OREGON CITY COURIER, FRIDAY MAR. 22. lfil2.
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OPPOSES "STATE AID BILL"
Says it is an Automobile Benefit,
and Would Come High.
Oregon City, III. 2, March 14.
Editor Courier:
Appreciating your kind request
for contributions to the Courier
on the subject of good roads, I
would like to make a few remarks
in regard to the proposed "slate
aid road bill" for the purpose of
calling attention of the voters and
taxpayers of tlio- state (who are
not all in a position so they are
ablo to investigate it) to what
this bill is going to cost us and
the way it is going to effect us, if
we should adopt it at the next el
ection.
This bill if adopted, would car
ry with it a reserve fund, to be ap
plied on what they term "the
state highway" of $6,6GG'G0G.O0
out of the bnds issued by the
state, to help build roads in the
different counties, or, in other
woi'ds one-third of all the bonds
issued by the state would bo used
in building this state highway
which would not do the fanners
and laboring men of the state
hardly any good, only just a few
who lived right along side of it,
but would bo for the use, almost
exclusively, for automobiles.
Now the interest on this fund"
that the state would reserve for
these automobile roadsy would
amount to $9,000,000.00, making
a total that the taxpayers of this
state would have to pay to build
these automobile roads of $15,
666,660.00. This amount could
be reduced a little if the bill was
drawn up, so that these bonds
could bo called in as fast as the
funds accumulated in the sink
ing fund, but if they don't reserve
that right in the bill, and let the
bonds run until they become due,
and depend on putting it out on
interest, then the result would be
very doubtful, there would be apt
to be a large portion of it always
laying on hand and bringing us
in nothing, then the interest we
would get on that would be likely
to be very low, and then if we
should get a few bad securities
and lose part of it, the net gain
would be apt to be very small.
Clackamas county would have
to dig up over $150, 000.00 to
build this automobile road. If
this state aid bill is passed, and
Multnomah would have to dig up
over ten times as much.
These figures that I have given
are not strictly correct, but they
are close enough for this pur
pose. I called the assessment of
the stale$0, 000,000, 000.00 and the
assessment of Clackamas coun
ty $26,000,000.00. The state as
sessment has not quite reached
this mark, but it will soon be
there and more, too.
Clackamas county runs a little
over the $26,000,000.00 mark.
Any person knowing the assess
ment valuation of his county can
find out what his county will have
to pay for this automobile road,
by multiplying the assessed valu
ation by the decimal .01 7 407 i.
I believe the Grange bill is very
near the kind of a bill we want,
and I hope the Grange will never
agree to accept the state aid clau
se in their bill. If they do, holh
bills will be defeated.
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until It seems as If you could no
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Cew also can give you a sample bot
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BASE BALL SPELLING.
How Scott's Mill 8chool
Interest.
Creates
Editor Courier:
Owing to the deficiency "in
spelling," which is existing
throughout our schools, we, as
teachers, should try to investi
gate some method by which wo
may create with the pupil, a
greater interest in that subject. If
we are ablo to connect our spell
ing with something that will give
the pupil a greater gnostic, we
may create more interest and ob
tain better results, and when the
pupil has reached the place where
they take the eighth grade exam
ination, they will not fail in that
horrible subject of spelling. One
very effective way of doing this is
by connecting your spelling with
baseball. Most all boys and many
girls enjoy playing ball and you
will be astoinshed at the interest
you will arouse. Ony teacher who
has a school of 14 or 16 pupils
may have two spelling teams. You
may leave out some players if you
have over 18 pupils. Or if you are
in a rural school which is located
near another school you may have
just one team. Then take your
team over and play a game with
your'neighbors. The game may
he played similar to a real base
ball game. First the- teacher
should secure 200 words. Give
each captain 100 so as to give
him and his players a chance to
prepare their words well. Place
your players on tho diamond. Let
the pitcher pronounce all tho
words. If the batter fails to spell
a word, "the first trial," any out
fielder may spell at it and if he
spells the word" tho first trial the
batter is out. If he does not
spell the word the batter has an
other chance. After the batter
has had three chances and fails,
the catcher has a chance. If he
fails the first baseman has a
chance. After the batter becomes
a runner the pitcher may try him
with any word at any time and
if he spells it he advances one
base. If he don't spell it, the
baseman where he is and the
baseman to whom he is running,
have a chance and if either of
them spell it, the runner is out.
