OREGON CITY COURIER, THURSDAY, OCT. 30, 1913
3
KILLING A CITY.
WHAT DRIVING OUT SALOONS
DID TO BELLINGHAM, WASH.
Some Temperance Facts and Figures
One Can't Get Away From
The city of Bellingham, Washing
ton, affords an excellent opportunity
for a study of the oft-repeated asser
tion that "prohibition kills a town,"
that the license fee is needed for
public improvements and that the sa
loons make business. Bellingham is a
seaport city with with agricultural
and lumber territory contiguous. Re
cent interviews with many of the
prominent officials and citizens of
Bellingham develop the foljowing
facts, which are quoted verbatim:
"When Bellingham voted dry in No
vember, 1910, there were forty
eight saloons yielding a license reve
nue of $48,000. We have gotten along
without that and are not in debt. The
city has purchased an auto fire-truck
and paid for it. When the city voted
dry, a prominent hotel man was about
to build an addition to his hotel to
cost from $50,000 to $60,000. He stop
ped, thinking there would be no need
of it in a dry town. He is now build
ing an addition costing $225,000.
"The area of paved streets is larg
er, entailing considerable additional
expense upon the street department
for cost and maintenance, but it has
all been carried without increase of
taxation and without incurring debt."
"Men who used to cash their pay
checks in saloons and drink away their
money are now sober, and if over
taken by accident or illness in their
families, do not become a charge upon
the town as was formerly so often
the case.
The president of one of the largest
grocery firms in the city asserts:
"Business has increased wonderfully
the past year. I think Bellingham nev
er had brighter prospects, and nine
tenths of the business men will tell
you the same. Men who two years ago
were spending their money in the sa
loon, are buying groceries and paying
cash for them. There are fewer 'dead
, beats' than have been in this city in
twenty-two years."
"The increase in bank deposits in
one year is $686,078.99. The fact that
the city went dry is no hindrance to
good businer-;. Some men who were
radically wet at first, and still favor
the saloon, have to admit that busi
ness is better than ever before, espec
ially in clothing, dry goods and gro
ceries." Special inquiry of three leading
wholesale grocery houses elicited prac
tically thes ame reply in each case:
"Business inside the city limits is bet
ter than at any previous time."
. A leading real estate dealer assured
us that business in his line is "much
better. Young men are buying homes
and paying for them in installments.
A number of new ones are being
built. There are fewer good resi
dences vacant than before and rents
are better." From another insurance
and real estate dealer we received this
statement: "This year shows a good
increase over last year. The outlook
is encouraging. Thep resent dry condi
tions have at least not hindered prog
ress." A traveling man familiar with
conditions along the west coasts aid:
"Bellingham looks the most prosper
ous of any town on the coast!"
One of the best known physicians
of the city declared: "I did not do as
large a volume of business last year,
but the per cent of collections was the
best it has ever been." When asked if
the decrease in drinking and vice
would naturally affect his business the
doctor smilingly replied, "It certainly
would!"
The head of a large hardware es
tablishment carrying a complete
stock of hardware, paints, stoves, etc.,
etc., remarked: "Our business is very
satisfactory. We have had a steady
increase. Building conditions are im
proving. There is a decidedly encour
aging increase in the number of small
houses being erected We employ
about forty men. Salaries are being
increased. Conditions are wonderfully
satisfactory not only in the city but
in the county." Remembering that
there is but one wet town in the
county this is good testimony.
A member of a well known firm of
attorneys, speaking comparatively,
said: "Sumas the only wet town in
this county, with a population from
1,500 to 2,000 on July the Fourth had
eighty arrests growing out of drink.
Bellingham in the first six months of
this year has had only ninety-seven.
Internal revnue statistics show that
there were more unlicensed dealers
paying a government tax before the
saloons were closed than since.People
who formerly patronized the saloons
now pay cash for household expenses
and live well. While other cities were
having a 'soup house brigade' last win
ter we had none. A man whom I used
to see always under the influence of
drink has straightened up and recent
ly sent a check to the Y. M. C. A.
