OREGON CITY COURIER, THURSDAY, SEPT. 28, 1913
ANENT THE RECALL
What a Union Mills Writer Thinks
of the Outcome
The election has come and gone and
some of our county officers went with
it, giving in to the butter maker and
hayseed. A fair shake. Ye scribe heard
a remark a few days before election
that only feeble-minded and Social
ists would vote for the recall. Happy
to say that they were in the majority.
When Beatie gets ready to down
Brown, hem ust remember that there
are a few old rusty nickels out in
these diggins that are ready to roll
Brown's way.
We wonder how the latest joke is
coming on in the Enterprise.
Rah, Rah, for Brown, Olds, Dimick
and the "Hull Bunch."
The Equityites, the Grangeites, the
Socialites, the Feeble-mindedites, and
other ites must have made a grand
stand play August 16 from the cry
the Oregonian sends up.
As the bad man from Borneo, whose
characters have been gathered in from
the four corners of the Globe, have
won the race, we are wondering what
little old tune the Enterprise will have
to cackle to now.
For the love of Mike, Brown, have
Brownell write you a new subscription
for that stomach trouble.
As no items have been seen in the
Courier from these diggins, I will let
the outside world know that we are
still on the map.
The crops are good. Some hay was
damaged in the early part of the sea
son, but things are on the hum at the
present time, and its to be hoped that
the weather will continue good for
some time yet.
We Union Millites are going to have
a new schoolhouse, as everything is
under way after a long time of wind
ing and unwinding of red tape.
DAMASCUS
Harvesting is j.ow in full blast, and
threshermen report a good yield, es
pecially in oats.
The potato crop is now as large in
this neighborhood as it was last year.
Herman Ritzan bought a new clover
cutter and engine. Herman is always
up-to-date.
Wonder when our road supervisor
is going to put crushed rock on the
worst stretch of road in our district?
It is from Damascus to the Theodore
Schmidt place. We understand that
the 10 mill special road tax is nearly
all blown in, although it was the un
derstanding at the time the levy was
made that this identical piece of road
was to be attended to. Please give us
an explanation, Mr. Cook, through the
columns of the Oregon City Courier.
Your answer or explanation is de
manded. Some very long faces were visible
on our street last Sunday. We wonder
why?
The people around here think that
Ed Olds hit the nail on the head in
exposing our former County Court.
Well, the returns look that way.
The writer of this although not be
ing in sympathy with the recall move
ment, now believes that it is really to
the best interest of the taxpayers
that this change has taken place, pro
vided, however, that the promises
made before the election are carried
into effect.
There are several things that need
looking after, Judge Anderson and
Commissioner J. W. Smith, one of the
most important being the overhauling
of our road supervisors. Weed out the
drones that have been fattening on the
taxpayers' money and disregarding
the wishes of the people, no matter
who they are or whom it hits, and re
tain those that have been found ef
ficient and have made good.
From a new subscriber to the Cour
ier, HECALL OBSERVATIONS
Twilight Correspondent's Comments
on the Outcome, and Why
(Omitted from Last Issue.)
Well say, didn't we scoop 'eml I
suppose the women are blamed for the
recall election going as it did. Mr. Ex
Judge Boatio blames tho light ballot
for his defeat. We are sorry his
friends did riot come out and serve
him. but we are inclined to think it
the Enterprise and Brownell had not
worked for him his chances wouia
have been better. But here's goud
wishes for all and hopes for the fu
ture, and that no recall will ever be
needed.
John Gillett and John Roppol have
gone to the mountains on a hunting
trip.
Mrs. Maggie Harrington and Mrs.
Pooler returned Monday from a visit
with thoir brother at Estacada.
Mr. Rosenbaum is painting his res
idence. Mr. Confur has moved to his place
down town and Henry Brandt will oc
cupy the residence ut the cenieteryj
where he has taken up tho duties ol
sexton.
