OREGON CITY COURIER, THURSDAY, NOV. 20 1913
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STORIES OF THE
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INTERESTING INCIDENTS ALONG
THE RIO GRANDE RIVER
AMERICA'S SAHARA DESERT
Where Nothing Lives but Spiders,
Snakes and Lizards
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From Del Rio I started on a walk
along the Rio Grande one morning.
I thought I might see some few
signs of present or past troubles;
or a fierce-looking rurale riding along
on the opposite shore, and some tan
ned face American guard on Uncle
Sam's side of the river.
But everything was as quiet as a
July day on a Kansas prairie. Nothing
stirring.
Farther along the road turned di
rectly toward the river, and I stayed
with it. I saw a little tower with a
watchman in it. I slowed up a little
so he could come down- and "frish"
me, but he paid no attention. I didn't
know but he might think I had a can
non or two that I was taking over to
Huerta.
Beyond was a ferry boat for teams,
but it was evidentally on a minimum
hour schedule. It wasn't working. Be
side it was a crude raft, and a Mex
ican asleep on the bank.
I walked onto the raft, jwhen he
came" to, picked up a long pole and
shoved off. The river was so low and
shallow I could almost have forded it.
He shoved the raft arcoss, asked for
ten cents and went back to sleep.
On the Mexican side I walked up
the river a short distance and looked
at the little Mexican town of Las Ve
cas. I wanted to go over and take it
in, but I had been told at the hotel
it would not be safe, unless there was
a bunch of Americans; that one alone
would find trouble and not be able
to report it; that Mexicans would pur
posely irritate the American until he
started something, and then they
would end it and the "gringo,"
American. With no help or witnesses,
it is not at all safe in any Mexican
town at this writing.
So I contented myself walking along
on Huerta's bank of the yellow stream
wondering how much longer it would
mark the dividing line of two coun
tries, and looking south across the
sun-baked cow land to where there
was seventeen kinds of Mexican
trouble.
I roused the Mexican and went back
to Woodrow Wilson's country. The
man in the box passed me by again,
but I stopped and talked with him,
and asked him what prevented whole
sale smuggling over this river.
"Nothing to smuggle," he answer
ed. "Once in a while a Mex. will sneak
over with some mescal (whiskey) but
it is of little value' when he gets it
over, and not worth sticking a rurale
for."
"There is not a city or town of any
importance for miles. There is nothing
to smuggle and no smuggling." :
And so it seemed to me then.
I walked along the American side
for a long distance, and returning met
as tough looking a plug-ugly as I had
ever seen.
He asked me for "the makings" and
when I reached out the Durham and
papers I got a toe hold ready for a
quick get away. I figured if that fel
low got my coin he would have to
beat a record 200-yard dash.
He lighted the cigarette, sat down
and began to talk. I asked him what
was to prevent smuggling across the
river, and he said Huntsville state pris
on, that the game was too poor pay
for the risks (so he was told) and
that there was little of it done.
Then he opened up on me with a fire
of questions, and finally asked how
long I had been in the business. He
suspicioned I was a revenue official
in disguise I guess.
I showed him some letters address
ed to me in Oregon but two weeks
back date, and told him I was a news
paper man looking for a living.
For the next half hour there was
an interesting conversation down on
the Rio Grande. The man was a smug
gler, was anything and everything,
and he thought by my first question
I was looking for someone to get the
stuff across, and had been sent to him.
And when I became wised, then I
pretended not to be certain he was
all right, and then we sparred, feint
ed and chased each other around the
ring.
And finally he said he was all in,
was sick and was open to anything
to make a hundred dollars. He said he
had come up from down the coast,
knew that all kinds of opium and all
kinds of pig tails were brought across
the border, and that he was just in the
frame of mind to do a night's work
for anyone.
And when I did not reply, he said
if it was something to TAKE across
(to the Mexican side) he though he
could arrange for that kind of a deal
. if I had any friends I could trust in
Mexico.
I finally told him I would meet him
at the same place two days later
arid he may be waiting yet.
This fellow told me that it was a
"pipe" to get the small stuff (opium
and the like across (so he had been
told.) He said there were hundreds of
miles of river that simply could not
be patroled, all a fellow needed was a
boat and a dark night. He said a
friend would lend him the boat and
God would let him have the darkness.