In the three and one-half years im
mediately preceding the prohibition
there were eight murders in the coun
ty, five of which were traceable to
lipuor. In 1911 there was one. In 19
10, with forty-five saloons, there
were 9918 arrests for drunkedness;
in 1911, with no saloons, 255. In 1910,
with fort-five saloons, the total ar
rests for all causes was 2,982, while in
1911, under the dry regime, the total
arrests for all causes was 1,501, Quot
ing from police records: "During 1911
every drunk was arrested. Many of
the arrests during the latter part of
1911 were of vagrants, driven out of
Vancouver, B. C, Portland and down
sound sities( and were not of crim
inals. During 1911, with forty-five
saloons, very little attention was
paid to the drunkards who thronged
the streets and insulting predestrians.
The head of one of the principal real
estate and insurance firms, in reply
to the question, "Has the closing of
cially?" "The whole county has
the saloons helped Bellingham finan
cially?" reply, "It has." "In what
way?" "The whole state has been in
a state of financial depression, but
Bellingham has been more prosperous
than the other the other large cities,
or cities of its size, that are wet
More people are building homes, and a
substancial, desirable class of people
are coming here to live.
Surely the above testimony
enough to convince any jury that a
city minus the saloons and their trail
of evil conseuences, is better off in
every way than a city burdened
with the same, and proves beyond
all doubt that a city can live and
jrrow and prosper without the blood
stained liquor revenue.
Report of City Comptroller
H. J. Korthauer, . City Comptroll
er, makes the following report, show
ing ing the improved conditions under
the dry regime:
Arrests first half of 1912-drunks,
97; miscellaneous, 656; total 753. 1 .
Arrests first half of 1911 drunks,
114; miscellaneous, 762; total 876.
Arrests first half of 1910-drunks,
409; miscellaneous, 637; total, 1,046.
There beinsr no saloons the vagrants
are picked up in a more thorough
manner, which makes the miscellane
ous showing high. It includes all who
ask for a night's lodging, which they
formerly found in saloons, etc.
The city is run on a strictly cash
basis, and in spite of a $45,000 less re
ceipts for license and $5000 to $7,500
less for fines, it is in a better condi
tion financially than at the time the
saloons were voted out.
There is a marked improvement in
the moral tone. All merchants are
doing a greater per cent of cash trade,
and in all avenues where labor is be
ing employed, especially in the mills,
them en are proving themselves bet
ter citizens and are much more re
gular at their posts, with the added
fact that they can accomplish more
during a day, on the whole, than
formerly.
The police force has been reduced
fully one-third, and even then finds
less to do than formerly. we nave
no restricted district, such as always
harbor where the saloon holds sway.
This alone is the greatest good that
this city can boast of. and if one un-
ertakes to make comparsons with oth-
re cities of like size, it will be found
that Bellingham, in this regard,
stands hiirher than any seaport city
in the United States. From "Union
Signal."
Good Citizenship League.
By
C. H. Dye, President,
S. Macdonald, Secretary.
THE "SCIENCE" OF MEDICINE
It is Purely Experimental and Guess
work on Fart of Doctors
Editor Courier:
The letter of Rev. Spiess in this
week's issue of the Courier seems to
be to be more or less an attack on the
legal right and professional capacity
of Dr. Van Brakle to act as your
county health officer, and that the new
health officer is not legally qualified
to use disinfectants. This is immensely
important
It has perhaps never occurred to the
Rev. Spiess in his advocacy 4of the
worn out. moss covered, back numDer,
out-of-date methods employed by old
school allopathic doctors that the so
called "science" of medicine is purely
experimental and guess work and
judging from the rambling nature of
his communication I doubt if he has
the mental pabulum to absorb this
fact
Drugless doctors are taught hygiene
and sanitation and the use of disin
fectants or drugs of any kinds are
useless and superfluous when abso
lute cleanliness is enforced. Many
people still cling to the crazy idea that
drugs are necessary to "cure" disease.
Every drop of medicine prescribed
by an allopathic doctor is an experi
ment As for Dr. Van Brakle being
"distasteful" to the old line serum in
jecting: and carving school of doctors,
that is perfectly natural, being in pol
itics for revenue only this class of
political medical incompetents has
fastened themselves on the taxpayers
and defied every effort to be passed
by spineless legislatures trying to per
petuate their school of medicine and
create a monopoly, all unconstitutional
and illegal.
They have control of the state
board of health and , every county
board in the state, all in violation of
section '10' of Article 1 of the state
constitution, which forbids any law
being passed granting exclusive priv
ileges to any class of doctors. They
have persecuted and prosecuted every
one who has even dared to oppose
them and still they are unable to cure
disease. No one ever notices an un
successful competitor and because of
the great progress made by drugless
doctors in the past twenty five years
they have seen the medical part of
their practice disappear and drug
less healing take its place.
