OREGON CITY COURIER, FRIDAY, MARCH 14 1913
OREGON CITY COURIER
Published Fridays from the Courier Building, Eighth aud Main streets, and en
tered in the Postoffice at Oregon City,
OREGON CITY COURIER PUBLISHING COMPANY, PUBLISHER
M. J. BROWN, A. E.
Subscription Price $1.50.
Official Paper for the Farmers
M. J. BR.OWN.
MAKE A NOISE.
In the last campaign everybody was
out for economy and nearly every
man that went to the legislature or
into a public office sang the same
song to his own accompaniment.
Then when the fellows got up to
Salem they ran up against the dif
ficulty of economizing without deny
ing anybody anything.
If an office holder wanted his sal
ary boosted up it went.
11 the schools, commissions, new
jobs and so on wanted dips into the
public treasury, it was granted. A
majority of the counties wanted
something and it was simply a reci
procity society.
Congressman Whiteacre, of Salem,
Ohio, made this reply to some lobyists
; the other day who wanted $90,000
appropriation for a post office:
, . "I cannot get for Salem this
money unless I agree to all the
graft for all the other congress
men who have constituents like
you who are loud for economy
except when it comes to their
particular town."
And there you have it.
Same conditions' in our Oregon leg
islature. Economy is all right on the stump
but the fellows back up on it in the
legislature.
The affected are for economy when
it hits only the other fellow.
Economy is denial. It is something
the fellows like to talk about but
don't like to act on because it hurts.
You will never get economy in the
Salem legislature until you abolish
the back scratching and the horse
trading. Take away from the legislature the
introduction of appropriations and
you lop off the sinecures.
Make the governor the introducer
of these bills, and have over his head
the house and recall and you can bet
your chances on heaven (and win)
that he won't bankrupt Oregon.
Take the salary fixings entirely
out of the hands of the legislature
and give them to the people to fix by
vote.
Then abolish entirely the state sen
ate and you'll have a legislature and
legislation af Salem you won't damn.
And if you think this way, make a
noise. There is nothing on this ball
of mud that can stand long against
public opinion when that sentiment
is loud and long enough.
Make a noise.
THE REAL CAUSES.
I doubt if a President ever went
into the White House with more con
fidence and left it with less than Pres
ident Taft.
He went in with the Republicans
behind him unanimously. He went
out with only Utah and Vermont left.
He started wrong at the passage of
the Payne Tariff Bill. He played golf
while Congress patched up a mon
trosity that repudiated platform and
promises and when the job was fin
ished he signed it without a protest.
Oregon City Courier.
President Taft did not sign without
a protest; but he signed. But is it
true that no president left the White
House with less confidence as his pos
session than William Howard Taft?
We think not.
The Oregonian prints the foregoing
from the Oregon City paper as in
dicative of a certain typo of mind and
expressive of a certain prevalent op
inion. It is a fact unquestionably, that
the decline of the Taft popularity be
gan with the Payne-AUTrTclrtariir ep-"
isode. Suppose Taft had vetoed the
bill. Does anyone think that he would
have averted the storm that over
whelmed him later through the incite
ment of the Roosevelt faction ? Would
Pinchot have been his friend? Would
Garfield? Would Roosevelt? Would
the virulent Roosevelt newspapers
have stifled their voices
We all know when the wur on Taft
began. But we may question what be
gan it. It was a situation deeper, more
tense, more volcanic, than any mere
wrangle over a tariff bilt. It lay in the
unrest of the people, the flux and the
movement of changing conditions, the
growing radicalism of the Republican
property, and the overmastering pas
sion of a single man to be forever in
Weeks of Enforced
Idleness
may happen to any man. Accidents occur
every day to wage earners who cannot af
ford to be out of work. Their families suf
fer want unless there is money in the Bank
to pay tor living expensesor they must go
into debt. Saving a little every month will
soon accumulate an emergency fund, which
will come in handy whether accidents hap
pen or not.
THE BANK OF OREGON CITY
Olde&t Bank In Clackcima Counfy
Ore., as second class mail matter.
