1 -. OREGON CITY COURIER,' THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1914. OREGON CITY COURIER Published Thursdays from the Courier Building, Eighth and Main streets, and entered in the Postoffice at Oregon City, Ore., as 2d class mail matter OftEGON CITY COURIER PUBLISHING COMPANY, PUBLISHER M. J. BROWN, A. E. FROST, OWNERS. have read of a plausible reason why he should again be elected. Then it might be well to remark for the. benefit of republicans who look to the advantage of electing a congressman of their' own faith that the Monitor doubts very much if Mr. Haw ley could be re-elected if nomi nated again. Subscription Price $ 1 .50. Telephones, Main 5-1; Home A 5-1 W. S. U'REN Official Paper for the Farmers Society of Equity of Clackamas Co M. J. BROWN, EDITOR ilf they don't close the Milwaukie Tavern for Keeps this time, we would suggest asking President Wilson to send the U. S. troops. The fact that men like W. S. U'Ren are coming to the Prohibition party is evidence of the tremendous growth of the great reform. Pacific Patriot. With taxation almost to the point of confiscation, is it any wonder that the people of Oregon are eager to try any form of government that will bring about a change .' At the next primary election, two years from now, the prohibitionists will succeed the progressives as the third political party of importance and will take up the latter s place the primaries. Gresham Outlook. Try this on your piano: A cash discount to the customer who pays cash and takes his goods with him, and say a flat five cent charge "for the article delivered. This would certainly reduce store expenses and should reduce cost of goods. A Salem dispatch says that the in itiative measure proposed by Attor ney General Crawford and W. Carter are not likely to be pushed , this year, from which we gather that tneir patriotism tor Oregon was onlj as long as their chances lor election By more than a two-thirds vote LosAngles has decided to own and operate its power and water systems it takes a lot of pounding to con vince people they might better1 earn money for themselves than the in dividual, but we are slowly learning ii. NOW WATCH One of the first moves the incom ing legislature should make should be a re-organization or abolishment ot xne state highway commission. The recent action of that body in telling the counties they must bond themselves to get their share of the $137,000 legislative appropriation, is going too lar, and exercising too great a power. The Portland Spectator says the nomination of Smith for governor , was only made' possible by the op position of the Oregonian, and that ne could have been saved from de feat by nothing else in the world but the Uregoman's splendidly efh cacious opposition." Before the nri maries the Courier stated that the opposition of the Oregonian would doubtless nominate smith. And now they tell us that West is to get a $12,000 a year appointment on that Alaska commission through the influ ence of Senator Chamberlain, Some people -would like to see West get the Alaska job and we can name a few who would like to see him given a position where it isn't nearly so cold as Alaska, and where they all work for nothing. Salem Messenger. And the Messenger wouldn't have to go outside its oilice to find a few of the latter. Tied down as we are we must hope and work for the day when men will free each other make slaves only of the iron ma chines that have no feeling, have chance to enjoy this earth the sunshine, the flowers, the stars at night, and above' all . FREEDOM PROM THAT FEAR OF THE FUTURE THAT LIES LIKE A LUMP OF LEAD ON EVERY HEART You expected to see the above credited to the Appeal "to Reason, the ivip saw, or some other like publica tion. Guess again. It is an editorial from that no-account dinky little sneet, Hearst s wow York Journal. Over 12,000 names are already se cured to the petition to submit state wide prohibition to the people of Ore gon this full. Ex-Governor Goer recently ex pressed, in the daily press, the de sire that we nil might act in the present campaign s did Salem mid the other cities which went dry. Well, that is just what we have been try ing to' fo. That ift, forget till about being Democrats, Republicans, etc., and line up back of a ticket that de mands dry men to enforce dry laws. That is just exactly what Prohi bitionists stand for. Make the issuo, dry or wet, and let each