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OREGON CITY COURIERTHURSDAY OCT 2 1913.
TWO OF A KIND
One does Business on a Small Scale,
Other Wholesales
A Portland paper editorial says:
New Hampshire is now the health
resort of two distinguished American
citizens, President Wilson and Harry
K. Thaw." Rather brief, yet what a
long line of thought may be unreel
ed from the remark. No doubt the ed
itor saw a deadly parallel in the two
noted characters. Both are at leisure,
yet occupying the front page. The
one was officially pronounced crazy,
the other sent a cable of congratulat
ions to Kaiser Bill. The one was sur
rounded by gun men, and so was the
other also guarded. The one escaped
from the lunatic asylum at Matea
wan, the other from Princeton. The
escape of each was effected by hav
ing the doors unlocked by a key of
gold.
The one murdered Stanford White
while the other is in control of the
largest murder machine on the con
tinent. The courts and lawyers seem to
keep busy wtih the mutterings of one,
and those highly polished and educa
ted gentlemen seem to be able to pull
down fat fees in connection, so also
are the courts and lawyers engaged
in the gab of the other.
There are many striking similar
itis hetween these two useless per
sonages now that the editor
nhnve noted has aroused our
slue-pish thought. Which one
guilty of the most mischief or crime
you may solve to your own neuu
mental view. Oh, no doubt you can
nettle that Question without a mo
ment's thought; but somehow to me
thinp-s do not seem so easy. You see
T have never Qualified as a juror
therefore must go to the trouble to
think things out in a laborious and
painful manner, because I do not get
f . . . . i J.--: -11..
ideas machine maue anu prouesioimuy
adjusted, handed to me.
Perhans you wiii resent all this
cnmnarincr of nersonaees on the
ornnnri that vou voted for Wilson
Truly comparisons are odorous in this
case, but I am not at fault because
nf t.hfi wav vou voted
lBless vour ostrich gizzard. Con-
gress has made no law against you
swallowing iisnnooics. un iuvure el
ection days observe this advice from
Iago. "li tnou must neeas uamn my
self do it in a more delicate way."
Snpnkimr of criminals who have at
tracted public attention as thoroughly
as the two just menuoneu, i am
minded of a case or two by applica
tion fnr narHon bv one. Harry Or
chard, reported to be serving a life
anntfince for the murder of Frank
Stuemenburg in Idaho. Well Harry
"fessed up," and "embraced religion,"
so it was reported, and also expressed
a desire to be jerked to jesus, so we
tnld. The trial iudire is reported
to have told the penitent Harry that
he had done the state a great service
and should m justice be rewaraea
vHth freedom and a chromo. These
are not given as the exact words but
perhaps the court records win near
out the idea. Just wnai tne great, ser
vice he could have rendered by the
murder we are Bomewhat at seat to
fathom. Was Stuenenburg in the way
of the political ambition of some as
piring statesman? One of the attor
neys for delense lias reacneu uie sen
ate; the other has since served as
governor. Verily the laborer seems to
be getting nis aire. '
It will be remembered that Orchard
claimed to have killed a score or more
eople, winding up his career or crime
TWILIGHT
MOUNTAIN VIEW
Improvements . are progressing in
this part of Oregon City and if all
the property owners would repair, re
paint and cut the weeds what a beauty
spot this would be and we hope to see
more interest manifested along these
lines than ever.
Marion Darling is building more to,
his already alrge green house.
Frank Beard has bought three acres
of the Grewell place and will build a
modern residence. Frank is honest, en
ergetic and we know he. will prosper,
R. M. C. Brown is rebuilding the
Moran property on Molaila Avenue
It will have a concret basement and
is being enlarged and when finished
will make a neut residence.
Frances Ilann is getting material on
TV
by blowing up Stucnburg, all of which
he claimed he did under the directions
of the Miners Union officials. In order
to prove his story true, some weu-ieu
faker made a machine which he pre
tended would record a truth against
n false statement. This amazing hum
bug was introduced as evidence in the
court instead ot a larce comeny, wnere
we would natuarlly look for some
thing of the kind. The court attaches,
being accustomed to burlesque, kept
a straight face thruout all this judic
ial tomfooling. Tlie gamo was alto
gether too raw for a jury to stand for.
