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OREGON CITY CO URIER,.y FRIDAY FEB. 14 1913.
OREGON CITY COURIER
Published Fridays (rout the Courier Building, Bighth and Main streets, and en.
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Official Paper for the Farmers Society of Equity of Clackamas Co
M. J BR.OWN,
EDITOR
THERE WILL COME A TIME.
Last Saturday Senator Kellaher of
Portland introduced a resolution that
will go to the morgue as quickly as
the senate's dead wagon can get to
it, but it will have served all the pur
pose the introduced could hope for at
this time to set men to thinking.
The bill would entirely abolish
both branches of the legislature and
in place would give Oregon a commis
sion form of government. ,
It provides that a committee of el
even legislators be appointed to frame
a constitutional amendment and sub
mit the same to the voters in 1914.
This resolution was sent to a com
mittee, and you won't have to guess
at the murderous things the commit
tee will do to it. Tis dead of course.
It will never be submitted to the
people through the legislature.
And when you come to think it ov
er in the light the present legislature
is shining, this commission govern
ment might not be so bad IF.
And the IF is if we could get big
enough and honest enough men to
draw up that charter under which
the commission should govern, and
then if we could get big enough men
to fill that commission and act as
our governors.
There have been about 900 bills in
troduced in the legislature almost
ten to a member and don't you think
the commission form would have done
Oregon a great service if it only re
lieved us from this condition every
two years if it reduced this 900 to
about 90?
And the trouble is that we haven't
got the ninety we need out of this
900.
' The bills we wanted passed, (the
most of them) the bills for the good
of the taxpayers, the poor man and
the state, were not passed.
We wanted the useless school sup
ervisor law abolished, or a county op
tion on the law, but the legislature
said no.
We wanted judicial reform that
would cut out miles of red tape and
useless expenses, but the legislature
told us to forget it.
The farmers wanted the law chang.
ed so that they might burn their
slashings and clear their land during
the summer months, but the timber
trust wanted the law left as it is
is left. '
The people all over Oregon wanted
Schuebel's water power bill passed. It
was justice. It should have been a law,
But the water power owners did not
want it. It was killed.
But what's the use?
Now Oregon doesn't want to be
obliged to go to the initiative every
time to get important legislation, nor
go to the referendum every time to
kill bills they do not want, and if they
have to, some of these days they will
break up this law factory they will
abolish it or change it to some form
where they can get what they want.
It's in the air, men are talking it
and just as certain as that lcgislatur.
es continue to ask for $8,000,000 ap
propriations and refuse such popular
retrenchment laws as cited above,
just so surely will the people of Ore
gon find a way to fire them and gel
what they want.
THE PACE THAT GETS.
It
Last year we imported $232,000
worth of shoes and sold abroad $14,-
000,000, going to 87 foreign countries.
And yet the Bhoe trust asks for "pro
tection" from foreign competition in
the home market. 'Scuse my smile.
And among the hundreds of bills
introduced at Salem I never saw this
one: That every person who operates
an automobile should be required to
pass an examination and take out a
license. Too many in the legislature
who have buzz wagons. hh?
Every day, every week we read of
how some big man's stomach quit on
him and that he has gone to boosting
the undertaker's business.
You read how one after another
of the men in congress and in public
office have died or have been forced
to quit the game, and it wasn't long
ago that Rockefeller offered a mil
lion dollars for a new stomach.
Ask your father if there was any
acute indigestion in his day, and he'll
tell you he never heard of it, while
today it is becoming a very serious
and very common complaint.
See a bunch of travelling men in a
dining room, and nearly every man
will take a tablet, or a pinch of oeD-
sin before he loads up his insides
to get his works going to take care
of what he is going to dump in.
Nine out of ten men who sit at
desks, and about ten out of ten wo
men who spend seven days out of the
week have to be "careful what they
eat," and over half of their sickness
is because a weakened stomach has
gone on a strike.
You never heard of an Italian hav
ing acute indigestion did you?