side name its ticket, just as Salem, Oregon City, and other cities did. Then we will win, without a shadow of n doubt But it is just this very policy that ex-Governor Gecr and most otlier po litical candidates, will not consent to, even though they urge it very strong ly in their published articles. Pacif ic Patriot. (Pacific Patriot.) In the campaign that is before the Prohibitionists of Oregon this year every man of us must do his whole duty. The sflate convention has Judging from the Oregonian edi- named a ticket of which none of us torails for some weeks past that needs to be ashamed paper thinks iheodore 1 can come To lead the campaign, W. S. U'Ren port'hfm'in'iyir" aWSy 40 has been pernor . He is That he will try to come back emlnently a man of action, land he there is little doubt and the proba- has always acted for what he believed buties are he will be the Kepubiican to be the best interests of the people. KSi PorfeSitnt e his worst enemies scarcely deny love him more, but because thev know hlm tha measure of praise, they can never defeat Wi'sgi! unless Wbjn yo,u review his record of tney lau on leddys neck, weep a public work and achievement in Ore leWA'?dpfJP' Kn during the past twenty-odd years tion just as bad as the old Republican vou "n(l that 't 18 he who has made; party wants to get back in power, so ceu". ioiiiuub iov er progressive tne signs are good for a give ana take legisiHww, five awav on a lot of stanH-nnU The Australian ballot, the Initia- doctrines and take on a part load t've and referendum and recall, the j? 7, . A;nHn;:nu 1 . j: i : vi rrogressive stun. icsiouaura iuw, uireci, primaries, Much as they hate him the "old the corrupt practices act, election of line" Republicans hate being out of United States senators by direct vote office mpre, Much as Roosevelt and a score of other measures that hates the stand-patters he hat,ei pri- make up the "Oregon System" 'are to vate life worse. be credited to Mr. U'Ren's influence There's the situation. The Ore- more than any other man, or all men, gonian sees it. Roosevelt is the only excepting as it required the votes of man today who stands a show to men to carry these measures to suc break into the White House against cess. Wilson, because he has the power Admittedly there are those of the to stop any other man's nomination Old Guard of the Prohibition party or election. who fear him because of his advoca- He's a factor, a big one . If get cy of the single tax. Perhaps that is together terms can be agreed upon, because they do not fully understand he will be Wilson's opponent. It will the single tax theory. be crow eating for a lot of the boys, me subject of taxation is a.deli but politicians will eat crow when cate one to discuss, for, next to the hungry enough, I prohibition question, there is proba bly no public question upon which so WHO'S THE MAN? many theories may be advanced as tne question ot taxation. let it is The Democratic Itemizer of Dalles generally agreed that our present makes these comments on the Ruber- taxing system is a jumble and snarl natonal situation: The Democrats have named a man entirely unsatisfactory to the old rank and file, and for whom they now claim they will not cast their ballots in Novem ber. The supporters of Mann ing assert they will throw their votes away before they will support the head of the ticket. This listens good to some republicans, of course, were they not in the same boat. Their nominee, Withycombe, is not a man who can control the vote of the intelligent republi cans, the man who has kept; in formed, and a longing is felt for a really good man for the position, be he democrat or re publican to come forward and run as an independent. Oregon needs a man untrameled by party politics of any kind, a man of unquestionable hortor, one who has the brains and sta mina to safely steer the boat of state through the many waves of disaster that will beset it during the coming four years of office. of injustices. Thousands of men in Oregon have declared heretofore that thev care not what other principles, a man stands for on general economic lines, if he stands for the Prohibition party he is good enough for them to vote for. Are there many such who 'are now hesitating to support the party this year because of the one time advoca cy of the single tax by Mr. U'Ren ? If so, are they any less excusable than the old party voters whom they have in