OREGON CITY COURIER, FRIDAY JAN. 24 1913.
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COMMENTS ON THE THINGS WE
ARE THINKING OF.
Observations of a Man Who
Alive Above His Ears.
(By A. G. Childs.)
It will bo noticed that some Of
the eminent statesman and lead
ing citizens who do not want any
measures re-submitted to the
people that have been defeated
are very strongly of the opinion
that certain and several meas
ures TIJEY wanted passed and
that were not , approved by the
people should be re-submitted.
an advertising card to attract
other vacant lands the proposit
ion to exempt $1,500 of improve
ments, machinery and live stock,
household furniture, etc., of every
citizen? This would not help out
the fellow with a skyscraper very
much, and the big department
store would not be flung in the
teeth of the Single Taxers, but it
would help to get some of those
200,000 Americans going into Al
berta every year, and keep some
of our mechanics and young
farmers in Oregon. Something
along this line should be done.
PARCEL POST HUMBUG.
If we can't kill the initiative
amendments submitted to the
people, let us cripple it and per.
haps it will crawl off and die.
That is the sentiment moving a
number of suddonly converted
avowed friends of the initiative,
but it is not publicly expressed.
Olher than providing that only
registered voters be accepted as
signers of petitions and perhaps
providing for the bonding of cir-
WIN Not Benefit Masses Until
Put on a Commercial Basis.
Editor Courier:
Realizing the value of your
space and that it is rapidly grow
ing more so, I hog just enough to
answer a friendly criticism of my
Parcel Post letter.
I can send by express from
Oregon City to Chicago, a long
list of commercial articles
among which is mistletoe and
sausage at a rate of 7.25 per hun
dred and I don't have to do it up
in 11 pound packages, but if I
go to the Post Oil ice, according
to Mr. Trullinger, I would have to
do up my sausage or mistletoe in
small packages. Now we will take
his rate of $1.40 on a. ten pound
package, you don t have to un
derstand calculus to see that 100
CONSOLIDATE THE
COUNTRY SCHOOLS
FEWER AND BETTER SCHOOLS
AND BUILDINGS.
Country Must Compete
City In Education.
With
culators thereof, the people pounds would cost me $14.00,
should not go to sleep ana allow nearly double the express rale
this loudly professing of repent- In the twice a week Journal of
anco and vociferous desire to Due. 31 Mr. Hitchcock says the
"protect tho initiative" bunch to present rales are higher than the
put anything over on them.
Down in California the Govern
or proposes that the people have
an amendment submitted to them
in 1914 providing for county and
city home rule in taxation. This
indicates that he knows what a
scientific system of taxation real
ly is, and tho assistant Bull Moos
er to Toddy the Terrible has a
way of getting the Legislature to
do things tho Big Interests m Cal
ifornia do not like any better
than their brothers in Oregon.
Tho preferonce vote is needed
in Oregon to give us public serv
ants desired by the majority. This
system that gives us plurality
government is too rich a temp
tation for Big Vice and Big Busi
ness to get together and also to
divide progressive and honest
people
Special privilege always likes
to count the ignorant and unin
formed on its side. In Wyoming
and Mississippi tho Initiative and
Referendum have been beaten be
cause the majority voting "therp.
on" was not big enough to over
balance the ignorant and indiiTer.
ent voters who did not vote on ),ho
propositions, in Wyoming tiio af.
firmalive vole was nearly six to
one, still it was defeated by the
beautiful little joker that the de.
funct Majority Rulo Leaguo en.
government could maintain them,
and acknowledges it is only an ex
pcriment and says rates will have
to be lowered to be of any use in
competing with tho express com
panics.
Now Mr. Trullinger, if in your
exhaustive investigations, you
have made some wonderful dis
coveries I am sure this gentleman
Mr. Hitchcock, would appreciate
them as much as I do. There are
a few U. S. senators Who made so
much fun of this bill on the floor
of the senate you could put them
on your mailing list.
