OREGON CITY COURIER, THURSDAY APRIL 9, 1914.
AVERILL'S OBSERVATIONS
Cherryville Writer's Comments on
Several Live Topics
Success to the Courier in its new
quarters, wnere no uig
be able or attempt to dictate its pol
icy. Everywhere in this Oregon
country the Courier is spoken of as
an able f?rd fearless advocate of the
peoples' rights.
In a recent issue of the Oregonian
appeared an answer to an enquiry as
to whether the national bank bills
have any other security besides I .
bonds, to which enquiry the Oregon
ian replied "None." Let anyon lo.;k
at a national bank note and h. will
see printed across the face it
"This note is secured by h. a. UonJs
or other securities." This reply was
made to mislead the enquirer v.r.d
fool the readers of the Oreon-.an.
mi.. r ki;ii l.pndpr used to
sav that it makes no difference how
n.. io flio fnrpio'np.r Tiavs
men me uum - - -
jj. .... On m nccasiona a lie-
publican spellbinder in Illinois was
uttering this ridiculous falsehooa
when casting his eye upon the writer
who was taking notes at a reporter s
table, exclaimed in a loud tone: 1
don't suppose Averill believes this.
"No!" was the answer, "neither do
vou." If he had been hit on the head
. iv. iio wnnld nnt have drop-
ped his head any quicker. He did not
believe his own "dope" and now days
no Republican speaKer or vVy
the hardihood to utter this foolish
statement.
: tll,.n Tf.llor tTlri
xne coming ui -
possessor of the most wonderful hu
man intellect ever developed under
nlmnst. unsurmountable obstacleu
aroused a remarkable degree of in
terest and enthusiasm in Portland,
where neither the big metropolitan
ilurintr pnnnrrh to make
UUUC1S BWlll Vlii...t,
the truthful statement that she wa3
a Socialist. In a recent . interview
I she said "If I was a laboring man 1
1J nir Vianda in mV DOCketa
and keep them there until they paid
me a living wage," and "it is incon
ceivable that in a land of plenty and
abundance there should be so much
suffering and poverty."
In the history of France a poor,
Bimple country gin, uoan ui .
iieveu uic tuuu.i j ........ i.
sion of the English and now it seems,
that this poor, blind and deaf girl is
an important factor in relieving the
cruel and heartless wretches thai
hold us in the mighty grip of the
.capitalistic class. A secret agent d
T-i it nt T iilinr. in the dlS-
me jjepui unci". ! - - .
euise of a laborer, sought employ
ment in many industrial centers, lr
logging camps and factories, am
found everywhere the same appalin;
conditions existing. .
Frank Walsh has been appointee
i i c nr. ivwlnefvinl commission t(
11UUU ui at ii. -
enquire into the condition of the la
boring classes and promises a com
plete and full investigation withou
any evasions whatever.
We notice the brave fight that Dr
van Brakle is making for his right;
under the constitution and laws
against the blood-thirsty medica
on,! wiaVi him success. These
blood-suckers are charging the poo
settlers Xiiu.uu lor a case oi uunre
..,V, i thn qflltp. of IllillOl!
they are only charging $5.00. Abolish
the medical trust anu uoytun. ;
doctors. J lli-a
An effort is being made .here tc
start up a closed, or shut-down saw
mill to saw cedar logs and ceda
stubs into boards for marufacturinr
coffins. Cedar coffins have been tak
en up here lately that were in fin.
condition after being in the grounc
for 20 years, while coffins sold bj
the coffin trust and had been in th
ground "for two or three years, wen
ready to fall to pieces, and mind yoi
these coffins were sold at from W
to $100.00. Swat . the coffin turst
and during all this graft and high
handed injustice to the poor, what are
the ministers doing? Hollering their
heads offyabout the virgin birth and
about some particular form of bap
tism. , , , ,
Lincoln once said that the church
that would sot down as its main doc
trine with all your mights and your
neighbor as yourself, which Christ
said WUS the chief commandment, he,
Lincoln, would join. As a matter of
fact he never found any, neither did
Henry Ford, the automobile man,
who is paying his hepers $5.00 a day.
Purncll Averill.