the past charged with, inconsist ency that there were other matters more important than prohibition? . We say because of a former advo cacy of single tax; because Mr. U'Ren is not urging the single tax theory at all in this campaign. He is making no pledges privately that he does not make before all the people. As gov ernor, he cannot secure the adoption of the single tax without the co-operation of the state legislature, or of the vote of the whole people, or both. We believe we represent Mr. U'Ren's judgement when we assert that if ever the single tax theory is adopted in uregon, it will not be until after years of labor and education by personal work on the part of those who believe in it. " Mr. U'Ren has committed himself tw Mi-,.h tho rvinr-ior Btntorl that, squarely to the policy of prohibition t.hn si.iIb n run on wnnlrf atnrt. an in. of the liquor traffic as the important itiative movement to abolish the state njx step in placing the government senate, which statement, under date o.1 Oregon completely in tne nanas or of March ill, the Oregonian ridiculed; the people, fie has stood tor prohi stating that it was inspired more by bition for years, as he now stands hope than by conviction, and that if ,VB cmuac- qhjroH it. wnniH ho nn mm-A mwi-os.fi. ter and his world-wide reputation ful now than a movement to abolish combine to make him the strongest the Fourth of July. candidate mat could ne named to lead nin nforf. it. iiiat the prohibition cause on to splendid f1 . ' I . i : f j i. - as the Courier said It WOUld; its State victory hi yregun una year. convention endorsed it and thousands ,Get in line, chmrades, and roll up petitions are already signed. not merely a plurality; let's make The Oregonian's statement that it an actua majority I will be no more successful than abol- TOO SOON sh ng the fourth of July, was a very silly one, and one that will come home with many others to roost. There are in the Courier office I alone, 500 signatures, nearly all of ) farmers of Clackamas county, asking that the senate be abolished. Business men of this city are open ly advocating it; nearly every county oinciui mis nis signaturo on tne peti tions and it is hard to find r. farmer who opposes it. The uregonia n "Wild Guessing" editorial of March 31 is much like the Salem Messenger's announcement of Honnett s nomination for govern- too soon. The following is from the Inde pendence Monitor, a Republican newspaper, and before the primaries: Ihe great Willamette Valley deserves and should have a more able, more influential and more aggressive representa tive in Congress than Mr. Haw ley and as the opportunity has now 'been given to us to make a change for the bettor, we should accept it and profit thereby. Mr. Hawley has been in Congress long enough, so it cannot be said that he is an nmntcur or "green" at the work. We have not heard of or BUNK The United States is fast be coming a country of tenant farmers and the change is omi nous. The farmer who tills his own land is naturally a conser vative. He is opposed to waste ful taxation and dislikes radical legislation. The tenant farmer cares little about taxes, since he does not pay them, and he looks to the agitator to better his lot. The rural population has been the mainstay of our social order in the past. We cannot expect that service from a population of tenant farmers. The Oregonian. ONE HOUSE GOVERNMENT (Sacramento Bee.) The Bee is convinced that Califor nia, and. every other State in the Union would be better off with a Legislature consisting of one House than of two Houses. And - it will support any proper Amendment of the Constitution to this end, whether by Initiative or otherwise. An initiative proposal of this na ture is now before the People of Ore gon, to be voted upon next November. It originated with the Sfato r.nnu and other organizations of farmers, and is spported by the State Feder ation of Labor. In the Philadnlnn Evening Post of the 2nd instant, Governor George H. Hodges of Kan sas discusses thfi siiWm- a mv, length. He is a straight-out advo cate of a sinele lee!Klaiiv hndv and advances many reasons why the una, iuim ui legislature ana ot uon gress should be abolished. The Governor believes, with John Stuart Mill, that laws r hoot framed by a small number of ex perienced men; and that the argu ments for a second Chamber are not entitled to weight. Ihe only reason why the United States has two Houses of Congress is because the British followed by our conservative Consti tution makers. And the same is true oi our state legislatures. ihe truth is that the old belief in government of "checks and balan ces," With a Senate innnwprpH tn ui-'i. i -i . , .,"-" uiuck legislation oy tne House, a President with the veto power, and a supreme court armed with au thonty to annuF on constitutional grounds any law passed bv both nouses anu approved bv the Fresi- Aanl ia I-.. . 