Mis. Mautz is now very low, and
no hopes aro entertained tor her re
covery. Mrs. Maggio Currin and little Mar
ion have returned home from a pleas
ant visit at Salem.
Win. Jones of Mulino, visited his
mother, Mrs. Roehl last week.
Lizzie Stromeycr is quite sick at her
homo on Pearl Street with syniptons
of typhoid fever.
, Mr. Wton has . moved into Roy
Campbell s house on Molulla Avenue.
Mr. Campbell and family loft for their
homestead in Eastern Oregon.
Mrs. Haun has her little cottage
about completed on Roosevelt St., and
will move in this week.
Next week will be the beginning of
tho hop pickers' movement out to the
different yards for a good time gath
ering in tho shekels.
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t i usiuuiBiui niiiuiuo i.iiunu, v..uu-;ton
ner, Mich., speaks for tho guidance
of those troubled with kidney and
bladder irregularities, and says "From I
my own experience I can recommend!
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' Good Reason for His Enthusiasm.
1 Whca n man has suffered for sev
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I other form of bowel complaint and Is
.then cured sound and well by ono or
' two doses of Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhooea Remedy, as
is often the case, it is but natural that
, he should be enthusiastic in his praise
of the remedy, and especially is this
the case of a severe attack when life
is threatened. Try it when in need
of such a remedy. It never fails. Sold
by Huntley Bros. Co.
THE 1913 CROSS OF GOLD,
AND THE MODERN METHOD OF
LEGAL CRUCIFIXION
John Stark's Caustic Comments on
Today's Slavery
You have heard that literature is
printed on the backs of advertise
ments. There are times when it seems
that advertisements are in themselv
es high class literature. Such an oc
casion was presented recently in the
advertisement of a local bank in one
of the prominent local papers, which
I will reproduce in part, hoping the
publishers will not send in a bill for
space, for if they do, they will need
to take thoir pay in frosted squash,
when "the fodder is in the shock."
The ad reads: "In that year (1871)
$800 was deposited. Compound inter
est had increased the $800 to $2,300,
$1,500 clear velvet to the depositor,
money he didn't have to turn his fin
ger over for." Do you see anything
wrong in that arrangement of get
ting something for nothing? If the
depositor doesn't have to turn over
his finger for it who does ?
Now you may think that dollars
are male and female, that by putting
them together they will bring forth
nickles, dimes and quarters, which ul
timately grow up into great round
dollars. The writer at present writing
is not in a position to make the ex
periment, but no doubt you are; so
just build a little pen for a pair of
dollars, and report the outcome, and
if successful, please give us the var
ious stages of the encieunte dollars.
If the depositor does not turn a fin
ger over for the increase, someone
must sweat for it. If in the process of
commercial transactions someone gets
some thing for nothing, then it surely
follows that someone somewhere,
must give up that something for
nothing. There is no Alladin's lamp in
industry, all things not created in the
primeval state must require labor to
produce. Let us say instead of dol
lars that 800 bushels of wheat are
deposited. How long would it stay in
the granary betore there would be
more wheat? You know that in a
year's time vermin would destroy
some, and irom many unseen causes
you would fall short. Yet, after all,
dollars are a sight draft on wheat or
other necessities of life.
Getting something for nothing mav
be accomplished by the process of in
heritance, if you have had the fore
sight to become a child of persons
of wealth; broadly speaking, by gift;
thru beggary or theft. Those are the
three fundamental methods. Interest,
rent and profit are tho three commer
cial methods of obtaining something
for nothing in a so-called business
way, which is final analysis is the
only legal, or to use a synonomous
term, respectable way of stealing. I
have no apology to make for such
seeming harsh words, as I may use,
but an explanation is due you; it is
this way. My knowledge of the
Queen's English is rather limited, that
1 use such simple words as I can com
prehend. I am possessed of a diction
ary, but don't understand it well
enough to find pretty, meaningless
words, calculated not to shock the re
fined sensibilities of people who eat
their bread in the sweat of their
brother's face.
