OREGON CITY COURIER, FRIDAY, DEC 27 1912
OREGON CITY COURIER
Published Friday from the Courier Building, Eighth and Main streets, and en
j,. tered in the Postoffice at Oregon City, Ore., as second class mail matter.
OREGON CITY COURIER PUBLISHING COMPANY, PUBLISHER
M. J. BROWN, A. E FROST, OWNERS.
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Telephones, Main 5-1; Home A 5-1
M. J. BR.OWN,
EDITOR
SHOULD HAVE PROTECTION
Not a Tariff Wall, but Protection
from the Constitution.
What is constitution?
Laws , to govern. That is all.
Laws that arc supposed to bo for
the hest good of the most people
of a state or nation.
Oregon has changed is consti
tution 'st.een times or more and it
probably wll change again. Our
people make it fit growth and de
mand. ; But the minute an initiative law
passes then someboy or some in
terest will jump in with the claim
that it is unconstitutional and
the chances are about even they
will have it declared so. This ap
plies to both states and nation,
and it applies right hero to Ore
gon, for they are trying to have
the proposition the people passed
for an eight hour law for stale
work knocked out.
Now the people are the consti
tutionor should be. The peo
ple are not going to pass any laws
that will bring ruin or injustice
on the state or nation, and when
the people of a state pass a law
there should not bo any greater
power to annul it.
In a recent talk to the Progres
sive members of the Illinois leg
islature some little time ago Mr.
Roosevelt said this:
I hope that you will put into
the laws of Illinois, as I shall
try to put into the laws of New
York, a provision that if the
people want certain laws, no
official, governor, legislature
' or court shall have the power
to prevent them from obtaining
those laws.
The day was when the consti
tution was held as sacred as the
bible and the courts, and the man
who would attack or criticize
would have been a traitor. But
this day has gone by. The pooplo
have lost faith in the courts and
they think a constitution is no
greater than the men who have to
live under it.
And the Courior says "Good for
Rosevelt" and hurrah for pro
tection from our constitution.
WANT TO DIE FOR MORGAN?
Want a Mexican to Carve you to
Protect Big Business?
,. Tho press dispatches give it out
that President Taft will give tho
.Mexican government one more
warning and then if that republic
cannot protect American lives
and properly, ' this government
will act.
. That Mexican situation is a
hard play to get away with, and
one who has been in that country,
has been back from the tourists'
trails and knows what the Mexi
cans are and how they livo, reali
zes this. These pooplo are as
foroign to our ways and our civ
ilization as tho Chinese are ,89
foreign as tho Philipinos are, and
(hey can only bo mado Americans
while they havo a gun on them.
There are two sides to tho mat
ter. They say that our country
, must protoot its citizens, and
Mliey say tho U. S. has billions of
dollars invested in Mexico.
All very true, but how much of
a duty is it for you and I to pro
tect? ,
This government did not force
, Americans to go into Mexico nnd
tako th0 chances. ,They took the
chances for gain. ' It was u haz
ard nnd they played tho long end.
And now when internal soraps
make tho risk more hazardous,
tho men and tho interests who
havo risked their cash in Mexico
want Undo Sam to send down its
Holdiers to kill and bo killed that
their interests inny bo protected,
Ifsomoof these big mining
and exploitation companies in
Moxioo would give it out that its
officers and directors would head
an army in Mexico, and that they
would be up on the front line of
the army when the scrap came
then would we feel like boosting
Lheir protection game.
But these fellows fly home and
prod up Knox to send men down
there to be shot to protect their
nroDertv.
In view of the recent senate dis
closures it makes an ordinary
American say "Big business made
this war. now let big business
light it."
A BIG PROBLEM.
One of the Matters this Country
Has Got to Meet Soon.
That the labor market will
be overwhelmed by the hordes
of southern Europe as soon as
the Panama canal is in opera
tion, is evident to all who are
informed. Organized labor is
facing a most important crisis
on the Pacific slope. So is
American civilization itself!
Portland Labor Press.
But what is .Oregon going to
do about it what can it do about
it?
If people will flock to a certain
locality and there is not a means
of support for all in that locality,
how will fixing a certain wage
scale help matters.
