OREGON CITY COURIER, FRIDAY MAY 30, 1913.
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Vol. 1
Official Representative of the Farmers Society of Equity
No 16
NEWS
OREGON EQUITY NEWS
Published every Friday in coniunc
tion with the "Courier" in the interest
of the "Farmers' Society of Equity.'
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PUBLICITY COMMITTEE
M. J. Lazelle, Oregon City; R. C.
Brodie, Canby; E. Ochlschloeger,
Clackamas, R. No. 1.
SUBSCRIPTION
Special Low discount to Any Man
who Farms.
ADDRESS
all communications to M. J. Lazelle,
Manager, Oregon City, Oregon. Call
on Saturdays to see Editor.
STATE OFFICERS
President Wm. Schulmerich of
Washington Co.
Vice-President Wm Grisenthwaite
of Clackamas Co. '
Sec. Treas. F. G. Buchanan of
Clackamas Co.
Directors: A. R. Lyman of Mult
nomah Co; F. M. Hall of Columbia
Co; P. H. McMahon of Yamhill Co:
J. W. Smith of Clackamas Co; E. E.
Hellyer of Washington Co. The Pres
ident and Vice. President are direct
ors also.
CLACKAMAS COUNTY OFFICERS
Pres. S. L. Casto of Carus Local.
Vice. Pres. J. H. Bowerman of Da
mascus Local.
Sec. Treas. F. G. Buchanan of Mt
Pleasant Local.
Directors: W. J. Bowerman of
Sunnyside Local; J. C. Royer of Da
mascus Local ; Wm. Grisenthwaite of
Beaver Creek Local.
LOCAL OFFICERS OF CLACKA
MAS CO.
Alberta Pres. Jesse Mayfield. Sec.
Ferris Mayfield, Springwater R. 1. .
Beaver Creek: Pres. Fred Kamar
ath; Sec. W. W. Harris, Oregon City
R. 3.
Canby: Pres. Geo. Koehler; Sec.
R. C. Brodie, Canby R. 3.
Carus: Pres. A. J. Kelnhofer; Sec.
S. L. Casto, Oregon City R. 3.
Clackamas: Pres. J. A. Siebken;
Sec. Frank Haberlach, Clackamas
Oregon.
Clarkes: Pres. Albert Gasser; Sec.
John L. Gard, Oregon City R. 4.
Colton: Pres. J. E. Sandall; Sec.
W. S. Gorbett, Colton, Oregon.
Damascus: Pres. J. C. Royer; Sec.
II. T. Burr, Clackamas R. 1.
Eagle Creek: Pres. W. G. Glover,
Sec. C. C. Longwell, Barton R. 1.
Highland Local Pres. M. E. Kan
dle; Sec. S. S. Palmer.
Logan: Pres. ,W. E. Cromer; Sec.
P. M. Kirchem, Oregon City R. 2.
Macksburg: Pres. C. D. Keesling,
Sec. J. W. Smith,Aurora, R. 1.
Maple Lane: Pres. H. M. Robbins,
Sec. G. F. Mighells, Oregon City R. 3.
. Mt. Pleasant: Pres. P. W. Mere
dith; Sec. F. G. Buchanan, Oregon
City, Oregon.
New Era: Pres. Aug. Staeheley;
Sec. .C. B. Riverman, Oregon City, R.
1.
Needy: Pres. J. D. Hitter Sec. E.
Werner, Aurora, R. 2.
Shubel: Pres. Chas. A. Menke;
Sec. Elmer Swope, Oregon City R. 4.
Stone: Pres. T. E. Brown; Sec.
M. J. Byers, Clackamas R. 1.
Sunnyside: Pres. R. P. Grady;
Sec. E. E. Oeslschlager, Clackamas R.
1.
West Butteville: Pres. James Par
ett; Sec. J. R. Woolworth, Newberg,
R. 2.
Wilsonville: Pres. M. C. Young;
Sec. R. B. Seely, Sherwood, R. 5.
