OREGON CITY COURIER, THURSDAY, jtf LY 16, 1914.
cAn Old Time Fourth
BEAVER CREEK UNION SUNDAY SCHOOL CELEBRATES FOURTH
Say, did Sister Hannah tell ou
Gf the picnic celebration,'
That we had at Beaver Creek?
None so happy in the Nation !
It was held at Brother Pryce's;
' Ideal place for picnic party !
And the welcome we received there
Was most friendly, kind and hearty.
Oh, the races and the contests !
Oh, the ice cream and the. dinner !
Men played ball against the laddies,
But the boy's team was the winner.
Children wound the "Boy Scouts' Spiral;"
And the pledge that there wras given
Unto "God and Ilome and Country"
Was recorded up in Heaven.
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Grown-ups joining with the children,
Praised the Flag in song and story ;
Orators on a lofty rostrum
Proudly standing by Old Glory.
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It is good for country people
To have such a celebration
And these patriotic teachings
Are a safe-guard to the Nation.
Samantha of Clackamas Co.
Turner Replies
Pprtland, Ore. July 11, 1914.
Editor Courier:
)In your editorial "Too Good to be
True" in last week's issue, you evi
dently did not grasp the main points
of my last contributed article.
I have no grouch against either
Dr. C. J. Smith or Dr. Withycombe
personally, but I have a well found
ed one against the fraternity of which
Dr. Smith is a member. I have al
ready stated in this paper that prob
ably Dr. Smith was an estimable
gentleman in his family and circle of
friends. My attack is on the system
he represents. Many of my inti
mate friends are medical doctors. My
father was for many years a sur
geon in the U. S. regular army, an
M. D. and allopath, and I have re
ceived a medical education, so I am
not a stranger to medical methods.
It is because I know whereof I
speak that I write as I do and if I
did not know of better and more
modern methods than present day
medical methods I would be cutting
and poisoning with the balance of
them. You probably do not know
the inside workings . of, the medical
"machine" as well as I do. You
probably don't know that the medi
cal trust maintains the most elabor
ate "literary" bureau in the world,
which daily peddles out such stuff
regarding Ultra-Violet Rays, pain
less parturition, wonderful new se
rums to cure all ills, etc., into a sub
sidized press at so much per and
and which is forgotten and never
thought of a second time. Still it is
very "unethical" to advertise.
Medical colleges ten years ago
numbered 450. Today there are 105,
and many of them discredited. Drug
less practitioners now treat forty
million people annually, exclusive of
New Thoue-ht and Christian Scien
tists, or about one-half our popula
ting Medical'' "Science" is not a
hut is truesswork.
The medical fraternity has had a
strangle hold on the people for gen
ornt.innn ATirl are crettinc twentv mil
lion dollars a year in salaries out of
tax payers, because of illegal medi
cal laws and politics and in onder to
cinch this hold doctors have been or
dered to run for office and in office
they can by bribery ana otnerwise
get their pet measures on me bmv
The colossal ignorance and apathy
of the people who have allowed the
doctors to thinK lor tnem is respuiis
ihl fnr thin condition. I said I con
sidered Dr. Withycombe the lesser of
Jhe two evils, as he might be held in
check, but a blind man can see what
Dr. Smith will do when it comes to
medical and anti-medical legislation,
The medical nrofession contains
many good, honest men, doing their
best for humanity, as they see the
light There are 143,000 M. Ds in
the U. S. and being a question of
bread with many of them they re
cm tn Anvt.hinir to pet the dollar.
I could curdle your blood if I told
von all I know that eoes on every
day under your nose and you might
then conclude that I had good reason
for a grouch. I am trying to edu
cate the people by telling them the
truth and thus far the "Courier" has
haAn a trrent heln to me.
The present systems of drugless
healing are the climax and outcome
of medical ignorance and malprac
tice. The so-called "science" of med
icine is just where it has always
stood. It has made no progress and
seeks onlv to suppress symptoms.
We would still be riding in stag
coaches if progress had not made
steel cars for us and we would still
be taking filthy poisons and allow
ing ourselves to be butchered as
msnv are still doine if progress
had not discovered newer and better
. druirless methods. 1 have usea Doxn
and T VnnW.
I consider Mr. U'Ren the best
MnHiHAte of the bunch, except for
liia lriena nn prohibition. While
sm nn ahstainer and teetotaler, liv
ing over 20 years in a "prohibition"
community has shaken my faith in
alleged prohibition. It is illogical
Ann imnossible and I have the nerve
to publicly say so. So, take your
choice for governor.
Dr. W. A. Turner.
Perry Kitzmiller, of Portland, Sun
day. Mrs. Howlett returned home Tues
day. H. F. Gibson was coming up to his
father's Sunday in his new auto
when something went wrong with it
on the hill and he couldn't get up
the hill. He got J. W. Reed to come
and help him, and they finally got
it to run for two or three miles then
it refused to go further. Then Mr.
Reed had to tow him the erst of the
way home.
N. J. Jones is working for 11. S.
Gibson.
Mrs. Katie Doug-lass, Miss Delia
Sweeney, Mildred and Florence Doug
lass were visiting at the home of
Mrs. H,. Clester Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. John Keid and fam
ily, Mrs. Marie Gibson, Ralph Gib
son and family, and Misg Lilly Frost
were the dinner guests of Jamse
Gibson Sunday.
