OREGON CITY COURIER, FRIDAY, APRIL 11 1913 THE CAUSES AND REMEDIES Practical "Viewpoint of Present Con ditions, and What to Do Before me lies a pamphlet of about 150 pages. The cover would probably be called pea green. The date is Oc tober 15, 1912. The printshop is given the name of Government printing of fice Washington. The title is in part "Statistics of Unemployment", "Whole number 109." I give you this detail in order to let you know where to obtain this important work of the Department of Commerce and Labor, for I am sure you will be eag er to have it, because you will want the information which our govern ment is sending out free; am quite sure you are trying to get all the in formation obtainable in order to be in a position to discuss public questions intelligently. In the meantime let us turn to page eight and look at that table of data for 1890 and 1900. In the former year we find the unemployed to number 3,523,730 equalling 15.1 per cent; in 1900 the unemployed is given at 6,468,904, or 22.3 per cent. You will observe that the increase of the un employed was 7.2 per cent in ten years. Do these figures mean anything to you? Do you not think that there is something wrong with an industrial and economics system where such a condition obtains I xou are aware that while you have a job it is not safe where so many are unemployed. Perhaps you are also aware that to be out of a job may mean the postponing of several meals. But it is highly probable you are not aware what the .. sensation of hunger is like; well I can't tell you what it is like though I have inside information regarding the sensation, but I will say I don't think any person desires it often. Surely it is not likely that laziness . is increasing so fast. Bear in mind these statistics relate to working people, that is, poor people, and have no reference to the idle rich. Even if you live on a farm and either rent or own it, this unemploV' ed problem means something to you though you may not be out of a job On the other hand how will the ldl to be a jobless worker means to be without an income buy the products of you labor? That seems to me a serious problem. What do you think? You may form your associations for marketing your crops; cut out the middlemen all that will help some. but at the rate of increase in the years noted what of the future ? Something's got to . happen, and it may be to you. I have seen a few men when the question of unemployment is mention. ed with flippancy, say "he is looking for work but praying to God he won't find it." Then this philosophy (fre quently in overalls) will taste of his mouth and try to look wise, and thinks you will consider his remark original, when it is by no means orig' inal with him, and is most likely un true. It is only the poor parrot re peating what some well-fed loafer taught him. Such a person is not al ways real bad but just unable to do his own thinking, as the Bard of the Avon said, "Alas poor fool." Now you will note that these fig ures come from a government report also that the period covered was dur ing four years of Democrat control and six of Republican. Now you are told that your wise government is looking out for the peoples' wellfa're. What has the government done dur ing that period that was over half prosperous? What are the public of ficials doing now? Attending ban quets and making speeches when they are not busy drawing checks from the treasury. Let us look at this subject from a slightly different angle. wnen mere are so many persons unemployed from lack of opportunity because no one will hire them, their labor power is going to waste; idle ness, unless it is recuperation, which is not really idleness, will, among the producing clusses, bring want, which in turn produces more waste. A part of this want will be supplied by char ity, which is again a waste of enegy, as the charitable committee is cm ployed at non-productive effort. It is unthinkable that any normul person will deliberately seek want. Therefore it follows as tlio majority of workers are not the owners of the tools of prduction, and cannot employ them selves, and the capitalists will not em ploy them, these persons are involun tary idlers, and its consequent pover ty, t.nd they are a menace to society. In order to protect itself it is the logical step for society to furnish employment through public owner ship of the tools of production. There are a number of busy people who are not producers, that is to say, their efforts are not responsive to the economic needs of society. Some of these are employed in "duplicat ion," here we can see the logic of the trust. The trust is but a labor saving device, an evolution m industvy. lhoso politicians of whom we are cursed with a large number, who pro pose to destroy the trust, to bring about a "healthy competition" as they are pleased to call it, are a clumsy lot. Take for instance the milk dis tribution in a city. You will see often, quite a number deliver milk along the same street. Now it is milk, not num erous wagons that the consumer wants, so that trust is systematizing the business and taking the useless wagons. Our political economist of the trust busting variety wants to restore