OREGON CITY COURIER, FRIDAY OCT. 18, 1912.
3
CRITICISMS
OF
TODAY
S
GAMES
NOT THE WORLD'S SERIES OF
NBALL GAMES
But the way the World Plays ball
' with the Common People.
Tho Oregonian commenting on
the voter's , pamphlet asks if
there is anyone in Oregon, outside
oi ino proiessionai law promote
U'llo fpplsl he I lini'mio-hlir 11 11 rlt
stands all tho propositions the
.cuizen is asKed to vole on.
It is well known that the Ore
gonian has constantly oppose
direct legislation and the quest
ion asked will no doubt be ans
wereil nnlv hv fhr oflin
Now then we must return to the
legislature idea. It would seem it
no such persons among the
people who follow industrial pur
suits will come forward and
prove such distinction. Let us re.
verse tho question just a little by
'offering a plugged dime to an
argument upon these questions
by persons of that highly special
ized "profession" or more prop,
erly "pretensions" viz the lawyers
of the state. Our national poker
club, euphonisfically called Con
gress is composed principally of
lawyers, and do these erudite
gentlemen understand the effect
of the bills I mean laws, not
the stuff they grab out of the
treasury, they vote on. Is it not
a fact that each member as a rule
is inleresfe d in certain laws
which are desirable or at leasl
not so objectionable as to en
danger their place at the national
dinner table? When any one of
these laws are questioned they
pass up to a tribune composed of
nine ex-lawyers who, witHout a
"mother hubbard" could not give
an intelligent guess as to whether
such a law was constitutional or
otherwise, then "upon due de
liberation, after weighing care
fully all sides of the weighty
problem," five will guess one
way and four the other.
Would the question turn out
differently supposing for ex
ample nine wood choppers had
taken a ten minute recess and
and made a guess at it? In other
words, if the five are wise, are
the four otherwise? And if the
four are chumps, why. keep them
on tho payroll?
Now conies Judge Dimick and
says nine out of ten never look
at the pamphlet, which is a
statement I would not care to do.
bate it is possibly true. Ingall's
said after all we get what
we vole for; as the most of us are
in poverty I guess our voting is
the result of poor guess work.
Now 1 como to ask the way out.
Are we to let our legislature go
back to a select rew, such for
instance as govern Oregon City,
where we had two chiefs of po
lice? For as in a slate legislature
tho member elect is liable ' to be
one of the nine?
I am aware many people are
always hunting out a political
Santa Claus but the Saint comes
down the chimney of the well-to-do.
No ashes on our hearth slonel
The trouble seems to me to lie
in our outworn political system,
a revolution has taken place in
industry since that famous (?)
convention of 1787 and a revo
lution of the individual in soc
iety as related to industry may
be said to have taken place in the
early sixties; yet we persist in
sewing a new patch here. and
another further on in our polit
ical garment and we select the
tailors from tne clumsy mum
mies who always hunt in some
dust-covered cabinet for "prece
dent." They are learned in law,
(scribes they were called at one
age.) These clumsy mechanics
are paid nicely but have lost or
hidden, the key of knowlege and
have so far suceeded in keeping
useful people off the job.
Not only do lawyers frame
nearly all, if not all of our im
portant laws but a person who
gets a living out of another "pro
fession" or more properly, pre
tention, by mumbling a lot of rub
bish every morning, which is
supposed to help the good work
along, but for HKSULTS I refer
any critic to the big dollars which
in part show us the fruit growing
on an evil tree.
Look! Do you see that? One of
the wise men is showing us a vis
ta of a world of peace, plenty and
pleasure in three sections, with
out any long wait changing films.
Really the stiffness of my joints
prevented me from falling down
and worshipping him. He does it
"so easy," just puts a fine of
from $50 to $500 on any employer
who "requires or permits" more
than 60 hours work in a week.
Won't life be one grand, sweet
song when that is put in the yal
ler bound book?
If only the man who told his
..son to go abroad and learn with
what little wisdom this world is
governed will hear iof, that he
will send for the kid with a C. Q.
I). signal.
This winter the legislatures in
I he several stales will write not
only acres and sections but town
ships of law. The "working man's
friend" will be as busy as the dev
il in a gale of wind, but it never
occurs to any of these wise pates
to just stop for once this aval
anche of law and permit the men
who do the work, make the rules
by which industry should be
governed. No I No! that would
never do for then the never work
ers and those who obtain a living
by wagging the under jaw might
get the" habit to do something
useful in society for their fodder.
Are you getting impatient Mr.
Editor, over the length of my
criticism? Well patience took a
sneak from mo too when I beheld
the hook with so little bait. Not
all the polished pleaders, no mat.
ter their intention good or ill
will solve the problems for the
workers--for the human race, for
it is not in our stars but in our
selves that we are underlings. Of
what avail is that $75,000 giggle
of Taft's, or what help for Teddy
passing his hat around tho ring?
