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OREGON CITY COURIER, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1912 OREGON CITY COURIER. Published Fridays from the Courier Building, Eighth and Main streets, and en tered in the Postoffice at Oregon City, Ore., as second class mail matter. OREGON CITY COURIER PUBLISHING COMPANY, PUBLISHERS M. J. BROWN, A. E. FROST, OWNERS. Subscription Price $1.50. Telephones, Main 5 -1 ; Home A 5-1 M. J. BR.OWN, EDITOR CAN HE COME BACK? Theodore says ho will run. And from now to the tinio of the Chicago convention you will seo the greatest presidential I cht in history. With Roosevelt the situation is coino back or be an is-waser and you know that Roosevelt s dictionary doesn't have the word was. Roosevelt has a big army of Re publican Insurgents behind him, and Taft has big business, the ma chine and the coin. Its a ligh between straw votes and governors' declarations, and Wall street and federal office holders. And the chances are against the Colonel, for it is not only possible but easv to nominate a president who is not the choice of the party and it is a cinch that the delegates the interests will select for Taft will bo absolutely guaranteed not to stamnedo. And isn't it a peculiar situation when you stop and look u over? Four years ago the American people clamored for Roosevelt, but he would not listen. He made Taft president in his place. And now we see him out to try to drag down the big man from the throne he put him on. Such is life. But no matter which man is nominated, won't there bo an aw fully sore sore as the result, and wont these sore spots go theDein ocratic candidate for u plaster? Wet they will. Business can be free only when the nation is free. Am erica's program of popular hope for prosperity, politi cal freedom and commercial freedom go hand in hand. Where there is monopoly in the one there will be tyranny and special privilege in the other. Governor Wilson. And this is the character of the man who is a candidate for the presidency on tho Democratic ticket. Governor Harmon says ho is not yet prepared to accept the in itiative and referendum, prefer ing to wait and seo how it pans out in tho states that are trying it. That's Harmon. Governor Wilson of New Jersey says the working of this reform in the states that has tried them has convinced him, and that while he has advocated that these reforms do not work practically, now ho knows they do work. And this is Wilson. Have you heard Taft making any such statements? Do you believe if Wilson was president he would ask a llarri inan to come over and help him to write his message? The poople have faith in this man who lias driven the rascals out of New Jersey's tuiblic life and I believe they are going to show mis commence by making nun tne next president of tins ccun try. THE UNTRIED. All over the slate there is a pro test airainst excessive taxation The papers aro full of it and tho fanners are up in arms at a condition which they say is lit lie less than dividing their profits with the state or as one farmer expressed it "running my farm on half profits with the state. And as I read these protests, all of which kick, and do not pro- Dose any remedies or relief, it mst occurs to me that perhaps it might not lie succn a uau idea ior these farmers to try the only present promise or relief the sinorlo tax. Would you, couia you, oe very much worse off. even if the out come fulfilled tho predictions of the loudest calamity howlers. The single tax advocates prom se that tho farniers'taxes will be owered. for the reason that all improvement taxation will be ab olished, that non-producing land will be made to pay its just pro portion, and that this amend ment will incourage nianuiactur ing and develop Oregon as noth ing else can. Any number of writers tell U9 that it will not work out as prom ised, and that we will all go to ruin ruin, our property conns cated, and that it would be the worst experiment Oregon could possibly try, etc. But don't you know that the same Bloomy predictions were made against almost every one of Oregon 8 present rerormsi Didn't they hand out the same string of blue beads to you that they are handing out nowT And would you want to repeal any of those reform laws they howled so hard against? Tho way I look at the matter is his: Tho neonle will never settle the single tax proposition satisfac torily on paper. The only way to prove the proposition is to try n, anu unu out wueiner u is uie goods or not. And if it did not work out ac cording to hopes, if it resulted in disappointment, would it De so very hard a matter to unload it? Counties vote on the matter of icense or no license. Sometimes t works satisfactorily