the old way, when in reality that means paying a lot of men and wagons to idle on the street, as some one has aptly said "I call that mun idle who might be more usefully em ployed." Why not have the city own the distribution of milk at cost? Thali would seem to be progress instead of the proposed retrogression. could possess a public education. So it seems, that if we were to soc ialize industry it would give us all a chance at useful employment, which would solve the much talked about and ltitle studied subject known as the high -cost of living, for surely the cost of living could not be high to anyone upon full employment and re ceiving the full social value of their labor. There are many phases of waste under our economic system, which is not in harmony with industrial devel opement and those of our public men fail to see ahead, are constantly look ing back to the good old days, because they fail to comprehend evolution. The well to-do will not care to change the system so it falls upon us who are the victims to do so. The pub lic officials who are merely the com mittees thru which the economic mas ters work, are not responsive to us, because we endorse the system of ex ploitation by our votes. It is now up to us who are clearly in the majority, if we will act in unison upon a pro gram for the benefit of our class. Those who are looking up the politic al chimney for a Santa Claus will find holes in their stockings and an empty feeling in the bread basket. JOHN F. STARK. OLD TIME HISTORY City Glance Backward, Oregon Sixty-Seven Years Ago (Molalla Pioneer) We were handed a historic which is invaluable, by T. A. McFad den. It is a news paper published in Oregon City in 1846. This paper is Volume 1, Number 12 and was pub- relic EARLY DAYS IN OREGON and walked to the Indian and snapped! day with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Thomas. I them on to the poor fellow and led Reminiscenses of one of Molalla's him to the hack and chained him to " . Old Pioneer Residents i the hind axle, To be continued. THE OLD PIONEER OF '45. Old Settler Gone Mrs. M. K. Irvin died at the home Editor Courier: I closed my last narrative with us ready to leave Suter's Fort on horse back but before resuming that jour ney I will go back to relate two in cidents that came under our observat- of her family at Estacada April 2, ion after we left the Barlow Com- 1913, at 8:45 P. M. At her bedside pany. were her husband, children and old After travelling quite a long dis- friends. Mrs. Irvin was stricken with tance over sand and sage brush thru a paralysis Feb. 6, and was confined to trackless desert, we came into the her bed from that time. She rallied Buffalo country and there we encoun- for a time until about ten days before tered a great deal of trouble just as her death, when she became worse soon as we invaded their range Our oxen became wild and almost uncontrolable. They would sniff the air and then bellow and ground. They became so and was unconscious the last two days she lived. Mary K. Shortridge (Mrs. Irvin) paw the wa's born in Platte A, Missouri, May 5 wild- that 1844 and was 68 vears and 10 months they would stampede in spite of all and 27 days old at the time of her effort to control them. We were oblig-' death. ed to cut holes in their noses and tie Mary K. Shortridge was married to ropes in them so they could be man- John P. Irvin Aug. 29, 1862 at Inde aged. pendance, Missouri, and emigrated to At times we could see thousands of Oregon with her husband and six buffalo in a single hero, sometimes children in 1875. Ten children were it was necessary to halt the train to let the vast host go by. Of course we had all the buffalo meat we wanted. When we left the Barlow train Captain Greewood gave us a general order not to molest or interfere in anyway the Indians while we were trailing through their country, and as we traveled along tlrough the sand and sage brush the older Greenwood boy John (24 years old) was our guide that day and with others was riding horseback a little in advance of the wagons, when a lone Indian rose up from the sage brush and scared Greenwood's horse. This made John mad. He ordered the poor Indian to born to Mr. and Mrs. Irvin, five of whom are living and five deceased. Those living are: Alice A. Folson, of Rice, Washington; John J. Alax Irvin, Frank M. Irvin, living in or near Estacada. The ' deceased are: Nannie, Charles S., Katie Maud and George S. Irvin and Amie B. Covey. Mrs. Irvin was a member of the Church of Christ, joining that body at 12 years of age. Mrs. Irvin leaves many old friends, acquaintances and relatives, and will be-long remembered tor her many kindnesses in sickness and death among her many friends and neighbors. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Spangler spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Jackson of Clairmont. Mrs. Carter Smith sold some brown leghorn chickens to Robert Schuebel. A number of the young folks spent Sunday in Oregon City. . Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schoenborn and family spent Tuesday in Oregon City with relatives. Harry and Elsie Schoenborn spent spent Saturday evening with the Schuebels. Don't forget that we have singing school every Wednesday evening. Come and join in. The Lull eio The Storm I u-jlw- k rE;r. k-s ii I i h TTHV;"K,tro lis IRoVffMVTtJTA.VRiSU MiNt-w II I I w 1 1 nvwr Wh reza-n a r n m r Is the time to make PREPARATIONS. Put in your . MIVEKS MAY (UNLflDASUOS NOW, and you will be in tip top shape to handle your crop this year. Take our advice and come in and look them over next time you are in town. A Lot of Time is Lost Through BAD DOOR. HANGERS. Hang your doors MYERS STA YON HANGERS or the new Tubular Track Hanger and you will have NO MORE TROUBLE This is another matter that should be attended to before busy season C .AMPION MOWERS, BINDERS, RAKES, ARE THE BEST W. J. Wilson Go. OREGONICITY, OR. Canby Hdwe. &"Imp. Co. CANBY, OR. It is not a hundred years since men were imprisoned for advocating pub lic schools. At thaf time education was a private enterprise. Would any one care to go back to the good old days now that education is so univer sal? No, most of us like the writer, who was a victim of the lack of ed ucation, would still further improve the public system ,so that anyone lished every two weeks. It was edited by II. A. G. Lee and J. Fleming, pro prietor. It was a four page, four col umn sheet Two columns were devoted to news from the "stutes" and foreign matter, i. nia news was gleaned from papers brought by a vessel lately arriving at the harbor; and from the captain of the vessel. The news was five months old but was the lutest news to reach the colony from the great outside The vessel came from tho Sandwich Islands. There were several columns of ad vertising, which, according to the tim es, were undispluyed. We reproduce the folowing relat ing to an upris.ng among the Molalla Imliuns. There are only two of this tribe left. Chief Henry and Aunt Eli za. "Some disturbances have recently taken place between tho Molallu In dians and the Whitos in the Molalla settlement. On receiving the intelli gence in this pluee a volunteer com pany was formed and marched to that settlement under the command of Col. James Finlcy, with much promptness, which we are hapov to sav resulted in Ian amicable adjustment of tho dif- I r:,...w.. iit i . . . . ficulty. We regret we cannot, at ores ent speak more fully on the subject, wnicn we regard as one of deep in terest to the citizens of Oregon. We hope to give it further notice in our next. At a future time we will renroduce a letter from this paper which throws much light on the conditions of the colony at that time." 6 on I the pj nfi i DJUSrABLEfq I IL PAY US A VISIT run and when he had run a short distance John shot him through the back. He fell forward on his face and John rode on. My father and Dr. Bonnoy were in the lend with their wagons and when they came up to the poor fellow he was breathing, but very shortly. Dr, Honney examined his wound and said it was fatal. A quilt and some water was brought from the wagon and he was laid on the quilt. He refused to drink. We left the poor man and drove on, Capt. Greenwood was farther back with a smaller company and when he came up to where the Indian lay he shot him and buried him in the sand. and that evening he came up with our company and after being told that his son John had done the shooting he called a meeting and the old man de creed that John should be hung the GALLEY NO 4. next morning, but John had skinned during the night. The next we heard of him was that he had been cut to pieces in a Spanish gambling row. at Suter's Fort. A few dnys after this a Mr. Kinnev. a man from Texas, who had two wag ons, one drawn by 4 yoke of oxen, the other a large hack in which his wife and two little girls rode and in this hack they carried their beds and ready prepared provisions. A fine rifle was hung by straps overhead, and fastened to the top of the wagon bows and was already for use. Kinney always rodo a fine mule. Once, as we moved on, Kinney's team in the lead. all at once a large Digger Indian rais ed up close to the wagon.-Kinney went CARUS Every one come and enjoy your self at the basket social at the Eldor ado school house April 26, given by the ball team, a good program is be ing arranged. Ladies please bring baskets. Mrs. Rose, of Portland, visited with her brother, Charles Spangler, ' and wife a few days last week, returning home Saturday Miss Bessie Oswalt, Crystal Graves; Margie Frend, Mr. Harvey Schuebel Jack and Ellis Graves spent Thursday evening with' Elsie and Harry Schoen born. A crew of men are grading and im proving the Hazeldale road. " Harry Schoenborn made a business trip to Mulino last Friday. xuiss crystal uraves called on Miss Margie Friend last Thursday afternoon- Miss Elsa Fischer, who is employed in Oregon City, spent Saturday and bunuay at home. Miss Retta and Susie Gordv spent Wednesday afternoon with Miss Fearl Schlomberger. Mrs. Robert Schuebel visited with Mrs. Friend and daughters one dav last week. Miss Retta Gordy visited with rel atives in roruand nday, coming home Saturday with her cousin, Miss Lena liall, who has been in the sana tarium. Miss Grace Schuebel, of Oregon City, spent Saturday nad Sunday with her parents at this place. Mr. and Mrs. Luke Duffy, of Shubel passed through our town Sundav