Seldom ever hear of a farmer who
can t put away three meals of the
heartiest and : heaviest foods, and
who can't lie down at night and hit
the dreamland in less than thirty
minutes r
in a restaurant in rortland 1 saw
a couple of business men come in
just beore bed time and order this
line of nightmare: Steak, rare; hot
biscuit, baked beans, mince pie, black
coffee, and ice-cream. On the way
home I suppose they hoisted in a
couple of bottles of beer; and before
going to bed burned two or three
strong cigars. And then I suppose
they laid awake the most of the night
and in the morning had a cess pool
taste in their mouths.
Men are simply poisoning them
selves satisfying a cultivated appet
ite. They load up on stuff that a yel
low aog would not eat.
What the indoor man and woman
nceus is less medicine ana more
roughing it; less ice cream and more
corn bread; less automobiles and
more hot footing.
Exercise, the real hard work that
our forefathers had, the work that
tires and brings into play each organ
of the body, is what the people of this
country need. With it comes new ner
ves, new stomachs and new vigor.
WATCH THE VULTURES.
The following article is credited to
the Milford Courier. I don t know
where Milford is or what the'Cour-
ler is, but I do know that the Mil
ford editor has all his buttons, and
that every girl in Oregon City should
read and remember it.
"Stop a moment, my girl. I've just
a few words I would say to you. I've
known you for years old friends so
to speak and I think you will pardon
the few words of advice. It has been
a very short time since .your mother
held you to her bosom, then saw your
books and tablet going back and forth
to school.
You've dropped the playthings of
your girlhood and you are watching
out for the sterner things of life in
fact you are almost a woman. And as
I look into your sweet, girlish faces
as yet 'unmarked by the sina of this
world, I want to tell you something.
The vultures of human character are
flocking on the street corners their
black wings fan your innocent cheeks
as you pass, (jod made them in the
shape of man, but somehow or other
the devil must of had charge of the
soul factory when they were created,
and your slightest act or word will
be caught by these mortal vampires
an.d woven into a web of slander that
will blight your young life and dark
en your days. And remember, my girl,
that a blot on your name, a stain on
your character, can only be wiped out
by the pat of the grave-digger's shov
el. And remember also that it is
these human hyenas, these bonegnaw-
ers of womans morals, these flop
winged bats that gather on corners
and crossings, that help make public
opinion and an innocent, thoughtless
act on your part is to them a murder
of morals in the first degree.
My advice to you is this: Make
"chum" of your mother. She may not
know as much about Greek and Latin
as you do, and possibly she did not
graduate and get a diploma and a
box of flowers at some college com
mencement, but she has forgotten
more about men and' women of this
world than you can get crammed into
that little head of yours in the next
ten years.
THE CRIMINALS' PARADISE.
Nearly seven hundred bills have
been introduced in the present legis
latureand how many of them are
reany needed?
Now listen:
In Portland Tuesdav two men. nnp
of them the proprietor, were caught
in tne act or trying to burn a three
story rooming house, they confessed
to the plans, signed a utatement of
the plans and then thev were ahsn.
lutely freed.
There is no law in Oreiron under
wnicn tney can be prosecuted.
And over six hundred bills have
been introduced at Salem!
And no legislator has found a need
of a law that would punish men who
plan to burn a rooming house!
it doesnt seem possible that this
state could turn these men loose, one
of whom confesses that he was to get
uu ior tne job . it doesn't seem dos-
sible that a state like Oregon has no
law under which these men could be
given twenty years in Salem prison
for one of the most henious plans that
depraved brains ever devised.
Self-confessed to this horrible ;
son program, yet turned loose!
And nearly six hundred bills have
been introduced at Salem, and not one
provides for this crime.
LICENSING ROBBERY.
In November the people by a large
popular vote passed the eight hour
a day law as applying to public
works. After its passage it was found
that it had no enacting clause, and
the supreme court held Its funeral.
In order to rectify this technical
ity Senator Smith of Coos County, in
troduced the bill in the Senate, and
it was passed without any opposition.
It was simply a matter of form. The
people had passed on it and it was up
to the legislature to remove the de
fect the supreme court had found.