and some times it does not. When it does, all is well, when does not. the peoplo simply change hack. And is there any reason we should not try out the single tax proposition the same way? Would there be any lasting harm in proving the matter? Here's a little bit of an editor ial written by Arthur Brisbane, editor ol the New urk American: You real estate men are in the business of developing the only real thing in the world iu the shape of prop erty. Any method, therefore that lies in the direction of letting people get, it to devel op, whether by single tax or by any other system, needs to bo regarded with favor. That mat ter at Lawrence, Mass. where the state and city olllcials forcibly prevented the starving children of the strikers from leav ing tho city, that the mills could the quicker bring the men to the rack, was another of those little matters that helps to bring near er tho mob violeneo that steel Trust Gary recently predicted. What is the matter with Ore gon having one good normal school and no more? What is the sense of a state within our popul ism supporting three schools of this kind, while some states with nearly ten times our population are content with one? Silverton ian Appeal. There is an army of rural mail carriers in this country, and I am betting that the most of them will vote against tho administration that refuses to pay them for the day tney try lo make their route, but which Hoods or storms have made the trip impossible. These men know that such orders are not justice nor fairness to them. and they will show their resent ment at the polls next Novem ber. And they should. It is said the Socialists are go ing to submit an initiative act to tho voters next fall to regulate of ficial salaries; that It will provide that no state officer shall receive more lhan$2,500 a year, no coun ty officer more than$1800and no city officer more than $1200. This action they claim is made neces sary by the continually increas ing taxes and hisrh nrices. and is simply one means of retrenchment. The bathtub (rust was allowed to slip out of a prosecution in De troit, the government's attorneys considerately asking that the case be dropped. Nothing like forgotten promises and more rec having friends at court. ent, too. The niorlgOKO tax law now in force causes doublo taxation and results badly. It is aimed to tax tho money lender, but in reality it hits the money borrower. The borrower must nay a higher rate of interest because of the law and at the same time ho must Day tax es on mortgaged properly. The wrong man gets hit, and he gets mi twice. iUCiUinnviuo negister. Petition of E. B. Tongue is being circulated that he may again succeed himself for the office of district pros ecuting attorney. We under stand (hat u good man from Columbia county is out who will make E.B. recollect some of his forgotten promises. Forest Grove Press. And I haven't a shadow o f a doubt, if a clean candidate comes out against him that the voters of Clackamas will take a hand in the remembering business, and that it will be of more consequence than Most People Think that it pays to save Those who have tried it know that it does. The differ ence between thinking and knowing is the difference between failure and suc cess. Your savings, deposited in this bank, draw 3 per cent, interest and are amply protected. The Bank o f Oregon City Tbi Oldest Bank inyiS County 80LOMAN AND 8INQLE TAX. Oregon Ci(y, Feb. 26. Kdilor Courier: Mr. Eggleston says there were four things that Soloman did not understand, and he didn't try to discuss them. Now there are four things that I do not understand, and I have not try to discuss them. the ilrst is what are the real objects of the advocates of single tax? The second is do they expect by this move lo so oppress the land ho dors, that tney will De com polled to turn their land over to the counties and stale? The third is, or are they aiming to throw a large class of the people into a condition of servitude and bond age and make them pay the taxes for the ncnr uie fourth is. or is it just the paid agents of Joseph rels that are working ror what money there is in it, mat are doing all the advocating of single taxr So you see there is not such a great difference between Solomon and I, after all. But now let us talk about something else that I have a better knowledge of. This is not for the purpose of arguing with Mr . Eggleston, for I don't care anything about that, hut it is just to put this matter before the public in tho way I ink at it, and then let them judge, whether I am ight or wrong. Mr. r.ggleston says that single tax is not a tax on a man's investment in a piece of land for a home. If I buy a piece of wild land for