on to his hack, took a pair of hand-cuffs their way to Union Hall to spend the MOUNTAIN VIEW More rain more rest. Garden making is a dream, but there will be sunshine by and by and Oregon weather is hard to beat anyway. There are more new houses being built even if the city taxes are loom ing up. May and Dewey are building a house on Molalla Avenue for Mr. Set ara. Mr. Gruell i s remodelling the house he bought of Mr. Imbler. Mrs. McBride, who has been quite ill, is improving. Mrs. George Gillett is able to be up and Mrs. Mautz is slowly getting bet ter. Mrs. bhelley has been on the sick list and Ruth Mason and Wanda Hick man were out of school last week on account of illness. Mrs. Swanson visited among her former friends and neighbors last week. She is now, a resident of Port land. Mr. and Mrs. Story, of California are visiting relatives and friends here, Mrs. Story is a sister of Mrs. Frank Welsh. The Ladies' Aid of Mt. View, will meet at the home of Mrs. R. M. C, Brown on Molalla Avenue, next Tues day afternoon. A large attendance is requested. Mrs. Arthur Warner, of Mt. Pleas ant, visited her mother, Mrs. C. A. Hickman, last Sunday K. M. C. Brown has bought the Mason property and will build modern residence on it this summer, John Gillett has bought the fire house and will move it on Duane St., where he has bought a lot and there he will rebuild it. We expect a new building for the Hose Co., to be erected in the near future. WILHOIT We still have a great sufficiency of rain. Our paving is progressing slowly. Mrs. Ed Ringstad visited with Mrs. A. M. Groshong Sunday. John Lakty was in town Sunday. We understand that the mill has changed hands again and that Geo. Groshong is now the proprietor. J. O. Lager was out in the valley Saturday and Sunday. The Thomas woodsaw, which has been shut down for repairs, for a few days is again in condition to saw. James Nichelson made a trip to the mountains Monday. A. M. Groshong has been down in the valley shearing some goats. Floyd Ferguson was over in the business part of town Sunday. Hons Olson and family were seen on our streets Sunday. George Groshong was in Oregon City Saturday. If you want to hear from Wilhoit subscribe for the Courier.. Several of the boys are expecting to go to Mt. Angel Saturday to go to the horse show. E. Howe is making preparations to build a new dwelling. Children dry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA FROM UNION MILLS Lively Comments and News Notes From Lively Correspondent Coming up the 7th street hill of Oregon City ye scribe was suddenly confronted by a bevy of youngsters just out of school. They formed a solid, line abreast across the sidewalk and we were ready to bolt for the middle of the street and the mud when the little rascals, seeing our fright, gave us a passage and soon we were safely through the enemies' lines. But if we had really known what danger we were in you would have heard us yell "Oh! (P)Shaw. It is to be hoped that the iron hand of the law will be laid (appropriately) on the Oregon City kidlets and the elders be made to wear velvet-soled slippers, so there will be no noise or discord to jar on the nerves of the GROUCHERS. We are looking forward with much interest to May 20th and hope it will be a grand success. A word to the editor however. Be sure on May 19th, to put your pipe, chewing gum and BOTTLE, (spirits of fomenti) in your pocket. We are blessed with plenty of drinking water these days, the pin squirrels come out and try to arrange their disabled toilet between showers, and we have our camera set ready for tho sun if it should happen to come cut. Some of the farmers around here are thinking of trying a new way of farming by flat boat. Hultz Bros., of Mulino, have a large run of logs in Milk Creek with plenty of water to float them. Arthur Sweifel had to have his arm doctored again, as he began us ing it too soon. J. F. Nelson has been doing some plowing for Mr. Shaw. A. Durst, our miler, made a busi ness trip to Colton April 4th. U. A. Davis is home for a few dayi as it is now too wet for logging. Albert Durst made a business trip to Portland Monday, Mrs. Durst and baby Elden accompanying him to vis it with Grandma Fully. D. L. Trullinger has nearly all of his railroad ties sawed out. Ye Union Mills scribe is going over into God's Country (Liberal) and take a drink with ye Liberal Scribe and watch the railroad and grass grow John Keller says he isn't any good with Doxing gloves. J. D. French is importing the large kind of frogs from the East. Watch Dave; he has an eye to business. in v. b. Young's defense of the O A. C. and questions asked Meredith it puts one in mind of the bulletins sent out from the O. A. C. They are like frosting on a cake, the more you eat tne more hungry you get. Card of Thanks We wish to express our thanks for the kindness and sympathy of the Woodmen and friends, in our sad be reavement Also for the many beauti ful floral offerings which were so kindly sent. MRS G. E. HARGREAVES AND FAMILY. Milwaukie, Oregon. Rheumatism, as a result of kidnev trouDie, stiff and aching joints, back ache and sore kidneys will all vield to the use of Foley's Kidney Pills. They are tonic in action, quick