The Union officials were acquitted.
The wild man from Lobster Bay
was at that time doing White House
nts; let out a few roars about
"undesirable citizens," and now poses
as "a friend to working men." Finally
in order to make the play good, the
heroic Harry was put on trial for
murder, where ho repeated his con
fession of crime, for which the trial
judge praised his so highly, but of
course told him the law said he must
hang, which was a huge regret to the
honorable court.
It would seem that uny person who
can travel about without the aid of
a dog tied to a string could see that
the law protects the big criminal and
courts are the cities ot refuge lor
crime, if it is only big enough to both
er with.
At that time tho sanctified one said
that ho fully expected to hang and was
prepared to meet his God any old
time and placo tho court saw fit to
name. Furthermore the statement was
made that ho had not been promised
any immunity, just bring on your gal
lows and fire works. Harry was wash
ed in the blood of the lamb. This cow
ardly assassin was not afraid, Gloryl
His sentence was finally commuted to
life imprisonment at tho proper time
by agents of the mine owners, who
were handy in case of such emergen
cies. Now in his nppliction for a well
earned pardon for the "great service
he did tho state," he says that influ
ential persons had told him at that
crucial time that they would help him,
all of which somewhat contradicts the
former story.
It is me for Harry's pardon. He
should make a fine judge or be at
home in Congress.
It will be remembered that a Ken
tucky gentleman went to Congress
after being convicted of murder. He
also was reported to be a friend of
Theodore.
In passing this subject let me call
your attention to one significant fact
which it might be well for the law and
order people to explain away.
Just as soon as Orchard's guilt was
established he became tho object of
protection and praise by the loud
mouthed yawpcrs for law and order.
"Our best people and our most prom
inent citizens went to great pains
in looking after his wellfare. Listen
A U. S. Senator, and a couple ex-
governors, and a lot of "just and up
right iudg-es," are all talking at once
listen! I say.
John F. Stark.
Too Late for Last Week
Sure Mike, a pig's a Hog, and some
of them get along with but two legs.
Hans Schmidt, the New York Prie3t
who believes in terminating the lives
of those in misery or distress, should
also include habitual drunkards.
The wood men are coming into their
own. They are actually making the
price and getting it. Usually when the
farmer goes to market it is to deliver
some kind of produce previously en
gaged at a price dictated by the buy
er. Miss Hazel Anderson, of Bellingham
is a guest of Miss Ruby McCord.
Miss Elsie Telford has entered the
University of Washington.
Totum Pole ranch produced onions
from seed this year, measuring sixteen
inches in diameter and weighing one the ground for a new house,
pound and four ounces. It is needless Mr. James Campbell of Fresno, Cal.,
to add that there were no weeds visited his sister, Mrs. O. H. Van Hoy
grown in competition with them. last week. They had not met for sev-
Mrs. E. E. Reed is in the hop fields eral years,
while her husband is at home caring Mrs. Frank Albright visited rela-
for the house, cat and children. tives the last part of last week.
The present generation is getting Miss Jane Given of Los Aneeles.
off easy. It used to be termed "Fired," Cal., is visiting Mr. and Mrs. R. M. C.
"Canned," or "his suspenders were Brown on Molalla Ave. Miss Given is
cut," now its recalled. a graduate nurse of the North Pac-
In our opinion the potato crop in if ic Hosnital of Los Anireles. Cal.
this county will be very disappointing Mr. Ramsby has his house about
as to yield. The stand is generally finished on Duane St. All the houses
poor, and the out-turn thus far 'not- here are now occupied and a demand
iced, shows a small potato predomin- for others come every few davs.
ates. John Llewellen has hiR house done and
The present weather is ideal for the already rented',
maturing of corn. A much larger ac- Charlie Barto has taken his merry-
reage should be devoted to this cer- go-round and stored it up for the win-
eal. ter, and has taken a position with the
Miss Lcla Smith of Macksburg, is Grand Theatre. A sister of Mrs. E. D.
passing a few days with the Lazelle Barto has arrived from Washington
family. and expects to make her home here.