We are pleased with the arrange
ments being made by our Fourth of
July committee and I predict a most
enjoyable time. We urge every Equity
member in the county to attend.
The plans of the committee is to
have more of a picnic than a celebrat
ion of the old style kind.
This beautiful grove at New Era,
where the picnic will be held affords
the very best opportunity to spend a
peaceful Fourth of July, while rest
ing and enjoying yourself, and at the
same time have some good music and
speaking.
The dairy cow deserves great cred
it for the help she is giving the farm
er; that is the farmer who has dis
covered her money making merits
and is taking advantage of the in
dustry; .
The dairy cow is a machine design
ed for the purpose of manufacturing
of milk, which responds very readily
to the skill and care of the operator.
The efficiency of this machine is an
important item but the determining
of the efficiency is more important.
The scales and test are the only so
lution. Some of the locals have under con
sideration the purchase of an auto
truck for transporting their produce
to market We would advise that
great care be used in this venture,
not that the auto truck proposition
is not practical, but we do not believe
that there is enough hauling at pres
ent to justify the expenditure.
We should all work to place the
clearing house in Portland in operat
ion. This will place the Equity on a
business basis and will give us the
opportunity to pool our crops and
have them sold by our own repre
sentative. We pay highest prices for spring
chickens Clackamas Hotel ana
Health Resort Phone Main 3051,
Routt 2, Box 175.
Every farmer should take and read
an agricultural paper, for in educat
ional value they are the next thing to
an agricultural college course.
The Equity plan has proven itself
to be a success in the Eastern States
and has also made good in Oregon al
though here it has just started and as
yet has not had the opportunity to
show the true merits.
More locals should be organized all
over the State. Anyone living in un-
organized sections and believing that
a local could be organized, should ad
dress the state secretary at once.
The many reports from the local
secretaries and the letters from the
members have meen greatly apprec
iated and have aided materially to
make our Equity paper of interests.
We trust that they will be continued.
The joint committee of Mt. Pleas
ant and Maple Lane have taken over
the matter of selling the strawberry
crop. This was formerly in the hands
of sveeral other committees that
seemed to have failed to bring any
results.
He that makes two blads of grass
grow where but one grew before, is a
great man and should be kept on the
farm. Also he that fleeces two farm
ers where but one was worked before
is smart and should be sent to con
gress. Perhaps the fellow that grows
the grans should be represented.-
The Dago peddlers in Portland are
announcing to the people that straw
berries will be very cheap this year.
We hope that they are wrong but fear
that they are correct as to their pre
dictions. We can see what would be
possible with the proper organizat
ion of the berry growers.
Let the idea of co-operation among
the farmers in the disposition of their
products spread until it includes ev
ery rural inhabitant in the Northwest.
United in this respect they will be
able to obtain that portion of prof
its to which they are justly entitled,
and the consumer will be a gainer as
well. There has been too much un
businesslike marketing of farm crops
in the past.
Foundation Stock
Anyone so desiring can engage in
the purebred stock industry but to be
a successful breeder is quite another
consideration. The foremost feature
of success is the selection of the foun
dation stock and to do this the breed
er must have a natural eye for type
combined with experience. Without
these failure is inevitable.
Business Committee Meets
A delegation representing the Map
le Lane, Mt. Pleasant and Beaver
Creek locals met in the County Court
House last Saturday and considered
matters as to handling the business of
the county through a central agency.
Considerable headway was accom
plished but no decisive action was
made as the committee wishes to ad
vance with care and make no mistak
es. The adjournment motion provided
for the continuation of the meeting
at Mt. Pleasant on the following
Tuesday evening.
An Equity Suggestion
As the time is drawing near for our
farmers to begin marketing fruits
and vegetables, it would be well for
them to think over the situation in
Clackamas county. Where is all the
produce going?
There are some fine fruit growers
and there ought to be some good
market for fruits and vegetables if
they could be shipped to places where
fruit is not grown so extensively.