a home and the assessor comes along and as sesses that at $2000. what would you call it? And so far as taxes are concerned and that is what we are talking about now, it don't make a bit or (Inference what a man pays per acre for his land. one man pay one price and an other man may come along and pay twice as much for a piece of land right by the siae of the first man, but if each piece of land ap pears to be equally good to the assessor, they will both be as sessed about the same, but you must bear in mind particularly, inai uie location oi a piece of land governs the assessment of it a great deal as well as the quality. Land lying close to any transpor tation line will be assessed verv different from land up in the Cas cade mountains, and every sec lion you run back from tho main thoroughfares and transportation ines in every direction, the lower he assesment will sret. and if the die courts should force them to assess cultivated lands the same as wild lands right along by the side of the cultivated land (which I do not believe any court will re quire) then you may look for the assessment of all wild lands lo cated in the farming communities o ue doubled, or mavhe morp than doubled, in order to get a uiKiier valuation on tne r.u ivat- ed land, and then, when you ex empt perhaps one half of the present valuation from taxalinn and then stand the increased rate that will be nut on us bv the slate and county good roads bonds, where is the farmer going to get olf at? I should expect not less man lour lo live Per cent of n evy, ana then wi hetrin he re pudiation and confiscation. I he land is all assessed in sec ions and fractions of the sec ions and all sections and frac. ions of sections that are prac ically worthless, ami the ret nrnq from it don't Dav the evnenspa nf uoiuiug it, logemer with all poor people who are not able to pay their taxes, will be thrown back into the hands of the state and counties, whenever buyers cannot be found for them, and all this deficiency will have to be made up by the other tax payers, so the chances will be that even the far mers with laree improved farms. would not gain much by a law of l HIS K1I1U. A law of this kind would be nar ticularly wrong in Oregon, and what we need here is a law to pro tect and help the small home buil ders and small farmers, someth ing like Assessor Sicler of Mult, noniah County is trying to get passed, as mentioned in the Ore gon Daily Journe.l or the 12th in- st. Mr. fcigler is touching it just right, and I hope he will be sus- cesful. He shows he is looking after tho interests of the por man and if we would save ourselves trouble that's what we need to do. I wish Mr. Sigler would go one step farther with his eood work and help to get a law passed to put a direct tax, or a graduated tax on these large land holders in the slate, sufficiently heavy so that they would be willing to sell their land to small home-builders at reasonable prices and on easy terms. Then I would say that the state of Oregon was in a fair shape for prosperity. TheSalem Statesman gives out a statement made by. Judge Bush ey to the effect that the increase in taxes this year over previous years will result in a big increase in the Socialistic vote in Oregon in tho coming election, and that the most of those who go over to (he Socialist party will be from the Republican ranks. The judge mentioned three well known properly owners of the county, heretofore Republicans, who after paying their taxes proceeded ac ross the hall to the county clerk's office and registered as Socialists. And the Statesman further quotes R. R. Ryan as saying that one fourth of the Republican party of me siaie win voie me jsoeianst ticket at the next elections on ac count of the increasing tax burdens. COULD THEY FORGET? A correspondent wants to knoK why, In ray opinion, California voted to grr ber women the ballot There are doubtless various reasons, but this Is one: California owes women much, and she was not ungallant enough, when reminded of ber obligation, to forget it The story of the plainsman and the plalnswoman Is a story of glory and tragedy In which the man got most of the glory and the woman most of the tragedy. Wbeu the news of gold came to the "forty-niner" he hitched op his prairie gcbooniT and started on the Santa Fe trail. Often, under tlit canvas cover, on the Beat by bis side, was a wotuuo sometimes with a babe in ber arms. And Rhe? Leaving every friend on earth be- bind and sharing alike with Iter miin If she lived she beard In the after years the story of bis heroism. It was the man who made the desert blossom ss the rose always i he man. If she lived! Go by the way of. the trail of the gold seekers and know that