If there were five hundred men
in a locality and work for only
two hundred and fifty of them
doubling wages and letting the
men work half time wouldn't
solve it. Those who hired them
would have to get more for the
products of the labor ' or they
could not pay the wages. If they
got more, tho price of goods
woul riso in proportion and the
laborer would be no better off.
And on tho other hand, the em
ployer can hardly bo compelled
by law to pay a man in Oregon
$3 for a day's work while the
employer in the same line of bus
iness in Massachusetts pays but
$1.50. If he is compelled to he
cannot compete with the east in
his produts, therefore he will not
not produce, will not hire.
You may pass a law and make
it stick that you shall pay a man
a certain wago scale, but you
CAN'T piss a law that will make
you hire that man.
That this country is facing a
crisis over this matter of provid
ing a means by which its people
may livo, there is no doubt. But
the way to meet that cricis is one
of tho hard ones. A, minimun
wage scalo may bo ft tomporary
relief, but it won't solve very
deeply.
BIG MONKEY BUSINESS.
Governor Getting Tired of Gov-
, ernment's Waiting Game.
' Governor West is' tiring of this
fast and lose game over the mat
ter of the locks canal here, and he
says unless the fellows get into
the game and. play ball he will
ask the incoming legislature to
annul the state's appropriation
and call the deal off.
It has been almost two years
now since this matter was set
tled, yet we are no nearer having
a locks canal than we ever were,
to all appearances..
The officials monkey around
and kill time. The longer the
deal hangs fire the longer will the
lawyers hang onto their jobs., It
is not business and we all know
il it is playing a waiting game.
For instance, just look at this
one. The abstract of title for the
locks was sent to the UnitedStates
attorney for examination on May
27, and it took this hard working
official until October 21 to look it
over, and then it didn't amount
to anything. Five months' time
to report on the validity of title
nf an abstract. Talk about making
a crood thing last. This kind of
monkey business has marked the
whole deal here. As fast as the
fellows were forced to climb over
some objection and clear it away,
then, presto I up would Jump one
to take its place. ' '
When a matter has any connec
tion with the government, then it
will come as slow as the mossom
on a century plant. And there is
no sense, no reason why the gov
ernment could not pass title on a
m'noA of land Just as quickly as
an Oregon City lawyer could get
title for a Clackamas county lar
mer. No wonder the governor is kicking.
What Might Be.
With a little common sense ap
plied to tho enormous water pow
er tho Almighty bestowed upon
Oregon, we would have light.heat
and power supplied at such a low
rate as to be lower than the wild
est dreams of any agitator. Wo
have tho grey matter in our brains
and tho water in tho mountains;
hut between thorn are a lot of
politicians 1 seoklng bow not to
serve tho pooplo, and a pooplo so
husy with their daily grabs and
tasks and toils that they will not
uso tho initiative fashioned and
in their hands. Portland Labor
Press.
Now When will It End?
The government has brought
biggest suit in tho world, a suit
Tor $1, 000, 000, 000 against the
Southern Pacific railroad for val
uable lands in California. .
And some day no doubt, the ed
itor's son will tell you readers'
children how tho greatest courts
had decided against tho govern
ment, and then refer you to tho
records of 1912 for tho early his
tory of this action.
READINESS
When a man makes a good In
vestment and pockets the returns,
some peopl call It luck. It Is not
luck, but good management If he
had not been ready to aooept the
opportunity It would have passed
by as Is done In thousands of cas
es every day. A man Is not offer
ed chances to make money when
It Is known that he has no money
at his command. Could you aooept
a money-making opportunity to
day? Why not place yourself In
readiness to take advantage of all
such opportunities? 8 tart a sav
ings aooount Inour savings depart
ment and you will be surprised at
the ease with which the savings
habit is acquired.
The BANK OF OREGON CITY
Oldest Bank In Claokamas County
A Scheme that 8hould Fall.
National Committeeman Wil
liams and his bunch of political
followers have a nice little
scheme to cop out the political
patronage that this state is heir
to under the rules of tho game and
tie it down before the Democrats
come into power. And President
Taft promises to assist by mak
ing the appointments as soon as
ho gets back from seeing if the
Panama canal is being construct
ed right.