Now it is "serums and "operations "
both of which should be, and in a few
years will be, made crimes. Drugless
methods appeal to high class, think
ing people who have shaken off the
shackles of medical ignorance, intol
erance and superstition and it is this
class of people who have suppressed
drastic and arbitrary medical laws
and enabled all classes of doctors to
practice in Oregon and if not done
sooner by court action we will see to
it that all boards and offices in the
state are open to doctors of all schools.
A "medical" hierarchy is illegal and
all classes of taxpayers who foot the
bin and disbelieve in puis and serums
will see to it that they regain their
rights and not be compelled to support
one class of doctors exclusively.
ine only criticism l have to make
of Dr. Van Brakle is that he has been
too easy with his allopathic friends.
When they fail to obey the law and
report to him he should promptly
lock them up as the law provides. I
hope that Brother Spiess will widen
out a little and scrape the moss off
his back and he may yet be able to
do a vast amount of good.
W. A. Turner.
(Note Mr. Turner is a new mem
ber to the Courier force, and doubt
less is not familiar with the fight that
has long been on in' this city over
health matters. He has placed Mr.
Spiess on the wrong lineup, no doubt
by not understanding his letter of
last week, which was largely quotat
ions from Dr. Schultze's former letter.
Mr. Spiess has for months led the
fight against health laws, unenforced,
and the medical association of this
county. Ed.)
The Family Cough Medicine
In every home there should be a
bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery,
ready for immediate use when any
member of the family contracts a
cold or a cough. Prompt use will stop
the spread of sickness. S. A. Stid of
Mason, Mich., writes: "My whole
family depends upon Dr. King's New
Discovery as the best cough and cold
medicine in the world. Two 50c bot
tles cured me of pneumonia." Thous
ands of other families have been
equally benefited and depend entirely
upon Dr. King's New Discovery to
cure their coughs, colds, throat and
lung troubles. Every dose helps. Price
50c and $1.00. All druggists. . H. E.
Bucklen & Co. Philadelphia or St
LOUiS.
0)ISIE(O(ON EMY
The Equity is gVowing.
Our National President says five
times faster than before.
We are anxious to have our salaries
raised and our future program is go
ing to be interesting on that issue.
Now is the time to join the Equity
and help send this crazy market sys
tem to some place in Antiquity.
If Sunt (iarv will nitch richt in and
hnln in cpt. nnr salaries raised to what
his is now we will take his case un
der advisement
The Government nationally and our
stafe and other states are very an
xious here of late to do something for
the farmer. Someone in Oregon City
wants us to have a 45 per cent library.
Our mmmnn Secretary of State
wants his salary raised and as he
only gets $i,uuo per year wew ouia
nnt. nHvian him tn raise strawberries
for the Portland markets.
Most everybody wants their salaries
raised. We taxpayers will have to or
der a car load of jackscrews and then
work them upside down.
We do not understand why the P.
Ry: L. & P. Co. charges four times as
much to ride over the south end of
their line as the north end, unless it is
this salary raising epidemic has es
caped from under the control of the
osteopathic health officer.
Out at Mt. Pleasant the State Board
of Health found a colon bacili in the
school well, "so the kids get water
from another well that may have two
in it, we don't know, neither do we
know how the thing came to fall in
our well or what its hide is worth, but
we ought to raise the salary of our
health board.
If Oregon City is going to lose
$10,000 from people who want to buy
booze, they might build some hitching
sheds and sell groceries, drygoods and
good will and be elevated on every
street and let the farmer chase blind
pigs.
Our new U. S. Senator, Lane, has
been placed on several important com
mittees that farmers are interested in
and we believe he is working to better
the condition of the farmer. Our con
gressman is young and unmarried and
not on a single committee printed in
the Congressional Record. Some lady
should take him under probation and
have Speaker Clark put him on about
sixteen committees, and he too might
get his salary raised.
The Supreme Court of the U. S. has
said that the states can regulate rail
road rates. Iowa said one and a half
cents per mile to the State Fair. The
railroads went to another court and
got an injunction prohibiting the state
from enforcing the law. And yet you
can buy a ticket from .Portland to
Kansas City and go by the way of
San Francisco and the Rock Island
through Texas and Oklahoma about
one quarter of a cent per mile and
Mr. Yokum said the railroads of the
U. J3. received one billion dollars more
than the cost of operating them last
year. The stock holders no doubt rais
ed their own salaries.