FROST, OWNERS.
Telephones, Main 3-1; Home A 5-1
Society of Equity of Clackamas Co
EDITOR
the lime-light and at the tiller.
Oregonian. -The
Will the Oregonian tell us what was
Taft's protest? It was sanction, and
he openly defended the tariff bill in
later public speeches.
Taft need not have vetoed the bill
If he had had the sand and the inclin
ation he could have forced congress to
make good the campaign promises
through threat of the veto.
There would not have been the
storm if Taft had played fair with
Rooacvelt. Roosevelt went to Africa
and then Taft double crossed him.
The "unrest of the people" would
never have come unless there was a
just cause for it, and Taft did much
and allowed more to be done, that bred
it.
LET THE PEOPLE SAY.
The matter of salary increases in
this state will never be settled, set
tied right and stay settled until the
people are given the right by vote to
fix those salaries.
I do not believe for a minute but
what the people of Oregon will pay
any man a iair salary for fair ser
vice in county or state office.
What galls the people is that the
legislature has raised the salaries of
officials who were only too fast to
run for the office and accept the plcae
under the old salaries, but the minute
they find themselves safely within the
fold, chase down to Salem and lobby
for a raise.
If the voters do not provide a suf
ficient salary for a man, let the man
refuse it, and then they will have to
raise it and pay a just salary.
But I do not believe it will ever
come to this pinch. If an official does
not receive sufficient pay for the work
he does, let him come before the
people, through the press, and show
them, and if he can show them, the
people will respond.
But take this away from the leg
islature. It is simply trading stock
there.
BACK TO THE SIMPLE LIFE.
Mr. U'Ren, of Oregon City, has
again openly announced that he will
be the, or at least a, candidate before
the Republican primaries next year
for the governorship. Mr U'Ren wants
to abolish the present form of govern
ment and institute what he calls the
"cabinet" form. By this he means to
do away with the senate and have a
commission form of government. It is
our humble opinion that we have too
many kinds of government in Oregon
already. We might return to
the good old simple methods when
state official only received a salary
equal to his services; when the sup
reme court was composed of three
judges; when the governor' private
secretary only received a salary of
$1,800 per year. Yes, a return to the
simple life of the old days might en
able a taxpayer in moderate circum
stances to start a bank account. There
is little prospect of such good for
tnue overtaking him under the present
system; as at present administered.
Salem Messenger.
FOR GOVERNOR.
"Who will the Courier support for
governor?" is a quostion we get
fourth handed about every six days.
No secret about it, and we won't
take a column to "announce."
This paper will be for the white
man who it believes stands for the
best good of Oregon, and only thode
durations of the candidutes will deter
mine. The anti-sterilization league of
Portland is working on the proposition
to invoke tho referendum on the Ow
ens Adair bill recently passed by the
legislature.
A good intelligent Clackamas
county farmer voter says 'Damn
politics.' " Portland Journal.
The Courier knows of 99 more.
"What will be the result of tho wo
mons vote in this state?" is a ques
tion tha candidates are scratching
their heads over.
The farmers of Oregon have stood
the gaff about as long as they are. go
ing to. Keep your eye on them from
now on.
A. J.' Lewis of Maple Lane, wants C.
E. Spence, State Grange Master, to
run for governor. And perhaps Mr.
Lewis has started something.
The Democratic congress pro
poses to open up the tariff matter with
free lumber, sugar and farm machin
ery. Listen - for protests from the
workingmen and farmers.
When you read of the degrading
conditions and poverty under which
the girls of Chicago work, do you
wonder that Shears & Strawbuck can
sell you goods cheaper than Oregon
City merchants? And do you wonder
why the girls go wrong?
The grafter, the drone, and the
other public parasites on public office
are going to be pried from their loot.
The whole country is up against them,
and demands and ivnestigations are
being made in the biggest cities and
the smallest towns. And more power
to the movement.