Marshall Lazelle's condition is re- Her husband has boon here same time,
ported favorable by the attending Mrs. Harvey Hickman is visiting
physician. her mother-in-law Mrs. C. A. Hick-
W. F. Harris, the lumberman of man. Mrs. Scott of Montavilla also
beaver Creek is not only fair in his visited Mrs. Hickman over Sunday,
business relations but extretnely A new water main is being put in
agreeable. Likewise his employees from the Reservoir to the Mountain
who seemingly vie with each other m View Cemetery along Duane St.
tneir enon to please tne patrons or
Kelly, Burke, and Shea
The heroic doings of "Kelly and
Burke and Shea," as soldiers in Uncle
Sam's army on every battlefield of
our Nation, from Bunker Hill to San
Juan, and on the decks of our battle
ships in vanquishing the enemy, as
well as their doings in the service of
France, Spain and Austria in the bat
tles of Fontenoy, Grenada and Cre
mona, at Culloden in Scotland, under
Prince Charlie, and on the hills of
Wexford. Wicklow and Kildare in 17.
93, in Ireland's last grand struggle
i'or freedom, have been set to rhyme
n a number of versions and variations
as tributes to Irish and Irish-American
valor and now the fact that the
majority of our present Congress are
of Irish birth or extraction, has in
spired the pen of I. J. Donleavy, the
Poet of the Rockies, to the latest version.
Anali, look at them now on the firing
i,'.iie,
The- men of the fiErhtintr race.
The young and the new, and the vet
erans too,
In the heart of the foremot nlaoe.
Their veins are aflood with the Gaelic
blood,
The blood that has stood the test.!
The best is nothing- too pood for them.
A .l l-L. JJ- l..- i .... . '
xinu uie Hunting Diood is tne best.
Sure, what does it matter, a year or
two,
If it's Texas or Donegal;
Or a Limerick boy from Illinois,
So long as he meets the call;
Or what is a strip of oceon bare,
To a Kerry lad from Maine?
They're better by far than a Russian
Czar,
Or a dark-skinned King of Spain.
There's Kellynow watch him, along
side Burke;
Rhea'll be there by and by,"
As sure as there're hurlers in Knock
agow, And blue in an Irish skv.
And two of the Dillons from brave
Mayo,
With D'Hara and young O'Leary
GEMS FROM 8HAKESPEARE.
There is a tide In the affairs of
men
Which, taken at the flood, leads
on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their
life
Is bound In shallows and In mis
eries. Julius Caesar.
lie Jests at scars that never
felt a wound. Romeo and Juliet
True hope la swift and llies with
swallow's wings;
Kings it makes gods and mean
er creatures kings.
-Richard III.
If all the years were playing
holidays,
To sport would be as tedious as
work.
King Henry IV.
Love sought is good, but giv
en unsought is better. Twelfth
Night
Men are April when they woo,
December when they wed.
Maids are May when they are
maids, but the sky changes
when they are wives. As You
Like It.
A jest's prosperity lies in the ear
Of him that hears it, never in
the tongue
Of him that makes it
Love's Labour's Lost
Miss Alma and Florence Moore of
this city, left for Portland on business
Saturday.
their employer and this mill is doing
a large business. It pays to be fair
with your fellowmen, and agreeable
instincts return good interest on the
investment.
Mrs. L. A. Bullard of Oak Grove.
mother of Mrs. Thomas Kelland,was
here Sunday and soent the dav with
ner aaugnter and new grandcnild.
Miss Elsie Svick and Earl Bentley
take up High School work in Oreeon
L-ity tnis year.
tr. W. Kamey and son Geore-e were
in Salem Friday, visitinc a daue-hter
and sister Mary, who is undergoing
ueatment in a tuDercuiar nospitai.