But when it came before the house
Tuesday, that body of men, elected to
do what the people want done, de.
feated the bill killed it by a vote of
26 to 23
It is such acts as these that help
to make the legislature contemptous,
These men are elected to and under
promise to represent the peopl
There could be no question as to what
The clerk graft is one that should the people wanted, for the people had
be eliminated from the cost of our voted on the measure and passed it
legislatures, but each seems to be
worse instead of betaer In this re
spect. There is no call for the allot
ment of clerks to the members of
either the senate or the house. A half
dozen good clerks or stenographers
could do the work for the whole leg
islative bunch, and they would not
have to work any too hard either.
by a big majority. And in the face
of this verdict the house killed it.
Representative Schnocrr of this
city , voted against the bill; Gill and
Lofgren voted for it, and Schuebel
was absent.
Some men have been slow to ob
serve, but the majority or us nave
1 his thing of keeping an army of lad- seen that the people of the United
ies sitting around with nothing to do States have taken a definite direction
but to write an occasional letter and and any party, any man who does not
draw $5 a day of the taxpayers mon- go with them in that direction they
ey, is not the right thing and some will reject. I am bidden to interpret
day the kick will be so great that it as well as I can, the purposes of the
will have to be abolished. Dallas People of the United States and to
Itemizer.
act so far as. my choice determines
the action, only through the instru
mentality of persons who also rep
resent that choice, partisan when I
pick out progressives and only pro-
The widows pension bill, that dis
criminating measure that would pen
sion the child of a father in Salem
prison, but would deny the same aid grcssives. I shall be acting as a rep
to the child of the man who deserted resentative of the people of this great
c, passed tne senate t riday last, and countrv. Woodrow Wi son
senator w. A. Dimick. was the only
Both houses have passed the bill
to raise the salaries of all circuit jud
ges in the Rtate from $3,000 to $4,000.
It is the bill Governor West killed two
years ago, and he should kill it again.
Eleven men in the senate had sand
enough to stand out against it, and
among them was Senator W. A.
Dimick of this city.
Senator Kellaher has a bill before
the legislature providing thnt no pub
lic official shall have his salary in
creased uftcr he has become a can
didate for office. It should become a
law.
man who opposed it. The senate put it
through because some women framed
as did the house. It never should
become a law because it isn't a fair
deal because it does not treat deserv
ing children alike. But women vote
now, and the legislators didn't pro
pose to take any chances. Dimick
didn't let a smile change his convict
ions. He stood out against the bill,
And here is betting the governor
stands out, too, stands out with the
veto.
A New York banker has been
sentenced to five years' imprison
ment. His doctors are already
making out affidavits that he will
die almost right off if not let
out. Portland Journal.
And the Tope's physician has de
lared Chnrles W. Morse entirely
well. Poor, old easy Taft.
If that boy of yours who you per
mit to rule the roost at home, and run
around as much as he pleases after
night should happen to go wrong; if
as the years roll by and bad habits
become so thoroughly ground into
him that he turns out to be a crimin
al, you will curse those who prosecute
him and for the good of society pen
him up. But there will come no sat
isfaction from such a course. The
fault will bo your own; you are ne
glecting him now when you should
be bending every effort to plant into
him the principles of manhood. The
boy might be all right, but certainly
he has the wrong kind of father.
GENEROSITY
Should never exceed ability.
Constant squandering or frit
tering away everything earned
will make the richest man
poor. A SAVINGS Account
means generosity, for you are
providing for the future for
your home and family.
THE BANK Of OREGON CITY
Oldest Bank In Clackamas County .
That bill which has passed both
houses, and which the governor will
without doubt sign, will put fear in
the hearts of the liquor seller, for it
is drastic, it has claws. It provides
that the saloon keeper shall be liable
for damages for giving away or sell
ing liquor to intoxicated persons or
habitual drunkards. With such a law
over his head, with the many other
restrictions, the saloon man will have
to keep stepping sideways to dodge
heavy trouble.
Did you read what our great gov
ernment did to James Patton. the
Chicago gambler, for cornering
cotton :
Wasn't it awful ?
But you see the government was
simply forced to. Patton pleaded
guilty, and there was absolutely no
defense. He had been caught with
the goods on him, and he must take
the consequences.