What benefit of ..old quack Wil
son's tariff soothing syrup or
Deb's philosophy or Chaffin s,
"Thou shall nots." None of these
will benefit tho workers, the
only u'seful members of society,
these tillers of the soil, these
hewers of wood and carriers of
water, must solve the problem in
their own way, let it bo called
wise or foolish by the self ap
pointed saviors of mankind, who
however, never bear the cross ex
cept by proxy hire a substitute.
I think it was Jefferson who said,
"they will do anything for the
poor except get off their backs."
Walking is painful to gouty feet
and so long as the workers are
content to bend their backs, such
a convenient angle gives them
I ho "bum jolly" about your
great interest in their welfare
near voting time. The voters
have short memories.
I often wonder just how long
the workers will heed tho siren
song. "Hereditary bondsmen,
know ye not if you would be free
yourselves, you must strike the
blow?"
John F. Stark.
IMPROVVEMENTS AT
IMPERIAL
A party of surveyors were thru
the Hampton Valley in southeast
ern Crook County a few days ago
going over and resetting mis
placed survey stakes.
They spent some time at Im
perial running lines as if for side
tracks and buildings, and it is
evident that their lands at Imper
ial will bo used for shops and
yards, and that Imperial will be a
division point, which will mean a
arge railroad pay roll.
It has become known that work
is soon to commence from Bend,
lo which point both the Harriman
and Hill lines are already complet
ed, and witli a large force of men
working from both ends the gap
of about 150 miles between Bend
and the Malheur canyon will soon
be closed.
'About 2,000 are now omployed
on mo Maineur canyon line,
which will pass through Imperial
to Bend, opening up the very best
part of Central Oregon, as well as
giving a through line from Idaho
and the east to.Portland on a
down grade haul.
UNION MILLS.
Mr. Chas. Alhrieht is building a
fine largo house, which will give
him nlentv of room on the inside.
which many buildings lack. " '
Mr. O. Orem and family, who
used to reside in Mulino, but who
have lived in Denison, Iowa for
the past five years have returned
to good old Oregon to live. At
nresent, thev are 'visiling his rel
atives near here and -later intend
making their home in Lake coun
ty.
Did vnn ever see a finer Oct
ober than we are having?
Ties are Mill being hauled from
here for the Canby railroad.
The Shafer saw mill down De
low here on the Molalla river is
oomiDg up some.
Mr CI Vleteher si movine to
Portland, having leased a room
ing house.
Mrs. Lee Adkins is getting
along fine since the operations.
Saved By His Wife.
Slin'a a vuiea nmmnn who knows
just what to do when her hus
band s life is in danger, but Mrs.
.. J. Flint, itraintree, vt., is on oi
that kind. "She insisted on me
using Dr. King's New Discovery,"
writes Mr. F. "for a dreadful
cough, when I was so weak all my
friends tnougnt i naa oniy a suun
ime to live, and u completely
cured me." A quick cure for
coughs anr colds, it's the most
afe and rename medicine ior
nany throat and lung troubles
rrip, bronchilus, croup, whoop
ng cough, quinsy, tonsilitis,
hemorrhages. A trial will con-
inco,you. 50 cents ana a $i.
iuaranteed by Huntley Bros. Co.,
Oregon City, Ore.
Carl C. Kratzenstein, Mgr. J. G.
Tanner Drug Store, Santa Cruz,
Calif., writes: "We have sold
Foley and Company s medicines
have yet to hear our first com-
aint, or or a mssaiisneo custo
mer. Their remedies are pure,
made as represented, and contain
nr ininriniis Riihstances. On the
contrary, our experience shows
us that the Company s aim nas
always been to make health giv-
g and health maintaining rem
edies.
For sale by Huntlejy Bros. Co.,
egon Cily, Ore.
Oi
LESS BOWEL TROUBLE
IN OREGON CITY
Orpffon Citv neonle have found
out that, A SINGLE DOSE of sarn
ie buckthorn bark, glycerine, etc.
s compounded in Alder-i-ka, the
frman annondicitis remedy, re
lieves constiuation, sour stomach,
or gas on the stomach INSTANT
LY. This simple mixture anti
septicizes the digestitve organs
and draws off the inmurities and
it is surprising how QUICKKLY
it helps. The Jones Drug Co.
C. 8ehuebel W. 8. U'Reo
U'REN A 8CHUEBEL
Attorney-at-Lw
Will practice In all courts, make col
lections and settlements of estates
furnish abstracts of title, lend yon
mrnpy and lend your money on first
mortgagt. Office in Enterprise
Building, Oregon City.
ON 10 SIDE
WOULD YOU GO?
MR. CRIDGE MAKES APT ILLUS
TRATIONS ON TAXATION.