Washington and Idaho are up
against the same legislative horse
traders' conventions as Oregon has
just closed, and the people, the com
mon muts whose protests are unheed
ed and unheard, and who have .to
pay the conventions' expenses, are do
ing some deep thinking. You 11 see
something stir in '14.
Those newspapers which think that
they are putting Governor West out
of the running by abusing him are
due to wake up some day and find
out that he is stronger than ever
with the people. And those legislators
who tried so hard to put him in a hole
have already learned that the man
who digs a pit for another is quite
likely to fall therein himself, as the
old book has it. Woodburn Independ
ant. President Wilson may have a
job on his hands early in the .
game by sending his soldiers on a
little jaunt to Mexico to settle
that little disturbance down there.
A regiment of Uncle Sam's boys
could clean up the whole mess
in about ten days. Forest Grove.
News Times.
It is amusing to read such com
ments. The Forest Grove editor
should take a little run down into this
country of trouble and then he would
realize that this is not a ten day's
regiment job, but a ten years' stand
ing army job. Take a look at the Phil
ippines brother, and have another
think.
The Estacada Progress states that
F. M. Gill, of Estacada, is an announc
ed candidate for governor on the Bull
Moose" ticket, and that paper quotes
him as saying:
"From talks I have had with
the leading progressive republic
an leaders throughout Oregon, I
believe there will be no opposit
ion to me for the nomination."
Mr. Gill certainly has a beautiful
and touching faith in himself and we
hate to spoil it, but here is telling that
gentleman that "the leading prog
ressive Republicans" are giving him a
very bum steer, and that there will
no doubt be a little opposition before
1914. .
SPENCE FOR GOVERNOR.
J. Lewis Says it is Time we Elect
ed a Farmer for a Change.
Courier:
I have noticed in the papers for the
last few days quite a list of Hon.
Gentlemen who are willing to become
governor of this great state of ours
if pressed hard enough. They probably
are all able men and of course are
prompted by , pure patriotism. But
they are all or nearly all, lawyers, and
just now, when we hope that the
farmer is coming into his own I
would like to mention just one whom
I am sure could fill it with credit to
himself and honor to his "5
Master
class. I allude to C. E. Spence,
of the State Grange of Oregon.
A. J. LEWIS
NO EXTRA EXPENSE.
Mr. Gill Explains that Salary Increase
Will Cost Taxpayers Less.
Estacada, Ore., March 11,1913.
Editor Courier:
In tho early part of the session of
the legislature tho Clackamas dele-
tration received a petition signed by
825 of the heaviest taxpayers asking
that the school superintendent s sal
ary be increased to $1,600 per annum
Then Mr. Schnoeerr introduced the
bill.
The educational board of Clacka
mns county agreed that if increase
was made that they would dispense
with one school supervisor. The three
supervisors now cost Clackamas coun
ty about $3,800, more than $1,250
each. The Schnocrr bill provides an in
crease of $100 on raveling expenses
and S240 increase in cost of deputy in
the office: a total increased cost of
supervisor, minus $910 shows a net
saving of to the taxpayers of $310
per annum. The educational depart
ment of the county will cost that much
less.
The bill provides that the superin
tendant shall spend 4 days of each
week visiting rural schools,
Senator Dimick, Schnoerr, Schuebel
and myself each voted to repeal the
school supervisor law. It failed in the
senate. There are two ways to secure
its repeal. Abolish the senate, or in
itiate a bill to repeal it It might be
well to do both.
F. M. GILL.
$37,000 in 25 minutes.
Sunday afternoon on the West side,
during a period of 25 minutes 25
autoes passed a given point, ail com
ing from Povtland una crossing the
suspension bridge.
One auto a minute and each car
representing at leist $1,500. And yet
we wonder wny penpin are s ywir,
taxes so high and living so dear.
LET'S SHOW OUR HISTORY.
Point , out to the Tourist the Early
Day Monuments. i
Oregon City will always have a
string of tourists. History is a foot
thick around the old city and every
month in the year they come here.
Now why wouldn't it be a splendid
idea to have a sign, a bronze tablet or
some monument at the hitd of the
Seventh street stairway, or at the el
evator landing to. direct the visitors
to the historic places of the city ?