The Allopaths or doctors' trust has
a bill before the Senate known as the
Owens' bill and if it passes no other
school of healing need apply. They
continue to let their patients die and
fill up cemeteries and empty the
peoples' pocket books and no one out
side will be allowed to serve on health
boards and prevent epidemics or help
the sick in any way. If Allopaths al
ways cured or always helped with
their dope it wouldn t be quite so bad
but other schools are curing some
cases that the allopaths fail to even
benefit. No doctor should be allowed
to serve on any health board. It is the
people who pay these big bills to doc
tors who should serve on the neaitn
boards, for they are interested in good
health. The doctors' trust is interested
in disease epidemics and excessive
charges. They too, want their salaries
raised.
They tell us farmers that the reason
we can't buy a good set of harness or
a good pair of shoes is because the
leather is filled with salts and glucose
to make it weigh heavier. It sells by
the pound. What if we should have it
inspected and condemned, confiscated
and cremated and put farmers on the
inspection list and charge the whole
business up to the men who are get
ting their salaries raised by adulter
ating our wearing apparel.
We are more than pleased to con
gratulate the Oregon City Enterprise
on their editorial in regard to our
City's most noted law giver and
statesman, W. S. U'Ren. If we decide
not to enter the race for Governor
along with the rest of Clackamas Co.
people, we may be for W. S. U Ken
too.
A bill has been introduced in con
gress by Representative Lindberg, of
Minnesota, to compel pure leather in
shoes. Of course if this passes and
becomes a law the leather trust will
advance the price and then we will
want another congressman to intro
duce another bill but what's the use,
we want our salary raised.
No body yet has started an agita
tion for a state market in Portland
to be owned, operated and governed
by the state of Oregon. Wisconsin
has a law along this line and super
vision is vested with the dairy com
missioner. Just let the Equity alone
and we will own, govern and operate
our own market in Portland and the
consumer won't kick.
Dr. Pitzer, who was 33 years pres
ident of the American Medical College
(Allopath) hit the doctor's tiust the
hardest blow of anyone I ever read
after and Dr. Holcomb, at the head of
the Homeopathy School said if all the
medicine was in the bottom of the
sea, it would be better for mankind
and all the worse for the fishes.
These men knew all the superstition
wrapped up in the word doctor and
medicine, and were fair enough to say
other schools could cure diseases and
should have the same right to trv,
Practicing they call it, and I guess
tnai was about the right word.
Farmers have tons and tons of free
literature sent them on how to care
for breeding stock and the offsprings
but continue to work hard sixteen
hours per day and the good wife a few
more extra and out of their drudgery
they expect to produce the children
of the highest type who will have a
few months schooling, marry and roll
along in the same old slavery unless
the farmers themselves take hold of
the oars of agriculture and by organ
ization and cooperation pull them
selves out and to the front. The Den
mark farmer did it. Join the Equity
and help in the general uplift of ag
riculture. Don't be content to buy
one dollar steak and fifty cent straw
berries and have to be taxed for a 45
cent library or go without any. Think
it over. W. P. Meredith
BEGIN AT BOTTOM
Work Slow, Build Carefully, Pull To
gether and Success Will Come
I was born out in the underbrush,
grew up in the backwoods and now
am trying to eke out an existence in
the uncut. So I don't understand mod
ern business methods. When it comes
to applying ourselves as an organi
zation toward that end, I rely a great
deal for my ideas upon Up-to-date
Farming. In a recent issue under the
head of Lessons in Co-Operation I
find this: "The first business to be
attempted should be co-operative mar
keting or buying, btart in a small
way. Do not attempt too much. Ap
point a member of good business
ability to the position as manager. Do
all the business you can in a co-op
erative way. This comes after hav
ing told us that "Co-operation is a new
work and must be learned a step at a
time. The members must have time
to know each other' better than they
do, before they can work together to
best advantage. It would seem that
the editor would have us proceed with
caution. Not attempt to start a store
of our own, bu patronize some mer
chant in-a collective way. We have a
good illustration in the use we make
of the Courier. Do you have any
idea what it means to us to obtain
the benefit of an established paper?