Want More Information
Whereas, the possibility of the pro
posed county bond issue, for the best
interests at large, for "good roads"
proposition for the agriculturists In
general, looks very uncertain, There
fore be it resolved by Molalla Grange
No. 310, in regular session this 4th
day of April, 11)11, that this Grange
is opposed to bonding the county
without a DEFINITE understanding
as by whom, where and how the
money is to be used. We demand the
right, while it is ours, to say where
the money is to be expended.
Attest: J. W. Thomas.
Secretary Molulla Grange No 310.
LIBERAL
Grass and clover and ull small
grains are one month ahead of last
year. Stock of all kinds are gaining
rapidly in flesh. Early gardens are
growing nicely and early potatoes
are coming up. Farmers are busy
seeding again.
The Liberal base bull team cleared
their diamond off last Sunday and
scrapped and clod-mashed it level.
They have a fine place on the Liberal
town site.
Mrs. Lidia Wright and sister,
Mary Hesple, of Kstacada, left Ore
gon City Monday night for Tusein
Springs, Red Bluff,' California, and
will be gone for five or six weeks.
Every thing is moving around
Liberal and lots of work. Road work
will soon start in earnest and we arc
the proud possessor of a lurge road
scraper. It will not sit by the road
side and rust out either.
Public Sale
J will sell at my place, throe milos
east of.Canby, at Public Auction, on
April 18th, 1914, the following: all
farm tools, 11 head of cattle and 21
head of hogs, shoats and brood sows.
Robert Vorpahl.
Spring Laxative and Blood Cleanser
Flush out the accumulated waste
and poisons of the winter months;
cleans vour stomach, liver and kid
neys of all impurities. Take Dr.
ir! I. XT..... Tlfn Pillo- Mllthlllf net.
jvmgs now , ,T i aim i
ter for purifyfing the blood. Mild,.
..:..r.,.. inviiliii Curps con-
stipation; makes you feel fine.; lake
no other. 25c, at your Druggist.
The Courier and the twice-a-woek
Portland Journal, three papers each
week for $1.75 is some bargain.
SCHUEBEL'S SUGGESTIONS
Eldorado Man Outlines Remedies for
Present Weak System
Eldorado, Ore.
Editor Courier:
For some time I have been think
ing of the wonderful change that
seems- to be in sight for us. . It
seems the millenium is in signt it
we can believe or expect one half
of what is promised by the various
candidates tor office, but L for one
remember the past, and when I go
back I find only a very few of those
men making good or remembering
their promises after election. We are
up against a tribe ot sott job nunt
ing grafters, who it is important
that we lose a little sleep in thinking
about who to support for the var
ious offices. I he rule seems to De
that once in office, never want to let
go, but drift from one position to
another. If I had my way, I know I
could stop a lot of this humbug.
I would make the county court, or
Judge, manager, hire clerks to fill
the various oltices at such wages tnat
we would have to pay for efficient
men on this plan. I could hire as
good or better men for a third lew
money. The deputies today do the
real work and get the small pay.
For instance, Mr. Greenman, as dep
uty clerk, is better qualified for
that work than ninety-nine out of a
hundred that we might elect, yet he
only gets about half the pay of the
Clerk, Mr. Mulvey. If we want to
get rid of unreasonable tax burdens
we must get down to business meth
ods of doing business.
Every two years we are promised
great reforms in the legislature, and
each term brings on heavier tax bur
den i, too many laws with too many
woi is in them, and then when test
ed, they will not stand the test.
Cur supreme court, with more
pow er than any king in the world,
can say white is black and we accept
the verdict. How long will we stand
such humbug? I offer the following
remedy until a better can be found.
That the supreme court shall trnss
on every law that is proposed or
passed; add such words or take there
from such words that would make
the law constitutional at any time
the discovery is made that the law is
faulty. This would avoid going over
the same thing at each succeeding
session of the legislature. To illus
trate Our last registration law was
found faulty. The various counties
had spent lots of money lining up to
wit the new law. If it had been th
Supreme Court's duty to add such
vords or take therefrom it would
have made the law O. K. in their
jstimation. A few words would
have made it good, so avoid the ex
lense and jangle in the next legis
ature. I have advocated something
.long this line for 25 years and can
'ind no flaw in the theory now.
Let us make no mistake in the
natter of a county fudge selection.