In our school we have pupils
enough that we have two teams.
We play one game a week and
are getting good results. We will
give you a line up and sketch of
will . notice in our lineup we have
the last game wo played. You
no shortstop:
Team No. 4. Lora Ferguson,
c; Myrtle Wyland, p.; Jason Jones
lb; Lulu Crouse, 2b; Charlie
Groshong, 3b.; Martha Lowa, rf.;
Iva Barstow, cf.; Mary Lowa, If.
Team No. 6. Thresa Dona, c;
Freeman Thomas, lb; Roscoe Mc-
Farlane, If.; Carmine Crites, p.;
Ray Nicholson, rf.; Ernie Lowa,
3b.; Marion Crites, cf.; James Hu
ilt, 2b.
Last week we played a game
but owing to the fact that we were
limited for time we only played
five innings, and the score was
5 to I in favor of Team No. 6.
J. O. Lager,
Scotts Mills, Or.
Here's a combination you
stockmen and dairymen should
go to the Courier and Stock
man's Journal, both one year for
$1.75.
No Weddingj In 40 Djys.
Hood River. For 40 days not a m:ir-
riage license has been Issued in Hood
River county and all records for con
tinued inactivity In this respect have
been broken here. County Clerk Han
son has not Issued a marriage license
since February 5.
Newport Man Drowned.
Newport. K. D. Woodford, of this
place, was drowned In the Big Elk
Wver about six miles above Elk City,
while engaged In rafting logs to Elk
City mill. The body has not yet been
recovered.
Plank Gets $3753.
Eugene. The jury In the case of
W. S. Plank vs. W. P. Morse, wherein
Plank sued Morse for $10,000 for al
leged alienation of his wife's affec
tions, returned a vcrl'it in favnr of
'he plaintiff for $3750.
HOME ENDORSEMENT
Hundreds of Oregon City Citizens
can Ten you an adoui it
Home endorsement, the public
expressions of Oregon City peo
ple, should be evidence beyond
dispute for every Oregon City
reader. Surely the experience of
friends and neighbors, cheerful
ly given by them will carry more
weight than the utterances of
strangers residing in far away
places. Read the following:
James Wilkinson, zui Four
teenth street, Oregon City Ore.,
says: "I had backache and pains
in my loins and could not sleep
well at night. There was a stiff
ness in my limbs and other sym
ptoms of kidney trouble were in
evidence. Being advised to try
Doan s Kidney Pills, I did so and
was gratilied at their promptness
in releaving me. Although lam
I am in my seventieth year, I am
hale and hearty and I give Doan's
Kidney Pills the credit.
For sale by all dealers, price
50 cents. Foster Milburn Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y., sole agents for the
United States.
Remember the name, Doan's,
anr take no other.
"I suffered habitually from con
stipation. Doan's Regulets re
lieved and etrengthenta the bowls
so that they havt bn regular
ever since." A. E. Davis, grocer
Sulpher Springs, Texas.
THERE'LL COME A TIME.
Writer Says the Shool Teacher
will some Day Get Rights.
Canby, March 13, 1912.
It is probable that tho teachers
will hold a convention some day.
It will be a gathering of teachers;
just teaefhers with the "educators'
left out, not that the educators
will be barred out, but their re
served seals will be in the rear.
These teachers will talk of the
needs of the school room.
One of the needs is text books
for the teacher's desk. Every
teacher should have a full and
complete set of text books for
each and every grade taught in
the school. Also a copy of each
and every supplemental book re
quired. The books, paid for with
money from the school district,
not with the teachers' money.
