OREGON CITY COURIER,.. THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1914
LET THE PEOPLE
OWN THE RANKS
The Way a Scotchman sees to Reme
dy Bonds and Interest Burdens
The question of currency is one
that is receiving a good deal of at
tention at this time. Some people
fondly imagine that Mr. Wilson has
solved the difficulty of the money
problem. Has he done so ? Let us see.
Webster's International diction
ary gives several definitions of the
word money. For the purpose of this
article we shall define money as a
receipt representing value given to
the community for service lendered.
In other words community pay
checks for work given to the social
or economic body, or people. To pre
vent men from multiplying these pay
checks without rendering of such ser
vice, a metal, or metals of such scar
city and yet of such a nature as to
be easily used was given a value by
mankind to be used &a a basis of
comparison of value.
These metals, gold and silver, have
no intrinsic value of themselves as
regarded from the standpoint of
man's necessities. For instance a man
on a barren island with a box of gold
would starve to death without food.
Away back in Scotland a preach
er conceived the idea of Savings
Banks, places to put money into so
that the man who had more than he
could GET USURY or INTEREST
from the person or firm who could
use the same.
This Scotchman's idea was all right
except in one particular. He only saw
a few of the things his new idea cov
ered. He didn't grasp the fact that
he was putting power into the hands
of men that in the future years
would be used as a club to beat their
fellows to death. If he had insisted
on the bank being governed by the
people as part of their estate, which
in reality they were, he would indeed
have been a benetactor to tne race.
After a time these private bankers
on finding the legal tender or pay
checks for which actual value had
THE LURE OF DIM TRAILS
been given to the community insuf
ficient for their purpose, began to
devise schemes to give them greater
profits by an expanded lorm ot cur
rencv.
Now I will come closer to what I
have been driving at. Every form of
currency expansion, be it notes or
bonds, are but morteae-es on
the future labor of the producing
forces of the world. The bond that is
issued by a government or private
firm or individual city or county
must be paid out of the labor of men
if paid at all.
In the United States of America
the producing class must pay first
before they can receive anything for
themselves a billion dollars or more
in interest for the use of their own
money or for the value they them
selves have produced. Now talk bonds
will you?
What must we do to remedy this?
Let the people own the banks, handle
their own money for themselves by
their state or national representa
tives. This will take the power out
of the hands of the uuggenheims and
Morgans. This will take the power
out of hands of a few usurers. When
the legitimate producer of wealth
needs money let him have it at such
a rate that it will not be a burden
on his labor. The speculator and the
commission man will soon disappear
and so will interest leeches and us
urers. Legitimate enterprise will be en
couraged and the illegitimate dis
couraged, and men will not groan
under burdens too heavy to bear.
Time and space forbids more.
Yours for equal opportunity,
MAC.
Clear Creek Creamery
Much important business was
transacted at the annual stockhold
. ers meeting of the Clear Creek
Creamery Co. on March lUth. S. C,
Young, F. W. Riebhoff. Henry Bab
ler, W. P. Kirchem and L. D. Mum-
power were elected directors for the
ensuincr year. A. U. iioinngswortn
who has been a very efficient secre
tary for a number of years, declined
re-election and 1. Hi. Anderson was
elected for the position. E. U. Cau
field was re-elected treasurer.
An office is being fitted up in the
addition being built, and the secre
tary will be on hand to do the work
that has heretofore devolved upon
the butter maker and salesman. Tfiu
salary of the secretary was incrcasi
ed. A ten per cent dividend was vot
ed; the pay of the directors increas
ed to $2.50 per regular monthly
meeting attended, and the president
was voted a salary of $50 per month
as pay for acting as manager.
These changes were mostly con
sidered to be necessary and desirable
on account of the magnitudo of tho
business, which has nearly doubled in
the last two years. The increase in
salary of the president was partly in
recognition of the services of W. V.
Kirchem for the past 13 years.