It's twenty-five cents for the far
mer's pumpkin, and five hundred dol
lars on a horse race, or so the averace
county fair premium list reads. With
this information before you it is not
uiincuic to see wnere your entrance
money goes.
1 he lady heir to the Kel and estate
was out calling on the seventh day of
her advent among the flowers of
this earth.
If the South End road district is tn
be known as "Rose Lawn." in tho
'""""i icomoiiwi uuiumg uny pop
ular thoroughfare, should create a
greater taste for blossom culture.
J. he Dodus family contemnlate nana.
nj? the wink i in Portland, taking ad
vantage of city schools for their son
uooige AUrtd. We surely shall miss
lem.
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EAGLE CREEK
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Cooke were re
cent guests of Mr. nd Mrs. Ilowlett.
R. 11. Gibson attended the Grcsham
fair a couple of days last wce.
Mrs. Rosa Baker and Miss Armed i
Murphy returned last Friday from the
op iieius.
I here was a "uuilt niecinsr bee"
ven at the home of Mrs. Erlith
Woodle in honor of her mother's
rthday last Fridav afternoon. All
who came brought pieces and pieced
a block for a ouilt. Evnrvnnn hnfl ii
pleasant time. Light refreshments
were served.
Mrs. Lottie went to Estecada Inst
-may to nave some dental work flnno.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Douglass visited
wu.n nir. nna Mrs. ilowlett Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. ,P Strahl, Mr. and
Mrs. R. Uraseh and Mr. and Mrs. Guy
Woodle spent Sunday afternoon with
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Kitzmiller.
School opened in District No. 50 on
Monday, Sent. 22. with M
(iilhens as teacher.
Mr; and Mrs. Wm. Moehnke were
grango visitors Saturday. The latter is
a sister of Mrs. Matt Glover.
Mrs. Viola Douglass returned to
Portland Sunday after a few days'
stay in this neighborhood. '
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And Gallagher tall from Donegal,
And Keating from Tipperary.
There's Simiott of Wexford from Ore
gon, And Madden from up ner Derry,
And McGillicuddy's native sod
Is the heathered reeks of Kerry
Uut what does it matter, a mile or
two,
A bit of a dusty road.
Or whether it rains in old Vermont
Or sprinkles the Hill of Howth?
Once on a time the McQuires they
owned
The whole of Fermanagh fair
Now they're palavering Clancy and
a couple ot yuinns trom Clare.
The Connelys sit close to Casey and
Aici.ougniin and Donahue
To Egan and Walsh and Buckley and
u linen ot iSalunaithu.
And what does it matter a name or
so,
So long as the cause is right;
So long as there's work for Our Flag
to do,
With word or with saber bright?
What's needed is men with the fight
ing blood,
The blood that has dared the test
So "here's thank God for the race and
tho sod"
To Kelly and Burke and the rest.
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Where Time Is Without Value
and Sales Wait on Patience.
Billv Itlggs iiml I. belim In Paris
when tbe warm seiis'in was coining
on, thought we would go to Swltzer
land. We had both been In Europe
several years studying languages and
were well equipped Willi Until t'renclr
and Geruiau. So we ronrluded to
tramp about, mingling with the people,
and not give uwiiy tlie fact tlint we
were Americans. We went to Inter
laken by train mid from there laid mi
pedestrian tours
One of tlie first we made was to
Grindelwuld and thence up the side of
the mountain to SeheliliTK There we
got a good dinner, ufter which we
walked up a short distance to n polu
where we could see the glacier It
was very wild and iiinguiMceiit and nil
that, but Reelng such sights Is net
what I am going to tell yn'i a limit: In
the afternoon we walked down the
mountain to. Luiiterbrunnen and short
ly before we reached that place came
up with a couple of Swiss girls dressed
In the costume of the country.
It occurred to both Hilly and me that
tf we could walk the rest of the way
with two pretty girls no girl could be
homely In the Swiss costume it would
be away ahead of trudging alone by
our own uninteresting selves. As we
passed them I bowed very politely,
took off my cap and. pointing to a
mountain whose name I knew ns well
as my own, asked in German-the InU'
guage mostly spoken In this part of
Switzerland what It was.