Canada ought to be a good market
for most of our fruit.
If Clackamas county farmers
would load a car with first class fruit
and send a man right along with it
to some of the northern cities of Can
ada there ought to be a good market
at good prices. It might be well for
the farmers to talk it over at their
meetings and see what can be done.
VIOLA BUN
Shubel Local
Shubel Local will hold a special
meeting on Monday evening June 2.
P. W. Meredith, president of the Mt.
Pleasant Local, will be the speaker
of the evening. Mr. Meredith is prob
ably the best posted man in Clacka
mas county on Equity matters and
will make an interesting address.
Mr. E. Swope a prominent member
of this local was in the Courier of
fice Saturday and stated that their
local was progressing nicely. They
bought their clover seed in ocnjunc
tion with the Beaver Creek Local and
saved 7c per pound.
Beaver Creek Local
The Beaver Creek Local met in reg
ular session and held an enthusiastic
meeting Saturday evening May 24. A
large number of members as well as
heavy representation of women were
in attendance. Plans for the enter
tainment of the county union meeting
were placed well under way.
A number of shares of stock were
sold and steps were taken towards
the purchasing of considerable sup
plies that will be required in the
approaching future.
W. W. H.
Special Meetings
Mt Pleasant and Maple Lane will
have special meetings of their locals
to take up the matter of a business
agent for Clackamas county. This is
one of th matters that is pushing to
the front in the Equity work.
PERSONAL OPINION
EQUITY HOT SHOTS
The Equity is first a business or
ganization.
Is our tax money squandered? It is
our business to look after it.
The farmer must raise the produce
and get it to the consumer. He al
ways has.
The farmer has signed no contract
to feed the world without pay. He
must now organize and collect his
profit.
The Equity will have an agent in
Oregon City in a few days. If you
don't want to send your stuff to Front
street our agent will handle it for
you.
If you want to help the organized
Equity. We can save you money. Try
our agent and be convinced.
The Equity is working to benefit
ALL farmers. Are ALL farmers
working to benefit the Equity? If
you . want -ALL the benefits get on
the inside.
The Equity may not make a suc
cess of every thing without some fail
ures. But every failure is one step
nearer success. We are trying. Are
you helping?
The organized farmer knows how
to get produce to the organized con
sumer. If you don't belong to the or
ganized farmers you will find out
that you belong to the organized
dealers.
And they have a way of impressing
it on your memory that you don't for
get it for some time.
Our home merchants are business
men and are organized and we are
depending on them to furnish us our
suffplies as cheap a. Vi i can get them
anywhere else.
If we find he can not do it we are
under no bonds to patronize him. He
must now begin to buy right and
watch closely that end of his business.
Our national bureau, in a report
just issued, says that for the last 23
years the cost of living has been in
creasing except around 1896.
It shows to feed a workingman's
family that it costs $450. Other ex
penses amount to as much and which
totals $900.
And the verage workingman rece
ives far less than this sum. And 29
per cent of we farmers receive less
than $250 per year.
Our Treasury Department at Wash
ington D. C, in figuring on the in
come tax, says that less than 60,000
people have a total income of more
than one billion dollars. If these
people get ten thousand a year each
there is only enough dollars left to
give the working man about $720 and
a third of the farmers $250.
If the cost of living is going un whv
don't the farmers income ? Doesn't he
furnish the living?
Now, Mr. Hayseed, according to
these figures, you are the little end
of nothing whittled off to a point.
There are millions of you and you
are competing with each other just
to make matters worse. If you were
organized you could own and con
trol this country. If you don't organ
ize you won't own a tax receipt.
A few farmers in each neighbor
hood get up in the morning before
daylight and get on the market so as
to give their produce away in order
to get ahead of their neighbor far
mers. And these same farmers find
themselves charging their neighbors
more for produce than they could
get in town. Then they go io the pol
ls and kill their neighbors' votes
This class of farmers won't sign a
recall petition because they some
times get to serve on the jury where
the pay just about equals the expense.