The man had a face that would
scare children. He was one of the
typical toughs that live along the riv
er,, open for any job from sneaking a
Chinaman to sticking a knife into a
Mexican rurale.
I told a traveling man of my meet
ing, and he said he knew that large
quantities of opium and many China
men were smuggled across the river
constantly, and that there was no way
to prevent it the river stretch of hun
dreds of miles simply could not be pro
tected, and the man who had a part
ner down on the coast could work up
a very profitable business with no
great risk. But he said the war game
had practically put a stop to the bus
iness. , I have been in most every county in
Texas and New Mexico, and through
much of Arizona, and I thought I had
seen the most of the great American
Desert, but in September 1913, I saw
THE real resert, and the other wastes
were almost alfalfa fields by compar
ison. If you want to find ther eal dead
land, the country of thirst and the
I home of silence, start at about Needles
J Cal., and go west about fifty miles
not on a Pullman, but on a pony or a
I camp wagon.
I didn't make the fifty miles. I in
tended to have, but a dozen miles
showed my yellow streak and when
a -train stopped at a little desert depot
(for orders or to cool off) I quit the
outfit and got onto a cushion.
I had met a rancher who was going
across. I wanted the experience. He
gave me a cordial invitation, with free
transportation and grub, and he said
he would load me down with Indian
relics at the end.
Looks good to talk about, such a
trip, but necessity, grim old have- to,
is all that will force a man to make
it. I was only out about three hours,
and in the early part of the day, but
I would have given my last dollar
if it had been necessary, to have got
ten a seat in the day coach of that
train.
But I will never forget the sights
and impressions of that short trip. .
It is as absolute a desert as Sahar
ah a great waste of dried up, burned
up America. There is not a living or
green thing just waste, sand, stones.
And over it all the sun pours down in
awful heat, blistering your lips, parch
ing your skin and producing the awful
desert thirst.
If it was this awful at A. M.,
what would it be at 2 P. M., I thought,
and I had been told that the nights
gave little relief, for after the sun had
set the heat from the ground furnace
rises in a vapor, and It is only for an
hour or two in the early morning that
the desert is fairly cool.
We stopped for a few minutes to
let the team rest and I accidentally
put my hand on the wheel tire, and it
burned like a hot iron, and the bar
rel of a gun that protruded from the
wagon cover could no more be bandied
than a red hot stove.
It is said there are only two signs
of life ever seen in this stretch
of desert, the huge hairy tarantula and
the rattlesnake the only two living
things that can stand the awful heat
1 rode along the trail through this
desert and thought back to the days
of '49 when men, women and children
crossed it, crossed it after having
driven the plodding ox teams hun
dreds of semil through semi-desert
countries, crossed it with hardly a
mouthful of food or a bucket of water.
I sat in a sheltered rig, with a full
barrel of water at my side, with a
half dozen bottles of lemon, with
plenty of food and with a driver who
had crossed many times and knew
every inch of the way.
And 1 concluded American sand had
been pretty well bred out of me, or
the lure of gold was mighty potent
in the days of '49.
Ihese plains have been strewn with
the skeletons of early day pioneers.
It is a land of thirst and starvation.
Rain seldom falls on the parched sands
and the dry atmosphere is so clear one
can easily see twenty or thirty miles
ahead.
The ranchman told me it was a lo
cality for wonderful mirages, and that
he seldom crossed that he did not see
the "pictures." He thought the atmos
pheric conditions were about right
that day, and we would probably see
the only free show in the California
desert.
But I think he had heard the train
whistle, and we were near a telegraph
station.
And when it slowed down. I bolted
and tore for the station. I yelled to the
ranchman I was sick. I didn't explain,
I just grabbed my suit case and bolt
ed, and when the conducter helped me
on he remarked I was lucky, as it was
a chance stop. I had planned on two
days and a night on the trip. I was
turned over and well done in three
hours. I thought I liked deserts for
a vacation trip, but I had never seen
the real thing until I tried this Cal
ifornia variety.
ret many men hunt it over every
year, go out in search of the gold
that all are satisfied is there. Few
find it, and few get it after it is
found.There must be water and food.
Men cannot live on gold.
And even to this dav men co out
in this desert and never come back.
Sand storms come up and smother
them;-locations are lost and thev die
of thirst, and then there is that almost
irresistible desert beckon to "come on"
that takes many a prospector beyond
the distance of his water, and leaves
his body to mummify or to feed the
few gaunt ravens that fly over the
dead land.