Examinations will be talked about
for giving examinations every
month is a heavy load on teach
ers. Examinations once in two
months would tell what pupils are
doing, and would be a saving of
much weariness to tho mind and
flesh to the teacher, Whether the
examinations were once a month
or once in two months, the teach
er is entitled to time in school
to correct the papers. School
should be dismissed for a suffi
cient length of time in which to
correct papers, on Tuesday after
noons of examination weeks, for
when children work on examina
tions they do not feel any more
like studying directly after than
grown-ups, and it is no more a
part of the teacher's business to
have to sit up nights to correct
papers than it is for her to sit up
nights to hear special classes.And
the work can bo done to better ad
vantage in tho school room than
elsewhere, and with less wear and
tear.
At this teachers' gathering text
books and the real every day" life
in the school room will be talked
over, ways and means found by
which unnecessary loads may be
slipped off the shoulders of pupils
and teachers. It is nolicable that
tho hypnotic laws of the "edu
cator" always have a provision
that pay's the office expenses of
the "educator," but when it comes
to the teachers' expense accounts
in the way of postage for reports,
etc., it seems to be forgotten
that they shall not enjoy frank
ing privileges. And while this ex
pense is a small amount to each
teacher, it takes quite a sum out
of the pockets, and then if the
"required pictures" are bought,
the teachers are jockeyed out of a
sum, which if given in a lump
sum to any school library or hos
pital, would cause the press asso
ciation to hearld their generosity
to the four corners of the land.
As a rule teachers are liberal
to their schools, and it is entirely
out of place for the "educator" to
tell them what they shall buy for
their schools.
" Teachers, take heart, for you
remember when the "worm turn
ed" life became more bearable.
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SR!EF NEWS OF OREGON
Postal Havings banks will open
April 12 at Beaverton and Newport.
Senator Chamberlain has Intro
duced a bill Increasing by $10,000 the
cost limit of the public building at
Albany.
Joseph Peterson Taylor, aged 82, an
Oregon pioneer, who settled In the
Willamette valley In 1852, Is dead at
his home near Cottage Grove.
The Umatilla project Is not only be
ing rapidly developed as a fruit pro
ducing section, but vesotnbles also
are to be planted this yeur on a large
scale, especially potatoes.
The Quality of the 1912 clip cf Lake
county will be far superior to that of
any other crop for a number of years
past. The winter has been mild and
the sheep are in good condition.
A meeting of the apple growers of
Linn and Denton counties was held
at the Albany cdmmerclal club rooms,
to discuss matters relative to the fruit
of the two counties and its protection.
Contract for the construction of the
Roseburg-Coos Bay railroad has been
let and it is said actual work will be
gin within 10 days. The survey trav
erses some of the best farming and
timber laud in the state.
The Eugene school board has Issued
a call for a special election on April
6 to vote on a proposition to bend the
district for not to exceed $200,000 for
the purchase of a site and the erection
of a new high school building.
Attorney-General Craw ford an
nounced that he expects to file a pe
tition for rehearing soon in the case
of the Corvallls & Eastern road, which
Involves the tldelands along Alsea,
Yaqulna and Slletz bays in Lincoln
county.
Death has claimed Qmaiquanla, or
Susan Fuller, as she was known
among the whites. She was the last
surviving female among the Slletz
tribe of Indians, and was born whore
the Slletz agency is now located,
about one hundred years ago.
A mortgage to secure $6,000,000 In
six per cent gold bonds, to run 15
years, Is given to the Merchants Loan
& Trust company of Chicago by the
C. A. Smith Timber company, owning
379,000 acres of land in the Oregon
counties of Coos, Curry, Douglas,
Linn, Lincoln and Malheur.
With from 50 to 75 applications for
registration coming In each day and
5280 registrations of motor vehicles
already made since the first of the
year, the record of the automobile de
partment at the state capital promises
to far eclipse Its record of last yeur
under the new motor vehicle law.