in results, curative always. W. S. Skelton, Stan ley, Ind., says: "I would not take ?100.00 for the relief from kidney trouble I received from one sinarle box oi toiey's Kidney Fills." Huntley Bros. Co. Money to Loan On improved farms, from one to two years. Dimick & Dimick, Beaver Bid., Oregon City. lie . Jest Li AT THE Lowest Cost ELECTRIC LIGHT is the most suitable for homes, offices, shops and other places needing light. Electric ity can be used in any quantity, large or small, thereby furnishing any re quired amount of light. Furthermore electric lamps can be located in any place, thus affording any desired dis tribution of light. No other lamps possess these qual ifications, therefore it is not surprising that electric lamps are rapidly replac ing all others in modern establish ments. Portland Railway. Light & Power Company MAIN OFFICE SEVENTH , ALDER PORTLAND Phones Main 6G88 and A. 6131 COLTON Mr. Will Dix, of Shubel, visited with his mother at Colton Saturday and Sunday. Charlie Swan has finished plowing at Rex Gordon's place which he has rented. Wm. Werner, of Portland, was out to visit his family - Saturday and re turned Sunday. Albert Baurer from Sherwood, is home helping his father to cut hop poles Mr. and Mrs. Gus Gottberg of El wood, were visiting friends at Colton Sunday. Mr. and Mrs . George Wallace, of Bee Hills, have moved to Oregon City. The school board of Dis. 72 met Thursday and made a contract for 2 months more of school, with Miss Inez Snodgrass as teacher. Will Hettman returned to his home at Bee Hills Sunday, after a few days stay at Highland. Oscar Miller left last week to at tend the dog show at Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Stromgreen made a trip to Mulino on business last Mon day. Miss Inez Snodgrass was home last week visiting her people at Mulino. Mrs . Rex Gordon has returned home from Springwater, where she has been visiting with friends and rel atives for a couple of weeks. Delbert Bonney and family are making preparations to leave for Washington soon. Julius Hult's house caught fire one day last week and considerable dam age was done before help was sum moned. Mr. Hult not being at home at the time. The fire was started from the fire place Geo. W. Miller, agent of the Ore. Fire Relief Association, was out to view the damages Monday. The two lady preachers will hold meetings at tte Colton school house every evening next week at 7:30 o'clock. Everybody is welcome to attend. Auntie Stromgreen visited with friends at Colton last week. EAST EAGLE CREEK Mr. and Mrs. Ed Douglass made a trip to Estacada one day last week. the flinch Club was very pleasant ly entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Naylor last Tuesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Cooke were the week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Howlett. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Doucrlass sDent Saturday and Sunday with Oregon City friends. Joe Cahill, while working down at the mill near Barton, had the mis fortune to fall between two cars Sat urday and was badly injured. A spec ial car was sent out and he was taken to the St. Vincent's Hospital, where an examination was to be made Monday to ascertain the extent of his injuries. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Gibson were Barton visitors last. Wednesday. . Mrs. Kate Douglass called on. Mrs. Howlett Sunday afternoon. Russel Jones went to Portland Sat urday to make his parents a visit. Sunday James Gibson celebrated his 87th birthday. Nearly all his sons and daughters and some of his gran children came and spent the day with him in honor of the occasion. A fine sumptious dinner was served. Those of them present were: James Gibson, Mr. and Mrs. John Reid, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Udell, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Gibson, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Gibson, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Gibson. Earl Gib son, Hazel and Franklin Gibson, Susie Reid, Theodore and Chester Reid. Iv Agnes, Herbert and Alice Udell, Mrs. H. F. Gibson and Edward Chapman. Mr. and Mrs. Clark were entertain ed at dinner Sundav bv Mr. and M. Huntington. Mr. and Mrs. Guv Woodle Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Kitzmiller. LOGAN The Logan people will rive a basket social Saturday evening at the Grange Hall. The money will be used to dec orate the interior of the Loean church and the Grange ladies have been do ing splendid work in getting up this social. Rev. E. A. Smith will nrearh Sim. day morning at Highland, and Sun. day afternoon at Alberta schoolhouse. Sunday evening he will preach at the Henrici school. This tour will be equal to Sheridan's famous ride and over a ignty sight worse road. Cough Medicine for Children. Too much care- cannot be used in selecting a cough medicine for chil dren. It should be pleasant to take, contain no harmless substance and be most effectual. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy meets these requirements and is a favorite with the mothers of young children everywhere. For sale by Huntley Bros. Co. 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