There is unquestionably great min
eral wealth hidden in these plains,
but nature protects them more surely
than a vault
It was only two"years ago that a
party of five went southward into the
desert. Months - after one body was
found, by the side of a dead burro,
and in a sack were gold specimens al
most solid.
Where the strike was made none
have yet discovered, and the bodies
of the rest of the party have never
been found. Thirst undoubtedly caught
them, they became separated, lost and
died.
Many a prospecting bunch has hunt
ed the desert as far as water would
allow them to go, but the strike that
cost five men their lives is yet a se
cret. Mexicans say God cursed the land
and hid the gold because the Gringos
robbed Mexico of the country, but his
tory says this was a desert doing bus
iness long before Spain ever ceded
any of it.
But it is a cinch drouth will protect
its gold for some time to come.
M. J. Brown.
A Night of Terror
Few nights are more terrible than
that of a mother looking on her child
choking and gasping for breath dur
ing an attack of croup, and nothing
in the house to relieve it. Many moth
ers have passed nights of terror in this
situation. A little forethought will
enable you to avoid all this. Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy is a certain
cure for croup and has never been
known to fail. Keep it at hand. For
sale by Huntley Bros.
Cause of Insomnia
Them ost common cause of insomnia
is disorders of the stomach and con
stipation. Chamberlain's Tablets cor
rect these disorders and enable you
tos leep. For sale by Huntley Bros.
Co.
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The Kind You Have Always
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Bears the
Signature of
OREGON - :EQUDTY
Eternal vigilance is the price of all
liberty.
Organization, then Education, then
Federation.
The President of our state Equity
and the Master of the State Grange
are brothers-in-law. That's Federation.
The Master of the State Grange
says do away with the expense of a
state senate. Good! That's easy.
Even the commission firms of
Front Street claim to be in favor of
a public market in Portland.
We, the people of Clackamas Coun
ty, have hired an attorney at the very
small (?) salary of $175,000 per mo.
Will he work for the doctors' trust and
all the other trusts for what there is
ia it, for him ? Will he see to it that
the corporations of this county pay
their just share pf tax ?
It is reported that the Government
attorney who brought the suit against
fired. Now look out or Uncle Sam will
grant and secured a verdict, has been
fired. Now look out or Uncle Sam willl
see the Southern Pacific walk off
with another big slice of The United
btates of America.
President Grisenthwaite and Mastev
Spence own farms that join. Now why
not the Equity and Grange take their
example and marry into the same
family and join one big federation of
farmers and do away with many use
less and expensive, aristocratic com
missions and salarie3 in Oregon ?
The v Equity Warehouse Co. hay
reached the point where expenses can
be curtailed and business simplified.
Also the business now is established
and increasing and we hope to see it
paying a good profit to the producer
and consumer.
Our experience has been worth
something.,
Last Saturday members of several
locals met in Oregon City and organ
ized by selecting a President and Sec
retary, and appointed a committee on
the good of the order. The member
ship at large recognize the need of
something in' Oregon City, but just
what? We would like to hear from
the members themselves. Come to our
next meeting, Nov. 22, 1 :30 P. M..
The farmers up in Northern Illinois
own and operate a railroad. They have
stations almost every mile and they
run it in their own interest, and make
it pay, both to patrons and stock
holders, and are going to increase
their mileage. The farmers are get
ting too radical. They will own some
thing by and by.
The Farmers Society of Equity of
Clackamas County, is in very healthy
condition, and we are not in any spec
ial need of a county or any other
health officer, but when our own tax
money is used by a doctors' trust to
defeat the will of the people, and our
judges in trying to give us a little
justice well,, Dr. Calomel, if you
think it healthy, go to it.
The quickest way to obtain better
prices for farm produce and better
conditions for the American farmer,
is to unite all farmers organizations
into one with one national head. As
soon as this is done we are prepared
to march on to better things and
share in some of America's prosperity
that we now hear of and read about.
"Up-To-Date Farming" says a 40-
year loan at .4 per cent interest 'is
cheap money. Yes I And a forty year
loan at 2 per cent is just half as cheap
and just about what the big banks
pay. If Uncle Sam can do it for bank
ers he could do it for the American
farmers, if they make an organized
demand for it.