The secretary's report was very
gratifying and shows by comparison
that Clear Creek leads tho co-operation
creameries of the state in the
amount and value of output and in
the average price paid for butter
fat for the year ending January 1st,
the company manufacturing 404,557
pounds of butter, the proceeds of
which were $138,000.9. Tho cost of
production and handling was 3 1-15
cents per pound and the average
price paid for butter fat was 37 1-3
cents per pound.
N. L. Kirchem, tho salesman, de
livers with an auto truck, and has
more than doubled the number of
buyers, which means much less whole
saling. Tho creamery has more than
500 patrons.
Jl J J J & - J J J &
J TRADE
J New Mexico property for
J Clackamas County land, 100
jt acres in New Mexico, (iD acres
J under plow; 100 acres levei, 1s1
J and can be put under plow,
balance 60 acres is heavily
J timbered with cedar and Pin- !
jt on. Small houso and stock .
.J barn. This place adjoins for- .
J est reserve and is an ideal i
J stock farm. Two miles from .
Jl Barton, 21 miles from Allmr
Jl querque, a town of 25,000
J population; 15 miles from R.
j R. station. 75000 elevation,
J and one of the healthiest
M. countries in the world. R. R.
Jt survey is near place and pros
J pects are that a road will
Jl soon be built. Price $5,000.
jl Dillman & Howland, 8th &
. Ufa in St
Jt Jl Jl Jl v J J J J J J '
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTOR I A
Mountain Tops, Nature, and the Big
Life as Seen by Stark
During the debate in Congress on
the post road bill someone told of the
fine auto road over Tennesee Pass.
This turned the hands of time back
more than a quarter of a century and
again I shouldered my roll of blan
kets after a severe illness and sought
the short cut over the divide in the
search of employment for a "common
hand," only to meet disappointment.
This time, however, the trip was all
in my mind. However it served the
purpose of bringing back recollec
tions of other trips over the moun
tains, and again vistas I seemingly
had forgotten, passed like a panora
ma before me, then I wondered if you
ever saw a sunrise from any moun
tain point.
Come with me. Let's leave the
seething throng of the city for a
while to see nature, unadorned by
this thing we call civilization. Turn
your back upon this modern Sodotn
with its Y. M. C. A. scandal, its rush
after spoils; where the board of trade
serves champagne suppers while the
Northernr drains dregs with his bo
logna. We will follow this stream so far
as wagons go, thru a narrow gorge
into a "salida" which has been nearly
deforested. The road is growing
steeper as we go forward. Now we
come to a cluster of cabins and we
approach one and find it occupied
by a man who is by no means a dude.
He salutes us frankly, looks us calm
ly in the eyes, answers our questions
in a direct manner. His cabin is open.
We enter and put In our "traps." He
talks little but we are invited to his
simnle fare, and we leave our outfit;
take a sleeping bag and some grub,
for no matter where man goes ms
stomach is his companion. Having
our simple equipment with plenty of
matches and a candle or two we may
safely leave our purse or other val
uable there, and proceed the journey
afoot. Before long we are at the end
of the road; then a trail growing
dimmer until it is abruptly lost.
Now for the first time in life we
are without a beaten path. We hesi
tate have you ever cone into an un
known country without guide or
path?
The stream grows smaller yet
swifter with our climb thru the un
derbrush, over logs, around huge
boulders, we go upward. We cannot
Ree far to the right or left. We follow
the water course, now on this side,
and now on that side. We must rest
often for our pack becomes heavier:
the afternoon sun shines hot and we
feel like it was a Turkish bath for our
pores are so active. The water runs
at a furious rate to meet us and our
pulses beat faster in harmony with
the surroundings. We must stop of
ten for the air is growing thinner as
we climb and I find that the years
have been growing in number about
my head, so my feet have grown
somewhat heavier, tho my heart
seems as light as the by-gone years
when I traversed the hills in the
Centennial state. If you have never
been on such a trip you cannot know
the witchery of the hills. It is said
mountaineers are unconquerable.
