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OREGON Cmr COURIER, THURSDAY JAN. 15, 1914.
OREGON CITY COURIER
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Official Paper for the Farmers Society of Equity of Clackamas Co
M. J. BR.OWN,
EDITOR
HOW TO REDUCE TAXES
CLACKAMAS COUNTY
By Alfred D. Cridge.
The small farmer and home own
er in Clackamas county is getting just
a little tired of high taxes that keep
going higher.
There are different ways of reduc
ing taxes; but in the final grind they
all lead into one road, and that is ex
empting from taxation the home and
the means of earning a nveiinooa.
It is true that the discovery made
bv the neople of Houston, lexas
one way of getting there. Texas has
no state initiative.
The people of the different cities
have their own assessors, and they
also have the recall. From the ex
ample of Houston and with the
power of the recall held in reserve
pressure has been brought upon the
assessors to inject common sense and
the will of the people into the inter
pretation of the law, and so the home
has been largely, when not entirely
exempt, also the machinery of manu
facturing establishment: and the
stocks of sroods. likewise, and im
provements have been encouraged by
sweeping exemptions upon all kinds
of buildings. The result has been
what all progressive students of
economics have predicted must follow
increased population, development.
business, investments, prosperity for
all classes and reduced taxation upon
all home owners, land users and peo
pie engaged in something useful and
productive,
For this reason a measure is pro
posed by the Home-Tax Exemption
League that will be a conservative,
temperate, positive step in the m
rection. of common sense in taxa
tion.. It is called the "Fifteen Hun
dred Dollar" Exemption Measure by
many, but should be known as the
"Home-Tax" Exemption Measure.
Its substance is expressed in the
blackletter title that is printed on the
head of the leaflets issued and upon
the title page of the lnititative peti.
tions. "Constitutional amendment to
exempt from tax fifteen hundred dol
lars of every person'o total assess
ment for his or her dwelling house
livestock, machinery, etc., used by him
or her in making a home or earning
livelihood."
This measure twould exempt part of
about one-third of the assessed val
ues of. Clackamas county. Some say it
would exempt half of that one-third
In actual fact it would not do
much, but it would greatly help the
man with a small home in town
country. It would not exempt th
sky-scraper, the business block, the
railroad depots and warehouses, the
rolling stock, right of way or fran
chises of the railroads, the water
powers, the timber lands or a large
amount of other properties. Assum
ing for the sake of argument that it
would exempt one-third of the per
sonal property and improvements
from taxation we have one-sixth at
the utmost possible amount exempt
ed.
It does not require a mass of figur
es and whittled-fine calculations. Give
the opposition the benefit of the doubt
and go ahead. Since it will require
thes ame amount of money to run the
county if one-sixth is exempt it is
easy to see that five dollurs will pay
the same amount of money to run the
The average farmer in Clackamas
county in 1910 paid on an assess
ment of about $1)60 of improvements
and personal property, part of which
would be exempt by this proposed
measure. From an average of 200
farmers taken at random from the as
sessment rolls for 1910 only 29 were
assessed lor more than $17,000 such
property. Counting these 29 at ex
emptions of the full amount und av
eraging them with the others of the
200 the exemptions would amount to
about $750 each.
Any farmer who has not exceeding
five times more property, that would
not be exempt, than property that
would be exempt, would not pay any
more taxes tnan ne does now.
The average farmer in Clackamas
county was assessed in 1910 for less
than $2,000 of which but about $950
was property this measure exempts,
for less than $2,000. Very few for
$5,000 or over. The actual working
farmer has very little in improve
ments and personal property and his
used land is assessed out of all reas
onable proportion to thu vacant spec
ulative holdings along side. (The as
sessor will tell you he is COMPELL
ED to do this, but he is not.)
Applying the proposed measure to
the figures for 1910 we find that C. E.
Spence was assessed on $1,800 of la
bor values on and in lund for his
place owned by him at that time,
IN mills levy he would have escaped
the amount of $22.60.