CHEAP DIVORCE
Dr. Anna Shaw wants cheaper di
vorces. Naturally cheaper divorces
means more divorces. Is a multi
plication of divorces really one of the
urgent needs of this Christian land
McMinnville Telephone-Register.
Cheaper divorce will NOT mean
mean a multiplication or divorce
not at all! If divorces could be had
for 10 cents a gross we should have
no more unhappy marriages. Mar
ried people who manage to get along
happily together do not want and
would not accept a decree of divorce
even if it had a premium attached;
but for those who cannot endure life
with the mate they have drawn in
the lottery of marriage it is alto
gether best for themselves and hu
manity in general that they should
be legally separated.
Cheap divorce (but not necessarily
easy divorce) would, we believe, de
crease rather than increase the num
ber of divorces. It would almost en
tirely eliminate the pernicious di
vorce lawyer whose activities under
the present system are the most de
plorable feature of the divorce evil.
The shyster divorce lawyer is ap
parently, one of the most despicable
species of human animal ever evolv
ed. Any revision of the divorce laws
which will tend to eliminate him and
his abominable practices, certainly
ought to have the approval of every
decent citizen.
EAGLE CREEK
(Crowded out last week.)
Walter Douglass, accompanied by
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Gibson, made a
trip to Estacada last Wednesday af
ternoon. Mrs. Bessie Douglass was an Es
tacada visitor last Wednesday.
Mrs. Roy Douglass was deluged
with company Sunday; several of her
brothers, sisters, brothers-in-laws
sister-in-laws were her guests.
m nii m. Guv Woodle and fam
WHISKEY $500.00 A QUART
A distillery company of Louisville,
Kentucky, is authority for the state
ment that at the price at which corn
is selling in Louisville today whisky
will cost the producer about i i cents
per gallon. It is combating the state
ment by another targe distillery that
whiskey can be produced at 20 cents
a gallon. The average price to the
consumer is about four dollars per
gallon, an increase over the cost of
pr duction oi 2,l)UU per ecnt. wes
ham Outlook.
If whiskey were $400.00 a gallon
we should be all the more pleased.
If it could be purchased at 25c a gal
lon it would still be the most expen
sive investment a man could make.
We remember the case of an old
soldier who drove to town to get his
pension money and incidentally have
a little celebration. After visiting
the bank the old man spent one of
his forty dollars for a quart of
whiskey. Becoming beastly drunk
he was dragged into an alley by
some town toughs and robbed of all
his money and a fine gold watch
worth $60.00. When he drove home
the evening of the following day he
found that a fine young colt worth
$400.00 had been improperly tied by
the inexperienced boy who had to
take care of it during the absence of
its owner, and had broken its valu
able neck a total expense of $500
or more for one quart of booze,
But this is not an unusually high
price as the world goes.
OREGON FIRE RELIEF ASSN.
Strongest Mutual in the West
GEO. W. H. MILLER., Agent,
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A Chance That Lasts Only a Short Time
WHEN YOU GET THE PROFIT
The opportunity offered by a Clearance Sale means a lot more when you
know what values ate being offered, and why they are offered at reduced
Prices As to values-here are the same goods, the same reliable, well
known makes that we all have been selling at much higher prices. Its
fust our regular all the year 'round good quality.
And as to why you can get them at so much lower cost-that's easily answered, too. 1
We believe you know conditions have not been right to make brisk btisiness-to enable as to clean up
put seasonable stock as we should. So we've made a big cot in prices (giving you the profits we'd
otherwise receive) in order to clear stock and make room for fall and winter goods.
Here's you chance to get several months' supply at extraordinary figures and add the difference to
your bank account. -
Stein Block, L System and Cloth-
craft Suits Reduced fully
Thirty Per Cent.
$12.50 Suits, at ... $8.95
$15.00 Suits, at $10.95
$18.00 Suits, at $12.95
$20.00 Suits, at $13.95
$22.50 Suits, at $15.35
$25.00 Suits, at $17.35
$27.50 Suits, at $19.35
$30.00 Suits, at i $21.35
Furnishings
Reg, 15c Hose, Blk. or tan, 3 pr. for 25C
Regular 50c work Shirts at ....... 40c
Regular $1 .25 Dress Shirts at ... 95c
Regular $1.50 Dress Shirts at ... $1.20
Manhattan Shirt Specials
$150 Red label quality ....... $1.20
' $2.00 black label quality $1.55
$2.50 black label quality $1.95
$3.00 black label quality ........ , $2.35
HATS
$2.50 Waldorf Hats . . $1.95
$3.00 Willamette Hats . $2.35
$3.50 Crofut & Knapp Hats $2.75
$4.00 Crofut & Knapp Hats $3. X 5
For Your Vacation Days. Ruff Neck Sweaters for Men, Women and
Children in the Celebrated G. & M. quality
$1 .25 quality at . . . ' . " 95c $3.50 quality at . . . $2.55
$J.50 quality at . . . $5 $5.00 quality at ... $3.35
$2.50 quality at . . . $J95 $6.50 quality at . . . $4-00
$3.00 quality at . . . $2.30 $7.50 quality at . . . $5.35
Sale Opens Tuesday, July 14, 1914
Your dollars will do double service here during this Sale so dont fail to take advantage
Price
Clothiers for Men, Young Men and Boys
6th and Main Sts., Oregon City, Ore.
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ily were the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
216 7th St. Oregon City,