The McLoughlin home how few
strangers know what the place is and
the history connected with it. The his
toric old emigrant trail how few
who walk along it know what it is and
its connections with the early wild
days. The Indian burial grounds
not half of the people in this city
know where they are. McLoughlin's
tomb not one in a thousand visitors
would ever see it.
And so on. There are any number of
places with historic Interest and a
guide on the bluffs would be a splen
did idea.
And if it is done tne woman's club
will have to do it we men will only
talk about it
COUNTY GRANGE MEETING
Delegates Elected to State Convention
and Other Business Transacted.
The county, convention of the
grange met in the county court rooms
on Tuesday afternoon, when delegates
were chosen to attend the state con
vention, to be held at Albany in May.
There were many granges of the coun
ty represented at this meeting, there
being over fifty members in attend
ance. J. U. Ohitwood of Damascus,
acted as chairman of the meeting and
M. J. Lazelle of Oregon City, a mem
ber of Warner grange, as secretary.
The delegates chosen were J. L.
Jones of Abernethy Grange: Mrs.
Hanna Mudgett of Highland ;M. V.
Thomas of Sandy; Mrs. O. A. Swallow
of Maple Lane.
During the session a resolution was
passed asking the county court to co
operate with the state and carry out
the provision of the agricultural col
lege extension law. This law is a
demonstration farm in each county of
the state. A. J. Lewis made an ad
dress during the meeting stating that
what is needed is a marketing system
where the produce could be disposed
of instead of telling how to grow the
produce.
Oregon City Boy in Florida.
Word has been received from Elmer
Farr, a well known Oregon City
young man, and brother of Farr Bros,
of this city, who is at present at Os
cala, Florida, and who is connected
with the Natt Reiss Carnival Com
pany, having two high jumping dogs,
stating,- that while the company was
filling an engagement at Pass A
Grille, in company with another mem
ber of the company, they enjoyed a
trip at deep sea fishing and were suc
cessful in catching 75 large fish, in
cluding a mother shark, which meas
ured eight feet long and tipped the
scales at 400 pounds. This was caught
with rod and line and took an hour to
bring ashore. The party was taken
two miles out to sea before it was
finally captured and it was necessary
to shoot it before doing so.
Mr. Farr and company will start
north immediately and will arrive in
Canada about June. He has been con
nected with the Reiss Carnival Com
pany for several years and the high
jumping dogs owned by him are am
ong the principal attractions. Mr.
Farr taught his dogs the wonderful
feat of high jumping while in Oregon
City.
Roy Cooper's Strange Disappearance.
Roy Cooper, son of Mr. and Mrs. E.
H. Cooper of this city, mysteriously
disappeared from his home in Clats
kanie, this state, a month ago, and
although detectives have been search
ing and every means employed to find
him, no trace has yet been found.
Mr. Cooper as an employe of the
Inhe tot tetw"
port. February 17 he lett nome, as
usual, bidding his wife goodbye, and
he has not been seen or heard of
since.
Some are of the opinion of foul
play, others that he may have become
sick and wandered into the woods and
died and somehink he may have been
shanghaied and taken aboard an oc
ean vessel.
The Revival Campaign.
The revival meetings have been
continued every evening this week and
much interest is being awakened. The
Dastors of the other churches have
been assisting Dr. Ford and their peo
pie have been attending.
Dr. Ford plans a great day next
Sunday. T he service at 11:00 o clock
will be a family service. Every family
of the church and congregation to be
represented and all members of the
family to sit together in the pew.
A basket-dinner will be served at
12:30 to 1:30. At 2:30 there will be
a "good fellowship" meeting for ev
erybody. A great evangelistic ser
vice at 7:30.
Auto Club Officers.
The Clackamas county auto club
held its annual meeting in the Com
mercial club rooms Tuesday nigty
and elected the following officers:
President Dr. H. S. Mount; first
vice-president, John F. Risley; sec
ond vice-president, H. G. Starkweath
er; secretary, John Busch; treasurer,
M. D. Ijitourette; directors for two
years, E. J. Daulton, William Shea
han, H. S. Moody, B. P. McBain, A. B.