He was assessed for land and other
values that would not be exempt,
$1,700. A little figuring will show
that with a one-sixth increase in the
tax on the $1,700 and an exemption
of $1,500 entirely, he would be $18.21
ahead of the game, as compared to
what he was. It would be safe to wa
ger that he would not have donated
that $18.25 to any conscience fund the
county court may have for receipt
from farmers who think they do not
pay enough taxes,
A farmer who has land assessed
at more than five times the value of
his improvements and personal prop
ertv on in and under the same (build
injrs, livestock, impliments, clearings.
cirains, etc.,) has too much land. He
needs neighbors, and if he is wise he
will when this measure is enacted
proceed to accommodate those seeking
to become nis neignoors and to ae
velop that land. He will have plenty
of opportunities to do so, for such an
exemption will bring to Oregon tens
of thousands of people seeking homes
vhere thev can improve and beauti
fy with being mulcted for the
benefit of big tax dodging corpora
tions and millionaires.
Take the case of Geortre Hicin
botham with close to 210 acres. In
1910 he was assessed for $4,970, of
which he would obtain the full ex
emption under the present proposed
measure, partly for buildings, and
partly for the labor values repre
sented in the clearings for 55 acres,
He would be exempt 100 per cent on
$1,500 and increased 16 two-thirds on
$3,470.
The reason I do not figure upon
the 1912 or 1913 assessments is be
cause I have neither time nor money
to hunt them up end work them out.
The Clackamas county ' figures have
been worked out by experts for 1910,
and examples from them only show
how the appliance of the principles of
exempting $1,500 of home and labor
on farms will relieve all who actually
work lor a living and some others.
There is work to be done, however.
to get this measure on the ballot.
There are no rich men back of it,
It is a measure endorsed by organ
ized labor and by that growing agri
cultural eriant, the Farmer's Society
of Equity. There has been less than
$200 dollars paid in for printing ,post
age and traveling expenses. The work
of obtaining names has so tar been
done for nothing, and less than noth
lnsr.
Everybody admits that it will car
rv. even its opponents
Everybody says, "Uh it will be easy
to get signatures!
Hut only a few get any.
The workincrmen and farmers o
Clackamas county can put this meas
ure on the ballot themselves if they
will take hold with a little earnest
ness and vim.
It will be from $50 to $500 in the
pocket of every workingman in Ore
gon who works for a living.
it he is not a taxpayer direct
( every working-man pays taxes inch
rectly on his food, clothing and shel
ter) it will aid him to obtain employ
ment, and by making a demand lor
his labor, and the products of his
labor field or shop put money in
his pocket.
It is like ottering SbU gold slugs
to the working masses of Oregon to
ask them to place this measure on the
bullot.
Yet, like every important and fun
damontal measure, a few have the
work to do, the opposition of privi-
ege to contend with and the thank-
ess task of DOING it.
How many Clackamas county tax
payers think they pay too mucn f
Let each one of these put in one
tenth of his increased annual taxes in
the last five years and this measure
will go on the ballot by tho biggest
petition ever known in Oregon
There are probably about 6,000 far-
meis in Clackamas county who would
bo benefitted by this measure, dnject-
y and indirectly.
There is needed at this writing about
100 to complete tho work of securing
tho petition.
Thero are needed about 6,000 signa
tures, too.
Who will circulate a petition?
Who will send in to the Courier
from 25 cents to $25 for this?
If this measure is not enacted by
10 people, the tax dodgers will con-
ludo that it will be safe to increase
tho tuxes some more on the common
orking farmer and small home own
er.
Taxes have increased more than
half in the lust five years on this
ass all over tho State of Oregon.
While nominally this measure will
ncrease taxes one-sixth, it will re
eve tho average farmer who works
it belongs on those able to near it. rresiaent Wilson is making very Farmers sell wheat at $25 a ton
Actually, however, it will REDUCE good awfully fast. The bull moose and buy it back in breakfast foods
taxes an arounu. jmiciiiiiuuu ui uuureu uu wc urn mie xiepumicans mignt at iJlDU a ton,
and tools always aoes mat Decause just as wen ioid tneir arms for 1916.
capital and population are immedi
ately attracted to such a community 1 . r . ... ... . Timm.nir ;mnoA0j si,.,.
and the aggregate values of property J P aw . or one n un YT in les th
inHivitLsTpEOPLE the unemployed rnenwho m'arched to thirty days the people elected him to
and activities of rLUr-LH,. Solon, wAi,,. u . j the letris ature and now he s a tram
In Jackson pountv over 500 names L., V, "'" " a ' 1 ,MUKU . iljt- -
... . ---. ... - - , 10 ieea tnem. guvernur.