The same principle obtains in all com
mercial ventures. The proposition to
establish our own store seems ill ad
vised at this time. Better wait till
we learn to co-operate. Of course we
could find some one to run the store,
any number of men can be found who
have business training, who would
gladly take . such a place where the
salary would be guaranteed by us who
would promote the enterprise, but it
will be noticed that these capable gen
tlemen never back up their own capa
bilities by going in the game for them
selves. It may be said Mr. Everitt lives in
the jungles of "infamy" and is be
hind the times. However when Dunn
& Bradstreet write the obituaries of
from 250 to 350 business ventures ev
ery week, it might be an act of pru
dence to look about, when it will be
remembered that a business concern
must have liabilities of over $5000 in
order to be noticed at all by these ag
encies. Furthermore let no one run
away with the idea that all the men
who fail are tenderfeet; some, perhaps
are, but the majority have had a life
time oi training. The process of elim
ination is steadily going on. I do not
think we should rush in as yet.
lhose people who went into the
Equity society with the idea that it
was a get-rich quick scheme will suf
fer disappointment. We must learn
to build from the ground up. That
takes time.
STARK.
Clarkes Local
Clarkes Local Union No. 6956 met in
regular session Saturday evening, Oc
tober 18, 1913.
Kcport of Warehouse committee
read, application for Warehouse site
rejected, and committee discharged.
Committee appointed to inquire for
site, and compute the cost of building
a hall.
Items for sale: two bay horses. 2
and 6 years old, weighing respectively
1,000 and 1,200 lbs; 1 Jersey bull 18
months old; 50 spring chickens; oat
hay and fresh cider.
Items wanted by this local: 800
lbs. of red clover seed and 50 lbs of
Alsike clover seed. Anyone having
this amount of choice seed for sale is
requested to write to the secretary
stating grade, price, etc.
J. L. tiard, bee.
Oregon City, Rt. 4.
CANBY.
Mr. and Mrs. Grimes were visiting
at the home of John Bums and wife.
Mr. Beeson and Mr. Henriksen and
Mr. Cochran are going to the moun
tains to hunt. They will be gone sev
eral days. They are rfter venison.
Mr. Haines is digging potatoes for
Mr. Pitts.
Mrs. Daniels, Mr. and Mrs. John
Burns, daughter and her husband, Mr.
Joseph Daniels, and their little son,
have been visiting their parents at
this place recently.' They returned to
their home at Wallace Island on the
Columbia river Monday. Mr. Daniels
has been an employee of the Warren
Packing Co. for several years.
. Mr. Robbins has just finished build
ing a new wood shed on his place. He
also built a cellar this fall.
Warent Kendall has recently finish
ed an addition to his house.
Mr. Hilton has been digging pota
toes for Mr. Bair on the Henry Knight
place near town.
Jolin Burns and Harry Gochran are
clearing land for Mr. Philipine.
Charley Kaipe has bought a new
graphaphone.
Mr. Hart has just finished a new
barn on his place.
Mr. bkinner who has been working
near Corvallis for some time, has re
turned to his home again.
Mr. Harry Brown who lives in the
union hall neighborhood was hauling
dried prunes to Canby a few days ago.
Jones Drug Co, Oregon City
Avoid Sedative Cough Medicines
If you want to contribute directly to
the occurrence of capillary bronchitis
and pneumonia use cough medicines
that contain codine, morphine, heroin
and other sedatives when you have a
cough or cold. An expectorant like
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is what
is needed. That cleans out the culture
beds or breeding places for the germs
of pneumonia and other germ diseas
es. That is why pneumonia never re
sults from a cold when Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy is used. It has a world
wider reputation for its cures. It con
tains no morphine or other sedative.
t or sale by Huntley Bros. Co.
"I have been somewhat costive, but
Doan's Regulets give just the results
I desire. They act mildly and regulate
theb owels perfectly." Geo. B. Krause,
Altoona, fa.
NEWS
GREAT WORDS OF GREAT MAN
W. W. Myers Commends Splendid
Principles of President Wilson
Editor Courier:
For fear you will forget to give
notice of President's Wilson's speech
at Swarthmore, Pa., printed in Sun
day's Oregonian following are some of
his words:
The President spoke in a big tent
not far from the spot where Penn
landed, the exercises being commem
orative, also, of founders' day at
Swarthmore College. He was enthus
iastically cheered.
"I would not be interested," the
President said, " in celebrating the
memory of William Penn if his con
quest had been merely a material one.
Sometimes we have been laughed at
by foreigners in particular for boast
ing of the size of the American Con
tinent, the size of our domain as a
Nation, for they have naturally sug
gested that we did not make it.