The boys, who know, know that I did
lot advocate the recall. The report
nade to the mass meeting did not
ecommond the recall, and I thought
knew that was not ,the remedy, anj
ret, although hard on Mr. Beatio and
'3Iair, I believe it will work out to be
i good thing fof the county. I have
vatched Judge Anderson pretty
losely, and I believe that he is ont
if the best judges Clackamas county
'ver had. He will be better later or
yith more experience and it is cer--jin
that he can be trusted to be fair
ind will do what he thinks is right
He does some thinking before he go
s ahead.
In the matter of roads I feel likt
this. I do not like the wording of the
bonding law as it calls for selling the
bonds for cash and paying for them
in gold, yet in spite of this if the
money will be distributed right, will
favor the bonds for those reasons.
First, it will assure enough money
it one time to work to better advan
tage. Second. The whole county will
help foot the bill.
Last, but by no means least, I
im satisfied that by the time the
bonds become payable enough people
will have become enlightened enough
that the government will issue money
md pay them off. I would rather
ice the condition now that this gov
rnment would issue paper money;
hire men on the roads and put the
money in circulation. In that way,
rather than the system now used,
but we are not ready for this yet.
Wo still listen to the money changers
who so far have been able to hiro the
press and bright attorneys to fool the
people, so that they have voted for
the tools of corporations and bankers
and ull manner of graft at the ex
pense of the producer.
The money I am advocating could
be the same as we get now with the
same security back of it if you please
and tho only difference would bo the
government hiring it in circulation
instead of the banker loaning it into
circulation. Some thought President
Wilson and his backers would fix
things O. K., but I remember one of
the first things done was to assure
the bankers that they need not fea
that they would be hurt by the
I'hnnire.
Since tho law was passed I have
spent two evenings studying the
new banking law anu i ussure vou
the administration has made good.
It's promise to the bankers that
they will not be hurt. They have
simply added to the banking system
and it did not do uway with the nat
ional banking method, which is such
that as long as it oxisis it is auso
intolv imnosniblo for thin covern
nichit to ever get out of debt. If I
run mv luivate business that way I
would 'feel uncomfortable as long as
1 lived. No wonder the tax burdens
are always becoming heavier and
more grienvious to bear. Do not
blame the county court the fault Is
somewhere else.
R. Sehuebel,
Rev. Smith's Services
The people of Alberta District will
give a basket social Saturday, April
11th, to pay for organ and new
aster. E. A.
Smith will be piescnt and assist with
tho music anil program, wr. mmm
will preach Sunday morning at High
land, at 11 o'clock. Sunday afternoon
he will preach at Alberta at 3, and
Sunday evening he will preach at
Henrici.
Strengthens AVeak and Tired Women
"I was under a great strain nurs
ing a relative through three months'
sickness," writes Mrs. J. C. Van de
Sunde of Kirkland, 111., and "Elec
tric Bitters kept me from breaking
down. 1 will never be without it. '
Do you feel tired and worn out? No
appetite and food won't digest? It
isn't the spring weather. You need
Electric Bitters. Start a month's
treatment to-day; nothing better for
stomach, liver and kidneys. The
great spring tonic. Relief or mon
ey back. 50c and $1.00 at your druggist.-
. A LETTKR ON ROADS
Franz Kraxberjfer Gives Some New
Ideas on iin Old Subject
In all times, and with all people
every great movement has had be
hind it some impelling force driving
it forward, sometimes to victory,
sometimes to defeat; the ultimate
success or failure of the undertaking
being conditioned largely on the just
ness of the cause as measured by the
rule of right and wrong. While we
argue on different systems of con
struction of permanent highways and
the ways and means of obtaining the
same, we all agree that we should
have them. We have the poorest
highways of any of the highly civil
ized countries in the world. We are
spending millions of dollars annually
on the improvement of rivers and
harbors, more millions on the con
struction of the isthmian canal and
the railroad in Alaska; all this mon
ey is spent and asked to be spent in
the interest of commerce, yet the
largest commerce of the country or
iginates on the farm. It originates
there and enters into interstate and
foreign commerce, most of which is
drawn over roads that for nine
months in the year are almost inv
The grept cry "back to the farm"
is heard everywhere; no one will de
ny that this is a good move as there
is room for countless families on
the farm, and which in a large way
will help to solve the burning question
of the unemployed in the large cities.