Asks the Farmer on Which. Sid
of the Line he Would Locate.
Editor Courier:
Friend Hicinbolham argues
without any other object appar
enliy than to koep from acknow
legement of being in error. The
latest is that Edmonton raises tax
rate from year to year, I do not
know about that, and care less,
for that is. their own affair. Tax
rates have steadily raised in
Multnomah county, and for street
improvements the special taxes
have been confiscary to small
home owners. They are not in
Edmonton and other Alberta
cities because the more a man
improved his property the less in
proportion to total value he had
to pay. There is nothing in the
nature of confiscation when a
man with a lot assessed at $1,000
and a house and contents at $2,-
also.
Higgy thinks- the "wild land
tax," in B. C. is allright.-
He must be twisted in his think
tank until when he starts south
he lands at the north pole. That
tax is levied on unimproved land
according to value. When im
proved land is assessed it does
not pay so much, and improve
ments pay nothing, Higgy, no
thing. Get that? It is a state-wide
graduated tax on the unimproved
land values of big, idle holdings.
The more it is worth the more it
pays. And the "wild land" tax is
a special, specific and extra tax
on its value. That sort of tax is
where the advocates of tho grad
uated, special and specific tax
and exemption measure, -304 x
yes, got the idea and adapted it
to the requirements of the state
constitution and the U. S. con
stitution. Better vote for it, Hig
gy, and reduce your own taxes,
tho taxes of every working farmer
in Oregon, and put tho difference
on the "wild land" such as the
78,000 acres of the Southern Pac
ific in Clackamas county; the 40,-
000 untaxed horses of the Port
land, Railway Light and Power
Company, as well as several hun
dred thousand other horses of the
Water Power Trust in Oregon
held out of use and paying so
near nothing in taxes that if Hig.
gy had no more to pay on nis
horses than the trust does on its
horses he would consider it no
taxes whatever.
And there is another danger
facing Iliggy's peculiar mental
contortions. California collects no
state taxes from-counties. It. as
sesses water power, franchises,
inheritances, etc., for its state
revenues. It is about to give every
county and city the right to ex
empt improvements from taxat
ion. Suppose a county line ran
through your barn yard, Higgy
just suppose. Which side of the
line would you cuiid your new
barn on if in one county it was
taxed and in the other it was not?
Ponder on this andwhenyou
have decided you will have de
cided which side of the line you
will cast your vote on November
5th, if capable of connected reas
oning, or course, uiggy,
nutria from mental perversity ami
absurdity put that barn on the
side where it would be taxed $-JU
every year, hut ayy.yyy men to
one would slide every building
they had to the UN-taxed side,
and so would you if you were in a
new neighborhood and nobody
jibed you about it. Why, Higgy,
your cattle would never lay uown
on the taxed side of the barn
yard; no calf would be born on
the taxed side or tne rancn; no
chicken would be so overlastingly
silly as to lay an egg whero it
would be taxed. That is what is
bothering the land hog in Ore
gon. He knows that if California
gives this right, that in 90 days
something will be doing to him as
well.
There is something coming in
tho land value tax business, and
no cyclone cellar can keep it
from catching the land hog be
fore long.
Alfred D. cridge.
Mortgage Loans.
Money to loan on first class, im
proved farms in Clackamas coun
ty. Current interest rates attract
ive repayment privilege.
H. B rrell Co. 202 McKay
Bldg., 3rd. and Stark Sts.
Portland, Oregon.
' Saves Leg Of Boy.
"It seemed that my 14-year
Id bov would have to lose his
leg on account of an ugly ulcer,
caused by a bad bruise, wrote i).
Howard, Aquone, N. u ah
me.dies and doctors' treatment
failed till we tried Bucklen's Ar
nica Salve, and cured him with
one box. cures curns, dohs,
in emotions, ciles. 25 cents at
Huntley Bros. Co., Oregon City,
Oregon.
A. S. Jones, Prop. Lee Pharm
acy, Chico, canr., says: i nave
been selling Foley and Compan-
y s medicines ror years, ioieys
Honey and Tar Compound, I con
sider has no equal and is the one
cough medicine I can recommend
to my friends and containing no
narcotics or other harmful properties."
For sale by Huntley Bros. Co.,
Oregon City, Ore.
FIFTEEN POLLA
.UITS & O'COAT
Men and Yotmg Men, now is the time of the yea
when yoti ae to treat yourself with, a new SUIT o OVERCOAT.
We know you will huy here when YOU know the, big values we can
give you. All you need is to be told about them. That is why we
are potting our values straight to you. We know we have the best'
clothes for the least money, because we buy right and can sell right.
We have two reasons why yo save money by buying from us. Here
they are and they will
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Easily Convince You
First Reason
Our Clothes represent the acme of
STYLE and FASHION and
- are exactly what the particular
dressers are seeking this season
the world over.