A congress of farmers met in
their national headquarters in
Indianapolis Deo. 18, last and de
nounced this humbug of a Par
cel Post law. Also the congress
that passed it. Now I do not know
of any particular express com
pany that these hay seeds were
working for but it is my humble
opinion that they have been work
ing for all of them all their lives
and will continue to do so until
the Parcel Post humbug is chang
ed tQ a sane and commercial base.
Jn your extensive researches
will you please find out how much
rent you pay every year for cars
to haul your mail and parcels in
and don't this money or some of
it go to tho express Co., and when
you pay the railroad for hauling
your parcels don't the express
Co., get their share of that too?
How can you compete with thorn
to
To tho Courier:
A great deal or attention is
being drawn loward our public
educational system of late, and
our leading educators are trying
to so arrange it that our public
school system will give every boy
and girl a practical education
That is, when a girl Or boy has
completed his or her education,
they will bo ready to enter upon
life's work, be it seamstress, cook,
artist, blacksmith, carpenter or
farmer, etc. Now this in our op
inion is the only right system to
encourage. But if I understand
the plan that these leaders are
gradually developing by legisla
tion and otherwise, It certainly
will fail to produce the desired
rosuUs. The plan is, as it seems
to me, to have two distinctive
systems, one for the city, and the
other for the counry. The sys-
em for the city aims fundamen
tally to transform the city boy in
to a carpenter, millman, black
smith, lawyer, etc. While the
country system aims to make ev
ery boy a farmer, horticulturalist,
poultryman, etc. An imaginary
line to be drawn about the city,
and another around tho country,
making two distinct-circles of
citizens with two separate notions
of their own about' each other
are those of the city. Not a little
old fashioned house as we find it
today, near every farmer's door,
literally speaking. Consolidation
of country schools as it is called,
is the only plan that will be suc
cessful, and money spent in any
other way, such as supervisor
laws for country schools, is hard-
earned money thrown away, for it
is only the continual presence of
a master mind .that .makes for
discipline and progress in any in
stitution of learning. It is also
strange to note that the great ma
jority of the well-trained princi
pals and teachers of city schools
who succeed in the city, are fail
ures when they tackle the coun
try school. The country school
teachers, on the other hand, who
go to the city, are as a rule very
successful. - .
: Robert Ginther.
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EDITORIALS FROM A CLACKA
' MAS COUNTY RANCH. .
Many Oregon City People 'Have
Found This to be True.
Are you wretched in bad weath
er? -
Does every cold settle on your
kidneys?
Does your back ache and be
come weak?
Are urinary passages irregu
lar and distressing?
These symptons are cause to
suspect kidney weakness.
Weakened kidnoys need .quick
help.
. Doan s Kidney Pills are espec
ially prepared for weakened kid
neys.
Grateful people recommend
George K. Parrish, musician, I Really why these wise sruvs should
OO n r. .1 Un1f nnrl A.. n,. -t l I . .
"a nan u auu nvo., jrun- ; nave neen unprepareu is a mys
land, Ore., says: "The first symp-jtery as the people have wanted
John Stark's Weekly Letter of
. , , : ; Pat Comments. ,
The legislatures in the past
have given us laws against cruel
ty to animals; have forbidden us
to kill song birds; have protected
the game in the wild forest. How
would it do to have a law to pro
tect the human mother? In many
cases women become mothers in
the direst poverty. Now don't
jump up to say "it s their own
fault, that gets on my nerves
often in a cold shack, upon a
scantily covered bed and a larder
ditto. Can this great state come
to her assistance during such i
period? I observe the Common
wealth of Australia has made an
allowance of $25. Of course that
means a few pennies taxes but are
not human beings of more impor
tance than sparrows and China
pheasants?
The parcel post has swamped
the postal department so we read
ton of kidney complaint in my
case was a dull pain across my
loins. I paid little attention to the
trouble at first but as it gradual
ly grew worse, I knew that some
thing must be done. Whenever I
caught cold I was sure to have an
one badly the past twenty years
We were told great calamities
awaited us if we ever got the
service, so this is the first ono.