And if you will go to the County
Clerk's office you will find warrants
drawn in their favor for a few dol
lars. They don't get $350 for looking
at a bridge. They lose even their self
respect.
"Successful Farming" of Des Moin
es, says of the marketing problem:
"Consumers must organize into co
operative buying soc. where there
can be a direct deal between produc
ers and consumers. Until then there
will be waste and loss aid unprofit
able farming." We are going to use
our organizations near Portland and
we will grow.
If all men and women could earn an
honest living even at hard work,
there would be less grafting and im
morality. We all have stomachs and
we will all surrender our honesty be
fore we will starve and we must pun
ish conditions more than its victims.
Organize, and better conditions and
keep our jails as empty as possible.
Brother Farmer, the questions of
Equity, are ones that come to your
home every day. These questions de
pend on you as much as anyone for
solution. You and your wife and chil
dren are entitled to good homes books
music and pleasure and you should
not be worried into your grave by
laboring and figuring how it is that
the dice is always loaded against you.
MEREDITH
Soil Acidified
A sample of soil taken at Twilight
two miles south of Oregon City, has
been examined at the Oregon Experi
ment Station and reported upon by
Professor H. D. Scudder, who states
that the sample shows an acid reac
tion positive. The soil should be treat
ed with limestone. This condition is
very detrimental to clover growing
and should be corrected.
Professor Scudder further announc
es that ground limestone will be avail
able this fall at a rate that will make
it feasible to apply the lime in suf
ficient quantity to be beneficial. .
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
C ASTO R I A
Clackamas Men
The Pacific Homestead published
at Salem has . placed the pure bred
stock of the county in the foreground
in their last issue, The cover page
shows a scene upon the farm of John
Cole, of Molalla, with his Cots wold
sheep in the foreground.
On the title page Al Gribble is seen
in characteristic pose holding one of
his high producing Jersey cows. We
are pleased to know that the good
stock of this county is coming to the
front.
SHUBEL-
Mr, Babcock is building a new
barn, and Fred Bohlander is helping
him. With a little more practice Fred
will be a first class carpenter.
John Bluhm is having his house re
painted. Mr. and Mrs. Schlegel are thinking
of moving on a frm in the Molalla
country about the first of the month.
Quite a crowd was out to see the
ball game Sunday, between Shubel
and Oregon City High School, the
former winning by a score of 8 to 6.
Next Sunday Shubel plays Mt. Pleas
ant here. .
School closes this week Thursday
with an entertainment and ice cream
social in the evening.
Mr. Moser is going to build a new
barn. He is going to use galvanized
tin roofing. He thinks it to be safer
in case of a bush fire.
Miss Rae Kirbyson recently went
to Portland to visit.
Corn planting is late this year on
account of the rainy weather but it
surely made the grass grow as pas
ture was never better.
The Equity Society expect to have
a big time at their next meeting
June 2nd.
George Hollman is hauling lumber
for Otto Liman, who is going to build
a barn.
Arthur Hornshuh, who is going in
to the dairy business, bought a num
ber of cows recently.
The Misses Mary and Helen Swope
were home Sunday. Miss Helen is
attending the Oregon City High
School.
Miss Laura and Lucile Schuebel
went to Oregon City Tuesday to do
some shopping and to see the city.
EAST EAGLE CREEK
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Cooke visited
with Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Howlett Sat
urday and Sunday.
The Flinch Club was entertained by
Mr. and Mrs. Tracy Clester last Wed
nesday evening.
Guy Woodle went up to his Dover
home Monday to do some work.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Douglass
were entertained Sunday at dinner by
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Woodle.
Mrs. George Judd and daughter,
Miss Dora, called on Mrs. R. B. Gib
son last Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Roy Douglass called on Miss
Edith Chapman last Wednesday af
ternoon. Mr. Jim Menane was calling at the
home of H. S. Gibson the other day.
Saturday last several of James Gib
son's relations came to his home and
spent the day with him.