"But I claim that every race and
every man is as big as the thing he
takes possesion of and that the size
of America is in some sense a stan
dard of the size and capacity of the
American people; but the extent of
the American Continent is not what
gives America distinction in the an
nals of the world. It is the professed
purpose of the conquest, which was
to see to it that every foot of that
land should be the home of free, self
governed people, who should have no
government whatever which did not
rest upon the consent of the govern
ed. "We woulcl like to believe that all
this hemisphere is devoted to the
same sacred purpose and that nowhere
any government endures which is
stained by blood or supported by any
thing but the consent of the govern
ed. "The spirit of Penn will rTot be stay
ed. Youc annot set limits to such
knightly adventurers. After their
own day is gone, their spirits stalk
the world, carrying inspiration every
where that they go and reminding men
of the lineage, the fine lineage of
those who have sought justice and the
right. How many of you will forego
anything except your allegiance but to
that which is just and right? We die
but once and we die without distinction
if we are not willing to die the death
of sacrifice.
"Do you covet honor? You will not
get it by serving yourself. Do you
covet distinction? You will get it
only as the servant of mankind. Do
Inot forget, then, as you walk these
classic places, why you are here. You
are not her merely . to prepare to
make a living. You are here to enable
the world to live more amply, with
greater vision, with a finer spirit of
hope and achievement. You are here
to enrich the world, and you impov
erish yourself if you forget the .er
rand." These are burning words of truth
and democracy, also true socialism. No
grander or more patriotic words ever
fell from any man's lips and if from
the heart makes them sacred. Also
these are bright streaks in the dark
horizon to me. Courage Comrades, the
victory is ours.
W. W. Myers.
Fruit Growers, Attention!
All fruit and potato growers desir
ing the best Eastern market are re
quested to communicate with the
Courier office at once.
Arrangements have been made with
the most successful and responsible
American and Northwest Fruit Ex
change whereby car load lots can be
taken on consignment.
Grade and pack rules must be ob
served.
Full particulars may be had by ap
plying to this office. State in your ap
plication if you could meet next week
in Oregon City with other growers to
perfect a local organization.
Adv.
Any skin itching is temper tester.
The more you scratch the worse it
itches. Doan's Ointment is for piles,
eczema any skin itching. 50c at t.ll
drug stores.
STATE AND COUNTY OFFICERS
Publicity Committee
P. W. Meredith. Oregon City, R. 1.:
John F. Stark, Oregon City, R. 3; W.
W. Harris, Oregon City R. 3.
State OUicers
Pres. Wm. Grisenthwaite, Oregon
City, Rt. 3; Sec. Treas., F. G. Bu
canan; Directors: A. R. Lyman,
Gresham, Ore; F. M. Hall, Clatskan
ie, Ore; E. L. Hellyer, Beaverton, R.
2; P. H. McMahon, Newberg ,R. 2;
J. W. Smith, Aurora, R. 1.
Clackamas Co. Union (Juicers
Pres. S. L. Casto. Oregon City, R.
3: Vice Pres. J. H. Bowerman, Clack
amas, R. 1; Sec. Treas. F. G. Buchan-
nan, Oregon City. Directors : w. J.
Bowerman, Clackamas, R. 1; J. C.
Rover. Clackamas, K. 1; Wm. uns-
enthwaite, Oregon City R. 3.
Clackamas Co. Local uuicers
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. lirodie, canby, u. a; carus rres.
A. J. Kelnhofer, Sec. S. L. Casto,
Oregon City, R. 3; Clackamas Pres.
J. A. Sieben; Sec. W. S. Daywalt,
Clackamas, Oregon ; Clarkes rres.
Albert Gasscr; 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-
iple; Sec. N. & Linn, kstacada, it. i;
Damascus Pres. J. C. Royer; Sec. C.
C. Longwell, Barton R. 1; Highland
lJres. M. E. Kandle; Sec. f. M. Kir
chem, Oregon City, R. 2; Macksburg
Pres. C. I). Keesling; Sec. J. W.
Smith, Aurora, R. 1; Maple Lane
Pres. II. M. Robbins; Sec. G. F. Mig
hells, Oregon Citv. R. 3: Molalla
Pres. J. W. Thomas; Sec. 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. .a Ueverman, ore
gon City, R. 1; Needy Pres. J. D,
Ritter; Sec. E. Werner, Aurora, R. 2;
Shubel Fres. Chas. A. Menke; bee,
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. Oehl
chlaeger, Clackamas Rt. 1; Viola
Pres. James Parett; Sec. J. R. Wool
worth, Newberg, R. 2; Wilsonville
Pres. M. C. C. Young; Sec. R. B.