Again for February, the accidents In
the paper mills In the state top the
list In the report issued by State La
bor Commissioner O. P. Hoft. There
were 32 accidents In this industry
during February. An equal number'
is reported In machine work, but all
other Industries report a lesser num
ber. Tom Brown, better known as "In
dian Tom," died at his home near the
Oregon state line. Tom was formerly
an Indian Bcout and had played a
prominent part in the Modoc Indian
wars, and as near, as can be ascer
tained by those who know him h was
95 years of age at the time cf his
death.
Pendleton's "Clean-Up Day" will
be April 6. The council has author
ized Mayor Matlock to appoint Iwc
councilmen to act In conjunction with
a committee from the "Round Up" as
sociation to devise means of making
the present Round Up park into the
most beautiful possessed by any city
of 5000 inhabitants.
The back-to-the-farm movement
started in all parts of Oregon, has re
ceived a strong impetus in Klamath
county. The county high school board
and the county court have employed
F. L. Griffin, a graduate of the Oregon
Agricultural College, to teach agri
culture in the high school and to take
charge of the farming of the county
infirmary farm.
Standing back of a project to re
claim arid lands and place them In
the hands of settlers practically at the
cost of placing the land under irriga
tion, the Ontario commercial club has
started an Innovation In the coloniza
tion work of Oregon which Is in ad
mirable harmony with the movement
advocated by the Oregon Development
League for "low-priced lands to the
Incoming colonist."
The mystery of the murder of Mrs.
Elizabeth Griffith at her lonely home
elx miles from Philomath, on June 6,
1911, was cleared up by the arrest of
George Humphrey, a 53 year old neigh
bor of Mrs. Griffith. Humphrey has
made a full confession, stating that he
Strangled the aged woman to death
with a piece of rope, threw her body
Into a lake, and robbed the house of a
email amount of money.
One thousand letters to ministers
of Oregon churches have been sent
Dut from the office of Superintendent
of Public Instruction, urging each to
preach a sermon on the value of In
dustrial work for the young people of
the state. Superintendent Alderman
asks thnt Sunday, March 31, be des
ignated us the day wl:n all pulpits
of the state will have pastors preach
ing the industrial gospel to the youth
of Oregon,
The "Child's Welfare" move
ment has challenged the attention
of thoughtful people everwhere.
and will find in Foley's Honey and
Tar Compound a most valuable
aid. Coughs and colds that un
checked lead to croup, bronchitis
and pneumonia yield quickly to
the healing and coothing qualities
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The class adi on page 8 have
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Raging Volcano of Unrest
Ready to Burst Fly
Back to the Farm !
By Rabbi JOSEPH KRAUSKOPF of Philadelphia
HE staples of life are constantly increasing in price Some of
them, such as meats, are with each year more BECOMING
.LUXURIES. The price of fresh eggs has already passed
beyond the reach of the average laboring man, and with the
price of potatoes more than a dollar per bushel there is LITTLE
WONDER THAT THE LABORER'S DINNER PAIL IS NO
LONGER AS FULL AS IT USED TO BE.
Here and there may be heard already the RUMBLING OF THE
RISING VOLCANO THAT RAGES BENEATH, WHOSE OUT
BREAK IS INEVITABLE if not warded off while yet-we may.
Most of the great revolutions of the world have had their origin in
the CRY FOR BREAD.
To be sure, the charities have labored hard to piece out by means
of alms and, deeds of benevolence tho shortcomings of small wages,
scant rooms, ill health, bad morals, but all to little avail.
THERE IS BUT ONE CURE, A CURE ABSOLUTELY SURE AND
EASY, CALLED NATURE CURE, THAT WOULD NOT HAVE COST
ONE THOUSANDTH PART WHICH THE OTHER ATTEMPTS AND
FAILURES HAVE COST.
This cure would have taken the poor out upon tho broad Holds,
where nature fairly clamors for them, where there is room and work
and HEALTH' AN I) WEALTH AND HAPPINESS for many
thousand times their number, where the sun would greet them and
tu l!Hs anJ brooks sing to them, with none to make them afraid,
with NONE TO ROB TIT EM OF THE JUST RETURNS OF
THEIR-HANDIWORK.