He cornered cotton and forced the
price and clothing up where he could
make a fortune.
He put a hardship on every family
in the United States in this gambling
deal and made it harder for the poor
families to pull through the winter.
Such crimes of cornering the coun
try's necessities needed severe punishment.
The government realized this; it
realized that the people were in no
mood to be trifled with further and
that the hand of iron must come down
on these gamblers in the poor man's
commodoties.
HE WAS FINED FOUR THOUS
AND DOLLARS.
And Attorney General Wicker-
sham INSTRUCTED Judge Mayer to
accept the fine! J
Patton paid his license fee to rob
The government issued the license.
un, out this is a hot bean of a
government!
"Dimicked."
There has been a new word coined
at Salem.. It is "Dimicked." When
a legislator refuses to vote for a bill
they say he "Dimicked."
The word found its birth from the
fact of W. A. Dimick, senator from
this city, standing out on the most of
the bills introduced, fighting them and
refusing to vote for them.
The word was coined by the sena
tors as a sort of a whip to keep the
boys in line, but it is not working out
that way, for it is becoming a credit
to a legislator to have it applied to
him. It is a distinction that he re
fuses to let the organization drive
him and that he is doing his own
thinking.
And you who have followed Sena
tor Dimick's work and voting in this
session know that he has been with
the people, that he has stood out for
the voters' interests when his has
been the only voice and vote in pro
test.
If a lot more of the Oregon sena
tors would "Dimick" there would be
satisfaction given at Salem, and there
would be much more political un-t
rest.
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NO ALUM, NO LIME PHOSPHATE
Card of Thanks.
We wish to thank our friends and
neighbors for their many kindnesses
shown during the sickness and death
of our husband and father.
MRS. CAROLINE BREMMER
AND FAMILY.
THE GOVERNOR'S WAY.
When Governor West goes after a
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Zl?fiS fr' "nian Farce ''Excuse Me," Heilfc The-
acy or couch his words in fancy frills, atre, 4 nights, t-tartug Sunday, Feb. 16. Majtiiiee Weil 'day.
ne states imngs, puts mem up plain
and blunt.
He wants the senate bill which pro
hibits any depot to harbor a saloon to
become a law, and this is the way his
desires were expressed in a message
to the house the other day:
If it is proper that our public
stations, where our wives and
daughters are obliged to wait
for incoming and outgoing trains
shall be used as a loafing place
for swearing and vomiting louts,
and where they are forced to sub
mit to indignities and insults,
then this amendment should car
ry. Otherwise it should not.
Now let us see what will be the fate
of this bill.
Governor West used the veto ax on
the first bill that came to him. More
strength to his ax arm!
Both houses .have passed and the
governor will sign the Lewelling bill
for the sterilization of degenerates
and perverts.
One hundred and sixty-three bills
carrying appropriations of $8,437,
819.07 have been introduced at Salem.
And this is a session of "retrenchment
and economy."
With only four senators who dared
to stand out against it, the bill giving
the governor power to remove sher
iffs, district attorneys and other of
ficials who refused to do their duty,
was passed by the senate Saturday
Senator Dimick of this city voted for
the bill.
The moving picture program chan
ges often in Mexico. Madero, who the
people yelled for and fought for a few
months ago, is now deposed and a
fugitive, and Felix Diaz, grandson of
the old Mexican ruler, Is provisional
president. Mexicans like uprisings
and scrapping. Diaz of the iron hand
would not have it, but since his ban
ishment the people have rebelled,
plotted and pillaged to their heart's
content.
Two of the labor leaders and con
victed dynamiters of Los Angeles
have been put back in office of the
State Building Trade Council. In Pitt
sburg a bank restored its president
to his former high office as soon as
his penitentiary time expired. It
would seem that labor and capital
are competing as to which shall best
protect its convicts.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
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Nevada, Montana and Dakota have
voted to submit the matter of equal
suffrage to the people. Arizona is sur
rounded with states where women
vote and it is probable that she will
do as Oregon, Idaho, Utah and Cal
ifornia have done. Nine states now
permit women to vote, and the chanc
es are good for three more. And when
an even dozen gets in, then look for
a general break.