You may .destroy them but put them
in subjection neverl
We must however, go forward and
upward. Now the trees are mere
stunted than farther down and here :
and there we find a bank of snow
struggling against dissolution by the
summer sun. Tho climb . is growing
steeper and while timber is scarcer
we must seek foothold around abrupt
jutting rocks. At last we are out of
tho woods. We are above "timber
line."Not that there is no wood, but
it is merely a stunted, twisted, brush
struggling to maintain an existence
under adverse circumstances. Just
as you often see people of dwarfish
body and mind, from luck of proper
nourishment and good surroundings.
In the deep narrow crevice, which is
now the watercourse, eternal snows
cover the swift bounding waters
coming from the melting snow.
We look buck often toward the
valley below and the farther we
climb the greater the outlook; just
as in the realm of thought.
As upward we go the view broad
ens. As we cross the snow stretch
the glare of the sun is blinding,
The reflection feels scorching to our
faces, but up und ahead is our goal,
for we came to see a sunrise far
above the morning fogs, so wo press
onward. 'Wo must zigzag, at times,
now upon snow, then upon rocks. We
find barren spots where white flow
ers bloom fast by a bank of snow,
so you pick flowers with one hand
and roll a snowball with the other.
At last wo reach the crest and
can look down on the other side. We
stop to rest und wonder at the
grumbler of nature. How small we
feel. Wo shout but do not even hear
an echo, yet for all that we are not
as lonesome us wo have felt in the
great, swarming' city fur beyond,
when ut times wo were without
funds.
Ah the city, that problem of arti
ficial mystery and misery! We are
now, and strange to say, we some
how feel a sensation of freedom
without even a thought on the sub
ject, we discard the mask of civilized
hypocrisy. We fear nothing for the
priest, the politician, and the pick
pocket, the holy trinity of civiliza
tion, are left fur behind, busily en
gaged protecting the commercial bri
gand and till receiving tho reward
which tho masters of bread decide.
Now in that vast and unwalled
temple we may stand erect. We do
not cringe or bow the knee we fear
no one, we are equal between our
selves sharing a common fate, chil
dren of nature once more. For our
needs we freely take from nature's
storehouse such material as is found.
The dwarfed and gnarled shrubs fur
nish fuel, the melting snow water.
Now that the evening is upon us we
select some sheltered spot where we
will rest. There is no "keep olt the
grass ' sign there, we parcaKe or our
simple provision for supper. We are
now experiencing "economic deter
minism" in its crudest form. Tho
confusion of tho city is replaced by
the extreme opposite. Ah that ng
regate of artificial agony we call a
city; oh that composite neap pharn
seeism, poverty and prostitution 'mid
ease and plenty; that condition of
starvation, suicide and salvation bar
gain countering one encounters I
Here at this altitude we may think
over thots that busy life 111 the
city will not permit. We do not won
der that Moses organized the walk
out of the bricklayers of Goshen;
lead them into the desert. lie had
some experience of the simple life.
Having killed the Egyptian shift
boss he left the busv industrial cen
ter for the call of' the wild. The
charm of freedom was so great that
he must impress the idea upon all of
nis oretnren. But the sunrise well,
the shadows of night are upon us;
we have watched the dying of the
day from our mountain, seeing the
shadows creep down yon distant val
ley, higher and higher rises the
gloom, until at last the light of day
dies out about us in a grandeur nev
er to be forgotten, and the dawn of
another day.
Daybreak and morning on a moun
tain top with the full rising of the
sun. Who will describe it? Men of
quality as word artists have written
a mile of words. Artists of renown
have fumbled with brush and color
all have felt their utter feebleness in
the presence of this glorious change
from darkness thru dawn, to day.
"when lite awakens and dawns at
every line."