Americans Are '2X2
a Selfish People "Lrp"
XN MY TRIP THROUGH THE UNITED STATES I FOUND THE
PEOPLE INTENSELY SELFISH.
Throughout tho western states especially SELFISHNESS
IS THE KEYNOTE IN EVERY CIRCLE. I want to say
right here something which will sound very strange from a man who
has spent as much time working for democracy as I have. I am no
believer in democracy any more than I am in plutocracy.
Thus far its results have been very disappointing, and the averago
member of the masses is in a STATE OF ANGRY HOPELESS
NESS. Nothing can be run lightly unless the men in back of it aro
spiritually big enough for their jobs. Not only does the individual
need the spirit of God, but SOCIETY ALSO NEEDS TO BE
BORN AGAIN.
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FIRST it is durable. Think of the time you have spent in the last five years
repairing and rebuilding fences of other kinds. ALSO the the time spent in .
watching your stock and the crops destroyed in spite of your carefulness.
THERE ARE FEW FARMERS who have not lost valuable animals because
poor fences taught them to jump. There are few communities where neigh
borhood disputes have not been the result of poor fencing.
THE WIRE FENCE overcomes all these troubles, enhances the appearance
and the value of your farm, and instead of having a hard profitless job to
keep the fence corners clear of weeds, "you cultivate the soil now worse
than wasted.
THINK THIS OVER, then come in and talk wire fencing with us. We will
sell you the best and cheapest fencing there is.
Field Fence 48 inches high, Per Rod 35c
Field Fence 40 inches high, " " 4 32c
Field Fence 26 inches high " " 26c
Special quotations on large quantities
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A BALDHEADED WOMAN
Shorn of Her Crown of Beauty, Loses
In Love and Marriage
Hair is certainly most necessary to
woman. Who con Id love and marry a
bald -headed woman? What chaimg
could one array to offest such a disfig
urement? A woman's goal is usually love and
marriage. Her crowning glory is her
hair. The loss of her hair mars her
beauty, happiness and success. Yet,
right here ia Oregon City, there are
thousands of women who are neglect
ing or iujuring their hair to suoh an
extent that it is only a matter of time
whn it will-im utterly ruined.
Mauy women destroy the beauty of
their hair through thoughtlessness or
ignorance of certain tacts. They use
onrling irons over-heated, or to ex
cess, whiohkdestroyg the natural oil of
the hair, causing it to split, hreak
and come out. They do not shampoo
their hair often enough, or too often.
They use soaps or preparations which
contain ingredients positively harm-
idi to me ncaip ana hair.
As a reBult of such treatment
dandauff is created, the hair loosens,
loses color, falls out and baldness
commences uuless proper and prompt
precautions are token in time. Then
again, miorobts and certain diseases
bring about uuhealthy scalp and hair
conditions.
Almost any woman may rid herself
of dandruff and diseased scalp and
hair if she will but use the right rem
edy. We have thaS remedy and we
will positively guarantee that it will
either oure dandruff and baldness or it
will not cost the user anything.
That's a pretty broad statement but
we will back it and prove it with our
own money. We will return your
money if you do not find that Rexall
"U3" Hair Touio is an entirely satis
factory remedy that will promote hair
groth and over oome scalp and hair
troubles; that it will grow hair even
on bald heads, unless all life in the
hair roo;s has been extinguished, the
follicles closed, and the suulu is glazed
and shiny, ll getsits name "from the
fact that it grew hair in 83 out of 100
cases, where it received a thoroughly
hard, impartial and practical test.
We want you to try Rexall "88"
Hair Tonio at our risk. Yon surely
can not lose any thing by doing so,
while you havH eveithing to gain.
You hud bettor think this over, and
then come in and see us about this
offer. You will be well repaid for
your visit to our store. Remember,
you can got Rexall Remedies in this
community only at our store The
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We also carry a full line of
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