Mr. and Mrs. H. 0. Ely and chil
dren of Morgan were among the
guests who spent Sunday with Jas.
Gibson.
Mr. and Mrs. John Reid were vis
iting with James Gibson Sunday.
Miss Lilly Frost of Portland spent
Sunday on the hill.
Mr. and Mrs. Hal Gibson were vis
iting on the hill Sunday.
Parent Teacher Association of
Beaver Creek
On Friday afternoon May 23rd, a
number of the ladies of Beaver Creek,
assembled at the school house and un
der the kindly direction of Mrs. C.
W. Hayhurst of Portland, an earnest
worker in the childrens cause, and
Mrs. Margaret Curran, county super
visor of schools, organized a "Parent
Teacher Association," with Mrs. C. L.
Badger unanimously elected presi
dent; Mrs. Hal Lindsley vice-president;
Miss Llewelyn Sec. Treas.
During the meeting both Mrs. Hay
hurst and Mrs. Curran gave interest
ing talks on the aims and purposes
of the organization, the members be
ing enthusiastic over the future pros
pects of their club and much good is
expected as a result of this meeting.
The next meeting will be held at
the schoolhouse the last day of the
school, Wednesday afternoon June 4,
at which time the children, together
with their teacher, Mr. Fiske, and
the "grown-ups" will enjoy a literary
programme and picnic in a nearby
grove.
During the afternoon Mrs. Mary
Sears formerly of Chicago; but now
a resident of Portland, and a teacher
of many years experience, will ad
dress the assemblage on "Child Wel
fare." A cordial invitation is extend
ed to everyone interested in the well
fare of t hechildren, to be present
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at $15 to $17.50
the special price of
Jldams Department Store
TEACH WAR'S HORRORS
Writer Says This is the Better than
Patriotism for our Boys
Editor Courier:
I have been meditating since Boos
ter Day on the Japanese trouble in
California, the visiting of the school
by the grand army, and memorial
day, and the thought occured to me
would it not be better for our school
teachers, our ministers and our good
old grand army boys to teach the
horrors of war rather than the pat
riotism of war?
Is it worth while that we jostle a
brother
Bearing his load on the rough road
of life?
Is it worth while that we jeer at each
other
In blackness of heart? that we
war to the knife?
God pity us all in our pitiful strife,
God pity us all as we jostle each
other;
God pardon us all for the triumphs
we feel
When a fellow goes down; poor, heart
broken brother,
Pierced to the heart; words are
keener than steel,
And mightier far for woe or for
weal.
Were it not well in this brief little
journey,
On over the isthmus, down into the
tide,'
That we give him a fish instead of a
serpent,
Ere folding the hands to be and
abide
For ever and aye in dust at his
side?
Look at the roses saluting each other;
Look at the herds all at peace on
the plain
Man, and man only, makes war on his
brother,
And dotes in his heart on his peril
and pain
Shamed by the brutes that go down
on the plain.
India is to furnish three dread
noughts and nine first-class cruisers
to the British navj. One-half of ev
erything raised by the people of In
dia goes for taxes to the English gov
ernment; result thousands die every
year of famine. What these battle
ships cost would irrigate the country
and save the dying population. Crush
ed and helpless as the people, can
you picture what this additional bur
den will mean to them?
NORTH LOGAN
Last Saturday at the Cummin's
mill they raised th ebig smoke stack.
It is about 65 feet high.
Geo. Sagar played ball with the
Estacada team Sunday. He made a
hit with the fans.
Elmer Douglass went to work for
J. B. Cummins Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Claus Christiansen
went to Portland Monday to Visit
with their son, Seigfried, who is en
gaged in the real estate business.
Billy Christiansen was home for a
short visit with his parents, the fore
part of thew eek.
Fred Deford of Deep Creek and two
Portland wood dealers Mr. Huron and
Mr. Wood, were calling on J. B, Cum
mins Tuesday on business.
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put this wagon against any new wagon of another
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"Studebaker wagons are built of air-dried lumber
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