troll Is strewn with the graves of womeu. There are no monuments. Aud there are countless tiny, graves, long un marked, where tbey buried their babes. And then Those who survlYed the ordeal tolled side by side with tbelr argonauts In gulch and field and rahln. It Is n typi cal fact that the wives of the lionanza mine owners In the days of hardship washed the clothes of the miners In order to grubstake tbelr husbands. And there were more babies. The pioneer women suffered and tolled and died. Nine out of every ten of the early California miners, so It Is stated, married (wo lo three wives. some four or Ore. It was bard on wo men In those days. Could California forget? And so when newer generation of these women went before the new gen eration of men and loid how ibelr mothers bad come lo El Dorado lo the movers' wagons and asked that wom en be recognized at the polls It was not In the heart of man to refuse. Such an appeal could not go unan swered. California honored herself In lier fine appreciation of the women in whose laps her civilization was carried across the plains. YOUR. SURPLUS. In the advertised statements of a bank you will read something like this: Capital flOO.OOO Surplus and undivided proflta 60,000 Which means, of course, that In ad dition to the paid capital employed In the business the bank bas earned a surplus fund available for use that serves as a sort of insurance. Surplus la earned capital. Carried as surplus It is really capital and increases by so much the resources of the bank. Every person, like the bank, should carry a considerable surplus. In addition to bis work'ng capital, which Includes his physical, mental and moral resources.- be should accu mulate a fund of surplus energy. Because There will come a time of stress when all the powers of body, mind and spirit will be taxed to the utmost and be must perforce draw on bis sur plus fund. A panic tests the bank. And so the emergency tests the man. If the resources of the bank are'avall able It will weather the financial storm. If when trials, difficulties, temptations, come to the man be is strong In body, mind and soul there Is a surplus for the crisis be will come through. Rut- If bis body is flabby because of lack of exercise, by overindulgence or loss of sleep or dissipation; if his mind is weakened by fear or worry; If his moral sense Is dulled, why. then He must draw on bis depleted capi tal. And that sort of thing with bank or with man Is the beginning of the end. Lay up a surplus. Keep the body In fine trim and full of good blood, keep the mind keen and sharp and serviceable, keep the soul untainted, and when the work doubles and the strain comes one may go at bis bard task with enthusiasm. Watch your surplus. Do not let It become depleted. As the bank Is careful to carry a cash re serve, so should you keep your strength reserve. again Tor lrts port. When the time comes let go! You are rnp'nln ou the deck of your own vessel. Do not let It drift on the rocks or take (he fienrt out of yourself by trying to sit i 1 In the teeth of the wind. It may lie heroic to go down with the ship, but ll Is better to go. even tmttered. Into port. Let go the Impractical or unattain able or harmful. Let go! Kvery effort yon make beyond the point of worthy accomplishment Is wasted effort. "Be sure you are right and go ahead" Is a good maxim, but how Is this: Be sure you are wrong, tben stop! mm Mm What $2.00 will Get You. The Courier aud the'1 Weekly Ore onian both one year, f 3.00. The Courier and twioe-a-wek Poit Dd Journal, both one year. $1.00. The Conner and three-times-a-week New York World. fJ.Oo. Farm Loans. . . We have money to loan on first mortgage on Improved farm Dro- perty In Clackamas county, from mree 10 nve years, with attractive re-payment privileges A. H. BIRRELL A CO. 202 McKay Bldg., 3d .and .Stark streets, Portland, Ore Nr Strikas. Mr. lieue-ilrt lo you know, my dear. 1 think we bave a pretty good took. How doe hc strike yon? Mr Benedict-Kor mon- wages about once a week -Illustrated nits WHEN TO LET GO. Many a fine oration bas been spoiled because the orator did not know when to sit down. Many a salesman bas failed to book his order because be did not know when to quit talking to bis customer. Many a life bas been spoiled by hanging on to something Impossible of accomplishment and lacking the courage to let go and begin over again. If your work is worth while and possible bang on Uke grim death. Never let go save to spit on your hands. But If you are merely marking time and getting nowhere, If your effort is wast ed and hopeless, why Let go with both hands! Almost every man has been com pelled at some time to quit and begin over. When that time comes with