Tn order for the farmera to make
more profits some others will havts
to make less. If you change the course
of prosperity to the farmer other pro
fessions will have to share some of
the loss because this prosperity grind
stone cannot turn two ways at the
same time.
The farmers now are to be served
with crop news by the government and
you can get it by reading the papers
that publish it daily, or weekly. It is
to be telegraphed Irom Washington
D. C, to the several weather stations,
which will supply the press.
It is hoped it will prove more valu
able than the weather prognostica
tions, ij-m.
We have received a bulletin from
our "Office of Markets" of the Agri
ricuiturai Department, and alter read
ing same, agree with its contents.
That is, the farmer must organize
and co-operate and shoulder "all the
responsibility himself. The Govern
ment might remove a lew obstructions
and help in an educational way, and
improve the legislation in regard to
co-operative associations. There is not
a bit of use in Uncle Sam furnishing
the farmer with crutches when he is
perfectly able to walk by himself, if
you remove the unjust obstructions
built up by adverse legislation.
The Department of Commerce is
planning a systematic investigation
of the trusts to see wherein the gen
eral public is benefited, or injured.
It should . also take up the question
of watered stock, and ought to be
of great help to Congress m dealing
with thi8 question.
Congress is thinking seriously of
taxing future sales in grain, which
means the end of that sort of gamb
ling. We are told that Gongress may
put telephones and telegraphs under
government control and establish op
erators of both in the Post Offices of
this country.
The Interstate Commerce Commis
Fancy Potatoes
Highest Market Price paid at all
times.-Write or Phone
m
W. H. LUCKE TmirfoU.
sion has discovered a plot by the rail
roads, to thwart government owner
ship. The scheme is to bond the rail
roads for immense sums. The Pennsyl
vania System proposes one billion of
bonds, and the New York Central six
hundred million. Under our constitu
tion we can take private property for
public use by paying an appraised
value. Just let 'em bond.
We think we have high priced land,
but the commission that visited Eu
rope says from $300 to $600 per acre
is cheap land over there. Their land
is poor in place3 naturally, but those
farmers make a profit and buy com
mercial fertilizer and keep up the fer
tility of th esoil. The secret is that
they all co-operate. Nearly all farm
ers of Europe are on a co-operative
basis, and are thoroughly organized.
Now are we not as capable and intelli
gent as the German or Swiss? Bro.
farmers we, here in America, have
great advantages over our European
producers and the one thing only that
we lack to secure legislation and good
prices is organization. Get busy.
tr. W. Meredith.
HOW THEY SKIN THEM
(Woodburn Independent.)
We heard a most astonishing story
about the fruit commission business
at Portland the other day, and tho
we cannot vouch for its truth it comes"
from a responsible source. A valley
farmer was shippnng srawberries to
a firm that handles farm produce in
rortland and getting returns that the
fruit was spoiled and would not sell.
One day he shipped some to his
brother in care of this firm. The
brother got around just in time to
find the men there preparing to
sprinkle those berries with kerosene
oil when of course they would be
spoiled and unsaleable. He had diffi
culty in persuading the fellows to
desist, and they gave him to under
stand they wouldn't the next time.
The theory is, of course, that straw
berries are received from a few pet
shippers and paid for; but that to
keep the supply down and the prices
up the bulk of the other shipments
are treated with oil and then thrown
into the river. If such things are be
ing done in rortiand, the need of a
selling organization among the fruit
growers is made more manifest than
ever. Such tactics would be brought to
a very summary stop if a representa
tive of the growers were on hand to
look after shipments as they came in,
and to insist that fruit was unsaleable
should be kept until the growers'
agent authorized its destruction.
GET TOGETHER
(Hillsboro Advocate.)
Now that the fall work is over and
the long winter evenings are at hand,
it is time for every local in the county
to determine that it shall be a local
in more than name only. Every mem
ber should make a point of being pres
ent at every meeting and the prin
ciples of the order should be spread
among friends and neighbors until the
membership includes all within the
territory of each local. It is only by
each member taking a personal in
terest that Equity can' hope to accom
plish its aims. Merely joining a so
ciety and then going about one's bus
iness without a concerted effort to ac
complish something will never bring
results. J. J .Hill, the empire builder
in his Portland speech, spoke of the
farm and farmer as the greatest as
set of the state. It is well known that
the men developing this asset are not
receiving the returns from their la
bors that they should, and it is only
by organization and sticking to it
that they can hope to receive the prop
er return. Equity presents a plan that
promises a return, and the man who
joins the organization should do so
with the expectation of doing his part.