I do not mean to say 4he interest
eater is morally different from any
one else; tho payer of interest for in
stance, in fact there are people who
live by that process of absorption, who
realize the immorality of the act, yet
are in fact helpless, being a rule es
tablished by society. These are only
sharers in a social wrong and by some
accident are its benifieiaries. As there
are more borrowers than lenders, this
being a country ot majority rule, it is
up to us to change the rule of society
and whenever we do note hange the
rule it is because ot the hope so temp
tingly held out to us that some day
we may turn into the thief, then we
will kick tho golded jade in the ribs.
We hope to do others, even as they
have done us, only more so.
That brings me to what is common
ly accepted as the most ancient his
tory and law of man. If 1 a mnot mis
taken the Mosaic law forbado interest
except you may soak tho ignorant for
eigner. Of course we all believe and
approve the ltiblo and we swear by
it and muko long faces about it once
a week, but business is business and
we are in an advanced age, when it
comes to our daily bread affairs dur
ing tho six days.
Sentiment is fine dope when wo get
our Sunday togs on. I am not inform
ed about tho habits of tho citizens
who conduct this particular bank and
it is not unlikely that they will ap
plaud the story of tho carpenter
driving tho money changers from the
temple; however the local followers
of the meek and the lowly is not run
ning any cat o' nine tail factory, for
ho has in mind, the outcome of that
heroic drama.
He is not going to spoil tho original
by any imitation foolishness, not this
hot weather. Wait untill it is cooler
and in the mcantimo wo will count
tho election returns.
Thcio is no fun in carrying up
your own cross up tho steep hill and
should ono break down under it some
Simon, coming from the field, upon
which the banker or other interest
taker holds a mortgage, could be "per
suaded" to pack the blamed thing in
the "interest ot law and order.
"They do not nail people to the
cross those days," you sny. Well per
haps not just as you understand the
word nail. Did you ever go where men
wore engaged in ditch digging? Well,
if you looked about carefully you
would see soemthing which resembled;
a cross somewhat. It is usually the
inaniniatec onipanion of a shovel. How
I wmilil Villi liL-rt t.t n miil.wl tli.if r.-tt
movi
lunl,.s , l))e not smlY No thank
I you, wo will not start anything just
j now. Wait until we have a more eon-
voniont season
lu lle meantime wo will protend
tnnt Hie Lmretootoct
I the Sea of Calilloe
the "bum jolly" about the bread .
and butter question and the trip up as it may, we are confronted with the
to Golgatha was a pieeo of high class problem of paying interest on thafln
vniuloville stunt, pulled off by the Son 1 dobtodnoss which is constantly in
of Cod to keep our celluloid souls from creasing and a solution must be found,
the fi' e. That when he taught us that j The only logical one is for the public
prayer about our daily bread and ! to confiscate the franchises granted
"forgive our debts" he was merely by the. public to these corporations
talking thru his hut. Then we will not and take over the property with their
make a nuisance of ourselves and dis-' public function and operate thorn in
turb "business" or frighten the shy I tho interest of all the people. At
dove "prosperity" and incidentally not which time all debts against these
blister any shovel handles, ; properties will bo cancelled. There is
In a paper lying before me I find no other way. If you think there is,
this item: "The earnings during the take this bank advertisomnt for a
calendar year of l'Jl'J aggregated the basis and with a pencil figure out the
stupendous sum of $;i,:iO-l,(H)0,000." logical termination of a debt, say ten
This is reported about the corpora-, billion dollars, and you will soon see
tions of these United States, the sum ; that it is a case of die dog, or cat tho
said to bo above all expenses and ex-! hatchet.
coeds all former records by four hun- John F. Stark
dred millions. All of this in the lan
guage of the bank ad. is "clear vel
vet." All of it goes to the pockets, not
of the workers, but to the shirkers.