But we must prepare conditions to
keep the present farmer, his wife
and rising generations and make it
more attractive to the new-comers a.;
nothing makes farm life more dis
agreeable than bad roads, of which
the Rural Carriers can sing a song oJ
long discord.
,So the farmer has done a great
deal of 'grubbing and grading the
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roads, much of it voluntarily under a
heavy tax on his shoulders. He Is
asked again to build the . Pacific
Highway, which highway is no doubt
necessary, but lie should not be ask
ed to build these roads without sub
stantial government aid, as they no
doubt will aid in the defense of this
coast as military roads therefore
strategtic necessities.
We should have a system of gov
ernment and state roads of which the
Pacific Highway would be one, con
structed by the state with the usj
of convict labor and government aid.
We should also have a system of
county roads; main roads leading
from the market places into the in
terior of the county. A uniform
plan as nearly as possible in accord
ance with the ground formation
should be adopted, specification to be
made by a competent engineer and
the work let to the lowest respons
ible bidder.
The foregoing two systems would
relieve the district of some main
roads o-ver which the most traffic
goes, therefor leaving to the district
the laterals or connecting links,
which would not require so much
skill, and. could be handled by the
farmers themselves. District super
visors or an honorable board of su
pervisors should be elected by a pop
ular vote in the district, regardless
of politics, as under the present sys
tem in appointing, it leaves the far
mer under the impression that the
uppointee got his position as a pay
ment for political service and very
often a good man will not meet with
the good will of the community on
this account Most of the districts
are too large while there are a few
that are too small, therefore they
should be equalized as nearly as pos
sible as to the milage of roads. The
supervisor of a large district may be
ever so good a man but he cannot do
justice to all the people or the roads
as the season of load work is com
paratively short. A smaller dis
trict of about 15 to 20 miles would
induce the tax payers in harmony
with the proverb "charity begins at
home" to vote for special taxes and
do voluntary work-as they are direc
tly interested near their homes; on
the contrary when voting on a tax
for improvements on a road they
never travel, they would vote it
down.
We have no intelligent road sys
tem at present, and the citizens' and
tax . payers cannot be blamed for
showing their unwillingness in rais
ing more funds as too much time and
money has already been wasted and
very, very little accomplished. We
must enter a system similar to that
adopted in Wisconsin, each township
being required to build a certain
amount of milage each year, which
for instance in a district of 20 miles
would enable it, by building one or
two miles a year to have a completed,
permanent highway in 10 to 20 years.
Engraven deep in the hearts of the
greatest women and men is the word
FORWARD: attack the enemy of civ
ization called bad roads on three
sides with an intelligent State, Coun
ty, and District system, and the vic
tory is yours. Show the producer
where' and how you spend his hard
oarned dollars to bring results, and
he will not hesitate to trust you
with funds. No graft, no time wast
ed and forward to success.
Kranz Kraxberger.
A LETTER TO WHITE
Portland Man Writes Ironical Letter
Regarding van Brakle Case
Portland, Or. March 23, 1914.
Dr. Calvin S. White, ' .
Portland, Ore. '
Dear Doctor:
The public prints inform me that
Drs. Mount and Strickland have pre-
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ferrcd charges against Dr. van Bra-j Notice to Contractors
kle as Health Officer of Clackamas ! Sealed bids will be received by the
County with you as Secretary of the County Court of Clackamas County,
State Hoard of Health, and ask that Oregon, up to and including the
Dr. van Brakle be dismissed. nth day of April, 1914 at the hour
I hasten to inform you that I ' of 10:30 o'clock A. M. and then open
think this action is very laudable in ed, for the improvement of a coun
them and assure you, as I assured ty road leading from Milwaukie to
them, that I for one recommend that Oregon City and commonly known ai
the "Dr." be ousted. We are all in- the "River Road" from station 86
terested in safeguarding the health plus CG to Station 268 plus 06.
of the dear people. If Dr. van Bra- Said improvement shall be execut
kle is guilty as charged, and with-ed in accordance with the plans and
out doubt h'e is, he should be surely ! specifications on file in the office of
and severely dealt with. I may be' the County Clerk of Clackamas
unreasonably harsh but my private County.
opinion is that he should be seeurelyL All bids to be directed to the
tied and his blood stream defiled : County Clerk of said Clackamas
with a dose of "pure" cow pus follow- County, at Oregon City Oregon, and
ed by a double sized squirt of maggot marked "Bids for improvement of
juice, such as is used to protect ! River Road," and shall be accom-
aeainst the tvuhoid germ. Then, if
that don't make him to see the er
ror of his wavs give him 606 charg-
pa nf Tilltivn'''T,irliiimH Rv C, !