The jobs they want to nail
down before the administration
changes includes the postmaster
ship of Portland and U. S. mar
shall of Oregon, for which posi
tion Judge Beatie of this city is
a candidate.
But making appointments is one
thing and having senate conflrm
tion is another. And the Courier
is guessing that the senate won't
confirm the steal, and that the
incoming administration will give
out the plums.
Crouqy Coughs and Wheezy Colds
Tho quickest simplest way to
rid tho children of dangerous
croupy coughs and wheezy stuffy
colds is to give them Foley's Hon
ey and Tar Compound. It gives
almost instant relief and 6top
a cough promptly. It sooths and
heals.' Contains no opiates.
For sale by Huntley Bros. Co.
Ireland's Coait Cliff.
Tho finest cliff scenery In the Crated
Kingdom is on the const of the county
of Donegal, at tlie northwest of Ire
Innd. facing the Atlantic, where the ra
rloty and grandeur of the cliffs are
moBt thrlllhuj and Impressive. SHeve
Leaeue, south of Olen Columbkille, Is a
superb Introduction to Donegal's coast
splendors. In less than half a mile
from the sea the mountain rears 1U
height of nearly 2.000 feet In the
iHlnnd of Achlll. off the wes-t roust of
Ireland, the cliffs of Croghan. at
Achlll Head, rise sheer from the wa
ter's edge to the dizzy height of 8,000
feet-London Standard.
Defrauding the Waiter.
In a Parisian cafe an American or
dered a bora d'oeuvre, sole, agneau
pre snle, artichoke aalnd, peche Melba.
and so on, and when the waiter
brought hlui a bill of 30 fraucs be paid
It like a man. After his change was
brought be counted It and pushed a
franc toward the waiter for a tip. But
the man, pushing back the franc, said
In goutle reproach:
"Pardon, monsieur, but that Is the
counterfeit franc."
Comforting.
Old Croakybo-1 think we'd better
have the passage and atalrcaae repa
pered while I'm laid up. Mrs. lirliuona.
Mrs. Q. (his housekeeper) Lor', sir,
'adn't yer better wait and see 'ow ye
goes on fust? Them coffins do make
such work with Btalrcase wall papers.
London Telegraph.
VIOLIN TEACHER Leon Des
Lanes, 410 High St., Phono Main
3171. Orchestra for pupils.
AN ARRIVAL EXTRA
! ORDINARY.
Prof. F. Ramsdell (.direct from
Europe) the world's most cele
brated palmist, astrologer and
clairvoyant, has arrived in this
city and opened offices in the El
ectrio Hotel Annex, 524 1-2 Main
street, Rooms E and F, where ho
can be consulted on all the affairs
of life. Prof. Ramsdell has no
equal in his profession.
He stands alone, the prince of
clairvoyants, and is recognized by
the prses and public as the great
est master of the" science of palm
istry and astrology the world has
ever produced. He guarantees to
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tell when, whom And where you
will marry, tell you just what you
are fitted for and how to obtain
money you are in need of. The
happiness of your life may depend
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per advice. The professor makes
no mistakes, and all his predic
tions are true, and he may be re
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if jt is advisable to make a change
in business, in love and in mar
riage. ;
WHOM SHALL I MARRY? HOW
OFTEN SHALL I MARRY? SHALL
I EVER BE DIVORCED? DOES
ANOTHER SHARE THE LOVE
THAT RIGHTFULLY BELONGS
TO ME? IF SO, WHO? IS MY
DISEASE INCURABLE? WHEN
SHALL I LEAVE HERE? AM I LI
ABLE TO ACCIDENT? SHOULD I
INVEST MY MONEY? IN WHAT
SHALL I INVEST? HAVE I ANY
ENEMIES? CAN I TRUST MY
FRIENDS? I NWHAT TOWN OR
STATE WOULD I BE MOST SUC
CESSFUL? HOW CAN . I SELL
PROPERTY? HOW CAN I HAVE
GOOD LUCK? HOW CAN I SUC
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WHERE AND WHEN CAN I GET
A GOOD POSITION? HOW CAN I
MARRY THE ONE I CHOOSE?
HOW CAN I MAKE ANYONE
LOVE ME? HOW CAN I CONTROL
ANYONE?