yoa let go ss you would drop a hot potato. Kilson wiU follow a line of Ught wherever it leads, but when It takes him into a blind alley he quits in stanter. He did that over and over again in trying to find the right wire for the Incandescent bulb. Lincoln let go the prospect of the United States senate in order to win the presidency. Washington won his battles by his masterly retreats. Napoleon showed as much general ship In getting his broken army from Moscow to the Klemsn as he did at Marengo or Lodl or Ansterlitx. General TJ. 3. Grant was slow to let go when he bad a grip, bnt be had to give up his canal scheme st Vlcks burg. He Is wise who knows when be Is whipped snd begins again. The veteran shipmaster knows there sre times when It is foolish to fight the storm snd so lets his ship ride with the storm. When ths tempest is Qsst be takes bis bearings and starts WORK! Work, my son. never killed any one. You need not be a from tunr jaa mny overwork yourself. I'eople may die lie cause they work all day mid drink or dissipate or gamble most of the ululit. but tbey do not die of work, my son not of work. Work Is good for you. Good, honest, healthful labor wil! make you sleep soundly, eat heiirtlly nnd digest easily. It will make Sun day a welcome day and a holiday worth while. Work makes men. Did you ever think, my son. that I lie men who least need to work are the men who work the hardest 1 Why? Because it is a pleasure to work One la happiest when employed. To be compelled to loaf is lo a reul man n heavy puuislnnent. If you would be a man work. You cannot show me anywhere u lazy boy or man whom uuybody re spects or who amounts to anything. Work. Kind out what you best like to do and then roll up your sleeves and work at it with all your might and main. It doesn't matter much what the work may be so it Is honest and suits you. Work at your work. Whether you use a pen to write or a shovel to throw yellow clay out of a ditch, whether you preach and pray or paint a bouse or paddle a boat or run a peanut stand, you must work. Work hard. The busier you are about your work the less mischief you will do. the hap pier you will be. the more dollars you will make aud the more good you will do in the world. Do not shirk. When you play you should work at your play, but you should never play at your work. Work while you work; play while you play. All manly men work.' Look about you. Note the men whom you respect. Note those the world Is proud of. What sort of men are they? Tell me. Workers every one! There Is 'nothing finer In nil the world than the joy a man may find in the work of bis hands or of bis brain Fie la doing what be was Intended to do. Work! IT IS NOT tk In the year 1901 William M. Ycder of Oklabomu was found guilty of the murder of Mr. Eick and sentenced to state prison for life. Yet Yoder was innocent. The evidence was entirely circum stantial. A body ldentiticd ns that of Elck was found. Yoder was tried nnd convicted. Mrs. Yoder knew ber husband was at borne the night the murder was said to bave been committed and so testi fied nt the trial. Left With four small i-hllilrpn In ttiv m Absolutely Pure makes i;o;.:e dakiq easy Ught Biscuit Delicious Cake Dainty Pastries Fine Puddings Flaky Crusts The only Baking Powder made from Royal Grape Cream ol Tartar port, sne did not give up hope. Ail the time aud money she could spare the devoted woman gave to the search for Eick. whom she believed to be living Try as she might, however, she could not locate the man. Weli- Elgbteen months ago friends of Yo der who had been convinced by the wife of Yoder's innocence succeeded In securing bis parole. Yoder was not satisfied with mere restoration to free dom. He wanted to clear his name. He Joined his wife In the search for Eick. Some time ago It was learned that a man bearing Elck's description was living in Texas. Upon Investigation he proved to be the much wanted person. Now Eick is going to Oklahoma City to prove his identity and clear the name of the man who. though inno cent, spent eight of the best years of bis life behind the burs. Now In this case, as In others of like char acter, society blundered. It stole the good name of n man. robbed him of eight years' earnings. Imblttered the life of his wife unci children, ruined his prospects beyond repair. Is It fair merely lo turn h'm liaise? Is the state of Oklahoma satisfied I five Yoder his freedom and say It was ulstakenr Is that reparatlou Does :hat pay for the disgrace, the anxiety, be wasted years? Oklahoma owes Yoder more than an ipology. In New Zealand they do It different y. In cases of this sort the victim Is lot merely given his liberty; be is paid tor every day's labor he bus given