You see how interest and profit takes
out of the dish without putting any
thing in, is in my simple language
"just stealin."
As a little side excursion let me
take you back to the wheat. You can,
by your own efforts create morewheat
by the simplest farming process. But
I would not advise you to make any
dollars, unless you are hiring a Judge
by the year, and a competent lawyer
during good behavior. You see money
is a creature of society and, has a
public function. It is therefore entirely
contrary to the genius pf society to
permit money to be used for exploi
tation purposes. But . while society,
that is the government, makes the
money it permits individuals and as
sociates of individuals within society
to manipulate the public utility for
private gain. All of this gain is again
at the expense of others, a larger
number of individuals.
This point of view is strange to
most people, yet if you will follow
out the study the conclusion will prove
the correctness of the viewpoint. Take
the public highway for example. We
may all use it, but no-one may exploit
any one by controlling it. The near
est approach is thru the streetcar
systems of cities, which however is
not a deadly parallel and even that
will soon fire away municipal owner
ship. Perhaps some of you will re
member the war made against "turn
pikes" in Kentucky about twenty
years ago, where tollgates and build
ings were destroyed, until finally the
pike company gave up and pikes be
came public in fact. Similarly the
banks may be said to privately con
trol a public utility and exploit the
public in general thru exploiting in
dividuals and also the organized pub
lic in its various political departments.
Even the federal government becom
ing a borrower of the very money of
which the sovereign state is the only
creator. It is a condition that is illog-
TPS
iree ot a
The Mower, Rake and Binder shown below are "3 of a kind" the kind that will
make you smile with, satisfaction when you use them for they will give you service,
real service honest service full measure for every cent jou pay for tbem c'Zranfee
Champion Rakes
Rake
Dump Easy
"Mitchell, Lewis & Staver Co.
Sold at Right Prices by
W. J. WILSON & CO., OregonvCity
CANBY HARDWARE & IMPL CO., Canby, Oregon
ical and would be impossible to com
prehend, were it not a recognized pol
icy, that certain individuals or assoc
iates of individuals direct public af
fairs for private gain. At the same
time the common person has grown up
not to question the acts of the gov
ernment as he wrongly comprehends
tho acts of public officials.
Wo are all born in debt, regardless
of our personal economic circumstanc
es, for tho public debt in its various
departments are a cnarge against all
of us, even tho we may possess the
evidence of such debts, bonds being
the usual form, as our personal prop
erty. 1 he greatest debts to us no doubt
are that part owed by transportation
agencies. The amount of which I have
not at hand, but the usual charge is
Wanderer about tnat tins enormous debt has been jug
was just irivinir clod so that the debt is manv times
larger than the actual outlay. Be that
TWILIGHT
It is reported that the health offic
ers of Gladstone have requested Man
ager Freytag to cut the weeds in his
garden.
The Scheer and Nash .families leave
shortly for tthe hop fields and will
be the only hop pickers from this
neighborhood.
Just what benefit accrues to the
agriculturist from Secretary Mc
Adoo's distribution of fifty million
dollars among the bankers of the
country is difficult to explain. My un
derstanding is that the United States
government will derive about two per
cent from the banks for the use of
this money, and in turn the goodly
farmers may gain possession of some
of it, on good collateral to put up as
security plus seven or eight per cent.
Truly it has been said that to him that
hath it shall be given, but to he that
hath not what little he has shall be
taken from him. If the government
honestly is desirous of extending it
to the great mass of the common
people why not add another clause or
two to the postal savings act and re
let moneys received from that source,
as a rate of interest slightly in excess
of that paid, on good farm security,
cutting out the middle man or bank
er, who invariably demanded his
pound of flesh.
We are still old-fashioned and don't
yet know how a women gets into a
hobble skirt, unless she imitates the
sterner sex from climbing in from the
top.