UdVG UeU 111. JVMfi'nofl v.vM.1-
tw nvBP 300 names have been sent in,
Zl. .. . : rnn Tk T-:j: j. i Av .1 I Senator Konth of Kncrpnn hew
Klamath county promises ovv, "c mant coast is not me oniy ,. 7. 7. r 7? f
which nearly 200 have been sent in. locality, with unemployed; troubl?. distinctioti of being the only
, nmintir hna furnished r ive hundred men fnre h v entord " vacuum who was ever
Washington county has furnished ive hundred men forcibly entered
about 300 with more to come. From Chicago restaurants the other day X" "3 c-nQIua-e ior tne unn
Clackamas but about 200 have been and demanded food. States senate. Albany Democrat.
heard from so fai; it should giveus
2.000.
; - JFSTO. trial s that bothTdlanT had fc? th & j
lacKaiiias uuuiity, wuoi. 015 jw
Witnesses at the Clark murder
The Oregonian never misses a
uiu siiuweu tnat Dotn inaians nail 1..,,.. 4.1. -t 1 x j.
g- kQD jii,i u l. . '." leaves the capitol for ten minutes,
ing to do about it? We need your help y , out wh3 "th tJZ ut d you remember of it roasting
TPU7 .. B- "-1 vi OTr hAlollCA It n mn nt-mm,.
UMU IIUIU cauicu utilise.
Tt takes monev to oav printers, buy
postage stamps and get around over Attorney General Crawford of Sa-
railroads. It will cost probably $li!5 lem, William A. Carter of Port-
a page to get an argument in the land are the latest Republican can
State pamphlet. uiuates ior governor and yet not a
If the people ot Oregon once get weai stirs. '.Bout time to get the sue
this measure before them they will tion pump at work for enthusiasm,
adopt it,
mr. lait because he was away
aoout nair the time during his term
01 onice:
If nobody does anything more for
it, then it will not be on tne bauot.
Are YOU nobody or somebody .'
AS IT COMES FROM THE WASH
A writer signing himself "Farmer'
opposing the homes $1,500 exemption
bill, in a rortiana aauy, uses we ar
gument that as a man clears and lm-
Congress will now tackle the
trusts, and the place to start is with
a wringer and squeeze out three
fourths of the water on which many
of them are capitalized, and on which
they demand they have a right to
make eight or ten per cent.
Sworn county and citv officials
aid not enforce the law in Copper-
iield. uovernor West did. He did a
quick job, did it thoroughly and at
iitue expense. And HOW can a law-
abiding man or a representative
newspaper condemn him !
A federal commission has declared
Thaw is sane. He was never insane.
He killed because of jealousy and his
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proves iana it uecomes - '"""" mother's millions made him a luna-
win proauce more auu .,.., tic to save him from electrocution.
should oe assessed accorumg to Thaw was a murderer, but they don't
incnma fmm his land. i . 1 I
1 eAeuuLP inniinna rp mnrnprpra.
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very wen.
Nnm lot 119 Kiinnose a man croes
"v.- w-w cj I mi. .. . I
m,t horn nn a Wirpd-nff tract, hires Ine action of the Ford Motor Car
a stump puller, teams and men, cleans Co., of Detroit, in distributing $10,
a farm, drains it, improves it, piows 000,000 of profits among its employ-
if nnH ftr o-pttintr it all readv for ees, and paying the men $5 a dav
a 'crop does not sow or plant a seed for eight hours, is a splendid use of
simply lets it lay idle and unproduc- the great profits this company is
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tive. iimning, aim a spienuiu monument to
The assessor will assess that land ora tne general manager.