No, I shall not attempt to describe
it to you who have never seen it
while you who have seen, no one
would think of attempting to tell you
of the first faint color in the sky so
early in the morning. Let us watch
it, for We are alone from our van
tage point may see it. Yonder valley
sleeps wrapped in the sable mantle
of night and cannot share in our vis
ta. Tho outlines of the chain of
mountains to the east appear like
some silhouette. Lighter grows the
sky, while the colors change, the
shadows seem to creep away like
some fabled monster to hide from
daylight. Above the horizon we see
just the red rim of a disk. The peak
above us seems to glow as the young
god of day touches it with amour
ous kisses. The reddish golden light
surrounds us and the day is born. No
you cannot comprehend the rapture
of the scene. No such sensation
comes to you in the city or the val
ley. You must rise far above these to
know and enjoy the entrancing vis
ion. So also must you rise far above
JUDGE ANDERSON,
ELECT HIM AGAIN
Woman Voter's Opinion on County
and County Matters
Editor Courier:
It seems as though the woods are
full of candidates and their promises
are so very good if they are elected.
We surely ought to have the best of
times, but Jet me tell you something.
Most of them will forget their prom
ises as soon as they are elected and
uui. uuiiK 01 vnem again until tne
next election. Now I will say a few
words in favor of Judge Anderson.
He has been livinar on his farm.
and farming too, just one half mile
irom us, lor several years. We ought
to Know ot his reputation.
He is a man of high standing and
is well liked by everybody; is well
educated; was schoolteacher before
coming here, but turned his attention
to farming. He knows something of
the discouragement that a farmer
has to encounter, and if he is elected
back to office you may rest assured
that he will do rierht: will have no
favorites, nor will he be bought or
orioea, out work for the best inter
est of all I only wish we could have
more farmers like him in office.
Someone asks what the senate is
for. Why bless your heart, it is to
give more men a change to get mon
ey out of the people. The House does
n't get quite all, so the senate finish
es skinning the people.
Why don't you. called and sent to
the legislature, put in a bill to re
strict emigration? The low down, ig
norant class is sent here, and our
own laborine men have to comDete
with them, work cheap- or not get
work at all. Then ttie foreigners can
go through some red tape and vote,
and they don't know who or what
they are voting for anymore than a
hog knows about Christmas. Where
is our grand and free country that
REDLAND
N. H. Smith underwent an opera
tion at St. Vincent's Hospital and is
back home and getting along nicely
now.
Mrs. A. L. Allen, who has been at
the Oregon City. Hospital, where she
had an operation, is back home much
improved and we hope for complete
recovery.
Miss Ina Powers is getting to be
quite a violinist, having taken les
sons from Professor Fiddler of Port
land.
Mr. Sunday, our egg man, is do
ing a big business, having 12 cases
on his last trip.
Elmer Powers has sold one of his
horses and has a pony to sell. He has
given up his trip to Eastern Oregon
and we guess there is some attrac
tion here.
Herbert Fouts went to Lyle on a
business trip and is now back again.
One of Mr. Hinkle's young sons
feund a dyamite cap and theresult is
he now is minus part of two fingers
and thumb.
Gerber and Babbler's Auto truck
delivered 1,000 apple treti at the
Northwest Fruit Co. last week.
Redland Literarv Societv voted
against bonding. The next question
for debate is "Does Dairying Pay?"
Henry Ager's songs were the main
features of the 'program
August Hubert is putting up a
barn, working at same when not busy
making shingles. Mr. Hubert has
good timber, consequently turns out
good shingles.
Seeding: on upland is about com
pleted, and it will be spud planting
ie j u 1
auuu 11 una weutner continues.
Our mail man savs that if this
good weather continues he will soon
be out with his auto.
Quite an unusual sisrht can be
seen here with apples still on the
trees, while peaches and cherries are
in bloom. Well,, there is no other spot
AN OPEN LETTER
TO W. L. MULVEY
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PORTLAND, ORE.
SPOKANE, WN.