Buckles. A committee was appointed
to draft an ordinance to the city coun
cil for a new traffic ordinance.
.Ninety Days in Jail.
County Judge Beatie sentenced
John Devine to 90 days in jail for con
tributing to the delinquency of Alma
Summerfield of CanDy.- The couple
eloped last week and were arrested
on a train going through this city.
The girl was 16 years old.
Closed Fishing Season.
. As will be seen by the official not
ice in another column, the state board
of Fish and Game - Commissioners
give notice that the Willamette and
its tributaries to the north and south
of the falls here, will be closed for
any kind of salmon fishing, except
with hook and line, from April 15 at
' Watch the West Side.
There are a lot of mysterious moves
on the West side these days, that you
can't find a head to. Sunday there
was a bunch of the big fellows of
Portland over there, with charts and
blue prints, and they were wing over
the hillside like men staking out
gold claims. And surveyors are as
thick over there as tre dogs on th's
side. There will be something doing
this summer.
Death in the Prime of Life.
That was a sad death of William
Wheeler, who died of pneumonia Mon
day night at his home at Ninth and
Monroe streets, after an illness of
four days.
Mr. Wheeler was 24 years old, and
was married six weeks ago. He was
an employee of the Hawley Co., and
returning from work one night he
complained of feeling badly. A phy
sician was summoned, but pneumonia
was already too firmly seated. He
leaves a bride here and a mother in
Portland.
Twelve Cases of Smallpox.
It is reported there are a dozen
cases of smallpox in the city, but with
the exception of three, all are light.
A case developed at the home of Cor
oner Wilson Tuesday, his little son,
Ballard, and as the boy had been play
ing with other children up to the time
of the disease breaking out, it is fear
ed he may have given it to other child
ren. DEATHS.
Mrs. Sarah A. Rivers, wife of I. W.
Rivers, died at the family home at
Willamette Sunday morning from
pneumonia.
Mrs. Rivers was born in Canada Ap
ril 16, 1846, and has been a resident
of Willamette for the past 10 years,
where she was well and favorably
known, although she had been ill for
several years, Mrs. Rivers was always
ready to give her assistance to those
in trouble or sickness.
Deceased is survived by her hus
band of Willamette, and the following
children, Charles Kenney of Willam
ette; Austin Kenney of Kalama,
Wash., and Mrs. Grace Miller of Val
dez, Alaska.
The fnueral was held at the Bap
tist church on Tuesday afternoon at
1:30 o'clock, Rev. W. T. Milliken offi
ciating, and the remains were shipped
to Snohomish, Wash., where interment
took place Wednesday.
Seventy-Ninth Birthday Party.
Mrs. George A. Harding entertained
at her home on Tenth and Main
Street Saturday afternoon in honoor
of her mother, Mrs. Mary E. Barlow,
one of the well known pioneer wo
men of this city. The occasion was in
honor of Mrs. Barlow's 79th birthday
anniversary and she was the recip
ient of many beautiful gifts, as a re
membrance of the occasion. The par
lors and dining room were prettily
decorated with cut flowers. Assist
ing Mrs. Harding were Mrs. E. E.
Brodie and Mrs. Nieta Lawrence.
A luncheon was served to the fol
lowing: Mrs. M. E. Barlow, Mrs. J.
G. Pilsbury, of Portland, Mrs. M. A.
Cottel, Mrs. George Berriam, Mrs.
Allen Percy, Mrs. Allen Ellsworth, of
Portland, Mrs. C. G. Huntley, Mrs.
Nieta Lawrence, Mrs. F. T. Barlow,
Mrs. E. E. Brodie, Miss Mollie S.
Barlow, Miss Hattie Miller, of Port
land and Miss Nieta Harding.
CASTOR I A
For Infants and Children.