Schubel's anti-lobby bill went
through the house like a breeze Mon
day, and it would seem that the sen
ate would not dare to kill it. But the
senate dares to do plenty of things
this spring. The bill provides that
all lobbiesta must register, must state
who employs them, what pay they
receive, the . name of the person or
firm, who hires them, that they shall
only appear before committees and
that penalties for violations shall be
from $200 to $5,000 for employer and
$100 to $1,000 for employee.
Only a few weeks ago you voters
had the splendid opportunity to abol
ish that legislature that is now stand
ing between you and what you need.
But some one told you it was one of
W. b. U Ren s schemes, and that hid
den in it somewhere, where he did
not know, but it was certainly there,
was a something that was or would
be seventeenth cousin to the single
tax and you voted it down. Some of
these days you voters of Oregon may
get it through your heads that W. S.
U'Ren is playing your game a thous
and times where the interests and
politicians play it once. Some of
these days when the wind blows from
the south, you will learn to distin
guish between fear and reason.
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A Tax Tragedy in Ourtown.
(By O. B. Server.)
Oh, Papa! See the pretty house!
Yes, my Son, it is indeed pretty.
The owner has just finished it. He
will soon be sorry.
Why do you think that Papa?
Because, my Son, here comes the
Assessor; he will fine the man for
improving his lot.
And, Papa, will he fine the man
with the empty lot next door?
Not much, my Son.
Why not, Papa ?
Why. not? Why because the man
with the empty lot is not guilty of
making an improvement. Why should
he be fined?
Oh, Papa, you are joking.
Am I, my Son? Well just put up
a fine house and see the Assessor
come after you with a Big Stick I
mean a Big Bill.
j Papa, what kind of -people are the
, people of Ourtown ?
i There are two kind of people in
Ourtown, dear Boy, the Asses-sors
and the Asses-sed.
Papa, that makes me feel sad.
Me too, my dear Boy. It drives me
to drink. Have some root beer on
me. Exchange.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
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Main street.
Covered delivery wagon for sale,
or will trade for young cow. S. Mac
Donald, Oregon City.
For sale. 5 roomed house. 2 e-ood
lots, excellent well. Some fruit trees,
woodshed, etc. Price $750, $500 down.
Balance $10 a month without inter
est. Owner A. B. C. Courier Office.
Live stock and ranch auction
eer, 28 years experience, satis
faction guaranteed. J. W. Free
man, Parkplaco, Ore. Leave or
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rier Office or at Parkplace.
FOR SALE Team, harness and
wagon; team 10 years old; both
mares, wagon and harness in fair
condition. Address F, P. Wilson,
Oregon City oute 2 2t
Fruit trees, rose bushes and
fancy shrubbery at half regular
price. Best two year fruit trees
at ten cents each. II. J. Bigger,
0th and Centre Street, Oregon
City.
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I have various sums of money
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WM, HAMMOND, Lawyer.
Beaver Bldg., Oregon City.
Small Farm Wanted.
Cilent wants to spend $3,000.00 on
small farm, not too far from Port
land; must have 10 acres cultivation;
prefers small stream or SDrinc on
place. If you have something along
this line and wish to sell, see or
write H. E. Cross, Beaver Bide-.. Ore
gon City.
A Snap.
5 room house and 4 lots. ChirVon
house and fruit trees; lots all im
proved and fenced block to street
corner. 1 block to school. Price $850.
terms.
5 room bungalow, new. 1 lot in Ore
gon City on installment. Cheap as
rent. Price $750. by Clyde, Room 4,
Weihard Bldg., Cor. 8th. and Main
St., Oregon City.
Here's a Bargain.
Five Acres, three improved. 1
acres a commercial orchard, .
small house, good spring, level
land, 2 and one-half miles to
court house, one mile to car line,
price $1,300, good terms.
Nine-room house, large lot.city
and well water, two blocks t& car,
a snap for $900. For terms see
H. S. Clyde, rom 4, M'einhard Bid
Oregon City.
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