BOISE, IDAHO
Mr
R. L. Mumpower.
A Contemptible Trick
the foff from the miasmatic swamp once was?
of the present day system in human
affairs if you wish to comprehend
the dawn of n new day under a iustl
economic system, where the spectre
of want will (liKnnrmnr with hiimnn
1'nliirht.nnmrnt. likf. shinimv nf flml One of the meanest tricks was
valley hidinp from the sun. j perpetrated Saturday night at the
urciiiiius rami, wnen some
one entered the brooder house and
Indian
some-
Get your letterheads and envelopes
printed with the name of your farm
on them. The Courier will make them
cheap for ou.
When one sees the dark shadows
which current news sends over this
broad land one
nii;ht. "And yet my
touch one fleeting part of one great
urcam ot wondrous light.
"Men of thot be up and stirring
Night and day;
Sow and seed withdraw the cur
tain Clear the way!
Men of action aid and cheer them,
As ye may!
There's a fount abeut to stream,
There's a light about to gleam,
There's a warmth about to glow;
There's a flower about to blow;
There's a midnight blackness chang
ing into gray;
Men of thot and men of action,
Clear the way!"
John Stark.
e' fe "el." he f" tch
,.f i,.,,.t , 1,1 Runners two weeks old. Dnly
uuo iciiiiiiMii mui me jjmio vuuiu
have done it. They have 'left a trail
and if possible will be found and ar
rested. Tho work of hatching and caring
for these birds is very tiring and
anyone having success is fortunate.
J. L. Hendry.
Want Taxes Payable Semi-Annually
We notice that Mr. Schuebel is
advocating a change in tax collection.
That measure as advocated, is not
what we want. What we want is
law making taxes payable semiannu
ally and giving a rebate of 2 per
cent for payment in full. As by do
ing so most of tha taxpayers would
pay their taxes in full and thus the
county would be tho gainer by having
its money on hand when needed in
stead of issuing warrants drawing 6
per cent. Four weeks in February
and March ought to be sufficient for
spring collection and two weeks in
October ought to be time sufficient
to call all taxes.
The legislature surely put one'over
on the people in the last law enac
ted. 1 wonder if Mr. Schuebel knew
it.
,.-1. Frink.
Reading Bargains
Twice a week Journal and the
Courier, both for $1.75. Colliers and
the Courier, both $2.50.
CASTOR I A
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature ot
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S t
CASTOR! A
on earth like Oregon so' we guess it
is all O. K.
Mrs. Senn is a week-end visitor in
Portland.
A. M. Kirchem was out on survey
work toward Springwater, Eagle
Creek and Logan last week.
Mr. Zillar, of Kedlands, is very
ill with oneumoma but at the last
account he was improving slowly.
Mr. Mulvey Not the Man
We have carefully noted Mr.
Mulvey's outlines of what constitut
es the necessary qualification of a
County Court, and his especial fit
ness to fill the bill, all of which we
are convinced are the honest opin
ions of himself, but in line with his
last paragraph, we the people are
satisfied that he. is not the man for
the head of the Court, and will serve
legal notice to that effect at the ap
proaching primary.
These chronic office seekers are to
be eliminated in Clackamas county,
and we are to begin with our outgo
ing County Clerk, and should be con
tent to give others a show. We have
many just as capable men in the
county,- and the feeling is to pass it
around.
A. H. Harvey.
Special "Health Warning" for March
March is a trying, month for the
very young and for elderly people.
Croup, Jjronchial colds, lagrippe, and
pneumonia are to. be feared and
avoided. Foley's Honey and Tar
Compound .is a great family medicine
that will quickly stop a cough, check
the progress of a cold, and relieve in
flamed and congested air passages. It
is safe, pure and always reliable. Sold
by all druggists.
The Courier and tho twice-a-week
Portland Journal, three papers each
week for $1.75 is some bargain.