as an improved farm, will assess it
FOR WHAT 11 GAIN rKULUUli. . Striking back at the hi a pvnoncoa
j, 1,110 uuij ui""vv-v- " "MOT nnnrrlrf nnri nnmrr, oonno aaJ nJ
J iU - H Innd To I . WMMi.nowiiU
arm uia Huiiuuiiumg iuc muu o onto the taxmivera nf ili a otota
11 1 i 1 i. -T CPCl I 1 J v...w uttuvw
tnat tne owner nas spent uum ,ov t there will soon be several initiative
T'"" m"'e t f petitions in circulation to lop off
It "yy- some of the least needed and most
hing. It lies there dead land, just as burdensome. And if th reach the
it was before the farmer spent a lot hfl,w ho . . " e
of money clearing and ditching it. rr , " ".u,
cut Decause ne nas unpiuveu it,
If a newspaper would advocate that
our highways be given -over to cor-
Henry W. Strebig, proprietor of
the Pioneer Meat Market has an
nounced his candidacy for the office
of Sheriff of Glackamas Gounty.
Mr. btrebig has been in the meat
because he has at a big expense
stumped it, ditched it, fenced it and
plowed it, the taxes on tnat property
double up a half dozen times.
A county assessor passes sentence
on that man for spending $50 an acre
on that land, and he is heavily lined. ershi of railroad it is called and is very active in the Commercial
The assessor will say if he is fool tator or Socialigt heet The on, dff Club., and a charter member of the
lu"s" t;," 'V ference is the h ghways have ruts and Gladstone oommerciai (Jiub. Also ac
hi fine, that the land is assessed ac- Ut. ;i.j ft ' 0 a u t.- r a;
cordiner to its produciner valeue, and
the owner must pay taxes on WHAT
11 GAW rftUDUUHi. . I flip nlanb-a in .T,il,p rvi.'.V'o npripnpp in the rlptective sprvice. nnd
Let US agree tO all Of this, JUst to ! fViabt " is ranahle nf KPl-vinr thp npnnlp nf
porations to operate, its subscribers business in uregon city for the past
would want to run the editor out of eignt years, ana aunng tnat time nas
the county, but when the same news- maae a nosl of rnenas in Clackamas
paper advocaes state or federal own- county. He is a' popular lodge man
the railroads rails. tive member of German Verein Soci
ety.
The Courier can heartily endorse Mr- Strebig had considerable ex-
, . , 1 1 a vim uuuuDiiie wic cAuavataiiL im-
get to tne point. islative annronriatinns. the ornurino- Clackamas County with credit to him-
Then why is not the aaioinine i. , rf -r , . . e & 1 , ... , - , ...
" "V.. I uD "sis 01 salaried boards and commis
self, his friends and his county.
Mr. btrebig will run on the straight
uiupcitjr, u.u ui ..o These an ksmm
Saas rcurdj; :t-TMDm ticket-Paid Ad-
not produce a dollar V r.. " T. . -,".""
... .. 1 rcw u 1 nprM nrn npririnro noitin- tta i
Why not tax it for its kouug- ." r,7:C 5Jj r
iMr VAT TIP? paicu to auunsu aau tnrow out tnese
Just a few of The
Prices Prevailing
During BANNON'S First Annual Clearance Sale
A phenomenal January business resulting from our
message to the people has greeted us every day this
month.
We wish to further call your attention to the list be
low, lengthy as it is, it gives but a small part of the bar
gains in the store.
If you have not yet attended
Be SURE and Come SATURDAY!
FAIR EXCHANGE
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Our present .vstem fines the man "seiess D? commissions, and
who expends $50 an acre to reclaim """ce 'ey get on tne oailot
i.,j Ja u La a enamn t tho will be less taxation in Oregon.
land, and it pays a pension to the
man who lets his lay ' idle and in
crease in value because of the fines
imposed on his industrious neighbor.
Hadn't this system ougnt to De
stood on its head and work commenc
ad on the other end
Shouldn t the idle land owner be
fined because he hasn't kept pace
with his working neighbor (
Shouldn t all land be assessed ac
ordinc to its worth, and should not
the fines be remitted to the man who
goes out and makes a good farm out
of a slashed over, Durned-over waste ;
Think it over. Then boost the
$1500 improvement exemption bill.
Some people in this state are
paying proportionately twice as
much taxes as other people.
Some are paying three times as
much proportionately as others,
are paying. In most instances it
is the very persons who can least
afford it that are taxed at the
heaviest rates, and that is be
cause the stiong are always able
to protect themselves. Portland
Journal.
