hearers with the plan to not dishearten
the taxables, to keep the taxation at
a nominal iiguro, aud carry the wuk
aloug to success, though it take some
time, and not discourage property
holders by burdensome taxation. His
talk had the ring of sound sense.
The meeting adjourned to the Oom
nmroial Olub parlors where talks con
tinued and numcruDS tentative plans
were outlined for the building of bet
ter highways. Mr. Oross introduced
resolutions, which were adopted, pro
viding for annual meetings like the
one held Wednesday.
Not only was the meeting of the
greatest aid in the certain building of
better highways for OlaoKainas county,
but it pilars s au era ot better fueling,
a feeling of unity of purpose, a work
ing together for the oommou good be
tween business men and farmers.
Call at the Hub Grocery Friday aud
Saturday aud get some fine Navel
oranges. 15 cents per doz., 2 doz. for
25 cents.
IN THE MOUNTAIN FASTNESS.
No Food, no Fire, but Plenty of
Aconite and Sickness.
I had an experience of cold, hunger
and sickness in the 'mountains of New
Mexloo last February that I will long
remember, aud while it may make
pretty good newspaper stuff, I do not
care for any more assignments at the
price.
North of Santa Fe bnt cue railroad
breaks the bleakness of that state for
a hundred miles in any directicii, the
Denver aud Kin Grande, a narrow
guage which climbs the moutaius at
from six to eight cents per mile, one
train a day, Sundays excepted.
I went north for a few hours, count
ed my money aud got off at a little
mountain town, a town with two
stores, two saloons and a restaurant.
There I found a county official who
had business in the Mexican hamlels
in the west, and with a driver we
started for a four days' drive through
the Oulebra mountains.
The second day out at neon, a haze
came over the sun aud the air became
cold. Iu au hour it was nearly daik.
In two hours a blizzard, tin worst I
ever experienced, came down from
Oolorado and literally filled those
mountaiuS and valleys with flue snow.
The wind was piercing.
Then things began to go wrong, aud
I began to w ish 1 had mother to ad
vise me.
You will have to experience it to
appreciate he feelings one gets in sucji 1
a situation, i he country is wierrt nnd
foroboding at its best. Every thiug is
so strange, so nureul, and while won
derfully fascinating, yet under its
brightest sunshine it is depressing.
And then when a blizzard shuts
everything in aud covers the trails
until you caij't see anything that ever
looked like n road; when you feel the
intense cold getting into joar veins
and night settling down; when yon
hear a mountain lion set up his roar
from a mountain side; and when you
think that here are none but Peni
tent fauatios within fifty miles of
you what? Nothing like it, fellows.
Try it onoo.
The driver urged the tire J ponies
along, aud the snow kept -getting
deemr, wlinu uncertain as to his
course, all the trails being entirely
hidden, he stopped, admitted he was
not sure whore be was, and oallod a
oounoil.
He was for camping where we were
for the night, but the fact that we
had no ax to out wood for a tre or to
build a shelter for the team, the prop
osition looked very unfavorable to my
oornpanion, a Mr. Bloom, who urged
thn driver to push on.
While the mountains am covered
with cedar brush and some larger tim
ber, there is seldom a dead Btick to be
found anywhere, and the matter of a
fire was vital to us half-frozen men.
The driver said he would go down
the canyon a mile and if we did not
find some habitation, we would have
to roll up in our buggy blankets and
oliancs it
And just os we had given up Hope
aud were about to Hop the team, we
ran onto a Mexican 'dobie So dense
was the suow tall that had we gone
twenty feet out of the course we came
we would never have seen it.
There was no sign of life in the
mud house, bnt in answer to our rails
a Moxloan opened the,, doer. We
didn't ask if we might, we simply
went In.
There were two vonng Mexioans
and two Mexican girls inside, nppar
enty brothers and sisters. One of
them explained to the driv r that the
father was a herder in the mountains,
that he had the ax with him. and
they had but a few sticks of wood.
He said they had but little to eat
and he to'd a M'xicau truth. The
girl cooked some tortillas over the
fireplace, and made some oortce that
1b we thought it was onfreo. The
Mexican pancakes were absolutely
without any seasoning1, and as there
was nothing to eat on them, we conld
nor force them down.
Bnt the coffee looked good to me,
chilled through as I was, and I emp
tied the cup at a drink. It didn't
taste right. It tasted of anvthing and
everything but coffee. But it was
hot, and 1 passed up my tin cup for
number two, whon the driver told me
not to drink any more. He Faid the
coffee was evidently made of cedar
bark and soap weed ( the usual ooffee
with the Mexicans), bnt that there
was a peculiar taste lie did not know
or like, and advised us to pass it np
vYiin conoe on tin menu there was
nothing left we would touoh. so
girl showed us to the other end of the
honse, separated by a partition.
The room was good sized and there
was a fireplace in the end, but no
wood. There were two beds, or
rather two bed frames, with two ticks
aud lour pillows stuffed with crass.
but there was not a sign of any cover
ing or any kind.
from the buggy we cot cur robes.
and being half frozen, the three of us
got onto one bed. with all our clothes
on and covered up
Iu about an hour I was taken vio
leutly sick and I crawled out in the
zero atmosphere and deposited niv
supper (aim conee) in the fireplace.
sxa sooner nad l got back under cover
than Mr. LSIooin put his supper With
mine, and a little later the driver was
up tryiug to find the grate.