1 1 1 . . 1 I " J That theory is inconsistent with tne principle o direct legislation The chief reason for the Initiative is that legislation sorely needed, and demanded by the. people, often has wnen enacted, been declared invalid by the Courts, Iwenty-tWQ stales now have di rect legislation by Initiative and Ref- erendum, and the number is fast growing, in the course of time the principle may be applied to Con gress , although there is less need for that application, now that the senate has become an elective badv. Governor Hedges goes much into detail to prove that our State Leg islatures are virtually nothing more than two divisions of one House. ano that in every state such duality creates coiuusion, oeiay anu much bungling, with no comnensatine benent. And he shows that- the system favors corruption and lack of due consideration of measures, rather than the contrary. As often exemplified in our Cali fornia Legislature, a favorite means of injuring or delaying a good bill is to amend it in one House after its passage by the other. This causes delay, which finally may be come fatal if the measure goes to a conference committee. For these and other reasons, the ivansas uovernor concludes the "only real use of a second hreisla tive body is to act as a scapegoat for tne otner. . His arguments are strong, and practically unanswerableT , They are based on experience as a legislator as well as a Governor. Anybody who has had much to do with the operation of the dual system e i :i: - 1, vl legiBiuuun in uuiornia snouia re alize, likewise,' that it has been pro ductive ot far more harm than good and should be radically changed. A WISE PROVERB Expression of Thanks T Wlull in . 1 i,.lt thanks to the people of Clackamas county ior tne loyal Bupport given me at the May primaries. This tes. timomai of confidence from the people who have intimately known me since, coming to this state, and whom I have served in a public capa city, and who have never failed to honor me by their votes when I have been a candidate for office, means far more to me than to have been suc cessful in winning the office I sought without having the suDnort of thns who knew me best. My greatest am bition is to merit the continued con fidence and approval of th nonnio who know me and my life. 1. J. Cleeton, IN EFFECT JULY 1 How Did You Celebrate Booster Day? JID you have enoii(jh money to spend or did you have to borrow from somebody else to celebrate with? If so, probably the one from whom you bor rowed it lias a bank account and merely had tb write a check in jour favor for the amount you wanted. Why not deposit your money in this bank as you receive it ami have an account yourself to draw from whenever you need it. Booster Days and other Holidays will all be real holidays for you then. r. Al. X A J INI,' ,., ii.if,i ;cf -o uie tenant iarmer cares lime r J about his taxes because he does not pay them. That's a great observation from a great editorial page. Once such newspapers as the Ore gonian made the people of this coun try believe the foreigner paid the tar iff taxes. The tenant DOES pay the taxes tne couriers eight-yearold knows this. The renter pays the taxes, whether it is a country farm or a city tene ment. The renter pays the bonds, the interest, the improvements, the water rent, the repairs, the insur ance. , It is all charged up to the rent price, and the renter can't pass it along. In this city only a few weeks ago, the owner of a string of tenement houses raised the rent on all the houses that were on the street that had been improved and the increased rent was far in advance of the im provement assessment Who paid the taxes that raised the value of this property? Not the owner, the renter the man who is not able to own a home. It is so silly for a newspaper to print such bunk. The people read and reason these days. They know that every time taxation is increased the owner adds it to the rent, for he will