Members should not be discouraged
if there are disappointments at first.
No .great system like Equity can be
established in a day and obstacles to
be overcome are many. It is only when
all the counties move as a unit that
certain results can be expected, and
until they are a unit the efforts of
the scattered locals cannot be expected
to accomplish a great deal. Make-up
your mind to be a member in more
than name only and these obstacles
will disappear one by one until the so
ciety accomplishes its aim.
STARKWEATHER WILL TALK
Will Give Eqity Address in Oregon
City at January Meeting
In response to an invitation from
President S. L. Casto of the county
Equity union, H. G. Starkweather
writes the following letter, which is
self-explanatory:
Milwaukie, Nov 14, 1913
S. L. Casto, Pres. F. S. E.,
Yours of Nov. 8, was duly received.
I shall be glad to be present at the
meeting of the F. S. E., Jan. 10, as
requested, and will endeavor to give
a general outline of the work of the
American Commission, with special
reference to co-operative marketing.
Thanking you for your kind invi
tation I remain,
Very truly yours,
Harvey G. Starkweather.
Mr. Starkweather will speak from
1:30 to 2:30 P. M. at our next county
union meeting to be held in Oregon
City on the 2nd Saturday of January,
VJli.
All farmers who are interested in
co-operative marketing, are request
ed to be present during this lecture
hour, flace of meeting to be announc
ed late.
S. L. Casto, Pres. Co. Union.
A lazy liver leads toe hronic dyspep
sia and constipation weakens the
wholes ystem. Doan's Regulets (25c
per box) act mildly on the liver and
bowels. At all drug stores.
- . NEWS
What Carus Local is Doing
) Carus Local, No. 6882, met in regu
lar postponed session at the Carus
schoolhouse at 7:30 P. M. Three of
ficers and 16 members were present.
The proposition of raising the dues
to $10 and apportioning the same a
suggested in a resolution to the State
Convention, was taken up and dis
cussed, and upon motion to adopt,
was lost.
The matter of federating, or form
ing a co-operative league of the var
ious producers and consumers' organ
izations in the state was discussed,
and although no vote was taken on
the subject, the sentiment of the
members seemed to favor federation,
and then getting back of some good
state marketing system.
The next meeting will be held at
Eldorado schoolhousa ui Dec. 6th,
1913.
O. H, Casto, Sec
How They do Things at Mountain
Dale
Sixteen new members were report
ed recently from the Mountain Dale
Local, and the secretary informed me
last Saturday that he had eighteen
more to report. This makes Mountain
Dale the banner local of the state, and
there is just one reason why they
will not continue to increase in mem
bership and that is that practically
all the farmers of that place are now
members. Like "Alexander the Great"
they sigh because they have no more
worlds to conquer.
I do not know how many boosters
they have in that local, but I do know
of two, namely J. Schmitke, President
and Leo. Schwander, Secretary. A few
men like these scattered over the
state and the farmers would soon
have their business in their own
hands, where of course, it should be.
F. G. Buchanan.
Income Property Exchange for Farm
We have the following property to
exchange for farm property of equal
value:
4 eood houses and more than 8 lots
of 60x100 each with 3 acres adjoining
that can be cut into lots. These houses
are all occupied and will bring a rental
of $35.00 per. month. They are well
situated, having a sightly outlook and
located on a car line close to a fine
school. Their water supply is from a
large spring that is absolutely pure.
Come and look at our property, iou
will find it a snap.
Dillman & Howland.
Opposite Court House in Weinhard
Bldg.
Nervous and Sick Headaches
Torpid liver, constipated bowels and
disordered stomach are the causes of
these headaches. Take Dr. King's
New Life Pills, you will be suprised
how quickly you will get relief. They
stimulate the different organs to do
their work properly. No better regu
lator for liver and bowels. Take 25c
and invest in a box to-day. At all
druggists or by mail. H. E. Bucklen
& Co. Philadelphia and St. Louis.
Officers of State Union
Pres. Wm. Grisenthwaite, Oregon
City, R. 3.
Vice-President, J. Schmitke, Banks,
R. 3.
Sec. Treas. F. G. Buchanan, Oregon
City.