These SUITS and O'COATS
are especially designed by experts
and are tailored with unusual
care in the correct new fall two
and three-button styles, with
new lapels and easy fitting coats
in browns, greys, fancy blue
mixtures of fine, smooth wor
steds and casimeres and rough
cheviots, pin stripes and diag
onal weaves. We have the fin
est fall showing in town. Guar
antee you we have the largest
number of suits, to make your
selection from.
Second Reason
Better VALUES at lesser COST mean greater business
The man of moderate salary must look first into his purse and then into his ward
robe. For him the desirable garments--those with the fashionable swing-are priced
just beyond his reach. Heavy advertising in the national periodicals boosts the cost
of such lines a few dollars too high. GoingdireCt to the manufacturers we have our
clothes made by the best tailors. They have the made-to-measure air, the class, the
individuality-best of all. They are bought so they can be priced to suit the man of
moderate means and give him clothes that others must and will charge him more for
Suits
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IT IS LEFT TO YOU.
If Rexall Kidney Treatment Does
Net Do as We Say It Will, It
Costs You Nothing.
We recommend Rexall Kidney
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personal guarautee that it will
relieve you or your money back.
There is no string to this guar
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We make our statement as strong
as the English danguage will per
mit us to, because we hnve faith
in Rexall Kidney Treatment, be
cause wo believe it will releavbe
and help any sufferer from any
form of kidney ailment, and he
caus we don't your money if it
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it doesn't help you, just tell us,
and the money you paid for it is
yours.
We know that Rexall Kidney
Treatment has helped scores of
others to whom we have sold it.
So far we have not received a sin
gle complaint, but, on tho con
trary, many have thanked us for
telling them bout it.
You know we couldn't afford for
one minute to guarantee Rexall
Kidney Remedy if we didn't be
lieve it would help you. In addi
tion to the loss of the money, we
would lose the confidence of our
customers if we didn't have in
Rexall Kidney Treatment a rem
edy that will back up our claims
for it. The risk is ours. Rexall
Kidney Treatment costs in liquid
form, 50 cents and $1.00. In pill
form, 50 cents. Sold in this com
munity only in our store. The
Rexall Store. Huntley Hros. Co.
Oregon City, Canby, Molalla and
Hubbard.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S -
CASTORIA
BEAVER CREEK.
Heaver Creek is still on tho
list and everybody is enjoying
this fine weather. Most everyone
is digging his potatoes and tho
early crop is fine, but the late
crop is about ono half the size it
should be as The strong east wind
dried the potatoes oil' too soon.
i. S. Jones has a force-of men
on his farm digging potatoes.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Jiabcock visited
at Claude Anderson's place Sun
day. Miss Irene Vogt, who is going
to school in Portland, was out
visiting her parents last Sunday.
She returned the same day.
Fred liohlander is busy plowing
and seeding this nice weather.
Mr. Ifuech of Elyville was out
in this town visiting with Mr. and
Mrs. Steiner and family last
Sunday. '
There was a sunrise party at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. II. Lins
ly last Saturday evening. There
was a large crowd and all had a
fine time. Refreshments were
served and the guests departed
for their homes at a late hour.
Mrs. Gladys Snodgrass was
visiling at tho home of Mrs. .F.
Steiner over, Sunday and return
ing to her school at Highland in
the evening.
Mr. F. Steiner was in Portland
last Friday looking at some fine
Holstein cows. There were 3 car
loads of Holstein and 1 car of
Guernsey cows. Steiner said it
was the finest lot ho had ever
seen. He boul t two of the finest
cows in the bunch and altho we
do not know the price ho paid for
them we do know that that kind of
stock comes high.
Mr. Francis Hold has sold his
farm to two eastern men. We will
miss Mr. Hold as he was a fine
one.
. ,, . most common ailment. To cor-
neighbor and well liked by every.;.,.,.., this vnn wi fin., rimmi)or
lain s Stomach and Liver Tablets
excellent. They aro easy and
pleasant to take, and mild and
gentle in effect. 1'or salo by Hunt
ley Hros. Co., Oregon City, Ore.
If you hnvo young children you
have perhaps noticed that dis
orders of the stomach aro their
YOUNG MEN !
Pabst's Okay Specific
DOES THE WORK. YOU ALL KNOW IT BY REPUTATION. PRICE $2
For Sale By
JONES DRUG COMPANY
Incorporated)
Phone 1121
Res. 1833
Office in Favorite Ciear Store
Opposite Masonic BuiMing
Williams Bros. Transfer Co.
Safes, Pianos and Furniture Moving a Specialty
Freight and Parcels Delivered
Prices reasonable aud
Satisfaction Guaranteed
D. C LATOURETTE, Prldn
F. I. MEYER, Cishi
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
of OREGON CITY, OREGON
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