Arrangements have been made by
the school board for brightening up
the school buildings with a coat of
paint, both outside and in. White will
be the color used with but little trim
ming. John Bradl is erecting a new barn
on his premises.
The erection of dairy buildings on
the property recently purchased of
Wm McCord by Mr. Boss is being
rushed to completion. An up-to-date
dairy will be provided for, and the
promoters hope to occupy the premis-
Clean
Last Long
es by October 1st.
Wm, Mattoon is further improving
his home-place by the building of an
addition to his barn,
Thomas Kelland and J. M. Jack con
template an up-to-date water service
on their ranches, to include bath tubs.
Now watch Mt. Pleasant folks shiver.
The annual election of officers will
occur at a meeting to be held by the
Look Pleasant Club next Monday ev
ening. There are three candidates for
President and the rivalry them and it
is becoming interesting,
Mr. and Mrs. Meindl spent Sunday
with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs
G. M. Lazclle.
For some unknown reason China
Pheasants are not so plentiful in this
vicinity as last year. It is to be regret
ted that better protection can not be
given them, for at least a few more
years.
U'Ken's proposed exemption of pen.
sional property from taxation to the
nt of lrSn nrnmUej to become
nt oi $imu promises to Become
amou
popular in this community, yet the
same people could not look kindly on
his single tax advocacy a year ago.
It is crawl before you walk with the
most of us.
Spud excavation will soon be on us,
and Oregon City market quotations
papers claim they are worth 75 cents
say "nothing doing." Still Portland
to $1.25 per cental.
Mr. and Mrs. Christ Meier of Con
ley recently celebrated their Golden
Wedding anniversary, some fifty
folks suprising them on that occasion,
presenting them with a bag of gold
and a wedding feast. Mrs. Henry
Scheer, their daughter, and family
from this community were in attend-for
ance.
Mr. and Mrs. Curtiss Dodds spent
Sunday with relatives at Canby.
THAT TEAM OF MULES
A Man from Missouri Tells of the
Where and Whyfore
Editor Courier:
We taxpayers of Mt. Pleasant are
a little interested in that little team of
mules referred to in your last issue as
conveying the ladies down the hill to
the polls on our famous election day.
We are from Misourj as most of the
mules are from there, and have a
characteristic of having to be shown.
I submit a few figures just to show
the little mules who pay for their
strenuous exertions on election day.
The owner of the little donkies also
owns 18 acres of improved land as
sessed at 83 and a half dollars per
acre and two parcels of improved land
join this on one side assessed at $129.
16 and two thirds, and $120. per acre.
The owners do not run excursions on
election day.
On the other side are two parcels
assessed at $100 and $120 per acre.
And these men do not run free ex
cursions on election day. The owner
of these little mules once upon a time
owned a rock fence, but he sold it and
it now reposes centrally located on
one of our county roads and thereby
hangs a tale.
Any intehigent Missouri mule can
readily wfulerstand why such is ex
pected of him on election day when
he is properly shown.
P. W. Meredith
Sometimes the symptoms of' kid
ney nnd bladder trouble are so plain
no one can mistake them Bachache,
weak and lame back with soreness ov
er the kidneys, sharp pains, rheuma
tism, dull headache, and disturbed
sleep, are all indications of a trouble
that Foley's Kidney PilU will relieve
quickly and permanently Try them.
For sale by Huntley Bros. Co.
CHAMPION
MOWERS
do better work than others
because made that way. Just
examine the Champion; note
the wide yoke wider than
any other which insures
perfect alignment of bar
knife and Pitman. Note the
long wearing plates; the au
tomatic device for taking up
wear in Pitman knife head
connection. These are points
which make the Champion
wear and cut better than
others.
Th CHAMPION
BINDER
has three exclusive features:
Force Feed Elevator which in
sures a steady flow of grain to
the packer arms; relief rake,
which prevents clogging at in
ner end of bar; balancing sect
ors which balance the machine
in any height of grain.