After you have let this soak way
in, come to the Courier office for a
A New Back for an Old One How
an Oregon City Resident Made a
Bad Back Strong
The back aches at times with
dull, indescribable feeling, making
you weary and restless: piercing
pains shoot across the region of the
kidneys, and again the loins are ?
lame that to stoop is agony. Nm use
to rub or apply a plaster to th; back
f the kidneys are weak. You cannot
reach the cause. Follow the exampl
ct this Oregon City citizen,
Joseph McDermott, Washington
St., Oregon City, Ore., says: "I was
in bad shape with kidney and bladder
THE RIGHT TO LIVE
provements, and see if vou workers compMnt- My back was so lame and
can't protect yourselves as well as stlff that 1 could "araly get about and
the big fellows. You oueht to push it was all I could do to dress myself.
this, or you ought to forever quit yell- On getting up in the morning, the
Closine an editorial on the sub
ject of aid to the unemployed, the
Oregonian says:
Yet it may fairly be asked
how long the state or the city
must continue to care for the
unemployed, mdrely because
they cannot easily find private
employment. There is a limit to
the public resources and the pub
lic responsibility.
How loner must the unemployed be
iven employment; Just as long as
the necessity exists, and if the nec
essity becomes a burden on the public,
then it must become a private re-
ponsibility placed on those able to
rovide.
A man has a right to live, and he is
going to live. If ho has labor to sell
in exchange for that which will pro
vide food, fuel and clothing fo!' his
family, there absolutely MUST be a
market provided for that labor.
If conditions are such that there is
not work enough for the men and wo
men who must have work, and if we
ing at unequal and high taxation.
ARE WE ANARCHISTS?
Our exchanges by the dozen
are criticizing the decisions of
Judge Galloway for his recent
liquor decisions, and we find
even such a supposedly intelli
gent journal as the Oregon City
Courier joining in the chorus.
Their declaration is that Judge
Galloway should have heeded
public sentiment rather than
the law. Perhaps we had just as
well admit that we are plain
anarchists. We want no more
statesmen to make our laws;
we want no laws that bind us
when we would not have them
to; we want no judges to uphold
them or interpret them, except
as our whimsical humors would
uphold them or interpret them.
Throw off the cloak. Let us ad
mit the truth. Whv this pre
tense? Cornelius Tribune.
kidney secretions were scanty and the
passages were too frequent. After
taking a few boxes of Doan's Kid
ney Pills, I was in good health and
during the past two years I have had
no cause for complaint."
For sale by all dealers. Price .50
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States,
Remember the name Doan's and
take no other,
Literary Society Gets $21.05
The East Clackamas Literary So
ciety held a successful basket social
in the school house last week, which
netted $21.05 and a fine time for all.
There was a good program, and the
jiaa'.ng on the Daskets was spirited.
An uregon city basket brought the
highest price, $2.75.
FOR SALE A beautiful little tan
suit, size 36, perfectly fresh and
clean, for $15.00. Cost $35.00. It is
prettily trimmed up to date style,
too smau ior owner, inquire Cour
ier unice.
He would have escaped on all but j his land for a living to more than
$300 of that amount. At a fifteen two-thirds, placing the burden where
REOPLE OF
SMALL MEANS
urn as wolroiiie to imrtiiMpnte in the liciio
fits wmfomul liy this hank as are men of
wealth. This I'ank recognizes as its legiti
mate fund ion helpful co-operation with
those of modest, income, and highly appreci-
ates the support which it receives from this
class. People who desire to open a modest
checking account, invest money, embark in
a business enterprise or establish a saving
plan are invited to take advantage of the
complete banking facilities we offer.