"That's the Eiger." replied one of the
girls.
I boldly expatiated on the beauty of
the scenery, envied those who lived
always in the Alps, and as soon ns 1
ran out of something to sny Billy took
np the dialogue. The girls did not
seem averse to forming our acquaint
ance, and It was not long before we
separateJ them, Billy walking beside
one, I beside the other. We both pre
tended to be Germans of the lower
class, though uot Swiss. 1 got In as
many nice things to my girl ns 1 could
think of, and she being to tho country
born and unsophisticated I didn't hesi
tate to lay it on thick. Every now and
again I could near Billy, who was
walking with the other girl only a few
yards ahead of me, doing the same
thing.
When we reached Lauterbrunnen
the girls bid us goodby, saying that
they lived in a chalet beyond the town.
We were near a refreshment house
standing beside the road, and I invit
ed them to go up on to the porch for
a cheese sandwich and a glass of the
beer they drink over there, which is so
dreadfully mild that it wouldn't intox
Icate a mouse. After a consultation
apart from us they said they wouldn't
mind being refreshed after a long
walk, and we all four went up ou to
the porch, took a table and called for
the beer and sandwiches.
Billy was talking glibly about our
life on the farm at home when one of
the girls said:
You are not a farmer; neither is he
You are both gentlemen."
I looked at Billy, and Billy looked
at ma
How did you find that out?" I
asked
"We have so many tourists about us
all the time that we could tell their
nationality no matter what disguise
they might put on. You are uot Ger
man either. Don't you suppose we
can tell a German from a Frenchman
or an Englishman?"
"What nationality are we?" Billy
asked.
"You wear French clothes, but you
are not French. You are either Eng
lish or American. I thins you are
American."
"By Jove. Billy," I exclaimed in the
plain American language, "they're
smarter than I thought they were!"
The girls were very much tickled
that they had been able to tell our na
tlonality. They asked us to teach
them a little English. So I told the
one I had walked with to pronounce
the words "I love you." She spoke
them, "1 lofe you," nud asked me to
translate them into German, but there
was a look in her eye that made me
suspect that she already had an idea
as to their meaning. I told her they
meant "Thank you."
Meanwhile Billy was amusing him
self by telling the girl to say "Kiss
me," telling her the words meant
"Good morning." Billy and I kept
looking at each other, laughing over
the fun we were having, and by and
by tbe girls said tbey must go on borne.
We asked permission to attend them,
but they declined. At parting one o'
them said:
"We thank you for your kindness,
gentlemen. Though we are only poor
Swiss farmers' daughters, we seem to
have amused you."
"The thanks are due to you," 1 re
plied, "since you have given us a very
pleasant hour."
"Don't you think." said Billy, "that
there was some Bhenanigan about
those girls?"
""What do you mean?"
"Seems to me they know more than
we think they do."
A week Inter we were tn the casino
at Lucerne when I heard a woman's
voice behind me speaking with the
real American accent
"For heaven's sake, Jule, where
have you been nil this time? I've
been looking for you everywhere."
I turned, nnd there stood our Swiss
peasant girls.
"Stung!" cried Billy, and "the girls
burst into a laugh.
BARGAINING AS A FINE ART.
Polite and Loquacious, tho Oriental
Shopkeeper Will Haggle Over the
Price of an Article From Dawn Until
Dark A Sample Transaction.
lie Is the selfsame fellow still, the
Caireno merchant, ns lu the days of
tliirouii-ul-Ituschld. He squats in cross
legged contentment as of yore, amen
able only to the loquacious system of
bargaining dear to the heart of the
oriental. The -western tourist, foolish
ly regarding time ns of value, will lose
all equanimity long before he has com
pleted the smallest transaction. If his
know-ledge of the east and his patience
suflk'e and he begins negotiations early
enough In the day not to he driven
forth as the merchant sets up his shut
ters at nightfall he may obtain the ar
ticle he seeks at a just and equitable
price. If he gains possession of it in
less than the accustomed time he will
certainly hnve paid more than its mar
ket value.