After sixteen years wandering
m the wilderness without manna
ueuvuieu iu iiui ovor on us iasi ,i,nn vni tn i,; v.nm
ovombor in this stale regardless haui your stuff and rent your
of expense. 1 ho amendments in cars of them at their figures as
iMuso iwo sia es were very poor part of lho rai, road Co and tho
mutations of tho real thing, and rust of the rail mart Co. own
had killing jokers in them; but
wore better than government by
an irresponsible and logrolling
legislature.
The Singlo Taxers of California
are greatly elated ovor tho large
vole cast for their Home Rulo
measure, and are organizing to
submit a straightout, briof and elusions.
squaro amendment for the Single
Tax that will take all taxes off
improvements in about bo many
words and frighten tho complao-
ent anti-B. T. fighters into ac
cepting tho Homo Rulo measure
as a conservalivo compromise.
They have put out a field secre
tary In the , person of Edmund
Norton, one of tho most able and
outspoken hustlers for Single Tax
Known in tho United States. It
slock in the express Co
Now my friendly mail sack
shaker, you seem to be working
for tho express Co., too, and you
are 'doing it splendidly, as they
sometimes make 800 per" cent
dividends. As you continue your
investigations I would bo pleased
to learn them and your own con
P. W. MEREDITH.
LIBERAL.
Many complaints are being ro-
coivod hero about potatoos rott
ing, and that thoso which are not
rolling, are assuming a hard and
dull color.
Stock hogs are as high as po
tatoes are cheap. Potatoes are
lakes moro defeats to kill Single boin& tioilod, and with chop mix
Tax than to
can-slay bur
bury Bryan. Neither ed are being fod the hog3'
led lone pnnuu-h fn 'J'ho timbor suffered in the vi-
let tho grass grow on their grav- cinity of Liberal from tho recent
es. snow and the following thaw. Oak
trees 18 inches in diameter were
uprooted and all tho telephone
ines of tho community aro out of
commission.
This weather makes your hay
mow s'ink ana keeps tho farmer
rustling from early until late.
Hard weather for the pheasants
farmers should lond a helping
hand with feed for them.
Sleighing didn't last long in
the Liberal country but for a
oiiifi tiuiu mu aimia wuiu uui 111
no small numbers.
Georgo Donnelly's house caught
fire last Friday at throe o'clock.
from a defective fluo in tho sitting
room. ISO ono was at homo at lho
lime, but Pierco Wright and somo
3" ,,u,.. ii .- i. ;
IUU. , 11 f, 11,. n.
cents to him" mo iiun, Hum luu
uihiuiicu, run 10 uiu uuiiut'iiy
home, formed a bucket brigado,
and succeeded in extinguishing
the flumes. Tho boys woro al
most overcome with smoko, as tho
flames had crept between the
walls of the home and had burn
ed slowly before breaking out. A
large crowd soon gathered and
assisted Mr. and Mrs. Donnelly in
righting things about tho burned
premises, the Dnnnellys are
exceedingly grateful to their
friends for saving their homo.
Just to show that there is no
need of the recall of judges with
the patriotic U. S. Senato on tho
Job Archibald picked out for the
goat and butted off into infamy
Why this comparitively pure and
innocent victim was selected with
so many more deserving will bo
explained later perhaps.
lho Express Trust hasn't a
friend on earth except a
sneaking members of Congress
The Pa: eels Post shows how we
have been robbed, and is going to
snow us somo morn, li, still cnab
les tho E. T. to livo becauso of
us nbsunl zones and different
stamps and relies of antiquatod
roousnncss and red
should not cost over 25
curry a ten pound parcel any
whore in tho United States (on
the average) but if this was d-.me
tho K. T. would dio so suddenly
us to shut off a supply of "n ilk"
that has long gono down tho
throats of certain and sundry
. and numerous statesmen. It is
still being milked, and hopes aro
entertained of keeping it ulivo a
few years longer. Why tho Tele
graph trust? And why the Trans
portation Trust? And why tho
11,000 other truuls? Who milks
them and who pays for lho milking?
$100 Per Plate.