The professor tolls of these
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Prof. F. Ramsdell has made a
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Perfect satisfaction by mail.
Send ft, day and date of birth, for
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Special Prof. F. Ramsdell is
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Electrio Hotel Annex, 254 1-2
Main Street, Rooms E and F: Over
Wilson A Cook Hardware Store.
Accidents will happon, but the
best regulated families keep Dr.
Thomas' Electrio Oil for such
emergencies. It subdues the pain
and heals the hurt.
For The Nervous Woman,
Or the woman who experience hot Suites nothing is so food to soothe, quiet
and calm the nervous system as pure flycerio extract of native medical plants,
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Latih
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About
Shoes!
Oregon City Bayers Should Read Every , Word of Tfcis.
fl-THE OREGON CITY SHOE STORE
is not a department or a clothing store. It deals in shoes, and shoes exclusively. Its
owner knows shoes, and the shoe manufacturers who sell to him know that he knows
shoes.
THE OREGON CITY SHOE STORE
has made its reputation on SHOES, and Shoes alone. Its success depends upon its
Shoe reputation, for it handles nothing else. .
THE OREGON CITY SHOE STORE
does not buy shoes that will admit of "marked down" or any other sort of sale. It
charges just enough above cost to pay expenses of handling and give a reasonable pro
fit. That's why you never hear of the OREGON CITY SHOE STOKE having any of
these "special sales" fake or otherwise. The Shoe buyer gets a hundred cents on the
dollar at the Oregon City Shoe Store, and that's all he is entitled to; no more, no less
WHY NOT DEAL WITH A GENUINE SHOE STORE
If you want beef, you go to a butcher's shop.If you want shoes you go to a shoe shop. The
Oregon City Shoe Store is the only excluuve shoe store in Oregon City. Doesn't it
stand to. reason that a store that sells nothing else but shoes, can. give you better value
for your money, than can a store that carries shoes only as a side line? Of course it does.
BIG XMAS VALUES IN FELT GOODS MAKE DANDY PRESENTS
The world's greatest felt manufactury is the Alfred Dolge Felt Company, now known
as the Standard Felt Company. Their Ladies' Felt Slippers are standard. The big New
York Stores are featuring them. They are the latest thing in Felt Foot-Wear. Dainty
designs; big wearing value; both warm and comfortable. We have them for men and
bovs also. Come in and see them. , ,. j u
OUR LEADING LINES
THE CELEBRATED HOLLAND BOYS' SHOE
Made in Holland, Michigan. If there are any better boys' shoes at the price, the Ore
gon City Shoe Store never heard of them, and it is certain no one else ever did. Lace
and button. v
THE STACY-ADAMS SHOE
Everybody knows what that means. The Oregon City Shoe Store has a complete line
naturally. LADIES' SHOES
for all occasions and all weathers. The very best makes and brands, at the very lowest
prices. The biggest line in Oregon City by far. The biggest possible choice.
DRY SOX SHOE
for men, made by the Washington Shoe Company. Double stitched. Two full double
soles. Rubber interlined. Water and weather proof. A complete line. Genuine foot
comfort.
DAYTON WORK SHOES
Made in Pennsylvania. The very best shoe for the worker who needs strong durable
shoes that will keep his feet dry and warm. A-Champion Shoe at a comparatively low
price. '
RUBBER GOODS
Of course you know that rubber goods do not improve with age. The OREGON CITY
SHOE STORE carries none but the season's output. Better still, they're made for this
season's styles in shoes. Be wise and buy your rubbers where you know you are get
ting new rubbers.
There are on hand a few odd pairs of shoes, mostly odd
sizes, left over from broken and sold out line, which can
be bought cheap. You will find them on tho front table.
THE OREGON CITY SHOE STORE
r xclusive dealers in HIGH GRADE SHOES
Opposite the Post Office
and Next to the Telegraph and Telephone Office.
MAIN ST., OREGON CITY, ORE.
-TRADINC STAMPS CIVEN WITH EVERY PURCHASE
cou-
CUT OUT THIS COUPON
Free Stamps at
THE OREGON CITY SHOE
STORE
In addition to all stamps i
with regular purchases this
pon entitles you to
10 GREEN TRADING STAMPS FREE
with each BOo purchase. COUPON
NOT GOOD AFTER JAN. 3 1ST.