The Bank of Oregon City
OLDEST BANK IN CLACKAMAS COUNTY
listen: oaiem voted on local on-
American people will continue to let tion t the hst state election and by
the bars down to the workmen of a. majority of about 500 voted the
nthnr countries in crime in like flnpks City dryi Never a ludge. a Voter, a
of sheep to compete for the work al- saloonman, or other person protested
ready too limited, then we simply ule election was Qiiegal until
must MAKR VVCIRIC nnH p-ivp them n AFTER the votes were counted, then
chance to live, and if it becomes nec- Judge Galloway ruled that the elec-
esMjirv we must ininnse inpnme tvei: tion day Was a SPECIAL election
and force those to pay who are the Kay' . aml only referendum votes
best able to nav. should be counted
Every city has more or less of Salem tried again . The people
that class of men who do not want wanted to put out the saloons. So the
for much sickness and suffer
vi'iittiu 1111 J v. v 1-Tv.i -iy lines infill . 1 v w o
Poor Blood
is Responsible
: much sickness and suffer-
who WANT work and who WILL submitted and carried, this time by ing because its quality deter
work. about 1,000 majority. minpe nnr rpciefive nmver
A man with hungry children and Ncvcr a judge, a voter, a saloon- JJ "fS 0Ur resistive power.
with no means to provide for them man .or otnor Person protested that Wltn poor DlOOd we are lan-
becomes dangerous man. He will re- t.ne election was illegal until AFTER Unirl cncrpr,(-;Kl tnUc
i ..1 i. 11. ...;n 1- . thp vntPO wore .,.,f! T..J lh"'"l -- m . lj.v. vuiuj, lui-tt
come an anarchist. He will hold up f '"Howay ruled that the election was natural energy and ambition,
h'T?i' ul ;L ..I,, rf!!. co,urt and the gradual decline of
ww.ucu uic jiiai. icKistrtitiun law . .1 t ,
was illegal, and that the voters retr- Strength makes prompt and
istered illegally. careful treatment ncronrv
a . . . . . . v. 1 1 1 --- w " 1
"u vumenus eunor Knows r . 111 . r
the people tfeg-'utered in the niv Urugs or alcohol cannot make
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pusMuie way inev couia register, and ti nnri anrl nmct ha
his too many lm 7 ".-isierea as tne attorney gen
.i oral of Oregon told them tn register
each state has simply got to face it T.h.ey couldn't have voted unless they grandest blood-maker because
ana make more jods ior every man ''""i u uuuge uauoway
nas the right to live and he is go- J" u,r-v we.re not voters Decause
""i,"'" it'K'w;r as tne jtnen; law
the man who has money and take it
from him, if he can't get it other
wise, lie is going to feed his children
if he has to break the criminal laws
to do it, and the Oregonian editor
would do the same were he in the
same position
lhe United States
men for the number
ing to live.
Hero's a little comment from the
Richmond (Cal.) Herald that the
Courier editor would have made if the
other fellow hadn t said it first:
We have never gone into the
doctrine of Christian Science,
having so many other doctrines
shoved at us all the time, but we
do know this much: It has made
better men and women of those
who have taken it up, and, there
fore it is good. Anything that
makes better men and women is
good, no matter what it is or
provided,
lhey were disfranchised if thev
did not obey the law and Judge Gal
loway disfranchised them because
they DID obey it
And can a npwsnnpr eHitnrinllir
hold that it is anarchy to uphold the
majority of the voters, twice exnress.
ed, under these conditions?
Will the Tribune unhnld .TnHo-e
Galloway and declare that every
measure we voteH on last fall w
Void, because we voted tinder the
same registration law that Judge
Galloway over-ruled in Salem?
leu us, please.
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SHOES, odd lots for Women & Children $1-00 pr
BLANKETS, Extra large wool nap blankets $2.00 pr
NIGHT-GOWNS, Womens' heavy outing flannel 49c each
HOUSE DRESSES, best $2.00 dresses at 'each 98c
FLANNEL SHIRTS, for men, regular $1.69 now $1.00
BACK COMBS, best 25c grades on sale at 5c
DARNING COTTON, a ""box : of 12 spools the box 10c
WILSON'S DRESS HOOKS, sold everywhere at 10c, now 5c
HEMS'11TCHED HANDKERCHIEFS, buy all you want each lc
OUTING FLANNEL, Best 12'2c quality!, (yard jc
BEST 5c AMERICAN PINS, Full 360 count at 2c
10c SKIRT BELTING, BLACK & WHITE at (he yard 5c
10c YARNS, Germantown and Saxony yarns skein 5c
25c SHOPPING BAGS, Fish Net Bags, large sizes 10c
SO-NO-MORE DRESS FASTENERS, black & white card 2c
10c PEARL BUTTONS, all sizes best quality, card 5c
25c SANITARY BELTS, on sale Saturday 15c;
79c COVERALL APRONS, light &dark colo js 50o
Hundreds of Remnants
AT HALF PRICE
Piled high on big tables you will find remnants of every descrip
tion, silks, velvets, dress goods, wash goods, ginghams, table linen,
Toweling, Curtain Goods, Flannels, Suitings, Laces, Embroideries,
Ribbons, etc.