One Hundred Bucking Broncoes
Pendleton, Ore. Aug. 23. 1913
At the Pendleton Round Up, Sep
tember 1, 12 and 13, will be seen in
action one hundred head of the most
famous bucking horses in the world,
including Angel, Long Tom, Ramb
ling Sam, Whistling Annie, Hotfoot,
Whirlwind and others. Sharkey, the
famous Belgrade bucking bull that
has never been ridden over seven sec
onds, Loving Louise, the unexpurgat
ed original bucking milch cow, the
two bucking buffaloes and other
Round Up stock. These are the prop
erty of the Round Up and represent
an investment ol i
and are used no place in the world
except at the Pendleton Round Up.
Other places giving Wild West Shows
advertise that
they nave . securea
'some or all of the Pendleton stock,
, . Kvpn
But they have not and cannot. Even
the long-horn Texas steers are not
sold for beef until they are too old
to give the bull-dogger and roper a
run for their money and in the mean
time they wax fat in the Round Up
pastures.
THE BEST PAIN KILLER.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve when ap
plied to a cut, bruise, burn or scald,
or other injury of the skin will im
Chamberlain of Clinton, Me., says:
"It robe cuts and other injuries of
their terrors. As a healing remedy
it's equal don't exist" Will do good
you. Only 25c at UunUey Bros.
'Kind!
Oregon Equity News
Farmers, control -your market!
Other organizations are
now and taking their pay.
doing it
It is on account of the greed of
other organizations that we are forc
ed to org-anize.
The Equity Society farmers are
forging to the front and gradually
assuming the responsibilities as in
telligent producers.
In stock companies, formed by
farmers co-operatively all profits
should be paid for labor and raw ma
terial and none for dividends. Now
how many Equity members see the big
point .' It means success or lauure.
Another thing is that expenses
must be kept down to the profits of
the business and if it should happen
that the expenses should run above,
The great drouth in the Mississippi
Valley is even worse than the big
daily papers report, because the real
estate men and other promoters sup
press the news.
Market manipulators like to report
big crops so they can buy Uncle Kubes
whole crop for less than it is worth
arid sell it to the consume? for more
than it is worth, and pocket the diff
erence. The Mexican situation is very grave
at present. England, i ranee and Ger
many have a hand deep into this mat
ter and the very wealthy citizens of
those countries and the U. S. have
bought or otherwise secured control
of everything in Mexico worth having
and now are very anxious that their
governments defend not the lives of
humans, but their dividends. We hope
tor peace. ,
Just to illustrate what organization
can do I cite you to Umatilla County,
Oregon. They have the Farmers' Un
ion there and have elevators and say
they have saved their members $150,
000, lasty ear.
Up in Washington this' Farmers'
Union claims to have secured from
5 to 16 cents per bu. more for wheat
than farmers, not members of the or
ganization.
The consumer is complaining about
the nigh cost ot living: and the far
mer is complaining about the market
price being so low that it does not pay
pay to produce. And the Agricultural
Department is going to investigate
and report. They have a market -di vis
ion now, and we want to have them
report. It will be for those who do
not believe in it now.
Have you read in our big dailies of
late how there is a shortage of beef
and the price of beef on the block
went up? Then you turn to the mar
ket page and it tells you fhe drouth
has forced farmers to sell their cat
tle and too many on the market, and
the price went down. Do you organ
ized farmers see the point?
We organized farmers want justice
and nothing short of this will do us,
and we want you to get that. We have
lawyers in Oregon City good, bad, and
indifferent, the same as farmers, but
we get no justice when courts re-try
cases on technicalities. We have read
of cases going from the lower courts
up to thes upreme court as many as
seven times, before it could be decided
on the merits of the case. Now what
we want is a law that will not permit
of appeals and retrials on account of
a coma getting in the wrong place.
Get it so the jury can say whether the
party is guilty or not guilty, and save
millions of dollars to the taxpayers.
No, the lawyers will be against it.