By taking advantage of the lib
eral methods we offer to collect
ors you may fill your stanip books
very easily.
YOU CAN BANK ON KEIYIO FOR
ECZEMA.
A Twenty-five Cent Bottle will
Prove it Absolutely.
Your skin will revel with joy
the moment you try the new rem
edy, ZEMO. Glory, but isn't il
great.'1 ZEMO is a liquid. You
rub it on the affected parts, it
sinks right in and then it's good.
bye to all that terrible itching, to
every eczema sore, eczema pain,
Mr. and Mrs. Guenther of Shu
bel were in the city Saturday, re
maining until Sunday, visiting
with friends.
Grandpa Detrich and son Her
man, granddaughter, Elisio Fish
er of Carus, were among the city
visitors Saturday,
pimples, blackheads, blotches,
rashes, sores and prickley heat.
Yes, they all go; they've got to go.
And how clear, smoothe and spot
less it leaves the skin. Dandruff
disappears too. ZEMO is safe,
absolutely. -j
Use ZEMO for idditated, raw
and inflamed skin; for cuts,sores I
arid hives and feel the difference
at once. Children especially who
suffer over skin affliction will go
wild over it. ZEMO is guaranteed
to stop itching.
ZEMO is sold in drugstores in
25 cent and one dollar bottles, or
sent direct on receipt of price by
E. V. Hose Medicine Co., SILouis, '
Mo. The one dollar bottle con-
tains six times as much as the 25
cent bottle. Sold and guaranteed
by Huntley Bros. Co.
Home to the Folks
For
Christmas &tNew Year Holidays
THE
BROWNELL & STONE
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Oregon City, Oregon
Dr. L, G. ICE
DENTIST
Beaver Building Oregon City
Phone-Pacific, 1221; Home A 198
Iv) SUN s etV lvl
i V Rpjji" f
Has,authorized a low round-trip fare from all points on TTs
lines in Oregon; from points on the Corvallis & Eastern; Sal
em, Falls City and Western and the Pacific Railway & Na
vigation Co. of
ONE AND ONE-fHIRD FARES
SALE DATES
December 21st to 25th inclusive and from Deecmber 28th to
January 1st, 1913, inclusive, with final return
limit January 2nd, 1913.
For specific fares from any station, train service, sale dates,
limits, etc., call on the nearest Agent, or write to
JOHN M. SCOTT, Qeneral Passen ger Agent, Portland, Oreg
LEON DES LARZSE violin teacher
i 410 High St., phone 3171. Or
1 chestra for pupils.
THE MARKET REPORTS.
Oregon City Prices for the Vari
ous Products of the Farm.
HIDES (buying) green hides
:6c to 7c; salters 7c; dry hides 12c
to 14c; sheep pelts 30o to 85c
each.
EGGS Oregon ranch, 35 to
40c.
FEED (Selling) Shorts $2-7;
bran 125; process barley $38 per
ton.
FLOUR $4.60 to $5.50.
Hay (buying) Clover" at $9
and $10; oat hay nest $11 and $1!
mixed $10 and $12; alfalfa $15 to
$16.50; Idaho timothy $20; whole
corn $40.
OATS $26; wheat $1.05 bush
ell; oil meal selling about $55;
Shay Brook dairy feed $1.30 per
hundred pounds.
I Live Stock, Meats
Beef (live weight) steers 6
and 6 1-; cows 5 and 5 1-2 ;bulls
4 1-2 c. J
MUTTON Sheep 3 to 5 cents
.CHICKENS 12 c.
PORK 9 Yj c.
VEAL Calves 12c to .3r-
dressed according to grade.
I POULTRY (buying) hens lie
.spring 12 c, roosters 8c, ducks
14c, geese 12c, turkeys 16c.
MOHAIR 33o to 35c.
Fruit
APPLES 70c and $1.
DRIED FRUITS (Buying)
Prunes on basis 6c to 8c.
Vegetables
ONION'S 1c ound; peppers 7c.
pound.
Butter
(Buying) Ordinary country but
ter 30c to 35c; fancy dairy 80c
per roll.