get interest on his investment as long as supplv forces men to accept his terms and supply forces them to accept any thing that promises an existence these days. And then as the Oregonian truly says, tncy look to tne agitator to oeuer tneir lots. The Bank of Oregon City OLDEST BANK IN CLACKAMAS COUNTY Closinir Out Sale I am closing out my entire stock of merchandise at the Beaver Creek store, 6 miles southeast of Oregon City, Ore., on the Highland road. Anybody looking for bargains will find them here. Everything will be sold for cash only. And no goods will be exchanged or taken back. I also have store fixtures for sale cheap. A. T. Schneider, Proprietor. When Isaiah (or Chaucer, or Soc rates, or Acultopek, or whoever it wa ursi enunciuteu tne proverb. "Go to the ant, thou sluggard,"' he really said something. Since this ad vice was first given the ant has done its utmost to be worth observing; in fact the ant has become so persistent ly industrious that scientists have tcJd us that If man was as propor tionately busy and wise, this earth, would be a far finer place than it now is. In fact the ant has established a name for activity, common sense and perseverance that cannot be equalled. Many of us would do well to imi tate the ant. And all of us would do well to observe the ant closely. Es pecially is this so at this time of the year, for these warm early-summer days the ant is preaching a little ser mon . to mankind that the original coiner of the proverb never even dreamed of. In other words, just at present the ant is doing its best to be a high-flyer. Nature in her wisdom has presented the Bnt with four wings, and the usually industrious insect is doing its beg't to volplane and loop-the-loop, arjd otherwise ca vort in circles and on levels for which it was never desigend. And how like some of us mortals is the ant at this stage of the game. Having acquired Vings which are foreign to its disposition, the ant quite strongly resembles the "tired business man" who goes out to blow in the profits of a hapnv venture in one grand and gay spree. And the ant and the business man are making auout an equal failure out of it. Tak ing what follows as a parable of na ture, let us observe the ant of todav. In the first place, its suddenly acquir ed wings don't co-ordinate. The re sult is that its flight is erratic, and a turtner result is that its whole ner vous system is unbalanced and on edge. In fact the ant will do things now-a-davs that it wouldn't dream of doing in its ordinary periods of industry. It will fly with terrific speed di rectly into a man's eve. Pmhnhlv it. doesn't want to do this, but it cets excited and does it anyway. Then the man gets excited, and the result is a badly crippled ant. Or the fool crit tur will bump onto milady's ruching, nisi in mo euge wnere it brushes ner swanlike neck. Beinir pxeitpri. tha winged ant will ham? on there for i:r am ... - . . ui-ur me mini some Kind iriend brushes it oil', and down milady's neck. Then there is another crippled ant. Or tyet again, soaring into the air, the ant will trv to plav tag with a sparrow, and will be nibbled from out of the atmosuherp. nH its lifn of usefulness will suddenly cease. These examples are perhaps suf ficient for the sermon. The moral still remains tro to the ant. thou sluggard. Work as does the ant, but don't be crn7.v whon vnn cr,,vMit winm and try to fly, for neither ants nor humans were meant to h liitrhfliprs. That is a sphere most successfully occupied oy ouuermes and vultures. GMiaren Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA The Courier is $1.50 rear, but to the subscriber who pavs a vear in Workmen's Compensation and Some or the tacts Concerning The Workmen's Compensation Law passed by the last session of the Legislature, afterward referendum, ed and finally approved by vote of tne people .becomes operative on and after July 1st. The provisions of the measure nrs familiar to all. However, it may not be so generally known that in case any individual or company employ, ing labor, or any company of work- avail themselves of the benefits of the law in this respect their state. ment to that effect must be received by the State Commission not later than June 15; otherwise they are brought under its provisions auto, matically. The measure is a boon to the small manufacturer and mill owner, since In many instances such plants have been put out of busi. ness