I am in favor of forcing him to take fail, negloct or refuse for a period
the REGULAR TREATMENT fori of five days to enter into a contract
tvphoid fever!!!! Then if he can and file satisfactory bond to guar
survive that I am willing to admit antee the completion of the work, and
that he is entitled to live.
The fact that he diagnosed a case
of diphtheria as tonsolitis brands him
as an ignoramus of the very worst
and most dangerous type . Such
blunders are made only outside of
the REGULAR profession. No M.
P. ever made an error so egregious.
It is really too bad that the patient
did not die. We could then hang the
"Dr." for manslaughter.
His failure to nronerlv diagnose
and quarantine of course initiated
severe typhoid and diphtheria epi
demics, though the news item did not
say so, which were responsible for
many deaths and a great burden of
expense on numberless families for
doctors' services, drugs, serums, vir
uses, and maceot soup. I haven t
the facts concerning the epidemics he
is responsible for at hand, but I
know that they must exist and I feel
sure that Drs. Mount and Strickland
will furnish them to you as a basis
for their action. So I am enclos
ing herewith a self addressed stamp
ed envelope and respectfully ask that
you kindly furnish me authorative
information concerning the numbe
of deaths (I do not wish to burden
you to give me the name in each
case, this would be altogether too la
borious, just the grand horrible to
tal will be sufficient.) and an esti
mate of the total expense traceable
to his failure to properly diagnose
and quarantine. (Such ignorance and
stupidity ,is almost unbelievable,
Babson or no Babson.)
Dam him! Go after him!! He is
dangerous!!! We want men on the
Health Board who believe in pouring
down things;' in opening up things'
in rubbing on things; in clipping off
things; in cutting out things and in
squirting in things. We want men
in such places who are willing to tor
ture, and sacrifice the lives, health
and happiness of every living thing
within their power, if need be, to
produce immunizing pusses, viruses,
serums, maggot juices, turtle soups,
etc., etc., etc. We want men in such
places, who, when they once scent a
new serum, pus, germ, or virus, will
have no compassion for guinea pigs,
rabbits, cats, dogs, horses, cows,
turtles, chinook salmon, bull frogs,
poor people, dependent children, pau
pers, the unfortunate, the insane, the
weak minded, or the helpless impris
oned, until they have brought it to
earth. It is evident that Dr. van
Brakle would not be able to tell
"pure" cow pus from horse pus, and
neither can he operate a needle point
ed squirt gun. As a Her.lth Officer
he is not worth a whoop in H !!
Go after him. I wish to assure you
that you have my support.
E. E. Buster.
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PORTLAND, ORE.
SPOKANE, WN.
BOISE, IDAHO
panieu oy a ceriuicu tnccn. iui htc
per cent of amount bid, which check
shall be forfeited to said Clackamau
! County, should the successful bidder
the fulfilment of the law respecting
hours of labor and material furnish
ed material, men, etc.'and will be re
quired to hold Clackamas County
harmless respecting damages accru
ed during the progress of said im
provement. The right to reject any
and all bids is reserved.
W. L. Mulvey,
County Clerk.
Harsh physics react, weaken the
bowels
, will lead to chronic constipa
tion. Doan's Regulets operate easi
ly. 23c a box at all stores.
Reading Bargains
Twice a week Journal and the
Courier, both for $1.75. Colliers and
the Courier, both $2.50.
i
BONDS AND GRAFT
A Farmer from Canby Writes of
Remedies for Road Improvement
Canby, Rt. 2. April 7, 1914.
Editor Courier:
If you will permit me a small por
tion of space in your valuable paper
I will try to give you some of my
views on road making as I have
heard so much discussion in your pa
per about this topic.
I have done a good deal of road
work and lots of bridge building in
Lane and Linn counties, and would
say that my idea of the way road
work should be done is different from
the way it is done now. There isn't
any use of the County Court ap
pointing road supervisors at all. Let
each district elect them by a vote at
each general election and the people
of that district would know their
best man to make roads and if the
one elected does not do the work let
the district call an eetclnoi THTT
the district call an election and then
recall the officer and put another of
ficer in his place.