All three of us were sick all niclit.
and I had it pioper. Ouce, late iu
the night, when I was making about
the twentieth searoh for the hole in
the wall, I pi (inly saw somebody or
something come before the window
opeuing above my head, aud stay
there. I knew it might be a dog or
a goat, but I sang out to Bloom to
baud me his .45, when whatever it
was" vanished
I awoke the men and we talked
things over. The driver was of the
rpiuiou that an attempt hid beeu
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ELKS MEMORIAL.
HON. GRANT B. DIMICK.
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Beautiful Services in Memory of
Ralph Dimick and Dr. Carll.
The gieat heart of Elkdom swelled
for those who had gone before, on last
Suudy, not only in Oregou Oity, tnt
in every citv in the United States
where there is instituted an order ot
that benevolent brotherhood.
It was memorial Sunday, and Ore
gon City lodge No. 1189, B. P. O.
Elks, conducted services in the Ocu
gregatioual ohnroh . lh this city, in
memory of Ralph O, Dimick and
Walter E. Carll.
The services wer- in charge of Ex
alted Hulor Clyde E. Mount, nnd at
2. HOP M. about cue hundred aud
seventy-five members of that benevo
lent order filed into the church, and
were seated in the f ont seats.
The Ut moral address by Gen. L,
Hutohius of Portland and the beauti
fully Bpnki'n words of eulogy' by
Janies H. Cary of this clr were
efforts worth the greater commenda
tion, in the sec tion of the hiubIc
there had been .lii latest thought
and care observed, that all should be
in keeping with the"spirit of the oo
casirn, and it was all beautifully ex
emplified in the quartette work by
Messrs. Altsook, Xaiisoher. Keating
and Leadbuiy, and uot the least nnre
mindful of the solemn occasion were
the Bweet notes from the soloists, Mrs.
Neita Harlot Lawrauce aud Miss
Elizabeth Hoos.
The sirvices oloeed with leuediction
by Kev, Edwards, pastor of the Con
gregational church.
fi LITTLE STORY
Mil
it
BUT
Heavy, impure blood makes a mud
dy, pimply complexion, heudaohes,
nausea, indigestion. T h i n blood
amkes vnn weak, nole sicklv. Knr.
dook Blood Bitters makes the blood
rich, red, pure restoreB perfect health
How Bucking the Line
Can Build Railroads.
DON'T NEED WALL STREET.
How the Little Word "But" Held
Progress for 30 Years.
It's a bit of iuexnlainable human
nature to fall over a bargain and re
fuse to Bee it aud theu rush with the
orowd when the bargain has gone into .
cue nauoou huainess.
lake a man out in the countrv.
show Inn a genuine bargain, aud
prove ti him that the future will
double the investment, aud abont nine
in ten will say "Yes that looks good,
BUT''
For nearly thirty years a railroad
into the Molalla country looked good,
aud everv time an effort was made to
put it through it was damned with a
but."
Man atfer man and company after
company looked the promising field
over, marie surveys and organized a
railroad on paper.
IJUI it never went through.
Man after man worked his head off
to interest capital, sell stock and get
the projont started, but
Uapitalist after capitalist looked the
scheme over, said it looked good,
could be financed, but -
Aud after that eternal little word
had stood the development off for a
quarter of a century, a half dozen men
in Oregou Oity got their heads togeth
er one night and declared they were
bigger than any word in Webster's un
abridged dictionary, that Claokamas
oouuty conld tell Wall Street to go
ump in the drink, and that thero
would be a railroad built into the
ClaokamaB country.
And it's out there, fellows, so far
aloug that only an earthquake swal
lowing it completely can stop its
finish, and only waiting for the com
ing wet Beasou to end to put on the
fiuishing touches and start the wheels
to rolling.
It shows what men can do when
they tell the whole sarcastic, financial
bunch to go sit on a taok and watch
them build rail-oads.
It shows what men can do when
their hearts and coin are both in the
work.'
There she stretches out in the Mol
alla country today with not a dime
against it It's built on honor, stan
dard every inch of it, and built for
the time when it will extend on to
Silverton and then some.
Just a Utile way in the future,
when a dollar's worth of stock is
worth four timua what you paid for
it, some fellow will come along and
say:
"I had a chance to got iu on that
deal when stood was Belling for $50 a
share, BUT"
Swat him.
Stock jumped to f 10 and then off
the market. Bonds oan be had. They
will not pay the investment the stook
will, "hut" they are as safe as the
bank of England, and a few years
from now you will be using that
"but" agaiu.
California Navel oranges 15 cents
per doz. ; two doz. for 25 cents, Friday
and Saturday at the Hub Urooery,
corner ith and Center streets.
Five times elected Mayor of Oregon City.
Saturday December 16th
Jones Drug Company
5th ANNUAL
Day Will be
SOUVENIR
a Hummer.
Each year we devote one day during the
Holiday season to better acquaint our friends
with our methods of Square Dealing, and on
that day we present to each purchaser at our
store, a pretty and valuable souvenir. This
year we have planned to make the day the
best ever and will present to each person,
trading to the amount of 25 cents, a beau
tifully decorated china plate, which alone is
worth the price of the purchase. And to
each adult making a purchase of 75 cents we
will present a "Beauty Aquarium", contain
ing Two Attractive Gold Fish, a very inter
esting household ornament and pet.
Be sure to call on Souv
enir Day Saturday Dec
ember 16th, and secure
one of these valuable gifts.
Jones Drug Co.
Suspension BridgejCorner. 21 Oregon City.
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