by one accident and the subse quent litigation over damages re sulting therefrom. On the other hand the only ones who will lose by the operation of this law are the cheap lawyers who usually profited most by the present system now in vogue. Altogether the measure is a popular one and will prove a relief in labor circles. Most Childrens' Diseases Start with a Cold Restlessnoss-feveriulin Ode on 4n flamed throat and spasmodic cough, maybe whooping cough, is starting in. Give Foley's Honey and Tar promptly. It helps the children so very much, and Mrs. Shipps, Ray mondsville, Mo., says: "I got fine re sults from it and it. is a cine,for whooping cough." Sold by nil uruggists. There is no substitute for Royal Baking Pow der f of making the best cate, biscuit and pastry. Royal is Ab solutely Pate and the only bating powder made Atom Royal grape cream of tarta? GEORGE M. WINES) VETERAN Georee M. Wines born' in Oregon. February zy. v years aeo and died at his home on the corner of Twelfth and Division street May 17th. Buried My 19th. Funeral was held at 2J o'clock from the undertaking parlors of Myers and Brady and interment was in Mountain view cemetery. He was a veteran of the fndian war, having fought in 1855 and 1856. Wines spent the greater part of his life in his native state. He is sur vived by his wife, Mrs. Kate Wines. Mr. Wines was born in Linn Coun ty. Oregon, February 29, 1836. He served in the Indian war of ls&b-oo. He leaves a wife, Mrs. Kate Wines, who resides near this ctiy. Card of Thanks I wish to thank my many friends for thfi svmnathv and kindness shown me during the illness and deatn oi my beloved husband. Mrs. Kate wines. ANNOUNCEMENT! THE FOLLOWING STOKES IN OREGON CITY WILL BE CLOSED ALL DAY SATUR DAY, MAY 30TH IN OBSERVANCE OF MEMORIAL DAY Co-operate with us and our co workers in.our endeavor to pro perly respect the day by doing your Saturday Shopping on FRI DAY. ALL STORES WILL BE OPEN FRIDAY EVENING UNTIL 9:00 O'CLOCK P. M. v L. ADAMS DEPARTMENT STOKE J. LEVITT, CLOTHIER. PRICE RROT1IERS, CLOTHIERS. : OREGON CITY SHOE STORE ' - RURMEISTER & ANDRESEN, JEWELERS WM. GARDNER, JEWELER ' MARTIN'S 5c - l'Oo - 15c STORE WM. A. SCHILLING, OPTICIAN ' THE C. C. STORE THE WORKINGMAN'S STORE -HOGG BROS. FURNITURE STORE ' FRANK RUSCII FURNITURE STORE . CI. STAFFORD, DRY GOODS STORE WILSON & COOK HARDWARE STORE MILLER & PARKER (GARAGE EXCEPTED) CHARMAN'S DRUG -STORE (PRESCRIPTION EX CEPTED.) GEO. HARDING DRUGGIST (PRESCRIPTION EX CEPTED.) HUNTLEY BROS. DRUG CO. (PRESCRIPTIONS AND SODA FOUNTAIN EXCEPTED.) JONES DRUG CO. (PRESCRIPTIONS AND SODA FOUNTAIN EXCEPTED.) . BANNON & CO. DEPARTMENT STORE ' I. TOLPOLAR, FURNITURE The following Grocery stores will remain open until noon only on Saturday HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT E. C. Dye, Editor For a few months as an aid to the industries' of the county The Courier will run a series of articles upon the fruit industry. These articles are contributed by authorities, whose ability can not be questioned; and are applicable to local conditions. It would be' well for each person inter ested in the subject to keep files of these articles, as they for the most part do not exist in book form. Normally the first article should be upon markets, varieties, and plant ing, but' inasmuch as the tillage and other seasons are at hand, it has been thought advisable to print first the data immediately needed. Any persons having questions to ask' should address their inquiries to the Horticultural . Editor, Uregon Uity Courier, enclosing a stamped enve--lope for replies. These replies will -be sent in the order of the receipt of the letters, and may be a little slow in coming. The more important replies will be published, unless otherwise requested, I. Tillage, By Prof. C, I. Lewis, 0. A. C. WANTED Young team, wt. 1500, or over, no plugs. L. E. McKin ney, R. F. D., No. 2. FEEBLE OLD PEOPLE Are I Told How to Rezaln Strength and Vigor. 'As one grows old the waste of tiei system becomes more rapid than re pair, the organs act more slowly and less effectively than In youth, the cir culation is poor, the blood thin and digestion weak. Vlnol, our delicious cod liver and Iron tonic without oil 13 the ideal strengthener and body-builder for old folks, for It contains the very elements needed to rebuild wasting tissues and replace weakness with strength. 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