Henry Hagemann Criticises his Plat
form and Asks Several Questions
Editor Courier:
In your last issue Mr. W. L. Mul
vey outlines the "County's needs"
and what he will work for if nomi
nated and elected County Judge.
In order to have the readers un
derstand that it is not Mr. Mulvey
that wants the office of County
Judge, I will state that in January
last, a report was circulated that
certain parties were trying to pick
somebody to run against Judge An
derson in the coming election, but
had not decided whom to choose.
A few days later the news spread
that Mr. Maulvey was the person se
lected, as the only man who could
beat Mr. Anderson.
Then there appeared in the Cour
ier a statement made by Mr. Mulvey
(which he has Yiever denied) that
the rumor that he was a candidate
for judge was without foundation,
AND THAT HE WOULD NOT RUN
AGAINST JUDGE ANDERSON.
Previous to his announcement as
a candidate for county judge, Mr,
Mulvey had said that Judge Ander
son WAS DOING ALL RIGHT AND
ENTITLED TO A RE-ELECTION.
But alas, time changes and so did
Mr. Mulvey. At present he is re
ceiving $1700 per year; as County
Judge he would leceive only $1200.
Surely he expects to improve and
better himself than to take a step
backward.
Mr. Mulvey then goes on to state
that he will favor the consolidation
of road districts. We fully agree with
him, and Judge Anderson and the
commissioners have given this prop
osition serious consideration. But at
the October session of the County
Court and since there was such an
uncertainty as to the legality of our
latest road laws, it was deemed best
to continue for one year longer un
der the old system.
The idea of building up a formid
able political machine under our
present County Court, is absurd, as
the selection of road supervisors was
left entirely to the taxpayers and
the persons receiving the largest
number of votes in their respective
districts were appointed. Only in
districts where no petitions were cir
culated or received from, did the
Court select men it thought best fit
ted for the position, irrespective of
party affiliation.
iJut how about Mr. Mulvey s road
patrol, and where would this lead to?
Undoubtedly as County Judge Mr.
Mulvey would have the appointing
power, have them put under civil
service regulations and build up in
this manner a political machine that
would rule the county. We would
need about 50 patrolmen in Clacka-
I mas county, each at $75 per month,
being an expense of $45,000 per year
to our county alone, and for the
farmers to pay. How much would
there be left for actual road con
struction ?
Mr. Mulvey, you have been one of
the first and STAUNCHEST SUP
PORTERS OF A PACIFIC HIGH
WAY. You have been and are in fa
vor of bonding our county to the
tune of $000,000. Wouldn't this be a
nice plum for you to distribute as
County Judge, and build up a politi
cal machine, which undoubtedly
would be done if you .had the power
so to order?
You say in your letter: "in audit
ing elaims against the county none
of the loose unbusinesslike methods
heretofore used will be permitted."
DO I understand by this that this
has been done by the present County
Court? If so, tell us where and
when. Let me tell you, Mr. Mulvey,
if this has occurred then you are
equally to blame with the court by
not exposing those facts. I don't be
lieve there is a particle of truth in
your insinuations.
You say "You can render the
county a service which means econo
my," etc. Pray tell us have you prac
ticed this policy in your present po
sition in the clerk's office? Here you
have four and sometimes more as
sistants to pass the time of day and
I do the work that could be perform
ed under a sound business adminis
tration with less help. Ask some of
the taxpayers in regard to your econ
omy. There is another matter I would
like you to explain and that is this:
Whenever an office holder has
held office one or more terms, he nev
er likes to let go, and he has the idea
that it is an injustice, not only to
himseif but also to the taxpayers,
that someone else should be .chosen
in his place. You have been honored
by the voters with two terms as
clerk; have saved your money;' own a
fine automobile; WORKED ONLY 8
HOURS PER DAY, with the usual
vacation in hot weather and ought to
be satisfied with your luck and give
someone else a chance.