the itute. Aud lie is u warded d.imat:es. It Is lint fair to do less Hum that. Ths Advance of Science. We used lo think ill. n ll:e minutest mnu ever born whs the Connecticut Yankee who grafted white birch on rwl maples and grew barber poles. Now we rank that gentleman second. First place goes to an experimenter attached ti) the Berlin war office who bas cross ed carrier pijjeons with parrots, so that Wilhelrastrusse can now get verbal messages through the enemy's lines. Llpplncott's. Willing to Halp. Mr. Bncon-It is said It would take e man working eight hours a day over ubiety years to count and stack .a billion dollars at the rate of a dollar a second. Mrs. Bacon-Don't worry about It, dear. If you ever get it I'll promise to help you count It Vonkers Statesman. Learning makes a man fit company for himself. Young. Trouble. Never bear more than one kind of trouble at a time Some people bear three kinds all they have had. all they have now and all tbey expect to bave. To remind n man of a kindness con ferred Is tittle less than a reproach. Demosthenes. Portland Oregon R.EX DYSPEPSIA TABLETS Relieves gas in stcmach, distress after eating, stomach nervousness, dizzi ness, headache, heartbnrn, heart pal pitation and other ailments cansed by faulty digestion Price 26u Pre pared by United Drna Company. Bos ton, Mass. Sold in Oregon City only by Huntley Brrs. Co., the Bexall store. Portland Oregon An Unsurpassed Showing of New Woolen Goods The New Dress Goods The most beautiful and satisfying assortments of stylish Dress Goods we have ever shown are here now Recent arrivals have brought new weaves and new col orings will be shown this week. In this store's show ing of new Spring Dress Goods there is a most agree able change in styles from those shown in the past seasons. Whatever the edicts of fashion have ap proved for 1912 are here in brilliant array every wanted shade; all are exclusive in this store and all are moderately priced. Cream-Colored Dress Goods 75c to $2.50 Yd. A full showing of the correct new weaves in cream colored fabrics New Diagonals, 'Whipcords Basket Weaves, Novelty Armurs, Novelty Stripes, Wide Wale Serges, Storm and Ocean Serges, Imperial and French Serges; also Cream Serges with hairline and pin stripes and black and white Pekin Stripes, Bedford Cords and many others. All pure wool fabrics of seasonable weight and dependable qualities in widths from 45 to 56 inches. New Bordered French Challies, 65c a Yard A splendid assortment of the new French Challies, shown in beautiful bordered styles in rich coloriugs. It is a pure wool fabric that washes perfectly and is full 2S inches wide. There is nothiug nicer for party dresses or evening wear. New Challies at 50c Hundreds of yards in this showing of new Silk and Wool Challies, neat small dots and stripes, and pret ty figured patterns, in rich color combinations. New goods, full standard width. Priestley's New Black Goods, 75c to $2 a Yd. We have just opened a camplete new stock of Priest ley's celebrated Black Dress goods; also a full line of We F. Reed's Black fabrics. These assortments include all the fashionable new weaves for Spring. They are fine piece-dyed fabrics that are guaranteed perfect in weave, color and finish. They are the best and most attractive Black Goods we have shown in a long time There are many grades to choose from in widthi from ii to 60 inche. New Colored Dress Goods 85 Cents Yard Fine all wool Plain p. .d N ive'ly Vegereant, New Beige Weaves, Ohalkline Stripes, Novelty Pana mas and hard twisted Worsteds, in plain and fancy weaves. The prettiest dress good in town at anywhere near this pMce. They come 44 inches wide. Scotch Mixtures at $1.00 A very attractive showiiijr of the new Scotch Heather r:. inures in the popular shades of ian.Lirown and gray. Fabrics of untisuiilly durable quality that nre exi'eme ly fashionable. They come full 52 inches wide. New Woolen Dress Goods in plain and fancy weaves, 54 to 56 inches wide at $1.50 a Yard An unsurpassed showing of ilo niestic and imported Dress Goods for spring, 1912, is here amI ii awaits your inspection. From th-j point of style and value it is 'ho best we ever had. These fabrics come from 5i to 56 inches wide. New Scotch Novelties, Heather Mixtures, Illuminated Cheviots, Novelty Worsteds, plain and fan cy Serges, wide-wale Diagonals, and many other kinds, all of dou ble weight and made from the fin est wool yarns. Not a desirable shade or color is missing from this wonderful assortment. We cordially invite you to look at the new goods, even if you are not yet ready to buy. It will help you to plan your spring sewing to the best advantage, and quality con sidered you will find our prices tha lowit.