Any and all of them are on sale at half price.
20 a?H:
STAMPS FREE
Present this coupon at the Premium booth and receive 20 of
the famous S & H Trading Stamps free with a 50c purchase.
, Are you a collector of S & HGreen Stamps? If not you're
missing a good thing an opportunity to get something which is
really valuable and absolutely free of cost. Coupon expires Feb. 1st.
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MASONIC TEMPLE BLD.
OREGON CITY, ORE.
The New State Master Enthusi
astic Over the Outlook.
An Account of a Grange Field Day at
Austin, Minn., Where a Grange Pa
rade Was Witnessed by 10,030 People.
And the "Goat" Was There.
National Lecturer N. P. Hull of
Michigan tells the National Grange
Monthly of what he witnessed this
summer in Minnesota tit a grunge field
day, and It Is worth reading.
In the course of my grange work,
he says, I have attended many grange
field days, but have never attended a
more successful one than that held at
Austin, Minn., June 11. This field day
was held under the auspices of the
Mower comity Pomona grange, and
thero are utlllintod with this Pomona
twenty-two subordinate granges. The
exercises opened with a parade at 11
a. iu., which was fully three-quarters
of a mile long and was preceded and
followed by brass bands. Nineteen of
the twenty-two granges had floats rep.
resenting some phase of grange or farm
work.
The roinonn float consisted of two
wagons, with especially wide plat
forms, hitched together and drawn by
six black horses with their harness
wrapped with white bunting. The
floats represented "Then" nnd "Now."
The platform representing "Then" had
on It mi old fashioned well curb, sweep
and bucket, a lady washing with an
old fashioned washboard, a dash churn,
a grain cradle, etc. The "Now" was
equipped with a gasoline engine belt
ed to a shaft. To the shaft were belt
ed a .modern washing machine, a cream
separator, barrel churn, corn sheller,
etc. One granpe had a beautifully
decorated float drawn by six horses,
bearing a ladles' uniformed degree
team. Behind this twenty of the young
members on horseback bore banners.
They were followed by the Imitation
of a large goat, drawn by two horses
and inountC'J. upon, eccentric wheels.
DeSpila the wabuiing motion, a young
man succeeded in riiliiiK this goat? An
other float represented 11 farm home
with a house, barn and silo; also fields
laid out with grass and trees growing
thereon.
. Space will not permit a description
of the many beautiful and comical fea
tures of tills great parade. Fully 10,000
people lined the streets of Austin
watching the parade. About 4,000
peoplo attended the afternoon meeting,
which was held in a fine park in the
city. The program consisted of music,
short talks and addresses by the state
master, the attorney general of Min
nesota and the lecturer of the national
grange. Austin Is tho home of C. L.
Itice, master of the Minnesota state
grunge. This magnificent field day
speaks volumes for the hustle and abil
ity of Brother Rice nnd for the loyalty
and enthusiasm of the many fulthful
members of the Order in that locality.
FOR SALE Two fresh cows.
Boss, Oregon City, Rt. 6.
Fred
WANTED To rent well equipped
farm of 25 acres or more on shar
es in the vicinity of Oregon City.
Address J. H. McElroy, Oregon
City, Care of Robinson Ranch.
FOR SALE A number of hogs, in
cluding two pure-bred Poland Chi
na gilts and several grade sows,
bred to a strictly hitrh class Po
land China boar. W. W. Harris.
Sneffels, Col., A. J. Walsh was
badly done up with rheumatism and
sent for Foley Kidney Pills which
was the only thing that would cure
him. Geo. Potter of Pontiac Mo., was
down on his back with kidney and
bladder trouble and Foley Kidney
Pills made him well and able to
work. It is a splendid medicine and
always helps. Just try it. Huntley
Bros. Co.
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