In the face of aetuanncreaso in Clliy jn vow Orleans in 1842.
the price of living necessities, Michtv costlv for thos with sto.
pricea or lana ana rem, prices o: macn trouble or indigestion. To.
meat and notatoes. wo are told by day peonlo everywhere use Dr
the fat editors of the city press King s New Life Pills for these
onH marnzmos that it is tho fast troubles as well as livfl', kidney,
and high living that is the troublo
with us. And then wo read of 388
per cent profit made by New York
banks with a pull. Who finally
pays such loan shark financiers
as that?
and bowel disorders. Easy, safe,
sure. Only 25 cents at Huntley
Bros.
Harsh nhvsics weaken the how.
els, will lead to chronic constipa
tion. Dean's Regulets operate
How would it do to play up for easily. 25c a box at all stores
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states-these great men failed to that- ..machine the road would
draw a full house. seetn clear for the. co-operative
The Socialist, whom all these Gominpnwealth in four years,
gentlemen were trying to hold Personally I never yet accused
back for fear our dear country Roosovelt of being foolish enough
to think to win m the last com-
from 420.793 to 900.672 in four paign on the progressive ticket,
years. The Sociaust ivauonai
Committee used about $30,000
and the three parties about $5,0-
00,000,000 in the aggregate. I
put them together as they all
avowed a common purpose to
"head off socialism," surely a
very patriotic motive, especially
when the , office is in sight for
the most faithful and special
privilege for the unseen empire
to collect interest, rent and profit
also a laudable ambition. Wilson
is reported to have said the Soc
alist vote represented twenty per
cent Socialism and eighty per
cent protest; protest against
what or whom, with that noble
array of noble Romans in the,
field is not clear to a clod crush
er. Wnen it comes to pnnosopny
trust a superannuated college
professor for that; he may have
missed Carnegie s pension but ho
hung onto a solution of perplex
ing problems, m th:s parucular
case he is however not alone. All
great editors have explained the
remarkable growth of the Soeml
ist party in spite of two highly
advertised clowns performing on
the political trapeze. Some Re
publican papers say that about a
million Republican voters went
to Wilson, then, where did the
over a million Democratic votes
go, "to protest" I suppose.
As. the president-elect is go6d
at solving perplexing questions,
and he will be on the job soon,
we will see how he will solve the
unemployed question. Now don't
get red in the face, I did not mean
you that is seeking to handle the
mail by proxy, or Marshalship
jobs; I mean the man in overalls
whose name is usually designated
by a number when he is fortunate
enough to own a boss, for our
name is legion. I'm aware the
Democratic politician did not take
that factor into account as the
first law of nature has not been
declared unconstitutional so long
as' it is reasonable. And the
strong box seemed at least pos
sible, while the tariff took about
all the talking time of these noble
warriors who were on short
forage rations for sixteen years.
When the tariff question final
ly comes to the center of tho stage
I wonder what my friends the
single taxers will see to their
liking, for if single tax means
anything it means free trade, yel
some of the leaders of single tax
agitation supported Wilson on
a tariff for revenue only" plat
form. Here is what Henry George
says of all the excuses for the
continuation of a tariff at all, the
most groundless is that it is
necessary to secure federal rev
enues. "Whether we have a pro
tective tariff or a revenue tariff
is of small importance." I won
der if any of those single taxers
ever read Henry George, if they
did not they certainly missed
something good.
Whatever I may have said
against Bryan I never accused
him of being bo simple minded
that he failed to see that tariff
for revenue instead of leading
toward free trade must lead away
from it, on the other hand it
seems as if the single taxers who
blindly followed this noise pro
ducer fail to see the point.