Vaganuindo, the western traveler ex
perienced In the ways of the east,
catches sight during a stroll through
tho bazaars of an Arabic blade that
takes his fancy. It hangs high at the
top of the open booth, on the raised
floor of which serenely squats the pro
prietor, with folded legs. Yagamundo,
as from the merest curiosity, pauses
to run his eye over the countless ar
ticles, suggests with a half stifled
yawn that the scimitar looks like what
might be a convincing weapon in the
hands of nu enemy, ventures to hope
that the merchant Is enjoying fine
weather and strolls leisurely on. The
shopkeeper continues to puff drowsily
at his water bottle until the western
er Is all but out of earshot. Then he ap
pears suddenly to awake and drones
out a languid invitation to return.
Vngiunuudo pays no heed to the sum
mons for some moments, gnzes ab
stractedly upon the wares displayed
In another booth, then wanders slowly
back. The merchant hopes that the
traveler is enjoying the best of health,
invites him to squat in the bit of
space not already occupied by himself
or his wares, offers a cigarette and
falls to discussing the state of the cot
ton crop in the delta. By the time the
second cigarette is lighted he turns the
conversation deftly to the scimitar and
remarks that though it is hung among
his wares rather for ornament than
for sale It is possible ho may some
day tiro of beholding it nnd part with
it for perhaps 1,000 piasters. Vnga-
lnundo, pulling rcmliiiscently for a
time, recalls having heard a friend ex
press n desire to obtain such a weap
on for, say, 7o plasters or so nnd
wonders, after all, why that friend
should care for so useless an article.
The shopkeeper regrets that the two
prices named do not more nearly coin
cide, trusts that the inundations will
not be so lale this year as Inst and
reaches again for the tube of his nar
ghile. Vagaunindo expresses his de
light that the khedlve has recovered
from his recent attack, thanks the
merchant for his disinterested hospital
ity and saunters away.
The shortest instant before he is
finally lost from view in the surging
stream of bazaar loungers he is called
back to learn that the merchant is of
the opinion that the now land tax will
work more effectively than the old,
thnt the scimitar Is prolmbly worth only
(80 piasters and thnt some of the
eucalyptus trees In the Esbekleh gar
dens are to be removed. With all
due respect to Cromer Pasha Vaga
nuindo doubts the practicability of hla
latest scheme of taxation and hopes
that his friend may somewhere run
across such a scimitar at 100 plasters.
Thus the transaction continues: a
third, a fourth, even a fifth time Vaga
nmndo returns. By tho sixth visit he
has dropped the Action of a friend and
openly offers 22T plasters for the blade,
and the shopkeeper arouses himself
sufficiently to take the weapon down
for Inspection and expresses a willing
ness to part wil h It for 275.
Over newly rolled cigarettes the ne-
gotb tion proceeds, now touching upon
the prevalence of ophthalmia, anon
skirting the matter of scimitars, their
manufacture and price. Speaking of
scimitars, the merchant suspects that
for the one in hand lie would be satis
fled perhaps at 2."0 piasters. Vaga-
nmndo lays that sum which both
recognized from .the beginning as the
just price on the mat between them,
grasps his newly acquired property
and. amid protestations of lifelong
friendship from the merchant, takes
his departure.
Manchester business men and Chi
cago captains of industry, scorning
such childish methods, have dived into
the maelstrom of the bazaars of Cairo
with the avowed intention of "doing
business" after the manner of today
and the west; but all in vain. The
Calrene shopkeeper will hurry in his
transactions for no mortal ninn. Let
the pulsating westerner press his mer
cenary suit too forcibly and he dls
covers to his surprise, ond perhaps
even to his dismay, that tlie merchant
of the east displays his wares and
squats by day among them merely as
a recreation nnd amusement and that
the notion of selling anything is far
thest from ills thoughts. Harry A.
Fnuick in Century.
To forgive a fault in another Is more
sublime than to be faultless oneself.
George Sand.
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