See?
We have a good deal of praise for
President Wilson for uncovering so
much graft, rather than covering it
up as Taft did.
And we also want to criticize him
for standing by his attorney, M. Rey
nolds in the California white slave
cases. We believe Attorney McNab
was right. Wiison of the Labor De
partment and W. J. Bryan seemed to
favor the accused, and it looks like
their only reason was that the parties
accused were wealthy politicians.
They must remember we demand only
justice.
And Mr. Bryan can't live on twelve
thousand per year. And itc osts us
$200,000 to support the White house.
Our late Jewish secretary of the navy
spent $130,000 per year .to live in
Washington, D.C. Mr. Taft spent
$irf,uuu per year when he was Secre
tary of War.
This looks too much like the old
time kings, lords, earls and barons
of long ago. Too much aristocracy
about this for old Uncle Hayseed.
Farmers are not going to be the tax
payers and monkeys for this kind of
a show much longer. "I told you so."
Farmers organizations are spread
ing all over the United States rapidly
and their influence is being felt po
litically. The Equity Society is not a
political party but an organization to
remedy the evils of our present mar
ket system. But if the manipulators of
the markets manipulate our politics
we can take a hand occasionally.
Why does the United States bring
in thousands of workmen every year
when we already have millions of
idle men? Why doesn't Oregon City
build those hitching racks? Why does
a Republican paper and lawyers work
so hard to elect a Democratic judge?
Why do we put our most successful
farmers running real estate offices?
How does Canada, Spain and sev
eral other countries get along without
navies? Why-does so much No. 2.
wheat go into our elevators and all
that comes out is No. 1? Why do we
have a legislature to make laws when
a judge can stop the sheriff from en-
torcmg them, with an injunction?
We have heard a good deal of late
about money to move crops. The
drouth in the middle west has already
attended to part of this work and
what is left to harvest the farmer can
mow- with his team and wagon just
likeie always did. It is the speculator
that is making all this noise about
elastic currency.
In other states we read of some live
county business agents. Idaho is all
alive and doing things, even down in
Alabama they employ the Equity plan
and are reaping profits from their
crops the first time in several years.
Oregon is progressing but cannot keep
the same pace with Idaho.
The Courier feels very proud over
its first political victory, especially
so since it has attracted so much at
tention over the State. Editor Brown -steps
around as prould as a fanner
boy with his first pair of copper toed
boots, and all the time he is busy
giving the credit to the ladies and
other good workers.
Now that the organization work is
all in the hands of our State Board
we expect things doing in "Old Ore
gon" before many moons. All organ
izers should have a commission from
National headquarters and a contract
with our State Board to be a legal
organizer, and. collect commissions due
the.m
Each local is' entitled to a town
ship organizer and should elect one
Each county is entitled to one or more
appointed by the county board and
applications for state work should be
made to the state officers.
As soon as the state board can agree
on terms of contract and other feat
ures of a system applicants will be
notified.
The National officers of the Equity
are working on a plan to unite all
farmers' organizations into one fed
eration which will contain the Equity
system of reporting and marketing
all crops from a centralized head to
prevent one market being glutted and
another go bare of produce, and also'
prevent us from competing with each
other on the same market like the
different apple growers associations
do sometimes. We are fast nearing the
point where the price can be set by
our own organization instead of the
Board of Trade.
Meredith.
A WAREHOUSE PLAN
Mr. Schmilke Offers a Suggustion
that he Thinks Looks Good
Editor Courier:
I hereby submit to you for publicat
ion a plan adopted by the Mountain
dale Local of Washington Co., Oregon.
I will say that if this plan is adopt
ed by the State Board of Directors, .
it will help to maintain the clearing
house in Portland.