As far as the size of the district I
think they ought to be divided in half
as they are all too large for one man
to oversee, as taking a day to go
from his home to the other side of
the district is too much. He can't
see to all of it. Surely there is some
work going to be missed.
Let every district vote their own
tax as they think they are able to
pay, and then put it on the road and
when they build a piece of road build
it good and finish it for all time to
come. With the rock and gravel
that Clackamas county has purchas
ed in ten years they could have the
very best of roads to travel and and
not bond the people for it at all. I
think bonding counties is one of the
worst mistakes ever made and as a
farmer I will protest against it for
there are too many bonds afloat now,
and look at the taxes and iw this one
is carried over? tell me where will we
stop? Now is the time to stop
them and turn them the other way,
as they are getting too much the
start of the farmer.
It looks as though there cannot be
anything done without some graft at
tached to it. If you let a road con
tract the graft will go along with it
or before the end of it it will show
up and cannot be kept out apparent
ly, and as hiring some competent en
gineer at the thousand dollar a year
salary is the first graft. Just be
cause he has gone through some
school that the taxpayers have kept
up and then come back at them and
take the second whack at them. The
taxpayers are beginning to get tired
of such things. There are men tha
can look through a transit and build
just as good roads for a twelve hun
dred dollar salary as the one for five
thousand dollars.
.Another thing in the building of
good roads is that the roads in this
county have to be thrown up well and
drained and one course is to have
it covered with crushed rock or grav
el and then fine gravel put on top.
This wants to be taken care of after
done. Keep all holes filled up and
have extra pieces of grated or crush
ed rock for that purpose. If the road
isn't thrown up and the water takne
off all the gravel will go down out
of sight and you can't make a road ai
all. Lots of roads in this county
would be fair if they were thrown up
correctly and water . kept off oi
them without gravel or rock. Of
course some districts could make bet
ter roads than others as their taxes
would come higher and more money
would be in them. But all of the
districts would be getting better
roads. Lots of people say that the
roads are getting worse and the mon
ey is thrown away. They are mis
taken. They hnven't been in this
county very long and aro guessing.
I have been in this valley and in
Oregon for tho last fifty-six years
and I know the roads are a lot bet
ter than they were forty years ago,
and better than they were twenty
years ago. I think peoplo can make
a great change in the road work by
pulling together on this matter.
G. W. Taylor.
Give Anderson a Chance
Hubbard, Ore. April 7, '14.
Editor Courier:
I agree with taxpayer from Macks
burg in last week'h Courier under the
heading "A Macksburg Viewpoint."
Surely Mr. Mulvey never had
much experience in military tactics
or he wouldn't assert that six men
were harder to line up than fifty
nine. It is my opinion that should
Mr. Mulvey get to be judge and di
vide the county into six road dis
tricts he could form an Oregon City
ring that would set Brownell's teeth
on edge with envy. I am with the
taxpayer too in sendinp such candi
dates to the "Scrap H p" and also
that there is too muc money paid
for deputies in and an jd the court
house.
Finally, why not give our . present
county judge an opportunity to
"Make Good" by electing him for a
full term?
J. S. Yoder.
CENTRAL POINT
Editor Courier:
I though I would write a few lines
as I was afraid that the outside
world would not know that we were
alive, as I haven't seen anything
in the papers from this place for a
long time. But we are alive as the
basket social at the school house re
cently, proves. We had a fine
time, thanks to our two teachers, for
they surely did their part to make it
a success. $40 was taken in, which
is to be used to benefit the school.
We have as fine a Sunday School
as could be built up in three years.
It has grown from 20 to 50 in attend
ance every Sunday, and we are glad
to say that the parents and young
people are taking much interest in
helping it along.
Mrs. Ella Randall and daughter
attended our social.
August Saehely is starting to
build his new house.
Farmers are taking advantage of
the nice weather and are rushing in
their crops.
We were sorry to hear of Mrs. T.
Penman's illness, but glad to .ay
thats he is now improving.
Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local applications, as they cannot reach
the dtseasi'd portion of the ear. There la
only one way to cure deafness, and that la
by constitutional remedies. Deafness Is
caused by an Inflamed condition of the mu
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
thla tube is inflamed you have a rumbling
sound or Imperfect hearing, and when It is
entirely closed. Deafness ia the result, and
unless the Inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to Its normal condi
tion, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh,
which la nothing but an inflamed condition
of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that
carnot be cured by Hall'l Catarrh Cure.
Sehd for circulars, free.
P. J. CHENEY CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Take Hal I s Family J'llls tor constipation.
LOGAN
Tk PorUnlnr-fi hio-h school DUDils
gave a dramatic entertainment at
the grange nan on iviarcn noiu,
which was well attended. The Logan
young people knew how to entertain
themselves the remainder of the
evening.
Theie was an Arbor-day prograra
at the grange meeting March 4th,
minus the tree planting. Arrange
ments were completed for the 40th
anniversary picnic on May 23rd.
Mrs. Hagemann announced that she
would be unable to serve on the
committee on account of attending
the state grange meeting and Mrs.
L. L. Kirchem was appointed in 'her
place. All Patrons are invited and
urged to attend.
Everyone was pleased to see Geo.
Tracy out at the grange meeting for
the first time since his hospital ex
perience, and all hope he will entire
ly recover without further trouble.
Mrs. Elsie Kupper and children
have been visiting Karl Fjillert, Mrs.
Kupper's brother, and Logan friends
for some time. Her husband has
purchased a farm near Winlock,
Wash., and has been building a house.
Mr. Dambach is teaching a suc
cessful term of school in the Logan
district near the Clackamas.
T. E. Anderson, secretary of the
C. C. Creamery Co., is recovering
from his illness caused by a stroke
on the head by a limb. .
Miss Minnie Steinman of Eagle
Creek, attended the Grange last Sat
urday and is visiting relatives this
w ek- ' . , , . ' .
Several Grangers are intending to
attend Pomona Grange at Park-
P'ace- . , ,
Fred Gerber and Geo. A. Kohl
have been hustling for better trans
portation facilities. Success to them
in abundance.
For the benefit of those who or
dered the carload of wire fencing
thru O. D. Robbins, it is announced
that the car probably left Muncie,
Indiana, on March 30th, and should
arrive in less than 30 days from
there. .Shipment was delayed some
because styles had to be made.
A. F. Sloper bought a manur!
spreader from Chicago and is much
disappointed because the manufac
turer has prepaid the fi eight, thus
depriving Mr. Sloper of that pleas
ure. F. P. Wilson also has a manure
spreader and takes much pleasure In
kicking fertility broadcast over the
fields in homeopathic doses.
Samuel Rowens is residing in Til
lamook now.
B. C. Hawley was hero last week.
Wedding at Wilsonville
A pretty spring wedding took
place on Marcn 29, 1914, at the honw
of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. Eisle, at Wilsonville, when their
daughter, Elsie Ellen, was united in
marriage to Chris R. Kelly, son of
Capt. John Kelly, of West Linn.
The bride wore a novelty suit of
kings blue, and her attendant was
her sister, Mrs. Minnie LaFlemme
and William L. Jordon was best man.
The ring ceremony was read at
2:30 o'clock by Judge J. U. Campbell,
in the presence of close relatives and
friends. The house was beautifully
decorated in apple blossoms and Ore
gon grape. A large dinner was ser
ved after which the bride and groom
left on their honeymoon.
They will return to Astoria where
they will spend the summer.
CLARKES
William Kleinsmith is sawing
wood for Henry Kleinsmith.
Miss Sophie Mueller, who is at
tending school in Oregon City, was
in this neighborhood visiting last
week.
Mr. Zwahlen and daughter Ida,
were in town Monday.
Mrs. Frank Mueller visited with
Mr. Zwahlen and family last Sunday.
Fred Zwahlen is working for L.
Duffy at Beaver Creek.
G. Marquardt was in town last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bottemiller
and daughter, Mary, were in town
last week,
Mrs. Lafollette went to Eastern
Oregon some time ago.
40 Acres. Part bottom, part hill,
creek runs through place. 15 acres
in cultivation. Buildings on place.
Good road to all points. 10 miles
from Oregon City on Clackamas
Southern Railroad. Sidewalk to
church. School and store. $4500.
MacDonald & VanAuken.
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