Till Kill tfYOITH if i AlWajJ BOUgM
Bears ths
Signature of
The Mothers' Favorite.
A cough medicine for children
shoul be harmless. It should be pleas
ant to take. It should be effectual.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is all
of this and is the others' favorite ev
erywhere. For sale by Huntley Bros.
Co.
Comfort Your Stomach
W pay far thta treatment If it
faila to promptly relieve Indlgea
tlon and Dyspepsia.
Rexall Dyspepsia Tablet! remedy
stomach trouble because they con
tain the proper proportion of Pepsin
and Bismuth aid the accessary car
minatives that help nature to supply
the elements the absenoe ef which
in the (astrit juices causes indiges
tion and dyspepsia. They aid the
stomach to digest food and to quickly
convert it into rich red blood and
material necessary for overcoming
natural body waste.
Carry a package of Rexall Dys
pepsia Tablets in yeur vest pocket,
or keep them in yeur room. Take
one after each hr-avy meal and prove
our assertion that they will keep indi
gestion from bothering you.
We know what Rexall Dyspepsia
Tablets are and what they will do.
We guarantee them to relieve indi
gestion and dyspepsia, or to refund
your money, if they fail to do so.
Doesn't it stand to reason that we
wouldn't assume this money risk were
we not certain Kexall Dyspepsia
Tablets will satisfy your Three suae:
26 cents, 60 cents, and 11.00.
You can buy Rexall Dyspepsia Tablet
in this community only at our store:
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Then is a Rexall Store in nearly every i
end city In toe Vnited Statu, Canada
Great Britain. There is a different R
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and
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Remedy for nrly every ordinary human iU
each especially dUned for the partioular ill
for which it is reooromended.
Use Reaall Stores are Am
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ROYAL
Baking Powder
is the greatest of modern
time helps to perfect cake
and biscuit making. Makes
home baking pleasant and
profitable. It renders the
food more digestible and
guarantees it safe from
alum and all adulterants.
A MODERN HALF
Design 730, by Glenn L. Saxton.
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FIRST FLOOR PLAN.
The house Is entered from a small
coat closet for guests. There Is also a closet from reception ball for family
use. The living room has built-in fireplace and French doors opening to sum
room. There Is a dining room with
Large pantry between dining room and
space. A sleeping porch, which is sashed In, is entered from front chamber
through French doors. There If a full
story nine feet, second story eight feet. Size, thirty-two feet wide and thirty
feet deep over main part. There Is brick veneer carried up to height of tlrst
story window sills. Balance of first story Is rough cast. Second story is F.ng
Ilsh half timber and rough cast panels. The half timbers are painted or
stained a dark brown. White oak finish In first story and liircli in secimit
story, with birch or maple floors throughout. Cost to build, exclusive of heat
ing and plumbing, $5,800.
Upon receipt of $1 the publisher of this paper will supply Saxton's book of
plans, "American Dwellings." It contains 254 up to date designs of cottages,
bungalows and residences costing from $1,000 to $0,000.
M Illl 1 I II
7 would rather
sell you a Studebaker"
t When your dealer tells you that you know
he's honest.
He may have cheaper wagons in stock, but he
knows the Studebaker is the best.
And so do you.
He wants to give such food wagon value
that you will come back and demand a buggy
made by the same people.
Studebakers have been building wagons for sixty
years and they have won the confidence of dealer and
farmer by building not the cheapest but the besl
wagons.
Whether you live in city, town or country, there's
a Studebaker to fit your needs. Farm wagons, trucks,
business and delivery wagons, surreys, buggies and
runabouts, with harness for each of the same high
quality as Studebaker vehicles.
Set out Dcaltt of write bj.
STUDEBAKER
NEW YORK
MINNEAPOLIS
TIMBER RESIDENCE.
Architect, Minneapolis. Minn.
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SECOND 1'I.OOR TI.AN.
portico Into a good sized vi'hMImiIo. witn
built-in sideboard and beamed celling.
kitchen, with well arranged ciiplmnnl
basement under eutlre bouse. I'Urst
South Bend, Ind.
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