Directors: A. R. Lyman, Gresham;
S. M. Hall, Clatskanie; E. L. Hellyer,
Beaverton, R. 2; P. H. HcMahon, New
berg, R. 2; J. W. Smith, Aurora, R. 1.
Officers of Clackamas Co. Union
Pres. S. L. Casto, Oregon City, R. 3.
Vice-President, J. H. Bowerman,
Clackamas, R. 1.
Sec. Treas. t . G. Buchanan, Oregon
City.
Directors: W. J. Bowerman, Clacka
mas, R. 1; J. C. Royer, Clackamas R.
1; Wm. Grisenthwaite, Oregon City,
R. 3.
Sec. of Washington Co. Union, T. J.
Elford, Hillsboro R. 3.
Sec. Yamhill Co. Union, H. E. Crow-
ell, Dundee.
Sec. Columbia Co. Union, Henry.
Kratse, Clatskanie.
Sec. Multnomah Co. Union, A. K.
Lyman, Gresham.
Officers of Clackamas Co. Locals
Damascus: Pres. J. C Royer; Sec.
H. T. Burr, Clackamas.
Clackamas, Pres. J. N. Sieben;
Sec. W. S. Daywalt, Clackamas.
Eagle Creek: Pres. J. T. Rowcliff;
Sec. C. C. Longwell, Barton.
Beaver Creek: Pres. Fred Kamrath;
Sec. W. W. Harris, Oregon City, R. 8.
Maple Lane: Pres. H. M. Robbins;
Sec. G. F. Mighells, Oregon City R. 8.
New Era: Pres. Aug. Staeheley;
Sec. G. F. Knowles, Oregon City, R. 1.
Logan: Pres. W. E. Cromer; Sec.
P. M. Kirchem, Oregon City, R. 2.
Canby: Pres. Geo. Kochler; Sec. R.
C. Brodie, Canby, R. 2.
Macksburg: Pres. C. D. Koesling;
Sec. J. W. Smith, Aurora, R. 1.
Sunny side, J. M. Besseler; Sec. E.
E. Oeschlaeger, Clackamas, R. 1.
Alberta: Pres. Jesse Mayfield; Sec.
Ferris Mayfield, Springwater, R. 1.
Stone: Pres. T. E. Brown; Sec. M.
J. Byers, Clackamas, R. 1.
Clarkes: Pres, Albert Gasser; Sec.
John L. Card, Oregon City, R. 4.
Shubel: Pres. Chas. A. Menke; Sec.
Elmer Swope, Oregon City, R. 4.
Mt. Pleasant: Pres. P. W. Meredith;
Sec. F. G. Buchanan, Oregon City.
Carus: Pres. A. J. Kelnhofer. Ore
gon City, R. 3; Sec. S. L. Casto, Ore
gon City, R. 3.
Col ton: Pres. E. F. Sandall; Sec. C.
A. Branland, Colton.
Wilsonville: Pres. M. C. Young;
Sec. R. B. Seely, Sherwood, R. 5.
West Buttevilles Pres. James Par-
rctt; Sec. J. R. Woolworth, Newberg,
R 2
Needy: Pres. J. D. Rider; Sec. E
Werner. Aurora. R. 2.
Highland, Pres. M. E. Kandle; Sec:
N. E. Linn. Estacada. R. 1.
Viola: Pres. J. A. Randolph; Sec.
F. E. Cockerline, Springwater, K. 1.
Molalla: Pres. J. W. Thomas; Sec.
1. M. Tolliver. Molalla.
Springwater: Pres. J. M. Moger;
Kfio. c. Aue. annnrwater.
Crescent: Pres. F. A. Jones; Sec. N.
J. W. Eichner, Oregon City, K. Z.
Pain in Back and Rheumatism
Torment thousands of. people daily,
for so little cost you can get well rid
Don't be one of these sufferers when
of the cause. Foley Kidney Pills begin
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TALKS ON HEALTH
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not prevent but injures.
The enormous increase in cancer, tu
bercolosis and diptheria is due to vac
cination for smallpox. We have prac
tically stopped the vaccination of
school children in Portland which has
resulted in diphtheria decreasing one
half or more in the past two years.