Seely, Sherwood, R. 5.
Children Cry
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CASTORI A
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COMMENTS ON AN ERROR
Writer Bases Library Arguments on
Wrong Figures Printed
Editor Courier:
I notice in last week's issue an ap
peal for support of the county li
brary, where you state that the prop
osition would tax us 15 cents on every
$100 worth of property, making 45
cents on each $1500 assessment, no
more no less.
Now A is assessed at $1,000 and at
15 cents on every hundred A would
pay $1.60 towards the support
of the so-called county library
and branches, none of which would
be within reach of those who need it
most.
Now Brother Farmers, I think this
is simply a scheme for us fellows to
help support the Carnegie Library at
Oregon City. Now I for one don't pro
pose to do so, and I believe the county
court did a wise thing when it refused
to make this levy, as there are hun
dreds of poor people in this county
that have a hard time paying their
taxes in two payments without bur
dening them further. We already sup
ported by a tax which comes nearer
filling the bill than a county library
will.
L. Frink.
(Note. The Courier made a bad
error in the article last week in stat
ing the library tax would be 15c on
$1000 worth of property. It should
have stated 45 cents on each $1500 as
sessment. This will be the proposi
tion to be voted on no more or less.
Editor.) ,
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Nearly every woman needs a good
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C. Dunlap . of Leadill, Tenn., says:
"Dr. King's. New Life Pills helped her
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Price, 25c. Recommended by Hunt
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Sickening headaches, indigestion,
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now many honplta! patient, Buffer
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washed In by the nurse's hands7
That fluid ia the famous D. D. D.
prescription for eczema.
THE BUFEBTISIirO STTKBH of one
of our prominent Catholic institutions
(name of nurse and institute on appli
cation), writes regarding a patient.
"The disease had eaten her eyebrows
away. Her nose and lips had become
disfigured. Since the use of p. D. D.
her eyebrows are growing, her nose
and face have assumed their natural
expression,"
How many eesema sufferers are pay
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ment and are being treated with this
same soothing, healing fluid?
DM. aao. T, XXQHAftDSOW frankly
Jones" Drug Co,
Every
Housewife
Knows
REDLANDS.
A few more days good weather and
potato digging will be over for an
other year. E. Powers has been do
ing most of the digging about here,
with his outfit, which requires about
ten pickers to keep up.
A San Francisco broker has been
buying spuds, Mr. Moore sold him
a car load at 85c per cwt, F. O. B. at
Oregon City.'
Mr. Plais of Portland was out buy
ing potatoes, offering 90 cents.
Mrs. W. 11. Brown received addi
tional household help last week. All
are happy and doing well.
The Northwest F. Association has
a force of men at work clearing up
land.
O'Connor Bros, have taken a con
tract to cut 100 cords of wood for Mr.
Hinkle.
The Logan supervisor is now doing
some much needed road work up to
wards Fouts' place.
A. M., S. U., and ti. H. Kercnem
returned from the Salmon Berry last
week with two deer and report lots
of salmon.
A. M. Kirchem had a brick man put
ting in a fire place last week.
Elmer Powers is expected home
from Eastern Oregon, where he has
been at work.
N. H. Bonney has hauled out poles
for rebuilding the telephone lines
where needed.
Mr. and Mrs. Leasch have moved
back onto their place. Mrs. Leasch is
boarding a crew of wood cutters.
A Mr., Warner of Silverton has pur
chased .tjhe Chase place and moved on
the same.
Fir Grove school has installed one
of these new fangled heater systems
that agents are peddling around for
about $150.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTOR1A
Thee hangeable waether of early
fall hrinrrs on couchs and colds that
have a weakening effect on the sys
tem, and may become cnronic. use
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. It
has a very soothing and healing ef
fect on the irritated and inflamed air
passages, and will help very quickly.
It is a well known family medicine
that gives results. Huntley Bros. Co.
Ink your dealer about the now
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All druggists of standing have the
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But we are so confident of the mor1
Its of this prescription that wo wilt
refund the purchase price of the first
full sise bottle if it falls to reaoU
your case, You alone are to judge.
Oregon City Oregon
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