Have still hopes that Bryan
will become a member of the of
ficial-family in any position he
chooses so it is in the Cabinet.
for as things look to me Bryan
and the party will go down the
ine together; so we will save
four yearsi If only that other
clown could someway be bolted on
had he lauded the nomination by
that party he declares to be cor
rupt, it seems nothing could have
stopped him this side or ine
whitehouse. To ine it seems the
unseen empire did not desire that,
as he would have insisted it was
ho alone that won, then the next
campaign the chances would be
good tho people might think,
enough was sufficient and plen
ty is too much. So to prolong
capitalism- let tho democrats take
it, who will forget everything but
the cleaning out of the strong box '
so in despair tho people will turn
to Armageddon for relief, by that
time the wild man will bo tamed a
little so that he will know his
master's crib like the ass. Of
course his idolators could not see
that but thought tie would win
any iild way. Am reminded of a
story in ancient history of some
idolators who submitted to a test
of their God to produce fire with
out the use of parlor matches, so
they prayed and trusted while
punishing themsolves in their
blind trusting, failing in the fire
tost, we are told these men lost
their heads. I would however as
sure the child-like followers of
tho 'monkey-killer they are in no
such danger, as one cannot lose
what one is not possessed of.
John F. Stark.
An Offer to Surgeons.
Now that there is so much talk
going through the press over Al
ex Carrel's discoveries in healing
wounds, I would like some sur
geon to take notice.
I will, for an illustration, take a
finger where the first joint is
cut up by a cogwheel, the nail is
broken in two, tho joint flattened
and the flesh on both sides badly
lacerated.
Wrap the finger in muslin;
immerse in strongly salted water
with plenty of ice in it, but the
first minute it will cause consid
erable pain. After five minutes
take out of the salted water and
you will find the pain is gone.
Keep the arm in a sling for 36
hours and the wound is healed.
The finger nail will stay on the
injured finger.
Now I offer free to the first
surgeon, who will apply, a bottle
of liquid fluid to be injected in a
cancer. It will check the growth
and cure the cancer without leav
ing a scar, in a short time.
RICHARD SCHOENBOBN.
No 1015 7 th St. Oregon City.
Old Age.
Old age as it comes in the or
derly process of nature is a beau
tiful and majestic thing. It
stands for experience, knowledge,
wisdom, counsel. That is old age
as it should be, but old age as it
often is means a poor digestion,
torpid bowels, a sluggish liver
and a general feeling of ill health
despondency and misery. This ia
almost every instance is wholly
unnecessary. One of Chamber
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after supper will improve the di
gestion, tone up the liver and
regulate the bowels. That feel
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Let these earnest men and wo
men who are striving to make this
division investigate and they will
discover more natural born states
men, lawyers, doctors, business
men, carpenters, blacksmiths, el
ectricians, philosophers, mechan
ics, etc., among the country boys
than you will find among an equ
al number of city boys. You will
find more natural born intellects
among the country girls to fill
the positions required by woman
in tho city than you will find
among an equal number of city
girls. And it is safo to say that
there are many natural born
farmers, horticulturalists, poul
trymen, etc., among our city boys.
Therefore artificial restrictions
cannot long be made to success
fully endure. Our educational
system must remain uniform to
get the best results. Teach agri
culture, horticulture, etc., to the
city student on equal footing with
the country student. Teach the
country student law, modicine,
business, mechanical pursuits,
etc., the same as tho oity lad, and
you will bo following in tho foot
steps of nature by giving every
human being his opportunity to
develop his natural talents re
gardless of whether he lives in
town or country. To do this the
country must have school houses
as large and as well arranged as
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FOR FLETCHER'S
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or quail on toast, the children of
Jefferson and Jackson are going
to milk the public cow and pry
into the publio hive. My but they
are hungryl
Election day is long enough
past to allow, our pulses to re
sume normal action, the shouting
is aDout over and nothing more to
he done except maugerate Wil.
son and hunt the appointive of.
fico until the closed season. The
slatician has completed the total
vote and the men of affairs are
carefully looking over the returns
to analyze the figures so as to
study out the meaning of today
and the prospects for the future.
So let us who cast the most of
those votes look over the shoul
ders of the mighty and see how it
looks. .
First is the Democratic land
slide we hear about, where the
Princeton citizen gets Jess voles
than Bryan four years ago by
H5650. Roosevelt sand Taft to
gether 74,390 less than Taft got
in 1908. The prohibs. lost about
one fifth of their vote. All this in
face of the most furious cam
paign in sixteen years, with the
two greatest noise producers act
ively in the field, one as a candi
date and the other as a patriot.
Besides tho increase in populat
ion and women voting in two
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