Remember there is no law in Oregon
that compel school children to be vac
cinated, so in case of an epidemic,
don't let them scare you into it. You
could wallow in smallpox and not
"catch it, provided you did not get
the virus into your system by direct
personal contact. Don't be foolish.
I would like to ask all persons who
read these articles and who are inter
ested in them, to mark them and mail
this paper to some friend in Oregon,
also send them to editors of other
country papers with the request that
they copy and publish them.
We are compelled to carry our fight
to the people direct through the coun
try papers, for as I have previously
stated the daily papers of Portland
have laid down to the American Med
ical Association and we cannot get a
line in for love or money.
The "Oregonian" has one M. D. as
editorial writer, who regales you on
tsunaay witn the beauties of serum
therapy and also has one M. D. space
writer. The other papers are of the
same stripe. "Big Business" controls
them all and the "common people"
can whistle.
LIBERAL
Farmers have been busy finishing
leir fall seeding.
Potatoes are about fill Huir anA r
th
housed for winter. A great many of
the farmers are spllino- tn W J V'ttAr
our merchant, a3 he is giving good'
prices ana nas a large warehouse to
accomodate the farmers. He ships a
large car of potatoes to California on
Monday.
Ihe new waiting room on the
E. & E. ia well unHnr wnv Tho
Onlv thine is that it. ia tint larirn
n .v .VV IU.l
enough to accomodate the passenger
iranic. wait ana see wnat the Clack
amas Southern will do when they get
to Liberal. I hnn thnv will hnilrf t.
nice depot and large enough to look
axe sometning.
Thousands of cords of wood are go
ing to be cut around Liberal this
winter. The Short, hnva urn mtHinrr
thouand cords on their place one mile
from Liberal, and Dr. Wm. Morey has
sold all his timber to a wood firm,
and more timber is being sawed for
wooa. mere win De some shipping
from this place, besides other freight.
Mr. Till of Barlow, is running ties
down the Molalla river to the Skein
place and are taken out of the river
there with a gasoline engine and end
less chain carrier, handled by Cassie
SKein. l ney will all be loaded at this
nlace and rumor ravb in nhnrt tima
600 ties will leave here every day, the
output oi 4 saw mius.
You watch Liberal grow some of
these days, as business brings the
money to a place by having the prop
er facilities for handling it and the
material to sell.
FOR DELICATE CHILDREN
A Mother's Letter to Mothers,
Mrs. E. W. Cooper of Bloomfleld,
N. J., says: "My child, seven years
old, had a bad cold and was weak
and quite run down ia health. She
had been In this condition for about
six weeks when I began giving her
Vlnol. It was a wonderful help to the
child, breaking up her cold quickly
and building up her strength beside.
I have also found Vlnol a most excel
lent tonic for keeping up the chil
dren's strength during a siege of
whooping cough."
Vinol Is a wonderful combination
of two world-famed tonics the medi
cinal body building elements of cod
liver oil and Iron for the blood, there
tore it Is a perfectly safe medicine
tor children, because It is not a
patent medicine, everything in It Is
printed on every package, so mothers
may know what they are giving their
little ones.
Therefore we ask every mother of
weak, sickly or ailing child In this
rlclnlty to try Vlnol on our guarantee.
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OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE FARMERS' WEEK
December 8th to 13ths 1913
This will be a notable event in the
educational history of Oregon.
Farmers' Co-operation will be the
leading topic of a stimulating series
of lectures. The week will be crowded
with discussions, and demonstrations
in everything that makes for the well
fare o fthe farmer and home-maker.
WINTER SHORT COURSE
January 5 to 30, 1914
The College has spared no effort to
make this the most complete short
course in its history. A very wide
range of courses ' will be offered in
General Agriculture, Horticulture,
Animal Husbandry, Dairying, Poultry
Keeping, Mechanic Art, Commerce,
Forestry and Music. Numerous lec
tures and discussions on FARMERS'
CO-OPERATION, at home and abroad
will be a leading feature. Make this
a pleasant and profitable winter out
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onable. Reduced rates on all railroads.
For Further information address
H. M. TENNANT, Registrar,
CorvalTis, Oregon.
Farmers' Business Courses by Cor
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SAY!
Why not get
your
Lumber
from the MILL," direct and
save money? Let me figure
on your lumber bill.
1000 loads of WUOD for
sale or trade.
George Lammers
Beaver Creek.Route 3
The
WNSE3J
ROUTES
pelled.