Clackamas County may call itself
lucky in having an honest, upright
judge and let us re-elect him. All we
need are a few more such men in of
fice as Judge Anderson, who doesn't
go before the public bragging what
he has done and what he can do.
Promises made before election in
order to catch votes are never lived
up to. Ask Geo. C. Brownell if this
is not a fact.
H. W. Hagemann.
NEWS AND COMMENTS
Lively Half Column from Twilight
and Vicinity
There are oo many people in this
neighborhood borrowing their neigh
bor's Courier. Why not subscribe for
it. The expense is trivial. Ifyou must
have it and are too poor to pay the
price show us, and we will make you
a present of a year's subscription.
A two-faced person is one who
smothers you when personally ad
dressing you, and when talking to
others gives you the devil. They
should be compelled to carry a red
signal for the protection of the com
munity. Eignt new houses have been built
on the South End road the past three
years within a mile and a half of the
top of the hill, making a total of
twenty-six. homes within that radius.
An unusually pleasant surprise
party engineered by Mrs. Dodds and
McCord, was pulled off at the home
of Mrs. Thompson lat Saturday ev
ening. The popularity of th ehostess
was attested by the large number of
ladies in attendance. Luncheon was
served by the invaders and numerous
reminders of their presence left with
the hostess on their departure.
We understand L. Frank, who has
been making his home in Portland
for a number of years, will shortly
re-occupy his ranch home in this vi
cinity. The Box Social last Saturday
night, was largely attended and quite
a respectable sidewalk fund result
ed. A literary program preceded the
luncheon.
We are glad to see the P. R. L. &
P. take up the troubles of the Willa
mette Southern, thus Insuring the
completion of a much needed" public
utility. I suppose all country stock
holders will be given annuals and re
ceive dividend remittances regularly
as promised by the school house or
ators when soliciting the right of
way and necessary subscriptions to
grade, bridge and fill the road; or
will the handy Granger be compell
ed to pay his fare like ordinary trav
ellers, and forgo the quarterly or
semi-annually dividends, as history
tells us actually occurred many years
ago in the middle west?
Mrs. John W. Hoops is an inde
fatigable community worker of this
neighborhood, and deserves much
credit for her ceaseless efforts in ar
ranging and assisting in the enter
tainment of both old and young.
Largely the result of Geo. M. La
zelle's efforts we are reasonably as
sured of imnroved road conditions
thru this community the approaching
season, and still there are those un
willing to apply credit to whom cred
it is due.
The mail carrier recently said to
the writer that he had just been fold!
that on account of Lazelle's contin
uous howling we were elected to mud
it another year.
Hasty remarks too frequently in
jure the feelings of others. When
applied to our elders they become
rude and savor of neglected educa
tion during our younger days.
Grade stakes are being placed for
the permanent improvement of the
South End road.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Chamberlain
and Miss Grace Fields of Portland,
Sundayed at Totem Pole Ranch.
Mrs. L. E. Bentley's mother, Mrj.
Barnaby, and sister of Oak Grove,
are again with her for a short visit.
A disagreeable" thing to do is to
refuse a present from a friend, but
we were compelled a few days ago to
decline the profer of a dog, with a
pedigree too.
Ed Ellings and wife returned to
their home i,n Salem Monday last
after an extended visit with their
parents in this community.
The Tortures
of Rheumatism
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xiimtimicj
are aggravated during
climatic changes-because
the impure blood
is incapable of resistance
and ordinary treatment
seems useless but the
fame of Scott's Emulsion
for relieving rheumatism is
based on logical principles
and scientific fact3. This
oil-food promptly makes
active, red, life-sustaining
blood corpuscles and its
body-building properties
regulate the functions to
expel poisonous acids.
Scott s Emulsion, with careful
diet for one month, will relieve
the lame muscles and stiffened
joints and subdue the unbeara
ble sharp pains when other
remedies fail.
Beware of alcoholic imitation!
and insist on the purity of SCOTT'S.
AT ALL DRUGGISTS
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