The following is the plan:
At the last meeting of Mountaindale
local a plan was discussed which may
have an important bearing on the
Equity Clearinghouse in Portland. It
is that each new member hereafter
pay $7.00 a year as dues, $5.00 being
for a share in the Warehouse Assoc
iation and $2.00 as the regular local"
dues, i
The warehouse is the most impor
tant feature of the Equity system and
until it is fully developed the full
benefits of the system cannot be re
alized. Like everything else it costs
money to run it, and in Oregon, where
the society has recently been organ
ized, it must be kept on its feet.
As an example: at present crops
are being harvested, but so far there .
have been little going through the
warehouse.
Everybody is busy harvesting and
helping one another now, although the
members of Washington Co. are com
mencing to send their produce to the
Warehouse with good results. One
member reported that he had sold his
cordwood through the warehouse
agent at a better figure than he was
offered by the wood-jobbers.
Some believe that with every mem
ber hereafter becoming a stockholder
of one share, a working fund can be
secured and the membership, at the
same time will take 'a more personal
interest in the business.
Mountaindale Local is enthusiastic
to have the stock plan adopted. This
will come up at the next meeting of
the County Board in October, with the
view to adopt the above plan.
J. Schmitke
Banks, Oregon.
Publicity Committee
P. W. Meredith. Oretron Citv. R. 1
John F. Stark. Oreeon Citv. R. 3: W.
W. Harris, Oregon City R. 3.
State Officers
Pres. Wm. Grisenthwaite, Oregon
City, Rt. 3; Sec. Treas., F. G. Bu-
canan; Directors: A. R. Lyman,
Gresham, Ore; F. M. Hall, Clatskan-
le, Ure; h. L. Hellyer, Beaverton, R.
P. H. McMahon, Newberg ,R. 2:
W. Smith, Aurora, R. 1.
Clackamas Co. Union Officers
Pres. S. L. Casto. Oree-on Citv. R.
3; Vice Pres. J. H. Bowerman, Clack
amas, K. 1; Sec. Treas. F. G. Buchan
nan,' Oregon City. Directors: W. J.
Bowerman, Clackamas. R. 1; J. f!
Royer, Clackamas, R. 1; Wm. Gris
enthwaite, Oregon City R. 3.
Clackamas Co. Local Officers
Alberta Pres. Jesse Mayfield; Sec.
Ferris Mayfield, Springwater, R. 1.
Beaver Creek Pres. Fred Kamerath;
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. Sieben; Sec. W. S. Daywalt,
Clackamas, Oregon ; Clarkes Pres.
Albert Gasser; Sec. John L. Gard, Or
egon City, R. 4; Colton Pres. J. E.
Sandall; Sec. W. S. Corbett, Colton,
Oregon; Currinsville Pres G. C. He
lple; Sec. N. E. Linn, Estacada, R. 1;
Damascus Pres. J. C. Royer; Sec. C.
C. Longwell, Barton R. 1; Highland
Pres. M. E. Handle; Sec. P. M. Kir
chem, 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. Mig
hells, Oregon City, R. 3; Molalla
Pres. J. W. Thomas; See. I. M. Toliver,
Molalla, Ore; Mt. Pleasan Pres. P.
W. Meredith; Sec. F. G. Buchanan,
Oregon City, Ore; New Era Pres. A.
Staeheley; Sec. C. .B Beverman, Ore
gon City, R. 1; Needy Pres. J. D.
Ritter; 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
rres. K. r. Grady; Sec. C. F. Aue,
Springwater, Ore; Viola Pres. James
Parett; Sec. J. R. Woolworth, New
berg, R. 2; Wilsonville Pres. M. C.
C. Young; Sec. R. B. Seely, Sherwood,
R. 5.
Farm For Sale Cheap
53 acres partly impjoved. Good
buildings, running water, orchard.
One mile from store and school, sev
en miles from Oregon City on Clear
Creek. Will take $75 per acre for this
farm, $2,000 down, balance on time
to suit purchaser at ti per cent No
trades. Inquire or phone Dr. E. E.
Chase, Silverton, Oregon.